The Pat McAfee Show - PMS 2.0 1267 - Thursday Night Football Preview, NFL Christmas Day Doubleheader Recap, Adam Schefter, Mark Kaboly, Coach Chuck Pagano, & AJ Hawk

Episode Date: December 26, 2024

On today’s show, Pat, Coach Chuck Pagano, AJ Hawk, and the boys chat about the NFL’s Christmas Day games that saw the Chiefs and Ravens beat the hell out of the Steelers and Ravens respectively, if Lamar Jackson is the front runner for MVP again, the playoff racings and seedings in both the AFC and NFC, and finally they look ahead to tonight’s Thursday Night Football between the Seahawks and the Bears. Joining the progrum to give an update about the potential rumors of Pete Carroll returning to coach in the NFL and his interest in the Bears job, Jalen Hurts’ status with the concussion, and more is ESPN Senior NFL Insider, Adam Schefter. Later, Steelers Correspondent for the Pat McAfee Show and WWE contributor, Mark Kaboly joins the show to chat about what is currently going on with the Steelers, who public enemy #1 in Pittsburgh is right now in the fans eyes, if there’s any chance they’ll make a switch back to Justin Fields, and why he thinks the Steelers are just a step below the other elite teams in the NFL. Make sure to subscribe to youtube.com/thepatmcafeeshow or watch on ESPN (12-2 EDT), ESPN’s Youtube (12-3 EDT), or ESPN+. We appreciate the hell out of all of you. We’ll see you tomorrow, cheers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hello beautiful people and welcome to our holly jolly hum of the boat The thunderdome on this boxing day week 17 continued kickoff Thursday December 26, 2024 this program starts now Football is wonderful. And obviously we had a full day of it yesterday And we hope you had an amazing Christmas and congrats on Hanukkah kicking off last night in epic fashion We even got one. Huh? Look at this thing. Look at it, please.

Boom. Boom. Look at that. Great menorah. That is really large. Landed in planes with that thing? Now, this weekend, yesterday actually, I don't know if you saw. What was it?

Plane. I mean, this is crazy now on the internet just seeing what was... Let's forget about that. I refuse to watch that. Dude. It was 45 times in my timeline. Same. I'm like I don't want to see that.

Skipped it every single time. And then every time there was a little bit more in depth in the captions. So I basically felt like I... You saw the whole thing. Yeah. Basically I feel like I tried to keep it out of my... Anyways, hope Christmas was fantastic for everybody. Getting a chance to watch my daughter understand what's going on with Christmas.

Is there a second Christmas? She's about 20 months old, almost obviously two years old. So that was like the coolest thing I had experienced ever in my life, watching her know and be excited. She speaks a lot, she talks a lot. She sounds like the minions, okay? She sounds like the minions,

she's almost made up her own language. She has like, let's say eight to 15 words, depending on the day that she knows, but a lot of sounds, and she knows what you're asking her. And watching her tear through it and rapping stuff, and then watch my wife kick ass, the family come over. It was wonderful. We hope you had a great Christmas.

Much better than those football games. Yikes. Listen, the Ravens beat the absolute dog shit out of the Ducksons. The, the Ravens beat the absolute dog shit out of the Ducks. The Kansas City Chiefs beat the absolute dog shit out of the Pittsburgh Steelers. And you're talking about, you know, going into these times, these people cancel

their Christmases at their house. In Pittsburgh, they said, we ain't doing Christmas at home. We're doing Christmas. Die at the shore because the Pittsburgh Steelers are playing. Say hello to a new family tradition. Burke Chrysler is gonna be running around. Yeah. Okay, Shirtless out there. Awesome. We're gonna miss a lot of stuff. We'll do the

Christmas presents. Say it came extra early this year. We're gonna do it extra early, but then we're gonna go down and we're gonna put on for the Pittsburgh Steelers because the entire world is gonna get to watch NFL football on Netflix and they chose us to kick this thing off. That's the right time to do it. That's the right, now, studio show for Netflix. Think you should have been there, you know, to celebrate as opposed to just Burt going around

to the tailgates, having the time of his life, experiencing Italians seemingly in abundance for the first time. Wedding soup is amazing. Listen, the wedding soup, absence in people's lives that don't live in Pittsburgh, I am bummed out for you. I don't know where all it is, but it is amazing. I'm happy it got showcased.

Bert had a, but I think, you know, if that's live there, it feels big, everybody goes in there, they fill it in, and what do the chiefs do? Just, just beat the hell out of them. Clean. The injured are now wandering. What the hell is Mike Tom on our coach? Seven on seven. It did, didn't it? It's the best Patrick Mahomes has looked all year. They almost are now wandering. Why the hell is Mike Tom on our coach? Seven on seven.

It did, didn't it? It's the best Patrick Mahomes has looked all year. They almost scored 30 points, still haven't scored 30 points, scored 29 though, which means their defense put people to sleep. And then Patrick Mahomes, a little shovel, doing Patrick Mahomes stuff, just celebrating Christmas, having a holly jolly time, literally the entire day.

And then Travis Kelsey ends up getting into the pain and Patrick Mahomes taking massive shots adjusted Watson this guy is a Pittsburgh hey went to South Fayette high school actually Southwest Pittsburgh comes back home sees family on Christmas for the first time long time and just goes bananas just goes absolutely nuts and Yengers are waving their terrible towels thinking themselves the only thing it's terrible right now ain't this towel it's fact that we skipped our Christmas to come watch the Steelers do this in front of our faces.

Travis Kelsey would just sneak out, be wide open and obviously the Patrick Mahomes led Kansas City Chiefs had a good feel for what this Pittsburgh Steelers defense was gonna do all day. And Travis was just staring around wide open and inevitably Travis Kelsey was scored touchdown and he would break Tony Gonzalez's touchdown right there. Congratulations 22-10 at that point the fourth quarter. Yeah goes up a little bit too close to the upright Probably should have a little bit more of a round like got the daughter one of those

Remote control battery sitting cars. She can control it or you can control it that thing You got to take that thing real wide on those turns. Oh yeah that thing is not turning sharp anywhere at all that's what Travis should have done a little bit more of a wider turn so then he can get a head-on approach and then I think he would have double pumped that thing but he took Tony Gonzalez's throne taking Tony's throne right here as you see it Travis Kelsey surpassed Tony Gonzalez for the most touchdown receptions in Kansas City Chiefs history 77 congratulations Travis Travis now has the most receptions receiving yards and receiving touchdowns in franchise history. Kansas City Chiefs. Now, Tony Gonzalez I believe has more than him but he would obviously go on to play with the

Falcons and other teams so this is just with the Kansas City Chiefs. Fifth player in NFL history record a thousand career receptions and he was wide open for a lot of them. They weren't covering them all. It's almost like if you're counting those ones, you need to count the ones you get some practice. 8,000 yard seasons for Kelsey. Phenomenal stuff for the KFC. This is the best football they played all year. And then obviously you could say the same exact thing

for the Baltimore Ravens. Is it cake? Is it cake? No way. Both of them are cake. What? Yeah. How? Open it up. Boom. Red Velvet. My gosh. Red Velvet. And they got their big sand-cloth jackets on from Netflix. Is it cake? And Travis goes, I don't know. Yeah, it is actually. Red Velvet, he loved it. He said it was delightful. I think they should have had one a cake, one not a cake. That'd have been a good

move. You know, and then had the boys pick which one they think is cake which is not cake because that is a great show to pass time. Oh yeah without a doubt. You can get lost in is it cake for five six hours I mean that is something that just sits in the background and old Mikey who used to be on Wild N Out is hosting that thing having a blast. It is a great time but congrats to Travis and Patrick Mahomes looking the best that they've looked and congrats to the Baltimore Ravens. Looking the best that they've looked and congrats to Baltimore Ravens Looking the best they've looked Lamar Jackson and Baltimore Ravens and Keith van Nooy Just absolutely slaughter the Houston Texans in Houston people are saying the only good thing about going to this Texans again was getting a chance to see country music

female artists of the year from billboard uh-huh Beyonce perform at halftime obviously There's some country music fans at a Thunderdom that aren't happy about that. Die Hard I guess. They don't like that Billboard award, okay, they don't think it... Because this ain't Texas. We ain't home. Bam bam bam bam bam bam bam bam bam. She's from Houston I do believe. Homecoming, had Christmas there.

Did her performance but that was something that they were starting to market during the first half because Houston Texans didn't show up. Baltimore Ravens looked the best that they've ever looked. So now at the top of the AFC, is it clear? At the top of the NFC, is it clear? We'll talk about all that and more. The Talks at Tables here at Boston Connor and at Ty Schmidt. One half of the hammer, done. Cowboys, who has an AP vote?

Boston Connor isn't an interesting. Yeah. Feels like the MVP convo is only heating up with every passing game Josh Allen goes ape shit then Lamar Jackson on Christmas says, you know what? Have you forgotten? Everything I'm doing this year the best I've ever done it throughout my entire career. I've already won multiple MVPs so they're putting out at who's your MVP can and now this doesn't even have Jared Goff on it And Jared Goff is obviously cooked and gone ape as well

Oh, yeah, sorry, but a P tone is one of the guys that's gonna decide Con man, how should he be looking at this entire thing? I mean look I worry about it because one of the teams we just talked about the Pittsburgh Steelers them in Baltimore They don't like each other. Oh, yeah, they hate each other And I'm not saying tone is bias in any any sort of way and he would never make a decision based on the city he's from, the city he represents, the city that bleeds through him. But with that being said, I thought Josh Allen was a runaway and then yesterday happens and we're looking at these numbers side by side. Well, do numbers mean nothing anymore? I thought that was the whole thing with TJ Watt last year

with the defensive player of the year. Yeah, because remember Jade said said, what are we, what is, we're using these, we're not using these, and then last year, I guess, if you look at the MVP, the stats weren't used. If you look at just the stats, so things are getting crazy, and this is AP Tone's first year voting. Let's go to a man who coached football for 36 years, 18 in college, 18 in the NFL,

Coach Chuck Pagano here, Merry Christmas, Coach. Coach, if you're looking at this MVP voting, and Tone actually has a vote, and I would like to go on the record as when the idea was pitched to us by great man came on the show Eagles guy Rob Rod Mottie Rob Mottie very thankful for the idea of us having a vote he pitched both me and Tone and I said I'm not the right guy for a job Rob okay I'm not the one that needs to decide this because this this is legacy, right? This is Hall of Fame stuff.

This is next contract stuff. This is how they remember you as a football player, these types of awards. Now, do I think people put way too much stock in all of them? Absolutely, but I'm not the one that needs to be doing it. So Tone is representing the program on this particular vote.

What are your thoughts, especially with what Lamar did just yesterday? It looked like, you know, Josh Allen was a runaway a couple weeks. What he did in that four or five week span was just absurd. But then you see Lamar go out and think he's an all-time rushing leader for quarterback in the history of the game. 6,110 yards surpasses Michael Vick, that is correct. I mean, so, and then you're looking at at say Kwan who's got a chance to break Is it Dickerson's record rushing record? So if he does that Josh keeps rolling Lamar. He just Set a new record right for rushing yards for a quarterback. I mean

Good luck In the narrative is gonna be like, okay, they both gotta do it in the playoffs. I wish they'd wait for this, when does this vote come out, AP? January 6th is when we have to have the vote in. That's a weird date to have, but they- A.J. Hawke's birthday? Yeah.

First raw on Netflix, clear picture. Oh wait, is it? Yeah. I mean, that was in like 8K. It looks fantastic. Is that a Monday, though? Yeah. Sorry, January 8th, the Wednesday after though? Yeah. Sorry, January 8th. The Wednesday after the final week.

Okay, January 8th. And this is predominantly a quarterback given, right, a warm goes to a quarterback, right? So if these two stayed neck and neck, yeah, that's a tough one. That's a tough one because Lamar, like I've been, we've all been watching him since he was just down the road in Louisville, right? Even in high school he had highlights, probably obviously now he's in. Gone. I mean, just sick.

21.25 miles an hour there, that's the fastest he's ever been. He's jogging. He said, he said, he said I'm jogging. Yeah, he was just kind of striding out. He came into the season lighter. This is a stupid play. The amount of time he had to wait for likely

to decide to turn and go that way with the Neil Hunter I think he's in his face there. That's one of the best pass rushers in the NFL him just chilling basically no worries Doesn't even think that there's going to be a turnover He uh has nothing but control of the sport whenever he's playing it And I said there's no question that Josh Allen's the best player in the sport Just a few weeks ago when he had six touchdowns three rushing rushing, three passing, only quarterback to ever do that or whatever. You know, watching LeMar yesterday,

it was hard not to be like, oh man, guy with microphone says something that is supposed to be a matter of fact and it is not at all. He is so much fun to watch. Now, this Houston Texans team, we all got questions. As an AFC South compadre of the Houston Texans here in Indianapolis, it is very fascinating

to see what their team has become. Now, they get a safety. They did. Yeah, great play. Hang your hat on that. That was it. That was it. That was it.

That was it. On Derrick Henry. 31 to two, that was the final score of the game. That's a goose egg for the D doesn't show it on the deal but the defense you said we shut them out let's talk about the Ravens defense are they good because they have the most losses which is why Josh Allen was the one who everybody was talking you look at all those people that are up the top the team with the most amount of losses

Baltimore Ravens okay so normally it goes to a team that is one or two in their respective conferences the Baltimore Ravens have a couple early losses, you know, that they have to get over. How many points did they lose those games? 22. Five losses, 22 total points. Raiders and Browns, though. All one-score games.

And then that toe. Yeah, week one. First game, week one toe. Isaiah Likely. And there's a couple of those others. He's wearing black cleats instead of those whites? Was that the case or just the opposite? Instead of black cleats instead of those whites was that the Instead of black cleats probably don't even see that don't even see that and no idea touched and they walk out of their week one

Lamar's onto another MVP this Ravenstein might actually do it. That's from week one Yeah, and instead toes out days can't do it can't they get a fumble at the half yard line They have a toe out of bounds. This team is just kind of snake bitten. But instead you watch them and you watch them continue to play and it's like, this offense is unstoppable. Mark Andrews is all the way back. And it's not just an unstoppable offense because they have so many weapons and pieces. It's an unstoppable offense because they're tougher than you too.

It's not only like they're the most talented team. They are, but they're also the toughest team. Patrick Ricard and Derrick Henry in the backfield, that should have been when the commission stopped Chris Paul getting traded from New Orleans to the Lakers. Now I think the NBA owned that New Orleans team at the time, so the commissioner of the NBA was able to stop that trade and this wasn't a trade, this was just a signing, but when Derrick Henry signs with the Baltimore Ravens, we, in this particular room, were like, that shouldn't be a lot.

With Lamar Jackson cruising, jogging at 21.25 miles an hour, and then Patrick Ricard at full back at 275, maybe, we're in the holidays, 295, 300 pounds, as a full back. And then Derek Henry, I guess, I mean, I'm learning this more, and we always saw his crazy workouts when he was on the bands, and he was doing all that shit. You know, it's just, I guess he I mean, I'm learning this more and we always saw this crazy workouts when he was on the bands He was doing all that shit, you know, it's just I guess he eats like Completely so clean his whole life is body fat less than five. So he's gonna be able to play forever

It's like that team and then mark andrew's five straight touchdowns. Congrats to him for donating 50 grand to t1d. I believe is the charity that he chose for type 1 diabetes. I think research and funding and everything like that. Charity out of New York. We already sent the donation and Mark, shout out to Phil for just... And then especially in the holiday season, scores five straight games with a touchdown yesterday. We set that off as soon as we possibly could.

Shout out to Mark Andrews stopping by the show and that big ass he's jumping with there. I think that's him. Oh yeah. Yeah, that's the 300 pounder that's leading the way for everybody in Ricard. It's stupid. Joining us now, ladies and gentlemen,

is a man who's a senior NFL insider at ESPN. He's also a guy that's kinda doing this on X-Ray now. It's kinda hee, you know what I mean? Hee, ladies and gentlemen, Adam Schefter. Hee. Merry Christmas, hey, first of all, thank you for that donation to Type 1 Breakthrough Diabetes, Breakthrough Type 1, whichever they changed the name to. It used to be JDRF, my donation to Type 1 Breakthrough Diabetes, Breakthrough Type 1, whichever they

changed the name to. It used to be JDRF. My wife is Type 1. So we've done a lot of work for JDRF and I know Mark is Type 1 and a lot of respect there. So Breakthrough T1 Day. Okay. Again, they rebranded it from JDRF because people had the idea that it was just a disease for juvenile people, for young people, but it's a disease that affects so many people,

and I thank you for the donation. That will go to great use, and that's awesome. Hell yeah, hey, no problem. Shout out to Mark Andrews for putting a spotlight on it for us, because obviously we'll continue to learn more, and we're all about figuring out everything. You know, that's, could you imagine if we did just figure out everything?

That'd be sweet. That'd be great. Oh my god They might help the drones Over New Jersey. Well, I don't know if Schefter has any news on those. I do know Chef don't want to tell you what I've heard about that Another mention of your name to be the senior NBA insider you remember that oh, yeah the ultimate Yeah, they're like this guy could potentially just be the inside of all inside. He's inside. I didn't know he was thinking about being inside the hey, what the hell is in the clouds? Yeah, you're in there. You're sending you're sending questions to people

There are a lot of theories floating around I'll just say that I Dipped my toes into areas. I shouldn't before I'm not gonna do that again I'll just say there's some interesting theories out there. Well, you were in a college basketball there for a little bit to say there's some interesting theories out there. Well, you were in college basketball there for a little bit. And then you know what I mean? College of baseball or college football? No, no, college of basketball. You dunked on Doug.

Oh, college of basketball. Well, emerging of college football and college basketball, yes. Yeah, you are starting to dabble a little bit. That's a wild time in your life. And we hope the drones are good. Let's talk about some NFL news, shall we? You broke over the break and we hope the drones are good. Let's talk about some NFL news Shall we you broke over the break that we had the last two days happy Hanukkah, by the way

We I don't know if you saw it Foxy, please show Please show Whoa, whoa That's pretty cool. Yeah. Yeah. Did we have two of the ones on the side? Lit maybe yeah You got one light lit. That's good. You're in the right spot Yeah, cuz we heard the middle one lights all the other ones, but that happens at night So they're all in one night in we had both lit cuz it's day two turns out that candle hasn't been lit yet

You asshole. We're doing right. Well, I think we're doing it right. I think we're doing it right. Kind of a reminder for other people. Eight crazy nights, eight crazy nights. That's right, how last night go? Was it crazy? It was mildly crazy, yes, Pat. Sounds like it was a little bit of a buzz kill. It's funny, like my wife every year, like,

ah, you know, the kids get upset, you know, ah, we're not doing how they don't appreciate it. And every year it's more extravagant than the next. I'm like, ah, you know, the kids get upset, you know, I'm not doing how they don't appreciate it every year. It's more extravagant than the next. Oh, you guys are kind of Christmas. Mifying Hanukkah. You're Christmas. Mifying Hanukkah a little bit. I guess I guess that's yeah, I guess that's what it's like.

You know, again, she's the shopper, the designated Hanukkah shopper and it's thank you for everything and they have a great time. It's great for them. That's nice to see Nobody's saying shit to us Nobody's saying hey, thanks Adam. Anyways, let's move along here. I learned about Santa Claus a little bit from a meme. I know No red one you learn you learn good I learned a ton about by the way by the way Pat. Mm-hmm

My daughter just texted me. The candle's in the wrong spot. It's supposed to be left to right. Jeez! No, no, she's not seeing it wrong. It's on mirror. It's on mirror mode. It's on mirror mode.

Camera's on mirror mode. If we could put a lower third up. This is currently on mirror mode. OK. Tell your daughter. Left to right. OK. Looking from behind the...

How the fuck were we supposed to get that? We tried our best. I'm just telling you, you got my 16 year old daughter correcting things that are wrong. Journalism, we appreciate her doing that. And anything else that she sees wrong with our program, tell them to send them through you. We would love to hear it.

Let's talk about something that would be a crazy night. Allegedly Pete Carroll, you reported, is interested in the Chicago Bears job. This obviously comes after Ben Johnson. He's hot to trot from Chicago Bears allegedly, which I saw a lot of Chicago Bears fans say, we're going to get the guy that had the fake stumble playing against us to be our head coach. And it's like, yeah, that would be the exact guy you would want to become your head coach. How highly sought after is this job and is Pete Carroll taking any job or just certain jobs?

