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[Assistant] 190 of those at all three touchdowns with the Tyree kill. Who becomes the MVP of the game? I don't know. Probably Mahomes still, because we're in this quarterback era where we always give them credit, but, uh, that would be interesting. Probably. Yeaah. So, yeaah, I would go Mahomes, Moatstert, then Kittle. That would be my top three. Okay, I would go Kittle.


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[Assistant] No, it's a tough one. Well, because right away I think about, okay, Bosa and D-Ford, their ability to contain and tackle Mahomes is important, but I think the biggest one is going to be Chris Jones. Chris Jones, the health of his calf, can he be 100% for Super Bowl Sunday?


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[Assistant] I think Chris Jones is the best defense alignment in this game. I do. And it would be imperative for him to be healthy and disruptive to slow down all the creative run plays we saw and do those things. He can be that guy to go, oh, okay, yea, this is a great run play.


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[Assistant] I'm just gonna throw my guy out of the way, and now your running back's gonna have to go in another direction, and it's not such a great run play. And that's what he did yesterday in that little moment I talked about when they were up 17, when they were down 17-14. He just throws people off, he's unbelievable, let alone


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[Assistant] He's the second best interior pass rusher in football. He's the only guy that's better than him is Aaron Donald. Other than that, as far as the tackles are concerned, he's the most disruptive pass rusher in the game.


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[Assistant] I do, I do, I still have them, but he was one of my drafts, man crushes, where I was like, I don't know why this guy's not getting talked about more in the first two rounds type of thing. He was on my, you know, Robin Hood, like, list a lot. Whoa, my mic thing just fell.


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[Assistant] That's it. All right, I got one more read because we got that live podcast next Wednesday, January 29th in South Beach at


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[Assistant] Playwright Irish Pub, all right? Playwright Irish Pub in South Beach next Wednesday, January 29th, 5 to 7 will be a joint collaboration podcast. Kristin's on button and PFTPM with Mike Florio.


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[Assistant] To attend one free drink on Florio per person, okay? In an hour, it went from unlimited drinks. I thought, I didn't know Florio was so cheap. I'm sorry. Alright, I don't know. Maybe, you know, I don't know. Listen, let's depend on the crowd there and maybe I'll spring for everybody to have a free second one. I don't know, I can be that nice, okay?


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[Assistant] And we are going to have some special guests to come along to and be a part of the show.


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[Assistant] So check it out, alright? Uh, you can claim a ticket on Eventbrite. The link will be posted on at Pro Football Talk or at CSIMS QB. On Twitter, either one of those. Check it out. Please come join us. We'll have some fun. I'm gonna talk some shit to you guys and hopefully teach some football. And Ahmed will not be there so you don't have to worry about seeing him.


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[Assistant] I'll watch my movies. The Oscars are coming. I just- I watched some movies. You gotta watch them. Okay, I'll watch my movies. Alright, whatever. He's not gonna watch them. Alright, peace out everybody. Check us out Wednesday. I'll have the big shoot on here. We're gonna break down some more games, film, plays, all that good stuff. Everybody have a good week. See ya.


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[Assistant] Yo, yo, what's up? Come on, man. Subscribe on YouTube to Chris Simms Unbuttoned Podcast. I need you. Please hit the subscribe button, please.


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[Assistant] Podcast, I'm quitting. My fake mic's not here. How dare. But either way, I'm just joking. And I'm glad they didn't play something of me throwing up, because that's what I did last week at the Indianapolis Combine. I was doing that a whole lot, but good to see you, man. You did. You look so cute with your little haircut. Oh, thank you, thank you.


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[Assistant] I am going to make more of an effort. I am, like, gonna have some staples here going forward, like I did yesterday.


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[Assistant] I'm going to take minutes every day to where I really try to interact with people on Instagram, Twitter, and really do that. I'm going to make an effort of that in the off season. It's going to be part of my new schedule, so. There were so many tweets yesterday, and I was like, are you tweeting? I was. That was you. This is something I'd like to do. I'd like to sit down and come up with, like,


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[Assistant] It definitely has. I mean, I'm just like, I don't even understand some of those people, so that's where it gets frustrating. You know me, I wear my heart on my sleeve, I don't BS about anything, I kind of just say it how it is. And then when you have somebody on Twitter who's got no knowledge of a subject but just trying to either be a contrarian or


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[Assistant] You know, acquire followers by getting into some Twitter fight with you. Yeaah, they're annoying and they're jerks and they usually hate you.


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[Assistant] They do. Alright, let's go. Here we go. We got a good day. We got damn okay. We got some, we got to talk about some of the guys, the freaks we saw at the Combine. Alright, top five Combine rumors. We're gonna hit that in a second. And then to tag or not to tag.


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[Assistant] Yeah, I got home Thursday, I didn't want to do anything, so Thursday, I liked it being on nighttime, especially Thursday night, Friday night, I wasn't doing anything, I got to sit on the couch and just hang out and watch, watch guys in tights around


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[Assistant] He might not like exactly where he stands with them.


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[Assistant] But I'm sure they've told him ballpark what kind of money they will give him.


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[Assistant] And, you know, he knows his relationship with Mr. Kraft and Belichick. Whether he likes that relationship with Belichick or not, eh, I don't know. I mean, I'm sure it's probably not his favorite thing in the world.


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[Assistant] Uh, you do hear about Brady and the respect thing and all of those things. Hey, I'm sure that's real. Just want to remind everybody, I mean, he still plays football and, you know, Bill Belichick's job is still to be the coach. He's not going to like praise.


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[Assistant] Praise the guy, just shower praise and all these good things about him while he still might be on his team. And he thinks that, you know, with the way he treats him, maybe affects his...


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[Assistant] His performance and his competitive desire and things like that. You know, Bill Walsh didn't talk real glowingly about Joe Montana until like five years after the career was over. That's just the way it goes.


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[Assistant] I do think so. I mean, I think, you know, I think New England goes like, okay, well, we know this is coming to an end. We gotta start looking for a future at some point. You know, even whether it's, you know, Brady for one more year. Hey, I know they like Jared Stidham. Are they willing to go Jared Stidham as their starter? I think that's what's really fascinating. So that's, yes, that's the fascinating part.


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[Assistant] I know they like Jarris to them, I know that, but you know, do they like them enough to trust them here in year two without playing really one significant snap of regular season football? You have to go, here you go, here's the keys to the car.


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[Assistant] You know, run the franchise, run the offense. No, I don't know if they're at that spot yet. You know, to me, that's where when you hear the Andy Dalton rumors, they make sense. I understand that. That would be a good fit there. I get that.


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[Assistant] Andy Dalton's a little bit better than we all give him credit for. You know, I think the time in Cincinnati has come and gone anyways for both sides. They just need to move on, start something new, start something fresh. You know, hey yes, if Tennessee...


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[Assistant] Is, you know, they franchise tagged Derrick Henry, and now Ryan Tannehill hits the open market, and the New England Patriots start to get the feel like, man, Brady's gonna sit here and make us wait for a long time, or man, it doesn't seem like Brady's gonna come back to us. Yeah, I would think Ryan Tannehill would be certainly a guy that New England is going to look at.


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[Assistant] You know, where else do they go after that? That's where I want, well if Tannehill stays with the Tennessee Titans, right? And then Andy Dalton ends up getting traded to the Chicago Bears. I like that one. Now, yes, I know, I've been saying that from the get go. I really like that one. Where does, now what's the next phase? What does New England do? Are they gonna go Paul James Winston?


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[Assistant] Are they gonna do that? I don't, I don't know. Are they gonna call on Case Keenum and basically just say, hey,


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[Assistant] You know, maybe you're our band-aid guy before we at least let you compete and you can win the starting job over Jared Siddum. You know, I think those things are probably all real possibilities. I think Tom Brady, there's a part of him, and listen, I know some things about this situation, uhm, and there's other things that I don't know. You know, one,


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[Assistant] Contention, right? Yep. Like, to me, that's where the more and more I think about this and filter this out, like, Tom Brady's not going to the Las Vegas Raiders. He's not, oh, at 43 he's gonna go, yeah, I'll rebuild with you guys for a year, and then at 44 we'll make our Super Bowl run. Like, that's not, I don't think that's happening.


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[Assistant] I think that's gone too. I do. I think the more I've digested all that, the more I think about it, I just go, Brady's not going to be a part of that. He's not going to uproot his life.


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[Assistant] Go somewhere and be part, and then, you know, have to grind it out to learn a new offense and playbook, and then to what? To go 6-10 and rebuild? That's, that's insane. He's going somewhere where he thinks he can win a Super Bowl this year.


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[Assistant] That's, that's all there is to it. Just like Peyton Manning when he left the Indianapolis Colts. He wasn't gonna go to some slapdick football team and go, well, I'm Peyton Manning, it'll make it happen. No, he picked a team out that he thought, whoa, this defense is special.


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[Assistant] And there's a few offensive weapons, and, you know, then we get Emmanuel Sanders, watch out! Like, he picked the right team. I think Brady's gonna look at that same thing. That's why you said the Tennessee Titans make sense. Titans make sense, I think.


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[Assistant] Well yea, and I don't think the Brady's, okay, and Giselle included are going to live in Indianapolis, Indiana. I just don't. It's not, not knock on Indianapolis. I like being there every year.


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[Assistant] Okay, like we just talked about before the podcast, I just, there's that much smoke, there's gotta be fire. You know, again, when Peter King...


