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NFL 🏈 College Football News, Recaps & Game Picks ("Sunday Showdown" #nfl #cfb Week 14)
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"Sunday Showdown" NFL 🏈 College Football Week 14 News/Recaps/Picks
Featuring @BALLandBUDS Sports Professor, Clubber D, Dirty Mojo & Shane PeachOMania
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Introduction and Social Media Plugs
00:00:06
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00:00:39
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You can't prepare, now get ready for the show. Introducing the Ballin' Buds, 703 Boys Crew, Clover D, Dirty Mojo, Shane Peach, and the Sports Professor.
00:00:55
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Welcome to Sunday Showdown.
00:01:03
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Yo, yo, yo, what up, friends? At Gallin' Buds, B-A-L-L-A-N-D-B-U-D-S on YouTube. Also, make sure you hit that link tree at the top. That'll take you to our QR code.
00:01:19
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um And that will allow you to find our social medias where you can subscribe. Make sure you subscribe at YouTube and all that other good stuff. You can find Clubber D's YouTube as well. Clubber D. You can find Shane Peach at Peach O' Mania on X for all you Bears fans that want to hate. And as well, you can see Dirty Mojo over there in the background listening to some type of music.
00:01:43
Speaker
Well, i mean, at this point, we can really ask the three of us if we really even want to talk about our teams, because all of our teams suck complete ass and got our, you know, as Papi Tuneo would say, belt to ass ah today. i really don't even want to talk.
00:02:00
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about my team. ah So, you know, I know we're going to have to eat our crow, but it's just, it's not a good look for the table of terribles. Yes. At least, at least for us three. But let's go ahead and start it off.
Lions vs Cowboys Playoff Impact
00:02:12
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ah Thursday night, we had the Lions of 44 to 30 victory.
00:02:18
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over the Cowboys, the Lions. They're, you know, had to win this game. um With the Packers, especially, we're watching the game right now, going up seven over the Bears.
00:02:31
Speaker
ah You know, Detroit really needed this one to stay in the hunt. Dallas, their season's been up and down. Really nothing much to say about them. They weren't really probably going to make the playoffs anyways. I mean, they had a chance, real ah but not a realistic one. So anyways, how do we feel about this Thursday night game, Cliberty?
00:02:48
Speaker
Well, you know, Dallas was on a high being ah the defending Super Bowl champs and a runner ups. And then came crashing down. in Reality set in when the Lions decided to actually play well at home when they got the dub. ah we all know Dallas defense is not good. um This is, this is, I think every sports fan and non-Cowboys fans happy right now because they want to hear the annoying Cowboys fans saying we're back when they were really never back because they weren't even in the playoffs, even with that two-win win streak.
00:03:20
Speaker
Yeah, and I mean, they they aren't they want to do that? Isn't why a lot of people complain about Cowboys fans and, you know, D.C. fans, Commanders fans as well, that they always say that those two teams, the fans are usually, you know, every year, we're going to go the Super Bowl sort of thing. Now, Peach may just ah dispute me on that as a Commanders fan. ah But anyways, ah Dirty Mojo, what were your thoughts on this game? os great Great game point for Detroit Lions if you're a Detroit Lions fan. We talked last week about that offense and and and talking about who was calling the plays and can the offense do what they needed to do. And I mean, clearly they did. I mean, defense had you know, the defense was all over the Cowboys. Still very heavy heavy on the on on the on using your running backs, especially Gibbs. Pretty much, yeah oh yeah you know, the whole offense.
00:04:07
Speaker
I mean, Jared Goff had a pretty average game, one one touchdown, a high 200 yards, 300 yards, something like that. It wasn't very, like, dominating or anything like that. But the defense was able to get the ball back a lot for them. they They got a lot of turnovers, had five sacks or so. I mean, they played well against ah um an offense that, you know, we had said, have been performing really well over the last couple weeks, you know especially the teams that they've beaten. And with anybody, i mean you know Dallas Cowboys had a puncher's chance. And you know and unfortunately, ah you know just like my Falcons, the end of the road for them too. you know i'm saying they ah
00:04:42
Speaker
they just they they They couldn't keep up with it. They got to do something to fix that defense you know i'm saying for them to be a better team going on in the future because they can put up a lot of points. But you're giving up 40, 44 points to ah ah another team, and it's it's hard it's hard to win games like that.
00:04:58
Speaker
I mean, their defense has been much maligned ah this whole season. We've seen it. um You know, they did this a turnstile, a running turnstile is pretty much what they are. um Just letting, you know, offenses do what they want to do at will. Detroit's playoff probability, Peach, is now 54%. What do you think about this game?
00:05:21
Speaker
I think they'll definitely be a wild card team. Now it was a big win for them. They needed it. And they finally just kept giving the ball to Jameer Gibbs. That should be their game plan for the rest of the year. Offensively guys, give the ball to Gibbs, keep the ball away from the other offenses. Don't be cute. Just give the damn ball to Gibbs, win the game, move on. Like,
00:05:40
Speaker
they They usually go away from it in a lot of instances, and I just never understood why. the guy well look i I mean, luckily they have a competent enough offense, right? Like wide receivers and stuff where they could get away from that, but doesn't that become predictable at some point and teams start to stack the box?
00:05:56
Speaker
Well, the stack box doesn't go over the top, right? I mean, that's the thing. you just You don't go away from it until it's stopped. And sometimes he's running for five-plus yards of carry and they go away from it. that's That's what I'm talking about. Like when it's working, don't go away from it.
00:06:08
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Sure. No, i'm just i'm playing I'm just playing devil's advocate to give the fans more content.
NFL Game Recaps and Highlights
00:06:13
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um Here's your sports professor stat here. 30-year-old Brandon Aubrey converted from 63, 57, and 55, becoming the first kicker in NFL history to make three field goals of 55 yards or more in a game.
00:06:30
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Nice. That's automatic, man. Automatic. and And so they're saying about that, y'all, ah because he is a former soccer player that, ah you know, teams are just going to start recruiting, which they should have been doing probably the whole time, recruiting soccer players from major universities and stuff like that instead of, you know, going old school and having your kicker raised in football, you know, throughout the years, even though most of those kickers don't even have the skills necessary, you know, to be a kicker. So anyways, All right, cool. Let's move it on. We had some ah some blowouts and some booty juice games, so we will get those out of the way first.
00:07:08
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Let's go ahead. We had the Dolphins 34-10 over the Jets. You also had – The Rams are beating the Cardinals 31 to 10 right now. You also had the Titans and Browns, not a real necessary game to talk about at all. 31-29 Titans.
00:07:27
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And as well, Saints and Buccaneers, although this does hurt the Bucs because they lost here. And that's probably what what most people will talk about out of these games that I just mentioned. They lost 24 to to the Saints at home.
00:07:42
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Peach, what did you think about any of those games? I think the Saints helped us out, and the commanders just moved up to the number five overall pick. That's what I think in regards to that. um Yeah, today was a lot of blowouts, guys, and not much fun to talk about.
00:07:57
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And we'll get to my team a little bit later. um This season can't end fast enough for us. But, yeah, that was kind of a shocker. The Bucs are really injured, though, and I'm not surprised. I don't know.
00:08:08
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i mean, I think they should still win the division, but, man, they are wonderful. very hurt right now. And I just don't, I don't know who is even good in that division. There's nobody good in that division really. Shut up, Bobby C three, five, five. Also Bobby G at the audible podcast has a little word for
Fantasy Football Bet Drama
00:08:25
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you. Lamar seems like he may be maybe going to eat at sizzler. He's saying once he has to make you pay up on them bets, Bobby C is going to get the, um,
00:08:34
Speaker
What you call the treatment if he doesn't come on and apologize? Because if we all remember, this whole shit came about by Bobby C getting in his feelings because I said Kansas City isn't good. And once he comes on and says, hey, Lamar was right, he'll get his payment. Who was it? Who was it in the fantasy team that didn't get their money for like five months or some shit like that? Bobby C. and Bobby C does not come on and be like, yeah, man, I was in my feelings about the Kansas City Chiefs. So I got into with Lamar. You're right. My Falcons were trash this year. But you're going to come on and say the Kansas City Chiefs are the same way. if not you'll be waiting for your money too play devil's advocate and and i like the audible i like the duna where aqua podcast but no dog shook his head disagreed shut up brownson um he's a browns fan right yes yeah he's about sure
00:09:18
Speaker
and up. I don't know if they won today. guy i yes Someone can help me out, Lamar. Help you out, Lamar. I appreciate you. I appreciate you. But he's been throwing those jabs every week about the Falcons winning, but he never came on. Even been on his show. He be saying it on his show, too. It's like, what are we doing here You know what I'm saying? i mean Throw a dog. He's still talking to shit because they're still technically in it, but we know what's up. So I'll be waiting for that. He's the needle. He's the snail part two. Hey, Professor, I will be waiting for that comment that, hey, I was in my feelings. It did get into it. I was kind of upset. That's why me and Lamar got into it. He made that bet.
00:09:57
Speaker
Until then, he's going to get the Blake the blake treatment. But you still... ah but you still are going to owe him money in the end.
