Latest / TDUK / The Audible - 2025/26 Season - Ep 19
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- 0:00Heat. Heat.
- 0:21>> [music]
- 0:49>> Right. Hey, hey,
- 0:50>> we're on. Okay, it is that cold. There's
- 0:53no football jersey. There's an Udie on.
- 0:56>> It is officially that time of the year.
- 0:59Boys, how are we?
- 1:01>> Oh, good. All good.
- 1:02>> Doing good,
- 1:04>> good, good.
- 1:06>> What's the um what's the sort of snow
- 1:07and ice looking like up there then? Cuz
- 1:09obly we're up.
- 1:10>> We we live near the ICI so um there's
- 1:14none.
- 1:14>> Oh, all right then.
- 1:16>> Like a big chemical plant. It's like
- 1:17it's got to get through. It's got to be
- 1:18so strong it gets through the chemical
- 1:20planet. It's it's it's kind of like the
- 1:21Denver Broncos defense. Just absolutely
- 1:23amazing. [laughter]
- 1:26>> So yeah,
- 1:27>> 15 seconds. So
- 1:29>> Well, yeah. Well, you know, if there was
- 1:30a if there was a Deadpool bet on how
- 1:32long that was going to last, but we've
- 1:33got no FIXES THIS WEEK BECAUSE WE'RE
- 1:35NUMBER ONE. [laughter]
- 1:37What have you been up to, boys? What
- 1:39Lee? What have you been doing? What's
- 1:40going on?
- 1:42Oh, so um obviously last Sunday I uh I
- 1:46had the pleasure of going down to London
- 1:48and um watching the NFL big game uh live
- 1:53in the audience. That was good fun. Um
- 1:55seeing out seeing how the magic works
- 1:57backstage and uh yeah, it was a it was
- 2:00it was a good little good little day out
- 2:03to be fair. So, um yeah, thoroughly
- 2:05enjoyed that and just been been normal
- 2:07working this week trying to get
- 2:10this Sunday ready uh because we've got
- 2:12our opening training session this
- 2:15weekend. So, um
- 2:16>> who's your team? Can you remind the
- 2:18audience while I'm meeting my chips?
- 2:20[laughter]
- 2:21>> Uh so, I've coached the Cambridge Sheer
- 2:24Cats uh actually the the academy side of
- 2:28that. So, it's a it's a new uh a new
- 2:32venture that we're going into. We're
- 2:34setting up the under 19s.
- 2:36Um so, we're going to be in our
- 2:39association year. Hopefully this year
- 2:41get get jump through for jump through
- 2:43some hoop hoops and um hopefully come
- 2:46out the other side uh a a div one team
- 2:51hopefully. So, we'll see how see how
- 2:52that pans out.
- 2:54>> See how you've been going.
- 2:55>> Yeah. Yeah. All good. So, yeah. I mean
- 2:58obviously as obviously I wasn't on last
- 2:59week so just happy new year to all the
- 3:01everyone guys [laughter]
- 3:06yeah know start started started a new
- 3:08job um doing lots of other side stuff um
- 3:14yeah I've been I've been sober for 24
- 3:16days now so I sort of just been sat
- 3:18trying to find other things to do with
- 3:19my time which is good feeling good for
- 3:22it but it's I mean it's making me
- 3:23productive so that's sort of been been
- 3:26where I'm at and what I've been doing
- 3:28recently.
- 3:29>> So, is this a dry January for you? Is
- 3:31it?
- 3:31>> Well, no. I started 15th of December.
- 3:35>> Oh, okay.
- 3:36>> Yeah, just sort of
- 3:37>> just just out of
- 3:39>> Yeah, ju just out of fed up of wasting
- 3:41money and just
- 3:44I'm 30 this year and I've decided at
- 3:46some point I should probably stop.
- 3:48>> I've just in Oh, he's he's gone. He
- 3:50clearly didn't like your story. He's
- 3:51coming back already in one minute. Here
- 3:52you go. How rude. How rude.
- 3:54>> What's going on? I tell you what, boys.
- 3:57I've literally just inhaled that proper
- 3:59alignment style.
- 4:01>> What do you even have? All I heard was
- 4:03the word chips.
- 4:05>> No. Do you know what? Do you know what?
- 4:06She made me like some barbecue beef
- 4:08brisket thing and it was it was
- 4:10>> it was fit. But like she gave me at like
- 4:147 724 and I'm like I'm running up. I'm
- 4:16getting on live. I'm throwing a new
- 4:18Yeah. Anyway, me what have I been doing?
- 4:21Absolutely nothing. Just work. Um I say
- 4:24a lie. I've been quite busy with some
- 4:27stuff for the books. Oh, I got runs
- 4:30through naked flag and anything package
- 4:32related. No nakedness from me. It's a PG
- 4:35program. Nathan. Oh, by the way, boys,
- 4:37by the way, Nathan, I spoke to Nathan on
- 4:39the phone. He's got a proper, you know,
- 4:41you want some accent. Brilliant. We need
- 4:44to get him on. [laughter] We need to get
- 4:47him on.
- 4:48>> Oh, brilliant guy, by the way.
- 4:52>> He's from down Plymouth.
- 4:53>> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. But oh, by the way, I
- 4:55want to say great news for the Abedine
- 4:57Rough Necks. Um, it looks like they're
- 4:58playing Scottish football next season.
- 5:00They're not traveling all the way to
- 5:02Mordor. Well, that's what we call going
- 5:04to them. But great news for them. Um,
- 5:07>> it's it's that it's starting that time
- 5:08of the year where Brit Ball starts
- 5:10picking up now, training starts picking
- 5:12up, unless you're the lazy half or the
- 5:14starters and you start training in March
- 5:16or April. Um, right. Should we get to
- 5:18it, boys? Because we've got a lot to
- 5:20talk about.
- 5:23>> Yeah. Um I did any before we do did
- 5:26anyone win your fantasy football because
- 5:27there's no use saying luck in your
- 5:28fantasy football teams because it's all
- 5:29finished now. Did anyone win a final?
- 5:31>> I finished second.
- 5:33>> No
- 5:34>> I I got I got second in in one of mine
- 5:36that was um that's the best I did in in
- 5:39the three that I'm in.
- 5:40>> I think I think I think the best I
- 5:42finished was fourth, but I man I managed
- 5:44to win but which means lose the toilet
- 5:48bowl in one of my
- 5:50>> the big league I'm in. I didn't I didn't
- 5:53get a notification that the kicker
- 5:54wasn't starting and I had another kicker
- 5:56and if if if it have put me kicking in I
- 5:59don't want
- 6:00>> you got across these stuff man come on
- 6:02you you got to you know you get on to
- 6:03Thursday you get there Sunday got a
- 6:05double check coming
- 6:06>> you do you know how busy I am like
- 6:08there's a message during the day it's
- 6:09like leave me alone till later you you
- 6:11all got northern accents to me mind your
- 6:14mind you extra is not for me I was going
- 6:16to try to say say it sat like him but I
- 6:18wouldn't do it that I' make myself look
- 6:19like a
- 6:21Right. Okay.
- 6:23It is football time. Week 18 did not
- 6:28disappoint. Um
- 6:31we had Lee last week picking every home
- 6:33team. So we we know that was but we're
- 6:35going to start it off. Um the books
- 6:37against the Panthers. Um the Bucks
- 6:39actually won a game, but did it mean
- 6:41anything? Did it?
- 6:42>> Oh, not in the end. No.
- 6:44>> Um no. And it quite rightly deserved
- 6:46because you can't be that bad for that
- 6:48long and try and scrape through at the
- 6:49end of the line. So Books won against
- 6:51the Panthers 164. And did that defeat me
- 6:54in the Panthers made um didn't make the
- 6:56playoffs?
- 6:57>> No, I did not.
- 6:58>> Oh my god. Brilliant way. Look, it
- 7:00wasn't a great game. Um I'll be honest,
- 7:02I can't see Panthers going very far. I'm
- 7:04really sorry for my Welsh mate Joe who
- 7:06is going to slate me for that. Um Steve,
- 7:10did you watch this one? What were your
- 7:11thoughts, mate?
- 7:12>> Um I actually watched this one at work.
- 7:14Uh, so it came on what was about like
- 7:16half nine kickoff or something.
- 7:17>> Have you have you got a job?
- 7:19>> Yeah. Yeah.
- 7:20>> You've not you've not mentioned it.
- 7:22[laughter]
- 7:22>> Yeah. I work in a sports bar and so we
- 7:24got all the access to all the sports
- 7:26channels. Um, and there was just replays
- 7:28of dance on at about half 9. I was just
- 7:30like it was dead. So I was like, "Hang
- 7:32on, can we just put the NFL on?" So I
- 7:33got something to do for a few hours.
- 7:35Watch the game. Um, it it was it I don't
- 7:39I don't know. I felt bad for the
- 7:40Panthers when they lost, but then when
- 7:41they got through. But my my my only
- 7:44thought with this and with that whole
- 7:45division is like the NFL should be able
- 7:47to veto. If you don't at least have a.5
- 7:50record, you can't get in the playoffs.
- 7:53>> Get in with an eight or nine record.
- 7:55>> Like I understand how it works, but it's
- 7:57just
- 7:58>> Listen, if you're as bad as the Jets
- 7:59are, then you should just shouldn't be
- 8:01allowed to be in the in in the NFL.
- 8:04Lee, what did you think of this one,
- 8:06mate? Yeah, I'm just just looking at
- 8:08Nathan's comment there. You know, how
- 8:10how Panthers fourth seed uh with a
- 8:14losing record is a joke. All three wild
- 8:16card teams have better record. NFL
- 8:18sorted out. It's exactly what Ste just
- 8:21said there really. It's it's it's a bit
- 8:22of a joke. That whole division was a bit
- 8:24of a joke this year. Um you know, we we
- 8:26came into this this season expecting the
- 8:29box to run away with the with the
- 8:31division and um they started off.
- 8:34>> They were. That's the thing. They were
- 8:36they they were so good. They were
- 8:37consistent. They were prominent. They
- 8:39were dominant. And
- 8:42they just absolutely nose dived. They
- 8:45they they've just been so poor. You
- 8:48know, they remind me of they've been
- 8:49that poor. They remind the Chiefs.
- 8:52[laughter]
- 8:53>> No. No. I was going to say the nose dive
- 8:56started when we put when we put Baker
- 8:58Mayfield on the um power rankings and
- 9:00that was the week we mentioned that it
- 9:01looks like
- 9:03>> it's just been downhill since.
- 9:05>> Yeah. I mean I suppose there is commonal
- 9:07commonality in there you know with with
- 9:09the the Chiefs and the Bucks not in the
- 9:10playoffs I suppose.
- 9:12>> Yeah. True true. Um look not wasn't a
- 9:16great game. I'll say that. Let's move on
- 9:20because
- 9:21I think we've got quite a lot of that
- 9:22this week. Um
- 9:24>> I think mo I think most of the I didn't
- 9:26really watch much football this week
- 9:27because most of their games play at like
- 9:29resting players and stuff like that.
- 9:31>> Yeah. Well Well, we've got a question
- 9:33here. Who Panthers playing? The Panthers
- 9:35are playing the Rams.
- 9:37I will say this,
- 9:40it all depends on which version of the
- 9:41Rams turns up.
