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Welcome into the Crescent City Live in New Orleans, a perfect setting for a Super Bowl for the ages. Jamax to my side, our guest list filling up. We are in New Orleans and this is the Herd. We have a great show, and we're gonna be here in New Orleans for a couple of days and we're gonna make it and we're gonna make it count.

Welcome into the Crescent City Live in New Orleans, a perfect setting for a Super Bowl for the ages. Jamax to my side, our guest list filling up. We are in New Orleans and this is the Herd. We have a great show, and we're gonna be here in New Orleans for a couple of days and we're gonna make it and we're gonna make it count.

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Now, I was gonna lead with the Lakers, who made another move last night. For the last time I did a show that led with the Lakers. Things got fuzzy really fast. So I'm gonna make that the second story. I'm a little superstitious on that. What I want to lead with is this. I thought about this last night. What is this Super Bowl gonna look like? And you know what I think it is, and I think it's a pretty good comp This is gonna be the New England Seahawks Super Bowl. Remember that the Seahawks, like the Eagles, had a stacked roster. In fact, when people talk about Philadelphia's roster, they say it's the best since Seattle. You talked to Tom Brady about that Seahawks roster. I've talked to him on this show, and He's like, there were no weaknesses. Everybody was great. Safeties, corners, edge rushers, defensive tackles. There were no weaknesses. There were no flaws. That's Philadelphia. But the quarterback Russell Wilson Jalen Hurts a little small mobile. Is he an old timer? No? New England is Kansas City, iconic coach, maybe the greatest quarterback of all time, second best roster. But they always win close games. Anytime of game is close. It could go either way. Anytime it's a big third down, it'd be Brady and the Patriots. It's Mahomes in Kansas City to win that game. And I want to talk about this because I think this is gonna be a chess match, and I think one of the chess matches is gonna be between Mahomes and Vic Fangio, the defensive coordinator for Philadelphia, who, by the way, Mahomes is eight and zero. Again, every quarterback in the league struggles with Vic Fangio, except maybe Josh Allen and accept maybe Patrick Mahomes. And I do think we have to consider this, and I don't think this is hyperbolic. If Patrick Mahomes wins and the first team, now the Packers did it, but the first team in what we consider modern football to win three in a row. He is the NFL's MJ. And I think there are real similarities MJ six for six in the finals, six MVPs, but we saw as struggles and I'll get to that in a second. Mahomes is almost relentless like MJ. He didn't look great in the regular season. Michael had off nights, but they both kind of shift gears. And what I've always noticed about Mahomes much like Michael, They're not burdened with pressure. It's almost like they get bored in the regular season. And Michael would put his arms around these moments like, Okay, this stuff counts. It was Tiger in his prime. Oh or finally, the Sunday final nine holes. That's Mahomes. The way he shrinks Lamar Jackson, an all time great. The way he shrinks Josh Allen, maybe the most physically gifted quarterback since Marino or Lway, makes me think Mahomes sometimes like MJ, is bored with the regular season. He's that gifted. And when I watched MJ, and I remember this well, sitting on a couch watching the Suns Bulls final and Barkley was amazing. But he made Barkley look okay. And MJ wasn't the best shooter. He wasn't the biggest player, he wasn't the strongest player, he wasn't the best ball handler, none of that stuff, none of it with Michael. But he was six foot six of relentless. Mahomes isn't this big, and he doesn't move like mar Jackson. He doesn't have the best arm, although he throws kind of quirky side arm. But there's just something about him. There's an it, and it's why. Remember now, Michael wasn't a number one pick. Mahomes wasn't a number one pick. That was Lebron. Lebron was on the cover of Sports Illustrated at sixteen Lebron was the prodigy. Lebron was the overwhelming number one pick. But that's not the way it was with Michael and Mahomes. Mahomes had a losing record in the Big Twelve. There's one year he led the conference in interceptions. I saw him play one college game that I remember. He was really skinny wild. It was a shootout, like all Big Twelve games, and I thought, that doesn't translate to the NFL. He's out of control. And people forget this about MJ. It's as if the archives of MJ losing have been lost. They went from you to triangle. Where did they go? Nobody knows. Michael Jordan won is a freshman. You saw the movie Air. He hits the big shot, remember that, you Rea. I realized that Michael stayed in college for two more years and didn't win a title. In fact, there is a ten year gap. If you ever want to come down to the Bourbon Street and whin a free cocktail and oysters bet people this from his title as a freshman at UNC to his first NBA championship, Michael Jordan had a Grand Canyon size ten year gap before he won a title. And it's like there's no footage of it. It's like the tape disappeared. So I watched Michael get beat up by the Celtics and the Pistons. I watched Mahomes be wild lead the Big twelve interceptions and because of that, they're not prodigies. They weren't on the cover, they weren't Bryce Harper, they weren't Tiger Woods. Because of that, I've watched them stumble, get beaten up, get tackled by the Pistons, and the Celtics get rolled by Oklahoma, and I think it makes them incredibly likable. But I do think this is going to look like New England Brady with a little less talent around him, though good, with an iconic coach against the stack roster and a very good coach Pete Carroll and a very good quarterback in his prime, Russell Wilson. And my guess is it ends the same way with the iconic all time quarterback on one play late winning the game, and here's Mahomes talking about the matchup with Big Fangio.

