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Speaker: Welcome back to the Stellar Pod, your one-stop shop for everything.
Speaker: Today, I have a very special guest, my good friend, Watson.
Speaker: Watson, would you like to introduce yourself?
Speaker: Yo, what's up?
Speaker: Good introduction, Watson.
Speaker: Yeah, keep it short, sweet.
Speaker: They know my last name, and that's all they need to know, unless they want to hit me up later.
Speaker: How would you prefer to be addressed, Watson or Thomas?
Speaker: You know me by both names, so whichever one you roll with, just keep it the same.
Speaker: You know what?
Speaker: I'll probably change it up just because you said that.
Speaker: All right.
Speaker: Today, we are here to talk about the start of the NFL season.
Speaker: Tomorrow, no, actually two days from now, Monday morning for us here in Japan, the NFL season will... The first NFL Sunday will kick off.
Speaker: We'll get a whole array of games, but yesterday we had...
Speaker: Was it yesterday?
Speaker: Might have been two days ago.
Speaker: It was yesterday.
Speaker: It was yesterday.
Speaker: For the most part.
Speaker: Yeah, it was yesterday.
Speaker: So yesterday we had the Lions at Kansas City.
Speaker: Watson, you are about the second biggest Chiefs fan I know, only behind my own father, who is currently in our Fantasy Football League.
Speaker: That is He's Hate U, my week one matchup.
Speaker: Yeah.
Speaker: It's safe to say the Chiefs dropped the ball in yesterday's game, Watson.
Speaker: It's safe to say.
Speaker: I mean, it's like that was the whole game.
Speaker: It's like the whole second half, that's all they did, drop the ball quite literally, not even figuratively.
Speaker: Yeah, no, they quite literally dropped the ball.
Speaker: Yesterday, the Detroit Lions outgained the Kansas City Chiefs 368 total yards of offense to 316.
Speaker: Sky Moore was targeted three times and he had zero completions.
Speaker: Kadavius Tony, Watson, I've been hearing what you have said so far, but let me give you a quick rundown.
Speaker: He had five targets, which was...
Speaker: One drop returned for a pick six, courtesy of Brian Branch.
Speaker: One drop, which was a wide open third down conversion.
Speaker: One drop, which would have put the Chiefs in field goal range down one to win the game.
Speaker: One reception and one receiving yard.
Speaker: This is Kansas City's premier wide receiver one.
Speaker: What's going on with the Chiefs wide receiver group?
Speaker: Were there any bright spots?
Speaker: What did you think about the game?
Speaker: Well, Brightspots is at least the rookie that I pray to God takes Tony's job after this performance.
Speaker: He got a touchdown.
Speaker: He caught three of his five targets thrown to him.
Speaker: But most importantly, he didn't drop the ball.
Speaker: I'm pretty sure the two that he was targeted either were well defended or just poorly thrown.
Speaker: But the difference is that Rice...
Speaker: came to play.
Speaker: MVS caught two amazing – one in particular where he died and basically got tackled over the head.
Speaker: So at least Marquez Valdez-Scantling came to play.
Speaker: Bell proved that if Kelsey continues to be hurt, Bell's still a pretty effective tight end.
Speaker: He's not our god, Kelsey.
Speaker: But he'll do.
Speaker: As Shrek was saying, that'll do, Dalkey.
Speaker: That'll do.
Speaker: But –
Speaker: The bad side to it is that Tony, who's supposed to be first-round talent because he was drafted by the Giants, let go because he couldn't stay healthy.
Speaker: For a first-round talent to drop three passes, and these were just – it wasn't like the ball was badly thrown.
Speaker: These were three obvious drops.
Speaker: To go back to the Brian Branch interception, when I watched the replay –
Speaker: I have never seen, especially on the professional level, a receiver have both hands on the ball, that beautiful triangle right there, and the ball go clear through his hands into the air and into the arms of the defense.
Speaker: That is 100% him.
Speaker: Yeah, no, and what was interesting is, so the linebacker in coverage on that play was Jake Campbell, who the Lions just drafted.
Speaker: And on the pick was obviously Brian Branch out of Alabama, who was just drafted.
Speaker: So those two rookies just absolutely, they made y'all look kind of like clowns.
Speaker: Well, to make matters worse, Mahomes, up to this point, never lost an opening game.
Speaker: He never threw a week one interception either.
Speaker: And he's never thrown – yeah, like you said, he's never thrown a week one interception, which is why I hate how when the interception is clearly the receiver's fault, that it's still tallied on the quarterback because this is 100%.
Speaker: Like Mahomes could not have –
Speaker: throwing this ball any differently because when I say this was perfect, it was right there.
Speaker: Both his hands touched it.
Speaker: It wasn't like he tipped it with one hand.
Speaker: It was out of reach or he tried to make a play, but it just didn't work.
Speaker: It was right there.
Speaker: They had a still a picture of how it hit his hands.
Speaker: He literally had it looked like a picture perfect catch.
Speaker: Like it was right to the like right between his neck and his body.
Speaker: And yeah, it's picture perfect.
Speaker: It's on a post or somewhere or it's on memes everywhere.
Speaker: Imagine this being a pick six.
Speaker: It's like I've seen – it's like Twitter's now X's, so I'll just go ahead and say X's instead of tweets.
Speaker: I've seen the X's because I follow a lot of Kansas City-based stuff.
Speaker: And, of course, I saw some of the X's.
Speaker: It's like, would you believe me if I told you this was a pick six?
Speaker: For 50 yards?
Speaker: Yeah, and I've seen that still.
Speaker: And I'm sitting here.
Speaker: I'm like, I'm not professional by any means.
Speaker: But I've done enough practices to know that the rule of receivers is that if you touch it, you can catch it.
Speaker: He had both hands on the ball.
Speaker: I'm pretty sure even me, you, or any other amateur that's playing high school right now that's trying to get into college or trying to go to the NFL would have made that catch 10 times over.
Speaker: Yeah, that was poor.
Speaker: It's like you cannot be a first-round talent, pay millions of dollars, and drop that catch.
Speaker: Like that, of all his drops, that one was the most picturesque, most memorable, most game-changing drop.
Speaker: The other two, I mean, one hit him square in the chest, and then the other one, I guess you can make the argument that his body was turned the wrong way or whatnot.
Speaker: But he had both his hands under the ball, and he also dropped that one.
Speaker: And that was the one you were talking about where third and 20 became fourth and 20.
Speaker: Actually, that might have been that first and 20 play.
Speaker: But regardless, he dropped a breadbasket catch too.
Speaker: Are you concerned about Sky Moore?
Speaker: Was he going zero for three on the night?
Speaker: Yes and no.
Speaker: I say yes because Sky Moore is supposed to be better than that.
Speaker: I say no because unlike Tony, only one of those was a drop.
Speaker: The other two, he was tightly defended.
Speaker: It was like one of the ones that he should have caught.
Speaker: The defender was draped all over him.
Speaker: It's like credit to the – I hate – I can't believe I'm saying this because normally I say no team beats Kansas City, only Kansas City beats itself.
Speaker: But credit to the Detroit Lions defense.
Speaker: It's like they – their D-backs came to play and some of them were draped closely over our receivers.
Speaker: Oh, yeah, no, they signed the Eagles.
Speaker: C.J.
Speaker: Gardner-Johnson is at safety, drafted Brian Branch.
Speaker: They definitely made some moves to upgrade that secondary in the offseason.
Speaker: Yeah, it's like, because that was their weak spot last season.
Speaker: It's like, they lost a lot of winnable games because their secondary was abysmal.
Speaker: I'm pretty sure it was safe to say they had the worst secondary in the league.
Speaker: One of the worst for sure.
Speaker: Yeah.
Speaker: Now they don't.
Speaker: It's like the ones that Sky Moore could have caught but didn't, he was tightly contested.
Speaker: When it came down to it, it's like there's two arguments that's going to be made after this.
Speaker: It's like, can the Chiefs win without Kelsey?
Speaker: Yes, because I still think we lost this game.
Speaker: The Lions didn't beat us.
Speaker: We lost it.
Speaker: And then on the defensive side, the argument's going to be made.
Speaker: It's like, well, what would happen if Chris Jones was there?
Speaker: And it's like, I hate that I'm doing the same thing as the experts, but this game has like an asterisk on it.
Speaker: It's like, well, did the Lions beat the Chiefs or did the Chiefs beat the Chiefs?
