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Survive and Advance · The 3Ts: Tables, Tailgates, and Toploaders

• WEBVTT 00:00:11.080 --> 00:00:13.400 What's up, friends? Welcome into another episode 00:00:13.400 --> 00:00:15.939 of Tables, Tailgates, and Top Loaders. So happy 00:00:15.939 --> 00:00:18.320 to have you all aboard for this episode. I'm 00:00:18.320 --> 00:00:21.039 your host, as always, TB. Thank you so very much 00:00:21.039 --> 00:00:23.679 for stopping in and checking out the latest episode 00:00:23.679 --> 00:00:26.420 of the 3Ts. We have so very much to get 00:00:26.420 --> 00:00:29.940 to, so let's not waste any time. Let's dive right 00:00:29.940 --> 00:00:33.179 in. Bills, Mafia, you are on the clock. Well, 00:00:33.299 --> 00:00:37.679 how are we feeling after the round one playoff 00:00:37.679 --> 00:00:41.670 wildcard game? Has your blood pressure come down? 00:00:41.770 --> 00:00:45.429 Because I'm not sure mine has yet. What a game. 00:00:45.799 --> 00:00:48.500 What a stressful game. I know we talked about 00:00:48.500 --> 00:00:51.060 the good old stress meter in the game preview. 00:00:51.600 --> 00:00:53.979 Got that sucker up to an eight early in the week, 00:00:53.979 --> 00:00:56.579 and then it dropped right around a five or six 00:00:56.579 --> 00:00:59.979 heading into the game. Well, before the game 00:00:59.979 --> 00:01:01.820 started and at the beginning of the game, and 00:01:01.820 --> 00:01:03.520 for most of the game, if I'm being completely 00:01:03.520 --> 00:01:06.120 honest, it was operating around a nine. It was 00:01:06.120 --> 00:01:09.260 way too stressful, but Bills hang on and win 00:01:09.260 --> 00:01:12.760 27 -24. Yeah, so much to talk about in this game. 00:01:13.099 --> 00:01:15.400 First and foremost, there are a lot of receipts 00:01:15.400 --> 00:01:17.819 to hand out to a lot of national media clowns. 00:01:17.819 --> 00:01:21.390 Ryan Clark, yeah, I'm looking right at you. You 00:01:21.390 --> 00:01:23.530 shouldn't even have a job for some of the stupid 00:01:23.530 --> 00:01:26.109 takes that you have and that you just drop out 00:01:26.109 --> 00:01:28.269 there. But I don't know if you caught all of 00:01:28.269 --> 00:01:30.790 Ryan Clark's nonsense that he was spewing all 00:01:30.790 --> 00:01:33.129 over his socials before this game. Basically, 00:01:33.129 --> 00:01:36.250 he didn't care if it was the running back. If 00:01:36.250 --> 00:01:37.909 the running back had a game, he didn't care if 00:01:37.909 --> 00:01:39.930 the defense had a bad game. He didn't care if 00:01:39.930 --> 00:01:42.049 Sean McDermott had a bad game. He was going to 00:01:42.049 --> 00:01:44.430 basically place this whole loss on Josh Allen 00:01:44.430 --> 00:01:47.450 and only Josh Allen. So I'm just like, this guy 00:01:47.450 --> 00:01:51.530 is employed by, I think, ESPN. Right. And he's 00:01:51.530 --> 00:01:53.450 allowed to just say whatever the hell he wants. 00:01:53.510 --> 00:01:55.930 So it's really ridiculous. You know, I listen 00:01:55.930 --> 00:01:58.590 to a lot of the nonsense. If you listen to my 00:01:58.590 --> 00:02:01.670 game preview, I talked about some of the national 00:02:01.670 --> 00:02:03.689 narratives that were going into this game. And 00:02:03.689 --> 00:02:06.489 frankly, it was just it was becoming way too 00:02:06.489 --> 00:02:09.650 much. It was way too much. So, yeah, a lot of 00:02:09.650 --> 00:02:12.080 a lot of receipts to hand out. First, let's start 00:02:12.080 --> 00:02:14.539 with the Jaguars. Trevor Lawrence, anyone? Did 00:02:14.539 --> 00:02:17.219 you all buy into the Trevor Lawrence hype? Well, 00:02:17.319 --> 00:02:21.800 it was way overblown as it turns out. The X factor 00:02:21.800 --> 00:02:24.379 that I had talked about in my game preview, I 00:02:24.379 --> 00:02:27.580 said we need to turn back the clock and get good 00:02:27.580 --> 00:02:30.680 old T -Law back in action because that's exactly 00:02:30.680 --> 00:02:33.000 what happened on Sunday. If you all thought he 00:02:33.000 --> 00:02:36.759 actually played well, I don't know. Look on the 00:02:36.759 --> 00:02:39.060 other side of the field because he was not that 00:02:39.060 --> 00:02:41.150 great. So what are you all talking about? Yes, 00:02:41.250 --> 00:02:43.669 I know that they won eight straight games, but 00:02:43.669 --> 00:02:47.189 he was 18 for 30. He threw for 207 passing yards. 00:02:47.270 --> 00:02:50.909 He threw three TDs and how many picks? Two picks. 00:02:51.129 --> 00:02:54.289 These picks came when they mattered the most 00:02:54.289 --> 00:02:56.629 specifically at the very last play of the game. 00:02:56.710 --> 00:02:58.629 Now, if you go back, I had talked about this 00:02:58.629 --> 00:03:00.810 before. Prior to this game, he's only played 00:03:00.810 --> 00:03:03.550 two playoff games. The first game he threw four 00:03:03.550 --> 00:03:06.389 picks and yesterday he threw two more picks. 00:03:06.509 --> 00:03:08.789 So I don't want to hear it. He's got six picks. 00:03:08.939 --> 00:03:11.060 three playoff games and they were calling this 00:03:11.060 --> 00:03:13.120 guy oh he's just like josh allen because he can 00:03:13.120 --> 00:03:15.219 run he can do this he could do that he's amazing 00:03:15.219 --> 00:03:18.560 i'm like oh yeah did you see anything prior to 00:03:18.560 --> 00:03:21.020 this eight game stretch well here he goes and 00:03:21.020 --> 00:03:23.039 he craps all over himself so congratulations 00:03:23.039 --> 00:03:25.419 t -law you were just what i thought you were 00:03:25.419 --> 00:03:27.840 i wanted the bills to turn back the clock and 00:03:27.840 --> 00:03:31.300 get the old t -law and that's exactly what happens 00:03:31.300 --> 00:03:35.080 and this whole idea of him running well he fell 00:03:35.080 --> 00:03:39.360 down on the key play of the Could you ever see 00:03:39.360 --> 00:03:42.319 him getting 10 yards out of a fourth and one 00:03:42.319 --> 00:03:44.879 on a tush push or snow plow or whatever you want 00:03:44.879 --> 00:03:47.539 to say? I don't know. It's just. Get out of here 00:03:47.539 --> 00:03:50.659 with this Trevor Lawrence hype. It was way overblown. 00:03:50.800 --> 00:03:53.020 This is what I felt heading into the game, and 00:03:53.020 --> 00:03:57.360 my suspicions were right on. So what else were 00:03:57.360 --> 00:04:00.500 the Jags? Liam Cohen. Everyone was raving about 00:04:00.500 --> 00:04:03.099 Liam Cohen and how he had this team playing out 00:04:03.099 --> 00:04:05.379 of their mind, and they were a freight train 00:04:05.379 --> 00:04:07.780 that no one could stop, and the Jags, the Jags, 00:04:07.780 --> 00:04:10.599 the Jags. Well, how do we feel Liam Cohen did 00:04:10.599 --> 00:04:14.439 after this game? Because he made a lot of pretty 00:04:14.439 --> 00:04:17.680 dumb decisions. doing really well running the 00:04:17.680 --> 00:04:21.180 ball. and he decided, nah, I don't think we're 00:04:21.180 --> 00:04:22.819 going to keep running the ball. I'm going to 00:04:22.819 --> 00:04:25.500 put the ball in the hands of my star quarterback, 00:04:25.699 --> 00:04:27.500 Trevor Lawrence. And it was like he was trying 00:04:27.500 --> 00:04:30.560 to show the world that the hype we had just talked 00:04:30.560 --> 00:04:32.560 about with Trevor Lawrence was justified. So 00:04:32.560 --> 00:04:34.639 his clock management, specifically at the end 00:04:34.639 --> 00:04:36.480 of the first half, leading into that debacle 00:04:36.480 --> 00:04:38.980 of the field goal nonsense, his clock management 00:04:38.980 --> 00:04:42.040 was just atrocious. So, Liam Cohen, get out of 00:04:42.040 --> 00:04:44.459 here with your overblown hype. You had bad decisions 00:04:44.459 --> 00:04:46.699 the whole game, and I don't want to hear about 00:04:46.699 --> 00:04:49.540 it. Cam Little. We talked about this, and I said 00:04:49.540 --> 00:04:52.000 Cam Little and company were going to be an X 00:04:52.000 --> 00:04:54.680 Factor heading into this game. Well, the Cam 00:04:54.680 --> 00:04:57.740 Little hype, yeah. That kick before halftime, 00:04:57.740 --> 00:05:00.220 the refs, the whole was there time, was there 00:05:00.220 --> 00:05:03.220 no time, clearly the clock showed zero, but yet 00:05:03.220 --> 00:05:07.180 here's... This Cam Little hype. And it was almost 00:05:07.180 --> 00:05:10.279 like they were just trying to get him some airtime. 00:05:10.420 --> 00:05:11.939 I'm like, what is this? A Hollywood freaking 00:05:11.939 --> 00:05:13.579 movie? Like, this is ridiculous. They should 00:05:13.579 --> 00:05:15.199 be ashamed of themselves. The time was over. 00:05:15.660 --> 00:05:18.120 The time was gone. The half was over. It was 00:05:18.120 --> 00:05:20.420 like New York just wanted to showcase a little 00:05:20.420 --> 00:05:23.120 bit of Cam Little, a kicker. But everyone posted 00:05:23.120 --> 00:05:25.959 immediately that ball don't lie. And sure enough, 00:05:26.100 --> 00:05:28.740 he missed it. And the old man on the other side 00:05:28.740 --> 00:05:31.439 of the field, 42 -year -old Matt Prater, he won 00:05:31.439 --> 00:05:34.660 out on the day. Five for five on his kicks. including, 00:05:34.660 --> 00:05:38.300 mind you, a 50 -yarder, a 47 -yarder, and all 00:05:38.300 --> 00:05:40.819 three extra points. So Matt Prater coming through 00:05:40.819 --> 00:05:43.060 in the end with a 50 -yard bomb, good for you. 00:05:43.439 --> 00:05:46.459 But yeah, stress, I'll reiterate this. I don't 00:05:46.459 --> 00:05:48.180 know, Mafia, how are you feeling watching this 00:05:48.180 --> 00:05:49.860 game? I was stressed to the max. Like I said, 00:05:49.899 --> 00:05:52.240 probably eight, nine. I watched this game alone 00:05:52.240 --> 00:05:55.120 in my basement, and my wife was out of town for 00:05:55.120 --> 00:05:56.759 work. Normally, she'll sit and watch the games 00:05:56.759 --> 00:05:59.089 with me. I got to be honest, thank goodness I 00:05:59.089 --> 00:06:01.850 was probably watching this game by myself because 00:06:01.850 --> 00:06:03.610 there was definitely some screaming, definitely 00:06:03.610 --> 00:06:06.750 some yelling. I don't know what the over -under 00:06:06.750 --> 00:06:09.709 was for curse words being said or objects being 00:06:09.709 --> 00:06:14.870 thrown, but yeah, it was quite the Sunday afternoon. 