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NFL Playoff Picture: STEELERS or RAVENS? PANTHERS or BUCS? · NY's Sports Loud Mouth (VIDEO)

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They're going to have a ton of money to spend.
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Why not put it in one of the top three offensive players in the
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Aaron Judge and saying that he can't win the big game, Michael
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Jordan said. I played 82 games.
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com. Well, I've had an interesting,
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interesting year. And anybody that has not known
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me or watched this show over and over and over again, repeatedly
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as we go in week by week, show by show, episode by episode,
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would know that my show and my personality could go in many
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different directions, many different directions.
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If it's a comedy show you want to hear, this is the one you
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want to hear. If it's a sports talk show you
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want to listen to, this is what you want to listen to.
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But over the last couple of months, and I, I will say this,
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to be very fond of this industry and what I love about this
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industry is there's many sports to talk about.
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And being that we're here in New York, sports is life for all the
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fans out there. Even though our sports teams are
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absolutely horrible and mean, If you look at where our football
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teams are at, you got a chance to watch one team pull off a win
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yesterday against a Vegas Raider team that didn't want to play.
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They they really should have just stayed on the bus.
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There was no reason for the Raiders to play in that game.
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And then we had a chance to watch the New York Jets, which
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was an absolute debacle, A divisional game.
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And you don't show up. You don't show up against the
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New England Patriot team for years have been daggering it
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right in your back. And you just absolutely laid up
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a lousy goose egg. And I, I watch New York sports
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because, I mean, I'm here in New York and, and I root for our our
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teams. And there's just nothing to me
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moving forward in 2026 besides the New York Knicks that makes
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me excited now. Hopefully it'll change in the
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offseason. With football, it could change
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with a blink of an eye. We've seen it.
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You could go from one of the worst teams to one of the best
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teams with a blink. In hockey.
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We have seen the absolute difference in a team when they
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make or they get a draft pick like Matthew Schaefer with the
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New York Islanders. And I've seen the twists and
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turns over the last couple of years of falling out, John
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Tavares deciding to part ways with the Islanders, go to
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Toronto just just to absolutely stink.
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I mean, look at Toronto right now.
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They're in the last place in their in their in their
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division. You wonder that maybe it could
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be the Islander here, maybe with Patrick Wah and the Islanders,
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they make this unbelievable run. Now that Lou Pinella, I mean Lou
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Pinella, Lou Pinella because I was writing a story over the
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weekend. It's not Lou sleeping.
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Lou is no longer with the New York Islanders.
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I just when you, when you, when you look at sports and and as a
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New York fan, you, you only hope and you wonder when these teams
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are going to change and get better.
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It will come down to a winner takes all showdown between the
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Ravens and the Steelers in primetime fashion Sunday night
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for the final playoff spot and the AFC North division crown.
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The Ravens blew out the Packers without Jordan Love, 41 to 24,
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led by 216 rushing yards and four touchdowns from the one and
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only Derrick Henry. The Packers had already clinched
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the playoff spot before the game started.
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After the Lions fell on Saturday to the Vikings, the Packers lose
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and clinched the NFC North for the Bears.
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The Ravens season stays alive because Shidor Sanders and the
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Browns upset the Steelers 13 to 6 without DK Metcalf, who was
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suspended by the league for striking a fan for two games.
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The Steelers and quarterback Aaron Rodgers could do nothing
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against the Browns defense all day.
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Metcalf will also miss the big match up with the Baltimore with
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the Baltimore Ravens next week. Both NFC South contenders lost
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this week with the Buccaneers losing to the Dolphins 20 to 17
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and the Panthers failing falling to the Seahawks 27 to 10.
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This sets up another win and you're in scenario for the NFC
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South title. If the Bucks win, they will be
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the first team to win their division with a losing record 8
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and 9 since they did it with an 8 and 9 record in 2022.
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The Panthers defense was able to hold Seattle in check in the
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first half, but Bryce Young was only able to go 14 for 24 for 54
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yards and an interception in the loss as Seattle pulled away in
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the second-half. The Bucks are lucky to have this
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shot after they fell to quit and yours LED Dolphins and could
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only get 54 total rushing yards as a whole team.
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There's a lot to get into and I I love the Pittsburgh and
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Ravens. The Pittsburgh Steelers and
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Ravens scenario and there's a lot of reasons why is because
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you look forward to games like this.
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You because these are divisional games.
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The Ravens can't stand the Pittsburgh Steelers.
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The Steelers can't stand the Baltimore Ravens.
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You want to see Lamar Jackson in the playoffs, but you also want
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to see Aaron Rodgers in the playoffs.
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This could be Aaron Rodgers last hurrah and Lamar Jackson with
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all the ups and downs all season long, the injuries.
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This could be the run that he couldn't or should be waiting
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for. This is this is something that
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we've seen before. Team sneak into the playoffs and
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go all the way. I know Aaron Rodgers remembers
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that. I remember in 2010, we bring it
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up all the time, a wild card team went from one of the worst
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teams in the beginning of the seasons to one of the best
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teams, finished strong, went into the playoffs, made their
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run, and Aaron Rodgers won his only Super Bowl in 2010.