Speaker: Personally, I think the Chiefs beat the Chiefs because the receivers need to be able to play.
Speaker: Because what my concern is future down the line.
Speaker: If I was a defensive coordinator for the Jags next week and Kelsey was on the field, I'm like, well, the receivers can't catch.
Speaker: I'll just double Kelsey because I don't have to worry about the receivers making plays.
Speaker: That makes sense.
Speaker: So you kind of hit on it.
Speaker: Only the Chiefs beat the Chiefs.
Speaker: Did the... Did the Lions... Are the Lions for real this year?
Speaker: The Lions were the fifth scoring offense in 2022.
Speaker: I'll still say... And that defense, Aiden Hutchinson, was giving y'all's right tackle the business.
Speaker: Yeah, I don't know what Juwan Taylor is doing.
Speaker: It's like, I saw... It's like, come on.
Speaker: It's like, he's supposed to be better than who he got ready for.
Speaker: It was like cheaper, but...
Speaker: I don't know.
Speaker: It was like, thankfully this is a long week.
Speaker: So I believe in Andy Reid.
Speaker: It's like the season ain't over as much as I love to say, oh, my season's over now because we can have such an Uber Chiefs fans.
Speaker: I hate losing.
Speaker: I like my hopes.
Speaker: I'm embarrassed every time we lose.
Speaker: But,
Speaker: It is like to go, go in depth.
Speaker: It's like we have a long practice and practice will fix a lot of these errors because the glory about losing great teams recover from losses, bad teams continue to make the same mistakes.
Speaker: And I think we're going to fix a lot of the issues that we see here.
Speaker: As far as I'm concerned, Tony should do nothing but catch passes at the five to 10 yard line.
Speaker: It's like, that should be like no more route running.
Speaker: You're going to sit here for two hours and catch balls.
Speaker: Cause that was his biggest issue.
Speaker: Yeah, no, it definitely was.
Speaker: So what do you think about how does this affect Patrick Mahomes' legacy?
Speaker: Because as it stands today, Patrick Mahomes currently has the worst record in the league, leads the NFL in interceptions, has more incompletions than any other quarterback, averages a pick six per game, and has never beaten Jared Goff.
Speaker: How does this impact his legacy?
Speaker: How does it impact his legacy?
Speaker: I mean, hell, Tom Brady lost to Nick Foles in the biggest game.
Speaker: It's like Tom Brady lost to Eli Manning when he was 16-0.
Speaker: And technically, when he was 18-0, the Patriots had a chance to be 19-0, but they lost to the wild card Eli Manning.
Speaker: In fact, I think Brady never did...
Speaker: beat Eli Manning.
Speaker: I think Nick Foles and Eli Manning are the only two quarterbacks undefeated against Tom Brady.
Speaker: So every great has their kryptonite.
Speaker: Mahomes is still the best one to watch and whatnot.
Speaker: The issue is that our receivers weren't helping him and whatnot.
Speaker: When Kelsey comes back,
Speaker: the magic will be clear because during that game, Mahomes was the leading rusher.
Speaker: I mean.
Speaker: He was.
Speaker: So he had six rushes for 45 yards.
Speaker: Isaiah Pachenko went eight rushes for 23.
Speaker: And Clyde Edward Allaire had six rushes for 22.
Speaker: Yeah.
Speaker: It's like, personally, I think the chiefs should go back to what we were doing a lot last season, get more, try to get the lay, the running lanes open, but that's on the offensive line.
Speaker: It's like, I always like to see us run the ball more, especially if our receivers are struggling.
Speaker: Because this is going to sound weird, but to go to college ball real quick, University of Missouri, when they beat up on South Dakota, we had as many rushing yards as we did receiving yards because they couldn't stop the run.
Speaker: And I love it when teams do that.
Speaker: It's like if you can't stop us, they just keep doing it, even if their whole identity is something different.
Speaker: And I feel like the Chiefs need to learn is like, hey, if we're struggling here, let's try to get it elsewhere.
Speaker: But hey, this is Matt Nagy's first stint as an OC with Archie, so maybe there's some issues there.
Speaker: I'm not blaming the coaching on this.
Speaker: This was 100% our receiver's fault with this game.
Speaker: The Lions are definitely legit.
Speaker: I still have this.
Speaker: I'm calling it right now.
Speaker: The Lions will be the winners of the NFC North, but the Chiefs are still going to run the AFC West.
Speaker: So that's a pretty – you seem to be on par.
Speaker: A lot of people agree with you.
Speaker: The Lions are the team to beat in the North.
Speaker: So Jared Goff, he threw 35 passes against the Chiefs.
Speaker: He did not throw an interception.
Speaker: Right now, he is currently sandwiched between Tom Brady, who with the Patriots threw 358 pass attempts without an interception in the 10-11 season.
Speaker: Jared Goff is now at 359 pass attempts.
Speaker: Yeah, he's – And then at number two – I saw that stat line.
Speaker: Yeah, at number two, we got Tom Brady with the Buccaneers at 399 pass attempts without an interception.
Speaker: And Aaron Rodgers, who at 402 pass attempts without an interception, is at number one.
Speaker: Jared Goff, if he goes the next two or three games without throwing an interception, he could be number one on this list.
Speaker: I wish the best for him.
Speaker: It's like I have no animosity towards Jared Goff.
Speaker: The Lions are legit.
Speaker: Yeah, the Lions need him to take care of the ball because the Lions did give up a fumble or whatnot.
Speaker: So as long as Jared Goff ain't throwing it away, the Lions have a chance in any game because their defense is now playing.
Speaker: However, the critique is like the whole reason I say the Chiefs lost that game, their offense –
Speaker: Even though they did outgain the Chiefs, it's mainly because of that interception to get another drive.
Speaker: But their offense, to me, still was subpar.
Speaker: The whole reason I say that is only 14 of those points came from the offense.
Speaker: They wouldn't have won the game without that touchdown their defense gave them.
Speaker: So offensively, they need to finish their drives more consistently.
Speaker: That's true.
Speaker: Because you can't count on every team you face having terrible receivers giving you easy pick sixes.
Speaker: With that, so the Lions at number 12 overall, so they had the number 12th overall pick, and they also had the 18th overall pick.
Speaker: With the number 12th overall pick, they took Jameer Gibbs while Luke Van Ness was still on the board, Emmanuel Forbes was still on the board, and Christian Gonzalez was still on the board.
Speaker: What do you think about that, drafting a running back, top 15, when they had positions of need on that defense that could have helped them out?
Speaker: Yeah, with that, so I'm going to use fantasy just to explain this a little bit.
Speaker: As far as Jameer Gibbs is concerned, in the fantasy world, the Vegas betters, he underperformed.
Speaker: for what he should have done that game.
Speaker: And also, Montgomery's got that offense.
Speaker: Montgomery is definitely their running back.
Speaker: Jameer Gibbs is basically there to give him relief or whatnot.
Speaker: Well, I guess, I don't even know if that's... He's more like the passing down back, right?
Speaker: Yeah, but Montgomery is definitely... Especially that O-line, I'd give the rock to Montgomery.
Speaker: But honestly, I'm not the GM, but knowing that you needed help on defense and whatnot and Christian Gonzalez was still on the board...
Speaker: I would have taken Gonzalez because it was their D-back core that needed a lot more help.
Speaker: And Gonzalez was the best quarter on that board at that time.
Speaker: Yeah, I mean, Emmanuel Forbes from Mississippi State, he was the undersized corner, super small, but he's a Bullhawk.
Speaker: And he was drafted at 16, and Gonzalez went 17.
Speaker: So, yeah, you had two good corners there.
Speaker: And Luke Van Ness is a great D-end.
Speaker: You have Luke Van Ness across from Aiden Hutchinson, that pass for us would be nasty.
Speaker: Yeah, that would be nice.
Speaker: But considering that they're D-back, I still would have taken Gonzalez over –
Speaker: Who did you say it was?
Speaker: Emmanuel Forbes.
Speaker: Emmanuel Forbes.
Speaker: The only reason I say that is ball hawks are great, but I don't like ball hawks as corners.
Speaker: The only reason I say that is because Marcus Peters.
Speaker: Marcus Peters is a great corner.
Speaker: However, call of a pause for effect, being an aggressive corner always has an Achilles heel.
Speaker: If you miss, it's always catastrophic.
Speaker: It's like, yeah, it's like, I love ball hawking safeties because they're back there.
