Yo, yo yo, what's up? Chris Simms, Chris Simms, unbuttoned
and always. I am with my friend. Jay Croucher of points.
Bet. It's week. 18 and a fell season. I mean, we got lots of
good stuff to talk to talk about first off. Happy New
Year, dude. Good to see you.
Hope you're doing well.
Happy New Year Chris. Thank you Slugger. Thank you very much.
Alright, here's one that I want to just jump into right away.
I'm a little. I'm a little like motivated by this one. All
right, I'm gonna have some strong words here.
Here, but I do want to get your take care. Alright, so
first off Coach of the Year Award right now. Look at
points. Bet, Matt, lafleur's the favorite. We got
a three-horse race. Basically not LaFleur. Zack Taylor. Mike,
Vrabel.
Would LaFleur having the best odds at plus 150,
Zack, Taylor plus 200 raible at plus 225. And then there's
a steep drop off the Bill. Belichick, you know, first off,
give me your assessment there. A little bit of those top
three, and just where the markets at and some
of your thoughts behind all of this.
Yeah, so really interesting rice. I think one of the few
races that can really be decided, and in the final week
of the Season potentially, particularly of raible, locks
up the one side, but the first thing to note about this is
award, is that it is very difficult to figure out each
year.
Look back at 2017, where Doug Peterson took the Eagles from
seven and nine missing the Playoffs, the Thirteen and
three and a one seat and got one vote out of 50. So it just
seems that every year. There's just kind of a just
a collective sentiment
where everyone just Coalesces and decides that this is
the guy who's going to win. But the reason that we have LaFleur,
the favorite is just that, now, this is three years in a row of
13 wins. Yes,
he has Aaron Rodgers. But Aaron Rodgers wasn't putting up these
win titles before LaFleur, right Zack Taylor Zach Taylor
fits the cleanest case, which is just, you know, improving
your win total from the year before going from Four Winds to
10 winning the AFC North
and then Vrabel who I think in a way as the most deserving
candidate, where the titans of you say. Apply is this year,
which I think is an NFL record. They've gone, you know, they're
probably going to get the 1 seed, despite missing missing,
Derrick Henry for half the season,
and the one thing that is consistent in this award is
that you get penalized for having an elite quarterback in
this award because they're just easier to separate the coaching
from the quarterback position. If you don't have a top three
or four quarterback in the league, so I think it's only
three years
of the past 30 or so
that the MVP, which is usually a quarterback, and the coach of
the year of come. From the same team. So that's another thing
in variables favorite, too, because Tannehill is good as
years, isn't as good as Joe borrow
and he isn't as good as Aaron Rodgers. First one thing to
consider too. But yeah, it is still, I think pretty open, but
I think you've got some feelings on this one. Right?
Well, I do have some feelings. You're not Versailles. You said
a lot of
great things. And
I mean, I'd love to see Mike variable when it
there's no doubt. I mean, you explained it the injuries, some
of the things they've had to overcome. His coaching is on
display, always, he's a great manager of football games. His
team really does.
Mess things up. They always have the right approach, you
know, he's kind of steady Eddie. It's not always sexy.
But here they are. Like you said number one seed without
their best player. The for a good part of the last stretch
of
the Season here.
So I'm with that. I do favor, Matt LaFleur
and this conversation a little bit
because of you know, you mentioned it, the wind totals
weren't the same, you know, before he got there. I mean,
how many years of offseason disaster. Do we have to hear
from Green Bay to where it doesn't really affect them on
the field? Field. Once the
we start playing,
it's all can him and Aaron Rodgers
get together and come up with an audible thing. The first
year, he's there then the second year. It's Jordan. Love
got drafted. Holy crap. Everything's falling apart in
Green Bay. Oh, they're back in the NFC championship game.
And then of course, this year,
Rogers wants to be traded. They promise them. He's gonna be
traded. He's going to be out of here. Oh bam here. They are
back at the number one seed. So I favored LaFleur.
The one I don't get
is Zack Taylor. I got respect for Zack Taylor.
But like last week we were going, we don't know if
the Bangles are going to make the playoffs, then they win and
beat the Chiefs. And also we're going to, whoa, he's coach of
the year because of one game. I don't think that qualifies you
for that. Again, a great job by him,
but I don't know. Do you see my logic there? I just don't,
I don't understand why he's up in the class of raible. In
the floor. I think you kind of explained it because of
the simple win-loss Theory,
but that to me, doesn't doesn't mean you just automatically get
to be a top 2 or top three candidate for Coach of
the Year.
Yeah. No, I think that makes sense. I think with Tyler,
the his cases that for two years ago. They were to win same.
Yep, and he's come in, right? And now there are 10 to 11
wins, same and the government to win the division. Yeah,
division that they were
20 21 preseason to win, which means we thought they'd about
a 5% chance to win the division and they've done it. But
I agree. I think that the Cincinnati team, it's all about
Joe Barbaro because yes, they were to win game two years ago,
and Zack Taylor.
