WEBVTT 1 00:00:06.160 --> 00:00:10.279 It's time for Coffee and Company, fueled by Thornton's on 2 00:00:10.480 --> 00:00:21.239 Sports Talk seven nine day. Now here's Nick Coffee. 3 00:00:22.399 --> 00:00:25.039 We're just a couple of days away from the second 4 00:00:25.079 --> 00:00:29.280 weekend of the NFL playoffs, and I am excited. First 5 00:00:29.280 --> 00:00:31.280 game is going to be the Texans and the Chiefs. 6 00:00:31.559 --> 00:00:36.320 I kind of love Texans plus eight and a half, 7 00:00:36.560 --> 00:00:41.359 and it's probably just because I want to be able 8 00:00:41.359 --> 00:00:42.920 to believe that the Chiefs aren't as good as they 9 00:00:42.960 --> 00:00:46.560 actually are. But if you've watched them this year, they're 10 00:00:46.600 --> 00:00:48.679 still winning. And technically that's all that matters. Nobody's going 11 00:00:48.719 --> 00:00:50.240 to be shocked if they just roll in and win 12 00:00:50.280 --> 00:00:55.159 another Super Bowl. But visually and even statistically, the only 13 00:00:55.200 --> 00:00:57.679 thing that's super similar to what they've done as of 14 00:00:57.719 --> 00:01:00.960 the last I don't know five six years wins They don't. 15 00:01:01.000 --> 00:01:03.799 I mean, I'm not watching them every single week, but like, 16 00:01:03.840 --> 00:01:07.200 they just don't look like I remember many many games 17 00:01:07.879 --> 00:01:10.000 when you would watch the Chiefs play rather be playoffs, 18 00:01:10.040 --> 00:01:12.599 regular season, super Bowl, whatever, you would just sit back 19 00:01:12.599 --> 00:01:15.200 and think, it's not fair like this. You should they 20 00:01:15.239 --> 00:01:18.239 shouldn't be able to be this good. And again they're 21 00:01:18.280 --> 00:01:20.959 still winning. They're still really good. But just visually, I'm 22 00:01:21.000 --> 00:01:23.400 not as I just don't think they look that scary. 23 00:01:23.439 --> 00:01:27.239 Austin, we're talking about the the Chiefs, all right, Yeah, 24 00:01:27.359 --> 00:01:30.480 no they're they're not. But just the pedigree of everything 25 00:01:30.480 --> 00:01:32.400 that they have going on, of course. 26 00:01:32.359 --> 00:01:34.640 They're not gonna crumble in those moments, right, but they 27 00:01:34.640 --> 00:01:36.480 just don't look And again, if that's the case and 28 00:01:36.519 --> 00:01:38.359 they keep winning, that's great. But I don't know, I 29 00:01:38.400 --> 00:01:40.319 just feel like when I've watched him this year, it's 30 00:01:40.359 --> 00:01:43.319 just and by the way, Mahomes, he's winning, but like 31 00:01:43.640 --> 00:01:48.120 his statistics this year outside of wins, like it's extremely blah. 32 00:01:48.680 --> 00:01:50.640 It just always seems like every game that I watched 33 00:01:50.680 --> 00:01:53.040 this year and all mean to sound like that guy, 34 00:01:53.519 --> 00:01:55.719 but here you go, it just always seems like in 35 00:01:55.799 --> 00:01:58.239 every big moment you see him kind of get bailed out. 36 00:01:58.480 --> 00:02:00.159 I don't know if that's good. They're gonna really eye 37 00:02:00.200 --> 00:02:01.719 on that when they get to the playoffs because maybe 38 00:02:01.760 --> 00:02:04.400 they just reached the point in their their dynasty where 39 00:02:04.439 --> 00:02:07.040 they're the regular season just kind of nothing. They get 40 00:02:07.480 --> 00:02:08.680 to do what they got to do to get by, 41 00:02:09.039 --> 00:02:11.520 but they they're just kind of waiting for the playoffs, right. 