Because we'd like to let him know your resumes concrete pal your Hall of Famer if you were to not get back into coaching Yeah, well, I think Pete wants to get back to coaching I think Chicago obviously would interest him but I think there will be other jobs that would interest him as well And if you ever met or spend time with him He's 73 and he acts like he's 33 the guys got more energy than most people I know and I think you know what he wasn't initially talking like he wanted to come back and coach this year I don't think that was in the plans and I think like a lot of people you spend some time away and you

realize you miss it and he wants to go back to do it I don't know whether or not he'll get the chance I think he would do a lot of good at a lot of places he's about culture that guy is really about culture. And if there were a team looking to remake its culture, he obviously would be a worthy candidate. His resume speaks for itself. He has not spoken to Chicago. I don't even know that Chicago's interested. I think he has interest in the Bears job. I think he has other interests in other jobs as well. And we'll see whether or not anybody interviews him. Last year, I don't think he got interviewed

after he was let go. What do you think about college after what he just saw Bill Belichick doing with what the future of college football is, where you can both be a GM and a head coach and have a director of player personnel, kind of what's going on at Tar Heels. Feels like Pete Carroll's name was something

we all thought of as somebody that understands the college world, definitely understands the NFL world. Is that a thought for Pete Carroll as well or we don't know at this point? I don't know the answer to that. I know that he's interested in coaching. I would assume, well, I don't know that for the college level. Look, I don't know that people would have thought that Bill would have been interested in the college level and all of a sudden something came along and it sparks some interest in

him and he wound up taking that job in North Carolina. So I don't know that Pete's thinking like that right now. I think he'd like to talk with some NFL teams that have openings, but who knows what would happen if it's the right job. Plus most of these college jobs have been filled, right? Like we're past the college hiring season, aren't we? Oh yeah. Yeah. In West Virginia one, they said the entire hiring. Got a couple of guys in by the way. Yeah, transport are starting to get a little active. Mm-hmm transfer transport We're starting to hit them country roads And him dogs are coming home is what I've heard now listen Obviously college would be an opportunity for Pete Carroll. So in Chicago if they've had any interest in them speaking of Chicago

How is the interest is is that one of the jobs at Ben Johnson? We assume will get offered plenty Okay, six to seven jobs every single offseason seemingly up Speaking of Chicago, how is the interest? Is that one of the jobs that Ben Johnson, we assume, will get offered plenty. Six to seven jobs every single offseason, seemingly up. We already have, what, three open if you go New York, New Orleans, and Chicago, right? There's already three jobs available. Ben Johnson will be somebody, the belle of the ball, we assume, this cycle, alongside Vrabel and many others that'll get opportunity. Is the Chicago bear job one that is one that everybody is, is no offense to Chicago, please, no offense to Chicago.

But if Ben Johnson gets that job and another job, is the Chicago job a good job because how big the city is? What is the thought about the bear's job? I think he has interest in the job, whereas early on I don't know that that was gonna be the case, but I think that there's enough there that he's going to have interest in at the very least talking to them and seeing whether or not it's worth pursuing. So look, I'm sure they're going to request to interview him.

I'm sure he's going to talk to them. And then it's up to the two sides to figure out whether or not there's a match there. The Bears will talk to other people as well. It certainly seems like he's a guy that The city wants as the head coach there like he's got a lot of support people recognize That Caleb is the future there They want the right guy to work with Caleb and a lot of people believe that Ben Johnson would be that guy So I definitely expect him to be a candidate in play and then let's see what happens from there

We just said I just said six to seven spots kind of opening up. Ty just told me that on ESPN.com there's a projection of like nine spots or something like that. Is that changing each week, each performance you think? Is that kind of a like Mike McCarthy everybody's talking about like that job he now his contracts up so he wouldn't be fired who just be not getting another contract but it's like- Right, right. But it almost feels like that's going the other way now. They've won, what is it, four or five games,

five or six games, whatever it is. And he's gotten a lot of support. And these things ebb and flow all the time. Like there are people that all of a sudden wind up on the hot seat that you wouldn't have thought would be on the hot seat. And then there are people that are on the hot seat that somehow their teams play well down the stretch and they come off the hot seat.

But again, I said to you early on this season, I said seven to nine. I do think it'll be on the lower side this year. If I had to project it this year, I would say we'll probably get seven. Six to seven is my guess. All right. Well, Merry Christmas to those two to three. Yeah. Merry Christmas. Now, potentially on on hot seat, but instead it cooled off. And that's because Jolly Old Santa Claus came through.

That's right. And then the first night of hand, onical, obviously. Light from the left side, like you're reading. Exactly. Yeah. That makes sense. Like a book. Per Dillon Schefter.

Per Dillon Schefter, yes. Like a book you just mentioned there? Yeah. Barghetti's new stand up on Netflix, your friend Nate Barghetti Phenomenal this guy's so smart. He's so good. I was watching thinking to myself. I should never speak in public again Good he is and he talks about books in there has a good book take that really made me pump Anyways, let's get back to football

Quarterback talk I had come man. Yeah, shefty Jalen hurts concussion He left the game last week pretty early and then I believe he didn't practice yesterday. What's his status? Is he gonna play this upcoming weekend? Are they gonna maybe take it a little safe and not have them play this week? And I believe they also just signed another quarterback, too Yeah, they signed Ian book to their practice squad today the former Notre Dame quarterback Who's been on their roster before spent some time in the practice squad today, the former Notre Dame quarterback who's been on their roster before, spent some time in the practice squad. So anytime you see a team sign a quarterback on a Thursday, that tells you that clearly

they have some questions about the availability of a quarterback. Now that could be Jalen Hurts, that could be Kenny Pickett who had the rib injury last week. So there are a couple of quarterback issues. The other thing to keep in mind here is what are the Eagles playing for at this point in time? I know they have to clinch the division, but they're going to win one of these last two games. And I don't know that you want to subject Jalen Hurts to anything. Look, we'll see if he practices at all today. Clearly hasn't passed through protocol yet. We haven't heard that he has. Um, so I think

his status right now is in question until we hear it's not. So that's an issue right there. Can you pick? It's an issue right there. They add the quarterback to the practice squad. They have, uh, Tanner McKee there already as the third string quarterback. So I, they, they have some quarterback questions that need to get answered before they play the Cowboys on Sunday. A lot of weapons obviously around there. If you can't get the ball to them. Concussion protocol here carrying all the way into Thursday obviously. Tees and P's over there to Jalen Hurts.

Home field advantage now for the AFC locked in for the Chiefs. Shout out to Santa Claus Andy Reid. That was awesome. Yeah. That was awesome. That was awesome. Him waiting on the boys, you know, hiding out saying ho ho ho coming out. How about them juice that, that entire moment. I think as we try to boom, here it is obviously Patrick Holmes, Travis

Kelsey come in with the Netflix jackets. Hey, how you doing? Santa Claus came to town and it's us. He said to the Pittsburghers. And then as they're waiting around, thinking about how cool they look, which they do look cool. Carson Wentz say, why is really cool. Actually, he's ever shorter.

They're getting some work on his back. Coach T and then any read ho ho ho finally these guys fucking came in A lot That's what he said even standing in that office in that full suit for what seven minutes is there doing a whole red velvet cake? Jacket thing waiting on it. Ho ho ho home field advantage through it all how do you think they treat the last couple weeks here? I was a part of a team that locked in home field advantage through it all. How do you think they treat the last couple weeks here? I was a part of a team that locked in home field advantage with two weeks left. The Indianapolis Colts my rookie year and by a part I mean very very small. I mean we're talking about the smallest part you could possibly be for that particular program. But we the guys started because there was like some

streaks in records and there was a couple catches that need to be made and then they would rest and then that was against the Jets and then against the Bills last week of the year full blizzard started picked up some stats that guys needed for contract reasons then everybody rested and then get in a playhouse we win we win we go to Super Bowl we lose to Drew Brees but if we would have lost that first game everybody would have killed us for you know you got rusty by arresting at this point. Nobody thinks the Chiefs are ever gonna get rusty How do you think they handle these last two weeks is it Carson Wentz time over there in Kansas City?

How do you how do you how do you see it going? Well, I think Andy likes to get some work for his regulars But here's what I would say There are certain guys that I I'd be really surprised if we saw like I don't think it's too early for us to rule out Chris Jones who missed the game yesterday with the calf injury. Why are you going to rush him back to aggravate that? So I don't think he plays. Isaiah Pacheco left the game yesterday with a rib injury. I don't think he plays. I think any guy that there's a question about, he's not playing that week. And I think the big one will be about Mahomes. Got the

high ankle, though it hasn't looked like he's had a high ankle. I would think that if we see him, it's limited. Maybe you get him a series, maybe none at all. I don't, I'd be surprised if Patrick Jones played a full game. I don't see that happening. So there are certain guys that I'm sure they'll exercise extreme caution with. There are other guys they'll have to make decisions on, but either either way they play the Broncos the last week of the season and that's an advantage for Denver and Denver faces a less motivated Kansas City team then that means the Bengals aren't gonna make it no matter what happens tomorrow if Denver can win that game Denver's got to win one of these two games to get in so

that the Chiefs win yesterday was big for the Broncos, potentially big for the Broncos and certainly not something that Cincinnati would like to have seen. Cincinnati now has to beat Denver and then beat an angry Pittsburgh team in the last game of the season. Pittsburgh's coming up three straight double-digit losses. Mike Tomlin's not gonna want to go into the postseason with another loss. So it's a tough road for the Bengals here. Not that they can't do it. They certainly will have a chance, but it's going to be, their road has gotten tougher by the events of Christmas day. Yeah. Super wild card weekend. Obviously top seven in each conference. Make it

in first round. Our first seed gets a buy. Everybody else has to battle to make it to the division round. And on on Saturday a lot of Implications coming up Saturday football triple header on NFL Network Chargers Patriots Chargers needed Broncos Bengals both of them needed And then Cardinals Rams on the other side Rams needed I mean you're talking about three very important outcomes starting on Saturday kicking off this lovely triple header and Another NFL weekend packed. Yeah. You know, I didn't love.

I'm not going to say what go ahead. But yesterday, what did you look? What? What didn't you love? What did you love? Cause I was going to say, I didn't love a four 30. We don't have an eight 30 on the back end of this. You're saying we need a night.

Just, I mean, usually one, two, three, every single schedule. So a one, a four, oh five to carry us to 425 because we need it. Exactly. We need that. And then there's a boom, all eyes on me. We've been waiting all day. Yes. Bingo.

We've been waiting all day. For Christmas night. But instead it was LeBron James. Yeah. And Steph Curry. Yeah. On the show. Classic. How about Steph in there like half quarter bang bang bow and then Austin Reeves says thank you

Merry Christmas left you off the glass. Enjoy Christmas while you have it Well, this is actually what LeBron James said immediately after that game yesterday I love the NFL. I love the NFL But Christmas is our day Okay, next year Christmas is our day. Well. Okay. Next year, Christmas is on a Thursday. Boom! Okay, so December 25th, 2025 is on a Thursday, and that's already an NFL day.

Shefty, how do you think the NFL viewed yesterday? What are the early reports on Wednesday afternoon Christmas football from the NFL folks. Well, that was like the Super Bowl for Netflix. It was Netflix's Super Bowl. Yeah, all these, you know, like Beyonce coming on and I'm sure the ratings on it are going to be big because that's what the NFL always does. They have huge numbers and next year, I'm sure the NFL will want to move into LeBron's turf and do

Thursday night like Thursday night football, Christmas night next year, Thursday night football that's coming. I fully expect that. So it is, it has been the NBA's day, but it's also now the NFL's day and the NFL ratings I'm sure are going to be very high. As always. LeBron. I appreciate you Showing up on Christmas just like everybody that worked on the Netflix show. Thank you for working on Christmas to everybody that played

Thank you for working on Christmas. We appreciate that so that we could all enjoy while we're watching at home to the NBA Thank you for showing up on Christmas for everybody for so long I think Kevin Durand it was like 11 or 12 years he played Yeah, I assume LeBron 17 or 18 years on Christmas He's but you're talking about not being home Steph. Probably the same thing You're talking about not being home on Christmas for a long long time. So we appreciate that but congrats you guys Adam Silver Christmas Eve is not your day. Okay, I was actually watching on Christmas Eve and I was like We got nothing. We got nothing here. No granted Scott Calvin. I could watch him all day Yeah, okay, and I don't like the way they were treating him there and Neil what a punk those sweaters just from the entire

Yeah, Charlie's awesome. Obviously, he's got a belief and he questioned his dad certainly and I appreciate that and then the Grinch obviously amazing But as I'm watching Christmas Eve, I'm like this is this is where the NBA needs to be but they would have to be conceding Christmas to do that and that's been their day for a long time Maybe two years from now you guys look because I don't know how calendars work, but if it was on Wednesday this year and it was on Thursday, I don't know when the next one is, but I assume that's gonna be a football day too. And then I think the next one probably gonna be as well. Pack it up. So whenever you want to say go into Christmas Eve, we want to let you know it was

honorable and admirable what you guys did on Christmas Day for so long. And thank you for what you're going to do for Christmas Eve. Let's be very kind to you guys. NHL too. Might not be bad to get some eyes to do that entire thing. Exactly. All right, Shafty.

We know you got to go. A lot of work to be done. Happy Hanukkah. We appreciate the hell out of you, brother. Well, thank you guys. Happy holidays. Happy New Year. Enjoy the games this weekend.

We'll be back in touch Monday. I'll look forward to chatting then. We'll see what comes out of this weekend. We'll be back in touch Monday. I'll look forward to chatting then we'll see what Comes out of this weekend should be always interesting right anything on tonight anything on tonight's game seahawks bears that we should be looking at Kenneth Walker out for the seahawks. Zach jarbony steps up Seahawks need to find a way to win this game with the rams lurking on saturday And and the bears their defense has not been the same without Matt Eberfluss. For all the people that wanted him out of there, the defense has kind of fallen off some, so it's time for the defense to play a little bit better, and we'll see if the

Seahawks can keep things interesting with the Rams and make it relevant for the last weekend. They need to find a way to win this game. Hey, we appreciate you, Shefty. Ladies and gentlemen, I'm Shefty. Hey, Shefty. Way from the left side. Yep, we did it. Boom. Turn off mirror mode. this game. Hey we appreciate you Shefty. Ladies and gentlemen I'm Shefty.

Right from the left side. Yep we did it. Turn off mirror mode off the camera and let's show it. Turn off mirror mode. There you go. Turn off mirror mode. You just gotta turn off mirror mode. That's all. It's been on life this whole time. Looks great. It does. It's big. Shine. Yeah. Putting together a lot of things over Christmas now you know for baby girl. Oh yeah. It's big. It shines. Yeah. Putting together a lot of things over Christmas now, you know, for a baby girl. Oh yeah. This one was the worst manufactured.

The angle in which the plastic is that clips into the other thing does not match up. And with metal, you know, you can kind of move a little bit. Right. Metal you can move a little bit. Even get a little heat out, you know. Sure. A little fig or tag or-

Forge it. make or whatever it is You know, I don't think you can't move it plastic especially when it's thick you can't really budge it done budge No, it's actually pretty sturdy Yeah So try and piece this thing together was certainly a thing but Z was able to make some magic happen had do you use some old School strength to bend this thing that thing will I think at some point at some point? Completely implode on itself, but it's got to last eight crazy nights this thing that thing will I think at some point at some point completely implode on itself but it's gonna last eight crazy nights I will and they're

gonna be crazy well mildly crazy Schafter said for everybody in his family but him seems like he loves the holiday yeah seems like his family doesn't say thank you to him yeah he said my wife does all the shopping they really enjoy it all he's just locked in the entire time in his office I don't know. Hey, you got unplugged at some point chef T. Yeah. Yeah Don't bella say row ain't though. No, no, no, no, he's always plugged in wired in Yeah, so there was some and Jamie Erdahl was on the Netflix coverage

NFL Networks man, Ty Teo was on, right? Cause he's been on Good Morning Football. The McCordys. The McCordys were on, one of them is on NBC. Stacey. And has done Good Morning Football as well. Stacey Dale's NFL Network. CBS Booth's though, mostly. Eagles, Nate Burleson, Craig Olson's Fox.

Jade's CBS, normally on the side show. Mostly yeah Eagles Nate Burleson Craig Olson's box. Yeah, JJ CBS Normally on the side show ESPN Mina Kimes Laura Rutledge. Yep on program RG 3 formally of ESPN now independent broadcaster And then K Adams of fan dual TV formerly of NFL Network and then Drew Brees had to do commercial break hits internationally Which how does that work? What? So I don't think they have international commercials. Oh.

Cause I was wondering that as well, like if you got this commercial, is the whole world like learning about, like Mayhem, Mayhem had a commercial and he was doing a leaf blower thing, and he was causing Mayhem. He was, sure, sure. Great Mayhem.

It was a great commercial. And I was like, oh, the rest of the world is getting introduced to our brilliant marketing of Insurance companies in mayhem, but I guess it wasn't it was actually just drew breeze talking through I just figured they ran international commercials like I figured like Volkswagen had a commercial Just because it's an international brand. Yep, McDonald's Sure, both in there pizza hut Dude wipes popped in there. Yeah, you Dude Wipes popped in there. Yeah.

You know, international brands. Bingo. Helping Cheeks from worldwide. Dude Wipes. And everybody had Dingle Bells yesterday. Everybody had Dingle Bells. Amen. Could you imagine somebody in some country

that's never even considered potentially Dude Wipes? Cosmetic. Istanbul. Just seeing a commercial for the first time and just being like... What? It can feel good, you know? Just seeing a commercial for the first time and just being like It's feel it can feel good, you know, we need to go to America now We need dude like we need we need to go. Did you hear their dingle bells?

Dingle bells they go all the way the broadcast was fascinating we were We were approached by Netflix at one point for ideas Concepts around the Netflix NFL and I said That's why I'm so thankful for those people that work on Christmas because my daughter now wife you guys There's a lot of kids in here new homes everything kind of being built families growing together. It's like to work on Christmas It's gonna have to be a pretty good up So I just pitch our show basically doing the kickoff show from outside Pittsburgh Steelers Stadium though at Acresure you know in Pittsburgh

do an entire thing and then yeah we'll continue to do the next game too if we have to do it but we're doing it from outside you know so we can kind of sense it. I guess that was terrible that would that would have never worked especially with what they ended up going with. Yeah I couldn't imagine being that far off so obviously the decisions they made is awesome. I enjoyed the entire day I watched it all day because you couldn't go anywhere else. No, it was perfect. I don't love that these super innovative platforms like Amazon, think about like the innovation from the creation of, hey, we're going to do this.

Something has been done this way for so long. And then Amazon comes in and goes, disrupt. We're gonna change it completely, become the most expensive company on earth. Netflix, same thing, right? Blockbuster, everybody knows the story. Something's been happening like this for so long. And then Netflix comes in and boom,

disrupts, flips the entire thing. And then when it comes to like doing something, they just hire the people that have been doing it forever to do it. I respect it because you get a good broadcast, hey, they got it figured out, we don't need to reinvent the wheel here. But I do wish there was some sort of,

you know, innovation into tomorrow. You know what I mean? The cast, okay, I get the future, that is the future of sports media and I respect it. And we obviously enjoy all those humans I love seeing big goose get an opportunity out there man I tell but it is just like we're doing the same thing. Yeah, like I wish there would have been all the same It's always the same and I guess is there anything new and if he do something new does it look does it potentially backfire?

And they're just trying to you know, just get a show off the ground. I do wonder I do wonder well and I Looking into the future. I'm sure that's something to look at, but you also wonder if the NFL was like, hey, guess what? This ain't the year to try to do innovation. All right, we just saw everything that happened with the Tyson-Jake-Paul fight. Like there are gonna be hundreds of millions

of people watching this. And we have four- Is that the expected audience? I mean, no, I have no idea. It's 60 to 70 Tyson-Paul. Peak, I mean, like during Beyonce, I assume people who weren't even watching the games were like hey, let's go watch So whenever you think Mike Tyson has international name. Yes, so everybody on earth wants to watch it

That was a brilliant concept brilliant everything because 270 million or 370 million worldwide subscribers on Netflix obviously 82 282 282 million subscribers on Netflix massive global audience there So if you get somebody that's well known through the entire world go global sensation I think you'll get people to draw Travis Kelsey Patrick Holmes might have enough pull You know what I mean? Well, and people are gonna say like Taylor Swift is like, yeah Yeah, that's why I'm saying Travis He's one of our goats, but I think Taylor sold out a stadium probably in every one of these countries

Yeah, that Netflix is in that probably helps a bit. Maybe they had um, I saw they had like International soccer stars. Maybe they were doing it on their own Maybe Netflix didn't have them tell them to do this but like Antoine Griezmann and others who were tweeting out them watching the game Just so like the international audience maybe knew about it more just from from that standard But yeah, I mean, it's you know, there's a lot of eyes everybody gets mad about the NFL taking more money for people to watch game like I saw some people tweet you know of course I gotta buy a Netflix subscription to watch Christmas football okay I gotta watch my favorite team I gotta pay for Netflix to watch it already pay for this

I already paid for this I already have to pay for this now I gotta pay for this and oh let me guess I gotta pay for this when I already paid for this, I already have to pay for this, now I gotta pay for this, and oh, let me guess, I gotta pay for this when the playoffs come, okay. Thank you, NFL, for squeezing every penny out of my damn pocket. There was actually a lawsuit about it. Yeah. This past off season, somebody, Lucky Duck or something, the Lucky Duck or a mo-

Oh yeah. They sued him for basically price gouging and saying, hey, this thing is too expensive, and everybody was saying that yesterday that wasn't watching on Netflix. this is actually a deal I think the NFL can actually grow like most platforms the NFL goes to the NFL is growing it they went to Fox you go back to the John Madden deal whenever he gets into this thing the NFL basically launched Fox you know the NFL goes to

NBC it's our highest rated thing on Sunday Night Football it's the highest rated thing they go to Peacock they're launching Peacock for them. They go to Netflix, it's like Netflix is bringing them an audience that they, that's huge. So when you talk about global expansion, this is probably something that Roger Goodell and the people at the NFL are incredibly pumped about for the net, and that's why the 8K audio,

or video and audio. The quality. It was good. Yeah, so good They seem to have more of the cameras on the sidelines to you know some games like Super Bowl and other games have like zoomed in shots they had a couple like Scorsese type shots of TJ watt yesterday with like smoking him and Jade hugging each other like they did a great job The future is gonna be great for streaming, but you're gonna have to go to a lot of platforms to watch all the NFL games No Inevitable, but I think you have to go to a lot of platforms to watch all the NFL games. That's inevitable.

