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Um let’s let’s escape the real world and focus on the thing that brings us joy football video games whatever it is for you for me it’s football um on Thursday Night Football the Raiders beat the Chargers let me be very clear here I want you to hear the number cuz it’s
Insane the Raiders beat the Chargers actually the Raiders destroyed the Chargers 63 to 21 and and again 63 to 21 it was 42 to nothing at halftime it was a embarrassing sad blowout the to be fair the Chargers did not have their quarterback Justin Herbert playing um
But uh look the Chargers have or had a Def coach Brandon Staley you can’t have the players they have on defense the record you have and then lose 63 to 21 give up 63 points no field goals in this game by the way touchdown touchdown touchdown back and forth I
Want to say something by the way that’s really wild to me about this football game the Raiders lost the Raiders beat the Chargers uh this you know Thursday Night Football it’s a while ago now four games before that four days not four games four days before that the Sunday
Before scoring 63 points the Raiders lost to Minnesota 3 to nothing three to nothing they lose to Minnesota then 4 days later they beat the Chargers 63 to 21 I don’t know I like I just really like Antonio pierce the Raiders head coach the interim head coach who I would
Not mind at all if he stuck around and when they didn’t score any points they lost three to nothing I was like oh man I really like this guy they’ve lost three in a row I’m not sure you can keep him as the head coach for next year but
Then you do what they did on Thursday beat the stuffing out of the ERS end a coach’s career or head coaching tenure at minimum Brandon s did get fired we’ll talk about it I I it makes me just say like I that’s if you’re gonna you know
Have a a comeback mounted and and try to finish the year off strong and save your job and stick around in Las Vegas I think Antonio Pierce is putting that together I really want to see Antonio Pierce stick around the Raiders I don’t feel great about their future regardless
But at least they got a coach who seems confident who cares does a little things right if they do that for 2 years and then they’re just they’re just kind of average hey I’m fine with that it’s better than the awful disaster they’ve been I really like Antonio Pierce
Watching him win 63 to 21 was awesome on Thursday night you love that now the big story though we got to talk about obviously is that finally uh after I don’t want to be mean-spirited because I I really think that Brandon Staley comes across like a really kind
Man who created a culture that I would enjoy working in right he he does things in a way that seems like he creates a good working environment but he should have been fired a long a long time ago I can’t believe he’s still had a job uh after
Last year I I guess they did make a playoff game but they were awful this year they start terrible they’re 5 and n and finally after losing 63 to 21 the Chargers fired Brandon Staley seems like a nice guy nothing against him he was in way over his head he should never have
Been the head coach there and given the talent they have and the money they’ve spent on that roster you can’t be five- n and lose a game like this Brandon Staley’s out the question next though is what do the Chargers do for their next head coach a lot of people want Ben
Johnson the offensive coordinator from the Detroit Lions he’s a great offensive coordinator doing a lot of stuff a lot of people want to I think they’re trying to find the next Kyle Shanahan or Mike McDaniel or insert any young offensive coach who’s doing great things that’s
The future of the NFL is Young offensive coaching and that’s what people are trying to find so I understand Ben Johnson as The motivating factor you look at Mike McDaniel in Miami and go I want that I want the young guy I want Matt lefur in Green Bay I want a young
Awesome offensive head coach I want Shawn McVey with the Rams I get that is Ben Johnson Mike McDaniel no nobody is is he Shawn mcy no nobody is is he Kyle Shanahan even no nobody else is but I I understand wanting to replicate that success and going after a young
Offensive coach and hoping you got the right guy so Ben Johnson is out there he might become the next said coach of the Chargers and I I understand that makes sense to me the the thing that interests me a lot and the coach that
I I I I’m fascinated in the idea of him being hired by the Chargers I really would like to see Bill bich as head coach of the Chargers I know that’s here’s what I would do you have Justin Herbert he’s an amazing quarterback you’ve got some really good offensive weapons on offense
You’ve got Kell Moore an offensive coordinator who I really like you keep Kell Moore as the offensive coordinator you hire Bill bich to run their defense which let me tell you some of the names on this defense Derwin James a Sante Samuel you had JC Jackson you’re still
Paying him I don’t know why you couldn’t bring him back uh Joey Bosa Kenneth Murray Eric Kendricks khil Mack Tui two lead tuy pelu like really I can’t even say sorry I butcher that name I apologize you got star players everywhere on this defense a lot of potential for a good defense imagine
What bill bellich could do with a defense that already has a lot of potential then you pair that with oh hey maybe uh Justin Herbert’s scoring a lot of points coached by Kell Mo on the offensive side of the football I actually like that plan so Bill bich
Does go to the Chargers I’m actually really interested and excited about that Asante Samuel Jr man he coached his dad how cool would that be the question though if you hire Bill bellich who’s the general manager because Bill bellich is not only the head coach of the Patriots he’s
Their general manager he bcks the players as well and and part of the problem with the Patriots recently the reason why the Patriots are three and 11 is cuz the players he picked aren’t doing very well they got a great defense and a horrible offense do you want Bill
Bellich building your roster if you’re the Chargers I’m not sure so maybe the safe move is to hire Ben Johnson a young offensive coach and a GM the responsible normal way everyone does it but the thing that fascinates me the idea that makes me go oh man you
Know Tom Brady left the Patriots and won a Super Bowl of Tampa could bill bich leave New England and win a Super Bowl with another team if he’s gonna do it anywhere it’s the Chargers with Justin Herbert and gosh man the players that have on offense are
Incredible and at their best they’ve got a really good offensive line Mike Williams Keenan Allen Joshua Palmer Austin Eckler who I seems like he’s just run out of gas and not the same player he used to be but on paper the roster in LA with the Chargers is incredible they
Needed a coach for the longest time who could get the most value out of their team they were underachieving and have been every single year say what you want about Bill bich he’s always up here to get the most out of his players and so the the guy
That I don’t know that Ben Johnson’s GNA win a Super Bowl for the Chargers I think Bill bich might be able to do that so I I just I’m I’m fascinated to see the hiring process for the Chargers is going to be really interesting and really fun to see what happens but the
Two guys that really come to mind to me Ben Johnson the offensive coordinator and Bill bich who is rumored to maybe be getting fired after this year in New England let’s talk about Cleveland the Cleveland Browns beat Chicago 20 to 17 and this game was ugly
Uh and not a not a like amazing obvious clear great victory for the Browns but they made it happen they won the game anyway the Browns are nine and five they snuck away with a win at the end of the game in in the fourth quarter I mean
They snuck away if you watch this game live uh it was came down to the final play they the Bears throw a Hail Mary into the End Zone it looked like for half a second a touchdown for the Bears and I was like oh no oh my gosh you come
Back this amazing comeback Joe Flaco throws three interceptions still bounces back scores 13 points in the fourth quarter they take the lead and then a hail Maries how they lose all of that happened in half of a second in my brain I was like no way this is not happen
This way uh it the Browns won makes me happy the Browns are awesome they’re n and five the the Browns have to be the story of the year I I I don’t think if this was happening to any team but Cleveland it would be a much bigger
Story I think because it’s Cleveland and it’s the Browns and it’s they’re historically awful I am telling you if the if Dallas or Philly or the Jets or Kansas City with Patrick Ms if anyone else was N9 and five with the story of the Browns we would be it’d be front
Page headlines everywhere in the NFL the Browns lost to their quarterback their running back their half their offensive line player after player like half of the team in Cleveland is injured and they’re still nine and five and might be a Super Bowl contender in fact I would
Say they are a contender they might be able to win a Super Bowl like that it’s amazing and you know what’s even crazier about the story with Joe Flaco Joe flacko quarterback who won a Super Bowl the Baltimore Ravens got replaced by Lamar Jackson do you remember that when
Joe Flaco was old and not playing great they said hey we got this guy Lamar Jackson he’s fast he’s amazing he’s a great athlete he’s the future of the NFL we’re going to replace you Joe Flaco with Amar Jackson ended his career they shipped off Joe Flaco he ended up in New
York for a little while with the Jets retires basically walks away midseason the Browns are like we need a quarterback you want to come back Jo Flacco he does guess who feels like they’re on a collision course I think the AFC title game game the game to get into the Super
Bowl could be the Cleveland Browns and Joe flacko against his former team and the quarterback who replaced him Lamar Jackson I don’t know if that’s going to work out where that’s actually the AFC title game the bracket might be different we might end up with that as
Like a divisional game or something like that but a playoff game Joe flacko and the Browns going back to Baltimore to play Lamar Jackson and the Ravens is amazing that makes me so happy I want that so badly and uh my goodness it was so much fun to
Watch this incredible win I am telling you like the the talent level in Cleveland is unreal go watch if you haven’t seen the highlights go find Amari Cooper’s touchdown from the fourth quarter man dude they it was uh it was crazy I was like I can’t believe he is
Doing what he’s doing where he is Joe Flaco Mari Cooper like it was such a fun game to watch and like I always hope for the fourth quarter of like the Browns game came down to the fourth quarter the very final play of the game literally mattered and that always makes me
Happy Buffalo beat Dallas 31-10 on Sunday to me first of all it’s a really impressive statement win from the Buffalo Bills the bills have had a really ugly year it’s been up and down and a lot of ugly moments but the bills are now 8 and six they’re if the playoff
Started today the bills would be the number nine seed so they’re still not a playoff team but if Buffalo does get into a playoff game this game felt like a statement like oh they’re really dangerous I think the Dallas Cowboys are a really good football team they got embarrassed by Buffalo
31-1 it was shocking it was surprising it was I thought this was going to be a good game if one team did blow blow another team out I thought Dallas might blow out Buffalo to be honest Dak Prescott the Cowboys quarterback no touchdowns one interception 134 yards
Passing 21 for 34 passing to me first of all Dak is out of the MVP conversation after this I think that when you look at it’s probably gonna be Lamar Jackson Brock pie or Christian mcaffrey If we’re honest one of those three is going to
Win the NFL MVP I think this game was the nail in the coffin that ended any kind of MVP consideration for Dak Prescott you can’t have a goose egg and big game and do what he did here on Sunday so Dak is probably out for an MVP
Literally a week ago I was saying Dak for MVP now I’m like well you can’t do that compared to everyone else that that’s GNA probably lose you the MVP conversation so Buffalo I I’m not sure if they’re going to make a playoff game but they showed us they can beat anybody and
Dallas just had another really concerning loss a loss that makes me go oh man I I have been trying you guys know I I am a doubter of the Cowboys I always have been my entire life people every year go it’s our year in Dallas
And I laugh at them and go no way this is the year I finally for the first time in my life thought you know what the Cowboys might have it this year they might they might be able to put together a Super Bowl run and then this happens and I’m like
Now know what to believe anymore in fact the more I watch the Dallas Cowboys the less I feel like I know about them do you remember when they lost 42 to 10 to the 49ers early in the year and I I went oh oh that that cannot happen that’s
Horrible and then they they went on they won before losing this game they won one two three four five games in a row then they go to Buffalo and get smoked and I I just like what Super Bowl contending team has gotten embarrassed twice this year losing is one