- 9:46See, I I think the tricky thing I mean
- 9:48we we're going to be talking about the
- 9:49games in a bit anyway, but you you've
- 9:50got to look at, you know, the Rams
- 9:52played their starters last week
- 9:56and they've now got to travel 4 hours
- 10:00across the country to go to
- 10:03Carolina
- 10:05to play them. So yeah, it's there's
- 10:08there's there's things in Panthers
- 10:10favors and there's
- 10:12>> Well, not not only that, um I'm pretty
- 10:15sure didn't the Panthers and Bucks play
- 10:17Friday night.
- 10:19>> Saturday night. Saturday night.
- 10:21>> It's an extra It's an extra day of rest.
- 10:24It's a game that's not on the Sunday. It
- 10:25takes it out your rhythm. Next year,
- 10:27wages, house, and new car on ramps.
- 10:33>> Don't tell your wife that. But look,
- 10:34we'll get we'll get into that later. I
- 10:35don't want to. Let's Let stay on sack
- 10:37because we we do this all day. Uh 49ers
- 10:40against the Seahawks. Um 13-3. I'm
- 10:43right. They both rested players. Both
- 10:45knew they were okay.
- 10:47>> Yeah. See Seahawks. Um all they need to
- 10:51do was get the win to clinch the first
- 10:53seed and I think the 49ers had sort of
- 10:56knew they weren't going to get the first
- 10:57seed. So rest of their players to get a
- 10:59by week out of it.
- 11:00>> Yeah. Yeah.
- 11:01>> They they played all their players. They
- 11:03played them. Um, so because you had,
- 11:05yeah, you had you had Darnold out there.
- 11:07All the all the starters were out there.
- 11:09Jackson Smith and Jigba,
- 11:11>> Shardan, Shardan,
- 11:13Walker. Um, you know, the notes that I
- 11:16had, it was a great game. It was it was
- 11:18very punchy. Um, it was it was a very
- 11:21offensive dominant game. Um, and it was
- 11:24very back and forth to be fair.
- 11:27>> Great scoring game. No, go game for the
- 11:29defense if you're the fan of the
- 11:30defense.
- 11:31>> Absolutely. Um and it it came down to um
- 11:36for me it came down to the running backs
- 11:37of the Seattle Seahawks. You know, the
- 11:39the one-two combination of Shane and and
- 11:42Walker was just absolutely phenomenal.
- 11:45They they were running all over this the
- 11:47San Fran defense, which you know,
- 11:51historically had been quite good against
- 11:53the run defense. Um so yeah, they they
- 11:56they edged edged ahead there. Big shout
- 12:00out to KD as well. had a great game, but
- 12:02it just come down to the Seahawks
- 12:04defense at the end which which stopped
- 12:06him.
- 12:08>> Um I I want to talk about this that's
- 12:10just been brought up. Le I'll let you
- 12:11read it out me.
- 12:12>> Yeah. So Seahawks English DC Aiden Dur
- 12:15Dur uh is being invited for Browns head
- 12:18coach role. I think that's massive. That
- 12:21is huge. I mean, he first he first
- 12:24jumped on the scene as a um Dline coach
- 12:27at the Cowboys
- 12:29um and then obviously got picked up as a
- 12:31DC at the Seahawks and now, you know,
- 12:33he's he's he's going through the ranks
- 12:34and hopefully, you know, he's going to
- 12:36have a few more head coach ro
- 12:38opportunities come up this year as well.
- 12:40>> I give him his due because when I lived
- 12:42over there, I I'd be talking and I'd
- 12:44have to have [ __ ] was the mom of the
- 12:46family. Her name is [ __ ] Mullis, the
- 12:48Mullers family. And we go to parties and
- 12:50stuff and I'd be speaking to people like
- 12:52I'm speaking to you now. And they'd look
- 12:54at me and then they go, "What did he
- 12:56say?"
- 12:57I'd be like, "I'm speaking English." And
- 12:59then I'd give them response and then
- 13:00they'd go, "What did he say?" And I'm
- 13:02like, "I'm speaking English." You know
- 13:05what I mean? Like it's just
- 13:06>> Yeah. Absolutely. Right. Well, look,
- 13:08let's move on to the next game. Um,
- 13:10Texans against the Colts. Colts with a
- 13:12different QB if I remember rightly.
- 13:15>> Yeah. Yeah. Rivers retired, I think.
- 13:17>> Yep.
- 13:19>> 38 to 30. This This was an absolute
- 13:21great game. If you wanted to watch a uh
- 13:23offense scoring, watch Baff Post about
- 13:25something supporting Aiden. Oh, I mean,
- 13:28look, look,
- 13:30I think I think you'd be stupid not to
- 13:32to do that. Um I think we should all be
- 13:35supporting um Aiden. I I get it because
- 13:38we we you know obviously with the flag
- 13:41we see now the increase of the flag but
- 13:43if it's going to get more people
- 13:45following the game but I I I do get it.
- 13:47I do get it.
- 13:49>> He he started as a intern at C well yeah
- 13:52his first American job was he was an
- 13:54intern at Cowboys like
- 13:56>> he's found a way through
- 13:59>> like he played in European leagues. He
- 14:01played he was on two NFL teams um
- 14:04practice squads like offseason wise.
- 14:06Yeah.
- 14:07>> Started as an intern at the Cowboys and
- 14:10then did a fellowship at the Falcons and
- 14:12then went to stayed at the Falcons as a
- 14:14defensive quality control coach and an
- 14:16outside linebacker coach. Went back to
- 14:18the Cowboys as a Dline coach and then
- 14:20now as a DC Seahawks and have led them
- 14:23being an easily top three defense. Like
- 14:26it's it's it's an incredible story. You
- 14:28also Yeah. The two teams NFL wise who
- 14:30was on the practice squads or offseason
- 14:32squads was the Panthers and the Chiefs.
- 14:34>> That's meant all that in it. Yeah, but
- 14:36he played for London Olympians and
- 14:38Scottish uh claymores and the Hamburg
- 14:41Sea Devils randomly in between. So he
- 14:43went Hamburg Sea Devils Panthers and
- 14:45then back to Hamburg Sea Devils and then
- 14:46the Chiefs and he went bordered this now
- 14:47and went to the London Warriors as a DC.
- 14:50>> Do you know what you you you said
- 14:52Scottish plays Lee? You you you've been
- 14:55around the game quite a fair bit as
- 14:57well, mate. Some banging teams that
- 14:59don't exist anymore. It it's such
- 15:02>> such a shame. I I I started off at
- 15:04Spartans and um I wanted to help them
- 15:07come back and people said they were up
- 15:10for it. I think the heart was in the
- 15:12right place, but the effort wasn't
- 15:13there. So, I took a step back from it.
- 15:15And I I'd love I'd love it to be a team
- 15:18in every city in town because it
- 15:20produces things like coaches potent, you
- 15:23know, potent British people potentially
- 15:24being coaches in life that even if he
- 15:26doesn't get it, the fact he's being
- 15:27considered for it shows that he's not
- 15:28far off from getting it. any teams that
- 15:31you remember lead that don't exist no
- 15:32more that were brilliant teams whether
- 15:34you were involved with them or not?
- 15:37>> Um
- 15:39I mean there's been a few London teams
- 15:41hasn't there um that have just sort of
- 15:44fizzled out and merged into other teams.
- 15:47Um,
- 15:49I mean, you know, locally around our
- 15:51way, you know, we've got the the Berry
- 15:53Saints who who folded. Uh, there's been
- 15:55the New Market Hornets. There's there's
- 15:58been there's been a few of the Peterbor
- 15:59Saxons. Teams are just
- 16:03you're you're right in saying, you know,
- 16:04every every town and city should have
- 16:06something,
- 16:08you know, and it's just it's absolutely
- 16:10gutting when when they fold and
- 16:11disappear off the face of the earth.
- 16:13There was there was um
- 16:16there Lee Miners and I love I love the
- 16:20guys at Lee Miners. Um I've never played
- 16:23for them. Um but yeah, stains removers.
- 16:27There you go. [laughter]
- 16:30There you go. I was waiting for one from
- 16:32him there. But but they were I think
- 16:34they were close to to not fielding the
- 16:36team last year. a lot of players left
- 16:39and um they had a someone I know who it
- 16:42was now unfortunately uh but someone
- 16:44made like a fake page to like scrutinize
- 16:46everything they were doing and it it
- 16:48happened with crew railroaders as well
- 16:50but I literally inboxed the page saying
- 16:52look I will help you I can do it as a
- 16:55third party I'll come the last thing I
- 16:57want is another club to fold but if you
- 17:00were a bit of an idiot a bit of a divy
- 17:02and you weren't bothered cuz you get
- 17:03them people in Brit the people with the
- 17:05horrible group chat who screenshot
- 17:06everything we know that are um but you
- 17:10know they want them to fall cuz then
- 17:11they could cherry pick which players
- 17:12they want and send the others. That's
- 17:14that's not helping the sport grow and
- 17:17like you know we we as a collective unit
- 17:20we need to do our best to support other
- 17:22teams because everyone's just shared
- 17:23this stuff about Abedine rough necks
- 17:26good if we all stick together in Brit
- 17:28sport's just going to grow bigger and
- 17:30bigger and better and better. But let's
- 17:33get back to it. Let's get back to
- 17:34because I could talk Brit Ball all day.
- 17:36Um so Texans Colts 3830. Uh anyone else
- 17:40got anything to say in this one apart
- 17:41from the fact it was a belter of a game?
- 17:44>> I mean it was it was a close game. Um
- 17:47Leonard who was the quarterback of the
- 17:48Colts really shoesome some stuff about
- 17:51him. Um you know his his connection with
- 17:54Alex Pierce was was phenomenal. Um and
- 17:57as as Nathan sort of alluded to earlier,
- 18:00you had a a thick six to uh to end the
- 18:03game which was absolutely fantastic. Um,
- 18:06I always like to see a big man putting
- 18:09the ball over the line. So, um, that was
- 18:11always good.
- 18:13>> Um, Steve, you got anything on this one?
- 18:16>> Uh, no. The game sort of cemented Alec
- 18:18Pierce's going for backto-back years in
- 18:20a row being the first time it's ever
- 18:22happened to wide receiver being
- 18:23backto-back most um, yards per
- 18:26reception. The average I think it's
- 18:28averaged 20.5 for 21 over the last two
- 18:30years.
- 18:32>> Crazy.
- 18:32>> Which is absolutely insane. like he he's
- 18:34not he's not a player who gets the ball
- 18:36a lot but he's he's an impact player
- 18:38when he gets it.
- 18:40>> Um Bengals Browns this was kind of like
- 18:44a turd bowl whatever you want to call
- 18:45it. Turd isn't a spoil word I can say
- 18:47that. Um Browns won 20 to 18 but more
- 18:50importantly what happened ste what
- 18:52record was broken?
- 18:54>> Well big old Miles Garrett got his 23rd
- 18:56sack of the season.
- 18:58>> Well they should be with the amount of
- 18:59times the defense on the pitch their
- 19:00offense is that bad as you were mate.
- 19:03Yeah. [laughter]
- 19:04Yeah. So, he's got his uh 23rd sack of
- 19:07the season, which is NFL record.
- 19:08Obviously, the current, it was
- 19:10previously held by one of the W
- 19:12brothers, 22.5, which was made in 2000.
- 19:16It was a while ago, but it's only.5 a
- 19:18sack over. Um, but so what I've seen a
- 19:21lot of scrutiny of people being like,
- 19:23oh, he needed that extra 17 get over
- 19:26there. However,
- 19:28>> however, you have to look at the snap
- 19:29count. His snap count was half of what
- 19:31the what I I can't remember which what
- 19:32brother it was. Was it TJ or JJ?
- 19:34>> TJ. TJ.
- 19:35>> JJ.
