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sports show can't be called two douchebags with
a microphone, maybe we could just call them the
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away. Alright. The sports bastard. It took me
a minute to get this reconfigured from what I'd
done before. Oh, all right. You know what? You
did, though, so. All right, so. Sorry to interrupt.
You are Mark. And who am I? I believe it's Topher.
That's right. You still are? I still am, yes.
I'm still Mark, but I'm not for sure how much
longer. I'll let everybody know if I change really
quick. Yeah. You've got to make new name badges
and all that. It's kind of painful. Yeah, yeah.
And I have my alter ego that some people know.
Dr. Z. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Remember Dr. Z? Yeah.
Yeah. Okay. Maybe I made that up. Okay. All right.
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Yes, it is. Thank you. And they gave me a heart.
Oh, nice. With the froth milk or whatever. Yeah.
Yeah. Thank you. And we have muffins. Oh, hell
yeah. Make sure we make eating and smacking noises
in front of everybody. We will, and we have onion
rings and fries coming up, too. So we got the
very nutritious meals. Thank you. Yeah. Two muffins
each? Oh, my gosh, man. We're going crazy here
today. Thank you. We've got some bottled water
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on. Yeah, and as much as we blab, we'll probably
need it. Yeah, we don't exactly travel light,
but... You know, we bring the important stuff.
Yes, we do. Yep. We got the shock collar, right?
Yes. Yes. The butt plug remover in case somebody
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but the best food around, too. And thank you
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you. We will. We also have the shoe horn in case
an elected official comes by. We can help cry
their own head out of their own ass. Yeah, but
that's going to take, you know what, we better
save that for last. Yeah. Because I don't think
we have enough disc base on there. Yeah, it's
going to take a lot of pulling, a lot of grunting
and browning. Yeah, yeah. And then by the meantime,
they're trying to talk to you into voting for
them. Yes. I'm not voting for you. I'm not dead
yet. No. Yeah. You've got to wait on death. Yep.
So. So, now we know who won the Super Bowl. Yeah.
I would like to say it was a contest. It was
a defensive contest, I guess. Yeah. At first.
At first, yeah. At first, but there's no doubt
that Seattle was the barrier team in every aspect.
I would say so, yeah. Patriots defense was definitely
no slouch. No. But it wasn't enough. Seattle's
defense is insanely good. Yeah, yeah. They remind
me of Philadelphia last year. Yeah. Patriots
offensive line didn't show up, which helped the
Seahawks immensely. Yeah. But, you know, that's
what happens. You don't say the Seahawks aren't
as good just because that happens. They were
good enough to take advantage of it and make
it work. Yeah. All credit to the Seattle team.
The Patriots with all their cap room. Why didn't
they go out and sign? I guess they thought they
had what they needed. That's what I'm getting
at. And I don't think Mike Brable. is as motivating
a coach as he thinks he is because he wasn't
able to motivate the offense of the Patriots
to do much at all. He wasn't able to adapt and
change things. It was partially an offensive
coaching failure. Yeah, and I first got this
clue. I like Mike Grable a lot. I think he may
one day reach the actual promised land besides
just being there. But when the Chiefs played
him back in 2020 in the championship game, He
couldn't do the same thing. Yeah. But that was
with the Titans. Yeah, yeah, with the Titans.
But what is the guy's name, the quarterback from
Miami that he had? Damn it. You know who I'm
talking about, right? Yeah, yeah. It's like right
on the tip of my brain. Me too. So anyhow, Hill
something? Tannehill? Tannehill. Yeah. That's
it, yeah. He had Ryan Tannehill, which I'll give
him somewhat of a pass on. Yeah. He's a good
backup, good game manager, not the guy who's
going to win the tough game for you. No, no.
And is Drake May that guy? We'll get into that
a little bit later. Yeah, that's a good question.
I've got a straight -up question. Yeah. And I
told you about it on the way here. Yeah. We're
going to save that for a standalone because that
deserves a lot of thought. Yeah, yeah. So, anyhow,
go ahead. We've got fries here. Oh, yeah. Thank
you, sir. Thank you, thank you, thank you. Let
me move my muffins out of the way. Oh, hey, all
right. Those are nice muffins, by the way. They
are yummy. Very nice. You got the chocolate one
because that has dairy in it. Oh, that's why.
Okay, thank you. I was hoping I didn't take yours.
No, no. Okay, good. So, their onion rings here
are phenomenal, aren't they? Oh, yeah. Yeah.
I had some out of the freezer the other night.
They were kind of disappointing. They can. Val
taught me something on onion rings though. Yeah.
Some of them are made with minced onions. You'll
want those. You want the ones with the whole
onions. Yeah, definitely. And she's right. Yeah.
The ones with minced onions aren't nearly as
good. It's more like an onion fritter shaped
like a ring. Yes. Yeah. So, all right, that was
onion ring talk. Bonus. Yeah, bonus. So, Mike
Rabel. I can't say he let them down. What I can
say is he wasn't able to coach them up enough
to win, but I'm not sure if that could have happened.
You're right. Yeah, there's no guarantee any
amount of coaching could overcome as confident
as the Seattle defense looked. They looked confident
all game long. Their pregame pep talk really
worked. It did. It did. Seattle has this quiet
strength that the Patriots did not have. Yeah.
Seattle just sat there and said, we're ready,
whoever, we don't care. Nothing flashy here,
nothing to see, nothing to decode. Yeah. We're
playing smash mouth football here, and we're
going to win the championship. And that's another
question I got coming up in a little bit, too.
I think it also helped that Seattle had a tough,
very emotional win over Los Angeles. in their
championship game, but the Patriots kind of survived
the AFC championship. It wasn't a win on the
part of the Patriots. It was they survived a
little longer than the Broncos did. So there's
no momentum there to build on. It's like we went
in there and their backup quarterback hadn't
played all year and we were barely able to scrape
by. It doesn't build much confidence for you.
No, and I think they knew that too. That was
in the back of their heads as well. Boy, we got
away with one. Yep. Because it's my impression
the Broncos would have kicked the shit out of
them with Bo Nix in. Yeah, with Bo Nix, I think
the Broncos would have won that game. With Stidham,
they would have at least looked better than the
Patriots did. There would have been a lot more
offense on the part of the Broncos. I think Seahawks
eventually would have won anyway. Probably would
have been a better game with the Broncos in there.
I agree. It's too bad that didn't happen because
I think that would have been an epic game. Because
Bo Nix, he's not the flashiest, not the best.
But he makes the plays when it counts. And that
would have been really nice in that Super Bowl.
Look, not when you're behind by 20 and getting
a touchdown. I'm sorry, that's not quite the
same. It's not. When you're behind by that much,
you've got to kind of figure the other team is
loosening up. Well, like last year. Yeah, same
thing. It's kind of like, all right, let's not
get anybody hurt. Let's let some people play
in the Super Bowl because they earned it. They're
not starters, but they played well all year.
Put them in there. We're going to win this game.
We clearly demonstrated it. So, yeah, I get it.
The thing is on stuff like that, though, is you've
got to be really careful not to let the momentum
shift. Oh, yeah. And Chris Collins' work was
really, or was it Tariq? One of them was like,
oh, when the Patriots were. scored the touchdown,
and then they stopped Seattle. All of a sudden
it was like, oh, they just got to the momentum.
We got us a game now. Seattle came right back
and was like, we let up on the gas. We're not
going to do that anymore. Watch this. It very
easily could have been a shutout. Very easily
could have been a shutout. It would have been
the first one ever in the Super Bowl. I was rooting
for it just to have one. So I've got a couple
of questions about the Super Bowl here. We all
know the outcome, of course. Is it 29 -13, I
believe? Yeah. Yeah. But it wasn't all offense
that scored the 29. No, there was a pick six
in there. There was a scoop and score, wasn't
there? Yeah, well, the one Walker got, the holding
call brought that back. Oh, yeah. Otherwise,
Walker would have had like 160 yards and a scoop
and score. And he probably would have been easily
MVP. Yeah, who got the MVP? I haven't looked
that up yet. He should have. Yeah. He should
have. Walker played out of his mind. He would
be tackled and still keep going. That's an amazing
guy. He ran so hard it was insane. Yeah. His
running was an inspiration, and I hope that our
running backs looked at that and said, shit,
that's what we need to do. Yep. He said he had
no for an answer on every tackle. He just kept
going and going and going. And, you know, as
much as I used to like Pacheco, why would you
keep Pacheco if there was a running back like
him out there? You would not. And I hope that
– I know Andy Reid's notorious for being loyal.
Yeah. But you need different running backs. Yeah.
And I'm not even so sure about Hunt anymore.
