The Herd with Colin Cowherd - Richard Sherman Podcast - Lions beat Vikings for #1 seed, Jerod Mayo fired, Tyreek Hill wants out

Episode Date: January 6, 2025

Richard Sherman reacts to the climactic Week 18 matchup between Jared Goff's Detroit Lions and Sam Darnold's Minnesota Vikings. Sherm breaks down Jahmyr Gibbs' huge peformance, how Aaron Glenn's defense shut down Justin Jefferson, and why the Lions are becoming America's team. Also, Sherm reacts to the news that the New England Patriots fired Jerod Mayo after one season and Tyreek Hill announcing that he wants to be traded from the Miami Dolphins. #volume #herdSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Super Bowl. Championship. That should always be the expectation. All right, man. That's going on here. Welcome back to the Richard Sherman podcast. And it's been a great season, Mitchell, a season of excitement, turnaround, ups and downs for all these. teams and it finishes with a great game in the Detroit Lions versus the Minnesota Vikings,

your Honolulu Blue Boys really showed up that guy, friend of the program. Jamir Gibbs has an incredible game. Aaron Glenn's defense shows up in a big way. And of course, they're the game of the week, the game of the night, one of the games of the year, probably with two of the best records in the National Football League. And of course, there are Uber Eats Sunday night football matchup of the game. the week. It's the matchup brought to you by Uber Eats that showcases the two best teams in the National Football League. Mitchell, what are you feeling right now? I don't think the NFL

could have dreamed up a better scenario to close out the season. Two teams 14 and 2 entering the season with the number one seed and a buy on the line. I mean, this is wild. I mean, a lot could be argued that this is bigger than a playoff game, right? Winner gets home field advantage throughout the playoffs and a first round by. Loser goes on the road to play the L.A. Rams and Matthew Stafford. I was in Ford Field. It was humming and it was buzzing. And God bless it.

They dominated. I'm so proud of this team. I mean, you look at all the resilience. You know, you look at everything they've overcome throughout this season. You look at all the doubt, all the injuries, everything. Alex Anzolone came back this game and the defense just looked a lot different. this defense stood on their head all game and gave the Detroit Lions offense an opportunity. The Detroit Lions offense came out slow, sluggish.

I did not understand the play calling in the first half. Remarkably, the Minnesota Vikings did not score a touchdown, and we still had life. Richard, I'm so proud of this franchise, they earned the first round by, they need to get healthy. Now that both your teams are eliminated. that hallolulu blue hat that you have in your hand, that hallolulu blue hat, will you be on the bandwagon in this post? Mitchell,

Mitchell, there's a small chance that I can jump on this bandwagon because I think America has jumped on this bandwagon. I think, you know, the Dallas Cowboys, they play on Thanksgiving, yada, yada, yada, America's team, yada, yada, yada, yada. But right now I think America's darling sweetheart is the Detroit Lions.

I think everybody feels good about this team. what they stand for, what their head coach stands for, the culture that they built. And really, there were so many plays and so many things in this game that really encapsulated, really captured the essence of what they built in this culture. And you talk about Jemir Gibbs, the guy they picked 12th overall in that draft. And people said, oh, man, they overdrafted him. That's too high. Absolutely took over this game, made huge plays.

Jared Golf, who was thrown away. Throwing away, Mitchell, embraced by this fan base, embraced by this rugged blue collar. He threw away the white collar, Mitchell, he was the first round draft. The top overall pick, he threw away that and said, you know what, I'm a blue collar guy. I'm grinding it, getting it from the dirt, from the mud. And they have done that. This offensive line that they built through both the draft and free agency just really just freaking started to grind on the Minnesota Vikings.

By the end, you just seen them. Just when they pushed Jemir Gibbs in for his fourth touchdown, it looked like he was stopped four yards short, and he was going to go down. But he just kept pushing his legs. And then you got Sam Leporta pushing him. You got the offensive line coming in, pushing him, and he gets to the end zone because they just never stop believing.

They never stop grinding. Did I just quote Journey? I think I just quote a journey. But so don't stop. Believe me. Believe it. You know, I can't see. You already know about that.

But let's talk about the injuries because I want to talk about the – because I know everybody knows about it, but you really don't really sit there and list them. I want to list them. Aidan Hutchinson, broken leg out. Alam McNeil, torn ACL, out. Kyle Pecco, torn pec, pec, out. Marcus Davenport, tricep, out.

