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NFL Championship Sunday Recap
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The Goal Post is back after the Championship Round in the NFL
Damien and Patrick start off the show by lamenting what the Pro Bowl has become before jumping into both the AFC and NFC Championship games. They go through what went wrong for the Bills and what the Chiefs did right, along with major coaching decisions on either side - they finish by reflecting on just how impressive this Chiefs run is, and the general lack of parity in the Super Bowl over the last 6-7 years.
The Boys then move to the NFC Championship - a game that was dominated on the ground and through turnovers. They reflect on the great season that Washington had, but came away most impressed by how polished the Eagles look.
To finish, the boys give their early thoughts on the Super Bowl matchup and initial reads on the game - which includes an interesting discussion about the limited amount of hosting sites for the big game. They also outline their game plan for settling the Goal Post Playoff Picks - Both Damien and Patrick sit at 3-3 after 3 rounds of playoff football, and will settle the score with a props competition in the Super Bowl.
Enjoy!
Intro: 0:00-3:09
AFC Championship Recap: 3:10 - 30:30
NFC Championship Recap: 30:31 - 45:11
Super Bowl Lookahead: 45:12 - 53:52
Goal Post Playoff Picks Plan + SB sites discussion : 53:53 - 1:00:04
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Transcript
End of Multi-Game NFL Sundays
00:00:18
Speaker
Alright, welcome back to another episode of The Goalpost. We're coming at you after Championship Sunday, the last multi-game NFL Sunday of the year. It came and went. Heartbreak for a couple of teams. And overall, I'm just sad, Patrick, that we only have one NFL game left in this season.
Pro Bowl Rebranding Critique
00:00:45
Speaker
At least we got the pro bowl games to look forward to Damien. We did plenty. They, they fully changed it. I can't believe the rebrand, they they snuck it under our nose. It's ah now just referred to as the pro bowl games referring to, you know, children's activities, dodge ball. They're really just, you know, just there's the lack of football in between the conference championship week to the super bowl.
00:01:10
Speaker
It's just kind of a mockery of the sport, Damien. I don't like it. there it's They're losing. All-star games in most sports are not the yeah the most feature-ass thing. No one really gets too pumped up for them. But what's happened to the Pro Bowl is truly one of the most like just disappointing things of all of the all-star games across all major sports. I just can't believe how how much it has fallen since you know when we were like in in elementary school late 2000's era, early 2010's, there was still something to look forward to in the Pro Bowl, especially when it was in Hawaii. Now, I just couldn't care less for it.
Decline of NFL All-Star Games
00:01:45
Speaker
Yeah, when I think about that, I'm like, man, that would be an awesome trip, like, to go watch the Pro Bowl in Hawaii, like, yeah as a football as big of a football fan as we are now.
00:01:54
Speaker
like that's a dream trip you go to Hawaii you watch like the best of the best actually hit each other in those games like now when they write it they say it's a week-long celebration of player skills that is highlighted highlighted by a flag football game between the AFC and NFC What are we like? That is just I can't believe it. it It's basically the equivalent of like a golf pro am now, where it's just like they're just having fun out there. It's you know just to take a couple of pictures with the people, get your face shown around there. They're not even wearing helmets anymore, Damien. It's crazy. Yeah. And and they announced yesterday the big one was like the replacements for the the AFC quarterbacks, Josh Allen, replaced by Russell Wilson of the Pittsburgh Steelers. So you got that going for you.
00:02:41
Speaker
And Lamar Jackson replaced by Drake May. ah It is Mack Jones all over again. ah i I want to get up for it. i've I've got nothing to look forward to with the Pro Bowl. it There might as well be no football this weekend.
00:02:56
Speaker
Yeah, it's it's one of those things where if I have nothing else going on and I see it on the TV, like I might throw it on. And then I think it's one of those where you just instantly regret your decision and you go, what's on Netflix? Like, well, what movie am I watching instead?
Chiefs' Super Bowl Dynasty
00:03:10
Speaker
Yeah, were we are bearing the lead here. But ah yeah, championship recap to.
00:03:16
Speaker
i would say one great game one not so great game ah the eagles commander started well um but we will start with the chiefs thirty two bills twenty nine the chiefs advanced to their third straight super bowl their fifth appearance in six years and before we even get into the game I am like a lot of other people. I think it's just full on Chiefs fatigue, like five appearances in six years. You never see that in sports. like it It really makes me think of like when Golden State was going every year by the end of it, you were like, I just want to see any other team that isn't the Golden State Warriors in this finals.
NFL Parity Questioned
00:03:58
Speaker
It that's great and then it's also like we in the nfl you just went from the new england patriots dynasty to me to you know the tom brady mini tampa bay was running the show for about one or two years there he retires and then it's right into another dynasty it's just there's no kinda they they talk about the NFL being the league with the most parity yet it seems like the same teams are always in the Super Bowl even from the NFC side it's been the Eagles or the 49ers over the past five years pretty much representing the NFC and it's just we need to find a way you're right like it is cheese fatigue then the other side is you know respect the greatness of Patrick Mahomes and Andy Reid and what they're doing there but at the same time
00:04:39
Speaker
Changing things up spicing it up with the bills and even the commanders like that would have been a fun matchup two teams that you know are Historical franchises in the NFL have yet to you know get to the Super Bowl in such a long time But instead we got the rematch which there are some storylines to go after but yes, it's the Chiefs fatigue Mahomes and
Chiefs vs. Bills Rivalry
00:04:58
Speaker
Andy Reid. They just find a way to get it done every single year Yeah, I was looking forward. I thought Eagles are Bill's was a really enticing matchup. I thought that that would have been like a ah really good game to talk about. Not that this one won't be. ah We're not going to do our full Super Bowl preview. That'll be next week. um But yeah, this is the fourth time since 2021 that the Chiefs have ended the bill season in the playoffs. That is that is past boogeyman territory like that is just full on dominance. Like you you can barely even call it a rivalry if one team is
00:05:35
Speaker
sending another team home four times in a row. I think the worst part of it is that the Bills are 4-0 against the Chiefs in the regular season. So whenever they get to the playoffs, it's like, all right, we've already beat them. We can do it. We can do it again. And now they're 0-4 in the playoffs against Kansas City and they just send them home every single year. It's crazy how it's just, you know,
00:05:55
Speaker
In the NFC side, you had an upset. The commanders took down the Lions and the AFC was pretty much chalked the whole way through the number one versus two seized in the AFC Championship. And the Bills probably were just the biggest Houston Texans fans, you know, two weeks ago when they played the Chiefs, but they just can't get a bounce and they can't avoid the boogeyman Patrick Mahomes.
00:06:16
Speaker
Yeah, and we mentioned before this game, we can get into it now, that this was not the Chiefs offense earlier in the year that was struggling, that was straggling along. this That was exactly what we got in this game, was a a fully formed Chiefs offense. um We talked about them being able to shut down Travis Kelcey, they did, and then they just beat them with everybody else, like Kareem Hunt, 64 yards of touchdown.
