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[Assistant] Devontae Adams, what I just come to is he's probably one of your best assets to accumulate some other things to make your team richer, right? As far as better players across the board in the football field.


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[Assistant] Was he, is he gonna be, wanna be around if they draft the young quarterback and go, hey, we're, you know, we're gonna compete this year, but it's a rookie quarterback. We don't know how good we can be. I don't know.


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[Assistant] Uh, so that will be interesting to see where this whole thing goes for the Raiders in the offseason. Uh, I don't expect Josh Jacobs to be back there either, you know, and I think, you know, they got White, who's pretty good, and shown that


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[Assistant] You know, if Shane Steichen cracks the code, the way they can rush the passer, right, and do that, yeaah, they are scary. We'll see what happens next week. I mean, it'll be a, it's gonna be a great showdown watching them in the Houston Texans duel it out to see who, to who wins and who gets in the playoffs.


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[Assistant] Yeah, uh, incredible. Contract year. You know, a guy that's been a really good player.


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[Assistant] But I was like, I don't know if he's ever gonna be an elite pass rusher.


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[Assistant] He showed this year he's an elite pass rusher. They were all over Bryce Young and that Carolina offense. It's kind of the same story we've talked about all year. You know, Carolina, it's just there's not enough people there. You know, as far as to support Bryce Young, it's ugly every week almost on the offensive side of the ball. It really is.


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[Assistant] I mean, it's few and far between. I know last week against the Packers, it was better.


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[Assistant] Hey, I thought Jacksonville, they played it the right way. They knew who they were playing.


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[Assistant] I didn't really feel like Beathard took any chances or was reckless at any point. They ran the ball. Hopefully they can get that going. It's been a huge element of their team that's missing as compared to last year. Uh, but yeah, once ATN kind of broke that long run and made it a...


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[Assistant] You know, 16-0 lead, two touchdowns, two point conversions. You just kinda felt like that.


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[Assistant] Yeaah, yeaah. You know, offensive line play is going to be big for Jacksonville here. The reason Trevor Lawrence isn't in there is because he's getting the shit kicked out of them every week. They don't protect that well, they can't run the ball to take any pressure off them, so they've had to ask Trevor Lawrence.


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[Assistant] To drop back time after time after time, and make big throws, and it caught up to them finally. So we'll see if this can get them back on track here, but yeah, it hasn't been an impressive month, and I'm not ready to sit here and just go, ooh, it's because they won 26 to nothing that they're back, you know, in winning tip-top shape here.


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[Assistant] Yeah, he definitely did here. I'm sure he was getting razzed a little bit and people were talking to him. Right? But damn, I mean, he's off the top ropes here in the second row.


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[Assistant] And honestly, I mean, it looks like he got like, it's like a kid or somebody too, that like gets up here and is like, what the hell, right?


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[Assistant] I mean, maybe meddling in personnel a little too much, and then stuff like that. That ain't a good look. I know that. That's not a good- That looks like a spoiled billionaire brat. That's what that looks like.


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[Assistant] I would hope that the NFL comes down pretty hard on David Tepper.


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[Assistant] Uh, for that. That's inexcusable. Again, you can't let him away with that. If the NFL wants the players to act accordingly, coaches and owners can't act like, you know, renegades. Sorry. They're the ones that have to set the example and be the standard. And if the owners act like a fool, then don't be shocked if the players act like a fool.


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[Assistant] Well, it's not, I know. It's, it's, it's hard. It's them. They're the blind spot. It's not us. I'm convinced of that. They're just a little bit all over the place with how they play. Right?


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[Assistant] I mean, that's just the bottom line. But today, like, how could you not be proud of the way they played?


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[Assistant] I mean, first off, the balance they showed early on in the football game, that was impressive. Their defense was all over Tampa. They couldn't do shit, really, until what, late third quarter, fourth quarter? I mean, there was nothing they could do.


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[Assistant] Okay, and then I give Derek Carr some credit for, you know, it's a Buccaneers defense that's been hot as of lately, and he hung in there and made some big throws and big moments. And I think some of them were, to me, it's just


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[Assistant] It wasn't necessarily that they were all like big explosive plays, but


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[Assistant] You know, there were so many drives during the game where you were like, ah, Tampa's got them a third and seven here. They're backed up. They're, they're going to get the ball in good field, but they're about, they're just going to change right here. And then he'd make a big throw and get the first down. There was a lot of third down conversions. I felt like early on in the game that Tampa had.


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[Assistant] Kind of like, in their favor, and Derek Carr and company converted him. I think that was a big story of the football game, let alone, yea, his connection with Jawan Johnson, and the fact that they kind of stayed patient with the run game, and then of course their defense.


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[Assistant] Causing the turnovers that they did, was really the story of the game. And, uh, that, that Saint Secondary, it's pretty damn good. And they gave Baker Mayfield and those wide receivers all they could handle today.


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[Assistant] Yeah, yeah, you know, uh, Alante Taylor, the bucks were moving the one time, and I mean, Baker kind of had, um, Palmer on a corner route, under threw it a little bit.


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[Assistant] You know, but again, infugal range at that time, end up with no points there.


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[Assistant] You know, throws the big past to Palmer, right? Remember this? Palmer stumbled and fell to the ground and fumbled. Down in the red zone, right?


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[Assistant] Then we had Aber, uh, Jonathan Aber had an interception, and then like you talked about, the Bucks were moving, Rashid White.


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[Assistant] Uh, Rashad White had broken the run and got up the right silo. He gets stripped sacked. So it kind of felt like two or three times during the game, Tampa kind of like, we were like, oh, here goes the momentum. Here they go. They're going to get going offensively and the New Orleans defense made a play and kudos to them.


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[Assistant] Uh, really is. They got some, like I said, some talented guys in the secondary. They got some old veteran leaders on their defense. They've continued to fight. And Derek Carr, who's, you know, been beat up mentally and physically this year, good job by him hanging around and making big plays today.


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[Assistant] Every team is going to lose it. Don't ever think you got it figured out. I mean, again, I took the Vikings tonight in this football game cause I went, the Packers have looked like such shit the last three weeks that I can't possibly pick them for how they've played. And here they are just up the Vikings left and right.


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[Assistant] Right? I know you love all these swear words, but it is the year of, you heard me talking about this a little bit where you start to go, Oh, I think I know this team. They're just not very good. And all of a sudden they turn the corner and you go, wait, they're going to beat this team and they're going to win next week. That's like a 180 from the way they look for four weeks before that. I feel like we've seen that more this


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[Assistant] You know, you talk about Arizona, right, and wins like that. Uh, that, Matt Eberfluss was like, yeah, we're out of it after week nine, basically. When we're not, we gotta keep fighting here. I gotta, one, I wanna keep my job. Two, we gotta start building something here to where we can look to next year and go, hey, you know, we can win football games. We can compete with the, the big boys.


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[Assistant] I'd argue over the last six or seven weeks that the Bears have been one of the best teams in football.


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[Assistant] Forget just like, you know, oh wow, they won a game here and there. I mean, toe to toe with the Browns, right? Toe to toe with your Lions and that other loss early in November where they could have beat them, right? So, you're talking about, you know, some close losses and then, yea, ultimately have won five out of the last seven football games they have played on and


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[Assistant] Dominated Arizona last week, who dominated the Eagles today in a lot of ways. Dominated Atlanta today. I mean, total domination. So, uh, like, defense suffocating.


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[Assistant] We're in your face, we dare you to try to throw it deep on us. Go ahead. Right? I mean, it's man to man, they get after the quarterback, they're all over the run game, they're offensive side of the ball, they run the ball great, and you just said it right. Like, fields and the Moore connection are real. They gotta stay with fields next year.


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[Assistant] He's definitely done too much, right? I know, I waffled at the halfway point. Forget it. He's too big of a playmaker. His throwing has come along to a point now to where you go, no, no, no. It's not a detriment. He makes plenty of plays. It's not perfect, but it's damn good.


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[Assistant] And he's got some other elite skills about his game that we can't just let go out the door, let alone we don't want to waste our one of all these picks on a quarterback and kind of go, oh, we got to bring them along. Like they're kind of ready.


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[Assistant] Justin Fields is fine. Draft a Marvin Harrison Jr. Get a pass rusher. Play with your other second and third round picks. And you're going to see a Bears team that's going to be real scary to Ahmed Fareed and all Lions fans next year. You know, this is what I'm thinking about right now.


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[Assistant] It's, it's, it's, it's better than what we envisioned. Top to bottom.


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[Assistant] Yeah, I still think I'm gonna go with Cincinnati. I mean, AFC North is the best all around division, right? Considering that three of them are still in the playoff hunt right now.


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[Assistant] There's future aspects about your division in the NFC North that excite you. I mean, Green Bay, I know they're not out of it. They got a ton of young talent too. You guys do. Detroit. Of course the Bears. And we know Minnesota with O'Connell and company are certainly going to have something to say about this as well.


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[Assistant] He had no feet on the ground. I mean, that was like, Fav Aaron Rodgers-ish looking. Like, let me kind of just torque my hips. My feet are off the ground, but I got big hands and long arms and I can still throw at 50 yards down the middle of the field on the money.


