some problems with the Super Bowl though. So I'm ready to
talk about that. You are you? All right, go go. Here's my
first problem. My first problem is this right off the bat.
After having 24 hours to digest, it watching the game
a little bit. Why I'm eating dinner. Last night, just back
on film. I'm kind of eating soup and watching it. I didn't
like do a deep dive study like I will today. But here we my
first
thought no way. Cooper cuff should been MVP. I mean,
absolutely. No way. Yeah. I'm sorry. That's just insane.
I just can't I can't get behind.
Harry the team
mattered. Most, I know, well, you see I just don't see it
that way. First off Aaron, Donald should been the MVP. He
dominated the second half. So that would be MVP. Number one.
He dominated the second half. Even on the long touchdown,
pass the tea Higgins.
Aaron Donald's busting through the line of scrimmage. The big
sack to hold them to a field gold
when they get get the interception from Stafford.
This play here. You think he's going to escape the pocket?
Aaron Donald here is this you think it? Oh, you know, they
might score a touchdown, go up, two scores. Nope, not Aaron
Donaghy.
Exactly drive. We were talking about to me. That's where
the game was saved. Exactly. It's an MVP moment. It is Mike to
your point. You said it right after the game and you're
right. Let alone all the other plays that went along in
the game.
So like first off the NFL has to do something and get away.
I don't know what they dialing in with one of those dudes
to did. It is three. We'll talk all not I know. So the so that
was my first. One
s. Aw Cooper cup shouldn't even have been the second choice in
the MVP then it should come Matthew Stafford. Alfred so,
here's my next item. Matthew Stafford played really good
football.
He made a lot of unbelievable throws. First off the best
receiver on the field in the first half of the game was
Odell Beckham jr. Alright, so and then we get into that now,
you know, we see a guy in Matthew Stafford. Yes. He threw
two interceptions. He made a number of Big Time throws in
the football game. People were
not wide open in this game by any stretch of the imagination.
He was on his, what? 3rd string tight end. He had Cooper cup.
That's it.
You know Odell Beckham jr.
He's out there trying to make it work with, you know, Cooper
cup. Yes, van Jefferson good score nk--. Okay.
And a third string tight end
and then no Run game to go along with it. And I think when
you really look at it and even the last Drive, I was more
impressed with the throws than I was with what Cooper cup did.
The big play of the last drive, my Triton Mike the like little
in cut, he
hits the Cooper cup and he catches it and runs and gets
down there. I mean
We got that play. Guys are like what? No, look,
no look exactly right. But unbelievable. That's
unbelievable. That was the throw. The throw was
the unbelievable, the MVP moment. And I think what bothers me to
Mike it's just like sitting on the plane yesterday morning
watching all the
Highlight shows and the sports shows and everything there.
I just
can somebody give Matthew Stafford respect. I mean
really. It's like it's disgusting. No, a bad bad
people. Act like he didn't have a play in the game like he
Didn't do anything. Like it wasn't the most clutch drive
and history. The Super Bowl. This throw right here. I mean
that was all the throw was amazing. There's only a few
guys in football that can make that throw. That's Mahomes
Rogers. Josh Allen.
No Look Laser. He wasn't really open. They got the completion.
And guys have you could go back to that one to completions ago.
They got the completion because of the great throw. So I'm
bothered by that to Mike. I really am and he played great
football. They were under man and it's like
The Narrative was already like pre-existing with Stafford. No
one wants to really give them respect for what he did in this
game and how clutch he was and how tough he was.
The MVP voting. Yeah,
and I agree with you. It should have been Aaron Donald and
I wrote. Yeah, yesterday that wasn't intended to be Aaron.
Donna versus Cooper cup. The voting process is deeply,
flawed flawed flawed. And I was asking questions of the league
yesterday about this,
and I got the distinct impression. They weren't
thrilled by the questions and to that, I can only say
tough crap. Because sometimes,
You got to shine a light on things in order to make them
better. Here's what they do. They have 16 hand-picked
members of the media. Only 16 people have a vote
on the MVP award. They won't tell me who they are. Well more
accurately. They told me some of them, but I'm not allowed to
say who they are others. They didn't tell me, and there's no
transparency and that's bad because that, you know what,
that create that creates the impression
The League picks, the MVP
and hides behind the notion that there are 16 voters and no one.
