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but we have a great discussion with him about the national championship on Monday night.
His time at Texas A&M, his time at Florida state, Jamis Winston. That is a theme of today's show.
Because we also have Cam Jordan from the new Orleans saints on the show. We also talked to
him about Jamis Winston. Somebody out there has to know Jamis Winston. And if you do just play
him today's episode. Yeah, please. It's the Jamis episode. So a great interview though,
with Cam Jordan, talked to him, talked some ball with him, talked about the saints playing in a
big game this weekend, trying to get in the playoffs, being an older future hall of famer
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Welcome to part of my take today is Friday, January 5th. And we have reached the finale
of the NFL regular season week 18. It came fast boys. You know what? I'm going to say it.
Now this is not a Rick Pitino joke. This is the start of the playoffs. This is the start of the
plan. We got playoffs. There's some teams that have already been playing in the playoff. Yeah.
We will some teams since like week one. Yeah. But yeah, we got playoff games this weekend.
We've got a full week 18 card, a couple of Saturday games, full Sunday slate.
I'm just going to say it right now. Enjoy it. Embrace it. The chaos. I know there's
some games that don't mean anything, but there's enough games that have enough implications.
I'm very excited for this last full Sunday that we will get to spend together watching
all the games. Yes. We're living all the chaos, but we did get here and we got here fast. It goes,
the seasons change. What was your favorite moment of the 2022 regular season, 2023 regular season?
Oh, there were so many good moments this year. I really liked the Caderius Tony storyline. Yep.
That was good. It was fun falling along with that. I liked that one guy's girlfriend. What's
her name? Travis Kelsey's girlfriend. What's her name? Oh, I thought you were going to say
the gymnast. I think she's the singer. Oh yeah. The singer, the singer. Yeah. The gymnast also.
Gymnast who's dating the guy in green Bay. Yeah. She would, did she win anything? Julie
Ertz's husband. Julie Ertz's husband. Getting injured. Yeah. I'd say the number one story from
the 2023 NFL regular season is everyone's favorite quarterback got hurt. Yeah. Except for Lamar.
Except for Lamar, who's won the MVP. Congratulations. Congratulations. He has won the MVP,
but yes, we have a full week 18 to get through. So I split it up this week. You stole my rant pin.
Oh. Oh yeah. I was using it for the dozen. That's not for you. I was, I was, I had to,
had to do some Jeff Delo trivia. Uh, okay. So week 18, we have four games that mean absolutely
nothing. So I wanted to just say them out loud so people can be like, did you talk about them? Yes.
Maybe even put a timestamp. Browns and Bengals, Jets and Patriots, Broncos at Raiders. Whoa,
yeah. They mean nothing. Disagree. Patriots mean a lot. It does mean a lot. Actually that one
Browns and Bengals means nothing. We'll go slowly. Browns and Bengals means nothing.
It means absolutely nothing. Nothing. Nothing happens. No, no, no injuries. The real story
behind this is, uh, actually my favorite story of the entire NFL season, the comeback of Joe
Flacco. Yes. Joe Flacco being back to the point where he's being rested as a star. Yes. In the
last game of the season, who would have thought it's amazing. And I heard our good friend,
Mark Titus was saying that the debate of Joe Flacco verse tomorrow, Hamlin for comeback player
of the year really comes down to what's more impressive coming back from the dead or taking
the Cleveland Browns to the playoffs. I actually think it's a little bit different. I would say
that coming back from playing for the New York Jets is more impressive than coming back from the
dead and then taking the Cleveland Browns to the playoffs. Yeah. He's basically the next Jesus.
Yeah. It's, it's insane what he's done. Um, and I feel like the nation should be rooting for the
agreed America's team. The Browns are the lions are the Michigan. We're already tied up with
Michigan being America's team. No, the Browns and the lions. If, if you're just going off, uh,
off like vibes of what you like to see happen. Yep. You're rooting for the underdog. Those are
your two teams that you're rooting for. There's the two teams that if you don't even bet on them,
like as a sports fan, I'm just like, yeah, it'd be nice. Let them have something. Right. Yeah.
Right. Right. Like no, no money involved. Just like, that'd be cool. Exactly. Yeah.
Uh, all right. So Browns and Bengals means nothing. I'll, I'll, I'll, I'll push the Jets
Patriots to mean something. Uh, Broncos at Raiders also means nothing as long as we assume that
Antonio Pierce has been hired full time. Again, they should just remove that, that title, uh,
make them head coach for life, uh, or at least just remove the interim tag before the game and
get a nice little boost. I also think that the Raiders should remind people on black Monday,
we fired Josh McDaniels this year. Yes. You want to get that? You want to rebump that
rebump the stream when it comes to that? Yeah. Chester should retweet himself. Yes. We remember
this guy did get fired this year. Yeah. Uh, but yeah, this game really doesn't mean anything
except you've got already a lot of the players of the Raiders coming out saying like, keep AP,
keep AP, keep AP. It didn't work last time, but I, I think it's going to work this time.
I also think that, um, the Raiders, I will probably, even though this game means nothing
bet on the Raiders simply, uh, in an old algorithm that I have, uh, team that likes
their head coach or interim head coach versus team that hates their head coach.