00:06:41
Speaker
Xavier Worthy 85 yards six receptions Juju Smith Schuster had 60 yards like it and capped all off by an Absolutely impressive game by Patrick Mahomes like it was it that was no other way to put it than that like 245 yards a touchdown and the most impressive part of his game 43 yards on the ground and two rushing touchdowns like you you just can't beat that Yeah, it's a guy who put it all on the line. He knew what was at stake in the AFC Championship and his scrambling ability. You could argue was the difference in this game. We'll get into, you know, the plays that could have gone either way. But if we're talking about pure playing ability and the performance of the players in this game, Patrick Mahomes was by far to me, the most impressive player on either side of the ball.
00:07:28
Speaker
And on either team, it was just every time there was something broke down, he would read it. No hesitation was just running free. Ankle's looking great, by the way. We'll keep an eye on the Super Bowl. If you know the early in the first quarter, he starts limping around, but he wasn't flopping. He wasn't doing anything. He wasn't getting calls. There was no chicken slides either. I found it was just really impressive from Patrick Mahomes and Andy Reid. And they clearly had the game plan.
00:07:52
Speaker
And like you said, like Juju Smith-Schuster is getting in the game. Xavier Worthy it just looks like he's going to be a star of this team. though They go from Tyree Kill, the little speedster where they can, you know, scheme up things for him, just get him the ball and let him run away. Looks like they have the new version of that on a rookie deal. Could have been a Buffalo Bill as well. You know, they gave him the pick. um But yeah, it was just so impressive where the Chiefs is just like, this game is on their schedule every year. And it kind of showed where Josh Allen on the other side at the start of the game looked a little shaky could have possibly thrown two interceptions dropped by the the by the Chiefs I believe on the next drive or maybe the drive after he drops a snap and the shotgun was able to fall on it they had a couple fumbles but they were able to you know not lose any of them but to me it just especially in the first half
00:08:41
Speaker
I thought the Chiefs just look so much more prepared and, you know, it showed that they've been there five straight years and now they're going to the third straight Super Bowl. Yeah. And I think that that was almost the most crushing thing for Bills fans is.
00:08:54
Speaker
The Chiefs fully outplayed them in that first half and they still only went up into the half 21 to 16. Like to me, that was a point for the for the bills where it was like, OK, you guys did not play your best half of football and you're still only down five
Bills' Playoff Struggles
00:09:09
Speaker
points going into half. That's a good spot to be in, especially that late touchdown by Mack Hollins, a great throw and catch. And I thought that things were kind of trending in that direction. Bills come out, have a great start to the third quarter, they get back to running the football with James Cook. And as it got later and later and later in that game, obviously there was a bunch of turning points. But it's that feeling with the Chiefs where it's an inevitability thing. Like you just you wonder when the play is going to break. You wonder when they're going to, you know, put the dagger in your heart and you know, you can't leave it to a last possession. So then it it trickles back and you start making kind of rushed
00:09:51
Speaker
or panic decisions that in the bills case ended up kind of killing them. Yeah, you go away from your game plan. And I don't think that's necessarily a bad thing. Like I i do think the best teams adapt and overcome what is you know being thrown at them from the other side of the field. And especially when it's the Chiefs on the other side of the field and it's a must win game, you're going to have to change things up. And you saw that, like you said, in the second half.
00:10:16
Speaker
They start off, they get the stop on Kansas City. They get the ball back and they dominated the third quarter. That was when I thought the tides were turning like you were saying, and I was like, okay, the bills, you know, they made the proper halftime adjustments. They got that late Mac Collins touchdown. The tides are turning here and the bills are finding their game plan. And then in the fourth quarter, Damien, like James Cook was invisible. They just didn't give him the ball. And he was clearly the best player on their team in this game. He was averaging six and a half yeah yards per carry. He had three catches for, I believe 49 yards. So like it was just, he was dominant and he had two touchdowns. He was like their game plan guy. Mack Hollins was a great complimentary piece in the deep threat game, but it was James Cook to me that was really standing out and he should have been the game plan. And you know, the bills had, I believe ah they had six fourth downs and I don't think James Cook got the ball on any of them. It may be that was that touchdown on fourth down in the first half where he'd like dove in.
00:11:13
Speaker
I think so. Okay. So it was like the one fourth down play. He got the ball. Otherwise they like i get it putting in the hands of Josh Allen, but clearly every time the Josh Allen had the ball, they were getting those fourth down by mere inches centimeters at a yard at most. And you know, there was the, the fourth down at the start of the quarter. That was the the most controversial one. But I got to think like if you're giving your best skill player the ball,
00:11:40
Speaker
let him make plays because he was making plays all game and he was the one player on the bills that the Chiefs just could not stop. And they got away with it with that, you know, touchdown where they went for it on third with another design or or with a pass where, and then the next one, they threw it to Coleman who got the touchdown and it was like Samuel or Samuel. Sorry, not cool. Yeah. And they, and I texted you, I said, why, if you're going to go play two down football there, why not give it to James Cook on the goal line and then pass if you need to.
00:12:12
Speaker
It was just they were getting away from that game plan and getting away from who is clearly being their best and most productive player. He went out in one of those drives where i johnson came in so i was like is cooks somewhat injured nothing's come out about that like i don't think he was injured at all and to me it just played into the fact that i don't think Joe Brady really had his best game. like To me, the the Bill's play calling, the amount of design runs for Josh Allen, as somebody who has been torched by Josh Allen as as a Fins fan, Josh Allen is best when he is working off schedule, when he is scrambling on plays that are not designed for him to scramble. And and that came through later in that game with that huge rush he had in the fourth quarter.
00:12:58
Speaker
That is when Josh Allen is most dangerous. The Chiefs knew when he was going to run and they were able to stop it pretty much every time. Like I, I hated those touch push plays and you can't even really call it a touch push because he's not getting that support that the, that the Eagles put into theirs.
00:13:16
Speaker
Yeah, it looked like they weren't even fully practicing it. You know what I mean? It just didn't look good. It didn't look good is it is the easiest way to put it. They weren't, you know, as a cohesive unit, it was more individuals and it was just especially the one on the goal line where they kind of got stopped or the two point conversion. Sorry.
00:13:35
Speaker
He's just running and his first step is directly to the sideline. Like he's not going forward, whereas the tush push and, you know, all the other quarterback sneaks, it's just forward. It's one full motion forward where these guys like Josh Jones going sideways. It's like, dude, you ah weigh weigh what? Two hundred and forty pounds, maybe more. Just go forward. Like you're going to get the yard. And then, yeah, there's no one from behind helping him out. um it It was just like you said, off the play calling.
