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I'm probably not being gracious either. Just
because I said it doesn't mean it's true. Although
most Americans, when they hear it, they think
it's true. So, except our listeners. Yes, yes.
And on that, you see I put our battery pack up
on the table now because I wanted to keep these
chairs open in case anybody wanted to drop by
and talk to us. Oh, yeah, that'd be great. Yeah,
so open invitation. So I wanted to have a place
for someone to sit down and join in. I love that.
That is great, because that's inviting. I think
the other day, people looked and they'd seen
empty space, so they just stood there. Yeah.
That's good. And now we just go, here, have a
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and I'm glad I remembered. Yeah, I am too. Well,
we'll see how well it works. I think it'll work
pretty well. It usually does. Yeah. I'd like
to start off with Travis Kelsey. Okay. Oh, thank
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It was fun while it lasted, wasn't it? Alright,
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Okay, Travis Kelsey, he stated on the New Heights
podcast, which of course is the two brothers.
Yeah. Okay. He said if he feels good, he wouldn't
mind going again. Yeah, I saw that. If he thinks
he can actually, you know. Do a full 18 to 21
week season. Yes. Yeah. I kind of think he's
coming back. Yeah, he's definitely looking to
leave the door open. My first instinct when I
saw that was that it didn't really mean anything.
But the longer you think about it, it's like
he didn't have to say that. He didn't have to
say anything like that. No, he could say, I just
didn't have my mind made up. Yeah, but he intentionally
wanted that on the record that he could be, what
did he say, I could be talked into coming back
if his body will let him. So that's a way to
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hot coffee Anyway, oh yeah, by saying I could
be talked into coming back, that's a way to not
make it definite. Well, I will come back. It's
a way to add a little qualifier in there. I think
he's got to talk. He's got to talk before he
misses. Yeah, absolutely. Absolutely. Because
there's... Can't talk first. There are undoubtedly
many, many business opportunities that he could
pursue with... His soon -to -be wife, Taylor
Swift. Yes. I personally feel that if he does
retire, remember I said this first. I said this
like a month ago. He's going to come back. As
soon as Mahomes got injured, he's going to come
back for one game. Mahomes is going to throw
him a pass. He's going to walk off the field,
and everybody's going to give him an ovation.
Wow, that's a good thought. That's a good thought.
I almost guarantee that's what's going to happen.
Yeah. Because how unright? How not right would
it be for him to leave with his last pass from
Shane Buchel? Yeah. Nothing against Buchel. Yeah.
His last pass should be from the Holmes. Yeah,
yeah. And he has been let go already. Yeah. Yeah,
yeah. Yeah, it's not going to happen unless he
gets let go again. Yeah. I don't know. Did Buffalo
grab him? I think Buffalo signed him back, yeah.
Well, good. At least he's got a shot at doing
something. Even though I think Buffalo is going
to lose, but we'll get into that a little bit
later. That kind of gives the impression still
that the Buffalo Bills organization and the Kansas
City Chiefs organization, at least front office
-wise, they get along and they help each other.
It looks for all the world like they just loaned
the Chiefs Shane Bushell for how long they need
him, and then the Chiefs gave him back. That's
what it looks like. And remember when they traded
with the Chiefs? So we could trade up and get
the receiver we wanted. And then we did that
with Mahomes too. Yeah. So it really seems to
be that the Bills and the Chiefs like to maintain
that rivalry on the top. But behind the scenes,
they help each other quite a bit. It's interesting.
Maybe it goes back to when Art still left the
Chiefs and went to Buffalo. Could be. I don't
know if he's an end or a tackle, but I think
he wore number 87. Yeah. Big guy. I think it
was Polynesian, Samoan, somewhere in that area.
Samoan or something like that, yeah. He was like
the last good player on the Chiefs. Yeah, poor
guy. Nobody else was working, just him. Yeah,
so of course they trade him for draft picks,
which is what you do. Anyway, back to Kelsey.
Yeah, it's definitely going to be an interesting
discussion. with the financial advisors from
both Swift and Kelsey, kind of talking things
out and saying, this is the best way forward.
Here's what we could miss out on if you don't
play football. Here's what we could miss out
on if you do play football. They kind of weigh
it back and forth. So that's going to be, even
if Kelsey's feeling good enough, that's going
to be a major decision point is, what am I giving
up by playing another season? Well, the one thing
is, if he plays another season, he has more shots
and more records. This is true. This is true.
And that, you know, in addition to personal satisfaction,
that is definitely a bargaining point for the
deals you make with other companies. Endorsements
and spokespersons and that kind of stuff. I mean,
he could actually just stay status quo and be
okay. Yeah. His podcast, him and his brother's
podcast, is worth how much? 300 million or something?
Yeah, sounds about right. Yeah, so all his endeavors
have been very much money -making, very lucrative.
So why does he worry about it? The only thing
that's left is he did the COVID vaccine commercials,
but I don't really recall him being in anything
else. No, not for quite a while. Because now
Josh Allen's doing all the commercials for whatever
reason. Yeah, yeah. Who did I see? I saw somebody
else on a commercial with some other team's quarterback,
and I thought, that's interesting that, you know,
of course he gets an endorsement deal, but why
are they showing it here in Kansas City? Who
was that? I remember, and it wasn't anybody that.
I keep trying to say Kyler Murray, but I know
it wasn't him. No, but it was like that. Yeah,
it was kind of that style of quarterback. that
far removed from Kansas City. Oh yeah, you can
see that C .J. Stroud is on. Yeah, C .J. Stroud
I kind of understand because I think there is
a nice rivalry building between the Houston Texans
and the former Dallas Texans. Yeah, I think so.
It was nice of the Houston team to ask permission
from Lamar Hunt and say, can we use that old
name that he said, cool, go for it. Yeah, no,
I thought that was cool too, that he didn't try
to block it or anything. Okay, so on a percentage
point, what percent do you give Kelsey coming
back? 33. One and three. Okay. I'm going to give
it two and three. I think that his thirst to
win has not been quenched with his last season.
That's a very good point. And I think that...
Taylor will understand. She'll be like, you know
what? She has more funds than anybody in the
game, you know? And she's competitive too. Yes,
so I think very much so. That two out of three,
he's coming back. And all the rest are just the
stuff that you cannot predict. Life going on,
everything else. So, oh well. Interesting. Okay.
You got something you want to go into? You want
to go into the... No, go ahead. We have the picks
that we made last week. Yes. We both chose Seattle
over the 49ers, and we were correct there. I'm
trying to remember my impressions when I watched
the game. I've got to take the lid off that and
let it cool down a little bit. Okay. My impression
was San Francisco got annihilated. It was the
impression I remember. Did they lose a number
of players during the game? Yeah. Okay, then
I'm remembering the right game. But, yeah, I
can pin the memory to the event. That was Seattle
looking damn good. It didn't matter. Seattle
was shutting them down. Yeah. Completely shutting
them down on every level. Now, the defense had
a lead. I'm kind of changing my check now. Because
I always said Sam Garber. If they can keep people
like they have been, they shut down San Francisco
to three points. Three points. And that's potent
offense, you know? Yeah, Chicago, they scored
42 on Chicago the previous week. Yeah. So. That
tells me something right there about how much
better this Seattle defense is. They built from
scratch, by the way, pretty much. Yeah. With
draft picks, almost. That's true. That's true.
They've been quiet. From my perspective, they
seem like they've very quietly built a team and
not a lot of fanfare moves or big -name signees.
It's just kind of like, yeah, we're just getting
it done. Yeah. Kind of a stealth build. Yeah,
I mean, yeah, I love the way they did it. It
was stealth build. It was just kind of like on
the low, the people in Nunu. You can have that
last one, by the way. Those pickles are so good.
Oh, aren't they? Yeah. Thank you so much. Yeah,
absolutely. Yeah, and the Rams, they still look
inconsistent, don't they? At one time, I was
sold on the Rams, and here's why. I told my boss
this because he's a big Rams fan. Okay, history
repeats itself. Every year the Chiefs haven't
made it there, the Rams have been there. I'll
give you an example. 2019, the famous Dee Ford
finger over the line. Rams played in the Super
Bowl, the Patriots, and lost to Tom Brady his
last season there. And then, fast forward to
2023. And they faced Cincinnati and won because
Mahomes threw an interception in overtime. Yeah.
So. That's interesting. They're just trading
back and forth. Yeah. After watching all the
events, I'm going to say I don't care about that
now. Yeah. The Rams just don't seem to have it
together at all. Matthew Stafford might be having
an MVP season, but you have to have everybody
on board. I mean, it could be said for Sam Darnold,
actually. I mean, yeah, he's holding the court
down quite well. Yeah. You know, I'm kind of
picturing, like, maybe 10 % chance this happens.
But imagine a total underdog come -from -behind
story for the Rams to make it all the way to
the Super Bowl. I could see that happening. Where
they're behind in every game and they struggle
and they overcome, kind of like Elway always
seemed to manage to do with the Broncos. Kind
of like the Chiefs did. That could be an interesting
storyline. I give that, as I said, about a 10
% chance of happening. But if it did happen,
that would be pretty compelling. It would be
one hell of a storyline, too, wouldn't it? So
I'm saying look for a lot of calls to go the
Rams way if that's what they want. Yeah. Let's
see, there was a team that rested a lot of starters
and dropped down one point in the seeding, and
we're okay with it. I can't remember that team.
Was it the Eagles? No, not the Eagles. Texans?
Yeah, I think so. Yeah. I thought that was a
peculiar move. It really was. Well, I think maybe
the thought was, I forgot the gentleman's name
is their head coach. I did too. Oh, well. Okay,
so I can see his face clearly. I just can't think
of his name. Yeah. All right, so I think that
with their defense being as good as it is, his
feeling is, who cares? We've got four people
that can get to the quarterback at any time,
don't care. That's an interesting turnaround
from, oh, thank you. Yeah. Normally the philosophy
is don't worry about the next game because you
won't be there if you don't win this game. But
he took the approach of I am going to worry about
the next game because it matters a whole hell
of a lot more than this game does. Actually,
I like it. That's a good point. Yeah. History
will tell. Put some crumbs down for the birds.
