NFL Grades, Texans High, Eagles Low | Episode 141

Welcome! Lets explore the world of Chaotically Intolerant, make sure to like, comment, subscribe, share, the whole damn thing The boys give report cards to each team in the AFC. They discuss the performance of each team throughout the season and evaluate their strengths and weaknesses. The Buffalo Bills, Miami Dolphins, and New York Jets are among the teams discussed. The hosts also discuss the future of each team and what they need to do to improve. Overall, it was a season of highs and lows for the AFC teams, with some exceeding expectations and others falling short. The conversation methodically reviewed each team's performance and identified the principal themes. The chapters cover the Kansas City Chiefs, New England Patriots, Las Vegas Raiders, Denver Broncos, Los Angeles Chargers, Dallas Cowboys, Washington Football Team, Philadelphia Eagles, New York Giants, Detroit Lions, Minnesota Vikings, Chicago Bears, Green Bay Packers, New Orleans Saints, Atlanta Falcons, Carolina Panthers, San Francisco 49ers, Seattle Seahawks, and Arizona Cardinals. In this conversation, the hosts discuss the college football schedule and upcoming games. They express surprise at the teams that the discussed team will be playing, noting that they have a mix of strong and weaker opponents. They also mention the use of statistics in college basketball and make some lighthearted comments about nerds. The conversation concludes with the hosts thanking the viewers and sharing some plugs for articles and upcoming episodes. NFL Grades, Texans High, Eagles Low | Episode 141 (00:00) Introduction and Overview (01:14) Buffalo Bills (02:39) Miami Dolphins (04:24) New York Jets (06:40) New England Patriots (08:14) Pittsburgh Steelers (09:13) Cleveland Browns (10:13) Cincinnati Bengals (16:31) Baltimore Ravens (19:15) Houston Texans (20:11) Jacksonville Jaguars (23:18) Indianapolis Colts (27:58) Tennessee Titans (45:10) Kansas City Chiefs (46:29) Kansas City Chiefs Dynasty (48:25) Chiefs' Dominant Special Teams (49:19) Patriots' Dynasty and Sean Payton (50:18) Las Vegas Raiders' Struggles (51:11) Raiders' Coaching Decisions (52:08) Quarterback Issues for the Raiders (52:33) Carolina Panthers' Disappointing Season (53:33) New Orleans Saints' Mediocrity (54:31) Detroit Lions' Surprising Season (57:15) San Francisco 49ers' Disappointment (58:41) Seattle Seahawks' Mediocre Season (59:58) Arizona Cardinals' Underperformance (01:05:16) Tampa Bay Buccaneers' Successful Season (01:06:42) Green Bay Packers' Strong Finish Checkout our website! chaoticallyintolerant.com Blog: https://chaoticallyintolerant.com/blog Catch Summer Smash Here: https://chaoticallyintolerant.com/summer-smash All Updates on Tecmo Bowl: https://chaoticallyintolerant.com/tecmo-bowl Meet the personalities of Chaotically Intolerant: https://chaoticallyintolerant.com/personalities Meet the Hall of Famers: https://chaoticallyintolerant.com/hall-of-fame

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Alright, welcome back. Episode 141 of Chaotically Intolerant. Mike is back. We are now the first official Sunday of no football. It didn't feel right. It felt gross. NBA All -Star game, not a good supplement for me. doesn't even count. Don't even talk to me about the NBA All -Star game. But, we're going to give some grades today. We did, actually, I'm...

Monday's episode we covered the article that me you and Curtis wrote together the NFL Awards And then we just kind of talked about the midseason comparing it to the end of the end of the entire season today We're gonna do report cards. So we're gonna give everyone a grade Obviously, you can talk probably not gonna talk too much about the bad teams. We're gonna talk a lot about the good teams I don't know how I want to do this Do we want to take into I assume we're gonna take into account the whole the playoffs as well?

Yeah, yeah, I think so. Would you say that's better? 14 teams. Yeah. Yeah. So let's just jump into it. Make sure to like, subscribe, comment, the whole thing. Let's just start in the AFCs. We start with the Buffalo They were 11 and 6. They came back and won the division over the Miami Dolphins kind of, you know, out of the, not out of the blue, but kind of back from the dead type of thing.

They had a plus 140 point differential and finished the season on a five game win streak. Where would you put them right now? You know, they were shaping up to be like a team of destiny. When they went from six and six, remember they beat the Chiefs off the bye week and... That was their season basically. Yeah, and then they got the call that normally would go against them to go their way.

And that kicked off a run that got them all the way to, guess what, a date with the Chiefs, which turned into a loss. I think, but I think given the level of talent the Buffalo has had on their roster, the level of expectations that they've had, and the way that their season once again came down to some self -inflicted wounds, I don't think you can give them better than a B -. Yeah, I was gonna say like a C+. Yeah, maybe, I'd be fine with that

too.

So we'll do both B -. I feel like they came in expecting to win the Super Bowl. I would say that was a pretty reasonable expectation for this team. Well, I think one thing I did like was that in the playoff game, if you look at the four games the Chiefs

played throughout the postseason. The Bills were the one team that for almost the entire game stayed committed to running the ball. They felt like that was their best chance to win a combination of running it with James Cook and Josh Allen using his legs. And the plan was working great. It was covering up a lot of warts that they had on defense going into that game, which they knew they had to do. But then the fake punt and then the pass protection. Trying to get to Mark Hamlin and come back. Yeah, yeah. Diggs drops the long pass.

And then there's the pressure that Allen misses possibly an open deep end underneath. And then of course, as Buffalo fans remember from the 90s Super Bowl, wide left. Wide right. I'm sure they've had some wide lefts too. I'm sure they have. Yeah. And by the way, just if you look at the cap, the Bills project to have the second worst cap situation in the NFL. Ahead of, only, well, behind I should say,

or better only than the Saints, but only one spot better than Miami. So we're talking about the AFC East, you've got two teams that appear to be a little over 50 million over the cap. Yeah, I think it's, I think I've said this before, but I think it's time for a very soft reset. And there, I mean, you can't, obviously you don't get rid of Alan, you don't get rid of those key pieces, but Diggs, he could be gone. I think that's very reasonable to say he could be gone, especially the

Alpers.

I'm assuming the money. I'm not sure. Well, is he on a new contract? Diggs? I'm not sure. Well, I'm looking at the free agents here. Yeah, four year, $96 million. When was that signed? Let's see. All right, so he's through right now. He's there through 2027.

Yeah, quarterback Alan is a free agent, but we're not talking about Josh Allen. We're talking about Kyle Allen. Yeah, they have some notable names set to hit the market. Gabe Davis, Shaq Lawson, AJ and Vanessa, Taylor Rapp, Tyrell Dodson, Jordan Phillips, Daquan Jones, Micah Hyde, so Leonard Floyd. I mean, they're not going to, with their cap situation, a lot of those guys are...

pretty much all but gone. And I think defensively is where they really, I mean, yes, they probably need another big pass catcher if they can get one, but they had a lot of issues that were exposed, especially depth -wise, defensively. Absolutely. All right, so Miami. Also in Capel. I would say, yeah. I mean, they had a fantastic first half. First half of the year, and then just like they always do, that.

the fish freeze and they can't survive in the winter. So it's hard to like say they were bad this year because they weren't. They weren't a bad football team whatsoever. I feel like I would go right in around where Buffalo was. Probably around a, I guess a C plus, maybe a B minus. Yeah. I think, I think given that Buffalo has had a,

more open window, Buffalo fell further below expectations. If you said Miami was going to win 11 games, make the playoffs before the year, I think people would have said, that's pretty solid. They kind of backed into the playoffs last year and then injured to a ... But I think given their first half that they left so much to be desired and then truly frozen fish and arrow in the playoffs.

They also have to figure out what they're going to do with some of these key guys set to hit the market. Andrew Van Ginkle, Braxton Berrios, Christian Wilkins, Jerome Baker. Didn't even realize Chase Claypool, the dolphin. Yes, he was. They said he was as big as a fridge, is what they said. They tried to turn him into a tight Eli

But forgetting even the free agents, the guys that they might lose, how do they get better? How do they, right? I mean, is it just the quarterback? But I think there's more.

Yeah, I think it's like you said, the culture, I don't know, Miami teams, unless LeBron James played down there. The Heat and the Panthers both made it to the finals last year though, so I should probably walk that back a little bit. But it's the Dolphins, they haven't, I mean, mind you, they haven't won a playoff game since beating the Colts in 2000. They haven't played in the divisional round since 2000. They had a stretch when they made it, this is just a fun fact, 98.

It was 98, 99, 2000. They played three times in the division around. They lost 38 -3, 62 -7. I don't know if you're too young to remember that game. Marino's last game lost 62 -7 to Jags. That's And 27 -0 to the Raiders. So they, I mean, like they get towards the end of the year and it just, it frightens them. I don't know. Yeah. But I'd say, yeah, I'd say B - at

Yeah, I'll just say that. I mean, the Dolphins are just, they are consistently like that. And you don't really think about them like that because it's Miami, but they are consistently that like sad kind of, you always know they're going to disappoint their fans. Like they always will. And that's like not, you can't even say that about the Marlins because when they go to the playoffs, they win the World Series. Like that's their thing. I mean, obviously they lost with the COVID one, right? Yeah. Well, whatever they tried to say, that was baseball. It wasn't baseball.

And in this past year they lost the Wild Card Series to the Phillies. But yes, I get your point. They do have a championship this century where the Dolphins have not been to the Divisional Roundup. In 23, it'll be 24 in years now. So, yeah, very disappointing. New York Jets. So I would say I'll give them an A plus for the first four drives of the game. Yeah, they're looking great. Now, the rest of the season.

