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GMFB Friday Hour 1: Ravens win, Bad Calls?, Mad Minute, and Giants/Panthers in Germany!

Published Nov 8, 2024, 6:30 PM

Hour One of the Good Morning Football Podcast begins with the Ravens win over the Bengals. Hosts Sherree Burruss, Kyle Brandt, Akbar Gbajabiamila, and Steve Wyche discuss the final play of the game and the current playoff picture.  The table looks at some of the best games coming up in Week 10.  Plus, Fmr NFL DT Markus Kuhn helps get us ready for the Giants/Panthers game in Germany!

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Good Morning Football.

Welcome to Good Morning Football, brought to you by our friends at Old Trapper Beef Jerky.

We have made it to Friday.

It is we send somehow already here at the breakfast table. I am Sherry Burrs alongside Akbar Baja Biamilla.

Thanks to Steve White.

You're waking up very early to be here with us, yep. And to be here holding things down in New York City is our Kyle brand, their Kyle, the Bengals and Ravens. We had anticipations this was going to be a good game. Looked like a shootout. But how did last night go?

We all got a pep in our step this morning. Guys. We love all the games, but we really love a great Thursday night game on Friday morning.

Why don't we get into it right now? Because this had something for everyone, all right. The Bengals don't have a great record, but they've won three road games in a row. However, Lamar has owned them. Let's jumped already to the third quarter with the Bengals with a fourteen to seven lead. Huge play here though, because Cincinnati's totally in control. And then Chase Brown, who was a good strong runner last night, fumbles. The Ravens secondary had to up their game because they lost Kyle Hamilton early, and believe me, they paid a price for it.

But Marlon Huffy made a huge play there.

Why because on second and nine, Lamar is going to run twenty.

Yards behind the line of scrimage to run out of bounds.

No, to throw it away, No, he's still going. Is he gonna score?

Oh my god?

He Alwys gets in, He gets down to the one yard line, and crazy play from Lamar, a guy who gives us one every single week.

Speaking of every single week, do.

You know Derrick Henry has scored in every game this season, every game for the Ravens he has scored, including there. So they're back the fumble, they cashed it in, but the fourth quarter had all kinds of pyrotechnics.

Twenty eight all this is a classic. Bro is just gonna float over the Ravens into DeMar Chase. So they're down one now and look at it, says go for two.

After a couple of timeouts, they go for two.

He throws it.

To Tanner Hudson they can't complete it. They wanted a flag on the receiver, they didn't get it.

Kasiki's mad.

But also you're gonna see the play on Burrow where Burrow gets hit directly what here boom right in the face.

They don't call that either.

Everyone's apoplectic about it.

Thirty five to thirty four.

The Bengals lose, and Manda they really need that one on the standings. An instant classic. Last time it was forty one to thirty eight. This time thirty five to thirty four. Joe burrougher for four twenty eight and four touchdowns in a loss. Guys, so much to unpack herett Let's hear from both quarterbacks who bent over backwards praising the other quarterback roll it.

I just know that's a that's a great quarterback over there.

You know.

It's a lot of a great quarterbacks in the league, not just us too, you know, but and it's a divisional game. I just know he's going to be a dog fight with regardless because he got dog in him.

I'm playing against him, you know what kind of game it's going to be.

He's going to make make big time plays, put them in great spots to win the game and you got to match it.

And I love playing against him, I love watching him. He's incredible.

You know, you know what kind of game is going to be going into that when when you got him on the other side of the ball.

Could have been a black Baker for the Bengals.

I'll show you why.

Here we go, guys, let's start from the left. Casey has the buy Buffalo, Pittsburgh and Houston Division leaders your current wild card right now as we get into November, Baltimore seven and three after last night, the Chargers and then the Broncos with the seventh spot. It's a filthy, gross, lurking column with teams that are two and seven, But look at the Bengals.

Four and six could have been.

Five and five if they win, if they get the two point conversion, that'll change, of course. But Sherry Burris, Cincinnati really needed that win.