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[Assistant] You know, keep throwing it out there. Peter King knows everybody in football.


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[Assistant] I don't think they're just like, they pulled that out of their ass and then just like, I don't, I don't. I think that they've been told that by somebody credible and they're kind of throwing it out there to start the conversation but somebody's already let them know like, hey,


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[Assistant] You didn't hear this from me, you can't be making this public news, but this is kind of what we're hearing. To me, it's very intriguing. Now, would Shanahan break ties with Jimmy Garoppolo?


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[Assistant] Right, there's a risk either way there, right? I mean, you're right. I mean, first off, let's not forget, Jimmy Garoppolo, that was his first full year as a starting quarterback. Baker Mayfield has started more games than Jimmy Garoppolo, okay? So you gotta digest that. He's going to get better, we know that.


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[Assistant] Tom Brady is not going to get better, even though he might be better than Jimmy Garoppolo right now at this second. I'm not denying that, that's probably very close. In fact, I'd probably take Jimmy, I mean uh, Tom, over Jimmy G, I really would. So, okay, but that, like in theory, alright, and


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[Assistant] That makes sense. That would be the kind of place I would think Brady would want to go. Yes, I would think that. Is that realistic? I don't know that. I don't know. You know, we've talked about the chargers, we've talked about that, but like the chargers, even though there's potential there...


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[Assistant] This sa- I'll go back to this and I didn't say this with the Raiders. There's one thing that's- he- there's no f- He's going to the AFC West. Well, he's gonna go deal with Andy Reid and Patrick Mahomes? Twice a year? I don't think so.


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[Assistant] I don't think he's going to do that. He might be content playing in another division and say, okay, I'll see you in the AFC Championship game. He doesn't want to put them twice a year and then go, I might not make the playoffs now or I'm going to the wild card round because my homes beat me. I just don't see that happening either.


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[Assistant] So, you know, again, I think there's limited options out there.


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[Assistant] And I also think that's why he was that front row at the Syracuse game with Jimmy Fallon. I also think that's why him and Julian Edelman were FaceTiming Mike Vrabel in the first row when everybody can see in the world. Like to me, that's showing that


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[Assistant] You know, there's not a lot of teams interested, which I realistically understand. And I, I do, I look at the Tennessee Titans, maybe the Tampa Bay Bucks.


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[Assistant] Okay, and then, I don't know. There's gotta be a mystery team out there. And is it the 49ers? Right now, with everything I'm hearing, like, I wanna say, oh, there might be something to this 49er thing. And I don't know.


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[Assistant] I don't know either, uh, but that'll be, but really, when you get after those teams though, and this is just, I pose this question to you, there's no right or wrong answer, who else is out there that's in this conversation, right? You know, like you just go through it.


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[Assistant] That's in contention and also has a need at quarterback. Right. That's where I just, you know, look at the Ravens, the Chiefs, the Texans, the Buffalo Bills. They're not happening. Oh, there's the Tennessee Titans.


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[Assistant] Exactly. Right, exactly right. To me, at the end of the day, that's why if you made me bet money, I'm gonna say he goes back to New England, you've heard me say it before, between Josh McDaniels, New England is still home for him, and that's, you know, all he's ever known.


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[Assistant] And he's out of the point of his career, does he really want to go somewhere and have the toughest, most grueling offseason he's had since he's a rookie in the NFL? Does he really want to do that? And my heart of hearts, I say no.


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[Assistant] He's Tom Brady, and I don't know what it's like to be in his shoes. And he has a desire and drive that I don't know if I can relate to. So I don't know where he's at with that. But those are just the challenges I would look at to go, wait, new team, getting used to that.


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[Assistant] Kind of instilling your own culture in that team, moving your family, probably being away from your kids at certain times and things like that.


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[Assistant] Then going, whoa, I've learned one language for the last 20 years of my life, and now I gotta learn a totally new one, and if I really want this to work, which I do, I gotta really learn it and know, like know it, know it. Like I knew the playbook in New England. And those are the things I look at to where I go, I think he's gonna flirt with a lot of teams here, but I think ultimately he'll end up in New England.


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[Assistant] Uh, but we'll see. The one thing I learned in indie, the one thing I learned in indie that I heard from multiple people, and I said this on the show, it's not about money.


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[Assistant] Nobody has gotten the sense that Brady's like going, oh I've been disrespected with my contract, I want 35 million dollars a year. That's not the sense I got from a few people I trust. I got the sense that he's willing to go for 20 million a year because it's more about legacy and he wants a team around him to where he can make a run at this thing and go for number 7. Which I'm not mad at him.


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[Assistant] Alright, let's bet, uhm, lunch. Lunch? In the cafeteria? Nah, screw that. Let's like, you know.


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[Assistant] I think ultimately, you know, I think he's, you know, and again, there's still wiggle room here, this is still early in the process, but the way he answered the questions last week at the Combine, that makes me believe that


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[Assistant] You know, he's, he's, he's willing to go to Cincinnati. You know, I know some people are going to read it and go, oh, he still left a little wiggle room to where he could get out of this.


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[Assistant] No, I think he said all the right things. I mean, he even referenced the fact that I didn't just come out and say I wanted to play the Bengals.


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[Assistant] I think, you know, he's a humble kid. I don't think he just wanted to be like, oh yeah, I'm the number one pick and they're going to pick me. And that's the way I think he was. That's where the wiggle room was a little bit in that conversation. Ultimately, I think he does want to go there. The AJ green part of it is what really intrigues me. You know, AJ green, you know, okay, so there's two ways to look at this, right?


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[Assistant] To me, there's the look of like, we could trade AJ Green and really get some assets for the future, right? And just build something with Joe Burrow. Hey Joe, we're going to trade AJ Green and then with that first round pick, we're going to draft a first round receiver and then we're going to probably get another receiver in the third round and somebody in free agency and let you be the leader of the group and come along, right?


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[Assistant] Okay, so there's that thought, alright, and I understand that. But then there's also the thought of like, well he is Joe Burrow and he's our number one pick and let's try to give him the best support system possible and the most proven guy we have on our roster is AJ Green.


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[Assistant] So what do you do there? You know, that's where they got to decide what they want to do. And I'm sure Joe Burrow, who's looking at the team going, man, John Ross is injured a lot. You know, uh, they got the kid from Pitt, uh, that plays, not Boyd, Tyler Boyd. He's a good receiver.


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[Assistant] And, you know, start my Joe Burrow era in Cincinnati off with a positive approach. So there's two ways to look at that and it sounds like Joe Burrow would rather have AJ Green than have the assets.


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[Assistant] So, right, so yeaah, he's going to be tag, I would think he's going to be tagged and traded if that did happen. Now, are there teams that I think would take that chance?


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[Assistant] You know, physical pending, all those things. Yeah. Yeah, that's where I still go back to teams like...


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[Assistant] You know, New England, or even the Green Bay Packers, where I'd go, man, if I were them, I'd be calling Cincinnati and going, hey, do you want to let AJ Green go? You know, well.


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[Assistant] But, uh, that is something I certainly have my eye on. And AJ Green, with all the quarterback conversation, he's kind of getting lost in the conversation here, and that's very interesting.


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[Assistant] Okay, so, you're gonna have a Dwayne Haskins.


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[Assistant] And then Atua, who might not even be totally 100% healthy. And yet Haskins, who's raw.


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[Assistant] Alright, so I'm not buying any of that one. I'm not. To me, this is two things. One, a smoke screen. I do think the Redskins are probably doing their due diligence, because this is a quarterback position, you never know. Three or four years down the road, you might be spending big money on this guy in free agency, and they'd like to get to know these kind of guys. That's gonna go on. I get that.


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[Assistant] I think that's what they're trying to do. Yes, they're trying to drum up some interest there. I mean, the Carolina Panthers at seven. What if they move on from Cam Newton? Will they be looking to maybe to make up? Maybe Joe Brady's been like, I've seen that to a guy the last few years when I was at LSU. I'd like to have them on our team this time.


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[Assistant] Yeah, I mean, I think they're, you know, I understand. I think that's what they're doing. But to me, I think that's what they're doing. They're maybe driving up some trade interests. I also think they're playing...


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[Assistant] A little bit of a motivational tactic with Dwayne Haskins. Listen, the one thing you'll hear about Dwayne Haskins, and I like the way he ended his year, things were going in the right direction.


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[Assistant] But the one thing you repeatedly hear from people who know things down in Washington was he was a little underwhelming with his attention to detail and work ethic during the year. I think that concerned people. I think that's why Ron Rivera, when he got the job, he didn't say Dwayne Haskins our starting quarterback.


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[Assistant] And he made some comments about, you know, Duane's got to continue to work and be in the building and those things. Under the, that was an under the radar comment to go, this guy's got to be, continue to learn to be more of a professional.


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[Assistant] And I think that's probably a little bit playing into this as well. So I would say it's those two things. I don't think Tua is the real, I don't think he's a real option for the Redskins.


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[Assistant] It has happened. You know, how do you really know totally what you have in Dwayne Haskins yet? He is still really young, and we saw some really good things. So, to just say, okay, move on.


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[Assistant] To me that seems a little early. Now it was different with Arizona. They got to see Josh Rosen a lot play. And, the other difference is,


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[Assistant] As much as you and I like Tua, and we like watching college football, and he's a gamer,


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[Assistant] Kyler Murray was special. That's different than Tua. Kyler Murray was one of those guys where you went, damn.


