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things. We didn't see
coming in 2020 to
go.
Well, I'm gonna go with the first obvious one. I mean,
I did not think that
an ESPN analyst would be a head coach of the football team,
Midway through the year, all right, so
that's one that caught us all out of left field, we can all
discuss whether they should have done it or not. I think
he's done a pretty damn good job
I really do. But yeah that was certainly one of the crazier
things we've seen You know, all year with that move
and of all the ESPN analyst,
Jeff Saturday.
I mean, we probably could have come up with 10 at least more
likely.
Like, Rex Ryan would've been the first one I thought of
because it's at least been a coach before, right? Right. So
there's probably others that we would have said. Yeah, maybe,
maybe Tedy Bruschi before Jeff. Saturday just Jeff's already
would not have would not have popped as
one of the options but it did
obviously and look it's not like Anybody expected Russell
Wilson, distinct, but Russell Wilson stinks this year and
I don't know. Why is it coaching? Is it him?
Is it? He's lost just enough Mobility to can't play. Like he
used to, I don't know, but he's not good. He went from
franchise quarterback to a guy who you could fairly ask should
he even be on the field? We never saw that coming. We
assumed it would be
a lot like, Peyton Manning a decade ago and it's the exact
opposite. Yeah. No you're right. No way would I have
Expected it, I could understood man it was
you know a tough year, wasn't the greatest,
this has been, you know, it's been horrible there's no other
way to say it.
It said will write books about this. They will write books
about it. Is, I'm dead. It's pretty amazing. It is
just to see the fall of a player that, you know, we held
in such a high regard there for so long, pretty shocking
the next one. I think I'm going to go with here.
I think I'm gonna go to, I'm gonna go to Justin Fields, I'm
going to go to Justin. Ed's. I mean,
I would have never
saw this coming to the extent of what we're seeing right now
and especially forget this year. I mean, this year
earlier, this year, it was all headed in the wrong direction
where we were going,
I don't know, I don't, man if they don't even want to throw
the football with them, they don't even want to do anything,
they're calling things. So basic, I don't think they trust
them at all and you know, you can't trust where the ball is
going to go with them
and then again, I didn't, we talk about this but then Monday
night on Valley Of the quarterback run. It's changed
him as change. The team, it's changed the way he throws
the football now because he's got positive things going.
So now he's more confident doing that, but I never Woulda
Justin Fields right now is looking like the greatest
running back, greatest running quarterback. We've ever seen in
the history of football,
I did not expect to say that at this point of the year, but
that's where we are. This is Michael Vick ish. Lamar Jackson
ish, and every bit as talented, a runner, and I'm Amazed by
that and that's it. Kudos to him
throughout most of the offseason. We saw a transition
of great players from the NFC to the AFC. There were some
exceptions like, AJ Brown going from the titans of the Eagles.
But for the most part, it was
great players leaving the NFC
for the AFC and it caused me to come to the conclusion that
there were 13 true contenders
in the AFC for playoff spots. And there were three who weren't
the Jaguars
the Texans and the
Well, the Jets are playoff contenders despite the fact
that they're still as dysfunctional as ever
with this whole,
my quite Zach Wilson dance. Yeah. They're still trying to
be the same old Jets and they're not Chris. We're going
to do round 3 next block, but I want to give you a chance to
address that. Yeah,
I mean it is and I'm never saw it.
I think we talked about it a ton in August, right? We
recommend the Jets, there's some talent and we like
the roster, but man would that schedule and having to start
out with the first,
First four games of the AFC North who did they piss, right?
4345 Park Avenue. We said that over and over. Exactly. We kept
thinking now they're just not going to get that those few
wins under their belt to gain some steam.
Well nobody helps you out more than the Cleveland Browns and
when the Cleveland Browns you what they did they were like no
Jets. We want you to get some confidence here
and ever since then.
It's been yeah one of the cooler stories and football
with that dysfunction, you're talking about,
Yeah, and it will continue because they are into the back
half of the schedule. Now, they've weathered the storm and
they should be able to win enough. We'll see, we'll see,
they got the bills this week. We'll see if they can win
enough to get into the postseason.
All right, round two is done. Round 3 is coming to
the things. We didn't see coming this season, Chris is very
happy because you just learned that Aaron judge is staying
with New York Yankees. Yeah. Didn't see that coming. Whoa,
what do you got for me
in round 3? Chris, that was big. I've been mad at
the Yankees, they let Aaron judge go. Okay. Um,
Mom, I think I'm gonna go with the, the fall of goat status,
right?
And I'm gonna play both of them here, you know? I know braids
in a bad way outs and the bad way, bad way. That's This is
goats in the bad way. Brady and Rogers though,
I don't think I would have expected, you know, this
and I got, I know Tampa still very much alive and we had
the big moment the other night but I think everybody can agree for
the first 55 minutes. That was pretty average to below,
average Quarterback play
and it was amazing at the end. Don't get me wrong but I don't
think any of us would have thought we would have been here
at this point where it's been like
every game where
woken Tom Brady and the Bucs get 18 points today I don't
even know if they can get there and same with Aaron Rodgers.
Reason. Well Aaron Rodgers even throw the ball past the 10 yard
Mark today I don't know.
Just never would have thought some of that stuff
would have come down this way this year,
the last room for me and this is one that we've come to grips
with very slowly. It didn't happen out of the blue. It
wasn't sudden but
we never would have expected the Rams to be
the worst defending
Super Bowl. Champion
of all time. A title, That many would of
out there would like, to have
the bills would like to be at some point weren't defending
Super Bowl champion. All time. The Bengals would like it. The
Browns were like it, the bike. No by game but it hasn't won
a Super Bowl would love to be the worst defending Super Bowl.
Champion
of all time, the Rams got
what they bargained for last year with FM picks.
But the bill came do Chris and it came to in a big way and
I don't necessarily agree that they'll be fine. Next year,
I really don't because
what's happening. They're getting into a point. Are
those guys they didn't draft? Yeah. With those pics that they
gave away would be developing into the nucleus of their team?
What are they going to have? They got, they got the work cut
out for them, they do. I got a lot of faith
in that group. They've always done a good job in the middle
rounds of the draft and finding free agents, but I hear you
Mike. I'm not sold on it either.
And the lions are very happy because they'll get that first
round pick of the room this year.
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