Speaker: It's like that ball hawking is perfect and whatnot, especially if there is like you need them for pass protection or whatnot.
Speaker: If you're not using your safeties for the stop the run, it's like having a ball hawk safety is amazing.
Speaker: Having a ball hawk quarter is always a risk because if they miss, there's nobody there because your safety is taking the guy he let go.
Speaker: So it's like what could have been an interception now became a 10, 15, 20-yard play or a touchdown.
Speaker: It's like there's just as many highlight reels that Marcus Peters has.
Speaker: There's also blooper reels, as I like to call them, where he missed so atrociously bad that rather than stopping the play, it became a touchdown.
Speaker: Yeah.
Speaker: Now, so with the help needed for Kansas City's receiving core, is there any chance –
Speaker: the Chiefs make a trade for Mike Evans and free him from that Tampa Bay's Bucs offense.
Speaker: The issue I see with that is, I don't know, Brett Veach's headspace, because I would have preferred Chris Jones to be playing this game.
Speaker: It's like we should have made a deal before Nick Bosa, and now basically if we want to keep Chris Jones, we have to give him Nick Bosa money, and I don't know how I need to look about how much cap we have or whatnot.
Speaker: I don't know if we can afford Evans, but then again, Evans with how old he is and whatnot, he may take a pay cut.
Speaker: It's like, if we could get Evans, despite how old... You'd have to trade for him.
Speaker: Yeah, it's like, oh, I wouldn't care if we gave up a few picks because the Chiefs, as how young our team is and how many mates we've gotten, I would not have an issue trading some picks for him or whatnot.
Speaker: Or even players, it's like,
Speaker: If we could get Evans, I would like Evans.
Speaker: I think him being a venture receiver and whatnot would be good for us.
Speaker: I don't know who Tampa Bay would take.
Speaker: I mean, if they want Tony, they could have him.
Speaker: Yeah, move off.
Speaker: It's like Tony, to give you an idea how much he's pissed off Kansas City, I mean,
Speaker: It takes a lot for Arrowhead to boo you.
Speaker: It takes a lot.
Speaker: And you told me earlier when we were talking that Tony shut off his social media, so you know he's getting a lot of hate from the diehard Chiefs fans out here.
Speaker: It's like, we're calling for blood.
Speaker: It'd be one thing if he dropped one ball, but he dropped three.
Speaker: So if we could ship Tony off to... He dropped four.
Speaker: Oh, yeah.
Speaker: It was like...
Speaker: It was like, if we can ship Tony off, I'm not going to lose sleep over it.
Speaker: But, of course, knowing my luck, Tony will become a godsend to freaking Tampa Bay.
Speaker: And then, of course, obvious storyline is like, oh, you got rid of me, but now I'm so good.
Speaker: Because we all know that happens with receivers sometimes.
Speaker: It's like you get rid of a receiver and then he does magical things for another team.
Speaker: Yeah.
Speaker: Like Juju Smith-Schuster, Steelers fans hated him.
Speaker: for his bloopers and whatnot, and then he helped the Kansas City Chiefs get a Super Bowl.
Speaker: Yeah, no, it definitely – it does happen when you move off of a player.
Speaker: So 12 different receivers were targeted in Thursday night's football game for Patrick Mahomes.
Speaker: Yeah, MBS caught all his two.
Speaker: Pacheco caught all his targets.
Speaker: McKenna dropped one.
Speaker: But to be fair with that one drop, he was covered.
Speaker: So if he caught that, that wasn't going to be a first down anyways.
Speaker: I saw that drop, but he still should have caught that.
Speaker: That was a catchable ball.
Speaker: Bell was targeted, what, like three times?
Speaker: I think he only missed one.
Speaker: Yeah, I'm not sure exactly.
Speaker: I think you're right on that one.
Speaker: Well, here, I can pull it up real quick.
Speaker: It's like I don't know why I'm guessing.
Speaker: Rice had like three targets.
Speaker: He had five targets and he caught three.
Speaker: One of them being a touchdown.
Speaker: I said that earlier, yeah.
Speaker: But here, let me pull it up.
Speaker: Is Rice going to be the receiver one this season?
Speaker: I mean, I wouldn't lose sleep over it because having a rookie as a Ryan receiver one, cheaper.
Speaker: You have a blogger, especially if they do good on their rookie deal.
Speaker: And we could ship off some of these older people or underperforming people.
Speaker: Tony, I'm looking at you.
Speaker: Yeah.
Speaker: And freaking get some new blood.
Speaker: So, yeah, I got the stats here.
Speaker: So, receiving-wise, Skatland caught his two targets, two receptions.
Speaker: He got 48 yards.
Speaker: Justin Watson was targeted four times, only got two, but he got 45 yards.
Speaker: Pacheco, he caught all four of his targets, so I was right about that.
Speaker: Noah Gray went three for five.
Speaker: Rice went three for five.
Speaker: Bell went two for three.
Speaker: McKinnon went one for two.
Speaker: Clyde went one for one.
Speaker: Richie James went one for two.
Speaker: Six.
Speaker: Justin Ross was only targeted once but caught it once.
Speaker: It was nice to see him catch a pass for Kansas City because we missed out on last year.
Speaker: It's like he was a draft pick.
Speaker: I was like, I want to see him go off.
Speaker: Because he lost last season.
Speaker: Last season was supposed to be his moment, and he wasn't available because he suffered that injury.
Speaker: I would like to see him go off.
Speaker: So that way, you know, it always feels good when your draft picks do well.
Speaker: And then, of course, the bottom of the barrel, the two bottom of the barrel here, the two receivers that are supposed to be good but are not.
Speaker: Tony, who went one for five, and only got one yard, and then Sky Moore, who went zero for three.
Speaker: It's like those two, 19 and 24, I don't know what you all need to do, but I would recommend catching the ball.
Speaker: It looks better on your stat sheet when you do.
Speaker: So going into week one, I thought that the Lions versus the Chiefs was going to be a lockup for the Chiefs.
Speaker: Now, going into week one, the 49ers currently play the Steelers.
Speaker: And I think this is another, at least for me anyways, I've heard that it was going to be – some people think it's going to be a hard-fought game.
Speaker: Do you think the 49ers – what do you think is going to happen between those two teams?
Speaker: Because I think that's another – you know, the 49ers are another juggernaut, and I expect them to steamroll here.
Speaker: But I've heard rumors.
Speaker: Yeah, it's like some –
Speaker: And again, just to go, it's like, yeah, it should have been a lock, but you know what they say in Vegas is like Vegas thinks one way and then the money line always goes the opposite or whatnot.
Speaker: But to go into 49ers, let me pull them up right now.
Speaker: So the current money line is this is supposed to be a bloodbath.
Speaker: What I mean about bloodbath is that Pittsburgh is supposed to be, San Francisco's favored by two points.
Speaker: A safety separates the game right now, and this is the current betting odds.
Speaker: It's like the over-under set at 41.5.
Speaker: Now, with that being said, this is, of course, the Niners are going over to Heinz Field and whatnot.
Speaker: Pittsburgh is always a wild card.
Speaker: The reason I say that is that the AFC North, they have so many teams that can be good if they just stay healthy.
Speaker: Yeah, the AFC North is going to be dangerous.
Speaker: Yeah, they're going to be dangerous this year because the question mark is the Browns.
Speaker: Will Watson return to form?
Speaker: Will Deshaun Watson return to form?
Speaker: The Bengals are pretty much the Chiefs.
Speaker: It's like they're going to probably win the division, but it's an asterisk.
Speaker: So whereas the Chiefs have the advantage that we basically own our division, the Bengals, however –
Speaker: Don't.
Speaker: They've lost key rivalry games.
Speaker: It's like they're playing the Browns to start off.
Speaker: So the battle with Ohio is going to be an interesting game because can Deshaun Watson – is Deshaun Watson back or is Joe Burrow going to run over them like he should?
Speaker: But when it comes back to the 49ers and Steelers –
Speaker: Both of these teams are pinnacles of can they stay healthy?
Speaker: Because they both have stellar defenses, especially with the Steelers having TJ Watt and whatnot.
Speaker: But TJ Watt last season went down.
Speaker: The quarterback is like, they have Kenny Pickett.
Speaker: I like Kenny Pickett.
Speaker: I think this is going to be an interesting battle because...
Speaker: Brock Purdy basically has the 49ers, and you know what Shannon is.
Speaker: That offense always succeeds no matter who's back there.
Speaker: So I'm basically picking – I think Washington is his top receiver.
