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So let's just get into everything. All right, Gerard Mayo gets fired John Marison's warning signs to both Joe Shane and Brian Dable
Trouble in paradise aka Miami black Monday begins
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Right folks, let's just get into the meat and potatoes of everything that is going on in the league right now
And it is a lot going on. Yes, the regular season is over with but we still got football to talk about okay
So let's just start things off with the most talked about topic and that is dried male getting fired
Okay, so before I get into any of the you know my opinions of and whatnot
Let's just get into the statement that was put out
With the firing of Jorad male by Robert Kraft. Okay, so and I quote after the game today
I informed Jorad male that he will not be returning as the head coach of the New England Patriots in
2025 for me personally, this was one of the hardest decisions. I have ever made I have known Jorad for 17 years
He has earned my respect and admiration as a rookie in 2008 and throughout his career for his play on the field
His leadership in the locker room and the way he conducted himself in our community when he joined our coaching staff
His leadership was even more evident as I saw how the players
Responded to him when other teams started requesting to interview him
I fear I would lose him and committed to making him our next head coach
Winning our season opener on the road at Cincinnati only strengthened my convictions
Unfortunately, the trajectory of our teams performances throughout the season did not descend as I had hoped
Since buying the team I have always considered myself and my family as the custodians of a public asset
We have tremendous fans who expect and deserve a better product than we have delivered in recent years
I apologize for that. I have given much thought and consideration as to what actions I can take to expedite our return to championship
Contention and determine this move was the best option at this time
I am grateful for Jorad's many contributions to the new to the New England Patriots throughout his career and will always be rooting for
His success. I appreciate all his hard work and hope the experiences gained will help him in the future
As I still believe he will be a successful head coach in this league
I wish Jorad and his family nothing but success in the future and I quote now before I get into any of my opinions and whatnot
Let's read another statement that Robert Kraft put out on
What was it Monday? I think either Monday or Tuesday of this week after the firing of draw mail
So this is what he says and I quote this whole situation is on me
I feel terrible for Jorad because I put him in an untenable situation
I know that he has all the tools as a head coach to be successful in the league
He just needed more time before taking the job and I quote
now I'm going to try to be as respectful as possible with this situation because
Situations like these sort of make my blood boil and I'm going to explain why so Jorad may well becomes a head coach for the New England Patriots
Right, you know when he became the head coach
Everybody was under the impression that you know, this was going to be a work in progress
This is going to take multiple years multiple drafts to really build this team to what it used to be right for
To make this decision is very saddening and it's very
you know very disappointing because
You would have thought out of any of the GM's Robert Kraft would have gave someone like a Jorad male someone who has been loyal
to the Patriots
Both as a player and a coach he was loyal to the Patriots and the fact that he turned down
other potential
Coaching jobs with other teams in better situations
Because you told him that you were gonna make him a head coach that is on you Robert Kraft
I'm sorry because you know why we have to be honest here folks
Jorad inherited a messed up situation. Okay, he inherited a team
That was not meant to be competitive for a very long time. All right
Outside of every single position
The only person that you can say right now is a franchise player on the New England Patriots is Christian Gonzalez
That's the only person
Everyone else you can have a you know a fluid conversation about okay
But the fact that you did not give him time and you said it in both of your statements
That you did not give him time to really show
Definitely says a lot about you when it comes to this decision
Because you know why it'll be different if this team, you know had you know just maybe one or two holes
It just had to be you know fixed in both free agency in the draft. Okay, fine, whatever
I'm not gonna argue with you about that, but the fact that everyone knew that he was
inheriting a bad team a
Team that have multiple holes that need the offensive line to be rebuilt that need better receivers that need just
They just needed a whole makeover on both sides of the ball
You knew that and you went and
Hired to Rod Mayo and you made him the head coach and you didn't give him enough time
And that is what angers my soul because why in the world would you do it if you knew that you weren't gonna give him a chance
and for you to say
That you think that he will be able to get another head coaching job after what just happened
No, it's gonna be twice as hard for him to get a head coaching job
I don't know if people realize this but the one sore spot when it comes to the coaching carousel or as I call it the
coaching carousel cage match is that most likely if you are a black candidate
Whether that be for offensive coordinator or for a head coaching job
Most likely you're going to be overlooked. I don't care who you've coached
I don't care who you've turned into an all-pro first-ball Hall of Famer. Whatever
You are going to be overlooked. I don't care what credentials you have. I don't care
What have you done? You are always going to be overlooked
and
Especially for someone like a Gerard Mayo and an Antonio Pierce
It's gonna be hard for them to get head coaching jobs because you know why
Everyone's gonna look at what happened in both of their situations and say no, we don't want that and
So now most likely Gerard Mayo is gonna have to be
Either a defensive coordinator a linebacker coach or defensive assistant
It's gonna be three times as hard for him to get a head coaching job
Now I would have thought that Robert Kraft would have gave him
You know at least two more years if you if you give him two more years and you still haven't gotten anywhere
Then it's time for you to you know have a real honest conversation
