The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz - GBF- Monday Hangover: I'm listening, bleep-holes

Episode Date: January 13, 2025

Stugotz, Billy and Mikey A take a look at a relatively boring Super Wild Card Weekend. Whose job would Stugotz take if they told him to wait a year and it will be his? Which Golic would he want to start a show with? Which Golic would he want to open a restaurant with? Or a car detailing shop? Should Marcus Freeman go to the Bears? Billy wants to see Mike Tomlin go to the Bears. Plus, Winners and Losers and the BBBBBB. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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be sure to follow Tums at TumsOfficial on Instagram and TikTok. God bless football, Billy Gill. God bless football, Mikey, eh? God bless football, Billy Gill. God bless football, Mikey A. God bless football, Stu Gotts. Thank you, Mikey A. Not so wild. The wild card weekend, huh? Boring card weekend. Got a little wild at the end. Just a little bit. It was a good last game. It was. Are you proud of that line right there? No, I'm not. I could tell. it was a good last game. It was. Are you proud of that line right there? No, I'm not. I'm not. I could tell. I was. You were ashamed.

No, he was ashamed by G.A. I mean, it's that time of year, right? Yeah. I just feel shame at this point. I know. You feel gross, right? Uh yeah. Kind of. Yeah. Couple more weeks of football left. That's real. You know what it is? I think that that's the reality that's setting in is that I'm starting to get sad because I know we only have

Less than a month left of this right and no one loves football more than you no one right? I mean college is wrapping up. We're seven days away from the end of college. Yes, you know, right? So that's already kind of like it's a slow march to depression Yeah, I know the college is about to end the NFL's a couple more weeks And then then what do we do? I'll get to the NFL the second. Who is the country rooting for less Ohio State or Notre Dame? Oh, it's a bad matchup. I mean, it's not a bad matchup in terms of like the teams. It's a bad matchup in terms of Yes, the answer is yes, we're going to be happy either way, right? And disappointed either way. I don't want to even see this team celebrating confetti.

I just want visuals of all the people depressed after they lose. Whoever loses, I just want to watch them be depressed. That's my celebration. It took, what, four games before we actually got a good game and that game was last night. Baker Mayfield out of the playoff. Jaden Daniels advancing on to take on the Detroit Lions. I

mean exciting. Did he win the rookie quarterback competition because I'm I'm not certain. Phoenix didn't help himself yesterday. I know but Michael Penick's did and not playing in the playoffs makes me think Hmm. What's there with Michael Pettix? Michael Pettix needed to beat the Carolina Panthers to have a shot and he lost so I'm gonna go ahead and say Jayden

I know but he threw five or six of the greatest incompletions. I've ever seen Michael Pettix play this fair. It's fair What are you doing? Good look good though, Billy. All right. Jayden Daniels won. Bo Nix had a moment. He had a playoff moment. He did. The first drive of the game,

Bo Nix. I said, you know what? Bo Nix may do this. Yeah. And then every other drive came after that first drive of the game. They had a good half. They kept it close to the half.

They missed a field goal. Well, they had that game. They had that first drive that you're referring to. That first drive. And game. They had a good half. They kept it close to the half. They missed the field goal. Well, they had that game. They had that first drive that you're referring to and they had nothing else after that. Yes. Yeah. I mean if the game ended

right there, they had a fake punt that was successful. Fun little fake. If the game ended now, yeah, the game ended now. Um the Eagles kind of ho hum. Uh the Bills. Yeah. Yeah. Right. Um the Eagles kind responsible for 87% of their offense. Yeah. Yeah. He's good, but is it crazy to wonder

is he going to be durable enough? No, it's not crazy to wonder. Look, I'm not a dietician. I don't know these things. He needs to put on weight before next season. Really? This season's not over yet. He needs to bulk up a little bit, I think.

OK. And that's coming from someone who has never had any bulk in his life. He needs to bulk up a little bit. I think. Okay. And that's coming from someone who has never had any bulk in his life. He needs to bulk up. Well, speaking of someone who's completely all bulk. Um if you're Cliff Kingsbury. Right.

You better take a job this offseason because you are one injury for that guy away from being at the bottom of the list of everybody's head coach and candidate. Wow. I would get out now while it's hot. Wow. How about the the Bears expressing some interest

in Marcus Freeman, huh? How about Marcus Freeman taking the interview? That's crazy. That's leverage. But that's crazy. No because he just signed. It's four months ago that he just signed. I can't imagine. I mean that they're going to be like,

okay, here's more. No, but Mikey, he's more. No, but Mikey, he's in the national championship game. Like, if the threat of leaving Notre Dame, you you think he cares? Like, if he has a deal, if he has an offer from the Bears, his agent

takes that right back to Notre Dame and says, hey, I know we signed this four months ago but it's time to fire up a new one. I mean, I gotta be honest with you and is there a better face of a franchise than Marcus Freeman? Huh? I gotta be honest with you. No.

If I was a team and I was interviewing a coach who was still playing games in the playoffs, or in Marcus Freeman's case, about to play for the national championship, and I call and they're like, yeah, yeah, I'll take your call. I'd cross them off my list immediately. Say, you know what?

