SNF Recap, Tom Brady Comeback, & Nickstradamus: Soothsayer of Sport

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did win the Super Bowl. We have changed the rules for the Chiefs and for Mahomes, and so all of a sudden, the Titans team that here's their last three years. Two years ago, they're in the AFC Championship game against Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs. Last year, they are the one seed in the AFC. This year, going into this game, they're the hottest team in the AFC. They had won five in a row and they were the leaders. They

still are leaders in their division. Now they suck. Now It's like, oh boy, how much credit do you really get for beating the lowly Tennessee Titans. Oh should you even? Should it even count as a win? Because it was a hard, gutty victory. And so here's the thing, that's what all the shows are gonna do. I already know it. I'm fine with it. The Chiefs are judged on the Kadie Warriors standard, which is winning is not enough. You have to win with style points, you have to blow

everybody out. I get that. So let's instead talk about why the Chiefs won. The Chiefs won because Patrick Mahomes had a game no one in the history of the league has ever had four hundred yards passing, fifty yards rushing plus a rushing touchdown plus a passing touchdown. And we're gonna have the ability to show you, guys the

NFL video highlights on the podcast. But Pat It was very apropos that Patrick Mahomes beat the Tennessee Titans with its legs, because it was against the Tennessee Titans that Patrick Mahomes had arguably the single most important plus greatest run by any quarterback in NFL history. Oh, Nick, that's hyper well, I don't know. It was right before halftime of an AFC championship game when the Chiefs hadn't been

to a Super Bowl in fifty years. The Chiefs were trailing, and Patrick Mahomes had a thirty plus yard scamper where he made five Titans defenders miss to give the Chiefs the lead going in a halftime, and they never looked back. That was three years ago, two and a half years ago. Now what do we have. We have a third and seventeen with the Chiefs not having scored in two hours, and Mahomes runs for twenty, and then a third and nine where Mahomes runs for the touchdown, and a two

point conversion where Mahomes runs and gets the corner. Everyone gives all my goodness, Josh Allen. The reason he's quarterback one, as my pal Adam Shine would say, is because of what he does with his legs. Two he might be a more bruising runner. He might be a more frequent runner. No quarterback in the lad league is a more effective run when Mahomes runs. How fast is he, as they say, fast enough, faster than the guy chasing? So was that a tour de force by the Chiefs offense? No? Somehow

did Mahomes still have over five hundred yards of offense? Yes? Did they find a way to win? Absolutely? Do they now have thanks to the Bills gagging And we'll talk more about them in a moment. Are they tied for

the best record in the conference? They are? Are they tied for the best record in the conference, despite the fact that they had an opening eight games that were, according to the data, the toughest opening eight weeks of any team in NFL history, the first team in NFL history to start their season with eight consecutive games against teams that were out of above five hundred the previous year, eight games in a row against teams that either made the playoffs or were a loss in Week eighteen last

year away from making the playoffs. So the Cardinals made the playoffs last year. They kicked their ass. The Chargers lost in Week eighteen last year. That's why they missed. They beat them. The Colts made the playoffs last year. The Chiefs gave that game away. The Bucks made the playoffs last year. The Chiefs kicked their ass. The Raiders made the playoffs last year. The Chiefs came back from seventeen down. The Bills made the playoffs last year, Chiefs

lost that game. The Niners made the NFC Championship Game last year. The Chiefs kicked their ass, and the Titans made the playoffs last year as the one seed. The Chiefs just beating it. They have played eight games, they're six and two, and their two losses they were leading them both with a minute ten left. And now, oh boy. Now the soft part of the schedule comes home for the Prince That was pro that's not easy, but still home for the Jags at the Chargers, that's the toughest

game left on their schedule. They've already beaten. Home for the Rams. The Rams are a train wreck. At Cincinnati, that's the second toughest game left. Then at Denver at the Texans. Home for Seattle. That's kind of tough. Home for the Broncos at the lowly Raiders.

with the Bills? Let's talk about it.

back breaking interception. If people weren't watching that game, he throws a pick on the very first drive of the game in the red zone, points off the board. It sets the tone that, oh, this might be a dogfight. But then despite that, the Bills go up fourteen to three. Okay, So then what happens second half starts? The Jets are driving, there's a long delay because skycam fell right, and on two plays after the delay, Von Miller, who has been the best player on the Bills this year. I know

he's not League MVP. I know he's not quarterback one. Von Miller's been their best player, changed the game, got a strip sack on Zach Wilson. It's now fourteen to ten. Bills ball Josh Allen waited two plays before throwing the game on, threw a pick right to Sauce Gardner. The Jets get the ball and score a touchdown. The Bills then get a field goal to tie it up. And then what they do the rest of the game three and out and then four and out where they lose

