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Super Wild Card Weekend!
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Buckle up because the post season is here! With several juicy matchups on the line, who will continue on towards the Super Bowl and who will go home empty handed? Join Mack and Bob as they break down all six games for super wild card weekend!
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Super Wildcard Weekend: Who will advance?
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The bell tolls.
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The time is here, folks.
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Super wildcard weekend.
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Who's going to advance?
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Who's going to go home?
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Let's dive right in.
Introduction to Making Waves Podcast
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Welcome back to Making Waves, an NFL confidence pool podcast.
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I am your host, Mac.
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And I am your host, Bob.
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And it is Super Wild Card Weekend, the first of the 2023-2024 NFL season playoffs.
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It is exciting.
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It is exciting.
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It is exciting.
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Are you excited, Bob?
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I don't think it's very exciting at all.
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So no, I'm not, I'm not excited.
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It's actually not, not really fun, not exciting, not, not going to be a good time.
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Not going to be a good football weekend in any capacity.
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We definitely haven't been working towards this weekend and these next couple of weeks for the last 18.
Fantasy Football Stress & Season Wrap-up
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So yeah, regular season's over.
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My boys are done.
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So there's really nothing to, to look forward to for this fella, unfortunately.
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Well, unfortunately for you, that may be true.
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But for me, there is a lot to look forward to.
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Maybe not this weekend.
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We'll see.
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We'll get into that a little bit later.
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Oh, we'll get into that.
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Oh, we've got a lot to get into.
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That's for sure.
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But yes, it is a very exciting weekend.
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I'm also just excited to be done with the bets, done with the shenanigans.
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We know how everything has shaken out to this point.
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for Bucco Box, for Waffle House, for who's going to be in the playoffs.
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It's just going to be nice to enjoy some football, not have to worry about the added stress of who we picked, who I picked, who we put in for fantasy, you know, different things like
Clearing the Plate: Transition to Playoffs
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that.
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I'm just excited to enjoy some good old-fashioned playoff football.
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So many things that we just don't have to worry about anymore.
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So many, so many, I guess it's a new saying, cookies off the plate, things off the plate.
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That is a new saying.
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Don't know if I've ever heard that one.
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Well, I have cookies off the plate.
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So we have so many cookies on our plate throughout the year.
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Yes.
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And our plate is cleared.
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And our plate is clear.
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We ate all our cookies.
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I only have one cookie to worry about as I head into this weekend.
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And that's cheering my heart out for the Lions.
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So just one cookie.
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That's so much easier than like a stack of cookies.
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I know.
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And you know what?
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I just realized I should have said nuggets on our plate.
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That would have been so much more.
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That would have been perfect.
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Okay.
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I'll edit that out.
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Thank you.
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So like I said, nugs on the plate.
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So many nuggets on our plate throughout the season.
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All are so good, so juicy, so chickeny, so great.
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We love them all.
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But now that the plate is a little more open, we can really focus, like Max said, on football.
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We can focus on the things that I guess at the end of the day really matter, which is who's going to win this weekend and who is ultimately going to win this Super Bowl.
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So it's just...
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A lot to look forward to.
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And I guess we're just going to have to see what happens.
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Time will
Excitement for January & February Football
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tell.
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We will.
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We will have to see what happens.
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Time will tell indeed.
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It is sad that the season in its entirety is coming to a close over the course of the next, give or take a month, a little more than a month.
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But there's still a lot of football to be had, a lot of really good matchups to be had between now and then.
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So it's an exciting time.
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January football, February football doesn't get much better than that.
Patrick Mahomes: Love for Cold Weather Football
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I mean, even Patrick Mahomes himself in an interview the other day said, what, would he rather be running around with his kids in the backyard?
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And he said, no, he'd rather be playing football.
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So dad of the year, quarterback of the year.
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No, I don't think either of those, but hey, that's okay.
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Patrick said, hang out with my kids.
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Are you crazy?
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I want to be playing football.
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What the heck?
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Yeah, he literally said that.
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He said, I'd rather be playing football than, I don't know, playing out in the backyard with my kids.
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He said, huh, negative five degree temperature being outside with my teammates or being in a warm house with my kids and wife.
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Huh, let's be outside in the tundra.
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Yeah, he's like, no, thank you.
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But yes, it's an exciting weekend ahead.
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But before we look ahead, let's quickly look back and recap a couple of things.
Reflecting on the Season: Bucco Bucs & Strategy
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Bob, did we win the Bucco Bucs in week 18?
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So, unfortunately...
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We did not.
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I like to think that if we did, that would have been the first thing.
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I wouldn't be able to keep my, my lip shot on that one.
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I would have been singing from the mountaintops.
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We would have been dancing with our buco bucks surrounding us right now.
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And it's a sad, sad day knowing that the hooligans in 2023 slash 24 did not win a weekly installment of the buco bucks.
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It's disappointing.
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It's surprising.
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It's surprising.
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But I think the only thing that this can mean is next season, we're just going to have to come out firing.
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Win extra.
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Win extra.
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We got to make up for this year and win extra.
Planning for Next Season: Bootcamp Strategies
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We're going to have to because this is the first year we haven't won a weekly matchup and it's devastating.
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It's devastating.
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I think that's a perfect word.
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There's a lot of things that are sad recently with the NFL season, but I think nothing tops the fact that we didn't win the Bucco Bucs.
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So, yeah.
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Hooligans, we tried our best.
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We did our research.
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We probably spent more time on these games.
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Oh, we didn't try hard enough.
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We didn't try nearly hard enough.
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We were too busy eating our cookies and nugs from our plate, apparently.
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Too many things on the plate.
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Too many nugs on the plate.
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We couldn't focus.
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That one took a back burner.
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And it was buried under the plate of nugs.
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And we got to prioritize that next year.
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We definitely do.
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We need to prioritize that next year.
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We need to, I think, and obviously correct me if you think I'm wrong.
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I think we need to spend double the amount of time on football.
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We need to spend double the amount of time on our research and we need to just come together and second guess our picks more.
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We need to just really micro analyze everything to make sure this doesn't happen again.
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What you're saying to a T, it was exactly my thought process as well because, you know, we just didn't do enough this year.
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So we didn't step it up.
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Be prepared because this is all we're going to talk about is our strategy for next year.
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We're going to be doing a bootcamp on how to win the Bucco bucks all off season long, no break, no couple months of, of nothing after the Superbowl.
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And, uh, I'm ready for it.
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And folks,
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I think it goes without saying that we're going to be coming back better than ever in 2024-25.
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Stay
Waffle House Challenge Victory
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tuned.
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But until then, there is something that's going to tide you over, I think, just fine.
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I think you're going to sleep just fine at night, knowing even though you lost the bucco box, knowing that you did, in fact, officially win the Waffle House Challenge.
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Congratulations, Bob.
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Oh, my goodness.
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Thank you so much.
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Yeah, this might be one of the greatest honors I've ever...
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I guess had the privilege of, of winning, of claiming, um, it was a hard battle Mac and I got to give it to you a couple of weeks ago.
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It looks like I had it in the bag.
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You made me sweat there until the end.
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It went down to the wire.
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My stomach, which is a little on the rocks last couple of days is very happy.
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I'm not going to have to eat trip to Mexico.
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Thanks to my trip to Mexico.
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Shout out Sophie and Scott.
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Congratulations to the Fives.
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Yeah, I'm very happy sitting here knowing I'm not going to have to live in a Waffle House for a while, which, by the way, we need to talk about the terms of that, don't we?
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Yeah, we do.
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We do need to talk about the terms.
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Obviously, I'm open to whatever you decided.
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I know at one point you had mentioned that you don't necessarily want to spend 24 hours of your whatever it is, 72 hours in Asheville in a Waffle House with me.
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Yeah, but we can we can discuss the terms.
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Obviously, I'm at your mercy here, so we'll we'll leave it up to you.
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Okay, we will have to discuss.
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I've been thinking about it, and I agree as much as I would love to be sitting in a Waffle House with you, watching you, you know, just struggle through all those pancakes and waffles and cheering you on to knock down that time.
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Not sure if we or Nick would love spending a perfectly good weekend day stuck in a Waffle House.