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[Assistant] He does a lot of that stuff really good. We've talked about sidearm, off-platform, off-back foot throw. It's when, sometimes when you go, wait, that's not necessary, and the guy's wide open for 15 yards, just be Johnny quarterback mechanic guy and knock it in there. And then he'll miss some of those throws at times. But still, the growth overall for Jordan Love this year has been phenomenal.


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[Assistant] You know, Green Bay's scary. They are. They're damn good. I don't know if they're gonna get in the playoffs here, but either way, I think there was a lot of positive things from this year no matter what. And, you know, this game, as you talk here, this was...


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[Assistant] I think Minnesota made the wrong decision by starting Jaren Hall. You know I thought that. I said that earlier this week. I didn't even think it was fair to start Jaren Hall. I was going, damn, you're gonna put


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[Assistant] Jared Hall in against a division rival and he's played one drive as an NFL player and the playoffs are on the line? Like I know Nick Mullins made some dumb interceptions last week, but damn, they went up and down the field on the Detroit Lions. Like it wasn't...


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[Assistant] To me, that didn't make sense, and as you saw on this one, Jaren Hall was a little bit deer in the headlights and in over his head on this one. Missed some throws, people open, you know, not great accuracy, all of that, and they never got into rhythm offensively in the first half, and it was too late.


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[Assistant] You know, they went into halftime, they made the switch, but it was 23 to 3, and that's all she wrote. And, uh, you know, there just wasn't enough there to come back in the second half.


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[Assistant] Because last time, they are though, you're right, they got the tiebreaker on Seattle. They do. So they right now are the 7th seed, Seattle is at the 8th seed right now.


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[Assistant] Yeah, I think when and they're in. I, I do believe that's, that's, that's the, uh, that's the magic formula here.


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[Assistant] Yeah, it's a scary game. Yeah. I mean, as we've seen, the Bears haven't laid down for anybody. They're not going to lay down now. They're going to be going, wait, we were not used to winning. We're having fun. We'd like to go in the off season winning. So that'll be a scary football game. It will. And I would not be shocked if the Bears go into Green Bay and pull off the upset.


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[Assistant] I will not. You know, I mean, I've been riding Chicago with betting on my best bets, like Pete will tell you, almost like every other week lately, and they've been coming through. Uh, but they're playing good football, and that'll be a fun game to watch. You know, rivalry with something on the line always makes it a little bit better.


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[Assistant] So Saturday we have the meaningless Steelers Ravens game, which is not meaningless because if the Steelers win, they can still get in.


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[Assistant] We will have the All or Nothing Saturday Texans Colts game though. That's a good game. That means something for real.


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[Assistant] That's awesome. And I'm trying to look like... Well, it looks like the 425 games are almost like all meaningless, right? I mean, Dallas has to win to just keep the number two seed, right? I think that's the big thing there.


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[Assistant] Are they at 425, too? Yeah, they are, you're right. Sorry, I'm trying to read the graphic from distance. So yeah, that's a good one. So I guess we're gonna have some of the position juggling, Seahawks, Packers, 425, all trying to get in for that same spot, and that will lead to our next Sunday theatrics there. Alright, I cannot wait.


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[Assistant] Ram it in. That's right. The Rams ramming it in. And I say that because they ram their way into the playoffs, alright? Don't let your mind go to dirty places here.


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[Assistant] I'm just talking about football. They rammed it in. They rammed their way in the playoffs and Kyron Williams rammed it in the heart of the Giants defense.


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[Assistant] They do. I mean, it's McVeigh. It's the battle-tested, you know, aspect of the Rams. They're feisty. It's their quarterback. It's Stafford. It's Aaron Donald still being there. Right? You know, it's all of those things that


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[Assistant] Today was a little shaky. It was. You know, they won by a point. They squeaked it out. It should have never got to that point.


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[Assistant] You know, they controlled the game more than what the score would show, you know, on the scoreboard when all said and done. You know, I think it was more to me, again, the Giants did some good things, there's no doubt about that, but to me as watching it, it felt more like Rams mistakes than necessarily the Giants were outplaying them, right?


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[Assistant] Stafford's both of the interceptions, the guys were open. Stafford hits those throws 99 out of 100 times. So I don't, I can't sit there and go, well, the Giants made that happen, right? That, that to me is I just go,


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[Assistant] They got stopped around the off day. They got a little lucky that way. Certainly. Then they had the other, Demarcus Robinson fumbled as they were driving one other time. That was a big moment of the football game.


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[Assistant] The Rams defense is not a dominant defense. They are not that. We've talked about this. It's about their offense. Their defense is really well coached, but there's no big time players there. So if you're an offense that can kind of figure out what Raheem Morris does a little bit,


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[Assistant] There, there's some plays to be had there. And it looked like that's what, you know, Tyrod Taylor and Dayball and Kafka kind of cracked a little bit as they figured out how to, you know, find some explosive plays in the pass game.


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[Assistant] Darius Slayton, Hyatt, you know, Wondell Robinson, uh, Giants, you know, put up a, a valid effort for sure, you know, but, but ultimately, uh, you know, I didn't even add the kick return, right, then Olszewski.


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[Assistant] Gunner broke like seven tackles, right? Again, those are things where I know it's good plays by the Giants, but I would go, I don't think the Rams are gonna let these things happen on a regular basis, right? I don't think you can count on it that way.


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[Assistant] You know, the Giants caught the Rams maybe playing B-plus football today, not as good as they had been playing. And of course when the Rams made the mistakes, they let the Giants gain some confidence and slowly but surely they got in rhythm as the game went on.


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[Assistant] If Stroud, Stroud is gonna be the big thing here. How much are people gonna dock Stroud for the injuries and not play in the last two weeks, right? If Stroud next week comes out and plays really good and the Texans go in the playoffs, I think he's still gonna edge out Nakua.


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[Assistant] You know me, I'm all for you, I'm all with you in that department. I would argue though, and just for argument's sake, then go, CJ Stroud is doing some of those things you're talking about as well.


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[Assistant] We've never seen a rookie quarterback at one point when we're going through the year going, we've never seen a rookie quarterback do this, right? It was 16 touchdown passes. It was one interception, right? You know, it was big pass plays. It wasn't like it was Charlie checked down. So that's where it's interesting. It'd be interesting to see who the voters, you know, end up going with here because we're such quarterback.


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[Assistant] Whores right now, I would bet you CJ Stroud edges him out.


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[Assistant] I've ever been around. I know I've had Steelers players tell me the same type of things. His ability to


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[Assistant] Simplify the game for everybody and just, hey, like coaching staff, players, we just gotta do this this week, you know, and make it easier on everybody's brain. His ability to manage football games. I mean, Mike Tomlin all these years has got like maybe one or two.


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[Assistant] End of the game management blunders or things we'd question. He's pretty perfect in that department, right? And then, hey, there are another team like we talked about, where it's just like,


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[Assistant] I mean, they went three weeks in a row. They look like shit. Like, they look like shit. Like, I don't, I'm like, I'm like literally, I don't remember a year watching teams play


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[Assistant] The crap out of Seattle in the run game today. I mean, it was from the get go. The first drive of the game, it was like, whoa, Jaylen Warren, Najee Harris, you know, up the middle, holes, eight yards, five yards, eight yards. I mean, it was incredible. And then when I, when you take in that with,


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[Assistant] They run the ball like that and Mason Rudolph is, he wants to stand in there and throw the ball down the football field. It's made them a more dangerous offense. That Seattle defense sucks though, I will say that.


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[Assistant] And uh, they should be embarrassed by the way they were dominated today.


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[Assistant] I am not, I'm sorry. I have so much respect for Pittsburgh, right? I really do.


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[Assistant] You know, again, we saw what? Nate Herbig get the big strip sack on Geno Smith at one point of the football game. That certainly made things like... Was it Nate or Nick? It was Nick. It's Nick Herbig. I know, we keep messing this up. Nate is in Philadelphia, I believe, right? I know. Yes, Nick.


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[Assistant] And Herbig, who's shown a lot of potential as a pass rusher, you know.


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[Assistant] Uh, no, I still worry about the Steelers if they sneak in the playoffs, so that just being a...


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[Assistant] Underwhelming, we don't have enough offense to make the game exciting or fun to watch. I worry about that. So no, as I sit here right now,


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[Assistant] I like the way the playoffs are set up. I would like to see Houston in over the Indianapolis Colts. That's no offense to anybody's fan base. It's purely on just enjoyment of watching football and the playoffs and what will make it the most exciting. And I pick CJ Stroud to be in the playoffs because I think that will be the best story and the most fun to watch.


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[Assistant] Yeah, uh, again another team that's building something for the future, right? The Denver Broncos.


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[Assistant] It certainly seems Russell Wilson's done there forever. Uh, Stidham, they played


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[Assistant] conservative on the offensive side of the ball, right? They did. Stidham played it the right way. They knew they were playing a Chargers offense that's not very good and would have, you know, trouble moving the ball on their defense.


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[Assistant] They stayed patient with running the football. Really did nothing exciting at all. You know, you, you, you kinda hit it. The little Jordan Humphrey touchdown pass was by far the most exciting play of the day for, for the Denver Broncos on offense. But again, I think there's a lot of positive things for the Broncos in the future.


