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EPISODE 71 - SUPER BOWL PREVIEW!
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Super Bowl Week Hype
00:00:00
Savage Boston
Alright guys, welcome back to the Savage Boston Podcast. We are here today. it is February 3rd and this is Super Bowl week. Finally made it and we're just, I don't know, just five days away. About 8.30 at night.
00:00:16
Savage Boston
Here with the OG crew, with Snooty Boston on Twitter. go follow him on Twitter and and our guy Brett. And I'm Scott, host of Savage Boston Pod. So introductions out of the way this is like this is crunch time you know beyond crunch time this is the week leading up to the super bowl um it's kind of you know media week and lot of funny kind of silly material coming out because i feel like these guys are just getting there's just like a lot of exposure like a lot more than they're used to so you guys like think drake was on the mic for like 40 minutes or something the other night people asking all sorts of crazy questions so um there's been a lot of kind of uh emphasis on that stuff and and media stuff i feel like i don't know if it's just me but i feel like no one's actually covering the game you like the matchup like i don't know i don't know how you guys feel when you when are you kicking now just just to have you noticed like are people not even really talking much about the game itself how do you guys feel
00:01:15
Snooty
I think there's less coverage, it feels like, than previous years.
Patriots as Underdogs
00:01:21
Snooty
um I mean, Meteor Row or Radio Row or whatever is always a shit show. They always just end up bringing...
00:01:28
Savage Boston
Thank you.
00:01:28
Snooty
you know, random people on, you know, guests and stuff like that. um I also think part of that is because it feels everybody seems to think the Seahawks are going to win and pretty handily or pretty easily. So Patriots aren't getting much, if if any respect, really. So I think that's playing into it too.
00:01:47
Snooty
I think the other part of it is it's kind of like, ah they were talking about this in Zill zo Bertrand, like it's a It's not really a star-studded affair, right? It's not two teams that are, like, star-studded. It's a little bit more younger, up-and-coming on Seattle's side and a little bit more, you know, establishing itself in terms of, like, Gonzalez and May and stuff like that on the
Chaotic Media Day
00:02:08
Snooty
Patriots' side. So I think that's playing a part of it. um i don't know. I mean, I like the Patriots not getting any respect. I like it. I like them not talking about them, talking them up.
00:02:17
Snooty
I think that plays right to Brandon Vrabel's hands, right where they want to be.
00:02:21
Savage Boston
Yeah.
00:02:22
Bret
um Everyone loves the underdog story. um i think typically with Superbowl, Especially the first like couple of days when everyone just kind of gets settled in San Francisco and all the teams arrive and they got media day and all of that stuff.
00:02:37
Bret
It's a lot of stuff that's not football related. And you know you go to media day, there's just so many reporters from so many different walks of life that are just asking the most obscenely absurd shit that – Sometimes it's
Seahawks' Defensive Strengths
00:02:54
Bret
funny. Sometimes it's like, what are we even doing? You know, asking Rabel if this is a must win game. It's like, I don't I don't even know how you straight face respond to that other than just saying, well, yeah, this is a Super Bowl.
00:03:08
Bret
So it's it's a lot of that in the first couple of days. I think it's going to start ratcheting up as we get a little bit closer. um But, yeah, I also agree with Snooty. I don't think there's a ton of respect being thrown our way.
00:03:22
Bret
i think a lot of people are looking at it and talking about how the NFC game was really the Super Bowl and that we're going to get steamrolled, which I love to be in the underdog spot because, i mean, people keep underestimating us.
00:03:36
Bret
i don't I think Seattle's good. They're not, like, all-time great. They're not – Super elite. I mean, I think it's definitely going to be a tough challenge, but I mean, I hate to say it, but I'm more scared about going against the bills than I would be going against Seahawks. Like if you said you have to go against the bills 10 times, you have to go against the Seahawks 10 times. I'd feel like we'd win more games against the Seahawks.
00:03:59
Bret
So I think it's one of those things where both teams are up and coming and establishing. I think we got a few more stars on our side that are going to help us, even though they're young. And I think we got better coaching by and large.
00:04:15
Bret
So that experience from the coaching side and then the just the raw talent that we have, I think, is going to help shine in certain spots.
Patriots' Offensive Strategies
00:04:24
Bret
And I just don't see Seattle being as big, but we're just not getting any respect. And that's why I think it's kind of like a nothing piece to start off the, you know, beginning of the week at Super Bowl.
00:04:36
Savage Boston
Well, to just establish, so there's one advanced stat, right? DVOA, defensive value over average. And so basically ah per DVOA, this Seattle, this this is going to be surprising, but this Seattle Seahawks team is like seventh.
00:04:53
Savage Boston
It's the ranked seventh out of the last, I think out of the last 20, 25 years, it's like the seventh best DVOA team. Something like the 2007 Patriots that we say is like the juggernaut, they were third.
00:05:01
Bret
but I'm thinking about it.
00:05:06
Savage Boston
This team's seventh. Like that's how solid they've been just because their defense is really good and their offense has been performing really well. They just have good offense, good defense. And I guess maybe the DVOA values the schedule a lot too, which is why this Patriots team gets no respect than DVOA because – it's so heavily ways scheduling.
00:05:24
Savage Boston
Um, so just, I definitely to go into the Seahawks a little bit, like I, I respect the team, obviously, like i understand why they're being picked, right? Like I can get people's rationale.
00:05:35
Savage Boston
They've been a good team. They have all the metrics, their defense is outstanding.
00:05:36
Bret
Thank you.
00:05:39
Savage Boston
They have a good defensive front, good secondary, like they have solid talent everywhere. Kind of like the Texans without like the stud edge roles, but like, they're just really talented everywhere.
00:05:49
Savage Boston
Um, And they, so they run a lot of nickel. They stay in nickel the entire game basically. Right. So they have a five, fifth like DB. And so they stay in nickel like all game because and people talked about, and they should talk about him, but Nick, Nick Emanuori, or how do you spell say his name? Nick Emanuori, who's a recent draft pick. And it's just a freak athlete.
00:06:11
Savage Boston
Like I remember seeing as his, his combine footage, the guy he's, he had an incredible combine, like he 42 inch vertical. Like he's just, it was incredible. So, They basically, you know, Mike McDonald comes from the Ravens, comes over a couple years ago, sees how they play with Kyle Hamilton, how effective Kyle Hamilton is as a nickel.
00:06:30
Savage Boston
So you can have them be in the box as a big linebacker, as a small linebacker and be effective in the box. Then you don't have to change personnel. Then you're just already in nickel and you can drop them back.