I like him. Yeah. But I don't know if maybe you
need a complete turnover in that department.
I don't know about Smith. That's still up in
there. Maybe you wait until, see how he does
in training camp. Maybe you keep Hunt around.
A little insurance, third down back specialist,
fourth down. Kind of like Pete Ryan was, who
we should have kept. And then you get your main
two running backs somewhere else. Mitchell's
not an option, we know this. That was a complete
bust. Yeah, San Francisco got even a little bit.
A little bit. Yeah, it's too bad the Chiefs couldn't
have been in this Super Bowl. Can you imagine
over there in San Francisco in their stadium
we're playing? Oh. Yeah. Something else. Yep.
I noticed where Joe Montana's playing, he plays
surprisingly neutral about Kansas City and San
Francisco because he played for both. Yeah. I
think maybe some of his feelings might be this,
and I don't know for sure. It's a guess. San
Francisco threw me away. Kansas City wanted him.
And I think at the moment, I think there's more
opportunity for him to get auxiliary income as
far as endorsements and appearances. I think
that would be easier in KC than it would in San
Francisco. San Francisco is having a lot of troubles
of their own as far as just the city itself.
Oh, yeah, yeah. No kidding. And does he live
in San Francisco? I think he does. He didn't
stay around here, I'm pretty sure. I don't think
so. Yeah. Although even with all the money he
made playing football, he may not be able to
afford to live there much longer. Yeah. You never
know. He's probably in Santa Clara or San Jose
and not actually in San Francisco. Yeah. I was
surprised to see how short Joe Montana looks
in relation to the other football players. He's
6 '2", I believe. He's a shorter quarterback.
Yeah. But I'd also like to add, 6 '2 wasn't that
far out of the norm back then. No, no it wasn't.
Now, 6 '5, 6 '6, not a big deal. Yeah. Okay.
Should Josh Allen be thankful he didn't go to
the Super Bowl and be humiliated? Oh, I think
so. I think so too. I think he might have rethought
things after that game and said, man, this was
not the Super Bowl I wanted in on. If the Bills
had made it in and lost, then Sean McDermott
would have been fired yesterday instead of when
he was. Yeah. Yeah, the outcome would have been
the same. Yeah. Just would have delayed it two
weeks. The thing is, is the ownership there is
so horrible that nobody's really interested in
that job, so they gave it to the offensive coordinator.
Yeah. Which everyone's picking them to be back
on top next year. I'm not. No. I wouldn't think
so. They might win the division because, dang
it, we just want that. You want that? No, no.
You want number one, not number three. Yeah,
I want number one. Exactly. You guys got any
specials or anything? Yeah, we've got our Valentine's
specials that are full -fledged going now. We've
got the red velvet mocha. We've got our cherry
cheesecake latte with a cheesecake cold film
we make in -house. Oh, yeah. And then we have
our two sandwiches, a barbecue beef sandwich
with a fried onion ring on it. a little cabbage
on top, and then we have a corned beef breakfast
sandwich with a fried egg on it, a slice of corned
beef on it, and a bean bagel. Damn it. We already
ordered. Well, let's see if we get hungry a little
bit later. I've got to try one of all of those.
Yeah, that sounds really good. And red velvet
waffles. Red velvet waffles? Yeah. Oh, shit.
That house -made cream cheese frosting on top.
Oh. That's pretty amazing stuff. Yeah, we're
going to have to. Wow. Dang. That's impressive.
Yeah. Okay, so Josh Allen probably should want
in on another Super Bowl for sure. Yeah. Let's
see. Is Drake May ruined? Could be. He looked
pretty destroyed. It's hard to come off of something
like that. Oh, my gosh. I mean, he was humiliated.
I mean... Is it seven sacks? At least, yeah.
I can't really blame him. He was harassed constantly.
It's not like he was holding it too long or making
bad choices. It's just like Mahomes this past
season. He didn't have any time. Yeah. And actually,
Drake May's composure impressed me. Yeah. Because
he didn't really get that bad off about it or
nothing. He's like, yeah, they played better.
Yeah. Yeah, it would have been easy to just kind
of lose it during that game and lose your temper
and throw things, which I've seen a lot of other
players do. I really admired him because of the
level -headedness. It was like, okay, got our
ass kicked. Yep. Move on next year. Yep, you've
got to take the attitude of somebody was going
to lose this game and be crushed, so I guess
it was our turn today. Yeah, yep, and I think
that's what it was. I think he compartmentalized
it like he should have. Yep. Best thing for the
Patriots to do would be to focus on all the good
things. Hey, we got the second -year quarterback.
We made it all the way to the Super Bowl. Yes.
And they got a lot of cap room left so they can
improve their team. That's all these positives
to think about. It's kind of funny with Seattle.
It's like, okay, what are you going to do for
us next year? Yeah. The record's on again. Yeah.
I see Seattle being back. Yeah. They've definitely
got enough to build on there. Because you're
going to lose team members every season. So you're
always building on what you have left over. Yeah.
And they're going to have plenty left. And they've
got cap room. Yeah. So, okay. Sam Darnold, can
we go over his graduating class? Yeah. Okay.
Josh Allen. Yeah. Lamar Jackson, right? Yeah.
Okay, and there was another one, too. He beat
every one of them to winning a Super Bowl. Yeah.
Wow. When he was frowned upon greatly, he was
the guy that said, I see ghosts out there on
the field. Yep. In the jets. And people automatically
kind of were like, uh, it may be true, but you
don't say that. Yeah. So he was kind of viewed
maybe as a malcontent, or I don't know, or maybe
just loose -lipped. Yeah, a little out of it.
A little out of it. People didn't appreciate
that, although it was true. Yeah. So he did a
lot of growing up in that time, a lot. Yeah.
And I read an article. He blamed San Francisco
and Mike Shanahan and Brock Purdy for his success
now. Wow. He said they taught him more than any
other place he's been about offense, about how
to compose yourself, how to throw, how to look
for openings. Interesting. Yeah, he said he would
not be here today if it wasn't for Kyle Shanahan
and Brock Purdy specifically. How ironic that
he made it and they didn't. I know. I know. You
know, they're probably like, oh, that's great.
I guess we gave away too much info. Yeah. So,
well, I think it just strengthens the reinforcement
of a system quarterback has a really hard time
winning. Yeah. If you don't have a guy that can
improvise and do what he needs to do, run, throw,
whatever, a guy with a football mind like Mahomes
where he's like, you know, I can toss this underhanded,
and I know that Kelsey or somebody, I know he's
with me mentally right now. There he is. So this
is going to work. You need a guy like that. A
system quarterback usually only gets you so far.
You know, I keep remembering what a lot of military
people have said. and written in books and speeches,
etc., is that your plan for the battle goes completely
out the window upon first contact with the enemy.
He's right. And in football, once that first
play is over, your game plan is trash and you
need to modify, adjust. It just can't help it.
Things won't go the way you planned them, so
you've got to be able to adapt and adjust. And
Darnold, apparently... is pretty good at seeing
things that the coach couldn't anticipate, figuring
things out, getting it done, and making it work.
Some of those throws he made were just really,
really freaking good. I know. There were others
that were just plain mediocre. And even Drake
May was fitting some in there that looked pretty
amazing. So whoever's the better at adapting
and changing as the game ebbs and flows, the
game kind of breathes. It has a pulse and a respiration
at the ebbs and flows. If you can ride that and
know when to jump, when to strike, when to change
your tactics, etc., it looks like the Seahawks
were able to do that pretty well. This also was
a great game to show that, to display that. Because
that's exactly what happened. The ebbs and flows
of the game is exactly what made it to where
it was. It was like a complete apex. Seattle's
climbing the hill. Got winded. Had to stop a
minute. And then next thing you know, the Patriots
are climbing up right behind him. Yep. So they
climb a little bit more and go, okay, let's take
us a little break here. Let's catch our breath.
And the Patriots did it again. About the third
quarter, clearly the better team on the field
and the team that was going to win this was Seattle.
And there was no doubt about it. Yeah. Yeah,
it got pretty clear that without some sort of
serious intervention that the Patriots didn't
really have much of a chance. They were blanked.
They were blanked in the third quarter with 53.
53 total yards, not just yards out of the quarterback's
hands. Total yards and through three quarters,
53. That's less than 20 yards a quarter. Yeah,
that is complete domination. Not even two first
downs. God. The difference is at first the Patriots
were able to do that to Seattle. Yeah. Holding
the threes, holding the threes, holding the threes.
As the game went on. They weren't able to hold
them threes. No. For various reasons. I mean,
the offensive line, the D -line of Seattle just
manhandled everybody on their offense. And that
was the difference when it kept going. And the
further the game went on, the more you got to
see the superior team. It's reminding me of Super
Bowl IV Chiefs over the Vikings. Oh, yeah, yeah.
