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you. So there's what a pleasure it is. Gap. Yep, it's not a great thing that she's speaking up about the Textter suggested the FIFA hub should be the Long Chair Friday's Business Center. I agree that they built out there. I agree, which I haven't seen in a long time because of the winter weather. Just a table with a little paper sign that says business center and an unplugged printer in a field with some bagels. Probably A guy called in too, and he was like, are they gonna use like you
have? Allen High school stadiums? Got that many people want to use that for World Cup game. It's like, well, I think they use it for a practice, like a World Cup practice. But all these stadiums are having d measuring contests about how many of what their attendance is. But so, but right now, let's do Sports at seven. It is seven after all, and now Sports at seven is this breakfast boners? No, that
was an hour ago. You missed that at an hour ago. The news in the world of sport the quick one for MAVs game postponed tonight because of the heart attack. We mentioned this yesterday. Warriors assistant coach had a heart attack at the age of forty six, passed away. They've gone ahead and postponed MAVs and Warriors for tonight. So Mavericks will be back at it on Monday at home against Boston unless there's some type of shocking rescheduling where they would
play on Saturday that I don't think they'd do that. I think the Maps have probably already flown home or Jason kiddsai we wouldn't fly to San Francisco, would make any sense if they're going to postpone the game. So and on that note, go see your doctor. Good ice scan like dead serious. The guy's forty six for an NBA team, probably surrounded by incredible doctors, and I gotta think he runs around and plays a good amount of hoops.
Probably more than most people listening on the cardio front. Go to VYA scan, schedule that doctor's appointment that you've been putting off for a long time. Go see Monic Agerwall. That's my doctor, and he's incredible and I love him. We have a great relationship. It really makes me feel good and confident about that. And it does change, like your mental health and your perspective on everything, when you're at least on schedule with doctors visits and physicals.
And don't be the dude who's just oh, I'm fine, I'm fine. I don't want to go. I'm scared of what they're gonna say, forty six years old regul pretty healthy seeming, dude. It's so easy and affordable to do the heart scan. They call it a some kind of calcium thing contest or whatever. Yes, it takes about ten minutes. It's out
of pocket. Insurance doesn't cover it, but it's like one hundred dollars and you're in and out and they send those images to your doctor and they tell you if you've got any type of plaque build up and then they can at least plan something for you. Man, if you're over heck, I would do it no matter what age you are, beause you don't know what about thirty five? Yes? Yes, one dude? Why not? Family history
plays in genetics. All of that answered me the question why not? Yeah, And if it's money, I understand that, but I would I think your health is a priority. Kevin, I will give you one hundred dollars to schedule one of these. Yeah, I'll just do it. I'm going next week. I don't want handle. I'll just prevent it. Next to Danny when he hands you the money for you to get it done, he will support something. Yeah, I don't know what your supporting. That's a
nice one hundred. You have their nanny. Give it to him. See if he can get his his stuff figured out. He's call a doctor, get a new doctor if you don't have one. Let's go boys. Come on, we're lucky. Other have a long time these days. Quick thing before we discuss these divisional games? What you stided a couple names. Look when we were talking if they fire McCarthy offensive coordinator, who cond be? And you threw about Greg Roman? Greg Roman interviewed for the Bears O see
job with Cliff Kingsbury. Cliff Kingsbury, Who's been at USC. Bears have the number one pick. Caleb Williams is the USC quarterback. Could Caleb Williams and Cliff Kingsbury be headed off to Chicago together to start a blossoming relationship and also making Justin Fields available? What if they were listening to the downbeat and took Mikey's advice and end up hiring both of them, one to run your passing game, one to run your running game. Right, It's interesting.
They've had nine people that they've requ us to an interview for the OC job, and I wonder how many of these guys would have been on the Cowboys radar if they fired McCarthy and hired Dan Quinn. You know, sometime I think Greg Roman one of them. Another name that would stand out that you might know, uh a Shane Waldron who was from the Rams McVeigh school of fun. But yeah, there's I like that. I do like mock drafts, and the Bears are interesting because they have two picks one and nine,
I think. And I read that story about bringing in Kingsbury and Caleb Williams possibly, and then that the mock I was looking at had rome o'doonse the Washington Wide receiver that we got to see a good amount of as the Bear's ninth pick, and that'd be pretty hot if you re up your whole offense and you get Caleb Williams, who you know if you believe that he is the guy, and then you also get a the second best wide receiver rafter Marvin Harrison Junior, in the top ten. I don't know, that's kind
of fun if you're a Bears fan. It sucks to suck, but and the Dolphins have been in the spot before where you have multiple top ten picks like that is a really fun couple months before the draft, with so many options of what you can do trades. You will spend some time on the NFL Draft simulator. How about the Panthers though, Yeah, trade it up to go get Bryce Young. CJ. Stradd at number two turns out to be the better quarterback so far, and you lose more games than anyone and
you are the number one pick, but it goes to the Bears. That hurts. So that's thought. That was interesting. Moving on to the games, let's go in order. We got action on Saturday afternoon, three point thirty spot spot. It's the Houston Texans on the road to Baltimore to take on the Baltimore Ravers, and ten points is the lineup? Seeing maybe it's nine and a half favorite for the Ravens. I've got nine and a half.