Do you think they in week 18? Yeah. Oh yeah. I think they, I think there's some guys that don't
like them. They're probably, he threw the whole offense under the bus. Yeah. Probably a couple
of guys on the team don't like him that much, but also a couple of guys on the team probably
didn't like Russ Wilson that much. Yeah. But it doesn't, it feel like the, the Broncos are
probably going to do a pretty big changeover. Sean Payton's got to get his guys in. Yes. All
his guys. He's got to get his guys in. So, and then the last game that doesn't mean anything,
Chiefs at Chargers means nothing. Uh, Chiefs are going to be resting starters. Chiefs are gonna
hopefully become the dangerous team that everyone's been waiting for them to become.
And the Chargers, they also need to remind everyone they fired Brandon Staley. Yes. They
need to re bump that as well. I think, I feel like the Chiefs are running like two separate
practices this week, this week's team, and then the real team that they're going to be playing
with in the playoffs. Yes. I did see a story come out the other day though. Um, Travis Kelsey
will not be attending the golden globe awards. Oh, I think it was the golden globes. He got to
work. He has to work cause it's on a Sunday. Taylor Swift was going to be there. You have to
wonder trouble in paradise. Not there to support boo. I personally would go to Taylor Swift's
awards ceremony. How many games has Taylor Swift gone to this year? Like, like 10, all of them.
Yeah. And he can't go to one little award show. It seems toxic. Are the Chiefs a better team if
Travis Kelsey goes to the award show instead of play? It might be. Taylor deserves better. That's
what I'm saying. Yeah. All right. So let's get to the games that matter and we'll go through these
games, uh, in chronological order. So we're starting with the Steelers and the Ravens
on Saturday afternoon. The Steelers need to win and also have a Bills loss or a Jaguars loss to
get in. The Ravens have the one seed wrapped up. We get to do the rest versus Russ debate. It does
feel like the Ravens are going to sit some of their key starters, which I think they should do.
Yes. But I am of the belief that Tyler Huntley and this way, this game goes that the Ravens are very
live in this game. I think they're alive in this game because the Ravens are the best team in the
NFL at playing games like this. Yeah. Like Harbaugh prepares them to do this in the preseason. Yep.
So they don't lose in the preseason. Harbaugh takes it seriously. It doesn't matter if his
second stringers are in third stringers are in, they're trying to win those games. So it feels
like the backup, uh, players on the Ravens are going to be more ready to go ahead and execute
than any other team. And there's just a simple math. You can't sit everyone. Yeah. You can't
sit everyone. You need to have some guys out there. So, um, you'll sit Lamar Jackson. I would
assume, you know, Odell will sit, I'm assuming, you know, uh, row quantum probably sit probably
Humphrey likely. Yeah. There's probably some defensive guys. They got to sit just because,
you know, Ravens have had some bad luck from time to time, but I, as good as the Steelers
have been playing with Mason Rudolph, when you're getting three and a half points in the Steelers
versus Ravens, I don't care. Just tell me who has the plus sign next to him throughout the record
books. It doesn't matter. I think this also happened in, I think the year the Ravens got
the one seed, they played the Steelers week 18 when none of them play for. And I think RG three
beat them. Yeah. Yeah. I remember that game. So like that shows you that I, I would not,
I would not think the Ravens are going to be just a pushover on Saturday afternoon.
I don't think they are at all. I don't think any team's really a pushover for the Steelers.
They have to kind of fight everything out. That's true. Uh, weird ref crew alert. It's the same.
It's the same refs as in the Cowboys lions game. We thought they'd be done for the season.
They're back in maybe one of the most important games. Why would they put them on this game?
Why would they put them in a standalone game? It's so stupid. You gotta, you gotta bury that
ref crew when there's like six other games kicking off. Yeah. There's nothing going on
on Saturday afternoon. Everyone's going to watch this game. We're going to be focused on this.
And, uh, hopefully nothing weird happens, but it's, it's these guys. So probably these guys,
it's these guys. All you gotta do is say these guys, these guys are going to be on TV. Uh,
TJ watt also going for the, uh, sack lead in the NFL. He's at 17 right now,
which puts him at number one. This would make him a three time NFL sack champion,
which I don't think has been done before. Also TJ watt. Uh, we talk about the baby bump.
Is there a Jersey Jerry bump? I think there could be because our guy, Jersey Jerry,
if you didn't tune in, uh, spent 37 hours trying to hit a hole in one.
He finally did it. And the 37th hour, he was what? 26,000, 2,600 strokes to get a hole in
one on the simulator. And in classic Jerry fashion, we've had Jerry on the show a couple of
times. Most of our audience knows him. He used his, uh, speech because we're like, we need a
speech. There was a hundred thousand people watching on YouTube. And his speech was basically,
I think this has earned me a dinner with TJ watt. Please go to dinner with me, TJ watt.
Yeah. Yeah. And so Jerry, I think Jerry will show TJ the same respect that TJ showed Jerry
by watching the stream. Yeah. Jerry will be watching this game. Yeah. I feel like TJ will,
TJ is going to be like, what would Jerry do when he's trying to get this sack record? Yep. I don't
see it any other way. This is going to be bully mode for TJ watt for sure. Uh, yeah. So this is
actually, I'm looking forward to this game. I always look forward to the Steelers Ravens game.
