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NFL Conference Championship Weekend
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Only four teams remain in the fight for a super bowl championship. Thankfully, zero waffles remain in the Waffle House Punishment. Join Mack and Bob as they break down both games for Championship Weekend!
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Introduction and Season Reflection
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Eat or be eaten?
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Are we talking about football or waffles?
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We'll find out, baby.
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Let's dive right in.
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Welcome back to Making Waves, an NFL confidence pool podcast.
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I'm your host, Mac.
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And I'm your host, Bob.
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And there are only three NFL games left in the 2023-2024 NFL season.
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How does that make you feel?
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Really sad.
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It makes me pretty sad.
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Really bummed.
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The season's almost over, and that's a sad thing to think about.
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That's a pretty sad day.
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Only three more games.
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They're hopefully going to be very good games, though, as we look ahead to the championship weekend, this upcoming weekend.
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Of course, there's a bye in between where they do all the Pro Bowl games and all those fun activities.
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And then we'll be heading to the Super Bowl in Las Vegas.
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We'll be heading there two weeks from...
Live Recording and Studio Talk
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I guess 16 days, two weeks from Sunday.
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Yeah, yep, two weeks from Sunday.
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Great math.
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Yeah, thank you.
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That was really good.
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It's not your kryptonite.
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It's not your kryptonite.
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Never has been, never will be.
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And yeah, obviously it's on your tab going to the Super Bowl.
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So it's going to be a really fun weekend.
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And you forgot to mention the exciting part of this podcast is that we're in the same room right now.
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We are in the same room.
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For the first time this year, Bob and I are recording live from my studio of Asheville, North Carolina.
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It's amazing.
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Welcome.
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Thank you.
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What do you think of the setup?
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Great setup.
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We got a little helper here.
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Summit is being a good girl.
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And the setup is really nice.
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Got a big monitor.
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Got a little laptop.
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A lot better than my Chicago studio.
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So I might have to.
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What does the Chicago studio look like in comparison?
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I just have my one little laptop.
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It's a little bigger because it's my studio whole apartment.
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Yes.
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So it's not just a... Just one room.
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A one room office, but definitely not as bougie.
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I don't have a monitor.
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Got a Christmas tree in the background, and I don't have a little helper, so...
Meet Summit, the Intern
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A lot different.
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Yeah.
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Yeah.
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A lot different.
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Yeah.
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My helper's great.
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You know, she's, she's basically my intern.
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I have her, you know, running injury reports for the NFL, um, you know, figuring out all the ins and outs, the matchups to look out for, for the weekend.
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So Summit's great.
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Always doing my research.
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So that would be nice if you had a little help.
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Oh yeah.
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I wish I could have a little doggo helper.
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I wish you could too.
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Are you paying her?
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Pretty solid salary for all that.
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Yeah.
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Yeah.
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A couple, couple bites of cheese each week.
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And then on top of it, on top of that, she gets a couple of Kongs of peanut butter.
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Wow.
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And then of course fed three times in lodging.
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And a lot of loving too, right?
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A lot of loving.
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And also, yeah, she, she has no expenses in her life.
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So if I just did that same work, would I get, would I get cheese?
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You would.
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You would have, yep, no rent.
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You'd get fed.
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You wouldn't have to work.
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That would be your only job would be, you know, running reports for the NFL.
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Not bad.
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And I'd get to stay here for free.
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You'd get to stay here for free.
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Okay, I accept.
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Yeah, okay, perfect.
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You would have to like cut back on how much you eat because I imagine what you eat is a little more than what she eats.
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What are you trying to say?
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Just, you know,
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Weight differences, I could tell.
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Oh, she's a little bigger.
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She's a little bit bigger than that.
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Exactly.
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Okay.
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We'll talk logistics.
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We'll let Nick know when she gets back from school today that I'm staying and not going to make my flight on Monday.
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And yeah, this will be great.
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Yeah.
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Awesome.
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There you have it, folks.
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Cool.
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Welcome.
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Welcome to the team.
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Thank you.
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But yeah, no, it's very exciting, obviously, to have you here in Asheville.
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As people can tell, probably, we are doing a special Friday episode because Bob is in town with us.
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We didn't record on Wednesday this week because he had just gotten back from world travels.
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Yeah.
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Missed a lot of football, but you still stayed in tune.
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I did.
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It's all the exciting things that we will, of course, reveal very shortly.
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Of course.
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I brought my laptop.
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Don't tell work.
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But I was streaming illegally on my laptop in Central America.
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I missed a little bit of the Steelers' bills.
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But other than that... Not much to miss.
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Not much to miss.
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Well, no teams are out anyway, so screw them.
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Yeah.
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But I watched Eagles-Bucks in Nicaragua.
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I watched...
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Packers Niners.
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Unfortunately, I was cheering for the Niners.
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Sorry.
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That's why.
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I was cheering for the Niners.
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I know it would have helped your boys out if the Packers were one.
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That's okay.
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It's all right.
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I just couldn't stomach the Packers being one win away from the Super Bowl.
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And of course, I watched your boys and we'll get into all the action.
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But yeah, absolutely.
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Didn't miss any games on Saturday or Sunday.
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So it was great.
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Love to hear it.
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Well, yeah, we won't tell work.
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We also won't tell work that you are actively actually working.
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Correct.
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And I know you are as well.
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Actually, I'm not.
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Oh.
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Took a half day today.
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Oh, great.
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Well, we'll keep it hush-hush for my buddies.
Wildcard Weekend Recap
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For you.
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My name is Billy, Billy Wagner.
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Billy Wagner.
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Okay.
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Well, welcome, Billy.
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Thanks for being a special guest host on this special Friday episode.
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Happy to be here.
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It's great.
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Oh my gosh.
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Well, awesome.
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Well, I'm glad you had some great travels.
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Obviously, as we said, there's been a lot of games and a lot of things that have happened.
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So I think we should just kind of run through the bracket.
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Let's just dive right in.
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So the last time we met, we were heading into the wild card weekend.
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Playoffs had not begun yet, right?
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Playoffs had not yet begun.
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So if you'll go back in time a little bit to Saturday, January 13th, that weekend, there were six wild card games.
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Yes.
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And of those games, can you just break it down for us?
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Who moved on of those matchups?
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Yes.
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So the higher seeds moved on in both Saturday.
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Oh, yes, correct.
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Both home teams, the Houston Texans and the Kansas City Chiefs moved on.
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So the Texans and rookie quarterback CJ Stroup beat the surprise Browns in the early game by a lot, 45-14.
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And then the Chiefs won in the tundra against the Southern Florida Bougie Boys from Miami.
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They beat them pretty handedly as well.
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Yep, 26-7.
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So both home teams moved on the 13th.
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And do you want to talk about the Sunday game?
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Sure, yeah.
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So Sunday we had the Green Bay Packers with a very surprise, sort of surprise, but maybe not surprise.
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Upset win against Dallas in Dallas.
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The first loss Dallas has had at home all year.
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Well, the first real loss.
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The first official loss.
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They really lost to the Lions.
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But yeah, they got beat up pretty bad by the Packers, which honestly par for the course for Dallas and Dak.
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I mean, they are notorious for choking in the playoffs.
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And this year it was even a year before.
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Typically it's the divisional round they choke.
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This year it's even...
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even the week before.
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They were the number two seed.
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They won the division.
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They couldn't even make it on a wildcard weekend.
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So Dak, Jerry Jones, McCarthy.
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Can't believe they didn't make any changes.
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They're bringing McCarthy back, but woof.
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And I actually got a nugget if you're ready.
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I know you've been eating a lot of waffles, and you're probably excited.
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Oh, I have.
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Yeah, we'll definitely get into that.
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And we'll dive into that.
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But I saw a nugget that there's two teams.
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So now that your boys are officially in the, not to spoil it, but I'm assuming...
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I was going to reveal that in a big reveal.
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Okay, I'll wait until you do the reveal.
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All right, cover your ears.
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My boys are in the NFC Championship.
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They are.
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Cover your ears.
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So here's the nugget.
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Earmuffs.
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If you don't know what happened in the Lions-Fox games last weekend, but the nugget is now since in this millennium, so that means 2000 and beyond, right?
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So the last 20 years.
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Four years now.
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There's only two NFC teams out of, is it 15 or 16?
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Is it 30 or 32?
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32.
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Okay.
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So out of 16 teams in the NFC, now that your boys are in the championship game, there's only two that have not reached the NFC title game in this millennium.
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Do you know the two teams?
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Of the NFC.
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In the NFC.
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There was three.
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Now there's two.
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I'm okay.
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So my boys were one.
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Yes.
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I'm going to guess the Cowboys because we're on that game.
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Correct.
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So the Cowboys, America's team in quotations.
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No, the lions are the new America's team folks.