Thing um I I guess you know Buffalo did embarrass Miami earlier this year but I I just I so badly want to believe that alas Cowboys are a team that could win a Super Bowl this year or even get to a Super Bowl and maybe lose which would be
More fun I’ve talked about that the Cowboys losing a Super Bowl would be amazing and like good television and good story lines and so much fun but I I I’m not sure they can get there I want to believe in them I want to think they can do it but you had that
Awful loss to the 49ers earlier this year and then you do this on Sunday in Buffalo and I’m like man like I I I just don’t trust Dallas and I wish I could but I don’t and uh that’s another concerning loss for the Dallas Cowboys one that will be
Hard for me to move on from it when you break my trust like that I go ah just I want it I want to believe in you I just can’t on Sunday Night Football the Ravens beat the Jaguars 23-7 uh I I don’t know man the Jaguars didn’t have their best
Game and Lamar Jackson Every time I watch him is fun to watch I I like Lamar Jackson uh statistically didn’t have a huge game I guess he ran for 97 yards which is like I don’t know man I I think that the Ravens are very
Quietly the best team in the AFC I I mean they’re I think I think they are right now the number one seed so maybe it’s not quietly but I don’t hear anyone talking about how I mean mind you I’m not I don’t feel like I’m present in the
Conversation I I try not to listen to other people uh in the media for example but I I I think the Ravens are somehow like quietly underrated um in fact if the playoffs started today the Ravens would be the number one seed in the AFC and that
Makes sense to me they’ve had some really impressive victories do you remember when they beat the tar of Detroit 38-6 they beat Seattle 37-3 like the games they’ve lost they lost to Indie by three they lost to Pittsburgh by a touchdown and they lost to Cleveland an incredibly good Cleveland
Browns team they lost to them by two the Ravens are a team that I I just feel like is not getting enough conversation we might be looking at a Ravens 49ers rematch in the Super Bowl now the way to get there is going to be
So fun maybe you play a game against Joe flacko maybe Brock Pie plays the Cowboys in the AFC title game we get a Cowboys 90s rematch with 49ers and Cowboys the the way the playoffs are going to work out is going to be I think really incredible storyline wise but at the end
Of the day I think the two best teams right now in football to to day are the Baltimore Ravens and the San Francisco 49ers the record shows that too they’re both 11 and three they’re both fantastic but uh this was another I would call it 23 to7 on Sunday
Night against the Jaguars isn’t exactly a blowout but it was a dominating Victory and uh I guess I guess it wasn’t how do I say it was close for a while the fourth quarter is really when the Ravens kind of took a step and kind of
Took the lead and walked away from it how do I say how’s the right right way to put that that’s when they ran away at the lead I guess is the right way to put that in the fourth quarter but to me um somehow I’m not seeing Raven Super
Bowl hype all over social media and I feel like we should because the Ravens are great defense uh a really incredible quarterback who is making good decisions he’s running the ball really well I think Lamar Jackson might win another MVP this year actually like he’s he’s in
The conversation for sure should be the MVP is Lamar Jackson Christian mcaffry or Brock py in my opinion it would be MVP number two for Lamar Jackson which maybe keeps him from getting votes actually because people liked the new fun story but I don’t know
Maybe he doesn’t win an MVP he wins a Super Bowl instead keep your eye on the Baltimore Ravens on Monday Night Football Seattle beat Philly 20- 17 and uh oh man uh this game was how do I even put this properly Philly has lost three games in
A row the Eagles are not in the best shape in my opinion their quarterback Jaylen herds threw two interceptions and uh no touchdowns Jaylen Herz I have I have tried I I’ve been I haven’t C out and said he’s awful or anything but he’s had moments this year I’m like you got a
Lot of turnovers Bud lot of interceptions multiple fumbles you’ve now lost three in a row now Philly lost three in a row to the 49ers Dallas and now Seattle so two great football teams I think and then a really good Seattle team that played them really
Well but I I I understand if there’s concern mounting in Philly I get it now here’s the good news if you’re an Eagles fan the Eagles have lost three in a row they’re 10 and four however um their final three games they play the Giants twice in Arizona three cup gate
Games to kind of put everything right and get ready for the playoffs now they made a move they switched to they had Matt Patricia calling the plays on defense this week it’s a Philly team that is trying to make adjustments and it feels a bit desperate actually I
Think Philly is getting really concerned that they’re not ready they’re lost three games in a row and I think there’s a anxiousness and a coming out of Philly aention like I want to make this work I’m not sure I can this eager anxious feeling that appears to be emanating from the
Franchise the Philadelphia Eagles you know making a change like that changing your defensive play caller everyone’s calling out the play calling on offense there’s a lot of angst right now in Philly there always is but I think it’s actually Justified right now losing three games in a row to some good football
Teams to me though the story of this game Monday Night Football Drew lock the guy who I thought at one point Drew lock was going to be the franchise quarterback in Denver who didn’t end up working out he gets traded to Seattle he’s the backup quarterback behind Joo
Smith got an opportunity started the game on Monday at home against Philly and it was awesome making big time throws the fourth quarter of this game the final drive for Seattle Drew lock was outstanding making a couple really nice throws to DK metf then a long touchdown to Jackson Smith
And jiga for the win Drew lock was 22 for 33 passing at 208 yards and a touchdown including the game-winning touchdown and my favorite thing about the entire story when it comes to Drew lock because not only are you seeing Drew lock in the postgame press conference or
I guess the postgame interview giving this really heartfelt answer about how hard it’s been you got to keep believing in yourself and it’s there were times where he doubted himself and this he shared the Human Experience of when it’s tough and you’re battling and and I I really
Um I if you haven’t listened to Drew lock postgame after beating Philly with the walk-off game winning touchdown you should look up the postgame interview because he really kind of reaches for your emotional heartstrings and you go oh like that’s compelling I love that but the other thing about Drew lock from
This game that was really cool when he throws the game-winning touchdown pass to Jackson Smith and jiga he’s got this signature celebration it’s done since College I don’t know if I can do it very well I’m going to try it on camera but he kind of goes like he shrugs his
Shoulders and goes like yeah like he does like this thing where he like he like pulls one shoulder and then he pulls the other in and kind of like it’s like he’s locking like reloading a a weapon or something right I don’t know how to put it but it’s like this little
Shoulder move he does you see Drew lock thr the game-winning touchdown pass and Gino Smith who is been the starting quarterback all year and last year who was healthy enough to suit up for this game but not start which is weird is he healthy and they’re not playing him is
He benched I’m not really sure what’s going on Drew lock plays all game and nobody was celebrating with Drew lock more than Gino Smith the other quarterback in Seattle doing he was doing Drew lock celebration with him the shoulder thing and I’m like it brought me back to when Jaylen Herz was in
College behind Tu a Tong of aloa in Alabama and was the backup quarterback who lost his job and was still classy and not only classy but like genuinely happy when Tua did good stuff like he celebrating he’s happy to win he’s rooting for the guy competing against
Him every week I don’t know what the SE quarterback situation is in Seattle right now I I I don’t fully understand are they benching Gino he’s healthy but he’s not playing he did get hurt he’s he’s not fully healthy Drew Lock’s playing though if Drew lock gets hurt I
Think Gino does come in the game which is weird if he’s healthy enough to play why aren’t you starting him I have a lot of questions about Seattle but the coolest thing ever is that these two guys put their egos aside and want to win games and root for each other and
Uh that’s a rare thing in sports to find a player like gin who you know is trying to help Drew lock and has no ego and you know Drew lock said he’s really appreciative of Gino Smith and the way he roots for him I I just the relationship clearly we saw it on
Display on Monday Night Football really really cool to see very rare and very exciting now let’s go back to Saturday on Saturday Cincinnati Beat Minnesota 27 to 24 in overtime um lot to talk about here first of all Jake Browning did it again Jake Browning won another game
With the Cincinnati Bengals but he’s also not only winning he’s playing well he’s playing good football he’s doing good stuff I think I thought at some point the Jake Browning story was going to come to an end and I’m still maybe it will like the Tommy DeVito story line this you know
Tommy touchdowns Tommy cutlets whatever you want to call them the backup quarterback who won a couple games in a row in New York that appeared to come to an end this Sunday I’m still waiting is it going to happen in Cincinnati but Jake Brown is playing great football he
Really is doing highle good stuff and it’s just cool to see and cool to root for I really like watching a guy do well the Bengals with Jake Browning have won three games in a row they beat Jacksonville Indie and Minnesota all three teams are in the playoff conversation these are good quality
Victories and I I love it man now Jake Brown remember he was cut multiple times by the Minnesota Vikings after the game he’s like you shouldn’t blank and cut me like and he he now is said he regrets the Revenge angle to this Victory but still when you’re in a building and they
Fire you or someone dumps you or you are in a situation where someone rejects you and pushes you down it always feels good to succeed especially especially in full view of the people who rejected you and so Jake Browning 29 for 42 passing 324 yards two touchdowns and an interception
On Saturday beating his former team Minnesota in overtime really really cool story love to see it Jake Browning how long is this going to go right now the Bengals are eight and six if the playoffs started today the Bengals would in fact be the number six seed in the AFC can they keep
Winning their next couple games they play at Pittsburgh they play at Kansas City and then they play Cleveland those are three tough games all in a row at Pittsburgh really tough environment and a team that I mean they’re trying the Bengals are trying to make it so that
Pittsburgh doesn’t have a winning record this year which would be wild and interesting at Kansas City against Patrick Mahomes can can Jake Browning go to Kansas City and beat Patrick Mahomes on New Year’s Eve that’s a really interesting question and then January 7th against Cleveland who I think is a
Super Bowl Contender can Jake Browning win if he goes three in if they win six in a row to end of the year and they make a playoff game I I will be I don’t even I don’t know how to feel about that yet I I think that’s wild and I I really
Am rooting for Jake Browning it’s a cool story and he’s playing good football that’s the he’s not just like barely winning he’s doing a great job too and so I am fascinated if Jake Brown and can keep it going um I’m emotionally exhausted by these backup quarterbacks
Who come in they have a couple good games and they flame out Josh dos Tommy cutlets Ryan Fitzpatrick like every there’s always been quarterbacks my whole life like yeah come in have a couple good games and they flame out is Jake Browning gonna flame out on the road at Pittsburgh this weekend possibly
Wouldn’t be shocking but I’m I’m rooting for the guy and I I think he’s a really really cool story also on Saturday Indie beat Pittsburgh 30 to 13 so the Colts right now are the number seven seed in the AFC that’s great for them the Colts look
Pretty good and Gardner muu um how can you not love Garder freaking muu man I just the way the guy plays football is messy and beautiful and fun and I I really really like the guy uh there’s not a lot of great players around him guys are getting hurt and uh he’s still
Making it happen three touchdowns 18 for 28 passing on Saturday against Pittsburgh um Mitchell dbis was a starting quarterback for Pittsburgh had to interceptions he got benched we now know Mason Rudolph will be the starting quarterback this next week for the Pittsburgh Steelers Pittsburgh is seven and
