Anthony Gargano and The Fellas Breakdown Highly Anticipated Super Bowl 57

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Speaker 1 (00:04):
Well, good morning, good morning, good morning, good morning, good morning, buddy,
happy happy happy, Uh Saturday week in between the Super Bowl.
Oh man, we're the fellas. AH gotta tell you, I
cannot wait on This has been a long week and

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we're gonna have another long week as we get ready
for the big game, the biggest game of the year.
It is the Chiefs and it is the Eagles. I'm
believing you as you guys know who listened faithful like
broadcasts each week from the city of Philadelphia, and it

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is uh agog right now when in the Super Bowl hype,
this is what everybody knows. Like listen, when you get
your team that's in the finals, whether it's a World
Series and NBA Finals or a Super Bowl, you know,
everybody just it's it's amazing. It's just one of these.

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You know, you're on a high man, You're you're you're
traveling on a on a magic carpet, just floating through
the air. Man. You're you're feeling it. You can't wait,
and it's gonna be a good one. Kansas City knows, uh,
Philadelphia know's it's it's uh. I think it's gonna be
an epic Super Bowl. But there's a million things to
talk about today, though. It is wild because all the

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NFL stuff that has come up, including Brady, which actually
makes me sad. You know, it's funny that I thought
he was gonna give another year too. I quite frankly,
I thought it was gonna play with two years. I
thought he would be a raider as uh, you know
we were just talking about I just I felt for

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sure he would be a raider. And you know the
fact that Brady is really not coming back is uh
is you know, I mean it's a big deal. I mean,
he was a constant throughout all of our lives. I
mean I can only imagine, you know, I mean, think
about when Brady comes in the league, how old you are, right,

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and I'll think about that. He's retiring, so it's a
long long time that he is the face of the league.
So I gotta get into that, and gotta get into Kyrie.
I mean, that's just he is the ultimate. He It's
amazing a shame because he is such an incredible talent,

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but you know, he just is a guy. You just
can't count on the man. If you're a franchise, you
you just can't count on Kyrie. Because you don't know,
will he fall out of love with me? Will he
just on a whim? Not care? Will he you know,
would you put it past him to retire? Get? Like?

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You never know? Like so, if I'm a franchise, there's
all so much that I would trade for. I can't
give real assets to a guy who could flake on
me at any time. I mean that's kind of how
I feel, because he is a tremendous talent. I just
don't know if I could get if I can get
on him. I mean, you know, why do you want

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to out of Brooklyn? Uh? You know that? Why? What's
the beef? What's the problem? You know? I mean at
some point you're gonna get healthy, K deal be back
and you're still paired with the best, you know, the
top you know five player in the league with k D.
So I I don't understand the the issues will get

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into that as well. Today we'll break down a Super
Bowl a million different ways. You heard Figgy talk about
the injury report for Chiefs. That's gonna be a big deal.
The state of the receivers. I had an idea of
what of how I think these teams are gonna go
at it I'll share my my thoughts with you guys,
because I know both these teams really really well. Um,

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it's a it's a pretty cool story because it is,
in many ways, the story of two men. Right. It's
a Super Bowl of Andy Reid, who was a Hall
of Fame coach who started the Philadelphia Eagles, the read
birth of that franchise. The other guy is Jeffrey Loriri,

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who was the owner of the Eagles. Those two men together,
you know, and Jeffrey hired Andy, and everybody thought, who
who's Andy Reid. He's a quarterbacks coach for the Green
Bay Packers, and nobody knew of any read. They just
knew he was part of the Homegren tree, which was
part of the Walsh you know, the it's amazing goes

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all roads go back to Bill Walsh and uh the
Walsh coaching tree, and that was Andy through Mike Holmgren,
gets the job in Philadelphia, turns the Eagles into a
errennial contender for all these years, right, And in just
two seasons, Andy turned the Eagles into a team ready,

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you know, competing for a Super Bowl. They go to
four NFC title games in a row. They go to
a Super Bowl, they don't win. They go back to
an NC championship game. Oh eight, they don't win. Andy's clothes.
There's some stuff going on both personally and then Eagle's
front office that finally kind of greases the kid for uh,

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Jeffrey Lory to replace them. He immediately turns up in
Kansas City. A great move by the Hunt family. They
swooped right in and get Andy, and Andy immediately turns
the Chiefs into a contender, and you know, obviously one
wins the Super Bowl. He tabs my homes. I mean,
a few people know the sport like Andy Reid when

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it comes to two players and and the whole thing.
He's an amazing just an amazing, amazing football man. And
Jeffrey Lory, who you know isn't as an owner that
a lot of people know about me, kind of stays
into his in his own lane. Is uh is a
fascinating guy because here's the guy who hired Andy Reid.

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He uh, you know, has a lot of success. He
takes over and you know in the mid nineties, um,
and then you know automatically has Andy and then they
have all this contention. Uh, they're in there there they
become a really elite team, an elite franchise on their
the steward of Jeffrey Lori, who in you know, hired

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Chip Kelly, that goes sideways. He goes Doug Peterson. He's
got Howie Roseman, who is one of the best gms
in football. He gets, uh, you know, he goes, he
gets Doug Peterson, he wins a Super Bowl. Dug Now
Jacksonville replaces that with Nick Sirianni, and Nick Sirianni is
on the chief staff when Andy takes over in Kansas City.

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In fact, Andy had let Nick go, and Nick reminds
me a lot of who Andy could be or who
Nick Nick could be. Andy two point oh and its
second year as Eagles all the way in the Super Bowl.
Really good, good, good young coach and a fun guy
and the whole thing. So you know, it's a pretty

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incestuous kind of Super Bowl, which is uh, really cool storyline.
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tire buying should be. Good morning, my may man figuring Ah,
good morning, Anthony. You know, once the final seconds ticked
off last week in the NFC Championship game, I figured
it might be. I know where your allegiances lie. Obviously,
you're a Philadelphia guy, You're an Eagle fan. You know
all those guys. But you know a little bitter sweet
because you love all the guys in Kansas City too.
You have a infinity for Andy Reid, and Steve Smagnolo

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is one of your guys as well. So I called
this the Anthony Gargonald Bowl. Is what it is, what
it is for me. I love you, buddy. Um yeah, man,
I will sell. I'll share this like, yeah, I love
those guys. Um. I was talking to Spags and you know,
I congratulate him after that big one over Cincinnati. You

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know he was so instrumental in that victory. I mean,
you know you saw that the chief receiver's figs start
to drop one by one by one, and the offense
really started to struggle and they needed that defense to
stop Joe Barrow. What a great offense, right, Like you
know Joe Barrow and and Chase and te Higgins and
Mixing and that whole crew. And they needed that Chiefs

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defense who lost need early in the game to the concussion,
to step up and they did. I mean that and
that and that was and you know, listen, he's my
he's a dear friend of the family. A love Spags
and he uh, he coached his ass off me like
that that. I know that the banks Low line was

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banged up, and you and I talked about that, and
then how you know, Steve would is a menace to
a to a banged up offensive line, and he really
showed that. So we were texting back and forth and
and then he's like, dude, listen, I know you love me,
so you know it's your boyhood team. You know, just
go roof for your Eagles and then we'll talk into

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the super Bowl. That's great. And if there was a
game ball to give to somebody from that game, it
would be spacks for me because I thought defensively, he
called the hell of a game. And those defensive backs,
mostly young defensive backs for Kansas City, they played their
asses off. I mean, even when Joe Burrow had time
to throw and made some throws, nobody was hoping. I mean,
those dbs were stuck to the hips of those receivers

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and those are really talented, really good receivers that Cincinnati has.
I mean, one of the better throws that Joe Burrow
Maye was in double coverage to Ja march Chase and
that's just a ball who just went up and made
a catch. But I mean, they just they're just are
weren't not a lot of open windows for Joe Burrow
to throw too. And that's, you know, attestment to the
type of pressure they put on them, in attestment to
the coaching that they put in throughout the week, film study,

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whatever you want to call it. That they were just
attached to the hip of those receivers all game long
and nobody could break free. Yeah, man, I you're you're
so spot on fake. You know, they were so tight.
I mean, they it was amazing just how good those
dbs played. I mean, that's such a potent offense, a

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great quarterback, and you know, there was nobody open in
that line. I give I give a lot of credit
because they're really good against Buffalo and you know, they
really competed hard against a great line. Chris Jones, how
about Chris Jones unblockable. I mean, he was just amazing.

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It's bags. He's torches you because he'll help. He'll line
them up on an all different way to put them
over the center right it knows, I mean, he'll put
them over all you know outside. I mean there's they'll
just move them up with down the line, yeah, I mean,
and and him along with Frank Clark, they just they
just couldn't be stopped. They were completely unblockable, whether they

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blitzed or not. You know, we talked about how there
was gonna be an advantage up front on that side
of the ball for Kansas City. I was thought that
Joe Burrow being able to get things going with a
quick passing game. I thought they'd keep them honest with
a run game. That didn't happen, and again there was
just no one downfield open. And then Joe Burrow really
just started to press at that point. So if no
one's open, I'm just gonna throw the ball up and
see what happens. And what happened was a couple of

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really bad and untimely interceptions that really swung momentum in
the game. Yeah, it was, uh, it really was. It
was you know, it's funny, you know when you get
these two like great offenses and it turns into, you know,
we're a real good, strong defensive game. Because but you
said what happened by the way you did say it

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was gonna be a little bit lower scoring than as
people were anticipating. Yeah, I kind of felt that the
Casey defense would be really really strong. And you know,
I know, now it's funny. I'm curious to see when
we'll get into our kind of first bluss how we
feel about the super Bowl, because well, this week and
and and you know, kind of get into it. But

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the one thing fig that that really kind of stands
out to me is I do think you know, I mean,
obviously the health and receivers matter. You mentioned during the
trending about Smith Schuster being questionable and Kid Darius Tony
being questionable. I gotta believe that both guys go. I don't.
I don't think Hardman is is can go doesn't sound

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like it, you know, I mean, I know we've gotten
getting a second opinion, but I gotta believe that that
Smith Schuster and Kid Darius Tony both give it a shot. Yeah, well,
I mean, being listed as questionable you know, the Friday,
you know, basically ten days before the game or whatever
it is. It might be a decent sign that, you know,
give you some more time to rest up and heal
up a little bit. I think those guys will be

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good to go. I think the most encouraging news, and
probably to the surprise of no one, Patrick Mahomes is
not not listed on the report at all. Full participant
in practice all week long, So he's gonna be, I guess,
as close to one as you can be at this
point in the season for him. But I know that
was a big question going into last week's game. Didn't
affect him a whole lot, although you know, certainly after
a couple of plays you saw him hobble a little bit,

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but still made the spectacular throws that we, you know,
no one expect from Patrick Mahomes. So that I think
the best sign is that he was not on the
injury report this week. Yeah, yeah, he went. The only
time and you references the only time where you went
is can he go to his left? You know that

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with the high ackle spring, that's where the hell you
saw that kind of funky motion when you're going to
was left and he's throwing off that plant foot like that.
You know, can that? You know, is that the one
movement that's an issue? But you know, I'm with you,
I mean, and again he is. He's amazing and you
you we're gonna talk a lot about him today because

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you it was funny you sent me, as you do
every week, uh, a list of some topics for us
to discuss, and you know, kind of your your point
of view, and you talked about you know Mahomes, who
was asked earlier this week. You know, is he going
to be the face of the franchise, the face of
the NFL, excuse me, face of the NFL now that

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that Brady's retired. And you know, it's a great point
and he should be. Um, he's such a marvelous player.
He just he's a great, great, great player. He is
a magician with the ball. He's got you know, he
can do everything right. He just he's one of those

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gifted guy. I remember um Spags telling me a story
about he got he went golfing with Patrick Mahomes. So
I like, first because I loved him. I was like, dude,
like what kind of kid is he was? Ah, you
love him, man, He's the best. He goes. But let
me tell you, he's one of those guys who's great
at everything he does. He goes, I want golf. We

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just went golf him saturday. He goes, you know, my man,
it's just it's just he hits him straight and long,
you know, like he just goes wild. Is there anything
you can't do? You know, obviously he was a great
baseball player. You know he could who like he He's
just one of these great athletes and he's in no
surprise he's a great golfer. All respect in the world

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for him. But I can't stand people like that. You
know who you know who that sounds like that's my
brother in law. Will never play basketball to day in
his life. As soon as you give him the ball.
He has like low post moves that you know that
shock would be jealous of. Are you sure you'd never
played before? It's like, no, I swear when we all
know with one of those guys, we all have those
guys who have known those guys in the past who
just pick up a baseball bat and start hitting home runs,

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crying like crazy, pick up a basketball all they think
they're Steph Curry and they shoot like him. It's it's frustrating,
but when you have a player like Patrick Mahomes, it
certainly doesn't surprise me that he would excel at anything
that he does, right, I mean, it's it's so funny,
but he he belongs as the face of the NFL.
He should be. But you you brought up a great question,
which was that the league even needed, and so we'll

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we'll dive into all these topics. Uh, there's so much.
It's all about Kyrie fig who's interesting Kyrie. Uh well,
the reports are from the athletics, shams and and Woades
from ESPN. You got the Mavericks, you got the Suns,
and you got the Lakers. Those at least the three
teams publicly or at least through their sources that have

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expressed interest so far. Yeah, I mean we always thought
the Lakers would he would wind up being a Laker,
and that that's the only thing that makes any consense.
I think Dallas might. Dallas might. Yeah. Now listen, your
parents with Luca and you know you got that kind
of team, you know, I mean, prezingis I mean I

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could see that. Yeah, I can totally see that. But
the Lakers all along, if you remember you and I
were talking about him pre yup during the preseason about
like where he would wind up. There was all those
rumors that he would wind up in Los Angeles. That's it.
That's an NBA move right where the Lakers get like,

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there's no there's no real out West. You've got good teams, right,
you got Denver, right, you got Golden State, you got Phoenix.
But you know you got the Clippers who are playing
really good ball right now. But you know that's the
an NBA movies bolstering the Lakers now, giving Lebron one

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war ship. It always is, isn't it? And I will
say in a Western Conference where nobody's really separating themselves either,
you know, it's it's a kind of a bit of
a jumbled mess. As good as the good teams are,
everybody's still trying to find their footing to a certain degree.
So as mediocre as the Lakers are and have been,
you know, you swing a trade for Kyrie Irving, why
can't they be considered, you know, among the favorites in

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the Western Conference because people have talked about all they're
missing is that one extra guy, that third star at
the end, and him specifically it's him. It's like they
need a league guard in the worst way, right like,
you know, because because Lebron can't be your point everything
right now, you just can't do it. And so if
you have, you know now all of a sudden, those

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two they just they're magical fit. They were a magical
fit in Cleveland, and there would be a magical fit
again when you put Anthony Davis there's it's it's lights out, yeah,
and you're talking about you do your load managed Lebron
because of his age and a d because of his injury.
Kyrie Irving will play every single game. So you said
one guy and Kyrie is that the guy that the
floater who's playing with whoever is in there, you have

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a good chance to win every single night. So from
that standpoint, it helps you too. Yeah, I agree, I
can see, I can smell. It's it's like that's an
NBA move, I mean, it's a league move. Help the Lakers. Happens.
It happens every decade at some point, the Lakers maybe
down on some hard times and bam, here comes out
of nowhere. Here's Kareem, Here's Shag, here's Pal Gasol, here's

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up next week. Fig Why is some trending and then
we'll dive into it, buddy. All right, we'll start with
the NBA. On Friday night, Tree Young scored twenty seven points,
leading the Hawks to a one fifteen to one away
victory in Utah thirty three points in ten boards for
All Star Reserved Joel and Beat seventy six is winning
in San Antonio. You know, I kind of threw that

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in there because I thought you might have something to
say about that. Sons one oh six, Celtics nine four
in Boston. Chris Ball fifteen points and eight assists, thirty
three points for Anthony Simon's in the Portland come back
over Washington. They were down twenty points in that game.
Damian Littlett also scored twenty nine for Portland's Pacers, happening
a four game skid. They not one oh seven to
one or four victory over Sacramento. You also have wins

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for Toronto, Detroit and Orlando netsgar Kyrie Irving requested a
trade from the team on Friday after the sides could
not agree to a contract extension. According to The Athletic
and ESPN, the Sons, Lakers, and Mavericks have expressed interest.
College Hoops twenty two rank San Diego State Steam Road Boys,
He States seventy two to fifty two College Football News
Notre Dame offensive coordinator Tommy Reese leaving the Irish for

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the same position on Nick Saban's staff at Alabama back
to the Fellas. Yeah, that's a that's a big deal.
It's an interesting deal, right, Yeah, young guy only been
an o C for a couple of years now, and
I will say moving up to the big time because
I mean nother Dame is is pretty big obviously. But
and that position on the sad Yes, we have seen

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that position on the shaven and that is the that's
the big deal. That's the whole that that's the holy
grail coordinated position. And in college football and then as
as Megan and A remade some careers see Lane Kiffin
and Steve Sarkisian. So yeah, yeah, interesting. Actually, well it's
more interesting too that that Stabin looks at Tommy reason

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goes that's my go see. Yeah. Yeah. It says a
lot about reson what he thinks of him, it does,
it really does. Uh Yeah, all star wards are fake
coming seriously with that. I mean that's insane, is it not. Yeah,
I make a sider and he should be towards the
top of the list for m VP candidates. Yeah, a
second him in Yokis you're you know again they're right

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there with back to back years again, you know, I
I certainly don't understand it. I don't know if it's
because you just expect every single night, like hasn't gotten
old or something. Are people just board with Joel and
Bid you just expect him to get thirty and twelve
every night. I don't know what it is, but he's
start I feel like in twenty eight minutes too, you know.