John Kaminsky, torn MCL, out. Mackay Wingo, knee, out. Those are just the D-Lineman. These are just a delinement that they're missing. Linebacker, Anzolone, just came back with a broken forearm stitches still in his skin out there with a carbon fiber plate, said everybody wants to be a doll until you've got to do some dog shit.

Respect. Got's to respect it. But again, that's a perfect example of what Dan Campbell has built in this culture, in his community. These guys are playing for one another. who is back there in the defensive backfield? They've got a Meek Robertson to play the slot. They brought Carlton Davis in to be the lockdown defender to follow the number ones to really help shore up this secondary.

But Amic Robertson said, hey, we're going to play man coverage, which they played 67% of the time. Aaron Glenn played man coverage 67% of the time against one of the most dynamic receiving cores in a national football league with one of the top receivers playing in a national football league right now. Mitchell with three corners out, Amique Robertson said, that's a bet, Mitchell, took the assignment, shut him down, three catches for 54 yards, played incredible football, could have had a couple interception. And I can't express how difficult it is to play man coverage 67% of time. No team plays it, 67% of the time over a whole season.

Nobody. You know, you can't. It's just impossible. And so, Zadarius Smith got a sack. Muhammad got a sack. and then you saw Anzoloni just all over the place, whether he's covering T.J. Hawkinson or he's putting pressure on, running stunts, running games with the D-Line. They just says they are going to do it with whoever shows up.

Whoever we have will be good enough. And I'm not saying I'm speaking from Detroit lines or that's their slogan, but that's what it seems like it is. Not the next man up. Whoever's up. Whoever's up is going to get the job done at a high level. and they have shown that repeatedly play after play day after day. And it's cool to see the maturity and evolution of James running the route tree.

You see Amun Raus St. Brown getting his pro bowl recognition, continuing to shine like he has. And they're going against a really good defense. They got two pro bowlers on the D-Ns. They got a pro-bow corner. They got so many guys winning awards over there in Minnesota. It's well-deserved. But this Detroit Lions team just shows.

them. There's levels to this. It's wild because you're going down to Ford Field and there's so much anxiety rolling through your head. You saw it with the media. You saw it on ESPN. Everyone's taking the Vikings in this game. Everyone's recognizing what Detroit has to go through.

And they thought, hey, you know, if this is it, if they're going to have to slip to the five seat and go on the road, this might be at the end of the Detroit Lions. They stood tall today. Richard, I'm so proud of this franchise right now. But how in the world? Like, Aaron Glenn, right?

Aaron Glenn in this defense, Aaron Glenn deserves so much credit for this win today. Because, again, the offense was slow. They were sluggish. And ultimately, I mean, Jerry Goff turned the ball over within their own 10-yard line, given the Minnesota Vikings hope before the end of that first half. This defense stood tall, early and often, and throughout. How do you scheme this up when you're Aaron Glenn playing with a shell defense

with a bunch of guys that, like, frankly, didn't anticipate playing on this game with this amount at stake, Richard, I mean, this is huge. It was a master class. And then on the flip side, I don't want to keep the Minnesota Vikings out of it because their defense played a really good game. Obviously, after a while, the Detroit Lions wore on them. But they caused multiple interceptions, gave their offense to ball in the red zone, pressure Jared golf throughout the game.

But again, he's shown the ability to over- come the past stereotypes that surrounded his game and surrounded him as a player. And Aaron Glenn, I don't know how they hire people to speak at these coaching clinics or how they decide who's going to be the lead speaker, but I guarantee you there's going to be a number of coaches trying to figure out what room Aaron Glenn is speaking in and how he comes up so they can bring their notebooks out and take notes of how to coach a defense through adversity the way he has, how to continue to motivate your team, how to continue to keep guys prepared, how to continue to scheme it up in a scheme, scheme it up so aggressively and trust your secondary

the way he did, even though you have young guys or guys who you, there are very few guys you would trust to say, hey, you're going to be locked up with Justin Jefferson, the entire game. And we're going to, we're going to trust you to get that job done. You're going to hold him to under 60 yards in this game. And we're going to play man-and-man coverage 60 percent of the time. Amique Robertson said, hey, I grew up with this dude. I know him. I got you.

That's a bet. And he did it. And I don't think we really can give him enough credit. And this buy was so important for Detroit because they have to get healthier. And more time that you get, oh, the more chance you get to get a couple guys back, and I don't know who they'll get back. Like, maybe you get David Montgomery back, which would be huge. Maybe you get a Carlton Davis back, which would be huge.

