1 00:00:17,120 --> 00:00:21,359 We're back with another edition of the Federalist Radio Hour. I'm Emili Jashinski, 2 00:00:21,399 --> 00:00:24,199 culture editor here at the Federalist. As always, you can email the show 3 00:00:24,239 --> 00:00:28,440 at radio at the Federalist dot com, follow us on x at FDR LST. 4 00:00:28,879 --> 00:00:31,800 Make sure to subscribe wherever you download your podcasts, and of course to 5 00:00:31,839 --> 00:00:35,640 the premium version of our website as well. Today is super Bowl Monday, 6 00:00:35,759 --> 00:00:39,399 and in honor of super Bowl Monday, we are joined by Jake Crane, 7 00:00:39,679 --> 00:00:43,679 Blaine Crane, and David Cohne. They're the hosts of Crane and Company, 8 00:00:43,880 --> 00:00:46,640 which I know many of our listeners enjoy over at the Daily Wire. If 9 00:00:46,640 --> 00:00:49,920 you haven't checked it out yet, make sure to check out Crane and Company. 10 00:00:50,280 --> 00:00:53,479 Jake, Blaine, David, Welcome to the show. Hey, we're 11 00:00:53,520 --> 00:00:56,640 excited. Thanks for having us. Emily. It should be a holiday today. 12 00:00:57,200 --> 00:01:00,520 It should be a holiday to day. You make us walk the super 13 00:01:00,520 --> 00:01:03,119 Bowl on Sunday and then go to work on Monday. I don't think Paul 14 00:01:03,200 --> 00:01:04,840 Rivero rode that horse scream in the British or companies we had to go to 15 00:01:04,879 --> 00:01:07,640 work the day after the super Bowl. Well, and also it should be 16 00:01:07,680 --> 00:01:12,480 federal law that if the game goes into overtime. It is you have to. 17 00:01:12,640 --> 00:01:15,840 It is a human right to get the day off if the I cannot 18 00:01:15,840 --> 00:01:19,760 agree with you. More love this, I love how this is starting right 19 00:01:19,799 --> 00:01:23,439 now. Hey guys, since it's your first time on Federal Austradio Hour, 20 00:01:23,480 --> 00:01:26,040 could you each just tell us a little bit about your background. We'll just 21 00:01:26,040 --> 00:01:29,400 go one by one and how you ended up doing Crane and Company for the 22 00:01:29,480 --> 00:01:32,840 Daily Wire. Yeah. Well, it's a crazy story. You know, 23 00:01:32,879 --> 00:01:34,400 we all coached and played at a high level. I'll let them, you 24 00:01:34,400 --> 00:01:38,879 know, tell you their accolades. But I played and coached in Division one 25 00:01:38,920 --> 00:01:42,280 for you know, almost a decade. And it's crazy. I was coaching 26 00:01:42,319 --> 00:01:47,040 when COVID happened and they sent us all home and I was just messing around 27 00:01:47,079 --> 00:01:49,319 on a microphone about a fifty dollars microphone. Didn't know what was good. 28 00:01:49,560 --> 00:01:53,120 I'm not Steve Jobs by any stretch of the imagination. So just getting something 29 00:01:53,120 --> 00:01:59,000 on Apple Podcasts and Spotify was like my Zuckerberg moment and it just took off. 30 00:01:59,040 --> 00:02:01,680 It's weird, think, Emily, that I'm in a coma really like 31 00:02:01,719 --> 00:02:06,200 I got hit by a semi like on some mountain road recruiting and I'm still 32 00:02:06,200 --> 00:02:08,000 in a coma. But it's it was amazing. I ended up. You 33 00:02:08,000 --> 00:02:10,719 know, obviously, I've known my brother his whole life, but I met 34 00:02:13,639 --> 00:02:15,759 David Cone when we started doing the show on video and it just, you 35 00:02:15,759 --> 00:02:19,759 know, blew up from there. We're less than four years in and we've 36 00:02:19,759 --> 00:02:23,199 seen incredible growth and just did a movie. And I think it's because we 37 00:02:23,280 --> 00:02:25,039 keep sports about sports. To be honest, yeah, I agree that. 38 00:02:25,080 --> 00:02:29,719 Well, I was born into an extremely wealthy family, but I saw my 39 00:02:29,800 --> 00:02:34,400 parents skip killed in an alleyway outside of a movie thing. From there on, 40 00:02:34,520 --> 00:02:37,599 you know, I'm scared to wait, hold on, I'm seeing a 41 00:02:37,599 --> 00:02:39,240 lot. I'm seeing a butler a city at night. It's named Alfred. 42 00:02:39,759 --> 00:02:44,439 You know Alfred. I know alf First off, How are you born into 43 00:02:44,439 --> 00:02:47,280 a wealthy family that'd have been nice considered not your brother? Oh man. 44 00:02:47,520 --> 00:02:51,439 And I'm I'm David Cohne. I'm a close cousin. That's why. Yeah, 45 00:02:51,439 --> 00:02:53,240 I tell people I'm from a small town in South Georgia. I just 46 00:02:53,280 --> 00:02:58,120 grew up loving football, got an opportunity to play at the University of Michigan. 47 00:02:58,199 --> 00:03:00,000 Played quarterback there for four years, and for some reason, none of 48 00:03:00,000 --> 00:03:05,360 the NFL teams drafted me, which was their loss completely. So that led 49 00:03:05,400 --> 00:03:08,199 to a career in video production and music production. I had ten years of 50 00:03:08,240 --> 00:03:12,919 experiencing that before I met Jake and Blaine Crane. We really hit it off. 51 00:03:12,960 --> 00:03:15,560 It was like a band coming together. We joined Colin Kawher's network out 52 00:03:15,599 --> 00:03:20,719 the volume. Then Ben Shapiro reached out uh that fall and asked us if 53 00:03:20,759 --> 00:03:23,879 we moved to Nashville and joined his company, and we were already huge fans. 54 00:03:23,919 --> 00:03:25,560 So that's what Jake means when he says it feels like a dream. 55 00:03:25,800 --> 00:03:29,360 And then all of a sudden, we're starring in movies with him and with 56 00:03:29,439 --> 00:03:34,039 Jordan Peterson and Candae Owens and Matt wallsh So that's that solidified the fact that 57 00:03:34,080 --> 00:03:37,719 we are in a dream that was Ted Cruise erasure. But we'll let it 58 00:03:37,759 --> 00:03:40,360 slide for them. That's our that's our buddy. Now, Yeah, play 59 00:03:40,599 --> 00:03:44,039 on two of them on. I mean, I'm playing I'm playing two on 60 00:03:44,120 --> 00:03:49,840 two basketball with these guys and Ted Cruz barefoot with an eighties rocker wig on 61 00:03:50,080 --> 00:03:53,800 and my name is DaVita. Yeah, me and Ted Cruz won that two 62 00:03:53,800 --> 00:03:57,639 on today. No, there was no score being kept there. First of 63 00:03:57,680 --> 00:04:02,800 all, yes, okay, okay, well so that's you said that. 64 00:04:02,879 --> 00:04:05,719 It's you think a lot of the popularity of the show has to do with 65 00:04:05,759 --> 00:04:09,759 the fact that you keep sports about sports. So in the spirit of keeping 66 00:04:09,800 --> 00:04:13,520 sports about sports, guys, that was you know, a pretty it was 67 00:04:13,560 --> 00:04:15,520 a good game. It was a nail bider. You can't complain when the 68 00:04:15,919 --> 00:04:18,319 Super Bowl goes into overtime. I love scoring Super Bowl. What are your 69 00:04:18,319 --> 00:04:21,720 thoughts basically on the game itself? Again, a lot of defense. I 70 00:04:21,759 --> 00:04:26,879 know some people really love those high scoring games. It's definitely not what people 71 00:04:26,879 --> 00:04:30,600 got last night. So give us your thoughts on how that game transpired. 