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The Fig God discusses a gigantic week of football.
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00:00:06
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We'll be right back.
00:00:12
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Mike back week.
Mike Miller on Seahawks and Championship Insights
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a national championship game before i get into that i want to welcome a guest mike miller is back again this week um he asked me if he could ah jump on this week obviously he's excited talk about a seahawks but ah this is a good week to have him on so ah mike what's up man Yeah, I'm doing well. Thanks again for the invite. I just want to welcome all the listeners you know from Omaha, Nebraska, all the way to Australia, honestly. I mean, this is this is a massive podcast. i'm happy to be here today.
00:00:55
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Worldwide, baby. Worldwide. Um, yeah, so, you know, this will just be like normal. Um, nothing will really change on the podcast. We're just gonna, gonna run through it like I normally do. And, uh, yeah, we'll, uh, let's get it started. or Do you have anything you want to add to that? Or are you just ready to get going? Yeah, no, let's dive right into it. All right, let's talk some college football.
00:01:25
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Okay, so last night we had the College Football National Championship game. Indiana beat Miami 27-21 in a very competitive, very good game.
00:01:36
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ah Not at all what I was expecting from this game, to be completely honest. um i just I was honestly shocked at how well Miami's defense played, not that I didn't think they had a good defense. I just assumed Indiana was going to do the same thing they did to everybody else to them. But yeah, it was a fun game to watch. Me and Mike went out to the bar with a couple of our friends to watch it. So was a good time. It's it's always fun going out public to watch football. And when you have a game like that, it makes it even better. What were your thoughts on the game, Mike?
00:02:05
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You know, I think it was just just a total rock fight. You know, I put some money down on on Indiana to win big, and ah they did not cover. Yeah. And but no, I just thought it was a really, really well played game. I thought Indiana kind of controlled it. I know it got closer kind of towards the end. And I mean, Carson Beck is just Carson Beck. He's just he's just going to throw that pick at the end of the game. I mean, we were sitting there the whole entire game is like, all right, where's this pick six coming? Like, it's going to happen. And it's just, I mean, i mean kudos to Miami. I mean, we'll get into it a little bit, but you know not having an SEC team in the national championship the last three years. I mean, like let's back up.
00:02:48
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The Pac-12 has a more recent a ah team in the national championship since the SEC. That's kind of crazy to think about. Yeah, it's wild. um Yeah, the game itself was – was just a fun game to watch. um Miami's just a hard-hitting team, and it's just kind of what they do. Like, they're just known for their defense. But –
00:03:12
Speaker
Fernando Mendoza, he played himself a decent game. That run he had on fourth down to score touchdown was just unreal. I mean, and that's just a Heisman play. So um he did his thing. But again, it just like you said, it was just a rock fight of a game defensive battle. I mean, not really what I was expecting, but it was still a fun game to watch. So You know, and some of these just become absolute blowouts. And I mean, at the end of the day, you want to see a good game back and forth. And it's
Indiana's Rapid Success: Fair Play or Foul?
00:03:39
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cool to see. I mean, ah a question for you, Jordan, is, I mean, do you think it Indiana is possibly just like a caught lightning in a bottle or are these guys built for the next five, 10 years?
00:03:53
Speaker
Um, no, I would not say that. i i think they just got, um, they, they use the transfer portal to their advantage and they recruited nothing but older guys. I mean, the average age on that team was 23. I think I read. yeah So like they have a bunch of grown men on that team.
00:04:10
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Um, I do want to bring this up because Seth sent me this today. um So in in the last 20 years, every team that's won the national title had a roster where the average player rank out of high school was in the top 20. Indiana is 72.
00:04:29
Speaker
i did not see that today. That is an insane stat. Okay, so he he brought up a good point, and this is what started it. So Seth's question, he asked a question about um Indiana. Is Indiana cheating?
00:04:46
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Okay, so in the last couple weeks, I have read a lot about this, and I i had never hit on it, but I think now is a good time to talk about it. So I have read in the past – four weeks that there was rumors that indiana was hacking into other teams like cloud database and stealing like their scripted plays and like practice film and stuff like that and i have heard that before this and then i heard it again today and then i also heard that there's a rumor going around that indiana was hacking into other teams headsets
00:05:20
Speaker
Oh, to hear the play call. Yeah. yeah Okay, so just think back two weeks, Oregon and Indiana, play number one, they pick six that play, and if you go back and watch it, it does really look like they knew what play was coming, like just the way the DB broke on the route. It really does kind of look like they knew what play was coming. I'm not saying there's anything to this, but I'm just saying this is what people are talking about right now, and honestly,
00:05:49
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In my head, I'm thinking, I just don't think they would do it. But, like, the more I think about it, the more it's like, how does Indiana go from a 3-9 football team to a national champion in two years? Like, I mean, dude, they pasted Bama.
00:06:05
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They destroyed Oregon. Yep. I just, i don't know, man. The more and more I'm starting to think about this today and the more I've had, like, time to think about it, it's just, dude, it's completely possible, I think.
00:06:18
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and how like i mean you know you had patriots with spygate and you got the astros cheating and it's like this could just be like the next scandal you know but like what levels of cheating does it take to get a bunch of computer hackers into another a whole playbook and a whole nother school's infrastructure it just like that's mind-blowing don't know connor stallions all over again i guess No, this is worse than that, dude. If this comes to fruition, this is actually true that they're hacking in and stealing the team's like scripted plays and stuff like that. Like, dude, that's like lifetime ban worthy. Like there's there's no there's no looking the other way on that. I mean, yeah, the Conor Stallions things happen and they were stealing signals like, dude, this is hacking into ah another university's database and stealing their plays like To me, this is like unprecedented cheating if it comes to fruition. Like, I think this is worst of the worst. And this is like death sentence ban.
00:07:17
Speaker
In my mind, my mind just like racing right now because it's like, OK, if they hack into that, then it's like they have all their the ah roster profiles, like who they're recruiting, who they're going after. Like, they're not only probably just looking at plays and play calls. I mean, imagine all of the information that's stored on these servers on these college campuses. Yeah.
00:07:38
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Yeah, that's what I mean. Like, dude, if this comes to fruition, this is like, i mean, this is ban worthy for sure. Like, there's there's no denying that something would really have to happen if this is actually something
NCAA's NIL and Transfer Portal Debate
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that's going on.
00:07:53
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Again, as much as I hate Signetti and I think he is a douche, I don't think he's a cheating douche to that level. True, Yeah. Maybe I'm wrong. like Maybe I'm just like overlooking it, but I don't know. Somebody again said it today. they're like They have four four-stars on that entire roster, and they beat Oregon and Bama the way they did. like Dude, something's not right. Beat Ohio State twice.
00:08:18
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I just I don't know, man. It really got me thinking after like somebody had mentioned that and said it this morning. And I'm like, maybe there is more to this than actually just kind of meets the eye. Like maybe this is a real thing that's happening. So are you seeing this just like on deep Reddit threads or something or like some people kind of reporting on this or or just is it just fans just pointing things out? No, it's not just fans because um Josh Pate from the Bussin' with the Boys podcast brought this up last week that he had heard people talking about it. Now, granted, nobody has come forth with any proof or anything, but the fact that it's being talked about ah at a national level tells me like there's probably something to this. yeah Now, whether or not it's as deep as what we're talking about right now, i guess we'll see. I mean, it probably wouldn't come out for a year or two anyway, if this was actually something that was happening, because we all know the NCAA moves through these cases at a snail's pace. So if somebody did file something, i think it would be a year or two out. And you think about that too, and it's like, okay, this isn't just like one or two people in on this. This is every coach, every coordinator, every – like if they're getting this information, then someone's not just walking up to them and being like, hey, check this out. i think this is what they're going to do. Like this is a whole massive issue when we really think about this.
00:09:40
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Well, and obviously the players know because they're the ones that are getting the play calls and they're telling them what's coming. Yeah. Yeah. i don't I don't know if there's anything to this or anything comes out of it, but definitely something to monitor. and it's just absolutely yeah it it's It's wild. and i mean yeah Moving on from that. so like so We're two through two years of 12-team playoffs, or is it three years?