00:10:08
Speaker
What did I say though? Yeah, you said the Chiefs would be bad, but that was only one part of a three-leg bet. Y'all bet three different ways. just Listen, Omar, it doesn't matter. The whole situation comes to he got upset and made those three bets because he was upset about what I said. So he won't get a nickel until he comes on and says, yo, you were right about the Chiefs. Well, Bobby g the invitation is extended. You are welcome on this program whenever you would like. If you want, I can send you the link right now. You just let me know, brother. Whenever you want to come on. I do remember. I vaguely remember the bet. The bet was at the Chiefs would finish last. And remember while Karl Marr was like, Lamar, one Lamar to another. i don't think you want to this bet. You know, i was... Well, well well well look well let's let's look at it like this.
00:10:57
Speaker
They're not going to finish last, but they're going to finish These guys were talking about they were going to win. let's let's Let's move on to the next thing. He keeps putting this in there, but like I said, he'll be Blake. He won't be getting anything until he comes on, not texting, until he comes on and says, yeah, yeah.
00:11:13
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You guys know what it If not, you guys got to tell them what it is. Well, with the look, I think i think everybody got the got the got the reference, even though you're using the wrong name. I'll tell you like this i'd say like this. I guarantee you he won't make that bet next year with the Chiefs again next year.
00:11:27
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but yeah But the whole fact that you're the one that's going to owe him money, so it doesn't matter if you were right about one person. It doesn't matter. Omar, Omar, Omar, I can eat crow. i can Oh, Caleb Williams.
00:11:39
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But can he eat his crow? Let's eat crow now
Team Performance and Fan Frustrations
00:11:43
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then. Let's talk about our three teams because, like I said, we can lump these all in together and just go around the horn really quick. We've got other games to get to. Hold hold on. um the Bears just lost. Caleb Williams was through an interception in end zone.
00:11:55
Speaker
Bears just lost. 22 seconds left. There you go. Wow. Wow. They're still the best team in the NFC. I don't care what anybody says. It now puts the Packers a half a game ahead for the lead in the division, and they would have the tiebreaker now too.
00:12:10
Speaker
Well, they play in two weeks again, too. Okay, there you go. There you go. Oh, that was a bad interception. um So, yeah, talking about our teams, again, ah Dirty Mojo, your Falcons losing 37-9 to the Seahawks. Peach, your commanders getting shut out 31-0 by J.J. McCarthy, who was coming for revenge the way you talked about him early on in the season. Yeah.
00:12:34
Speaker
And then finally my Raiders got beat. Not as bad, but still bad because they were dominated the whole game and just scored a leap. of Who kicks, by the way, come on, man.
00:12:45
Speaker
Don't go kick a petty little field goal with three seconds left Raiders when you have no chance to win the game. Stop being stupid. That's ridiculous. That's Bush League. Anyways, and my team is Bush League. At this point, I'm in the annual ah draft sweepstakes where Omar usually resides at this time of year where I'm just looking forward to getting the highest draft pick possible and don't even care that we lose anymore and actively probably rooting for us to lose down the stretch so that way we do get a better draft pick. Y'all know how i feel about ah ah people get that way sometimes late in the season. Anyways, um Peach, Lamar, anybody got anything to say about their teams?
00:13:27
Speaker
Well, yeah, I do. i't know If you don't mind me going in there, Peach, don't mean to cut you off. No, go ahead. Do you guys remember what I said last week, how the Falcons lost? What how did they what way did they find a way to lose, right?
00:13:38
Speaker
It was the special teams, right? Didn't I say that? I said every week we find another another way to lose it is the special teams. Six to six at halftime. I'm out at halftime, and what do we do? Kickoff return for a touchdown.
00:13:52
Speaker
We had a blocked field goal. We had a, once we did get a, once we got another field goal, made, made it nine. Guess what our kicker did right after that? Kicks it out of bounds. I don't understand what our team is doing, what our ah front office is doing when it comes to being inept and get ridding, getting rid of coaches that do not need to be out there to help it out. But let me tell you guys something else. Ray Ray McLeod,
00:14:16
Speaker
He posted, he um he retweeted a post about Raheem Morris losing the locker room when he fired Ike Hilliard from the railway where Cloud was released. and And I truly believe it. I truly believe that Raheem, Radio Raheem Morris has completely lost that team and they are not playing.
00:14:33
Speaker
They're not playing. to win for him. I don't think that that he'll be back next year. i'm I'm wondering why they're not getting rid of him now. Maybe it's just, hey, it's whatever. Arthur Blank has been known to not get rid of ah coaches in the middle of the season. um mean He did get rid of Dan Quinn, but it was kind of like that one where He was going to get rid of him the year before he did.
00:14:55
Speaker
And then he went on a winning streak and then he brought him back. And then he was like five games and he he got rid of him. I think Raheem Morris will still still be there. But, I mean, I'm just – I'm completely over it. I'm watching him. from all aspects of the field, ah it just doesn't look like a team that's being properly ah coached by professionals. They look very, very bad all across the board. And with such high hopes for me, I know, you know, once they want to talk shit about my team, I mean, they have the roster that can win it.
00:15:21
Speaker
I just don't think they have the fucking coaches that can help them win. And I'm just disgusted by know what I'm saying? it It is what it is. i But I will say this. I know a lot of people are making jokes and memes. um On the bright side, on on the on on the good side of it,
00:15:34
Speaker
James Pierce Jr. Don't be looking at it. Don't be looking at it. Stay away from the light, Lamar. Stay away from the light. Listen, listen, James Pierce Jr., who we traded our first round pick for like ah for next year, has been doing fantastic. He got another sack today. That's five straight games in a ah row that he has a sack as a rookie. So i'm not too I'm not too upset about so much about it because I do like the pick. I love the pick earlier this year. And you know what saying? it It is what it is. I do think that James Pierce Jr. would have been a top 10 pick if it wasn't for the off-the-field issues that he had. So for that, i am I am happy. And we also did get out of that trade.
00:16:09
Speaker
We were able to pick up a Watts from ah Notre Dame, our safety. and He's been performing very well, too. So it's not so much of a big loss for me. But I do hate the fact that I cannot join my fellow brethren, ah Omar and Peach, in watching my drafts.
00:16:25
Speaker
Yep. and That's where we're at. Peach. How do you feel about your mock drafting? Same old, same old. and Like I just said earlier, we moved up to the fifth overall pick and we play the giants next week. If the giants beat us, we jump over them too. So there you go. top four Here we come. um I'm, I am done like, like Lamar is with his coaching staff with mine. It's,
00:16:44
Speaker
Wow, already after year one. I've been like this for a while now. This is year two. This is year two. It's just because of how bad the defense is. And when you're your head coach is a defensive-minded guy, and you might have the worst defense in NFL history, and I'm not – there's no hyperbole there.
00:16:59
Speaker
It's bad. Wow. It's horrendous. We are the get right game for every single bad quarterback there is. And today was another one. That guy horrible. And he went up and down the field like he's Patrick Mahomes.
00:17:12
Speaker
I'm tired of it. And it doesn't help. We don't even have a good roster either. So it's double-edged sword. I'm done. We're not even at Christmas yet, and I'm done.
00:17:25
Speaker
ah i don't know what else to say. And then Jaden gets hurt again, gets pulled again. I don't know, man. RG3 2.0. Oh, wow. And and you like you you bring him back. He's got to be healthy at least. He falls, bumps his elbow, and he looks to be in the most serious pain ever. He's not healthy if that's the case.
00:17:43
Speaker
Bro, I mean, you can, yeah, you got to sit him out the rest of the season. Like, don't even like, or don't even think about bringing him back again because clearly you're playing with fate when they, when this is now the, the what, third elbow injury this year? no that third third Third injury, fourth injury. Third injury.
00:18:01
Speaker
Two elbow and then the the other one. Right. Okay, cool. didn't yeah Didn't his mom come out there and say, don't put that. ah Don't get me talking about that bitch because she pisses me off. She wants to the superstar. She wants to be famous. And it's now. When you lose, it's annoying.
00:18:19
Speaker
Yeah. Get out
Player Injury Concerns
00:18:20
Speaker
of here. tell i don't mind I know I don't mind him and his mom loving each other and, you know, being strong together. But now, man, she wants to be a part. She got mic'd up today at the game by films.
00:18:32
Speaker
I saw it. um Grant Paulson was at the game filming her. They were mic'd her up. Learn that. we a He's They didn't learn that. He's Yeah, it's annoying. i good And she she said, don't she said stop referencing her son to RG three and she's doing the same. thing His dad was out there. I thought Jane with that big old brace. I thought Ronda Rossi gave him our bar like he might as well just sit for the rest of the season if it's if it's that bad. Yes. yeah like that one point risk you When you get knocked down and you bump it and you're in agony, you are not healthy.
00:19:04
Speaker
And the fact that that can happen on any play. That can happen on any play. If they push him down in the backfield and he rolls over, he can hit his elbow. Right. It wasn't some kind of crazy hit. It was a normal fall to the ground play.
00:19:15
Speaker
It wasn't a crazy hit. Like, yeah, I'm upset. so Shout out, Big Root. Salute. Thank you for tuning in back in the ball's area for the time being.