But I think you have to nail on the head, like with the Peacock thing, people were bitchin' about that, but that's obviously the NFL doing right by one of their broadcast partners for a long time. Like I don't think they're thinking in any way, shape, or form like, oh nice, like we're gonna have all these people who are gonna buy Netflix. I think the assumption is that there are a shitload

of people who already have Netflix and how many Opportunities does the NFL get now where you actually get to go to a platform where it's like hey There is a chance that there are millions and millions of new eyeballs that we would not be able to access otherwise like that's not happening for the NFL at places other than like a Netflix or maybe you know an Amazon fuel for huge teams Yeah brains, you know now the Amazon. Four huge teams in brands. You know, now the Texans are the AFC South champs. That would certainly be the outlier for history

and everything you got. Ravens have been good for a long time. Steelers obviously have been Steelers and good for a long time, internationally known too. Pittsburgh Steelers very well internationally known. And then the Chiefs, you get them in there. They're the back-to-back world champions. Houston Texans though, back-to-back AFC South champs are gonna do there they get

blanked in front of the entire world now no Aziz Al Shair can this entire thing and their defense certainly looks different now their offense looks different now you lose Tankdale you have a lot of injuries Stefan Diggs isn't there so they're battling through a lot of the same things that like the Detroit Lions and other teams have had to do But this Baltimore Ravens team playing their best ball Lamar Jackson had to be pumped that he was displayed to the world the way he was last night and the Ravens defense has to be Pumped coach Pagano. You said that defense is able to go on a run right now. You think that defense can win a Super Bowl Why is that? So since since the bye, right?

You know, they're averaging 33 points on offense and only giving up 11 on defense so I think two or three things happen right during that bye week. Zach Orr first time defensive coordinator right so he's 31 years old he's starting to fall into a groove I think the players are getting to know him he's getting to know his players that's that's number one he's getting more comfortable in that role calling the defense for them. Number two Kyle Hamilton is now playing safety full-time. If you remember back they were giving up a ton of explosive plays right their past defense was 32nd in the National Football League forever right

so they move him back to safety Ardarius Washington's playing the other safety right so from a communication standpoint front to back Roquon handles the front Kyle handles the the back, Arderius chimes in. And then Marlon Humphrey is playing nickel full time now. If you remember back, Kyle was playing dime, he was playing nickel, he's playing big nickel first and second down. He settled in at safety. They got a couple players back from injury.

Big Baby Michael Pierce is back, He missed four or five weeks. Travis Jones missed some time on the defensive line. Van Oys. Killing it. Killing it. I believe he'll be joining us tomorrow, Kyle. Keith Vann. Nice. Brandon Stevens is playing his ass off at one of the corners.

And then the rookie, Nate Wiggins out of Clemson, he's coming into his own. So this thing's turning into a juggernaut again. I mean, with the offense the way it is, now they got this thing fixed on the other side, you don't wanna see this group. Did you see him come into, he said all five losses are by a combined 22 points.

Wild. And then he knows that much about some changes in the last three weeks, and obviously he was the DC over there at Baltimore at one point. But when you watch watch him and I saw Harbaugh working out on hard knocks. Did you see him? He's rolling up this chain he was doing this number here with his forearm workout he was doing bench I think at one point he was doing pull-ups with a weighted like weights around his waist in there. John?

Yeah John Harbaugh. I spent four years there with him right his initial staff I was on that initial staff in 2008 and I don't think he missed a day down there. John? Yeah, John Horvath. So I spent four years there with him, right? His initial staff, I was on that initial staff in 2008, and I don't think he missed a day down there. In the gym? Starting back in 2000. Jocked. He's been the head coach there for a hundred years. We never talk about him being jocked ever. No, no. Because remember him and Vrabel almost got into a fight. Yes. You remember that? In the playoffs, yeah. No, no, no. No, that was before. It was in a regular season, then he ran into each other in the playoffs. But there was a stepping on the logo Situation that happened Tennessee Titans Mike Vrabel come into Baltimore. They did it to everybody They said before the game they stand on the Raven then there's almost a fight and then Harbaugh in

Vrabes are kind of talking and we just assume that nobody would want to fight Vrabes Probably an accurate assessment still true and it's a time I think he says Luke fickle though is the one that will now's gonna figure it out over there no they don't think there's a champion yeah he's state champion wrestling I guess he is the one that Vraibs fears they are best friends mm-hmm but other than that I think very skinny now too he's going through a lot over here yes very stressed there ought to be a great there ought to be a fistfight every day I got really in the hardball house growing up that's what I'm'm saying. So those guys they don't care

Competition all they talk about is competition who has better than us nobody We don't they were living in a car at one point. So is it good? Yeah, it's great Actually, remember that don't ever think it's not but him working out and then his team being the way it is It makes sense why they are built the way they are and it feels like Lamar and everybody's just bought in completely It is so fun to watch this team. Derek Henry, perfect signing for them. Yeah it's incredible and that's why to what we're talking about with the MVP not being you know having to be submitted January 8th before the playoffs because we are staring down a Bills Ravens second round to go play Kansas City like

that that game almost feels like one of the biggest ones in recent memory in the second round. Here's the projected playoffs if it was happening today. You would assume Beals would be able to get a big win over the Broncos, but don't look now, Broncos playing okay ball. True. They would have to travel into Beals' Mafia. It would be cold as shit, but they're up there in the Rockies. They're used to a little bit of cold. Chargers-Ravens is another hardball bowl. How we doing? Keep it moving. We're talking about Ravens Obviously being one of the hottest teams in all of ball Not just in the AFC and then Steelers Texans now we got a barn bar there

Okay, so whoever wins that one goes down to take on Kansas City you assume then you got a Bill's Ravens Match up in the divisional round and it's like here we go But let's not rule out any of these other programs here. Please. True. Any of these teams can win on any given Sunday, that's why they're in the playoffs. Although it does feel like the tops

are starting to separate themselves from everybody else. And you look at the NFC, basically everything's kind of sorted and figured out except for that NFC South. And Falcons currently leading technically, but with the way the season unfolds, everybody's thinking Tampa. Don't you think that Chuck? Yeah, I think Falcons got they're at Washington this week and then they got Carolina at home

So they're gonna win one of those games Tampa's got Carolina and New Orleans both at home They're gonna win both those games and they're gonna they're gonna leapfrog Cowboys to Chuck yeah, they're supposed to beat the boys remember Remember, them boys, them boys, had nothing to play for. That was one of those deals. You just saw that coming a million miles away. I didn't. If you guys didn't make any money on that, that's on you. What?

Wow. Coming from the guy who hasn't won a Thursday night. Wait, what is it? That's Thursday. That's Thursday. That's Tuesday. Holy shit. Sunday.

Wait, he was here picked every day. Did he pick the Cowboys? Christmas, Sunday, Saturday. I'm on fire. OK. You guys may not know it. What about? Did he know you took Atlanta minus a you took Tampy you son of a Tampa minus four and a half Tap excuse me you did Well, you guys happy birthday It would have been nice if you guys seen it we've seen it come from Mom. What are you guys doing keeping those?

Track? What do you mean? You beat me if it means anything. We do have the full record from this past weekend. Anyway, Carolina and New Orleans got to go to Tampa. Tampa's winning both those games. Okay, maybe. They were hot as fire, Cracker.

They needed a little come to Jesus. That's good for them. Okay. Little reality check. Todd Bowles and those guys, little reality check're gonna be fine you think Riz you think Riz is gonna be able to just you think you just don't roll over do you think they call him roll over Riz down there in New Orleans? Well don't they were talking about that team not playing hard yeah this last game and he had to get up on the

mic first you know start defending our boys hey they're playing out of the year you watch the same game I'm watching Spencer Spencer Rallor, I don't know. He had a good ball. He threw a good ball. It was cold up there. That was crap. Should never have been on Thursday night. Crap. Well, people are scared to flex a Monday night football. Whatever night it was. We are currently on Thursday, although it feels like Monday.

Because we just took the last two weeks. Two days felt like two weeks. Yeah. Yeah. Yesterday, like after your kids get done and all the way yesterday felt like three weeks to me. Like I kept looking at my watch and I had a flight to catch, but it was like 10 30 and then I felt like four hours later it was only 10 45. I'm like, what the what's going on? What happened? That's good, Merry Christmas going slow. Yeah. I don't know, I watched Red one and it went... Take it easy. Take it easy.

That's what you need to do. Once you get done, the kids, the boys in the morning and then granddaughters around noon-ish and then you get home. Well that's why you're supposed to have football but the games were so bad. The games were so bad. Thanks a lot. They were so terrible. The games were so bad. They were so terrible. Chiefs playing their best ball right now. That's a good program. Don't look now.

Pittsburgh actually moved the ball. They're 1-4 in the red area and two turnovers. And Russ, that concept they ran, and he threw the pick to Justin Reid, trying to hit the over route. Friar Moose. Pickens gets jammed at the line of scrimmage and he doesn't get up and occupy the backside so that was you and I could have picked all of us could have picked that ball on well they were 10 guys on defense I guess one guy's just running around like

a chicken with his head cut off we'll talk to mark Bolian by an hour and seven eight minutes or so to see what's going on in the Pittsburgh Steelers locker room yeah sounds like there's a little bit of like hey hey, we're kind of all rolling in the same direction except for one guy. You know what time it is. Multiple people have said that, right? Yeah, I've seen that. He came out, multiple players have come out and said like, there's, we're not all on the

same page. Most of us are, most of us are. What are they talking about? Let's go to one half of the hammer, done. Cowboys, AP, tone, diehard, Pittsburgh Steelers fan. Is there a culture issue going on? Um, I don't know if it's a culture issue. There's definitely an issue on defense, especially the last few weeks And if you watch the game yesterday I don't know if they don't know or they just don't know if he was good anymore or Travis

Kelsey was running wide open like a thousand times yesterday They just didn't bother to cover him yesterday So that was interesting and then the comments come out after he's right there in the middle. No one's around him See, yeah, but he knows what defense you're running. So he finds the hole. I don't know. I don't know I don't know if that's sure sure like watching easy find your hole nobody nobody just within a cheese Yeah, I think is uh, there's probably no make is out there for the flat. Yeah That's three under 3d fire zone coverage. Five players, right? You've got to have somebody for three.

Here's the same scenario. I think it's time for a players only meeting. What? Tony. You want one? Yeah, it feels like it's time for a players only meeting. A fan is calling for a players only meeting. Yeah.

AP don't. After every play, all the defense is doing this. We need to get that figured out, okay? I don't know whether that's a coaching situation, if that's a one player situation. I've heard rumors of that one player. I'll let Kovale talk about that and see who it is. I'm not, yeah, I don't know who it is, whatever.

Oh, but no, this is the perfect time. We've got 11 days till week 18, and then the playoffs and we're playing the Texans. They're getting hot. They're a really hot team right now. So no, I think we're in a good space. If we figure out, if you could just be like, hey, you know Travis Kelsey's on the other side We should probably cover him if we can get that figured out like Jamar chase week 18 and have to cover that guy

Okay, he's on the team. You better get some guys healthy. You better get Porter back in the lineup He goes 42 out there like no, sir And then and then 26 let let Justin Watson run right by him for a deep ball Yeah, I said, I said, then Benny. What's his name? Hmm, any being what's 31? He's go like he's a great hey good player boss remind He all he did was take away the ball when he's back when he's in there playing nickel You got to get some guys back. Yeah, you're right. I'm not on the... Three games, 11 days for the Pittsburgh Steelers. It was a nightmare.

Eagles, Ravens, Chiefs. Jeez. Got their asses beaten, all of them. It was a tough 11 days. Now you got 11 days to your next game. Still figuring it out. Was Hard Knocks good? Because I refused to watch it.

Why you refused to watch it? I'm not watching these. I lived that nightmare twice, three times now. I'm not doing it. I don't need to see it again. Oh, you think they'll showcase why you lost and then Tom is gonna have to speak afterwards And that's a lot of tough losses double digits Eagles Ravens

Christmas guess who's coming to town Chiefs yeah, and they delivered a big bag of shit my fucking lap And then they ate red velvet cake in your face. With those stupid jackets on. Those sweet jackets. Come on. And his stupid hair. You can't even get up to dunk anymore. What? Come on. Travis's hair is very sweet. I actually thought to myself, man, I need to grow my hair back out. I love it. As I was looking at it. Cause he was in a middle phase for a bit and people were saying he looked bad. And it was like, oh oh he was just getting back to good flow yeah he has good flow right now the wet bangs going on oh I almost thought about

doing I was thought about growing my hair out to get back to this stage of hair that I had at one point in my life I think he looks amazing scoring tuds dunk it on your upright in your house on Christmas where's this stuffing where's the steak he said give me it all that's this stuffing? Where's the steak? He said give me it all That's new Heights baby. That's where he's what that's where he's gone uncovered again Can we that's a Cleveland boy coming into Pittsburgh with a chiefs? I can't get up ten feet anymore the cake see the game ball Well, the the cake was red, right? What are the Kansas City Chiefs like they knew? They were going in and this game was over

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Boxing day used to put your feet up and watch NHL hockey, but they don't play anymore So now we watch the world juniors play hockey. What wait? Okay? I didn't know what boxing day is a day to put your legs up and watch the boys play hockey It's basically a holiday where it started with used to give money to the poor. It's like a charity Okay, you guys said we're not doing that took all the gifts you didn't want that's not and you box them back on let this guy boxing day to the less fortunate he's got American flag flying in front of him you guys might as well from what yeah

home USA USA USA USA, USA, USA. Happy Boxing Day everybody. I wonder if we'll all just do it now. You should, it's a great holiday. It does sound like we're kind of all... You hang around and watch sports, what's better than that? If we're taking anything, we're taking Little Santa. Definitely Little Santa.

We've already taken Little Santa. Because Little Santa, you get gifts. Boxing Day, you give gifts. Little Santa is when you put a little plate outside of your big old door and then a little Santa creeps in and gives you a little gift to kick off Christmas. You actually just have to put the plate at the table. At the table? I didn't see that in Red 1. Yeah.

And they went through a lot of stuff. So I'm kind of doubting Little Santa all of a sudden. Because Krampus was in red one. Alleria learned a lot about, yes. The Christmas witch. Learned a lot about that. You don't want to alleria rolling around. She'll tell you about Garela. Yeah. Don't say her name. I just be careful. You can say it once.

You said red one four times in the first hour in three minutes. That's cause I loved it. It was great movie. Did you watch it yesterday? Yeah, I watched a lot yesterday You see the part where the abdominal snowman put himself back together real cut them in half. Well the issue abominable You just bash that word together and nobody will ever know but I guess somebody did. Yeah, well, Nick's in right next to you, obviously. He hears you speak a lot. He's got ideas and opinions. The, uh, I don't want, no spoilers here. Please don't because I haven't seen it yet and I was planning on watching it tonight. Dwayne Johnson gets it right.

I came in today and everyone is saying, this is the best Christmas. You got one night, dude, because we gotta talk about it. As far as concept goes, it was my favorite like oh yeah that's definitely how Santa does that and Santa does that. Okay. No see I'm being serious like because I don't want to ruin it. As far as concept goes the best one. Yeah it was a lot of ideas a lot of ideas and shout out the red one becoming a Christmas class. Yeah. It was number one on prom. Wow. I mean. Number one on prom. He did 500 pushups in five months. Bingo. I thought a lot of these Christmas movies don't,

like they undervalue what Santa has to do. And this one highlights all the shit he has to do and it's a lot. Yeah, I don't know how he pulls it all off, but you got somebody with you that's like the rock, he can figure it out. Shout out to Dwayne Johnson. Not enough credit when it was in movies.

In theaters? Should have never went to theaters. That should have been a streamer on Christmas. I thought that was the plan all along. From the beginning, that should have been. But they wanted to do movie theaters because The Rock respects the movie theaters. And he said he saw it in IMAX and he was like,

holy shit, yeah. Oh my God, I did see it in IMAX. Obviously I was one of the people that wanted to saw it in theaters, but watching it at home, it is a little, you guys missed that. How did Krampus and the Re see it in IMAX. Obviously I was one of the people that once saw it in theaters, but watching it at home, it is a little, you guys missed out. How did Krampus and the Reindeer look in IMAX? Well, that's the thing. It's all coming at you, you know, and then you're like feeling it too.

The Reindeer are jacked. The Krampus slap fight in IMAX, I couldn't imagine. Yeah, it was rattling. Yeah. You actually rattled. Happy Red One Day. Happy Red One Day. 36 years as a football coach, in college including at the you where

Dwayne Johnson. Yeah, play football 18 in the NFL. Ladies and gentlemen Chuck. What's your favorite Christmas movie? Right elf, okay, really? You like it you like you seen red one. Should I check that out? Yeah Yeah, if you want your mind to be that do well at the box office They did very poorly at the movie theaters, but if it was a streamer was number one Yeah on prime you gotta find home today watch it and prime was offering all the holiday classics You could rent they buy it was very kind of them to do that paid 399 to watch home alone one time That was very cool. 48 hours. I think you

should have got that one on Netflix. Yeah, it's on Disney Plus. Yeah, see that's what I'm saying. We need things to go on roll. I got the holiday, the holiday bumble I think from Prime and it's one after another. You get in one app and you forget and you're just locked in that app and it's like you know what yeah I understand this is on Disney Plus. I don't want to hit back twice and go find it. So I don't want to re-sign to resign any that I'm gonna buy it for $3.99 And it told me jingle all the way was about to roll in right afterwards And then it told me elf was about to pop in immediately afterwards then the Grinch I think found its way home and then guess who? the red one yeah, and

That was good times. It was good times. You like Santa Claus Scott Calvin. I Ain't seen that one Alright joining us out ladies and gentlemen. Yeah Guy I don't know how that's possible with Tim on you sure well. He's with cranks to Could be he doesn't know Tim Allen's in multiple families Jesus I do know you He doesn't know. Tim Allen's in multiple families. Jeez, please.

Yeah, I do. No, you don't. No, you don't. No, you don't. I don't want to hear it. Joining us now is a man who also has little to no experience in the movie world, like I do, but holiday classics. He obviously understands.

He's father of 10. I assume yesterday was a great time putting things together. He is also a college football national champion, Super Bowl champion, and Ohio State legend, the all-time leading tackler for the Green Bay Packers, ladies and gentlemen, AJ Hall. AJ, best Christmas movie of the year? Red One, obviously, for the family? Well, I saw Red One in the theater and I took five kids with me as well.

So yeah, I think Red One was honestly what the first Christmas movie where Santa is actually jacked and they show him working out in the weight room, everything. It makes sense that that the rock is part of it Yeah, it was live action, you know, so saying it's gonna have to be a part of it He can't just be sitting back the entire time saying it had to be Absolutely ripped speaking of ripped about those football games just ripped it from the NBA Christmas as a whole I said in the first hour NBA NHL should move to Christmas Eve just concede that this is how it's gonna be at least for The next few years

But I do appreciate the fact that LeBron and Steph KD and Yoker at the very end I believe the Knicks took on the Wemby, Wemby, Spurs and then the Celtics lost to the Philadelphia 76. So all the stars were out for the NBA which has kind of been the NBA's thing for a long time This is when our season officially kicks off to the public the NFL even on Wednesday came and stole it that started last year It's gonna be next year to on Thursday. That's a guarantee. What do you think of football games? They were crop They were absolute crop those games, but I mean fantastic football players being played Absolutely, I felt like chief Steelers game was good

That was a fun game to watch obviously not if you're a Steelers fan But I thought this one was a nice little one to kick it off. But then obviously for Texans fans, pretty disappointing. The second one to be a massive blowout, but I had a good time watching that, watching Jade in the booth and everything. I think they did great. Yeah, Jade did a good job by the way,

alongside Nate Burleson and Mr. Eagle, and then Kid Eagle and Greg Olson down there in Houston did a phenomenal job. It was background noise. It was good background noise. Like a lot of things on Netflix, on these streaming things, I think YouTube even obviously, because you can just kind of one rolls in to the next one.

It's good background noise for the holiday. And then whenever something electric would happen, you look over and anytime Lamar Jackson had to ball, there was a chance that magic was gonna happen on Christmas. And on Christmas and they continued to he's gonna win the MVP again Huh, is that what's gonna happen age because we got an AP voter here and he's flustered right now He is flustered with what to do Well, okay I don't know how what the protocol is is tone as an AP voter is he allowed to get on the phone and talk with

Other AP voters and see where they're at what they're doing. Yeah, I don't care where they're at. I like that Why would I give a shit what they think? Where do you think they're at? Where do I think they're at? I think I have no idea because none of them think like me You are the anomaly Just these three Who's in AP tones current watch list for the MVP? Joey B. Josh Allen. He's 40 touchdowns.