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. They love the crumbs. yeah
and make sure they're near people that don't
like birds yeah yeah oh there we go um okay uh
go ahead with it okay we were doing our predictions
um next up we both picked the panthers over the
bucks and the bucks look pretty sad It's really
weird to think how much Baker Mayfield changed
over the course of the season. Oh, I know. I
mean, there's got to be some reason. Like I said
in the last podcast, I hope he's not hiding an
injury again. I hope not either. So something
else must have changed. I don't know, you know,
because earlier in the season, I remember he
was on fire with all those comeback drives. He
had like five in a row or something. Yeah, yeah.
So, yeah, I don't know. Very interesting point
there. But, you know, if you're flipping a coin
over and over, every once in a while you'll get
five heads in a row. Maybe that's what it was
like early in the season with Mayfield. He got
lucky five games in a row, and then his luck
ran out. Maybe. I mean, and people are comparing
it. I remember seeing Monday Night Football when
they did that, and they were talking about when
he was with the Rams briefly. Oh, yeah. And he
came in, and he got made like 10 passes in a
row in the plausible 22nd. touchdown you know
drive if there is a finite reservoir of good
fortune good luck karma whatever he's been using
his up it's gone now yeah well i don't know he
could be injured because he does have a track
record of doing that yeah He didn't look injured,
you know, the game before. He looked pretty fired
up and stuff. I don't think he was, honestly.
I think just not that good, not as good as we
thought. Yeah. Inconsistent teams are starting
to show their inconsistencies. Yeah. Say that.
Inconsistent teams starting to show their inconsistencies.
Yeah, okay. I'd hate to have to translate that
to another language. You know what? But at least
the game was close. It was 23 -20 if I remember
correctly. Yeah. Look how hard it's raining now.
Nice. That's good. All right. Next up, Chargers
at Broncos. And we both picked the Broncos, which
of course happened. I think that Jim Harbaugh
is not there yet. Not there yet. Yeah. One of
his problems, although people will argue with
this, is his quarterback. Yeah, yeah, yeah. His
quarterback in big games doesn't show up. Yeah.
And I noticed how the television coverage made
sure to show Herbert on the bench with his helmet
off looking bewildered. Oh, yeah. It's like,
that's not a good sign. No. But I agree with
you. The Chargers. are most of a really good
team and they're most of what it takes to be
the heavy playoff contender. But yeah, they're
not quite there yet. It's kind of actually scary
as a Chiefs fan to see the Chargers and the Broncos
figuring out. what to do next and then doing
it. There's no gimme's. There's no gimme's in
this division anymore. But you know what? I like
that. I do too. The cakewalkers usually get destroyed.
Yes. If we can survive the AFC West, we're going
to cruise through the playoffs. Every year, I
think the important thing is with teams like
that, the Raiders are going to be on the rise.
Tom Brady's over there directing things. Yeah,
he's not going to let them be the punching bag
again next year. If you can come up half on all
those teams and almost sweep the rest, which
you shouldn't be able to do when someone like
Mahomes and the team around him shouldn't be
an issue, win half of those games. Let's say
you win all your home games, lose all your away
games to your division. Yeah. That's still good
enough. Oh, yeah. If you win a majority of the
games after that to at least get through the
playoffs. If not, you know, if not win the division.
Yeah. So I'm not convinced on Bo Nix. Not quite,
no. I mean, he's looked great, but then, you
know, as I say, inconsistencies again. And at
this point, since he's been starting and been
playing every single game, he's still doing some
things that I thought he should have outgrown
by now. So that's a little point of concern.
But, you know, maybe the Broncos will change
their quarterback's coach. With Sean Payton,
I see him doing that. I can see him doing that
really easily going, you know, I need to fine
-tune him better. And, look, Bo Nix is still
up for debate how good he is because he's still
being formed. Yeah, yeah. I think plenty of what
you want in a championship quarterback is there
available in Bo Nix. It needs to be, as you say,
refined and the other stuff. kind of stripped
away. I think the potential is definitely there.
Yeah, and another thing is he's not ever going
to be a gunslinger, I don't think, per se. Yeah,
and let's hope they don't need him to be. He's
not going to do that, yeah. Gunslinger teams
have a short window of success. Yeah. Well, that's
how come all the teams have to change, the Chiefs
did, everybody. It's kind of like, you know,
this is cute, this is nice, but they're going
to catch up with it. So we need to build up that
defense. People as old as me will remember the
run -and -shoot offense taking hold in the NFL
and became super popular. One year there was
like five different teams. Houston was one. Houston
Oilers were the biggest with Warren Moon. Warren
Moon was great, run -and -shoot. Everyone just
goes out and you hit whoever. Every play is a
pass play. You basically have no running game
and you just try to massively out -scroll your
opponent. And it's built on throwing as quick
as you can. Yeah. fast, catching the opponent
off guard. It worked very well for a couple of
years, and then now you don't see it anymore.
Yeah, I was going to say that. After a year or
two, they figured it out, and everybody dropped
it because it just didn't work anymore. Yeah,
I mean, Warren Moon was tough. I mean, you know,
after beating his wife for several years, he's
a... Allegedly. Allegedly. Allegedly. As I recall,
the strength of the run and shoot was you put
five receivers out every play. Every play, yes.
And in the first... a couple seconds, you should
find somebody open. But what defenses didn't
counter that was have an incredibly strong pass
rusher up the middle that would take away those
two or three seconds that you needed. And I remember
Moon getting planted quite a few times. Oh, he
did? Yeah. No wonder he's so angry when he got
home. Yeah. He probably hurt. No kidding. Allegedly.
Imagine Mark Gastineau landing on you. Oh, yeah.
Yeah, that would hurt. After he'd just been pegged
by his... Uh, Britt Eklund's girlfriend. Yeah.
My butt hurt. I'm going to kill butt hurt. Oh,
yeah, that's right. Feel that? That's nothing
in my pocket. So, all right, let's see. So that's
Chargers -Broncos. Okay, yeah, Broncos are, you
know, they won solidly. I mean, the Chargers
didn't look like they had much to offer like
we thought. Yeah, and realistically, I think
the Broncos have a better chance in the postseason
than the Chargers would have. Yes. If their roles
were switched. Yeah, so Denver deserves that
number one seeding. They deserved it. And the
Chargers deserve that number six or five if they
got it. Yeah. And they're lucky the Chiefs aren't.
Yeah. Because they'd probably be facing them
Saturday or Sunday. Yeah, and the Chiefs would
love to be spoilers, wouldn't they? Yes. With
Mahomes. Yes. With Mahomes, not Shane Boucher.
No. All right, anyhow. In our last game, really,
in almost every single way, kind of could have
gone either way and you'd be okay with it. That's
the Ravens at the Steelers. Yeah, either one,
it would have been interesting to see them play.
Yes, yes, and both teams seem to be equally unprepared
for the postseason. Yes. Whichever team lost
was going to fire their head coach. It was more
likely that Tomlin would let go, but firing John
Harbaugh in Baltimore, it's kind of what we were
talking about with Sean McDermott. Even though
you're having very successful seasons, You can't
make it over that final obstacle, so we need
to find somebody who can. Yeah. And I think John
Harbaugh was a victim of that. Yeah, he was.
And Sean McDermott may be a victim of that if
they don't make a really good showing. I got
to thinking about it, and at first I was really
shocked. I'm like, they really got rid of the
Super Bowl winner perennial playoffs? Playoffs.
Okay. That was, the Super Bowl win was with Joey
Flacco. In the early 2000s. So it's quite a while
ago. So I don't think they're even looking at
that. That's been tossed out. The body of work
since they had Lamar Jackson has been this. Playoffs
and out. Playoffs and out. They've never reached
a promised land. And what is the whole purpose
of playing in the NFL? Win the championship.
Yes. So he's failed every year. except for that
magical season 23 years ago where Joe Flacco
was on fire. He never got on that again. I mean,
he beat Tom Brady head -to -head. He threw some
passes that were just insane what they were catching.
You know, from a business standpoint, you still
benefit greatly from making it to the postseason
and winning a game or so. Yeah. And teams are
usually pretty happy with that. But if it goes
on year after year after year and everybody else
is winning the Super Bowl and you're not and
you can't capitalize on that, it starts to grate
on you. Yeah. It's like we're almost there. We
just need one more push. And if this coach can't
do it, I'll find somebody who can. How about
Marty Schottenheimer? Yeah. Everybody loved him
at first. He was the best because he was getting
us in the playoffs finally. He finally had a
team that could maybe do it. But he could never
get over that hump. Which is the same thing that
happened to him in Cleveland before he got to
Kansas City. I've got to give him one ounce of
credit, though, in Cleveland. Ernest Bynum. If
it wasn't for that guy, he would have made it
to the Super Bowl. He would have. And, you know,
maybe we would never have gotten him here. Probably
not. If he would have made it to the Super Bowl,
we'd never have gotten him here. But history
is history. His son, Brian. Did a better job
down there with the Cowboys than I thought he
was going to do. Yeah, definitely. He must have
really matured and grown up a lot. And I'm not
saying like he was ever stupid or immature. What
I'm saying is he fine -tuned his game skills.
Yeah. And he's much better. And he is deserving
of a head coach now. I was wrong about him. I
thought he was going to be one and done. No,
I think he's a guy that's going to be around
in the league a while. He definitely is looking
more impressive. I mean, the Cowboys lost the
game, but still, Schottenheimer looks like he's
got it going on, and he looks like the kind of
guy who can talk Gary Jones into moving on from
Dak Prescott at some point. They're going to
have to. I mean, I don't know what else to say
except, like, try Jack. Yep. He's the biggest
try -jacker around. Yep. Yeah, because he'll
look like a guy that's going to win you and take
you to the promised land. And then he gets in,
if he gets to the playoffs, he messes it up somehow.
Yeah. Those interceptions. Or how about the time
he was, I think it was a playoff game where he
was too slow, gave too long a scrimmage and the
game ended? Yep. Clock management. Yeah, clock
management. Yeah, there's only so long you can
handle that before you just are so frustrated
at the constant disappointment and let down.
