S2 E19 | Max Paul's Engaging Journey: From Thrilling NFL Playoff Showdowns and Weather Surprises to Buccaneers' Challenges, Super Bowl Predictions, and Gronkowski's Antics - Happy Hour Holidaze

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Sean Febre & Manny Febre (00:00):
All right guys.
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sean Fabre, and in studio todaywe got the football guy over
here that makes it happen, max.

Max Paul (00:21):
Paul, what's up, what's up, what's up, we're back
.
There you go, we're back.

I know he's a little salty today, but
you know who wasn't salty?
We were salty last week.
Luckily I wasn't on the damnthing here talking about the
Bucs, but man, fucking two-pointconversion to take it to
overtime To Mark Andrews.
Mark Andrews has the fuckingyups handed guy he's had his
entire career.

Max Paul (00:43):
His go-to guy.
He puts it I mean, if you're aquarterback, who else do you go
to?

I mean , that's my guy.
I'd say a likely.
What I'd say?

Max Paul (00:50):
a likely, that's like saying if you know where you
want to be for a happy home, yougo to your main chick or your
side chick.

Isaiah Likely's a side chick right now
.
You know what I mean.
He's working his way there.

Max Paul (01:02):
But you know, and Mark Andrews, that's his main chick,
you know what I mean.
So that's where he knows thehome-cooked meal is going to be.
So I get the pass going to MarkAndrews.
He kind of, you know, floatedit in there for him nice and
easy.
You would think any otherSunday that's a catch for them.
Any other Sunday that's a catch, do you think?

it being cold and snow flurries had
anything to do with that drop,because the football gets harder
as it gets colder right.
Not on that one.

Max Paul (01:28):
No, Not on that one.
I think that snap that Lamarfumbles, that might be the cold.
I thought so too.

I think that slipped at it.

Max Paul (01:37):
Because once it gets on the ground, and now that snow
flurry, now the ball is superslick.
So I get that one, maybe thatone flick.

Yeah, so I get that one.
Maybe that one I'll give markandrews a pass for his fumble.

Max Paul (01:49):
Yeah, what about lamar's uh interception?
That's just a shitty throw.
I don't care, I'll give youthat.
That's just a shitty throw, sowhat?

you're saying is lamar and mark
andrews both had two plays thatthey could have capitalized on,
absolutely I think mark andrewsthis fumble.
I mean that was just a gooddefensive play with that punch I
think that's what you're.

Max Paul (02:03):
You're looking at a guy who is not a.
He's a solid yard after catchguy, but he's not throwing no
moves at you.
No, no.
In that scenario okay, defender, near me you already got a big,
first, big chunk.
Get down In the snow.
Any coach tells you hey, don'tdo too much, get down, fuck it,
now he goes down.

(02:24):
If he goes down right there,they keep possession.
That's a, that's a drive,that's a touchdown drive.
Yeah, you're getting points.
Yeah, you're getting because hewas in.
He was in field goal rangealready they were moving the
ball well it wasn't like theyweren't moving the ball.
Well, you take those turnoversaway to the rams.
I mean the ravens win that game.

No stress, yeah and what we did
notice is that the billsills hadno turnover Zero turnover, zero
turnover.

Max Paul (02:44):
I mean you're playing in your home conditions.

I get that.
You're playing that week in andweek out, but you said it
outside.

Max Paul (02:51):
True, they're from Maryland, I mean New York,
maryland, not really that farapart, not too far, but we do
know, and I hate to say it, butyou know playoff Ravens and
regular season Ravens Ravens.
If you're looking at theturnover ratio, lamar does have
more turnovers in the playoffsthan he does in the regular
season.
He had what?
Four interceptions all year,All year, yep.
Only one game, I think, thisyear, with two turnovers for him

(03:13):
all year.

Yeah, I mean, but the conditions do
get worse around this year too.
I mean you can't say that, Imean when it comes to throwing
the ball.
I mean it's not an excuse, butat the same time, you know Well,
it kind of should be an excuse,because we saw another snow
game this weekend.
We saw the Rams in Philly.

Max Paul (03:34):
There was some mistakes and that was a shit ton
of snow man, yeah, that's a tonof snow.

Yeah, and I mean we saw a lot of I
don't know bro, I think it waslike 10 sacks because they
couldn't catch their footing,saw a lot of fumbles 10 sacks
combined.
Yeah, and then you're lookingat what three fumbles, three
fumbles out of nowhere, where yo, I think one you know it just
slipped out of Matt Stafford'shand.
Yeah, out of nowhere.
He just went back and boom,it's gone, it's on the floor.

(03:59):
The thing about it is you can'tfeel it, and not to mention the
handoff.
Oh, God when he literally wentto go hand it off, slipped out
of his hand, boom, anotherfumble.

Max Paul (04:07):
I tell you those conditions are just trash.
Yeah, they're tough.

One thing that I have noticed in
this playoff, the turnoverbattle, is what's winning and
losing the games?
For people, I mean, a lot oftimes it's common mistakes or
whatever, but this time I meanit's always like that.
But we've seen it more thanever this year.
With the turnover battle, Imean the Bucs, I mean turnovers.
You know, sunk our ship.

Max Paul (04:35):
Let's not talk about the Bucs.
That rookie came in there andsucked our ship.
That rookie came in there anddid work.

I know , but I was just thinking, man,
if we play the Detroit Lions, Ifeel like we got a good chance
to beat the Detroit Lions.

Max Paul (04:46):
I think I'll match up better against the Lions too, I
don't think it's a blowout, butI think you definitely win that
game and move on.

Yeah, because I think the problem with
Jadon Daniels and having adefense like Bowles, where
they're blitzing a lot you blitzgolf you're going to be able to
get them sometimes.
You golf, you're going to beable to get them sometimes yeah
he's gonna make some, he's justtoo fast for a quarterback and
these guys aren't going to beable to get them.
And you saw that even with thedetroit when they tried to blitz
them.
Aaron glenn, he, he came afterhim, the defensive coordinator,

(05:14):
and it was like okay, you wantto come up?
You know, come at me from theside, no problem, I'm just going
to roll out.

Max Paul (05:18):
I'm a roll yelling by time by time.

So I I mean that's got to be probably
the biggest upset of the seasonwould be Washington Commanders
versus over.

Max Paul (05:28):
Detroit Lions.

I mean number one seed.
There's no way they're going toget blown out.

Max Paul (05:33):
I'm not going to lie, they get blown out.
To me, the bigger upset waswhen they beat y'all.

Sean Febre & Manny Febr (05:37):
Because in my mind.

Max Paul (05:38):
I literally like going into that game.
I'm over here like the Bucs aregoing to beat them.
The Bucs are going to throw up45, 50 points and call it a day.
Yeah, I mean, we barely lost.
But I'm saying like I thoughtit'd be a dog walk Like.
I'm thinking it's Jaden Daniels.
He's a rookie.
Yeah, you know Bowles is goingto have a plan for this spy,

(05:58):
just to kind of keep him in thepocket.
And, and he did Honestly thedefense played decent.

The secondary's injured banged up.

Max Paul (06:05):
You were losing.
You lost somebody.
Was it the middle of the gametoo?
Yeah, jamal Dean.
Jamal Dean went down in themiddle of the game.
That's when you're better, guys.
Mike Edwards too.
Mike Edwards too I mean, wewere playing in Tampa.

Yeah, we were battered and bruised,
but I yeah, it was adisappointment man, I really
thought that we were going topull it off and we really had
the chance to pull it off.
I mean, it was just, you got toscore a touchdown instead of a
field goal on that other drive.

Max Paul (06:35):
And then, when you make big stops, you got to
capitalize, you got tocapitalize, you got to
capitalize.

And one thing that really probably
screwed the Bucs over too,because our defense really isn't
that great this year with theinjuries and everything was they
were going for every fourthdown, every single one, if it
was on their side of the.

Max Paul (06:49):
You're talking about the commanders.
The commanders, they didn'tcare.
Yeah, they didn't care.
They didn't care because theyknow your defense front outside
of VFAA you have nobody, who'sreally?

that guy, I mean Diaby and and
Clinton and Cancy and Kansi.
Kansi played well that game,they played well that game.
They're not guys.

Max Paul (07:04):
I'm going to be like I got a game plan for these guys.
We're going to get this yardand call it a day.

And even if the Bucs would have won,
we wouldn't have played theLions, we would have played
Philly.
Yeah, because Lions would haveplayed the worst-seeded team and
we were number three.

Max Paul (07:20):
Number four were the number four were the Lions would
have played the Rams Rams, yeah.

And then we would have played Philly
, which we still would have hadPhilly.

Max Paul (07:28):
I still like y'all.
I still like y'all in Philly.

I was thinking, man, either one of
those teams I was having areally good feeling Detroit or
even the Eagles we got a goodfreaking fighting chance.

Max Paul (07:41):
I think if y'all are healthy, your whole defense is
healthy.
Y'all win that Commander's game.
Yeah, and.

Torm Winfield didn't do jack shit,
bro.
Highest paid safety in theleague.
I just don't think Y'all paidthat man for nothing.

Max Paul (07:52):
Pretty much to be injured the whole season.
That's what I'm saying.