This time it kind of means something. Um, I, I want the Steelers to win because I'd like to see
the Steelers in the playoffs. Yeah. I've reached that point. I, earlier this year, I was saying,
if there's one team I do not want to see, not in the terms of like, you don't want to run into this
team in the playoffs. I did not want to see the Steelers in the playoffs. Now I kind of do.
Now it's the Jaguars. I don't want to see the Jaguars in the playoffs. I want the Steelers to
win. I want the tech, you know, the Texans Colt winner will get in and the bills to win. And then
you get the Jaguars out of the playoff. Yes. That's what I would, that would be a great setup
ideally. And I'm sorry to Jags fans, but like it's tough. It's a tough watch. Yeah. It's a
tough watch. They know. Yeah. Uh, okay. Nerd nugget from you, Jake, the Steelers are 13 and
three and regular season finale since 2007. When Mike Tomlin took the reins as head coach of
Pittsburgh, their 13 victories and regular season finales under Tomlin, the most in the NFL
since 2007. Okay. That is interesting. He has already gotten his ninth win. Yeah. I have my
bird nugget of the week actually for this game, for the Ravens. Let's go. Did you know that a
group of Ravens is called a murder? Oh, I did know that actually. Yeah. In a tribute to Ray Lewis.
Yes. I did know that. Also crows. Also, I don't know if this is a good bit or not, but I, I've
maybe my fire festival week ahead of time. Uh, I downloaded an AI voice and video simulator,
and I've just been using it all afternoon doing celebrities, just like typing stuff to keep myself
entertained. Um, I have, I actually, we have a special guest, Donald Trump, who has a prediction
for this game. If you'd like to hear it. Okay. Okay. Let's just see what Donald Trump has to say.
You know, Lamar is really one of the top guys, very fast with those feet of his. Um, he is also
a great supporter of our tremendous movement. I'll never forget when he tweeted, trust Trump,
but I like Pittsburgh this weekend, guys. I know firsthand how hard it is to stop the steal
on January 6th. Okay. So that's Trump. That's pretty good. He's on the Steelers this weekend.
That's pretty good. Yeah. Yeah. That's pretty good. AI. We're fucked as a society. We're
fucked. Oh yeah. Although Jerry just beat the machine. That's true. Yeah. He might be the guy
we need like at the front of the army. I'll take down a machine. He's John Henry. Yeah. Someone's
doing boomers of you guys a few weeks ago. Yeah. It didn't sound that close though. So they're
trying. Yeah. Ryan. Yeah. Um, okay. Next game. Next game. We have the Texans and the Colts,
a playoff game. It is a playoff game. So these teams, whoever wins this game will be in the
playoffs. I will be happy with either result because I think both teams have had great seasons
in different ways. The Colts were, we're supposed to do nothing. Uh, they get, you know,
Anthony Richardson hurt. Shane Steichen keeps him alive. They're now playing a home playoff
game to get into the playoffs. And then CJ Stroud has been one of the stories of this year and how
incredible he's been as a rookie. So like both these teams have their own wrinkles and stories
that I'd be like, you know what? That's awesome that they made the playoffs. I'm going to go ahead
and say it. Uh, whichever team loses this game, they have nothing to hang their head over. Nope.
Nothing to hang your head over. You have something to build on. You get something to
build on big time. If you get into the playoffs, then you have something maybe even a little bit
bigger to build on because you've got that one year of playoff experience under the new regime.
Yes. But yeah, both these teams, uh, congratulations. I think both these teams
should be congratulated for their performance in the AFC South this year. Yes. I, I lean Texans
just because it comes down to who do I trust more? CJ Stroud or Gardner Minshew. And I'm no
offense to Gardner Minshew, but I'm going to say my answer is CJ Stroud. Um, but I mean,
it's basically a pick them. Yeah. I don't like, who knows? I'm going to take the over and hope
for the best strategy because the Colts offense is actually pretty good this year. I think they're
top 10 well in Shane Steichen. Um, part of like his thing is that he is not afraid to take shots.
And especially if they get down a little bit, he's going to push the ball. Uh, so yeah,
the Colts overs have been, have been good this year. They've been really good this year. Yeah.
I'm rooting for Shane Steichen. Uh, I would like to see him go farther than the Philadelphia Eagles.
Oh, that would be fun. I'm also rooting for Will Anderson to get a couple of sacks and become the
defensive rookie of the year. Okay. Cause he should be for any particular reason. No, I just think
Will Anderson has been the defensive rookie of the year. If I had to vote over Kalajit Kansi.
Oh, yeah. They're both pretty good. They split. They'll split. Who do you have?
Kalajit. Okay. Got a name with the C. So we have, so who do you have? I have Kalajit Kansi is mine.
All right. I have a Will Anderson. Jake, who do you have? Will Anderson or Kalajit Kansi with the
C. No, that's what I meant. Yeah. Kansi with the C. Who do you have? Will Anderson or Kalajit Kansi?
Will Anderson. Okay. Uh, memes. You got to break the tie. You got to break the tie memes.