So here's some stats on Joe Burrow that we had before the Christmas games. And obviously the change for this entire thing. Joe Burrow has the most had the most completions before Christmas. So let's just let's take this for Monday morning. Okay. We got these stats. Okay we got these stats. Yep. Monday morning. Most completions Joe Burrow at 384 Geno Smith was number two at 370. Most pass yards Joe Burrow had 4229. He's best in the league. Jared Goff is at second 4,095 yards.

Most pass touchdowns. Joe Burrow had 39. Most in the league. Number two, Lamar Jackson 37. So go ahead and count that as a pass tie. Most passing first downs, Joe Burrow 215. Joe burrow 215 number to Jared Goff 206 most total first downs Joe burrow 229 Lamar Jackson 220 so I know how many picked up yesterday quite a few I'd assume I do I do not know but obviously Joe burrows got another weekend to kind of take back the lead most total first downs same exact thing 229 to 220 most EPA on passes Yeah, sure, which is the yeah the terrible one. We we explain that for people that might not know expected points added Points added on passes. I don't think so joe burrow 108.7

Lamar jackson 84.6 number two in the league epa Expected I think they're thinking Lamar Jackson 84.6 number two in the league EPA expected. I think they're thinking he's gonna add a hundred points. Clinic earlier on the EPA. And at most clutch weighted EPA is another stat that Hembo sent over. That's awesome. This one's the coolest one.

Joe Burrow 103.9, Josh Allen 95.8. Okay, wow. But that could have changed yesterday because Christmas, how clutch can he be? Weighted? The weight of Christmas, international audience? Every throw is clutch then. Okay, wow, but that could change yesterday because Christmas how clutch can he be? Yeah, no, yeah wait a Christmas International audience the whole every throat was clutch then every single throw is clutch right if it's Christmas Day. Yeah, that's true Santa Claus is looking yeah

It'll be fun to watch Joe B go up against that Denver defense because they're pretty salty and sir Tan will line up and be across Chase it'll be good. That'll be a good one to watch. And what was that stat about the Bengals and who they've played and who they've beat? I guess there was a tweet that was put out this morning once again we did not fact-check it but it was certainly put into our sphere so I don't know if it's real or not I do apologize. Who the Bengals beat this year? They're saying no starting quarterbacks I believe. That's what the tweet said. Now I have not looked into that that's right before we go live But they're basically doing the college football talk. Who have they beat? Who have they beat?

Who have the Bengals beat? Herbie put out this tweet. Herbie did not put out the tweet. I've seen a lot of things said about Herbie. Yeah. He's too. Here's an insane stat entering week 17. This from Ben Baby at Ben underscore baby.

The Bengals have not beaten a current QB one all season the opposing starting quarterbacks and Bengals wins this year were Andy Dalton Joe Mac Jones Deshaun Watson Min Chu Rush Min Chu was a starter for the Raiders I think at one point he was Cooper Kush Will Levese in DTR we should maybe fact check that a little bit but that was the tweet that got sent in there the Bengals haven't been able to stop anybody and they're playing they're playing backup quarterbacks are able to do it That's gonna inevitably be their downfall the amount of losses that since any bangles have had just like five losses for the Baltimore Ravens Are inevitably the reason why they're not the top of the MVP conversations because normally it comes from the team Who's first or second in the amount of way going to the quarterback

That's how like Dak came in second last year in MVP voting and they were what 12 and 4 12 and 5 whatever they were Lamar ended up winning it because of their record. I think they were 14 and 2 last year, but Dak had the better stats So it I mean each year it's a different thing But like Josh Lamar sake one Joe like all stats, all the stats these guys have this year would have easily won last year. And they all have put up MVP like seasons this year. So it's gonna be very interesting to see who. Been a great season from the superstars.

Josh Allen's offensive line says, we know who should win this one. They gifted him an ice stat MVP, Josh Allen Jersey logo. Yeah. Clean. His hair also. Yeah. Clean. His hair also about- Love his hair.

His hair, we were just talking about Travis Kelsey. Josh Allen also, he's in love, he's engaged, he's ballin'. He's got that now to wear around his necklace. That's gonna be flat. Think of the lights when he's walking in his team. Mack Hallowen's gonna walk in there barefoot, sure as hell. He's gonna steal the attention.

Wearing a bear. Yeah, bingo. A whole bear, like it's that movie that Leo was in there barefoot. Sure. Always. Yep. He's gonna steal the attention wearing a bear Yeah, bingo a whole bear like it's that movie that Leo was in revenue revenue Yeah, and then then Dion Dawkins gonna walk in look in so sweet Yeah, whatever it is and then Josh Allen's gonna walk in there He's gonna have a little straw a little bit and that thing's just gonna be Glitz and glamour at all. Do you think the offensive line is right? Do you think this is finally the year age that Josh Allen wins the MVP? Because that was kind of expected until Lamar Jackson goes bananas Over the last two weeks. I think the timing in which the Ravens had a bye which was ultimately good for the Baltimore Ravens

They had a bye then they had their three games giant Steelers and then Texans yesterday in 11 days So they had a little break leading up to this knowing they were gonna have a a tough go. But during that bye week, Josh Allen has that sixth touchdown performance against the Rams on prime time. So everybody just assumed it was going to be Josh's year because he's never won it. And there has been that push in the past for people to win MVP that have won. Remember Russell Wilson, whenever he was with the Seattle Seahawks towards the tail end and with the Broncos, not this year with the Steelers at all. But at the end of the Seahawks towards the tail end and with the Broncos not this year with the Steelers at all But at the end of the Seahawks remember like opening week It's like Russell Wilson has never won the MVP every time he was on TV

It was like they were trying to drive up him winning the MVP. Is that happening with Josh? He's having such a good year Do you think that pendant is gonna become one? That's like maybe actually you're aware. How do you think it goes age legit? How do you mean? I I thought Josh was running away with it for a while. Probably like most people were, he thought, okay, yeah, Josh is gonna do this. He has the sixth touchdown day. But then Lamar just keeps doing it over and over again, especially when it matters.

And these games towards the end, I mean, we know, you've got an AP voter right there in the studio with Tone. Recency bias, I think definitely plays a role here. And both these guys are playing great, but man, Lamar feels like he may have a little edge right now. Yes, especially coming off of Christmas, the ass beating, an absolute ass beating in front of the entire world of the AFC South champion.

You know, it's just like when people were talking about the Chief Steelers outcome, it's like, hey, the Chiefs haven't been playing great all years. What the conversation was 15 to one. Yeah, okay. Observe. They're 15 to one. Yeah. Which is a hilarious

amount of wins to have in a season. Who did they lose? 15-1. Is it is that stat where they haven't scored 30, 30 points? They scored 29. Yeah. So it's like they haven't played good. They haven't played good. They haven't played good. Like Steelers are a good team. Like Steelers are considered a good team. Now they've lost three straight against other good teams. So where do they rank against good teams? But like what the Chiefs did to them. It's like when the Chiefs have to play their best ball They're gonna play their best ball. They're doing that right now feels like Baltimore Ravens are doing that as well Buffalo Beals, hopefully are able to do the same thing. Then you look at the NFC who's gonna who's going over there Philadelphia Eagles, right? Yeah, Philadelphia Eagles are the team that's gonna go over there?

Sure. Well, what about the Vikings? Wow. What about the Vikings with how they're rolling? What about the Packers with how they're rolling? What about the Lions? Obviously Jared Goff, conversation for MVP if it was any other year for what he's been able

to accomplish, but all the injuries that they have, it's like, does anybody separate themselves on the NFC side and then on the AFC side it's all like can you beat the Chiefs? That's how it's going to be for the next what 10 15 years You look at that NFC the only team that you don't really trust right now is the one with the best record in Detroit Because of the injuries on the defense you're not talking about Rams Falcons commanders You're talking about no i'm just talking about those top ones the Vikings the Eagles Packers Halfley's done a phenomenal job with Green Bay's defense,

and they've got an offense, love his playing lights out. They can score at will. I guess Watson's gonna be okay, right? Kristen Watson, he avoided a major knee deal. Vick's got the Philadelphia Eagles, Jalen Carter and those boys, those young DBs, Cooper Dejean and Quinion Mitchell. They're the number one defense in the league.

Now they gave up a bunch of points a week ago and then B-Flow with Minnesota. I mean, my lord. You tell me, I mean that's a, and so like Detroit's gonna have to outscore everybody, but if Aaron Glenn keeps working magic with this group, with as many players players as he's lost every single starter. Maybe Campbell's the only guy, right Foxy? Left on that. Yes, sir. And Brian Branch. And Kirby Joseph. And Kirby Joseph. Those two safeties are but what he's doing Wow, and that was against Chicago. We'll talk about them later, you know that last win. But I just don't against these offense, against KOC, Le Fleur. There's always Le Fleur.

And, Kelly Moore, Nick Sirianni. Jaylen Hertz. I mean, you even go down the list down there. You look at Matthew Stafford, quarterback of the Rams, their offense with McVeigh is gonna be able to do stuff if they need to in a big moment. Jayden Daniels has obviously proven that in the biggest moments, he and Cliff Kingsbury can cook if they have to.

Scary Terry and he, Terry McClellan, wide receiver, have the highest I think QBR and percentage in the entire NFL together. So like every team in the NFC has offense. Every team in the NFC. And as good as Baker was playing with Mike Evans, if they get in, nobody wants to see him either. Because he can get hot in a playoff game. Can a lion stop all these juggernauts to make a run at a super bowl?

I don't think it's going to matter if we can stop them. We're going to outscore them. We have one of the best offenses in the league and on the day. You're going to have to have the best offense in the league. And I think they can do that. And like a coach said, if they do pull this off and make a run, it will be the greatest coaching performance by MCDC, by Aaron Glenn and something that will help. I believe Anzaloni will be back. And then like if we get the NFC championship, they

think Carlton Davis might be back and hot. And then if we make the super bowl, we'll get hutchback. But obviously that's all a stretch, but I just think the offense is so good and the way they play, they can, they can pound the ball and hold the ball for like seven eight minutes shrink the game and hopefully win it that way shot the rag now and the boys AJ made a response whenever you start talking about hutch coming back AJ your face your face your fate we could see your face can you show what did I do though we see your face like yeah whenever he said Aiden Hutchinson if we make this Super Bowl he's gonna be back you had like he went I think he'd get back for the NFC Championship game. That's part of the reason

Wait for the Super Bowl There's no guarantee you're gonna win that game But I did want to ask Chuck does Chuck feel confident that any of those NFC teams could beat the Ravens the Chiefs whoever they meet in the Super Bowl Yeah Yeah, because I think I think they've got the Chiefs, whoever they meet in the Super Bowl? Yeah. Yeah, because I think they've got balance. They can score points and they can play great defense. You look at Minnesota, if they get there,

Detroit is the only question mark just because of the players that are missing. Green Bay can do it. Eagles definitely can do it. Eagles can definitely do it. AJ Brown, Devontae Smith, all those guys on the defense they can rush the passer Packers are getting a lot of push right now a lot of a ton of push right now A lot of people saying hey look at the push on the Green Bay Packers

They got a lot of push They're getting a big push right now I think I mean it's not like unwarranted like when you watch and they are unbelievable Jordan deserves a big old push. Yeah His push that's the like they've stayed healthy and they're actually starting to get healthy Yeah, they're starting to get healthier and and what time of year is it? I mean it is Toyota thought right now So everybody knows that's all he knows He knows he was wearing he's wearing the sweater, you know I mean so he gets it and their defense like I mean we've said it all year, but like that was always the Achilles heel

It was like hey when it matters defense and special teams is gonna show up and like McManus was on has been unbelievable since They've signed him like I'm so happy for him 55. Yeah Conditions and those conditions that is a bomb. No, he's he went to temple Philly dude So like I don't think you know cold is ever gonna be a problem for him But kicking a ball in those conditions 55 yards we're talking right in a blowout, too Yes, so it's kind of like a boring right now like you can easily just we've seen a lot of that Happen here late in the season he that was pure Yeah, and absolutely stroked from Brandon McManus and obviously he ends up leaving the Jags has a false allegations

And now he's on the Green Bay Packers now I know Jack's Beach and everything is a little bit warmer and you can see out to the bay and yada yada yada but could you imagine where he was mentally he probably thought it was all over think about embarrassed everything that takes place there's investigation he gets completely you are good and then he signs you didn't do anything then he signs with the Green Bay Packers and now it's like Hey, we're on a shootable push. Just like let's go just like you're on with the Denver Broncos He's already won a Super Bowl. So you're talking about big moments

McManus has already made those picks and he he was thrown under a bus Yeah, you know under under a bus worse guy this guy everything, you know, bomb bomb bomb So when you think about motivation and everything when I see him hit that 55 year old, I'm like, damn, McManus is pure right now. I mean, he is, and you're going to need that in these playoffs. There's a lot of kickers that are Justin Tucker's back. Oh yeah. Justin Tucker is back. I saw that thing, that ball flight is. It was the Wolverine commercial. You think so? Or whatever that was, the Raven deal. The Craven? Or whatever that was, the Raven deal. Craven? Yeah.

He was all jacked up. That's a good movie. That was on purpose, right? You think that's what got him back? Absolutely. Because he was the star in that, right? Yeah, him and Marvel. That never happens.

What? We just throw these kickers under the bus like Matt Ariza. I mean he gets... He's on the Chiefs. He's hitting bombs. He's hitting 72 yard punt. Kickers under the bus like Matt Arisa. I mean he gets that he's on the chiefs He's hitting bombs. He's hitting 72 yard punches. Look at what they're trying to do specials around the NFL. It's unbelievable. I don't like it. He should have got this before. The way he hits a ball

He like I don't want to say short. It just looks good. Whatever it is It looks like it just popping off his leg sure it's just like a it's in that wind too not easy with it all he's drop is just like the exact same every time and then his leg just he I think he had a 72 yard yesterday I think I'm not a hundred percent sure but I think was 72 for a touchback and it just went to a commercial break I don't get it for yards. They just got a commercial break. I'm like, what the fuck? They just do it just in a 72 yard missile out of this.

And he hits it low over returners heads too. Like he's playing the game, you know, like the way. Cause he gets on his horse and he's down there. He's part of the coverage team a lot of times. Yeah. Like I in total, obviously special teams coordinator over there, great special teams coordinator. They got hall of Famer offense coordinator, Andy and coach all of them you get it he's calling offense Hall of Fame D coordinator Steve Spagnola Hall of Fame

special teams coordinator and Dave Tope and then you look at but Kerr seems to be back yeah seems to be back miss the next point 48 yarder can't be yeah can't do that can't be is that invisible gun is do that. Can't be. Is that an invisible gun? That guy just- Is that what- So, refs are looking for that now? Refs are looking if you're showing off? Can't be.

So, I missed that because of traps. So, that's what they ended up doing. Yeah. Oh, Lord. Because they got the bag. They got that thing out there. They grinched it. And then on his way out, he said, that's what I'm doing.

Oh, is that cool? Still packing. Let's be cool here. That was a college deal, right? And so, the NFL official started to say, okay, look, they're starting to do this was mid season. Oh, we remember, remember the guy pulled the gun out, pulled two of them out and then actually put them back in and put it sure officials they're showing them all these videos, what they got to be able to look for let's be cool be cool here we want to see a problem a lot of Twitter

accounts clipped that part they just clipped the stealing of the gifts and then and before that said how's this getting flagged which I could see that's good internet you know that's good narrative building. I saw it got community noted though. Oh it did? Okay that's good news. What It got community noted. I saw it got community noted though. Oh it did? Okay, that's good news. That is good news. What did they say? Later he pulled up to show the hat that thing on? How about the red?

Yeah, it did. He said he brandished a fake gun or whatever. That's why they got penalized. I don't think it was registered either. Oh really? Stolen a visible gun? Which in PA you have to, yeah. Geez Louise.

Shave the number off? Yeah, they did. It was sawed off too, they said. I also had a sniper. Nice. Compression on the end of it. Yeah, they did. It was sawed off too, they said. I also had a sniper. Nice. Good loader. Compression on the end of it. Yeah, silencer.

Yeah, silencer, yeah. Good God. Yeah. That's too many. Yeah, that's, because when you lift it up, you saw it, it went all the way down. Oh, that's what that was. Yeah, because it had the silencer compression on the end.

And that normally takes what, six to eight months? Bill to get heat overnight. Yeah. He somehow got that in Pittsburgh to I don't know you're gonna watch those local laws I wonder if he did check with the local laws for his invisible gun play cool The cop gun Does he she's trying to show off his abs here? That's a gun. That's that's a person. He just robbed. He's doing it to the person No, gotcha. I know what you were thinking. You were like, just my belt. No. I know what you were thinking.

That just got that guy playoff game to that official. I seen that. Yeah, that's cute, huh? Okay. You're going to try to intimidate the person you just robbed with your presence, huh, Grinch? I ain't going to have a little gun in there. Okay. Let's head and we'll get over with. By the way, we haven't talked about it yet 62 looked pretty good left tackle yes yeah he did and also you see chris jones tweeting about him chris jones has a new profile picture it's joe toony with sunglasses on a flat bill beast and uh he said this dude's the coldest dude on earth basically he said he's a

dog in the tweet toony goes from being all pro guard and like set interior offensive lineman for the chief best one They got best offensive lineman that they got and then this is Chris Jones his new profile photo on X actually and A lot of people I think were like Christian's been hacked Christian's been hacked by a large white. Okay, somebody is taking over There's a crypto scheme about to come through Chris Jones is Twitter cut instead as Joe Tooney obviously looking Phenomenally cool. Yeah There's a crypto scheme about to come through Chris Jones's Twitter account. Instead, it was Joe Tooney obviously looking phenomenally cool. Yeah. Start offense alignment.

Then he moves out to tackle. AQ says, sorry, buddy. You got tiny little arms and a round gut just like me. That's what AQ was trying to put himself into Tooney's life. Exactly. Chris Jones said, don't you be trying to put your little round short arm ass into Joe Tuni? Okay, Joe Tuni does what he wants He was getting to a spot like everything that I've tried to learn about offensive line like as that games kind of running away

I'm like, alright, let's see how Tunis doing out there because obviously he looks different than most left tackle Yeah, Tony looks different and it's like you can you can see what he's he's working Left tackle. Yeah, Tony looks different and it's like you could you can see what he's he's working Like he is working to become a great left tackle and it's like what a guy to put his left up for the team Say listen, I might get exposed out here. I might lose I can have a Hall of Fame career in here, especially with how many Super Bowls were about to win with Patrick Mahomes behind me This is not a lot of people are gonna offer themselves up to go to the hardest position that you could possibly go to Just because you might get embarrassed your resume might get knocked There might be some bad plays on your film all of a sudden instead

He did it for the team that kind of goes to the entire culture of that chiefs team I think even after all the success that they've had. Yeah, no doubt about it hats off to him. It's the right side That's gonna be a problem. What's that? Of the line, they need Creed to go out there. They need Creed Humphreys. Yeah, well think about it. It's the right tackle. I mean, he's either jumping offside, false starting.

He did hold. He got called for like three yesterday. He got 74. Three holds. Jawan Taylor. Like he's, Taylor's got that snap count down. He's got that knee. Like he diggles this thing and he looks kind of knock me.

Okay. Okay. That was a good set. That was a good set. But you think about Tooney though, he got baptized. He had Miles Garrett and then last week he had Danieal and Will Anderson and then this week it was 56 and 90 so. Highsmith and Herbig. What's that about? TJ calls like four holding calls back up. Well, no, I mean, that's, I mean, those, those are my guys. Okay. I mean, that's how we talk to each other in locker room. So I see Robert, Matt. So I was very lucky to get to watch a lot of practices as everybody knows. Whenever you watch pass rushers,

Tear Link, JT talk tips to the boys, rest in peace. Guy used to be able to drink a 30 pack in five minutes if he wanted to. We're talking Andre the giant type drinking every night every single night what what absolute what rest in peace rest in peace i think people would put him as the greatest d-line coach of all time i think everybody that played for him would say the same thing but i would watch them work you know i'd get to hang out down there and watch them do their thing mostly because i thought tierlink was hilarious so i wanted to see him kind of operate. He was going on a golf cart or fucking doing his shit and

They would teach like hey, we're not watching a ball We're watching Outside a knee on tackle when me moves whole bodies moving So even if the head moves anything like that, there's a hard count her anything There is nothing that we're looking at except for that knee So when that knee moves were off So when everybody was complaining about the offensive lineman kind of getting off early, I always wondered like oh They're not looking at knee because if that was Robert or Freeney or any of you guys with tear-linked the offensive tackles would be off

early, but those Outside linebackers defense events would be off with them immediately feels like that most in the ball most teach the ball Why is that? Worry about false starts cadence everybody's so good at cadence things like that But it makes all the sense in the world to go off that guy's movement when that guy moves because everybody's complaining about these tackles They're leaving early. They're leaving early. It was like well. I watched the guy literally teach like hey who cares about that ball This is you in the tackle right now that is on obvious pass downs When they when they know you know that it's a pass. That's that's how'd you feel about t-j yesterday?