Which I actually remember watching. I don't.
Yeah. It was kind of the same thing. The Chiefs
got three field goals to start, but then the
Chiefs D -line just started crushing through
the Vikings O -line and setting Joe Capp on his
ass, and they had no answer for it. And it wasn't
a high -scoring game. It was like, what, 23 -10,
23 -17, something like that. But it was never
really in any doubt. No, no. So this current
Super Bowl, this past one, just kind of reminds
me a little bit of that same attitude of... How
about the Chicago Bears' one and only Super Bowl
win? You were talking about this to quarterback
Easton. Go ahead. You said it really well on
the way in. In 1985, the Bears had their massive
46 defense, and they showed up in the Super Bowl
to play the New England Patriots with their second
-year quarterback, Tony Easton. And the game
pretty much went like we saw Sunday. It was a
defensive struggle back and forth. Now in 85,
the Bears were able to score a lot more. It wound
up being like 46 -10 or something like that,
final score. But just like Sunday, way back when
the Patriots quarterback was getting hammered,
was getting knocked down, he lost his confidence,
didn't know what he could do to fix what was
going on. They just had no answer for the relentless
pass rush and the crushing attack. It really
reminded me of what we saw Sunday. And the bad
part is Tony Easton was never the same quarterback
again. That pretty much ruined his career. It
did. It very much ruined his career. Yeah. So
I'm wondering that about Drake May. Yeah, it
could be a bad sign for Drake May. If Rabel can
step it up as a coach and take the blame, take
the responsibility, and then heap the praise
on Drake May, that'll go a long way towards building
his confidence back. I'm pretty sure that's what
he's going to do. Yeah. He's smart enough and
a good enough guy. Coach to realize, I think,
what needs to be done. Here's a defensive line,
the new Mahomes. You know, that's a good question.
I would say so. I know. Because they're starting
to prove, no matter how good your quarterback
is, if he doesn't have time to throw, he's not
a good quarterback. And this is genius how people
have figured this out, like Vic Fangio. Like,
okay, we're not going to beat this guy throwing.
We're not going to beat this guy head -to -head.
We're only going to beat this guy by beating
this guy. And so he was one of the ones that
figured it out. And actually it was figured out
the season before, but it was caught up to him
the last Super Bowl, 59, not 60. And the D -line
is, I think, the new sexy. I think the D -line
is the new Mahomes. Yeah. They're pretty much
going, bring your boy out here. Bring him out
here. We'll take care of it. And they have been.
Yeah, and your D -line is going to be the three
or four people, depending on your scheme. Uh
-huh. And then you've got your dedicated edge
rushers. Yep. That as a group, I mean, it's more
than one person. You've got a quarterback, that's
one person. You find the one person. defensive
pass rush, one of them can have a bad day and
the rest of them still come through. Yes. If
you just put everything on the quarterback and
he has a bad day, you're sunk. So there's more
room for error. And if you lose somebody, it's
easier to put another person in and still maintain
that high level. Whereas we see if Mahomes gets
injured, he's out. You've got a completely different
quarterback in there now. Yeah. It seems like
a safer and easier way to build the pivotal point
of your team. Uh -huh. is to sink the money into
the pass rush. And then also the running game.
How do you counteract a good pass rush? The best
way is, of course, the offensive line, but the
best is the running game. The running game loosens
those guys up, the D -line up, because they're
constantly trying to fend off that five -yard,
that four -yard, that five -yard. So if I were
the Chiefs, I mean, look, I mean, they're a body
of success. I mean, who am I to say this, but
it appears to me like... They need to change
it around. You know what? Mahomes is our secret
answer. He's the secret sauce. But everything
else has to be in the broth. Yeah, it seems like
they've been using Mahomes as like 90 % of the
offense. Yeah. He should be 50%. Yeah, and his
form of backyard football is so good, but it's
not possible if you don't have any time for anything.
And it's not really sustainable over the course
of a game. You can't keep counting on those fun,
high -risk throws to keep working out for you.
Yeah. Pounding up the middle or around the end
with a running back or running draws to defeat
the pass rush. It's a very valid tactic to use,
and it gets you yards, and it runs the clock
down so your enemy's offense can't spend much
time on the field. It's like win, win, win. Yeah.
As in Kansas City doing this, we also need an
offensive line a little bit more disciplined,
in my opinion. Yeah. We have some really good
components on there, but it seems to me like
they're not that well coached, which would go
to the offensive line coaching. So we have had
new people come in to their credit, they realized.
So anyhow, we'll move on from that. Well, one
thing I wanted to mention there is when you've
got – a bizarre snap count, like a hard count
or a bizarre cadence or whatever, your linemen
will learn that and they can handle it. But then
when someone has to rotate out and someone else
in, then you get false starts over and over and
over and over. It makes more sense to not rely
on such a weird and funky snap count. Just be
able to do the job when the ball is snapped and
then you don't have to worry about tricking them
with a weird snap count. Exactly, yes. Get better
at your job. That way you won't have to use the
trick, and substituting offensive linemen won't
keep setting you back five yards. Yeah. So many
times you see a business or a company or a team
or something, they've got a difficult situation
or a problem. Yeah. Instead of fixing it, they
just work it into the normal routine. It's like,
okay, well, this is the way it is, and here's
how we're going to accommodate it and make it
part of every day. It's like, no, just fix it.
Yeah. I can see the Chiefs. Well, we're going
to keep doing the weird -ass snap cam because
that helps us. Yeah, it's going to bite in the
ass. Yeah, you won't have to do the, oh, acting
like you're going to try to draw the offense
offside. Say, no, this never fucking works, and
then go ahead and do it anyhow. You don't have
to do that if you're good enough. Yeah. Although
that was funny. Yeah. All right. It's a Super
Bowl legal name. Two words are one. I think it's
one. It's two words. Oh, it is. It is. Look at
all the Super Bowl logos. There's a space in
between them. Wow, I didn't notice that. Their
legal name is Super Bowl. But we all choose to
just say Super Bowl. I bet they have both copyrighted.
Probably. But they use the one with the space
in it. Well, they obviously have to have it copyrighted
because then everybody would have been... going
Super Bowl in one word and going, ha ha, you
can't do anything about it. So I think you're
probably 100 % correct. Like, get both of them,
we're going to use one of them. So, yeah, they're
that kind of league, yes. Love them or hate them,
whatever. Do you have something you want to go
over? I have some stuff, but we can get to it
here in a little bit. Let's see. What do you
think about... Mike Vrabel's, I mean not Mike
Vrabel, Sean Payton's future in Denver after
he stuck his foot in his mouth. I know. You know,
everybody's on Bo Nix's side. And they should
be. They should be. How about HIPAA laws? I mean,
I'm pretty sure that Denver Broncos and Sean
Payton are liable if Bo Nix chooses to go that
route. I doubt if he does because he wants to
play there. But still, he has a hell of a complaint.
Yeah, yeah. I would definitely. In his place,
I would use that as a bargaining chip, saying,
look, I'm not going to prosecute you, but I'm
pretty pissed. Some things need to change, and
here is how I want things to go, or right before
the statute of limitations runs out, I will prosecute
for that. Yes, and also, he was so angry, he
called his own press conference. Yep. He went
straight to the media and said, hey, I'm having
a press conference over here at 12 o 'clock.
The media went there, and that's when he gave
them the good news about, hey, you don't know
how many operations I had, and you shouldn't
be speaking about it. I'm thinking that Sean
Payton's authority over Bo Nix has just been
cut in half, if not more. I think so, too. I
think from now on, Bo Nix can look at Sean Payton
and say, you know what? If I don't like what
you're saying, I'm just not going to do it. And
what the hell are you going to do about it, old
man? And there's nothing he's going to do. You're
right. They'll replace Sean Payton before they'll
dump Bo Nix. I think so, too. Yeah. Okay, so,
yeah, that was also the other thing was the attempted
joke, which I don't think was a joke. Did you
see him in that press conference, Sean Payton?
Well, he goes, if I would have known that. He
said, really, as a matter of fact, if I would
have known that, I wouldn't have drafted him.
It's the guy that brought you to the championship
game. Yeah, he did so many things wrong. His
surly, nasty attitude, zero humor. Yeah. I mean,
he's done so much damage to himself image -wise.
I imagine the Broncos are sitting there thinking,
they're trying to decide, do we just take the
side against him and let him swing on his own,
or do we try to stand behind him and try to rehabilitate
him and bring him back into the fold? Time will
tell, but he might have lost the team. Could
you imagine the rest of it? I mean, how would
you like to be on that team and hear that and
go, what did he just do? Yep. Yep. I mean, team
sport. Everyone works together. Everyone relies
on each other. Everyone counts on each other.
