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🏈 NFL Wild Card Showdown: Steelers Clash with Ravens, Super Bowl Dark Horses & College Football Title 🏈πŸ”₯

β€’ Derrick Thompson β€’ Season 3 β€’ Episode 122

What happens when the weather throws a curveball and the NFL Wild Card games are on the horizon? Join us, the Pick'em Pros Father/Son duo Derrick and Diego Thompson, as we bring the action from our cozy home studio, featuring special appearances by Christopher & Bryanna. We're diving deep into electrifying matchups like the Steelers vs. Ravens, and spotlighting gridiron giants such as CJ Stroud. Christopher's anticipation for the Ravens' showdown adds an extra layer of excitement, sparking debates on whether Lamar Jackson has what it takes to clinch MVP status and if Derrick Henry can tip the scales in Baltimore's favor.

Expect more than just predictions; we're stirring up passionate discussions around key games and unexpected outcomes. Will the Chargers be surprised by the Texans, or can the Eagles fend off the Packers amidst injury woes for Jalen Hurts? As we dissect playoff dynamics, we also ponder whether Kansas City will benefit if both the Bills and Ravens stumble. Our banter is as crisp as the winter air, especially when it comes to those nerve-wracking predictions where referees' favoritism might just make all the difference.

As NFL fever spikes, we pivot to the college football championship between Ohio State and Notre Dame, with the NFL playoffs casting a long shadow over the collegiate stage. And let's not forget a bold Super Bowl forecastβ€”could the Lions really roar their way to the title over the Bills? From unexpected upsets to Coach of the Year contenders, we deliver a thrilling narrative that keeps you on the edge of your seat, hungry for the next play in this unpredictable football saga.

Pick'em Pros is a father son duo who enjoy talking sports, debating and having fun while doing it!

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Speaker 1:

That's crazy. I'm on the island man with the Green Bay Packers, so the Packers will go ahead.

Speaker 2:

You haven't learned your lesson, man. You haven't learned how to make smart picks. This is what dug you into a hole in the regular season and why you lost by about 20 games, and you just haven't learned. You just haven't learned, man. Okay.

Speaker 1:

So this is a new season? All right, this is where I shot. This is when it matters. I pick him like a pro global trial ball. Talk a big and roll. We're gonna up the score. Touchdown. This is not field goal.

Speaker 2:

We, the winning team champions. When you walk through the hall, you can play your bet with us, cause you know we're going one and more. Yeah, this is a major play. We do it big in a major way. Diego, be having the pick of the day. Here we come, don't care if you ready.

Speaker 1:

Hey, ladies and gentlemen, welcome back. You know who it is.

Speaker 3:

I am Derek Thompson.

Speaker 2:

And I'm Diego Thompson. And who are we? We're the Pick'em.

Speaker 1:

Pros. We are the Pick'em Pros coming back at you in the house with a special episode of who you Got Father-Son Dynamic Duo man, we got a fire show for you today. Thank you for checking us out. We are at the crib today. Haven't been at the house in a while. We've been in the beautiful studio in Cary, north Carolina, that Joe runs for us, and then today we were supposed to be at King's, where you can bowl and dine and have a bunch of fun, but had some inclement weather here in the North Carolina area, so we're doing it at the house. But we've got our fire guests Christopher Davis, brianna joining us, so we're really excited about that, but we'll bring them on in a second. But how you doing, my man?

Speaker 2:

Doing good know, watching, uh, the first wild card game. So far it's not that great, but hey, you know, at least we got some good ones coming up, kind of later this weekend.

Speaker 1:

So get ready for those. Absolutely, man. Yeah, we got some good ones coming up. We got the hopefully the worst one out of the way, uh, so, uh, yeah, it looked like the chargers were going to run away with that, but now the texans are doing their thing. So shout out to them, uh. Shout out to your guy, uh. Cj stroud it looked like he was overcoming everything and putting that team on his back and just uh, being amazing. Like all these number two draft picks are man so're just getting bailed out.

Speaker 2:

What happened, that's all right. That's all right, though, because next year, bryce is going to show why he's the true best quarterback in that class.