I need someone who's focused on getting the job done. And you, my friend, are clearly distracted. By the way, is there any indicator that someone's not gonna get a job more than they interviewed on Zoom? Like, what are these Zoom interviews that we keep hearing about this year? Like, interviewed remotely, interviewed, you know,

video interview, like, you're not getting the job. I hate to break it to you. Are these guys who are coaching in the postseason, is that why they're doing it via Zoom? I think that it's spags do one via Zoom. I don't know. Ben Johnson's done some but like it was for the Patriots and you know that that we can all agree circle of trust. We're friends here, right? Yeah. Yeah. I mean, Vrabel had that job like a month and a half ago with the Patriots. I would say Braybo had that job the second he was fired by Tennessee. I yeah I was seriously it goes back that far. They were like you know what Mike

take a year off go go do some stuff we're gonna let Geron Mayo get us a quarterback we're gonna see if he's any good and we're gonna we're gonna he'll be the guy after the guy he'll be the guy after Belichick and then you come in and save the day. So go ahead and take a year. We'll get this thing figured out. Well, Mayo had in his contract that he was going to be the next head coach. So like they had to make him. They had to go to Mayo for

at least a year but I do think there is something to hey Mike don't be the guy that replaces the guy and I think Vrabel probably felt like I don't want to be the guy that replaces Bill Belichick. I'll be the guy that replaces Gerard Mayer. The

only thing about that that I I'll be the guy that replaces Bill Belichick. I'll be the guy that replaces Gerard May. The only thing about that that I don't 100% get is why spend a year in Cleveland? Like why go to Ohio? Isn't that where he isn't that where he lived? From that area? Isn't that his

thing? Yeah. Yeah. You just lay low for a year though. When you know you're getting someone else's job, you just, you know, you kind of lay low lay low, don't create waves, you know what I'm saying? Sure, I mean no. Lay low in Cleveland, no one's paying attention, everyone knows the Patriots watch it, and you know. Can we have a very, in poor taste conversation?

Sure. Very poor taste. Always. Circle of trust. Always. Mike, yay, Stugats. Stugats will answer, Mike, you don't answer this. Stugats, you answer this. Okay. Who's someone out there whose job you'd love to take

that you just lay low for a year after they're gone? So like you're looking at the landscape and like that's what I want my landing spot to be and I will lay low for a year for that gig. Such a good question. Mikey, don't answer this again. Such a good question. Just you guys are right. You guys are right. You're not getting greenie salary. No. Oh, I know. So, let's. That I know. That I'm

aware of. Um man, I'm trying to think college game day. I'm trying to think what I want. Like. Whose job would you want from game day though? Uh Stanford Steves. That's what I was thinking. I was thinking you'd want Stanford Steves. But

then I could see the argument where you'd say you wanted Bear's job. You'd lay low for a year but Stanford Steves the the other game. I'm not going to lie to you. I'm not going to lie to you. I'm not going to lie to you. I'm not going to lie to you. I'm not going to lie to you. I'm not going to lie to you. I'm not going to lie to you. I'm not going to lie to you. I'm not going to lie to you. I'm not going to lie to you. I'm not going to lie to you. I'm not going to

lie to you. I'm not going to lie to you. I'm not going to lie to you. I'm not going to lie to you. I'm not going to lie to you. I'm not going to lie to you. I'm not going to lie to you. I'm not going to lie to you. I'm not going to

lie to you. I'm not going to lie to you. I'm not going to lie to you. I'm not going to lie to you. I'm not going to lie to you. I'm not going to lie to you. I'm not going to lie to you. I'm not going to lie to you. I'm not going to

lie to you. I'm not going to lie to you. I'm not going to lie to you. I'm not going to lie to you. I'm not going to lie to you. I'm not going to lie to you. I'm not going to lie to you. I'm not going to lie to you. I'm not going to lie to you. I'm not going to lie to you. I'm not going to lie to you. I'm SVP Sports Center at night. He's got he's got a great gig Let me ask you this question doesn't come with a ton of pressure, you know, I don't like pressure I choke in the postseason. Yeah, that's that's I'm good Let me ask you this question and this is gonna put you in an uncomfortable position

Yeah, maybe I shouldn't ask this why you do it because the party's involved but let's say hypothetically. Yes hypothetically, hypothetically, Gojo and Golik, big falling out. One of them's gonna leave. Father-son. Father-son, but big falling out professionally. They say, you know what, maybe this relationship works just as a father-son relationship. And they're gonna break up.

That is a working relationship. They both reach out to you and they say, hey, just lay low for a year. We're gonna rebuild this, you and I. I love this question so much. They both have reached out to you. At the same time, which one? You know how much I love both.

I know, but which one? But Mikey, he doesn't make Mikey answer. No, Mikey's not answering. Don't answer this, Mikey. No. Which one are you saying, you know what, I will wait out a year for X? or here's the dirtiest way of doing it Jesus Christ and by the way happy playoffs. Here's the dirtiest way of doing wasn't so wild. We're in Billy's wheelhouse

Do you see how into the microphone is? So excited Say you know what I Wanted I want to work with you and then one says we'll give it a year and the other one says let's start right now excited. I'm so excited. They're both say, you know what? I wanted, I want to work with you and then one says, we'll give it a year and the other one says, let's start right

now. So, you accept to start right now with one to do just for a year to get to the other one. Oh, so, one goal is a bridge to another goal. Mm hmm. Oh, wow. See, that makes it easier to me. I think so too. Well, why? I think

there's an obvious answer there. Well, because you're making both guys happy. I mean, Yeah, you're not you're not you're not making either guy. You're not insulting either guy but at the same time, I mean, there's an

obvious one that you do short term and one that you do long term and well, now you gave away the game. It's an obvious answer. Is this an age thing? I mean, what are we doing here? I'm not doing anything. I'm just asking questions. Yeah, this is your question. I understand what you're saying.

Go look for a year to get to Gojo. Yeah, but the thing with Gojo is there's always an Emerson going around that could take your job. You know what I mean? Yeah, and so I love Gojo so much that I don't want to saddle Gojo. Gojo's a young man. He is just starting out in this industry. Yeah. I am't wanna saddle Gojo. Gojo's a young man.

He is just starting out in this industry. I am finishing up in this industry. Are you? Well, I'm not finishing up, but I'm closer to the end than I am to the beginning. Let's put it that way, okay? And so I don't wanna do that to Gojo. Do what to Gojo?