I would, I mean, seven and 10 was actually really good. But I think we have to look at this in the context of what this season was. And it was really bad for them. I mean, they just, I think expectations wise, it was really bad for them. But going seven and 10, they almost beat the Chiefs. They hung in there. Zach Wilson looked competent, competent for a little while. And that is almost a win for the Jets, I would say. But.

I'm going to stick maybe a C minus. I could even give them a C to be nice, but a C minus feels right. Given the limitations that Robert Salah had, most coaches wouldn't survive going four, seven, and seven in terms of wins their first three years, but it does feel like the Jets, they finally go out and they think they have a quarterback this year and then a few drives in.

all those late sounds. Go to waste. They gave up the fourth most sacks in the league. Their pass protection was pretty horrendous. Not as bad as their cross town ride with the Giants who gave up 85. They gave up 64. Whoever was back there this year was going to be running for his life. I still think they would have done better. They would have been a contending team at least with Rogers. I mean, if they're going to ride with Rogers because he's under contract one more year, I think they...

they have to invest in their offensive lineman. In fact, I think that's where they gotta go with their first pick because I think they have a lot of skilled position players probably coming off the board early. They could get probably the best or second best offensive lineman. I would give them...

Yeah, give them a C - only because their offense was so brutal to watch. But you're right, I mean, the fact that they won seven games, and they beat the Bills, remember, after Rodgers went down in that game. You said it, they kept the Chiefs, they kept close with the Chiefs, they beat the Eagles when the Eagles were undefeated. The Eagles were the last undefeated team for a couple hours after the 49ers lost. Yeah. A couple hours after the Colts lost to Jacksonville. Were the Colts undefeated?

No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no,

The Jets had just, if you ask anybody, when was the last time the Jets had a top level quarterback, you'd probably say Joe Namath. I know Boomer Esiason was there for a little bit, but a true Jet quarterback. I am very against Joe Namath. I think he wasn't good. He just wasn't. If you really go and look at the stats, he threw more interceptions than touchdowns, he had a career losing record. He is just...

The only reason was because of his guarantee. Every athlete is going to guarantee something. Sure. That's just you're not an athlete if you don't say that. And I don't know. I mean it was 16 to 7. Like what? That's not exactly your offensive game. And I understand it was a different game back then. Sure. But they're big underdogs. More interceptions and touchdowns and a losing record. Those are the two things. Like a losing career record. At least Eli is 500.

in his career. At least Eli can say that. Because Eli's on the ballot coming up. He shouldn't be a first ballot. The Hall of Fame should tell the story of football. You absolutely cannot tell the story of football without Eli Manning. Without mentioning those two Giants teams that kept the Patriots from winning eight titles. And Tom Brady being, having only one Super Bowl loss. So you can't not talk about the NFL without Eli Manning. But is he...

Is he good? Is he in the first time around when you tell the story of the NFL? Absolutely not. You're going to say Peyton Manning, Tom Brady, Joe Montana. You know, I mean, there's another multitude of guys you mentioned before you mentioned Eli Manning. Right. You mentioned him in the third or fourth time around where you're like, yeah. And then, you know, Brady didn't win, you know, X amount. He didn't win for 10 years because of Eli Manning. That's it. That's true. That's all you mentioned. And Peyton Manning.

Yeah, Peyton, Peyton, can't forget about Peyton. I was gonna say, you know, Brett Favre has put on a Jets uniform, Michael Vick has put on a Jets uniform. Witches hilarious. Yeah, I mean even - And a Steeler uniform. That's right. You know, Mark Brunel, but as a backup, and they had Flacco for a time, Gino Smith, but like, you know, and Rodgers basically falls into that same category because he's also a late end of career rental, but they've gotta put -

And I think if they can get another playmaker to compliment Garrett Wilson, I think that would be ideal. But first things first, I think they got to go all -line in the draft. Yeah. All right. And then the New England Patriots. They... I'm going to be nice. And I'm not nice to the Patriots. I'm never nice to the Patriots. But I'm going to be nice. Your defense was really, really good. I mean, you add a good quarterback and a good receiver to this team, they're...

8 -9 wins possibly, like obviously with a young quarterback, if you get a better quarterback, you're looking at a player, you're possibly winning your division with how good this defense is. I mean this defense, they beat Buffalo, right? So that defense beat Buffalo. And I don't care, it's still Buffalo, it's still Josh I think they were the only team in NFL history.

to not give up 10 points in three straight games and lose all of those games. That's right. They did it against the Colts. They did it against... There was a Charger game where they lost 6 -0. Yes, I think it was the Chargers. And then... Let's have a look, It was... The Giants as well. They gave up 10 points. 10 -7. It was Bailey Zappi and Tommy Cutlands.

So I'm going to be nice and I'm going to give them a D because of your defense. I'll give them a D minus because when your offense is that bad, it doesn't matter. It was so hard. It was so embarrassing. And you never have thought, because you just figured with Belichick there, like, yeah, even if they don't have Brady, they've shown that they can be competent. And the first year with Mac Jones, anyway, they made the playoffs. They won 10 games. But the wheels just fell off.

Absolutely. Belichick's out and this is just... It's embarrassing. It's very different. It is. It's just weird to see Gerard Mayo taking over. But hey, you know, Belichick was 5 -11 his first year as a head coach with New England. So maybe... Maybe the expectations don't have to be too high the first year. He started and ended horribly. Yeah, interesting. His two worst seasons, two, you know, were his first and his last seasons. Interesting. Yeah. To the AFC North, the Baltimore Ravens.

Yeah? I'm going to let you do this one first. Well, like the regular season was an A. Maybe even an A plus because again, it was sexy, the blowouts, the great teams, but we have to factor in. And I'd love to factor in the first playoff game against Houston, which was a dud of a first half, although the defense didn't give up anything. I mean, the defense was really good, even against the Chiefs. Yeah, although I think it was deceptive to look and say, oh, 17 -10. But again,

Like when it mattered, when the Chiefs needed to set the tone, they went right down the field in those first two drives. So it's kind of like... But it's almost hard for me to penalize the Ravens for that. I don't think you can, because it's... Because it should be able to enough points, yeah. That's Patrick Mahomes, and you should, again, you should be able to score more than 17. If you were in the AFC title game at home, you should be scoring at least 17. I don't know how you know. I would say the...

I mean the regular season obviously you win the number one seed. You get everything you can possibly get. I feel like they still could have done more in the regular season. Losing to the Colts was unacceptable. That was unacceptable. That was a rough one. The theme has been, and it played true again, that I feel like they just didn't, as you like to say, they weren't battle tested. They didn't play many close games and most of their losses were close games.

And then they got this championship game where it was kind of a slug fan. All of a sudden, Lamar had to really, like they had to play catch up. It was the same thing against Tennessee a few years ago in the playoffs. That game reminded me a lot of it. It's different because the Titans weren't like a juggernaut or anything like that. Chiefs. But once they got the lead, it just felt like everything tightened up for the Ravens. No pun intended. Everything...

And so the playoffs definitely bring them down to an A -. But it's hard. You look at the numbers, they're great across the board. The defense was fantastic. Jackson was the MVP. They won 13 games. They had a home field. They had a five. And you made it to the AFC Championship. And you hosted for the first time in franchise history the AFC title game. Look, ultimately you lost to the Chiefs, which...

Also went on to win the suit. I that's also important. Yeah. So it's not that it's embarrassing. It's just very deflating. And it did expose that the Ravens were, they still had some issues that just didn't show themselves really in the regular season. And that's what happens a lot of times these teams. It just doesn't, the warts don't show up sometimes until crunch time. Yeah. The Cleveland Browns. Well, what's the saying about the Cleveland

Deshaun Watson is just... I don't even know what to say about Deshaun Watson. I mean, Joe Flacco comes in and takes your spot. Hell, who was the other guy? DTR was a better option. He was a better option in the Colts game than Deshaun Watson. I was happy that... I wasn't happy that Deshaun got hurt, but I was like... Or that he was thinking about coming back. But I was like, fuck man. I would really rather see Deshaun right now.

than DTR, than really anyone else. Because Deshaun Watson looked like one of the worst quarterbacks I've ever seen. And he had a couple, I think he did have a couple of good games where he looked a little bit more like himself. But there just wasn't, it wasn't there for him. And what can you say about this Cleveland team? I mean, you lose everyone, they still find a way to, they were the best wild card team. They were.

It's hard to knock them for what they did. It's hard to give them a bad grade. I can't really sit here and give them even a B. It feels like they should get an A. I'm giving them an A minus. Yeah. I think they gave up 19 fewer yards per game than the Chiefs. And we saw how good the Chiefs' defense

It was an incredible season in a lot of ways for the Browns, given everything that happened to them, quarterbacks, and the way they won some of those games, so not what we're used to seeing from the Browns. Un -Browns like the Hail Mary that pops off the guy's chest. Yeah, they lose those games. Of course. They actually lost a game like that to the Bears back in the day, I remember, so it was kind of funny to see it go their way. The postseason, obviously,

It was jarring to see a defense that good give up 45 to a rookie. Now two of them, there were two pick sixes. So really the defense wasn't totally to blame, but it just, it all kind of came apart at the seams. Flat Toe Magic ended. But I still think given, because I think a lot of it is about exceeding expectations. Stefanski, rightfully one coach of the year. The defense was fantastic. I don't know what.

I guess they have to go with Watson because they're paying him so much money and Flacco's not going to be the long -term answer. It's good that they have an insurance policy. But yeah, I think it was a great season for Cleveland. 11 wins and favored in a wild card. They were favored, right, against the Texans. I think they were. They were. They were. Yeah. I think they told the Browns fan that they'd have to take it given their history. I've seen some Daniel Jones for Deshaun.