And they could not quite get it.

No, no, Kyle, they could, and you perfectly tee that up. That highlight just brought the excitement of last night because once again we saw the Bengals just falling short against Lamar Jackson and the Ravens in this AFC North thriller.

So Steve, I do want to start with you.

What do you feel like?

Was the biggest turning point that we saw in that Thursday night game.

Sure, look, when any team plays the Baltimore Ravens, they will tell you going in, our margin of error is slim.

And the turning point.

Of the game came almost midway through the third quarter when Marlon Humphrey strips the ball from running back Chase Brown on the thirty one yard line right this fumble right here. At this point, the Bengals were up twenty one to seven, and this was the turning point.

The Bengals get the ball handful of.

Plays later after this, Rocons with recovery.

There's Marlon Humphrey.

He's happy you got Derrick Henry getting into the end zone one more time.

But this was the turning point.

But there were a couple more inflections in this back and forth game. But again that gave the ball. They gave it to Baltimore. We saw it last week against the Broncos. You make one mistake against Baltimore, they can pour it on offensively. Regardless of how shabby their defenses actbar this is something that their offense once it gets rolling to train rolling downhill.

You know, it's it's interesting because you know, I think of practices all the time. You see the offense out there, and they work on the two minute offense, and the two minute offense, obviously is something you practice for in case you're behind. You want to make sure that you keep the quick tempo. I've never seen a fourth quarter offense before. I think that the Baltimore rate practice fourth quarter offense. I mean, my goodness, what they were able to go out there and do and complete and compete in the fourth quarter was just absolutely outstanding. I think look at their numbers. Two hundred and thirty one yards in the fourth quarter, one hundred percent in the red zone, one hundred percent on third down. They were moving, they were cooking with gas, eighty four percent completion. Now you think about what they did in the first three quarters. The first three quarters, they had one hundred and fifty eight yards total offense. They had, they were thirty seven percent on third down excuse me, ninety three yards of passing. They went out there and obliterated their entire offense in the first three quarters.

In the fourth quarter, this was just unstoppable. I mean, I look at this and I go.

You know, kudos to this offense that they can be down three quarters and then come back in the fourth quarter and score three touchdowns. Great work by obviously, you know, Lamar Jackson, Derek Henry, the entire offense. They were able to push and overcome a lot in this in this game.

This thing had stakes. We show the playoff standings. This game matters. I think this was a really good win for Baltimore. I think this was a huge win for Kansas City. I think Chiefs fans are thrilled with how that went. Remember, there is one active quarterback on the planet Earth who has ever beaten Patrick Mahomes in a playoff game, and it was Joe Burrow. That's the the only guy who's ever done it. And Joe Burrow's sitting there at four and six right now. I don't know if they're making the playoffs, and they're at four and six because they could not score the two point conversion to win at the end of the game.

Huge win for the Chiefs.

As for the two point conversion attempts, you all right.

Come out. I love that they went for it. I believe in going forward.

This has been in the headlines for weeks and weeks this season, you have the defense tired, discombobulated. I love that they went for the win on the road with all the.

Momentum that they had.

I hate going for two and calling a timeout.

I hate it.

I understand you're trying to say, well, we want to make sure we have our best play. You should already have your best two point play. That's something you can do during the week. I think the fact that you score the touchdown then call a timeout is the boxer who's beaten somebody up in the corner and steps back to he say, wait, what's my best punch to finish them? The boxer recovers.

I hate it.

Cincinnati called the timeout, then Baltimore called the timeout, and they got their ducks in a row and they were ready. Now, if you do call a timeout on offense, which I don't like at all, If you do, you damn sure better come out of that time out with the perfect play to throw to Jamar Chase. Come on, how do we not give Jamar Chase a chance on the biggest play of the game when he has owned the entire Ravens defense. I don't want the game to be contingent on throwing the ball that the guy named Tanner. Okay, I know Tanner Hudson had a nice game and he had some catches.

I am throwing it to Jamar Chase.