Speaker: Can Pickett and Washington beat Purdy and CMC?
Speaker: It's going to be the battle of the defenses.
Speaker: If I were to take the money line, I think San Francisco is going to cover the spread.
Speaker: I think San Francisco is going to win.
Speaker: But I think the under is actually going to cover.
Speaker: I don't think this is going to be a high-scoring game.
Speaker: I'm taking the risk on here because I'm tempted to say over because betting that CMC ain't going to score a million touchdowns on any defense is always a dangerous thing.
Speaker: But if anything, CMC will probably get all the touchdowns, but it will only be like a couple or whatnot.
Speaker: He is that guy.
Speaker: Yeah, it's like – He is him.
Speaker: It's like, if anything, I may say this might be a 2017 game or a 23-17 game in favor of the 49ers.
Speaker: It could be just because both – like you said, both offenses are high-powered.
Speaker: Both defenses are pretty stingy.
Speaker: Yeah, it's like I'm basically trying to – it's going to be which defense gives up first in my opinion.
Speaker: So, do you have final thoughts on there?
Speaker: No, it's like I'd pick the 49ers in this game.
Speaker: I did as well.
Speaker: Matt is on record as favoring the Steelers.
Speaker: He would say that, wouldn't he?
Speaker: Yeah, he would say that.
Speaker: I just think with the 49ers, the 49ers are kind of like the Chiefs.
Speaker: They were counted out because they got so broken, and they still made it to the playoffs.
Speaker: They probably could have beat the Eagles.
Speaker: Probably.
Speaker: I don't think they would have even if Brock Purdy stayed in the entire game.
Speaker: Because the Eagles offense was just too good for the 49ers defense.
Speaker: But if you can't beat the 49ers while injured, you're not going to beat them while healthy.
Speaker: And that's always my argument.
Speaker: It's like if the 49ers can beat you on the defensive side of the ball, you're not winning the game.
Speaker: And they could beat a lot of teams on the defensive side of the ball.
Speaker: Yeah, they'll definitely own the West.
Speaker: They're my picks for the West.
Speaker: There's no way they're going to give up that crowd.
Speaker: They'll definitely be in the playoffs.
Speaker: They just need to avoid getting down to their fourth string quarterback in the NFC championship game.
Speaker: Avoid using CMC as a quarterback again.
Speaker: That would probably help.
Speaker: It's like when you're down to your emergency quarterback, it's never good.
Speaker: But to run it back to teams picking, I saw the Chiefs take in the West.
Speaker: And the whole reason I say that is me and you talked about this earlier, but the last five teams to lose defending Super Bowl champs, to lose their opener, their season opener, of course, the Chiefs are still a question mark right now because we haven't played in the playoffs.
Speaker: Three of those teams did not make the playoffs.
Speaker: Of course, that was the 2022 Rams.
Speaker: I forget who the other two were.
Speaker: I think it was the Eagles and the... Was it the Broncos?
Speaker: Yeah, I think the Broncos or something.
Speaker: But the 2017 Patriots also lost their opener.
Speaker: It was a homeowner opener.
Speaker: I watched that game.
Speaker: The Chiefs...
Speaker: beat the ever-living crap out of the Patriots in Foxborough.
Speaker: Mind you, in the fourth quarter.
Speaker: Because we didn't start winning until the fourth quarter.
Speaker: And we beat them 41-27.
Speaker: Now, I guarantee you, like every time a juggernaut loses a game, it's like we only lost by one.
Speaker: And people, I guarantee you there's people already counting us out.
Speaker: But the Patriots lost by...
Speaker: like 20 plus points.
Speaker: Like the fans weren't even there for the final five minutes.
Speaker: It's like, I remember watching the last few minutes of that game and all you could see was the chiefs fans.
Speaker: And, but to go on the right, it's like they made it to the playoffs.
Speaker: They also made it to the Superbowl where they lost the Eagles to Nick Foles, Nick Foles and company.
Speaker: So the chiefs, I still think our shoe is for the Superbowl going back to back is always hard.
Speaker: But you can't bet against the Chiefs because the Chiefs are one of those teams that even when we're bad, we're still good.
Speaker: And it's like you just never count us out.
Speaker: And, of course, all the experts are like, I watched – I got to figure out the name of the show.
Speaker: But they were like, I would love to find out if Mahomes is actually the GOAT.
Speaker: I would love to see 15 take his show on the road that the AFC Championship ate at Arrowhead.
Speaker: But as far as I'm concerned, the trophy is named after Lamar Hunt, who was the founder of the AFL, who was the founder of the Chiefs franchise.
Speaker: As far as I'm concerned, it better is like if you want the Lamar Hunt trophy, you've got to take it from the Chiefs at Arrowhead.
Speaker: Yeah, so you've got to take it from the Chiefs.
Speaker: So the Steelers and the 49ers, they both have great coaches.
Speaker: And you've got to give a lot of credit to Andy Reid in Kansas City.
Speaker: Do you know who the most winning coach active in the NFL is right now?
Speaker: Active?
Speaker: I think it's still Belichick, isn't it?
Speaker: Reed's close to him, but I think Belichick still is the most winningest coach.
Speaker: Active.
Speaker: Because I think Andy Reed's two.
Speaker: Yeah, so active at number one is indeed Andy Reed.
Speaker: Who is number two?
Speaker: Well, if Andy Reid overtook, I'm pretty sure it's Belichick because I thought Belichick was over Andy Reid.
Speaker: Oh, no, no.
Speaker: Belichick is number one.
Speaker: Who's number two?
Speaker: It's Andy Reid.
Speaker: It is Andy Reid.
Speaker: Yep.
Speaker: It is Andy Reid.
Speaker: But both those coaches are actually – I think Belichick is also the winning – I think it's the same way.
Speaker: They're not only the winningest head coaches, but I think they're also the winningest head coaches for two different franchises.
Speaker: The Eagles.
Speaker: Yeah, for the Eagles and the... The Eagles and Chiefs.
Speaker: I don't know about Belichick.
Speaker: Yeah, Belichick has only been the Patriots.
Speaker: He's been with the Patriots his entire career.
Speaker: Okay, I was like, I could have sworn he was with another franchise.
Speaker: I thought he was with the Eagles.
Speaker: He was, I think, as an assistant.
Speaker: I think he was an assistant coach.
Speaker: Or a defensive coordinator, maybe.
Speaker: Yeah, that makes sense.
Speaker: But...
Speaker: Andy Reid also, I think Belichick's the only other one that's done it.
Speaker: Actually, no, because he's never played the Patriots, I think.
Speaker: Andy Reid's also the only head coach active right now that has beaten every team at least twice.
Speaker: Really?
Speaker: Okay, so yes.
Speaker: So Bill Belichick, early on in his career, he was an assistant coach to the Baltimore Colts.
Speaker: He joined the Detroit Lions as their assistant special teams coach.
Speaker: He also helped the tight ends and the wide receivers there.
Speaker: In the 1978 season, he was with the Broncos as their special teams coach.
Speaker: And from 1979 to 1990, he was the defensive coordinator for the New York Giants.
Speaker: And then he was the head coach of the Cleveland Browns from 91 to 95.
Speaker: Oh, it was the Browns I was thinking of.
Speaker: Okay.
Speaker: I knew he did a stint with somebody else.
Speaker: And so it was funny because after he left the Browns, he went and he signed on as an assistant head coach and a defensive back coach for the Patriots in 1996.
Speaker: They lost to the Green Bay Packers in Super Bowl 31.
Speaker: Then he signs for the Jets for two years as their head coach, but he never coached a game.
Speaker: What the hell?
Speaker: And then in 2000, he signed with New England.
Speaker: And the story is what the story is.
Speaker: You know, it's like the Bilicek, Brady.
Speaker: I know this is like we're kind of like going on different tangents, but to keep in line with this tangent, who I'm the most, the coach I'm most excited to see perform is like the team I'm most excited to see aside from my Chiefs, because watch it.
Speaker: It's like, I feel like the Chiefs are going to play for vengeance.
Speaker: Now we're going to go.
Speaker: We're not going 17-0, but maybe we'll go 16-1 because the cat teams just piss us off.
Speaker: But watch this.
Speaker: We'll run the table.
Speaker: That'll make me happy.
Speaker: Probably not.
Speaker: We'll probably go 13-4, but, hey, we're still in the playoffs.
