Bucky Brooks Blankets the NFL!

Happy Friday. I know you're excited at another edition of The Fifth Hour with Ben Mallard, and we will not shut We're not going to shut up. It's it's more audio content all weekend long, along with Danny g Radio. But on this particular edition from the Fifth Hour podcast, it is us me. I know you're disappointed, but Danny will be with us throughout the weekend. So we'll have Danny in on Saturday and Sunday. But on the Friday podcast, we like to talk to somebody who we know. I mean,

we do this on the radio on the overnight. We do this five nights a week, and this of course podcast filling in the other part of the week. So it's eight days a week because four hours a night are not enough on the overnight. And I'm really jones into talk some football today, and so I thought, who better to talk to than a a man who is a colleague at Fox Sports Radio, is a big star on TV at the NFL Network and also on NFL dot Com. So Bucky Brooks is going to spend some

time with us right now. He played in the NFL. Now, you know, people say, well, former NFL player Bucky Brooks, they don't often talk about, like where did he play? And and Bucky got to bounce all over the NFL. He must have like the greatest man cave uh in the world. He played for the Green Bay Packers, Jacksonville, Kansas City, Buffalo, played with the great Marv Levy, kind of the tail end of the Buffalo Bills and they're they're running. Also played for the Oakland Raiders, So he

bounced around the NFL. Was a defensive back, kind of a kick return guy uh in the NFL. And he's been on the NFL Network since oh nine. He's been contributing to Fox Sports Radio for many years. So let's welcome in now, Bucky Brooks and and Bucky before we get into the meat and potatoes of the football. You know, you're one of the few people, Bucky, that has seen

me play golf. A couple of years ago before COVID in ten, we had a big company golf of somehow I got invited to it, and uh, it was horrific. I think people are still washing their eyes out, Bucky, it was that bad. Do you recall that round of golf, that faithful round of golf? What do you remember about that, Lord Ben? I can't. It is one of the favorite stories that I tell. The round the golf that you, myself and Micael replayed at a Fox event. It was epic. Uh,

it was fun. It was forever memorable. That is the way that I described the experience. Yeah, I think I would be like a cross between Tiger Woods and Helen Keller on the on the on the golf course. But I I actually and you're you know, you listen, you you're you're pretty good, you know, and I'm I'm you know, I'm I sucked. But I I actually managed to hit a plastic was it a chair or a table? I forget I hit a inanimate object t at the t on one It was insane. How bad I was that day?

It wasn't crazy, man, it was funny. But you know what, that's what so beautiful about this sport of golf. Anybody and everybody can participate, and as long as we're not too serious about it, we all can have a good time. And it was a good time being Yeah, it was. It was a beautiful course. It was in where was that, Dina, Dina point Newport, So I don't know. I was down in Orange County somewhere. But it was awesome, wonderful, wonderful, wonderful.

But how about you, Bucky, I mean, you're a big star over there at the NFL Network and the NFL dot Com and you're blowing up here. And how many years have you been doing that now? Oh my gosh, I think I started over the NFL Network two thousand nine. Yes, I've been around. I've been around a few iterations, a few changes. He was trying to make my way through. But now it's been a lot of fun. It's been a lot of fun, kind of growing in doing more

stuff as opportunity to kind of come our way. Yeah, And it's also one of those things, right, you've been there so long you kind of know the ebb and flow of you know, like we're getting into the playoffs. Now it's coaching season, and then after that it's going to be the draft, which is massively big. So like there's certain events, right, you kind of have it all planned. You've been doing it so long you kind of know what you you know what what month it is, what

you've got to be doing, right. Yeah, So my arrival at the NFL also coincided with the league kind of making a shift where they wanted to make um where they wanted to make football three sixty five. And so I don't think it's a coincidence that every month of account of year there's something related to football. And what has done It has increased the interest, put more eyeballs

on the sport. And I've been one of the biggest beneficiaries because we're more eyeballs that needs we have to do more reporting and talking and all that other stuff. So it's been great for business. Yeah, well, you know, you are the expert, Bucky, So I did want to get into it. I'm fascinated, you know, doing talk radio all these years. The coaching carousel in the NFL. It seems like every year, we get like anywhere from I don't know, five to ten coaches. I think ten might

be too much. But we're eight right now as we're talking now of NFL teams have decided to change coaches and we're not I mean, we are we even done? Bucky? Do you think we'll see some more? David Culley was the latest coach apparently out with the Texans, so he's number eight. Do you think anyone else is in danger? As far as the teams that are in the playoffs per se, I think any of these other coaches might lose their job depending on what happens this weekend. Now