I don't even know if it was worth
playing him.
I know we but it was like thisguy's not even in football shape
.

Max Paul (08:02):
He hasn't played all fucking week, but who else?

are you going to play I?

Max Paul (08:05):
don't know.
I had to pick someone out ofthe practice squad.

Yeah Well, I mean, yeah sure they're
healthy he's healthy.

Max Paul (08:10):
He's been playing.
He's in football shape.
I take my chances with that.

But I mean you can see all our DBs
were pretty much garbage of allof them and he's like a
second-year player.

Max Paul (08:23):
I like him, though I do like him.
I like him, he plays solid.

I like the rookie from Georgia too.
He had been playing good.
I think he was injured too.

Max Paul (08:30):
Yeah, he was hurt.
Yeah, he was hurt.
And then Isian Isian though.
Yeah, Isian, he plays well too.
He gets beat a lot every game,Did you?

guys notice, in that game Shaq
Barrett played one snap One.

Max Paul (08:45):
One snap, one snap, that was it he got on the snap
line, didn't he?
Yeah, he got a tackle.
He got one, tackle One snap onetackle.

Why didn't we play him more?

Max Paul (08:54):
Yeah.

I don't think he was in football
shape.

Max Paul (08:59):
That was it.

Get oxygen Now that you think about
it, man, man, the fact that thebucks held um the washington
commanders, to how many pointswas it?
Because it was a close game itwas a one it was like the only
wild card game that was close,wasn't it?
Was it 23, 20 something?

Max Paul (09:15):
like that.
We're in the 20s 23 20.
Yeah, yeah, it was 23 20because it was 20 yeah, I kind
of bet you over on the 50 points.
Damn man, I didn't get it.

And then the guy fucking that
fucking bangs the damn freakingfield goal off.
That guy fixed his hair 20times.

Max Paul (09:29):
And then banged it on the lever upright to go in.
He's a hero.

Barely making it.

Max Paul (09:33):
Fucked it up.
It was like, yeah, that's ourguy he was smelling salt bro.
That's what he was doing.

It's so freaking crazy how a kicker
could like literally be, playlike shit the entire game, but
hit the game winning field goaland all of a sudden, barely, I'm
telling you, and he shouldn'teven have been a hero, bro, I
man, I walked outside and I hear, oh my god, because I can hear
it through my sliding glass doorand I look back and I'm like,
oh, he doinked it, motherfucker,motherfucker, thought he missed
it.
But the one game we haven'ttalked about is the Chiefs game

(10:06):
man, the Kansas City refs.
That's what we haven't talkedabout Bro, the first pass,
roughing the passer, where brobarely touches the guy.
Flag 15 yards.
Here we go, bro.
I swear to God, the NFL is.
It is sports entertainment,right, swifties?
It is completely scripted whatwe're going to see, because

(10:29):
there is a chance to make twoSuper Bowl histories here.
If Jaden Daniels wins the SuperBowl, he's the first rookie
quarterback to ever win theSuper Bowl.
If the Kansas City Chiefs winthe Super Bowl, the first
three-peat, first three-peat.
So the odds are oh, you got theSuper Bowl, the first
three-peat, first three-peat.

Max Paul (10:45):
So the odds are oh, you got the other one, the
commanders.
If the Bills win, that's theirfirst, yeah, their first, oh and
their first, so three-way.

Sean Febre & Manny Fe (10:51):
Three-way , I mean Philly's already won
once.

Max Paul (10:53):
Philly's got one, the Rams got one.

Yeah, well, you know.

Max Paul (10:56):
I think to pay for that stadium.

We're going to help you this year
don't you here you go.
Is that good with you?
I really think that Jaden'sgoing to pull it off.
He's going to be in the SuperBowl, it's going to be first
Super Bowl and then I think thatthe Swifties are going to lose
To the Bills.

(11:18):
I don't know, man.

Max Paul (11:19):
Did you see who was in the box?
They're not letting PattyMahomes lose to Josh Allen.

They are not going to.
They're not.

Max Paul (11:25):
You know what happened .
They needed Josh Allen to beatLamar for this MVP conversation.
Yeah, he's not losing to PatMahomes.

Yeah, but Lamar is still going to be
the MVP as he should.

Max Paul (11:35):
I don't see any other way.

They're going to get 4,000 yards, 900,
plus rushing, 40 touchdowns, 43.

Max Paul (11:42):
43 touchdowns 43.

43 touchdowns.
I don't see how you pass up onthat guy, but they can't let the
Swifties lose.
And now Taylor Swift is all ofa sudden best friends with
Kaitlyn Clark.

Max Paul (11:53):
Where the?

fuck, did that happen?

Max Paul (11:57):
You mean the hottest WNBA player?

That's not saying much, man, but.

Max Paul (12:01):
I'm saying you're talking sales-wise.
That girl is.

Oh, I thought you meant good-looking.
No, no, no.

Max Paul (12:07):
I'm saying from a popularity and revenue stream.

She's the one who brought it up Kaylin
Clark.
Is that chick right now?
So you put her and Taylor Swifttogether.

Max Paul (12:15):
You mean to tell me we're going to let let's call it
Josh Allen beat them?
No, no, you let Bills Mafiabeat them, fuck no, how do the
Bills beat the Chiefs?

That's the real question.
They get new refs.

Max Paul (12:29):
They bring their own refs.
They bring their own refs.

What's the referee that always refs
their game?
His name's like Chris,something, yeah Well, either way
, I read a stat line that everytime that guy is the head
referee, the Chiefs have neverlost a game, never, never.

Max Paul (12:48):
Ever.
Every time he's the head ref.
There was one.
What was it?
There was a pass interferencecall that the Chiefs got and I
was like this DB didn't touchhim, like it's one of those like
fade balls where they're bothkind of jockeying for position.
That's in any time.
As a DB, when you go there,they always tell you if he's
trying to push you, you have theright to stand your ground.

(13:09):
It's not a PI.
As soon as you breathe onsomebody excuse me, and the flag
only came out when I think itwas Travis Kelsey dropped it.
As soon as it got off his hands, he dropped it.
There it is.
There you go.
There you go, buddy, let's trythis again.

But I will say they show her as much
as they usually do.
They're saving it for the SuperBowl.
Yeah, they're always saving it.
Who's?

Max Paul (13:38):
the Super Bowl performer this year.
Oh, what's that?
Meek Mills?
No, no, not Meek Mills.
The Lamar, kendrick Lamar, bethe musical highlight.
No, taylor Swift's going to bein that fucking Super Bowl.

But I mean, she was there last year.
What do we?

Max Paul (13:51):
need her again.
Did we see how many more viewsthey?

got last year.

Max Paul (13:53):
Yeah, I know, that was the highest viewed Super Bowl
in the modern era.

Really yeah.

Max Paul (13:58):
I didn't know that.
That's why they'll go back.
Yeah, they'll go go back againand and and going back to the
referees making a call thatjared golf hit which one?

that's a 15-yard penalty.

Max Paul (14:11):
That's definitely if that was.

If that was pat mahomes, that guy
might have been talking aboutthe pick six.
Yeah, well, yeah the pick sixwhere he tried the blog and he
just got helmet to helmet yeah,so no call, but he came out, he,
I mean, somebody had pushed him, and then the other guy came in
leading with his helmet, righthere, right by the chin, yeah,
right by the chin.
And then after that what TeddyBridgewater comes in.
And what does Teddy Bridgewaterdo?

Max Paul (14:30):
Lead a touchdown drive .
There you go, send it to Teddy.
Two Gloves.
He goes he wins a high schoolstate championship, comes back
to the league in the playoffsand then leads a touchdown drive
.
Yeah, Go ahead, Teddy Tugel andhe did throw past that drive.
He did.
It was a dot, it was a firstdown.

And then they come up with that.
What was it?
It was a lateral flea flicker.
Yeah, fucking.

Max Paul (14:54):
That be a trick leg.
I already knew it was going tobe.

Dave.

Max Paul (15:03):
Campbell had something there.

I and you know what the problem?
The receivers don't have thesame know-how as a freaking
quarterback to be like, hey, I'mnot going to go ahead and throw
it, maybe I'll pull it down andrun it, but since the play
needs to be executed, he wentahead and threw it.

Max Paul (15:16):
The real question is why?

wasn't Teddy Bridgewater in place of
Jamison Williams?
You have that quarterback withthat running capability.
Why are you putting it on awide receiver instead of putting
it on a backup quarterback?
But they know his number thatcan actually throw, I know, but
I feel like they know his numberthough.
I mean if they saw Teddy comein and then grab the ball.

Max Paul (15:35):
I mean but I mean still, you got to play Teddy,
true, because you try too much,teddy can move.

Yeah, I know, it's Etiquette.
It was like what was that?
Marcus Mariota, he plays for.

Max Paul (15:46):
Washington no, no, no, no, no Washington yeah.

And they gave it for him to do the
tush, push or whatever insteadof Jaden Daniels.

Max Paul (15:54):
Yeah, fumbles.
Well, that's because MarcusMariota is like 40 pounds
heavier, because Jaden Danielsis like 120.