00:06:41
Savage Boston
So the defensive style is obviously really,
Dual-Threat Challenges
00:06:45
Savage Boston
really effective. And it's worked all year for people because of that key player.
00:06:48
Bret
Thank you.
00:06:49
Savage Boston
And the Patriots don't have someone that can do that same thing. Like they don't have that player this year. I mean, people, someone said like, you know, Marcus Jones or something, but like creeping down to blitz a little bit, but that's not, that's not the same ballpark. It's not the same type of player. So I know. What are you going to, how do you actually feel about the Seahawks defense and how they've been kind of playing?
00:07:13
Snooty
think I think you kind of touched on something that kind of gives me hope is that the strength of their defense, not unlike the Patriots, is not on the edge. It's up the middle. right It's their 2D tackles.
00:07:24
Snooty
Leonard Williams is you know is's all everything.
00:07:25
Savage Boston
Byron Murphy.
00:07:27
Snooty
Byron Murphy, he sits in a really good technical. He sits in the 2I and you know plays that whole thing, which a larger discussion point is everyone keeps tight.
00:07:32
Savage Boston
Yeah.
00:07:36
Snooty
They're like oh, cover six, and he sits in ah in a 2I.
00:07:39
Savage Boston
We can go into the cover six thing if you want.
00:07:41
Snooty
I'm like, I know, but I'm like,
00:07:42
Savage Boston
Yeah.
00:07:43
Snooty
Like, yeah, okay. ah Like, every... You show me a defense, i can I can design a play to beat it. You show me, ah ah you know, an offensive play, I can design a defense to beat it. Like, i eat any play can be beaten. It's not like it's, like, invincible. Right? So, I think...
00:07:57
Snooty
this The strength of theirs kind of matches up better than, say, Houston's D-line does. Because Houston's D-line, obviously the d i mean their D-tackles are good as well, but like their D-ends were otherworldly.
00:08:08
Snooty
right like Will Anderson's a freak. And that's like on your weakest spot is your left tackle probably.
00:08:10
Savage Boston
Yeah.
00:08:14
Snooty
right So I think you're in a little bit more of an advantageous position than you would be um if it were versus the Houston line. um I mean, they're going to have to it's going to be a big Josh McDaniels game. They're going to have to scheme guys open. They're going to have to get guys going. I mean, and I think you're going to have to take shots at some point because I don't think.
00:08:35
Snooty
Yes, Witherspoon is very good, but I think. There's opportunities for bigger plays. I mean, I think that's happened. I know the Rams beat them a few times, and that's not necessarily because of who the Rams have, although certainly Puka is po is a freak.
00:08:50
Snooty
I'm not saying that. But, like, you can get guys open. There can be busts at times against this this secondary. So you're going to take you're gonna have to be willing to take shots. It's the only way. I don't see them dinking dunking their way down the field um a lot.
00:09:02
Savage Boston
Yeah, there are two saw in there.
00:09:02
Snooty
They're going to have to get chunk plays at some point, be it in the pass game or the run game. So, I mean... It's going to be a tough matchup. They're a good defense. I don't personally think they're better than Houston's defense.
00:09:15
Snooty
Um, and you can move the ball a little bit on Houston, but I feel like Will Campbell's going to be a little bit healthier with another couple of weeks. I feel like he's going to have a better game just based on the matchup. And I think, um,
00:09:27
Snooty
think they can scheme some stuff up in the run game to get to get Henderson possibly going, going outside instead of trying to run him up the middle between the tackles. um He's obviously not seeing the seeing the field well at the moment. he's he's As much as Drake Mays been sped up, Travion Henderson has been sped up for
Seattle's Run Game Tactics
00:09:46
Snooty
a couple weeks now.
00:09:47
Savage Boston
Yeah. Brad, how do you feel about their D?
00:09:51
Bret
They're elite, right? So that it's going to be a hard match. I agree with Snooty. It's different matchup than some of the other teams because of what they can do up the middle versus on the edge, which I think helps us for a guy like Henderson to get him outside to the edge where he just seems to perform better off tackle. So we'll see. I think it's really going to come down to our ability to establish the run.
00:10:16
Bret
If we can establish the run, it's just going to open everything up offensively for us. If we struggle to establish the run, then I think it's going to be really hard for us to try and get anything over the top, try to run anything with play action and get some guys freed up.
00:10:31
Savage Boston
Hmm.
00:10:32
Bret
force the defensive backs to get honest. You talk about the versatility. Like if they feel like they have to bring people up front, well, then that's going to open up things behind, right? So to me, it's going to come down to our ability to run the game, which is also what I think is going to come down to from our ability on the defensive side. It's going to be running.
00:10:54
Bret
Whichever team gets the ability to run the ball and can do it effectively and consistently when they need to be, I think that's going to just open things up. If you can't, I think it's going to be a super tight game because I i think Seattle's got some weapons offensively, but I think if we can bottle up the run game – and just bracket JSN, I think it's going to be hard for them to be like, Sam Darnold, come beat us.
00:11:20
Bret
And I'll just throw in the caveat that I do think Drake may has the potential here to get some good rushing yards, right? I think he has the ability to escape and get out. We saw him do that, obviously, in the AFC championship game, ah not only to win the game in Sela, but he had, you know,
00:11:36
Bret
big rush earlier in the game that like, it just helps to open things up. So him being a dual threat and being able to get some rushing there, I think is going to be helpful too. ah Really cliche. Don't turn the ball over. Right. If we don't turn the ball over, that's going to be beneficial for us. But I think at the end of the day, this is just going to come down to our ability to run the ball.
00:11:59
Bret
I think it's going to be more Mondre than it is going to be Henderson just based on their challenges. But I think they're going to try to do a couple of home run hits with Henderson, and see if he can pop outside and make ah make it go. But get the run game going.
00:12:12
Bret
Just keep doing it until it works.
00:12:12
Savage Boston
Yeah.
00:12:15
Savage Boston
Well, I want to give that shout out because we mentioned the cover six thing. Warren Sharpe had a great had a great video in that earlier today that I think a lot of people watch where, you know, he's like an analytic guy online and and he had a great video, a lot of stats about Drake May versus cover six.
00:12:19
Snooty
Thank
00:12:30
Savage Boston
The Felger and Mass today touched on the cover six thing for a minute and they was they were kind of they seemed a little confused. All the cover six means is right. It's like one half of the field is cover two and the other half is quarters. And so you basically have like cover two on one side where you have the corner is going to like go and kind of sit in the flat and you're going to safety over the top there. And then the other half of the field, basically the corner doesn't play the flat, they play off and they play that quarter of the field.
