January 25, 2025 • 42 mins
LaVar Arrington previews the NFC & AFC Championship, quick thoughts on some college coaching gigs, and Up on Game / Down on Game!
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Speaker 3 (01:34):
Uh, but first let's kind of uh, let's let's jump
it off with this NFC Championship game. The Eagles are
favored at a negative six. Is that how you say it?
A negative point? What is a negative six?
Speaker 4 (01:50):
Well, they're just favored by six.
Speaker 3 (01:52):
Yeah, when you put the negative there, it is. That's
what I was looking for right there. Thanks pervent minus six.
We ate that help.
Speaker 2 (02:01):
We will be doing up on game down on game two,
by the way.
Speaker 3 (02:04):
All right, so let's talk about this all right. So
you got the Commanders and they verse the Philadelphia Eguals,
and well, if you know, the Commanders are hot right now.
They won the last matchup between the two teams. Now,
with that being said, the caveat was, well, you know,
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everybody wasn't playing for Philadelphia when Washington won that game.
But I'll say this, heading into this matchup, there are
some really what I would say, interesting things to look for.
First things first, obviously are health concerns. Is Jalen Hurts,
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how is his health? Is he going to be full speed?
Is he going to be full speed enough? It's a
very different game if Jalen Hurts does not have the
ability or the health to actually pull that ball out
in that RPO and get out of there and run
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it himself. We saw that be a very very big
piece of the puzzle early on in the game. The
last game that they played in UH, he was able
to run for a really long touchdown. The balance between
him and Sakuon Barkley obviously makes for a very very
hard to contain and defend offense of this Eagles team.
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So what is Jalen Hurts his What is his health?
What's his level of health? That's going to play a
major part. And keeping in mind that they are playing
in Philadelphia, even if they were playing Washington probably wouldn't
be too much warmer. But that brings you to the
next point is the weather conditions doesn't seem like it's
going to rain, doesn't seem like it's going to snow.
It's just going to be very frigid, very cold weather
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conditions that they're going to play in in the link.
Keep in mind that's a train ride away from Washington,
d C. So it's not going to be this this
major uh. I guess you say advantage for Philadelphia playing
in Philly as it applies to dealing with the weather,
they kind of deal with the same type of weather conditions.
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It might be a little bit warmer in Washington in
northern Virginia, but kind of in a lot of ways
similar in conditions. So so I don't see that being
a factor here in this game. I will say the
factors that I'm looking at outside of the health of
j Well, Jalen Hurts is the offensive front for Washington.
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Now they don't have their starting guard. I believe his
name is Cosmi or come see something to that effect.
I know I'm messing up his name, but he is
the guard that that really in the offensive line did
a pretty good job against Jalen Carter, and that that
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win that they had against the Eagles and him being
out with a torn knee ligament that creates a major
question mark. Jalen Carter is the difference maker for a
loaded Philadelphia Eagles team. If you think about Philadelphia's defense,
they're rated number one and total defense, which is they've
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had a phenomenal year. Passing their rated number one and
rushing they're actually their tenth. So when you look at
what they've been able to put together as as a
defensive unit, that is on par for the course for
dominant Philadelphia Eagles teams. That's a part of their DNA
is to play defense, and that's what this team has done.
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Has played some tremendous defense. So that's going to be
a major positive for the Eagles. If Jalen Hurts isn't
in the proper condition to really bring that dynamic to
the running game out of the backfield with those rpo plays,
it's ultimately going to come down to one hundred percent,
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how well does Washington's offensive front deal with what Jalen
Carter and company sweat and all. What will they be
able to do against that defensive front. Will they be
able to give the running game, which I think is
going to be super important for Washington to be able
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to establish the run. It's going to be super important
for Washington to be able to win on early downs.
If if Philly is able to keep them to second
and longs, it's going to be a long day for Washington.
If Philly is able to force Jaden Daniels to be
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one day dimensional in his approach to the game, it
will be a.
Speaker 2 (07:04):
Very very long day.
Speaker 3 (07:06):
Now while you are having some some tremendous success from
from some of the other guys that that are playing with,
you know, this this Washington team and uh and what
we had with mclaur and Terry McLaurin, and who's the other.
Who's the other? I'm blanking on his name, but he's
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a he's a stone cold baller at the receiver position.
Came from uh, Pam, tell.
Speaker 2 (07:33):
Me his name again, Brown. There you go. He's been.
Speaker 3 (07:37):
He's he's added a big play element to this offense
and has been able to get the defenses off of
just keying and bracketing up Terry McLaurin, which I think
it has been a tremendous asset for Cliff Kingsbury, who,
by the way, is going to have to be every
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bit of the offensive guru that he's been all season
for this offense to be able to navigate against this
Eagles defense. So and looking at what this for the
defense and and for Eagles in general, I think the
biggest thing that they have to do Eagles wise is
they have to be able to force Jayde Daniels to
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be one dimensional, take the run game out of it.
You know, Robinson Eckler, They're going to have to have
a good game for the Commanders. But if I am
the Eagles, I take the run completely away, make them
a purely passed team. Make Jayde and Daniels have to
win the game with his arm and try to pressure
him into situations where it forces him to make mistakes.
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I think that that's the biggest thing for them on offense.
Obviously we know it just stays the same. Established a
run with Saquon Barkley went on first down, and obviously
there's so much talent on the outsides. If you're able
to establish the run with Saquon, going to make it very,
very difficult for them to be able to stop them
in the passing game. If they can't stop the run
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with a seven to eight man front, and they have
to commit more people to being able to stop Saquon
or even balance up to try to stop Jalen Hurts
from running, depending on if he can run. That's going
to create a lot of stress on the one on
one matchups with Smith and with Brown on the edges
on the outside, and they have tight end help as well.
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It just turns out to be probably too daunting of
a situation for Washington to be in if they're able
to if the Eagles, that is, are able to establish
a run, and by all things, all evidence given, it
looks as though no one is slowing down this running
attack of the Eagles. Sakwon Barkley is running brilliantly. The
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blocking schemes are working perfectly for them, and if they
don't work early when you're getting a team's best punch,
this Eagles team has proven that they have durability during
the course of the game and they're able to wear
you down. Looking at the Washington side of it, the
defensive front has been one that has stepped up and.
Speaker 2 (10:11):
Played very well. Top draft picks.
Speaker 3 (10:14):
Along the line, paying one of the big names on
that line, They're going to have to do what kind
of looked like as maybe an uphill battle, maybe the impossible.
They gotta win up front. They got to win up front,
and they got to hold up for four quarters to
match the physicality of this Philadelphia offensive line and be
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able to tackle well with Sakwon Barkley and Jalen Hurts.
I believe if they can stop the run, of course, right,
if they can stop the run, making Jalen or excuse yeah,
Jalen Hurts a one dimensional player as well.
Speaker 2 (10:52):
I think the.
Speaker 3 (10:52):
Same dynamic with Jaden Daniels is the same one that
exists with Jalen Hurts, which is, force him to be
as one dimensional as you possibly can. Put him in
pressure pack situations, make him have to move around and
force him to win the game with his arm. Do
not allow them to establish the run, Do not allow
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them to get comfortable in the run. It will be
a long, long day for the Washington commanders if that
were to happen. So on, defense is simple. Match the
physicality up front, stop to run. You hope that you're
able to hold up with the strength of your defense.
