Games with Names - Jules Reacts to the Patriots Win over the Broncos and Super Bowl 49 Rematch with the Seahawks!

Episode Date: January 26, 2026

Julian Edelman reacts to both the Patriots victory over the Denver Broncos as well as the Seahawks win over the Rams yesterday in the conference championship, and begins to preview the impending Super... Bowl 49 Rematch!Support the show: http://www.gameswithnames.com/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Starting point is 00:02:17 We're back. The Patriots are going to the Super Bowl. we have a rematch of Super Bowl 49 after a wild, wild championship Sunday. We had to hop on and bring you guys another recap. Remember, like and subscribe. Let's get into it. Let's start off with the Patriots winning in the snow in Denver over the Broncos. Very hard to do.
Starting point is 00:02:50 Very hard to do. Honestly, when I saw this game and how it ended, I had one epiphany. I said this is what we used to pray for. We used to pray for that kind of weather when we were going in to play Denver. That's what we wanted. They got it.
Starting point is 00:03:11 And they got it done. They got it done too. And honestly, Denver, unbelievable in the first half on defense. I mean, it was hard. Defense line was all over. Drake. They couldn't get anything going to the run game. but they took care of the football.
Starting point is 00:03:32 They took care of the football. They had the big play where Drake scrambled. Drake with the draw on third down. Design run looked like that. Designed run for sure. They made the plays when they had to, and then they clamped on for Deer Life when the storm came in. And Stidom, you got to tip your cap, came out, firing, look good.
Starting point is 00:03:58 I mean, I think they went three and out the first one. Patriots went three and out. And then Stiddy got going and had a big, big time throw to Mims. Was it Mims? I believe it was Mims, yeah. Down the middle. And they go on and score. The one that everyone's going to talk about is the, is Sean Payton going forward on fourth down in the red area where they could have went up 10.
Starting point is 00:04:23 Yep. They're going to talk about that. I'm a points guy. Yeah. Even then, it was like, oh, you might. want three points later in the game. Yeah, just you got your backup quarterback. How good are your fourth and one plays? You haven't been running the ball very good against this Patriots defense. Patriots defense is good against a run. You know, and the Broncos don't have like a ground and pound
Starting point is 00:04:46 guy. You know, they're on Harvey, rookie, really good running back. Dobbs got hurt. They got real hurt at the running back position. They were always looking for that guy that could, they could ride. But during the year they didn't have that. They relied on Bo Nix in that short pass game for those runs to stay on track for the schedule of being on first, second, and being in third and manageable, which they're always pretty good. But that fourth down call, man, what a play by Vraibs. Vraibs had it. Vrabs and the defense knew it.
Starting point is 00:05:19 They had two guys on them. Flat covered. Quarterback run covered. Plug up the middle. They ain't running it. That was just situation. plays. You know, you look at the box score. Looks terrible. Yeah. But you look at there's zero turnovers by the Patriots. There's two by the Broncos. And I would even say three because that
Starting point is 00:05:40 that fourth down that you don't get is a turnover of my eyes. Patriots have one penalty. Will Campbell early in the game when he was feeling the speed of Benito and Cooper for the first time. That's fucking fast. And they converted that third down too, right? They converted it. But you know what I mean? Like that one penalty on the road in a hostile environment, I've been in that environment. It's so loud. It's so hectic. The people are fucking going crazy. It's it's a hell of a championship environment. And they handled it. One penalty, zero turnovers, six for 18 on third down, one for one on fourth down. With the conditions, that's what they had to do. I thought it was an unbelievable coaching job by the Patriots, Rable McDaniels, and everyone.
Starting point is 00:06:32 Special teams that scared me, a couple of those punts. Yeah, those punts. But like, what people don't realize, those punters, they sit for hours and they just practice their drop, their drop, their drop, right? Because when that ball drops, they wanted to drop right on their foot. When you start getting the sideways wind, it's so hard. I remember Ryan Allen always complaining about. Foxborough because the wind it drops that punt you can't get it clean with those
Starting point is 00:06:59 gusts in that game that he was probably dealing with that in his drop thank God it didn't kill him and they were already in snow snowpocalypse by the time and and people weren't scoring but that was just this is fucking incredible like you got to think about I mean this is up there this turnaround is up there with the Indiana shit and I know people aren't gonna or say that because Indiana doesn't and have a winning culture and all that, and they've never won. But seriously, this, this team with four in, four and 13, last two years. Three different head coaches.