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You got to get hot. And the Ravens with all their
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woes, their defense and all the ups and downs of the way their
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defense was this year and, and the Ravens are known for their
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defense. Come on, if you think about it,
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the Ed Reeds of the world, the Suggs of the world, all the
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linebackers and we could go through every single one of
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them. One who to me is an all time
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great. They've always been an elite
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defense and this year they weren't.
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And it would be fitting to see the Ravens get into the playoffs
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and make a run all the way to a Super Bowl and win a Super Bowl.
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Lamar Jackson's first Super Bowl and then Lamar could be
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considered one of the best quarterbacks of this era.
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Aaron Rodgers has a lot to prove because if you want to be
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considered with those Peyton Manning's and the Tom Brady's,
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you have to win your number two. You have to win your second
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Super Bowl. Peyton Manning did it.
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Did Peyton Manning do it by himself?
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No. His defense was elite.
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Pittsburgh everything what we've seen with high Smith and his
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defensing and we're going to see Watt come back if they make the
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play offs. I expect Watt to play in the
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play offs when Watts in this is an elite defense and that's what
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you I say this all the time winning championships, you need
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a good running game and you need an elite defense.
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Now the Ravens, they don't have an elite defense, but they have
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an all world type of quarterback that could change every single
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game. With his legs, he's unstoppable.
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If Lamar Jackson is healthy all season long, I, I believe the
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Ravens are one of the top three teams in the NFC, one of the top
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five teams in all of the NFL. But he's not.
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And there's some rumblings that John Harbaugh might be out if
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they get knocked out, he decides to step away.
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Whatever the Ravens decide to do or decide not to do with John
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Harbaugh all rests maybe in this game.
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And that to me, stands out more than anything because when we
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think of division championships, we think of Pittsburgh and the
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Ravens. We think of Kansas City and the
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Chargers. We think about the Eagles or the
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Giants or the Eagles or the Cowboys.
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That's what we think about. And that to me, and even this
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year, we saw Seattle and the Rams go back and forth.
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Those games were sensational. You want to see games like that.
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You want to see games that can come down to the wire.
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And this is right there, Week 18, Sunday Night Football, Aaron
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Rodgers, Lamar Jackson, one of the greats against maybe soon to
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be the greatest quarterback of this era.
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I wrote a story this weekend about the 2018 draft class,
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draft class of quarterbacks. I don't know if anybody
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remembers it remembers it, but I can tell you Baker Mayfield went
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#1 to the Browns. Baker Mayfield is now playing
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for the Buccaneers. Before that, he jumped from
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three other teams before he landed with the Buccaneers.
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Do you remember the second guy that was picked in that draft?
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I do. I'm going to give it to you #3
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Sam Darnold, the youngest quarterback in NFL history, He
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jumped around after leaving The Jets.
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He went from, I think 2 teams or three teams before he jumped.
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And he's now in Seattle, 13 and three Seattle Seahawks.
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And guess what? He has become an elite
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quarterback. It took him a while.
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Youngest quarterback in the league, still fairly young.
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Has a chance to become the quarterback that everybody
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thought he was going to become coming out of USA #7 went to the
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Buffalo Bills. Josh Allen, now Josh Allen, we
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know what he's been and we know what he's turned into.
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Josh Allen had a weird release when he came out of Wyoming.
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There was a lot of questions about Josh Allen and, and could
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he last in the NFL? The way he plays the game, he's
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become as he leaked as any quarterback in the NFL and why?
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Maybe it was because of coaching, maybe it was Dabo,
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maybe the fact that he changed his release or maybe just his
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understanding of the love of the game.
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There were a lot of people pressing on Josh Allen his whole
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career and and why they thought he wasn't going to last.
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I mean, I've read Ramsay and the G2 Magazine attacked this man
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and didn't even know him at #10 it was the Arizona Cardinals and
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the one guy that just got away or thank God got away, and now
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it's Josh Rosen. It was my favorite at the time
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and Tyler Harrison's favorite at the time.
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We were both badly wrong. Tennis tennis champion and maybe
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he should just stay and play pick up tennis because he was
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horrible. He jumped ship to many different
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organizations, even went out there and spoke about the the
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the teams that passed up on him, said they're going to regret it.
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I don't think they're regretting it anymore.
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And then the final pick of the draft, the last pick in Mr.
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Newsome, Ozzy Newsome's, you know, pocketbook or pockets was
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Lamar Jackson. And I believe Lamar Jackson has
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been the best quarterback out of all these quarterbacks in any of
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these classes that we've mentioned over the last, I would
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say 15 years. Not because he has become an
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elite runner in this league, not because he's become a thrower in
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this league, just because the guy plays at such a high speed,
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so dominant when he is at the top of his game, almost
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impossible to stop. You could talk about Joe Burrow
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and his elite way of watching the field and scoop, scooping
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and and plopping the ball into different spots to Jamar chasing
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and Higgins. To me, what makes Lamar Jackson
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so unique is he doesn't have an elite wide receiver.
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I mean flat is Flowers, an elite wide receiver.
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Andrews was an elite tight end but he couldn't stay healthy.
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Lamar Jackson has never had an elite wide receiver to throw to
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in his whole career. Could you imagine if he had
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Jamar, Chase or Higgins? How about TK Metcalf, he doesn't
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have any of those guys. He has an elite running back in
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Derrick Henry finally. But that just tells you and I, I
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believe when you look at quarterbacks and that's why I
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look at Tom Brady. Also have another article out
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there, Tom Brady and Joe Montana.