- 19:36>> Yeah. So when his snap count for the
- 19:39season was half of TJ's was when he got
- 19:4122.5. So you can't say he needed the
- 19:43extra game and you can't say he's out
- 19:45there all the time. He's just no one
- 19:47wants to face him. And did anyone see
- 19:49the sack? Because I think Joe Burrow
- 19:51felt him near around him and just laid
- 19:53down.
- 19:54>> I did. I did see that. That was
- 19:57>> I also see what this comment. I'll let
- 19:59you read the comment out.
- 20:00>> Uh, did you see the DT high five the ref
- 20:04when Garrick got
- 20:05>> the [laughter] ref? The ref like that
- 20:07and he just went high five. [laughter]
- 20:13>> Do you know I do you know I love you
- 20:14know these miked up sessions and you
- 20:15hear them talking to each other and
- 20:17they're like oh how you doing man? You
- 20:18know the opposite he goes bro I'm just
- 20:19blessed it's December and I'm still I'm
- 20:21still injury free. [laughter] It's just
- 20:24some of my favorite one was when I I
- 20:26don't know who it was. He was asking him
- 20:28what he was doing over Thanksgiving.
- 20:29He's like, "Oh, I'm going back to the
- 20:30hood to hand out turkeys." He's like,
- 20:31"Oh, I'll come help you." He's like,
- 20:32"For real?" Was that for real? Just
- 20:35people forget the human beings. You know
- 20:36what I mean? And you know, they don't
- 20:38forget where they've come from.
- 20:39Brilliant. Um
- 20:41Lee, have you got any thoughts about
- 20:43this one? What do you think the record's
- 20:44something he should be really
- 20:46celebrating or do you think it's kind of
- 20:48what I said, you know, he's kind of got
- 20:49there because their offense is that bad?
- 20:52Yeah, [snorts]
- 20:53I mean, you know, whenever a record's
- 20:55broken, you should always celebrate it.
- 20:56You know, there's there's arguments to
- 20:57say it was done in eight 17 games and
- 21:00not 16. Um, you know, but at the end of
- 21:04the day, that man's a monster, you know,
- 21:06and and the last two games prior to this
- 21:08one, you know, they were sending three
- 21:11guys on him at one point just to stop
- 21:13them from getting to Aaron Rodgers or or
- 21:16whoever the other quarterbacks were.
- 21:19Um, for me, you know, I think, you know,
- 21:23the defense, the defense won that game
- 21:25for the Browns, you know, with two
- 21:27defensive scores. It was it was really
- 21:30their game that they won it. Um,
- 21:35I've got I've got I've got a football
- 21:36thing for you there actually going on
- 21:38this.
- 21:39>> So, I'm going to give you I'm going to
- 21:40let you have a guess the top five sacks,
- 21:44not for player, teams this season. So,
- 21:48You're [clears throat] both going to You
- 21:49can You've both got You both lose. If
- 21:51you But three lines between us, five
- 21:53teams go.
- 21:56>> I'm going to say the Bengals.
- 21:59>> The Bengals.
- 22:01>> Wait, are we saying
- 22:03>> top five teams being sacked?
- 22:05>> Top T top five team sacks. Most team
- 22:08sacks this season.
- 22:08>> Oh, most team sacks. Okay.
- 22:11>> Okay. Gotcha. Gotcha. I thought you
- 22:12meant the as
- 22:13>> I'll let you I'll let you keep that
- 22:14live. Go on.
- 22:16>> Okay. Um, so I would say the Texans.
- 22:21>> No,
- 22:24>> Broncos. Definitely not.
- 22:26>> Broncos are top with 68 sacks this
- 22:29season.
- 22:30>> Yeah,
- 22:32>> Seahawks. Yeah, I was about to say
- 22:34Nathan. Seahawks on that one.
- 22:36>> Two lives left.
- 22:38>> Sorry. One life left. One life left.
- 22:41>> One life. See, who you going for? Don't
- 22:43be cheating either, you little fingy. I
- 22:44can see you.
- 22:45>> Giants.
- 22:47No, mate. I'm going to give you the I'm
- 22:48going to start at five. At five, the
- 22:50Minnesota Vikings with 49.
- 22:52>> Wow.
- 22:53>> And this is Google, so I might be wrong
- 22:55because Google can be wrong. Donald
- 22:57Trump's wrong all the time, so Google
- 22:58can be wrong. Um, [clears throat] four,
- 23:01Detroit Lions with 49. Three, the Browns
- 23:04with 53. Two, the Falcons with 57. And
- 23:08one, the Denver Broncos with 68.
- 23:12>> The Falcons.
- 23:16What's even funnier is that neither me
- 23:18or Lee went for Browns, even though we
- 23:20know that they have at least 23 sacks on
- 23:22the season. [laughter]
- 23:25>> And who who you think was last?
- 23:27>> Who do you think was last?
- 23:29>> Uh last on be the worst defense, it's
- 23:31going to be
- 23:33>> uh No,
- 23:34>> I was going to say Jets. Jets.
- 23:36>> Jets. Yeah. Yeah. Spot on. I can't
- 23:38believe they didn't. We'll get to that
- 23:39in a minute.
- 23:40>> Where were Raiders out of interest?
- 23:41because other than Max Crosby, they
- 23:43don't really have much of it.
- 23:44>> I've clicked off it, mate. Next time.
- 23:47Right, on to the next one. Another
- 23:49toilet bowl. We're just going to skip
- 23:51through this one, I think. Um, unless
- 23:52you want to talk about it. Falcons 19,
- 23:54Saints 17. Has anyone got anything to
- 23:56say about this horrible game?
- 23:57>> Well, this game is what's decided the
- 23:59Bucks Panthers. So, the game itself,
- 24:03boring, pointless, but that that was the
- 24:06one of the only other games I actually
- 24:07watched this week because I wanted to
- 24:09see your game through. Uh, obviously the
- 24:11Panthers came through. You got a great
- 24:13game from Be John. Um, and Tyler, have
- 24:16we decided how to say surname? Is it
- 24:18Shu? Is it Shaw? What the what shook?
- 24:21>> Whatever it is. I I look at numbers. I
- 24:23don't look at names, right? But yeah, I
- 24:26I think he's proven.
- 24:27>> Yeah, I mean QB1 next next year.
- 24:31>> Yeah, that's that's my point exactly.
- 24:32Tyler Shook will be the QB1 for Saints
- 24:35next year. I think he's he's he's become
- 24:37a dual threat, you know, he's he's he's
- 24:40got a great arm. Um and that touchdown
- 24:42that he scored, you know, skirting
- 24:44around the edge just to get over the end
- 24:46zone was was pretty impressive. Um, so
- 24:50yeah, I mean the other talking point of
- 24:51this as well is obviously talking about
- 24:53the Falcons. Um,
- 24:56you know, obviously lost their their GM
- 24:58and their head coach this this
- 25:01>> how many coaches was it have gone this
- 25:04week? See why you're doing that?
- 25:06>> Uh, all together I think
- 25:08>> eight one quarter.
- 25:10>> Oh, eight. Yeah, of course it is. It's
- 25:11eight.
- 25:13>> Yeah. I mean, what what got me was um
- 25:16was when uh Harour went um his his agent
- 25:21contacted ESPN and said uh uh seven
- 25:24teams have contacted him about a job and
- 25:27at that point only only there was only
- 25:29seven teams uh with a job vacancy.
- 25:34Obviously, we now know that that other
- 25:37team was the Miami Dolphins uh who their
- 25:40head coach today. So, um, yeah,
- 25:43interesting. I mean, he's
- 25:45>> one quarter, one quarter of the league
- 25:47are looking for a new head coaches,
- 25:49which is already insane.
- 25:52>> The fantasy thing as well, I was going
- 25:55to say the other thing about this game
- 25:56as well is that the Falcons finished
- 25:57with the same record as the Panthers and
- 25:59the Bucks. And somehow
- 26:02so is it came down to the only reason
- 26:05the uh Falcons finished third in a
- 26:07division was because they randomly lost
- 26:09to the Jets in the first few weeks of
- 26:12the season.
- 26:13>> If you let
- 26:15>> you'd be kicking yourself right now 25%
- 26:17league looking for a coach mental but
- 26:19you'd be kicking yourself because I
- 26:21think there's div two buffer teams that
- 26:23would do the Jets at the moment. They've
- 26:24been [laughter] looking that bad
- 26:25>> 100%. Honest to God,
- 26:28>> the only reason they didn't get into the
- 26:30playoffs.
- 26:32>> Honest to God. Right. Uh let's let's
- 26:34move on before me eyes boil. Right.
- 26:38Vikings against the Packers 163 now.
- 26:41Packers I think rested players here.
- 26:43>> Yeah.
- 26:44>> But they've been bad for a fair bit now.
- 26:46The eggs and old Packers at one point.
- 26:49They they they've Anyone want to
- 26:51disagree with me? They've nose dived
- 26:53your mate. They they've been without
- 26:54they've been without Jordan Love for is
- 26:56it three or four weeks?
- 26:57>> I normally but before that.
- 27:00>> Yeah. Yeah. Know they've been they have
- 27:01been on and off. My I think just on this
- 27:04game my favorite thing with this game
- 27:06was that they decided they weren't going
- 27:07to let the Vikings hold them to zero
- 27:09points. So they just took a knee in and
- 27:11made a field goal right at the end cuz
- 27:13[laughter]
- 27:14they they were already in the playoffs.
- 27:16So that's why they didn't do it. But
- 27:17they were like no hang on we just need
- 27:18to put something up against these right
- 27:19now because they're a division rival
- 27:21aren't they? So,
- 27:22>> anyone read that comment out? I can't.
- 27:24[laughter]
- 27:26>> UW Bullets 28, Jets seven.
- 27:28[clears throat] Yeah, I would completely
- 27:30agree with that.
- 27:32>> Um, I mean,
- 27:3442, Jets zero.
- 27:37[laughter]
- 27:39>> Um,
- 27:41don't get me wrong, I was going to say
- 27:42Donington, but I [laughter] don't know.
- 27:45>> Be nice. Be nice. We're here to be nice,
- 27:47PG. Be nice. Um, have you got insane
- 27:50this one?
- 27:52>> Yeah, I mean this is this is the game
- 27:54that we watched obviously on the um on
- 27:56the the NFL big game.
- 27:59>> Um, and it was so boring. Even even the
- 28:03the the the crowd hyped guy that they
- 28:06have there who kind of get the crowd
- 28:07hyped before the uh before we come on
- 28:09live on TV was just sitting there going
- 28:14[laughter]
- 28:16he was he was begging us at at halfime
- 28:19to make sure that we all came back into
- 28:21the studio after uh after the game
- 28:24because it was defin
- 28:30was was was really really funny. a
- 28:32really nice guy.
- 28:33>> I can do that then. Yeah.
- 28:33>> Um you could
- 28:36as long as you [laughter]
- 28:37>> as long as you a few jokes a few jokes.
- 28:40>> Here we go.
- 28:42>> We we've we've got a twist to this game.
- 28:44Jets score when bullets pulled starters.
- 28:47[laughter]
- 28:50Running clock. Running clock.
- 28:53[laughter]
- 28:55Right. Let's move on before we get and
- 28:58we want more Nathan. We want more of a a
- 29:00prediction of what's going on. by the
- 29:01way. Um right, next game. Um Jaguars
- 29:05against Titans. Um does that mean stop?
- 29:08They're already dead. Um the Jaguars won
- 29:1141 to7. This was an absolute bloodfest.