But it also goes to show, hey, all the experience that these guys and all the belief and all the rewarded faith that you showed and the guys that had to play in their absence, that's depth. That's depth. And that shows how great this program is in Detroit. It's really something. They built something special, Mitchell. This isn't a fluke. This isn't a flash in the pants. They were in the NFC championship last season.

And everybody was like, oh, man, it's a feel-good story. It's not a feel-good story anymore. They're the big dogs. And big dogs eat first. And I've heard Green Bay Packers played them multiple times and said they should have won both times. And they had the better team both times. I don't think, I just don't see how you justify that. They are one game away from another NFC championship game.

Mitchell, you just got to think about that as a Detroit Lions fan. And they got to come, they got to come through Ford Field. They got to come in front of the, the one prime and find a way to get a win and that's going to be tough no doubt about it richard i i am i'm absolutely thrilled i mean there's no way to undersell this this was huge for detroit you go on the road i mean listen you're facing the daunting task of going on the road and facing matthew stafford round one if you lose this game i don't know how much motivation that was for this team but i mean certainly it was rearing itself in the back of every Detroit Lions fans head.

Because the last thing you want to do is face Matthew Stafford on the road in L.A. in the wild car round of this playoffs. Richard, I am beyond thrilled. And you know what? Hey, maybe my friend, you can see it here in Detroit live when you're in town in the next couple weeks. I mean, we might have to just take you to a game. Mitchell, Mitchell, I'm not one against being kidnapped and taken to Ford Field.

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I think it was already decided. And that's the frustrating part. And I know people are like, he made poor decisions, you know what I mean? He had some media gaffes, like where it said, some things he shouldn't have said. He lost games. This wasn't a very talented team. And it wasn't like they gave him a playoff team and then said, hey, take this playoff team and take him further. No, you gave him an empty cupboard with stale milk, stale crackers, some flour and told him to make a meal. And that's not fair. And that's not fair. And I understand that they're saying,

oh, man, he need to show more than he did. People can learn. People can learn on the job. Get better, improve. That's what an offseason's for. Hey, these are the mistakes you made. Check them off. Hey, don't do this in the media. Don't do that. Hey, when you're in game, make a better decision here. But if you can't learn from mistakes, if every great coach was fired after their first year, I don't know if we'd ever know the names of some of the greatest coaches in the National Football League's history. Like, what was Bill Belichick doing in Cleveland? Like, what if he got fired there and never got another opportunity? Like, would that be fair? That makes sense.

We would have missed out on one of the greatest trajectories ever. There's so many coaches that have struggled in their first couple years. I mean, I think Bill Wall struggled in his first. Jimmy Johnson was 1 in 15 in his first season. And just the timing of it all. Like, if Jimmy Johnson was coaching now and went 1 in 15, they'd say fire him, never give him another job. And then you would have missed out on a Super Bowl winning. coach who ended up being one of the best coaches in Dallas Cowboys history.

And they just put him in their ring of honor and Hall of Fame and all that good stuff. But it's like this microwave mentality that we're in right now where it's like, hey, I don't get instant noodles. Then I need to get somewhere else. And it's like you're going to handicap not only the guy, but you're going to, you're going to handicap the quarterback who seems like you found one. You seem like you found a franchise quarterback for your. organization, but now he's going to have a new offensive coordinator.

And then what if he doesn't succeed because he doesn't have a ton of talent again? And now you're going to be sitting there like, oh, my God, do we fire him again? Bill Belichick was five and eleven in his first year in New England. Should you have fired him? No. You trust the process. You let him grow. Let him learn.

Give him a couple of years to figure it out. Now, if you don't figure it out in a couple years, you let him go. But at least you said, hey, we gave you a chance to develop, to figure it out. You knew the guy had no coaching experience, no head coaching experience when you hired him. And you hired him from in-house. So that's why I don't understand this decision because this is your own guy. Now, if you're saying you're doing it to hire Vrable, that has me scratching my head as well, because you could have hired Vrable in the first place.

You maybe should have hired Vrable in the first place. But what could he have done with an empty cupboard? It wouldn't have been much better than this. Maybe he got five wins. Maybe he goes five and 12. But I guarantee you you weren't firing Vrable because he goes 5 and 12 because you just say, hey, the team, this is what the team is. You didn't give him a good enough team to go more than 5 and 11 to do anything meaningful. So I just think it's a bad decision, but it's a decision they're making.