00:12:58
Savage Boston
And so, and then the linebackers are all going to sit like in a zone somewhere and they basically protect like a curl or, whatever. So, but um yeah, it's, so Warren Sharp with his, with his really solid video, go check it out. And he basically saying like, you know, Buffalo played a ton of cover six and the problem with cover six, it's not, if you know that it's coming, I'm sure they could drop a play to beat cover two. You do the whole shot or you, whatever you find a way to do us you know, sit in the zone, right? You're going to, you have plays that you can beat cover two. The problem is,
00:13:33
Savage Boston
identifying that they're in this coverage. And that seems to be what they're struggling with, or at least Drake is. And I don't know why didn't identify that well, like versus man, he's been stellar versus the blitz. He's stellar, you know, like even verse just, I guess, normal cover two. He's been great. Like Drake had such a good season, but when defenses are disguising a lot and mixing it up, it's obviously making it really hard for Drake to recognize the coverage.
00:13:58
Savage Boston
and to perform well. So, I mean, as we said, a lot of this is on Joshua Daniels. What is he going to do to scheme it? How is he going to make this this game? um You know, you you have to sustain drives at some point. You can't just do just deep shots. It can't be like, if it's like the Texans game, like, yeah, they ended up doing enough in that game to win, but it can't be like that every game. Like they punted eight times that game. Like, you know, you can't do that and win the Superbowl. Like you Drake has to play well.
00:14:27
Savage Boston
has to be on and he needs his players to play a well around him too. Like Hunter Henry has to step up, has to catch the ball. Like he's kind of had a dud of a last couple games, a bunch of drops.
00:14:37
Savage Boston
Like you need players around him to perform better. So, so yeah, I understand Seattle's defense is really good.
00:14:41
Bret
Thank you.
00:14:46
Savage Boston
Their D line is really good. You know, I guess the next question would be like, let's throw it a snooty. What, what is what do the Patriots have to do in offense to, to kind of
Exploiting Seattle's Weaknesses
00:14:56
Savage Boston
expose Seattle's defense.
00:14:58
Snooty
Um, i mean, I think kind of like Brett said, they have to at least be willing to maintain the run. Um, Seattle is very good at getting pressure with four guys. They don't blitz a ton.
00:15:09
Snooty
Um, and they get pressure with four guys. So you have to hold up up front just in general. i mean, it's cliche, but it's going to be one in the trenches. If you, if you keep Drake may clean, um, even if it's just opening up rushing lanes, um, where he can kind of escape if no one's open, pick up yards that way. Um,
00:15:30
Snooty
I think the other part of it is
00:15:35
Snooty
um they have to... i keep coming back to it. like You have to keep getting like some level of trunk play as well. like You have to be able to test the defense and stretch them. You have to trust your guys at some point. how you've lived all year. It's how you got to this point. You can't just abandon that. You can't abandon your identity altogether. um I don't know if they...
00:15:56
Snooty
They have to do more probably than they did against, certainly more than they did against the Broncos, but I don't know if they have to do that much more than they did against the Texans, to be honest with you. If they can slow down the seat Seattle's offense, then you can get in that type of game. And if they're in that type of game, I mean, shit, they'll take it, I'll take it.
00:16:12
Snooty
you know Seattle might even take it. like That's a close game, but you know if you tell me that it's going to be a three-point game in the Super Bowl, I would be pretty fucking happy at that point because that means you're in it.
00:16:23
Savage Boston
Yeah.
00:16:23
Bret
I mean, 28 points that we put up against Houston. Obviously, you got the defensive pick six, but 28 points is good. I mean, and we showed we had enough flashes. Yeah, there's going to be some drives where it's just going to be third and up, right? And it's just not going to happen for us. But they're also going to do the same thing. Like, it's not like they're just going to go out and steamroll us. I think it's going to be tight for – They're really going.
00:16:49
Bret
um And, yeah, I think there's going to be some things that open up. To me, like I said, the biggest thing that I think is the X factor is going to be Drake May's ability to escape and just be Drake May, right? He's, even though statistically not been great the last three games, obviously the weather's been a major factor in that, combined it against elite-level defenses and then apparently a ah right shoulder injury.
00:17:15
Bret
He's still been able to go out and make – like elite level play that goes and wins you the game. And he obviously had some flashes um here and there and then kind of put it out a little bit. So the the offense hasn't been clicking on all cylinders. It's not all on Drake may for the outcome, but I think,
00:17:40
Bret
for what we need to do, Drake needs to have a great game. we We can't have Drake come out there, throw 50% for completion and turn the ball over.
00:17:43
Snooty
Thank you.
00:17:50
Bret
Like it, it'll be a recipe for disaster. We'll get steamrolled. But if Drake comes out there and does like a serviceable level game, 65-70% completion.
00:18:00
Bret
If he doesn't turn the ball over, i think that's going to be major help for us, obviously. I just think he's such an X-factor guy that he just opens things up that even though you go against a team like Seattle where you'd say, yeah, they're elite-level defense, Drake can do special things.
00:18:18
Bret
And he can just pop it out out of nowhere and then just opens the entire game up. It's very much... like a Josh Allen type where you never feel like you're truly out of the game because of the elite level talent.
00:18:31
Snooty
I don't think he can come out as slow as he has been in the first half.
00:18:31
Bret
dont think
00:18:36
Snooty
I don't think you can survive that against the Seattle team. That's playing with fire. You might be able to, if you can, if you can equally slow them down, but
00:18:44
Savage Boston
Unless he becomes a hero of some sort or you know it does does something we don't see coming.
00:18:47
Snooty
right. That's what saying. Like, or unless like Sam Donald shits down his leg and all of a sudden it's like, Oh great. It's ah another great fucking 10, seven rock fight we got going on. You know, I, he,
00:18:56
Bret
And that's just that's just it. Like, have to say, the amount, like, people just act like Sam Darnold essentially figured the whole thing out and now is basically a top 10 caliber quarterback.
00:19:08
Bret
And I look at it and say, i get it. He's done well. But, like, it's not like they're going against elite-level defenses. the The Rams weren't a great defense. The Niners were not a great defense. Like, these weren't great defense. Cardinals weren't a good defense. So it's not like he's going against these all-caliber defensive teams that just, ah you know, he had to figure it out and do some great things. They run the ball really effectively.
00:19:34
Bret
That's just why I said they got to stop the run. And he's got one of the best wide receivers in the entire league. And then I think like they have some pieces there, too, that can help make things happen. But I just.
00:19:47
Bret
I don't know, maybe I'm too far removed from Darnold. I just have a hard time looking at Darnold and saying that guy scares me.
