Hour 1 - Russell Wilson isn't the Problem in Pittsburgh

Published Jan 16, 2025, 3:12 AM

Rob and Kelvin tell us if Russell Wilson is getting too much of the blame for the Pittsburgh Steelers' season ending sooner than their fans hoped it would, explain why they appreciate Caleb Williams being so self-aware about what he's looking for in his next head coach and take a trip out to Shekel City for Rob's nightly bets. 

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So much to do so little Tom, rob G. There was a story out there, let's just get into it from the uh Steelers come out of Pittsburgh. Yeah, coming out of Pittsburgh, one of the longtime beat Riders, just talking about Russell Wilson and the offensive coordinator.

Yeah.

So according to well, now he works for Pat McCarey. Don't know how that happens, you go from being a beat writer to working for.

Yeah, I remember that he did. Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, I do remember that.

Yeah.

Mark Caboli because sometime longtime Steelers beat writer and reporter worked in for various outlets out there, now works for Pat McAfee reported today that Russell Wilson and offensive coordinator Arthur Smith quote did not have a very good working relationship, but they fought through their differences as best they could. Now normally it's not a big deal, but the problem with this one is, Rob Parker, Russell Wilson doesn't have a contract for next season. The Steelers do not have a QB one on their Every one of their quarterbacks that end of the season is entering free agency as we speak. So the question then becomes, Rob, are you concerned that this Russell Wilson relationship issue with offensive coordinator is going to hurt in at the negotiation table and his chances of becoming and maintaining his spot as the Steelers QB one.

I don't think it should You know this, There are always issues inside of sports and you know, language and dealing with people, and there are a lot of people have been very successful and behind the scenes. What if they had Rob G knock down dragouts right behind the scenes.

There you go.

But we still get the show done, don't we Yep, So you get my point there. But I'm gonna say this for people think automatically, hey, just get rid of Russell Wilson.

I'm sorry, Rob G.

He wasn't the issue to me with this Stealer team because to me, if you're honest, even after Field started out four and two, did the Steelers not take it to a different level the next few games once he got in the starting.

Quarterback, Absolutely right, Absolutely.

They opened up the game. They were throwing the ball around the yard. He had a fantastic what was it, five game winning streak?

Correct? Yes, correct?

That took him to nine and two or something. They were off and running. At one point they were ten and three.

Ten and three, And I get it because it ended sour. If you mixed in a couple of those losses, Rob G and not had to be five in a row to end the year or whatever, right with the playoffs, it wouldn't feel as bad, right if you did it the other way around, said they mixed in and they didn't have a five game winning street, but they won.

Take to be the Lions from a few years ago exactly, and you would feel like, oh the optimist.

Yeah, Okay, I get it when you lose the last five and you lose the way you did in the playoffs where you got dominated and you saw the Ravens run the ball thirteen straight times down your throat for a touchdown.

Right, So I get all that, But I don't think it's Russ.

And I'm not saying Russ is the Russell was in Seattle that went back to back Super Bowls and won one and could have won two if he didn't throw it terrible pick in the end zone. The Steelers have other issues the defense at the quarterback play, rob g do you disagree with this that the quarterback play was better than they've had in years.

From Russell Wilson. I mean, it's a very low bar to clear, Robbins, No, I agree, But is it better? Yes, this year leaves and bounds better than what they've had the laste year.

Okay, So ninety five point six quarterback rating for Russell Wilson justin fields ninety three point three, So he even improved what Justin Fields did in the first four and Ford and to start Kenny Pickett seventy nine point three, Mitch Trubisky seventy six point four, Mason Rudolph seventy five point one, and Duck Hodges seventy one point four. But let's think about the defense that that's the Isn't that the backbone.

To the Steelers? The steel Kurt Ye, it's about their defense. I'm talking about defense during their losing streak.