No, I get that, but fumbles what I'm
saying is that you know, a lotof these teams are using backup
quarterbacks in those situationsin order for their quarterback
not to get hurt.
I mean we saw a direct snap toDerrick Henry, and you know what
was it Lamar Jackson just wentin motion.
And that didn't do anythingeither.
Max, who would you put it on onthat Detroit game, Like what

(16:21):
happened with the execution withthat game?
Definitely.

Max Paul (16:23):
Dave Campbell.
Yeah, it that Detroit game Likewhat happened with the
execution with?

that game?
David Campbell, yeah, it wasjust, but the defense wasn't
there.
They didn't know how to planfor that option.
For a little bit with JadenDaniels, I still put that on Dan
Campbell.

Max Paul (16:33):
Yeah, as a head coach, going into halftime, that's
when you go make thoseadjustments First half.
Okay, Jaden's doing his thing,let's adjust.
There was never an adjustment.
They came back and kept doingthe same thing, Like if you're a
team that gets beat by the samething for all four quarters,
that's on the coaching staff.
As a defense, all I can do islisten to the play call and go.

Yeah, this is what we're doing.
You're putting it on thecoordinator too.

Max Paul (16:56):
Absolutely.
But at the end of the day it'slike quarterbacks when you win,
you're getting praised.

When you lose.
First thing you look at is aquarterback.

Max Paul (17:07):
Same thing with coaches when you win yay, Dan
Campbell got us there.
When they lose, we can't justblame the coordinator.
We got to go, dan.
Have a seat, buddy.

We're going to have a talk, do you
think?
That I put it all on that oneplay with.

Max Paul (17:22):
Jameson, that's what ended the game, yeah.

But do you think that sometimes that
you know, even though being thenumber one seed is great, you
get the extra rest, but do youthink that sometimes that hurts
you?

Max Paul (17:33):
That hurts you.
Yeah, that hurts you, becauseyou're not getting live reps.
Yeah, like Romo said it, yeah,you're not.

I feel like a lot of the wild card
teams end up in the Super Bowlbecause of that reason.

Max Paul (17:44):
Because you lose momentum.
Yeah, you look at it like thisIf I'm a team, like the
Commanders, I come off thewindow of the bus hot Now I just
beat the Lions.
Hot Now I have the confidencegoing into the next game.
You're at number one seed.
You just sat at the housewatching games and watching film
we're going to beat them, noproblem, we're playing.

Who the Commanders?
Number six you come out flatoften because you haven't played
, you've been sitting, so Ithink that's what hurts, but
don't you see it, as you have anextra week of prep time because
you got all the film from theBucs game, now you know what
they're running in the playoffs,you should be prepared.

Max Paul (18:17):
Absolutely.
But I also think that thatmomentum still stops.
Like you can prep all you want,but like to me, momentum is the
biggest thing as a player.
Like you're feeling good,you're rolling and now you've
got the routine going, but youchange your routine and you're
now I've got to sit, I'm justwatching film.

A lot I've been, you know working out
hitting the practice field, butit's just not the same as live
game reps.

Max Paul (18:44):
And was Detroit really ?

that good.
How many of their games weredecided by a field goal.
I mean they were, it was likethree or four.
That fucking, that guy Bateman.

Max Paul (18:48):
Michael Bateman hit.
Yeah, I think they were a goodteam.
I think they were a very solidteam.
I don't think they weredeserving.

Decided by one possession.

Max Paul (18:59):
But to me that's like the Chiefs.
I think the Chiefs are a goodteam.

I know , you know what I mean.

Max Paul (19:02):
I think you're getting a lot of lucky bounce and shit
goes your way.
Lucky, yeah, but you're not thebest team in the AFC to me.

No, I didn't think so.
Who is now?
Come on, go ahead and say it.
I'm not going to say it.

Max Paul (19:16):
It's still Baltimore.

It's still Baltimore.
They're out now Baltimore.

Max Paul (19:19):
Baltimore is still the best team in the AFC.
What do you think happenedthere?

You think it's a little bit of the
play calling, like we talkedabout with the field goal.

Max Paul (19:26):
Absolutely, I think, especially with the—.

Why wouldn't you go for the two
extra points?

Max Paul (19:30):
I think it's a lot of that.
You're trying to be aggressiveand prove a point, but I think
you've got to play smart in thatscenario.
Kick the field goal.
You've got plenty of time inthe game.
Kick the field goal.

If they would have kicked both
extra points, they would havebeen tied at the end of the game
.

Max Paul (19:44):
So you're tied at that touchdown.
Now you can kick a field goaland win the game.

Even after four turnovers, you still
would have been tied.

Max Paul (19:52):
Do you think that I'll tell you?
No more, it's the MVP.
Four turnovers later, theystill got you in the game, mvp.

Same with Matt Stafford.
Oh my God, Matt.

Max Paul (20:00):
Stafford's that dude for the Rams.
I feel like they could havelanded a better quarterback for
them.

They could have won that game, man.
Absolutely.
They literally came down.
They were inside the red zone.
It was third and 10.
He gets sacked, Fuck.
But what I hated was on thefourth.
And what was this like?
17?

Max Paul (20:15):
Yeah.

You just got to get a first down.
I know there's like a timeoutGet the first.
At least throw a catchable ball, yeah, but he threw it outside,
bro.

Max Paul (20:27):
He threw it out of bounds.

I feel like that's McVay a little bit,
because when he took sacks,instead of throwing it away, I
was like why wouldn't he justthrow it away?
And McVay would be like it'sokay, it's okay, it's good.
No turnover.

Max Paul (20:38):
No turnover.
I think, on the no turnoverthing, like I get.
Like we said, whoever wins aturnover battle usually wins the
game, but sometimes you justgotta be like hey, throw that
ball away, dirt it.

Yeah, I don't know, don't take the hit
, that's an unnecessary hit totake.
How much is the legal procedure?
Five yards, yeah, so they wouldhave been two yards closer,
back him up, I'm all rightkicking those field goals with
the Ravens was a little bit oflack of confidence with Justin
Tucker.

Max Paul (21:06):
I think it's one of those like kicking in those
conditions.
Maybe that's why you go for two, just because you don't want to
chance it, but I still.
I mean you got Justin Tucker.
For me it's Justin Tucker.
I'm kicking that.

He's got the highest field goal
percentage ever in the NFL.

Max Paul (21:21):
Nah, pinero Pinero, I thought it was 89.3%, because he
had them kicks ever in the NFL.
Nah, pinero, pinero, nah, Ithought it was 89.3% Because he
had them kicks early in theseason where he was missing a
lot it dropped him down justenough for the other kid to take
over.
Oh shit, no, he's not.

Oh, still slightly good, but I'm
saying you're damn near 90% onevery kick.

Max Paul (21:37):
I'm 30?
.

Yeah, 25, 30 out.

Max Paul (21:41):
Yeah, kick that.
I kicked that.
Yeah, kick that.
Go ahead, we'll take this extrapoint and call it a day.
And granted, ever since there'sa joke about like Lamar, ever
since he got cussed out by hismom, he started playing better.
Yeah, ever since Lamar gotcussed out by his mom, just took
an Amos Nam kick.
There it is.
So I, where you got to trustyour kicker and call it a day.

Yeah, no, absolutely.
When we get back, we'llcontinue the discussions and
give our predictions as well forthe NFC and the AFC
championship game, and we got acouple more games to cover and a
little bit more about theEagles and the Rams and the
conditions with kicking the ball, with the snow and how they
cleared it off.
I thought Jake Elliott wasreally clutch.
We'll be right back.
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Thank you, all right, guys,we're back with Happy Hour
Holidays.
We were talking a little bitabout the Eagles and Rams game.
I was really impressed withJake Elliott.
I mean making those field goalswith all that snow.
A lot of pressure, a lot ofpressure.
I mean those field goals camein clutch.
Which game?
The Rams and the Eagles, theRams and the Eagles?
Oh yeah, yeah.
But how crazy is it that SaquonBarkley might end up being the

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all time leading rusher in aseason, including the playoffs
with Terrell Davis, I think,having top two.

Max Paul (22:52):
Yeah, he's got 23, 23 and 2,400 yards.
Yep, well, dudes, dudes had 200yards back to back games.

It's crazy.
I mean I would have neverthought that Saquon would be
this effective in a betteroffense or a better team.

Max Paul (23:08):
He's been healthy and he has threats around him when
he was with the Giants.
What do you know?
You know it's going to Saquonfor any real yards.

I can't say Daniel Jones is a bad
quarterback.

Max Paul (23:20):
Actually, you can, yes , you can.
You can say that nigga'sgarbage, he's garbage.
But what about?
He had one good season andthat's it.

Now he had Malik Nevers but his other
receiving core.

Max Paul (23:32):
Malik Nevers was a great receiver.
He was a great receiver, no.

I know that's what I'm saying.
He had him, but before that,who has he really had?
That was a standout receiver.

Max Paul (23:40):
My late neighbors got drafted this year.
I know this year.

But before that, who did hereally have?
You know what I like youmentioning the Giants here.
Did you ever see that video ofthe Giants GM talking to his son
, Carson, and his son goes?
Yeah, you should draft JadenDaniels, Did you see that?
I heard about it.

Max Paul (24:00):
I heard about that video.

Yeah, bro, so the Giants actually had
a chance to draft Jaden Daniels.