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I mean, it's it's like watching that dude every night.
I I'm marvel at him. I mean, I don't understand
he gets He gets criticized by a lot of people.
You said, people there in Philadelphia, criticism intern in the
city and out of the city, and NBA circles, And
can I just tell you, I don't understay why all

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the dude does is is just put up ridiculous numbers.
He's just a great player, and he's aren't hollow numbers.
You watch him play, I mean, he just takes over
the game. Oh they need every bit of him. It's
not you know, he's not just putting up empty numbers
on a bad team here. You know, it's uh that
it's very impactful. He does it in such a it's

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a beautiful way for a big guy to be as
skilled as he is to have the moves that he
has uh to be as much of an impact player
on both ends of the floor, which we don't see
often from a lot, especially superstar players these days. You know, I,
I don't know what more you could ask him to do.
I don't know what the criticism, What exactly is the
point of criticism that he receives from people? Because I don't,

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I certainly don't understand it. Where what is the hole
in his game? I don't get it. You know what's
funny because it's not because I don't the critics can
even point to a hole in his game as much
as they'll say, Wow, his body language and you know
he could mope at times when he's talking to his
short or you know, it's a face to basket league,

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and I, well, he's a face to basket player. Yeah,
but he's a big he belongs underneath and like, no,
he doesn't. He is. He could shoot the three, he
can he can handle the ball, he can pass. Like,
I don't know what he does. I agree with you, man,
I I just don't know what this dude doesn't do
and why he gets any kind of criticism is just weird.

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It's still amazes me. That somebody in today's NBA would
say that anybody belongs in the paint. You know, the
kind of game that we play now as big as
whether you're big or small. It's an outside end game
these days. And by the way, if Andbi wanted to,
he could post up every single night and be just
as effective. But I think you'd be marginalizing him if
you did that, and he'd be taking away a very

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important aspect of his game. So why would you do
that to him? That doesn't make any sense. And by
the way, during the course of the game, he's going
to get his you know, his his points that are
close to the basket. I mean, I watched the other
the other night. I was, I was at the game.
I was just I really could see something just sitting
there with him, just watching the game and just taking
it in. And and there was a they're playing Orlando,

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and like, you know, Arland has got no one to
guard him, right, And he posted up like two straight
possessions and he and he got and he never was
a post upp line like you know, the one thing
I understand that people talked about, like his post moved,
like where he set up. He was never just a
never that guy. He would usually end with like a

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fade away or something, or a step back from the post,
and he wouldn't turn in and give you hook shots.
You know. So he gets really deep in his vision
and and it was hard to give him a great pass.
Who by the way, it's not at all star that's
freaking out. Yeah, he gets deep and uh, you know,
and then he's he's able to just you know, lay

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it in. But the position that he got back to
back possession, Like, look he can here. He wants on
the floor. And when you can get during the course
of a game, it doesn't have to be the end
of the game. During the course of a game, if
you could go grab you know, four to five easy
buckets that close to the basket, he'll do that for you.

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Like he just does everything for you. It's amazing. Yeah,
he has them knocking on the door of the top
seed in the Eastern Conference. I think they're just a
couple of games behind Boston right now. Uh, and you
have the guy gets criticized. I don't know what more
you want him to do. I know, dude, I think
I listen, you better be careful before you run that
guy out of town. I'm telling you to believe me.
It's my biggest fear. I talk about it all the time.

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I think they're going to make a run, So I
think I think the town is hot. Yeah, they're poised
to getting MAXI back is big. So I mean they yeah,
they they are certainly poised to make a They have
as good of a chance as anybody needs their conference
to make it to make a run. Absolutely. Um, listen,
I want to give a special yo, a special shout

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out to our friend Tasted Cake Tom Figgy. Yes, he's
in the hospital. Oh yeah, yeah, he's struggling right now.
He's in the hospital, and uh, we love him and uh,
he's relaxed, he's he just chexted in, uh saying he's listening.
And you know, we just wanted to know who's going
to get through this thing, and it's uh, he's he's

(27:32):
a great great, he's great people. We love them and
uh and I know you feel that way. It's funny
because I want at some point I gotta get you
east to meet everybody. Yeah, that would be great. I
look forward to that. Definitely. Definitely, that'd be a lot
of fun, but definitely a dom The thoughts and prayers
to you for sure, man get well soon. Please, thank

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you buddy, thank you brother. Um. So let me let's
start with your assessment because I know that you know
your next week you're not gonna be with us, and
and I want to get your your take on this
thing as much as as much as anyone today. So
I want to I want you to feel it, uh
with your initial kind of feel for this game. Well,

(28:14):
my initial feel is I think that that it's a
It's an interesting match up on both sides. So if
you look at Kansas City offensively against the Philadelphia defense, uh,
Kansas City's offensive line is graded out as pretty well.
I don't think they're that great, but I think they're okay,
They're fine. The Eagles have one of the best defensive
defensive lines, maybe the best defensive line in the NFL,

(28:34):
and have just of avalanche people when it comes to
sacks up front this year. So that's gonna be an
interesting matchup. Pat Mahomes on that bad ankle against that
good Eagles front. I do think the Chiefs can make
some hay in the back end. The Eagle secondary is
certainly good, but they're not dominant, so I think they
can make some Hey, they're the interesting one for me
is gonna be. On the other side, the Eagles have
the best offensive line in the NFL, and as good

(28:56):
as Chris Jones is a Frank Clark every now and then,
I don't know if as a collective, the Chief's defense
are front uh is good enough to hold up against
the Eagles offense, specifically when they get into that read
option and they start running the ball on your downhill.
So my my initial thought is I think Philadelphia has
the advantage because they can kind of grind out Kansas City.
They can play some keep away if they want, and

(29:17):
take some shots down field in the passing game with
those great receivers uh. And on the other side, I
think Philadelphia has a decent chance to match up and
maybe not stop but temper a little bit the Kansas
City offense. So I like the Eagle offense versus the
Kansas City defense more than I like the Kansas City
offense against the Eagle defense. If that makes sense. That
makes perfect sense, because it's um it's also kind of

(29:40):
lockstep and and how I see the game too. I mean,
when you look at this game and you look at
the matchups, you know, the biggest advantage, like you said,
come from the trenches right on both sides of the ball.
And it goes back to Howie Rose for putting together
This old line is D line, and we'll start with

(30:02):
the old line because the O line, you know, lost
in last week's you know, blowout of San Francisco, and
I know, look, Purty gets hurt and the game just
go sideways. For yeah, for San Francisco, no chance, you know.
I mean, I'm happy for the Eagles and they won
and all that, and it's great, and I'm happy for
you in the city of Philadelphia, but just as a fan,

(30:23):
you wanted a better game than that. And once party
went out, you knew they were done. Yeah, and you know,
to shame because you know that Purty, yeah, I mean,
he couldn't even throw the football. You know, he had
torn u c L U C L. So you know,
it was tough right from the beginning. And Josh Shots
couldn't play. And by the way, the NFL needs to
go back and have the the emergency quarterback and have

(30:45):
it not count as an official roster spot. And I
don't know why they stopped doing that, and they took
it away and said everybody just gets an additional you know,
a forty six player at a forty seven player and
have that player be an emergency quarterback. You know, you
can't have you know, a court act. They can't throw
playing in the NFC Championship game. That's a terrible look.
It's it's a terrible product for the NFL. So I

(31:06):
hope the Competition Committee talks about that this offseason. It's
a pretty easy fix. Yeah, I don't know why they
went away from it. I do. For the life of me,
I can't understand. It makes no sense. No, I mean,
like you know, like what do you care? Like what? Like,
first of all, you know the game, especially right this
is word made no sense to me. When you know

(31:28):
the game, you're trying to do whatever you can to
get through the concussion thing. And look, you know they
have to and the league has had issues, and we
know the issues, and you know there's legalities to the
whole thing and and everything else, but they have made
strides when it comes to concussions, right, Like you know,

(31:50):
like you know, God forbid, there's there's any kind of
hit that player is being examined and uh, you know,
I mean other than a couple of that couple of snaffo,
who's uh to uh you know comes to mind. But
they've they've done their best. I I they've done pretty well.
I should say, um with it, knowing that you're that

(32:12):
the way that you're guarding against that, things can cushion
piece of it. There's no need to. Why would you
short a team when it comes to the quarterback. You've
been trying to put that quarterbacks the whole thing, so
you know, God forbid something that happens. You gotta have that.
You're so right. You can't have Christian McCaffrey running wallcat
or you know pretty in there. We can't even go

(32:34):
and put his arm back like he's rookie of the year. Right.
And for those saying like, well, you know, teams don't
want to have to pay for an additional player, it's like,
this is a third quarterback that might not play. What
does he make in league minimum? I mean you're not
paying the backup to the backup, you know, three and
a half million dollars here, it's not gonna cost him
that much. These teams are making hand over fist. It's
not gonna cost him that much. So don't throw me
the excuse of they don't want to pay an additional

(32:56):
roster player on game day. It's not that much extra money.
And honestly, if your two top quarterbacks get hurt, it's
worth it. Yes, it's in the shorts pot. Do what
is you're painting shorts? Yes, I mean that's what it is.
Come on, man, that's stupid. I agree, I listen, it's
shape because it did take away from the Chantity Championship.

(33:19):
I mean it wasn't even again, like the second half
didn't even matter. But you know, it wasn't again Like
even the guys, you know, burke Hart, you know, Kevin
and Greg Olsen were like trying to make it like wow,
you know, but like everybody knew that it was a
possible for the four Niners to even make a game
of it, right, And I'm not trying to make any
designs that the third quarterback would come in and lead

(33:41):
some crazy, you know, victory, but at least competent product. Yeah,
it's a competent quarterback who actually plays the position and
not a running back or a backup receiver. You know
that that's so that that's something that the NFL really
needs to look into fixing yeah, I'm with you. All right,
let's say quick t Oh will come back and continue
super Bowl talk. So the trenches, Figgy says, will be

(34:03):
the k I agree with them, will kind of dissect
both the Eagles defensive front firstus the Chief's offense and
the Chiefs that Chiefs defense. Can they stop the Eagle
run game? We'll talk about that as well. All coming
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(35:09):
Say you yah, let's see end. It's like you're right,
it's my dream super Bowl because I do love uh
you know, I love you know, my boyhood team and
then you know my boys in Kansas City and Uh
so it's really awesome, really enjoying this whole week and
the whole thing. I just you know, it sucks the season, man,

(35:29):
I like, there's like we always talking about it. Oh man,
you only got to it's the visual round lock car.
We only got x amount of games. It goes four,
you know, three to two games out one game. You've
been doing this since week fifteen, and I was like
even when it started, I was like, you remember, I
started like, Okay, it's here, now let's go then go

(35:51):
by slow. All right, let's go by slow. College Football
Week zero. Oh my god, it flies. They really does.
It is the uh it is it is. Uh, it's
amazing how it does. It's it's it's such a great sport.
You don't forget. We brokecage live from the entire rack
dot com studio. It is the there's nothing like it fake.

(36:15):
It really isn't. No, that's not. It's the shortest, the
longest off season and the shortest regular season, which is
part of the reason why it's so great. You know
why we look forward to it so much. And you know,
one thing the NFL has done a phenomenal job of
is making themselves relevant year round. So you know, by
the time this season ends next Sunday night, you know,
will already be looking up and it's it's a draft time.

(36:36):
The Combine will be around the corner. The Senior Bowl
just wrapped up this week, all the practices and people
are locked in watching every single last one of those
as well, So you know, I know the games will
be going away. But then speculation season comes up, and
sometimes it's fun. Sometimes that's sometimes it's more fun than
the games themselves, you know, especially when there's a lot
of drama floating around like Aaron Rodgers, the Raiders, your

(36:59):
Squaw Odd Figgy, your Raiders. I mean, think about it.
I mean, you know, I thought that they were all
going to be all in on Brady, right, and I
think they you know, that was kind of from what
I understand, that's that's what they were planning on that.
That was they were gonna put the four court press
on Tom Brady. That was plan A for them. How

(37:20):
do you feel about No. B because you were like, yeah, right,
Luke lukewarm one because I don't think I think Brady
at this point in his career he has to have
everything set up for him to be able to win,
and outside of having the good offensive weapons in Las Vegas,
their defense still need some retooling. Something Their general manager,
Dave Zigler admitted in an interview with The Athletic this
week that they have some talent deficiency on that side

(37:42):
of the ball. Uh and the old line is still
not the greatest when it comes to past protection either.
So there are too many holes that have to fill
on that team for me to say they're bringing forty
forty seven year old Tom Brady. Uh. So, even if
you were willing to come, I don't think it would
have made much of a difference. Hey, maybe he's good
enough to make them make the a playoff team, but
even in that division, that's hard, that's really really difficult.

(38:04):
So I don't think that that it was the best fits.
So I think it's actually a blessing in disguise that
he retired, because I would not That would not have
been the direction I would have taken the Raiders if
I was in the seat of power. Well, the new
as you well know, the new approach by the Raiders.
He's Aaron Rodgers, and I like it more than Brady

(38:26):
because at least there's the potential of him giving you
at least a couple of more seasons helps you stay
competitive in the division if you can. They have a
lot of money to kind of show up the defense
a little bit. They have all their draft picks this year.
Maybe they can even trade back and get more assets.
You can kind of build up the defensive side of
the ball. You're bringing Aaron Rodgers can help shore you
up on offense and score some points. I think I

(38:46):
like that one a little bit better than I like
the Brady Idea. Yeah, I do too. Uh, I I
would go I agree, I would go Rogers. Uh. If
I were the Raiders, I've been the two teams to
me that should go full core press would be the
Raider in the Jet Jet and the Jets make so
much sense with the Nathaniel Hackett, you know, high right
offensive coordinator, and he Aaron Rodgers, and his in his

(39:07):
weekly spot with Pat McAfee, you know, talked about his
love for Nathaniel Hackett. Remember that's the reason why he
got the job in Denver, because the Denver wanted Aaron
Rodgers before they had to pivot and take Russell Wilson.
So also, I wouldn't not necessarily mind door number three
for the Raiders either, and that signed Jimmy g as
a hold over and draft a young guy to groom
behind him. I wouldn't necessarily be be upset with that either.