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I believe Joe Montana is just a tad better than Tom Brady.
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But if you look at Tom Brady's career, your argument is he's
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had different running backs. He's never had the same running
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back. He's never had the same
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offensive line more than three years.
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The only thing that he's had the same practically his whole
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career is his coach before he went to the Buccaneers.
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So to me, elite quarterbacks can play with anything around them.
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You don't need a superstar, you don't need an elite player.
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And that goes to what I'm saying about Aaron Rodgers.
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Aaron Rodgers made everybody around him better, everybody.
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And that's where this is coming, this is going.
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We're going into a game where this could be the crown King, a
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lot of people believe is the greatest quarterback.
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I do in a 10 year or ten C, you know, 10 seasons comparable to
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the Tom Brady's and Peyton Manning's and Drew Breeses.
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I believe Aaron Rodgers has been the best, not with the greatest
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talent, not with superstar players.
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He's made everybody around him because he's special.
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Lamar Jackson too. That's what I think about this
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game. This could be the end of Aaron
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Rodgers career moving on to bigger and better things, to
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Brittany, his so-called wife or his so-called hand, whoever he's
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married. See I see him wearing his ring
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every time he plays. It's a it's a black ring.
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So I guess he's married unless he's fibbing.
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But that's the game that's I'm looking forward to the
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Buccaneers and and and the Carolina Panthers.
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Nothing sticks out to me in this game except this is the
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Buccaneers game to win. Caroline is still building.
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Caroline is still figuring things out.
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Canalis is still figuring things out as a head coach.
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I think he's going to be a great one.
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He's got a young quarterback that I don't think is ever going
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to be elite. You can win with them, but he's
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never going to be elite. He found out all he's got a a
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star wide receiver. He's got weapons now he can
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build around those weapons. His defense still needs a little
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bit of cleaning, but this Carolina team is going to be
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good for many, many years to come.
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They're young and up and coming. But this is the Buccaneers year
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because if they don't make the playoffs, Todd Bowles is gone.
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He is gone. Swim to the fishies, swim to the
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sharks because Todd Bowles is gone.
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Sayonara, this is their year. Mike Evans did not look happy
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this past weekend. I didn't look happy because it
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was on my fantasy team. And thank God I didn't need Mike
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Evans because of what Brock Purdy did on Sunday night, which
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was absolutely ridiculous. I mean, I got a lot to say by
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the way Owen and me went back and forth yesterday.
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It was. I heard that phone call that was
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quite. Interesting.
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It was fun, definitely funny and I love you.
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But the game that really sticks out to me is, is obviously the
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Pittsburgh Steelers and the Ravens, but this could go down
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to the wire and, and really the Carolina Panthers in the last
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three or four weeks, they'd be, their defense has been one of
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the best defenses in all the football.
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And if they show up to this game and the Buccaneers do not show
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up and they don't have, I know Baker Mayfield didn't have
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worth. I know the offensive line is not
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protecting him. There's no excuses anymore.
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Baker was an to me, an MVP candidate for the 1st 8 or 9
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weeks and that's falling off. And I don't want to hear about
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injuries. There's no reason why this team
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is really crawling into a playoff run now.
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Hey, the Buccaneers can get into the playoffs and and make noise.
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I'm going to tell you right now and we'll get into it in just a
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few moments. The Eagles look damn good.
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I, I don't, I told you guys about the Eagles when they
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figure things out, watch out for them.
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And you're you're watching it right now.
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But the Dolphins give a shout out to Mike McDaniel, guys, Mike
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McDaniel was practically done. Everybody was throwing them out.
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Gone. Mighty Mouse was gone, gone to
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the bleachers, say goodbye. And then all of a sudden they
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make a couple of trades, They trade fill UPS, they move
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players. Tyree kill goes down and they
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figured things out. Tua was Tua was actually sitting
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and riding the bench. They bring in Quinn.
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Yours he was what, a six round draft pick?
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This guy at one point was a first round talent pulls out and
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they're finding ways to win with these guys.
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It's pretty amazing. I I have been very impressed
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with the out of all the teams that have fallen back and forth
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and a lot of people giving up on him, the Miami Dolphins have
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been the most impressive, impressive team.
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And and the most impressive team making it to the players right
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now is the Seattle Seahawks, which I think could be
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unstoppable. If Najigua plays at a top game
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at the top of his game like he's been doing all season long.
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And obviously the playoffs, you're playing against better
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defenses and better teams and better coaching.
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No question Seattle could absolutely go to the Super Bowl
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and win the Super Bowl this year.
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No question they can't. They have the running game.
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Sharpen a has been unbelievable. Walker's been great.
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They can do so many things so very well.
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And they got a quarterback and I just mentioned him, Sam Darnold.
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So I look at all these games. I gave you my take on it,
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Speedy. I want to hear your.
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Yeah, I want to mention it from this standpoint, from the
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Panthers and Bucks to start, because you were talking about
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that like the losing record standpoint and sometimes you see
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those teams still. Do I don't care about that?
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I never even mentioned. That in the playoffs you
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mentioned in the read off like the losing record.