00:19:27
Speaker
What'd you say? I said, Jaden's big as a twig, so he's going to be able to, you know, take that. And that's the other thing, right? Just like RG3, their body frames, paws are very skinny. You know what I mean? So.
00:19:39
Speaker
Hey, you know what I'll, you know what I'll say, Peach, and this is something, you know what saying? That it's, it's actually a bad part, man, is that Raheem Morris and Dan Quinn are, players, coaches, players love them.
00:19:50
Speaker
But the problem with that is that I need you to be a coach. That's not going to go out and have a beer with your players later on. I don't need that. I do need that. I need that stern type of coach. And I mean, we talked about Tomlin.
00:20:03
Speaker
Tomlin is a player's coach. coach ah Players love him, but he's still stern. He's still stern. No, i'm not I don't play that. Look, it's if we have a relationship, and as a coach-player relationship, I'll still be somebody that you can enjoy as your coach and like as coach and love as your coach, but there comes a point where you have to cut certain things off. I don't think Raheem Morris, and I don't think Dan Quinn can do that. And what happens is is players start to fall off, and they have so much like for the players that they can't pull this guy. They can't fire this coach.
00:20:32
Speaker
Bobby Wagner and Zach Ertz, please. God damn. Can we get the young guys out there that you drafted in the second and third round, please? Right, right. And then and then it comes to – I mean, Ertz got hurt today, so you're going to get that one. Yeah, that was terrible. And then it it it comes to the point where you're like, why is this coach not fired? I wonder why. Because he has such a relationship with these guys that he's their friends. He doesn't want to fire them. The offensive coordinator should have been fired in Atlanta. Bro – The special teams coordinator is still on our roster. How do you fire our wide receiver coach after the 34-0 loss to um Carolina? How is that his fault?
00:21:10
Speaker
But you don't get rid of the ah the um you don't get rid of the special teams coordinator. It blows my mind. so it's it's I don't know what it is, but those two guys, um umm I'm with you. I like Dan Quinn. he's a He needs to go.
00:21:24
Speaker
Raheem Morris needs to go. They need to get somebody in there that's a structured tough coach. Luckily for you, I think it's going happen for you guys. I don't think it's going happen for us. which It won't happen for You're right. It won't happen for you guys because of last year.
00:21:34
Speaker
But for us, radio is out of there. So let's let's let's fall for the fool's gold last year. You know, like you talk down the haters last year like I did. oh it was just an easy schedule. Oh, you played shitty quarterbacks. No, it wasn't. Then this year proves that it was. It was fool's gold last last year. It wasn't real. Don't believe it.
00:21:52
Speaker
It was a fake season. And that's all I got to say. And I have a, I have a question too, because this is where, if I remember correctly, Raheem Morris coached Tampa Bay for a couple of years, didn't he?
Coaching Critiques and Future Predictions
00:22:03
Speaker
Yeah. So this would be his second time that he's going to be fired for. Here's the thing, though. He was part of that Atlanta staff that got fired.
00:22:13
Speaker
When he got fired, he then became the head coach of Tampa Bay. Then when Dan Quinn brought him on to be our defensive coordinator, When Dan Quinn got fired, he took over as the interim head coach. And if Atlanta wanted him, they should have hired him then. But they didn't. They hired Arthur Smith. And they they let him go. They hired Arthur Smith.
00:22:32
Speaker
Three years later, you fire Arthur Smith, and you bring in who? Radio Raheem. And it's terrible. you shouldn Yeah, that doesn't make any sense. You guys already know who I like, and I don't get it. so Yeah, that doesn't make any sense whatsoever.
00:22:42
Speaker
Mm-mm. Interesting. All right, cool. Well, let's go ahead and check out some of the other games. This is the schedule we had there. Let me ah zoom in on this a little bit for you. So ah here
Bengals vs Bills Game Analysis
00:22:54
Speaker
we go. well Let's talk about um the, well, first of all, let me update you. Rams 45-17 over the Cardinals. That's how that one ended, just for anybody that wanted to know. Early game, really good game.
00:23:04
Speaker
ah Bengals and Bills. um Bills really needed this victory to stay in the you know front of the playoff positioning hunt um because this game obviously impacts their seating. 39-34 snow game. Joey B for TVs. What a beautiful – it's like the prototypical kind of NFL game that we want to watch, right? The little the snow, little – weather little good game throwing the ball around the backyard you know old thanksgiving bowl uh kind of stuff um so uh let's go ahead and start there with that one clubber what were your thoughts on the bengals and bears i mean loved it you know uh burrows was was was slinging that rock left and right you know saying i thought he was on a block in the 80s in the dc like he was just he was killing it and t higgins had some hell of a catches um I will say this.
00:23:56
Speaker
Those back-to-back interceptions, that back that that that pick six, and then that when he got the ball again, that interception, that changed the game. like I thought that ah the Bengals were going to pull this one out. And this game, like you mentioned, O, had every single element you wanted in football. It had defense. It had the cold weather. It had the snow. And it had scoring. And it had amazing catches in the inclement weather. With two good quarterbacks, this is what I wanted to Ooh!
00:24:21
Speaker
back and forth Josh Allen, that run by Josh Allen when he was running, man, oh, I just, I wanted, I wanted to hear Gus say something like, you know, if he was doing a play, like, you know, he's running from the cops or something like that, or this is Josh Allen. He's running out of the cop, he has three jackets with him. I wanted to hear something like that, but he was killing it one hell of a game.
00:24:41
Speaker
um No, no doubt about that. That was, like you said, all all the one-handed catches. Tee Higgins in the end zone with that one-handed catch. Just phenomenal um ball playing out there. Dirty Mojo, what were your thoughts on this game? So, you know, I had ah had vested interest in this game with two of my fantasy players, my fantasy starters in Tee Higgins and Josh Allen playing in this game. So I was very, very excited to watch this game. But you are absolutely right. Everything that I love ah about December and January slash January football is the weather, the the push for the playoffs. We talked last week about how it's going to come down to the last couple weeks in the AFC North. ki The Bengals went out and went it in there, and they jumped out on the on the Buffalo Bills like they did. And it was like I was sitting there thinking of this game like, holy shit, look at what's going on over there in Pittsburgh with the Ravens now getting beat up by –
00:25:31
Speaker
by us the Steelers, and the Bengals had such a big lead, I'm like, is this really going to come to fruition? Is the Bengals going to win out and some shit happen and they get back into a burrow? What a fantastic game to watch.
00:25:42
Speaker
What a fantastic game to watch. I mean, the Bengals, man, keep your heads up high because, you know i'm saying, if it wasn't for that, for those two, like you said, those two interceptions, but you still can't put it out there. mean, that's football. I've said this. We've all said this. I have no problem with my team losing playerbu player versus player.
00:25:59
Speaker
A good, hardcore, player versus player game, a mistake here, a mistake there. I hate when my team loses because of coaching. This was 100% players lost this game, but it was a fun game to watch. It was a fantastic game to watch. Shout out to Buffalo because that was something that they could not happen was them losing to um to fall back even further. I don't think they i don't think they can catch ah the Patriots just because of the Patriots of play. I don't think they can catch them, but to still be able to to have a little bit of muscle in it, that was a fantastic game. That third quarter, Josh Allen, man, what a great, great, great game to watch.
00:26:30
Speaker
NFL replay game all day long. Yes, sir. There you go. Hey, shout out, Canteen. We appreciate you tuning in from the Tar Heels game, watching a little men's basketball. Very nice, my friend. Good job. friends We appreciate you tapping with Canteen, coming out with his own new podcast soon.
00:26:46
Speaker
so Nice. A little bit of... Something changed there in the brewing. I like it. Do your thing, brother. That being said, one thing that I want to add to what you and Clever Deid just said is the fact that Burrow had another very, very costly mistake when he fumbled the ball on that two-point conversion attempt. Because does he not fumble that ball? They don't need a touchdown. All they need is a field goal to tie the game instead of having to go for two touchdowns and an onside kick with three minutes left. Peach, yeah I can't agree with you guys more. Game of the day, for sure. 100% the game of the day. And I'm going to say this. That first Borough interception was really the killer. The second one was bad. But that first one, man, they're going down to get up two scores.
00:27:33
Speaker
And if they score a touchdown on that drive, two touchdowns. The game's probably over. So that was huge. And then, like um you guys said, they had a chance to get the ball back at the end. And here comes the big boy running for third and 15 for that first down, like Deion said. But he didn't go to Abercrombie and Fitch D. He went to the big and tall store like me and you, my friend, to get them yards.
00:27:53
Speaker
Man, what a game. ah I thought for sure the Bengals were going to get the ball back. And he said, nah, and I ain't letting you. And they yeah went and stole that win right then and there and then didn't leave it to chance. Because if you left it to chance with how Burrow was going up and down that field, so you might have lost. You'd probably lose that game if you give them the ball back.