you know what's crazy. I think all the teams the season should be safe. You want to keep an eye on it. Obviously, the Los Vegas Raiders has done a great job at the ENIM coach. Still doesn't mean that he's assured of carrying on a dead head coach, so we have to see how that plays out. And then the last one to keep an eye on is the conversations that were taking place in Seattle with Pe Carol and John Snyder. I would expect him to stay on board,

but man, now you never know. And I think what we're seeing is in this league and ultra competitive league because the league has gone out of its way to create Perry. You're seeing about of the league turn over annually and so new coaches come in and if you're not able to win with whatever rosster you inherit, it's gonna be an issue. And so you just have to be able to win games with what you have and to you can do to rebuilding that you have to do um In the meantime, it's it's crazy time in

the league for sure. Yeah. Well, it's almost like that that the r word rebuild that's been eliminated bucky from the end of it. And you can't like David Culley of all people, right, that's a great examp. I mean, I don't I don't know. David Colleess been around the NFL a long time and just a veteran assistant coach. He gets the job in Houston. They knew they were gonna stink, right, Everyone knew they were gonna be bad because of what's going on with the quarterback and all that.

And they won like four games, which I think is three more games than I thought they would win uh this year. But but he's gone after after one year, So you can't. I don't think you can really rebuild bucket. I think that's over. I think you, as you said, you gotta win and if you're not competitive, you're done, right, I mean that's those are the steaks you know going in. But but the good news Buckeyes they pay a lot

of money, right, and these jobs pay a lot of money. Yeah, I mean I think we're just beginning to kind of get around the number that coaches are being paid. Uh, you think about what John Gruden was able to find, Tim million dollars, what people reporting Pete call and bi ab Belichick getting anywhere from like if your team million annually. Yeah,

it's a big job. It's a big deal. And so what she's trying to do is you're just trying to see how can you win games with what you inherit and too, you're able to put the pieces in play to play the style of play that you want to play long term. Well and also, Bucky like this is always my argument. You know people sometimes I get upset because then I'm I'm on late at night and I'll rant and rave. And I've never had an issue ranting about a head coach losing their job, because to me,

it's not like the real world. You know, in the real world, when someone losing their job, they gotta go get unemployment and all that stuff to big pain in the ass. But like Joe Judge is a great example. Joe Judge failed with the Giants. It did not go well. They were not competitive and they were you know, they just were just a blah team. And I don't feel bad for Joe Judge because he signed a five year

contract and good for him. He's got three years and I think fifteen million dollars or something like that coming his way, which is great. So to me, that's not like there's no comparison to the real world. So you know, these guys, if they want to coach again, I guess they can, or they can just kind of hang out and collect the paycheck. So it's it's not it's not

something to be angry about. I mean, that's just part as as we've talked about as part of the gig, right, Yeah, it's part of the game for the upper guys, right, So for the hit the head coaches, their money is guaranteed, so I think it report Tims reported that maybe Joe Judge had a bunch of pieza and beer sit over to his house after you got this myth because he does have your team knows that he's collecting over the

next three years. But for all of his assistance and the people that have worked up under them, they don't get those same guarantees in terms of the amount of money and that stuff. So for the hand coteam, yeah, it's great because they end up getting financial security. But for the other guys, it might mean another move, it may mean uprooting your family and doing some other stuff. But that is also the business that teach of those

guys that choke. All right, So Bucky, we've got as as we speak right now as we're recording this podcast, there are eight coaching jobs open the NFL. If you, Bucky, were a candidate for these eight jobs, which one would you want? Bucky? Which one would you say? That's the one I want. That's the one that is set up to win and and get in the playoffs next year, That's the one I want to have. I will take the Minnesota Vikings job as the one where you can

win right away. Um. And the reason why is because when you look at that the vision the Bears are down, the Lions are down, the Green Bay Packers. At the top of Aaron Rodgers thirty years thol, so how much longer will he continue to play? You? Inherit the roster that has a really good receivering Justin Jefferson, you have