Starting point is 00:07:36 And you know who's looking like a fucking G right now? You know who's looking like a G? RKK. RKK looking like a G. I think he's the only owner to bring three different coaches, three different quarterbacks to a Super Bowl. he's been in at a fuck this is his 12 Super Bowl my god needs to be in the Hall of Fame
Starting point is 00:07:58 it's crazy yeah this is this is case for Hall of Fame if he was borderline before I don't think he was but they say that they got to put him in got to put him in he's looking he's looking him and Jonathan man looking smart and if you look at looking smart
Starting point is 00:08:13 if you look at the you know the first two dynasties the big threes Brady Mr. Kraft and Belichick Brady's got a Super Bowl Mr. Kraft went back to a Super Bowl that's it if I want to say and we'll see what North Carolina does this show we'll see what North Carolina does this show
Starting point is 00:08:29 hey no but I'm just saying everyone Mr. crap man everyone was talking about everything else Mr. crap looking pretty damn smart right now what are you most impressive with this Patriots team this edition I'm so impressed that they hit on every defensive player that they brought in
Starting point is 00:08:49 in free agency I'm really impressed that Raible got everyone to believe. I'm super impressed Milton Williams. You spend a boatload of money on him. What's he do? He goes and be a, he's a fucking menace in these playoffs. He's a menace. Barmore had the blood clot a couple years, whatever, dealing with that. We forgot how beastly he was. You put him with Milton Williams. You got the guys on the edge Landry and, you know, they, they hit on a lot of those guys. And I'm super impressed with Josh McDaniels and how he has developed Drake May. Drake May has
Starting point is 00:09:23 He hasn't played his best game in the playoff yet, but he's gone against the best goddamn defenses there is in the fucking league. They're the only team to beat three of the top five defenses in the league on the way to the Super Bowl. I mean, he's calcified for the Seattle defense. They've been going against Benito, Cooper,
Starting point is 00:09:42 last week, Hunter, Anderson. The week before you get Tonga and Minters and that deep. Like, they've been going against tough defenses. The fact that, you know, he learned from his mistakes the week before. It looked like Drake was thinking about taking care of the ball early in the game. He didn't want to lose the game. But look, this guy's in his second fucking year. And it's going to be sunny in the Super Bowl this year.
Starting point is 00:10:09 We hope. Second year. Yeah, way ahead of schedule. You know, and sometimes this is something we always heard in the playoffs. it's not about the team that makes the most plays, it's about the team that makes the least amount of mistakes plays are going to be made
Starting point is 00:10:29 you got to make more plays though but the team that makes a least amount of mistakes I definitely botched that someone's going to be watching that who used to say that. Well, Rable said earlier in the season that he wants a team that's good enough to take advantage of bad football.
Starting point is 00:10:42 And that's what they are. They are the identity. I hear them talking about identity. I'm just so, I'm so excited for them. Yeah. Just, I mean, fuck, dude, that's, it makes me proud to be a patriot. Makes me proud to be a part of this. This is, this is sick.
Starting point is 00:11:01 Everyone, everyone is fucking like, oh, fuck the chiefs. They're out, yeah, they're out. Patriots slide right in the back door again, boys. And it seems very eerily, very eerily similar to when the Patriots for the first time had to go in and play that greatest show on turf. Everyone thinks, oh, Seattle's going to win. They're going to blow them out. Four and a half points right now at the spread.
Starting point is 00:11:27 It could be five. Look. Second year quarterback, defense first. Man, what a... This was just a... This was, it was like, I was waiting. I'm sitting there like, are they going to continue to play mistake-free?
Starting point is 00:11:44 I was waiting. And they did. Drake didn't fuck up a snap or, you know, Campbell was struggling a little bit at first, but then Josh started calling the plays to protect him. I mean, that was a tough task, man.
Starting point is 00:12:00 You're on the road. I don't care about Stidham. I'm talking about the offense against that defense in a home environment for that team. That's tough, man. That's a big time win. Nine and O on the road.
Starting point is 00:12:12 First time in NFL history. Wow. Fucking, that is big boy stuff. I don't care about schedule or anything. Okay, even if you're supposed to win them in the National Football League, it's hard to win them. Especially this time of year.
Starting point is 00:12:27 Especially this time of year. Man, I feel bad for Stidim. Because you know, after those first couple drives, do you think Stid thought to himself, man, I'm about to make hell of money? I'm about this shit, I'm about to be a suit. Oh, but I'll go to the Super Bowl.