42 00:02:11.439 --> 00:02:13.639 Yeah, that's I feel like it seemed like that for 43 00:02:13.680 --> 00:02:15.280 them for a good chunk of the season. And look, 44 00:02:15.479 --> 00:02:18.120 they get some breaks that go their way and a 45 00:02:18.120 --> 00:02:20.759 lot of teams do. This is my theory on the 46 00:02:20.800 --> 00:02:24.159 Chiefs because I've been just like everybody else that whenever 47 00:02:24.159 --> 00:02:27.240 they get a late call or they get, you know, 48 00:02:27.360 --> 00:02:29.520 something that goes their way and they can take advantage 49 00:02:29.520 --> 00:02:34.599 of it. I'm screaming like what this. There's clearly some 50 00:02:34.680 --> 00:02:37.080 bias going on. They clearly are in the bag with 51 00:02:37.120 --> 00:02:39.120 Andy Reid and Mahomes. They want them to win. They 52 00:02:39.159 --> 00:02:41.199 want the Taylor Swift story to be the biggest thing, 53 00:02:41.199 --> 00:02:43.199 and if the Chiefs are still alive, then everybody's going 54 00:02:43.240 --> 00:02:44.439 to talk about it in real time. 55 00:02:44.479 --> 00:02:45.080 I feel that way. 56 00:02:45.080 --> 00:02:47.960 But I think what the Chiefs are is that they're 57 00:02:48.039 --> 00:02:51.199 so good that they will absolutely make you pay and 58 00:02:51.280 --> 00:02:55.560 absolutely take advantage of any mistake that you make, to 59 00:02:55.599 --> 00:02:58.080 where if you do, in fact give them a break, 60 00:02:58.120 --> 00:03:00.560 they'll bear you with it. Right like early this year, 61 00:03:01.240 --> 00:03:03.719 the Bengals should have beat them in Kansas City. Yeah, 62 00:03:04.039 --> 00:03:06.039 and there was a I mean it was a blatant 63 00:03:06.120 --> 00:03:09.039 past interference, like something you just can't do. And I 64 00:03:09.039 --> 00:03:10.800 feel like all the noise was all here we go 65 00:03:11.280 --> 00:03:13.960 Mahomes and the Chiefs getting bailed out, Well, yeah they did, 66 00:03:14.000 --> 00:03:16.080 but that's your fault, Like you bailed them out, and 67 00:03:16.080 --> 00:03:17.439 then what are they gonna do. 68 00:03:17.520 --> 00:03:19.080 They're gonna make you pay for that mistake. 69 00:03:19.159 --> 00:03:22.159 So they've certainly had some breaks go their way, probably 70 00:03:22.159 --> 00:03:26.000 more so than others to an extent, and mahomes whining 71 00:03:26.039 --> 00:03:28.599 and crying at times seems to work for him, meaning 72 00:03:28.639 --> 00:03:31.879 the refs seem to, you know, make some adjustments. But 73 00:03:33.039 --> 00:03:34.960 I'm just a hater man, because are really good. I mean, 74 00:03:35.000 --> 00:03:36.280 I don't think it's out of line to say that 75 00:03:36.319 --> 00:03:38.560 they are currently in the midst of a dynasty. But man, 76 00:03:38.560 --> 00:03:40.840 I hate them. And you know what, every I mean, 77 00:03:42.000 --> 00:03:44.759 villains are needed, and they're a great villain I think sure. 78 00:03:44.840 --> 00:03:47.400 I mean, I think they're very very much an easy 79 00:03:47.439 --> 00:03:50.360 team to hate. And one of those reasons is because 80 00:03:50.360 --> 00:03:50.879 they're really good. 81 00:03:50.879 --> 00:03:52.120 And I don't want it to be good anymore. I'm 82 00:03:52.120 --> 00:03:52.639 tired of them. 83 00:03:52.759 --> 00:03:53.879 I just don't you throw in like. 84 00:03:53.800 --> 00:03:57.639 The Jackson Mahomes stuff. And you know, Patrick Mahomes's wife, 85 00:03:58.000 --> 00:03:59.680 she you know, I don't hate. 86 00:03:59.520 --> 00:04:01.159 Her as much as everybody else does. 87 00:04:01.400 --> 00:04:03.719 Talk to me about that. Why, Like what I mean like. 88 00:04:04.080 --> 00:04:07.039 I mean, she's just did you watch the Quarterback? 89 00:04:07.159 --> 00:04:08.560 That's what I was gonna ask you, is because peep, 90 00:04:08.639 --> 00:04:11.360 everybody who I that show, which I have not watched, 91 00:04:11.360 --> 00:04:13.199 which is crazy because it's the exact kind of stuff 92 00:04:13.199 --> 00:04:14.599 that I love, but I haven't watched it yet. It's 93 00:04:14.599 --> 00:04:18.319 interesting everybody tells me that Brittany Mahomes. 94 00:04:18.920 --> 00:04:20.879 The bar was set so low for her. She's actually 95 00:04:20.920 --> 00:04:21.959 not as bad as you would think. 96 00:04:22.040 --> 00:04:22.720 Yeah, exactly. 97 00:04:22.800 --> 00:04:28.079 And that uh, and that Kirk Cousins looked like the nice. 98 00:04:27.600 --> 00:04:28.720 Wholesome man in the world. 