00:10:07
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Three years of 12-team. No, no, no. Last year was the first year because that that was when everybody was complaining about the buys and stuff. That's right. Okay, so we're two years into the college football playoff for 12 teams. What are your thoughts so far, and is there anything that you would change or fix about what's going on ah with it currently? Yeah, just a couple of those automatic bids. I mean, like, you know, speaking of Cignetti, like, you know, JMU, like, they keep they keep winning, you know what I'm saying, but are are they a better matchup in the college football football playoff than Notre Dame? I mean, it's...
00:10:44
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And it's just – it's kind of hairy. i mean, i think they're – are they trying to turn this into like a March Madness kind of thing? because But basketball is so much different than football. Yeah, you can't do that. Absolutely not.
00:10:58
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I just – I don't know. I don't think you can take away the automatic bid thing because like that's the that's the thing that made this great, like a smaller school getting a shot. and I get this is not like college basketball where ah george or ah James Madison can necessarily beat an Ohio State, but just them getting a shot to me is is worth it. I do eventually think if it's not next year, it's the following year, we'll be at 16 teams. I think it's coming sooner than later.
00:11:27
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And through two years, man, the, the buy team. So what do we have one team that has won with a buy? Indiana is the only team that's won after having a buy.
00:11:38
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Well, they just got more time to cheat. So, yeah. And that's the only team that's won with a buy through two seasons. So i don't know another thing to monitor, but yeah, as always, man, I absolutely love college football. I think the,
00:11:54
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A lot of the shine for college football has kind of worn off for me because of NIL and the transfer portal. I think transfer portal is literally the worst thing that could fucking possibly happen to college sports. And NIL is right there. Like, dude, this is basically just a feeder league for the NFL at this point. I mean, not that it wasn't before, but like, dude, this is, I mean, they're basically paint playing minor league football at this point.
00:12:17
Speaker
Absolutely. And it is kind of interesting to see you know some guys stay in college football because they're going to go make $4 or $5 million dollars you know and finish their degree. I mean, i think that's like one like positive of it is, hey, stay in school you know and develop a little bit more. But you're right. I mean, it's playing into what you exactly said. It's just a feeder league now. Yeah.
00:12:38
Speaker
you know like some of those Some of those kids transfer four times and then they end up graduating and make $2, $3, $4 million dollars and then don't have a degree and then they're going to go get some sales job. They're like, hey, ah theyre they're offering me $40,000 a year. like This is just not setting up some of these kids for success because – I mean, the the percentage is like half a percent to even make it in the NFL and actually do something. Like, there's just so many guys getting burned by that. I mean, there's, what, 2,500 kids still in the portal, and it closes here soon? Like, do we just see a lot of these kids just go nowhere or just go D2 now? Just crazy.
00:13:15
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Yeah, I just cannot get this out of my head. So there's a guy that works for Barstool Sports, and he played for Indiana last year. He was Indiana's starting center. And they asked him how much he made his senior year, and he was 23 or 24 his senior year. what Whatever, it doesn't matter. He $300,000 as the starting center for Indiana football.
00:13:39
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but The starting center for Indiana football made $300,000 at 24 years old. Like, like this is just like running through my brain. Like, dude, there's people that work their entire lives and don't make $300,000 year. Like, i mean, probably of the workforce doesn't make a year. Maybe even more than that. It might be I mean,
00:14:03
Speaker
this This dude, it was 24 and he made $300,000 playing college football on a full ride scholarship. Like, a dude, it's just like when you hear numbers like that, it's just absolutely insane. Like, yeah I don't know. It's just so far out of of whack. Like there's just, I don't think there's any way to regulate it at this point. I think we're too far gone on that. So yeah we'll see. Yeah, it'll be interesting moving forward.
00:14:30
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All right, that's it for College Football
NFL Coaching Carousel: Harbaugh to Giants
00:14:32
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Talk. Let's get into some NFL.
00:14:45
Speaker
Okay, before we get into the games, we have to get into all the coaching stuff because this has been an absolutely wild past five days of coaching.
00:14:56
Speaker
Okay, so first move that happened, the Giants hired Jim Harbaugh, or John Harbaugh, sorry. I don't think this was like a huge surprise to anyone. Him getting $100 million dollars was a massive surprise to me. like I'm not saying he's not a good hook coach. He is a good coach, but...
00:15:12
Speaker
$100 million dollars for five seasons is absolutely insane. To report directly to the owners as well. So is he basically the GM or whoever they hire is just kind of there as a fill-in?
00:15:24
Speaker
No, they already they still have Joe Shine as their GM. Oh, that's right. That's right. i didn't fire him, and it it sounds like... ah It sounds like Joe Shine is still going to be the GM and he's still going make a lot of football decisions. But I find that really hard to believe that they just hired John Harbaugh and they're still going to let this GM who the majority of fans hate, like they've wanted gone for quite a while. So he's had a couple of decent drafts. I will give him that, you know, but I mean, what's a GM when you have to go to your head coach and be like, is this OK?
00:15:56
Speaker
It seems a little backwards. Has he had a couple decent drafts or does the Ravens just still have one of the best front offices in the NFL? Because that's a fact. They definitely have one of the best front offices.
00:16:08
Speaker
I would agree with that. Yeah. So, uh, okay. That one happened. The next domino to fall was my Falcons hired Kevin Stefanski. Um, to be quite honest, I know there's a lot of Falcons fans that are mad. There's, there's fans all over there, are like questioning this decision.
00:16:26
Speaker
I like Kevin Stefanski a lot. I think he's a really good coach. I mean, like, dude, I don't how you can judge someone off their time in Cleveland. Like, Dude, Cleveland is just ah a disaster of a football franchise. I mean, not saying the Falcons are like some high-class organization, but the dude won Coach the Year twice in Cleveland. that's I don't even know how that even happens, to be completely honest with you.
00:16:52
Speaker
yeah I think it's a really good hire, too. I mean, and looking at the Browns, I mean, obviously they should have never let Baker, like, get out of the building, you know, and it's just been a carousel since then. They drafted two quarterbacks in the draft last year. Like, that team, that just it just doesn't make any sense. Shout out to all the Browns fans. Hang in there. Your day's coming sometime, but not anytime soon.
00:17:17
Speaker
Like, dude, not to mention they fell all over themselves to trade for Deshaun Watson, which everybody knew where that was going to go. It's just, I don't know, man. I like Stefanski. I mean, could it all just go up in smoke? Absolutely. Hiring a coach anymore is an absolute crapshoot. Mike's apparently got some horses running through his house right now. Yeah, I got get guess the Amazon guy just showed up, so my bad um Yeah. So I don't know. I like it personally. They kept ah Jeff Olbrecht as the D coordinator, which was the more exciting thing for me, honestly, because I loved what he did at the end of the year. um So we'll see. It could be a complete crash and burn, but i guess what time will tell.
00:18:02
Speaker
I mean, I just I want to just comment on that, too. I mean, it's I think the Falcons defense really started playing really, really well towards the end of the season. And the Browns defense played good pretty much all season. I know they had some blowouts, but going with Stefanski, you know, kind of I think it's a good move. And I think the roster is way better than what he came from. So this could be I mean, right now I have them probably probably nine, 10 wins already next year.
00:18:30
Speaker
Yeah, it's going to be interesting. They did hire Bill Callahan as their offensive line coach today, which I love that. Yeah. um And I saw like a stat that Stefanski with about Bill Callahan before he left with um his son to go to Tennessee, that the Browns were like 11 games over.500 in that period. Wow. And after he left, they were like 23 games under.500, Mm-hmm. Yeah. I don't know. We'll see.
00:18:56
Speaker
ah We had two coaching hires just last night. The Dolphins hired Jeff Halfley, formerly the Green Bay Packers defensive coordinator. i don't I don't get this one. This makes zero sense to me. Just, I mean, if any if any fans out there are listen listen to follow to Frank the Tank, do yourself a favor and check that reaction video out.