Seven with three games left to go and I I believe it’s a 17year streak that Mike Tomlin has never had a losing season that might come to an end this year and I am honestly I don’t know why exactly when I psychologically examine why I feel this
Way I’m not sure why I don’t know if it’s because I’m tired I think here’s why I think I’m tired of the argument when people defend Mike Tomlin they go well he’s never had a losing season it’s like well let’s let’s how about we we end that argument forever I’m tired of
That I want to see him doing something recently so Mike Tomlin going seven and 10 eight and nine would make me very happy him having a losing record so we just don’t have to hear that nonsense anymore well he’s never had a losing season would make me feel great so I’m
Rooting for that actually I really want to see Pittsburgh lose uh two of their next three games so they have a losing record to end the year not in a mean-spirited way I just feel like people really lean on this weird argument that’s like okay never had a
Losing season but what about playoff wins what about Super Bowls what about highlevel great football teams surviving and beting me beating being mediocre isn’t actually impressive to me it shouldn’t be and I think I would be really happy to see that half of the conversation gone when it comes
To Mike Tomlin a guy I like and would love to play for by the way respect him a T but let’s make it when you’re going to talk about how great of aoji is how about a different argument than winning season every year because that maybe can
End this year that would make me very happy Detroit beat Denver 42 to 17 on Saturday um it was a tough one for the Denver Broncos I I really was hoping and thinking this was going to be a great game and it was a blowout it was a an
Easy victory for Detroit they L 21 nothing at halftime Jared got off the Lions quarterback was 24 for 34 passing and 278 yards and five touchdowns on the day remember Shawn Payton’s head coach of Denver Denver seven- seven with a a shot at the playoffs but a long shot right now
Because of how you know tight the AFC is in the AFC you got one one two three four teams that are eight and six battling for the final two you know Wild Card spots then you’ve got Pittsburgh and Denver at seven and seven also in
The mix I’m not sure if Denver is going to make a playoff game but remember Shawn Peyton is coach of the Denver Broncos Dan Campbell the coach of the Lions used to coach under him in New Orleans he was the tight end Coach in New Orleans under Shawn Peyton this had
To be a really emotional fun victory for Dan Campbell to beat his former head coach Shawn Payton um just cool to see I really like Dan Campbell watching Jared go play great is always fun and uh I think Denver has a shot of the playoffs but this loss definitely hurt them and
And even more so I thought it was going to be a good game I thought Denver could challenge Detroit and unfortunately wasn’t so and I uh I’m surprised by that disappointed by that and that is what it is on Sunday Miami beat the Jets 30 to
Nothing oh this was a a rough sad awful loss U not much to say honestly like Miami’s good they continue Miami has beat up on a lot of really bad football teams I almost wonder when when we look back on the Dolphins schedule are we going to say wow the Dolphins played a
Lot of really easy cupcake games they’re 10 and four but they’re beating you know the Chargers the Patriots Denver the Giants Carolina Patriots again the Raiders the Jets Washington the Jets again like their 10 wins are often not impressive in fact I can’t really list a single impressive victory they have the
Char the I mean they lost to Buffalo badly they lost to Philly 3117 they lost to Kansas City and they lost to Tennessee in horrifying fashion by the way I’m not saying Miami’s a fraud I am saying they haven’t beat anybody of substance all year the final
Three games of the year for Miami they played Dallas who’s coming off of a bad loss they play at Baltimore who’s the number one seed in the AFC and then they play buffalo on January 7th oh boy um I I think we’re going to learn a lot
About Miami these next three games and and really kind of be able to judge are they a great team or are they a good team that’s beating up on awful teams because they were beat up on an awful Jets team on Sunday and I have to say I
Don’t know what the future of the Jets are I don’t know if Nathaniel Hackett the offensive coordinator is going to stay I don’t know if they’re going to fire the Red Coach I don’t know if Zach Wilson’s going to be there next year there’s all these questions about the
Future of the Jets the only thing that feels good is I think they’re going to bring Aaron Rogers back I think he wants to be there and I’d like to see I feel really sad about what could have been this year because I think Aaron Rogers
With the Jets would have been really fun and interesting instead we got Aaron Rogers and Zach sorry we got the Jets and Zach Wilson who it wasn’t supposed to happen man and I just want to say I am so sad to see the Jets where they are right now it’s
Disappointing it’s concerning and their future uh man if Aaron Rogers wasn’t coming back next year the Jets future would be in absolute shambles now because they’ve got Aaron roggers I think coming back there’s some excitement there but I mean they are without Aaron clearly uh an awful
Football team and it’s not gone well at all the Rams beat Washington 28 to 20 um I maintain I say this every week when you watch Matthew Stafford the Rams quarterback he does like insane stuff every game that gets totally overlooked he makes throws that you go that’s not possible right you can’t
Be looking left and throw a comeback on the right side of the field and and your your your body is pointed left but you throw a really difficult outbreaking route to the right side of the field that’s not possible and yet he did it against Washington this past weekend and
Every time I watch Matthew Stafford he’s doing crazy stuff that you’re like there’s like three people alive who can make that throw and Matthew Stafford is one of them I know he’s on a bad football team not I don’t want to say the Rams aren’t a bad team they’re an
Exciting team which means they’re not great they’re they’re like fun to watch and they can compete but they’re what are the Rams right now the Rams are 7even and seven really really young if Matthew Stafford was on the Eagles he would be viewed as the number
One like he might be viewed as the best quarterback in football right now like I really think that Matthew Stafford is having like an incredible year buried on kind of a mediocre football team this year and if Matthew stord like I said if he was in Detroit right now if he was in
Philly if he was in Miami if he was in Dallas Matthew Stafford would be the king of the NFL right now he’s getting kind of overlooked and I think very much underrated given what he’s doing I really hope the Rams can make a playoff game I’m not sure they’re going to the
Rams are the number seven seed right now so if the playoffs started today with three games left the Rams would be in they would be a playoff team um there’s a lot of seven and seven teams in the NFC Seattle New Orleans Minnesota the Rams I really hope the Rams make a
Playoff game because I think they would give us a really fun exciting playoff game but even more than that I really hope really really really hope the Rams get the number six seed in the NFC cuz that’s where I’m pretty sure the Detroit Lions are Going to Be matched up
Against the Lions are the number three seed if the Rams can get to the number six seed we’re going to have a playoff game in Detroit where Matthew Stafford is the opposing quarterback against his former team the Detroit Lions having the best year they’ve ever had that is amazing television that I
Want so badly to happen Kansas City beat the Patriots on Sunday 27 to 17 what do you say about this game I don’t even know like it’s expect the Patriots are 3 11 now um and it’s justifiable to ask is Bill bich still going to be the coach next year or the
Patriots and should he be I’m not sure he should um things are going badly in New England and uh I’m disappointed that I I don’t even I again I don’t feel anything when I when I the research I’ve done on this game I’m like I don’t care
I like I don’t know man it’s uh it’s a weird one and I’m curious if anyone watched this game I I didn’t watch this one it’s one of the few I didn’t watch this week I don’t know what to make of this um Taylor Swift is there I I don’t know
Man the 49ers beat Arizona 45 to 29 it was expected the the conversation after this game is who’s the MVP candidate on the 49ers roster is it Brock py who had four touchdowns and with 16 for 25 passing or is it Christian mcaffrey who had a touchdown run two touchdown
Catches he had a total of almost 200 yards total from scrimmage Chris mcaffry right now on the year has run for 13 touchdowns he’s also caught let me find it Christi mcaffry has caught seven touchdowns so he’s got a total of 20 touchdowns on the
Year I I like the idea of Chris mcaffer winning the NFL MVP simply because he’s not a quarterback and I’ve always wished we could just separate quarterback from every other position who’s the best non-quarterback in the NFL would be a more interesting award honestly anyway um but I you know it’s funny to
Watch the interviews and the conversation behind the scenes because Brock P keeps saying Christian mcaffry should be MVP and mcaffry says Brock py should be MVP and I don’t know what’s going to happen here but the NFL MVP award let’s look up the the betting odds
NFL MVP P betting odds who is the favorite from Vegas right now Brock P’s the favorite then Lamar Jackson then Dak Prescott then Josh Allen and you don’t get to mcaffrey until seventh after Jaylen Herz so the favorites right now according to Vegas right now betting favorites Brock P’s
The favorite then Lamar Jackson then Dak Prescott then Josh Allen then Jaylen Herz and then finally finally Chris mcaffrey and if you want to know the rest of it it’s Patrick Mahomes and Tyreek Hill Tua and Trevor Lawrence 1 two 3 four five six seven eight
Quarterbacks on a list of 10 guys what are we doing at the MVP award mcaffrey or Tyreek Hill have been way more valuable to their team than I think Tua Trevor Lawrence Jaylen Herz Patrick Mahomes why is he on this list I have no idea I don’t know it’s
It’s Vegas odds it it doesn’t really matter it’s just it’s ah it’s weird to me um God we got a couple Monday night games coming up on Christmas this week that’s going to be really fun and exciting um Houston beat Tennessee 19 to 16 CJ strad did not
Play so Houston found a way without their quarterback which I like to see um unfortunately CJ strad may not play again next week for Houston which is I like Houston right now is not only in a a battle to make a playoff game as a wild card team they also might win their
Division they got a shot to win their division and so they play the next three games next week Houston plays Cleveland a Cleveland Browns team that is nine and five really playing good football right now and Houston might be playing that game without their quarterback CJ strad who’s still in concussion protocol Wednesday
Over week after getting the concussion it’s concerning um and I I think cjro not playing would be massive I’m I’m worried about that also by the way weird story but I’m seeing this right now in front of me Houston assigned Tim Bole to their practice squad remember Tim Bole
The guy who’s never thrown more touchdowns than interceptions in his entire college or professional career how is this guy still getting jobs in the NFL I don’t Tim Bole who did you do favors for man I don’t know understand and can you point me where cuz I would do them too how do
I get a job like Tim Bole in the NFL playing like absolute garbage and still being allowed into NFL buildings I I would give anything to be maybe we shouldn’t make fun of him maybe he’s a legend maybe Tim Bole is he’s got to have the worst touchdown and
Interception ratio in history of any backup horrible NFL player right between college and and the pros it’s insanely bad it’s like probably four probably one TouchDown for every five interceptions it’s like literally that bad maybe every four is he the most amazing salesman ever how is Tim Bole still being invited
Into NFL lock rooms I have no idea I don’t know what he’s done to prove himself in fact he’s done everything but prove himself in my opinion based on how bad he was in college and the pros but Tim Bo still around now in the practice squad in Houston
Um in the AFC South right now here’s what’s going on the Jaguars technically lead the division at 8 and six right behind him same record eight and six you got Indie and then the Houston Texans are eight and six as well three teams all neck and
Neck I think this is the future of the AFC South Tennessee’s has been eliminated but they didn’t have will Evis as a starting quarterback all year I think the future of the AFC South between Jacksonville Indie Houston and will Lis CJ Stout Anthony Richardson and Trevor Lawrence man the future is going
To be really exciting and fun as these four teams for years to come are going to be battling for their division title and uh oh man it makes me happy it makes me it reminds me actually remember there was a brief period in the NFC South