That's right. Because they both have horrible contracts. Right. But you're getting a little bit more talent when it comes to Deshaun. So the Giants may say, we'll take it, we'll see, we'll ride it out and see what happens. And the Browns are like, we just want to get this fucking contract done. Yeah. We will take anyone just to get, I don't know what Daniel Jones has, but I know it's a lot of scaring teeth. Right. It's so much less scaring teeth. So I mean, a lot of people say no, because it's Daniel Jones, because they want to jump on Daniel Jones. I wouldn't mind it.

I mean, if I was a Browns fan, I would say, you know, this has been a cluster fuck of an experience with Deshaun. You know, maybe if I am a Deshaun fan, I would say, well, I want to see how he does. But even if I wasn't a Deshaun fan, I'll be like, you know, maybe it is just good to cut ties. We'll say stop. Like we're not doing this anymore and we'll leave. Yeah. And I think, I don't know if Deshaun seems like the guy that would be willing to readjust to go somewhere else.

I feel like he's just someone that's like, dude, I said you give me my money, I want my money. That's it. And obviously he could show differently. I'm not saying I'm, you know, not commenting on the guy's character. I'm not sure yet. But from what we've seen, I don't know if he's going to do that. The Pittsburgh Steelers, can we just give them a perennial like B minus? That's just the consistent, like 80%. They're right at the 80%. Because,

making the playoffs should get you a beat. Like that's a very, but like the way they do it is just so ugly. And, but again, they made it. Like they still got there. And even after losing to the Colts, which was a big one that they lost. Like that was like the, that should have been the nail in the coffin for them. Yeah. When they got hammered by the Colts. Yeah. That should just based on records. And then they ended up finishing ahead of the Colts. That's wow. Which is crazy, but they did. So.

I would say just a big minus. I think that's about right. I mean, they lost at home to New England and at home to Arizona. Yeah. Both four win teams, I think, or maybe Arizona won five. I don't remember. But Steelers were, it's funny because you look at the top teams in turnover margin and the Giants were tied with the Ravens. Giants got sacked 85 times. So all that great field position and then they kept going backwards. The Steelers were tied for third with New Orleans plus 11. But the question is, do they have their,

quarterback of the future. I think it's still too early to tell. I think you got to give him one year. I am a proponent of like you really should know within a couple of years. It's not quite like baseball where a guy can bounce around and then suddenly at 31 figure something out and become a great pitcher or something. I mean the Kenny Pickett either is or he isn't but I do think you need to give him this will be he'll be going into what year three? Yeah. Yeah. And yeah. Zero three. Injuries last year.

Rudolph's a free agent and they're moving on from Trubisky. So the question is, is there a veteran option out there or someone in the draft that's better than Pickett? I don't think so. What? I mean, like you don't want to blame Kenny Pickett for his surrounding, I mean, for what he has surrounded, surrounding him. I did not word that way. Can't blame him for a supporting cast. And I mean, that supporting cast is Deontay Johnson, who he is hot and cold. George Pickens, who,

who got really hot at the end of the year. He got hot but he can't keep his fucking mouth shut. He cannot do that. And Najee Harris, who looks like the slowest, fast running back I've ever seen, just cannot move, but somehow he does make it work when he gets cooking. Like when he gets cooking, he's moving. And Jalen Warren, who, I mean, who knows what he's gonna be. That could be just a flash in the pan. That could be a Tony Pollard type of thing that hopefully Pittsburgh does not do what Dallas did and go all in on.

Jaylen Warren, like they did with Tony Pollard. I really hope they keep Najee Harris. It doesn't make sense why the offense doesn't work. It really doesn't. They fired their coordinator, Matt Canada, who was the biggest terrorist in Philadelphia. That's pretty much what I heard. Yeah, but they got better for a little while.

And their defense was good and Tomlin was good and they even in the playoff game they hung in there with the girls because they were getting blown out it was like 21 -0 and then it was like 24 -17. Yeah they quietly were like... Yeah. So, but yeah once again Tomlin winning season, double digit wins, it does seem blasphemous. The worst 10 -win team ever? Maybe. Yeah. Probably, they have the worst everything ever. Yeah.

And it's really, I mean, they're the Pittsburgh Steelers. Like they are a historically very good franchise, consistent, had three head coaches in their entire, or in like the last, what, 50 years or something like that. It's Tomlin, Knoll, and Bill Kauer. Yeah. So like they're perennially very, very good, but they just can't put it together. Ever since really probably what, 2019?

They really can't get it together. Like 2020, they were that really bad, good team. But we knew who they were. I just, I don't understand why none of this is working. Maybe it is a Tomlin problem and you just have to say, we need to change the scenery. We need a new guy in here. Yeah, they're, I mean, they're a running team. They're physical team. I don't think they're, look, their defense is not as good as it was with the Maupolm all over the years and change. Absolutely not. That's not, you know.

So when we're trying to compare Kenny Pickett to Ben, I mean, yeah, Ben's certainly better and more proven at this point, but also carried by a lot better defenses. I don't know about a lot better, but better. I mean, they TJ Watt, now I get it, but this is not your steel curtain team and it's not even your 05 or 08 or 2010 stealer teams that made it or won the Super Bowl. So, yeah. And then the Cincinnati Bengals.

Nine and eight, I mean obviously going into this season, we were like they are top three. It's the Bills, Chiefs and Bengals, probably. Again, they finished nine and eight, but like, no, I mean can't blame them for the nine and eight because you lose Joe Burrow, that's your big piece. That is the number one, that's your make or break

I don't want to blame them, but I also want to blame them because why are you not more prepared for a Joe Burrow injury I guess? I mean Jake Browning was very good. He played pretty well, yeah. But the Chiefs, what's so good about the Chiefs and what was so good about the Patriots is they did have the contingency plan for when Brady goes down. Like the year Brady went down, they went 11 -5. And the only reason they didn't go to the playoffs was because their division was, or the wild card was really good.

Yeah, I mean, look, if the Chiefs had to go with Chad Henney for a whole year and he's retired now, but if they had to, they're not the Chiefs. They're different. No, no, they're not. And Blaine Gabbard, boy. The Bengals though, I thought the defense was more of a letdown, but because it's hard to judge, you know, when Burrow goes out, it's hard to really judge. I think Browning was solid. He was solid. I was not the problem. I mean, it was the problem not to have Joe Burrow, but...

And that's more of my issue, where it's like, you are so reliant on this guy. Like you are so 100 % like, even if like, no matter how good, if Browning plays out of his mind, he's not going to live up to what you need from Joe Burrow on offense. And I mean, again, I mean, the Patriots weren't the Patriots without Brady when Castle came in, but they were still enough. Like they were prepared with the surrounding pieces. They were more prepared for it.

But again, this was a team that got to the Super Bowl also because of a great defense. They had the second worst defense in the league last year. Now some of that you can attribute to not having your quarterback because it affects the defense. But they gave up 375 yards a game last year. I mean, that's just, that's not what we've grown accustomed to seeing. The Bengals have been really good. It's not like Burrow has been winning every game 38 to 36 for them. You know, their defense was a big part of their Super Bowl run.

And they actually, and this is, I find this even weirder that they only went nine and eight. You know, they had a plus 10 turnover differential. So they were efficient and had pretty consistent quarterback play through the whole year, but their defense was so bad that they, maybe that it just, it kind of washed that out a little bit. So I don't know. I expect them to be better. They did lose DJ Reader, but he's a free agent. I don't know. I think that's more in the head scratcher.

So I give them a C, just a straight up C. Yeah, I think a C is pretty fair. I mean, it's, again, it's hard to judge these teams when you lose those big pieces. Right. AFC South. Houston Texans A+. That's it. You win a playoff game. Yeah, you go from three wins to a division champion, rookie quarterback. Absolutely. Defensive rookie of the year, and you win the playoff game against, I mean, you kick the shit out of the Browns. Not even just win. You kick the shit out of them.

A plus, however many pluses I can get, that might be my highest grade. We owe it to the Texans after being pretty hard on them going into the playoffs. Jacksonville Jaguars. Oh, and I wanted to point out, Houston does have a decent amount of cap space too. It would be interesting to see how aggressive they are at this awesome. I think they've got to capitalize on this. I was extremely glad to see CJ Stroud hanging out with the Kardashians and then also hanging out with Amber Rose, I think. I don't remember.

Don't know what that is, but bold prediction. You'll see Houston on Thursday night football just kick off the season at Aramad, just as they were in 2020 after the Chiefs got the Thursday night game. That's my prediction. You can actually bet there's a site that actually offers betting lines on it. They have the Chargers as the favorite and then the Ravens. I really hope I don't see the Chargers. I don't think they send me the Chargers. I don't know. I don't like divisional matchups to start.

No, I think Houston makes the most sense. The Networks get to save Bengals and Ravens. Hold on, they're not getting the Thursday Night Game though, right? Because the Eagles are opening it up. No, that's Friday. But I think they're opening it up on Friday. No, I think they're Or are they still doing it on Thursday? Because I saw someone that said they're opening up the NFL season with the Brazil game. So, I'm not sure. They're opening the schedule for the Eagles. That's what they made. Jacksonville Jaguars.

Hilarious, so funny, makes me laugh because the Jaguars fans have been so fucking high on their horse all off season. We're the best. We are the royalty of the AFC South because we have Trevor Lawrence. Well, I'm going to tell you, Jaguars fans, Trevor Lawrence is not Andrew Luck. He will never save you. And the Jacksonville Jaguars went nine and eight when this was their division. Everyone gave them the division before the season started.

