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00:44Week 16 of the NFL, and Dan, we have a very special show today.
00:48We've got John Gruden and Fred Smoot here, which is...
00:51Two electric guys.
00:52I'm wondering how much you're going to get to talk today.
00:55No, I'm going to pass the ball. I want to pass the ball.
00:57Yes.
00:58I want to be a good point guard.
00:59Smoot will dribble it down to the two-second mark.
01:02Don't worry, man. I've been looking for Coach for a long time.
01:06See, here goes the funny thing about it.
01:07When I came out in 01 as one of the top defensive backs,
01:10I was looking at his team, and he had Warren Sapp and Brooks and all the rest of those guys,
01:15but he took one of my best friends, Dwight Smith, instead.
01:18I could have had a ring as a Tampa Bay Buck, but Coach stole it from me.
01:22Why didn't you take Smoot?
01:24Smoot comes into the meeting, and he says,
01:26The world is made up of 70% water and 30% land.
01:32I cover the 30%.
01:34Tell him how you said it. How'd you say it?
01:36The world is covered by 70% water. I cover the rest.
01:40So I'm letting him know...
01:42I said, Get him out of here.
01:43That was a combine? That was a combine?
01:45Yeah. That's what he said.
01:47He didn't even say, How you doing, Coach?
01:49He starts giving me this line about the world.
01:51I said, Get his ass out of here.
01:55The last time you were on, I was like, You were preaching,
01:57but apparently Gruden didn't like when you were preaching.
01:59He didn't understand what was going on at the time,
02:02but he got a chance to play me on a couple occasions as a head coach and offensive coordinator
02:07because he called his plays, and I enjoyed everything.
02:09Yes, you did.
02:11That's fantastic.
02:12That's so good.
02:13And I know you and Jerry have since played golf together,
02:16but I was hoping you guys were going to do an Oklahoma drill.
02:18Well, on my first visit here, Jerry had the tweet.
02:21You read the tweet?
02:22Yep.
02:23It was completely trashed.
02:24What was the tweet again?
02:25Yeah.
02:26Something about I'll break his back.
02:27Yeah, you break Gruden's back.
02:28He said that.
02:29He was like, This pussy John Gruden, if he goes over the middle against me,
02:32I'll break his back.
02:33He had negativity through him and out of him the last time.
02:37So I understand why he wanted a tech coach like that.
02:40Jerry flew down to Tampa, though.
02:42We had a golf match, and me and my friend Trent put a can of wood last night.
02:45Yeah.
02:46Whoa.
02:47They crushed us.
02:48They crushed us.
02:49Who were you playing with?
02:50Frankie.
02:51Oh.
02:52It's great.
02:53I'm just so bad that we suck.
02:55It's all right.
02:56It's okay.
02:57It'll be okay.
02:58It'll be okay.
02:59So, Dan, obviously, you know,
03:00Will is not here to have the back and forth with the records,
03:03but you're still in a 3-game lead.
03:04Yeah, I had a bad week.
03:05I had a bad week.
03:063-game lead.
03:07But the boys are going to help you out here.
03:08Yeah.
03:09I've got to get back on track.
03:10The 7 and 9, not good enough, especially in December,
03:12so I've got to get back on track.
03:13All right.
03:14Let's get right into the games,
03:15the storyline games of the week presented by the Chevy Silverado.
03:17We will start with the Eagles at the Commanders, Dan,
03:19the Eagles minus 3-1⁄2.
03:21So, I'm very happy that Fred Smoot is here
03:23because he knows the Commanders better than anyone else.
03:25Yeah.
03:26He does a bunch of stuff with them.
03:27He watches every game.
03:28Here's my question for you, Fred,
03:31because I like the Eagles here.
03:33I'm going to pick the Eagles.
03:35Something's up with whatever it is,
03:38is the offensive line for the Commanders
03:40and protecting Jayden Daniels.
03:42He got sacked eight times against the Saints defense.
03:45It's not very good.
03:46That's fine.
03:47Now you've got an Eagles defense that's very good.
03:49What's happening with the play calling or whatever it may be
03:53with the Commanders later in the season
03:55where their offense doesn't look as dynamic it was in September and October,
03:59and now you have a team with the Eagles where,
04:02I mean, you saw what they did to Jerry.
04:04They emasculated Jerry.
04:05Yeah.
04:06They had a 10-minute drive against Jerry Steelers on Sunday
04:09where Mike Tomlin punted, which made no sense.
04:11Crazy punt.
04:12Pussy punt.
04:13Gave the ball away.
04:14Don't doubt Mike Tomlin.
04:15Never got it back.
04:16Don't doubt him.
04:17So, I think the Eagles are going to do the same thing,
04:18play good defense, control the ball,
04:20do these 10-minute drives where you look up
04:24and the Steelers had two possessions in the second half on Sunday.
04:28Two.
04:29You can't win with two possessions in the second half.
04:31I'm going to take the Eagles,
04:32but tell me what's going on with their offense in protecting Jayden Daniels.
04:35Well, luckily you've been wrong all year, so I'll piggyback off that.
04:38At the end of the day, the Pittsburgh Steelers got everything they deserve.
04:42Let's be honest about it.
04:43They got everything they deserve.
04:44And when you talk about that offensive line at the Commanders,
04:46everything starts with the center, Taylor Biotis.
04:48We call him Taylor Badass because that's what he is.
04:51He's one of the best centers in football,
04:52and if you take him out of the lineup,
04:54now who's going to make the calls for the rookie quarterback?
04:56So, at the end of the day, that's what changed.
04:58He did not play.
04:59He had the flu before the game.
05:01He will be back this season.
05:02He will be back.
05:03That's the difference about it.
05:05When you can protect the quarterback and keep somebody like Jayden Daniels clean,
05:08it gives you a chance to win the game.
05:10And don't forget, the first time we played Philadelphia,
05:13that game was a three-point game with six minutes left in the fourth quarter.
05:16All right, so don't act like they destroyed us.
05:18Now you come to Sunday Northwest Stadium, all right?
05:21You come to Sunday Northwest Stadium.
05:22Well, we got what I call the Gold Coat Restaurant with Bobby Wagner
05:27and Frankie Lou Vu.
05:29And guess what they serve?
05:30They serve rice pilaf at this restaurant with a side of knock-knock.
05:34So, you better get ready for it.
05:36Get ready for a defensive battle.
05:39Side of knock-knock?
05:41Side of knock-knock.
05:42And don't forget that Saquon Barkley is limping into this game.
05:46Yeah.
05:47Don't forget, big play Slate is limping into this game.
05:49And Terry McLaurin has been so, so good.
05:5211 touchdowns.
05:53It's Halloween every Sunday.
05:55Every time this guy is out there, at the end of the day, he makes things happen.
05:58So, if you think they're going to let them walk in here in a divisional game
06:01and we're just going to lay down, no, that ain't going to happen, man.
06:04Okay.
06:06Commanders.
06:07Coach?
06:08Side of knock-knock.
06:09He just gave the sermon.
06:10I'm going to give the benediction.
06:12Preach, Coach.
06:14There's no way that the commanders beat the Eagles.
06:17The Eagles are the best team in the NFC.
06:19They have a top defense.
06:21They got the quarterbacks playing good.
06:23They're balanced.
06:24He proved he could throw the ball.
06:26I'm not going to argue with Fred, but here's the benediction.
06:29The Eagles are going to win this game.
06:31Coach, I'm so sorry to go against you on this one right here,
06:33but you got your version and I got the facts and the truth.
06:36Here goes the truth of the matter is, Jalen Hurst has not been playing well.
06:39He's been up and down all year long.
06:41And you know this like I know this, Coach.
06:44The skill, the coaching all goes together,
06:47but there has to be a brotherhood right there.
06:49And there's something wrong with the brotherhood in Philadelphia right now.
06:52This is a place that has a statue of a guy named Rocky that didn't exist.
06:56This is a place that doesn't understand that if they don't come together,
06:59they will not win in the playoffs.
07:01There's something going on.
07:03If the quarterback has to come out, defend himself against everybody,
07:07the band is not rocking again.
07:09I've seen this happen to the Beatles.
07:11Fred, I have heard the greatest bullshit in my life.
07:15You're not the first guy to come in here and bullshit me.
07:18Philadelphia Eagles, Jalen Hurst ain't playing bad.
07:21Jalen Hurst is the straw that stirs the drink, baby.
07:24He's got 15 rushing touchdowns.
07:26He can hand it to a beast.
07:28He can keep it himself.
07:29And he proved last week he's got two cats.
07:31He can really rip apart anybody.
07:33He answered the bell.