- 29:14Um
- 29:16it just proves I mean the Jags didn't
- 29:20rest anyone if if I remember rightly.
- 29:23Towards the end they did. Um but they're
- 29:26a team I don't want to play in the
- 29:28playoffs. I don't I think they if
- 29:30there's a team this season you don't
- 29:31want to play in the playoffs, I think
- 29:32they're the top one.
- 29:35>> Yeah,
- 29:36>> I think of all all the AFC
- 29:39Well, actually, I' I'd say all the teams
- 29:41that qualified this year for the
- 29:43playoffs, I think people are sleeping on
- 29:46the Jags right now.
- 29:46>> Yeah, I agree.
- 29:48>> People are not talking about the Jags.
- 29:50>> And that's good for them because there's
- 29:52no there's no expectation of them, you
- 29:55know. Um
- 29:57>> Yeah. Did anyone watch this? Did
- 30:01>> Yeah, so I watched I watched the
- 30:03highlights and it was I mean it was a
- 30:05bit of a sack fest as well to be fair.
- 30:07Um and I I recorded uh quite a few sacks
- 30:12um going going in there. [snorts] Um but
- 30:16yeah, it was
- 30:18it was it was good to see. you know,
- 30:19they they kind of pulled um Trevor
- 30:22Lawrence once he crossed his 4,000 yard
- 30:27sort of uh
- 30:29uh season. Um and then they put the the
- 30:32backup in there. Um Came Little
- 30:35absolutely nailing a 67 yard field goal
- 30:38as well to end a half.
- 30:40>> That's also the longest field goal in
- 30:42NFL history in an outside game because
- 30:44he broke the record this year already
- 30:46with 68 yards, but that was in a dome.
- 30:48So the 67 is the the longest field goal
- 30:51in a in an open stadium. So he's so he
- 30:54now holds two top one and second
- 30:57>> all together. The guy's a rookie.
- 31:01>> Yeah, he's he's he's going to he's going
- 31:03to have a bright future ahead of him. He
- 31:05really
- 31:05>> he'll be it'll be priceless to them now
- 31:07as well because he he could if they
- 31:09offer him the right money, he could stay
- 31:10there for the next 1015 years doing the
- 31:12exact same thing.
- 31:12>> Yeah.
- 31:14>> Yeah. And I think that's what teams
- 31:16like, a kicker they can rely on and then
- 31:18just have them there for for their whole
- 31:21entire time as a kicker.
- 31:24>> Um, another point to note here as well,
- 31:26Cam Ward obviously going down with an
- 31:27injury after he scored his touchdown.
- 31:29Um, suffered an ACL sprain. Um, it's
- 31:33hopefully they're looking at is it's
- 31:35only going to be an eightweek recovery,
- 31:37but if it requires surgery, that's an
- 31:39eight-month recovery. So that may hinder
- 31:42the Titans next year.
- 31:44>> Just just on that because isn't that
- 31:46what Mahomes did?
- 31:48>> No, Mahomes had
- 31:49>> Yeah. Mahomes tour.
- 31:52>> I've seen a thing before that apparently
- 31:53the Chiefs are considering um Russell.
- 31:56Um is it Wilson is
- 31:59>> Russell QB?
- 32:03>> Uh anyone know any local gun shops?
- 32:06>> I'm not watching. [laughter]
- 32:08I I get where you're coming from though,
- 32:10mate. But if he's there for your first
- 32:12four or five games, do you prefer him or
- 32:14do you
- 32:15>> Let me finish. Do you prefer him or do
- 32:18you prefer the other two that you've
- 32:19got?
- 32:20>> I think I'd take Guard Menchure over
- 32:22him. He's already got a year under the
- 32:23squad. He knows he knows everything. I
- 32:26mean, look at Russell Wilson at a giant.
- 32:27Look at him when he was played for you
- 32:29last year. Like, he just he's off.
- 32:31>> Don't don't don't don't I don't need no
- 32:33more torture.
- 32:35>> [laughter]
- 32:35>> I don't I don't I've I've had Listen, I
- 32:38only started following the sport after
- 32:39Super Bowl 50 and a football. Oh yeah,
- 32:41this is great. The team that I follow,
- 32:42we're going to win it every year and
- 32:43then oh my god, I got a shock if No,
- 32:45listen. You know, we've got the number
- 32:48nine pick in the draft. We could just
- 32:50pick up a rookie for the first few
- 32:51weeks.
- 32:52>> Yeah, but are you going to want a rookie
- 32:53QB?
- 32:54>> Are you going to want to
- 32:56>> No, you're not, mate. You're going to
- 32:57want to be sensible with that draft
- 32:58pick. Are you going to need another
- 33:00tight end? You might need a tight end.
- 33:01We don't know. You know,
- 33:02>> we still don't know. We still don't
- 33:04know. I think I mean I mean I know I
- 33:05know what I think we should get, but
- 33:06that's I mean that's going to be a while
- 33:08away. We don't know if Travis is coming
- 33:09back or what yet, but
- 33:10>> I honestly think that's a good move if
- 33:12you went for him because there's it's
- 33:14the experience and it'll just calm
- 33:16things down. But we'll come we'll come
- 33:18to that later on. Um right, Giants,
- 33:22Cowboys, another toy bowl. The Giants
- 33:25won 34-7.
- 33:28Um Cowboys fans have their expectations.
- 33:32is this high. Another disappointing
- 33:34season for the Cowboys or was it to be
- 33:36expected, boys?
- 33:38>> Well, unless you're a Cowboys fan, you
- 33:40expect it. But the Cowboys every year is
- 33:41like we them boys, we got this. And then
- 33:45it's funny to watch. I do love watching
- 33:46them cowboy cowg girls just being like
- 33:49starting off really happy and then going
- 33:50back downhill. But yeah, it's like at
- 33:52what point do they start to realize that
- 33:54there's something wrong with the
- 33:55organization? Clearly,
- 33:58>> I mean, they've clear they've clearly
- 33:59got the talent in there,
- 34:01>> but you know, I mean, both both both of
- 34:04them seems to be disappointed. For me,
- 34:05the Giant season went downhill with the
- 34:07injuries when they had them key
- 34:08injuries, the scatteroo,
- 34:10>> ball, whatever you want to call them.
- 34:11Um, that's when their season nose dive
- 34:14because they were looking good. They
- 34:15were um but Cowboys again, questions
- 34:20getting asked, you know.
- 34:23>> I don't know. Well, they they've sacked
- 34:25their they've sacked their DC. Um, so I
- 34:28think, you know, they're going to be
- 34:30hopefully looking to improve that. I
- 34:31think that that was their main flaw this
- 34:33year was was their defense.
- 34:35>> Um, but, you know, the Cowboys in all,
- 34:37they're they're the most reliable,
- 34:39unreliable team out there. You know, you
- 34:41just know that they're going to be
- 34:44>> absolute
- 34:45sort of dog toffee towards the end of
- 34:47the season and they've proved their
- 34:48proved their point.
- 34:50Giants should take
- 34:53>> for the last few years. You've got Dak
- 34:54Pres got you can almost guarantee he's
- 34:56going to be a top five QB by the end of
- 34:58the season.
- 34:59>> And yet they're either just getting into
- 35:01the wild card slot and losing that game
- 35:03or not even making their playoffs. They
- 35:05they've got and they've got obviously
- 35:06got pickings in now. They they've got
- 35:08the talent, but they're just wasting it.
- 35:11And it's just trying to work out where
- 35:12the problem is. At what point do you
- 35:14start looking at Jerry and just being
- 35:15like maybe you're the problem, bro.
- 35:18I it's going to be interesting. I mean,
- 35:20both teams will not be happy with where
- 35:22they finish this season. No,
- 35:24>> the Giants I think the Giants expected
- 35:27after losing some key players this was
- 35:30going to happen.
- 35:32>> They lost they lost Neighbors very early
- 35:34onto the season and then they lost Gaboo
- 35:35and then Dart was on and off.
- 35:39>> But the thing is is when he was on he
- 35:41was brilliant
- 35:42>> 100%
- 35:42>> like it's the same with any manager in
- 35:45sales. you will have members of staff
- 35:47that are brilliant if they are if they
- 35:50are, you know, if if you're on top of
- 35:52them, if you're making sure they're
- 35:53doing the job properly, if you if you if
- 35:55you're being consistent with them. Um,
- 35:57and but if you leave them to it, they
- 35:59start messing around, not hitting
- 36:01targets, stuff like that is exactly the
- 36:04same.
- 36:04>> At what point you have to stop
- 36:06micromanaging a full grown adult? And I
- 36:08mean, that goes to both both levels of
- 36:10the point thing there. But
- 36:11>> I'm 36. I'm never going to get stopped
- 36:13getting micromanaged. it. Yeah, it never
- 36:16stops, mate. It never stops. If anyone
- 36:17asks, by the way, I'm 21. Um, [laughter]
- 36:20next game was the Rams against the
- 36:22Cardinals 37. Uh, the Rams won 37 to 20.
- 36:25There was nothing in this game. Rams,
- 36:28did they rest players?
- 36:31>> No. Rams Rams played all their stars.
- 36:34>> Um, I think for for for me, um, Cards
- 36:38have got a question over QB next year.
- 36:41>> Agreed. Um, you know, they've got
- 36:42they've got a massive question. You
- 36:44know, are they going to stick with
- 36:45Jacobe Prette or are they going to stick
- 36:48with Kyler Murray? You know, that whole
- 36:51fiasco [snorts]
- 36:51is just is very murky.
- 36:55>> Um, in the game though, Puka Puka had
- 36:58this insane one-handed touchdown catch.
- 37:01I don't know if anyone saw that.
- 37:04>> Yes.
- 37:05>> Absolutely insane.
- 37:07Um it was he's I mean the way he's
- 37:10performed this year in some of the
- 37:11catches he's made it just his highlight
- 37:14reel this year is going to be
- 37:17out of this world. I I see the meme by
- 37:20the way and it was on a brick ball page
- 37:22and it was like um a girl like not
- 37:24interested in a guy being overly keen
- 37:27and it's like when I'm trying to show my
- 37:28other half my highlight reel for the
- 37:30year [laughter]
- 37:33cuz like I've got I've got some clips
- 37:35like I'm do watch this and she's like
- 37:38yeah yeah great brilliant is that it
- 37:42yeah what you mean is that it that's
- 37:43brilliant all right whatever
- 37:45you [laughter]
- 37:46>> on okay So, so both of you then. So, on
- 37:49on mentioning Puka, so sort of a
- 37:52two-prong question. A offensive rookie
- 37:55of the year and also who would you
- 37:56rather on your squad, Puka or JSN?
- 38:00>> JSM.
- 38:01>> I think
- 38:03I'm going Puka. He's his hands are
- 38:06incredible.
- 38:06>> Um, both of them have been brilliant.
- 38:09Um, but
- 38:10>> No, their stats are very very similar. I
- 38:12think that they're like they're like
- 38:14within 100 yards of each other, one
- 38:16touchdown away, and like receptions
- 38:18[clears throat] are like a handful away.
- 38:19Like it's it's very very close. They are
- 38:21the top two,
- 38:22>> but like you I I would if I was like any
- 38:26of their agents, I would I would tell
- 38:27them not to move anywhere because you
- 38:29could move them to a club with a great
- 38:32bunch of wide receivers and a brilliant
- 38:34Qbate. It just might not work. If all if
- 38:36if all the stars are in a line and it's
- 38:38working there, don't change it. If it's
- 38:40not broken, don't fix it. Um, right,
- 38:43next game. And I really want to go into
- 38:44this one with Ste. Um, and I said this
- 38:47would happen several times. Raiders
- 38:51against the Chiefs. Raiders 14, Chiefs
- 38:5412. Stay off you go.