But the fact that you just let him, you know, just let him go willy-nilly after one year
Where you literally had the same record as you did last year
I'm sorry. That's just wrong
That's that that is very wrong. I would have never expected this from someone like a Robert Kraft who always
Gives people the benefit of the doubt every single time from every player
Coach whatever he always gives them the benefit of the doubt and the fact that you did not do this for someone
That's you say that you have known for 17 years
It's very disrespectful and I know the Boston media
They were things and saying about this situation in that situation and that's just nasty
That's nasty because you know why it's gonna be hard for that man to get a head coaching job
Because you know why because all of this smut that is being put out on Gerard Mayo
And granted I get it
He mishandled a few situations most first-time head coaches do
That's the learning curve
That's the bumps in the bruises that come with it when you are a first-time head coach
But that doesn't automatically say you have to get rid of them
No, that means that you have to work with them. That means that you have to surround them with
Adequate people who have different experiences that can help them and mold them and shape them into being a better head coach
Not just kicking about the wind, you know kicking about the window and just say thanks
We appreciate you for you know for the moment
That's unacceptable Robert Kraft. That's unacceptable for the Patriots and
I really have some you know legitimate questions because
Most likely we all know Mike Vrables gonna get the job now. I know there's people that are saying well
They interviewed Byron Lefwich and they interviewed Pep Hamilton. Let me tell you something. I'm gonna be really honest with you today
The only reason why they interviewed those two was to satisfy the Rooney rule. That's it
It is not because they consider them
You know candidates for their head coaching job
It is to satisfy a rule that was put in place to increase the likelihood of black and other
Minority, you know coaches to get possible head coaching jobs. That's all what it is
It is not because they are you know
Candidates that the Patriots have their eyes on it is none of that is just to satisfy a rule. Let's be honest here
We all know that Mike Vrables gonna get a job
We know that he's going to get the Patriots job. Now the question is this
Will Robert Kraft fire?
Mike Vrables if he has at least two seasons like what Joram May was at
that's the question I want to ask if
The team has not really progressed anywhere and the team is actually regressing
Does that open up the chance?
For Mike Vrables if he was to be the head coach for the Patriots does that open up the chance for him to be fired
I want you to think about that leave it in the comments on this video on the YouTube as well as on Instagram
because I really have a problem with owners that want to make these type of
Emotional decisions as I call them because if you know the team is going through a rebuild
And if you know that you're hiring a first-time head coach, you have to exercise a level of patience
Okay, you know that this is going to take at least three to five years
Maybe depending on how you hit on your you know draft picks and free agency signings, you know, it's gonna take you some time
Okay, so if you know that then you have to be patient with the first-time head coach
Now you're gonna go through some you know
Some bumps and some bruises some ups and some downs
You're probably gonna lose a lot of your fans
You're not gonna sell a whole lot of tickets
Unless it's you know against a really good team that you know the other fans from that other team is basically gonna you know
I'll do with what the current fans that you have you know that and that's gonna take some time
But you know that outside of the rebuild
You know that you know you're gonna prepare your team to be competitive and
You cannot have your team to be competitive if you're making decisions like this
May I remind everybody that the Patriots have been dominant for almost 20 plus years
They have won six titles at some point. You're gonna have to go through rebuild and that's okay
But when you go through the rebuild that means that you are signing an agreement an invisible agreement stating
That whatever happens with this rebuild
You know, just know the team is gonna be in a better position afterwards. Okay now. Let's move on to another
Owner in another situation that is also
Gravitating a whole lot of attention and that is with the Giants. Okay, so John Mara has basically put out a statement
I'm talking about you know
His his reinforced support for both Joe Shane and Brian Dabel, but he also
You know let it be known that he is starting to lose patience with the progress of the team
Okay, so this is what he says in that quote
Just came to the decision that staying with both of them is the best course of action for us right now in
Brian's case. He is the coach of the year two years ago and that didn't disappear all of a sudden
I still believe he can do that again in Joe's case. I thought we had an outstanding draft class this year
I thought we had a really good free agency period and I really like the stuff that he's put together and built
I think that they're the right two guys to lead us going forward. I understand believe me
That's not going to be the most popular decision in Giants land
But we believe it's the right decision for us going forward. I appreciate the fact that fans have hung in there with us
I get your frustration. I feel your pain, but I still believe this is the right decision for us going forward
The results are not even close to what we want them to be
They're going to have to get better if we're going to move on to year four
It better not take long because I've just about run out of patience and quote now
This is what I will say about this situation. This one is a little bit more unique than the Patriots situation because you know with them
You can sort of see where the Giants are trying to go
But you do realize that they have hit, you know another roadblock in their path to greatness
Okay, now under the Brian Dable and Joe Shane, you know regime they are 1832 and 1
Okay, now that's probably not a really good record. I definitely get that but at the same time here folks
Some of this really does fall more on Joe Shane's shoulders than Brian Dables because Brian Dable
Wanted to draft a quarterback. Remember, let's look at hard knocks again. Brian Dable wanted a quarterback
Joe Shane didn't want that Joe Shane wanted to stick with Daniel Jones and
Eventually what happened?