Because I don't wanna saddle Gojo. Gojo should be doing this. If he's not doing it with his dad, Gojo should find a young co-host or two to do the show. Go Joe should be doing the if he's not doing it with his dad, Go Joe should find a young co-host or two to do the show with moving forward because he's going to be doing

this for the next 25 years. So, what I would do in a sprint, like a two-year sprint is saddle up with Mike Golick Senior and I would revive his Hall of Fame career and he would revive my Hall of Fame career. You don't have a Hall of Fame. I think I have a Hall of Fame career. he would revive my hall of fame career. You don't have a hall

of fame. I think I have a hall of fame career. I think I'm strolling in five years of the day. I stopped talking into a mic. Which hall of fame do you think you're strolling into? The radio hall of fame. I mean. Really? I'm not making it to

the radio hall of fame. No, is this breaking news to you? Alright, so listen, uh but perhaps standing next to Golden for two years. Perhaps. And if I can help, you know, resurrect and bring him back and have him, you know, where he was

with Mike Greenberg in the height of Mike and Mike. You're going to bring him up to where he was. He needs you. Alright, who would you rather open a restaurant with? Nice. Now, we're waiting for it. Exactly right. Yeah, exactly. I'm not going to go. Those are my only choices. Why a

restaurant? That's the game. Golic. Wow. Yeah. Golic. Okay. Senior. Yeah, I got it. Yeah. Yeah. More time. You know, Gojo is not going to take a restaurant seriously. Is he? I don't know. I don't know why we ask this question. It's it's who asked this? Why are you putting me in

bad spots? I'm not. Alright. Uh anyways, can I ask you who who would you rather open a car detailing shop with next? Who would you rather open a car detailing shop with in all of sports? Obvious answer. Move on. Obvious answer. No, it's Golic,

right? Move on. Obvious answer. Bills looked good. Winners and losers next. They made it easy. Transparent terms, customizable down and monthly. Didn't even have to do any paperwork. Wow. Mm-hmm. Hey, have you checked out that spreadsheet I sent you for our dinner options? Finance your car with Garvana and experience total control. Financing subject to credit approval. I'm excited about this time of year. drink responsibly. Yeah. Yeah. Welcome back. Thanks. I'm excited about this time of year. First week didn't really satisfy me all that much.

Wild card weekend is typically great. This was a bad wild card weekend. We still have one game tonight. Last night's game was good. The Bucks and the Commanders bailed us out. But for the most part, you're right. I think the only surprise we had was that the

Texans beat the Chargers but it wasn't a good surprise because that game was like, I mean, it was a whole playoff game. It was like who who wanted to lose that game more. Neither side looked particularly good. Right. Like, I I don't think

the Texans look and I and I may regret saying this. They do not stand a chance. They do not stand a chance against the chiefs next weekend. Really? look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look,

look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, the game. Yeah. Alright. Uh at Justin Herbert. Thank you. Four interceptions. Are you kidding me? Yeah. Justin. Three all year through four in the game. Yeah. Although probably two of them were his fault. Yeah. Um okay. You know what? They're all his fault. Great defense. I

hate that. Only two of the four were his fault. Right. Yeah. Well, I mean. You guys want to play a quick game? Sure. I like to call winners and losers. Ah yes. Yeah. Alright. Here's the thing about winners and losers. Ah, yes. Yeah. All right. Ooh. Here's the thing about winners and losers. It's presented by SmearNuff, the world's number one vodka. Please drink responsibly.

My first loser, Justin Herbert. Yep. Rough one for Justin Herbert. We were convinced Justin Herbert had turned the corner. Yep. What a great season he had. Low key great season. Only a couple interceptions all year. Very quiet

because everyone was talking about Josh Allen and Lamar Jackson. So Justin Herbert made sure everyone was gonna be talking about him after this first round of the playoffs. I have a loser. Okay. Justin Herbert's weekend where his brother the better coach the better Horbob wins another playoff game. Tim or John. He goes up to Buffalo next week so Jim Horbob my loser. How about that? Wow. I've got a loser for you. Okay go Mikey. Rex Ryan. Bad weekend for Rex Ryan. Why is that? I'm not even talking about the fact that he is supposedly out of the running for the Jets job,

although that might make him a winner. Rex Ryan said that the Chargers were going to have a bye week playing the Houston Texans. And the Houston Texans heard it. And after the game, they were smoking their victory cigars, and they were making sure that they knew what Rex Ryan said. Not a good look, Rex. No. Not a good look.

I mean, victory cigars after Wild Card weekend round is also not a good look. Yes, I agree. And having Rex Ryan bulldoze of or material. But I think what they were celebrating was their victory over Rex Ryan. Ah, yes. Yes. Yes. That's what it was.

Yes. I thought Rex Ryan guaranteeing he was going to get the Jets job, but he's not getting the Jets job. I love that. No, he's not. Poor guy. I have a loser. Another loser? Yeah, yeah.

Ah, were there any winners? There were winners, there were winners. I have a winner. Okay, I have a loser though. Okay. I have another loser. Cameron Dicker. The kicker.

Kicker for the Chargers. Yep. Did something I have never seen before. What's that? Where he was going to kick an extra point. It was blocked. And he decided, you know what? I'm going to make a business decision here.

I don't want to get totally destroyed, so I'm just going to bat the ball down. Except that's not how it works when you're kicking an extra point, and it gets blocked, and it doesn't cross the line of scrimmage. That's a live ball, friend. And guess what? You still got absolutely rocked. And instead of just getting tackled holding the ball and just calling it a day, you got absolutely demolished. And then the Texans picked up that ball and ran it the other way for two points. Didn't end up mattering, but oh, loser Cameron Dicker.