00:28:10
Speaker
Yeah, it's unfortunate that it's unfortunate that Cincinnati's run game is non-existent because that definitely could have helped them in the way the way that Joe Burrow was playing in this game. And it could have been easily some good runs that could have helped them out with some play action stuff, get a little bit this more open. But their their running game was non-existent. I mean, Joe Burrow tried to carry the shit out of that game along with T. Higgins, man. That was fantastic game. And he needs to they they need to. They really need to think about getting new coaching. But Burrow keeps saving them damn guys.
00:28:38
Speaker
Because the defense stinks, the run game stinks. He's the constant. Quit. Don't ruin Joe Burrow, Cincinnati. but And only one sack. And only one sack. They only gave it one sack, too. So, I mean, it wasn't like he was running for his life out there. But it was like, man, I mean, at some point, when you when especially in that weather, when you have to throw the ball in the weather and it's cold, and guess what happened? Those interceptions came along.
00:29:00
Speaker
On the other side, you got a good ah better running game, and they were able to just pound it out and grind it out and win game. Damn, Broussa farted in there? Yeah, may fuck man, he's pissing me off. man And – that's funny. What was I going to say? That caught me off guard. I was going to say something to what you said, Peach, and now I don't remember. Anyways, it doesn't really matter. um Bills, again, they needed this game to stay up there in that kind of, you know, playoff positioning. So good for them on the win. Again, that was just – prototypical chef's kiss football. Moving on, another game that was crucial in the playoff positioning was the Colts and the Jaguars.
Colts vs Jaguars and Injury Management
00:29:43
Speaker
And the Colts actually ah going on the road and losing this game are the Jaguars for real 36 to 19. Jaguars are now nine and four gentlemen. Peach, we'll start with you on this one. What are your thoughts on this game?
00:29:59
Speaker
The Jags aren't for real, but the Colts are going to be the team that falls off and misses the playoffs. The injury to Daniel Jones is a killer, and he looks to be out for the year. They think it's an Achilles. He already had ah a broken leg, playing on a broken leg, and now he's Right, already. on mean which By the way, shout out to him for playing on a broken leg. That's yeah crazy. but Yeah.
00:30:17
Speaker
But yeah, yeah they're done think it's I just think they're done now, i unfortunately, because they had such a great year coming along and going. And that fan base really needed it. They needed to be rejuvenated after missing on that high draft pick at at quarterback. you know But yeah, I still think yeah i think the Jags are going to get in. Don't get me wrong, but they're going to be up one and done.
00:30:37
Speaker
They're not good enough. they're They're too inconsistent. I don't believe in them. what Oh, yeah. I agree with you completely. Agree completely. And yeah, you're right. He was playing on a broken leg, which again, it's just crazy because, but shout out to his team.
00:30:50
Speaker
I read a story. Excuse me. about his college teammates at Duke that made a kind of like brace that you could wear on the field yeah to play with a broken leg.
00:31:04
Speaker
And so that's how he was still playing with that broken leg was due to this brace. And they actually got funding and everything. So they' like they're going to hit it big with that. So salute to them for coming with that ingenuity there. But yeah, that's crazy that he did that. And now an Achilles, as was mentioned, is most likely what that looks like. That's a nine month rehab, which means...
00:31:23
Speaker
You know, as you said, that's about it for their season. Dirty Mojo. Bro, the chariot has turned back into the pumpkin. the the the The horses have turned back into the little mice.
00:31:37
Speaker
All that stuff for the for the for them is just completely is completely gone. But I will say this. I don't know who signed off on that playing on a broken leg shit. we've seen kicked out is pretty closerure though We've seen kickers sit for a hangnail in their So I don't know who the fuck signed up on that shit yeah with a broken leg. And you can say what you want to say about some some um some new technology where you can play on a broken leg.
00:32:01
Speaker
Fuck that shit because you know what happens? Head, and shoulders, knees, and toes, knees, and toes. When your leg is broken, that means something else is giving up. It's compensating for the other. That's exactly me what happened. You fucked up your Achilles because you're playing on a broken leg.
00:32:15
Speaker
Who the hell's the right idea was that shit to let your quarterback go out there to Broken Lake on a team that was actually playing it actually playing good? You could have possibly sat him, let that Broken Lake heal, because if he's strong enough to play on it, then it's probably a two- or three-week thing. Sit him out, pass it up, let it kind of heal, come back at the end of the season.
00:32:35
Speaker
Somebody's going get in trouble for this, and I wouldn't be – i wouldn't be um surprised if the nc if dancy if the nfl steps in and says who the fuck was letting this guy play in a broken fucking leg who the nfl pa what what what the hell was going on that could happen he that was that was a very poor decision on them it sucks for the colts because like you said it was a it was a fun and fantastic first uh first what two-thirds of the season it was awesome these guys are good um not be i don't even know who their backup court i don't even know who the quarterback is now you
00:33:07
Speaker
but a that You can't pick anybody up and and you can't trade for anybody like that. That team could have been something that's good. i don't like I don't like what's going on with them. On the other hand, yes, Peach, I think you're right. We talked about the Jacksonville Jaguars. They're that team that's like, holy crap, look at this win that they have. But then they'd be like, well, God, they lost it. So if I think they're a one-and-done team. Maybe they could win one of these if it's if it is against the – Steelers-Ravens game, because ah because they're really not playing good either, so they could win one. They're definitely not going to make it the AFC Championship game. They would lose in the and the AFC Conference Championship. But, yeah, man, I mean, i once again, hey, I did have a guy on the team, ETN. Thank you very much. Had a good game for me too, which, as you guys know, my fantasy football team
00:33:51
Speaker
did good cause my Well, I just want to say this. I didn't. I lost them out of the playoffs. Fuck that shit. said You said you don't understand why they let him play on a broken leg. what does that tell you of what they think about Anthony Richardson, too? Right. They'd rather risk him. they wow play anthony richard Wow. That's bad, bro. And then So i had to look this so i had to I had to look this up, right? Because I heard Cleber D talk about Anthony Richardson, and I was like, why didn't he go in the game today today then? Because Riley Leonard was the one they put in the game from Duke quarterback fame last year. um ah Yeah. Who does they sleep who the Anthony Richardson is actually on injured reserve. He had a broken orbital game in week nine. Oh, forgot about that. He's not in practice.
00:34:36
Speaker
So his eye is broken, but he can't play, but the motherfucker can play in a broken leg. and like That's a good point, though, too. I put it like this. He is he was looking at a Byron Lefkowitz. He's like, Lefkowitz, they had to carry him that one year when he broke his leg and, he you know, did his thing. so That's in-game, though. But Byron Lefkowitz didn't come and play the next couple weeks, did he? I know. Man, don't mess up my ah analogy. That's tremendous.
00:35:03
Speaker
I think, well, it's kind like with T.O. Maybe with T.O. in Super Bowl, he had to sign something saying, hey, if you mess yourself a little more, we're not paying you X, Y, and Z. So I don't know if the NFLPA can get involved. I don't know. Maybe, maybe so, maybe not. Maybe. But you can see the pain and frustration when he slammed his helmet down.
00:35:19
Speaker
And that's the person who wants to be out there and wants to play. You know saying? Instead of some of these other players that just get there, come there, and get a check. Like Lamar said, when you when you have an injury, You overcompensate with with the other ah limb that's that's helping the other limb out. And, you know, that Achilles, he took he planted and it just snapped. You can see it. You know what i'm saying? So, and it's going to, it hurts in so many different ways. One, he had the broken leg. Two, now it's the Achilles. Three, is he isn't he on a one-year deal?
00:35:47
Speaker
Oh, that's a good question. Let look it up So did he mess his money up further? Are they going to honor him say, hey, we're gonna pay you while you're hurt? So, you know, he risked a lot to play. That's probably why he wanted to play, to prove that he is that guy, because he's playing for a better contract.
00:36:01
Speaker
Yes, one-year deal. Let me ask you this. Was the torn Achilles the opposite leg? Yeah. So now have a broken leg and a torn Achilles. That's two horrible legs that he's going to have recover with. Damn it. And by the way, does with the torn Achilles, he's going to miss at least a month of next season already. Yeah, at least. He's already on the pup list. So it's it sucks for him. um You know, I think they're resign. They got to resign him just to honor him. You know i'm saying? got resign him for another one-year deal something. Yeah, i think I think they would. Yeah, I think they would. But that' it just sucks for the Colts, man. But from a from person who will hoops whose team is always injured, I know how it feels.
00:36:38
Speaker
Hmm. facts. Jacksonville moves up to third in the conference here now, but I agree with you, Peach.
Ravens vs Steelers and AFC North Dynamics
00:36:45
Speaker
They're too inconsistent for me to trust them in the playoffs. So,
00:36:49
Speaker
All right, let's move it into the next game, the Steelers and Ravens, which was the last chance for the Ravens. And unfortunately, they were unable to get it done at home. Steelers coming in and winning twenty seven twenty two djay ah dk ex excusesing Metcalf with the big day seven receptions, almost yards, there. Clubber d what were your thoughts on this game?
