NFL Daily with Gregg Rosenthal - Patriots and Seahawks Super Bowl LX Playlists

Episode Date: January 29, 2026

Gregg Rosenthal is joined by Jourdan Rodrigue, Colleen Wolfe and Patrick Claybon to construct the perfect playlist for Super Bowl LX! First, the songs and artists that represent the Patriots (03:30) followed by the Seahawks (26:08). NFL Daily YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/nflpodcastsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This is an I-Heart podcast. Guaranteed Human. Welcome to NFL Daily, where we once were employed by Dick Clark Productions. I'm Greg Rosenthal. I'm here in the Chris Wessling podcast studio with my friends. A new combination of friends, Patrick Claibon, Jordan Roderig, and Colleen Wolfe, who usurped Patrick's chair. What a dynamic this is, guys. I can only sit in this chair.

This is the only way. And I wouldn't have it any other way. I wanted to get, you know, I get to be closer to grid in this capacity. This is exciting. Double power chair over here. This is exciting. We don't have game debut this week. So we had to get even closer.

And it is my dream of basically, you know, we have all the important members of the NFL Daily family. And just we have to get every possible mix and match. Like we need an Ali and Colleen show. Yeah. Just the two of you, actually. Sure. You're hosting.

Okay. Tomorrow. Is that happening? Tomorrow. I need a... How I find out about shows, by the way. I need a break the whole putting daily in the title. It's a lot.

This is your show, though, Colleen, for real. I know. It's a lot of... How about that? Yeah, it's... This is going to be a great one. You guys know that I love music. And I thought it would be really fun to do some type of draft of songs that would

tell the story of... the season of the teams that are going to the Super Bowl. So that is what we're going to do. Oh, yeah. I love it. She just summed it up so concisely. It's going to involve... The first time ever.

It's going to involve the fans. You pitched this, yeah, last week. And we were like, oh, that's a lot to wrap your mind around. Let's do it next week. And then we probably did no work on it in between. But it did just mentally make me feel better. It really could have done a little bit more in between,

but we're ready to go. I think it would be fun. I think, Eric's ready. I think Jordan's ready. This was a show that you better be a little prepped and have some songs ready. Patrick,

Patrick famously, not like that big of a pop culture guy, I feel like. What? What? Okay, I dabble. I try to keep up. He just seems like sometimes he says even

that he doesn't keep up with it. Yeah, no, I have to play catch up. Okay. I do. That's fair. What I'm most excited about is that we want to build a playlist

for the fans out of this, out of whatever our draft ends up being. This is on it, by the way. Just a little pallet cleanser to get you started. I thought that was just in my own head. That's still happening. Hey, we have to set the order.

So in the six-part memo that Colleen sent out to the group tech. There was a lot of points on it. It included a draft, which confused me. I was like, why do we need to draft it? But it does make sense. We are going to draft each team. It's the Seahawks and the Patriots, if you're just joining us with this season. We're going to be playing in the Super Bowl.

But we got to draft the order in which we're going to draft these songs for the playlist that we're going to put out on your Spotify, Colleen. Yeah, that's right, everybody. And then people can decide which playlist is better, who I don't know, who had to fix. Just let us. And each team will have 10 songs on the playlist. And we hope you like it. Yes.

Colleen, since you came up with this and it's all resting on your shoulder, why don't you take a piece of paper out of this New York? Giant's helmet. Which team are we starting with? Big Blue. Why don't we start with the underdog? Let's start with the Patriots. Okay.

It's actually Tyree's helmet. So, we have Patrick. Oh, wow. Patrick's got the number one. Patrick goes, I looked, but I don't know why. I didn't see anything in there. She says, who's next? Oh, but it is me.

Okay, it's Colleen up next. Second. Okay. And then I did it again. We have Greg. That's good. Third. And then Jordan four.

And this is a snake draft, yeah? Oh, that's not good because I think I have more Patriot songs. Four. One could argue it is very good. Okay. All right. So there we go. There you have it.

All right. And so what this is going to do, it's going to teach you a little bit about music. And hopefully people check out these songs and they enjoy it. But also. That we don't have the rights too. So you're going to have to do your research. It's a little big picture.

I didn't want to go like a whole week, week and a half without mentioning this game. Yeah. So it's a little, it's just a little dipping our toes in the water. And obviously next week we have a lot of guests that we're excited about. We're already seen the list of people who will be joining us on Radio Row. We're going to be out there Wednesday through the game. Have a nice post game show too. But in the meantime, Patrick's got the first overall pick here.

It has to be about the Patriots. Okay. Well, I was thinking about formative years after we, you know, Greg initially told me about this. And I was thinking about Greg Rosenthal in the early 2000, where I was in a coming of age spot. You know, you finish high school. There's those first crucial summers. And there's a wide swath of music that Greg just didn't have access to. And I thought about that for Drake May in his second year.