Go into the fetal position or try don't go somewhere in between. Just go one way or go the other. Catch it and get rocks or just go down and have them touch you. Batting it down was the worst thing you could have done there. Big winner by the way Texan special teams coach was going crazy on the sidelines I don't know what his name is I mean he'd be a bigger winner if we all knew his name. Should we try to get him on? Oh boy, no, please don't.

Oh boy, he was excited. I feel like it's a year of special teams coaches going crazy. Right. I feel like we've seen that a few times this year. You get a Steelers special teams coach one day. Yeah. Right.

Speaking of losers, Mike Tomlin. Go ahead, Flentes. Oh boy. I got a loser. He hasn't won a game in a decade, a playoff. He's over the last decade in playoff games. Outscored in the first half of game 76 to 0 in the playoff. His team looked like they didn't want to be there.

Go ahead, Mike. My loser is everybody that bet Saquon Barkley anytime touchdown because he had a house call at the end of the game and he went down to end the game. That one was rough. Yeah. That one was rough. Yeah, that wouldn't hurt my feelings. Yeah.

I have a winner. Good feelings. They didn't play yesterday, I'm not going to play that Yeah, that wouldn't hurt my feelings. Yeah, I have a winner. They didn't play yesterday but I guarantee you the chiefs wanted exactly what they're getting. The Texans. They did not want the Chargers.

They didn't want Harbaugh. They didn't want Herbert coming up a win. They got the Houston Texans and Billy has already said the chiefs are on to the AFC Championship game and I agree with it. They didn't want the Broncos either. Right. Big winner. The Chiefs. Yeah. I

have someone who didn't win or lose even though they coached and lost the game yesterday. Todd Bowles. No one cares. He's one in three in the boat. He's never on the hot seat. Yeah. No one cares. They're never talking about who's going

to be the next coach to replace Bowles in Tampa. Can I have a positive? Can I have a winner? Yeah, I gave you a winner. The Chiefs. Lad McConkey. He's good. 197 receiving yards. When does roll design?

Do you not think? No, no, I rolled it in an affirmation. Big game. Big game for the rookie. Big game for Lad McConkey. Yes. I don't know if you can. I have very far of Lad McConkey. Big game. One receiver. Big game for the rookieConkey. Yes. I don't know if you can. I have a very far of lad McConkey.

Big game. Receiver, but big game for lad McConkey. I love that. They lost 32 to 12. Oh no, but he was a big winner. I know. He is a big winner. He did his part. There was a lot of like huge individual performances

this weekend. Yes. Derek Henry. Amazing. Big winner. He was there for the taking. Anyone could have had him. Big winner. Yeah. Derrick Henry. Mike Evans.

Mike Evans. He's great. Is he a winner, though? I mean, he pumped his longtime rival, Latimore, scored a touchdown. Yeah. Baker, though, big loser. Yeah.

Big loser. Yeah. Big fumble. The fumble. That fumble is costly. And then the weird, the weird miss time snap so nobody moves so they don't get the first down on 30 inches which leads to a field goal and then they lose. Can I give you, can I give you a winner you're not expecting?

Of course, I love that. Wow, hold on a second. A winner that we're not expecting. Yeah. Okay. Justin Tucker, 4 for 4 on extra points. Didn't have a field goal attempt. 4 for 4 on extra points. Didn't have a field goal attempt. Four for four on extra points.

There was an early calls of his demise saying should they cut him? Yes. And I don't wanna, He's back. I don't wanna be that person. And now he's hitting all the extra points. I told you, we're gonna have a situation

where he wins them a big one. Now I was alluding to maybe the Super Bowl. So we still have a ways to go on that one, but when it's that time of the year, Justin Tucker's gonna be ready. And ready he was. Shaky kicker performances yesterday. There were.

There was Tucker who we're not sure about, even though he made all four. Jake Elliott. Not sure about. Jake Elliott, or the Eagles. Zane Gonzalez. Zane Gonzalez, the big one. Yeah.

Doinked it in for the win, but little worrisome. Yeah, big moment for him. Yeah, big moment for him. Yeah. Big moment for him. I was rooting for, if I'm going to be perfectly honest with you, I was kind of rooting for that one to go out so that I could get another couple fantasy points because last week in our fantasy league presented by Smirnoff, the world's number one vodka, please drink responsibly, I ended up finishing like 40th place,

so I was just outside of the money. If I got one more Terry McLaurin touchdown, oh, because I had Jaden, that would've been two touchdowns and I probably would've finished in the money. It's hard to do the Daily Fantasy at this time of year because there's so many, or there's so few teams to choose from that so many people have the same teams. You know, like there's not a lot of variety

in terms of who you can get. So this is really where you separate the mice from the men. Is that a thing? One last winner. Is it? Do you separate mice from men? Yeah, you do. Well, yeah, some are big, some are small.

Of course you do. But Terry McLoran, very happy for him. Are you? Yeah. That's nice of you. The amount of dog **** quarterbacks he had to deal with in Washington until now, he finally gets to like, I'm on a team that wins. Yeah, he's got it. I'm on a good team. I feel good for all the commanders. Pork up a little bit, yeah. And their fan base, actually. Speaking of fan bases, the Eagles fan base, big losers. Oh. I mean, a month ago, all of you wanted to fire Nick Sirianni and I'm not going to allow you to celebrate Nick Sirianni fan base. Big Losers. Oh. I the game. What do you expect? He's taking them to the

playoffs three consecutive years when they wanted him fired. Yeah. Now, it's four consecutive years and now, I'm not certain the Eagles aren't the best team in the NFC and that defense played great, great over the weekend. They

get the winner of Minnesota and the Rams coming to Philadelphia next week. I have them in the NFC Championship game. Hm. I mean, they'll take on the Lions or the commanders and watch out for the commanders in that game. That's the

quarterback you don't want to see. You are not. They beat him once already. I don't believe that. Once already. Washington beat him. Yeah. You don't believe that. Billy, they beat him. You don't believe. And by the way, Jaden Daniels,

was there any doubt and this is saying something, you know, when you're, when you consider the fact that we're talking about a rookie when they got the ball back with just over four minutes to go, did you have any doubt that Tampa Bay

was going to get the ball like did you know right then and there the game was over because I did like he was going to take that thing right down to the end and Washington was going to win it. Why? Because he's Jaden Daniels. Yeah. I mean for for

for fantasy purposes. I was hoping a quick score, quick long touchdown from Terry McLaurin. I really was hoping for it because then I had some, I had some bucks that I could get some points. I was hoping for some garbage time miracles, to be perfectly honest with you. I didn't think it was over, but I'm like, Baker's gonna have to at least get a field goal with like a minute left or something to win the game.

