procrastinating regretting lamenting. Here we go. Ever since you
walked in. Here we go. I don't know who I'm taking Rams,
Bangles. Do you want me to go first? Well, I know you want
first because you're taking her and I am. I'm going for
the Rams. I am I I just I look at the Rams. I think there's two
things that I just base level that I look at.
I do think they're more talented football team.
I do I think would be go through it.
You know, there's a lot to like, with the Bangles,
but I think you go through more of the position units. You're
going to pick the Rams units, more times in The Bangles. So
I'm also going to give the edge and coaching to the Rams
a little bit.
Not that, it's a huge Advantage, but I think just
between those two things, the fact that it's a little bit of
an older team, a little bit more battle-tested
and really in some ways Again, The Bangles are magical Mike,
but you kind of know how I feel. I mean, there's a part of
me that
thinks I'm not sure. They were the better team in
the divisional. Round on the field. I'm not sure. They were
the better team on the field in the AFC round and the
AFC Championship game.
So, I'm going with the Rams and I'm
With the Rams like 3821.
Wow, I'm going
to Boom dominantly. Yes. I am. Look.
Wow, and and I've said a few times this week that if
the Rams are going to win. It's got to be step on their throat,
right. He pressing don't let him back into it. Yeah, because
if you let him hang around, they're eventually going
to take it. They did it against the Titans.
They did it against the Chiefs
and they
they almost let the Raiders do. It to them. No doubt, they let
them hang around but all these games are closed. Yeah, they're
battle-tested right? Don't mess around with Joe Borough,
but they've got the pass rush. How many years have we seen?
The pass rush? That is dominant. Overwhelm
a quarterback. We saw it last year, right? We saw it the year
that the Broncos beat the Panthers despite Peyton Manning
no longer having much of anything as places some of his
higher-end abilities. A lot of quarterbacks could have won
that game. I don't think a lot of quarterbacks could have
gotten them to the game
but on Day, it was about Von Miller in the pass rush, and
I think it's going to be about,
it's going to be about
the pass rush. It's going to be about right defense. It's going
to be about Odell Beckham jr. I think he's going to have a big
game. We said yesterday, we both believe, he'll be over
the 60 and a half
receiving yards.
I had 3221 in my head 32:29 21 and you're done. And I hate,
I have 32 21 Grams because the spreads down to four because so
many people are betting on the Bangles.
They're moving the number
to entice people to to bet on the rims, but I think it's head
versus heart and a lot of people want to see the Bengals
win. It's a great story, you get caught up in a great story.
You get caught up in an Underdog Story. I remember
30 years ago, 36 years ago, the 85 Bears. Sure. The Patriots
made into the game, right. Eye was caught out. You know, I'm
in college. I'm thinking, hey, I want the Patriots to win
this. It's a great story. I want the on, and they
splattered, and I feel like it's going to be splattered
time. And
one of the things we haven't talked about all week.
Advantage that the Rams have
of not having to leave Los Angeles. Yeah. I've not having
to get on a plane and go three time zones away. I've not
having to adjust to that
of being in their regular environment. I know they've had
to practice at the Rose Bowl because of wins, but they're
the home team even though the Bengals are technically
the home team
and I think there's a built-in Advantage there as well.
When you know, it's not like you can get to sleep in your
bed all week long at some point you go to the team hotel. But
yeah, you're home.
You're still in your natural environment and there's there's
a built-in Advantage there that the Bengals are going to have
to overcome and Joe Borough said,
you know, distractions already have taken root early in
the week and they have to get away from that. They have to focus
on team for the Rams. It's never a distraction. They live
her. They're here all the time. It's not an issue. It's not,
it's not anything.
It's almost like what you say about going to Miami,
you know, you got all these
Bengals players coming to LA and they may get caught up in
the LA agrees. Yeah. Well, let's go to this place. It's
good out here. Let's walk. Let's go to the beach. I hear
you there.
The ram certainly aren't going to fall into that trap,
you know, but yeah, I think you make good points. I do they're
in their comfort level like even today. I know the Rams.
I think we're practicing at the Rose Bowl because they're
rich normal facility. I'd like high winds, right? Or something
like that. I said that, you know, it's know I did but but
but I didn't know if you said today but to your point like
yeah, they're still got in the car going home. They're not
going to a hotel
there in that process. There is that
but as you know, to and we talk to us a little bit, you could
play the flip side of that as well. You are. Home.
People are starting to come into town
and hey, here's it's everywhere. You go. Hey, Super
Bowl. Yeah. Ram, super you having to hear that a little
bit with the Bangles, as we know on the road. Sometimes you
get to the team hotel and
all you do is like man just focus on the game.
But but I still, I think would give the Rams the advantage to
your point. I think your that's right. One of the things that
we both agreed on NFC Championship game, great
players, making great play and the Rams have the great
players. Will they make the great plays
Will Matthew Stafford cough?