Speaker: But to get back on track is the Washington Commanders, and the whole reason I want to watch them is Eric Biennemi is their new OC, and I want the Commanders to do well.
Speaker: because Chiefs fans can all agree.
Speaker: It's like, we cannot believe that the enemy still doesn't have a head coaching job somewhere.
Speaker: Of course, we'd rather wish he was still with us.
Speaker: But as far as we're concerned, Andy Reid can make anybody put in that position and we're going to do well.
Speaker: But I want to see the enemy do well because the whole reason he went to the commanders is no one's given him a head coaching job because as far as anybody's concerned, he was playing on easy mode.
Speaker: He had Mahomes.
Speaker: He had Tyron Kill.
Speaker: He had the best offense for several years in a row.
Speaker: So now I want to see if he can take one of the worst offenses in the league last year and make that thing per.
Speaker: I would love to see the commanders do well this season despite the fact I hate –
Speaker: The fact that I don't like the logo, I don't like the fact they're not the Redskins anymore, but that's a whole other debate for a whole other time.
Speaker: I would like to see the commanders make the NFC East work for it this year.
Speaker: I agree, and it'll be Dan Snyder's gone, and they might be rebranding.
Speaker: I think they lost the commanders.
Speaker: They're already rebranding because Dan Snyder, he...
Speaker: the whole reason he made the team name, the commanders, cause he couldn't keep the Redskins name or whatnot.
Speaker: He failed at the one thing he said he was going to do.
Speaker: Worst, worst, one of the worst owners of all time.
Speaker: Like there's a YouTube video on this.
Speaker: It's like probably the only word is like maybe the worst NFL one, but there's an MLB owner who owned the Reds.
Speaker: Um, what was her name?
Speaker: But I think she's probably the only one worse than Dan Snyder when it comes to freaking the garbage stuff they've done.
Speaker: But, um,
Speaker: Dan Snyder made the team named Commanders out of spite.
Speaker: So I would love to see them rebrand.
Speaker: I would love to see that stadium get fixed and whatnot.
Speaker: I would love to see Washington go back to its old ways of being a contender.
Speaker: As long as they lose to my Chiefs when we're in the Super Bowl because it's our turn for a dynasty.
Speaker: Yeah, what I will say is Jody Allen, the owner of the Trailblazers, she has sucked ever since Paul Allen passed away.
Speaker: And the Blazers have sucked ever since as well.
Speaker: Maybe it's the depression.
Speaker: Maybe it's the depression.
Speaker: Maybe she should sell the team.
Speaker: She should sell the team.
Speaker: Do you know how many years in a row has Kansas City hosted the AFC championship game?
Speaker: It's been fun now, I think.
Speaker: Oh, you got it.
Speaker: And since 2018, the road to the Super Bowl has been through Kansas City.
Speaker: And what's funny about most of those is that we weren't even the first round seed.
Speaker: It's like during Lamar's MVP season, when they were the number one seed, they lost to the Titans.
Speaker: And that was the one that we went to the Super Bowl.
Speaker: It was like they lost to the Titans.
Speaker: And we were the number two seed.
Speaker: And then who was the number one?
Speaker: Who else dropped it?
Speaker: Oh, yeah, when the Titans were the number one seed, and then they lost in the divisional round as well.
Speaker: It's like every time Kansas City's number two, the number one has lost.
Speaker: The past two times it's been Kansas City versus Cincinnati.
Speaker: Is it going to be a round three, 2023, Kansas City, Cincinnati?
Speaker: That would be interesting.
Speaker: That would be interesting.
Speaker: That's going to be basically a rivalry game.
Speaker: Did you hear that?
Speaker: What?
Speaker: Did I hear what?
Speaker: Sorry about that.
Speaker: No, okay.
Speaker: I thought you were – but it's like the only reason I don't want to play the bagels is like I've seen a meme.
Speaker: It's funny.
Speaker: It's like even as a Chiefs fan I can laugh at it.
Speaker: Mahomes and cat teams do not mix.
Speaker: We do not do good against cat teams.
Speaker: But the thing is is that I love –
Speaker: the Chiefs play the Bengals and whatnot because everybody loves to watch.
Speaker: It's always good football.
Speaker: Even if it's Chiefs versus Bills again, it's always good football because the Bills are going to be playing that narrative that they can't win in the playoffs against the Chiefs, which so far stands true.
Speaker: The Bengals are going to play that narrative.
Speaker: That narrative is like the one time they beat the Chiefs, they can't even win the Super Bowl.
Speaker: It's like the Bengals and the Bills are going to be playing with a chip on their shoulder because they want to take the crowd away from Kansas City.
Speaker: And, of course, Kansas City wants to establish ourselves a dynasty, and we would like to be on the same tier level as the Patriots and the Steelers, who have six Lombardis apiece.
Speaker: But first, we've got to get the four and then five, and I'm pretty sure, what, it's like three franchises that have five, or is it just two?
Speaker: I know the Niners have five.
Speaker: The Cowboys have five.
Speaker: I don't know who else has five.
Speaker: Did you say... Would it be... Let me see.
Speaker: So we had the Pittsburgh Steelers at first.
Speaker: They're at six.
Speaker: They're tied with the Patriots who both have six apiece.
Speaker: San Francisco has five.
Speaker: Dallas has five.
Speaker: Green Bay has four.
Speaker: The Giants have four.
Speaker: And the Raiders have three.
Speaker: So first we got a tie with the Raiders, the Pack, and then we'll worry about getting the next tier.
Speaker: And then...
Speaker: So if we could get to six Lombardis before anybody else is gone.
Speaker: Yeah.
Speaker: Before my homes is gone, I'll be happy because my homes essentially want five, five of those Lombardis because Len Dawson won the first one.
Speaker: And then we didn't win for another 50 years.
Speaker: But yeah, my homes, my homes is that guy.
Speaker: Yeah.
Speaker: It's like my homes is our Tom Brady.
Speaker: We're,
Speaker: The Chiefs went from everybody wanting them to beat the Patriots to now we're the new Patriots and everybody hates us.
Speaker: So with Mahomes being that guy, how does Mahomes stack up against Tom Brady all time?
Speaker: All time?
Speaker: Well, right now, it's like I think he's winning the race.
Speaker: If you were to put them at the same –
Speaker: his point of the career and Mahomes' point of the career.
Speaker: I think statistically speaking, Mahomes is moving at a faster pace than Brady did.
Speaker: But the difference that everybody's always going to quote on or whatnot is the amount of championships.
Speaker: And of course, people are just like,
Speaker: if Kansas City keeps hosting every playoff game, like, well, Mahomes never had to play an away game.
Speaker: Well, to counter that, Tom Brady sucked playing wildcard games.
Speaker: It was a thing, at least with the Patriots.
Speaker: Every time the New England Patriots did not have a first-round buy, they got eliminated the first round.
Speaker: Like, they sucked in the playoffs.
Speaker: is like the Patriots were highly dependent.
Speaker: The Patriots were highly dependent on being the number one and the number two seed because when the Dolphins, that year when the Dolphins.
Speaker: Was that Fitzpatrick?
Speaker: I don't know if Fitzpatrick was their quarterback that year.
Speaker: But you remember that point where they put Gronk in as a safety because they thought they already had the win and they did a lateral all the way to the end?
Speaker: That game gave the Chiefs the number two seed and the Patriots with the number three seed.
Speaker: Guess who got eliminated in the wildcard round?
Speaker: The New England Patriots.
Speaker: They got eliminated.
Speaker: And I'm pretty sure that year, that was our Super Bowl year.
Speaker: That was Super Bowl 54, if I remember correctly.
Speaker: Patriots got eliminated.
Speaker: Then the Ravens got eliminated.
Speaker: And then the Chiefs come back against the Texans.
Speaker: The Chiefs beat the Browns.
Speaker: No.
Speaker: I got my – it was like we beat the Titans next because the Titans beat the – and then who was it that we beat in the AFC Championship?
Speaker: Was it the Bills?
Speaker: You did play the Bills in one – I think that was the year –
Speaker: right before the double back-to-back with Cincinnati.
Speaker: Yeah.
Speaker: I think it was the Bills.
Speaker: But I know it was Texans, then Titans, and then we won and then beat the 49ers.
Speaker: That was a year of comebacks.
Speaker: Or at least that was the playoff of comebacks.
Speaker: But, yeah.
Speaker: Yeah, no, it's been quite the streak for the Kansas City Chiefs.
