Good afternoon, everybody, and welcome to another edition of Fire Up. We
are going to talk about the divisional round of NFL playoffs, and I have
my best buddy here and smoking Jeremy. Be good afternoon, everybody. How
are you on this beautiful Sunday. I'm fantastic two hours away from watching some
playoffs football that still have the Lions in it. That's you, guys.
The excitement must just be unbearable over there in Detroit. I can only imagine,
like on pins and needles, but it's a good feeling of pins and
needles, you know. It's like pins and needles before the wedding, bens
and needles before you do anything amateur wise and win a championship. That's exactly
what this feels like. Awesome, awesome. Well, let's recap yesterday's before
we get into previewing today's games. So the first game, well, we
saw the case for MVP of the NFL, and he made a good case
for himself yesterday. As the Ravens took down on the Houston's thirty four to
ten, jerry My thoughts was, if Christian Harris didn't get hurt in that
third quarter, the Texans might have won because he was stopping Lamar left and
right, getting sacks and getting pressure and keeping him contained. So you know,
know they had a shot. J Stroud is as good as I am.
About fifteen other people advertised because only fifteen people supported him coming out of
college because he had a low IQ test and Donkey Kong Mark Mall. It's
in the chat. Yeah, we won't post it, but I hear you
super Bowl or bus, I'll say that for you. There you go,
there you go. I think the Ravens might be a tough volt though.
I think. I mean, I know you guys played them really good when
you guys played them. No, we didn't. No, I didn't beat
thirty eight thirty. We got beat by thirty thirty eight. We had had
a field goal to field goal. Excuse me, that's it, you know
what. It's okay because at that time we didn't have rag Now playing,
we didn't have Jona Jackson playing. Houston was out, c JGJ was out.
I think that was one of the games that I'm on raw mess.
It was kind of a crap show. But you learned, Oh yeah,
we learned. Without all those guys, he wouldn't crack. Oh, that's
funny. That's funny. You know we had injuries, and yes we won
the week before versus Tampa with the same exact injuries. But guess what,
it makes a different when you're playing an elite team to have your good players
off the field. I would agree with that, and I think Baltimore,
I think Lamar is on a mission. I think he's definitely on a mission
and he's going to try and steamroll everybody he can no matter who he plays
next week, watch out. I think that could be tough because again it's
in Baltimore, because Baltimore has home field advantage. So but there was another
game yesterday near and dear to my heart hmm. As we all know,
I'm a Packers fan, and my Packers lost, and I repeat, my
Packers lost to the forty nine ers. It was everything that they did.
There was numerous one plays that would have changed the outcome of that game.
And part of it is and I like Lafleur starting out out strong and saying,
okay, I applaud my offense. I want my offense to take the
field, go down just like we did against Dallas and score first. The
only problem is we couldn't score the touchdown, and I think that led a
little bit out of our sales because we're like, oh, we did it
to Dallas. Now we're going to go into San Francisco on a very rainy
night, and we were, you know, and we just couldn't get in
in the score. And the problem was the first three possessions of ours we
only managed six points. Yep. And I said, zero for three in
the red zone for touchdowns is not a winning combination. We've seen it before.
We just saw it last week in the wild card round. Who couldn't
get touchdowns in their first three drives? The Rams? Who else couldn't?
The Cowboys? I mean the Cowboys. As much as I hate to say
it, I mean, for lack of a better word, y'all jail sect
them. Did you guys are up twenty seven to nothing because of a missed
extra point? The guy missed the total of eight times he missed the goal
posts all season, which yes, it was the most in the NFL.
But he was a rookie. We have a lot of rookies on our team,
and I think kind of showed last night and the NFL showed up.
I mean, that's what it was. That Stingy's defense showed up when they
needed to. There were times we marched up and down but we couldn't score.
So we marched in between the twenties, but we couldn't get it done
at the goal line. And there were numerous and I will say at least
that I know of two picks that we should have had that that we're in
the investor's hands and they couldn't catch it now here we all we all talk
about I get it, it was raining. It was the same for both
sides. But on the defensive side, I think it's harder for them to
catch it when it's wetter because they're not used to That's not really their job.