Speaker 1:

Okay that's what's going to happen. So Bryce is finally going to make the playoffs.

Speaker 2:

Yeah, he'll make the playoffs next year.

Speaker 1:

No doubt, no doubt, all right, all right. Well yo, shout out to Chuck Global. So he's the, the rapper on our Pick'em Pro song where he name drop you name drop Desmond Clark. Let me show my hoodie here Rocking here. So shout out to us Knuckleheads Global. So shout out to our guy Chuck Global. Man had to order my swag. I don't wear much outside of Pick'em picking pros, so definitely a big deal. We're gonna rock other gear, but that's our guy, that's family.

Speaker 1:

He will be at our next king show, saturday, february 8th. That is going to be our best show yet. Um, that's going to be on location. We have an amazing, some amazing prizes coming out. We've got some great guests. Some I can't even name yet, but we've got. I'll just say we've got verbal commitments from someone from our local news station that should be there. We've got Tyler Jones from NC State, who's currently a recruiter. We've got Brianna, who's going to be flying in from the West Coast, and some more that I'm working on. So it's going to be great. We'll be actually all the way in the back in the private VIP area for the entire show and then we'll have a Kings for a couple hours after that where we plan on filming a little video for the song, and Tavares Jordan, the producer, who's got the hit song out right now that he produced, he will be flying in, probably from the West coast, to be there with us as well, so it's going to be action-packed, all right.

Speaker 1:

Well, man, let's get into it. We are going to talk about these nfl wild card games. We're going to talk about that. We're going to, uh, bring again brian, get her picks. We're going to talk about the calves. Um, are they going to win 70? My gosh, they've only lost four games so far. I don't know about 70. Yeah, you don't know about 70, okay, well, we're going to win 70?

Speaker 2:

My gosh. They've only lost four games so far. I don't know about 70.

Speaker 1:

Yeah, you don't know about 70? Okay, well, we're going to get into that. We're going to talk about the college football playoffs. We finally have our matchups here. We've got Ohio State and Notre Dame, so we'll dive into that and we are going to give you our picks for who is going to play in the Super Bowl and who's going to win the Super Bowl. So we'll end with that. All right, man. Well, let's go ahead and bring our guy who I know can't wait for the next game the Steelers Ravens, because he's got his MVP playing and I know he can't wait for that, so I know he's waiting for a thrilling game. Let's bring in our guy, Mr Christopher Davis. What's?

Speaker 3:

going on, man, what's up up y'all, how y'all been doing good, how you doing, man? Oh, I'm a little stressed. You know I just need lamar come through, listen. This is this is put up or shut up time. You know everybody's been giving you the peyton manning. You know, seven years excuse until you break through. This is the breakthrough year, man. Last year it should have been. This year it's got to be Again. You know how these Steelers-Ravens games get over these past couple years. I'm a little nervous. I'm a little nervous. I'm not going to lie.

Speaker 1:

We know how these Steelers-Ravens games can get.

Speaker 3:

We brought the terrible tell. I'm just cold.

Speaker 1:

I'm just, I'm cold and then I might. Then you know I'm hot, cold. It's been a little interesting here, so I'm just preparing. If it gets hot, I just need a towel in case I start sweating.

Speaker 2:

So that's all it is.

Speaker 1:

It's just a towel, in case.

Speaker 2:

I start sweating. Yeah, it just happens to be.

Speaker 1:

I just grabbed.

Speaker 3:

That don't even look fake. Yeah, that look a little real. All right, see the yellow and the black Like oh, it seems, color coordinated. Well, chuck.

Speaker 1:

Global is a shout out to my guy because he is from Pittsburgh. So you know I'm repping him. You know, shout out to him with the song, and then, you know, I just need a towel, you know, in case I start sweating.

Speaker 3:

All, in case I start sweating. All right, shout out to him we ain't going to sweat, though. We're going to do this, we're going to do this.