And one of the songs of the summer after his senior season in high school would have been Ariana Grande's seven rings, which is thematic. Because it lines up, but it's not my choice. It is not my choice. That's so good, though. I am not going at that because, you know, I'm not necessarily a fan of the New England Patriots, but I do, right? After listening to Scott Zolak every single week,

I'm convinced that there's a national media conspiracy to be negative about the Patriots. And I could not, once I first thought of Cardi B's 2009 single press, it was perfect, which features bars like bees, be mad when they see Cardi step in the spot. say that you bowed it. I know that you're not. I'll pull up on as soon as I drop.

And it seems to sum up this feeling of us against the world as the Patriots have gone through this hurtful period where they haven't won a Super Bowl. And I think that would be a... Yeah, but didn't you hear how all the people are being mean about that there was an easy record? I don't like that. Yeah, exactly.

And that's why... Hey, America. Where is back. Yeah, and so Zolak and Greg summoning the spirit of Cardi when she says that blank be mad, when they see the Patriots step on the spot. That's pretty good. It's a great song.

And we had to have a Cardi B.A. song on there. Absolutely, obviously, as she is dating, Stefan Diggs. Yeah, then bloody shoes wasn't going to work. No. I'm kind of annoyed because, you know, I may or may not have one on my big board. But maybe it'll, maybe it'll have to be replaced. You're right that I missed that song kind of the first time around. But eventually I kind of got to it and it got on the running playlist.

So, like, that's been, that's been in the mix. Will Bill Belichick have to change his boat? to seven rings if they win with Adam. You know how he always was changing. I don't know that he associates with the brand anymore. No, I don't think so. I don't think so. That's a miss.

But it's a lot of his guys there. I think he counts the Giants one. So he has a different title for his boat. All right. Okay. You're number two pick calling. Okay. So with the second pick in the Patriots playoff,

the playoff playlist draft, I'm taking, oh no, by most deaf, Farrow Manch and Nate Dog because I can't believe the Patriots are back in this and hearing that we're back just sort of triggers me a little bit

I'm excited that this is a brand new Patriots team and that they've turned it around but it feels like they weren't down long enough after the dynasty was here and I just kind of I don't know if I'm ready personally for the Patriots to

win another Super Bowl. But since this is a different team with different personnel and different characters, maybe I can sort of just put it in a different box. Maybe I can disassociate from the last Patriots teams that I just, you know, did not enjoy as much. So I'm going to go with, oh, no. I mean, you enjoyed them when you were crying on the field after the Eagles took them out. You're right. That was my favorite Patriots performance, actually. The whole thing with like, oh, well, this Patriots team is different and all that. And they're like, you know, underdogs

because they haven't won a lot of, you know, they didn't win a lot of games or weren't expected. Like, Mike freaking Rable is the coach. Right. Like, he caught how many touchdowns in the Super Bowl as like, like, as a hilarious,

but obnoxious, you know, linemen. Josh McDaniels is the play call, like the, and obviously it's Robert Kraft. Like, you know, it just, yeah, you're right. Why don't we like him?

I agree. That's kind of what I'm going to. So fine. Maybe maybe I won't maybe I won't put that as the official second overall pick because that's more for me. So maybe I switch it and do I'm a boss.

Wait, you're now switching your pick? No, I just. Well, because if we're like just for the people out there. Okay, you're throwing some extra. I think that it was, this would probably be better for the official playlist to have I'm a boss by Meek Mill and Rick Ross on that. I mean, Eric is holding up his hands.

He had already sent out an official text with the picks. I mean, what are you doing here? Okay, all right, all right. Okay, just like seven rings. Okay, I'm crossing out again. What is the number two pick? I don't know what the number two pick now is totally.

I'm a boss. Okay, I'm a boss. You should put both, though, if you're making this at home. I'll throw it on there as a bonus gang. And yeah, we're just drafting patriots here, Eric. Just, just, he's confused. Everyone's confused. I'm kind of spinning out because I had a cardi.

song that I really wanted. Got snived. It's okay. That's why you build a board. Do you want to share with the class? I think I'm still going to, is it rude to just put it on? Because it had a whole like symbolic meaning to.

I don't think so. Okay. Obviously there's the Diggs thing, which is great. And that she's got to be in the mix. And that she was interviewed by Cam Wolfe after the game. I loved it. It was just like a hilarious moment in NFL network history.

Fantastic. For what it's worth. It would be drip because not only, Your Valvita commercial. Not only has it been massacred by Velvita and played during commercials throughout the season, ruining one of my favorite songs of that year,

which was now what, like 2018 or something. I mean, her first album is Bangor top to bottom. But, you know, they rap about their success. I actually, you know, trying to find one particular lyric, I go to Genius. And I didn't know Genius now summarizes the song sometimes. That's the main usage. Exactly.