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And I think you you still get the talent of those teams for a
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Buccaneers team that when healthy is still a lot better
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than they are record wise and a Panthers team that has nothing
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to lose because this is a team that doesn't have a lot of big
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contracts on the team. They had a really good rookie
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class that's really helped their offense play as well as they
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have and their defense play a lot better than expected.
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They're supposed to be one of the probably bottom 10 defenses
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in the league. They've been amazing.
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But I had a schedule and pressure to come with Canalis on
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with Bryce Young. Bryce Young trying to make a
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statement in Year 3, which you're right, he's been very
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underwhelming for a first round pick, but first overall pick.
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But he still had some really good games this year and he's a
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great comeback quarterback, which is interesting.
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Then you shift to the Buccaneers side where Todd Bowles, is there
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a sense of desperation for his job at this point?
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If they miss the playoffs or even if they may get in, just
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still go out in the first round. Does he get an injury pass from
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somebody like Jason Light? Jason Lights been a very good GM
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and the Buccaneers obviously won a Super Bowl with Tom Brady.
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But since then, they've only won two playoff games to beat the
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Eagles when the Eagles fell apart two years ago and they
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beat really bad and they beat a really bad Eagles team.
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I think it was the year before that when they were a seven
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seed. Like those are the only two
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playoff wins they've won since then.
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So could there be pressure on getting a high, I guess
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potential coach type thing, whether it's one of these big
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name offensive coordinators like a Kubiak in Seattle or whether
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it's somebody like you've mentioned, a veteran coach like
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Mike McCarthy or something like that that could be available.
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Then on the Steelers and Ravens standpoint, it's the opposite
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where both these coaches, there are two of the longest tenured,
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they're the two longest tenured coaches in the NFL with their
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respective teams. How much is the clock ticking
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for them? I know we were joking about it
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with after the Senate. Your same point with your phone
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call with oh, and he was like, oh, John Harbaugh doesn't want a
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Super Bowl in forever and all that.
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Yeah, but he won one. He won one and there's been a
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kind of Rep. How many did Kyle win?
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He hasn't won any yet. He hasn't won any yet and I
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don't think he's going to win any with the San Francisco. 49
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Kyle Shanahan is basically Eagles Andy Reid with a little
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more talent at this point. Do not diss Andy Reid.
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No Eagles. Andy Reid, not overall.
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I I still I would not diss Andy Reid.
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Andy Reid has won multiple Super Bowls.
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I know it was with Patrick Mahomes, but even with the
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Eagles, the Eagles still were. And I'm I'm not saying that like
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the San Francisco 49ers are not a an organization.
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They are, they're a regular season team.
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But in the playoffs, they're a bombshell.
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They fail and I don't want to hear it.
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There's no complaining anymore. You have Christian McCaffrey and
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then in the second-half of the game, you stop running the ball
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in a Super Bowl and you are up 6:50, I think.
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I think the score. Yeah.
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It doesn't make any sense how you have a great running game
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and then automatically in the fourth quarter you say, you know
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what, I'm going to stop running the ball.
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Makes no sense. Why am I running the ball?
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I just led the league in all and and offensive touchdowns with a
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running back or yards bar by a running back.
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It makes no sense, but it's typical Kyle Shanahan.
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I want to reference to the other coaches though, too, with Tomlin
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and with Harbaugh too. It just seems like usually
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there's something missing. And again, Harbaugh I think is
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still a good coach. I think he'll still get hired
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anywhere else. I was, but I.
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He's not going anywhere. That's what I'm reading.
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Yeah, it's funny because when I posted your article last week
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about Michigan, it's your own more what are the people in the
25:21
in the Reddit comment section, which you'll go, What would it
25:23
be funny if John Harbaugh Michigan sex head coach?
25:25
That's not going to happen. But again, you look at Tomlin
25:28
too, like the clock is ticking. We talked about all the time he
25:30
hasn't won a playoff game and who knows how long the last
25:32
playoff game he won was against a Miami Dolphins 6 seed with
25:35
Adam Gates and Matt Morris, their starting quarterback.
25:38
Put that in perspective. And then John Harbaugh, he says
25:40
some, certainly some underwhelming playoffs as well.
25:43
And even recently last the last couple years, they've been a
25:45
Texans team that was very inexperienced and again, a
25:47
Titans team that was kind of up and down.
25:49
So it's not like they really had a lot of quality wins either.
25:51
And then it's the Steelers. Forget about it.
25:53
Aaron Rodgers is interesting though, because does he does he
25:56
feel like this is the last reputation?
25:58
I think he's liked by the Steelers and he's liked by the
26:00
Steelers players and obviously he's better than the
26:02
quarterbacks that they've had. And then the other thing is he
26:05
is he Mason Rudolph and Kenny Peckett.
26:07
Yeah, Mason Rudolph, when he came in for Aaron Rodgers when
26:10
he was injured, he played pretty well.
26:12
He actually looked better than Aaron Rodgers did.
26:14
So to say that he's better than Mason Roule, again, I would say
26:18
this about the Pittsburgh Steelers and Mike Tomlin.
26:20
You mentioned Tomlin and and John Harbaugh.
26:22
Both guys might not have a job at the end of the year.
26:24
Both guys who I believe we're the elite of elites.
26:29
When you look at AFC and coaching, you would say besides
26:34
Andy Reid, John Harbaugh and Mike Tomlin are amongst the best
26:37
in the AFC. Am I wrong or right?