Starting point is 00:12:44 You think Stid he was thinking that? He had that smile early in the game. Nah, that Stid, though. He's just a confident, cool dude. And, you know, he played his butt off. I mean, he has thrown a ball in five years, whatever it was. And he goes out and that we were all sitting there like, oh, shit. Nah, he ain't going to do that, is he?
Starting point is 00:13:04 And then the Patriots tightened it up, you know, and the Patriots tightened it up. What do you think of two pretty big moments towards the end that Christian Gonzalez, shout out of Christian Gonzalez, go watch our interview with him last week. that pick. I mean, that's what I, I didn't say Chris Gonzalez, but your big time players making the big time plays when the team needs it, you know? And yeah, it was an easy pick,
Starting point is 00:13:33 but a lot of guys could drop that. It kind of reminded me of that Steffle on Gilmore, Super 503, where they got confused with Goff in the Super Bowl, and he was in the right place, didn't panic, fucking close the door Christian Gonzalez came on the fucking pod that's you know that's why
Starting point is 00:13:52 you come on the pod you get some good shit going You hear that Patriots Pac-Man I think Pac-Man's song went to number one After coming on this pod Yeah we're getting We're getting a copyright strike on YouTube
Starting point is 00:14:05 We gotta clear that up Pac-man said we could use it I'm just saying Hey shout out to Stacy and Patriots Shout out to Stacy James man Good luck show You know and shout out to everyone all the people behind the scenes in New England
Starting point is 00:14:19 that, you know, they were there during fucking Rome and then it crashed and then all of the, you know what I mean? The Stacey James, the Jim Waylands, the training staff, the people that are behind the scenes in the tunnels, man. This is just cool. And they get to go into a new practice facility next year,
Starting point is 00:14:41 I think, too. Man, it's so cool. And let's hope they're not practicing near the electrical station. Yeah, we can't be We got to be away from that. We got to get him to Redwood City. Yeah. We got to bring him to Red Morton.
Starting point is 00:14:53 Bring him to Red Morton Park. We'll take the Patriots. We're going to come out to Redwood City, my hometown. I got barbecue. We'll have a couple of Polydesia's roast of pig. We'll have dinner for you guys right after. We'll give you the whole Redwood City experience. Then we'll go down to Chavez Meat Market.
Starting point is 00:15:10 We'll get some goddamn meat for after the practice number two. We'll make some tacos. Maybe then we'll go to Harry's Hofbrow day three because there's three practices and we'll bring in a nice cater from Harry's. Come to Red Morton. Get away from the power plant. We don't need no fucking injuries.
Starting point is 00:15:29 Man, I'm juiced. I couldn't help but think of Ernie Adams. And shout out fucking Leonard Taylor. Tip. The block. That was block. I saw it right away. I saw it.
Starting point is 00:15:39 I was like, because you couldn't see shit, but you saw the ball come off and then it changed. I was like, oh, someone got there. Did you hear what Will Lutz said? That there might have been, that they might, the offensive line lined up a yard too close. There was a, there was a, so his, so his kick was a six yards from the off, from the line of scrimmage instead of seven yards. And maybe that one yard was a trajectory. For sure, trajectory.
Starting point is 00:16:02 Yeah, that you couldn't see the line, so there was a little bit of skew. Hey, man. Operation. I couldn't help but think of Ernie Adams screaming at the TVs. You got to switch to the seven studs. Oh, 1,000. I was looking for guys. When Drake slipped on that one where there was a fumble,
Starting point is 00:16:19 I was like, oh my God. They better be, but Vrabs is, Frabs has heard that. You know Vrabs told them seven studs. They were wearing seven studs. The thing is,
Starting point is 00:16:27 Brabs is very much what we were, just an evolved version with EQ. He knows that, like, he's just a person that's been in it that knows how to speak from the experience of the dog shit grind of it and the believing in it
Starting point is 00:16:41 and the repetition of practicing it, and the rest of, and the repetition of everything matters about practice. And when we see it in practice, it turns into game execution. He just delivers it in a different communication. New rapper. Same message, new package. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:16:56 I mean, I'm so excited for these guys. Fucking Josh McDaniels and the boys back in. And you got to, Elliot Wolf, man. Or whoever's calling shots at bringing guys in, I don't know who is. All the guys they brought in made plays. on defense. Receiver room. Diggs was a huge kickstart
Starting point is 00:17:19 to getting that attitude in that receiver room going. Hollins too. They made a lot. Huh? Hollins, Matt Collins. Hollins. He came in, made a big third down
Starting point is 00:17:29 early to flip. Like, there was a lot of field position. There was a field position battle of this game that they were playing. And that Matt Collins third down where he, that flipped the field position. They didn't score anything, but they got it out of the goddamn end zone.