Can I, can I? He's so poised, Jaden Daniels. It's him bleeding. Oh, who? Jaden. Oh, Jaden. Jaden. And cut on his face, the blood dripping down his face. And then the, when, when did you see like the-

He needs some of that, cause he's so nice. When did you see like the little stitches or like the glue or whatever they do close up? Ah, it's a little, a little cut. That's not it. That's not a huge deal. That's nothing. The blood, oh.

The blood is running all over the place. Bleeding from your face makes you look so cool. Right. Regardless of who you are. If you're like in battle, I mean, remember how cool Tebow looked and he wasn't even bleeding. He just like slid in red paint that was in a wet field in the end zone. It's like, wow, this guy looks like a badass and it was just paint. Jada with the blood down his face like, oh my god. Paint could do a lot for

a guy. On his little paper cut. I mean, look at Mel Gibson in the blood down his face like, oh my god. Paint can do a lot for a guy. On his little paper cut. I mean, look at Mel Gibson in Braveheart without the paint and then watch the scene with the paint. This is a great point. It's totally different guy. Kiss. Yeah. Imagine Kiss

if they all performed without paint on you. Like, these guys are kind of. These guys are just weird. Yeah. These outfits. Why is there so much leather? Yeah. Who would you want to start a painting company with? Gojo or Golic? Wow. For a year? Yeah. I would hire a company. We're opening our own Sherwin Williams. But if you saw a painting company named the Golic's, you're

like, wow. The Golic Painting Company? Yeah. That's amazing. Yeah. He's reliable. Senior honestly looks like someone that would be behind the counter of a painting company. I agree. Like he goes into the computer and he goes, boop boop boop, and it shoots like the right exact things. Small glasses on. He gets excited when he sees a different kind of color. I haven't seen this one yet.

Yeah. This is gonna look great. Gojo's the guy that carries like the heavy stuff to the car for you, like ladders and stuff. Yes. Right. Does he go on the jobs though? He also, no. No, no, office guy.

Sometimes he's missing. You're feeling inclined Does he go on the jobs, though? He also know office guys. Sometimes he's missing. You're feeling like where is he? His forearms are full of sunspots. Where did Junior go? You don't know. Sometimes he's missing. Just emerges from a van. His excuses. He was always loading up another van.

Exactly right. Yeah. It comes from behind the counter. Five gallon bucket of paint thinner. Dad, come on. Stop looking at your role. He's like, I got this, son. Mm hmm. The go licks. The go licks. Wild card weekend. Billy. Yeah. Mikey said something to me during the break. What did he say? I can't believe

he said it. What? I was shocked when he said it. Are you going to tell me what it is. He said Stu. I'm starting to get scared. I have no idea what he's scared about. I do though. I do. You do. I have an idea of where this is. You're scared too. All I did was look back at you and nodded. What are you scared of? What's going on?

I'm scared. Who's going to be the Jets coach man? Oh really? I'm scared. Oh, you're starting to get scared. the the Because this is my Super Bowl. When like off season, like this is the coach that's going to turn it around. How many times I've said that this is the player we're going to draft in the first round is going to turn it around. And don't take my Super Bowl and give me a bad one to start. Like, I don't want a bad head coach and a bad GM. And I'm worried they're leaning towards they're leaning towards one that Miami Dolphins fans know well. Oh, really? Flores. That'd be the one. Do you not want Flores? that's the only one that Miami I'm not sure. I'm not sure. I'm that's all I'm saying. Aaron

Rogers. You don't you don't learn. You don't you don't change who you are. That's who he is. He's done. Aaron Rogers, right? I'm not sure. Really? No, I'm not sure. I'm not sure. I'm really not. He's done with the Jets. I think I don't know

if he's done. I I don't know if he's done with the Jets. I just I'm not certain he's done playing football. I saw I saw videos of of the locker room after the Jets win over the Dolphins and he looked quite emotional like he looked like he had been crying like I like he played his last football game. Yeah like he he knew right but that happens and then you know a couple of weeks

go by a couple of months go by and then all of a sudden your phone rings. You're like whose number is this and you let it go to voicemail because you don't want to answer the voicemails from Mike Tomlin and suddenly you know the Steelers Steelers have interest in you, you know, I'm serious. I mean loser in winners and losers. Oh really back to that. Yeah, we don't need the music. No, no, no, no, don't worry. Russell Wilson, big loser. Oh my gosh. Yeah for a guy who's for years has been saying was playing his way out of the

Hall of Fame starting to play himself back in and then no he played his way out of having a contract and a starting job. Like we were talking three, four weeks ago about the Steelers and like, yeah, you gotta sign Russ. You gotta give him like 30 million, like don't give him like a 50, but you gotta give him like $35 million a year.