07:35This is one of those things on Sunday I wish that they were sitting there
07:37watching it together.
07:38We've got to do it.
07:39We've got to stream together.
07:40Because I would love to see this play out in person.
07:42Yeah.
07:43Okay, well let's see what happens with this next game.
07:45The Vikings at the Seahawks.
07:47John, I'll start with you.
07:48The Vikings minus three.
07:50Every time I pick on Seattle, I get let down.
07:53I was really ticked at Seattle last week.
07:55They weren't ready to go.
07:56They wear those fluorescent goddang uniforms.
07:59No, they're so ugly.
08:01They're ugly.
08:02They should give the refunds to the season ticket holders.
08:04So ugly.
08:05Back to your traditional Seahawk uniforms.
08:07I mean, those are great outfits.
08:09But it started there.
08:10I had a lot of praise for their defense.
08:12They let Jordan Love go right down the field twice.
08:14Josh Jacobs kicked their ass.
08:16I didn't like what I saw from Seattle.
08:18I really like the Vikings.
08:20I think the Vikings can do whatever they want on offense.
08:23They have great receivers.
08:24They're tight ends of factor.
08:26They can run it.
08:27And I like their defense.
08:28It's a pressure defense.
08:29I like the Vikings to cover and win this game.
08:31Fred, do you agree with him?
08:32You know what?
08:33I hate to agree with the Gruden right now, but I am.
08:36There we go.
08:37There we go.
08:38So, hey, I believe in second chances.
08:41And Sam Donald, I really deserve that this kid needed a second chance
08:45because ain't nothing worse than a great player than bad coaching.
08:48He had bad coaching all of his career.
08:50And now he's a rebirth over there.
08:52And like Coach said, one of the best receivers,
08:54if not the best receiver in football.
08:56And let's talk about that Vikings defense.
08:58They are stingy.
08:59You ever ask your mama for something and she said, no?
09:01I'm like, no.
09:02I'm just not going to give it to you.
09:03That's what the Viking defense does.
09:04And you're talking about Geno Smill?
09:06He's limping into this game.
09:07You're talking about a running game.
09:08Charbonnet is running better than Kenneth Walker.
09:10You're talking about an offensive line that's kind of shoddy when you talk
09:13about the Seattle Seahawks.
09:14So, I'm going to go with Coach, and I'm going Minnesota Vikings.
09:17Not by three.
09:18I'm going to go by seven.
09:19Okay, Dan?
09:20All right, I'm going to go opposite you guys.
09:22I'm going to go opposite you guys.
09:23Hungry Dog runs faster.
09:24Seahawks, this is their season.
09:26They know.
09:27Look, they tripped up against the Packers.
09:28That was a bad game.
09:30Flush that down the drain.
09:32Geno Smith should play.
09:33He said he felt good in practice.
09:36The Seahawks need this game.
09:38They need to win out to get to the playoffs.
09:39And they have everything in front of them because they play the Vikings this
09:41week.
09:42I think next week they come to Chicago.
09:43They'll kill the Bears because the Bears suck.
09:45And they finish the season against the Rams.
09:47That will be for the NFC West.
09:49This is going to be a game that they have to have.
09:51And here's the thing.
09:52Vikings defense is very good.
09:54They haven't been playing a lot of great quarterbacks.
09:57That ain't they job.
09:58I'm just saying.
09:59Let me just list a couple quarterbacks that have been playing.
10:01The last stretch.
10:02Anthony Richardson.
10:03Sorry, it was Joe Flacco in that game.
10:05Joe Flacco.
10:06Love Joe Flacco.
10:07Legend.
10:08He's a little old.
10:09Trevor Lawrence had a tough year.
10:12Banged up.
10:13Will Levis.
10:15We know there's been some big problems with Will Levis.
10:17Caleb Williams.
10:18I love him.
10:19But there's been some issues.
10:20And he actually torched them the first time they played.
10:22Almost won that game in overtime.
10:24Kyler Murray played really well against them.
10:26The Cardinals did a little field goal instead of touchdowns.
10:29The Cardinals should have won that game.
10:31Kirk Cousins just got benched.
10:33Caleb Williams again.
10:34That was an atrocious game on Monday Night Football.
10:36What I'm trying to say is Geno Smith is better than what I just listed.
10:41And I think the Seahawks need this game so bad.
10:43I'm going to take the Seahawks.
10:44Fred, did you just say under your breath whenever he mentioned Caleb Williams,
10:47he will cry?
10:48He will cry.
10:49Yeah, listen.
10:50He was hurt.
10:51No, a sensitive thug needs a hug.
10:53He was hurt.
10:54And I'm here.
10:55I'm here.
10:56That's a good guy.
10:57You can lean on my shoulder.
10:59I'm here if you need to cry on my shoulder.
11:01The one thing I do not like when it comes to my quarterback is I don't like him
11:04to be emotionally combustible.
11:06I don't like him to get too high when we win.
11:09I don't like him to be too low when we lose.
11:11I like him to be right in the middle because we take on his personality.
11:14If he's erratic, we're erratic.
11:16Yes, he can cry.
11:18You think that the Minnesota Vikings, who are playing for the number one seed
11:22in the NFC, getting ready for the showdown against the Detroit Lions,
11:26is going to go lose to the Seattle Seahawks wearing those uniforms, Dan?
11:30Yeah.
11:31It ain't happening.
11:32No, it ain't.
11:33It ain't happening.
11:34Especially if they wear them ice cold Viking jerseys they just wore.
11:36I like those.
11:37Oh, I hated those.
11:38You did?
11:39No, I liked those.
11:40You need the purple helmets.
11:41Purple helmets are iconic.
11:42No, you don't.
11:43No, you don't.
11:44Listen, this is my – and you'll like this.
11:45I do like this.
11:46Okay, AFC North, NFC North, that's football.
11:48Okay, that's history.
11:49That's football.
11:50Don't mess with the uniforms.
11:51You want to mess with the uniforms, go to the AFC South.
11:54Let them mess.
11:55The Jaguars can wear whatever uniform they want.
11:56The Tigers can wear whatever uniform they want.
11:58Titans can wear whatever uniform they want.
12:00Rebrand.
12:01Football in the AFC and the NFC North should be the same uniforms,
12:05classic smash mouth football.
12:07The Bears should take those socks and throw them in the garbage.
12:09Well, the Bears shouldn't wear any uniforms.
12:11They should forfeit the rest of the season.
12:13Yeah, that's a whole different story.
12:15Well, I'm sure we'll get to that in a little bit.
12:17Let's get to Jerry's Picking Zoo presented by Stella Blue Coffee.
12:20Coach, I know last time you were here you tried a cold iced coffee
12:23for the first time.
12:24Have you had another one?
12:25Well, I had one.
12:26Dan sent me some coffee, by the way.
12:29Yes.
12:30The Stella Blue?
12:31The Stella, the electric coffee is my favorite.
12:33Electric having a good vibe coffee.
12:35I mean, I start the day with a great hot cup of coffee,
12:38but the iced coffee just hasn't –
12:40It hasn't fully caught on.
12:41It hasn't caught on yet.
12:42It's an oxymoron.
12:43I don't want my coffee cold.
12:45This kind of cold coffee, that means it's time to stop drinking it.
12:48When it gets cold, it's through.
12:50It's over with.
12:51It was like three degrees in Chicago last week,
12:53and I ordered an iced coffee.
12:54I'm a weirdo.
12:55It's cold with you.
12:56A lot, a lot.
12:57You got a lot of time.
12:58There's a lot wrong with me.
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13:18Okay, Jerry, what do we got this week?
13:20Leia.
13:21She's back again.
13:227-0, right?
13:237-0.
13:247-0.
13:25Okay, let's run the video.
13:26She hasn't lost.
13:28All right, welcome back.
13:29Pro Football Football Show Week 16, Jerry's Picking Zoo,
13:35presented by Stella Blue.
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13:40Star of the show.
13:41I mean, Leia.
13:437-0 now.
13:44Seven wins in a row.
13:467-0, undefeated, never lost, obviously.
13:50Listen, game of the week.
13:52Pittsburgh at Baltimore.
13:54Has she been swayed in the past?
13:56Yes, make no mistake about it.
13:57I was lying a couple weeks ago when she picked the Steelers.
14:00I picked the Steelers.
14:01She just ate the treat.
14:03She gets credit for the win.
14:04We can't do that no more.
14:06She's 7-0.
14:07Everything has to rely on her pick.
14:10We're going to try to do this pretty fair.
14:11So, we're going to come over here, Leia.
14:13Go.
14:14Okay, good.
14:15Back, back, back, back, back, back.
14:16Okay, perfect.
14:17Good.
14:18Leia, go.