I mean, I've seen that meme everywhere. It's
like a circle. Preseason, you know, Cowboys look
great this year. Then the next step is we beat
up on some lame teams and make it to the playoffs.
Then the next step is. lose in the playoffs and
say, well, maybe next year. And then the cycle
just starts all over again. They get your hopes
up every preseason. They look good for a while,
and then they crumble and never make it. Yeah.
Okay, so here's my thought on this. Who did Tony
Romo replace in Dallas? He was a really good,
prominent quarterback, but he didn't have any.
Or Prescott never really did. Was there somebody
between Romo and Aikman? Did they bring in Bledsoe
for a year? I think that was Bledsoe. Yeah, yeah,
because Tom Brady took his job in New England,
and then Romo took his job in Dallas, and then
finally he just retired. Yeah, he played briefly
for the Bills, I think. I think so, too, and
was ousted out of there, too. By this time, he
was getting too old, to be fair. He's a fine
quarterback. in his day. But you never know if
that knee ever really came back. I don't think
it really did, honestly. The medical technology
back then just wasn't as good. No. It just really
wasn't. But the pressure to get back on the field
and perform was just as great as it is now. Yeah,
so the need to win playoffs is extremely important.
And Tony Roman was another one that he'd get
you there, but he couldn't get you any further.
Yeah, I remember him fumbling the placement of
a field goal or an extra point or something.
Was that in a playoff game? Yeah, it was. So,
yeah, that's the way it goes. I mean, if you
can't produce, you're not going to. You have
to win a championship to be considered a successful
coach. And I think I've mentioned this before,
and even if something isn't your fault, the cumulative
effect can still get you. I worked with somebody
at one of the post offices I was at, and in the
span of about two years, he had five accidents.
Not one of them was his fault. Not one of them
he could have prevented, but they still fired
him because he attracted accidents. He said,
you know, we can't ignore that wherever you go,
accidents happen, so if we eliminate you, we
eliminate those accidents. Yeah, and I've heard
that. I've had that done to a friend of mine
that was working as a delivery guy, too. Oh,
yeah. Probably pretty common. Yeah, and the reason
is they told him, they said, that you put yourself
in situations where people can cause an accident.
Yeah, that's a good point. And there's probably
a lot of truth to that. We just can't really
see why it happens. It kind of comes down to
decision -making on just a... moment -by -moment
basis? Do you make the decisions that make you
safer or do you make the decisions that put you
at risk? I've got a great way to describe it.
Right here at the City Market, they have very
narrow parking spaces. Yes, they do. That's why
I always get hit here. People can't negotiate.
So this place puts me in a position to get in
an accident. Yeah, so I mean yeah, so they look
at that gentleman like that, and I am like my
friend, too They told him they said you know
it's something You may not be the fault of it,
but you're causing something to make this happen
to you so many times. That's what they told him.
Yeah, but unlike your guy they fired him out
of that job and they gave him a a job inside
the plant. Oh, that's good. Yeah, yeah, they
said, look, we're, you know, just don't be wrecking
the forklifts like that. Don't get a wreck with
forklifts. Give him a job where he stands at
a machine and writes down numbers all day. Yeah,
well, he actually became a supervisor. He did
very well. He went to another place and became
a plant manager. So whatever he's doing out there,
I guess he just can't drive. He can do everything
else okay. Let's hope he takes an Uber to and
from work. I think I might have, I think at one
point, that's funny, I think at one point I gave,
remember those yellow cap cards that were yellow?
Yeah. I think I gave them one at one point, just
to be a dick. I said, hey, you might want to
invest in this. Of course. Thanks a lot. Walks
off thinking, fuck you, I'm getting ready to
be a supervisor, I'll get your ass back. I can't
remember where I saw this. It might have been
on a Saturday Night Live skit. But the premise
was a guy goes to the hospital to visit his best
friend who's just had their first child. So he
goes to the nursery and looks at the kid, and
then he goes out and buys his friend a package
of condoms. The Sculpinstein's daughter. Oh,
yeah. Yeah. Well, that reminds me. I'm actually
dressed like a homeless person today in honor
and memory of Ms. Galveston. Yes. We're going
to have to go over all her accomplishments one
day. Yeah, definitely. Yeah. Yeah. It's a long
list. It's probably going to be about a three
-hour podcast. We're going to leave some stuff
out. Oh, yeah. So much. So much. Yeah. Amazing
woman. Allegedly a woman. Yes. Don't get into
that. Allegedly. Do you want to go over the coaches?
Oh, no, no. Go ahead. No. Most of the rest of
what I got here is from music groups. Oh, okay.
All right. Well, I got some stuff here, so we're
good. I know you do. All right. I have bullet
points, too. The best segment ever in modern
history. I just got a shiver down my back when
you said bullet points. Yeah. I think there's
some goodies on there, too. Oh, yeah. All righty.
We're fired coaches. Yeah. Carol. Yeah, kind
of figured that. Yeah, well, here's something
important. I brought this up last night on the
podcast last night. Every time the Raiders fire
a head coach, change the batteries on your smoke
detector. Very important. Oh, good idea. Yeah.
Yeah, make sure. So those batteries don't last
forever. No, no, they last about a year. So you
need to get in there as soon as you find out
they fired a head coach. Get in there and check
your batteries. That's probably a more reliable
method than changing them out when you spring
forward or fall back. Yes, yeah. Because you
can count on the raiders firing a little more
than you can on daylight savings time. Yeah,
yeah, on daylight savings time. A little uncertain
there. Yeah, yeah, a little uncertain there.
Pete Carroll, Raiders. Yeah. I can't say he deserved
it. He was... Okay, let me put it like this.
Someone tells you to make a meat lasagna, okay?
Yeah. And they give you a bowl of shit. Yeah.
It doesn't work. No. He got a bowl of shit and
was told to produce meat lasagna. This is true.
Coaches are often used as a scapegoat because
they're the person you can fire. I think they
wanted him to make them a little bit more relevant
while they rebuild it. That's a good point. And
actually they went backwards. And he seemed kind
of out of touch with the modern NFL. That was
the part that I was going to get into right there.
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. Keep going. Keep
going. Yeah, in the press conferences, he really
didn't seem to catch on to what the current things
you say are. Yes, yep. He couldn't get off the
rah -rah of our quarterback's great, he's wonderful,
he's perfect. No, people tend to be a little
more realistic these days. Yeah, he's the only
guy that's in love with Geno Smith. Yeah, yeah.
Including Geno Smith. But that definitely, that
struck me every time I saw him speak, was that
he just seemed a little out of touch with the
modern image of the NFL. That's what did him
in. That's what did him in, I'm certain. Image
is a very important thing for teams. It really
is. Yeah. That's true. No, he looked like a confused
old man. Yeah. He really did. And I love Pete
Carroll. Yeah. He was a very good coach in a
lot of years for a number of different teams
and college. Yeah. And a professional. Yeah.
But it was time, even though it was after a year.
I can't say it was fair, and I'll never say it
was fair, but I will say it was time. Yeah. But
life isn't fair. No. You know? And when you sign
with the Raiders, you've got to know they have
a quick trigger. Yeah, Topher was born with an
unusually large penis. But he was dealt that
way. I mean, he can't help it. Every day he has
to band -aid, or not band -aid, he has to take
rubber bands and bring it up and kind of hide
it. Because if not, it causes a lot of issues.
A lot of issues. I remember Frank Sinatra had
special pants made for him. So his enormous salami
could hang down on one side and people wouldn't
see it. Thank God he never got a boner in the
middle of a performance. Oh my gosh, yeah. Would
have torn right through that fabric. Allegedly.
It's fucked up what we find out about stars afterwards.
Just like Milton Berle. Yeah, who knew? Oh my
gosh, and he hated talking about it because it
worked out. And, oh, he would get so mad. He
didn't like to talk about it. Apparently he was
a lot more private person than... Lyndon B. Johnson
was. Yeah, yeah. Lyndon B. Johnson allegedly
had a huge penis. Whenever he was losing an argument,
he would pull it out and flip it on the table.
It would shake the table. He goes, I am right
because of this. And everyone would go, you're
right, Mr. President. They copied that scene
in an episode of the show Nip -Tuck. which was
about plastic surgeons. Yeah, there was a meeting
around a table, and they were trying to decide
some very important thing, and the one arrogant
surgeon just unzipped and threw his wiener out
on the table and said, this is why I get my way,
or something to that effect. Did he get his way?
Yep. I think in the show there were brothers,
and one was kind of... Mild -mannered and submissive
but just wanted to do the medicine and the other
one was very talented, but enormously ambitious
And for a broadcast TV show they got away with
quite a bit of stuff that you wouldn't think
they would have at the time Kind of bordered
on soft core porn They do that on purpose too
Damn it, I didn't bring it. I had a story. I'm
the guy with the smallest penis in the world
Hummingbird man Yeah, very much so. I mean, there
have actually been cases where it's like, dude,
a clitoris is bigger than that. That's this guy,
yes, micropenis syndrome. But basically, it's
the exact same structure. You've got an X and
a Y chromosome. It differentiates and becomes
a penis. If you've got an X and X, it stays the
way it is and becomes a clitoris. Yeah, it should
have stayed female, but it didn't. At the last
second, it decided to be male. At one point in
the fetus development, testicles and ovaries
are the exact same thing. Yeah, that's true.
But if you're a male, a certain hormone turns
on and they develop into testicles and drop down.
So we start with a lot of very, very common parts.
Yeah. It's interesting. So this guy was kind
of an in -between. Yeah, yeah. The gene that
was supposed to make it turn into a wee -wee
didn't happen. Yikes. Poor guy. I know. That
sucks. I'm going to try to bring that story next
week. All right. So Pete Carroll, yeah, sucks,
but that happens. And he's fine. He's still getting
paid. And he's going to get paid into the future
for probably, I would say, I would imagine he
retires. I don't think the demand for him is
going to be very high. Yeah, yeah. So the Raiders
will have to pay him the remainder of his contract
as long as he does not take another coaching
job. Yeah. I don't think he's going to be offered
all that many. I don't either. I mean, he could
be a consultant. And I'm not sure how that works.