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[Assistant] It was amazing. I mean, amazingly, I don't mean to be like mean to Russell Wilson. Amazing in that, just the events that went on. Russell Wilson, all they traded for to get him, the money they gave him, you know. And here we are at the end of year two of the Russell Wilson experiment, and they said,


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[Assistant] Sean Payton, one of the greatest offensive minds we've ever seen said,


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[Assistant] I don't want him. I want somebody else. I mean that's kind of like...


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[Assistant] Like, earth-shattering type of stuff right there. Did not expect that, right? And I will say, looking through the prism of the Broncos, right? And I know we've talked about it. Russell was doing some good things. I thought, okay, they're keeping it simple. They're managing him.


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[Assistant] They're gonna bring it along slowly, right? We kinda wax, hey, make some plays at the end of the game. They're, they're okay playing that way.


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[Assistant] But then like, you kind of look at it through the negativative, negative prism, right?


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[Assistant] And they bench him, and I go, and I'm like, let me go back and watch all his passes from the last three, four games. And I think when you start to look at it through that prism, you start to go, well yeaah, Sean Payton's handcuff by Russell Wilson.


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[Assistant] I mean, I'm watching the Patriots game and I'm going, it's like, I've seen this play like seven times already this game. They're running it again. That's not cause Sean Payton doesn't have the plays in his playbook.


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[Assistant] Same thing Houston Texans game. You know, game before that that I can't remember where he just went


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[Assistant] Yeah, this is Sean Payton. He's got 9 million plays in his playbook. He's got 90 million checks and formations. And they're simple as hell. And I think that's...


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[Assistant] You know, he's telling you why. He was telling us why through the play and what he was calling on the field as far as the plays itself and I think he got to his wits end with Russell in that, that Patriots game and of course some of the mistakes that were made to go along with it.


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[Assistant] Won't that be weird? Won't that be crazy? Washington is definitely one of the teams I would say watch out for. I would agree. Washington, um, Pittsburgh.


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[Assistant] I think that's still up in the air with the quarterback position. Atlanta, right? Those are three that certainly jump out to me that I go, that makes a lot of sense or I could see that happening at one point.


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[Assistant] He likes him. He likes him. Cause he's got talent. He's smart. You know, he can play in the pocket. And I think that's what people are excited about. But I know Josh McDaniels loved Stidham when he had him in New England and the Raiders. And from everything I hear, Sean Payton's got a lot of respect for him too. So we'll see where it goes.


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[Assistant] Like, love it. You know what I mean? Anybody that's been around me, I know you've been around me enough, I love teams that are just


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[Assistant] Old school physical, in-your-face, kinda play a ugly brand of football, right? We're in 2023, it's always, oh, throw the ball, this is so pretty, yards, oh, go for it, blah, blah, blah, all that. The Browns, even though they go for it way too much,


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[Assistant] They have a Super Bowl winning defense. Let me just say this right now, right? The Browns can go to the Super Bowl.


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[Assistant] The Browns have a unit on the defensive side that is so elite that they can go to the Super Bowl riding that defense. And then again, yes, I'm going to say it for the third straight week, you have to rein in Joe Flacco a little bit, and if they can run the ball a little bit to where they don't have to rely on him to throw it 40 times a game,


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[Assistant] Watch out. If they can get these tackles up to speed with the interior part of their own line, they will be dangerous. They can win the Super Bowl. It is a Super Bowl defense, right?


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[Assistant] Flacco's playing great and they got some weapons on offense and Joku's awesome. Cooper, I know he didn't play the other night, but when he's healthy, he's been awesome. That's where I say it.


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[Assistant] They are too aggressive in every aspect of their game. Whether it's Flacco, like I'm talking about.


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[Assistant] There they are, it's fourth and goal from the four, kick the field goal and go up 16 to 7. Okay?


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[Assistant] They don't get the first down, alright, and I know that I believe they still caused a turnover the next drive from the Jets. My point is you're not going to get away with that against the Ravens or


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[Assistant] Mahomes in the playoffs, some of these other teams, you're gonna go down and go, damn, we could have been up by nine, but we went for it, and now they're driving down to go take the lead, right? That's what I don't want to happen to Cleveland. It's a little to just pedal to the metal all the time.


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[Assistant] And I know there's some value in that, I get that, but I think they overdo it a little bit, right? And they're gonna let some team that they're gonna outplay in the playoffs, all of a sudden we're gonna go, damn, they kicked the shit out of this team, and the Browns are gonna lose, that sucks, and I don't want that to happen.


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[Assistant] I'm saying the formula that I've seen work with these type of teams through me, Chris Simms, football historian, the 85 Bears weren't going, we're gonna go for it. We're gonna go for it. They just went,


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[Assistant] We'll kick the field goal and our defense will kick the shit out of them again. And we'll have another short field. And if we have to kick 74 field goals today to win, you know, uh, uh, 245 to nothing. Okay, then do it, right?


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[Assistant] The Giants is 86. They weren't going for it on fourth and fourth. The Ravens are 2000. Weren't going, we're going to go for it on fourth and fourth. The 2015 Broncos win the Super Bowl with the worst quarterback play in football. They weren't going, look, fourth and fourth, we're going to go for it every time, no matter what. That's all I'm trying to say. Football history has shown me


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[Assistant] That's not the right thing to do with that type of football team. I know they got away with it against the shitty ass Jets. I'm just saying, you might not get away with it against some of the other good teams in the AFC.


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[Assistant] Hey, seriously to everybody on the podcast, uh, I couldn't do it without you. So I do appreciate all of you and all your help. You're the best. You really are. I got a great crew here.


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[Assistant] And to all the homies out there, thanks for being loyal listeners to two knuckleheads like me and Ahmed Fareed. Ahmed is, you know, a professional. I'm a knucklehead that swears too much, but I love football and I hope everybody can appreciate that. So happy new years to everybody out there.


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[Assistant] Be safe, okay? New Year's Day, some good college football. It's the best time of the year. We're end of the season, NFL playoffs, bowl games going on. It's awesome. Everybody be safe. Take care of your family and friends. Happy New Year. Peace out. We'll see you next year. Clap it up! Clap it up! Clap it up!


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[Assistant] Right now we got Sunday pod, right? So you can have it Monday morning. We recap all the action. Wednesday is the what the f*** happened podcast. We're going to get deep in the weeds on the key matchups of the week. And then Thursday I'm picking games with that jerk, Floria. So you know where to find us homies. Keep watching. Peace out. We'll see you.


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[Assistant] Do you feel like you doing it and naming a podcast after it like gave people like the license and freedom to do it themselves?


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[Assistant] I wanted to get the dress shirt tie for when I'm doing some Premier League shows or whatever. Rugby. Uh, dress shirt tie and then a vest. No jacket over top of it. And then roll up the sleeves. I kinda want to get that going.


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[Assistant] They won't let it. They probably won't. Uh, we're at NBC. They'll let you drop, you know, 13 f-bombs within 15 minutes on the Chris Simms on Button podcast, but if Ahmed wants to wear a vest with his sleeves rolled up, that's not him.


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[Assistant] Can we start with that too? We'll look back at your rankings here in a second, but I'd like to start with your thought there. We're going to have 10 in the first round because I think the narrative is that, you know, every year you've got some slam dunk.


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[Assistant] Sure. And so we, Pete has put together a list since 2016 of, uh, offensive linemen drafted in the top 10. Paris Johnson was last year, Darnell Wright was last year, Ikki Okwane was the year before that. And so, Chris, as you, as you look at that list. Yeaah.


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[Assistant] This idea that offensive line, specifically in the top ten, is safe. How safe is it really?


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[Assistant] I would guess that you're gonna say there are two offensive linemen who potentially could go, who you could see as top ten talents.


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[Assistant] Very difficult to tell year one or year two with any of these guys.


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[Assistant] Uhm, does anything stand out with, with how you evaluated these guys, and I think maybe more importantly,


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[Assistant] Uhm, so as you look back at what you saw last year and how you think you did, what's changed about scouting this position?


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[Assistant] And there were a couple players that separated themselves from all the rest of the linemen.


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[Assistant] Interior or tackle. So we'll start tier one, your offensive tackle, then we'll get to your one through five of your interior lineman. We will do that before your Bonix interview, so we don't make Bonix wait. Yea, we don't want to do that.


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[Assistant] So tier number one, you got two players in this tier for tackle. Let's just get right into it. Chris, you ready? Yeah. Your number one offensive tackle in the draft class of 2024 is?


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[Assistant] He just turned 21 years old in February. That's the crazy thing. 6'6", 342. Uh, he's got the pedigree too. He was the number one lineman.


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[Assistant] In high school coming out when he, uh, when he went to Alabama, second team, all American first team, all sec last season. So still young, still learning, still growing into that body, if that's even possible. NFL.com says a bulldozer in human form, elite drive blocking talent, PFF.


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[Assistant] Same type thing. Says yeaah. A dream offensive tackle physically. Moves like a player who is 40 pounds lighter. And so they, they echo your sentiments about a guy that has been mocked like in the 20s.


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[Assistant] Uhm, but you hear the scouting reports and that talent. I will say the one thing as a novice film watcher guy. Yea, go ahead. The one thing that I saw, two things. Right.


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[Assistant] You had 18 penalties last year, Pete? Last two years, last two years, okay.


