Ten Takes is a production of the NFL in partnership with iHeartRadio. Ten Takes you clicked, I love you for it's Thank you so much for the suggestions. Last week I talked about my wife and I are having a hard time finding a TV show that we both like together. I like intense stuff, she likes light stuff. A lot of you guys sent the Lincoln Lawyer. We're going to try to check that out, especially since my wife is a lawyer. I don't know if that'll make it hate it more or like it more, but we're trying, and we're helping, and we're trying to get better. We're trying. Thank you guys for the suggestions. I appreciate it. I'm not going to waste your time. Ten Takes in ten minutes every single week. Start the clock. Take number one. The Charges are going to the playoffs. You guys already know that. I've said it all season. They're gonna win eleven games. They're seven and three right now. They're going to finish eleven and six. And it's really really cool to watch them last night because it was a slow motion car crass that we've seen from the Chargers for I don't know thirty years. Oh my god, they got great fantasy numbers and touchdowns this and fireworks this, and then they completely wet their pants in the second half and charger their way out of a win. Charger is a verb. We've used it for years on Good Morning Football. They're gonna charger this up, don't charger in the fourth quarter. In fact, before Scott Hanson was doing on Red Zone, we used to say the Witching Hour was always the Chargers hour because there was Phil Rivers. Teams with great players and all pros and you know who everybody defense offense, they would always charger it up. At the end, it felt like this team didn't charge it up. And it's because the coach. I've said it before. The day that they hired Jim Harbaugh was one of the best days in Chargers history. They've had other coaches come in and try to uncharger them, and even coaches that you know, had were pedigree and had great resumes. Jim Harbaugh is an alien. He's one of one. The fact that the Chargers were about to land him means they're gonna uncharge her. I don't know what they're gona happen when they get to the plaoffs, they may win, they may not, but book the Chargers for a playoff game. And I've said this since Week one, Take number two. The Bengals I think are maybe the most incredible bad team of the last twenty five years. Pure electricity, fireworks and football just like you want. Don't miss the Bengals game. They're always so fun and they almost never win. It's fun. They're one of the best bad teams I have ever seen, so fun to watch. Last night was the same deal. They're down and Collinsworth was on it, and I have to give him credit. He's like the Bengals offense is working the best when they just decide, let's just start bombing away three pointers, never mind working into the block or trying to get to the free throw line, just start shooting threes from the logo and see if they go in. And in the second half they started going in. For the Bengals always eventually go in. And then they came up short and they lose like they always do. We have to let them go. They're not going to make some run of the playoffs because they're four and seven. They're not gonna win six in a row. But I love watching them every single week. I hope they don't shut it down in bench, Borrow and Chase. Maybe eventually, but in the meantime, one of the best bad teams I've ever seen. Take number three. The Bills did not make a statement last night. They did not plan a parade. They did not heal the world. They did not make a miracle. They did something now that Josh Allen has done four times. They beat the Kansas City Chiefs. And typically it can be a little frustrating with Alan. You want him to give you some sort of human reaction and excitement. Josh, big win at home. How do you feel? Just another game on the schedule and we're taking one game at a time, just trying to get better. But in this case, it's exactly how we should act. I loved how we should act, and I think everyone should take a cue in the whole Bill's Nation and Bill's Mafia from how Josh Allen acts. Don't do backflips for beating the Chiefs in the regular season. Don't do it. You've done it before, you'll do it again. It is not a massive success. It is not planning the American flag on the moon. You beat the Chiefs. You were better than them, You had a better roster than them yesterday, you had better coaching than them yesterday. And I loved it, and shout out to Sean McDermott for sand to hell with this. We're not going to kick a field goal with a couple of minutes left and go up five. If we go up five, we're gonna definitely lose. You don't want to be up five against my homes. Touchdowns are worth six. He went for it on fourth and two, and they made the right decision. They snapped the neck. You have to do that to beat a really good team. I hate it when teams take half me. Well, you know, the analytics here says, go up by five because of how our defense is playing. Who cares, you know? Who needs to learn how to do that? Take number four the Chicago Bears. I have no take. I have no words when something like that happens to a team you're emotionally connected to, as I am, despite myself growing up in the Chicago Land area. As they say, it's almost impossible to have no reaction to a block field goal against the Packers on the final play of the game. Now that reaction might be screaming. It