🏈 NFL Wild Card Showdown: Steelers Clash with Ravens, Super Bowl Dark Horses & College Football Title 🏈🔥

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Expect more than just predictions; we're stirring up passionate discussions around key games and unexpected outcomes. Will the Chargers be surprised by the Texans, or can the Eagles fend off the Packers amidst injury woes for Jalen Hurts? As we dissect playoff dynamics, we also ponder whether Kansas City will benefit if both the Bills and Ravens stumble. Our banter is as crisp as the winter air, especially when it comes to those nerve-wracking predictions where referees' favoritism might just make all the difference.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
That's crazy.
I'm on the island man with theGreen Bay Packers, so the
Packers will go ahead.

Speaker 2 (00:08):
You haven't learned your lesson, man.
You haven't learned how to makesmart picks.
This is what dug you into ahole in the regular season and
why you lost by about 20 games,and you just haven't learned.
You just haven't learned, man.
Okay.

Speaker 1 (00:22):
So this is a new season?
All right, this is where I shot.
This is when it matters.
I pick him like a pro globaltrial ball.
Talk a big and roll.
We're gonna up the score.
Touchdown.
This is not field goal.

Speaker 2 (00:35):
We, the winning team champions.
When you walk through the hall,you can play your bet with us,
cause you know we're going oneand more.
Yeah, this is a major play.
We do it big in a major way.
Diego, be having the pick ofthe day.
Here we come, don't care if youready.

Speaker 1 (00:51):
Hey, ladies and gentlemen, welcome back.
You know who it is.

Speaker 3 (00:55):
I am Derek Thompson.

Speaker 2 (00:56):
And I'm Diego Thompson.
And who are we?
We're the Pick'em.

Speaker 1 (01:00):
Pros.
We are the Pick'em Pros comingback at you in the house with a
special episode of who you GotFather-Son Dynamic Duo man, we
got a fire show for you today.
Thank you for checking us out.
We are at the crib today.
Haven't been at the house in awhile.
We've been in the beautifulstudio in Cary, north Carolina,
that Joe runs for us, and thentoday we were supposed to be at

(01:26):
King's, where you can bowl anddine and have a bunch of fun,
but had some inclement weatherhere in the North Carolina area,
so we're doing it at the house.
But we've got our fire guestsChristopher Davis, brianna
joining us, so we're reallyexcited about that, but we'll
bring them on in a second.
But how you doing, my man?

Speaker 2 (01:42):
Doing good know, watching, uh, the first wild
card game.
So far it's not that great, buthey, you know, at least we got
some good ones coming up, kindof later this weekend.

Speaker 1 (01:52):
So get ready for those.
Absolutely, man.
Yeah, we got some good onescoming up.
We got the hopefully the worstone out of the way, uh, so, uh,
yeah, it looked like thechargers were going to run away
with that, but now the texansare doing their thing.
So shout out to them, uh.
Shout out to your guy, uh.
Cj stroud it looked like he wasovercoming everything and

(02:14):
putting that team on his backand just uh, being amazing.
Like all these number two draftpicks are man so're just
getting bailed out.

Speaker 2 (02:24):
What happened, that's all right.
That's all right, though,because next year, bryce is
going to show why he's the truebest quarterback in that class.

Speaker 1 (02:33):
Okay that's what's going to happen.
So Bryce is finally going tomake the playoffs.

Speaker 2 (02:37):
Yeah, he'll make the playoffs next year.

Speaker 1 (02:39):
No doubt, no doubt, all right, all right.
Well yo, shout out to ChuckGlobal.
So he's the, the rapper on ourPick'em Pro song where he name
drop you name drop Desmond Clark.
Let me show my hoodie hereRocking here.
So shout out to us KnuckleheadsGlobal.
So shout out to our guy ChuckGlobal.
Man had to order my swag.

(03:00):
I don't wear much outside ofPick'em picking pros, so
definitely a big deal.
We're gonna rock other gear,but that's our guy, that's
family.
He will be at our next king show, saturday, february 8th.
That is going to be our bestshow yet.
Um, that's going to be onlocation.
We have an amazing, someamazing prizes coming out.
We've got some great guests.

(03:21):
Some I can't even name yet, butwe've got.
I'll just say we've got verbalcommitments from someone from
our local news station thatshould be there.
We've got Tyler Jones from NCState, who's currently a
recruiter.
We've got Brianna, who's goingto be flying in from the West
Coast, and some more that I'mworking on.
So it's going to be great.

(03:42):
We'll be actually all the wayin the back in the private VIP
area for the entire show andthen we'll have a Kings for a
couple hours after that where weplan on filming a little video
for the song, and Tavares Jordan, the producer, who's got the
hit song out right now that heproduced, he will be flying in,

(04:03):
probably from the West coast, tobe there with us as well, so
it's going to be action-packed,all right.
Well, man, let's get into it.
We are going to talk aboutthese nfl wild card games.
We're going to talk about that.
We're going to, uh, bring againbrian, get her picks.
We're going to talk about thecalves.
Um, are they going to win 70?
My gosh, they've only lost fourgames so far.

(04:23):
I don't know about 70.
Yeah, you don't know about 70,okay, well, we're going to win
70?

Speaker 2 (04:24):
My gosh.
They've only lost four games sofar.
I don't know about 70.

Speaker 1 (04:26):
Yeah, you don't know about 70?
Okay, well, we're going to getinto that.
We're going to talk about thecollege football playoffs.
We finally have our matchupshere.
We've got Ohio State and NotreDame, so we'll dive into that
and we are going to give you ourpicks for who is going to play
in the Super Bowl and who'sgoing to win the Super Bowl.
So we'll end with that.
All right, man.
Well, let's go ahead and bringour guy who I know can't wait

(04:49):
for the next game the SteelersRavens, because he's got his MVP
playing and I know he can'twait for that, so I know he's
waiting for a thrilling game.
Let's bring in our guy, MrChristopher Davis.
What's?

Speaker 3 (05:03):
going on, man, what's up up y'all, how y'all been
doing good, how you doing, man?
Oh, I'm a little stressed.
You know I just need lamar comethrough, listen.
This is this is put up or shutup time.
You know everybody's beengiving you the peyton manning.
You know, seven years excuseuntil you break through.
This is the breakthrough year,man.
Last year it should have been.

(05:25):
This year it's got to be Again.
You know how theseSteelers-Ravens games get over
these past couple years.
I'm a little nervous.
I'm a little nervous.
I'm not going to lie.

Speaker 1 (05:38):
We know how these Steelers-Ravens games can get.

Speaker 3 (05:41):
We brought the terrible tell.
I'm just cold.

Speaker 1 (05:44):
I'm just, I'm cold and then I might.
Then you know I'm hot, cold.
It's been a little interestinghere, so I'm just preparing.
If it gets hot, I just need atowel in case I start sweating.

Speaker 2 (05:54):
So that's all it is.

Speaker 1 (05:56):
It's just a towel, in case.

Speaker 2 (05:57):
I start sweating.
Yeah, it just happens to be.

Speaker 1 (06:02):
I just grabbed.

Speaker 3 (06:03):
That don't even look fake.
Yeah, that look a little real.
All right, see the yellow andthe black Like oh, it seems,
color coordinated.
Well, chuck.

Speaker 1 (06:11):
Global is a shout out to my guy because he is from
Pittsburgh.
So you know I'm repping him.
You know, shout out to him withthe song, and then, you know, I
just need a towel, you know, incase I start sweating.

Speaker 3 (06:22):
All, in case I start sweating.
All right, shout out to him weain't going to sweat, though.
We're going to do this, we'regoing to do this.

Speaker 1 (06:29):
All right, man.
Well, let's get into thesegames.
We're going to finish up beforethe thrilling game here, so we
got less than an hour to goahead and knock this out here.
And, yeah, zay Flowers is outfor that game, so we'll
definitely get into that.
But before we do that, we hadthe Bengals.