Can ever figure out whether or not the actual final MVP meshes
with what the votes would have suggested. That's what you
invite. When you have no transparency. These aren't
State Secrets,
the vote should be transparent. They should have disclosed
all the voters and what the outcome of their vote was. And
if the voters
aren't comfortable with that,
move on to someone
who's willing to attach their name
to their vote, and make it known. Because again,
These aren't State secrets
for the individuals,
these Define legacies
when you have a Super Bowl MVP,
that's forever. Well, I could that I
run it out, right? I'm not live with a guy. That's all.
Yes, are significant, right? So much more significant
than then they're giving it credit for. So
they have 16 million members and then here's the other thing
that bothers me. Well too many other things, bother me about
this.
They and
to getting media members is disturbing. You're right about
that. Okay? Yeah, but here's what here's everything. They
do.
They want their votes before the end of the game
because they want to be able
to announce the MVP
in the Afterglow. The immediate Afterglow of the game
behind the other leagues do that too.
I don't give a crap with the other leagues to my mom.
I don't get off. I'm happy to wait. If they get it right. I'm
happy to wait 24 hours if they get it, right?
Why rush to a bad decision?
Why do?
It's 16 votes? They can count the 16. It's not that hard. You
can wait to the clock stops and go. Okay.
Now everybody turning their votes. Wait. Well, one, two, three,
I mean, are they serious with that? That's ridiculous. That's
stupid. Yeah. And so, what they do is they communicate with
them during the game, like, starting in the fourth quarter.
Well, who's your vote? Who's your vote? Well, it's this and
then they'll get back to him and confirm it. So they say,
but
it's not like Vote for president, at 2:00 in
the afternoon and then you go back. The poles at 4:00 in
the afternoon. And then they call you at 7:00 and say do you want
to change your mind?
It should be one vote at one time at one moment, and it
should be after the game and maybe it shouldn't be right
after the game. Maybe it should be the next day.
What the hell? Own the news cycle the next day.
Who's the MVP of the Super Bowl going to be serious?
The hell, does it have to be announced while the confettis
in the air?
They could own Tuesday.
If they want to hold it until this morning.
Morning, we find out today after everyone's had a day to
jested, and the votes were cast by 11:00 Eastern on Monday
night. We now will announce the Super Bowl MVP
why. I mean this this outdated thinking and the refusal to
take a step back and ask,
does this make sense?
There are so many things and this isn't just in the NFL.
There's so many things in life
where we just fall into a pattern and we do it a certain
way. And we never take a step back and say It's the right way
to do it. The other side, the other thing that bugs me.
They give a voice to the fans and I have no problem with that
generally
but it ends up Counting about 20% of the total which is
enough to swing it
and they open the voting at nfl.com. I mean, they're going
for a traffic grab that won't for clicks during the game.
They're trying to get people while they're
watching the game to go to nfl.com and vote
and they start the voting before the end of the game.
So
like
You want do you really want a fan to vote on the MVP in
the third quarter to ridiculous? Such Amateur hour and opens
Amateur hour. That's that's a joke, a guy who's been. Oh,
yeah, you got some guy. You got fans who were, you know, eating
dip and
chicken wings and looking at their phone and
talking to people drunk and right and they're going to make
a vote in the MVP. They're going to determine someone's
like you said Legacy lifelike since in the NFL should be
embarrassed by it. They really should. And how here's what it
does. Whoever finishes first in the fan
voting gets the Have two and a half volts
two-and-a-half votes for ever finishes. First
one full vote for ever finishes, second and a half vote
for who finishes third. So, you got four votes
that come out of the fan, voting
to dilute the 16 votes
that come from the media members, that they won't tell
us who they are. And it's all a big secret. It's in it. That's
a let me tell you. Is that even possible you do? It's
embarrassing.
That is an embarrassment
that that's dishonors. The honor
that the Super Bowl MVP should
Be. Yeah. Agreed. I'd it's actually amazing. When you hear
it out loud. You're my guarantee. You this. Here's
what. Here's what I said, tell you they're in another show,
this going to tell you that because everybody wants to kiss
you at a Fells ass because we
feel like that's what we have to do. We have to be in
the good graces of Atilla because I know by saying this by saying
this,
I'll never get to vote on what the vote.
I don't want it. I want to make the process better. Let
somebody else have the vote, but they get pissed. When
people tell them that they got something that they should be
doing better.
They get pissed instead of fixing it. They get pissed
about it. They Pissy about it. Well the better way to put it
because by the end of the conversation I was starting to
get him to come around
on the issue, frankly
of the number of votes.