One being you're able with Louvu, You're able to get
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to the quarterback a lot more than what you have
been in years past, and your secondary is pretty dog
going good. So let your secondary be the reason why
you're able to win this game outside of the defensive
front holding up and forcing them to throw the ball.
And the same thing exists for the redskin.
Speaker 2 (11:52):
Excuse me.
Speaker 3 (11:53):
The commanders on defense as well, which is they have
to win on early downs. Make it so that Jalen
Hurts is forced to figure out, make it so that
the offensive coordinator and Sirianni and company are forced to
figure out what they have to do on second in longs, thirds,
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third and longs.
Speaker 2 (12:14):
If they get in.
Speaker 3 (12:15):
The second and manageables second and shorts, third and shorts,
it's going to be four down territory and it's going
to be hard for them to stop the Eagles in
short yardage situations. So the big dogs got to come out.
Bobby Wagner's got to be the leader that he is
for that defense. On the defense side of the ball,
If Jade and Daniels can find that comfort, if he
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can find a rhythm, if Cliff Kingsbury can come out
with quick, short hitting plays, quick throws, quick hitting runs
that keep the defense honest. If they can come out
with short game plays that get wins early in the game,
this could turn into a very interesting game for this
So if I'm looking at it, I'll tell you that
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the the total of it, or I tell you what
it is when we get to up on game down
on game Yeah.
Speaker 2 (13:05):
Uh, If I'm looking at who has the advantage.
Speaker 3 (13:08):
I think that obviously the Philadelphia Eagles have the advantage
in this game, both both talent wise with with you know,
the players that they have personnel speaking, but they also uh,
I mean, they're just very balanced. It's just as balanced
the team as you get. And it's going to be
a difficult task to go into the link into Philadelphia
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and win that game if you're the Washington Commanders. But nonetheless,
they do have a chance. There are matchup there are
matchup positive matchups for the Commanders in this game. Can
Cliff Kingsbury get to them? Can they take advantage of it?
On defense and blitz play play north and South on defense,
do not wait, do not catch. They might have a
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chance to get this. We'll keep this thing going on.
We are up on game. This is Fox Sports Radio.
We're gonna take a quick break, and on the other
side of the break, we're gonna preview the AFC Championship
game that's between the Bills and the Chiefs. Yeah, we'll
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All right, welcome back in. It's up on game and
we're live from the Tyrack dot com studio. LeVar, Arrington,
TJ and Plex are out well, we've been talking a
lot of football today. Well, I've been talking a lot
of football today. Hope you guys have been enjoying it.
I know I have. I like to hear myself talk sometimes.
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If you miss anything, make sure you check out the
podcast as well. And we do have Jonas coming up next,
so it'd be interesting to hear the things that he
has to say about some of the games going on
this weekend and the awards. I'm sure he'll have a
lot to say, so make sure you just stay tuned
and for him. I just promised we're going to get
to this AFC matchup between the Bills. They're visiting in
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Arrowhead to play against the Chiefs. Now, the Chiefs are
favored by one and a half points, that being what
a minus one point five?
Speaker 2 (17:20):
Is that right? Did I get that right?
Speaker 4 (17:22):
Yes?
Speaker 2 (17:22):
Okay, thank you.
Speaker 3 (17:24):
We will be doing up one game down on game
at ten at well forty five forty five after so.
Speaker 2 (17:31):
We'll get there about eleven minutes or so.
Speaker 3 (17:34):
But talking about this AFC matchup, obviously, I believe it
would be difficult to say that there is a clear
winner to the who has the most pressure on them
in this game, and the reason being is the Kansas
City Chiefs have in a lot of ways been a
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overcome all the odds types of team. They've had to
adjust the way they win, They've had to adjust the way.
Speaker 2 (18:04):
They call their offenses.
Speaker 3 (18:06):
They've had to adapt and adjust on what they do
on the defensive side of the ball, and they have
consistently done it. They are now in position to be
a three peak team. A three peak team, and if
I do believe that would be a first, correct, there's
never been a three peat. I don't believe.
Speaker 2 (18:26):
I think they're chasing history by doing this. So that's pressure. Well,
you look at the Buffalo Bills.
Speaker 3 (18:37):
They finally are living up to what would be considered
the expectation and the standard in which they've come to create.
With the play of Josh Allen, I'll admit I thought
that this could have been a year where they went
backwards because they lost Stefan Diggs and Seeming Lee. It
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was the right decision and the right move for them
to do. It seemed to have maybe made the environment
a little bit more comfortable for players that were involved,
maybe Josh Allen being the most to benefit from the
departure of Stefan Diggs. This is a better team than
what it was last year. And I would be the
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first to say coming into this year, I felt like
the window was closing and that maybe this isn't as
good a team as it would be in years past,
and it would show out this year that has been
far from what the truth has been. Their defense has
has stepped up, They've played well at Oliver has has
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continued to be, I mean, just a grown ass man
on the inside, on that interior line. Obviously you got
von Miller that that is the ageless the vet of
the group. But they have played really well. They have
played some really inspired football. They gave Baltimore all they
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could handle. The schematics of what they brought to the
table I thought was very very well thought out.
Speaker 2 (20:12):
The way that they approached.
Speaker 3 (20:14):
Playing against Derrick Henry as well as Lamar Jackson. Now
they could have lost the game, obviously, could have went
into overtime. We'll never know Andrews drops the ball. But nonetheless,
if you asked me going into that game, who was
the hottest team in the National Football League out of
my top three. If you guys recall from last week,
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I said my top three hottest teams. Number one were
the Baltimore Ravens, Number two the Buffalo Bills, and I
put number three. I put the Los Angeles Rams, which
I think I was accurate. They ended up losing, and
so did the Ravens, which were the number one hottest
team going into the playoffs. So for the for the
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Buffalo Bills to overcome that that mass but I will
say it was home. They now have to travel and
play against the Chiefs on the road. Will that Will
that be a difference maker? I think going on the road.
One of the toughest places to play in, and I
know this firsthand is playing in Kansas City in Arrowhead.
Speaker 2 (21:20):
It's very loud.
Speaker 3 (21:21):
I help people know the history of the stadium. It's
one of those stadiums that has broken the record in
terms of, you know, the decibel point of how loud
it is within the stadium. It's going to be loud
tomorrow in that stadium. Can Josh Allen raise his self
to a level to overcome anything and everything that has
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ever kept him from winning against the Chiefs in the
playoffs tomorrow? That's probably the biggest question. Another question that
I heard coming up during the course of the week,
does Josh Allen have to outplay Patrick Mahomes to win
this game. I think that's probably the biggest storyline for
me going into the game, that question in particular. My
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answer to that is no, I don't believe he has to.
I believe that he has to play within himself. Again,
like the other preview that I gave, I think it's
critically imperative for Buffalo to win on first down, on
early downs, even second down, because they have a tremendously
successful conversion.
Speaker 2 (22:27):
Rate on third downs.