(06:49):
The Bengals did not make theplayoffs.
They did everything they couldat the very end of the season to
make the playoffs but theyended up getting bounced because
the Kansas City Chiefs just sohappened to lose to the Denver
Broncos, and it wasn't evenclose, it was a blowout.
And I know, you know, kelseywas emphatic that they're not

(07:10):
ducking any smoke and, you know,seemed to really had his chest
out about that.
But the game and the score kindof said otherwise.
And yeah, we see, somerset, youknow they lost on purpose.
So, diego, were they concernedabout that?
That smoke?

Speaker 2 (07:26):
um, I think they're very concerned about the smoke.
Uh, you know the Bengals.
They are the only team or theonly court.
Joe Burrow is the onlyquarterback currently in the NFL
that's beat my homes in theplayoffs, because Brady was the
only other person.
He's he's gone, he's retired.
So, yeah, I think they're, Ithink they're definitely scared
of the bangles and that's why,uh, that's why they sat everyone

(07:49):
and proceeded to lose 38 tozero wow yeah right what do you
think about that, chris?

Speaker 3 (07:57):
uh, the team that lost to the patriots week one
and then to the chargers late inthe season, and every every
game they came up short to theRavens.
This is the same team, right,like I'm sorry, I'm not saying
Kansas City was dug in, but likewe got to call a spade a spade.
Zach Taylor's coaching in thatdefense was abysmal.
Nobody was really everybody'sjust more worried about Joe

(08:19):
Burrow and Jabbar.
The defense is food Like.
Nobody was really like stunnedCincinnati's defense like that.
So I don't even I mean shootBo' Nick.
The reason why the Broncos werealmost the Broncos were putting
themselves in a position to getin the playoffs was the fact
that Bo' Nick was torching thatdefense.
Everybody.
Ad Dalton was having his waywith the defense.

(08:39):
He's not even our startingquarterback anymore.
I don't understand what thiswhole fear of the bagels is.
A fear of joe burrow, yes, butthat defense, nobody was scared
of them.
And again they lost to thepatriots week one.
This is not necessarily like anintimidating phone like, oh,
they're getting hot, oh, they'regonna sneak in.
They lost to good playoff teams.
Their record is their recordbecause again in the big moments

(09:02):
, even versus teams like theChargers currently have six
points in a playoff game.
This is, and they want theBengals lost to them.
So I'm not.
I would hear like you know theyshould.
If they wanted to get in theplayoffs they should have tried
to win when.
Just win the games you neededto win.

Speaker 1 (09:22):
OK, ok.
So so the fact that the uh, youknow burrows thrown for 5 000
yards, um things, the only qb todo that, even though you know
guy that they say is gonna winhis third mvp, didn't do that
and it's about stats, but thatdoesn't matter.
Um, you know, thrown for 5 000and okay, but they're not not

(09:43):
scared of him.

Speaker 3 (09:44):
Drew Brees threw for 5,000 yards every other five out
of his 20 seasons and he's onlywon one MVP.
No, he didn't even win an MVP,he just got the Super Bowl MVP
so what are we doing?
here.
There is a precedent for thisbefore.
A guy on a great team that hasa sucky defense doesn't go to
the playoffs because saidterrible defense he throws for

(10:05):
5,000 yards.
He has a wide receiver again.
Drew Brees never had a widereceiver like Jamar Chase, so
I'm not even going to do that,but we've seen this precedent
before.
It's just I don't want that forJoe Burrow.
I want him to get a ring, butin this conference it's like
who's really going to get a ring?
I think Justin Herbert justthrew another pick.
Again.
This is the same team that theylost to.

Speaker 1 (10:26):
Alright, we just wanted to ask the question.
Just dive into it.
We seem to be split on this.
Some of the fans say that theyare scared.
Some say that they're notscared.
They have no reason.
Tell us in the comments are theChiefs ducking that smoke the
only team, the only currentsquad, the only current

(10:46):
quarterback to beat them in theplayoffs in the last several
years?
Or are they just simply restingand going to have multiple
weeks going into the playoffs,which we know that can be a bad
sign when you have a little toomuch rest going into the
playoffs.
So we will see, but let's goahead and move on to the next
topic here.

(11:06):
Let's go ahead and go into thegame.
So we currently have theChargers versus Texans.
Diego looks like the Texans aregoing to probably pull this off
.
It's early fourth quarter.
Texans are up 20 to six withthe ball.
So, yeah, it looks like they'reputting this away.
It did not look like this earlyon, but they've totally turned

(11:27):
it around.
The Chargers are not able toscore at all.

Speaker 2 (11:31):
Yeah, I had the Chargers in this one, but the
Texans are getting carried bytheir defense.
Nico Collins is having a reallygood game.
Shout out to those guys,they're going to sneak away with
another win here.
Game Shout out to those guysthey're going to sneak away with
another win here.

Speaker 3 (11:49):
You're going to beat them by 20, dude.

Speaker 1 (11:51):
Yeah.

Speaker 2 (11:54):
If it was the first half.

Speaker 3 (11:57):
I got you bro.

Speaker 1 (12:00):
Yeah, diego, I don't know if it's a sneak CJ should
have two picks.

Speaker 2 (12:04):
Yeah, diego, I don't know if it's a sneak.
Let's look at CJ's game.
Cj should have two picks and hehad a slant route touchdown to
one of the best receivers in theNFL.

Speaker 4 (12:13):
Okay.

Speaker 1 (12:14):
All right.
Well, yeah, this is a toughwatch, even though now Houston
is starting to put up a lot ofpoints, but it's still not the
best game to look at, and that'shard to say for any NFL game.
But let's go to the good gamesthat we have here.
Let's go ahead and move on tothe Steelers and Ravens, because
this is the one we've beenwaiting on here.

(12:36):
It's going to start in about 45minutes.
Baltimore is a nine and a halfpoint favorite.
Nine and a half point favorite.
Lamar, you know, three time MVPpretty much got it signed,
sealed and delivered.
So you know, diego, you'rerocking the Ravens jersey.
Is there any way the Ravenslose this game?

Speaker 2 (12:58):
Yeah, you know, I figured I'd try to give the
Ravens all the help they can getso they can win this playoff
game and so that when Lamar winsthe MVP unanimously, that it's
not going to get, you know, it'snot going to get discounted due
to this, due to them losing thefirst round.
So I'm just trying to do mypart and help them, help them

(13:19):
win and, with that being said, Ido have the Ravens winning this
one All right, and oh and Eric,I want to respond to Erica in a
second.

Speaker 1 (13:28):
So, Subber, pull that back up.
But the other thing is, Ibelieve the votes were due
yesterday, I believe for MVP.
I think they had to turn thosein already.
So the votes are cast andthey're in, so the actual votes

(13:49):
will have no bearing on the gametoday.
So Erica said no on theSteelers.
All right, thank you.
But see, I haven't made my pickyet, so we don't know who I
just like I said you know I'vegot this, just in case.
You know, start sweating.
I got the towel and I'mprepared, just in case.
So it has no indication on mypick, all right, so Mr Chris man
Ravens.

Speaker 3 (14:11):
All right.
So this is again my favoriteplayer in the league.
This is time to shine.
You know it's been a greatseason.
Listen, at this point I justwant Lamar to be carried by
Derrick Henry Screw.
I'm happy with the MVP.
I don't care as long as we getlisten.
Listen, if we can just rideDerrick Henry all the way to the

(14:33):
Super Bowl, I don't care.
We got the third MVP, I justwant the Ravens to win the Super
Bowl.
At this point and again, weunderstand that.
I understand Lamar Jacksongreat player, you know.
And again, I had to just pushthat narrative of like Derek
Henry, you know he's helping himout.
Yes, unfortunately it isplayoff time, but I've seen
Derek Henry put up 200 yardsbefore.
We just need to do that and thenwe're going to win.