72 00:04:30,959 --> 00:04:33,720 Yeah, well, look, it's it's no surprise that people want to see 73 00:04:33,720 --> 00:04:36,240 a lot of points. The NFL would like high scoring games, just like 74 00:04:36,319 --> 00:04:40,120 you know, Major League Baseball, just like you know NHL and the NBA 75 00:04:40,279 --> 00:04:42,959 and and you know, I'm a defensive guy, was a defensive coach, 76 00:04:43,399 --> 00:04:46,519 and there was some good defense being played in the in the first half, 77 00:04:46,560 --> 00:04:47,639 but I think a lot of it was sloppy offense. I mean, you 78 00:04:47,639 --> 00:04:50,439 had multiple turnovers in the red zone. You had, you know, from 79 00:04:50,439 --> 00:04:54,680 the forty nine ers standpoint, some some pretty crucial penalties you were getting in 80 00:04:54,720 --> 00:04:58,160 second and long, third and long. So while the defenses were playing well, 81 00:04:58,480 --> 00:05:00,759 you know, I thought the offense is played pretty sloppy. But you 82 00:05:00,800 --> 00:05:02,279 see, and we say this all the time on the show, the game 83 00:05:02,319 --> 00:05:05,519 plan and the scouting report is one thing, but the coaches that are the 84 00:05:05,519 --> 00:05:09,519 best at what they do are the ones that can adjust end game. And 85 00:05:09,600 --> 00:05:12,480 you saw those halftime adjustments. You know, the Chiefs, you know, 86 00:05:12,600 --> 00:05:15,879 just making the smart decision to throw to ball, the Travis Kelce you know, 87 00:05:15,920 --> 00:05:17,360 outside of him, you know, trying to poompole slam Andy Reid. 88 00:05:17,399 --> 00:05:20,519 But it ended up being a really good finish. The offense has kind of 89 00:05:20,519 --> 00:05:24,680 picked it up. I enjoyed the game, but yeah, it was sloppy 90 00:05:24,680 --> 00:05:27,000 to start. They kind of looked a little timid, but we did get 91 00:05:27,000 --> 00:05:30,199 a big finish and you know, we hit our bets side the Chiefs winning. 92 00:05:30,240 --> 00:05:31,639 There you go, I did too. I agree with a lot of 93 00:05:31,639 --> 00:05:34,439 that. You can have a great football game where a lot of points don't 94 00:05:34,480 --> 00:05:39,439 get scored. Just so happened in this game. We saw both defenses playing 95 00:05:39,439 --> 00:05:43,680 at an elite level and then you had the sloppy mistake. So a lot 96 00:05:43,720 --> 00:05:46,920 of penalties. Then you had two fumbles in the red zone, a punt 97 00:05:46,959 --> 00:05:49,240 return that was also fumbled. But then to cap it off, what I 98 00:05:49,279 --> 00:05:54,000 think, we had eight straight scoring drives and you count over time. So 99 00:05:54,360 --> 00:05:58,360 look, anytime the Super Bowl comes down to the last play, a lot 100 00:05:58,399 --> 00:06:01,040 of people are happy. Look we live stream the game, and you could 101 00:06:01,079 --> 00:06:04,519 see the numbers more people jumping in as the game got closer and closer at 102 00:06:04,519 --> 00:06:06,519 the end. Well, yeah, I think the first three quarters of the 103 00:06:06,519 --> 00:06:13,959 Super Bowl were trash trap, boring, snoozefest. I don't think the defenses 104 00:06:14,000 --> 00:06:17,120 were playing phenomenal either. It looked like sloppy football. But that's the thing 105 00:06:17,160 --> 00:06:19,480 about football. The only thing you need is one quarter, just one. 106 00:06:19,600 --> 00:06:23,600 You just seed one quarter, especially in the game like this in the Super 107 00:06:23,600 --> 00:06:27,279 Bowl, to bring everybody back inside to sit down and watch the game. 108 00:06:27,519 --> 00:06:30,040 And that's what you got in the fourth quarter. And that's what you got 109 00:06:30,079 --> 00:06:33,959 in the first quarter of overtime. Okay, so you referenced Kelsey who went 110 00:06:34,160 --> 00:06:39,839 massively viral for shouting at Andy Reid. What did you guys make of that? 111 00:06:39,959 --> 00:06:42,720 I've seen some different theories, but what do you think was happening there? 112 00:06:43,399 --> 00:06:45,959 Well, and you know, we talked about this on the live stream. 113 00:06:46,079 --> 00:06:48,040 Look, when you get to the professional level, it's a lot different 114 00:06:48,040 --> 00:06:51,040 than college. The players are making more than the coaches. There's not a 115 00:06:51,040 --> 00:06:56,399 lot of coaches screaming at players. It's more of a friend relationship. And 116 00:06:56,439 --> 00:06:59,279 look, guys get fired up. I've seen Patrick Mahomes pitch a fit on 117 00:06:59,319 --> 00:07:02,199 the sidelines. I've seen Tom Brady turn into the guy from Split on the 118 00:07:02,240 --> 00:07:05,879 sidelines do out different courses of the game, But where it becomes a promise 119 00:07:05,920 --> 00:07:10,000 when you start putting your hands on somebody, Because in coaching we had a 120 00:07:10,079 --> 00:07:13,000 rule You're not going to put your hands on me. I'm not going to 121 00:07:13,040 --> 00:07:15,279 put my hands on you, because the minute it becomes physical, that's a 122 00:07:15,319 --> 00:07:18,120 totally different level. So I thought, and I think Travis will tell you 123 00:07:18,160 --> 00:07:21,480 this too him. You know, I don't think he intentionally tried to kind 124 00:07:21,480 --> 00:07:26,360 of bowl Andy Reid over, but Travis Kelsey is a big guy, and 125 00:07:26,399 --> 00:07:29,160 it went a little bit too far the shouting. That's one thing. Hey, 126 00:07:29,240 --> 00:07:30,959 let's break an iPad, let's break a tablet. Get back together. 127 00:07:31,240 --> 00:07:33,639 You start putting your hands on me, then we're going to play a game 128 00:07:33,639 --> 00:07:36,519 of let's find out now. Hopefully it's not Travis Kelcey, because I'm gonna 129 00:07:36,519 --> 00:07:40,439 get beat to sleep unless I use a ninja focus. But that was just 130 00:07:41,040 --> 00:07:42,839 that was a little over the line for me. Yeah, I don't think 131 00:07:43,160 --> 00:07:46,920 Travis Kelsey meant to physically put his hands on Andy Reid, but you know, 132 00:07:46,959 --> 00:07:50,600 sometimes it happens even without intent. The narrative completely shifts when the Chiefs 133 00:07:50,600 --> 00:07:54,199 win that game, because if the Chiefs lose that game, all of a 134 00:07:54,240 --> 00:07:57,800 sudden, you're like, man, these guys were more focused on Taylor Swift 135 00:07:57,920 --> 00:08:01,279 and you know there's problems in Kansas City's locker room. Whereas when they win 136 00:08:01,319 --> 00:08:05,639 the football game, we say like, oh yeah, that's what it takes 137 00:08:05,639 --> 00:08:09,279 sometimes for the greatest of all time to get motivated. This We're an eighteen 138 00:08:09,360 --> 00:08:11,040 year old kid who's never made any plays and he goes up and he's putting 139 00:08:11,040 --> 00:08:13,959 his hands on the coach. Of course, it's going to be like the 140 00:08:13,959 --> 00:08:18,319 most extremely disrespectful act that you can imagine. But we're talking about a top 141 00:08:18,360 --> 00:08:20,439 five greatest tight end of all time and the top five greatest coach of all 142 00:08:20,480 --> 00:08:24,959 time. I don't think there was anyone happier than Andy Reid that Travis Kelcey 143 00:08:26,120 --> 00:08:30,879 got that emotional about not being in the game. The Chiefs were completely pedestrian 144 00:08:30,920 --> 00:08:33,600 in the first half on the offensive side of the football. So I think 145 00:08:33,639 --> 00:08:37,320 whatever happened on the sidelines that we saw was a microcosm. And like Kelsey 146 00:08:37,440 --> 00:08:41,759 did in the locker room at halftimes, emotion's part of football. The two 147 00:08:41,799 --> 00:08:45,039 just coerced together. But I will say this one. I mean, look, 148 00:08:45,080 --> 00:08:50,639 Travis Kelsey had one yard receiving walking in the halftime. That's unacceptable. 