I'll go. Will Anderson. Okay. So Will Anderson is one. The part of my take
defensive rookie of the year. We got everyone's vote. Damn it. No. What?
What? Jalen Carter. Oh, would you celebrate that max? I wouldn't say I would celebrate is not the
right word. I don't, I don't celebrate anything less than super bowls. Oh really? You wouldn't
like drink champagne or anything before super bowl. That's your definition of celebration.
That was just a beverage. It's just, he was just thirsty. Uh, okay. Jake, what is your
nerd nugget for this game? Last week, Texans wide receiver Robert Woods became the 12th active player
in the NFL to reach 8,000 receiving yards. Okay. I can read the list. Yeah, but I feel like that's
an underrated. Wait, what was it? 12th active receiver to reach 8,000 receiving yards. Okay.
Mike Evans. Yup. Antonio Brown. Active. Sorry. Not Antonio Brown. OBJ. AJ Brown. Odell is not on
there. AJ Brown. AJ Brown's not on there. Oh, Odell's not on there. Cooper cup.
Cooper cup's not on there. Okay. This sucks. This list sucks. Puka Nakua. No, he's, he's probably
going to get the rookie receiving yard. Uh, let's see. Tyreek. Tyreek's definitely on there. Oh,
old guys. Uh, DeAndre and Julio Jones. Both. Yes. Uh, Devante Adams. Yes.
This list sucks. Dillon. No. Oh, good guess. Oh, Terry McLaurin. Wide receivers or tight ends as
well. Uh, one more tight end. Travis Kelsey. Two more tight ends. Yes. One more tight end now.
Mercedes Lewis. No. Eric Ebron. No. Mo Allie Cox. One more tight end. Darren Waller. No. George
Kidder. This tight end doesn't really play as much of a factor anymore, but he's still active. Oh,
uh, Graham. Yeah. Okay. All right. Yeah. That, that list. Stefan Diggs, Amari Cooper,
Brandon Cooks, Keenan Allen. You remember Stefan Diggs? Yeah. He was good. Yeah. Really good. He
was really good. His heyday earlier this year. Yeah. Until like six weeks ago. Uh, okay. We,
we talked about Browns, Bengals, Vikings, Lions. This game doesn't really mean anything. If the
Cowboys and Eagles both win as heavy favorites, uh, Lions feel like they're in the three seat.
Also the Cowboys and Eagles are playing later. So I guess the, the Lions have to try to,
they don't really, are they locked in? I think that they have to try.
They would want to try to win, but there are three and a half point underdogs at home. So
that makes me think they're not going to try to win. Let me see if they're locked. See what I'm
saying. Lions play. Well, I guess they wouldn't be if the Cowboys won. Cause it'd be head to head.
Right? Yeah. I think that's the lines aren't dogs. I thought they were dogs. Oh, they're
going back to Nick. Oh, their favorites. All right. So yeah. All right. So that makes sense.
So they were trying to win. Yeah. So I also think, I also think Dan Campbell can't,
he wouldn't know how to try to lose. I don't think he could tank. He's incapable of it. So
he's five and Oh, against the spread against the Vikings, something to keep in the back of your
head. Uh, and I don't think he's going to tank this one. Nope. They do. They, they are playing
for the opportunity to maybe jump the Cowboys. If the Cowboys lose the commanders, which is
probably not going to happen with a win Dallas and Philly loss. Yeah. Okay. So they need both
of those. They need both those things to happen. So probably, I don't think that they're going to
tank. I think, I think Dan Campbell will give a speech to his guys and he'll say,
we have not earned the right to take our foot off the gas. Yeah, I agree. And, uh,
men like also, this is a bad taste game. Yeah. I get the bad taste out of your mouth. Yep. Last
Saturday did not go well. Uh, the ending sucked. I think the lines are going to come out and be
like, we got to get ourselves ready for the playoffs. We got to put some good, good tape out
there. Maybe if they get like a big lead, they might pull some guys, but yeah, I think they're
going to try to win this game. And, and Kevin O'Connell, um, deserves a lot of credit because
he's a very good coach. I will never understand going with Jaron Hall in that game on Sunday.
No, he's trying to find the hot hand. That's what he's been trying to do is like, he's trying to
time it out to go like Jaron Hall had a good week of practice. So I think he'll be better on Sunday.
In this case, he's going back to Nick Mullins again. I guess Nick Mullins had a good week
of practice. Well, Nick Mullins is a competent quarterback. Yeah. Ish. You have to see what
Jaron Hall has, I guess at some point I would have gone with Josh. I would have stuck with Dobbs.
Just be like, fuck it. Let's just keep going. Yeah. All right. A nerd nugget for this game.
Lions tight end Sam Laporta is just one of four rookies in NFL history to produce this season
with at least 80 catches, 800 receiving yards and nine receiving touchdowns.