Max Paul (24:05):
Changes your whole dynamic in your culture.

Your whole freaking that's your whole
franchise.
He should have listened to hisson.
They also said the Jets and theGiants, both of those
franchises.
They're not in a good placeLike the organization.
And Washington was, yeah,washington, they just got a new
owner who was willing to putsome more money and a new coach.

Max Paul (24:24):
Yeah, they were on a full-blown rebuild.
Yeah, they were.

Last year they were 4-13.
And now they're in the fuckingNFC.

Max Paul (24:33):
Championship.

Detroit had a couple bad years and then
they flipped it.

Max Paul (24:38):
It took a while.
It took like four or five yearsto pick up different pieces,
because Dan Campbell.

He was like what garbage.

Max Paul (24:46):
The first two years, first two seasons and then after
that turned it over and it'sjust because they got draft
picks.
They got.

Also that golf trade, the Matthew
Stafford trade, all the picksthat they got from the Rams,
yeah, but all them draft picksthat Detroit used like you've
got LaPorta, you've got Gibbs,gibbs, gibbs, you've got.
Williams, williams, davidMontgomery, yeah, like you've
got because of that.

Max Paul (25:09):
you built those pieces year by year.
You can get them all at once.
You've got a couple guys here,a couple guys there, and then it
started to come together, butlike you know what Did they lose
?

because they didn't have Aiden
Hutchinson.

Max Paul (25:19):
I think that plays a difference.
It does right Absolutely,because now your defense is
completely different.
Yeah, it is.
Your defense is not asintimidating without him on the
field.
That's why I was like, allright we can kind of do what we
want to over here.

Didn't we injure him during the Bucs
game.
I think it might have been.

Max Paul (25:35):
It was during the Bucs game.
It was during the Bucs game, soyou're welcome commanders.

Send them rings over Appreciate that.
We're now going into the NFCand the AFC championship game.
I mean we were talking aboutthat.
I mean, do they actually letthe Chiefs lose?

Max Paul (25:56):
The NFC, the AFC?
You think they let the Chiefslose?
No, patty Mahomes gets his shotat a three-peat.
You know, josh Allen getsanother.
Oh, you almost did it.
You almost did it, had it onthe back.
Yeah, good job, buddy, you beatthe other guy.

You beat that other guy.
You know what?

Max Paul (26:13):
I mean, but I don't think I don't picture the Bills
beating the Chiefs Like I hateto say it, but like Chiefs in
the playoffs they're it's likeTom Brady in the playoffs.

It's hard to beat them, guys Let me
ask you a question Did youpicture the Bills beating the
Ravens First off?

Max Paul (26:30):
no, Okay so let's go against whatever Max says hey,
so we're going to put the moneyline on it.
On the Hard Rock app right,yeah, is it out.
It'll be out later this week.

Damn dog.
I wonder what the money is Ifit's plus $150,.
I'm taking the bills.
You're taking the bills If it'splus $150.

Max Paul (26:49):
I don't care what it is, I'm taking the Chiefs.
I'm taking the Chiefs, you knowwhy, but I'm taking the points.

Sean Febre & Manny F (26:54):
Guaranteed merit.
But I'm taking the points, whatyou know, five or six.

Max Paul (27:00):
You're still losing your money because they're going
to lose by more than that.

No, they're not.
What are you?
Absolutely Fuck.
No, they lose by at least ten.
Hey, you know what the spreadwas for the Bills-Ravens game?
It was one, it was one.
Oh yeah, it was one, 1.5.

Max Paul (27:15):
And they won by two 1.5.

So, and dogs plus two and a half
bills would have won, but still,let's say they kick a field
goal and you know it's one pointgame there you go, bills are
plus, let's say.

Max Paul (27:29):
Let's say the ravens kick, field goes, everybody's a
loser no, that was a.

That was a tough one.
I mean, it just seems like howdoes vegas get so damn close?
Because they're in cahoots withthe n man.
It has to be right.

Max Paul (27:43):
Look at it like this Okay, players already make
ungodly amount of money.
If someone taps me on theshoulder and goes, Vegas is
going to give you a little extra.
If you go ahead and… Go out forsafety yeah.

No no, seriously, the Chiefs game nine
and a half point spread.
Yeah, got the safety.
Nine point game.
Nine point game Now, whoeverbet the under Is money.

Max Paul (28:08):
Wow, you know what?
I'm saying yeah so if they tapyou on the shoulder and say hey
guys, we need a.

I need this done.

Max Paul (28:15):
Yeah, let's send you a couple extra 100K Deal.
I don't care.
You think it's on the field.
That's got to be Hell.
Yeah, there's no other way.
Right, it's got to be.
Vince McMahon runs the NFL.
I don't care what everybodysays.
So.

Roger Goodell gets a call.
Roger Goodell hits up Andy Reidand goes hey, listen, there's
got to be a safety on this putt.

Max Paul (28:36):
Got to do something, got to be a safety.

That's the only way to get to this
nine, not, bro.
How coincidental is thatbullshit?
Everybody calls it a bad beat.
Or is it just vegas playing the?

Max Paul (28:48):
nfl vegas is like a big kid playing madden and we're
all just watching someone elseplay bro like it's just how it
is to me, bro.
It's like the chiefs.
Like there's no way the chiefsare in shitty positions like you
might lose and then all of asudden wrapping the passer.
What?
No one touched him.

That's because he went.
You know, on that one Mahomeskind of pushed his head back.

Max Paul (29:10):
He LeBron'd it.
He LeBron'd it.

And then he's like laying there and
he's looking at the refs likecome on man.

Max Paul (29:18):
Hey, throw that, you like your job throw that?

Did you see the other roughing the
passer?
Where personal foul roughingthe passer?
They didn't even touch him,they hit each other when he slid
down, you saw?

Max Paul (29:30):
that.

Throw a flag.
It's like what the fuck youcould have hurt him.

Max Paul (29:33):
You could have hurt him.
You could have hurt him.
Don't you fucking touch him.

Did you think Jared Goff was going
to come back into the game after?

Max Paul (29:40):
I know of the game after he was done.
No, I did not.
I thought he was done.
I was ready for Teddy too,gloves, I felt like that would
have been some shit.
Teddy might have won that game.

That was one of the most I mean.
For me it was one of the mostexciting games, I mean.

Max Paul (29:51):
But you think about it .
I like the Bills and the Ravens.
I'm not mad at that game.
The Bills think the Chiefs andthe Bills no.
Not that exciting, bro, thatwas a but isn't that one always

(30:12):
a?

That's always a nail biter, isn't it?
I don't think so, but therethis game.

Max Paul (30:20):
You did not know who was going to win from start to
finish.

That's why the odds were so close.

Max Paul (30:27):
I mean it was like plus 100 and minus 113.
I'm going to make mypredictions.

Call it right now.
I think it's going to be theBills, Okay.
And it's going to be theWashington Commanders for the
whole rookie thing, Okay.
And then the Bills are going towin and Bills Mafia Bills win,

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or the Bills lose and they're5-0 in the Super Bowl 0-5.

Max Paul (30:51):
0-5 0-5, my bad 0-5 to the rookie.
And then he's the—, Then he'sone of the new faces of the—I
mean—.

Then he's banging one of the
Kardashians, or the JennersKylie Jenner, you know what, or
the Jenners Kylie Jenner, youknow what.

Max Paul (31:03):
I can't bet with him now because anybody who's ever
been with a Kardashian, theircareer kind of goes left.
Reggie Bush.
Reggie Bush, lamar.

Odom, the little light skinned dude
that played basketball, oh yeah.
Well, he wasn't that good,though, but it doesn't matter.
The guy from the Humphries yeah, humphries, whatever his name
was.
He was never that great, but hewas making NBA money, and now
you're on the side.

Max Paul (31:24):
Now you're not even playing Kanye West.
I didn't want to do it.

I was trying to keep the athletes, but
Actually, kanye, he was doinggospel after a while but Kanye,
actually, I mean bro he did wellafter he, after he left, after
he left the Kardashians.
Crazy how that happened.

Max Paul (31:42):
All of a sudden it turned around for him the
pussy's dangerous.
The pussy's dangerous, but youknow what?
Everybody's had some of that.
Yeah, you know good and well,you shouldn't be dealing with
her.

Sean Febre & Manny (31:54):
Everybody's had a bowl of that cereal Just
one time, just one time.
One time she's like all right.
Same with the rappers.
Rappers too, bro.
Oh God Bro.
All these white womendestroying black celebrities,
black fucking football players,athletes.

Max Paul (32:07):
I've had a coach tell me one time sitting down in a
meeting First he walks into themeeting.
You know we sitting down, yougot your notepads out, you ready
to get into the meeting.
He walked in hands in hislittle hoodie and said gentlemen
, beware the white women.
Women, they want your kids andyour money to walk the fuck out
that was the end of the meeting.
Like that was it we went to go,we went to hit weights.

(32:28):
After that I was like all rightyep, yeah, I heard what he said
.
I didn't listen, I didn't listenoh hey, you got a kid with a
white woman.
Nope, I got a puerto ricanwoman oh, oh well, you know
those are.

Those are dangerous for everybody.
Latinas are dangerous.

