Transcript
Speaker: Welcome to Standing Goal Side with your hosts, Brennan and Connor. Connor, how are you doing today? Oh, I'm doing great. Thank you for asking, man. All right. So as you guys know, this is our first episode, so it's going to be a rough one. But today we're going to talk about a little bit about the Super Bowl.
Speaker: the Chiefs versus the 49ers. And then if we have some time, we might get into some sport in Kansas City and enter Miami news for the MLS. So starting off with the Super Bowl head Saturday, the night. So tomorrow.
Speaker: Super Bowls in like eight hours, man. Nine hours. Yeah, it's gonna be the start. The stream's gonna be live. I mean, we got San Fran, KC, San Fran. I mean, according to my analytics, it looks like San Fran's up at least 20%. So what do you think?
Speaker: What's your opinion on it? Who do you think is going to win? So I think the Chiefs are going to win. And any sports bettors out there, I think that it is a free. Good multiplier? Yeah, free. I think every dub to go ahead and go on Fandoor right now and get that plus 100. Joe Tooney is rolled out for the game. He was rolled out.
Speaker: last week with a ACL injury, so that's going to be pretty tough on the Chiefs. But other than that, I do believe Kidarius Tony is full practice and ready to go. Sky Moore was elevated from the IR list as well. So, if Kidarius Tony can line up on sides, I think that the Chiefs have a good possibility of winning this. So, of course you can say that on the podcast, but
Speaker: Brendan, I want to ask you something. Do you have your money where your mouth is? Are you betting any money on this game? Yes, I am. I'm betting a small loan of $20.
Speaker: But to go ahead and double my profit up to the $40, I can bring that $40 onto the sporting KC for. Oh, oh wow. You're allocating your money in different places. I like that. I like the sound of that. Yeah. I mean, personally, man, if I'm putting my money, and I work hard from, as some of you may do as well. I mean, I work really hard day in and out, hours and hours in a week.
Speaker: I'm putting Sam frame where my money where my office I mean of course the Chiefs got the clutch factor but an all -out talent and just raw I mean Christian McCaffrey what
Speaker: record season i mean this is his probably best season i've ever seen him play us he's he's in a new form i don't know like pacheco he he's right there with him but realistically we all know christian mccaffrey
Speaker: fuck i fucked that one up but he is the MVP he's not but we all know he's the MVP i mean he's a crazy running back he's got speed he's got doesn't have that much size but that doesn't matter when you're slimming and jamming outside of the defensive tackles i mean you can't stop him
Speaker: I mean, what is that? 14 TVs this season? That's insane. Yeah. So Christian McCaffrey with 272 carries, 1 ,459 yards with Pacheco with 205 carries, 335 yards or 935 yards. But I will say Isaiah Pacheco. So about a 500 yard difference.
Speaker: Right. I would say that Pacheco did miss a couple of games injuries of the season. And I don't believe Christian McCaffrey suffered an injury this season. So I think that those, those would be pretty close to equivalent. Okay. I could see where you're coming from. What about the quarterback spot?
Speaker: So the quarterbacks, we have Brock Purdy versus Patrick Mahomes. Brock Purdy is a 308 to 444 with 4 ,280 yards. What is that? Is QB ranking? It's his completions to incompletion rate. 31 touchdowns, 11 interceptions as Patrick Mahomes is a 401.
Speaker: 597 with 4183 yards with 27 touchdown passes and 14 interceptions. So, Patrick Mahone sold lower passing TDs and hired fucking interceptions. I mean, it looks like Purdy's having a really fucking good season. I don't know, man. Just looking at the running back and quarterback slot. I mean, if I'm putting my money where my mouth is, I'm putting it on San Fran.
Speaker: But, I mean, that's crazy. But that's just two spots in the whole team. I mean, let's go to receivers. I mean, looks like Chiefs have been turning up towards the end of the season. I mean, is it Taylor Swift or, you know, is it raw talent?