He just great yesterday. It didn't look like his ankle was holding him up that much No, there was a couple little he got a bunch of holding calls. He got a bunch of pressure I mean my homes is so hard to get down. It was Teague was Teague was not the issue They're talking about guys who we talking about who's the guy who's not who's not doing what they're supposed to be doing What are we talking about? What's I'm talking about all defensive ends not no. No, I know I'm sorry I know this I'm talking to Steelers specifically. I know you guys talked a little bit Earlier all the weird rumors. I know we have Cabo. It's such a good tease for Cabo Yeah, we'll have caboli in 30 minutes

He'll tell us it sound like there was a lot of people pissed off about something going on And that's like so opposite of what the Steelers have been ever. Yes Like I'm talking not the Tomlin lead Steelers. I'm talking ever Steelers are never like that now granted There's always been some people, you know that have been you know, um Now granted there's always been some people, you know that have been you know, um Mmm, actually, oh, I don't know superstars but have been you know, kind of fringe like we're on the edge We're on the edge since the beginning Steelers have had guys on the edge But they've all kind of rode in the same direction for the Pittsburgh Steelers. That's kind of like the treat that is this year the Pittsburgh Steelers. That's kind of like the treat that is this year.

Without further ado, I would like to say it's an honor to be up for the funniest cracker of the year. Yes, congrats. I was excited to see that. I was excited. He was one of them. Me too. I was excited. Yeah, I just thought of all the players, like literally,

you go all the way back to the Kevin Green era, brother, and all that, all the way through. There's always been Steelers that have been You know very very very good at football But also have been you know on the edge is kind of a good way describing bill cowell actually wanted people like That is kind of how he he wanted his team to go. I think Tomlin's the exact same thing So it's an honor to be up for funniest cracker of the year. Mr. AB. Thank you so much for the So it's an honor to be up for funniest cracker of the year. Mr. AB. Thank you so much for the

We are an award season around sports media. I think it's the only one I was up. Why it is an honor, you know I'm excited to see if Joe Biden wins this one, yeah or Who votes on this do we know I just say be I Trust the process it is an absolute honor to be nominated Trophy sitting on your desk against a lot. It's a great trophy. We need that. Yeah, I agree. I mean there's Yeah, move over national championship I don't know what this one's for but it got brought to the desk and you might as well put that thing front and center Whatever just like those belt buckles. I'll put those belt buckles on you're supposed to windows. Oh, yeah

I'll buy them put them on we're not act like I did make me feel like I'm a champion or something although I can't rodeo this thing national championship of what who knows Charlie Baker brought it in I want it yep I want it I won this thing how'd you win it got brought right over here brought it to me so want it funniest crack of the year potential that's a big deal that's a big deal good luck thank you good luck to all the other finalists Kevin Hart Very funny. I don't know. I don't know how he feels to be nominated

I know everybody feels about being nominated, but I do know the founder of Alabama Jones his tires Promo with James man Oh man. Perfect. So good. Yeah. This dude's hot bat. Hot bat. Hot bat feels like.

Dude feels like. Dude has a real hot bat. Did you see this yesterday AJ? Here is a Tires Season 2 commercial slash Netflix NFL commercial with friends of the program JJ and Shane Gillis. This is J.J. Watt. Greatest defensive lineman of all time. Very famous.

Well, he's here to do a commercial for us, and it costs a lot, so smile, Kyla. Shane. Hey, JJ. Wait, do you guys know each other? Yeah, we know each other. We played football together at Bishop O'Hara Middle School. He used to bully me all the time.

Wow. He'd bully you all the time. He wrote a love letter for me to our second grade teacher. That's just good clean fun. She got investigated. She shouldn't have been writing those letters. He tells customers I love them all the time. Shut up, dork.

Ah, I see you're still doing it, huh, big guy? I see you're still doing it. Doing what? Being a crybaby. JJ Wow. Little JJ Wow. That's what we used to call him. Should meet his brother TJ.

He's the man. JJ? JJ was the crybaby. What are you doing here, crybaby? We don't sell tissues. I don't need this. I'm out. No wait wait

Send a check Where were you on that one? Me? You can have my back. I'm not gonna defend you we both would have gotten beaten up I would have had up. Oh, okay And thanks for ruining the commercial Season two, I believe April May or May June. I forget what he said on game day JJ That's not Joe teeny in Chris Jones's profile photo. I thought that was Creed Humphrey. Not all white people look the same either.

I saw it. Okay. I saw it. That's Creed Humphrey. Should have said something. I'm sorry. I saw you looking at it sideways. Not all white people look the same.

Okay. Everybody needs to have a little bit more respect for this entire thing. It's tough with the beard and the sunglasses. And no Caucasian. Exactly. You can see how that would maybe And no Caucasian. Exactly. You can see how that would maybe be Joe Tooney. Yeah, we par hard right across the...

I mean, there's a chance. Hey, Cree, you look awesome, dude. Just like we've been saying this whole time. Joe looks just like that. Tooney's a little whiter. Okay. In truth. He played the Patriots.

You think Chris Joe's those? He was tween... He wanted to put over the whole offensive. Yeah, that is interesting Did no we're not gonna because we're idiots doesn't mean Chris Jones's yeah, we don't need to put that on him attire season 2 coming up that was Phenomenal that was great at that was good at yeah You see Lindsay Lohan was on saying the NFL is live on Netflix on Christmas Day. We're watching her come back Oh We know Lindsay we're watching right now actually, but I appreciate that. She was a part of it strong, and I do appreciate she's back

Yeah, she's seemingly all the way back made all the stars in between the breaks doing it like oh well that Mariah Carey they had her Oh Mariah Carey was awesome Her singing in between both of them all I want for Christmas is you before each game started I thought that was a very nice touch. I didn't see it. Oh, that's how they kick the whole thing Mariah Carey was singing. Uh-huh live not not live. No, it was like a pre-recorded video with a bunch of AI CGI Whatever they're doing now, but it was awesome. See there's a Mariah Carey or Ashley No, yeah, you know that is that's like the Mike Tyson Mike Tyson Jake Paul Mike Tyson worldwide everybody knows him so 200 countries

Netflix is in at least ever somebody in every you know time will say will be a whole Mike Tyson I'll tune in you do word of mouth the NFL I think everybody's an NFL fan when Super Bowl comes around but how many international names are playing yesterday? We know Patrick Mahomes obviously Travis Kelsey definitely Lamar Jackson We would hope but he hasn't played in the Super Bowl for us So we don't know Russell Wilson was Sierra obviously with how long he's been around His name was obviously very well known the Steelers name very well known Chiefs very well known I guess CJ Stroud and the Texans were kind of the new kill on block here not good But Beyonce represented for a CD.

That's true. And that's why they had Kreischer. Mm-hmm. You know, the machine. International. Nate Barghetti also stopped by the set with the McCordys and Laura Rutledge. Have you seen his special? I have not. I saw him on the set, but I had not seen the special. Good? So good.

Definitely worth watching. I like his delivery. Yeah, I like it. doesn't swear either. I'm just watching it going like This guy's so good. He was on game day. I forget how he just crushed it just a mama so casual so calm I'm just kind of walks out of there him talking about every everything he talked about was like maybe the most relatable I've heard somebody speaking along the SNL. SNL thing that wasn't huge this year yeah yeah that biggest clip probably except for Che and just writing each other's jokes yeah yeah that's always good phenomenal that was very good they said a word in there yeah yes they did that we didn't know the internet didn't know if the mainstream was gonna let back the

internet's certainly been giving it a big push. Yes. A big push. Huge push. Big push for a while. What was that? America voted to bring it back. Kind of. Yeah, you're pretty familiar. You know. Speaking of a big push, Pete Carroll is allegedly putting a big push to come back into coaching.

Maybe the Chicago Bears, AJIS, Adam Schefter, I said, is that a job that is going to be highly sought after? I know it's an NFL job I know there's only 32 of them but Chicago Bears obviously have been what they have been for a long time Kevin Warren in Charge over there. He'll get it. All right. We all assume he's president of a NFL team He's got it going good and Schefter didn't tell us if the Bears are interested in Pete Carroll more So just like hey Pete Carroll is definitely interested in this type of thing. How do you feel about the potential Pete Carroll comeback age and what are your thoughts on hiring a 72 year old to become your new head coach

of a franchise? Well I think we all can agree that the Pete Carroll 72 is not the 72 that we think of like when we were little kids the 72 year old was basically dead like that's how things progress now a 50 year old is like a 20 year old was basically dead. That's how things progressed. Now a 50 year old is like a 20 year old now. I'm saying it's good for us getting older. It's much better now. I feel like 60 is the new 30, who knows?

Yeah, 70 is the new 50. Bam, there you go. So Pete is, you know, Pete's like 48 years old basically in his brain, in his body and what he does. But I don't know, I wasn't trying to do any math right there. But I think, but first off, did you go to the, did, did they get any clarity on the whole situation?

I know with Shafty online just fighting with, with Florio going back and forth, who was right here? Well, basically, Florio was implying, you know, that an agent is telling Shafty what to say to get them back into this thing and they're doing favors and Shepter was saying Everything you're saying right now is wrong Yeah and I assume what Shepter was saying is I can understand why you might assume this because we're talking about it now like an

Agent of Pete Carroll would certainly want his name floated back out during the coaching cycle But you're wrong keep up the great guesswork and Merry Christmas. He said, which is very kind of Shefty, because what he did to Doug Godley was not a very Merry Christmas. No, it was a little bit different in that whole thing. Shefty then is implying, I guess, that he got that information from somebody else.

This wasn't, in cases this has maybe been true, but in this particular case, tis not. And I said on an NFL game day morning that one of my Christmas wishes was no more anonymous sources. Yes. We should have brought that up. You crushed it again. Oh, thank you for watching. You crushed it on the indie kickoff show too. We watch on Wish TV. Oh yeah. Every week. Get a chance to watch you do your thing. Check in with Chuck. That's what we do. Check in with Chuck. Chuck checks in. That's right. Do you do that? Connor was actually singing that.

Oh yeah. It's one of my favorite little jingles, especially in the mornings. You know, it kind of wakes you up. Chuck checks in. Chuck checks in. You want to win? Listen to. Chuck checking in. We love it.

Yeah. Anonymous sources that make this entire business go around. Agents are always working. Coaches want their name in a carousel. I know your question for Shefty before we had to let him go is like, hey what are the names that are gonna be in this coaching cycle? That's a massive piece of it, right? Is the you get elected, I think, not selected. Is how a lot of people view this entirety? Absolutely and I think it would be good business for Chicago, for New York, anybody like Pete Carroll. If you're Warren over there and you're the president, I'm reaching out just to gauge

myself. Okay. I've got a Hall of Fame coach. I've got a Super Bowl winning coach. I've got a guy that's one and one and one. I'm going to I'm going to find out. So whether it was, you know, somebody trying to get his name out there. I mean, we used to have guys like they know this writer at this paper in this city or whatever. Hey, look, start throwing my name out there a little bit, whatever,

right? You were saying it? No, no, there's, I don't know who. Other people would do that. Not you. But no, it would be Not Chucky Pete. No, never. It would be great. All right, for those presidents and whoever's in charge, like I'm reaching out to Pete Carroll. I'm gonna reach out to whoever that is.

Because to me, like trying to find the next Sean McVay, the next Matt LaFleur, right? When I got a known commodity out there. VRAEBS. If the vision is the same, if you got VRAEBS out there, you got a Pete Carroll out there, then why try to go find a needle in a haystack? I mean, these guys are great OCs and great DCs and all that, but the one thing we don't

know is can they stand before the whole squad and lead that whole organization? Because it isn't just a football team, it's the whole building, you know that. Trainers, equipment managers, salespeople. You got to get in front of 175 people, 200 people, everybody in that organization and say here's my vision. Here's our identity Here's gonna be our process. This is how we're gonna do business and you got to get them all to buy in There's and then you're gonna have to go through some tough times because you're probably going to a shit shit outfit Yeah, definitely. That's why the coach was fired. It's like when a quarterback is drafted high

It's like whenever we hear college kids not saying any in Particular comes from a lot over every single year. He doesn't want to go to a bad team. Well, he shouldn't be so fucking good. Okay, because that's how this goes. That's kind of how this whole drafting thing goes. AJ was drafted number five overall. Packers were picking number five. I think that's because their last season they weren't that good. Indianapolis Colts we selected number four overall for Anthony Richardson. We earned that. Okay there's a reason we were. New England Patriots earned that number three overall. Washington commanders earned that number two overall pick. That's why the Bears situation was different because they got the number one

overall pick from a trade from the Panthers who actually sucked worse than everybody. So the Bears kind of had a head start almost. They get in there, they get an opportunity to pick their guy. Caleb work out very dependent upon who the next coach is very dependent upon who the next coach is and how we've kind of Grade Caleb Williams his entire NFL career. Well, that's why like Vrae Bull and Pete Carroll It's it's such a perfect time for them to get back in because like the Jim Harbaugh experiment in LA Like I feel like because of how well he's done over there It's like hey, these guys can come in who have experienced before and flip it Immediately and then you talk about guys like MC DC and like what they have done over a three-year period obviously hardball immediately

You know they had the team and I feel like that's almost where the Chicago Bears think they are like hey We have a team to go right now We just need kind of a guy who's steering the ship the right way. But that's just, I'm saying that's how Bears fans are feeling. What's your problem? Why do you keep saying that Bears ain't gonna do that? The Bears ain't this, the Bears ain't that. It might be the Bears time.

They got number one overall pick, Caleb Williams. You see him doing a scoop. No, he's- He's doing a pick. Scoop. He might be the right guy. I think Bears fans would agree, though. Everything we've heard about Kevin Warren like he's gonna

He's gonna have a bunch of control And I don't think the first thing a guy like that is gonna want to do is hey Let's bring in Pete Carroll or let's bring in variable a guy who could immediately just neuter him and peepee whack him and be Like hey guess what you don't have the control you think you do pal sit in the corner work on the feng shui and shut the fuck We don't know if that's how it is. No, just our thoughts looking from outside exactly But all those reports have come out that said like hey they don't know if pace is even gonna be safe because like Warren is gonna be the one who's really gonna head up a lot of this stuff and he might be the one who's gonna be deciding

On what they do with draft and everything. No. No. Yeah, you said Paul's is yeah. Yeah about Ryan Paul He might not be safe I'm saying Warren might can him and then he's gonna be like he's the de facto guy running the organization Like that reports have come out that like that might be the case like so if that's if that is what's gonna happen Why would you immediately? Hire someone like if you get Ben Johnson, that guy's never been a head coach before So I'm not saying you can kind of like move him around sounds like it was a Packers owner He's trying to keep Ben Johnson. I don't care. I don't care

I don't think Ben Johnson coming to the Bears is gonna turn them into a 14-win team next year I'm very happy with where the Packers are at right now a lot of information Losing any sleep about the the Bears next year believe that you gave this speech about the Lions up at the draft That's different Dan Campbell's a good guy They've drafted very well the Bears don't have an offensive line They don't like they have a lot of holes they need to fill Caleb Williams good on display. Oh exactly It's gonna be on display tonight To starters out

You coach at Chicago Bears, that's like a is that like a heralded place to coach it? You could me Okay, so that they have that for sure 103 years of ball. Yeah, because I swear they're to these days. What's that? Fuckers been dead there 40 years rolling over Daughters still alive Virginia. So The fans love her. Are they allowed to swear in this entire thing? You're not a lot of swear in the building right And then I think there's some cuss words that fly around. Yeah, Chuck. How is it different than other organizations?

We've heard like Chicago is the family like rule like what? All the McCasky sorry AJ all the McGasky brothers work that in the Bears organization right there stepping on top That in the Bears organization right there stepping on top a J like No, sorry to cut you off, but Cut out and I mix them up George is in there Pat is in there. There's four or five brothers one runs the mail cart He you know drops mail off. I mean it is a family affair. I Don't know if Rable's getting hired. That's what I do. They stay out of the football stuff Do they want to be involved like in all the day-to-day football stuff?

Because that would make it tougher to bring in a Pete Carrell or a Vrabel, I think. I didn't get that vibe. They know what's going on. They got a pulse on the community. But I don't think that's. There they are. Yeah, word on the street, Vrabel wants to coach at one place.

They're all in trouble. Yeah, what is that? That is very real, I guess. Allegedly, Vrabel is very interested in being the head coach of the New England Patriots That's been reported. Whoa has been reported by multiple people Tommy current Greg Bidart I believe Albert Brewer said so that's who or Lovsky was referring to I believe that is who or Lovsky was talking about When he said variable might have a place already And I think that's why I like as much as the seasons over for the New England Patriots and like I said last week

I'm behind Mayo or this week actually those Monday. Holy shit. Yeah, but we took two day break Yeah, you forget what we can like allegedly that is very real in the home game against the Chargers here That's a huge one. I think just looking at the future of the team and I think we're gonna win I truly do because I believe in the process But then you talk about that game then you talk about the bills at home in a possible backup bills game or a possible like hey We're only gonna play our starters for the first half because we've already clinched We can't become the one seed where the two seed like it is what it is for Buffalo Like these last two weeks are very interesting for the New England Patriots because of the variable

Okay, so when variable goes back to go into the New England Hall of Fame, while he's still the Tennessee Titans coach, he knew he was fired, he said, right? Whenever he got back into the Tennessee Titans building, something like that. He knew he had ruffled some feathers. And then when he spoke at the New England Patriots, saying, what do you say? Is the greatest place on earth or something? To live, to be a part of, like the whole, he put over New England insane amount be in that kind of led to everyone saying like Mike Vrabel some Prince who's promised like even though Mayo got hired two days after Bill Belichick

You know got let go or you know forced out whatever the hands they can Yeah fired even though Mayo got hired two days later those two days before Mayo was announced It was like holy shit Mike Vrabel might be the next head coach in the New England Patriots. So right now that is kind of stirring in New England. So I appreciate the, remember McVeigh caused it and we just chatted about it. You talked about needle in a haystack. If you had a cup of coffee with Sean McVeigh, you're getting a head coaching job. Cause you might be able to do what he did at the Rams.

Look how young this guy is. Look how good he talks. He's super handsome. Wow, this guy's a genius. He can lead a team. Let's make him a head coach. And if you know him, you're a head coach too. Zach Taylor gets a gig with the Cincinnati Bengals

because they had what, two espresso shots together. I think they went down there, had two, doosh, doosh, had a couple espresso shots. He gets a head coaching job. And we need to find an ex-McVay. KOC. Then KOC obviously comes straight from the Rams to get his head coaching. That was like we need to find an ex-McFay. KOC. Then KOC obviously comes straight from the Rams to get his head coaching. That was like a trend for like five years felt like everybody's

trying to find an ex-McFay. Now MC DC has some success. Did you see his picture from Christmas? Great shirt. So awesome. Great shirt. In a way he operates is like a football guy who got a head coaching gig in the NFL and he never wavered from that never thought he had to act any different Never said, you know, I'm gonna I'm a change who I am because I'm head coach of a team even when they stunk He was the same exact guy. He has always had big beautiful foot balls That's right in a love of the game and Jim Harbaugh does what he's doing with the charges right now It's like owners are very much monkey see monkey do people What is the trend?

I'm gonna do what everybody else does probably because it covers their ass But also probably because they see success happen and they want to mimic it and mock it You know, it's a copycat league that is very real and everything It's like maybe the culture builders are coming back into who's gonna be a head coach And I love everything about that to be as somebody that's played for a lot of teams, the people that can build the culture, that's who you want, I think, as the leader. Need a good OC, need a good DC, obviously, but you need a building.

And I think that's what people are gonna look for going forward, hopefully. I think you need someone with some presence. That's how you have like longevity. That's how you have consistent, like winning over and over again. If you have someone that from the top, but also Chuck will know more than anybody, you gotta have someone that from the top but also chuckle no more than anybody

You got to have the support from the top the owners the GM Everyone has to kind of be on the same page because they can absolutely sabotage a head coach the culture builders The other thing to your point bad about those offensive head coaches that call plays So many of these teams when you do well, they lose that guy So a lot of people the narrative out there and a lot of people are looking for the Ben Johnson type to be our head coach. He's going to call our offensive play so when we have success, we may lose KOC.

We may lose a slow wick. We may lose whoever, right? But the play caller, the system, the terminology, that's not changing. Andy Reid. So we get continuity there. Absolutely. Yeah, that is something. But that guy may not be the guy to stand in front of the 53, the 90 during training camp, that whole building, right? He may be good at that. Lambeau says, are you a good play caller or are you a good coach? Got to be a good leader. It's hard to find. Coaches get fired a lot because it's very hard to coach not only in the NFL, but everywhere. We thank all the coaches out there who have committed

to other people's greatness. And we thank you for allowing us to do this for a living. Our show will continue digitally. We'll see you tomorrow for a feel good Friday. Be a friend, tell friends something nice might change their life. I think we hit it. Oh yeah. Right on the screws. But yeah, you need a leader. Like MCDC, the epitome of that hire. So this morning I asked coach, I said, hey, what if Ben Johnson watches how MCDC operates on a day-to-day basis, talks to the team, talks to the staff and everything and says, I don't have that. And as a Lions Mark, what if he says, I'll just be an OC for the Lions forever and score

a million touchdowns? Yeah. Like that's possible. Greatest OC ever. Yeah. I don't know. 32 of them. His name's been floating. Dan Campbell told him eventually, hey, you possible. So see ever. Yeah, I don't know 32 of them his name's before and then Campbell tell them eventually hey you do have a pal You have your own version of this you need to go spread your wings And then he'll say hey, buddy, even if you don't man like go get a four-year

Yeah, come on. You come back here. Come back here if you get five Are you man like a little stumble shit you did my that's got you a job Are you man like a little stumble shit you did man? That's got you a job Fuck you one brother. So you go you definitely sign a four-year 25 30 million dollar deal fully guaranteed and even if you suck man You're gonna get hired again And I think the allure of Caleb Williams like a lot of these guys who otherwise are in good positions like that and maybe didn't Need like I think that is gonna get a lot of people interested in the Bears, but it does. It's just like, and I think Bears fans would agree with this. It seems like they've done this carousel how many times in the last

15 years and they've seemingly hired the wrong guy every single time. You know, like they've had opportunity after opportunity to find the right guy. Yeah, it was right there. That's what I mean. Stuff like that. Remember that? B.A. was right there and they won with the Canadian guy. Mark Tress guy. BA was right there. That's what I mean. Stuff like that. Remember that? BA was right there and they won with the Canadian guy. Mark Trestman. Yeah.