Now, I was gonna lead with the Lakers, who made another move last night. For the last time I did a show that led with the Lakers. Things got fuzzy really fast. So I'm gonna make that the second story. I'm a little superstitious on that. What I want to lead with is this. I thought about this last night. What is this Super Bowl gonna look like? And you know what I think it is, and I think it's a pretty good comp This is gonna be the New England Seahawks Super Bowl. Remember that the Seahawks, like the Eagles, had a stacked roster. In fact, when people talk about Philadelphia's roster, they say it's the best since Seattle. You talked to Tom Brady about that Seahawks roster. I've talked to him on this show, and He's like, there were no weaknesses. Everybody was great. Safeties, corners, edge rushers, defensive tackles. There were no weaknesses. There were no flaws. That's Philadelphia. But the quarterback Russell Wilson Jalen Hurts a little small mobile. Is he an old timer? No? New England is Kansas City, iconic coach, maybe the greatest quarterback of all time, second best roster. But they always win close games. Anytime of game is close. It could go either way. Anytime it's a big third down, it'd be Brady and the Patriots. It's Mahomes in Kansas City to win that game. And I want to talk about this because I think this is gonna be a chess match, and I think one of the chess matches is gonna be between Mahomes and Vic Fangio, the defensive coordinator for Philadelphia, who, by the way, Mahomes is eight and zero. Again, every quarterback in the league struggles with Vic Fangio, except maybe Josh Allen and accept maybe Patrick Mahomes. And I do think we have to consider this, and I don't think this is hyperbolic. If Patrick Mahomes wins and the first team, now the Packers did it, but the first team in what we consider modern football to win three in a row. He is the NFL's MJ. And I think there are real similarities MJ six for six in the finals, six MVPs, but we saw as struggles and I'll get to that in a second. Mahomes is almost relentless like MJ. He didn't look great in the regular season. Michael had off nights, but they both kind of shift gears. And what I've always noticed about Mahomes much like Michael, They're not burdened with pressure. It's almost like they get bored in the regular season. And Michael would put his arms around these moments like, Okay, this stuff counts. It was Tiger in his prime. Oh or finally, the Sunday final nine holes. That's Mahomes. The way he shrinks Lamar Jackson, an all time great. The way he shrinks Josh Allen, maybe the most physically gifted quarterback since Marino or Lway, makes me think Mahomes sometimes like MJ, is bored with the regular season. He's that gifted. And when I watched MJ, and I remember this well, sitting on a couch watching the Suns Bulls final and Barkley was amazing. But he made Barkley look okay. And MJ wasn't the best shooter. He wasn't the biggest player, he wasn't the strongest player, he wasn't the best ball handler, none of that stuff, none of it with Michael. But he was six foot six of relentless. Mahomes isn't this big, and he doesn't move like mar Jackson. He doesn't have the best arm, although he throws kind of quirky side arm. But there's just something about him. There's an it, and it's why. Remember now, Michael wasn't a number one pick. Mahomes wasn't a number one pick. That was Lebron. Lebron was on the cover of Sports Illustrated at sixteen Lebron was the prodigy. Lebron was the overwhelming number one pick. But that's not the way it was with Michael and Mahomes. Mahomes had a losing record in the Big Twelve. There's one year he led the conference in interceptions. I saw him play one college game that I remember. He was really skinny wild. It was a shootout, like all Big Twelve games, and I thought, that doesn't translate to the NFL. He's out of control. And people forget this about MJ. It's as if the archives of MJ losing have been lost. They went from you to triangle. Where did they go? Nobody knows. Michael Jordan won is a freshman. You saw the movie Air. He hits the big shot, remember that, you Rea. I realized that Michael stayed in college for two more years and didn't win a title. In fact, there is a ten year gap. If you ever want to come down to the Bourbon Street and whin a free cocktail and oysters bet people this from his title as a freshman at UNC to his first NBA championship, Michael Jordan had a Grand Canyon size ten year gap before he won a title. And it's like there's no footage of it. It's like the tape disappeared. So I watched Michael get beat up by the Celtics and the Pistons. I watched Mahomes be wild lead the Big twelve interceptions and because of that, they're not prodigies. They weren't on the cover, they weren't Bryce Harper, they weren't Tiger Woods. Because of that, I've watched them stumble, get beaten up, get tackled by the Pistons, and the Celtics get rolled by Oklahoma, and I think it makes them incredibly likable. But I do think this is going to look like New England Brady with a little less talent around him, though good, with an iconic coach against the stack roster and a very good coach Pete Carroll and a very good quarterback in his prime, Russell Wilson. And my guess is it ends the same way with the iconic all time quarterback on one play late winning the game, and here's Mahomes talking about the matchup with Big Fangio.

Every time I've played Coach Fangio, there's been different changeups and different things that he's thrown at us. And I think That's what makes him so great is he's not gonna just do exactly what you saw the last time. And so I'm sure there'll be blitzes in the game. I'm sure there be times that they play coverage. It's gonna be a chess match, and you want to go up against the best, and he's one of the best defensive coordinators in the the NFL, and it'll be a great challenge for us as an offense and as a football team.

Every time I've played Coach Fangio, there's been different changeups and different things that he's thrown at us. And I think That's what makes him so great is he's not gonna just do exactly what you saw the last time. And so I'm sure there'll be blitzes in the game. I'm sure there be times that they play coverage. It's gonna be a chess match, and you want to go up against the best, and he's one of the best defensive coordinators in the the NFL, and it'll be a great challenge for us as an offense and as a football team.

Okay, now I'll talk Lakers. Take a deep breath. I'll be fine. So the Lakers made a couple of moves, but they made another one last night to get a really talented kid that I didn't watch him in the NBA, just highlights, but I saw him at Duke named Mark Williams. Big athletic shot blocker, more defense than offense, has a nice little soft touch around the rim. That's what the Lakers needed. That's what the Lakers acquired twenty three years old, great future, and the Warriors got Jimmy Butler. Get to that in a second. But I don't know if the Laker or Warrior moves make them championship teams. Feels more possible with the Lakers. But the new CBA in twenty twenty three put up this wall of fear and a lot of teams didn't want to make moves. But who did? Last year the Celtics drew Holliday and Porzingis and the MAVs with Gafford and they went out and got PJ. Washington and who ended up in the finals, the MAVs and the Celtics. So this year trading deadline, if you're not making moves, you feel like you're not progressive, you're not competitive, you're asleep at the wheel. I mean, Rob Polenka, let's be honest about this, got himself a five year new deal, getting Luca without giving up Auston Reeves or a second number one pick and getting Mark Williams and again not giving up Austin Reeves. And I don't know long term what Austin Reeves is gonna provide with Luca and Lebron James, but I know this. Dallas was twenty nine and twenty three last year at the trading deadline and then went twenty one to nine and ended up in the finals. So everybody was really really with a new CBA, a little self conscious, a little rigid, a little fearful on making big moves. MAVs Celtics did and were rewarded, and I think the Lakers and the Warriors did and will be rewarded. I think between Luca Austin Reeves a rim protector, the Lakers and Luca, I think I think they went from old to young athletic. They're still not great as a perimeter defensive team. They probably need another three point shooter, but the Lakers have literally changed the feel and the reality of their roster, old to young and more dynamic. And that's a real thing in Los Angeles now. In terms of Jimmy Butler to the Warriors, I said this, I think a month ago on the air, I said, they got to make a move. If Steph's not on the floor, they're boring. And the one thing with the Warriors, you didn't have to love them. They were never boring. And it's like, he needs a number two star and he got it. And yes, they gave up Andrew Wiggins. They've been looking to move him for years. Yeah they move, but you know what they keep kaminga They got Draymond, it's Steph, it's Jimmy Butler. Now, I don't know if this takes them to a new level. But the NBA's television ratings for the last three years have had a interesting problem. And this solves the interesting problem for the Warriors and the Lakers, who, by the way, every time they play on Christmas, every time Steph and Lebron play, it's the highest rated game in the regular season, and it was this year so far, and now they both got more interesting. And whereas you know, the NBA is doing a lot of things right, but it's getting more European. It's less reliant on familiar college basketball players. So it does matter where the players play in La New York, Boston, Philadelphia, San Francisco. It matters. That's why baseball ratings Dodgers, great Yankees, great Met's interesting. Bryce Harper Philly is good. In the NFL, it doesn't matter. Buffalo could face Tampa Bay in the Super Bowl, you'll get a number Baseball. In the NBA, there can be interesting problems, so you need the right stars to end up in the right places. So I look at this. I am much more interested in the NBA today than I was three days ago. That's all I know. I cannot wait to watch Jimmy Butler, Stephen Draymond, and I Luca, Mark Williams, Lebron Austin Reeves. I don't know. That feels like a team that can get to the finals. Mark Williams is one of those guys. He's young, he's had injuries, but when he's on the floor, and I saw him at Duke. Not a lot of NBA knowledge, but I saw him at Duke and he is a force. He is an athletic force. So J Mack, here we are. Matt Hasselbeck's gonna be on set in twenty minutes. Drew Brees, Mark Sanchez. I will do what I always do for the biggest games of the year. I take out my yellow pad and I rate all the players, Chiefs and Eagles. Who's got the more play Generally, whoever's got the more good players wins. I will tell you it is tough. There are there are sixteen guys. I'll just tell you right now, Travis Kelsey didn't make it. That's not that out of a take. Come on ten in this game, he's pretty good. By the way. You see money coming in on the Eagles. Here, line's coming down a little bit, probably gonna head toward.