(39:29):
I agree with that. I do. I like that a lot.
I'll be honest with you, you know, because because you
still I don't know how far you are in that building.
You're still in a tough division, right, You're not a ware.
I don't think the Raiders are ready to win next year.
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before we get into all the other stuff, man, all
the Super Bowl and the hype. All the teams will

(40:12):
be flying out tomorrow. Both squads head out, you know, Sunday,
and you know, looking forward to a week at a height,
and it should be a week that I'm hoping that
Andy Ree gets a lot of flowers. I hope, uh.
And I know he's not a flowers sleype of guy,

(40:33):
but eat my man deserves it. And I think this
is a good week for him to kind of be
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I'm hoping that uh I want to see Andy get
his you know, get his do a little bit. Do

(41:42):
you get a feeling or a sense that he has
not gotten to kind of love that he is, uh
do over well respect, Yeah, I think he gets respect
at all. But I I almost feel like, you know,
Belichick got all that when it came to being the coach,
right like knee coach of the league. Belichick always got that.

(42:06):
You know, Belichick was always Belichick, Belichick Belichick. And and
when Bill, even when Bill would do his history on its,
you know, he was a big part of it. And
you know, I always thought Andy was got like never
got the true you know, all the championship games and
never winning it until later. I think, you know, I

(42:28):
guess he got his when he wanted finally, But I
don't know. I just think for a face of football,
maybe I'm a little biased. But the guy, you know,
I mean, he's the extension of walh Like he's a
he's a great mind. Like I agree with you. I
think the game when I sucked the game out, I
go advantage Eagles D line in O line. But I

(42:52):
got a lot of respect for those two coaches on
the other side above offensive defense with Andy's bags and
I go, you know, I'm I'm type of my enthusiasm
right like I think is gonna win. But I'm not
popping bottles of those No, absolutely, And it's one of those.
He's he's a victim of the era of head he
coached in because you talk about the shortcomings and all

(43:13):
the conference title games and insure. But I mean it's
difficult just to get that far as often as he did.
But because Bill Belichick was the gold standard in the
NFL for the better part of twenty years and and
beat Andy in the Super Bowl as well, whether bid
nefarious meth is or not. Uh, you know, so I
think he had the kind of he kind of has
that working against him to a degree. It's almost like, uh,

(43:35):
Larry Brown in the NBA, you know, where as great
as he was, great regular seasons, great teams, you know,
he had the specter of Phil Jackson over him. You know,
at Larry had some some great teams and had some
great runs at times, but he didn't win championships as
as frequently as someone like Phil did, and so he
kind of gets overshadow. So it's it's just one of
those It's an unfortunate reality, you know, that happens if

(43:59):
you look at the quarterback. That's what Brady Brady gets more.
I mean, as good as Ben Roethlisberger was, how many
times did he run into Brady and not win, but
he still won a couple of Super Bowls. Is gonna
be a Hall of Famer, but he kind of gets
overshadowed because the one that many people believe is the
greatest of all time just happened to run concurrently with
his career. That's a great point, man, It's a great point.

(44:20):
I I you know, I it's kind of and you're right,
it's kind of how I kind of look at it, right, Yeah,
And that's why you know, I think this the Super
Bowl is interesting one because you get, you know, the
Andy is there in front and center, and Mahomes after
the Brady news, all of a sudden, all eyes to

(44:41):
Mahomes and Jalen Hurts and the fact that you've got
to African American quarterbacks, you know, squaring off and Jaileen
not a fascinating story because you know, he goes from
being highly questionable to being, you know, among the elite quarterbacks,
and the elite that he made was and we talked

(45:02):
about it regularly on the on the show each week
because we've we've kind of followed closely his ascent. But
now here it is Super Bowl. You've got two of
these guys, you know, going head to head and he's
and Jalen has bucked the long term notion that running
quarterbacks can't take it to a super Bowl and can't win.
You know, that was always a knock against Michael Vick

(45:24):
back in the day. He's exciting in the regular season
against you know, you know, blesser teams, and when he
gets to the playoffs, you know, things are different. He
has to be able to beat you from the pocket. Now. Granted, uh,
Jalen Hurts can you know, pass the ball much better
than many of us thought he could. But let's he's
still primarily you know, makes his hey in the run
game with the read option. That that is the bread
and butter, that is the engine that makes everything go

(45:46):
for them. Jalen is not gonna drop back forty times
in the pocket and beat you. So he's still a primary,
primarily a running quarterback and to be able to win
football games and win them convincingly and make it to
this point in the season, you know, playing that style
of football. When people say that you can't win that way,
I think as a testament to him and to Philadelphia

(46:07):
the way they've built that team. I listen, I'm with you, man.
I mean you nobody thought I didn't. Yeah, I thought
you had to throw it. Everybody did because that's how
everybody's playing right now. And you know it's funny and
lust Listen. You know last week was a weird game,
like the champion game was a weird, weird game. Jalen

(46:30):
did not play well in the game, and partly is
you know, I'll give him the shoes of the shoulder too,
because I know that shoulders bother on him, so you know,
he missed some trows or whatever. But they win their
effective offensively, and particularly when that backside run last week
against that vaunted and that defense is no joke, no

(46:52):
doubt they know how to stop the run game. But
the reason why the Eagles had success running the ball
in a dish into that ridiculously great offensive line, it's
the fact that Jalen, even with the show that you
know he showed you a couple of times and then
he got it out. Nobody's tougher than that kid, right,
So with the threat of Jalen to keep to tuck,

(47:14):
it allows them to have success running the ball on
the back end with the back absolutely, and I don't
even argue, I don't think he played that great against
the Giants. Now he didn't have to, you know, but
it's like, you win two playoff games, you know, Division
around conference championship in your quarterback, your all star quarterback
didn't even play that great and has been battling a
shoulder injury, and that just tells you the way that

(47:35):
they've built this team. You know, it's it's it's nothing
short of remarkable. I know we talked about how, you know,
good of a job he's done building the roster, but
I just don't think you can overstate that. The fact
that you could win two playoff games and I have
your quarterback play at his best, that's that's that's a
remarkable In today's NFL, you just don't see that. You
remember that shoulder is he's throwing shoulders and it is.

(47:57):
You know, it's clearly trust me, guys, like clearly bothered.
I know it's been bothering him. It's been no joke.
He is, you know, a different guy right now with
that injury. Now, just like everybody's saying, you know, hopefully
he's you know, he's back. You know that you know
hopefully I mean that that that thing heals some for

(48:19):
the Super Bowl do you know that is a runners months?
If this is like if is this an offseason surgery
situation or is this just like just rested for a
few months and it'll be fine, or do we even
know at this do you know why? I don't know.
I don't even want to speculate. I don't know. I
just know you have insight on these sort of things.
And you know what's funny, Um, you know, I try

(48:40):
to show some you know, good little respect for what
it comes to injuries and that sort of thing. Sure,
so I and I and I do. But one thing
I do know is that my manage in pain. Like
he said, like he said, and rarely every new players
admit to being injured. He has said it the last
couple of after the last couple of games. Yeah he's not.
And he's you know, talking to some people around there,

(49:03):
You're like like like they're marveling and how he's gotten
it out like that. That's the truth, Like the truth
greatness of hurts is the makeup. And you brought up
Mike Vick. I had a chance to talk to Mike
Vick the other day. We're gonna play it, And I've
known Mike like when Mike came to Philadelphia, UH to

(49:26):
restart his career. I got to know him pretty well.
I wrote a big story for They used to be
a thing called a O L FanHouse, and I wrote
a big piece on Mike and I was, you know,
I would spend a lot of time with him, um
and and you know it was interesting, you know, getting
to know him and you know, speaking of Andy, like

(49:47):
he was in love with Andy, Like he was just like,
oh my god, I can't believe. I wish I would
have had him to start my career. You know. It
was just an amazing and he meant it, like every
bit of it. And he also said something and you're
gonna hear this later when he talked about Jannalen and
he talked about a handle his business and he's like,

(50:08):
I wish I I wish I was like that. I
wish I was like Jalen when I got into the league.
And you know, we all know what happened. But you know,
jayleb is remarkable in his work ethic, Like you know, work, work, work, work, work,
I mean that's what that dude does. He just he's

(50:29):
he's a coach's kid. He's a football player, he's a
worker and he's a winner. I mean, that's what makes
him a winner, is that work ethic. He just is
a he's he I marvel at. I haven't that meant
anybody like him in that position, right, Like you know,
went was half a diva, right, you know. I mean, listen,

(50:51):
he had a big arm and he could have been
Josh Allen if the if the I do think things
conspired the Super Bowl with falls and that mess them up.
But the kid a lot of town. Yeah, but there's
a level of mental toughness too that I feel like
Carson Wentz probably lacked to a degree. And you're much
closer to it than I am. But I look at

(51:11):
Jalen Hurts, a guy who you know, led Alabama to
two consecutive national championship games, got benched for a true freshman,
you know, and that true freshman led them to a
championship win, transfers to Oklahoma. You know, puts up good numbers,
but no one thought much of him as a quarterback
prospect except for the Eagles in the second round. We
all admitted his his shortcomings as being able to be

(51:31):
a be a pocket pass or throw the ball, and
to your point, he worked on it. He absolutely worked
on becoming a better thrower of the of the football,
and you know, it really is amazing. I've always been
one of those guys that if you don't produce at
the college level, it's next to impossible to just automatically
improve when you get to the pros. I said that
about Josh Allen, and I said that about Jalen Hurts,
among others Jake Locker back in the day. But it's

(51:53):
a testament to guys like Josh Allen and like Jalen Hurts,
especially that they were able to grind and put in
the work and put in the time to actually improve.
But it always stuck out to me this, the mental
toughness of Jalen Hurts to to overcome what happened to
him at UH at Alabama and to come back and
just continue to roll has always impressed me about him.
So I'm not I am somewhat somewhat surprised at the

(52:15):
the the the production he's had at the NFL level,
but knowing his mental makeup, it certainly does not surprise
me that he worked his ass off to try to
do the best he possibly can to become the best
NFL player he can be, and we're kind of seeing
the fruits of that right now. Well, you remember when
we were on the air, you were with us, There's me,
you and Link. When he gets you know, he comes in,

(52:38):
he loses the job. The tour then comes into the
National Championship game, and you know, I just remember marveling going,
oh my god, what a kid, Like how awesome was
that story? And you know, lone behold he becomes an
Eagle and he's in a similar situation with Wentz and
and you know what's interesting, he's way he you know,

(53:01):
once obviously did not like the pick and and partly
a part of me didn't blame him either, Like, you know,
you have a fransized quarterback and they were lacking receivers
and weapons and here and they and they use the
second round pick on Jalen. It's like whoa. And I
understand what how he was doing, how he was trying
to really control his calls for the backup, Like he
knew that Wentz was an all injured kind of guy,

(53:25):
and so we figured, well i'll have I'll have another quarterback.
And that's what Andy would do. And he was a
guy always drafting quarterbacks so it was kind of interesting,
but to figure what sideways. And I'll never forget when
they bench Wentz and they bring Hurts into the game,
all the players we're like just pumped up and they

(53:48):
looked better with Hurts at the helm. And you know,
and I remember asking guys, they were like, we just
love to dude, Like did they like? He just gets
you going? And you know it's he's turned in him,
turning him something to a quarterback all the work. But
he's very he guys want to play for him, they
want to block for him, they want to catch what

(54:10):
they want to win for him. And I think that's
his greatest gift. I think that's his superpower. That's amazing
that that. I mean, that says it right there. I mean,
the ultimate leader. You know something that unfortunately not to
not to pile on Carson Wentz, but you know something
that he that he sort of lacked, and it's kind
and it's carried over the and his his last couple

(54:31):
of destinations as well. Yeah. No, he lacked, man, he
lacked it. It's true, it really is. It's a it's
a pretty remarkable story. And you know what's cool about
it is that he those qualities that Hurts has. It's
you know, he champion that Like that's goodness, right, like

(54:56):
we not I, us, not me. All that stuff is goodness.
Like that's who that's that's truly something like admirable qualities
like that. I go always like, you know, I use
him as a teaching as a teaching tool with my

(55:16):
sons who are athletes. Yeah, that is those are the
intangibles that people talk about that you want, particularly from
from a position like that, the most important position on
the field. And you know, you see guys who are
uber talented, but they're kind of off from their own
world to a degree. Like I've lauded Aaron Rodgers over
the years. I think it's a phenomenal player. I think
from a just a skill set standpoint, the most talented

(55:38):
quarterback I've ever seen. But I think there are certain
in certain senses he kind of lacks from a leadership standpoint,
you know, leading the locker room, is kind of aloof
at times, and does his own thing and plays mind
games in the media, and you know, it's just you know,
he just doesn't have those those sets, that set of
intangibles that you would necessarily want from the leader of
your team, and that's something that Allen Hurts from very

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early on. And I think that's very glaring to what
you mentioned a few seconds ago that as soon as
he was inserted into the game last year, everybody you know,
was galvanized around him. They were excited for him, they
wanted to play for him. You know that that that
says a lot about him, it does. It's us and
you know these things like you know, to use too

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to describe players, right, these adjectives like smart, hard nosed,
not incredibly gifted in that you know he does. He's
not Herbert who six five with the cannon arm right
like he's always not entirely he's not as gifted, even
though he's a great runner and and and a really

(56:42):
good athlete. He's more about hard work and understanding the offense.
And he's cerebral, right. I mean, you know, I love
the fact that they are, that those adjectives are now
used to describe a Jalen Hurts quarterback and an African
American quarterback, absolutely, because those are not things that were

(57:04):
said many many years ago. I know, I heard, uh
it was Doug Williams this week who said he was
brought to tears once the final of the ANFC Championship
came through and he saw that Patrick Mahomes was gonna
end up taking on Jalen Hurts. Not only two black
quarterbacks in the Super Bowl, but two black quarterbacks who
played different styles. You know, Patrick Mahomes, I know, he
can run around and move and he can do with
spectacular things with his legs, but I mean he's generally

(57:25):
someone who wants to kill you from the pocket. He
doesn't run much. He scrambles around to make plays, you know,
right arm like. You know, he's one of my favorites
because I love it. I love an arm guy, and
my man is just got hose. It's ridiculous. The throws
he can make, you know, not even being set, you know,

(57:47):
off of one foot with the injured ankle is UH
is spectacular. And you juxtapose him with Jalen Hurts, who
is almost running like a modern version of a single wing,
you know what I mean, but there with the read option.
But he's making it work because he can actually, you know,
he's competent enough to be able to drop back and
make plays and throw the ball too. So I think
it was a fairly significant UH. The fact that we

(58:10):
have my homes and Jalen Hurts, not only two black quarterbacks,
with two black quarterbacks that play contrasting styles exactly. You know,
it's not you know, it's not well I look at athleticism.
That's it, you know, I mean it's and you know
it's so interesting. It's so interesting that way because one
guy doesn't have gifts like of height and an arm

(58:30):
and all else. The quite the opposite, you know, right,
and he has to overcome it with brains and hard work.
And then the other guy who's got moves, but he's
he's a great athlete, but it's different. He's got he
like he like you said, he wants to kill you
from the pocket because he does have a great arm. Man,

(58:52):
I mean, my god, the best I've ever seen. Yeah,
and he knows. But he's another one who really is
cerebral and knows the game. And by the way, look
what kind of kid Patrick Mahomes is too, Like you know,
his brother and his wife. You're a little you know,
making some noise. He shot that down right, like you know,
like he he's a wholesome dude, like he's from you know,

(59:15):
trust me, I know a lot about the whole situation.
He that dudes in ace man, he really is. If
there's if I'm goodell, damn right, I want Patrick Mahomes
the face of my league. Yeah right, And and and
Pat was like, I don't need to be the face.
I just want to go out and win football games
and that makes me the face, and so be it.
That's the perfect answer that you would want. That's how
Tom Brady would have answered that question fifteen years ago.