Their job is to defend get you know. So I think with their
wet conditions, that's what slipped. The ball slipped through their hands quite frank.
Otherwise, under normal conditions, I think at least one of those would
have been caught and maybe even a pick six. The one that would have
been a pick six is the one that hit the safety. I think it
was savage when he was coming around and he jumped the route and he just
couldn't hang on. But that being said, you know, there's a reason.
The old rule of thumb was if you couldn't catch the ball as a
receiver, you became a corner or safety, depending on your side. If
you were shorter and thicker, stockier, you became a safety. If you
were tall and lanky and had some speed, you became a corner. That's
what it used to be. Remember, all the corners in the NFL used
to be faster than grease pigs. I mean, I almost said some beds,
but you know exactly what I'm talking about. Catch play defense, those
who can play offense. But lately you're seeing more of these talented wide receivers
after their first and second year decide they don't like to be hit that way,
so they switched to defense. And then you got guys who can actually
catch the ball, read a route, jump routes, and not have to
play so close and handsy. And I saw quite a few plays yesterday that
was done exactly like everybody that's accusing somebody on my team of being dirty.
Same hit, tight ends up in the air, comes down on the ground,
getting hit in the die with the helmet close to the knee. It's
not a dirty hit because nobody's been fine for it. The shoulder bad in
the thigh. That's all that matters. No, I will say the one
thing that I do know is that Matt Laflora said about our kicker, I
always pray when he goes on the field. I heard that, and that
means to me that is why he had Jordan Love go for it on fourth
down. Now, whether you think he crossed playing, the NFL ruled and
looked at it and they said no, he did not cross, so he
did not get a first down. Whether they should have gone for three at
that point, that's where analytics comes into play, and I think Matt Lafleur
is playing playing analytics. And I'm not sure because that was early on that
that was the right call, because either you okay, if you don't have
confidence in your kicker, you're gonna you're not gonna kick it. I get
it, But I don't think Jordan Love was the answer. You were running
with Aaron Jones otherwise. And I think the stingiest defense, especially the stingiest
front four for the defense of San Francisco, trying to get Jordan Love to
get that was the wrong call. No, you run somebody at Chase Young
because he was over pursuing all day, because that's where a ninety percent of
your yards came from, was between the right garden right tackle for the right
garden center. I will admit the one thing that I that the commentators did
say is that they were complementing our young receivers because they were doing more blocking
and helping the running game. But then we abandoned it in the fourth quarter
when we had the lead. And I still don't get that. But because
you guys got the lead, made a stop, got the ball back and
went past pass pass, then tried to run on short. It made no
sense. It made no sense. But the rule of thumb is if you're
on the road, you go for the win. If you're at home,
you go for the tie, because then you're putting the call in your hand
in their hands. You don't want to be the one that makes the coin
play. That's that's the rule of thumb, right. And of course,
Jordan, at the end of the game, there was a chance that we
could have come back, whether we would have done it or not. But
I'm first down you. I don't care who you are, and if you
if you're a fan of the game or if you've played the game. You
always hear hmm. Never never throw the ball crossfield when you're running one direction,
throw it back across the field. You're just asking for a disaster.
Throw it away, throw it away, first year starter mistake, That's what
that is. What he should have done was just thrown it out of bounds
or tucked it and tried to run out of bounds and stop the clock.
Because you guys had like fifty some second and then when that oven intercepted it
and your wide receiver that's running towards him stops and doesn't touch him, I
was like, uh, it's over. Mm hmm. So was there one
play that did it? Know? There were numerous plays. Do I think
we should have won that game? Yes? I think, and nobody gave
us any or not many people gave us respect thinking we could go into San
Francisco and win. Not many. Yeah, I was one of the few
that is that I think you're actually going to cover and you got a puncher's
chance to win, but you're not. San Francisco's not covering nine and a
half points. I just knew it. There was no way, and you
guys hit it under the under. The over under was what forty nine and
a half. I think it was so I got most of my Carlay right.
The only thing that messed me up was Deebo Samuel getting hurt. Yeah.