149 00:08:50,879 --> 00:08:54,519 Pretty sure he only had two, only had two targets in key moments as 150 00:08:54,519 --> 00:08:56,440 well. They keep taking them out of the game. But look, Maynard, 151 00:08:56,440 --> 00:08:58,159 Travis kelce dog your girls at the game. I mean, you got 152 00:08:58,159 --> 00:09:01,080 it all out too. If you don't win, will Taylor Swift even be 153 00:09:01,120 --> 00:09:05,519 around? Yeah, let's be on. You had to win that Super Bowl 154 00:09:05,639 --> 00:09:09,879 to make sure Taylor Swift's going to be there will when it's over. Amazing. 155 00:09:09,559 --> 00:09:13,320 How did the season compare? For we do like expectations versus reality to 156 00:09:13,399 --> 00:09:16,320 what you guys expected to see from those I mean a lot of people could 157 00:09:16,320 --> 00:09:20,559 have predicted at least the Chiefs in the Super Bowl, But what did you 158 00:09:20,600 --> 00:09:24,840 now that we can sort of look back on the whole season, how did 159 00:09:24,879 --> 00:09:28,799 it compare to what you expected? Well, I honestly thought, and look, 160 00:09:28,960 --> 00:09:31,759 I think college football is a better product. I think we can all 161 00:09:31,799 --> 00:09:35,399 agree. I thought it had its ups and downs. I think the Lions 162 00:09:35,399 --> 00:09:37,480 were a great story. C J. Stroud and the Texans doing what they 163 00:09:37,519 --> 00:09:41,279 did, the Browns finally making the playoffs but in Cleveland Flash and getting out 164 00:09:41,320 --> 00:09:46,279 in the first round. You know, I honestly think and I know the 165 00:09:46,399 --> 00:09:48,039 Chiefs. A lot of people picked the Chiefs before the year. It's Patrick 166 00:09:48,039 --> 00:09:52,080 Mahomes. I think this is Andy Reid's best coaching job. I think to 167 00:09:52,120 --> 00:09:54,360 be able to not only win, but win for a long time, to 168 00:09:54,399 --> 00:09:58,039 have these dynastical runs, that's the biggest word I know, Emily, so 169 00:09:58,039 --> 00:10:01,399 I had to use it. You've got to be able to win in multiple 170 00:10:01,440 --> 00:10:05,759 ways. I always say the bestility outside of fertility is versatility. And the 171 00:10:05,840 --> 00:10:11,559 Chiefs defensive team they won the Super Bowl on defense and being a balanced team. 172 00:10:11,600 --> 00:10:13,879 It wasn't just you know, some high flying offense that outscored everybody. 173 00:10:15,080 --> 00:10:18,519 They found different ways to win without as many superstars around Patrick Mahomes and being 174 00:10:18,600 --> 00:10:22,600 led by the side of the ball that did not include Patrick Mahomes. I 175 00:10:22,639 --> 00:10:24,600 mean, one of the greatest stats. And we talk about adjusting, you 176 00:10:24,639 --> 00:10:28,639 know, mid game. The Chiefs didn't give up double digits in the second 177 00:10:28,679 --> 00:10:33,240 half like the last ten games. That is absolutely incredible. That is absolutely 178 00:10:33,279 --> 00:10:35,080 dominant. And we saw the Patriots do the same thing when they were going 179 00:10:35,120 --> 00:10:39,120 on their run. They'd win some games high scoring, they'd win some games 180 00:10:39,159 --> 00:10:43,159 on defense and special teams. It just goes to show you football is the 181 00:10:43,240 --> 00:10:46,679 ultimate team sport. On the teams that can win in the most ways win 182 00:10:46,720 --> 00:10:48,679 the most. I think we can all agree that the Chiefs were unimpressive for 183 00:10:48,759 --> 00:10:52,360 the most part regular season, and that's the thing and the greatest of all 184 00:10:52,360 --> 00:10:56,960 time mentality shows up biggest in those those biggest games. And you look at 185 00:10:56,960 --> 00:11:00,519 the last three games they won. When they go on the road Buffalo, 186 00:11:00,559 --> 00:11:03,440 they were underdogs, goal on the road, beat a team in Baltimore that 187 00:11:03,480 --> 00:11:05,799 we thought was unbeatable. They were underdogs. And here they were underdogs in 188 00:11:05,840 --> 00:11:09,279 the Super Bowl and they win that one too. And it's just funny to 189 00:11:09,320 --> 00:11:13,919 me that the backbone of this Chief's dynasty has been the offense. The greatest 190 00:11:13,919 --> 00:11:16,440 tight end of all time generational quarterback every five coach. You know, when 191 00:11:16,480 --> 00:11:20,039 they trade Tyreek Hill and for that what they get defensive pieces. They got 192 00:11:20,039 --> 00:11:24,480 an edge guy in a corner for those picks that they got. And it 193 00:11:24,559 --> 00:11:28,480 was this young defense and Steve Spagnola that really showed up throughout the course of 194 00:11:28,519 --> 00:11:31,039 the season. I know, Patrick Mahomes leads the game winning drive and wins 195 00:11:31,159 --> 00:11:35,320 MVP, and that's what everyone's going to remember from this particular game. But 196 00:11:35,440 --> 00:11:37,960 man, this defense, they didn't give up over twenty seven points all season 197 00:11:39,000 --> 00:11:41,080 long. That's ridiculous. I think the more things change, the more things 198 00:11:41,120 --> 00:11:45,679 stay the same. Who I mean, obviously the Chiefs being in the Super 199 00:11:45,679 --> 00:11:48,480 Bowl, I mean here to question that in Cal Shanahan blowing the Super Bowl. 200 00:11:48,519 --> 00:11:52,000 I mean, the guys won twenty five point lead, a ten point 201 00:11:52,080 --> 00:11:54,000 lead, and another ten point lead in the Super Bowl. Let's be honest. 202 00:11:54,039 --> 00:11:56,080 I mean, if it walks like a duck in quacks like a duck, 203 00:11:56,279 --> 00:11:58,960 it's a duck. And kl Shanahan's the biggest show artist in Super Bowl. 204 00:12:00,320 --> 00:12:03,080 Well, Emily, we said, I don't know what's stunk worse. 205 00:12:03,240 --> 00:12:07,039 Kyle Shanahan's second half play calling for San Francisco are the streets and sidewalks. 206 00:12:07,159 --> 00:12:13,919 He's as about as clutch as a screen door in the summer. I didn't, 207 00:12:15,279 --> 00:12:22,320 I didn't the little digit leads and that is insane. Point talk to 208 00:12:22,399 --> 00:12:26,480 us about the play calling, then what should a shanahana have been calling more 209 00:12:26,480 --> 00:12:28,559 of? Well, it's it. Look, you can always look back at 210 00:12:28,600 --> 00:12:33,879 the play calling. Hindsight's always twenty twenty. But it seems whenever Kyle Shanahan 211 00:12:33,960 --> 00:12:37,639 has a common sense answer to something, he does the opposite. You go 212 00:12:37,720 --> 00:12:41,600 back to the Patriots when he was the OC at the Falcons, You're leading 213 00:12:41,639 --> 00:12:45,200 the Pats twenty eight to three in the second half, and you come out 214 00:12:45,200 --> 00:12:46,399 and throw the ball, throw the ball, throw the ball, throw the 215 00:12:46,399 --> 00:12:50,519 ball and stop the clock instead of running the ball. Well, the Niners 216 00:12:50,559 --> 00:12:54,039 were leaning on the Chiefs late in that game. It looked like that the 217 00:12:54,120 --> 00:12:56,879 Chiefs were starting to get tired on defense and on first down all he kept 218 00:12:56,879 --> 00:13:01,279 doing is running play action and throwing the ball instead of giving the ball to 219 00:13:01,559 --> 00:13:05,360 Christian McCaffrey aka Haru the Great White Ninja and letting him take you to the 220 00:13:05,360 --> 00:13:07,600 Promised Land. It just seems like if it's smart to go right, he'll 221 00:13:07,600 --> 00:13:11,240 go left. If it's smart to go down, he'll go up. I 222 00:13:11,279 --> 00:13:13,679 mean, I understand being a contrarian, scared money, don't make no money, 223 00:13:13,679 --> 00:13:18,080 but stupid money leaves you broke too well. The Chiefs defense gave up 224 00:13:18,240 --> 00:13:20,519 seven points in the second half to Josh Allen and the Bills. They gave 225 00:13:20,600 --> 00:13:24,799 up three points in the second half to the MVP and Lamar Jackson with the 226 00:13:24,879 --> 00:13:30,000 Ravens. So from Kyle Shanahan's perspective, you had to know the Chiefs were 227 00:13:30,000 --> 00:13:33,159 going to make their adjustments at halftime. And Kyle Shanahan makes his money the 228 00:13:33,200 --> 00:13:37,240 fifteen million a year for being one of the most elite play callers in the 229 00:13:37,320 --> 00:13:41,200 league. And they come out in the second half and they have three straight 230 00:13:41,240 --> 00:13:45,480 three and outs, and on at least one of those possessions, maybe even 231 00:13:45,480 --> 00:13:48,600 two of them, Christian McCaffrey didn't get a rush attempt. You don't get 232 00:13:48,600 --> 00:13:50,440 the ball to your best player. Yeah, two possessions, and they're really 233 00:13:50,559 --> 00:13:52,879 key possessions, and they were in the third quarter. I believe one of 234 00:13:52,879 --> 00:13:56,960 them was coming off with Patrick Mahomes pick where they didn't run the ball one 235 00:13:58,399 --> 00:14:00,919 time. And what's been always a knock on College Shanahan. He doesn't run 236 00:14:00,919 --> 00:14:01,840 the ball when he knows he needs a run a ball. It's a common 237 00:14:01,879 --> 00:14:05,679 sense play. But at this point, is Kyle Shanahan the worst best coach 238 00:14:05,759 --> 00:14:09,200 ever? And we want to talk about, you know, his genius offensive 239 00:14:09,320 --> 00:14:11,799 mind. I mean, when it comes down to it, but you needed 240 00:14:11,840 --> 00:14:15,639 to get six points when it mattered the most and you only got three. 241 00:14:15,679 --> 00:14:18,480 I will say I think there's time for him to change that narrative. Remember 242 00:14:18,519 --> 00:14:20,879 Andy Reid and Philadelphia. People talked about that a lot too when he had 243 00:14:20,919 --> 00:14:24,080 Donovan McNabb. Always these really good teams but couldn't win the big one. 244 00:14:24,200 --> 00:14:26,960 Now look at him, all of a sudden, people are saying, well, 245 00:14:26,960 --> 00:14:28,840 now Andy reachs past Belichick and he's the greatest coach of all time. 246 00:14:30,159 --> 00:14:33,120 Especially when we look at the way the NFC is set up. I think 247 00:14:33,159 --> 00:14:35,279 the forty nine ers and they're gonna have to make some tough decisions with all 248 00:14:35,320 --> 00:14:39,759 these key pieces. They can't pay everyone, but their quarterback is still on 249 00:14:39,799 --> 00:14:43,159 a rookie contract. They're going to be a formidable opponent in the NFC. 250 00:14:43,320 --> 00:14:46,360 Whereas the AFC. You look around, you know, Jim Harboss coming into 251 00:14:46,399 --> 00:14:50,240 coaching starters. You know, Josh Allen's still going to win one. Joe 252 00:14:50,279 --> 00:14:52,080 Burrow is going to get healthy. Lamar Jackson looks like he's here for a 253 00:14:52,080 --> 00:14:56,720 couple more seasons healthy, So it's going to be really interesting next season. 254 00:14:56,480 --> 00:15:01,000 Yeah, I like that. The worst best coach, that's like being well, 255 00:15:01,000 --> 00:15:07,679 it's like Emily really like the smartest dumb people like Da've like the person 256 00:15:07,720 --> 00:15:09,879 who you know, invented a motor that can run on water, but he 257 00:15:09,919 --> 00:15:13,320 doesn't look both ways before he crosses the street, like that type of person. 258 00:15:15,039 --> 00:15:18,000 What about Brock Purdy? What did you think of his performance last night? 259 00:15:18,679 --> 00:15:22,559 I thought Brock was good. You know, look, Brock isn't going 260 00:15:22,639 --> 00:15:26,600 to be the elite playmaker that we see some other guys, but he doesn't 261 00:15:26,600 --> 00:15:28,919 have to be. He does a really good job of steering the ship. 262 00:15:28,039 --> 00:15:31,919 I think he's a little more athletic than what people give him credit for. 263 00:15:31,080 --> 00:15:33,360 I thought he played well enough to win last night. That there was a 264 00:15:33,360 --> 00:15:37,320 couple of plays and I want to make sure and give flowers to Chris Jones, 265 00:15:37,759 --> 00:15:39,279 the best defensive one of the best defensive linemans in the NFL, but 266 00:15:39,320 --> 00:15:43,320 the best defensive Lineman on the Chiefs who when Brock Perdy had guys open, 267 00:15:43,440 --> 00:15:46,320 Chris Jones was in his face and made it tough for him to make the 268 00:15:46,399 --> 00:15:50,039 throws. So, you know, I thought Brock played well enough to win. 269 00:15:50,519 --> 00:15:52,960 I think he can go back to the play calling. But expecting Brock 270 00:15:54,000 --> 00:15:56,879 Perdy to just put the team on his back when you have Christian McCaffrey and 271 00:15:56,919 --> 00:16:00,759 Deebo Samuel and Brandon Niyuk and George Kittle and Jawan Jennings, I can go 272 00:16:00,799 --> 00:16:03,039 down the list. That wasn't the recipe to win it. So I thought 273 00:16:03,080 --> 00:16:06,879 Brock, I mean again, you're paying the guy like a washing machine in 274 00:16:06,919 --> 00:16:10,039 three bucks an hour to eat you to the super Bowl. And he made 275 00:16:10,039 --> 00:16:12,240 some great throws and he missed some throws. And he's a second year player, 276 00:16:12,320 --> 00:16:15,320 you know. And I think that a lot of people look at this 277 00:16:15,519 --> 00:16:18,039 roster that they have is kind of like the Georgia Bulldogs when Stetson Bennett was 278 00:16:18,080 --> 00:16:21,559 playing quarterback. And there's just a certain amount of people that are never going 279 00:16:21,639 --> 00:16:25,919 to give, you know, kudos to guys who aren't highly recruited or aren't 280 00:16:26,000 --> 00:16:29,960 highly drafted. But the reason is because the NFL has become a game where 281 00:16:30,000 --> 00:16:33,279 you have to have one of the most elite quarterbacks of all time to even 282 00:16:33,279 --> 00:16:34,879 win the Super Bowl these days. It didn't always used to be like that. 283 00:16:34,960 --> 00:16:38,960 You could have great defenses that are led by quote unquote game managers, 284 00:16:38,960 --> 00:16:42,440 even though we kind of hate that term here at Craning Company. But you 285 00:16:42,440 --> 00:16:45,799 know, down the stretch of this game right here, you saw that when 286 00:16:45,799 --> 00:16:48,279 the Chiefs needed a big play on defense, what did they do to brock 287 00:16:48,320 --> 00:16:51,440 Purty. They heated him and let him up. They heeded him up, 288 00:16:51,440 --> 00:16:53,120 and they knew that they could get home by doing that. Even the nickel 289 00:16:53,120 --> 00:16:56,799 blitz there in the fourth quarter, that's what forced them to kick the field 290 00:16:56,840 --> 00:16:59,840 goal instead of getting that third and four, third and five. Whereas when 291 00:16:59,840 --> 00:17:03,360 you do that against Patrick Mahomes, when you do that against Tom