(14:54):
So yeah, as a Lamar fan, it'slike, hey, you know, this is put
up or shut up, time theSteelers I mean shoot, like even
the 34-17 game, like thatwasn't the balance of, like if
Marlon Humphrey didn't get thatpick six.
So it's like I don't know, I'ma little nervous, as you can

(15:17):
tell.
I think that nine-and-a-halfspread is a little too crazy,
because the Steelers have thatkind of magic where, like, they
can either get a turnover orsomething.
So hopefully, hopefully, itdoesn't come down to a Justin
Tucker kick this year, because,lord, I'm not kidding, oh,
that's right.

Speaker 1 (15:32):
Justin.

Speaker 3 (15:34):
Tucker can't take it oh, that's right we're starting
the journey to the Super Bowland, yeah, and if the Bills win
tomorrow, that Ravens-Bills gameis going to be hard for me to
call.
I'm not going to lie, butcurrently I think I like what
I've seen from the Ravens afterthe bye and all their
improvement, lamar, just howhe's improved towards the end of

(15:56):
the season.
The Browns game was a littlediscouraging because I
definitely wanted them to like,you know, not have as many
penalties and like have as muchof like mental errors and losing
Zay, that does hurt a little.
So because we lost Zay, hey,derrick, henry, isaiah, likely
Rashad Babin, come on, thatneeds to be the game plan and
the Ravenship win.

(16:17):
But again, I am very scared.
I'm not going to lie, it's notabout this team with the
Steelers man, I don't know.

Speaker 1 (16:24):
I don't know.
Oh, very scared, very scared.
So so the three-time mvp needsto lean on the running back and,
um, not throw, okay, but that'sokay, but it is cold, it it's
gonna be cold.
It's nighttime, it's gonna bein the 20s.
Uh, it's gonna be a good afcnorth battle.
Um, you know, teams that havevery good defenses and that are

(16:45):
tough and gritty, um, typicallydo very well in in in these
types of games.
Um, you know teams that haveteams that have amazing coaching
, um, and are just balanced, youknow, are able to grind it out,
do very well in this situation.

(17:07):
So it looks like you guys areon the record for the Ravens, I
believe I.
You know what.
I'm a go ahead and be on anisland.
I don't have my hat.
I'll switch my hat.
Bring that out next time I'm onan island.
I'm a go ahead and officiallygo with the Steelers in this one
.
So we'll see what happens.

(17:29):
Hopefully I can go ahead andget a game up.
We'll see who Bree has in thisone.
But, um, we agreed on the othergame, but I'm going with the
Steelers in this one, all right.
So let's move on to the nextone.
We'll come back to this later.
Let's move on to the Broncos'Bills.
I think we all might agree onthis one Buffalo is a nine-point

(17:50):
favorite at home.
Diego, take this one away, man.

Speaker 2 (17:54):
Yeah, I got the Bills .
Yeah, they're at home.
You know Josh Allen gettingready to make a big playoff run.
So, yeah, I'm going to go withthe Bills here.

Speaker 1 (18:05):
Should be pretty obvious, okay obvious they're at
home Nine-point favorite.
The Broncos are dangerous.
Broncos have been playing well.
It took Cincinnati all they hadat home to knock them out and
then they totally blew thechiefs out of.
The chiefs didn't play anystarters.
They still, uh, were impressivein that game.

(18:26):
So, you know, could be a littlecloser than what people think,
but, uh, the bills are theoverwhelming favorite in this
one.
Who do you have in this one,chris?

Speaker 3 (18:33):
yeah, y'all know what kelly says about crescent 300s
of phantoms, so I'm just justgoing to leave it at that.
The Buffalo Bills aredefinitely going to win this one
.
I would be surprised if theydidn't, purely because the whole
narrative around this team hasjust been like oh, josh Allen
needs to be Superman, he needsto be carrying this more

(18:54):
abundant team.
Then they post on social media.
They're like oh, nobody's anAll-Pro.
I'm like, well, he kind of said, hey, the rest of our team
sucks, even though James Cook islike one of the better running
backs in the NFL.
So you know, I just I want theBills to win, just because I
would.
I would find it hilarious ifthey didn't, because I'm like,

(19:15):
really, y'all are, so next,y'all people, after all the
whole.
You know, josh is like.
Josh is like motivated.
This is his year to get an mvpand he's gonna be the best
quarterback in the nfl.
Now it's like going outside tothe brockers would be terrible.

Speaker 1 (19:30):
So I work for bill's fans also well, chris, if the
ravens just so happen we knowthere's no way the Ravens lose
tonight, there's no way thathappens, but for some reason, if
they happen to lose, the onlything that would save you is if
the Bills lose as well.
Yep.

Speaker 3 (19:48):
And then we can just wrap this up and just say that
Kansas City is going to you know, do their thing, we're just
going to, it's going to beunfortunate, because it's like,
okay, well, now we know who'sgoing to win the AFC.
Because you know, yeah, ladmanConkey just had like a touchdown
on the third and 26.
So, yeah, yeah, the Chargersare back in it apparently.

(20:08):
We will see how that one goes.

Speaker 2 (20:12):
Sell them.
Cj might sell another one.

Speaker 1 (20:15):
He just missed the extra point.
Oh they did, Now they'rerunning, they ran.
He just missed the extra point.
Oh, they did, now they'rerunning.
Messed up, they ran it back.
So yeah, yep, all right.
Well, let's move on to the nextgame.
Here We've got the Packers andthe Eagles.
The Eagles are a five-pointfavorite at home.
Diego, who you got in this one?

Speaker 2 (20:37):
I'm going to go with the Eagles in this one.
They're at home, and thePackers, they've just been a
little banged up this year.
And Christian Watson, theydon't have him.
Yeah, they've been without.
They've just been without a lotof their starters this year and
I just think I just don't knowif they have enough to win this
game.
It's a very tough Eagles team.

Speaker 1 (20:57):
Okay, okay, and it looks like josh has the eagles.
Uh, yep, josh has eagles.
Summer you go.
Oh yeah, summer.
We know you're going with uhthe, uh the eagles, so that's no
question there all right, manyreasons, we know you're going
there, all right.
Uh, chris, who you got I?

Speaker 3 (21:16):
like the eagles in this one um again seeing them
like rounding the form.
The Packers again with JordanLove I don't know how good he's
going to be after his arm injury, so we're going to see how that
goes.
But I mean, to me it's going tobe like Philly and Detroit in
the NFC Championship.
So I'm not even and with that Ithink that's when it's going to

(21:36):
be a coin toss, but I'm excitedto see what happens and how,
basically how the Eagles do.
I'm not going to say thePackers aren't going to put up a
fight because, for whateverreason, matt LeFleur's teams are
always scrappy.
So we're going to see.

Speaker 1 (21:52):
I don't have the.

Speaker 3 (21:52):
Eagles in this one.

Speaker 1 (21:53):
Okay, so you guys both have the Eagles Again.
Jalen Hurts is coming off ofthat concussion.
Hasn't played since then.
All reports are that he issharp, but still, the last time
we saw him they were losing tothe Commanders.
I told y'all about the Packersbefore.
I'm going to stick with them,All right, so I am going to be.

Speaker 3 (22:21):
I'm going to be on my hat.

Speaker 1 (22:24):
That's crazy.
I'm on the island, I'm on theisland mountain with the Green
Bay Packers, so the Packers willgo ahead.

Speaker 2 (22:32):
You haven't learned your lesson, man.
You haven't learned how to makesmart picks.
This is what dug you into ahole in the regular season and
why you lost by about 20 games,and you just haven't learned.
You just haven't learned, man.
Okay.