Where you had Cam Newton Matt Ryan Drew Brees and then Tampa never had a quarterback but there was a period where the NFC South was really good now they’re awful the AFC South is now really good with Jacksonville indie Houston and Tennessee and man young quarterbacks playing well and I have no
Idea who’s going to win that Division I keep thinking Jacksonville is gonna run away with it and Jacksonville keeps fumbling the bag every week um I don’t know man it’s really interesting the Saints beat the Giants 24 to6 on Sunday um Tommy touchdown lost he left again briefly had a concussion
Scare Tommy touched on Tommy DeVito The Italian stallion the uh Italian mobster quarterback in the NFL who we love um I don’t know man I I it’s he didn’t play great they lost is that the end of Tommy DeVito he’s GNA play again I’m sure but
Is he is his run over he won three in a row was fun how long is his 15 minutes of fame Gonna Last I’m not really sure I mean that with absolute respect to Tommy DeVito um but the Saints beat the stuffing out of the Giants 246 and feel
It felt like the end of Tommy touchdown as we know it now the NFC South is really interesting the NFC South right now Tampa leads the division with a really impressive record of seven and seven oo Tampa is so good the Saints are right behind him also at seven and
Seven but with a more losses in the division the Falcons are six and eight and the Carolina Panthers have been eliminated for a long time they’re two and 12 so Atlanta is one game behind New Orleans and Tampa I really really want to see Tampa win the NFC South because
Remember I want New Orleans to fire their coach I want Atlanta to fire their coach I want changes to be made in New Orleans and Atlanta if either team wins that division they might feel safe enough to just keep things as they are we do not want that in either Atlanta or
New Orleans Tampa just beat Green Bay 34 to 20 on Sunday and Baker Mayfield had himself a day Baker Mayfield do 22 for 28 passing at 381 yards and four touchdown passes man Baker showed up and it really mattered and right now Tampa is in the driver seat if they went
Out they win their division all Tampa’s got to do is keep winning now they can win only two games and have New Orleans just be awful in ATL to be awful but I I like that Tampa got control of their own destiny they got Baker Mayfield things are working out the way
I want them to I really want Tampa to win the NFC South because again I think that’s the best thing for the other teams around them you don’t want Arthur Smith coming back to Atlanta next year you don’t want Dennis Allen still coaching in New Orleans next year the final three games
Of the year for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers are Jacksonville Christmas Eve then the Saints on uh New Year’s Eve and then Carolina January 7th at Carolina you play Jacksonville at home you play New Orleans at home then you play at Carolina three winable games Baker Mayfield by the way playing his best
Football at the end of the year I am so excited to see what Baker Mayfield does in these final three games of the year how he plays the guy who is discarded by Cleveland Cleveland didn’t want him they replaced him with the guy who touches everybody and does horrible stuff that
We don’t like I don’t know if I said that the right way to put that but it is what it is I’m so rooting for Baker if Baker wins his division with another team oh that’d be so cool and the guy who Cleveland didn’t want doing well makes me
Happy uh Atlanta lost to Carolina 9 to7 of course Atlanta lost to Carolina Carolina’s awful by the way and still beat Atlanta uh they won to the last second field goal on the final play of the game and shout out to everyone doubts Bryce young Bryce young is a
Young quarterback number one overall pick in Carolina the team around him is awful the coaching was awful um and Bryce young continues to play we should do a film analysis I should write that down Bryce Young I’ve got I’ve got my list because it’s film analysis during
The season is really tough because it’s just always Bryce young you know we should put all the rookie quarterbacks CJ strad CJ strad and will Levis rookie quarterbacks um are always good film analysis videos I think they’re really interesting but Bryce young has played so much better than the
Record in Carolina would indicate and I thought the final seven minutes of this game in Carolina the final drive you put together to win the game and kick a field go to win in the last second if you haven’t seen it if you have a way to
Go back and watch games I do I’ve got the pass you can watch every game if you can find a way to go watch the Carolina game watch the final drive for the Carolina Panthers as they beat Atlanta in the fourth quarter on the final play
Fourth and five with a field goal to win that drive is incredible and makes me go yeah bre Young’s GNA be fine get him a good coach get him some weapons he’s got a lot of good stuff ahead of him in his career and his future and I feel totally
Fine about Bryce young let’s talk about college football couple things happened that I think are worth talking about first of all let me let me just Google it because it is 8 o’ Hawaii time meeting it’s past midnight on the East Coast cam Ward we still as far as I know
We still do not have a destination for Cameron Ward I have seen I would imagine that the rumors are that the the destinations for Cameron Ward Florida State or Ohio State I have heard Cameron Ward said I want a couple million to go to Ohio State and Ohio
State laughed at him that’s the rumor going around I want Cameron Ward to go to Ohio State because think that’s got the best opportunity for him to go be NFL quarterback somewhere but also I I wanted to make $2 million that’d be great and if Florida State can do that
Go to Florida State um but does Florida State help Cameron Ward become a better NFL quarterback I don’t know I I’m not sure about that and that’s uncomfortable to me I don’t know what to make of that but we still don’t know where the number one most coveted college football recruit in
The transfer portal Cameron Ward is going we do know where how do I even say this we know Oregon is getting two really exciting quarterbacks they’re getting Dylan Gabriel the quarterback from Oklahoma transferring in they’re also getting Dante Moore who played as a true freshman at
UCLA I would imagine the plan is for D himore to come sit behind Dylan Gabriel be ready if anything happens but maybe red shirt if you you’re not going to get any playing time sit behind Dylan Gabriel learn be ready and then when Dylan Gabriel goes to the NFL after one
Year at Oregon got one year left of Eligibility Dante Moore steps in is really talented has a great year and becomes the for lack of a better term franchise quarterback at Oregon Oregon solidified their quarterback future in the transfer portal with Dylan Gabriel for next year and then Dante Moore for
The future what an awesome I mean Oregon is killing it right now Oregon I’m excited to watch I’m going to I’m I’m about to go back to Oregon to live in Oregon I am really excited to watch Oregon football games in Oregon and they’re going to be big 10 games like I
I am gonna get to watch big 10 football live in my home state on the west coast that is going to be do we have the Oregon football Oregon football schedule do we have it I think it’s out let’s find out Oregon’s football schedule for next
Year I hate the way Google does this football schedule 2024 the Oregon football schedule for 2024 they are going to play a Hawaii here in Hawaii August 24th then Idaho and Eugene Boise State Oregon State then UCLA here are the games I might be able to go to they play I I’m
Sure I can’t afford a tiet of this game but October 12th Saturday October 12th they play Ohio State in Eugene Oregon oh man that’s going to be awesome also coming to Eugene Oregon is Washington on November 30th they play Michigan in an arbor someday I’ll get to
Watch Michigan play Oregon at Oregon um I might go to Oregon State Oregon uh in Coralis because I like Coralis it’s a fun town I don’t know man I’m really excited to watch Oregon football I I went to Washington State I’ve always hated the Ducks but I don’t care anymore
And I I want to just buy blue blue is my favorite car sorry Green’s my favorite color said blue what the heck I want to buy green duck shirts and just be like I’m a Ducks fan I don’t care I’m going to the games I’m going to get drunk and
Have fun and watch big 10 football that sounds awesome I’m gonna do that and I think that’s gonna be a good time um Will Rogers is going to Washington Will Rogers is a former Mississippi State quarterback who put up massive numbers he’s a he’s a quarterback who’s
Really talented and I think it’s a great fit you know for Will Rogers to go from Mississippi State remember he once played for Mike Leech and um Mike Leech passed on to the quarterback Ken uh and so he didn’t have a coach this year I I’m really interested to see what will
Will Rogers can do um playing for a really good staff in a really cool offense at Washington they might go from Michael penck Jr to another guy who can do very similar stuff with Will Rogers that’s a really exciting interesting move um Kyle mcord the former Ohio State quarterback has committed to
Transferring to Syracuse which uh remember when I said Kyle mcord should really enjoy the moment as the man at Ohio State I said like look I don’t know how long it’s going to last for him he’s not an NFL quarterback he should just enjoy the opportunity he has
To be the starting quarterback of Ohio State he’s transferring out he’s leaving and uh that came and went way faster than I thought now they’re playing a bowl game against Missouri is Kyle McCord going to play in the bowl game I I should Google it I have no idea we should Kyle
McCord mord bowl game is he gonna play so I don’t know that I I I don’t know what you would do here because you’re committed to Syracuse but are you gonna play your final game with Ohio state does he actually get a chance to even enjoy
Being the man one more time out Ohio State I’m not sure I’m fascinated by that um and I am not able to find the information I he when I know when the game happens I’ll tell you obviously I don’t know kord’s gonna play against Missouri um in the the bowl game for
Ohio State but uh aren’t bowl games like lame now by the way basically if you’re not in a playoff game your quarterback isn’t going to play and all your best players are not going to play the bowl game bowl games are meaningless now I can’t wait to expand the college
Football playoffs we have more meaningful games this time of year in college football by the way I got blasted on uh Jazz cabbage this week and one of my notes I wrote down CU every time I get in a different altered state I write a lot um usually it’s it’s
Sad depressing personal growth stuff this time was about football and I wrote um college football is so much more exciting than uh NFL football and I agree like the crowds at a high level college football game are so much more exciting than like Monday Night Football and
Uh I realized too by the way if Michigan wins their playoff game against Alabama we’re guaranteed a national title rematch next year because Michigan plays Texas and Washington next year college football is amazing I love it I’m so excited for next year um I gotta add a
Note here Carson Beck the quarterback at Georgia put out a little statement saying hey I’m foro the NFL draft I’m going to stay in college and I went pardon my friend no Sherlock you’re not going to NFL I really we don’t need I know every quarterback has PR and
Marketing and the transfer portal and all this nil stuff but we know you’re not going to the NFL Carson Beck you’re not really an NFL prospect like you’re not no one’s viewing you as a first round pack what of course and I I I Carson Beck’s not
Even the worst one there’s some other quarterback who’s very average like yeah like Carson Beck did some really good stuff I don’t mean no disrespect but a quarterback who I was really more offended by the other quarterback I don’t remember the name of right now some like average level
Quarterback in the NFL said yeah I’m going to stay in college and I went of course you are what what kind of lack of self-awareness do you have where you’re announcing to the world hey I’m not going to the NFL and everyone in NFL is like we didn’t think you were
Coming I the audacity of these guys to say like you know I passed on the NFL this year it’s like did you or did they pass on you you know I don’t know man i n you don’t need an announcement for everything Carson Beck and it wasn’t even Carson who’s let
Me Google this who’s there’s some guy staying in college QB staying gosh QB staying in college some guy announced this the other day and I was like man what I don’t see it man it was uh you know who it was it was jayen milro Jaylen milro the Alabama
Quarterback said I’m coming back for next year with Alabama and I said yeah of course you are you’re not an NFL player yet you might be next year you got a lot of growing to do no one looked at jayen Milo the quarterback at Alabama that’s that’s the one that started this
Thing that really bothered me Jaylen Milo did it then Carson Beck did it and I said neither one of you are first round picks no one viewed you as a top NFL prospect at a quarterback position of course you’re not going to the NFL but they make it seem like oh we decided