00:19:19
Speaker
Yeah, I just i don't understand this one. Like, ah i mean I guess if you want to just play defensive football, i guess that's fine. but like dude, it's the Dolphins. like yeah I mean, the the majority of their money is on offense. I i don't know. I just...
00:19:36
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and It's the same thing with me when the Falcons hired Raheem Morris. I'm like, dude, we are not a defensive football team. like We need to score points. And then he hires a fresh-out-of-the-womb offensive coordinator. It's like, dude, this team needs somebody that knows what the fuck they're doing. And same thing with the Dolphins. They need someone that knows what the fuck they're doing. Like, I just...
00:19:57
Speaker
I don't know. I'm not saying this is a terrible hire or anything. Green Bay has had some good defenses in the last three years. I just, don't know. It just seems really weird. He was a head coach in college, but this, this will be this first head coaching gig in the NFL. Correct.
00:20:12
Speaker
Yep. Yeah. Yeah. I don't know. It's just, you know, we talk about this all the time. It's like you really truly roll the dice. If you're hiring a coordinator to become the first time a head coach, ah those are some deep waters that you got to figure out. And it's ah it's a complete gamble.
00:20:27
Speaker
And it all depends. i think a lot of it depends on the coaching tree you come from, too. Like, i think sometimes we kind of overlook that, but I think sometimes we we do dive way too deep into that, too. Like, just because somebody was tickling Sean McVay's balls doesn't mean they know everything about football. like Dude, every year someone falls in love with four fucking coaches off the Rams, like they're going to just be Sean McVay all of a sudden. Like, dude, newsflash, they're not. Now, granted, like somebody under like John Harbaugh, Jim Harbaugh, Andy Reid, guys like that, like I get it why people want to do this. Like, yeah, you do get some of that knowledge, but like, dude, all these Rams coordinators have been there for like a year tops. It's like –
00:21:13
Speaker
Also, the offensive coordinator is not even calling the fucking plays. Like, dude, yeah what what are we falling in love with the offensive coordinator from the Rams for? i just And it's funny because, like, some of those guys, it's like they start as a water boy and then they hold a clipboard and then they're the passing game coordinator. Then they're the next year the offensive coordinator and then they're off as a head coach somewhere. And it's like – You need time to actually sit there and learn. I get it. Like, if I was a coach and you got a better job the next year, yeah, hell yeah, sign me up. But there's just – and then these guys get fired just out of thin air. And it's like, well, yeah, they never had any time to actually learn the game.
00:21:49
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Yeah. um So we'll see how it goes for them. ah Last night, the Titans also, Seth's Titans hired Robert Sala, formerly of the San Francisco 49ers, their defense coordinator.
00:22:02
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I don't understand this at all. like i Yeah. This is Like, dude, you're you're building around Cam Ward and you're hiring a defensive football coach. Like, don't get me wrong. I'm not saying Robert Sala can't be a successful coach, but the shit that we saw it with the Jets, now granted, that is the most dysfunctional franchise in all of football. Like, I'm not denying that, but there's just a lot of shit with him that came out that it was like, man, is this dude really a head football coach? Like, it's just, i don't know, it's insane to me. While we're on Robert Sala, this was Seth's other question. Will Robert Sala be the 49ers defensive coordinator in 2029? That is an excellent question there, Seth. Dude, i
00:22:51
Speaker
I just feel like we're going to get so many retreads for head coaches now, and I feel like he's going to be one of them. i mean, you got to think, though, if he fails in Tennessee, he's probably not getting another one. Like, dude, you can only get so many chances at coaching, being a head coach in the NFL.
00:23:06
Speaker
And I would just like always the vibes from him. I was just like, he might just be a defensive coordinator forever. And that's not a bad job either. I get that everybody wants to be this next head coach. And I mean, I guess we break it down. And Jordan, what do you think? Do you think that this Titans roster is probably about the same as when he took over the Jets?
00:23:29
Speaker
No, because the Jets didn't have Cam Ward. The Titans have Cam Ward. Cam Ward is really good. They do need to put an entire roster around him, and that's where I'm just kind of hesitant on if this is the guy to do that. Yeah. Because they have some ah some guys offensively that are younger that could possibly do something, but I just worry with him. They're just going to lean heavy into defense right out of the gate. and Yeah. I don't know, man. I just – Again, these are retread head coaches. You never know what you're going to get. you'll just You just see what you get when they do it. But this just seemed like out of left field for me. But, I mean, whatever. It is what it is, I guess. I mean, there was rumors that um ah Mike McDaniel might take the OC job. That would be interesting. I mean, just Sal has got to get the right offensive coordinator there, too, to compliment Cam Ward.
00:24:22
Speaker
Well, since you brought up Mike McDaniel, Mike McDaniel was named the Chargers offensive coordinator about 30 minutes ago. All right. Oh, that's interesting. Oh, Herbert. There we go.
00:24:34
Speaker
i don't know how i feel about that like it duo you no bar yeah that's what i didn't get like dude harbaugh has always been like a a nose to the grindstone like we're gonna run the football we're gonna win that way like dude mike mcdaniel is the exact opposite of what jim harbaugh does i kind of like we just kind of like broke some breaking news right here i i'm kind of i'm kind of getting chills over here this is awesome Yeah, so i don't know how this works. like i just This is just a weird one to me. I mean, yeah like, dude, everybody wanted Mike McDaniel as their offensive coordinator. No shit. He's a terrible head coach. He still is a a mastermind when it comes to offensive play calls. like i'm I'm not denying that. me Mike McDaniel has a place in this league as an offensive coordinator. I just don't think he's a head coach. Yeah.
00:25:22
Speaker
We'll see, man.
Bills' Coaching Future Post-McDermott
00:25:23
Speaker
They're going to have to put some more weapons around Harbaugh to run Mike McDaniel's offense. That's all I'm going to say. They need five offensive linemen to start. That would probably be a good starting point. Not having your quarterback get killed every play is probably a good starting point. We'll get into it, but that playoff game, when they pulled up the offensive linemen PFF grades, they were bad.
00:25:45
Speaker
32, Yeah, it was 32, of them. 40. It was all them. They were all in the bottom five of their position for the season. Yeah.
00:25:56
Speaker
All right, that's it for the coaching news. we are going to have one more coaching news, but I'm going to get into it after we talk about the game. Let's get into the games from this weekend. First game, we had the Broncos beating the Bills in overtime.
00:26:09
Speaker
This was an extremely fun yet extremely depressing game, and it got even more depressing after the game was over. i And I'm not saying anything bad about the Broncos. they're They're a good football team. They earned the number one seed this season. There's no denying that. We can say whatever we want about who they played it or who they didn't play. It doesn't matter. They went 14-3 and they earned the number one seed.
00:26:32
Speaker
Watching Josh Allen do this again was just like, I don't know, man. Yeah. There's a lot of blame to go around on the the bills. Josh Allen certainly did not play well enough for them to win that game. You cannot turn the ball over four times. The fumble before the half was absolute disaster. Like, dude, ah still I still do not understand what the fuck McDermott was thinking. There was 15 seconds. You're on your own 25 with zero timeouts. Like, dude,
00:27:02
Speaker
Take a fucking knee. They already had the momentum going into the fucking locker room. You just gave them a touchdown right before that. And then just to magnify it and make it 10 times worse, Josh Allen carries the fucking ball around like a loaf of bread and drops it on the ground. And i was just staring at it. like And they were hitting the ball at the second half. So what do you just take and knee and then just go into halftime and you just gave away 10 points for no reason.