00:14:03
Speaker
that fourth quarter it just seemed panic to me and you know I think we I'm gonna kind of get into it now like the the Dalton Kincaid you know you can say he got it maybe he didn't whatever what I hated the most about that play was they went hurry up and it was the start of the fourth quarter you don't need to rush it's a one score game and you're basically at midfield slow it down maybe challenge the play if you thought it was a first down i don't understand why they went hurry up and then they went hurry up and did the quarterback sneak thing
00:14:34
Speaker
And it, you know, he got it. He didn't get it. It was just a rushed play that they didn't need to rush. And it came back to that might've been the difference in the game. And I think if they, you know, if this is in the third quarter, second quarter, first quarter, it's slow. It's methodical. But for some reason, either it was Joe Brady, Sean McDermott, they felt some need to rush there where I don't understand the reason where, you know, you could have challenged it. Like you said, if you thought he could have got it, if you don't hurry up, you could have challenged it. And then, you know, it's just, they weren't fully set.
00:15:04
Speaker
in that fourth down play and it came back to bite them. Yeah. And I think part of it is the bills were four for five on fourth down before that one that they ended up getting taken back. But you're right that the the fourth downs that they were converting on were by a hair, like by an absolute slim margin. Alan almost fumbles or he does fumble one of them. Like it it's not like when you look at the commanders and how good the commanders were on fourth downs.
00:15:33
Speaker
it it It was not that similar thing where they were dominating on fourth down, where they were getting you know easy, a one yard, a two yard. They were clawing and scratching, which I think gave them some sort of false confidence on their ability to get that fourth down, where plays back into the Chiefs coaching, they knew that play was coming. like get To me, there was no creativity in that sense, where I know you're you're trying to you know take down the champions and you're clawing and you're scratching for another yard there, but you're right. It was rushed. I didn't love the spot on it. Like I think somebody said.
00:16:10
Speaker
if you know to to believe that they didn't get that first down because you can't see it you would have to imagine that the ball just disappears when you stop seeing it i think he did get that first down i think the third down before it was very close as well but regardless that they should have never been in that position take a time out fuck it like i don't you had all three timeouts that's like that's what i mean i just don't understand the rush uh after that third down play especially when it was so close like yeah i i To me, I think he got the fourth down conversion as well. The third down, whatever. I think it was really close. But like I said, just slow it down. Call timeout. It wasn't in your two minute drill. It was the start of the fourth quarter and it's a one score game and you're at midfield. Like you're going to go down. If you if you get the first down there, you're going to continue to drive. um The issue like on the fourth down play, it's just.
00:17:04
Speaker
It's gone on all season long. The referees in the NFL have had an issue spotting the ball all year long.
NFL Refereeing and Player Safety
00:17:10
Speaker
And there was two different, the referees on that fourth down specifically had two different spots. And the issue with the refs and the NFL replay system is they're so reliant and it's a cowardly move where they just go, we can't overturn that. The call in the field, we can't overturn it. Well, one guy on the field had it as a first down and the other guy didn't. So how did they overrule each other to decide which one was the call in the field?
00:17:34
Speaker
that's what I don't get is like who gets the last call in that sense where I my eyes first went to the far field judge who ruled it a first down like just by the way he was walking on in the spot that he initially gave I said oh they got it I want to know what's in that conversation like towards the end of the season we were hit with replay assist 40 times in the last like 10 games and we haven't seen it once in the playoffs I i would say I could be wrong about that but like if it's there towards the end of the season and and all of a sudden it vanishes like what was the point of it yeah and there is you know in the other game that there was like a devante smith sideline catch that was i think you go but it was so close and i'm just like hey where's replay assist here just to slow it down let's review this as a Steelers fan we know it was like three straight plays we were just getting hit on on replay assist on questionable spots
00:18:28
Speaker
So it's like, okay, yeah, it's going to come into play in the playoffs as well. Like you said, haven't seen it once. And it's just the the refs got to stop like hiding behind the plate. Like the statement, the call on the field stands should not be a thing. It's you confirm it or you overturn it, right? It's, it's one or the other. When you just go, it stands.
00:18:52
Speaker
It's kind of just like a chicken's way out of it to kind of hide me like, Hey man, like, you know, there's no way we could overturn that, but clearly the refs are seeing it differently. And then like you said, it's like, you know, maybe the ball, especially the shop from like behind where it's, you can see his number and you can't necessarily see the ball.
00:19:09
Speaker
<unk> like Well, where do you think the ball is right? It's where do you think it is and the overhead shot? I thought was the most telling we're like you look over and it's like yeah, man His his he's got a whole head over the line the ball. It just has to touch the line The whole ball doesn't have to get over it. I believe the ball was touching the line But like I said, this has been an issue with their apps all season long and And, you know, it goes back into the why don't the NFL refs have full time referees? You have enough money to pay them. Don't don't you're a multi billion dollar league and you can't pay refs full time. I don't believe that. So, I mean, that's something that should probably be addressed in the offseason. And, you know, I would hate to see that come up in the Super Bowl, but I'm sure it will. Yeah, I i would not be surprised if it did um that. The problem after that was the bills could not get a stop.
00:19:58
Speaker
Like ah in that ensuing field goal drive where the Chiefs went up in this game, 32 to 29, I think Patrick Mullins went four for four in passing and then they eventually couldn't get it. But it was as soon as Christian Benford went out of that game, which we should talk about, it was absolutely free reign on their safeties. Christian Benford, let me take you through this here, folks.
00:20:27
Speaker
gets a concussion against the Ravens is in concussion protocol all week as one should be on the Friday the cheat or the bills designate Benford as out of practice with personal reasons because they didn't want to list him on the Friday with a concussion for whatever it would be the fourth day in a row which would I think by the rules ah rule him out for Sunday. So he's out for personal reasons on Friday. And then he gets cleared for this game three hours before kickoff. So right around three, three 30 in the afternoon, he then takes a hit on the head by Damara Hamlin head to head. And that was one of the most shaken up for somebody who didn't go into a fencing response. That was one of the most shaken up players I've ever seen from a concussion.
00:21:17
Speaker
And it begs the question, why the hell was he playing in this game? You guys who are listening have heard me harp on this podcast. Where's the investigations? Where are are are the op-eds and in the think pieces ah about why the bills should be investigated? they They instituted an entire new set of rules for the Dolphins when they said that Tua had a back injury, which led to another concussion. One of the worst things that can happen while you're concussed is getting another concussion.
00:21:48
Speaker
People will say, oh, it was Benford's decision that you have to take the decision out of that guy's hands. Yeah, it should be in the hands of the doctors on the team, the met like all the medical staff, the head coach should be involved in that decision as well. And I get it. It's an AFC championship game. You want all your guys playing, but then it's just like you're losing you know what the CTE cases and the lawsuits of the NFL from prior. It's like, yeah, you're sacrificing these guys' livelihoods and their health over a football game. And I know they get paid to play the games,
00:22:20
Speaker
But it doesn't mean that you should be sacrificing your your health, especially your brain. I would argue, aside from your heart, the second most important part of your body is the brain. And, you know, it I didn't even think like.