Brady, 292 00:17:03,480 --> 00:17:04,960 He's going to hit a crossing route over the middle and it's going to get 293 00:17:04,960 --> 00:17:07,519 thirty yards if you blitze it. Well, I think brock Purdy went toe 294 00:17:07,559 --> 00:17:11,759 to toe with Patrick Mahomes in his second year being a quarterback in the NFL, 295 00:17:11,759 --> 00:17:15,079 and I think Brock Perdy gets enough credit. I think brock Purdy Helpedkyle 296 00:17:15,119 --> 00:17:19,519 Shanahan out a lot because people don't remember Kyle Shanahan gave a lot up to 297 00:17:19,559 --> 00:17:23,720 get Trey lance Ye say who was a bus? Say an absolute bust and 298 00:17:23,799 --> 00:17:30,279 brock Purty mystery relevant the last pick of the NFL coming almost saved Kyle Shanahan's 299 00:17:30,319 --> 00:17:32,799 career. Yeah, the roster is great, but you can look alone around 300 00:17:32,839 --> 00:17:36,680 a lot of rosters in the NFL with elite quarterbacks who can't beat Patrick Mahomes 301 00:17:36,720 --> 00:17:38,359 and the Chiefs, a lot of the Ravens. So I think brock perty 302 00:17:38,400 --> 00:17:41,519 needs his money. Mean, I mean how the guy has a roommate, 303 00:17:41,599 --> 00:17:45,079 drives it to coma to work and you're losing over Patrick Mahon. I think 304 00:17:45,079 --> 00:17:47,599 that's a good point. Maybe some of it, too, is because of 305 00:17:47,599 --> 00:17:49,920 this window that the forty nine ers have, right, all of these pieces 306 00:17:49,920 --> 00:17:52,440 on offense and defense, and they're not going to be able to pay everyone 307 00:17:52,480 --> 00:17:56,680 forever. That it's like, okay, right now is the forty nine ers 308 00:17:56,759 --> 00:17:59,680 window. We don't care if your quarterback was the last pick. We don't 309 00:17:59,720 --> 00:18:02,799 care. What it is now is when you have to win. Whereas if 310 00:18:02,839 --> 00:18:06,480 this were some really really young team, like let's say the Packers, who 311 00:18:06,559 --> 00:18:08,400 the forty nine are just beat to get here. We'd all be saying, 312 00:18:08,440 --> 00:18:11,720 oh, well, they got this far with a young team and a young 313 00:18:11,799 --> 00:18:15,119 quarterback, they're going to be a problem for years to come, whereas now 314 00:18:15,160 --> 00:18:18,880 we're kind of saying, Okay, well the quarterback's young, but some of 315 00:18:18,880 --> 00:18:21,200 these guys you're going to have to move off from in the next couple of 316 00:18:21,279 --> 00:18:26,279 seasons. I was just going in that direction because you were talking about future 317 00:18:26,319 --> 00:18:30,720 the AFC and just pivoting over to the NFC. My god, Jordan Love 318 00:18:30,880 --> 00:18:34,519 looked fantastic this season, and in terms of expectations versus reality, totally. 319 00:18:36,240 --> 00:18:38,519 I think blew a lot of US Packer fans away with his performance. You're 320 00:18:38,559 --> 00:18:44,200 not entirely surprising, but still remarkable. And yeah, there's Aaron Rodgers are 321 00:18:44,200 --> 00:18:48,359 still out there. You mentioned all those guys in the AFC side, Lions 322 00:18:48,359 --> 00:18:52,000 look fantastic this season. What are you guys expecting from next season? You 323 00:18:52,039 --> 00:18:55,799 know, look, as much as things change, I think a lot of 324 00:18:55,839 --> 00:18:57,079 them are going to stay the same. First off, Emily, you speak 325 00:18:57,079 --> 00:19:00,599 our language when it comes to football. I'm very impressed. And also Joe 326 00:19:00,599 --> 00:19:03,839 pat Go our father played for the Package for a few years. We got 327 00:19:03,839 --> 00:19:07,599 family from up there. Look, when you look at the NFL going forward, 328 00:19:07,799 --> 00:19:11,839 it's you know, guys are getting thrown into the fire quicker at the 329 00:19:11,880 --> 00:19:15,359 quarterback position than ever before. You have coaches that are getting highed that are 330 00:19:15,400 --> 00:19:18,480 younger than ever before, and which I think is a good thing. It's 331 00:19:18,480 --> 00:19:22,799 all cyclical. But going forward, the Chiefs are not going anywhere. You 332 00:19:22,839 --> 00:19:26,519 look at the way that team's built, you know, with what they're trying 333 00:19:26,519 --> 00:19:29,400 to do, I don't expect any change there. But Jim Harball getting hired 334 00:19:29,400 --> 00:19:32,640 by the Chargers. You look at the AFC West, Now what are the 335 00:19:32,680 --> 00:19:34,240 Raiders going to do now? With Antonio Pierce. You can go down the 336 00:19:34,279 --> 00:19:37,680 list, but you know, you look at the Detroit Lions, who are 337 00:19:37,680 --> 00:19:41,480 slowly becoming my favorite team outside of the Green Bay Packers with what Dan Campbell's 338 00:19:41,480 --> 00:19:44,799 doing. I'm interesting to see what the Falcons are going to do. But 339 00:19:44,880 --> 00:19:48,680 Emily, this draft, to me is so fascinating because we've never seen an 340 00:19:48,720 --> 00:19:52,839 NFL draft that's this deep at quarterback. So you look at the Chicago Bears, 341 00:19:52,880 --> 00:19:56,759 who have the number one overall pick. You're going to keep justin fields 342 00:19:56,920 --> 00:20:00,559 and maybe trade that pick or get Marvin Harrison junior and put some p around 343 00:20:00,599 --> 00:20:03,279 him, or do you go and get Kaylen Williams and then trade justin Field. 344 00:20:03,359 --> 00:20:07,880 So I think this draft is going to have so much and every draft 345 00:20:07,880 --> 00:20:10,839 has some ripple effect, but I think that the effect of this draft on 346 00:20:10,920 --> 00:20:15,119 how many quarterbacks are coming out that could be legitimate problems in a good way 347 00:20:15,319 --> 00:20:18,640 and turn franchises around. And you see what CJ. Stroud did and some 348 00:20:18,680 --> 00:20:21,759 of these young guys, Jordan Love and Brock Purdy, It's again, it's 349 00:20:21,759 --> 00:20:23,640 a young man's game. Guys are getting thrown in the fire. So I 350 00:20:23,759 --> 00:20:27,880 like the anomalist factor of a lot of new quarterbacks. But I just hope 351 00:20:29,480 --> 00:20:32,759 overall that the product's a little bit better, not not as sloppy as it 352 00:20:32,920 --> 00:20:34,559 was this year, even though I am a defensive guy. Well, Emily, 353 00:20:34,599 --> 00:20:38,559 congrats on being a fan of a franchise that has successfully passed the baton 354 00:20:38,599 --> 00:20:42,440 from Brett Favre to Aaron Rodgers and not to Jordan Love. And look, 355 00:20:42,480 --> 00:20:45,799 I have to be honest, he surpassed any expectations that I had for him. 356 00:20:45,839 --> 00:20:48,960 Even just watching him in the pocket, I could tell that he sat 357 00:20:49,039 --> 00:20:52,920 behind Aaron Rodgers and took mental reps year after year. And it's not just 358 00:20:52,960 --> 00:20:56,759 he's in the same helmet in the same jersey. The way he pushes the 359 00:20:56,799 --> 00:21:00,519 pocket reminds me a lot of Aaron Rodgers and they're young. Think the Packers 360 00:21:00,519 --> 00:21:03,039 are going to be real good. Now. Compare that with divisional rival Chicago 361 00:21:03,160 --> 00:21:07,160 Bears, like just mentioned, have never had a four thousand yard passer. 