eleven yards to end the game happened. So everybody can say, on Nick, you're hating. I just want a guy who has talked about like he's the best player in the whole league to play like it consistently, not just for a half like he did in the first half against s Green Bay, not just for you know, a one or two game stretch, consistently play like the best player in the league. Because since the second half against Screen Bay, Josh Allen in six quarters of football has four interceptions

and two fumbles. That's six potential turnovers that he's had. And this is this is not and the one half good, one half bad, the guy that I'm told is the best player in football. Week one, two picks in the first half, great in the second half against the Rams. Week three against the Titans, great start to finish, fantastic game. Week three against Miami. Butcher into the first half against on the clock, skipped the game winning touchdown pass that was a one hopper, and then butchered the end of

the game clock and they lost. Baltimore awful in the first half, very good in this or much better in the second half. Pittsburgh excellent throughout Kansas City. Nothing they had three points with a minute left in the first half. They have the great drive in the half, He's good in the second half. Green Bay perfect in the first half, terrible in the second half. Jets game terrible the whole game. That is not holding Josh Allen to an unfair standard.

It is holding Josh Allen to the standard that the media should demand of him since they have appointed him and anointed him the MVP favorite.

He lost. So I just I. I used to call him roller Coaster Allen because he would have a great, great game, terrible terrible game, great great game, terrible terrible game, and after the end of last season, I was like, Oh, he might be over it this year. Passer rating by game one twelve one thirty ninety five, sixty eight one thirty four one eighteen seventy five, forty seven two good too bad? Two good, too bad? Okay, I mean just what the numbers are. But old man, oh man, does

he have a cannon for an arm? Give me a break? Next?

he's being vindicated every single week. Yesterday, you know, threw a pick six that looked like it was going to turn the game and responded with back to back touchdown drives. So set that aside Rogers. I mean, Rogers picks were off. They're at the goal line. He throws it into a defensive player's helmet. I'm not sure how you could possibly blame that on anyone but Rogers. He threw it directly

into alignment's helmet. Then they run up a rollout where he's supposed to throw it back to his left tackle and he just short arms it and Aiden Hutchinson takes it. And then he throws another pick at the goal line. I mean, he's they're at the twenty five, but he got picked off at the goal line. Three interceptions, no big plays, and the final play of the game, he and Sammy Watkins after a time out, we're not on the same page, so the we're in top of the rams.

In a moment, the Packers and the Rams last year's NFC Champion Chip Game. They are both done that. There is no saving either season. When we look at the potential NFC playoff teams, you have the Eagles Vikings who are the only dead set locks. They are locks. Then you have Dallas and Seattle who are overwhelmingly likely to make it. Then you have the Giants in San Francisco who are in my opinion, likely to make it. And then the one last spot I haven't mentioned, a team

from the NFC South. One of them has to do it. I think it will be Temple. Will talk with them in a moment. But the Packers and the Packers have a worse record right now, then is that right? The only teams in the NFC with a worst record than the Packers are the Carolina Panthers and the Lions who just beat them. They are finished and Rogers has to

wear this one. That was a horrible performance against the defense that to your point, demand's a everyone has lit up and was on pace to give up the most points in NFL history that Lion's defense has given up thirty eight, twenty seven, twenty eight, forty eight, twenty nine to the Patriots twenty four thirty one and just held the Packers to nine. That's awful. Yeah, And Rogers was terrible. It was as bad of a game as I can

remember Aaron Rodgers playing. And if we're being honest, there have been a few times we've said that this year Rogers so far this year, if we look at it Week one against Minnesota, they score seven point has a sixty eight rating for like, that's one of the worst Rogers games ever. The game against the Jets was horrifying. Yeah, I mean it's been bad, and I don't think they're gonna go to Jordan Love and they just gave Aaron

that contract, but they're finished for the season. That's five losses in a row after starting three and one.

stop the game when it happens. And everyone said, I was just a Lebron sick of fant that nobody cares about combined playoffs and regular season records. It's a fake thing. We'll hold on a second. When we're talking about Brady, Lebron is the only guy we can compare him to. And I said, Okay, I understand the real record is just regular Like there's playoff records and there's regular season records.

Don't You don't combine them for official records, But it's worth acknowledging when a guy, all of a sudden has scored more points than anybody in the history of basketball pleasure regular season combined. Everyone said, I was just full of it. Yesterday and all week leading up to it, they had a damn countdown on how long Brady gets to one hundred thousand yards, but he has eighty six thousand in the regular season. It's that's a playoff and

regular season combined thing. So for Brady, everybody wants to do it. When I want to do something similar for Lebron, nobody gave it name. Just interesting to me. All right, go ahead, now.