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It is starting to seem that way.
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There's a lot of lions bandwagon fans.
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But yeah, one of the two teams, which is crazy with all the success they've had, is the Cowboys.
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Can you guess the other team?
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The other team that has not seen an NFC championship round?
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Is that what you said?
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They have not made it to the NFC championship game since 2000, yes.
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There's only one other team.
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Okay, let me take a peek here.
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So go division by division, it'll probably be pretty, pretty easy, easier than you think.
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Okay.
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So if we're looking at the NFC East, obviously Cowboys, Giants had that run with Eli for a while.
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So they would be there.
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Eagles have been there.
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Commanders.
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I'm trying to think.
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I don't really know much about the commanders history.
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No.
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Is this a question or is this?
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Is that the answer?
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Is that your guess?
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I was hoping you started in the West, but yes, the answer is the Commandments.
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Oh, okay.
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Both in the same division.
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When you started in the East, I was like, you should get it.
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But yes.
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Tennessee East.
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Wow.
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Yeah.
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Speaking about bottom of the ocean.
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And the fact that the Giants have before the – Multiple times.
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Yeah, multiple times.
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With Eli Manning.
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Hey, so the bottom of the ocean is not so great for Eli and Amy and Ivy down there.
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I mean, no.
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At least they've made some championship games.
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So, yeah, that's – Not too bad.
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First Nugget.
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Nice Nugget.
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Thank you.
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Giving that to you with all the waffles in your tumble.
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I mean, I was already stuffed, but I appreciate the Nuggets.
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Yeah, you're welcome.
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Yeah.
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So beyond that, okay, that Sunday night game was an absolute just heart-wrenching for me.
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Obviously, if you'll remember the Rams, led by Matthew Stafford, our former quarterback, came into Detroit to play for the wild card round.
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This would have been the first win of the Lions in the playoffs in my lifetime.
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Correct, yep.
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This would have been the first playoff game won at home in my lifetime.
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Well, obviously in my lifetime because that's all still in my lifetime.
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The first playoff game hosted
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at Ford Field.
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This was a big, big deal.
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And for it to have been against Matthew Stafford who came in
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It was heart-wrenching all the way down, and it was a close one, and my nerves were shot by the end of the night, but the Detroit Lions snuck by with a one-point lead at the end of the game, 24-23, and the Lions moved on.
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The Lions didn't move on.
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And Detroit rejoiced.
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Detroit rejoiced, Mac rejoiced, Lions fans ever rejoiced.
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And yeah, I was watching in the Fort Lauderdale airport and that was a tight game.
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That was tight.
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I'm not kidding.
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I don't think I had nails at the end of it because I was biting my nails.
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I was a ball of nerves that entire game.
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Yeah, Stafford played incredibly.
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He had an incredible game.
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Puka was unbelievable.
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Yeah, such a good quarterback, such a good...
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Such a good crew between Puka and Kyron and Aaron Donald.
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I mean, just such a good team all the way around.
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So I was very nervous.
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But then once we beat them, we were looking pretty for the next weekend because of that Green Bay win over Dallas.
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So you knew no matter what, after the Cowboys lost, with you being the three seed, if you beat the Rams, you would have had another home game at Fort Fields.
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For sure it had a home game and it for sure would have been against either the Eagles or the Bucs, whoever won on Monday night, which I'll let you lead into Monday night.
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For sure.
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Yes.
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Good segue.
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I have a question about the game.
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How did you feel about because I know we were talking about Stafford coming back and it being emotional.
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How did you feel about.
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The booing.
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The boos when he came out.
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I was not a fan of the booing simply because he was our quarterback for so long.
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I certainly did not want there to be any cheering.
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I thought fully it should be wholeheartedly cheering for Detroit.
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But I would have liked more cheering for Detroit and not necessarily against Stafford.
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But it was both.
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And I would have loved if it was just like, you know, the Jared Goff chant and all that.
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Love that.
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Love to see everybody get behind him.
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Right.
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I don't know that the booing was necessary.
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Do we need to be against him or can we just be for Detroit?
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I think the latter.
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Yes.
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So I thought it was a little classless.
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The, uh,
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I did, too.
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I didn't agree with it.
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I was not expecting that.
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And I will say I will say I was looking at some things, some articles afterwards in a lot of people's comments were very similar of like that was not they didn't like that that happened so much.
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right and i think kelly stafford was a little stunned by it i think so yeah she had some interesting statements that like yeah the fans were booing the dollars and that was yeah obviously yeah unnecessary obviously that was crazy but after that she said go get yours detroit yep yep and stafford said he's happy very classy yep and stafford said he was happy for the players he made sure not to say the fans i think he was a little hurt by the uh
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He might have been.
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I did see an interview he did earlier in the week, though, leading up to that game, where he did say he expected to be booed.
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Oh, okay.
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So that's good then.
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So I think he anticipated it.
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But still, I'm sure that hurts.
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This is the city that you've given your heart and soul to for so long.
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Yeah.
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I wish it was...
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more so for Detroit and not
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necessarily against the Rams and against Stafford.
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And I felt like they did both.
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And I wish it was just, forget about the against Stafford.
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You can show the support to Detroit and everything, but you can still also raise a toast to what Stafford has done.
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For sure.
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He did a lot.
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That was the first time back.
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So yeah, I mean, it was a tough situation for everybody because it was a playoff game.
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For sure.
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Garrett Goff felt supported and they did and that was cool to cheer his name.
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You got to feel good for him.
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So yeah, all that to say the Lions had an unbelievable one-point victory and that wrapped up the games on Sunday and then moving to January 15th.
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Monday was supposed to be one game.
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Blizzards and Buffalo in January, unheard of.
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Yeah, that game was supposed to be Saturday.
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You're right.
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So that was supposed to be Saturday.
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They moved it back to Monday and the Bills won as expected.
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expected in a completely snow covered environment.
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There was just snow still covering all the seats, but Buffalo fans are insane and they still made it work.
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So yeah, they beat the Steelers.
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And then in the win and go Detroit game on Monday night, Philadelphia's downward end of the season just ended the way it started with that, uh,
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With the snowball effect, unfortunately, Big T. Brutal.
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Brutal end to a C. I don't know if I've ever seen such a self-inflicted just implosion as the Eagles.
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Sorry, Big T. You know what I mean?
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I mean, yeah.
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That was brutal.
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It was crazy.
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They were 10-1.
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Everyone's saying they're for sure the team to beat in the NFC.
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And then, yeah, all of a sudden in their last, what was it there?
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In their last one, two, three, four, five, six.
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Six regular season games.
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They were 1-5.
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Obviously, they got smoked by the Buccaneers.
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So they finished their season 1-6, losing to teams like the Seahawks, Cardinals, Giants, and then Bucs in the first round.
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What a meltdown.
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It was a meltdown.
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But, yeah, I mean...
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And the thing, too, heading into it, I mean, their hardest teams were at the beginning of the season.
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So then to go out and lose to the Giants, the Cardinals, the Seahawks, like, come on.
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I mean, yes, the 49ers and Cowboys, that was a tough stretch.
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But the rest of them, they should have had.
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They should have had in the bag.
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Absolutely.
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Look at the middle of the season.
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They beat the Dolphins.
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Then two weeks later, they beat the Cowboys, the Chiefs, and the Bills.
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Yeah.
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At that point, people were saying, oh, my God, the odds in Vegas must have been unbelievable for them to get back to the –
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to the Superbowl.
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And then after they got smoked by the Niners, it was just downhill.
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So Big T, I mean, do we feel bad for you right now?
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Of course, feel a little bad for you, but you were in the Superbowl last year.
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So yeah, we don't feel that bad.
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Not too, too bad.
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And I'm sure you're cheering for the Lions now, uh, courtesy a little.
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So I hope so.
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Shout out to that.
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But yeah, Bucks.
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Um,
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finished the wildcard weekend with a 32-9 win, and that was the first weekend of the playoffs.
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So then we, of course, moved into the divisional round where we had the Houston Texans taking on the Baltimore Ravens.
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It was to be expected.
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Stroud had an incredible career.
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He absolutely is a frontrunner for the
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Rookie of the year, offensive rookie of the year.
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He's for sure going to win that.
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For sure.
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In my opinion.
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There's no doubt.
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He will.
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He led the Texans from being the worst team in the league.
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Granted, they didn't have the number one overall pick because of that last minute win.
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Yeah.
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But, yeah.
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I would imagine they would be determined as the worst team in the league, even though the Bears stole that number one pick.
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Well, maybe the second worst team.
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Thank you, thank you.
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And one of us did expect the Texans to get first.
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One of us did.
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Did you expect, though, in all honesty, did you expect
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them to go to the divisional round of the playoffs?
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Of course.
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Did you?
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Absolutely.