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Yeah, probably not.
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We only get limited time together.
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So maybe I'll have to go and send you videos throughout or take pictures of myself throughout or I don't know.
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We'll talk about the terms offline and I'm at your mercies.
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But don't worry, everybody.
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I will be eating a crap ton of waffles regardless of where or when this takes place.
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Absolutely.
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I was thinking, yeah, we can talk offline and we can let the wave riders know of the actual plan here in the next couple of weeks.
Adapting the Waffle House Challenge
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I was thinking just to give you a brief kind of outline of what I'm going for.
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I think we can make this an at-home challenge for you.
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Some random day could be working from home and doing it to not waste a weekend day with you and the wifey.
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Don't want to waste a day with all of us three in Asheville.
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So I was thinking we could do something with you by just a crap ton, a shit ton.
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Oh my God, explicit.
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of Eggos to make it a little easier because Eggos are much smaller than the Waffle House waffles that are literally as big as a human size head.
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A plate.
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And you can do the same thing at your home and you can just, every waffle that you finish, you can knock one off of the amount of,
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See, there's a couple of things.
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So it's like, do I have to eat a full 24 or am I just eating only waffles for 24 hours, regardless of how many I eat?
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Or you can think on all these different things.
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These are some of the details that need to kind of be really, really, I guess, stirred over.
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So we'll let you know.
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And some really, really good news.
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Thank you for the congratulations, by the way.
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It was fun.
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I'm excited to do a similar challenge next season.
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So yeah, I guess between fantasy and Waffle House,
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Your boy actually didn't do two, two terrible, uh, this season, but yeah, so, um,
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Some actual good news is I know I a couple times have promised that an episode would be less than an hour.
Episode Duration: Aiming for Under an Hour
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And this episode with only having six games and my dad coming down to the city in 50 minutes, this has to be an hour at the absolute longest.
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So for the first time, Oh boy.
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News resolution complete.
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I'm not fibbing to the way letters.
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So for the first time ever, maybe he will stick to the time limit that he promises.
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I think this might be a first.
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Yes, the crowd goes wild.
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This episode will be less than an hour, folks.
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Rejoice.
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Oh my goodness.
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Well, I got to say, if talking about six games takes longer than an hour, then we certainly have a problem.
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We got some problems.
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But we'll see.
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We'll see.
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I think we can do it maybe officially this time.
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We'll make it work.
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In us, I trust.
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We got this.
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In us, I trust.
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Okay.
NFL Coaching Vacancies: Current and Potential
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Well, with that being said, I think there's one more update that I want to quickly run through before we jump into all things Super Wild Card Weekend.
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Obviously, we try to keep you guys in the loop and in the know of the different things that go on around the league.
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And as of the ending of the week 18 NFL regular season, there have been some firings of coaches.
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Pretty much right away, they start getting rid of coaches that they're going to move on from.
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Obviously, we saw a few vacancies occur in the middle of the season as well.
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But anybody who made it to the end,
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they pretty much immediately fire them.
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So as of this recording today on Wednesday at 5.12 p.m.
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Eastern Standing Time, there are seven vacancies in head coaching positions around the league.
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That would be the Carolina Panthers, the Las Vegas Raiders, and the Los Angeles Chargers, all of whom fired their coaches midseason.
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And then beyond that, after week 18, the Atlanta Falcons fired Arthur Smith,
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The Washington Commanders fired Ron Rivera, and the Tennessee Titans fired Mike Vrabel.
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That would be six teams.
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The seventh, just in breaking news, the Seattle Seahawks are moving on from Pete Carroll.
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They are keeping him in an advisory role, I guess, with the team, but he will no longer be the head coach.
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So there are seven vacancies, and there will likely be more in the coming weeks.
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So lots to keep an eye on.
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Lots of changes already in the off season for some teams and yeah, lots of, lots of moving parts and lots of coaches that are going to get a chance at a head coaching job.
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Yeah, and for the first time, I feel like a lot of times when coaches get fired, dismissed, put into a different role like Pete Carroll did in the organization, usually the organization is not in a great spot, and a coach has to come in and really blow things up and change the culture to make them a winning team.
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With the jobs like the Seahawks, who missed out on the playoffs by one game, made the playoffs last year, Chargers with a lot of really good offensive pieces with Herbert,
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and Eckler and Keenan Allen.
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There are some very attractive, kind of like when now the Titans made the playoffs last year, when now openings where if they get a good coach, who knows what could happen.
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So some very intriguing openings.
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Yeah, that's a really good way to point it or to put it there.
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These are some teams that have had some success and have found some success and have some key pieces already in place.
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So yeah, get a good coach in there.
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Things could take off in an instant.
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So true.
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Get, I don't know, for instance, a Bob, a Mac.
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Get someone in there that really knows football inside and out.
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Exactly.
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Exactly.
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And we could turn your program from, I don't know, a loser to a winner like that.
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So give us a chance.
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Hire us now.
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Come on.
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Give us a flipping chance, please.
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Oh my goodness.
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Well, as they're contemplating if they're going to hire us, spoiler alert, don't think anybody's going to hire us.
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We will continue our reign as super podcast hosts for the NFL as we break down everything for wildcard weekend, this upcoming weekend, starting Saturday, January 13th.
Wildcard Weekend Predictions: Browns vs. Texans
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The Cleveland Browns will be playing in Houston,
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against the now champs of the AFC South, the Houston Texans at 4.30 p.m.
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Eastern Standard Time.
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This is an exciting matchup, folks.
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For all of these, just so you know, we don't have confidences.
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Bob and I are just going to talk through who we think is going to win.
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And, oh, man, this is a tough one right off the bat.
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Bob is over there just air drumming.
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Do you want to explain yourself why you're feeling so much excitement?
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I'm very excited.
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And I know we're going to be doing our 2023-24 season awards between the championship weekend and Super Bowl.
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But I feel like we should make a new segment this year for best, best hot take at the start of the season that came true.
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And I just really, I really remember sitting here at the start of the season and
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I remember you putting them in second place, not first, my friend.
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And I was really, really high on the Houston Texans making a huge jump.
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And I can't remember if I put them first or second.
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I can remember.
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You put them second.
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You put the Jags first, which they were first until they just got bumped out.
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This is true.
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They really shit the bed.
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Excuse my language.
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Explicit.
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Oh my gosh, explicit.
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Holy smokes.
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But yeah, I mean, the Texans went from basically being the worst team in the NFL.
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If it weren't for a win, they would have had the number one pick.
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Thankfully, Lovey Smith, they did win.
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But no one was really expecting them to take a big leap, except super podcaster host Bob thought that they were going to be possibly a playoff team and not only their playoff team.
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They won the division, as Matt just alluded to, and they have a home playoff game on Saturday.
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So I would like to hereby nominate my prediction of the Texans to be competitive.
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And I would like to hereby nominate my prediction that the Cincinnati Bengals were going to win the Super Bowl.
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Yes, that is also very worthy of a nomination.
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That was a good call.
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And speaking of good calls, my Bills were looking dead.
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They snuck in.
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They snuck in.
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They're the two seed.
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They're still not looking amazing with the Ravens, but hey, anything can happen.
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So I wanted to say that side note, but yeah, do you want to take this game first?
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Yes.
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Sure.
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Sure thing.
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So yes.
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I don't know.
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This is an interesting matchup right off the bat.
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Cleveland has kind of come back in a life of their own.
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They're talking about Joe Flacco, comeback player of the year.
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He's in the running season.
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Just an incredible storyline there with Cleveland.
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And, you know, you think in the beginning, you think about all the stuff that went on with Deshaun Watson and all the distractions off the field and everything.
00:17:35
Speaker
So then for them to come out and then go through multiple quarterbacks, be ending and heading into the playoffs with a different quarterback that they started, then they started with, which I read was, is I believe the first time ever that a team has entered the playoffs and
00:17:50
Speaker
with a different starting quarterback than who they started with, or maybe that's also for Pittsburgh as well, because that's the same case for them.
00:18:00
Speaker
So this is just a year of the backup quarterback, but it's exciting story here in Cleveland.