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[Assistant] You don't pick him, whoo, you might be the guy that goes, oh we passed a guy that's like a three time NFL MVP eight years from now, you know what I mean? So there's a difference there. And not to say Tua can't be that guy, but he's certainly not there right now, and it looks more like that he's going to have to sit out that year to get healthy and get everything situated in his body.


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[Assistant] No doubt. It's a special, special talent. His arm is talent. His speed is talent. I mean, it means special. I mean, all those things are, are really good. The other thing, I'll say this to this too. I mean, the last thing on this and we'll move on.


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[Assistant] Chua scares the crap out of me. He scares the crap out of me. I've seen him twice, you know, in person. He is not a real big guy. Okay? Then he plays a...


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[Assistant] And then he already has injury history. Those three things alone would make me a little scared.


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[Assistant] Now I know there's gonna be some teams that are gonna come to terms with it, and if you got the right situation where you feel like, hey, we can sit him for a year and play, I get all that, but I'm just saying where he's at right now, I do think there is some risk that will come along with that hopeful reward teams want.


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[Assistant] So bears to me is the one that makes sense. It does. It does. You know, and I even think, you know, I would put that.


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[Assistant] And the Colts, Jacoby Perset is not going to be the starting quarterback there. I can promise you that. Oh really? No. They are moving on. Jacoby Perset is going to be a 15 million dollar year backup this year. Unless they just can't get the guy that they want or get a guy they want. But everything I know about that situation is they love Jacoby Perset.


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[Assistant] Uh, so I understand that. Also, I do think guys like that can hinder...


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[Assistant] You know, the ability of the young starters to develop. You know, oh, Gardner Mitchell gets off to a great start, and they'll say he has two games that are a little shaky, and he throws three interceptions, everyone's gonna be, oh, Nick Foles, we're paying all that money to Nick Foles, let's bench him. That's not good for the development of a young quarterback, to always have that over his shoulder, dealing with that.


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[Assistant] So uhm, yeaah, I do think that the Nick Foles, Nick Foles thing is, is true. I don't know if I believe it.


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[Assistant] A little bit more proven than a guy like Nick Foles, who we're all still going, is he really a starting quarterback in the NFL?


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[Assistant] And then also pay part of his contract a little bit too. To where I don't know if anybody's just gonna take him and just go, oh yeaah, we'll take him 20 million dollars, let's go.


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[Assistant] No, I would not. I think Nick Foles is probably somewhere down there in like, Jameis Winston, Phillip Rivers, uh, Teddy Bridgewater area. Somewhere around there.


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[Assistant] You know, they all have different assets that I tr- like, I trust Teddy Bridgewater to protect the Baltimore.


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[Assistant] Yeah, it's, it's hard for me to say, you know, I think Nick Foles can make more plays than the Teddy Bridgewater. I do. I think he's capable of doing that. Bridgewater's very conservative. He'll take care of the football.


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[Assistant] He's just gonna kinda manage the offense. He's not gonna sit there and go, ooh, wow, ooh. So it depends on what you're looking for there. I would probably give him the edge over at Teddy Bridgewater and...


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[Assistant] Maybe not quite put him in the Philip Rivers category, but a notch above Winston. So I guess I'm saying second.


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[Assistant] It does. Now, that doesn't mean there won't be busts, right? But I've heard some people talk about this, like, oh, you know, some of this stuff is meaningless and whatever. Yeah, I get it. Ultimately, the football tape is what is going to count. But let me just say this. Like, your superstars in the NFL were superstars at the combine, other than Tom Brady.


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[Assistant] Every other, I mean, you know, really just take quarterbacks out of the conversation. But if you went through position for position and went


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[Assistant] Oh, this guy's one of the two or three best in his position in the whole sport. You'd go, well, let's go back and look at the combine. And he's going to have something elite that he did at the combine. We're going to go, oh.


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[Assistant] Well that makes sense. Oh, Von Miller ran 4-4? Oh, I wonder, he's Von Miller, you know. Oh, Jalen Ramsey ran 4-3 and jumped 40 inches? Oh, well he's Jalen Ramsey. You know, Saquon Barkley?


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[Assistant] He like killed it and everything? Oh, that's right. So, you know, to say it's meaningless is, that's not true. It is a gauge and it is a little bit of a something to separate.


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[Assistant] Who's a little bit more explosive? Who's more explosive in certain stands or situations or whatever it may be? And so there is some carry over. It's not just a total workout to watch guys, you know, ass and legs and a bunch of spandex. I want to, although that's a, that's a highlight. Oh, definitely a highlight for me.


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[Assistant] But I'm glad you're starting with the receivers because to me this was, this was the cream of the crop of the combine. I mean this to me was one of the themes of the combine was just like sitting there on Thursday night going.


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[Assistant] Holy shit, he looks good. Holy crap, he looks good. Holy crap, he's fast. I mean, it was one freak after another, uh, and that's why you're hearing that, you know, there's truly sounds like there could be six, seven wide receivers taken in the first round, and I get it.


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[Assistant] To me, this was the guy where you watched, you watched TV this year in LSU. You saw everything you wanted to on the field. You went, oh, good size, can run after the catch. Man, looks silky smooth running the routes. Benefit of a good quarterback. Benefit of a good quarterback, certainly. Okay, great. You know, but I think all the on the field drills,


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[Assistant] Confirmed, oh, Justin Jefferson's a complete wide receiver. And then we got to see, oh, okay, he does run low to mid 4-4. Okay, so he's legit explosive too. And that answers that. And Justin Jefferson will definitely be a first round wide receiver. So, yes, he was definitely a guy that jumped out to me.


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[Assistant] And you know, explosion is not his game that way anyways. You know, and a 34 and a half inch vertical jump, that tells you too. I mean, that's not much higher than me, which ain't that impressive. So, you know, that tells you he's not that kind of guy. Now,


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[Assistant] The other weird thing I'll say about CD-LAM. And this dude can play, so don't get me wrong.


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[Assistant] Right? And they have to make that type of move. And that becomes an advantage for the DB at the next level because he starts to read that and go, ooh, he's making that move. I can read his hips. You know, they kind of like are stuck together with the rest of his body. So that is just something that jumps out to me from watching, but size.


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[Assistant] Jump ball ability is gonna be big for him. And then the other thing is he is really crafty in the open field with the ball in his hand. But he was impressive nonetheless. And I think he is another guy that solidified himself as a first round wide receiver.


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[Assistant] You know, you know, you talk about the John Ross thing. Listen, I think Henry Ruggs is a better all-around receiver than John Ross. So I think this is another guy that's going to be in that first round conversation. He's a weapon. This is a weapon. This is Tyree Kill-ish what he can do. And yet he, I think he's more fluid at the wide receiver position than Tyree Kill.


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[Assistant] Jacoby Ford got hurt, he'd be a guy I'd look at that could have done that. Now Tyree Kill didn't run at the Combine, so that would totally shit on this whole little graphic too. That's true, that's true, it might be a thing.


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[Assistant] So, you know, and then, but to your point I get it because most of the times these guys are stiff. They're track runners, you know, you always hear that phrase. I don't think that's the case for Henry Ruggs. I don't.


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[Assistant] And then added to it, you know, the 42-inch vertical, that's gonna allow a guy that's 5'11 to play a lot bigger that way too. But just from what I saw at Alabama, yeaah, this is different than your prototypical track-type, straight-line, speed-type guy.


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[Assistant] Uh, and uh, I was impressed. I wish I would have got to see that on the field workout stuff, but he's another guy where I sit here and go, I think, pick.


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[Assistant] 25-32, you're gonna hear Henry Rugg's name thrown out there. Now I haven't done the film yet and we'll get into that in the next few weeks, but just my early thought would be that.


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[Assistant] But it is, but it is a, it does have- You like that drill for wide receivers? It does. It tells you about, a little bit about their hips and their feet. Okay, sure. All of it. And then also, you know, there's also a little bit of the 5, 10, 5 element too with the ability to, you know, okay, explode.


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[Assistant] Change direction, explode again and now come back and show your hips and your ability to put your foot in the ground and keep running seamlessly. Mims to me was one of the stars of the show. Really?


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[Assistant] Now this, like, and this is what I see, you know, like I know 4'2", not a lot of guys, but 4'38", man, there's a lot of superstars around that time, you know. Those were like, now you're getting to the Odell, the Julio Jones, those type of guys. He could have run faster, but he's like, I want to put myself in the Odell. In that category. He, he, uhm, got a chance to meet him.


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[Assistant] Oh, you did. I did. He is another guy I would say he's, he's in the first round conversation again. He's, oh, he's going in the first round. I shouldn't say that. He is. When you have that type of height, to me, he reminds me of Devante Parker, except he's more explosive. And then when you go out there at 63207 and run 438,


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[Assistant] And, you know, 38.5 vertical jump, and like you said, the three cone drill, 666.


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[Assistant] First round receiver. I mean, first round receiver. I don't know what else to say. That's why I'm not sure if it's going to be six, is it going to be nine, how many receivers are going to go in the first round is going to be the big question.


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[Assistant] You know, yes, the quarterback play wasn't great either, so none of that's gonna help him out. But is he just a workout star here? I don't think so. I think he's got size, he's got a physical nature in which he plays the position. I've seen him in person on the field when they came to Notre Dame a few years ago. He's put together. I think this kind of workout does help him.


