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00:44Week 14 of the NFL, a very special guest.
00:46We have RG3, Roderick Griffin III.
00:49And I must say, the suit, everything looks so good.
00:52It makes us look like bums.
00:53I just wanted to try to one-up Will.
00:56He's dressed for prime time.
00:57Just trying to make sure I stay up with Big Cat in this flannel.
01:00I got a question for you, not pro football-related.
01:02As a Heisman, who's your Heisman this year?
01:05I honestly can't tell you that.
01:06What do you mean?
01:07Because he voted.
01:08They'll pull my vote.
01:09Oh, really?
01:10Yeah.
01:11We should talk later.
01:12I do those lists every week.
01:13But in the last part of the season, I stop.
01:14You stop.
01:15Pull him twice if it's...
01:18Okay, all right.
01:18No, please.
01:21He didn't blink.
01:22I didn't blink.
01:22Okay, all right.
01:23He didn't say it.
01:25Do you usually release your ballot afterwards, too?
01:27I do not.
01:28You don't?
01:29Okay, so Dan's going to bother you until you know.
01:31I will need your ballot released.
01:32If it doesn't go my way, I'll need your ballot released.
01:34Who do you want to win, though?
01:35I have a future on Travis Hunter, so...
01:38And this has been a long, like, all season, a long thing for him.
01:41Yeah, I mean, we'll see.
01:42Will he...
01:43I think he's played pretty well.
01:45He has.
01:45No, he has.
01:46Have you guys met?
01:49Yes.
01:50I mean, come on.
01:52But you're a P-Squad.
01:53Don't be disrespectful.
01:55Even though I was on P-Squad, RG was coming off Rookie of the Year.
01:59Offensive Rookie of the Year or Rookie of the Year in totality?
02:01Either one.
02:02RG3 was the superstar of the team.
02:04And my first day, just entering the building from signing on...
02:09Or not even signing on practice squad, signing as an undrafted free agent,
02:11going out to Rookie minicamp.
02:13RG3 was the very first person to introduce himself to me walking in the building.
02:17Wow.
02:17Right below the stairs off that right side in the hallway, right next to the training room.
02:21And I remember you dabbing me up and asking what my name was.
02:23And I'm thinking to myself, before I walk out there from practice,
02:25I'm like, yo, RG3 just fucking dabbed me up.
02:28Legit.
02:29That's a legit story.
02:30And the back story of that that you don't know is,
02:33my high school teammate was Tanner Brock.
02:36He was a linebacker who went from TCU to San Francisco.
02:39TCU.
02:40Right?
02:41And...
02:41Exactly.
02:42Had that cowboy collar back.
02:43You're not talking about...
02:44He kind of got kicked out of school for some drug-related things.
02:47But he was also an undrafted rookie free agent that year.
02:52And the reason I knew your name was because you went out there and you outplayed him.
02:55Ooh.
02:56So I...
02:57Way to go.
02:57Look at that.
02:58I came to you to...
02:59I got to give you the love.
03:00Hey.
03:01I got to give you the love.
03:02And I love Tanner.
03:03He's a good friend of mine.
03:04But you showed up on the field.
03:06So I was like, I need to know this guy's name.
03:08I appreciate that as far as we know.
03:09That is a feel-good story.
03:10Locker room guy.
03:11Thanks a lot.
03:11You thought of my name?
03:12No, I knew that you guys knew each other.
03:15We actually have some...
03:17Yeah, we could tell stories.
03:18Remember when we were driving behind that ambulance?
03:21I still have the video on my phone.
03:23Really?
03:23What happened?
03:24We were...
03:24This is cool.
03:25This is like when you go on a bachelor party, you have inside jokes.
03:27We unfortunately...
03:28It was actually around Christmas time.
03:30And the Opry Lane, like they do, the Gaylord Hotel, they decorate it up.
03:33And I want to say there was like a prom or a ball going on.
03:36Correct.
03:36So there was traffic everywhere.
03:38And usually the time we leave, we're on time.
03:41We left at the same time.
03:41But we were stuck in traffic.
03:43And we were going to be late.
03:45And there was an ambulance going down the highway.
03:49So we just sneak right behind the ambulance and ride the entire way.
03:52And I'm like filming it the whole time.
03:54Me, you, and D.Y.
03:55Yeah, I remember that.
03:55Yeah, you can see it. There's nothing like that.
03:57We're just like laughing, having fun.
04:00Dan feels very left out.
04:01I'll show it to you.
04:02I'll send it to you.
04:04Dan feels so left out.
04:05No, no, no. I don't feel left out.
04:06How long ago was that?
04:08Ooh, I mean...
04:10That's 10 years?
04:11Very illegal.
04:12Very illegal.
04:13That's a decade ago.
04:14You look great, by the way.
04:15Very illegal.
04:16For that to be a decade ago, you look incredible.
04:19He does some peptides.
04:22That's true.
04:23Yeah.
04:25No, I know.
04:25What, are you trying to pull me down with a gun?
04:26No, I'm not trying to pull you down.
04:28I put a little needle in it.
04:29You look great.
04:30I put a needle in my collar.
04:31You guys look great.
04:32You all look great.
04:33Oh, thank you.
04:34So do you.
04:34And obviously, you guys know each other.
04:36You guys get in some Twitter beef every once in a while.
04:38But it's okay.
04:38I'm a fan of RG3.
04:40I'm a fan of RG3.
04:42He actually said there's no beef.
04:43There's no beef.
04:44There's no beef.
04:44It wasn't a victory lap.
04:45Yeah, there was no beef, no victory lap.
04:47I think it was a victory lap.
04:48No, there's no beef.
04:48Definitely make sure you tune in to Pardon My Take.
04:50I'm not a billman.
04:51Listen, Big Cat, no, we're not going to that.
04:52I'm not going to that.
04:53That was a victory lap.
04:54Yeah, no, it was a victory lap.
04:56You don't think I'm, let me ask you a question.
04:58You don't think I'm used to losing?
05:00Yeah.
05:01I didn't fucking win a game, a football game,
05:04in the month of November, the Bears and the Badgers.
05:07I went 0 and 9.
05:09Win a football game in the month of November.
05:12That is.
05:13You got guys pouring victory laps on you.
05:16And here's the thing.
05:16The victory lap will be on Pardon My Take.
05:18So make sure you listen if you're watching this.
05:20And I said I squashed my beef with you before the show,
05:23because you played at Baylor when I was at A&M,
05:25and you torched us and ruined my whole life.
05:27So, but we're, you know, I'm in enemy territory,
05:30but we're going to make it.
05:31Yeah, yeah, yeah.
05:32Girlfriend, let's just get to these games.
05:34Yes, you know what?
05:35Let's just get to them now.
05:36So before we do.
05:37We need to go do pep talks.
05:38He had to get that last dig in, that last dig.
05:48OK, so.
05:48This is not all natural.
05:50It's OK.
05:51You don't have to be all natural on Facebook.
05:53It's OK.
05:53It's OK.
05:54Tell him he wears Spanx.
05:55That's not natural at all.
05:56I do wear Spanx, yes.
05:57I'm in a body shampoo.
05:59OK, so the records, though, before going into this.
06:01Dan, you're 102, 89, and 3.
06:03Will, you're 97, 93, and 3.
06:05So you've got some making up to do.
06:06Five games back.
06:08So let's just get right into the storyline games
06:09of the week presented by the Chevy Silverado.
06:11We've got the Falcons at the Vikings.
06:13The Vikings minus 6.
06:14Robert, I'll start with you.
06:15I'll go ahead and let you take this.
06:17The Falcons lose to the Chargers last week.
06:18The Vikings get that one-point win over the Cardinals.
06:21What do you think happens?
06:23I mean, I'm probably going to go ahead and take the Vikings.
06:27Reason being our guy, Kirk Cousins.
06:30You hate him.
06:31I don't hate him.
06:32I'm just teasing.