362 00:21:07,440 --> 00:21:11,880 Meanwhile, the Packers are going from Brett bar to Aaron Rodgers to Jordan Love. 363 00:21:11,960 --> 00:21:14,279 So I don't know what they're going to do at number one. But 364 00:21:14,599 --> 00:21:18,000 if you stick with Justin Fields in a year where you have the number one 365 00:21:18,039 --> 00:21:21,440 pick and you could go get one of these generational quarterbacks that's coming out, 366 00:21:21,680 --> 00:21:23,559 you know, you take a big risk by doing that. And Justin Fields 367 00:21:23,599 --> 00:21:27,279 is an incredible player. I get that, and it's hard to have success 368 00:21:27,319 --> 00:21:30,920 in the environment that he was in this past year. But they're going to 369 00:21:30,960 --> 00:21:33,079 be in a tough spot they if they pass on too many of these talents 370 00:21:33,079 --> 00:21:36,640 coming out. Yeah, I agree. I think Jordan Love is the real 371 00:21:36,680 --> 00:21:38,000 deal, and I've given my flowers him. I was rough on the kid 372 00:21:38,039 --> 00:21:41,480 earlier year. I didn't think he would be what he is now. But 373 00:21:41,599 --> 00:21:42,640 I mean, the one thing about the Lions and the Packers, you can 374 00:21:42,680 --> 00:21:45,240 kind of look at the same thing. They're young. I mean they're young 375 00:21:45,240 --> 00:21:49,359 pieces. Romeo Doves, Christian Watson, Randall, Reed Randall, Reid Rix, 376 00:21:49,440 --> 00:21:52,559 Tucker Kraft at Ted End He's going to be a good piece. And 377 00:21:52,559 --> 00:21:56,359 it's the same thing with the Lions. I'm really excited about this Lions team. 378 00:21:56,599 --> 00:21:59,480 Jared Goff proved himself this year. I think Jared Gosson now a guy 379 00:21:59,519 --> 00:22:03,359 you can believe. But they're young too, Jamiir Gibbs, Jameson Williams of 380 00:22:03,599 --> 00:22:07,839 Sam Brown's not old, Sam Laporta, I mean the guy Montgomery, Aiden 381 00:22:07,960 --> 00:22:11,200 Hutchinson, Brian Branch. They're young all around, and they're drafting well. 382 00:22:11,200 --> 00:22:15,200 And the way they're built is a run first team. Run first, and 383 00:22:15,240 --> 00:22:18,920 you can win a lot of games by turning around and handing the ball off. 384 00:22:18,079 --> 00:22:21,480 But now, if you're Dan Campbell, you have to go shure up 385 00:22:21,480 --> 00:22:23,039 that the young, hungary and pissed is a great way to happen. You 386 00:22:23,079 --> 00:22:26,240 have to go sure up that secondary right now. If you're a Packers fan, 387 00:22:26,480 --> 00:22:30,720 are you're a Lions fan, stock is trending up. You guys are 388 00:22:30,759 --> 00:22:37,400 getting everyone really hyped up about next season, and now there's like, let's 389 00:22:37,400 --> 00:22:41,519 get emotion on here. Yeah, so I have to do it. I'm 390 00:22:41,559 --> 00:22:44,160 sorry about this, but I do have to ask about the Taylor Swift of 391 00:22:44,160 --> 00:22:48,759 it all. Of course, you know it's they were They were really conservative 392 00:22:48,799 --> 00:22:52,960 in taking shots or showing shots of her, at least it seemed like in 393 00:22:52,960 --> 00:22:56,039 the first half. And then I feel like they just let it go and 394 00:22:56,160 --> 00:22:59,680 just kept going back and back to back and forth to her booth. What'd 395 00:22:59,720 --> 00:23:02,599 you guys think of how often they went to Taylor? What'd you guys think 396 00:23:02,640 --> 00:23:07,000 of the kind of cultural appreciation for Taylor and Travis and how all that was 397 00:23:07,000 --> 00:23:11,440 handled this last week? I can't wait for mine here. Well yeah, 398 00:23:11,480 --> 00:23:15,240 well, I'm just there's the part. I'm like, Trump, here's the 399 00:23:15,279 --> 00:23:18,680 thing, You're ready. I'm just I'm over it. I'm so over it. 400 00:23:19,000 --> 00:23:22,839 I get look, I'm happy. I hope they're in love. I 401 00:23:22,839 --> 00:23:26,920 hope they're in just the loviiest love of all time. Right, But if 402 00:23:26,960 --> 00:23:30,279 I go to a Taylor Swift concert and I'm looking at the jumbo tron, 403 00:23:30,559 --> 00:23:33,920 I don't want to see Travis Kelcey smashing a Miller light over his head. 404 00:23:33,960 --> 00:23:37,200 Every thirty seconds, Like, I just want to watch the game. I 405 00:23:37,279 --> 00:23:41,839 treat the Taylor Swift thing. It's like with Jessica Simpson and Tony Romo, 406 00:23:41,079 --> 00:23:45,039 right, they kind of overdid that right a little bit, so you can 407 00:23:45,079 --> 00:23:47,839 say the same thing there. But it's almost like the Pride Night at the 408 00:23:47,880 --> 00:23:51,880 Ballpark thing for me. I don't care when I'm going to the game. 409 00:23:52,039 --> 00:23:55,200 I don't care if you're gay, if you're straight, if you dress up 410 00:23:55,200 --> 00:23:57,279 like a hamster, or if you're dating Taylor Swift. I'm just trying to 411 00:23:57,319 --> 00:24:00,319 win money on the game. I want to watch the game. Can we 412 00:24:00,440 --> 00:24:04,880 just please for five minutes not talk about Taylor Swift and talk about why Travis 413 00:24:04,960 --> 00:24:07,440 Kelse trying to fight Andy Reid on the sideline? Boy? What do you 414 00:24:07,440 --> 00:24:11,920 think? One? I'll tell you this right now. I hate that Taylor 415 00:24:11,920 --> 00:24:15,279 Swift and Travis Kelse one. But I'm so glad it's over. I'm seeing 416 00:24:15,319 --> 00:24:18,640 it over the over Is it over? Though? Look? And I kind 417 00:24:18,640 --> 00:24:21,440 of agree with Jake and I said this when I found out that Taylor Swift 418 00:24:21,519 --> 00:24:22,680 and Travis Kelce were a thing. Well, well, the Chiefs are going 419 00:24:22,720 --> 00:24:26,599 to go to the Super Bowl and win it because Taylor Swift is nothing but 420 00:24:26,680 --> 00:24:30,599 money. She's brought almost five hundred million dollars to the Chiefs and the NFL. 421 00:24:30,680 --> 00:24:33,480 Look, Roger Goodell's a business man. We know how this works. 422 00:24:33,559 --> 00:24:37,039 But look, if they're dating, that's fine. Just don't shove it down 423 00:24:37,200 --> 00:24:40,599 my throat the entire game. Oh if it is the first down, let's 424 00:24:40,599 --> 00:24:41,920 show Taylor Swift. Oh, look, some guys selling a hot dog. 425 00:24:42,039 --> 00:24:47,799 Let's show Taylor Swift eleven times. Eleven times in the super Bowl, and 426 00:24:47,839 --> 00:24:51,119 I don't even want to know how many times throughout the playoffs. There's some 427 00:24:51,240 --> 00:24:53,160 weird about it. I don't believe in it. Travis Kelce, a white 428 00:24:53,200 --> 00:24:57,400 due from Cincinnati with the Fade, going to date Taylor Swift. The girls 429 00:24:57,440 --> 00:25:03,960 probably had three boyfriends and won quit talking about it. Look, star athletes 430 00:25:03,000 --> 00:25:07,160 dating pop stars. It's a tale as old as time. As long as 431 00:25:07,200 --> 00:25:10,480 it's organic. I really don't care if we come to find out later that 432 00:25:10,559 --> 00:25:12,279 it was all just a set up, a trap. Man, it was 433 00:25:12,319 --> 00:25:15,200 all just a setup. Yeah, best believe. I would very much like 434 00:25:15,240 --> 00:25:18,160 to come back on your show because I'm going all in on it. Well, 435 00:25:18,240 --> 00:25:22,480 Emily, they said they brought into all these Taylor Swift view here's my 436 00:25:22,559 --> 00:25:23,480 thing on it. This is why I think it was a bad decision for 437 00:25:23,519 --> 00:25:27,799 the NFL. You better hope that Taylor Swift and Travis Kelsey get married, 438 00:25:29,079 --> 00:25:33,279 okay, because all those