- 38:57Hey, honestly, I'm not disappointed at
- 38:59the game. Um, I think we we thought,
- 39:01well, we kept it close, but I thought
- 39:04your defense had a ball.
- 39:07Pardon? I thought your defense were on
- 39:09fire.
- 39:10>> Yeah. No, again, our def our defense has
- 39:12done very well this season. Uh we we've
- 39:15we but like Yeah, it's proving that
- 39:19the Yeah, we need to get rid of our OC.
- 39:21He needs to get gone. And he's being
- 39:23interviewed for head coach Jobs. So, I
- 39:26think we're all just going to start
- 39:27putting lipstick on the pig and being
- 39:28like, "Yeah, he's very good. Just take
- 39:30him away from us for a bit." Because it
- 39:33also goes to prove how much Mahomes
- 39:35means to this squad. Well, people are
- 39:37saying that Mahomes isn't that good or
- 39:40whatever. Like we've got wins and yards
- 39:42and touchdowns and all sorts because you
- 39:45put Mahomes in that game, obviously we
- 39:47beat him 31 nil earlier on in the
- 39:50season.
- 39:50>> Anyone who tells you Mahomes isn't good
- 39:52is is is smoking crack and
- 39:56says stupid things like ice in America.
- 39:58The ice whatever thing it works. No,
- 40:00shut up. But Mahomes is a brilliant
- 40:02player. Do I dislike him because he's on
- 40:04another team? Absolutely. Do I respect
- 40:06how much he balls it out? Yeah. You Is
- 40:09he on a billion pound billion dollar
- 40:10contract over 10 years? Am I right in
- 40:13saying that?
- 40:14>> Half half a billion. Half a billion.
- 40:16>> You do not get paid paid half a billion
- 40:18dollars if you are awful.
- 40:20>> No.
- 40:23But also speaking speaking about the
- 40:25Chiefs,
- 40:27>> uh Travis Kelce has just become the
- 40:28first person ever to get the Walton P
- 40:30what was it? Walter Pton man of the year
- 40:33award third three times.
- 40:36>> The charity award. Yeah.
- 40:38>> Okay. No one's ever won it three times.
- 40:40So it's because it's like I mean Travis
- 40:43has still shown up and he's had a better
- 40:46season than most of our wide receivers.
- 40:48But also, it is sort of proving a point
- 40:50that maybe he's getting close to the
- 40:52point of retirement. Maybe it is this
- 40:53year, maybe it's next year,
- 40:55>> but he he's doing a lot with his time
- 40:58when he's not on the ball. And I respect
- 41:00it a lot.
- 41:01>> If he doesn't retire, does he stay at
- 41:03the Chiefs?
- 41:04>> He's always said he's never leaving the
- 41:06Chiefs.
- 41:07>> Yeah.
- 41:08>> So, if the Chiefs decide they don't they
- 41:10don't want him for some reason, he's
- 41:11going to retire,
- 41:12>> but he he he said this week that he's
- 41:14just going to see how his body feels in
- 41:16a few weeks. like spend some time with
- 41:18friends and family and that which is
- 41:19fair. The man's what? 36.
- 41:22>> Hey, I'm 36. You you you shut your
- 41:25filthy [ __ ] mouth. I'm 36. Leave it at
- 41:28that.
- 41:29>> Okay. You're going to go You're going to
- 41:31go up and put 800 yards almost all of
- 41:34them manto man because our wide
- 41:35receivers couldn't catch a man-to-man
- 41:36catch all season. It was all been
- 41:38Travis.
- 41:39>> You're going to get smacked around and
- 41:41then get up next year and go, "Let's do
- 41:42it again."
- 41:43>> How much is he getting paid?
- 41:46>> [laughter]
- 41:47>> If you're paying me that amount, mate.
- 41:48Yeah, not a problem. And I don't need
- 41:50Taylor Swift. I'm happy with Dina Smith.
- 41:52Um Lee, did you watch this one, mate?
- 41:55Did you laugh as much as I did?
- 41:59>> It wasn't the most exciting game to
- 42:01begin with, was it? It was It was 36 at
- 42:03the half with three field goals being
- 42:06scored. Um you know, the difference was
- 42:09the Raiders safety. um you know the end
- 42:13of the heart the the end of the the game
- 42:15that's all it was it was two points um
- 42:18not the most exciting game but obviously
- 42:20we mentioned at the beginning um I
- 42:22picked all the the home team win to win
- 42:25this year sorry to win this that's this
- 42:27week and out of the 16 games 12 of them
- 42:30were correct so I'll take that as a win
- 42:33[laughter]
- 42:35>> well going on that one should we talk
- 42:37about the next home game
- 42:39>> let's do it
- 42:40>> Eagles against the Commanders and the
- 42:42Eagles got beat 2417 against the
- 42:45Washington Redskins Commanders. Whatever
- 42:47you want to call them,
- 42:49>> Lee,
- 42:50do you know what it is? It was one of
- 42:52those pointless games, isn't it? You
- 42:53know, Eagles,
- 42:55>> don't give me at that. You got beat.
- 42:59>> You were at home and you got beat.
- 43:01>> So, Eagles had the chance to to secure
- 43:04the second the number two seed in the
- 43:06division.
- 43:07>> Yeah. uh or in the division in the um
- 43:09NFC. Uh and you know it it meant they
- 43:14had to win and the Bears had to lose. Um
- 43:17so when Sirriani had that that decision
- 43:19to make, you know, do you do you play
- 43:21your starters or do you rest them? Um he
- 43:24only played one starter which was um
- 43:29uh Smith um who needed a few
- 43:33>> not me by the way folks. A difference
- 43:37who needed he needed a few yards just to
- 43:39just to clear a thousand yards for the
- 43:41season to get his one of his financial
- 43:43incentives. Um, so he he went out there,
- 43:46caught a few balls and then that was it.
- 43:47It was all backups in there. Um, and you
- 43:51know, subsequently,
- 43:53you know, the Bears lost. We'll talk
- 43:54about that a bit later. Um, and the
- 43:56Eagles missed the opportunity to to go
- 43:58into that number two seed. Um, you know,
- 44:02you got to look at from from, you know,
- 44:03both sides of the coin here. you know,
- 44:05if Sirriani had put, you know, all his
- 44:08starters out and the Bears won their
- 44:10game and so, you know, one of the key
- 44:12players got into
- 44:13>> I I think I think you've done it right,
- 44:15mate. I think because we we we've
- 44:17mentioned this about being a different
- 44:19level of team in the playoffs. You beat
- 44:21When was the last time you didn't make
- 44:22the playoffs?
- 44:25>> Um, I think it was about four, five
- 44:28years ago, I think. So,
- 44:30>> you you you've done so well in the
- 44:32playoffs. As long as you're in the
- 44:34playoffs, you you'll be grounds. I would
- 44:36like to confirm, folks, by the way, that
- 44:37these two Penguin dolls are not mine.
- 44:39They are Das. I've just noticed they're
- 44:41right in the camera
- 44:43because if I move anything of his, it's
- 44:45Yeah. Um Steve, did you catch this one?
- 44:48Did you enjoy it just as much as the
- 44:49Chiefs game? [sighs and gasps]
- 44:52>> I mean, ju just for the sake of a
- 44:54podcast, I enjoyed it because I I was a
- 44:56site will laugh about leaving and I
- 44:58remember the point of the season, it
- 45:00didn't matter. Um and and you you could
- 45:02you can make the argument of um maybe
- 45:05you put the starters out and you could
- 45:07have been playing the Packers next week,
- 45:08but the problem is to get to the Super
- 45:10Bowl, you have to beat the best team, so
- 45:11you may as well start there
- 45:14>> with good teams you're playing against
- 45:15rather than just going right, let's go
- 45:16for the Packers and then and then next
- 45:18week let's try for whatever the best we
- 45:20can get out of that. Just
- 45:22>> put your best foot out and just go for
- 45:24it. You got three games left if you can
- 45:25go.
- 45:26>> I will say this, it's a massive fall
- 45:28from grace for the Commanders compared
- 45:29to last season. They've had a shocker
- 45:32>> 100%. It gets a lot
- 45:35>> Yeah. And it's it's I think it's proven
- 45:36the point with um uh you know them
- 45:39firing their DC and OC this year. So um
- 45:43you know Cliff Kingsbury is now without
- 45:45a job. Um and you know Dan Quinn is is
- 45:49obviously looking at completely
- 45:50resetting
- 45:51um his his staff there. So you know if
- 45:55he doesn't get it right next year then I
- 45:57think you know he's he's probably going
- 45:58to get the boot. Um, but it's it's it is
- 46:01a fall from grace. You're right. They
- 46:03were so good last year, obviously making
- 46:05the, you know, the NFC Championship
- 46:07game. Um, losing to the Eagles,
- 46:10obviously.
- 46:12Um, but yeah, it's it's it's it's a
- 46:15shocker of a season, isn't it really,
- 46:16for them?
- 46:17>> Definitely. Definitely. Um, okay, next
- 46:20up, Patriots against the Dolphins.
- 46:23Patriots won 38-10.
- 46:25Patriots getting business done. Um, I
- 46:27don't think they rested anyone. I think
- 46:29they were hoping that the Chargers
- 46:31somehow beat the Broncos. Uh, but Pat's
- 46:34on good form. Um,
- 46:37going into what's going to be a very,
- 46:39very interesting playoffs.
- 46:42Ste, did you watch this one, mate? I
- 46:44know you're a closet Patriots fan, Tom
- 46:47Brad to life. What were your thoughts on
- 46:49this one, mate?
- 46:50>> Uh, again, it was it was just another
- 46:52game I didn't really I didn't really pay
- 46:54much attention to it. Um
- 46:58it's it's another one of those games
- 46:59like I've been saying for the last few
- 47:01weeks that the Patriots
- 47:03really have only had a really very easy
- 47:06schedule when you look back at the
- 47:08strength of schedule for all the teams
- 47:10they've played. It's just I mean I'm
- 47:13interested to see them in the playoffs.
- 47:15I'm I'm interested to see them make
- 47:16against the best teams they've got
- 47:18there. But this game itself just didn't
- 47:21really interest me. The Dolphins had
- 47:22really nothing to give. um on the
- 47:25Dolphins. I'm surprised Mike McDaniel
- 47:26got the boot because he seemed all
- 47:28season just to somehow be coasting
- 47:30along.
- 47:31>> Yeah, like they they were it just seemed
- 47:34like there was no question about his job
- 47:36and he didn't ever seem to really be
- 47:38that bothered. Sometimes he looked like
- 47:40he was on something on his press press
- 47:43interviews. I don't know what's going on
- 47:44there, but
- 47:46>> Well, it it would explain their
- 47:48inconsistencies, mate. Um Lee, you got
- 47:50anything to say in this one or do you
- 47:51want to move on, mate? Um just just a
- 47:53quick one. Two running backs, Stevenson
- 47:55Henderson. They are absolutely amazing.
- 47:58I mean, one of the runs that Stevenson
- 48:00had, which was a 57 yard uh run. Um he
- 48:05he he almost got tackled, but he had
- 48:07such great balance. Stayed on his feet.
- 48:10Um almost made it to the end zone. Um
- 48:12but just got tackled just at the last uh
- 48:15last few yards. Um so yeah, it was it
- 48:19was great to see that. Um,
- 48:22but yeah, I think again like like the
- 48:24like the Seahawks, they've got a really
- 48:25good one-two punch.