00:37:19
Speaker
ah Thoughts was just ah for a personal game, me being a dumbass and thinking Lamar would bounce back and I should have put love in. I saw the signs on on Thanksgiving Day, should have put love in. I kept Lamar in, thinking he would do well, but you know... ah The Ravens, the defense was carrying them those games, but something's wrong. i don't know what it is with the offense, but likely. um Likely had two crucial ah drops from last week. I'm sorry, Thanksgiving and now. I think that was a touchdown. I'm sorry. When he caught the ball, looked like he had two steps and going on the third. Then the ball came out. honestly thought that was a touchdown.
00:37:54
Speaker
But the Ravens got some – some explaining to do. They need to do a team players only meeting or something to hold everybody accountable. ah they have They have to get better. They're off the line. Lamar is running for his life out there. Steelers. i don't know what to make out of Steelers. ah They're kind of up and down also. I don't know if they're good or bad. i don't know if who's just because it was Ravens play like crap or the Steelers are actually decent now. So um that division is just is topsy turvy. I would say it's a good win for Steelers. You need that win. But the real question is, who are the Ravens?
00:38:25
Speaker
What are they this year? And the other thing about that is, and since, look I mean, Lamar, you brought up that great point about the compensation causing the injury for Daniel Jones. Lamar Jackson is not healthy and has been compensating for weeks now um to try to get them back in the playoff race. Luckily, he didn't get further injured. What are your thoughts?
00:38:46
Speaker
Yeah, he's definitely not the 2024 Lamar Jackson that's playing out there right now. And if he does have a little bit of an injury, you know what I'm saying? um We don't know. he's he's not He's not showing up on the injury reports, is he? And and if that's the case, then, you know saying, if they do some investigations next year, like they've done in the past, that, oh, he really was injured and, you know, somebody will lose some draft picks and things like that because, you know, the NFL does not like that when you're not put on an injury report. But yeah, Lamar Jackson is not playing like he played last year. This is that division, though, that these two teams do play each other like this ah every every you every time they do meet up with each other. It's fortunate for the Ravens that the Bengals did lose because we still were talking about the Bengals went out.
00:39:26
Speaker
They could jump and take the lead. So they're just one game behind and they still have one more game against Pittsburgh to play. So I'm really not really that concerned so much. Maybe I'm counting them out a bit early. Yes, you're right. It's still going to come down to it because just like we said, the Pittsburgh Steelers aren't playing very good football either. I do think this was more of that redemption for Tomlin because last week the fans are screaming fire Tomlin, fire Tomlin in the stadium. And and Tomlin is a good, he's a, he's a good coach. So I think this was one of those coaches that we've talked about that can rally the troops to get those types of wins for the coach that they have respect for, for the coach that they like, but they also have, ah you know saying, that that level of he's our coach, we respect him as that. And they went out there and they won for him. um As far as it's concerned, I'm not really going to put too much into it. It was a good game. well it It became a better game towards the end when the Ravens, you know, try to catch back up. But I'm still looking for this last game that going play at the end of the year. that I think that will still be the one that decides the division.
00:40:26
Speaker
Yeah, and look, Rodgers even came out afterwards and was like, maybe that'll shut you all up for a week, I guess, talking to the fans about ah firing Mike Tomlin. um ah But look, Rodgers actually, you know, here's your story sports professor stat on this game. Rodgers didn't complete a pass longer than 31 yards for the whole month of December. I mean, November.
00:40:48
Speaker
Did not complete one pass longer than 31 yards. Today, he had four. of 31 yards or longer plus two more for 20 or more. So I will, I will say this though. I don't know how they didn't cut count that as a turnover, that slash interception when Rogers should have knocked that shit down. He tried to catch it. They took that shit from him. I don't know how they didn't give that to the Ravens, but it's the NFL.
00:41:11
Speaker
Peach, what are your thoughts on this game? um ah My thoughts are that something is really wrong with Lamar, and I think we'll find out after the season that the injury is worse than they're leading up to me. I want to bring up what Lamar said. He has been on the injury report. He hasn't practiced a full week in over six weeks.
00:41:28
Speaker
He's missed at least a day of practice every week. So something is definitely wrong. We'll find out at the end of the season when it's over. Also, both of these fan bases want their coaches gone, and they have really good coaches. It's one of those things, gentlemen, where you're there for so long, and if you're not winning Super Bowls, they want you gone.
00:41:43
Speaker
And it's getting to that point for Harbaugh and Tomlin, and you're seeing it after every loss. Like, these this these fan bases are are pissed. So that last game, I agree with you, it's going to be for all the marbles, and the losing coach might just get fired.
00:41:58
Speaker
As an Atlanta Falcon fan, I would take either one of those coaches next year. I would i would too. But you know how it is when you're when you have that coach forever and they're not winning you a Super Bowl, eventually you want them gone. And it probably is dumb at the end of the day. But as a fan, that's how we are. That's just how we are. But but check it out. But check it out.
00:42:16
Speaker
Look at Andy Reid. What he did in Philadelphia, he leaves Philadelphia, goes to Kansas City, and the rest is history, right? Sometimes these coaches that have been in these places for a long time might just need a little bit of that chain of scenery change of scenery that boosts them back up and then help those franchises win, and so be it.
00:42:33
Speaker
I'll take either one of those two guys right now. Yeah, I think I just keep, I think I keep going back to what me and Pete's kind of touched on about the Lamar injury and being more than they want to put on and him compensating and playing when maybe he shouldn't even be playing again. But,
00:42:52
Speaker
Yeah, I don't want to count them out too early. You're right. They're only a game behind, but still, I mean, if with the Steelers having this now win that, and again, you said they play in two weeks, but this still puts them above in the head to head for now. So, and again, I know that's not going to mean anything if the Ravens win in two weeks and win their next two games and the Steelers lose the next two games, then we could have a whole different outcome. So you're completely right about that.
00:43:13
Speaker
The real reason, Omar, you can't count them out is because both of these teams lose games that they shouldn't. And it probably will happen next week. Steelers with a big one this week. Who do they play next week? They'll probably lose. And they shouldn't.
00:43:25
Speaker
They got Miami next week. The Steelers got – Miami's on fire. Miami's on fire. It's not it's not an easy walk. Miami's on fire. And then they got the Lions after that. yeah You watch. And then they're not in the Browns after that. and they Oh, and the Ravens is just the last game. Yeah, the Ravens. It's going to come down to it. I like that. I like that storytelling, Lamar. Very well done. you know Yeah, man. lines um All right, cool.
00:43:48
Speaker
Let's go ahead and ah we'll move it on from there. The Packers are the – excuse me, the Packers, the as we mentioned, the Steelers and the Ravens are right there and can flip that playoff positioning at any time. Yeah. All right, cool. ah Let's move it into the, we've got the Sunday night ah game today. I think we covered all the games from this morning. Browns game. I'd love to talk about the Browns game. I grouped them in earlier, but if you have any thoughts, please. You grouped them in?
00:44:18
Speaker
yeah Yeah, I grouped them in in the Woody Juicin' blowout. That game was good, though. no but anyway it was just two shitty teams so i thought we didn't want to talk about it but if you will yeah but it's your door it's a lot of people playing the hell of game four touchdowns like yeah 300 something yards yeah talk about it go ahead i mean yeah we got the number one pig going against uh the supposed number two quarterback coming off the board where they argued all online and uh I've already seen Shador, the prime sexuals and the haters. you know I saw someone, going to names, but they posted the stats saying numbers don't lie
Packers vs Bears and Key Plays
00:44:52
Speaker
of Shador. And then someone's saying, well, what matters is winning.
00:44:55
Speaker
i t Yes and no. okay it's Yes and no. You have to watch the game. yes stats don't To me, stats are don't really ah matter. depend It's all about situational things during the game because you can throw for five touchdowns, whatever, whatever. But, you know, if they were just five-yard touchdowns and you look like shit throwing four interceptions, it just looks like you threw five touchdowns you were youre great. I think Shador played great this game. um I think he played better than Cam Ward. It's just that Shador's offensive line is is po put pathetic and they they like to fumble. They have key fumbles in this game, but the way they loose lost the game. And I'll say Savansky. My last thing is Savansky.
00:45:32
Speaker
If Shador gets you the touchdown, don't take the ball out of his hand with that stupid Wildcat shit for two-point conversions. Stop with the Judkins on the line, okay? Have Shador get the two points.
00:45:43
Speaker
That makes no sense. What confidence are you getting to your quarterback taking him out the game at the goal line and putting Judkins in for Wildcat? That's my only issue with with that. but Go ahead, Peach.
00:45:54
Speaker
I'm go to say this, Dion. You talked about Shador Sanders haters. The number one Shador Sanders hater is Kevin Stefanski. That's why he did it. How long did it him play him? He doesn't want to play him, but he's playing good, so he can't pull him, but he's the number one hater. yeah guarantee you that, and he did that shit on purpose, like you said, on the two-point conversion because it made no sense to no None.
00:46:15
Speaker
Why is he? And I have Junkins on my fancy team, but I'm like, what the what the fuck are y'all doing? Why is oh, he's just doing a great, oh, I just i don't i just don't get it. You know, it. By the way, you knew Junkins wasn't going to throw the ball either, so you kind of made it easy for the defense. You made it easy for the defense.