14:20I didn't do that.
14:21I didn't do that.
14:22I didn't do that.
14:23I did not do that.
14:24I promise you, she was back there.
14:26Steelers.
14:27She's 7-0.
14:28Book it.
14:29We'll be back next week.
14:31All right.
14:32Okay, so 7-0.
14:33She picked the Steelers, plus 6-1⁄2.
14:35The game of the week presented by the Chevy Silverado.
14:37Fred, are you going to roll with her?
14:40Well, you know what?
14:41I hate to go against the dog.
14:42You know, I was in college as a dog.
14:44So, at the end of the day, I'm going to say this, though.
14:46If anybody can stop Lamar Jackson and make him play a different game,
14:49it's been Mike Tumlin and the Pittsburgh Steelers.
14:51The Pittsburgh Steelers' defense has a star on every level,
14:54starting in the defensive backfield with Mika Fitzpatrick, TJ Watt.
14:57I don't know if TJ Watt is playing.
14:59I think he will.
15:00Yeah, he was in practice.
15:01That defensive line know how to get it done, but I think Lamar gets over the hump.
15:05I think Lamar comes out and plays Lamar football.
15:08I think that they finally say, Derek Henry is cold.
15:11We're going to roll with the freight train.
15:13I'm going to go with the Ravens.
15:15I think they find a way to get the job done.
15:17Rashad Bateman on the outside.
15:18Zay Flowers on the outside.
15:20They get some big plays.
15:21They make it happen.
15:22Dan, Steelers or Ravens?
15:23Yeah, I'm just going to go Steelers because when these two teams play,
15:26it's always a close game.
15:28I mean, they know each other so well.
15:29They know how to play.
15:30Fred said it perfectly.
15:32I mean, the Pittsburgh Steelers know how to play against Lamar Jackson.
15:35They've been a thorn in his side.
15:36Yeah.
15:37Mike Tomlin, one and four against the Steelers.
15:38One and four against the Steelers.
15:41Mike Tomlin is an underdog, is four points or more versus the Ravens,
15:458-0 against the spread.
15:47Give me the Steelers.
15:49I think the Ravens are the better team, but when these two teams play,
15:52something happens where they just, it's a field goal game.
15:55It's a field goal game.
15:56Coach, you don't trust Justin Tucker is what you're saying.
15:58Yeah, I don't trust Justin Tucker.
15:59You know who I do trust?
16:00Chris Boswell.
16:01Well, you know what?
16:02I trust Justin Tucker because you go through hard times early in the year,
16:05that's the guy I'm going to count on.
16:06Hard times have been continuing though.
16:08But guess what?
16:09I believe in Justin Tucker.
16:10You believe in Justin Tucker.
16:11Okay, okay.
16:12The hard times have been going on for a while.
16:14Yeah.
16:15Hey, guess what?
16:16Hard times don't last.
16:17Tough people do.
16:18Yeah.
16:19Okay.
16:20There's a lot of numbers that say Pittsburgh will win.
16:22They've won eight out of nine against Baltimore.
16:24Derrick Henry's never beaten the Steelers.
16:26He's oh and four.
16:27Lamar's one and four.
16:28Got a 66 rating.
16:30I could go on and on about the reasons why the Steelers are going to win.
16:34Bullshit.
16:35The Ravens are going to win this game.
16:36Thank you, Coach.
16:37They lost 18 to 16 at Pittsburgh.
16:39Yeah.
16:40They committed 12 penalties.
16:41The Ravens did.
16:42Yep.
16:43They had three turnovers.
16:44They missed two field goals.
16:45They didn't play good at all.
16:47The Ravens had a bye week two weeks ago.
16:49They kind of shuffled up their defense a little bit.
16:52They had a new inside linebacker.
16:53This Ardarius Washington is playing safety now.
16:57They're playing better on defense.
16:59Lamar's got 34 touchdown passes, three picks.
17:02He's run for 750.
17:03Yeah.
17:04To me, if Lamar shreds Pittsburgh, this is the final stake in the iron.
17:09He's the MVP.
17:10If he doesn't, he'll give it to Josh Allen.
17:12But I think Lamar Jackson, the Ravens, with that bye week a couple weeks ago,
17:16they're healthier.
17:18Ogunjobi might not play.
17:19Deshaun Elliott might not play.
17:21George Pickens ain't going to play.
17:22Yeah.
17:23Hell, what are we talking about?
17:24Yeah.
17:25That freaking Ravens, man.
17:27I'm office at all these.
17:29I love it.
17:30I love it.
17:31They just play field goal games.
17:33I'll call you on Saturday afternoon when the game is coming down
17:38and the Ravens are about to win the game with a field goal,
17:40with like a 25-yard field goal.
17:42Did you see how Pittsburgh looked?
17:44That's exactly how I expected it to go.
17:46Did you see how they looked?
17:48I'll take three shots at this.
17:49Like a fireball.
17:50If the Steelers win this game.
17:52That's a triple fireball.
17:53I'm not saying they're going to win.
17:54I'm saying it's going to be a field goal game.
17:56Whatever happens to be a three-point game, I'm going to call you.
17:58But it's going to be a Ravens win.
18:00Listen to me, coach.
18:01Listen to me next time.
18:02Field goal game.
18:03It's going to be a Ravens win.
18:04This is going to be different.
18:05Baltimore is coming out full force.
18:07Yes.
18:08I'm with coach.
18:09Jerry, how are you feeling about this?
18:10Yeah, I think it's going to be a close game.
18:11I would give the edge to Baltimore this week.
18:14It's just no pickings.
18:16I mean, the offense is stagnant without them.
18:18He makes that offense turn,
18:20and the running game has been really fucking bad.
18:23I think the Ravens beat them, but I'm hoping it's a close game.
18:26I don't know if I've ever seen you pick against the Steelers.
18:29Well, just because the injuries.
18:30Injuries are tough.
18:31I mean, one of our best defensive players is Sean Elliott.
18:33He's been great all year.
18:34He's missed the last couple games.
18:36Tough, tough, tough beat for the Steelers there.
18:38Mika hasn't been the same this year as well.
18:40He's, like, not making any splash plays this year.
18:43T.J. Watt probably going to play.
18:45Is he 100% healthy?
18:46Probably not.
18:47So, I think Baltimore wins the game, unfortunately.
18:49But I think it's close.
18:50I think it's close.
18:51You remember when you were telling Dan how negative he was about the Bears?
18:53Yeah.
18:54I mean, this man's down tremendous.
18:55But that negativity comes with truth.
18:57Like, I'm never mad.
18:58What about mine?
18:59Yours is just negative.
19:02My team's 4-10.
19:03But he gave me facts.
19:04He said, you know what?
19:05We're missing this person.
19:06We're missing this person.
19:07We haven't been doing well since George Pickens.
19:08We haven't been there to really push the thing down the field.
19:11The Ravens are going to come down on them and force them to beat them deep.
19:14This might be a massacre now that I think about it in Baltimore.
19:18I'd like to be at this game, though, because it's going to decide the NFC,
19:21AFC North title.
19:22Yeah.
19:23Yeah, it is.
19:24And these two teams hate each other.
19:25They hate each other.
19:26I love you.
19:27Jerry, ever since we beat you in golf, I've shaved your beard.
19:30You've gone through an identity crisis.
19:32Yes!
19:33And now the Steelers are fading.
19:34They're 2-2 in their last four games.
19:35Yeah.
19:36Yeah.
19:37So if they lose this, that's 2-3.
19:38And then they got another game Christmas Day against Kansas City.
19:41And then Joe Burrow comes to town.
19:43And you know Joe, he wants to hate on you.
19:45This could be a very, very tough Christmas for Jersey.
19:48Yeah.
19:49Steelers got screwed scheduling-wise this year.
19:51I mean, terrible.
19:52Terrible.
19:53But what are you going to do?
19:54You can't make an excuse like that.
19:55I mean, they didn't play an AFC North game until fucking nine weeks into the season.
19:59He's having an identity crisis, John.
20:01Say some tears for my drink later.
20:03I want to put them in there and drink them.
20:05In your eggnog, right?
20:06Yeah.
20:07No, never.
20:08Never.
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20:28Okay, John, your playbook pick this week is?
20:31I'm going to go with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
20:34Okay.
20:35Monday night football at Dallas.
20:37I like the Cowboys, what they've done with Rico Doudle.
20:40Nobody knows this, but Doudle's had three straight 100-yard games.
20:43Mike McCarthy's a hell of a coach.
20:45He's done a great job hanging in there.
20:47They lost overshown.
20:49I like the Tampa Bay Buccaneers as one of the sleepers.