Max Paul (32:44):
Just because you know, you know it's interesting, you
might die today, she might loveyou forever Either way, she may
be shaving glass off of yourroscomboio and be like kill this
motherfucker right here, readyto deal with it, ready, give me
that.

So, max, who are you thinking like
overall for the NFC and the AFCchampionship game and then the
Super Bowl?

Max Paul (33:08):
I think the Chiefs beat the Bills.
Okay, not by much?
I don't think so it's going tobe a close one.
I think it's going to be aclose one.
I think the refs keep it closebecause I think the Bills on
paper should win, but I thinkthe Chiefs end up winning by.
I take the Chiefs end upwinning by.
I take the Chiefs with six,with six, with six I think it's
going to be with six, I think onthe other side of things, by

(33:29):
six points.
Yeah, chiefs win by six.

You want to call out the score.
I'm going to call out the score.
Actually I'm going to go 23-20,like the Bucs and the
Washington Commanders, the Bills, nah, give me 21-28.
21-28?
.

Max Paul (33:41):
I'm going to give myself an extra point just to
cover the spread, but then onthe other side, I'll do 21-29.
I think on the other side, Ithink the Eagles come out of it.
I think.

I don't see it.
I mean, I was thinking that too.

Max Paul (33:57):
Y'all didn't see Jalen Hurts.
That's cool, but he's got aworkhorse behind him, he ain't
got to do shit, no more.
That's true.
You know what I mean IfSaquon's rolling for 200 a game.

I'm just trying to think how many
yards the commander's defensehave been giving up on the
ground they did.

Max Paul (34:15):
Jabbar Gibbs had a decent game.
He had like 85.
Bucky had like 90.
They're going to give you atleast 100.
He's going to give you at least100.
At least 100 on the ground.
So that's with regular guys.
Yeah regular guys.
This man's playing likeSuperman.
Yeah, I know.
So, Shaquan's getting it.

Shaquan's getting it Averaging, like in
the postseason, like over 200yards.

Max Paul (34:45):
So like I don't really care about had over 200 yards.

So then are you taking?

Max Paul (34:48):
the command.
You're taking the Eagles.
What do you got there?

What's the point spread on?

Max Paul (34:54):
that, oh God.

I mean they put up some points against
.
I mean it's not.

Max Paul (35:00):
It was a shootout?
I don't think it's because ofthe way it was a shootout.

That one was a shootout.
I don't think it's because ofthe way it was a shootout
against Detroit Lions, bro, butthe way that the Eagles are
playing, I think because of therunning game.
That wasn't really a shootout.
No, they didn't well, theybarely cracked 30, right.

Max Paul (35:14):
That's what I'm saying .
I think it would be like 26-28or something like that,
something.
I don't think either one teamcracks 30.
Just because but you're lookingat, they run the ball so much
with Saquon, that's a lot ofgame clock going.

Where are they playing?
They're playing in.
Philly and the polar vortex ishitting right now.
So it's supposed to be snowingnext weekend.

Max Paul (35:38):
We just established that black quarterbacks don't do
well in the snow, you know whatI mean.

Black guys are great all year until it
gets snow flurries and you'relike I'm really I want to say,
but I'm really impressed byJaden Daniels like coolness,
like I feel like he's sonational.

Max Paul (35:56):
I love that.
Yeah, I know, because Lamar hedoesn't even blink Like Lamar
Jackson.

he, you know.
I think it took him a littlebit of time to get to this point
in his career when he's calm.
Where he's calm, he doesn'tlose it.
He's like no, I'm going to comeback, it'll be fine, everything
will be fine.

Max Paul (36:08):
How old is he?
28.
He just turned 28 this year.
Jim Daniels is like 23?
22.
22.
Kid's 22.

And he's acting like the bench.
He's just like game winner he'snot doing anything.

Max Paul (36:23):
Yeah, he's just kind of like all right cool deal.

Hey, brady, what does lfg mean?
I mean, so he got the tom bradyuh, let's fucking go, lfg
player of the game.
And the first question he askedtom brady is hey, what does lfg
mean?
Yeah right, he just did I didit.
He wanted, he wanted brady toslip up and be like let's
fucking go.

Max Paul (36:43):
Brady goes.

This is a family appropriate show,
but it's.
You know what I mean, let's ehgo here's the thing Jane Daniels
is just gonna.

Max Paul (36:56):
I think he's, I think he's gonna walk away.
He's gonna get rookie of theyear.

Yeah, for sure, I think at this point
now, I don't think anybody'sgoing to be him for a year.
I think he's going to get arookie and offensive rookie of
the year right.

Max Paul (37:09):
Nah, they ain't going to get them both they would have
to who else, who do you?

get Bucky.
No because Bo Nix had somereally good fucking statistics.
Oh yeah, you're right, I forgotabout Bo Nix.

Max Paul (37:20):
I ain't going to help you.
Yeah, bo Nix was.
Is he better than RussellWilson?
Yeah, he took that same Broncosteam to the fucking playoffs.
The same offense, same coach.

You know what's crazy is?
I just read an article thismorning that said that actually
it was a good thing you broughtup Pittsburgh Steelers.
But yeah, they said and Mike.
Tomlin's been gone, well, theysaid.
But yeah, they said and MikeTomlin's been gone, well, they
said.

Max Paul (37:45):
No, he, hasn't been fired.
No, no, mike.

Tomlin no, he said he's not going
anywhere, but you know bringing.
Well, let me touch on this.
He said Arthur Smith andRussell Wilson never got along.
Arthur Smith wanted Fields tostart but they shoved Wilson
down on his throat.
And now going to Tomlin, howmany more years can you go to
the playoffs and lose and keepyour job Like?

(38:07):
How has the Pittsburgh Nationnot been like?
All right guys, he's been greatWe've had.

Max Paul (38:11):
However, many winning seasons.
Let's look at what you'retaking to the playoffs.
Let's look at what you'retaking to the playoffs.
Adam Schaefer is wrong.
It's not the best team ever.
You're taking a mediocre team,at best, consistently to the
playoffs.
Even last year, when they hadMason Rudolph and all those guys
.

Sean Febre & Manny Feb (38:26):
Playoffs yeah, and they still made it to
the playoffs.
I get it, but at the same time,just like Todd Bowles, are we
progressing or are we stayingthe same and not doing anything
better?

Max Paul (38:35):
I think with Pittsburgh, I think it's not
just Mike Tomlin, I thinkownership, like you said,
ownership wants Russell Wilson.
Yeah, I think the way JustinFields is playing early, you've
got to let him spin.
Yeah, that's what I thought too.

You've got to let him spin, he was
cooking all year I can't believethey took him out and given
Russell Wilson picked up his,you know he played better.

Max Paul (38:58):
Yeah, he played better , but Justin Fields is a
different dynamic.

And it's a franchise quarterback, if
you're thinking about it.

Max Paul (39:04):
He's young, yeah, and you know that Russell Wilson is
not going to rush for anythingrelevant.

At least not anymore.
Not anymore Like back in oldRussell Wilson.
Yeah, yeah, seattle, russellWilson Seattle.

Max Paul (39:14):
Russell Wilson yeah, but we're giving Russell Wilson
credit for the one Super Bowl hegot off of a defense.

Well, he also went to the Super Bowl
with a shit Pete Carroll callwhen you have Marshawn Lynch in
the back.

Max Paul (39:29):
There's no way.
I don't give a fuck what myhead coach calls.
We're on the one and I haveMarshawn Lynch behind me.
I'm not even listening to theplay.
Okay, we're going to just dive.

Actually that might have been the
downfall of Russell Wilson whenyou think about it.
Why?
Because what has he done sincethat?

Max Paul (39:47):
he threw that interception to Malcolm Butler I
thought he made it to threeSuper Bowls.
Nah, he got two.

No, but I thought, oh, he only made
it to two.

Max Paul (40:00):
I think it might have been a year between maybe no it
was back-to-back, it would havebeen back-to-back champs.
And I remember watching RichardSherman on the sideline.
All of them are chilling,assuming that this run play is
coming, and you could watch thepure despair in his face when
his pick happens.
And my thing is, that's thepick in the middle of the slant,

(40:20):
in the middle of the field.
That's where you're throwingthis.
I could have understood.
If you throw a fade ball thatgets incomplete, I can live with
that.
That's a your receiver ornobody, but a slant in the
middle and you throw a pick.

Honestly the play when you have Russell
Wilson, the same play that theBaltimore ran would have been
perfect for that one too.

Max Paul (40:37):
Got to work.
Everybody's thinking likethat's what everybody's thinking
, that's what he was talkingabout.

Yeah, everybody thinks you're going to
frigging hand it to you know,marshawn.
Yeah, but if it works, theneverybody says, oh, what a
genius play.
But the thing is, everybodyknew that wasn't going to happen
.
It was crazy.
Malcolm Butler all of a suddenbecame one of the best corners.

Max Paul (40:53):
He was one of the highest paid corners in the
league in a little bit.
And then what happened?
Trash after trash after that,trash after that.

That's one thing I noticed with
football man, football's a reallike.
It's like a hype sport, likeyou put.
You have one good play and allof a sudden everything turns
around for you, and before thatyou really hadn't done too much.

Max Paul (41:11):
I mean, maybe you're mediocre at best, but you get
one good play, but now you haveleverage going into that
negotiation room like haha, kindof like.
I remember like JadavionClowney.