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Bullshit.
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Didn't say it.
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Not explicit.
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Yes.
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Yes, yes, yes, yes.
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Hey, Dad.
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But yeah, sorry, Dad's call it.
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I did not expect that.
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That retired life.
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Shouts out to my dad.
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He just retired.
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He's giving me a call.
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It's 1130 on a Friday.
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What does he think?
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I'm not working or something?
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Yeah.
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Was it time for a little siesta already?
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Shout out to the retired life.
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But yeah, I did expect the Texans to be better.
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Didn't expect them to win a playoff game.
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So shout out to them.
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But yeah, Baltimore, the juggernaut in the NFL right now, they...
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Absolutely dominated.
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34-10 knocked Houston off their high horse.
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Houston's got a lot to be excited for, but Baltimore said not this year.
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It took them out.
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There's a couple, sorry.
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There's a couple teams not to interrupt.
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It's easier to do when I'm in the same position.
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I know.
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But there's a couple teams next year that I have my eyes on that are really going to just have a lot to look forward to.
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The Texans are one of them.
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Do you?
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Browns, for sure, another one after the playoff run.
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I mean, the Bears are a unanimous choice to have a huge, huge – just another – they had three wins and they went to seven.
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I think they're going to get another four on top of that for 11 next year.
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Okay.
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So I'm interested, though.
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So you're talking teams that had some success this year.
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Absolutely.
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And we'll have more success next year.
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Yeah.
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So the odd man out in that scenario is that one of those teams didn't make the playoffs.
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Well, the other two did.
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And they made it.
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through the first or second round.
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One of them did get eliminated the second to last week from the playoffs, lost a heartbreaker to the Lions one week, lost a heartbreaker to the Broncos, and lost a heartbreaker to the Browns.
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You win those three games, you win 10 games, you're in the freaking playoffs.
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All right.
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Well, I'm just saying, one of those is unlike the others.
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One of them is a little difference.
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Not much, but a little.
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Okay, just a little.
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Just a little.
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But I agree.
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The Texans have a lot to look forward to next year and for a long time to come with such a young team.
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Agreed.
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Saturday night, we moved into a barn burner of a game.
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Unexpected barn burner.
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The Green Bay Packers at San Francisco 49ers.
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Bob already alluded to.
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Ooh, good word, Mackie.
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Really good word.
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The fact that he was cheering against Green Bay.
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I personally was cheering for Green Bay.
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Oh, my God.
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Shocking.
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Because if Green Bay were to win this game and the Lions were to win on Sunday, then we would have a home NFC championship game against the Green Bay Packers.
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That felt very doable for me.
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On the other hand, if they were to lose and we were to win, we would have to travel to San Francisco for the NFC Championship game.
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So I'm not going to give you any spoilers as to what happened.
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You're about to find out.
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The Packers had an absolute run.
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The 49ers did not look like themselves.
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The Packers were doing really, really well and ended up losing.
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On a last minute, very uncharacteristic interception thrown by Jordan Love.
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Cross field, terrible pass.
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Brock Purdy led the charge to get a touchdown to take the lead.
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There was plenty of time on the clock for them to get back in position, get a field goal.
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He threw a terrible pass, picked off, game over.
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San Francisco won the game.
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Love to see it.
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Sorry, Packers.
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Do you, though?
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Because this weekend, it's going to make things a little tougher.
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It's going to make things tougher, but I still love to see it because the Packers are the Packers.
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And, uh.
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If the Bears are in the same situation, which, you know, give me 365 days, but if the Bears right now are in the same situation as the Lions, then, yeah, I probably would have been cheering for Green Bay.
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But am I cheering for the Lions for you?
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Yes.
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Am I a Lions fan?
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No.
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Oh, well, then you're not wearing my jersey tomorrow.
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Shoot.
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I mean, Sunday.
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I'm not?
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Dang it.
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That is a really bad punishment.
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I was going to let you, but... You were going to let me wear a Lions jersey, and now I can't?
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Yep, I was going to let you bandwagon, but now you cannot.
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Shoot.
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And actually, as a matter of fact, we only allow people wholeheartedly cheering for the Lions in here during Lions games.
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So you may have to sit outside.
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I'm going to have to be outside.
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It's supposed to be a little chilly on Sunday.
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I saw that.
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Sorry.
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Okay, Sunday will be outside.
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Some of us don't want to say it's either.
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Speaking of the Lions.
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This just makes me nauseous, by the way.
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Sorry.
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We've got the NFL schedule pulled up, and there's an advertisement that just keeps replaying over and over on the bottom.
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It's a little nauseous.
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Speaking of the Lions, tell me what happened on Sunday.
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Sunday –
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It was a more chill day for me in Costa Rica.
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I said, I want to watch the NFL all day.
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So I had a little ocean swim in the morning.
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Nice.
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It was great.
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Got back to the hostel.
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Must be nice.
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What kind of life is this that you live?
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It was really nice.
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Just me and Dan just having a great retired life.
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Yeah.
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Wait a minute.
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Are you also retired?
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Basically.
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Yeah.
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Not working on this Friday.
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He's been in Costa Rica.
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Oh, I'm working this Friday.
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Oh, yeah.
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I forgot you were working.
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Got a couple of super important meetings.
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So that's why we need to keep this under an hour.
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And we're only at 20 minutes.
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We're cruising.
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We're cruising.
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But yes, it was watching these games.
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Nice little backdrop of the Pacific Ocean.
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And yeah, the Bucs-Lions was a little closer than some people might have expected.
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Yeah, I agree.
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Baker had himself a good game.
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Mike Evans had a good game as expected.
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But the Lions, it kind of seemed like they had that game pretty well under wraps most of the time.
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It got to be within like one possession.
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But the Lions...
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They had a pretty firm grasp on it in the second half.
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Yeah.
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The Lions did win once again, 31-23, to advance to the NFC Championship game and leave the Cowboys and Commanders.
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As the only two teams did not reach that game.
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Maybe.
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Were you a little excited about that?
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I was a little excited.
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So the first playoff win definitely did a few zoomies in the backyard with Summit.
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Second playoff win definitely did some zoomies in the backyard with Summit.
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Nice.
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If we win this weekend, I will probably be running up and down Azalea Street and just –
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going buck wild if we advance to the super bowl you'll see a different side of me than you probably have ever seen yeah you and nick saw me doing zoomies down the street right with the cops made it to the world series so that will absolutely be a very similar picture i would imagine okay i really hope to see it wholeheartedly waking the whole neighborhood just hoots and hollers and i want nothing more than to see that
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And this is what we wanted.
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I get to watch the NFC Championship game.
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I know.
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And her team's in the game.
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I will say, and I wish I could play a clip recording, but I remember...
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Weeks ago, I mean, probably even months ago, when we talked about you coming here for NFC Championship weekend.
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Yes.
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I believe I made some comment of, we're going to be watching the Lions.
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And I know that was very far-fetched at the time.
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And look at us now.
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The Lions are in the NFC Championship game.
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Wow.
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This is not a drill.
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The Lions are actually in the NFC Championship game.
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What the heck?
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Are you nervous for the Lions' future as an organization?
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No.
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I'm more so excited about the Bears' future.
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Okay.
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And all the drafts.
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You're not thinking about... No, I'm more so about thinking about us.
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Okay.
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The Bears are the main character in the NFC North, in my opinion.
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Really?
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Not right now, they're... I don't know.
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I kind of feel like the Lions are kind of like, oh, my word.
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Oh, she made his birth.
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Sorry, the quiche came right back up on me there.
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I feel like the Lions are kind of like the darlings of football at the moment, so that would include the NFC North.
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They're the darlings of the NFL right now, but the Bears are the darlings.
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The darlings, that's a funny word.
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Good word.
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The Bears are the darlings of the NFC North.
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The Bears are going to be the darlings of the offseason.
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We'll say that.
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Okay, we'll see.
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I think if the Lions... Yeah, when they trade away Justin Fields, they will be.
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Hey!
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You know what?
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I think you're going to be outside during the game.
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Oh, this is my house.
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Me and Nick are going to be watching the game.
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Interesting.
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So we'll have to talk about that in a little comment because that was crazy and uncalled for.
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Justin, you're not going anywhere.
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We're keeping you.
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Don't you worry.
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So...
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That was hot wash.
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But yeah, the Lions, they beat the Bucs.
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They're in the NFC Championship game.
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Spoiler alert, they did it.
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And then in the last game.
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What a good game that last game was.
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Unbelievable.
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We knew it was going to be good with Chiefs, Bills, Mahomes, Allen.
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It's always cinema.
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It's always great games.
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That video still makes me nauseous.
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I gotta look away, but it was in Buffalo.
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And are you ready for another nugget?
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I hope you're still a little hungry.
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I am.