00:19:54
Savage Boston
Well, I want to i wanna to throw out a couple stats, just looking at Seattle's team stats. So, I mean, I think this is kind of interesting. You know, they basically during the regular, I think these are just regular season stats, might be postseason, but they ran the ball 50% of the time. They're dead split, run run past 50%, which that was second and second in football.
00:20:15
Savage Boston
how often they run. So they, they wanted to run the ball a lot. Chart, uh, Charbonnet, whatever his name being out with his ACL or whatever, like that's, that's still a big blow, even though that obviously they've, they've rolled this, you know, this post season, they've, they've played them really well, but they run the ball a lot.
00:20:28
Bret
I mean, ku koac Kubiak's like to run the ball.
00:20:31
Snooty
Thank
00:20:32
Bret
Yeah.
00:20:32
Savage Boston
Yeah, dude. He, I mean, they run a lot, right. They get a lot of rush yards game. They, they, they rushed almost 30 attempts a game, fifth in the league. And again, 50% of the time, And against their defense against the rush is ah opponent yards per rush, 3.8. They're best in football.
00:20:50
Savage Boston
Number one. Number one against the rush. I mean, so it's like, you know, compared to like opponent yards per pass against 6.2, second in football. Like, again, they've they've had a really good defense. they're obviously doing something really, really well with their scheme.
00:21:05
Savage Boston
ah McDonald's been excellent. So you can't hate on them for any of that. Like, you maybe you might be able to – you think they must be playing from ahead because they, they opponents pass for an average of 35 attempts a game.
00:21:18
Savage Boston
So clearly Saddle's ahead a lot.
00:21:19
Snooty
you
00:21:20
Savage Boston
So people are trying to play catch up like Matthew Stafford, throw, throw, throw, throw or throw. Right. So they're getting ahead in the game. They're running the ball and their defense has been elite.
Key Players and Injuries
00:21:30
Savage Boston
So like, I understand why people look at this stuff and they're like, oh they're going dog. Like, I think it's crazy to say they're going to dominate, but from stats aside from what I've looked up the last couple of days in the games where they've struggled. And obviously we know the Patriots have watched every effing game. Seattle has played this season. The games they've struggled makes sense.
00:21:50
Savage Boston
Like against the Colts, they beat the Colts 18 to 16. They couldn't run the ball. Well, I looked up the stats. They really struggled running the football. And I think if they're, if they can't establish the run, then it's like passing so obvious passing situations with Donald where you, you,
00:22:07
Savage Boston
you know, pin your ears back and go rush and blitz Darnold. You can get some pressure and you can rattle them. I think that's basically going to to be the only recipe. The good news is, and this is again, why I'm confused why people just are saying magically the Patriots are going to get blown out. The Patriots have been incredible against the run recently, like incredible. They've been dominant. The tackles, Blaine hopefully is healthy. They've been so good against the run.
00:22:32
Savage Boston
And, um, Why do people think, throw it back to you guys, why do people think the Patriots won't be able to stop the run and affect Darnold? Like, why why don't why do they think that? That's confusing to me.
00:22:46
Snooty
Because once Milton Williams went out and they had that four game and they had those marquee games against Buffalo and Baltimore when everybody was looking, that's when they started to give up stuff on the ground, right?
00:22:58
Savage Boston
With no Williams and no Spillane.
00:23:00
Snooty
Correct.
00:23:00
Savage Boston
Yeah.
00:23:01
Snooty
So then they come back.
00:23:02
Bret
Well, and just to throw in, we were also down Tonga, so we were losing rotation guys.
00:23:06
Snooty
Correct. No, no.
00:23:08
Bret
Like, it was it all was right up the middle.
00:23:08
Snooty
Right.
00:23:11
Bret
Injured happened at the same time, and then all of a sudden we were in a great rush defense.
00:23:13
Snooty
Sure.
00:23:15
Snooty
But then Williams comes back, Tonga comes back, Spillane comes back, and then they go they play significantly better against the run the last two regular season games, but it's like Jets and Dolphins, so no one looks.
00:23:26
Savage Boston
Bad pretending they didn't would win three consecutive fucking games in the postseason to get to the Super Bowl.
00:23:28
Snooty
And then it's apparently they didn't play anybody. played a bunch of cupcakes in the whole fucking playoffs, right? So that's the whole thing is they're like, oh, it's five games, but it's against shit opponent.
00:23:42
Snooty
And like, so...
00:23:42
Savage Boston
It's like blowing my mind. Like are just like pretending it didn't exist. Like it just magically showed up and it's the fucking Super Bowl.
00:23:48
Snooty
So here's my thing. This entire game defensively comes down to the interior defensive line of the Patriots. All right? The weakest spots on Seattle's roster are their center and especially their right guard.
00:24:01
Snooty
And I know he's playing well. Zabel at left guard. But he's a fucking rookie, too. Everybody keeps talking about our rookies on the online.
00:24:07
Savage Boston
Good luck.
00:24:08
Snooty
He's a...
00:24:08
Savage Boston
Good luck against Lake Milton Williams. Good luck.
00:24:10
Snooty
Right.
00:24:10
Savage Boston
That's all I'm saying.
00:24:10
Snooty
He's a fucking rookie, too.
00:24:12
Savage Boston
Yeah.
00:24:12
Snooty
Well, meet Milton Williams. Meet Christian Barmore. Meet Tonga. Meet fucking... Durgan and fucking everybody else are going to throw in there. Okay. That's where they're going to have to. That's how they're going to have to stop the run is up the middle. That's how they're going to have to get pressure. Stunt, twist, blitz, all that shit. You got to get right and in Darnold's face. Darnold's sneaky athletic. He can move. He doesn't, but he can. He's, he can move better. He's not Stafford. He was like a literal statue out there. He can move a little bit. but he doesn't want to. He's, that's not where he's good.
00:24:43
Snooty
That's where the whole game is going to be. One. That's, that's, that's what it is.
00:24:46
Bret
Yeah.
00:24:47
Snooty
If you can get pressure, especially quick pressure, you can shut a lot of that shit down and you can really make them get, you can get them in the mud. You get them in the mud and all of a sudden it's a fucking good. That's where we live.
00:24:57
Snooty
That's where we thrive in the mud.
00:24:58
Savage Boston
Dude, they turn the ball over too, by the way. They're 31st in football.
00:25:01
Snooty
Right.
00:25:02
Savage Boston
they give it They take it away one and a half turnovers a game. They take it away really well. They give it away one and a half a game.
00:25:08
Snooty
Patriots have a better turnover jeff features have a better turnerover differential than the Seahawks.
