NFL Divisional Round, Fastest 2 Minutes, Commanders And Eagles On A Collision Course, Bills Outlast Ravens And Head To Kansas City + Who's Back Of The Week
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We start in Kansas City where it was a cold January game and the Texans reminded everyone of Mayweather the way they struggled with Reed. The game started with an explosion as Nico Bosco Remigio returned the kick forcing Chris Boyds of London to put his special teams coach's manhood up for sale after he shoved him on the sidelines.

Travis Kelseman was anything but a white bust as he came out ahead and had the stickiest of hands. PJ Stroud and Grandpa Joe Mixon tried to end this Chiefs dynasty to bed.

I screwed that up. He tried to put this Chiefs dynasty to bed, but it was Patrick Mahomes who had the golden ticket and the everlasting ref stoppers, making the Texans the ones who kicked the bucket. In other news, Caitlin Clark and Taylor Swift submitted a Box of the Year nominee at Arrowhead Saturday as the Chiefs booked their ticket to the Kansas City Invitational. Chiefs 23, Texans 14. Whack, whack!

We go to Ford Field as the Lions hosted the Commanders in a biblical showdown with Daniels entering the Lions' den. David Montgomery came back from a knee injury, but Lions fans were screaming, what Gibbs, as Jameer was taken off the field despite gashing the Commanders like the Roman Senate.

Washington got a miracle from their Terry godmother as McLaurin slipped through the screen like it was a Take On Me music video. In response, Ben Johnson and Johnson was forced to take an experimental shot downfield as the lines trailed by 10 and the commanders got the ball back. And as my good friend Eminem would say, Hi, my name is what my name is, who my name is. Freaker, Freaker.

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45-31. Commanders win. Left hand up. We head to snowy Philadelphia where Max Salente was on the scene. We head over to Philadelphia where the birds were shitting on the Rams D early, but Jake Smelliot was once again acting extra smelly as he stinks at kicking stinking extra points.

After a stellar run game by the Birds, the fourth quarter came a knocking and Jaquan Barkley was telling the Rams defense. Two, here comes the two to the six to the line. Now I'm looking at Hurst right in his eyes. Tell him, hey man, I got this for the guys. Couple seconds pass, now they're chasing my big thighs. Everybody in the club getting TDs. Everybody in the club getting TDs.

But after a pants-shitting comeback by L.A., Jalen Cowboy Carter told the Ramso line, This ain't L.A. You can't hold me. So I lay Matt Stafford down, down, down, down. Eagles win! 28-22.

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And that was an incredible weekend of football. So incredible. We had to drop a little new intro for the people out there. I think it's a good time to do it. Yeah, thank you to the Armentani brothers and Little Legends. They put that together for us. I love that stuff. We want to get people jacked up for... That was one of the best weekends of football. I mean, all the games...

Three out of four were very, very close. Your game, PFT, which we'll get to, we got a lot to talk about, wasn't really close, but it was an awesome, awesome game. That might have been the quarter of the week, the second quarter in that game. Highest scoring quarter in NFL history. That was insane. Insane. Track eight. But yeah, we deserve that.

We should just soak in it, love it. We have so much to talk about. And somehow, next Sunday, that seems like it's an even bigger day. I mean, the script writers went off, especially for this show. God is an AWL. I think we can all shout out to G-Man. Yeah, sorry about all that V-Talk last week, God. I'm not.

God loves vagina. Yeah, he definitely does. Yeah, 100%. He created it. 100%. Okay, let's get into it. Let's just hop right into it. Out of a rib. Out of a rib. Yeah. Imagine that. Fellas, next time you're at Ruby Tuesdays or Applebee's, look at those ribs. Just be like, that could be a vagina. Yeah.

Oz the mentalist. I haven't seen you do that. No. Try creating a vagina out of a rib, dude. Can't be done. All right. Yeah. I don't think anyone expected that little tangent. Number one sports podcast. Yeah. We're talking ribs and vaginas. All right. Chiefs 23, Texans 14. Oh, boy. There's a lot to talk about here. I have this as my two things can be true game. Yeah.

The first thing can be that the Texans got absolutely screwed by penalties. And the second thing that can also be true is the Chiefs deserve to win this game because they outplayed them in special teams and they made big, you know, defensive stands and they made big plays to Travis Kelsey. And as much as it sucks, it's like,

Yes, did the Texans get screwed? Of course they did. The roughing the passer penalty in the first quarter that led to a field goal where...

That one was kind of like you can't even put yourself in a position where you're going helmet to helmet on a quarterback because you just know that's probably going to get called. I thought the one that happened, I think, in the third quarter, the unnecessary roughness where the Texans hit each other and Mahomes slid underneath them that led to a touchdown, that one was absolutely bullshit. And if you're a Texans fan...

You probably weren't going to win the game because you didn't execute in the big moments and especially special teams. But if you're a Texans fan, you have every right to bitch about that for the next week straight. Like I'm talking, you know, video replays, slow-mo replays, replying to every Chiefs tweet, just being upset. You have every single right in the legal court of the internet to

go off. I saw a picture of Patrick Mahomes kissing a referee. Yeah, I did too. I can't believe that they just let that happen. I want up you. I saw a picture of Andy Reid blowing a ref. I saw that too. Yeah. Yeah. He was on his knees on the sidelines. But the one where Patrick Mahomes is kissing a referee on the lips, I don't know how, if you're the NFL, you can let the Chiefs get away with that. Yes. Something should be done about that. But yeah, to your point, Big Cat, the Texans, they were the first team that outgained an opponent by 100 yards.

had zero turnovers, and lost a game in the playoffs. That's kind of bullshit, yeah. But diving deeper into what you said, they had a kick blocked, they missed an extra point, they missed a field goal, and you could tell that Kaimi Fairbairn, first of all, not a cold weather name, second, when he went out there wearing the full-on sub-zero mask, the full ski mask,

He was not he the cold was in his head. Yeah. So there's that. And then there's the big return that they let up right off the bat. Stroud also got sacked eight times. He got banged up early, too. And there were just pressures up his dick. Right. I saw that stat. That stat was bullshit because not only did the Chiefs intentionally take a safety and lose like 27 yards at the end of the game, which would have made that not 100 yard difference.

the Chiefs also had 110 yards of kick returns. Yeah. Which, I mean, you could win a game... Well, most of them were on that first one, yeah. Yeah, well, it's 64. They had some other good kick returns. Like, you could... Theoretically, you could have a 99-yard kick return every single time and win a game with four yards of offense. Yeah, that's true. So that stat was misleading. I...

The Texans just have a right to be upset and I don't think that's what they'd screwed up the game in so many other ways. Not to mention like the, the kick, the special teams that was atrocious. And we said it when it was happening. Kymie Fairbairn was, he looked like sub zero. Yeah, he was, he was not, that is not a cold weather kicker. Yeah. You can't, you can't wear that much cold weather gear and,

exude any type of confidence for your teammates. No, the weather was up by 11 points before kickoff. So on those plays...

It leads me to one thing I've been talking about for the last couple years, which is the in-studio analysts. The in-studio analysts that do these network games. This guy on ESPN was a guy by the name of Russell Yerke, who we've never heard of before. We thought he might be AI because the picture of him looked like he was AI. They showed his picture on the screen for about two seconds, then they take it away. This guy was the...

Right. Right.

getting on TV and just being like, yeah, the refs are right. That was a good call. The unnecessary roughness against Mahomes was complete bullshit. The one where they hit him in the pocket, that was bullshit too because it was the chest that made contact with his shoulder. And then, yeah, his face or his helmet got close to Mahomes' face mask afterwards. That was bullshit. But again, if the Chiefs get any breaks in games, they capitalize on it. They always do. And also the Texans might be circled as being like,

one of the teams that refs take a closer look at because of the way they reacted to the Al Shayer suspension thing, which is complete bullshit also, but also the matchup of Chris Jones going up against this Texans offensive line.

on the field, in between the lines, in between the whistles. That was dominance. He was just so disruptive. Yeah, and Carl Loftus was incredible. I mean, he was just wrecking them on big, big plays. The Texans, that fourth and ten that they ran where they weren't really set, didn't call a timeout, that was an enormous play, and it just felt like,

Outside of the penalties, which were egregious, the Chiefs did what they do. They execute big-time situations like that throw to Travis Kelsey where Mahomes was completely parallel to the ground. Those type of plays, the big third downs. I do want to say, so Russell Yerke, loser.

Troy Aikman, shout out Troy Aikman. Because I like that he has just basically, I don't know when it happened, but he essentially is just like, I'm going to be brutally honest all the time and say, fuck it. If he watches a bad football game, he's going to tell you it's a bad football game. And his point on Patrick Mahomes was spot on. That Mahomes, as great as he is, and he is the best, right now in the NFL, he's going for a three-peat, which has never happened in the NFL before.

His thing where he lets up on purpose to try to get players into hitting him is bullshit. It's bullshit. It's so hard for defenders to hit a quarterback and

In today's NFL, it's, it's essentially impossible and they have all the rights. The quarterback does in terms of how they can dictate how the play is going to go. And he called out that one specific play where my homes, it wasn't even one of the penalties. It was my homes essentially was scrambling and like almost stood still waiting for a guy to hit him illegally or hit him out of bounds. And I,

I wish Mahomes didn't do that because he doesn't have to. Yeah. That's the one thing. He doesn't have to do that. But also, it is a smart play by Mahomes to do because he gets those calls all the time. Which is like the same thing that you were saying. It's two things are true. He's doing the right thing in terms of how to win a football game. That works. It sucks to watch.

It sucks to be a defender. The only thing that needs to happen, the NFL needs to change the rule or they need to, what they should do. This is actually a perfect example of what the NFL should do with replay. That's a pretty cut and dry one where you can watch on replay and say, is this an out of bounds hit or not? Right. And it's, it's no different than the NBA when guys used to try to jump into people to get a shooting foul. Yeah. Like it's,

Guys were doing that because they were calling it. You need to figure out a way to not call it as much so that Mahomes isn't benefiting from it because then he'll stop doing it. Yeah, if that's the rule, then he's going to continue to do it as long as it's helping his team out. I actually thought the Texans defense, for the most part, at least in terms of their cornerbacks, played pretty good. They played really well. Stingley and Laster gave up zero catches. Zero catches. That's pretty fucking good. Counterpoint.

They just didn't, like, account for Travis Kelsey. Right, but Stingley and Lassiter played awesome. The game plan of, like, oh, we think Travis Kelsey's over the hill, that's just not true because Travis Kelsey continues to be a monster in the playoffs. He went for seven catches, 117 yards, and a touchdown. Travis Kelsey...

That is his 14th straight game with over 70 playoff game with over 70 yards in those 14 games. He is averaging. These are all playoff games. He is averaging eight and a half catches, 99 yards and over a touchdown per game. Like,

You probably should have worried about Travis Kelsey a little bit more. And we said this on Friday when we were doing the preview. When the Chiefs get in the playoffs, it's Mahomes with his legs and Travis Kelsey on third down. And you just know that it's going to be there. And it was there when they needed it. And that was the difference in the game. Like, if you don't let Travis Kelsey beat you, maybe the Texans win that game. I don't know. They...

At the end of the day, the Texans just didn't execute in special teams more than anything and not blocking. It felt like there was multiple times that the Chiefs needed a big play on defense and Spags would dial something up and they would send a blitzer. At the right time. Carl Loftus would win it one-on-one.

and they would get that big sack and get him into negative plays. It sucks because I thought C.J. Stroud, he played well, and he was tough as fuck because he got absolutely killed a few times. It looks like he got hit out of bounds when he was running in the first quarter, and then he was significantly hampered when he was trying to run after that. By the end of the game, he was just torn up. He got hit again, too, I think, later in the game. He was torn up. But, yeah, the Chiefs defense played really well. I just think that the Texans, they played a lot better than a lot of people thought that they would.

Yeah, they only scored one touchdown, though. You look at it and you're like, okay, you left a bunch of points on the field with your field goal unit. You hurt your defense by giving up a bunch of kick returns, and then you scored one touchdown. You can't win a game scoring one touchdown against the Chiefs in Arrowhead in the playoffs. You want to do a thought experiment real quick? Yeah. Okay, imagine the Kansas City Chiefs had never won a Super Bowl. Would people be rooting for the Chiefs in these playoffs?

Would they be a team that's fun to watch that still? No. You don't think so? I wouldn't say they're fun to watch. Compared to the teams left? Yeah. I mean, so would it be the Chiefs have the same history, but they never, would they have gotten as far and like fallen short?

Yeah, I guess that's the question you have to ask. Because then, yes, I think people would have been rooting for Mahomes, kind of like a Josh Allen or Lamar, where it's like if he had gotten to all these Super Bowls and never won one. Yeah, alternate universe where Josh has three Super Bowls. Patrick Mahomes doesn't have any. I think people would be rooting for him, yeah. But that's just how everyone roots. They would still get upset with the whole sideline dancing thing. And when he did that slide, when the two Texans hit each other,

I don't blame Mahomes for doing that. He was just trying to get on the ground. But that's a call that you can't make as a ref. Do you know how fast these guys are going? He also waited so long to go to the ground, though. He wasn't really trying to get to the ground. But this is what we say. I mean, the Chiefs are...

For the every call goes, you know, the Chiefs way. I actually don't think statistically. I don't think that's true. Like people pull it up and it's like it's actually not true. It feels that way. The reason why it feels that way is that if you give the Chiefs even an inch, they're going to win the game. If you extend a drive. If you make a singular mistake with the Chiefs and these calls weren't mistakes because they were just bad calls, they will capitalize every single time

and make you pay for it so the calls get magnified you know what i mean like if they don't if they don't score a touchdown in a field goal off these two calls it probably just doesn't feel as as significant but because if they get a free 15 yards they're gonna go score a touchdown that's just what the chiefs do that's a championship team that's what they do and we're gonna be 60 years old and travis kelsey is just gonna be sitting down in the middle of zone coverage

catching a football, turning upfield, running for 12 more yards. That's just going to happen. I love it when an outlier's like, this guy just knows how to get open. He's so good, and he's so good in these big situations. And like I said, I mean, the 14 straight playoff games of 70 yards or more. I think two of those 14 were in the 70s. Like he had 171 and 179. There's a bunch that are in the hundreds. Like he just...

He just shows up. He's there for Mahomes when he needs to be. And that passed by Mahomes where he was completely parallel was insane. It was nuts. It was absolutely insane. And now Mahomes is 7-0 in the divisional round.

He has won a playoff game every single year that he has been a starter, which is pretty insane. That's just baseline. He's going to win at least one playoff game. And the last seven years for the Chiefs look like this. In 2018, they lost to the Patriots.

in the AFC Championship game. In 2019, they won the Super Bowl. In 2020, they lost the Super Bowl. In 2021, they lost to the Bengals in the AFC Championship game. 22 Super Bowl champs, 23 Super Bowl champs, 24 AFC Championship game. The floor for their season is the AFC Championship game. Yeah, it must be nice. That's it. Must be real nice being a champ. I want to see what the map looks like when they put out the map of who America is rooting for in these games. Yeah. It's probably just...