20:52Not only did they get into the playoffs, but to do some damage.
20:55Their win on the road last week against the Chargers, the number one ranked defense.
21:00Scoring defense was awesome.
21:02I like the Buccaneers.
21:03I think they're rolling.
21:04I like Todd Bowles a lot.
21:06As a coach, I'm rooting for Tampa, and I expect Tampa to go to Dallas and get this.
21:11Nobody wants to say Baker Baker, touchdown maker,
21:15He continues to outplay what people have said his standard is.
21:19I like players that have been through some adversity, and now on the other hand,
21:23I will take Baker as a leader and go out there and play with Baker,
21:26and I put it on the line with Baker.
21:28They're starting to get healthier, and Mike Evans, he's just the age of his woman.
21:32The best.
21:33He just continues to burn people and get people fired from the NFL.
21:36So, yes, most definitely I'm with coach Tampa Bay Bucs.
21:38Yeah, Mike Evans 250 yards away from his 11th straight 1,000-yard season.
21:43Never been in the NFL without 1,000 yards.
21:45Also had him in college, too.
21:46Yeah, insane.
21:47I'm going to take the Bucs as well.
21:48Liam Cohen, the offensive coordinator for the Bucs.
21:52Everyone talks about Ben Johnson, and rightfully so,
21:54but Liam Cohen, what he's done with the Bucs has been incredible.
21:57I used to coach in Tampa.
21:58They have the best left tackle, I think, in football, Tristan Worth.
22:02And I'm going to say this.
22:03Their right tackle, nobody talks about Gedeke.
22:06He doesn't ever get in trouble at right tackle.
22:08They drafted a center, Barton, in the first round.
22:10He's an outstanding player.
22:13And I think Bucky Irving should get some consideration for rookie of the year.
22:18He's a badass, man.
22:19He's a combination between Warwick Dunn, Charlie Garner, Napoleon Goffman.
22:23He is a great back.
22:25They can run the ball, big cat.
22:26Yeah, especially against this Dallas team.
22:28I'm telling you, they're a dangerous football team.
22:30Yeah.
22:31Okay, Dan, we know you always pick the Bears.
22:33They're playing the Lions.
22:34Yeah.
22:35Not great.
22:36Yeah.
22:37Where are we going with this one?
22:38I'm going to take the Bears.
22:40The Bears.
22:41All right, I guess I'll try to make a case for it.
22:43Can't get worse.
22:45Yes, it can.
22:46Yeah, probably can.
22:48Let me try something else.
22:49Lions are banged up on defense.
22:51Don't matter.
22:52Okay.
22:53Lions outside, different team.
22:54Not really.
22:55Yeah, they are.
22:56A little bit of a different team outside than indoors.
22:58Yeah, they're not scoring anybody.
22:59What I would say is the David Montgomery injury.
23:02Okay, there we go.
23:03You know, Knuckles kind of taking him out the offense right there.
23:06Changes a lot.
23:07Blunt first trauma, then you put in Jameer Gill to run all over the place.
23:10The question is right now, can Jameer Gill take 20-plus carries in a game?
23:15Yeah.
23:16He's about to have to show you.
23:17Yeah.
23:18I'm taking the Bears.
23:19I don't feel good about it.
23:20I don't.
23:21You know, the Bears have had Jared Goff's number the last three times.
23:23They have.
23:24Detroit came in here last year and lost.
23:25Yep.
23:26And we almost beat them on Thanksgiving.
23:27I know you guys can criticize your coach, but Eberflus, his defense.
23:31I know.
23:32They had solved the Lions.
23:33And really on Thanksgiving Day, that 23-20 game,
23:36the Bears should have won that game if they don't mess up the clock
23:39at the end of the football game.
23:40Yep.
23:41I'm worried about Detroit outside.
23:43I went outside today.
23:44I'm telling you, Fred, it's cold, man.
23:46It is.
23:47It's cold outside.
23:48Different team.
23:49Different team.
23:50Coach, careful team, though.
23:51Coach, you a coach.
23:52You know what the pedigree.
23:53You know we take on y'all identity.
23:55If they got the identity of one of the best coaches in football right now,
23:58he got me right now ready to go to Applebee's and order a five-piece
24:02of boneless wings, which boneless wings don't exist.
24:05All right?
24:06So at the end of the day.
24:07Oh, you're not a boneless wing guy?
24:08They don't exist.
24:09It's a chicken nugget.
24:10It's not a boneless chicken.
24:11It's a chicken nugget that you rename.
24:13But at the end of the day, I believe in Coach Campbell,
24:17and I believe that Jerry Goff is one of the – he's the Roger Dangerfield
24:21of quarterbacking in the NFL.
24:23Nobody respects him.
24:24He gets no respect, and all he does is go out there and ball out.
24:28St. Brown is one of the toughest receivers you're going to get.
24:31That's a fact.
24:32They're going to find a way.
24:34Sewell is not the best.
24:35You brought up tackle.
24:37That's right.
24:38Tackle plays in Detroit.
24:40I'm going to go with Detroit, the bully.
24:42I think you guys are missing the boat here on this.
24:44I really do.
24:45I think if I'm Montez Sweat, if I'm Kyler Gordon, if I'm Keenan Allen,
24:50EJ Moore, and Swift, I'm having a players-only meeting.
24:54We're going to kick this team.
24:55Did you see the Lions played defense last week?
24:57I did.
24:58We're going to whoop their ass.
24:59We're going to take away their number one seed.
25:01We're going to end their dreams.
25:03We're going to be the nightmare smooth.
25:05I like this.
25:06There you go.
25:07They got dreams of winning this.
25:09We got nightmares.
25:10There you go.
25:11And Caleb Williams, I'm going to prove I can play in cold weather.
25:14We're going to prove we can beat a 12-and-2 team.
25:16We should have beat them the last time.
25:18The Bears are going to shock the Lions.
25:20There you go, Dan.
25:21Yes.
25:22Yes.
25:23There you go.
25:24I don't just want to go with Dan.
25:25I want to go against you.
25:26Yeah.
25:27That's fine coach.
25:29I'm tired of this.
25:30That's why I love football.
25:32They still going to take their four quarters.
25:34We still got to wait for them four quarters.
25:35But, Dan, that has to make you feel a little bit better.
25:37Oh, yeah.
25:38You're fired up.
25:39Turn that frown upside down.
25:40You just gave me a Dan Campbell speech.
25:41I'm ready to go.
25:42We got to get our defense going.
25:43I know.
25:44Our defense gave up 68 points the last two weeks.
25:45And they keep getting run on.
25:46You know what?
25:47Since they played the Commanders, the Chicago Bears' soul has been taken.
25:51I know.
25:52It has.
25:53And when your soul is taken, you're soulless.
25:54That means you don't care anymore.
25:56They're just out there, zombie land, trying to get through the year.
25:59You know what?
26:00One, two, three, Cancun.
26:02That's what they said in Chicago.
26:03Oh, no.
26:04Ten weeks ago.
26:05You know, a lot of people go to Washington.
26:07It's a reverse car wash.
26:08You go in clean, you come out dirty.
26:10I know a lot of people.
26:13That's how it used to be.
26:15It's new to Washington.
26:17They're great players, great coaches.
26:19Two years later.
26:21That was the old Washington.
26:25This is the new Washington, all right?
26:27New leadership, new ownership, new everything.
26:30We will see.
26:32That's ownership in the business right now.
26:34Right now.
26:36You ain't heard of the young Jedi?
26:38Jaden Daniels?
26:39Jedi Five?
26:40We got a guy that can move linemen with his mind.
26:44We got a guy that outruns people.
26:46You know what?
26:48I like what you said about Bucky Irving.
26:50You know who's 93 yards behind him?
26:52Jaden Daniels.
26:54You know who's leading all rookie passes?
26:56Jaden Daniels.
26:57You know who got ice water running through his veins?
26:59Jaden Daniels.
27:01You know if Spencer Rattler throws the second read on the two-point play
27:05last week, Jaden Daniels loses to the Saints?
27:08I don't do eels, coach.
27:10I don't do eels, coach.
27:11I don't do eels, coach.
27:12I don't do eels.
27:14Put that in your notes.
27:15It's very good.
27:16Okay, Fred, what's your playbook?
27:18Put that in your notes.
27:20Sprint right option.
27:22Spencer Rattler.
27:23Why do y'all love that play, coach?
27:25Why do y'all love that sprint right option?
27:27Sprint right option.
27:28Dwight Clark.
27:29You ever heard the catch?
27:30That was the same play the Saints ran last week against Washington.
27:33And they received it on the back line.
27:35Dwight Clark wide open, but he threw it in the flat.