And it's like, and they describe it as Cardi and Migos rap about their success as well as the doubts and hate that people have towards them and show them why and how they got to the place that they are. That's good. Also has like one of the most ridiculous takeoff verses of all time. Like that particular verse. And so I do want this song to be, you know, in this playlist to be listenable. I feel like everyone should hear. If you hear the takeoff,

first, which probably comes about three minutes in, and you're not, like, moving and feeling it, then something's wrong with you. That's a you problem. That is a you problem. I'm like when you're watching Drake May play football, if you're not moving and feeling it, then something's wrong with you. If you're not made more alive by that experience. I forgot I was supposed to connect to the team, but yes.

Got you, Greg. You did. You already did it. Yeah. I am a little annoyed that they are doing the, like, everyone doesn't really. respect this thing all the time at like in every press conference it's it's the people I like the best too it's Milton Williams who's the most um entertaining I would say interview on the team it's Christian Barmore it's everyone but it's just like the fans need to back off well every fan base does that

at this time of year yeah like nobody believed in us even if didn't the chiefs do that at one point too they tried you can doubt the chief it's chip watch all season but especially right now all right you're up Jordan okay so I'm going to give us a little doubt of pop rock here in the mix. This is a song called Don't Tell the Boys by Petey. And it is about healthy male relationship. Oh, wow. And that is all about what Mike Vrabel is for this team.

It's all about the dynamic and the culture that he has instilled in this locker room. This song is quite literally the epitome of Mike Vrable standing in the tunnel, giving everybody a hug as they come through. It's about it's a little bit because there's a little protest rock in there. too. And it's a little bit about him headbutting someone in the helmet and just kind of the badassery of it. It's one of my

favorite songs of all time and I am honored to assign it. Repeat it again? Petey, don't tell the boys. I don't know if I've ever heard it. I'm honored to assign it here as the number four overall. Love it. I mean, the real reveal here is it's one of your favorite songs of all

time and so we're going to learn a little more of it. And it references multiple OC characters. Yes. It's a journey, guys. Wow. It's a journey. Okay. I know you love that line.

I do. I know you see the line I'm talking about. I know you love it. I mean, in my, spoiler alert. In my younger days, even recently, I mean,

I have been compared to Seth Cohen. Patrick, I was actually going to send you that line specifically, like you, because I knew you would love it. Which are, which characters? No,

we're not, we're not spoiling. It's not, I mean, it's a song. It's been out for two decades. No, Greg wants to know, if his guy is,

Yes, Seth is referenced in there. Basically, it's a song about Greg. Yes. That's my guy. Another pick, now this is Snake Draft, so it's back to me. Wait, says who? We all did. Oh, we did?

Yeah, we did. Seven minutes ago, Greg. Greg, lock in. It's been a long season. So I'm really torn on this one, obviously, because there's so many good options. Like, for example, and this is not my pick, but I was thinking about the song Homestick by Noah Khan who says, I mean because I grew up in New England, for example. Or I was thinking about anything by the band Delaware, where I'm still waiting to hear.

I'm still waiting to hear the drop of those tapes, by the way. That could have been another pick. But irreplaceable by Beyonce because they were, you know, they had a good thing going with Bill Belichick. but the lyric goes, you must not know about me. I could have another you in a minute. And in fact, he'll be here in a minute.

And look at Mike Vrable and the New England Patriots back to the Super Bowl already in his first season as I coach. I love that. He really is such a mass which I say with such in like endearment.

Like he he is the perfect coach for the New England Patriots. He's so sarcastic on the podium like making fun of the question. So like he is genuinely funny. Wes used to always talk about, you know, people getting too much credit for, like, them being funny when they're just, like, athletes who are, like, a little funny, but not really. Mike Freebo is legitimately, like, sarcastic. I know he's from Ohio, but he just seems like he should

be from Massachusetts. I love it. No, that's the Massachusetts. That's why I was really We want them. I want him. He's ours now. I was just really torn because of that line and that song, Homestick. I mean, because I grew up in New England. But I had to go with Beyonce here. If, if we're getting limited picks, like I had to go with Beyonce as the number fifth overall pick. We'll see, yeah. Number one in all of our hearts. I have different options, but now I think the way you built into that is going to make me go

with the song Gigantic by the Pixies. Because A, they're a Massachusetts band, and I just thought, like, let's get some Massachusetts representation. And they were partly like a Western Mass band, too, because they met at UMass. So shout out to Western Mass. But gigantic, not so famously, was also

the song that we stole the baseline for it's kind of an iconic baseline. It's a Kim deal song. Now I'm really aging myself but she's the basis but she gets to sing this song, it's her song. We stole that baseline for Delaware's breakthrough single Nordic track. Nordic track? Because we didn't really know like the exercise machine?

But also it's a double entendre right? What? Right? Or no, it's purely a reference to the exercise machine? We finally have another detail. What's the double entendre with Nordic check? There is a double entendre coming with gigantic, but yes. There you know. Nick Coles appears on the pod again.

Yeah. No, I was thinking like the direction towards the Nordic countries and maybe like, I don't know. I'm a South East. No, it was literal. It was literal. It was literal. Patrick's thinking of the cold. Nordic check was just popping back then.