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[Assistant] Now one, he, I think ran a faster 40 times than most people think, or thought he would.


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[Assistant] Then the vertical jump like you talked about, to me this is a guy that's gonna be like a Michael Thomas in the NFL. You're not gonna put him outside and be like, let's just burn people deep.


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[Assistant] I think his game is going to be physicality over the middle.


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[Assistant] Really being able to, you know, run routes like a Michael Thomas in the middle of the field, and then you're gonna see him catch a whole lot of fades in the back of the end zone for jump balls, because of what you just saw with that vertical leap.


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[Assistant] And his physicality. So he was huge. The other guy, like, hey, Jerry Judy is in that Justin Jefferson conversation. We gotta hit on him real quick. I know we don't want to spend the whole podcast on receivers. Jerry Judy, to me, is the smoothest in all the drills too. And to me, just from what I've seen on TV, and again, I'm not there yet, Jerry Judy is the best receiver in the draft.


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[Assistant] I think so. He's the guy that jumps out to be to me the most polished, everything about him. I think he plays faster than his 4-4, uh, 40 time anyways. So he jumps out. And then my last one at receiver that we gotta hit. Yep. Chase Claypool. Yeah. You know, I tweeted about it a little on Thursday night.


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[Assistant] Hey, I've been around some studs at the NFL at the wide receiver position.


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[Assistant] You know, I mean, hey, I, I, you know, seen Calvin Johnson in person, threw to him during his workout when I was with the Tampa Bay Bucks. You know, Roy Williams, he was the top ten pick for me out of Texas. I played with Brandon Marshall, Joey Galloway. I mean, I've seen some studs in my day, and when I would be on the field in Notre Dame, I would go, oh my gosh, this guy is a freak of nature.


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[Assistant] I, you know, and I wouldn't have thrown those things out unless I really believed it. I wasn't saying it because I was like, oh, I got to see Chase Claypool in the production meeting next Friday and I want to make sure he likes me. You know, I didn't know. I knew what I was seeing was a special, special specimen. Also with the ability to mold the clay, he's still raw.


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[Assistant] He's a weapon. And it really is. And you know, I had people on Twitter asking me, is he a tight end or a wide receiver? It doesn't really get, I don't care. He is either one, whatever you want him to be. He is a weapon.


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[Assistant] He is physical. He's unbelievable on special teams. He'll run block.


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[Assistant] I don't know if he goes first round. I think for sure he's a first round talent in my book. He could be a guy where...


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[Assistant] You know, people are a little scared about maybe immaturity issues early on at Notre Dame, and that this year was only his real statistical year at Notre Dame where he went, whoa, right? And he could be one of those guys where it's DK Metcalf after next year going, what would the 50 teams in front of them thinking to let him be picked 51? What would, you know, I wouldn't be shocked.


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[Assistant] Uh, Judy. Judy. Yes. Uh, who else are we missing there? CD. CD Lab. CD Lab. Yes, for sure. That group right there is definitely going.


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[Assistant] Now it comes into, yes, there's the Chase Claypool, the Sea Sneak in there, uhm, and there's probably a few other guys as I start to blast through film and stuff. Yea, you haven't looked at all of them yet.


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[Assistant] Yeaah, looks the part, handles himself like such a pro, just my look test in person too, gosh he's a, he's a quarterback. What's the look?


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[Assistant] Just the way, even the size of the guy in person and just what he looks like, how he carries himself. Like I'll say this, anybody who used to watch my old Bleacher Report podcast, I had Jared Goff come on my podcast before the draft.


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[Assistant] And when he got done, I just said, you know, that was not the normal attitude and presence I know of like an alpha male face of the organization quarterback. It was a little concerning to me. Joe Burrow just reeks it. I mean, reeks it. He is like,


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[Assistant] Stand in front of the podium like the perfect guy you'd ever want to be there, let alone we know he can play, but certainly look the part.


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[Assistant] Well I think there's a real possibility I could say that. I do. I don't, I don't, like right now I try to go in with a clean slate and not worry about anything. I don't give a shit where anybody's got Joe Burrow ranked or anything. Now I expect just here early on for me to go Burrow and then a tight


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[Assistant] But the majority of his throws were really good, and then he made some really high, difficult, you know, just, what do I want to say, you know, very difficult throws look very easy. And I'm into that. Yeaah, I'm in. You know, that was what, you know, again,


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[Assistant] Not to, I'm not comparing this guy, but when you look at elite quarterbacks, a lot of times that's what they do. When I was evaluating Patrick Mahomes coming out in the draft, or even a Lamar Jackson, or a Carson Wentz,


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[Assistant] They made plays where I want to go, I'm not so sure there's five quarterbacks in football that can make that throw, but they just did it and made it look like it was practice. Like it just didn't look like it. And Herbert was capable of doing that.


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[Assistant] Whether he threw some in cuts or some go routes or the post corner, he threw them so perfectly and so effortlessly, that makes me go, ooh wow, there's something special to this guy, let alone we know he's got the athletic prowess to go along with it.


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[Assistant] He's only helping himself. With the senior bowl in the combine, he's been the star of the show, two of those. So he's gotta be rising. I would be shocked if he got out of the top ten. And I know people are being- Cause there are some on draft.


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[Assistant] I don't think there's any chance. I just, I don't. Listen, the big concern with Herbert is that he's never been out of Eugene, Oregon. That's all I hear from people. So I get that. And you know, I see some people on TV breaking down his game and oh, he missed this throw or missed this play. I know, it's not always perfect, but out of the quarterbacks we're talking about,


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[Assistant] And I haven't really dove into Jordan Love and see what that offense is about, but I'm going to guess that Justin Herbert was part of the worst offense out of all these major quarterbacks we're talking about in their first round. And a lot of the complaints I hear about him


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[Assistant] Our offensive complaints. I want to go, that's not a Justin Herbert issue. You're talking about the offense and for some reason you're pinning it on the quarterback. And that's not right either.


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[Assistant] I mean listen, I like Jordan Love and I'm looking forward to really studying him. He's a first round quarterback. I don't doubt that. I know that. I've seen that.


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[Assistant] Uh, and I, I, you know, yes, right now I would say he's the fourth guy that jumps out at me out of the four, but, uh, I do think there's a lot of things to like about him, but, dude, everybody, like, calm down with that one. I mean, Patrick Mahomes right now is on the trajectory to be the greatest single-hand talent we've ever seen in the history of football.


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[Assistant] Jordan Love does not jump out to me like that. When I've seen him on TV or highlight clips or anything like that. Patrick Mahomes jumped out to me like that right away.


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[Assistant] I mean, as you've heard my dad say before when he came on, like, I got done watching Back to My Home and was like, Dad, Patrick, I haven't seen the other quarterbacks yet, but Patrick Mahomes is the best quarterback in the draft. Like, I knew. Because I was like, he's making throws that I've only seen like Aaron Rodgers and Brett Favre make. So, that's where I went with that.


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[Assistant] I mean, definitely one of the best. I don't even care about, you know, the 40 or any of that. It's more the drills and the footwork I saw that would have me excited.


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[Assistant] I think that that position, the left tackle or right tackle, you have to be a special human being this day and age. I mean just think about the freak of nature that you have to block by yourself, one on one. Oh, hey, it's...


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[Assistant] You know, hey, it's Von Miller. Hey, it's Khalil Mack. They can only, like, throw people around the whole world with one arm. We want you to stop them, and we're not gonna help you. You have to be a Neanderthal caveman freak of nature to be the guy that goes, oh yeah, I'll block him. No problem, guys.


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[Assistant] You know? So, yes, the size, the footwork, it does remind me of Trent Brown. You know, I played with two guys at Texas, Leonard Davis.


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[Assistant] Who was the number two pick in the draft, and Mike Williams, who I want to say was the fourth pick of the draft by the Buffalo Bills, they were both this kind of guy.


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[Assistant] Leonard Davis didn't have the footwork to play tackle. He had to move him to guard. Mike Williams kind of ended up not being interested in football and I can't really make a comparison there. But Beckton, like, I think he is a true tackle. And that's where I'm excited about that. I mean, he can be, yea, like Trent Brown.


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[Assistant] And, I mean, guys got a mean streak to them too. So, that, that, yes, I'm very excited about him.


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[Assistant] And, you know, he's going in the first round of the top 15 picks of the draft.


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[Assistant] I think so, I think Wurf is probably going to be a top 10 pick, something like that. You know, I'll be, the thing I'm pumped to see with him, you know, I don't know this, again, like I said, I haven't watched film of him yet here, but is he a guard, is he a tackle, what will he be?


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[Assistant] Right, well he looks like a guard to me the way his body is built.


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[Assistant] Yes, I mean, did you see it? I didn't see it. Oh, dude, look at this right here. First of all, jumping out of the water and doing that like that at 320 pounds. Are you kidding me?


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[Assistant] That's, and you need to watch his combine, like watch him run the 40 so you could appreciate his legs, cause his legs are special. They really are. It doesn't do any justice in that video, but that's insane.


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[Assistant] And yeah, I mean, this is a guy I think that some teams are probably going to look at and go, ooh, he's Zach Martin or Quentin Nelson at guard, or you know, he might be that tackle. We'll see where it goes and I'll have a better answer for you here in the next few weeks.


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[Assistant] Yeah, he's one of the top players in the draft. The only question you're going to have with Isaiah Simmons is just what is his position? What do you want him to do? Where is he?