It is pretty crazy that the Lions traded TJ Hockinson last year and then they just got
a really good tight end. So you got a, like a younger, better version of TJ. Yeah. From the
same school. Yes, exactly. Yeah. They just went back. Uh, okay. Jaguars or Titans. I think this
Titans maybe outright. So, uh, last week, Mike Vrabel had a great quote. I fucking can't stand
losing. No. So the, the, the reporter asked, how do you feel about losing? And he said,
it fucking sucks. Yeah. Losing fucking sucks. And then, and then he gave a whole answer and then
he's like, you got anything else? Yeah. The reporter. It's a good answer. It's a good answer
from Braves. I think that this is the Titans too. I don't believe in the Jaguars. It's just
the Mike Vrabel in a week 18 where nothing matters for his team against the Jacksonville
Jaguars who are battered and beaten and, and have not looked good. And yeah, they,
they beat the Panthers and their defense looked good. Uh, but just, we've seen this. What was
Carson Wentz and the Colts? They were, Oh no, that was the reverse. The Jaguars beat the Colts.
Jaguars beat the Colts. But it just something weird always happens in the, in the AFC South.
Yeah. Late season games. And this is very well. Superbowl this year. Also revenge.
Yeah. Remember the Titans lost the Jaguars in week 18 last year to get in the playoffs. Yep.
So a little revenge. That was Josh tops. Yeah. I, I, I actually do think that variable is going
to have the team ready to play. Do we know, is it going to be Will Levis or is it going to be
Tannehill? Hmm. I don't know. It doesn't really factor into my equation because my equation is
just Mike Vrabel. And that's, it's a one item equation. So we get, uh, Oh, we'll love us. I'm
watching right now. He's dancing at practice. I think it's, we'll let us nothing confirmed, but
Levis is start. Oh, I've got someone Nick sus online. Got Will Levis feet picks.
So it's just a zoomed in picture of his feet. He's got ankle wraps. I love that. Nick sus,
Nick sus got those will Levis feet picks. Great account. Uh, it's moved. Wait, here it is. We'll
let us moved. Okay. Not as well as last week worked third, when all three were together in
second, when they reduced to only two getting work. So that kind of means it might be Tannehill
and it's Trevor Lawrence playing. He said that his, his shoulder feels better every day.
So that's good. Trending in the right direction. That's officially trending in the right direction.
I don't, again, it doesn't factor to my equation. My equation is Mike variable plus
zero equals Mike variable. Right. And so that's telling me to bet the Titan. He's going to get
the boys fired up one way or the other. Uh, okay. Nerd nugget for this game. Jaguars running back.
Travis UTN has 11 rushing touchdowns this season becoming the first Jaguar since 2009 to record
at least 10 rushing touchdowns in a season. Last was MJD in 2009. They even had a good running
back in a while. Yeah. They used to have good ones. So they had Fred Taylor. Yeah. Yeah. MJD.
He got fat. He got, yeah, he was always like a little squatty body. NFL network personality.
Yeah. But yeah, he got fat. Yeah. He got a little chunky. I remember when he knocked out Sean
Merriman. Yeah, that was great. We had a good block. He was awesome. So much fun to watch.
Okay. Jets Patriots, Henry. Yes. You want to lose this game? We do. I don't think Bill Belichick
will lose this game. Neither do I, but there are reports coming out that there's a lot of turmoil
in the coaching staff locker room. Now that it seems like things might be over, there
might be some, you know, airing of grievances, throwing people under the bus. Who do tell?
I just read a report that someone said the staff was super dysfunctional. Oh yeah. An anonymous
source. Have we not read Hank this direct report for the last like 10 weeks? He's now believing it.
And Hank's been saying it's fan fiction. Well, now I'm trying to convince myself that we can
lose this game. Got it. Got it. Yeah. That makes sense. I've been saying for the last three weeks,
Bill Belichick will not lose to the Jets. I feel like Bill Belichick, if he does get fired,
they need to make that its own day. He can't go out with like... He can't go out on Black Monday.
He can't go out on the Black Monday. We can't scroll Black Monday and be like, Dennis Allen
fired, Nick Sirianni fired, Bill Belichick fired. He needs his own day. He should be traded at the
Super Bowl. That'd be funny if they fired Nick Sirianni before the playoff game. Yeah, that'd
be funny. I have a guest picker here for this game too, if that's okay. Yeah. All right. Let's see
what he has to say. Hang on. We don't win anymore in Washington and it's quite sad.
We are looking very strongly at bringing in Bill Belichick, a true patriot and great winner.
He is a friend of mine and the New York Jets have been very nasty to him.
So I think he likes Belichick this weekend. Where's the pick, John?
He said that the New York Jets have been very nasty to him. What was the pick? You sound like
a lib, Hank. No, you said you're a guest picker and he didn't make a pick. You're nitpicking
everything that President Trump says. He said he had a pick. He didn't have a pick. Okay. Well,
I think he likes the Patriots this weekend. He did not have a pick. He did not. But the New York
Jets, in fact, have been very nasty to Bill Belichick and he's been very nasty back. Fifteen
in a row, though, water always finds its level. I mean, like the Jets is more due than the New
York Jets. That's true. You want to win this game? No, really? No, not even to get the get the 15 in
a row done. Yeah. So right now I'm saying no, but if they do win, I'll be like, yeah, they did it.
And then Patriots will draft a quarterback that plays there for 50 more years and absolutely
tortures the fan base. This actually might be the easy game.