And they weren't paying him much money, so it won't hurt them very much. And I'm sure they'll hire Vrable now because he's a New England guy. He's he coaches that way, runs his program really strict, really to early. but the players love him. They play for him. And I'm sure he'd do well in this. But it's just weird that, I mean, Brian Callahan in Tennessee, he's probably gone.

He's probably gone. He's probably getting fired. And it's just like there's probably going to be four or five head coaches that are in their first year coaching being a head coach and they're getting fired. And it's like, I just don't understand the point of hiring new coaches if you're just going to fire him after a year. Dan Campbell was 313 and 1 his first year. Leading off his second year, he's 1 and 6.

I mean, you look at these teams. I think they're all trying to catch lightning in a bottle, but you're right. I mean, they want Mike Vrable, and they've made that very obvious. And it's a shame because they finally have Drake May. They finally had their franchise quarterback and their position highly in the draft

where they're probably going to end up taking the top-tier wide receiver, if not Travis Hunter, who can play both sides of the ball. So you got to believe this is a good situation for any head coach to enter into. And it's a shame Gerard Mayo does not have that opportunity to continue his tenure with the New England Patriots. I mean, for a former player to be cast away after one year with giving him the job, it's a shame. It's all almost like they treated him as an interim head coach. And I think that's what they probably did. And maybe I'm wrong.

But I think they treated him as an interim head coach. And now he's gone. So enter Mike Vrable. sure predicting the future. I would assume Mike Vrable gets that job. Richard, we got to talk a little bit about Tyree Kill. I mean, this stuff, I don't know what's going on in Miami, and not to talk about NBA too much because we're an NFL podcast,

but you see the news about Jimmy Butler wanting out of the Miami Heat. I don't know if he's been talking with Tyree Kill. Their exit interviews are worse. Exit strategies look very similar. Very similar. I mean, I talk about it. Tyreek says, I'm out, bro. It was great playing here, but at the end of the day,

I have to do what's best for my career. And listen, I don't blame him. You know, I mean, he's a guy that's in the peak of his, you know, of his athletic career, right? And he probably wants to go out and win, but he had that opportunity with the Kansas City Chiefs. It's a shame you just realize that now with Miami, what do you think about this whole situation going on with Tyreek in Miami?

I love Tyreek. I love Tyreek. I think he's a great player. he's a special player, special talent. But it's one of those situations where you think the grass is greener on another side, and then you look up and it's just grass. And you're like, hey, I chase the money. And now I'm unhappy because the money doesn't fill the void that I,

maybe winning is more important than money. And now he realizes that way, but it takes losing to realize that. It literally took him to go against the team that he played for and took them to beat him in the playoffs and go on to win a Super Bowl without him. And sometimes that is a shot. to the ego. And I'm sure that was a shot to his ego in that playoff game to lose to your former team and then to watch them go win a Super Bowl without you. Go continue to thrive without you. They're 15 and two this season. Haven't really looked back since you left. One back-to-back

Super Bowl since you left. So it's one of those situations where it almost feels like, hey, I'm going to show these guys, I'm going to go get my money, and then you guys are going to see how much you miss me. And then you realize, damn, they don't miss me that much. They don't, they're not even thinking about me. Like, damn, they, they just going on. Like, the train kept rolling. Maybe I wasn't that important. Maybe I was just a cog and a wheel. And he is a special player. He went to Miami and had a lot of success, had an incredible season. But this wasn't anybody else's doing. You know, they didn't force you out of Kansas City. You had to go get the money. You had a price that you wanted. Now, if you're saying you'd rather take less money to win, that maybe that's

growth. Maybe that's a different stance than you're used to. But I think this is just him being emotional. I don't know if Miami would be open and traded him. They had to trade so much to get him in the first place. I think they traded, what, two first rounders for him and paid him max money. I don't know if another team is going to match that, especially, you know, after the year he had, he's getting older, everybody gets older, you know, but maybe there's a team out there that is willing to pay the price Miami paid for him to get him to come to them. But I highly doubt that's going to be a winning team. And that's the thing. You know, you saying, I want to go to a winning team There aren't any winning teams that are minus a number one receiver.

Like of the teams that are one, then two and three seeds, maybe Buffalo, you know, maybe Buffalo can be convinced. You talk about Philadelphia, they have AJ Brown. You talk about Detroit. They have Ammon Ra. You know, they have Jamison Williams to do that job. You talk about Baltimore. Could Baltimore use them perhaps?