Cry, I cry because a five dollars bet would have been two thousand
dollars. But I mean everything hit in the first quarter, Christian McCaffrey touched
down. I knew the under was going to hit because both defenses were playing
too good. I agree, I agree, But what I will say is,
as much as us Packer fans might hurt right now, we have a
lot to look forward to, and I think some questions were answered this season.
I think there are a couple of questions that really need to be addressed.
And one of them I would say is I really, really really think
we need to fire Joe Bary. He needs to go because, let's face
it, at the end of the game when it was on the line and
San Francisco give them credit, they have their veterans there. They drove down
the field and we knew Christian McCaffery was going to have that ball. Let's
face it, with dee Bo out like, what were they gonna do?
They're gonna run, So what do we need to do we need to defend
that run and where we doing it? No? No, he's got to
go, He's got to go. There are a lot of people calling for
the kicker to go, you know, rookie. Look at Jordan how he
started out. Do I think Do I think we waste a draft pick another
draft picked on a kicker that might be the same. I think you'll either
get a kicker. If you do, it'll be a seventh round kicker or
a udfa I I don't think you're gonna take one early. It'll be a
late day free pick at best. You guys got two second rounds though,
you guys got a chance to be like we did this past year, you
know where where you get two good, high quality players in the second round
and be another up and coming course. But at the same time, the
only pick we don't have, the only round that the Lions don't have a
pick in is the fourth, which usually is a backup or rank and file
banks player. So we've got four picks in the first three rounds too.
So it's going to be interesting to see what happens that draft for both teams.
I agree, I agree, And let's face it, we both made
the Divisional round of playoffs, and a couple of years ago, we wouldn't
have said that. You know, but life after Aaron is not as bleak
as somewhat have thought, I think, and I think that was proved last
night. And I'm going to say to a B plus grade on a season,
and the reason why I give a B plus he made the playoffs.
He won again, he didn't go as far as Packer fans wanted two after
they saw that shellacking of the frauds that are known as the Dallas Cowboys,
right because we said all year every time they faced a good team, they
lost, and they garden Air lost to Detroit, who is a good team.
They went twelve and five for a reason. They had the same exact
record. People. It's not like Dallas was fourteen and three or sixteen and
one. They were twelve and five allso, but I'm not calling Detroit perfect.
I just said they're a good team. I didn't say they're elite.
There's a big difference there. You guys are what's considered a mid tier team
at this point. Jordan Love needs to get some worse seasoning. Those wide
receivers need to run better routes because there was some that you could tell with
the way Jordan talked to him it was a bad route. It had nothing
to do with him throwing a bad ball. Now, the ball that got
tipped up and intercepted, that was on Jordan Love not having good timing,
and it probably had a lot to do with the rain. But that was
a horrible pass behind Tucker draft. I would could agree with that, but
I would say that Rock Party had the same that some of his passes were
bad. So that's what really led me to the weather. But the weather
was the same for both teams, so they both had to, you know,
play with that. I'm gonna quick go into the chat room because of
Michael Hussinger. Good morning from New Zealand, and enjoy your show awesome worldwide
as advertised exactly. And then Ken Awesome, Awesome, Awesome. Well,
there's two games. Let's leave Saturday behind in the rear view mirror and let's
look forward to the two that we have today, which I think will both
be better games. The first game is the Buccaneers against the Lions, and
what I would say is this is a game with two quarterbacks that I don't
think get the respect that they should at this point, I know they are
both number one picks overall, so previewing Bucaneers versus the Lion. They did
play each other in the regular season, as you alluded to, though the
Lions weren't who won the game. We did twenty to six with six players
out, and I'll name them for you, David Montgomery, Jamir Gibbs,
Jonah Jackson. That was our three offensive players out. Laporta played but was
limited because he was dealing with a hamstring issue from the week before when we
played you guys in one, so we had all of that. And then