It was a lot of infomercials. It was just that it was happening. Incredible. I'm like overheating because I feel like we have more details about the bandelware right now. Well, that's why I decided I had to go with that. Sneaky Greg Lord drop. I had a few pixies options. Here comes your man would have been a fine option.

Head on, which is actually like a cover of a Jesus and Mary Chain Song, but is a banger. But gigantic, I think, properly describes the huevos that Mike Ravel comes to every game with and will be operating in Santa Clara with. they're going to go for it. They're going to go for it. I just feel like if anyone's going to do like a Sean Payton ambush onside kick in the Super Bowl or something,

if they lose, it's going to maybe be like spectacularly like going for it. So that's where a gigantic fits. I like it. I love that this show is completely off the rails. This makes complete sense that I came up with this idea

and it's totally not under control. Oh, it's very much in control. It's all happening. Who is that next? I am up and I am going to take a little Diddy called Not Diddy Ride with me by Nelly Because this is a team that traveled so well

They played so great on the road 9-0 this year And this whole season has just been such a ride And I feel like that could be a nice little anthem for them but the fact that they were just so, yes, their schedule was, you know, pretty fairly easy. But they were a really good road team and I just liked the way that they traveled. So ride with me. This is a great car song. I love that. I love that. And they call themselves like the road warriors.

Uh-huh. I did look because I was going to use the Wu-Tang song where at one point, ODB just like, you know, yells out, Warriors, come out and play. And then I realized that song was not appropriate for this. occasion. Mac Hollins walked into the Bronx, walked into the building, singing, like, yelling that, warrior. Oh, yeah.

That's from the, what, movie? Right, I should know this. But now, I will say, in my research that I did now, and I feel like this, we should lock this in as the pick. But just contextually, the song I have learned by a little birdie up there in the cold, frigid Northeast, that they do play take over your trap by Bankroll Fresh featuring two chains and

Schooley after every road game. Oh, well then that's got to go on. I don't know. You know what I'm starting to feel is like why are we so locked into 10? Just put them all on. Yeah, put them all on. There are no rules.

I like that one. I like that one. That's mostly because I want a third pick here too. But now you put them both on. Put your first two songs on too. Sure. Great. Who cares?

I got them written down. I got you, Colleen. I absolutely love that. And like, it'd be one thing if it was like the Patriots used to play, It's My Life by Bon Jovi all the time. Like, we don't need to add that. But this sounds like a good addition. Patrick.

Okay, so I was thinking about the or like who is speaking on behalf of this team. And I think about a third round pick whose draft profile on NFL.com says he might be caught between positions. His lack of length and mass could be a concern. And the first thing on his. Twitter account is him bench pressing 500 pounds out there every single game talking about lack of belief. And that's Milton Williams, who is from Crowley, Georgia.

When I think about South, south of Dallas, right? We'll give him Houston because the Dallas rap community does not really reach the Houston rap community. I think about Houston rap. I think about Mike Jones and his most important song ever that I listen to at the start of every single workout when he says, back then they didn't want me. Now I'm hot. They all on me.

And that's how you get a $63 million contract guaranteed Milton Williams, Mike Jones back then. How about Howie? Howie didn't do it. No. Howie actually let a baller that they did a great job developing and everything out the building. And you got to wonder, that might be the one that got away, a rare ego that left and does even better. I love me some little Williams. Okay.

So am I up again, Snake? Well, now, like you got three in. The reason I wanted it to be. I think Greg gets better. I was just like Greg's got another track. You got another one? I had two already.

Oh, okay. Well, so did I. But I'm going to throw in a different one. Just because it's a big. I did Cardi. I did the pixies. It's fine. I'll throw one more.

It's your team. It is my team. And I'm going to go with it. It's a recent song, which I've been listening to nonstop. It's called Angel of My Dreams by Jade. It is the, it's actually from last year. And I just like, people should hear the song,

a perfect pop song. But that's, that's what Drake May is to me specifically. Because my heart was cold and cynical and maybe a little jaded. Her name is Jade, by the way, who sings it. And I tried on around the NFL to say,

I'm actually going to, I don't know, like it's never going to get any better than Brady and Belichick. So when they're gone, I'm just going to give it up. And then before the Patriots even drafted Drake May, like Tice was talking about him. Start watching.

him with Josh Downs back at UNC. I was like, this is my guy. I'm going to follow this guy. He's going to be my guy when he gets into the league. And where does he land? Let's go. Angel of my dreams. And you know, it was like a spring thaw after a long Nordic winter.

So there we go. I like that. That's the song out of all these. I'm like, people actually like this. And it's not, I thought it was like esoteric. And then I looked and it's got like hundreds of millions of views. So it's, it's, it's, the youth, the youth are on top of it. Let's go, Jordan.

Oh, we're at 10. We're more than, that's what I was saying. If you wanted, if you have another you really wanted to before we take a break, throw it in. I have one more. It's, uh, it's kind of a throwback. Um, it's called you get what you give by the new radicals. Oh, I love that one. And I know you guys know it.