Speaker: Have you seen the Netflix documentary, Quarterbacks?
Speaker: No, I haven't, but I've seen bits and pieces of it.
Speaker: That's wild.
Speaker: You should watch it.
Speaker: It's very good.
Speaker: Yeah, I should.
Speaker: It's one of those things is I don't watch a lot of TV.
Speaker: The only time I turn on the TV is if I was back home, not in the barracks, I'd probably be watching a lot more TV or whatnot.
Speaker: Because I prefer the game as opposed to watching TV.
Speaker: Getting into series is always... I'll binge watch my anime, but I won't binge watch some random series or whatnot, but I've been
Speaker: I should get into it because I've been watching The Walking Dead and whatnot, and I see it on my For You page.
Speaker: So I should check it out or whatnot, but I've seen clips of it and whatnot.
Speaker: It is very good.
Speaker: I actually got a Netflix subscription just to watch it, and I thought definitely with you being a Mahomes fanboy, that'd be something you'd do.
Speaker: I'm kind of surprised that you didn't.
Speaker: Yeah.
Speaker: It's because I just don't watch TV.
Speaker: It's like I'll turn on my TV to watch the Chiefs play, only to probably turn it off because they piss me off and are losing.
Speaker: And then the second I turn it off, they start winning again.
Speaker: So it's like one of those things is like, why do I even watch at times?
Speaker: Because it seems like I'm cursed.
Speaker: You heard it here, folks.
Speaker: Watson is the reason why the Chiefs lose.
Speaker: Yeah.
Speaker: Nah, nah.
Speaker: It's like, there was that fan that when we were down 24-0 against the Texans, he left.
Speaker: And the second he left, that's when we went on a run.
Speaker: And he's like, every time I buy a ticket to Arrowhead, this happens.
Speaker: It's like, we're losing.
Speaker: But every time I leave, we start winning.
Speaker: And then, this is one of my favorite jokes Mahomes did.
Speaker: It's like, the Chiefs team bought him like a big TV.
Speaker: And then Mahomes said, please never come back to Arrowhead as a joke.
Speaker: Nice.
Speaker: This is why I love Mahomes because he's got some of these good one-liners.
Speaker: And when he loses, he doesn't blame people.
Speaker: It's like he had every right to blame his receivers.
Speaker: Did you like that one-liner I started the show with that the Kansas City Chiefs dropped the ball?
Speaker: Yeah, because it wasn't metaphorical.
Speaker: It was literal.
Speaker: Yeah, so back to Mahomes.
Speaker: I even told you that.
Speaker: He's like, oh, he probably should have done that in private.
Speaker: I mean, I don't know how he is.
Speaker: I know he's very professional and whatnot.
Speaker: I mean, I love watching him.
Speaker: He's a great person.
Speaker: His biggest flaw is that he puts ketchup on steak.
Speaker: I was about to mention that because when I heard that, that's shocking.
Speaker: How dare you ruin such a holy item such as a steak with ketchup?
Speaker: I bet he eats his steak well done.
Speaker: Yeah, he probably is a heathen like that.
Speaker: I like my steak still booing when I eat it.
Speaker: I agree.
Speaker: I agree.
Speaker: And, you know, but maybe we're wrong because he is, you know, arguably.
Speaker: Yeah, he's the one with Lombardi's.
Speaker: So maybe we need to start eating our steaks well done.
Speaker: I mean, maybe that will give us super quarterback powers.
Speaker: There's something in the ketchup in Missouri, I guess.
Speaker: I mean, I guess.
Speaker: I mean, hell, I think as a joke, freaking Hyde's ketchup actually gave him a sponsorship one time.
Speaker: It shouldn't be a joke.
Speaker: That's the man to sponsor.
Speaker: It should be the face of everything.
Speaker: It started as a joke and I think it became a thing.
Speaker: Put him on the face of every gadget bottle.
Speaker: Boost sales by... I don't think they at least do that in Kansas City and whatnot.
Speaker: I think there's somewhere in Kansas City it was like, yeah, it was like, get your Mahomes ketchup, just don't put it on steaks.
Speaker: That makes sense.
Speaker: That's disgusting.
Speaker: That's a degenerate thing to do.
Speaker: Missouri is one of those things.
Speaker: This is probably why Tony is not on social media anymore.
Speaker: We're spiteful as hell because in St.
Speaker: Louis, I know this is off topic,
Speaker: but it applies with the whole grand scheme of football.
Speaker: There's still bars that for every touchdown scored against the Los Angeles Rams, that's a dollar off their draft.
Speaker: It's like you could get cheaper beer for every touchdown scored on the Rams.
Speaker: Well, that's good because the Rams suck.
Speaker: Well, yeah.
Speaker: It's like, I don't know if they're still doing it.
Speaker: I bet you at least in,
Speaker: actual, like, St.
Speaker: Louis City, they're doing it.
Speaker: In greater St.
Speaker: Louis, maybe nine is more.
Speaker: But that year, almost every bar in Missouri was, like, dropping a dollar off a draft for every touchdown scored on the Rams because we were that salt.
Speaker: I mean, St.
Speaker: Louis sued the NFL and won.
Speaker: Yeah.
Speaker: Imagine that.
Speaker: Well, we're not the first ones to do it.
Speaker: I mean, Cleveland, when the Browns left to Baltimore, just a little bit of history.
Speaker: The Baltimore Ravens used to be the Baltimore Browns.
Speaker: But the city of Cleveland sued the NFL for allowing the Browns to leave the Baltimore.
Speaker: And to give them a new team.
Speaker: Well, Cleveland basically trained back the name Browns.
Speaker: So the Baltimore Browns became the Baltimore Ravens.
Speaker: And Cleveland took the current Browns franchise, took the name back.
Speaker: That should tell you how much Americans like football.
Speaker: If a team leaves, they just start suing the NFL.
Speaker: Especially in certain areas.
Speaker: Well, both times the NFL, because the way it works, it's like I know this is off topic, but hey, we're already on it, so we might as well talk about it, is that the owners get together and they never really consider their fan bases.
Speaker: They never consider taxes and whatnot.
Speaker: Oh, I know.
Speaker: They're talking about it.
Speaker: Or when a new regime comes in.
Speaker: Yeah.
Speaker: Yeah.
Speaker: And it's like,
Speaker: Like, they have contracts with the city.
Speaker: And Kroenke, who was a St.
Speaker: Louis native, who now is basically – like, the mayor of St.
Speaker: Louis banished him from the St.
Speaker: Louis.
Speaker: It's like, he's not allowed to enter St.
Speaker: Louis anymore.
Speaker: He's the most hated man in Missouri.
Speaker: He legally moved the team because he hadn't – he –
Speaker: was caught in a contract violation because these owners signed contracts with the city and whatnot.
Speaker: And we were going to build him a new stadium.
Speaker: We hadn't even finished paying taxes on the old stadium we'd built him.
Speaker: And we're judged though.
Speaker: And that was the other reason we sued them.
Speaker: It's like you left before your contract was up and before the bills were paid.
Speaker: And to give a historical example of taking to move the team, the Houston Oilers, who are now the Tennessee Titans,
Speaker: When their owner, who's also considered one of the worst owners in NFL history, like you should look that up on YouTube.
Speaker: It's like I have so many different YouTube podcasts or videos that you should watch because I think you'll enjoy them.
Speaker: But he purposely made the team – like he told the team to lose every game to make the fans hate him so much that the city of Houston would tell him just to leave.
Speaker: And it worked.
Speaker: It was like, you know what?
Speaker: Screw it.
Speaker: Fine.
Speaker: You don't want to play decently for the remainder of your contract.
Speaker: Go.
Speaker: We're done with you.
Speaker: And he moved the team to Tennessee.
Speaker: And, of course, that was a whole scandal and whatnot.
Speaker: He was playing on a college field for a long time because the stadium wasn't even built yet.
Speaker: And they hadn't even decided where to build the stadium.
Speaker: It was like, man.
Speaker: So the Houston Oilers were the Philadelphia 76ers before the process was even started.
Speaker: It's like NFL history is fun, isn't it?
Speaker: No, no, it definitely is.
Speaker: I was, there was talks when David Tepper took over the Panthers that they might be moving because Bank of America stadium is a little bit, I think it's one of the older stadiums in the NFL.
Speaker: They want a new stadium.
Speaker: But of course, of course the population ain't voting for it right now because no one likes paying more taxes.
Speaker: Well, I think they actually did.