We’re going to say did you or or again did the NFL make it clear you’re not really on our radar right now I don’t know uh one more thing in college football quarterback news we should have called the segment quarterback news I didn’t realize till I
Did it what it was going to be about uh Dylan riola the number one quarterback recruit in the country High School football player right now going to college been committed to Georgia ever since I’ve known about his existence he flipped his commitment from Georgia to Nebraska so Dylan Rola the number one quarterback
In the country is going to Nebraska instead of Georgia why I have a theory I have a theory why what did Matt rule the Nebraska head coach tell us about or sorry what well first of all he told us that a transfer portal quarterback is about $2
Million but I wonder what Matt rule told Dylan Rola here’s what I would imagine the sales pitch was hey you can go to Georgia and sit behind Carson back next year or come to Nebraska be a week one starter as a freshman you want to play as a freshman Dylan
Rola because guess what you can always transfer out of Nebraska buddy you can you can come play for here for a year do great and then leave because that’s the new world of college football and you can go to a lot of highlevel college football programs Ohio State Oregon uh Texas
Alabama Georgia there are so many college football programs you can go be a backup next year Michigan if you want but you know the more rare opportunity than going to Georgia being a backup being a starter as a true freshman at Nebraska show the world what you can do
And then transfer hey hey let’s be honest about this Dylan we’re not going to win a National Title Here in Nebraska meat rule not going to happen next couple years but you come here you do the more rare thing you play as a freshman get better as a quarterback if
Then you transfer to a different program make a couple million and go to you can go to Georgia next year you want to go to Georgia do it just wait a year come play for me for a year get experience then go to Georgia I really wonder how honest they
Were with that because I don’t expect Dylan if Dylan Rola turns out to be a really really high level NFL quarterback at Nebraska if he’s really good he’s not going to stay there and that rule has to know that but maybe the pitch was we don’t
Expect you to stay come here for year or two play as a true freshman then next year after one year with us you if you still want to go to Georgia you totally can but we’re one of the only places in the country where Dylan Rola can go
Nebraska is saying this where Dylan Rola you can come here and be a starter as a true freshman in college not everyone’s going to offer that to Dylan Rola and uh maybe that’s what the offer was maybe we’ll see a true freshman quarterback next year starting at Nebraska and uh
Maybe that promise was made to get him to go there that’s fascinating to me I find that really really interesting all right we got a lot of questions from Patron we got to talk about today although I am noticing we haven’t talked about another there’s another important segment of the show we
Got to do let’s talk about next week Christmas weekend is here and and in many ways so Thursday night football is going to be really fun like genuinely it’s going to be a fun game I think I mean they’re always like every Thursday night game is always absurd and weird
You have got like awful performances or Patriots you know Steelers who are supposed to be bad then it’s a good game last week we had the Raiders scoring 63 points on the Chargers getting Brandon Staley fired this week you got a treat the Rams are going to play on Thursday
Night Football they’re playing the Saints both teams are seven and seven fighting for a playoff spot it’s a great game with playoff implications and the Rams are fun man the LA Rams are a really awesome team to watch I can’t recommend this Thursday night go watch
Football it’s going to be fun it’s going to be exciting I cannot wait for it on Saturday December 23rd the Bengals play Pittsburgh at Pittsburgh by the way the Bengals have a tough final three games of the Year this is the beginning they play the Bengals
Play I Believe let’s see they play at Pittsburgh then they play at Kansas City I talked about this earlier then they play Cleveland and I’m looking at my notes that does confirm that so the Bengals are an eight and six football team trying to make a playoff game with a backup quarterback Jake
Browning their tough road to a playoff game starts Saturday in a tough environment at Pittsburgh great game really fun to watch Buffalo is playing the Chargers on Saturday man if you told me in August this game was going to be awful I would not believe I thought I would have
Thought Josh Allen Justin Herbert oh my gosh it’s going to be so much fun instead Justin Herbert’s out for the air Brandon Staley’s been fired um I expect Buffalo to win by a lot but I am also curious anytime you fire a coach usually there’s an emotional boost for the team
That fired their coach what are the Charges going to look like on Saturday hosting Buffalo I have no idea I’m fascinated um we’ll see man it’s GNA be really interesting on Sunday Christmas Eve we’ve got a really interesting game interesting because Houston may not have their quarterback
CJ strout the brown are n and five trying to go 10 and five playing on the road at Houston who may not have their starting quarterback so it might be Cleveland against Case Keenum Case Keenum Joe Flaco I’m in that sounds like actually a good time Joe
Flaco is a really cool story right now I want to see the Browns win this football game especially if CJ Stout isn’t if CJ Stout does play I’ve got no opinion I want to to see a good game if CJ Stout doesn’t play then I want to see the
Browns win and try to go get a get a you know a playoff appearance and maybe win a Super Bowl and uh I’ll be watching and paying a lot of attention to this game it’ll be really fun the Colts play the Falcons on Sunday I want the Colts to
Win Gamu baby I hate Arthur Smith the coach of Atlanta get him out of there I want the Colts to beat Atlanta badly on Sunday Seattle plays Tennessee which Tennessee has been eliminated they’re 5-9 Seattle seven- seven fighting for a playoff spot I don’t know who’s going to
Be the quarterback in Seattle Drew lock or Gino Smith I Gino Smith was healthy and he didn’t play on Monday Night Football I don’t know what that me means I I don’t know who the quarterback’s going to be on Monday night but nonetheless it’s interesting and will Lis is actually a fun Young
Quarterback in Tennesse so we might get Drew lock will Levis we might get will Levis goo Smith I have no idea but it’s actually like an interesting game here um if you like quarterback play will Levis is such a fun quarterback to watch for the Tennessee Titans rookie kid who
Is physical plays with his heart I love the guy it’s going to be interesting Detroit plays at Minnesota Detroit is 10 and four Minnesota’s 7 and seven Detroit should win this game comfortably um Minnesota’s got Nick Mullen at quarterback and the Lions I believe play Minnesota twice in the next three games
So so I think I think Detroit’s a way better football team they’re playing at Minnesota which I I guess is a tough environment but I I really I think Detroit wins this game handily on Sunday at Minnesota and we’ll see if I’m right come this weekend here’s game you shouldn’t
Watch Washington plays the Jets at New York at this point the Jets are just trying to keep their uh they’re trying to let their trying to find out if their coach is gonna be there next year I think honestly and it really matters if Aaron Rogers wants to play for Robert
Salah I think that really doesn’t matter too does he want to work with Nathaniel hack and Robert Salah the most powerful person probably the NFL right now is actually Aaron Rogers because he controls the fates of a lot of people if Aaron Rogers says I’m not coming back without Robert Salah they’re bringing
Bringing back Robert Salah if he says I’m not going to come play for the Jets next year if you don’t have Nathaniel hacket coaching the offensive side of the football they’re going to keep Nathaniel hacket if he says I want Zack Wilson There Zack Wilson’s gonna be there so but regardless uh Jets
Commanders don’t watch on you know don’t wait don’t waste good time you can spend with your family on Christmas Eve watching the Jets play okay come on guys uh Green Bay plays Carolina these are two teams are losing record but two young quarterbacks that are interesting Jordan love and Bryce
Young Jordan love I thought played pretty well this past weekend actually he had a fumble that sucked but two touchdowns was had like 10 incomplete passes that played pretty good Jordan love progressing and getting better um I want to see two young quarterbacks play against each other and see what happens
I think it’s actually an interesting game uh this weekend between Green Bay and Carolina the Jaguars play at Tampa this one has massive playoff implications both teams in the south the Jaguars lead the AFC South Tampa leads the NFC South and uh the they’re both first in their
Division the winner is going to have an even better opportunity and a better um standing basically to maintain their their spot at the top of their division so I’m personally rooting for Baker Mayfield here I don’t really know what that means does that mean Tampa wins I
Hope so but I want to see Baker Mayfield play really really well hosting the Jaguars on Sunday uh the Cardinals play Chicago I mean actually like look both teams are awful good quarterback match up though Kyler Murray and J Fields actually like that’s a fun match
Like that might be a terrible game as far as playoff implications and story lines but if you want to just sit down and watch two quarterbacks are really athletic and can do some really rare stuff um Kyler Murray Justin Fields Arizona against Chicago in Chicago this weekend actually like a really compelling
Interesting game that I you might want to watch that actually I actually I can’t believe I’m saying that I feel like I’ve said actually like 20 times but um despite Arizona being three and 11 and the Bears having only five wins I kind of want to watch that game actually
Actually actually actually um sorry ASMR actually um the Dallas Cowboys play at Miami on uh Sunday Christmas Eve what a game dude this one’s fascinating the Cowboys have had some really embarrassing awful losses uh one to Buffalo and one to the 49ers the Dolphins have won 10 games against
Nobody basically they got embarrassed by Buffalo badly they lost by 28 points and then they lost to Kansas City they lost to Philly by a couple touchdowns they lost to Tennessee horribly at the end of the game Miami and Dallas are both teams that I feel very suspect about I’m like
Like I I think you’re contenders I think I hope I guess but you’ve got some really bad really ugly losses and it’s fitting these two teams play each other in Miami Christmas Eve uh and I I don’t know what’s GNA happen I think it’s actually going to be a great game
Probably I’m surprised it’s not Sunday Night Football technically but uh probably better it’s earlier in the day so if you’re doing Christmas Eve stuff you can still watch football then go to your Christmas Eve event so probably best game of the weekend uh Dolphins Cowboys then Sunday Night
Football can I just be honest here if you have anyone in your life you care about do not watch this football game go spend time with your girlfriend your dad your mom your friends anyone with a pulse rather than watching the Patriots play at Denver on if you got
Nothing else going on you know what I’m going to be watching this game cuz I got nothing nothing else going on I live alone in Hawaii but but if you have anyone you care about you should go hang out with them instead of watching the Patriots play at Denver check the
Score afterward we’re all hoping Denver wins because we want to see Denver make a playoff push Denver winning is more interesting for the playoff implications so um yeah spend time with your family on on Christmas Eve don’t watch Patriots Broncos you no no one needs to watch the
Patriots instead of hanging out with your family although to y who are lonely and also alone and maybe have no one you don’t have a great family um I encourage you first of all I’m sorry second of all I encourage you go make family that isn’t blood related to you because um
Doing life alone sucks don’t do it love you guys on Monday Christmas morning we get the Raiders play in Kansas City which uh Kansas City is probably going to win it’s in Kansas City but I I like Antonio pierce the Raiders said coach they’re six and8 they’re coming off a game where they
Scored 63 points I don’t know interesting there um horrible game on Christmas is Giants Eagles like Philly’s coming off of a bad loss on Monday night the Giants are five- nine Philly is going to curb stomp the Giants on Christmas Day and then Monday Night Football man uh game on ABC and ESPN
Christmas Day a Christmas miracle might you say a the the NFL’s gift to all of us is the two best teams in football the 11 and3 Baltimore Ravens playing at the 11 and3 49ers oh my goodness I cannot wait this is going to be the highlight of Christmas for sure Monday December