Like they found their quarterback, they're gonna make it work. And the last like two, three weeks, you're like, oh boy, they do not have a a year like they found their quarterback. They're going to make it work. Yeah. And the last like two, three weeks, you're like, oh boy. No. They do not have a quarterback. That's not their. They need to figure out this quarterback

situation again. Yeah. Ah, they do. You're right. There's all kinds of speculation that Tom Lynn should, you know, and the Steelers should mutually part ways and all that. I don't know. We'll see. We'll see what happens. Tom has a no trade

clause. He could decide if they want to get rid of him. He could decide if he wants to go to that team or not. I will tell you the game. We'll see what happens. Tomlin has a no trade clause. He could decide if they want to get rid of him. He could decide if he wants to go to that team or not. I will tell you this. If the Steelers get rid of Mike Tomlin and the Jets don't hire him within the

hour, I'm going to stop being a Jets fan. How about that? If you're Mike Tomlin. Joking. I laughed when when I see Woody Johnson's number. I was about to say. No, thank you, Click. No, thank you. What? I just called them overrated. I mean, you know, whatever, but

like, you also just, you can't get over that hump in the playoffs. And it's fine until you're kind of stuck, like that's where growing up, like the Dolphins were for the longest time, and it's like, oh, the Dolphins have the highest win percentage of any team ever, and it's like, yeah, but like, they can't win a playoff game, and they can't go deep in the playoffs. It's fun, like fine, we never lose, but we also never actually win. Right.

And that's kind of where the steel is seen to be. There are a bunch of retread coaches on that staff though. It's always, there's never some up and coming offensive or defensive coordinator that throws a wrinkle in and then all of a sudden it's like, oh, this is what got them over the hump. They just hire other. They hire Arthur Smith. that's a defensive offensive or defensive coordinator that throws a wrinkle in and then all of a sudden it's like, oh, this is what got him over the

hump. They just hire other they hire Arthur Smith. Right. Arthur Smith. They don't develop any coaches. They're just hire them. Right. Um it's going to be interesting to see what happens there. Uh by the way, the Ravens play the Bills

this weekend. What a game. I mean, it is such an amazing game. Lamar Jackson, who is awesome against Josh Allen and they're playing for the right to go to Kansas City. I mean, it feels like there should be more for winning that game than having to travel the arrowhead to take on Patrick Mahubs. I'm excited for that game, man. What if Mike Tomlin goes to the Bears? I mean, that seems like a the the like we were going to play in Soldier Field. We're not moving. Yep. I like the history of this field. If it doesn't snow, generate snow. Exactly right. Save the money for the roof and

build snow machines. Yep. Start shooting. I want snow in September. Exactly right. You want to plow snow out of your driveway? Bring it to Soldier Field and put it on my field. That's what I want. Bring snow from home. You know how the bills have like, you know, their fans like come in and plow the snow. It's like no, no. Bring your snow from home, right? Throw it all over your seats. No, exactly. Right? That's what he wants Why are you digging that snow out? Mm-hmm throw some on I Like Tomlin in Chicago Marcus he can't leave. He's not leaving right like that would he's not that would be wild

It'd be stupid to leave Notre Dame. I'm kind of with you. He's a made man there, right? He can't leave. He's not leaving, right? Like that would be. He's not. That would be wild. It'd be stupid to leave Notre Dame. I'm kind of with you. He's a made man there right now. He's a listen. Notre Dame. If you can win at Notre Dame, you'll have a job for the next 30 years. Yeah. I

mean in colleges closer to the NFL than it's ever been like in terms of salary, in terms of everything, exposure, all of it. Why would you want to go to Chicago when you're the head coach of Notre Dame, the biggest brand in college football? Why would you want to go to the Bears and get fired in three seasons?

Should we, and no is a perfectly acceptable answer on this. Should we be rethinking our reaction to that loss in Northern Illinois? What do you mean? I'm with making our reaction to the national championship and we have on the next day with the Northern Illinois coach. If Notre Dame wins the national championship. Yes. Claiming national championship. Yes. If

Notre Dame wins the national championship, I don't know that we're going to get goal. I think he's going to be on a tour. Oh god. Yeah. Everyone's going to want to talk to him. Not the new guys, huh? Not Sam Hartman. By the

way, I don't know if you guys are privy to this. Mikey, I don't think you are. I don't know if you are, Fuentes. Last week, we spoke to Lucy and we were previewing the games, Notre Dame games specifically, and we're talking about whether or not, we're whispering here amongst friends, whether or not we were rooting for Notre Dame to win or lose. And then we all kind of said we were hoping that they would lose

unless Jessica listens, in which case we were rooting for her and her team to do well because of course we wanted it were friends with her we wanted to be happy all of that stuff right yes turns out she was listening and she reached out to us and just said unless I'm paraphrasing here so I don't want to something along the lines of I do listen a-holes or something like that. It may not have been exactly that, but that was definitely the vibe.

It was. Which was she knows we were lying about. Hey a-holes, I listen or something like that, to which I responded why. Yeah. Well, so who do we wanna win? Do we want Ohio State or do we want the Golic's and Jess to be happy?

Oh wow. Cause I still maintain, I maintain bad business for the Golic's if Notre Dame wow. Because I still maintain, I maintain bad business for the Gullicks if Notre Dame wins. Bad business, right, because the younger generation Notre Dame guys, Kyle Rudolphs of the world, they become the Gullicks. Mm-hmm.

Right? But not only that, the Gullicks are so professional, they'll be willing to go on the media tour on why we lost, whereas everybody else is like, no, it's too emotional. I can't talk about the loss. The Gullicks will get more if they lose, because the Gullicks are professional. As long as it pays, I mean.

Well, of course. Yeah, it does. Diabetes. It's laws brought to you, Mike. Seniors are gonna be going around the Super Bowl like promoting stress balls. Like antidepressants. It's a good question. like a super bowl, like promoting stress balls. Like antidepressants. It's a good

question. Who do we want to lose more? I'm rooting for Ryan Day because it's absurd to think that if he wins the national championship, he's still in a bad season. It'd be funny if he wins the national championship or gets fired.