06:32I really don't.
06:33But we used to share burritos together in training camp
06:37when we were rookies.
06:38So don't take that too far, though.
06:40Yeah.
06:40Wait, hold on.
06:41Did you like Lady and the Tramp?
06:43Both sides?
06:43Not Lady and the Tramp.
06:44OK, all right, all right.
06:45You cut it.
06:46You cut it in middle.
06:47OK, OK.
06:48Just studied in the same room.
06:49We're working together.
06:50OK, OK, OK.
06:52You know, for the Falcons, I think
06:54it's really a matter of them and their offensive inconsistency.
06:58So I know Kirk threw four picks last week,
07:00but they've averaged 12 points over the last three games.
07:02And I think his emotions are going
07:04to be high going into this Vikings game.
07:07Playing against his old team, it's
07:09kind of like the girl who wants to show her boyfriend
07:13that she's got the guy with the bigger bank account,
07:15even if he's a little short.
07:17Falcons are a little short on wins.
07:19Vikings are 10 and 2.
07:20I think the Vikings come out on top.
07:21Dan?
07:21Yeah, I agree with you.
07:22Kirk Cousins has not looked good the last three weeks.
07:25I think it's zero touchdowns, six interceptions.
07:27And Brian Flores is going to blitz the hell out of him.
07:31Kirk Cousins under pressure is not great.
07:33Brian Flores knows Kirk Cousins, because obviously Brian Flores
07:36was there last year.
07:37So was Kirk Cousins.
07:38So I think this is the Vikings defense winning this game.
07:43And Sam Darnold, a little up and down,
07:45but he was awesome at the end of that game against the Cardinals.
07:48The last 17 minutes of that game,
07:50he was just slinging the rock.
07:52And I think the Vikings are a legit good team,
07:54and the Falcons are kind of fading right now.
07:56And Will, when you look at what he just said,
07:57zero touchdowns, six interceptions,
07:59Tom has it on here, Sam Darnold, six touchdowns,
08:01zero interceptions in the last three weeks.
08:03So he has been playing well.
08:04Yeah, that's what I was going to say, too.
08:05It's like we talk about Kirk Cousins,
08:06he's going back to Minnesota.
08:07But also Sam Darnold, knowing that he wants to not only prove
08:11that he was the quarterback for the job,
08:12he wants to step on their throat,
08:13like, while he is there on the home turf.
08:16Yeah, yeah, yeah.
08:18You know how that is, too.
08:19He wants to prove it just as much as anybody else,
08:21as much as Kirk wants to come back.
08:23I think Kirk wants to come back and prove
08:25that they miss him or whatever.
08:26But Kirk also wants to get out of a rut,
08:28because he has zero touchdowns and six interceptions.
08:30And they're struggling right now.
08:31But also Sam Darnold, you know he's licking his chops
08:34to play in this game, play against Kirk Cousins
08:36in Minnesota.
08:37Even though this game screams Vikings,
08:38I do think it's the Vikings.
08:40Here's a question I have, and for you, RG.
08:44If Kirk struggles in this game, and they start to fall,
08:48do you start to look at or think about Michael Pennix Jr.?
08:50Yeah.
08:51Because in my opinion, it's almost like,
08:53if Kirk struggles again, like has another zero touchdown,
08:56multiple interception game, like,
08:58do you start to think about Michael Pennix,
09:00or do you not?
09:01Because at the end of the day, you're still in,
09:03even though it's the worst division in football,
09:04you're still like in the race to win it.
09:05Yeah.
09:06I think this, I think, first I have to say,
09:08I think it's a big statement game opportunity for Kirk,
09:11because Brian Flores has been treating quarterbacks
09:13all year like he treated two in Miami, right?
09:15Yeah.
09:16He's been hard on them.
09:16Not Caleb.
09:17Knocking them down, tearing down their confidence.
09:19Caleb played really well.
09:21He played well against Vikings.
09:22So I look at it like, you have this,
09:24you got six touchdowns, zero picks,
09:25zero touchdowns, six picks.
09:27It could be a flip-flop game.
09:28Yeah.
09:29I wouldn't.
09:30I'm a Michael Pennix guy.
09:31Big Pennix energy, all that.
09:33You know, my guy Desmond Howard was on the game day.
09:35Yeah, yeah.
09:37Mispronouncing his name completely.
09:39But I'm a big Pennix energy guy.
09:41I just think you pay Kirk so much money.
09:43I know.
09:44You're not taking him off the field in that moment.
09:47Not in the moment, but after the game.
09:50In year one?
09:51Yeah, I think you got to see how the rest of this year goes,
09:54and then it's maybe a move.
09:55And I'm a quarterback guy.
09:56Like, I want the quarterbacks to do well.
09:58If Kirk was making $25 million, 100%,
10:01you take him off if he has a bad game.
10:03But if he's making $50, $49, I don't know what he's making.
10:06I don't count his checks.
10:07But he's making so much money that it
10:09makes it hard for them to take him off the field,
10:11even though they drafted Pennix in the first round.
10:13This is Kirk's year.
10:14You got to let him play it out.
10:14Yeah, I agree.
10:15So Will, are you taking the Vikings?
10:16Yeah, I'm going Vikings.
10:17OK, Vikings across the board.
10:19Let's go Seahawks at Cardinals.
10:21Dan, Cardinals minus 2 and 1 half.
10:23The Seahawks beat the Jets.
10:24The Cardinals do lose, as we mentioned,
10:26the game against the Vikings.
10:28Who are you taking?
10:28I'm going to take the Cardinals here.
10:30And the Seahawks, their defense has played a lot better
10:34since the bye week.
10:35I still, though, think they struggle a little bit
10:37with play-action pass.
10:38And that's what Kyler Murray excels at.
10:40It also is just a classic.
10:42They played, what, two weeks ago?
10:44The Seahawks beat the Cardinals.
10:45It's a division game.
10:47You know each other.
10:48The Cardinals are going to beat the Seahawks.
10:49And it's going to stay a tight NFC West race.
10:53And also, the Seahawks, something about the Seahawks,
10:56their defense is playing better.
10:57I like Geno.
10:58Their special teams is a disaster.
11:00They always have one or two plays a game
11:03that just puts them in a weird spot, in a weird hole,
11:05whether it be a snap over his head,
11:07or their goal line set doesn't work.
11:09They're throwing fades to DK over and over
11:11on the one-yard line.
11:13It doesn't make sense.
11:14I think the Cardinals are going to win this game.
11:15RG?
11:17I'm going to go with Seattle.
11:18And yes, I know they beat them a few weeks ago.
11:21I do think that this game kind of determines
11:23what happens in the NFC West.
11:25They get a two-game lead.
11:27They got two tough games at home coming up.
11:29They need this game.
11:30So I think they're going to come out
11:31a little bit more desperate.
11:32And then at this point, well, you know,
11:33it's like, it's not about the X's and O's all the time.
11:36It's about the Jimmys and the Joes.
11:37And the Seahawks have some Jimmys and some Joes
11:39on offensive side of the football.
11:41I'm kind of worried about Marvin Harrison Jr.
11:44and the fact that he hasn't been as dynamic
11:47as they anticipated he would with Kyler Murray.
11:49Trey McBride's really been their number-one wide receiver,
11:51getting all the targets.
11:52Got him in fantasy, yeah.
11:53Right?
11:54So to me, it's the Cardinals are a little up and down for me.
11:57But Gino has been, if you look at his stats,
12:00he's 13 touchdowns, 12 interceptions.
12:03If he plays like the Gino from a year ago,
12:06I think the Seattle Seahawks walk away with this one.
12:08Will?
12:08I like Seattle as well.
12:10I think they're 3-0 since the bye week.
12:12Arizona Cardinals are 0-2 since the bye week.
12:14Kyler Murray's 0-2 since the new Black Ops 6 map drop.
12:17And I think when you're going into a bye week,
12:22and the Cardinals are sitting there at 6-4,
12:24and Seattle Seahawks, they're behind the eight ball.