He had just had a five yeard touchdown seconds earlier, run the same bleeping play. If you have to, I cannot believe they lost that game. Throwing it to a tight end who was covered Jamar Chase.

Not a chance to win the game.

Last layer of this, and I know we got opinions on this, Joe Burrow got hit squarely in the face after he threw that pass. That is a penalty. You cannot hit the quarterback like that, let alone on the biggest play of the game. He got hit in the face mask. It was a straight blow. It's not hidden, it wasn't obscured. It was shades of Sam Darnold getting his face mask pulled. But boom, they don't call it. And even on the broadcast, Al and Kirk went to their officiating expert McCauley, and this is how they talked about it.

Jerry, what do you see here on both these the hit the follow throw on his face masking in Gasiki.

Yeah, it was clearly defensive holding before the pass was in flight, it should have been called. And that does look like forceful contact at the head of the quarterback. That's a person's rucking the pastor and should have been called.

So defensive holding.

Maybe it's sure, okay, that's on the forcible hits of the face of the quarterback, like that's there's someone's job who sit there, and it's like that's a penalty. Now, I think there's a factor in this that earlier in the same drive, they had already called a personal foul on a hit on Burrow, and of course they should not let that matter. These are human beings who think about those things. I think they filter into their head in the big moments. I think they're loath to throw a flag on a game winning or game losing play.

But then it also opens.

Up other things that Burrow talked about was I never get those calls, and every person with a social media account says, Mahomes is getting that call Lamar in the same games then and getting that call, Why is Joe Burrow not. It's the conversation there. They did miss the call, they should have had another shot. All kinds of stuff in the last few minutes of this one's guys, But I think big mistakes were made both by the Bengals and unfortunately, I think the officials.

Kyle, that was absolutely brilliant. And to let's start with your pointment with Joe Burrow not getting that call. Guess what Cam Newton wouldn't wasn't getting calls when he was getting blown up when they had losing records. Shaquille O'Neal wasn't getting the calls when he was the best player in the game for forcible contact. When you're not winning ball games, sometimes those don't go your way.

Is that fair? Again, I'm not excusing anybody.

The referees absolutely blew those situations, but sometimes those calls don't come your way, which leads me to my next point.

You talked about the timeouts.

The Bengals had the matchups twice with Jamar and one on one to the backside on that you're strong. You're throwing to the strong side where all the double brackets are.

See the he's double covered right here.

You had one on one with the best player who almost had a record setting performance, who has lit up the screen. Just throw it to him, like you said, Kyle, fifty to fifty forty sixty whatever. I'm going to the best player on the field in that game, and they went away from what's that Joe b was a Zach Taylor. We don't know, but that's one in a game when you again you gave opportunities over and over to an offense that's unstoppable. You cannot blow it like this when you make a gutsy two point conversion decision.

Yeah, we always knew this was going to be a classical in these two met back week five. Here again we have it to kick off week ten. We did see Lamar Jackson get hit in the hand there a little bit. There's some injuries we need to catch up on from that Thursday night game. So we're going to welcome in our insider now, Ian Rapaport. And we saw Lamar, as I said, get his hand banged up a little. He seems to be fine. There is more concern as we saw with Kyle Hamilton from the Ravens. What can you tell us?

Yeah, ten days or so for the next game. Lamar did get hit, return to the game.

He's fine. Kyle Hamilton a little more, wait and.

See John Harbaugh saying after the game that they're all pro safety who when he wasn't on the field, you really could feel it. For the Baltimore Ravens, he suffered an ankle injury. You could see him on this sidelines, on the bench in a boot. Not considered to be a serious injury, but that doesn't necessarily mean that he's not gonna miss time. A lot more tests today just to determine what kind of ankle sprain this is for the release for Kyle Hamilinton not being long term, that is.

A good idea. That was a good thing.

One person who has had a long term injury, far longer than we ever ever imagined. That guy right there, Christian McCaffrey, is in fact expected to return this Sunday for the San Francisco forty nine ers.