Speaker 3 (22:29):
If they can get it to a third manageable third
and short, they are most likely more than often going
to be able to convert that down. So it's going
to be vitally important that this Bill's offense really gears
up to grind it out, and especially early on in
the game, grind it out to get to those third
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manageables and don't be afraid to look for the big
play while you're grinding it out. Don't be afraid to
take a chance. Certain downs you might be able a
third manageable, you might be able to take a chance,
knowing that the game plan is to keep it very
very controlled. The more you control the line, the more
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you control the line of scrimmage and get those shorter
down plays and can extend the drives. The more you
keep Patrick Mahomes on the sideline, and that probably is
your best defense against Patrick Mahomes is keeping him on
the sideline. So I would say they need to keep
those Chiefs offense on the sideline. But they also need
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to be able to know where Carloftis is because while
Chris Jones has been the man and has been doing
some crazy things to make sure this defense does well,
Carloftis has been a guy that has been used masterfully
and could be a problem for this Bill's offense. So
I think on offense, the Bills have to be able
to manage early downs and really, really Josh Allen has
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to find his rhythm. And on Kansas City's defense, they
got to limit They gotta limit Josh Allen, make them
have bad plays early, keep the downs long second, you know,
second and long eight nine, whatever it may be. You
got to keep it where they can't open up their
playbook or where Josh Allen has the confidence to pull
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it down and start running around. That could be a
problem for the Bills. I look at it like this,
one thing, one thing only you gotta stop Patrick Mahomes.
Bottom line, you gotta block on offense. Obviously due to
opposite of what I said that the Kansasae Chiefs need
to do. It gets you on on their defense side
of the ball. But if I am the Kansas City
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Chiefs or well if I'm the Bills defense, I have
to stop Patrick Mahomes. And if I'm the Kansas City offense,
I gotta get Patrick Mahomes going early. Listen, everybody knows
that Kelsey's getting the ball, but for some strange reason,
for the last since since Patrick Mahomes has been there,
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nobody wants to cover them, or can't cover them, or
figure out how to cover them, what defensive scheme could
work against them. They ad lived so much it's very
difficult to defense them. So looking at it from the
perspective of what do you do to stop Kelsey and Mahomes,
I think you got to try to limit them and
contain them.
Speaker 2 (25:14):
But you are not going to stop them.
Speaker 3 (25:16):
Some way, somehow, They're going to find a way to
connect with one another and get plays that really matter.
I know people bring up the flops and bring up
the referees in the situation, I'll be the first one.
Speaker 2 (25:27):
To tell you that while referees.
Speaker 3 (25:30):
Making bad calls can impact the game, it should not
impact the game where the Buffalo Bills are unable to
win the game. That will not be an excuse that
should be given come Monday morning, when if the Kansas
City Chiefs win the game, they've got to play defense.
They played defense against a better offense this past weekend.
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The Ravens offense is a better offense than the Kansas
City Chiefs offense, but they have Patrick Mahomes. So if
you're going to have a chance to do anything against
this Kansas City's Chiefs team, you are going to have
to do what very few have done, which is limit
Patrick Mahomes to the success he's able to have impacting
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the game. Because I do believe they can do some
things on offense. The Bills can do some things on
offense where they can win this game. But with that
being said, Spagnola has been one of the most brilliant
defensive minds in the last five years or so ten
six seven years of coming up with great defensive skin.
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Fact that goes back to when he won it as
a defense coordinator in New York with the Giants. He
has always been able to come up with excellent defensive
schemes in the biggest games of the year. With that,
I give the advantage to the Chiefs in this game
going into it. But again we'll get to up on game,
down on game in the next segment. We're going to
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talk coaches in a you a few moments. Let's get
I lo with the update. What you got trend in
my guy.
Speaker 4 (27:06):
Just turn and LeVar, just turn him, you know.
Speaker 5 (27:08):
It was also earning Madison Keys today in the Australian
Open Ladies Final. She won her first career Grand Slam
in upset fashion over world number one Irena Sablenka. In
the NFL, on Friday night, the Dallas Cowboys hired offensive
coordinator Brian Schottenneimer is their new head coach. NFL media
reporting today the Schottenneimer's receiving a four year deal. The
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San Francisco forty nine ers on Friday night hired former
Jets head coach Robert Salad for his second stint as
their defensive coordinator. Finally, LeVar, I think you'll take a
particular interest in this item with the Washington Commanders, of course.
In the NFC, Championship game tomorrow at Philadelphia. ESPN did
a big story today on former Commander's owner Dan Snyder.
Speaker 3 (27:53):
Now, what does they even bring it up? Great of me, right, well,
you didn't even bring it up.
Speaker 4 (27:59):
You know who needs to?
Speaker 2 (28:00):
You know what I mean.
Speaker 3 (28:01):
I mean we did pass in the past.
Speaker 2 (28:04):
We all know.
Speaker 5 (28:06):
And the report is in an answer this question, Well,
what does Snyder think of the Commander's succeeding without him?
He hates it, A business colleague said, and I quote,
he bleeping hates it unquote. Story also shared a couple
of previously unreported details, including that Snyder was so incensed
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over the NFL finding him a record sixty million dollars
on his way out, he threatened to kill the sale
of the team at the last minute by refusing to
share his bank information. A rally had been planned at
the Commander's stadium for the new ownership group, but at
two o'clock that morning, Snyder was still refusing to hand
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over the keys to the stadium, saying and I quote,
it's still mine the truth passive if anyone goes there unquote.
So interesting new details reported today to you, LeVar.
Speaker 3 (29:01):
I appreciate that. I love that's pretty interesting. It kind
of sounded like Mickey Mouse.
Speaker 2 (29:05):
But what do you mean? Oh no, yeah, it wouldn't
be the first time. Okay. I did not bring that
story up everyone, by the way.
Speaker 3 (29:18):
I mean, I just kept it above board, you know,
with everything that's going on, you know that's relevant in sports.
I got that getting secondhand quotes about you know, how
he feels, and no no direct direct quotes from him,
and kind of like, I don't know, it's like a
witch hunter if you ask me, I low.
Speaker 2 (29:35):
You know what I mean, Like get a get an
interview from him.
Speaker 5 (29:38):
And they reached out, They reached out to him, they
reached want to talk.
Speaker 2 (29:44):
He didn't want to talk, you know what I mean.
Speaker 3 (29:46):
So you know, you run the story, but the man
didn't want to talk to y'all, that's what you came
up with. Like wild, I would have fun paling on him,
just for general purposes. I kind of like to keep
it professional. So I didn't want to like bring it
into the mix of everything that was going on today.
But I did want to bring Bill Belichick into the
mix though. I did want to do that, and I
wanted to bring in prime and talking about the college level.
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There was so much being made about the possibilities of
Bill Belichick possibly going into the National.
Speaker 2 (30:15):
Football League as a coach. Well, he did.
Speaker 3 (30:19):
Sign his contract and it does have a ten million
dollar buyout, and listen, it's not going to happen.
Speaker 2 (30:27):
Obviously.
Speaker 3 (30:28):
These coaches vacancies are now being filled up and they're going.
But let's be clear, I believe Bill Belichick was committed
to the idea of coaching at the college level and
was not going to go back to the NFL and
leave after committing to the University of North Carolina. I
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did not see that as being an option. I did
not see that as something he would do, and I'm
happy that he's staying. I think the biggest question that
comes out of just even before all of the is
he going to get bought out now that we're going
to settle in to the fact that he's going to
coach the.
Speaker 2 (31:08):
Tar Hills next year, what does that look like? Now?