It'd be great. Just can't be Michigan. It'd be great's take the Bears job. And they're going to throw a parade in Michigan if they win the national championship. I'm rooting for Notre Dame. Man, I'm so torn because I love the goal but it takes away

the jokes that we, you know, play like a champion today. They're actual champions. Well, they're not yet. I know but they're I don't think they're going to win the game. They're going to have to take down the play like a college football

semifinalist today sign if they win and then they can put their champion sign back up. Play mediocre today, right? Didn't we say that to Marcus Freeman? What? I think it said that. What's this we stuff? Sign. I didn't say that. Who said it?

Stu didn't say that. I think you said it. Billy said that. Yeah. He's never coming on our show again if he was a national championship. Our time with. Yeah. He's never coming on our show again if he was the national championship. Our time with Marcus Freeman is over. Well, no, I reached out to Notre Dame

to get Marcus Freeman. They said, uh if we win the national championship, we'll do something with us. They said, ask the Bears. Yeah. I should pretty requested today. Yes. And the Bears. For the Bears. Listen said the bears for Oh God. Freeman, stay put. Stay put. Don't go anywhere. Hey, I have Big Board Bets if you want. Next segment.

Yeah. We never got to if the season ended today. We can do that next segment too. All right. We'll weave in and out of your Big Board Bets and if the season ended today. Mikey, I'm starting to get nervous. You're starting to get nervous. What are you getting nervous about? It's scared. Because we never make the right decision. I'm always nervous. We're scared to get nervous. What are you getting nervous about? It's scared because we never

make that nervous. I'm always nervous. We're scared. We never make the right decision. We never make the right decision. If you could get one Jets retread. So like a Jets coach from your past, who would it be? Probably Rex. Really? Yeah. You know, I'm scared. Weeb. Yeah, you won a Super Bowl. I am. I'm scared too because we have quickly become the the worst team in that in that division again. I'm scared. Weeb. Yeah, you won a Super Bowl. Uh I am uh I'm scared too because we have quickly become the uh the

worst team in that in that division again. I mean by the way, the answer is Bill Parcells, right? If you get one retry, give me Bill Parcells. No, I think the answer is Weeb. I mean but you're it's not a time machine. You get

present day Bill Parcells. I was about to say how old is Bill Parcells? Yeah. Like, you know. Don't care. Yeah. Really? You don't care. Don't wait. Do I I about to say how old is Bill Parsons now? Don't care. Really, you don't care? Wait, do I have to get present day weeb? He's been dead for 30 years. Yeah, present day weeb might be hard. What's Man Genie doing? Bill's 83.

I would take Joe Walton. Man Genie always thinks he's gonna get the call, right? Like he's constantly sitting by a phone. He thinks that he's doing the Mike Vrabel move where he's just taking the year off and he's always gonna get the call and he's still kinda just waiting. He takes the dog for a walk and comes back

and opens the door and go, hun, anybody call? Yeah. Anybody call? I like that his family's like, we don't, dad, we don't need a landline anymore. And he's like, I still need a voicemail. And he still has, and he has like the old classic tapes. He's like, play it back, dad, we don't need a landline anymore and he's like, I I still need a voicemail and he still has and

he has like the classic tapes. He's like, play it back. Play it back. Rotary. I didn't hear that. I didn't hear it. Who was that? I didn't hear the number. What are we doing? The poor Eric Manjini. I don't know. That guy. I don't know. He was. But

I like it. He was the toast of New York at one time. I hope he doesn't call us. On the Sopranos. He was on the Sopranos. Oh my god. It'd be so funny to get a text from Eric Mangini. I don't have his number but it'd be so funny to get a text from Eric Mangini tomorrow. He's like, I listen. Bleep holes. All right, we have one game this evening. Billy is getting his big board bets prepared for you. It is the Vikings. It is the Rams. The winner will move on to take on Philadelphia next week.

The Lions have the commanders, so that's going to be interesting. Commanders, they made the right decisions. They did. I can't believe. Well, the main right decision they made was to make sure that they were going to be able to win the championship. They were going to be able to win the championship and they were going to be able

to win the championship. They were going to be able to win the championship. They are one of the the place. Jaden Daniels is so good. The commanders would still be where they are today. I thought it was the Ek move. Right. Well, the Ekler. Oh, the Ekler move. I miss him. He had

a day. He did have a day. I miss him. I feel good. I feel good for Austin Ekler. Yeah. Yeah. Did you see the video that someone put out? And you know, Ekler love, I don't care what he says. He's such a gentleman. He would never say

it. He loved that he won. He advanced and the Chargers lost. What a weekend for Ekler. I don't know if he's wired that way. He is wired that way. Okay. Okay Did you see the Tom Tolesco got fired? I saw that Well, he he that one I think that I think there was some bad blood there Right cuz like when we spoke to him last year, he kind of was maybe He wanted to go play with Tom Tolesco and he wanted to play in Las Vegas because like when we spoke to him last year, he he kind of was maybe. Yes. He wanted to go play with Tom Telesco and he

wanted to play in Las Vegas. Yeah. And it's like he never got that call. Right. Well, luckily. Yeah. Yes. Well, when you can go get an Alexander Madison, you do it. Dion Sanders might be your coach next year. Right. Dion's

reaching out. He's playing. Raiders. His people are reaching out to the Raiders saying he wants to be the coach here next year. He's playing with Jaden Daniels. He's lucky the the You guys don't think Jaden Daniels has a chance. The commanders have a chance against the Lions. Lot of pressure on the Lions. No pressure on Jaden Daniels. I

don't. I mean, I think they have a chance but I don't think that I don't think that their defense is good enough to stop the Lions. Lions scored like fifty points like what? Like four times this year or something like that or something

crazy. Yeah. Who do you think the who do you think the uh who do you think the Eagles would rather face the Rams or the Vikings? I know it's a crazy question based on record but you want Stafford walking in there over Sam Donald. The

Rams are weird because I feel like they can beat anybody at any time. II would want I would want the Vikings. I'd rather have the Vikings. Same here. the postseason. Close game I in that last regular season game. Watson got hurt, Love got his hand banged up, the Packers kinda had to play their guys though, so I don't know.