You remember that? They fired Luvvie. Montreal Alloets legend Mark Trestman. Also Andy Reid that year as well. Fucking beginning of the end. Andy Reid was up for the Eagles then? Yeah, we hired Trestman like five days after we fired Luvvie and he was hired like four weeks later by the Chiefs.

So you had BA and Andy Reid both available. Good Lord. And Luvvie as a coach. Everybody talkss. So you had BA and Andy Reid both available. Good Lord. And Lovie as a coach. Everybody talks about Patrick. Lovie's being available. Lovie's 10 and six, and they fired him. Oh, cause they can get better. This is just like what the Lions were doing for a while.

Yeah, with Colville. Until Sheila Ford-Hamp came around. Sheila Ford-Hamp came around and was like, I don't care if we lose it now, I got faith in the future. And it was like, she gets it. Changed everything forever. Thank you, Sheila Ford-Hamp. It was like, she gets it. Change everything forever. Thank you Sheila. Yeah, that's why you gotta trust the process sometimes.

Sometimes you go 313 and one. With an old car. It's not new, but it's Burger King society. Everybody wants it their way, they want it now. That's right. Flame broiled too. Yeah. Sometimes.

Everybody gets flame broiled. Yep. Their little onion rings are a nice little offer. So yeah chicken fries. Oh You know, I like my chicken fries. Yeah Cold beer on Friday night Pat jeans if it's just right in a radio That's real country music ain't that right D. Bo god damn it that That's real country music, ain't that right, D-Bo? God damn it.

That's fucking real country music. I got to cut his teeth in Nashville. Mm-hmm. God damn it. This ain't country. Just play your hits. He brought up a, what's the place in Nashville? The Grand Ole Opry.

Oh my god, he brought up that place earlier. And he's very passionate about that. So you know what the Grand Ole Opry is like, that's like. I learned this. That's their mecca down there. Yeah, I learned it. Yeah, cause all the dudes that I've been very lucky to get to know in the country music business,

they all treat the Grand Ole Opry like it's a. Yeah, it's like MSG. They hold it up. Yeah, exactly. It is a country MSG. It is the mecca of country music. Learned this this morning. Yeah, cause out of nowhere it'll be like, so emotional, like somebody will post,

so emotional that I get the opportunity to play the Grand Ole Opry. It'll never lose lust on me, how important and like all that. I think they become members too. I think you become like a member and when you become a member it's like a fucking massive, massive ordeal. That's sweet. Would love to go down, everybody's dressed up when they're at this, like, I think that'd probably be a nice night out, you know?

Go ahead and put the boots on, got a new pair of boots for Christmas. Ooh. Put a new belt buckle on, got a new belt buckle for Christmas. Wow. Put a new button down, got a few of those. Nice.

Put a new cowboy hat on, got one of those. And we'll just go down a grand old operating experience like that. That's a good idea. And we'll say, God damn it, that's country those. We'll just go down to Grand Ole Operating Experience like that. That's a good idea. And we'll say, God damn it, that's country music. Yeah, but it is Nashville. Beyonce playing? What did Mitz say about country? I don't know if she's played Grand Ole Operating.

She ain't fucking cut her teeth in Nashville. Dolly. Damn it. That's Dolly World. The writer Lou. Dolly's been to Grand Ole. Huge. Yeah.

Oh yeah. Built that place, God damn it. Did she ever. Morgan Wallen released Like a voice memo of one of his songs. He's working on for his next album Through the bars banger. I Don't think he's in jail yet. Okay. I don't think he's going to jail either. I think it's like a DUI camp Good shout out to Morgan Wallen doing the Tennessee game. He was, I'm sure he was frustrated.

He probably picked one up and just thought about it. Yeah, no doubt. Systems working. Couple articles written about that. Yeah. Some other things. Coach, you let go yet, Tennessee? I'll tell you, right?

That was interesting. That was hard. That was, I knew the minute those fat asses came running. Oh my God! This is, you're on your own. All right, let's get to a break. Let's get to a break. Holy shit. That is not what it is. They're sick. Knew the minute those fat asses came It was a holiday season dad bods who does deep much yeah, no no yeah, I think it was deep no Yeah, oh it was no when you try to talk yourself into something like the marketer we're gonna we're gonna show we're gonna get these dudes

You know hey, we're getting our ass kicked here in a few minutes if we have to tell ourselves and everybody else there is at least a question sorry Tennessee will be back Nico E Amaliava doll nuke I saw a lot of Tennessee fans go no he's not got care completed pass it's like let's let him work there. Let's see. You know, maybe not everybody shows up on campus as an 18 year old, the perfect quarterback of themselves. But I want to let you know in between here, I don't care how much he's getting paid

in between here with how that game was going, with how easily quittable that game was. He broke two helmets. Yeah, he's back up. Helmet got cracked. He was taking massive shots and just continue to bounce right back up and get right back in the fight Massive respect for that and not that I'm saying any of high pools quarterbacks wouldn't be like that cuz high pool I think is a dog as well But it's like for how much money he was getting paid

Allegedly for how highly hyped he was coming out of college for all the viral, you know him fucking spinning that thing forever Cali kid For all the viral, you know, him fucking spinning that thing forever. Tally kid. And that weather with the way he was getting hit that we were seeing like right in front of us. For him just to bounce back out of it's like. They could be 80 to nothing if he didn't play. Respect, Ouse. Respect. I'm excited to see what Tennessee becomes next year. Ohio State, Oregon. Coming up on New Year's Day at the Rose Bowl.

5 p.m. Eastern kickoff. ABC ESPN I assume will be live on ESPN to You know, I don't know hypo as well and I don't know Ryan day that well either I know landing pretty good and I think AJ's got a pretty good connection to Ryan day, you know Maybe even big Parkins, big Sean Perkins.

Oh hell yeah. Calling these games, you know, normally people get like a sit down beforehand. We've never really done any of that. Now we've sat down, but no, never with anybody. No. I think I'm trying to get some, a little bit more intel.

It'd be cool. Going in. Okay. Can't be doing it too early though, cause we got a lot of these in front of me Yeah, just during the game It would be nice to have at least a little bit of a semblance of an idea of what plan is sure I was talking to day landing yesterday boom bang that would be great to be able to say

God Texas morning from day and landing said the movie they used to motivate the boys this week was insert name a movie red one bingo and if that's the case probably they're gonna win by 50 I don't know we don't know what Ryan Day's showing yeah if he's also showing red one we got an all-time instant class oh my note he's at the Rose Bowl okay yeah I'm with it some of the best football you've ever seen but yeah I think we should try to because what a game this about to be be. Yeah. H. Yeah. Calling it the national championship. This is it. Especially because they know each other,

they played against each other. Both teams very different than they were at that moment. Both teams have had to grow since that moment. This Ohio State team, what they just did to Tennessee, they're going to be feeling fucking great. Yeah. In an Oregon in the Big Ten championship, it's like they got to be feeling fucking great. They had an organ in the Big Ten championship. It's like they got to be feeling fucking great They had a lot of self scout. They've had the opportunity to do it's like I can't Wait to be on the ground for this one. So there are eights there the eight seed They're the one seed they're favored by what two two and a half two and a half first time since 2013 the number one team has been an underdog about that. Oh, what does that tell you?

team has been an underdog. How about that? What does that tell you? And sports folks watched that game against Tennessee and thought the same thing everybody did like damn they just humbled an entire conference. Yeah. Which is kind of what the conversation is right now. Everybody's boring at like all the matchups how'd SMU get how'd Indiana get it's like well biggest blowout was actually Big 10 SEC game Ohio State versus Tennessee and they go well What it's like that's conversation all offseason and Will Howard's caption It might be two and a half because of how Will Howard captioned his Instagram post When people ask you what happened here Tell them the North remembers Tell them winter came for the volunteers awesome

See y'all in Pasadena. I saw him skipping out of that tunnel before the second half. Ski mask on, no sleeves, and he was just skipping doing a let's go and it was like, I like to cut to this guy. He's a feisty fella. He is. And then they started running them too. Hadn't done much of that this year. Did do that before.

Is able to, you know, kind of navigate like a Josh Allen. Yeah. A big white that can move. Why? And then you think about that Oregon team, Dylan Gabriel. He's just a point guard back there. Two earrings. He's really good.

He's really good. Really good. Two studs. Yep. Just so casual. Yeah, that's what it is. Like he's so in control. That's what's so impressive to me on some of these stars that they're just, at the moment,

they're just never in a rush. They're always like, they always feel like, oh, I got this, we're good. These dudes look like pros. And then James, obviously running back, how you doing, keep it moving. Tez, the entire, they got weapons in their defense. Hey, Oregon's defense. We talked about the Ram

truck Segment Oregon's D was nominated like five out of the seven weeks for hits at day And what's really good for them is they got run over by Penn State other defense did so I bet Dan actually Dan landing Actually loved that before this game because you get on their asses a bit Singleton Allen have massive day Are they ready for Henderson injectants? I. Underdogs? Jeremiah Smith. Yeah, everything Dan Lanning can pull from.

Yeah, it's... It's awesome. This is what's all about. Yeah, and the setting too, and the granddaddy of them all. We're just gonna be standing on a sideline. Hello, and welcome to Pasadena. So stupid that we get to do that. So stupid.

Let's enjoy it though. 71 on Wednesday. Oh, this might be what I'm wearing. Yeah. This might be it. Low 46 when the sun goes down, but that would be nice. 46 is going to feel like 96 after what it was in Notre Dame and Columbus. Not that either of those teams don't...

Ohio State and Oregon are both going to feel the same way we're going to feel. Going down there, this is beautiful. This is really nice. That game was so cold. I like that Will Howard said they couldn't take the cold. I think that's a bigger story than the fucking seeding and everything. They're gonna have to prove it wrong next year. When a warm team has to travel to a cold team. No doubt.

And just show a little bit of fight. Cause that cold can beat you down. Or they need to hope for a great weekend. Weather wise. Yeah. Which can happen. Super Bowl in February here in Indianapolis it was like 55 from like 63 degrees it's like home run that could have very easily been eight degrees oh yeah in snow and rain yeah where yeah and then it's just like worst experience imaginable. So that's the greatest Super Bowl host of all time, worst experience ever. And that's all Mother Nature deciding if she wants to fuck with you or not. And she said the North must win the college football playoff.

My first bowl game as a coach, GA Southern Cal against Ohio State in the Rose Bowl. 1984. How'd you do? beat him 20 to 17 Byers was their running back Mike Tom Zach was the quarterback on Salisbury was our quarterback yeah I'm Zach was in all he should have been playing those dribbles over Neil O'Donnell I tell you that much a lot of people say Neil O'Donnell lost on purpose but I don't think that's fair Neil O'Donnell did a lot of good things in Pittsburgh peopleonnell lost on purpose, but I don't think that's fair. Neil O'Donnell did a lot of good things, you're saying, Pittsburgh.

People don't remember any of it, though. He threw a lot of picks. Hey, Neil, thanks for your service. The Italians did O'Donnell. The Italians remember, well, the answers remember what he did. Yeah, but the Italians certainly started cooking up and that guy's throwing a game.

Hold on. Fucking Neil O'Donnell, huh? I've seen this before. Two of the most easy picks you'll ever see in your life in a Super Bowl. Oh, oh the McBastard is fun. Whoa, whoa, whoa. Whoa, whoa, whoa.

Let's get a break. On the other side, we have a Pittsburgh Steelers contributor. We'll ask his thoughts on Neil Adonah. I'd like to thank Neil Adonah. A lot of good times came from Neil Adonah was well He's probably saw with his own two eyes So I'm holding a bat. Oh, yeah big old mitt too

So I'm in pads Saw a lot of young Caboolias past couple days. I'll tell you what my respect for him has grown You look much more athletic as younger life. Yeah, the photo of him I'm gonna lie made me think like this guy's never shut his mouth his entire life. So it's always just hanging. He still looks pretty athletic I don't know. Well right there he's he's the Charper too you can tell. Yeah he's. Now a lot of people are gonna say I got the L right there on your forehead. No he's 12 right there he's look that Penn State shirt they already offered him a full ride at 12. Baseball team obviously back in the day

was good. Kid in the back is looking at a superstar. He knows it We all know it the cakes on this kid Yeah, you're talking about his grip being that open him and Pete Rose both did that All right They caught it the the hockey baseball whenever they're trying to just slap one and that's not the plastic glove that what's the name had in? Scotty Smalls Scotty Smalls. Yeah, thank you. No, that's leather. He killed the cow. Jackman leather, yeah. Ate the food, made the cow leather, into a baseball mitt.

That's right. That's what this guy does. He'll join us on the other side to talk about these are, what the hell's going on in Pittsburgh Steelers locker room? Are we all misreading everything? Football! It's wonderful. There's a game tonight, the Seahawks and the Bears will be making our picks in a matter of moments, that's AJ Hawk. The Toxic table is here, Alfonso Conor and Alton Schmidt.

One half of the hammer, Cowboys AP Toner is here. The other half of the hammer, Cowboys Bubba Gumpino is back there. Gumpi, the Dolphins aren't dead just yet pal, huh? They're still lurking. Still lurking. Unfortunately, we are going to need Carl Wentz to help us out, so I do fear he could be in trouble. We don't know if Carl Wentz is playing.

Patrick Mahomes might be resting the last couple of weeks, might play a little bit, might not play, who knows? Carlson Wentz can win you a lot of games. Oh yeah. Carlson Wentz can win you a lot. He can lose you a couple of games, but he'll win you a lot of games. We don't know if it's his time yet. The Chiefs have secured home field advantage to the playoffs 15-1 15 and 1 is that good? I don't know 36 years as football coach Chuck Legano is here

This Chiefs run is phenomenal Chuck Legano Unbelievable makes no sense. No sense at all. How do they continue to get motivated, inspired, intelligent, everything that you would need to win a game back to back to back years. Feels like we're in the middle of a dynastic run that we're never going to be able to see again. But we said that about the Patriots and looky here. Leadership, Andy Reid, continuity, spags on defense. You mentioned Dave Tobe coaching the special teams and you got Patrick Mahomes

greatest quarterback on the planet at this point. Kelsey being Kelsey last week the defense I mean that's just it's incredible what they've been able to do. How about Veach too that young bastard over there. He's in the background of a lot of the shots he's next to the Hunt family. Whenever Santa Reid comes out, Santa Reid comes out and he's smiling wearing a suit and it's like that young brain right there, Pennsylvania football guy, he's in the back, he's in the back right there next to ownership hunt right there you can see him blurry right here right there yep that is him right there and he he's going to go down on his own, I'm going to say. One of the best.

One of the best of all time. Maybe. Well, he's only got one job. But in that particular job, they win three straight. Is that considered the greatest dynasty of all time? The first ever win three in a row? AJ, is that considered greatest dynasty in football? After a 20- year span of success

Okay, Bill Belichick greatest head coach and greatest general manager of all time If this chief scene was to do something that that Patriots team wasn't able to accomplish in such a quick amount of time Would you think about this era as the greatest dynastic run in the history and then would Brett Veach be the greatest general manager Of all time and would Andy Reid become the greatest coach of all time There's so much fodder potentially on the line for a 15 in one team, that nobody thinks is gonna be able to go three straight, especially with how they played all year up until this point, AJ. I mean, you mentioned it, when we were, we mentioned multiple times, hey,

we're not gonna see this again when Tom Brady and the Patriots were doing what they were doing. That whole dynasty, we thought, yeah, there's no way you can do this again with free agency and how everything works and all this stuff. And we might right in the middle of it man if they do three in a row Yeah, you have to start making that that conversation has to start happening Well, cuz you look back at the Steelers run that they had how many did they win in? How many years it was four in? Six and then the Cowboys What was that? What were they and how many years three and four the thing about the Patriots is they just had such a long

Were they and how many years three and four the thing about the Patriots is they just had such a long Domine run it's like so many Super Bowl appearances hosting the AFC Championship one like 12 times or something Yeah, I won like 11 straight. Yeah, I forget what it is division now, obviously Bill has eight Super Bowl rings in total. That's a lot. But if they were to win three straight let alone Four straight, all right Five three. Why? What are these guys win ten straight? They could win ten straight Four straight, all right What if these guys win ten straight they could win ten straight And even go into another one good the Patriots on the quarterbacks not even thirty right? Nope And he's underpaid now nowhere near

Average per year that anybody else is that's at the top of the quarterback market now He has like half a billion dollars, we thought, 430 million is what it ended up being. It was allegedly half a billion. That's how it was marketed by anonymous sources through insiders, which gave us a holy hell. If there's anything that ever says half a billion dollars and just sign your name right here, you go ahead and sign that, especially if you're a football player.

That's what we were saying. But then the numbers started coming out. It's actually like 430 and it's this, it's that. Whatever the case, he's wealthy. He's got a beautiful home. Beautiful, beautiful home invests. Well beautiful family But another one on the way, hopefully in the next week or so, I mean go for those chiefs join us now is a Reporter for our program right about the other side of yesterday's game

Talking about the chiefs grace of all time. Whoa, let's talk about the other side. This's game. Talking about the Chiefs greatest of all time. Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Let's talk about the other side. This was the year where they could win the Super Bowl. This was the year when they had a veteran quarterback who was only getting paid one million bucks. This was the year that it was all gonna come together. It was gonna be on Hard Knocks AFC North.

Then on Christmas Day in Pittsburgh, this team loses bad. To tell us more about what's going on behind the scenes, ladies and gentlemen, the one, the only Mark Kaboli. Yay, more. How you doing, Mark? Merry Christmas to you and your family, pal. Hey, Merry Christmas to all you guys. I appreciate you covering the game yesterday,

doing your work. I also appreciate you posting a bunch of young Mark Kaboli photos to the world so we can all learn. Oh, yes. There it is. I was just trying to make world so we can all learn. Yes, there it is. I was just trying to make people happy. I'll tell you what, it worked. It worked, yeah. Wait, wait, wait, we talked about it for five, ten minutes last time.

Well, well, be honest with you, I was 11. Yes, 11. Is that good or bad? Although, although I did hit 18 bombs that year. Boom. You're a lefty obviously, very comfortable there from the. No, no, I'm a righty. Just a righty there. I don't know why I was.

I still got that back in my garage. Mirror mode. Mirror mode there. That glove. That glove. We wondered if you actually killed the cow, ate the meat and used the skin as that glove there. Do you recall how it came together? That's a long time ago. I have no idea but I remember it was the Del Murphy

special. Now yes they have names in the palm of it and for some reason I had Del Murphy and he wasn't my favorite ballplayer at the time but it was a glove that was probably handed down to me so I used it. Yeah smart it looks good. Who is the hippie on the swing here on the porch? I think that's my brother. Oh come on Ed. Hey look at the socks. Oh those are back.

Those are all the way back. Those socks. Actually just had to throw some away. That's right unfortunately. I actually just had to throw some away. They were taking up too much space. Look at that hair. Wow.

Good flow. Your hair looks good. Shortstop? What did you play in the field? Shortstop? Yeah, yeah. Come on, come on, AJ. What? I never, I never left first base. Okay, baby. You get them all out though.

Unless you were jogging around them. Yeah, that's right. I'll see you at second, third and home when I'm at bat. In the field, you only see me at first. You're like the mayor. I think that's how the mayor actually started playing like you, having full conversations.

Let's talk about conversations. Pittsburgh Steelers locker room, okay. Three losses, 11 days, tough road for the Steelers. Had the Eagles, so obviously not good. The Keystone Cup, the state championship, lost. Ravens, not good. They lose Ravens first time. There was a lot of chatter on hard knocks.

All the Ravens players saying, you're not a Raven till you beat the Steelers. Not a Raven till you beat the Steelers. And Raven till you beat the Steelers and I believe it was Zay said I'm gonna become a Raven on Sunday I'm gonna become a Raven after that was cool kind of watch how much they respect anyway Steelers lose that one big and then Steelers loses and Chiefs yesterday might be in the middle the greatest dynastic run in the history of the sport in a big way and then we start hearing these quotes if we're not on the same page 10 players to be doing the right thing one guy doesn't do their job, we're screwed. Is he talking about

there being a litany of issues or what's going on on the defensive side of the Pittsburgh Steelers football program, Mark? Yeah, apparently this has been happening for a couple weeks now. I know Patrick Queen has mentioned it last week of people doing their jobs and not being in the right positions and but that's normally just player talk after a game, you know, we all have to be accountable. But something was a little off yesterday after the game. You could tell people wanted to say something about somebody specific, but they bit their tongue, but they made it known that somebody one, two, three

people, who knows, or going outside of their capabilities, maybe, trying to play maybe hero ball. And that's not really working very well in their goal of winning here. And you see, there's a lot of touchdowns they've given up, a lot of plays they've given up are just uncontested. And usually when it's uncontested, it's communication errors. It's, you know, people trying to do more than they're supposed to be doing that stuff. You get cleaned up in week two, three, you don't get that cleaned up. Yeah. This ain't Pittsburgh Steeler football here on Christmas.