Kansas, Missouri. I think it's just Kansas. Missouri, probably. Maybe Texas. Maybe Texas. Probably not. But that's probably about it in this one. It's crazy. They're just always there. And it is. I mean, Scott Van Pelt joked about it, like the Kansas City Invitational. That's what it's become. Yeah. I think that. Oh, I guess last year they didn't host it because they went to Baltimore, but

But the other six years, I believe they hosted all of those. I just want to put a magnifying glass or a spotlight on Deontay Johnson's year this year. Because I think he's had the craziest year of any NFL player ever. So he got traded from the Steelers to the Panthers. Yep. He got traded from the Panthers to the Ravens. He got suspended from the Ravens.

Then he got brought back and cut by the Ravens. Then he got signed by the Texans. Then he got cut by the Texans. And then he got signed by the Ravens again, mostly just for a procedural thing so they could cut him and I think get like a compensatory payout out of it. But you have to be really bad at wide receiver to get cut by the Ravens and the Texans. Also probably not a great locker room guy. In this year, yeah, probably not a great locker room guy. Yeah, I think there was that clip of him like,

I think it was on the Ravens when he got one target and they won the game. I think he was pissed off after. I think he was pissed after the Texans won their playoff game.

I think he was upset after that. Yeah, he should never have left Pittsburgh. Yeah. Well, yeah. I mean, this year to get cut from the Texans and the Ravens given their receiver injuries. Yeah. That's pretty bad. Also getting traded away as a wide receiver from the Steelers is really bad this year. Really bad. Really bad. So Texans...

I feel like as rocky as this season looked, and it did look really rocky because C.J. Stroud, I mean, he took a step back. He was not as good as he was last year. I feel like the arrow is still pointing up for them because that defense is so legit, and you've got to hope that you're not going to have two of your top three weapons get hurt like they did with Tank Dell and Stephon Diggs. I know Tank Dell might not be back for a while, but that –

He also came to play in the playoff game. He showed that dog in the playoff game. They didn't lose because of him at all. No. In the Chargers game, they killed him. And that defense is... I mean, that was an incredible defense. And they went toe-to-toe with the Chiefs. I know that the final score doesn't look like that, but...

They were in that game for the majority of that game, and they just had a few plays, whether it be the block field goal, missed field goal, a couple sacks here and there. If they get an offensive line and maybe another weapon, they'll be right back in the thick of it.

Yeah, after the game, CJ Stroud was pretty realistic about it. He was like, yeah, I'd say this, you know, I'm not happy with the loss, but I'm happy with how we competed. And there's some things to be optimistic about. And then they asked Miko Rines that same question. He was like, no, I'm fucking furious. This sucks. This is the worst ever. Yeah. And there was a lot of rightfully so Texans players being like, you can't. I actually thought that they were they I saw a couple quotes and they were essentially like,

You just can't make mistakes against the Chiefs. Like, you know that they were kind of blaming the refs, but it is true. Like, you just can't make a single mistake against the Chiefs because Patrick Mahomes is at that level now where he's not the same guy that he was six years ago where he was just throwing bombs to Tyreek Hill. His, like, savviness and ability to just make a big play when it needs to be made is so off the charts. It's like that winning...

His numbers don't jump off the page like they used to, but his ability to just win and be in big moments is so out of control that you just know the Chiefs are going to be there. You know what's scary to think about? This right now, what we're seeing Patrick Mahomes do this season, this might be the NFL figuring out Patrick Mahomes. Yeah. Because when he had Tyreek Hill and he was putting up all those crazy stats and numbers, that was before defenses adjusted. Yeah.

Then they started running that too high safety look on them. You're not going to score 30 points in a quarter against us anymore.

And then this is the NFL figuring out Patrick Mahomes, and they won 15 games. They went 15-2 in the AFC Championship game. Yeah, figured out. And last year, everyone was like, the Chiefs are not good, and they won the Super Bowl. Yeah. That's the level that Patrick Mahomes is playing at, and their defense is just so legit. I mean, their defensive line wrecks teams. McDuffie is such a stud. Jalen Watson being back was huge. And Spaggs is, I mean, he just, it feels like,

There's like three or four times a game where Spags will just call the perfect play. It's the same thing as a genius offensive coordinator who will call a play that no one sees coming and trick a team. He does that on defense, and it's incredible to watch because you just know if you get in a spot where you are...

in like obvious passing downs late in the game and you're trailing to the Chiefs, Spags will figure it out. And that's what he did. At all the right times. Yeah. Hank, what were you going to say? I thought you raised your hand. No. No, I mean, I understand what it was like rooting against the Patriots for a long time. I always used to do the, you know, hate us because they ain't us. But it's just miserable. It's slow death.

No one's rooting for the Chiefs. At least, like, I'm not. I like that. They hate us because they ain't us. We better be rooting for the Bills. Yeah. Oh, yeah. Yeah. That's our friend Josh. Rooting for your friend Tom Brady's dynasty. Josh's got to do it. Yeah. So, yeah, I mean, the Chiefs, they're just, they pounce on everything.

They just do. They're just going to keep doing this year in, year out. And when it comes to Patrick Mahomes, if it means that he has to throw 150 yards and win, he'll figure out a way to do that. Right. And guess what? Their running game will probably be cooking that game. Yeah. I mean, they didn't really have – I mean, we said it with the yards gained. I mean, like I said, the field position was great for them. But it's not –

I mean, Kareem Hunt carried the ball eight times. That wasn't, that was their leading rusher for 44 yards. And, and, and Pacheco had five rushes for 18 yards. Like they didn't,

It was Travis Kelsey and Patrick Mahomes making big plays. In a sick twist, as Chiefs fans and Chiefs players have been scrapping around, looking for bulletin board material wherever they can find it for the last three seasons because everybody respects the Chiefs. Everybody knows how good they are. Now they've got the bulletin board material of, one, Patrick Mahomes did not make the Pro Bowl. That was unnecessary bulletin board material that we gave them in America. Number two is talking about the refs. That has somehow become a strength of theirs where they're like –

All you guys are going to do is complain about the refs. Talk about the refs. Travis Kelsey being washed in the regular season. His over-under yards for the playoff game was 50. Yeah, I think they were saving him. Yeah, of course they are. He has to show up in the playoffs, and that's what he does. So it's Mahomes, the refs, Travis Kelsey.

Travis Kelsey. Also remember that stat? They were one of like three teams to not score 30 points. Yep. That's still going. Do you know who scored 30 points 11 times? The Detroit Lions. Yeah. They don't give a fuck. The Chiefs are not trying to win style points. They're just winning football games, and they do it.

at a level that is insane. I respect the hell out of the Chiefs for being able to do this. I do too. For keeping this up. It's honestly pretty incredible. Yeah, I mean, like I said, Mahomes has reached a different level where it's not the wow, eye-popping numbers that he's had in years past. But it doesn't matter because he's just at a – he's like thinking the game at a different level. And every time you need a big play, it's Mahomes. And yeah, I mean, the Chiefs fans like – I think Chiefs fans need to just embrace the fact that the refs

did help them in this game and just be like, sorry,

Don't make mistakes. Don't ever lead with your helmet near within 10 yards of Patrick Mahomes. If you put your helmet even 10 yards within Patrick Mahomes, there's a chance it's going to get flat. It probably will. Yeah. So just don't do it. Yeah. And you mentioned in the past two minutes, they did have the box of the year. Yeah. Taylor Swift, Caitlin Clark, Tommy Alter, our friend, put some respect on Tommy was just lingering in the background of that big time lingering. Then they had Donna Kelsey, right? She was up there.

yep Donna Kelsey was always was mr. Kelsey around I don't know he never gets talking never gets FaceTime but yeah he never gets it yeah here is also Dave Portnoy's like dream dream box yeah it was he probably saw that and was like man I wish I was there are you guys box guys yeah yeah big time like just the box or do you need the game you need TDs around I would like the game yeah no I would like the game mm-hmm I don't think I could just watch a box I could I love being in the good box

Yeah. But not watching the box. But if you go into a box, you're just not going to watch the game?

No, but if you're watching the box. I like going inside the box. You would like to just watch the box instead of the football game. Yeah, sometimes I would like to just watch the box. I'd like to watch the whole thing. I want everything around the box. Like, what's a box if you don't have the football game? The goal is to get into the box. What's a box if you're not inside of it? The box, that's what you want to get into. Yeah. That's just looking at a picture of a box. Right. And that doesn't do anything. No, exactly. Sometimes the chase to get in the box is better than being in the box.

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, if you never get in the box, so that kind of sucks. It does. Yeah. You look back on it. You're like, maybe I could have gotten in that box, but we'll never. Maybe I should have just asked if I could have gotten in that box. Yeah. And.

the box would have been like yeah why did it take you so long to ask that is what is the worst feeling but then that maybe there are some boxes that you think that you could have gotten into but in reality you wouldn't have but you always will go on thinking i could have been in that box and you can tell your friends i could have been that box oh yeah those are some of the best boxes when you go and you're like oh do you see how many boxes i could have gotten into tonight but i don't i didn't you know what i'd rather just have pizza all of them yeah

I'd rather just have pizza and hang with the boys at 2 a.m. instead of getting into all those boxes that were inviting me. When you saw Tommy, your friend, in the box, were you like, damn? Were you mad or were you happy for him? No, I asked him to please not shower so I could smell him after. I was happy. I was super pumped for Tommy. Yeah. You got to gas your bros up. Yeah, for sure. Of course, we did. We texted him. We're like, dude. Big time. How sick was that box? It looked pretty sick. It looked really sick. Yeah.

Chiefs are just going to go to the Super Bowl again, aren't they? I mean, you'd be a fool to write them off or to doubt them. I tweeted it a month ago. I was like, everyone needs to just recognize that the Chiefs are going to three-peat and then act accordingly. And it's not like I'm rooting for the opposite to happen. I bet the Chiefs in this game because...

I was like, well, it's playoff Mahomes. And I was actively rooting for the Texans during the game. Also... It was the Travis Kelsey parallel to the ground touchdown. That's when it was like, yeah. That's Mahomes. That's like he has... Just stood there looking at the defender like you tried. And he's going to have like two or three of those plays a game where like no one else can do that. And he did that. And that's why he's Mahomes and everyone else is everyone else. I like...

Just thinking about this game, I do want to say anyone who bet minus nine and a half, apologies. Because I know it was eight and a half all week, and then on Saturday it was nine and a half. That safety was so fucked. That's an all-time, all-time loss. After the missed field goal. After the missed field goal, we were like, holy shit, we did it. And then to lose it, I think some people pushed it nine as well.

That's one that you have a right to complain about just as much as the Texans can complain. Again, I don't think the, I think the Texans, when you score one touchdown and have those gaffes on special teams, they're,

you can't be like, man, we should have won that game if those calls go differently. But that's common sense. That's the two things can be true. That's common sense. Irrational fan brain, complain the fuck away. Yeah, at least you have a great complaint to just bitch about. In your mind, you can look back on this game a year from now being like, we should have beat the Chiefs, but the refs fucked us. Yeah, we got screwed by the refs. That's good. It's nice to have an excuse that is not your fault at all. Yeah.

Okay, so anything else from this game? The Chiefs, I believe, are one and a half point favorites over the Bills. Okay. Which, that's disrespectful to Patrick Mahomes. I would say so. I would say, they'll just throw that out there. They just, I also, did you guys see that picture of the Texans fans that were at the last, last row of Arrowhead? No. Oh my God. I want to just, I don't know, they probably don't.

If they're hearing this, if someone knows these people, just be like, hey, we mentioned them. I'll try to find it for you. It's like a narrow portion where they were so far up there and it was so cold and so windy that I don't know how they survived. And those are just...

Those fans need a shout out. Let me find a picture. Can you find it, Max? One thing I do like about the Texans fans arrowhead. The cold weather is when the coaches wear the ski mask on the sidelines because the one that goes like above your mouth, it blocks out the lip readers out there. Yeah, it's perfect. That's why Andy Reid has a big mustache. Yeah. All right. Yeah. Look at that. Look at that picture. Yeah. Those Texans fans. That's I don't even know if they make you pay for those seats. Is that a safe row? It's crazy. Structurally sound. That's so far up there.

And you know they're just getting their fucking dicks kicked in by the wind up there. Yeah, that's like that thing that leans out over the Willis Tower that you look at. Yeah, so shout out to those Texans fans. Arrow pointing up for the Texans. I really do think that. Like, this was weirdly...

bad season because the injuries and C.J. Stroud's step back, but they're going to be there next year. Yeah. And they are the only team to never be in a championship game. I think I saw that stat. I didn't think that C.J. played bad. I think that this is something that you can be happy with going into next year. And remember, you have more playoff wins than the Cowboys since your franchise was created. Pretty good. Just...

We made that graphic. Just take that graphic, save it in your phone, show it to everyone. Okay, before we get to the night game, does everybody here know what season it is?

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Now's the time of year. Get ahead of it. Don't be like me in the past. Be like me of the present and get ahead of your taxes. Use Tax Act. Love that, Hank. Okay. Night game. Commanders 45, Lions 31. PFT. What a game. Yeah. What a fucking game. If you're a Lions fan, please fast forward probably for the next three minutes. I understand that you would not want to. It's going to be longer than that. That you would want to listen to this. Yeah. But for the first time that I can ever remember in my life, I'm thinking soupy.

I'm finally thinking soupy. And the turnaround this team had is fucking unreal from last year. Last year, the commanders were 4-13. We had the worst defense in the NFL, ranked number 32. We had the 25th offense in the NFL, a minus 189 point differential. This year, 14-5, 16th ranked defense.

Fifth-ranked offense, first-ranked offense on fourth down. A couple weeks ago, we weren't sure if they were good. We thought that they just won games. They're good. Yeah. They just kicked a great team's ass in their house. They're a fucking good team. And Jaden Daniels, he is God. Jaden, he's the best. I think he's the best quarterback in the NFC. I think he's probably top five in the NFL overall.

This team is just incredible to watch. It was a lot of fun. That second quarter was just, it was nuts. Just score, score, score. And the defense stepped it up big time, creating turnovers.

The interceptions of Jared, the interception of the trick play that Ben Johnson tried to run. They did kind of a bin but don't break thing. The Lions were scoring touchdowns. They were gashing us with Jameer Gibbs. And then for some reason, they kept putting Montgomery back out there. On Friday, I said, Montgomery's a great player, and he's tough as fuck. If he's battled back and he's playing in this game, I respect the hell out of him.

But at the same time, if you're going to tell me I'm either getting Montgomery on the field or Gibbs on the field as a Commanders fan, give Montgomery as many touches as you can possibly give him because we couldn't stop Jameer Gibbs at all. And yeah, they scored their points. They took their shots. But their defense, I think, probably sustained too many injuries over the course of the season to be able to do much to stop the Commanders. But it is...

It's incredible. It's been such a fun season. And Jaden is the first quarterback that's drafted in the top four to ever make a championship game as a rookie. And yeah, it was a lot of fun. I was scared going into the game. I wasn't feeling confident until we recovered that onside kick at the end.

but yeah, man, I, I think that I think we can beat anybody. Yeah. That's what Jaden has done. Like, I don't think that we're the best team in the NFL. I don't think we necessarily have the best roster top to bottom in the NFL, but I think that we could beat any team on any given Sunday and the keys to the game, fuck them up, put the women, children to bed, Jaden Daniels and the hype video for check marks, which is a great hype video. Thank you. I appreciate it. Right. Max didn't care. I watched the whole thing. It was great hype video. Uh,

And then I listened to Coldplay in my car. Yeah. I did. That's when you know a hype video is good that you listen to the song after the hype video. It's a great song. Yeah. That's a lie saying that I didn't care for it. I thought it was a really good video, but other people agreed with me that it seemed more like an end of season video. Guess what? It worked. It worked. It worked. Was it supposed to hype up other people or Commander's fans?