25th Ravens at 49ers and uh man you guys this is going to be absolutely awesome and if it’s not a good game uh you better check on me on Tuesday cuz I I’ll be really really sad I’ll be like man I can’t believe how awful that was and check make sure I’m
Doing okay cuz I need this to be a great game I really want I want I want a good thing on Christmas to be Ravens 49ers so uh man rooting for that on Christmas guys that’s all I no no no no I I went to say that’s all I have for this
Segment but I realized it made sound like I’m gonna end the show I’m not going to in the show we’ve got one more segment left if you want to support the show go to patreon on.com Zack shamer patreon.com Zack shamer it’s a dollar a month you can donate more if you want to
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Heinous horrible things that’d be kind of fun and I’ll be like I gotta say it he paid 20 bucks I gotta say the thing gotta read it I think that would be like a fun relationship with the audience but uh I don’t know man uh let’s go today I want to start
With Joe did his best to write in with like an unhinged question I’m not sure if it worked but let’s read what Joe wrote in if I can find it Joe says hey Zack I’m going to give you a football question and a non football question and I’m gonna tell you now Joe
I’m not gonna answer your football question because I already talked about it I already talked about the charges here’s his non-f football question he says I sincerely hope these questions appease thy Mighty Balls of vision my eyes are balls of vision apparently which it kind of makes sense
Nonf football you have you have a microphone in front of you that is an intercom system that can reach out to every individual person on the planet meaning what you say into the microphone would be heard by every human being on Earth if you had 5 Seconds to say
Something into the microphone what would you say I don’t know what I would say I I would want it to be positive like I’d want to say something like that unites people and brings people together I I’m not sure that that would uh work though in 5 seconds you can’t say anything really
Meaningful I could say like I miss my ex I’m sad but I think that would also not do anything positive like I actually Joe I just have a problem with your question in five seconds you can’t say anything meaningful so what’s the point what would I say like I would probably
Say like I dude I don’t even know like I I would again I wouldn’t want to waste the opport of making a joke right but what can I possibly say in 5 seconds that is positive for the entire planet to hear I have no idea maybe just
Hey I’m Zach shamer look me up on Instagram that’s probably the only beneficial thing I can do and then the entire planet would be like who’s Zack shamer they’d research me and I’d make a bunch of money on YouTube probably actually that’s like the only good thing
I could do from this like I don’t think I could say like be nice to each other world peace and I think that would work I think the only thing you can do I would probably sell it actually I’d be like hey who’s got an ad they want me to
Read for like $10 million I’ll say the name of your company into this intercom for 5 seconds that that’s like actually the only the only thing you can do in 5 seconds is raise awareness of something you can’t actually like send a good message so Joe I I like the thought it’s
A bit unhinged I guess you did your best but Joe um in the end I learned that you can’t really do anything in five seconds that is Meaningful and and what’s the point of talking to the whole world if you don’t have anything meaningful to say uh lonard writes in lart says hey
Zack I’m gonna use this right in to rant please do lionhardt let’s hear it lionhardt says Jake Browning is playing very well for the Bengals and there are murmurings of Joe burrow being a quote system quarterback I hate this not only because it’s not true but also because it discredits everything Joe everything
Jake Browning is doing I’ll admit that most quarterbacks could find way to look passible when throwing to Jamar Chase T Higgins and Tyler Boyd but Jake brownie has exceeded all expectations the last pass on Third and n and overtime to set up the game-winning field goal is not something
That a system quarterback could do Jake Browning was cut by the Vikings in 2021 The Narrative should be Jake Browning just made the game-winning play against the team that cut him in overtime not is Joe burrow a system quarterback also there is an annoying level of cognitive dissonance about it
When people hate on the Ravens and Chiefs for not getting more weapons but they hate on Joe burrow because his team actually has drafted some good weapons around him I hate the system quarterback thing I always have um I think people just need stuff to argue about they’re
Like oh let’s discredit this guy we need to like I think the the the worst part about the sports media is that people are always finding dumb things to argue about that don’t actually matter how about enjoying what’s happening right enjoying Baker Maya throwing four touchdowns enjoying that Matthew
Stafford made an incredible play against Washington you’re like that’s an insane throw enjoying the fact that we might get Joe flacko playing the Ravens in a playoff game enjoying the fact that we get Ravens 49ers on Christmas e like Christmas Day the night of Christmas we get the two best teams in football
Playing each other thank you NFL for the gift I appreciate it how about we appreciate the good things in front of us in football rather than being being like hm is uh is Joe burrow really that good cuz this Jake Browning guy is coming in and doing really good without
Joe Barrow so maybe Joe Barrow is overrated why do we need to like you can ask a question I guess if you want ask whatever you want but like is that your thing you want to focus on is how can I tear down a different person rather than
Hey look at this awesome guy Jake Browning doing incredible stuff that no one saw coming that’s way more powerful to me so I don’t know know I one of the biggest lessons I’ve learned in the last year of my life is like I need to focus
More on the good stuff and the positive stuff and be grateful and appreciate the good things happening rather than just being like H who can we tear down today who sucks who’s doing something wrong right now nah let’s just focus on the good and I don’t have any I I agree with
You lionhardt the Jake Browning doing well leading to Joe burrow getting criticized is such a weird logic line that it just you can do it I understand how it I understand why people think that that’s just not a fun way to look at the world and so why would you
Um oh man uh Lucas writes in with something that I I I don’t know the names of most of these people so I’m going to butcher the names but I’m going to read what I know and tell you what I know about who I know Lucas says out of
The new head coaches for power five teams which do you like best and which ones are you most wary of here’s a list for your ease so Duke hired Manny Diaz Houston hired Willie Fritz Indiana hired Curtis cetti Michigan State hired Jonathan Smith Mississippi State hired Jeff lebby
Oregon State hired Trent Bray Syracuse hired Fran Brown and Texas ANM hired Mike Elco um he says I really love the Syracuse and Houston hires but I feel like Tex A&M’s hiring process was really messy the fact that Texas A&M spent a ton of money to
Fire um Jimbo Fisher and then hired Mike Elco from duke is kind of weird I’m like ah okay like that’s the incredible coach like Texas S&M has so much money and they just hire like Mike Elco no nothing against Mike Elco he’s great but you can’t poach like a great coach from
Somewhere you have all the money you’re not going to try to steal Jim Harbaugh or I don’t know like I just I I expected a bigger name in Texas in I’m not goingon to lie that surprises me what I will say Mike Elco did a great job at Duke and I’m
Rooting for him I I really would love to see him do well I just I thought my expectations for who Texas anma is going to hire I guess was unrealistic cuz I thought they were going to get a big name that was like a massive Splash in
College fo football which I guess is what they did with Jimbo Fisher and that didn’t work so I don’t know but I will say I I thought A&M with all their money was gonna do a little more than Mike Elco and uh I don’t know nothing against
Mike Elco though I I really I’m rooting for him and I I think A&M there’s so much money there you you think they could turn it into wins and the fact that they haven’t is uh wild to me about Texas A&M the other the name you mentioned you
Said you liked him too Fran Brown at Syracuse dude Fran Brown if you haven’t seen the the conversation he had when he like Kyle McCord is going to Syracuse play for Fran Brown Fran Brown was a coach at Georgia he’s a defensive backs coach at Georgia won a national title last year
Had a great year um he he seems like such a genuine honest really cool coach I Fran Brown go watch his inod trory press conference the way he talks with passion and with enthusiasm and honesty I just love the guy like I don’t know if he’s gonna be a great coach or
Not but man I I like him I’d go play for him I don’t Syracuse has not a lot going on um and I don’t think he used Syracuse as a stepping stone I think he’ used Syracuse as a destination which is really interesting so Fran Brown new coach at
Syracuse it’s the first time Syracuse has been on my radar basically ever and I think that’s really cool and interesting the rest of the coaches you mentioned I don’t have much to say about him but Fran Brown I love Mike Elco I like I just thought they were GNA hire a
Bigger name at Texas A&M um Jasper writes in and says hey Zack alicious I know you have worked in the media before what’s your take on how honest quote unquote honest Amazon was on Thursday Night Football last night with just blatantly talking about chargering talking about Brandon Staley
Going and needing to be fired from my memory and perception it seems like those are a little too sensitive for live broadcasting and the kind of topics that have been saved for hot TI shows like skip Alis and Stephen A Smith you think this is a clear sign that Amazon
Is trying to be the anti- ESPN I bet they came into this game ready with stuff after what they learned from that Colts Broncos game last year on another note can we please have at least a large segment or whole episode dedicated to backup quarterbacks who got a chance
This year after the season ends I really think there are a ton of things to talk about like how did we get here and why were there so many injuries who’s got a lasting chance and what did you see Etc you’re right there there is definitely uh room to make content about
Backup quarterbacks a lot this offseason and we should that’ll be fun let’s do it um anti- ESPN do you mean like so when you say is is Amazon trying to be anti ESPN you mean are they trying to have conversations that ESPN doesn’t have on live shows maybe I don’t I I think
Amazon is just doing what sports media is doing in general which is more inflammatory more blamy more provocative what I will say is what I the things I don’t watch like broadcasting I don’t I don’t care anymore but the clips I’ve seen of Amazon and their stuff is actually
Entertaining and actually good uh they got Richard Sherman they’ve got um Andrew why why am I forgetting his name Andrew Thomas I believe the left tackle from the Rams and Bengals they’ve got Ryan Fitzpatrick I like the group of people they’ve got broadcasting for Amazon these Thursday night games they
Do good work um I I get the sense that they’re authentic and honest and I think everyone who watched that Thursday night game watching the Raiders beat the Chargers 63 to 21 everyone thought you got to fire Brandon daily let’s be clear whether that’s a sensitive provocative topic or not I don’t know
But you have to acknowledge it like if you are broadcasting on Thursday Night Football after that loss you have to say that you you can’t to ignore the idea of Brandon Staley getting fired is like ignoring an elephant in your apartment we always say elephant in the room but
We that we kind of pass over what that really means if you walked into your apartment tomorrow and we’re like there’s an elephant in my living room its head is sticking through the ceiling what the you’d have to talk about it you wouldn’t just walk away from it
If you saw a team whose coach is massively underachieving who’s five and eight get blown out 6 to3 to 21 you can’t ignore the massive thing which is like hey that guy’s got to get fired right you can’t not talk about it so I I’ve got no problem with the way they
Broadcast it on Thursday Night Football um I don’t think it was an out of- bounds Topic at all uh and I I think it’s good work I I appreciate the question Jasper and the conversation is a good one but again if you walked into your living room and there was a
Elephant you’d be like what what we should talk about that right I’m not going to just walk by the elephant whose poops are massive sitting there we got to talk about the thing man what’s H how did this happen so you know I think uh you got to acknowledge the the crazy
Insane things that happened right in front of you and that this is definitely one of them um you know my favorite thing I said on today’s show so far is that thing about appreciating the moment I I think I’m I’m going through a a phase of growing