99 00:04:28.959 --> 00:04:31.759 Well, I mean he's he's just your stereotypical white guy, 100 00:04:31.839 --> 00:04:34.120 you know, like dad, white dad, right, no white dad, 101 00:04:34.160 --> 00:04:35.759 which and and I never has a Viking. 102 00:04:35.720 --> 00:04:38.240 Like he's he's air monarchs. He's the Nike air monarch. 103 00:04:39.360 --> 00:04:41.959 Yeah, he's the yourtypical Colts cash kind of Guy's well 104 00:04:43.199 --> 00:04:45.560 for the for the games, but I mean he's just 105 00:04:45.680 --> 00:04:48.600 I never loved him for the salary that he imposed, 106 00:04:48.600 --> 00:04:50.560 but I would have loved him as a Vikings quarterback 107 00:04:50.839 --> 00:04:52.959 if he didn't demand half the roster's salary. But the 108 00:04:53.000 --> 00:04:56.560 Brittany Mahomes thing, you know, she's a feisty, competitor athlete, 109 00:04:56.680 --> 00:04:58.920 just like Patrick Mahomes is and I guess that's sort 110 00:04:58.920 --> 00:05:00.800 of the way that they attracted it each other. And 111 00:05:00.879 --> 00:05:03.319 she's very supportive. I guess she could probably be annoying 112 00:05:03.720 --> 00:05:06.360 on an Instagram and from the surface, that's what every 113 00:05:06.360 --> 00:05:08.720 football fan seems to, you know, look at. 114 00:05:08.759 --> 00:05:11.240 And also her voice, I can. 115 00:05:11.240 --> 00:05:14.560 Understand that that's a real issue for me, like and 116 00:05:14.639 --> 00:05:17.519 usually if she's on social media yelling in a game 117 00:05:17.639 --> 00:05:20.839 like I just I want to go put my head 118 00:05:20.839 --> 00:05:21.319 in the wall. 119 00:05:21.920 --> 00:05:25.000 She's a competitor, she's also she's also not bad to 120 00:05:25.040 --> 00:05:27.000 look at. I think she's pretty hot regardless of what 121 00:05:27.040 --> 00:05:29.319 everybody you know, I mean, I mean she I would say, 122 00:05:29.319 --> 00:05:31.839 Patrick mahomesh you know, if you didn't know what she 123 00:05:31.879 --> 00:05:34.079 looked like and you didn't know who she was, you 124 00:05:34.199 --> 00:05:37.720 think Patrick mahomes his status in the world here is 125 00:05:37.800 --> 00:05:39.879 maybe the best quarterback we've had in a long, long, 126 00:05:39.879 --> 00:05:40.360 long time. 127 00:05:41.360 --> 00:05:43.079 Makes sense that you have a hot wife, right, Yeah, 128 00:05:43.279 --> 00:05:45.040 A real shocker. Real surprised if he didn't. 129 00:05:45.079 --> 00:05:45.759 So do you see? 130 00:05:45.800 --> 00:05:47.639 Patrick Mahomes kind of come off as a little bit 131 00:05:48.079 --> 00:05:51.240 as a cry baby, but he's also a feisty competitor too. 132 00:05:51.319 --> 00:05:53.000 He's yelling at Max Crosby. 133 00:05:52.800 --> 00:05:57.560 Made I've made this comparison before. These two guys, for 134 00:05:57.959 --> 00:06:01.160 really a good chunk of their career have been the 135 00:06:01.199 --> 00:06:05.040 face of their leagues. Patrick Mahomes in the NFL and 136 00:06:05.160 --> 00:06:10.120 Steph Curry with the Warriors. They're they're good people, Like, 137 00:06:10.160 --> 00:06:15.199 they're not criminals, they're not bad role models, They're they're 138 00:06:15.240 --> 00:06:18.279 they're pretty damn likable, to be honest with you, But 139 00:06:19.040 --> 00:06:23.079 I have just you know, I to me, they're the villain. 140 00:06:23.120 --> 00:06:26.600 Their team is especially like I and and really Steph Curry, 141 00:06:26.600 --> 00:06:27.959 I never really disliked him. 142 00:06:28.120 --> 00:06:29.959 I just disliked the Warriors. 143 00:06:29.519 --> 00:06:32.120 In a major way, mostly because of Draymond Green, and 144 00:06:32.199 --> 00:06:34.759 with that it just kind of, you know, Steph, Steph 145 00:06:34.839 --> 00:06:37.360 became a part of that. But Steph Curry, I mean, 146 00:06:37.560 --> 00:06:39.600 he's one of the best players of all time. And 147 00:06:40.079 --> 00:06:44.560 him winning a ring after KD left, I thought that 148 00:06:44.639 --> 00:06:47.240 said a whole lot about him. I thought that meant yeah, 149 00:06:47.439 --> 00:06:50.839 and really that era of the Warriors in general, you know, 150 00:06:50.839 --> 00:06:53.399 Steph Curry is he's he's a really good dude, and 151 00:06:53.439 --> 00:06:54.519 he's a he's a guy that's hard. 152 00:06:54.560 --> 00:06:55.560 He's hard to dislike. 