And you kind of always, if you start hearing it come on, you, you always start bobbing your head a little bit. It is a, like, radically positive song about. getting everything you put into something and not giving up. And I feel like the Patriots are kind of here. And they've given everything they have into creating like just this wildly optimistic space that they're in right now. And that is what that song feels like to me. When I listen to it, it will never get old to me when I'm in a funk or anything or if I need to finish a run with a sprint. Like that's the song.

Oh, wow. It is a song that will lift your spirits. And I think as much, even if you want to hate the Patriots watching this team and how they are together, you do feel a little bit of that joy. That's fun. That's a good one. I can't wait to listen to this playlist. Okay, I have one more I want to throw out there.

And since you mentioned Bhutan earlier, Oh, yeah. Protect Your Neck is, I feel like a, this was their debut single. There. So this is the debut for Mike Rable with the Patriots. And with Drake May, the one concern, especially in the playoffs here,

are the fumbles and protecting the football. Oh. And perhaps a sneaky injury that's popped up here in the late hours. That Greg's real worried about. Let me tell you what. We were on top of that watching that play. Remember that play? Now it's haunting me that play if it's going to affect things.

Well, yeah. So protect your neck for more reasons. And Will Campbell needs to do a better job protecting Drake May's neck. And I wanted to throw one out there in honor of Ohioan, Mike Vrable, who would have been coming of age around that early 90s. And his relationship with the play clock and the game clock makes me think of hooty and the blowfish. Most important song, Time. Wow.

Which notes all of our relationship with the passage of time as well as growth and learning. I love that because, like, I think about that 2018 run as 2018 season. It happened in that, like, everyone's like, oh, you guys, like, you had to wait so long. It's sort of the opposite for it. I was like, I can't believe that that was that long ago. Yeah, time. It feels, it feels like a way to crash into the shore. When me and Erica were embarrassingly, like, jumping up and down as they beat the Chiefs in overtime in the AFC championship in the sound.

It seems like a long time ago. You know what, though? It really wasn't that long ago, Greg. Yes. So congrats again, I guess. Let's take a break. We're going to come back and we're going to do the Seahawks. And we're going to do more than 10 if we want to do.

Yeah. Who really cares? I love it. We like to break rules. Look at this playlist. Epic. This is ridiculous. Time.

Ooty. Oh. Oh, yeah. Put this one on the playlist. Well, we're back. When I hear this, I think Seattle music. See-ha. We just constructed a eclectic,

slightly unhinged, bombastic Patriots playlist that is going to be a strong contender for the best playlist that helps describe the Super Bowl 60 participants. But we're going to try to top ourselves now. with the Seahawks. I don't know. I guess we're not going to redraw for the order unless you want to.

Or should we just go with the same order again? Um, you look disappointed when I said that we weren't going to redraw. Let's redraw. Come on now. Remember when I asked you, I was like, I was like, why are we drafting it anyways, Colleen? You're like, it's important. I don't know why, because it is important.

The integrity of the game. Here we go. We're shaking up the Giants helmet. Okay. Why don't you pick, Jordan? The Giants where Bill Belichick once constructed a Hall of Fame-worthy game plan. Oh, look who's first, bitches! Oh, it's Jordan. And she even said, I have the perfect song.

I am first. I am first. I mean, what are the odds we're stealing songs from each other? Anyways, all right, give the rest of the order. The rest of the order, who cares? Jordan. Greg, you're second. Okay.

Okay, good, okay. Third. Colleen. Okay. Oh, double pick coming for Patrick. Woo-hoo. Okay. All right, what is your perfect?

So I can't, I actually can't, I can't use my perfect Sam Darnold song yet because if I'm, listen, if I'm thinking of the construction of a playlist, you got to start with a freaking banger, right? Okay. You can start with something that. Oh, are we putting it up in the order that it was drafted? That's interesting. Well, that's, why not? Yeah. Yeah.

Okay, sure. So I thought, like, I just think you have to stand, you have to start with something like quintessentially and totally. and totally Seattle, baby, alive by Pearl Jam. It's the castoffs and the redemption arcs, finding that they made it through their toughest times. They are still alive. And the song crescendos in the same way that this team will just smother you

in sound and pain and noise by the end of it. And it's so Seattle, you've got to start with alive by Pearl Jam. Number one overall. I was wondering how much to lean into the Seattle of it all. Like, are they going to be annoyed? you know, when you watch NBC like Sunday Night Football and the Seahawks are playing

and they're always playing like the Grungera songs going into Drake. But do they like that or did they not? If they were a less complete team, I would have put like Man in a Box by Allison Chains or something. But Sam Darnold played so well this last time out that I don't think we even need that song. He's not going to be the man in the box. He's free.

Reg, you got to play that. I love that. So do you think when you're constructing a playlist? Because I do want to direct people to Colleen's Spotify, where she's got a lot of great... A little nervous about this. Do you have any philosophies in terms of constructing a playlist that are important to you?