(59:37):
You know, That's exactly what reminds me a Peyton a
little bit yeah, and a little bit of what like
he's got that, he's got a great personality, doesn't take
himself too seriously right like he's not he's not an
ego me Like Peyton is not an egomaniac. And I
think Mahomes is the same way. No, when you could
have your biggest star, like I mentioned, be self deprecating,

(01:00:00):
kind of want to be one of the guys. You
know you don't get that very often. I'm with you,
all right, Let's take a quick CEO. We'll come right
back where the Fellas right here on Fox Sports Radio.
Fellas a great song as we hang out on a

(01:00:24):
the weekend between man a little bit later on Fig,
we'll hear from the Mike Vick because I got to
sit down with him and we'll hear that stuff. So
next hour we'll we'll do that. So we'll we'll, we'll
we'll have some fun. Uh, Fellas, you've got our main Ethan,

(01:00:46):
we got Mark who's doing such a great job keeping
everything afloat. As we hang out from the tire rack
dot com studios. Figure want to hear some trending and
then we'll get back in sure, I'll start on the court.
In the NBA Friday Night, Uh, Anthony seventy six is
being the Spurs one seven to one, twenty five thirty

(01:01:07):
three points, ten boards from Joel Embiid Phoenix defeating the
Celtics in Boston one oh six to ninety four, twenty
points for Jason Tatum just three of fifteen shooting from
the field. However, Boston's lost four of their last six
Portland rally for my twenty point deficit. They defeat the
Wizards one to one, sixteen. That snaps the Wizard six
game win streak. In the NBA. Off the court, Lakers,

(01:01:30):
Sons and Mavericks the three teams that are said to
have expressed interest in trading for nets gard Kyrie Irving.
That is, according to ESPN and the Athletic Irving requested
a trade from the Nets on Friday after the two
sides failed to reach an agreement on a contract extension.
And in college basketball, on Friday night, San Diego State
takes over the top spot in the Mountain West with

(01:01:51):
a seventy two to fifty two victory over Boise State.
Back to the Fellas, Hey, real quick, one little NBA note,
Because you went to the league, you know, you know
who's really good and I and I had a chance
to watch them up close this week because the six
has played him twice. Is Orlando they want to gain

(01:02:13):
last night on the road in Minnesota, I know, no towns,
but still still yeah, how about that? That was wild. Yeah,
they're a young team that don't have the greatest record,
but you can kind of see the seeds of what
they can be down there. You know, they're one of
those teams that you know look out for and it
might not even be next year. It could be the

(01:02:34):
next couple of years. But I mean, look, they've been
so bad for so long. I mean, you bank up
enough top eight picks yeah, you should turn the corner eventually. No,
you know, Now, I mean, did you get Jonathan Isay
back in the mix with their kind of easing back
in there a little bit? Uh, you're the the cast
off from Philadelphia. Marco Folso has had some good moments

(01:02:55):
when he's been healthy, and Bank Carroll has been excellent
for them all season. He's my god. That kids a
ball and dude and he's big, like like, I know
he didn't play well, but like even you know he
didn't shoot well, he'shot free for sixteen last night, but
you know, give boards four dimes. He just sees in

(01:03:15):
every play. He's active, he's a he's he's a hell
of a ballplayer. Man. I love that kid. That kid
is kids are terrific ballplayer man. He really is. Yeah.
I mean you look up and down their roster, like
their most veteran players Terrence Ross at thirty one, but
there's a lot of twenty two, three, one, twenty two.

(01:03:37):
It's a good young roster with some really good players.
I didn't even mention Jalen Suggs, Da Wagner Brothers, like
they're yeah. Cole Anthony, Yeah, Cole Anthony had a good game.
Off the bench, like they had a great game off
the bench as a team. I think they scored seventy
points off the bench or something last night. So yeah,
they're they're a team that just needs a little bit
more experience, a little bit more direction. And uh, I
think they I think they have something. You know, another

(01:03:58):
team who I think it's not playing well, but what
has the seeds of that is Houston because they had
a couple of dynamic, really good young players. They have
the worst record in the league right now, which means
they'll probably get another, you know, another crack at the
top overall pick. But I mean, you know, Green has
had some some some flashes at times. You know, Porter Jr.
Has some talent in Jabari Smith, obviously the top pick

(01:04:19):
this past year, has also has some flashes. So those
are two really young teams that you know, they kind
of remind me of Oklahoma City and the younger days
of Westbrook and Kevin Durant when they were kind of
trying to figure things out. And then after you bring
up Ocake City, I mean sure, like that's hout shay
As as an All Star. I'm glad he made the
All Star team this year. He's been bawlings the man.

(01:04:41):
Yes he is. Yeah, that's a good team, like I
had a good young team, Like they play hard, Like
I watched they beat the Sixers one night. It was
it was like right around the holidays, and man, like
you could tell like they just got a good giddy up. Man,
they got a lot of good leg young legs. And well,
you know, you bring up shape. My god, he's a

(01:05:04):
great player and still has god knows how many draft
picks over the next eight years, you know, from all
the trades they've made. So you know, how about your
Brooklyn you might you know, you know you're Brooklyn and
Kyrie wants out and it just changes and then when
he leaves, and how long until Kate d goes? I
let's come out too. Now you're gonna be the whole

(01:05:26):
thing blows up in your face. It's your disaster. And
I mean they may not be, they're gonna be bad
for a decade. Is certainly shaping up that way. I mean,
you have to ship both of those guys out. You're
paying Ben Simmons thirty eight and forty million dollars the
next two years. You know, you still have Joe Harris,
who has a big contract as well. So yeah, you're

(01:05:47):
you're talking about a total tear down and rebuild at
this point in time, because I think once Kyrie gets
traded coming up in this offseason, I think Kevin Durant
is probably gonna ask out again. He says, well, I
mean they're the big reason why I came here was
for Kyrie, and Kyrie is not here. You know, Harden
was here for a cup of coffee and then dipped.
What what the hell am I doing? Yeah, So yeah,

(01:06:09):
they're gonna have to tear it down and start all over.
I know, it's uh there, there there. And the problem
with to tear down is when you don't have any picks, right,
you're just screwed. I don't know what their draft picks
situation is. They can't be that great considering you know
what they've you know, acquiring Kyrie and acquiring from Harden. Yack.

(01:06:31):
But again, the Sixers, aren't they I mean, yeah, those
are low picks. Yeahs aren't anything. Yeah, if you you know,
you're talking, if we're talking to whatever trade that they
that does come down the pipeline for them with Kyrie Irving,
you'd have to believe they're gonna look for draft assets
in that so you know the best of Lakers can
offer nine. Maybe they get a third team involved and

(01:06:52):
try to get more players and more picks involved. But yeah,
if I'm the Nets, I think in the perfect world,
you look to try to find on the way to
bring in players that can help you win now because
you're still in the thick of the race in the
Eastern Conference. You know you're one of the favorites right now.
You know when Katie comes back to to to come
out of the East. So I think it depends on
who you trade. Kyrie for. The Lakers makes the most

(01:07:13):
sense because we know that's a destination where he may
want to go. But if I'm the Nets, he doesn't
have an no trade clause. I'm trying to find the
best trade that I can make that can makes me,
that makes me a contender right now because at this
point in time, you're trying to salvage Kevin Durant and
trying to convince him to stay. And if you put
a competitive product on the floor, granted it is not
helping Kyrie Irving, but maybe it'll help Entie Kevin Durant
to stay. Put yes, yes, yes, yes, yeah. I just

(01:07:41):
don't know how you do that. I don't either, because
the the the you know, the stock is so low
on Kyrie, nobody's gonna break the bank for him. Yeah,
you know. You know what's funny is that, you know,
if you look at shake Jnver, right, or the or
the Rams, you look at them, you look at it
compared to the NFL who go all in, like the

(01:08:03):
Rams goal in, like they traded their first round picks
and you know, they were the spot now where you're
probably got a couple of years before they can reachool again.
You're right, And I don't know. I mean, you know,
the problem is you got an aging Stafford, you know,
do you try to piece it together? And you're gonna
try because you have Stafford and you have some but

(01:08:24):
I just don't know how you do it. And then
like I got like a team like Denver, like you know,
it was a disaster this year, but they make the
best move they could with Peyton to kind of rejuvenate
Russell Wilson and trying to make that thing work and
in the NBA could be a death knell. In the NFL,

(01:08:45):
we look at the what the Eagles did with Wentz,
like they there were situations where they traded their franchise
quarterback like they're giving them an extension, right and it
just would stop working out, and they traded all their
assets to go grab them. How we it's funny. You
have to learn your mistake early, recognize it early. So

(01:09:07):
he recognized that Wentz wasn't gonna be a big and
he makes the big trade two Indie and gets one
back like that was a big deal. Absolutely. That's that's
you and knowing how to maneuver around the roster and
you know, shift around contracts, something that the Rams are
going to have to do there. I believe fourteen fifteen
million dollars over the cap heading into the season, but

(01:09:29):
I mean fourteen million dollars over in the grand scheme
is really not that much. You got a couple of
a couple of big contracts too, I mean Cooper Cups,
one Stafford is one Aaron Donald. You know, like they
can easily read your readjust some of these contracts and
probably open up gobs of money to break one more
run out it this year. I don't think they're ready
to rebuild quite yet. I think the Rams believe they

(01:09:50):
could just stay healthy another offseason of of Alan Robinson,
learning the offensive playbook, getting a little bit better of
a run game, a better offensive line, and they should
be right back in the think of it. Uh So
I don't think they're aid u punt anytime soon. So, like,
if you're a team like the Saints who are like
fifty million dollars over the cap, I think that's more
of a bigger issue. But when you're a team that's

(01:10:12):
hovering around, you know, between ten to twenty million over,
there's a lot of uh, you know, magic that you
can play, that you can put around it too, uh
to make yourself a competitive team. So I think that's
one advantage that you have in the NFL that you
just can't do in the NBA because everything is ironclad, locked, solid,
guaranteed and you can't really finagal the contracts at all. Yeah,

(01:10:33):
I think you're you're you're, you know, you're spot on,
and it's it's so different when it comes to that
in the NFL. I mean, you know, I it was,
you know, it was interesting. I ask your question, if
you're the Cowboys, why and you knew that pay this
is the year Payton was coming back, and all along,
I always thought that Jerry and Sean Payton had a great,

(01:10:54):
great relationship. Why wouldn't you just get rid of McCarthy.
I mean, you can listen, he's not a good coach.
I don't understand why he gets old his love. He's
not a good coach. Yeah. Well, and I know that
things are not even. I do think it's an interesting
stat that that basically Sean Payton and Mike McCarthy have
the same record, and they also have one Super Bowl each.

(01:11:16):
But the perception is that Sean Payton is so much better,
and I think he is. He is. I mean, I
know I saw the same thing. You're right, I think
I just think Sean Payton, like if you got them
in a room and it was a football i Q test.
You know, just look at head coach from a head
coaching standpoint, just managing games and having seen every game

(01:11:38):
that Mike McCarthy has been the head coach of the Cowboys,
just some head scratching decisions when it comes to win,
to call time outs, philosophies, when to run the ball
or throw the ball in certain situations in the game,
when to go for two. It's just from a head
coaching standpoint, the decisions he makes really leaves a lot
to be desired. So whether or not, I do think
it's better that he's the offensive play call it the

(01:12:00):
Kellen Moore. I don't think Kelly Moore is a little overrated,
to be honest with you. Uh So I would give
Mike McCarthy the nod on that to be the offensive
play caller as the head coach, but as an actual
head coach and managing a football game. I think Sean Payton,
you know, run circles around him. Yeah, man, I mean,
and I go, I go. I think to myself and

(01:12:21):
I say these if you have paint available and you're
at the end of this thing, you know, let's face it,
you can't you see the future. The future in Dallas
is the same kind of thing with Prescott. Right, you're
gonna probably have to move on from him, but you'll

(01:12:41):
go with the You'll move on from the coach first, right,
you gotta get you gotta move on from Zeke. There's
a lot of tough decisions there that they gotta make.
But I could totally see them firing McCarthy after next year. Yeah.
Now there are rumblings and I and I wish I
could remember who said this. I don't remember one NFL insider.

(01:13:01):
It's possible Sean Payton really had no desire to go
to the Cowboys to be their head coach because of
all the mess that you have to deal with and
dealing with Jerry. It's like one of those like he
he loves Jerry and has respect for him and you
know and all that, but doesn't necessarily want to work
for him just because of all the stuff. It was
the same thing with Parcels. Parcels loved Al Davis, loved

(01:13:22):
Al Davis to death, didn't want to work for him
because he knew what that entailed. So you can love
a guy, you can respect the guy. I do think
there's something to the notion that Sean Payton just didn't
want to deal with Jerry Jones and being the head
coach of the Cowboys, and that probably is why, and
maybe Jerry knew that, and that's why Jerry said, yeah,
we won't even won't even pursue it. We'll just keep
on pushing with Mike McCarthy and give Dan quinn a

(01:13:43):
nice healthy raise to stay along as the DC excellent.
He's excellent, and I've always felt to be honest, if
some if things go sideways with him, they might just
go to dan Quinn and just elevate from within again,
and just would not be a bad idea because listen,
I believe dan Quinn. I think he's all of a coach.
And then one thing, if I were Dallas and I

(01:14:05):
was looking to pivot, like you know, in my build,
like I don't know, I mean, I I you know, listen,
I don't believe in Prescott. I just think that gives
you what he gives you, like he's gonna take you
so far. He's a caretaker, you know, I mean just
what he is, Like you know, there's so much you
can invest in him. But if you're going to try
to invest that roster and not just can did detonate it? Right?

(01:14:30):
I would double Dan on defense and just saying I
would make that, I would make I would build my team.
I got a couple of pieces including I think the
best young player in football, defensive player in football in Parsons,
And yeah, I mean I would try to make that
defense like I would. I would go heavy in I

(01:14:50):
got powered as a runner. I may even drift another runner.
Would I would on his last legs, He's exactly I
would Drift would go all heavy an offensive line and
really kind of restocked the line which they drafted the
draft of the kid in the first round last year
who got a lot more playing time this year than

(01:15:11):
they thought he would. Yes, and I would continue to
invest in that. I would invest in my defense, and
I would just become a run, you know, run based
team and not worried about going up and down the field.
And I would, you know, rely on my defense. And
I still think that, you know, almost like the Niners.
I mean, you know, I would almost try to go

(01:15:32):
that route. I think I could have a good defense
in San Francisco because I know I got some pieces
that down there. You certainly can. And I think that's
just if you're gonna be built the way that you're built,
specifically with Dak Prescott as your quarterback and your your look.
You're locked into him at least for the next few years.
You know, you wouldn't cut if you even if you
wanted to, You wouldn't cut them lose now because he'd
count for so much dead money against the cap because

(01:15:54):
he just signed him to a giant extension. So the
best thing you can do is wide in your margin
for error. As much as possible, so that to your point,
improving the defense as much as you can and having
as dominant of a run game as you can too. Ye,
all right, where the fellas come back to at the
moment right here Fox Sports Radio, all right, welcome back,
fella as we hang out from the tire rack dot

(01:16:22):
Com studios. So, fig right now, you're leaving Eagles. Is
that what I'm getting from you? I'm definitely, I'm definitely
leading Eagles, and I'll be honest with you, I'm I
know there's a ways to go, but I'm finding it
hard pressed to try to convince myself and talk myself

(01:16:43):
into how Kansas City now look, Kansas City obviously can win.
I'm not saying it's impossible for him to do it,
but just you know, tactically speaking, looking at the matchups.
You know, I if it were me making the line,
I would have Eagles plus three going in. So yeah,
I think that, Yeah, I felt, you know what's funny,
I felt the shame thing. I think. You know, Eagles

(01:17:04):
being like a field goal favorite makes a lot of sense.
Do you think that people might are holding it against
Philadelphia considering their road and look, you earned an easier
road when you're the top seed. Granted Kansas City was
the top seed too, but you beat a giant team
that most of us acknowledged probably had no business being there,
and you beat the San Francisco team that it was
gonna be tough sledding with brock Purty and then he

(01:17:25):
ends up getting hurt and it's just a walkover at
that point. And you know, Kansas City goes places there.
You know, their arch nemesis in Cincinnati, who they hadn't beaten,
uh in the last two years, and they go in
and beat them. I do wonder if there's a little
bit of, well, Philadelphia really hadn't quote unquote played anybody
of substance, and that's why we're kind of overweighting Kansas
City more than them. Yeah, I can see that. I

(01:17:47):
definitely see that. I mean literally, I've been arguing with
people for a long time. I wouldn't have the o Copple. Yeah, yeah,
I'll talked to Rob on Friday about this. He said,
you jumped on the show and talked about the Super
Bowl a little bit. The Eagle. Yeah, I love I
love those two guys, man Chris and Robert like dear,
like just good friends. Man, Yeah, we go. It's funny
because we go way back, like our New York days.