And here's the coach singling you out. Yeah.
Saying, gee, I wish we'd never drafted you. Yeah.
That's what ownership chose to hire as the head
coach. Think about it a little more carefully.
The good coaches protect their players and throw
the blame on them just like a good quarterback
does. Yep, that's what I see Andy doing every
time. He never blames the players. And it's a
layered thing. You have Chris Jones accepting
responsibility on the defense. You have Mahomes
accepting responsibility over the whole team.
You have Reed accepting responsibility over Mahomes.
And that's the way it should be. And that's part
of what you hire him for is that right there.
You have to protect these people and you have
to make sure that they have a clear path to succeed.
What Sean Payton did was not that. If nothing
else, Sean Payton has shown how he can be rattled
to the point where he throws all of his good
judgment and caution away. Yeah, no problem.
If he can be rattled into saying something that
stupid and then doubling down on it, how do you
trust that guy? How do you trust him with your
multi -billion dollar franchise? I wouldn't.
When he's that volatile and he's that quick to
say something stupid that damages your franchise.
Yeah. It's like, dude, I think the Broncos are
probably worth like $5 billion, $6 billion. And
he can cut that value massively with one stupid
comment. Yeah. I wouldn't trust him. I wouldn't
either. The fallout, I don't think, is going
to begin this season. I think the fallout is
going to begin next season to see how they react
to the coach doing that. Yeah, I imagine that
somewhere in a mental ledger, the general manager
or the owner or ownership group or whoever is
making little check marks that, all right, you're
nine -tenths of the way out the door. You do
one more thing, and the ax is coming down, and
we're going to make it stick. I think you're
right. And the team won't care and the fans won't
care because he's shown his ass. Yeah. And unless
he starts winning Super Bowls pretty quick, they're
tired of him already. That's the key right there.
He has to go on to the promised land and win
it now with the Broncos. And he's got to do this
quick. Yeah. Because anything less, they're going
to be like, this guy's mouthy and he's just not
getting it done. Look, no Super Bowl rings, nothing.
We made it. way up there both times and kept
losing. No, he's going to be ousted just like
Sean McDermott. You know what I'd compare it
to? Say a man and a woman get married and then
they have their wedding night together and the
next day the guy goes to work and tells all his
friends that his wife was crappy in bed and farted
too much and he could do better and I wouldn't
have married her if I'd known this. Does that
look good for him ever? Hell no. No, no, you're
right, yeah. And is his wife going to be real
happy to take him back with open arms? Uh -uh.
No, no, no. That's what Sean Payton basically
did. He crapped all over the team that was giving
him everything he demanded, everything they could,
and he just crapped on them. And you're talking
about the leader of this team. Yeah. This is
a guy that everybody looks up to. Yeah, the quarterback
is supposed to be like the coach on the field,
basically. Yeah, yeah, and you're doing that?
Yeah. Such bad judgment. That's the big thing
is he lost control. He didn't have the discipline
to keep his mouth shut. He said the stupid part
aloud. Total lapse of judgment. Gosh. And non
-discipline. Yeah. Yeah, I agree. But, you know,
Deshaun Watson hung around in the league for
a few years after he basically raped all those
women. So I guess Sean Payton can hang around
for saying something stupid. I guess so. Geez.
It really comes in. The NFL, if they're making
money off you, they'll let you stick around.
Oh, yes. Without a doubt. It doesn't matter if
you murdered a bunch of dogs in dog fighting
rings. If they can make money off you, they'll
bring you back and let you play football again.
They come out of prison. Yep. Yep. So, we'll
see. Yeah. Do you want to go through a few stats
of the Super Bowl? Yeah. Okay. Total points,
29 -13, of course, the Seahawks. Total yards,
listen to this, and this is not indicative of
what happened. Patriots total yards, 331. Seahawks,
335. Wow. Yeah. That tells me that the Seahawks
were a lot more efficient with the yards they
gained. They converted them to points much better.
Yes. Now, listen to this. Passing yards, 252
for the Patriots, 194 for the Seahawks. Really?
Yes. So reading this, you'd be like, oh, man,
Seahawks didn't do that well. Well, they did
have Kenneth Walker. Yeah, but, yeah, there you
go there. And this goes back to what I'm saying
about a running game complementary to the D -line
is the way you win games now. That's as of right
now. Next year might change. Yeah. Rushing yards
for the Patriots, 79. Rushing yards for the Seahawks,
except minus six of them were all Walker II.
Wow. 141. Nice. Or no, wait a minute. 133 yards,
136 yards, or was it 140 yards? Somewhere around
there. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It was like less than
10 yards. Every one belonged to Walker. First
downs, Patriots 18, Seahawks 20. Wow. Can you
believe that shit? They were shut down in the
red zone. That's it. They were shut down in the
red zone. They got all of the first downs between
the 40s. Another thing worth mentioning here
is Patriots actually had more passing yards than
you think because the sack yardage comes off
of. Drake Mays. Yes, that's a great point. He
had seven sacks. So all the yardage he lost on
the sacks deducted from the yards he'd already
passed. He probably had 400 yards, actually.
Yeah, yeah. Isn't that something? Couldn't make
it count. Couldn't make it count. I'll put it
like this. Mahomes won a Super Bowl like heaven
won something. You know, won something passing
yards. Yeah. And the ones towards the end of
the game is different because that's when the
game becomes more serious. And that's when you
start taking chances. You hit a big play here
and there. So, all right, how about third down
conversions? The Patriots, 6 of 15. The Seahawks,
4 of 16. Whoa. Yes. It doesn't make sense, does
it? That is really weird. You know, some of those...
Third downs they didn't convert, turned into
field goals. Yes. I don't remember them going
for it on first down, so the rest of them turned
into punts. That's the next one. Wow. Fourth
down conversion, 0 -0 on both. Yeah. Sacks, yards
lost. Patriots had eight. This is the sacks that
the team got. Like, okay, this is the Seahawks
getting. Or the Patriots getting the Seahawks.
They have one sack for eight yards. Wow. Yeah.
And then Seahawks against Drake Mays, six, I
guess. I thought it was seven. For 43 yards.
So take that 43 yards off of the 300. Put that
onto the 331 yards, and you're in the 370s close
to 380. Yeah, wow. Interceptions thrown. I don't
know. Drake May, two. Sam Darnold, none. So that
was a huge one. Fumbles. Drake May, one. Sam
Darnold, nothing. Penalties. Three for 25 yards,
the Patriots, and four for 25 yards, the Seahawks.
Thank God we didn't have a flag -filled game.
That was so nice. Oh, I know. It was nice. How
about time of possession? How do you think that's
going? Probably a little towards the Seahawks
because of their running game. But not that extraordinary.
Okay. Possession time, 26 .49. 26 minutes, 49
seconds. Seahawks, 33 minutes, 11 seconds. So
about six seconds more. About one drive difference,
should we say, right? Wow, that's not a lot.
Yep. Now this is just passing. Just passing,
not total yards. Drake May, 26 of 42, 271 yards.
Respectable, very respectable in the Super Bowl.
Two touchdowns, but two interceptions. Six sacks.
76 .6 rating, which is horrible. So, Drake May
on rushing. Five carries, 37 yards. Not bad.
One fumble. One loss. He had more than that,
but one didn't count. Ramondre Stevenson, seven
carries for 23 yards, when you got Walker over
there, remember, at 130 -something. So, anyhow,
I got more here. Do you want me to go on to some
more stats, or do we pretty much have a good
idea? I think we're getting a good idea. The
running game was a big difference. Kenneth Walker,
the third. I thought he was the second, the third.
27 carries, 135 yards. What would that break
down to, 27 out of 135? I don't think it's as
good as we think it is. I mean, like, stat -wise.
It's more than four yards a carry. Yeah. That's
like 4 .3, something like that. Something like
that, yeah. Well, you know what, that's very,
very good. That's pretty good, yeah. That's real
good. You do that three times, you already got
a first down. Yeah, that's what I judge it by.
If you can run three times and get a first down,
that's successful running game. Yeah, yeah. Cooper
Cup, 61 yards, six catches. I thought his name
was Cup of Soup. It is. Cooper Cup, Cup of Soup.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Chunky, Chunky Soup, yes. And
now hearing those stats, it really, really brings
into focus how one -dimensional the Patriots
were. They had the passing game. Exactly. That
was pretty much it. That was it? Yeah. Interesting,
because I think Mike, okay. Mike Vrabel, he coached
this team up so much, and it was an opening.