Okay, now I'll talk Lakers. Take a deep breath. I'll be fine. So the Lakers made a couple of moves, but they made another one last night to get a really talented kid that I didn't watch him in the NBA, just highlights, but I saw him at Duke named Mark Williams. Big athletic shot blocker, more defense than offense, has a nice little soft touch around the rim. That's what the Lakers needed. That's what the Lakers acquired twenty three years old, great future, and the Warriors got Jimmy Butler. Get to that in a second. But I don't know if the Laker or Warrior moves make them championship teams. Feels more possible with the Lakers. But the new CBA in twenty twenty three put up this wall of fear and a lot of teams didn't want to make moves. But who did? Last year the Celtics drew Holliday and Porzingis and the MAVs with Gafford and they went out and got PJ. Washington and who ended up in the finals, the MAVs and the Celtics. So this year trading deadline, if you're not making moves, you feel like you're not progressive, you're not competitive, you're asleep at the wheel. I mean, Rob Polenka, let's be honest about this, got himself a five year new deal, getting Luca without giving up Auston Reeves or a second number one pick and getting Mark Williams and again not giving up Austin Reeves. And I don't know long term what Austin Reeves is gonna provide with Luca and Lebron James, but I know this. Dallas was twenty nine and twenty three last year at the trading deadline and then went twenty one to nine and ended up in the finals. So everybody was really really with a new CBA, a little self conscious, a little rigid, a little fearful on making big moves. MAVs Celtics did and were rewarded, and I think the Lakers and the Warriors did and will be rewarded. I think between Luca Austin Reeves a rim protector, the Lakers and Luca, I think I think they went from old to young athletic. They're still not great as a perimeter defensive team. They probably need another three point shooter, but the Lakers have literally changed the feel and the reality of their roster, old to young and more dynamic. And that's a real thing in Los Angeles now. In terms of Jimmy Butler to the Warriors, I said this, I think a month ago on the air, I said, they got to make a move. If Steph's not on the floor, they're boring. And the one thing with the Warriors, you didn't have to love them. They were never boring. And it's like, he needs a number two star and he got it. And yes, they gave up Andrew Wiggins. They've been looking to move him for years. Yeah they move, but you know what they keep kaminga They got Draymond, it's Steph, it's Jimmy Butler. Now, I don't know if this takes them to a new level. But the NBA's television ratings for the last three years have had a interesting problem. And this solves the interesting problem for the Warriors and the Lakers, who, by the way, every time they play on Christmas, every time Steph and Lebron play, it's the highest rated game in the regular season, and it was this year so far, and now they both got more interesting. And whereas you know, the NBA is doing a lot of things right, but it's getting more European. It's less reliant on familiar college basketball players. So it does matter where the players play in La New York, Boston, Philadelphia, San Francisco. It matters. That's why baseball ratings Dodgers, great Yankees, great Met's interesting. Bryce Harper Philly is good. In the NFL, it doesn't matter. Buffalo could face Tampa Bay in the Super Bowl, you'll get a number Baseball. In the NBA, there can be interesting problems, so you need the right stars to end up in the right places. So I look at this. I am much more interested in the NBA today than I was three days ago. That's all I know. I cannot wait to watch Jimmy Butler, Stephen Draymond, and I Luca, Mark Williams, Lebron Austin Reeves. I don't know. That feels like a team that can get to the finals. Mark Williams is one of those guys. He's young, he's had injuries, but when he's on the floor, and I saw him at Duke. Not a lot of NBA knowledge, but I saw him at Duke and he is a force. He is an athletic force. So J Mack, here we are. Matt Hasselbeck's gonna be on set in twenty minutes. Drew Brees, Mark Sanchez. I will do what I always do for the biggest games of the year. I take out my yellow pad and I rate all the players, Chiefs and Eagles. Who's got the more play Generally, whoever's got the more good players wins. I will tell you it is tough. There are there are sixteen guys. I'll just tell you right now, Travis Kelsey didn't make it. That's not that out of a take. Come on ten in this game, he's pretty good. By the way. You see money coming in on the Eagles. Here, line's coming down a little bit, probably gonna head toward.

Pick them this weekend.

Pick them this weekend.

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All right, Well, people make mistakes all the time. They do not, they do not the public state at the Crescent City of Bourbon Street, beautiful place. This place is called Mason Bourbon. It's a it's a jazz home, which, as you know in New Orleans, is something that'sra special. Coming up next among our other thoughts is there is a secret sauce and a familiarity with the Eagles and Chiefs that isn't getting discussed much. We'll talk about that next.

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App down to the ball were of the President City in New Orleans on Bourbon Street. So of the great philosophers and quotable philosophers of our time or any generation. There's Shakespeare, there's Aristotle, and of course Tony Soprano, and that Tony Soprano says one time, remember when is the lowest form of communication? Or in other words, look through the windshield, not the rear view mirror, remember when I gotta be honest. There's a lot of talk about Brady and Mahomes goat talk. I think it's stupid. I think football, in my life has always been the one sport that is constantly changing. There's an old saying in sports. The NBA thinks of it. Baseball makes the most money from it, and football gets it right. They tweak, they change, they alter, even during games, during the playoffs, they'll change a rule to make it better for the fans. You cannot compare Brady and Patrick Mahomes. You can't compare them. I mean, Brady had a defensive conservative coach who could not draft wide receivers. Mahomes has the greatest offensive coach, maybe next to Bill Walsh, ever, and he has a surplus of almost everything. Now, they had to get rid of one wide receiver, but they always find talent, They always find creative play design. They're different players in different eras. You go back to when Brady broke into the league. What you could do to wide receivers, Jammingham, you could do to quarterbacks, how you can hit people upstairs. None of that's allowed. That gets you thrown out of games. Now, that is not a knock at Mahomes. It is the reality of a sport that is constantly fluctuating and constantly changing. It's different. Bob Gibson, the great Saint Louis Cardinal pitcher, he would get people out if he was pitching today. So it's Sandy Kofax, it's pitcher against hitter. You can make changes to the rules that goofy, defensive shift that was implemented then retracted, and some stuff changes like analytics where now ground balls or troubles strikeouts are okay. They talk long jangle and stuff. Nobody really outside of baseball cares about. Football is just changing all the time. Overtime rules, regulation rules, the kickoff is different, the pat is different, and you can't do nearly what you can do as a defender that you could do twenty years ago when Tom Brady broke into this league. Stylistically, they're two different players, Mahomes and Brady. The coaching is different. And I think, to me, all the great quarterbacks in my life, you can go to Bradshaw to Stabler, to Aipman, to Marino, to Elway to Mahomes to Brady, like all of them. I feel like the all time great to have two things in common franchise stability, like he kind of had the same people in the building mostly for a long time, and he had a really strong coach. It could be Chuck Knowle, it could be a Madden, a Belichick and Andy Reid, Shula Shanahan. That's it. A strong coach who in his era is among the top two or three, and stability in the organization. So comparing Brady and Mahomes, it's a little bit like comparing currency to cryptocurrency, Like I know you can pay for stuff with both, but one I don't know what to do with and the other I know exactly what to do with. And Mahomes is just entering as prime. I don't know what it's going to become. And I think, I mean, the Goat talk to me. Are we just filling content? Are we filling sections? Are we filling space? It's like in college football when a writer's in October early October talking Heisman talk about the games. Nobody cares about an award that's regional at best. Here's Mahomes on the Goat talks.