Adam feeling, you have a quarterback. And I'm not necessarily fired up about Kirk Cousin, but I think you probably can win enough your first year when you have to take him on to kind of jump side the program, and then defensively you have some weapons. And so for me, the Minnesota Vikings job is the first choice. The second

choice will be the Denver Broncos. But the biggest caveat with the Broncos, who is going to be your quarterback in the the vision that is motivate quarterback like Patch Mahomes, Justin Herbert and even Derek carr Well. And then on the on the flip side, Bucky Uh. If you know Team X called you up, you would say, no, I'm staying at the NFL network. I have no interest in in coaching your team. Would that be Houston? Would that be I don't know. Miami. Seems like people are really

down on the Dolphins. Because of what they did with Brian Flores. With that, what's what's the worst gig that's available? Well, I think that the Houston gig is probably the toughest one to take on, just because of the instability within the organization. You have David Color Ben Fried up for one year, So then you wonder if I signed this, you know how long am I going to be given to rebuild the program too? I don't know what's going on with the quarterback. He has the civil uh mitigations

that he has to work out. He says he doesn't want to come back, So who's going to be my quarterback? I got Rookie did just finishing Davis's mills, but we're dead going to be good enough? And then I look at the cat salary cap situation, the lack of draft pick. It just makes it a very very hard rebuild. And so you just kind of wonder, can I go in there and be successful, and can I be successful early in to get myself an opportunity to see the end of my see it through the end of my contract. Yeah,

and I I agree, Man, that's a hot mess. That's a hot stew that's not good. Uh. And he was now, what what is your take, Bucky on on Brian Flores. Like, I I kind of get what the Dolphins were doing because the owners old he's got a lot of money and he's upset that. The to me, that the problem that Dolphins had as they've been passed by Buffalo the last couple of years and now the Patriots are kind of back. You know, they had that one down year.

I know the Dolphins beat the Patriots a couple of times, uh in slash two here in January. But uh, Like, the Dolphins are in a weird spot because they're not bad, they're just kind of in the middle and they're ahead of the Jets, but the Bills have passed them by, and the Patriots have passed them by. But the Dolphins have been getting killed here for the Brian Flores move.

But where are you at on that one? Well, I think the reason why they've been killed is because the dolphs the Dolphins at back and back when he season and so you saw a team win eight out of their last nine games, and so that the period that the momentum we're going in the right direction. The issue that you have when it comes to Brian Flores is

constant turnover, offensive line of coaches, offensive coordinators. You just wondered, Man, if a guy that is easy to work with, can you have kind of like that collaborative union that most kids want to have. And so they decided to move on. But I think he's a really good coach. I think

the results speaks for themselves, particularly on defense. I think the one thing that he has to do on the next go round is he has to make that the people that you lined up with um all the line when it comes to people holding people to high levels of accountability commitment in those things, because if you don't have people that are kind of get the same, it just makes it very very difficult for you to do

your job in an effect the minute. So let me let me run a conspiracy theory by Bucky because I believe now I've seen these stories of the last week or so since Brian you know, it's been a little less than weeks as we're talking, since Brian Flores was let go, and it reminds me I see this in

all sports. I see this basketball, football, Uh, baseball, the sport where Brian Flores was like, oh, it is an unpopular move, and the Dolphins are losing the PR battle right there, getting killed by a lot of the media. What are you doing? Is it true, Bucky, that somebody around the Dolphins has been planting uh, negative stories about Brian Flores. I've seen I've seen a few things pop up here and and and you mentioned I think you reference some of them, the the turnover and the coaching staff.

The I read his story the other day that you know he shouted it to a tongue of Iloa, which I think in the old days, Bucky, when you were playing, they just called that coaching. Uh. And then you know there's some other other negative stories that have been been planned. You think, do you think those are kind of PR stories trying to get back and when the when the narrative, if you will. I mean, look, I think it's a little bit of both. I think so there's some truth

and some of those nuggets that have been reported. Obviously, what the Dolphins are trying to do is just trying to kind of relived and justify why they made the move and why Steven Ross said it was important to move off from Brian Floyd's despite the ontil success that something had seen. Um, Look, man, I believe that the truth probably last somewhere in the middle. I believe he probably felt what he was doing was coaching by holding

guys to a high standard. I feel like you probably had some overly sensing of people within the building who didn't like being held accountable for performance and standards. And so what you have to do is just kind of evaluate as you go forward what you want to do with the team and what's the best way to kind of build a winner down in mind? Is that the guy most likely to get another job? If you if you know all the guys that have lost jobs over

the last week, there's eight again, eight coaching jobs. Is seems like that everyone seems in agreement that Brian Flores is going to get another job. Is that a is that a fatal complete here, Bucky, or is there a chance Brian Flores ends up I don't know, sitting on the sidelines, uh, you know, doing TV with you or something at Man. I think it's always the possibility that he ends up not landing in one of the music

but chairs. I think a lot of it has to do with who's doing the hiring, that we have a connection with those guys. Honestly, his name has been linked to the Houston Texas because Nick cass and Jake used to be Jack needs to be come from the Patriots in the Patriots way, and so there's it previous relationships.