There's probably clauses in the contract. Say
if he takes a job under this type of category
or whatever, then we don't have to pay him. He's
probably just going to do what he wants for a
couple of years and then reevaluate. But he is
74, isn't he? Yeah. And fired coaches tend to
look at it as alimony. Yeah. If they get married
again, it goes away. Yeah, that's right. That's
a good point. Kevin Stefanski, the Browns. Yep.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, he didn't get it done. No.
A lot of it, the GM. Yeah. A lot of it, the GM.
But, yeah, yeah, he kind of deserved that. Something
I found interesting about that is he's already
been talked about as being the Giants' next head
coach. Yeah, that's right. The Giants and the
Falcons both. And there's a third and fourth
team that they're not saying. And just like I
said last year, apparently the Rooney rule gets
ignored blatantly now because teams are required
to make serious pursuit and interview of a minority.
person for the head coach. They don't do that.
But if they're coming out in advance, well, they
can just say, oh, well, it's this network. It's
this news service. They haven't. We didn't say
that. They haven't. They haven't. They've been
going, well, we're looking for somebody. Yeah.
We never said he was the next guy, but then it
just always works out that way. They're skirting
around the intent of the Rooney rule. And that's
why the enemy quit interviewing. Yep. He knew
he was the Rooney rule guy. He quit. He didn't
want to be the token interview. which I don't
blame them. That's immensely disrespectful. It
is, and they never took him seriously, although
his credentials are fucking amazing. Yeah, yeah.
And by the way, he said openly, I would love
to come back to the Chiefs. I would love for
him to, and I'll bet you it's going to happen.
Yeah, I think since Nagy and Spagnuolo are both
interviewing for head coaching jobs. Spagnuolo,
I think, I don't know, though. I don't think
he's going to get a – there's something – I don't
know what it is. They view him too much defensive
or don't think he can grasp around it. But we'll
see. They've always kind of said like he's never
really been that serious of a candidate. Yeah.
Ever since he coached the Giants. Who did he
coach? I think it was the Giants. Yeah, the head
coach for the Giants. Yeah, they may put him
in a situation where he's the head coach and
calls the defense, but somebody else calls all
the offense and works with the offense. They
might just take it all out of his hands. Yeah,
and look, I love Spaggs. I don't want him to
go anywhere, but, you know, I wish him luck.
Yeah, yeah, whatever's best for him, man, do
it. Yeah, yeah, I'm not that guy. I'd love to
have him, but, you know, you've got to move on
sometimes. But I hope we get him back. Me too.
So he's been something else. I'll tell you, we
would not have three Super Bowls if it wasn't
for him. Definitely. I mean, look at Bob Sutton.
If he was still doing that, I mean, we wouldn't
have gotten one. I'm convinced we wouldn't have
gotten one. Yeah, his defenses were really mediocre,
weren't they? They were. For someone so highly
touted, I don't know what happened. I guess the
game just passed him by. Yeah. So, all right,
so Stefanski is going to get another job. Yeah.
All right, Raheem Morris. And Coach Terry Fontenay,
I believe is how you do it, from the Atlanta
Falcons. Yeah. Who is looking at, of course,
like we said, Stephanski. And it's interesting
noting that Raheem Morris was the one who really
wanted Kirk Cousins in Atlanta. And now that
Raheem is out and Kirk Cousins has one year left,
it's going to cost them like millions on the
salary cap. Makes it seem a lot more likely that
they're going to either let him go or trade him.
Yes. And as we said, love to see him here to
fill in for Patrick. Ever since Patrick got hurt,
that's been the whole rumor, Bill, is they're
going to bring him in and going to try to win
at least half of their games, if not more, and
then hit the ground running when Mahomes comes
back. Yeah, and that gives Mahomes more time
to be absolutely sure he's ready. He's not, it
re -aggravates it, say bye -bye for the rest
of the year and maybe into next. Yes. Do not
let his competitiveness rush him back to the
field. Well, they let Shane Buschel go, that's
for sure. And Oleg Dolkin, I think, is still
a third stringer. Yeah, yeah. As they say, he's
the look quarterback. So he imitates the quarterback
they're going to face that week. And they say
he's actually really good at being Lamar Jackson.
He kind of looks more like Lamar Jackson than
Lamar does. Seeing him run on the plays that
I did, he's got some really good instincts. He's
not in a position where he's going to get real
-world playing time. This year he did, but they're
going to do whatever they can to make sure that
he's not on the field because Mahomes is on the
field. I think if he were born in the era...
where the scrambling quarterback was the hot
thing, he would have been great. Yes. I think
he would have done really well. I think so too.
Because everybody is like Randall Cunningham,
Charlie Batch. Charlie Batch. The guy in Minnesota
that Rush Limbaugh insulted. Culpepper? Yes.
I mean, a number of those were given the label
as a scrambling quarterback, whether they deserved
it or not. And there were more, I can't remember.
But if Oladokun had been around then. Some NFL
team would have snapped him up and started him.
Oh, yeah, I think so. Yeah, Culpepper, wasn't
that the love boat? Oh, yeah. You remember that?
The Minnesota love boat. Boy, Minnesota's come
a long way, haven't they? Oh, it has. The team
and the state. Anyway, no politics. Sports. Okay,
yep, yep. So, yeah, that wasn't a big surprise
either. The Falcons, they really expected Penix
Jr. to come on this year and be that much further.
Cousins did a lot of the year, which they didn't
want. Nothing against Cousins, it's just like
he's not your future. Yeah, yeah, and the more
he's in there, one of the drawbacks of that is
the more he's in there, the less valuable he
is to the team. You have a guy who's a perennial
backup, but he sat on the bench all year. He's
like, it's like a year off. His body still is
like running on last year's minutes. Yeah, yeah.
So I think it'd be a great fit if they get him.
Yeah, yeah. And then finally, no, no, no. Actually,
there's four more now. I forgot. Okay. Jonathan
Gannon, Rich Gannon's cousin. Yeah. And Dr. Joe
Gannon from the medical center. That's his grandson.
Oh, yeah, yeah, his grandson. Yeah, yeah. He
was fired from the Cardinals head coaching job.
Yeah. Yeah. My impression there is a lot of what
got him fired was he couldn't do anything with
Kyler Murray. Yes, I think that was the long
and the short of it. They expected him to make
Kyler Murray. This top -notch quarterback, which
I'm not sure can be done. No. Kyler Murray has
never shown any consistency under anybody, and
I don't look for it now either. He's ruined.
I know the reputation early in his career was
that he spent too much time playing video games
instead of practice and watching film and stuff.
I remember hearing that, yeah. But since then,
I've learned that teams will lie about a player
in order to shame them into doing better. So
who knows if any of that was true. I can see
them lying about it real easily. And then we're
going to go to Brian Callahan of the Titans.
Yeah, he was earlier in the season. And I think
that's a direct result of Cam Ward never really
progressing in anything. Cam Ward, I think, can
still be, if you get the right person, I think
he can still be taught to be better. I don't
know how much better. The upside is unclear.
But hopefully they find someone that can nurture
him because he has all the tools. I mean, look
at Bryce Young. I mean, they've been quietly
teaching him. Yeah. And he's come along pretty
nice. Here he is in the postseason. Yeah. That's
what you want, too. I mean, not everybody does
like Andy Reid, where your guy comes in and goes
straight to you. You know, the championship game
and Super Bowls. Yeah. That's not what happens
normally. But someone like Andy Reid, that's
what happens. But that's how come he is an exceptional
coach and will go down as either the greatest
ever or pretty close. Yeah. Well, the person
I've been hearing for the Titans job is defensive
coordinator Steve Spagnuolo. And I know why.
So how is he going to mentor Cam Ward? He's going
to have to hire somebody to mentor him. And that's
why I wasn't really sold on him. I was like,
are you sure that's what you want? Yeah. I think
he's at least available to come back if he gets
his legal troubles settled. Yeah, that's true.
Because he and another guy were allegedly shooting
into another car in a stoplight and nobody actually
got hit. But still, you're shooting at somebody
within city limits. Good thing he's not a quarterback
and he's a quarterback. Yeah. It's that aim.
So, yeah, that helped him out, not getting a
murder charge. And it gives you the opportunity
to go to court and say, I was just kidding. I
missed on purpose. Rumor has it Brian Cook tried
to intercept it, but he missed. It actually was
a better example than him on the Chiefs roster.
I just can't think of his name. I remember always
hearing a wide receiver that can't catch is made
into a corner. And a corner that can't cover
is made into a safety. Yep. I don't know where
you go from safety. Oh, no, no. Safety is kind
of like you stay in the middle. If something
comes towards you, get them. Yes. Other than
that, just stay right there. Yep. Okay? Just
look for that quarterback to break loose or something.
It's like the guy in Little League who's out
in right field. Yeah. You're going to see like
two balls a season, man. Yeah, you're going to
see their children looking up. Or the old Adam
Sandler skit, remember? Oh, yeah. Yeah, yeah,
where he's like, oh, please don't come to me.
And then he comes right to the right fielder,
the life of the right fielder. And then the ball
gets by him. He starts making these excuses.
There was a whole episode of WKRP that was a
softball game between WKRP and WPIG. Yeah, yeah.
And interesting enough, the guy who was the leader
of the opposing team, was married in real life
to Lonnie Anderson. Oh, yeah, that's right. I
forgot. His career never really went anywhere,
so he went more into the business side of it.
Anyway, this is more music -y stuff. Rumor has
it none of them were Bengals fans. None of WKRP.
Yeah, I kind of don't think so. Yeah. And then
we have Brian DeBall. That was in November, but
it still counts as a firing during the 2025 season.
Yes. No word. They were talking about Bill Belichick,
but I haven't heard anything more about that.
Yeah, yeah. Is Belichick the way to go? Man,
I would say no, because now you know what kind
of baggage he's bringing with him. He's got that
girl with him. Yeah, and I think UNC has released
a couple of statements saying Belichick's not
going anywhere. He loves it here. He's committed,
blah, blah, which basically means UNC is saying
we're not letting you out of your contract. He's
going to do what this 24 -year -old girlfriend
of his says he's going to do. Yeah. And she's
going to say you're staying in college. Yep.
I mean, why would you walk away from all this
guaranteed money to try it again in the NFL?