Speaker 3 (31:12):
There's a question that we asked on two pros and
a cup of Joe during the week. His success does
what he was able to do and what he was
able to build at the pro level, which I think
very few would be able to ever put together a
better argument to say that there was a finer head
coach in the National Football League than Bill Belichick. Does
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that acumen that he brought to the National Football League
and had all that success with and won all those
titles and championships and was always in the big game
even if they didn't win at all. Can that translate
to the college level? Can he build a structure? You
got the nil that's now becoming a major piece in
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a major part of what's going on with the landscape
of college football. You're able to pay athletes, the circumstances,
the rules of engagement, they're quickly changing. So how does
that work out? How does that look for Bill Belichick?
I think if that man wins a national title, which
it has been done a couple of times, Pete Carroll
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just getting hired. He's been able to go from college
to pro and win championships, from National.
Speaker 2 (32:29):
Championship to Super Bowl. But I don't think anyone who
has won to the level of Bill Belichick.
Speaker 3 (32:35):
I know for certain there's not been somebody who has
won to the level Bill Belichick has won at the
pro level, has gone to another level and won a
national championship vice versa. It's just never been done to
the level in the capacity Bill Belichick has done it.
I am curious to see can he bring a national
title to UNC. That would be phenomenal, That would be
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amazing for sports. It would also probably make Bill Belichick
the goat. Before we end this segment, obviously there was
some news on coach Deon Sanders. Obviously, he's been such
a transparent open book so to speak, with how they
collect the content and how they put them out there
and how he's received It worked so brilliantly for Deon
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Sanders and the brand build out of not continuing not
only building his brand, but also building Colorado's brand, building
building the state of Colorado, not just the university that
he coaches at, the brand of so many other companies
that have come to the table and helped him build
the program back in Boulder. But it kind of back
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it backfired a little bit on him. Obviously, the big
time recruit, Juju lewis the quarterback. It was seen on
one of the pieces of content that he was having
conversations with him. It was the rules violation and now
he's going to have to get a rules education session,
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attend additional rules education on things like that and obviously
go through the content and make sure the content is
reviewed and edited as need be for appropriate release. That's
pretty interesting. I mean, that's a high profile prospect that
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obviously that that content came up on. And like I
said earlier, the wind blows hardest at the top of
the flagpole. Deon Sanders has done so much for that university.
He's done so much for college football, He's done so
much for college sports and sports in general, with the
impact that he's had on becoming a.
Speaker 2 (34:49):
Coach at the college level. This is not a big enough.
Speaker 3 (34:54):
Issue where it derails anything that Coach Prime has going on,
but it was worth noting that that was something that
had came up and came out. But with that being said,
you know, guys are out here playing to win, and
if conversations take place, rules are the rules.
Speaker 2 (35:15):
You gotta buy it by the rules.
Speaker 3 (35:16):
But we all know that's a tongue in cheek saying, right,
it's a tongue in cheek saying about the rules being
the rules, especially with so many different things developing in
the college football setting. So man, good luck to coach Belichick,
and you know what, Coach Prime, you gotta keep doing
You just make sure that it don't end up on
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you know, the content.
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That's all.
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This time for some picks.
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Well, this is an amazing week for me because obviously
after all of that tremendous analytics analysts work, and in
an expert commentary, I get to make my picks and
I don't have to pick against TJ or Plexico. But
for the sake of saying, what was the score? What
was the record last week?
Speaker 4 (38:51):
Bo? You went four and two last week? This might
have been the biggest washing yet.
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You went for and to TJ and Plaxba, probably why
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Didn't want to show up and deal with that.
Speaker 2 (39:06):
Yeah, say it one more time? What what?
Speaker 3 (39:08):
What?
Speaker 2 (39:08):
Uh?
Speaker 4 (39:08):
You nailed the national championship last week? Just pointing that out.
You were foreign too, They were one in five.
Speaker 2 (39:13):
Much thank you? All right, And I'm gonna nail this week.
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So if you're if you're taking advice, you better listen
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Speaker 4 (39:23):
We're gonna start. We're gonna start up on game down,
getting down on game courtesy of our friends over draftings,
all these odds, these numbers, these lines, beautiful stuff. Gonna
start the NFC Title Game Washington at Philadelphia. Philly a
six point favorite in this one. The total currently set
at forty seven and a half.
Speaker 3 (39:41):
I feel like there's an upset alert. But with that
being said, this defense of Philly too good. Uh, the
offense too good. I think it's gonna be too daunting
of a task. I'm taking Philly to cup.
Speaker 4 (40:01):
I'm going over under that forty seven and a half.
Speaker 2 (40:04):
I'm gonna take the under on the points. Interesting.
Speaker 4 (40:06):
I think this game goes either one of two ways.
Either Washington won's a close one or Philly just blows
them out of the water, in which case that game
is gonna go over. Next up, we got the AFC
Title Game Buffalo in Kansas City. Kansas City only a
one and a half point favorite at home here, the
total currently at forty eight and a half.
Speaker 3 (40:24):
I just think spag Nola. As I mentioned is Spag's
is definitely the critical key piece to all of this.
So when I look at how this game will play out,
it's going to be the way the Kansas City Chiefs
defend Josh Allen and this Bill's team I'm taking. I'm
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taking Kansas City to win, and I'm taking Kansas City
to cover. And I'm taking the under on the point.
No no, no, no, no nope, I'm taking the over
on the points.
Speaker 4 (40:57):
All right, real quick, here, we're gonna run through some props,
some fun one here, let's do it. Jayden Daniels over
under two hundred and forty nine and a half passing yards.
Speaker 2 (41:05):
Tomorrow, Oh under under under all right.
Speaker 4 (41:09):
Josh Allen over under two forty nine and a half
passing yards tomorrow under under. Saquon Barkley over under two
touchdowns total in tomorrow's game against the Commanders.
Speaker 2 (41:20):
Over all right?
Speaker 4 (41:23):
These are these last two are kind of fun.
Speaker 5 (41:25):
Uh.
Speaker 4 (41:25):
Do you like Travis Kelcey at plus eight fifty to
be the first touchdown scorer for the Chiefs tomorrow?
Speaker 2 (41:31):
Ooh, it's a good one. No, I do not.
Speaker 3 (41:38):
I do not like him to be the first one
to score the first touchdown. While I think it is
a pretty safe bet.
Speaker 2 (41:45):
I do not think he will be the first one.
You're talking Jess for the Chiefs.
Speaker 4 (41:49):
Yeah, just for the first touchdown for the Chiefs.
Speaker 3 (41:51):
Yeah, yeah, I don't think it's going to be I
don't think it's gonna be Kelsey.
Speaker 4 (41:54):
It never is. It doesn't always go that way. And
the last one here real quick funny one, fun one
for next. Do you like Ohio State at plus four
fifty or the field to win the twenty twenty five
twenty twenty six national title next year.
Speaker 3 (42:07):
I'm taking the field, of course, I'm taking the field.
Speaker 2 (42:11):
Oh h I know.
Speaker 4 (42:13):
I believe that State is plus nine hundred right now.
Speaker 2 (42:15):
Yeah, I take them, but I ain't gonna take them,
but I'm gonna take them.
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They say, we'll get to that.
Speaker 3 (01:34):
Uh, but first let's kind of uh, let's let's jump
it off with this NFC Championship game. The Eagles are
favored at a negative six. Is that how you say it?
A negative point? What is a negative six?
Speaker 4 (01:50):
Well, they're just favored by six.
Speaker 3 (01:52):
Yeah, when you put the negative there, it is. That's
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We ate that help.
Speaker 2 (02:01):
We will be doing up on game down on game two,
by the way.