00:46:34
Speaker
It's just, it makes no sense. Shador's not perfect. Okay. He makes a lot of mistakes. He's a rookie. He's going to do that. So that's why the prime sexual pissing me off with, oh, he knows this man. Calm down. God dang, calm down. But yeah let him just be him. Just let him, let it play out. This is what I want to see. Okay.
00:46:49
Speaker
I want to see him shut all the haters up by his play on the field and said the off field stuff. And that's what he's doing right now. It's just, y'all got to get off his D's, man. So, hey, so, you know, I mean, I love Shador Sanders, man, especially because he's throwing to my tight end fanning. And, you know, so, you know, I'm watching the game cause I'm taking a look at it. But I do like Shador Sanders. The thing that's crazy is that a lot of people are going to say about the stats stats. It's a bad team playing against another bad team. yeah And the stats from one guy was very good. So we can't throw the stats out of the book, you added out of the out of the game. You got to look at that because it's two bad teams playing each other and he played fantastic today, right?
00:47:23
Speaker
The momentum is going for him, for him. I like how he's been playing, slowly picking up stuff, slowly making better decisions. I do believe what you're saying about Stavansky. Stavansky.
00:47:38
Speaker
They are eating their fucking wallets, sitting here saying, man, we let's let's play him so we can shut everybody up. And he's playing good football. They've lost, but he's played decent, good football, where you kind of sit back and say, hmm.
00:47:54
Speaker
maybe we should have started him in the beginning of the season because their defense plays good defense. Unfortunately, their offense can't do nothing, right? I know i think, um well, Boyd had another sack, so he's what, one and a half away? 20. He's at 20 right now, I think. Man, I am cheering for him every game to break that record and break it by a lot. So, I mean...
00:48:14
Speaker
Hats off to Shador Sanders. He's been also handling everything he's been doing like a professional. He's not out there being gloatful and doing anything like that. He's handling shit like he's supposed to be like a professional. I look forward to seeing him again next week. Hopefully he can get some wins. Hopefully his his his numbers can be consistent to what they are. But let's give him a round of applause, man. He's playing good. Yeah, hats all to him.
00:48:35
Speaker
Got a prime session when a shot, though.
00:48:40
Speaker
i would I knew who you were talking about when you said it. I just wasn't going to say anything. please yeah hit dog hol um It dog hollers. It dog hollers. Yeah, he played superb. He did, can't he? did cante And he played superb today. No, I mean, hey, look three hundred over 300 yards and four TDs is good for any quarterback. So I don't care who you are.
00:48:57
Speaker
But I got to say this about 10. has Yep. No bottom line. Who was on their team? Uh-oh, am I frozen?
00:49:09
Speaker
You're back. You're back. Watch what you say. Tread lightly. What? Zap you. That's what happens. Somebody's trying to censor you. Go ahead. You're good. Keep talking. Tennessee's roster, man, it's like, God, they got no star-studded players on their team that you're like, man.
00:49:35
Speaker
and I'm interested to see what Peach is looking for. It's got me got me compelled here. Let's move it on to the Bears and Packers while he's trying to find something. Packers, as Kovadiy said earlier, won on that Caleb Williams interception, twenty eight to twenty one Green Bay goes up in this one. Dirty Mojo, we're going to start with you on this did you think about the Packers and the Bears?
00:49:58
Speaker
Great game, great game. What we expected it to be. It was going to be a good high-scoring game against two of the top teams in that division. You want to say three with the Lions being one, too? I don't think the Bears played bad at all. I think they played phenomenal. I mean, yeah, this is one of those games we talked about a little while ago. It wasn't a game that was lost by the coaches. It was a game that was lost by the players. They went out there. They played each other. was a great, hard-fought game.
00:50:22
Speaker
It just so happened to end with an interception. It goes to the side of of Green Bay. But, you know, one thing that I'm interested in is that I like what the Bears are doing for their future. If you guys go back and look at the last few years of the Chicago Bears, the Chicago Bears have had a different offensive coordinator since when Justin Fields, I think, was a rookie.
00:50:45
Speaker
Every year was a new coordinator. They're going to finally be able to go into next season. And I know next season is next season, but they're establishing something with their offense that they got to that they can actually build around and build up on that and have another the same offensive coordinator next year. That's going to be a really, really good team to watch next year. But even with this year, I don't put anything past it. I still think they're one of the better teams in the NFC. I still think they'll make the playoffs. At this point, it's kind of one of the getting to the point where it's like, who's going to win the division? The Lions, the the Packers, the Bears. The Lions, Packers, the Bears. We don't know, but I i do think they're going to get into the playoffs. So let's let let's just go. I liked it. It was quickrk great game. Great game.
00:51:23
Speaker
But yeah, Dion, you should have started Love today. I know. I know. Peach, what were you – did you find it what you were looking for? Yes, I did. And it was the Back to the Future 2 Pepsi Perfect for Max Hedrum over there.
00:51:37
Speaker
That's why I went and got it.
00:51:40
Speaker
That was a long walk. That was a long no walk, brother. It's not that long. It's just the same chair to get by. He almost busted out ass in that chair. I almost got him. Right. You almost hurt yourself trying to make that joke. but Hey, man, i I got to admit it. The Bears are a legit team, man. That is great.
00:51:57
Speaker
I've been fighting against it all year long, but they're legit. The problem with them, why are they such a bad first-half team? If they can get things going in the first half, they would be unbeatable. When Caleb had like 30 yards passing in the first half, he was awful.
00:52:08
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And then the second half, they come out there, they look like a different team, and this is every week. So if the Bears could fix their first half blows and get some points and still play the same in the second,
00:52:19
Speaker
Peace, that's all about coaching. That's halftime adjustments. So that's actually a good thing. You got the game plan in the first half. I admire that stuff. I hate when my team goes in the first half and still tries the same shit in the second half. Like, did you not just watch what happened?
00:52:32
Speaker
Why don't you change something? So I give them credit for for that the adjustments at the halftime. No, 100% true. But I'm talking their first halves are horrendous, like 38 yards of passing.
00:52:44
Speaker
it's not just like you know It's not just like, oh, they're better in the second half. No, it's like horrendous first half, second half totally different. so Sometimes the oatmeal doesn't stick to the wall. You got to put a little less water to make it more ah you know we're lumpy, and it'll stick to the wall. You just got to add some seasoning.
00:53:01
Speaker
Yeah, ah Josh Jacobs scored the tie-breaking touchdown with 332 remaining. Packers won their fourth straight and snapped the Bears' five-game winning streak. Your sports professor staffed for this game. Packers coach Matt LaFleur improved his record against the Bears to 12-1, which is tremendous. I know. That's what I said. And his his only loss coming in the final week of 2024 regular season in a head-to-head matchup with a rookie's Bear coach,
00:53:30
Speaker
Ben Johnson. So there you go. As the ties come back together there. All right. You know, um you know, I'm just one, one quick thing. I don't, I don't understand why that the bears are not featuring DJ more in that offense as much as i I want to see that he's just not really doing what we thought, you know, and you know, they have a, they have a, a,
00:53:49
Speaker
a prolific offense that can do this up, but they're just not featuring him the ball, man. it's It's very, very interesting to wonder why what's going on over there with that. Because he drops too many passes. I watch a lot of the Bears games because of the stupid Twitter beef.
00:54:01
Speaker
He drops too many passes. Their best receiver by far is Adunze. He was out today. though yeah Yeah. Yeah, he was out today. But he dropped lot of passes. And I love DJ Moore. He's a Maryland guy. so And I don't know if this is true, Pete. You interact with the Bears fans more than I do. But I actually heard from a Bears fan that that I'm friends with that told me that DJ Moore and Caleb Williams don't have a good...
00:54:27
Speaker
connection. Like they're not really tight like that, I guess, or whatever. And that might be hindering. i don't know. Like I said, this is just what I heard. now i could I can see that. They kind of don't talk. He doesn't like daff him up like he does the other guys. So maybe it is a thing. I don't know. you't want a nail po on that could be I was just about, i was just about to say something.
00:54:43
Speaker
I was just about to say maybe he played. He gave me the same handshake. Vernon Davis gave me outside of the Olympic game. When the Olympic team, when the redeem team came to DC, we all went to the game and I saw Vernon Davis outside. I'm like, Hey, you know, I'm not a matter fan. I went up to him. I'm like, Hey bro, big fan. He goes,
00:55:00
Speaker
I was like, oh. What is this? What is this? hey What is this? So that's probably what it was. i't i but If i ever meet you again, Vernon, I'll remind you about that. wanted a handshake Wasn't there a rumor that he tackled dudes naked in Maryland? So maybe. Maybe.
00:55:19
Speaker
I mean, look, it wouldn't be the first time we heard about there being guys in the in the football locker rooms that like to kind of play around like that. i don't know many people that are going to let you get away with that. There's a recent Raider hat that did that defensive tackle. Yeah.
00:55:37
Speaker
You're going to keep that moving? I know exactly. You're going to keep that moving. All right, let's go ahead and move it into the night game. Move it into the night game. Texans going into Kansas City, Houston, 6-6 Kansas City.