But just don't know because I think what people have to what he has to answer for an interview, what went wrong in Miami where they felt like they had to move on and then they'll do some back digging and kind of see what actually took place. But I do believe he's in a good spot can get another job. It just depends on who's doing the hiring. Got you all right and explain to me this, But you've been around the end if you played a long time, you know,

did on TV for a long time. So it seems like the same every year, the same names pop up. There's like there's a finite amount of names. I've seen maybe seven or eight names that are mentioned for every one of these jobs, and maybe there's a few more than that. But how does this work? Does do the NFL teams all used the same head hunting service? Uh? It seems like there's only a finite, as I said, amount of coaches every year that are the flavor of

that offseason. So how does that work? How did they come up with the proverbial list of candidates? Uh? The popularity contest, To be honest, what you've been Uh, it's one of those situations where no one really knows what makes up a good head coach. And so you have agents who are tired with media members who give names out. You have people who are speculating because they see an offensive coordinator has success or defensive coordinator success that oh,

they're ready to be a head coaching. In all honesty, being a great coordinator has nothing to do with being a su customer coach. The two completely different jobs and scripts. And so we get a lot of names that we see on TV because we see them with the playsheet in the card and it looked like their leaders. But we really have no idea. And I think a lot of the reasons and um, a lot of those teams struggle when it comes to hiring and that they really don't know what they want and what they need in

a head coach. Yeah, it's it's crazy like this, you know. And you mentioned the agent thing, and I do think that's also a big part of it, Like, because these guys are tied in with the insider crowd, and then that becomes becomes a dude. Now, I'm not gonna spend all my time with you, Bucky, ranting about coaches, but I did. I didn't want to run this by you.

Now this is probably related to the popularity contest, but how many more Bill Belichick assistant coaches have to go out of the Patriots and do a pratt fall before teams kind of shy away. It seems like, you know, even this year, I've I've seen Josh McDaniel's name mentioned, Mayo the defensive guy, uh and the Bill Belichick coaching tree. The guys that have left the Patriots have other than I think Bill O'Brien is the only one that has

a as an overall winning record. I know Brian Flores was was doing better, but it's a it's a bad situation, you know, And yet teams continue to go back to the well. You know why why is that? Why do they keep going back? These guys have not done well that have left the Patriots. One of the reasons why they keep going back, and because over the last twenty years, the Patriots have been the most successful franchise and so everyone wants a little taste of the organization that won

six Super Bowl championships. The problem is you don't get Bill Belichick when you bring on one of those guys. You might get the program in terms of the way that it looks, but you don't get the full understanding behind behind why he runs the program like that. And I think the big part that's missing is that these guys are great with xes and oh they know how

to do all the winning things. I think the people's skills, the interpersonal communication skills, is lacking for a Patriots assistant, and until they figure out that part of it, it's gonna be hard for them to win in a business that is really a people's business more so than an excello business. So explain to me. But you now, you played for a bunch of teams, played with Packers, Jacksonville, Kansas City, Buffalo, you know, the Raiders. You were all

over the place. But like when you were around all those different coaches, like, how much actual coaching because the head coach do. What I mean by that is if you're not calling the players on offense, and you're not calling the players on defense, like you know, how how hands on is the head coach? Is? It? Is? It more of dealing with the media and kind of overall situation.

If you're not calling the place, how much how much of these guys actually doing I would say, like, I've been fortunate because in my pro career I played for Hall of Famer more of Levy Um super Bowl winner and Tom Coughlin, John Gruden, Mike Hoglan and then uh, you know, let Marty Schadham who want two in the games.

I would say that the the guys who weren't calling plays, Marv Levy, Coughlin and Shodheimer, they basically just set the vision for the program to make sure that hey, he's really want to achieve this week, he's are we going to do it? They trusted to do assistant coaches would get it done. But then they always made sure that the team was in line with the vision in which

they wanted the team to play. John Guten and Mike o who are running the offense um look, they trusted the defensive coordinator to handle death out of the ball, and then they were basically offensive coordinator pluck. They were hold of the offense. The guys in the front of the room, but it was kind of two factions. It was the offense and then the head coach of the defense, and then they would come together on game there got you,