Speaker 3 (02:04):
All right, so let's talk about this all right. So
you got the Commanders and they verse the Philadelphia Eguals,
and well, if you know, the Commanders are hot right now.
They won the last matchup between the two teams. Now,
with that being said, the caveat was, well, you know,
(02:29):
everybody wasn't playing for Philadelphia when Washington won that game.
But I'll say this, heading into this matchup, there are
some really what I would say, interesting things to look for.
First things first, obviously are health concerns. Is Jalen Hurts,
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how is his health? Is he going to be full speed?
Is he going to be full speed enough? It's a
very different game if Jalen Hurts does not have the
ability or the health to actually pull that ball out
in that RPO and get out of there and run
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it himself. We saw that be a very very big
piece of the puzzle early on in the game. The
last game that they played in UH, he was able
to run for a really long touchdown. The balance between
him and Sakuon Barkley obviously makes for a very very
hard to contain and defend offense of this Eagles team.
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So what is Jalen Hurts his What is his health?
What's his level of health? That's going to play a
major part. And keeping in mind that they are playing
in Philadelphia, even if they were playing Washington probably wouldn't
be too much warmer. But that brings you to the
next point is the weather conditions doesn't seem like it's
going to rain, doesn't seem like it's going to snow.
It's just going to be very frigid, very cold weather
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conditions that they're going to play in in the link.
Keep in mind that's a train ride away from Washington,
d C. So it's not going to be this this
major uh. I guess you say advantage for Philadelphia playing
in Philly as it applies to dealing with the weather,
they kind of deal with the same type of weather conditions.
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It might be a little bit warmer in Washington in
northern Virginia, but kind of in a lot of ways
similar in conditions. So so I don't see that being
a factor here in this game. I will say the
factors that I'm looking at outside of the health of
j Well, Jalen Hurts is the offensive front for Washington.
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Now they don't have their starting guard. I believe his
name is Cosmi or come see something to that effect.
I know I'm messing up his name, but he is
the guard that that really in the offensive line did
a pretty good job against Jalen Carter, and that that
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win that they had against the Eagles and him being
out with a torn knee ligament that creates a major
question mark. Jalen Carter is the difference maker for a
loaded Philadelphia Eagles team. If you think about Philadelphia's defense,
they're rated number one and total defense, which is they've
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had a phenomenal year. Passing their rated number one and
rushing they're actually their tenth. So when you look at
what they've been able to put together as as a
defensive unit, that is on par for the course for
dominant Philadelphia Eagles teams. That's a part of their DNA
is to play defense, and that's what this team has done.
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Has played some tremendous defense. So that's going to be
a major positive for the Eagles. If Jalen Hurts isn't
in the proper condition to really bring that dynamic to
the running game out of the backfield with those rpo plays,
it's ultimately going to come down to one hundred percent,
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how well does Washington's offensive front deal with what Jalen
Carter and company sweat and all. What will they be
able to do against that defensive front. Will they be
able to give the running game, which I think is
going to be super important for Washington to be able
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to establish the run. It's going to be super important
for Washington to be able to win on early downs.
If if Philly is able to keep them to second
and longs, it's going to be a long day for Washington.
If Philly is able to force Jaden Daniels to be
(06:59):
one day dimensional in his approach to the game, it
will be a.
Speaker 2 (07:04):
Very very long day.
Speaker 3 (07:06):
Now while you are having some some tremendous success from
from some of the other guys that that are playing with,
you know, this this Washington team and uh and what
we had with mclaur and Terry McLaurin, and who's the other.
Who's the other? I'm blanking on his name, but he's
(07:26):
a he's a stone cold baller at the receiver position.
Came from uh, Pam, tell.
Speaker 2 (07:33):
Me his name again, Brown. There you go. He's been.
Speaker 3 (07:37):
He's he's added a big play element to this offense
and has been able to get the defenses off of
just keying and bracketing up Terry McLaurin, which I think
it has been a tremendous asset for Cliff Kingsbury, who,
by the way, is going to have to be every
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bit of the offensive guru that he's been all season
for this offense to be able to navigate against this
Eagles defense. So and looking at what this for the
defense and and for Eagles in general, I think the
biggest thing that they have to do Eagles wise is
they have to be able to force Jayde Daniels to
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be one dimensional, take the run game out of it.
You know, Robinson Eckler, They're going to have to have
a good game for the Commanders. But if I am
the Eagles, I take the run completely away, make them
a purely passed team. Make Jayde and Daniels have to
win the game with his arm and try to pressure
him into situations where it forces him to make mistakes.
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I think that that's the biggest thing for them on offense.
Obviously we know it just stays the same. Established a
run with Saquon Barkley went on first down, and obviously
there's so much talent on the outsides. If you're able
to establish the run with Saquon, going to make it very,
very difficult for them to be able to stop them
in the passing game. If they can't stop the run
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with a seven to eight man front, and they have
to commit more people to being able to stop Saquon
or even balance up to try to stop Jalen Hurts
from running, depending on if he can run. That's going
to create a lot of stress on the one on
one matchups with Smith and with Brown on the edges
on the outside, and they have tight end help as well.
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It just turns out to be probably too daunting of
a situation for Washington to be in if they're able
to if the Eagles, that is, are able to establish
a run, and by all things, all evidence given, it
looks as though no one is slowing down this running
attack of the Eagles. Sakwon Barkley is running brilliantly. The
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blocking schemes are working perfectly for them, and if they
don't work early when you're getting a team's best punch,
this Eagles team has proven that they have durability during
the course of the game and they're able to wear
you down. Looking at the Washington side of it, the
defensive front has been one that has stepped up and.
Speaker 2 (10:11):
Played very well. Top draft picks.
Speaker 3 (10:14):
Along the line, paying one of the big names on
that line, They're going to have to do what kind
of looked like as maybe an uphill battle, maybe the impossible.
They gotta win up front. They got to win up front,
and they got to hold up for four quarters to
match the physicality of this Philadelphia offensive line and be
(10:35):
able to tackle well with Sakwon Barkley and Jalen Hurts.
I believe if they can stop the run, of course, right,
if they can stop the run, making Jalen or excuse yeah,
Jalen Hurts a one dimensional player as well.
Speaker 2 (10:52):
I think the.
Speaker 3 (10:52):
Same dynamic with Jaden Daniels is the same one that
exists with Jalen Hurts, which is, force him to be
as one dimensional as you possibly can. Put him in
pressure pack situations, make him have to move around and
force him to win the game with his arm. Do
not allow them to establish the run, Do not allow
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them to get comfortable in the run. It will be
a long, long day for the Washington commanders if that
were to happen. So on, defense is simple. Match the
physicality up front, stop to run. You hope that you're
able to hold up with the strength of your defense.
One being you're able with Louvu, You're able to get
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to the quarterback a lot more than what you have
been in years past, and your secondary is pretty dog
going good. So let your secondary be the reason why
you're able to win this game outside of the defensive
front holding up and forcing them to throw the ball.
And the same thing exists for the redskin.
Speaker 2 (11:52):
Excuse me.
Speaker 3 (11:53):
The commanders on defense as well, which is they have
to win on early downs. Make it so that Jalen
Hurts is forced to figure out, make it so that
the offensive coordinator and Sirianni and company are forced to
figure out what they have to do on second in longs, thirds,
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third and longs.