- 48:27>> Lee, personally, I thank the Eagles from
- 48:30Nathan. Thanking you for Oh, yeah. Who's
- 48:32the perfect
- 48:33>> because he gets to play the Packers.
- 48:35[laughter]
- 48:36>> Get the You two play each other. I'm
- 48:38looking forward to this chat between you
- 48:40two. Well, oh, Steve's gone off. Hang
- 48:42on. Let's get him back in two seconds.
- 48:45Do is he Hang on one minute. I was only
- 48:47joking about the um Can you let him back
- 48:48on cuz my thing's being a bit dafted
- 48:50there?
- 48:51>> No, I can't see him.
- 48:54>> He's saying he's on, but he's not. He
- 48:55might have turned his mic his camera
- 48:56off. Anyway, um right, let let's move
- 48:58on. Um but um we do want to get you on
- 49:01Nathan at one point. So, if you want to
- 49:02come on when you're playing the Eagles
- 49:04and work allows it and your wife allows
- 49:05it, we'll have you on. Um Bears against
- 49:07the Lions. Um 19- 16. The Lions won. I
- 49:11wasn't expecting this. Bears rest
- 49:13players.
- 49:18>> I think they did. Yeah, I think
- 49:19>> I mean again they got
- 49:21>> I mean I'm sure Nathan will be able to
- 49:22tell us if they get
- 49:23>> they got the home field advantage
- 49:24secure. So you know
- 49:25>> I've got nothing really to say in this
- 49:27because they've rested players. They've
- 49:28been so good. They were so poor at the
- 49:30beginning and then whatever they've
- 49:32changed and done it's absolutely worked.
- 49:34Did you watch this one mate or was it
- 49:36just because you were resting players?
- 49:37You didn't take much notice.
- 49:40It was it was supposed to be one I was
- 49:42supposed to be watching the highlights
- 49:43on recently, but I've just not had time.
- 49:45Been too busy.
- 49:47>> I'm sure I'm sure Nathan's going to jump
- 49:49in any minute now. Tell us if they were
- 49:50resting
- 49:51>> typing a paragraph right now. Do you
- 49:53know when you like you said you're
- 49:54having an argument with someone and you
- 49:56can see the tape for like 20 minutes and
- 49:57then they put then they put [laughter] K
- 50:00just like the letter K. Um, okay. Next
- 50:03up was the Broncos against the Chargers.
- 50:05Um, I've not really got much to say
- 50:06this. It was wasn't a great game.
- 50:08Broncos just got the job done. Kind of
- 50:10felt like it was a is a halfass effort.
- 50:12Chargers resting players. Um score the
- 50:15field goal. I've not got anything else
- 50:16to say. Has anyone got anything to say
- 50:18in this game?
- 50:21>> No.
- 50:21>> Broncos are secure top spot. That rest
- 50:24week, it is going to benefit them a lot.
- 50:26Who they play after that, I don't know,
- 50:28but we'll get to Oh, hang on. No resting
- 50:29few injuries, but we lost to a better
- 50:31team in a day. Over 450 yards given up.
- 50:34Um then we had the Bills against the
- 50:36Jets.
- 50:36>> [snorts]
- 50:36>> Um,
- 50:38oh my god.
- 50:4035 to8. Did they Did they score a
- 50:42safety?
- 50:45>> I don't know. I didn't watch that game.
- 50:46>> Um, I wouldn't I would imagine so with
- 50:48with eight points. He's gone again. I'm
- 50:49sure he'll be back in a bit. Um,
- 50:53he's back. Add to the stream. Click add
- 50:55to stream. There we go. He's back. Guess
- 50:58who's back? Back again. Steve's back.
- 51:00Back again. Um, so yeah. I mean, look,
- 51:03the Bills have got a really hard playoff
- 51:05game against the Jags, which we'll talk
- 51:06about later. It was good for them, you
- 51:08know, good practice for them. Maybe
- 51:09they've tried some plays they've not
- 51:10tried as of yet. I've not really got
- 51:12much to say in it because the Jets are
- 51:14just that poor to watch. And it's mad
- 51:15because they have such a good fan base
- 51:18to be that poor. But, you know, you've
- 51:20got the Chiefs, the Cowboys, No, sorry,
- 51:23not the Chiefs. I retract that cuz the
- 51:24Chiefs have been quite unlucky, I think.
- 51:26You've got um you've got the Raiders,
- 51:28you've got the Cowboys. Two teams with
- 51:30really good fan bases, but they've been
- 51:32consistently poor for so long.
- 51:35>> Anyone got insane this game?
- 51:37>> Bills under 16s beat Jets. I agree,
- 51:39mate.
- 51:40>> Yeah, that's that's pretty much it. Like
- 51:43the Jets just don't you can't really
- 51:45base this on anything really this this
- 51:47game.
- 51:47>> You if there was an argument for a
- 51:49relegation promotion, you know, like and
- 51:52it would make another league of NFLs.
- 51:53Imagine if he did another league of the
- 51:55NFL that like
- 51:57you'd have more football to watch. Would
- 51:59is there is there any such thing as too
- 52:01much football?
- 52:02>> Not at all.
- 52:03>> No, I mean I mean I wish I wish the UK
- 52:06TV would show more exc I agree college
- 52:11ball as well. U even though I'm a CSU
- 52:13van, every single player is leaving CSU
- 52:16by looks of it. Um I follow a lot of
- 52:17them. I speak to two or three of the
- 52:19lads. They are not happy. Um, and like
- 52:23I'm transfer portal. Um, one the
- 52:26captain's one of the old linemen. I'm
- 52:27not going to name him. Um, cuz there's a
- 52:29few old linemen. Actually, you you know
- 52:31what I'm saying cuz he said just said
- 52:32captain. Never mind. Let's move on. Um,
- 52:35[laughter] going to the Steelers and the
- 52:37Ravens, which for me was the one I was
- 52:39looking forward to. And this game did
- 52:40not disappoint. The Steelers won 2624
- 52:43with the Ravens kicker missing a last
- 52:47second field goal. Lee, did you watch
- 52:51this one? We we
- 52:54>> um again I'm going to be honest.
- 52:56>> You missed the belt UFL winner versus
- 52:58Jets for AFC East spot.
- 53:02>> Lania Buccaneers Jets.
- 53:04>> I went I couldn't Yeah, I can't disagree
- 53:07with that. Um no, I missed the game, but
- 53:09I've I've kind of I I got the gist of of
- 53:12the game. Um you know, Rogers had a
- 53:15great game, Lamar had a great game. It
- 53:17was just down to the dying minutes where
- 53:19it was just, you know, we'll we'll try
- 53:22and kick a field goal, you try and kick
- 53:23a field goal. And unfortunately,
- 53:26um, you know, the pressure on the
- 53:28pressure on a rookie kicker to kick the
- 53:31game-winning goal is is a bit too much
- 53:34pressure for him and he buckled and um,
- 53:38surprisingly the Steelers won.
- 53:41>> Steve, anything? Uh for me, so the
- 53:44Ravens still had a timeout and they
- 53:47still had Derk Henry kicking about. I
- 53:49don't know why they took a knee to make
- 53:52the field goal a few yards further away
- 53:54for a rookie with that much pressure.
- 53:56Why not just see if Derk Henry can get a
- 53:58few more yards for you and then take
- 54:00that time out you had left?
- 54:01>> It's bad management and it goes to prove
- 54:04why John Harour's gone.
- 54:07>> I agree. Um, we definitely need an
- 54:09updated Grim Reaper board for something
- 54:11we can't believe. By the way, um, I
- 54:14agree. But folks, that was week 18.
- 54:20Some of your teams will no longer be
- 54:22playing for the remainder of the season,
- 54:24but I would encourage you to get
- 54:26involved in what is going to be a
- 54:28brilliant wild card week. Before we do
- 54:31that folks, uh I'm gonna ask Steve and
- 54:34Steve, who did you play for when you
- 54:36played Brit Bull?
- 54:38>> Uh War. So Brit was Sheffield Giants. So
- 54:42when Yuni was at Sheffield Halen?
- 54:45>> Okay. Okay. And Lee, I can't help it,
- 54:48mate. Lee, who did you play for?
- 54:50[laughter]
- 54:51>> It's good. Good job. This is
- 54:53>> I'm still hurting from my final. I'm
- 54:55still hurting. I'm still hurt. Who did
- 54:57you play for, Lee?
- 54:59Uh, I play for the Cambridge Air Cats.
- 55:01>> Okay. Okay. Just just just for future I
- 55:03just, you know, we're gonna we're going
- 55:05to sell a bit more brick ball in the
- 55:06next few. We're going to have more time,
- 55:07folks. And we want people who listen to
- 55:09this to to get into playing playing
- 55:11brick ball. Me, I've done more moving
- 55:13around and cats later in in Eastenders.
- 55:16I played for Spartans. I went to Crew
- 55:18Railroaders. Oh god, that was a
- 55:19disaster. Chester Romans fully enjoyed
- 55:22my time there and now I'm at cuz you're
- 55:23Buccaneers.
- 55:25So, so on um on getting other people
- 55:28who's watching maybe who's never played
- 55:29or thought about playing or whatever?
- 55:31>> Yeah.
- 55:32>> You guys got anything that you think
- 55:33might be a misconception about Brit that
- 55:36>> maybe we should just address maybe maybe
- 55:39that people might be thinking
- 55:40>> about the game that is people people
- 55:44think it is extortionate to play. Most
- 55:47teams will have gear that you can lend
- 55:48until you you can make sure that you
- 55:51like the hobby and then purchase your
- 55:52own equipment. Don't get me wrong. Is it
- 55:55horrendous wearing uh pads and lids that
- 55:57smell like death? Yes. But you soon get
- 56:01over it when you're slapping someone to
- 56:02the floor. Um [clears throat] do you
- 56:05have to be fit? Do you have Lee? Do we
- 56:08have to be fit as linemen? No, we don't.
- 56:10We get fed more food and sweets on the
- 56:13side. When we come off the pitch, we're
- 56:15getting handed sweets and all this and
- 56:17all. No. Um I'm trying to think of
- 56:20anything else. Do you know what? For me,
- 56:22for me, the main reason I love it is the
- 56:25endorphins that it produces when you and
- 56:28your boys and girls, cuz girls can play
- 56:31too. Um, when you get that win, that
- 56:34hard for win. And like there's some
- 56:37teams next season, and obviously I do
- 56:39the Britall version of this, which we'll
- 56:42we'll talk about that in a few weeks
- 56:43time. We we we know that. Um, I know
- 56:46we've not got a win last season and I
- 56:48want them to get that win next season
- 56:50and I I can't wait for it. There's
- 56:53there's loads of things I'd love to see
- 56:54change in in on the Brit Ball aspect.
- 56:57Could you imagine if we did a red zone
- 56:59version of Brick Ball? Oh, could you
- 57:02imagine if we were able to somehow do it
- 57:07on Sunday like for example, say like us
- 57:09three for example, we're talking about
- 57:10the games and we've got like we've all
- 57:12got like um three games up each or four
- 57:15games up each and when there's a
- 57:16touchdown we snip the clip and we upload
- 57:18it and we show it. That would be next
- 57:21level fantastic. That that's the level
- 57:24[laughter] we should we that's the level
- 57:26we should be we should be aspiring to.
- 57:28Um, but for anyone who's not played the
- 57:30sport before, I'd recommend giving it a
- 57:31go. It's absolutely brilliant. It hurts.