They gave up twenty seven, thirty four, twenty nine, nineteen and twenty eight. And I just told you about the Ravens and how they steam rolled them and ran the ball down their throats. Hey, guess what we're running on this down? Guess what on second down? Rob Gee, we're running on second down. We dare you to stop us. We're running on third down, fourth down, fifth down, sixth down, seventh down.

Right thirteen straight plays. You get my point?

I do, all right?

I know people say it's crazy, where are you gonna go?

Like, seriously, if I'm the Steelers, rush should be you get a quarterback who's going to be your next guy?

For right?

You should have.

Now I'm not talking about big contract or anything for a russ one more year. But you have to have somebody to be a quarterback. I just don't think it's Justin Fields. I don't even with the four and two start, they would not have made a change if they really believed Justin Fields was their quarterback of the future. What would have been the purpose of Russell Wilson if you really believe that.

After watching the first six games.

I think Rob, everything you said is correct, right, because they've had some of the worst quarterback play in the NFL, you know, especially for a good team. They really ever since Big I mean even when Big Ben was there the last few years they wasn't good. But in the post Big Ben era, they've had the worst quarterback to play by far of any like playoff type team in the NFL. Where I disagree with you is this down the stretch of the season. The last five game he made, they lose five straight. They never scored more than seventeen points any of those five games. Across the last five games, their offense averaged fourteen points a game. Now, say what you want about Justin Fields.

Did the Los Angeles Rams what did they average their live four game?

Well?

The last three when they played, the start was fourteen, they scored like twenty eight with all the backups in so somewhere around there.

Okay, So I'm just saying right right, right right then, and that made they just won a playoff game and going.

To and they put it on Minnesota. Okay. Now, with Justin Field's got tons of limitations as a passer. That's well documented, right. There was a stat that we had last year that he was like the bottom five in NFL history in terms of three hundred yard games as a starter and things like that. So he's very limited. Even with that, there his with that offense, they were averaging almost nineteen points a game. So Justin Fields, as limited as he is, the threat of his legs alone made them more explosive. But I think and with Russell Wilson, he was great in the middle part of the season, towards the end of the year when teams started to kind of figure out what he could and couldn't do anymore, especially in that system, they had a cap that you just could not overcome. So I think if you're the Pittsburgh Steeler, your receiver situation is very lukewarm at best. George Picken might be off the team, but the way he's been acting, you know in the media, Well that's another thing to rustin. Have have a lot of weapons, right right, let's just be Deontay Johnson, who they had before the season, just got cut and claimed again this little third time in six weeks, right, gonna say in a month. It feels like Najie Harris is very pedestrians. Galen Warren's okay. Their offensive line is not good. So when you have that kind of limitation across your offensive roster, you need your quarterback to be able to do things beyond the scope of the offense. And Russell Wilson just can't do that.

Yeah, but I don't justin feels even with the four and two, you gotta admit like it's limited. And if you're a team and you know this guy can't throw the football consistently, I don't know how defensive coordinator can't figure can't work that out.

I dare you.

I wouldn't make you make you throw the football, you know what I mean.

We'll see. And I think that's the reason why Mike Tomlin made the switch to Russell Wilson, and it paid all it paid immediately. I mean they they once they got Russell Wilson in there, the Steelers points went from seventeen thirty two, thirty seven, twenty six, twenty eight, eighteen, nineteen forty four remember the big bank when he was having before the bottom fell out, And.

That's that's what I'm saying, Like it changed the dynamic. And at one point people were like, oh, the Steelers in the mix.

Why why they were in the mix?

Right?

Why why would we think that they're not in the mix?

They have a decent defense, but their defense didn't play well at the end of you know, no, no, no. Pinkins also missed some balls, there was miscommunicator, missed a lot in emotional Yeah, like something was wrong with him. Normally he's a way better player than that. So there was a couple things. And I'm just saying to just pick out the quarterback when you just gave up when you were dominated, I'm talking about offensively.

Yeah, their issues go way beyond.

