superlatives time. Week 13. Go.
Kenny pickets and the Steelers offense. Speaking of Mike Tom
when they're picking it up. Oh,
I know I'm not funny. Sometimes I need to remember that. Um,
but yeah, well
thanks they are playing better football, right? And I think
that the Steelers are kind of turning into one of those teams
that you don't really want to see down the stretch it with
the Baltimore Ravens next week and we don't necessarily
Really know what's going to be happening with Lamar Jackson
and if Kenny pick it is making throws like this, like he did
to Connor Heyward yesterday. Then we're gonna see
the Steelers look more like the Steelers were used to, you
know, where they're playing hard-nosed defense. They're
getting the
plays that they need to. Can he pick it continues to make
the progressions? Mike Tomlin says, you know, like say you know
I say it every week you guys keep asking me but he's getting
better in all areas. I think we're seeing that the offense
looks more fluid if that keeps happening.
Then maybe the Steelers aren't going to finish with a losing
record for the first time. Under Mike, Tomlin. Amazing to
think that they are potentially in position to get to 9 and 8.
And who knows what's going to happen
in the AFC? It's a tough tough road. But,
you know, you get a little more clarity with each passing week.
Maybe the Chargers are going to fall out. Maybe the Patriots
are going to fall out. Maybe there's an opening there for
the Steelers. If they can keep winning
to climb into the seventh spot like they did last.
Just like, they're
leaving for dead
and they just kind of find a way when no one's really paying
attention to look how it falls for them this week, they get
the Ravens in Pittsburgh and the Ravens may not have Lamar
Jackson,
and you can pick up a victory that way, even if they have
Lamar Jackson, the Steelers are good enough in that rivalry
to win those games. They can just keep checking them off.
Checking them off, checking off in that intensity for Mike
Tomlin, he's locked in, he's in stretch run mode, he's been
there before, he's done it before and he's got this team
pointed in the right direction.
They get that win
and they You to roll forward. So and
to me I
I loved being able to watch. Kenny Pickett, do his thing
last Monday night Standalone game. He impressed me with
the two-point conversion where he kind of sprinted to the right
fired. The just perfect needle, threader to George Pickens, to
get his, you know, not a huge play in the grand scheme of
things, but it just tells you, this guy gets hit, he's here
and no matter how this your goes, everything next year
is going to be in a better position for the Steelers
because He will be
better equipped and better prepared to have a great year.
All right.
They didn't get the memo and you'll hear that cliche from
Tom time all. Sorry, I didn't get the memo, right? And it's
kind of as an excuse for whatever. Well, you'll get
the same shirt on. I didn't get the memo. All right,
the Bengals. Clearly didn't get the memo because a memo went
out Friday.
I caught wind of this just before the show last night and
we had so many moving parts. We couldn't get it into
the broadcast, but
the NFL has warned all teams about faking injuries.
No more of this. And we're going to
punish everyone. The team, the coach, the player
suspensions are on the table for the player
loss of draft picks. That's the way to get the attention of
the NFL's teams, that's on the table.
That's said and look you got some layers and levels. I guess
it's Gotta jump through between Friday and Sunday. Maybe that's
not enough time
to get the message. Because look at this one
from the Chiefs Bengals game.
This is amazing. To me,
Jesse Bates. See he sees what's happening? Couple of guys
coming in late and the,
what is that down goes, Jesse Bates, all my hamstring. Oh my
arm, it's broken and he's walks off the field. He's perfectly
fine.
That's going to be a problem for the Bengals and mine. Her
standing miles is there are multiple cases on appeal.
Already involving punishments.
Imposed for fake injuries. Will Jesse Bates is going to be
added to the list and they they've made it clear. They'll
investigate them talk to people and I don't, you know, I don't
know. Are you going to get folks to break ranks and say,
yeah, they told me to
do it or whatever, I don't know.
But the NFL is pissed about it and they have to be upset
about this one from yesterday and it's entirely possible.
I don't know what point in the game.
It was because this memo just kind of landed in my
in my inbox out of the blue yesterday in the hour, before
we started football night in America, maybe somebody at
the league office saw that and said, you know, we just sent
this damn memo out on Friday and look at this crap that
they're trying to pull.
So
it'll be interesting to see because I get the feeling it's
going to hit the fan this week. We're going to hear about some
specific people who have been punished for faking injuries.
And yeah, it's been around football forever.
I remember when I played in grade school,
That, you know,
two guys fell down on the ground grabbing their knee and
they looked at each other and one of them jumped up and was
fine.
So it's a way to, you know,
manage the clock and take the steam out of an offense or do
whatever you need to do. Get a free timeout, but the NFL's to
the NFL is not happy, and
it can't be happy after. Seeing the Jesse Bates thing miles,
yeah, the Bates one is particularly bad. When you talking about
I've gone all the way back to grade school. I'm surprised you
remember that, man, that was a long time ago for you. Now,
listen, that is you're supposed to respect your elders.
Occasionally, I do occasionally, I don't know.