153 00:06:55.600 --> 00:06:57.319 But yeah, I'm always going to be anti Warriors, and 154 00:06:57.360 --> 00:06:59.759 it's it's mostly because of Draymond. And one thing that 155 00:06:59.759 --> 00:07:03.199 that that, you know, did sort of change how I 156 00:07:03.240 --> 00:07:05.319 feel about Steph, and I guess reminded me that, like, 157 00:07:05.360 --> 00:07:07.000 you know what, I've never he's not a hateable guy. 158 00:07:07.040 --> 00:07:09.279 It's just I'm a hater. He's so good and his 159 00:07:09.279 --> 00:07:11.240 team is so good, and I hate Draymond. So I've 160 00:07:11.279 --> 00:07:13.879 just been again anti Warriors forever. But we went to 161 00:07:14.360 --> 00:07:18.439 the NBA All Star Festivities last last year, me my dad. 162 00:07:18.480 --> 00:07:20.399 It's the same trip. We do a trip every year, 163 00:07:20.480 --> 00:07:22.680 me my dad, my son, and my nephew. And last 164 00:07:22.720 --> 00:07:24.480 year we didn't go to the Louisville Games because you know, 165 00:07:24.519 --> 00:07:25.920 they were terrible. So we went to the NBA All 166 00:07:25.920 --> 00:07:29.000 Star Festivities and that morning there was an open practice 167 00:07:29.000 --> 00:07:32.680 that fans could come and watch, and Lebron wasn't there, 168 00:07:32.759 --> 00:07:34.319 and he was scheduled not to be there, so it 169 00:07:34.360 --> 00:07:36.120 wasn't like he no show, but he wasn't able to 170 00:07:36.199 --> 00:07:38.399 be there, but everybody else was and a lot of 171 00:07:38.439 --> 00:07:40.480 the guys were out there just kind of being too 172 00:07:40.519 --> 00:07:44.120 cool and just you know, not really into it. And 173 00:07:44.160 --> 00:07:46.160 it was mostly kids that were there just to kind of, 174 00:07:46.199 --> 00:07:48.800 you know, see the guy's practice. Yea, and Steph Curry 175 00:07:48.839 --> 00:07:52.480 got on the mic and kind of mceded and talked 176 00:07:52.480 --> 00:07:54.839 to everybody and was really into it more so than 177 00:07:54.879 --> 00:07:59.680 any other All Star And that at the time didn't 178 00:07:59.680 --> 00:08:02.759 really stand out to me. But my son he he 179 00:08:02.879 --> 00:08:04.759 the reason he knows who Steph Curry is because of that. 180 00:08:04.920 --> 00:08:07.439 He tells people he saw Steph Curry cool. And you know, 181 00:08:07.839 --> 00:08:10.240 had he not done that, my four year old wouldn't 182 00:08:10.279 --> 00:08:12.800 have any I mean, he can't name many NBA players. 183 00:08:12.800 --> 00:08:15.040 He knows Lebron, he knows Steph, but like he tells 184 00:08:15.079 --> 00:08:18.160 people he knows Steph because Steph was, you know, thirty 185 00:08:18.240 --> 00:08:20.519 yards from him talking to the crowd and you know, 186 00:08:20.600 --> 00:08:24.000 being engaging with fans and presence. That kind of stuff 187 00:08:24.000 --> 00:08:26.800 goes a long way, and same thing fit, same same 188 00:08:26.839 --> 00:08:30.000 thing can be said about Lebron, Like I get why 189 00:08:30.040 --> 00:08:33.360 everybody who doesn't like Lebron doesn't like Lebron, Like I 190 00:08:33.440 --> 00:08:36.120 totally understand me as one of the Yeah, I totally understand. 191 00:08:36.320 --> 00:08:38.799 But in the grand scheme of things, he's been a 192 00:08:38.840 --> 00:08:41.200 pretty good role model for kids as far as just 193 00:08:41.799 --> 00:08:44.879 you know, like he's he's done a lot of good stuff, 194 00:08:45.720 --> 00:08:49.559 seeming that he understands the value that he like, the 195 00:08:49.600 --> 00:08:51.399 power that he has, like he could change a kid's 196 00:08:51.480 --> 00:08:54.679 life by you know, man. There's one video that that 197 00:08:54.840 --> 00:08:56.399 was when he was with the Cavs for the first time, 198 00:08:56.480 --> 00:08:57.799 or it