26:38
No, I think they're definitely Hall of Famers, no doubt.
26:41
And now both of them might be looking for another job, yeah.
26:43
Again, it's just a matter of of like a reputation thing, like
26:46
how long can they go on with that kind of thing because
26:48
again, they still haven't gotten the pinnacle in this modern era
26:51
since it's kind of changed more to a spread offense type of the
26:53
league in the probably the mid to 20 tens before.
26:56
Before we move on, I just want to reference some of the
26:58
comments. Shout out to Evan and shout out
27:00
to Sean Browning in our comment section.
27:01
Sean was talking about six straight NFC championships with
27:03
the Eagles with Donovan McNabb. And the reason the reason I
27:06
brought that up, Evan is mainly to compare.
27:09
They made it. The 49ers made a lot of NFC
27:11
championships too with Kyle Shanahan in years that they've
27:13
fallen short of the Super Bowl. And also Kyle Shanahan, like
27:16
Errol saying similar clock management issues to Andy Reid
27:19
with the Eagles. Andy Reid with the Eagles,
27:20
there's a lot of double digit blown leads in the playoffs too.
27:22
And even with the Chiefs when he first started, they had that 28
27:25
point lead they blew to the Colts or whatever it was in that
27:27
first year in the playoffs. So that's why I bring that up.
27:28
And then Evan in the comments, even Seahawks defense and he
27:31
needs to sell their defense been pretty good this year.
27:33
Andy Reid never blew it in the Super Bowl in the second-half of
27:36
the game. That's OK.
27:37
I know we played the Patriots, but let's be honest, that's Tom
27:40
Brady and he didn't blow that game.
27:42
That game really came down to the end and, and who wanted it
27:46
more. And, and Terrell Owens was
27:48
playing with a broken leg in that game and he still found a
27:50
way to get almost 100 yards in the game and a touchdown.
27:53
It was pretty impressive. Shanahan is not going to live it
27:55
down arrow until he wins the Big 100.
27:57
Percent. That's the thing, you know, he's
28:00
not, he's never going to figure it out until the day he does.
28:02
And maybe he only gets it right one time and that's all it takes
28:06
to win a championship, to be good that one day and not screw
28:08
up the late game mechanics of the game.
28:10
He, you know what he did with the Falcons thinking that he'd
28:14
have the hubris to keep throwing and not run the ball in that
28:17
that situation and eat the clock and just not to play smart
28:20
football. And just what are you doing?
28:22
You don't need to score again. You just need to not let them
28:25
score again. And it was just really like mind
28:29
blowing arrogance. And I think that's why people
28:32
really turn are turned off by him because of what happened
28:35
there and then, you know, his subsequent failures in the Super
28:37
Bowl. But look, I mean, look at what
28:39
he has, though. He's got a good roster.
28:40
He's 12 and four. He did this with Mac Jones at
28:42
quarterback for about 6 or 7. Games.
28:44
That was Owen's boy that he stood by what he what he called
28:46
Daryl, always. Say what you feel, maybe he's
28:48
better than an average backup quarterback, but he's still a
28:51
backup quarterback in this league and that is good
28:54
coaching. Trent Williams hasn't been
28:56
himself. He's hurt.
28:57
Now they're still finding ways. That's the coach.
29:00
CMC #1 fantasy running back this year again, 1000 yards
29:06
receiving, 1000 yards rushing. He's this his third time in his
29:11
career. He's unbelievable.
29:13
He just keeps doing it. You know, he looks like he's
29:17
maybe a little bit more worse for wear than when he was
29:19
younger. Maybe he doesn't have the same
29:20
burst still. Pretty well, he's not going to.
29:22
At 30 years old, he's going to have to do a lot more with based
29:25
on shifting. So, so I just wanted to bring
29:27
that up before we get into, I just quickly want to touch on
29:29
some of these playoff potential teams like Rogers has nobody to
29:34
throw to in that game. His number one receiver might be
29:36
Fryer Muth at this point. Four tight ends on the field.
29:41
They, they're going to play a lot of 13 personnel speedy.
29:44
They they just have to like I will not, they will not have a
29:48
single play without 2 tight ends on there unless they're in like
29:51
third and 20 and they have to go.
29:52
In, you'll see a lot of Gainwell catching the ball on the.
29:55
Backfield, you know, you'll see Gainwell, you'll see a couple of
29:58
like they'll probably have Warren in the backfield and
30:00
Gainwell split out in the flank for like the screen on one side
30:03
at times because they don't have anybody they got like you're
30:07
going to see when we do save your tears later, they're in it.
30:09
There's you can't believe who the receivers are on that team.
30:12
Like Adam Thielens, they're leading receiver right now.
30:15
There's nothing he's like Arthur Smith loves more.
30:17
They're having to put random guys on the field.
30:20
I mean, Thielen was going to retire they he got cut, he got,
30:23
he asked to be released and just wanted to pick up somewhere so
30:26
he could keep playing football a couple more weeks in his career.
30:29
And here he is, biggest game of the year for this squad and he's
30:34
their number one option. I mean, just think about how bad
30:37
of a spot that is for Aaron Rodgers.
30:39
I'm surprised they don't call up his boy Alan Lazar to get some
30:42
get his get the pads on for this.
30:44
Game. I don't want to see how.
30:44
He's not doing anything. And go back in.