00:18:05
Speaker
And then also we have the Houston Texans, which, as you mentioned, a very exciting story as well with CJ Strout and his rookie performance, just absolutely taking off.
00:18:17
Speaker
I think of,
00:18:18
Speaker
Big time front runner for offensive rookie of the year over there.
00:18:21
Speaker
So yes, he is.
00:18:23
Speaker
It's going to be a tough matchup, especially being in Houston.
00:18:27
Speaker
I think Houston's going to come to play.
00:18:29
Speaker
Those fans are hungry for a win.
00:18:32
Speaker
The Texans obviously haven't seen a lot of this.
00:18:35
Speaker
major success in a little bit now.
00:18:38
Speaker
So I think they're going to be super excited.
00:18:41
Speaker
But ultimately, I do think this kind of comes down to the fact that I think Cleveland has overall been playing better and more consistent ever since they picked up Joe Flacco.
00:18:52
Speaker
I think it's going to be a fight, but that defense combined with what they've been able to do on offense and really unlock with him.
00:18:59
Speaker
I just see this being a little bit of a low seed upset here in potentially Cleveland.
00:19:05
Speaker
taking home the win.
00:19:06
Speaker
So that's kind of where I'm leaning despite this being in Houston, but happy to hear your take as well.
00:19:11
Speaker
Yes.
00:19:12
Speaker
Very good points.
00:19:13
Speaker
Completely agreed.
00:19:14
Speaker
This is not, I don't think a matchup that we would have predicted at the start of the season with the Texans.
00:19:20
Speaker
Not only, I guess one of us would have maybe predicted it, but yeah, maybe with the Texans, not only put the Browns in there though.
00:19:27
Speaker
I don't think the Browns, especially when Deshaun went down.
00:19:30
Speaker
But man, Deshaun being out and Joe Flacco being in really makes the Browns a likable team again.
00:19:35
Speaker
I feel like no one outside of Cleveland with the whole Deshaun Watson and everything that he was in the news for all the wrong reasons.
00:19:43
Speaker
There's a lot of people that hated the Browns.
00:19:45
Speaker
And now with Flacco coming in, the defense kind of coming out of nowhere, Browns are likable again.
00:19:49
Speaker
And I completely agree with Mac.
00:19:51
Speaker
I think this is going to be a good game.
00:19:53
Speaker
The Texans easily could have lost to the Colts on Saturday night.
00:19:56
Speaker
It took a Heruculean.
00:19:59
Speaker
How do you say Heruculean?
00:20:00
Speaker
Herculean.
00:20:04
Speaker
Wait, what are you trying to, like a heroic effort?
00:20:06
Speaker
Yeah, but like Hercules, Herculean, Herculean.
00:20:10
Speaker
Herculean effort, Herculean effort.
00:20:13
Speaker
Herculean effort.
00:20:14
Speaker
I don't know.
00:20:15
Speaker
Cookies on the plate, Herculean effort for the Texans to even win that game.
00:20:20
Speaker
Herculean effort.
00:20:21
Speaker
Herculean effort.
00:20:22
Speaker
So yeah, man, I'm struggling today.
00:20:26
Speaker
My tummy hurts from Mexico.
00:20:27
Speaker
That's a tough one.
00:20:28
Speaker
That's a tongue twister.
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Speaker
Herculean.
00:20:30
Speaker
Herculean.
00:20:30
Speaker
Okay, we'll go with that.
00:20:31
Speaker
Herculean.
00:20:31
Speaker
Thank you for the help.
00:20:33
Speaker
I don't know if that's accurate.
00:20:35
Speaker
Yeah, it definitely could not be a word, but we're going to go with it.
00:20:38
Speaker
And you know what?
00:20:40
Speaker
If someone wants to DM us and tell us what the word really is, please let us know.
00:20:43
Speaker
If not, we're going to go with it.
00:20:46
Speaker
But yeah, I agree with you.
00:20:47
Speaker
I think the Browns, their defense is going to be the difference in this game.
00:20:51
Speaker
I think the lights will be pretty bright for a lot of these Texans players.
00:20:55
Speaker
Most notably CJ Frott Strout, who's never, of course, is a rookie, had an NFL playoff game.
00:21:01
Speaker
Joe Flacco, the grizzled veteran, has been around the block many times.
00:21:05
Speaker
He's won a Super Bowl with Baltimore.
00:21:06
Speaker
He has been in many big moments, so I don't think he's going to be phased at all.
00:21:10
Speaker
And then you got guys like Amari Cooper and then Miles Garrett, who have been around the block many times as well.
00:21:15
Speaker
So
00:21:16
Speaker
I think those are going to be the main factors in a close game, but I'm with Mac on this one.
00:21:20
Speaker
I got the Browns with a low seed upset going into Houston and knocking off CJ and a pretty fun story in the Texans this year.
00:21:30
Speaker
Okay, sounds like a plan, Stan.
00:21:34
Speaker
Yeah, it'll be sad if the Houston Texans season comes to a close here after this weekend.
00:21:41
Speaker
But all in all, what a run by them.
00:21:43
Speaker
And I think they've got a solid team and a solid core moving forward as they have been building upon their key players and will continue to do so.
00:21:56
Speaker
What a run, and it's not over yet.
00:21:58
Speaker
That's just our prediction, and we'll see what happens, but it's been quite the run up to this point.
00:22:02
Speaker
All right.
00:22:03
Speaker
Yeah, sounds good.
00:22:04
Speaker
And also just to clarify, I was looking up that nugget that I shared because I had to make sure it was actually accurate and juicy.
00:22:10
Speaker
And it's not the first team to enter the postseason with their backup quarterback.
00:22:14
Speaker
It's their first team to enter the postseason while using four different quarterbacks throughout the season.
00:22:21
Speaker
That makes more sense because I was looking through the list and I'm like, wait a minute, the Pittsburgh Steelers are also using a different quarterback than they started with in week one.
00:22:31
Speaker
So it's four different quarterbacks.
00:22:32
Speaker
That makes sense.
00:22:33
Speaker
Okay.
00:22:34
Speaker
Well, look at that.
00:22:35
Speaker
Wow.
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Speaker
Four quarterbacks.
00:22:36
Speaker
Had to clarify.
00:22:37
Speaker
Had to clarify that Nug.
00:22:38
Speaker
Thank you for the clarification.
00:22:40
Speaker
Nug validated.
00:22:41
Speaker
All right.
00:22:42
Speaker
Moving on to the second game on Saturday, Saturday night, 8 o'clock p.m.
00:22:47
Speaker
Eastern Standard Time on Peacock, only on Peacock.
Chiefs vs. Dolphins: Weather & Injuries
00:22:52
Speaker
I saw a thing that said that Roger Goodell, who is the NFL commissioner, is really making all those Swifties go sign up and pay for Peacock.
00:23:02
Speaker
He's probably getting some sort of cutback from that because he put it on Peacock Saturday night.
00:23:08
Speaker
Miami Dolphins at Kansas City.
00:23:11
Speaker
Chiefs.
00:23:12
Speaker
And you already made mention to this, but this one's going to be cold.
00:23:16
Speaker
This one's going to be really cold.
00:23:18
Speaker
I think the expected low said like, I saw negative one at first and I saw something else today that said negative five.
00:23:24
Speaker
All that say it's going to be really chilly.
00:23:26
Speaker
It's going to be absolutely rocking in there.
00:23:29
Speaker
And man, talk about a Dolphins team that had everything to win on Sunday night at home to win the division, have a home game in sunny, warm Southern Florida.
00:23:38
Speaker
Yeah.
00:23:40
Speaker
South Beach.
00:23:41
Speaker
And now because they lost, they not only lost the division, they not only lost the number two seed, but now they need to go to frigid Kansas city against the very scary playoff, Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelsey combo.
00:23:54
Speaker
And what a, what a difference one loss makes for the dolphins to what and co.
00:23:58
Speaker
I also saw a crazy stat.
00:24:00
Speaker
Insane.
00:24:01
Speaker
Saw a crazy stat.
00:24:01
Speaker
Hope you're ready for another nug.
00:24:03
Speaker
Hope you're not too full from them.
00:24:04
Speaker
Nugs.