Daniel Jones got released and now you're basically stuck with you know time to ban Drew Lock. No disrespect to them
But you know you have you have whiffed on a few major decisions
You let say Kwan walk say Kwan could have easily broken Eric Dickinson's, you know rushing record this year
Had he not decided to just you know not play the last season of the regular season like
I'm sorry, but I need to see a clear
Blueprint on exactly what are you going to do to make this team?
Competitive because as of right now the Giants are not competitive and it also makes things worse because
The free agency quarterback class horrible the quarterback draft class horrible both of them are horrible
So exactly what are you going to do because let's be real here last year? They should have drafted their quarterback. You had Drake May you had
Jaden Daniels you had Caleb Williams, of course, it wasn't gonna get Caleb Williams
But you had Jaden Daniels and you also had Drake May okay, and you could have you know done something
But right now
Cam Ward, I don't know about that. Should door Sanders. I don't know about that one either
Like let's be real here both of those quarterbacks
You could low-key talk yourself out of drafting both of those quarterbacks
And then if you wanted to take the free agency route, you're gonna have to probably give Sam Darno
At least 45 to maybe 50 plus million a year
Depending on how the playoffs go with the Vikings you're gonna have to give him a whole lot of money
Are you willing to give him a whole lot of money when we know that they need to go and they need to get?
You know another receiver they need to you know work on the offensive line
They need to do a lot for both sides of the ball
So again, Joe Shane, what is your illustrious plan?
Because as of right now if I am the owner for the Giants
You would have been going by now, especially with the Saquon situation. You would have been gone
Because you allow him to walk you didn't even try to fight to try to see if you could get him
He told you where he wanted to be
So that should have let you know okay?
Let's try to see we can find some common ground come to an agreement and then try to build this team and make this team better
But instead you let him walk and then you said oh we can find somebody that can do you know just as much as what as what he's doing
No, you can't no you can't there's not a whole bunch of Saquon Barclays walking around
I'm just gonna be honest with you and so Brian Dable if I'm him honestly speaking
I'm throwing Joe Shane under the bus
100% I'm throwing him under the bus and the reason why I say that is because I
Was the one who was saying we needed to get Jaden Daniels. I was the one you didn't want to do it
So guess what now that you had your fun messing up the quarterback position let the real experts do it and let me pick my guy
Give me that power to do it not him. Let me make that decision
Because he messed up on the book on the decision. He whiffed on he let the decision actually walk
So now let me do what I have to do. What's best for this team?
Otherwise, we're gonna continue to go in the same circle of what we're going in now
Let's talk about the trouble that is brewing right now in Miami. Okay, so
Todd Rick Hill is basically said he's out
Okay, he threw up the deuces and said hey it's been nice
I like Disney World. I like this, you know
Sunshine every day, you know nice warm weather
But I like to win, you know, that's why I came here because I like to win
And so this is what he said after game and I quote this is the first time I haven't been in the playoffs
For me, I have to do what's best for me and my family if that's here or whatever the case may be
I'm going to open that door for myself. I'm opening the door. I'm out
It was great playing here, but hey, I've got to do what's best for my career
I'm too much of a competitor to be just out of here. Inquil. Yes, Tyree kill wants out. Okay
Man, oh man, did that instantly create a firestorm on Twitter? Okay. Now, let's talk about Mike McDaniels
comments
About Tyree kill and him wanting to open up the door. Okay, and I quote
I was informed that he was unavailable right before drive
I was not informed that it wasn't a new injury and I think at that point in time
My focus was on the players and I didn't take the time to go try to figure out
More into that just if there was guys in the field that were competing
We were trying to win again. What in the world this don't make no dad on says, you know, I'll forget about this
Tyree kills
stats for
For this season. Oh my god. You have to laugh at this folks 81 receptions
959 receiving yards six touchdowns 11.8 receiving yards per reception. That's pretty bad
By Tyree kill standards. That's pretty bad. That's really bad
Now a lot of that has to do with you know, to it, you know being out for a set period of time because they were trying to figure out
What were they gonna do with him with all the, you know?