I doing a digg about the game. First of all, huge Lamar fan, But Lamar has one thing that he needs to do to stay out of NFL. I guess this would be NFL bad lines, not headlines. Bad lines because if they lose, Lamar Jackson would be the only quarterback in NFL history with two playoff losses as a double digit favorite. So if they lost as ten point favorites, he's the only one that's done that twice in the playoffs. People have done it multiple times. Is like seven and a
half point favorites, but not as ten point favorites. Did he win the MVP in the year that he did that? He that he lost a double digit spread? You know what, I don't know, because he's probably gonna win it this year, right, Yeah, he's gonna win. I think I feel like it should be too. Maybe there's an argument for Tyreek Hill, and there's an argument for if you want to go non quarterback, his argument for Dag Maybe there's a argument for Christian McCaffrey, like there's if you
knows, but I think Lamar will win it. I think our little Houston Texans, Texas's team, as they tweeted out within the hour of the Cowboys getting eliminated from the playoffs, need a little love. You know that Houston Technic didn't play in primetime once this season until Week eighteen, which was like a flex situation. All sixteen of their games started it at noon here the
only team in the NFL this season. Every one of them got buried, and their last week's playoff game was the you know, the first game Saturday, which is right, that's the lowest ranked spot. Absolutely, they always went the worst game can this week? Same same man. That's kind of wild man, and I saw this. Texans started the season at two hundred to one to win the World Series. Bucks who will get to are one hundred to one. So both both Houston and Tampa higher than one hundred and
one odds reach the Super Bowl and are now in the Divisional round. That's the third time since seventy eight that we've had two one hundred and one teams get this far. I don't know, you didn't think about either of them is and you don't think about either of them as like Super Bowl contenders. But we talk about the Packers and what they did and maybe being just that
blanking team. I mean, there's something about Houston that is just kind of weird and it kind of stems in both those cases into their quarterback who just might not GAF and might just be kind of the future of the league and you don't know it until it happens. I love the fact that. Look, I hate that the Cowboys aren't advancing. I think it's a better world when the if the Eagles had advanced. I think that the networks would probably
agree with me. But there is something fun about having a few mystery guests involved in the playoffs this year when you think of Houston, Tampa and Green Bay. I love it. I think this is going to be a really fun game to watch, and it's being broadcast at the time slot that it probably deserves. But don't sleep on this one, man, No, not at all. No, I'm locked on all these things. But I'm just I don't know what to do betting wise on this. But man, and
the Textans started the season zero to two. By the way, Yeah, that's crazy. And Stroud, I read, hadn't thrown an interception since November eleventh, Like the dude is just trying to become the first rookie quarterback ever to make the Super Bowl, let alone win it. But I don't know. I mean, George Love have put together the second half of the season, especially like how those guys two of the top five six quarterbacks in the
NFL in the second half of the season. If you remember, coming out of the draft, there was this emphasis that's been put on this little test that you take a cognitive test and it's based using joysticks, almost a computer test, and it's about how quickly you reacted things. And CJ. Stroud scored terribly on it, and it ran some teams off, like how can you read a defense if he can't react to that on a computer screen? Way dumb, way overthinking it. Because they're in good shape. Now,
if here's two people should get credit. Debiko Ryans the head coach who seems awesome. He is the guy who's always fist pumping and high five in players. He's great. And their offensive coordinator who's going to get a job somewhere probably is a head coach Bobby Slowick because he just does that. Their offense change to that Shanahan style motion offense, tons of play action, and that's
worked it well. Without a star running back Devin Singletary is not that Their second best wide receiver Tank dell Out for the season is a rookie too. He's really good. And Nico Collins, who's like a second second rounder two years ago, has turned out to be like, okay, number one wide receiver status. I mean, they came a long way really quick, and that's gonna be a Joe Buck Troy Aikman game for those that care reading up a little bit on this, the you know, look, I haven't watched
one damn Texans game until last weekend. I think maybe we could all say the same thing. So the Baltimore leads the league in rushing Texans, I didn't know this third in yard against the rush and yards per carry six than total yards. They're pretty damn good against the run. You wonder, I don't think it'll be a wash where the run is taken out of the game or not a factor for Baltimore, But you wonder, is this going to
end up relying on who's the better passing quarterback. In this game, Baltimore finally did something I'm begging them to do for a long time, but finally drafted a wide receiver early in Zay Flowers. He's been great. Odell Beckham's got something left in the tank. Rashan Bateman's been there a couple of years, have been hurt a lot, but he can play, so they've got targets. Now. Mark Andrews got hurt. He may try to play too.