might have been when he when he was 199 00:08:57.840 --> 00:09:00.960 with the Heat, but he ran over over before tip 200 00:09:01.000 --> 00:09:03.759 off to a young young man in a wheelchair, a 201 00:09:03.840 --> 00:09:06.720 kid in a wheelchair, and and just kind of shook 202 00:09:06.759 --> 00:09:09.639 his hand. He was a special needs child, and you 203 00:09:09.759 --> 00:09:11.639 kind of really wanted to let the kid know that Hey, 204 00:09:11.720 --> 00:09:14.120 I you know, I don't know, I don't know what 205 00:09:14.120 --> 00:09:16.240 what message was exchanged, if anything, but it was just 206 00:09:16.240 --> 00:09:18.039 a it was a cool moment for Lebron to do 207 00:09:18.120 --> 00:09:20.519 that and the crowd to see it and go crazy, 208 00:09:20.559 --> 00:09:22.840 and then you could tell visually just that that was 209 00:09:22.960 --> 00:09:25.600 that was awesome for that kid. So you probably never 210 00:09:25.639 --> 00:09:28.919 think about it when you're growing up and you are, 211 00:09:29.399 --> 00:09:33.279 you know, dreaming of one day being a professional athlete 212 00:09:33.279 --> 00:09:35.519 and being a star. And obviously very rarely does it 213 00:09:35.600 --> 00:09:38.879 work out for people, because you know, only those that 214 00:09:38.960 --> 00:09:41.679 are very very gifted can can can do that. But 215 00:09:43.879 --> 00:09:50.320 with that I guess, uh status, that fame you're you 216 00:09:50.320 --> 00:09:52.000 don't you can say that you're not a role model. 217 00:09:52.039 --> 00:09:53.440 You're not trying to be a role model, but like 218 00:09:53.440 --> 00:09:55.279 you kind of like you are, like you know, you 219 00:09:55.279 --> 00:09:56.080 can do with that what you will. 220 00:09:56.120 --> 00:09:58.039 You're not entitled to live live a certain way. 221 00:09:57.840 --> 00:10:00.480 Because you have to worry if if kids who watch 222 00:10:00.480 --> 00:10:04.000 you are gonna that's not really your responsibility. But you 223 00:10:04.039 --> 00:10:06.879 know you also can use that and do a lot 224 00:10:06.879 --> 00:10:08.799 of good for people, and I feel like for the 225 00:10:08.799 --> 00:10:11.399 most part, those two guys specifically. 226 00:10:10.799 --> 00:10:11.519 Have done that. 227 00:10:12.799 --> 00:10:17.080 All right, let's see, Yeah, the other NFL games on 228 00:10:17.440 --> 00:10:20.440 the other NFL game Saturday is the Lions and the Commanders. 229 00:10:21.000 --> 00:10:23.320 I Lions minus eight and a half. 230 00:10:23.879 --> 00:10:27.120 These are two, by the way, both games Saturday eight 231 00:10:27.120 --> 00:10:28.000 and a half points spread. 232 00:10:28.399 --> 00:10:32.960 I like the Chiefs to cover eight. I wouldn't be 233 00:10:33.039 --> 00:10:35.159 shocked if the Commanders put some frightend. 234 00:10:35.759 --> 00:10:37.799 I'm not doubting the Commanders anymore because I've been doing 235 00:10:37.799 --> 00:10:39.440 that for the last few weeks, just thinking that rookie 236 00:10:39.480 --> 00:10:41.919 magic was gonna run out. But no, they've been They've 237 00:10:41.919 --> 00:10:43.600 been really, really impressive. 238 00:10:43.519 --> 00:10:45.399 Just as well coached, and they have a lot of 239 00:10:45.399 --> 00:10:49.720 talent and what their defense finally could get exposed or 240 00:10:49.759 --> 00:10:51.879 beat up defense possibly could get exposed. I know a 241 00:10:51.879 --> 00:10:54.919 lot of people, a lot of Lions haters, including myself, 242 00:10:55.120 --> 00:10:57.159 has been saying that for the longest time because they 243 00:10:57.200 --> 00:10:58.879 got guys that were just sitting on a couch about 244 00:10:58.879 --> 00:11:01.039 a month ago now playing. It's gonna be really hard 245 00:11:01.039 --> 00:11:05.080 to keep up with Jaden Daniels and McLaurin and Johnson 246 00:11:05.120 --> 00:11:05.559 all those. 