Concussions that he were having I get all of that but come on bro. Like you just you just let the cat out the back
You just say yeah
Yeah, this ain't the same for me, you know, it was nice, you know, it really was nice
You guys have been nothing but great, but I like to win. I'm a competitor. So yeah
I'm out here, but at the same time
You were the same person that was talking all this smack prior to the season. So where is that same energy?
Tyree kill. I'm just asking where's that same energy? Did you really think you guys were actually gonna do something?
Really be honest with yourself. Did you really think you guys were gonna do something because I did it?
I did it and then not to mention you got Jaylin Ramsey
That's basically, you know, sort of alleging that he wants out as well like who?
This story is just getting better and better and better
Man, oh man, this is
hilarious
Well, am I not surprised? No, but do I think a lot of this has to do with the uncertainty of Tua and just where the team is going?
Yes, I do
But this is what people signed up for when you signed with the Dolphins. There was uncertainty with Tua
I'm sorry. I don't care what weapons they have. I just don't trust to I just don't it's not because of his play
But it's just the simple fact that he continues to sustain these head injuries and the more head injuries that he sustains
The longer that he's been out for and that's starting to become a trend
But only time will tell my guess is he's probably gonna stay in Miami
I don't think they're really gonna get rid of Tyree kill, especially with them giving him an extension this offseason
They're not gonna get rid of Tyree kill. They're just not now if he does most likely he's gonna stay in the AFC
Now will he go to someone like the Chargers or back to the Chiefs or?
Whomever there's a possibility because there is a market for Tyree kill
But at the same time, I don't think the Dolphins would
Realistically entertain any deals for Tyree kill but onto a more somber
Situation that we do have to talk about and that is Black Monday as some people call it
So if you guys don't know Black Monday is basically
That Monday after the end of the regular season where a lot of coaches, you know lose their jobs
Okay, a lot of head coaches
Use coordinators assistance you name it. It's clean house
Essentially and so when we look at the head coaches that lost their jobs, you know
Of course Robert Sala and Matt Iberfus that were fired early into the season
But you have Doug Peterson
Dennis Allen Antonio Pierce
Geronimo who we talked about, you know earlier into the episode as well as you know some GM's and even defense of course
Defensive coordinators and offensive coordinators, you know, you have ran car a car for the former GM for the Titans
You have Nick Sorensen the former defensive coordinator for the Niners
You have Gus Bradley the former defensive coordinator for the Colts
Lou
Anomero, I think if I'm pronouncing your last name correctly forgive me if I'm not the you know DC for the bangles
You have Ken Dorsey the former Browns offensive coordinator
Andy Dickerson the Browns old line coach Joe Douglas the former Jets GM Shane Waldron
Bears OC Luke Etsy Raiders OC a rich
Scurrangelo Raiders QB coach James Craig Raiders old line coach like a lot of people losing their jobs
a lot of that has to deal with you know the direction of where the team is trying to go and
Who are they're trying to bring in and you know those people that they're that they're trying to bring in as well as you know
They're new head coach and whatnot. So, you know, it's clean house for a lot of people unfortunately, but I think one of
firings that I think really sort of
Call me off guard was the firing of the Titans GM
Red Car Thor and the reason why I say that is because you know the the Titans were a work in progress, right?