Starting point is 00:17:42 They were in the eight yard line. the Broncos were winning the field position game all fucking first half. Their punter was crushing it too. Punter, that guy's got the Coughlin corner. Yeah. Oh, man, it was just, you know, it wasn't like, for the fan who's not a fan of these teams, they're like, that's a boring game. Yeah, yeah.
Starting point is 00:18:05 But the fans of these teams were sitting there watching it, like, you're on edge the whole time. You're one play away, especially you get into snowpocalypse. whatever it was. Like, just hold on, boys. Honk her down. And then one last thing, the Drake May conversion with his legs to end the game. Did he do it on his own?
Starting point is 00:18:26 I heard that he saw it and went. But just like, you look at the box score, he didn't have a great game per se passing, but like showed up, made the play with his legs when he had to to win the fucking game. Yeah, but this team and this coaching staff, they do a good job of adjusting. to the game and doing what it takes to have one more point than the other team.
Starting point is 00:18:53 You know, the in-game coaching of when we should go, when we should push them back, when we should punt it, when we should kick the – I just felt like, or how we were calling our game, I think they, like, gave up back at the end of the game. They ran three in a row and they had Drake throw it away just so they wouldn't get a fumble or anything. Like, I know you got to go out and win games. You can't try not to lose games, but there's different parameters on different conditions of these games.
Starting point is 00:19:21 I thought the coaches have, I mean, one penalty, zero turnovers, defense fucking play big boy ball, which no one talks about the Patriots defense. We talk about everyone else's defense, but the Patriots are giving up like goose eggs of these teams. Yeah, the offenses haven't been good they're going against, but they're in the playoffs in the AFC championship. You know what I mean? You're in the divisional round.
Starting point is 00:19:43 You're in the wild card. These are only, you know what I mean? So that defense, they tackle well. I didn't like Spillane got hurt. He hurt his ankle. They got banged up there. He needs to get healthy. But like, man, they're deep.
Starting point is 00:19:59 They just got, they got, they got a complimentary football team. And I was waiting for Marcus Jones maybe to, I love as a punt returner when you got snow on the ground. Yeah. You have better, you have an advantage. Yes. I remember taking one back against Chicago. almost two in Chicago. One got called back and then I got tackled
Starting point is 00:20:17 like on the five and the other one. I was thinking Marcus Jones is gonna, he's gonna make a play. I had the same nerves reverse and kind of happy that the Patriots kept kind of like muffing,
Starting point is 00:20:30 not muffing the punts, but having shitty kicks just because we're out of balance, whatever. They're not gonna return it. I'd rather lose the 20 yards and not have to return or two. I think,
Starting point is 00:20:38 I think, you know, both these teams, it was a great game. It sucks to see that Denver had their backup. You got to see if, you know. But hey, this is National Football League. Everyone's dealing with something.
Starting point is 00:20:49 Yep. And then one last thing. Nolan Williams might be reverse Chris Long. Hear me out. When a Super Bowl with the Eagles last year, signs with the Patriots back in the Super Bowl. Chris Long signed with the Patriots when a Super Bowl, went back with the Eagles.
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Starting point is 00:25:24 Let's move on to the Rams versus the Seahawks. Let's talk about this NFC game. This was a, you know... Complete opposite game. Complete opposite. Complete opposite. 31 to 27, Seattle holds off the Rams. And I talked about it all year.
Starting point is 00:25:42 year. I think I even threw it in a group chat or two. When everyone was asking me, I said, I called Patriots Seahawks going into this weekend. I loved the Rams. I love Matt Staffer. I love the story. And everyone was saying, would Sam Darnold be able to make the plays, not make the mistakes? A Seattle team is just so complimentary. I thought that the Rams special teams would fuck up a play. and I've been saying it for weeks, it would cost them. And it cost them. It sucks.