Yeah, besides that, I mean, have they seen the
tolls for the New York? transit now? Yeah, everything
went up like 3 -5%. Isn't that weird? Yeah. It's
almost like they were lied to. How fucking weird.
So, and then finally John Harbaugh, which we
already went into. I have heard, as we said,
Kevin Stefanski being considered for the Giants
job, and I think he'd be a better fit than Belichick.
I think Stefanski is who they need to try to
get. Yeah, yeah. I would like to see what Stefanski
can do when he's got a more stable quarterback
situation and none of the drama and baggage of
what's been going on in Cleveland for the past
few years. Yeah, you don't have the guy that
likes to get his wiener rubbed. You don't have
him sitting in the brush waiting. Yeah, ready
to destroy your career. Yep. Then you got Shador
doing questionable things here and there. Yeah.
Then you have Gabriel, Dylan Gabriel, who you
need to develop, but you're too busy with Shador
right now. Yeah. And just pretty much everything
that you ever had come to you fell to shit, including
Mayfield. And I'd like to know his heart in Mayfield
getting let go. Oh, good point. That would base
my decision on whether I want to hire him or
not. Yeah. One of the things that happened to
Mayfield is he didn't just go straight to Tampa.
He'd done a lot of little here and there, which
did not help his career or his psyche. It's kind
of hard to get that out when you're kind of like
a known backup when you were a starter, where
you were in the division around where he almost
won. It'd be a hell of a thing to kind of grasp.
But it turns out, I don't know if there's anything
special anyhow. All right. Well, I got some more.
You want me to do some bullet points? Oh, let's
do the bullet points. Okay. First off, do you
trust NFL? No. Me neither. Not in the least.
I believe the NFL will always do what's financially
best for the NFL. And which they've been proving
to do over and over. So I do not trust what they
say. I don't trust... on the surface what they
do because I know with all those very, very smart
business people who are owners of teams and on
the various committees of the NFL office, there's
a lot of brain power there figuring out their
moves for five years from now, 10 years from
now, 20 years from now. I mean, they're already
planning for what football is going to be when
nobody watches TV anymore. Yeah. No, you're right.
I'm sure they've already got some committee on
that. Oh, I'm sure it's going to be in the app.
Yeah. Oh, you want to watch every game? Yep.
Go from your phone. Go to the app. Yeah, only
$50 ,000 a year and you've got your... Yep. Yep.
Activate your virtual reality implant and it's
like you're right there. We'll break in every
two minutes with score update in the virtual
reality brain. Yep. And unless you upgrade to
the premium version, we're also going to interrupt
for commercials. And the game's going to keep
going without you while you're watching commercials.
You know, YouTube is doing that now? Yeah, I
do. The video you're watching keeps going while
they run an ad. Yeah, they're telling you to
buy the premium. That's all they want. Yeah,
which just makes me more and more determined
to never buy the premium. You know what I do
every time, like you? Every time I do that, I
shut it off and I don't go back for a week. What
I've started doing is I'll start a video. And
I'll insist on only a five second until I can
skip. I'll back out and start again as long as
I need to. And then I'll watch the video. When
the first commercial break comes on, I quit the
video and go on to something else. That's what
I do too. So I'm trying to teach the algorithm
that you need to give me a lot more of the video
before you run an ad. And we'll see how it works.
Let me know. Yeah. I'm the same way. I was teaching
Spotify, and I've got other things I've got to
teach now. Yes. All right. Will the Chiefs grab
the lower pick, or will they trade down for more
picks? Hmm. I think either one's possible. Yeah.
My personal opinion is if there's a really good
tight end prospect in the first round, nab him.
You're going to see him grab him, yes. Yeah.
Or a left tackle or something like that. Yeah.
Otherwise, trade down. Because you need more
bodies than you do superstars right now. Yeah,
I agree. Okay. All right, we both agree with
that. Yeah. I remember that one year the Chiefs
had the number one overall pick, and there was
really nobody in the draft that was worthy of
it, and nobody would trade with the Chiefs. Oh,
I remember that. No, we're stuck. We've got to
pick somebody. I think they got an offensive
lineman that wasn't very good. Yeah. They're
like, I don't know what else to do. Yeah, and
that was a year when all the sports talk guys
were saying, hey, it's not this player's fault.
He didn't ask to get picked number one overall.
It just kind of happened to him. Yeah. It was
like Dontari Poe or somebody. Yeah, I think that
was it. Yeah, I think so. All right. If the Chiefs
do not trade down, do you look for a high -round
offensive lineman again, or should they invest
in a lineman that has a proven record and can
teach some of the youngsters? I'd say draft one.
I think you've got a number of linemen available
to be mentors on the field and in the training
room or coaching room or whatever. So I'd like
to see them get the young talent. I don't think
you can ever go wrong having lots of good offensive
linemen because either you're going to use them
or some other team is going to be desperate for
them. I agree. It's like one of those awesome
investments that you know is going to pay off.
Yes. I agree. Yep. Okay. Yep. Man, it is warm
in here. It is, isn't it? Yeah. Boy, those heaters
will smoke you out. Yeah, I brought an extra
sweatshirt that I will not need. Well, I mean,
you're trying to salute Ms. Goldfinstein. Yeah,
yeah. It's our understanding that something may
have happened to her. Yeah, yeah. War hero, all
and everything that she's done. The Trojan horse
way back in the day. True, true. She was actually
inside the horse. Yeah, she's one of those Highlanders
that kind of live forever. Yeah, yes. She was
waiting for the village to go to sleep and she
jumped out and she killed every one of them.
Slipped their throats. It was a different Trojan
horse than what you read in history. This is
the original one that they didn't actually put
down on paper. She beheaded everybody one night
and they owned everything. Which team in the
AFC should have been a higher seed in the playoffs?
I think the one that kind of surprised me. was
Houston. I kind of expected them to be number
two. They were my first, yes. Early in the season,
they kind of gave away from games that they shouldn't
have. I mean, they actually, I was kind of looking
at them number two, possibly even number one.
But that didn't happen. And definitely when the
Chiefs started sucking, I started to say, yeah,
it's going to be Houston because they'll have
the edge over Denver. It didn't quite work out
that way. Their pass rush is going to be something
to watch in the playoffs. Yes, yes. I think that's
who I'm going to be following in the postseason
is Houston. Yeah. Look, if the Bills do it, I'm
fine with that. Yeah. But I don't know. I'm kind
of partial to watching C .J. Stroud and the Houston
Texans now. Yeah. I would not mind seeing them
do it. Yeah. Oh, man, those uniforms they wore
in that last game. Like iridescent red. Yeah,
they need to quit that. The alternate logo on
the helmet. That's the first time I've ever seen
an alternate logo on an NFL helmet. That was
weird. They've had the red uniforms before, but
not with that alternate logo. Yeah, it's like
a goth version of the letter H. They even painted
it in the end zone. It was like H -Town in the
end zone with that letter. I guess that's a new
promotional campaign. H -Town is their buzzword.
I guess. Yeah, so that's probably one. And it
was the last game of the season. And postseason,
you can't wear alternate or throwback anything.
So, yeah, it was a way to premiere it in a game
that was going to be seen by a lot of people.
Yeah, and also that big H makes me not want to
go to Houston. Yeah. If I see a town doing that
on their logo, I'm like, no, no, I have no business
in that town. It sucks. Yeah, yeah. It's like
here in Kansas City, we have the Jewish Community
Center, which moved from Jackson County across
the state line into Johnson County. Oh, like
everything else? And suddenly now they're the
J. Oh, yeah. They won't even say the word Jewish
in their advertisement. They're afraid of it.
I can tell you why. There was a shooter there.
Well, that's true. That's true. And he was shooting
there. because it was called the Jewish Center.
I forgot his name, but he actually ran for Congress.
Of course he didn't get in. He might have gotten
two votes from some idiot. So that's one of the
reasons they don't use the word Jewish. I'd forgotten
about that hate crime, yeah. And ironically,
the people he shot and killed weren't even Jewish.
I was getting ready to say that. The guy was
so stupid. Didn't he die? Yeah, I believe he
did. I mean, when I was a kid, anybody... could
join the Jewish Community Center and use their
swimming pool for the season. They didn't care.
You've got American money. Come on up. That was
not a Jewish joke. No. My ex -wife is Jewish.
So they've never been any kind of exclusive.
It's always been, you know, we're here for it.
It's like the Menorah Hospital used to be called
the Jewish Hospital of Kansas City. But they
would treat anybody. It just, it was their name,
but that didn't mean, you know, it wasn't a requirement.
Yeah. Not that way. And I actually, I go to Menorah
for a few things. I like them. Yeah, I do too.
They do my emergency gallbladder surgery very
well. Yeah. I love it. It's a beautiful hospital,
actually. And they got that area out there that's
like forestry and with the bridge and all that.
Yeah. And then in their food court, they actually
have a balcony overlooking that, which is really
neat. Yeah, it is really neat. It's not a bad
place if, you know, you're like there or dying
or something. Yeah. At least it's kind of neat.
It's kind of cool looking. Yeah. You can get
out of your hospital bed and walk out there.
Yeah. Isn't it funny? We got here from talking
about which AFC team should be higher seated.
You know what? You're right. I don't know how
we got there. That tortured train of thought.
Always. No, it happens on both of the, on all
the podcasts that we do too. And it's just, I
don't know. I love spontaneity more than. I do
too. Yeah. Well, if you look at the really good
shows that you really like. Yeah. They improvise
better than they read stuff out. And if I see
one that's heavily edited, it's always jumping
and cutting. It's like, oh, what's all the stuff
you didn't want me to see? Yeah, exactly. I'm
not a big fan of that. Yeah. All right. What
team failed to reach higher? Eagles. Philadelphia
Eagles. Yep. I mean, besides the Chiefs. Well,
yeah. Yeah, yeah. I think the Chiefs kind of
brought this season on themselves. Because they
gambled on not having any kind of depth and not
having great innovation and stuff. But the Eagles,
it really seems odd to see the differences between
last year and this year. What is so different
about them that they're so much lower seeded
than we would all expect? I don't know. I think
maybe partially teams caught up with them. And
also, whenever you have someone that has a magical
season like Barkley did, And then the next season
isn't quite as much. You can go ahead and count
a few losses on that too. And now that it's the
postseason, we'll get to see if the reason for
the Eagles having such a boring and pedestrian
offense is because they were saving it for the
playoffs. They did this last year too. So if
the offense suddenly gets all sorts of interesting.
then they were just playing possum all year.