00:06:15.149 --> 00:06:17.769 I'm just watching this game just getting frustrated, 00:06:18.110 --> 00:06:22.129 though, from what I'm seeing from the Jags team. 00:06:22.290 --> 00:06:24.490 They're just playing dirty, and it was just... 00:06:24.670 --> 00:06:28.170 nonsense and it's one thing to go into a game 00:06:28.170 --> 00:06:29.959 and just get beat But if you're going to get 00:06:29.959 --> 00:06:31.939 beat because they try to take out your players 00:06:31.939 --> 00:06:35.339 in a dirty fashion, I got no place for that. 00:06:35.480 --> 00:06:38.279 And that whole aspect of the game, and we can 00:06:38.279 --> 00:06:40.079 talk about that as we move on, but that whole 00:06:40.079 --> 00:06:42.860 aspect of the game was just atrocious. Let's 00:06:42.860 --> 00:06:44.500 talk about some good things for the Bills. I 00:06:44.500 --> 00:06:46.680 want to start with Trey White because holy cow. 00:06:46.819 --> 00:06:49.480 Trey White, wow. I'll start by saying this. I 00:06:49.480 --> 00:06:52.660 have been extremely guilty of speaking out against 00:06:52.660 --> 00:06:55.079 Trey White during the season numerous times. 00:06:55.160 --> 00:06:59.069 In fact, I didn't know if it was. Exactly a good 00:06:59.069 --> 00:07:01.399 idea to bring him back. I was fine. Okay, let 00:07:01.399 --> 00:07:03.439 me rephrase. I was fine with bringing him back, 00:07:03.540 --> 00:07:05.819 but I didn't think he should have been a starting 00:07:05.819 --> 00:07:07.740 cornerback, specifically early in the season. 00:07:07.819 --> 00:07:10.540 But then injury upon injury, and it was just 00:07:10.540 --> 00:07:13.779 a mess. And you could see that he struggled in 00:07:13.779 --> 00:07:16.259 the first, what, half of the year. And he was 00:07:16.259 --> 00:07:18.899 still trying to find his form, still trying to 00:07:18.899 --> 00:07:23.000 get that old Trey form back in action. And it 00:07:23.000 --> 00:07:25.240 took him a while. And there were times when he 00:07:25.240 --> 00:07:28.000 was a detriment to the team. He looked slow. 00:07:28.120 --> 00:07:31.060 He looked just completely out of place. But to 00:07:31.060 --> 00:07:33.360 their credit, to McDermott's credit, to Bobby 00:07:33.360 --> 00:07:35.319 Babich's credit, to the Bills' credit, they stuck 00:07:35.319 --> 00:07:39.279 with him. And he has paid off dividends in the 00:07:39.279 --> 00:07:41.759 last quarter, the last third of this season. 00:07:41.800 --> 00:07:45.199 Specifically, Sunday afternoon, he came to play 00:07:45.199 --> 00:07:48.199 and he has turned his season, he has rounded 00:07:48.199 --> 00:07:51.540 into old Trey White form. He was the best player 00:07:51.540 --> 00:07:54.060 on the defensive side of the ball. Probably both 00:07:54.060 --> 00:07:58.750 sides of the field, both teams. He shut down 00:07:58.750 --> 00:08:02.029 the Jags' newly acquired Jacoby Myers, their 00:08:02.029 --> 00:08:04.970 prized possession at the trade deadline. He shut 00:08:04.970 --> 00:08:08.029 him down and held him to, what, one catch? So, 00:08:08.069 --> 00:08:11.230 yeah, tip of the cap. Trey, I was wrong about 00:08:11.230 --> 00:08:13.490 you. Thank you for making me look like the fool. 00:08:13.589 --> 00:08:15.910 And I'll eat that. You know, just like all these 00:08:15.910 --> 00:08:18.110 other national clowns have to eat their bad takes, 00:08:18.269 --> 00:08:20.449 I've had a couple bad takes about Trey White. 00:08:20.550 --> 00:08:23.759 And he came out and balled out. you know tip 00:08:23.759 --> 00:08:26.180 of the cap to you it was awesome to see but no 00:08:26.180 --> 00:08:28.500 doubt in my mind this game came down to none 00:08:28.500 --> 00:08:33.320 other than ja17 josh freaking allen look there's 00:08:33.320 --> 00:08:35.320 there's people i think that make a living just 00:08:35.320 --> 00:08:38.580 by hating on this guy they just try to stir the 00:08:38.580 --> 00:08:41.519 pot and it's just blatant nonsense at this point 00:08:41.519 --> 00:08:43.720 who can possibly talk trash about josh allen 00:08:43.720 --> 00:08:45.879 now you might not like the bills you're not you 00:08:45.879 --> 00:08:47.759 might not root for the bills and that's fine 00:08:47.759 --> 00:08:49.840 i don't care i don't need you to love my quarterback 00:08:49.840 --> 00:08:52.509 but Game has to respect game, right? You have 00:08:52.509 --> 00:08:55.909 to at least respect what this man brings to the 00:08:55.909 --> 00:08:57.809 field, what he brings to the Bills, what he brings 00:08:57.809 --> 00:08:59.490 to upstate New York, what he brings to the whole 00:08:59.490 --> 00:09:02.309 NFL, what he brings to ratings. Are you kidding 00:09:02.309 --> 00:09:05.870 me? I mean, talk about going into a game, having 00:09:05.870 --> 00:09:10.110 the deck stacked against him with all these unchecked 00:09:10.110 --> 00:09:12.190 boxes, right? They said, well, he's never won 00:09:12.190 --> 00:09:14.470 a real playoff game. Well. He checked that one 00:09:14.470 --> 00:09:17.049 off. This was the first road playoff win for 00:09:17.049 --> 00:09:21.169 the Buffalo Bills in 33 seasons. And it happened. 00:09:21.740 --> 00:09:25.340 At the hands of 17, Josh freaking Allen. They 00:09:25.340 --> 00:09:28.360 said, well, he's never come back from a deficit 00:09:28.360 --> 00:09:30.600 in the fourth quarter in the playoffs. Boom, 00:09:30.759 --> 00:09:33.460 check it, mark it down, get the heck out of here 00:09:33.460 --> 00:09:36.139 with that one. His QB rating was off the charts 00:09:36.139 --> 00:09:38.600 when the Bills were behind in this game. It was 00:09:38.600 --> 00:09:41.440 ridiculous. He came in with injuries. They're 00:09:41.440 --> 00:09:44.039 like, oh, he's got the bad foot. Okay, well, 00:09:44.159 --> 00:09:46.759 let me add to the bad foot. Let me add a head 00:09:46.759 --> 00:09:48.799 injury, which occurred early in the game because 00:09:48.799 --> 00:09:51.159 some clown decided to do a diving elbow. off 00:09:51.159 --> 00:09:53.899 the top rope let me add a hand injury because 00:09:53.899 --> 00:09:57.159 he smashed his hand on one of his own offensive 00:09:57.159 --> 00:10:00.159 linemen's helmets let me add a knee injury because 00:10:00.159 --> 00:10:02.940 the dirty jags tried to literally rip his leg 00:10:02.940 --> 00:10:05.200 out of its socket later in the game and it's 00:10:05.200 --> 00:10:07.860 just like okay i see you i see you i see you 00:10:07.860 --> 00:10:10.379 yes i'm a walking infirmary but i'm still going 00:10:10.379 --> 00:10:12.940 to crush you when it matters with under four 00:10:12.940 --> 00:10:14.820 minutes left in this game i'm going to march 00:10:14.820 --> 00:10:18.000 my team down the field and we're going to destroy 00:10:18.000 --> 00:10:21.480 you and you're going to go back to Duval or whatever 00:10:21.480 --> 00:10:24.059 the hell stupid chant you want to say and uh 00:10:24.059 --> 00:10:27.419 cry on your pillows at night so uh I don't know 00:10:27.419 --> 00:10:32.149 I was I got to watch what I say. But the Jags, 00:10:32.149 --> 00:10:34.070 come on, man. You're dropping on him. You're 00:10:34.070 --> 00:10:35.529 trying to rip his helmet out. You're trying to 00:10:35.529 --> 00:10:37.590 take his knees out. It's like all over the field. 00:10:37.669 --> 00:10:40.149 And it's one thing if it's one play, but then 00:10:40.149 --> 00:10:42.570 it's three, four plays during the game, and you're 00:10:42.570 --> 00:10:44.429 specifically trying to take out, intentionally 00:10:44.429 --> 00:10:46.289 trying to take out the best player on the field 00:10:46.289 --> 00:10:48.149 from both sides of the ball. That's not okay. 00:10:48.389 --> 00:10:50.970 But this dude, it's like it's the Winter Soldier. 00:10:51.250 --> 00:10:53.110 I've seen the memes. We've talked about this 00:10:53.110 --> 00:10:56.090 before. There's cool things going on that Josh 00:10:56.090 --> 00:10:57.750 is the Winter Soldier because he's really good. 00:10:57.610 --> 00:11:00.049 ridiculous in the playoffs. And it's true. You 00:11:00.049 --> 00:11:03.029 can't say anything negative about Josh Allen 00:11:03.029 --> 00:11:05.889 in the playoffs. You can't. He is ridiculous. 00:11:06.889 --> 00:11:09.850 And then the injuries mounting up, it's clear 00:11:09.850 --> 00:11:12.269 he's not healthy. It's absolutely clear. And 00:11:12.269 --> 00:11:14.289 if you can't see it, you're blind. But this dude, 00:11:14.429 --> 00:11:16.889 I mean, if this was Lamar Jackson, Lamar Jackson 00:11:16.889 --> 00:11:18.909 wouldn't take the field for six weeks. There's 00:11:18.909 --> 00:11:20.950 nothing the media can say at this point other 00:11:20.950 --> 00:11:24.659 than Josh Allen is great, especially. specifically 00:11:24.659 --> 00:11:27.519 in the playoffs. He was 28 for 35. He threw for 00:11:27.519 --> 00:11:31.179 273 passing yards. He threw for one TD. And then 00:11:31.179 --> 00:11:34.919 with his legs, he had 11 rushing attempts for 00:11:34.919 --> 00:11:38.559 33 yards and two touchdowns. And check this out. 00:11:38.659 --> 00:11:41.659 I heard this today, this morning. The first quarterback 00:11:41.659 --> 00:11:45.240 ever to have a 80 % completion rating on his 00:11:45.240 --> 00:11:48.059 passes, rush for two tutties and throw for a 00:11:48.059 --> 00:11:50.600 third. or throw for another tutty. Rush for two, 00:11:50.740 --> 00:11:53.399 throw for one, and 80 % completion percentage? 