What do you mean? Is he might get a full workload? Oh, he might. Yeah. Dalvin Cook's out. Yeah. Oh,
is he touchdown? Is he out or did he did Dalvin Cook get cut? Wait, is he out?
It's like cell phone parts. Yeah. Is he in? Is he in? Is he in? Is he in? Wait, Dalvin Cook's
playing or not? I don't know. That's what I'm asking. Dalvin Cook out. But is he out?
Is he is he in Dalvin Cook out? I don't know if he's in. That's what we're asking you. Got it.
No, he's out. Is he out? He's out. He's in. I don't know if he's in. Dalvin out. Is he in?
Okay. Great. Great fit. Yeah. Okay. So is he in Dalvin Cook also playing? No. Oh no. Dalvin Cook
out. Is he in? Dalvin Cook is being given the opportunity to sign with a contender.
Wait, seriously? Yeah. Yeah. Oh, so that's why they, that's why they let him go was to give
him the opportunity to get on a playoff roster. Cool. He's cut. He's not out. He's cut. I believe
he's cut. Is he officially, is he released? Yeah, he's released. He's been released. Got it. Okay.
So that's why. That did not work well. That's why it's the easy game. Yeah. Got it. Got it. Uh,
yeah. Dalvin contender. I don't think so. You don't think, what, what contender? Just tell
him like the Chargers are still in it. You know what I would do if I'm the Ravens, I would sign
them just, just in case. Yeah, that might not be terrible. Just in case. Just in case. Uh,
okay. Nerd nugget for this game. Reminder first for big cat to that Patriots and under
forbid for, for big cat. Yeah. What did you say? Reminder for big cat. Okay. Maybe I misspoke,
but I thought it was forbid cat. Okay. The last time they played, he told me to remind you
under in the Patriots. Yeah. Yeah. I might not the unders the unders grow. I'm not gonna bet
the under, but I will bet the Patriots, uh, Patriots running back. Ezekiel Elliott enters
the final week of the season. Second on the team in receptions, only one catch behind leaders,
Mario Douglas. Oh, that's a confident offense. Never a good sign. Can, uh, if he out catches
Douglas, it'll be the second straight season that are running back leads the Patriots in receptions
and the 10th time in team history. Yeah. When you're, when you're running back leads the team
in receptions, that's like, if your safety leads the team in tackles, is there a team out there
that has that occurring right now, Max? Yeah. Yeah. Oh shit. It's not, it's just not a good
sign. No, it's not a great sign. Matt Forte, I think bears in receptions for a few years,
but yeah. Unless that person's LaShawn McCoy or Ladanian Tomlinson or, uh, yeah. Brian Westbrook.
Yeah. Uh, okay. Next game down the list, Falcons at Saints. If the Bucs lose, this becomes the,
uh, battle for the NFC South. Kind of fun. Kind of fun. Uh, I think the Saints,
I love the Saints this weekend. Yeah. I mean, the Falcons can't play on the road. Personally.
That's what I was going to say. The Falcons really can't play on the road at all. Arthur
Smith though. Saints are building off something really building. I think, what are they? Three
and one in their last four right now. So the Saints in the last quarter of the season,
the Saints have been trending towards being not just a playoff team, but a good playoff. Probably
the one seed. They would be. So I I'm riding with car, man. Arthur Smith, division rival wants to
spoil the season for the Saints. Well, no, he's trying to get in the playoffs. He's trying to get
in the playoffs himself. He tries to spoil it. They're equal right now. And get into the playoffs.
They, if they win this game and the Bucs lose, they're in the, they win the NFC South. They host
a playoff game. That's huge. And spoil. And spoil. Simultaneously. I, I personally love the Saints
this weekend. All the Falcons. Yeah. I kind of want the Saints to make the playoffs just because
then maybe Jameis would get in. Yeah. Saints making the playoffs and, and Derek Carr getting
like a, a, a high ankle sprain. That'd be the ideal situation. Yeah. Yeah. And also just so
Stephen Shay was like, I love the laugh in his face. Yeah. Yeah. It'd be nice. Yeah. All right.
Nerd nugget for this game. Shout out to today's guests, Saints defensive end, Cameron Jordan's
116 and a half sacks since 2012 leads the NFL over that span Von Miller and Chandler Jones,
right behind him with one 12 future hall of famer. There we go. We're going to get to it.
So the, uh, the behind the scenes dialogue that Hank and I were doing right there is that this
game means a lot for who gets the second overall pick. Because if both the Patriots lose and the
commanders lose, uh, this is the most important game. This is like worth two games. If the Saints
win, it's good for you. If the Saints win, then the commanders would probably get the second overall
pick. Got it. And if the Falcons win pitch. Yeah. So it's to see who has to give their entire future
assets to me. Yes. I love for the right to love it. But it's all loser of this. We'll have to
just hand me all the pick Hank. I'll just say that a top three pick in this draft is pretty good.
There's there's three, maybe even four and you can get to one. It will cost you everything,
but you can get to one. Gimme, gimme, gimme. I have no idea who our new jam is going to be.