00:27:29
Speaker
Yeah. Yeah. So after the game, they announced Bo Nix fractured his ankle and is done for the season. Just absolutely brutal news for the Broncos. Like, dude, you get to an AFC championship game, you're hosting an AFC championship game, and your starting quarterback is done for the season. Like, just absolutely fucking brutal for them. I i truly do feel for the Broncos because that's absolutely awful. Like, maybe Jarrett Stidham goes out this weekend and just lights it up and shuts all of us up, but I just – I don't see it, and –
00:27:59
Speaker
Just is brutal, man. we We saw two quarterback seasons end in the same game. Josh Allen, because they lost, and Bo Nix, because he got hurt. Like, dude, just absolutely brutal.
00:28:11
Speaker
You know, with that last pick by Josh Allen, There's a lot of lot of talk about it right now. And I don't know, when we see it in real time, it you know it kind of looks like a pick. you know And then at the same time, the receiver's knee is down.
00:28:28
Speaker
ah Any insight on that a little bit? Because i ultimately, i think you know what the call on the field, that's what they that's what always upholds. You know what I'm saying? But this game is so fast, and these refs have to make these very, very quick decisions, but the call in the field all usually just ends up that way. But I mean, do you think that that was a catch or do you think that that was an interception?
00:28:53
Speaker
It's just such a bang, bang play. And I truly don't think anybody knows what a catch is or is not at this point. Because, like, dude, it feels like the the way they officiate it changes year over year. Like, we've seen catches that I'm like, how the fuck was that a catch? And then we've seen catches where it's like, hey, how was that not a catch? I mean, you basically had the same exact play the next day with Devontae Adams. yeah A little different. I mean, he did tuck it and he did have it. So it's a little different. Like both those guys were going to the ground in the Browns or the Bills game. And I don't know, man. I was going to bring up officiating from this game too. I just officiating is just a train wreck at this point. Like, dude, there's no consistency. They they let the bills and Broncos play the entire game. There was a lot of questionable non calls in that game, especially for pass interference. And then they call two in a row. It's just like, dude, I don't think they really have any clue what they're doing at this point. They're just trying their best.
00:29:54
Speaker
Um, okay, well, let's just get into the end of the game, uh, or yesterday, two days ago, whenever it was, Sean McDermott has been let go by the Buffalo bills.
00:30:07
Speaker
Dude, I thought he should have got fired last year. you just You cannot keep losing the same way every season. like Dude, there's always a new excuse of why they lose. Now, don't get me wrong. I do feel like the owner and the GM have just as much blame as as McDermott does because those guys have been absolutely shitting the bed on building the roster around Josh Allen. so did not have enough Did not have enough depth, did not have enough talent, and supposedly...
00:30:35
Speaker
About five or six weeks ago, according to some reports, there was a meeting between McDermott, Brandon Bean, and Terry Pagula, and McDermott said he did not think the roster had enough depth or talent to win a title. Neither Bean nor Pagula was pleased with this assessment, which, okay, every once a while look in the mirror, buddy, like you're part of this problem. There's a reason we're not winning. It's not all the coach.
00:30:59
Speaker
i I've never been a huge Sean McDermott guy. I just i don't see it. i His in-game adjustments just have never impressed me. So, I don't know. We'll see what happens. This is a very attractive job, obviously. Absolutely. i just think the GM has a ton to be blamed for, too. You let Stephon Diggs walk out the door and replace him with Shakir. And, i mean, that whole wide receiving core is bad. So, I just – I don't know. Yeah. James Cook, unbelievable. Josh Allen, unreal. They got, you know, a semi good defense, but I don't know that that is just, they, they've just been swinging and missing on some drafts and you can't just not have at least an elite receiver for Josh Allen. He literally puts a team on his back every single time. And that's why he gets so pissed off when he loses. Cause he feels like it's, he it's him and nobody else.
00:31:52
Speaker
Yeah, I mean, I've said it a million times. Like, dude, Josh Allen literally has to drag this team through every game. And yeah I feel like that's the reason a lot of these turnovers happen, because he's just trying to do so much at all times just to keep this the fucking boat moving. like it's just Because if if he's not doing it, who's going to do it? like There's nobody on that team that can do it outside of him. so No, man. There was a stat that I wanted to mention. So only four teams in the Super Bowl era have won a playoff game in six consecutive seasons.
00:32:23
Speaker
The 91 to 96 Cowboys won three to Patriots three Super Bowls. to Chiefs three Super Bowls.
00:32:35
Speaker
two thousand twenty to two thousand twenty five bills did not play a single super rule Well, I think we were talking about this the other day. Josh Allen has, what, six or seven playoff wins and has not even appeared in a Super Bowl.
00:32:52
Speaker
Yeah, dude. And for the most part, they're not even getting close is the problem. like Yeah. It's just I feel for Bills fans. I do. They're opening that new stadium next year.
00:33:03
Speaker
I don't know who they're going to hire as a head coach. I have some feelings on who I think they should hire. I truly think they should go after Clint Kubiak. Like, I just, I think that is the the hire for Josh Allen. Like, I mean, Kubiak does a lot with quarterbacks, and I just, i don't know. Maybe they'll go for a veteran, but if they're hiring a young head coach, that's where I would go. I would definitely be going an ah offensive head coach either way.
00:33:28
Speaker
as soon as the Falcons hired their head coach, I was like, all right, sweet. Seahawks shouldn't keep Clint Kubiak one more season. And then that job opened up and that is the best job available out there right now. So I, yeah, you're you're not, turning you're not turning that job down if you get offered it. And if you're the bills, you fly him in and lock the doors behind you.
00:33:49
Speaker
Yeah. Like, dude, the the minute he interviews for that job, they're going to be like, yeah, you're not going back to Seattle. I've get my kids. They can, they'll get here when they get here. We already sent a plane out there to get him. so yeah there there's Yeah, there's no way that if he interviews, he's leaving the building. I just ah i think that is the hire for them. I just think it would be a great hire. Now, Grant, they're going to need to get some receivers, so maybe you can convince these fucking morons that you need someone other than Khalil Shakir and Brandon Cook's running routes for you.
00:34:19
Speaker
Yeah. Bro, it's 2026. Brandon Cook should not be running route with a game on the line. Yeah, no joke. He's been in the league, what, 10, 12 years now? And he's been on, like, eight different teams. Like, dude, there's a reason. Yep, exactly.
00:34:34
Speaker
Okay, let's move on to the night game.
Seahawks Triumph Over 49ers
00:34:36
Speaker
Your Seahawks absolutely throttled the 49ers. um For notes for this game, that really the only three notes I had for this game, Seahawks defense, which speaks for itself, just an absolute unit. Kenneth Walker had probably what I would assume is going to be the best game of his career. yeah And then the 49ers and their injuries is just absolutely insane to me.
00:35:00
Speaker
You know, it was, you know, starting off the game. And I know that you hate the Saints, but taking that to the house right away, Shahid, was just one of the best trades that John Snyder has ever orchestrated. a fourth and a fifth rounder for him. And, you know, we brought him in. And at the time, we had Torrey Horton. And then, unfortunately, great rookie got hurt. And he has really stepped up.
00:35:22
Speaker
And it was just, but then, you know, old Eddie Pinero trying to, you know, bring back his soccer days with a slide tackle. I'm like, what is this guy even doing? But just like from the start of the game, and I have studied this game for the last couple days now,
00:35:36
Speaker
Truly, truly, the Niners were not ready to play. like I'm sorry. like When your defensive coordinator is taking interviews and getting ready for all these other things and he's halfway out the door, i they just showed up and did not play. like This stat like blows my mind.
00:35:53
Speaker
Kyle Shanahan has coached 163 games for the His team has only been held under four times Two of those four times have come January 2026 against the Seattle Seahawks. It's just like Shanahan had horrible play calls. Yeah, injuries, yada, yada, yada.
00:36:15
Speaker
This was belt to ass. And these teams hate each other. And I enjoyed every second of this game.
00:36:25
Speaker
I said this two years ago, 49ers roster has been aging for three years. Like the, the the roster is aging out the young guys that they have. It's just, I mean, dude, McCaffrey's got two years left. Trent Williams has maybe got one left in him. Like Nick Bosa can't stay healthy. Obviously Fred Warner got hurt, which I will never say a bad word about Fred Warner. That guy is just an absolute machine. He's so good.