Yeah, what he did in Baltimore last
year Well, not really so muchthat what he did in college and
then now everybody knew his namebecause of that.
Oh, he got into Texas.

Max Paul (41:31):
Yeah, he was hurt a lot, but he had a good little
run in Texas.
Yeah, he was still playing good.
Well, he got hurt a lot, a lot.
But even last year with theRavens, jadavion Connie yeah, he
played well, had 10 and a halfsacks yeah, he played well,
right, 10 and a half, I'm sorry,11 sacks last year.

I don't know shit.
I didn't know that.
Yeah, so when?

Max Paul (41:46):
it came time to renegotiate.
He had leverage and the Ravenswas like I don't know about
paying you all that, bro, hewent, I I don't know.

Four sacks, oh, four sacks.
Well, that's better than mostFour.

Max Paul (42:03):
No, no, no, and these are built off half sacks.

Yeah, oh, so he had eight half sacks.
That's still pretty good, is it?
Eight half sacks?

Max Paul (42:13):
Is it in that division ?
I could throw a high school outthere and get two, but what?

about having a better line, because
Baltimore's has got a fuckingstellar line.

Max Paul (42:24):
But if you have Baltimore, line and you have
more ability to break throughand get into it.
You had other guys around youMatt Abike, Adafi Owe.
You had Kyle Vannoy, who's hada great two years in Baltimore
and to pick your poison thing.
So now you go to Carolina whereyou're the only guy on that.
All right, cool, Fuck him.
We'll double team him and keeppushing.

Yeah, and honestly, I mean at that
point in your career, I wouldthink you would want a Super
Bowl.

Max Paul (42:47):
Why would?

you just be like all right, I'll
take the incentives.

Max Paul (42:49):
But he's from Carolina , he's from there, so he wants
to go back and finish out there.

That's cool, these players.
What they really want is money.
I mean not a lot of.
Some of them may say, hey, yeah, super bowl would be great and
as a kid they're thinking I'mgonna play in the super bowl.
But most of them are like youknow, I grew up poor shit before
you know that let me get somemoney.

Max Paul (43:13):
What's the script for this year?

I'm not getting this all right cool
hey, daniel jones got to uh playfor or play in a playoff team
and and then he brought them tothe New York Giants.
Oh, yeah, yeah, the MinnesotaVikings.
Man, I felt they were alwaysgoing to win.
Yeah, we bet on that one I gotthat one.

Max Paul (43:28):
Yeah, sam, I picked the Rams, sam Darnold is another
one.

I picked the Vikings.

Max Paul (43:32):
But did they keep Sam Darnold after this year?

Yeah, of course they do.
I think he's a little one-yearwonder right now Cinderella
story.

Max Paul (43:42):
That's what I'm thinking, just like Daniel Jones
.

I'm going to tell you Minnesota
Vikings, their record is notgoing to be anywhere near what
it was this year, Absolutely not, no way.
Were they number seven.
Also, I mean strength ofschedule Now, next year you're
going to get harder, tougherschedule.
Yeah, you're not going-assschedule.

Max Paul (43:59):
Oh my God, we got a Bruce schedule next year.
Bruce schedule sucks, I know itdoes, but I'm going to the
games, so it's cool, I'll bethere.
You know what I mean?
There's like four games.
I'm like yeah, yeah they'regood teams.

You know it's a good matchup and I
always go with the.
Ravens.
What do you think about they?
Just We'll do one more Allright, we'll be right back with
Happy Hour Holidays and we'lltouch on Tyreek Hill, possibly
coming to the Buccaneers, andwe're back looking at the right
camera at Happy Hour Holidays,got it?

Max Paul (44:30):
Yeah, we were talking.

We've heard some little like messages
from Tyreek Hill saying that hemight, you know, be having a
three-hour drive now.
So he came down here for anevent and I think he probably
enjoyed it here, because I meanhe's three hours away from 20
baby mamas but um, did you talkto him?

Max Paul (44:50):
I mean, we came down to interview.
He kind of tapped everybody upand stuff.
Some guys tried to call him outand this stuff like young guys,
young guys what were theycalling him out?

they're trying to like.

Max Paul (44:58):
They're like I can cover you that.
Young kids yeah, my thing like.
Tyreek Hill trains down here inthe offseason anyway, so we see
him at Skyway and stuff likethat oh really he does.
Yeah, I've seen Tyreek Hill ahandful of times in the
offseason so I'm like what's up,man?
That's it.
It's not that exciting for me.
But like the young kids, likethe 17 oh, tyreek Hill, I'm like

(45:25):
.
I know why you're here.
Your season's over.
This is prime negotiating time.
I know why you're here, buddy,but why do a lot of?

players come to the Skyway in Tampa.

Max Paul (45:30):
It's one of the best fields.
Oh, is that why?

Because I would assume Miami has a shit
ton of great fields, right, butthey have a lot of great fields
that are always occupied.

Max Paul (45:39):
Oh okay, Like Skyway, you can come over there and if
you're like an NFL guy, that'syour field.
It doesn't matter what the fuckis going on.
Hey, hey, you gotta move.
These guys need it, isn'tSkyway?
Just one field, two, two turffields.
It's ducked off.
It's quiet, there's nobodyaround it.
It's right, a big local park.

(46:02):
They can go get their work inquietly and leave.

Unless you're Steven Garcia.

Max Paul (46:08):
Well, that's just because I'm convinced he fucked
that lady's daughter.

That's why they do it the violator.
You know what I'm saying.

Max Paul (46:16):
Because she hates him too much to have not.
Maybe he didn't call her back.

I don't know, I don't know.

Max Paul (46:24):
I'm going to marry you .
I'm going to marry you.
Nah, remember, you love me.
You know what I'm saying,because the way she treats him
and the way she treats me, she'slike she loves me, and I don't
ever do that.
I just go hey, I got this groupcoming at this time, is it cool
?
She Like, yeah, no problem,just don't make it look too
obvious.
All right, cool, no problem.
Garcia steps two feet on thefield.

(46:44):
Get the fuck off.

I'm calling the cops.

Max Paul (46:47):
But, like I said, I thinkTyreek Hill's coming here to
negotiate with the Bucs.
You really think so?
Because, he already said he'snot going to stay in Miami.

But what about the salary cap?
I thought we were kind of tighton no we're not, though.

Max Paul (46:59):
You can play with that .
You can play with the salarycap, all right.
Prime example, if he does alarge signing bonus, we have a
surplus.
You could do a large signingbonus and lower his yearly rate
or package it in incentives andstuff.
There's ways that they canmanipulate that.

To get him on.

Max Paul (47:16):
Yeah, you ever notice that teams who are low on a
salary cap always seem to beable to keep their peak players.

Oh, low on a salary cap always seem
to be able to keep their peakplayers?
Oh, because they franchise tag.
I wonder if that's where weneed to spend our money because
our secondary is fucking such aWell.
Some people are saying thatthey should franchise tag Chris
Godwin, which I don't know.

Max Paul (47:31):
They already did.

I thought you can do it twice.

Max Paul (47:34):
No, oh, they did, but I thought you can do it one year
and you can do like anexclusive franchise tag or just
a regular franchise tag.

I don't know man, that guy's
injured too many times.
Mike Evans' contract is up.

Max Paul (47:43):
Let's put it this way, man.

He tore his ACL and ACL, like two
years ago, and then he broke hisankle.
I mean, that's two differentinjuries, that's two completely
different injuries.

Max Paul (47:54):
I can understand.

if he tore his ACL twice, then it's
worth the conversation, hisfucking ankle and that was on a
fluke play on that, on a playthat he shouldn't even have been
in.
Yeah, I mean, you couldprobably.
I don't know if I want to blamelean call.
I love lean comb.
He rejected the jaguars, uh,coaching good bro, please stay
bucks, pay him, pay him bucks.
We need liam cohen.

(48:15):
He is the best oc we've hadsince john gruden.
What, about.

Max Paul (48:22):
I don't think john gruden was a great oc no, since
uh, bruce arians.
I know they were head coaches,but I'm saying okay, I was gonna
say dave canalis, solid davecanalis, that's a joke that's a
joke.

I hope you're enjoying fucking south
carolina.
North, it's north carolina.
I thought it was south carolinacharlotte, now it's north
carolina, I don't know what.
See, that's how little South.

Max Paul (48:42):
Carolina.
It's North Carolina.
I thought it was South Carolina, now it's.

North Carolina.
See that's how little I payattention to your career.
I guarantee you that he willwin three more games next year,
so he'll be seven and ten Yep,oh, okay.

Max Paul (48:56):
They won two more games this year.

Four and fucking.
They were two and something.
The year before he's garbagedude, he is garbage, that guy.
That guy just go coach fuckinghigh school man wow, terrible.

Max Paul (49:10):
I mean Teddy Bridgewater did, then came and
played.
I know, right, that was crazyand Teddy Bridgewater's team
went undefeated, undefeated yeah, he went down to Miami had
those kids undefeated all yearit wasn't state state had those
kids undefeated.

all year they won a state State
champs, yeah, and national.

Max Paul (49:23):
I don't think they got national.
I don't think they lost in thebig second round or something
like that.

