Green Light with Chris Long - Chargers Will Cover, Eagles To Fly & Panthers or Rams? | Backdoor Cover With Stanford Steve

Episode Date: January 10, 2026

Chris, Macon and Stanford Steve drop the Backdoor Cover - Wild Card edition. The NFL Playoffs kick off and the fellas love the LA Chargers, thinking Justin Herbert is primed to lead an upset of Drake Maye and the New England Patriots. The Philadelphia Eagles and Jalen Hurts also show up on the board, and a couple of the fellas are on opposite sides of the Panthers-Rams matchup. Will that game be a Bryce Young arrival game or will Matthew Stafford push LA deeper into the playoffs? Chris: Chargers +4, Texans-Steelers under 39.5, 49ers-Eagles under 44.5, Packers team total over 23.5, Carolina +10.5 Steve: Patriots -3, Packers -1, Eagles -4.5, Bills team total under 26.5, Cam Little total points scored over 8.5 Macon: Patriots-Chargers under 46.5, Rams -10.5, Bears +1.5, Texans team total under 20.5, Bills -1 HELLO, Locals! Green Light is hosted by Chris Long and is joined weekly by Beau Allen, Nate 'Dr. Fax' Collins, Macon Gunter, Stanford Steve + many more athletes and celebrity guests. Subscribe to get in-depth analysis, instant reactions and team highlights | Presented by BetMGM Have some interesting takes, some codebreaks or just want to talk to the Green Light Crew? We want to hear from you. Call into the Green Light Hotline and give us your hottest takes, your biggest gripes and general thoughts. Day and night, this hotline is open. Green Light Hotline: ‪[phone]‬ Listen to the Full Episode and check out all our content: https://greenlightpodcast.org/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Oh, Chargers. Oh, Chargers, where are thou? They're right here on my sheet, catching three and a half points. You know, the great thing about that is you can't tie in that situation. Relax. You're only win or lose. That's a nice pick. That's a nice pick. That's one of the top lines on my resume.

I will force a hold. Forks a hold like a buck. White Steve. Hi, boys. What's up, brother? Chris, do you know where I am? Yeah, you're in Arizona due to the game. cactus over your right, the right side of your head. I'm just making sure you see me, brother.

Yes. And I have Chris Long stats in this stadium. Career stats. Are you ready? Yeah, sure. How many games did you play here? Well, with the Rams, I played eight. And with the New England Patriots, I played one. With the Eagles, I played none. I'll say nine. It's, I have eight career record four and four. Okay. Here, uh, sacks for. Right, I was hurt a lot.

Okay. TFL's five. Okay. And had a sack in his final game here. 2016, week one with New England. Was that the Garoppolo game? We did. We, uh, yeah, it was a Garoppolo game.

We ended up winning that one on a, um, a miss field goal. Yeah. You know who forced the hold then knocked him out of field goal range? Your boy. 95? That's that's one of the top lines on my resume. I will force a hold.

Force a hold like a mother. Good job. Yeah, the turf feels great. Turf feels great. Is it turf now? No, I mean the grass. Like we've had some issues here. You scared the front of me?

Because no, the Eagles, Super Bowl and the Auburn, Oregon National Championship. was a disaster here. But it's pristine, man. It's good. It's going to be awesome. You going to see Michael Irvin? Oh, hell yeah.

Will you tell Michael Irvin I said, what's up? Yeah, for sure. Tell them I'm team Michael Irvin over team Fran Brown. Love that handshake. Steve, would you mind saying what's up to Michael Irvin for me? Yeah. All right. Does he know you as making or just make?

Makin. It's making. Okay. Yeah. But he knows him. Believe that. Hey, so, Reed, do you want to set the table? I do want to set this table.