247 00:11:05.600 --> 00:11:07.039 They've got a lot of momentum right now. 248 00:11:07.120 --> 00:11:09.399 Yeah, and I feel like, maybe I'm wrong, but I 249 00:11:09.399 --> 00:11:11.600 feel like that that seems to matter more than it 250 00:11:11.679 --> 00:11:13.720 used to, right Like, I think the Steelers that showed 251 00:11:13.799 --> 00:11:19.440 up in Baltimore, or Ryan Johnson should showed up in Baltimore, 252 00:11:19.559 --> 00:11:22.919 like they they were clearly not in a good way 253 00:11:22.919 --> 00:11:25.440 because they lost what five six games to end the season. 254 00:11:26.159 --> 00:11:29.559 So I mean Minnesota, you know, they ended up I 255 00:11:29.600 --> 00:11:31.600 mean they didn't have they didn't have a lack of momentum, 256 00:11:31.600 --> 00:11:34.679 but they ended up, you know, carrying a loss with 257 00:11:34.759 --> 00:11:37.879 them to LA and and or where did they play? 258 00:11:37.960 --> 00:11:40.799 But then yeah, well well it was technically a road 259 00:11:40.840 --> 00:11:42.639 game against LA, but they played in Arizona. 260 00:11:42.639 --> 00:11:45.799 Okay, I knew they played somewhere else, So you know, we'll. 261 00:11:45.679 --> 00:11:49.639 Answer your question a couple couple The Monday no Tuesday show. Yes, 262 00:11:49.679 --> 00:11:53.320 the Vikings and just in Minnesota in general, cursed, absolutely, 263 00:11:53.360 --> 00:11:56.159 cursed sports franchise, cursed town everything. 264 00:11:56.240 --> 00:11:56.440 I know. 265 00:11:56.440 --> 00:11:59.679 They had the they had the Twins, they had the 266 00:11:59.720 --> 00:12:04.480 Twins championships, thinking like the eighties, But ever since then 267 00:12:04.519 --> 00:12:07.320 they've just been a tormented franchise, a fan base. 268 00:12:07.559 --> 00:12:10.120 Yeah, and and and I'll look that that was that 269 00:12:10.200 --> 00:12:12.120 was a bad way to end it, especially after a 270 00:12:12.159 --> 00:12:14.879 season that was so successful until then till the very end. 271 00:12:15.159 --> 00:12:17.879 But also, the Rams are on fire. The Rams are 272 00:12:18.240 --> 00:12:21.799 dangerous right now. So do I straight up? I mean, 273 00:12:21.879 --> 00:12:24.679 I get why they're they're not favorites here and Philly's good, 274 00:12:24.679 --> 00:12:26.600 but no, I'm with you. I think the Rams are 275 00:12:27.519 --> 00:12:29.320 a team that they can make the Super Bowl. 276 00:12:29.360 --> 00:12:30.080 I really believe that. 277 00:12:30.360 --> 00:12:33.279 You get that quarterback and uh head coach Combo, that's 278 00:12:33.279 --> 00:12:34.240 going to be pretty scary. 279 00:12:34.320 --> 00:12:34.559 Yep. 280 00:12:35.000 --> 00:12:37.360 And the Ravens and the Bills will wrap it up 281 00:12:37.399 --> 00:12:38.840 on a Sunday evening. 282 00:12:39.559 --> 00:12:41.159 Bills were favored. 283 00:12:41.200 --> 00:12:43.960 I believe when it opened at one at one and 284 00:12:43.960 --> 00:12:45.919 a half, maybe now it is Baltimore minus one and 285 00:12:45.960 --> 00:12:47.519 a half. That'll be the That'll be the game of 286 00:12:47.519 --> 00:12:49.840 the weekend. I am really really looking forward to that. 287 00:12:50.279 --> 00:12:52.200 All right, we're gonna get the phone lines in just 288 00:12:52.200 --> 00:12:54.639 a second. But Austin, did you hear the radio announcers 289 00:12:54.639 --> 00:12:55.320 for the Vikings? 290 00:12:55.600 --> 00:12:58.720 Oh yeah, Paul Allen, the guy is. 291 00:12:58.679 --> 00:13:03.440 They They were all I mean the broadcast crew for 292 00:13:03.720 --> 00:13:06.759 pro teams. And I've net know, I didn't grow up 293 00:13:06.759 --> 00:13:09.440 listening to a pro team on the radio because we 294 00:13:09.480 --> 00:13:10.960 don't have pro teams around here as far as the 295 00:13:10.960 --> 00:13:12.799 pro sports that I watch, so like, I don't really 296 00:13:12.799 --> 00:13:15.840 have a connection or a reference point. But what I 297 00:13:15.879 --> 00:13:17.919 have heard, like especially when we have the Bengals guys, 298 00:13:17.919 --> 00:13:20.000 because the Bengals games, of course, are are on our 299 00:13:20.039 --> 00:13:22.360 station here at seven ninety, so I've listened to the 300 00:13:22.360 --> 00:13:23.919 Bengals radio crew, and I've listened to the. 301 00:13:23.919 --> 00:13:24.559 Colts as well. 302 00:13:25.000 --> 00:13:27.759 You get a little bit more of like the obvious homer, 303 00:13:27.799 --> 00:13:30.279 and I get it because you are on the team, 304 00:13:30.360 --> 00:13:34.720 but not on the team, right, you work for the franchise. 