So I don't know. This is actually tough for me because I got to figure out who's more likely to
suck next year. Yeah. Are you worried about Caleb Williams? You got to know you got to wait
for the coaching outcome. I got to see who's going to suck more. Are you not worried about
Caleb Williams like becoming Patrick Mahomes 2.0? Listen, I know you're on your hate me
little, you started 2024 just being like, I'm just going to, I'm just going to fucking propaganda,
get big cat, just fucking stick it to him. No, I'm not worried. I got to figure out who's going
to suck more. We might be doing the process in DC. I think it might be Washington, but. Just look
at the history. Yeah. But if Belichick's gone, your history's gone. Yeah. And then we might get
your history, right? Oh man. You ever think about that? Belichick breaking the all time wins record
on my sideline. It will be very dependent on you guys coach. Yeah. You guys hire. We're going to
throw them a parade. We're going to treat Bill. We would treat you so good in DC. You would be a
King to us. You could go, you go coach Navy football and lacrosse during the week. Bill,
man, Bill, you would be my main bitch. Okay. So I think this is what I'm rooting for. I'm rooting
for, um, the saints to win. Yeah. You get the second pick. Yeah. Yeah. You're Hank. It's the
third pick. Hank then gives me all the future picks and then picks number one takes Caleb
Williams. You take Drake May and you have bill Belichick and Drake may turns out to be the better
of the two. I like that. That'd be good. Oh, and then, Oh boy. And then big cat, they both become
hall of famers. That's really hard. When's the last time the number one and number two pick
became hall of famers at a quarterback position. Never. And then big cat drops back. Even further
in the draft. And then you get Jaden Daniels and then they're both better. Yeah. Caleb Williams,
who spends all his time taking pictures of his outfits. He's sitting in sky rise apartments.
Yeah. What do you think about that? And then the jets get Michael Penix and he's awesome. Yeah.
Yeah. I like this. This is fun. This is a great future. What are you looking for Hank? He's
looking for the number one and number two. I mean the half the quarterbacks in every first round
suck. They stink. Zero. The answer is zero. Zero. So there's always a 50% chance that one of those
guys going to stink. There's always a winner and a loser. Yeah. And sometimes both losers. And I'll
be, I'll be totally honest. There could easily be two losers. Given, given our team's history in
terms of drafting long-term solutions at the quarterback position, um, giving us a high pick
does not necessarily mean we're going to take a better player. Correct. But if the choice is out
of your hands, then at least you can say, well, we had no choice. Exactly. Which is actually a great
choice. It is to be, have the choice to be forced. Yes, exactly. Uh, okay. Uh, no. Oh no. Bucks
Panthers. We got sidetracked there. Bucks Panthers. I think the Panthers are live in this game. I like
all the shitty teams this week. I just want to say it right now. I'm probably going to be betting
the worst teams possible. Is David Tepper going to be suspended from attending this game?
That's what I want to know. $300,000 is a joke. It's he gets that, he makes that in like an hour
in interest. It's in his cat, like the cushions of his couch. Yeah. Have $300,000. No, he probably
has a ticker in his office. That's like, you want to see how much I'm making just with my money
sitting in, you know, all these stocks. Look, yeah. 300,000 every second. The drink that he
threw probably was worth about 300 K. Yeah. According to front office sports today,
it's the equivalent of finding the average American a dollar and 75 cents. Okay. That's
worth it for a drink throw. Like a cup of coffee. Yeah. That's worth it for a drink.
Coffees. I've noticed people are going to get mad at you. I'm going to say you're out of touch.
It's a gallon of milk. What can it cost? $10? $1.75 is what? It's a fucking month's rent.
No, I drink, I drink Stella blue coffee and I get it in, uh, in the coffee grinds. Yes. And
so therefore you save money when you make it and we get it at the office and we get it at the office.
Yeah. So it's a dollar 75 for, you know, there's therapy. There are people who police us because
we've got a little change in our pocket. They're like, you guys are so out of touch. Yeah. Well,
whatever. Remember when we did the Brock party and we're like, he's, that's not a lot of money. Yes,
it is a lot of money. 800,000. We're saying it's not a lot of money to be the leader of the MVP
and not in the San Francisco area. Right? Right. Like there are people that make $800,000 in San
Francisco that, that drive Ubers on the weekend. That step in human shit every, every day. Yeah.
We've seen the videos on Twitter. He and Michael Chong or whatever. I'm just upset. I'm just upset
that we have one guy who doesn't live in America who just bashes America. Yeah. The guy that people
eat it up. Yeah. That he lives in like the Philippines. He just is in my algorithm all
the time. It's like America's dying. It's like, wait, dude, you don't live here. America's still
pretty good. We fucking rock. Yeah. We got the NFL bitch. Yeah. Every Sunday, motherfucker.
Okay. Well, um, what were we talking about? We're talking about the Panthers. Oh,
yeah. David Tepper coffee is David Tepper suspended for a game. I just, I like the idea
of suspending an owner from attending a game. That sounds fun to me, but that would actually,
no, he should have to, he should have to attend this game. Watching the Panthers is a punishment
in and of itself. Yeah. His actual punishment should be. He has to sit down and watch the
entire season back. Yeah. That would be much more Panthers. Yeah. And watch more Panthers.