Kyle, this is not a drill, okay, at least I don't think.

Let's go until he actually gets handed the ball on the first offensive play. At that point, I'm gonna know it's real, but it's as real as it's ever going to get. Kyle Shannan saying on the radio yesterday that he does expect him to play. From my understanding, he's looked at himself a practice has been a good couple of days.

Christian McCaffrey is slated to be.

Back finally, and then for the Jacksonville Jaguars, I would say much more uncertainty regarding their quarterback situation. Trevor Lawrence has been very very limited in practice, very limited the best couple of days dealing with a left shoulder injury. From my understanding, he's considered more unlikely that he will be able to play in this Sunday's game.

He hasn't been.

Ruled out there considering to day him day to day. Trevor Lawrence has beat the odds before, but unlikely and if he cannot go, Mac Jones, who at one point we thought was the franchise quarterback for the Patriots, he would step in as the backup for the Jibars.

Yeah, Jacksonville facing Minnesota on Sunday, so that would be some tough slutting for Mac there.

But I may appreciate the updates.

Thank you so much.

Now we're not done talking about that Thursday night football gem. Of course, there's still so much too unpacked the Kyle as we look at this, I mean it's only the start of week tend, but maybe already a game of the year candidate.

It's unbelievable. Hey, listen, I don't want to be this guy. I had Jamar Chase in fantasy last night. I scored fifty four points. Fifty four.

It's over.

It's a wrap. Some people had Chase Endburrough.

Plus it's Friday, which means we're talking all the games. Bill's Colts, Bears, Pats, Giants, Panthers, Niners, Bucks, Steelers, Commanders, all of them, your team, your least favorite team.

It's GMFP on a Friday. There's nothing better.

Good morning football.

Well, that tune of music only means one thing. We are heading to Munich, Germany. That is where.

NFL internationals wrapping up this Sunday.

We have Panthers, we.

Have Giants there in Germany. We also have our Jimmy Erdau.

We miss you here in studio, girl, but you are racking up the miles so far starting the week Minnesota.

Now you're in Germany.

How's it been going.

To you so far?

I am living the NFL fans dream right now, the way my week has been going, and we're coming to a close here on GMFB ahead of Panthers Giants. Good morning or good afternoon, everybody. It's just after two o'clock here in Munich. I'm not getting booed on GMFB. This is a Panther's FanFest and they just introduced Louke Keikley, amongst the other legends that are here, Steve Smith's senior, Julius Peppers, Jonathan Stewart. All these guys are up on the stage just behind me right now, and all the Panthers fans from the US and here are here to see some of the legends. We hope to talk to some of those guys here in a little bit on GMFB.

Both teams have arrived in Munich.

They are doing the Quintessential Land and keep your body on the right clock as kickoff is just forty eight hours away here for the final international series for the NFL. Now, those are some Panthers legends that are here. I got another story for you guys from people that flew over here from Los Angeles to Munich. I first thought yesterday it was the Kevin Costner take. My husband came the day after I did. He was on the same plane as Machine Gun. Kelly waschhane On.

Kelly is doing the halftime show for the game. So last night, machine.

Gun Kelly's band was at the Hotel bar and we hung out with the band.

It's okay, so I got to know.

The keyboardists, I got to know the bass player. They are Brown's and Bills fans, respectively. We went deep on what Cleveland should be doing and how maybe Josh Allen is the guy instead of Joe Burrow to finally take down Patrick Mahomes.

These guys they roll deep the.

Of course they machine gun Kelly or Colton. He is from Cleveland, so he's friends with Baker Mayfield.

He's friends with Travis Kelcey. It was a good hang. So you're gonna see machine gun Kelly, who just came out with.

A new song with Jelly Roll by the way, called Lonely Road. It's kind of a remake of Country Roads. So you would hope that that is the song that has performed at halftime from Munich on Sunday afternoon.

We call that a tease, Jamie. I just want to go pro on you and your husband, just to see what you guys are experiencing their Munich.