viewers that you brought in that they're dating the minute 439 00:25:33,319 --> 00:25:37,359 Taylor Swift breaks up with this guy and write some song that's like the tight 440 00:25:37,440 --> 00:25:41,720 end wasn't you know the right end? Or whatever the hell she wants to 441 00:25:41,720 --> 00:25:44,920 call it. Now, Oh man, they're gonna leney. Yeah, they're 442 00:25:44,920 --> 00:25:48,200 gonna lose twice as many people as they brought in. So you read what 443 00:25:48,400 --> 00:25:51,839 you sew, all right. You want Taylor Swift, you bring her in 444 00:25:51,880 --> 00:25:53,279 here on the plane. All of a sudden, she gets pushed on the 445 00:25:53,359 --> 00:25:56,640 raft down the river. You're gonna have a prop. So I feel really 446 00:25:56,680 --> 00:26:00,319 bad for all the Swifties in the first half who were just there because of 447 00:26:00,359 --> 00:26:03,200 Taylor Swift and didn't know anything about football. Because I'm sitting there like, 448 00:26:03,240 --> 00:26:07,039 man, this is the first game they've ever seen, and they think this 449 00:26:07,079 --> 00:26:08,440 is how they all go. They probably think this is soccer at the point, 450 00:26:08,480 --> 00:26:11,240 you think, and the only reason is she's there, said you have 451 00:26:11,279 --> 00:26:18,640 a costco card I can't believe you just gave away the tight end right end 452 00:26:18,640 --> 00:26:23,240 line for free. That's d of Bykrate and Company. Four. So the 453 00:26:23,279 --> 00:26:26,599 other thing I want to ask you guys about, because again you're the you 454 00:26:26,640 --> 00:26:30,240 know, making sports about sports, keeping sports about sports guys, a noticeable 455 00:26:30,279 --> 00:26:37,480 decline in wokeness around advertisements, the commercials during the game, the halftime show. 456 00:26:37,759 --> 00:26:41,440 It almost feels like the sort of business world, the c suite, 457 00:26:41,599 --> 00:26:45,799 kind of Madison Avenue. Guys have realized, especially in light of the bud 458 00:26:45,839 --> 00:26:49,720 light situation, that people just want things to go back to normal. What 459 00:26:49,759 --> 00:26:56,079 did you make of all the sort of commercials advertising that climate surrounding the game 460 00:26:56,119 --> 00:27:00,119 this year? Well, it's it's amazing when you hit him in the pocket 461 00:27:00,119 --> 00:27:03,680 books things change. It's amazing how quickly that happens. Here's what I'll say. 462 00:27:03,720 --> 00:27:07,480 I think some of the commercials were kind of funny. I mean, 463 00:27:07,480 --> 00:27:11,640 the Christopher walking one to me was the best one, if not because I 464 00:27:11,680 --> 00:27:14,759 got to do my Christopher walking impression on the live stream, which I was 465 00:27:14,759 --> 00:27:17,680 pretty excited about, which got rave reviews. By the way, if you 466 00:27:17,720 --> 00:27:21,960 want it's crazy, it's wild, But no, I look, at the 467 00:27:22,039 --> 00:27:25,359 end of the day, I still don't. I still think everybody's afraid to 468 00:27:25,400 --> 00:27:27,920 offend anybody, so like it's hard for these commercials to be funny. And 469 00:27:27,920 --> 00:27:30,200 I'm gonna let Coan speak to this point. I think he's one hundred percent 470 00:27:30,279 --> 00:27:33,799 right. I think now they're like, listen, let's not rock the boat. 471 00:27:33,920 --> 00:27:36,319 Let's put a touple celebrities in here, so we don't have to have 472 00:27:36,359 --> 00:27:38,640 a real good plan or something smart written for the commercial. The super Bowl 473 00:27:38,680 --> 00:27:44,640 has become simply a corporate event, right and by design to get non football 474 00:27:44,720 --> 00:27:48,640 viewers into the game. So when you look at the elaborate halftime performances and 475 00:27:48,680 --> 00:27:52,880 the high dollar commercial spent, and obviously Taylor swifts presence only exacerbates all that. 476 00:27:52,960 --> 00:27:56,480 But when I was growing up, I didn't think like the funniest commercials 477 00:27:56,480 --> 00:27:57,720 were the ones that were just simple and they were funny. I mean I 478 00:27:57,759 --> 00:28:02,960 remember watching a time when of your commercial could could just say what's happ and 479 00:28:03,039 --> 00:28:06,359 three guys sitting around non celebrities they do that, and I was laughing. 480 00:28:06,559 --> 00:28:10,519 Is that because I was twelve years old? And maybe Richard, I don't 481 00:28:10,519 --> 00:28:12,400 know. I just feel like I would have still laughed at that yesterday. 482 00:28:12,559 --> 00:28:15,160 Now, like you said, everyone's trying to be so careful. They're trying 483 00:28:15,160 --> 00:28:18,680 to tiptoe around the content. They're just like, you know what we could 484 00:28:18,680 --> 00:28:22,680 do. Let's let's just get an a list celebrity Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, 485 00:28:22,759 --> 00:28:25,799 let's put him in a commercial and it'll just automatically be good. That 486 00:28:25,880 --> 00:28:29,200 doesn't make it good. Well, if bud Light was smart, and we 487 00:28:29,200 --> 00:28:30,559 were talking about this earlier, like if you came out and just had like 488 00:28:30,599 --> 00:28:33,240 the CEO of Nhuzard Bush look at the camera and say, hey, I 489 00:28:33,279 --> 00:28:37,079 screwed up, Like please forgive me. We you know, we love our 490 00:28:37,279 --> 00:28:40,799 big base or whatever. But you know what would have been even better? 491 00:28:41,200 --> 00:28:44,559 What if they'd have somehow bud Light would have had Dylan Molveny in the commercial 492 00:28:44,599 --> 00:28:48,680 making fun of like so of himself and like what happened? And then it 493 00:28:48,680 --> 00:28:52,559 was Dylan Molveni drinking every other beer that's their competitor. They're like, why 494 00:28:52,559 --> 00:28:56,880 don't we put this around? But you couldn't do that because you know, 495 00:28:56,920 --> 00:29:00,440 like twelve people, these guys not complicated. I think all this Super Bowl 496 00:29:00,559 --> 00:29:04,920 commercials were trashed, even Christopher Walking trying to give me the pagric car what. 497 00:29:06,119 --> 00:29:07,160 I'm not doing that and too, David, I go back to what 498 00:29:07,160 --> 00:29:11,160 you're saying. It's it's not complicated to make it super Bowl commercial. I 499 00:29:11,200 --> 00:29:14,279 go back to the Dodo Super Bowl. Yeah, the best ones, and 500 00:29:14,319 --> 00:29:17,279 they're super simple. I mean, look, just put puppies and a horse 501 00:29:17,319 --> 00:29:21,200 in there. It's a winner, all right. It's like the Peach off 502 00:29:21,240 --> 00:29:26,400 the Elf. Yeah, the vulnerable pach It's not tough. The super Bowl 503 00:29:26,519 --> 00:29:30,160 commercials were trashed bud Light. I'm sorry. I go back to Jonahill from 504 00:29:30,200 --> 00:29:33,279 Super Bad. All right, even the third grade people don't forget. Yeah, 505 00:29:33,279 --> 00:29:36,559 all right. I will never drink bud Light, and hopefully society is 506 00:29:36,680 --> 00:29:37,759 well. I think society is dumb enough to where if you do put one 507 00:29:37,839 --> 00:29:41,400 hundred million dollars down, which bud Light did in the UFC, that they 508 00:29:41,440 --> 00:29:45,319 will forget. But majority, I think us are in the minority. But 509 00:29:45,400 --> 00:29:48,240 I do think majority of people. Put paint Manning in there. You