But are they trading two first rounders? I highly doubt it. And so those are the situations you run into where you're, you're like, I don't know if you'll be able to get back to where you were unless Kansas City is like, hey, we'll take him back. But I guarantee you Kansas City is going to do that for a reduced price. Maybe they'll give you a third rounder, a third rounder and, you know, a fifth rounder. And now they get to re-kill back. I mean, that sounds like the kind of stuff that happens to Kansas City, Mitchell, so I don't put it past it.

That's exactly what I was thinking. I mean, hey, the grass is not greener on the other side. I'm going to go back to the lawn I was mowing before. Tyreek Hill, the situation of Miami is wild, but can you blame them? I don't know. I mean, Richard, you had that winning mentality in your veins always as a player. Could you imagine playing for a losing organization when you're entering 29, 30 years old, when you're still in that prime of your career?

No, I'd be really frustrated, but I don't think I'd be looking externally to change that. I'd be looking internally. I was, you know, selfishly or I guess, ignorantly, I always felt like, like, no matter what situation I was in, like we could improve it to win a championship. Like, we always had the pieces. I always felt like, hey, if I'm there and our team is like, if we all play together and we trust each other, like it's almost like ignorance is bliss kind of deal. Like, it's youth is, it was my youthful ignorance and energy. And it worked at every level. You know, in high school, we came in.

our high school hadn't been past the second round of the playoffs in like a decade. And we were freshmen with a bunch of kids who had never played football before. They were all flag football players. And then our sophomore year, we all played JV. And then my junior year, we all moved up to varsity. And all our varsity guys left. And so we had a really young team. But we went to the championship my junior year, we lost.

Then my senior year, we pulled it together. And we won the championship by over 30 points, I believe. And fast forward to Stanford, we go 1 in 11 my freshman year. By my senior year, we're 12 and 1 and win the Orange Bowl, and number three in the nation. And then you fast forward to Seattle, who had never won a Super Bowl, who had never won anything.

By my third year there, my second year, we should have probably won a Super Bowl, but by my third year, we're winning the Super Bowl, beating one of the greatest quarterbacks in the National Football League's history by 35 in the Super Bowl with the best defense,

one of the best defenses to ever play. And so I think you sometimes have to look within and really just, hey, if you're that kind of guy and you feel like, hey, I'm a special player. I feel like the guys around you are special, then you got to start investing in your team and investing in your teammates and invest in the things that help with winning and the things that take no talent, the thing, the camaraderie, the friendships, the bonds. And I think that's what I've always worked on investing in. And he's an incredible talent. I understand his frustration, but I don't know if the Miami

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Listen to the Renee Stubbs tennis podcast on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Presented by Capital One, founding partner of IHart Women's Sports. Week 18, there's not a whole lot on the line in terms of a lot of these games just don't flat out matter, right? I mean, but a lot of players are playing for a lot of Mula, right? And we saw that. I mean, let's talk about your Seattle Seahawks.

Gino Smith made himself $6 million today. Gino! Six million. Gino, I mean, that's a payday and a half. If I've ever seen one, you saw Mike Evans make another $3 million today. You saw Baker Mayfield make $2.5 million today. I mean, Richard, these incentives are wild. I mean, how much motivation goes into weekend?

18, is this something obviously teams think about, but is it more player focus? Does management say, hey, we want to take Mike. Mike Evans out of this game. We don't want him to hit that incentive. We don't want Gino Smith to hit the Smith $6 million bonus. Is that something that you think from the top down is coming in? No, I don't. With some teams, maybe, you know, I think I think Cooper Rush had a $250,000 incentive.

He could have hit if he would have played for the Dallas Cowboys today. and they played Trey Lance. So I'm sure some teams do it, but I think a lot of teams want their guys to hit it. That's why they put them in the contracts. You can't put them in there and then take guys out of the game. Really cool for Gino, you know, to have 70% completion percentage.

Like the incentives he had to hit were really high, and that's why I get frustrated when Seattle fans are like, get rid of him. He sucks. Like, you know how tough it is to complete 70% of your passes over a season in a national football league when your offensive line has not played well the entire year? and you've been getting beat up week after week after week.

It's very tough. So shout out to Gino for having a heck of a year under all the circumstances. Not the best year he's had, but set a number of Seahawks records this season for yards, completions. I think he broke his own completion percentage record. And it really grinds my gears when I hear fans complaining. Like, man, we got to replace him. We got to replace 70% completion percentage. I understand he struggled in the red zone this year.