No, there was Commanders fans that were saying that, too. No, I didn't see that. I saw almost 100% approval rating on the hype video. No, everyone said it was a good video. It was a great video. It's just the vibe. But, you know, it worked. So what can I say? It worked. Yeah, it was telling a story. I was telling a story. It was a great storytelling. This game, to me, came down to two things. One...

A guy by the name of Philly Maze on Twitter tweeted out, the Lions may win this game by 100 when they were up 7-3. That was almost instantly proven incorrect. And then the real thing was, I think we all had the same thought when we were watching this game.

commanders were incredible in the first half. We're like, can they, can they hold on? And what happened in the second half? Commanders get the ball three and out. The lions go down the field, score, make it a three point game. You're like, Oh, here it comes.

And then Jaden Daniels went on a 15-play, 70-yard drive, started with 828 in the third quarter, gave the ball back to the Lions with 1329 in the fourth quarter, got a touchdown, back to a 10-point lead. That was it. Like, that drive, because that was the moment. That was the moment. And I think I tweeted Jaden Daniels is unflappable. That was the moment where the commanders could have blinked. And, like, you know, you're in a ruckus environment. You're an 8.5-point dog.

You just went three and out. They just went and scored. It's a three point game and he didn't blink. And he's, I mean, he's special. Like that's what I wrote down right here. Jaden Daniels is special. Uh, he's incredible. Like his rookie season has been out of this world. Probably one of the best of all time, uh, rookie seasons. Obviously I get tagged in a lot of tweets. Uh,

He's way better than Caleb Williams right now. I still have hopes for Caleb Williams, but I also think that if Jaden Daniels was drafted by the Bears, he wouldn't have been good. That's neither here nor there. This is more about Jaden Daniels. He's special. He's an incredible, incredible talent. And I said this to you on Friday. I was like,

I went into the game being like, the Lions are better, but Jaden Daniels is just different. And that was... I kept on saying in my head, I ended up betting the Commanders on the spread, I wish I'd bet on Moneyline, but I just kept on saying, whatever's happening here, it's a whole...

team believing and this guy just carrying them all to this place where it's like, they're just playing, everyone's playing better and everyone plays different knowing they have that guy who can make those type of drives and those type of plays, fourth down plays where it just,

It's incredible. So on fourth down, I noticed this early on in the season, like third and short, fourth and short, Jaden Daniels just doesn't care. He just doesn't care at all. He's the same guy. He acts like it's a first and 10 every time. He acts like it's the easiest play in the world. He's

unflappable he's cool he does not panic ever so when we we do these fourth down conversions i'm always like yeah you know what dan fuck it let's go for it except for marcus mariotta that was one of the worst that was that was bad so i think we were three for four yeah on fourth down conversions don't don't take the ball out of jayden daniel's hands don't do it with the commanders i i think after saturday night's game we now have the most fourth down conversions ever

in playoff history after two games. Like, they go for it. They're consistent. Dan Quinn's been doing this all year. He's doing, like, he out-Dan Dan. Yeah. This is the type of game plan that Dan Campbell's known for. Dan Quinn did it. We executed better. Just, he does not give a fuck that it's fourth down. I don't know how he does it. He doesn't feel emotions. He just goes out there and he acts like it's practice. The term Orlovsky, I like the term he uses. He says pocket piece.

Yeah, he's got the best pocket piece. Like he's just peace. Yes, he's at peace. He's unflappable. That was the two words unflappable and special. Like there's just something going on there where he's just he's the game is slowing down for him almost where he just looks like he's playing it at a completely different speed than everyone else.

Also, to add to your turnaround, each of the top eight commander tacklers this year on defense were not on the roster a year ago. And Dan Quinn and Cliff Kingsbury and your ownership group and your GM, everyone. Watching this, I've come to peace with it. Obviously, I've had...

mixed feelings where I, you know, tried to fight against it. And I was like, fuck, this is not like, this isn't happening. Jane Daniels is special. I had, I've given up probably like three weeks ago where I was like, this is just, I think it was the Falcons game where I was like, why even fight it? The guy is on another level. And if anything, it gives hope to anyone who roots for a bad team is like, you just got to get a new owner. Yeah. And then everything can work because Dan Quinn, everything's working for him. And, uh,

everything's working for Cliff Kingsbury. Everything's working for Jayden Daniels. The only thing that's not working is Stu Feiner did say that after everyone on the commanders hugged Magic Johnson after the game that the whole team is out with AIDS next week. Well, that's not true scientifically. Yeah, that was...

That was Stu going back in his bag. But you know what? It's a playoff. Everybody's dealing with something. Everyone's nicked up in the playoffs. No, it's crazy. I'm happy for you. It's crazy. I know people are like, oh, you're not actually happy for him. I gave up on trying to fight it, like I said, a month ago. You just got to sit back and watch and be like, what we're watching is incredible and enjoy it as a sports watcher and not think about what could have been. It's just...

He's a joy to watch play football. He's unreal. He's unreal. Yeah, the turnaround that they've had and the guys on defense, the second drive that the Lions had going in, they were up 7-3, and we forced a fumble, recovered it. I think if the Lions score that, it might be a different game. But to come up with a big play at the right time between him, Jeremy Chin, Mikey Sander still, I fucking love this guy.

I love him so much. Got two picks. He played receiver at Michigan too, not just cornerback. He is the best. And a tough break with Sam Cosme, who was playing well, and then he got rolled up on. Probably our best offensive lineman. He's our only pro bowl offensive lineman. He is now out with an ACL. That sucks. But we saw the emergence in the last couple weeks of playoff Deami. So Deami Brown –

is absolutely, the story behind him is wild. So Grant Paulson tweeted out these stats. Deami Brown went four years in the NFL without catching five passes in a game. Not once over four seasons did he do it. In the last two games, in the playoffs...

Five catches, 89 yards and a touchdown. Six catches, 98 yards. And this is going up against Amon Ross St. Brown, who is a great receiver that talks shit about Diame. I think that was last year, being like, tell me how many catches this guy has. Yeah. I think he might have been drafted ahead of him, so that's one of the guys that he remembers on that list. But playoff Diame is a different guy. Yeah. And that drop in the bucket that Jaden had to him on that post route while he was blindfolded with the hand of the defender. Just...

Absolutely incredible stuff. And Deami Brown, like what you just, all the stats you just said, that really goes back to what I was saying with Jaden Daniel being special. And you know, when you're watching a special quarterback because he just elevates every single person. Yeah. Like every single person plays better.

The line blocks better. Running backs run harder. Just everything looks better because of that guy. And I know that's oversimplifying it, but I truly believe it. That's why it's the most important position in all of American sports. Yeah, like the culture and the GM and the head coach and the belief in yourself. Like, none of that means shit unless you have a special quarterback. And that's the biggest part of the equation. But, yeah, I love Dan Quinn.

I love Jane Daniels. I love Terry McLaurin. I'm so happy for him every time he does something that stands out because it's like this guy has been a great, great wide receiver for some really shitty quarterbacks. So it's fun seeing him. And just saying the words, the Washington Commanders are in the NFC Championship game. It's crazy. I feel like I died. I feel like I'm a dead person.

And this is the sixth sense or I'm in heaven. I mean, if I'm in heaven, cool. That means we're there too. So it's like win-win. But yeah, I feel like I'm dead. And this is something that's not real that's happening.

I'd never, never thought that this would happen this quickly. But yeah, if you have a shitty owner, just all you have to do is protest for 20 years, have him found culpable for sexual harassment via multiple investigations, have him be investigated for cooking the books and stealing money from the other owners, and then maybe you'll end up getting him out too. Because you agree with this statement, because what I was saying was if...

If the Bears... Like, revisionist history, if the Bears had drafted Jaden Daniels, I think he would not have had this rookie year because he would have been on the Bears and we had Ibrafusa as a coach and all this turmoil and all this shit and offensive line, all that crap. Like, I just don't think it would have gone the same way. Just like that, if Dan Snyder still owns a team, you guys aren't in the NFC Championship. None of this happens. No. If Dan Snyder owns a team, the field goal last week is...

missing by 40 yards to the right. Circumstance and everything around it matters. The snap never even gets to the holder. Yeah, it matters so much. The Hail Mary would have never happened if it were Dan Snyder that owned the team. You don't get good luck on your side if you have a shitty owner. I'd say the one good thing. Do you think he watched the game? Yeah, probably. I hope that he watched the game, and I hope he's so fucking pissed off. I hope you're just miserable right now, Dan, wherever you are. Fuck you. It would be hard not to watch football.

Yeah, even if it's a team that you used to own. I also will one spin zone because obviously, you know, the Jaden Daniels, Caleb Williams, and my own personal hell, it does mask the fact that Dan Quinn also was a finalist for the Bears head coaching job. Uh,

And they were like, nah, Iberflues. I think he was the last person hired. They flew him commercial. Yeah. Yeah. He was the last coach. Commercial middle seat. So, and let this, that mass, that whole thing. Let this also show for the record that in case you were somehow a fucking moron and you thought that being big cat, no ball, uh,

Dan Quinn was the last guy on my list. Yeah. I did doubt Dan Quinn. I wanted Ben Johnson last year. Hopefully that happens for me with Mike McCarthy. I wanted Ben Johnson last year, and guess what happened? I didn't get Ben Johnson. I was upset. Instead, I got Dan Quinn. What does Dan Quinn do?

He goes and he beats Ben Johnson in playoffs. And he gets Cliff Kingsbury. And that was so huge because Cliff Kingsbury has done an incredible job of basically making sure that a rookie quarterback is in the perfect spot to succeed. Essentially everything that I said that was wrong in the offseason just applied to Jaden Daniels. You know what's crazy? Because I'm a fucking moron.

This game probably should have been 45-24 instead of 45-31. There was the phantom face mask penalty that they called that was not a face mask, extended that drive that was on third down, third and long. They would have punted that ball away, and they ended up scoring a touchdown off it. Now, if we're going to do what ifs, I have one question for you. That was a crazy hit on Jared Goff on the pick six. Yeah, but also... And he might have been concussed. But also, Jared was kind of engaged with a different defender and...

Luvu came in. It was a little bit high, but it was like bottom of the face mask. Well, I'm just saying it's crazy in the fact that quarterbacks don't, like, usually that's a flag. Yeah. Max. No. That's a flag, Max. Yes. That's definitely. All right. Yeah, yeah. You agree with me. Wait. So what I'm saying is it might be a flag. I thought you were disagreeing with me. That was a crazy hit. It might be a flag, but also Newton shoved him at the last second. So the target moves.

I mean, he launched into him. This is crazy. Jared Goff probably got... Listen, Jared Goff played a bad game. We love Jared. He's a friend of the show, been a friend of the show since the beginning of this show. He had a bad game. He was careless with the ball. I wonder if he got concussed there because he did go back to the locker room and he got fucking wrecked on this play. Yeah. And that is usually... That's flagged almost all the time. Like when you hit a quarterback like that after a pick, that's a flag.

I mean, Mahomes, that's jail if you do that to Mahomes. Yeah. Drop a bomb on you. What were you going to say, Max? Throw a grenade and send a flag. No, I mean, Memes told me to bring this up earlier because he was like, you have to talk about this. Oh, I was always going to bring it up. Yeah, yeah. No, that was that. And I don't know if he got concussed or not. Like, he obviously threw that pick before that hit, so he was not playing great before that hit, but he didn't play great after either. Yeah, no, I don't think it made a difference in the game. No. The Lions were never winning that game.

But that was a crazy hit. That was a crazy hit. Yeah, so it's... I mean, if they didn't... The trick play interception, that was a 10-point game. If they scored a touchdown on that drive, they easily could have won the game. Where the Lions really lost the game, JMO lost the game for them. And it sucks because I like watching Jameson Williams play football and he's electric, and he had that incredible run.

But Jameson Williams lost this game for them in two different ways. And Jared Goff obviously deserves in the defense, all that stuff, which we can get to all the line stuff. But I thought the Jameson Williams trick play where he threw the ball, just don't,

like throw it out of bounds. I don't know, do something else. And then I actually thought in the, the end of the first half was where the lions really like kind of lost the game because they're going down to score and Jared throws a pass to Jameson Williams in the end zone that gets intercepted. And that was like,

Maybe Jamison Williams being a younger receiver where a savvy vet, you slow down and let the cornerback make contact through you and you get a flag. Like he kind of, he wasn't strong enough on the ball there and the cornerback made a great play and that was,

Maybe the Lions are down three going into the half, and now they're down 10 and they don't get the ball. Yeah, I thought that was a great play by San Ristrola. He kind of undercut the route. Yeah, but he just wasn't strong enough to the ball. You know what I mean? Like, a vet receiver is stronger to the ball there than Jameson Williams was. And then he kind of mentally checked out in the second half. Yeah. But we should talk about the Lions. That was about as devastating of a loss as you can have for a team. Now...

I like you have a season. That's a dream season in terms of record and, and 15 wins and number one seed for the first time in franchise history. And,

But the defensive injuries, and I know, listen, everyone gets injured. I saw the depth chart. Did you see that? That they basically, I'm going to look it up real quick. I think I bookmarked it. The Lions, because they lost to Meek Robertson in the first quarter of the game, and he's obviously very important. Yeah, so here it is. So they had, by the end of this game, they were out 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 games

week one starters on defense and then one two three four five six seven seven backups and uh what is that three four of them were they lost the starter and the backup they had basically no one playing defense at the end of the game um so i i do feel bad in that respect because that's just the shittiest i

the shittiest luck with injuries on defense he could possibly have. It's actually pretty remarkable that they got this far and they got the, they got the buy and the one seat. Like they did a great job. Aaron Glenn did a great job getting every single bit that they could have gotten out of the players that they had. By the time you're on like the third string at multiple positions, uh,

It's going to be tough no matter who is going to coach you up. But they did a good job this season. It just ran too thin. They just didn't have anybody back there. And now you have a Lions franchise that's kind of at a crossroads because you're going to lose your offensive coordinator, you're going to lose your defense coordinator, most likely your defense coordinator. Schefter already reported that Ben Johnson will take –

a head coaching job between the Raiders, the Jaguars, or the Bears. And you just won 15 games. You come off an NFC Championship appearance last year. You climbed back to the mountain. You could see it in Dan Campbell's post-game press conference. He was crying. He was very emotional. He took all the blame.

Again, I think it's when you look at the blame pie for the Lions, Jared had a really bad game at the worst time, and their defense couldn't withstand the amount of injuries they had, and Jaden Daniels is special. Our friend Detroit Don did hit me up. He said, this was at midnight on Saturday night, he said, I'm staying off social media for a month. See you on the backside. Me and Superfan are sick. Yeah.

And you could see it. They were showing the Lions fans at the end of the game, and it was just shock and disbelief. I mean, the first time in franchise history that they have the path go through Detroit and to have that happen where...