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[Assistant] Is it a benefit to be able to play both? It is a benefit to have to be able to play. Or is that like a tweener? It's a little bit that way too though. It's like kind of what happened with Minka Fitzpatrick.


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[Assistant] Where everyone goes, is he a corner? Is he a nickel corner? Is he a safety? Where the hell does he do? I don't get to see enough film of him dominating in one area. And I think that could be a little bit of an issue with Isaiah Simmons, but eventually someone's gonna find the right spot for him. No doubt about it.


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[Assistant] You know, I can just say this, over the last two, like last year in draft prep, I kept going, man, who the? Is this number 11 on Clemson? He is all over the place. I think he had a better 2018 football season than he probably did 2019 football season.


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[Assistant] Just a special talent. I mean, there's no other way to say it. And the NFL is looking for these type of guys. I mean, this is, this is what everybody wants on their team right now. He never has to come off the field, right? Passing situation. Oh, it's third and one. Oh, he can play Smash Mouth football too.


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[Assistant] Sure, yeaah. You liked him? I did, yeaah. I mean, you know, again, there's just, there's not that many people that are walking around the planet that are that explosive. So...


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[Assistant] And I think that sometimes, you know, guys like that, they thrive in the NFL. Ooh, I'm getting paid.


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[Assistant] You know, get on my P's and Q's here if I want to continue to play well or be a starter, whatever it may be. Sometimes just guys thrive in the NFL environment. I would bet you Willie Gay Jr. is going to be one of those guys. Defensive back. Kenneth Murray, another linebacker for the Oklahoma linebacker. I just want to show some love to, to, he's a first round linebacker.


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[Assistant] I think he's a strong safety in the NFL. I don't think he's a linebacker. He's kind of a hybrid, in the box, safety linebacker type guy.


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[Assistant] It's just, it's one of those things, yeaah. It's, that's a position where speed usually translates. Yeaah. Guys that run that fast usually seem to hang around, even when they get drafted in the third and the fourth round. You know, like it comes to mind like a guy like Avante Maddox. Avante Maddox out of Pittsburgh, plays for the Philadelphia Eagles.


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[Assistant] You know, oh yea, the film was a little raw and he needed to clean up some things technique wise, but just the pure speed is there, to where you just go, if you're a good coach, you go, I think I can coach him technique, and then I don't have to worry about the other stuff, he'll do it.


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[Assistant] And Avante Maddox is, of course, one of the stars in Philadelphia now. So, you know, I don't know. We'll be excited to watch him though, either way, and that's a strong showing. Let me throw one more at ya. No. Running back. Yeah.


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[Assistant] Who is your best runner? We missed running back. We got to Jersey. I mean, you're going to Jersey, baby. Jonathan Taylor. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, I know Deontre Swift, Jonathan Taylor, they seem to be dominating the right, the running back conversation. I think when the time like that.


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[Assistant] AJ Dillon, I'm glad you brought him up too. Again, at that size, to have some of the numbers he had, and not only the 40, but the broad, the vertical.


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[Assistant] So he'll have a role that way. Now, Jonathan Taylor, I think, is like, to me, maybe,


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[Assistant] His 40 time probably helped him out more than anybody else in this whole process.


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[Assistant] I think because you go in as the Wisconsin running back and people just go, oh, he's at Wisconsin, they run the ball a lot, a lot of running backs will put up good stats there. You know, this is going to make him be seen in a different light.


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[Assistant] Ezekiel Elliott. Right? In the combine. I mean, more explosive, all of, you know. Faster, you're right. Faster. Taylor's faster. Better jump. You're right. I'm both. Better broad jump. Yeaah. You know, now is he the football player or Ezekiel Elliott? I don't know. We'll just have to see. And I'll tell you here soon. I know I'm really impressed with what I see from Jonathan Taylor when I watch it on TV all year long. I really am.


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[Assistant] And, you know, again, I think this will make him be seen differently because now you're gonna go, oh, okay, 40 yard run, oh, it's the big 10, who knows who's chasing him, whatever. Now you're gonna go, I don't care who's chasing him, he's fast, there's no doubt about it.


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[Assistant] You know, and we'll see, but I know he's a super talented runner and injected himself in at least that top 40 of the draft conversation now.


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[Assistant] Yeah, that is extremely embarrassing. But punters in the NFL are...


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[Assistant] Basically gifted dudes. Not like this. I mean. At least with a bench. But like I played with like, you know. But how much would that help a punter I wonder?


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[Assistant] One of the Colquitt brothers. Okay. I played with Tom Tupa back in the day. Tom Tupa. Who could play quarterback too, and had like a 39 inch vertical. Uh, I'm forgetting my damn punter's name in the Tennessee Titans, but either way,


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[Assistant] The reason these guys can punt the ball like 80 yards is because they have strong legs and they're flexible and they're pliable and they can apply a lot of force. A lot of them are a lot better athletes than we want to give them credit for. Any other name you want to throw out?


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[Assistant] Why can't we just say it's our rated event and just tune in at your own, at your own


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[Assistant] Yeah, I mean, you know, again, Dak Prescott is not one of the five best quarterbacks in football, but he's one of the ten best. And, you know, he's proven to be really good at all the other things as far as what's needed at the quarterback position, work ethic, leader, toughness, all of those things too. So yes, you have to tag him.


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[Assistant] We don't, I don't, they can't use both, both tools yet. I guess because for one, the league, new league year hasn't started that way, right?


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[Assistant] Yeah, so we'll see where that goes, but let's just say like it's, let's just say a CBA, like it looks like it's gonna pass, right? I think it's going to go that way. And then all they can use is the one franchise that. They're gonna have to, they're gonna have to gamble, and Omari Cooper's gonna be free for a little bit, and we'll see where that goes. Now I would think Omari Cooper, you know, again,


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[Assistant] He's built something in Dallas. Yep. He knows they like him. He knows he likes them. Alright, do you really? This is a guy that's... I mean, the old coaching staff liked him. Right, okay, but we know the Jones family's still there. Yes. And I don't think like, uh, I don't think Mike McCarthy's gonna turn on the film and be like, oh my gosh, this guy's not good. We don't want him. I think you'll like him.


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[Assistant] You know, so I think all those things point to, yes, they could get away without him being franchised and probably still work out some sort of deal because of the groundwork that's laid there already.


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[Assistant] I don't know what to say, this bad aura about him, where he was kinda being perceived the wrong way. He's gone to Dallas and cleaned himself up that way, but, uh, yeaah, you have to tag Dak, and then kinda roll the dice on Amari Cooper right now.


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[Assistant] I'm going Derek Henry, okay, one because he's arguably the best at his position in all of the sport, and he was the MVP of your team, and the style of football play you play is conducive to having him at the running back position.


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[Assistant] So, that's why I say that, let alone they have an offensive line, right? They're gonna lose Jack Concom, but they still got Taylor O'Wan, they still got Saffold and Ben Jones, and that was one of the strengths of their team. And then, the reason I say Henry, is because of what I just said about Amari Cooper. Again, Ryan Tannehill.


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[Assistant] He's gonna wanna go back to Tennessee. Where, why would you wanna just go, oh hey I built something here, they like me, I like them.


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[Assistant] I've got a name for myself in the city. People believe in me. Let me leave town and go somewhere else and try to do all that all over again.


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[Assistant] Yes, franchise tag all the way, long-term deal. I mean, he would have been a guy I would have said tag and trade, uh, at some point, but the fact that Joe Burrow has kind of, we've heard that, that he's come out and said he wants him there, that might change that dynamic. Or maybe he becomes a tag and


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[Assistant] Yeah, this totally, well, and he's going to get franchise tag. That's nice that he doesn't want to, uh, but he's also told them he is no longer has interest in signing a long-term contract. So this is going to end.


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[Assistant] Alright, and this is where I see, yeaah, it's gonna be a D-Ford, Frank Clark type thing. They're gonna get tagged, and then they're gonna see what the market is, and who wants to sign him, and then sign him to a long-term deal.


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[Assistant] Into, you know, that top tier of safety conversation in football. He's a really good football player.


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[Assistant] I think so, exactly right. This is a tough one. Now there is a pretty robust safety market to where you can look at some of the names on that list right now and go, okay, well if we lose Justin Simmons and we don't feel like paying him 15 million dollars a year, right?


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[Assistant] You know, I think there's some other guys out there that the Broncos might look at and go, well, we can get this guy for seven million and, you know, maybe another few players to go along with it.


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[Assistant] You know, and say that Justin Simmons is the top five safety in football. To me, that's kind of where my baseline starts for a franchise. The cost may not just


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[Assistant] Disruptors on their front seven anyways. They have a lot of size and like big physical guys. They don't have a lot of great path rushers. And you heard me complain during the season that I think their front seven's slow. Well here's one of their guys that's not. And they just let Zedaria Smith leave town. I would think Judan is franchise tagged all the way.


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[Assistant] Yeah, I would, I would hope so. I mean, they have some juggling to do. You know, and I would wonder...


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[Assistant] If nothing gets done, I would probably say franchise tag him.


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[Assistant] You know, I'm thinking they probably want to get something done before this has to come to fruition, because then maybe they can tag Jimmy Ward.


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[Assistant] I'd take him right now. I really like his game. There's a lot of things the 49ers have to balance out. I think a part of the Eric Armstead conversation is the DeForest Buckner conversation. How much money and assets can you have on one defensive line?