00:11:53.620 --> 00:11:55.820 The first quarterback in NFL history? Are you 00:11:55.820 --> 00:11:57.960 kidding me? It's like every time he takes a field, 00:11:58.000 --> 00:12:00.279 he's breaking some other record, or he's putting 00:12:00.279 --> 00:12:02.080 himself in the record books in one way, shape, 00:12:02.100 --> 00:12:03.799 or form. This dude, is there anything this guy 00:12:03.799 --> 00:12:05.740 can't do? I don't know, man. They're down four 00:12:05.740 --> 00:12:08.200 points, under a minute to go. It's 24 -20, or 00:12:08.200 --> 00:12:10.700 I'm sorry, under the ball. Hold on, let me check 00:12:10.700 --> 00:12:13.620 my notes. They got the ball back with 4 .03 left 00:12:13.620 --> 00:12:15.960 on the clock, and they were down 24 -20, and 00:12:15.960 --> 00:12:18.149 he marched them all the way down the field. take 00:12:18.149 --> 00:12:21.269 the touchdown and go up 27 -24 with a minute 00:12:21.269 --> 00:12:23.889 to go. Nine receivers caught a pass during this 00:12:23.889 --> 00:12:27.509 game. Nine, including... including recently called 00:12:27.509 --> 00:12:30.309 up from the practice squad, Frank Gore Jr. Shout 00:12:30.309 --> 00:12:34.029 out to my boy, Mike. So Mike's been waiting for 00:12:34.029 --> 00:12:37.129 a Frank Gore sighting. And here you go. Frank 00:12:37.129 --> 00:12:39.309 Gore caught a pass because everybody was eating 00:12:39.309 --> 00:12:42.830 yesterday, even though I refuse to talk about 00:12:42.830 --> 00:12:45.190 that anymore. But everybody got involved in this. 00:12:45.330 --> 00:12:48.169 It was crazy. And our wide receiver room, we're 00:12:48.169 --> 00:12:49.909 going to talk about that in a minute. But holy 00:12:49.909 --> 00:12:52.529 cow, are we in trouble. But Shakir, Khalil Shakir, 00:12:52.730 --> 00:12:55.139 I mean, we talked about the five Joe. 80 plays 00:12:55.139 --> 00:12:58.639 of doom this one was rocking yesterday how many 00:12:58.639 --> 00:13:01.659 times do we see the shakir and pray play i mean 00:13:01.659 --> 00:13:05.759 he was the target of 12 pass attempts and he 00:13:05.759 --> 00:13:08.200 caught all 12 of them for 82 yards now that's 00:13:08.200 --> 00:13:12.460 not crazy uh good ratio but 12 for 82 so full 00:13:12.460 --> 00:13:15.840 disclosure i watch i watch this game and i sit 00:13:15.840 --> 00:13:18.179 down with a notepad and i literally write plays 00:13:18.179 --> 00:13:21.220 or i write notes after every play And it's just 00:13:21.220 --> 00:13:23.120 a little something to show what the play was, 00:13:23.240 --> 00:13:25.220 what the down and distance was, what the outcome 00:13:25.220 --> 00:13:28.440 was, yada, yada, yada. And I probably wrote the 00:13:28.440 --> 00:13:32.120 word screen many, many, many times in my notebook 00:13:32.120 --> 00:13:34.480 because I just felt like they were spamming the 00:13:34.480 --> 00:13:37.139 screen button to Shakir all day. It was maddening 00:13:37.139 --> 00:13:40.039 as a Bills fan knowing that I can't stand this 00:13:40.039 --> 00:13:43.059 play. But the flip side, the Jags, the Jags almost 00:13:43.059 --> 00:13:44.860 knew it was coming and they couldn't stop it. 00:13:44.899 --> 00:13:47.320 Apparently, Joe Brady was like, well, let's just 00:13:47.320 --> 00:13:49.960 keep throwing these screens to Shakir and keep 00:13:49.960 --> 00:13:52.440 praying and it's working. So there you go. So 00:13:52.440 --> 00:13:54.440 yeah, there was a lot of Shakir and pray yesterday. 00:13:54.899 --> 00:13:57.480 And thank God he was up for the task. Brandon 00:13:57.480 --> 00:13:59.340 Cook's connection. Who would have known that, 00:13:59.399 --> 00:14:02.120 what, a month ago, six weeks ago, this was going 00:14:02.120 --> 00:14:07.379 to be the key to opening up the... offense for 00:14:07.379 --> 00:14:10.519 the Bills, but Brandon Cooks signed off of nowhere, 00:14:10.759 --> 00:14:13.259 waivers, whatever the case may be. And now the 00:14:13.259 --> 00:14:16.559 deep threat is a real thing because with less 00:14:16.559 --> 00:14:19.000 than two minutes to go in the game, just before 00:14:19.000 --> 00:14:21.639 the two minute warning was when Josh Allen unleashed 00:14:21.639 --> 00:14:25.840 the 35 yard bomb to Cooks to get us to the 19 00:14:25.840 --> 00:14:28.580 yard line. So he caught three catches for 58 00:14:28.580 --> 00:14:30.860 yards. He should have had the fourth catch. Now 00:14:30.860 --> 00:14:32.659 you can go back and forth on reviewing that one, 00:14:32.700 --> 00:14:34.870 but that other one, in my opinion, which they 00:14:34.870 --> 00:14:37.529 actually overturned. I think that was a catch. 00:14:37.649 --> 00:14:39.649 So he could have had a much bigger day. What 00:14:39.649 --> 00:14:41.909 was that? That would have been like four for, 00:14:41.950 --> 00:14:44.269 I don't know, four for 80. The thing with him, 00:14:44.350 --> 00:14:46.750 he makes every catch look like it's the most 00:14:46.750 --> 00:14:48.850 difficult thing in the world. Like he's doing 00:14:48.850 --> 00:14:51.230 like ice dancing in the Olympics or something. 00:14:51.350 --> 00:14:53.029 I'm like, can you just catch the ball like a 00:14:53.029 --> 00:14:54.950 normal receiver? Just put your hands on it and 00:14:54.950 --> 00:14:57.029 catch it. We don't need the bobbling. We don't 00:14:57.029 --> 00:14:59.389 need the rolling. We don't need the diving. Just 00:14:59.389 --> 00:15:01.789 catch the freaking ball. Just catch it, dude. 00:15:02.090 --> 00:15:03.629 Oh, they're good. The kicking team, I've already 00:15:03.629 --> 00:15:05.769 talked about this. Old man Prater, 42 -year -old 00:15:05.769 --> 00:15:08.830 man Prater. And the punter, Wisnowski, like at 00:15:08.830 --> 00:15:11.330 one point when he did the coffin corner punt 00:15:11.330 --> 00:15:13.690 and the ball went out of bounds at like the two 00:15:13.690 --> 00:15:16.450 or three, I text my group chat, which is my kids 00:15:16.450 --> 00:15:19.029 and my buddy Mike, and it's like we have different 00:15:19.029 --> 00:15:22.210 text threads going on. I said, Wisnowski is my 00:15:22.210 --> 00:15:25.509 hero. And then a couple of series later, he had 00:15:25.509 --> 00:15:27.389 to punt again. And it was like a 40 -yard punt 00:15:27.389 --> 00:15:29.509 or some nonsense. And it looked like he shanked 00:15:29.509 --> 00:15:31.629 it. And I was like, well, he's no longer my hero. 00:15:31.710 --> 00:15:34.009 But anyway, I think for the most part, Prater 00:15:34.009 --> 00:15:36.490 and Wisnowski, Wisnowski was handling the kickoffs. 00:15:36.970 --> 00:15:39.389 He did great. This whole idea, this X factor 00:15:39.389 --> 00:15:42.129 that the Jags had the far superior kicking team, 00:15:42.250 --> 00:15:44.509 not Sunday afternoon, they didn't. So awesome 00:15:44.509 --> 00:15:47.330 job. Awesome job. I'm hoping that it's not a 00:15:47.330 --> 00:15:50.190 cold versus warm weather thing for Prater and 00:15:50.190 --> 00:15:52.049 that he's good to go no matter where we're playing. 00:15:52.149 --> 00:15:54.610 Because if we have to play in Denver and it's 00:15:54.610 --> 00:15:57.169 cold, I want him to be ready to rock and roll. 00:15:57.250 --> 00:15:59.049 Well, we do have to play in Denver and we'll 00:15:59.049 --> 00:16:00.570 get to that in a minute. But I hope it's not 00:16:00.570 --> 00:16:03.110 a cold thing because it's probably going to be 00:16:03.110 --> 00:16:06.950 a little chilly out in the Rocky Mountains. So 00:16:06.950 --> 00:16:10.230 anyway, Cole Bishop, man. Look back at the beginning 00:16:10.230 --> 00:16:12.009 of the season and people were like, oh, I don't 00:16:12.009 --> 00:16:13.970 know about Cole Bishop. But his future right 00:16:13.970 --> 00:16:16.610 now with a week, we're a week into the playoffs. 00:16:16.809 --> 00:16:19.730 His future is so bright. And it would not shock 00:16:19.730 --> 00:16:22.269 me if he is thought of as a top five safety in 00:16:22.269 --> 00:16:25.470 this whole league in a matter of a year, maybe 00:16:25.470 --> 00:16:28.820 two. But this dude, this dude is legit. And I 00:16:28.820 --> 00:16:31.419 love that he's playing free. He's playing fast. 00:16:31.720 --> 00:16:34.340 He gets after it. He's aggressive. I'm telling 00:16:34.340 --> 00:16:37.259 you, the Taylor Rapp thing, Taylor Rapp, getting 00:16:37.259 --> 00:16:40.679 him off the field was the key to unlocking Cole 00:16:40.679 --> 00:16:43.580 Bishop. And then bringing in Jordan Poirier to 00:16:43.580 --> 00:16:45.840 be like this mentor, this teacher, this on the 00:16:45.840 --> 00:16:49.220 field guide to Cole Bishop has been leaps and 00:16:49.220 --> 00:16:52.379 bounds helpful to his progression. It's been 00:16:52.379 --> 00:16:55.539 amazing. What else? Osiris Torrance. Are you 00:16:55.539 --> 00:16:57.399 kidding me? We had a fourth and inches. This 00:16:57.399 --> 00:16:59.669 was a play of the game. We're at a fourth and 00:16:59.669 --> 00:17:01.870 inches. This is the tush push. This is the final 00:17:01.870 --> 00:17:05.730 tush push. And this dude picks up Josh and carries 00:17:05.730 --> 00:17:08.589 him 10 yards. I guess I didn't see this upon 00:17:08.589 --> 00:17:10.970 first watch. And I've gone back and I've probably 00:17:10.970 --> 00:17:14.210 seen this play now 50 times. But this man literally 00:17:14.210 --> 00:17:18.309 picks up Josh Allen, who is a big boy. And he 00:17:18.309 --> 00:17:21.750 says, I got you, son. And he literally carries 00:17:21.750 --> 00:17:24.829 him 10 yards. He's carrying a grown man forward 00:17:24.829 --> 00:17:27.789 10 yards towards the goal line. It was. man now 00:17:27.789 --> 00:17:29.589 in a year or two that play is probably going 00:17:29.589 --> 00:17:32.269 to be completely illegal but for now hey we're 00:17:32.269 --> 00:17:34.190 going to enjoy the hell out of it that was amazing 00:17:34.190 --> 00:17:38.029 uh torrence uh saibo as they call him that was 00:17:38.029 --> 00:17:40.869 awesome now coach mcd coach mcdermott this could 00:17:40.869 --> 00:17:42.890 easily have been flipped to the bad side of the 00:17:42.890 --> 00:17:46.430 ledger but he had his guys ready to go but the 00:17:46.430 --> 00:17:49.190 one complaint i had about mcdermott and we could 00:17:49.190 --> 00:17:52.220 talk about the uh Should he have knelt? Should 00:17:52.220 --> 00:17:54.740 he have taken a knee at the end to run some of 00:17:54.740 --> 00:17:56.660 the clock out? We could talk about that. But 00:17:56.660 --> 00:18:00.660 the challenge at the beginning when it was that 00:18:00.660 --> 00:18:03.180 play where Trevor Lawrence was kind of like diving 00:18:03.180 --> 00:18:05.519 and he was like five yards short and he decides 00:18:05.519 --> 00:18:08.859 to dive in his shin. grazes the ground and then 00:18:08.859 --> 00:18:11.019 Shaq Thompson I think it was Shaq Thompson may 00:18:11.019 --> 00:18:13.559 have uh put his hand on him but the challenge 00:18:13.559 --> 00:18:16.440 it was like I was watching a freaking Hollywood 00:18:16.440 --> 00:18:19.420 movie it seemed the camera had zoomed in on McDermott 00:18:19.420 --> 00:18:22.059 everyone knew that T -Law was down