27:37Otherwise, you and Jaden Daniels are crying in your towel.
27:40But guess what?
27:41Not no more.
27:42We good.
27:43We smiling.
27:44Headed to the playoffs.
27:45I love these sprints, Fred.
27:48Okay, Fred, your playbook pick.
27:50All right, I'm going with a former Washington coach because, you know,
27:53at one point we had like seven head coaches under the same roof.
27:56Yeah, I've heard that.
27:57One of the best coaches that we had under that roof was one McVay.
28:00All right, so I'm going to go Rams over to New York Jets
28:03because the New York Jets is the worst franchise in football right now.
28:07The New York Jets from the top to the bottom is riding to the core.
28:11Last time I checked, I heard they've been ran by a 15-year-old.
28:14All I'm saying is this.
28:16That's true.
28:17They have a quarterback that's super, uber talented,
28:19but I don't know if he's a good people's person.
28:21And they take a person to run a locker room.
28:24So I'm watching one team fall apart,
28:26and I'm watching the Rams come together when it matter.
28:28Matthew Stafford, all he do is ball.
28:30Puka Nakua, nobody ever puts him in the upper excellence of wide receiver
28:35when he blocks better than 90% of the wide receivers in the league.
28:39He's contested catches.
28:40He's only second to one Terry McLaurin.
28:43This guy gets it down and dirty.
28:45Don't forget they got Cooper Cupp.
28:46They are getting healthy at the right time of the year.
28:48You ask me who going to win the West?
28:50It ain't the Seattle Seahawks.
28:51It's the Los Angeles Rams led by Matthew Stafford.
28:55They are the scariest team.
28:57Yeah, I agree.
28:58I agree.
28:59Nobody wants to play.
29:00And don't forget about them rookies on defense.
29:02They get after it, man.
29:03They get after it.
29:04I'm going to Los Angeles Rams.
29:06Dan, you agree with him?
29:07Yeah, I agree.
29:08I mean, the Jets defense is just falling off a cliff.
29:09I mean, they're just so bad.
29:11Where's the Williams brothers?
29:13Mack Jones is going up and down the field on them.
29:16Now you got Matthew Stafford and Cooper Cupp and Puka Nakua.
29:19Yeah, I'm going to take the Rams.
29:21John?
29:22I saw Saquon Barkley hit his head on the goal post
29:24running the ball against the Rams.
29:26I mean, he ran for 300 yards against all your rookies,
29:29just so we're on the same page.
29:31And then Josh Allen scored six touchdowns in a row.
29:33Not worried about it.
29:34So their defense is a problem.
29:36The other problem is the Rams are not a good traveling team.
29:39I don't think they play good.
29:40I think they're very much like Detroit going on the road.
29:43Here comes the Jets.
29:45The Jets are shitty.
29:46They don't have an owner, this, that.
29:48Let me tell you something, Aaron Rodgers and Devontae Adams,
29:51say whatever you want, they're a problem.
29:53Yeah.
29:54They can really, really exert some issues for you.
29:57You're right, Coach.
29:58I don't even know who your corners are.
30:00I'm going with the Jets.
30:03I'm into the dreams and nightmares speech.
30:07I say it a lot.
30:08Right now, some of us have no hope.
30:10The Jets right now are playing for nothing.
30:12The only hope they have is to ruin your Christmas
30:15and make you miserable.
30:17And I got a feeling that's what Aaron Rodgers, Devontae Adams,
30:21Quentin Williams, I love the Jets.
30:23He's been the Grinch all year for them.
30:25Aaron Rodgers has been the Grinch for the New York Jets all year.
30:29It's that time of year, man.
30:31Devontae Adams, I mean, what he did against the Jaguars,
30:33145 yards in the last four minutes of the game.
30:35That's insane.
30:36Four minutes of the game against the Jaguars.
30:38You want me to be, what, up in arms about that?
30:40Just saying.
30:41Just saying.
30:42That is a lot of yards.
30:43He's right.
30:44They're playing against a lot of people.
30:46They're treating the Jets.
30:47Yeah.
30:48There you go.
30:49Are you serious, big guy?
30:51Are you serious?
30:53You got the Rams going to the Super Bowl.
30:55The nightmares, the nightmares.
30:56He's right.
30:57The nightmares, the nightmares.
30:58Ruining Christmas.
30:59What's going on?
31:00A lot of these guys, they can't wait until the season's over, right?
31:03Yeah.
31:04And you're like, you know what, let's do it.
31:05Let's ruin their season.
31:07I've been on their side, but we need to be on the same page
31:11to get that done, Coach.
31:13At no point of the year have I seen the New York Jets on the same page.
31:17They got a Hall of Fame quarterback that's excellent.
31:20If I told you the Jets was going to win three games this year,
31:22you would be like, no, never.
31:24They got four.
31:25Congratulations, Coach.
31:28I'm going to say this.
31:29They're not the Jets we thought they was going to be,
31:31and I don't think they can beat it.
31:32Nightmare season.
31:33And I'm telling you, the Rams all around are the better team, no doubt.
31:36Nightmare season.
31:37Nightmare season.
31:38You know, all you got to do is wake up from a nightmare,
31:40and everything's good.
31:41Wake up from a dream, too, though.
31:42Yeah.
31:43Well, I guess we will see.
31:45We'll see.
31:46All right, let's go to Fireball Rapid Fire Picks of the Week.
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32:07All right, John, the Texans at the Chiefs.
32:10The Chiefs.
32:11The Chiefs, minus three and a half.
32:12Good game.
32:13I don't like the Texans.
32:14I want to like the Texans a lot.
32:15I love Will Anderson.
32:16I love Daniil Hunter, their fourth-quarter pass rush.
32:19They have that.
32:20Stingley is big time.
32:22We got to all agree on that.
32:24This guy, what he did last week, phenomenal.
32:26I don't like the Titans' pass rush.
32:28Pass protection, I should say.
32:29I don't think they can block a twist, a blitz.
32:31They just don't protect scroud.
32:33The one thing Kansas City can do in this noise is heat you up, man.
32:36Yeah.
32:37They can heat you up.
32:38I love the Chiefs.
32:39I really think Mahomes is going to grit it out.
32:41They're going to win an ugly game, probably 20-16 or 20-17,
32:44but they're going to win.
32:45That's what Kansas City is good at.
32:47Yep.
32:48I agree with you.
32:49The big thing with the Texas offense is if they can't run the ball,
32:52it all looks like garbage, right?
32:54Yeah.
32:55And the Chiefs have the seventh-ranked rush defense DVOA.
32:59If you look at Joe Mixon, you know, they played the Jaguars.
33:02He had 100 yards.
33:03They're the 21st rush defense.
33:04He played the Titans.
33:05He had 22 yards.
33:06They're the ninth-ranked defense.
33:08He played the Cowboys, 109 yards.
33:10They're the 28th-ranked defense.
33:12There's a trend here.
33:13So when they play top 15, top 10 rush defenses,
33:17Joe Mixon can't do anything, and that offense falls apart.
33:20So I'm going to take the Chiefs.
33:21Fred?
33:22We've seen this story before.
33:24Patrick Mahomes limping into the playoffs.
33:26I know.
33:27The Chiefs not playing well.
33:30All they're doing is winning ugly games.
33:32Well, Tesla trucks are ugly, sealed ugly, and we still need these things.
33:36So at the end of the day, it doesn't matter how they win.
33:40The Kansas City Chiefs just go out there, and they win.
33:43That defense doesn't get the love because you've got the best quarterback in football.
33:46I'm going to go with who I trust, Andy Reid, that coaching staff,
33:51that defense with Chris Jones.
33:53He's a Mississippi State Bulldog.
33:54If you want to win, put a Mississippi State Bulldog on your team.
33:57I'm going to go with the Kansas City Chiefs.
33:59I think they just get it done.
34:00I think they've been there, done that, and that's going to push them by the Texans.
34:04All right, Dan, the Giants at the Falcons.
34:06Falcons minus 8.5.
34:07Gross game.
34:08Falcons.
34:09I think Michael Penix was the right call.
34:11Kirk Cousins, I don't know if he's injured, but it's not been good.
34:14The Giants have nothing.
34:15The Giants have nothing.
34:16I know Drew Locke is going to be back, but give me the Falcons here.
34:19I think they get a little spark from Michael Penix,
34:21and they're fighting for their lives too.
34:23They've got to win out, so I'm going to take the Falcons.
34:25Fred?
34:26I'm going with the Falcons on this one too because I've seen these teams play in person,
34:31and the Giants, as much talent they have on defense with Sexy Dexie Lawrence
34:36and Troubadour and stuff, I don't think they've answered the call as a group.