It's just that's weasy to just say, oh, Ross, look at what happened the last five games. Look at the other part. Look what potentially he was able to open up. That's the part that I'm saying that was what happened in those five games when it was scoring points and moving the football right.

He can throw the football. He still throws it, for my money, the best deep ball in the league.

It's pretty.

But like I was saying earlier, I think they made the switch to Russell. Was it was a Mike Tomlin call clearly right, because that's the call they had coach makes you could tell by reading the tea leaves. But with Arthur Smith, the OC was saying, is it felt like he wanted to keep justin fields that he was aware of the limitations across the roster. Now, in the short term, Tomlin was proven right because of how explosive they became. But once teams kind of caught up to us, like, hey, if we take away the deep ball to Pickens, Russ you know, is not mobile like he used to be. He's not really seeing the field the way that he used to win Seattle, and he's very quick to check it down and kind of live to punt and play defense. And their offense just didn't have the playmakers to play like that. The rest of the way. The defense, as you mentioned, was leaking oil down the straw up.

That's The other issue is that like that's not Steeler defense.

No, And so I think that they are aware that in order for at least offensive coordinator was and we'll see how Tomlin fields, you know a couple of weeks when it comes to contract time. Is they need more than what Russell Wilson can give them? That's the problem? All right?

Eight seven seven ninety nine on Fox eight seven seven nine nine six sixty three sixty nine is the telephone number?

And just should they move on from Russell Wilson? Is he the problem?

In?

Is he the problem?

I say, he's not the problem, you know, if it's up to me, I'm making a coaching change. Okay, Mike Tomlins, all right, I'm making a coaching change. But we know that that's not happening in Pittsburgh. So what do you do to fix this?

Is it right?

Is it just get rid of that's the reason? What did you watch the defense down the stretch?

All right?

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There?

Is Russell Wilson the guy? Is it justin Fields? Tomlin need to go eight seven seven ninety nine on Fox.

Is it true that.

Rob g just talked to the National Guard and they said that the roads were not blocked off and you're just late, is that?

No?

No, okay, this is why people you make sure you take pictures for proof.

You have to do it.

Also shut down the internet last night for Jason Smith show.

You know what, It's starting to make sense. The sabotage is happening. You and Alex ain't here. But maybe maybe Alex is the one out there posing a National Guard.

I should have checked the lift of their hair.

You asked, Alex.

All the fire those firefighters out there putting on the firefighter outfits to break into people's house.

Oh, that's crazy for those who don't know, that's the real thing. People acting like firemen to rob people.

Robe. But Mike in Augusta's low. You're on the couple of Fox Sports Radio. What's up, Mike?

What's up?

Fellas?

Welcome to the party, Kevin.

Well, Mike, Mike, I'm here every day all day.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, you're rob.

Hey, let me tell you something, Mike.

I'm gonna put it about slash Tires, just so he can't say that.

Yeah.

So yeah, I want to say that it's not tom And I think Tomlin needs to stay. He's overachieved. They need to give him some weapons. There is only one person on that team that other teams fear. That's t J. Watt, and they can scheme to take him out of the game.

They get one more.

The defensive got old, the other players are getting old. They need to get another defensive lineman to help out TJ y and give him a weapon. They are right on the custom of being elite. Don't blow it up, don't take away the one that's been holding you in the game. It's not like Mike McCarthy and Green Bay being the number one seed and losing it home. He's the underdog. He doesn't have the better team.

But Mike, how about this, Okay, how about this? Think about Tomlin who inherited a really good team, won a super Bowl early. But if you look at it right there, I think they have the most rob g Don't they have the highest paid defense the Steelers money wise? Like this, right, yeah, MAKA and TJ. Right, they're making big bank. Like this is not like just thrown together. They got the highest paid defense. And all I'm saying is it hasn't It hasn't been good, especially when you talk about the postseason.

You can't. It's one thing.