Speaker: Yeah, I mean, so obviously you're, you're leading receiver receiving yards where the Kansas city chiefs is Travis Kelsey, although it tied in, but pretty much damn wide receiver at this rate. I mean, 93 receptions, 984 yards with five touchdowns this season. I will say that there was a stat.
Speaker: that like he averages almost like 83 yards a game with Taylor Swift being in -house and I did read today that Taylor Swift has landed back into the states so she will be at the game of course she will I mean she'll be right next to
Speaker: What's her face? Brittany Mahomes? Yeah, Brittany Mahomes. But not during halftime because in the middle of the Usher performance, she's going to pop out and start seeing bad blood. So Ayuk has been...
Speaker: For me, I mean, he was on my fantasy football team. I didn't really believe in him, and I didn't believe in him at first, but seeing him throughout the season and seeing him progress as a player has been amazing. I mean, I really like him, but I feel like people forget about George Kendall. I really do. I mean, he's a great TD. I mean, Titan or San Fran, and I'm curious, man. What about you? What do you think about that matchup?
Speaker: I think George Kittle's good, but I think something that not a lot of people are looking at is the Chiefs defense. The Chiefs defense has been elite all year. I think that when you start looking at how did the Chiefs win their regular season games, it came down to the Chiefs defense almost every single game in this regular season. Like when I read the Patrick Mahomes stats,
Speaker: thing is about that is he is just not. He hasn't had a year. He hasn't had a year connecting with the receivers and the chief Stevens has locked down the offense every time. I want to say that we've locked down team to score less than 30 for like almost the whole regular season.
Speaker: So, Legeria Sneed, Justin Reid, Elmenihue has been a big part of the D -line. Chris Jones, crucial, which we have Chris Jones. He was fighting a little injury, but for the most part, Andy Reid said he was good. So. No, I'm.
Speaker: I'm curious, just switching the pace of this little talking about after the game, who do you think is going to be the Super Bowl MVP? I know it's early. I know it's early. But if we're talking about money and betting, where do you put your money in the situation? So my opinion on the Super Bowl MVP, if you're going to bet on
Speaker: I would go with the winning quarterback of the winning team. So if the Chiefs win, Patrick Mahomes, if you believe that the Chiefs will win, Patrick Mahomes, if you believe the 49ers will win, Brock Purdy. Especially if the 49ers win, it will be because of Brock Purdy. And if the Chiefs win, there might be a chance
Speaker: where Patrick Mahomes doesn't get it, but truth be told, the MVP spot is a quarterback trophy at this rate.
Speaker: I mean, I totally agree. You've got quarterbacks and in this society, in this day and age, quarterbacks are going to win MVP. I mean, a ridiculous amount. Every single time, every single Super Bowl. I mean, we've seen it. The last one was in the early 2000s where a non QB position won MVP in the Super Bowl. So I totally agree. Personally, I'm going with Patrick Mahomes.
Speaker: if the Chiefs win, but also personally, if San Fran wins, they're not going to give it to their rookie. I think Christian is going to take home the MVP if he balls out like I think he will and San Fran wins. Okay. Okay. All right. So let's get into the halftime show. As you know, the halftime show this year is Usher. Usher, baby.
Speaker: How do you think, Beth? Personally, I'm not a big fan of Usher, but I know that it's going to be entertaining. And I wouldn't be surprised if something sneaky happens with Taylor Swift.
Speaker: I'm not going to put my money on it, but I would not be surprised. Personally, I think he's, I saw a stat. She's averaging 26 seconds per game. She's, she's really, she's really online. So I would not be surprised if, and I mean, if it's the script in general, you think about the Super Bowl, you think about this season.
Speaker: If you think about the Chiefs winning, I mean Taylor Swift is dating Travis Kelce, one of the most popular football players in general. And then not only that, but he's dating the most popular artist. I mean, really, you can't argue with her number. She is the most popular artist.
Speaker: in music in general. I mean, it's, it's her Drake. That's really it. And I know they don't want me. That's a situation where Drake pulls how is that? But I do think they will sneak Taylor. What do you think about the house?