Speaker 2 (12:14):
If they get in.
Speaker 3 (12:15):
The second and manageables second and shorts, third and shorts,
it's going to be four down territory and it's going
to be hard for them to stop the Eagles in
short yardage situations. So the big dogs got to come out.
Bobby Wagner's got to be the leader that he is
for that defense. On the defense side of the ball,
If Jade and Daniels can find that comfort, if he
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can find a rhythm, if Cliff Kingsbury can come out
with quick, short hitting plays, quick throws, quick hitting runs
that keep the defense honest. If they can come out
with short game plays that get wins early in the game,
this could turn into a very interesting game for this
So if I'm looking at it, I'll tell you that
(12:59):
the the total of it, or I tell you what
it is when we get to up on game down
on game Yeah.
Speaker 2 (13:05):
Uh, If I'm looking at who has the advantage.
Speaker 3 (13:08):
I think that obviously the Philadelphia Eagles have the advantage
in this game, both both talent wise with with you know,
the players that they have personnel speaking, but they also uh,
I mean, they're just very balanced. It's just as balanced
the team as you get. And it's going to be
a difficult task to go into the link into Philadelphia
(13:30):
and win that game if you're the Washington Commanders. But nonetheless,
they do have a chance. There are matchup there are
matchup positive matchups for the Commanders in this game. Can
Cliff Kingsbury get to them? Can they take advantage of it?
On defense and blitz play play north and South on defense,
do not wait, do not catch. They might have a
(13:52):
chance to get this. We'll keep this thing going on.
We are up on game. This is Fox Sports Radio.
We're gonna take a quick break, and on the other
side of the break, we're gonna preview the AFC Championship
game that's between the Bills and the Chiefs. Yeah, we'll
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on game. We'll be right back. Hey, listen, who's going
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All right, welcome back in. It's up on game and
we're live from the Tyrack dot com studio. LeVar, Arrington,
TJ and Plex are out well, we've been talking a
lot of football today. Well, I've been talking a lot
of football today. Hope you guys have been enjoying it.
I know I have. I like to hear myself talk sometimes.
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If you miss anything, make sure you check out the
podcast as well. And we do have Jonas coming up next,
so it'd be interesting to hear the things that he
has to say about some of the games going on
this weekend and the awards. I'm sure he'll have a
lot to say, so make sure you just stay tuned
and for him. I just promised we're going to get
to this AFC matchup between the Bills. They're visiting in
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Arrowhead to play against the Chiefs. Now, the Chiefs are
favored by one and a half points, that being what
a minus one point five?
Speaker 2 (17:20):
Is that right? Did I get that right?
Speaker 4 (17:22):
Yes?
Speaker 2 (17:22):
Okay, thank you.
Speaker 3 (17:24):
We will be doing up one game down on game
at ten at well forty five forty five after so.
Speaker 2 (17:31):
We'll get there about eleven minutes or so.
Speaker 3 (17:34):
But talking about this AFC matchup, obviously, I believe it
would be difficult to say that there is a clear
winner to the who has the most pressure on them
in this game, and the reason being is the Kansas
City Chiefs have in a lot of ways been a
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overcome all the odds types of team. They've had to
adjust the way they win, They've had to adjust the way.
Speaker 2 (18:04):
They call their offenses.
Speaker 3 (18:06):
They've had to adapt and adjust on what they do
on the defensive side of the ball, and they have
consistently done it. They are now in position to be
a three peak team. A three peak team, and if
I do believe that would be a first, correct, there's
never been a three peat. I don't believe.
Speaker 2 (18:26):
I think they're chasing history by doing this. So that's pressure. Well,
you look at the Buffalo Bills.
Speaker 3 (18:37):
They finally are living up to what would be considered
the expectation and the standard in which they've come to create.
With the play of Josh Allen, I'll admit I thought
that this could have been a year where they went
backwards because they lost Stefan Diggs and Seeming Lee. It
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was the right decision and the right move for them
to do. It seemed to have maybe made the environment
a little bit more comfortable for players that were involved,
maybe Josh Allen being the most to benefit from the
departure of Stefan Diggs. This is a better team than
what it was last year. And I would be the
(19:24):
first to say coming into this year, I felt like
the window was closing and that maybe this isn't as
good a team as it would be in years past,
and it would show out this year that has been
far from what the truth has been. Their defense has
has stepped up, They've played well at Oliver has has
(19:44):
continued to be, I mean, just a grown ass man
on the inside, on that interior line. Obviously you got
von Miller that that is the ageless the vet of
the group. But they have played really well. They have
played some really inspired football. They gave Baltimore all they
(20:06):
could handle. The schematics of what they brought to the
table I thought was very very well thought out.
Speaker 2 (20:12):
The way that they approached.
Speaker 3 (20:14):
Playing against Derrick Henry as well as Lamar Jackson. Now
they could have lost the game, obviously, could have went
into overtime. We'll never know Andrews drops the ball. But nonetheless,
if you asked me going into that game, who was
the hottest team in the National Football League out of
my top three. If you guys recall from last week,
(20:34):
I said my top three hottest teams. Number one were
the Baltimore Ravens, Number two the Buffalo Bills, and I
put number three. I put the Los Angeles Rams, which
I think I was accurate. They ended up losing, and
so did the Ravens, which were the number one hottest
team going into the playoffs. So for the for the
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Buffalo Bills to overcome that that mass but I will
say it was home. They now have to travel and
play against the Chiefs on the road. Will that Will
that be a difference maker? I think going on the road.
One of the toughest places to play in, and I
know this firsthand is playing in Kansas City in Arrowhead.
Speaker 2 (21:20):
It's very loud.
Speaker 3 (21:21):
I help people know the history of the stadium. It's
one of those stadiums that has broken the record in
terms of, you know, the decibel point of how loud
it is within the stadium. It's going to be loud
tomorrow in that stadium. Can Josh Allen raise his self
to a level to overcome anything and everything that has
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ever kept him from winning against the Chiefs in the
playoffs tomorrow? That's probably the biggest question. Another question that
I heard coming up during the course of the week,
does Josh Allen have to outplay Patrick Mahomes to win
this game. I think that's probably the biggest storyline for
me going into the game, that question in particular. My
(22:06):
answer to that is no, I don't believe he has to.
I believe that he has to play within himself. Again,
like the other preview that I gave, I think it's
critically imperative for Buffalo to win on first down, on
early downs, even second down, because they have a tremendously
successful conversion.
Speaker 2 (22:27):
Rate on third downs.
Speaker 3 (22:29):
If they can get it to a third manageable third
and short, they are most likely more than often going
to be able to convert that down. So it's going
to be vitally important that this Bill's offense really gears
up to grind it out, and especially early on in
the game, grind it out to get to those third
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manageables and don't be afraid to look for the big
play while you're grinding it out. Don't be afraid to
take a chance. Certain downs you might be able a
third manageable, you might be able to take a chance,
knowing that the game plan is to keep it very
very controlled. The more you control the line, the more
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you control the line of scrimmage and get those shorter
down plays and can extend the drives. The more you
keep Patrick Mahomes on the sideline, and that probably is
your best defense against Patrick Mahomes is keeping him on
the sideline. So I would say they need to keep
those Chiefs offense on the sideline. But they also need
(23:31):
to be able to know where Carloftis is because while
Chris Jones has been the man and has been doing
some crazy things to make sure this defense does well,
Carloftis has been a guy that has been used masterfully
and could be a problem for this Bill's offense. So
I think on offense, the Bills have to be able
to manage early downs and really, really Josh Allen has
(23:53):
to find his rhythm. And on Kansas City's defense, they
got to limit They gotta limit Josh Allen, make them
have bad plays early, keep the downs long second, you know,
second and long eight nine, whatever it may be. You
got to keep it where they can't open up their
playbook or where Josh Allen has the confidence to pull
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it down and start running around. That could be a
problem for the Bills. I look at it like this,
one thing, one thing only you gotta stop Patrick Mahomes.