This wasn't an eight and eight team or eight and nine and eight like this team was ten and three at one point things were work and.

That's that's why you gotta give Tom the credit. But he can't turn water in Wednesday.

As you what you like that?

All right?

Look at you the gates time now, Obie in La. You're in the couple of Fox Sports Radio. I hope you're you and your family are safe.

Obie, how are you?

Yeah, we're great. Thank you for asking. That's really appreciated that you asked. I also wanted to say thanks for keeping works of Wednesday around.

You know you're welcome.

No, no, no, Kellaway Shelby wanted to turn it to sin for Wednesday. No, he wanted to call it a wow girls going wild Wednesday.

He was trying to go.

Well as as less.

It was paisy to say this, It is time for a coaching change. That OC was horrible. That the play calls that that OC was calling in the last five games were just run right, run leg class, run right, one by punt. It was terrible. That play call was horrible. And like I said, I love Tomlin, but it may be time.

To change the whole thing. Just wipe them all out, get.

Rid of all the coaches and then try to bring a new regime and see what ends up happening. As far as Russ goes, it's a bad look for us. I think that. But Russ looked good at one point and then it started falling down, So it's a bad look for him.

Let me let me say this real quick.

Here's the thing, and we were talking about this off the air, but this happens in football. We saw it with Tony Dungee right, had a good team whatever, they make a move finally because he kept losing in the postseason. That and and and Gruden gets his championship, comes and takes over Tony's team wins it in the first year. But Tony went on to Indianapolis and won his championship. So it doesn't mean that Mike Tomlin is done, you know what I mean. That's what I'm saying, Like it could just be a breath of fresh air, a new start, and some other situation. Let's try to squeeze one more in Scott in North Carolina, you're in the couple of Fox Sports Radio.

What's up, Scott?

What's up?

Man's up?

Buddy?

It does make sense that they OHC have resentments towards the RUSS quarterback. Yeah, because this was all Mike Tomlin decisions. So I guess Mike Tomlin and the oc DNC as well. I mean, when you look at the games they lost, they lost the championship teams, they were just out mess I mean, they have a middle of the pack run, offensive weapons, receivers, tight ends are are just bad. Honestly, I get that.

But let me ask Scott.

I get it.

Nobody's saying that they should have beaten the Ravens. They were double digit underdogs. But there's also a thing about being competitive. And in the last six playoff losses they're giving up thirty eight point three points. That's the thing, Scott. They're not competitive.

Yeah, my thing they become they become stagnant in stale. You can tell who they are and what they're gonna do. They need they need something they.

Don't have to talent. Well, they don't have the talent.

How do you get to ten and three at one point you don't have any talent?

I think they have enough.

They're playing bad teams.

Yeah, But but here's my only and here's my only thing I would say, Scott, is sometimes there is something to being able to game up something, meaning, Okay, the scene comes in, they are maybe a little bit more talent, but we're going to out scheme them, we're going to out Okay, they may score, we're gonna out you know, we're gonna score back, or maybe we're gonna lock them down defensively. There are things you go in the games, all upsets in sports, That's what I'm saying, Like, just because the team is better on paper, you can still beat them because you came at a better approach, like the Rams. Technically everybody thought the Vikings were better, but the Rams came in that thing and out schemed and out coach and made Minnesota look bad on all fronts.

The same thing with the Lions.

Minnesota all you know, they're same, same record, and all of a sudden you see that the Lions came in there with a game planing the scheme, and obviously the Lions are a good team. But my point is sometimes you don't have to lose all the games towards the end that you're that the team is better than you.

That it's too.

Easy to just when when you're when you're winning, oh well it didn't matter or whatever, and then you lose and you're like, well they're not that good anyway, Well you made the playoffs. Yeah, and I think you can win a game nobody nobody can steal, so nobody were gonna win. And that's the conversation you gotta have to yeah, yeah, So yeah, we'll do that in just a little bit as well. Caleb Williams speaking of there's some conversation we had about him that we'll do in just a minute.