The usual suspects were not in there. And then
they were given a gift by Bo Nix shattering his
ankle. Okay, so it was somewhat luck coaching
up. I don't think they were really meant to be
there yet. Yeah, yeah, I was getting that overwhelming
feeling that if it had been another year or so,
Drake May would have behaved a lot differently,
would have been a lot better. Yep. At this point,
he's going to have to overcome this Super Bowl
loss, which may set him back six months to a
year. I think it's going to. He got beat up and
humiliated so bad. I think there's going to be
a hangover. He might recover, yes, but I think
there's going to be a hangover. And next year,
they're going to have a first -place schedule.
It's going to be interesting to see. So I actually
think that that division in particular, them
and the Bills, I think that they're going to
all have a down season, but I think the Bills
might squeak one out, and it would be like 11
-6 as opposed to 13 or something like that. There's
more on the line also for the Super Bowl than
being the winning quarterback. Twenty years ago
and earlier, winning the Super Bowl was its own
reward. It's something you brag on. It helps
you get in the Hall of Fame. Winning the Super
Bowl is a stepping stone to better endorsement
deals, more appearances, more opportunities,
etc. So it's not just, well, we could have won
the championship and we didn't. We didn't win
and now all those business opportunities have
disappeared. It means a lot more financially
to the players who didn't win. Look at Jalen
Hurts. You didn't see him on TV before that except
on a football game. Yep. After the Super Bowl
win, he's on a lot of commercials. Yep. And then
they didn't make postseason this time, so a lot
of that's going to dry up for him. Yes. And I'm
sure Drake May had a ton of stuff lined up. You
know, you win the Super Bowl, here's all these
things. And then he didn't win, and they're all
gone. They're gone. They're going to somebody
else. Yeah. It's an extra factor that we don't
always see or think about, but it's. You know,
these players who are in the NFL are looking
at it not as, you know, here's where I, this
is my end, this is my goal, this is my dream.
It's this is my step to the next big thing. I
can use the NFL to get where I really want to
go. Yes. Yep. So it ironically becomes more important
they do well in the NFL because they want a head
start on the next thing in their life, the podcast
or the business investment or the general manager
position or whatever. Yeah. No, that's true.
More weight on the players. All of a sudden,
Josh Allen's not in any more cute commercials
like that weird -ass pistachio one. Yeah, that
was pretty pervy. Yeah, or the one he's lying
in bed with some dude. Yeah, yeah, they all just
kind of dried up. Yeah, they did. The thing that
gets me is no matter where Josh Allen's at, he's
always in a football uniform. He's not as recognizable
as Mahomes, I guess. You're right. It's like
they don't think the general public can... tell
who he is unless he's wearing red red white blue
jersey yeah yeah yeah and i noticed that the
other day because when that commercial where
he's lying in bed i think it's like direct tv
or something um he's in a football uh uniform
and then the pistachio commercial he's in a football
uniform yeah i don't think i've ever seen him
on a commercial not in a football uniform i was
trying to remember the cj stroud restaurant commercial
I think he was wearing a uniform. Buffalo Wild
Wings. Yeah, he was. But that's weird because,
I mean, C .J. Stroud's a very recognizable young
man. I mean, he's got a distinct look around.
You see him once, you remember who he is. Campbell,
he's also on there, too. I forgot his first name.
Campbell. Dan. Dan Campbell. Yeah. The head coach
of the Lions. Uh -huh. He didn't have a football
uniform or anything on. No. But we also recognize
him because we're into football, but I'm not
sure if anyone might even know who Dan Campbell
is. Yeah, yeah. But C .J. Stroud, he's wearing
his uniform, so you know. But not the official
uniform because then they would have had to pay
the NFL. And that's the way with number 17 on
Josh Allen is. You don't see bills on that anywhere.
You don't see a little buffalo, a little bison
on the side, nothing. Even all those commercials
with Mahomes and Kelsey. They were red jerseys,
but they never said Chiefs on them. They never
had a logo of any kind. It was all just generic
stuff. So they don't want to pay them, and I
don't blame them. That's a lot of money for something
you don't have to do. Everybody knows who they
are. Yeah, pretty much. So, yeah. So, all right,
you got something? Let's look at our predictions.
You had picked the Patriots, 28 -27. I almost
picked. I was going to go Seattle, but I... I
had to do the opposite. Yeah. I picked Seattle
28 -26. So, on score -wise, we were both completely
out of it. Yeah. It was a totally different game
than we expected. I mean, both of us, I think,
expected a lot more offense and game to go back
and forth. Yeah. Overall, the general opinion
I'm getting from a lot of people was that was
a boring game. Everybody I know was like, I wasted
my time. Yeah. Strictly speaking, you could have
tuned in for the fourth quarter and really seen
all you needed to see. That's all you needed
to see because, what, 9 -0 until then? Yeah.
And I'm picturing the NFL who's doing everything
they can to make sure every Super Bowl is competitive
and not a blowout. And then they get this defensive
struggle that's boring everyone to death. They've
got to be pulling their hair out. What the hell
do we got to do, man? Oh, I'm sure they're just
like, damn. Yeah. Because me growing up in the
early 20s and 30s, pretty much every Super Bowl
was over by halftime. Yeah. It was just such
a blowout. And one team was so clearly overmatched,
it was like, eh. Most people never even bothered
to tune in for the second half. It was like the
old Denver Broncos with Dan Reeves. Yeah. No
defense. So the other team would score like 40
points in the first half and be 40 to 10 or something.
It's like, there's nothing to see here. Yeah.
So. I've got some bullet points. I love bullet
points. All right, let's do it. Will the NFL
and its convenient penalties during crucial moments
catch up with them? I think it will. Yeah, it
will, but this game actually was not like that.
They didn't need to. They didn't need to sway
the game. The game was decided pretty quickly.
Yeah, but I do think there will come a time when
it's done in such an obvious fashion and done
so obviously to help the gambling line that,
the betting public will rise up and say, uh -uh,
it's obviously fixed, and we're just not going
to bet on this anymore because you can take it
away at any moment. And then the NFL will have
to figure out what to do next. Gambling is going
to be their biggest source of revenue. If it
isn't already, it's going to be. And if they
keep messing with the outcome of games, the gamblers
are going to move on. I think they need to cut
it back considerably. I think they do. Because
word's out. Everybody I speak to about this agrees
with it, too. They're like, you know, that's
true. Yeah. Games going down to the fourth quarter
late wasn't the norm. No. Now it's almost expected.
Yeah. How'd that happen? I know how. Non -holding
call or a holding call. A non -pass interference
or a pass interference. Yeah. The phantom ones
were the ones that were ignored. Easy to do.
And the holding call is opinion -based. It's
a judgment call. The same with pass interference.
It's always a judgment call. There was a big
fight late in the game. Stephon Diggs got hit
out of bounds, and then he retaliated, and then
it escalated from there. For once, I agreed with
Diggs. That was a dirty hit that should have
never happened. Yeah, and how the guy thought
he could get away with that. In the stadium full
of cameras. I don't think he cared. Yeah, I don't
think he did either. I don't think he cared.
They had the game won. I think Diggs might have
been mouthing him the whole game. And he's probably
like, we won this game. I don't care if I get
kicked out. And he just drilled him on the sideline.
So that was kind of a personal thing. That wasn't
just a statement. That was like a, I remember
what you said, that type of thing. Or I remember
you trying to gouge my eyes out. You know, something.
But at that point, I thought, okay, well, this
is going to turn into a big deal, and this is
going to influence the game. This is going to
let the Patriots back in. And then it all just
went away. The Patriots had a good drive right
after that, and they were pumped. But then after
that, Seattle got right back on top and started
dominating. I mean, it was over. So I don't think
they would have got that touchdown if it wasn't
for the late hit. Because you could see them.
They fired them up. Yeah, they're like, all right,
motherfuckers, watch. But that was it. They had
nothing else to offer because the superior team
was Seattle, and they took it over again. Now,
I'm sure all of that, the players are going to
get fined by the league office because it doesn't
matter if a penalty was called. The league office
can fine you if they choose to. And they probably
will on this. It was so egregious. And one of
the officials got clobbered, too. He went down.
Oh, I know. I know. But it just, I would like
somebody to explain. any kind of reasoning for
not throwing any flags at all and just letting
it all go. I mean, that would have been a perfect
opportunity to eject a key player off the Seattle
squad, which would let the Patriots back into
the game. And that's what I expected them to
do. I did, too. They did not. Yeah. They threw
the flag. That was it. I never even saw a flag
get thrown. Was there not a flag thrown? No.