Speaker: Well, I want to say that was, that was shit. I want to say that that was, um, that was a shit. That was a, that was a crazy sneak in. I'm not going to lie. That was, that was awesome. As you know, there was a recent leak with Drake and the homie has a gummy worm. She's long as well.
Speaker: But no, I think that the halftime show will be nice. I think my favorite one here in the past couple of years had probably had to be M &M 50 cent Snoop Dogg. Classic. We needed that. The culture needed that. Yeah, that was a crazy one. But no, Usher, I think they'll do good.
Speaker: I would love to see a rock band do the Super Bowl halftime show. Never. Yeah. And I don't think it will happen. The last time it happened was Red Hot Chili Peppers. And they got busted because their guitars weren't even plugged in. So. I mean, let's be honest. Let's be completely honest, guys.
Speaker: Taylor Swift, Usher, that's a crazy halftime. Reportedly, Alicia Keys is going to be part of the performance as well. Okay, I'm not too familiar with her music, but I do know a couple of bangers, so I think it'll be good either way. I mean, looking in the past, Katy Perry was a good one. I mean, that rap one.
Speaker: the whole bowl gang. They left out a few artists that I think they should have added, but overall, I think it was a good halftime and I think the C -roll continued the same. Heck yeah. All right. So that pretty much wraps up the Super Bowl. Connor thinks the 49ers are going to take it, which is a wild take, but hey, we'll take it. But as you know, not according to the style. Here in Missouri, we roof for the big KC. So I'm going to stick my money where my mouth is and fucking
Speaker: I'm gonna go with the Chiefs here. So what do you think the final score will be? Final score? So I'm saying 27 -24. Final score, San Fran. 27 -24, San Fran for the win. So I think it's going to be... Think about this. It's going to be a defensive game.
Speaker: I don't know if you guys recall the Rams in the Bengals game, but that's going to be the, that's what the game's going to be. What was the score on that game? Super low. I do believe. I might be wrong. It might be another Super Bowl that the Rams played in, but I just don't think it's going to be a high scoring game. I think it's going to be, I want to say 21.
Speaker: 2170. Chiefs. I mean, it's gonna be a good game. It's it's two great teams. I mean, you can't deny the Chiefs clutch factor. They play when they need to. Every single time they show up. I mean, the last four years they've been a dominant team, especially in the AFC. I definitely think
Speaker: that it's going to be a great game. I would not be surprised if it's super low scoring, but also I would not be surprised if it runs up to 24, 27, it runs up into the high scoring games 30s, 40s. I mean, you're talking about some elite offenses. Granted, the Chiefs don't have the best receivers and we get that. We got that all game. But the thing they have is the clutch. When they need to play, when Rice needs to fucking
Speaker: Catch the ball and make a monster play. Same thing with Travis. And VS too. And VS. But that Baltimore game. I mean we saw him. He sold. At the end of the season he sold and we thought it was all gone. But the Chiefs came out and they play when they need to and that's what separates a good team from a great team. Somebody who wants to win. They need that want. They need that need. And the Chiefs have that.
Speaker: So are you going to change your bet? No. I'm just sucking the chief's drake pee. Okay. It's long.
Speaker: Wow. All right. So. Censored for us. Yeah. Yeah. I won't though. We're just going to cut it out. No, no. We keep that. All right. Editing team, keep that in, please. We'll think about it. All right. So let's, so we're going to move on to the MLS. There's not a lot to talk about in the MLS right now. It's preseason still, but there is a couple of things that we should address before the season starts because
Speaker: As you know, this podcast is going to be primarily an MLS podcast only because when we're going to start this podcast is the start of the MLS season. And there's nothing going on in between that preseason. Yeah, nothing. So preseason, we've not been shown a lot going on this year. I will say that sported Kansas City realistically. Okay. Before we get onto this, I'm sorry. I'm sorry for everyone who's just waiting to hear about enter Miami, Massey.
Speaker: But hold on. Why does anyone care about Precede? Really? What do you think?