Speaker 1:

All right, man. Well, let's get into these games. We're going to finish up before the thrilling game here, so we got less than an hour to go ahead and knock this out here. And, yeah, zay Flowers is out for that game, so we'll definitely get into that. But before we do that, we had the Bengals. The Bengals did not make the playoffs. They did everything they could at the very end of the season to make the playoffs but they ended up getting bounced because the Kansas City Chiefs just so happened to lose to the Denver Broncos, and it wasn't even close, it was a blowout. And I know, you know, kelsey was emphatic that they're not ducking any smoke and, you know, seemed to really had his chest out about that. But the game and the score kind of said otherwise. And yeah, we see, somerset, you know they lost on purpose. So, diego, were they concerned about that? That smoke?

Speaker 2:

um, I think they're very concerned about the smoke. Uh, you know the Bengals. They are the only team or the only court. Joe Burrow is the only quarterback currently in the NFL that's beat my homes in the playoffs, because Brady was the only other person. He's he's gone, he's retired. So, yeah, I think they're, I think they're definitely scared of the bangles and that's why, uh, that's why they sat everyone and proceeded to lose 38 to zero wow yeah right what do you think about that, chris?

Speaker 3:

uh, the team that lost to the patriots week one and then to the chargers late in the season, and every every game they came up short to the Ravens. This is the same team, right, like I'm sorry, I'm not saying Kansas City was dug in, but like we got to call a spade a spade. Zach Taylor's coaching in that defense was abysmal. Nobody was really everybody's just more worried about Joe Burrow and Jabbar. The defense is food Like. Nobody was really like stunned Cincinnati's defense like that. So I don't even I mean shoot Bo' Nick. The reason why the Broncos were almost the Broncos were putting themselves in a position to get in the playoffs was the fact that Bo' Nick was torching that defense. Everybody. Ad Dalton was having his way with the defense. He's not even our starting quarterback anymore. I don't understand what this whole fear of the bagels is. A fear of joe burrow, yes, but that defense, nobody was scared of them.

Speaker 3:

And again they lost to the patriots week one. This is not necessarily like an intimidating phone like, oh, they're getting hot, oh, they're gonna sneak in. They lost to good playoff teams. Their record is their record because again in the big moments, even versus teams like the Chargers currently have six points in a playoff game. This is, and they want the Bengals lost to them. So I'm not. I would hear like you know they should. If they wanted to get in the playoffs they should have tried to win when. Just win the games you needed to win.

Speaker 1:

OK, ok. So so the fact that the uh, you know burrows thrown for 5 000 yards, um things, the only qb to do that, even though you know guy that they say is gonna win his third mvp, didn't do that and it's about stats, but that doesn't matter. Um, you know, thrown for 5 000 and okay, but they're not not scared of him.

Speaker 3:

Drew Brees threw for 5,000 yards every other five out of his 20 seasons and he's only won one MVP. No, he didn't even win an MVP, he just got the Super Bowl MVP so what are we doing?

Speaker 3:

here. There is a precedent for this before. A guy on a great team that has a sucky defense doesn't go to the playoffs because said terrible defense he throws for 5,000 yards. He has a wide receiver again. Drew Brees never had a wide receiver like Jamar Chase, so I'm not even going to do that, but we've seen this precedent before. It's just I don't want that for Joe Burrow. I want him to get a ring, but in this conference it's like who's really going to get a ring? I think Justin Herbert just threw another pick. Again. This is the same team that they lost to.

Speaker 1:

Alright, we just wanted to ask the question. Just dive into it. We seem to be split on this. Some of the fans say that they are scared. Some say that they're not scared. They have no reason. Tell us in the comments are the Chiefs ducking that smoke the only team, the only current squad, the only current quarterback to beat them in the playoffs in the last several years? Or are they just simply resting and going to have multiple weeks going into the playoffs, which we know that can be a bad sign when you have a little too much rest going into the playoffs. So we will see, but let's go ahead and move on to the next topic here. Let's go ahead and go into the game. So we currently have the Chargers versus Texans. Diego looks like the Texans are going to probably pull this off. It's early fourth quarter. Texans are up 20 to six with the ball. So, yeah, it looks like they're putting this away. It did not look like this early on, but they've totally turned it around. The Chargers are not able to score at all.