00:24:05
Speaker
No, I'm starving.
00:24:06
Speaker
Okay, good.
00:24:06
Speaker
Well, here comes a big juicy one.
00:24:08
Speaker
I saw a stat that in the last 10 games where the, I think it was like the opening kickoff low was below 40.
00:24:16
Speaker
The Dolphins are 0-10.
00:24:18
Speaker
I also saw that stat.
00:24:20
Speaker
And I saw that Tua has never won a game in below freezing conditions.
00:24:26
Speaker
And this isn't just below freezing.
00:24:28
Speaker
This is below zero.
00:24:30
Speaker
Yeah, this is beyond below freezing.
00:24:32
Speaker
This is beyond below.
00:24:33
Speaker
And for those Norwegian fans that are listening in, we're not talking Celsius.
00:24:37
Speaker
We're talking Fahrenheit.
00:24:38
Speaker
So this is below zero Fahrenheit, not Celsius, not 32, not zero Celsius, way below zero.
00:24:46
Speaker
So it's going to be cold.
00:24:48
Speaker
Also, the Dolphins are just kind of really stumbling into the playoffs.
00:24:53
Speaker
Bradley Chubb got hurt a couple weekends ago.
00:24:55
Speaker
He is obviously out for the season, so he'll not be playing.
00:24:58
Speaker
They lost, I think, Xavier Howard, who's another big player.
00:25:02
Speaker
They did.
00:25:02
Speaker
Oh, sorry.
00:25:03
Speaker
Yes.
00:25:03
Speaker
No, no, you're absolutely right.
00:25:04
Speaker
I've got the injury list here, but you're already on it.
00:25:06
Speaker
Yep, they did.
00:25:07
Speaker
They lost, you said, Davian Howard, cornerback.
00:25:11
Speaker
You said Jerome Baker.
00:25:12
Speaker
They lost their other two starting linebackers as well, Andrew Van Ginkle and Cameron Goode.
00:25:16
Speaker
So their three starting linebackers are all out.
00:25:20
Speaker
And that's a big piece of your game when you're trying to stop the run.
00:25:23
Speaker
In a cold game like this, running is going to be a big factor.
00:25:27
Speaker
So, yeah, you're absolutely right.
00:25:28
Speaker
Yes, it is.
00:25:29
Speaker
Keep going.
00:25:29
Speaker
Not only, no, thank you for that.
00:25:31
Speaker
I was going to say, is there a new injury king?
00:25:33
Speaker
Nope.
00:25:33
Speaker
Injury queen was right on top of that.
00:25:35
Speaker
So thank you for that.
00:25:37
Speaker
But yeah, there's a lot, a lot of injuries for Miami, huge home field advantage.
00:25:41
Speaker
Chiefs seem relatively healthy.
00:25:44
Speaker
And yeah, I mean, the Dolphins were looking like they could, could have been the number one seed for a lot of the season.
00:25:49
Speaker
Kind of like the Eagles.
00:25:50
Speaker
They just had a terrible end.
00:25:52
Speaker
I think the, once again, the playoff acumen and just the,
00:25:58
Speaker
I think, yeah, just the experience for the Chiefs and Mahomes is going to be too much for the Dolphins.
00:26:04
Speaker
I am really excited.
00:26:05
Speaker
This is my second most excited game for this weekend, in my opinion.
00:26:09
Speaker
I think the Chiefs are going to win this one by more than one or two scores and move on.
00:26:15
Speaker
Give me Chiefs.
00:26:16
Speaker
All right.
00:26:17
Speaker
Yeah, I mean, I have to agree there.
00:26:19
Speaker
In terms of the injuries that the Dolphins have on their defense, I think this is just not the time of the year.
00:26:28
Speaker
Obviously, you want to be contending with some of these major injuries.
00:26:31
Speaker
Beyond that, they had also lost Bradley Chubb a week or two ago, a star pass rusher.
00:26:37
Speaker
And if you're going to win against Patrick Mahomes, you need to find a way to put pressure on him, get to the quarterback, make him...
00:26:44
Speaker
use those wide receivers who have been dropping the ball so much.
00:26:48
Speaker
I just don't know that the Dolphins are going to be able to do it this weekend.
00:26:52
Speaker
Later on down the line, do I think that wide receiver issues might impact the Chiefs as we've talked about?
00:26:57
Speaker
Yes, potentially.
00:26:58
Speaker
Round one, I do see them kind of coming out of this one unscathed.
00:27:03
Speaker
I think that they're going to be able to get by against the Dolphins.
00:27:08
Speaker
Also to mention a couple of storylines to watch.
00:27:11
Speaker
Obviously this is Tyreek Hill returning back to Arrowhead.
00:27:15
Speaker
He's playing for the Dolphins now ever since he departed from the chiefs.
00:27:19
Speaker
So that's a fun one to watch, but they're used to him.
00:27:22
Speaker
They know his gameplay.
00:27:23
Speaker
They know his game style.
00:27:24
Speaker
And that's a huge piece that the Dolphins lean on every single play.
00:27:29
Speaker
So if they can shut that down, I think that's a positive for the Chiefs.
00:27:33
Speaker
And then also, I believe this is Tua's first ever playoff game.
00:27:39
Speaker
So we'll see what he does under pressure.
00:27:42
Speaker
Yeah, because he had some injuries and things of that nature.
00:27:45
Speaker
So yeah, this is his first ever playoff game.
00:27:48
Speaker
So it's a big one for him.
00:27:50
Speaker
And we'll see if he shines in the bright lights or maybe it's just too bright.
00:27:56
Speaker
Maybe there's going to be two bright.
00:27:57
Speaker
We will see.
00:27:57
Speaker
But yeah, I did not even realize those two storylines.
00:28:01
Speaker
So that is, it's going to be an exciting one Saturday night, baby.
00:28:04
Speaker
It is indeed.
00:28:06
Speaker
But yeah, as you said, I completely agree.
00:28:08
Speaker
I think Chiefs are going to win it.
00:28:10
Speaker
So with that said, look at us.
00:28:13
Speaker
We're agreeing.
00:28:14
Speaker
Two for two.
00:28:14
Speaker
This is great.
00:28:15
Speaker
Two for two.
00:28:16
Speaker
With that said, moving to Sunday, 1 o'clock
Steelers vs. Bills: Injuries & Home Advantage
00:28:20
Speaker
p.m.
00:28:20
Speaker
Things are kicking off with the Patriots.
00:28:22
Speaker
Pittsburgh Steelers led by Mason Rudolph as of a day or two ago against the Buffalo Bills.
00:28:31
Speaker
And as you mentioned, you know, the Bills are kind of getting right at the right time.
00:28:37
Speaker
Things are clicking for them.
00:28:39
Speaker
They just took out the
00:28:41
Speaker
the Dolphins to win the two seeds.
00:28:43
Speaker
So now they get to play in Buffalo.
00:28:45
Speaker
They get to host in a pretty difficult environment.
00:28:49
Speaker
So that's pretty exciting for them.
00:28:51
Speaker
And then on the other end of the spectrum, things are not looking great for Pittsburgh Steelers, TJ Watt.
00:28:58
Speaker
He suffered an MCL sprain.
00:29:01
Speaker
He is for sure out this upcoming weekend.
00:29:03
Speaker
So Steelers on a little bit of a downward, even though they did win to get into the playoffs against the Ravens, but it was kind of the second string Ravens a little bit.
00:29:13
Speaker
Things are just momentum wise.
00:29:15
Speaker
It's just really unfortunate for the Steelers to lose as they head into the playoffs.
00:29:19
Speaker
So
00:29:21
Speaker
All that being said, with this being in Buffalo, with the bills starting to click at what seems to be the right time for them, they're looking like a new team.
00:29:29
Speaker
Hard to believe that, what was it, 12 weeks in, they were 6-6 on the outside looking in.
00:29:35
Speaker
And they really have put some things together to now capture that two seed.
00:29:40
Speaker
I think they're going to have no problem winning against the Steelers.
00:29:43
Speaker
And if we were doing confidences, this would probably be one of my higher ones of the week.
00:29:48
Speaker
I would 100% have to agree with everything you just said, so I'm going to save a little bit of time.