App down to the ball were of the President City in New Orleans on Bourbon Street. So of the great philosophers and quotable philosophers of our time or any generation. There's Shakespeare, there's Aristotle, and of course Tony Soprano, and that Tony Soprano says one time, remember when is the lowest form of communication? Or in other words, look through the windshield, not the rear view mirror, remember when I gotta be honest. There's a lot of talk about Brady and Mahomes goat talk. I think it's stupid. I think football, in my life has always been the one sport that is constantly changing. There's an old saying in sports. The NBA thinks of it. Baseball makes the most money from it, and football gets it right. They tweak, they change, they alter, even during games, during the playoffs, they'll change a rule to make it better for the fans. You cannot compare Brady and Patrick Mahomes. You can't compare them. I mean, Brady had a defensive conservative coach who could not draft wide receivers. Mahomes has the greatest offensive coach, maybe next to Bill Walsh, ever, and he has a surplus of almost everything. Now, they had to get rid of one wide receiver, but they always find talent, They always find creative play design. They're different players in different eras. You go back to when Brady broke into the league. What you could do to wide receivers, Jammingham, you could do to quarterbacks, how you can hit people upstairs. None of that's allowed. That gets you thrown out of games. Now, that is not a knock at Mahomes. It is the reality of a sport that is constantly fluctuating and constantly changing. It's different. Bob Gibson, the great Saint Louis Cardinal pitcher, he would get people out if he was pitching today. So it's Sandy Kofax, it's pitcher against hitter. You can make changes to the rules that goofy, defensive shift that was implemented then retracted, and some stuff changes like analytics where now ground balls or troubles strikeouts are okay. They talk long jangle and stuff. Nobody really outside of baseball cares about. Football is just changing all the time. Overtime rules, regulation rules, the kickoff is different, the pat is different, and you can't do nearly what you can do as a defender that you could do twenty years ago when Tom Brady broke into this league. Stylistically, they're two different players, Mahomes and Brady. The coaching is different. And I think, to me, all the great quarterbacks in my life, you can go to Bradshaw to Stabler, to Aipman, to Marino, to Elway to Mahomes to Brady, like all of them. I feel like the all time great to have two things in common franchise stability, like he kind of had the same people in the building mostly for a long time, and he had a really strong coach. It could be Chuck Knowle, it could be a Madden, a Belichick and Andy Reid, Shula Shanahan. That's it. A strong coach who in his era is among the top two or three, and stability in the organization. So comparing Brady and Mahomes, it's a little bit like comparing currency to cryptocurrency, Like I know you can pay for stuff with both, but one I don't know what to do with and the other I know exactly what to do with. And Mahomes is just entering as prime. I don't know what it's going to become. And I think, I mean, the Goat talk to me. Are we just filling content? Are we filling sections? Are we filling space? It's like in college football when a writer's in October early October talking Heisman talk about the games. Nobody cares about an award that's regional at best. Here's Mahomes on the Goat talks.

I'm trying to be the greatest patron of Mahomes that I can be. I mean, that's obviously a goal of anyone's is to be the greatest of their profession. But in order to do that, you be the greatest of you can be every single day. And if that's on the field and not the work ethic got put in or off the field, and the father and then the husband and I am I'm gonna try to be the greatest in that way. And whenever I'm done with football, if I leave everything out there the way that I feel like I have so far as far as effort and mentality, I'll be happy with the results and I'll let others talk about who the greatest is of whatever profession.

I'm trying to be the greatest patron of Mahomes that I can be. I mean, that's obviously a goal of anyone's is to be the greatest of their profession. But in order to do that, you be the greatest of you can be every single day. And if that's on the field and not the work ethic got put in or off the field, and the father and then the husband and I am I'm gonna try to be the greatest in that way. And whenever I'm done with football, if I leave everything out there the way that I feel like I have so far as far as effort and mentality, I'll be happy with the results and I'll let others talk about who the greatest is of whatever profession.

That is, all right, don't forget thirty five minutes from now, I'm gonna give you the top ten players. Do this for every championship, the biggest games of the year, I'll give you who I think are the ten best players in order. Yeah, Mahomes is probably number one.

That is, all right, don't forget thirty five minutes from now, I'm gonna give you the top ten players. Do this for every championship, the biggest games of the year, I'll give you who I think are the ten best players in order. Yeah, Mahomes is probably number one.

And be sure to catch live editions of The Herd weekdays and neon Eastern nn AM Pacific.

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Hey, Steve Covino and I'm Rich David, and together we're Covino and Rich on Fox Sports Radio. You could catch us weekdays from five to seven pm Eastern two to four Pacific on Fox Sports Radio. And of course, the iHeartRadio app. Why should you listen to Covino and Rich. We talk about everything life, sports, relationships, what's going on in the world. We have a lot of fun talking about the stories behind the stories in the world of sports and pop culture, stories that well other shows don't seem to have the time to discuss. And the fact that we've been friends for the last twenty years and still work together, I mean that says something, right.

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So, because the Deshaun Watson situation in Cleveland's such a mess, and because ownership's been chaotic, Miles Garrett is now available on the market. Miles Garrett's like I don't want to be a Cleveland brown and by the way, they had some success with him, just not last year. So Miles Garrett is a once. The Cleveland Browns will never draft another pass rusher as good as Miles Garrett, and the Giants will never have another LT. And that's just the reality of it. Miles Garrett, to me, is one of six, maybe five defensive players in the league. Max Crosby's probably one that I would pay for, Chris Jones of Kansas City is one. I think Jalen Carter is probably one. I would just open the checkbook. I don't care what he costs. There are two teams that need to go make aggressive runs at Miles Garrett, the Buffalo Bills and the Green Bay Packers. So let's think about Buffalo with a good defense and Sean McDermott. I've watched this thing over and over with Mahomes. You can't stop him. He's dropping thirty five plus, he doesn't work. You have a defensive coach Josh Allen in the defensive culture, you can't stop Mahomes. You're not gonna find him in the draft. There's nobody sniffing Miles Garrett in this draft. There's nobody close to his guy there's about six six to eight first round players that scouts think are really really elite. It is a very watered down mostly second and third and fourth round picks. Go get in green Bay. You're facing the best offensive line arguably in football in Detroit, and if you get past them, the next great offensive line is Philadelphia. The only way to beat a Philadelphia or Detroit with those old lines if you're Green Bay, because Jordan Love is gonna make mistakes, is an unblockable rush in. And so I look at Buffalo and I look at Green Bay. Guys, I'm look at what you're surrounded by. You're not beating mahomes unless you buy a disruptor. And you're not getting through Detroit and Philadelphia's old lines with green Bay's current pass rush. And because Buffalo and green Bay are the two smallest markets, you know, the media is more supportive. That doesn't mean it doesn't have any bite, but the Buffalo media and the Green Bay media, it's a little bit like New Orleans. They're kind of on your side a little bit. If the New York Giants are the Jets. For instance, New York teams with an angry, loud New York media if they were this far from the Super Bowl, radio stations, newspapers, the media and fans in New York would be demanding you get Miles Garrett. But Green Bay and Buffalo, and I've been reading some of the local articles there on the Miles Garrett thing. It's like, well, it'd be a pretty decent fit. No, no, you're not beating Mahomes. You can't stop Mahomes. Von Miller's getting older, like it's over. You're not beating Mahomes and green Bay. You gotta take a big swing on this because Jordan Love is good, but he can be reckless. You're gonna be in close games with Detroit, Philadelphia, the improving Rams, the Niners are still around. Who knows what Washington is. So to me, you get one Miles Garrett in a franchise history. He is an outcome changer. And there's maybe six guys in pro football today, and there's a lot of great players. There's maybe six, two of them Jared versus Jalen Carter. I'm not there yet, but I think I'm close that I would pay for Max Crosby's won whatever, give me the checkbook. But like Miles Garrett, there are two teams Buffalo and Green Bay. You really gotta think long and hard about your future. Do you want to change outcomes? Listen, when you had far and Rogers, you got one super Bowl. You're not a free agent hub like players. Don't go and think Buffalo and Green Bay on average, not sexy markets. You gonna make it happen. And you're a guy like Miles Garrett may never show up in the market for the next five years. Guys like him just don't show up on the market. Teams don't let him go, go get him.