might be shocked, it might be sadness, it might be profanity. I promise you I had no reaction when the Packers blocked that kick. I didn't even blink. It was like Doctor Chilton and Sounds of the Lambs saying to Hannibal Lecter, his posts never got above eighty five, even when he ate her tongue that they're turning people connected to the Bears into sociopaths. You don't feel anything. There's not even the satisfaction of a negative reaction. There's just no reaction. And I went pretty deep on this Good Morning Football. I hated how Maddy Refluse managed the last minute of the game, just like I hated it how he managed the last minute of the Commander's game. Caleb is cooking. He has a hot hand. He is more confident than he has ever been in his entire career, all a few months of it, and they just sat around and let the clock tick down because they were so sure that a forty six yard field goal would be made, and they could have run another play, They could have run two more plays if they really wanted to. They had another time out, and it's just in those moments as a head coach at the end of the game, when the rival is here and the stakes are there and the stadium's buzzing, where it doesn't matter what your pedigree is, or what's your experiences, or what your bedside manner is, or what your resume is. You just need to be a grown up and make a fearless decision in a tough situation. Some people can, some people can't. I don't think he can. Most of these great head coaches in the league right now, they're one of two species. They're vibe is either they're one of the smart guys, they're one of the tough guys. I don't think the Bears either. I don't. And in the most important moment against their most important opponent, he said, always should be good. You know, they were stacking the line, so we didn't want to run the ball. Well, then throw the ball, coach Caleb Williams is ready, throw the ball. Call it time out. Get ten yards closer, get five yards closer. Have you seen the report from ESPN that they went around talking to the Packers field goal block team that said Kyro Santos was kicking it low all day and they were surprised. They expected the Bears to run another play even they expected it, just like the commanders expected them to call a time out for the hell Mary. I just I don't know. There's leaders, they're strong guys, there's tough guys, they're smart guys. I feel like the Matt Aberflus is that guy at the end of Private Ryan crying in the stairwell and can't act. It's just really, really bad. And I don't like to say fire this guy called us for this guy's job. It's just not my lane. That was tough Take number five. I don't think the Ravens Steelers is a rivalry. My expectation of a rivalry is there's some back and forth. This team wins, that team wins, this team wins, that team wins. I don't think Bears Packers is a rivalry. Don't confuse history with rivalry. If you can't talk about the matchup and the quote unquote rivalry without referencing retired players, it's not a rivalry. And the Steelers have beating the Ravens eight out of nine times, That to me, is not a rivalry. And I know everyone is very low to criticize Lamar for anything, and he has very passionate fans, and he's really really emblematic of this franchise. I love Lamar, you love Lamar. He plays really bad against the Steelers. He doesn't play well against the Chiefs either. So you're the MVP. You're great, you have amazing highlights, you seem like a really good guy. But just factually, that's not my opinion. Look it up. He plays some of his worst football routinely against his biggest rivalry. Take number six. I don't think Justin Tucker's a Hall of Famer. I was kind of arguing with Strega this morning about this on an NFL network because every time Justin Tucker comes out there like it's the most accurate kicker in NFL history, and Peter, who is a really respected Hall of Fame opinion as is like, oh, I think he's in. He might have been it. You can kick your way out, especially that position where to put a kicker in the Hall of Fame, it's fine, but you got to jump a lot of other positions and lineman and quarterbacks and tight ends and receivers, and that's fine, but you can kick your way out. And if he finishes his career like he is right now, where he's completely in his head and can't make a kick, you can kick your way out. Also, I don't even think he's the best kicker of his generation. I think it's Harrison Bucker who was out yesterday. But the Chiefs lost anyway. Take number seven, the Steelers of the number one threat to the AFC title. Right now, I have as the Steelers, I like the Bills. The Chiefs always matter. You can go on and on until Russell Wilson actually loses a game as the starter of the Steelers. You have to acknowledge that, right and you want to say, well, they didn't even score a touchdown yesterday, I know, and they still won. He made his worst plays made as a Steeler and the touchdown, the interception of the back of the end zone. It was not great. They had six field goals and they still won against an MVP and alleged AFC front runner. Maybe it'll be Buffalo. We've been down that block many times. I like Pittsburgh right now. Take number eight. My favorite species of team this time of year is the come running team. You know, this team that has this crappy record, spent the first couple months of the season just floundering, and then they find something