00:29:52
Speaker
Oh, my gosh.
00:29:53
Speaker
Less than an hour, and he's saving some time.
00:29:55
Speaker
What?
00:29:56
Speaker
We're only at 30 minutes, and we're halfway through?
00:29:59
Speaker
Oh, my gosh.
00:29:59
Speaker
This is amazing.
00:30:00
Speaker
I can get used to the playoffs.
00:30:01
Speaker
Not that I don't love going at hour 45, but, man, this is – we're cruising.
00:30:07
Speaker
I know.
00:30:08
Speaker
This is a new year, new us, apparently.
00:30:12
Speaker
Yeah, I'm trying to think if there's anything else I wanted to add.
00:30:14
Speaker
No, other than the fact that Bills having a home playoff game against Mason Rudolph without TJ Watt, as Max said, is a scary combination for the Steelers.
00:30:22
Speaker
I agree.
00:30:23
Speaker
If we were doing confidence, I actually think this would be my number six out of six.
00:30:27
Speaker
I think the Bills are going to stay hot.
00:30:29
Speaker
I think that is the toughest playoff environment other than Kansas city, Detroit this weekend will be up there as well.
00:30:35
Speaker
Wow.
00:30:36
Speaker
Oh my gosh, Bob.
00:30:38
Speaker
But I think Detroit, Detroit is in the playoffs.
00:30:41
Speaker
No, they must just be, they must just be hosting a different game.
00:30:44
Speaker
That can't be right.
00:30:45
Speaker
Give me the bills and wow.
00:30:47
Speaker
We're halfway through.
00:30:49
Speaker
Wow.
00:30:49
Speaker
We are.
00:30:50
Speaker
Well, with that, we've got plenty of time then to go through our first sponsor of the super wild card weekend episode.
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episode.
00:33:06
Speaker
And with that, we can move along to the afternoon game on Sunday.
Cowboys vs. Packers: Playoff History
00:33:12
Speaker
The Green Bay Packers who snuck into the playoffs.
00:33:17
Speaker
I thought we had an agreement, Bob, that your boys were going to take care of that for us.
00:33:22
Speaker
We did.
00:33:23
Speaker
And funnily enough, I did not tell you this.
00:33:25
Speaker
I forgot.
00:33:26
Speaker
But I was laughing to myself because after I watched the game, I was in Cabo for a wedding last weekend, as I already said.
00:33:31
Speaker
After the game, I streamed it in the Wi-Fi at the hostel on my laptop.
00:33:36
Speaker
And I was walking to get dinner after the game.
00:33:38
Speaker
I had my Bears hoodie on.
00:33:40
Speaker
It was a little chilly at night.
00:33:41
Speaker
And there was literally a guy and girl in there, I don't know, 40s, 50s, 60s, something like that.
00:33:46
Speaker
And they had a Seahawks shirt on.
00:33:48
Speaker
And I was like, oh, boy.
00:33:49
Speaker
And he literally looked at me and said, boo, Bears, boo, Bears, in Cabo Mexico.
00:33:54
Speaker
I said, sorry, sorry, y'all.
00:33:56
Speaker
Oh, no.
00:33:57
Speaker
I said, sorry, y'all.
00:33:58
Speaker
We tried to help you out because they would have needed the Bears to beat the Packers.
00:34:01
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They did their part.
00:34:02
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They got a win.
00:34:03
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We did not do ours, but the Seahawks did not get in the playoffs.
00:34:06
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Um, sorry to us.
00:34:08
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Sorry to them.
00:34:09
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Um, Packers are in.
00:34:11
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You should have said, you should have said, well, sucks for you because you did this to my friend last year, Seahawks.
00:34:16
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So yeah, I should have said, you know, control your own destiny, control your own destiny.
00:34:20
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Win more games.
00:34:21
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Dumb dumbs.
00:34:22
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Yeah.
00:34:22
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Yeah.
00:34:23
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Control your own destiny.
00:34:24
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Yeah.
00:34:24
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I like that.
00:34:25
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Well, yeah, you should have done that last year, but well, Hey, it's okay.
00:34:28
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You did this year.
00:34:29
Speaker
Hey, we did this year.
00:34:30
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You're right.
00:34:31
Speaker
But yeah, speaking of this game.
00:34:32
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I appreciate you trying.
00:34:33
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I appreciate you trying.
00:34:34
Speaker
And anyway, sorry, I didn't even say.
00:34:36
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I know you know who they are playing, but our listeners do not.
00:34:40
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They are playing in Dallas, Texas against the Cowboys.
00:34:44
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So yes, now take it away, please.
00:34:47
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Yes, thank you.
00:34:48
Speaker
Thank you.
00:34:49
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Yes, playing in Dallas.
00:34:50
Speaker
This is definitely probably a PTSD infused game for the Cowboys.
00:34:56
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There was a classic game.
00:34:59
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a classic little play that's circulating on the internet right now.
00:35:03
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I remember watching it at Uchellos in Grand Rapids, Michigan back in like 2012 or 2013 of Aaron Rodgers rolling out in the Jerry Dome, end of the game, and he had an unbelievable pass to get the Packers in field goal range.
00:35:20
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Mason Crosby made the kick, ripping out Cowboys hearts.
00:35:23
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Packers moved on.
00:35:25
Speaker
Cowboys did not.
00:35:26
Speaker
I've seen that play a couple times today.
00:35:27
Speaker
I'm sick of seeing it.
00:35:29
Speaker
Thankfully, Aaron Rodgers is not the quarterback for the Green Bay Packers.
00:35:32
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It's Jordan Love.
00:35:33
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Thankfully.
00:35:34
Speaker
Thankfully.
00:35:35
Speaker
And he has been looking pretty solid.
00:35:37
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He unfortunately had two huge games on the bookends of this season against my boys first week and last week.
00:35:43
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He's had some good weeks.
00:35:44
Speaker
He's had some bad weeks.
00:35:45
Speaker
I just think Dallas at home, they are undefeated at home with a little asterisk because your boys were the team that really
00:35:53
Speaker
Not that we're talking about that again.
00:35:55
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Yeah, let's talk about that because we would be on a bye this week had that official not blown that call.
00:36:03
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So let's talk about that.
00:36:06
Speaker
Oh, let's talk about it.
00:36:08
Speaker
Okay, we don't have to talk about it.
00:36:09
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We've already talked about it enough.
00:36:10
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But I am pretty pissed about the fact that we would be the one seed.
00:36:14
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Not only just the two seed.
00:36:17
Speaker
Oh, I forgot that the Niners ended up... I read that we would have then been the one seed because the Niners lost this past weekend.
00:36:22
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We would be on a bye right now.
00:36:25
Speaker
The Niners did lose.
00:36:26
Speaker
They did obviously sit some starters because they had the one locked up.
00:36:29
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Right, so they might have not done that.
00:36:31
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You're absolutely right.
00:36:31
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They might have been playing hard, but they lost.
00:36:34
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Their record's the same as your boys, and if your boys would have been the Cowboys, yes, that would have been the one seed.
00:36:38
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So, shame on you, refs.
00:36:41
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And I know... Brad Allen, you...
00:36:43
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I'm coming for you.
00:36:44
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We're going to find you and we're going to destroy you, Brad.
00:36:47
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Yeah, because now, Brad, this weekend, I am already torn up about, but we'll get to that next game.
00:36:54
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And we'll get to that game next.
00:36:55
Speaker
And I mean, what would be sweeter than to have your revenge in Dallas in a couple weekends, which is what I think is going to be the case.
00:37:03
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I don't want to get too far ahead of myself.
00:37:05
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I think the Cowboys at home are just too good.
00:37:07
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Cowboys are healthy.
00:37:08
Speaker
They just locked up the NFC East.
00:37:10
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Thanks to, sorry, Big T. Happy birthday, by the way.
00:37:13
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Thanks to the Eagles absolutely fumbling the bag down the stretch, the Cowboys won their first division title in a couple of years.
00:37:20
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And I think they are just rocking and rolling at the right time.
00:37:22
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I think they're going to be able to beat the Packers.
00:37:24
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I think this would be my second highest confidence.