They obviously can't run the ball. But now what you have is a galvanizing win and a win because they they didn't move the ball the whole game, and then they're down four, they drive all the way down the field in the waning moments and get stopped at the goal line, get the ball back because the Rams can't pick up a first down and have forty seconds and do it again and this time they actually score. So their two best drives were in the no huddle, go go, Go,

go go. Now the Rams defense should be ashamed of itself, absolutely ashamed of itself for the second drive like that was pathetic. But so you had a long week, You're now Atlanta lost, You're right there in the division. You now have a very weird game for Week ten where you are in German against Seattle. So Seattle is taking the longest trip in the history of the NFL from Seattle,

Washington to German, right, so they have to go there. Now, I think that you know, Seattle is a good team, So I'm not, by no means am I trying to act like Tampa is definitely gonna win that game. That game is probably a one point line in either direction. But then after Seattle, you get the Browns before the Shawn comes back, the Saints, while they've owned that, you know they've stopped your offense. You kick their ass defensively this year, the Niners and Bengals, which are tough, and

then your final three games Cardinal, Cardinals, Panthers, Falcons. So do I think Tampa wins the division?

waiting for his downfall, waiting for his downfall. I also don't think we should underestimate the difference that there's going to be now that the divorce is finalized. Now that that is, it's sad, and I'm sure it's hard for him, but at least you have some closure there. So the horse's phone finalized. You steal a victory. You've got to feel good. Now you've got this flight to Germany, and then I believe after that a bye. If they beat Seattle in Germany and now all of a sudden they've

won two in a row, they're on a by. They get Cleveland with Jacoby Brissett as the starting quarterback, all of a sudden could be a three game winning streak.

a few weeks I'm gonna say it again. Where the seeding goes like this, All right, one seed Philly, two seed Minnesota, three seed Seattle, four seed Tampa, five seed the Giants, six seed Dallas, seven seed San Francisco, Okay, and what you end up having is San Francisco beating Minnesota in round one, Tampa beating the Giants in round one, and Seattle winning a home playoff game in what will be the second loudest stadium in the country against Dallas in round one, and all of a sudden, It's like,

wait a minute, So now round two is what would it be if I had that right Tampa? Yeah, would be San Francisco going to Philly and Tampa playing Seattle.

cooked and I've got to look it up. It's one of the worst Super Bowl defenses in NFL history.

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It's a Philly It's a Philadelphia Eagles website from a few years ago, and it's talking about the Eagles having a terrible Super Bowl hangover after winning the Super Bowl few years ago because they started five and six. But that Eagles team not only ended up making the playoffs, but they won a playoff game. That year when Nick Foles took over again and they won a playoff game. The Cowboys, after winning three out of four, the following year, went ten and six, and they make the list. The

Three Bucks. That was kind of a I don't want to call it a fluky Super Bowl, but anytime you win based on the strength of a defense, it doesn't feel ass sustainable. The three Bucks the following year finished seven and nine, and they're considered one of the biggest disappointments ever. The Rams be very happy if they only lose nine games this year. The ninety nine Broncos are probably the worst. They finished last in their division in the AFC West. After winning back to back Super Bowls.

They went six and ten, but their quarterback retired, John Elway retired, and I felt that back someone descried to walk in our studio. Luckily we have that new trustee lock on the door that person would have been. That would have been hectic. The eighty one Raiders uh went having a nine, but that also was a strike season, so that again, that's like a tough one. The eighty two nine ers come across the list the following year,

though they made the NFC Championship Game. I I don't know, man like I guess the answer is probably the eighty seven Giants, is what it looks like. They they went six and nine, but was that another strike season? I mean, it's it's incredibly rare for a team the twenty sixteen Broncos that went off the rails, but they still finished

buff FI one hundred and again Peyton retired. It's incredibly rare for a team to win the Super Bowl and the next year be terrible, Like it's one thing for them to not be great, but to be terrible is incredibly rare. And this is this RAMS team looks like it is terrible. All right, let's get to what we had scheduled here, go ahead, de MONTSA all right.

So all right, I just you know what I As I said, the Jets are making the playoffs. I now have realized that I'm doing something there that I hate when people do, which is announcing they're making the playoffs but not doing the math on it. So I let me put a copy out on it. The Jets. Oh boy, who's gonna miss? We got eight teams here, demon say, you tell me your gut reaction. I'm gonna once I list the eight teams, of which one is the odd

man out. You have Bill's Dolphins, Jets, they all have six wins, The Ravens and Bengals, who are both five and three, the winner of the AFC South it's gonna call. It's gonna be the Titans, but it's one team has to make it there. And then Chiefs Chargers. That's eight teams seven making who's the odd man out? The Chargers The Chargers is what I thought you would say. So

let's the Chargers. Let's look at what they have left at San Francisco, home for Kansas City, at Arizona, at the Raiders, home for Miami, home for Tennessee, at Indy home for the Rams. At Denver. The Chargers have a tough ish schedule left. Let's see what the Jets have left. Because the Dolphins look scary. Dolphins look legit scary. The Jets at the Patriots, home for the Bears, at the Vikings, at the Bills home the Lions, home for the Jags,

at Seattle, at Miami. It's not I mean, you have at Seattle, at Miami, at the Vikings, at the Bills, at the Patriots.

might have three playoff teams. And the answer is also the NFC East as far as last playoff team standing, because Philly's going to get a bye. We don't know if Buffalo is going to get the buye anymore. That's the other thing that happened yesterday. Oh boy, oh boy, that bills all they're the one seed with a bullet. I mean, maybe there's still the favorites to be the one seed. Another fund.