And congrats to Steve, first to 50 and the regular season banner in Steve's house. Congratulations. In my kitchen. In the kitchen. In the kitchen. What happened last week? Last week, Steve, you got a little hot three and two making. I'm sorry, there was a couple close ones that you fell on the wrong end of.

and four and Chris two and three all the colors in the rainbow last week we'll see what this week brings I'll help Calbs out here a little bit so the guy at 50 38 and 2 has a win percentage of 56.7 the guy at 48 39 and 3 has a win percentage of 55 and the guy at 49 and 41 has a win percentage of 54.4 so still a Pretty close race there. How many wins? I want to point something out as well, since everybody's getting a chance

to suck their own dick here. I follow the rules of the competition, which were laid out at the beginning of the season, which was you don't play for ties. So, dobs. Is that fair or not fair? May I? May I? You may, but is that fair or not fair?

Can you answer that question? Not fair. Can you run back the tape where we said this was a wins league? No, no, at the beginning. I'd like to check the tape. I could have sworn it was first to 50. I really thought I heard that beginning of the year.

I'm pretty sure I heard that. Yeah. I thought it was most positive, you know? I wouldn't be wasting so many half points bringing a push into play. Dude, I'm actively, weakly doing the opposite. So either I completely misunderstand the objective of the competition, or as the producers say who laid out the fucking the rules for this competition yearly, that ties don't actually win you anything.

Steve, I've known this guy my whole life, right? So I'm going to explain to you how this goes. This will last until Chris becomes the winner. As soon as he gets into first place, it's going to be over, all right? So this might be a regular season plus wild card weekend contest. Oh, I'm sorry. I've been winning games my whole life. How many fucking games did you win?

You're a solo sport player. What are you talking about? You act like I just inherit wins. I spent most of my career in St. Louis. So what about knowing me my entire life gives you the fucking wild idea that I'm going to end the tournament when it's convenient for me? History. I also feel like Macon's a little talking a little too much because he's not in the same room as you, Chris.

No, because somebody on Twitter said, hey, Megan, I agree with you. you and it fueled his narcissistic personality. Why do we even publish the records? Let's just do a win tally. Well, bro, I mean, like, if you want to go back and show me a clip of the beginning of the season when they said ties are going to win you this league, then by all means, do it. Produce that and I will, I will concede, in fact, at this very moment that I've lost the league. I didn't know Macon was a soccer guy, soccer guy. Ties.

You're being disingenuous. and you know it. Now here's two. Here's two. Yeah, you ready for two? Imagine caring about being good at gambling. You kidding me? It's also textbook making. Well, oh, are he was out of the fantasy league and all of a sudden we were all purves for caring about fantasy. Are you the drunkest guy in the drunk tank? Oh man, I think it's going to go the other way, but here it is. Just in case. Do you have the most loyalty points? Spoken like an only child. You're the only one that wins. Orkids day spot?

Motherfuckers. Talking to it. Hey, Steve, how many kids were in your house growing up? Three. Yeah, I'm one of three. So we're actually used to having to like expect and experience different outcomes. And outperform. Ironically, I have four half siblings, which all count as a tie.

And they're ages? And they're ages? They're in their 50s or 60s, I think. Okay, they're a lot older than you. You didn't have to fucking compete with them. They were letting you win. It's even more evidence that you're the one that can't handle a fucking loss. So go back, produce me a clip.

You go back. You go back. I'll buy a single family home. I'll buy a single family home if you can produce me that clip. Yep. You go. back. Do you go back? Bitch? Let's move forward.

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BetMGM, make it legendary. Chris kicking off week one or Chris kicking off first. He would get to go first. He always gets to go first. I've known him his whole life. You knew him since I was fucking 12. Barely knew me. We walked by each other in the playground.

And I said, what's your name? Making love? And you got pissed. I get pissed. I don't have a, I don't get pissed. I'm a lover. Whole life. That's fucking like 27 to 28% of my life.