Bottom line, you gotta block on offense. Obviously due to
opposite of what I said that the Kansasae Chiefs need
to do. It gets you on on their defense side
of the ball. But if I am the Kansas City
(24:34):
Chiefs or well if I'm the Bills defense, I have
to stop Patrick Mahomes. And if I'm the Kansas City offense,
I gotta get Patrick Mahomes going early. Listen, everybody knows
that Kelsey's getting the ball, but for some strange reason,
for the last since since Patrick Mahomes has been there,
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nobody wants to cover them, or can't cover them, or
figure out how to cover them, what defensive scheme could
work against them. They ad lived so much it's very
difficult to defense them. So looking at it from the
perspective of what do you do to stop Kelsey and Mahomes,
I think you got to try to limit them and
contain them.
Speaker 2 (25:14):
But you are not going to stop them.
Speaker 3 (25:16):
Some way, somehow, They're going to find a way to
connect with one another and get plays that really matter.
I know people bring up the flops and bring up
the referees in the situation, I'll be the first one.
Speaker 2 (25:27):
To tell you that while referees.
Speaker 3 (25:30):
Making bad calls can impact the game, it should not
impact the game where the Buffalo Bills are unable to
win the game. That will not be an excuse that
should be given come Monday morning, when if the Kansas
City Chiefs win the game, they've got to play defense.
They played defense against a better offense this past weekend.
(25:53):
The Ravens offense is a better offense than the Kansas
City Chiefs offense, but they have Patrick Mahomes. So if
you're going to have a chance to do anything against
this Kansas City's Chiefs team, you are going to have
to do what very few have done, which is limit
Patrick Mahomes to the success he's able to have impacting
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the game. Because I do believe they can do some
things on offense. The Bills can do some things on
offense where they can win this game. But with that
being said, Spagnola has been one of the most brilliant
defensive minds in the last five years or so ten
six seven years of coming up with great defensive skin.
(26:36):
Fact that goes back to when he won it as
a defense coordinator in New York with the Giants. He
has always been able to come up with excellent defensive
schemes in the biggest games of the year. With that,
I give the advantage to the Chiefs in this game
going into it. But again we'll get to up on game,
down on game in the next segment. We're going to
(26:58):
talk coaches in a you a few moments. Let's get
I lo with the update. What you got trend in
my guy.
Speaker 4 (27:06):
Just turn and LeVar, just turn him, you know.
Speaker 5 (27:08):
It was also earning Madison Keys today in the Australian
Open Ladies Final. She won her first career Grand Slam
in upset fashion over world number one Irena Sablenka. In
the NFL, on Friday night, the Dallas Cowboys hired offensive
coordinator Brian Schottenneimer is their new head coach. NFL media
reporting today the Schottenneimer's receiving a four year deal. The
(27:30):
San Francisco forty nine ers on Friday night hired former
Jets head coach Robert Salad for his second stint as
their defensive coordinator. Finally, LeVar, I think you'll take a
particular interest in this item with the Washington Commanders, of course.
In the NFC, Championship game tomorrow at Philadelphia. ESPN did
a big story today on former Commander's owner Dan Snyder.
Speaker 3 (27:53):
Now, what does they even bring it up? Great of me, right, well,
you didn't even bring it up.
Speaker 4 (27:59):
You know who needs to?
Speaker 2 (28:00):
You know what I mean.
Speaker 3 (28:01):
I mean we did pass in the past.
Speaker 2 (28:04):
We all know.
Speaker 5 (28:06):
And the report is in an answer this question, Well,
what does Snyder think of the Commander's succeeding without him?
He hates it, A business colleague said, and I quote,
he bleeping hates it unquote. Story also shared a couple
of previously unreported details, including that Snyder was so incensed
(28:26):
over the NFL finding him a record sixty million dollars
on his way out, he threatened to kill the sale
of the team at the last minute by refusing to
share his bank information. A rally had been planned at
the Commander's stadium for the new ownership group, but at
two o'clock that morning, Snyder was still refusing to hand
(28:47):
over the keys to the stadium, saying and I quote,
it's still mine the truth passive if anyone goes there unquote.
So interesting new details reported today to you, LeVar.
Speaker 3 (29:01):
I appreciate that. I love that's pretty interesting. It kind
of sounded like Mickey Mouse.
Speaker 2 (29:05):
But what do you mean? Oh no, yeah, it wouldn't
be the first time. Okay. I did not bring that
story up everyone, by the way.
Speaker 3 (29:18):
I mean, I just kept it above board, you know,
with everything that's going on, you know that's relevant in sports.
I got that getting secondhand quotes about you know, how
he feels, and no no direct direct quotes from him,
and kind of like, I don't know, it's like a
witch hunter if you ask me, I low.
Speaker 2 (29:35):
You know what I mean, Like get a get an
interview from him.
Speaker 5 (29:38):
And they reached out, They reached out to him, they
reached want to talk.
Speaker 2 (29:44):
He didn't want to talk, you know what I mean.
Speaker 3 (29:46):
So you know, you run the story, but the man
didn't want to talk to y'all, that's what you came
up with. Like wild, I would have fun paling on him,
just for general purposes. I kind of like to keep
it professional. So I didn't want to like bring it
into the mix of everything that was going on today.
But I did want to bring Bill Belichick into the
mix though. I did want to do that, and I
wanted to bring in prime and talking about the college level.
(30:09):
There was so much being made about the possibilities of
Bill Belichick possibly going into the National.
Speaker 2 (30:15):
Football League as a coach. Well, he did.
Speaker 3 (30:19):
Sign his contract and it does have a ten million
dollar buyout, and listen, it's not going to happen.
Speaker 2 (30:27):
Obviously.
Speaker 3 (30:28):
These coaches vacancies are now being filled up and they're going.
But let's be clear, I believe Bill Belichick was committed
to the idea of coaching at the college level and
was not going to go back to the NFL and
leave after committing to the University of North Carolina. I
(30:51):
did not see that as being an option. I did
not see that as something he would do, and I'm
happy that he's staying. I think the biggest question that
comes out of just even before all of the is
he going to get bought out now that we're going
to settle in to the fact that he's going to
coach the.
Speaker 2 (31:08):
Tar Hills next year, what does that look like? Now?
Speaker 3 (31:12):
There's a question that we asked on two pros and
a cup of Joe during the week. His success does
what he was able to do and what he was
able to build at the pro level, which I think
very few would be able to ever put together a
better argument to say that there was a finer head
coach in the National Football League than Bill Belichick. Does
(31:37):
that acumen that he brought to the National Football League
and had all that success with and won all those
titles and championships and was always in the big game
even if they didn't win at all. Can that translate
to the college level? Can he build a structure? You
got the nil that's now becoming a major piece in
(32:00):
a major part of what's going on with the landscape
of college football. You're able to pay athletes, the circumstances,
the rules of engagement, they're quickly changing. So how does
that work out? How does that look for Bill Belichick?