00:25:08
Savage Boston
Like, they're not that good. They turn over the football.
00:25:12
Snooty
I think they're only plus one. At 14-3 or or whatever the hell they were.
00:25:16
Savage Boston
Yeah, no, they're like a dead even.
00:25:16
Snooty
They're plus one.
00:25:17
Savage Boston
they date they They give it away as much as they take it
00:25:18
Snooty
That's insane. Right.
Emotional Buildup and Predictions
00:25:21
Snooty
He turned the ball over the most of any quarterback in the NFL.
00:25:25
Savage Boston
think there's a I think there's a recipe here.
00:25:25
Snooty
Darnold did.
00:25:27
Savage Boston
yeah I know understand the offense has just not been it's not been where they want it. Do you know what I understand that. it's like it's it's The offense has is been the offense, and for, i'm sure, a million reasons, other than playing like elite, elite defenses. But like I think I got concerned watching the Broncos game. like they should have They should have played better in that game. The offense should have played better, especially in the beginning. They should have had some sort of ability to sustain a drive. They had an abysmal first half.
00:25:55
Savage Boston
Abysmal.
00:25:56
Snooty
I think they might have had a better second half if the weather didn't go banana.
00:26:00
Savage Boston
They drove the ball well in the second half.
00:26:01
Bret
Yeah, they came out they came out strong right before the weather came in and they were moving the ball.
00:26:02
Savage Boston
Yeah.
00:26:06
Savage Boston
Yeah.
00:26:06
Bret
ah I'll also pivot back to the defense, just throw in the fact that like Gonzo might be the best defensive back that JSN's gone against this year. Like, and I, we talked about it before, right? Milton Williams and Gonzo, the team is undefeated on the road with those guys when they're playing.
00:26:27
Bret
It's just those guys. I mean, that's, that's like the recipe. If you're going to build a defense, you need an elite level defensive lineman that can get pressure and you need a shutdown corner.
00:26:38
Bret
And we got both. So if I do think we need to bracket a little bit to give Gonzo some help over the top. So we don't have what happened to Gonzo and Hawkins, which i really think was on Hawkins, didn't slide over and whatnot. Like I do think we need to give Gonzo a little bit of pressure depending on what we're asking him to do because I also anticipate Gonzo is going to have to come up on the edge to help with the rush.
00:27:01
Bret
So we can't just assume that Gonzo can man him up and JSN's his assignment. But I do think Gonzo can handle JSN for a good amount. And if he has to over the top and he has to stay honest for the run, he's got support over the top that's going to help us out. So to me, it's it's crazy to think about.
00:27:21
Bret
Because leading into the playoffs, like we were talking about matchups and what we thought, and we trusted our offense at the end of the season and said, I'd rather my offense be able to figure out against really tough defense than my defense be able to shut down a really good offense.
00:27:38
Snooty
Yeah.
00:27:38
Bret
But our defense got incredibly healthy, and then they schematically switched things up to confuse offenses at a really great level.
00:27:50
Bret
So i just i think it's funny how that's totally flipped the script. And now we're looking at it saying we trust our defense to figure it out against our offense and create pressure and create turnovers.
00:28:04
Bret
It's our offense. Can they find a way to break through this defense?
00:28:08
Savage Boston
And just on Darnold, so, like, without this, it's tough because this last game against the Rams broke the mold where he just showed up and he had a great day. He had 346 passing, three TDs, no picks.
00:28:19
Savage Boston
He just lit it up.
00:28:19
Bret
Because the Rams' defense is not good.
00:28:22
Savage Boston
They're not that good. I understand. The three games before that, two of them were against the Niners, who if the Niners were healthy, they could have really given them a run. But, like, his last game against Carolina, the Niners and Niners, he threw for 147, 198, then 124.
00:28:37
Savage Boston
He didn't have to throw in the last one because they blew him out. But like, it's not like he's lighting the world on fire in a lot of these games, you know, like, and and I know he had a way more subpar second half of the season than the first half, which a lot of quarterbacks do, including, you know, technically Drake.
00:28:53
Savage Boston
um But yeah, it's basically like Darnold hasn't been amazing. Like I do, there is a real pathway here to shut them down in a win. But you just gotta execute. You gotta play, you gotta execute. There's no, and this is the hardest thing. Like games aren't won on paper. Like the Superbowl always weird.
00:29:14
Savage Boston
ah You know, there's weird betting stats. Like when the last 12 times that a number one seed has played at the opposite number two seed, um the number one seed is two and 10.
00:29:26
Snooty
Yeah.
00:29:27
Savage Boston
They lose a ton. The one seed loses a ton. It's so weird.
00:29:30
Snooty
And I think the only... The last two to win were two Patriots teams, I think, if I recall.
00:29:37
Savage Boston
It's probably 2016. They were
00:29:39
Snooty
I think it was o three and...
00:29:40
Savage Boston
disgusting
00:29:43
Snooty
16 or something it was like something weird where it was like oh, okay, that makes sense Brady's the exception like I'm gonna invoke some very painful memories on this one, but the game plan is 07 Giants With a better quarterback.
00:29:46
Bret
Thank you.
00:29:47
Savage Boston
yeah
00:29:59
Snooty
That's the game plan is just own the game with your D line, muck it up, bring it down to a lower level, and then have your quarterback make some plays.
00:30:09
Snooty
and I'm not saying fucking helmet catch or whatever, but like that's the game plan, right?
00:30:14
Savage Boston
but you got pressure you gotta you gotta get you can blit like um flora is blitzed when they shut them down flora's blitzed 60 of the time he blitzed
00:30:23
Snooty
They, so the Vikings I think lost 26, nothing, but they,
00:30:26
Savage Boston
yeah yeah he it couldn't function yeah
00:30:27
Snooty
fucking destroyed Sam Darnold. Like, Darnold couldn't do shit. Yeah. So I forget who was breaking it down. They were like, you instinct like instinctively, you wouldn't think to pick like that game to be the one to model after, and given they won 26-0. But like they didn't do shit that game. darnel ah Flores had him in a blender. He had that entire offense in a blender.
00:30:51
Snooty
Flores elite. is Flores.
00:30:52
Savage Boston
Yeah, he's a very good D coordinator.
00:30:53
Snooty
for for it
00:30:54
Bret
Well, i'm sure we I'm sure we watched that tape.
00:30:57
Snooty
Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah.
00:30:58
Bret
yeah
00:30:59
Savage Boston
Yes.
00:30:59
Bret
There's been so much tape. There's been so much stuff on these people. That's what I mean. like I just think it's going to be – i think every I think both teams are going to be tight. To your point, Snooty, earlier about like he has to come out firing, I think both teams come out really tight.