and they get locked in and they go on a tear at the end of the season. It used to be what the Chargers would do with Phil Rivers. I've beaten up on the Charges a lot in this podcast. They won last night, but usually they don't even make the playoffs. They could win five out of their last six, but it was those games they lost in September that cost them. Here's teams. I like to be the CUM running team Indianapolis. Maybe if Richardson really discovers himself, Miami would be really fun. And they won yesterday and then Seattle out of nowhere if they come out of the West, it's a wild card. Amazing win by Gino yesterday and Seahawks. Keep your eye on the CUM Running team. It's the most exciting species of team the time of year. Take number nine. The worst feeling in the world is talking to someone and not knowing their name, or maybe talking to someone who's the public figure and you can't remember who it is. I'm walking through the hotel yesterday here in La I'm in La and the Chargers are staying at the hotel. I'm walking through the lobby. This guy says, hey, Kyle, and I turn and it's this guy. I recognize. He's big, he's strong, he's got Chargers gear on, but it feels like kind of an ex player. I had like a two minute conversation with him by how good it was to see him and how good he looks, and how great it catch up and all that. I'm like, who the hell is this? Who the hell is I can't figure out. I was great to see you, Kyle. As I'm walking away, I was like, damn it, that was Antonio Cromarty. I know that was Antonio Cromarty, and I forgot and I feel embarrassed. And Antonio, next time I see you, I'll give you a hug. Take number ten. Pro wrestlers are amazing. I did a piece for CBS. If you haven't seen it, it's on my social media. I got to work with Kurt Angle. He and I wrestled. We did moves, we did closed lines, we did leg drops. He was so cool, so tough, so kind. I don't know how those people do that to their bodies for so long and survive. Love you Kurt Angle, love you pro Wrestling, and love you guys for listening. That's the explosion. You know what that means. It's very subtle. We end the pod with an explosion, and that's how we do it. Thank you so much for clicking, Thank you so much for stopping Vibe. Thank you for your Lincoln Lawyer suggestions. Can't promise we're gonna get to it, guys. It's pretty much holiday movie season, so that takes up a lot of bandwidth. But I will try, just as you have tried. Thank you, ten minutes. We promise it. We'll get out of here. Ten takes, See you next time. Ten Takes is a production of the NFL in partnership with iHeartRadio. For more iHeartRadio pods, go to the iHeartRadio app, go to Apple, go anywhere you like. It'll be there.

Ten Takes is a production of the NFL in partnership with iHeartRadio. Ten Takes you clicked, I love you for it's Thank you so much for the suggestions. Last week I talked about my wife and I are having a hard time finding a TV show that we both like together. I like intense stuff, she likes light stuff. A lot of you guys sent the Lincoln Lawyer. We're going to try to check that out, especially since my wife is a lawyer. I don't know if that'll make it hate it more or like it more, but we're trying, and we're helping, and we're trying to get better. We're trying. Thank you guys for the suggestions. I appreciate it. I'm not going to waste your time. Ten Takes in ten minutes every single week. Start the clock. Take number one. The Charges are going to the playoffs. You guys already know that. I've said it all season. They're gonna win eleven games. They're seven and three right now. They're going to finish eleven and six. And it's really really cool to watch them last night because it was a slow motion car crass that we've seen from the Chargers for I don't know thirty years. Oh my god, they got great fantasy numbers and touchdowns this and fireworks this, and then they completely wet their pants in the second half and charger their way out of a win. Charger is a verb. We've used it for years on Good Morning Football. They're gonna charger this up, don't charger in the fourth quarter. In fact, before Scott Hanson was doing on Red Zone, we used to say the Witching Hour was always the Chargers hour because there was Phil Rivers. Teams with great players and all pros and you know who everybody defense offense, they would always charger it up. At the end, it felt like this team didn't charge it up. And it's because the coach. I've said it before. The day that they hired Jim Harbaugh was one of the best days in Chargers history. They've had other coaches come in and try to uncharger them, and even coaches that you know, had were pedigree and had great resumes. Jim Harbaugh is an alien. He's one of one. The fact that the Chargers were about to land him means they're gonna uncharge her. I don't know what they're gona happen when they get to the plaoffs, they may win, they may not, but book the Chargers for a playoff game. And I've said this since Week one, Take number two. The Bengals I think are maybe the most incredible bad team of the last twenty five years. Pure electricity, fireworks and football just like you want. Don't miss the Bengals game. They're always so fun and they almost never win. It's fun. They're one of the best bad teams I have ever seen, so fun to watch. Last night was the same deal. They're down and Collinsworth was on it, and I have to give him credit. He's like the