- 57:34Of course it hurts, but it's brilliant.
- 57:35It's pain you end up enjoy end up
- 57:37enjoying. But if you do want to join a
- 57:40team, go you can go on to the battle
- 57:41website. They will tell you your local
- 57:43team. And I'm pretty sure a um stream a
- 57:46news service will be posting out a map
- 57:48of all the teams that people can um join
- 57:51um see. Wink wink. [laughter] Um right,
- 57:54let's get on to the NFL wild card. Um,
- 57:59usually we just Yeah,
- 58:01>> wild card. Super wild card.
- 58:02>> No internet. Mordor. There is internet
- 58:04in Invenesse. I've been to Inveness. I
- 58:06got signal in Venice.
- 58:08>> Hey, before before we go into um the
- 58:10wild card, I've got four random stats
- 58:13from the entire season that I thought is
- 58:14just interesting just to shout out
- 58:16randomly.
- 58:17>> I can't wait to wear this Bonick stat.
- 58:19Off you go.
- 58:20>> H there isn't one. So Jamie Jamus
- 58:22Winston and Caleb Williams both have the
- 58:25same amount of receiving touchdowns as
- 58:26Xavier Worthy this season.
- 58:29>> Wow. Okay.
- 58:30>> Wild as hell. Jets zero zero
- 58:33interceptions all season. That that has
- 58:35never happened which is wild. Um JT from
- 58:40the Colts has 18 rushing touchdowns
- 58:42which is more than 19 other NFL teams
- 58:45have got rushing touchdowns on that
- 58:46squad altogether. And the last one, just
- 58:49for a laugh, Ravens wide receiver,
- 58:52Devontes Walker, he recorded a sack this
- 58:55year,
- 58:57wide receiver.
- 58:59There are Dline players who didn't get a
- 59:01sack or have recorded a 0.5 of a sack.
- 59:04>> Wow.
- 59:05>> How did How does a wide receiver record
- 59:06a sack?
- 59:07>> He must have jumped on a defense like a
- 59:10got a sack, I'm guessing.
- 59:12>> I I got a thing for before we crack on.
- 59:14Um,
- 59:16obviously we have Baffer, that's where
- 59:17your teams are through and we have the
- 59:19BF BF. Um, so if you go to BFR.info,
- 59:23um, the British Referee Association,
- 59:25they are looking for referees. They will
- 59:27train you how to do it. Um, and listen,
- 59:31some referees have had some grief this
- 59:33season. We're not 99% of the, you know,
- 59:36the Brit Bull community do not agree
- 59:38with that. U, we need to respect our
- 59:40refs and it's a great thing to be
- 59:42involved in. without referees, we do not
- 59:44have a game. So, for anyone who's
- 59:46thinking about being a referee, please
- 59:48do and do do that. And if you see me
- 59:50playing, I don't hold any players. I
- 59:52don't do fake punts. Um I I never do
- 59:55offsides. Do not blow that against me.
- 59:57And if you do, [laughter] we're not
- 59:59friends. Uh right, wild card. Wow. F.
- 1:00:03Let's get to it. Um so, first game,
- 1:00:05we've got the Panthers against the Rams.
- 1:00:08Now, now
- 1:00:11>> here we go. Lee, you're first. I'm not
- 1:00:13going first here. Lee, who are you
- 1:00:15picking here, the Panthers or the Rams?
- 1:00:18>> I think without a doubt, it's going to
- 1:00:20be the Rams. Uh,
- 1:00:23>> without a doubt. I I honestly
- 1:00:26>> I I I can't see any other score line
- 1:00:30apart from the Rams coming away with a
- 1:00:32victory here.
- 1:00:33>> Okay,
- 1:00:35Steve.
- 1:00:36>> I reckon I've got your verbatim in my
- 1:00:38head, mate. I reckon you're going to
- 1:00:39come out with what you've been saying
- 1:00:40for the last few weeks that our Panthers
- 1:00:42do wild things against good squads.
- 1:00:45I'm I'm going Rams, but I think you're
- 1:00:48going last for a reason.
- 1:00:51I'm going Panthers. [laughter]
- 1:00:54>> I'm going Panthers. They're at home.
- 1:00:57>> Homefield advantage. Homefield advantage
- 1:01:00>> and they do big things against big
- 1:01:02teams. [laughter]
- 1:01:06>> Do you know what? I I I wouldn't be
- 1:01:07disappointed because that would be that
- 1:01:09would be great for all the all the other
- 1:01:11NFC teams because you know there's
- 1:01:13there's a possibility that you know we
- 1:01:16can face off Panthers later on. So um it
- 1:01:20it's fun to watch as well when you when
- 1:01:21you've got an underdog if they can do it
- 1:01:23and keep going through it. It's it's
- 1:01:25good for next season when people are
- 1:01:26being like hang on all we got to do is
- 1:01:27get into the wild card squad.
- 1:01:30>> Good to have an underdog kicking about.
- 1:01:32>> We've got a comment here. I so want to
- 1:01:34do your games, mate. Lol. If you want to
- 1:01:36come up to the northwest of England, in
- 1:01:38fact, from what I'm in fact, I can't say
- 1:01:39that. I nearly said that. I nearly said
- 1:01:41that. Move on. I'll talk about that
- 1:01:43later, mate. I can't say that.
- 1:01:44[laughter] Can't say that. I'm tell I'm
- 1:01:45nearly telling information that I know
- 1:01:47that people don't know about about
- 1:01:48League. Nope. Nope. Zip it. Flip it.
- 1:01:52Next. Yes. Panthers. Right. Next game.
- 1:01:54Before I get in trouble, um the Bears
- 1:01:56against the Packers. This is going to be
- 1:01:58a brilliant game. And I'm going for the
- 1:02:00Bears. The Packers have nose dived. so
- 1:02:03quickly. Selen Dion may as well be
- 1:02:05singing. My heart will go on cuz the
- 1:02:06Packers are the Titanic and they are
- 1:02:08sinking. Ste, are you going to be
- 1:02:10sensible and back the Bears or back your
- 1:02:12mate and back the Packers?
- 1:02:14>> See, obviously for the first few weeks
- 1:02:15of the season and then just for a laugh,
- 1:02:17I not picking the Packers. Uh the Bears
- 1:02:21are at home. I quite like the Bears
- 1:02:22squad. They've got the most
- 1:02:24interceptions. They they've got the most
- 1:02:25turnovers. And as you said, the last few
- 1:02:29weeks, the Packers haven't really had
- 1:02:30anything going on. I think I think the
- 1:02:32Bears take this home and I would like to
- 1:02:34see them do this not in the fourth
- 1:02:36quarter. I want this finished by the
- 1:02:39first half, maybe the third quarter at
- 1:02:41best. I don't want to see
- 1:02:42>> No, you don't. We want it right to the
- 1:02:43very end. Make it interesting. We want
- 1:02:45drama, mate. Lee,
- 1:02:48>> uh, [clears throat] yeah, I'm I'm going
- 1:02:50with you. You boys on this one. It's
- 1:02:52It's going to be the Bears game to to
- 1:02:54win. Um,
- 1:02:55>> we can't read out that comment. We can't
- 1:02:58read out that comment. F [laughter]
- 1:03:00starst star
- 1:03:03the Packers.
- 1:03:04>> F star star the Packers.
- 1:03:06>> The Packers. On that note, uh let's move
- 1:03:08on to the next one. Um we've got the
- 1:03:10Jags against the Bills now.
- 1:03:13I think the Jags will win, but what
- 1:03:15version of the Bills turns up?
- 1:03:19>> True.
- 1:03:19>> Yeah, that's that's a great question. I
- 1:03:21mean, I'm I'm with you. I'm going to I'm
- 1:03:24going to go with the Jags because I
- 1:03:26think they are the dark horse in this in
- 1:03:28this game here. Um, I don't think
- 1:03:33I think it will be a close game, but I
- 1:03:35think it'll be the Bills defense that
- 1:03:37lets them down.
- 1:03:39Um, Nathan saying they're buy as the
- 1:03:41first player over 30 years of age to
- 1:03:43lead league in interceptions. I mean,
- 1:03:45he's he's he's done pretty well. He's
- 1:03:47done pretty well.
- 1:03:48>> What could he do on a rainy Wednesday
- 1:03:50night and stoke? [laughter] Um, Steve,
- 1:03:53who are you back in here, mate?
- 1:03:56Uh, I mean they're both very very
- 1:03:58offensive squads. When when when you've
- 1:04:01got their best days, they can put up 40
- 1:04:03plus points. I'm going for the Jags. I
- 1:04:05think they've been their most
- 1:04:06consistent. I think the Bills the Bills
- 1:04:10have been on and off this last couple of
- 1:04:12years. They don't really know how to win
- 1:04:15a playoff game. They haven't done since
- 1:04:16they've had Josh Allen. Like they just
- 1:04:18they keep looking like a really
- 1:04:20contender and they get into the playoffs
- 1:04:22and just forget what's going on. And
- 1:04:25yeah, and I think it's about time I
- 1:04:27stopped saying that Lawrence isn't a
- 1:04:28good QB this this this season. So, I'm
- 1:04:31going for a Jags.
- 1:04:32>> He's been brilliant. Um, that coaching
- 1:04:34system that's changed is just benefited
- 1:04:36him so much.
- 1:04:40>> 40 years old, that coach.
- 1:04:42>> Yeah,
- 1:04:43>> that's wild. Oh, on that on that, by the
- 1:04:45way, I I just I I worked this out
- 1:04:46earlier. The AFC, the average age for
- 1:04:49the head coach is 51.4 four years and in
- 1:04:52the NFC is 42.3 years. Also, the NFC
- 1:04:56coaches going on in the playoffs.
- 1:04:59>> I like that. Young. I thought you got to
- 1:05:00make me sound old then because the the
- 1:05:03AFC had Pete Carol. That's why he is
- 1:05:05ancient. [laughter]
- 1:05:07>> No, no, that's literally just the
- 1:05:09players. That's literally just the
- 1:05:11coaches that got into the playoffs.
- 1:05:14>> Oh, okay. Okay. Okay.
- 1:05:15>> That's just I couldn't be bothered to
- 1:05:16work out all that's a lot of math. Next
- 1:05:19up, next up we've got the um the Eagles
- 1:05:22against the 49ers. Steve, I'm going to
- 1:05:25come to you on this one.
- 1:05:27>> Um I think this is going to be a good
- 1:05:29game, but I think the 49ers have hit
- 1:05:33sort of
- 1:05:35they they they've hit the good patch at
- 1:05:37the right time. I think they're going to
- 1:05:38carry that through and I just think it's
- 1:05:40they're going to edge it. It might be a
- 1:05:42field goal. I don't think it's going to
- 1:05:43be by a lot, but I think the Niners just
- 1:05:46take this back.
- 1:05:48Okay, Lee,
- 1:05:53>> if I if I wasn't
- 1:05:54>> I thought you were going to give another
- 1:05:55four minute speech there from from
- 1:05:57[laughter] that that what chat GBT
- 1:06:00there. I was expecting that. Listen,
- 1:06:02we've been on for an hour and six
- 1:06:03minutes. No four minute speeches. Who
- 1:06:04you picking?
- 1:06:06>> Uh if I wasn't an Eagles fan, I would be
- 1:06:10saying the 49ers in this game, but
- 1:06:11because I'm an Eagles fan. No, no, I
- 1:06:13can't. I can't. I've got to back my
- 1:06:15gonna get beat. I will pick the other
- 1:06:17team.