Texans vs Chiefs Pre-game Speculations
00:55:54
Speaker
Again, and I'll go back to your point, Lamar, which is valid with the AFC having those middling teams there, the Steelers, Ravens. You know, technically they still have a chance to get a third wild card in the FC West, but they are at their last, last chance, at least in my eyes. Four and a half point favorites are KC at home. Peach, we're going to start with you. 41 and a half is the over under. What is your score on this game?
00:56:24
Speaker
Score is going to be The end of the Chiefs season happens tonight, gentlemen. And I say that because they are not going to be able to move the ball against the Texans defense.
00:56:36
Speaker
That Texans defense going to shut them down. that night I don't believe in in Kansas City right now, especially offensively. I believe in Mahomes. Don't get me wrong. right Man, he has no weapons. He has no help.
00:56:49
Speaker
He has to be Superman, and it's hard to be Superman against such a prolific defense like the Texans. So I have them losing tonight. I have Kansas City losing. Yeah, and they're playing in Arrowhead, though, so it is gonna be very cold, below freezing. That's why I think I'm going to go with the Chiefs, just because I think that the Texans obviously don't play in cold weather necessarily all the time. But I'm going to keep thinking that through. Dirty Mojo, go ahead.
00:57:15
Speaker
Yeah, I was i was gonna I agree with you, Omar. um The Kansas City Chiefs still have one of the best coaches in the NFL. And, you know, he does have the team prepared. Unfortunately, unfortunately, the games have been um decided by the on field player, the players and not by the coaches. It is going to be cold out there. It's going really cold out there.
00:57:35
Speaker
The way that the Chiefs win this game, though, is with Kelsey having a good game and with Mahomes not being the leading rusher for them today.
00:57:46
Speaker
So, I mean, they got to come out there and and somebody else got establish the run because Mahomes can't be taking a lot of these shots and also throwing the ball all over the place. But i'm I'm with you, too. I do think Kansas City wins this game. It's a home game in Arrowhead, which is tough to win in. And it's going to be fucking freezing out there. um I'm going to go a little bit higher, though. I'll go 27 to 20.
00:58:07
Speaker
Kansas City will win this game. But, gentlemen, doesn't the cold weather help the defense? Sure. Right. But they both have good – I mean, well, Houston does have the better defense, obviously. But, yeah, I just think that – you're right, but I just think that playing in the cold is more conducive to Kansas City since they – Well, you are right. I don't trust Houston's offense. There we go. So, I mean, that's – yeah. So, maybe the score will lower, but I still think Kansas City will win that, yeah. Well, someone does. Canteen Trust, it says, Houston by 10 and Stroud to have a superb game, Houston, who you got? Who do you got, Clever Deacon?
00:58:42
Speaker
who do you got clubberde Well, ah what I'm going to say is this. Since I've been completely wrong with lot of my sight, I'm going little bit of reverse psychology. I feel like... we can't hear you, bud.
00:58:54
Speaker
Can't hear me? i can I can hear him. I can. I don't know what happened to you. Here we go. False Klayman. False Klayman. False Klayman. Can you hear us, Peach? Yeah, can hear you guys. I can't hear him. You hear you can't hear me?
00:59:06
Speaker
That's interesting. Well, it's all right. Don't worry about it, man, because last night that shit was going out on me, too, and I couldn't hear Dion either. And once I reset, it was fine. So maybe you need to out and jump back in. see him moving and everything. I can see him moving and stuff. I just hear I don't Okay. Well, yeah.
00:59:19
Speaker
All right. Well, going to continue. You can jump out and jump back in, bro. I want to say what I'll say. Okay. This is going to be – I'm going with reverse psychology because last year in the playoffs, Houston got robbed with little bit of suspect calls against the Chiefs in the playoffs. I think it was last year the year before.
00:59:36
Speaker
It was Will Anderson's year. And I thought that the the the the Houston Texas were going win that game, but they lost. So I'm going to go with KC by a lot. I'm going to ted All right. Yeah, and I'm going to go – I am going to go with the Chiefs, Dirty Mojo, and I am also going to go maybe Lowell Scoring just because it is going to be cold. No, I can only hear Deion. Oh, God. That's interesting. Yeah, I don't know, bro. 24-17 Kansas City over Houston is what I'll do. Club BD, we're coming right back to you for the Eagles and the Chargers. Two, eight, and four teams.
01:00:19
Speaker
Huh? He's frozen. I would cut him out. Okay. There he goes. There goes. Now he's back. Okay. Can you hear us?
01:00:30
Speaker
I can hear you, yep. Awesome. Perfect. Yeah, sometimes you just got to jump out and jump back in. StreamYard does that sometimes. It's weird. Anyways, we'll come to you. Eagles 8-4, Chargers eight and four Philadelphia is a one-and-a-half road favorite here um in L.A. 41-and-a-half is the over-under. What you got?
01:00:48
Speaker
I think this is going to be a kicking battle. I feel like... ah Dicker the kicker and Elliott will go back and forth. And this will be Eagles
01:01:01
Speaker
thirty one ah twenty four eagles win 31-24, Dirty Mojo.
College Football Playoffs Surprises
01:01:08
Speaker
Reverse psychology. You know, they're still out on ah Justin Herbert if he's questionable to the play. I don't think he is going to sit this one. He's a tough guy. I think he'll play this one. So it all depends on how his non-throwing hand feels. um i don't I don't know how much of an effect it will have on him.
01:01:25
Speaker
um This game in L.A.,
01:01:29
Speaker
the The Eagles kind of reeling. Their offense isn't really doing a lot. Their defense is not playing very well. I do think that the the Chargers are going to come out there with that mindset, that especially with how tonight's game goes if if ah if the Chiefs win this game tonight, that they got to keep pace with the Denver Broncos. So I'm going to go out just because more of the home game aspect of it.
01:01:50
Speaker
um I will pick the the LA Chargers to win. And as bad as the um the Eagles have been playing the last few weeks, I'm going to go oh Man, ah it's going to be a little bit of a wider spread. I'm going to go 30 to 13. I don't like what Eagles offense is doing.
01:02:08
Speaker
I'm going to go 30 to 13. I think they'll go jump out on them and get some points. And I don't know what's going on with Eagles offense and scoring, but... I do agree with you. I think the Chargers do win this game at home. I don't know if it'll be that much. I don't think it would be that much of a blowout. I do think it'll probably be closer to maybe like 20, 27, 20, something like that. um But yeah, I agree with you. I think the Chargers win that game at home. Peach?
01:02:31
Speaker
I think the Eagles roll. And I say that because the Chargers have both their tackles still out. And that defense can still rush the passer. And I just, with with with him with the quarterback being hurt,
01:02:44
Speaker
You're not sure if he can play a whole game, so we'll see. i just think the Eagles are better. i do I don't think they fix their offense tomorrow night, but I think they win a close one, probably like a 17-13 type game. So that's what I'll say. Eagles Eagles All right. there are your I did it. My bad. I heard ah Herbert has like a hamburger helper glove he's to use on One of the big like oven mitts or whatever that they use to slide in the second base. That's funny. That would be great. All right, cool.
01:03:14
Speaker
Well, make a everybody, please make sure you hit that like button, whether watching now or on the replay. Make sure you subscribe to Ball and Buds, B-A-L-L-A-N-D-B-U-D-S. We're not done yet. We're going talk a little college before we get out of here. So college football playoffs are now set. I have the bracket here. going to show it in a second. But one thing that really happened that we're going talk about, gentlemen, is Notre Dame. getting the you know the snub here in favor of Miami. Now Miami did have the head-to-head victory over them, and that came into play after BYU lost to Texas Tech in the Big 12 championship game.
01:03:49
Speaker
They were to get lose ranking spots, and that moved Miami up. Then the committee put those two in the head-to-head was their only metric they could really look at, so that's why Notre Dame did not get in. But looking at this bracket, we do have – um And let me share my screen here real quick so everybody can see this.
01:04:11
Speaker
We have JMU versus Oregon in a first round matchup. um We also have Alabama, Oklahoma in another first round matchup, Tulane, Ole Miss, and then Miami and Texas A&M. Those are going to be your opening games. those will we We will predict those next week because that's 19th and 20th. So those we'll do next week. And then you have your first four round by here, which is the buys go to Texas Tech, Indiana, Georgia, and Ohio State. Who thought gentlemen that we would ever say Indiana football was the best in the country. That's just crazy that we would ever say a basketball school like that would be best in the country. But anyways, what do we think, or at least ranked best in the country by them? What do we think anybody have any thoughts on any of this? well i'm gonna go ahead i just is real quick i'm gonna suggest that i think we should do a separate show about this and do our picks and have a wager for our picks for the whole thing okay that's what gonna suggest but okay go ahead wager wager wager wait i'm i'm good with that yeah if y'all schedule fair that they each lamar know yeah i have no problem with that whatsoever i would love that
01:05:27
Speaker
Okay. I'll be, yeah, we'll figure that. We'll figure your day out. Maybe it's not till the following week. Okay. Yeah, we got time. All right. Cool. Let's keep it. But as far as concerned, I do want to give that shout out to Signetti because if you think about it too, JMU lost a game last year that knocked them out of being undefeated, which kind of put them out of the thing. So JMU is still playing good football and Signetti came from JMU. He's doing a fantastic job over there in Indiana. I like what he's doing and He's a hell of a coach, man, and hats off to him and to that program. Black, their running back, a Salem High School alum. He's from here Virginia. had a nice run in the first quarter for about 40, 40 yards. My thing, though, is that I do want to get back to what you said about Notre Dame. I don't think Notre Dame was snubbed by Miami. I think Notre Dame was snubbed by Alabama, and here's why I say that.