00:22:32
Speaker
Man, the the contact when he hit, the yes I believe he was Demar Hamlin, they clashed heads, but it didn't even seem like a hard hit in the momentum. Like the fact that he was that shaken up over ah a glance, I would say of the heads, especially when Demar has a Guardian cap on as well.
00:22:50
Speaker
and he couldn't walk off the field he had to get on the cart like that was pretty telling to say that he probably was not a hundred percent and you just say you know what strap it up man get out there you'll be all right well you know we win this one you got two weeks to the next game you'll for sure be a hundred percent for the next one They could probably learn something from, you know, like the Eagles where they were probably over cautious with Jalen Hurts, guys like that. Like you're taking two weeks in concussion protocol from a guy who in the moment said, I'm good, I'm going to play. Take some notes, man. health The health of the players is more important than winning a football game, especially when it comes to the brain. And I think the fact that Taylor Rapp was already ruled out of that game just feeds into the fact that Benford was rushed back because they needed him.
00:23:36
Speaker
And we saw as soon as he goes out, Elam goes in and proceeds to get absolutely attacked like a small fish in a shark tank.
Chiefs' Strategic Victory Over Bills
00:23:45
Speaker
That play of Juju Smith Schuster crossing him up and he falls about 15 yards downfield trying to get up. It was not a good look. Even Sean McDermott coming out of the half addressed it. He said, you know, they're they're attacking him pretty hard, but I trust that he's going to be able to come back and make some big plays for us.
00:24:07
Speaker
And that's coaching like, you you know, to go directly at that guy as soon as he gets in the game. And they just could not get a stop after that. Like it was a serious, serious problem. Yes, I know that they stopped them from getting a touchdown. ah But in that point in the game, the Chiefs are great with field goals. Like it's like how many times have they killed teams with last second field goals? They're fine not getting the major there. And yeah, it was.
00:24:33
Speaker
Once that happened, I think the writing was on the wall for the rest of the game, even with that little surge in the third quarter. It's like I said earlier, you just have this like impending sense of doom that the Chiefs are still going to be able to get it done. And it's part of that winning culture that they have.
00:24:52
Speaker
couldn't have said it better and you know we we got into the controversial fourth down the spotting the third down but at the end of the day Josh Allen had the ball with just over three minutes left and three timeouts down a field goal so you were in a spot where you could just go win the game yourself or at worst send it to overtime you only needed a field goal and you had so much time and they couldn't get it done and that's kind of why I go back and I You know, I, like I said, I still think he got the first down and you know, the chiefs took advantage of that turnover and they scored a touchdown. But at the end of the day, if you have the ball in your hands with just over three minutes, lots of three timeouts and the two minute warning.
00:25:32
Speaker
I don't feel bad that you couldn't get it done. like I don't go and look at the refs and say, that's the reason you lost. When you have the opportunity to win, you couldn't get it done. Shout out to Steve Spagnolo just dialing up the blitz at the perfect time. A guy who you know has been blitz heavy all year long, he was pretty like cautious in the game, wasn't blitzing that much. The Bills saw that they were running the ball, especially in the second half, but he knew On that fourth down, I think he blessed on the third down as well. He just hit it so well. And the offensive line of the bills, Josh Allen, they couldn't detect it and he would, they were just on him in a second. He throws up the prayer to Dalton Kincaid.
00:26:08
Speaker
And it's been a tough two weeks for tight ends in the AFC, just dropping some passes that with the game on the line, he drops it. I know it was, you know, an awkward trajectory of the pass, but still there was kind of no one around him, went right through the bread basket. And it was just like, yeah. And I, I agreed with, I guess, going for it on fourth down. Cause like you said, the inevitability of the Chiefs, if you just put the ball in my homes, his hands with two minutes, and I know you have the three timeouts, you figure they're probably going to get a first down.
00:26:35
Speaker
But like it was just so perfect from Steve Spagnolo. And I go back, you know all these head coaching hires, they all want to hire the sexy new guy, the defensive coordinator. Spags is just as responsible for this you know dynasty that the Chiefs have as Andy Reid. He's, I believe, 20 and 4 in the playoffs all the time as a defensive coordinator, I know.
00:26:57
Speaker
And he was part of that second giant Super Bowl. He's been all a part of these chief Super Bowls. It's just like, why doesn't he his name come up in any head coaching hires ever? i just It blows my mind where I'm like, that guy knows how to win. He's like a man. He's a coach's coach. And he just his name never gets brought up in coaching hires. And I got to think that's partially on him like I think that he probably is fine staying there and winning Super Bowls and not taking the pay raise to you know, maybe win maybe lose and I feel like that's almost trickling down where Joe Brady turns down the Saints interview like we've seen a couple of these coordinators turn down leaving ah in order to stay with the team and try and win Ben Johnson did it last year and
00:27:44
Speaker
and And it seems like maybe that precedent is sort of spreading to the you know other coaches in the league where it's like He is if not one of if not the best offensive coordinator in the league and why not?
00:27:58
Speaker
create a legacy for yourself that way. Guy's going to finish his career with like five Super Bowl rings. Like it's like- And maybe more. Like who knows? They just like keep going. Mahom stays around, Andy Reid stays around. Like there's a no telling when this Chiefs, you know, era is going to end right now. It's in like Travis Kelsey, same thing. It's like, why would you retire? Like you can play half the games in the regular season, just give it your best for the playoffs and you know just run it back. Joe Tooney on their team, he he went from the Patriots to to the Chiefs. like He's played in a Super Bowl, I believe, every single year of his career. is just These guys don't know what losing is, especially the guys who've been drafted three years ago. They haven't lost a playoff game. it's just It's just crazy to think about. You go from the Patriots dynasty, you go, okay, that's going to last for
00:28:44
Speaker
for decades, their their legacy, their history. And that's like, oh, well, here come the Chiefs, here comes Mahomes, we got a new dynasty again. It's really impressive. And if they if they are able to get it done, they'll immediately be one of, if not the best teams in in NFL history. No one's ever won a three-peat.
Chiefs' Potential Three-Peat
00:29:03
Speaker
Yeah, we're we're just ah approaching some serious, serious territory here. I know Patriots fans are kind of clutching their pearls a bit. ah We're getting We're getting comparison, we're getting MJ LeBron comparisons here. It's getting nasty out there. who Who was it? It was maybe JJ Watt? No, I think it was Luke Wilson. He just like calls Patrick Mahomes, Michael Jordan. I'm like, come on, use Tom Brady's right there. it's this It's the same thing. It's the quarterbacks of like a dynasty team. ah But yeah, it's just so impressive what the Chiefs are able to do. They get the stops when they need them. And then even on that,
00:29:39
Speaker
When they were driving there after they got the turnover on downs, they got like Buffalo got them to that third in like long, medium, long area. And some are J.P. Ryan out of the clouds. Just like here you go. Here's a catch for 17 yards. You haven't played all games. so It was just like they always find a way to get it done. No matter who it is, they they share the ball around. x Xavier Worthy was the star on ah offense in this one alongside Kareem Hunt and Mahomes. But it's just like, yeah, they know how to do it. They're able to change their game plans from game to game. And it's just so impressive that they just always find a way, and Bill's fans, I feel for you. I truly do, because that's a franchise that just, they like they're so good, and they're likeable. Josh Allen, like everything about them is so likeable, and it's just, they find a way, and then you go back into the 90s as well. It's just one of those franchises that somehow always ends up on the short side.