34:39They rush as individual pass rushers.
34:41I think it's time for Kyle Pitts.
34:43I think if anybody's going to be unlocked because of Michael Penix Jr. starting,
34:47it's going to be Kyle Pitts because they tried to make him run a lot of intermediate routes.
34:51That ain't what he does well as a 6'6 tight end.
34:54He likes to go vertical.
34:55Michael Penix is his guy.
34:56I think they get a spark, and I think they win this game,
34:59but next week they've got to play the commander, so turn their smile upside down.
35:03Coach?
35:04I've got to go with the Falcons, although I'm not shot in the ass with Atlanta's offense.
35:09Forget about Kirk Cousins.
35:10Yeah.
35:11Their offensive line hasn't played well either.
35:13They commit more offensive penalties, holding calls, ridiculous penalties in key moments.
35:18I hope they clean that up.
35:20I'm looking forward to seeing how Penix plays, but the Giants are just unwatchable.
35:24Yeah.
35:25They're so bad.
35:26I can't watch the Giants.
35:28Yeah.
35:29Their own fans don't want to watch it.
35:32Fireballs, talk about it.
35:34You've got to like neighbors.
35:36Yeah, he's great.
35:37What you seeing from the young kid out there, Tracy?
35:39I like him.
35:40I like him, Fred, but I like a good burger.
35:42I like a good hotel.
35:44I'm interested in great burgers and great kids.
35:47I want to love them.
35:49Right now, I just like them.
35:51So you're just driving past the motel late like it don't even exist.
35:54True, brother.
35:57Okay, Fred, the Cardinals at the Panthers, Cardinals minus four and a half.
36:00Cardinals is a tough out period.
36:02I don't care.
36:03Listen, Kyle Murray, their defense, they can run the ball.
36:06They can push the ball down the field.
36:08They're one of those teams that's starting to get better as the years go on.
36:12But the Panthers, I have been loving what I'm seeing for Bryce Young, another one of
36:16these guys that didn't really get a chance to show his talent.
36:19But I just don't think they got enough on offense.
36:21I just don't think they got enough on offense to compete with the Cardinals.
36:24I'm going to Arizona Cardinals.
36:26I think they're the tough team.
36:27They like to make sure them Rydells connect on each other.
36:30I'm going with the Cardinals.
36:31Dan?
36:32Yeah, sometimes football's easy.
36:33Protect the passer.
36:34Run the ball.
36:35The Panthers can't rush the passer.
36:37They can't stop the run.
36:38The Cardinals are going to win this game.
36:40I got Arizona.
36:41I was disappointed in Carolina last week.
36:43I mean, they finally are a favorite at home.
36:46The Cowboys come in, beat up on a Monday night game.
36:50They get their ass kicked.
36:52I grew up in Tampa, as you know.
36:54I never liked Carolina.
36:55Julius Peppers.
36:56You're talking about Carolina.
36:59Let's go, Cardinals.
37:00Here's Smith.
37:01You've got all kinds of nightmares up in there.
37:03John Fox.
37:05If you're listening to me, John Fox, I'd like to kick your ass.
37:09Yes.
37:13But LaZavia LeGette, there was one catch away from winning that game.
37:18If he wasn't that homie raccoon, he would have had a chance to catch that ball right there.
37:22Two weeks ago, yeah.
37:25Your logic, Fred.
37:28Coach, I'm from the south, and I know people, you know,
37:30they eat different stuff where we're from down south.
37:33But come on now.
37:34Son, you got money in your pocket now.
37:36You should not be eating road kills.
37:38That's all I'm saying.
37:41I can't get it.
37:43Okay, John, the Browns at the Bengals.
37:45Bengals minus 7.5.
37:47I got the Bengals winning out.
37:49I love Joe Burrow.
37:51He's exceptional.
37:52I mean, I watched him last week against the Titans.
37:54They don't block anybody.
37:55He dips.
37:56That's not touchdown.
37:57The guy's phenomenal.
37:58He's a freak show.
37:59Their defense is alarmingly bad this year.
38:02Their safeties have missed a lot of tackles.
38:04Their linebackers can't recognize a screen.
38:07I don't like Cleveland.
38:09I like Joe Burrow and the Bengals in a knockout in this game.
38:12Yeah, this one's easy here.
38:13Just circle this for me.
38:14I did this last week.
38:15Circle which quarterback you want.
38:16Oh.
38:17No, this is the one I don't want.
38:19Yeah, that's the one you don't want.
38:20All right, so it was Joe Burrow, DTR.
38:22Yeah.
38:23He doesn't want DTR.
38:24I don't.
38:25That's it.
38:26That's the whole analysis.
38:27Just circle the quarterback.
38:28You know, you got to tip our hats to Chubb, the running back of the Browns.
38:32He come back and break his foot.
38:33I know.
38:34He come back and break his foot.
38:35It's just a downer.
38:36It's a down, ugly year for the Browns.
38:38Coach, let me ask you something.
38:39Would you have kept Jameis in instead of DTL?
38:42Because I feel like as much as Jameis does turn the ball over,
38:46that offense has looked different.
38:49They have pushed the ball down the field.
38:52The safeties have started to back off.
38:54And, damn it, I love to see Jameis with the mic in his hand.
38:57It's just a natural trend.
38:59I mean, I watched Cleveland play with Deshaun Watson.
39:02I didn't think they could score if they played a doubleheader.
39:04Me neither.
39:05And Jameis comes in, and he's sold for 500 yards in game.
39:08I know.
39:09And it is an exciting brand of football.
39:11But I think as the head coach, you got to send your team a message
39:14and Jameis a message that we can't turn the ball over.
39:17If Jameis could just stay away from the picks,
39:19and I really do think a couple of them were just 50-50 balls.
39:23But I would have stayed with Winston.
39:25They don't have an alternative here.
39:27That's what I'm saying.
39:28DTL, I don't know what we're doing here.
39:29If he letting the ball loose, you need to warn the cheerleaders
39:31about obituaries and all kinds of stuff,
39:33because this guy has a chance to hurt one of them.
39:35All I'm saying is this.
39:36I would have kept Jameis in in the Battle of Ohio.
39:40I guess football started there.
39:41They say it did, but there ain't no Super Bowls in that state.
39:44All I'm saying is this.
39:45I'm going with Joe Burrell in the Cincinnati Bengals.
39:48They're just a more talented team.
39:50They got the best quarterback.
39:51They got the best wide receiver maybe in football.
39:53T. Higgins on the other side.
39:55They finally giving Chase Brown the ball.
39:57Protecting Joe has been a problem.
39:59But I don't – you know,
40:00Miles Garrett is the only guy I think you have to worry about.
40:03I'm going with Cincinnati.
40:04Okay, Dan, the Titans at the Colts.
40:06Let's just do this fast.
40:07I'll take the Titans.
40:08This game sucks.
40:09I love it.
40:11If I had two season tickets and a free parking pass,
40:14I would go to this guy.
40:15No, no, no.
40:16I'm just happy that the Titans have gone to Mason Rudolph.
40:19Yes.
40:20When I see Rudolph play,
40:21I do see the Titan offense at least not kill itself.
40:25Yep.
40:26I want to see Anthony Richardson have some success throwing the ball.
40:29Yeah.
40:30But I'm going to take the Colts at home.
40:32I just think they're a better team right now.
40:34Fred?
40:36I was in the woods out there in Indianapolis,
40:38and I was talking to a deer and a raccoon.
40:41They said they not going to the game.
40:44They don't want to watch this game.
40:46I am with Coach.
40:47I see a lot in Anthony Richardson,
40:49and he's a guy that just needs to play.
40:51I don't care if the play is good.
40:53If it's bad, he needs to learn how to play.
40:57On paper, the Colts are the better team.
40:59I just can't trust them.
41:01I cannot trust the Colts,
41:02but I'm not going to trust Will Levers because he's not starting anyway.
41:06I'm going with the Colts at home.
41:07I think they win.
41:08Taylor with a big game rushing the ball.
41:10Okay, Fred, back to you.
41:11The Patriots at the Bills.
41:12The Bills, minus 14.
41:14Josh Allen is a superhero.
41:16Captain America, you are he.
41:19At the end of the day, they are one of those teams where
41:23when you subtract a person from it,
41:25now it opens up the rest of the offense.
41:28I think James Cook is undervalued as a runner.
41:31They got legitimately two tight ends.
41:33I'm not going against the Bills and Captain America.
41:36I'm going Josh Allen on this victory.
41:38I'm taking the Bills as well.
41:39James Cook, I think what they've been doing with James Cook
41:42is they've been saving him a little for the playoffs.