It wasn't a fluke. It wasn't like a crazy bounce off a helmet. It wasn't a Hail Mary. The commanders were better. They had all the guys from Detroit. They had Calvin Johnson there. They had Barry Sanders. They pulled out all the stops. It felt like this was going to be the Lions' year if there was one. And Dan Campbell seemed to have the team just humming. They were playing with the same intensity every

in that game against the Vikings that you saw out of week one out of the lines. It was a pretty incredible season for them, but you're not going to remember the incredible season. You're going to remember this is the team that should have gone farther. How quickly is the storyline going to be that Dan Campbell pushes too hard and the practices are too hard and that's why they're injured so much? I actually think there will be a different story before that one. Okay. The story before that one will be,

did Ben Johnson and Aaron Glenn lose focus on this game because they were doing interviews going into this week. Yeah, Ben Johnson didn't have his best game, although the double shovel pass was awesome. That was a great play. That was an incredible play. But yeah, the trick play to Jamo was...

It was baffling. And don't get me wrong. And they were just running it. They didn't need it. It just run Jameer Gibbs. Like, I know David Montgomery came back faster than anyone ever expected. Jameer Gibbs is such an insane talent and the way he runs and how fast he is and his vision is

just run the whole game through Jameer Gibbs. In the first half, it was like he was averaging 15 yards a carry. It was crazy. The fact that they went away from him was nuts. The Commanders also did get a little bit of luck on their side. They had, like you mentioned, okay, there's a call that probably should have been made. There was also a route that Amin Ra just slipped offensively.

on when he would have been wide open for a first down on an important drive. So, yeah, there's luck. But that's – you can't – I mean, that's not – that happens every game. There's breaks. That's a game of inches. There's breaks that you get, and fortunately we got –

more breaks and I think we were the better team. Yeah, you absolutely were. And Jayden Daniels significantly outplayed Jared. Like, that's just a fact. You can't sugarcoat it or anything. I thought that there was a pretty interesting stat. This is the first time that a Josh Harris-owned team has gotten past the second round of the playoffs. Oh. Isn't that interesting? Wow. Whoa. How many teams does he own? He owns the Devils, the New Jersey Devils, and then I believe he owns a basketball team.

I think it's the Sixers. Oh. He's been doing that for a while, right? Yeah, he's had Sixers. And they haven't gotten to the... They haven't. We're talking football here. No, but... Yeah, Josh Harris is the owner of... Keep talking shit. Keep talking shit. We'll see you next week. Washington Commanders. Oh, this is... I can't wait.

He's the owner of the Washington. I don't want to talk commanders Eagles until after we talk all the games, but then I want it to. No, I just want to remind him while he's talking shit, who he, where he has to go next week. What are the six? Who's going to win the NBA championship? That was just a fact. Where was the shit? Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. nope. nope

I'm a fan of Josh Harris, and I'm happy that he's owning a team that's living up to his ability as an owner. That was just a stat. He just did a stat. And everything Jaden Daniels has done for the city, I'm so glad that he was able to help Josh out in that same way. Josh, he's a D.C. area guy. That was just a stat. Josh Harris, thank you for everything that you've done for the city.

I'm happy for you, PFT. Get ready for the longest week of your life, though. Yeah. Yeah. Listen, I'm taking today to celebrate just like we won a game. Today I'm going to celebrate. I'm going to enjoy the victory. And then starting Monday, guess what? Back to work. I'm not celebrating, for the record. Oh, wow. I am doing zero celebrating. Back to work. Okay. Sometimes you got to stop and smell the roses.

And you're saying act like you've been there before. I have not been here before. I'm going to enjoy a day. I'm giving myself a day. As you should. You're not going to see me anymore locked in. You better fucking believe I'm doing a hype video again on Friday.

And it's going to kick the shit out of the last one they did. There was rumors it might be Freebird, which is like nine minutes long. Yeah. We'll have to talk to Quigs about that one. I haven't decided. Clear your schedule, Quigs. The advisor's done. He's got the time. I haven't made a final choice on what song is going to be the soundtrack, but Freebird is one of the names that's in the hat right now.

I'm happy for you too, PFT. I'm happy that I also made the decision to let go of just trying to fight it. Yeah. Like a month ago. I just had to do it because it's better for my mental health. And because it was like one of those things where people would text me. I think I got in a fight with SVP on text about a month ago. And I was like, what are you doing, dude? Like, Caleb, I still think he could be great. But he had a disaster. Like the Bears were a disaster this year. And Jaden Daniels is special. Yeah.

Just let go. Yeah, and the way I look at it, I honestly don't care if you're upset or not. No, but I'm not. I know people are going to be like, oh, he's so upset. He mentioned it. Jay Daniels is so much fun to watch. Listen, to me, there are people that are also out there like, oh, you know that Big Cat's so mad at you right now. I want to be perfectly clear. I'm enjoying this. The thought of whether Big Cat is enjoying my success does not ever enter my brain. I do not give a shit about that. I'm going to love Big Cat.

what's happening to my team because it's a miracle what I'm seeing from the Washington. The commanders are in the NFC Championship game. I do think that the... I mean, we... You know, our words get dissected over a million times. I do think people have noticed that I have had a shift in general vibe just because...

It's fun to watch Jaden Daniels play football. And I'm not going to rob myself of having fun watching someone play football, just thinking about what could be. Because, again, Jaden Daniels would have sucked if he was on the Bears. Yeah. He just would have. And Caleb Williams would be here. Yeah.

I don't know about that. I wouldn't go that far. I don't fucking know. I had Jaden number one on my big board. Glad that we got our top guy. We had him tagged as a commander going into the draft. We only gave out three commanders tags. That's true. And he got one of them. So I had him number one. By the way, the NFC North most regular season wins 45 with zero playoff wins. The NFC Beast is back. Bears had just as many playoff wins as the rest of the division. Yep. That's a fact. Also tied for the most wins in 2025. Yeah.

One-to-one with the Lions. Yep. Who do you think had a worse time watching this week in slate? Cowboys fans? Because you've got their former defensive coordinator, Dan Quinn, and then you've got their former offensive coordinator, Kellen Moore, winning. Also, Jane Daniels just tied Dak Prescott for most career playoff wins. I guess Dak Prescott.

Jaden Daniels now has as many career playoff wins as Dan Snyder, too, which is pretty cool. Do you think they had a worse time or Giants fans watching Saquon? Lions fans. Lions fans. Yeah. I'm not...

I don't feel bad for Lions fans because they're in the division and they've talked a lot of shit. I do feel bad for Detroit Don and Superfan. Those two guys specifically, and Sprinkles. I feel bad for Lions fans. Tortured fan bases will always have a soft spot in my heart, and I feel bad. I feel bad for Sprinkles as well. I don't feel bad that we won the game, but I feel for Lions fans. And I feel bad for Dink. When you have a season like that and you have the bye week, you're not even thinking about the divisional round.

Yeah. That's what, like, they got hit in the mouth and they didn't realize it until, like, probably halfway through the third quarter. It's just, like, their defense was just so, so broken. They had no names. They had guys who, like, didn't practice, who just showed up and had to play in a divisional round playoff game. So the top seeds are now 12-8 in their first playoff games in the divisional round. So getting the bye doesn't, it's not that great. No.

I gotta say it. Say it. I gotta say it. Say it. We love Dan Campbell. We can't keep saying the winner thing. We can't. I didn't say winner. When did I say winner? But when did I say it now? Did I say it now? We haven't, but... But I didn't say it. Did I say it?

He had to say it. I had to say it. But we didn't call him a winner. He lost. We've had this back and forth for the past three months. Yeah, I mean, he was a winner this year, but he's not a winner for this game. The team wasn't ready. Correct. Yeah, I know. That's all we have to say. I had to address it. What, did we say that Dan Campbell is a winner?

Do we say that a lot? Well, I had the argument that you can't keep calling him a winner until he wins in the playoffs. Well, he did go to the NFC Championship game last year. Yeah, correct. And during the season, he was winning a lot of football games. Correct, but that doesn't make someone a winner.

Winning regular season games is not me. But we didn't call him a winner. Like, imagine if we had started this and been like, all right, PFT, hold on a second. I know you want to talk about the Commanders being the NFC Championship game, but I'd first like to say Dan Campbell's a winner. I also don't think that we've had long, extended conversations about what a winner Dan Campbell is. We had that one debate where he was like, you can't say he's a winner. Until he wins in the playoffs. I still think Dan Campbell's a very good coach.

But that's something that we talked about, and he's got to win in the playoffs before we deem him a winner. I think grading it on a curve, Dan Campbell's a winner because he changed the complete culture of the Detroit Lions. The Detroit Lions. That's fair. That's a fair point. The entire culture and performance of the Detroit Lions, a franchise that just... Besides the Cleveland Browns, you'd never say winning in the Detroit Lions, and he made that a real thing that happened the last couple of years.

He's not a winner today. They lost. He wasn't ready. How many playoff games would he need to win to become a winner in your eyes? Super Bowl. That's what I said. Okay. That's what I said the first time. I'm happy you addressed that because I was worried. There's a lot of people out there. I was worried that someone was going to be like, hey, why didn't they talk about Dan Campbell not being a winner? We're going to, whatever. Dan Campbell did not have his team ready to play. Yeah, that's... Yeah. People are, you know...

There was a lot of blame to Ben Johnson, a lot of blame to... I said that Dan Campbell... I'm pretty sure I said that. If I didn't, I'm sorry. Dan Campbell got outcoached. Okay. Hank, are you happy he said that? He had to say it. I had to say it. I had to say it. National Sports Podcast.

I do think Dan Campbell is a very good coach, but I wanted to – I don't know. He didn't have his guys ready to play today. I do think that anyone who makes the Lions a 15-win team by nature is a winner. Yeah, that's a pretty tough thing to do. That's almost impossible. Getting a bye, top seed. I mean, the most wins in franchise history. That's crazy. Okay.

Also super banged up. So let me ask you this, Matt. If you're a Lions fan, has the thought entered your head at all? Like maybe Dan Campbell's the problem? No. If you're a Lions fan, are you thinking... If you're a Lions fan, are you like, should we fire Dan Campbell? I got crucified on this show when I said that you can't call him a winner until he wins in the playoffs. He has won in the playoffs. He has. He went to the NFC Championship game. But every...

That doesn't make you a winner. Winning a playoff game does not make you a winner. Until he wins the playoffs, but he has won in the playoffs. But he hasn't won a Super Bowl. Well, a lot of coaches haven't won a Super Bowl. That's true. Should Lions fans think about Dan Campbell being fired? No, that's not what I'm saying. He's not a winner. And you need a winner to win. I'm not even saying that he's not a winner. I'll tell you what. I'm not even saying that he's not a winner. All I'm saying is that... You literally said it has to be said. No, but it has to be... Yes, it has to be said because we had this debate. So you are saying it.

No, I'm not saying that he's – I'm just not giving him the label of Dan Campbell winner. So that would imply he's not a winner. But I'm not saying Dan Campbell loser either. So what is he? He's just not – he's in between. He's just coach. He's a good coach. He's a good coach. But not a winner. He's not labeled winner. Is Jaden Daniels a winner?

Yeah. I mean, we haven't seen him lose. Yeah, but he hasn't won a Super Bowl, though. So Andy Reid was not a winner until he went to Kansas City. That was literally the big thing of Andy Reid. He did say that. But Jane Daniels is not a winner. Josh Allen's not a winner. That actually made my argument perfectly. Yeah, that hurt. Josh Allen and Lamar Jackson, not winners.

Correct. Jayden Daniels is not a winner. Not yet. I don't know why all of us... I'm asking. I'm just asking. But he might turn into a loser next week. Correct. We never know. It happens that fast. This is just a different discourse for different people. So happy you brought this up. I want someone to tweet and be like, I was waiting for Max to say that. Max, does this have anything to do with... Memes was back here with me saying... Memes, speak up! Wait, what?

Does this have anything to do with the fact that... I told him to take notes and then bring it up in the Eagles. Does this have anything to do with the fact that we give credit to Dan Campbell for going forward on fourth downs? Well, yes. This is exactly what it is. Because everyone called Nick Sirianni a loser and Dan Campbell a winner. But you gave us the right to call Nick Sirianni a loser by calling him a loser. Fair. But now I don't think so. But he's not won a Super Bowl.

He's in the middle category. He's a coach. He's a good coach. Both in the same category. I wrote down praise for Nick Sirianni. It's coming, buddy. All right, we'll get to it. You shouldn't have jumped the gun. I had praise for Nick Sirianni. I know. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I shouldn't have said anything. I shouldn't have said anything. I liked it. I liked it. Fired up. I like it, Max. You shouldn't have said anything. I like it. I'm going to say Dan Campbell is still a winner.

Yeah, I would agree. I would agree with that. Bad game. Bad game. Team wasn't ready. They got punched in the mouth. They're supposed to be the tougher team that punches other teams in the mouth, biting kneecaps, all that shit. That was a bad game. They weren't ready. And...

Yeah, but he is a winner. This is what memes really wants to talk about is PFT fucking the floor. He was doing the JMO. I did the JMO. Yeah, I know. That was great. Yeah, Jameson Williams caught the touchdown, fucked the carpet, didn't get a flag for it. He was having sex with the ground at Ford Field. So first thing I thought about was, yeah, fuck that carpet. Also very funny because PFT was wearing an outrageous... For the outsiders, an outrageous...

Washington Commanders jumpsuit and Coach Gruden even said to me, he's like, can you believe what this guy's wearing today? And I had to look and be like, oh yeah, I guess for you that would be weird. I was like, that's... I didn't flinch when PFT walked in with

that number one it's jumpsuit January number two that's a commander's jumpsuit yep number three I've worn that jumpsuit before yeah so I've broken it in a little bit but yeah I mean it's the playoffs you have to pull out all the stops for the play there's really nothing besides if you walked in with like new tuxedo yeah then I would be shocked if I were a collared shirt people are like you have court later don't you yeah I'm like who died

That was the most average PFT outfit. Yeah, that's what I'm saying. The fact that anyone was saying anything. Well, Gruden doesn't know. So he was like, can you believe this? I was like, yeah, no, I can. Yeah, yeah. That makes sense. And Gruden, he hates the commanders. I probably would hate the commanders if I were him too. Yes. But...

I converted him like halfway through the second quarter. He was like, I can't root against this guy anymore. That's what I'm saying. If you are rooting against, obviously if you're an Eagles fan, but if you're a neutral party, it's way more fun, especially if you're a neutral party and you're a Bears fan who has Caleb Williams, like myself. If you're a neutral party, though, it's a lot more fun to just let go and be like,

He's awesome to watch because he is. He's awesome to watch. And that was a very fun game. I would say even probably like 50% of Eagles fans are kind of rooting for Jane Daniels this weekend because he's that fun to watch. I would say that's probably true. City known for their sportsmanship. Yeah. I'd say most Eagles fans are like, damn, he's so much fun to watch. They'd probably be a little bit happy if they lost the game. They'd be like, you know what? I want to see that guy play in the Super Bowl. That is incorrect. Yeah.

I will say, no notes for Jaden Daniels this week. He was incredible. He's really fucking good. And the Eagles better win now because I'm scared that that guy's going to... I'm officially scared that he's around for the rest of my life. Yeah. He's that good. Max. I hope you live more than 45. Shane's going to be here for like 50 years. Nothing's ever going to be bad again. Let's go to the Sunday games. Before we do that, we're going to take a quick...