That is fantastic. And when we get tot to our kids, we know how to hang parents trip at Munich. I hear you.

Well, good to see you. Excited to watch you on the sideline. We'll check back in in a little bit, Jamie.

Thanks.

Thanks, all right, let's get to you guys.

A time around of the negative, but sixty seconds on the clock.

Kind of go around the horn.

Here, share our thoughts starting the first game Philadelphia where they host the Cooper Rush led Cowboys. Mind you in this NFC East rivalry, see the Cowboys have lost three straight. Things are just getting hairrier in Dallas. Do you see things being turned around this week?

That would be a no sure.

Look, this is a situation where the fact that Dallas is Cooper Rush is in. This is where Dallas, our Philadelphia's defense gets all after him. We're gonna see Vic Fangio dial up a lot of pressures. Expect the Eagles to get some takeaways and to continue rolling over Dallas team which next week should be starting Trey Lance a quarterback.

It would be pretty funny if Cooper Rush came in there and just lit it up, and he's hitting CD and they give this damn barn burner game. They give Philly everything they want.

Guys. You may not.

You may think the Cowboys are relevant everything remember we're coming down the pipe now the Thanksgiving We're all gonna be watching them a couple of thursdays from now. I would like some life, But I do think Steve is right. Can we get Trey Lance? If it doesn't work out, we all at least have some intrigue and attachment to Trey Lance.

But where he was drafted and the journey.

I hope Cooper rushdores for five hundred yards, but if not, Trey Lance next week would be cool.

That would be an interesting one to say. I don't have anywhere else to go on this one because I just don't think that the Dallas Cowboys have it. Talk about the egos, yeah, I guess, but I will say this, it'd be cool to see Saquon Barkley maybe jumped sideways on it.

Look, there you go, There you go.

That's gonna be a tough one to top. Moving on, Drake May and the Paths, coming to Chicago to take on sort of the spiraling Bears. Also, Kyle, take us to Soldier Field. I need a pretty good pulse, a finger on the pulse there. Things just aren't seeming to go their way either.

Right now.

I'm tending to go positive on this. I'm really listen.

If they're going back home where the Bears are very good, they're playing a scrappy and feisty Patriots team. But it's two and seven right there. I know it's been a rough couple of weeks. I'm not going to make a joke that if the Bears lose this game they don't have to worry about their stadium plants because they're going to burn Soldier fields to the ground.

I'm not going to do that.

You take care of the Patriots, the Packers come next week, you get the train back on the tracks. This is actually a perfect opportunity for the Bears. I'm staying positive. Okbar, what are you doing.

I'm staying hopeful in this situation because the Chicago Bears, they've got the toughest remaining schedule after this. They need this win to give lift their spirits up high, to get them move in the right direction. They've got the Packers twice, They've got the Vikings, they've got the lines, They've got a very tough schedule that they need to get ready for. Not to mention them in the back end, they've got the forty nine ers as well.

They need this one.

For sure, Okbar, you just talked about that schedule.

This sounds to me like a trap game for the Bears.

I'm being facetious in this game, but Drake May, I'm telling you this guy is the real deal. They may not win, but the world's going to see how good of a player this guy is.

He's good, yeap.

Moving on the seven and two Bills heading the Indi to take on the Cold Show. Flacco in company hope to rebound after a Sunday night loss to the Vikings.

Ochbar, what sends out to you here?

Well, five wins in a row there for the Buffalo Bills, they can get five wins in a row. This gives them all of the momentum, all of the strength and the belief that they need the following week going up against the Kansas City Chiefs. You know they see it. I know they're going to tell you one game at a time, but they're looking beyond and going, Yo, we got the Chiefs. We meet this win against the Colts.

Are there are there any wide receivers playing in this game? Though we know Amari Cooper is iffy.

We've got all these receivers, you know, Keon Coleman is iffy, which is why I think James Cook and Josh Allen could be running all day against the Colts. Kyle, you know the Colts run defense isn't good. Look for heavy.