00:37:26
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Were we, if we were to be doing confidences, give me the Cowboys at home to stay undefeated in Dallas and to move on to the divisional round Packers.
00:37:36
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Yeah.
00:37:38
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All right.
00:37:38
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Yeah, absolutely.
00:37:39
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I couldn't agree with you more.
00:37:41
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I would actually, I feel like I would love, well, I know I would love for the Packers to take care of them this weekend because then the Lions would get another home game instead of having to go and travel to Dallas, as you said.
00:37:53
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But if we're being honest with the way that they have been playing at home, I do agree.
00:37:59
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I do believe that the Cowboys will likely win this weekend.
00:38:04
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They are notorious.
00:38:06
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Let's not forget, they are notorious for choking immediately in the playoffs.
00:38:12
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But the Packers kind of are too.
00:38:14
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So this is kind of a matchup of the choking teams.
00:38:18
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Another storyline to watch, I know we're talking about that as well.
00:38:21
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Mike McCarthy used to be the coach for the Green Bay Packers.
00:38:25
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Obviously, it's a pretty different team.
00:38:26
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He was coached for Aaron Rodgers.
00:38:29
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As you said, Jordan Love's now in there.
00:38:30
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There's some different wide receivers that he's never coached.
00:38:32
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But
00:38:33
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Hey, still, you're coaching against your former team.
00:38:36
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There's obviously that added element of you want to win, but then also that added element of you want to prove that, hey, yeah, it was a good idea to get rid of that coach and pick me.
00:38:45
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So lots of online
Lions vs. Rams: Stafford's Return to Detroit
00:38:47
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here for all these teams beyond just playoffs.
00:38:50
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I do have to agree, though.
00:38:51
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I think Cowboys at home, they've been very good.
00:38:56
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I think they're going to be able to take care of business in this game.
00:38:59
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Wow, we are four for four and we are continuing on to what many say is the most attractive and interesting, intriguing, many layered matchup.
00:39:11
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Mack, lead us off and this is your game.
00:39:13
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So things are just really working out well tonight.
00:39:16
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Is it though?
00:39:16
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Because yes, this is my game.
00:39:18
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This game, it is talking about storylines as we are.
00:39:23
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This is, like you said, I think the most attractive game for storylines and the things that are going into it.
00:39:32
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We have the Los Angeles Rams led by the one and only Matthew Stafford coming into Detroit and
00:39:40
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His home for 11 years to take on my boys, the Detroit Lions, in their first ever home playoff game in Ford Field.
00:39:54
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This is a tough one for my heart.
00:39:56
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I'm going to be completely honest.
00:39:58
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I am an avid Stafford fan.
00:40:01
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Bob knows this.
00:40:02
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I'm sure you guys all know this by now.
00:40:05
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Bob got me a nice Stafford jersey.
00:40:07
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That was nice.
00:40:09
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I wear it often whenever the lines aren't playing, and I still wear it.
00:40:12
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I can't wear it this week.
00:40:14
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Sorry, Staff.
00:40:15
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Can't wear it this week.
00:40:16
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But yeah, I'm an avid Stafford fan.
00:40:18
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When he went on to Los Angeles, when he won that Super Bowl, it really was like a win for Detroit in a way because he was our quarterback for 11 seasons and could just never get over the hump.
00:40:31
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As hard as he may try, he got us to playoffs, but we just couldn't win.
00:40:35
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We didn't have home playoff games.
00:40:38
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It was tough.
00:40:39
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It was tough to depart with him.
00:40:41
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And it's sad to see him go.
00:40:44
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For him to now be coming back into Detroit for our first ever home playoff game in Ford Field.
00:40:51
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Our potential first win since 1992, I believe it is, before we were even born.
00:40:58
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31 years since our last playoff win.
00:41:02
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There's just a lot on the heartstrings for this upcoming weekend.
00:41:07
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It's a big one.
00:41:09
Speaker
And I'm assuming I know who you're going to pick, but I'd love to hear it.
00:41:12
Speaker
Oh yeah.
00:41:12
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I just didn't know if you wanted to touch on any of that storyline.
00:41:16
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But yes, then of course I will go into who I will pick.
00:41:19
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Yes.
00:41:19
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I didn't want to steal the baton from you.
00:41:20
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No, no, please, please.
00:41:22
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I know I never do that, but I did not want, not want to take away your, your moment of Stafford and line stock here, but yeah, it's, it's a crazy one.
00:41:30
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I've seen a couple of videos.
00:41:32
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I saw Jeff Saturday, the, the new analyst on ESPN was talking last night and he just said, I just feel bad for Lions fans.
00:41:39
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And he said, they've been, they've been,
00:41:40
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They've been waiting for this division championship and home playoff game for so long, and now they finally get it, and they have to go against their franchise most beloved quarterback, literally in the entire franchise.
00:41:51
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He was everything to Detroit.
00:41:54
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As Matt was just saying, a lot of people still think of him as one of their own.
00:41:58
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And now he, I mean, I do think it's perfect that the first playoff game home, I know they hosted a Superbowl back in early 2000s, but first playoff game with the lions involved.
00:42:10
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I mean, Stafford had to be a part of that.
00:42:13
Speaker
That is poetic justice at its best.
00:42:16
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Don't know if lion stands would describe it as poetic justice.
00:42:19
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I think they'd probably more accurately say it's just torture.
00:42:24
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And I got a couple of buddies that are going to the game and they, they're very excited.
00:42:28
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Yes.
00:42:29
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And that atmosphere is going to be absurd.
00:42:31
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Stafford will get a massive cheer.
00:42:33
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I'm sure.
00:42:33
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And then I know Lions fans are going to be able to turn on the, their Lions brains and root for the boys in Honolulu blue.
00:42:41
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So I can't wait.
00:42:42
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This is the game I'm most excited to watch.
00:42:44
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for obvious reasons.
00:42:45
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And we'll see what happens.
00:42:47
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Yeah, no, I mean, you put it well.
00:42:50
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We've been talking, texting back and forth, obviously, ever since the announcement came out that we are officially going to be playing the Rams.
00:42:56
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And you and I have been using the word poetic a lot.
00:42:59
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And you're right that it is a poetic thing.
00:43:01
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thing that staff gets to be a part of it in some capacity.
00:43:06
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Never in a million years thought it would be us playing him for a really long time.
00:43:10
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I wanted it to be him leading our team.
00:43:13
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And it is hard because love Jared Goff, love what he's been doing in Detroit as well.
00:43:18
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Our team is an entirely different team.
00:43:21
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There are some key pieces and some guys that obviously have been there for a long, long time throughout Stafford's career as well.
00:43:29
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But yeah, I really do like our current team.
00:43:33
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There is just that piece, that little piece of my heart is still with staff.
00:43:38
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And it is a little bit like torture, as you said.
00:43:40
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But once the game kicks off 8 p.m., I think you're right.
00:43:44
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I think we're going to be in full football mode.
00:43:46
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Want what's best for him?
00:43:49
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If we lose to them, I will wholeheartedly be cheering for the Rams the rest of the way through.
00:43:53
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But on Sunday night, I think we just got to be Lions fans.
00:43:58
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And we got to set that to the side for two halves and four quarters and call it a night.
00:44:06
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Okay.
00:44:07
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And the moment we've all been waiting for, who do you think is going to win the game?
00:44:09
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All that being said, I got to go with my boys.
00:44:12
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I do think this is going to be, I know, I think this is going to be a tough game.
00:44:16
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The Rams are a very good team.
00:44:19
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They've got some incredible weapons.
00:44:22
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And this, as we've said a million times just now, this is familiar territory for Stafford playing in the dome and,
00:44:29
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This specific dome and they've got some incredible pieces.
00:44:35
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Our defense though has been showing up since that game against Dallas.
00:44:39
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I think if we can find a way to try to limit that a little bit in some of those big chunk plays, we've got a solid run defense to hopefully shut down Kyron, who's a key piece of their offense and,
00:44:51
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And I don't know the home field advantage.
00:44:54
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It's going to be absolutely rocking in there, as you said.
00:44:58
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So come on Detroit, give me Detroit.