Speaker: I think they secured fundings for a new stadium.
Speaker: Oh, that's good.
Speaker: Because I would hate to see Carolina losing Carolina.
Speaker: Because the fact that San Diego left San Diego, when we're talking about franchises that have been in the same spot forever, Kansas City.
Speaker: Oh, yeah.
Speaker: It's like Kansas City is one of the most loyal fan bases.
Speaker: Green Bay, Chicago.
Speaker: It's like these teams, if any one of them moved, the entire NFL world would be up in arms.
Speaker: Well, I don't know.
Speaker: What state would get a stadium next?
Speaker: It's like, you know what?
Speaker: Let's go with this hypothetical right now because we're already on it and whatnot.
Speaker: It's like I love where this train has gone.
Speaker: We started with a subject and now we're covering 20 different subjects in the span of the video.
Speaker: But I would like to see – it's like –
Speaker: I don't see another state that would really jive with a football team.
Speaker: I can't think of one anyways.
Speaker: Yeah, it's like California doesn't need any more.
Speaker: In fact, California needs to get some of those teams kicked out.
Speaker: There should not be that many teams in LA.
Speaker: It should be against the rules.
Speaker: I mean, the Chargers don't even have fans in LA.
Speaker: Everybody that goes so high to play against the Chargers is literally another home game.
Speaker: Yeah, they definitely should have never went.
Speaker: I would like to see, let's see.
Speaker: Do you go to Oregon?
Speaker: Do you go to maybe like Montana or one of the big Dakotas?
Speaker: I can't really see Oregon having a team.
Speaker: And the only reason why is because Seattle's up there with I-5.
Speaker: It's like Oregon could get to a Seattle game.
Speaker: Montana?
Speaker: I don't think it's like – I'm trying to think like an owner here.
Speaker: I don't think there's enough money in Montana to warrant a stadium there.
Speaker: No, I agree, and that's the same problem with the Dakotas.
Speaker: Yeah, there's not enough population.
Speaker: It'd be interesting to see a Dakota team in the NFL, but what – I'm going to take a wild card.
Speaker: Let's take it out of the states because the NFL is trying to expand.
Speaker: It's like it's called the National Football League, but think about it.
Speaker: The NBA has some Canada teams.
Speaker: The NHL has some Canada teams.
Speaker: I would like to see like maybe a Toronto team or a Vancouver team.
Speaker: How would that infringe on the CFL?
Speaker: How would that infringe on the CFL?
Speaker: Would it?
Speaker: Or do you think it would just be awesome?
Speaker: Not necessarily.
Speaker: Maybe it would pull.
Speaker: Because the CFL and the NFL don't really compete in viewership.
Speaker: So the only thing I can see that it harming the CFL is everybody in Toronto, rather than watching the CFL games, they turn on the NFL game or whatnot.
Speaker: But I don't necessarily see...
Speaker: any big competition.
Speaker: It's like the CFL can't compete against the NFL anyways.
Speaker: Yeah, no, 100%.
Speaker: And you're right because the MLS has Vancouver, Montreal, Toronto.
Speaker: NBA has Toronto.
Speaker: The MLB has some Canadian teams as well.
Speaker: Toronto.
Speaker: Yeah, Toronto.
Speaker: It would make sense.
Speaker: Like Canada producing an NFL team because football became popular enough.
Speaker: It's like the CFL is just –
Speaker: a stepping stone for the NFL to insert its influence in.
Speaker: It's like because Canada has at least enough interest for football to have its own league, but to have an NFL team would be prestigious.
Speaker: And I think Toronto would be one of those cities trying to push that.
Speaker: Toronto, Vancouver would be those two cities to establish more prestige to create an NFL team.
Speaker: I wonder how that would affect football on a global stage because football has absolutely become the biggest thing in the United States.
Speaker: So if it gets to Canada and it just keeps on rolling with just being that show that needs to be watched, if it starts taking over Canada, that would be crazy.
Speaker: So the Chiefs versus Dolphins game, that's going to be exciting.
Speaker: So that game is in Munich.
Speaker: That's going to be one of our foreign games.
Speaker: And I think the Germans are going to be excited to see that because it's going to be a competitive game.
Speaker: So kudos to the NFL.
Speaker: I seldom give them credit for this, but they are an entertainment industry.
Speaker: So thankfully they chose an entertaining game.
Speaker: Yeah, not sending the Jags for like the freaking however many years.
Speaker: It's like – I wouldn't be surprised.
Speaker: It's like I watched a little skit on TikTok or YouTube or whatnot about how he's like – like where he pretended he was like the Jags owner or whatnot.
Speaker: It's like are you trying to – are you telling us – do you keep sending us over to London because you're planning on moving the team there?
Speaker: And, of course, the commissioner was like, oh, no.
Speaker: It's like, but while you're over there, you might as well look at flats.
Speaker: And I was like, oh, my God.
Speaker: It's like I can totally see the Jacksonville Jags being forcibly moved to become the London Jaguars.
Speaker: The only issue I see with that is I don't know how the NFL or, like, how the London Jaguars would make any money because the travel –
Speaker: Oh, no, that'd be terrible.
Speaker: Nobody would want to do that.
Speaker: It's like, I'm all about international influence or whatnot, but how could they be effective in the NFL?
Speaker: Maybe establishing an EFL, like making football popular enough.
Speaker: They have a European football league.
Speaker: Like similar to the American football?
Speaker: It's exactly.
Speaker: I think they have like three Americans per team.
Speaker: They have – so it's united between –
Speaker: I think there's some Nordic countries in it, but I know Germany is a big one.
Speaker: Germany has multiple teams.
Speaker: Belgium, Austria, Spain, the UK.
Speaker: I think Sweden or Switzerland has one.
Speaker: The European Football League is actually – it's a big thing relatively.
Speaker: Yeah, what I would like to see the NFL is like – I always believe in trying to keep things small and whatnot because, you know, small government, best government.
Speaker: Japan has the X League.
Speaker: Yeah, Japan, oh, I love watching their Super Bowl and whatnot.
Speaker: It's like in the Tokyo Dome.
Speaker: They actually are more competitive than what some may think.
Speaker: But back on subject, I would like to see the NFL, the EFL, I guess the JFL or whatnot, whatever they call it, is like
Speaker: The NFL, of course, with them being all about money, the commission or whatnot, is probably going to try to freaking take over all of them, become a supernatural national organization.
Speaker: But besides the point, I would like to see all of them.
Speaker: It's like the Super Bowl champion from each one of those regions played like a final, like a true world championship or whatnot.
Speaker: Oh, come on.
Speaker: That's not fair.
Speaker: That's not fair.
Speaker: I mean, it's not fair, but Germany beat the United States in basketball.
Speaker: You told me about that.
Speaker: They got NBA players on their roster.
Speaker: You can't send an NFL team to go and play a European football team.
Speaker: That's not right.
Speaker: We got Derrick Henrys in our league.
Speaker: You're literally sending those men out to die.
Speaker: Well, no, we're only sending the Super Bowl champions.
Speaker: No, that's not.
Speaker: You're sending a squad to go and just murder another country, like,
Speaker: You want them to think they're competitive.
Speaker: We need to get them up to speed.
Speaker: America's been dishing out freedom since 1776.
Speaker: What's a little bit more?
Speaker: What's another massacre on our resume?
Speaker: Just sprinkle a little bit of that on the gridiron.
Speaker: Just let them know.
Speaker: So switching over to college football real fast, I think me and you might have talked about this one time.
Speaker: What do you think about – so, you know, there's Division I, Division II, and Division III football.
Speaker: What if they switched from division classings to relegation in sports?
Speaker: What's your thought on relegating college sports?
Speaker: See, so my issue of relegation is that it works to a limited degree in soccer because –
Speaker: The whole reason it works so well in soccer is that the draft in soccer is almost meaningless.
Speaker: The whole reason I say it's meaningless is because you can literally loan players out to get money for your franchise as well as get players on loan from other franchises.
Speaker: It's like, I mean, Miami has Messi right now.
Speaker: And I don't know if it's like... Messi is signed.
Speaker: All right, so he's not on loan.
Speaker: No, he's not on loan.
Speaker: He just wanted to come play in the United States because they gave him a boatload of money and some ownership, I think, as well.
Speaker: Fair enough.
Speaker: But I feel like there's no such thing as – it's kind of like the MLB.
Speaker: It's like there's no such thing as cap.
Speaker: It's like they have just money to piss away.