Speaker 2:

Yeah, I had the Chargers in this one, but the Texans are getting carried by their defense. Nico Collins is having a really good game. Shout out to those guys, they're going to sneak away with another win here. Game Shout out to those guys they're going to sneak away with another win here.

Speaker 3:

You're going to beat them by 20, dude.

Speaker 1:

Yeah.

Speaker 2:

If it was the first half.

Speaker 3:

I got you bro.

Speaker 1:

Yeah, diego, I don't know if it's a sneak CJ should have two picks.

Speaker 2:

Yeah, diego, I don't know if it's a sneak. Let's look at CJ's game. Cj should have two picks and he had a slant route touchdown to one of the best receivers in the NFL.

Speaker 4:

Okay.

Speaker 1:

All right. Well, yeah, this is a tough watch, even though now Houston is starting to put up a lot of points, but it's still not the best game to look at, and that's hard to say for any NFL game. But let's go to the good games that we have here. Let's go ahead and move on to the Steelers and Ravens, because this is the one we've been waiting on here. It's going to start in about 45 minutes. Baltimore is a nine and a half point favorite. Nine and a half point favorite. Lamar, you know, three time MVP pretty much got it signed, sealed and delivered. So you know, diego, you're rocking the Ravens jersey. Is there any way the Ravens lose this game?

Speaker 2:

Yeah, you know, I figured I'd try to give the Ravens all the help they can get so they can win this playoff game and so that when Lamar wins the MVP unanimously, that it's not going to get, you know, it's not going to get discounted due to this, due to them losing the first round. So I'm just trying to do my part and help them, help them win and, with that being said, I do have the Ravens winning this one All right, and oh and Eric, I want to respond to Erica in a second.

Speaker 1:

So, Subber, pull that back up. But the other thing is, I believe the votes were due yesterday, I believe for MVP. I think they had to turn those in already. So the votes are cast and they're in, so the actual votes will have no bearing on the game today. So Erica said no on the Steelers. All right, thank you. But see, I haven't made my pick yet, so we don't know who I just like I said you know I've got this, just in case. You know, start sweating. I got the towel and I'm prepared, just in case. So it has no indication on my pick, all right, so Mr Chris man Ravens.

Speaker 3:

All right. So this is again my favorite player in the league. This is time to shine. You know it's been a great season. Listen, at this point I just want Lamar to be carried by Derrick Henry Screw. I'm happy with the MVP. I don't care as long as we get listen. Listen, if we can just ride Derrick Henry all the way to the Super Bowl, I don't care. We got the third MVP, I just want the Ravens to win the Super Bowl. At this point and again, we understand that. I understand Lamar Jackson great player, you know. And again, I had to just push that narrative of like Derek Henry, you know he's helping him out. Yes, unfortunately it is playoff time, but I've seen Derek Henry put up 200 yards before.

Speaker 3:

We just need to do that and then we're going to win. So yeah, as a Lamar fan, it's like, hey, you know, this is put up or shut up, time the Steelers I mean shoot, like even the 34-17 game, like that wasn't the balance of, like if Marlon Humphrey didn't get that pick six. So it's like I don't know, I'm a little nervous, as you can tell. I think that nine-and-a-half spread is a little too crazy, because the Steelers have that kind of magic where, like, they can either get a turnover or something. So hopefully, hopefully, it doesn't come down to a Justin Tucker kick this year, because, lord, I'm not kidding, oh, that's right.

Speaker 1:

Justin.

Speaker 3:

Tucker can't take it oh, that's right we're starting the journey to the Super Bowl and, yeah, and if the Bills win tomorrow, that Ravens-Bills game is going to be hard for me to call. I'm not going to lie, but currently I think I like what I've seen from the Ravens after the bye and all their improvement, lamar, just how he's improved towards the end of the season. The Browns game was a little discouraging because I definitely wanted them to like, you know, not have as many penalties and like have as much of like mental errors and losing Zay, that does hurt a little. So because we lost Zay, hey, derrick, henry, isaiah, likely Rashad Babin, come on, that needs to be the game plan and the Ravenship win. But again, I am very scared.