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You came loaded with nuggets.
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I came loaded with nuggets.
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So...
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This was the first game for Mahomes.
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I think that was his 16th playoff game already in his sixth season, which is absurd.
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Sickening, nauseating.
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That's like a little baby.
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More nauseating than this?
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Than this advertisement?
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Way more nauseating than the BlazePod advertisement, which thank you so much.
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Okay.
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Gone.
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Amazing.
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Don't need to watch that.
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I got you.
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Stupid kid and his dad.
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This was Patrick Mahomes.
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16th playoff game.
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First game, not Super Bowl, because obviously that's always a, what do you call it?
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On the road.
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Yeah, it's like a – It's a neutral location.
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Neutral, thank you.
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But it's the first game on the road.
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First non-home game, so first road game for him, not Super Bowl in the playoffs.
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Wow.
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Which is insane.
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And this is also – this is his sixth year, and now this is his sixth AFC Championship game.
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Spoiler alert, they won.
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Yeah.
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Again.
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Insane.
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Wild.
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They won just by – they only won by three.
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Buffalo –
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Their poor kicker probably was getting some death threats afterwards because he had a chance to tie that game, potentially send it to overtime.
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There was still a decent amount of time left on the clock for Patrick Mahomes.
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You never know.
00:26:15
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He only needed 12 seconds last time.
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Whoa.
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Whoa.
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Don't bring that up.
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Don't bring that up.
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Don't bring that up.
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Bobo's going to come up with their swords here.
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But he missed.
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He missed the kick, and it was pretty unfortunate.
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But there were some other misses.
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There was a huge bomb to –
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To Diggs down the right and he dropped it right through his arms.
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Got to catch the ball.
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Come on.
00:26:35
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So that was tough.
00:26:36
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Lots of mistakes.
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Last nugget about that game is Mahomes and Kelsey have officially passed Brady and Gronk as the all-time QB receiver slash tight end.
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Touchdown in the playoffs duo.
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Wow.
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With 16.
00:26:50
Speaker
And I think there's going to be a lot more where that came from in upcoming seasons.
00:26:54
Speaker
I think so, too.
00:26:54
Speaker
I think it's far from over.
00:26:57
Speaker
There was some talk that there might be some retiring talk from Travis Kelsey, but I don't think that's true.
00:27:02
Speaker
I call BS his brother.
00:27:04
Speaker
Great, great career, Jason.
00:27:07
Speaker
Travis, I think he's got a little bit more in the tank.
00:27:08
Speaker
Absolutely.
00:27:09
Speaker
I agree.
00:27:10
Speaker
So shall we dive into your punishment real quick and then talk about this weekend?
00:27:14
Speaker
We should, yes.
00:27:15
Speaker
So since then, I have embarked on, since the divisional round, I have embarked on my punishment of the Waffle House Challenge.
00:27:24
Speaker
So if you'll remember, because Bob did end up winning it all in terms of picking more games correct than I did throughout the
00:27:34
Speaker
entirety of the year, I had to do the Waffle House challenge.
00:27:38
Speaker
And we were going to do it while he was here, but instead of spending 24 of our 72 hours in a Waffle House.
00:27:44
Speaker
It would have been cool.
00:27:46
Speaker
It would have been cool, but it would be nice to like show you around other places in Asheville.
00:27:49
Speaker
Appreciate that.
00:27:51
Speaker
So instead of doing that, Bob allowed me to have a little bit of a variation, a take on the Waffle House Challenge.
00:27:57
Speaker
I did.
00:27:58
Speaker
I did.
00:27:58
Speaker
So that was so nice of me.
00:27:59
Speaker
So nice of you.
00:28:00
Speaker
That's so nice.
00:28:01
Speaker
So the variation was that I had to for sure eat 24 waffles.
00:28:08
Speaker
So in the Waffle House Challenge, you only eat as many as you want.
00:28:11
Speaker
And then you just have to sit at the Waffle House up until 24 hours.
00:28:15
Speaker
So I could eat
00:28:15
Speaker
six waffles and stay there for 18 hours.
00:28:17
Speaker
Correct.
00:28:18
Speaker
Good math.
00:28:18
Speaker
Yeah.
00:28:19
Speaker
I've been doing a lot of counting lately.
00:28:24
Speaker
So you can kind of choose how many you're actually going to eat.
00:28:27
Speaker
In the variation, I have to eat 24 waffles.
00:28:30
Speaker
No matter what.
00:28:31
Speaker
My internal goal is to do it in 24 hours.
00:28:33
Speaker
I was just shy of that, but that's okay.
00:28:36
Speaker
But as of about an hour ago,
00:28:39
Speaker
I ate my 24th waffle down the hatch and golf clap for me.
00:28:47
Speaker
It was a long, I started Wednesday night for dinner and got a big giant 24 pack.
00:28:53
Speaker
If you haven't seen, made a little reel on Instagram.
00:28:56
Speaker
Yeah, take a peek.
00:28:57
Speaker
Take a peek.
00:28:58
Speaker
But you'll get to see that giant pack that I ate by myself.
00:29:01
Speaker
It's a family pack.
00:29:02
Speaker
Yeah.
00:29:03
Speaker
I was the family.
00:29:04
Speaker
She was the family.
00:29:05
Speaker
The family pack, the waffles designed for at least a family of four probably.
00:29:08
Speaker
Me, myself, and I. We were in the family.
00:29:09
Speaker
It was eaten by an individual in a day and a half.
00:29:12
Speaker
So there's probably like some fine print on the bottom of the box saying don't eat all of it.
00:29:15
Speaker
Don't do that.
00:29:16
Speaker
Yeah.
00:29:16
Speaker
How does the stomach feel and how does the body feel?
00:29:19
Speaker
So it's weird because I've been trying to think about how it made me feel.
00:29:24
Speaker
And I don't know that I've ever so simultaneously felt nauseous and full and crummy and starving at the same time.
00:29:33
Speaker
What a weird sensation.
00:29:35
Speaker
It's so weird because waffles are nothing.
00:29:37
Speaker
It's just empty carbs.
00:29:39
Speaker
It's literally nothing.
00:29:40
Speaker
So then to eat that many and you're still starving, but your body also just feels like shit.
00:29:49
Speaker
Like all I'm eating is like, oh, we made it explicit.
00:29:52
Speaker
We made it explicit.
00:29:54
Speaker
Um, but yeah, you just feel awful because all you're eating is like carbs, which is also it's carbs and sugar and sodium.
00:30:00
Speaker
That's all it is.
00:30:01
Speaker
That's all the human body needs.
00:30:03
Speaker
It's all it needs.
00:30:04
Speaker
She did it.
00:30:05
Speaker
And I got to give kudos to you.
00:30:06
Speaker
You, uh, you ate all 24.
00:30:08
Speaker
Thank you.
00:30:08
Speaker
I tried to give her an easy way out saying you could just do 24 hours of only waffles.
00:30:12
Speaker
She said, no, I'll do 24, 24 waffles.
00:30:14
Speaker
Yep.
00:30:14
Speaker
And I said, okay, your funeral.
00:30:18
Speaker
She did it.
00:30:19
Speaker
I did get creative though.
00:30:21
Speaker
So another part of it is Bob allowed me, thankfully, because I was like, I don't know if my body will react to only waffles, just plain ass waffles for 24 waffles.
00:30:32
Speaker
So Bob allowed me to eat waffles and I could eat other things in the waffle.
00:30:36
Speaker
So I could make the waffles into like a peanut butter and jelly.
00:30:39
Speaker
I could put peanut butter and jelly on them.
00:30:41
Speaker
Or one that I did, which was actually pretty darn good.
00:30:44
Speaker
Recommend.
00:30:45
Speaker
is I put a buffalo chicken patty in between.
00:30:47
Speaker
Whoa.
00:30:48
Speaker
And it was like chicken and waffles.
00:30:49
Speaker
It was really good.
00:30:50
Speaker
That was really tasty, actually.
00:30:51
Speaker
Yeah, it actually was very tasty.
00:30:52
Speaker
Wow.
00:30:53
Speaker
So 10 out of 10, recommend that.
00:30:54
Speaker
Okay, maybe I'll give that a try.
00:30:55
Speaker
I probably will not eat waffles for a long time.
00:30:58
Speaker
Can we have that for a meal this weekend?
00:30:59
Speaker
But you are welcome to go get some Eggo waffles.
00:31:02
Speaker
Thank you.
00:31:02
Speaker
And to eat those.
00:31:03
Speaker
We can't do that as like a meal this weekend?
00:31:05
Speaker
Probably not.
00:31:06
Speaker
We've got a couple other meals.
00:31:07
Speaker
No waffles included?
00:31:08
Speaker
No.
00:31:09
Speaker
I'm really glad I finished this morning, though, because we're going to cook some hibachi tonight.