Why you down on Jordan Love? Who do you lost more faith in, CJ Stroud or Jordan Love? And I realized Stroud won. I know, that's so crazy. He didn't play very well. I also don't feel like Christian Watson's a needle mover for Jordan Love.

He's just a deep threat though. That's it, he's a guy that demands attention, but I don't think Jordan Love necessarily plays any better. He's just a deep threat. That's it. And he's a he's a guy that demands attention but I don't think Jordan Love necessarily plays any better. He he also by the way converted that first down

and his receiver just I don't know forgot where he was on the field and didn't even try to get his feet down in balance. Right. Yeah. Why is Le Fleur never on the hot seat? Good looking. Hmm. Any seed he sits in? Most good looking guy on the field at all times. Really? I don't know about that. I don't know about that either. the I mean, I think that would be And then he said something like, oh, you have like a great hairline or something like that. And there's speculation that that was used as added motivation for Marcus Freeman in Notre Dame was condescending James Franklin, kind of making it seem like, oh, you know,

welcome to the party, which by the way, James Franklin is the acting as the host of a party he's never been to is like the craziest thing. Nuts. Like, hey. Yes. Welcome youngster. Now you know what it's like. It's like, now I know what it's like. Right. Dude, this is your first time here also. What are you talking about?

Different ages, but we're getting here at the same time, man. This is not your house. What are you talking about? James Franklin holding court as some KG VET coach who has been there over and over again. Yeah. Is laugh out loud funny.

I mean. I saw this tweet and it made me laugh so hard. the best KG VET coach who has been there over and over again. Yeah. Is laugh out loud funny. I mean. I saw this tweet and I it made me laugh so hard is James Franklin the Vince Lombardi of Mike Tomlin. and it made me laugh so hard. It's so perfect. Is he the best at being

Mike Tomlin? Yeah. Kind of. Just just right up. Get there. Then you're done. No a team that's limping into the playoffs because they know that team's not any good and they can take a non-playoff team who is really really hot and insert them in. Is this college? College of rules and over the Bengals would have won that game. That's what I'm saying. You put the yeah they would have. Yeah. The Bengals would have won that game. So, you put them in over the Broncos. No.

Over what? No, you put them in over the Steelers. I take the Steelers out. I put the Bengals would have won that game. So, you put them in over the Broncos. No. No, you put them in over the Steelers. I take the Steelers out. I put the Bengals in and Steelers were limping into the playoffs. You're right. Broncos were hot going into the playoffs. Or would you have

taken out the Texans at that point? I would've taken it all said. I would've taken out the Steelers. We all said, last week, we all said the Texans were the worst team in the play. I stand by that. You can only do it. I agree. No, division stand by that. You can only do it. I

agree. No, division winners get in. You can only do it with the wild card team, guys. That's it. Okay. Alright. Can't take out the Texans because the Texans won their division. They won their division. I take the Steelers out. I put the I put

the Bengals in and the Bengals are going to Buffalo this weekend. Let's get some Big Board bets in. I mean, and who wouldn't want that? Yes, please. As opposed to what we got, which is something even better. Alright, Billy's Big Board Brats brought to you by, we don't have a sponsor right now.

These are bets that if I was in the Drafking State, I would be tempted to make, however I'm not. OK, all right, really. I've hit a bit of a skid since week 15. I am 3-11 since week 15. So I need a slump buster, which is Kyron Williams' Anytime Touchdown. Nice, I like it.

Yeah, I just need a win. All right. I need a win there. So you went to your go-to guy, Ky a race against the clock here. Billy. It's a new season. I'm 45 and 28 on the season. Alright, my next one. Jordan Addison, over the last six weeks, I feel like he is our guy. Okay, so

that is the first of Billy's big board bets. He's beating himself up because he is down over the last what? Three weeks? Yeah. Okay, big deal. You had a great season. Alright. Yeah. I mean, I'm still, it doesn't matter. I'm not going to give you the numbers. Listen, it's a race against the clock here. Billy. Billy. Yeah. It's a new season.

I'm forty-five and twenty-eight on the season. Alright, my next one, Jordan Addison over four and a half reception. Alright, Jordan Addison over four and a half. I'm guessing the theory there is a lot of the uh a lot of the guys will be going after

Justin Jefferson. They don't want Jefferson to beat him. Addison will get one on one coverage. Billy is taking Jordan Addison over four and a half completions on his big board. He had one reception last week, but he had six targets. Last week was a weird one. Yes.

For the Vikings. No one had a lot of things, but five of the last six weeks, he has had the over on four and a half receptions. OK, so one more bet here for Billy. He was hot at the end of the season. Jordan Addison was, yeah. Except for that last game. Except for that last game.

All right, here's the fun one that we're going to do. Jalen Naylor, over 17 and a half receiving yards. He had 53 last week against Detroit. He had 81 two weeks ago against the Packers. This is the guy that we're all going to be looking at, and as soon as he gets that over and receiving yards for the game, we're going to say, yes, we were in this together. Is that what we're going to say?

Yeah, that's what we're all going to say collectively. I'm going to say. Tweet that at me, yes, we're in this together. The oddest that what we're gonna say? Yeah, that's we're all gonna say collectively I'm gonna tweet that at me. Yes. We're in this together. Yeah, that is part of the show God bless football. Everyone was Mike saying he felt good for Terry McCormick