can 510 00:29:48,240 --> 00:29:51,880 put postmone they'll get past. Yeah. Bud Light's clearly trying to buy their 511 00:29:51,920 --> 00:29:55,839 way out of this without an apology or even acknowledging any wrongdoing. And to 512 00:29:55,960 --> 00:29:59,400 Jake's point, like if the CEO of Anheuser Bush who a year ago was 513 00:29:59,440 --> 00:30:03,319 saying, well, our quarterly profits are unaffankful. Yeah, like we're not. 514 00:30:03,400 --> 00:30:07,480 We're you lost four billion dollars right in revenue. So if that, 515 00:30:07,640 --> 00:30:10,480 if that guy had just come out and simply look down the barrel of a 516 00:30:10,559 --> 00:30:14,359 lens and and you know, you can still dance around an issue without you 517 00:30:14,400 --> 00:30:18,160 know, going after attacking certain groups of people, but coming out and acknowledge 518 00:30:18,160 --> 00:30:21,400 wrongdoing, said we made a mistake, We apologize. I think bud Light 519 00:30:21,440 --> 00:30:25,279 would have experienced record breaking sales today. It's like that South Park episode you 520 00:30:25,240 --> 00:30:27,839 remember over there. I was like, I'm sorry, Yeah, I'm sorry. 521 00:30:29,119 --> 00:30:30,000 That's all you have to do. But the thing about it is they're 522 00:30:30,119 --> 00:30:34,319 not so Yeah, and you guys can write Taylor Swift songs and Super Bowl 523 00:30:34,319 --> 00:30:42,079 commercials. What can't you do ageat dunk of bas trampoline? Yeah, I'm 524 00:30:42,119 --> 00:30:47,680 risky. One of it hurts me in my life. It's not it's not 525 00:30:47,799 --> 00:30:51,799 like money. It's not taxes. I can't throw a frisbee and we're gonna 526 00:30:51,799 --> 00:30:56,119 work them. We're gonna work it's bad, gotta hit the for of course. 527 00:30:56,160 --> 00:31:00,279 Alright. My last question, Yeah, I was watching at my school. 528 00:31:00,279 --> 00:31:02,160 That's where everybody they'd be like, oh, we're froffling tonight. It 529 00:31:02,240 --> 00:31:04,519 just meant that they were smoking a lot of weak because yeah, well you 530 00:31:04,599 --> 00:31:07,920 know, we had another name for it. But I see where you he 531 00:31:07,960 --> 00:31:11,400 where you're going. Well, all right, My last question is I was 532 00:31:11,400 --> 00:31:15,599 watching your live stream and it has to be kind of weird. I mean, 533 00:31:15,640 --> 00:31:18,440 it's it seems like it's fun. But how do you guys watch a 534 00:31:18,519 --> 00:31:26,279 game and then also make sure that your reactions are like a live stream appropriate 535 00:31:26,359 --> 00:31:29,240 and be just like helpful to your viewers. Does that make sense? So, 536 00:31:29,319 --> 00:31:30,599 like, you guys are watching the game, tell us a little bit 537 00:31:30,640 --> 00:31:33,279 about just the process behind the set. Well, first off, thank you. 538 00:31:33,400 --> 00:31:36,880 We love doing the live streams. Here's what I'll say. I think 539 00:31:36,920 --> 00:31:40,000 one of the cool parts about our show is like this is really us. 540 00:31:40,440 --> 00:31:42,359 Like I'm not saying like that show on ABC with Manny, more like this 541 00:31:42,440 --> 00:31:45,200 is us. Sometimes like this is like us in real lives. So if 542 00:31:45,200 --> 00:31:48,039 you were hanging out with us watching the game, like in our living room, 543 00:31:48,319 --> 00:31:52,759 you would get the same kind of reactions, albeit it's a little bit 544 00:31:52,799 --> 00:31:55,279 more restrict on the live streams. There's some things that we can't say, 545 00:31:55,319 --> 00:31:56,519 and some things that we can. I think we've done it so much now, 546 00:31:56,720 --> 00:31:59,119 you know, we've kind of gotten used to it. But this is 547 00:31:59,200 --> 00:32:00,359 this is really us, like you. I mean, we had Blaine go 548 00:32:00,400 --> 00:32:04,519 to the Square of despair from a betting standpoint. Multiple come that would have 549 00:32:04,599 --> 00:32:07,400 happened. It's like Blaine says, listen, we're the type of people where, 550 00:32:07,680 --> 00:32:08,759 oh no, the game's over, there's two holes in the wall and 551 00:32:08,799 --> 00:32:12,759 our team won. Like people, it's just this, this is who we 552 00:32:12,799 --> 00:32:15,559 are. And I think that's why it works. It's because it's genuine. 553 00:32:15,599 --> 00:32:17,559 We don't sit here in like plot like hey, you say this and then 554 00:32:17,599 --> 00:32:21,799 I'm gonna get pitted and you're gonna say this and we're gonna be friends again. 555 00:32:21,960 --> 00:32:22,960 Right, No, it's like it's really us. Well thanks for tuning 556 00:32:23,000 --> 00:32:27,640 into the live stream. And yeah, I think people that they like it 557 00:32:27,680 --> 00:32:30,079 because I think together the three of us have what would you say, seventy 558 00:32:30,119 --> 00:32:36,000 five years of combined experience with football products. I know we sound really old 559 00:32:36,000 --> 00:32:37,599 now, but you know, we just we can bring that to a game 560 00:32:37,640 --> 00:32:43,279 with our analysis and our commentary and then you know, not sucker punch people 561 00:32:43,319 --> 00:32:46,960 with any sort of woke content or disrespect them or be disingenuous. So I 562 00:32:46,960 --> 00:32:51,200 think as long as we're being ourselves and we're able to provide some sort of 563 00:32:51,279 --> 00:32:55,319 analysis that helps our listeners what we call win the water cooler, then we're 564 00:32:55,359 --> 00:32:59,119 off to a good start. Well, what did James Franco say? Same? 565 00:32:59,359 --> 00:33:02,480 Same, thame, same, But let's still say yeah. I mean, 566 00:33:02,559 --> 00:33:06,960 Jake and David are really good at their jobs from an analysis standpoint, 567 00:33:07,000 --> 00:33:12,279 and I just pretend like I'm Batman on the ships. That's two references. 568 00:33:12,359 --> 00:33:15,640 You're done. You're done. Yeah, that's it. It's the limit is 569 00:33:15,640 --> 00:33:22,119 too Actually yeah, come on all right, Well, the guys from Craning 570 00:33:22,200 --> 00:33:24,519 Company, it has been absolute pleasure to have you guys on Federalist Radio Hour. 571 00:33:24,599 --> 00:33:29,039 Thank you so much for stopping by. You can listen to them over 572 00:33:29,079 --> 00:33:31,440 at the Daily Wire. Just appreciate all your guys thoughts and what you're doing 573 00:33:31,480 --> 00:33:35,240 over there. Emily, listen anytime you need us to swoop in. I 574 00:33:35,279 --> 00:33:37,920 know you're you're a sports fan, but anytime you need to in, here 575 00:33:37,079 --> 00:33:42,880 is time for the third Batman reference. No, not sky Hook, not 576 00:33:42,960 --> 00:33:45,039 guy Hook, not skyhook, different things. But Emily, thank you much 577 00:33:45,039 --> 00:33:47,279 for having us. Yeah, we have a great time. We're trying to 578 00:33:47,279 --> 00:33:50,440 bring sports media back to what it used to be, when you could just 579 00:33:50,480 --> 00:33:52,039 watch it and it was about sports. So if you're into that thing, 580 00:33:52,359 --> 00:33:57,039 check us out. All right, you've been listening to another edition of the 581 00:33:57,039 --> 00:34:00,400 Federalist Radio Hour. I'm Emily Drashinsky, culture editor here at The Saturalist. 582 00:34:00,480 --> 00:34:02,400 Will be back soon with more. Until then, be lovers of freedom and 583 00:34:02,480 --> 00:34:07,079 anxious for the fray.