00:31:12
Speaker
Whoa.
00:31:14
Speaker
I want to be ready for that.
00:31:15
Speaker
I'll put some waffles on the hibachi.
00:31:16
Speaker
Yeah.
00:31:17
Speaker
Oh, please, no.
00:31:18
Speaker
There's no more waffles in the house.
00:31:20
Speaker
Please God, no.
00:31:21
Speaker
Please God, no.
00:31:22
Speaker
Kudos to her.
00:31:22
Speaker
She did it.
00:31:23
Speaker
She did the challenge.
00:31:24
Speaker
Kudos to me for winning the challenge.
00:31:25
Speaker
Kudos to you.
00:31:26
Speaker
Yep, absolutely.
00:31:26
Speaker
Really great.
00:31:27
Speaker
And I asked her back this morning if she would have rather done, now that she officially completed the marathon challenge, Yeah.
00:31:34
Speaker
if she would have rather done that or the Waffle House, the traditional sit in the Waffle House for 24 hours, every time you win one, subtract an hour.
00:31:43
Speaker
And she said,
00:31:44
Speaker
I think I would keep this variation for sure.
00:31:46
Speaker
Okay, yeah.
00:31:46
Speaker
Because the Waffle House ones are also way bigger.
00:31:49
Speaker
Yes, probably way more expensive too.
00:31:51
Speaker
Probably way more.
00:31:52
Speaker
Oh, yeah.
00:31:53
Speaker
18 Waffle.
00:31:54
Speaker
My 24 pack was $7.
00:31:55
Speaker
Oh, yeah.
00:31:56
Speaker
You probably would have dropped at least $50 to $75.
00:31:59
Speaker
At least.
00:31:59
Speaker
So way more expensive.
00:32:01
Speaker
This one allowed me to at least be in my home when I'm feeling super crummy instead of having to be in public feeling super crummy.
00:32:06
Speaker
That's good.
00:32:07
Speaker
So, yeah, all the way around, I appreciated the variation.
00:32:10
Speaker
And she did it up and she's done.
00:32:12
Speaker
Now you can eat.
00:32:13
Speaker
The next meal you have,
00:32:14
Speaker
Will that include empty carbs?
00:32:15
Speaker
It will not.
00:32:16
Speaker
It will not.
00:32:17
Speaker
I wonder what I'll eat for my first meal.
00:32:19
Speaker
Wow.
00:32:19
Speaker
Unbelievable.
00:32:20
Speaker
Options.
00:32:20
Speaker
Options are endless.
00:32:21
Speaker
The possibilities truly are endless.
00:32:23
Speaker
The sky's the limit.
00:32:24
Speaker
So she did that.
00:32:25
Speaker
We wanted to give an update.
00:32:26
Speaker
She just completed it.
00:32:27
Speaker
It's good news to you.
00:32:28
Speaker
And now, uh, without further ado, she can jump into the, uh, the two games as we get.
00:32:32
Speaker
I think we should, we got a good slate ahead.
00:32:35
Speaker
I think they're going to be two very good games.
00:32:37
Speaker
I think they're going to be two very good games.
00:32:39
Speaker
Both Vegas has both a possession or less with the, the, uh,
00:32:43
Speaker
point spreads.
00:32:44
Speaker
And I'm assuming you want me to jump into the first one so you could have first dibs at the second game?
00:32:48
Speaker
Why not?
00:32:49
Speaker
But before we jump in real quick, the last thing I'll say is
00:32:54
Speaker
If you think about it, we started with 32 teams.
00:32:56
Speaker
We're down to the best of the best, the top four teams.
00:33:00
Speaker
The final four.
00:33:01
Speaker
Final four in the NFL.
00:33:04
Speaker
So all in all, even if you don't watch football, my recommendation would be for you to tune in this Sunday.
00:33:09
Speaker
There's going to be some really, really good games.
00:33:11
Speaker
You're going to want to see this.
00:33:12
Speaker
It's the best of the best.
00:33:13
Speaker
Missing a couple teams that maybe I would have expected to be there.
00:33:16
Speaker
Would that perhaps be the Bears?
00:33:18
Speaker
Yeah, I was expecting that, but maybe next year.
00:33:20
Speaker
You thought they were the best of the best?
00:33:21
Speaker
I thought they were the best of the best.
00:33:23
Speaker
Oh, okay, okay.
00:33:23
Speaker
I thought they were one of the best of the best.
00:33:24
Speaker
Well, I'm sorry that you were disappointed.
00:33:26
Speaker
It's okay.
00:33:26
Speaker
I was definitely a little disappointed.
00:33:27
Speaker
I'm sorry.
00:33:28
Speaker
Not laughing.
00:33:29
Speaker
She's definitely laughing.
00:33:30
Speaker
But that's the life of a Bears fan.
00:33:32
Speaker
So next year, we'll see Bears and someone else.
00:33:35
Speaker
But anyways, we're talking about this year.
00:33:39
Speaker
And kind of interesting.
00:33:41
Speaker
So we're looking at the ESPN view, and it says tickets as low as.
00:33:45
Speaker
And last week in Ford Field, wasn't the lowest ticket like $800 or $900?
00:33:48
Speaker
Yeah.
00:33:49
Speaker
Yeah, I was looking and I think it was like 800 to maybe even like 1,000.
00:33:55
Speaker
And now it's the championship games and the lowest ticket in the first game is 506.
00:33:59
Speaker
Lowest in the second is 370.
00:34:01
Speaker
You want to fly out to Cali?
00:34:03
Speaker
Should we?
00:34:04
Speaker
Might as well.
00:34:05
Speaker
Jeez, that's a horrible ticket.
00:34:07
Speaker
But yes, first game, we got Kansas City.
00:34:09
Speaker
We got Mahomes and Kelsey.
00:34:11
Speaker
We got the best team record-wise in the NFL.
00:34:14
Speaker
We got Baltimore.
00:34:15
Speaker
We got Lamar.
00:34:16
Speaker
We got Odell.
00:34:17
Speaker
We got Roquan Smith.
00:34:18
Speaker
And yeah, this is at 3 p.m.
00:34:20
Speaker
Eastern Standard Time.
00:34:23
Speaker
And yeah, this is an interesting game because Kansas City has definitely had an up-and-down season.
00:34:28
Speaker
There's been certain weeks where they have not looked like a team that can make the Super Bowl.
00:34:32
Speaker
But as me and Mac were saying, offline, you really can never bet against Mahomes in the playoffs.
00:34:37
Speaker
It's true.
00:34:38
Speaker
Baltimore's beat the crap out of everyone, though.
00:34:40
Speaker
They did not stop.
00:34:42
Speaker
Continued last week against the Texans.
00:34:44
Speaker
I think this is the first championship game for Lamar.
00:34:48
Speaker
He's the MVP of the NFL, if he asked me.
00:34:50
Speaker
I think the voters will agree.
00:34:52
Speaker
Do you agree with that?
00:34:53
Speaker
I do agree.
00:34:54
Speaker
I believe that he is going to win without question.
00:34:57
Speaker
Yep.
00:34:58
Speaker
Would have to agree.
00:34:59
Speaker
There's no big injuries, I believe, on either side.
00:35:02
Speaker
So it's kind of just the best, the best good.
00:35:04
Speaker
And the weather, from what I've heard, is kind of just standard, you know, 20, 30-something times.
00:35:09
Speaker
Don't think it's going to be snowy, so I don't think that's going to be a factor.
00:35:12
Speaker
I think the best team will win this game.
00:35:15
Speaker
I think it's going to be close, but I think Baltimore will win by possession, and I think Lamar will be heading to his first Super Bowl as an NFL quarterback.
00:35:24
Speaker
Okay.
00:35:25
Speaker
That's my choice.
00:35:26
Speaker
I like it.
00:35:27
Speaker
Thanks.
00:35:28
Speaker
And I honestly, it is.
00:35:30
Speaker
Like you said, as I'm looking at it, it's hard to pick against that logo, that Kansas City logo, especially with the stats that you just shared with us.
00:35:37
Speaker
Thanks.
00:35:37
Speaker
Patrick Mahomes, the way he finds ways to get to Super Bowls time in, time again.
00:35:43
Speaker
It's just insane the way he has done this.
00:35:46
Speaker
But, I mean, I couldn't agree more.
00:35:49
Speaker
The fact of the matter is Baltimore looks like a team in a league of its own this year.
00:35:54
Speaker
The way that they have beaten up the Dolphins, the Lions, the 49ers, any team, you name it, and they have just destroyed them.
00:36:01
Speaker
And I could see that happening again.
00:36:04
Speaker
I could see this getting out of hand in their favor, if at all.
00:36:08
Speaker
If it goes in one favor pretty heavily, it would be in Baltimore's in my opinion.