00:36:51
Speaker
George Kittle tore his Achilles. You have to wonder how he comes back from that, what he looks like. Brandon Ayuk has Antonio Brown CTE, so that's not going anywhere. He's done.
00:37:04
Speaker
Dude, this team, like two years ago, it looked like they had one of the most stacked rosters in the history of the NFL. i mean Yeah. Dude, it's just incredible to me, like, how fast it's fallen off. Like, i mean, there are two best receiver for receivers from last year were Iuke and Debo, and obviously Debo's in Washington. Like...
00:37:26
Speaker
I don't know, man. This roster has been aging for too long, and they they just let it to get to a point where, like, dude, they have five injuries on defense, and they're just cooked. Like, granted, fred losing Fred Warner is basically like losing two players because, I mean, he literally is the guy that keeps that defense together. Nick Bosa obviously can't stay healthy, so it's just – I don't know what they're going to do. um It'll be interesting. Yeah.
00:37:52
Speaker
They got their quarterback locked up, so they're fine there. like Hopefully they can get out of this IU contract because, Jesus, that dude is gone. Yeah. You brought up a really good point because you know they got their quarterback. and how you know i I will give kudos to to John Lynch, the GM there. I mean, he had the biggest swing and miss on Trey Lance, trading up for him, yada, yadda yada. It didn't work out. And to get Brock Purdy Mr. Irrelevant, like – that like usually when you miss that bad on a quarterback and trading all those picks to get that you guys, your team sucks for two or three years. So kudos to him on that. But honestly, ownership needs to look like, I know that roster is aging a little bit, but ownership needs to go in fire. Every team doctor fire, every trainer fire, every weight trainer and prevent injury prevention coach. And just re hit the reset button on that. Like set a fire to the practice field. Like how, The amount of injuries they've had over these last like three, four years is absolutely asinine.
00:38:55
Speaker
Yeah, and I... I don't know what you attribute that to. Like, is it all strength and conditioning? Like, I i don't know, man. it's It's insane, though, the amount of injuries they've had. And, dude, I will give them credit. They stuck with McCaffrey. And after last year, i was like, dude, cut bait. This dude is not coming back. yeah i mean, dude, he literally had to fly out of the country to get his Achilles, both of his Achilles worked on and his calf muscles. It's like...
00:39:22
Speaker
what like dude there's no way this dude's ever coming back and i'll give him credit man they stuck with it and before the season i was like god there's just no way don't know that there's still a way that guy's still an absolute monster like it's just freak it's insane to me um but yeah only negative out of this game for the seahawks is uh charbonnet is done for the season unfortunately um
00:39:48
Speaker
you're going really have to lean on Kenneth Walker this week. We'll we'll see if that was a fluke game or not, because Jesus, they're going to need him. Yeah, absolutely. You know, and and it was really cool to see Cooper Cup. I mean, that was the best game of his whole in season. You know, five targets, five catches, 60 yards. I mean, we'll take that any day, you know, and Jake Bobo had a really good catch on a third and 10, third and 12. And Sam Darnold played as well as he needed to. He didn't have to force the ball and they ran the shit out of the ball, you know? So, I mean, when Kenneth walk, I mean, I will give it to Kenneth Walker. He has been very frustrating all year and you know, there's, he's, you know, had to sit down or they'll, he'll take them all the way down to the 10 yard line and Hey, go grab a seat. You know, you're not going to get this touchdown.
00:40:32
Speaker
I love his mentality of, Hey, I'm the guy now and three touchdowns. I mean, that's probably one of his best games in his whole entire career. And he is a pending free agent. So he's ah he's running for that bag right now.
00:40:45
Speaker
Yeah, impressive win. I mean, this is kind of what I expected out of this game. I said it on the last podcast. I i expected nothing but the Seahawks to just play a great game. And it's exactly what they did. The only question I have every week is, what is Sam Darnold going to do this week? It's just... That's going to be my only question mark about that team for the rest of the way. Like, dude, the Sam Darnold game could happen at any point. Like, you just yeah you just never know with the guy. It's like a time bomb. Like, dude, like yeah yeah what is his brain on right now? Are we on, like, 15 seconds, or where are we at here? Because –
00:41:19
Speaker
It could happen at any time. I mean, we can get into this right here for a little bit, but he did not throw a football all day Thursday, all day Friday. He was throwing warm-up passes in the team locker room and didn't even take the field beforehand because of this oblique injury.
00:41:34
Speaker
I was freaking out. I was like, there is no way that we are going to even be close in this game if Sam Darnold does not start. And he went out there and did what he needed to do, and he took some shots. shots early on and said is this guy going to get off the field right now it was scary so i I I give it to him he got his first playoff win hell yeah good for him let's go yeah he's going to be banged up this week there's no doubt he's going be banged up because he took some hits but credit to him and they won the game again we just said he didn't need to do much I mean the defense just controlled that game from start to finish so that didn't really need to do much um
00:42:15
Speaker
It's going to possibly quite possibly one of the worst games I've ever watched in my life.
Patriots vs Texans: Weathering the Storm
00:42:19
Speaker
Patriots defeat the Texans. Jesus, dude. I just... The aesthetics of this game were absolutely beautiful. It was snowing. It it looked so cool. Everything about this game looked cool.
00:42:32
Speaker
And then the game kicked off and I had to watch CJ Stroud fumble fuck around the field for 60 minutes of football. Like, I don't even know what you call what he did on Saturday. Like,
00:42:44
Speaker
I've never, I mean, I've seen quarterbacks play that bad, but like, dude, usually in a playoff game of this magnitude, when you're this far along, you usually don't see a game that bad. ay He seriously could not complete a pass to one of his own receivers from about middle of the second quarter to fucking fourth quarter. It just, every time he dropped back to throw, was like, Oh Jesus. yeah And then it got to a point where he wasn't even looking downfield because he was too scared he was going to get hit. Like, that is the definition of seeing ghosts as a quarterback. I think I texted you in the second quarter or or maybe at halftime, and I was like, this just has like a preseason game feel to it. Like,
00:43:22
Speaker
Timing was off, and I know field conditions and weather and X, Y, Z, but you don't play you know how many games leading up to this, and you come out and look like that. like Yeah, that team needs to be evaluated. I don't know. Is C.J. Stroud the long-term? I mean, he's he's there, but is he good? do you draft him and on your fantasy football team next year?
00:43:42
Speaker
Big question mark there. Okay, so the Texans scored a touchdown with 12.57 left in the second quarter to go up 10.7.
00:43:53
Speaker
They got the Patriots to punt. I'm just going to go through the second quarter because it really is absolutely insane. They got the Patriots to punt. They got the ball back. The very first play, the Texans got the ball back. Pick six.
00:44:07
Speaker
They get the ball back again. They move it about 12 yards. Picked again. that's okay i just said they scored a 1257. 1041, he gave up pick six. 837, he throws another pick. So they get the ball back again.
00:44:23
Speaker
They went, no, no, no. Then the tech or the Patriots got the ball after that pick, immediately went three and out, punted back to the the Texans. CJ Stroud threw three straight incompletions, and that was the time where I was like, this dude is seeing ghosts. He has no idea what he's even doing or what he's looking at right now.
00:44:44
Speaker
They punt the ball back to Patriots. Patriots score a touchdown to go up twenty one ten with 3-12 left in the first half. Texans get the ball back, get to the New England 49, another pick. It's just like, dude, you're not even giving your chance a team a chance to win.
00:45:00
Speaker
You have one of the best defenses I think any of us have ever seen. Like, dude, their defense was just flying around. And that is one thing I'm going to say. They do have something build around. They sacked Drake May five times.
00:45:12
Speaker
They forced four fumbles. He lost two of them. And then he had a picks he had a pick. Like, dude, the Texans defense did everything they possibly could have to win this game. And, of course, C.J. Stroud just completely shits the sheets.