This time last year, everybody was commanders,
commanders, commanders. Jalen Daniels is coming
on. Watch out. He's the next big thing. Yeah,
I bought in. I did too. No one thought anything
about Philadelphia. Oh, those guys, yeah, didn't
they lose a couple years ago to the Kansas City?
Yeah, yeah, yeah, those guys. And then you started
seeing them blowing these good teams out. Yeah,
I remember personally being very surprised. It's
like, who knew the Eagles were all this? Yeah,
where did this come from? Yeah. I'm sure there
were people who caught on a lot earlier than
me because, you know, I'm an old man. I'm sure
the same here, too. But it was surprising to
see how well they were doing. It's like, wow.
I think you'd be surprised how many people didn't
catch on. Yeah, but I remember being quite worried
when the Super Bowl came around. Oh, no, I almost
expected one. I was just like thinking, man,
this is going to be tough as hell. Yeah. Turns
out it was. Yes, it was. What rule change absolutely
needs to be fast -tracked this offseason? Oh,
interesting. I'm going to say holding a pass
interference call. They need to make it definite.
This has to be done. And if it's not done, it
is not. And if it's called, we're going to look
at it and go, no, that was not pass interference.
Yeah. It's influencing the game too much. I'm
afraid to bet. I wouldn't bet because of that.
And also I would suggest going to the college
version where it's a set distance penalty, not
spot penalty. That's another thing, too. Why
would you give another team like a 45 -yard penalty?
Make it 10 or 15 max and automatic first down
if you want. Teams won't do that on purpose,
so just take a deep swipe. Uh -huh. Yeah, hoping
for. And usually what happens is it does happen
to a degree. I don't know to a degree where it
could be called. But when they catch you off
by surprise, the cornerback, safety, whoever,
when they catch you by surprise like that and
you're already behind because you're like, wait
a minute, he just took off for a long one. And
you wasn't expecting that. Yeah. You do something
to try to bring it back to even. And a lot of
times that's grab them early. I bet. that the
wide receivers all game long will keep track
of who is interfering with them more and more,
and they'll tell the quarterback, all right,
now throw a bomb to me, all eyes will be on me,
and everybody will see the interference. Yes.
I could see that happening. I think that's happened
quite a few times this year. I think sometimes
it's purposely. knowing they're going to get
a, if they see it happening over and over, they
know they're going to get the call. And they're
like, you know what, this is the same as a completed
pass at the two -yard line. Yeah, yeah. It would
be a lot tougher to see the interference if you're
throwing a quick pass to a crowded portion of
the field. They could miss it. But you launch
that ball down the field, and every camera that
the network has is trained on that ball and the
person who's running to catch it. So, yeah, they'll
have plenty to look at. Oh, yeah. Yep. And sometimes,
to be fair, it's the other way, too. If you're
getting away from a defender, they'll grab you
because they know you're going to catch it and
run into end zone. So they'll grab you. Just
make sure it's at the two -yard line instead
of in the end zone. Yeah. And then they just
hope the defense holds up. And a lot of times
it does. Now, the rule I would pick for a fast
track, and this would help the NFL. start to
push the games under the three -hour limit, which
they would love to do. Yeah. In the fourth quarter,
delay of game costs you the five yards and loss
of down. I agree 100%. So if it's fourth down
and you're there on the line trying to get the
other team to jump, you better get them to jump
or call a timeout. Yeah, you can't manipulate,
you know what I mean? Yeah. So I would – When
teams want to get a little extra breathing room
for a punt, they will intentionally commit a
delay of game. But, hey, if it's fourth and whatever
and you do that, oh, guess what? Turnover on
downs. But that would speed up the game, and
it would keep teams from using that kind of cheap
way to get their way. Plus, it's so boring for
the fans to sit there and watch nothing happen
for 20 seconds while you wait for the clock to
run out. It's stupid and it's boring. I agree.
Make it the second half or make it the fourth
quarter. It's like delay a game is loss of down.
Yeah. It can't be manipulated nearly as easy
then. Yeah. So, all right. Will the Chiefs rebound
next season? I'd say yes. I think so too. I don't
think that much as well. Yeah, yeah. We will
definitely have a winning season next year. And
depending on who leaves the staff and who comes
in. Then I'll make my playoff prediction. But
they will definitely, as a team, be better, play
better, and have a better record. That's my belief.
I think they're going to be a playoff team. I
don't know about winning the division, but they're
definitely going to be a playoff team and a threat.
I think our run of winning the AFC West year
after year is done. I think so too. Look, they've
gotten up with us and surpassed us this year.
Yeah, well, I mean, the Chiefs will still win
some, but we're not going to win every one year
after year. I think 11 -5, 10 -7, you're going
to see a few of those. 11 -6, 10 -7, you're going
to see quite a few of those. Occasional 12 and
something, whether that's good enough to win
the division or not, it's going to depend on
the other teams. But, like I said, just get us
there. That's all I'm worried about, just get
us there. You've got a guy like Mahomes, you
always have to be like, I don't know, this could
go either way. All right, will the Bengals rebound
next season? Yes. I think so too. Like the Chiefs,
there's not that much wrong, and I think they've
got a good idea of what they need to change,
fix, etc. I think so too. You know, the more
seasons go by, the more I realize the key to
success in Cincinnati is keep Joe Burrow happy.
Just keep him happy. Whatever he needs, whatever
it takes. you're going to get so much more out
of him. He's a great quarterback now, and he's
doing everything he needs to do, but you keep
him happy, and then that confidence trait will
blossom and it'll take you places that, you know,
I guess what I'm trying to say is the luck factor
will go more in Cincinnati's way if Burrow is
happy. He's making all those clutch passes a
little better. Oh, I agree. He's the type of
quarterback that has to have everything right
around him. Yeah, he'll cut down on the interceptions
definitely. Or he'll bounce back faster. But,
yeah, keep him happy. I agree. How about the
commanders? Man, I can't figure them out. They
go up and down. Even with Jaden Daniels in there,
they didn't look overly impressive at all. No,
no. They lost some games they shouldn't have.
Well, Jaden Daniels, I mean, as good as he looked
last year. This year he didn't carry it over.
It's kind of like they had a year on him. Yeah.
And they kind of got him. We'll see. He could
be part injury. He could have been injured and
not being able to do what he was the first year.
Yeah. We'll see what happens with that. But I'm
going to say that they're going to rebound, but
not like they did the year before, whatever it
is. Yeah. Yeah, the year that they went to the
playoffs, not this year, 2024 -25 season. Yeah.
I'm going to dig a pencil out here. I need to
write something. Okay. Sounds you're here are
me getting a pencil out. Yes. So, the Commanders,
you got their winning record. Are they going
to win? Are they going to be even? I think they
have a very good chance in that division, even
though Philadelphia is – I think Philadelphia
is – sorry. Philadelphia will be their main –
competition and stumbling block, but you'll have
the Giants with a new coach. I think they've
got a good chance to be relevant in the division
without too much tweaking. I agree. Okay. Has
Tiffon Diggs played his last NFL game? Probably
so. Yeah, I think teams are starting to realize
what a PR liability he is. And that tends to
outweigh your performance on the field quite
a bit. Because if you're doing great on the field
and they can't capitalize on it because you keep
getting arrested, then it doesn't matter. Yep,
I agree. Yeah. Okay. Alright, next one. The Chiefs
assistant coaches are definitely gone next season.
Which ones are they? I think Spaggs is gone.
I think Tote is gone. Oh, yeah, as far as firing
and or getting a job somewhere else. I'm talking
about firing. Firing, okay, then yeah, the special
teams coach. Spagnolo will get a job somewhere
else probably, which sucks. But I think Tove
is gone. I think, damn it, I had the guy's name,
the wide receivers coach. Yeah. I was going to
say whoever's in charge of the passing game.
Yeah, yeah. Well, that's part of it. And then
quarterback's coach, I think if you see the enemy
come back, you're going to see him take over
a lot of that. Yeah. So. So, yeah, those are
just the names right off the bat. There's some
of them behind the scenes and a lot of names
that you can say that people wouldn't know what
they're doing. I think the O -line coach stays
because he didn't have much to work with, plus
they had a lot of injuries. But the D -line coach,
you've got to take a hard look at him. Yeah.
Because he had everything that he wanted and
still couldn't get it done. Chris Jones didn't
get a sack until well into the season. Oh, I
know. Yeah, and you notice that last game how
they kept saying how great Chris Jones was playing.
Oh, yeah, there he is, the master. Yeah, he's
the captain of the defense. They were really
promoting him. It was like he had paid them to
promote him. Well, they have their angles. Yeah.
Nobody was watching. They had to brag up something.
Yeah. The Chiefs were like utterless. Yeah. And
so they had to say something. Chris Jones having
a decent day. Oh, pop him up, prop him up. Yeah.
It seemed pretty obvious to me that they were
doing a promo piece on Chris Jones. Yeah, I agree.
So yeah, D -line coach. Who is going to be the
next coach in the casual team? Hmm. I'm going
to say McDermott. Yeah, I can't really see any
more coaches getting fired except the ones that
are still coaching. Well, I'm talking in the
next season if things get off to a terrible start.
Oh, okay. I thought you meant yet this season.
You know what, I worded that horribly. Okay,
well, yet this season I would say McDermott.
But as far as the first half of next season,
yeah, I could see McDermott. I could see Sirianni.
If things get off bad. And if they go one and
done, I think Sirianni will be in somewhat of
a hot seat, yes. And not just because of that,
but a cumulative of a lot of different things.