Speaker 1 (22:46):
So this is a new season.
All right, this is where Ishine, this is when it matters.
All right, this is when itreally matters.
So I got it.
I got it, man.
Like I said, I got the Packers.
I stand by the pound on theisland with the packers,
although we'll see.
Brie might be with me, so we'llsee.
We're gonna get hers in aminute, although I see her head
moving in a certain direction.
So maybe now, so I might trulybe on the island.

(23:09):
And then the steelers.
You know, I'm on the islandwith that and I have a feeling
I'm gonna be on the islandpossibly with another one.
So I'm, I'm either a genius orthe refs will rob me One or the
other, one or the other, that'sall, it is All right.
What or the other?

Speaker 3 (23:27):
All right.

Speaker 2 (23:29):
This is why you got to also pick like ref favorable
teams, because these are thetimes of year where that's going
to like count more, you know.

Speaker 1 (23:39):
Yeah, yeah, that is true.
So that definitely you got totake that into account.
With the cheese, what's up,johnny?
Oh, hope you're doing well.
My man can't wait to see you'llbe at kings as well.
That's our guy, okay?
So, uh, yeah, that's that game.
Let's go ahead and move toanother game I think we're going
to disagree on, but it may bein a slightly different order.
We've got the Commanders.

(24:01):
Commanders are traveling to theBucs.
The Bucs are a three-pointfavorite at home.
So, diego, give us your rundownon this one.

Speaker 2 (24:12):
I'm going to go with the Bucs in this one.
Just the Commanders they've hada great year.
I mean 12-5.
And they have won a lot ofclose games, but they haven't
beat a lot of really goodplayoff-level teams.
And then the Bucs, on the otherhand, they haven't had the best
year.
They're 10-7.

(24:33):
They've had some injuries.
They still do have someinjuries, but I believe in Baker
Baker's shown that he can playwell in the playoffs.
Baker baker's shown that hehe's played.
He can play well in theplayoffs.
Every single playoff game he'splayed and he's played really
well in.

Speaker 1 (24:45):
So I'm confident that he'll play well again against a
rookie who've never seen theplayoffs before in this game yep
yep, yeah, yeah, uh, josh, uh,so, um, you know what, chris,
we're going to have you go laston this one.
So Josh has the Bucs, brandonhas the Bucs.
So yeah, we all definitely.

(25:06):
And then Johnny O saidCommander's on fire, but he
agrees, diego has the Bucs and Ihave the Bucs.

Speaker 2 (25:12):
So we all got the Bucs here.

Speaker 1 (25:14):
So you know, depending on Bree, you know, I
think man you might be, I have afeeling you might be on an
island.
Man, let me go ahead and fireit up here.

Speaker 3 (25:23):
I might be on an island with this, but there's
something about Jaden Danielsman, I'm sorry, I think that you
know for me again.
Again you can see, with thiscommander's defense that's
secondary, a little shaky, alittle shaky sometimes.
But again I know A with theMarshall Attaway or Mike Evans

(25:43):
thing somebody might get ejected, so like somebody might lose
their best wide receiver.
If you know somebody like triesto throw hands.
So I'm factoring that into mydecision as well.
So yes, I am choosing thecommanders.
I believe in Jay Daniels justcoming up and having another
clutch moment and kind ofshowing like really putting a

(26:04):
stamp on his rookie season.
We'll see.

Speaker 2 (26:07):
When was the last time Marshawn Lattimore played
in a football game?

Speaker 3 (26:12):
The Eagles game.

Speaker 2 (26:14):
So that was about three, four, three months ago.

Speaker 3 (26:18):
We'll see, we'll see, we'll see.
It was a while ago.
No not the Saints-Eagles game,the Eagles game where, well, he
did have a bunch of penalties onAJ Brown.
So that's where I'm kind oflike ugh.
The one thing that scares me isthat secondary in him and Mike
Evans, you know, going to likecoming to blows and stuff.
So that's the one concerningthing I have.
I don't coming to blows andstuff.
That's the one concerning thingI have.

(26:39):
I like this Commander scene forsome reason, I don't know We'll
see.

Speaker 1 (26:47):
They have another number two pick.
That's had no pressure that thewhole world is crowning.
I see a lot of similarities.
There Was his clutch moment.
The Hail Mary, is that it?
I guess so.

Speaker 3 (26:58):
Hail Mary, Atlanta, and then the Eagles drive All
three.

Speaker 2 (27:04):
Atlanta is not a playoff.

Speaker 1 (27:06):
The bad call in the first quarter when Atlanta was
beating them down.
And then that call that keptthat drive alive, that totally
turned the game around.

Speaker 3 (27:14):
That one.

Speaker 1 (27:17):
And.

Speaker 2 (27:17):
Atlanta is not a playoff team.
The Eagles were when JalenHurts got concussed and, and the
Bears when.
The Bears are just horrible,they're 4-11 or 4-13, they're
just horrible that's not reallysignature yeah, chris.

Speaker 1 (27:36):
But Chris, you're saying his signature moment is
going to be this right?

Speaker 3 (27:39):
now I'll be honest.
If there's a signature momenttomorrow, please just believe
the memes and jokes I will besending to all of you guys will
be electric.

Speaker 1 (27:51):
And they don't have to be Go ahead and post them.
Post them on Instagram, putthem out there.
No no, no.

Speaker 3 (27:58):
I'm going to let this take parody, I've let it Verity
, I've let it sit Because Ibelieve, I believe in this Team
man.
We go see All right, all right.

Speaker 1 (28:07):
So Chris has.
Chris is on an Island with hisCommanders, okay, so we got one
more here, and then we're goingto bring Bree on and get her
take on these games.
The last one here.
Yeah, see, somerset Somers saidto send them to her Chris, it's
so awesome.
And see, summer put a littlesauce on them as well.

(28:28):
So add a little something ontop of them.
Okay.
So, last one, we've got theVikings versus the Rams.
The Vikings aretwo-and-a-half-point favorite.
This game has been moved due tothe tragic fires on the West
Coast.
Thoughts and prayers toeverybody out there dealing with
that for sure.
First and foremost, the gamehas been moved to Arizona State

(28:53):
Farm Stadium, diego man.
Who's going to win this one?

Speaker 2 (29:00):
I'm going with the Rams in this one.
The Rams, they, I just like theRams' style.
You know, the Rams I just like.
They're just a very dangerousteam.
You know they won a Super Bowl.
You know they're the only teamother than the Chiefs that you
know has a quarterback that'swon the Super Bowl recently.
So, yeah, that's a bigadvantage.

(29:21):
They got the experience there.
And the Vikings, they have SamDarnold.
Okay, and Sam Darnold, you'veseen Sam Darnold in the big, big
games.
See, troy, he just folded.
He was just throwing the ballover the receiver's heads and
could not convert in the redzone.
And Matt Stafford has a SuperBowl winning quarterback.

(29:42):
They just got lots ofexperience there and lots of
firepower with the receivers, soI got them.

Speaker 1 (29:49):
Okay, you got them All right.
What about you, chris?

Speaker 3 (29:53):
I'm picking the Rams as well.
Yeah, I trust Stafford andMcVay in these big moments.
Also, the Minnesota sportscurse still exists out there.
So I don't necessarily thinkthat.
I don't think Sam Darnold willnecessarily make that better,
because again we saw him inliterally the biggest moment.
Like all the marbles.

(30:15):
You know you've got to win thisgame in order for your team to
secure the one seed.
You get the confidence.
And then the Lions wasliterally like their backup.
Smack-ups are like stopping youin the red zone.
Like that's where I was likeokay, this is a this 14 and 3
thing.
We might have been lookingthrough that with Rose-tinted
glasses.
So we gonna see.

Speaker 1 (30:36):
Okay, alright, sounds good, sounds good.
Well, you guys are going to behow many?

Speaker 2 (30:44):
islands.
Is this man?

Speaker 1 (30:46):
A lot of islands.

Speaker 2 (30:47):
It's like three.