So, because the Deshaun Watson situation in Cleveland's such a mess, and because ownership's been chaotic, Miles Garrett is now available on the market. Miles Garrett's like I don't want to be a Cleveland brown and by the way, they had some success with him, just not last year. So Miles Garrett is a once. The Cleveland Browns will never draft another pass rusher as good as Miles Garrett, and the Giants will never have another LT. And that's just the reality of it. Miles Garrett, to me, is one of six, maybe five defensive players in the league. Max Crosby's probably one that I would pay for, Chris Jones of Kansas City is one. I think Jalen Carter is probably one. I would just open the checkbook. I don't care what he costs. There are two teams that need to go make aggressive runs at Miles Garrett, the Buffalo Bills and the Green Bay Packers. So let's think about Buffalo with a good defense and Sean McDermott. I've watched this thing over and over with Mahomes. You can't stop him. He's dropping thirty five plus, he doesn't work. You have a defensive coach Josh Allen in the defensive culture, you can't stop Mahomes. You're not gonna find him in the draft. There's nobody sniffing Miles Garrett in this draft. There's nobody close to his guy there's about six six to eight first round players that scouts think are really really elite. It is a very watered down mostly second and third and fourth round picks. Go get in green Bay. You're facing the best offensive line arguably in football in Detroit, and if you get past them, the next great offensive line is Philadelphia. The only way to beat a Philadelphia or Detroit with those old lines if you're Green Bay, because Jordan Love is gonna make mistakes, is an unblockable rush in. And so I look at Buffalo and I look at Green Bay. Guys, I'm look at what you're surrounded by. You're not beating mahomes unless you buy a disruptor. And you're not getting through Detroit and Philadelphia's old lines with green Bay's current pass rush. And because Buffalo and green Bay are the two smallest markets, you know, the media is more supportive. That doesn't mean it doesn't have any bite, but the Buffalo media and the Green Bay media, it's a little bit like New Orleans. They're kind of on your side a little bit. If the New York Giants are the Jets. For instance, New York teams with an angry, loud New York media if they were this far from the Super Bowl, radio stations, newspapers, the media and fans in New York would be demanding you get Miles Garrett. But Green Bay and Buffalo, and I've been reading some of the local articles there on the Miles Garrett thing. It's like, well, it'd be a pretty decent fit. No, no, you're not beating Mahomes. You can't stop Mahomes. Von Miller's getting older, like it's over. You're not beating Mahomes and green Bay. You gotta take a big swing on this because Jordan Love is good, but he can be reckless. You're gonna be in close games with Detroit, Philadelphia, the improving Rams, the Niners are still around. Who knows what Washington is. So to me, you get one Miles Garrett in a franchise history. He is an outcome changer. And there's maybe six guys in pro football today, and there's a lot of great players. There's maybe six, two of them Jared versus Jalen Carter. I'm not there yet, but I think I'm close that I would pay for Max Crosby's won whatever, give me the checkbook. But like Miles Garrett, there are two teams Buffalo and Green Bay. You really gotta think long and hard about your future. Do you want to change outcomes? Listen, when you had far and Rogers, you got one super Bowl. You're not a free agent hub like players. Don't go and think Buffalo and Green Bay on average, not sexy markets. You gonna make it happen. And you're a guy like Miles Garrett may never show up in the market for the next five years. Guys like him just don't show up on the market. Teams don't let him go, go get him.

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Every time I have a big game, I take off the yellow pad and I give you my favorite ten players in the game, the ten best players. And it's tough because I'll just tell you Travis Kelsey doesn't make it. It's not because he couldn't be the MVP, but I just don't see it happening. So here we go. Here's who I believe the ten best players in this game. And number one is not a big shock. I think it'st Patrick Mahomes, who was not necessarily great against Houston, but I've said this with MJ. There are certain players in these big moments that are not burdened by pressure. It's almost as if Mahomes needs the playoff intensity to elevate himself. Nine consecutive postseason wins, he's number one. I think number two. It's the historic sa UoN Barkley. When he went to Philadelphia with that old line. We said, folks, the Giants have just made a franchise mistake. That is egregious. Fourteen games this year with one hundred plus rush yards. Now, obviously some of that is the offensive line. He's just different. He's just a different player. You know, running backs are hard to describe because all the great ones have had stylistically kind of a different bent speed, ability to make you miss jump over through Saquon Barkley at two, I would put Chris Jones number three. When you're a defensive lineman and can move anywhere on the defensive line and you're unblockable on the end, you're unblockable on the interior. He was the highest graded interior defensive lineman this season, including the playoffs. You know, remember when they weren't sure if they were going to pay Chris Jones and I believe the future of the NFL. You're seeing this a lot. His teams will pay one great defensive lineman, but pay most of the money on offense. Chris is number three for me. Number four is I think Jalen Carter is virtually unblockable. He's not Chris Jones in terms of consistency yet, but he led the team in pressures, tackles for loss, quarterbacks, hits, and he's got an Aaron Donald vibe, which you have to start your offensive game plan with. Okay, how do we get Jalen Carter out of the picture? I'd put him at four. Jordan Malatta, the highest credited offensive tackle, I would put him at five. We'll get to Tuney in a second. I would put Jordan Malatta, who was the highest credded tackle in the regular season. Now, listen Philadelphia's offensive line. They do offensive lines really, really well, and so you could do multiple players on this, including Lane Johnson. But I think you know, only two sacks allowed this year and only one during the regular season in five hundred opportunities to pass block, so and you remember you're blocking the best athlete some would say on the defense. Number six Joe Tooney, he's the best pass blocking left guard in football. Again, when Kansas City went and spent that money in New England, right and they went and bought him, everybody said, whoa, that is a lot for a guard. Well, they moved this guy due to injuries out to left tackle. He's elite at left tackled as well, and I do believe that Tooney and the ability to protect Mahomes. Mahomes only lost one game ugly in his life, in the playoffs when he didn't get protection against Tom Brady and Tampa. I think number seven is AJ Brown.