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or charades. You have eight days left to vote. Vote for the next Super Bowl ad at DoritosCrash.com. Now back to the games. Okay, Max. Eagles 28, Rams 22, Saquon Barkley. That's it. Saquon Barkley. I mean, obviously the Eagles defense as well, which I won't talk about, but Saquon Barkley is

is so fucking good. Saquon Barkley had, that was his sixth touchdown of 60-plus yards. Four of the six have come against the Rams. He had 534 total yards is the most a player's ever had against another opponent in a season, and he only played the Rams twice. Think about that. He only played them twice. He had 534 total yards from scrimmage.

He, the, the, the run in the first half, the run to end the game. He is so goddamn good. And Max, did you see that clip? Which was one of the coolest things I've ever seen before the 78 yard touchdown. He turned to Jalen hurts. They did a mouth reading. He said, watch this. He just knew what it was going to happen. And he ripped off 78 yard run. And the Eagles are back in the NFC championship game. Nick Sirianni, really good coach winner.

Nick Sirianni is now 3-0 versus Sean McVay. Nick Sirianni is 8-0 versus Sean McVay, Matt LaFleur, and Dan Campbell. That's pretty good. It's a winner. Those are three coaches that everyone's like, hey, coach of the years and everything, Super Bowl coach and Sean McVay. He's 8-0 against those guys.

That's a winner. I may jump the gun a little bit here. Why? The whole, I mean. Yeah, you didn't know I had that stat written down. I may have jumped the gun a little bit here. I was going to be praising Nick Sirianni. I may have jumped the gun a little bit here. That's fair. That's fair. Sometimes you got to. I had Dan Campbell in the stat. That's, yep. That's on me. That's on me. Sometimes I get a little excited. Oh.

Oh, man. That's fair. Well, it's more so whatever. It had to be said. It had to be said. It had to be said. And to be fair, he's beaten a bunch of losers. Yeah, but it had to be said. That's on me. That's on me. Those three coaches you would say if you're like, hey, who are the top three coaches in the NFC? I mean, maybe you throw in Kyle Shanahan as well, but those are three names that come up.

and Nick Sirianni has not lost to any of those guys. He's 8-0, and the Eagles... Jalen Hurts gets hurt. I don't know what his status is, Max. Can you tell us? Also...

Shout out Mother Nature because she showed up at the perfect time. Got a great snow game, yeah. Kurt Warner was sick. I love it. I love it when playoff games are half not in the snow and then the second half in the snow. Gruden kind of was, we were watching the game with Gruden and he kind of had the same take as Kurt Warner. Really? Yeah. Wait, play Kurt Warner's take because he still fights this all the time. This is from our show.

I get it. What everybody says. It's football weather. This is what it is. But here's the problem that I have. And it doesn't necessarily apply to these two teams. But being a guy that played in a dome, being a guy that played in Arizona, I have no way to get ready for those conditions. And so you can say all you want about home field advantage and that's why you play. Well, no, because the Patriots can come to Arizona and

And there's no difference, other than we have our fans, obviously. But they can play in my weather. I can't play in their weather because I can't get used to it. There's nothing you can do to get used to cold weather in a situation. So, to me, I'm just like, I want the best. I want to be able to be my best. I want to play against their best. And I want the best to advance. And so, for me, last night, I mean...

I played in that weather before. I grew up in Iowa, so I played in all that stuff. It's just like Bass kicking that ball. I'm sure when he kicked it, he's like, oh, that's money. That's right down the middle. All of a sudden, the wind takes it and it goes to the left. I think it's a fair point to say I can't simulate practicing in the snow. Of course. Get home field advantage. Yeah, number one, win more games. Number two...

Yeah.

I don't give a shit that Kurt Warner thinks it's unfair. I think it's the best thing. And the snow fucked up the Rams because it was, I mean, they fumbled. The Eagles didn't fumble. Uh,

Matt Stafford looked like he didn't want to be out there for the entire third quarter. Yeah. They did... By the way, the Eagles also didn't really love playing on it. Did you see Josh Schwett's... Yeah. ...quote after he said, ass, playing on the snow today. That's what he said, ass. He said, I'd rather play on the shitty Brazil field before playing on that again. I ain't gonna lie to you. I like that quote. Yeah. Ass. I'm fine with the players thinking that it's ass. Yeah. But this was... This game was...

Very tight at the end. But the Eagles, they did the thing that they are built around. Their offensive line mauled. Saquon Barkley was special. And their defense was incredible. Jalen Carter. Jalen Carter was insane. The guy scares me. He was so good. He had five tackles, five pressures, three QB hits, two sacks, two fumbles, or two... One forced fumble and two tackles for a loss. And he made the biggest... Like...

Vic Fangio obviously deserves a lot of credit as well because what he was doing in that game when I think it was around the second quarter, they started stunting. And you could see Stafford was like, it was fucking Stafford up because he tried to step up and there'd be a guy in his face. And then on that second, what was it, third and two? Third and two on the 13-yard line with a minute and change left.

They faked a stunt, and that's where Jalen Carter just basically blew right by his guy because he tried to pass him off, and that was the game. That sack saved the Eagles' season because I do think, if you even watch that play, Tyler Higby was wide open. He had beaten his guy. Tyler Higby was going to catch that ball, maybe even score on that play, and Jalen Carter made the play and saved their season. Yeah, they got dudes up front that will just wreck your shit constantly.

The defensive line scares me on the Eagles very much. And then when they're not getting cute, when they decide, okay, we're just going to hand the ball to Saquon because he's the best, and we're going to let our offensive line do what our offensive line does the best –

then they're almost impossible to stop. I don't know how you slow them down. Yeah. Have you let go of Jalen Carter too? That one's totally different because you can't say the Bears don't address offensive line and be like, we should have taken Jalen Carter, but then we also took Darnell Wright in that position, who's a really good offensive lineman, and then got Dexter as well in the second round, who's a really good – he's not Jalen Carter, but you can't criticize the Bears for not –

Like being like, why didn't you dress offensive line? Also, why didn't you take Jalen Carter? He's a really good offensive line, but you can't have it both ways. But when you're watching it, you're not like, fuck. Honestly, Dexter's really awesome. And I said it at the time.

Jalen Carter would have been drafted to a locker room that was in complete flux and he had some character issues and I don't think it would have worked the same. He went to a locker room with Brandon Graham and a bunch of veterans who probably Fletcher Cox Fletcher Cox who probably helped him a lot. You got to know like hey we have a rebuilding team that sucks ass

if we draft Jalen Carter, it might not work out. You could probably also make a criticism for every other team that picked that did not take Jalen Carter. Yeah, there was eight picks before him. CJ Stroud, or who else got drafted before him? I don't know, but either way, you got Darnell Wright, who's a really good offensive, he's our best offensive lineman, so you can't, you know what I mean? You can't be like, man, they don't do anything for the offensive line. Oh yeah, you should have taken Jalen Carter. So let's see here.

You got the draft order. But yeah, I mean, that's also like the Bears history is like, oh, that guy could have been. Okay. Bryce Young, CJ Stroud, Will Anderson. Great players. Anthony Richardson. Cardinals could have used them. Witherspoon. Yeah. Paris Johnson. Yeah. Tyree Wilson. Yeah. That's probably the one that's really, if you're a Raiders fan, that should have been Jalen Carter. But yeah. I mean, Jameer Gibbs went 12th. Yeah. And people shit on that pick. Yeah. By the way, Saquon Barkley.

wouldn't be a top 30 paid wide receiver.

That's crazy to say. Gabe Davis gets paid more than him. It's also, I think it's fair to say that the better your team is, the more you should spend on running back. Yeah, of course. As like the final piece to make you like a great team. It's like a tight pair of jeans. Like if you're in really good shape, then yes, spend a lot of money on tight, fashionable jeans. If you're fat, buy JNCOs. It's why I have some sympathy for Giants fans who have to fight this fight. And yes, you probably should have kept

Saquon Barkley probably shouldn't have paid Daniel Jones hindsight 2020, although a lot of Giants fans said that in the moment. But Saquon Barkley on the Giants this year is...

Doesn't make the Giants a playoff team. It makes it more fun to watch. They probably win a couple more games because he's their most explosive player. But you're right. Saquon Barkley works when it's on a great team and then he becomes the complete X factor that can dominate these type of playoffs. Like Derrick Henry. Yeah, right. If the Cowboys had signed Derrick Henry, who gives a shit? Right.

But yeah, on a great team. Derrick Henry's on the Panthers. Not the Panthers deserve credit. Derrick Henry's on the Raiders. Yeah. Doesn't change anything. Max, let's hear from you. It was a hard-fought game. Snow games are tough. We're kind of built for it. The offensive line was fantastic.

Those two long touchdown runs, yes, Saquon burst through the line and once he gets through, he's gone. But there are huge holes, and those huge holes are from the offensive line just dominating the trenches. I'm happy with the win, but we're on to next week. The goal is to win a Super Bowl. The goal is to win a Super Bowl in Philadelphia, and I'm happy with taking this step.

That's very good. Can I give you... And you get a home game. Yeah, you get a home game. And we get a home game. Can I give you two stats, Max, that might be of use for you in terms of online discourse? Sure. Okay. Here's the first one. The Eagles in the playoffs are 4-0 when Jake Elliott misses an extra point. That's crazy. Yeah.

Maybe he's missing him on purpose. I'm so nervous about him. He is nerve-wracking. He's so bad right now. He's nerve-wracking. So bad. Here's another one. Jalen Hurts didn't really... I mean, the weather was a big factor. He also was banged up. Jalen Hurts, in his four playoff wins, 154 yards passing, 121 yards passing, 131 yards passing, 128 yards passing. Doesn't matter.

Is that because they're running the football? Yeah, but he also does more. I know, I'm saying, like, don't... I'm giving you these stats to use. He doesn't have to be... You know, he had the incredible Super Bowl they lost. Yep. No, I agree. These are good stats. I agree. Maybe Jake Elliott might... That one might be a little more precarious. But it's still 4-0. Right. No, I had the one stat I was going to do. Jake Elliott's a winner. He wins games.

I wish that... No, I shouldn't have said that. The reason why I said it is because...

Eagles fans are so pissed off at Nick Sirianni right now because... For what? For the pass play on second down when they had the ball where Hurts took the sack. Yeah, but on the sliding scale of things that you should be upset with Nick Sirianni for, I think Philly fans are going to be upset about something. Right. That was a bad play call. It was. Yeah, it was a bad play call, but ultimately, I think Sirianni, he did the right thing today. Also, that's Kellen Moore, no? So that...

I had this whole thing in my head that you were, that that was going to be a topic of conversation and you were going to blame Sirianni. And,

I jumped the gun. Sometimes you jump the gun. In the moment, we said, why are you taking a quarterback that can't run right now, rolling him out to his left and having him try to escape the pocket and then stop, throw across his body? And then we said, that's a weird play call. That's on Kellen Moore, isn't it? And we were like, yeah, it is. This is the most Max thing ever, that he had a pre-fight with us.

A hypothetical pre-fight. Wait, you want to just, let's run it back and play into his fantasy. Yeah, but he had a hypothetical pre-fight and never in the wildest imaginations realized that, I actually wrote down pro Nick Sirianni stuff instead of negative Nick. We're so in his head that he's thinking, this is the Mad Men meme.

Like, we're not even thinking about you, dude. Yeah, no, that's bad. We're just talking about the games. I wish I could rewind time and not have that fight that I had earlier. Instead of enjoying the win, you're just paranoid. Like, at least PFT is giving himself a day to, like, enjoy the win. This is why you need to give yourself a mental day. I gave myself an hour. We've actually caused psychological harm to you. Yes. Like, I will take a hand up. Everyone in this room should put their hand up. Memes, put your hand up. Memes, put your hand up.

We have battered this man to the point where he is literally fighting his shadow.

Yeah, no, I'm a broken man. And that's the other thing. I think Dan Campbell's a good coach. Do you talk to yourself in the shower? You're still fighting yourself. I know. I think Dan Campbell's a good coach. I wish I didn't make that fight. It had to be said, though. No, I'm actually so happy you did that because of this moment right here where we just fully went into Max's mind. And Max's mind is just like it's –

Max, larger man with his hair up in a ninja thing. He's got a kimono on and he's got maybe the Donatello stick. What is that called? The Kinja stick? Yeah, whatever. The Kinja stick. And he's just Kinja sticking all four of us in his brain constantly. He's like, oh, I got to get them this, this, this. And we're...

I didn't even think I was in your brain, but I guess I am. Yeah. I need a graphic of that. You can just sticking like the four of us. I don't know if it's called inside of your brain. What it's called. You want to know another secret? Yeah. I had another fight planned in my head as well. Oh, tell us. I was going to do blind quarterback resumes for the day and then do Josh Allen stats and Jalen Hurts' stats. Never was. I had a positive Jalen Hurts stat. I know. I know.

I mean, his touchdown run was awesome. I know. And he got banged up. Like, it was clear that he was in. A.J. Brown dropped an easy ball that would have made his stats look a little bit different. He was a tough dude today. Yeah, he was a tough guy. That one throw to double coverage to A.J. Brown was bad in the end zone. That was a bad throw. That was a bad decision.

but otherwise he played winning football. Like he made the plays that he had to play, and he knows that he's got a running back that can do everything. Do you want to do that fight with him? No, thank you. I would prefer for my mentals. My next thing was just I thought the Eagles, I thought they executed well today. Sirianni's play calling at times left me with a big question mark. On offense and defense. Offense and defense. Yeah, Sirianni went in prevent defense way too early. You've got Saquon Barkley as your running back, Nick. Yep.

And on second down, when you have the opportunity to ice the game, burn the clock, you're having your injured quarterback roll out to his left, throw across his body. What the fuck are you... What kind of play call was that shit? Oh, let me guess, Nick. Did you, after Saquon Barkley ran a 74-yard touchdown pass, did you look into the camera and point at it? I bet he did. Oh, so sick, dude. I bet he did. That was just...

It's what goes on in this guy's brain. Sometimes it makes me question. He's got shit for brains. Yeah. He's going to be there. I'm doing dumb ass thoughts. I would like to pass on this discourse. Hank, do you have anything to add? It had to be said. I just had all, I want you to come and look at my notes after this, just so you can see that I literally had it all written down. Yeah, no, no. The Jalen hurts. Like people are going to shit on Jalen hurts. I don't,

He does what he's supposed to do. And yeah, there'll be moments where he has to make some more throws, but he was clearly hampered by both snow and injury. Is he going to be okay? That's the question, Mark. His answers to that question after the game were not great. Why? What were his answers? They asked about him. He said, we'll see how the week works out or something.

He got squished on his knee. I know. Was it like a knee sprain? His knee. Also, the hip drop tackle just doesn't exist. Yeah. Like, every single week, there's a hip drop. Like, I'm not saying that that should have been called one because they just haven't been calling it at all. But why do they implement that rule into the game if they're just never going to call it? Because they wanted to invent something that looked like they were doing something for player safety. So they made the most nebulous tackle of all time a penalty where it's like nobody...