Speaker 3 (30:49):
That's a boy over there man, come on, not the
islands man, not the islands.

Speaker 1 (30:54):
Hey, so you guys are going to be in a three-game
deficit.
So you're going to be in anunrecoverable deficit.
We might as well not even pickthe rest of the playoffs.
Let's just enjoy it.
We'll have shows, we'll talkabout what's happening and all
that, but don't even worry aboutpicking anymore for the rest of
the playoffs after this one,because I'm going to be up so
much.
I can't believe y'all don't seethat.

(31:16):
Yeah, josh, so man, the Vikings, I'm afraid they're the
favorite here.
Sam Darnold, that game againstDetroit, that was his playoff
game.
Okay, that gave him theexperience.

Speaker 2 (31:29):
And you saw how he looked.
You saw how he looked.
That wasn't even a playoff gamehe totally pulled it.

Speaker 1 (31:34):
That got him ready.
They were in a dome.
The conditions were the same.
Him ready, they were in a dome,the conditions were the same,
the defense was very similar.
It's a lot of similarities inthat game.
They are very well coached,they have a great coaching staff
, they've got the weapons on theoutside and they're going to
fix all their mistakes andthey're going to take it to the
Rams they're going to get.
Thanks, mom, appreciate that.

(31:55):
Love the hat.
They're going to get this oneman.
Yes, I will snag another onefrom you guys.
Like I said, don't even worryabout picking for the rest of
the playoffs.
Let's just have fun, talk aboutthe games and whatnot, maybe at
the Super Bowl, because I'msure all of our stuff is going
to be wrong.
We'll then just pick at theSuper Bowl show at Kings who
we're going to win.

Speaker 3 (32:15):
Don't worry about picking anymore after this end,
but don't worry about pickinganymore after this all right,

(32:36):
all right, all right.

Speaker 2 (32:37):
I just hope you get one, so you don't embarrass
yourself, don't come back hereover three.

Speaker 1 (32:43):
Oh, there's no way, there's no way, no way, no way.
I I will.
I will at least have an amazingbatting average, or, you know,
decent three-point average, agood enough three-point average
to play in the nba.
So here we go, yeah, becauseyou only got to shoot about what
18 to play in the nba at thispoint a little bear game.

Speaker 3 (33:05):
Man don't do that, all right chris.

Speaker 1 (33:09):
Well, we're gonna bring you on back on in a minute
.
We're gonna uh bring brie onand then we'll see you in a
little bit, all right, all right?
All right, my man, let's bringbrie on for brie's picks.
All right, what's going on?
Brie?
All right, and brie, I thinkyou are on me yeah, I was no

(33:34):
worries, no worries, what's up?

Speaker 4 (33:36):
nothing much, just lots of allergies over here oh,
oh well, hope those pass soon.

Speaker 1 (33:42):
Uh sound great and uh great to have you love the
shirt thank you thank you ohyeah, oh yeah, so all right.
So it is playoff time.
We are excited.
We can't wait to have you herein about a month for the super
bowl show, but now the playoffsare finally upon us.
So so we've got, you know, thegame here Texans Chargers.

(34:03):
I think we all felt that theChargers would come out and get
this one, but it's looking likethe Texans are going to pull
this one out.
But let's move on to theSteelers Ravens.
So are you joining me on thisisland?
Are you with everybody else,with Lamar and the Ravens?

Speaker 4 (34:22):
No, I will not be joining your island.

Speaker 2 (34:26):
Good choice.

Speaker 4 (34:27):
Yeah, right, no, seriously, I don't know.
I just feel like the Ravens,like Lamar Jackson, he's just
too good.
I feel like the Steelers don'treally match up to them and
Derrick Henry has been reallygood.
So, yeah, diego's yeah, but theSteelers have a really good
head coach.
So I think if the Steelers dowin, I wouldn't be surprised

(34:51):
either way.

Speaker 1 (34:52):
So yeah, it is going to be cold.
You know the conditions.
The conditions favor theSteelers to a degree as far as
their defense and whatnot.
Of course you know like yousaid they've got Derrick Henry.
You know, if they run the ballthey, you know, should be in
good shape.
But you know you never know.
If they want to try to provethat Lamar should be the MVP and

(35:13):
throw it a little more thanthey should, then it could get a
little dicey.
Yeah, yeah, with the wind andthe cold and everything, yeah
absolutely okay, so you're onrecord for the ravens for that
one, all right.
What about, uh, broncos bills?

Speaker 4 (35:29):
Okay, as much as I like the Broncos, I really like
what Bo Nix has been doing, butI really just have to go with
the Bills.
The Bills, josh Allen.
I really think he's gonna winMVP, but anyway, he's just
really good and I feel, like theBroncos, it is Bo Nix like
first playoff game, so I feellike there's gonna be like a lot
of pressure on him and he'sgonna like fold under that

(35:49):
pressure that he has to likefold under that pressure that he
has um and the bills.
They just have josh allen hehas really good passing and
rushing, like techniques andeverything.
So with that I'm definitelygonna have to pick the bills,
even though I like the broncosbecause of bonics yep, yep, so
we all agree on that one forsure, for the same reasons that
you are okay.

Speaker 1 (36:10):
All right, so, uh, let's see the fourth one.
We've got the green bay packerstraveling to philly to play the
eagles.
Uh, looks like I'm on theisland.
So far with the packers on thisone.
Uh, what side do you want forthis one?

Speaker 4 (36:25):
um, you know, I like what the packers have been doing
lately, but I don't think it'senough to beat the eagles.
I mean that's.
I feel like that's not a fairmatch.
Like the eagles are so muchbetter, that's my.
I feel like that's not a fairmatch.
Like the Eagles are so muchbetter that's my dad's team, the
Packers.
So I feel bad for this.
Sorry dad so um, and JordanLove might fold under that
playoff pressure as well too.
So with that, it's just reallya no brainer to me to pick the

(36:48):
Eagles.

Speaker 1 (36:49):
So okay, yeah, the Eagles are there.
That's a tough place to play.
Uh, even riding by and lookingat the stadium, it's
intimidating, like it's yeahit's intimidating place, the
fans, everything.
So it's gonna be a tough, toughplace.
But, um, yeah, hurts, hurts.
Not playing a little bitconcerns me, um, and you know

(37:10):
the weather conditions andwhatnot, but uh, they've got.
Hey, saquon sat out and didn'tgo for Eric Dickerson's rushing
record, so he should be freshand as long as they hand him the
ball, that should give them abig advantage.
So, yeah, what happens there?
Okay, all right.
So then we've got thecommanders going to Tampa.
So let's see, let's seeBrandon's comment Christian

(37:33):
Watson out for this game.
Jordan Love banged up.
Yeah, yeah, definitely,definitely.
That's the case right there,brandon.
Thanks for checking us out, myman.
So commanders are traveling toTampa.
Tampa won their divisionnarrowly over the Falcons.
Diego and I both have the Bucs.
Chris has the commanders.
What side are you on for thatcommanders Bucs game?

Speaker 4 (37:53):
Chris has the Commanders.
What side are you on for thatCommanders-Bucks game?
I'm going to have to agree withChris on this.
With the Commanders, I knowDiego was surprised.
I know Mayfield, he is reallyexperienced and he has really
good arm strength because heknows how to play these games.
But I feel like the Commanders,they've been doing really well
with their offense and theirdefense, but they need to limit
turnovers and then I thinkthey'll be good because they

(38:15):
have a lot.

Speaker 1 (38:16):
All right, yeah, that is a toss.
So I think command bucks are athree point favorite.
That's going to be a close oneand that's one of the most
narrow margins that we have hereas far as favorites.
So, and of course, us, you knowpicking pros, we're all split
on this one.
So so, and for us, you knowpicking pros, we're all split on
this one, so we're two and two,so we'll see that this one
might end up deciding.