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[Assistant] Uhm, we've got, uh, karmageddon4 with a question for you. Will the first, uh, will the two first round tackles coming out of Alabama, Alex Leatherwood and Evan Neil give you pause on J.C. Latham?


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[Assistant] As well. Just turned 21 years old in February as well. That's crazy how young these guys are. His father, John, was a 21st overall pick in the 84 draft by the Chiefs. Two-time Pro Bowler, Chiefs Hall of Famer, so he's got the pedigree. You gave it away a little bit ago. Your number two tackle in this draft class is Big Joe Ault from the


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[Assistant] So I mentioned his father, John. We have a couple pictures to take you back here if you're watching on YouTube or Peacock as well. Uh, there is, wow, look at, look at John. Look at the big shoulder pads there. That's an intimidating force.


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[Assistant] We have his pro day stuff, so we can check out his hindquarters and his quads.


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[Assistant] Oh no, I lied here. We do not have the pro day, but do we have Connor's discussion with him? Okay, so Connor Rogers got to talk to him at the Combine and he was part of their conversation.


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[Assistant] He was talking about stuff that I didn't really know what he was talking about.


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[Assistant] It is now confirmed, and I would say this, uh, we got a question here from Nicholas, uh, Madir3, is Joe Altworthy as the Chargers number 5 pick playing right tackle? How much of a difference is the transition from left tackle to right tackle? Really? So that gets into something maybe a little more than I was...


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[Assistant] Both those guys in your mind are worthy of a top 10 pick. Now we go into tier two. You got three offensive tackles in this tier. You like these guys. You think they're all first round picks. I'd a hundred percent. Your number three tackle in the 2024 draft class is... Amarius Mims from Georgia.


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[Assistant] Uh, in the past two seasons, had some injuries, and I was watching the tape, uh, of him, and those injuries, I'm like, uh oh, is this injury prone? Cause I even think at the combine,


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[Assistant] That's the intriguing part. It's like the eight starts in college, you might look at it and be like, oh, what happened there? But that's also what people look at and be like, wow, after just eight starts, you look


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[Assistant] And there are so few options in pass protection for defensive linemen to beat him, right? Like you just mentioned, they're just, they don't have as many options because of his length and his agility and speed still to make up for any mistakes. Connor also talked to


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[Assistant] Pete has one question for you, and we can look at his heptagon for this. I mean, his percentiles are off the chart. I mean, you can't go off the charts technically because it's just not mathematically possible, but height 91st percentile, weight 94th, wingspan 97th, arm length 95th, hand size 97th,


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[Assistant] You got broad jump 85th, but then you got the vertical jump at 19th. Does vertical jump matter at all for an offensive lineman?


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[Assistant] Or, or maybe, maybe we're wrong, and I'm wrong, and that vertical jump really was a big deal. Man, he couldn't jump. Uh, staying in tier two, we go to number four. Your number four tackle, and again, to remind you, this tier is promising, but needs some polish. Yep, that's all it is. Needs to work on his game, but still a first round


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[Assistant] Let's, let's reset. Ready? Uh, three, two, one. Uh, your number four tackle in the 2024 draft class is not Tyler Guyton. It is... Do you want to try to say his name all the way out? Olu Fashionu. Olu Fashionu. I'm not going to say the first name. Olu Fashionu.


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[Assistant] Yeaah, which is, yeaah, Olufashinu, who we called all year for Big Ten coverage, Fashanu, but everyone did, but just so we set the record straight, we are not messing this up. He said this. It's Fashanu. I know we're hard to trust at this point, but Fashanu, you're number one.


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[Assistant] But he has dropped off a bit. I feel like, not a great, I think the combine, there were some things and concerns, uhm.


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[Assistant] PFF ranked as his, as his worst game unfortunately for him. Uhm, got a little lungy, lost some balance I was looking at. There's a fourth and four late in the game.


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[Assistant] Funny thing is, is I was watching the Michigan game too. It almost looked like, and he was anointed like the guy. And he ended up, I mean he was the best big ten offensive lineman. The Michigan game, it almost looked like he came out with like a bigger mentality and like a different demeanor. It was just like he had heard the rumblings like he was having a down year.


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[Assistant] I see it may be late, but yea. Oh, too little, too late. Pillsbury poll says, why is Olufashanu mid? Uh oh.


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[Assistant] And also, why are his hands so tiny? So this is a crazy thing. So I was looking at this too, and we've got the octagon. I think it's what the kids say now, it's just like average.


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[Assistant] Like midpoint. It's like kids don't want to say average anymore. That's a new one to me. I didn't know that. Okay, that's cool. Yeah, mid. That's cool. I don't think we can do that. I don't think we can use it. I think it's like almost now passed into being.


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[Assistant] We missed the wave, and even if we shouldn't have jumped on that wave, probably, we're too old. We're too old. Uh, so we can, like, go back to the octagon there, because, uh, this is, this is crazy. He's got pretty good, you know, it's like the athletic stuff, 40-yard dash, height, weight, average, mid, as the kids would say, wingspan a little over mid, uh, but hand size, and I've never seen this before, the zero percentile.


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[Assistant] So it's eight inches, eight and a half inches. It's rare. So no recent offensive tackle has had hands smaller than nine inches. We look back and Pete and you and I did the same thing here. Isaiah Wynn, you gotta go back.


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[Assistant] I'll give you the intro then, the proper intro here. We already know it, but in case you just skipped to the podcast right now, it's a mystery to you. Your number five tackle in this class staying in the tier of promise but needs polish is Tyler


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[Assistant] 268-322, 22 years old, played football and basketball back in high school. Actually has some experience as a defensive lineman and an H-back before moving to offensive tackle. So yea, those feet and that.


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[Assistant] That, uh, that movement ability. I watched him against Austin Booker from Kansas. You liked Austin Booker. Eight snaps right there, mostly screens and quick passes. Didn't get to see a whole lot, but Booker never really got super close. And then I watched him against, uh,


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[Assistant] Texas. That whole game against Texas. Right. As you take a look at him, uh, his pro day here and moving. Good, uh, good power.


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[Assistant] Do you have teammates there? So those are other, you know, Oklahoma players. Do you have to like give up a lot?


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[Assistant] Uh, so here's the uh, the measurables for him. We got an octagon for...


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[Assistant] We'll see now. The vertical jump was in the 97th percentile. So if he is a star, maybe it is all vertical. Versus Texas in the pass protection. Same thing, like you said, like mirrors well, can drop an anchor. Texas like really did not have anyone that made him.


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[Assistant] Hills get a second round pick via Minnesota next year. The Texans get digs, a sixth round pick this year, a fifth round pick next year.


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[Assistant] You were all, you were all set to be mad at him. Like, how would you leave Josh Allen? He goes to one of your other man crushes here. Like, why didn't it, is it just his personality? Like, does he have like an expiration date?


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[Assistant] What made you say that? Well no, but they traded, so, oh, 28, okay, alright, alright. You good? Okay, I get it now. You got it now? It's too confusing. I need to see it all written out. We need a whole separate video. The Texans don't have a first round pick. That's right.


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[Assistant] Here we go, your tier one is Athletic Bulldozer and you just have one player in your tier one. So this one stands a little bit above the rest. Your number one interior offensive lineman for 2024 is Talyssa Fuwanga.


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[Assistant] Yeah, he turns 22 in two days, so happy birthday, Fuanga. Uh, he was a backup at Oregon State in 2020, 2021, and then the last couple years, the full-time starter, and then was a first-team All-American.


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[Assistant] This past year, uh, I, I knew you'd, I knew you'd like him because like his mentality jumps out. You watch him against Washington State and he would attack those linebackers and he would pancake them and then he would go for the double kill.


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[Assistant] He wasn't, he wasn't satisfied with the pancake, he wanted the double pancake. Definitely, definitely. Uh, he, he, he just, like he drives dudes, once he gets you going backwards, it's just like multiple yards downfield. This is like, he has that mentality.


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[Assistant] Number one. So that closes the book on tier one already. Tier two.


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[Assistant] You've got, how many in this one? You've got two players in tier two, and this is versatile staples. So you've got staples of your team, versatile players. Uh, you don't quite like them in tier one, but they're tier two for you. Your number two inside lineman is Troy Foutanu.


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[Assistant] He almost seems to see ground and uses athletic ability to kind of get in the way.


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[Assistant] Slam dunk first rounder, again for you. Yeah, slam dunk, slam dunk. So as is your number three, I'm sure, interior offensive lineman, as we're motoring through here, 6'5", 3'13", 21 years old, was just a three-star recruit out of high school, and now he's on Chris Simms' top five list. Number three for you is?


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[Assistant] Over at NFL.com said though he played at a high level at left tackle center will likely be his NFL home. So center or, or a guard perhaps for him. Uh, yeah. Clemson game with him was, was fun to watch. He was moving bodies. He was seeking linebackers on, on some polls.


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[Assistant] Seemed like a natural in that position, but I watched him, he had nine snaps, pass rush snaps, pass protection against.


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[Assistant] Jared verse. Yeaah. Against Florida State. Right. And verse got him. Yeaah. I mean that was, that was not that difficult of a matchup.


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[Assistant] But for, like, for verse, like, he's elite, right? He's one of the top edge rushers in the draft this year. But then he also...