on the defense, CJGJ, Emmanuel Moseley, and James Houston all on the
IR and Brian Branch missed that game, so we were missing a third of
our starting defense. Yes, I mean the advantage you guys have is you
guys are going to have a home field advantage, Like you haven't heard,
because you're playing indoors. It can get really loud. I can only imagine
because you guys haven't been in the playoffs and how long that how many people
are starving for to be in there and in that atmosphere that is gonna be
electric because I can honestly say, I have actually been there before. I
have witnessed. We won't go into my team that game. It was my
team against your team at that point, but it's gonna be exciting. I
think Jared Goff, though, does need to hit his receivers. He's got
to have a good game today. Not that I you know, every quarterback
always needs to have a good game because or they should unless you have a
really good running game that can run between and you have a line. What
are your thoughts, Jeremy, How's Detroit gonna win? It's gonna be with
the run game. We didn't have either starting running back last time. We
have the one A, one B system, and both of them went for
two thousand yards and twenty touchdowns. So it's quite the one two punch to
be missing. When Craig Reynolds is the best part of your running and he
can only get your fifty yards, that's not a good running game. But
he's your running back three for a reason. He was actually the running back
four at that time because Zanovan McKnight was called up from the practice squad and
played right after Montgomery went down with his arm injury, and then he went
down in the second quarter, so everybody forgets that we had like forty yards
there and then fifty from Montgomery. The best part, I mean from Reynolds,
and the best part about Reynolds was the block he did to free I'm
mon Rol Saint Brown for the touchdown, and they're still calling that one of
the blocks of the year. I still give the edge quick a little bit
to the j mo O block because on that end around for it was actually
a toss suite to Montgomery. He blocks a linebacker at the line, chips
him so hard he falls down, and then runs past David Montgomery on the
outside to take out the safety so he could get that seventy five yard touchdown
versus the Chargers. I think that was the blocking play of the year by
anybody. Because number one, he's six foot one and he's one hundred and
eighty five pounds. He's not supposed to be taking out two hundred and forty
and two hundred pounds safeties. And he had to run fast enough to get
up off his butt and get in front of Montgomery again to block the other
guy. That was amazing. I mean, that's and that's the other thing
we're using him a little bit more every week. This might be the week
to unleash him a little bit. You know, once we get the play
action working, I know inside it's gonna be hard to run because they got
a fight a via there and he's an amazing defensive tackle and he's really good
at run stuffing occasionally gets pocket flatting. But at the same time, he
hasn't faced one guy. He did face this O line minus Jonah Jackson and
didn't get a sack that game. So there's there's a big part there.
So I didn't I know, this isn't what you want to hear. But
if Tampa Bay would win, how do you think they do it? They'd
be stuff in the run, they'd have to stuff the run, and they'd
have to actually get rushing yards. Because right now, with what we have
on the defense, I think we're going to be taking away a lot of
the passing game in the underneath routes because that's where we're good. It's the
deep stuff that we get burned on and we're not giving time. We're not
giving it's actually Chris Godwin. He's the faster one. Mike Evans isn't as
fast. He's more of a contested catch guy, which we've been winning the
contesting catch battles lately. With those type of receivers, it's the speedy guys
that get us, which would be Perry I think his name is or whatever,
the slot receiver and Godwin are the faster ones. What about Jared Goff
Do you think he'll throw any interceptions because that's one area that he has been
known to every once in a while. As long as he's not pressured,
he doesn't throw picks. I mean, and I'm when I say pressure,
I mean QB hits and sacks. I'm not talking about where they get close
to him and they counted as a pressure. There's a big difference between the
two. And that's the same with our defense. Our defense get picked if
we're not hitting the quarterback and getting sacked. Those type of pressures you can
count that where they go by the GPS that's in their shoulder pad or their
helmet and get within a yard that that's a pressure. It's not pressure.