We're probably not even going to enforce it during games because it's impossible to tell what is a hip drop tackle. But if there's somebody that gets injured, we can always find that guy a week later. Yeah, I mean, it's crazy. Is Quinion Mitchell going to be okay? That seems, honestly, which is crazy because Jalen Hurts finished the game. Quinion Mitchell did not. The reports of that is that he will be fine, but Jalen Hurts is still up in the air. Okay, so... If I had to guess, I think I'm...

Optimistic about Quinian Mitchell. It seems like it's just a sprain and that he'll be ready to go almost at 100% next week. Jalen Hurst, if I had to make a guess, and I'm pretty confident in this guess, I think he will be playing at probably around 60% to 70%. I just want to say for the record, I want the Eagles to be healthy. I want all their starters. I don't want injuries. Max and I agreed to turn injuries off this week. I want the Eagles at their best.

I also would like to say this. I want the commanders at their best as well, and I take back a lot of the criticism I had towards the commanders. They are a worthy opponent, and I'm looking at them. I don't know that you can take that back. No, you can't take that back. You said a lot of things. So you want the commanders at their best. Will you apologize for the Brock Purdy injury?

If I could take back the Brock Purdy injury, I would. Okay, that's a big man of you. If I could, I would. So, Max, we're getting a lot of questions about if we're going to do a hair bet. Wait, let's save this for after we talk Bills-Ravens. I want to preview that, like light preview, and we can set the stage for you guys because I want to do that. We should talk real quick Rams.

First of all, Jared verse. I love when people talk shit and then back it up. He backed it up. He had a great game. He said that he hated Philadelphia fans. That was awesome. I think the arrows pointing up for the Rams because they did flip this roster very quickly. But Matthew Stafford's not getting any younger. Yeah, I would agree with that. They got they got strong at running back. They've got a great running back now. Yep. And their defense is awesome.

I mean, Cooper Cup kind of disappeared at the end of the season. He's getting a little older, too. He looked okay today, but it's more like this is a weird game. This was a very tough game for the Rams to win in that environment. They almost pulled it out at the end. They were a play away. You're not happy if you're a Rams fan. You're pissed off. But ultimately, I think the big question for Rams fans is how much older are we going to let Matt Stafford get before we do something about it?

It's not like Matt Stafford sucks. He doesn't suck. No. But you have to naturally ask that question. It may stay in this game. I mean, it was a nerve-wracking game. I mean, even the sack. Should we talk about the overalls? What's the plan? So for people who didn't watch the stream, we had a couple things working, mojo-wise. Obviously, the Rams were my pinky team. I may be done with the pinky bet because that was –

That was the most I've been afraid. And I know people are like, there are two games away from the Super Bowl. The idea of the Rams being able to host an NFC Championship game and then you're – like if a pinky team ever gets to the Super Bowl, I'm going to shit myself. I don't know what I'm going to do. I'm going to be a wreck. I think the move is if it's like the Chiefs and the Rams and this year's Super Bowl, then you just bet your dick on the Chiefs and that way –

if the Rams win, at least they only cut my finger off. That's true. That's a good point. But I might be done with it because it was... You're actually playing... You're doing the pinky bet in the safest era to do it in because it's just Patrick Mahomes every year. True. But there's just no upside. It was... The moment when I had to explain it to Coach Gruden and he was like, what? It really stuck to me like, why do you do this? But what...

Listen, I'm not going to make any rash decisions after successfully keeping all 10 of my fingers for another season. It's an emotional season, a long season, like Dan Campbell said. So I'm not going to do any retirement talk until we maybe get into the offseason. You're going to see how you feel after training camp. That was insanely stressful. I think, Max, you felt the stress on me. So we had two things. We had the TV broke in the gambling cave.

for the first quarter in the first quarter and they had to reset it. And I pulled up my phone. And as I pulled up my phone, Jalen Hurst ran for a touchdown. And after he ran for a touchdown, the TV came back on and Jake Elliott missed an extra point. So for the rest of the game, I was basically playing a game of should I watch it on my phone? Should I not? I went and took a shit and watched it on my phone and the Rams went three and out. And I was like, there's something about this phone. And then we also had Max overalls. He had a sweatshirt on over his overalls.

We flipped a coin to see if he should do overalls or not. Well, the chat just started spending a shit ton of money for me to do it. And at that point, I felt bad that fans were spending their hard-earned money to see me in the overalls. So I thought I would give them at least a drive. And then obviously... It was instant safety. Instant safety. Instant safety. Do you think they were spending their hard-earned money in the chat because they wanted to see you win in overalls or they wanted to see you lose in overalls?

Probably wanted to see me lose, but I respect the fans. Max, are you going to be wearing the overalls for the NFC Championship game? See, that's what I don't know, because I may just need to wear them underneath the sweatshirt again. But they're called overalls. Yeah, so I might be wearing underalls. Yeah, you're wearing underalls. I might be wearing underalls. Because if it's not broke, don't fix it. Right. The game went well when I had...

the underalls under my sweatshirt. But you're also wearing underwear. So you're wearing underalls over your underwear. You're wearing just undersums. You're wearing the Dan Campbell of alls. No, I'm not. Dan Campbell, good coach.

I wish I never said that. It was pre-anger. It was pre-anger. Sometimes more potent than just anger. That's right. After the game, Max, to his credit, he went right into the weight room, started working out. And by working out, I mean just sitting on the bench press, just refreshing Twitter, trying to see if there were any injury news that he could... I did end up... I think I did... I sat there for about an hour and a half, and I think I did...

five sets of bench press. Oh, wow. Which still counts. That does count. That still counts. He probably also was just watching our Twitter to see if we tipped our hand on what angle we were going to use. No. Yeah. I was watching so many. I cannot wait

The one thing that I will say about the highlights, I cannot wait for the Baldy breakdown of how good Jalen Carter was in this game. He was incredible. He's so fucking good. He was incredible. I think that scares me because being down our right guard, our best offensive lineman, it's troubling to think about that. That dude scares me. Your offensive line scares me too. He was insane. He was insane. But good win. Do you see the graphic that memes posted? He's got a memes graveyard. So these are memes that he constructs.

In anticipation of something potentially happening. Okay. And then when it doesn't happen, then he has to just throw them by the wayside. So there's a big graveyard of memes out there that never get used. And the one for the NFC Championship game, if it was going to be Rams versus Commanders, was me for the Commanders and then Big Cat holding up a hand with the pinky cut off for the Rams. And he also had Max, sad Max, with my face over it. You see that? Yeah. Yeah.

I honestly didn't know that that was your face. I thought he was just boasting sad Max. Max, do you want to say anything about the spitting? No, that's passion. I'll never apologize for that. Good. Good. Fact. Okay, we are going to talk about the matchup and a little preview of what's coming this week. But let's get to the last game before we do that. Bills 27, Ravens 25. Wow. This was an awesome game. And...

This is another two things can be true. Lamar had an incredible drive at the end of the game. Mark Andrews is having probably the worst night of anyone in America right now because he not only fumbled, but he dropped the two-point conversion. Lamar had two turnovers, and he hasn't had two turnovers all year. And he now has four games, four of his eight playoff games has two-plus turnovers. I don't want to do the, like, Lamar sucks and Lamar... Because he doesn't suck.

But it's okay to say that he did not play his best when the Ravens needed him to play his best. Sometimes it's hard to beat good teams on the road.

That's a fact. And that's what he ran into. Yeah. And the Ravens, to their credit, they did keep running the ball. This is not on hardball like we could say it was last year. This game, I would say it's on two guys. It's probably on Mark Andrews and Lamar. Yeah. And the fumble that he had was, it was a weird fumble. I don't know how he dropped that ball. He was getting tackled around his legs. Yeah. And then he just kind of dropped

it but I didn't get hit out I there will be this will obviously be the narrative coming out of this game is playoff Lamar can't get it done and while it's very reductive to say that because I still think he's one of the best quarterbacks in the NFL you you can't

He didn't play his best. He actually had his worst game probably of the year because he had two turnovers, and you need your best player to play his best in these games. I like that we've got a nice clean hierarchy for now, though, of AFC West quarterbacks.

Right? Or AFC quarterbacks. Yeah. It goes Patrick Mahomes, Josh Allen, Lamar Jackson. And then Joe Burrow, if he was in the playoffs, he'd just probably be beating everybody. Yeah. But it sucks for Lamar because obviously you have all this season where you were incredible. I mean, he had four interceptions all year and then he threw one. And I know that was probably miscommunication with Bateman. But the fumble...

to points and that was and they were playing from behind the whole game like that was he put him in a spot where it was not great for the Ravens and especially a team that likes to play from ahead and run the ball I also do think that that that two point conversion the first one that one kind of didn't make any sense because they ran right down the field

And then they passed in the two-point conversion. It's not just that they passed. They also moved Derrick Henry out to the side where he wasn't even a threat of running the ball. Yeah. They just got him out of the play entirely. The thing I'll say about the Bills here, so the reason why I like the Bills in this game, bet on the Bills this game, we talked about it on Friday.

If you thought the Bills-Ravens first game was going to be just a replay for today, you just weren't paying attention to who the Bills had back on defense. And two of the biggest plays in the game came from two of those guys. Matt Milano tipped the pass on the first two-point conversion to keep it a two-point game. And then Bernard, who didn't play in the first game, had the game-changing fumble on Mark Andrews that was really like... That did change the entire course of the game because...

I don't know what the Bills' plan was. Obviously, you win and you just survive in advance. They had a very weird offensive game plan where they were just very conservative, and they didn't let Josh Allen just be Josh Allen. It was a lot of dump-offs, running the ball a lot. Maybe they saw something. They were like, we can control the game this way. But I thought the second half for the Bills, they were just trying to hold on

instead of just taking it to the Ravens and finishing that game earlier. I think there were multiple times where each team was just trying to kill as much of the clock as possible. Right, so scared of the other guy. That was the game plan, is just end with the ball. And, I mean, who knows what would have happened if Mark Andrews catches that two-point conversion. He should have caught it. It was a very easy catch for him. But there's still a lot of time left in that game. Yep. This is growth, though. You want to talk about growth with Josh Allen? Mm-hmm.

There was the run that he had. There was four minutes, 15 seconds left in the game. Third and goal from the two-yard line. Josh keeps it, runs up the middle. Yep. And he thinks, he stops himself like mid-action.

He thinks about trying to pitch the ball out of a group of like four Ravens defenders back to James Cook, who's standing like 12 yards away as Josh's arms are tied up. He wanted to do it. And in that moment, Josh was like, you know all the people that think maybe you shouldn't be so reckless with the ball all the time? They're right in this circumstance. And he pulled it in and got tackled. Yeah. That was third down or second down? That was third down. Third and goal. Yeah, you're right. You're absolutely right. That's personal growth.

Yeah, he was definitely looking to pitch it. And it probably would have ended up costing them dearly. That would have been a tough play to make. So credit to Josh Allen for not being a... For not matching all the buttons. Yeah. He held on to it. Yeah, what's the just go down button? Why? Yeah. He hit why. He made the right choice. Also, Josh Allen, like... So statistically, he didn't... It wasn't like he lit the world on fire. No. They really didn't try to go deep often. But...

He's such a weapon when you get into goal line where he had those two touchdown runs where it's like you get within 10 yards and Josh Allen's is going to just pull you over a couple times. And I do think he's going to have to, they're going to have to let him be himself more against the Chiefs because you can't,

You just can't expect to beat Patrick Mahomes in his house unless Josh plays out of his mind, and I think he has that in him. But it was the Bills. Their defense stood up. Besides that really long Ravens drive, they had a really good plan for Derrick Henry, and they weren't going to let the Ravens run it down their throat. You could see that from the very jump,

That was their plan. They're like, we're going to have to let Lamar beat us with his arm, which he did a couple times. But for the most part, the plan worked, and they made the big plays when you had to make the big plays. They got three turnovers that changed the game. They had enough plays where they stopped Derrick Henry for one or two yards and just hit the fuck out of him up the middle. It set a tone for their defense, and Derrick was never, ever... He had a couple nice runs in the open field that they kind of shoestring tackled him on. But if you can prevent him from doing the home run ones where he goes 70 yards, scores a touchdown...

Good job to the Bills defense. Your linebackers and Ed Oliver was hitting people too. Great game from Ed. Yeah, the Bills defense stood up when they needed to stand up and the Bills keep going. By the way, we should mention also the DPI call at the end of the first half was bullshit. Ravens fans, similar to Texas fans, you have a right to be...

upset about that also but if we're doing fairness the Deion Dawkins hold call was bullshit and that was when the bills were driving and they immediately had to punt after that the only person who thought the DPI call wasn't a good call or was was a good call was Tony Romo Tony Romo let James Cook you ever heard of that one let James Cook they're trying to they're trying to impose their will imposing their will over and over

Yeah, Tony blew that one. Also, shout out Josh Allen. He did the Aaron Rodgers where he just developed a spontaneous southern accent in the post-game interview. Yeah. Was that the Perk Rodgers game? I think so. I think that was the Perk Rodgers. And maybe we got Perk Allen today. But yeah, the Bills are a tough team. I...

I don't know. The Chiefs fucking going to win. We need the Bills. They can't play conservative like they did. It did feel in the second half because they had the perfect first half. They go up 21-10 before halftime. They get the ball, and it just felt like they're like, hey, we're just going to hold on here. I will say, Sean McDermott, I did like – I know we've had a lot of discourse about being aggressive, trying to win the game.

I thought that was the right call to kick that field goal with four minutes left because it was a long two. If it was one, maybe you do the push, but with two and to be able to go up eight and exactly what happened, the Ravens have to go down the field, score, and then get a two-point conversion.

At the moment, I was like, I think you've got to kick the field goal here. Weird stuff happens. And on that two-point conversion, yeah, it should have been a catch, should have been two points, but because you played it smart, kicked the field goal, put them in a position where weird shit benefits you. Yeah, you put them in a position where they have to execute an extra play. Yeah. And it's like you have another chance to have them not be able to execute this play. Max, I'm curious to hear your take on this. There was a Baltimore radio host that called Buffalo a city of losers. Yeah.

today would you concur with that guy they lose a lot in the playoffs would you concur that they lost a lot a city of losers because then Sean McDermott said in his postgame speech this is a city of winners the people of the city deserve more than whoever said that about about them the people you agree with Sean McDermott or the radio host that called them a city of losers

I would say they're probably in between. Not necessarily losers nor winners. I'm sure the citizens of Baltimore. Buffalo. Oh, wait. Buffalo's winners or Baltimore's? The Baltimore radio host called Buffalo a city of losers. Oh, Buffalo. Yeah. No, Buffalo's a city of winners. They've never won a Super Bowl. No, the people are winners, though. But, yeah, no, the team has not won a Super Bowl, so, yeah. He's kind of backtracking on the whole winner-loser thing. Sounds like you're confused. Yeah, he is. Yeah, no, I am.

That's fine. I'm not calling anyone a loser. I'm saying that there's winners and then there's everyone else. Patriots, winners. Chiefs, winners. I would love Buffalo to get to the Super Bowl. I would love it. It would be so fucking awesome. Root for the Bills and Bills fans. What's that face, Hank? Are you okay? What is that face?

Oh, Big Cat took a piss. I had to piss. I could hear it. We pre-taped the ads. I had to piss. We were going to take a break. What are you going to do? He's not using the sink. What do you want me to do? I had to piss. It just grossed me out. Why is that gross? The sound. Number one sports podcast. What do you mean you didn't want to hear the sound? I was still talking during that. I was following along. I had to piss. So what's your take on it? Buffalo is trying to be a city of winners.

