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00:00him about those two guys specifically.
00:02But a lot coming up, Grant and Danny.
00:04I will say I have started to allow myself
00:06to just dream a little bit, oh,
00:10about what it would be like if Washington beat Detroit.
00:12I've started to allow myself to consider
00:14just the mere possibility.
00:16And here's what I've come back with.
00:19If the commanders beat the Lions somehow,
00:24I think they're gonna go to the Super Bowl.
00:27And I think they could win the damn thing.
00:30I don't think they're gonna beat the Lions.
00:31I didn't think they'd beat the Bucs.
00:32Now, my not thinking they would beat the Bucs
00:34was like, it's gonna be close and come down to the wire
00:36and Tampa Bay's gonna win, they're a little better.
00:39My they're not gonna beat the Lions
00:40is Detroit's a considerably better complete operation.
00:44But I love this matchup for the offense way more.
00:46And if you told me right now,
00:47their offense lights it up and Jayden bowls out,
00:49I would tell you I expect that.
00:50And if that's the case,
00:51now you're a couple of Jared golf turnovers away
00:53from a win in Detroit, why not?
00:56I'll take my chances.
00:57But if they somehow beat the Lions,
01:00I'm not more scared of Philly than I am Detroit.
01:03I'm certainly not more scared of the Rams in LA,
01:06which is basically a neutral site game
01:07whenever you go out there
01:08cause they don't have a real fan base in those stands.
01:12This is the hardest game I think they play
01:14in the next couple of weeks,
01:15going to Detroit to play the Lions.
01:17If they somehow win this game,
01:19I'm gonna feel really good
01:21going into the NFC championship game
01:22that they have a chance to continue
01:24the magical carpet ride.
01:25Yeah, it doesn't mean that they are guaranteed anything.
01:28You still gotta go through an opponent
01:29that's as battle tested as you and really, really good.
01:31But I see your point.
01:32The look ahead lines, by the way.
01:34So they put these out in advance, right?
01:36Just to look ahead line.
01:37They'd be a six and a half point dog in Philly.
01:40They'd be a two and a half point dog in LA,
01:42which is to say it'd basically be
01:43a neutral side pick them game against the Rams
01:45in the NFC championship game.
01:47That's what we're talking about.
01:48Yeah, sign me right the hell up.
01:49So I guess I think I don't wanna translate,
01:52but this is my takeaway from what you're saying.
01:55The scariest opponent,
01:56the best opponent they have remaining potentially
01:58before they got to the Superbowl is now.
02:00If you get by Detroit,
02:02you're now talking about something that's very real, right?
02:05Like you're in the conference championship game.
02:07And the thing I always used to say for so many years
02:09was DC, and that was before we won all our championships.
02:12Cause you know, DC is kind of a championship town,
02:14sort of what we're known for.
02:15Caps, and then the Nats, and now you're coming-
02:17Now the commanders.
02:18The local 53.
02:19Yeah.
02:20But Washington went the longest of teams
02:22with more than one team in their city
02:25without going to a conference final.
02:26And why did I pick the conference final?
02:27Because once you're there,
02:28you're a doink in a good way or bad way
02:31away from going to a Superbowl and winning the damn thing.
02:34When you're in a final four, you have a legitimate chance.
02:36Before then, it's kind of like, that's nice.
02:38That's adorable.
02:39That's precious.
02:40Then it becomes incredibly real.
02:41And DC had all their teams playing all their seasons
02:44without getting a one, and now it's more routine.
02:46But the point of the dude's story is
02:48once you're in that final four type dance game on,
02:52shuffle them up and deal, you know what I mean?
02:54However it happens, good, bad, and different,
02:56you have a realistic shot.
02:57I'll even go one step further.
02:59Washington would have a better chance
03:01to beat the Chiefs in the Superbowl
03:03than they'll have to beat the Lions on the road,
03:04in my opinion.
03:05A neutral site, corporate atmosphere.
03:08There's no such thing really
03:09as Arrowhead Stadium being loud, right?
03:12There's no home field advantage at that point.
03:14And the Chiefs' offense is not Detroit's.
03:16It's not even close.
03:18The problem for Washington is its defense is terrible.
03:20Yep.
03:21And that's too strong.
03:22Its defense is-
03:23It's not good enough.
03:24And people won't, and haven't really this week acknowledged,
03:28like Baker Mayfield had one of the eight best
03:31statistical quarterback performances
03:33to have ever lost in a playoff game this past week.
03:35It was three incompletions
03:37and a quarterback rating of a buck 50.
03:38Whatever they wanted through the air, they got.
03:40They just didn't have the ball enough
03:42because Washington controlled the clock.
03:44But I would tell you that I would feel better
03:47putting money on a Washington upset win over the Bills
03:51on a neutral site, or the Chiefs on a neutral site,
03:54or even the Ravens, which I don't like that matchup.
03:57We saw it, but they lost by a touchdown in Baltimore
03:59on a neutral site than the Lions in the loudest stadium
04:02in the league this weekend in Detroit.
04:03If you can beat the Lions this weekend,
04:05you can beat anybody.
04:06You can do anything.
04:07So that'll be the last time I do the like, what the?
04:11They just did.
04:12No, no, no.
04:13Now, every game is a toss up.
04:15This thing has just gotten sideways now
04:17in the best way possible.
04:19I call it the magical carpet ride.
04:20Nothing matters anymore.
04:22The horseshoe is in our tuchus,
04:23and we are going forward at 100 miles an hour.
04:26Who's coming with me?