Up I’m 26 I’m about to have what I think is going to be like my real permanent job and career and uh I think I’m finally like getting to a place in life where I can like settle and and stay in one place for a long
Time and that uh is an exciting feeling and I feel given the things that have happened to me since I graduated high school eight years ago go all of the YouTube success and then failure and then almost getting married and then moving to Hawaii not once but twice and
Doing a road to basa country and working for ESPN and all of the weird experiences that have happened to me in my life um I’ve really been me trying to get over my trauma I think honestly but I think I feel equipped now finally to
Be a real adult and like I’ve got all of the stuff in my tool belt now to be like I can handle all the things that are going to come my way as an adult and uh I’m sorry it took me so long but I I do
Feel like I’m finally getting my act together and that is an exciting feeling even if it’s a little later than I would have liked um Justin writes in Justin says I’m gonna get right to it you get a million dollars and then he says I’ll
Add to this I’ll boost the money to a billion dollars for a billion dollars but every morning you wake up as a dry shriveled up piece of beef jerky looking thing in order in order to turn back into yourself for the day you have to hydrate yourself by getting wet the issue is
Zank jerky can’t move because he’s so dry and shriveled up so how would you hydrate yourself would you take the million billion dollars for a million no Pro probably not because I don’t trust people and you would have to trust every someone every day to uh
Hydrate you I guess you could like live in the woods in the rain in like Hawaii but then you can’t live the life you want to live so I don’t know man I I don’t nah I’m good pass I don’t want to be beef jerky every morning sounds awful
I’m good don’t need to do that at all um Florida man writes in Florida man says hey Zack if you’re hearing the latest episode I love the idea of Joe flaca winning a Super Bowl with the Browns if this actually happens would Joe Flaco make the Hall of Fame two
Super Bowls is basically the same primary criteria that is used for arguments like for Eli Manning to make the Hall of Fame so it would be really interesting to see how things play out so could Joe Flo make a hall of fame um spot if he wins a second Super Bowl I don’t
Know he’s not like an all-time great quarterback so probably not but that’s an all-time great story Joe flacko com out of nowhere winning a Super Bowl the Browns his second Super Bowl on a new team now a second team too that would be really interesting uh Hall of Fame
Probably not um where does J Flo rank NFL records NFL passing records he played for a long time but he didn’t play that long I don’t think Joe Flaco’s like the number one or even number top 10 where does he rank um Jill FL top 20 all time in yards more than I
Thought actually okay okay like interesting very interesting so maybe Jo Flo is but Ryan tanah Hill is 37 ever so like maybe that’s a bad metric I don’t know like I is Kirk Cousins a Hall of Famer because he’s number 24 ever in passing yards no
So I don’t know Joe Flo I’m not he’s not a hall of fam to me no matter what happens here but I want to see him in a Super Bowl that would be very cool um I you know there’s another part of this I want to read it it might be good
It might not I’m not sure but uh Florida man says here’s another question if you lived in a life-sized gingerbread house in a remote winry location how long do you think you could survive both the elements and the hunger by eating the house let’s call it a three-bedroom two
B 1500 foot garden gumdrops optional what the what what is this question how long could I survive in the cold first of all gingerbread house would not be well insulated I don’t think and the snow would break it down pretty quickly not to mention animals would be eating
Your house you’re sharing your food with animals this is all bad how long could I live I could do it for like a couple days probably and then I’d be like hey the rats and the Wolves and the cold and all of it are killing me and I could I
Could do it for a night for sure one night in the gingerbread house definitely could do it day number three I’d be like ah this is crusty man I don’t want to eat this house and also it’s cold so no I don’t think I can do it for
Very long I don’t interesting question but Colin writes in says Zach just want to preface this by saying that this is all in good fun but I heard you mention that if you could be any dinosaur you don’t want to be a pterodactyl so you can fly around like a
Bird I have good news and bad news bad news is a pterodactyl actually is not a dinosaur but they belong to a Related Group the good news is birds are dinosaurs so you could like just do that what the what so pterodactyl the thing I’ve always wondered about dinosaurs we
Know feathers cannot be fossilized the theory is dinosaurs would have lots of feathers like a T-Rex probably had lots of feathers on him probably we think we think we don’t know because we weren’t there can someone invent time travel please I want to go back I want to see
There’s the ways I would use time travel oh man the thing the things I would change in my own life let alone to go back and see dinosaurs I mean that endless content in my brain like I love to write about stuff as like exercise I said like what would I do if
I could time travel I would probably write like 30 pages of things I would do if I could time travel that would be such a fun exercise I got to do that next time probably tomorrow after work hitting the Jazz cabbage and going to do
A lot of writing about what I would do with a time machine that’s a fun thought not and uh oh man I would do a lot of things anyway pterodactyls are not dinosaurs what you’re telling me Jurassic Park lied to me cuz they those flying things are in
Jurassic Park and I always thought they were dinosaurs and if they’re not oh does that mean they’re dragons what’s a terod Dactyl I’m I’m I I have so many questions we’re going ignore them all my head um birds or dinosaurs though you can’t just skip over that so there are
Dinosaurs alive right now they’re just tiny that’s weird is it weird that all I have to say is that’s weird I don’t know Nick writes in hey Zach Zack Z Zach Zack is what I thought it said Zack City but Zach city is zy was wondering what advice you would
Give to anyone who wants to start their own sports podcast I’m sure you’ve answered something like like this before but I’d love one episode for you to go into how you make the podcast and what you need to start things up like that I don’t want to do it for money but I
Think it would be fun to do with friends and have recordings look back on when we’re older how do you start a podcast you’ve effing start it you buy a you buy a SM what’s the what micro sm57 microphone yeah you buy a sure sm7b microphone that’s one that has the
Audio it not only uses LR cords it also uses USB if you want for like you know live streaming or whatever easy way to record into your computer so you can do podcast other people so the sm57 is sorry the SM let’s be clear about this the
SM nope that’s wrong let’s be let’s let’s make sure what’s the right one I’m trying to trying to recommend the the microphone I recommend it’s it’s from sure it’s probably just right here I don’t see it on my microphone whatever microphone whatever microphone I have have is the one you should buy
SM 7B 7B what is it called sure SM come on mv7 the sh mv7 that’s the one I want that’s by the way what Travis Kelce and his brother used on their podcast for a long time uh it’s the one I use great M I think it sounds good
It’s got a lot of it’s got more function than other microphones and it’s a it’s a good price range it’s 200 50 bucks which for a good microphone is cheap actually so the SM sorry the sh mv7 is a microphone you should buy sh
Mv7 one more time mv7 I said a lot of names that’s the one I mean the sure mv7 it can do not only USB recording it can also do XLR which if you don’t know technology I don’t want to try to break it down and explain that but it’s good
You record with um Zen Caster or Riverside and you figure it out and you start and you’ll get better as you go I love the idea of having recordings uh always archived for like your relatives to go back like your kids to watch someday podcasts are tough though like
Podcasts are I’ve done 623 of them I’m still not rich I’m still barely getting by so um yeah I don’t know man uh what’s my advice buy the microphone I said and start doing it and figure it out as you go there’s no blank advice really um you
Host it on I use megaphone to host strong opinion Sports because the company that gives me my ads that I got to be there megaphone is great another one is libson uh but you got to host your podcast somewhere to send it off to you know podcast land so like Spotify
And apple podcast or whatever so um thankfully I don’t pay anymore because I’m part of a bigger company that pays for me so I don’t have to pay for podcast hosting You’ have to pay a fee to megaphone monthly to host your podcast so um yeah that’s my advice and
You can record with your friends very easily remotely with uh Riverside or zener if you’re recording in person with XLR chords you should buy the zoom P4 it’s a it’s a audio interface which uh you know what I’m realizing this should just be a YouTube video I should just make a
YouTube video about the equipment I use and how I use it and why that’s probably what I should do so I’m going to end the segment here um Rhett writes in about Florida State and I think we should it’s really long but why not have the conversation Rhett says
Hey Zack I hope this has been a better week for you this is a long thorough comment but I think it’ll provide some good discussion fod after listening to your last episode’s discussion on the Florida state situation I wanted to chime in as Devil’s Advocate thank you by the way
Brett and anyone out there please challenge the things I say that makes for good content and I enjoy doing it so if you don’t agree with me write in and tell me anyway Rhett says I want to start by saying I totally agree that the four teams that got into the playoffs
Make for the most exciting games and Florida State probably would have been a rather lopsided Affair that received far less TV ratings however leaving an undefeated power five conference Champion out in a sense sets a precedent that the regular season does not matter Florida State every game on their
Schedule and had a better resume than Alabama they have a common opponent in LSU who they beat by a larger margin and they had to face Jaden Daniels for the entire game while Alabama knocked him out of the game they beat Clemson they beat Miami Florida State beat Miami who
Beat Tex A&M who Alabama struggled with a bit Alabama needed fourth and goal from the 31 to beat an Auburn team that was blown out by New Mexico State at home even without Jordan Travis they beat Florida and Louisville by double digits they would be getting the backup
Tate rademaker back for the playoffs so it wouldn’t have been the third string quarterback again the part to me that makes zero sense is that the committee ranked Florida State ahead of Ohio State and Georgia almost as if they knew they’re going to get criticized to the
High heaven so they compromised in that regard the committee should have dropped Florida state in the rankings weeks ago instead of waiting until the final one thankfully the 12 team playoff is coming so that this never happens again I truly think it does come down to an SEC bias
There is an alternate reality where the committee ignored the Texas Alabama head-to-head left Texas out and put Florida State in that would have been just as egregious to as many to many as this move was but everyone keeps vacillating between the four best teams or the four most deserving to support whatever they’re
Arguing do we really think that Georgia who lost by three on a neutral site to Alabama after winning 29 straight isn’t one of the best forward teams in college football at the end of the day I will enjoy the holiday much more with the
Matchups that we got but I do feel a bit uneasy about it all I’m a completely unbiased college football fan with no dog in the fight thanks for reading if you did this one was crazy long but it is such a complex matter I hear you Rett leaving Florida State
Out is not an easy thing to do I think it was the right thing I I I’m the college footb playoff games have been often not good games like so many of them are bad blowouts I I just I think Georgia honestly straight up I almost feel like Georgia was the
Worst snub than Florida State because in my heart of hearts deep down in my soul I think Georgia could be any of the four teams in the college football playoff and uh I I don’t feel that way about Florida State the great team but now Georgia had
A shot and they lost so they’re not they can’t argue because they they they blew it but it feels weird I’m just I don’t care about this conversation I think honestly because we’re never going to have to have this conversation again we’re going to a 12 team playoff so