30:48
We can make jokes about obviously where the Pittsburgh
30:50
Steelers are sitting as far as their talent is concerned, but
30:54
Mike Tomlin finds a way to win these regular season games.
30:56
He's the playoff. He's great though, but that's
30:58
the point. Errol, he's great.
31:00
Their GM, this guy Khan, yeah, not great.
31:02
No. That's the problem there with
31:04
Pittsburgh. They don't have a good roster.
31:06
Their GM is not good and I think they are realizing it may be a
31:10
little, little late. He's with them for a long time
31:12
in that organization. Sometimes the wrong guys get
31:14
promoted, and I think this might be what we're seeing here.
31:17
They don't have a good roster. Those Ravens, on the other hand,
31:19
do a pretty good roster. Maybe not at the receiver
31:21
position, but Lamar Jackson got hurt.
31:24
You know, if Lamar Jackson's not playing well and he can't move
31:27
around and do some of the things that he can do that the team's
31:29
just not built to be successful without him.
31:32
The only way that they can win without him is to Derrick Henry
31:35
to run 36 times and have 216 yards and four touchdowns like
31:40
he did last yesterday. It's the only way.
31:42
But you know what teams are going to do in the playoffs. 8-9
31:45
guys in the box. Every single play, they're going
31:46
to clock the. Boxes dare you to dare you to do
31:48
it, and that's exactly what Tomlin's going to do.
31:50
He knows that that's their fatal flaw.
31:52
And if they can contain Jackson and just turn him into a pocket
31:55
passer, he's not healthy, he's not accurate.
31:57
I still like their chances to beat the Ravens, even though
32:00
they have no one to throw to and a 41 year old quarterback.
32:04
That's how crazy that game is on the other side.
32:08
You're right. It's kind of like 2 not very
32:09
good teams. The Bucks just can't run the
32:11
football. I don't really understand why
32:14
they can't run the football. Bucky Irving's back, they can't
32:16
run the football. So they just have Baker chucking
32:19
it. The teams know that.
32:20
They're pinning their ears back. If the Panthers had more of a
32:23
pass rush, this game wouldn't be close.
32:25
They just, they just have young guys.
32:26
Their defense is OK. They're getting there.
32:28
They're just, you know, they're a year behind, you know, ahead
32:31
of schedule. If they We do remember that the
32:33
Carolina Panthers did beat the Buccaneers a couple of weeks
32:35
ago, so a. Couple of weeks ago they.
32:37
They know know how to beat this Buccaneers team and the
32:40
Buccaneers have an offensive line that is shell of themselves
32:43
what they were in the beginning of the season worth is not
32:45
healthy. They they don't have enough
32:48
depth on the offensive side of the ball.
32:51
And with Mike Evans let yesterday you could see how
32:54
frustrated he was. He was frustrated the whole game
32:56
the way Miami was playing up on him, playing hard on him and and
33:00
really playing rough at the line of scrimmage on him.
33:02
And it was a completely different game.
33:04
Mike Evans is a big, tall, strong guy.
33:07
And really until the end of the game, he really had what, 3-4
33:11
catches? He was horrible yesterday.
33:13
And even at the end of the game when they were interviewing him
33:15
and he said, like, what do you think your chances are at the
33:17
end? You know, at the end of the
33:18
season in Week 18, he says, I don't know if I can't get the
33:21
ball or they can't get me the ball, I don't expect us to win.
33:25
So I, I mean, honestly, it just shows you what it's a tale of
33:30
two tapes. You have a Carolina Panther team
33:32
that has nothing to lose. They're going to Week 18 where
33:35
they believe they shouldn't be and have a chance to get into
33:38
the playoffs there. I believe a year.
33:41
I I think they're year in position than they should be.
33:45
I thought next year was going to be the year that they, if they
33:48
were going to make the players, are going to sneak into the
33:49
playoffs in a division that's so wide open.
33:52
Atlanta, I expect if Raheem Morris is not fired this year,
33:56
I'd be shocked. I mean he should be gone with
33:59
the talent that Elena has. Atlanta has the most talented
34:02
team in that division. I mean if you look from top to
34:05
bottom, Bijon Robinson is one of the top 2 running backs in the
34:09
league. They had Kyle Pitts there that
34:11
they're finally using and you can see how talented he is.
34:14
You have London who's one of the more underrated wide receivers
34:18
in the league. The offensive line is a much
34:20
better than it really looks. Their defense has been up and
34:23
down all season, maybe because it's the coaching.
34:26
I I mean, this team could absolutely be the best team in
34:29
that division. But guess what?
34:31
You're in a division that has a young team that looks like they
34:35
have a coach that's up and coming and they have another,
34:38
another team with Baker Mayfield that I mean, he looks like he
34:42
could be a star. But then there are games that
34:44
you're wondering what the hell is this guy doing in the pocket?
34:47
Why is he moving outside of the pocket and making a throw like
34:49
that? You question what Baker is doing
34:52
in in very important parts of the the game.
34:55
I want to mention to your article, you were mentioning
34:56
comparing the the the draft quarterbacks and obviously Rosa
34:59
was a bust obviously, but you look at the other. 4 The only
35:02
bust, yeah. Yeah, you look at the other four
35:03
and you look at Baker and Darnold.
35:05
We've seen them have their great flashes.