They're trying their best. They're trying their best to be a city of winners. There's a better way than I put it, but I concur. They're on their path to trying to be winners. This is their year. This is their fucking year. Fuck the Chiefs. They're going to win Sunday. They're going to New Orleans. Buffalo, I don't know. What's the thing where they have sister schools or sister cities? Buffalo and New Orleans, that is the same city.

And it doesn't make sense, but it does. Like, if Buffalo is going to win a Super Bowl, it should be in New Orleans. Yeah. It would be awesome. I mean, partying with Bills fans all week would be awesome. Yeah. I want Hank to unpack that. That made no sense. No, I get it. They're both drunk. That's what he was going for. Okay. Okay. They're drunk. I feel like they're very different cities. No. It's called Buffalo. New Orleans is like a huge tourist trap of a city.

Sister City. Sister City. Sister City. Sisters, they don't always look alike, Max. It's fair. But they can still be sisters. Yeah, one has huge tits that they show a couple times a year. The other likes beef on weck and wings. They're sisters, though.

Yeah, Buffalo's got a great personality. Right. I love Buffalo. We've been to Buffalo. The people of Buffalo are great. The city of Buffalo is great. Have you guys thought about that possibility? Because obviously if either of you goes against the Chiefs, America's going to be on your side. I'm taking it one game at a time. We'll be on your side too. I've thought about it. If you guys go against the Bills...

I will be rooting for my friend Josh Allen. Yeah, I expect that Buffalo would probably be the darling of America. I'm not worried about that. I'm worried about you. I root for the Commanders. I don't know if I'd root for Max. I would never root for the Eagles. You can control what you can control. That's not true, Hank. No, it's true. I've thought about it. Trust me. I've done the calculations. Chiefs?

No, I'm saying if the Bills up. Oh, yeah. I would root for the Commanders against the Bills. I would not root for the Eagles against the Bills. I thought you were saying I would never root for the Eagles. No, no, no. If it was Bills, Eagles, I'd root for Josh full-throated. If it was...

Bills, full-throated. Yeah, I said it. I mean, listen, we get accused of it, so why not just come out and say we do it? If it was Bills, Commanders, I think I would just take a step back and be like, well, there's a positive one way or the other. That's not... You would root for the Bills. I don't know. You said, like, two weeks ago that you hoped that I would lose the Super Bowl. I know, but then I've let go. You literally said that. Well, no, I said I hope you don't get to the Super Bowl. I said it would be bullshit if you got to the Super Bowl. I didn't really think about what would happen if you got to the Super Bowl, because then it's like...

one of the closest people in my life to have a ton of happiness, I think I'd have to be like, yeah, I want Josh Allen to win. I am rooting for the commanders.

And I'm rooting for the Bills. No, I think if you went to the Super Bowl, PFT, I would be rooting for you. Because it would be fucking awesome for you. I'd get back to probably being bitter about Jaden Daniels, but I'd be happy for you. Why wouldn't it be awesome for me? Nah, we all know what we want. I mean, Max. We want the sad Max. You had your shot, and you got to the Super Bowl, and you would never see somebody rooting harder for you in that Super Bowl than Big Cat was.

Because he had $200,000 on the line. Yeah, no, maybe that's the recipe then that I don't need. Yeah. I'm rooting for the Eagles. I don't care who we play on the other side. I'm rooting for the Eagles. All right, let's wrap up this game. Yes. I don't know about that. Let's wrap up this game. Ravens, what do they do? I don't know that you'd change anything. It's got to be. I mean, they're starting to get to that point of like...

What's happening? I don't know that you make any drastic changes. I don't know that you can look at this game and say, the guys that made mistakes, Mark Andrews, still a good player. Yeah. Did you guys see the tweet from the Ravens? Great player. They tweeted a pregame clip of Mark Andrews warming up and was like, Mark Andrews not affected by the snow. Oh, no.

So maybe you do cut him. Yeah, I just... Yeah, you still have to keep going because you have Lamar Jackson and your window's open as long as you have Lamar Jackson. But this is now... How many years of Lamar Jackson being one of the best quarterbacks in the NFL? And they have not... I mean, they don't... I wonder... Last year probably hurt more. Yeah. Because there were favorites at home against the Chiefs and they lost. A little snow doesn't bother Mark Andrews was the wording on that. Maybe you cut the social media person.

I think what happens is Ravens fans just go into next season with an impending sense of doom. Whereas this season, it was like, okay, this is the year we believe. They still were very optimistic. Lamar was playing as good as he has in his entire career. And they were the hottest team. But next year, you go into the season being a little bit jaded.

I don't know that we can do anything until I see it. Yeah, because they were playing. I mean, you know, they beat the Steelers. They kicked the shit out of the Texans down the stretch. And they were, they were, it felt like everything was clicking at the right time for them. And yeah, they go back to the well. They go back to the well. That's a tough one. That's really, we're going to try to get Stavi on.

So maybe he can answer that for us. I feel bad, but I'm going to have to ask him. I didn't ask him today. I'm going to wait until tomorrow. It kind of sucks. Whoever lost this game was going to have to deal with a significant narrative. Right. Right.

And as members of the media, it's our responsibility to uphold those narratives. Right. And they would have both quarterbacks had stat like Lamar with the turnovers and Josh, they didn't really stretch the field and they didn't let him be himself. So they both, whoever lost was going to have to answer to it. It was going to be execution by the internet. Yeah. Okay. Let's take another break. When we come back, let's talk national championship and also...

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Speaking for myself, I'm going to be on edge all week. Yeah. I mean, to be fair, I'm playing with house money. Max has a lot more to lose than I do right now. Oh, I like this. If the Commanders lose the NFC Championship, this is the start. Like, the window's open. Our window is just, I'm lifting up the window right now. It's cracked, and I'm getting that nice gust of cool air in on a hot summer day. So this is the start of something.

For Max, this is like maybe middle to end of something. The pressure. I feel like I'm playing with house money, but I'm still going to be very nervous this week because it's the biggest game that I've seen since 1992. I don't disagree with anything you just said. Yeah. I think that's why there's a difference in you are...

watching the highlights, you're celebrating the win. It's been over 24 hours now. You're back to work. I watched 14 hours worth of highlights. My phone died. The battery on my phone died twice since the game ended last night because I was watching too many highlights. Yeah, no, I don't. I'm on to next week. I don't care about being in the conference championship. That means so little to me. It's Monday right now. I've moved on. Just turned 12-0-1.

Back to work. Okay. If the Eagles lose on Sunday, this season is a complete failure. What about... If the Commanders lose, which is a terrifying place to be in. Yeah, what about for this podcast will be the lowest point? Will be the lowest point. No, I think it'll be a really downloaded episode. Will it be the lowest point, Max? Yeah, and I have not had...

I don't have a good track record in this. But that's actually way worse that you've had only low points and this will be the lowest point. I mean, the Super Bowl, Max. But I think this might... No, this is worse. The Super Bowl was the opening of a window and you lose to Mahomes and as much as it sucks, it's Patrick Mahomes. He would have to look at you every single day pretty much for the rest of his life because he said he's only going to live to 45. Mm-hmm.

And that will be in his head every single day. And you know PFT would buy every single piece of NFC champion gear. Oh, my God. That would basically be his wardrobe for the next two years. He'd buy the shit that no one will buy. I would make my own. Have you ever seen a plaid NFC championship shirt? You're about to. I have one...

Losing to Hank is worse than losing to PFT, I will say. Have you lost to PFT? No. Well, yes, I have lost. In regular season. Correct. But you're so much more of an asshole. And the look on your face when you went... Like, there's a part of...

PFT will have his moment, and it'll suck to see him, but I won't hate him the way that I hate Hank. However, I do care way more about the Eagles than I do the Sixers, and the Sixers, that was such a long shot for them to... The Eagles have a real chance of winning. They're up 3-2. No, but...

The Sixers are the Sixers. The chances of them... They weren't in a... The Eagles are favored to win the Super Bowl right now. The Sixers were never favored to win the NBA Finals. They're favored to win the Super Bowl, but they're probably going to be underdogs to whoever they play for in the AFC. As of right now, the Eagles are favored to win the Super Bowl. They are in a window. This is a time that you have to win. Right. Especially, I mentioned it earlier, Jaden Daniels

is terrifying. That game against the Lions was incredible. He looked like a guy that I am very scared of for a very long time, and you got to beat him now. You got to beat him now. Yeah, I think if any rookie quarterback is capable of doing what seems to be impossible and winning a Super Bowl in their first year...

What I've seen from Jaden, he seems to be the kind of guy that could do that. That throw to Deami Brown was so fucking good. Yeah. And I'm not saying that... I'm not confident that the Commanders are going to win the Super Bowl, but I think that they could, which is crazy. The growth that we've seen out of this guy. Two games away, you absolutely could. Yeah, we absolutely could. And I'm entitled to thank Soupy now because by thinking Soupy, that just means I'm thinking about this game this weekend. Yeah, 100%. Yeah, I agree. Listen, Max, we said it before we started taping, like...

Things are going to get contentious by the end of the week. I think we're both trying to start this week out not firing the other guy up too much, not talking as much shit because that's naturally going to occur as we get closer to the NFC Championship. But shout out to the NFC East. We are who the people thought the NFC North was. For PMTV, we should do some kind of competition where Hank and I versus MaxPFT let them get maybe closer as friends.

Get him on the same team. I think I'm going to just scout Max this week. I'm going to watch a lot of Max film. I'm going to put out a lot of bad tape, I'll tell you that much. I think we should... Is that a threat? I don't know. Everything I do is bad tape. Oh, he's talking about himself. Oh, himself. Okay. Sleep on it, obviously, and I think we can reconvene Tuesday, but people have been saying it a lot, and you guys do both have long hair. We do. I was thinking maybe a mullet bet. Oh.

I would do... Buy Super Bowl tickets, bet? I think... That's not fair. That is so unfair. I also want to say for the record that if the Eagles... We have our great friends at game time. ...are lucky enough to make it to the Super Bowl, I think Max should attend that game in person. Yeah, so wait. I was going to ask this. Memes, Hank, who are you guys rooting for? So I am in an interesting spot because... Why are you asking Hank? It's such a great... No, no, no. Obviously he has an answer.

Yeah, no shit. I have an answer for everything. Everyone does. I went on a heater a couple weeks ago. I went up like 15 grand on one Sunday, and I was like, I'm going to put a future. I put it on the Eagles. $5,800. Biggest future I've ever put on, plus 450. Right now, I could cash out for 10 grand, so I could cash out and make money, but I don't think I should. No, probably not. So I think I'm going to. I will make a decision by the end of the week. I will also be sleeping on it.

And I thought initially going into this game, I was like, if the Eagles win, I'm cashing out and rooting for the Commanders. Once that happened and I was looking at it, I have thought about it more. And the Eagles, I feel like, are the better team. They got more guys, better defense. Commanders are playing with house money. If they lose, they're not going to be that upset about it. My gut, my Sunday gut is telling me to stick with the Eagles and ride with Max. I think the team is going to be upset they lose. Very upset. Well, obviously. That's what you just said.

I honestly think that's a better scenario for you. Like, I think that that is a reason. Well, Hank's been betting against us all season long, so why mess up a good thing? And people are going to bring up the Commanders. I have $100 on the Commanders to win, like, $1,000. I have $5,800 on the Eagles to win the Super Bowl to win $38,000. And the other thing that I'm thinking about, because I'm, you know, next-level thinker,

The Eagles have a much better chance to beat the Chiefs. That's true. And so I don't want to root for the Commanders, have them win, and then just get smoked by the Chiefs and then three-peat. So I'm leaning heavily Eagles. Memes? No offense, P. That's understandable. That's not a personal thing. Counterpoint. Everyone thought that the Lions were going to smoke the Commanders. The Lions don't have devil magic. That's true.

They have actually like the, they have just the devil on like against them. Yeah. Memes. I woke up, I was going to root for PFT to win the Superbowl. And then he tweeted a picture of Amy Schumer interviewing for the Jets head coaching job. And then I switched. Breaking news, Amy Schumer has just completed her interview. I like that meme. They're talking to everybody. That's all the joke was. But we get to stay in New Orleans till Monday. Well, no, so memes that, yeah, that's, I, I,

We were talking about it before, and if the Eagles go to the Super Bowl... I think you will be able to regardless, memes. Yeah, you might be able to regardless. No, I gotta do the podcast. If the Eagles go to the Super Bowl, Max is gonna go to the Super Bowl, Max? Yes, I would love to go to the Super Bowl. So Max is gonna go to the Super Bowl, but we will not stay in New Orleans because we can easily have Max zoom in after the game. If the Commanders go, PFT is gonna go to the Super Bowl, and we can't do...

a Super Bowl show with PFT and I both on Zoom, so I'd have to stay three extra days in New Orleans, and I want to kill myself just thinking about that. No offense to New Orleans, but I also like to see my kids. Why don't you just fly back and then fly back? That sounds even worse.

That sounds way worse. So it sounds like PFT got a stack. I actually was thinking about. That's fine. Anybody. Anybody. Anytime. Anywhere. I was wanted to root for the commanders. And then I because I want to see Max sad. But then when we mapped out the plans, I was like, wait, what? We have to do to Monday. And then I'm going on vacation on Wednesday. So I basically just wouldn't see my kids for two weeks. And that would suck a lot.

I want to be perfectly clear. I do not give a shit who you guys root for. I know. I just wanted to throw it out there for the listeners. The listeners might want to know who the three of us are. I'm on your side. Thanks, memes. Oh, you're back. No, no, because we're staying until Monday. Oh, me and memes all the way. Always been best friends. That's huge for me. That felt like a graphic. All right, I'm back on Mac. I also might switch. I might switch, too. I might try to figure out how to just not go to New Orleans until the Super Bowl.

Skip Super Bowl weekend. I wish the Bills-Chiefs game was first. Yeah. Because if the Bills win, I'm cashing out and rooting for the Bills. Yeah, it was really nice being able to watch the games today, knowing that I was already in the NFC Championship game. Next week, it's going to suck because I'm either going to... Well, if I lose, I'm going to be so upset during the AFC Championship game that I'm not going to be able to properly enjoy it. Man, this is going to be fun. House money. This is going to be fun.

Yeah, I wish I had house money. In a vacuum. Take your headphones off, BFT. In a vacuum, big cat. Yeah. I think the exact same thing I thought before the Lions-Commanders game. And I ended up betting the Commanders. Now, I didn't bet a money line, but I bet them eight and a half. The Eagles are a better team. Jaden Daniels is special. Like, I don't... If they play this game ten times, I think it's 5-5. Because I think Jaden Daniels just does... Like, if you give him the ball late...

He's going to do something special, and he's going to beat them. So, yeah, on paper, Eagles are way better. Most talented roster in the NFL. They don't have Jaden Daniels. It just keeps sticking in my head. They barely beat him with Kenny Pickett. But it doesn't matter.

There's something going on that you just can't... The Eagles dropped a pick at the end of that game. Didn't they? Didn't they drop a... No, Devontae Smith dropped the first down. That's right, to end the game. That would have ended the game. Right. That shit is happening where it doesn't matter. We should also say, though, that Jaden did throw two interceptions. Wait, you weren't supposed to be listening to that. Yeah, no, I'm just saying. I want to make sure to point that out because Max was going to say we have to talk about that. No, no. I told you no notes, Jaden Daniels. I...