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Company live from tyraq dot com Studios. Sheer Boys, Rob Parker kelvin Washington. On a worship Wednesday, Caleb Williams has some thoughts about the head coach vacancy in Chicago with the Bears. Obviously, they're trying to write the ship. They believe they have their quarterback of the future with Caleb. Here's what Caleb had to say about the search.

So I can build with him and be with their coach for the next nineteen seventeen fifteen years and so I can also learn and grow and you know, things like that from him and what he's seeing and what he you know, what he's gone through with you know, maybe other qbs or been around.

Yeah, there was We missed the first part of that, didn't we a little bit.

He was just simply saying, that's the kind of coach he was looking for an offensive mind.

Well, the thing he said, and I think just just played it just a little bit in the beginning because we didn't hear it.

Selfishly right there, I want right there.

I just think that that's mature.

And he's saying, you know, yeah, you know a coach, you could be a defensive court do all, but selfishly as a quarterback, and a franchise that hasn't been able to develop a franchise quarterback since Sid Luckman playing in the forties or whatever it was, you know, like he would want somebody offensive minded. And I think that that makes total sense if you're finally going to try to get a franchise quarterback in Chicago.

The best part about it is selfishly for him, Rob actually is beneficial for the team because the best version of Kayleb Williams is going to be the best thing for the Chicago Bears if he is what we all hope or think he is going to be as far as talent, what we saw in college, uh, and what we saw flashes of at times throughout the sea. And then they better get he better gets selfish and they better oblige the selfishness, you know, and they know what the Bears need to do, Rob the opposite of whatever they're and nate reaction is to do because of his not work.

Them getting coaches who don't know.

They never get a coach who's forward progress, progressive thinking, who is Ben Johnson kind of guy, Mike McCarthy. You know, if you look at the quarterbacks who have had a lot of success, and it doesn't mean all.

You don't have to singularly have this.

Because we Daniel Jones didn't have the success when they brought the guy.

But let me add, I need a little more whispering in that quarterback. That's what I'm saying that coach though, meaning like I need some try it and true and.

But he got credit for turning around uh in Buffalo, Josh, you know that's got his job.

But I think you'll feel me.

Sometimes if you were hanging around I won't even go to the extreme like a Lebron. If you were hanging around Steph long enough, you might get some credit that maybe it's just Steph meaning Josh Allen.

Have you seen him?

Me and Rob g were talking about the other day, like that borderline man crushing on it. That gets absurd. He's six eggs, he's fastest. Heck gotta beover. But he wasn't the same guy as now. So I'm giving David some credit. But I'm like Andy Reid, I can go down the history you Mike Vick could have been the top five quarterback of all time if he had had Andy Reid's career he comeback player to hear Mike Vick looking and saying Notavi McNabb continuously got the Pro Bowls and NFC championships and even in Super Bowl with Andy Reid, Alex Smith look his best. Absolutely under who Andy Reid. Now you've got Patrick Mahomes saying there's certain people this is kind of what I do. And uh so I'm saying this is who I would be looking for someone. Even Mike McCarthy, Aaron Rodgers looked great because all that's Aaron Rodgers.

What is this easy? Okay, Well he looked good. He goes.

We saw the best version of Dak Prescott with Mike McCarthy. So getting that type of guy, whether it's literally Mike McCarthy, who's obviously on this list of fifteen candidates they have, you can you can actually call the PO interview today. Yeah, you can call it fourteen because one is already up. Vrabels gone. But I'm looking at him. I'm looking at the Ben Johnson. If he looks like he's going to leave the Lions, I don't know. I hear mixed reviews with Ben Johnson. I can see that because he's never say that he's not the g the the leader of men.

He's he's really good at what he does.

And some people are watching McDaniels. Yeah, we thought, uh, Nathaniel Hackett wound up being that. You know, he helped Aaron Rodgers.