35:06
We've also seen them like crumble kind of later in the
35:08
season. You saw that last year with the
35:10
Baker, too, kind of stumbled down the stretch.
35:12
Obviously, he had injury issues to do, but they lost to
35:14
Washington. He made the mistakes in that
35:15
game. And then Sam Darnold, the last
35:17
three games with the Vikings really fell apart too.
35:19
And you hope that same kind of thing doesn't happen with
35:20
Seattle. And then there's Lamar Jackson,
35:22
who it seems like when the Ravens are a higher seed, he
35:25
plays not as well, but the Ravens a lower seed.
35:27
Now you wonder if he has a sense of adversity now being a four
35:29
seed, which the Ravens, that's the last time they won the Super
35:31
Bowl, were a four seed and they've done very well as a six
35:33
seed too. You want.
35:33
You want to hear something crazy about that draft?
35:36
It was a great draft, and it could go down as one of the
35:38
greatest quarterback drafts of all time.
35:40
But guess what? None of those players played in
35:42
a Super Bowl yet. None of them.
35:44
None of them with all that talent, Lamar Jackson, who won
35:47
how many MVPS? So Josh Allen, who just won his
35:51
first, Baker Mayfield was up for an MVP this year.
35:54
Sam Donald was up for an MVP this year.
35:57
I mean, just think about it, how talented all these quarterbacks
36:00
are and none of them have played in a Super Bowl yet.
36:02
None of them. And that's why you were saying
36:04
before with Aaron Rodgers, too, Like Aaron Rodgers maybe isn't
36:06
considered one of the greatest, like overall quarterbacks over
36:10
Tom Brady and stuff like that. But at the same time, Aaron
36:12
Rodgers and also Drew Brees played in the NFC, where there's
36:14
a lot more parody. Whereas even now with the AFC
36:17
there's like barely any parody because until this year the
36:19
Chiefs were just running away with everything.
36:20
It's been a great year and it's been a full year with Jabba
36:24
Chamberlain. It's been a full year with Fish.
36:27
It's been a full year with all of you guys.
36:29
It's been a great one. The factor where we are and
36:33
where we're going to be next year could be special.
36:36
I, I couldn't have done it without any of you guys.
36:39
I again, specifically the work that gets put on on put in on
36:45
the back end is, is amazing and I appreciate everybody's hard
36:50
work and dedication. I, I have a lot of love for
36:53
everybody, all the fans out there listening to us and TuneIn
36:55
and download and look out for the craziness that could come
37:00
about this show. We appreciate you guys and I, I
37:04
guess I'm going to speak for, I guess unless Jabba wants to
37:07
speak to for, for the fans. I, I appreciate everybody that
37:13
puts the work into this show. So.
37:15
Yeah, I mean, I don't, I don't know if words can express.
37:18
You guys have literally, I thought I was a sports fan.
37:23
I wasn't. And you guys have opened my eyes
37:26
to so many things and where I pay attention to so many things
37:30
different because I don't want to sound like a Jackass.
37:33
And you guys have just like opened me up where I look at
37:37
sports so differently and it's made me look at life
37:41
differently. And, you know, just embodying
37:45
what sports can do for all of us and not only opening us up to,
37:52
to different perspectives and different thoughts and views,
37:56
but opening us up as people and bring us the greatest thing
37:59
about sports. And I think that's the greatest
38:01
thing about this show cuz you don't ever know what you're
38:03
going to get. And it's been awesome.
38:06
It's been frustrating at times. It definitely has.
38:09
I love you guys, but it has been and you know, we crawl before we
38:14
walk and it's just been it. It's going to be a fun journey.
38:19
And I know it's frustrating sometimes for, for all of us in,
38:22
in different ways, but I'm so grateful to have these moments
38:29
and, and where I can, I can share my thoughts and I can be
38:33
me. And, and you guys don't judge me
38:36
and our fans don't because I love them because they're the
38:41
reason why we do this. We love sports, but we love
38:45
giving a different perspective and maybe a different thought or
38:48
a different view. So man, I hope it's been a fun
38:52
year. I think we've learned a lot from
38:55
each other and I, I truly, genuinely appreciate that.
38:59
And it's been a tough year for everybody.
39:00
Like, I mean, that's, that's life though.
39:03
But what we look forward to is, is the things that lie ahead and
39:08
just very fortunate to be in this opportunity and and do
39:12
these things with you guys. So I appreciate first and
39:15
foremost, because I know time is precious and I appreciate your
39:19
guys's time. And more importantly, I
39:22
appreciate you use the effort and the fact that you care about
39:26
what we're doing and just thank you guys so much.
39:29
I mean, there's, there's not much more I can say.
39:31
I want to before I let everybody go and I want to thank everybody
39:36
on Apple and Spotify that TuneIn and download and write all these
39:42
crazy things on all the Reddit fans that say the the most
39:48
derogatory funny things I've ever seen in my entire life.
39:52
And on Instagram and TikTok and Facebook and all the fans, Jabba
39:58
the Mouth fans in Worldwide Sports Radio network fans out
40:01
there and all the guys that do their shows, you know, from you
40:05
know. Josh Silverberg and his father
40:08
and Eric and and then Snowman. Thank you to them for really
40:12
putting out a good product. And and like I said, next year
40:17
is a week away or less than a week away, actually a couple
40:20
days away. And I'm going to say one thing
40:23
to all the fans and all the people out there and all the
40:26
podcasts out there, watch out. That's all I'm going to say.