They were like, let's, it doesn't even make sense to play the games. Just give it to them, eliminate the other teams, and then we'll see how the Jax fare in the playoffs. Just give them the four seed like the AFC South always gets. They go nine and eight, they blow, I want to say like a four or five game division lead with like five to go. Weren't they like six and two? I think they started six and two or something. They did the exact same thing the Titans did last year.

They did the exact same thing and I'm hoping that the cycle will come around to the cults because Jaguars do it to the Titans, Houston does it to the Jaguars, and now it has to be the cults do it to Houston. And then eventually it's going to come back around and the Titans will do it to the cults because that's what I expect from my sad team. At one point the Jags were, let's see...

One, they actually started one and two to start the year because they lost at Houston. But then I think they won. They won one, two, three, four, five. They won five in a row. Six and two. And then they lost to San Francisco. So they started six and two, lost San Francisco six and three. They hammered by San Francisco. And I think that started to kind of...

They started to leak some oil after that. That was a little bit of a leak. It looks like they went out, hammered Tennessee, and then they played that really great game against Houston, where Fairbairn hit the crossbar to tie the game. Oh, yeah. No, it wasn't Fairbairn, was it? Or was it a bad it Matt Amandola or something. Maybe it was Amandola. Yeah. And by the way, their best defensive player is a free agent, Josh Allen. I've touched on the other Josh Allen. Calvin Ridley, also free agent. I they got to decide about...

maybe franchising one of those. Those are two big names. Do they? Oh no, Calvin Ridley was the gambling guy. I thought they had another guy coming back that was a gambler. I mean, you could honestly point to San Francisco, but then they did go out and kick the shit out of the Titans. You could point to that Houston game as the official, like they won that game, that was the unravel.

that was like we wanted a high emotion game against a team that we think shouldn't be here. And now we're doubting ourselves because then they went and they lost to Cincinnati. They lost. That was a tough one. And Lawrence got hurt in that game. He definitely did not look, and he had a shoulder injury and he did not look right. Well he shouldn't have come back to play.

Against Cleveland, he should not have come back. Right. And then they lost to the Ravens, which... But that was, I think we all kind of knew, it was like, yeah, if they lose this game it's not that big of a deal. Then they lost to the Bucs, they got hammered by the Bucs. They did, right. And the battle for I -4, I think is what Yeah, and then they beat Carolina, big deal, but they looked really off in that last game against Tennessee, and they didn't get destiny in their hands. They didn't look good against Carolina. Even though they beat them 26 -0, they offensively looked horrible.

Right, because I was watching that game very closely. But this is, I mean, I don't know where you can, I don't know what disasters are for Jags fans, but this has to be close to one of the worst disasters they've had. Just collapses in team history. I would give them like, I mean a D minus, because the only reason it's not an F, because you started the season so well, I guess.

I wouldn't go that far. I think I'd give him a C minus because I think the expectations were high. But I think realistically there had to be a little bit of a regression to the meat. And not to make excuses for Lawrence because I think he has to take some of the blame. But I do think that injuries, plural, definitely affected him a little bit. He didn't look right. His throws were off. I mean, a solid season. I mean, you know, he topped 4 ,000 yards. But it just...

maybe it's the same question the Steelers had, why didn't that work? The Jaguars had weapons they have what they think is their franchise quarterback, they got a solid running back. Their defenses. It was good, I think it was a little more middle of the pack than we would have thought. But yeah, I don't know, you just wonder if you're right, did Lawrence rush back and does that...

Does it just sit we've got a sense of panic too that sets in because the quarterback first but oh my god We have to win like we can't give this guy well, I think because that happened last year I think Lawrence did get hurt at some point last year and he rushed back, but they turned it around right It was and I think they were thinking oh, we're gonna be able to do the same thing But where I maybe there was the pressure maybe there was a pressure of where kind of the favorites now like we Can't lose this

versus we have nothing else to lose. I do think Doug Peterson's still a pretty good coach, but I think he's got to prove that last year was a fluke. Because if they have another mediocre season, then you got to start wondering if he's the guy. And I like Lawrence, but I do think he kind of, I don't know if it's just because he's big, there's more of him, but it feels like he's more injury prone. Yeah. I always felt that about Rathasberger, but the guy was so absurdly tough. He's never got hurt. I mean, he was so big and strong. Lawrence is big, but you feel like he's just, I don't know, like he's...

more likely to get hurt than other quarterbacks. I wasn't big on Jacksonville to start the year, so I feel very validated. I was like, why are we talking about this team like it's some monster? Weeks two and three, they had a chance to prove that they were up to snuff against the Chiefs and they didn't get in the end zone. They lost 17 -9 and then they got hammered by Houston. And then they did turn it around, but sometimes it's hard to ignore those games, even if you win some games after.

Yeah. The Colts. You take this one. What do I say about these Colts, man? I mean, listen, they, they, I thought they were going to win five games this year and they didn't. They won, they won nine games, could have won 10. I mean, you think there's, there's a few games where chips fall differently. You're 10, maybe 11, maybe you win the division. I thought it was going to be a Houston and Indy race at the beginning of the year. I was like, I don't really see Tennessee doing anything.

I thought I didn't think Tennessee was going to be that bad, but I really was not high on Jacksonville. I did, I think, actually I'm going to take that back. I did say that Jacksonville would win the division, but they would win it at like a nine and eight, eight and nine, bad record. They sneak in. Um, the Colts, I would say, I mean, this is overall very successful year. I would say like an A minus just because they didn't win that final game. You have.

to win the final game for me to get an A+. And it, I mean obviously it would have flipped, it would have been Houston A - and the Colts A +, if that happened. But the Colts aren't beating Cleveland. It's not happening. No. No. I don't think they would have beat Cleveland. They went into that kind of limping a little bit. I'll give them a...

I'll give them a B +, I think the exceeding expectations. They just played a lot of fun games. Like one of those seasons, I'm sure, where... mean, the Cleveland game earlier. That was one of the most fun games of the year. The Ravens game was wild, and the Tennessee game, there was like a block punt, and they won it all the time. Two straight blocked, or technically the second one wasn't a block punt. It was technically a fumbled snap that was returned, but we called it. I mean, we're gonna call it a block punt. Yeah, so...

I think if you can do that with Gardner Minshew and I'm curious to see where he ends up because he's a free agent, right? Yeah, I hope he goes like New England. I think he would work well. For some reason, especially with those new uniforms that they have. It's not the Brady ones. They look Gardner Minshew -ish. I don't know about his ability to play in the cold. I mean, he struggles to get his hand around the ball anyways. I just wonder if a team like Pittsburgh would bring him in.

to compete with. They Because Minchu is kind of like the modern Ryan Fitzpatrick. You plug him in. But to his credit, and Fitzpatrick had a year like this with the Jets where he can get you through almost the whole season. I want to say they won like 10 games. The did win 10 games and this Colts team won nine. The Jets came up just short the last week of that season and the Colts came up just short.

I'm kind of intrigued to see if Pittsburgh brings him in. I don't know why I could just see that. Maybe the uniform thing doesn't work. But I think he would fit. I don't know if he would work in that yellow. I don't know if it fits, especially the long hair. The long hair. They don't have a beard policy like the Yankees do. Yeah. know, like Brett Keisel had the craziest mountain man beard, if you look him up. But he's a tough guy. He's a very high energy, tough guy. I don't know.

If I had to predict where he'd go, that would be one of the places I would choose. The NFL does not, it can't survive without Gardner Mentsch. It can't. Just like it couldn't survive without Ryan Fitzpatrick. Right. We need those types of guys in The torch has been passed. Yeah, to make it fun, to make it just interesting overall. Mentsch who lives in Naples and plays fucking pickleball in the offseason. He lives in a van in Naples. A van? And he works out at like the local crunch or something.

and then he goes and plays pickleball against all the old ladies at the... Wow. Yeah. Wow. I might have to venture down. I was going to say, yeah. We can venture and go find him. Yeah. Well, you played with Urban Meyer, didn't you? Was that pickleball? Played one game. One game. Yeah, pickleball. Interesting. Well, and it reminds me that there was a picture named Daniel Norris with the Tigers. He also lived in a van in the off season. Quirky guy. Van life is expensive, man.

I've looked it up. I've been curious. Maybe I could do the show, traveling, podcast go around, different places. It's like 50 grand to convert a van. If you want it nicer, I would rather have something nice to do that. I'm not spending 50 grand on a van. But Gardner can. Hopefully he gets a big contract. He has to get a starting job. I feel like he has to because...

especially what they did like what he was able to do to be able to come in there midseason when Anthony Richardson was the big shiny new toy and most Colts fans were like oh brother we have Gardner Minshew now like that that's that shows something like that has to show for something right for him so I hope he gets a starting job somewhere maybe I mean hell he could go to Vegas Vegas needs a quarterback yeah interesting one Denver

Denver, we don't know what's going on with them. I mean, you could see... Tampa, Baker Leaves, you know? Tampa, New Orleans? Maybe? Maybe, maybe. It kind of goes in there with like the Pittsburgh thing a little bit. So... And then Tennessee. Tennessee Titans. I mean, this was... Honestly, I think this is kind of what all the Titans fans expected. I can't imagine they would have expected a great year. Derrick Henry, quietly, very good year.

He was so, he was second in the league in rushing first. Wow. Which is insane. He was, I feel like I didn't hear anything from him, but he just found a way to do it. And it wasn't Derek Henry -esque, but he still did it. I think, I mean, obviously they're going into a big rebuild. I can't imagine they're going to bring back Henry. They're going to keep Levis as you should expect, but they brought in a yes man as a head coach. I bet you variables. That's sad.