Then that's bullshit. No wonder Diggs was so
angry. Yeah. I mean, usually they throw flags
and they say offsetting and they just pretend
it never happened. This time it was like they
just pushed everyone apart and went back on to
the game. Something like that should not be offsetting
penalties. If someone hits you that egregious,
that hard, out of bounds, I think you have the
right to retaliate. And I think, like in school,
who threw the first punch, who started it? He
did. Okay. All right, you're in trouble. This
guy was defending himself. I think it's the same
thing in NFL. It should be like the guy that
perpetrates a crime and not the guy that reacted
to it. Yeah. I agree. Is Bill Belichick still
laughing? I think so. I think so, too. Of course,
then somebody reminds them they didn't make it
into the Hall of Fame on the first ballot and
never will on the first ballot. Oh, no, no, no.
That's what I'm saying. It's gone forever. That's
a warm feeling in his tummy. You know that. Oh,
yes, not me. Let's see how well your boy Mike
Bray will do now. Oh. Yeah. Yeah. You know, Bill
Belichick said, I would have won that game. I
would have won that game, bitches. He's probably
telling everybody he knows. Yes, he is. Here's
how I would have won that. Yes. She's like, right,
right, Bill, right. I'm going to buy this new
outfit. Yeah, sure, whatever. So, all right.
Which Super Bowl team this year will be back
for another run next year? Seattle. Seattle.
I don't think New England's got. They're going
to get stopped well short. Yeah. I mean, they've
got a chance, of course, but it doesn't look
all that good right now. Of course, this can
change because of rosters. Yeah. Yeah, we still
have the whole free agency period and the draft
and the trades and players getting hurt and all
that stuff, but I just don't get the feeling
that the Patriots are on that much of an upswing
yet. They're improving. But as you were saying
earlier, I think they got farther this year than
their talent really should have let them get.
I agree, yeah. So I think it was a combination
of coaching them up and some good luck, good
fortune like we talked about. Bo Nix injury and
then the weather in Denver, which pretty much
evened out both teams. Yeah, it was a bonafide
snowstorm. Yeah. It was just all this luck, really.
I mean, yeah, you know, they deserved to be in
the championship game. I'll give them that. But
other than that, I don't know. Yeah. How about
what perennial winner that missed the playoffs
this season, playoffs now, will be back next
season? Chiefs. Yep, Chiefs. What about the Eagles?
I think they'll make it, but they'll do an early
exit like they did this year. Yeah, yeah. I'm
kind of wondering if the Giants are not going
to take over that division next season. I think
between the Giants and the Cowboys, I think the
Eagles are going to have a tough time. Brian
Schottenheimer, I owe him an apology. I laughed
when they hired him as a head coach. But then
after I got to seeing some of his coaching, I
was like, oh, here, you can have this if you
want. There's a couple of fries. I didn't want
to take it if you're still working. No, we're
cool. Thank you, though. Those fries are pretty
sacred, though. Yeah. Thank you. And so crispy
coating on them. Yeah, that stuff is amazing.
Great texture. Oh, it is. Let's see. Where was
I? Yeah, yeah, okay. The Cowboys and the Giants
are going to be emerging. John Harbaugh has never
been anywhere where he has not been a success.
I expect the same there. I think the Jets are
going to look across the street to the Giants
and say, huh, how come they're doing so much
better and we're still sucking canal water over
here? Until they get new ownership, I don't think
they have a chance. Yeah, or at least get the
owner to sign over control of the team to somebody
who's got more than a couple active brains out.
He needs a strong general manager to say, nope,
we're going to do this, and you stay out of it.
You go back to your businesses, not this one.
So, now, will Sam Darnall get the respect among
common fans? I think so. I think so. He did a
really good job. Played his brains out. Didn't
make any mistakes. I wasn't a fan. I thought
that he was being Sam Darnold. Yeah. No? No?
Yeah, that last drive he had against the Rams
in the championship game was really impressive.
That swayed me. I'm like, this guy is playing
out of his mind. Yeah, and then this whole Super
Bowl was impressive. I mean, he never seemed
to really get rattled or off of his game plan.
He never seemed to lose his confidence. He was
just like, yep, we're going to do this. We're
going to do this. That was another big thing.
The Seahawks looked confident on both sides of
the ball. Defense looked really confident. The
Patriots did not have that confident swagger.
Yeah, no, they did not. They came in tiptoeing
when Seattle came in stomping. Yes. And you could
see it from the start. I mean, actually, I mean,
was it not there? Yeah. Yeah, so. Al Michaels
is coming back for another season. Wow. I know.
Is this good or should he hang it up? I'm okay
with him coming back. I enjoy him. He's fine.
He's still fun. He's still interesting. He's
not Walt Bodine yet. No, no, no. He's not saying
things that don't make sense either. He's actually
very informative still. I'm like as long as he
can maintain me. Slopping and sucking his ventures.
That was so bad. Oh, my God. You listened to
Roy Orbison's last album? Oh, yeah. Mystery Girl.
And, man, you can hear his teeth sliding around
on every song. Oh, I know. It's just all that
poor guy. They should have done more to edit
that out, but, yeah. Yeah. Oh, look at that little
chihuahua. Yeah, it's a cute little baby. There
he is. So, anyhow, yeah, all right. We've got
a podcast. We're going to sit here and stare
at the dog. I know, yeah. We're dog fans. Anyhow,
let's see. Where was I? Okay, Al Michaels, good
thing. Will ESPN be around in 10 years? You know,
I really don't think so. I think they started
as the sports source for everything, but now
there's so many channels, and so many of those
channels do it better than ESPN. And people are
okay going to a channel to get just their football,
another channel to get just their baseball, et
cetera, et cetera. So ESPN tries to cover it
all and does not very good on everything. I could
see ESPN doing MTV, NFL Cribs. Yes. And they
already, to a degree, are doing some of these
real -life stuff, some of these. around the fringes
of the actual game. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's like,
let's follow Kirk Cousins around. Let's follow
Patrick Mahomes around. They're already starting
to do some of that really not football, but more
like entertainment. It's kind of telling to me
that they're hanging on to Chris Berman long
after anybody cares. Yes. But that's really all,
there's like, oh, legacy. Well, no one cares
about it but you. So how is that really helping
you? To me, if they were really that interested
in it, they'd be grooming people up. Yeah. But
it seems like a lot of their ancillary shows,
like Good Morning Football and stuff like that,
they're going in whoever will take the job. Yeah.
So it's not like they're, like, riveting. Yeah.
It's just kind of like, well. I think ESPN's
version is called Get Up. Get Up, that's it.
Yeah, Good Morning Football. That's on the NFL
channel. And it has basically almost nothing
to do with football. It's just kind of one of
those morning chat shows where they all talk
about what they did over the weekend. You might
as well listen to the radio. It's the same type
of format. Someone says something, and then everyone
else is like, oh, no, no. And everyone talks
all at once. Yes. All right. Will. Football will
still be king in 20 years. No. I don't think
so. Soccer is going to take it over. It already
kind of has. Look at the World Cup. Oh, my gosh.
You can't quit hearing about that. Yeah, yeah.
They're coming here to Kansas City to play, and
I don't think I've ever heard this much buzz
about anything. There are so many people getting
excited about the idea of renting out their guest
room to some of the people that are coming. You
can make like $30 ,000 over the course of the
World Cup. Letting people stay in your house,
of course, you know, they're going to rip you
off and probably rape you in your sleep. You
know, you get $30 ,000, okay? You've got to weigh
the scale. If you don't mind that and you want
that $30 ,000, it's open. Yeah. Yeah, yeah. I
suggest Orogel. Oh, yeah. Yeah, yeah, for your
asshole. Yeah, nice numbing. Yeah, nice numbing.
Or if you can get cocaine or liquid cocaine,
I'd go with that. Yeah. Yeah, yeah. Or Novocaine.
But, all right, all right, we're going to go
on from there. Yeah, I can see the NFL not able
to handle the gambling aspect and then just falling
into becoming what the WWE is. They kind of are.
Yeah, it's going to be all flash and characters
and wild attitudes and screaming announcers.
I'm looking for a he -hate -me. Yeah. I'm looking
for a guy to rip off his back name. Yeah. Yeah.
Yeah, the NFL is going to continue to get more.
childish and immature and outrageous, and they're
going to start acting like minor league baseball
teams. They're going to be the Savannah Bananas
of football, yeah. And that will be fine as long
as people can still bet on it and want to bet
on it. But if something else comes along and
they think that's better to bet on, that's what
they'll go for. I agree. I agree. Mr. Dolphinstein.