00:36:13
Speaker
Do I think that Kansas City is going to do their best to make sure that doesn't happen and it doesn't get out of hand?
00:36:17
Speaker
Sure.
00:36:18
Speaker
Yeah, of course.
00:36:18
Speaker
But they might not try.
00:36:21
Speaker
But I think there is potential that this could be a couple possession game at the end, if I'm honest, just because of the struggles that Kansas City has had on offense.
00:36:31
Speaker
throughout the season.
00:36:32
Speaker
They have looked better.
00:36:33
Speaker
I will say that they have looked better through the playoff run.
00:36:36
Speaker
They look like a little bit of a different team.
00:36:38
Speaker
Their defense has been phenomenal time and time again, but Baltimore's faced tough defenses and has had no problem ripping them to shreds.
00:36:45
Speaker
So I think that for sure, Baltimore is going to win this game.
00:36:49
Speaker
And I would, I know we're not doing confidence, but I would definitely say that's my most confident.
00:36:54
Speaker
Whoa.
00:36:55
Speaker
Confidence of two for that game.
00:36:56
Speaker
Confidence of
00:36:57
Speaker
16 if there were 16 games.
00:36:58
Speaker
Whoa, that's super confident.
00:37:00
Speaker
I also did see that Mark Andrews, their star tight end is playing for the first time in many weeks.
00:37:05
Speaker
Which even that is a boost, right?
00:37:07
Speaker
Even if you don't really use them, because Likely's been doing phenomenal.
00:37:10
Speaker
Blake Live leader.
00:37:11
Speaker
Blake Live leader.
00:37:14
Speaker
Man, I guess your mind says what you're thinking about.
00:37:17
Speaker
You've been thinking about Blake right now?
00:37:19
Speaker
Apparently, geez.
00:37:20
Speaker
Like I said, Isaiah Likely or Likely?
00:37:23
Speaker
Likely.
00:37:23
Speaker
Isaiah Likely.
00:37:24
Speaker
Where did you get...
00:37:30
Speaker
Wow, wow, wow, wow, wow.
00:37:32
Speaker
Man, I gotta send some sweat.
00:37:33
Speaker
Hey, get your head out of the gutter, man.
00:37:35
Speaker
Gee, it wasn't the gutter.
00:37:36
Speaker
I was thinking about an unbelievably beautiful actress.
00:37:39
Speaker
Geez.
00:37:40
Speaker
Sorry, Isaiah.
00:37:41
Speaker
How did your mind get to Blake Lively?
00:37:43
Speaker
I think just because it's the only other Lively I know.
00:37:45
Speaker
His last name is Lively.
00:37:49
Speaker
Well, Isaiah, you've been having great games.
00:37:52
Speaker
We'll send some swag your way.
00:37:53
Speaker
Sorry for confusing you with acting.
00:37:56
Speaker
Equally as beautiful.
00:37:57
Speaker
Equally as beautiful as Blake.
00:37:58
Speaker
I don't know about that.
00:37:59
Speaker
Isaiah, Blake, same thing.
00:38:01
Speaker
The standard, the bar is set very high.
00:38:02
Speaker
Blake.
00:38:06
Speaker
Just take the... Okay, I'm going to take the mic back.
00:38:09
Speaker
While Bob gets his stuff together, he needs to start thinking about something other than Blake Lively.
00:38:13
Speaker
I'm sorry.
00:38:14
Speaker
I'm sorry.
00:38:15
Speaker
And before we go to the last game, I'm sorry.
00:38:17
Speaker
I think the fans are really excited because we've had a couple weeks off to hear an advertisement.
00:38:21
Speaker
I almost did it before this game or before we got into the conference championship.
00:38:26
Speaker
Yeah, but since we're only at 38 minutes,
00:38:29
Speaker
I think our fans would love to hear.
00:38:31
Speaker
And she's not prepared.
00:38:32
Speaker
I don't see anything.
00:38:33
Speaker
There's nothing.
00:38:33
Speaker
So this is great.
00:38:34
Speaker
So, Mac, without further ado.
00:38:36
Speaker
All right.
00:38:37
Speaker
Without further ado, this conference championship matchup weekend is brought to you by the one and only, the one you turn to when you lose a bet, Eggo Waffles.
00:38:54
Speaker
Eggo waffles, they make you nauseous when you eat 24.
00:38:59
Speaker
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00:39:03
Speaker
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00:39:08
Speaker
Wow, very good.
00:39:09
Speaker
You got your composure there.
00:39:12
Speaker
Eggo waffles make you.
00:39:16
Speaker
That's cool.
00:39:16
Speaker
Sorry, Eggo waffles.
00:39:17
Speaker
You do make me a little nauseous at the moment.
00:39:20
Speaker
If you only eat the recommended serving size, though, they will not make you nauseous.
00:39:25
Speaker
That's true.
00:39:25
Speaker
And shout out, you can do so much with Eggo waffles.
00:39:27
Speaker
You can.
00:39:28
Speaker
You can make chicken sandwich.
00:39:30
Speaker
You can make PB&J.
00:39:31
Speaker
You can eat them with peanut butter and banana.
00:39:35
Speaker
Many people never would have probably known about all these different variations.
00:39:38
Speaker
Lots of variations.
00:39:39
Speaker
So you're welcome.
00:39:40
Speaker
I've tried them all.
00:39:41
Speaker
Shout out, Eggo.
00:39:42
Speaker
You might not have a customer here with Mac for a while, but hey, shout out.
00:39:47
Speaker
Thanks for being the sponsor of our episode and our punishment.
00:39:51
Speaker
Yeah.
00:39:52
Speaker
Appreciate it very much.
00:39:53
Speaker
So yeah, kept that one pretty, pretty just standard.
00:39:56
Speaker
That was clean.
00:39:57
Speaker
I thought to myself, don't get out of control.
00:39:59
Speaker
Just stick to the basics.
00:40:00
Speaker
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00:40:01
Speaker
There you go, waffles.
00:40:01
Speaker
Basic, clean.
00:40:03
Speaker
That's it.
00:40:03
Speaker
Moving on.
00:40:04
Speaker
Beautiful.
00:40:04
Speaker
Love it.
00:40:04
Speaker
It's an advertisement.
00:40:06
Speaker
And now the last game, the most important game, in Max's opinion, of the weekend and maybe of the season.
00:40:12
Speaker
Let's hear what you think.
00:40:13
Speaker
It is.
00:40:13
Speaker
It is.
00:40:14
Speaker
But for the first time ever, this Making Waves episode is going to have two back-to-back sponsors.
00:40:18
Speaker
What?
00:40:18
Speaker
Because we are on a minute and a half long advertisement break.
00:40:22
Speaker
Oh, my gosh.
00:40:24
Speaker
Is that legal?
00:40:25
Speaker
It's legal.
00:40:25
Speaker
Is that a breach of contract?
00:40:26
Speaker
No, it's not.
00:40:27
Speaker
No breach of contract.
00:40:28
Speaker
So it's not written in the contract anywhere.
00:40:30
Speaker
Geez, the second.
00:40:32
Speaker
He's also not prepared, folks.
00:40:33
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I can attest to that.
00:40:35
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00:41:20
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I had it until I said picture.
00:41:21
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So good.
00:41:22
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Picture color.
00:41:23
Speaker
Until I said picture character, I was like, dang it.
00:41:26
Speaker
He literally smashed his fist into himself.
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Speaker
Damn it.
00:41:31
Speaker
Yeti.
00:41:32
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You've been around for so long.
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You've been through the good and the bad.
00:41:34
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Yeti's pretty good.
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Yay for Yeti.
00:41:37
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I like that.
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Say yay.
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That's pretty good.
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Speaker
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Speaker
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00:41:46
Speaker
Wow.
00:41:46
Speaker
But it takes that back to back.
00:41:47
Speaker
That was unexpected.
00:41:48
Speaker
That was good.
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Speaker
No problem.
00:41:51
Speaker
Okay, well, with that, with our sponsorships underway, all the royalties we'll be making from those from Yeti and... Those candy.
00:41:59
Speaker
Oh, my gosh.
00:42:01
Speaker
Oh, that was not candy.
00:42:03
Speaker
I can't grab anything.
00:42:04
Speaker
That is a tampon.
00:42:06
Speaker
Not used.
00:42:07
Speaker
Don't worry.
00:42:08
Speaker
I can't grab anything of this household.
00:42:10
Speaker
Jeez.
00:42:11
Speaker
You are an household with two women, so... That makes sense.
00:42:15
Speaker
Yeah, that makes sense.
00:42:16
Speaker
I should have said this...
00:42:18
Speaker
It's brought to you by Super, uh... By Supermax... Tampax... Tampax Sport?