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[Assistant] They can't ruin their whole team to be like, we have five first-rounders on our D-line. That can't go on forever. Or you're gonna be like, whoa, we have five not in draft picks on our offensive line. I mean, you're gonna get to that point where you're gonna go,


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[Assistant] Damn, uh, 80% of our salary cap's on our D line, like, so that's not going to work. At some point, there's going to be a harsh critical decision there. So, I would think Eric Armstead, if nothing happens long-term-wise, does get franchised.


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[Assistant] One, I would say is a better player than the public wants to give him credit for.


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[Assistant] Did he live up to what number pick was he with the Jets? Number three pick in the draft? Something like that? Six. He was six? Okay yea, maybe he hasn't lived up to that, to the superstar.


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[Assistant] He's been very, very good, and I think he did really good with the New York Giants last year. They traded for him, so they lost assets that way.


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[Assistant] I mean, I get it, you know. They don't want to look like fools if they trade away assets and then he leaves town. So... What do you think they do? What do you think happens?


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[Assistant] This pains you. This one pains you. This one is, this is a tough one. Because I want to say, a long-term deal should be able to figure it out here. Leonard Williams, hey, you can stay in New York, you don't have to move town, you got a team that actually likes you, they've proven that to you. You know, I think they want to get a long-term deal done, but that's risky on the Giants part.


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[Assistant] I think ultimately he'll be a guy that they probably will franchise because they're going to be worried about how it looks.


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[Assistant] No, I'm not. And I don't think it's gonna happen. I don't. I think you're crazy.


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[Assistant] I think NFL coaches are too conservative to like play that way. Now like I could see like a John Harbaugh, okay, if it's RG3 and Ingram's on the field and it's like.


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[Assistant] Lamar Jackson goes out to the right side and then he pitches it to RG3 who runs down the sideline and then pitches it to Mark Ingram and something like that. Like, they might be a team that I could see that being thrown out there for a play or two during the regular season. I'd say it's going to take the NFL by storm. No, no, no, I didn't say that.


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[Assistant] Against the Lions, against my Detroit Lions. Well, when you first said it, that's what I thought of. Like, I only think of like, I think of like the Atlanta Falcons back in the day with Deion Sanders. They would just always do it. Or like the U, Miami, back in the day, would always be looking to score touchdowns. But that was on the defensive side of the ball. They weren't offensive calling those plays. You can't control a bunch of renegade defensive players, okay?


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[Assistant] Alright, that's it. Be quiet, okay? We've had enough of your lateral revolution, alright? That's enough of that nonsense. That's it for Chris Sims on button. Ahmed, you the man. Hey, we will be filming Chris and Ahmed look at pictures. Combine edition later today. That'll be out on our YouTube page as usual.


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[Assistant] Wednesday, I got Paulie Burmeister. We're gonna do a little X's and O breakdown of two different people. We're gonna do Justin Herbert, the quarterback from Oregon, and then Chase Claypool, wide receiver we talked about today from Notre Dame. Who's freaky?


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[Assistant] And had a phenomenal year at Notre Dame, and really, I think was open more than his stats would even show, too, to where he could have even had a bigger year. But we're gonna break that down, and then Thursday,


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[Assistant] Yo yo, what's up? Come on man, subscribe on YouTube to Chris Sims on Button Podcast. I need you, please hit the subscribe button, please!


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[Assistant] Damn, Merry Christmas, Dad. Thank you so much. He never misses an opportunity.


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[Assistant] But I hear, in the near future, we're getting something that's more three-dimensional.


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[Assistant] We'll get halfway through and then we'll see what time do we start, right around 1220. Okay, so we'll, we'll, we'll be fine here. Okay, good, we'll be fine here. Uh, so we'll dive right into it. The first one, we're gonna talk Cowboys and Eagles here. This one comes from Smiling Mike PB.


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[Assistant] He says, What's wrong with the Cowboys? Can coaching and play calling cause drop passes or missed tackles? Every player on that roster is a high paid professional. Aren't they that talented? I really don't get. Please help me understand. Thanks. Sorry for my poor English. I'm German.


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[Assistant] So if there was an issue, you'd almost think they would try to... You would think! You would think!


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[Assistant] Did we heap too much praise on to Kellen Moore too early? Cause we were giving him a lot when the 3-0 start, when the offense was high flying. I mean, offense for most of the year has rated number one. It's the number one.


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[Assistant] First thing you do, to fix, first thing you do to fix the cowboys, what would it be?


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[Assistant] Yeah. All throughout the year, which the Philadelphia Eagles have been a weird team too. Yes they have. We thought it was going to be better and their stretches that have been bad maybe haven't been as bad as we thought.


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[Assistant] Perhaps gonna hit their stride once again when it matters the most. A question from Kevin1Kelly says, the Eagles are gonna end up in the NFC Championship game, right? No. I mean, it does, it does feel like- But they're scary. The one thing that we just all agree is not gonna happen somehow is gonna happen.


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[Assistant] If, uh, they win, uh, Eagles. If they, yeaah. Chances are, looks like the Eagles are going to be hosting a playoff game. So you get one game at home.


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[Assistant] Does the Sims household open their presents on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day morning? Ooh, good question, Paulie Depson. Is that a thing? Yea, some families do.


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[Assistant] And they'll be from you, but the facade is there that we're a family that does Christmas.


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[Assistant] Alright, let's go over to the 49ers now. And this is our Verizon.


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[Assistant] Now we have the best of week 16 presented by Verizon. The network more people rely on. This was a really good game. 49ers looking good once again. That offense shows up in a big way in crucial moments. We've seen them have a lot of them at the end of a game.


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[Assistant] What happened on the second, third and 16 on the final drive of the 49ers game? How did Sanders get sooooo open?


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[Assistant] Let's stick with the uh, the 49ers. This one comes from kingfairy78. Yeah. So he said, why is your boy Kyle still trying to run the ball with Tevin Coleman?


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[Assistant] Let Brita, Mostert, or even Wilson run it. Coleman has been a disappointment in the second half of the season. So what do you think of that? It does seem to be like a rotation where you're going to get the Brita three games, then you're going to get Wilson for a couple games. Well, Brita's got injury issues. He does, but he did play on special teams.


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[Assistant] Not totally out. You do wonder if it's just the riding a hot hand with Mostert right now, but what do you think of that with Tevin Coleman and what you've seen?


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[Assistant] I do give the Rams credit. They're not going to make the playoffs this year. You called that. You said that they were not going to make the playoffs at the beginning of the year. But there were times where it looked like it really could go south for them offensively. Defensively, they're always strong, did give up a ton of points in this game, but I give them credit. I think they finished the year pretty strong. I do too.


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[Assistant] One more 49ers question, this one coming from Hall Club Lambs. What is wrong with the Niners D? Does Tartt play a bigger role?


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[Assistant] But says, it's pronounced Jaquaski. Yes, Jaquaski tart, yes. So you were scolded when you said Jaquiski. I said Jaquiski.


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[Assistant] I said, fully healthy, that's the right defense for the 49ers to run. Once they get hurt though, it's not. It's difficult to switch it up midway through. But would you buy that? The fact that fully healthy with the talent they have? It's okay running that defense. It's actually pretty good.


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[Assistant] Uh, Dwayne Brown is hurt now. They got a lot of guys on the, on the line there. So this is, uh, Penny has been out. Um, so running the ball could be very difficult for them. There is a report that there is interest. Yeaah, I get it. With Marshawn Lynch. Right. Who last played last year, caught 90 carries for him last year.


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[Assistant] The quote is, he'll be flying in here tomorrow morning. We're gonna give him a really good chance to come back and play for us. I think it's freaking great if he can get back out there and tote the ball for us. He said while chomping on a piece of gum.


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[Assistant] We do say that a lot, and Russell Wilson was in the MVP conversation at the beginning of the year, and a lot of times it seems like when it goes south we do blame the offensive line or scheme.


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[Assistant] Do we give Russell Wilson a free pass sometimes when this team underperforms or do you think that those legitimate concerns are there because there are some problems with the offense?


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[Assistant] Uhm, okay, so let's go to, let's go to another question here. This one comes from Latino NFL. What up Latino NFL? Says, is Chandler Jones having a great season or are his numbers a little bit inflated?


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[Assistant] Four sacks, we'll see. Yea, he's had two four sack games this year. He has a new franchise record of 19 on the season. He's Defensive Player of the Year numbers.


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[Assistant] Alright, so that's uh, we're gonna talk a little bit Defensive Player of the Year in a second, and I think he might be up there for you. Don't give it away. Yeah. Okay. Two more Christmas questions here. This one has to do with eggnog, which I was never a big eggnog guy until my wife bought it three years ago.


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[Assistant] That's what it is. Just all you egg lovers out there. I don't like eggs. Let me just lay out right here because I'll edit it. Okay, now pick it up again. Why are we editing?


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[Assistant] Because it threw me off. Garnet478. So he says alcoholic or non-alcoholic eggnog. You would say neither. I would say alcoholic. I might, I wanna try eggnog. It's good. It is good?


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[Assistant] That's our next question. It's from Ernest Vasquez Jr. What's your preferred liquor for eggnog? So Ernest, we would like to know from you actually. Um, rum we're hearing is a very popular item you put in eggnog.


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[Assistant] Yeah, you're right. Right. You can't eat all the good foods. I'll drink a little bit, yeah. Cool. A little bit, I'll celebrate in style. Cool, I just want to make sure. Drink to the Chiefs, because they are looking like a legitimate Super Bowl team. This one comes from Aussie Chiefs fan.