12:27What was their record when they were going into the bye week?
12:29Losing record.
12:29Yeah, yeah.
12:30Losing record, but going into the bye week,
12:32there are two types of teams, two types of cultures.
12:35It's we've earned this reward, or we've
12:38earned this opportunity.
12:39And I feel like Seattle, their culture
12:42isn't fully there yet when you're coming out
12:44of the bye week, dropping games.
12:45I'm going to trust the team that's playing better
12:47football late in the year.
12:48Because now that you've dropped two games,
12:50and you're 6-6, the division is still there.
12:52But again, coming off the bye week, and you know this, RG,
12:56whatever talking is going on in the locker room,
12:59whether a wide receiver doesn't trust a quarterback,
13:01or a quarterback doesn't trust what a wide receiver's doing,
13:02or what they might be saying, as a linebacker,
13:06are the D linemen, if they're not getting home
13:08and rushing the passer, and the coordinator's
13:10wanting to get a little bit more creative with blitzes,
13:12and they start saying, man, just rush four.
13:14Let's just let us rush.
13:15Just straight up rush.
13:16You know what I'm talking about?
13:16I've heard all those conversations.
13:18And the minute you start losing, those conversations get louder.
13:21And the fact that Arizona is 0-2 since the bye week
13:23going into December, Seattle's got a much different mentality
13:27about them right now.
13:28Because they're 3-0.
13:28They've got the momentum.
13:29They've got the steam.
13:30Those conversations aren't taking place.
13:32Arizona's in a little bit more of a reactive state,
13:34I feel like, inside the building right now.
13:36So I'm going to lead on the team that's playing better football
13:38lately.
13:39I don't like it.
13:39I don't like it.
13:40OK.
13:41You know that, too.
13:42I feel like, I remember, you remember 2015,
13:45we won the division.
13:46But our season was chaotic.
13:48It was tight.
13:49It was tight.
13:49And the conversations in that locker room were not great.
13:53I still remember that fight we had in the Philly game
13:55when Kirk took the knee before halftime instead of spiking the ball.
13:58Yeah.
13:59And we had receivers in the locker room fighting the head coach.
14:03Yes, bro.
14:03So.
14:04Pierre Garçon?
14:04Yeah, Pierre Garçon.
14:06I wasn't going to talk his name.
14:07He was a dog.
14:08Oh, he was a dog.
14:09But you're right, though.
14:09It's like, I won't mention the D lineman's name.
14:11But you've got guys when you're going out to walk through,
14:13and they're sitting on the ground when walkthrough is taking place.
14:16And it's like, hey, what are we fucking doing right now?
14:18Like, we keep going.
14:19We win back and forth.
14:20We got a chance here.
14:21But it's just, it's different.
14:22The culture, the culture aspect is different.
14:24It's not all about who's winning and losing.
14:26It's about who's playing the best.
14:27Seattle's on a three-game winning streak.
14:29The Cardinals are on a two-game losing streak.
14:30That's why I love the Cardinals.
14:32I was about to say, do you want to change your pick?
14:34No, I love the Cardinals.
14:35They're just being like, oh, Seattle's good now.
14:37Cardinals stink.
14:38Cardinals should have won that game against the Vikings.
14:40They couldn't get the ball in the end zone in the first half.
14:42They should have.
14:43I know, they should have.
14:43They should have.
14:44But I like the Cardinals.
14:46I'm sticking with the Cardinals.
14:47All right.
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15:11So the game of the week, Jerry's Picking Zoo,
15:13the Chargers and the Chiefs.
15:15Leia?
15:15Leila.
15:16Leila.
15:17Leia.
15:17Leia?
15:18Leia.
15:18Leia.
15:19Leia, I'm sorry.
15:20Leia's 5-0.
15:215-0.
15:21She's 5-0.
15:225-0.
15:22She's 5-0.
15:235-0.
15:23She's 5-0.
15:24She's a dog.
15:24No, it's a dog.
15:25It's the dog.
15:26Not the human.
15:27That's her owner.
15:27I was like, wait, who's Leila?
15:29Leila?
15:29Leila?
15:30Leila?
15:30Wait, what are you doing, dude?
15:32Yeah.
15:33It's a dog named Leia.
15:35She's 5-0.
15:365-0.
15:38All right, welcome back.
15:39Pro Football Football Show week 14, Jerry's Picking Zoo.
15:43I think this is the longest we had an animal on the show, Leia.
15:46She's 5-0, undefeated, never lost.
15:49And also, let's spit some facts here.
15:52She has yet to have a biased pick yet.
15:55Every pick she made has been on our roam.
15:57She had the Steelers last week.
15:59Incredible win from her.
16:01All right, Leia, let's do this.
16:02Ready?
16:03I got two treats.
16:05Ready?
16:07And it's the Steelers.
16:09It's the Steelers.
16:10We got Kansas City versus the Chargers, game of the week.
16:14This is going to be an incredible game.
16:16It looks like she's favoring Kansas City right now.
16:18But we'll see what happens.
16:19Come here.
16:20Come here, Leia.
16:21Come here, come here, come here, come here.
16:22Let's turn around.
16:23Turn around.
16:24Turn around.
16:25Turn around.
16:25Sit.
16:26Good girl.
16:26Wait.
16:27Wait.
16:28Wait.
16:29Wait.
16:30Wait.
16:31Go.
16:34Oh, it's the Chargers.
16:35It's the Chargers this week.
16:37Leia has picked the Chargers.
16:38She's undefeated, never lost.
16:39She's going to keep this train rolling.
16:41She's going to go 6-0.
16:42Book it.
16:43We'll be back next week.
16:465-0 on picks, and she picked the Chargers.
16:49So.
16:49She picked the Chargers.
16:50Oh, wow.
16:51I don't know what to do, because I love the Chiefs here.
16:54OK, so the game of the week presented by the Chevy Silverado
16:56is the Chargers of the Chiefs.
16:57Chiefs minus 4, but Leia picked the Chargers.
17:00Leia picked the Chargers.
17:01Leia picked the Chargers.
17:02I love the Chiefs.
17:04I love the Chiefs because, all right.
17:05Rest advantage.
17:06That's a set that's jumping out at me.
17:07Rest advantage.
17:08Lab McConkie might not play.
17:09It's true.
17:10The Chargers' offense without Lab McConkie is not good.
17:14He is the guy for them.
17:16And if you watch that Chargers-Falcons game,
17:19the Chargers were very lucky to win that game.
17:21They got completely dominated.
17:22They had to pick six from Kirk Cousins.
17:24They had four interceptions.
17:26I think the Chiefs, this is like, it's December.
17:28I think they're going to get DJ Humphries now playing
17:30left tackle, which should help a lot because their left tackle
17:33has been a turnstile.
17:34I think this is the Chiefs.
17:36I unfortunately agree.
17:37I want the Chargers.
17:38I do too.
17:39I looked at it.
17:40I was like, oh, give me the Chargers.
17:41I'm so impressed about it.
17:42I know because I'm ready for the Chiefs to fall, bro.
17:46I know.
17:46They just don't do it.
17:47He's been preying on their downfall.
17:49Preying on their downfall for a minute.
17:51Since I think week one last season.
17:53Yeah.
17:53Week one last season, he was like, the Chiefs,
17:54they don't got it.
17:55You don't want them to three-peat.
17:56No.
17:57No.
17:57He basically had the Lions beating the Chiefs week one
18:01last year was the only time he's been
18:03able to celebrate this take to the Chiefs.
18:05That was a good pick.
18:06That week one happened.
18:07I was like, I tried telling you guys.
18:09It's been a thing.
18:11It's been a thing, RG.
18:12It's been a thing.
18:12So you're taking the Chiefs?
18:14I'm taking the Chiefs.
18:15I do have to say this, though.
18:16Harbaugh, I think he was, I said it
18:18when he signed there in LA.