And we all know that you know when you're going through a rebuild
Whether it be a complete rebuild or you're rebuilding one side of the ball. That's gonna take some time
He got fired not to mention. We also have to you know at at this end
He literally positioned the Titans to get the first overall pick in the draft
So not only did I get you a good head coach? I
Make a crazy blockbuster trade and getting the Jarius need the defense was actually looking really good
They have you know some foundational pieces on the defense. I just really have to worry about the offense
and so this draft they were probably gonna draft their quarterback and
You know really fix up this team and for you to just fire him in the midst of him trying to fix the team
Definitely says a lot about you and granted. I understand if you guys were somewhat competitive and
You were either trying to win the division or you were close to winning the division
But you you know you lost an important game or whatever
Okay, give him some criticism
Move on but the fact that he was still trying to really build this team. He hit on
What was it been Ben Skoronski? I think I
Forgot his name. He was an offensive lineman. I was really high on you hit on him
That's a you know franchise guard then you draft JC Lathan. Okay, cool. That's really good to offense alignment really good
Now all you have to do is really address the quarterback position and they were gonna do that
But guess what now you messed it up, but even then with this whole Titan situation
It's a little bit weird because if I'm not mistaken on their website
Either the person that was working with him or under him like their title was like similar to his like it's it's it's just really complicated
Honestly, but again another firing that did not need to happen
But now that we're done with all the coaching stuff and whatnot. Let's just get into some football
Okay, because that's what we came here to talk about is we have to talk about a game that you know a lot of people are gonna
be talking about this Steelers and Ravens matchup because
This is probably gonna be one of the most anticipated games this entire weekend because
On one side you have, you know fans who are saying we need to get rid of our head coach
And then you have the other side where this team is destined to win a Super Bowl
But all the team has to do was just you know coach a really good game
But even then you don't really know because the coach has made some you know questionable decisions like it's just a lot
For all the Ravens fans most likely you guys are gonna win this game
Okay, I'm calling it the way that I see it the Ravens are gonna win this game now the question is how bad
Are the Steelers gonna lose?
Because if the Steelers lose worse than their last matchup against the Ravens in the regular season
I think it's time for us to have an honest conversation about where the team is going
But if the game is close like their first matchup on the regular season
Then you know it'll be a tough pill to swallow
But I think you know it's just something that that you just have to
Accept and deal with because let's be real here and I really haven't said a whole lot about this
I was gonna you know put out some videos on tiktok, but
I just had to stop myself because I knew that it was going to be more emotion than truth
And so this is what I will say about Mike Tomlin in the Steelers
You guys were in prime position to have the number three seed in the playoffs
You literally had to win one game
Against the Ravens and you would have had the AFC North title
On top of that you had a two game lead over the Ravens and you messed that up. You screwed it up
Why?
This falls on my Tomlin shoulders
I'm sorry and then not to mention you go on this for you basically lose out of the regular season now granted
I didn't expect for them to win against the Chiefs. I'm just gonna be honest here
I didn't expect for them to win against the Eagles, but it did look like at one point
They were going to try to you know tie things up in that game. So
You know I
Was a little bit on the fence about that game
But the bangles and the Ravens those are two games that you could have easily won and the fact that you did not win
Those two games definitely says a lot about where this team is right now
This team continues to go in this carousel of just doing just enough and the first part of the season
They're playing lights out. They're doing you know all these different types of things
They're holding teams under you know 20 some points and putting on a good show
But when it comes to the games that matter the most when it comes to December football you flop you fail
You crumble under the pressure and that is not good
You cannot can you cannot consider yourself to be a true contender if you cannot go
Mono we mono with the big dogs if you can't hold your own
Against the Eagles if you can't hold your own against the bills against the Chiefs or any of these other teams
You can't win the big game
that's it and
So I have been continuing to beat on the table and continue to say this
We need to expand the coaching staff because right now. I don't like where things are going with this offense
Right now. This is giving me mad canada vibes all over again. It's a very lethargic
very
easy to read
Offense everybody knows when Najee is coming in guess what most likely you're gonna run up the middle
Or they're gonna do a half-back toss everybody knows when Jalen Warren is in they're gonna try to do something a little bit
Quota quote creative, but even then if we're being real here
There's not even half of the creativity that we saw when our perspective was the OC for the Titans
You don't even see half of that over here
Why is that?
You have someone like a Justin Fields on your team and you don't even try to utilize him in a creative way
Why is that?
Why I need somebody to answer that question for me
Please leave it in the comments below of this episode on our Instagram football underscore junkies pod
Because right now I do not like where things are going with this team
We are wasting the prime years of a TJ Y and Minkafis Patrick and everybody else that we have either
Acquired via draft or free agency. We are wasting their time
Because why we want to be?