(38:37):
You know who's in the lead here, so we'll see what.
What happens with this one.
Ok, and then the last one.
I'm really curious to hear yourtake on this, because I don't
know what your pick is, so I'mexcited to hear this one.
We've got the Vikings at Ramsthis is in your neck of the
woods, um, diego and chris havethe rams.
I am on the island so far withthe vikings, and though the

(38:59):
vikings are, uh, like a two anda half point favorite, who do
you have in this one?

Speaker 4 (39:05):
I'm gonna agree with you and your crazy takes.
I'm gonna go with the vikingsall right I like I love mat
Matthew Stafford, obviouslybecause he was a Lions
quarterback for so long, but youknow he has a lot of experience
.
But I just I don't know theVikings when they play the Lions
.
They didn't really play thatwell, but I feel like they

(39:26):
played well enough to where theycould potentially beat the Rams
.
I think I'm thinking, but Iguess we'll see.
But if the Rams win win again,like with the other teams I
wouldn't really be as surprised,but I really think the vikings
are gonna win, even though Idon't really want them to, but I
think they will what, the whatthe right?

Speaker 1 (39:42):
yep, I understand that and see, that's where you
know picking these games.
A lot of times when we pick ateam, they think you know
they're our favorite team orwe're fans of them and whatnot,
and and you know, a lot of timeswe are picking against the team
that we want to win becausewe're predicting what we think
is truly going to happen.
So you know, that's that.
That's part of this business.

(40:02):
Yeah, yeah, you yeah, you haveto pick against the Panthers a
lot because, uh yeah, sometimesyou truly don't think they were
going to win.
What, what did you say, Bree?
I think we cut you off.

Speaker 4 (40:14):
Oh, I just said it's hard to do.

Speaker 1 (40:17):
Yeah.

Speaker 4 (40:17):
Like kind of what Diego said.
Just because of my Cardinalstoo.
They were not good either.

Speaker 1 (40:23):
Yes, yes, yes, for sure.
Okay.
Well, bree, we're going to haveyou back on at the end.
All four of us are going to behere together back on at the end
.
All four of us are going to behere together.
Yeah, brandon, playoffs are adifferent animal, but we're all
going to be together to give ourSuper Bowl matchup predictions
and who we think is going to winthe Super Bowl.
So we're going to end the showwith that.

(40:43):
So we'll see you in a fewminutes, okay.
Okay, all right, thank you, allright, cool, cool.
So all right, diego man.
Well, we're going to bringChris back on and we are going
to go ahead and talk a littlebit of college football, nba,
for a second, and then we'regoing to finish up here with our

(41:05):
Super Bowl predictions.
So let's bring Chris on andlet's get into the college
football championship.
Okay so, chris man, welcomeback.

Speaker 3 (41:19):
What's up?

Speaker 1 (41:20):
Okay.
So we've got Ohio State, theBuckeyes.
The Buckeyes have, you know,made their way into the
championship after thatembarrassing loss to Michigan.
They've, you know, righted theship and made their way there.
But then we've got Notre Dame.
Notre Dame has made their wayto the championship as well.

(41:41):
See, josh is saying 32-12Texans.
Yeah, the game is getting outof hand for sure.
So we're not even payingattention to that one anymore.
Does Notre Dame Diego, we'regoing to start with you?
Does that one anymore?
But um, does notre dame diego,we're gonna start with you.
Does notre dame have a chance?
Ohio state is the overweight,overwhelming favorite, clearly.
Uh, everybody's predicting themto win.

(42:03):
They're probably a double digitfavorite at this point.
Um, everybody, um, does notredame have a chance?

Speaker 2 (42:12):
chance.
Notre Dame definitely has achance.
I mean, they've they playreally well these playoffs.
They've had, uh, some good winsagainst Georgia, even though
Georgia didn't have Carson Beck.
Um, that was still a good win,you know, to beat, to be a team
of that caliber and then to beatPenn State in a clutch, in the
clutch like that, um, yeah, Ijust think I think Notre Dame's

(42:32):
a good team and and theydefinitely have a shot I'm going
to pick Ohio State because theyjust have too much firepower,
but Notre Dame definitely has ashot.
It's going to be a good game.

Speaker 1 (42:44):
Okay, All right.
What do you think, Chris?

Speaker 3 (42:47):
Yeah, I got Ohio State in this one mostly because
they've won in so manydifferent ways, because I think
the first two games it was againlike the offensive explosion
and then their defense you knowcoming through and just like you
know being dominant.
But this last game versus texasit was like it got a little
gritty towards the end and againthat goal line stand was crazy.

(43:11):
And then the whole touchdownthat jack square had had, like
that was, that was a cool momentfor him.
You know, after the wholeMichigan fight thing getting
that touchdown.
You know I like a good storylike that, like that was kind of
cool.
So I want Ohio State to winthis.
Also, ryan Day, great job, savemy man because, ooh, it was
looking bad for him.

Speaker 1 (43:29):
Yeah, yeah.

Speaker 3 (43:37):
He was in trouble.
So, hey, I'm glad for this.
You know, extended playoff forus getting to see these.
You know somebody tweeted like,oh yeah, upstart programs, you
know counted out.
You know ohio state, notre dame, you know just two smaller
programs, you know they're.
And it's like, you know we, weknow it was going to be
marketing.
We know that ohio's likethey're the biggest brand, so
I'm just, yeah, I'm excited tosee the ratings of, like, how
big this was going to bemarketing.
We know that Ohio, they're thebiggest brand, so I'm just
starting to see the ratings ofhow big this is going to get.

(43:57):
And then, yeah, it's just Texas.
I don't even want to sayanything about Quentin Ewers
right now.

Speaker 1 (44:06):
Now, that's interesting.
And you see, josh has got OhioState.
Yeah, I'm interested to see theratings with this because you
know, state yeah, I'm interestedto see the ratings with this
because myself, personally, I'mnot as excited about these
college football games right now.
To me it's because the NFLplayoffs are here.
Watching Ohio State, notre Dameor any of these teams is like

(44:31):
watching the Chargers and theTexans Okay, nothing else on,
okay, I'll watch it.
But I'm not really all thatexcited about it.
Now, if it's New Year's Day ora couple days after, you know,
yeah, you know.
And Brandon, yeah, you know theratings will be high.
But I mean the ratings will behigh because nothing else is on.

(44:51):
But, okay, ratings are high.
But how excited are y'allreally, you know, I mean, about
that game.
Are you really all pumped upabout?

Speaker 3 (44:59):
me at this point the only narrators are really like
marcus freeman being like firstblackhead coach to win
championship.
And then you know ryan day, youknow silencing all of his
doubters.
So that's like right, the onlyentry if you want to watch
Jeremiah Smith, cause, like I'mnot really like a big fan of
Will Howard, but Jeremiah Smithis cold, so you know that's kind
of yeah, what's your thoughtson that, diego?

Speaker 1 (45:23):
I mean, are you really?
I mean, to me it's kind of like, okay, let's let's go ahead.

Speaker 2 (45:42):
And then you had the national championship before the
NFL playoffs.
I kind of like the format,because the national
championship was around likeweek 18, where the teams are
kind of where teams aren'treally playing, playing.
So, yeah, yeah, if they movethe season a little earlier to
where they would have theplayoffs and then have these big
games, um, before the play,before the nfl playoff start, I
think that would be the bestthing, because because I'm not

(46:03):
that excited for this nationalchampionship game, more excited
for the, you know, thedivisional round and yeah that's
where, kind of where the, theenergy and the focus is.

Speaker 1 (46:14):
So yeah, like I said, gonna watch it, but not not all
that you know, keyed up on.
You have those storylines.
Actually, I'm more intrigued tosee what deon sanders is going
to do.
You know, that's kind of gotmore about digit, you know, and
and the draft and what's goingto happen there.