Every time I have a big game, I take off the yellow pad and I give you my favorite ten players in the game, the ten best players. And it's tough because I'll just tell you Travis Kelsey doesn't make it. It's not because he couldn't be the MVP, but I just don't see it happening. So here we go. Here's who I believe the ten best players in this game. And number one is not a big shock. I think it'st Patrick Mahomes, who was not necessarily great against Houston, but I've said this with MJ. There are certain players in these big moments that are not burdened by pressure. It's almost as if Mahomes needs the playoff intensity to elevate himself. Nine consecutive postseason wins, he's number one. I think number two. It's the historic sa UoN Barkley. When he went to Philadelphia with that old line. We said, folks, the Giants have just made a franchise mistake. That is egregious. Fourteen games this year with one hundred plus rush yards. Now, obviously some of that is the offensive line. He's just different. He's just a different player. You know, running backs are hard to describe because all the great ones have had stylistically kind of a different bent speed, ability to make you miss jump over through Saquon Barkley at two, I would put Chris Jones number three. When you're a defensive lineman and can move anywhere on the defensive line and you're unblockable on the end, you're unblockable on the interior. He was the highest graded interior defensive lineman this season, including the playoffs. You know, remember when they weren't sure if they were going to pay Chris Jones and I believe the future of the NFL. You're seeing this a lot. His teams will pay one great defensive lineman, but pay most of the money on offense. Chris is number three for me. Number four is I think Jalen Carter is virtually unblockable. He's not Chris Jones in terms of consistency yet, but he led the team in pressures, tackles for loss, quarterbacks, hits, and he's got an Aaron Donald vibe, which you have to start your offensive game plan with. Okay, how do we get Jalen Carter out of the picture? I'd put him at four. Jordan Malatta, the highest credited offensive tackle, I would put him at five. We'll get to Tuney in a second. I would put Jordan Malatta, who was the highest credded tackle in the regular season. Now, listen Philadelphia's offensive line. They do offensive lines really, really well, and so you could do multiple players on this, including Lane Johnson. But I think you know, only two sacks allowed this year and only one during the regular season in five hundred opportunities to pass block, so and you remember you're blocking the best athlete some would say on the defense. Number six Joe Tooney, he's the best pass blocking left guard in football. Again, when Kansas City went and spent that money in New England, right and they went and bought him, everybody said, whoa, that is a lot for a guard. Well, they moved this guy due to injuries out to left tackle. He's elite at left tackled as well, and I do believe that Tooney and the ability to protect Mahomes. Mahomes only lost one game ugly in his life, in the playoffs when he didn't get protection against Tom Brady and Tampa. I think number seven is AJ Brown.

Again.

Again.

You sometimes forget how good Phillies wide receivers are because they're such a power run game. But he was top ten in misstackles. And I think his physicality is really important because I think Kansas City is the best tackling team in the league. That's just an eye test. I don't have data to back that up. But AJ Brown is number seven eight R McDuffie Kansas City, tremendous corner second highest graded cornerback during the regular season. Again, they're gonna put him, They're gonna put him on a J. Brown and say, I mean, I think you have to with Devonte Smith, A. J. Brown, Dallas Goddard. Goetta have to have some one on one matchups and that's one Kansas that he has to win. I would put Zach Baughn at nine. The guy's unbelievable. He was a special teams player. He's tremendous in coverage. I think he's one of the surprise players of the year in pass coverage this year. This is such a great stat He's allowed a sixty nine passer rating. That's about as good as a linebacker can do. And number ten, Jalen Hurts. Again, when you put pressure on Jalen Hurts, he regresses significantly. But here's the thing. It's hard to get pressure on Jalen Hurts because of the old line in the run game. So there you have my top ten. I think it comes out to four Chiefs and six Philadelphia Eagles, Dallas Goddard. I mean, there's a lot of people I'm leaving out unbelievable corners for Philadelphia Mitchell. I mean, again, there's sixteen guys here who should make the list. But a couple of years ago, I did this with San Francisco and Kansas City, and I got the same dilemma. There's Hall of famers that may not make the list. Travis Kelsey could be the MVP of the game, or we could have two.

You sometimes forget how good Phillies wide receivers are because they're such a power run game. But he was top ten in misstackles. And I think his physicality is really important because I think Kansas City is the best tackling team in the league. That's just an eye test. I don't have data to back that up. But AJ Brown is number seven eight R McDuffie Kansas City, tremendous corner second highest graded cornerback during the regular season. Again, they're gonna put him, They're gonna put him on a J. Brown and say, I mean, I think you have to with Devonte Smith, A. J. Brown, Dallas Goddard. Goetta have to have some one on one matchups and that's one Kansas that he has to win. I would put Zach Baughn at nine. The guy's unbelievable. He was a special teams player. He's tremendous in coverage. I think he's one of the surprise players of the year in pass coverage this year. This is such a great stat He's allowed a sixty nine passer rating. That's about as good as a linebacker can do. And number ten, Jalen Hurts. Again, when you put pressure on Jalen Hurts, he regresses significantly. But here's the thing. It's hard to get pressure on Jalen Hurts because of the old line in the run game. So there you have my top ten. I think it comes out to four Chiefs and six Philadelphia Eagles, Dallas Goddard. I mean, there's a lot of people I'm leaving out unbelievable corners for Philadelphia Mitchell. I mean, again, there's sixteen guys here who should make the list. But a couple of years ago, I did this with San Francisco and Kansas City, and I got the same dilemma. There's Hall of famers that may not make the list. Travis Kelsey could be the MVP of the game, or we could have two.

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Drew Brees twenty years in the NFL, fifteen years here.

Drew Brees twenty years in the NFL, fifteen years here.

In New Orleans.

In New Orleans.

That is interesting. You have an encyclopedic memory and knowledge of this stuff. But go back to your Super Bowl week. You obviously you have extra time, you have Sean Payton, you put stuff in? Did you take stuff out? Or did you go into your Super Bowl Drew with just more plays than you'd never had in your life.

That is interesting. You have an encyclopedic memory and knowledge of this stuff. But go back to your Super Bowl week. You obviously you have extra time, you have Sean Payton, you put stuff in? Did you take stuff out? Or did you go into your Super Bowl Drew with just more plays than you'd never had in your life.

No, I don't remember the volume being an issue of that week because you know, quite honestly, the Colts, the Colts defense, which what wasn't that complicated?

No, I don't remember the volume being an issue of that week because you know, quite honestly, the Colts, the Colts defense, which what wasn't that complicated?

You know?

You know?

That was that was back in at the time when they were very much like Tampa two. And we're just going to allow our pass rushers Dwight Freeney and Robert Mathis to get after you, right and man, we've got we've got good players in the secondary that are just going to keep it in front of them, and we're just going to kind of manage the game because we know we have a high scoring offense, you know, on the other side.