It needs to be more. They were at least starting
to understand. But at one point, I got the passive
aggressive and other respected media members. And I said, hey,
sorry if I'm not behaving like a respected meeting a member.
All right,
sorry, so I'm trying to make things better. Sorry. I'm
trying to make sure that whoever gets the Super Bowl.
MVP award is the one who deserves it
and that it's a process
that you can look at and say,
Nothing wrong with that. They're doing it the right way.
Yeah. No, I listen. It's embarrassing. When you hear it
out loud. You're really go. Oh my gosh. Is that really how
it's done? It's a joke. It's a joke. First off. There's no
excuse with any of it.
The fans have no.
Haven't should have no voice in this process. Absolutely. Not.
There should be more than 60 people voting after the game if
they do, it should be after the game. Why are they voting
during the game? I don't know. Any voting before Cooper cups
touchdown. Well, you know
where Donald ends the game. I don't get that either. I don't
get that either. At the very least. I just like to see
the 16 people. To the game's over.
I'd like to see that happen.
I would think that we could count the 16 by the time we have. A
eight minute commercial break after the game
and all this other things that we can go.
Wait, wait, we can like count and look at this. Whoa, 10 for
cup for for not like, I mean, come on, that's such a stupid
excuse, and ridiculous.
So they need, that's the first thing that has to go. Let alone
with all of them, but they got to wait to the end of the game.
And it first off, it's disturbing anyways, I don't
know of Even waiting for the end of the game. Do you think
that definitely would have sueded to Aaron Donald side? It
had take that
last play. The Tackle on the third and one run. Do you think
that did it?
I know the rush.
Because because look
here. You got to take time to reflect on the game as it's
happening.
Yeah, it's hard as the game is happening.
The reality is unfolding before our very eyes are trying to
digest it. While the next play is 40 seconds away. Right? And
it's very difficult to take a broader view,
you know, you can't study the statistics. You can't go back
and look at the film. You can't look at the, you know, for
example,
you and I both said after the game
that the key moment was
the post interception.
Yeah, eventually by the Rams, right? Touchdown by The
Bangles, right? And when I went back and looked at
the play-by-play, it's like holy crap. Earned. Donald had two
sacks on that drive. I know he tried, he tried to.
He tried to force them into a field goal,
the first four downs, and that was capped with a jobber o, 18
yard scramble on fourth and one and then on Third and three,
that's when he pulled through the line, right, tackle, Jill
burrow and force him to kick three, and that
dramatically change the game. Otherwise would have been first
and goal inside the 10. And they scored touchdown and it's
11 instead of four or it's will ever
know.
It does
11 instead of seven. Yeah, seven is exactly right now,
exactly everything. No doubt to score football game. It was
huge. The story of the game was the Rams defense. The Rams did
first. I'll both defense has won the game. I think that's
the thing, too.
And I know we're in an era that it's just so offensive,
one-sided. All we think about is offense, offense, offense.
I'm in the Bangles. No, really offensively. It's like,
Replays was their offense of showing, it was
three big passes,
you know, of a little a handful of runs by Joe Mixon. Other
than that, they couldn't do anything. They could not do
anything on the offensive side of the ball.
So the Rams defense won that battle. There's no doubt about
it. The Bangles hung around. But Aaron Donald close the door
and end of the game. I mean, he was amazing in the second half
and a moment where they started to realize, wait
offense. We don't have Odell Beckham jr. Things aren't going
to be good here. We're struggling on that side of
the ball defense. We have A step up and kind of win this game
or keep our offense and it here for a while, until they can put
a drive together. They did that. And then
the leader of the charge, there was certainly Aaron Donald,
there's so many plays that he effects throughout the game,
especially in the second half. So that would be my big issue.
I hate the lack of respect that people didn't really give
Matthew Stafford. Certainly. You heard me voice that? I just
want people to
respect what we saw little bit,
you know, undermanned offense. He was tough. I know he had
the interceptions, but damn it was One of the coaches toughest
drives to win a Super Bowl and and the history of the game
and all that. So I just would like to hear people giving
respect. I'd also like to raise my hand and go. Wait. What,
what would the Bangles doing a little bit with pass protection
during the game? I mean, what the hell? Are we going to
change it up a little bit? Keep an extra guy in
chip. The demons ends.
They just acted like they were just going to go. Well,
we're not Goods, but
we'll just roll the dice and hope we're good today.