Pressure is what we saw last night. Both those quarterbacks through the second and
third quarter struggled mightily because of the pressure they were facing. Yes, and
Braylan comes in and he says, Candy I'm mad at your packers can't do
one thing right. Oh, brayl we already talked about them. You know,
they did a lot of things right. You know, there were some
plays that they could have had back, but that's that's the young team that
they were. The other the other thing I will say is, and I
was noticing this last night, is that somehow, some way, we've got
to get better with the referees. And because one of the Christian McCaffrey's touchdown
runs actually passed a touchdown was actually after play, had the clock had already
gone to zero, they should have never been the should have been a delay
of game, but they didn't catch it. And part of that I'm gonna
blame is going to be on Matt Lafleur and his coaching staff because if they're
not on top of those little things like that. And one other thing I
would say that I noticed is San Francisco's defense lined up very very close to
the in the Neutrals down and I'm like, wait a minute, I'm like,
I don't I think they're over. I'm like, so, I think,
But Braylin, I appreciate you watching, I appreciate you having a Yeah,
he's a Lions fan. You guys had the chance to give us a
third in a row home game, and I'm sorry. In the NFL,
beating someone twice in a row is hard. Mm hmm. That's why we
won in week four and day one on Thanksgiving. Yep, it doesn't matter
what house you're in. It's hard to beat any team two times in a
row unless you're named the Minnesota Viking. That is true. But I had
to throw it out there. Yeah, no, no, no, you're
good and then let's round it out. There is one more game to end
the weekend. The Chiefs. Well, it's the first time the Chiefs are
on the road. It was interesting. I was listening to some pregame ahead
of this Buccaneers Lions game, and they were comparing the Chiefs Bills to a
lot of the Manning Brady rivalries because there's a lot of the same similarities,
Like Brady had him. Brady had Manning for so many years, and it
was like their seven years and so many games at home, you know,
and but Chiefs Bills that they've been playing each other tough these last couple of
years they have, and it came down to overtime once the one game Bill's
never really had a shot. The run game never got going. And that's
the difference this year is that run game is gonna be good because James Cook
has came out of nowhere and looked great like the last seven weeks. And
they activated Dalvin Cook because they got rid of Leonard Fournette, and with good
reason. Leonard Fournette has done nothing since they signed him, and Dalvin Cook
was recovering from an injury. That's why they had to sign him. So
now you get Brothers as a one to two punch because Dalvin Cook isn't as
fast as he was, but he's more powerful. So I'm I'm interested to
see what they do with Delvin in the backfield. I think it's gonna be
an exciting game. I think it's gonna be back and forth. But I
at home, Bills circle the wagons defensively better than any other team in the
league, and the forty nine ers did look pedestrian. The Ravens look good.
Takeaway Green Bays turnovers and they would have won. I think, yes,
absolutely, Brent, the way You're right, m yeah, you had
a turnover on downs to start the game. A turnover on downs towards the
end of the game and you had two interceptions. That's four turnovers you can't
get back. And we're actually we were really lucky on that return that we
ran back that we didn't lose that ball too. Yeah, you're right,
Delvin Cook is on the Ravens. I wanted him with the Bills because that
had been cool to see brothers play on the same team. That's the problem.
That's my problem. My bad, no problem. You're right, Braylon,
good job. Yeah. I think that's going to be an interesting game
tonight. I mean it could be a lot like the Packers forty eners because
that was back and forth too, although I think there'll be more scoring.
I think in the chief spills, I don't think there's quite as much defense
as there was between the forty nine ers and the Packers last night. Braylan
says, Jeremy, that would be cool if they were on the same team.
It would be cool. That's what I wanted. I thought, there
Goes. It makes perfect sense because Dalvin's not as fast. After all,
the injuries worked on his upper body to become more powerful. You know,
somebody can break more tackles upper because remember that used to be his not You
didn't have to hit him in the legs. You hit him above the waist.
He was down and then he was hurt. So he had to work
on that that core body strength, his abd him in his chest, his
arms and make them match up with his legs. This is a good question
too. NFC North looks like they will be a pretty strong division next year.
Well, I would say between the Packers and the Lions. Yes,
we don't know about the Bears. Let's face it, the Bears have been
the Bears. I know. How much will Love get paid? That is
a good question. Actually it's not because they already paid him for next year.