00:42:24
Speaker
By Tampax Pearl Sport.
00:42:25
Speaker
That would have been a good ad.
00:42:27
Speaker
Next time.
00:42:28
Speaker
Next Super Bowl episode will be brought to you... Tell me what of that wrapper made you think it was candy.
00:42:33
Speaker
I don't know.
00:42:34
Speaker
Just talk about a wrapper and...
00:42:36
Speaker
Give it a peek and really wish I never did.
00:42:40
Speaker
Oh, my goodness.
00:42:41
Speaker
Thanks, Tampa.
00:42:42
Speaker
Three advertisements.
00:42:44
Speaker
Wow.
00:42:44
Speaker
Wow.
00:42:45
Speaker
What a way to segue into the Lions versus the Niners.
00:42:48
Speaker
With that, as we're talking about tampons.
00:42:51
Speaker
Oh, man, that's a dull moment.
00:42:53
Speaker
Looking ahead to the NFC Championship, let's get back to football.
00:42:57
Speaker
Football.
00:42:57
Speaker
And beer.
00:42:58
Speaker
And we got to drink beer when we watch football.
00:43:00
Speaker
NASCAR.
00:43:01
Speaker
Yeah.
00:43:02
Speaker
Browl.
00:43:03
Speaker
Browl.
00:43:08
Speaker
We have the Gritty.
00:43:11
Speaker
Grit.
00:43:12
Speaker
Grit.
00:43:13
Speaker
Grit iron.
00:43:14
Speaker
Grit.
00:43:16
Speaker
The Gritty Detroit Lions playing in San Francisco against the 49ers.
00:43:22
Speaker
6.30 p.m.
00:43:24
Speaker
Wow.
00:43:25
Speaker
Oh, I don't know about you folks, but I am already counting down the minutes for this game.
00:43:31
Speaker
I'm thrilled.
00:43:32
Speaker
I'm ready.
00:43:32
Speaker
I'm excited.
00:43:33
Speaker
I'm nervous, but I'm ready and I'm excited.
00:43:36
Speaker
We've got our team heading away for the first playoff game away.
00:43:42
Speaker
Since the playoffs have started, we hosted the first two at home.
00:43:44
Speaker
So it's going to be a little bit different for us.
00:43:46
Speaker
We're on the road, of course, taking on a very stout and good team in San Francisco.
00:43:52
Speaker
They've got offense.
00:43:53
Speaker
They've got defense.
00:43:54
Speaker
They've got players on every side of the ball.
00:43:57
Speaker
And it's certainly going to be arguably our toughest matchup.
00:44:00
Speaker
The Rams would be, I would say, comparable in terms of how difficult they're
00:44:05
Speaker
But 49ers probably even more so because they are just a stacked team all the way around.
00:44:10
Speaker
They are fighting for that Super Bowl spot that they missed out on last year due to injuries.
00:44:16
Speaker
So the San Francisco 49ers are going to come hungry.
00:44:21
Speaker
But you know who else is coming hungry?
00:44:25
Speaker
Not Bob because he's apparently full because he's burping.
00:44:28
Speaker
He's so full.
00:44:29
Speaker
You know who else is coming hungry?
00:44:31
Speaker
Also not me because I'm stuffed on 24 waffles.
00:44:34
Speaker
But the team that has not been to a Super Bowl in the Super Bowl era, the Detroit Lions.
00:44:43
Speaker
They are hungry.
00:44:45
Speaker
They are ready to feast.
00:44:46
Speaker
They are ready to head to the Super Bowl represent for our city.
00:44:54
Speaker
You're kind of scaring me a lot of the genes.
00:44:56
Speaker
I kind of wish I was.
00:44:59
Speaker
If you think this is bad, wait until Sunday.
00:45:02
Speaker
Oh, my God.
00:45:02
Speaker
I'm so ready.
00:45:03
Speaker
I'm going to be so hyped.
00:45:04
Speaker
I'm already wearing my Lions shirt.
00:45:06
Speaker
She is.
00:45:07
Speaker
I've got a Lions jersey ready for Sunday.
00:45:09
Speaker
Nick's got a Lions jersey.
00:45:10
Speaker
Perhaps Bob, but he would have to earn it.
00:45:12
Speaker
I don't think he would earn it.
00:45:14
Speaker
Well, then not Bob.
00:45:15
Speaker
But I'm just so excited for this game.
00:45:18
Speaker
I think it's very possible.
00:45:19
Speaker
If you would have – if San Francisco would have dominated –
00:45:24
Speaker
if San Francisco would have dominated last weekend against the Packers, I think I would be pretty dead set on San Francisco likely winning this game.
00:45:33
Speaker
It's at home for them.
00:45:34
Speaker
They have a little bit of an edge if they were just continuing their domination.
00:45:38
Speaker
But some weaknesses were shown last weekend.
00:45:41
Speaker
And not to mention, Debo Samuel is struggling through an injury.
00:45:44
Speaker
He exited the game early against the Packers.
00:45:46
Speaker
He still is limited, so we'll see.
00:45:48
Speaker
That's going to be a very big key as well if he heads into this game because are you ready for a nugget?
00:45:54
Speaker
I'm super hungry, yes.
00:45:56
Speaker
With Debo, they have an insane record of wins.
00:46:00
Speaker
But without Debo Samuel playing, the San Francisco 49ers are less than 500.
00:46:05
Speaker
They have won eight and lost nine games without Debo Samuel in his career as a 49er.
00:46:12
Speaker
So without him, I think that makes a big deal.
00:46:14
Speaker
I don't think that's going to make or break it if he plays or not.
00:46:17
Speaker
But I think that allows our defense a little more breathing room, which we do need.
00:46:22
Speaker
Our secondary, not great.
00:46:23
Speaker
Our run game, phenomenal.
00:46:25
Speaker
I think we're going to be able to shut down Christian McCaffrey.
00:46:27
Speaker
Oh, what a statement.
00:46:29
Speaker
Another nugget.
00:46:30
Speaker
We have held other opposing running backs to 75 yards or less per game.
00:46:35
Speaker
Tyron and Rashad White?
00:46:37
Speaker
Yeah, incredible.
00:46:38
Speaker
Throughout the season.
00:46:40
Speaker
Khalil Herbert?
00:46:41
Speaker
I believe so.
00:46:42
Speaker
Oh, definitely Khalil Herbert.
00:46:45
Speaker
But I believe that was a stat.
00:46:47
Speaker
Maybe it was just for the playoffs.
00:46:49
Speaker
But I do know that our run defense is very solid.
00:46:51
Speaker
I think we're going to be able to shut down Chris McCaffrey.
00:46:53
Speaker
They're going to have to rely on Purdy, who does a great job as a game manager.
00:46:56
Speaker
But you take Debo Samuel out of the equation, it will just loosen some things up for our defense.
00:47:01
Speaker
We'll definitely have a good shot.
00:47:02
Speaker
Yes.
00:47:03
Speaker
All that to say, with or without him,
00:47:07
Speaker
My boys are in the NFC Championship.
00:47:09
Speaker
There's no way in hell, and yes, I said it, no way in explicit hell that I am picking against the Detroit Lions.
00:47:17
Speaker
Whoa.
00:47:17
Speaker
They are going to the Super Bowl.
00:47:22
Speaker
My God, that was really scary too.
00:47:25
Speaker
Give me your take.
00:47:26
Speaker
Wow, I had a feeling you were going to go with the Lions just a little hunch.
00:47:29
Speaker
There's no way.
00:47:30
Speaker
There's no way I could pick against them.
00:47:32
Speaker
Yeah, you couldn't, and I respect it.
00:47:34
Speaker
I wouldn't even if a million dollars were on the line.
00:47:36
Speaker
Really?
00:47:37
Speaker
If I had a million dollars, I said pick the Niners Ute, no?
00:47:41
Speaker
No, I wouldn't.
00:47:42
Speaker
Wow.
00:47:42
Speaker
You know what?
00:47:43
Speaker
I would take those million dollars.
00:47:44
Speaker
I would take $20 because I unfortunately can pick against your boys.
00:47:50
Speaker
Who am I cheering for?
00:47:51
Speaker
The Lions.
00:47:53
Speaker
And I need to be very careful with what I say because I... Yeah, you do because you're staying here this weekend.
00:47:57
Speaker
Because I am staying here this weekend.
00:47:58
Speaker
Or at least I thought you were until after we did this podcast.
00:48:00
Speaker
Oh my gosh, I might have to stay at the local Red Roof Inn.
00:48:04
Speaker
I think it's going to be a good game.
00:48:06
Speaker
And am I cheering for the Lions in this game?
00:48:08
Speaker
Yes.
00:48:08
Speaker
It doesn't feel like it.
00:48:09
Speaker
No, I am.
00:48:11
Speaker
Am I wearing blue right now?