01:06:18
Speaker
Alabama got blown out. I'm okay with Ohio State dropping to two because it was a three-point game. The kid missed the field goal at the end of the game. I'm okay with them dropping one spot.
01:06:30
Speaker
Alabama was ninth in the nation, and they were ninth on the list before they got blown out by 21 points against Georgia. Now, A lot of people will say, well, you can't you can't um you can't knock a team out because they lost their conference game.
01:06:44
Speaker
I will say this. If you guys remember, a few years ago, Georgia was the number one team in the nation, right? Who did they lose to in the SEC Championship by three points? They lost to Alabama. And what did they do? They dropped them from one to five.
01:06:58
Speaker
That was the year that Florida State was undefeated. They dropped from one to five. I know it was only four teams, but how do you lose your conference championship game by three points and you drop out of the top four ah the top four and make it in the playoffs? if this is If you look at this, exactly. You look at the same thing. This is just what happened to Ohio State. They lost by three points and you dropped them down one spot.
01:07:17
Speaker
To me, Alabama should have been out of there. They they could have lost that game to Auburn, and I hate to say could have, should have, would have, but Auburn had dropped passes. The kid fumbled the ball when they were moving. They didn't play good against Auburn. In my honest opinion, I think that Notre Dame should have still been in there.
01:07:35
Speaker
I do think that Miami should have jumped in there. I think Alabama should have been out of there, and that's what I am. But as far as Notre Dame now, Opting out of that fucking game. That's tremendous. hor that is How petty is that? You know what? I will say this shit right here. I will say this shit right here.
01:07:53
Speaker
Take your ass to a fucking conference. If you're going to play the ACC schedule anyways, join the conference, you would have been in the ACC championship against Duke of Virginia. You would have won we would have no problems talking about this shit right now. Stop playing out of a conference team and then we don't have nothing to worry about. NBC money, man.
01:08:10
Speaker
That's what it is, man. play go When I saw that, that they opted out, I was like, you got to be kidding me. that's all free I got, I got some piece you want to go. I got something quick on Notre Dame. ah My thing on Notre Dame, when you have the 44th ranked strength of schedule and you lose to big games, to big teams, big schools, ah this is what happens. You don't have, I mean, Miami should have got in over you and Alabama. Okay. You can say whatever, but they play tougher teams than the Notre Dame. And also,
01:08:39
Speaker
They bring in more money. Okay. it's This is all about money. This thing is all about this. So um when you're when you're when straight to schedule is not that tough and you and you lose like that, it is what it is. And one last thing for Alabama, when it had that stat that whenever you guys block a kick, y'all win the game. When I heard that, I knew y'all would win that game. So shout out George for doing that. That's I got.
01:09:00
Speaker
Hey, George, hey, listen, listen. I know you want to get on this, but but Texas Tech, that's a scary fucking team, man. It is. I watched them for the first time all season, and I said, these these kids are last year's Arizona State, and they could they they could do something out there, man. They're scary team. They're in a good bracket to do that. They're in a good bracket to do that. Yeah. And Oregon's losing. you hit her right You heard it first.
01:09:23
Speaker
It's a JMU. Wow. Oregon lost to JMU. I can see it. I love it. I like i like the VA teams winning. Peach, what do you got? I still can't hear Deion, so I had no idea what he said. Again? Yeah, I don't know. But it's all good. It's all good. um Notre Dame, I'm here. You hear me anyways. I'm kind of happy Notre Dame got the shaft. You guys aren't sick of watching them just choke in the playoffs every year?
01:09:44
Speaker
Well, they made the National Championship game last year. Yeah. That is true. Fuck them. I'm tired of them. I'm tired of them. I am a hater. I'm a hater was on the on that. I don't mind seeing new blood like Miami get in there. You know what I mean? oh but i was that school Notre Dame will be back. But like like you Lamar said, get in the conference if if if you don't want to cry about it.
01:10:03
Speaker
No, that's a great point, Lamar. Lamar spitting mad facts today, but that's a great point. Yeah. If you don't, if you don't want this to be an issue, join a conference and win the conference championship. And then you have nothing to worry about. Um, but it is all about money as was referenced. They make more money as an independent school than they would make in a conference. And so that's why they, and no one can hold them to account because they're Notre Dame and how big they are as the university in college football and a college football, you know, a blue blood, so to say, um, it so If they want to be mad at anybody else, though, let's be real.
01:10:34
Speaker
They got to be mad at Duke because UVA wins that game. Miami doesn't jump them. They're still in there, bro. That Duke, shout out to Zom Burden, wide receiver coach Duke from Salem, Virginia, Salem High School, Virginia. Hell a recruiter. Virginia Tech guy, awesome guy. Shout out to him.
01:10:48
Speaker
Champagne, pop the champagne, man. Go ahead, man. Congrats to you, champ. ACC champions, man. That was a great win. Like Belichick says, do your job. You'll succeed. Do your job. You win. Those games supposed to win. You ain't got to worry about shit. Awesome game. Awesome game, man. I love college football. We definitely got to get a college football showdown, man, Omar, to talk about. I love college football, man.
01:11:08
Speaker
Yeah, no doubt. And, Canteen, I know you've been asking all year to come on this show, and so we will bring you on to do those predictions for college. I'll let you know, brother, when we're going to do it. We can make a wager on it. We can we could make we could make a wager on it. I'm saying. Throw something in a pot.
01:11:23
Speaker
i wouldn't yeah I wouldn't be surprised if JMU wins that game, Omar. I mean, ah Dion. But we're definitely going to talk about that shit. I would not be surprised, man. Because we've got, let's see, there's the four first-round games.
01:11:36
Speaker
So you could say everybody puts in like, I don't know. are Are you sure that's in two weeks? It says the 19th and 20th. It says the 19th and 20th. That's in a week.
01:11:48
Speaker
That's 12 days from now. Yeah, it's not this week, the next week. next next Next Friday. Okay. Same day as Jake Paul Joshua. God damn it, why did I do that shit? Oh, that is the same day. You're right. yeah got a do that like that And we got that boxing show that Wednesday.
01:12:01
Speaker
so ah we don Oh, we could do this Thursday right before the football game. We could do the... Yeah, let's do then hands okay' good it Let's do it. I'm down 100%. I'll be on the cruise, but we'll figure it out. I'll get i can i' have Wi-Fi. um My mom bought the package. Shout out to my mom. right, everybody.
Personal Notes and Farewell
01:12:18
Speaker
That's it for us. Make sure you subscribe to Ball and Buds. Hit that like button when you're watching now or on the replay. Let's get out of here, Peach. um Let them know where they can find you.
01:12:26
Speaker
Come find me at Peachamania on X. And I just want to give a shout out to John Cena and his last match this coming Saturday. I will be there. That's right. You got tickets. Come get me up. I will be at John Cena's last match. up in a rain d some fun Where are you sitting at? aren you i was start that I'm in the up i'm in the risers, the He's sitting up there with Sting. He's with your brother and Sting. No, I'm on the 100s. Not on the floor, but the floor is like five grand. Fuck that. Verizon Center, I mean, MCI, whatever the hell it is nowadays, it's kind of so level. So it's like you start at like the 100s, you walk down. He said the Verizon Center is you can walk down. said you can down and see it. Hey, Peach, I know you got some sort of a cool-ass poster that you're going to hold up, man. Please tell me you're to have some sort cool-ass poster. I will be watching, and I will be looking for you.
01:13:22
Speaker
I'll think of something. I will i'll have something. i'll think cause i'm bringing my I'm bringing Madison, too. so Nice. There you go. okay Oh, yeah. Always join Madison in a good time. but I know she loves the wrestlers and and all that stuff, that'll be fun. Dirty Mojo, they can't find you. You remain elusive on the internet.
01:13:37
Speaker
I know, I know, man. i'm i'm trying You know, every time I come on here, we gonna you know what I'm going to do this, Omar. I'm going to text you. I'm going to text you my Instagram because I am i am a doing a little bit more on Instagram. But I mean, it's more so just of the family stuff like that. It's just me. i because my Instagram is private. I don't add both. My shit's private. Yeah, so but but still, in our I know you've got a lot of people, and and and i and and I really do love your ah supporters, and I love your followers. So if they wanted to follow me on Instagram like that, it's LamarDirtyMojoLane. I'll send you it, Omar, and if you want to, if you can put it in for the for the replay of this, and people can join Just make a new one. and's it
01:14:12
Speaker
um i don't ah i mean I don't mind it being on on my own my on my main one. But ah but ah I know we didn't get to this, but Tampa Bay going to beat Atlanta Falcons Thursday Night Football. And you can find Lamar on Tinder.
01:14:24
Speaker
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