41:44You've seen his carries start to tick up a little here.
41:47But the Bills offense, I mean, it's out of this world good right now.
41:51I mean, what's the last two games?
41:53They've scored 40-plus points in two games in a row.
41:56I think they've scored over 30 points in eight games in a row.
41:59It's insane.
42:00Give me the Bills.
42:01They name their number.
42:02I think we all agree the Bills and their offense is great.
42:05They've done an excellent job.
42:07I think we've got to really start looking at the Bills' defense.
42:09They've got to get their safeties back out there.
42:11Rapp and Hamlin didn't play last week.
42:13Rasul Douglas, starting corner, did not play.
42:16I want to look at the Bills.
42:18I want to see this defense pick it up.
42:20They gave up 40-plus to the Rams.
42:22They gave up 40 to the Lions.
42:23This is Sean McDermott here.
42:25This is a good defensive team with an excellent defensive head coach.
42:29They've got to pick it up.
42:30They've got Milano back.
42:31Bernard's back at linebacker.
42:33I've got to see Rousseau.
42:34I've got to feel Von Miller.
42:36Where is Von Miller?
42:37Is that Von Miller?
42:38Where is Von Miller?
42:39I want to see him get a lead on this rookie quarterback.
42:41I want to see this defense.
42:43You know these pass rushers.
42:45They want to play when they know they're throwing the ball.
42:48They've got to get their pass rush going.
42:50I want to see Buffalo go in there and kick New England's ass.
42:54I hate New England too.
42:55Who doesn't hate the evil empire?
42:57My whole career is just darkened by the evil empire.
43:00Nobody feels for New England.
43:02I don't care if they don't have another parade in the city of Boston
43:05for the next 30 years.
43:07Come on, they went on the street where they had like 20 parades
43:09between football, basketball, and baseball.
43:12They don't deserve no more parades.
43:13I'm down with Boston.
43:15Hateful.
43:16Okay, John, you talk about a gross game, the Jags at the Raiders.
43:20Well, this could be for the number one pick.
43:22Yeah.
43:23I mean, so you are playing for something.
43:25I will say this about the Raiders.
43:26They do play hard.
43:27They do play hard.
43:29You know, who cares is what everybody is saying right now at home.
43:32But I got to take the Raiders at home.
43:35I got to take the Raiders.
43:36I'm an ex-Raider.
43:37I do think.
43:38Raider for life.
43:39Yeah.
43:40Once a Raider, always a Raider.
43:42Their statement is ironic.
43:43Their statement is awesome.
43:44The Jaguars to me are the most disappointing team.
43:47They are.
43:48Trevor Lawrence, he was a disappointment on the field.
43:50Now he's not playing.
43:51I haven't felt ETN all year.
43:54Gabe Davis was a big free agent acquisition.
43:56He's out.
43:57Their defense has really let me down.
43:59So bad.
44:00They got Armstead in free agency.
44:02They still have Josh Allen rushing the pass.
44:04I just got to think the Raiders find a way to win this.
44:07Yeah.
44:08I'm going to go with the Raiders as well.
44:09Aiden O'Connell should be back.
44:10And he actually has played okay when he's been out there.
44:13And you're right.
44:14The Raiders, as bad as they have been, what, lost 10 straight games?
44:18Yeah.
44:19They're in these games.
44:20They're fighting.
44:21And I think the Jaguars are just so, so bad.
44:23So, so bad.
44:24They are.
44:25Yeah.
44:26I mean, Antonio Pierce, Coach Pierce is coaching his team.
44:28And I always say I show coaches love when they have to hold stuff together
44:31like he doing with duct tape.
44:33He understood when he came into this season with Gardner,
44:36Mitchell as your quarterback in the division with Pat Mahomes
44:39and the rest of these guys, you didn't really have a chance.
44:42So, at the end of the day, I think they finish up at home.
44:44And the Delfstar, I think they make it happen.
44:46And I think they're in the Shadur Sanders sweepstakes right now.
44:49So, they understand where they are and who they are.
44:52And they just going to get more young.
44:54They're going to lose.
44:55They're going to lose with youth.
44:57So, I'm going to go with the Raiders on this one right here
44:59because I just don't believe in Jacksonville because Jacksonville will Jacksonville.
45:02Okay, Dan, the 49ers with the Dolphins.
45:05I like the 49ers in this game.
45:06I know it's been bad.
45:08Brock Purdy's not really a bad-weather quarterback,
45:11and he's had a couple bad-weather games.
45:13And I just – the Dolphins offense lacks all explosiveness.
45:17It's completely zapped out of them.
45:18I know Jalen Waddell got hurt against the Texans.
45:21I think he might not be playing again.
45:22But they can't run the ball.
45:24And the 49ers, as bad as this season's gone, and it's been a bad season for them,
45:29they've gotten a couple guys back on defense.
45:31I think this team is still better than the Dolphins, and I think they win this game.
45:36John?
45:37I agree with you.
45:38I just think the 49ers have championship character in their locker room.
45:41They got Bosa out there playing again.
45:43Drake Greenlaw came back, which was a great story last week off that injury in the Super Bowl.
45:48Fred Warner's my top-five player in the league.
45:51I've never seen a guy play like him.
45:52Yeah.
45:53A fungus back at safety.
45:54Yeah.
45:55I just think they're going to really take it to Miami.
45:57Guys, give me some of that booze that you're drinking because I don't believe in you right now.
46:01All right?
46:02I think the Dolphins are a team that you don't know what you're going to get
46:05when they come on the field all the time.
46:07But since Tua's been back, the offense has been moving up and down the field.
46:11And the 49ers got chaos over there.
46:13Teams in chaos don't do well.
46:15Mr. Run the Bread is not throwing the ball well at the quarterback.
46:19They got defensive players don't even want to come off the sideline.
46:21They're quitting in the middle of the game.
46:23They got quitters on their team, Coach.
46:25They got quitters on their team, Coach.
46:27No, I'm going to go with the team that has not quit yet.
46:31I'm going to go with the Dolphins.
46:33I'm going to go with the more youthful team.
46:35I'm going to go with the team with the speed.
46:37It's about time they unleash Tyreke Hill.
46:39Tyreke got to have that game eventually, right?
46:42Eventually he has to have that game.
46:43I don't know.
46:44I don't know.
46:45I'm going to go with the Miami Dolphins.
46:47I feel like they the wild card.
46:48I feel like, come on, Debo Samuels, he's over there nagging and crying.
46:52You got guys that won't come.
46:54There's just so much going on in San Francisco.
46:56And we picked them to be in the Super Bowl.
46:58No, I can't pick them to win no game.
47:00Miami Dolphins, bring on that tuna fish.
47:03You guys sticking with the 49ers?
47:04Yeah, I'm sticking with the 49ers.
47:05I had no doubt about that.
47:07Even after that speech?
47:08No, I'm going to give another benediction.
47:1249ers.
47:1349ers.
47:16Okay, Fred, the Monday night football game, the Saints at the Packers.
47:19Packers minus 14.
47:21Well, just seeing the Saints in person, no.
47:25I'm going with the Packers.
47:26I'm going with Brother Love.
47:28This is Brother Love's month.
47:29Brother Love loves to play well in December going into January.
47:33And that youthful team they got that we're watching grow up together,
47:36that's scary to me.
47:38To see Green Bay just continue to do this over and over.
47:40Coach, who has three franchise quarterbacks in a row?
47:43Nobody.
47:44Green Bay does.
47:45And the healthier they get, believe me, on defense.
47:48Because this team run the ball.
47:49I know y'all like to talk about the quarterback,
47:51but Josh runs downhill, one of the hardest running backs to hit.
47:55I think Green Bay win this game.
47:57I don't even think it's close.
47:58I think it's a landslide.
47:59I agree.
48:00I mean, we talk about the nightmares.
48:02I agree the nightmares usually work.
48:04But, I mean, the Saints, they have to go to Green Bay.
48:06They're so bad.
48:08Who's starting a quarterback?
48:09Packers are starting to peak at the right time.
48:11They're a dangerous, dangerous team.
48:13I'm going to take the Packers.
48:14Well, the nightmare for New Orleans is they have to go to Green Bay.
48:16Right.
48:17It's cold as hell on Monday night.
48:18You're probably staying in a, you know, very low area.
48:21Motel seats.
48:22Yeah.
48:23Oh, God.
48:25Ceiling fan on the ceiling.
48:26When I watch the Packers, I was telling Dan, I was telling Big Cat earlier,
48:30I think the Packers are a sleeper to win the Super Bowl.
48:33Yeah.
48:34They have five offensive linemen.
48:35You know, you look at the left tackle to the right tackle.