00:45:00
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This would probably be one of my lowest confidences though.
00:45:03
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If I was to say, just because the Rams are such a solid team as well.
00:45:07
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I got to respect them for that.
00:45:09
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Yep.
00:45:09
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I think the last two games were going over for over this one and the Eagles bucks would be my, also my least, least confident two games.
00:45:19
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I would have to agree though.
00:45:20
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I think,
00:45:21
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It's hard to bet against Stafford in the playoffs.
00:45:23
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He's had a lot of great playoff games.
00:45:25
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He obviously just won a Super Bowl a couple years ago.
00:45:28
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Puka's having an unbelievable season.
00:45:29
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Cooper's healthy.
00:45:30
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Kyron, they're pretty healthy.
00:45:31
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It'll be interesting to see if Laporta plays because that is a big loss if he does not.
00:45:35
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Yes.
00:45:37
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But I still think the Lions, I think this is going to be such a good game.
00:45:41
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Can't wait to watch.
00:45:42
Speaker
A lot of storylines.
00:45:43
Speaker
Probably some tears.
00:45:45
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I think the Lions are going to- I would say probably.
00:45:47
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Yeah.
00:45:48
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I do just hope that, and I think we will be, I think Detroit respects him so much that I hope it is respectful for him.
00:45:55
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Oh, it will be.
00:45:55
Speaker
It definitely will be.
00:45:56
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Yeah.
00:45:57
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I would have to agree.
00:45:58
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If not, that would be a shame because we did everything for that organization.
00:46:02
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Yeah, it would be a shame.
00:46:03
Speaker
Yeah.
00:46:03
Speaker
And then obviously McVay was Jared golf's coach for the entirety of his career.
00:46:08
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Not to forget, you're absolutely right.
00:46:09
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There's a whole other piece to that storyline where Jared got kind of shafted from the Rams and let go and brought them to a Super Bowl.
00:46:17
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And he kind of got the short end of the stick.
00:46:19
Speaker
or so many thought by getting sent to Detroit and look what he's done now in Detroit.
00:46:24
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So it is kind of a big F you from him as well of like, look what I did without you and you cut me and you thought I was worth nothing.
00:46:32
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And people thought I was coming to Detroit to end my career and look at him now.
00:46:36
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So you're right.
00:46:37
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There's a whole other aspect to the storyline.
00:46:40
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Yeah, I mean, a lot of pressure for him to want to compete against his replacement and against his ex-team.
00:46:45
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So we'll see.
00:46:46
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I got the Lions as well, though.
00:46:47
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And we're right on time.
00:46:49
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We got 13 minutes until an hour, and we got one game left.
00:46:52
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Eagles vs. Bucs: Philadelphia's Decline
00:49:23
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We have the Philadelphia Eagles at Tampa Bay Bucks, 8.15 p.m.
00:49:29
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Eastern Standard Time.
00:49:30
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Tell us what you got, Bob.
00:49:32
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Break it down.
00:49:34
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Break it down now.
00:49:35
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Break it down now.
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That was cool.
00:49:42
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This is a tough one.
00:49:43
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I really don't know who I think is going to win this game.
00:49:45
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I've got a question for you real quick before you jump in.
00:49:50
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If I would have told you, I don't know, week five, six, ten, that the Eagles were going to be playing away for their first wildcard weekend matchup and in Tampa Bay, what would you have said?
00:50:03
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I would have been saying that you were crazy and that you must be drinking on the job again because that just didn't seem like it was a possibility.
00:50:09
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The Eagles were 10.
00:50:11
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This team was 10 and one.
00:50:13
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I know.
00:50:13
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10 and one.
00:50:15
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And they finished the season 11 and six.
00:50:17
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For those of you not great at math, myself included, that means they finished their last six games one and five.
00:50:23
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That is bad news, Bears.
00:50:27
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That is very bad.
00:50:28
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had full grasp of the NFC one seed, had full grasp of the NFC East, lost both pretty handedly, especially the one seed.
00:50:35
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They lost that last week.
00:50:37
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Yeah.
00:50:37
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I mean, AJ Brown just went down with an injury.
00:50:41
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Uh, Jalen hurts.
00:50:41
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Doesn't look like the same Jalen hurts.
00:50:43
Speaker
The defense is letting up big games from teams like the giants and the commanders and teams that they should not be giving up big games to.
00:50:51
Speaker
They lost to the Panthers for goodness sake.
00:50:52
Speaker
I believe who'd they lose to, um,
00:50:56
Speaker
Oh, no, it was the Cardinals.
00:50:57
Speaker
They lost to the Cardinals.
00:50:58
Speaker
Yeah, they lost to the Cardinals.
00:50:59
Speaker
They lost to the Giants.
00:51:00
Speaker
They've lost to some not good teams the past couple of weeks.
00:51:04
Speaker
They are struggling.
00:51:05
Speaker
And to make matters worse, Jalen Hurts this past weekend dislocated his middle finger.
00:51:11
Speaker
Oh, yeah.
00:51:11
Speaker
It's his non-throwing hand, but, oh, that was ugly.
00:51:14
Speaker
And A.J.
00:51:16
Speaker
Brown also went down with an injury.
00:51:19
Speaker
And he's actually questionable right now.
00:51:22
Speaker
Yeah.
00:51:23
Speaker
It's not great.
00:51:24
Speaker
And one of us knows a thing or two about finger injuries.
00:51:27
Speaker
Spoiler, it's me.
00:51:28
Speaker
That was not fun when I had to go through all that pain with my finger.
00:51:32
Speaker
Yeah.
00:51:33
Speaker
But yeah, I mean, I know what Jalen's going through from that injury and it ain't fun.
00:51:39
Speaker
This is tough.
00:51:41
Speaker
Living in the real world.
00:51:44
Speaker
That's Mac's favorite song that she wants to try out to American Idol for.
00:51:48
Speaker
Everything's opposite right now.
00:51:50
Speaker
We have nine minutes left and we're like, we're just singing just absolutely random.
00:51:53
Speaker
We're like, oh, nine minutes.
00:51:55
Speaker
This is great.
00:51:56
Speaker
We're not at an hour 40 right now.
00:51:57
Speaker
We're going to go over an hour because of this nonsense.
00:52:00
Speaker
Oh my gosh.
00:52:00
Speaker
Oh my gosh.
00:52:01
Speaker
Bob, lock it in.
00:52:02
Speaker
Your dad's on the way over.
00:52:02
Speaker
He's probably close.
00:52:04
Speaker
This game is tough.
00:52:06
Speaker
It's in Tampa Bay, but the Bucs also didn't put an exclamation point on their season.
00:52:11
Speaker
They just beat the Panthers like nine to nothing with three field goals.
00:52:14
Speaker
So they didn't look great.
00:52:15
Speaker
They stumbled in to a playoff spot.
00:52:18
Speaker
Barely won one of the worst divisions of all time.
00:52:20
Speaker
Obviously the Eagles are one in five in their last six.
00:52:24
Speaker
This is in Tampa Bay.
00:52:25
Speaker
I don't think that's like particularly like a big time home field advantage Baker versus Jalen.
00:52:31
Speaker
Yeah.
00:52:32
Speaker
What an ugly game.
00:52:33
Speaker
It's Monday night.
00:52:36
Speaker
Yeah.
00:52:36
Speaker
I, my heart tells me that the Eagles are going to be able to figure it out come playoff time.
00:52:40
Speaker
They have all of, they have all the experience with the guys from the Superbowl last year.
00:52:47
Speaker
Jason Kelsey, one of the best centers in the league.
00:52:49
Speaker
Shout out Swifties.
00:52:50
Speaker
That's Travis's brother.
00:52:51
Speaker
As you know, Devonta Smith, a great receiver.
00:52:56
Speaker
Also injured.
00:52:57
Speaker
Oh, wow.
00:52:58
Speaker
Well, apologies.
00:52:59
Speaker
Also questionable.
00:53:01
Speaker
Oh my gosh.
00:53:01
Speaker
Well, if they, if both of those, this is, this is purely based off of the fact that one of those two receivers, AJ Brown or him plays, I think the Eagles can be able to squeak this one out.