You weren't even there. Are you building a profile on me for my whole life? That's what you thought. First accurate thing you said today. I haven't known to your whole life. So Macon's the guy that sleeps on a throne of life. you get pretty much a win

you're supposed to be honest as a real estate guy unbelievable all right let's go hey chris first pick oh chargers oh chargers where art thou they're right here on my fucking sheet catching three and a half points

you know the great thing about that is you can't fucking tie in that situation you can't win or lose that's a nice pick relax that's a nice pick Nice pig. Settle down. Jesus. I'm up. Steve! Patriots. Well, that kind of ruins my whole deal here.

What's your, you're just gonna fade me? Yeah, I was gonna fade both of you. Now I can't do either. Now to do my own work, okay? All right. Hey, Calves. Hey. I'll stay right there in New England and go under, okay?

46. Wow. That's good pick. Thank you, Steve. And then I'll take those L.A. Rams to blow out the Carolina Panthers. I'm going to take the quarterback in a matchup of quarterbacks. I don't trust at all, but I trust this guy a little bit more. Give me Jordan Love and the Packers.

Is that minus one, Steve? Gosh darn it, Steve. you motherfucker. Chris, I love you. No, it's a good pick. You just call me a bad word. No. That's a term.

It can be a term of endearment. Okay. I'm better now. I'm just going to end the fucking competition as soon as my first win hits this week. I'm going to end it at the end of the Saturday slate. This guy takes things personally here. That's another thing you need to know about him.

You're not a little bit. Yeah, right. Making personal accusations. Our leader gets two picks right now. Oh, must be, must be an inside job. He's literally in third place, out of three. According to your Fugazi rating system

that doesn't apply to this league. Oh, so you're the type of guy that's playing in a PPR league, but he's like, no, it's not PPR. You go back and produce the tape where it says we're a wins league, all right? Wins league. I'll take, hey, what are the injuries for the 49ers and the Eagles right now?

Is Trent Williams still doubtful or questionable? Neither Trent Williams or Ricky Pearsall participated in Wednesday. It is Thursday, though. Hmm. Motherfucker, we'll probably have the designation by later. Well, you, Trent does receive a arrest day during the first practice of the week. week. Why don't why don't we re-record later when you're

most comfortable? I appreciate you. I have an appraisal. Come on, man. It's real life. Real life. New year. We got numbers to hit. Let's do you know what, let's fuck it. Yeah. Let's do Texan Steelers under

39. Did you guys see that? Megan just shot himself. My nurse gun went off. Pardon. me, that was terrible. You shot yourself at the face? Yeah, right, my chin. Can you imagine?

So can I pick again? Yeah, sorry. Yeah, I didn't say anything. No one was listening. There was a gun going off. I'll take, uh, look at that. I'm changing my, uh, changing my tune on this thing. Clayton tune.

I get two picks, Texan Steelers under 39 and a half. That's a good pick. And, uh, Niners Eagles under 44 and a half. I'm changing my tune on that game. I can't take another side or I can't? You can. You get one more side. Give me the Eagles.

Shit. Give me, give me the bears, please. And give me, that'll be out of plus one. And give me the Texans team total under 20 and a half. It's a big yikes. Right in the face. You got a big red mark there right there now too

It might be a bruise Like a big little soul patch Oh man Chris I'm just talking about all this man Give me bills under 26 and a half All right Steve Oh my God Look at Reed trying

Right Oh my God Look at him writing well He's writing good He's writing goodly Who writes Buffalo With 1 F Like I've never seen

Even Biff has two Fs Well to be fair If you go If you go buff The buff acronym in caps There's just one F I've never seen it I've always seen two Fs

Look at the TV Look at the Kiron Steve Look at how your employer pervers it What was that word Because if you did two F it would be copyright infringement on the on the buff company you know the the face or it'd be like yeah okay fucking jacked yeah all right chris two to you finish it out

so i still got to do a total eh uh no you done two totals or a prop i mean yeah prop i mean yeah yeah wild card what's cam little's field goals is that some sort of joke or do you really want to know i figure i'd just take the time to find out download up update. See, not a gambler. Don't have the app updated. Ah. Calbs, you're gonna need to find that. It's minus 175. Yeah. That's, that's in play, isn't it? No.