Oh you know, the college football
championships tonight.

Max Paul (49:31):
Ooh, that's right.
Oh shit, Ohio State, Notre Dame.

I think Ohio State wins no problem
.

Max Paul (49:38):
I'll go with Notre Dame, just because you said that
.

I don't really like Marcus, I'll
go with Nate O'Day.

Max Paul (49:41):
Just because you said that I don't really like Marcus
Freeman, just because you saidit Wait a minute, all right,
let's pull out our Hard Rockapps and start betting.

I just feel Marcus Freeman's face just
gets on my fucking nerves.
Man, you hate the guy's face,so you think the team sucks.

Max Paul (49:55):
No, he just annoys the fuck out of me.

He just annoys me, I don't care,
fuck him.
You know, just like the DaveCanales shit, he's not a bad guy
.

Max Paul (50:03):
I don't hate his face, I hate his game play.

I know His play call.
I mean who do you?
I mean who's the?

Max Paul (50:10):
favorite.
Who's the favorite today?
Ohio State, okay.
But here's my thing If you betNotre Dame, that's plus 275.
Yeah.

Yeah, it's a toss-up winner, but I
just feel like Ohio State in theplayoffs.

Max Paul (50:21):
I might bet Notre Dame , just like any team.
Bro bro, they got momentum dude.
All right, hold on.
If I bet Ohio, if I take NotreDame, with the 8.5 spread.

How much?
How much Plus what?

Max Paul (50:37):
Plus what?
No, because it balances out,because's plus 8.5 is minus 110.

Oh, so that's favorited.
Yeah yeah, so that's a two-netpilot, but it doesn't matter.

Max Paul (50:48):
All of it's 110.
Like the point, total is-.

Well, what's the money line?

Max Paul (50:53):
Where are you at Go back?
It's usually right next to it,isn't it?

So you guys are all taking Notre Dame.
No, well, I'm plus 275.

Max Paul (51:02):
That's what I'm saying .
I'll take that one today.
Yeah, so you think Notre Dame'sgoing to win?
No?

but I like plus 275.

Max Paul (51:08):
Absolutely 275.

So this is all just on the gambling
part of it.

Max Paul (51:12):
Yeah, honestly, who do you think would win?
I'm taking Notre Dame, becauseyou said something.
No but seriously, who do youthink would win?
I really think Ohio State winsby a lot.
No, not by a lot, I think theywin by a hot like Because Notre
Dame squeaked in.
That's what I'm saying, butthat's why I think like they got
the luck of the Irish type shitgoing on.
So like I give them Rudy, rudy.

You know what I mean, rudy?
I yeah, damn it's tonight.
Huh, you know, rudy, the moviehe went to notre dame.
That's actually based on a truestory.
Yeah, and the the only play heever played.
He did actually get a sack,really, or or a tackle for a
loss, I don't know which one itwas.
Whatever it showed in the moviewas 100 accurate.

(51:56):
I think it was at a sack, Ithink it was a tackle for a loss
, or maybe it was a sack, butwhatever it was, it was true.
The one play loss, or maybe itwas a sack, but whatever it was,
it was true.
The one play he played boom, heactually did something good.
Do you think they expand theplayoffs, the college football
playoffs, anymore?
To make it like the NFL, isn'tit like the NFL right now, how
many teams get in 12.
So it's pretty close.

Max Paul (52:18):
It's kind of close 16, right.

No, it's 7.

Max Paul (52:23):
7 on each side.
7 on each side.

So it's 14.
What the fuck bro.

Max Paul (52:28):
Oh man, I've been drinking.

You fucking Snort foot and all that
why you got some.

Max Paul (52:35):
I think, I think the college football Is going to end
up being More like the NFL.

I think it is too.
It should be.
I'm saying because With NIL,deals Like you said with NIL
deals.

Max Paul (52:43):
Like you said with NIL deals, the playoff format,
which I still think is a fuckingjoke Really.

I like it better than what it was
before.
Be like this team's the numberone.
No, this team's the number two.
Why don't you make it likeMarch Madness?

Max Paul (52:56):
I would do that, exp out a little bit more.
I know, but how?

many games can you expect these kids
to play?
I mean, I guess that would be16, right?
Or you just make it like MarchMadness.

Max Paul (53:06):
How many?

games is in March.
Madness, you start off atfucking 64 teams.
I mean, you can't play thatmany NFL games, no because 64
turns into 32, which turns into16, which turns into 8, which
turns into 4.

Max Paul (53:21):
That's 5 more games, 16, which turns into 8, which
turns into 4.

That's , 5 more games Turns into 4,
which turns into 1.
I mean you're talking about 6games extra.

Max Paul (53:29):
That's an NFL season, Even if you took it from 14
teams to let's call it 28.
That's better, Not quite 64.

So why don't you just have the top 25
teams just all make the playoffs?
Yeah, that would work for me.

Max Paul (53:44):
Well, that's an odd number.
You gotta do like 26, so 26teams 26, or I do 24 or you can
give somebody a bye right no, no, no, don't give anybody a bye.
Nobody gets a bye.

I go, I go 24 teams and roll, because
I mean there's so many collegeteams out there.
Think about the weird upset youwould see.

Max Paul (54:01):
Think about the weird ass upset, you would see.

That's why everybody loves it.

Max Paul (54:04):
It's like a Miami beats a Boise State on some
fluke shit.
Yeah, now there's somebody toroot for.
Now, from a business standpoint, now I'm like, ooh, there's
more money there.

There's more money in that.

Max Paul (54:13):
Yeah, you from Max Paul.
Right now we're advising.

I want my check.
I want my check.
Oh, my consultant fee.
They showed an NFL player fromSan Francisco.
I don't know if you guys sawhis paycheck he was getting
taxed Christian.
Mccraffin no, no, it was justanother guy, a defensive player
or whatever, but it was like$300,000 he got paid and in San
Francisco it was basically like50% that California tax is a

(54:46):
bitch.
They can't even stop nowildfires.
It was like $150,000.
Can't tax some Gavin's new scum.

Max Paul (54:54):
Anyways.

But yeah, no, it was just like it's
crazy man, that was a high tax.
That was a big thing with TyreeKill too, because he was like
his mom was saying, well, if yougo to New York even though I
think that's where you want togo to the Jets or something like
that but she was like Estatetaxes.
Yeah, but she was like you'regoing to get taxed like half
your paycheck.
You come down to Florida youget to keep all your money you

(55:17):
go to the Jets because it's abig market.

Max Paul (55:20):
Yeah, a big market, that's not a big bro, they suck,
that's what.
I'm saying he wants to doubleup his baby mama count.
That's one of the biggestmarkets just for endorsement
deals and shit like that, forlike what TV TV time Touching on
Aaron Rodgers.

Do you think he stays?

Max Paul (55:35):
with the Jets.

No, no , he's gone, and Dev Adams.

Max Paul (55:38):
Hold on, no, no, no, devontae.
Adams kind of got screwed bygoing to the Jets, but here's
the thing.
Here's the thing.
Logically, aaron Rodgers shouldbe gone, but the Jets are going
to jet and keep thatmotherfucker.

You think yeah, why?
Because of the contract.

Max Paul (55:52):
That's not even a contract.
Who else are you going to use?

I mean , you're going to draft somebody
.

Max Paul (55:57):
Who are you going to draft?
You're not going to get nobodyrelevant Because Deion.

Sanders is not coming.
Do you think Deion Sanders getsthe Cowboys head coaching job?
Yeah, or do you think that's agood move?

Max Paul (56:09):
even I think that is a great move.

He already knows Jerry Jones.
He knows how Jerry Jones acts.
He's played for the Cowboys.

Max Paul (56:17):
And he understands it.
Why do you think he took thecall?
On the GM.
That's what I'm saying, I think, from front office.
The way Deion's going to wantto do things, they're not going
to let him rock out, do youthink?

Jerry Jones would flex no.

Max Paul (56:30):
Or be a little bit— he didn't flex for.

Belichick , you think he's going to flex
for Deion?

Max Paul (56:36):
A little bit flexible.
Nah, why not?
That be shit, because.
Jerry Jones just wants to be incontrol of everything, and
you're not going to be able tocontrol Deion Sanders.
Look at what he did at JackState in Colorado.
He went up to all theadministrators and said, look,
you got to.
Let me run this my way.

And they were like it took a minute,
but they were like, all right,do you, and he did it, so why
wouldn't?
Well, Jerry Jones doesn't likethat.
Yeah, he doesn't like that.
I know he went to PhiladelphiaEagles game.
It was towards the end of theseason.
They're like thanks, jerry forkeep working or whatever,
because he was like you suck manDak Prescott's trash too, he is
trash he is.

Max Paul (57:14):
But I'll tell you something.

If Deion ends up taking that job,
he's probably going to trade off.

Max Paul (57:20):
Oh, Dak's gone, dak is gone.
Shadur is on the way.
Yeah, shadur is going to be.

If Deion takes that job, I don't
see how I mean, because you gotto go through the draft.
He's yeah, they're going totrade down all the way the fuck.

Max Paul (57:31):
You know who's going to get him.

Cleveland .

Max Paul (57:37):
Yeah, sean Watson is done.