Starting point is 00:26:19 It sucks. It sucks. Fire the special team's coordinator. You know, and it brings me back to this thought. I remember someone in our coaching staff used to say it or something. Like all those dark thoughts that you have before bed, those demons about your team that you sit there that keep you up, when you go to the playoffs,
Starting point is 00:26:47 they don't just fucking, they don't go away. They're magnified. They come out. And that's what happened. I mean, that was the game. The one turnover.
Starting point is 00:27:02 That's the game. Sam Darno played his best game of his career. Three touchdowns, 365 yards, didn't make a mistake. Guy didn't even practice all week. He got the oblique. But like,
Starting point is 00:27:14 they called, they called a great game. Called great game on offense. You know, Walker was very, he was effective. He wasn't what they really want, but they're not a crazy going to win you a run game. JSN had an unbelievable first half. Unbelievable game.
Starting point is 00:27:34 I mean, this was just a star study. Puka had a great game. Adams too. Adams had a great game. This was a fun game to watch. it definitely felt like two divisional rivals The one that pissed me up The one thing that I thought was going to get Seattle
Starting point is 00:27:49 Was that penalty On sportsman like conduct penalty And sportsman like And then he got burnt The very next play That was the football gods right there Slaping them down Hey man
Starting point is 00:27:58 This is a championship game You can't do that And he's gonna learn from that 27 He's a good football player Yeah For the Seattle Seahawks But I mean you can't do that
Starting point is 00:28:09 Yep That only hurts your team man You guys would have got off the field That could have fuck That could have... It was fourth and 12 after, you know, they would have got the ball back. They go on and score to Pooka the very next play on a bomb on him. You know, this just came down to me as special teams.
Starting point is 00:28:28 It's a third of the game. That's really what it was. Because everyone, I mean, and other the fact... One thing I always thought, I don't know if I have any stats to back it up, but when it was important, L.A. Rams struggle. getting off the field on defense. Right? Yep.
Starting point is 00:28:48 And then on the other side, the Rams, they had their worst third down day of the year. One for eight. Can't do that. Nope. You know, Mike McDonald, like talk about impressive turnarounds. And you talk about,
Starting point is 00:29:06 you know, you got to talk about the Seattle team for a second. Yeah. This is the third time in last 20 years with a different coach, different quarterback, that they're going to the Super Bowl. You know what I read yesterday? That every time there's a new Pope Seattle, the Seahawks go to the Super Bowl.
Starting point is 00:29:22 Seriously. Yeah. And I think they win it usually. They lost with Pope Benedict against the Steelers. I don't know what it is, but it happened again. I saw that. Yeah. And you got to, John Snyder, GM for the Seattle Seahawks.
Starting point is 00:29:40 I mean, the balls he had to bring in San Diego. Darnold and he got him for a great number. But no one thought Sam Donald could do it again. Yep. Without JJ, without Addison in Minnesota, without KOC and the play calling guru. We didn't think he could go out here to Seattle
Starting point is 00:30:01 and ship off their big receiver, Medcaf, and have this little young JSN guy who had a really great couple years of his current. But we didn't know. Like the defense, John Snyder has gotten dialed with the help of McDonald, probably very collaborative. You know, I had lunch with John Snyder when I was coming out for the draft.
Starting point is 00:30:29 He was with the Packers at the time. I was going to sign with the Packers because of that. He was just a cool dude, new ball. Like, he's just a good. Look at this team. Like, they don't have a hole. Yeah. you know what I mean?
Starting point is 00:30:46 The whole is one of their really top two good running backs got hurt. They have another really good running back, Walker. You know, Sam Darnold played his tail off. Rahid, she heed trade in the middle of the season. Unreal. Yeah. Brings another dynamic piece on special teams, brings another dynamic piece to break the top off for JSN to eat.
Starting point is 00:31:11 Have we ever seen? Cooper Cup. Cooper Cup. Got a touchdown. Cup on situational plays. Did you see that third down where he caught it and his sticks awareness where he got the ball and he knew where he had to go? That's a smart fucking football player.
Starting point is 00:31:27 Every time he gets the ball, he gets vertical and gets as much as he can. He doesn't do this dancing because he knows. He's smart. He's effective. He's not the same athletically as he was when he was triple crown winner. But this guy's making big time plays for his team. when they need him. And he's unselfish. He does great in the blocking game.