Yeah, yeah. He doesn't have the best PR, I know
that. He likes to yell back at fans, apparently,
allegedly strong arm people. Bring his son out
as a prop. allegedly. I'm going to say McDermott,
and I'm going to say Zach Taylor if things don't
go well. Sirianni, I think, wouldn't get fired,
but he would definitely be on the watch. And
he'd have something to worry about. I'm tempted
to say Campbell in Detroit. Oh! Last year, he
had a collapse in the postseason. This year,
they've been not as good as they were supposed
to be. Jared Goff is causing a lot of turnovers.
Well, I think in order to give Dan Campbell a
proper grade, you have to not have Goff in there.
He has to have his own guy, unless Goff was his
guy, and he specifically... kind of poked him
into trading for him, then that's different.
Yeah, I've been watching the second season of
Quarterback on Netflix. And that's the overwhelming
impression I get is Dan Campbell wanted golf,
was so excited to get him. And it was when they
had Stafford and Rams had golf and they just
traded quarterbacks. I don't know if this ever
happened before that way. But they were so happy
to get Goff. I mean, Dan Campbell was just like
overjoyed. The F word was coming out every two
-tenths of a second. So Goff is definitely his
guy. Well, then you can grade him, and he should
be on the hot seat. Yeah, yeah. I think his limitations
are going to start showing, especially in that
division. Yeah. We'll see. And Goff has already
been discovered. They know what they have. Yeah.
All right, coaching carousel. Here are the eight
strongest head coaching candidates for Edelville
Vacancies. Commander's offensive coordinator,
Cliff Kingsbury. Oh, yeah. He's been a head coach
before. Yes, he has. Didn't do much with, well,
speaking of Kyler Murray. Yeah, he was in Arizona.
And actually, I think Murray might be playing
better without him. Yeah. Yeah, it seems like
Clayton. Kingsbury was asking Murray to do things
he couldn't quite do, which was making him look
worse than he was. Yes. So he's a pedestrian
quarterback and a pedestrian offense and a pedestrian
team. That's it. All right. How about Broncos
defensive coordinator Vance Joseph? That's a
good, yeah. I think he's going to get a job.
One of the first ones that's going to get a job.
Because look at what he did in a few years of
just drafting and building this, or had a part
in it, of building this shutdown defense. Going
after the Sertans and people like that, I mean,
he's done a solid job. Yeah. So I think he's
gonna be one of the first ones to get a head
coaching job. I can see him in Cleveland because
they've got a decent defense going there. With
Garrett there, Miles Garrett. Miles Garrett may
want to stay. I mean, he hasn't said anything,
but sooner or later he's going to be tired of
not being able to chase a ring. Yeah. I can see
if you get someone like Vance Joseph where he'd
be like, you know what, I've got some hope. I
think I want to stick around. The Packers defensive
coordinator, Jeff Haflin. Yeah. Hey, I'll tell
you what, if there's anything that the Packers
have been doing right in this defense. Yeah.
Predominantly, you know, they have had some,
you know, but basically I'd say, yeah, I could
see that. Jeff Hatton being a strong candidate.
The Rams defensive coordinator. Chris Shula.
Yes. Don Shula's, and this is true, bullshit.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. All that other stuff, no, but
he is related to Don Shula, the great Don Shula.
So, all right, the Chargers defensive coordinator,
Jesse Minter. Yeah. Yeah, I remember him as a
player. I would be interested in him and Vance
Joseph the most right now. Yeah. Because those
two showed an ability to help build something.
I mean, more Vance Joseph. But I think Jesse
Minter is there but not as far up. The Seahawks
offensive coordinator, Clint Kubiak. Oh, yeah.
Gary Kubiak was Elway's backup and almost never
got into the game, but he learned and learned
and learned. He's such a smart guy. And he coached
for a long time, and now it's his son. Yeah,
I think it's his son. Second step -cousin. Oh,
yeah, well, this is another one that is actually
true. But, yeah, you've got to figure since he's
a little kid, he's absorbed knowledge and info
from his dad. Yeah, just like Chris Shula from
his granddad and all that stuff. I think Dorn
was his grandfather. Brian Schotheimer. Brian
Schotheimer said that, yeah. How about the Vikings
defensive coordinator, Brian Flores? Yeah, yeah.
Was he related to Tom Flores? No, I don't know.
Tom Flores is unrecognized usually as the very
first minority head coach in the NFL. Yeah, yeah,
he was. The Raiders hired Art Schell as the first
black head coach, but Tom Flores is Hispanic,
so he was the first minority head coach in the
NFL. Interestingly enough, he has a Chiefs Super
Bowl ring. Yes, he does. He was Lindos' backup.
Yep. Is Brian Flores and Tom Flores. Tom Flores.
It didn't go through anyhow. They jump on those
pauses. Is Brian Flores and Tom Flores related?
And the answer is... Nope. No direct relationship.
Okay. I guess that name is a little more common
than I thought. It's a stepson. There we go.
Yeah, yeah. Tom Forrest is a step -grandson.
Yes. Yeah, there we go. Allegedly. Allegedly,
yes. And then finally, former Browns coach Kevin
Stefanski, which we already went over. Yeah,
he is a hot commodity, and I think he should
be. Yeah. Do you think we've seen the end of
the era of college head coaches jumping right
to NFL head coach? Absolutely. I think they definitely
have to serve time as coordinators. Who was the
last one that went to Jacksonville and then he
stayed in Indiana with some girl at his hotel?
Urban Meyer. Urban Meyer, yes. The Urban Meyer
stuff is done, and he's a big reason. Yeah, I
would say that kind of probably drove the nail
in the coffin there. Oh, yeah, yeah. I mean,
that's like shenanigans up the ass on that one,
man. Jeez. And I think even if you've been a
head coach in the NFL before and gone back to
college, I think you don't come back as a head
coach. Like Belichick. Yeah. You could come back
as a coordinator, a consultant, something like
that. They don't put you right into head coach.
Do you think that Belichick would ever be capable
of becoming? an offensive coordinator, which
he was so good at under Bill Parcells. I really
don't think he can let go of that much control
and authority. I just don't think it's in him
anymore. I don't either. I think that he would
constantly be meddling if he tried. Yeah, it
was like, oh gosh, it was Buddy Ryan and somebody
else on the Houston Oilers team that were like...
Buddy Ryan was the defensive coordinator. Somebody
else was the offensive coordinator. They got
into a fist fight on the sideline because they
hated each other so much. I can see Belichick
doing that to some team. You stupid son of a
bitch. I told you the coverage wouldn't work,
you sucker. You don't ever fucking listen. And
then the OC, the DC, we'd be chilling and say,
hey, look, I just downloaded this nudie picture
of your girlfriend. Give me that. That's not
her. That's a guy. Wait a minute. Maybe it is.
Oh, shit. We got our violin player back. Hey,
we got it on a weekday. That's nice. I think
she was here last time, too, just towards the
end. It was on Sunday, yeah. It was on a Sunday,
yep. All right, I've got an interesting story
here. You may have already heard of it, maybe
not, because it did kind of get me. The Steelers
looked to divine intervention when they had a
priest bless their end zone with home water.
Oh, my gosh. It must have worked. The Ravens
kicker, Tyler Luke, missed an easy 44 -yard kick.
Yeah. A field goal attempt to win the game. Father
Maximilian. Maxwell. I'm not joking. Wow. Max
-Max. Yeah, Max -Max. Father Max -Max. Max -Max.
A Benedictine monk from St. Vincent Arch Abbey.
I couldn't read my writing at all. This has been
a tradition since 2001, so it's nothing new.
Oh, okay. Yeah, the priest blesses the end zone
for safety and good fortune, which both happen.
Now, they all take a vow of poverty. So I imagine
if any money changes hands, it's been the form
of a donation to the Abbey. I got a question,
I'm sure. What if they break down and masturbate?
Do they have to give up? Do they have to step
down? I think you can just whip yourself for
a while and pay for it that way. Okay, okay,
I was making sure. That was a medieval custom.
They used what they call a flagella. A flagella,
yeah. Yeah, and then they'd whip themselves and
confess their sin over and over and bloody their
own back. If it happens a second, I'm going to
have to cut your penis off. Pretty much, yeah.
You must carry it around in your hand after it's
been lacquered so it doesn't rot. vacuum -dried
and sealed and lacquered. And you must tell everybody,
I am a masturbator, and this is why my penis
is in my hand. Wow. Okay, all right. And all
of this is allegedly in jokes. Yes. And nobody
gets bent out of fucking shame. Yeah, we were
talking about somebody else. Yes. Not the person
you think they are. Yes. Yes. Thank you. I love
that. We're not talking about the person you
think we are. No matter who it is, it was somebody
else. So get your fingers off the fucking board.
Do not call the lawyer. Step away from the phone.
Step away from the phone. Think about it. Take
a deep breath. What do you think about Adam Thielen
who left the Vikings saying, I want one more
chance at a championship because this is my last
year. And he went to the Falcons. Oops. I don't
think he's going to have the success he wants
there. No, I don't think so either. That's like,
you know, I'm going to go to a great concert.
What's the name of it? Fyre Fest? Okay, have
fun. I hear the Rolling Stones are putting on
this festival at Altamont. Oh, I'm there. Let
me go online and just buy tickets blindly from
someone I don't know. Let me download a bunch
of jokes that insult Hell's Angels. What could
possibly go wrong? I don't want to come home
alive. Wow. Okay, I've got the NFC and AFC schedule
for playoff games, and then I have the games
that we can predict if you want to. Nice. Okay.
All right. And then when we do the music, I've
got an interesting story about Susan Topp. I've
never seen before. It was like a maze. Nice.
Okay, you may know about it. I don't know. So,
okay, Saturday, January 10th, two days from now,
Los Angeles Rams at Carolina Panthers at 3 .30
p .m. Central on Fox. You know what? We can go
ahead and just do the predictions right now while
we talk about them. I am going Rams because Carolina's
not quite there yet. They're building something,
but the Rams have been there. They've done that.
I think their pedigree is going to take them
past the Panthers. It's not going to be easy.
It's going to be a hard -fought game. Yeah, I
think it is. I'm going to lean toward the Panthers.
Home field advantage, I think, will play into
it. And young and hungry can sometimes take advantage
of. The guys who think, damn it, we better do
it this time. No, I could see that too, but I'm
going to stick with the Rams. Are you going to
write down our predictions? Yeah, I got it. You're
the underline and I'm the checkmark. Okay, cool.