00:30:27
Speaker
Yeah, always ah the bridesmaid never the bride for the bills. And if you're a bills fan, you're probably using the time stamps and jumping to this point right now ah because we will get into the NFC championship game now.
Eagles' Dominant Conference Title Performance
00:30:42
Speaker
Eagles, 55 commanders, 23 This is the most points ever scored by a team in a conference title game. Like that was where my mind went with this game. I immediately looked it up after the game. It was in fact the most points that any team had ever scored. ah This was an absolute routing. ah It's the first time since the 1940 NFL championship game we're going pre Super Bowl for that.
00:31:11
Speaker
that Washington allowed six or more rushing TDs in a game. ah That was our big, big you know focus going into this game was, are they going to be able to stop the rush? Lie detector test said that that was a lie. 230 rush yards allowed, seven touchdowns on the ground.
00:31:32
Speaker
I believe the stat that I saw was that the Eagles had more rushing touchdowns in this game than the Cowboys had all season. I think the Cowboys had six ah little, little ricochet there for an NFC East ah opponent. But yeah, the story of this game to me was turnovers, right? Like we, we said going into this game that the Eagles don't turn the ball over. A big part of the reason that Washington beat the Lions was that they didn't turn the ball over.
00:31:59
Speaker
ah And that all fell apart in this game. Washington had four turnovers that led to four Eagles touchdowns. That's a lot of points off of turnovers. That is borderline impossible to come back from.
00:32:13
Speaker
Exactly. It's if you turn the ball over four times and like you said, they, the Eagles made it count every single time getting points on the board. yeah You're, you're not going to win the game. I mean, I didn't expect you to lose and give up 55 points, but yeah, you're not going to win the game. And that showed in this one in the issue was to me where it's like the commanders were kind of moving the ball on offense and they didn't look bad, especially on that first drive. You know what I mean? It was just, it kind of set the tone of the game. They're converting on the fourth ounce. I would have maybe.
00:32:44
Speaker
I went back and forth, hindsight's 20-20. Now you probably would have said, yeah, you probably should have gone for it on that fourth and two or three instead of, you know, kicking the field goal. But at that time I agreed with the decision, start the game off, get points on the board. And then the telling part of this game and how it was going to go was the Eagles get the ball and Saquon rips off a 60 yard touchdown on the first play and I go, all right, the the commander's in for a long day in the rushing game.
00:33:09
Speaker
And that held true, like you said, seven rushing touchdowns on the game. Will Shipley's ripping off massive runs. It was just like, what's going on here, Washington? ah But yeah, it was the turnovers. It's just, and it wasn't on Jay and Daniels. I know we had the one interception late, but it was the Fumbles man and like the Echler one. And it was just Yami Brown when he's just, go forward, get out of bounds. Like these guys are just kind of trying to do more than they were asked. Whereas if they just kind of stuck to their game plan and did what they were doing all season long,
00:33:39
Speaker
I think they would have been successful and I think it would have been a closer game. I think the Eagles outplayed them. Don't get me wrong, but I think the scoreboard would have looked a lot better. Maybe we cover a spread if you don't turn the ball over because they were moving it. Like I said, and then it was just the defense. I'm just, I'm waiting for an adjustment, right? You're just waiting. You know, clearly the game plan is to run the ball. And then I think they did try and stop it. And then jail and hurts had his best game by a mile in the playoffs. So he said three rushing touchdowns. He wasn't like, super active on the ground i think he only had 60 in rushing yards but in the air he's 20 of 28 246 yards and a passing touchdown the efficiency was very clear in this one and he saved his best game for when they needed i i guess he could even argue they didn't need him the most in this one when sake one's ripping off three touchdowns and doing what he did but it was it was the best game of jail and hurts and it was
00:34:28
Speaker
Pretty encouraging because, you know, he was in a knee brace. We didn't know how what his health was like. But I think he showed the Eagles and the Eagles fans that he's ready to play. And he's he was 100 percent in this one. Yeah. And you mentioned that he didn't have a ton of rushing yards and he still finishes with three rushing touchdowns like that is the impressive part about the Eagles to push, push their ability to get a yard whenever they need it ah like.
00:34:52
Speaker
three, six touchdowns between him and Saquon is the calling card of this team. Like it is to me, and we'll talk about it a bit later. This is such a different Eagles team than the one that was in the Superbowl two years ago. And it is such a markedly better team than the one that was in the Superbowl a couple of years ago. And Saquon Barkley is just the ultimate X factor where Like what a headache to have to defend and go against that because every time that they needed hurts to be good through the air today or on in that game, he was great through the air and it's an impossible dynamic to stop. I keep going back to Ohio State. Like it's like when Ohio State ran the ball well and they would sell out to stop it, they would get burned through the air.
00:35:42
Speaker
And you forget it's like, Oh yeah, AJ Brown and Devonta Smith are on this team. Like it is to me, they are such a well-built team on offense and it's almost impossible to stop. Like it it is the Eagles who stop themselves, not other teams who stopped the Eagles. Uh, and this was not the Kenny Pickett led offense that Washington beat late in the season. Uh, that much was abundantly clear here.
00:36:08
Speaker
like you said the Washington when they started the game they were picking up yards um but it became overwhelmingly clear that they were going to have to be perfect on offense to have any chance in this game and then you you can't be perfect on offense because the Eagles have a fantastic defense like I came away with this game so impressed with the Eagles Yeah, it's hard to disagree. and And I think, you know, aside from the Saquon Barkley difference of the other Eagles team that went to the Super Bowl, the defense just flies around. I think Zach Bond has just as good a case as anyone for the defense player. The year he was named a finalist. And then that defensive front, ah Jalen Carter,
00:36:48
Speaker
I know the commander's offensive line is, you know, not, not referred to as a top line in the league, but what they were doing, even like Jordan Davis was came out of nowhere and he's bull rushing. It was just, they would infiltrate the line basically from the edge, from the center, wherever they wanted to. And then Jayden Daniels was going to have to run and improvise and make these throws outside the pocket, whether you had to run or throw, it was just nothing was easy. And it was most evident, I think in the run game where Brian Robinson Jr couldn't get anything going. And it was just every run up the middle was going for one yard, two yard on first downs. And now you're just behind schedule.