(01:18:07):
We were all together. You know, Chris was at the Times,
Rob was that newsday. I was at the Post and um,
yeah I got I got big love man love for
the odd couple, the best of dudes. So but it
was funny because they were laughing when I was all giddy,
like giddy giddy, and uh, I'm like, dude, I'm telling

(01:18:28):
you these teams, this Eagles teams, legit, legit, legit, and uh,
you ever go, man, you sound like a fan You
sound like a fan boy. And it was funny because
I was like, listen, like sometimes you just see a
team and you know they're good, and you know that's it. Well,

(01:18:50):
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As uh, we get this hour we continue our Super
Bowl talk, we'll dive deeply into it. Also, I got
a chance to sit down Mike Vick, so you'll hear
that story that interview where he also tells I thought
he had something very profound in the middle of it.
He talks about Jadalen Hurts and he talks about how,

(01:19:56):
you know, he thought he admired Jalen's approach, and he
said he wished that he had Jalen's approach when he
was his age in the NFL, And you know, I
thought it was really interesting and really profound how he
looked back and he was like, man, I really admire
the way he goes about his business. And Uh, a

(01:20:19):
little earlier this year, I think it was in November,
right before Eagles played Washington on Monday Night Football. It
was actually the first loss that night. But Mike had
a chance to sit down with Donovan McNabb and UH
and Jalen Hurts and r G three, in fact, was

(01:20:40):
the moderator, and it was r G three, Donovan, Mike Vick,
and Jalen and it was kind of interesting because it
was the three Eagles quarterbacks and they had a really
interesting conversation and Mike talked about that a little bit
and uh, really interesting stuff. So you will get to
hear that that's coming up in about fifteen minutes. We'll

(01:21:03):
do that a little bit later on next hour. We'll
take a look at everything from a betting standpoint with
our friend the big brain on Brad So our betting analysts.
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talking about, you know, the the kind of nation's view
of the Eagles and and still kind of looking at
him side. I know that side, I stare figgy where

(01:22:08):
they go, Yeah, I don't know, And ain't that good?
Fourteen and three and then they have won the last two.
There are only two playoff games against the Giants and
the Niners by combined six to seven score, I mean,
as dominant as it gets. But yeah, but you have
to you have to consider the opponent, and especially in

(01:22:30):
the forty Niners case, and the state that opponent was
in at the time. You know, your starting quarterback, by
the way, back party is not even your quote unquote
starting quarterback. He's the backup, backup to the backup at
that you know, he had a great run the last
month and a half of the season for sure into
the playoffs, and he gets injured early in the game.
That changes literally everything and how that game is played.

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So it's almost like you can't even get a fair
assessment of Philadelphia just based on that. And it's almost
like one of those you know, the they did run
over the DF but at a certain point the fort
and I are defense just knows that they have no chance.
They know that they're done. It's in even if you
don't think of it consciously. It's kind of in the
back of the recesses of your mind, and you just
get grinded down and you know you have no shot

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of coming back to win. I think that wears on
you a little bit. You know. So of those dudes
lost their they lost their pois big time. Yeah, penalties
that they usually never get. They just imploded. So I
understand the people who have some hesitation in saying that, hey,
I just want to annoint the Eagles or I want
to favor the Eagles over Kansas City, because I think

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it is a fair criticism to say they just haven't
been challenged. So it's funny, right, So I started thinking
about this um from a from an Eagle standpoint, right
because obviously, you know, I mean, everybody knows where I'm at.
You know where I'm located. It's my local team that
I cover and Boylood team growing up in the shadows

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of Veteran Stadium. But here's the thing. When I look
at it, and I try to look at objectively, and
I agree with you, I think the game, ultimately the
big advantage that the Eagles have is up front, right,
so up front, they had a huge advantage both sides

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of the ball. That's where they're That's where it lies. However,
it's worth saying that the Eagles look at the quarterbacks
who they faced this year, look at the offenses that
they face. Week one, they face they go to the Lions,
right now. The Lions turned out to have a good
offense and got and God played really well and they scored.

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They give up thirty five points in that game. The
Lions scored thirty five points on them. Yep. They then
shut down Cousins and Jefferson and that offense only allowed seven.
It was a Monday night game and they went seven.
They crushed Wentz eight. They beat the Jaguars one all right,

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and was Lawrence early on before Jacksonville started to play well.
Arizona they beat twenty to seventeen. Murray they pretty handled
pretty much, uh no jack in the first Cowboys game
they win seventeen. They rolled the Steelers and Kenny picking
I don't know if Kenny, I think it was Traubitsky

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in that game was probably yeah, I pick it through
for and had to pick, but I think it was
no George Pickings. I might write about that. So, yeah,
it's before Pickings became a big part of the offense.
But they rolled Kenny pick thirteen. They go beat the

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Texas game closer than it was on a short week
Thursday night. They lose to Heineke and the Commander's thirty
two twenty one, but um that there was really twenty.
They gave up twenty six because the land there was
a little touchdown at the end of the game. That
was the US of touchdown. They squeak one out against
Matt Ryan and the Colt seventeen sixteen. Now they faced

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Rogers and that's the probably the best quarterback that they
faced all year long, right, and you know they green
Bay put up thirty three on Roger on on Eagles defense.
Now they did it predominantly through the run game because

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Rogers had a very pedestrian game eleven for sixteen a buck,
forty two touch sands, but also two interceptions, so there
were some turnovers in that game. Still green Bay puts
up thirty three. They rolled the Titans thirty five ten,
they beat they rolled the Giants. The twenty two comes

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late in that game. Uh, they beat the Bears in
justin field. That's when Kurtz got hurt twenty frigid day,
right before Christmas. Christmas Eve Day, they lose to the Cowboys.
Doc has the big game. If you remember now, now
mits you started Dac through for three forty seven, three

(01:27:10):
touchdown passes in that game on crist Now. They didn't
need it. It was the third straight road game. Uh no,
Jalen Show, I don't know how you view it. Uh.
They lose to the Saints twenty to ten. They beat
the Giants end the season. We've talked extensively about the
Giants at Niners playoff games. So that takes us to

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today and the Super Bowl and they and if I'm
want to look at objectively, they haven't faced any quarterback
that's close to Mahomes. And they had Rogers and the golf. Yeah,
and they've been victimized by quarterbacks that are not the
caliber of Patrick Mahomes. So I guess that's, uh, that's
certainly a concern, and it definitely makes sense. So that's

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kind of one thing. Even though while I think that
both I think the trenches and you know, both fronts
favorite the Eagles. I mean, you know, the Mahomes thing
is is legitimate. When I matched the game up. You know,
the one area the Eagles defense that's a little soft
is the middle of the field. And you know who

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lives in the middle of the field. Is Kelsey correct? Correct? Now?
I will say the teams that they've struggled against generally
are ones that have run the ball particularly well against them.
On the defensive front, you know, the best way to
slow down the pass rushes to run on him a
little bit. Unfortunately for Kansas City, I've talked about this,
I mentioned it last week. A lot of times. Andy

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just doesn't like running the ball. For lack of a
very term, he just doesn't want to do it, even
if there are times where it's advantageous for him to
do so, even if you have a dominant quarterback like
Patrick Mahomes. You know, so like in in a game
that calls for you to be able to run the
ball and slow and float on the pass rushing. And look,
maybe he knows about the deficiencies of his old line. Again,
they're good, they're not great. He maybe he knows to

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maybe feature Prochecko a little bit more, run the ball,
play a little more ball and don't try to drop
back and pass so much, especially knowing that Mahomes is
gonna be you know, I know he's not on the
injury report, and he practiced all week long. That ankle
is not a pcent, it's not even close to. You
do not want him running for his life, you know,
running away from that ferocious pass rush, which then place

(01:29:17):
his pressure by the way on the other side of
the ball too. With spags on defense, he can't afford
to get down early to Uh. Now, granted you have
an offense that can that can be explosive with anybody.
I just wouldn't want to take it and chance it
to have to have my homes dropped back thirty times
out of necessity. Out of choice is one thing. To
do it out of necessity is another. And then he

(01:29:38):
was at the hounds loose on him. Uh. To come
after him with that bad ankle is not a recipe
for success. Now, I'm with you. I mean, you know, look,
I mean that the one thing about that front is
it's a dangerous stages front that you know, Bay, we
saw what Hassan Reddick has done about a guy on
the radar, I mean, son Reddick. Well, they feel like

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he was miscast too when he was first drafted. They
made him an off ball linebacker when he was a
pass rusher in college. So you put him back in
a position where he thrived. Shocker, he keeps throwing. He
thrives at again at the NFL level. It was funny, man,
I had Matt rule and yesterday my boys and so
you know, yeah, so Matt, Matt gets the Temple and

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his son who's from Camden, New Jersey, and Camby, New Jersey,
is literally right over the bridge from Center City Philadelphia.
I mean it's like like eight minutes away, right right
over the Delaware River. And in fact it's where the
Sixers have their practice facility right in Camden. And in Camden,

(01:30:43):
you know, so ha sign grows up there. You know,
he's got some offers. Whatever he goods will walk on
the Temple. When Matt gets the job, the people are saying, listen,
you gotta keep this kid. This kid. You know, this
kid's got some ability. So Matt believes in him, and
you know, he flourishes. Right like you said, he goes

(01:31:07):
to Arizona and everybody wants to make him. And then
because of his size and his tack on ability. Everybody
wants to make him an inside linebacker, and he's pleading
with Pete, plead, may put me on the edge. Man,
I'm gonna go out. Let me, let me just be
just give me some chances off the edge, and he
goes in sides with you know, it goes inside a

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one year deal, show me deal with Matt uh where
Matt was in Carolina last year, and he just blows up.
Then he comes back home to the Eagles and he
has this historic season. It's a great He's a great
story man from like you know, you want to talk
about a rocky type of story from the shadows of

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you know that city in in a in a rough
neighborhood of Camden, you know, goes a walk on the
temple and then just comes home and its secutest fashion
and just flourishes. It's a great story. Always got when
a hometown kid, you know, it comes back and it
makes him and he's not just a bit player. He's

(01:32:10):
an important part of what they do making. It's Reggie White. Yeah,
he's incredible. So I mean that's it. You're right, it
is a it is a phenomenal story. So you know
all that said, you know, that front. To your point,
that could create some havoc. I just I'm curious about
how I almost thick and I get your point about

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you know, Andy running the ball, running the ball, I
think that secret weapon and he's had him on on
ice the last couple of weeks because I thought he
was going to trot this guy out last week and
he never really did. But I was telling you, I
this is just my gut. I think the secret weapon

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that Andy's going to unleash is McKinnon. Yeah, he's been
pretty quiet. It's been very quiet this postseason. I remember
he's had some he had some big games. He did
he sure did, he absolutely did. Now, I don't know
if they have been if they've been coding them close
to the vest, or things just have not materialized for him,

(01:33:18):
uh in the game plan or on on Sunday's the
last couple of weeks. But you know, he and Pacheco
I think are are an excellent one to punch for sure.
I would like to see both of them. As much
as we love Patrick Mahomes and seeing him work, I
think you will behoove the Chiefs specifically in this game
to to lean a little bit more on those two
guys or at least, you know, they don't have to
carry the ball forty times, but at least make the Eagles,

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you know, pass rush slow down a little bit and
make them respect the fact that you're willing to run
the ball. So I'm saying the Kenning out of the
backfield in the past game. Sure, And that's another part.
If you know, talk about making plays over the middle,
he's sure passing game, he's like that. Yeah, getting him
out in space against you if they if the Eagles
have a weakness on their defense. You mentioned the middle,

(01:34:02):
and then the linebacking corps. That's that's kind of a
place where you can eat a little bit, and that's
you know, obviously Kelsey does that, and that's a place
where the running backs can thrive too. Yeah yeah, yeah. Uh.
There was a game and we're gonna well, we'll uh
call time and then we'll hear from Mike Vick coming up.
But there was a game against Denver where like, to me,

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from a chief's perspective, this is what you want to go.
Pat Checko goes thirteen for seventy, Now he's not gonna
get seventy. I mean, that's against the Eagles. But thirteen carries.
If you can grab forty to fifty and McKinnon goes
seven for one twelve two touchdowns, that's incredible and my

(01:34:49):
homes goes three fifty two altogether. Yeah, I mean, if
you can get those, if you could just get the
Chiefs running game as a collective to get you a
hundred and twenty yards, I feel like that's not a
whole lot to ask, but that's about and you could
given count McKidd yards in the past game because those
little flip passes in front of you, it's really a

(01:35:10):
run or those little dump offs. I mean that thuds
are kind of runs. So you can even you know,
add those yards into the totality and it's ball control,
right true. Oh yeah, absolutely. And one thing that works
in Kansas City's favor too now is that they reformat
it the way they play offense. They're not as reliance

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on big play throwing the ball downfield to Tyreek killed.
They don't have those sorts of weapons, especially Hartman's been
in and out with injury. But they've very much been
running a lot of two tight ends, shorter passing game.
You know, they can dink and dunkey before hitting you
over the top of something. So I can very much
see them playing a little bit of uh like West
Coast ball almost and you know clock ball to would

(01:35:53):
agree with the control, controlling things with a short passing game.
They've done a lot more of that this season. All Right,
we're the fellas will come right back, and you'll hear
from Michael Vick. I bet the Super Bowl and of
course uh jalb hurts fellas right here on Fox Sports Radio.