Well, I think quality control is very important. It's also a great song, by the way, but I think that you kind of have to... Jurassic 5? Yeah. Wow. You have to... Once you construct the playlist,

you have to go through it a few times and listen and then figure out, okay, which songs don't really work with this flow. I'm cool with appointing you general manager and making some cuts after the fact if you really want to be harsh. That would be compelling. I think that it's

it is such an eclectic playlist. So it's going to be different than any other playlist. So it's not really going to flow genre wise. Yeah. You had brought up you had brought up the idea of maybe we should keep it to one genre or one genre per team, which wasn't a bad idea, but it seems complicated.

I like that we have a totality. So I guess I'm asking you this. I'm asking you this because I'm next. If I do have a grunge type of song, do you go with that second or do you save it for later or do you want it to go from even flow? See, I'm someone

who is like, just go with it. You don't know what's going to happen later. Like you don't. If you want the prospect, go get the prospect. Don't save it. Don't save money. Don't save anything. Because I immediately thought in Bloom, another song that I was screaming

in a basement. That wasn't really a band. We would just, you know, play songs in Jeff Flash's basement, but I would scream, that's a fun one to scream out. Because, you know, this is it. Turning the rage in bloom. Like, they have a second year head coach, which is like, oh, that's early.

Actually, no, that's when you mostly win your Super Bowls. Yeah. Is in the first, second, third year of the coach. The entire offensive line is on a rookie deal. I don't know if I've ever seen that. Like, all five guys are on their rookie deals. Most of the secondary on their rookie deals, including like their stars from the,

other night. Like, JSN's on his rookie deal. Barner, Ken Walker, who's going to be a free agent. Defensive lines, a little bit more of a mix. You know, you got some older players and stuff. Darnold's still relatively cheapish. Like, now is the time. We say this every year with Super Bowl teams,

and this Seahawks team could be great for a while. There's no reason that they, like, won't be a contender next year. But like, goddamn, this team's in bloom. Like, it is all popping. It is all working. according to DVOA, and I feel this way too, they're one of the best teams I've ever seen.

I really don't think that's that crazy. They have to finish it off, but DVOA has them, I think, is the sixth best team since 1978, measuring offense, defense, special teams, total efficiency. And like, it doesn't seem that crazy.

They're an awesome team. I mean, I know the Eagles were last year, too. They got to finish it off. You have to win it to get on that list, but that's my team. That's my song. I love it. I'm imagining you screaming this.

as a younger, Greg. I've seen the yearbook photo. I think you could, I think you could nail this. I had the look, not so much the pipes. Well, I'm not sure that this next pick is going to flow with,

at some point we have to break out. Sorry, Mom's not. But we can't go all grunge. It's heavy, man. When I think about Sam Darnold, there's one song that just kind of immediately popped into my head. It feels like the perfect way

to describe his journey and where he is now. and it's Bob Marley's redemption song. Okay, let's go. I love it. I thought about they reminisce over you, but that was also about a friend dying, so I don't know if you guys remember that.

Old song, old hip-hop. Pete Rock and C.L. Smooth. You would know it if you heard it, but redemption song is just so perfectly quintessential, Sam Darnold at this point. I think that's a perfect vibe shift within the flow of the podcast. Thank you.

I think that's awesome. And he's going to, you know, exercise all the demons and the ghosts and stuff against the Patriots and blah, blah, blah. I mean, going into last year in Minnesota, you were so excited about what Sam Darnold could do that he could have this redemption. We haven't talked to you since, you know, he is now not just a Super Bowl quarterback, but a Super Bowl quarterback coming off like an epic NFC championship game performance. How are you feeling, Colleen? Are you kidding me? I feel incredible. I'm so happy for Sam Darnold.

I'm so happy that he had that game and that there were zero mistakes in terms of like interceptions or fumbles. There was nothing for people to be like, see, look, there it is. That's the thing that he does. He can't do it under the bright lights. He's bad when it matters.

Like, no. And that must feel so good for him now to get this trip to the Super Bowl. His grandfather, Dick Hammer, must be very, very excited. Let's go. Looking down from above. He's really going to nail the Super Bowl, I think.

it is. Finally, we got the Dick Hammer reference it. And yeah, you can't go with that for a song. We're not putting that on the playoffs. We don't want that sort of... Hammer time. That's a cool. That sort of vibe.

That is a great genre, though, of songs. I miss my homies by Master P. I miss my dogs by Lil Wayne is a great one. New Greg is going to get wheezy in here. Yeah. Stay tuned. Patrick, you're up. Okay, yeah.

I did not go grunge as well. I was thinking of Sam Darnold. also, and I was also thinking of Leonard Williams. I was thinking of two California guys who got an opportunity to play in the big city. The only city that matters in New York where things went horribly wrong for them, and they come back on the West Coast. And I was thinking, what kind of music can I think of about the West Coast and the East Coast? I'm going with two of America's Most Wanted, Tupac, and Snoop Dog,

back when Snoop was a little bit more on our side. And I think of Mother Blank the Rest, two of the best. best from the west side because both the Big Cat and Sam had rough experiences there and now they're going up against the team from there and they're going to heal all the wounds. That was a professional ass summary. That was good. It all like came together beautifully. Oh, thanks, Greg.