00:37:24
Speaker
second and longs you can't do exactly what you want and i mean credit to dan quinn he's an aggressive head coach i think he got the absolute most out of this team this season they knew that they were big underdogs and they knew the game wasn't going perfectly i loved loved the fake punt call with tress way they got it sent a message kind of to the egos because i think punting in that situation they were down 14 to 3 and you're about to go I don't know if it's 3 and out or like their second they got one first down then they're about to punt it from their own territory it was like okay you know the Eagles are just gonna get it and go down for another touchdown they get the big pun and
00:37:59
Speaker
yeah Dude, it was like yeah tomlin like it it was it was real close to one of those punts, but it was so early in the game at the same time, but at least he had a feel. He had a real feel for how the game was going, and it was pretty evident that they could not stop the Eagles early in that game, so they had to go get the fake punt. They got it. They got points on the board after it, I believe. Yeah, it might've been a field goal again, but it's still just points on the board. At that point, it was 14 to six. So it's like, okay, one score game or in this boy's like the aggressiveness will show through. We just need to stop. And they just could never get the stop. And it, and then they couldn't get anything going on offense. And it was just so impressive on both sides of the ball by the Eagles. But you know, all, all praise to the Eagles. I also want to kind of highlight the commanders. Cause like I said, I think they got the absolute most out of their team this season. I think it's pretty clear.
00:38:47
Speaker
They need to, you know, they need some help on the offensive line, the defense like this. I think they're good on the outside on the defense with the corners and and such, but you know, you got Bobby Wagner, who's way past his prime as a linebacker, the defensive front, you're missing De'Aaron Payne, who is just an animal for your team all year long. He's out in the biggest game.
00:39:06
Speaker
And it was just, you know, maybe a complimentary piece to Terry McClellan as well. But congrats to the commanders on a hell of a season. And I expect this team with Jayden Daniels to be back in the playoffs in a staple of the NFC going forward. Yeah, I'm already excited for our mock draft episode. That's a team I'm circling for somebody to get a dog late in the first round.
00:39:25
Speaker
Uh, and you're right, it sucks for pain. Like he had that really. That viral quote, I think it was last year. I'm sick and tired of fucking losing. And then it's like you finally do start winning and you're not able to be part of that game. Just absolutely sucks. But yeah, like it's, it's tough for a team that is, that is building on the fly like that, that is overachieved all season to go up against maybe the best built roster in the NFL.
Eagles' Super Bowl Potential
00:39:51
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You could argue.
00:39:52
Speaker
Like certainly and that is just a mismatch in so many different categories and the big mismatch that or or the point that people were giving to the commanders to have an edge in this game was Jane Daniels and then Jalen hurts comes and has his best game of the postseason so it's like if you did have that edge Jalen hurts was able to take that edge away He looked fine with the knee brace and and it's just I like the Eagles man I I don't want to get too deep here and look ahead, but I really like the Eagles. I think they have gotten into such a groove After that Rams game where they seem to just be firing on all cylinders. Yeah, and like Syrian. He's kind of toned himself back He's not chirping that fan
00:40:36
Speaker
Tom Brady called that game, right? Yes. Yes. Tom Brady goes, when that game is about to end, he goes, Sirianni should start yelling at the fans just for fun. It's like, dude, what are you talking about? Like, that's what he got criticized for. That's the Sirianni I think everyone hates, including Eagles fans. I don't think the players like that kind of Sirianni either. What he has done and kind of transformed himself this season has actually been a pretty encouraging sign. And he's been in the Super Bowl two out of four seasons. So it's just... He's doing something well in that room and he's got that team going in the direction that they need to be. ah Like you said, there it's from that first Eagles iteration, three years ago, two years ago, that went to the Super Bowl and lost. It's a different team.
00:41:19
Speaker
And they improved in every aspect that they had to from that team. And it's just like, okay, can they get it done this one year? We'll get into the preview. Um, this game, I think led to serious, serious conversations of the Tush push being banned next year. I like that sequence on the goal line with Frankie Louvoo and the refs coming in saying, you know, we're gonna, I forget what the the penalty rule does something act. Um,
00:41:46
Speaker
it it was they were making a mockery of the sport at at points in this game and I think you know they do it better than ninety anyone and I get the argument that you know if if they can do it um you know why can't anyone else but it's clear that like it you can you know make it an illegal formation make it something because it makes the game so boring and it's not fun to watch them push push What close to ten times a game now? It's just not fun for anyone to watch and I get it It's not fun, but it's also not football to me where it's just like they're running the ball. They're just shoving them for it They're getting two to three yards like it's they could they could do it every down first second and third fourth and just get first down so to me I think you're getting you're gonna have real offseason conversations for the first time that this thing might ah
00:42:35
Speaker
might get changed i think it palpably unfair act there you go yeah it came to me it came there you go yeah it and it i think the tough part for that argument is i see exactly where you're coming from but the people who defend it will say we'll look at the game that happened 30 minutes later the bills couldn't do it like it's if the bills were were you know crushing on using the tush push in that game too i think you then really get the ball rolling But when you look at at a team that can't do it as well as the Eagles, then it's like, OK, so it's not some broken play. It's something that clearly the Eagles have perfected and they have the athletes to do it. I keep going back and forth because if it worked for everybody, everybody would be able to do it.
00:43:22
Speaker
I don't disagree with that, but I just think that, uh, I think the discussions are going to be had in the NFL head office. I, to me, like when they do it, it it was just that fourth, it was just that goal line thing that really kind of rattled me where it's like, okay, you know, he comes over the top on the first one. What else are you going to do? They call it does it again, but it's just, you're going into hard count.
00:43:43
Speaker
to Try and get him to jump offside and just keep inching forward once I if you just snap the ball You know you're gonna get into the end zone just snap the ball and do it and then you know They they they go hard count again I think it was Jonathan Allen like had the encroachment then the probably unfair act comes into play and And it's just like, man, just get in the end zone, stop going hard count. You know, you're going to get it. I think that sequence alone is what's going to cause the conversation within the NFL head offices. I don't really feel a type of way either side. I would understand if they banned it. I would understand if they didn't, but you're right. It is the Eagles clearly that have not only created this play, but mastered it as well. Yeah. And and there's certainly.
00:44:23
Speaker
you know, a lot more owners in the league that it than there are Eagles owners. So it's like if if they're you're seriously outnumbered in that respect where see that a lot in hockey, if if a lot of the owners don't like something, it usually goes that way. Yeah. And I think the NFL, they're trying to give you the best product possible. And I think watching the touch push five to 10 times a game is not the best product. Yeah.