I mean, there's some things about the game as I am packed
it last night, sitting there eating my soup, like I told you
I just went man, that was,
you know, disappointing her underwhelming.
I mean, Poor Joe burrow, he was under pressure and they didn't
do a whole lot to help him. I mean, if it wasn't for him
getting it out of his hand quick and making some crazy
throws. I mean, he would have got sacked, another handful of
times.
Here's a way to think about MVP.
Yeah, who is the player? Who is the player right? That, if you
take him out of the game, that's a good way to say. Am
I in the
game, right?
Is, is the most likely to affect him winning? Right? And
you said it that says, it's Donald, it's Donald. Uh-huh.
I saw a screenshot. I saw a screenshot
of that last play. Now. First of all, Joe burrow almost
completed the pass to spend. It is amazing. If you've noticed
that I did was completed that past. I know, okay, there's
people running the flat and he breaks in for the ball as it
comes out. And
it wasn't, I didn't maybe need to see a different angle,
but that was closer than it should have been. Also
the screenshot. I saw it. Higgins. Had Jalen Ramsey on the ground.
Yes. From our Chase that really?
Yeah, one of them. Somebody, somebody had Jalen Ramsey on
the ground. Yeah,
they did. Yeah. And,
and was wide-ass open it Bruce. Arians would say he ran down
the right. Sideline Jamar, Chase and their feet got
tangled. And yes, the thing is,
it was a fourth and one
he did have one on one with Jamar, Chase on the right side.
But if we could show that last play again, guys,
he looked, he plays the, he plays the, the system on the
The left side, he plays the concept. See, so his eyes are
all over the left. And then, of course, he never has a really,
a chance to get back over to the right side of the field or
see much else because
Aaron Donald dominated,
you know, that was the big thing. And,
and I mean that's an unbelievable move first off to
be that wide as a three technique and then still win
with the outside move and there was an extra guy inside there.
They got the center over there and he's still got around
the corner and maybe
the sack. There's really that's like out of demons attack has,
nobody can do that.
Pass rush. It's him and Warren Sapp, maybe in the history of
the sport. Just a phenomenal player. Right? But I like what
you said there to me, that buttons it up. Who's the one
guy that if you took off the field, it would have affected
the game. The
most are swayed, the outcome. And to me
when you say that. I mean, it just, it's silver platter. Oh,
it's Aaron Donald. There's no doubt about it. The game, he
changed the game. He was, of course, the biggest person they
had a worry about within their game plan and trying to figure
out how to block
them and Raheem Morris did a Great job. I thought the second
half would get in some defense assets where
the Bangles couldn't double-team him every play. Finally,
and that allowed him to get one-on-one. But I like how you
kind of phrase that Mike. I think that's the way to do it.
And so let's just say this,
the the PFT Super Bowl. MVP award goes to errand on,
definitely and our votes are more reliable because we've, at
least taken some time to think about it. Reflect on it. Talk
about it. Hash it out, sounded out there.
No, there was no proverbial gun to our heads to cast our
ballots. I got somebody gotta pick somebody, gotta pick.
Somebody. Got right. Somebody
know the, the
award means so much. It's life-changing II changed. My
family's life. I can tell you from experience. Yeah,
Big O. Five weeks
from the end of the regular season. Before they tell us who
the regular season MVP is five weeks, right? I think we can
wait five hours.
I think we can wait.
Wait, one day. I think you should name the Super Bowl MVP.
You should when you get done with the show, I definitely
think you should do some copy paste copy paste snarky comment
and put up the top of the screen.
The PFT Super Bowl MVP like you do your regular season awards.
Put the Super Bowl MVP up there,
get this conversation going. Yeah get this conversation going.
I think we got to shine a light on this. This has to get changed
another, it doesn't happen a lot but there's been a handful
of times where we've seen throughout the course of
the NFL history. Where
If you wait or just have a little time to digest or at
least, just wait to the end of the football game. I think
people's votes would have changed. I think this is one of
those games. Like, you talked about. I think you believe,
sure? You didn't you say
even Shireen, Shireen, kind of told you after the game that
she thinks some of the voting would have been swayed. Like,
yes, potentially. Yes, right.
Any of my sources,
but yes, well, I wasn't, she's one of my sources. Well, yeah,
I just was saying you'd that was just a thought from
a respective media member asked. Yes, right. It's just Voted
medium, right? Right. Yes.
Yes, and she shares our view that. It's all a little too.
Rushed to rush in trouble or me and trouble. Yeah, sort of like
get me in trouble.