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[Assistant] Matched up against Brayden Fisk, inside. Looked better against him. That's more his- You know, he's some of the power.


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[Assistant] Yeah, on NFL.com an NFC national scout said, so much fun to watch a lineman with that kind of consistency and effort on every play. He's the same player in every game. I think that's a good summation.


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[Assistant] It's really hard when you look at his tape to find anything really bad. No. Right? Cause it's like he allowed one pressure all year according to PFF and I looked it up. It was against NC State and it was a play where


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[Assistant] It appears it would be no shocker if the Steelers went center at pick number 20.


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[Assistant] They will have options as it appears here as we are about to talk about our 10th offensive lineman and final in this podcast. Your number five interior offensive lineman in the draft class of 2024 is 65, 311 pounds. He's 22 years old. As you get to the proper page, his name is.


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[Assistant] Yeah, below average height, weight, wingspan, arm was in the 9th percentile, so you don't like that. No way for tackles. Hand size in the 95th percentile though, so you like that.


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[Assistant] Held up well there, there was one play where, uh, he just kind of faked him out and didn't even get a finger on Latu.


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[Assistant] That was the one time he got a pressure was when Trice just basically threw his whole body weight into him and did not come back enough to, to move around. But yeah, held up okay. But your number five.


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[Assistant] Breaking these players into the tiers. Here is your interior lineman prospects. One man, Fuwanga, stands.


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[Assistant] Tier 1 for your tackles, JoWalt number 2 to, as some people call him, J.C. Latham.


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[Assistant] You have a man crush. That's awesome. It's fun to watch. Alright, that was well done. Thank you. Well done and we got you done in plenty of time to prepare for your Bonix interview.


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[Assistant] So if you're looking for the updates of or like our analysis of lions and rams, just listen to the whole podcast because we will be giving it the whole podcast basically. It's an ongoing thing. We do have three games that are final. We would have had another game. It would have been bills and Steelers, but that game got moved to Monday. And I'm glad it did.


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[Assistant] Pete says there are tons in the Bronx Zoo, so you hear them all over the place if you go there.


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[Assistant] The shocker. The shocker of all shockers in the playoff so far. We've only had three games. It is the shocker. The number two seed cowboys are done. The number seven seed Packers. The first time in the history of the NFL a seven seed has won a game. Never happened before. Packers didn't just win, they blew them out. And this game ended 48-32. It wasn't 48-32 close. It was getting close.


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[Assistant] So, like, I'll let you go either way. I'll let you go Packers Love, or I'll let you go Cowboys Hate. What hits strongest for you?


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[Assistant] There's so many ways we're gonna go with this. Because there are so many interesting storylines on both sides. But let's go to Damokay from 49er701. Says Damokay Jordan Love.


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[Assistant] I think it's time to say you were not crazy for putting love over Tua in your rookie class quarterback rankings. That was in 2020. Yeaah. You had love over Tua. Yeaah. And then your dad called you up and said switch it, Christopher.


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[Assistant] You're not, I mean, like, I think at this point, I think it's almost everybody. This is what I say too about NFL analysts out there. You either sound like Chris Sims or you will sound like Chris Sims in the future. You're nice. You're making me blush over here. But, but seriously on this, right? I don't think there's anyone after what we've seen in the playoffs and we'll get to Miami and what they look like in cold weather again.


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[Assistant] Uhm, but it just seems like the high end talent, and there's still plays that I'm sure Jordan, it's just like, oh, that's a little reckless, but it's like he's turning into the guy where it's just like, you're like, yeaah, let it rip, let it rip.


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[Assistant] Is the Wicks touchdown one of the, uh, um, one of the plays that you're thinking of here? So we got the dots for that. Okay, cool. Uh, Dantavian Wicks, 20 yard touchdown. Um, this was, uh, this was on third and seven. Yeah, that's right.


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[Assistant] Jam 92 wants to give some love to that offensive line for the Packers. He's damn okay to that offensive line. As a Niners fan, I very much hope that Eric Armstead is healthy enough to play. That line was doing enough in the pass game and mauled in the run game. So Aaron Jones goes for 118 yards.


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[Assistant] Three touchdowns, he's from El Paso, went to UTEP, and now he's got four career games versus Dallas. And he's teared them up every time. Nine touchdowns, almost 500 yards. That's incredible. So good for him.


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[Assistant] Of Dan Quinn, this is a discussion of Mike McCarthy. Is this his last game there? There are some around Dallas that know Dallas, that think Dan Quinn maybe was the coach in waiting, that Jerry Jones really liked some of the things.


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[Assistant] They just gave up, not 48 points, cause one was a pick six, right? So.


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[Assistant] We'll see where that goes. My mind has made that a done deal.


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[Assistant] Yeah, and I, and I get that, right? But in these relationships, I mean, you're not thinking long-term here. You're thinking one, two, like for Jerry, it's like we have a team now that can win, right? It's not like you're, I'm handing over my team to Bill Belichick for the next 20 years. It's just like, you know, he's getting up there. I'm getting up there. Let's come together and let's win one together. Right. Right. I think too.


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[Assistant] And then there was Dak, too, which goes hand in hand here. I think Mike McCarthy, have we seen the last of him there? It would be almost inconceivable that we've seen the last of Dak there in Dallas.


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[Assistant] This is just such two years in a row of just like, it doesn't matter what you do in the regular season. It's all about the postseason. Then here Dax says after the game, he goes, I suck tonight. That was it. We got it going a little bit late, but none of that mattered at that point fought. That's all I really know how to do, but it's about winning. It's about winning in the playoffs, getting to that last game, winning that as well. Yeah.


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[Assistant] I think we have the dots of his, uh, pick six Darnell Savage here too. He had two picks in the game. I mean, he threw for over 400 yards. To your point, much of that came when the game was already wrapped up.


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[Assistant] I mean, he had to throw the ball 60 times in this game. The defense was terrible. This was not like Dak Prescott's fault that they lost this game.


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[Assistant] He is the highest profile player on the team.


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[Assistant] Like, I don't even know how you would move on from Dak, but it just seems like there's, and I don't think they'd want to, right? He's still, in your mind, a top 10-ish quarterback in football, right? Just led the NFL in passing touchdowns, I think, so.


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[Assistant] It's just think about how many, how much pressure is mounting each and every year on that playoff game. Yea, I know. Right?


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[Assistant] Wow, what a punt. What a punt though. They got the ball at their own eight yard line here. They gotta get some pressure on the quarterback. Alright, uhm, last thing, to your point on the offense and what they got going in Green Bay, the funniest thing of this whole thing is that if you're Aaron Rodgers out there and you could hand pick your offense that you'd rather play in right now, without a doubt, it's the Green Bay Packers over the New York Jets.


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[Assistant] You could have that guy. Alright, so the Packers are moving on for the first time ever in NFL history. The Seven Seeds going on to play another game. Uh, we've seen this story before with the Kansas City Chiefs. They're getting in the postseason and they are dominating, especially at home. And in cold weather, the Miami Dolphins had no chance. This game was on Peacock, as Mike Tirico said, 23 million people.


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[Assistant] Watched on Peacock. It was impressive. I got a lot of tweets of people saying they weren't going to sign up.


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[Assistant] Yeah, they missed out. They did. They did. They probably did. They signed up. They talked tough. And if you did and you didn't want to, we do appreciate that. We hope you enjoyed the game. We hope you had a fun time. Chris and I were a part of it with Devin and Jason Garrett on the call. And it was, it was cool. I mean, like, it was kind of to take people behind the curtain, as I like to do.


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[Assistant] We had a big day for our company too, you know, we were kind of nervous. If no one watched, we'd be gone. We'd be finding new jobs.


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[Assistant] So the second, the second big headline, obviously outside of the game streaming on Peacock and we all made history together, you viewers and, uh, and people on the telecast combined.


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[Assistant] Uh, the Chiefs looked awesome in this game. They handled the elements great. I mean, it's really cool to see. This was football. And this was a bunch of football players. And it was Patrick Mahomes saying, I'm not affected by it. It was Rashiri saying, I'm not affected by it. And it was Isaiah Pacheco being like, I didn't even know it was cold out. I just was running the way I normally run out here. It was just a team.


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[Assistant] Oh man, I was more worried about his head and his back. Oh man.


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[Assistant] Oh, okay. Alright, so, back to the game. Kansas City and Miami.


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[Assistant] Um, because the Miami dolphins were missing their top three edge rushers. This is, uh, next gen stats says the dolphins used cover zero.


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[Assistant] Tied for the second most in the game since 2018. Uhm, and Mahomes was not great versus it. It was just 7 of 18, 74 yards versus the other coverages. He had the touchdown, he had 188 yards. Here's his passing chart you can see right here. But it was it, I mean like,


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[Assistant] Take us, what does that mean? They, they used cover zero on 18 drop backs. We talked about it on the broadcast. Vic Fangio was sending guys left and right every single play. Like what was their strategy?


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[Assistant] I thought, I thought for Vic Fangio it was a great plan, right? Because even if, you know, you're one on one, guy's open, it's still windy, it's cold, there's higher chances of, yea, make a play, make a catch down field.


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[Assistant] And it's so cold that we might die anyway, was what they were thinking.


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[Assistant] Uh, 4th and 14 now for the Rams. I think they might go for this.