So I, uh, I actually like the bucks this weekend. I like them a lot. I don't think that the Panthers
don't have anything to play for. That's why they're dangerous. That's, I just love the idea
of, cause it doesn't feel like every week 18, we have like one or two of these games that are just
like where the fuck this come from. It's a team that needs to win and a team that doesn't give a
fuck. What did Tommy give us that stat and advisors? It's like a team that needs to win
versus a team that doesn't have anything to play for the team that needs to win is like 38% against
the spread. Hmm. So it just, it happens. Might not be this game, but I'm going to say right now,
I'm going to load up on the worst teams this week. I think there's going to be a
collage of can't see coming out party. Okay. Maybe get that extra vote. That swing vote teams.
Open your eyes. Yep. Okay. A nerd nugget. Buccaneers quarterback Baker Mayfield needs
two passing touchdowns to join Tom Brady as the only players with 30 plus passing touchdowns in
their first season with Tampa Bay and just the third player to do it overall for the team.
Ooh, sneaky good season. Tom Brady and Baker Mayfield have very similar numbers the last two
years. Interesting. Yeah. Well like last year's Tom Brady versus this year's Baker Mayfield. Okay.
So not like Tom Brady last year combined. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Last year's Tom Brady and this year's
Baker Mayfield is very similar because I have very similar numbers to this year's Tom Brady.
And they're also very similar teams. Yeah. Like scratching and clawing, not good. Oh,
maybe they're good. Gonna get, maybe get a home playoff game and we're all going to buy into it.
And then, well, who would they play? They probably play a really good team that just the best wild
card. They would. And if you look at the NFC, the good wild card teams have way better records than
the Bucs would have. Yeah. They could probably be going up against a pretty good defense. Yep.
You'd think so. Who would they play? Does anyone have the playoff picture of every favorite one?
Who would the Bucs play in the first round? They would play against the Eagles. Oh. At home.
And we say they were really good. That would be, it would be heartbreaking for the Eagles to get
bounced in the first round of the playoffs. Yeah. I really need them to win that game.
Same. We need Max to get his, he needs to get back up. I know. On his feet. We'll get to it.
Okay. We'll get to it. Okay. Next game, my Superbowl. I might actually get a banner made,
just in case. Bears, Packers. I would like to address one thing. Henry Lockwood's propaganda
machine. The clip came out. It was a good clip made by Hank's team team. Um, there's one part,
there's one part of the clip though, that I have a very big problem with. Describe the clip for
them. It was the rollercoaster of the bear season. They started and they sucked and then they got
better. And I was like, they're better. And then someone threw in the week 15 where I was like,
it's over. The context on that clip is no one in this room realized they needed to beat the Browns
to stay alive in the playoffs. So you guys were all goading me being like, no, they could still
make it. And I was like, no, it's over. They needed to beat the Browns, which I was correct
about. So I wasn't saying the bears sucked. I was saying it's over. They're not going to make
the playoffs. You also were battling a lost voice. So it sounded like you were on the verge of. Yes.
So that was a fucked up clip. It was your guy's fault for not realizing the playoff picture. I
was just speaking fat. I was trying to believe that clip actually confirmed what I said. They
started, they sucked. They got better. I said, they got better. And I, and the people who were
like, if you're flip flopping, that's what fandom is, baby. I'm calling it. Like, I see it.
I wasn't saying that you guys are like, totally, totally. I'm saying that looking forward to week
18, you have the opportunity to knock the Packers out of the playoff.
No, no, no. In that clip, you were saying you, you were saying they're still alive. They could
play for a playoff spot in week 18. And I was saying, no, they had to beat the Browns to have
that possible. I also think there were some other things that could have happened along the way to
make the bears still mathematically alive because it would have been a miracle because the bears
weren't eliminated until last week. But they needed to beat the Browns. Yeah. They needed to
beat the Browns to be alive. And everything that I said turned out to be exactly true.
The Rams giants game. They were like a field goal away from, from that being the case.
They needed a tie. Then they would have needed like a tie and all this shit.
All this weird shit. When they lost to the Browns, their playoff chances took a huge,
huge dive. And no one was, everyone was like, Oh no, they could still do it. I saw the future.
And I was like, they have to beat the Browns. I said it all that week. Remember I called the
gateway game. I said, they beat the Browns. Then I think they could beat the Falcons and Cardinals.
Then we're playing for a playoff spot in week 18. So when we lost to the Browns and you guys were
still kind of went through the gateway, you, you guys know, cause I knew that you still believe in
the team. I believe in the team for next year. I hate you. I think that this weekend, if you beat
the Packers, you're going to be so excited about this. You're going to bounce them out. You're
going to, this is something that you can build on next. So much. Also, everyone pointed out that
a lot of lions fans wanted Dan Campbell fired when they were one in six last year.
And you're like, no, they all galvanized around them the whole season at the end of the season,
at the end of the season. We're at the end of the season. I'm galvanizing around the bears
and ear flus. He's our coach. I don't, I don't, I don't think it was the majority of lines fans
that wanted, there were some, one in six member. They lost by like, of course, 34, nothing that
wanted them to be fired. But I think overall, the overall sentiment was like, this sucks.
He needs to figure out a way to turn it around. It was bad when they were one in six, but I don't
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