00:45:26
Speaker
I mean, is is he almost kind of like Tua, like can't play in the elements? Like what like how how much do we put on that? Or was it him just, did he get concussed and it's just like, I can't see my receivers. I'm just going to throw the ball out there. I mean, give me give me the backup at that point. Give me some Davis Mills. Let's go. I couldn't believe they did not put him in the game, especially in that third quarter. Like, Stroud had no business being on the field after halftime. Like, i get it. You're probably going to completely tank his confidence if you bench him at that point. i understand that. But, like, dude, this is not the time to be like, oh, man, we got to worry about the psyche of our young quarterback. Like, dude.
00:46:09
Speaker
You literally know that you're playing for a spot in the AFC Championship game going to play a team that does not have a quarterback. Like, dude, that you know that in the back of your head that that's what you're playing for. I'm sorry, man. Feelings get hurt in the NFL, dude. This is a job and you're not performing. We got to get someone in here that gives us the best chance to win. And C.J. Stroud was never giving them a chance to win that game. Absolutely not. No, and it's just – It's sad because that defense is really fun to watch. And, i mean, here it is. You know, we we get through the the Chiefs not making the Super Bowl, and the Patriots, they suck barely sucked for two years, and they are completely back. Just just sucks.
00:46:50
Speaker
Dude. Watching Mike Vrabel on that sideline, I'm just like, dude, what the fuck were the Titans doing? like What were you doing? Like, you dude, I just... i You sided with a GM who was gone a year later. Like, what what are you doing? Like, what is ownership thinking? Like, dude, I don't give a shit if this guy questions me. He's a Super Bowl champion numerous times as a player. Like, dude...
00:47:15
Speaker
I just – I don't get it. Like, just the whole fucking coaching carousel of the NFL is absolutely insane to me. Well, that Titans GM not trading Derrick Henry for anything just so that he can finish up that season and have his moment.
00:47:28
Speaker
Sorry. You got to reload. Like, you know that he was walking. You know that he wasn't going to be – you guys need want to re-sign him anyway. So trade him and at least get a pick or two back. Yeah, he that GM fumbled a lot of things. The A.J. Brown trade obviously did not go over well in Tennessee, which now that we know we know about A.J. Brown in Philadelphia, like maybe that was best-case scenario for them. I don't know.
00:47:52
Speaker
But, yeah, it's just not good. It's all that. Okay, let's skip past that shitty game and go to easily the best game of the weekend. Rams beat the Bears by three in overtime, and – Again, the aesthetics of this game, it was freezing. It was snowing on and off throughout the game. Like, dude, this was just an absolutely beautiful football football game. Like, I know there was moments in this game that were extremely ugly by both teams, and there were some play calls that you can or cannot agree with. I get it. But, dude, just –
00:48:28
Speaker
I don't know, man. I'm happy for Bears fans. Like, I know it sucks that they lost this game, but dude, you absolutely got the right head coach. You got the right quarterback. As much as I shit on Caleb Williams, this dude is an absolute baller when it counts, and like that's when you need him to to be a baller, and he does it time in and time out. and Yeah, I mean, dude, you can say whatever you want about the Bears of luck. Like they did get lucky in a lot of games, but they still won those games and your record is what you say you are. And it just I don't know, man, this game was fantastic to watch as an outsider who had no horse in the fight or yeah it just or horse in the race, whatever you want to call it. It just this was this was extremely fun to watch. you know I had a lot of my friends are Bears fans, and I had a couple friends at the game, and they just said like that place was absolutely electric. you know and it was It was so much fun to watch, and Kayla Williams slinging that ball from the 40-yard line. just that That ball was a dime piece, too. It was amazing.
00:49:34
Speaker
He is special. I mean, he's given me some, you know, year two, year three, Russell Wilson running around and and making things happen with his legs and his arm. And it is it is fun to watch. And I think Ben Johnson, I think he left some points on the board early on. It's a snow game and there's some kind of questionable calls. I mean, you know, like that sequence, it was like third and one, running right up the gut. Fourth and same play call. It's like, Get Caleb Williams out of the pocket, some bootleg stuff. He's the fastest guy on the field. Let him get in space. If they're there in front of him, have him make a throw. He has a special arm. I just, I i i mean, i was I was really pulling for the Bears, and but I don't know, like on on the same point here too.
00:50:21
Speaker
Matt Stafford keeps sailing some balls, man. I know the snow, yada, yada, yada. But is this all do you think his arm's wearing down? Because I feel like every game these last three or four weeks, the third and fourth quarter kind of roll around, and he gets a little shaky back there.
00:50:36
Speaker
He does, but then he throws an absolute dot of a pass to the sideline to Devontae Adams over two guys, which I still, looking back at that play, have no fucking idea how he threw that ball to where he did and, two, how Devontae Adams caught that ball. Like, dude, that was just like – I don't even know. and That play was unreal. I thought that game was over at that exact point when Devontae Adams caught that pass on the sideline.
00:51:03
Speaker
Yeah, I think Stafford's hand is definitely banged up, but, I mean, you're definitely not taking him out. Even if his right hand is broken, that's the best option you've got by far. Like, I don't think you're throwing Jimmy G in the game at this point. i would rather have Stafford throw up my his left arm than throw Jimmy G out there.
00:51:21
Speaker
The Rams are scary, though, man. Yeah, yeah. Dude, they just kind of went through this game. Like, it didn't look like they had a lot of purpose in this game. I still don't know why they went away from the run so much in this game. Dude, Kyron Williams was hammering the ball in this game. He Yeah. he They're too tough. they're two huge drives were both on the back of Kyron Williams and I, they just kept going away from it. I didn't get it. And yeah, it's McVay does some things like he is the smartest guy in the room at literally every football function. So I get it. Like who the fuck is questioning Sean McVay? Certainly not. I like, I'm not Sean McVay could basically call a lineman in as the quarterback. And I'd be like, this is probably the best play ever. i don't, I don't know, man. Like dude, it's Sean McVay. The dude is just a genius when it comes to football.
00:52:09
Speaker
They won that game, man. Everybody said that this California team that plays in a dome couldn't come in there and win that game. They took that game. like no matter what No matter what it was, they did take that game. Caleb Williams did have a couple throws that I know he wishes he could have back.
00:52:25
Speaker
Whatever happened on that last one with DJ Moore, whether it was a miscommunication or whatever it was. um There's one thing I – dude, Ben Johnson has way too much Dan Campbell in him, and I've said it lot. Yes, he does. It's just like ingrained in those guys' DNA. Like they have to do this. Like, dude, that first drive, they drove all the way down the field.
00:52:46
Speaker
Get the fucking three points and take a lead on your home field, dude. Like the crowd would have been electric if they scored there. Like I, I get the appeal of wanting to score touchdowns, dude. It's a snow game. This isn't the same as like a 80 degree day where it's like, dude, you score touchdowns and only touchdowns. Like everybody's just going to sling it all down the field. It was pretty obvious. We weren't going to get an offensive showcase in this game yeah through about two drives. So I don't know, man. That one and then, the like you said, the one where it was fourth or third and one and then fourth and one, and they did the same exact play twice.
00:53:20
Speaker
And i know i know this team is proud of like what they built on the offensive line and stuff, and they basically broadcast that they're running to the right. dude, it's fucking Sean McVay. This dude is not falling for your dumb ass tricks. Like he's going to know what you're going to do. Like, dude, it's Sean McVay. This dude has coached in more games than, i mean, there's only like 10 coaches that have coached more games than him in the last 10 years. And the dude's still not even fucking 40. Like, dude, don't remind me.
00:53:51
Speaker
It's just – and I'm with you. I don't – I do not understand what the Bears' game plan was, why they did not get Caleb Williams out and running more. Because it seemed like every time they did it, he got 10, 15 yards. and yeah The Rams game plan was definitely not to just – I mean, they they obviously knew he was going to run, and Landman cannot keep up with him. He tried a couple times, but it's just – don't know. I feel like both teams called some weird games, and, like, dude, yeah, the snow in the cold definitely causes – Things to go up when, I mean, you're just not expecting it to be that way until you get on the field. So I don't know. there was There was things from both teams I didn't love. And you brought up a good point, too, because you said a snow game. And, you know, sometimes these snow games, it's 30 degrees.