Patrick, this was my dream when I pitched the segment that I would be doing what you're doing but that didn't actually happen. So I'm so happy that you understood the assignment. great job. Thanks, Colin. And we get a snake draft because it's back to you. Oh, my goodness. I do love that the Leonard Williams redemption.

Not that he needs redemption, but I just like his narrative arc. Well, yeah, so many of these things, we see them as redemptions, but really I think they're oftentimes indictments of the process and the people involved. Rashid Chaheed is also a guy who nobody wanted, nobody cared.

Like he had more yards and returns playing in that division than anybody in history. And it's like, ah, well, this guy, you know, We'll sign him as a free agent. And here he is now, playing on the biggest stage. So yeah, it's a similar situation. There, I'm going with the head coach, the head coach, who's from Boston, born there. But more time in Georgia for Mike Mack.

And I think about his formative time. I think about the postgame interview where you see the intensity in his eyes. It's something that's always been there. And so I'm going with Georgia rapper Ludacris and his track, Get Back. Oh, yeah. The great one. You don't know Mike Mack like that. And you saw, like when his eyes lit up when he got that pot from the crowd,

I think he will swing on somebody if need to. And, you know, I hope there's no violence from the coaches in the Super Bowl. But I think Mike McAfee... I kind of hope there is. We did not care. When I was watching it, I was so glad that you guys talked about it on the on the recap show, too. Because when I was watching it, I told, like, noticed the very subtle, like, Oh, they reacted that way.

I like the way that feels. I would like to do it again. We did not care. It's so funny. Okay. All right, Colleen, you're up. Here we go. So I here am going to go with a little nod to the defense

and go with Pink Floyd's dark side of the moon because of the dark side. The defense, that's their nickname. Right. Greg, you're looking at it. No, that's right. No, I'm thinking about something else. I'm thinking about the time that he took a gummy and then watched, listened to Dark Side of the Moon and then watched the Wizard of Odds back.

Never happened. I was very, very not into Pink Floyd. You were? Well, because that was like, I was, maybe a contrary. Like, that was the popular music in my high school was Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin. So I was maybe like a little, maybe a contrarian was like, these guys. It was like, oh, like, that's with all the jocks listen to.

you know what it. Weirdly. In that case, then Greg can go with tales from the dark side by DMX. Mm. We can do both.

Yeah. We do both. I'm adding it. Two very different lanes. Let's get back to that Wizard of Oz situation, huh? What's the Wizard of Oz? Well, Greg, you're up, so you could.

No, not back in high school, but that does sound like it would be a good time. I will go with Upgrade by Lil Lane. Not by Beyonce. I think he calls it Upgrade. you. And it's tricky because there's like a few of his mixtape songs that I looked up and I was like, they're not on Spotify. And so I guess

it didn't quite work. Well, because he's stealing other people's songs. But for some reason, he must have gotten the permission from Beyonce or something or it's just flowing out there. Because Upgrade you is just when he was in that phase, like the drought three, where he's just stealing, taking other people's song and singing over him. But he's doing it better than they were actually doing it. And this was next level. This does connect. Because him and Jay-Z were kind of like a frenemy-ish situation. Like he's the mentee, but he's trying to like take over as the guy. I'm the best rapper alive.

And so he takes Jay-Z's girlfriend at the time and takes over and does it better than Jay-Z certainly could have and maybe even better than Beyonce does it. And it does kind of remind me a little bit of what happened here in Seattle with the upgrade, unfortunately for my guy, Gino. and what Darnold did. And then also with John Schneider, who kind of was like, see ya Pete.

I'm the man here. I'm going to take over. They kind of looked at me as like the little brother before. And now I'm wheezy. I'm in charge. I love this. It's about me. It's about me.

I guess he is that dude now, John Snyder. My God. I can't stop thinking about the pit master. I can't. stop thinking about it. Like, Mina is such a genius and the pit master is such a funny nickname. I need to tell her that that nickname's broken containment. We brought it up a couple of times because we're using that on, you know. Oh, I used, I almost used it on GBM on the Sunday show. Unapproved at this point. Yeah. Running wild. That's good. You're up.

Okay. So I love the way this is flowing right now. It's actually, it's informing specifically. my next pick because I do want to point out we're going from ludicrous to Pink Floyd to DMX to Lil Wayne and now my pick is the Sauron or Eisengard theme song from Lord of the Rings

Wow that's tough but specifically no Indiana the Marching 100 specifically when it's played by a marching band because it is the most ominous and doom inspiring and threatening and cool shit that you'll

here on a football field. And I wish that Seattle, because think if Seattle could have something, because that is that defense. Go listen to it. It's going to give you chills. I don't care, Greg, that you're not a Lord of the Rings. I'm going to listen to it all. It will give you the goosebumps-bumpiest goosebumps

watching. And Indiana, the way that they attack and the way that they don't care, that is vibes. This is the year for teams like this, and it's Seattle's year, and that is why I picked this song. Every team needs a marching band. I know it's a college

I don't like you painting me as some anti Lord of the Rings guy. I just, you know, Lord of the Rings four, we're still walking through the forest. That's just where it just felt like it just still going.