and McDermott 00:18:22.059 --> 00:18:24.700 is like slow motion like Wyatt Earp at the okay 00:18:24.700 --> 00:18:27.880 corral like about to draw his gun and we're like 00:18:27.880 --> 00:18:29.859 oh my god he's not gonna pull the flag out of 00:18:29.859 --> 00:18:31.819 his pocket and then he finally pulls the flag 00:18:31.819 --> 00:18:33.799 out of his pocket and he's like sitting there 00:18:33.799 --> 00:18:36.259 kind of holding it I'm like holy cow just throw 00:18:36.259 --> 00:18:38.619 it and that freaking feel dude it seemed to take 00:18:38.619 --> 00:18:43.359 forever for him to throw the flag so i'm like 00:18:43.359 --> 00:18:45.920 this slow motion do you all have this camera 00:18:45.920 --> 00:18:47.619 in slow motion right now because i don't know 00:18:47.619 --> 00:18:50.619 what he's doing he's sitting there just just 00:18:50.619 --> 00:18:53.180 throw the flag please i think i stopped breathing 00:18:53.180 --> 00:18:56.619 for two minutes but then the huge final drive 00:18:56.619 --> 00:19:00.559 knee debate after the after cybo picks ja up 00:19:00.559 --> 00:19:03.569 and travels him you know 10 yards Towards the 00:19:03.569 --> 00:19:05.509 goal line. I kind of go back and forth on this 00:19:05.509 --> 00:19:06.950 because right then and there, I'm immediately 00:19:06.950 --> 00:19:09.150 texting, take a knee, take a knee, take a knee. 00:19:10.349 --> 00:19:13.289 Ultimately, the very next play, they... do the 00:19:13.289 --> 00:19:15.990 tush -push once again, and it was like the Jags 00:19:15.990 --> 00:19:18.210 kind of parted the Red Sea and just let him go 00:19:18.210 --> 00:19:20.990 in. They just let him score, and they got the 00:19:20.990 --> 00:19:22.910 ball back with a minute left. And there's a lot 00:19:22.910 --> 00:19:25.109 of debate out there that this was good, this 00:19:25.109 --> 00:19:27.950 was bad. I could see it from both sides. As a 00:19:27.950 --> 00:19:30.490 fan, you want that clock to show zero because 00:19:30.490 --> 00:19:33.009 we have so many scars from Music City, Miracle, 00:19:33.069 --> 00:19:35.769 and 13 Seconds and all this other nonsense. As 00:19:35.769 --> 00:19:38.009 a coach, you want the points. You don't want 00:19:38.009 --> 00:19:40.130 to leave anything to chance because of games 00:19:40.130 --> 00:19:42.960 like Minnesota and all this. in the Tennessee 00:19:42.960 --> 00:19:44.960 game, so you don't want to leave anything to 00:19:44.960 --> 00:19:46.859 chance. So I could see it both ways, but giving 00:19:46.859 --> 00:19:50.220 the opposition and giving Cam Little, who can 00:19:50.220 --> 00:19:52.500 kick the ball from the parking lot, any chance 00:19:52.500 --> 00:19:55.220 to tie the game or win the game, you kind of 00:19:55.220 --> 00:19:59.000 want to avoid that. So in the moment, I was like, 00:19:59.059 --> 00:20:01.559 holy cow, why are they not taking a knee, bleed 00:20:01.559 --> 00:20:03.900 this thing down to 25 seconds, and then just 00:20:03.900 --> 00:20:05.839 tush -push three times, game's over, we walk 00:20:05.839 --> 00:20:09.569 off the field. So I could see it both ways. Both 00:20:09.569 --> 00:20:11.490 ways. I'm not mad about it because obviously 00:20:11.490 --> 00:20:13.390 we won. But, you know, you never know how these 00:20:13.390 --> 00:20:14.950 things are going to play out. The bad news of 00:20:14.950 --> 00:20:18.089 the game. Bad news. Oh, it sucked seeing Gabe 00:20:18.089 --> 00:20:20.670 Davis get hurt. It sucked seeing Gabe Davis get 00:20:20.670 --> 00:20:23.230 hurt because he worked his ass off to get back 00:20:23.230 --> 00:20:26.710 on that field. He is clearly well liked by Josh 00:20:26.710 --> 00:20:29.710 and his teammates. And he clearly had. an impact 00:20:29.710 --> 00:20:32.630 in the receiving room and on the field. I love 00:20:32.630 --> 00:20:36.029 the way he plays. Is he a top of the charts wide 00:20:36.029 --> 00:20:38.849 receiver? No, but I think he kind of settled 00:20:38.849 --> 00:20:41.549 things down a little bit with his presence and 00:20:41.549 --> 00:20:44.869 it just sucked to see him get carted off with 00:20:44.869 --> 00:20:47.009 the towel draped over his head. And it's clear 00:20:47.009 --> 00:20:49.509 he messed up the same knee that he just got back 00:20:49.509 --> 00:20:51.950 from recovering and all that stuff. And he's 00:20:51.950 --> 00:20:54.150 done and it just sucks. And I feel terrible for 00:20:54.150 --> 00:20:58.079 him. My thoughts are with him. I really hope 00:20:58.079 --> 00:21:01.059 it's not catastrophic. But from what we saw during 00:21:01.059 --> 00:21:03.339 the game, it looks pretty bad. But we have a 00:21:03.339 --> 00:21:05.839 significant wide receiver numbers problem right 00:21:05.839 --> 00:21:08.339 now. With Davis Dunn, literally before the game 00:21:08.339 --> 00:21:10.519 or a day or two before the game, they put Josh 00:21:10.519 --> 00:21:13.920 Palmer on IR because Josh Palmer can't stay healthy. 00:21:14.019 --> 00:21:16.619 I don't know what a waste of a year that was. 00:21:16.799 --> 00:21:19.619 But now we're down to Shakir, Brandon Cooks. 00:21:19.920 --> 00:21:22.619 Tyrell Shavers, who also kind of had some injury 00:21:22.619 --> 00:21:24.779 he was struggling with in the game. And Keon 00:21:24.779 --> 00:21:26.500 Coleman. That's it. That's our wide receiver 00:21:26.500 --> 00:21:29.359 room. So we have four wide receivers and we are 00:21:29.359 --> 00:21:31.839 in trouble. And I don't know what they do. I've 00:21:31.839 --> 00:21:34.539 heard talk that they'll promote Nicole Hardman 00:21:34.539 --> 00:21:37.160 from the practice squad. I don't know. What do 00:21:37.160 --> 00:21:39.799 you do? What do you do? But you can't obviously 00:21:39.799 --> 00:21:42.880 go into a game, a playoff game, round two, with 00:21:42.880 --> 00:21:44.480 four wide receivers, so they're going to have 00:21:44.480 --> 00:21:46.740 to do something. Curtis Samuel is the other name 00:21:46.740 --> 00:21:48.640 I had heard floating out there that they might 00:21:48.640 --> 00:21:52.450 re -sign him. Oh, boy. I can't wait to... sign 00:21:52.450 --> 00:21:54.710 Curtis Samuel again because he's been so effective. 00:21:54.970 --> 00:21:58.750 So I don't know. But Jordan Poirier, he re -aggravated 00:21:58.750 --> 00:22:01.089 the quad. He was unable to finish the game. He 00:22:01.089 --> 00:22:03.250 might be out next week. Jordan Hancock came in 00:22:03.250 --> 00:22:05.890 and he was terrible. It was clear that they were 00:22:05.890 --> 00:22:09.210 going right after Jordan Hancock and he got gashed 00:22:09.210 --> 00:22:12.410 play after play. It was bad. So hopefully the 00:22:12.410 --> 00:22:15.490 Poirier thing, like I said, him coming in, everyone 00:22:15.490 --> 00:22:17.589 kind of laughed at it, scoffed at it. I get it. 00:22:17.839 --> 00:22:19.759 Old man, I mean, we're bringing back all the 00:22:19.759 --> 00:22:22.559 old guys. Trey White, Jordan Poyer, Jordan Phillips. 00:22:22.799 --> 00:22:25.400 It was, hey, get the band back together. But 00:22:25.400 --> 00:22:27.940 Jordan Poyer, like I said, he calmed that secondary 00:22:27.940 --> 00:22:30.539 down, and he was such a leader, instrumental 00:22:30.539 --> 00:22:33.660 into the growth of Cole Bishop. It sucks. I want 00:22:33.660 --> 00:22:36.220 him to be out there on the playoffs just for 00:22:36.220 --> 00:22:38.799 his own kind of journey. I want to see that. 00:22:39.119 --> 00:22:42.980 I would love to see us get that Super Bowl with 00:22:42.980 --> 00:22:45.039 Poyer on the field. That'd be awesome. but he 00:22:45.039 --> 00:22:47.019 might not play next week. And so what do you 00:22:47.019 --> 00:22:51.099 do there? Because Hancock looked way lost. So 00:22:51.099 --> 00:22:53.960 I don't know. I don't know. DeMar, he's still 00:22:53.960 --> 00:22:56.819 in his 21 -day practice window. You bring him 00:22:56.819 --> 00:22:59.680 back? I don't know. I might just roll the dice 00:22:59.680 --> 00:23:02.299 with Jordan Hancock at this point. But the Ray 00:23:02.299 --> 00:23:05.920 Davis fumble, holy cow. I don't know. That could 00:23:05.920 --> 00:23:07.980 have been a turning point, but thank God that 00:23:07.980 --> 00:23:11.619 the defense completely bailed the Bills out and 00:23:11.619 --> 00:23:16.430 Trevor fell down. like that was the uh the challenge 00:23:16.430 --> 00:23:20.509 he literally fell down and yeah but let's continue 00:23:20.509 --> 00:23:22.789 to compare him to josh allen sure whatever uh 00:23:22.789 --> 00:23:25.670 what other negatives bad stuff do i talk about 00:23:25.980 --> 00:23:28.279 The broadcast, if you all weren't at the game 00:23:28.279 --> 00:23:31.359 and you listened to this fiasco on TV, Tony Romo, 00:23:31.420 --> 00:23:33.940 I used to love Tony Romo. I used to love listening 00:23:33.940 --> 00:23:37.059 to him commentate games. He's almost insufferable 00:23:37.059 --> 00:23:39.440 now. Almost insufferable. The joke, and I've 00:23:39.440 --> 00:23:42.240 said this before, the joke used to be, Chirico 00:23:42.240 --> 00:23:44.599 and Chris Collinsworth, everyone loved Chirico, 00:23:44.700 --> 00:23:47.059 Mike Chirico, and everyone hated Chris Collinsworth. 