Well, I don't know. Somebody probably wanted to rebuild and the other person, either the owner or the coach said no. And that was the difference. Yeah. I will give Tennessee, and they won six games. A lot of us had like a couple good showings. So I feel like a C minus is pretty fair when it comes to this. That's what I would give them. Kansas F?

The regular season maybe, yeah. I mean you could make a case for like a C when it comes to the regular season, especially the way they won those games. Like it wasn't pretty at all, it wasn't Patrick Mahomes -esque, but they won 11 games, they won the Super Bowl, so it's an A +, because you win the Super Bowl, you get an A +, no matter what. That's just, is what it is. Yeah, well I think the defense gets the A +, I think maybe the offense gets an A-, or a B+. I mean,

I don't think people were aware enough of that going into the playoffs. I know started to get talked about in the postseason, but even going in, it was like, oh my God, does anyone realize that Patrick Mahomes has an elite defense? Like that combination alone, not forget the receivers, but...

Forget the other issues. Forget the other issues. The line was really good. The offensive line, despite all their holding penalties, they found a way to mostly keep the homes upright. They did not have a holding penalty in any of the Super Bowls. That's a little, I don't know. It's the benefit of the doubt, I guess. Really. Yeah, and we were talking about it when we walked in. I mean, just terrifying to think if they go out and get a big play receiver. It just goes like Patriots, Randy Moss kind of deal.

Yeah, I think between Jones and Snead, if they don't reach a long -term deal with Jones, they're not going to tag him. So then you wonder about that. But if they do reach a long -term deal with Jones relatively soon, they could tag Snead and maybe still have money to get a receiver. I mean, that's, again, frightening to think that barring injuries, a three -peat, I mean, they are the favorite for the three -peat. I don't know. No one wants to see it. We don't. But they do have some other guys that...

Depart but it can't it doesn't feel like it matters as long as they have you know my homes Reed and Kelsey Yeah, Chris Jones and a few guys on defense feels like they can plug and play they're gonna figure something again And they still have spags and they still have Andy Reed and it's like yeah, they locked him up to a three -year deal It's bag this fast this past. Yeah. Well, I don't think it was a terrible head coach. At least he did a terrible job with the Rams But I think they locked up their offensive coordinator too. So they're keeping that nagging that court is a nagging

Well, it's not the enemy and Aggie was the, was, unless he's the quarterback's coach, I think it's, yeah, and he's the offensive coordinator. Uh, then who did they lock up? Because it's Bad Nolo. I know, I know they locked him up, but I, they did lock someone else up. Um, oh, Dave Tau, special teams coordinator. That's who it is. That's who I saw. I heard that name. You guys must have been around a long time then. Yeah, originally working as this, okay, wow.

They still didn't have Dante Hall. Back when the Chiefs were rootable with Trent Green, Tony Gonzalez, Dante Hall had them incredibly. He was Devin Hester just before Devin Hester was. That was when returns, I mean he still returned puns, but that was when kick returns were a big part of Congrats to Devin Hester on Hall of Fame. He did get voted in on Ed O 'Fell honors. Good for him. I don't know how it hasn't happened sooner when you are the undoubtedly greatest player in that position.

you have to be voted out. I do want to unfortunately point out another thing that the Chiefs have. I mean, you've got Justin Tucker, but then Harrison Bucker is probably the second best kicker in football. Yeah. Hey, hardcore anti -vax, so he ain't signing up for any of the Kelsey Visor apps. He hits 57 yarder in the pool. Mr. Visor. Yeah, I mean, my god. When we were talking about this, it's...

It's a little easier to root for a dynasty when they just kind of built from the ground up and came from the ground. The chiefs were always right there. They just kind of needed the Patriots to be out of the way. They needed Peyton Manning to be out. Now it is smooth sailing. And it's like, we were talking about how the Dodgers do that in baseball, but like, say what you want. I mean, even when the Patriots started their dynasty, remember they were kind of mediocre for a few years. They were good, but they had a horrible year, Belchuk's

first year.

And I was like, where did this come from? Five and 11, and now they're gonna win three out of the next four Super Bowls. But yeah, I'm give the Chiefs an A+. The head coach before Bill Belichick, Pete Carroll, which is the most memorable clip from his time there was when, I wanna say it was, Buffalo refused to line up for the extra point and they just ran it in. Oh, I love that, yeah. Yeah, it was a Hail Mary or something, or no, it wasn't a Hail Mary, it was a pass interference.

It was very controversial and the Patriots scored on an untimed play and they didn't come out with the extra points so they lined up, they did the whole proper lineup and the military takes the handoff and runs it out. Imagine that the spread was like, I don't know, but imagine the spread was like three and a half. That like you lose it from that. That's when the NFL rigged things. Yeah, yeah. But there was no social media. You had to call some bookie who was probably part of the mafia to get your bets in back

then.

And you know, you get your scores from the phone line. Oh my God, you know, like so. Yeah. Las Vegas. This, I mean... Tale of two seasons. Yeah, literally two seasons. You could do an F and then... F yeah. I would just go with right down the pipe. I'm actually going to give them a C plus because they did give some teams some trouble down the stretch.

Like I said, they tried their best to place the cheats. They did play spoiler at times. AP gets signed to the head coaching job, so they make the right decision, and I think that should be a part of their grade in making that decision. So I would give them a C plus for that. I'll give them a B minus just for the way that they rallied under. Well, it's sort of like, you

know...

we like to give second chances in society and the Raiders realized finally, better late than never that they made a great mistake hiring Josh McDaniels as head coach and hiring Jimmy Garoppolo, now suspended quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo. Yeah, I hope he gets another job. Yeah, I don't know, I don't think he, you know, wasn't like domestic abuse, I think it was a substance abuse thing. I don't know if he was just popping Viagra in the locker room or what, but he just didn't, you know,

He just didn't get the job done for the Raiders. I don't think Aiden O 'Connell is the answer. There's no way that they can roll forward. If they're going to be serious, they have to go draft or at least maybe Gardner Minshew, like you said. At least to hold down the fort. Kirk? Maybe Kirk. I there's a thought. They're get 28 million a year, but yeah. I mean, I think Kirk is staying in Minnesota because they brought him back for a game and he was shirtless. Shirtless, that's right. Doing whatever they do on the Sunday night game on New Year's Eve. Yeah.

The Raiders, yeah, I just, well Josh Jacobs is a free agent, right? That's a guy I think they gotta get back, because the Raiders wanna have this attitude, they wanna run the ball, they wanna run hard. I don't know what kind of money he's gonna command, and he's had a little bit of trouble staying on the field. I mean, he finished 25th in Rush Yards this year, but he's the kind of guy that like, when he's healthy and he's going, I'd be curious.

I think, yeah, I think, as always, for most teams, quarterback's a big issue, but they really, at the end of the year, they play tough against the Colts, and I think they ended the year with a win against Denver, if I'm not mistaken. I they beat the Broncos at end of the year. Yes, they beat the Chiefs, actually they won, they beat the Chargers and the Chiefs. That 63 to 21 game. Although they did lose the game three -hull. Oh, that's right, to the Mikey. That was the one before they put up 63. Right, but three of their last three wins in four weeks were all against Division opponents.

It's always a good time. That includes a road win against the team that didn't lose after that. Yeah. So. And the Super Bowl championship. Yeah. Denver. Eight and nine again. Eight and eight. No, eight and nine. Were they eight and nine? Mm -hmm. They lost that final game to Vegas. Right. Right. I was thinking they were nine and eight. But this was a tale of three seasons. Yeah. The start was horrendous. Sean Payton.

Literally said I've never seen a worse coaching job and then actually lost to the Jets and also just has a worse coaching job against the Dolphins. Yes, that's what I got me. That's what I'm getting. It's time to get 70. I'm pretty sure it's a score. Yeah. And then they kind of found their footing. They beat Buffalo, right? They started to. There was a thought of like, oh man, like maybe maybe Denver is going to find it. They rattled off.

Five straight wins and they lose to Houston in a close one and then they beat the Chargers in a pretty decisive game but then that Saturday night game against Detroit was like the, it's over. Yeah, I think the Christmas Eve night against New England at home, you know, losing that game and I think that was the last game Russell Wilson played, right? Because Stidham played the last two games. Yeah, and then basically I think it was...

Really, I think it was after that Chiefs game where they said, Russ, we don't want you to play anymore. I think that's when all that discourse started, was after the Chiefs game that they lost back in... the 19 -8 that game? No, when they won, when they won, sorry, after they beat the Chiefs. when they beat them. 24 -9. That was, it was right after that game that I think that started. Yeah, because they had a bye after that, and then they went and beat Buffalo. They made a couple of absurdly...

weird close wins against Buffalo of Minnesota and then they blew Cleveland out. So I would sit, like I don't want to be too different from Vegas because they kind of had somewhat of the same season, but I would probably sit at a C -minus just based on how they handled the Russell Wilson thing at the end. Yeah, I would give them a C because it was so ugly in the beginning, but they did start one and five and then they found a way to contend and they...

It's just, yeah, there's a lot of disconnect. I'm not a big Sean Payton fan. Oh, I just find that. I just don't get, you know, I understand he won, you know, as a Super Bowl winning coach, which there aren't many. I was thinking through this in my head today. What was it like five, six, maybe seven? Active. Active winning head coaches. And if you just go back like Tomlin, Harbaugh, McCarthy, Payton, you know, Reid's won a bunch. Peterson's still coaching. Yeah.

But you know, some of the guys that have won recently are retired. Like, Kupiak doesn't have a job. Coaching, that covers six of them right there. Ariane stepped down. I guess that's based on coaches. So you know, with seven or, I think seven active coaches. The Bounty Gate thing just really did. And just how cocky Peyton is now. He's got a hot new young wife. He's showing up at Nuggets games on the side, you know, sitting in court society.