00:31:16
Bret
I think they're both trying to establish a run. I think they play really safe throws. I expect a lot of nerves in this game because there's really not a lot of people that have – there's a lot of people that have been there. this is their first time.
00:31:28
Bret
um So I expect it to be pretty tight at halftime, and then I expect the second half to just open up.
00:31:36
Snooty
I didn't say come out firing. I just said he can't be horrible. So like I'm not saying come out and start winging it around in empty set formations.
00:31:40
Bret
Yeah.
00:31:43
Snooty
I'm saying like, I'm saying like you can't come out and yeah, you can't come out and smoke the bunnies, right?
00:31:44
Bret
Hey, you Drake, 23-year-old Drake.
00:31:50
Snooty
Like you got to take what's thick.
00:31:51
Savage Boston
Come on, sling him.
00:31:52
Snooty
If you get little easy shit, you got to hit it. You got to take it. Like that's, that's what you have to do. Um, I'm not saying go empty set and all right, Drake, here we go. QB draw fucking day and shit like that. Like, but you know, that's the the, he can't be bad.
00:32:10
Snooty
He can't be bad to start. They need, they need a decent, decent game. He can't be as cold as he has been the past couple games in the first half.
00:32:19
Bret
No.
00:32:19
Savage Boston
yeah it's just so much of it is like things again, where it's just so much scheme, like, you know, Drake has the ability, you just hope they give them enough to diagnose the defense. And, you know, again, like with Seattle, like, i don't know how confusing Seattle is going make their defense again, how much pre-snap, like they're really well coached on defense. Like,
00:32:42
Savage Boston
Do they, like when we talked about Houston, we're like, they don't have to confuse you because they're so good.
00:32:48
Snooty
Mm-hmm.
00:32:48
Savage Boston
Seattle's kind of like that. We're like, they are really, really good everywhere.
00:32:50
Bret
Yeah.
00:32:51
Savage Boston
They're really good.
00:32:52
Bret
I expect that to be the case.
00:32:54
Savage Boston
But like, they're probably going to try to confuse Drake. Cause they see it too. And they're like, all right, they need to do a couple of things. Like to beat Drake, you can't let them run the ball on you. Like they have to somehow spy Drake, not don't let them run.
00:33:06
Savage Boston
Don't let them out of the pocket, you know, beat up on the left side of the Patriots line. you know, confuse him post snap, pre snap. Like there's, there's ways that they're obviously they're doing the same shit we're doing. It's like, how do you confuse them? How do you, how do you, how do you mix this up?
00:33:22
Savage Boston
And like, I don't know. I mean, i think they're going to go watch that first half against the Broncos and be like, what did the Broncos do there? Why? Like the Patriots couldn't function for a half.
00:33:35
Bret
Watch the second half of the Bills game back in December.
00:33:39
Savage Boston
Yeah, was well, that was that cover six game that Warren Sharpe's talking about where they just switched the defense. Drake couldn't tell what they were in.
00:33:46
Bret
Yeah.
00:33:47
Savage Boston
and
00:33:47
Bret
Well, and they they talked about it. McDermott had like the Bills change their defense eight times in like a single like set. like The first three and out, the next three and out, whatever, he just kept changing it up.
00:34:00
Bret
So, yeah, McDermott was, I think, the first one to really like confuse Drake to no end in that game. So if you want a script, that's what you do. I do think Seattle's probably going to play it conservative here as well, and I don't think they're going to deviate. I think they're going to basically do what they do and then see what happens. I'm sure if things start to – if they start to struggle, then I think they'll start mixing it up. I don't see them coming out early and trying to – disguise things on Drake.
00:34:33
Savage Boston
But this is where the the McDaniels offense is more challenging than a Shanahan offense is because McDaniels is like, all right, you have the keys to the test, get to the line, you call the coverage and you can dictate the play versus the Shanahan offense, which is like what just classic West Coast where they're like, all right, get up and run the play.
00:34:54
Savage Boston
Like you go, here's the play. you're looking at this side of the field and this is the play we're running. And I'm sure they have come to the line with like two plays or something and they can auto check out. But like, there's, there's way more diagnosing that Drake's doing for more than like, again, you're just running a West coast play, like go run it, you know? And, and I think that's the West coast offense works for a lot of people for good reason. It makes it simple.
00:35:21
Savage Boston
And if you have talented players, That's great. I mean, look at le at that stafford' Stafford's offense, how they ran that with, especially when you have talented guys like Puka Nakua, like the way Puka runs routes, he is insane, man. Like he's so freaking good. Same with JSN. I mean, they're really, really talented players. They they can really make the offense go.
00:35:43
Savage Boston
So I think, I guess next question would be along the lines of, did the Patriots have enough talent on ah offense to get separation? Like, did they have enough there? Is this group at wide receiver talented enough to, to win this, win this game?
00:35:59
Snooty
um I mean, it's more scheme-reliant than anything. They're going to have to draw plays to get guys open. And a big piece of that is I expect to see lots of motion to try to determine coverage so they can, again, to your point, check into the appropriate play. I think they said something about it in the Broncos game, the broadcast, was saying they want to break the huddle with, like, you know, 22 seconds or something left on the play clock, and that's because they want to get up to the line so McDaniels can help them, you know, identify the coverage and getting the right play.
00:36:30
Snooty
So, I mean, yeah, it's more scheme reliant, but I think they, they can get open. They can, they can make plays and we put it that way.
00:36:37
Bret
Yeah, the only one I trust to get open is digs on a slant or a dig route. That's the only one I think will get separation to get enough to get ah be open. Other than that, I think it's going to be schematically, and that's why, again, I'll circle back to the run. If they can get a run and then get the play action, that could freeze things up a little bit and get booty over the top or you know pop might break loose a little bit. But no, if it's if we can't establish the run,
00:37:07
Bret
and our wide receivers and tight ends need to separate, we're fucked.
00:37:14
Snooty
I mean, it could be a Kyle Williams game. He's faster than anybody.
00:37:18
Savage Boston
Yeah.
00:37:19
Bret
He's fast, but it is good enough on his routes.
00:37:20
Savage Boston
Do you see his route he ran with it that ball Drake threw him? People were going, it was a little off.
00:37:24
Snooty
Yeah.
00:37:26
Savage Boston
Drake threw, like, a pretty sick football at the Kyle.
00:37:28
Snooty
Yeah.
00:37:29
Savage Boston
And he, you know, stuff like that is like...
00:37:31
Snooty
Oh, no. ah Look, I'm not saying he's going to go for, you know, nine for 150 and two touchdowns or anything, but, like, he could have, like, a big – he could make a big play, yeah.