00:23:47.160 --> 00:23:49.839 Now, flip -flop, give me Chris Collinsworth over 00:23:49.839 --> 00:23:52.380 Tony Romo any day of the week because I just 00:23:52.380 --> 00:23:54.480 like laughing at the things he says. Tony Romo, 00:23:54.539 --> 00:23:56.220 I just don't, I can't. I can't even, I don't 00:23:56.220 --> 00:23:58.059 even want to, I want to mute everything he says. 00:23:58.119 --> 00:24:01.420 He's a rambling mess. He's a rambling mess. He 00:24:01.420 --> 00:24:06.359 says, oh, we got ourselves a game, Jim. And that's 00:24:06.359 --> 00:24:09.359 what great players do. He brings nothing to the 00:24:09.359 --> 00:24:12.640 table. Nothing. So frustrating. Just a mess. 00:24:12.839 --> 00:24:16.759 And then every, I felt like every series, every 00:24:16.759 --> 00:24:18.640 series, every questionable call, they're going 00:24:18.640 --> 00:24:22.480 to their rules analyst, Gene Steratore, and he 00:24:22.480 --> 00:24:26.180 needs to never. work again like things to blast 00:24:26.180 --> 00:24:29.900 into the sun for 500 alex i can't take this guy 00:24:29.900 --> 00:24:32.619 he is the most worthless addition to any booth 00:24:32.619 --> 00:24:35.099 i've ever heard in my life he's never right half 00:24:35.099 --> 00:24:36.980 the stuff he says is just not right and then 00:24:36.980 --> 00:24:39.420 the the ref crew or the head announcer the head 00:24:39.420 --> 00:24:41.819 ref comes out and usually says something that 00:24:41.819 --> 00:24:43.680 totally goes against what gene starator just 00:24:43.680 --> 00:24:46.140 says and then he just changes his opinion and 00:24:46.140 --> 00:24:48.019 agrees and there's like what are we doing just 00:24:48.019 --> 00:24:51.500 get off my tv the refs oh boy The refs should 00:24:51.500 --> 00:24:54.220 be ashamed of themselves. How is there zero accountability 00:24:54.220 --> 00:24:57.720 when it comes to NFL officiating? I mean, there 00:24:57.720 --> 00:25:01.380 is zero accountability. There is no way in hell 00:25:01.380 --> 00:25:04.440 anyone in their right mind could ever explain 00:25:04.440 --> 00:25:07.640 the end of the first half with that field goal 00:25:07.640 --> 00:25:11.059 debacle. There is zero chance that can be explained. 00:25:11.380 --> 00:25:14.059 You all blew that call. And the fact that you 00:25:14.059 --> 00:25:16.200 are not ever going to be held accountable for 00:25:16.200 --> 00:25:18.579 that. It's just absolutely ridiculous to me. 00:25:18.700 --> 00:25:20.480 And then later in the game, we have questionable 00:25:20.480 --> 00:25:22.619 calls. The Phantom defensive hold, I think they 00:25:22.619 --> 00:25:24.660 called it on Benford. And they showed a replay 00:25:24.660 --> 00:25:27.500 for one second and they never went back to that. 00:25:27.579 --> 00:25:29.400 But everyone's like, that wasn't a hold. But 00:25:29.400 --> 00:25:31.339 how do you make some of these calls that are 00:25:31.339 --> 00:25:34.160 clearly impacting the game? They were about to 00:25:34.160 --> 00:25:36.579 hand the Jags three points at halftime for no 00:25:36.579 --> 00:25:39.450 reason whatsoever. That was brutal. refs y 'all 00:25:39.450 --> 00:25:41.269 should be freaking ashamed of yourselves but 00:25:41.269 --> 00:25:43.769 what a game i mean what a game the mafia the 00:25:43.769 --> 00:25:46.609 mafia showed up they showed out uh shout out 00:25:46.609 --> 00:25:48.990 to my daughter she was there she lives down in 00:25:48.990 --> 00:25:51.750 jacksonville i talked to her after the game positive 00:25:51.750 --> 00:25:54.509 reports from her she gave props to the jacks 00:25:54.509 --> 00:25:56.829 fans she said they were friendly they were cordial 00:25:56.829 --> 00:26:00.490 there was no issues but tons of bills mafia showing 00:26:00.490 --> 00:26:03.930 showing up So even in defeat, the Jags fans were 00:26:03.930 --> 00:26:05.750 gracious. They didn't really cause any problems. 00:26:06.190 --> 00:26:08.390 They were taking pictures of her and her boyfriend. 00:26:08.549 --> 00:26:11.569 And so shout out to Jags fans for not being complete 00:26:11.569 --> 00:26:13.710 D -bags because your team, some of your players 00:26:13.710 --> 00:26:16.609 were. So thanks for taking the high road when 00:26:16.609 --> 00:26:20.569 some of your team, I just. Ugh, it's so frustrating. 00:26:20.769 --> 00:26:22.289 But it's nice to know that there are at least 00:26:22.289 --> 00:26:24.589 some stadiums you could go to as an opposing 00:26:24.589 --> 00:26:28.730 fan, sit there, cheer respectfully, and not get 00:26:28.730 --> 00:26:30.930 heckled and not get beer thrown on you and not 00:26:30.930 --> 00:26:33.750 get spit on and all kinds of stuff and not get 00:26:33.750 --> 00:26:37.019 in fights. We had talked all week about this 00:26:37.019 --> 00:26:39.440 game and about whether, you know, who was going 00:26:39.440 --> 00:26:42.279 to try to go. And anyway, last minute, they ended 00:26:42.279 --> 00:26:45.059 up getting tickets and they ended up going. And 00:26:45.059 --> 00:26:46.799 in the back of my mind, I'm just worried. I'm 00:26:46.799 --> 00:26:50.279 worried that it's going to be, you know, an unruly, 00:26:50.380 --> 00:26:53.420 disruptive mess. And she's not going to have 00:26:53.420 --> 00:26:55.119 fun and people are going to harass her and bother 00:26:55.119 --> 00:26:57.099 her. But to their credit, like I said, shout 00:26:57.099 --> 00:27:00.660 out to the fans. Y 'all rock. So tip of the cap 00:27:00.660 --> 00:27:05.150 to the Jags fans, but not to the team. But yeah, 00:27:05.250 --> 00:27:11.170 I mean, what a game. What a game. Oh boy. I think, 00:27:11.170 --> 00:27:14.509 and I'll stand by this. I said in my game preview 00:27:14.509 --> 00:27:16.609 that whoever won this game is going to represent 00:27:16.609 --> 00:27:19.089 the AFC in the Super Bowl. I really do believe 00:27:19.089 --> 00:27:22.299 that. I think the Bills can go into Denver. and 00:27:22.299 --> 00:27:24.240 win this game. And we'll talk about that here 00:27:24.240 --> 00:27:28.400 in a second and as the week progresses. But looking 00:27:28.400 --> 00:27:29.839 around the rest of the playoffs, the other bad 00:27:29.839 --> 00:27:32.259 news, the Chargers. What the hell, man? The Chargers. 00:27:32.319 --> 00:27:34.720 Did you even show up Sunday night? Y 'all played 00:27:34.720 --> 00:27:37.200 like garbage. Six points? Really? Six points? 00:27:37.420 --> 00:27:39.930 Justin Herbert, six points? Really? This is what 00:27:39.930 --> 00:27:42.410 we do every year. We hype the Chargers up. Oh, 00:27:42.490 --> 00:27:44.309 they're so good. This is their time. It's Justin 00:27:44.309 --> 00:27:47.490 Herbert's time. And then everyone starts to believe 00:27:47.490 --> 00:27:50.009 and everyone starts to believe. It's just like 00:27:50.009 --> 00:27:53.170 Trevor Lawrence. The hype gets to be too much. 00:27:53.210 --> 00:27:55.390 Everyone starts to buy in and then they just 00:27:55.390 --> 00:27:58.390 turn into the old Chargers. It's the same old 00:27:58.390 --> 00:28:00.670 crap. There are certain things you can just hang 00:28:00.670 --> 00:28:02.849 your hat on. You wait for the old Trevor Lawrence 00:28:02.849 --> 00:28:05.089 to show up. That happened. You wait for the old 00:28:05.089 --> 00:28:07.309 Chargers to show up and that happened. It's the 00:28:07.309 --> 00:28:09.650 same crap every single year. so thanks thanks 00:28:09.650 --> 00:28:12.529 a lot for showing up you didn't even have to 00:28:12.529 --> 00:28:15.289 score much you could have made it a game but 00:28:15.289 --> 00:28:18.750 you scored six points in new england oh my goodness 00:28:18.750 --> 00:28:23.079 i don't know i don't know thanks So there goes 00:28:23.079 --> 00:28:25.220 the AFC Championship in Highmark, which means 00:28:25.220 --> 00:28:27.519 we now turn our attention to the number one seed, 00:28:27.619 --> 00:28:30.039 the Denver Broncos. That's the reward for the 00:28:30.039 --> 00:28:33.140 big dub in Jacksonville. And now we will go out 00:28:33.140 --> 00:28:36.220 West and we will meet Bo Nix and the Broncos. 00:28:36.240 --> 00:28:39.019 So let's go because I think despite the fact 00:28:39.019 --> 00:28:40.940 that it's a short week, we have to play them 00:28:40.940 --> 00:28:43.180 sometime Saturday, whether it's 4 .30 or 8 o 00:28:43.180 --> 00:28:45.400 'clock, I think we'll be up for the task. And 00:28:45.400 --> 00:28:48.099 I'm going to do a divisional round game preview 00:28:48.099 --> 00:28:50.740 later this week. But before we move on, before 00:28:50.740 --> 00:28:52.690 we move on to the rest. Last of the show, I want 00:28:52.690 --> 00:28:54.970 to drop a special playoff edition. If money were 00:28:54.970 --> 00:28:56.970 no object, buy of the week because I already 00:28:56.970 --> 00:28:59.069 hopped on the old Ticketmaster. I was already 00:28:59.069 --> 00:29:01.609 looking to see what tickets were available. If 00:29:01.609 --> 00:29:04.349 any of you mafia members want to get on a plane 00:29:04.349 --> 00:29:07.210 and head out west to good old the Mile High City 00:29:07.210 --> 00:29:09.970 in Denver, Colorado. Right now, the cheapest 00:29:09.970 --> 00:29:13.210 ticket to get you in the door is $485 and you're 00:29:13.210 --> 00:29:16.049 sitting way up top. Way up top. But if you want 00:29:16.049 --> 00:29:19.950 two seats, row 10, section 122, it's right about 00:29:19.950 --> 00:29:22.759 on the 45 -yard line. On the Bills side of the 00:29:22.759 --> 00:29:25.019 field, two seats is going to set you back $2 00:29:25.019 --> 00:29:29.599 ,600. $2 ,670 total, including fees. How are 00:29:29.599 --> 00:29:31.180 we feeling about that, Mafia? You got to get 00:29:31.180 --> 00:29:33.000 yourselves out there. I wouldn't recommend driving 00:29:33.000 --> 00:29:35.039 to Denver, so maybe it's going to cost you a 00:29:35.039 --> 00:29:37.980 little extra for some accommodations, including 00:29:37.980 --> 00:29:41.000 flight and hotel. So maybe you're looking at, 00:29:41.119 --> 00:29:42.980 I don't know, they probably jacked hotels through 00:29:42.980 --> 00:29:45.440 the roof. Maybe you're looking at, I don't know, 00:29:45.559 --> 00:29:48.740 $4 ,000, $5 ,000, $4 ,500 to go out there for 00:29:48.740 --> 00:29:50.279 this game. How are we feeling? If money were 00:29:50.279 --> 00:29:53.119 no object. Somebody want to shell me out $4 ,500 00:29:53.119 --> 00:29:55.599 so I can get out to Denver for this one? Because 00:29:55.599 --> 00:29:57.839 I would love to sit in row 10, section 122 on 00:29:57.839 --> 00:30:00.180 the bill side of the field and cheer my boys 00:30:00.180 --> 00:30:04.299 on to the next dub. But the other game is going 00:30:04.299 --> 00:30:06.119 to be New England versus the winner of tonight. 