Starting point is 00:31:48 Had an unbelievable block for a JSN on a screen. A.J. Barner developed an unbelievable role. Yeah. It's fun to see him this season. There it is. I mean, he was here in the nut house. Yeah, Chuck L. brought him just here if everyone wants to know. And one thing he talked about
Starting point is 00:32:04 he said, I was at Michigan, I'd never really been receiving tight end. I said, you just keep on blocking guys. And if you can catch your ball, it'll come to fruition. And that's what he's Done. Man, that was, you had tip your cap to both teams that lost that unbelievable year for Sean Payton, the Denver Broncos.
Starting point is 00:32:23 They're still in Cappell. They're ahead of schedule too. They're still in Cappell. From Russell? Just from whatever. Yeah. We don't call people out. Okay.
Starting point is 00:32:34 Tip your cap to the L.A. Rams. Sean McVeigh, if we would have said the year before or in training camp when we, We saw fucking the machine that got Matthew Stafford back or whatever the fucking trailer was. We wouldn't have thought that Matthew Stafford was going to have 50 fucking touchdowns and nine interceptions or whatever it was this year. Probably a MVP. Or an MVP. He's probably going to be the MVP. Yeah, he's probably going to get it.
Starting point is 00:33:02 And we didn't think that. Got tip your cap. It's hard to get there. It's hard to get there. It's hard to get there. And then also you got tip your cap to the show now. the show is set Super Bowl 60
Starting point is 00:33:15 Santa Clara Patriots Seahawks Super Bowl 60 That sounds good I like it Super Bowl 60 None of these dumb Roman numerals It's just easy
Starting point is 00:33:27 What is it? Alex right Just LX Let's fucking go Right Yeah That's kind of That's a good one
Starting point is 00:33:35 It's tight That's a good I love an outdoor Super Bowl too I mean it's gonna be beautiful Real bare area There's gonna be
Starting point is 00:33:41 Unbelievable weather I was looking at the Tuesday forecast of next week, and that's as far as I can get for a nice accurate. It's looking like 70s in Santa Clara. We're looking like 70s. Now we may have to turn the power down. You may have to turn the power down so guys don't get hurt in the Super Bowl.
Starting point is 00:33:59 Some brown hunts. I mean, Patriots, come back to Red Morton, baby. That's where the 49ers, when they were the 49ers of the old with Bill Walsh. practicing at Red Morton Redwood City I think we got to get the Patriots to Redwood City Chavez Beat Market
Starting point is 00:34:22 We'll get a pig with some of my Polynesia friends And we'll get Harry's Hofbrow Well we'll be up there Nuth House will be in San Francisco Presented by Liquid Ivy We'll be up there Shooting a bunch of stuff
Starting point is 00:34:34 Congratulations to all the teams Unbelievable that was just I love championship Sunday That's great I love championship Sunday. It's also amazing on the West Coast. Yeah. Noon 3.
Starting point is 00:34:46 Let's fucking go. Done. It was like 6, 8 o'clock, 7 o'clock. I got to Netflix and chill. What do you watch? I watched a man on fire. Man on fire. I've been seeing that.
Starting point is 00:34:59 I haven't seen it in a while. All right, guys. We'll see you guys in the Bay. We will be in San Francisco the leading up to the Super Bowl week. The leading up week to the Super Bowl. in the Nut House presented by Liquid Ivy. Stay tuned. Remember to like and subscribe.
Starting point is 00:35:20 Again, we got a new games with names tomorrow with comedian Mark Norman. It's a good one. It's fun one. Yeah. Fun. He's fun.
Starting point is 00:35:29 He's funny. He's fucking got that dry humor that like makes you uncomfortable with what he says type shit. So quick, too. He's so on. Yeah. River City Relay.
Starting point is 00:35:42 a fun one. Very, very fun game to go over. The River City Relay. And a new dudes on dudes is dropping this week. It's going to be Friday this week. Just heads up. Friday, everybody. We'll be determining our all dudes team this week. We'll see you then. What if mind control is real? If you can control the behavior of anybody around you, what kind of life would you have? Can you hypnotically persuade someone to buy a car? When you look at your car, you're going to become overwhelmed with such good feelings. Can you hypnotize someone into sleeping with you? I gave her some suggestions to be sexually aroused. Can you get someone to join your cult?
Starting point is 00:36:20 NLP was used on me to access my subconscious. Mind Games, a new podcast exploring NLP, aka neurolinguistic programming. Is it a self-help miracle, a shady hypnosis scam, or both? Listen to Mind Games on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. This is Dr. Jesse Mills, host of the male root. podcast. Each January, men promised to get stronger, work harder, and fix what's broken. But what if the
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