All right, let's go to the next one
for me, for superlatives barbecue chicken.
Because Keenan Allen
was mentioning that about the Raiders secondary,
but lo and behold it actually was Davante Adams who turned
the Los Angeles Chargers. Secondary into barbecue chicken
because Was he had eight catches, 177 yards, two
touchdowns this one, which was absolutely brilliant, 31
yarder, than on the next drive. A 45-yard
touchdown off of a flea-flicker.
This is a great one
71% of Derek Cars. 250 passing yards went to Davante Adams,
which sounds kind of like the 2021 Packers but
when you are the Raiders this is what I thought they would
start to look like you know, about midseason. After
they beat the Texans, they had beaten
the Broncos at home and I thought that this is what they
were going to start looking more like when they go to New
Orleans and then they get shut out and they go to Jacksonville
and they blow another leap but now it's like, oh yeah,
things are starting to progress. Things are starting to work
and it leaves. Looks like the Raiders
are a decent team. That is another team. That potentially
you don't want to play in these last, you know, five six weeks
of the Season, whatever it is, we got left the best thing that
ever happened. And to them was losing to the Cults and Jeff
Saturday's. First game.
They'd recently beatable
since then, and the cuts, by the way, the Cults
haven't won since beating the Raiders in Jeff Saturday's.
First game, one more for me,
Aaron Rodgers, still owns the Bears
at a time when we were getting ready and I had a snarky or
possibility in mind, but I went with that
but, you know, like
Aaron Rodgers. Sit down. Jordan love. Let him finish out the
You're going in the bye week. Now, they're still alive in
the NFC, Aaron Rodgers has said he wants to keep playing, until
they're mathematically eliminated. Then later in
the week, he said he wants to keep playing no matter what and
that's but he's willing to have the conversation. A lot of, it
depends on next year.
I mean, there was a lot of old-school, Aaron Rodgers Mind
Games last week, but
even with Justin fields and this was an impressive feat,
six straight games with 50, plus rushing yards and
a rushing touchdown, the longest single season streak for
the Bears since Gail. A Sayers
in 1969 and he's the quarterback for crying out
loud. I mean, it felt like the Bears were going to win this
game but they just ran out of steam. No matter how good
Justin Fields is, they don't have the horses around him
to get it done. And the Packers got the win. And they've
reversed that recent slide and we'll see what they have now.
Aaron Rodgers has a chance for the thumb to heal
for the ribs to fully heal. He was wearing like half of a flak
jacket and he bids, farewell to the place that he owns Beats
and maybe his last time ever playing.
Soldier Field. Who knows what he's going to do
next year, but he'll be better. When they come out of this.
They got four games left and we'll see if they can get
themselves into that seven seed.
Again, I've said this several times,
let me say it again.
Never stopped in the fact that I said something before. Never
stops me from saying it again,
the Vikings don't want the Packers coming into u.s. Bank
Stadium as the seventh seed of the Vikings of the to see you
don't you never want a team from your own division,
but you especially don't want Aaron Rodgers
and, and all those Packers fans,
Going to buy up tickets, whatever ticket they can get.
They're going to be there and it's going to be loud louder
than it would. Otherwise be for a team coming into Minnesota,
but we've seen it before
when the Packers fans get in there,
you don't want that in the playoffs if you're the Vikings
and the Packers are not dead yet.
No, they're not dead yet and Aaron Rodgers can still do
Aaron Rodgers things. How about Christian Watson to man? That
all the dude does is score touchdowns. He's been great in
these last few weeks and now he's really getting comfortable
with Aaron Rodgers. So look, if they can keep on
this track that they're on right now.
Sure, they could maybe make a little bit of noise. I don't
necessarily anticipate it but
you know, you can't count Aaron Rodgers out yet. You just can't
just imagine just imagine
how good Christian Watson would have been. If his quarterback
had Out in through the office and you're gonna go there
and you're gonna do it, you always do. Am I that
predictable? I fear? I've been Typecast, a little, they've got
the Rams on Monday night December 19, which should be
a win. Number one, it's in Green Bay.
Number two,
Matthew Stafford will not be back from injury reserve, then
it's Christmas Day
at the Dolphins, then the Vikings
New Year's Day in a 4:25 p.m. Eastern spot and then they
finished the season against the Detroit Lions, you know, maybe
maybe E it,
maybe it comes down a week, 18 lines, Packers
win, some lose out,
I don't know that. See the problem with those Wild Card
spots because the NFL and NBC always looks for that one game.
You can put into the final
spot of the final week of the Season,
which is win or go home,
a playoff playing game. And usually it's
among the top two teams in the division where the second place
team has no chance of a wild card. But this could be a de
facto playoff game, depending
Upon where everyone else is. But as you see the giant start
to fade, you know, maybe between the lines in
the Packers, they can, they can do it will see.
All right,
let's take a break. We will now,
at least when we return, we'll talk about the Sunday night
game. So, all you Cowboys fans have been waiting patiently for
the Cowboys to get the praise, they deserve after completely
stopping the Cults
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