00:30:06.559 --> 00:30:09.180 Houston versus Pittsburgh game, or whenever you're 00:30:09.180 --> 00:30:11.319 recording or listening to this, you'll probably 00:30:11.319 --> 00:30:13.400 already know the winner, but we shall see what 00:30:13.400 --> 00:30:15.839 happens. But anyway, Wrestling Marks, it's time 00:30:15.839 --> 00:30:18.200 to move on. How are we feeling? Wrestling Marks, 00:30:18.200 --> 00:30:21.480 welcome to 2026. Are we officially on the road 00:30:21.480 --> 00:30:24.500 to WrestleMania? The calendar has turned. Things 00:30:24.500 --> 00:30:27.220 are already starting to get crazy, and I'm already 00:30:27.220 --> 00:30:29.720 looking at some of the programming. We watched 00:30:29.720 --> 00:30:31.420 Raw. We watched SmackDown. There have been a 00:30:31.420 --> 00:30:34.900 couple shows already underway. Is 2026 the year 00:30:34.900 --> 00:30:36.869 that we're just going to start? trying some random 00:30:36.869 --> 00:30:40.509 stuff. First Raw of the year, the one -year anniversary 00:30:40.509 --> 00:30:43.569 on Netflix. They decided to drop this Stranger 00:30:43.569 --> 00:30:46.329 Things WWE crossover event. And I'm watching 00:30:46.329 --> 00:30:48.490 this going, what the hell is the point of this? 00:30:48.529 --> 00:30:51.009 Now, full disclosure, I love Stranger Things. 00:30:51.109 --> 00:30:54.410 My wife and I just binged the whole five -season 00:30:54.410 --> 00:30:57.730 stretch. And we finished the whole show pretty 00:30:57.730 --> 00:31:00.829 recently after the finale dropped. But I'm watching 00:31:00.829 --> 00:31:02.789 this wrestling show. I'm like, is this necessary? 00:31:03.029 --> 00:31:05.579 Why is Netflix hyping up their own show? You 00:31:05.579 --> 00:31:08.200 have the streaming rights to both Netflix and 00:31:08.200 --> 00:31:11.279 WWE Monday Night Raw. So why are you hyping up 00:31:11.279 --> 00:31:13.619 one show when it's on the same app? I just don't 00:31:13.619 --> 00:31:15.980 understand. It was so weird. I don't know. That 00:31:15.980 --> 00:31:19.299 was a weird show. There's a lot of craziness. 00:31:19.400 --> 00:31:21.259 So I'm like, is this just the year that we're 00:31:21.259 --> 00:31:23.599 going to try some crazy nonsense? But the main 00:31:23.599 --> 00:31:25.720 event was Braun versus CM Punk for the title. 00:31:25.759 --> 00:31:28.980 I don't know. This was okay, despite the botches, 00:31:29.000 --> 00:31:32.900 because it was a little bit sloppy. I'll be the 00:31:32.900 --> 00:31:35.079 first to say it was a bit sloppy. expecting the 00:31:35.079 --> 00:31:37.990 sloppiness between these two. I was a bit surprised 00:31:37.990 --> 00:31:41.089 that Punk retained in what was an okay match. 00:31:41.170 --> 00:31:42.869 It was good. I wouldn't say it's great by any 00:31:42.869 --> 00:31:45.130 stretch of the imagination. Of course, you had 00:31:45.130 --> 00:31:47.470 your patented schmaz in the middle of the match. 00:31:47.569 --> 00:31:49.309 But once that finished and the ring kind of cleared 00:31:49.309 --> 00:31:52.009 out, Punk won. He goes over clean. Yeah, I was 00:31:52.009 --> 00:31:53.890 a bit shocked. And now we'll see if Punk is actually 00:31:53.890 --> 00:31:57.309 going to carry the belt on into WrestleMania 00:31:57.309 --> 00:32:00.769 and where we go from there. Do they have a rematch? 00:32:01.690 --> 00:32:04.549 Do they run this back as one of the night's main 00:32:04.549 --> 00:32:06.690 events? We shall see what happens. happens. But 00:32:06.690 --> 00:32:09.250 then SmackDown, that just happened last week, 00:32:09.269 --> 00:32:11.910 last Friday, SmackDown for Berlin, Germany. Let's 00:32:11.910 --> 00:32:13.809 just fast forward to the main event because just 00:32:13.809 --> 00:32:16.690 over the two hour mark in the show, probably 00:32:16.690 --> 00:32:20.589 right around 2 .10, 2 .15, we get this fire promo 00:32:20.589 --> 00:32:22.890 package. You know how I love promo packages. 00:32:23.109 --> 00:32:25.230 They're some of the best in the business. People 00:32:25.230 --> 00:32:27.809 in other industries need to go to WWE and watch 00:32:27.809 --> 00:32:29.890 their promos and how they make these hype videos 00:32:29.890 --> 00:32:32.690 because they produce some of the best hype promo 00:32:32.690 --> 00:32:36.000 content. out there, hands down, bar none. And 00:32:36.000 --> 00:32:39.299 so this promo package highlighted this seemingly 00:32:39.299 --> 00:32:42.240 never -ending saga between Cody Rhodes, the WWE 00:32:42.240 --> 00:32:44.819 champion, and Drew McIntyre. And they always 00:32:44.819 --> 00:32:48.579 managed to find the absolute best music to put 00:32:48.579 --> 00:32:51.599 over top of these promos. And it was Disturbed's 00:32:51.599 --> 00:32:54.500 I Will Not Break. And it definitely set the mood 00:32:54.500 --> 00:32:57.500 for this three stages of hell match for the title 00:32:57.500 --> 00:33:00.640 on the last hour of SmackDown. And the whole 00:33:00.640 --> 00:33:03.079 last hour of SmackDown, no commercials. love 00:33:03.079 --> 00:33:05.579 it they should do this every week whether they 00:33:05.579 --> 00:33:08.299 have a championship match or not great promo 00:33:08.299 --> 00:33:11.119 if you haven't seen it go back and check it out 00:33:11.119 --> 00:33:15.759 the match was i mean we'll talk about it but 00:33:15.759 --> 00:33:18.980 anyway the promo package was fire As I said, 00:33:19.019 --> 00:33:22.059 this was a three stages of hell match. Now, the 00:33:22.059 --> 00:33:24.140 stipulations, if you don't know what a three 00:33:24.140 --> 00:33:26.180 stages of hell match is, one of the contestants 00:33:26.180 --> 00:33:28.539 or both of the contestants are able to choose 00:33:28.539 --> 00:33:31.119 what the stipulation for each section of the 00:33:31.119 --> 00:33:32.880 match are. So they're basically three falls. 00:33:33.079 --> 00:33:35.900 It's like a three fall match. Drew came out and 00:33:35.900 --> 00:33:37.619 he's like, this is what I want. I want the first 00:33:37.619 --> 00:33:39.500 stage to be a plain old wrestling match. And 00:33:39.500 --> 00:33:41.299 I was like, plain old wrestling match? What? 00:33:41.460 --> 00:33:44.039 That's lame. The second stage, I want it to be 00:33:44.039 --> 00:33:46.000 a falls count anywhere match. And you're like, 00:33:46.099 --> 00:33:48.539 okay, this is pretty stupid. And then the third 00:33:48.539 --> 00:33:51.799 stage, he wanted it to be a steel cage match. 00:33:52.000 --> 00:33:55.519 So you know when they set up, you always know 00:33:55.519 --> 00:33:57.400 that the first two falls are going to be split 00:33:57.400 --> 00:33:59.819 because why would they ever create a three -stage 00:33:59.819 --> 00:34:01.559 of hell match if you're never going to get to 00:34:01.559 --> 00:34:04.279 the third stage, right? So there you go. Plain 00:34:04.279 --> 00:34:05.960 wrestling match. Falls count anywhere. Third 00:34:05.960 --> 00:34:08.079 stage, cage match. But anyway, we're off and 00:34:08.079 --> 00:34:11.460 running. Stage one ends kind of quickly. I mean, 00:34:11.500 --> 00:34:14.800 it's a low blow. Drew kicks Cody with a low blow. 00:34:15.000 --> 00:34:17.039 Ref gets distracted, and then he hits him with... 00:34:17.039 --> 00:34:19.179 the claymore to the face, and it's a one, two, 00:34:19.239 --> 00:34:22.039 three. I mean, we are. Not even 10 minutes in. 00:34:22.079 --> 00:34:23.860 I would say this is right around the seven minute 00:34:23.860 --> 00:34:26.179 mark in the match. And the champ is eating a 00:34:26.179 --> 00:34:29.659 pinfall after a low blow. I'm like, okay, on 00:34:29.659 --> 00:34:32.079 we go to the false count anywhere. So then they 00:34:32.079 --> 00:34:35.159 start going all over the arena. They're doing 00:34:35.159 --> 00:34:39.219 stuff off the different steps and scaffolding. 00:34:39.260 --> 00:34:41.239 And it was pretty good, pretty good. And then 00:34:41.239 --> 00:34:43.500 they work their way back towards the ring. Cody 00:34:43.500 --> 00:34:45.420 hits a crossroads on the announce table, which 00:34:45.420 --> 00:34:48.460 was pretty good. And he gets pinfall number two. 00:34:48.539 --> 00:34:50.940 Because as I said earlier, You can't have a three 00:34:50.940 --> 00:34:53.400 stages of hell match if you don't split the first 00:34:53.400 --> 00:34:56.000 two stages. It would make no sense. So then they 00:34:56.000 --> 00:34:59.059 managed to get back in the ring and the cage 00:34:59.059 --> 00:35:02.219 lowers over the two. And we are off and running 00:35:02.219 --> 00:35:05.389 for the cage match. There's a crazy spot with 00:35:05.389 --> 00:35:08.469 a suplex, superplex on Cody who's trying to leave 00:35:08.469 --> 00:35:10.269 from over the top of the rope and Drew kind of 00:35:10.269 --> 00:35:12.510 drags him back. Cody's kind of hanging over the 00:35:12.510 --> 00:35:14.670 top of the cage and they do this superplex move. 00:35:15.250 --> 00:35:17.949 It was awesome. There was a lot of shaking there 00:35:17.949 --> 00:35:20.769 and there was definitely some potential for a 00:35:20.769 --> 00:35:24.489 terrible, terrible finish to that move. But thank 00:35:24.489 --> 00:35:26.449 goodness they pulled that one off. It could have 00:35:26.449 --> 00:35:28.590 been bad. There's another cool reversal spot. 00:35:28.929 --> 00:35:31.829 Cody does this. He kind of comes off the ropes 00:35:31.829 --> 00:35:35.079 and does this. almost like a Hurricane Rana right 00:35:35.079 --> 00:35:37.079 into the crossroads in the middle of the ring 00:35:37.079 --> 00:35:39.659 and gets a near fall. That was a cool spot. And 00:35:39.659 --> 00:35:43.380 then Cody into the bear turnbuckle, the turn 00:35:43.380 --> 00:35:45.900 post, the turnbuckle had gotten ripped off. So 00:35:45.900 --> 00:35:48.699 exposing the metal ring, he goes into the metal 00:35:48.699 --> 00:35:51.840 ring, eats a Claymore and kicks out. And I'm 00:35:51.840 --> 00:35:55.539 like, wait a minute. six minutes, seven minutes 00:35:55.539 --> 00:35:58.260 into this match, he gets kicked with a low blow 00:35:58.260 --> 00:36:00.280 and he's already eating the pin. Here he hits 00:36:00.280 --> 00:36:02.260 his head on this bare turnbuckle, takes another 00:36:02.260 --> 00:36:04.980 Claymore and he's kicking out and we're 40 minutes 00:36:04.980 --> 00:36:06.760 into the match or 30 minutes into the match. 00:36:06.780 --> 00:36:08.980 Yeah, help me make sense, but it doesn't. So 00:36:08.980 --> 00:36:11.519 on we go. Then there's this pretty good Cody 00:36:11.519 --> 00:36:13.739 cutter from the top of the cage. It's crazy that 00:36:13.739 --> 00:36:16.639 Drew essentially has to catch Cody for this move 00:36:16.639 --> 00:36:19.800 to look sick and he catches him and it can't 00:36:19.800 --> 00:36:23.099 be easy. So I give them. Both a lot of credit. 