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[Assistant] Can Mahomes and the Chiefs win the Super Bowl without getting the bye and a one and two seed? Wow, Aussie Chiefs in, I like it. Aussie, we got fans from all over.


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[Assistant] So we were talking before the show and there might be some similarities to that 2006 Colts team that was defensively very porous throughout the whole year. Pete was looking at the stats and they gave up 173 rushing yards per game. That was the worst in the NFL.


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[Assistant] Are we seeing the Chiefs do the same thing because now they've given up 3 points to the Bears, 3 to the Broncos, 16 to the Patriots, 9 to the Raiders before that. The defense is peaking at a really interesting time.


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[Assistant] You know, Ravens may be not quite as tested, too. A lot of times you see, and I'm not saying this year, they've been tested this year, but you normally see the progression of, alright, the team starts to get its feet under it, and then it's Lamar Jackson emerges as one of the better quarterbacks in the league, and then all of a sudden he's on top, you know. Almost, you wonder if it's too much too fast for the Baltimore Ravens.


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[Assistant] Bronco Jen's. This is a movie question, so you're gonna have to do this one. Why am I so bothered that Kevin leaves his mac and cheese uneaten in Home Alone? You know that scene? I do, of course. So he's planning out meticulously how to get the two bad guys, right? He's got the whole booby trap set up, he's planned it all out.


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[Assistant] Uh, we gotta get a little music. Oh, festive music! I love it.


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[Assistant] Who is your current favorite O-Line and D-Line players? And I would like to note too that RiffRaff spelled favorite F-A-V-O-U-R-I-T-E. Favourite! Yea, so I think that's British. It's French. French, maybe? It's French. Okay, whatever. Favourite! So we appreciate that. Another listener from across the pond somewhere.


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[Assistant] CJ Budman. Good question there. Damn, that had me thinking.


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[Assistant] I go, uh, Beardbrand Temple Smoke Styling Balm. That's my thing right now. I used to do Axe, and then now I've gone to this new thing.


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[Assistant] Yeah, I think it's good. Yeah, it works good. It's kinda like, I try to do the same thing, messy look. Yeah, right. Uhm, but...


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[Assistant] You're pulling it off. Pulling it off, thanks. Yeah, pomade though. Uhm, we got, we got distracted by our hair in pieces speeding around, sorry. Uh, Ben Marcus, 1985.


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[Assistant] C. Terrier 100. Bill Belichick writes constantly in a notebook during the games. Have you ever seen what he writes and how do the Patriots use what he writes in future games? So he is, he's always over there.


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[Assistant] Because that's like the, you go to the restaurant and you have the waiter, waitress that just is remembering your order and you always have that uneasy feeling because you're like, I don't, you're probably not going to get this exactly right. Right. But they have that confidence, that arrogance that I'll remember it. I'm going to remember this whole thing. And I think most NFL coaches probably think that they're like, oh, that's interesting. I'll remember this. Or when I watch tape, I'll just remember this. But Bill's like, you know what? No.


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[Assistant] I'm gonna make sure that I think of this again later on.


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[Assistant] Staying with the Patriots, Latino NFL, getting another question in here. Two very good questions.


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[Assistant] Was the 53 yard touchdown to John Brown on Gilmore, or was that on Devon McCordy? Cause everyone's putting it on Gilmore, but I think it was McCordy's job. So this was the great play, 53 yards to John Brown, where he just ran by everyone and then...


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[Assistant] Josh Allen throwing off the back foot, pressured. Yup. Gets it out there perfectly placed. I love this place. This is my favorite place.


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[Assistant] If I was a defensive back in the NFL, what I would do, every play, is I would put my hands up.


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[Assistant] Bill's question here, where do you rate, uh, Tridavius White? Tridavius White. Right. Among the corners, top corners in the league. His numbers show top five easily, but I feel that McDermott's scheme is very cornerback friendly. So is White as good as the numbers say he is?


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[Assistant] Gilmore one of the top corners. Gilmore's one. Could he be the Defensive Player of the Year? We had the discussion with Chandler Jones earlier. Let's tie that one up. Who's your Defensive Player of the Year so far?


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[Assistant] Jair Alexander probably deserved to be in that conversation. I'm thinking the corner still. Okay, give him some love. We got some breaking news from Adam Schefter. Steelers quarterback Mason Rudolph expected to miss Sunday's game against Baltimore. Left shoulder injury per sources. So it's Devlin Hodges as the starter against the Baltimore Ravens. Can they win with Duck as the quarterback?


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[Assistant] One more team to talk about. And this is a team that for some reason is a little bit under the radar maybe. We're not talking about them as much as we have in years past.


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[Assistant] Uh, this is Hamad Abdul Aziz says, you've been low on the Packers this season. Don't you think Rodgers in the playoffs is scary enough? And then Matthew Cole Webb says, are the Packers the dark horse? No one's talking about them. If Rodgers gets hot in January and the defense plays opportunistic, they could sneak up on anyone.


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[Assistant] It is hot seat season. We've got coaches who are already out, coaches who we assume will be out here in the next week or so. So we're going to go through this speed round style. We do need a little music for the hot seat season. Ah, okay. Holiday type music once again.


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[Assistant] This one is from Brooke Niz. Oh no, Brooke Niz. Will Carr be on the Raiders roster next season?


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[Assistant] You'd give it a 50-50 chance. Coin flip situation. I think it is a total coin flip situation. You know John Gruden. What do you think he does not like about Derek Carr?


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[Assistant] Jared Carr on the hot seat. You want to read the name of the next Twitter handle?


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[Assistant] Okay, alright, uh, is the, uh, Pete's freaking out now. Is the Washington head coach's job the least desired spot available? And then lockstock6 says would Lincoln Riley be a great fit for Washington? A double.


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[Assistant] Uh, Naregsetian says who's the next head coach of the New York Giants? If you were to call it right now and place your money, you get one bet. Who's going to be on the sideline leading the Giants next season?


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[Assistant] Okay, or she can get it. Yeah, well whatever. Either way, drink some eggnog. Try it.


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[Assistant] You give me a hard time all the time about the Vikings, but I can guarantee you I do not have Mike Zimmer's initials tattooed on my leg, unlike others may have Kyle Shanahan's initials tattooed on their leg.


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[Assistant] I like it how you always gloss over how we're doing against the spread. You always gloss over it because it's getting worse, not better. I don't care! I have a 13 game lead in 18 weeks of action.


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[Assistant] Well, for the second straight weekend, the Vikings are playing a team that is better


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[Assistant] What Mike Zimmer has managed to cook up defensively to stymie the San Francisco 49ers. What matters is whether and to what extent Dalvin Cook can run the ball the way he did. Some good news for the Vikings as it relates to the Adam Thielen ankle injury. Sounds like it's a cut.


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[Assistant] Not a sprain, had stitches, but heals a lot more quickly than sprained ligaments. So if he's good to go, if Stefan Diggs is good to go, then the Vikings


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[Assistant] I believe it's going to be a close game. And if it's a close game, anything can happen. I don't believe it's going to be a blowout, but we were wrong last week when we thought Saints Vikings would be a blowout. I think it's going to be a close, hard fought game.


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[Assistant] And I'm going to use a historical context for the purposes of making my wild guess as to what ultimately is going to happen. And I'm going to take you back to 1986, not 87. 87 was when the Vikings beat the 49ers in the playoffs, unexpectedly.


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[Assistant] 86, I was living and working in the Bay area in Richmond at the Chevron refinery there and the Vikings were coming to play and at that time I had never seen them play.


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[Assistant] But I was too cheap to buy a ticket to go because I figured they'd get killed. They won that game in overtime 27-24 to my great delight. So, we gotta pick a score. I think it's gonna be a close game.


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[Assistant] From saying, yeaah, I plan to have more of the same against the 49ers. But I think Zimmer's attitude for this game and for last game was...


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[Assistant] We're gonna go get it. That's their slogan for the playoffs and the coach has taken it to heart. Look, it's right there and he's not going to lose because he was careful. If he loses, it's gonna be because he was aggressive and it didn't work. So we'll see if it works, but I think he will have


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[Assistant] Some aggressive plans on both sides of the ball. And you may be right, maybe it's just the threat of Dalvin Cook that's going to have Kirk Cousins coming out from the get go throwing the ball all over the place. Maybe they don't need Dalvin Cook to have a big day, but I think they're going to be very aggressive on offense and on defense.


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[Assistant] Oh, I'm sure that you'll rub it in. I will have escaped by then. The moment that it gets out of hand is the moment I get into a car and head back to the hotel, get my things, head to the airport and get the first plane going anywhere but San Francisco.


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[Assistant] I think the Ravens though are just too good. I'm concerned about Rust by virtue of the fact that key players did not play Week 17, so it will be three weeks between games for guys like Lamar Jackson. I ultimately think it won't matter. I think it will be a low scoring game.


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[Assistant] It will be an exciting game. It will be a game that the Titans will have a chance to win.


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[Assistant] But ultimately, I think the Ravens are just too good to give into the trap and fall into the trap, rather, the Patriots fell into against the Titans. I think they can slow down Derek Henry.


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[Assistant] I think the offense of the Ravens relative to the offense of the Titans is better, more dynamic, and will do enough. And they may not, you know, we've seen some blowouts from the Ravens. I don't think it's gonna be a blowout. I'm gonna, and it's not really a threading of the needle cause it's a nine and a half point spread.