Yes, very much so. CIA operative. Don't look
at him. All right. Should the NFL develop a minor
league? I think they really should. I don't know
that they ever will because it would cost them
money, and then it's another headache that they've
got to oversee and hope that it doesn't damage
their reputation. But I think overall it would
be so much more helpful. to the NFL to have a
minor league that they can send, you know, not
only draft players from, but send players down
to the way they do in baseball. It's like, you
know, this quarterback ain't working out. We're
going to send you back down to the minor league.
We're going to develop you a little bit more
down there. You're going to come up like I do
pitchers in major league baseball. It's like
he's got the stuff, but he doesn't have the mindset.
We need him to play so many innings and come
back. Yeah. Same thing. Yeah. If they do do this,
would the UFL be the obvious choice? I think
so. And they don't even have to play by the same
rules because college has different rules than
the NFL. You want to see what they're capable
of. It doesn't depend on, you know, they're still
running up and down the field with the football
and trying to sack people, so that's what counts.
Don't make it arena football, but a modified
version of the NFL game is perfectly fine for
the minor leagues. Yeah, and honestly, you don't
want it to be just like the NFL because it's
an inferior product, so you have to change it.
to not be so obvious. Limit the blitzing, like,
you know, one blitz, you know, one blitzer per
play. You can't blitz like five. Yeah, yeah,
and that would be fine. I think that would be
good because it would not be quite the same game.
And if it's not quite the same game, you're more
apt to watch it being lesser talent. Yeah, yeah.
So, all right. What about college? Will a minor
league hurt athletes' enrollment? I think so.
Yeah, to some degree, I think so. They might
go back later and get their degree. Yeah, and
I could see players that are sure they're going
to get drafted high, staying in college and going
in for the draft, but then other players who
really don't know whether they're going to get
drafted or not, maybe giving up their scholarship.
a year or two early so that way someone else
gets a chance for that scholarship and then they
go to the minors. And they're going to go, I'm
going to go ahead and enter the minors. I don't
think I'm going to need my degree, but it's there
if I need to. And the university would love it
because that frees up a scholarship to go find
somebody else. Yeah, and they get someone else
in. And if you've been on the team as the number
four running back and you've never started and
you're never going to, why would you stick around
for your fifth year? Yeah, no, you wouldn't.
You'd just be like, nope. Will alternative halftime
shows be the normal? Yeah. I'm going to see it
start creeping into the regular season. The halftime
show is instead of cutting away to the talking
heads in the studio, there's going to be some
outrageous performance for five or ten minutes,
and then they'll cut away to the studio. Yes.
Yep. Miley Cyrus has already been announced for
next year. Yeah. Halftime show. Okay. So look
for alternative programming there, too. It's...
Pretty telling that they announced it so early.
Normally they don't announce until well into
the season, but they wanted to wash the taste
of bad money out of everybody's minds. I think
so. I think the NFL is realizing that it didn't
work out nearly the way they thought it would.
They have a hell of a lot more English -speaking
people than they thought watching them. Realistically
speaking, if it's... If it's not inclusive to
have the broadcast in one single language, how
is it better to have it in a different single
language that not everyone speaks? No, it was
ridiculous. It's like, oh, not everyone speaks
this language, so let's put it in a different
language that not everyone speaks. How is that
better? No, it isn't. It's the same thing. It
is exactly the same thing. The same thing rewritten.
Yeah. So I think they stepped on their dicks
on this one. It's more virtue signaling by the
NFL. It is. It is. Like, we love Hispanic people,
then we're going to do a whole halftime show
in the Spanish language. But then all the people
like us, and I have nothing against the Hispanic
people. I mean, it should have been like half
and half or something. That would have been fine
with me. But the thing is this right here. If
you're going to exclude the people that brought
you there, you're going to take a dump on them.
That's not good. And I hear a lot of people going,
fuck the NFL. I hear a lot of people going, I'm
not going to have anything to do with them ever
again. Yeah. And I believe them. When it gets
to the point where they're starting to shove
things in your face. Yep. People are like, no,
I don't want that anymore. It's interesting to
note that if you live in Spain and you speak
Spanish, that's your native language. If you
live anywhere else in the world and speak Spanish,
you're speaking the language of your conquerors
who came in and took your language and culture
away and substituted their own. That is such
a good point. And you're still speaking their
language, aren't you? And you embrace the culture
that took you. Yep, you're speaking the language
of your conquerors. Oh, are you saying that's
stolen land? Because the people in Mexico used
to speak totally different language before the
Spanish came over and basically destroyed their
culture and their way of living and said, nope,
now you have to believe in our God and come to
our schools and learn our language. And suddenly
now that's their culture and history? No, that
was what was forced on you by the Spanish conquerors,
by the white people from Europe. Yeah. Sounds
like stolen land to me. Yep. Yep. Stolen culture.
Stolen culture. It's odd to see all these people
who have had a language forced and a religion
forced on them by gunpoint and threat of violence,
and now it's like, oh, well, this is who we are.
No, that's what you were turned into against
your will. We don't know who you really are.
But if this is what you want to be, then... Quit
complaining when other people do it. Exactly.
That's it right there. I have nothing against
you embracing it, but quit complaining about
everyone else. It's like all the people in India
who speak English. They were your conquerors.
They came in and raped your country, basically,
and gave you this language, and you still speak
it. You're like, okay, fine, whatever. Whatever,
yeah. I don't get it. And I still want to do
the You First initiative. Anybody that has a
problem with being on stolen land, give yours
back first, and then I'll negotiate. But until
then, shut up. It's like I told a friend of mine,
we should redistribute wealth. I said, start
with yours. Because you've got this nice house,
you've got three cars, you've got all the money
you need, and you can drive 50 miles and find
somebody who has nothing. So you should sell
all this and give your money away to those people
who have nothing. Yeah, well, okay, let's say
we're going to be the judge because everyone
judges everybody. I'm the judge. You have too
much. You've got to give some of it up. Yep.
No, no, no, I meant the millionaires. No, no,
no. It's everybody. No, everybody. Anybody who
has less than you, you need to give something
to. Yes. Because that's redistributing. Yep,
yeah. Well, it doesn't mean anything if you can't
force everyone else to do it, and there's the
key. That's the key, trying to get out. It's
like, I just want to make everyone else live
by my ideas. Well, let's start with forcing you,
and then we'll try to force everybody else. Yeah,
they've got nothing. They've got nothing. It's
pretty funny. Yeah. Okay. This one is interesting,
and I want you to think about it for a while
and give the honest answer you think you can.
Okay. Because it's easy to think one thing and
go with it. So, if Josh Allen was drafted by
the Chiefs and Andy Reid, would he have at least
one ring? Or is his heart his heart? You know,
that's just what I was trying to think of. Does
he have the heart that Mahomes has to go through
what Mahomes did in order to get the ring? And
I've got to say no. I'm going to have to say
no as well, but I also have a caveat on that
too. Yeah. The 13 -second game. Yeah. That was
not his fault. No. He did everything he could.
It's just when you have Hill and Kelsey running
wild on your team. They're really hard to account
for. You might shut one of them down, but you're
not shutting both of them down, and that's what
happened. When he came out with 13 seconds left,
he had a smile. He's like, this is what I live
for, and I have the two guys I need. And then
I compare that to Josh Allen, who has a well
-deserved reputation for taking a flop. If somebody
just brushes him slightly, he'll fling himself
to the ground and scream in pain, and then whine
to the official, Throw a flag, man! Did you see
that? He hit me, man! Throw a flag! I've never
seen Mahomes do something that whiny and childish.
No, no, I agree. Mahomes takes it like a strong,
confident, secure person would take it. He's
like, alright, that's part of the game. Alright,
and then he'll talk to the player and say, hey
man, that ain't cool, you hit me in the head.
You can hit me, but don't hit me in the head.
Josh Allen would be on the ground whining and
crying and begging the official to throw a flag.
That might be why he gets hit harder than any
other quarterback, too. Yeah, and he certainly
loses respect. Yes. So I don't know that Josh
Allen really has the heart to stand in there
and take the physical punishment without whining
to daddy. I think that, okay, the 13 -second
thing went wrong, right? Yeah. But I think that
it would have went wrong anywhere. And it's like
you said, exactly like you said, he doesn't have
that it to get it done. You've got to believe
that your genetic material is vastly superior
to everyone else's genetic material. And the
two little balls in your sack where the genetic
material comes from, those are bigger than everyone
else's. And that's what Mahomes believes when
he's on that field, that nobody can beat him.
I agree. Josh Allen, I don't know that he thinks
that. I agree. Yep. You got something? Mmm. Let's
talk about throwback jerseys and alternate journeys.
Cool. Currently, it seems, I'm not sure about
this, but it seems like every team can have pretty
much as many alternate jerseys as they want.