Speaker 3:

I'm not going to lie, it's not about this team with the Steelers man, I don't know.

Speaker 1:

I don't know. Oh, very scared, very scared. So so the three-time mvp needs to lean on the running back and, um, not throw, okay, but that's okay, but it is cold, it it's gonna be cold. It's nighttime, it's gonna be in the 20s. Uh, it's gonna be a good afc north battle. Um, you know, teams that have very good defenses and that are tough and gritty, um, typically do very well in in in these types of games. Um, you know teams that have teams that have amazing coaching, um, and are just balanced, you know, are able to grind it out, do very well in this situation. So it looks like you guys are on the record for the Ravens, I believe I. You know what.

Speaker 1:

I'm a go ahead and be on an island. I don't have my hat. I'll switch my hat. Bring that out next time I'm on an island. I'm a go ahead and officially go with the Steelers in this one. So we'll see what happens. Hopefully I can go ahead and get a game up. We'll see who Bree has in this one. But, um, we agreed on the other game, but I'm going with the Steelers in this one, all right. So let's move on to the next one. We'll come back to this later. Let's move on to the Broncos' Bills. I think we all might agree on this one Buffalo is a nine-point favorite at home. Diego, take this one away, man.

Speaker 2:

Yeah, I got the Bills. Yeah, they're at home. You know Josh Allen getting ready to make a big playoff run. So, yeah, I'm going to go with the Bills here.

Speaker 1:

Should be pretty obvious, okay obvious they're at home Nine-point favorite. The Broncos are dangerous. Broncos have been playing well. It took Cincinnati all they had at home to knock them out and then they totally blew the chiefs out of. The chiefs didn't play any starters. They still, uh, were impressive in that game. So, you know, could be a little closer than what people think, but, uh, the bills are the overwhelming favorite in this one. Who do you have in this one, chris?

Speaker 3:

yeah, y'all know what kelly says about crescent 300s of phantoms, so I'm just just going to leave it at that. The Buffalo Bills are definitely going to win this one. I would be surprised if they didn't, purely because the whole narrative around this team has just been like oh, josh Allen needs to be Superman, he needs to be carrying this more abundant team. Then they post on social media. They're like oh, nobody's an All-Pro. I'm like, well, he kind of said, hey, the rest of our team sucks, even though James Cook is like one of the better running backs in the NFL. So you know, I just I want the Bills to win, just because I would. I would find it hilarious if they didn't, because I'm like, really, y'all are, so next, y'all people, after all the whole. You know, josh is like. Josh is like motivated. This is his year to get an mvp and he's gonna be the best quarterback in the nfl. Now it's like going outside to the brockers would be terrible.

Speaker 1:

So I work for bill's fans also well, chris, if the ravens just so happen we know there's no way the Ravens lose tonight, there's no way that happens, but for some reason, if they happen to lose, the only thing that would save you is if the Bills lose as well. Yep.

Speaker 3:

And then we can just wrap this up and just say that Kansas City is going to you know, do their thing, we're just going to, it's going to be unfortunate, because it's like, okay, well, now we know who's going to win the AFC. Because you know, yeah, ladman Conkey just had like a touchdown on the third and 26. So, yeah, yeah, the Chargers are back in it apparently. We will see how that one goes.

Speaker 2:

Sell them. Cj might sell another one.

Speaker 1:

He just missed the extra point. Oh they did, Now they're running, they ran. He just missed the extra point. Oh, they did, now they're running. Messed up, they ran it back. So yeah, yep, all right. Well, let's move on to the next game. Here We've got the Packers and the Eagles. The Eagles are a five-point favorite at home. Diego, who you got in this one?

Speaker 2:

I'm going to go with the Eagles in this one. They're at home, and the Packers, they've just been a little banged up this year. And Christian Watson, they don't have him. Yeah, they've been without. They've just been without a lot of their starters this year and I just think I just don't know if they have enough to win this game. It's a very tough Eagles team.