I have given Jayden Daniels the utmost respect in this episode. Yeah. Max and I are both being very careful with our words. Yeah, it's early. It's early in the week. We're going to ease our way into... We're going to work up a lather by Friday. I agree with everything that Big Cat just said, by the way. The Eagles are for sure...

I think you agree with that. The Eagles are the better team, but we don't have... Jaden Daniels is a scary player. I would kind of... Yeah, on paper, the roster... No, they are. The team is better, but Jaden Daniels and the...

team of destiny vibes of the commanders is a thing but you also have to look the lions were better you guys still won that game but the lions were playing scrubs the thing is the lions were not better we were the better team it's not like like our guys were better than their guys on saturday that yeah there's all their guys were yeah no i mean obviously yeah but but in the grand scheme of things if you were like the lions are were the better football team all year the

than the commanders. But on that, yes, obviously on that day, the commanders were better, but overall you wouldn't say that if you look at this whole team. Yeah. Yeah. If we're doing a guy off. Yeah. I would agree with that. What's the most important position quarterback. And that's what, that's what I am. I am. I'm agreeing with you. Yeah. I think I've also realized that I'm for logistics standpoint, uh,

I think I want the Eagles to win the NFC Championship. If the Commanders win the NFC Championship, I think I am going to be rooting for the Commanders in the Super Bowl because I'm going to have to stay an extra three days and I want it to be worth it. Yeah, not against the Bills, though. You're going to root for the Bills. I don't know, dude. Again, it comes down to, like, you actually... Like, that... You're there. And it's, like, your ultimate happiness. I would...

I'd be bitter about Jane Daniels, but I'd be happy for you. And I'd also be like, at least we stayed for you to win. Yeah. Because if you lost, I'd be like, fuck, why'd we stay? On the numbers side of it, misery always does better than being happy, right? Well, we're getting that no matter what. That's the beauty. That's the beauty of this. That is the beauty of this. And we get a chance for double misery, but it can't be against the Chiefs.

Hank is basically what I'm telling you. I'm ready for double misery bills. If you get to, I'm not with you next Sunday, but if you get to the thing, win the whole fucking, but no, actually that's what I'm, that's where I'm at. If you get to the Superbowl, you fucking win that whole thing. I kind of agree. Actually, I would rather have, I do not agree. Max misery.

PFT win the Super Bowl but also I have this fucking stupid like the worst case scenario here is you is is the Chiefs just win I would also say and that's what's gonna happen and it's like we go and we go to the Super Bowl and we have to stay and then that's that's pod misery yeah so that's why I'm like I will be rooting for you I'll also say that if we get to the Super Bowl if we're lucky enough to win the Super Bowl that night

Is statistically my most probable night of dying that I think I've ever had in my life. New Orleans, Super Bowl victory, I'm 40. You're a man. That's like, if you look at a pie chart of different days and how likely I was to die on each day in my entire life, that would be like...

12% of the entire pie that one day. Just promise me if I have to stay three extra days in New Orleans, you win the whole thing. Okay. That's all I ask. Then it's worth it for me. But listen, I'm focused on this week. Yeah, I understand. But could you promise me that? Yeah, I promise you. If the Commanders go to the Super Bowl, I'm going to get more drunk that weekend than I did last year. Than I did the last time. Because I will be so miserable that I am like...

I will be so miserable that I'm there that I am going. I'm probably going to Game of the Year at the Commander's Moneyline to try to make that extra three days in New Orleans worth it. I don't hate it. Yeah. I might have to do that because I might just be like, fuck it. I'm going all in with you. Like, if you're going to be miserable, I'll just join you. Memes also has something to say. I know misery sells, but has anything positive happened to you guys that, like, we know the outcome of that? Like...

Numbers wise? Number wise. Double Doink was the most listened to podcast. No, misery, dude. Misery. Has anything positive happened? No. When Hank was in the victory parade. That was huge. But that's, it's misery. Parting with the Patriots after they won two Super Bowls. Misery is two times what happiness is. Okay. I think it would actually be, I think people would listen at a super high clip if it was commanders, chiefs in the Super Bowl and the

The commanders beat the homes and the chiefs. Yeah. I think that would do some numbers, but it still would be misery. Yeah. Misery is always number one. Sickos and perverts love it, but we don't know. No, I think we know how the internet works means you, you, you are a student of the internet. You live on the internet. I think that, yeah, I think the NFC championship game will be bigger. That will be a bigger episode regardless of what happens in the Superbowl. What clips get watched more when it's like when fans freak out and lose or when fans get happy?

Hank celebrating the Boston Celtics went viral. But freakouts and losses are... Max's Super Bowl loss wasn't bigger? Hank, what you just said was insane, though. You think that the episode after the NFC Championship game is going to be bigger than the episode after the Super Bowl? Potentially, if it's a close... If it's a... If it's a... I don't know about that. Either way, we're in a good spot. God's in AWL. Just not the Chiefs. Good work, boys. Who do you guys like tonight?

Ohio State. Ohio State. Yeah. But I think Lou Holtz is going to be in the building. What are you shaking your head about, Max? I forgot that there was a college game. This is why they shouldn't do. There's been zero buzz about this game. Because they did it in the divisional round. Negative buzz about this game. This is why the season lasts too long. I've been locked in on the NFL. I haven't had time. This game feels like an exhibition. I do think. Not a national championship. I mean, Ohio State's the better team.

I feel like it's one of those things where Notre Dame, two out of ten times maybe, could win this game. They got to get Will Howard to turn the ball over. They got to be able to... I mean, Notre Dame's defense is very good. I do love Notre Dame's rushing attack too. Yeah, and Riley Leonard's going to have to play perfect. But it could be there. Get him into a tight game. Let Marcus Freeman out. Coach Ryan Day. I'm worried about Notre Dame's rush defense and...

Yeah. Yeah, if Ryan Day is sweating in the second half, he's going to drop the ball. And the problem with Ohio State, like obviously everyone knows Jeremiah Smith and they got dudes everywhere, but like their defense, their defensive line is so nasty and they'll just be able to get pressure with four and be able to play coverage. And Notre Dame doesn't exactly have like, they don't have a Jeremiah Smith. That's really what it comes out. They don't have a difference maker on the outside. Although Faison, yeah.

Yeah, he's quick. He could do something. It's probably Ohio State. But yeah, the college football season goes on too long. Also, we talked about it with Booger, so if you want a full preview. I'm okay with the season going on this long because it's more football. We have a meaningful football game tomorrow night, but also I was not thinking at all about college football this week. I'm not saying do less football. Just do it earlier. Yeah. There's spots in the schedule where they could just...

be like, Hey, we're going to play a game instead. And now the, the college football national championship should be like January 10th at the latest. Yeah. That's, that's what it feels like. Make week zero week one.

Or just get rid of the conference championships and start the playoffs. Yeah. That's really what it is. Just give the conference championship to whoever the home, like whoever would have won the home team seating for the conference championship. Also, there's an entire week between conference championship week and the, or two weeks between conference championship week and the playoffs. Yeah. But also keep our army Navy as a standalone. You might have to play it on a different day.

I don't like that. I like that as a standalone. Yeah. I just, it's too late. It's too late for it. Okay. Let's finish up. Okay. Before we get to who's back in the week, we are brought to you by Dove's men. As you prepare to host game day celebrations, what are some possible whole body odor related issues you may encounter that make you less confident in your hosting duties?

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So Saturday. Our national nightmare is over. Yeah, Saturday. Because there was an announcement last week that they were banning TikTok on January 19th. Saturday, if you went on TikTok, every single person was basically there's people crying. Everyone was acting like the world was ending. People in this office asking us to not fire them. People in this office asking us to not fire them. What's going to happen? How is this going to affect us?

You would have thought the world was ending. The funny trend that was happening was like, you know, TikTokers and influencers that got big on the TikTok app were basically revealing all their dirtiest secrets. Like, oh, you know, one last day on this app, I might as well tell you this. And then just tell like, basically them like lying about something or doing something nefarious. It's like the plane's going to crash. And so you just confess your love to the person that you're next to. Yes. But in this analogy, like life does go on.

Well, basically, that's what's the almost famous. It was basically that scene in Almost Famous because it got banned, I think, 10 o'clock, and then the next Sunday morning it was back. Just completely fine. But what a smart marketing move by TikTok to have everybody celebrate the death of your app, talk about how great it is, start crying because they can't use your app anymore. Boom, we're back.

That's a great move. It wasn't even 24 hours. I thought it was going to be maybe till the inauguration like officially happened, but no, they just, they brought it back Sunday morning. Yeah. Yeah. So we're back. So TikTok is back. What about all the influencers that signed up for, for what is it? Red scare? Red note. Red note. Yeah. The Chinese government owned app. That's like glorify. I think in the terms of service, it said to promote the values of socialism. Mm-hmm.

Yeah, and we were like sharing, there was a bunch of clips of like people sharing videos from aircraft carriers and shit. Yeah. Not great. So TikTok back. TikTok's back. I think they said they're doing like a 90-day extension and then it might be banned again, but there's just no way that it ever gets banned. I thought the Supreme Court, was it like 9-0? It was unanimous and it upheld the ban.

But it's back. So how, like... We're back. Yeah, we're back. If you can beat a 9-0 Supreme Court vote... They beat the allegations. Yeah, we're back. That's like having infinity stars in GTA. It also is like, Zuckerberg is... Are we much better? Are the other apps much better? Like, everyone's going to switch. Like, I don't... I've never understood that part of it. Well, the thing about... I read something, and I think it was from... It's the devil you know versus the devil you don't. Yeah, from the court briefing on what they were saying about TikTok. I think...

That with TikTok, if you have TikTok and let's say your mom doesn't have TikTok, by you being on TikTok and allowing access to your contacts, the Chinese government now has access to everything about your mom, who's not even on the app. But they have that shit anyway. Yeah, they have it all. They have it all. Everyone has it all. Big Brother's watching everything. If you have an iPhone...

Everything's out there. TikTok, though, congrats to everyone who makes a living on TikTok because that would have sucked for them. Yeah. Like, there's a lot of people who are probably freaking the fuck out. Yeah, there was real tears going on. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

Also, did you see Snacking Girl came back? I did see that. That was great. That was awesome. That was great. She did the snacking. Oh, she ran it back? Yeah. She's like, this might be the end. Here it is. One last time. Yeah. All right, PFT, your who's back? My who's back of the week, well, I have an update on the Falconer for Lazio. Oh. So he disputes the claim. To refresh your memory, he's the Falconer for the soccer team Lazio that got kicked off the team. He never needed the surgery.

Because he got a penis enhancement surgery and then he barricaded himself inside the team facility to protest his firing. He is claiming that he never barricaded himself inside the team facility, rather that he had a medical condition after the surgery where if he stood up,

he would have started bleeding from his penis. Oh. And he said, I have a medical certificate. If I get up, I will lose blood from my penis. So he's got a note from the doctor saying the only reason he barricaded himself was because he was not allowed to stand up and move around. Got it. So we'll see. As of now, still fired. I don't think the Falconer was ever in any immediate danger, but we do advocate for his reinstatement as Falconer, official team Falconer ASAP.

My other Who's Back of the Week is Woolly Mammoths. They're back. There's a company called Colossal Biosciences, and they just raised $200 million. Their company is valued at $10.2 billion.

to bring back and clone woolly mammoths. Whoa. And I'd say it's, it's high time that this happened. That's pretty, I've been waiting for a billionaire to actually do Jurassic park. Ever since that movie came out, we had the technology, like what bad could happen from reinventing all these old extinct animals. Yeah. So woolly mammoths might be back soon, which I would, I would fucking love to see woolly mammoths walking around out there. Yeah. Why not? We got coyotes. Let's do it. Why not? Woolly mammoths. Yeah. Let's fucking do it. I'm all in. Um,

All right, my who's back. I got two. The Dodgers, they signed another guy who's going to be incredible. Two of them, Tanner Scott and Sasaki. They're just really fucking good. I don't really know what else to say. Yeah, he wanted to be a Dodger because he grew up loving Jackie Robinson. Oh. That's what he said. Nice. And then my other who's back is Gungirl.

aka poop girl oh yeah she's back she's doing interviews again i debated her one time yeah yeah yeah yeah it was she's uh hot and heavy she's uh yeah she says she said i'm back first time on campus in five years i didn't debate her about anything political i debated her on whether or not she pooped her pants ah i took the position of yes she did and she said no yeah i won the debate yeah she said stay tuned for some wild conversations about transgenderism and abortion at usf great awesome that sounds fun

I saw it because someone quoted it. It was like her face looks like when you eat mushrooms and you look at yourself in the mirror. I thought that was funny. Yeah. All right. I'm glad she's back. Welcome back. Okay. Good show, boys. What a week we got coming up. Huge week. What a week we got coming up. Max, let's just agree that this week a lot of stuff is going to be said.

There's no but after that. Just a lot of stuff is going to be said this week. That's it. I'm like, nah. Yeah, this is... I mean, you're not in a... Like, you just need the game to kick off. Because you're not... You're not in exactly a... I'm going to say that you versus PFT in a battle of words, wits... I'm cooked. It's not going to go your way. Yeah, you're calling for daddy. You want daddy to fly... You're trying to fly out Roan. Facts.

You need Roan. Facts. You need him. For the record, I do not want Roan to fly out. Not because I don't like hanging out with Roan and being with him. Roan scares me. You need Roan. Roan and Big Dom scare me. You need Roan. Bad. Real bad. Real, real bad. I mean, the words doesn't really... If the Eagles... It's just whoever wins. Yeah, but Roan will give you support to feel like you can fight a fight. And then the backup is Conor Griffin.

Yeah. No, no, yeah. I love Connor Griffin. I love Connor Griffin. Is there a but? Anything else? We said no buts. We did say no buts. I mean, also, Pug's here. Pug is here. Pug is an Eagles fan. Pug, you want to talk shit? No, no. It's NFC East respect. We respect each other. Love that. Love that Pug. Is Jack here? Jack is here. Where is he? Pug.

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Jack. Jack's a Lions fan. Yes. What do you got? Um...

Honestly, I will take that loss if it means OSU loses tomorrow. That's probably not going to happen. Yikes. I know. Who did you think you were making that deal with? If this is the universe's plan, then you're kind of okay with it. We did establish that God is an AWL, so maybe you can tell him right now, like, hey, dude, I really need you to get OSU to lose. So Lions are obviously second behind Michigan football. Yes. Yeah. Yeah.

Man, that was really sad coming out of your mouth, dude. Because OSU's probably going to win, and then you're going to have Lions lost, and then... Yeah, it's going to be a rough week. That's a hell of a cope that he's in right now. You went to bed on Saturday night, and you're like, well, at least this probably means that OSU's going to lose. There's a chance. All the bad things can happen.

Oh, man. All right, I'm rooting for Notre Dame now, for your sake. Thank you. It's funny that Notre Dame is like the plucky underdog. Yeah. America's rooting for Notre Dame. Nobody believes in them. Okay, numbers. 17. 5. 8. 3. 99. 11. 45. 21. 85. Love you guys.