305 00:13:35.240 --> 00:13:37.639 You're not a player, but you're on their team essentially, 306 00:13:38.279 --> 00:13:41.039 So you know, it's a little bit more acceptable at 307 00:13:41.080 --> 00:13:43.120 the college level. It didn't used to be that way now, 308 00:13:43.360 --> 00:13:47.159 Like for example, Paul Rodgers, he works for lear Field, 309 00:13:47.240 --> 00:13:51.759 but lear Field, of course is the middleman for broadcasting, 310 00:13:51.879 --> 00:13:54.639 and U of L Learfield owns the broadcast right, so 311 00:13:54.919 --> 00:13:56.519 you know it's kind of by default. So you still 312 00:13:56.519 --> 00:14:01.000 hear some homerism from local broadcasts, from like college broadcasters, 313 00:14:01.120 --> 00:14:03.399 but in the NFL, it's like it's extra, it's big time. 314 00:14:03.679 --> 00:14:06.559 And to hear how mad these vikings radio guys were 315 00:14:06.600 --> 00:14:08.679 at Sam Donald, it was hilarious. 316 00:14:08.759 --> 00:14:11.240 And him Aaron Jones Addison in motion to the right, 317 00:14:11.480 --> 00:14:13.240 you receivers left rams Blintz. 318 00:14:13.480 --> 00:14:16.080 Donald gets away from it, steps up in the pocket. 319 00:14:16.200 --> 00:14:17.480 He's holding it too long. 320 00:14:17.879 --> 00:14:21.480 Run just run off the twenty five yard line. He's 321 00:14:21.480 --> 00:14:22.759 sacked for a fifth time. 322 00:14:23.480 --> 00:14:25.360 All he's got to do is pull that thing down 323 00:14:25.399 --> 00:14:28.159 and run and get as much positive yardage as he can. 324 00:14:28.200 --> 00:14:32.279 There were five to seven yards easy there to be made. 325 00:14:32.399 --> 00:14:36.399 He saw Buffalo do this to them all day long 326 00:14:36.919 --> 00:14:39.279 because they're not always disciplined in their lanes. But if 327 00:14:39.320 --> 00:14:43.519 he pulls this thing down right there, he has a 328 00:14:43.559 --> 00:14:45.519 good five seven yards, if not more. 329 00:14:45.799 --> 00:14:50.960 Right, take what's there, but holding that thing, man, that 330 00:14:51.039 --> 00:14:53.720 guy is great. There are so many calls and then 331 00:14:53.720 --> 00:14:55.799 I just ran into one. TikTok. Some of the best 332 00:14:56.320 --> 00:14:59.120 home announcer calls and it's all Paul Allen and the 333 00:14:59.200 --> 00:15:03.240 Vikings broadcast. That's just being absolutely let down in the playoffs. 334 00:15:03.240 --> 00:15:03.639 So famous. 335 00:15:03.679 --> 00:15:06.039 I love the raw and real energy. 336 00:15:06.279 --> 00:15:08.879 Yeah, he's he's great. They got I think that guy 337 00:15:08.960 --> 00:15:11.039 is fantastic. He's definitely a home where I've tried listening 338 00:15:11.080 --> 00:15:13.200 to a show a couple of times. I really don't 339 00:15:13.240 --> 00:15:16.639 love Homer Radio, but just like listening to him call games. 340 00:15:16.679 --> 00:15:18.879 Of course, the one that's funny, the one where he 341 00:15:18.919 --> 00:15:21.039 had the Saints whe Brett Faarr threw across his body 342 00:15:21.039 --> 00:15:23.240 and he joked that one. This isn't Detroit, man, this 343 00:15:23.279 --> 00:15:24.120 is a super Bowl. 344 00:15:24.320 --> 00:15:26.039 That's that's a that's an iconic call. 345 00:15:26.399 --> 00:15:26.480 Uh. 346 00:15:26.639 --> 00:15:28.919 If you ever, if you're somebody that's interested in that 347 00:15:29.360 --> 00:15:32.600 entertaining broadcasters that aren't that, know that they're gonna add 348 00:15:32.639 --> 00:15:34.720 some flavor as well. You're gonna be entertained, not by 349 00:15:34.799 --> 00:15:36.879 just the sport itself, but they're going to bring something 350 00:15:36.919 --> 00:15:39.720 to the table. The Charlotte Hornets local TV guy. 351 00:15:39.840 --> 00:15:40.799 Oh, yes, you. 352 00:15:40.759 --> 00:15:42.399 Know what I'm talking about. Yes, he's amazing. 