He's just become a little full of himself. And the stuff that he said about Nathaniel Hackett, I thought, even though it was a terrible season bracket, I thought that was pretty, pretty classy for coach to do that. Especially an established coach. Maybe you're a young coach, you come in, you're all cocky, like something like Sid Gannon or something would say that. You'd be like, oh, okay, we'll forgive it. You don't expect that from a guy like Sean Payne. He's supposed to be all class. So I, I don't know. Eight wins. They did beat the Chiefs. They got that winning, they snapped that losing streak, but.

My homes had the flu that day, so. All right, we're going to have to get cooking on this because we're already out, right? Yeah. That's what we do. We get stuff packed easy. Yeah. Well, that's podcast. Yeah, yeah. What's football? We love talking football. Chargers. F. F, F, F, F, F, F, F. So ugly. Staley having a job at the beginning of the year. That's an F. That right there, you couldn't. And then they didn't get any better. Yeah. They really

didn't.

What were the, I wonder what their wins were. I think they beat like Chicago. They beat Minnesota. Minnesota, Vegas, Chicago, the Jets. New England 6 -0. They finished the year 1 -8. So they were 4 -4 after they beat the Jets. Okay, so I'm looking at this right now. They, I remember this now. They held tough with Tennessee and Miami. I remember that. And then they won those next two. And it was like, okay, they're going to figure it out. And then they lose to...

to Dallas, but that was a close one to that Monday night game. Kansas City. Kansas City. And then they beat the Bears and the Jets. And then it felt like, okay, maybe they'll figure it out. And then I remember that Lions game. And then the Packers game, that was the one where I was like, I officially despise Brandon Staley's personality as a human being. Oh, he's such a name. I mean, the form down stuff was ridiculous. Well, him just saying the defense did their job and they gave up 100 on the ground and 300 in the air.

Jordan he was like I don't know what you're talking about the defense did there I'll never I will never forget him saying that like I'll probably say that and like our the ping -pong league like press conference if we lose the game I'll be like listen the defense did their job. I don't know what you want me to do right? I mean the fact that they actually had a slightly better point differential than the Broncos did it's shocking or just well you can assure just a terrible I mean hopefully for them hardball turns it around yeah

NFC Dallas 12 and 5 again. Yeah 12 wins every year Can I I'm just gonna give him a C because this is becoming Dallas Cowboys Experience C for cowboy. Yeah, exactly. I'll give him a C plus because they had somebody And they were you know, but then when it mattered they fell flat on their face against it Packers Philly

tale of two seasons indeed. How do we even want to grade? It's so hard to grade this one because they came in expecting, they did what they expected for 12 weeks really because of the buy. Yeah. 11 weeks. They did what they were expected to do and then they collapsed at the end. So I would like they made the playoffs but and obviously like a lot of Super Bowl hangovers are also expected too.

Usually it goes the other way though. The hangover happens in the beginning. And then they figure it out. Yeah. They also had a plus five point differential compared to the Dallas plus one ninety four point differential. And then the other two teams are minus one forty one and minus one eighty nine. So I don't I have no clue what to think of Philly. I'm going to give

them.

Like a C -? Yeah, I'm going to give them a C. Yeah, I think a C - actually sounds right. They were winning close games against good teams. I mean, their last couple wins before... That cheap state? Yeah, before their big collapse started, the three wins were Dallas, and they had to buy Kansas City and Buffalo.

And they were close wins, but when you have that many, when you're 10, if you have close wins and you're like five and one, you might be like, that's a fluke. They were 10 and one, and then blasted by San Francisco, blasted by Dallas in front of the whole world. Lost that game late to Seattle, escaped the Giants on Christmas, lost to Arizona, which we watched, they got pushed around in that game, even though they only lost by four on a late touchdown. Hammered by the Giants, hammered by the Bucs in the playoff game. It got really ugly.

the Eagles really quick really ugly well and what's funny is they they played two close games in Washington too they did that is the area's to Washington seems to be their bugaboo right because they beat him when they were undefeated in 2022 yeah so yeah and then the Giants gave him a could have maybe swept them right they the Giants almost came back from

think like 17 down on Christmas. And then kick the absolute shit out of him on week 18. Like that was, I don't even think the score indicates. How bad it was. Just how bad that was. And setting them up to go into the playoffs and then the same thing happened against the Bucs. And then the Giants, 6 -11, Daniel Jones gets hurt early, Tommy Cutlets, baby. I mean, his agent screwed him over though when it came to that pizza place. Did you hear about that story? Something like he didn't make the appearance or something? Well he...

After the Green Bay game? Yeah, when they won against Green Bay on Monday night at Doubleheader, the agent went radio silent on this pizza place and came back the next day and was like, yeah, we need more money to come. And then everyone thought it was, including me, I apologize for this already, but everyone assumed it was Tommy Cutlets, him just pulling the strings.

Realistically, we should know a lot of the stupid things these guys do probably on their publicist, by their agent. And the agent is also in the Italian -American Sports Hall of Fame, which is a shocker. But I guess he's been involved, I guess he's been in the game for a long time, you've never heard of him.

until now. I guess. I think the Giants, regression was expected. But not this bad. Well, they dropped off three wins, which that in and of itself is not, but you're right, it was the way they even 85 sacks, they had a minus 141 point differential. But at the same time, they won some games they weren't so close They were three and three in the division. Yeah, well, Washington was two of those wins. But they, yeah, they beat the Eagles, but they scrapped and clawed

But yeah, so like I said, it was just so bizarre. By far, the most sacks ever, most sacks in the league this year, I think the most sacks ever given up, but they also led the league in turnover differential, tied with the Ravens. So I'm giving them a C minus, because it was still very disappointing given that they won a playoff game last year. But I think I expected a little more. I mean, obviously you expect regression with, especially this, I mean, it felt like. Yeah, because they had a surprise season last year. Yeah.

I would say like a D minus because this was, it was like so embarrassingly bad. In the beginning it was. They, they sort of studied it a little bit. They did. They figured things out. Yeah. Kind of the opposite of the Eagles. And then the commanders. Oh my God. That's an F. The commanders also, they started two and one. So they finished two and 12. They finished one and 10. One and 10 too. So just really, really bad. Just.

Disgusting and blown out in most of it in a lot of those not competitive Yeah, and you really feel for Sam Howell because there was times like there was a discussion around Sam Howell of hey this guy's actually like a good gunslinger like if he really gets the right guy he could figure it out and just They I don't even know what's it traded away Montez sweat Traded away chase young which chase young ended up being somewhat of a liability for the 49ers. I

I in the running at least six or three points up more allowed allowed more than the next worst team, which is Arizona. Their defense was pitiful. Doesn't even begin to describe the fire. Jack Del Rio. I think after that Thanksgiving day, they left the back to back weeks or they gave up 45 to Dallas and Miami. Um, horrifically bad defense. I know they're bringing in Cliff Kingsbury and they should go quarterback in the draft, but I got, they got to fix the defense. It's embarrassing. Yeah. NFC North.

The Detroit Lions, 12 and five, first time ever winning the division. 14 and six, Cali never plus. I don't want to get, I can't give them an A plus. Right, because we did expect, I picked them to go to the NFC Championship game. Which they did. They got it. Had them losing to San Francisco, yeah. So I'm not sure, yeah, I don't know how to properly grade this. I feel like an A minus is better, especially for the way they lost. Like the way you lose that NFC Championship game.

Yeah.

If you go out there and you get your ass kicked just for the whole 60 minutes, it's almost better to me. Because it's like, they'll be like, okay, well, we'll be back. Like, we know we'll be back. This was our first time in the playoffs. We're a young team, but like, you're there. Like, you are literally 30 minutes from the Super Bowl. I know, I know. It's 24 to seven and a half. But they had a really good season. I think it all started with a fake punt on the Thursday night game against the Chiefs. Campbell, you know...

do or die or what's the word a damn if you do I don't know what expression he was gonna just ride or die the whole guy he was gonna do that and he did it and it's your respect I mean it was fault in the championship game but it worked out on a lot of occasions here change the culture of the Lions and you know if Josh Reynolds doesn't drop a couple passes who knows I know Campbell's under fire because bad decisions they had a they have fantastic see me that you know if anything they were they were the ones who were they were trying almost

not get too complacent because they had that division wrapped up and it kind of got a little close the last few weeks. We don't really realize it. But they found another gear. They got that win over the Rams, which they probably didn't deserve to win that game, but they did and then they beat the Bucs. I think it was borderline between A and A -. It was just nice to see it. I hope the Lions can prove that wasn't a fluke. Green Bay Packers. Again, I would...

Are they next year's Lions? Yeah, I mean they very well could be. I would say this was also quietly a good decision. These teams very quietly found their way to win some football games later in the year. Green Bay just made that run. That's what Green Bay does. They found a way. I would probably give them a B +, because I don't want to give them the same grade as Detroit. Obviously we had completely different expectations for

Yeah, but I would say a B plus you win a playoff game in Dallas. Oh, I mean destruction. Yeah, but then the way you kind of lose in San Francisco. The Lions can attest to that. Yeah. Yeah. I mean that one, but that at least wasn't like a seven point lead. It a, yeah, he missed a field goal. It was a couple plays that a young team didn't, but again, if Jordan Love, if this is not a fluke.