They thought that he might be active for that game. The thing about this game, too, though, is it's gonna be about twenty six degrees cold, and the Texans are a dome team. Look this up last night because I'm a dork. In the last twenty years, a Dome team that's played outdoors under thirty degrees is two and six in the playoffs. So it's gonna come to that. I think Baltimore is gonna get a pretty easy win
here. Yeah, I like, I just think Texas is, Like, I just think it's got in. So I think I'll say it's in the about the Packers in a minute, Baltimore's San Francisco two best teams in the league. Yep, I agree, and we're not betting or anything. But I but I would take the nine and a half points. It's a lot of points. Yeah, I think I can do that too. It's kind of a mysterious team. So yeah, all right, what's this? I actually don't even know the schedule. What's the Saturday Packers forty nine ers?
Okay, Saturday night on Fox with your friends Kevin Burkehart and Greg Olsen along with Ace and Rhino. We'll get to hear them tell the story about how Ceedee Lamb's not a diva again. If they do that, why would they do that in this game? They don't have much else exactly. The wild card element to this game is expecting some rain. In fact, almost guaranteed it's gonna be raining. I mean, only God can control that, I guess. But when I looked at the weather website NFL Weather, it says
definite rain and a sixty nine percent chance of it. Definite rain. Yeah, it's sixty nine percent definite. Yeah, but so rain in the mix? Could? I mean, I don't know that. The forty nine Ers are so good. They're the best team in the league by far to me, even though Baltimore beat the crap out of them. I think San Francisco is the best team in the league. San Francisco is a favorite in every single game they played this year. I think they put the line of this
one at nine and a half. I could see the Packers covering it. The Packers do have a weird history, and this is in the Matt Lafleur era of going out to the West Coast because they're not used to being from the West Coast like AJ's used to being from the East Coast and dropping the ball and getting blown out. I could see this being ugly, yeah, but I also thought it could get ugly last week in the other directions. This will give us some insight on who the hell the Packers are and who
the hell the Cowboys are made Yes, exactly. That's that's the reason why we want to know more about the Packers. I mean, the Packers go and beat the forty nine ers, does it feel any better? I know who knows how that works? With a week later, If they can do to Bosa what they did to Parsons as far as containment, Jordy Love might have a nice little day. Yeah. And that's that's another thing. Like outside of Dallas, like another pass rushing team you had had San Francisco.
They had dudes Chase Young, hell even son Randy Gregory. At one point, I think, uh, I think this is a fairy tale and your weekends. Yeah, probably for all, probably for Tampa Bay time. They're giving us a lot of points. I want nothing more than two shockers on Saturday. I want Texans and Green I'm not picking them, but how great would it be? Want in the stink? Huh? We we need want? Who's he? I don't know, the guy who needs to fishing his
pill out of his pocket right now? Eat the pill, Eat the pill? Kevin Right, he's a nasty bit for all of our new listeners. Kevin does suffer from knockolepsy. And if he doesn't time his pill perfect, he says stupid crap, He says weird stuff. The mouth filter doesn't exist until the pin pill dissolves in his mouth. Uh, yeah, I know I like it. But but do you think any of them? I mean, which of the Bucks, Packers Texans? I would say the Bucks have
the best chance. Well, they do. I mean that by point spread, that's four right for a better team of all those teams might be the Texans, the Bucks, It might be the pack because I think the I think the Packers beat the Bucks. If they played right, Packers be favorites. I guess the Bucks smoked him a month ago. They put up like five hundred yards on. Haven't we had a Battle of the Bays NFC Championship before? I feel like we have. I don't. Did Brady do that?