18:20He's the best thing that's ever happened to Justin Herbert.
18:22If you look at Herbert, he's bottom 10 in all,
18:27like a bunch of major quarterback categories,
18:29whether it's attempts, yards, touchdown passes.
18:33But they're winning games.
18:34He's not having to be Superman.
18:36So I think that's awesome.
18:37Obviously, with Ladd, everybody needs a Ladd.
18:40And this McConkie can play.
18:42He's awesome.
18:43Take that out of your wallet.
18:44This McConkie can play.
18:46If he doesn't play, I don't think
18:48it's that much of a detriment to the Chargers, though.
18:50They haven't been winning games because they've
18:52been outscoring people.
18:54They've been playing top five level defense, really,
18:56for the last half of the season.
18:57So I think that's really good for them.
18:59And then the thing you mentioned about the Chiefs,
19:01they have reminded me a little bit of the Eagles
19:03from last year with winning the close games.
19:06They don't look great.
19:07I just think the difference is they have Patrick Mahoney
19:09and Travis Kelsey.
19:10Yeah, and Andy Reid.
19:11Because that was also a Nick Sirianni problem
19:13last year as well.
19:14I'm a Nick Sirianni guy.
19:16I get your point.
19:16Yeah, yeah, yeah.
19:17There was some friction.
19:17But it all fell apart.
19:18There was some friction there.
19:19I don't think the Chiefs are going to all fall apart.
19:21I don't think they'll fall apart.
19:22But the point about the left tackle
19:24is a big deal because as Mahomes,
19:26you get later into the season, it gets colder in Kansas City.
19:28If you're having to worry about your blind side
19:30all the time with Wanya Morris over there,
19:32DJ Humphrey can come in.
19:33Maybe Kingsley can do the job, the left tackle.
19:35They have to figure that out going into the playoffs.
19:37Yeah.
19:38Mahomes hadn't been sacked five times in three or four
19:42years in a game, and it's happened
19:43twice in consecutive weeks, the Panthers and the Raiders.
19:46So that's the big thing.
19:47Tom, switch me to the Chargers.
19:48Oh, OK.
19:49Oh.
19:50You said enough with the Lab McConaughey.
19:51They're not winning games by outscoring people.
19:53They're playing top five defense.
19:54Harbaugh's passing out lunch pails.
19:56He is passing out lunch pails.
19:58Well, lunch pails.
19:58He's giving out lunch pails.
20:00Give me the Chargers.
20:01He's the best football guy ever.
20:03Yeah, and I want the Chargers to win this game.
20:05I just looked at it a million ways,
20:07and I was like, I think it's going to be the Chiefs.
20:08How can you go against the high fives?
20:09I have the, listen, I have the Chargers Super Bowl ticket.
20:12I want the Chargers to win this game.
20:13The only other thing I'll say about the Chargers
20:15is no J.K. Dobbins.
20:17Yeah, that has been a big problem.
20:19And I love Gus Edwards.
20:20Gus Edwards is, I was, should I say, I was with Gus,
20:22or Gus was with me in Baltimore.
20:23Yeah.
20:24Phenomenal running back.
20:25But J.K. Dobbins gives them that home run hitting ability.
20:27I know.
20:28And if he's not out there, their offense
20:29does seem to be a little stagnant.
20:31Yeah.
20:31Sticking with the Chargers?
20:31Chargers.
20:32Chargers.
20:33The high fives and the lunch fails.
20:34Ready, yeah.
20:35OK.
20:35Even if the Chiefs have to win by two or three, I cover.
20:38So I'm going Chargers.
20:39OK.
20:40All right.
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21:04All right, Will, your playbook pick of the week.
21:08Lord deliver me from these pick sixes.
21:10Oh.
21:11Jameis.
21:11OK.
21:12Jameis Winston at Pittsburgh.
21:14I like Pittsburgh.
21:16I think this is a great spot for Cleveland.
21:18I think this, like, Jameis has brought inspiration and juice
21:22to a team that was absolutely dead
21:24before he came onto the field.
21:25They're putting up numbers now.
21:26They're having fun playing games.
21:28You see the offensive line coach on hard knocks
21:30to giving them inspirational speeches,
21:32talking about, we're not going to Denver to ski.
21:34We're going to win.
21:35Like, that's the type of mentality
21:36that you want to have this time of the year.
21:38But I think the Steelers, you know,
21:39they had that snow game a few weeks ago.
21:41I think the Steelers have something to prove.
21:42And it's coming off Russell Wilson
21:44throwing for over $400.
21:45I think he's going to continue to build on that.
21:47So I like the Steelers here.
21:48I agree with you.
21:51The Browns defense still has, like,
21:52the bones of a good defense.
21:54And Miles Garrett obviously is incredible.
21:55But they do give up explosive plays.
21:57And what you see with the Steelers team,
22:00with Russell Wilson, they have explosive plays.
22:02And you weren't able to do it in the snow.
22:04So I think this is a spot where the Steelers,
22:06yeah, they hammer them.
22:07I'm taking the Steelers.
22:08OK.
22:09I'm also taking the Steelers.
22:11It's been great for me to watch Russ
22:13do what he's been able to do with all of the hate
22:15that he had going into this year.
22:17I sat down with Russ.
22:19This was at the Espys, you know, in the offseason in July.
22:23And he talked to me for, like, three hours.
22:25And the way he talked to me let me know
22:28that this was going to happen.
22:29He was still the confident guy that I remember
22:31when we came out of the draft.
22:33You know, he felt determined to prove to everybody
22:35that it wasn't him in Denver.
22:37So I'm excited for him.
22:38He's back to throwing the moon balls.
22:40George Pickens is making plays for him down the field.
22:43They're running the football effectively.
22:44But I want to ask you guys this question
22:46about Jameis and the Browns.
22:48Do you feel like people are laughing with him?
22:52No.
22:53Or at him?
22:54No.
22:54With him.
22:55I love Jameis.
22:57Jameis is, like, if you could have Jameis
23:00in every primetime game, I would sign up for it right now.
23:02He's a roller coaster.
23:03He's going to throw some pick six.
23:04He's also going to throw some touchdowns.
23:06He had almost 500 yards against the Broncos.
23:08And he had four touchdowns.
23:10I love Jameis.
23:10I think he's inspiring.
23:12I think he gives the team a chance.
23:13Like, he should have been the starter from day one.
23:15He should have been starting last year in New Orleans
23:18instead of Derek Carr.
23:20He should have been starting instead of Andy Dalton.
23:22I'm a big Jameis.
23:23I'm a Jameis one-on-one guy.
23:24I think both.
23:25Yeah, I was about to say, I think both.
23:26I think both.
23:28Yeah, I think at times, like, it can come off like he's
23:30trying to do stuff like that.
23:31But I feel like the world's embraced it so much around him
23:33that you know it is genuine.
23:34I mean, he was here in Chicago.
23:36He was like, I like Jameis.
23:37You were like, get it.
23:38But I think, to me, I think it's like a mix of both.
23:41Because I see sometimes my old colleagues on TV,
23:46when they bring up Jameis, they're like,
23:48they're kind of laughing at him.
23:49I don't like that.
23:50Give me names, Adam.
23:52I think it's more in the moment when something's happening.
23:54Correct.
23:55I don't like it either.
23:56But it's now become something where the Browns
23:58are at 3 and 9.
23:59And the whole show is the Jameis show.
24:02But he's funny.
24:03He is funny.
24:03And I think part of it is the contrast between who he is,
24:07like genuinely, and what they have been going through.
24:10Like, what they've been seeing at quarterback.
24:12And he was the most dynamic player on the field.
24:15He had six touchdowns in this last game.
24:17It's just two of them were for the other team.
24:20He's out there taking chances, making throws, making plays.
24:23I just wonder if it's getting to that point where the Browns
24:25are so irrelevant that Jameis is becoming the show,
24:29as opposed to them winning games.