Up and will it make a difference? If it keeps it
closed? That's how the Bengals have a shot. I think
the Bengals blowing out. The Rams is the
bottom but thing doesn't happen. Right? If the Rams win,
I expect it to be a big win because I think Shawn me, they
will have them ready to go. Who do you give the edge to in the
boss versus former pupil with Zach? Taylor Zach, Taylor knows
the Personnel to extent obviously different quarterback
different running back, but he knows the Personnel, but
McVeigh no, Zack Taylor. Yeah, I give it to McVeigh. I do,
I always kind of give it to the teacher.
ER, more than the pupil
more times than not.
And I think the other thing, too,
you know, makes a, of course, is
coaching the Super Bowl ready.
This is Zach. Taylor's first time around doing that. There
is something to that. I talked to Sean McVeigh last week and
he you'll see it in the pregame show.
He talks about some of those experiences from the first time
around and what, how it's going to help them this time around.
So I think I look at that and I do look at
I guess I look at again. I really like Zach Taylor and
that offense and what him? And Brian Calley And do on that
side of the ball, but I guess I am more of a Mac fan of what
McVeigh
has to offer that way to,
you know, one thing McVeigh, which
I thought was really cool. He said to me Mike
was
that he's added a lot to his offense this year because once
he got to know, Matt Stafford, he was
he I guess he was smarter than even thought he was going to be
like just as far as X's and O's knowing everything about plays
and
and he's like, Stafford could teach me like a coach certain
plays that I didn't have a lot of experience with. And because
of that. At
mcveigh's said, Stafford is added to the McVeigh offense.
He's taking some of the Scott Linehan, drop back, pass plays
that Matthew Stafford has and some of the other good
offensive coordinators have been around and they've infused
that into their offense.
And I think they're a little bit of a deadly combination
make, they made it sound like men, the game planning that
Stafford certainly has a say and what he likes to do and
I give that a little bit of an edge in that
group there because borough, of course young to and still
doesn't know a whole lot that way. It's been a long time
coming from Matthew staff along, I'm coming for Aaron
Donald long time, coming for Odell Beckham jr.
There's just too much of that. That's what I think.
Much of that guys coming together. Right? Well, Lessing
and realizing. This is our opportunity. We've been in
the NFL for so long. I and
now Donald was there three years ago? Knows how hard it is
to get back Odell Beckham jr. Has never been there.
Stafford's never been there. I just feel like and here's
the other
they want to win for the other one to it's not even from
themselves. They're all like I want to win for her and honor
I want to win for obj. Do you really want ya
to have to Show up for work
every damn home game for the rest of your career with
the Rams in the stadium where you lost a Super Bowl. I think
that's part of it too. Here is only second time. It's ever
happened. You're right. I don't want that. That right at
fear-based motivation of? We don't want to.
Look, this is our workplace. We can't, we can't have our lures.
The football memory memory, never know, game of our lives
here and have to continue to show up here and play all
the time. So I think that's
part of his. Well, we have to we have to let you go. By
the way, Bob Seger.
Is still with us. Yeah, Bob Seger is good. 76 years old, he
still with his and he may make return at any point because I'm
Todd. It was scary. How loud? It was, just before we came on
the are, right. It was
like, bust your eardrum. No doubt. No doubt. What do you
think? You think the Bangles have a good plan to slow down
that pass rush of the Rams and
all that? And they have a
plan do it plan goes out the window when you get hit in
the mouth. That's it that Mike Tyson. Yeah, right. As is
the one thing to watch out and the game, you know the serves and
we know
it's more than any other Super Bowl that I can. Amber.
I mean it's a team that got 50 plus sax going against a team
that got sacked. 50 plus X. That's rare doesn't always
happen. The team that got the 50 plus ax. I believe this is
the third time in the Super Bowl.
This is heaven. They win every time the defense wins. So
I believe there are three, you know, and that's that
department. I'm going to be interested to Mike with this
little angle.
The Rams, we know the front for is great.
They Rush 5 too much and if you rush five, and you're worried
about the pass rush, what do you think? Well, as other,
the other team's quarterback.
He's gonna be gone. Let me get the ball out, quick. Let me get
it out, quick. Write to me. That'll play right in the hands
of the Bangles. Now. There's one x, one less guy,
maybe over the middle to throw a slant route or a shallow
cross route for Jamar chase at the Rams rush for. I think
they're going to give problems to The Bangles and they get
over aggressive and try to just
kill, go over the kill shot, the jugular
then they're going to let the Bangles hang around and Joe,
Burrows, and make some plays with Jamar Chase. And then
that's when the game gets dicey. I'm definitely not
feeling great about my pic. Yeah, and,
and I do kind of hope the Bengals win just
I think it would be a better story. I hear you,
but it feels like the Rams players
are primed right now. They deserve it.
They've earned it. Yeah, and they're doing it at home. And
again, they don't want to keep coming back to this stadium
for every Sunday, Monday, or Thursday, the rest of their
careers with the Rams experiencing again, having
flashbacks, again, to the day that they had a championship in
their hands, and they blow it. So, I don't think
they're going to blow it. I think they're going to win it.
We're going to take a break.