00:36:23.199 --> 00:36:25.039 They got to have a lot of faith in each other 00:36:25.039 --> 00:36:27.480 to protect themselves. But that was a sick move. 00:36:27.679 --> 00:36:30.519 Drew kicks out. Drew goes for the door because 00:36:30.519 --> 00:36:33.280 we're doing you can escape. You can go through 00:36:33.280 --> 00:36:35.480 the door and go over the top or you can take 00:36:35.480 --> 00:36:37.280 the pin. But he's about to escape. And a hooded 00:36:37.280 --> 00:36:40.300 figure revealed to be a returning Jacob Fatu 00:36:40.300 --> 00:36:43.920 attacks Drew. Cody then pulls Fatu off of Drew 00:36:43.920 --> 00:36:46.619 and starts going at it. And Fatu turns on Cody. 00:36:46.800 --> 00:36:49.860 There's a schmoz. Drew escapes. And he wins with 00:36:49.860 --> 00:36:54.480 the title. And the place goes nuts. So people 00:36:54.480 --> 00:36:57.900 may be sick of seeing champion Cody Rhodes. I 00:36:57.900 --> 00:37:01.199 know I was. Hey, I was glad that they finally 00:37:01.199 --> 00:37:03.900 decided to change the belt and put it on Drew 00:37:03.900 --> 00:37:05.460 because you couldn't keep running this back. 00:37:05.679 --> 00:37:07.840 You couldn't keep doing what you did with him 00:37:07.840 --> 00:37:10.909 through the entire. the entirety of 2025. He 00:37:10.909 --> 00:37:12.809 was having all these feuds, specifically with 00:37:12.809 --> 00:37:14.610 Cody, back and forth, back and forth, and he 00:37:14.610 --> 00:37:17.230 never won anything. So finally, the calendar's 00:37:17.230 --> 00:37:19.329 turned, and away he goes. He wins it on the first 00:37:19.329 --> 00:37:22.230 live SmackDown of the new year. Now, I know it's 00:37:22.230 --> 00:37:24.150 not the first SmackDown of the year, but the 00:37:24.150 --> 00:37:25.849 first one they had, I think it was January 2nd. 00:37:25.849 --> 00:37:29.050 It was a taped, pre -taped program, and it didn't 00:37:29.050 --> 00:37:32.690 matter. This was essentially the first live SmackDown 00:37:32.690 --> 00:37:34.550 of the new year and he wins the title. And it's 00:37:34.550 --> 00:37:36.349 awesome because I think this is the first time 00:37:36.349 --> 00:37:38.690 in almost six years or something like that, that 00:37:38.690 --> 00:37:40.510 the title has changed hands on the SmackDown. 00:37:40.670 --> 00:37:42.989 It's what you need to do. You need to at least 00:37:42.989 --> 00:37:45.409 change up some of this stuff. You need to have 00:37:45.409 --> 00:37:48.800 the. Not that you need to hot potato the title, 00:37:48.920 --> 00:37:51.280 but you have to at least have the idea that it 00:37:51.280 --> 00:37:53.260 could happen. So I don't need you to change it 00:37:53.260 --> 00:37:57.780 every month, but once a year, changing your titles 00:37:57.780 --> 00:38:01.360 up on your Monday and Friday shows, that's not 00:38:01.360 --> 00:38:03.820 a bad idea. It just keeps things fresh. It keeps 00:38:03.820 --> 00:38:06.860 things moving. And so, yeah, I love it. I hope 00:38:06.860 --> 00:38:09.599 Cody doesn't immediately get a rematch. Maybe 00:38:09.599 --> 00:38:11.980 we could separate these two for a while. And 00:38:11.980 --> 00:38:14.539 now with the return of Jacob Batu, maybe he's 00:38:14.539 --> 00:38:17.250 poised for a big push. I'm all for it. I would 00:38:17.250 --> 00:38:20.289 love to see that. A Fatu McIntyre storyline or 00:38:20.289 --> 00:38:23.090 maybe a Fatu Cody storyline. I would love to 00:38:23.090 --> 00:38:26.949 see where one of those goes. Let's push the new 00:38:26.949 --> 00:38:29.590 guys in this year. Push the new guys. See what 00:38:29.590 --> 00:38:32.489 shakes out. I love the fact that they put the 00:38:32.489 --> 00:38:35.750 U .S. title on Carmelo Hayes. He's awesome for 00:38:35.750 --> 00:38:39.010 that. Yeah, let's give some of these young up 00:38:39.010 --> 00:38:41.670 -and -comers a chance and a time to shine. So 00:38:41.670 --> 00:38:44.230 we are two weeks away from the next Sunday night's 00:38:44.230 --> 00:38:46.980 Saturday. night's main event from Montreal. And 00:38:46.980 --> 00:38:49.559 then just a week after, we are going to be back 00:38:49.559 --> 00:38:52.320 in my favorite place, Saudi Arabia for the Royal 00:38:52.320 --> 00:38:54.699 Rumble. Now we will do a preview for that event 00:38:54.699 --> 00:38:57.260 as we get closer, but I'm hoping that there's 00:38:57.260 --> 00:38:59.360 a big chance that they push some of these young 00:38:59.360 --> 00:39:01.579 guys we just talked about to the moon. This is 00:39:01.579 --> 00:39:04.280 my favorite time of year, hands down. I can't 00:39:04.280 --> 00:39:07.119 wait to see where we go. I love the turning in 00:39:07.119 --> 00:39:09.780 the calendar, rolling into Rumble. I love Elimination 00:39:09.780 --> 00:39:12.159 Chamber. Side note, my wife surprised me with 00:39:12.159 --> 00:39:13.880 an early birthday present and got me tickets 00:39:13.880 --> 00:39:16.699 too. the Elimination Chamber in Chicago. I am 00:39:16.699 --> 00:39:19.159 so stoked to go to that. I can't freaking wait. 00:39:19.679 --> 00:39:21.340 That's always been one of my favorite pay -per 00:39:21.340 --> 00:39:23.340 -views. The Royal Rumble Elimination Chamber 00:39:23.340 --> 00:39:25.960 WrestleMania combo, one, two, three. It's my 00:39:25.960 --> 00:39:28.920 favorite time of year. So yeah, super, super 00:39:28.920 --> 00:39:31.159 pumped for that. But I think that's going to 00:39:31.159 --> 00:39:33.920 wrap up the wrestling portion. Hobby enthusiasts. 00:39:34.750 --> 00:39:37.610 Cardboard collectors, how are we feeling? The 00:39:37.610 --> 00:39:40.369 calendar has been flipped for you as well, and 00:39:40.369 --> 00:39:43.409 I'm not sure we are any better than where we 00:39:43.409 --> 00:39:47.650 were 6 to 12 months ago. What I'm seeing... What 00:39:47.650 --> 00:39:50.369 I'm reading on the socials, every time a major 00:39:50.369 --> 00:39:53.110 product drops, it seems like these drops are 00:39:53.110 --> 00:39:55.110 becoming worse and worse. And you have to wonder 00:39:55.110 --> 00:39:57.909 if there will be any sort of improvement on the 00:39:57.909 --> 00:40:00.469 horizon. I know the issues I've had with recent 00:40:00.469 --> 00:40:03.489 product drops and people have been experiencing 00:40:03.489 --> 00:40:06.230 the same difficulties with other products, if 00:40:06.230 --> 00:40:08.489 not worse than what I'm dealing with. But it's 00:40:08.489 --> 00:40:10.269 the same story over and over again. Now that 00:40:10.269 --> 00:40:13.829 Topps literally owns everything, it's very frustrating 00:40:13.829 --> 00:40:16.789 because Topps tells you that the product is... 00:40:16.840 --> 00:40:18.719 going to come out on such and such a date at 00:40:18.719 --> 00:40:20.980 such and such a time. And sometimes what I'm 00:40:20.980 --> 00:40:24.159 noticing recently is they'll tell you less than 00:40:24.159 --> 00:40:26.960 48 hours before the product goes to presale, 00:40:27.000 --> 00:40:30.260 but they tell you, hey, it's coming out, I don't 00:40:30.260 --> 00:40:32.219 know, tomorrow at noon. For example, you go to 00:40:32.219 --> 00:40:34.760 the website, you have to wait in a queue just 00:40:34.760 --> 00:40:36.800 to get into the room to buy the product. And 00:40:36.800 --> 00:40:39.059 then once you make it in the room and you add 00:40:39.059 --> 00:40:42.139 the product to your cart, if it even is available, 00:40:42.440 --> 00:40:45.340 you go into another queue to wait in line to 00:40:45.340 --> 00:40:47.420 actually buy. it and what people are experiencing 00:40:47.420 --> 00:40:50.840 is when they're in this queue with the item in 00:40:50.840 --> 00:40:53.800 their cart the item disappears and it says sold 00:40:53.800 --> 00:40:56.420 out and it's just time after time after time 00:40:56.420 --> 00:40:59.179 it just doesn't work if you're lucky and it doesn't 00:40:59.179 --> 00:41:01.360 say sold out when you initially get in the site 00:41:01.360 --> 00:41:03.519 and then you put it in your cart and then you 00:41:03.519 --> 00:41:05.099 go to check out and you wait in another line 00:41:05.099 --> 00:41:08.260 and it's sold out anyway so it's just crazy it 00:41:08.260 --> 00:41:09.900 just seems like it's going from bad to worse 00:41:09.900 --> 00:41:13.400 and people are claiming that they're told the 00:41:13.400 --> 00:41:15.679 product is no longer available, but yet they 00:41:15.679 --> 00:41:18.219 go back and refresh the website two minutes later 00:41:18.219 --> 00:41:20.239 and then it pops up again. It's just like, it's 00:41:20.239 --> 00:41:23.000 so broken. The most recent example that I dealt 00:41:23.000 --> 00:41:27.039 with, I was trying to buy a John Cena commemorative 00:41:27.039 --> 00:41:31.219 collection set that Tops had released. It was 00:41:31.219 --> 00:41:34.099 like a 25 card set right after John Cena's retirement 00:41:34.099 --> 00:41:37.559 match. You didn't get much warning about this. 00:41:37.619 --> 00:41:40.179 It told you to be on the website at noon on whatever 00:41:40.179 --> 00:41:42.699 day or one o 'clock whatever day. So I did. I 00:41:42.699 --> 00:41:46.159 was there. Refreshed instantly as the clock turned 00:41:46.159 --> 00:41:50.360 to the 1 p .m. mark. And there's the product. 