We’re not going to have bowl games that don’t matter anymore we’re going to have more playoff games it’s going to be better all a 12 team playoff is going to make we should honestly make it more I want to have you know 20 teams in I mean I really like
Bowl games matter less than ever before if your teammate a bowl game but your quarterback is any good he’s in the transfer portal and not playing or going to the NFL and not playing bowl games matter less than ever before how about we make them matter by making them
Playoff games that’s a great idea to me let’s instead of adding just 12 let’s add even more just to have more meaningful football games but um we will never ever have a situation like this again where Florida state gets left out because with more teams that make it in
Easily and could prove themselves and so the thing that really frustrates me is that everyone’s saying well the the we don’t like the four teams that were chosen and everyone has an opinion it should have been this or that I pardon I’m going to cuss a couple
Times here in this show I’m not gonna I I’m not gonna go back and cut him out so I’m just there’s gonna be a couple swears in this show and it’s what it is I hate that we didn’t just expand the playoff this year we can’t do
Six we we can’t figure we can’t figure it out how do we have an extra game like what what if we just say hey Florida State plays Georgia and Alabama plays Texas winners play Washington and Michigan and then the winners of those play for the national title give Michigan and Washington a
First round buy have Alabama play Florida State have Georgia play Texas why we could have done that we believe it or not we could have done that but the world is so inflexible that we just get stuck like ah we can’t no we didn’t plan
For that we can’t do that I’m like God just I hate it I hate it so much the true story here is not that the wrong team got put in the playoff or left out of the playoff the story should be the lack of flexibility in Corporate America is
Unbelievable you how much more money would have been made if we made Georgia and Florida State part of the playoffs that would have got amazing TV ratings and we we didn’t have the flexibility to foresee that that’s what irritates me more than anything we’re just well this is how it is we’re stuck
One more year change it emergency playoff game we need to add two more teams solved make Zack shler college football commissioner I don’t know man ah just the lack of flexibility from people is a a massive weakness in our society in general and it it drives me nuts
Um Daniel writes in says imagine a Joe Flaco versus Lamar Jackson AFC title game assuming seeding works out would Joe Flaco be in the Hall of Fame if he leads Browns to a Super Bowl victory not a Hall of Famer but I said this earlier Joe flacka Lamar Jackson in
Baltimore AF championship game rematch Jill Flaco against a quarterback who replaced him and his former team oh by the way division rival I want that so badly man Jill Flaco Lamar Jackson playoff game in Baltimore woo can we make that happen please let’s make it happen I want to
Watch that that’s amazing television and I think it’s going to happen whatever we can do to make that happen I want I don’t care if week 18 the Browns lose on a crappy no call pass interference or something but it makes it so they’re seated properly to play Baltimore I’ll
Be like I know what you did NFL you messed with the schedule you messed with things to make a better matchup happen and for once fair enough I appreciate it thank you NFL thank you um Richmond writes in it’s really long um I don’t feel like I have the heart to
Read this one cuz it’s it’s really long man and I I love you Richmond the the basic point of your question is that there’s problems in New Orleans you write a lot about what you think it is I want to tell you what I think the problem is in New Orleans it’s the
Offensive coaching especially the receiver position the lack of communication between the quarterback and receiver has been receivers has been awful receivers running the wrong routes missing assignments running routes poorly uh Missing hand signals not stopping in zones when you’re running zone coverage you know running a route
Against own coverage stuff like that not knowing how to convert your route against man coverage the receiving coach in New Orleans I went on a rant earlier this year about it has been absolutely awful and I you know who should hire Ben Johnson dude how about Ben Johnson
Coaching the Saints Ben Johnson the offensive coordinator of the Detroit Lions coaching Derek Carr and the talent in New Orleans in an awful division the Saints just need to hire an offensive coach and I I think Ben Johnson being the offense being the head coach of the
Saints he made Derek Carr so he made you know Jared Golick really good what could Ben Johnson do for Derek Carr I think good stuff I I think that’s the Saints job is actually a really good one lot of Talent on offense and defense a quarterback Derek Carr who’s done good
Stuff in the past so I think with a good coach and a good relationship with a coach and good coaching on offense could do really good stuff again in New Orleans I like the idea of the Saints hiring a really good offensive coach and Ben Johnson really really excites me maybe
Eric beny though too I just want to see the Saints Go offensive side of the football and hire an offensive coach to work with Derek Carr and get the most out of the offense and uh I don’t think Derek Carr is a total bum he makes bone
Headed mistakes and isn’t great but we also thought Jared go was want a bum and he threw five touchdowns against the Denver Broncos and Shawn pyton so man I think a good offensive coach is going to go a long way for New Orleans um Adam writes
In Adam says good morning Zack wow it’s hard to believe that it has been just shy of two years since I wrote in about my confidence that the Rams could win the Super Bowl oh how last year brought me back to Earth I like to rank teams
Every week for fun and I finished my rankings and found the Rams at 13th with a six and seven record am I being biased I look at the teams below them and felt Justified maybe it’s because I’m a fan of the Rams but we seem like a scary
Team to face right now I don’t think I’d say we’ll have a deep playoff run but if we make it we could definitely ruin a good team season what do you expect to see from the Rams the last couple weeks and what do you think the perception of
The Rams is PS if we lose to the commanders this is all a joke no they did win they’re seven and seven now um the Rams are fun man the Rams are going to give us a good playoff game I really believe that if they make it in I don’t
Think the Rams are a super Bowl Contender but they are fun to watch you’re right and uh I totally agree Eric writes in last question of that Eric says hey Zack I want to know your thoughts on the AFC playoff race I think there are a bunch of good teams in
Contention that aren’t even in playoff spots currently like Buffalo Denver and Houston which wild card team do you think could make the most noise assuming they made the playoffs thanks Eric which Wild wild card team in the AFC could make the most noise in the playoffs uh Buffalo for sure after
Beating the tar out of Dallas maybe go oh wow they are very very capable um after that though I think it’s only Buffalo like the other options that could be wild card teams in the AFC you know what I guess Cleveland would be a wild card team they’d be they’re the
Number five seed right now they’ feel pretty strong there Cleveland could win a Super Bowl so that’s the best wild card team in the AFC or the NFC although I guess Dallas or uh Philly is going to be a wild card team so the number five seed in both the AFC and the
NFC is really strong this year whether it be Dallas Philly or Cleveland but then in the AFC like the number there’s three Wild Card teams so Cleveland’s one of them I think Buffalo’s really good but then who’s the last really good AFC team I don’t Cincinnati with Jake Browning the Colt
To the Garder muu Houston with CJ strad who’s injured right now with a concussion trying to recover maybe Denver at seven to seven like I the teams that can make noise in the the wild card spot in the AFC are really only Buffalo or Cleveland and uh like I
I don’t think Houston wins a playoff game they make one that’s a win in of itself same with Indie same with Cincinnati um although I will say this if the Bengals made the if the playoffs started today Cincinnati would play Kansas City at Kansas City which they’re about
To do in two weeks so the Bengals might rematch Cincinnati and play Cincinnati twice in the span of like a three-week stretch which if they lose it Kansas City on Christmas Eve the Bengals do then they play them again on January AR 14th in the Wild Card
Round I like the chances of a team playing a second game kind of like when the Giants almost beat the Patriots week 17 in 2007 and then like a month or two later in the super bow they rematch month and a half later whatever it is
They did beat them in the second game so I think this game Bengals at Kansas City on Christmas on New Year’s Eve two weeks from now could be a game that is rematch very quickly after that in a playoff game and I’m I’m really fascinated if Cincinnati
Can hang around with Kansas City I think they can because Kansas City’s got a good defense but not a lot of weapons on offense and uh the Bengals defense is actually pretty interesting I think man Bengals at Kansas City great game on Christmas Eve week 17 and maybe a really
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Pete Carroll already came out and said Geno will start against the Titans next week. They said Geno looked good enough to go in warmups, but without a week of practice, Pete was more comfortable playing Drew Lock who took QB1 snaps all week. Geno suited up in case of a Drew Lock injury.
Lamar vs Flacco would be great regardless. Would be strength vs strength (Brown's D vs Ravens O)
Dylan raiola is not the #1 qb recruit
Zac,
Just remember this: it's much better to be a late bloomer than a never bloomer. 😉
Perfect day for upload. I'm always ready
Hey zac, wanted to mention that I love the broadcasting crew on Thursday night football. Typically I hate broadcasting just as much as anyone else. However, I gave the Amazon crew a try at the end of last season and I found their pre game and post game show to be way more entertaining then anything else in football broadcasting. Whitworth, Sherman, Fitzpatrick , Gonzalez, and Charissa tomphson have so much fun doing their show and I love watching their postgame interviews with players. Its a goofy and brutally honest show with a lot of big personalities that's always fun to watch even if the thursday night game sucks.
Called the cowboys embarrassing themselves from a mile away. They haven't fixed the issues of the last several years despite the talent continuing to improve. Imo if they can even jump to the middle of the pack as far as taking penalties, they will be a sb contender. As it is now though, they will always play second fiddle to the real contenders of the nfc.
The big take away from the KC game I think is just the rise of Rashee Rice. He looked incredible, mahomes obviously trusts him and he has cemented himself as the WR1 imo. Not sure how the rest of the season is going to turn out but I'm stoked to watch #4.
You walked right into the trap, by all the Cowboys Fans. It happens to all of use at least once but now you should be safe for the future.
Zac what about Riley Leonard to ND? Any thoughts?
After arguing Joe Flacco was always elite enough for his salary cap hit, a playoff game between Browns and Ravens will hurt my football soul. Also I know in my bones that my 3rd favorite Raven will elimilate my Ravens.
Love this channel
Love the Matthew Stafford appreciation, Zac!
Watching him sling the pill live is something SPECIAL. Unbelievable how people thought he was “washed up” coming into this year!
Reportedly, and by that I mean almost certainly based off public information regarding the involved parties, the Texas A&M AD was planning on hiring Mark Stoops from Kentucky. The hire was basically finalized, Mark Stoops was apparently being really cryptic with his team as if he might leave the next day. Then the boosters caught wind and said "Mark Stoops? No, get someone else" and blew up the whole hire, which led to Mark Stoops making an otherwise random tweet at 2am about how he's not leaving Kentucky for another job. Next day Texas A&M announces the hire of Mike Elko, notably former DC at Texas A&M before he went to Duke. Imagine being the AD and not actually having any say in who you hire. Could be worse, he could've done what happened at Auburn and hired his guy anyway then get fired for not listening to the boosters.
Apparently Lock’s celebration is supposed to be putting on a backpack. Pretty neat
Devin Brown is at QB vs Missouri
As a Chargers fan, I’m on the Jim Harbaugh train. Bill would be a close second but there’s too many questions around his decision making in the draft and Ben Johnson isn’t on my armchair owner radar.
Harbaugh or bust
People who argue that Tomlin never had a losing season rarely acknowledge that he's had three 8–8 seasons (in 2012, 2013, and 2019). It's looking like this will be his 7th straight season without a playoff win (and 11th in 13 seasons).
Tim boyle knows where the bodies are buried.