24:31I'm in for the show.
24:32To be Barstool cliche, it's like, he's electric, right?
24:34So people who have been around him know it's genuine.
24:36But even when he was in college, like eating the W,
24:38and all the stuff that he's always, always been Jameis.
24:41So it's like, but if you've not been around him, he's like,
24:44you know what I mean?
24:45He's crazy.
24:46And the laughing at's more like the teammate
24:48that's standing outside the huddle that watches and laughs.
24:50But when you go out there and make plays, and it's like,
24:52hey, it's positive energy.
24:54It's all positive.
24:55And let's embrace it.
24:56Get out there.
24:56Like, it is who he actually is.
24:58Jameis, get out there.
24:58Lead this huddle.
24:59Speak to my soul.
25:00They want him to do the speech now,
25:02because they want to kind of laugh a little bit.
25:04Like, what's he going to say this time?
25:05But if he sucked, then it'd be like, all right.
25:07The Lord delivered me from the pick sixes.
25:09Like, that's incredible.
25:10Like, he's like asking Jesus Christ to, like, take him away.
25:14It's incredible.
25:15And if he was faking it, people would hate it.
25:17But it's him.
25:18OK, Dan, your playbook pick, as always,
25:20the Chicago Bears and the 49ers.
25:22Listen, I will take the points.
25:23But I don't need the points.
25:24The Bears are going to win this game outright.
25:26They hated Matt Iberflues.
25:28If you see any of the quotes that
25:30came out after he was fired, Jalen Johnson
25:33undressed him in the locker room after the Detroit
25:35game on Thanksgiving, that debacle.
25:37Thrisker's posting stuff on Instagram.
25:39DJ Moore's talking about it.
25:40They hated Matt Iberflues.
25:43And what his late game decision making
25:45and costing these guys wins, I think
25:48they're going to rally around Thomas Brown.
25:49And the Niners, the Niners are not good.
25:52Yeah.
25:53Like, we're just keep, like, you know what I mean?
25:55They still got the names.
25:56And we're like, oh, yeah, they'll be fine.
25:58No, they're not good.
25:59They're not good.
26:00Yeah.
26:01And they're banged up.
26:01And they have a ton of injuries.
26:03And they're not good.
26:04So I think the Bears are going to win this game.
26:05I really do.
26:06I'll take the four.
26:07But I'm not even going to win it.
26:08You don't even have to look at me as you say it like that.
26:09I agree with you.
26:10Yeah.
26:11He's got new life now.
26:11I actually think the Bears get one here, too.
26:13Yeah, I think the juice with the interim head coach
26:15is you always bet on that.
26:16And there's going to be a big bounce.
26:18And we've talked about it before.
26:19But when the coach gets fired, it's
26:20not just about the interim head coach.
26:22It's about the guys in the locker room being like, hey,
26:25we were part of a coach getting fired.
26:26Like, we got to have some pride and go out there and play.
26:30And a lot of these guys might be playing for, you know,
26:32the tape.
26:33Because next year, a new coach comes in.
26:35They don't fit the scheme.
26:36They don't like him.
26:37So this is, you know, this is a personal pride game.
26:40You know some ball, man.
26:41Yeah.
26:42I know it.
26:43Listen, I know interim head coaches.
26:44I know interim head coaches.
26:45He's been all Bears.
26:46I mean, listen.
26:48Are you two close?
26:49102, 89, and 3.
26:51Well, you know he is because he's like, oh.
26:53And also, when the Bears come up,
26:54like, I mean, Dan's going to always give a speech.
26:56Like, it's close to his heart.
26:57And now he has the interim head coach push,
26:59which is big on, you know, for everybody.
27:01Huge.
27:02Huge.
27:02Thomas Brown seems like an awesome dude, too.
27:04Thomas Brown, phenomenal coach.
27:05Yeah.
27:06Everything I've ever heard about him in NFL circles
27:08is, you know, great motivator.
27:10You heard him speak in front of the media.
27:12Yep.
27:13He got the media going a little bit.
27:14Yep.
27:15If there was ever a time for the Bears to win a game,
27:17it would be this game.
27:18You have that boost.
27:19It didn't work out for the Jets, right?
27:20They fired their head coach.
27:21And I don't think it's really gone too well for them.
27:23No.
27:24It's been really gross.
27:25But when you look at the Niners, the top two running
27:27backs are both out.
27:28Yep.
27:29I just think the Niners have lost their aura.
27:31Yeah.
27:32You know, like, there's-
27:33They need a reset.
27:34Like, they're getting a little older.
27:35And this was a window that was eight years long.
27:38And I think it's going to be a reset year.
27:39They just become, what is the term?
27:42Turnover merchants.
27:43Yeah.
27:44You know, like, you watch the fumbles that they had in this
27:45last game.
27:46Their top players aren't playing that well.
27:49You know, Kyle, he has these ebbs and flows as a head
27:53coach when he's been with the Niners.
27:54When they get hurt, they lose games.
27:56Yeah.
27:57And it's usually the quarterback.
27:58Now the quarterback is somewhat healthy and back with Brock
28:01Purdy.
28:01But now they don't got their two top running backs.
28:03Yep.
28:04And they do feel like they're aging.
28:05I'm going to take Chicago.
28:07There we go.
28:08Love that.
28:09Love that.
28:10Appreciate that.
28:11I'm not a villain.
28:12And I also think that Caleb and the Bears are, like, this close.
28:15They've been a head coach away from making the right decisions
28:19from winning games the past two weeks.
28:21Yeah.
28:22So I think this is a game they can win.
28:23Past three weeks.
28:23That's the thing.
28:24They went through an NFC North gauntlet with a terrible head
28:27coach.
28:28And they almost won every single one of those games.
28:30Right when you said two weeks, I was like, three weeks.
28:33Three weeks ago was the block kick against the Packers.
28:35All I can say is I can't wait to listen to Harden my take for
28:37this debate.
28:38The game with William Sparrow.
28:39I cannot wait.
28:40That's why I waited.
28:41Yeah.
28:41Yeah, we're going to hold it.
28:42No, I know.
28:43It's why I waited.
28:43You want to let the year play out before you start trying to
28:45dunk on someone.
28:46Again, it's not going to go the way RG3 thinks it's going to go
28:49because I was just wrong.
28:50So for everybody that's behind the scenes, this is first.
28:54They're doing Harden my take next.
28:55This will come out after Harden my take.
28:57So we'll see.
28:58Make sure you listen to that debate.
28:59It'll be fun.
29:00Okay, RG, do you have a game that you're looking at this week
29:02that you see a team that has to win?
29:05Oh, I mean, that has to win?
29:07That's kind of like the playbook pick.
29:08I'll give you one.
29:09I mean, these guys got to win.
29:12Yeah, I mean, if it was a playbook pick.
29:14Okay, I'll do that.
29:14I'll go with that.
29:15Yeah, this is like, this is your house.
29:17Yeah, I mean, listen.
29:18I'm going to circle this one right here.
29:20We're talking about the Buffalo Bills and the Rams.
29:22Yeah, they have to win it.
29:23So Buffalo, I think Josh Allen is second in MVP right now.
29:28I know that's not a popular opinion.
29:30Saquon won.
29:30I think Saquon's number one.
29:31Yep.
29:33But the Bills and the way they've been playing,
29:34I think he dropped back 17 times in this past game,
29:38threw two touchdowns, and they won by three scores.
29:4135-10 or something, yeah, yeah.
29:42They scored 35 points.
29:43Yeah.
29:44So the Bills are on a high flyer.
29:46This is the definition of a trap game.
29:48When you look at the Rams, they're desperate.
29:50We talked about the game earlier with the Cardinals
29:53and the Seahawks.
29:54Depending on how that game goes, if the Rams lose this game,
29:57they put themselves behind the eight ball.