00:37:37
Savage Boston
Yeah.
00:37:37
Bret
Woo!
00:37:39
Savage Boston
Needs a big play. Apparently
00:37:41
Snooty
Yeah.
00:37:41
Bret
Nine for 150. I mean, I would have been taken if like you were like, he had four or five catches.
00:37:43
Savage Boston
they're saying one weakness. Like, the game...
00:37:49
Bret
I'd be shocked if gets four targets.
00:37:49
Snooty
I'm saying, no, no. Well, that's what I'm saying.
00:37:53
Savage Boston
Pat Williams, Super Bowl MVP, nine for 150.
00:37:53
Snooty
It's hyperbolic. I'm saying like, I'm saying like, I could see him making like a big play. Like he could have like a long reception or something just because he's, he's the fastest guy that they have.
00:38:04
Bret
i just love you i yeah I just love your hyperbolic take. Well, I'm not saying he's going to go 9 for 150 with two touchdowns. I'm like, what the fuck? Kyle Williams?
00:38:14
Savage Boston
Hold on. Hold on. Nightmare scenario, though, is like what happens with the Broncos game where you have basically two run plays the classic McDaniels run, run, pass. Like, you know, they're going come out and like run the ball, play one.
00:38:24
Bret
Kyle Williams.
00:38:26
Savage Boston
And you're going to come out and you're going to run it twice and then be in like third and eight. And that's like, just you can't live there. You can't. They're too good for that. Like the the team is too good. Their defense has been too elite all year. They've been one of the best teams in football, start to finish Seattle, start to finish. one of the best teams in football and their defense is too good to just come out And just have that typical run, run, pass. You're going to have to do something. Pull out the tricks. I don't know what the fuck McDaniels wants to do. I want every fucking trick he's got.
00:38:57
Savage Boston
ah yeah Pull them all out. I don't care. The flea flickers. Pull out the double pass. Like, i don't...
00:39:02
Bret
do it early. Don't do it early.
00:39:04
Savage Boston
Bring it out. i don't I don't care. Because you have to find a way to move the football. Like, unless... If you miraculously find a way to run on this team, then, man, that would be amazing.
00:39:15
Savage Boston
And I just don't know... you know, again, their D line has been stellar. They've been sta like stellar, you know, and, and, and people have watched, I'm sure Seahawks fans is why they're confident. They look at the Patriots and they're like, I don't know this team, they can't run their offense, Drake, blah, blah, blah. Like they're, they're confident, man. And I think they're just overlooking how talented the Patriots defense has been.
00:39:40
Savage Boston
Like, I think that's where they're overlooking. Like, Can they affect Darnold? Can they stop the run? and Like you said, you stop the run, you make Darnold throw the ball on third and long. It's almost the same recipe for both fucking teams.
00:39:51
Savage Boston
They're both trying to do the same shit.
00:39:54
Bret
Yep. Pressure up the middle.
00:39:55
Savage Boston
It feels like the same game
00:39:56
Bret
Yeah. I mean, yeah i mean a lot of There's a lot of similarities with how the teams are built and such other than the quarterback.
00:40:06
Snooty
They have a better receiver, but we have a better running back a better quarterback.
00:40:13
Savage Boston
Yeah. I don't think anyone would tell you they'd rather have Sam Darnold over Drake May.
00:40:17
Snooty
No, but I also don't think anyone would tell you they'd rather have...
00:40:18
Bret
think about They have a better off offensive line.
00:40:23
Snooty
Yeah, I don't know. cause Their center and right guard aren't great. that's just They're not...
00:40:29
Bret
Yeah.
00:40:29
Snooty
They're they're not that...
00:40:29
Savage Boston
Cross is good when they're tacked.
00:40:30
Bret
but how so How's our left guard?
00:40:33
Snooty
yet No, but again, he'sry he's better than their right guard.
00:40:35
Bret
He's not good.
00:40:35
Savage Boston
He's a rookie.
00:40:38
Snooty
And again, and now I'm going to go back to the Broncos game.
00:40:38
Savage Boston
Yeah.
00:40:40
Snooty
Like, I know they were definitely overrated in terms of like the PFF grades of pass blocking a line or whatever, but like they still had two all pros on that old line and they made them look fucking silly for most of that game.
00:40:54
Snooty
Like Patriots D line is, is talented. I chase on is playing out of his fucking mind right now.
00:40:58
Savage Boston
He's played really well. yeah
00:41:00
Snooty
Like, holy shit. Where did this come from? He's finally looking like a first round pick. Like, you know, like, like, holy shit.
00:41:04
Savage Boston
First round pick. Contract season.
00:41:07
Snooty
Right.
00:41:07
Savage Boston
if Dude, if Chason gets two sacks in this game, he's about to make a boat somewhere.
00:41:07
Snooty
Like,
00:41:12
Snooty
He's going to make.
00:41:13
Savage Boston
Probably not going to be with the Patriots, but he's going to go get paid somewhere. and
00:41:17
Bret
I mean, I think he's getting paid regardless. um
00:41:21
Savage Boston
Probably something. Yeah, he'll have he'll get a deal somewhere.
00:41:22
Bret
We'll see. And then what's up with Landry?
00:41:24
Savage Boston
Yeah.
00:41:25
Bret
Like, is that guy going to – I mean, he needs to be back.
00:41:26
Savage Boston
Oh, he might yeah he might be back. Yeah.
00:41:31
Savage Boston
Oh, I'm surprised to be honest. Cause he probably needs surgery. So I think they're just going to like see what he's got. And maybe he's got like 20 plays in them.
00:41:38
Snooty
Yeah.
00:41:38
Savage Boston
Like, I don't know. Can you get them in there on a third and long, like was I get it.
00:41:41
Bret
Dude, it's Super Bowl. It's Super Bowl. Make it happen.
00:41:44
Savage Boston
But like, you know, he's going to surgery after the season. Like he's just, his his knee got fucked.
00:41:46
Snooty
Yes.
00:41:49
Savage Boston
Bad injury. Like he's going to have surgery. So I just think there's, I obviously I want him to go suit up. Let's go. Like he doesn't want to miss. Do you think Harold Landry wants to miss the Superbowl?
00:42:00
Savage Boston
Like you think he's, like you know what mean? Like it's his first, he hasn't even been close to this, you know? So for him, I'm sure he wants to play a ton, but he's got to like, he's got to find a way to, to, they're going to shoot him up with whatever they got.
00:42:14
Savage Boston
Um, I'm just really happy about the news about Drake's shoulder, which again, the weird vibes and like hiding an injury and all that, like, it was a little weird.