They could be really good next year. Yeah, I don't want anyone to get it mistaken. This was a win of a season for this team. Just because it's a B -plus doesn't mean it's not a win. Yeah, and they fired... what was it? Their defensive coordinator? Joe Barry? Was he the defensive coordinator? I assume he was. Well, now he's the... Yeah, Packers fired the defensive coordinator. And there were times when the defense looked really bad, but at other times,

They had stretches of games where they took over. They did a great job. Remember they beat the Chiefs on Sunday night? That was kind of the moment. It was Detroit on Thanksgiving first and then the Chiefs. Then they lose to the Giants. Kind of what you expect from a young team. A couple really high moments. They beat good teams and then they let down and they got hammered at home by Tampa Bay. They squeaked by Carolina but then they...

They gave up a ton to get They gave up 30 points to a Panthers team that got shut out the last two games. So very up and down, buddy, right? B plus. But they're the youngest team in the league. So that's expected. And Jordan Love's got experience now. If he stays healthy, like Aaron Jones when he was healthy, the way he ran.

I think I'm going to change. I'm going to go to an A - because the more I talk about it, I think they deserve it bit. Well look, they finished strong. They were 2 and 5 at one point. 3 and 6 actually. And ended the year 10 -9. So, I'll still give them a B+. Minnesota, 7 and 10. This was one of those everything kind of goes wrong. And then obviously you had the Pastronaut for a couple weeks. What a crazy time that was.

We were debating if fucking Josh Jobs was like the next quarterback of the future. But he's not. But I would say seven wins, they started what, one, they started 0 and 3, correct? Yeah, 1 and 4. 1 and 4. 1 and 5, then they were 6 and 4. Yeah. But then the wheels kind of fell off. So three seasons, tail of three seasons. Maybe, I think a C - is pretty...

Yeah, fair. I don't know why they experimented with that guy Hall against Green Bay. That was a total failure. And then Chicago. So you have the number one pick no matter what. That's a win in it right there. That is the number one thing that you care about this season. They also quietly had a small shot at the playoffs. I mean, they started horrible. They started 0 -4 and they also started...

one and five after the Viking game and then two and seven at one point two and seven at one point but then they started to rattle some off they had a that that commander's game on Thursday night was I mean they looked unstoppable well and it was it was it was who is who is it either the Bears woke up or the commanders are just horrendous yeah we figured it out but I mean look you look at the games like they beat Atlanta they they

You know, they hung in there with Green Bay in the last game of the season. Beat Arizona, not an accomplishment. Hung in there with the Browns, obviously. Beat the Lions, beat the Vikings in that horrible Monday night game. Probably the worst Monday night game I've ever seen. Oh, the 12th to 10th, yeah. Yeah. You lose to the Lions again, but a real close game, and I mean, you barely beat the Panthers. Again, I mean, it was a bearish season. Like, what can you say about it? It's a C -.

for me, you know, win seven games, that is moving forward for you, right? They won what, three last year, two? Three, I think, yeah. Three, I mean, I think they started two and one as well, which was hilarious. Yeah, that sounds right. But look, they ended up as the second best rushing team. Yeah. A lot of that is fields running the ball, but second best rushing attack, so they're not, I don't think they're gonna keep fields, but there's something there. There is something there. And, and...

I think they should keep Fields, but I would understand if you want to move to Caleb Williams, which you could see Justin Fields in Tampa, which we'll talk about, Tampa Bay, 9 and 8, Baker Mayfield should have won comeback player leader for stuff. Absolutely should have. It's really gross that he didn't. Joe Flacco played five regular season games. How are we doing then?

But Tampa went, you know, they won their division. They weren't expected to do anything. I would say this is an A plus for them. Same, they are the NFC Texans. Yeah. Basically. Cause you know, they weren't expected to do anything. They win their division. They even win a playoff game over that Eagles team that just collapsed under their own, under their own gravity basically. Um, but A plus for the, for the Bucks. This was.

their best season since winning the Super Bowl? Yeah, I mean I'm giving them an A - but I would say that you wouldn't have thought they would have won more games with Baker than Brady. And they won a playoff game which they kind of hammered last year in the playoffs. They've got some decisions to make though in free agency. Are they going to be able to bring Baker back? Mike Evans is gone, probably. Yeah, I can't imagine they're going to be able to. I don't think they are. You know, guys they've got Levante David's a free agent, Antoine Winfield. You know, they're still in that transition period. So,

You were the one that, you're not a big Todd Bowles fan, kind of with you after that whole thing where you didn't use the timeout. I don't know how he saw us as a general. But, I mean, they did win a playoff game and they were in running maybe to get to the NFC Championship, so I guess you gotta give them another year. New Orleans, the other side of 9 and 8. Such just right... Just mediocre. Mediocrity. I that at the same time. Jinx, yeah.

Just so yeah, and and they're in cap. Hell they have the according to the they've been in a hotel for the last Ten years since the Super Bowl it feels like every yeah, I mean it's been I don't know how weird is that mean is that cuz I was or something some no clear way back paying dead money I mean, I'm guessing that they had to be paying a lot of dead money at this point if Yeah, yeah, no, well They are not Tennessee apparently is the most that money looks like New Orleans actually has a

not a lot of dead money so I don't know who's their money tied up in all these contracts. They only have 2 .8 million in dead money. Trey Quann Smith and Bradley Roby. They are dead money. Oh, there's a lot of dead money in their guys and the current players they have though.

Well, I mean, Carr is making an averaging 37 and a half million and he's just, I mean, Marshawn Lattimore is almost 20 million a year, Ryan Ramchick 20 a year, Kamara is making 15 million a year. And they don't win anything. No, these guys are, I mean, these guys, their highest paid players are under contract for a few more years. Taysom Hill is, he's a $15 million cap hit. Taysom Hill. I mean, he's like a Swiss army knife, but. But how much are they, they're not using him enough, like.

They're not they I don't know how you get out of this But I if I were them you almost just want to say I have to shed some contracts there You almost just say like just cut everyone and start from the beginning. Well, they're keeping Dennis Allen They finished strong. I get me they were in it. They won their last two games at Tampa in Atlanta they actually won four out of their last five games, but It just I don't know. I just there's such a hard team to figure out. Yeah, they just

You don't know what they're going to do. They're kind of in that like, well, bleep or get off the pot. That expression, right? What are they going to Yeah, shitter or get off the pot. I give them a C. Just flat. Oh, yeah, I'll say that's They were nine and eight, and they had a winning division record. And better point differential than the They only gave up 327 on the year, which is pretty good, actually. So I don't know. I mean, the...

If you look at actually points per game allowed, they are in the top 10. They were eighth in points allowed. So it's... You gotta figure out... It's just... Carr making that kind of money though. It's gross. It just doesn't feel... Yeah, it feels blasphemous. And then Atlanta... C -.

Yeah, just very boring. Right. Obviously, you waste... Ritter, just what using... Spending too much time with him. You're wasting your other guys. You're wasting Kyle Pitts. You're wasting Bajan Robinson. I mean, just C - just because they finished one game behind the ones. Like that's it. Yeah, but just ugly too. I mean, look, I think the talk is that they're expected to be a relatively aggressive team and free agency. Yeah.

Yeah, but... Well, they have a new head coach. They have a new head coach, but they need... Ritter's not the guy. I'm just saying that. No, he's not. I that's one where you can tell early enough that he really isn't. Yeah. And Heineken's a nice stopgap. Maybe even a Gardner won't shoot, but my point is... I could see Gardner in the dirty bird. Yeah, well, I mean, the talk is fields, maybe, because it brings some excitement, a little like Mike Vick kind of, you know, running around and...

There'll be an interesting team to watch. I'm curious what they do in free age because the Saints have a lot of like, they got to clean up a lot of the mess. Atlanta still has what feels like a little window of opportunity, especially in that division. Carolina F. Thumbs down halfway there. F, F, F, F, Horrible, yeah. San Francisco. Nothing to say, we're out on Carolina. No, I don't want to talk about that. Bryce Young, Frank Reich, first coach to be fired mid -season back to back years. A lot of history made.

First owner to throw water on a fan that we know of. I'm sure owners have thrown a lot of things. I'm sure they've done, yeah, yeah. It's like, that old joke, you know, the Simpsons said, the presidents, they all get one secret murder. NFL owners probably get one secret, you know, assault on fans or something, I don't know. But yeah, ugly season in Carolina. Yeah. San Francisco, 12 and five. I'm going to, I'm going to, like, it's so weird to say that...

they shouldn't be an A. To me, I feel like they shouldn't be an A because isn't this the expectation? This is absolutely your expectation to get there. And you got there, congrats. You got there and you blew it again. You have all the tools. What other tools can they really need? Yeah, you have better quarterback than that was supposed to be the missing link. Like, oh, now Purdy's a guy. Maybe it was just Garofalo that made us lose last time.

Maybe it's Kyle Shanahan. Go get Baker Mayfield. Go get Justin Fields. I am big on Baker going there because just can you imagine letting him grip it and rip it there with the actual weapon he has? Like somebody with some juice. He's solid but he's not... He doesn't excite anyone. Anna Fry, his lookalike, is more exciting. Have you heard of Anna Fry? No. She's just like...

She's actually a world star tennis player, but she's a high school girl that looks like him. Like Brock Purdy or Baker Mayfield? Like Brock Purdy. And she got all this love on TikTok and stuff like that. But she's more exciting than Brock Purdy is. You know what bothered me the most about the 49ers? And not just that they lost and blew it again to the Chiefs.

It felt like they kind of didn't deserve to be there in the first place and that both the Packers and the Lions and whoever would have maybe come out of those two teams would have put up such a better, like they might have also lost by a field goal to the Chiefs, but it wouldn't have felt like they blew it. It really felt like the Niners were just the rides made and not the, they really like, it's like they didn't want it. I know that they're professionals, they all want to win, but there's a difference between saying you want to win, even feeling it and actually,

that the Chiefs care so much. Brady was obsessed with winning. Belichick was obsessed. Novak Djokovic is a robot when it comes to just wanting to win. And I think Mahomes and Kelsey and Reid, I think they have that and the 49ers just don't. And the city doesn't demand that from them the way that Detroit or Green Bay does. I don't know if you've heard by the way, I happen to be watching this live, Charles Barkley had some choice words for the city of San Francisco.