That was that was back in at the time when they were very much like Tampa two. And we're just going to allow our pass rushers Dwight Freeney and Robert Mathis to get after you, right and man, we've got we've got good players in the secondary that are just going to keep it in front of them, and we're just going to kind of manage the game because we know we have a high scoring offense, you know, on the other side.

So I don't remember the volume being.

So I don't remember the volume being.

An issue necessarily as far as the volume of plays in the game plan. It was more so I think for us, like our success we knew was number one, we need to steal a possession in this game, right, which we did at the start of the of the second half, right with that on side kick that we called ambush. But it was it was really more so like how do we create a rhythm, you know with our offense against these guys, and and a level of patience because look, we were a big play offense too. We were used to you know, kind of those you know, big play shots down the field, and I think we just recognize, hey, these guys don't really give that to us.

An issue necessarily as far as the volume of plays in the game plan. It was more so I think for us, like our success we knew was number one, we need to steal a possession in this game, right, which we did at the start of the of the second half, right with that on side kick that we called ambush. But it was it was really more so like how do we create a rhythm, you know with our offense against these guys, and and a level of patience because look, we were a big play offense too. We were used to you know, kind of those you know, big play shots down the field, and I think we just recognize, hey, these guys don't really give that to us.

So we're gonna have to run the ball effectively. We're gonna hit him with the.

So we're gonna have to run the ball effectively. We're gonna hit him with the.

Screen game to try to slow down the pass rush, and then we're just gonna be methodical with the passing game, which we were super efficient to pass the game. And oh, by the way, what that does is it also chews up the clock, and it keeps one of the best players in the world off the field on the other side in Peyton Manning. So quite honestly, like I see that very much like what Philadelphia's game plan should be against the Chiefs this week, which is run the ball, possess the ball, chew up the clock, wear down that defense, and keep the best player in the world Patrick Holmes off the field on the other side.

Screen game to try to slow down the pass rush, and then we're just gonna be methodical with the passing game, which we were super efficient to pass the game. And oh, by the way, what that does is it also chews up the clock, and it keeps one of the best players in the world off the field on the other side in Peyton Manning. So quite honestly, like I see that very much like what Philadelphia's game plan should be against the Chiefs this week, which is run the ball, possess the ball, chew up the clock, wear down that defense, and keep the best player in the world Patrick Holmes off the field on the other side.

You know, it's interesting because I would think a guy like you and you mentioned Peyton Manning, both of you very cerebral. I would think short weeks would drive you crazy and you would love an extra day or a buy or Super Bowl because you could just fill your brain with more information. So to you, extra time, like to you, was it a kid in the candy store. It's like, hey, I got more time to like exercise efficiency. How did you limit it?

You know, it's interesting because I would think a guy like you and you mentioned Peyton Manning, both of you very cerebral. I would think short weeks would drive you crazy and you would love an extra day or a buy or Super Bowl because you could just fill your brain with more information. So to you, extra time, like to you, was it a kid in the candy store. It's like, hey, I got more time to like exercise efficiency. How did you limit it?

Well, sometimes too much time results in over analysis, right, right, and then it's and then it's paralysis by over analysis, right. So, Like, honestly, I felt like we had a great plan, which was a two weeks prior to the Super Bowl. So the first week, honestly was a lot of just good on good competition with our team, Like we really didn't get into a lot of the game planning for the Indianapolis Colts. Yes we were watching film, and yes we were starting to have an idea of you know how we were going to attack them, But we did not install our game plan against the Colts in the week prior to the Super Bowl. We waited until we actually got to Miami, which is where we played it. And we because we wanted to, uh, we wanted to have as normal a work week as possible, right, Like that's the that's the toughest think about the Super Bowls? How do you make the Super Bowl a normal work week? You're in a foreign place, practicing in a different facility that you have to bust to. You're in a hotel where there's all kinds of chaos going on, Like how do you order the chaos?

Well, sometimes too much time results in over analysis, right, right, and then it's and then it's paralysis by over analysis, right. So, Like, honestly, I felt like we had a great plan, which was a two weeks prior to the Super Bowl. So the first week, honestly was a lot of just good on good competition with our team, Like we really didn't get into a lot of the game planning for the Indianapolis Colts. Yes we were watching film, and yes we were starting to have an idea of you know how we were going to attack them, But we did not install our game plan against the Colts in the week prior to the Super Bowl. We waited until we actually got to Miami, which is where we played it. And we because we wanted to, uh, we wanted to have as normal a work week as possible, right, Like that's the that's the toughest think about the Super Bowls? How do you make the Super Bowl a normal work week? You're in a foreign place, practicing in a different facility that you have to bust to. You're in a hotel where there's all kinds of chaos going on, Like how do you order the chaos?

How do you create some normalcy in a routine?

How do you create some normalcy in a routine?

And so we did like good on good competitive.

And so we did like good on good competitive.

Man weight room.

Man weight room.

That was like our first week, right, and then the minute we arrived in Miami, it was like, all right, here we go.

That was like our first week, right, and then the minute we arrived in Miami, it was like, all right, here we go.

Flip the switch game plan.

Flip the switch game plan.

Wednesday's space, Thursday's third down, Friday's red zone, shortyardage goal line, Saturday, Hay's in the barn Man quick walk through jog through bot. We got it in our mind. Let's go win a football game.

Wednesday's space, Thursday's third down, Friday's red zone, shortyardage goal line, Saturday, Hay's in the barn Man quick walk through jog through bot. We got it in our mind. Let's go win a football game.

You know, it's interesting. Brady and Hasselbeck both talked about this on the show, and this is what has always been fascinating is that you guys watch so much film, and Hasselbeck talked about homegrun adding something. Late in the week, Brady came on and said, we added we placed that Seahawk team that had no weaknesses. We came up with three new plays the night before just because he goes, I didn't trust our red zone package. Did Sean with you, Drew say, listen, I found something on tape or did you say, you know, Sean, we got to clean something up. Anything Saturday night happen.

You know, it's interesting. Brady and Hasselbeck both talked about this on the show, and this is what has always been fascinating is that you guys watch so much film, and Hasselbeck talked about homegrun adding something. Late in the week, Brady came on and said, we added we placed that Seahawk team that had no weaknesses. We came up with three new plays the night before just because he goes, I didn't trust our red zone package. Did Sean with you, Drew say, listen, I found something on tape or did you say, you know, Sean, we got to clean something up. Anything Saturday night happen.

Yeah, it would from time to time.

Yeah, it would from time to time.

And a lot of that was just you know, Sean and my routine of I would always go back on Saturday morning, which was again our are just kind of walk through day, you know, walk through the game plan, the first fifteen plays of the game, you know, kind of hit some red zone.

And a lot of that was just you know, Sean and my routine of I would always go back on Saturday morning, which was again our are just kind of walk through day, you know, walk through the game plan, the first fifteen plays of the game, you know, kind of hit some red zone.

Third down thoughts.

Third down thoughts.

I would watch a couple games on Saturday morning more so just to kind of go back and just like feel the flow and the rhythm of a game and maybe how some other teams that attacked them. And again it was just it was very relaxed, but it was and in that moment you would just kind of be looking at it through a different lens at that point, because you were kind of, you know, past what you thought was the game planning thing.