I think if that man wins a national title, which
it has been done a couple of times, Pete Carroll
(32:22):
just getting hired. He's been able to go from college
to pro and win championships, from National.
Speaker 2 (32:29):
Championship to Super Bowl. But I don't think anyone who
has won to the level of Bill Belichick.
Speaker 3 (32:35):
I know for certain there's not been somebody who has
won to the level Bill Belichick has won at the
pro level, has gone to another level and won a
national championship vice versa. It's just never been done to
the level in the capacity Bill Belichick has done it.
I am curious to see can he bring a national
title to UNC. That would be phenomenal, That would be
(33:00):
amazing for sports. It would also probably make Bill Belichick
the goat. Before we end this segment, obviously there was
some news on coach Deon Sanders. Obviously, he's been such
a transparent open book so to speak, with how they
collect the content and how they put them out there
and how he's received It worked so brilliantly for Deon
(33:24):
Sanders and the brand build out of not continuing not
only building his brand, but also building Colorado's brand, building
building the state of Colorado, not just the university that
he coaches at, the brand of so many other companies
that have come to the table and helped him build
the program back in Boulder. But it kind of back
(33:45):
it backfired a little bit on him. Obviously, the big
time recruit, Juju lewis the quarterback. It was seen on
one of the pieces of content that he was having
conversations with him. It was the rules violation and now
he's going to have to get a rules education session,
(34:07):
attend additional rules education on things like that and obviously
go through the content and make sure the content is
reviewed and edited as need be for appropriate release. That's
pretty interesting. I mean, that's a high profile prospect that
(34:29):
obviously that that content came up on. And like I
said earlier, the wind blows hardest at the top of
the flagpole. Deon Sanders has done so much for that university.
He's done so much for college football, He's done so
much for college sports and sports in general, with the
impact that he's had on becoming a.
Speaker 2 (34:49):
Coach at the college level. This is not a big enough.
Speaker 3 (34:54):
Issue where it derails anything that Coach Prime has going on,
but it was worth noting that that was something that
had came up and came out. But with that being said,
you know, guys are out here playing to win, and
if conversations take place, rules are the rules.
Speaker 2 (35:15):
You gotta buy it by the rules.
Speaker 3 (35:16):
But we all know that's a tongue in cheek saying, right,
it's a tongue in cheek saying about the rules being
the rules, especially with so many different things developing in
the college football setting. So man, good luck to coach Belichick,
and you know what, Coach Prime, you gotta keep doing
You just make sure that it don't end up on
(35:38):
you know, the content.
Speaker 2 (35:39):
That's all.
Speaker 3 (35:40):
Anyways, we're gonna come back. We're gonna wrap up the show.
We are going to have up on Game, Down on
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Speaker 1 (38:19):
This time for some picks.
Speaker 2 (38:24):
Are you up on Game? Let's break this out. Le's
break it up on Game.
Speaker 3 (38:30):
Well, this is an amazing week for me because obviously
after all of that tremendous analytics analysts work, and in
an expert commentary, I get to make my picks and
I don't have to pick against TJ or Plexico. But
for the sake of saying, what was the score? What
was the record last week?
Speaker 4 (38:51):
Bo? You went four and two last week? This might
have been the biggest washing yet.
Speaker 3 (38:56):
You went for and to TJ and Plaxba, probably why
both of them are appsent for today's show.
Speaker 4 (39:04):
Didn't want to show up and deal with that.
Speaker 2 (39:06):
Yeah, say it one more time? What what?
Speaker 3 (39:08):
What?
Speaker 2 (39:08):
Uh?
Speaker 4 (39:08):
You nailed the national championship last week? Just pointing that out.
You were foreign too, They were one in five.
Speaker 2 (39:13):
Much thank you? All right, And I'm gonna nail this week.
Speaker 3 (39:17):
So if you're if you're taking advice, you better listen
to me, because I'm gonna make you some money this week.
Speaker 4 (39:23):
We're gonna start. We're gonna start up on game down,
getting down on game courtesy of our friends over draftings,
all these odds, these numbers, these lines, beautiful stuff. Gonna
start the NFC Title Game Washington at Philadelphia. Philly a
six point favorite in this one. The total currently set
at forty seven and a half.
Speaker 3 (39:41):
I feel like there's an upset alert. But with that
being said, this defense of Philly too good. Uh, the
offense too good. I think it's gonna be too daunting
of a task. I'm taking Philly to cup.
Speaker 4 (40:01):
I'm going over under that forty seven and a half.
Speaker 2 (40:04):
I'm gonna take the under on the points. Interesting.
Speaker 4 (40:06):
I think this game goes either one of two ways.
Either Washington won's a close one or Philly just blows
them out of the water, in which case that game
is gonna go over. Next up, we got the AFC
Title Game Buffalo in Kansas City. Kansas City only a
one and a half point favorite at home here, the
total currently at forty eight and a half.
Speaker 3 (40:24):
I just think spag Nola. As I mentioned is Spag's
is definitely the critical key piece to all of this.
So when I look at how this game will play out,
it's going to be the way the Kansas City Chiefs
defend Josh Allen and this Bill's team I'm taking. I'm
(40:45):
taking Kansas City to win, and I'm taking Kansas City
to cover. And I'm taking the under on the point.
No no, no, no, no nope, I'm taking the over
on the points.
Speaker 4 (40:57):
All right, real quick, here, we're gonna run through some props,
some fun one here, let's do it. Jayden Daniels over
under two hundred and forty nine and a half passing yards.
Speaker 2 (41:05):
Tomorrow, Oh under under under all right.
Speaker 4 (41:09):
Josh Allen over under two forty nine and a half
passing yards tomorrow under under. Saquon Barkley over under two
touchdowns total in tomorrow's game against the Commanders.
Speaker 2 (41:20):
Over all right?
Speaker 4 (41:23):
These are these last two are kind of fun.
Speaker 5 (41:25):
Uh.
Speaker 4 (41:25):
Do you like Travis Kelcey at plus eight fifty to
be the first touchdown scorer for the Chiefs tomorrow?
Speaker 2 (41:31):
Ooh, it's a good one. No, I do not.
Speaker 3 (41:38):
I do not like him to be the first one
to score the first touchdown. While I think it is
a pretty safe bet.
Speaker 2 (41:45):
I do not think he will be the first one.
You're talking Jess for the Chiefs.
Speaker 4 (41:49):
Yeah, just for the first touchdown for the Chiefs.
Speaker 3 (41:51):
Yeah, yeah, I don't think it's going to be I
don't think it's gonna be Kelsey.
Speaker 4 (41:54):
It never is. It doesn't always go that way. And
the last one here real quick funny one, fun one
for next. Do you like Ohio State at plus four
fifty or the field to win the twenty twenty five
twenty twenty six national title next year.
Speaker 3 (42:07):
I'm taking the field, of course, I'm taking the field.
Speaker 2 (42:11):
Oh h I know.
Speaker 4 (42:13):
I believe that State is plus nine hundred right now.
Speaker 2 (42:15):
Yeah, I take them, but I ain't gonna take them,
but I'm gonna take them.
Speaker 3 (42:20):
Hey, listen, it's been a great show, all right, Get
ready for JKS Show. Jonas Knox is coming up. I
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