Speaker: Well, I think you start to care about preseason when you go on a world tour and play these games. All Nisar, all Halal. You play Hong Kong. You play the Saudi World Cup. You're literally playing in the the Saudis final regular season cup. You're fine. You're playing Saudi. Yes. You are playing in their fucking cup, their tournament.
Speaker: in your pre -season with your players starting and you're not doing good, you're not producing, we went to El Salvador and we lost to El Salvador.
Speaker: With our starters starting, now I will say that Messi got out of the game early and so did a lot of them. I think Biscets stayed in there the longest and we lost and we lost. Then we played FC Dallas.
Speaker: I don't even want to talk about FC Dallas. But you gotta think about this preseason. They're holding Messi off. They don't want him to be injured. It would be a freak of a show if Messi got injured in preseason. I mean, no one would be able to let it go. He is the face. He's the star of the MLS. He has gotten so much revenue for the MLS.
Speaker: I mean, it would be a safe not to plan, not to go as hard, not to be so straight to let new players, players in general, try new stuff, especially with the formations. Why not see what works so that when we come around to season starting, we are ready to go. We know what works.
Speaker: and we haven't. Preseason in general for me is a joke. I hate it. I wish teams did not do preseason and this goes for MLS and NFL. I'm not a fan of players getting injured. I'd rather it actually count. If they get injured, a real game actually counts towards the record. At least at the end of the day, you can say, I did this for the team. If you get injured in preseason,
Speaker: I can't imagine what players think when they get injured in pre -season. Like, it's happened. It's a common thing. Well, speaking of injuries, there's reports that maybe Sergio Busquets has an ankle injury off of that. Brutal. Brutal. I mean, just cleat right to the ankle. That's what I'm talking about. I mean, Busquets, the heartbeat of InterYM.
Speaker: I mean, let's be honest, he's played every game, even when Messi's not playing, he plays. When Jordy's not playing, he plays. He's the guy either Miami needs, and he's getting injured in preseason. Is it worth it? No, I don't think so. And you can sit here and say all you want. Oh, it's preseason. We're making money.
Speaker: the end of the day, it's not worth it. It's not going for the record. It doesn't, people are going to talk either way. He's getting injured in preseason. I think that's a sign to the rest of the team to not go as hard. Right. I agree with you. I think, I think the same way about preseason, I think that it's not worth, you know, risking your players, but I do think that at a certain point, what like,
Speaker: What are you doing? Why are we playing Saudi Arabia teams? These guys are taking the game serious. This is their tournament.
Speaker: They're taking this game full on serious, and we're just getting clowned on. It's not a good look for the MLS. We played Hong Kong. We slapped Hong Kong. But at the end of the day, the level of competition in Hong Kong is probably pretty slim. No. Let's think about their national team. I've never heard anything about Chime. Never heard anything about Hong Kong, realistically.
Speaker: It's a South America, North America, Europeans, Asia. But it's like you play those teams on preseason. So you look at sport in KC, we're playing college teams, we're playing little minor league teams for preseason. That makes sense. Don't go out there and play full on MLS teams that are going to take that game personal because you knock them out of league's cup like that. You trash, enter Miami, came back,
Speaker: on a significant, craziest win I've ever seen in my life. Yeah. I've never seen, you know, when I thought Air Miami was going to lose against Dallas, but we're sure we old it. You, you were online. If you said enter Miami, the chance after was three, one, you were lying. And then you just watch it. You watch it unfold. You watch messy. I mean, the magician himself put on a show. I mean, you can't deny it's, it's amazing.
Speaker: Yeah. I mean, you can't play those teams. You can't play. Oh, hello. You can't play. I'm sorry. You can't play FC Dallas and you can't play those teams and expect them not to take that shit seriously. They belong with you off the chart. They want to make you mean, want to make you joke what it is. I mean, it's unfortunate, but that's, yeah.
Speaker: If I'm putting my mind around this, the whole theme of this podcast is, InterMighting is going to turn up when it counts. So I would like to see as a fellow Barcelona fan, I would love to see that in a Barcelona people, they absolutely slaughter. But.