What did Well, because he was talking to Draymond Green, and I want to quote him exactly, but he eviscerates San Francisco for homeless crooks during All -Star Game. Because Draymond Green was upset about being in Indiana because of the cold weather, I guess, so he was on the broadcast. And Barclay said,

You know, if you had a chance to be in the cold or around a bunch of homeless crooks in San Francisco, which would you take? You can't even walk around down there. Drainmont kind of came to defense and yeah, you can. Yeah, you can. And Barkley goes, yeah, with a bulletproof vest. So he really... Charles, listen, Charles tells it like he does. And Drainmont came back, he goes, don't you live in Philly? And he said, no, no, no, I'm in Phoenix or I'm in Arizona. So he had to like, you know. Chuck, Chuck in his, have you heard of the hatred of, uh,

San Antonio, those big women down in San Antonio. People don't like it, but I think in today's sort of cancel culture, we actually need more guys. We need a Chuck. We need a Chuck. That is, I'm not a big NBA fan anymore. But the inside of the NBA is one of the most entertaining. It is. I don't know why. I love, because I can go months without watching a basketball game, watch it and be like...

This is fun. It just feels like you're hanging out with those guys. They seem like they actually enjoyed it. Rather a lot of the other stiffs, you know, like even you could say CBS or Fox like their their show is like, okay, like they're the only thing that really got me was when Jimmy Johnson was elected to the hall. Yeah. And they all came out and Troy Aikman is balling. Yeah. And I think he's like in Green Bay at the time, but like he's watching the screen balling. I was like,

That's waterworks right there. Balling because he forgot who Jimmy Johnson was with all those concussions. No, you're right. That was a nice moment, but I think... Inside the VVAs by far. It's so funny. By far. It's like watching comedians just riff on each other. Shaq and Chuck and then you got the straight men of Ernie Johnson and Kenny Smith. Yeah. And Kenny isn't even...

that much of a straight man. But they can get it out of him. If he's like standard, he's going to be a straight man. He tries to bite his tongue and sometimes it comes out. He's a really good analyst. I feel like you could try to put him over in football and he would be fine. The Rams. 10 and 7, you make the playoffs. Everyone forgot about the Rams. Pukka Nakula sets almost every rookie record for receiving. So I would say...

I would say a B minus, I mean you don't go out, you don't win the playoff game, or sorry, B plus, B plus. You don't win the playoff game, you know, and obviously I guess you weren't expected to, but you're going into Detroit, you're Matt Stafford, like you have to win that game. Like you absolutely have to win that game. And you've already won your Super Bowl, but now like you see how they're talking about you in the media and I understand.

I'm not, if Peyton, when Peyton's coming or when the Colts play Peyton in the playoffs. I was like, I'm not a Peyton Manning fan today. I want him in the ground every single play. But, you know, I'm sure Peyton took that to heart. Peyton hates, he hates Indianapolis now. Does he? Oh, he won't do anything with him. Like, he did. Is that a nursery thing or is it? I think it's a nursery thing. I think it's how they got rid of him. Cause he begged, he begged and pleaded to stay there. And Bill Polian and Ersei said, no, we're not doing it. Which,

I would do that a hundred times out of a hundred. That is the right move. Like it's a business, it sucks, but that's the right move. Anyways, the Rams had, I mean, I felt like they were, they were very back and forth this year too. Like there was times where they kind of felt like they were okay, they're not going to do it now. You know, they got, they lost, they lose to the, to the Bengals and the Rams early to start the year. They started one and three and it felt like they were dead. And then they beat the Colts in overtime. Disgusting.

Oh right, right. It was like a pick six wasn't it? No, no it was a puka -nakua over the middle. Oh I might have thought there was a pick six at some point in that game. And then they actually lost three straight. They're very streaky. Well yeah, they finished the year seven and one. They finished it strong. Yeah, but they started, they struggled. They really did struggle. I didn't realize that they got that hot. I knew they were playing better, but I didn't realize. And so the one loss was on a punt return to the Ravens. So they played great. And,

I so wanted someone out there to tell me if this is... It can't be the first time ever, but the last three games the Rams played were all decided by one single point. How often has that ever happened in NFL history? I was just wondering about that. Probably has, but it's got to be very rare. Anyway, I think the Rams... I give them an... I almost want to give them an A -. You're right. B +, because they did win a Super Bowl two years ago, but they were not expected to do anything to have these two...

And they actually have draft picks this year. They have draft for the first time in a long time. Since the last presidential election. Right? And surprisingly, I found this surprising, the Rams were actually a pretty good rushing offense. They were actually a top 10 rusher, or 11, I'm sorry. 11th ranked. In cashing offense. Kyron Williams had a monster. Kyron was a breakout star, yeah. I think he had.

He just surgery, didn't he? To me, he feels like that guy that people are going to take in the first round and then it's going to be like a historic bust. Like they're going to be like, like, oh, it was like a sure thing that you take them in the first round. And then he just falls apart. Yeah. I mean, Sean McVay is still a really good coach. Stafford's still got a decent amount of the tank and you give him those receivers. How much longer is Aaron Donald going to play? I guess that's a fair question. And the offensive line, you know, after Whitworth,

Probably could use reinforcement. Stafford took some shots in that game against Detroit. But yeah, I think overall, pretty good season. The Rams won 5 -1 in the NFC West. I know that they beat the Niners when they were resting guys at the end, but that was, I'd say it was a very successful season and they very well could have beat the Lions. But maybe they should have beat the Lions. Who knows after that. We're going to go quick through these final two. Seattle. They, you know, I almost feel like they just kind of had...

the bad schedule at the end. You know, they had a real tough schedule. I mean, you have to play Dallas, San Francisco twice. They had to play Philly, which they did win. They had, I mean, they had a gauntlet. Like it was, they weren't a good team. They weren't gonna win the Super Bowl. We all knew that. I think that was pretty well understood. But I think they could have made the playoffs if they maybe had that earlier in the year, that schedule, like that gauntlet earlier in the year.

Because they went after Washington, they went LA, San Francisco, Dallas, San Francisco, Philly, and then after that it was pretty easy. Easy Pittsburgh, Arizona. They had a few solid wins this year. They did beat Detroit on the road in overtime, and they beat Philly that Monday night with Drew Laugh. Yeah, they were pretty mediocre. I still want to give them a C+.

Because they were, they got nine and eight last year when they made the playoffs. Gino Smith is solid, he's probably not the long term answer. No, I don't think so. Just based on his age. The best thing the Seahawks did this year was bring back those previous unis. I was so happy about that. Oh, those are gorgeous. Those with the old, like the longer Seahawk logo and the lighter Greek, just reminded me of the Kingdom Seahawk. So that was, that's an A plus move, even in a C plus season. Arizona.

Four and thirteen. Still better than I thought they were to, honestly. I'll give them, I'm going to give them a D minus just because they beat Philly at the end of the year. And they did show some life when Kyler came. And they beat Pittsburgh. They showed a little bit of life when Kyler came. So I'm going to give them the D minus. Because it's not an F. Like it was not the Carolina Panthers. I'm going to give them a D. I mean, their four wins were actually all somewhat solid. Dallas.

Atlanta earlier in the year with the yeah, and I mean look they kind of get like they they had They actually had a tough schedule. You look at a lot of their losses It's not like they were playing cupcake teams and look at their okay. They lost to Washington But then giant and the Giants well we didn't know they were bad Niners Bengals Rams Seahawks Ravens Browns Texans Rams 49ers Bears, you know, I mean Seattle at the end like They kind of actually had a tougher schedule probably with a more moderate schedule could have won

couple more games. So it's Kyler, he's gonna be there right? He's the guy, you think? They draft, they drafted Marvin Harrison Jr. They're not going quarterback so. Are they not going quarterback?

I don't think they are. I think they have too many other areas of need. Yeah, I would say Marvin Harrison. I mean, what wide receiver do they have right now? Well, they don't have the Harry Fitzgeralds, so they probably could go for the next one. I think Marvin Harrison Jr. is the best option. That looks like the right fit to me. Speaking of tough schedules, then we're going to wrap up because we've got to get out of here. The Florida Gators, college football fans, they have the hardest schedule in college football history coming up.

Were they playing NFL teams? What's going on? They are playing, actually I can look it up. I'm guessing they were playing Michigan, Georgia. They're playing, here we go, where? We got 2024 football schedule. They have opening Miami, then they play Sanford, Texas A &M, Mississippi State, UCF, Tennessee, Kentucky, Georgia, Texas, LSU.

Ole Miss and Florida State. The only non -great, great team is Sanford. I mean, obviously Texas A &M isn't fantastic. Mississippi State isn't fantastic. UCF isn't awesome. But those are still, those are power -five teams. How do they get so lucky? They're going to go 6 -6 and be in the top five. What's that thing they, oh, in college basketball.

RPI or something. Yeah. 80 % index. Those nerd stats. Like extra nerd stats. Like we love the nerd stats, but don't go too nerd. Right, right. All right. Well, let's wrap this thing up. Thank you all for watching. I know the camera is a little odd. This is a little different, but I rushed out of the house and forgot a lot of equipment. So. Plugs? Any? I've got one. You got it. Oh, you have a plug. Yeah. Well, just in the spirit of Super Bowl having just passed, Draft America have an article.

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