00:53:10
Speaker
Do I think they're going to win more than one game?
00:53:11
Speaker
No.
00:53:13
Speaker
I think they'll be able to beat the Bucs in Tampa.
00:53:16
Speaker
Give me the Eagles.
00:53:18
Speaker
But this is for sure my least confident game of the weekend.
00:53:21
Speaker
Yeah, yeah.
00:53:22
Speaker
I mean, oof, that's tough.
00:53:25
Speaker
And honestly, first glance, I'm like, Bucs are going to win.
00:53:28
Speaker
The Eagles can't win anything right now.
00:53:32
Speaker
So it's hard for me to get behind them.
00:53:36
Speaker
This is tough.
00:53:36
Speaker
This is tough.
00:53:39
Speaker
Well, you got six minutes and 20 seconds to figure it out.
00:53:41
Speaker
I got six minutes to think about it.
00:53:42
Speaker
So let's just be silent for the next six minutes while I think about it.
00:53:45
Speaker
Okay.
00:53:45
Speaker
Let's do it.
00:53:47
Speaker
No.
00:53:48
Speaker
Oh, my gosh.
00:53:48
Speaker
She asked you to do it, folks.
00:53:51
Speaker
No, it's hard, though, because it is, like you said, the Bucs, which they have just been barely squeaking by.
00:53:58
Speaker
I want to believe that the Eagles are going to get it together, but they haven't been able to the last six weeks when a lot has been on the line.
00:54:06
Speaker
Boy.
00:54:08
Speaker
I'm going to go with... She looks like she's in pain, folks.
00:54:11
Speaker
She's in pain.
00:54:11
Speaker
I feel in pain.
00:54:12
Speaker
I feel in pain.
00:54:15
Speaker
I feel like I'd be kicking myself.
00:54:16
Speaker
Like, why would you even bet on the Eagles again?
00:54:19
Speaker
But they have all the pieces.
00:54:20
Speaker
They have the right pieces.
00:54:23
Speaker
Oh, my gosh.
00:54:24
Speaker
Oh, I'm slipping.
00:54:25
Speaker
Okay, you're right.
00:54:28
Speaker
This is my least confident.
00:54:30
Speaker
I know we're not even doing that, but this is my last chance for the Eagles, and it's because if they lose, they're out anyway.
00:54:37
Speaker
So...
00:54:38
Speaker
This is the last chance.
00:54:39
Speaker
Yeah.
00:54:40
Speaker
This is my last chance for them.
00:54:41
Speaker
They have the better team.
00:54:43
Speaker
And if they can get it together, they will win.
00:54:46
Speaker
But if not, then they will not.
00:54:48
Speaker
And I guess we'll see what happens Monday night.
00:54:50
Speaker
That was really good analysis.
00:54:51
Speaker
If they get it together, they will.
00:54:52
Speaker
And if they can't, they will not.
00:54:54
Speaker
I like that.
00:54:55
Speaker
That is what it is.
00:54:56
Speaker
If they can play good again, they will win.
00:54:59
Speaker
Yeah.
00:55:00
Speaker
If they play good enough to win, they will win the game.
00:55:02
Speaker
I like it.
00:55:03
Speaker
Yes.
00:55:04
Speaker
If they score more points in Tampa Bay, they will win Monday night.
00:55:07
Speaker
That's true.
00:55:07
Speaker
As Michael Scott once said, K-I-S-S.
00:55:10
Speaker
Keep it simple, stupid.
00:55:11
Speaker
Sometimes I don't keep it simple.
00:55:12
Speaker
Keep it simple, stupid.
00:55:14
Speaker
And sometimes I don't keep it simple.
00:55:16
Speaker
Maxie said it's very simple.
00:55:17
Speaker
I love that.
00:55:18
Speaker
If they play better, they will win.
00:55:20
Speaker
And did we just go six out of six in the playoff?
00:55:24
Speaker
Yeah, I'm changing my mind.
00:55:25
Speaker
I'm going Bucs.
00:55:26
Speaker
Oh, she said, I cannot be the same.
00:55:28
Speaker
I'm pulling the rug out from underneath you.
00:55:30
Speaker
The Eagles just, no, I don't think they're going to get it together.
00:55:33
Speaker
I just don't.
00:55:33
Speaker
You know what?
00:55:34
Speaker
You're going to regret that.
00:55:35
Speaker
Lock it in.
00:55:36
Speaker
It counts.
00:55:37
Speaker
We're putting a lot of money on the line for these six games.
00:55:39
Speaker
Oh, are we?
00:55:39
Speaker
Since when?
00:55:40
Speaker
Unbeknownst to Mac, this allots on the line that's locked and loaded.
00:55:44
Speaker
Can't take it back.
00:55:46
Speaker
And wow, okay.
00:55:47
Speaker
And folks, in a first of its kind, we're at 55 minutes and 59 seconds.
00:55:53
Speaker
We did it.
00:55:54
Speaker
We're less than an hour.
00:55:55
Speaker
Wow, that is incredible.
00:55:59
Speaker
Can you believe it?
00:56:00
Speaker
Thanks for sticking with us.
00:56:02
Speaker
Thanks so much for sticking with us, Mac.
00:56:04
Speaker
Thanks so much for sticking with me when I'm pushing us to an hour and a half.
00:56:09
Speaker
Oh, always.
00:56:09
Speaker
I'll always stick with you, Bob.
00:56:11
Speaker
No problem at all.
00:56:13
Speaker
But yeah, yeah.
00:56:14
Speaker
Thanks for joining us this week.
00:56:15
Speaker
Unfortunately, next week, Bob will be out of the country, unfortunately for us, lucky for him.
00:56:20
Speaker
So we will not have an episode.
00:56:22
Speaker
Dang it.
00:56:23
Speaker
But yeah, stay tuned.
00:56:25
Speaker
Obviously, if you can tune in Sunday night for that Lions game.
00:56:29
Speaker
Do it.
00:56:29
Speaker
And we will catch up with you all as soon as Bob is back.
00:56:33
Speaker
And we're excited as we head into the divisional, or I'm sorry, the conference championship round.
00:56:39
Speaker
We will fill you all in.
00:56:40
Speaker
Yes, we're going to have a lot to catch up on.
00:56:42
Speaker
Sorry, not to reiterate exactly what you just said, but we got three minutes.
00:56:45
Speaker
We got time literally running out of our ears right now.
00:56:47
Speaker
We got time to spare, basically.
00:56:48
Speaker
We got time to spare.
00:56:49
Speaker
I will not allow this to go over an hour.
00:56:50
Speaker
I will literally hang out before it gets to that point.
00:56:52
Speaker
But I'm really pushing the limit here.
00:56:55
Speaker
But yes, I will be out of the country next week, as Max said.
00:56:58
Speaker
So next time we'll be with you.
00:57:00
Speaker
We'll beat out to the Final Four, right?
00:57:03
Speaker
It will be conference championship weekend, final four, and Bob will be in town that weekend.
00:57:09
Speaker
So I don't know, we might have to do that recording together that Friday right before the conference championships.
00:57:14
Speaker
That would be great because we don't have to do it on Wednesday anymore because there's no more Thursday games.
00:57:19
Speaker
Exactly.
00:57:20
Speaker
Well, hopefully, I can't believe I'm saying this, I hope that your boys are still alive so I can watch the Lions with you.
00:57:25
Speaker
Oh, my gosh.
00:57:25
Speaker
I hope so.
00:57:26
Speaker
And I really hope for you and Nick's case that you'll be able to go and spend the Super Bowl with Steve and Patty in Vegas.
00:57:33
Speaker
So we'll see.
00:57:33
Speaker
There's a lot between now and then.
00:57:35
Speaker
It's going to be an emotional game this weekend.
00:57:37
Speaker
Hey, survive in advance.
00:57:38
Speaker
Thanks so much for sticking with us.
00:57:40
Speaker
Three more episodes left of the season.
00:57:42
Speaker
Can't wait.
00:57:42
Speaker
Should we do it?
00:57:44
Speaker
Yeah, let's talk to you next week.
00:57:47
Speaker
Peace!
00:57:48
Speaker
Go Bears, we get it.