Bengals offense is working the best when they just decide, let's just start bombing away three pointers, never mind working into the block or trying to get to the free throw line, just start shooting threes from the logo and see if they go in. And in the second half they started going in. For the Bengals always eventually go in. And then they came up short and they lose like they always do. We have to let them go. They're not going to make some run of the playoffs because they're four and seven. They're not gonna win six in a row. But I love watching them every single week. I hope they don't shut it down in bench, Borrow and Chase. Maybe eventually, but in the meantime, one of the best bad teams I've ever seen. Take number three. The Bills did not make a statement last night. They did not plan a parade. They did not heal the world. They did not make a miracle. They did something now that Josh Allen has done four times. They beat the Kansas City Chiefs. And typically it can be a little frustrating with Alan. You want him to give you some sort of human reaction and excitement. Josh, big win at home. How do you feel? Just another game on the schedule and we're taking one game at a time, just trying to get better. But in this case, it's exactly how we should act. I loved how we should act, and I think everyone should take a cue in the whole Bill's Nation and Bill's Mafia from how Josh Allen acts. Don't do backflips for beating the Chiefs in the regular season. Don't do it. You've done it before, you'll do it again. It is not a massive success. It is not planning the American flag on the moon. You beat the Chiefs. You were better than them, You had a better roster than them yesterday, you had better coaching than them yesterday. And I loved it, and shout out to Sean McDermott for sand to hell with this. We're not going to kick a field goal with a couple of minutes left and go up five. If we go up five, we're gonna definitely lose. You don't want to be up five against my homes. Touchdowns are worth six. He went for it on fourth and two, and they made the right decision. They snapped the neck. You have to do that to beat a really good team. I hate it when teams take half me. Well, you know, the analytics here says, go up by five because of how our defense is playing. Who cares, you know? Who needs to learn how to do that? Take number four the Chicago Bears. I have no take. I have no words when something like that happens to a team you're emotionally connected to, as I am, despite myself growing up in the Chicago Land area. As they say, it's almost impossible to have no reaction to a block field goal against the Packers on the final play of the game. Now that reaction might be screaming. It might be shocked, it might be sadness, it might be profanity. I promise you I had no reaction when the Packers blocked that kick. I didn't even blink. It was like Doctor Chilton and Sounds of the Lambs saying to Hannibal Lecter, his posts never got above eighty five, even when he ate her tongue that they're turning people connected to the Bears into sociopaths. You don't feel anything. There's not even the satisfaction of a negative reaction. There's just no reaction. And I went pretty deep on this Good Morning Football. I hated how Maddy Refluse managed the last minute of the game, just like I hated it how he managed the last minute of the Commander's game. Caleb is cooking. He has a hot hand. He is more confident than he has ever been in his entire career, all a few months of it, and they just sat around and let the clock tick down because they were so sure that a forty six yard field goal would be made, and they could have run another play, They could have run two more plays if they really wanted to. They had another time out, and it's just in those moments as a head coach at the end of the game, when the rival is here and the stakes are there and the stadium's buzzing, where it doesn't matter what your pedigree is, or what's your experiences, or what your bedside manner is, or what your resume is. You just need to be a grown up and make a fearless decision in a tough situation. Some people can, some people can't. I don't think he can. Most of these great head coaches in the league right now, they're one of two species. They're vibe is either they're one of the smart guys, they're one of the tough guys. I don't think the Bears either. I don't. And in the most important moment against their most important opponent, he said, always should be good. You know, they were stacking the line, so we didn't want to run the ball. Well, then throw the ball, coach Caleb Williams is ready, throw the ball. Call it time out. Get ten yards closer, get five yards closer. Have you seen the report from ESPN that they went around talking to the Packers field goal block team that said Kyro Santos was kicking it low all day and they were surprised. They expected the Bears to run another play even they expected it, just like the commanders expected them to call a time out for the hell Mary. I just I don't know. There's leaders, they're strong guys, there's tough guys, they're smart guys. I feel like the Matt Aberflus is that guy at the end of Private Ryan crying in the stairwell and can't act. It's just really, really bad. And I don't like to say fire this guy called us for this guy's job. It's just not my lane. That was tough Take number five. I don't think the Ravens Steelers is a rivalry. My