And so if you're a Bears fan, you feel like, man, you have all these now extra draft picks, You're gonna have all this cap space and I need to see more from Fields. But then he is other than Lamar and Vic. The scariest runner at the quarterback position I've ever seen other than those two guys. And those two guys are the two best ever.

not perfectly aligned. The Titans. If Daniel comes back for tough they showed it yesterday and the so I and by the way, at the Bears, all of a sudden, it looks like you're gonna have to score a lot of points, you know what I mean? The Bears look like they can score some points. I think the I think fifteen and two, fourteen and three is where this thing lands for them. All right, next, all right?

at the Jets. Yep, they get there. They get there. There's a big win this week against the Raiders. Jacks are not a bad team and Trevor Lawrence played a great game, played a great game. Where's the Trevor Lawrence talk today?

Right with Nick Right? Episode two rupt Episode ninety two. Please, if you're watching us on YouTube, we appreciate you can ask some questions here. You can participate in the chat and the poll questions, all of that. Sorry, we've been doing the polls today. Today's been a little bit of a hectic show. We had we had how do I put it, you know, a curious looking fella try to get into the store. Then we had somebody try to do some shopping in the store, and then all of

a sudden, the ceilings started to leak. However, during the commercial break, I went out and talked to the superintendent of the building. They actually made the ceiling leak on purpose because they're trying to figure out why the ceiling has been leaking. So maybe small silver lining that they have narrowed down what the potential issue is. Listen, it's only been going on for eighteen months, and eventually at some point they're gonna they're gonna figure they're gonna really

lock in on this and figure this thing out. All right, let's read Demanse read some questions from the chat.

tough game, but it's not home for the Panthers. So let's just say they lose to Tampa, go to six and four, and then win those next three and they're seven and four. They then have to end the year Niners, Chiefs, Jets, Rams, and it's gonna come down to the wire. Man, it's really gonna come down to the wire, and probably come down to that one game at home against San Francisco, because San Francisco they have a softer part of their

schedule coming up. So but they're six and three in San Francisco's four and four, So there is I wonder what I'm gonna check. I wonder what the odds are right now. I'm sure they're the favorites, but how big of favorites are they? Oh, they're not the favorites. San Francisco minus one thirty, Seattle plus one forty five. So it's like a fifty five to forty five right now. Vegas says San Francisco is the slight favorite. I think i'd flip that. I think i'd have Seattle as the

slight favorite. But even if they don't They're going to be a playoff team, which is a hell of an accomplishment for the Seattle Seahawks that a lot of people thought we're gonna be the worst team in football.

so they're playing. Is obviously to roll with Tua or I guess maybe bringing Brady, but I think that's unlikely. So I do think San Francisco's absolutely on the board. Quietly, you know what's also on the board going back to New England. Okay, they don't have a quarterback, and it would kind of be storybook. Now, that's a very tough division, so I don't know if he wants to do that, all right.

said that wrong. Let me start. I think I said on offense, Jannie is in ninety seven, Lucas a ninety eight. But on defense, Giannis is also in ninety seven and Lucas like a seventy two. So that's that's the differentiator, all right.

in touchdowns too. Okay, that seems good. Okay, So he leads in yards, he leads in touchdowns. The team has a better record than the Dolphins, but the too old too. There will be people on TV that say two is the MVP now, and to his defense, Two hasn't lost this year. When they've lost, it's because he's been hurt and he's been great. I believe in the MVP conversation right now, like I if it were position independent. Here's the problem for Tua. I think Tyreek's been better so too,

but we don't give it to wide receivers. But Tyreek, Micah Parsons, Derrick Henry all deserve consideration for the non quarterback category. Tua, Gino Jaalen are kind of on the fringes to me. I know a lot of people like jailing because he's undefeated and Mahomes clear league MVP. I mean, give me a break. Do you guys watch the game last night. No other quarterback in the league wins that game, no other quarter but they couldn't run the ball except

when he was running it. But whatever, I'm Patrick. Mahomes has not won an MVP in four seasons. That makes a lot of sense. Rogers won two of them. That's smart, all right?