Let me tell you who the Nathaniel Hackett? What's that he never listed? Couple?

Is that right?

You're gonna bring.

Him up because we'll be talking what's the best burger in town? And you're gonna say it ain't. In and out they couldn't hack it like you're gonna get it.

But I'm but I'm just saying, like it was obvious he wasn't the head coach right like out of the box.

So everybody can't be a head coach.

But I know him Ben Johnson gonna get a shot just because of the curiosity of what could be. Uh. And it's very true. He may just be better as a coordinator just the way his brain thinks. He's so locked in on offense that you you know, you know, you got two other sides of the ball, back, got special teams, you got to.

Come to stand. That was Brandon Staley.

Everybody he was a defensive guy and then he became this crazy, kooky that head coach.

Right.

No, but I'm just saying, but he became this guy and then they were like, uh, he can't be a head coach.

I think Cliff Kingsbury is another example of a guy who people are gonna want to see, Like I.

Think he's an offensive coordinated to it. That's what I'm saying.

People know, I'm using him as an example of our point of like, you're just this kind of guy, maybe head coaching, and he'll get another chance somebody's just he's too young.

Somebody's gonna do it.

I still remember Cliff Kingsbury when he, uh, what was that, Rob g Uh? Kyler Murray threw up the hail Murray remember that in the game, and Kingsbury said that Kyler and Mahomes would swap m vps.

Every other year. Do you remember that?

Yeah?

And I remember when Matt Dontson said that Lonzo and DiAngelo uh and Old Ball and D'Angelo Russell, we're gonna take all his records and they're gonna take all my stats. Sorry, Magic, come on, we love you, we know you love the Lakers, but let's do you not know who you are?

Right right?

Let's take get carried of what.

Let me tell you.

If I want a fan of me, please let it be Magic Johnson because he is He's gonna go too far with his praise Rob g Am.

I lying, No, you can get to get Magic. I'll take Rob Parker because when Rob.

Likes somebody, I'm still lie.

Throw five.

And I told him that.

I said, boy, if Rob, if Rob Parker loves you, he gonna ride it to the Wills fall off.

It sounds right either. But here here's the only right, but I'm still riding. You can't know what that is.

But the only problem though is, and I think, do we have the sound of Magic Johnson on your old radio show calling you a different name?

He was the greatest settlement.

I was like joining the show Michigan's Old five times him.

I'm hyping him up.

Likes Calvin, I'm like saying, and then he goes, I'm like Magic john c Eddy has a hid, like, so tell us about that. He goes, well, first, Calvin, it was the hardest hurt. It was so hard, Calvin. And then so they just obviously, like Alex would do, they just chopped it up and it became a thing.

I left there.

I'm saying, I'm about to do the odd couple roper congratulations hash sag.

First. First Calvin, yep, I can't get away from that was the one.

And when you were up Magic, I was like, I remember that.

Now I don't like him anymore.

Never mind, I was gonna say, Magic's the nicest guy, but I don't like him anymore. All right, got Sherkle City on the way. It is the Michael City. Yeah, we gotta get to it. Yeah, this is the first time maybe an hittuy. We already knew the answer. Yes, yes, nast night it is Rob Parker first Calvin Washington, Fox Sports Radio.

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All right? Can I stick my chest out? Yes?

Three?

And oh last night very nice bounce back.

I was going into a little hole there three and oh last night thirteen and seventeen on the year, and here we go for Shekel City on this Wednesday. Chicago Bulls minus six and a half.

They are taking on the Hawks, and that is uh in Chicago.

I remember the hollsch last night, so like forty yeah, forty one, I think you did.

Yep, the Knicks minus five and a half.

They're playing the seventy six ers in Philadelphia, but they're missing a ton of people. The Knick should cover that minus five and a half. And I'm going big. I know Toronto won last night, right they beat the Warriors.