They didn't take his fifth year option and they extended him already with a
very team friendly less than market value, less than the rookie fifth to year
option would have been. I think it was like fifteen million. So he's
good because this is only his fourth year, this is the end of his
rookie contract. He has an extension already. I think they were talking about
though that they're going to be talking to him though. That's right, an
extension. It'll be an extension, so he's probably going to be in that
market. The same thing is what we expect. Brad Holmes is offering around
god an average starter salary. It's not going to be upper achelon like Jalen
Hurts, Lamar Jackson, Kyler Murray, Deshahn Watson. We're not talking forty
five to fifty million. It's going to be in that thirty eight and a
half, probably forty one point two. And it shouldn't these these Honestly,
if you're gonna be a good teammate, and I get quarterback is a very
important position, but you also need players around you to help you elevate because
if you don't, you're gonna be You're you're never gonna be an elite quarterback
because you need an online running backs, you need the wide receivers. Now
do we need an upper echellent receiver? We kind of prove that for the
most part, Yes, you might want one, but you don't necessarily have
to have one. But would it be nice because they were saying last night
that that was the one thing Green Bay was missing, is one go to
guy that was breaking through, was getting the routes that we were missing.
But let's see Jordan Love. They they're thinking about thirty five million, They're
saying, let's see what else we do, Houston, I know. I
just look at Walker in active too, and Cleif Rayman, of course,
and Broderick Martin, Steven Gilmore. Why have him even on the roster if
you're not gonna play him as bad as Kildoor Kendall Vildor has looked, you
can't call him a rookie bust. He's played two games and he's had a
sack and a tackle for loss in a total of fifteen snaps. He's not
being used. It's not a bust. He's not being used. You can't
call any rookie a bust until their third year. We've said it one hundred
times and every show I've ever been on, right, I agree? I
agree. So your Lions, if they win today, then they go to
San Francisco. What do you think, how do they line up? I
think they line up pretty good. San Francisco look pedestrian. Defensively, their
play the same type of defense as the Lions. They're playing a soft zone
coverage with a blitz mixed in, and they're they're stopping people in the red
zone, which is exactly what the Lions have been doing ever since they Dan
Campbell got his hands on the defense, like he announced after the Bears game,
that's what we've been doing. It traded up for Martin. It's a
bust. I disagree again. Let's see YouTube. Everything says you can't drudge
a rookie until his third season, and I'm not talking about YouTube. Mm
hm, I agree. I agree. Let's face it. I mean,
Jordan loves sat for how many years? I can't call him. I'm not
gonna call him a bust yet. I mean, look at how he improved
over the course of a year. So that's what's gonna happen with your draft
some of your drafts. Yes, we've had busts before. Look at Tony
Mandrich. I mean that's our ultimate, biggest bus that the Packers have had.
Well, he's gonna lump him with Joey Harrington, Jeff Okuda and Andre
Ware after one year. That's great. Go ahead. Mm hmmm. In
your opinion, it don't make it right either, right, I agree,
I get it. I get it. So who do we think chiefs for
Bills tonight? I got the Bills winning at home? Okay, okay,
I I think I think that gives them the edge. And then I'm sure
you're taking your Lions. Of course, Lions over the Buccaneers. So next
week then we would be looking at Lions forty nine ers and Ravens Bills.
Who do we have in the Ravens Bills? Ravens Bills. It's gonna be
at Ravens. It'll be a tall task. Sitting at QB they don't need
is a little different. You can't call Tony Mander to bust yet. He
hasn't played thirty three seasons yet. You said thirty three. Now you're putting
words in people's mouth. Oh boy, oh boy. Well, at least
we have something to fan out there. I'm gonna have to give him the
credit, but yeah, I do definitely don't call anybody a bust their first
year. Houston is out that that would be our illustrious. Do you know
who makes the decision on defensive players sitting or cut playing. That's Aaron Glenn.
If the Bills can keep their running game going, they should win,
and then Lions thirty four seventeen. I think it's gonna be much closer than
that. I still think we hit the over because our over is exactly the
same as what the forty nine ers versus backers is forty nine and a half.
I don't think we hit the over. I think it's going to be
a close, low scoring game. I'm thinking either twenty four seventeen or twenty
four to twenty one Lions win. Okay, okay, any other comments,
anything else you want to talk about, Jeremy, Well, let's enjoy the
games. Let's enjoy the fact that we have got no Candy enjoyed her season.
I did, I even as much as it paid me last night.
I enjoyed the game. I mean, at least it wasn't like they really
laid an egg. They went out there, they competed. It was a
hard fought game, and it's a very tough defense. And yes, we
learned lots, and you know, football is my first first love of sports.