The Green Bay Plackers against the Chicago Bears.
Wow, I got to go with the Bears. I'm going to
go with the Bears also. Yeah. It's on Prime Video,
7 p .m. Central. So I'll have to tune into YouTube,
and there's a guy who will watch the game with
the sound down and describe everything to you,
as long as it's not a straight play -by -play.
If you want to come over, that's fine, too. Oh,
that's cool. Okay. Sunday, January 11th, Buffalo
Bills and Jacksonville Jaguars, because I will
be watching that game. Yeah. I think that's going
to be one of the better games of the weekend.
I think so, too. Yeah, so if you want it, you
can come on over. Yeah. All right, Buffalo Bills
and Jacksonville Jaguars. I'm picking the Jaguars.
I am, too. They're not doing anything the top
of the league, but they're doing everything well
enough to win. Yeah, yeah. And they've looked
more consistent, and they look like they're at
least improving a little bit week to week, whereas
Buffalo looks like, oh, my God, which team's
going to show up today? Yeah, their situational
football is insane, how they just get it done
somehow, someway. Yeah. So I'm going to ride
the Jaguars for now. How about the 49ers at the
Eagles? Well, that's going to be hard to go against.
The 49ers looked horrible. They did. But didn't
they look good before against Chicago? Yeah.
But the Eagles would have to unveil their actual,
true, real offense in order for them to have
a realistic chance. I'm going to go with the
Eagles just because they're at home and their
defense is still really good. Yeah, I think I
will too. I wouldn't mind seeing the 49ers take
it. Yeah, just because – not because I'm rooting
for them. It would just be interesting. It would
be interesting for a matchup later on. And it
would be interesting to see how the Eagles front
office reacts to losing their first game at home
in the postseason. That would be interesting
to see as well. Yeah. Yeah, I think so. No, I
agree. Okay, so we're both on – Yep, so Rams
-Panthers is the only one that we disagree on.
Okay. How about – The Chargers against the Patriots.
I'm going to go with the Chargers. I think I'm
going to go with the Pats, even though they,
you know, I think they're one and two against
teams with winning records this season. That's
really kind of a misleading stat, because teams
go up and down throughout the course of the season.
I don't like Jim Harbaugh, but I have a feeling
he's going to dial up some shit that's going
to freak them out. Yeah, I definitely could see
it going either way, and I'd be okay with it
either way, but since I've got to come down on
one side or the other, it's the Pats. But I am
by no means convinced, overwhelmingly. No, me
neither. I'm not convinced of the Chargers either,
at all. Yeah, they could show up and be inconsistent
again. To me, it's just bragging rights. That's
it. I think the Chargers' best game of the season
was the first one against the Chiefs in Brazil.
That was their best game of the season. Let's
face it. They had a lot in that game. They were
getting pummeled by us every year, and they got
tired of it. They're like, all right, let's go
home, lick our wounds. We're coming back next
year, and we're going to kick their ass. And
they did. All right. And then, you know, we only
won one division game this year. And then finally,
what? That's painful. It's painful for a 6 -11
record. There you go. Houston Texans, Pittsburgh
Steelers, 7 p .m. ESPN, ABC, it will be Monday
Night Football, the 12th. I'm going Texans. I'm
going Texans, too. Although I think the Steelers
are going to make it close and make it an iffy
game. And people are going to be turning their
heads going, wow. Think of how rare it is to
hear that the Steelers got blown out in a game.
They never do. They never do. No. So I don't
think this will be any different. Mike Tomlin,
you know, I don't think he's ever going to get
enough credit for how good he actually is. He'll
go into the Hall of Fame, no question. But, yeah,
I think he should be held. in whatever top tier
there is. Well, his best coaching performance
has been in the last 10 years. Yes. And I can
attribute it to this. Marty Schottenheimer, I've
already told this. A lot of people listening
to this haven't heard it. But they're asking
Marty Schottenheimer when he was co -hearing
still, what was his best coaching performance
he's most proud of. Yeah. And everyone's thinking,
San Diego at the time, Kansas City, Cleveland
Browns. He said the Washington Redskins. He said
that team had no talent, and he coached them
up to, I think, 9 -7 or 8 -9. Yeah, it was a
winning record, I think. Yeah, 9 -7. He said
that was his best coaching performance ever because
he convinced people, he convinced a team that
didn't have any talent that they were going to
have to win in the game. I think their starting
running back that season was fullback Donnell
Bennett. I remember him. Yeah. Was that in Washington
or here? Yeah, that was in Washington. Here he
was like an occasional running back and fullback.
When they got into Washington, they made a full
-time fullback and the main ball carrier. So
I remember because I bought a football game from
that season, and he's there as the starting fullback,
and there's no running back. Yeah. And he was
just not really able to carry the team. They
got a lot done with him. Yeah, they did. So I
think this is the same thing. His best coaching
performance is no one will ever know because
they just assume there's enough talent on the
team when there's nobody. True, and they're not
going to come out and tell you, oh, yeah, we've
got a real iffy group this season. I'm not sure
how we're going to cover anybody's pass, so I
better coach them the hell up. They don't do
that. Like the Bryant -Wilson, Russell -Wilson
and the – and the Justin Fields of the world
and all that, you know, he still made them go
to the playoffs. Yeah, he made them look decent
enough that, you know, you accepted them as starters.
Yeah, of course they got the shit kicked out
of them, but him just getting there is a tribute
to how good of a coach he is. Yeah, I agree.
And also a lot of people said that that was his
last leg if he would have lost. I don't think
so. I don't think Pittsburgh is ready to let
him go. No, I really don't think so either. They
don't want to go back to 2 -14 or 15 now. Yeah.
Two and 15. Yeah, Tomlin's definitely got a talent
coaching such a wide variety of people. He's
able to adapt his coaching style to get the most
out of a real diverse group of personalities.
So that's a really, really good thing to have.
Yeah, I would like to see Tomlin continue until
he wants to leave. I think he's pretty much earned
that. I think so, too. He has earned royalty
in the league, and I think he's got it. I really
do. And if he ever gets let go, he's going to
have his pick of three or four teams that are
going to be calling him. Come here and rebuild
our team. We'll pay you for three years and probably
fire you after two so you get a year of free
money. Yeah, and then the next guy will win because
of you. Yeah. So he's going to be, like you said,
he's going to be a Hall of Famer. He's going
to be a first ballot, no question, and he should
be. All right, that's all I got. I would have
put the Raiders in that position if they hadn't
already fired Pete Carroll. No, the same here.
They definitely would have been, you know, win
in the first half of the season or you're done.
Do you think that Pete Carroll is a Hall of Famer?
Maybe. He went to two. Yeah. Lost 4 -1 -1. But
that's really kind of not the make or break anymore.
You don't get kept out if you never went to one.
You don't automatically get in just because you
did. I think when he went to Raiders, he sealed
his fate as not someone that's going to get in.
That's going to harm his legacy for sure. Man,
I would be really, really watching to see who
the Raiders pick and what they do with their
coaching staff. You know, I've gone through periods
of my life where the Raiders were awesome and
the Chiefs sucked, and the Chiefs were awesome
and the Raiders sucked, and both of them were
boring. Yes. The best football is when both teams
are good, and I want the Raiders to get good
so it really means something when the Chiefs
beat them, and it really, really hurts when they
beat the Chiefs. That's what I want. You know,
I don't want to go in there and pound Little
Sisters of the Poor. Oh, no. I want it to be,
you know, a hard -fought battle between equals.
It was like I remember the playoff game between,
gosh, I can't remember the starting quarterback
for the Raiders, but they took him out. And this
is a playoff game. This is a wild card. And they
brought in the red -haired guy. Was it Marinovich?
Marinovich, yeah. Yeah. And that was a boring
game because the Chiefs just destroyed him so
bad because he went behind the ears. He didn't
want to be there. Was it Gannon that they pulled
out, or was it Ripon? Ripon. Ripon. I think it
was Ripon. And they brought in Marinovich because
of his dad and his family pedigree, but not because
of... Not because he was ready. Yeah. And they
got Gannon afterwards. They got Gannon after
we had him. That's right. Yeah, we made Irwin
see how good Gannon was for Minnesota. Yeah.
And then promptly let him go and kept the Girl
Scout. Yeah. Go back. Go back. Go back. All right.
I got one more thing. Oh, all right. On the subject
of the NFL wanting to add an 18th game. Do you
want anything? No, I'm good. Okay. I would like
to, at the same time, see them work in an extra
bye week so a team would have two bye weeks during
the season. I love that idea. There was a season
where every team had two buys. Then they cut
it back to one. Oh, I didn't know that. Yeah,
I forget which year it was. But some ways they
could accommodate having an extra buy and an
extra gain. One of them would be to, as they
were planning to do anyway, remove one preseason
game. So that would put you down to, what, two?
Yes. And then for the next week, change the roster
cut deadline until after the first game of the
season, and then give you only one preseason
game. So you've got all your training camp, your
OTAs, your controlled scrimmages between teams,
and you get one preseason game, except for the
team that plays the Hall of Fame game, and they
get two. So that one preseason game. You can
figure things out. But you don't have to cut
anybody until next week. But next week counts.
Next week counts, yep. Yeah. And since it's the
same for every team, everyone's got the same
advantage or disadvantage from doing that. And
that would be just like heyday for the gambling
community because now you've got like 75 players
to bet on. instead of 53. Yeah. And it could
make for some pretty wild games. It really could.
And if you've got a starter, you know, he's definitely
our number one and blah, blah. Maybe you sacrifice
that first game just to protect your players.
Who knows? But then, you know, have every team
play four or five games and get it by a week.
And then have them play another six or seven
games and get it by a week. And then you finish
out the season with divisional matches. I agree.
I think that could work. Okay, like that? Yeah.
Let's see. I'm trying to see if there's anything
else I wrote down in my margins. I think that
was it. Okay. Well, let's see here. That's all
I have. Alrighty. We've got an hour and 40, so
we can move on, I guess. Go to the music preach.
Okay, sounds good to me. Alright. Okay, everybody,
thank you guys for listening. Our listenership
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