I haven't made it yet. Still happening. We're still going through there. I was like, is they going to get there? I think as a fan of the literary arts though, when something is true to the source material, Greg,

you probably appreciate it. Still, and that's what this song really does feel like this defense, truly. It feels like that looming dread that you know it's the purest form of ominous respect. Like, it's

just so good. And I love specifically when a marching band is playing it. I don't know if we could figure out how to put that on the playlist. Well, I bet you could find it. I may have listened to it like 1700s. Fire up Napster. We'll see what we can rip off here. And honestly,

not being a Lord of the Rings guy is a tell on myself. I don't have the creativity that you guys have in your brain to like To, like, get there. I needed to be closer to reality somehow. It's like, can't engage fully with it. You know, be creative. One of the more popular book franchises of all time.

I do feel like, Greg, if you ever had a yacht as a Patriots fan, you could be Lord of the Rings. Oh. Oh, my gosh. There's a new boat name, Bill. That would be fun. I guess we're at the end. Well, I also have a Sam. If anyone has extra ones, we'll do a speed round.

Yeah. Okay. Running by the far side because of the running. Very simple. I love that one. Running, running. The far side. I have, you should have seen the other guy by Nathaniel Rettliff and the Night Sweets,

which is a song about a person who can't help it. He just must dive into the fight no matter how bloodied or embattled he has been previously. And there is a cathartic, like exercising demons guttural yell at the end of it. That feels really good to sing out loud. And I just got to think that's a Sam Darnold. song right there. I just want to drive around with Jordan and rock out and just like scream and get all of the demons out.

Right. This was what we learned. What are you doing later? Early in our Jordan education, I found out like, I was surprised when you were like, oh, yeah, like I'm going to a concert tomorrow night. Or I was like, where are you going? And it's like, oh, death fest 24 or whatever. It's like, oh, I didn't know Jordan rolled like that.

That's great. It's kind of not on brand, but it actually is. The more you get to know, Jordan, it's very on brand. Oh, gosh. Multitudes. Do you have any more? I've emptied the clip. Yeah, I have to.

This is all we got. I have to. I love it. I like you bringing the far side back in the mix. And I feel like Ken Walker kind of, he's almost like an old school type of runner. I feel like everyone here, you know, everyone in today is like, oh, we're going to, we're going to do what's blocked. We're going to do our assignments. No, Ken Walker's taken it back to like the 80s.

where he's just kind of, he's out there freestyle in a little bit. He's jazz. Like the bar side. Oh, that would have been a good one. Yeah. Just a little light jazz. I'm kind of upset.

I didn't put any of the root songs on there. That is a bummer. Hey, it would have made more sense if, it would have made more sense if the Eagles made the Super Bowl, but no. They're still in a never-ending

offensive coordinator search. Yeah. Hey, speaking of which, by the way, I did a little talking about the Eagles on good sports with Kevin Hart and

Keenan Allen. That show is coming out tonight. There it is. Yeah. And where can they find this? Prime video. Prime video. Yeah.

Who's taller? You or Kevin Hart? You know what? Might be a push. It might be a push. I love that. I love the Kevin Hart picture with Shaquille O'Neal.

It's so awesome. That's really cool. Check out Connie on Prime Video. Check out Jordan on the athletic and NFL Daily. and then Patrick Claibon. I'm all out of shows, Greg. No, you did power rankings this week.

He's on everything. Game Center? It's not on this week. We only have one game left. Yeah, there's only one game. We don't have much left to do. Where else you can do is you can go to Spotify and you can find this playlist.

How are we going to do it, Colleen? I'm not going to live. It might not be live until tomorrow. It's okay. This show, it's coming out. We have a little lag time. Colleen. So I think we can give you an assignment to have it come out before it comes up. And it's two playlist. And we're going to come up with a way to vote on that. Maybe I'll put that up on my Instagram or something. We don't have a NFL Daily. Don't worry. We'll collab. We will do it. And we'll have a vote. And you can decide which playlist is better. Why not?

Yeah. And submit your own songs. If you would like to. Yeah. We'd love to hear from you guys. Throw some songs into the mix. Tweet us. Whatever. Let us know. Interactive. The show doesn't end here. I want to interact with the people. I like the people. I am of the people. The people are me. I am them.

I'm fine with the people. I'm getting played at all. I'm of the people. I'm of the people person. This was delightful. Colleen, you're getting a raise. The only problem is you did so well. You're going to have to executive produce another show coming up soon.

All right. Too good. We will be back in the feed Friday morning. That show is going to be me and Ali Connolly. We will see you there. Bye. This is an I-Heart podcast. Guaranteed human.