29:59I'm not sure what's going to be going on with Matt Stafford
30:02and his health, but you're going to see
30:04two of the best arms in the NFL on the field at the same time,
30:07Kyron Williams has been running the heck out of the football.
30:10For some reason, the Rams have win, lose, win, lose, win,
30:13lose.
30:14This seems like a game that they could potentially pull off.
30:16I'm not going to pick against the Bills,
30:18but if you say a team that has to win,
30:20it's certainly the Rams going against the Bills.
30:22Look at what Saquon Barkley did to the Rams two weeks ago,
30:26255 yards rushing.
30:28James Cook, feed him the rock, and they'll
30:31be able to run away from this.
30:32But the Bills cannot allow the Rams to hang around.
30:34Yeah.
30:34Dan?
30:34Yeah, I'm going with the Rams, too.
30:36I mean, I think the Bills are the best team in the AFC.
30:38Are you going with the Rams?
30:39No, he's taking the Bills.
30:40Oh, he's going with the Bills.
30:41He's going with the Bills.
30:42But the Rams.
30:42I'm taking the Rams because it is a spot where it's like, all right,
30:45the Bills are flying really high.
30:47They just clinched the AFC East, so they're in the playoffs.
30:51Five straight times.
30:52They've got to go across the country,
30:54and then this is the Rams season.
30:55This is a kitchen sink game where Sean McVay, he's
30:57going to throw everything at them.
30:59The Bills do like to play a lot of zone.
31:00I think Matthew Stafford, you let Puka and Cooper Cupp
31:03run around in that zone and find the spots.
31:05I think the Rams are going to cover this spread,
31:07maybe win this game, and it's not anything against Bills.
31:10Because again, I think the Bills are the best team in the AFC.
31:12And they might be the best team in the NFL.
31:14But it's hard to win in this league.
31:16And week to week, you can have a team that catches you,
31:19especially when they need, need, need this game.
31:21Yeah, I'm with you on the Rams.
31:24I think, too, their offense is getting
31:25in a similar situation on how we're
31:28labeling the 49ers as a whole.
31:30Like, are they still the machine that we think they are?
31:34There are inconsistencies throughout the year.
31:36But I'm going to go with the Rams, too.
31:39I love McVay.
31:40Again, back against the wall.
31:41They do.
31:42They absolutely need this.
31:43That's also why you go back to the Seattle Cardinal game.
31:45It's like, if Seattle is able to separate here,
31:48because you don't know how this game is going to shake up
31:50because they're playing against the Bills.
31:51Right.
31:51But again, I like the Rams back against the wall.
31:54I think you made a good point there that sparked a thought.
31:57When McVay first went to LA and Kyle first went to San Fran,
32:01it felt like they were ahead of everybody, like defenses.
32:04And now it feels like they've caught up.
32:06Puka's not having as much production.
32:08Cooper Cupp's not having as much production with the Rams.
32:10Injuries.
32:11They've been in and out of the lineup.
32:13So it's like, has the defenses caught up
32:15to what that Shanahan-McVay system has been doing?
32:19It hasn't caught up to the backers yet.
32:21Yeah.
32:21I mean, they're doing a phenomenal job.
32:22We'll talk about that later.
32:23Yeah.
32:24But I do want to say one thing.
32:26I am a Diggs guy.
32:26Stephon Diggs.
32:27Love him.
32:29I do believe that the Texans won the battle,
32:32but the Bills won the war.
32:34Agreed.
32:34And Josh Allen has proven that.
32:36It's not that he doesn't need Diggs anymore,
32:38but he's at a maturation point in his career
32:40that Mahomes was at when Tyreek left and went to Miami.
32:43Yep.
32:43And I think it's showing itself this year.
32:45And I'm happy for him.
32:47He's done a great job.
32:47Yeah.
32:48I like that angle.
32:49All right.
32:50Fireball Rapid Fire Picks of the Week.
32:52It's presented by Fireball Whiskey.
32:53Will, go ahead.
32:54Warm yourself up.
32:54It's a little cold here in Chicago.
32:56Many things make football great, but you
32:58know what the best thing is?
32:59Kicking the living shit out of your rivals.
33:00Oh, no.
33:01There you go.
33:02There's absolutely no better feeling as an athlete or fan.
33:04And this week, we have got the Browns versus the Steelers.
33:06And Fireball is here to give you the spark
33:08to ignite that rivalry.
33:09Grab your football buddy, buy a round,
33:11and reignite that rivalry flame.
33:12OK.
33:13I can't say rivalry.
33:14Rivalry.
33:14Rivalry.
33:15I know.
33:15There's always a W in it.
33:16Always.
33:17Always for me.
33:17Always.
33:18All right.
33:19Will, the Jets at the Dolphins.
33:21Dolphins minus six.
33:22Dolphins.
33:23Yep.
33:24Easy.
33:24Easy.
33:25Dolphins.
33:25Just Dolphins.
33:26Across the board.
33:26Jets are dead.
33:27They're dead.
33:28And I think the Sauce Gardeners aren't even playing.
33:30So how are you going to guard them?
33:31How are you going to guard the Dolphins?
33:32And I love.
33:33And it's in Miami.
33:34And I love the Tua.
33:35No cold weather.
33:36Yeah, no cold weather.
33:37Tua's back.
33:37I love Tua's statement when they asked,
33:40like, how do you, like, what do you
33:42think happened in this season?
33:43He's like, it's my fault. Like, I put myself in harm
33:45and would put us in a hole.
33:46Like, that's some.
33:47He's like, no one else will say it in this room,
33:49but I'll say it.
33:50Like, I like that accountability.
33:51OK, Dan, the Saints at the Giants.
33:53The Saints minus four and a half.
33:55The Giants, two and 10.
33:56Gross.
33:57Yes.
33:58Disgusting.
33:59This is a Who Cares game.
34:00This is a Who Cares game.
34:01This is a Who Cares game.
34:02I'll take the Giants to Who Cares.
34:04I'll take the Giants to Who Cares.
34:05So, yeah, RG, you will always get to I Don't Know game
34:08and, like, a Who Cares game.
34:09Yeah.
34:10This is, is this your Who Cares game?
34:11This is the Who Cares game.
34:12Yeah.
34:12But you have to pick somebody for the records,
34:14for the record books.
34:15Saints.
34:16OK, RG?
34:17I'm rocking with the Saints.
34:18Yeah.
34:18I know they're tired of the used car, but listen,
34:21he's a good leader.
34:22He does a good job riding the troops.
34:23I think the Saints.
34:23Yeah.
34:24OK, RG, the Panthers at the Eagles.
34:26Eagles minus 12 and a half.
34:27Big line.
34:28Yeah.
34:28I mean, I'm sticking to the Eagles.
34:29Yeah.
34:30I know the Panthers have been playing really, really tough.
34:32Shout out to Bryce Young, doing his thing.
34:34Yeah.
34:34Everybody that kind of wrote him off is eating crow right now.
34:38But, yeah, the Eagles have the MVP front runner.
34:40Their defense, Cooper Dejean, even though I call him Dejean,
34:44went out there and laid the slat on Derrick Henry.
34:46Great form, Matt.
34:47Coming up out of the hips.
34:48You know what I mean?
34:48Ran through him.
34:49Yeah.
34:49Like a Will Compton type of hit.
34:51Yeah.
34:51There you go.
34:52There you go.
34:52He's just pumping your ego all day.
34:54Yeah.
34:55I'm on the Eagles as well.
34:57I've been on the Panthers the last couple weeks,
34:59and they've covered.
35:00And Bryce Young, it's great that he's turned it around.
35:02But the Eagles are a different beast.
35:03Their defense is elite.
35:05And the Panthers' run defense is, I think,
35:1031st in the league.
35:11They're just going to.
35:12This might be the game that Nick Sirianni's like, hey,
35:14we got to get Saquon the MVP.
35:16And we're going to go video game on him.
35:18There you go.
35:19And like, hey, feed him everything.
35:20Yeah.
35:21Will he ride with the boys?