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[Assistant] No, we're definitely not. We're definitely not. Because we go, we weren't inside the numbers right there. Now we go inside the helmet. Brought to you by... Who makes the helmet? The broken helmet? Yea, inside the helmet. Inside Patrick Mahomes' helmet. I mean, it was so cold that Patrick Mahomes lost a chunk of his helmet.


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[Assistant] Some of the receivers had issues. Rashi Rice was not one of those receivers. Eight catches, a career high 130 yards, and a touchdown. I think we have his receiving chart here. He was a dude. He was a dude in this game. I mean, I already kinda like Rashi Rice. I like him a whole lot more after watching him.


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[Assistant] T-Y-Z-I-9-4 says damn okay, Chiefs. If the defense can play like that, who knows where this team can go. Thanks, homies. And then Henrique5 says damn okay, LigeriaSneed shutting downhill and other wide receiver ones this season. Pro ball snub, but should get his bag next year. He allowed just two receptions for 20 yards.


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[Assistant] In two games this season, Steve has allowed one reception on eight combined targets to Tyreek Hill and Jaylen Waddle. And he absolutely mauled Tyreek Hill. He like, like Hill couldn't even get off the ground on Waddle.


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[Assistant] So what about the Dolphins here? And what about the Dolphins specifically offensively? Because defensively, I think, you know, you're missing Jalen Phillips, you're missing Bradley Chubb, Van Ginkgo. I don't worry about them going in the future. 100%. Those guys, I don't know their contracts, but I think if Phillips is...


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[Assistant] If they would have stayed healthy on the defensive side, they would have been a lot harder out in this one. They would have made life significantly harder for the Chiefs in this game. Uh, the offensive side is what I want to see. Oh, Lion's about to whittle this one away. That just might about end the game right there. They got one timeout. Rams got one. I told you. I called it. I said they wouldn't get the ball back.


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[Assistant] Alright, I'm still a little nervous. As a Lions fan, lifelong of following the team, you just, until the clock says zero, you're, you're holding it in. But Pete asked me if I will curse if the Lions win. I will not do that, but I will be very happy. Dan, Dan Campbell is cursing on our TV right now. Uh, let's get this in real quick.


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[Assistant] Uh, Dolphins, um, offense. Yeah. Tua. Right. Cause eventually in the, in, unless you're gonna play at home, which they could do, I mean they've got pieces to, you know, get home field advantage throughout, um, in the AFC you're gonna have to play on the road, and a lot of cold places in January and December, uh, is this offense in Tua, can they do that?


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[Assistant] Much more to discuss on the Dolphins throughout this offseason. What do they do? How do they get over this cold weather situation? But ladies and gentlemen, it is over! The Detroit Lions have won a playoff game, first time in 31 years.


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[Assistant] Yeah, big time. I mean, Matthew Stafford, what a, what a, what a great gutty effort. I mean, his hand was bleeding, his rib maybe, who knows, broken or whatever. Uhm, so let's, let's do this game. The Detroit Lions are moving on and they're going to get another home game too because of what the Packers did to the Dallas Cowboys.


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[Assistant] My score was not right. My team that I picked to win was right. 56-10 that I did on the show, that was not right. That was not close, but I still got the right team. Uhm, okay.


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[Assistant] Yeah, Lions run game 25 carries for 79 yards. That's a three yards per carry average. That's not what they usually do in these games. So the Rams did a good job there for sure.


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[Assistant] Uhm, the Lions were aggressive again. They got that fourth down Sam Laporta touchdown. Uh, this, and this is the point that I made, that I made to you earlier today.


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[Assistant] No, no one hates going for it on fourth down more than Chris Sims. We know, we've established that. Uh, but you've often said, and last year you complimented the New York Giants, your New York Giants, for knowing who they were, right? They're an offensively challenged team, they're a team that should play through their defense, you know, you know, manage the game.


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[Assistant] The Lions are the complete opposite of what the Giants were. They are a team that will let teams go up and down the field as we just saw in this game, but they have an elite offense.


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[Assistant] Fun to watch. Amiri Jett said, damn okay. Ahmed, working on the desk at NBC, which he is great at. And thank you very much, Amiri Jett. And now, can't even get a break to watch Stafford versus the Lions bowl. Love you guys. Uh, Amiri, we were watching, as you just saw, we were watching the game. He was watching. I was watching it. But I'm a professional here.


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[Assistant] So this is what I was saying coming into the building today. It's like, people are like, how are you feeling with the Lions? Lions fans should always be nervous, but I was like, you know what? I feel pretty good. And I said, I feel like the Lions can, I would pick the Lions against any team except the 49ers and the NFC right now. Really.


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[Assistant] Alright, sending that to them right now. They are getting that as we speak right now. There we go. Uh, okay. We're gonna talk about the Lions the whole pod on Wednesday. You're right. I'm gonna go back and watch the whole thing tomorrow with my son.


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[Assistant] Who can Akua needs credit here? Because he made so many great catches down the field. He took a beating in this one too. And that's part of your problem with him too. You think he takes too much of a beating. He should get down or out of bounds. 181 receiving yards, most in a playoff game by a rookie in NFL history.


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[Assistant] Stafford's awesome too. He's 35. I did kind of wonder coming into this year. I was like, man, he's been beat up a lot. He didn't get beat up.


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[Assistant] So we, we, it is confirmed now, we will be in Detroit. Okay. We've got either the Bucks and Eagles. So that's the early Sunday playoff game. The late game on Sunday is gonna be there. Look, a lot of options there. It looked like. That's the hard one.


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[Assistant] Saturday night, we know it's going to be Packers and 49ers. That one we know for sure. And so then I guess that early one, Saturday, is still up for it.


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[Assistant] Oh my gosh. We're definitely going to Detroit? We're going to Detroit. Alright, do I get to go? Are we taking me too? I hope not. They have no confirmation yet.


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[Assistant] TBD on that. Oh my gosh. We started the year in Kansas City with Detroit. That's right. We're gonna end the year in Detroit. That'll be cool. Okay, we'll see. I don't know if I can handle that. Time for one more game. Give me the headlines. Presented by Hyundai, the final game, and that game was the first game. The Houston Texans.


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[Assistant] Defended their home turf against the Cleveland Browns. Not just defended it, they dominated. 45-14 was the final score. Your headline for this game is...


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[Assistant] So how, how did, how did this happen? Because what Peyton Manning threw a billion interceptions his first year and he was Peyton Manning. This should not happen. So clearly he's very talented. What else is going on?


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[Assistant] Uh, Anastasia 026 says CJ Stroud, damn, uh, beyond damn okay. This guy is unbelievable, cool, calm, collected against the best defense in the NFL in his first ever playoff game. It was awesome watching him in person. Oh, and was there in person to watch it. Uh, Stroud completed seven of eight passes under pressure for 118 yards, was not sacked.


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[Assistant] Per next-gen stats, and that was the question, right? Miles Garrett has not looked as explosive lately.


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[Assistant] But they did still get some pressure on him and when they did, he did well.


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[Assistant] CJ's and Jordan Love's, like, lines were basically the same in the first playoff game. So this is, here's what, they were both 16 to 21. Stroud had two more yards. The passing, the quarterback rating was identical. And both teams scored like mid-forties.


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[Assistant] So, so they did. So, so what was it? Was it that other teams just did not think of doing this, or did they play significantly more poorly in this game than they showed the rest of the year?


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[Assistant] Chris Machine four says very disappointed Browns fan here between us and the Cowboys who both had a top five EPA expected points added defense. Are we officially out on the defense wins championships era? From my point of view, I would say, no, you just ran into CJ Stroud and Jordan love playing at a very high level.


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[Assistant] And I think we want Eagles. Eagles-Lyons in Detroit. That's got a little more pizzazz to it for sure.


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[Assistant] Yea, although Pete says Baker vs. Goff, two casts off, so you could have the cast away thing.


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[Assistant] Two cast off. Yeah, that's very well done. I'll put that into the Requiem. Yup. Uh, alright, we did it!


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[Assistant] I asked my son last night, he goes aw man, the Chiefs, Mahomes and the Chiefs, they're in playoff mode. Mahomes is in playoff, playoff Mahomes is different dad.


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[Assistant] Yeah, no, no doubt about it. I mean, yeah, I'm, I'm, I'm disappointed in shock too. I mean, you know, in years past, not that I'm great all regular season, but the playoffs.


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[Assistant] I usually knock it out of the park, but it's been a year where I feel like in more playoff games like last week, it was a little bit more maybe of a coin flip in some of those games. Uh, I thought I was on the right track with the


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[Assistant] With the lions and the bucks and the bucks being my best bet, right? But they didn't cover because I think the spread was six. That hurt me. That missed field goal really hurt me.


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[Assistant] Uh, but, but yeah, I should have listened to my son. He's been telling me all along, right? And, uh, he's riding that chief's bandwagon still, and I'm sure he'll continue to ride that this weekend.


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[Assistant] Are you one of those? Go ahead, Mike, sorry. Go ahead. I was gonna say, are you... I was just gonna say I'd kick... You go. Are you one of those that's like...


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[Assistant] There's this, you know, community in football right now and I just saw like three people in the hallway where it's like they want nothing to do with Chiefs or 49ers, right? Do you have that feeling? Like I know it is a country wide feeling it seems like.