48:38They played together the whole year.
48:39I know Meyers missed a couple games at center, but they're all together.
48:42Yeah.
48:43They're healthy up front.
48:44They can run it, and they can throw it.
48:46Now, this Jordan Love, he's healthy now.
48:48Yeah.
48:49He's been hurt twice.
48:50I think he's healthy now.
48:51And their defense under Mark Hathaway, they've done a great job.
48:53They take the ball away, man.
48:55All the time.
48:56Xavier McKinney has got seven picks.
48:58The return of Edger and Cooper, this rookie.
49:00Yeah.
49:01I like Green Bay a lot, and they've solidified the kicker.
49:05Packers are going to win this game.
49:06They're going to be a problem.
49:07They're crazy.
49:08Because I actually like the Packers when it comes to the playoffs
49:11more than I like Minnesota.
49:13I just feel like they're the complete package.
49:15Because I still got that if over my head when it comes to Sam Donald,
49:18when it comes to playoffs.
49:20Because the last time he was even close to anything in the playoffs,
49:22he started seeing dead people.
49:24He started seeing ghosts.
49:25So, I don't know about that one.
49:27Okay, it's time for the Hot Take segment.
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50:00Okay, Dan.
50:01All right, hot takes.
50:02You ready?
50:03I got a real hot take.
50:05I don't even know if I believe in it, but I've mapped it out.
50:08That's you?
50:09Cincinnati Bengals are going to make the playoffs.
50:14I'm not going to go against you, man.
50:15Here's how it's going to work.
50:18What?
50:19We're recording this before Thursday night football,
50:21so this could be a hot take that's already done.
50:24It could already be done.
50:25I could already be screwed.
50:26I could already be screwed.
50:27Broncos lose to the Chargers, okay?
50:30Bengals are going to beat the Browns.
50:31We know that.
50:32Bengals are going to then beat the Broncos next week.
50:34They play head-to-head, okay?
50:36The Chiefs, all the Chiefs have to do is lose one of these next two games,
50:39whether it be the Texans or the Steelers,
50:41and they're going to have to play week 18 to get that one seed because,
50:45remember, there are two games up on the bills right now,
50:47but the bills beat them head-to-head.
50:49I think we're going to get to week 18.
50:51I think the Chiefs are going to have to play.
50:53Chiefs are going to beat the Broncos.
50:54Bengals are going to win out.
50:55Bengals make the playoffs.
50:57It's pretty crazy, but –
50:58So when this does air, I might already be dead.
51:01I could be wrong.
51:02I could be wrong.
51:03If I win against the Chargers,
51:04I guess I could be right too because the Chargers could lose out.
51:07So I'll just say I don't know if it's going to be the Broncos or the Chargers,
51:10but the Bengals are going to steal a playoff spot.
51:12You think that's a hot take?
51:14I think it's a hot take, but I got Denver winning tonight.
51:16I hate to not go to the playoffs and not have Joe Burrow personally.
51:21Yeah, yeah, yeah.
51:22I mean, Joe Burrow should get into the playoffs.
51:24But he's not.
51:25They just played so bad on defense so many times early.
51:29I'd hate to agree with you on this, Dan.
51:32And, Fred, do you think that there's no way?
51:33Listen, in the mortal words of Breaking Bad,
51:35do he got any extra crystal meth on him because he's smoking something.
51:39That's all I'm saying because no –
51:41The blue stuff, the blue stuff.
51:42I'm going to say, like, at the end of the day, like Coach said,
51:44when you start like they start, ain't no coming back from no bisque.
51:47I'm going to tell you the thing that really scares me about Cincinnati.
51:51They weren't supposed to be this bad, so as good as they are,
51:54I'm scared to see them next year when they get this high draft pick
51:56and they add somebody else to the fold.
51:59Then they're going to be super scary then.
52:01But other than that, no, I don't see any playoffs in the future.
52:04Okay.
52:05Coach, you have a hot take this week?
52:07My hot take is The Walking Dead.
52:09You ever watch that on Netflix?
52:10I love it.
52:11Yeah, I love it.
52:12These people, they walk around and they're dangerous, but they're dead.
52:16You know what I mean?
52:17Yeah.
52:18They already died, but now they're really dangerous.
52:19And that's how I look at a couple of these teams, like the Chicago Bears.
52:23Yeah.
52:24They're The Walking Dead and the New York Jets.
52:26I think they got a chance to be – I'm really into that this time of year.
52:30I want to see these guys ruin some Christmases.
52:33The Bears and the Jets.
52:34A little bit of a Grinch of you.
52:35Yeah.
52:36I aspire to a hot take.
52:37Yeah.
52:38Okay.
52:39I like that.
52:40And then, Fred, do you have a hot take?
52:41I got one that's the Inferno.
52:42All right.
52:43Nobody believes, nobody thinks, because let's be honest,
52:45Philadelphia Eagles are, as of today, the best team in the NFC.
52:49Not the NFCs, the NFC period,
52:52because of what's going on in Detroit with those injuries.
52:54But let me tell you what you do to a bully.
52:57When he walks you in your face and slaps you one time, you give him two black eyes.
53:00That's what you do.
53:01That's what we're going to have to do to fill it.
53:03Nobody believes in Washington.
53:05But we believe.
53:06Nobody thinks we're going to win.
53:07But we think we're going to win.
53:09I'll give you a couple reasons why.
53:10Jedi Five is the reason we're going to win.
53:12If you look at Terry McLaurin's stats, he has the best stats of any player
53:16against Philadelphia the last five years.
53:18Terry eats against them.
53:20All right.
53:21And Terry is the catalyst that makes it go.
53:23Don't forget about Brian Robinson.
53:24All he does is run over everybody from the detail, the linebacker, the janitor,
53:29your grandmama, whoever gets in the way can get it.
53:31I'm going Washington right here, and nobody's going to go with me but the DMV.
53:36All right.
53:37Nobody going to go with me but the DMV.
53:38But I can't wait, Coach, to a minute after the game,
53:40because you're going to see a text from me.
53:42And it's going to be a poop emoji with two five signs right beside it
53:45to let you know what happened today.
53:50Washington is a reverse car wash.
53:53If you go in clean, you come out dirty.
53:57Don't mess with Philly.
53:59Don't mess with my Eagles.
54:02Okay.
54:03And then, Dan, to finish off the show, the Survivor Pool pick.
54:05So now it is just you, Jerry, and Will head-to-head.
54:08It is a three-way tie going into the next round of this,
54:11because you guys did all lose at once.
54:13Yep.
54:14Will will have his pick.
54:15Do you want to go first or do you want Jerry to go first?
54:17I'll go first.
54:18I'm going to take the Green Bay Packers.
54:19They're going to win.
54:20Okay.
54:21I'll go Lions.
54:22Lions.
54:23Oh.
54:24I didn't use them yet.
54:25Okay.
54:26So can I pick for Will?
54:27Let me pick for Will.
54:28Okay.
54:29Okay.
54:30And these are the people he already picked.
54:31Yeah, he can't pick any of these, yeah.
54:33He can pick Kansas City.
54:35He can.
54:36He can, yeah.
54:37I'm going Kansas City for Will.
54:38Okay, I got you, Will.
54:39Will would never.
54:40I know he would.
54:41I understand what he got going on.
54:43But, Will, you sit at home and you rock that baby to sleep.
54:45And let me handle this right here.
54:47But you heard about that, Will.
54:48We got your back, baby.
54:51And I ain't going to lie, I love the Will Compton Museum.
54:53Yep.
54:54It's beautiful.
54:55It's one of the best additions to the building.
54:56It's great.
54:57Listen, I visit it every time I come.
55:01You boys.
55:02You know, Will Compton played for Washington.
55:04I was just on Bustin' with the boys last week.
55:06Washington, as I said, is a reverse car wash.
55:08You're not there no more, coach.
55:10Now give us a chance to show you we are different.
55:12Give the new ownership a chance.
55:14Give Dan Quinn a chance.
55:16Give these guys a chance to show you we're not grandmama's team.
55:20This is a new team.
55:21New era.
55:22New Washington.
55:24And by the way, I want to let everybody know, Dallas Cowboys are not officially anymore America's team.
55:30They was never America's team.
55:31The Patriots.
55:32There was a pitch.
55:33No, not even the Patriots no more.
55:34The nation's capital is America's team.
55:37We are the team that represent.
55:39You want to see where the president sleep at?
55:41He sleeps in the nation's capital.
55:42We are the new.
55:44I want to introduce you all to America's new team.
55:46The Washington Commanders.
55:49Reverse car wash.
55:50Okay, that's the show.
55:51We'll see you guys next week for the Christmas episode.