All right. So I will take, gosh, darn it. I don't want to do this. You take extra points made by Kim Little. No, I'm good on that. on that. Give me the Packers over team total

and give me the fucking Panthers, dude. It's too many points. Too many points. It's too many damn points, man. What would they get? It was fucking,

what was it the first time they played? And the Panthers won outright? I mean, I know they forced some turnovers, but what? Yeah, Rams fans don't think that game happened. Can I take an over-under on kicker points in a game? Depending on the number? Let's find out.

Can I take Cam Little over eight and a half points? Yes, you may. Yes. And nobody picked the side in that game, huh? And which one? Jack. Buffalo, Jack. Man, I don't know.

Steve, well, we can talk about it. I think that's my most interesting game. We can talk about it while Macon makes his last play. What the fuck, dude? I mean, totally interesting. Go ahead, Macon. Pick is in. I'll take the Buffalo Bills,

minus one in Jacksonville. Thank you. Thank you, guys. Thank you, Chris. Bill's 28, 27. Half point. You're buying? Well, it's a wins league, so maybe.

I'll use my new England, Reed. You guys catching on. So Chris and I can both win. Did you use it at half point yet, Macon? Sorry. No, sir. Oh, so Chris has Carolina and Macon has the Rams. Yes.

You guys should live stream that game from the kitchen. Should I buy to 11? From the kitchen. Should I buy to 11? Yeah, bring that tie into play. Yeah. No, fuck you How funny

Put it back I would rather Shit dude I'm gonna I'm gonna have to This is a this is a clown show I might And that first matchup It was Rams minus 10

It really doesn't matter What the half point is For me Yeah I don't know where you're gonna put it You might as well make Chargers for hackers Just have fun with it Yeah

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he um they won i forget who they played uh they whipped yeah they whipped them yeah mariotta was the quarterback mariotta mariotta mariotta mariotta what are they doing to get the stadium not ready bears to one and a half cubs there's joey galloway oh joey galway hi joey yes yes

good to be with you joey put him on the YouTube title, Reed. You got it. Joey Galloway, Joy. Galloway plus picks. Yeah. That's awesome.

That was a bad man. Hey, that's a good man. I asked Joe Galloway if the bills are going to, don't ask him. So I'm a little bit nervous about the Bills game because it feels like the Jags are so much better.

I got some NFL stats you might want to hear. You want to? Give me. Yeah. These are from my man, Cap. Road teams were 5 and 19 in the wild card round in the previous four seasons. Commanders were the only road team to win last year. Josh Allen, seven career playoff wins, all since 2020.

The six other AFC quarterbacks have combined for four playoff wins since 2020. Stroud two, Rogers and Lawrence, one each. Allen is 0 in 4 on the road in his playoff career, but the bills have averaged 27 points for game in those losses. Dan Marino. is the only quarterback to ever lose his first five road playoff starts. The Jaguars outscored their opponents by 153 points during this eight-game winning streak to the end of the season. That's the best

points margin by any team in an eight-game span this year. Who'd they play? Probably a lot of division teams. Denver. That's it. How about this one? Josh Allen has played in 31 of 32 NFL stadiums. What's the one stadium he hasn't played in? Bank. Nope. Oh, okay. Jacksonville. No. He's okay, hold on, hold on. You kind of set it up like it was going to be Trevor Bank. Yeah, well, think a little

further down the line. I'm not thinking about it. Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, Denver. Nope. No, because Elway, yeah. Vegas. Nope. Further. Oh, I know what he's saying. Seattle. Yeah, it's in the playoffs. I was, yeah, Seattle. Oh. Levi Stadium. Levi Stadium. Oh, that's wild. Yeah, they played him in the snow at home. Well, he's not missing anything.

A bunch of fucking electrical current running through there. Did you read about that? That's why all the fucking 49ers are snapping their ligaments. I might want to get that checked out. All right. Love you guys. Hey, we love you. Have a great day, Steve.