00:44:49
Speaker
And I just, I think that's going to be the basis of the argument to me. It's just like, they want the game to grow and be more watchable. And it's just like, that was 1910s to 1920s
Eagles vs. Chiefs Super Bowl Preview
00:45:00
Speaker
football. And it's like, all right, we're, we're a hundred years later and we're still doing it. It's like, okay, come on, let's, let's advance the game. I would love to see them in the Superbowl. Should we, should we, are you, do you have anything else from that game and kind of? No, I think it's the pitch clock argument almost.
00:45:16
Speaker
Yeah, you know, you're trying to make the game more entertaining. You take something out or add something. So I think they got it in the Super Bowl. They got to just like go off that and make variations of it, whether it's a pitch to the outside to whoever's behind jail and hurts, you know, wheels out to the like I think they because what they showed, it was just against the commanders. They just kept doing it and it kept working. Maybe like the commanders got one stop on the two point conversion. um But aside from that, it was just successful every single time.
00:45:44
Speaker
The Chiefs defensive front against the Bills showed that they have the guys in the middle to stop that play or at least make it as hard as possible to get that first down. So I think for the Eagles, I know they do it a lot better than the Bills, but they might have to make some variations off the touch push to kind of like keep them honest. And just, I think it'll open up things for them on fourth down throughout the game in the Superbowl. But I mean, if it works and they get it early and they get it in the second down,
00:46:10
Speaker
I mean, i I don't expect them to go away from it. But I think what the chief showed against the bills is they have the defensive front and they have the game playing with Spags to actually to make them truly work and earn those fourth down conversions. Yeah. And I think that it was that second Patrick Mahomes scramble touchdown where somebody on the bill said that they hadn't run that play for the entirety of the season. That's the type of coaching that you're going up against in the Super Bowl is a a coach and a coordinator group that is ready to pull anything out of the hat that they you have never seen before. Fight a little fire with fire. I totally agree. you know give Give the Chiefs something that they've never seen before. ah The opening line for the Super Bowl is Chiefs one and a half. That is tight, tight, tight, tight, tight. And I think that
00:47:03
Speaker
It's tough because I think that if they go any higher than that, if it goes to even two and a half, I think people will jump on the Eagles. I, for some reason, don't really see this line moving much in the next week. No, neither do I. I think it's a perfect line. It's kind of what we we had it at that. Like before, we were like, guess the line. We were right around two. It's one and a half. Like you say, I think when you get up north of two, it opens up more room because I do think this is going to be a tight battle. And similar, like,
00:47:32
Speaker
the thing with the Chiefs is like they somehow lost the turnover battle against the Bills and won the game where I against the Eagles a team that's been there before the moment's not gonna be too big for the Eagles this basically the same team minus Saikon and a couple other guys was in the Super Bowl not too long ago so like they want redemption they want revenge That's going to be the big storyline. I think you're going to see all week like the rematch. Can they stop the Chiefs from getting the three Pete and get their vengeance from a couple of years ago? But at the moment, it's not going to be too big for the Eagles. And I think that, you know, it's going to be key in this turnover battle where the Eagles have been successful pretty much all season long and just like we're not turning it over. Saquon's going to go run the ball. Jalen Hurts can run the ball. He's not really taking these deep shots. And when they do, they're just on the sideline. So it's
00:48:19
Speaker
he's putting them in spots usually only AJ Brown or Devontae Smith can get it. It's not a lot of deep shots over the middle with the Eagles which is kind of where the Bills actually beat the Chiefs in that game but it's it's something where it's two teams that are so responsible with the football and have been all year long and that's why they've gone to this point but I mean if you don't think that's going to apply a factor in the biggest game of the year like it it has to but I wouldn't be spra surprised if there was just no turnovers either side, and we just see a really clean game of football. I have a fun fact. I have a fun fact. Shout out Jay Kuda, who's like always providing the fun facts. In this century, every time the Super Bowl has been played in between the two teams, like location-wise in in geography, ah the team traveling east and team traveling west, the team traveling west has won every single time.
Super Bowl Location and Fan Expectations
00:49:10
Speaker
the This year, the Chiefs are traveling east, and the Eagles are traveling west. So you like the Eagles? The Eagles are traveling west. we had The sample size is... This will be the 10th game, so they're 9-0. So the sample size is not that small. So it's it's a little fun fact. The Eagles traveling west, they the team traveling west, when it's in between the two teams geographically, has gone 9-0. So we'll see if that trend can continue in this one.
00:49:38
Speaker
I like that. I like that a lot. Where was the Super Bowl where they played the last time? Oh, why? I think it was Arizona. Because I remember, yeah, I believe it was in Arizona. This one's in New Orleans. So kind of like similar destination was where you're in the south ish. But neither team has to really travel too far. They're going to get their week ahead.
00:49:58
Speaker
ah the the bills The Bill's Eagles fans in New Orleans would have been a mess. So I think forre for just you know the people of New Orleans and the city there, I think they're happy. The chief fan's a team that's been there several times and will act accordingly ah is is good for the city. But you know Eagles fans are going to cause havoc all week long.
00:50:16
Speaker
Yeah, it it's weird. There's like six destinations that that are awarded Super Bowls now. It's a very short list. Bring it up North Indianapolis, Minnesota, like where are like these are all don't like in Minnesota, Minnesota may have hosted one actually, but it's just the last. It was when the Eagles won, I think. Oh, in twenty seventeen.
00:50:35
Speaker
Yeah yeah so it's just it does feel like it's always in a southern below the the non-existent equator of the um of the states where it's just like yeah it's always in the nice place which I get it like you're in February you don't want people traveling to snowy destinations but you're right it feels kind of like the national championship where it's just like you're cycling through all these southern spots and domes where it's like Don't ignore the North. The North the north deserves some some attention too, and they didn't want the economy, but yeah, I don't know. You're right. It's just like New Orleans, and New Orleans is the stadium, if we're being honest, past its prime. It is far past its prime, where like they need a facelift, and it's just kind of like, this might be the last Super Bowl they host in this current stadium.
00:51:21
Speaker
And I think some, I think I read somewhere that a lot of it has to do with like golf tournaments. Like they always have golf tournaments that, that revolve around the Superbowl, like a pro-am and stuff like that. So I guess it's only a small list of cities that could host a golf tournament in February, but it's like, it's like Houston, Arizona, Santa Clara, Miami, Atlanta, New Orleans. Like it's like essentially those six cities that just keep cycling them.
00:51:47
Speaker
Yeah, and like that I think they mixed in l LA because they put the new stadium in there. But it's just like, you're right. It's all the same stuff. Minnesota got a touch. They'll probably not see one for 20 years down the line. And I'm sure they've already kind of come out with it. Vegas? Yeah. And I think they're in San Francisco next year. So like it's just like, it's out west, or it's in like Florida, Vegas. Yeah, if you're not in a dome in this other thing, you're you're just in an outdoor stadium somewhere in California, maybe Florida.