35:22Yeah, I think the Eagles, especially.
35:23They're a lot like the Lions.
35:24You get in the second half with them,
35:26and they just out-physical you.
35:27They wear you down.
35:28And again, front runner, MVP, Saquon Barkley, feed the man.
35:31Feed him.
35:32Yeah, Eagles.
35:33I think Eagles.
35:34And you're talking about being a big Sirianni guy.
35:36Yeah.
35:37I feel like I was coming across headlines recently
35:39that him and Jalen Hurts had big conversations going
35:42into the bye week.
35:42Oh.
35:43Kind of like turned the culture.
35:44Heart to heart.
35:44Yeah.
35:44Kind of like turned things around.
35:45Because last year, they obviously
35:47started very strongly and kind of fell apart.
35:49Correct.
35:49Everybody's calling for his head.
35:51When they dropped their couple of games,
35:52people still kind of calling for his head.
35:54And ever since he buzzed the head, they've been on fire.
35:56Yeah.
35:56But it does seem like him and Jalen got in a room,
35:58FaceTime, whatever it was.
36:00And they've just been rolling since then.
36:01I think it's a personality thing.
36:03If you remember, I think it was in the playoffs
36:05or regular season, the moment on the sideline
36:07when Sirianni was looking to the other team.
36:09Yeah, yeah, yeah.
36:10And Jalen was like, yo, focus.
36:11Yeah, yeah, like, yo, cut that out.
36:13It's a personality thing between the two of them.
36:15Yeah.
36:16Jalen is a much more reserved guy.
36:17All business.
36:18I've just known that from certain dealings
36:21and business things with him in certain circles.
36:24He doesn't like to be that way.
36:25So I think Sirianni being so out there
36:28was something that they had to tackle together.
36:30And they have.
36:30Yeah.
36:31And it's really been great to see them
36:32have that chemistry this year.
36:33Because you know, if there's no chemistry between the coach
36:36and the quarterback, it's a little dicey.
36:39It's a little dicey.
36:40It's a little dicey.
36:41I wonder what you guys are talking about.
36:43Yeah, what are you talking about?
36:44Just something.
36:45Just old experience.
36:46Just two guys chopping it up, huh?
36:47Yeah.
36:47Just, you know, reminiscing, reminiscing.
36:50Bunch of ball talkers, OK?
36:51I will.
36:52The Ravens at the Bucs.
36:53The Bucs minus 6 and 1.5.
36:56Is this your I don't know?
36:57No.
36:59You don't seem to know.
37:00You want to take the Raiders.
37:01You see me?
37:01I do want to take the Raiders.
37:03Just take the Bucs.
37:03Wow, OK.
37:05Yeah, I'll take the Bucs.
37:06Listen, the Raiders, that was their.
37:08Trust your gut.
37:08Trust your gut.
37:09I'd take the Raiders.
37:10I was right on the Raiders last week.
37:12You were, but that was their season.
37:14And that was everything.
37:15And I know it's almost, but they almost won.
37:17They almost won that game.
37:18And then they have to fly all the way to Tampa.
37:20I just, yeah.
37:21Yeah, I think it's the Bucs.
37:22I feel like their last bit of fight was against the Chiefs
37:26last week, and they came up short.
37:28Yeah.
37:28RJ?
37:29I'm rocking with the Bucs, I think.
37:32Got to give a shout out to Scott Turner,
37:35offensive coordinator for the Raiders.
37:36Yes.
37:37Since he's taken over, they're averaging
37:39377 total yards per game.
37:42So he's done a really nice job of getting Aiden O'Connell
37:45to like, damn near look like Tom Brady out there
37:48throwing the football around.
37:49You about to talk me into the Raiders?
37:51I'm just saying.
37:52You might be.
37:52But for me, like with the Bucs and Baker,
37:54Baker has been having a good year.
37:57But his last two games, he's two and two,
37:59two touchdowns, two picks.
38:01This guy started Flag Gate.
38:02We need him to get back on his flag,
38:04spinning, throwing it in the middle of the field.
38:07He's turned college football into a damn mayhem out there.
38:10But I think the Bucs can get it done.
38:12And Baker's playing at a very, very high level.
38:14You like Flag Gate?
38:15Oh, I love it.
38:16I think it's great.
38:16I have a trivia question for you guys.
38:17Plant that flag.
38:18Plant that flag.
38:19Trivia question for you guys.
38:20Who's leading the NFL right now in receptions?
38:25Is it Raider?
38:28Is it Brock Bowers?
38:29Is it Brock Bowers?
38:30Leading the league?
38:32Leading the league.
38:33Why isn't Brock Bowers being talked about
38:34for Offensive Rookie of the Year?
38:35I think he's starting to be.
38:37He's doing things that have never been done for a rookie.
38:39He is not just the best offensive rookie,
38:45not a quarterback.
38:46He's the best tight end right now in the NFL.
38:49And he's a rookie.
38:50It's crazy.
38:50He's been awesome.
38:51It's because they're too intent.
38:52I know.
38:53It's too intent.
38:54But let's start putting some respect.
38:55Brock Bowers is having an unbelievable season for a guy
38:58if he was in his sixth year in his peak.
39:01He's a rookie.
39:02And he's doing it on a bad team with quarterbacks everywhere.
39:05So yeah, Brock Bowers has been awesome.
39:07And head and shoulders the best player in his position
39:09across the board, especially in the rookie class.
39:12You guys know I'm a Jaden Daniels guy.
39:14Yeah, of course.
39:16You're kind of talking me into this Brock Bowers thing.
39:17I'm just saying.
39:18If you can keep your eye on it, it's like he's right.
39:20I think it's those three guys.
39:21Yeah.
39:22It's Jaden.
39:22It's Bo Nix.
39:23It's Bo Nix and Brock Bowers.
39:24And I think the only thing with Brock is no one's surprised.
39:27Yeah.
39:28That's true.
39:28We expected it.
39:29Three years ago, we knew this guy was going to be a beast.
39:31People are surprised.
39:31We shouldn't overlook what he's doing.
39:33So I'm going to pick.
39:34I think a lot of people are probably surprised by Bo Nix
39:36the most.
39:36Would you say?
39:38I am not, but go ahead.
39:39I think Bo's just starts to edge it out,
39:41depending on how Jaden finishes.
39:42Just because Jaden's middle of the year
39:44and Bo's middle of the year, they're drastically different.
39:47Correct.
39:49Just rename the award to rookie quarterback
39:53that exceeded expectations.
39:54It's like Brock Bowers is incredible.
39:56Hey, I'm not saying that.
39:57I agree with you.
39:58Yeah, yeah.
39:59I would love for Brock to win.
40:00I would love for a non-quarterback to win.
40:01But you know that everybody's eyes,
40:02especially if the Broncos get into the playoffs
40:05and they continue to play well and Bo continues to get better,
40:08it's just going to be the story.
40:09You're spot on.
40:10Jaden started super fast.
40:11He won, like, damn near every single rookie of the week.
40:14And then now Bo is playing so well.
40:16And he's made Sean Payton right.
40:18And Brock Bowers has been there every single week.
40:20Brock Bowers has been there every single week.
40:22And Jaden was playing so well, he was starting people
40:23to be like, hey, maybe the actual MVP comes.
40:26He was.
40:26He was on my MVP list for a few weeks there.
40:28Yeah.
40:29All right, Dan, another 2 and 10 team.
40:30The Jags, the Titans, Titans minus 3 and 1 half.
40:32Jaguars, I don't want to talk about this game.
40:34OK.
40:35I'm done talking about the Jaguars.
40:37I'm done talking about the Jaguars.
40:37So Titans across the board?
40:38No, I'm taking Jaguars.
40:39But I'm done talking about the Jaguars.
40:42I'm taking the Titans.
40:43OK.
40:44Fine.
40:44I'm done talking about the Jaguars.
40:46OK.