got you? So all right? Now, well, you do have experience with all these these different coaches back back in the day, I didn't want to talk Bucky about some of these quarterbacks. Now on the story to me that is most interesting since the season the regular season ended is in Indianapolis where Carson Wentz is. I feel like he's hanging on by a threat. I thought, well, there's

no way he's not back based on the contract. But some of the comments this week Chris Ballard, the GM of the Colts, uh, you know, he would not comment on Carson Wentz and his future. Frank Reich, the guy that was like the big cheerleader for Carson Wentz and had him in Philadelphia, he distanced himself from Carson Wentz. Is is this something or nothing? Bucky? Are we reading? Am I reading too much into this? Or is there

is there something going on in Indianapolis? I think there's something going on because the way they finished in disappointing fashion. I think whenever you fail to live up to expect Tason, you take a major step back because you gotta remember the team not only went to the playoffs, which team was one that was expected to be almost a Super Bowl contended. Um, they bring back a roster that was

pretty solid and the quarterback didn't perform well. They also had some other issues, but the thing that you saw was Carson Wentz in big moments when they weren't able to run the ball and lean on Jonathan Taylor. He was not able to consistently get the job done. And so what I think they wanted to do with give themselves a little liberal room where they could reevalue the program after all the emotions aside, and when they make a solid decision on how to go forward with the quarterbacks.

But I do believe looking at the other quarterback bringing competition in that stuff certainly has to be in play well. And I've been I've been hearing for for years. I'm sure you've heard the same thing. That Jim Rsey is holding out hope that Andrew luck is going to walk back through that door. We saw him the other day at the College Football Championship. He did not look like he's in any shape to come back and play football

in the NFL. I imagine they'll at least reach out to him right Bucky to see, Hey, do you wanna do you want to come back and play? Is that door completely closed? Do you think? Because Andrew Luck is still young enough where you know, I think he's gonna be thirty three or he is thirty three, so he's still still young enough, and he's still I believe lives in Indianapolis at least part of the year, so he's

in the area. How do you think that's gonna go? Look, I think based on the way he looked, it looked like Andrew Luck has done we're playing football. It looked like he's completely let uh the body go in terms of light, the physicality, and the way that he physically looked when he was a football player. And if he's to be very very happy. So but man, you can always kick the tires and see if he has any enter.

But didn't appear based on the integet view that we saw with him in r G three, that he has any inkling to return to the game that so many of us thought he's gonna be a dominant player ahead he does. He looks more like he's ready for the Tour de France or something. Right. I mean, he lost a lot of weight, he just kind of looks like he's ready to get on a bicycle or something. To me, I don't know what's going on with that, but uh yeah, yeah,

he definite doesn't look like a football player anymore for sure. Yeah, and then I know the usual names will pop up out. I'm getting out in front, Bucky's what I'm doing here. But the quarterback roulette. Now, last offseason I wasted a lot of valuable airtime ranting about Russell, Wilson and Aaron Rodgers, and I feel like it's a de ja vous situation that once the playoffs end, these guys are going to

be in play again. And who is most like between those two, Bucky, who is most likely to be playing for a different NFL team next season? Is it Russell leaving Seattle or Aaron Rodgers leaving Green Bay? You know, maybe I'm in the minority, but I don't think either guy leaves the situation. I think we're Russell. Russell doesn't really have the leverage to force his way out, and I don't think after last season, the Seahawks who want to move on without welcome because the quarterback is the

hardest position to find. I think with Green Bay when Aaron Rodgers surveys the landscape and let us he just wants to leave and get out of Green Bay. There's not another team to provise him with a better opportunity to win the championship than the Packers. And so that's what where we have to figure out what in with Aaron Rodgers real motivation behind all of the soap opera drama that we had to endure over the last I don't know year and some change. I think it's best

bead is the end up in Green Bay. But if one were gon move, I think Aaron Rods would be the one to move, even though I don't expect it that all right, well we but you we know the rumors are gonna be there, right These guys have I mean, we have things that we have to talk about, so

they'll of course both be prominently mentioned. And I'm I'm looking forward to see who else pops up now as far as the playoffs, but I got a couple of minutes left with you, So as far as the playoffs here, I know you've made all your predictions on NFL Network and NFL dot Com and all that, but if you could only pick one team and and and only one team to win the Super Bowl out of all you know, the teams in the playoffs. Who who would it be?