(01:36:16):
All right, welcome back, fellas having figures fig I'm Anthony
going again because and uh, let's do this because you're
going to talk. We're gonna listen to Mike Vick. But
let's first get a little trending action and then we'll
do it. All right, sounds good. Well, I'll start in

(01:36:38):
the NBA from Friday night. The Sun's going to Boston
and beat the Celtics one O six to nine four
for their seventh win in their last nine games. Michael
bridges they're leading scorer with twenty five points. Celtics have
lost four of their last six. Portland rally from twenty
points down to beat Washington to one sixteen, snapping the
Wizards six game win streak. Thirty or three points, ten

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boards for Joel and beat at the seventies sixers beat
San Antonio, Trey Young scoring twenties seven, DeAndre Hunter twenties
six for Atlanta. They beat Utah one fifteen to one
oh eight. You had victories for Orlando, Toronto, Detroit, and Indiana,
who snapped a four game losing streak with a victory
over Sacramento. College basketball twenty second ranks. San Diego State
dominated Boise State to take sole possession of first place

(01:37:23):
in the Mountain West. Back to the fellas, all right,
that saw Sorry, I had a chance uh to sit
down with Mike Vick and uh for with at my
local stage, you know, my local show in Philly, and
Mike who is always a gentleman that known in a
long time and when he got to Philadelphia and restarted
his career. Uh a really interesting stuff about Andy Reid

(01:37:47):
and Jalen Hurts and how he feels. So take a
listen to Mike Vick. He's our man, Mike Vick on
the Comcast Business outline My and v seven. I'm sing
I was told his story. Remember when you first came
to Philadelphia, and remember Butchey who was our security guy

(01:38:11):
at the time and Big Butcher. We would go to
my my man Mr. Tony's restaurant, lady, you know, like
after the game, like hang out a little bit, having
la meal, right, and you were getting to know Philadelphia,
and you know, it was awesome because you love the town.
Right away. It was like you you really, you really

(01:38:31):
felt good here. Yeah, it was. It was a warm
embrace from the beginning. And and on was that my
wife was from Philadelphia and so I felt like she
got a chance to be treated it and enjoyed the
you know, the moment just like I did. And you know,
even though mine came from the fan base, you it

(01:38:52):
was hometown love for her and she was back home
and and instantly I fell in love with the city,
people in the restaurants and just the whole coolness that
the city of brotherly love had. The awful man and uh,
you know, I look at it as my second fairy home.
I love coming in. Yeah, it was great. Like it
it was a good time in your life too, because

(01:39:12):
you know, you just were able to just kind of
you know, restart and used to acting. You know, when
I was saying this earlier, if you had handy as
your coach back in the day. I mean, my god,
I remember, like you guys, coaching. I always joked about, um, coach,

(01:39:33):
always just coach, always even telling me if he had
me as the youngest, Uh, you know, my career would
have been different. And I actually believe that I know
what he was able to get out of me. Uh.
And then a nine year event, well eight year event
when I got to him, um, you know, and in
the little pants my prime. And obviously the two year

(01:39:53):
layoff took a little bit away from the athletic community
thing out. I was able to have something back, revive
it a little. Um. But if he would ask me
when I was twenty two, twenty three years old, it
would have been curted for the league for a long time.
Always looked at Andy Reeves offense, and I always watched
him on them when I was in Atlanta and what

(01:40:14):
he was doing with Donovan, and I always just wondering whatever,
because I was it's only you know, you're allowed to
think that way. And and uh, I thought he was
a great print play called and a great play coach.
So I put a lot of thought into that. But yeah, Andy,
he always told me that it's very cool Yeah, he
loved you. I remember having conversations you know, before you
ever came here. He loved you. And he was a

(01:40:37):
guy that always had that like. He was also what
people don't know about him, and I'm glad about this
super Bowl which we'll get to, but you know, he
was a good player, Like he cared for his players, man,
Like he was legit guy. Yeah, I mean very personal. Um.
You know, he's the type that you know, you want

(01:40:58):
to you don't want to just know about what's going
in and your world of football, the sense the family
and friends and yeah, he just his door was always
open and as long as you treat him with respect,
he'll give you the same. And but he didn't take
anything less to man. I think you know, when coaches
can differentiate between you know, being your friend and being

(01:41:23):
your coach and your mentor being your role model in
the center, when they can compartmentalize that and put it
all together, which very few are able to do, those
are the ones who have the longest stay is um,
get the most out of their players, and obviously win
on a consistent basis. Yeah, that's a great point. We're
talking to the great Michael Vick on the Comcast Business, Eyeline.

(01:41:46):
So you've got the special time with Jalen. What what
do you think? What's what's come away with with Jalen
and watching what he's done in this whole year, just
reinventing himself. But this thing that with Jalen Um, I
think Donna met didn't say the same. Um Jamon makes

(01:42:06):
you want to go back and just do it all
over again. Like if I do it again, I'm gonna
do it just like this. I'm gonna keep my hand
down the number one as hard as I can, and
I'm gonna think my teammates better than I'm gonna be
the best teammate that I can be, and I'm gonna
do everything right. Well, I got everything in the pall
of my hands, and you know, he just reaching the
confidence and the leadership. And you know it's funny because

(01:42:29):
I as I watched him, and I watched the maturation process,
and I know his story. I know his dad was
a coach and coached him, and I prayed that I'm
able to do the same thing for my son and
hopefully he it turned out like a like a Jalen
hurts Man. I think he's a great, great young man. Five,
young man. That's deep. It's deep. I mean I'm listening

(01:42:50):
and it's so true. Like all he wants to do
is play football. And you said it right, like head down,
do the right thing. Listen. You know it's hard, right
to keep it, keep your head down back. Yeah, yeah,
nothing else matters right now. And even championship weekend and

(01:43:14):
winning that game. You know, even when you see him smell,
you just get happy because you're like, yeah, Dannon enjoying
him play. He's enjoying it. But he just showed about
his businessman. You can all have the stunt that and uh,
you know it will continue to get better. He hasn't
even matched out as as far as maturity level. You know,
we all continue to chore and life as the years

(01:43:34):
go on, the gods of age and uh, he's he's definitely,
uh the child beyond the years. Yeah you said something,
and also that because I was gonna bring this up
to you. You know, having your dad, he you know,
he was a coaches kid, and there's something about coaches
kids and having your father, you know, you provide that

(01:43:56):
structure being with you all day, like what you're doing
with your with your kids, right like you know, that's
it that helps so much, Like you know, it just
either big way, not just in the NFL and sports,
but in society. Having that voice with your old childhood
is just so important and compressive. It's one thing to

(01:44:19):
raise a child to become a fine young man or
woman an adult, um, but to home then become a
great professional football players about all the years because it's
gonna be good times, bad times, ups and downs, is
gonna be adversity. You know, it's gonna be championships, and
you might get bench and you know, so many things

(01:44:40):
can happen. You gotta stand a moment and and from
you know, you gotta give a lot of credit to
his dad because he was able to always be a
teacher and a leader in his own right and and coaching,
you know, and and and help him cheat you know
what the direction of with the pointing and success who

(01:45:00):
truly really is and and uh so you know, got
to give the get a lot of respect too, because
uh he was gotten to the point man to get
him to this point. Yeah, I love, I love, And
you know what's really cool is that I look at
both these courts and I when I just removed myself
from you know Philadelphia, and I love Patrick Mahomes. I

(01:45:21):
always did. I love the way he handles himself. You know,
he's another kid that she's straight up. We's a winner,
that kid another kids you look at us like especially
I have to spending time with him and spending time
with Andy, and you know, I can talk to coach
on many levels. And you know, when he first drafted Patrick,

(01:45:41):
you know we had conversations about him and I spent
some time in camping like this. Don't surprise me. Um.
You know, Patrick, just like Jalen this business. He gets
it against great road models in his life. He has
a coach. Stay really, kids and I understand the game,
and so you get the most out of this players
and you make him great. And I mean it's a

(01:46:02):
train with Andy. I mean, Donovan was great, great fine
young man, great players and uh coaches. It's sad to
say you know how to take quarterbacks and he no talent. Man,
I think he can say that. But Patrick is is
certainly uh, you know, one of the best players in
the National Football League hands that, if not the best players.
Him and Jaymen they're gonna battle that out in a

(01:46:23):
couple of days. So I'm I can't wait to watch
this one. Man, I'm I'm staying neutral. Got a love
for both sides, man, and uh that won't change. I
problem that. What do you think of Nick Sirianity? Because
I see a lot of similarities like young Andy, like
he it times a little different, but he he relates
to his places. Players you know, really seem to He

(01:46:47):
gets the best out of him. And I think they
not only like him and respect them, but I think
they kind of can relate to him. I think that's
a I think he's a good young coach. I'm just
curious of what you think. Yeah, you know, we see
coaches come and go, and uh, Nick is one of
the coaches that you're gonna see around for a long time.

(01:47:08):
And you know, I think he's very surrebol He understands
the game of football. He understands when they make it sophisticated,
when they make it hard, and when to slow it
down and make it super easy for guys can just
go out and play. And those are the best coaches,
you know, when they when when they look hard, it's
really got hard. And you know, I just think naked

(01:47:28):
when the monster man, what needed to happen to win
in the National Football League for the last couple of
years ago. And you gotta respect the process too, Like
it didn't start out for me. You you kind of
like one that was like almost like Aaron Rodgers when
he told everybody to black and they was like, Okay, yeah,

(01:47:48):
you know, some bumps in the road, but here is
how we're trying to do it. And that's how we
see it, you know, materializing in the future and lit
we're in the super Bowl and you know what guys
should have, Man, this is a successful season. It's gonna
be more seasons becoming the Philadelphia Eagles in the way
they Howry Roseman and the entire organization, the way they

(01:48:10):
evaluate players and the type of players they bring in.
It's always consistent. If you look at this same from
the T seven teams, tween team and won and won
the teampionship whatever years it was. Get but but we
had defense, we had larnbacks, we had safeties, they had leadership.
We had a quarterback, two quarterbacks, the guy that there.

(01:48:32):
We had a run game. They had the seeds were
I was trying jetly like god. We picked up a
free agencies similar to a J. Brown and so you know,
it's like we they sit back and they kind of
I'll do the rest of the league. And in terms
of talent, and you I learned from being around you
know these very it's a bunch of people in terms

(01:48:52):
of the game. Uh, how to evaluate the talent, what
you look for and how it's when they're supposed to
look like in every position and not. I just look
at the parent lels and I just see women from
the chiefs Andy and and how we and and the
Philadelphia Eagles. Yeah, and you know the other thing is

(01:49:12):
that line and you know too well about what an
out line and with you know, with Kelsey and Lane
and now you have made a lot of and you
know that that Eagles offensive line is is so special.
You know Statlin coaching that team. I mean you know
you was your quarterback. Appreciate that more than anybody. Yeah. Absolutely, Man,

(01:49:35):
you can act er um, you know, acting how you
feel about those guys in front of them, and here
did you a long dissertation on each guy and still
you know why they probably the mistake the teammates, you know,
and I'm just saying that speaking from a father, but
I know the bar that you create with your offensive
linement is just to have got a guy like Kelsey

(01:49:56):
and Lane Johnson on the line to you know, just
being big brothers to the guys who come in and
they continue to teach them and help them and coach
them up and make them better. It's not this one man.
You know, those guys are working together and they locked
their arms when they're ball the snap and they come
in the game and they come they come to destroy

(01:50:17):
you and this man, it's very evident they do that
and they've been doing it for a long time. It
was one of Michael Vick on the comcast his highline
V seven. Um, you know the Eagles, I know this
franchise means a lot to you. And you know, Jeffrey
Lori ultimately was the one who embraced you. And you

(01:50:38):
know he's had a lot of success over the years.
And you know, he hires Andy, he hires Nick Sirianni,
and I, you know, I think it's I think it's
it's fair and just that we talked about him and
and but you got to know him and he wanted
to He wanted to get to know you when he
provided you know, you this home after everything. I'm just

(01:50:59):
curious about you know when you think about Jeffrey, like
you know, when you're encounters with him, Yeah, yeah, you know,
thanks thanks for bringing up Mr Lord because you know,
we kind of lose sight on who's the behind it
all and believing they take a certain beliefs and jeff
is believing in everybody that you know, he's the change.

(01:51:19):
He's a simple and uh you know from how we
to make just strusting the process and trusting his coaches
and and I would say this about Mr lurid Um
especially young man Um. Very humble, very intelligent and had
the chance to go off on the last year and
you know, we talked about some things and we kind

(01:51:41):
of predicted that the future is bright and we knew it.
But if you go back in time, Mr Lawyers gave
him so many people are chance and you look at
the game at the time when you know, black quarterbacks
really didn't get an opportunity, not interns um um quarterbacking,

(01:52:01):
but you know sometimes the opportunity was limited. He brought
in Random County and you know he's bringing Rightingy Tea.
You know, he brought getting Donnovan drafted Donna in the
nineteen nine in the Andy and that that made me
believe that I can make it in the National Football League.
So as a quarterbacks, as a black quarterback, and he's
gonna guy who has been an advocate man, and he's

(01:52:23):
um you know, he's just a great human being and
he gives everybody equal and ample opportunity to be successful.
And he's a pioneer in the game. He's definitely a
pioneer to the to the revolution of the position. That
was when the position, Um, you know, he helped the
young kids like me see the vision that they can happen.

(01:52:45):
And so you know, not only did a great owner
and having won the flagship ordinizations in the National Football League,
he's look very very fine. Um Man, I will say, yeah,
that's beautiful man, it really is. Uh. You know you
always always loved it because you always you always talk
from your heart and uh I always respected that. Now

(01:53:07):
tell me, yeah, man, you always. So how's it? How's
the player? How's this game play out? You know what
you're actually had on and we what do you kind
of see? Well, um, I can I can see Fundy
coming out in fast pace and and you know, let's
not lose something that you know, this game is gonna

(01:53:27):
be very difficult because Nick SAgs a great offense to speaks,
Magnola has a great defense, and then this vice versa
on the other side, Andy with the offense and he
was with the defense. So you know, I think, you know,
the healthiest team probably is gonna have the advantage. We
got two quarterbankers. Is gonna make magic happening. Um. I

(01:53:49):
just say that the least amount of mistakes made in
the game, and we'll see it'll be evident. You got
so the best teams planning. I think the team to
make the least amount of mistakes and don't give up
the it in the tunnel of the battlem of probably
having a better chance at winning because you just can't
give a patch aboard. Jalen used to score because they're
gonna score at some point. Mike, Man, it's always a

(01:54:12):
pleasure catching out with you, brother. I always look forward
to it. It's always fun. Thanks having always a pleasure. Brother.
We'll talk to man. You're enjoy it, all right, my man?
Here he is MV seven. All right, that's all. That
was it. That was Mike think he was he was
I thought really interesting and talking about Jalen and that

(01:54:33):
whole regret like they like he admired Jalen for the
way he handles himself and the way he goes back
into his business as opposed to when he was a
young player in the league and all that stuff happened.
I always told Fake that that I thought that was
a like a really profound thing. All Right, we'll take

(01:54:55):
a quick uh t O, will come back and get
back to our super Bowl to up lots to get
to where the fellas right here on Fox Sports Radio
Fellas live from the entire IRAQ dot com studios, Figgy,

(01:55:15):
because as we hang out, um, figlet let me ask
you about in this game, because I I keep I
keep going back and trying to play it out in
my head that we've talked about you know, what the
Chiefs might do offensively using you know, I think McKinnon Kelsey.

(01:55:36):
I mean, obviously the receivers are backed up, and you
know they're gonna hope that you get something out of
Candarius Tony, something out of you know, uh Smith Schuster.
But I think it's gonna be Kelsey Kelsey as he
always is, and you're gonna try to go after your
short game to McKinnon out of the backfield, little Pacheco
kind of thing. If you're the Eagles, Uh, I think

(01:56:00):
you gotta just play that that ball control because as
much as the Chiefs offense may not be as you
know quick struke it used to be, I still I
want to operate with Homes on the sidelines. Yeah, you
definitely don't want to have my homes out there on
the field. And I looking for the Eagles, You're playing
to your strengths from that standpoint anyway. You know, you
want to kind of ground the ball. And I will say,

(01:56:21):
as much as they run the ball, they do make
their hey and making big plays off of the play action.
You know, a hitting Devonte Smith and a J. Brown
deep too. You know those shots will be there. But
to your point, the more they can kind of slow
the game down and control the ball, control the line
of scrimmage, I think we will behoove them, uh, to
your point, to keep the Kansas City offense off the field,
because look, you know, we people make fun of Marquez

(01:56:44):
Valdes scantling he's but he's kind of been like their
best weapon from a receiver standpoint, and he's made some
plays for them for sure. So you know, as much
as you talk about Schuster and Tony and they've had
some injuries, you know that they're the biggest guy for
them has been Valid Scantling and he has been very
productive for them. So he's he's another guy to watch
out for it too. Yeah, that's true. Uh, you know
you're right about that. You know the the interesting thing

(01:57:06):
with the Eagles is against the it's a young secondary
for Kansas City and Is so you want to try
you know again, you want to try to run, run, run,
and then set up your shots right like you want
to try to take some deep shots to A J. Brown,
to Davante and the other guy that I think he's
gonna have a huge day is got It. Like we're

(01:57:26):
gonna talk a lot about Kelsey as well. We should
his best tight end in football, but Dallas got It.
I think it's gonna have a lot to say about
this game because he's gonna be the one guy that
that Specs want to try to take away the run game,
take away you know, the option game with with Hurts
and he's got those two outside guys, so he's gonna

(01:57:48):
have to use a linebacker on got It. Yeah, And
you know that's one thing that the when the Bengals
had success against Cincinnati or excuse me, against Buffalo. You know,
they did a lot of dump offs to Hayden Hurst
and picked up a lot of Hey, what's tight end?
That's something that the Chiefs took away. You know, Hurst
was okay, I think you had four catches for like
thirty yards or something like that, but certainly not as impactful.