That can be fixed. That can be adjusted. That can be changed. You can do a lot worse than that under the circumstances he was under. And if you improved the offensive line, you get healthier running backs. You know, maybe canines healthier next year. That all affects it. The defense plays like they're capable of playing like they did in the second half of the season after the by week.

They play like that all season long. This is a different team. And this team won 10 games. Like you're frustrated about all this. And the guy won 10 games. 70% completion percentage. a number of records in one, ten games, and they're saying replace him. That's where I'm like, it's tough.

It's tough in this league because you're not getting much better than that. Like, there are only five guys that can literally will their team to a playoff to a Super Bowl or to, you know what I mean, to really drag their team. And even Burrow, who was arguably the best quarterback in football right now. And if you depending on who you ask, he's the best. Couldn't wheel his team in. after starting four and eight because the rest of his supporting cast was so terrible that he couldn't get it done. And he won the last five straight, still couldn't get in. And so thinking you can just

replace a guy like Gino Smith who was really good player and played some really good football and he's playing the best football of his life is just silly to say. And I understand that he's had struggles this season the team has. And there are things that can be corrected. A first year O.C. who will get better. First year D.C. who will get better. An offensive line that will likely get shuffled around and some pieces replaced. You had to send or retire

pretty much mid-season. Things like that usually don't happen. It's an unusual season and they still manage to win 10 games. So I'm happy for Gino. I think this was great. He earned his money and I hope he gets a contract extension and stays in Seattle for a long time to come.

Another guy who made some money today and made some history. Mike Evans, one of the best receivers in the National Football League and one of the best receivers in the history of the National Football League, hitting 1K for the 11th consecutive year tying Jerry Rice. I have not seen Mike Evans show that level of emotion very often. You could tell how much it meant to him, how much it meant to his teammates, how much it meant to his family. It was a great accomplishment and a huge win for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers who jumped up to the three-seat, got a home playoff game against the Washington commanders, and a chance.

chance to continue their season after, you know, up and down season. But that's a heck of an award. $3 million. Well deserved, Mike. I hope this discontinues, even with all the missed games. You found a way to get it done. Shout out to Baker Mayfield, who picked up another $2.5 million by being top 10 in the league or top five in NFC at each of the five categories, pass a rating, touchdown passes,

passing yards, completion percentage in yards per attempt. balling Mitchell that is bowling Baker out there cooking found himself a home making himself some money love to see it and you know what we dog on this NFC South a lot you know you look at the landscape of the NFC South

the Atlanta Falcons the Tampa Bay Buccaneers neither team really rose above the occasion until the final week but you got to give a lot of credit to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Baker Mayfield specifically. We talked about the Detroit Lions

and their injury adversity throughout this entire year. The next closest cop is the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. For them to weather that storm and still be in this position and get the three seat in the playoffs, and not a whole lot of people talk about them.

I would hate to go on the road to Tampa Bay and have to contest with them. Good luck to the Washington commanders. I know that they've been a Cinderella story of such this year, No one expected much of the Washington commanders, but I'd hate to go on the road and play against Tampa Bay Buccaneers. I'd expect a lot out of them.

Shout out to Mike Evans. Shout out to Baker Mayfield. Richard. Shout out to Todd Bowles. You know, he's done a hell of a job, too. And that's what I'm concerned about for Jayden Daniels in these playoffs. But we'll get to that tomorrow when we're talking about the playoffs. But he brings a lot of exotic pressures for a rookie to see.

Well, then no doubt about it. Richard, this concludes week 18. We're going to talk about the playoffs more on our next podcast. I'm still enthusiastic as hell about the outcome of tonight's game. I lost my voice multiple times tonight. Richard, please sign us off, and we will meet you guys again on the next podcast to discuss the NFL playoff landscape. Well, thank you guys again for joining us on the Richard Chairman podcast. You guys have been incredible.

It's been another successful season, but the fun does not stop. We're going all the way through the Super Bowl. a lot of fun doing this, rooting for the teams that I played for, rooting for the Detroit Lions, talking about every team, your favorite teams, the Minnesota Vikings, and their crazy run through this season. It's been an incredible run, and I thank you guys for joining us, for staying with us, whether it was a second, a minute, an hour. We sure do appreciate you. I hope you had a happy holidays, and I hope you're doing everything you said you would, in your New Year's resolutions, keep fighting through, love and respect, hit that sub.

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