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[Assistant] I'm a little surprised, like, people are that sick of the 49ers already, even though, you know, they've only been to one Super Bowl, bunch of NFC championships. I understand the Chiefs things, but man, it's like everybody wants to see Ravens Lions.


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[Assistant] Yeah, I hear you. I don't know. There might be one combination I don't really care to see. Uh, but, but. Which one?


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[Assistant] Yeah, I'd be all for that. I think I would be. For whatever reason, Raven's Lions does not excite me, right?


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[Assistant] Well, it does not excite me, but like both teams are certainly capable of winning this weekend. And I might have to pick that because they are capable. So, but yeah, it's not the one that gets the juices flowing quite to the same capacity as, as maybe some of the other matchups, at least for me, but I think I'm in the minority in that conversation.


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[Assistant] Yeah, I gotta figure out, I'm hoping the barn, we're going at least through a little...


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[Assistant] Well, our whole, I mean, it's, it's, you know, global warming. The winter now is just like, it's nine months, nine weeks of, uh, the first week of April. We had one cold week last week.


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[Assistant] So the barn shouldn't be too cold, right? Like every day is spring here right now in our winters. I'm hoping I can get the fire warmed up and ready to go to where it's comfortable in the barn. I like to be in the barn, right? Because, you know, got a great TV, got a good set up.


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[Assistant] And, I can smoke in the barn. And that's important to my viewing experience, right? I can't smoke in the house, so that's the no-no. I got kids and whatever, but the kids know when dad goes in the barn, he's gonna have a little time to smoke and, you know, you're not allowed in there until it clears out a little bit or whatever, so.


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[Assistant] That's the biggest reason I want to go in the barn, that I can really, you know, play my A game as I watch the, watch these games.


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[Assistant] Alright, so, in the barn, food, like, I might order some, like, big time food, right? Like, that's where I gotta get on that today. Uhm, because like, I usually in these type of situations are only Sunday sitting on the couch.


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[Assistant] That's exactly right. Motherfuckin' Chris Simms gonna have the motherfuckin' munchies on Sunday at some point. Need to get, need to feed me. Alright? And that's where, like, I lean on a lot of these times my favorite barbecue place in America, Salt Lick.


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[Assistant] Right? Salt Lick, it's about 30 miles outside of Austin, Texas. It's the best barbecue you could find. They'll cook it, you know, seal it.


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[Assistant] That exit overnight, you know, on dry ice and whatever else. And then you just got to get it to your house and you throw it on the grill or the, or throw it in the oven to warm it up and it's ready to go. So that's what I'm looking to do so I can, uh, really have a good experience and kind of enjoy the day.


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[Assistant] That's incredible. I mean, this was a local family establishment that, you know, I've told you before, my mom, Dirty Diana, she's a Jersey native, right? She grew up knowing about Jersey mics when she would go to the Jersey shore. So when I was young, I mean, five, six years old,


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[Assistant] We were down the shore before we went home, we were gonna hit up the original small little


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[Assistant] You know, sub hero shop, Italian shop, and, and get some on the road. And I mean, I know you like them now, but as you can imagine, the original


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[Assistant] It was like insanity in the membranity, right? It's still good now. I'm with you. I agree, but you know, things get commercialized a little bit. It loses its little family touch or whatever, but uh, yeah. Okay. That's cool. See you love Jersey. That's why you love me. You just might as well move up here to the area.


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[Assistant] Join the squad and just, you know, just embrace it. Jersey mics will be everywhere and Jersey, you'll never have to go far. It'll be easy.


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[Assistant] I mean, you know, first off, what a matchup, right? I mean, two AFC powerhouses really here through the last decade. Uh, and we know that, I mean, two quarterbacks who both have two MVPs. We know Lamar's about to receive his. I mean, you've heard me talk. I mean, the Chiefs...


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[Assistant] Playoffs, my home, you know, playoffs, chiefs, it's incredible that they could be that inconsistent and all over the place the whole regular season and then get in the playoffs and go,


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[Assistant] We're ready. We're detailed. We don't mess up anymore. We're gonna function like the most high functioning offense you've ever seen in football. I mean, that's what they did last week. They showed signs of that in the first week against the Dolphins. So it's incredible that way. I'm amazed by the Chiefs.


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[Assistant] And as you said all day today, right, the Chiefs aren't going to be like enamored or scared or wide-eyed in this situation. You know, when you win the Super Bowl coming back the way they did, no, there's no such thing as pressure anymore.


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[Assistant] You know, it's like, oh, we've been there in the hardest, most pressure spots. Going here, ASC Championship game, that's not that hard, right? A team that they feel like they probably have had gotten the better of more times than not.


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[Assistant] I mean, let's go, where do you want to start here? Chiefs O, Ravens D, I think maybe I'll start there.


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[Assistant] Here's the thing for me, Mike, and I'll post some of these questions for you too, because I don't know these answers. I'm interested to see how this plays out too. The Chiefs have become a little bit more smash mouth, right? Last week, you saw, that might have been the most balanced attack I've ever seen the Chiefs and Andy Reid have.


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[Assistant] I mean Patrick Mahomes threw the ball 22 times. They ran the ball. You know, it was almost, I think it was.


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[Assistant] 55, 45, 60, 40, but that's damn good for the Chiefs.


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[Assistant] Running the ball, playing that type of game, their O line, it's become part of their football team, right?


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[Assistant] So that's where I go, and they had success doing that last week. They dominated the line of scrimmage. Now, it's the Ravens though this week, right Mike?


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[Assistant] Right? We talk about it every off season. They just pillage the biggest, baddest dudes there are. They're like, come to our team, we're the Ravens. If a fight breaks out, we're going to kick the shit out of everybody in football. Right? So, do the, do the Chiefs want to play that route? Do they want to play two, three tight ends, try to run the ball?


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[Assistant] You know, are they banging their head against the wall a little bit? Or...


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[Assistant] Do you take the approach of, wait, you know, the Ravens, they do a lot on defense. If we spread the field a little bit, it might show their disguises and who's blitzing. And we have a really smart quarterback who knows how to fix protections and, and block everybody up.


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[Assistant] Do we want to do that and kind of put the game into my homes to pick them apart in the pass game? And I would say the Ravens are more big than they are fast. They have a pretty good blend of both, but I would say size is where they're most impressive.


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[Assistant] Do they go that route? And then go, hey, what do you want to do, Ravens? Do you want to, do you want to blitz us and play man and we're the chiefs and we got some creative ways to beat that?


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[Assistant] Or do you want to play zone? And oh, then, then maybe, you know, hey, this is my home, so he can pick a part of zone. So that's where I think it could be interesting because the Chiefs have swayed a little bit towards ugliness, power, football. This is who we are.


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[Assistant] But they're going against an animal this week that, you know, we said earlier today and you said earlier today, you don't want to get in a phone booth fight with this guy. They love phone booth fights, the Baltimore Ravens. So, you know, I'll leave it to you and your thoughts there. It just, that's one thing that definitely intrigues me about the matchup, Mike.


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[Assistant] No, I think that that's fair to say. I hear you, I hear you there. Right? I mean, that's why I think it's, I agree with a lot of what you said there. I'm with you.


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[Assistant] You know, there, there's a part of me though that also goes, damn, you know, the first off Joe Tooney's health of the football game. Let's not forget. That's going to be very important. He's an all pro guard. He is the best pass protecting guard in football. He's got to go against Justin Madubuke, who we know is one of the best pass rushing D tackles in football. That'll be an issue.


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[Assistant] You know, let alone Kreen Humphrey, he was an All-Pro last year. You know, uh, Trey, Trey Smith, the other guard, he's a damn good player.


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[Assistant] He is. You know, so that's where I also look at it and go, this is one of the strengths of the re- the Chiefs football team too, is to go run it up the middle and dominate that part of the field. Like last week,


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[Assistant] When they, they start, like the, the bills start to go, oh no, they're running on us and they're pushing our D lineback four plays every four yards, every play. You know what happened to Mike? And this is where I posed the question and I'm not sure is the bill started. The bills don't like to play man to man. They started to go, we got to load the box and play man to man. And then what happened?


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[Assistant] Mahomes had a deep pass to Valdescanling. He had another deep pass to Valdescanling. Right? They got three 30 plus yard air throws, which I don't think Mahomes has had in two years. And that was because of the run game. So that's where it is interesting. But I think like you, I lean more on the spread it out thing too.


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[Assistant] Spread it out. If they play total coverage, trust that my homes can get to the run game check and do that. Also, you brought up the Ravens pass rush as we've talked about. The Ravens pass rush as a front four is not special.


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[Assistant] And the Chiefs can protect the passer. I mean, you saw the game last week. Mahomes sat back there. He could have baked two cakes, put icing on it, had a few bites, put it in the fridge, and he still could throw the football.


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[Assistant] So that's too where I think I lean on what you're saying as well as spreading them out because now the Ravens might have to show their blitzes and I just don't think you're going to fool Mahomes and Andy Reid all that much, uh, with Mahomes in that type of position.


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[Assistant] And you know, one, yeah, he can run like you're talking about, but when he's really the best is he avoids the blitz, makes a move. And now he, he's running through the line of scrimmage with his eyes up or he sets up.