40:47So we're not talking about it, but you are taking it.
40:48But I've made a pledge to not talk about the Jaguars anymore.
40:51OK.
40:51Don't say their name one more time.
40:53OK.
40:53And you're taking the Titans.
40:55I'm taking the team from Florida in this game.
40:56The team from Florida.
40:57OK.
40:58All right, Monday Night Football.
40:59Great real estate.
41:01Nice and warm, too.
41:02Real nice and warm.
41:03Monday Night Football, RG.
41:05The Bengals at the Cowboys.
41:06The Bengals, minus 5 and 1 half.
41:09Give me the Bengals.
41:10Or the Bangles, however you all want to say it.
41:13I'm very surprised with the Cowboys.
41:15Micah, a couple weeks ago, before they
41:17went on this two-game win streak,
41:18said, we're a damn good football team.
41:19And at that point, I almost busted out laughing.
41:23Because there's no way they really believe that.
41:25Now, yes, they beat the Commanders,
41:26which no one anticipated.
41:28And then they beat the lowly Giants.
41:29But for the Bengals, if you look at Joe Burrell's numbers,
41:32he's first in touchdowns, completion percentage, yards.
41:36He's having an MVP season.
41:38They just are 4 and 8.
41:39So he's earned the right to buy that Batmobile.
41:42$3 million, too.
41:44I kind of want to see that, Joe, by the way.
41:45That would be incredible.
41:46Think he'll wear a Batsuit when he comes out in it?
41:48I think, yeah, not at 4 and 8.
41:50No.
41:51Maybe at 5 and 8.
41:52Yeah.
41:52A backless bet.
41:53Maybe when he gets it, they can have a better year.
41:56But I just think the Bengals, Jamar Chase, Joe Burrell,
41:59what they are able to do, I think it's too much firepower.
42:01And I don't think the Cowboys will
42:03be able to score with them.
42:04And as a quarterback, obviously, he's
42:06showing his frustration on the field.
42:08What do you think's going through his head every single?
42:10I mean, being 4 and 8, but having the season
42:11that he's having has to be the worst.
42:13Well, if he hadn't been paid already,
42:15I think he would, I don't think he'd be happy.
42:17But I think he would be like, hey,
42:19I'm playing to get that contract.
42:21He's already been paid.
42:22So now he's in his mind, it's like a receiver
42:24who catches, you know, like Jared Judy.
42:27235 yards.
42:28And he's like, yeah, I wish you came away with the win.
42:30And I'm looking at him like, bro, come on.
42:33Yeah.
42:33I feel that way.
42:34I know Will would feel that way.
42:35But when you go back against your old team
42:37and you have that type of game, I
42:39think it's just a little confusing for Joe right now.
42:42It's all about wins and losses.
42:43And he's doing everything that he
42:45can to help the team win.
42:47And they're still losing.
42:49Like, what's he supposed to do, have 60 touchdown passes
42:51right now?
42:51They're trying to outscore everyone.
42:53And the thing that I think people are starting to see,
42:56Will, is the defense for the Bengals
42:59was really what got them through the majority of their Super
43:01Bowl run.
43:02Yeah, they were so good that year.
43:03And they have been terrible this year.
43:06And I think it's reflected in their record.
43:08Yeah.
43:08OK, Dan, the Bengals got my twang.
43:10Yeah, I'm going to take the Bengals as well.
43:11I love Joe Burrow, but they're a bad team.
43:14Same.
43:14And so are the Cowboys.
43:15It's like, it's Joe Burrow, Cooper Rush.
43:17Like, Bengals can score.
43:18They can't stop anybody.
43:19But it's like, it's Cooper Rush.
43:20Yeah.
43:21Out-duel.
43:21Exactly.
43:22Out-throw Joe B.
43:23OK, Dan.
43:24Hot takes.
43:25Week 14.
43:26Nailed it last week.
43:28Uh-oh.
43:28Wait, did you get $1,000?
43:29No, I said Matt Eberfluss.
43:31Oh, that's right.
43:32I owe him $1,000, I believe, if the Raiders don't win a game
43:35the rest of the season.
43:36Yeah, yeah, yeah.
43:37If the Raiders don't win another game,
43:38Dan gets $1,000 from you and from Taylor.
43:42And what do I have?
43:43Oh, is it?
43:43I can't remember.
43:44I can't remember either.
43:45Either way, I nailed it.
43:46Eberfluss.
43:47Yeah, you did.
43:47Got it.
43:48Last game.
43:48Bears are going to win this week.
43:50That's my hot take.
43:51OK, Will.
43:51They're going to win the game outright.
43:52Do you have any more, Dan?
43:54I don't want no more.
43:56RJ, you got any crazy hot takes?
43:59No.
44:01I got one for you.
44:01Oh, OK.
44:02I got one for you, Will.
44:04I think the Eagles are going to get the one seed
44:06and they're going to go to the Super Bowl.
44:08Ooh.
44:11We're taping this before the Thursday night football.
44:12I think the Packers are going to beat the Lions.
44:14I think the Eagles are going to keep winning.
44:15I think it's going to be.
44:16And if the Lions have to go to the Eagles,
44:19I think that's a very different thing than the Eagles
44:21going to the Lions.
44:22Yeah.
44:23I like that.
44:24So you think the Packers are going
44:25to beat the Lions tonight, which again, by this time.
44:27Yeah.
44:27But when this comes out, we'll already know.
44:28I do.
44:29I do.
44:29Wow.
44:30OK.
44:30Do you think that?
44:34I'm still trying to think about it.
44:35OK.
44:36OK.
44:36Let's just keep going.
44:38His brain just short-circuited.
44:39That's why I'm in a blender, because I want to say,
44:41I just want to go against the grain.
44:42But I already know I picked the Vikings.
44:44But a hot take could be Kirk Cousins
44:47having four touchdowns.
44:48OK.
44:48Do it then.
44:49Yeah, do it.
44:49Kirk Cousins, four touchdowns in Minnesota.
44:51Love it.
44:51There you go.
44:52You could still lose the game.
44:52That's true.
44:53Yeah, yeah.
44:53That's true.
44:54And it's a hot take.
44:54You're supposed to be hot.
44:55OK.
44:56Survivor pool picks.
44:57So Will and the guest seat.
44:59So Will and RG are still alive here.
45:01Dan and Jerry both have a point, but are eliminated.
45:04Yes.
45:04What are we doing here?
45:05OK.
45:05So you have to pick a team just to win.
45:07OK.
45:07You can't take any of the lists.
45:09Yeah, you can't take the Texans, the Bengals, the 49ers,
45:11the Jets, the Commanders, the Lions, or the Chiefs.
45:14Here you go.
45:14Oh, wow.
45:15This is easy.
45:16OK.
45:17Yeah.
45:17OK.
45:18Will, you cannot take the Bucs, the Bengals, the Titans,
45:21the Jets, the Bills, the 49ers, the Dolphins,
45:24or the Broncos.
45:26RG3 is going to go first, so Will can't copy.
45:28OK.
45:28RG3.
45:29Philly.
45:29Oh!
45:30You got Philly!
45:30Oh, shit!
45:33Damn it.
45:331, 2, 3.
45:34OK.
45:35Damn it.
45:35So both Philly?
45:36Yeah.
45:36I mean, that's the pick.
45:37Well, right.
45:38So then if they both lose and you guys just start over.
45:40Then we'll figure it out.
45:41Yeah.
45:41OK.
45:42That's the pick.
45:42That's the pick.
45:43That is the pick.
45:44Yeah.
45:44It's got to be the pick.
45:45Anything else for RG3?
45:47No, you're the best, man.
45:48You're awesome.
45:48Thank you so much.
45:49Yeah.
45:50OK.
45:50We will be back next week.
45:51Enjoy your weekend.
45:53And have fun on part of my take.
45:55Yeah.
45:55We will.
45:56Oh, we will.
45:56Can't wait.
45:57Argue away, boys.