Josh Allen run game, no doubt, and he's gonna have to do it himself. I actually find the Colts very interesting in the situation. Here you are, you're kind of playing for your season, You're at home, You're four and five. If Flacco is poor again, is that then we go back with the box of chocolate, say Anthony Richard and say get back in there, kid, we love you now.

I don't know.

It's the really interesting deal. And yet Steve, it's also the matchup is interesting. Put you on the spot, Steve Wesh. These teams rarely play like this. The last time the Buffalo Bills one in Indianapolis.

Who was the Bill's starting quarterback?

Kyle, I know you like to go deep. I've just got to throw out a JP Lowsman for you.

It's a great guess you know who this starting quarterback was.

It's Doug Flutie.

He was the bill starting quarterback in Indianapolis last time they won.

Isn't that why way back. Yeah, in a minute. I think we're all shocked.

Un I know that's good, good trivia.

I used to live in Rochester, New York, and Doug Flooty was the quarterback. Still all right, forty nine ers. They're heading to Tampa taken on the Bucks. Ian told us here earlier. Christian McCaffrey is set to make his season debut, Steve, do you feel like he will make a big enough difference if he comes back and they can finally.

Get a win here? That would be yes, because you have to scheme for him.

I'm just interested to see if Kyle Shanahan uses him early as a pass threat, to see if you can get Todd Bowles to back off from blitzing, or if he use him late to close out after softening that defense with Jordan Mason, the same way that Kareem hunted last week when they played the Chiefs.

I'll still believe it when I see it. I still the McCaffrey thing. It's been so strange and so shadowy. It's like you know when someone says they have like a picture of Bigfoot, and you look like, I don't know, that's not Bigfoot, that's just some shadow behind the tree. I've heard Ian Rappaport say he's going to be out there. But just like Ian said, until he is actually on the field and not on the sideline, not a warm ups and actually getting the ball, I won't believe it's been that bizarre of a ride.

I hope he is, but I'll believe it when I see it.

Docty, I'm with you with the hope because they need this in the best way. They need Christian McCaffrey to be out there running the offense. But then you start thinking, well, you can't load management him right now, because right now you have a San Francisco team that is sitting at five hundred.

They got to throw them out there full.

Go and with those two achilles and the ankle whatever you're calling that entry, that's a.

Lot yeah, looking at it.

Despite though McCaffrey not being there, the forty nine Ers are top five in total and rushing offense this season, so not a lot.

Of drop off. Last one here for our first.

Round of Matt minute six and two Steelers versus the seven and two Commanders. What could this could be the game of the week here, Kyle, this is going to be a very interesting test for both teams.

Could be the game of the week and I have a new developing story of the year. My prediction, guys, on Monday morning, the number one story in the NFL will be the Russell Wilson Pittsburgh Steelers. Russell Wilson, who will go three and ohero as the Steelers quarterback, who continue to play brilliantly. He has a perfect passer rating in the fourth quarter. I didn't see this coming. You didn't see this coming. The only person in the world who saw this coming as the head coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers, and I like Pittsburgh on the road and Russell Wilson mania to set in, and it's a really cool deal.

I'm sorry, I'm just you know, it's a little early for me here on the West Coast. I just want to make sure I heard you correctly. Were you saying that they were going to win, that they're going to beat the Washington Commanders? Yes, oh seven and two for the Steelers to the No, I didn't even matter what I was getting ready to say. That will not happen, Okay. Jamee Daniels has been outstanding, save the office, save the till right now, Hi, Monday. Hi, how was your weekend? I will cut my mustache and my beard off and go and naked face before I left that.

We're recording this, let me show you TV. Let me do it because look.

I know we're out of time, but look, I think the Steelers defense yek me too much.

I love Jay and Daniels.

He's gonna have to run around, but this is something that could be a little bit overwhelming. It'll be the defense, not Russell Wilson's.

Why the Steelers went.

Oh man, I can't I can't wait for Monday to play this back.