00:42:20
Snooty
you
00:42:22
Savage Boston
Like, yeah, he probably had an injury there. And then the fact that he's just like, yeah, it actually turned a corner. Like. good and they threw a practice and a bonus practice they're like yeah threw the ball great so unless they're blowing smoke which i just don't think they are i think he he's young he's probably feeling good he'll they'll shoot him up he'll be ready to rock like i don't think i think it's drink's brain that we're gonna have to he's gonna have to figure it out like the physical tools will be there in that game and and ah you know so i think yeah man
00:42:52
Snooty
I think if anybody's close, and I expect Spillane to play as well, because like even if it is like a high ankle sprain, I know it's only two weeks, but like you can, depending on how bad you did it, like you can I mean, he was running around like you know right after that.
00:43:08
Snooty
like I feel like he'll be back. They'll come up with whatever concoction.
00:43:11
Savage Boston
I think he'll be back, yeah.
00:43:13
Snooty
They'll come up with something so you can get back out there. Yeah.
00:43:16
Savage Boston
Yeah.
00:43:16
Bret
Well, tape it out, shoot it up, well, it'll be.
00:43:17
Savage Boston
They'll tape him up. They'll tape him up like crazy. They'll shoot him up. I don't even know if it's high ankle. I think it's just a low ankle.
00:43:23
Snooty
Right. it I don't think, I mean, he was running around pretty well. I know it's anecdotal, but like he was running around on sideline pretty well for that to be a high high ankle sprain.
00:43:33
Savage Boston
Yeah.
00:43:33
Snooty
You what mean?
00:43:34
Savage Boston
Yeah.
00:43:34
Snooty
Like that didn't, like if it's a bad high ankle sprain, it's like you can't like walk.
00:43:37
Savage Boston
I think we would have heard the words high ankle sprain at some point because it is for people that don't know, it's just a, it's a completely different injury than a regular ankle sprain.
00:43:40
Snooty
Yeah.
00:43:47
Savage Boston
It's just a very different area that's injured. And so, yeah, I think you would have heard that it's from someone at this point or we, or he would have been in more pain. He just would have been like not weight bearing well at all.
00:43:56
Snooty
Watch
00:43:58
Savage Boston
So um yeah, man, I'm happy. i hope you come. I hope they're just full steam. Everyone come back and like, I don't know, dude. I'm sure I'm going to be out of my mind, nervous. And, you know, I don't know if my kids, maybe I'll let them watch till half and I'll be like, all right, everyone has to go to bed.
00:44:14
Savage Boston
like, I don't know what I'm going to do. let Let them stay up. I don't know.
00:44:17
Bret
Yeah, i was I was reminiscing back to that 2015 Super Bowl.
00:44:18
Snooty
watch it
00:44:23
Bret
And when Butler made that pick, I remember screaming so loud. My daughter was like on the other side of the house, on the other floor.
00:44:27
Savage Boston
Yeah.
00:44:31
Bret
And so at this time she wasn't even two and she woke up because I screamed so loud. It's just watching all of the flashbacks this week has been so cool as you get into Super Bowl week, knowing that the Patriots are back in the fucking Super Bowl and you're getting all of those feels again coming back to you. It's just like awesome.
00:44:53
Savage Boston
the nerves.
00:44:54
Snooty
The real answer is if they're winning at halftime, they continue to stay up. If they're losing at halftime, to bed.
00:45:03
Savage Boston
get out of here. I started to get depressed in my basement. Just started to like, I'm to I'm to be shaking down here.
00:45:09
Bret
Yeah, pull out the whiskey.
00:45:11
Savage Boston
Like for like, my adrenaline is going to out of control. I'm going to to drug myself.
00:45:17
Bret
You're going to start with the beer.
00:45:17
Savage Boston
Um,
00:45:18
Bret
Then if we're down, you're going to be ripping out the whiskey.
00:45:20
Savage Boston
ah gear this I need, I need, yeah. It's like an Ativan. I'm going to, it's going to Give me drugs.
00:45:26
Bret
This is rough.
00:45:28
Savage Boston
um All right, cool. Let's, let's get our predictions in then. We don't have time to do this last time. So let's get the predictions in. I'll, I'll start. going to go. I'm gonna obviously take the Patriots as I have every single week.
00:45:42
Savage Boston
And I think I'm going to take them 24 21, 24, 21.
00:45:47
Savage Boston
twenty four twenty one
00:45:49
Snooty
Okay, I'm also taking the Patriots. I think it's going to be 23-20. So, I know.
00:45:55
Savage Boston
Oh, yeah that's close.
00:45:56
Snooty
Yep.
00:45:57
Savage Boston
Very close.
00:45:57
Snooty
And I think, again, it comes down to, because I think they're going to muck it up for long enough for Seattle's offense that it's going to be slightly lower scoring than expected.
00:46:08
Bret
Yeah, i I think it's going to get higher scoring. I think the second half things are going to really open up. I think it's going to be tight in the first half, probably like ten seven fourteen ten something like that.
00:46:21
Bret
um And then I think they're going to finish off. I think the Pats are going to win thirty to twenty eight Tight.
00:46:29
Savage Boston
mardi Marty nervous.
00:46:30
Bret
hi
00:46:32
Savage Boston
Get nervous. Five days away. It's all you can think about. Wake up. I'm like, Super Bowl. i yeah I had a ton of people ask me too.
00:46:36
Bret
Yeah, I think it's going to be
00:46:38
Savage Boston
They're like, you going out? You going to the game? you do it And like online, I'm like, I'm not paying. Like, if even if someone was like, I'd have to have someone fly me out and like buy me. Like, I'm not.
00:46:49
Savage Boston
I had someone ask me if I was just going for Radio Row. I was like, that'd be a lot of fun, I suppose. But again, we take a week off of work just to like, go videotape people.
00:46:57
Bret
Yeah, yeah.
00:46:58
Bret
Not your full-time gig.
00:46:58
Savage Boston
Like it's no, no, it's not.
00:47:01
Savage Boston
It's not. Yeah. so All right guys. Well, this is a super bowl prep, man. We're, where we're, we're there last, last week of the season. Next week, next week pod will be a post season pod. That'll be a recovery pod. I don't know. Let's either it very rejoiceful or um somber and, and maybe hopeful. We'll see.
00:47:25
Savage Boston
So, all right, appreciate everyone tuning in. We'll catch you after the season. Peace.
00:47:30
Bret
after the Super Bowl.
00:47:30
Snooty
Yeah.
00:47:31
Bret
Peace.