00:48:12
Speaker
Yes.
00:48:12
Speaker
Yeah, for the Cubs?
00:48:14
Speaker
Yeah.
00:48:14
Speaker
Heck yeah.
00:48:16
Speaker
I am cheering for the Lions.
00:48:17
Speaker
I'm cheering for Detroit.
00:48:18
Speaker
I'm cheering for Mac.
00:48:20
Speaker
But I'm a pretty realistic guy.
00:48:21
Speaker
I never say things on the podcast that don't make sense.
00:48:23
Speaker
Do you?
00:48:25
Speaker
No, never.
00:48:26
Speaker
I never.
00:48:27
Speaker
Roll the tapes.
00:48:29
Speaker
I never have.
00:48:30
Speaker
What if I just wanted to do this montage of every wrong thing you've ever said?
00:48:38
Speaker
I never have my head in the clouds, and I need to be honest to myself, to the wave riders, to the sport of football, to the wonderful sport of American football.
00:48:50
Speaker
I think this game's going to be tight.
00:48:51
Speaker
I think Vegas has it wrong when they say Niners minus seven.
00:48:55
Speaker
I think it's going to be probably three or less.
00:48:58
Speaker
Would I be surprised if the Lions won?
00:48:59
Speaker
Not at all.
00:49:00
Speaker
Would I be super happy for my best friend for Mac?
00:49:03
Speaker
Would I be doing zoomies with you?
00:49:05
Speaker
Absolutely.
00:49:06
Speaker
Do I hope the Lions win?
00:49:07
Speaker
For sure.
00:49:08
Speaker
But this is a NFL podcast.
00:49:10
Speaker
This isn't a rainbows, butterflies, unicorns, just happy ending Hollywood cinema.
00:49:15
Speaker
Actually, it is.
00:49:16
Speaker
Oh, well, in that case, yeah, Lions are going to win.
00:49:18
Speaker
But in this world, if Debo plays, I think the Niners win.
00:49:23
Speaker
If Debo doesn't play, I think he's going to be super close.
00:49:26
Speaker
I think he's a coin toss.
00:49:28
Speaker
I think Debo suits up.
00:49:30
Speaker
I think he plays.
00:49:30
Speaker
I think...
00:49:35
Speaker
The Niners win this game, and I think it's number one versus number one in the Super Bowl.
00:49:38
Speaker
I would like to just tell you that you are uninvited to Zoomie with me when the Lions win.
00:49:44
Speaker
When?
00:49:44
Speaker
I can't Zoomie with you?
00:49:46
Speaker
What happens if I just do it?
00:49:47
Speaker
You're not allowed.
00:49:49
Speaker
You are uninvited.
00:49:50
Speaker
Did you expect me to say the Lions?
00:49:52
Speaker
And excuse me while I call my wife to tell her that our guest is leaving early.
00:49:56
Speaker
Oh, my gosh.
00:49:57
Speaker
I don't even get to see Nick.
00:49:59
Speaker
Did you expect me, in all honesty, to say the Lions there?
00:50:02
Speaker
I hoped.
00:50:03
Speaker
I hoped that for the first time in my lifetime, my best friend.
00:50:08
Speaker
Oh, no, Matt.
00:50:09
Speaker
Did I say I want the Lions to win?
00:50:10
Speaker
Yes.
00:50:11
Speaker
But I just hoped that, you know, I would have 100% of your support.
00:50:15
Speaker
You do.
00:50:15
Speaker
No, it doesn't feel like it.
00:50:16
Speaker
My brain is.
00:50:17
Speaker
It feels like I have 99% of your support.
00:50:19
Speaker
You do, and I wish you said it and didn't spray it there.
00:50:22
Speaker
And I did.
00:50:23
Speaker
It feels like I don't have 100%.
00:50:28
Speaker
I knew it was raining when I came in.
00:50:30
Speaker
The turbulence said it all, believe me.
00:50:32
Speaker
But you have my support.
00:50:35
Speaker
You have my fanhood.
00:50:36
Speaker
You have my, you can trust in the fact that I'm cheering for the Lions.
00:50:40
Speaker
I just need to be honest to the wave riders.
00:50:42
Speaker
If you did that, that would have been unbelievable.
00:50:45
Speaker
It would just spit water all over my face.
00:50:48
Speaker
I'm cheering for the Lions, but my heart, no, no, not my heart.
00:50:51
Speaker
My brain says Niners and I'm sticking to it.
00:50:54
Speaker
But what does your heart say?
00:50:56
Speaker
They want the Lions to win.
00:50:57
Speaker
For you.
00:50:58
Speaker
Your heart wants the Lions to go to the Super Bowl.
00:51:01
Speaker
Say it.
00:51:01
Speaker
Jeez.
00:51:03
Speaker
She said say it.
00:51:04
Speaker
Say it.
00:51:06
Speaker
If that's what you feel, tell me.
00:51:07
Speaker
My heart wants the Detroit Lions to win this game and go to the Super Bowl.
00:51:12
Speaker
Do you have anything cross?
00:51:13
Speaker
No.
00:51:15
Speaker
Yeah.
00:51:16
Speaker
There you go.
00:51:17
Speaker
You heard it here first.
00:51:18
Speaker
Interesting.
00:51:19
Speaker
But Mac thinks it's going to be a Ravens-Lions Super Bowl.
00:51:23
Speaker
I think it's going to be a Ravens-Niners Super Bowl.
00:51:27
Speaker
Time will tell.
00:51:28
Speaker
Time will tell.
00:51:29
Speaker
Do I think we're going to win the Super Bowl?
00:51:31
Speaker
No.
00:51:33
Speaker
Do I think the 49ers would win against the Ravens?
00:51:36
Speaker
No.
00:51:36
Speaker
I think the Ravens are going to win the Super Bowl.
00:51:40
Speaker
Well, hey.
00:51:40
Speaker
If I'm honest.
00:51:41
Speaker
Time will tell.
00:51:42
Speaker
I would love for my boys to be there.
00:51:45
Speaker
And I would love for my best friend to support me in that.
00:51:48
Speaker
And you know what?
00:51:49
Speaker
I am.
00:51:49
Speaker
And I'm cheering for him.
00:51:51
Speaker
But I got to be honest on this podcast.
00:51:53
Speaker
Fine.
00:51:55
Speaker
For once in his life, he decides to be honest, folks.
00:51:58
Speaker
And time will tell what happens.
00:52:01
Speaker
But that's my story and I'm sticking to it.
00:52:03
Speaker
I'm not scared of you.
00:52:04
Speaker
Well, you should be.
00:52:05
Speaker
And I'm not scared.
00:52:06
Speaker
Because you're with me for the rest of this weekend.
00:52:08
Speaker
And now the ad changed.
00:52:09
Speaker
I'm looking for the ad just to put it back up for you.
00:52:11
Speaker
And thank goodness the little stupid kid and his dad are out there.
00:52:13
Speaker
The nauseating ad.
00:52:14
Speaker
The nauseating ad are gone.
00:52:16
Speaker
And that's what we're sticking to, folks.
00:52:19
Speaker
All right.
00:52:20
Speaker
Well, you made your statement and you've made it very clear.
00:52:25
Speaker
That you're choosing football over friendship.
00:52:29
Speaker
And at this point, all I can say is we'll talk next week.
00:52:33
Speaker
My stomach hurt so bad because I'm so hungry.
00:52:34
Speaker
So I really hope I can still make a sandwich.
00:52:37
Speaker
So I hope that that didn't ruin anything.
00:52:38
Speaker
You can take it on the road.
00:52:41
Speaker
I can grab myself and take my sandwich with me.
00:52:43
Speaker
Oh my goodness.
00:52:43
Speaker
Well, with that, with that, I guess we just got to, you know, see, see what's going to happen heading into this week.
00:52:50
Speaker
It's exciting.
00:52:51
Speaker
There's a lot of good football still to be had.
00:52:52
Speaker
A lot of good football.
00:52:53
Speaker
Everybody, if you're not a football fan and you're listening in, I say watch.
00:52:59
Speaker
We're going to be watching and you know what?
00:53:02
Speaker
I guess we'll find out next time we're on this.
00:53:04
Speaker
We'll see you in the Superbowl.
00:53:06
Speaker
Yeah, we will go lions.
00:53:08
Speaker
Let's go.
00:53:09
Speaker
Go Lions.
00:53:10
Speaker
Yeah.
00:53:11
Speaker
Okay.
00:53:11
Speaker
He can at least fake his way through it.
00:53:13
Speaker
There we go.
00:53:15
Speaker
We'll see you next week.
00:53:15
Speaker
See you next week.
00:53:17
Speaker
Peace.
00:53:18
Speaker
Peace.
00:53:24
Speaker
Peace.