Would it be the Packers? Who would Who would be your team that you would take in front of everyone else in the postseason. I'll do it kan City Chiefs. I would go to kan City Chiefs because, um, They're going to three straight NFC title games, back to back Super Bowls. They have a young quarterback who pay, They're getting hot at any time. The defense is still a sore spot and a problem. But they played better, Melvin Engl moving Chris Jones inside. They just played good enough

to be able to get it done. And when I look at their path in the a f C, I think they absolutely gonna beat in. I think they're gonna have a chance to go to the SC Championshire Game and all they have to do is winn it uh to get in. I'll take my chance to g the Chiefs in mescenario. I got you, all right. And as far as Matthew staff I I happen to have a thing for the Rams and Stafford has been He's been good. He's been better than Jared Goff was with the Rams.

He's made a lot of um awkward mistakes, shall we as the season's gone on here, but we do I don't know which quarterbacks gonna show up from from series the series with him, he's he's been really good at times. I think he set the Rams record for passing yards. Which guy do you think shows up in the playoff game on on Monday night on wild card weekend? Which Matthew Stafford? Do we get well? But there's a lot of pressure on Matthew Staffords to perform, and he hasn't

performed well of late. He's been bidden by the turn of the books. I think we end up saying a good version of Matthew Stafford because I believe Sean McVeigh is going to run the football, and as long as they run the football with Cam Makers and Tony Michelle, this team would be good. Odebec and Jr. And Cooper cup Vanta Jefferson are good enough to win on the outside. If they're able to just to play a control game,

I think Matthew Stafford will have success. I think he advanced is and I think you'll see him have a chance to play go in the postseason. Now looking around some of the other matchups, the one that intrigues me the Cowboys in the forty Niners. Now, maybe it's just because the forty Niners have punched the Rams a couple of times and played very physical, But if they can play like that against the Cowboys, to me, Dallas, they have to prove they're not a bunch of show ponies.

The Cowboys like. I just my my my impression of the Cowboys is they're they're not the toughest team, and in forty Niners strike me the way they played the second half of the season as a physical team. Is that a dangerous spot for the Cowboys against a team their favored to beat in the forty Niners. There at home, They've gotten everything seemingly in their favor here. But I look at that game, I think the forty Niners are

are dangerous. Am I wrong in looking at it like that? No, they're a dangerous They're dangers because they are a physical team and they can't run the ball, and when you can run the ball, you can even frold the game. I think I would normally say, like, hey, take the sheet, pick take the Niners. But because everyone has talked about the Niners has pumped them up and build them up to be. I think the Cowboys are going to come out and play probably one of the best games. I

think they would Matt and exceed the physicality. And if this game becomes a Jimmy Garoppolo game, all of the advantages go towards the Dallas Cowboys because Jimmy Garoppolo has proven to be a turner with machine when you have to put too much on him. I think this is a tough game in the first half, but I think the Cowboys eventually pull away from got You, got You? And just to wrap up here, Bucky is uh and I do thank you for spending some some time with

this year. What what happens in Tennessee? Does Derrick Henry walked back through that door as like Superman and the Titans are back to where they were when they were winning all those games and they were the top team. I know they're the number one seed in the a f c Uh. How does that play out in Tennessee? Well, I think they're even more dangerous now with Derrick Henry coming back because the Titans discovered that they could see

it around the wall without Derrick Henry. The foreman gave him a good Booth and when you look at the number uh rushing yards while they were averaging about the same as they were with Derrick Henry. So now you have two big backs Derrick Henry Deanta Foreman, they can just line up and hit you with a bunch of

body blows over the course of the game. I think the Titans might be more danger is now than ever because they found a backup that is a capable backup to really make it a rotation situation in Tennessee as the post and just a one man show that Gary Kenny doing everything well. And of course is this all for not all of this playoff talk? Is it just gonna be another Tom Brady run to the playoffs? Is is there any he's got the pixie dust this time of the year, right, Bucky? I mean, there's no stopping

this guy. This Tom Brad's out of controls. He's in his mid forties. Now, Buckey, you're not supposed to be playing like that, your mid forties crazy now, You're not supposed to play at the level that he's playing. Get I do worry because this team is not quite as good as they were moving Chris Good when ab kind of falling off the rails hurt their offense and defensively, they haven't played at the same level that they played their last year when they got hot in the postseason.

We'll see if it picks up the Lavante, Dave and Shack Barry coming back, but it'll be tough for a lot tougher for John Brady to pull it off this year as opposed to last year. Got you, hey, Bucky, thank you. I appreciate you doing this and uh, you know, we'll see it somewhere down the line. Fox Sports Radio and continued domination at the NFL Network. Thank you, Bucky. I appreciate your good