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[Assistant] I would like the Ravens to win the game, but only by the score of 20 to 13.


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[Assistant] I like the Titans to cover that nine and a half point spread. I think that's too much. I think the game will be closer than that. Even though I ultimately believe the Ravens will advance to the AFC championship fueled by Lamar Jackson and a defense that has been underrated all year because we've been so focused on the Baltimore office.


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[Assistant] It wouldn't be a total shock to me. I think it will be close. I thought the Titans would cover last week and they did because they won. I think Ravens win, but Titans keep it close. Titans keep it


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[Assistant] You may be getting a little clue as to where one of my best bets may land in this one, but yeah, I think it's going to be a low scoring game. It's going to be a tight game, but I think the Ravens are good enough to prevail.


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[Assistant] This is something we can flesh out more I think when we have more time, but I'm curious how much Bill Belichick may have helped Mike Vrabel kind of in the background off the books this week because Belichick knows a thing or two about the Ravens, about John Harbaugh, about Lamar Jackson and No Love Lost between the


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[Assistant] And I agree with you. It was week six. That may as well have been six years ago. The Chiefs defenses better. Patrick Mahomes told me after that snow globe game against the Broncos.


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[Assistant] The defense in Kansas City has a swagger that it didn't have in practice, in games. They went through a stretch where they were averaging under 10 points per game allowed. And I think that makes a huge difference against a Texans team that was down 16-0.


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[Assistant] at home before they woke up. They fall behind by two or more scores in Kansas City and it's gonna be over. And this Chiefs team, I think they've been overlooked. They relish the fact that they've been overlooked. They enjoy the fact that they're not


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[Assistant] Carrying that burden that teams like the Ravens and the 49ers are in the postseason, that they're expected to win, and that the pressure's on them and they have everything to lose and nothing to gain, and I think that all plays to the advantage. The rest factor, Andy Reid having extra time.


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[Assistant] From their last Super Bowl appearance and could be ready to go back. And by the way, Chris, you probably knew this.


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[Assistant] The Kansas City Chiefs were once the Texans, did you know that? I did know that, yes I did, yes. The Dallas Texans for the first few years of their existence, they had the red helmet with the outline of the state of Texas on it.


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[Assistant] They lost the battle for Dallas with the Cowboys. They moved to Kansas City, became the Chiefs, but they were the Texans. They play the Texans. The Texans come to town and I think the Texans go home as losers. Kansas City 31, Houston Texans 20.


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[Assistant] Yeah, well we agree on that both as to who wins and as to who wins against the spread. It's the first one we agree on on both counts.


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[Assistant] Alright, well you think of that, I'll explain what I think is going to happen at Lambeau Field. And this really is a toss up to me. I'm surprised the spread is four points. And home field advantage obviously is a factor in that. I could see either team winning this game. You know,


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[Assistant] A lot of people think that we just make guesses, and it really isn't a guess. It's an educated effort to try to analyze what we think is going to happen based on past events and the way we see things unfolding on Sunday, but this one is the closest one to a guess.


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[Assistant] This week, the Seahawks, if they were at home, Chris, I would pick the Seahawks to win this game by 10 or more points. But on the road, you've got to credit and factor in Lambeau field and the weather potentially, even if it's not going to snow, it's going to be cold. It's going to be a factor for the Seahawks.


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[Assistant] And, and the, the Packers, both teams are just kind of unpredictable to me. Both teams have won games they should have lost, right? Both games I think have achieved more than their talent would justify. And that's why I look at this one as a toss up. And I think ultimately at the end of the day,


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[Assistant] I'm gonna, and here's the factor, the key factor for me. If I'm right that the Vikings win, then the Packers know


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[Assistant] They host Minnesota the following week when they play the game the next day. If the Vikings win, I think the Packers are more likely to win. If the Vikings lose, I think the Seahawks are going to win the game because the Packers are not going to want to go back to San Francisco and get their butts kicked all over again. So because I'm


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[Assistant] Going out on a limb and picking the Vikings, that's influencing me to go with the Packers because they're going to see an opportunity to get to the Super Bowl because they think they can handle the Vikings, and maybe they can.


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[Assistant] Yeah, yeah, no, absolutely. And we saw Jim Schwartz, the Eagles defensive coordinator, not do it last week. So I think you need to, if you want to win the game, now it could be you want to force the issue, right? And you're willing to take some chances and you're going to trust your secondary.


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[Assistant] If it's not working early, you better switch out of it. At some point, you've got to acknowledge that yes, DK Metcalf, even though he's a rookie, he is still pretty good. And I think the Packers will have a different attitude about that than the Eagles did.


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[Assistant] Both see an NFC championship involving two teams from the same division. We just have picked different divisions. I've got Vikings Packers round three, you've got Seahawks 49ers round three, and frankly, frankly,


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[Assistant] Seahawks 49ers Round 3 would be a much better game, I think. And a much more exciting game. And by the way, my score is 24-21 Packers, so we've got the exact same score. We're just flippin' it.


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[Assistant] Before we do our best bets, how about some props coming out of the division around? And let's start with one that will be part of the Sunday Night 7 package that is available each and every week of the 2019 football season. The contest still continues even though the postseason is upon us. And one of the props in the Sunday Night 7


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[Assistant] Who's gonna have more passing yards? Kirk Cousins or Jimmy Garoppolo? Chris, what do you think?


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[Assistant] Yeah, you know, I think it's gonna be very close. Yeah. And...


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[Assistant] I'm gonna give Garoppolo the edge just because I think Dalvin Cook will have enough yards that you won't need Kirk Cousins to have between 250 and 300 passing yards or more. And I'm looking at that game from 2018, the first game of the season.


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[Assistant] Jimmy Garoppolo was 15 of 33 at Minnesota. That was his first game after he got his big contract. 45.5% completion percentage, 7.9 yards per attempt, 261 yards.


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[Assistant] One touchdown and three picks. Yes. It was a long time ago. I know. It was a torn ACL ago. It was a different teams.


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[Assistant] It's Garoppolo against Mike Zimmer and his defense, and a lot of those pieces are similar. I think Garoppolo will have more yardage, but I think Mike Zimmer may dupe him into making a mistake or two.


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[Assistant] Right, and, and in that game last year to start the season, it was Kirk Cousins first regular season game with the Vikings. He had 244, Garoppolo had 261, and I think they're both going to be in that same range.


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[Assistant] And I think Garoppolo will throw for more yards because I think Dalvin Cook will do better in the running game, along with Alexander Madison. Don't overlook him. And you mentioned attacking a killer witherspoon. He got benched in week 17, but he's back in the starting lineup. Why is he back? Because the next guy isn't any better.


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[Assistant] That's why Witherspoon's the starter. Because he's better than the guy behind him. Which means if you throw that guy out into the fray, it's gonna be even worse than it would be. So sometimes you just gotta hold your breath and hope that it works out.


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[Assistant] Before we move on to the next prop, who do you think will be the more productive receiver for Garoppolo? Will it be his tight end George Kittle or his top receiver Emmanuel Sanders?


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[Assistant] All right, let's move on to Tennessee, Baltimore. A couple of props from there. Lamar Jackson over under 77 and a half rushing yards.


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[Assistant] Double triple, something that has become a staple of his game, a hundred or more rushing yards, a hundred or more passing yards, a hundred more passing yards. If he doesn't have a hundred passing yards, that's a problem for the Ravens. The real question is a hundred rushing yards, and I think he'll get to it.


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[Assistant] Yeah, I think he's gonna have more than that and I think he will go over. I think he's gonna have his yards. The question is what can Ryan Tannehill do in the passing game? They didn't use him much last week because they didn't have to. But I think Henry will power his way. And the only way that doesn't happen


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[Assistant] On Thursday's PFT Live, five Heisman winners on the roster for those games. Three for the Ravens and two for the Titans. Two are on the bench. Two are backup quarterbacks. Marcus Mariota and RG3. Alright, let's move on to the Texans Chiefs game, the first game on Sunday afternoon. And remember the start times now have been moved.


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[Assistant] are played later in the day, and there's an evening game, a 6.40 p.m. kickoff. But the earlier of the two will be at Arrowhead Stadium, Texans and the Chiefs. More total yards, passing and rushing.


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[Assistant] Uhm, yeah, I agree with you. I agree with you. I mean, cause I think Deshaun Watson could have a huge game just because he's so much of their offense. Right. But, but.


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[Assistant] Patrick Mahomes has the weapons. And I think that's the difference. I think Patrick Mahomes, we both agree, is the better passer. Yes. Uh, Deshaun Watson, the better runner. Right. But I think Mahomes having the weapons pushes me in that direction. So I'll agree with you, more total yards for Patrick Mahomes.


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[Assistant] Well yeaah, I agree with you completely. Alright, one more, uh, from that game, and speaking of Will Fuller, most receiving yards in that game, anybody, pick a guy who's gonna have the most receiving yards for either team. Uhm...


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[Assistant] Yeah, I agree with you. It's hard to pick against Tyree Kill. If I was gonna select anybody, it would be Travis Kelsey. Because maybe they do everything they can to take Tyree Kill away. But I'll go Tyree Kill. It's just amazing how we've forgotten.


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[Assistant] About the Chiefs and forgotten about Tyree Kill and forgotten that they were a shortlist Super Bowl favorite going into the season and they're the only team