00:54:36
Speaker
No, this is Chicago in January. It's snowing and it's five degrees. And when the wind kicks up, it's negative whatever. Go down there, put some points on the board, feel good about it and keep chipping away. I mean, that's what happens in these games. And I mean, when you get that crowd rocking in Chicago. I mean, they've been wanting this for how long? Vegas had about, what, five or six wins this year? Like, good for that team. Congratulations to all the Bears fans at the end of the day. Huge, huge huge season.
00:55:09
Speaker
Yeah, good season for them. We'll see how they build on it. um Everybody's like their defense really stepped up. Dude, I think a lot of that was the snow. I still do not trust the Bears defense at all. Like, I feel like they have a lot of aging players on that defense. They need to get younger on that side of the ball. They pumped a lot of money into the ah offense with Ben Johnson, which yeah as they should. Yeah. So we'll see what they do next year. I mean, it it'll be interesting. So um that's it for the games. let's ah Let's pick this week's games and then we'll get out of here.
NFL Championship Game Predictions
00:55:40
Speaker
All right. We start – only two games. So we start with the fourteen three Patriots traveling to the fourteen and three Broncos with no Bo Nicks.
00:55:52
Speaker
Jared Stidham, baby. You know, he's ready to go. You know, he hasn't thrown. You know Sean Payton's interview is so funny. This is one thing that I wanted to bring up. And this is a little, you know, conspiracy theory, Mike, coming out here. You know, Sean Payton comes out and he said that Bo Nix fractured his ankle second to the last play.
00:56:10
Speaker
I have some speculation about that. That tackle, when he went down, it didn't look that bad. Do you think he broke his ankle celebrating in the locker room? No, no, no, no, no. You could tell something was wrong with him when he was walking off the field. Or he's like, he's, a he's limping a little dude. Adrenaline is a lot. Like adrenaline is a lot when you're, and he did whisper something into Josh Allen's ear. I'm guessing he said something about that. Like, ah hey dude, I think I fucked up my ankle.
00:56:39
Speaker
Because you can see Josh Allen just look disgusted after he said it. Because they did like their normal, like dap each other up and say, good game, man. Good luck next season. Good luck. wrong And then he like covered his mouth with his hand and told Josh Allen something. And Josh Allen just dropped his head immediately. Like, dude, i I feel like he did fucking break it at the end of the game. I don't think it was on the celebration.
00:57:01
Speaker
I think it's just a better storyline that he snapped it while he was just taking a shower with a bunch of dudes. All right. Of course, that's what you'd be thinking. I'm going Patriots here. like i just I do not feel good at all about this for the Broncos.
00:57:15
Speaker
Yeah, no. it's ah I mean, do the Broncos make it interesting? Yeah. Yeah, it's in Denver, I guess. But Bo Nix to Jared Stidham, who hasn't thrown a pass in a couple years now. Yeah, this this Patriots, welcome to the Super Bowl.
00:57:32
Speaker
All right, let's get into the actual Super Bowl because I i think this is the best game of the season. And i i mean, they played twice this season in both games. I've come down to the very end. So I don't think this is hard to argue. 12 and five Rams traveling to the 14 and three Seahawks.
00:57:48
Speaker
Go ahead. I mean, i am a stress mess ah before every Seahawks game. I was texting you before the Niners game, and I was like, we're going to lose. like Sam Darnold's out. We're done for. I mean, losing Charbonnet does hurt a lot.
00:58:05
Speaker
Now, I will say, listening to a lot of Seahawks talk radio this this past week, they let Pete go because they wanted a young defensive head coach ah Mike McDonald was hired to beat Kyle Shanahan, which he just did last week, and he was brought in to beat Sean McVay. That is a big task, and this defense is playing lights out.
00:58:31
Speaker
If the defense does what they do, but i mean we just saw four weeks ago them just get absolutely shredded without Devonta Adams, and Puka went out for 350 yards.
00:58:43
Speaker
it What are we going to get in this game? I don't feel great about it. I know the Seahawks are favored by a little bit. I know the twelve s will be out there rocking and rolling, but this game's going to come down to probably the last play, and whoever has the ball at the end is going to win this game. And fortunately, I think the Rams sneak this out by three points. Dude.
00:59:04
Speaker
tied i I hate that we had that last Rams and Seahawks game and Devontae didn't play. Yeah. Because, like dude, like looking back on that game, just how well the Rams offense played in that game without him. Oh, not not to mention they were missing two of their top three tight ends in that game, too. like they're They're completely healthy again now.
00:59:29
Speaker
Dude, I seriously feel like Devontae Adams has been jogging around just hoping they got to this game. Because there's a lot of times like I'm watching and I'm like, is he even playing? I just seriously feel like they were just wanted him to be 100% for this game. Maybe this is conspiracy theorist Jordan at work here.
00:59:48
Speaker
i Dude, I just – it comes down to quarterback play in the end of – when you're in this deep in the playoffs, I mean, that's the reason I picked the Patriots. I just trust Drake May more than I trust Jarrett Stidham.
01:00:00
Speaker
I cannot say that I trust Sam Darnold more than I trust Matt Stafford. Has he looked old the last month and a half? Yeah, but this is the game that fucking Matt Stafford is, like, built for, and this is the game he wants to play in. This is why he's still playing football.
01:00:18
Speaker
It's fucking Sean McVay too, dude. Like, I mean, dude, this would be his third Super Bowl appearance. He's not even fucking 40. Yeah. And just keeps dialing it up and just, just man I mean, he, like, you know, them trading for Matt Stafford was great, but Matt Stafford, if he stayed with the Lions, would have been out of league three years ago.
01:00:38
Speaker
Well, yeah, he would have been dead too. um Having said all that, Dude, the Seahawks defense is just on another level right now. I'm going to take the Seahawks. i just...
01:00:52
Speaker
Everything in my head tells me to take the Rams. like They have the more experienced coach, the way more experienced roster, obviously. like This team has been here. They know what it takes to get here. i mean, dude, the the only teams the Rams lost to last year, the Super Bowl champion. They lost to the Eagles in a three-point game. And the Eagles last year at that time were absolutely rolling. like It's giving off a lot of those vibes, and it doesn't sound like there's going to be snow on the ground on Sunday. So,
01:01:20
Speaker
Everything in me tells me to pick the Rams, but I'm going to go Seahawks. I just – I feel like that defense makes enough plays, and God, I hope fucking Sam Darnold doesn't turn into a pumpkin in this game. Like, dude, that is my fear for this game is that Seahawks defense plays a good enough game, keeps the Rams at bay as much as you can, and then Sam Darnold just does the back-breaking INT when they need him to not do that. Like, I just – That's the only thing that concerns me about this game is is Sam. It's not the only thing, but Sam Darnold is a big part of my concern about the Seahawks in this game. And, dude, not having Charbonnet, this is the game you needed him because you needed both those guys.
01:02:03
Speaker
Like, dude, they brought in Velas fucking Jones as the backup running back in the fourth quarter in that game. Like, yeah God, I can only imagine if Kenneth Walker gets gassed and they have to bring that fucking guy into play. Like, I...
01:02:17
Speaker
I don't know. It's stressful. I mean, if there is a way that they can just put together three, four long drives, keep Matt Stafford on the bench and the defense steps up, I think it could be good.
01:02:30
Speaker
You know, and it's frustrating. I mean, like that our defensive line is fantastic. I mean, you have to get to Matt Stafford and you have to make him uncomfortable. He's just going to sit in that pocket and just dissect the defense there. So we got to we got to disrupt that somehow.
01:02:45
Speaker
I mean, honestly, I mean, you brought up a good point. Whoever wins this game is probably going to win the Super Bowl. I mean, both of these teams are better than the Patriots, I believe. And and yeah, they got a good young squad there, but Drake May did not look great in that win. And both of these defenses...