He takes them to where they are now, but it's really job.
He's taking them
to where they are now doubt. And I think, as well, you know,
with Zach Taylor, you know, in terms of his coaching, you
know, what's easily definable like, you know, early in
the season brand and Staley was the favorite for this award because
he had something that was just so easily
identifiable as coaching, where
he had that game against Cleveland, where they just went
for it. Every fourth down, right? And they won the game,
because of that. What does Zach Taylor really do week to week
that is easily definable outside of, you know, finally
let Joe barolo Loose, I think
that Zack Taylor, he is one of the more conservative coaches
in the league. In terms of, you know, calling runs for Joe,
Mixon on early Downs, in terms of his fourth down. Play
calling
think back to the game against the Niners where there was some
really conservative decisions in that game. Going for field
goals and not going forward, but I think cost them. So look,
I agree. I wouldn't necessarily personally I wouldn't be voting
for Zack Taylor. I'm not sure. He'd even been my top three.
Right?
I think that I think that Nick's Siri Arnie's case versus
Zach Taylor is a Lee fairly close. I agree. Siri on E,
taking the Eagles from
non-playoff Team into the playoffs and doing it with
Jalen hurts instead of jobar. Oh, so I think that, you know,
Taylor
is getting a lot of Buzz now and people are betting on him
to people think that he's going to win, but I suspect at when
it all comes down to it. I think LaFleur will win. And
I think the variable is also there, too. But no, is there
anyone further down this list that, you know, you look at
who maybe they won't necessarily win, but could
finish. In the top two or three. Well, that's a good
question. I think the Searing oniy one would have been
the one. I would look at as, like the outside guy that could at
least get in the top
three. And, of course,
still, I know like the,
you know, Belichick and the Patriots, lost, two games in
a row. But
again, I don't think most of the football World expected.
The Patriots to be sitting here and week, 18 was still a chance
to win the AFC East. Not with this team, you know, just being
recently built with a rookie quarterback.
So he'd be the other guy. I
All in there, but I think your logic is right. You know,
that's where I look at it LaFleur. Change the culture in
Green Bay in a positive way.
Yes, Rogers was there and that helps there's no doubt. Vrabel
is the culture in Tennessee and that to me is why they're
the lead dogs there and and the scary thing though, I think is
something you said at the very start. It's such seems to be
a ward where collusion goes
on. It's like all the guys that got to vote for this calling,
who you voting for. Who you voting for, who you born for?
Okay, let's do that. And that doesn't always make sense to
me. And that's where it's a hard one to gauge as far as
you're going to bet
or do anything like that.
Definitely. It is a tough one where it just seems like yet.
Everyone just decides that it's going to be the year of matloff
lurks. You didn't get it, the past two years
and you know, normally
coaches don't win with what the flower is done this. You
normally have to have at least a 4 win Improvement. All you
have to do it with a quarterback is not one of
the top two or three quarterbacks, but I just think that with
everything that's happened in Green Bay this year with all
the offseason drama
with what's happened with Rogers with
also losing. Um, David bakhtiari Jr. Alexandrite
right, going going into Arizona. Who were the one seed
at the time and beating Arizona without Davante Adams. You
know, I think that LaFleur
is probably the guy. I think he would this award would be done
if he'd beaten Kansas City with Jordan love and it would be
over. That's right fact that he didn't win that game as left
the door a little bit open, but you know, I think you look back
at that game and that game just strengthens bellefleur's case,
the fact that he was with Jordan love
who did not play.
Well, who did not look like he was ready for that moment and
they were still driving in the fourth quarter to take the lead
in that game against Kansas City, who are one of the two
best teams in football. So
I think LaFleur is the guy
I think that, you know, two guys who aren't going to win
and they're probably not even going to get many votes, but
I think their name should still be mentioned a Mike Tomlin and
John Harbaugh
just those two situations in Pittsburgh and Baltimore
like those teams. Neither of them are going to make
the playoffs. So don't think barring a miracle, but just
with everything those themes have endured. Baltimore with
all their injuries
and Pittsburgh just enduring,
not being that good.
The fact that they're going into the last week of the season
with a chance to make the playoffs. I think,
you know, is a reflection of
those coaches and what they've done. I think, if Harbor with
all these clothes, losses of just two or three and gone,
here's why I think he might even be favorite for the award
if the Ravens were in position to win the AFC North,
but they're not so I suspect it will probably be that LaFleur.
Yeah. Yeah. Good thoughts there and it's good for you to show
some love to harp on Tom when I agree with you 100%. There they
deserve
deserve some respect. Certainly for what they did some tough
situations. I think we're on the same page Eileen LaFleur.
No doubt about it.
I think we see that the, what? Same way.
All right, good video. I like your thoughts. That's why
you're the Aaron Rodgers appoints bet. That's why you
are. I don't know who the hell I am. But I'm not you. I know
that piece out. Talk to you soon. Jae, you the
man
pleasure, Chris.