No? No? Oh yeah, yeah it was? It was It was Packers, yeah, because it was the player where Rogers got butt hurt that with floor kicked a field goal and fourth and goal with the eight. Remember, yeah, there was Tom Brady Championship games. Do you have another iconic uniform matchup which don't totally care about? The forty nine Ers and Cowboys have never been beat in the same playoffs by a team. This would be the first team to ever beat them and the playoffs. No team has ever
copleted the Cowboys, Niners, jont the double duty. I wonder if I can get a cheesehead overnighted absolutely drive only. Yeah, so I'm doing a bunch of them. We're gonna make some brats. Why is there a weird skinny dude in our garage? Midge, Midge, It's not how it goes would shoot you. They would be a lot of so you're from Knox City. Hell no, I would steal the keys to the tractor bus and fly my ass right out of there air tractor. They would love that. You
guys are both well, my parents are cool party animals. We're welcomed in Knox Fud. Yeah. All the alcohol and food you can handle too. Is there good alcohol? Yes? Yes, yes, And if you run out you just drive down to the alsips Yeah, twelve twelve or I love What would be on my itinerary if I spent sitting around drinking watching football, right, I mean it sound good things to do in part for the course you But if you wanted to go out to a ranch when maybe ride some
TV? Yeah, I do want to. I love a TV. Some shooting, Yeah, I want to do some sho want to shoot clay or bottles? I don't know. Yeah, you feed the cows. No, we're gonna go kill people. No, I definitely kill people, Danny. Some bad people in the world. What are their games? We got lions bucks pieces. Lions beat the Bucks twenty to six earlier in the year. The things holding me back about going full in on the lines here is just
because they did not look amazing against the Rams. They looked good the Bucks weirdly, when they full on just give up and say it's Baker time. Baker can't actually go nuts, and there's just enough Mike Evans and Trey Palmer
and Chris Godwin to go around to go put up thirty points. Baker against a bad pass defense that the Lions have against the spread three and o in the playoffs, one of only two qbs would be three and oh or better since nineteen eighty, the other one Jeff Hostetler, who finished his career five and oh against the spread and the play so weird, which is very weird. This isn't six and a half was what I have? Is that what you got? Katie? Oh? Really six and a half? Yeah?
H oh, I don't I thought it was four and a half. Fro and there's there's talking about this game moving down to five and a half and what. Yeah, I don't know. I'll you gotta take the Lions because there's a better team and they're at home and they're gonna be pumped. You're not an idiot to take all three of these underdogs. No, I think there's room for action on a parlay away parlay. Oh my god, just getting like thirty points total. Gosh, you get I guess seventy five thousand
dollars paycheck? You know a guy? Yes, depending how much you call your bookie. What do you want? I'm ready to put down a C note. You want one hundred dollars three game parlay? I do. I'm taking the undies. Yeah, he's addicted, he's got a problem. I'm taking the undies except for the last game. Yeah. Chiefs Bills, Bills, two and a half favorites, weather an issue, It's all this. Travis Kelcey needs twelve catches to pass Jerry Rice for the most playiff receptions ever
that I think the Bills are going to smash them. I thought that too until one bit of research lasting Now you go. The Chiefs had eight days to get ready for this game. The Bills had six games of days to get ready for this game because of the postponement. Right, it's called momentums. Sixty games keep the momentum, eight days, keeps the party going. Chiefs twenty one and five on eight plus days rest. In the Andy Reid era, he gets a little more time to cook a few things up.
He's in there just tearing up some nuggies and drawing up some plays, just walking his fingers over to the plate and he's drawing up some plays on the board after a little extra protein from the nuggies. And then I think this is the story of the city of Buffalo. I think they lose games like this. I think they're better too. I think the Bills are a better team and hotter, and I think I'm going Chiefs. Go ahead, Mike.
When it comes to the playoffs, in specifically the NFL and gambling, it often takes a hard man for hard times, and you have to do things that are difficult, you're an idiot. And yeah, I think the Chiefs are gonna win this game. Buffalo's curse, dude, No, no one's cursed. There's no such thing. It's because Buffalo's defense is really good, and they've given up like fifteen points a game. They gave up seven to the Dolphins last week, granted a decimated Dolphins team that they out scheme
the hell out of. But it's mainly for the reason of your reaction of I think the Bills are gonna smoke them, because that is what I've started the week thinking and then you start to breathe and think, and it's hard to take the damn Chiefs even two and a half, because, yes, the Bills look like sort of the best team in the AFC or one to A with Baltimore like a juggernaut right now, and the Bills are the least sexy they've been in seemingly a decade. And I think that the Chiefs are
gonna go stomp in there and win that game. I thine there are two and it sucks to do the hard thing. Well, there a man for hard time, A hard man for hard time, big football to seven straight games outscored a touchdown for Kelsey either long as to streak his career. Damn yeah, he'll get the ball a ton because they don't have anyone else. Go football, Go yeah, gona get football. DFW, come on next.
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