01:03:05
Speaker
will will punish him mightily. So I would absolutely love the Seahawks to pull this off. It's going to be a very, very long Sunday for for for me and my house, but we're ah we're going to put all the good juju out there. And, I mean, if anybody can beat Sean McVay in this particular point, and that's where my faith...
01:03:25
Speaker
is very high in Mike McDonald, but he's got his homework cut out for him. I was very thankful that that Bears game went into overtime, and I know sean mcdonugh shaw mix sorry Mike McDonald and all of his boys were just sitting at the office scouting that whole entire game, and that's what made me a little bit happy, but it's going to be a hell of a game this Sunday.
Baseball Hall of Fame: Broken System?
01:03:49
Speaker
Okay, I do have one bonus question for you because you guys don't know this, but Mike is a gigantic baseball fan, like probably the biggest baseball fan I know. What are your thoughts on the two inductees that got into the Hall of Fame today?
01:04:04
Speaker
Yeah. Yeah, here's a little curveball here. ah Yeah, I mean, it's it's kind of frustrating, this whole Hall of Fame ballot thing. I'm ah obviously a big Mariners fan, and so it's ah it's good to see them that he made a big push this year, and there's a chance that he might make the Hall of Fame. But, ah you know, it gets frustrating because the yeah the writers out there, you know, sometimes they they put out their ballots and, like, whoever didn't vote for Ichiro to not be in the Hall of Fame, like, you can just...
01:04:43
Speaker
just go Just go kick rocks. You know what I'm saying? So, but yeah, you know, today, Carlos Beltran did make the Hall of Fame at 84%, which was cool. And that was ah his fourth year on the ballot.
01:04:56
Speaker
Andrew Jones making the Hall of Fame. and that was his ninth year on the ballot, so at 78%. So, you know, congratulations to those guys. That's ah that's a huge feat, you know what I'm saying? But hopefully King Felix can ah pick up some more steam. Let me check here. He was at 46%, and that's just his second year on the ballot. but I don't know, like all those writers is just kind of like an old boys club a little bit, you know, and, you know, they make some of these that these ballots public and, you know, they can vote up to 10 times and some people just put two people down. It's like, what are you thinking? Like, these players are legit. They like there's so many players that need to be in the Hall of Fame, but that's just a whole nother conversation. Brother, I've got some some beef. I mean, not I'll always hate the baseball Hall of Fame. I think it's the biggest fucking joke on planet Earth. Some of the people that are aren't in in the Hall of Fame and people that are is just an absolute joke. I love Andrew Jones. Dude, when you look at his stats side by side with Manny Ramirez and the fact that Manny Ramirez is not a Hall of Famer, I do not give a flying fuck about all the PEDs because ah steroids saved baseball because it was about to die. like did. Sammy Sosa, McGuire, and those guys saved baseball. Like, it it was dead. that's If that season doesn't happen, baseball dies. Like, the MLB was literally purging money at that point.
01:06:18
Speaker
And the fact that Manny Ramirez is not a Hall of Famer is a fucking travesty. And this was his 10th year on the ballot, and he's obviously not going to make it. So I just want to get into this. So let's let's just let's break this down. Manny Ramirez in his 10th year got 165 votes at 38.8%. Let's just scroll down to some of the first timers that got votes on this one.
01:06:39
Speaker
Cole Hamels got 101 votes or 23.8%. Cole Hamels is a Hall of Very Good, not a Hall of Famer. i agree. Ryan Braun, who is a noted Reuter,
01:06:53
Speaker
got 15 votes. Ryan Brown's not even good enough to be in the hall of fame, even if he wasn't a Reuter, like who the fuck is voting for Ryan Braun? 15 people voted for Ryan Braun to get in the hall of fame.
01:07:05
Speaker
Even worse, six people voted for Edwin Encarnacion to get in the Hall of Fame. Yes. Why are you even whoever voted for these people should be stripped of their voting privileges. Are you fucking kidding me? Edwin Encarnacion is getting votes to be in the Hall of Fame. And then right underneath it, Shinso Chu.
01:07:24
Speaker
Are you shitting me? Like, what are we even doing? Like, dude, this is, they should not make the, the, all the votes public. They should only make the guys that got in public because this is the shit that pisses me off. Like, dude, these guys that are getting voted that do not even deserve to be in the hall of fame. And then that you have guys on this list, like fucking Manny and a rod, which whatever, say whatever you want about both those guys. Those guys are hall of famers. Like there's,
01:07:52
Speaker
No matter what, even if they don't put them in the physical Hall of Fame, in everybody who's an actual baseball fan's mind, those two guys are Hall of Famers. And the bigger joke is the fact that Chase Utley has 59% of votes in his third year. Like, dude, again, Chase Utley, very, very good baseball player. Hall of Very Good for me, not a Hall of Famer.
01:08:14
Speaker
and It's going to be really interesting because we're seeing a lot of the baseball writers get younger, which, thank God, you know. But you know we're seeing you know a lot of guys have phased out and missed the Hall of Fame. Sammy Sosa, Mark McGuire, all those Roy boys, and now Manny Ramirez.
01:08:31
Speaker
But Alex Rodriguez is on his fifth year on the ballot, and he's at 40%. How fucked up is it going to be when he gets into the Hall of Fame, possibly, in these next five years, and McGuire and Sammy Sosa and Manny Ramirez and Roger Clemens and all these other guys don't make it? It's going to be...
01:08:51
Speaker
It's going to be really, really, really dicey in the next couple of years. But baseball is already canceled for 2027. So whatever. But dude, that's the thing though, too, is like Jeff Kent got in this year on the senior writers ballot. Like yeah Jeff Kent, also a known Reuter. Like yeah where are we drawing the line here?
01:09:09
Speaker
And Jeff Kent, good. All are very good. Yeah.
01:09:15
Speaker
Like, I just don't get it. Like, why why are they making, like, some wine in the sand here on who we're going to put in the Hall of Fame? Like, I just, I don't know, man. I don't, it just makes no sense to me. Like, the Baseball Hall of Fame has always been a sham to me, and it just gets worse every year.
01:09:32
Speaker
it really does. And being on the ballot for 10 years and this, and the other thing, it's like, yeah, it's cool some guys got in, and then, well, if you don't get in, just wait for 10 years, and then you could be possibly voted in, and it's just...
01:09:45
Speaker
Yeah, it's a mess. Don't love it. Yeah, so that was my curveball for you at the end. I had that planned the whole time. so i like it. I was was ready. Mike, give us some closing thoughts, and we'll get out of here.
Super Bowl Speculations and Season Recap
01:09:59
Speaker
Yeah, I mean, overall, it is ah it is going to be good to see two different teams in the Super Bowl. It will pain me a lot if the Patriots win the Super Bowl because, you know, honestly, they needed to suffer a little bit longer. But, you know, that is what it is. so But, you know, i think it's ah it's been a great football season. um It's been a great college football season.
Mendoza to Raiders: A Sin City Match?
01:10:21
Speaker
um Jordan, how do you feel about ah Mendoza being a Raider here in a couple months?
01:10:26
Speaker
Oh, boy. It's going be interesting. I'll say that. going to real interesting. Him and Sin City. I would just love to watch that, to be honest with you. Dear Lord, and carry your Bibles around. No, thanks for having me on today. It's always a lot of fun, and it's just ah it's good ah good to
Farewell and Seahawks' Support
01:10:44
Speaker
catch up. And, hey, let's let's let's go to Seahawks this Sunday. All right, guys. i'll ah I'll talk to you next week, and enjoy your weekend of football.
01:11:01
Speaker
Yeah, I know. He'll be getting married to you. And so, try my feelings.
01:11:16
Speaker
Damn rich. Peanut butter guts and a Lamborghini bro. You must have white bread. Let's make a sandwich. I ain't never seen money like you got. Nobody got that kind of money in the boondocks. So if you take me up and show me the balcony looking over the Hollywood Valley, I'll make your balloon pop.