00:41:50.519 --> 00:41:53.119 So okay, great. Click buy. Add it to the cart. 00:41:53.360 --> 00:41:56.420 And it was glitching all over the place. And 00:41:56.420 --> 00:41:59.639 it instantly told me it was sold out. And then 00:41:59.639 --> 00:42:01.420 it told me it was available. So then I would 00:42:01.420 --> 00:42:03.380 add it to the cart. I go to checkout. And now 00:42:03.380 --> 00:42:05.510 I'm waiting in a line. And I'm waiting. two, 00:42:05.690 --> 00:42:09.010 three, five minutes, I finally get to my place 00:42:09.010 --> 00:42:11.369 in the line to go check out. And then the product 00:42:11.369 --> 00:42:14.010 says it's no longer available. And it's just 00:42:14.010 --> 00:42:16.150 like rinse and repeat over and over and over 00:42:16.150 --> 00:42:18.610 again. So if you're not ready to go three to 00:42:18.610 --> 00:42:21.650 five minutes after the product launches, specifically 00:42:21.650 --> 00:42:24.170 on these, like the products that people are really, 00:42:24.230 --> 00:42:27.369 really excited about, you have no shot, no shot 00:42:27.369 --> 00:42:30.050 at all. And it's super, super frustrating. Now 00:42:30.050 --> 00:42:32.989 with the John Cena thing, so it kept telling 00:42:32.989 --> 00:42:37.579 me sold out, sold out. So I reluctantly left 00:42:37.579 --> 00:42:40.039 the site. And then I think I waited like six 00:42:40.039 --> 00:42:43.500 to seven minutes. I went back to the Topps website, 00:42:43.820 --> 00:42:46.559 refreshed everything, and I was able to buy one 00:42:46.559 --> 00:42:48.619 right away. And then two minutes after that, 00:42:48.739 --> 00:42:52.409 no one else could get one. It's just like there's 00:42:52.409 --> 00:42:54.949 no rhyme or reason. You're literally just guessing 00:42:54.949 --> 00:42:57.409 if the site's going to work, number one, and 00:42:57.409 --> 00:42:58.710 if you're going to be able to get the product, 00:42:58.769 --> 00:43:02.409 number two. So the other option is to sell everything 00:43:02.409 --> 00:43:05.309 by EQL, which is the Lotto system. And at this 00:43:05.309 --> 00:43:07.570 point, I think we should just switch everything 00:43:07.570 --> 00:43:11.010 to it. All your top -end products, all your high 00:43:11.010 --> 00:43:13.429 -end demand products, just put them all EQL. 00:43:13.510 --> 00:43:16.639 At least make each and every process. Total luck, 00:43:16.780 --> 00:43:19.519 total randomness. At least then I can pretend 00:43:19.519 --> 00:43:22.199 that it's not bots swinging in and buying out 00:43:22.199 --> 00:43:24.980 all the product, give everyone the same random 00:43:24.980 --> 00:43:27.500 chance. And because the only other option is 00:43:27.500 --> 00:43:29.920 to wait for the breakers to snatch everything 00:43:29.920 --> 00:43:31.840 up. And now you're paying three, four, five, 00:43:31.960 --> 00:43:34.500 six times over a market price. And it's just 00:43:34.500 --> 00:43:36.860 a mess. It's a total freaking mess. But anyway, 00:43:36.980 --> 00:43:39.199 what else is actually going on in the card market? 00:43:39.320 --> 00:43:42.969 The Nick Kurtz patch rookie debut auto. This 00:43:42.969 --> 00:43:45.369 went up for auction. Now, this was the product, 00:43:45.530 --> 00:43:49.389 right? This was out of Chrome Update. Yeah, Topps 00:43:49.389 --> 00:43:53.389 Chrome Baseball Update. And all the top rookies 00:43:53.389 --> 00:43:56.489 from last year, they had the patch taken off 00:43:56.489 --> 00:43:58.409 their jersey, put into the card. It's a one -of 00:43:58.409 --> 00:44:00.969 -one. It's the patch, and it's the auto. This 00:44:00.969 --> 00:44:03.889 was the Skeens card that went for 1 .1 mil last 00:44:03.889 --> 00:44:05.869 year. Well, Nick Kurtz was Rookie of the Year 00:44:05.869 --> 00:44:08.989 from the Oakland Athletics. And currently there's 00:44:08.989 --> 00:44:12.670 eight days left. This auction is up to $280 ,000. 00:44:13.250 --> 00:44:15.949 And like I said, eight days to go. Can it close 00:44:15.949 --> 00:44:19.349 the gap to Skeens? I had said initially, I think 00:44:19.349 --> 00:44:21.349 this card's probably going to end up around the 00:44:21.349 --> 00:44:25.610 half mil mark. So 500 ,000, 500K. I don't think 00:44:25.610 --> 00:44:27.409 there's any chance this card gets close to Skeens, 00:44:27.409 --> 00:44:31.409 but we shall see what happens. Tops finally came 00:44:31.409 --> 00:44:34.619 out Monday. It's 2026, so the calendar has switched 00:44:34.619 --> 00:44:37.599 and everyone has known, everyone who follows 00:44:37.599 --> 00:44:40.039 baseball anyway, knows that the flagship, Topps 00:44:40.039 --> 00:44:43.480 Series 1 Baseball, probably their most popular 00:44:43.480 --> 00:44:45.659 product for the whole year, outside of Chrome, 00:44:45.840 --> 00:44:49.940 but their base product, base paper product that 00:44:49.940 --> 00:44:52.659 is delivered to the masses, this usually releases 00:44:52.659 --> 00:44:55.619 right around February. Well, Monday, they finally 00:44:55.619 --> 00:44:59.139 came out and said that the design was ready and 00:44:59.139 --> 00:45:02.780 the product was releasing for pre -sale. basically 00:45:02.780 --> 00:45:04.619 today, if you're listening to this, Tuesday, 00:45:04.780 --> 00:45:07.500 January 13th. So you had less than 12 hours to 00:45:07.500 --> 00:45:09.320 make up your mind whether you were going to try 00:45:09.320 --> 00:45:11.320 to jump in for the presale. But they finally 00:45:11.320 --> 00:45:13.579 released the design. They finally put out some 00:45:13.579 --> 00:45:17.219 product details. And I got to tell you, I actually 00:45:17.219 --> 00:45:20.260 like this design a heck of a lot better than 00:45:20.260 --> 00:45:23.920 the 2025 design on the upper left. corner of 00:45:23.920 --> 00:45:27.320 the card. It almost looks like a stitched fabric 00:45:27.320 --> 00:45:32.880 jersey material style that they have looking 00:45:32.880 --> 00:45:35.460 like it almost looks like the player's jersey 00:45:35.460 --> 00:45:38.099 is kind of the border to the card, which I think 00:45:38.099 --> 00:45:40.719 it looks really cool. It makes it look like it's 00:45:40.719 --> 00:45:44.500 a baseball uniform. to just, you know, long story 00:45:44.500 --> 00:45:46.599 short, it looks like a baseball uniform, at least 00:45:46.599 --> 00:45:49.360 in the top around the edges. And I like it. So 00:45:49.360 --> 00:45:51.980 obviously you still have the player images. This 00:45:51.980 --> 00:45:56.059 is the 75th anniversary of Topps Baseball. So 00:45:56.059 --> 00:45:59.739 they are. throwing the top 75 logo on the front, 00:45:59.800 --> 00:46:02.099 and it works well with the theme. I think the 00:46:02.099 --> 00:46:05.739 style looks nice. You're going to get 1952 top 00:46:05.739 --> 00:46:08.900 style variations, including historical, I'm reading 00:46:08.900 --> 00:46:12.159 this from their blurb, including historical tie 00:46:12.159 --> 00:46:15.119 -ins across some of the cards. Per usual, series 00:46:15.119 --> 00:46:18.539 one is going to be 350 card base set. You're 00:46:18.539 --> 00:46:21.599 going to have stars, rookies, future stars, league 00:46:21.599 --> 00:46:24.300 leaders, and team cards, things like that. The 00:46:24.300 --> 00:46:26.719 cover, if you've seen the cover, I really like 00:46:26.719 --> 00:46:29.099 what they did with the cover it shows hank aaron 00:46:29.099 --> 00:46:32.179 and ken griffey jr and then underneath your current 00:46:32.179 --> 00:46:35.340 reigning mvps of shohei and aaron judge so i 00:46:35.340 --> 00:46:39.000 think it's cool it's a anniversary themed set 00:46:39.000 --> 00:46:42.320 and i'm kind of really excited about it and i 00:46:42.320 --> 00:46:44.860 know it's paper i know it's printed to the moon 00:46:44.860 --> 00:46:48.219 this is usually way over printed and your odds 00:46:48.219 --> 00:46:51.599 are terrible but like i said i i like the design 00:46:52.300 --> 00:46:55.440 You have to have a product that people can afford, 00:46:55.639 --> 00:46:58.719 number one, and that you can get it into the 00:46:58.719 --> 00:47:00.900 hands of people who actually like baseball cards. 00:47:01.019 --> 00:47:03.760 So what I'm seeing so far, so good. Now you're 00:47:03.760 --> 00:47:06.260 going to see some of the same returning inserts, 00:47:06.400 --> 00:47:09.079 including all aces. The heavy lumber are huge 00:47:09.079 --> 00:47:13.159 hits. The home field advantages, the HFAs, the 00:47:13.159 --> 00:47:16.739 35th anniversary inserts. We are now at, and 00:47:16.739 --> 00:47:19.119 this is crazy to think about, 35 years ago, it 00:47:19.119 --> 00:47:24.610 was 1991. So I was 12, 12, 35 years ago. That's 00:47:24.610 --> 00:47:27.510 crazy. So I can't remember what the 91 Topps 00:47:27.510 --> 00:47:29.750 design is. I'm sure I can Google it, but that's 00:47:29.750 --> 00:47:32.829 going to be your throwback card. A hobby box. 00:47:33.440 --> 00:47:36.099 Look, I love the price point. It's $100. You 00:47:36.099 --> 00:47:39.619 get 240 cards, one auto or relic. Yes, I know 00:47:39.619 --> 00:47:42.900 it's no guaranteed auto, but for $100 and 240 00:47:42.900 --> 00:47:46.079 cards, that's the sweet spot if you're just a 00:47:46.079 --> 00:47:48.960 card collector and you just want to get the new 00:47:48.960 --> 00:47:52.059 set, right? I think it's going to release the 00:47:52.059 --> 00:47:54.000 first or second week of February. I think it's 00:47:54.000 --> 00:47:57.030 right around like Valentine's Day. A jumbo box, 00:47:57.269 --> 00:48:00.610 you're looking at $199, so $200, and you get 00:48:00.610 --> 00:48:03.989 400 cards. You're guaranteed one auto and one 00:48:03.989 --> 00:48:08.070 relic card. So all in all, for you Top Series 00:48:08.070 --> 00:48:10.909 1, your flagship baseball fans, get ready because 00:48:10.909 --> 00:48:15.130 they dropped it today at noon. Your boy TB was 00:48:15.130 --> 00:48:19.170 able to land a jumbo hobby, and I'll be ripping 00:48:19.170 --> 00:48:22.610 that in right around a month from now. So super 00:48:22.610 --> 00:48:26.469 excited for the upcoming. 2026 Tops Baseball 00:48:26.469 --> 00:48:29.570 year ahead. But I think that's going to wrap 00:48:29.570 --> 00:48:31.269 it up. I tried to cover a little bit of everything 00:48:31.269 --> 00:48:33.409 today, but if you have enjoyed this episode or 00:48:33.409 --> 00:48:35.510 any of the episodes of the Three Tees Podcast, 00:48:35.809 --> 00:48:37.489 do your boy a favor, share it with someone you 00:48:37.489 --> 00:48:40.289 know, whether they are a fellow Mafia member 00:48:40.289 --> 00:48:43.880 on that. Bill's Playoff Hype Train. A card collector 00:48:43.880 --> 00:48:46.460 or someone who just loves wrestling. Professional 00:48:46.460 --> 00:48:48.519 wrestling, that is. It doesn't matter. Trying 00:48:48.519 --> 00:48:50.179 to grow this thing one episode at a time. So 00:48:50.179 --> 00:48:52.420 please, please, please hit that follow. Hit that 00:48:52.420 --> 00:48:54.739 like. Leave me a quick review. Help me build 00:48:54.739 --> 00:48:57.599 this thing together. And as always, I appreciate 00:48:57.599 --> 00:49:03.519 you all very, very much. So until next time, 00:49:03.599 --> 00:49:05.940 whether it's ripping packs, breaking tables, 00:49:06.139 --> 00:49:08.699 or dropping elbows, keep doing what you love. 00:49:08.840 --> 00:49:10.800 And as always, Go Bills!