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[Assistant] We blitzed, we missed, we got holes in the back end, and now they got a 25 yard gain out of it. And that's why nobody really wants to blitz my homes and all that. Uh, but I think the Ravens...


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[Assistant] And some situations are going to have to, because I think they're going to look at it and go, damn, you know, they, they can block up front. I don't know if our front four will get there. We're going to have to send some people there to take away some of those scramble lanes, let alone, you know, uh, just to apply pressure on my homes because he could have all day if it's just the front four.


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[Assistant] Yeah, like last week he did the fake shovel pass. What do I do? Right, right, right. He does it all. I mean he might throw a jump hook, he might throw a shovel pass up in the air, he might throw it underhand, so you're like running at him and you're like oh no I gotta tackle this guy who's a pretty good athlete.


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[Assistant] He's as slippery as hell. There is no doubt about it. He is a special, special guy.


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[Assistant] Yeah, I mean, awesome defense. You know I love spags. You love spags. We all love spags. I mean, he's special. He's game plan specific. He does new things all the time.


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[Assistant] So how can you not enjoy this little chess match here? Right? I mean, now the last week was preparation for the Chiefs a little bit. I will say that the fact that you got to play Josh Allen the week before you play Lamar Jackson, you know, I know Josh Allen is not as fast as Lamar Jackson.


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[Assistant] In theory, plays a lot like him in a lot of ways. Quarterback design runs, the scrambling, the running, gotta have a QB spy there. I think that'll be part of the Chiefs game plan, right? All of that. The Chiefs are certainly a versatile defense, great at zone, great at man.


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[Assistant] Can rush the, the, the, the quarterback with four and be really good and then can be one of the most creative blitzing teams in football too.


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[Assistant] Here's a little bit, you know, like we talked about the other side, I got some dilemmas for you. I mean, again, if you're the chiefs, right?


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[Assistant] The Chiefs, the one thing that I worry about is, you heard me say earlier today, William Gay, where's his health gonna be? Phenomenal middle linebacker. Derek Notti.


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[Assistant] Alright, the defensive tackle, his health, where's he gonna be, right? Because if there was one weakness I saw last week or what worries me a little bit,


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[Assistant] Is when Chris Jones is not in the game, the Chiefs worry about their run defense and they play a little bit. They call the game when he's out, like, Hey, we got to protect these backup D tackles. We got to protect them. We got to do stuff there to stop the run and do that.


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[Assistant] Which, you know, I like and all that, but doing that too much in this matchup could be scary. Oh, we're going to load the box. We're going to blitz people here. All right. Well, now you're playing man to man on the outside, right? And now we know that, Hey, the chiefs can play, can play some man to man. They're good at it.


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[Assistant] It's man to man against possibly like four big time difference makers of Mark Andrew plays. I mean, Bateman, OBJ, Zay Flowers. It's hard to win all those matchups, right, Mike? So, and it's Lamar Jackson who's like, Oh wait, he's opened by that much. I can throw it in there.


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[Assistant] Alright, so that's where it's a little different than maybe Tua with his weapons where they're like, well, he can't even throw it in here if it's tight, so we're not worried about it. And I'm interested to see the attack there by the Chiefs as far as that's concerned.


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[Assistant] I like what you're saying there. I tend to think that's what they'll do as well, because here's the next angle of that, right?


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[Assistant] I don't think they can hang in there gap for gap, like, and just hang in there, right? I think they gotta...


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[Assistant] The Texans did good with that with their speed up front last week creating a little chaos in the run game. The Chiefs have an athletic front to do that as well. Let alone, Mike, to your point and I think the most important thing here.


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[Assistant] Yeah, make them uncomfortable. We got good corners and.


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[Assistant] I still was not overly impressed with the Ravens Blitz plan last week against the Houston Texans. I was not.


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[Assistant] Right? The whole first half, they had issues with it. The second half, their answer was basically throw the ball quick and quarterback design run.


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[Assistant] I think now you blitz, you stop the run, you maybe contain Lamar, because if you just rush forward, he's gonna have some passes where he's gonna have all day. So now you maybe contain him, get him to throw the ball a little quicker, plus,


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[Assistant] You're not the Texans. You can play better man than they can and do some of the things I think you alluded to. I think that's where it's interesting. I think that's what I expect from the Chiefs, that they kind of test that element of the Ravens offense and kind of pressure Lamar and do some of that stuff.


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[Assistant] I hear you. I don't, you know, you're not wrong there. Everything you said is true. I mean, it's, it's the, it's the Kansas city chiefs. I like you picked them to go to the super bowl too and play the 49ers for part two of that matchup.


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[Assistant] Right? So, I, I, I hear you. And then, I mean, it's, it's unremarkable. I mean, again, I think what they did last week was remarkable.


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[Assistant] The second to last week of the regular season, the third to last week of the regular season, they looked like meh. I think they got their fucking asses whooped by the Raiders on Christmas Day. Like whooped! Like one of the worst performances I've seen the Chiefs ever have. To be able to turn around and do what they're doing.


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[Assistant] I mean, you know me, I'm a little bit like, uh, play off this, play off my homes. Like that's like made up crap, but it's not with this group. It's not. That's where they're special.


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[Assistant] Call me the weasel. Call me weasel doodle do. Cause I'm gonna go with the same thought that I had last week and I'm gonna ride it again this week.


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[Assistant] The Chiefs, the year has been inconsistent. They tried to do dumb shit with the McCall, McCall Hardman, North Sims, Jong-un, North Korea fumble in the end zone.


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[Assistant] And they still were just too good and beat the Bills. I don't think it happens this week. I think the Ravens mission all year, one of the best teams we've seen all year. I think they're the one team that can stop this chief's magic. I think they do it. I'm taking Ravens 24 20.


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[Assistant] No, no, no doubt. Now, I think that's part of the question. Can that front four get there? Can that front four get there?


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[Assistant] I think, you know, this is four to five NSC championships the 49ers have been to. I think this is their worst defense of those four championship round defenses. I do.


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[Assistant] Again, last week, do you remember many times really talking about or thinking about any of the 49ers D linemen? Right? That was a Packers O line that's pretty good too.


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[Assistant] Right? But it, it's not the, the just absolute killer collapse the pocket like we've seen from Nick Bosa and company in other years. That's where it's a little different. And we know the Lions can protect. And with Jared Gov, like we talked about on PFT this morning, he's great against the Blitz.


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[Assistant] But he's horrible versus pressure, right? So where can you find that fine line?


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[Assistant] Right? Because if you blitz, they're smart, they're really well coached, they're O-lines damn good and smart too. Goff understands how to redirect the protection and do all that.


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[Assistant] So, they more times than not, when you blitz, and this is why Todd Bowles didn't blitz, and he's the blitz king of the world, lastly, didn't blitz that much, cause he was watching film all week going, man, I don't know, everybody that blitzes these guys, I mean, they pick it up and they gash them.


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[Assistant] Right? So that's to me where the 49ers gonna have to find the fine line here. I do. And I think really, ultimately, when it comes down to it, the 49ers, I think are gonna have to blitz. I do. I just think that one,


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[Assistant] If they play it straight up, I do think the Lions can run the ball on them a little bit, even though this is a great run defense. Uh, and I think Jameer Gibbs is phenomenal. You know that.


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[Assistant] But two, the Lions have some things in their passing attack.


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[Assistant] That would scare me if I'm the 49ers if I don't blitz enforce the issue a little bit. One, like we said, they can protect. Two, you've heard me say a million times dating back to the Netflix with Kansas City Chiefs and before that. The Niners are the kings of not letting people throw over the middle.


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[Assistant] And taking away some of those more consistent completion areas, like that, like you've heard me say. Shanahan goes, wait, I killed everybody right here. Don't let everybody kill us right here. All right. Don't do that. And like my home said, whoa, and they're going to play me like that. We can throw the ball deep. We can throw the ball outside the numbers. The lions are capable and do that.


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[Assistant] So that's where it's going to be interesting, but the 49ers do play better man-to-man coverage than years past, even though they don't want to do it a ton. So that's where I find it interesting and it's going to be a good chess match between Steve Wilkes and Ben Johnson.


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[Assistant] Yeah, I, I, I, I tend to agree with that thought.


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[Assistant] You know, I would err on, yes, let's make golf uncomfortable early, right? Like you heard me say, I don't think the 49ers are as dominant in the pass rush.


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[Assistant] I, and that doesn't mean I think they have to blitz every play, but I do think there needs to be a splash more of aggressiveness for them, right? They're a little bit like, you hear me sometimes say like, hey, this is what we do, we do these three, four, three or four things and we do it really good.


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[Assistant] I think they gotta maybe bring a curveball or two to the table here and maybe blitz a little bit more than they normally would, uh, to compound some of the problems that this Lions offense presents to them on the defensive side of the ball.


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[Assistant] Yeah, that's the big question. Because, right, the 49ers...


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[Assistant] Our, our running team. If, if not the best running team in football, right? So that's what they want to do.


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[Assistant] The Lions stopped the run, right? Brock Purdy threw the ball like shit last week and played fucking horrible. I mean horrible.


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[Assistant] Disguising and bringing a blitz every now and then that the quarterback doesn't see coming because they don't give you any clues. They almost do it in an unsound way at times.