He already has his money.
He retore his Achilles.

Max Paul (57:41):
He retore his Achilles .
Why would I come back?
All my money is guaranteed.
I'm going to retire.

There's nothing they can do.
There's nothing they can do toI'm going to retire.

Max Paul (57:49):
I'm going to get my check.
Let Jameis Winston spin, didn't.

Adrian Peterson tear his Achilles and
then come back.
No, he did.

Max Paul (57:57):
ACL he.

Oh, it was Aaron Rodgers that tore his
Achilles, his Achilles, andcame back and now look at what
he looks like Garbage ExactlyDead at Achilles.

Max Paul (58:05):
He can't, he doesn't have that.
You can't step on him.
Yeah, you can't step on him.
You can't do that the onlyperson I've ever seen come back
from an Achilles injury was Kobethe only person.

Yeah, but that's basketball.

Max Paul (58:19):
Well, neither is Aaron Rodgers.
Yeah, but I mean, you'rejumping.

You're jumping with your fucking
Achilles all the time.
He's just I love Kobe, that'swhat I say.
I think it's Kobe's secondbehind Michael.

Max Paul (58:31):
I'll give you that and fuck LeBron.
That's what I say.
I think guys are just builtdifferent.
Now Guys built like Kobe.
All right, cool what I was,Aaron will never be him.
Deshaun ain't going to be him.
He's just worried about themassage parlors.

You know what Aaron Rodgers was.
He was trying to be what TomBrady was towards the end of his
career.

Max Paul (58:56):
And the fact of the matter is, aaron Rodgers was
never even remotely close to TomBrady.
Aaron Rodgers was never thatguy to me.
Exactly, I'm sorry, exactly, Iagree, I agree he's too selfish.
So my thing is we're giving himcredit for one Super Bowl, like
we're going to do that.
Drew Brees is just like the guy.
Yeah, I mean Drew Brees, youcould say I mean he's up there
on the yardage.

I'm saying Drew Brees, I mean.

Max Paul (59:10):
And Drew Brees could actually come back.
I mean, I hate him.
He can barely raise hisshoulder up like this.

There must be that mole on his face.
How about that Peyton Manningcommercial?
That shit was fucking hilarious.

Max Paul (59:24):
Oh yeah, which one?
Which one?
Him and his brother yeah himand his brother.
Eli wants to be a kicker.

No, I died on that commercial?

Max Paul (59:33):
Look, those are two guys who left the game at the
right time.

Yeah, they did.
Even though Manning's probablyfun Well Peyton you know he had
the fused discs, but Peyton gotone more.

Max Paul (59:43):
Super Bowl on the way out the door?

Yeah, he has two.

Max Paul (59:46):
Left, and then they went into this broadcasting and
found their own way.

Because they get along.
It's not as good as the happyhour holidays, but it's getting
there.
They're not as good as them.
It's cool.
And then you know who copiedthem was Jason and Travis Kelsey
.
I do like.

Max Paul (01:00:01):
New Heights, though I'm not going to lie to you,
I've never heard it.
Actually, their podcast, yeah,do they?

Sean Febre & Manny Febre (01:00:06):
talk about football, or do they talk
about random shit?

Max Paul (01:00:09):
They talk about football, and then it gets a
little random.
It's a good show, though, but Ithink I like Jason Kelsey just
because of how funny he is onthat show.

Do you like the mannings betterthan the kelsey's?
No, no, no, bro, but themannings are hilarious.
Jason kelsey's funny bro.
Yeah, so that's just one, yeaheli's not.
I don't think eli's that funnyhe's gotten funnier, but I still
think pain is like thecommercial that he did with the
kids see he's to me.

Max Paul (01:00:38):
He's like that little kid with Down syndrome.
You don't want to laugh at him,no.

Peyton that commercial I don't know
how many times.

Max Paul (01:00:51):
So the older brother's always funny, older brother's
always funny.
Yep, there you go.
That's why the Febreze.

This guy is way funnier than I am.
That's a fact.
That's okay, but the littlebrothers are always smarter.

Max Paul (01:01:03):
A little smarter.

I saw this thing where they got
Gronkowski on this show.
It's like that game where youget a word and you try to
describe it to the other person.
The YouTube video wasGronkowski must be retarded.

Max Paul (01:01:21):
You saw that one that guy's a walking CTE episode.

Either CTE or he was always just a big
dumb jock.

Max Paul (01:01:28):
I think that's what it is.
He was always a big dumb jock.
No, there's dumb and thenthere's Gronk.

He's a retard, that dude's dumb Whoa
whoa whoa, you know we want himon.

Max Paul (01:01:38):
I mean, I love Gronk, but I mean-.

We just mean it in a platonic way.
No, no, bro, but no, that guyhe said he's hilarious, he was
doing it with a black dude andhe goes where I'm from.
He goes Egypt and it's likeit's in, it's a continent.

Max Paul (01:01:54):
It's not a country when I tell you this guy gave
him every clue under his sun.

He's like blank american hard working
sir, the only black guy in theroom where I'm from egypt, egypt
.
He was like no bro, it wasn'teven a continent.

Max Paul (01:02:13):
Yeah he said a country I haven't seen that.
No, I gotta see that becausehe's like he's looking for
africa yeah, he's looking forafrica.

Sean Febre & Manny Febr (01:02:21):
looking for africa gave him.
He's looking for Africa,looking for Africa Gave him
eight clues he said these thingswere like this back in the old
days, you know like bigstructure.

Max Paul (01:02:29):
Pyramids.
Look, you got that in twoseconds he missed it.
You missed it You're smarterthan Gronkowski, congratulations
.

He's more rich than I am.
They had jack-o-lantern and hesaid a skeleton.
I was like what?
The pumpkin?
Yeah, pumpkin, maybe hecouldn't have said that word,
but still, I mean, you couldhave said jack-o-lantern pumpkin
, but I'm.

Max Paul (01:02:51):
But.
That's the thing now look atthose guys who were taking all
those hits.
Cte was real man.

These guys are.
What do you think about themwearing the?
Uh, stupid guardian, fuckingstupid, but it works, that's
fucking stupid.

Max Paul (01:03:04):
Have you noticed the?

more hamlin was wearing it have you
noticed?
One player on the offensiveline on every team has it has it
because they probably know why.

Max Paul (01:03:12):
He's got the shittiest hands.
He can't keep nobody off of him, so he's just headbutting my
father.
It's that guy.

It's that I know that's what I feel
like.
I mean, it's just crazy.
Well, we've come to the end ofanother awesome episode with Max
on Happy Hour Holidays.

Max Paul (01:03:27):
Happy Hour Holidays.

Max, what do you got to tell with
this NFL season or anything youwant to tell the audience?
Plug whatever it is.
I know Baltimore was a toughloss.
I mean Bucs were a tough losstoo.
Man, plug any sponsors, oranything.

Max Paul (01:03:41):
Oh, shout out to Mixed Breeds, my flag team.

Yeah, I was going to say that's a
hard-ass tournament.
Shout out to them.
You know what I'm saying.

Max Paul (01:03:46):
We'll be in, I think, Vegas in a couple months for
another tournament.
They make apparel, yeah, theymake apparel.
So you can go hit them up onInstagram at Mixed Breeds and
they'll get you guys some.
I'll make it happen.
But big prediction Chiefs,Bills, Chiefs by eight, by eight

(01:04:06):
.

Oh, you said six last time.
I'm going to go eight.
I need a spread, I need aspread.

Max Paul (01:04:11):
Hard rock out, but give me 110 for it.

And then you got Chiefs over the
Eagles.

Max Paul (01:04:16):
No, no, no, Chiefs over the Bills.

No, I know, but then— Definitely
Chiefs over the Eagles.

Max Paul (01:04:19):
Yeah, chiefs, over.
The.

Eagles .
Yeah, because the refs aregoing to keep that game.
Yeah, the refs are going tokeep the Chiefs Because Jaden
Daniels ain't winning.

Max Paul (01:04:25):
No.

So you think— yeah.

Max Paul (01:04:27):
No.

I got Jaden Daniels all the way.
You think Philly's defense isthat good where they're going to
contain you?

Max Paul (01:04:37):
It's not that Run for 250 is going to keep chaining
down.

You know there's only one team that
the Bucs have lost to in theplayoffs, that have not gone and
won the Super Bowl.

Max Paul (01:04:46):
Who was it?

It was Philly, I think it was.
Other than that, every otherteam that the Bucs have lost to
in the playoffs have gone to winthe Super Bowl.

Max Paul (01:04:58):
I also think it's, it's all the commanders.

I also think that you know, even
though I did say the commandersand the bills, I still think
that because the commanders havethat kicker, that's very
suspect and you're going to needa good kicker in the fucking
snow, I think they're going tolose it because of that.

Max Paul (01:05:13):
I'm still going to go to the commanders because of
this.
We're watching the game.
That's a better question.

Hey, I'm on Venus.

Max Paul (01:05:20):
I'm with it.
Penthouse, oh, penthouse willdo it every time I get a steak
while I'm there, honey this isnot me no, we went to.
Maybe we'll not be there.

I swear he'll be home with the kid
probably where I'm gonna be.
100 guys.
We really appreciate everybodytuning in to happy hour holidays
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