Speaker 1:

Okay, okay, and it looks like josh has the eagles. Uh, yep, josh has eagles. Summer you go. Oh yeah, summer. We know you're going with uh the, uh the eagles, so that's no question there all right, many reasons, we know you're going there, all right. Uh, chris, who you got I?

Speaker 3:

like the eagles in this one um again seeing them like rounding the form. The Packers again with Jordan Love I don't know how good he's going to be after his arm injury, so we're going to see how that goes. But I mean, to me it's going to be like Philly and Detroit in the NFC Championship. So I'm not even and with that I think that's when it's going to be a coin toss, but I'm excited to see what happens and how, basically how the Eagles do. I'm not going to say the Packers aren't going to put up a fight because, for whatever reason, matt LeFleur's teams are always scrappy. So we're going to see.

Speaker 1:

I don't have the.

Speaker 3:

Eagles in this one.

Speaker 1:

Okay, so you guys both have the Eagles Again. Jalen Hurts is coming off of that concussion. Hasn't played since then. All reports are that he is sharp, but still, the last time we saw him they were losing to the Commanders. I told y'all about the Packers before. I'm going to stick with them, All right, so I am going to be.

Speaker 3:

I'm going to be on my hat.

Speaker 1:

That's crazy. I'm on the island, I'm on the island mountain with the Green Bay Packers, so the Packers will go ahead.

Speaker 2:

You haven't learned your lesson, man. You haven't learned how to make smart picks. This is what dug you into a hole in the regular season and why you lost by about 20 games, and you just haven't learned. You just haven't learned, man. Okay.

Speaker 1:

So this is a new season. All right, this is where I shine, this is when it matters. All right, this is when it really matters. So I got it. I got it, man. Like I said, I got the Packers. I stand by the pound on the island with the packers, although we'll see. Brie might be with me, so we'll see. We're gonna get hers in a minute, although I see her head moving in a certain direction. So maybe now, so I might truly be on the island. And then the steelers. You know, I'm on the island with that and I have a feeling I'm gonna be on the island possibly with another one. So I'm, I'm either a genius or the refs will rob me One or the other, one or the other, that's all, it is All right. What or the other?

Speaker 3:

All right.

Speaker 2:

This is why you got to also pick like ref favorable teams, because these are the times of year where that's going to like count more, you know.

Speaker 1:

Yeah, yeah, that is true. So that definitely you got to take that into account. With the cheese, what's up, johnny? Oh, hope you're doing well. My man can't wait to see you'll be at kings as well. That's our guy, okay? So, uh, yeah, that's that game. Let's go ahead and move to another game I think we're going to disagree on, but it may be in a slightly different order. We've got the Commanders. Commanders are traveling to the Bucs. The Bucs are a three-point favorite at home. So, diego, give us your rundown on this one.

Speaker 2:

I'm going to go with the Bucs in this one. Just the Commanders they've had a great year. I mean 12-5. And they have won a lot of close games, but they haven't beat a lot of really good playoff-level teams. And then the Bucs, on the other hand, they haven't had the best year. They're 10-7. They've had some injuries. They still do have some injuries, but I believe in Baker Baker's shown that he can play well in the playoffs. Baker baker's shown that he he's played. He can play well in the playoffs. Every single playoff game he's played and he's played really well in.

Speaker 1:

So I'm confident that he'll play well again against a rookie who've never seen the playoffs before in this game yep yep, yeah, yeah, uh, josh, uh, so, um, you know what, chris, we're going to have you go last on this one. So Josh has the Bucs, brandon has the Bucs. So yeah, we all definitely. And then Johnny O said Commander's on fire, but he agrees, diego has the Bucs and I have the Bucs.

Speaker 2:

So we all got the Bucs here.

Speaker 1:

So you know, depending on Bree, you know, I think man you might be, I have a feeling you might be on an island. Man, let me go ahead and fire it up here.