00:52:12
Speaker
this you got they it's it's i get it but it's kind of annoying where it's like i would love to see one in like pittsburgh and and just like you know what i mean just a a super one pittsburgh cleveland you know i think they did host one in metlife not too long ago and i i don't think you know the people like i think that might have been i don't know but i know they had one in metlife yeah 2014 seattle 43 denver 8 and the weather was fine in that game. yeah You know what I mean? It's like February, you're kind of getting past all the the bad January snow where it's like, I don't know. There's opportunities elsewhere aside from just being in a dome. The NFL needs to open their mind a little bit if you ask me.
00:52:52
Speaker
Pittsburgh won in in Detroit in 2006. Oh, that's a city you never hear. Yeah. it's And it's ah it's dumb. Like it's it's all good. Like that's what I mean. Like they ignore the North. If you like Indianapolis is another city that you could definitely host it. They host a million final fours. They can handle a Super Bowl.
00:53:09
Speaker
I don't know. There's there's more there's more opportunities elsewhere. and NFL has got to start seeing that. 1993, it was at at the Rose Bowl. Dallas 52, Buffalo 17. That's fucking awesome. like That would even be more fun than just consistently going to these same things. Getting the sunset too. A little bit earlier kickoff. That would be that would be really fun. Now, see, they got to get us in the NFL head office. they need They need new brains like this. This is what they need.
00:53:36
Speaker
That'd be fantastic a Rose Bowl game
Super Bowl Betting Culture
00:53:39
Speaker
man. Oh, that's awesome. Yeah um But yeah, that's our that's our quick ah look ahead here to the Super Bowl some stadium talk ah But we'll get all down into the nitty-gritty next week ah a picks update from the goal post playoff picks here. We were both two and two heading into championship Sunday. Patrick went one on one and one with the chief spread and the commander's spread. I went one and one with the over in the Philly commanders game and the under in the Buffalo Kansas City game. That means that we are both gridlocked at three and three Patrick. We are headed for disaster.
00:54:18
Speaker
we We knew this was coming. We could have picked anything last week and it was just still going to find a way. that The universe was going to find a way to make us go 1-1 or 0-2. We were going to have the same record no matter what we picked. and then At least we're not you know we're we're brought we're down we're down because of the juice, but the records are 500 at least. so I think maybe for the Super Bowl,
00:54:38
Speaker
I am my initial thought was three picks aside you can go props you can go wherever you want but then i thought if we pick three it opens up the door for us to go one and two two and one like i think we almost have to go five picks each to make sure we get find a way to get a winner i don't know what you think of that but i find if we go three or the door is still wide open to tie us again. And I guess if we tie, you know, you you would win because you win the regular season. So overall you would still have the bragging rights. But I think if we go five picks each, we might have to get, you know, into the weeds a little bit. But I think that kind of opens the door for a solidified winner. I like that. I was thinking three. And and now that you explain it to me, five makes a lot more sense. And those will be some fun picks.
00:55:25
Speaker
Yeah, like you can kind of go, no, no, no, no no Gatorade, no, no halftime, no anthem. Exactly. I was about to say, you know, I think you can go touchdown score, I guess is like the frisk is you could get, but I don't yeah even that's like, question I'm thinking, you know, passing yards, receiving receptions, rushing yards, rushing attempts, even like you can kind of go anywhere you want. Longest rushes, things, of things of that law. Um,
00:55:50
Speaker
things along those lines where someone's going to, you know, go three and two, someone's going to go two and three. Like I think with five, it's just like the the opportunity for us to tie is so low, whereas three, it's like, okay, it's, we picked three throughout the week and we've had the same record multiple times where it's just like, all right, five. And then, you know, you've got the whole week, you're game planning, you're going to probably have like 15 picks written down. You got to choose from them. yeah It just gives us an opportunity to get deeper into the weeds and more in the lab.
00:56:19
Speaker
Yeah, I like that. I think that is a winning recipe here. I love Super Bowl betting like it is one of my favorite things every year. I've been I don't have wood to knock on right now, but I have been weirdly hot and like it started in that Bengals Ram Super Bowl. It was like early, early betting like I was on bet nine nine in like 2021 and I was just shredding the book ah that Super Bowl was so much fun.
00:56:49
Speaker
Like that is, it it is very fondly in my memory of like one of the more fun Super Bowls over the last 10 years. I don't know if it's because I won a lot of money, but I had a great time that night.
00:57:02
Speaker
Yeah. And it's also like we were kind of talking about the start of this episode, two different teams in the Superbowl, right? Like I don't like the Bengals, but it's, it's a fresh new team. The Rams were a fresh new team in like their home stadium it and like the halftime show was great as well. I vividly remember that one because I'm intramural hockey game in between and I brought the phone out onto the bench and was just like watching it on the bench. And then we got home, we caught the end of the game. Uh, but yeah, it's the Superbowl such an event.
00:57:30
Speaker
where it's it's just more than the game, right? It's, you know, the Super Bowl parties. what What are you eating in the Super Bowl? I think everyone gambling is, you know, it's been legalized. It's kind of been starting to normalize. But I think people have their opinions on gambling. I think the Super Bowl is that one time a year.
00:57:48
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where gambling is just completely normalized worldwide. Everyone understands it. I got like my moms doing squares in a family pool. this is like Everything's just like so normal. It's like one day of the year where it's just a full-on event. and it's I think the two teams are going to put on a show on the field. Don't get me wrong, but it's everything that kind of surrounds the game itself that makes it what it is.
00:58:10
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You're so right. it It is even for the people that the gambling detractors will throw down a $10 parlay on on Super Bowl Day. Like it is the great equalizer in the gambling world.
Super Bowl Party Preparations
00:58:22
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I feel like you don't see that any time else. The closest thing I can think of is like it's still a bit too niche. People love betting on like the Masters. That is like the closest thing I could think of or like some of the big golf tournaments.
00:58:34
Speaker
Yeah, you definitely see master's pools a lot. that's that's But it's sometimes, you know there's not even money thrown into there. It's just kind of bragging rights. But yeah, it's just it's the Super Bowl is such a big one. March Madness, I guess, but that's also kind of amazing. That's one of my favorite days, like the first day I went and used games all day long. um But yeah, it's the Super Bowl is such an event and people have been planning it oh all year. It's like, who's hosting? What are we getting? People are putting their orders in for food now pre-ordering. It's just such a such a big event that yeah the stakes are so high, but it almost feels like they could care less what actually happens on the field. Yeah. And, uh, all you bills fans who are saying you won't watch the super bowl. Yes, you will. Liars. You're all liars and you're all going to be Eagles fans. Like it's just hate watch. It's it's pretty easy. Yeah, it's, it is pretty easy.
00:59:24
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um But I think that'll do it for this episode of the goal post. Bit of a shorter one for you guys this week. We're kind of, you know, bridging the gap here. um But we will come back with a banger next week for the Super Bowl. There will be lots to talk about storylines, picks, props, everything. But until then, Patrick, I'll see you next week. See you, Damien.