Google pixel fortune favors the Chiefs. They are.
Currently number one, how about a chief sequel? Super Bowl with
not be something. We've been talking about all the possible
permutations and it occurred to me yesterday, haven't really
thought about the Chiefs in the Eagles. Andy freed getting
a shot
against the team that fired him
in the ultimate game.
Yes, I'll take that.
Yeah, Andy Reid Bowl, Kelsey Brothers, Bowl
big one from Northeast Ohio, if that happens.
Ins.
Yeah, me. Patrick Mahomes against Jalen hurts. I would
absolutely love to see that it was a lot of intriguing story
lines and that one picture.
Okay, so this is the first time that you've had a chance to sit
in the contrarian chair. This is how it usually goes, Sims,
find something to complain about in the power ranking. So
I will give you the floor,
complain, about whatever you'd like to and I have thick skin
for the most part, I won't be upset.
Do what do you have a problem with other than the fact that
the Browns aren't in the top five?
Well, I've been the brown should not be in the top five,
neither should the ran as if you want to talk about teams
that I'm connected.
Do this is on the sheet, but I also agree with it. The Titans,
why are they so far behind the Patriots?
The Titans lost to the Bangles.
And that's not a bad thing
to me. Those are two really competitive teams.
Oh, why? Why do we think
that the Patriots are that much better
than the Titans? What am I missing here?
And the Seahawks for that matter. Well,
We remember, this is a living breathing organism that changes
week to week and I know that probably would have been
a better question last week because the Patriots were
already ahead of the Titans and I don't have a good answer for
you as to why
that happened.
I think there must have been a loss by the Titans at some
point that drop them behind the Patriots. You know, there's
an old school college pole, you Pi AP vibe to it where
when you hold a spot
when you have A spot.
You hold it, as long as you keep winning
and look at all those teams that drop. They all lost
that. People want to know why the Bengals went up six spots
everybody in front of them lost
except for the Vikings Ravens, Giants, Patriots, Seahawks
Titans all lose. So the Bengals LeapFrog all of them. So
the Patriots are already two spots ahead of the Titans. So that's
why they're there where they are. And again, this isn't
a predictive tool. This isn't a mathematical model that's aimed
at
deciding. Who would win if these two teams got together.
It's just kind of where They are right now I'll admit that
maybe the Titans should be
should be higher.
The problem is
I always wrestle with this. Look if I hadn't dropped them
a spot like it's rare that a team loses and I don't put them down
and it's even rarer the team loses and I prop them up
sometimes it'll be like a bad team that barely loses to
a really good team and I'll bump them up a few spots among
the dregs of the NFL
but this was just one where
it was kind of easy for me to just drop. Everybody, everybody
goes down one. You lost you drop one, Giants. You go down.
One Patriots, you go down one Seahawks gear down one. Maybe
the Seahawks should have gone down farther. If they got
shredded by the
Raiders away they did. That's probably where I screwed up.
I should have dropped the Seahawks even farther. Maybe
they should be frankly behind the commanders at this point.
Probably but also you could make the argument that they're
you know that they maybe should be behind the bucks but mean
the Bucks are worse I think than they could be.
I also don't have that much confidence in the Chargers
and I'm
chargers. They don't do it for me. I mean beating the Atlanta
Falcons doesn't mean that much. Once you get down to that point
in the power rankings, it's kind of like, okay well what
are we really arguing about here?
But I mean, you know
Chargers don't impress me much.
Well, let me tell you, we're arguing about everything
because people will our it's amazing for as meaningless
as they also. I do get fired up about these the meaning that
people
give to them
and the extent to, which people go nuts.
It's like, it's a meaningless ranking and I tell you, one of
the great areas of indication, we can we flip to the next page
Broncos? I'm not that I'm rooting against the Broncos but
I do. Remember this,
when the season began
and I had the Broncos at 19,
I had a lot of upset Denver fans.
Oh, I remember you. Yeah, that the Broncos
at 19 right now, they would love
to be in the top 20.
They're not even in the top 30 right now,
and there are no complaints
from anyone in Denver.
In fact, it would like to be below 32. If that would mean
Nathaniel Hackett is out, we'll take spot number. T, but some
of the SEC teams in front of us, put Northwestern in front
of us
if it means getting what we want, which is a coaching
change. It's a shame, but that's the way it is.
Yeah, I know it is a shame but like man. Oh man, oh man, like
we said earlier in the show when you can't even scored 20
points.
Yeah, that's what happens here. Man.
And the Houston Texans, I mean what a woeful franchise that is
right now. So now when you're down there with the, the Texans
that says a lot about where you are,
Well, and look at the Rams at 29, Scott Pioli, the former GM
of the chief said before that, the VP of player personnel with
the Patriots tweeted, this the other day through 11 games,
the Rams, three and eight start is tied for the worst in NFL
history by a defending Super Bowl champion.
Shared with the 87 Giants,
who played three games with replacement players during
a strike shortened season. The next worst was the 49ers
3 and 6 in 1982 and a strike shortened season. So this is
a worse that a Super Bowl team is done
in a non strike year
the following year and there are three and eight. And and
again Broncos, Broncos Rams I can get you good tickets
if you want to stay in La for the Christmas holiday, you can
have a lot of space to yourself. You can spread out
everything you want to eat and drink. And
I mean all kidding aside
the Rams are encouraging season ticket holders who would
otherwise just burn the tickets, I guess to give them
to charity. They have an inducement where they're going
to have
prize. Is available, if you donate your tickets charity,
because the thinking is people who otherwise would not be able
to afford to go to a game.
Well, we'll ignore the fact that it's Broncos Rams and
still go to the game.
I mean, I don't know if that's a hey Christmas. Hey, Uncle
would I don't know. Hi,
I yeah, I
I'd love to go.
I'd love to go. If I couldn't afford to go to a game, I'd
love to go to a game. I would still think twice about going
to see Broncos. Rams,
if I knew anything about football,
I would think twice
media. It's great to go to the stadium. It's a nice. You know, I
it is, it is
yeah.
Well,
it's a
great way to spend the day. Yeah. But it's still Broncos
ramps.
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