Speaker 3 (46:32):
I thought he was going to the Raiders, but then
like, oh, justin Herbert justthrew another pick.
Ah well, that's all folks youhave to go low key, you have to
go.

Speaker 1 (46:43):
Yeah, they might have to.
They might have to, yeah, yeahnow, brandon, yes, you wish the
national championship game youknow would finish in January 1st
at the Rose Bowl.
Yeah, that would have myattention.
I would be excited about that.
The championship really needsto be that week, but for it to
start to bleed deep into the NFLplayoffs, it just starts to

(47:04):
lose a little bit of its lusterthere.
So, yeah, great point, brandon.
All right, well, let's move onto a little bit of NBA here
before we finish off and bringBrie back on and give our Super
Bowl picks.
Man, we haven't talked NBA in awhile.
Cavs have been killing it.
They're on pace to win 70,maybe even a game or so more

(47:30):
than that.
They only have four losses, arebeating everybody.
Boston beat OKC, who's lookingfantastic.
They're starting to get.
A lot of the pundits arestarting to say that they
actually have a chance to makethe NBA finals.
So, diego, two part are theCavs going to beat 70 and be
better than your Golden StateWarriors were, and do they have

(47:53):
a chance to get to the finalsand maybe even win a title?

Speaker 2 (47:57):
No, I don't think they're going to be better.
I don't think they're going togo 74-8.
And I don't think they're goingto get 70.
I think they'll definitely getin the 60s, but not 70s like
elite, elite category.
I think they'll start to fadejust a little bit.
They have proved that they'rethe top team in the East right
now as it comes to regularseason play.

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They folded too many times inthe playoffs for me to believe
in them to get Pat to get to theNBA Finals.
But to get to the EasternConference Finals definitely.
I think they have what it takesto get there, even though it's
not going to be easy, becauseyou still got the knicks and the
south is, of course, in theknicks, but um, but yeah, but I
think they're.

Speaker 1 (48:39):
They're eastern conference finals, I would say
for them right now easternconference finals and finishing
in the 60s and brandon thebrandon agrees with that as well
.
Uh, what about you, chris?

Speaker 3 (48:50):
I would say the same, um, mostly.
Again, one thing that we sawwith the 73 not the nine
warriors, is they kind of likeran out of gas, like towards the
end of that run.
So more teams like, hey, let'sjust win the 60 games, so like a
franchise record, just like youknow, wind it down around
playoff time.
So I think I'm very excited tosee what this team does.

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However, the celticschampionship experience cannot
be forgotten.
And then the fact that Cat isjust pooping, like we grossly
underrated, like the tradebetween the Knicks and the
Wolves, because we're like, ohyeah, julius Randle is going to
Deva, chenzo is more shooting,it's like no, they actually got

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what they needed, which is ashooting center who can rebound.
You don't need, you don't needCat to be like a great defender,
you just need him to be solid.
So that I think that theaddition of Cat makes the Knicks
feel very interesting.
But I again, I think theCeltics championship experience
it really depends on like wholike's seeding and who faces who

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and how all that goes down.
But I, I don't know the Cavsare making me nervous about
playoff time.
I'm not going to lie DonovanMitchell, he got one good
playoff series in him, and thenit's like ah, what's?
happening.

Speaker 2 (50:10):
You know he's going to little boy Darius Garland,
because Darius Garland has beenplaying great.
But when playoff time comesit's going to be spider time.
Garland's going to take theback seat.

Speaker 1 (50:20):
Yep, yep.
He's going to start scoopinghis head and he's going to start
LeBron Jamesing him and, yeah,they're going to be battling.
He's going to be extrabow-legged in the playoffs and
doing all types of stuff.
So, yeah, they are not, um,going to be sharing the ball the
way that they are now.
So, yeah, one of those teams.
Now, as far as the knicks go,love, you know what they've got

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going on, but tibideau is goingto find a way to run them into
the ground before the uhplayoffs come especially having
cat, because with yeah, yeah,yeah so you can write the knicks
off of that.
So people are going to startgetting hurt at the end.
So the Celtics again.
Everything is going to fallright into place for them to
just go on and coast and walkright in.

Speaker 3 (51:04):
How's your rematch pick looking man?
Because Luka's been missingtime, kyrie's been missing time.
How's your rematch pick lookingman?

Speaker 2 (51:12):
I was so curious about that I kind of want the
thunder to win my body yeah,how's your rematch looking?

Speaker 3 (51:19):
could you say like the maps and celtics are gonna
like have their rematch?

Speaker 1 (51:23):
yeah, I said that, right, yep, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh
, that's.
Oh, that's done.
Oh, you can book that.
Oh, that's definitely.
Yeah, that's definitely allright.
Yeah, absolutely, absolutely,yeah, that's gonna.
Because again, the definitelyAll right.
Yeah, absolutely, absolutelyyeah, that's because again the
Celtics are going to walk there,because again the Cavs are
going to have infighting as faras who the man is, the other

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team, they're going to start toself-destruct.
So the Knicks are going tostart to be hurt.
So, yeah, that's, that's thedone deal right there.
And then the, the mavs are justwaiting for playoff time and
they're going to turn it on.
So, no, my, my rematches islooking good now.
Josh had a question um, let'spull that back up.
Uh, do you think kenny will wina coach of the year?
He, he is doing a phenomenaljob.
Is this a pretty much ano-brainer?

Speaker 2 (52:11):
uh, diego, yeah, I think so right now.
Yeah, it's a no-brainer rightnow.
Okay, okay, I say he's in therunning.
But yeah.
Kenny, he's got it.
He's a front runner right now,yeah you.

Speaker 1 (52:24):
You got to say, kenny , I mean you doke is doing a
great job, but yeah, I mean fourlosses with the Cavs.
Nobody saw that coming and um,and a lot of us questioned the
firing of the other coach, buthe's come in and has done a
fantastic job.
So yeah, for sure, chris, didyou have something?

Speaker 3 (52:46):
on that, I definitely think it's Kenny.
He has the best team in theleague right now For sure.

Speaker 1 (52:53):
Now, summer, I know you backstage and I can see your
face, so this was for you.
So with the game, right now,game is out of reach.
Houston is now blowing theChargers out.
Justin Herbert is throwingpicks left and right.
So Aaron, our videographer,just sent me a text and said

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Herbert's looking like JameisWinston tonight.

Speaker 3 (53:19):
Yeah, man, we got to have discussions about who we
have in top five, conversationsafter the playoff meltdown
versus the Jaguars, like, twoyears later hitting in the top
five, and then we have, you know, losing to yeah, losing to the

(53:40):
Texans.

Speaker 2 (53:40):
CJ Stroud.

Speaker 3 (53:43):
Hey, texans got a good defense.
You're not going to do that.
You're not going to.
Cj did not play his best game.
We're not saying that you know?
Yeah, man, I think two playoffwins for CJ Str play his best
game.
We're not saying that yeah, man.
I think two playoff wins for CJ.

Speaker 1 (53:57):
Yeah, that's right, brandon, that's right.
You had one job, you were agood flag Odo.
Playoff wins.
Yeah, man.
That goes a long way, y'all man.

Speaker 3 (54:10):
I don't want those conversations.
Cj and Lamar have the sameplayoff win.
Lamar tonight, uh-uh.

Speaker 1 (54:15):
Ooh, that's right.
That's how to mess around bro.

Speaker 3 (54:18):
That's right, that's right Three, four, five and six.
We got to do this, man.

Speaker 2 (54:26):
CJ has just had the perfect, just kind of row.
You know, it's been perfect,perfect fall the way it's fallen
.
It it's been perfect, perfectfall the way it's fallen.
It's been perfect for him.

Speaker 1 (54:34):
Okay.
Now what if?
Okay, super, super hypothetical.
Okay, since you're not going togive it to him yet, at least
Diego.
I'm not talking about you,chris, but Diego.
But if the Ravens take care ofbusiness, then the Ravens and
Bills take care of business.
They'll be facing each othernext week.
That's going to be amazing.
But if that happens, then theTexans will have to go up the

(54:58):
arrowhead.
What if the Texans win thatgame?