(01:58:08):
And we talked about earlier in the show the Chief's
defensive backs and how well they played against the receivers
of Cincinnati last week. That included the tight end as
well as all right, that's us. We are the Fellas
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been talking, like obviously all morning long with the about
the whole Super Bowl and matching it all up and
everything else. Uh fig, we kind of run over x's
and owes. Do you got the sets? It's gonna be

(01:59:33):
a higher scoring game or a lower scoring game? The
total right now? Um, I'm just gonna look it up.
I mean it was and it was like forty nine, Okay,
I figured it was gonna be in the forties. So yeah,
that doesn't surprise me. So are you looking at high, Like,

(01:59:56):
how do you feel you're like it over and other? Well,
if if it's forty nine, that's that's hard. Um, but
I might end up taking the over. You know, I
can definitely see this game going into the thirties for
both teams easily. Yeah, I see I do too. Yeah,
it's actually excuse me, it's fifteen a half a half okay, Yeah,

(02:00:16):
which actually easy, even more of an over Yeah, for sure,
for sure. I think all day, man, I'll take the
over on that defenses like Eagles defenses, legit, But I
don't know it's got that. I got that feeling like
it's it's gonna be one of those teams are gonna

(02:00:37):
have some are going to score quickly. Yeah, a lot
of explosive plays, right, Probably not a lot of long
drawn out drives, but just a lot a lot of
look as good as the Eagles defense is, but in
particular their defensive front as a unit, that wouldn't necessarily
describe them as dominant. And my off base in saying that,
you mean you can move that. We talked about this

(02:00:58):
early in the show some games earlier this year where
they had, you know, teams were scoring some points to
move the ball on them. So you can definitely score
some points on that defense. And you can obviously score
some points on Kansas City, though I do think, you know,
Spacks usually dials up his best here in the postseason.
But I also feel like that that the Chief's defense
is more built to you know, attack, get some sacks

(02:01:19):
for some turnovers. I don't know if they're they're a
team that's gonna hold, you know, make make the Eagles
punt nine times or anything. You know, I don't know
if they're just built that way defensively. Um, so it's
certainly the way that they're that both team defenses are built.
It sure seems like it's gonna be a game that's
gonna be somewhere in the thirties for each team. You know,
I and your don't think. I think it's about stops

(02:01:41):
right like it's going to be. Because I agree with you,
I don't think you could eat either defense because my homes,
my homes. It's gonna go, you know, punt heavy. The
one thing it's gonna be interesting is the matchup and
will Andy go for it on some of those fourth
times like he's been. You know, he's pretty not quo

(02:02:06):
him conservative because you know, like listen, he gets creative
and and you know, you saw the hulking lateral on
the one play last week that would have been almost
good lateral. That thing could go good at scored right
to McKinney if it was executed properly. Yes, um, but
you know, listen, he's pretty conservative. Like a fourth and two, three, four,

(02:02:26):
he'll kick the field goal in the red zone, whereas
seriatis going for seven every time. Yeah, honestly, I don't
know if there's there should be a hard and fast
rule or philosophy on this. I think you just have
to take in the game, the opponent, the situation, all
those things have to come into account. And I've I've
said this over the years too, I think, but one

(02:02:48):
of the bigger issues for Andy at times has been
game management. You know, there have been times, I mean
I think that there was a big spot in the
Jacksonville game where he like wasted timeouts towards the end
of the half. And you know, there's little things like
that that can come back, and you know they haven't
the majority of his career, but there are just a
few times in situations like this where I just air
on the side of you know, uh, Andy might be

(02:03:08):
a little too doing a little bit too much and
maybe not thinking things all the way through. So that's
something that could potentially come back and buy him at
a certain point in this game too. Yeah, you know,
you know, can he because I agree, I don't think
it's like even since that again, like the first half,
like they the office look good, I mean, it really

(02:03:29):
did now I know they lost uh, you know, all
the receivers, so it's it's really difficult that to to
to look up and all of a sudden you're down
all these receivers and you go, I'm gonna move the ball.
That said, I think it's imperative because we've seen that before,
you know, with with uh, with Andy against when they

(02:03:50):
lost to since day last year. You know, when you
don't get savage. Man, it's it's like that every year,
like you know these games, seven is greater than threes.
You know, I know you you always want to come
away with something, but you got it somehow, try to
get sevens and keep scoring like some of these teams

(02:04:11):
I still question. I mean, we saw the Chargers Jacksonville game,
like you just gotta keep scoring, like you can't let
up in these situations where the one thing that Belichick
always did that I thought was right, which is he
didn't care about all my guys that are running up
to score because you weren't coming back right like you know,

(02:04:33):
you were always the New England was always trying to score. Well,
you know, going at the Charger Jacksonville game, I don't
you have a twenty seven that the league. You shouldn't
lose regardless of you shouldn't have to score another point.
But I know what you mean by saying you have
to keep the pressure on UH to a certain degree,
and you do. But there's a part of me, and
maybe I'm old school with it, but I don't like
leaving points on the field if I can avoid it,

(02:04:55):
especially if it's early in the game. I think too
many times early in games, it's like it's you know,
it's four, then five from the eight, like, oh, let's
go ahead and go for it, and it's like why
just you have their easy three points. It's early, it's
the first quarter like this, don't leave points on the
field because you might end up chasing them later on. Now,
it's different if it's the second half, and if this
is where I talk about the game, the situation the opponent.

(02:05:15):
If it's mid third quarter and it's been back and forth,
then both teams have only punted once and you're downten.
You know, maybe you do go for it at that
point in time because you figure it's a possession game
and it's like, look, we're really gonna get the ball.
So many more times you know, we were we want
to make sure we can score touchdowns as often as
you possibly can and maximize possessions. Uh, you know, those
are the sort of things you have to think through.

(02:05:36):
But just a hard and fast rule of we're gonna
go for it for the sake of going forward because
we want to get seven instead of three. I at
least don't necessarily subscribe to that theory. I think it's situational. Yeah, no, no, listen,
it is situational, and you're times when you know, like
you can't you gotta get some points off to drive.
But you know what I hate is I hate like

(02:05:58):
if I'm the offense, I have two good drives and
I walk away with a total of six, like three three,
you almost never went like something happens and it's hard
to overcome three and three. Like if I have if
I have three good possessions in the first half, I
got at least come away with seventeen points. I don't

(02:06:20):
disagree with that that that would obviously be Well, the
most idea will be twenty one. I guess though. The
worst canad case scenario ways you go for it and
you're you have nothing, you have six or nothing and
you're over two in the red zone. So so there,
that's all part of the strategy of it. You know,
if I'm like, if I'm if I put myself in
Philadelphia's shoes, for example, in this game, and say I

(02:06:41):
may have two long drives but they stall out in
the red zone. Maybe on the first drive I do
kick a field goal. But then on the second drive,
you're like, all right, maybe we go for the juggler
and score because we know this offense, we're not gonna
keep them down for the entire game. They're gonna eventually
get into the end zone. So depending on the situation,
you know how that drove that drive. Look what advantages
you may have had, you know how the script is

(02:07:03):
going for you. All that can determine whether or not
you kick another field goal or you decide to go
forward and try to put some put some touchdowns on
the board. But I do think, uh, and talking about
the game and situation in particular for this game, I
think both teams and both head coaches, no, we have
to score touchdowns. Yes, So from that standpoint in this
particular game, Anthony, I agree with you that touchdowns will

(02:07:24):
be premium, will be will be at a premium because, uh,
both sides know that the other side is going to
get the ball into the end zone. If it doesn't
happen early on, it's just a matter of when, you know.
It's one of the reasons I do love Syrianny a lot.
I I I love his mentality. Man, he's he's got
a killer mentality. And you know, Shane Stuking his OC

(02:07:47):
does a really good job at calling the plays and
getting his vision. And I know Shane. He was out
here with the Chargers for a few years. Yes, yes, yes.
And one of the things that they do well is
when they were on the other side of the fifty,
they're play calling when they got third downs, it's you know,

(02:08:07):
they're going on the premise that they're gonna go for
the fourth down. So their third down play, if they
have third and seven, they may not just stroll go
and try to run a play for the sticks, but
you know, try to go gret four and this way,
fourth and three, they're gonna go for it. And they
have a sneak technique that teams have complained about that's

(02:08:28):
almost unstoppable. I still can stop once last week, but
then that you can't stop at two times in a row.
And they wind up scoring. So you know that that
that's this huge advantage where the Eagles mentality is we
got four downs to get a first down, and we're
gonna use all four downs. And I certainly understand it

(02:08:49):
when you have an offense that's that potent and you
have so many options on fourth down because you really
have no idea where they can go with it. Jailing
can keep as Sanders can get it, they can run
play action, they can go over the top to god
her So especially if it's fourth and short in particular,
you know you're talking about fourth and two and shorter.
I mean there's a whole wide range. And honestly, I
from a philosophical standpoint at that point, Anthony, I'm not

(02:09:11):
against it. Say you're like, on the other team's forty
going in, you're not quite in field goal range and
it's a pooch punt situation at that point in time,
I'd rather go for it. You know that, I that
the the the line is different from me at that
point in time at that point in the field. But
if it's if it's fourth and six from from the
ten going in, that's what I'm talking about. Kicking a

(02:09:32):
field goal more sol than going for it. But the
that's kind of a new age philosophy with analytics and
all that that you know, once you cross the cross
midfield and you're not quite in field goal range, it's
just an automatic go for it. I don't necessarily mind
it in that situation. Yeah, you know again now listen,
I don't want to go for it fourth and eight,
fourth and nine, Yeah, because I just think it's too

(02:09:53):
hard to get it and you're better off if you've
got a halfway decent partner. I'd rather risk and push
the team. You love to get inside the tanner, inside
the five, but like if I can get around the
ten yard line, CHANI qualve yard line. You know, listen,
I've picked up you know, a plus eight to ten
on on the on that all the team and I'm

(02:10:14):
flipping field. But you know, everything like that is like
you said, like you know, it's the course of the game,
like I I don't know. You can't have a stead
fast rule, which is sometimes what analytics does, where they
fort you to make a decision where you know it's
gotta be. You can't always go by that by the analytics.
You gotta somehow use your feel for the game. For that,

(02:10:36):
for that that day, what's going on, what happens to
the other team, the other team's weapons, you know. And
I do think Sirianni's pretty good, Like he's a new
age guy, but he's not uh, he doesn't just go
by analytics. So I love I love the guy's approach.
I truthfully think he is um the next uh really

(02:10:59):
good young coach. And he nobody really knows him right now.
I mean, obviously super Bowl is gonna get him known,
but he's a really he's a great secret. So I
got I got two beefs with the guy, My two
biggest beefs. He rocks the chain pizza. Wait, what's the
chain pizza? Lady rocks? Who is he rocking with? So

(02:11:24):
he had all the coaches together and he's like, I
wanted some stuff cruss pizza. So he went with Pizza
Hut and then he went with a little Caesar's action.
I like Little Caesar, and I go listen and listen.
All that stuff is fine, but listen, we're from you know,
it's Philadelphia, all right, Like we have a strong pizza game,

(02:11:48):
like a local strong pizza game. So I was like, dude,
so I sent him there's a there's a there's a
pizza joint called Celebrites, and uh it's righting into South Philly,
right near the stadium. So I sent him Celebrities like

(02:12:08):
I sent them like ten pies at three Strombolies and
I was like, I don't know, said yo, man, uh
you got hosed. You should be coach of the Year,
and uh, I said, you love you, eggsap uh see
you the Super Bowl whatever, but you gotta off your
pizza game, bro, you know, so enjoy it. Yeah, that's

(02:12:30):
that's like living in l A or San Diego and
going to like Del Taco. You know what I mean,
I know what you may trust me, you know. That's
exactly it. So that's my one beef and mama beef
is he quotes Rocky four. Oh wow, okay, that's the first.
He's the one. He's a big Rocky four guy. All right,

(02:12:53):
you know, listen to me. You gotta go you gotta
go one or two. You can't go four or you
go cree right like, but you can't go one to two.
I mean you can't go four. You know, the big
like four. There's your cult following the four that I
get this mystifies me. Yeah, not uh not my favorite,

(02:13:16):
to say the least. First, well, you can't have him, yeah,
pulling down the iron curt Yeah, yeah, it could be worse.
He'd be quoting Rocky Balboa, that one that came out,
like the last actual Rocky movie before the Creed Ones. Yes,
that was pretty bad. You know what's amazing about that

(02:13:45):
old thing? Like Wanted two are brilliant, great film and
two is really good, all right, and then three he
somehow becomes area dyte like he saw that that he's
speaking to kings English. Yeah, he went from being illiterate, right,
he was literally he was illiterate, like he wasn't smeal

(02:14:06):
Manly remember what he's doing the commercial Rocky Too, and
they go he's reading the cute cards and the guy goes,
smeal Manly. The director smeal man, can't you read right?
You can't read right? Like you can't go from that
the liking you know, he's speaking to gigs. Well, look,
I mean you're you're cold. Warning at that point he

(02:14:26):
was like, hey, we're Americans, we can read, we can
do all this stuff. We're better than you in every way,
shaping form. That's that's probably what it was more than
anything else. So like Syrianny's gotta go. You know, come on, bro,
you can't go for man. Because he was driving and
he was driving to the stadium. It was actually beautiful.
I'm kidding around, but it was actually beautiful. He's driving

(02:14:48):
to the stadium and he's like because I I was
listening to the Rocky for stuff on the car in
the car, and he goes, I used to do it
all the time, and I dawned on me, like, wow, man,
we're in the super Bowl. Like I go from being
a kid and all this other stuff to actually being
in the super Bowl. It's an awesome feeling. And I
thought that was beautiful, man, I really did. Except you

(02:15:11):
can't be you can't be quote four or for every
for everyone quote from four. You need me get like
seven or eight from the first two. Yeah. Right, So
you don't agree with Julian Love that he's just gravy
training his way to the super Bowl just from I
don't want to get your take on that one, because

(02:15:32):
I it was pretty ridiculous. But what was that about?
No idea out of left field? The call part? Does
it sounded like he started off by trying to compliment him,
and then he just turned around just insulting the guy. Right, Oh,
it's a good young coach, but they have all that talent.
Anybody who win with him? It was like, well, is
he a good coach or can anybody win with him?
Which is he? I thought that was weird, I mean

(02:15:55):
really weird. I didn't I don't even understand it. Right. Anyway,
we'll we'll take we'll come back. We'll take a look
at the at the whole weekend and Super Bowl from
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The Big Brain on brad but Bradley, Hello morning by friends,
Good morning a me. How are you good? Pal um By?
Let's do this. Let's you're on your way to Memphis.

(02:17:00):
By the way, I love you. Got court sides tonight,
I do, I do. I'm looking at some very fortunate
Uh you know it's I love being able to get
those kind of experiences. Taking my fun. Should be a
great time about that, fig, would that be nice in courts?
I watching at Memphis squad tonight. Not too bad. They've

(02:17:20):
been struggling recently. But yeah, well don't. I don't get
too close to Doling Brooks though, but I want to
protect the five hole there Dylan Brooks exactly. How only
get a one game suspension for that? I mean, I'm
actually I'm actually just get one game for that. I mean,

(02:17:41):
I I don't get it. But a different story, I guess.
I know, brother, I feel the same. We have like,
all right, hey, let's do this before we get into
the super Bowl, because we've got Chining coming up with fig. Uh,
let me ask you, what will you NBA College Big
Big Hoop Day today? What do you what do you

(02:18:03):
got for the for the Crew game? I really love Anthony,
I really really really like very much. Uh, Indiana laying
one against Purdue now right, produce two and one. They've
been terrific all season. I understand that this isn't, being
my opinion, their hardest game they played all year. Indiana
actually got also a slow start. Um. They're a team

(02:18:25):
I was actually very bullish on, but they've been playing
better recently. Uh and I believe, just situationally, this is
gonna be a very tough game for them. So I
think it's me the biggest game of the year for Indiana. UM.
Indiana the team again, I just still stubbornly think they
were might pick to win the Big Twelve, but for
the Big Ten haven't done it. But with Trace Jackson
and company, I believe they're going to beat Purdue. UM.