Contempt of where we are you cannot do that
The only reason why a lot of these other teams are so competitive is because not only do they have great players
But their coaching is great and if your coaching is not good guess what you're not gonna go anywhere
No, where I'm sorry. Let's just be real here. Let's have this honest hard-to-hard conversation in my fellow football junkies
because right now
The Steelers are wasting time of their great players
Because they don't want to make necessary changes. I'm telling you right now if the Steelers get blown out
I'm talking about the windows
Though the walls the whole house comes down on Saturday
I will in center saying Mike Tomlin needs to clean house or better yet
Mike Tomlin needs to go because I'm tired of people saying well Mike Tomlin is you know, it's never had a losing season
Let me tell you something that crap is out the window
That'll mean a damn thing at this point because you know why you look at any of the other coaches that we talk about very highly of
They've all had losing seasons and when they lost
Those seasons guess what that next season they came back even better. They did something a little bit different
They had a little bit more of an edge to them. I don't see that edge with this Steelers team
Mike Tomlin has whiffed on the offensive coordinator
position hire for the last few years and
I think that needs to be talked about that is not good
You need to bring in someone
like a Pep Hamilton like a
Byron left witch you need to bring in some people that can show you a
Different angle of how to attack these defenses on how to be a little bit more creative when it comes to the offensive play calling
Same thing with the defense you need to bring in somebody and have them play the role that Brian Flores did
Because right now Tj Watt is going through a little bit of a drought. I'm not getting a sack
Now you would have you know had but they took that away because of the penalty
But that's another story for another day
But the fact of the matter is if we want to be truly competitive
We have to make
Changes not only inches, but we have to make coaching changes right now in my mind. I do not think Russell Wilson will be back
I
Think based off his play with the final games of the season
He's out of here. Okay, even if he said he was willing to play for less
I think you just have to move in a different direction because you are starting to see the same things that we saw
When he was with the Broncos and it's not looking good. I don't care
You know how he addresses things, you know when it comes to the press conferences and whatnot. I don't care
We are about winning if we say that we are a team about
Championships then we have to live up to that standard because right now the defense has failed this year because you know why on paper
This is a top three defense
But they have not played like a top five defense
They haven't even played like a top ten defense if we can be real here
Now normally I wouldn't be as super critical about my Steelers
But I have to be because you know why we are failing people
We are failing the prime years of some of our favorite players because we cannot get our head out of our own ass
When it comes to making crucial decisions
Now I'm going to save the rest of it for when we have our bigger episode when it comes to the offseason
Once the season is completely over with
By then I may be even a little bit more upset or maybe less upset who knows
But back to this game though. I do expect the Ravens to rely more on Derek Henry
Rashad Bateman their tight ends and maybe even Tess Walker. I definitely do
Because they we all know they was not going to play this game. We know most likely he probably won't be ready until the AFC championship
That's perfectly fine. But I do believe
This team right now is red hot and they know exactly how they are going to beat the Steelers
They know it
Now for the Steelers you have an opportunity to create an upset
But you have to be on your peas in cubes the offense. You have to come out faster
You have to be able to put points on the board
Otherwise if you do not do that as well as control the time of possession
You're going to be in the same situation that you was
In the last game, which is basically getting dogged
By the Ravens offense by Derek Henry
Okay, now when we look at the Broncos and bills matchup
I actually like this one because the Broncos have been on a tear lately
I don't know people realize this but they really have been on a tear not to mention
This is sort of like a coming home game for von Miller as well because you're going up against your former team
So there might be a little bit more, you know emotion involved in this
But I think this is a really good matchup me personally. I think the Broncos could upset the bills
I really could I'm just being honest here
Bowen X is playing very well that defense is playing very well. They are playing with house money
Let's be real here folks
The Broncos are the team that I think
Nobody wants to see in the playoffs
Because right now they have nothing to lose. They are a young team and
What what Sean Payne and Van Joe Joseph is doing?
phenomenal
Absolutely phenomenal. Now when we move things over to the Packers and the Eagles though
things are a little bit more different with them because
We have to wait and see what exactly is going to happen with
The quarterback position with the Eagles because we know that Jaylen Hurst is still in concussion protocol
We know that Kenny is still dealing with a rev injury and we know Tanner McKee. I think
Is he injured either? He's injured or he's not injured, but we just had to see what's going to happen
You know when it comes to the quarterback if Jaylen Hurst plays
This thing might be a close game, but if not, I do believe the Packers are going to get this win now
I do know it's a little bit more difficult for the Packers to win because Christian Watson is out for the season with a torn ACL
And Jair Alexander is also out as well. So it's going to be a little bit tough for them
But I do believe they can hold in and they can try to maybe get a win against the Eagles
But only time will tell
Now this is what I will say if the Eagles do lose
I would not be surprised
If that head coach is gone
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