Speaker 3:

I might be on an island with this, but there's something about Jaden Daniels man, I'm sorry, I think that you know for me again. Again you can see, with this commander's defense that's secondary, a little shaky, a little shaky sometimes. But again I know A with the Marshall Attaway or Mike Evans thing somebody might get ejected, so like somebody might lose their best wide receiver. If you know somebody like tries to throw hands. So I'm factoring that into my decision as well. So yes, I am choosing the commanders.

Speaker 3:

I believe in Jay Daniels just coming up and having another clutch moment and kind of showing like really putting a stamp on his rookie season. We'll see.

Speaker 2:

When was the last time Marshawn Lattimore played in a football game?

Speaker 3:

The Eagles game.

Speaker 2:

So that was about three, four, three months ago.

Speaker 3:

We'll see, we'll see, we'll see. It was a while ago. No not the Saints-Eagles game, the Eagles game where, well, he did have a bunch of penalties on AJ Brown. So that's where I'm kind of like ugh. The one thing that scares me is that secondary in him and Mike Evans, you know, going to like coming to blows and stuff. So that's the one concerning thing I have. I don't coming to blows and stuff. That's the one concerning thing I have. I like this Commander scene for some reason, I don't know We'll see.

Speaker 1:

They have another number two pick. That's had no pressure that the whole world is crowning. I see a lot of similarities. There Was his clutch moment. The Hail Mary, is that it? I guess so.

Speaker 3:

Hail Mary, Atlanta, and then the Eagles drive All three.

Speaker 2:

Atlanta is not a playoff.

Speaker 1:

The bad call in the first quarter when Atlanta was beating them down. And then that call that kept that drive alive, that totally turned the game around.

Speaker 3:

That one.

Speaker 1:

And.

Speaker 2:

Atlanta is not a playoff team. The Eagles were when Jalen Hurts got concussed and, and the Bears when. The Bears are just horrible, they're 4-11 or 4-13, they're just horrible that's not really signature yeah, chris.

Speaker 1:

But Chris, you're saying his signature moment is going to be this right?

Speaker 3:

now I'll be honest. If there's a signature moment tomorrow, please just believe the memes and jokes I will be sending to all of you guys will be electric.

Speaker 1:

And they don't have to be Go ahead and post them. Post them on Instagram, put them out there. No no, no.

Speaker 3:

I'm going to let this take parody, I've let it Verity, I've let it sit Because I believe, I believe in this Team man. We go see All right, all right.

Speaker 1:

So Chris has. Chris is on an Island with his Commanders, okay, so we got one more here, and then we're going to bring Bree on and get her take on these games. The last one here. Yeah, see, somerset Somers said to send them to her Chris, it's so awesome. And see, summer put a little sauce on them as well. So add a little something on top of them. Okay. So, last one, we've got the Vikings versus the Rams. The Vikings are two-and-a-half-point favorite. This game has been moved due to the tragic fires on the West Coast. Thoughts and prayers to everybody out there dealing with that for sure. First and foremost, the game has been moved to Arizona State Farm Stadium, diego man. Who's going to win this one?

Speaker 2:

I'm going with the Rams in this one. The Rams, they, I just like the Rams' style. You know, the Rams I just like. They're just a very dangerous team. You know they won a Super Bowl. You know they're the only team other than the Chiefs that you know has a quarterback that's won the Super Bowl recently. So, yeah, that's a big advantage. They got the experience there. And the Vikings, they have Sam Darnold. Okay, and Sam Darnold, you've seen Sam Darnold in the big, big games. See, troy, he just folded. He was just throwing the ball over the receiver's heads and could not convert in the red zone. And Matt Stafford has a Super Bowl winning quarterback. They just got lots of experience there and lots of firepower with the receivers, so I got them.

Speaker 1:

Okay, you got them All right. What about you, chris?

Speaker 3:

I'm picking the Rams as well. Yeah, I trust Stafford and McVay in these big moments. Also, the Minnesota sports curse still exists out there. So I don't necessarily think that. I don't think Sam Darnold will necessarily make that better, because again we saw him in literally the biggest moment. Like all the marbles. You know you've got to win this game in order for your team to secure the one seed. You get the confidence. And then the Lions was literally like their backup. Smack-ups are like stopping you in the red zone. Like that's where I was like okay, this is a this 14 and 3 thing. We might have been looking through that with Rose-tinted glasses. So we gonna see.