Speaker 2 (55:05):
It's not going to happen, why are we even talking
about stuff we're not going to?
This is CJ Stroud versusPatrick Mahomes.

Speaker 1 (55:12):
Are we serious.

Speaker 2 (55:14):
Why is this even like being mentioned?

Speaker 1 (55:16):
you, you might as well.
Oh my gosh man, cj, cj, cj willbe, cj will not have to win
another game Patrick Mahomes.

Speaker 2 (55:25):
What we're just gonna forget about that?
That Bryce basically beat him,but when they really get us in
big drops and a bunch of stuffhappened we will.

Speaker 1 (55:35):
We will If that had, if he goes up there and wins
that man anyway, okay.
Well, we got, uh, we got to geton out of here.
So let's get to our finalsegment, let's bring Brie back
on and let's get into ourSuperbowl predictions, all right
.
So here we go, brie, whatpredictions?

Speaker 4 (55:55):
All right, so here we go.
Brie, what's up, brie?
Oh, I was muted again.

Speaker 1 (56:00):
I'm good, all right, oh cool.
So, uh, let's see I'll bringthat up.
Uh, summer, please, let's see.
Brandon's love Lamar, butBuffalo's going to be love Lamar
.

Speaker 2 (56:13):
Buffalo is tough.

Speaker 1 (56:14):
Yeah, that's definitely gonna be tough.
Okay, all right, so let's goahead and get our final
predictions here.
Super Bowl right now.
Let's go ahead and start withDiego.
Diego, who do you have matchingup in the Super Bowl, and then,
who do you have winning?
I got the bills versus the,versus the Lions.
Diego, who do you have matchingup in the Super Bowl, and then
who do you have winning?

Speaker 2 (56:35):
I got the Bills versus the Lions in the Super
Bowl and I got the Lions winning.

Speaker 1 (56:41):
Oh, okay.

Speaker 3 (56:43):
All right.

Speaker 1 (56:44):
So Diego, all right, okay, we're on record here.
Diego's got the Bills and theLions and he's got Detroit
winning the Super Bowl.

Speaker 2 (56:52):
I got them getting their revenge, because you know
the team that loses in theregular season usually gets the
revenge in the playoffs.
And yeah, I just believe indetroit they got what it takes
okay yeah, all right man, okay,all right, all right, okay, um,
let's switch up.

Speaker 1 (57:09):
Brie, who do you have ?

Speaker 4 (57:12):
um, so I definitely have the bills and the lions
going to the super bowl.
No surprise there, I don'tthink, but um, but I think the
lions are definitely gonna wintoo because, like diego said,
they are gonna get the revenge.
That game was just a preview,so, and we'll have touch back,
we have montgomery back, so it'sa no-brainer to me.

Speaker 1 (57:32):
All right, all right Okay.

Speaker 3 (57:35):
Chris, who do you have?
I have the Lions and the Ravens.
You know I'm sticking with it.
Listen, I'm running.
I got to stick on a little more.
I'm trying to get the wheels tofall off.
I got the Ravens.
I don't know how they couldpossibly win that game if they
actually played the Lions.
I'm not going to lie, butsomehow, if everything breaks

(57:57):
right and the Ravens remain hot,I will say that the Ravens
could win the Super Bowl thisyear.
So they're my Super Bowl pick,because I just want Lamar to,
you know, encapsulate this greatseason with, finally, you know,
capturing this elusivechampionship.
That's kind of what I want tosee, man, and I love Detroit.
You know, jameer Gibbs, youcarry my fantasy team, so if you

(58:19):
see this, don't hate me, bro,please don't.
But I'm right with Lamar.
So the wheels fall off and youknow, we're going to see.
We're going to see.
All right, man, all right, ok,ok.

Speaker 2 (58:39):
Ooh man all right, okay, okay, oh man interesting
um hmm, y'all are making methinking about it.

Speaker 3 (58:42):
Hey, like I'm not even knocking their choices,
because that can legitimatelyhappen yeah, I'm.

Speaker 1 (58:47):
I'm thinking of uh, all right, drew, what's up drew.
Okay, pick is gonna pop offtonight.
All right, we're gonna.
We're to be looking for it,we're going to be looking for
you.
You see that, chris, all right,drew said Pickens he's going to
do his thing tonight.

Speaker 3 (58:59):
All right.

Speaker 1 (59:00):
So, man, this is an interesting season.
I'm going to man okay, call anaudible.
I'm going to say Chiefs in theSuper Bowl.
Man, okay, call it audible.
I'm gonna say chiefs in thesuper bowl.

Speaker 2 (59:19):
nobody said that that was my backup.
I was thinking about having thechief it's my backup, just
because you know the disrespecton this panel is just outrageous
you know, if the chief, I can'tdo another, another straight
year.
This man, no, no one can't onthis panel is just outrageous If
the Chiefs make it to the SuperBowl.

Speaker 3 (59:35):
I can't do another straight year in this man.

Speaker 4 (59:37):
No, no one can.
I can't do it.

Speaker 1 (59:41):
I'm going to say Chiefs Lions.

Speaker 3 (59:46):
Okay.

Speaker 1 (59:47):
In the Super Bowl.

Speaker 3 (59:48):
I'm glad we all picked the Lions.
I'm glad.

Speaker 1 (59:51):
The whole world is going to be picking the Lions on
that one oh man, they're goingto make history.

Speaker 3 (59:59):
Here we go.

Speaker 1 (01:00:02):
I might wait till the show on the 8th.

Speaker 3 (01:00:05):
Give my pick, oh so we got to give our picks.

Speaker 2 (01:00:10):
No one cares.

Speaker 1 (01:00:12):
Yeah, what the heck, oh man no one cares about you?

Speaker 4 (01:00:16):
What are?

Speaker 2 (01:00:17):
we doing yeah, what the heck?

Speaker 4 (01:00:18):
Oh man it's a cold game man.

Speaker 2 (01:00:21):
We know you want to save a lot, it's okay.
He's going to get it wrongregardless, that's fine.

Speaker 1 (01:00:29):
And you know I might.
We'll see what happens.
We'll see who we have in theSuper Bowl at the very end, but
right now I'm gonna go ahead andsay Detroit.
I'm gonna go ahead on recordand say Detroit, but we'll see.
You know, if we may have thebills because I have no shame we

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may have the bills versus theChiefs in the AFC championship
game and I might go with theBills, who knows?
Right now I'm going to sayChiefs-Lions and I'm going to
say Lions are going to take it.
That's what we're going to gowith.
Can't wait.
Looks like they're going to goahead and start pretty soon.

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Chris, yeah, we're pulling foryou, man.

Speaker 3 (01:01:15):
Fares up.
Fares are up.
Right now I am very scared.
Yeah, you know we're going tosee.
All right, we're going to see,all right?

Speaker 1 (01:01:26):
Well, thank you everybody for checking us out.
We appreciate you spending alittle bit of time on this NFL
Wildcard weekend to watch out.
We appreciate you spending alittle bit of time on this NFL
wildcard weekend to watch us.
We will see you next week.
We will be back.
Yeah, thank you, josh.
We will be back the next twoFridays, so Friday January 17th

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and Friday January 24th, we willbe in the studio talking
primarily NFL playoffs, and thentwo weeks after that, we'll be
at Kings in person.
Make sure you come and check usout.
All right, we're going to goahead and sign off here.
Let me find an outro.
All right, y'all, y'all readyto roll?
Yep, all right.
Until then, we'll see you nexttime.

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Pick them pros, pick them pros.

Speaker 3 (01:02:10):
Later, later, later, later.
We'll be right back.

Speaker 1 (01:02:12):
Thank you.
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