I would watch a couple games on Saturday morning more so just to kind of go back and just like feel the flow and the rhythm of a game and maybe how some other teams that attacked them. And again it was just it was very relaxed, but it was and in that moment you would just kind of be looking at it through a different lens at that point, because you were kind of, you know, past what you thought was the game planning thing.

But all of a sudden you would see something like just.

But all of a sudden you would see something like just.

A little like oh wow, I feel like, you know, this may be a good opportunity or off of this look, maybe a great opportunity to run a little stutter and go on that corner, or a double move on this linebacker with the running back, or you know, just something. And at that point though, it had to be like a game changing thing, like we didn't need another play that was gonna get us a five to ten yard completion. We wanted to play that was like, oh no, this is a shot opportunity. This is a big play opportunity, a game winner opportunity.

A little like oh wow, I feel like, you know, this may be a good opportunity or off of this look, maybe a great opportunity to run a little stutter and go on that corner, or a double move on this linebacker with the running back, or you know, just something. And at that point though, it had to be like a game changing thing, like we didn't need another play that was gonna get us a five to ten yard completion. We wanted to play that was like, oh no, this is a shot opportunity. This is a big play opportunity, a game winner opportunity.

So yeah, we had a couple of those.

So yeah, we had a couple of those.

In fact, we're playing Monday night football against the Miami Dolphins twenty thirteen. Night before the game, we had this little h choice with Darren sprolls where he's.

In fact, we're playing Monday night football against the Miami Dolphins twenty thirteen. Night before the game, we had this little h choice with Darren sprolls where he's.

Just gonna kind of run up five yards. He's got a three way go.

Just gonna kind of run up five yards. He's got a three way go.

But I'm like, man, this backer is just so aggressive, like on film time after time, and he's gonna see that and he's just gonna be sitting all over and it's like, hey, Sean, what if we just double move this guy like right off the bat, you know, and just like set the tone early. Sure enough, second play of the game, we run this. We put it in literally the night before, and man, it works like a charm forty r completion And that's when you're kind of that's when you're kind of looking at the sideline light.

But I'm like, man, this backer is just so aggressive, like on film time after time, and he's gonna see that and he's just gonna be sitting all over and it's like, hey, Sean, what if we just double move this guy like right off the bat, you know, and just like set the tone early. Sure enough, second play of the game, we run this. We put it in literally the night before, and man, it works like a charm forty r completion And that's when you're kind of that's when you're kind of looking at the sideline light.

Yeah, we got it. You know.

Yeah, we got it. You know.

I read a survey it must have been fifteen years ago, and they were talking about the most unique cities in the country, and New Orleans was number one. They said, the vibe, the food, the people. To be the Saints quarterback here for fifteen years, it's not like being a quarterback nothing against Seattle or Baltimore. But I mean, what is it like? This is such a simple question, but in one of the most unique American cities, what is it like? What do you remember about being the Saints quarterback? For fifteen years. What sticks to you.

I read a survey it must have been fifteen years ago, and they were talking about the most unique cities in the country, and New Orleans was number one. They said, the vibe, the food, the people. To be the Saints quarterback here for fifteen years, it's not like being a quarterback nothing against Seattle or Baltimore. But I mean, what is it like? This is such a simple question, but in one of the most unique American cities, what is it like? What do you remember about being the Saints quarterback? For fifteen years. What sticks to you.

Well, I think the thing that sticks out most to me is that the community of New Orleans they were more fans of New Orleans than they even were, or they were first fans of New Orleans than they were fans of the Saints. Like in other words, when you walked around town, it wasn't like ghost Saints or thanks for what you do for the team.

Well, I think the thing that sticks out most to me is that the community of New Orleans they were more fans of New Orleans than they even were, or they were first fans of New Orleans than they were fans of the Saints. Like in other words, when you walked around town, it wasn't like ghost Saints or thanks for what you do for the team.

It was like, man, thanks for loving this city. So it just it just gave you this.

It was like, man, thanks for loving this city. So it just it just gave you this.

Feeling that, man, we were all in this whole effort together, and like people appreciate the fact that my wife Brittany and I lived right in the heart of the city, like righting uptown New Orleans, and that we'd be walking the dog in the park just like everybody else, but we'd be you know, having gumbo down at you know, the local spot. You're just like everybody else, right, Like, there was just this feeling of man, they're just they're just like us, you know, and they want to be just like us, and they're just part of this community and part of this society, and like that was what was so unique about about this place.

Feeling that, man, we were all in this whole effort together, and like people appreciate the fact that my wife Brittany and I lived right in the heart of the city, like righting uptown New Orleans, and that we'd be walking the dog in the park just like everybody else, but we'd be you know, having gumbo down at you know, the local spot. You're just like everybody else, right, Like, there was just this feeling of man, they're just they're just like us, you know, and they want to be just like us, and they're just part of this community and part of this society, and like that was what was so unique about about this place.

Finally, where do I get one of those sweet Crown Royal jackets you're wearing. Can you get me one of those?

Finally, where do I get one of those sweet Crown Royal jackets you're wearing. Can you get me one of those?

Droop? You know what. I'm glad you asked, Colin. Really, buddy, I got one here. I got one here right man. Look at this sat a satin starter jacket.

Droop? You know what. I'm glad you asked, Colin. Really, buddy, I got one here. I got one here right man. Look at this sat a satin starter jacket.

We got NFL Crown Royal and this is incredible partnership with Crown Royal. They've been a huge benefactor to our foundation, helping us with all of our efforts here in New Orleans, something to build affordable housing, job skills training, build healthcare facilities around around the state. And they're doing a ton of things here during Super Bowl Week, donating a lot of money to the Foundation for Louisiana. They've got a pop up down in the quarter selling the jackets, all the proceeds going the Foundation. They got the Crown Royal rig in town that people can go check out and pack backs for military to be able to send overseas. So Crown roy is doing a ton of great stuff. They've been what four years, the official whiskey of the NFL. So really appreciate their support of the Foundation, support of New Orleans.

We got NFL Crown Royal and this is incredible partnership with Crown Royal. They've been a huge benefactor to our foundation, helping us with all of our efforts here in New Orleans, something to build affordable housing, job skills training, build healthcare facilities around around the state. And they're doing a ton of things here during Super Bowl Week, donating a lot of money to the Foundation for Louisiana. They've got a pop up down in the quarter selling the jackets, all the proceeds going the Foundation. They got the Crown Royal rig in town that people can go check out and pack backs for military to be able to send overseas. So Crown roy is doing a ton of great stuff. They've been what four years, the official whiskey of the NFL. So really appreciate their support of the Foundation, support of New Orleans.

And I really appreciate that jacket, Buddy, I really, you know, one for the top.

And I really appreciate that jacket, Buddy, I really, you know, one for the top.

It's a sharp it's a sharp jacket. It's got the Super Bowl fifty nine logo on the back.

It's a sharp it's a sharp jacket. It's got the Super Bowl fifty nine logo on the back.

So even have you looking clean?

So even have you looking clean?

All right?

All right?

Drew?

Drew?

Great sine as always, man, I really appreciate your insight this year, Bud.

Great sine as always, man, I really appreciate your insight this year, Bud.

Yeah yeah, love this year. Spend time with you. Thanks coming

Yeah yeah, love this year. Spend time with you. Thanks coming