Everybody's skipping their Christmas with their families, go down to shore, watch their team and they got missed assignments, blown coverages, miscommunications. How's that happening? That ain't Pittsburgh Steeler football. Kaboli. No, I mean it rears its head every once in a while, but it gets cleaned up really quickly. I mean, you see it from time to time, but they had those three games in 11 days against quality opponents.

I think it just was a little bit magnified because all three of those games were pretty much nationally televised games. It tends to happen. I find it interesting the two outside guys are the ones where most folk, when I call outside guys, is the people they signed free agency,

Patrick Queen, Deshaun Elliott, coming in here thinking, hey, what in the world is going on here? I think they're going to try to nip it in in bud here, try to figure out what's going on. There was a lot of conversations off to the side between offensive and defensive players, just talking one-on-one, very unusual for after a game. Who knows what they were saying, but obviously something that's not really meshing right now. Even Tomlin alluded to it but they got 10, 11 days depending when they play next Saturday or Sunday they try

to figure this out. They still got you know they're still a 10-win team. They're still a playoff team. They could still go to Houston and win a playoff game. They could still win the division if Cleveland beats Baltimore again. So there's still stuff to play for. It's not like it's a death sentence yet. You think it's over though? Steelers fans just a few weeks ago were winning a Super Bowl. Yeah. And then yesterday, I assume there's a lot of pissed off Yensers who canceled Christmas with grandma, canceled Christmas down the street to go see the Steelers play. And what did they do? They lay an egg like it's fucking Easter. This is Christmas. It wasn't good. First of all, the stadium was half empty in What they do they lay an egg like it's fucking Easter this Christmas

It wasn't good first of all the the stadium was half empty in the third quarter Even worse miss her tone you wouldn't like this. They actually played I heard renegade down 19 points in the fourth quarter I think there were some booze. I think there might have been an occasional boo like we gotta play it though, right? No. No scrap it Oh, this isn't this isn't Wisconsin. You don't have to play jump around down 20. Okay, but Sounds like somebody in Acre sure diner thing. So you got to play it. That's that's not good What the hell's happening seep it into game day ops the locker room? How's the social media social media? It was just someone who is very positive human being okay, and they thought you know here comes a comeback I press this button. I press the renegade button here comes come

Yeah, but you see all the people dressed like seats out there everybody's fine. They'll wait for Santa Claus Yeah, on the flip side of that. There's probably a lot of people that went down there for the first time you know Christmas Christmas Santa brought them tickets, and they're not going to hear renegade of people that went down there for the first time, you know, Christmas, Christmas Santa brought them tickets and they're not going to hear renegade. I'd be a little disappointed, but that was my first ever game. I guess you're right. I could see potentially why they played it. Where's the old mama?

I want old mama. Go ahead AJ. There's no reaction. Kaboah, all this talk, this feels like a very unstealers like thing. Usually this doesn't happen with the Steelers. We don't hear the players talking about other players, but are they, is the defense, are they cool with the scheme? Is it possible they're upset at any of the calls of the scheme that it might have?

I don't think so with the scheme. It's hard, they always tell you, well, I have to go look at the film. There hasn't been any mention really though of scheme wise. It just seems like the players aren't either doing their job or trying to do too much or just not performing. Not going out there and doing what they're getting paid to do. Not making plays. I think that's what they're looking at right now. I mean they got all pro guys at all three levels. They got the highest paid defense in the league. They're expecting more. They were supposed to rely on this defense to win them games, win them

championships, and it's just the flip side of it right now. So I don't think it's a scheme. I think there's just things that need to be cleaned up and hammered in. I mean every time the Steelers have too many penalties in the game, Tomlin brings in officials just to watch practice, then it cleans it up. Seems like once they start talking about it like this, it seems to get into the skulls a little bit. So I wouldn't anticipate any of this stuff happening in the Cincy game coming up next week. Well, they're gonna have to because if they keep playing like they did the past 11 days, I mean, it's going to be the one of the shorter playoff runs. Well, I shouldn't say that because if they haven't won one in 10 years, but. That's not like that was on purpose for you to say that.

Seven years. Sound like that was on purpose for you to say that it's been a long time since they've won a playoff game. Jamar Chase finds himself open a lot. He does. In that particular offense. And that's not a good problem to have obviously there's 11 days to fix everything they have going on on the defensive side of things. This, before Tone asks his question the boys have their questions for you. I would like to get back to Steelers leaving in the third quarter because Netflix right in the NFL decided what city do we want to showcase for all of football and seemed like Bart Kreischer was having a good time in the tailgate yes always does seem like I saw a 55 60 year old Italian man with his shirt off I don't

think he was planning on doing that but hey the machines here let's take shirt off that place was ready right that place was like Yenzer showed up in a massive way not just from what we saw, but like, I think the atmosphere was great early. And then obviously when you throw a red zone interception and some other stuff starts happening, people kind of check out. But I think Pittsburgh did its part, right? Don't you think with what Netflix and NFL expected?

Yeah, yeah. I mean, the people showed up. It was a packed house. I mean, there's people drunk at nine o'clock in the morning. I walked by them into the stadium. So they did their job The problem was is you get to the third quarter and you know, it's a 12 14-point game They're going in to score again You're getting home to get the you know, the leftover ham or something

Hope the hit grandma's dinner before you get the traffic, you know how it is in Pittsburgh I mean to that zone you got to beat the traffic, right? Yes, so especially beating the traffic here on this Christmas day. You got to go get the the ham so it was pretty cleared out pretty quickly, so But like I said, I think I was more to do how they played not only how they played But there was there was a sense of there's no chance they're coming back in this game. Yeah, so let's get out It's might be an 11-day wake-up call the Steelers needed though Yeah

I talked about that with the Bucs with the Cowboys in that particular game Three games against the NFL is best and you got your asses kicked in it still got times to write some shit before The playoffs maybe this 11 games or 11 days was just kind of a wake-up call for the Pittsburgh Steelers tone has a question for you Mark, yeah Kaboul since you are there boots on the ground. I can only tell so much There's tone has a question for you mark. Yeah, kaboos since you are there boots on the ground. I can only tell so much From the internet. I'm wondering who public enemy number one is right now in the city And is it and how much blame is going around because I have I have an idea of potentially who it is How much blame goes to DC Taro Austin for everyone? Looking around having no idea what to do and not knowing that Travis Kelsey is on the other team.

Yeah, I mean, there's only so much the coaches can do. You put them in the position and if you're not executing, you're not communicating that's on you. At some point you have to say it's the players fault here. So I'm not really saying that Terrell Austin is a guy that's gonna put him in a bad situation. I don't think that is, I think it's mostly execution. As for the guy that they're most PO'd at,

it could be a number of people. I mean, I've heard names, but you know, I am not gonna sit here and try to point out fingers right now because I'm not 100% sure if this is the guy or not, but I mean. No, not the team. Who's the number, who's the fans most P.O. that I know you can't say who the defenders are talking about well it

could be anybody I mean I've heard I've heard Beanie Bishop who probably played ten snaps the other day Kam Sutton Minka Patrick Queen you go ahead and you just throw it I mean Tara Austin throwing it Mike Tomlin he's number one I mean he's he's in charge 11 days ago who's coach of the year this today needs to be fired they're blaming everybody I mean I'm sure they're blaming me too so you know what they're not blaming the Hut no way well he's boundless more are you kidding me they used to be called chicken nuggets they used to be called chicken nuggets not

a boneless wings that you can get with a variety of delicious sauces from your friends at Wing Street of Pizza Hut fame. You know, because obviously no one. And we mean no one, Mark. Fucking no one, Mark. Our pizza's the hut, but their wings too. The boneless and the boning. The boning, you're not gonna be able to get for this type the bone in you're not gonna be able to get for this type of bundle no no this much like four bucks each what no no they're not there that's not true they are that's not yeah yeah other boy yeah not pizza no and pizza has friars at every single spot so their wings can come crispy and their sauces are delightful

so they can really match up with any wing company if they wanted to. Yeah. They just so happen to have the greatest pizza available as well. So. And that's why no one. And we mean no one. Absolutely nobody. It looked like you were thinking maybe somebody though.

I would never. He wouldn't. He wouldn't do that. Wow. It's funny because I was thinking you was thinking yeah, I was thinking you might It sure sounded like you were thinking some I was thinking that someone Chuck I don't want to hear it. I don't want to hear it cuz I can already hear it kind of radiating through your brain Right now like if Santa and read one wanted to he probably could but I

He's got other he needed it a few different times I was actually watching going goddamn Dwayne get the guy some Pizza Hut Maybe this thing kind of sort itself out. Get some energy. No one. Con man. And we mean no one. Edge.

No one. Mark. Nobody. No one, nobody. That's right. No thing. Nothing. All pizza's the Hut. Simple as that. Thank you, Pizza Hut. Thank you, Pizza Hut. Love you, Hut. Love you, nothing. Nothing. Nothing. No one. All pizzas to hut. Yeah. Simple as that. Thank you. Pizza Hut. Thank you. Love you Hut. Love you Hut.

Everybody wants to fire Tomlin. I think that's what Tyrone was asking. Yeah. That's a yearly occurrence right now. It's like, okay, what are they going to do in the off season? Now? Why should they bring back Russell Wilson? If they're going to fire Mike Tomlin? Let's just start it all over again Ty is question for you. Yeah speaking of which mark is there any you know, maybe thought hey We're on a bit of a Schneid right now Maybe we go back to Justin Fields and see what the kids got after sitting on the bench and watching Russ all season long He looked pretty good early on they were calling for him yesterday and he was inactive So I saw turn put that sweet out all you Steelers fans saying we need Justin Fields. He's hurt and fucking inactive today. So thanks a lot.

That's basically what you say. Thank you. Yeah. You summed it up perfectly. Let me think here. If Justin's going to get his chance here down this stretch, I think you got a better chance of me running the Pittsburgh Marathon. You're in shape.

You thinking about it? You can do it. Am I? Is that, is that precise enough? Yeah. Got a brand new Achilles. Yeah, you do got two of them. Yeah.

So call them dose Achilles. This guy can get to the finish line if you Pittsburgh Marathon is the wrong one too. Cause Pittsburgh. A lot of hills. A lot of this. You want to sign up for one. Indy's a good one. Yeah.

Indy's a good one out here. Pretty flat. Kind of roll you through there if you need it. But okay. Sounds like not gonna get let's talk about defense a little bit Chuck has a question for you Yeah, Kabali they were missing some guys Porter. Joey Porter jr. You mentioned Bishop I don't know if he fell out of you know favor with those guys Seemed to me like he was playing good ball There's a lot of this lack of communication because you know Kelsey is a guy that you game plan for, right?

Even though he's getting up there in age, you still say, okay, we're not going to let, you know, Travis Kelsey wreck this game. But here we go. There's a lot of times where they rush the line of scrimmage, some motions of shifts. You can obviously lack communication. Is it because of these guys that we're missing? Porter on the outside, maybe Bishop, you know, they're at the nickel spot, some younger guys playing, and are we gonna get those guys back from injury?

You know, Coach, the past couple weeks, they've been missing a lot of guys. They've, Dante Jackson and Porter were out, Deshaun Elliott was out, Larry Oganjoby was out. They mostly come back this week, but Porter was still out there. So there was still some getting used to get getting them together right there. But still, those are some veteran guys that shouldn't be making these mistakes. They played for the most part. I would believe that happened maybe last week against Baltimore. Shouldn't be happened with a veteran like Elliot and Fitzpatrick and all the other

guys right there. But as for Beanie Bishop, I think they like to match up with Cam Sutton in the slot on Kelsey more than Bishop. Bishop was struggling a little bit, I always say, in his coverage ability. So I think they were more willing to go with Sutton at the time, but they were both playing some there. But I think if you look, I mean, the Kelsey play, I mean, I'll give you a perfect example. The first touchdown, the worthy, right? He came out of the backfield in the flat. The Steelers and Mike Tomlin preached that so much,

the t-shirts were made was, don't let him get to the flat or something to like that say on their shirt so what happens guy gets to the flat so it right there scores a touchdown nobody's there mink is late there and he preaches it and it just doesn't happen it's and that's I don't know that's communication there or that's just not doing your job right there that's the stuff that they're really really upset about well I've been the invisible gun to you don't cover's got a gun in his face. Exactly, no way.

He's got it was thinking into his hip right there. And we talked earlier, we're not sure because we didn't, our invisible eyes didn't see the same as the ref's eyes. We think he had a silencer on that thing. We think there was a silencer in there too, which age as you know, that takes months and months and months to get licensed and approved. I think he just stole a compressor. Just put it on there. Doof, doof.

Spendoclip. It was a stolen, right? Yeah, he did it. He actually had banana clip on it. That thing was better around there. So when he lifted it up, it actually went down to about the teardrop of his quad, and it wrapped around to his cheek too, the

banana clip. You can see the ref saw it. You see how quick that ref was. You got a fucking banana clip. Actually the ref, God, God, God. Yeah, you're right. We didn't hear it because he was just giving sign language. Yep, there it was.

He's got a God. Holy shit. What a penalty. Here's another one too. I mean, Kelsey got flagged late in that game for excessive celebration or something You know, he knew he was gonna get flagged but he knew that there's no way they're losing this game So who cares? Well, he was in the wound there He's bested a few weeks ago

Tony Gonzalez said he would help pay the fine if he did it after he broke his record his franchise record Which he did on to the Pittsburgh Steelers on Christmas. Felt like this was a guarantee Kelsey was going to score on Christmas. I think it's a stock touchdown of the year. Imagine if he just has a standard year. Antonio Gates is at 118 for tight ends touchdowns. Unbelievable. He's at 77 right now. He's had three touchdowns all year. That is so different than normal Travis Kelsey. I think Rob Gronkowski had 17 in one season in 2006 or something like that I think like his rookie years yeah I forget to you're not 2006 he wouldn't have been in the NFL at that point whatever the kids 2011 I think I think his rookie year he has 17 touchdowns yes it's still the record to the state in most amount of touchdowns in

one season but like Kelsey having three tuds on the year is so abnormal that's never gonna happen again. So he obviously got slowed down this year from getting into paint. But once again, most important time of the year, what's happening? Travis Kelsey is wide open again. Travis Kelsey is scoring touchdowns again. Like it's only, it's just the Chiefs. I think Steel has ran into a buzzsaw. I think Steel has ran into a buzzsaw. Three of them. Three straight buzzsaws. Eagles, Ravens, Chiefs. Who who's gonna be around in the end the Eagles the Ravens and chiefs

Who's playing their best ball right now the Eagles the Ravens in the chiefs? It's like you just had a tough 11 days. I don't think they should give up just yet. No way I don't think fans should give up now, but maybe be alarmed Yeah, I think I think I think this game really showed, at least three games, there's a line of demarcation between elite teams and the next level. And I think this really shows that Steelers are just below, or maybe more than just below, that level of being great teams. You know, the guaranteed, the Chiefs, the Eagles and the Ravens, like you said, they're superstar teams. I just don't think the Steelers are at that point right now and I think that was evidence the past three weeks. Yeah You know chiefs take it to new heights. They do

right up here Cleveland kid on Christmas in Pittsburgh dunk it on Alprights That's awesome. That'd feel so good. How about Justin Watson there South Bayette kid that's going bananas on Christmas back in there that had to feel Fantastic. All right, Kaboli. We appreciate all your work. We've been loving following along on expo Yeah, was that what you were doing? X-factor you should sign off every time like that follow me I do the Roman Reigns thing, right? I guess that's okay. Okay, so um, WWE, I was very lucky tomorrow. Come on. How are you in Pittsburgh?

Tomorrow's in Pittsburgh. I had no idea. It's a holiday show. So it's not Smackdown. Okay. Okay. Okay. Who's, who's been marketed? I think punk, Gunter, three yesterday. Yeah, punk, okay. Who's been marketing? I think Punk, Gunther, Priest. Punk was there yesterday. Yeah, Punk was a football. Yeah, Punk was on Netflix. I think Damien Priest, Seth, I thought, they're promo, but you know how those holiday shows go. No. Whoever shows, I don't know who's gonna show.

I mean, they have- No. They have- They have Bronson Reed scheduled, and obviously he's injured. Well yeah, he's got his legs in two. He was willing to do it though, which I appreciate. Kaboie, come you don't go off the top of the cage.

That's a great idea. He can do it tomorrow night. Yeah. Dust off the singlet, Kaboie get out there. Wait, wait, you got Bronson Reed brinkers and an ankle going off the top. You have Jimmy Uso or Jay. Jay broke it, one of the Usos. Jimmy broke his toe and you want me to go off the top. You have jay jimmy. Oh, so jay jay broke it one of the users I can jimmy broke his toe and you want me to go off the top rope. Yeah

Show him how to do it show him the kaboom. I think a chair maybe Look at you. You're ready. Look at that. I'll take a chair. Where's the Otis? Where's the Otis picture at? Right literally point at it. It's not that's you that's not Yeah, you see you. Yeah, you know, I think Zito Superimposed my face over Otis. No Just like the 11 year old shot you put out that's not true. Yeah You don't think I could do the old inverted the oldest Superplex not the Jacob fight to

Whatever he does for Antonio bombita Hey, how about Jacob to hey, he's a monster. I would you know, that's one guy. I don't even want to look at him I'd be afraid of him. Yes You should think about not looking at Cody Rhodes here. That's our champion. He'll smack you right in the mouth, Kaboli. I don't think I mean Jacob, man. I'm like this. Yeah, me too.

And he loves Solo. Loves him. Yeah, would dive on him. Good morning. I love Solo. I think it's his tweet every morning. Doesn't he? I love you Solo.

Damn it, he's so funny. Damn it. All right, great season, Kamboli. We'll see you soon, ladies and gentlemen. Mark Kamboli. Yay, Kamboli. Jaden Pothu's a real deal. Yeah, scary son of a bitch.

He's a real deal. His eyes too, he's like always. Eyes wide open. There he is, look at his eyes. Dead, see him punk, I don't know how he's staying up. Pop up, Simone drop. Always. Eyes wide open. There he is, look at his eyes. Dead. See him punk, I don't know how he's staying up. Pop up, Simone drop. You got it.

Fucking dead. Yep, he's about to do it. Yeah. That's a real problem there. Yeah, there's some problems to figure out. Can't wait to get back in there. Speaking of problems, let's make some pitch on Thursday Night Football.

Okay. Chuck, how'd you do last week? Not good. He's on fire. He's on fire, I guess. On Saturdays. On Saturdays. Oh no, buttoning up.

Oh, he's buttoning up. Such a good actor. He is. That's not acting, bud. He's actually in the fridge. It's like the Saints quarterback. We're on to 2025. Yes, we...

No! We need tonight. What are you talking about? We're on to 2025. No, we need tonight. We need tonight. What should we be looking at this evening for the Seahawks-Bears battle on Thursday Night Football? The Bears are out of it, obviously. Seahawks need this one to stay in the game.

They need some help along the way. But I like, you know, the fact that Seattle in a short week, they're playing an offense that they're used to playing. It's a Rams system down there with Thomas running that thing now. So on a short week, that makes sense. I like the defensive line. I like the linebackers secondary for Seattle. I think they got a really good defense.

They're pass rushers. They can get after you Leonard Williams, Murphy, they got some dudes. They got Witherspoon, they got Rick Woollin in the back end. They match up well. Chicago's got some playmakers, they got the quarterback. 19 touchdowns and 5 interceptions. He's three in the league in interception thrown, which he's taking care of the ball, but problem is he's holding it so damn long

He's been sacked 60 times. Jeez. And they got Tevin Jenkins and they got another offensive lineman out So they got two starters out this game On the offensive line. So are they gonna be able you can look at the numbers against the spread. They're both crap points scores You know 22 to 18 19 whatever, whatever, points allowed. The thing about Chicago is since the, they started four and two, right? The season, they start four and two, Pat, and they averaged almost 25 points a game on offense and they only gave up 16 points a game on defense. That's winning recipe.

That's four and two, right Floo still calling the defense, right since The play their own nine Okay, their own nine. They're only scoring 15 points a game You're talking about this player. I think this is the one that you're talking about. This was a Cataclysmic episode. Wow, how does that happen? Good word. Just thanks to Tyreek Stevenson, you know, jacking around on this thing. And they end up, they've lost nine straight.

They've averaged 15 points a game on offense. They've given up to almost 27 points a game on defense. They played, excuse me, they've been in, I mean played I think Minnesota twice, Green Bay, Detroit twice, so they've played some tough teams. You know, really good football teams, but those two offensive linemen out, this defense, it's an over defense, they play 4-3 in base, they play it in nickel, it's the easiest thing on a short week if you're Seattle to prepare for Kind of line up and which sees what you get

So Seattle comes in here and Gino Smith takes care of the football and doesn't turn the damn thing over They're minus seven Turnover margin. Yep minus seven. There's not another team in the National Football League. That's one Three games with minus seven and these guys won eight So if they just take care of the football they execute Kenny Walker We we know is out tonight Charbonne is going to get the get the work DK Metcalf Jackson Smith and Jigba he's turned into their number one wide wide receiver of late They've got they've got dudes. All right? They've got a lot of dudes.