- 1:06:18>> I'm going to I'm going to back my birds
- 1:06:20because I I I I think they have the
- 1:06:22potential to win and I think they they
- 1:06:27I think I think we can run on them and I
- 1:06:31think we can open up some gaps for
- 1:06:32Saquon and then once they start biting
- 1:06:35down onto this run play we'll just start
- 1:06:37throwing the ball to AJ. So I'm going to
- 1:06:39go and and plus we have
- 1:06:43you know top three defense in the league
- 1:06:45right now.
- 1:06:46by far. Um, so I'm going to go with my
- 1:06:48birds.
- 1:06:50>> This game is going to be won in overtime
- 1:06:55>> by the Eagles.
- 1:06:57>> Oh,
- 1:07:00>> experience in the playoffs is about to
- 1:07:03be switched on.
- 1:07:05>> I mean I mean you say experience in the
- 1:07:07playoffs. The Ners have been in the
- 1:07:08playoffs for years.
- 1:07:11Their first playoff in 50 years was
- 1:07:13against the Ners. When did the last win
- 1:07:15a Super Bowl meet?
- 1:07:17>> I mean, fair enough, but when was the
- 1:07:19last time we had backto-back versus
- 1:07:20backto-back Super Bowls? It's been a
- 1:07:22long time since we had a sort of Chiefs
- 1:07:23had backto-back. And if the Eagles do
- 1:07:26it, a backto-back backto-back Super
- 1:07:27Bowl, that's just a very un thing to
- 1:07:29happen.
- 1:07:30>> There's there's a lot of players who've
- 1:07:31played in that Eagles squad who who are
- 1:07:34used to that
- 1:07:36win or die scenario.
- 1:07:39>> Look, we're just fans making
- 1:07:41predictions. That's [laughter] my
- 1:07:43condition.
- 1:07:44>> Uh, on to the next one. Patriots against
- 1:07:46the Chargers. Steve, I'm going to go to
- 1:07:48you first on this one, mate.
- 1:07:51>> Pains me to say it, but I'm going
- 1:07:53Chargers for this game.
- 1:07:55I think [laughter]
- 1:07:57>> Yeah, I don't I don't know why.
- 1:08:00>> Wait, why? Why is it pain you to say it?
- 1:08:02>> Well, because they're a division rival
- 1:08:04and I'd rather they
- 1:08:05>> Oh, get lost, Lee. [laughter]
- 1:08:07>> Get lost.
- 1:08:08>> I don't know. I I like I like I like
- 1:08:10Drake May. I do. I do. but he hasn't
- 1:08:12really played a good like he's he's
- 1:08:14played a handful maybe a couple of good
- 1:08:16defenses he's had to come back from an
- 1:08:19actual good offense putting numbers on
- 1:08:20the squad like I just feel like the
- 1:08:24pressure is going to get to them and I
- 1:08:25think the Chargers take this game
- 1:08:28>> okay Lee
- 1:08:31>> I'm going the opposite I'm going
- 1:08:32Patriots I think uh you know the the
- 1:08:35running back duo that they've got there
- 1:08:37is really good has got this team
- 1:08:42so in tune. I think they are uh another
- 1:08:46really good team in in a very
- 1:08:47competitive AFC. So, I'm going to be
- 1:08:49going for the Patriots.
- 1:08:51>> I'm not saying I'm not a good team. I'm
- 1:08:52just saying I'm just I'm just saying the
- 1:08:54test.
- 1:08:56>> This game is going to be won by a field
- 1:08:58goal [laughter]
- 1:09:00>> and the Chargers are going to win.
- 1:09:03>> Okay.
- 1:09:03>> Okay. Okay.
- 1:09:06>> Um
- 1:09:08I can see it being that close.
- 1:09:10Yeah, me too. Me too. Me too. Um,
- 1:09:12Steelers against the Texans. Um, Lee,
- 1:09:14we'll go with you first, mate.
- 1:09:19>> I think this is Aaron
- 1:09:23Aaron Rogers's last game.
- 1:09:25>> I think this this is his last game and
- 1:09:28the Texans are going to walk away with
- 1:09:29the victory.
- 1:09:30>> Okay, Steve. Look, I love Alds. I love
- 1:09:34the story. I love him bringing Steelers
- 1:09:36to the playoffs.
- 1:09:38um Texans defense is too good. He's
- 1:09:41going to get sacked too much and then
- 1:09:43it's the squad's going to be falling
- 1:09:44apart as they have been for the last few
- 1:09:47weeks. And I've got a feeling Mattel's
- 1:09:48got to say something different here.
- 1:09:53>> Steelers
- 1:09:57and and convincingly.
- 1:10:01>> Convincingly. Oh
- 1:10:02>> wow.
- 1:10:03>> Have they had a convincing win all
- 1:10:05season?
- 1:10:06>> No.
- 1:10:07I'm not even on drugs, mate. I'm not
- 1:10:09even on drugs. I I just It's just
- 1:10:11something that's telling me in the back
- 1:10:12of my head. So, you know, maybe I've got
- 1:10:14like schizophrenia or something. I'm
- 1:10:15like, you know, no. I don't know why,
- 1:10:19mate. I just I just feel like they're
- 1:10:20just going to he's he's going to make
- 1:10:22them turn up. Um it le that embarrassed.
- 1:10:25He's just left already to stream.
- 1:10:28It wasn't that much of a bad
- 1:10:30announcement, mate. You didn't have to
- 1:10:31leave over that.
- 1:10:32>> I I was that shocked.
- 1:10:33>> Yeah. Honestly, I I I don't think
- 1:10:36they're going to go all the way, but I
- 1:10:37think they're going to win it.
- 1:10:40>> Yeah.
- 1:10:41>> Okay. On on all the way as as players
- 1:10:44are starting now, what's your prediction
- 1:10:47who's going to win the Super Bowl? If if
- 1:10:49we just pretend you don't support a
- 1:10:51team. So obviously we know Matt's gonna
- 1:10:54say Broncos and Lee's gonna say Eagles,
- 1:10:57but if you if you were allowed to not if
- 1:10:58you were told not to choose either of
- 1:11:00those teams, you say,
- 1:11:01>> right, let let's let's change the
- 1:11:03question to pick a team that's not your
- 1:11:04team.
- 1:11:05>> Yeah.
- 1:11:06>> Okay.
- 1:11:06>> Okay. Um
- 1:11:09B
- 1:11:15>> Seahawks.
- 1:11:16>> Just say Bronos, YOU COWARD. YOU
- 1:11:18ABSOLUTE COWARD. You call I can't even
- 1:11:22swear and I'm gonna send you the beast
- 1:11:25after this to see your
- 1:11:26>> No, I I I think it's going to be a
- 1:11:28Broncos Seahawks Super Bowl, but I think
- 1:11:30the Seahawks will win.
- 1:11:32>> So, I mean, you guys have seen my
- 1:11:33predictions. I've got Broncos in the
- 1:11:35bowl, but I'm I'm giving it the Niners.
- 1:11:37I just think they they've been they've
- 1:11:39been teetering on the edge for five, six
- 1:11:41years or so. I think
- 1:11:42>> it's about
- 1:11:46final.
- 1:11:47>> So, do you know what? I'm going to ask
- 1:11:48you the same question next week. And
- 1:11:50when the Eagles spank the 49ers, I can't
- 1:11:52wait for you to go, "Oh, well, I'll pick
- 1:11:54another team apart from the Broncos."
- 1:11:56And then when it finally gets to the
- 1:11:58Super Bowl and it's like the Broncos
- 1:11:59against the Bears, you like, "I'll pick
- 1:12:00the Bears." And when the Broncos win, I
- 1:12:02can't even say what I'm Yeah.
- 1:12:04>> Okay.
- 1:12:05>> I mean, I'll tell you what, if Yeah. I
- 1:12:07mean, there's not going to be an episode
- 1:12:08afterwards, but I was going to say if
- 1:12:09the Broncos win the Super Bowl, I'd wear
- 1:12:10a jersey for the next episode, but we'd
- 1:12:13have to decide what the episode would be
- 1:12:14afterwards.
- 1:12:15Well, we are we are renewed for season
- 1:12:17two, but we're going to announce that at
- 1:12:19the end of season one. Um, oh, FYI, when
- 1:12:22we do do that show after the Super Bowl,
- 1:12:25um, we've all got to come on in like
- 1:12:28suit and tie or tucks or whatever. So,
- 1:12:30that's a thing.
- 1:12:32>> Bring bring alcohol if you're drinking
- 1:12:34it. If you're not, whatever. Um, right.
- 1:12:38Have you got any plans for the week, J?
- 1:12:39Anything going on before we finish?
- 1:12:43>> Nothing particularly. work. Uh, I'm
- 1:12:46going to I'm taking finally taking to my
- 1:12:48favorite Korean restaurant on Sunday. I
- 1:12:50mean, keep meaning to just just not have
- 1:12:52the time to do it because they randomly
- 1:12:53closed on a Wednesday and a Monday,
- 1:12:55which we both seem to always be free on.
- 1:12:57Who does that?
- 1:12:58>> How dare they? How dare they?
- 1:13:00>> What a weird day to be closed. Obviously
- 1:13:03watching the playoffs and uh yeah,
- 1:13:06that's probably about it for me for this
- 1:13:07week.
- 1:13:09>> Fair Lee. Any plans? Any any He's behind
- 1:13:11you. Any more that going on?
- 1:13:13>> Uh, no. My next my next uh acting
- 1:13:16audition is going to be the end of this
- 1:13:17month. So I'm going to be focusing on
- 1:13:22British American football right now and
- 1:13:24looking at the Cambridge Cats as we've
- 1:13:26got our first training session this this
- 1:13:29weekend. So if you're in the Cambridge
- 1:13:30area and want to give it a go, come
- 1:13:32down. We welcome everybody.
- 1:13:36I got say for any so for anyone watching
- 1:13:38who's who's fans and that so what so
- 1:13:40what I normally do for a Super Bowl
- 1:13:42>> I normally get a few group of people
- 1:13:43together and I do a Super Bowl bingo. So
- 1:13:45if anyone wants to throw some ideas to
- 1:13:47put on the bingo board,
- 1:13:50some are fun. Whether it's commercials,
- 1:13:52if you're watching American stream,
- 1:13:53whether it's interceptions, whether it's
- 1:13:54a long touchdown, return touchdown
- 1:13:57>> because they did one with a Taylor Swift
- 1:13:59camera. You have to do a shot every time
- 1:14:00Taylor Swift was on the camera and
- 1:14:02people end up plastered by the second
- 1:14:03quarter. Um,
- 1:14:05>> just do bingo, man. You do a line, you
- 1:14:06do a shot, you get you get to the line,
- 1:14:08you've had that. Yeah, it's fine.
- 1:14:10>> I'm glad you you carried on there, mate.
- 1:14:11I was like to say it's PG it's PJ PG
- 1:14:14>> do a line [laughter]
- 1:14:16we don't we don't listen for anyone in
- 1:14:17the Brit Brit ball setup good luck get
- 1:14:22training get to the gym get you in the
- 1:14:24pay playbook and pay your subs um I've
- 1:14:27got a week of not much work work but
- 1:14:30I'll be loads going on behind the scenes
- 1:14:32news to come out soon folks thank you
- 1:14:34very much for joining us that's been
- 1:14:36week 18 we've got wild card next going
- 1:14:39to start this from the top I've been
- 1:14:41matte O,
- 1:14:42>> I've been state
- 1:14:43>> and I've been Lee
- 1:14:45>> and we will see you next week. Same
- 1:14:48time, same place.