40:31
You can take it whatever way you want.
40:33
Watch the F out. That's it anyways.
40:37
I'm just going to give you 2 lines, Errol, that no one has
40:40
got a more original show than what we do here.
40:43
Everyone's got sports takes, but no one has the creativity.
40:47
People are stealing segments from us that we see on the big
40:50
shows. 100% that I know that I came up with with you on the
40:53
phone, Errol. You know, so I'm real proud of
40:58
kind of being a trendsetter as well in an industry that seems
41:02
to be a lot of the same. Lost, Absolutely lost.
41:06
You're absolutely right. Fish lost.
41:08
And that's what you're seeing right now with WFAN and they're
41:12
firing people and letting people go and Trinity Sports is gone
41:16
and everything is flopping around and they're trying to
41:19
figure out what to do next. Here's what you do.
41:22
Watch out and look at the the talent that's out there and
41:25
realize that there is talent right in front of your faces.
41:29
Open up your checkbooks and get ready because you're going to be
41:32
paying. That's all I'm going to say.
41:34
You're going to be paying because you had, you had this
41:37
sitting for such a long time and you're going to be paying.
41:41
That's all I'm going to say. That's it.
41:43
I, I had to add that because I'm just disgusted with the garbage
41:47
that I've seen on television and radio over the last couple of
41:50
years and it makes me sick to my stomach.
41:53
Anyways, I'm going to let you guys say your final goodbyes for
41:56
the new year. Tommy, you first.
41:59
Yeah, you guys pretty much said a lot of it.
42:01
You know, we've been putting a lot of work and especially
42:04
thanks to you guys, you know, I don't think any of us can do
42:07
ones job without the other. So I really do appreciate, you
42:09
know, all the hard work that you guys put into this show.
42:11
You know, I really appreciate you guys, you know, being
42:14
welcomed in every to every week. It's fish and speedy, just so
42:17
you know, Of course, yeah, fish and speedy.
42:18
You know, you guys are awesome. Jabba and Arrow, you know, you
42:21
guys being the on air talents. Of course, you know, you guys
42:23
doing what you guys do. You know, it's all appreciative,
42:26
of course, even Nathan. Shout out to the man.
42:28
Nathan is in here, the PR manager, the man himself.
42:33
But you, it's been a whole hell of a 365 days and looking
42:38
forward to another 365 with y'all.
42:41
Yeah, it's I've definitely been appreciative of all you guys are
42:44
bringing me in eight years ago and seeing all different people
42:47
come and go with this network too, but always supporting me
42:49
and always helping me out with everything on the on this show
42:53
and throughout the network as well.
42:54
And all the guys that have been coming and going on this show as
42:57
well. Fish, you brought a new new vibe
43:00
since you joined the show back in January of 2024 and you've
43:03
done a lot of great things. Tommy, You've been always the
43:06
social media guy, fun guy to talk with offset a lot of the
43:09
time even before Jabba, you came along and Jabba reaching out to
43:12
you for the first time as a guest.
43:13
I reached out to a lot of different Yankees and first time
43:15
you ever had you in the show, you were a tremendous
43:17
storyteller and and reached out at the time with the Yankees
43:21
playoffs. And obviously we built something
43:22
very nice and Nathan as well, and Nick Goody Nathan.
43:25
Nick Goody that shout out to Goody.
43:28
Yeah, Goody, Goody. The first time we had him on the
43:30
show, it was funny. It was actually the first week
43:33
we had Sylvester Williams on the show last year too.
43:35
It was also the same week we had Goody on the same day and, and
43:37
Goody Goody. I remember Goody because he came
43:39
in 10 minutes early. I never saw a guest come in that
43:41
early ever. And he was so fired up.
43:43
He was so funny and always brought that good vibes.
43:46
And of course, Nathan is our PR guy doing some great things.
43:49
All this event planning, all that stuff.
43:50
Fantastic. And shout out to all the fans,
43:52
all the ones I've met in person, all the ones I have it in
43:53
person, for supporting what we do here.
43:55
I don't want to say something else before I go to Job a
43:57
Chamberlain. I didn't think this was going to
44:00
work. I didn't all right, I did.
44:02
I'm going to be honest with you, I didn't think it was going to
44:05
work, but it's been a fun ride and it's going to be a fun ride
44:09
in 2026 because I I feel like we've built a good, good vibe
44:15
and a good relationship. We have our differences at
44:18
everything that we do, but that's what partners usually do.
44:21
But I, I've grown to understand who you are as a person, not
44:25
just as an athlete that I followed as a kid and or like to
44:30
watch you throw a ball. I, I, I like throwing pitches at
44:33
you and I'm sure you like to throw jabs at me, but I, I feel
44:37
like we've built something and we're, we're building something
44:40
that could be something really, really special.
44:43
And I think fans, and I say this with with love and compassion,
44:49
if if it wasn't for the people that understand what we're
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trying to do here, we wouldn't be here.
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So thank you to all of you guys. Anyways, that's it, Good night.
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Thank all of you, appreciate it well. 2026 here we come.
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It means the worldwide sports radio network, radio Network,
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Radio network.