Oh Ma, Ruie joining us there on set in Los Angeles?

Ohm, are you excited for the weekend?

I am excited.

I'll tell you what, Kyle, there's nothing better as a reporter when you highlight a game pre game for a matchup to watch, and that's the matchup that.

Makes the difference in the game.

Similarly, yesterday we were hyping up that game between the Bengals and Ravens, and it certainly lived up to it. Another great one between those two teams, both Lamar Jackson and Joe Burrow putting on a show. Their Week five matchup went to overtime, but this one since he was trying to avoid that and they went for the two point conversion instead of kicking the point after Burrow unable to connect to Tanner Hudson for the game winner. Our guy Cam Wolf was there and spoke with Ravens Tight and Mark Andrews after the game.

What was the feeling for you guys going into that two point version trying to see if your team gets another win against this team?

You know, really, just the way that the guys walked throughout the game was incredible.

The belief that we had in each other.

It wasn't pretty all four quarters, it wasn't good, but we found the way and we started to move to the ball, and we started to make plays, defense making plays, and we just believed in ourselves and it was a really good win to come over adversity.

What can you say about your quarterback of what he continues to do.

He just continues to get better and better. You know, the energy and the focus that he brings week in week out, it's unmatched. Man, He's he's one of one.

No one's else have been like a We will see a part three in the playoffs meantime. Earlier This week, the Dolphins held the second annual Jason Jenkins Day.

Of Service to celebrate the life and legacy of.

The organizations late great Senior VP of Communications and Community Affairs. Nearly six hundred and fifty volunteers spent the day serving more than twenty five community projects across South Florida. Jenkins unexpectedly passed away back in August of twenty twenty two, leaving behind a legacy of impact in the community and still to come. On the show, Former Giants defensive.

Tackle Marcus Coo.

Joins the show as we get set for the Panthers and Giants backgame in Munich, and that's coming up next on Good Morning.

Football, Good Morningball.

Were more welcome to Marcus Kohon, who is a friend here at the show.

Yeah, Markers, good.

Afternoon, Yeah, good afternoon, Good morning to you all of you.

Thanks for having me again. I missed you in Munich a little bit. I have to say.

Jeanie is around.

If you see her, you can dap her up.

The marks.

It looks like you're having so much fun. Tell us what is your current role and what does all this mean to you that the NFL is back in Unich?

Well, my current role is I wear many hats to grow the game internationally. So I started working with the league obviously after I was playing. The game is growing tremendously in Germany. I support the Patriots for the internationalization for the last seven years now. Started working with the Giants after they got to international rights in Germany.

Work with the league, work with the NFLPA, support.

Some football conference here in Germany broadcast for the German rights holder.

So I try to stay busy.

We get us deer. I do that right, you dou it.

Why.

I had to really get my mind right to make sure I know that I wanted to impress you.

But you played fours a little angrier and then it's German pretty much.

Okay, so we get there there you go, okay, good, good, Hey, you spent four seasons in the league, and you know, you're the first German to score a touchdown in the NFL. What's that reception been like, you know, going back to Germany, what's that been like there?

I mean, it's obviously my claim to fame in German a little bit. There were a few Americans that scored touchdowns before me, but yeah, and Germany happened to be before the first but I almost stumbled there.

But still made it in the end zone.

I kind of had to worry about not fumbling the football and not like peeing my pants when I made it in the end zone, because I was slightly overwhelmed. If you imagine, you grow up as a kid in Germany and like your dream is that you maybe not even your dream, but you maybe want to play in the NFL one day and it happens to work out, as my guy obj here was happy for me, and yeah, unbelievable experience.

So it was a good time.

But that was what I used to do, primarily tackle other people, not really stumbling in the end zone.

No, I think it's really cool that you had these great memories with the Giants and that you're sitting there at the Philadelphia Eagles jacket.

What's up with that?

Whoa whoa, whoa, whoa whoa. This is the NFL Germany jacket.

I would never my old team is playing in the Motherland.