Speaker: as a die -hard season ticket member for Sporting KC. I have to go Sporting KC with taking it. And I say that as in if they come into the season like they finished the season. If they come, what they were when they beat St. Louis City, when they absolutely smacked St. Louis City. The first team in the conference, by the way. Yeah.
Speaker: Now enter Miami is on the other side of the conference. So there is a possibility that it can be Kansas city and enter Miami and the MLS vinyl. Do I think that Columbus crew should have won the MLS cup? No, hell no. I don't think Columbus crew is a good team. I don't think they could be Orlando. I really don't. I think Orlando is a better team. I think a lot of teams are better than Orlando.
Speaker: And you see in the, after the season ends, after the cup, you see a lot of Columbus crew cashing in, selling their players. I mean, shit, one even came to enjoy Miami. So you could see that Columbus crew did not deserve to win, in my opinion. Yeah. And I don't even think Houston died. I mean, you know what I mean?
Speaker: Houston Dino is an exciting team. It's always fun to watch, especially against KC. That's a rivalry. That's probably always going to be a thing. I mean, Houston Dino, it's hard not to have a rivalry with a team. They love to attack. Most of all, they're surprising. They're one of those teams that you don't get a lot of credit. They always end up clutching up winning something to set them apart, to excel them in the league.
Speaker: Yeah. I mean, sporting KSC's first regular season game is against Houston Dynamo. It is a, uh, it's a rematch. So it'll be interesting to see a sporting Kansas city still has a Johnny, Johnny fucking Russell, Johnny Russell, baby. Yes. Uh, they also have Alan Palito. They have Daniel shallowly.
Speaker: Graham Zuzi just retired, so... I wanna see Polito do something. I mean, last season he wasn't really the star player I thought he was.
Speaker: Granted, we've all seen him. He can do it. We know he can. Come back player of the year. To me, he felt slow. He felt sluggish. He felt like a stick in the mud. I mean, if you have Johnny Russell, you have these veteran players, you have these new players coming up. I know Kansas City's News Academy is really growing. I think it's going to be good, but at the same time, like I wish I would have saw him more. The Polito this year.
Speaker: Yeah, I think Johnny Russell stepped it up at the end of the season. I think he was struggling in the beginning. I think all of the team honestly was struggling at the beginning and they find, they found their way out, but Hey, you know what? That's that. We'll stretch right back to enter Miami real quick. Far as with the ACL injury, um, they're rough. I mean.
Speaker: To come back from ACL injury, I know some of you are athletes out there. You know how hard it is to get. As soon as you tear at one time, it is more likely to tear again. I know athletes that tore their ACL four times before their senior year. It is terrible. And I wouldn't wish it upon the most hated person in my life. So for him to do that, I mean, granted,
Speaker: I'm not the biggest fan, not the biggest fan. Well, let's be honest. Anytime we've talked on personal, I always express my hatred for it, actually. I really dislike him. So I don't think it would be that big of a difference, but it is salary. It is money that could be used in different spots, especially for the team. They're really looking for it. If.
Speaker: put money in different places. Let's just say that. And for them, losing a key young player is hard. Yeah. So obviously the defense is, obviously the defense is lacking and enter Miami. I mean, they sold. Yeah, they sold Miller. One of their, one of their best defensive players for this.
Speaker: He's not just out for the season. He's, uh, he's gone for good, but McVay they got rid of, but they've been playing Robert Taylor in the back, but yeah, pretty much that's it. That's all been happening in the preseason. So I think that wraps up about a 30 minute episode. There's one more thing before we go. Thank you for watching. If you hear me right now, we really appreciate the support. This is our first podcast. So we're getting better over time.
Speaker: And if you're enjoying us and you like it, make sure to follow us. We have Spotify. You can also find us on Apple Music as well. And yeah, I think that's a good podcast. Yes. Just like Connor said, like, and leave a review, let us know what you guys want to hear outside of what we are talking about and we'll make it happen. All right. Peace.