(02:18:48):
That's probably my favorite day, favorite game with the card.
I think Indiana beats Purdue. UM. It's interesting in the
August St. Mary's. You know, I bet St. Mary's to
win this conference. You know, before the year, I think
in Vaga it's ready to this is We're gonna finally
see the street end We're Gonzaga has won this you know,

(02:19:09):
this conference every single year for the end of time. Uh.
Now there's three point dog gave Zaga. I think St.
Mary's is m raading waiting for this game, ready for
this game. They're actually undefeated in the conference. St mary
think St. Mary's is a better team, which is saying
in the number, but I think this is the game
that St. Mary's actually gets and wins by margin. Uh.
It's a game I've actually been looking at for a while.

(02:19:31):
I think they've been waiting for this, just finally the
day they're actually better than in Zaga. I think they're
gonna show it at home. I really like St. Mary's
there uh TCS at Oklahoma Stake. I think of all
the games today, I like to in Theanda picto, but
I love St. Mary's. I was like St. Mary's is

(02:19:53):
that to me? Is David circled it? We've all been
circled that. I'm with you, man, I think that a
big win, and I agree, I think they can blow
them out. Yeah, I think it's gonna be. They're gonna
get the game by March again because they've just been
the second best team for forever in that conference. Now
this is the finally time. It's like, Okay, I do

(02:20:14):
think they're gonna do it. I really do. Again, it's
not that that's a bad number from a power rating perspective,
but I just like it situationally as well. And I
do think they're a better team, and I'll give you
one month. The TCUs playing Oklahoma State. TCUs the team,
I'm I'm bullish on this team, but they did Um
they stumbled their last game, they lost in West Virginia.
But I actually do like this team. They're on the

(02:20:35):
road at Oklahoma State. Uh, they're catching three and a half.
I think they're gonna win the game out right. I
think my numbers made this game closer to like the
State only one half point favorite. Um, I think you
can win this game getting three and a half. I've
just a little bit too many points. Um, I bet TCU.
I'm sorry, Yeah, I bet TCU. Yeah I could. I

(02:20:57):
like that. I like that pick a lot. Wait about
Ake against Notre Dame. I kind of like wake Yeah, Anthony,
Look I would I would lean, I would lean wig Forest,
I would I would lean whig Force. Uh. Look these
are it's a game where uh you know, Notre Dame
is having a bad year. I think it the lines
three and a half right now. Um, you know, but

(02:21:21):
both teams to me are not great to be honest,
not a game. I bet my numbers made this right
about what the numbers at so I didn't make a
wager on this game. Again, Notre Dame then really really
bad and they've been struggling with Way, although some of
the game has been somewhat close. Wig Force I think
is mid pack in the conference. Again, I think it's
the right number. Not a game I wagered on. I
like the other one I like to was Creighton laying

(02:21:44):
Tanna gainst Nova. Yeah, well, it's interesting Create and Anthony.
That's a team that I very bullish on before the year.
They got also a slow start laying a big number,
but I do think they will cover that number against
the Villa Nova team that is extremely moved over and
Create and Anthony. Even if despite the rest being great, Ye,
they're actually good. I think they're still a dangerous team

(02:22:04):
and you know they actually want I think like five
games in a row or something in that hill um.
I think they can put a real hurting on doing
hurt on Dolanova and win that game by a big margin.
Going over to me, it is just again obviously the
Jay Wright leaving and just this is just not even
if he had been there. I don't think this was
a typical Villanova team. Obviously enthralled and they have a

(02:22:25):
losing record and conference, which never happens to them. Um,
I think, yeah, it is a very game that Crayton
could absolutely put serious margin win by fifteen plus. Yeah,
I'm with you, buddy. I see the same thing, see
the same thing. All right, Uh, let's do this sit
tight and then then let's go to figgy for some
trending figures. All right, Well, we had an eight game

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being the Celtics in Boston one oh six to ninety four,
McMichael Bridges scoring twenty six points for Phoenix, Chris Paul
fifteen points and eight assists. Phoenix have one even of
their last nine. Boston has lost four of six. Joel
and b thirty three points, while Tyrese Maxi contributed twenty
five off of the bench for Philadelphia. They went at

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San Antonio, heading the Spurs their eight lost in a row.
Anfrony Simmons made six three pointers in the third quarter.
He scored thirty three points to leave Portland to a
comeback victory over Washington one sixteen, as the Wizards saw
their six game win streak snapped. Toronto will be Houston
one seventeen to one, eleven victories for Orlando, Atlanta and
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let's go super Bowl and start to talk about some

(02:24:35):
of the props. Obviously we'll get on next week too,
but at first, blush. Now, you've been bullish all year
on the Eagles. Uh man. I We'll go back to
the last spring when you and I were telling everybody
to take the over. It was the ten game, let's
start at nine and then jumped up. But we've been

(02:24:57):
bullish from this Eagules team all year long. Now are
in the Super Bowl. What are you think in their
big brain? You know, Anthony, Look, I I fiercely believe
the Eagles are the better team. But the one thing
Anthony I will say, and I think Eagles will win
the game. But it's interesting everyone's been talking about Patrick
Mahomes's health, which I think is a fair thing to discuss.

(02:25:22):
Like I know, I mentioned this to you, you know previously.
I I think the bigger story I don't think Jalen Hurts.
I think past Ma Hoomes is more healthy than Jalen
Hurts is. That's just my own personal opinion. And I
see that having watched Jalen Hurts play every snap this year,
just like you have. Um His since he's come back,
just level of play and it's been swept under the rug.

(02:25:43):
I don't know, people just aren't noticing it or what.
Because he goes at one, his level of play has
gone down significantly. He was playing like a top three
player in the world. He's not playing them close to
the top player in the world right now. And my
guess is it's because that injury. This is me just
being amateur psychiatrist. They're gonna say after the game, this
was an injury that was gonna take months to heal,

(02:26:04):
but he got it out because he's one of the
toughest guys in the world, which he is. Um but
I I v Keys nowhere even close to the jail
and hurts. We saw even when he runs Anthony, he
goes down a lot easier. It's just not the same
player and and and to me, that's what made this
team being from really really really really good to being
truly elite. So I do think that is a big

(02:26:25):
peng on Philadelphia because I don't think Kurts is the
same guy. Um but I just did Phildoff. He's ross
for Anthony is just significantly better than Kansasy. I think
they're better than Kandasy in every place in the field,
with the exception of tight end uh and quarterback UM
and obviously quarterback is King. I get it, but I
just like Philodolfi's team Anthony More, I think they do
find a way to win this game. I think this

(02:26:45):
is the game we see not having Tiree kill that
decision to trade him is going to bite them. And
then you know what, because in the game against Throwdolfie,
I think they're gonna be everything they can get. I
think just don't have enough weapons. Kansasy and Quoteofi is
the better team. I think they will win. And I
think the same thing like if you have hill h Yeah, sudden,

(02:27:06):
you know you start to look and you go, wow,
that's that's That's offense is just so ridiculous because you know,
you gotta worry about Kelsey and then you gotta worry
about Tyreek and that triangle of ma homes and those
two weapons made them that offense almost unstoppable. And now
you're right like now you look at it and you're
you know, you got bagged up receiver corps and none

(02:27:28):
of those receivers are like put the Fear of God.
I mean you you metch it up. Like I agree
with you, like the Eagles receivers light years better than
the Kansas City receivers. When you come to when you
talk about Davante Smith and A. J. Brown versus Smith
Schuster about this scantling Cadarius Tony, I mean, I love
the Eagles receivers and and Goddard is a really good

(02:27:49):
tight end, so it's not a big drop off from
Kelsey the Goddard. I mean, I would give the Chiefs
of edge in the running game, but you know it's
a marginal thing. I mean that's probably Mark Best extremely more.
I don't know if I agree with you on that.
I love the Checko's terrific. But I think Miles Sanders
is really good too. And I think on Scott and
nice proplimentary, but I think they're pretty easy. Like I

(02:28:12):
think this is a mcinnon game. It could be, it
could be. Look again, but you talked about the fear
of God. I don't think the Chiefs whan they nah
is a a beast and average possession receiver lot and
whatever sky more whatever Canarious Tony, if he can get
through two praise, that's not a lie. But he's a rookie.

(02:28:33):
Like so I I yeah, exactly, he's a rookie. Exactly,
he's not gonna do in this game. And I'll say this,
and do you watch check game last week. It's a
total credit to Kansas City, the guts of Mahomes and
the defense, because that team had nothing against Inca when
they lost. They should have had at first half. I
think coach Read made a horrible mistake at the end
of the first half drop end. They had like two

(02:28:54):
minutes to go in the first half. They could have
run the ball, made sure that Since then I didn't
get the ball back go up meame thirteen and seventeen points.
He went past past pass into a point. Since THATI
got right back in the game by scoring. Um. Look,
but at the end of that game, they were on
life support. They couldn't get a first down and they
got the late hit which won them the game. But
I think they were really struggling to get any kind

(02:29:15):
of points in that game. Um, I think they're gonna
have a tough time to get started off here. Let
me ask you a question because I was looking at
the m v P and we see the same thing
with Hurts. I think Hurts, who's the favorite to win
the m v P at plus one twenty. As much
as we love him, I I think he's banged up.
And I don't know that you know when they if
they win, I think it's going to be what they've

(02:29:37):
been doing, which is this great team, this Eagle team
as a collective, and if they win, I could see
the defense having a big play. And let's go back
to the Sun Reddick who put out Rock Purty. He's
thirty five to one to win the m v P.
That's worth of pizza. Bet now, And I hear you

(02:29:59):
on that. It's just it's so it's just so hard
for defensive guys seemingly to win the game. If you
answer me to maybe take a shot and they eat it. Look,
I bet Miles Sanders over fifty seven and a half yards.
I think it is I think and this is just
my opinion. Look, we saw Game will get half the
carriers the last two games, and Game was a nice player,
and Game will will be the running back next year.

(02:30:20):
But in my opinion, Anthonques, look let's look behind the
real reason Game well got all that run. They were
destroying San Francisco and New York and they just put
the bubble wrap on Miles Sanders so and they took
him out of the game. I mean they when they
were up by four touchdowns. So those four team carries
the game will got last week, in my opinion, ken
of them would have gone to Sanders if the game

(02:30:41):
is closed. So I think Sanders is a chance to
get a much better uh more carries than people. Maybe
you're expecting this game because what we've seen game well
do the last few weeks, Uh, Miles Sanders around for one,
I'd take a chance on him and maybe he just
has a hundred yard game or whatnot. Um, But I
agree Jail Hurts, I just don't know if it's gonna be.

(02:31:02):
We're seeing that vintage scale on Hurts. I hear you.
And here's the here's one that like Travis Kelsey, because
if the Chiefs win, it's not out of the question
that Kelsey has a you know, a fifteen reception game
like that's possible where you know they changes load up

(02:31:23):
on him. Anthony, you're right, But if the Chiefs win,
I think it will be extremely difficult from a homes
not to be the m d P extremely difficult because
he's so good. Um My, my glean air would be
if I'm looking to Kansas City, I think it has
to be my home's moms, Moms. I agree with you
in the Philadelphia point of view, I think there's a
real chance that may not be Jail and Hurts because

(02:31:44):
they are such a balanced team and Fred one listening
out there. Anthony's right, I don't know. You may not
know the name of Son Reddick. He's been a top
five defensive player in the NFL this year. Top five.
He's been that good. Um, and if there was a
guy that could have a breakthrough three stack game, it
would be him. Yeah. Yeah, I mean, you know, it's
not a bad idea to look at some of the

(02:32:05):
defensive guys. If he would be the guy from thord Off,
that would interest me the most. He's the most dynamic player.
I don't think it's going to be a cornerback because
I mean what I mean, could someone like Slay get
a couple of picks and I think he's like the
seventy to one area to win it. But um, I
would say the guy who can maybe make a couple
of big plays in the pass rush game, and that

(02:32:25):
to me look, Eagles had four guys with double dig attacks,
but to me, Reddick is clearly the best of those guys. Yeah,
I'm with you. I'm with you. Any uh, any big
chicken props that kind of that you you're going to
take a shot on, well in the big chicken anything like,
I go through the other props later on in a week.

(02:32:46):
But I mean yeah, I mean, I mean, I mean again,
none of the props. I didn't even be hopen to
go to him. Now I can have been to go.
I just I didn't know if there was any big
odds like the longest odds that you're playing. I didn't.
I didn't, I didn't do anything like that. All my
bets were like more like you know, the minus one
fifteen variety. But I will say, look talking about the

(02:33:06):
m v P, which is that I had not made yet.
But I because usually there's metal on the hestack bets
are hard. I know they're fun, I get it, But
I would say I would look Philippi's way, and I
because again, if cancer he wins, that you're just gonna
get my homes and around even odds are on plus
one twenty five area. Um, I do think that Miles
Sanders has tread because I think he's going to get

(02:33:28):
a decent run in this game, and I just don't think.
Again we talked about the Joe Hurts thing, I would
look away from Hurts and take one of the other
Eagles skill players, or perhaps a shot on a guy
like a reddick Um, because I think that Hurts is
getting the largest fans of this pie. I don't think
he's gonna win it. I hear you, I gotta I
gotta run. But I got one quick question the big

(02:33:49):
betting syndicates. My man, NICKI was asking, where are they on?
Who are they on? You? Your? These are yours in
this game? This game right now, it's one and a half,
it's probably gonna from this point it's gonna be Kansas
City money. From what I when I'm gleaming, this game
is probably gonna close around and pick them. So I
think we're going to see more Kansas City money now
that it looks like these players are going to play

(02:34:10):
for them that we thought maybe we're hurt. I think
we're going to see more Kansas City money as the
next week goes, you know, by time we get the
Super Bowl Sunday. Alright, alright, good stuff, the Big Brain,
A great day. Safe trip to Memphis, my brother, good
step there he is the Big Brain heading to the
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on you Sixers win one thirty seven once over the
Spurs in Santan San Antonio. Fixed still not enough and
he's a bum get rid of him. He's a bombom,
he's a bomb and he does not belong as an
All Star. God, it's the worst. I mean, right, appreciate

(02:36:00):
you're not that far removed from the process days, all right,
you know and all that stuff running around out there?
Is that what you guys want? Yeah, dude, I I
gonna tell you I don't so please I guard against it.
She's I'm a huge and beat fan, as you know.
And it's like, how about little appreciation before? Actually half
here people, but it's not like I'll be honest with

(02:36:21):
I had more on and it was insane, right, like
even more he said, like how could he not be
an All Star? That's absurd. It's bad enough he gets
ripped off from the m v P every year, but
not even an All Star? Like, all right, I will
say this Saturday, who had the better game? Yeah? Good point. No,
you're right, You're right. I guess the only thing is

(02:36:42):
you can you have what three front court players? You
at Jana's you at Tatum who was the third one
who voted Kevin Durant voted in as a starter. I guess, like,
who are you taking off to put Joel in there?
You know, yeah, but I guess he's technically a forward.
So now here's the thing should be Like this day
and age, there should be no positions, just just voting

(02:37:04):
five guys, that's what it should be. Yeah, I mean
it's positional is ball today like the game itself, there's
nobody defines his game in in positions anymore anyway. Yeah,
but what was it three or four years ago they
took centers out and just made it, you know, three
front court players. I think we're not too far from
just doing five players regardless of position, because that's exactly right,

(02:37:26):
that's exactly right. I mean, you know, come on, what
are we what are we doing here? Yeah? It is
it's absurd, like a player of his ilk, you know,
he's not a starter. It's stupid. Uh listen, you're got
a family fee next week, so I'm would have miss you,
like all right, big you're not. I'm seriously, my brother
appreciate it, Thank you, thank you. Your official score will

(02:37:46):
be what I am going to go? Eagles thirty four,
Kansas City thirty one. I love that. We love you guys.
Have a great week.

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