So Charbonneau, Walker's out, we know that. The defense, they've got players in the back end. Kobe Bryant can take the ball away. Like I said, Witherspoon and Rick Woollen, two really, really good corners. Yeah, I like that you couldn't talk me into taking if you gave me 10. Yeah, I like I like that you couldn't talk me into to taken If you gave me if you gave me ten really ten if you gave me ten at home, Chicago at home

And I think Caleb's got a chance to be you know, good player, you know down the road, but Keenan Allen DJ Moore they're gonna send all these, sweeps, jet sweeps and little spacing routes. It's simple. It's simple to defend. Like I said, so if Seattle just goes in there and they take care of the ball and they play good solid football, they tackle well, run well, this, that, throw, catch, they should win this game. You got Seattle Seahawks.

All right. Minus four and a half. You said 10 would be good. That was four. It's four and a half. Moved to four and a half. You don't want anymore? You said ten? You said ten. Yep. Give me Seattle. Alright. Hey, you're about to be eight and eight again. Let's go. You're seven and eight right now against the spread tonight. It all changes. And then you finish the season what? That's a winner. That's a winner. You should be eyeing that.

Don't be saying I'm looking for next year already coach What are you doing? Come on coach you be where your feet are? Okay, right here right now You have a chance to change everything could you imagine going into the offseason above 500? Oh, you can still say hey, I get it right momentum more I don't yeah, you know, it's a tough game these sportsbooks seemingly got all figured out But I beat him more times than I lose to him. That's what's on the line for you. Yep Come on. This is the last Thursday in football you need you to be five need you tonight you pick some playoff yeah we'll give you a couple

yeah big ones big ones cuz you do good on the big ones right every Sunday Saturday and Sunday you do this year every every every day but Thursday yeah whoa whoa whoa whoa we started six and one, can you believe that? Yeah, that makes it even worse. I was trying not to bring that up. Don't bring that up. I was trying to not bring that up, yeah, because you're doing four and two with the Bears.

Yeah, your record since the Hail Mary is. Not good. Yeah, it's gone downhill kind of. Wonder what was the catalyst for that? You're the Bears. Yeah. UFOs probably. Oh yeah, probably the drones.

It should be. Probably the drones. I would also argue the relationships. A lot of the times you would just pick the teams that you have relationships Yeah, you feel obligated. Yeah, that was bad. I was sitting in that desk exactly and I think jelly roll was sitting right here And I went one way it was jelly and then you came back to me. I'm sitting over there. Yeah, and that's how you get by Yeah, no, I cuz if you there. Yeah, and that's how you get by. You know why? Because if you went with blood. Yeah, it was your brother.

That's my pick against my brother. I'm gonna pick against my brother. That's where this shit started. Yeah, not Jelly Roll's fault. And they're doing good. No, it was your fault. I love this Washington commanders team and all that, Quinn. Great story.

They're gonna make the playoffs. Once again, not Jelly Roll's fault here. No, hell no. Love Jelly Roll. That's why I got this jacket I think you did that is legalize country music Ernest shout to the boys legalize it to by the way Tennessee laws it and and and change it a little bit buy in yeah buy in the country music and maybe fucking cut your teeth in Nashville if you're gonna come up mm-hmm

this ain't country music! Why are we hating? Well, D-Bone is an authority on country music. He's not a voter on any of the awards, but he thinks he'd be better than these motherfuckers that are picking these awards. He will be one day. He loves him some country music. He wears his country boots, he wears his vest, he wears a hoodie, he wears a fucking toque.

Yeah, country toque. Toque if you had to. And he's got these thin little feet that he puts these boots on. He's ready to walk all over your opinions of country music. He was not thrilled that Beyonce won over Megan Maroney. Yeah, Lainey Wilson. Yeah, or any of these other country music artists

that have cut their teeth in Nashville. And Beyonce's daughter was in there with her too. Blue Ivy's crushed again, a little line dancing. It sounded like country music. Like if I closed my eyes and I was just listening, it sounded like Nashville. It sounded like country music. D-Bone's eyes weren't closed.

Very open, which is what a lot of people were saying maybe is the issue. Where was the song written? Jay-Z doing the Super Bowl? Nope, Kendrick is doing the Super Bowl. That was obviously- You didn't have anything to do with it? Jay-z doing the Super Bowl. Nope Kendrick is doing Super Bowl That was obviously anything to do with it Jay-z works for the NFL For has been for like 10 years I think something like that. It's been there for a while. I think oh, maybe not 10 years five years It's longer than you know, a cup of coffee. Yeah, I forget what it he's the one that makes the decisions though allegedly is how everybody feels so whenever Kendrick gets picked over at a little wine diner...

and New Orleans, S.Doc Carter, you know, the Carter, the whole... Yeah, come on. It's tough. Yeah. Kendrick will do the right thing. He'll do the right thing. I'm in league, I'm in league, I'm in league. Come on. Get out of here. I don't know, cause... He just pulled out an album

There's water Yeah That's super half-time shows going out the little to the hype of what happened just yesterday will be on say exactly man Was there a thousand people on the field pretty much? She went up into the sky? Bang underneath that's Christmas, but Jones are. You're going down so I walk off I think fuck the country though. What I didn't say that's what bonesman saying That ain't country. Yeah, exactly. Yeah, you're saying that this morning. Holy shit. He was also very sick He coughed and sneezed on everybody in here pumped

Stand in hell the morning. It sounds like I get sick dude New the office obviously very new the office like I'm waltzing in here Well sniffles is one thing he is legitimately sick Yeah, I've been taking Nyquil Dayquil you name it. Don't worry about everything's okay. It's like if I get sick right now I'm gonna let you know I'm I'm holding against you. A of guys are probably called in though. Gotta give them now exactly. That's the give him the take So it's where hazmat suit sure hazmat. Yeah like back whenever Ebola Ebola to be very pretty much is with what he would came in where yeah, I didn't have his toque over his mouth

But it was pretty close It was 45 degrees outside was actually like a little bit of a heat wave today after Christmas, which once again, to the Tennessee people, that could have happened to you, but instead it was the complete opposite. It was bitter, cold, dry, terribly, winter came, you know, for the volunteers. But yeah, we kept them isolated in there.

We tried to keep them isolated. He's talent, he's real talent, got a great work ethic. But he takes country music very serious. Down there in Texas, he did a lot of options, you know, yeah Posty popped out didn't he? Yeah, I think that's why he is so mad because who he said was gonna win all the awards Didn't I think that's why? He deserves a vote. That's what he thinks Speaking of vote. Have you figured out who you're voting for MVP yet time two games left Well, we appreciate that Thank God, I? Two games left. We appreciate that.

Yep, good man. Thank god I don't have one. I'm on a CFC Seahawks. Yeah, give me the Seahawks as well on this one. But hey, earlier though, wasn't it that Russ has never got a first place vote for MVP? Is that what it is, really? Yeah, I was trying to think of that.

I almost said it. I didn't remember if it was right. So I just said he's never won MVP. I believe that is. But Chris Collinsworth, I do recall saying, this guy's never got a number one vote for an MVP ever. Tone could give us his first one. Tone could give him the first one. No. Tone, then you just kind of punt your vote. You're like, I don't know who it is, so I'm just going to pick somebody that isn't a finalist. That'd

be bullshit. That'd be sweet. They said, hey, Russ Wilson got his first one though. Everybody would know, hey, Russ Wilson got his first one though. Yeah, everybody everybody would know Hey, Russ wasn't guys the first time ever. He's got a first place vote and then everyone just cuts the tone smallest salary He's ever had to we're only worth 1 million bucks that guy wanna One over a number one MVP vote from one man as funny as that would be Funny can't do that. You lose your vote you think just I'm okay You can't do that. You'd lose your vote, you think? I'm okay with it. All your votes be made very public?

Or is that just because we're going to force you to do that? No, I believe they're all made public. Really? We're definitely going to make it all public. Every pick you make. Transparency. That's what we do around here. Hashtag journalism.

No anonymous sources really ruffled some feathers. Who didn't like it? In sports, all the people that benefit from it. But then I was told that we benefit from it too. What are you guys gonna fucking talk about? People are, who's gonna release information? The teams are gonna be the ones that are gonna release information?

Who's it gonna be? Same people. Well, you just have to require the team to release a certain amount of information for us to have a job. Okay, obviously. Made the answer. Need the NFL to give us three drama things from each team every single week.

And at least we know who's coming. I'd argue that it would make the show better because we would come up with our own theories and solutions and stories. Anonymous sources make the world go round in sports though. Isn't that right? We talked about it earlier. Open your mouth Chuck. Yes. Well Chuck said he had a local newspaper guy he used to say hey. Exactly. You put my name out there for a head coaching job. Yeah do that. Let's think about your local whatever the guys that they talk the most about

talk the most about. It can't be no can't do no wrong. This guy is this this this and he's he's he should be the head coach. He should be whatever he should get this job. He should get that job. It's all work. Huh? You're saying it's a work. Wow. no! Let me guess. I know it's not right, but Tooth Fairy's not real? I thought you were gonna say that. No, no, it is. It happens everywhere. Everywhere. My six years here, we'd have stuff go on, and before I could get from one room to the next,

the stuff's already out. God, that had to piss you off. Legit had to piss you off. No, absolutely. And you got your ideas, and you got your, you know, but like that. Like stuff like you're like, there's no way. And there's only one, there is a way.

But why? So you know that, you know that Kanye and Kim, they're no longer together. They were called Kim. Yeah. They had a couple of kids. They would feed fake names to people in their circle of the kid's name. And then they would remember who got what name.

So then whenever the name was released and they were like breaking the name of brilliant at when I heard it, I still talk about this day cuz I'm like that's the easiest way So however you can get that type of information to who you think is the leak that's how you that's how you figure it out That's how you get to the bottom of it. Thank you to Kim. Yeah for doing that Well that being said I'm done with anonymous sources. Yep Like that brick Johnson thing we should have know that never no no nobody should but the person that wanted everybody to know was like Listen, it is fucking shit. Just a little bit. It's like All right, I get it. It's newism. You want multiple sources

Saying hey 17 year olds in there stepping in front of brick. Yeah, there's a brick in front of a brick and one bricks a billionaire the other one back to being a linebackers coach so who's talking you tell me what a wild time to be alive H we appreciate you brother appreciate you it's great time great time to be alive we know that also I hope you guys had a good Christmas Jeff you said he's a bit sounds like he's a bit stressed with the whole Christmas holiday season going on Hanukkah as well started last night and speaking of that I've gotten a text from multiple Jewish people okay that said Shephty's daughter completely wrong. What? Yeah, completely wrong. Really? Yeah. I guess and I don't want to say whoa you know hate to say we told you so because none of us are

Jewish and it's not our holiday but I guess the middle one lights all the other ones Okay, yeah, and then I guess in the Torah they read right to left So the first one that goes up is actually far right and then they go from the left Oh three four five six seven back to the right to catch up with night one So it's almost like a bookend and then they come down a line down here. I'm looking at it right here I think it's what I was I was told so night one should be a far right light as opposed to a far left light Even though in theory you would understand why it would go to the left, but God bless you You know, we're just some mentions over here. Well, I'm trying to make sure we do it right bingo

Yeah, right. Yeah, mazel brother mazel. I'll be some well danger well Yahweh bless you. That is a sad state of affairs Yeah, blow those candles out. Well, mom Yeah, bingo. Peace be with you. And also with you. You guys got a lighter?

Yeah. Yeah, yeah, here. Okay. Boom. Light them up. Chef D's struggling. And they said let there be light. I don't know if, yeah, Chef D said he's not appreciated in his house, you know.

Sound like it. He hates the hall. That's why he's been dunking on people. He said, well, everybody seems to have such a fucking great time, huh? Well, that's where you know, hey, you gotta buy all these presents. Well, what do you know?

It's night one of Hanukkah, and I gotta buy a bunch more fucking presents. Nobody says thank you to me. They always say thank you to my wife. So, okay. Happy to be here. I remember, the kids love it. You know, yeah, they get excited. They love it. That's great.

So Have you eight crazy nights? With that being said, you got your light wrong. It's like he was rolling through a lot of stuff there. They can't blame Shafty. No, no. But I guess number two, which will be lit this evening is L one. Okay. I believe it is back to L one. I believe it is back to this side. So it's 1 R1

Then 2 is L1 then 3 is L2 4 is L3 Get it 5 is L4. Sure. Then R4 is 6. As you stare at it. Yes Exactly as we look at it. It can't be like the kick team. We're the kick return team Yeah, we're looking at it. And that one gets lit lit tonight the far left l1. Yeah, l1 gets Yep, Foxy's zooming in that would be l1 right there. Yeah, okay There's four on each side cuz there's a crazy Knights the one in the middle is life. Okay, that's just all the Knights always lit Our one Well, are you rewrite the left which Which one were you saying gets lit tonight?

L1. Yeah. I thought the one we just lit gets lit tonight. Or just light whatever the fuck is the one you want tonight. The internet is telling me the one next to the one we have lit is next. See, so if everybody's doing it their own way, then just light whichever one you want.

I'm gonna let you know, I tried to behind the shit out of this. Didn't we? Yeah you did. We tried our fucking best. Which we knew. So many different... hold on. To light a menorah place the candles from right to left. Okay. Then light them from left to right each night using the chamosh to light the others. On the first night light only the rightmost candle adding one candle to the left each of Subsequent night while reciting the appropriate press. Oh, so we need to go Yeah, all the way down the line. Okay, so completely opposite of what chef for said Yes boy mazel tough day

Alright. Boy. Mausel. Tough day, Shifty. Is this guy okay? He's 58 years old. How many fucking Hanukkas has he seen lately? Can't you just pay? He's got so many techs. Oh yeah. Hanukkah time? Okay, playoffs. Yeah, easy, okay? Someone's about to get fired, so just light it how you want. Dad, can I like film in or? I don't give a shit. Light it how you want. I'll be back in 30 minutes. Where's my gift? Where's my gift? Under the fucking tree your mom got it for you, okay? You're welcome. Hanukkah would be much better if it was more like Christmas.

He mentioned that. Yeah, oh yeah. He mentioned how there's been a little bit of a Christmifying of Hanukkah and he doesn't love it. Doesn't love it. Anyways, happy Hanukkah everybody. Happy Hanukkah. Happy holidays. Of course. Merry Christmas, happy holidays.

Christmas was awesome. Hey, love the hoodie, Crooked Stick. That's the course here in Indianapolis that hosts the PGA stuff, Crooked Stick, right? Yeah. How'd you do there? You play well? I think 87.

Ooh. Not bad. Really not bad. Hard to get on on Crooked Stick. Hard to get on Crooked Stick. You know there's a member that we know. Who? AC. Of course, AC Anthony Calhoun. Shout out to AC. Plugged, connected. He would love to host this group. We'll drive an hour and 45 minutes. Yeah definitely. I love golf. Yeah we'll go we'll drive four hours. It gets crooked stick and then we'll spend four hours out there You know what fuck it. Let's stay two nights. We got a hotel over there. I got a hotel in there It's so he's talked about your spring Go play right and I got kiboshed pretty quick

It had legs cuz you lost you lost. Yeah, remember that's part of your losing streak. You're gonna pay for Like the lights we can do whatever the fuck we want to do Get that going again. That's true Chuck. The lights are whatever we want to do. You want to do it on tonight? You want to do it on tonight? Yeah, see Hawks minus four and a half. Oh, no, you want to put an entire spring golf league in? Fuck what that score is. We're doing it and AC's hosting. Alright we'll see. I doubt it by the way.

AC said Tempest. I'm busy. Dave Colabro retired, did you see that? Hell of a run. 32 years right? 32? Go run Colabro. Appreciate you Dave.

Appreciate you Colabs. Dave was co-host at the Pat McPherson Show at One Point Live on WTHR Tuesdays. That was really kind of him. Great hair. Holy shit. Good commercial. David's co-host at the Pat McPherson Show at One Point Live on WTHR, Tuesdays. I was really kind to him. Great hair. Holy shit. Good commercial. Good commercial, great hair. Started telling me some good news on WTHR during COVID and everything.

It's got good joy spirit to it. He gets the bottom. Also the voice of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Grew up in the area, he's the MC for the Indy 500. Everybody loves him. How could you not? Still doing that? Yep.

Retired from TV, didn't retire from. Hell yeah. You don't retire from the 500. Now the 500 retires you. Joseph Newgarden. Best racing in town, by the way. By far. In the country.

G1's still going on? I think they quit. I think they're done. Yeah. NASCAR? Their season is done for the year. No, I thought the championships coming up. No, it's done Ascars done. Yeah, who won the Lugano win? Joey did Joey won everyone's pissed. He fucking got in. What about Kyle? KY yeah, he's just didn't have a car is he yeah, but the cheddar sandwich was so damn good It was chicken tender player number eight. So good. Just like KY it is delicious, but the cheddar sandwich was so damn good. It was chicken tender plier number eight so good just like KY it is delicious

But we might need to cuz you won really over moving forward. Yeah, they blew up the whole thing First step and winner again. Yeah It's over. They stopped it. It's done. Yeah, stop sport. Fuck it. We're done with this shit It's crazy people still try to watch it though They're like it's the same thing. It's like what's the go watch the show the butts and morning still heartbroken Obviously still hangs with J. Leto He's in the paddock. Yeah shaking hands. This is fun, right? Yeah Did you really fall down that hill? Yep. No, yeah face first you saw it. Yeah

Roll over not a chance. Well, no, I think he bang and then his body actually Face like this way. Yeah He had some speed then yeah It was like a boom and they rolled through like a cart and they got all the way back up on his knees again It was like no no, no, no, no, and then bang then bang again. And then another one, he hit it four times. Yeah, cause we found out it was 52 feet. Yep. Is that the measurement?

Yeah. I thought it was 44 cause they said it was 60. 48, 44, whatever the proper. I just know it's bullshit. Leno's still good. What do you mean? He's back. Yeah.

Still bringing it. Still doing standup. I think he's got a special coming up soon. That Barghetti one is worth a watch. Yeah, I'm pumped to watch that one. What's that on? Netflix. Your friend, Nate Barghetti.

I love him. And it is... Can't wait. He just... At one point, there's a standing ovation for him, and he's just standing there like this, doesn't break, lets him finish, right back into it. He's in a circle stage, it's in an arena. It's fucking...

It was very... I mean, he's fucking a genius. And then you talk about Shane with fucking JJ. Look at all the other commercials that happened and look at that one. Yep, exactly. It's like, there's a reason. Some of these things are not like the other. You know, and it gets going.

We're lucky to know all these fuckers. Now I'm pumped for the Barghetti. And we just dumbify everything. Well, we'll continue to do that tomorrow. After the Seahawks, hopefully cover. Touch. You want a waffle? No sir.

Seahawks. Gino Schmidt. You want to do a giveaway? It's holiday season. Holy shit, we just lit a candle. Let's light this thing up. Yeah! Come on!

Yeah, let's light this thing up! Oh, one-hitting stand! Mad dummy, bro. Oh, yeah, let's light this thing up. Oh one-handed mad dummy, bro He did have a good catch he deserved a game boy shoes, Chuck. Oh those are sick. Oh, those are mad dummy Cactus Jack's dog do be All right in the cactus Cactus Jacks, all you gotta do is put that football into this hoop right over here. If you're able to accomplish that,

30 people will win $500 on this boxing day from the state of Canada Thursday. Go ahead, Chuck. Don't hit the menorah. Good call. Oh! Thought that was one and done. Hey, what did I say?

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With the number 24, we're talking everything. It is a picks, I think you said a bunch of picks. I don't know if he's gonna get like, over as a country musician, but when he does, his merch company is fucking ready to go. He might do it, he might get over if you do it The other thing we talked about tune that thing properly, yeah Perhaps. Oh yeah.

Yeah. And laughing. Yeah. You ever dug that? No. But all Chuck Pagano's gotta do is put that football into that hoop right over there, and 30 people will win five whole bodies.

He's getting worse. What the fuck is that? That was so bad. That wasn't real. You might as well have thrown it in the dirt. Chuck, for the people 30 people 500 dollars I could do is put a football into the hole better a little better yeah but you knew it never had a chance don't think just spin he's Italian and Same spot. Give a little oomph on it, will you?

Chuck Magano, 30 winner! Oh, a little more oomph. I'm finally the one. A little bit of a buzzsaw. A little bit of a buzzsaw. Chuck Magano here, a nice Italian lad, will be attempting to win 30 people, $500! That's right, John! Hell yeah! 30 people All right Yeah! Merry Christmas! Yes! Woo! Alright, everybody have a great Thursday night. I was so jacked up right there.

That was fucking awesome! Yup! Yeah, that's right Chuck. 30 people, $500. Hell yeah! Happy Hanukkah, baby! Happy Hanukkah, Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays! Light em up! Light em up! Light em up!

Chucks winning and that's what's up. All you gotta do is repost this post, say something nice to somebody. Put the easiest way to pay you. You might be one of 30 winners of $500. Alright, be a friend, tell a friend something nice. It might change your life. We're in this thing together. Team on me!

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