I'm not gonna wear an Eagles jacket, all right.

That's what you know.

We call that in America busting chops, and that is a great American tradition. But we also love the tradition of defense.

Here, dude and.

Listen, one of your former defensive coaches, Steve Spagnolo, is now really one of the most important figures in the whole league because he's just dominating with the World Champions Defense. What are your memories of Spags? You have a Spag story. You're always so good at this. Tell us something about Spags in your experience.

First of all, he was one of my favorite coaches I've ever had.

I mean, Spags was unbelievable.

He was He came in as a defense coordinator with the Giants, always had had a great connection with them. I mean, I still went broadcast for Germany. I'll see him now and when I go to Kansas City Chiefs games, we stay in touch.

So I'm very happy for his success.

He's doing a really, really nice job in Kansas City. Is a great person, great guy. I remember one of the stories. They always thought I was smart for some reason, maybe it's because I'm from Germany, but I.

Came into the meeting room and they had a bet. That's they asked, what is a baby kangaroo's name?

And they thought that me, as a foreigner, would know what the English world is.

For a baby kangaroo.

They all had to coaches all have their money on me, but I obviously didn't know that.

Do you guys know what a baby kangaroo's name is?

And Jilly? Yeah, Joey Joey.

Right there you go. There you go, smart, There you go. You're smart. You were smarter than the defense of the New York Giants in twenty thirteen. So yeah, that's so that's the story.

There at Marcaus. We know football is big.

We know our Joe Thomas coached over there, Jim tom Sula is coaching over there in the German Football League. We know there's a lot of things around German football, the atmosphere of the game. What are some of your favorite things just about the overall environment in the football atmosphere over in Germany.

I mean, I think that all of these international games right, we have it now in London since two thousand and seven, I mean Germany.

It's the third year in a row.

It's our fourth game we're playing over there, and I think Germans are more they love the sport than the games so much. Five of the six and for europe team by the time the league ended in two thousand and seven we're all in Germany. So Germans really loved the game, and for them, it's a big thank you from the NFL that we actually now have games regularly in Germany and the atmosphere, I mean some of your experiences already in Munich and also in Frankfurt last year, it is absolutely electric.

I mean even a guy like Tom.

Brady who's experienced everything, said Munich was one of his favorite football experiences ever. So it kind of shows what's happening in Germany. People like to play the sport. People play boys and girls play flag football in German schools and obviously the in the stands. It's a huge family fest that that's always nice to see.

Good to get the NFL back there. Akward mentioned it just a couple of minutes ago. We want to run this back. We want to hear what your touchdowns sounded like. Listen to this Titans looking to their first first down and this is not both ball is loose and.

He stood up and racing into the in zone? Is Marcus for a touchdown?

Racing in race in the end market?

Where is that?

Do I hear a little sarcasm?

There?

You are racing in I'm giving you your flowers.

Man, where is that ball?

Though?

It's actually one of my few football memorabilia that I have in my apartment in New York City where I still lives, So it's if you ever call me, I'm in my home office and you will see it behind me.

So I kept it.

But it was actually hard to keep it because I was also as one of the bigger guys. I was on the field goal protection team, so I didn't get to luxury to immediately get off the field and celebrate with my teammates.

I actually had to line up right away to kick.

The pat Obviously, the Titans defense wasn't very happy with me after I score a touchdown, so three guys lining up across from me immediately ran right into me to kind of show me that, Yeah, they weren't too happy with me. But I ended up keeping the ball, and I'm very happy about that.

See, we love that.

I'm glad you were able to keep it, though, Mark, because we are so appreciative of you. Thank you for joining us here again. Maybe you got to get another shot of you back in New York. We can see that football so enjoyed the game on Sunday.

Thank you thanks for.

Having me always see here. I thought maybe he did the right thing. Gave the ball to Jason Pierre Paul for doing all the work.

You need to keep that one.

I'd just like to see a lineman score a touchdown. Man, you know that's cool.

Good here,