Speaker: And with relegation, it's to discourage purposely tanking.
Speaker: But there's also almost no purpose to tank in soccer.
Speaker: And it doesn't really work that well in the United States because what league are they going to get relegated to?
Speaker: I mean, there's pretty much only the MLS.
Speaker: There's not like a junior league or something.
Speaker: I know it works well in Europe because they have the Champions League, and then I don't know how their leagues are organized.
Speaker: But relegation to that extent works because you want to be playing the best of the best because of prestige.
Speaker: But I also find it meaningless.
Speaker: Like in college, I mean, I don't know how relegation would work.
Speaker: So say Vanderbilt, who normally always gets trounced in the SEC,
Speaker: loses and gets relegated to like the Sunbelt conference or division two football, I guarantee you Vanderbilt will probably run that conference because being the worst in the SEC is not, is not necessarily going to mean that you're the worst in football.
Speaker: It's like what I would like to see in college is like, I actually saw a video on this about how he reorganized all the conferences to be
Speaker: region-based, like he threw out like a lot of these lower-tier conferences or whatnot and made the Power Five like actually region-based or whatnot.
Speaker: It's like the Pac-12 was basically all the teams on the Pacific Coast or whatnot.
Speaker: Whether or not they were part of a different conference or whatnot, it's like he had the Pac-12, all of California, Oregon, Washington teams, I think Nevada teams or whatnot, and all of Arizona.
Speaker: Yeah, and like Idaho or whatnot, or that he had that in his Mountain West Conference.
Speaker: The Big Ten was his most actually geographically located because there's basically all those in the Ohio River Valley as well as the Rust Belt.
Speaker: He moved Missouri back to the Big 12, but he also put all of Texas in the Big 12.
Speaker: And the whole reason he did that is like now there's no question who's the best team in Texas.
Speaker: That makes sense.
Speaker: And then the SEC, I think it was like truly the Southeast or whatnot, but he moved Georgia Tech back into the SEC.
Speaker: He also moved Clemson into the SEC because he put all the South Carolina – like I said, this is geographic base.
Speaker: He had all of South Carolina in there.
Speaker: He had all of Georgia in there.
Speaker: So, I mean, little no fact, Georgia Tech actually had a year in the SEC, but they did so bad, they got relegated out.
Speaker: for lack of a better term.
Speaker: Yeah.
Speaker: And now they play the ACC, and the FSU would be, of course, moved to the SEC.
Speaker: And I would like to see the NCAA do that.
Speaker: And, of course, everybody's going to make the argument, well, like, some of these teams aren't going to do well.
Speaker: I was like, well, nobody thought Missouri was going to do well, but we took the SEC East two times in our first four years.
Speaker: Yeah, it's an interesting thought because I think we all agree that the college playoffs are a little flawed.
Speaker: Well, they're finally reworking it.
Speaker: I don't think it happens this year or it might be it starts this year.
Speaker: But I know without a doubt next year, I think they changed it to a six-team format.
Speaker: I think that's this year.
Speaker: I know without a doubt that all the conference champions, at least at the Power 5, get a buy-in.
Speaker: It's like now the playoffs are actually going to only have conference champions.
Speaker: That makes sense.
Speaker: That's how it should be.
Speaker: Yeah, I've been saying that for so long because I hate the fact it was like the top four teams.
Speaker: Because my issue with the NCAA is that it's been proven that March Madness are actually losing money.
Speaker: But they're one of the most corrupt organizations because think about March Madness seeding, which definitely applies to how I view the top 25 poll.
Speaker: What sense does it make that – so March Madness you would think is supposed to be the best 64 teams, right?
Speaker: Yeah, no.
Speaker: It is supposed to be the best 64.
Speaker: Why is the first four games only two of those games between 16 seeds and the other two between like 11 seeds?
Speaker: If both of those – if all four of those schools who you're saying are 11 seeds or whatnot –
Speaker: That means they're better than the 16 seeds competing right now.
Speaker: So why do they have to play to get into the tournament as opposed to taking a lower seed?
Speaker: That makes no sense to me.
Speaker: It's like if we're going to have the first four games, those should only be the battle of those 16 seeds.
Speaker: So that way each 16 seed that plays had to earn it the final spot in that bracket.
Speaker: And unfortunately, have to play the number one seed.
Speaker: But guess what?
Speaker: Unlike the number one seed, they have momentum.
Speaker: They already won a game in the tournament.
Speaker: It's like, I just feel like if they're going to do that first four games format, it should be between only 16 seeds because only 16 seeds should have to fight for the last spot in a tournament.
Speaker: You cannot tell me if Arizona versus Kentucky, let's say they were just both the 11th seed in the first four games.
Speaker: You cannot tell me that Arizona and Kentucky do not have to fight to play the tournament over Murray State or Florida Atlantic.
Speaker: Although Florida Atlantic did good last year or whatnot.
Speaker: Or like Florida Gold Coast or...
Speaker: you know what, let's, let's do a weird one.
Speaker: East Carolina.
Speaker: I don't think East Carolina has ever made it to the round of 64.
Speaker: Now that I think about it, it's like, I'm just saying it is like, you cannot tell me is like that these programs don't deserve to play less than these programs.
Speaker: Are you tracking the, uh, NBA's end season tournament?
Speaker: The NBA's end season tournament.
Speaker: Uh,
Speaker: How basically it starts like you go for 10, 9, 8.
Speaker: Oh, are you talking about like they're doing like a midseason tournament now?
Speaker: Yeah, like a cash prize midseason tournament.
Speaker: It's going to count towards regular season games.
Speaker: But there might be some playoff implications on it.
Speaker: I'm not positive.
Speaker: But I think the main draw is that the people that win the tournament get a cash prize.
Speaker: I mean...
Speaker: It's always fun.
Speaker: I'll play tournaments left and right.
Speaker: I don't know how the players feel about it.
Speaker: I mean, I don't think any of them are going to turn down money.
Speaker: But I don't like it.
Speaker: And the whole reason I don't like it is that if there's put-off implications, then okay.
Speaker: It makes sense to me.
Speaker: But at the same time, the season's already long enough as it is.
Speaker: Adding a tournament in the middle...
Speaker: No, no, they didn't add games.
Speaker: So it counts towards the regular season.
Speaker: Okay, so... So part of the 82 games, the more in-tournament games you play, the more games count towards the 82.
Speaker: That might also be an incentive.
Speaker: I forget entirely, but I think if you win the tournament, maybe you play less games.
Speaker: Or you might even play more.
Speaker: I don't even know.
Speaker: I don't know.
Speaker: I'm going to have to look at its format before I give you a final judgment on it.
Speaker: But as far as I'm concerned,
Speaker: Well, so once the NBA season starts, which will be in a couple months here, that's something that we'll have you on back when we get into the NBA season as well.
Speaker: Yeah, that's perfect.
Speaker: I was like, I'll talk on it later.
Speaker: It's like right now I don't know enough about it to give you an opinion for it.
Speaker: I'm not super into it either, but I was tracking it.
Speaker: I wanted to see if you were, but –
Speaker: Watson, that's all the time we got for tonight.
Speaker: Thank you for coming on, letting us know how it went down in Kansas City, how the Chiefs get down.
Speaker: I appreciate you for coming on.
Speaker: Oh, trust me.
Speaker: I don't think Tony's been seen outside his house for the past few days.
Speaker: I'm pretty sure.
Speaker: I'm pretty sure there's a bunch of angry rednecks outside of his house.
Speaker: Oh, yeah.
Speaker: You can't mess with Americans and their football.
Speaker: especially when we lost because you can't catch and you're paid to do one thing.
Speaker: Yeah, they call him a wide receiver for a reason and just didn't get it done.
Speaker: He's like, I'm amateur and people get mad at me when I can't catch.
Speaker: Do you have a – yeah, that's all the time I got.
Speaker: Thank you, Watson.
Speaker: We're going to end it here.
Speaker: hope and I look forward to bringing you back for future episodes of stellar talk with course you're going to be back for stellar sports.
Speaker: Oh yeah.
Speaker: So get ready for the audience.
Speaker: Get ready to hear more from the man, the myth, the legend, Thomas Redmond Watson.
Speaker: Now I've just dropped your entire name out there.
Speaker: People just, they can know who you are now.
Speaker: Put respect on my name.
Speaker: Some respect.
Speaker: All right.
Speaker: Thank you.
Speaker: Have a stellar rest of your night.