expectation of a rivalry is there's some back and forth. This team wins, that team wins, this team wins, that team wins. I don't think Bears Packers is a rivalry. Don't confuse history with rivalry. If you can't talk about the matchup and the quote unquote rivalry without referencing retired players, it's not a rivalry. And the Steelers have beating the Ravens eight out of nine times, That to me, is not a rivalry. And I know everyone is very low to criticize Lamar for anything, and he has very passionate fans, and he's really really emblematic of this franchise. I love Lamar, you love Lamar. He plays really bad against the Steelers. He doesn't play well against the Chiefs either. So you're the MVP. You're great, you have amazing highlights, you seem like a really good guy. But just factually, that's not my opinion. Look it up. He plays some of his worst football routinely against his biggest rivalry. Take number six. I don't think Justin Tucker's a Hall of Famer. I was kind of arguing with Strega this morning about this on an NFL network because every time Justin Tucker comes out there like it's the most accurate kicker in NFL history, and Peter, who is a really respected Hall of Fame opinion as is like, oh, I think he's in. He might have been it. You can kick your way out, especially that position where to put a kicker in the Hall of Fame, it's fine, but you got to jump a lot of other positions and lineman and quarterbacks and tight ends and receivers, and that's fine, but you can kick your way out. And if he finishes his career like he is right now, where he's completely in his head and can't make a kick, you can kick your way out. Also, I don't even think he's the best kicker of his generation. I think it's Harrison Bucker who was out yesterday. But the Chiefs lost anyway. Take number seven, the Steelers of the number one threat to the AFC title. Right now, I have as the Steelers, I like the Bills. The Chiefs always matter. You can go on and on until Russell Wilson actually loses a game as the starter of the Steelers. You have to acknowledge that, right and you want to say, well, they didn't even score a touchdown yesterday, I know, and they still won. He made his worst plays made as a Steeler and the touchdown, the interception of the back of the end zone. It was not great. They had six field goals and they still won against an MVP and alleged AFC front runner. Maybe it'll be Buffalo. We've been down that block many times. I like Pittsburgh right now. Take number eight. My favorite species of team this time of year is the come running team. You know, this team that has this crappy record, spent the first couple months of the season just floundering, and then they find something and they get locked in and they go on a tear at the end of the season. It used to be what the Chargers would do with Phil Rivers. I've beaten up on the Charges a lot in this podcast. They won last night, but usually they don't even make the playoffs. They could win five out of their last six, but it was those games they lost in September that cost them. Here's teams. I like to be the CUM running team Indianapolis. Maybe if Richardson really discovers himself, Miami would be really fun. And they won yesterday and then Seattle out of nowhere if they come out of the West, it's a wild card. Amazing win by Gino yesterday and Seahawks. Keep your eye on the CUM Running team. It's the most exciting species of team the time of year. Take number nine. The worst feeling in the world is talking to someone and not knowing their name, or maybe talking to someone who's the public figure and you can't remember who it is. I'm walking through the hotel yesterday here in La I'm in La and the Chargers are staying at the hotel. I'm walking through the lobby. This guy says, hey, Kyle, and I turn and it's this guy. I recognize. He's big, he's strong, he's got Chargers gear on, but it feels like kind of an ex player. I had like a two minute conversation with him by how good it was to see him and how good he looks, and how great it catch up and all that. I'm like, who the hell is this? Who the hell is I can't figure out. I was great to see you, Kyle. As I'm walking away, I was like, damn it, that was Antonio Cromarty. I know that was Antonio Cromarty, and I forgot and I feel embarrassed. And Antonio, next time I see you, I'll give you a hug. Take number ten. Pro wrestlers are amazing. I did a piece for CBS. If you haven't seen it, it's on my social media. I got to work with Kurt Angle. He and I wrestled. We did moves, we did closed lines, we did leg drops. He was so cool, so tough, so kind. I don't know how those people do that to their bodies for so long and survive. Love you Kurt Angle, love you pro Wrestling, and love you guys for listening. That's the explosion. You know what that means. It's very subtle. We end the pod with an explosion, and that's how we do it. Thank you so much for clicking, Thank you so much for stopping Vibe. Thank you for your Lincoln Lawyer suggestions. Can't promise we're gonna get to it, guys. It's pretty much holiday movie season, so that takes up a lot of bandwidth. But I will try, just as you have tried. Thank you, ten minutes. We promise it. We'll get out of here. Ten takes, See you next time. Ten Takes is a production of the NFL in partnership with iHeartRadio. For more iHeartRadio pods, go to the iHeartRadio app, go to Apple, go anywhere you like. It'll be there.