So yes, I did pick the Texans, and had Christian Harris not
get hurt their linebacker, it might have been a different game because he was
keeping Lamar in check. As soon as he went out, Lamar was able
to get yardage actual yardage in the run game. Meanwhile, I mean,
I know we don't talk very often NBA, but I will. I just
have to comment that my Bucks did beat your Pistons yesterday. Although the Pistons
are not having a good season, I will admit that four or five and
god knows whatever. You guys are four and thirty eight. We're twenty nine
and thirteen getting the most pingpong balls for the draft lottery. Yay, stop
tanking. So do we think Belichick is going to go to Atlanta? Actually,
because they just scheduled interview a second interview with ag and Ben Johnson next
week, it doesn't look likely. Do you think that's because of Bilichick?
I think it's because Bilichick wants total team control. I also think that's why
nobody's given Harbaugh a second interview other than the Chargers. It should be an
interesting, interesting offseason. And how many Alabama players have hit the transfer portal
now that Saban's out? Uh. I don't know if it's gonna affect him
a lot either, But I think Alabama needs the lobby Alabama legislature to let
nil come to him Alabama now, because now that the Boosters can't afford to
pay the nil money, that team doesn't look like the best pro team in
the SEC. Yes, yes, I would agree. I'm sorry, No,
no, no, you're fine, You're fine. I think it's real
close to a usc situation and Saban retired because he was about to get exposed,
and the NA might not do anything because Alabama's a premier team. I
would agree. I would agree with that. Well, this has been a
great show. I wish your Lions well today. I'm one of those that
believe that if my team is out, I still like to see the NFC
do well, although I have a hard time with like Chicago and Minnesota's Foghorn,
but the Lions haven't been there, so I really give you guys credit
and I hope you guys do well. As for the Buffalo and Chiefs game,
I think it'll be Buffalo. But me, it doesn't really matter.
Like once my team is out again, I don't check out. I'm still
very much a fan of the game, but yes, it doesn't matter to
me as much who wins or who doesn't. Although whichever team wins that game
I think will have a hard time against the Ravens. I think Lamar Jackson
has elemated and he's definitely definitely what should I say on a mission? He
wants to prove his contract that you know, you guys gave me a contract
and good old will, hello, good afternoon, will fold down the field
you made it in before the end. Good job, buddy, All right,
any partying shots there, mister Jeremy, the same one I always say.
Try every day to be a better person than you heard the day before.
That's the only way to make the world a better place. It starts
in here, it does. I would wish everybody enjoy the games, enjoy
football while we have it, because let's face it, there aren't many more
games left. What four games? Well, the two today and then there's
three more games. Oh yeah, it's five games. Mm hmm. So
and just enjoy, enjoy the moment, enjoy the games, and refs don't
play a part in the outcome of any of these games, please, I
would. I would also say they missed a couple on the Packers side as
well as the forty nine ers side, for that they kind of let the
guys play, and that I applawed that because I kind of missed that type
of play. Like there was a point where there was a catch made short
and short on third down where they weren't going to get the first down,
and kway Walker came to help clean it up, and he kind of got
away with a side helmet to helmet hit. And I saw it on both
sides of the ball that that was happening where the secondary players were kind of
targeting the guy while they're falling to the ground. I also saw several big
tight ends getting tackled by small corners and safeties in the thigh with their helmet
next to the knee. It's not a dirty hit. No one's been fine.
I saw a couple of face masks, masks that weren't called too yeah,
on both sides. He always like one was a Kolbe Wooden on Christian
McCaffrey when they had him at four yards out, he kind of reached up
and yanked his head down. He just didn't yank it to the side.
And I think that's why he got away with it, because there was kind
of like a scrum around him trying to back. And then there was another
one against your running back Aaron Jones the same way, and I think it
was a linebacker. I think it was Fred Werner mm hmm. Yeah.
So you know that those type of plays gets missed. What doesn't get missed
is when you hook them near the ear hole and you twist their neck sideways.
They're calling that one all day, right right, I agree. Well,
Jeremy, it's been a pleasure having in this episode with you. Good
luck to your lines today and until the next time. Thanks to everybody that
was in the chat room. I appreciate it. Tell everybody Jeremy how they
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