The throwbacks and the color rush and the alternate
color rush and the 2010 anniversary away option
and just, you know, whatever they want to do.
But they don't allow them to wear those in the
postseason. Uh -huh. I think that's going to
change. I think so. I think that all the alternate
and the color rush and the various other things,
they're going to allow a few of those in the
postseason. And I think I can see them changing
every game. It's like if they play in the wild
card, they're going to wear their, like the Houston
Texans alternate red jerseys with the H on it.
Yeah, because they want people to buy the same
jersey a hundred times. And how do you do that?
It can't be the same jersey. They already have
home and away, so they got those two. So now
they got to go with something different. So that's
where you're seeing all these alternate and celebration
jerseys and special one -offs and all that. And
the marketing potential is awesome for the playoffs.
Playoffs. Because, say, your favorite team wears
this bizarre throwback, color rush, ultimate
jersey, and they win. Suddenly, that's their
new lucky jersey, and everyone runs out and buys
one. And then they don't wear it the next game,
and you lose your mind because they don't win
the game. You're like, oh, you should have worn
that lucky jersey. I mean, it's the marketing
bonanza. Yeah. So far, they don't. allow the
alternate jerseys because they want people to
tune in and say, okay, that's the Dolphins, I
know that's the Dolphins, that's how they look,
blah, blah. That's not going to be important,
I don't think. It's going to shift to, you know,
wear whatever, be memorable, be exciting, we'll
get maybe 10 % more viewers if the uniforms are
different. I think it just makes sense. I agree.
Okay. Got anything? I'm out. I'm kind of tapped.
Okay. It's the end of the season, so. It is.
I mean, there really wasn't that much. I got
some other stuff. Sure. Okay. Yesterday, ABC
World News, Secretary of Commerce's last name
is Lutnik. Okay. They accidentally called him
Nutlik and didn't realize it. I haven't recorded
it. That is so freaking awesome. Yeah. Me and
Val looked at each other. What the? Did you say
what I think you said? And no one noticed. Everyone
just went on. No editors. Nothing got it. Yeah.
I thought it was funny. Yeah. Yeah. That's pretty
good. Very funny. It was very funny. All right.
Zach Galifianakis? No. He was accused of being
on a plane, flipping out, taking his clothes
off and screaming. No. He was actually a Russian
immigrant. He was a drunk passenger. He got on
the internet. People got him on the internet
and said, this is Zach Galifianakis because the
guy looks a lot like him. And said, man, we don't
know what's going on with him. And he was drunk
and screaming and throwing stuff and all that.
But it wasn't him. It was a Russian immigrant
that was disgruntled and drunk, and I don't know,
maybe on drugs or something, was going crazy,
taking his shirt off, going shit. Yeah. Yeah,
so it was pretty funny. But everyone compared
him and said, look, this is life imitating art,
The Hangover. Yep. They compared him to The Hangover.
They go, well, look. But it even wasn't him,
which was even funnier because he's probably.
at home on his big ranch in north carolina going
what yeah i was in there that guy doesn't look
anything like me although he did got an alibi
man yeah everybody that says someone looks like
somebody that person always says i do not when
they do so um all right let's see so and it was
a viral thing too so it went everywhere everywhere
All right, after a romantic relationship ended,
Avon Collins of Burbany, British Columbia, just
needed to do something with it, they said. This
was born in the Museum of Personal Failure at
the Kingsgate Mall in Vancouver. Hmm. Yeah, this
is like a display of failures. Okay. Okay. UPI
reported Collins posted signs around the region.
seeking exhibits with his headline, Failures
Wanted. The museum has a wall of rejects with
job application rejects and firing notices. A
knife maker with Lynn Valley Forge donated a
knife he had made that he's unable to sharpen
because the chemical properties on the oil that
were used were not the right ones. Also display
are tie rods from a failed car repair. Failed
songs from a local music producer. And Colin's
mother's wedding gown, which she named Threads
of Innocence. And this was all formed after her
failed marriage. Wow. I thought that that was
a pretty neat story. So she's like, all right,
it failed, but I'm going to celebrate it. There's
a lot of failures in the world. I'm the king
of failures. So now she has this failure museum
in Vancouver. That's crazy. I love it. All right.
Got another little odds and ends here. CNN reported
on January 23rd that in advance of the winter
storm affecting much of the nation, FEMA was
warned not to use the word ice. How in the hell
are you going to describe ice without saying
ice? It's like a huge frozen water storm. Is
that how they describe it? That is so crazy.
It reminds me of when COVID came out and it was
called the coronavirus. Yeah. And people would
refuse to buy Corona beer because they thought
it would make them sick. Yes. It's that level
of ridiculous. It's idiocracy come to life is
what it is. Idiocracy come to life. Yeah. Wow.
Yeah. So, anyhow, the Department of Homeland
Security delivered a directive on January 22nd.
However, a FEMA spokesperson said in a statement,
FEMA will use the correct and accurate descriptions
of weather conditions to communicate clearly
with the American people. So I think they thought
about that for a minute. And I think that the
weather channels are like, what? Political correctness
gone crazy. Yes. Holy cow. Another little one.
Veronica, a Swiss -born cow who lives in Austria.
Austria, I almost said Australia, Austria, has
been documented using a tool. Oh, wow. Life Science
reported on January 19th, Wiktor Wiegel, Veronica's
owner, had seen her picking up sticks with her
mouth occasionally over about nine years. But
then Alice Osberg, a congenitive biologist at
the University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna,
raised the bar. Osberg and a colleague visited
Veronica and placed a broom near the cow. Yeah.
The cow used the broom to scratch her back. Oh,
I've seen the picture. Yep. Employing the brush
end about 2 .5 times more than the handle end.
So this cow knew the brush end is what did it.
Yep. She learned to use the handle end to stretch
more delicate areas. Oh. Like her under, udder,
under, or the navel. She would also readjust
her grip on the broom for a better angle. It
showed the kind of behavior I would not expect
from a vonine like Eno. Yeah. And the definitions
of tool use, this cow hit perfectly. Yeah. Yeah.
That's crazy. But it makes you wonder when they
go to the slaughterhouse how aware they are.
Uh -huh. I think they're very aware. Oh, yeah.
They can smell death. Yeah, they know it. Yeah.
They also know it before you even take it there
when you round them up. Yeah. They know. Yeah.
I've been around it enough. They know. It's a
completely different look in their eyes. It's
a look of, this is the end. This is what I've
been fearing. They know. There's no doubt. I
remember hearing stories about birds using tools
as well. Yeah, crows. Crows can make tools. Yes.
That's even freakier is they can look at a piece
of paper and then figure out I need to tear a
strip off so I can stick it under there and drag
the food to me. Yes. Chimpanzees I've seen make
tools. They'll find a long thin branch of a tree
and they'll strip all the leaves off so they
have just like a long magic wand looking thing
and they'll stick it into a termite mound and
let the termites grab a hold and then pull it
out and eat the termites off. present form. They
didn't already use it to get turbines. So they
make tools. Yeah. I've seen them do it. And also
they make friends with you too. They'll give
you gifts. We have one that kept giving us acorns
or something like that. I'm not sure what it
was. Some sort of a nut off a local tree. And
he'd come to the front at our window there because
we feed him. He would come up and he would look
right at us. Place it down and leave. There was
no doubt that's what he was doing. He was like,
hey, this is for you. So you know what I did?
I went out there and took him every day. Yep.
And he kept doing it. So it's cool. It's only
polite. I mean, he's giving you a gift. You can
take it. Yeah, yep. That's what I thought. I
was like, I need to go out there and let him
know I appreciate it. So I took it. I mean, it's
like my little dog will come up and she'll throw
a toy at me. And sometimes it's because she wants
to play. And sometimes it's because she's giving
me a toy because she likes me. So here, have
one of my toys. My friend Bobby passed away.
He's an older guy. He used to walk his dog Susie,
a big German Shepherd. And he had a mockingbird
that would mock him. Every day he'd be walking
in the park and the mockingbird would follow
him around and mock them. Whether it was barking
to Susie, come here. You'd always get a reply
out of the mockingbird. Some of it was kind of...
Yeah. It could be like, yeah, yeah, and some
of those just, you know, they tried. Yeah. So,
interesting stuff. Let's see. You got anything?
Nope, nope. Okay. I figured the NFL part, you
just ad -lib for the most part. I did write up
some stories for our music creeps. Oh, I got
quite a few, too. So, how long we got? About
an hour and a half. Okay. Do you want to keep
trying or just want to go ahead and shut this
off and go into music? Let's move on. All right.
Okay. Okay. Everybody, thank you for listening.
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