353 00:15:42.440 --> 00:15:45.600 That guy goes crazy. Love everything, love his energy. All right, 354 00:15:45.639 --> 00:15:47.159 let's go to the one lines five two, five seven 355 00:15:47.200 --> 00:15:49.159 one seventy nine hundred is the number. If you'd like 356 00:15:49.240 --> 00:15:50.879 to join us, let's go to Paulette. 357 00:15:50.960 --> 00:15:52.879 How are you, hi? 358 00:15:53.399 --> 00:15:53.519 Hi? 359 00:15:53.799 --> 00:15:58.840 Hello? I wanted to mention another NBA player that has 360 00:15:58.879 --> 00:16:02.320 a great reputation, great athlete, great for the kids, and 361 00:16:02.480 --> 00:16:04.159 that's our own Donovan Mitchell. 362 00:16:04.320 --> 00:16:05.240 You are absolutely right. 363 00:16:06.639 --> 00:16:10.240 I went to my sons up there and our Christmas 364 00:16:10.279 --> 00:16:13.360 gift was a third row seats and we got to 365 00:16:13.399 --> 00:16:16.519 see the game late December, and he comes out, he 366 00:16:16.679 --> 00:16:20.200 talks to the fans. The fans absolutely love him. Cleveland 367 00:16:20.279 --> 00:16:24.799 has really embraced him, and he's he's one of those He. 368 00:16:24.840 --> 00:16:26.440 Makes us look good, doesn't he? Paul Ette? 369 00:16:27.440 --> 00:16:31.679 Oh, yes, yes, and yes he talks to the kids 370 00:16:32.159 --> 00:16:35.720 so that we were all proud to be Louisville fans 371 00:16:36.080 --> 00:16:37.240 and at the Cleveland game. 372 00:16:37.360 --> 00:16:38.120 That's awesome, Paul. 373 00:16:38.240 --> 00:16:40.159 I appreciate the call, and I appreciate you sharing that 374 00:16:40.240 --> 00:16:43.639 with us. I mean, Donovan is I mean, what a guy? 375 00:16:44.200 --> 00:16:44.720 What a guy. 376 00:16:45.799 --> 00:16:49.360 Lamar and Donovan are phenomenal at what they do, but 377 00:16:49.600 --> 00:16:52.159 they're also guys that I feel like have an insane 378 00:16:52.159 --> 00:16:56.519 amount of respect from their peers within their professional leagues. 379 00:16:56.879 --> 00:16:58.360 I mean, it's quite clear both of them do to 380 00:16:58.399 --> 00:17:01.120 be honest with you, and you know, being good is 381 00:17:01.440 --> 00:17:03.480 really what matters. I guess when it comes to your job, 382 00:17:03.600 --> 00:17:04.880 like you can be a you can be a guy 383 00:17:04.960 --> 00:17:06.519 that gets respect and people like and you know, you 384 00:17:06.599 --> 00:17:07.960 got to be able to play. But those two again, 385 00:17:08.000 --> 00:17:11.599 we're Donovan is in the midst of an MVP caliber season. 386 00:17:11.640 --> 00:17:14.279 He won't win MVP, but the Calves are one of 387 00:17:14.319 --> 00:17:16.720 the best teams in the league. He's clearly their franchise player. 388 00:17:16.920 --> 00:17:18.880 And then Lamar Jackson's is about to win his third MVP, 389 00:17:19.160 --> 00:17:21.519 So that alone is awesome. But the fact that they're 390 00:17:21.599 --> 00:17:24.839 really good dudes, that that not only you know, are 391 00:17:24.880 --> 00:17:27.799 good role models for kids and and there you always 392 00:17:27.799 --> 00:17:30.640 see stories of them doing you know, using their platform, 393 00:17:30.799 --> 00:17:33.519 using their fame, their status to to do good. 394 00:17:33.880 --> 00:17:35.240 You know, they realize that they. 395 00:17:35.200 --> 00:17:37.440 Could change a kid's life or you know, give a 396 00:17:37.519 --> 00:17:39.599 kid a moment will never forget, just by you know, 397 00:17:39.799 --> 00:17:41.680 tapping them up at a game or something like that. 398 00:17:41.839 --> 00:17:43.960 And there's been a lot of examples of those guys 399 00:17:44.039 --> 00:17:46.519 doing exactly that. And you know both of them do 400 00:17:46.680 --> 00:17:49.759 this for sure. But I just think Donovan, with his personality, 401 00:17:50.799 --> 00:17:57.000