Was that last night or two nights ago? And that was two nights? Was it?

It was last night?

But anyway, I got the Celtics minus fourteen and a half in Toronto taking on the Raptors. So Celtics minus fourteen and a half, Knicks minus five and a half, and the Chicago Bulls minus six and a half. And remember what's that. I'm not telling you who to bet on. I'm telling you who I bet.

Fourteen and a half is crazy, yep, I mean, my guys, how bad are you?

You know?

Twenty five and thirty point losses.

You know that.

Yeah, But for me to put the money on it, that is crazy.

Man.

Even in the playoff game with when when the Steelers and that.

Was crazy ten and a half.

You just figured there's no way divisional they they ain't gonna they're gonna do. This is the third time they will have played, not gonna be gonna be closed. And it wasn't even close. The score wasn't even. It wasn't even close, which I told you. I mean, this is this is lamar And and Derrick Henry of that offense. Man, it's good luck, good luck for anybody, good luck for the Bills, and obviously there's just be hopefully this should be a remarkable, incredible game that everybody's gonna be able to enjoy. But man, just watching him is absolutely scary. It's crazy how good they are. And that's why I was saying, Man, And then you know his record against the NFC is something crazy like twenty four and two or something wild. Yeah, Like if he gets to the super bowl's pretty much a wrap.

It's funny. Yeah, he has, he's only lost one or two games. I think it's is a tool.

Yeah, looked it up from me Robers. It used to be like twenty two and one. He Lamar Jackson's versus NFC. I know it was at one point like twenty two and one coming into the season, but it's it's one of the greatest stats. It's a ridiculous like, how can you be that good against it? Not a division? Twenty four and four? So that's wat said, twenty twenty four and four. I don't that's in say one.

Of the games I was at and I think we talked about what was on.

Oh, the Lions won.

The Lions won, and Lamar made some ridiculous fourth down and twenty three pass to get yep to set up the field goal and then the field goal kick kicked the sixty yard field.

Goal at Ford Field.

I remember that one.

It was like, what update for you? They counted it as when he was even a starter. As a starter, he's twenty four and two.

So that's that's what I was thought.

Yeah, I think twenty four and one of them came this season twenty I don't care if the Eagles four and two and there were misfield and there were missfield goals in that Eagles game. Dude, all jokes aside. That is one of the greatest stats. Like, it's a whole conference.

It's not.

You know, whenever he plays NFC nor thirty he plays you know, NFC Soli, they suck anything.

Brady would beat up on the NFC exactly. That his conference. There's always got them, dude, a whole conference. That's like, if he gets the Super Bowl, just give him the trophy. Now, obviously you know he goes up against the Eagles again or lines, it'll be a tough game.

But my gosh, like that is crazy. I feel like that is needs to be discussed more often. That's just ridiculous to me that you can be that good against the conference.

Well, you know, the last time you played your Lions. You want to know what he did, No. Twenty one of twenty seven, three point fifty seven three touchdowns.

So you're saying I might have to finally retire my little my Lions one again.

What I'm saying is you may not want to see them in the Super Bowl.

No no, no, no, no no no no no no no no no no no no no. Let me tell you who I don't want to see.

Lamar whatever his middle name is, Jackson because they're scary. Josh Allen is already scary enough because you see just that's that type of quarterback is not good for the Lions. Patrick Mahomes, that's who that they can beat. They can be that team. But Lamar is a freaking of nature. And I don't know how you beat them. Like literally, if you were Rob park At the defensive coordinator, like.

What do you do? Put thirteen in the boss?

Just we'll take the penalty every time. I don't have that many, We'll take the penalty every time.

That's what we do.

Yeah.

Absolutely, Mike all Right on the way, speaking of a quarterback who had a spectacular season last year and a lot of people may have over bet on him and his team this year. Talking about the Texans, there are some issues. However, they're in the postseason, and I think I know why people are down on them.

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