Speaker 1:

Okay, alright, sounds good, sounds good. Well, you guys are going to be how many?

Speaker 2:

islands. Is this man?

Speaker 1:

A lot of islands.

Speaker 2:

It's like three.

Speaker 3:

That's a boy over there man, come on, not the islands man, not the islands.

Speaker 1:

Hey, so you guys are going to be in a three-game deficit. So you're going to be in an unrecoverable deficit. We might as well not even pick the rest of the playoffs. Let's just enjoy it. We'll have shows, we'll talk about what's happening and all that, but don't even worry about picking anymore for the rest of the playoffs after this one, because I'm going to be up so much. I can't believe y'all don't see that. Yeah, josh, so man, the Vikings, I'm afraid they're the favorite here. Sam Darnold, that game against Detroit, that was his playoff game. Okay, that gave him the experience.

Speaker 2:

And you saw how he looked. You saw how he looked. That wasn't even a playoff game he totally pulled it.

Speaker 1:

That got him ready. They were in a dome. The conditions were the same. Him ready, they were in a dome, the conditions were the same, the defense was very similar. It's a lot of similarities in that game. They are very well coached, they have a great coaching staff, they've got the weapons on the outside and they're going to fix all their mistakes and they're going to take it to the Rams they're going to get. Thanks, mom, appreciate that. Love the hat. They're going to get this one man. Yes, I will snag another one from you guys. Like I said, don't even worry about picking for the rest of the playoffs. Let's just have fun, talk about the games and whatnot, maybe at the Super Bowl, because I'm sure all of our stuff is going to be wrong. We'll then just pick at the Super Bowl show at Kings who we're going to win.

Speaker 3:

Don't worry about picking anymore after this end, but don't worry about picking anymore after this all right, all right, all right.

Speaker 2:

I just hope you get one, so you don't embarrass yourself, don't come back here over three.

Speaker 1:

Oh, there's no way, there's no way, no way, no way. I I will. I will at least have an amazing batting average, or, you know, decent three-point average, a good enough three-point average to play in the nba. So here we go, yeah, because you only got to shoot about what 18 to play in the nba at this point a little bear game.

Speaker 3:

Man don't do that, all right chris.

Speaker 1:

Well, we're gonna bring you on back on in a minute. We're gonna uh bring brie on and then we'll see you in a little bit, all right, all right? All right, my man, let's bring brie on for brie's picks. All right, what's going on? Brie? All right, and brie, I think you are on me yeah, I was no worries, no worries, what's up?

Speaker 4:

nothing much, just lots of allergies over here oh, oh well, hope those pass soon.

Speaker 1:

Uh sound great and uh great to have you love the shirt thank you thank you oh yeah, oh yeah, so all right.

Speaker 1:

So it is playoff time. We are excited. We can't wait to have you here in about a month for the super bowl show, but now the playoffs are finally upon us. So so we've got, you know, the game here Texans Chargers. I think we all felt that the Chargers would come out and get this one, but it's looking like the Texans are going to pull this one out. But let's move on to the Steelers Ravens. So are you joining me on this island? Are you with everybody else, with Lamar and the Ravens?

Speaker 4:

No, I will not be joining your island.

Speaker 2:

Good choice.

Speaker 4:

Yeah, right, no, seriously, I don't know. I just feel like the Ravens, like Lamar Jackson, he's just too good. I feel like the Steelers don't really match up to them and Derrick Henry has been really good. So, yeah, diego's yeah, but the Steelers have a really good head coach. So I think if the Steelers do win, I wouldn't be surprised either way.

Speaker 1:

So yeah, it is going to be cold. You know the conditions. The conditions favor the Steelers to a degree as far as their defense and whatnot. Of course you know like you said they've got Derrick Henry. You know, if they run the ball they, you know, should be in good shape. But you know you never know. If they want to try to prove that Lamar should be the MVP and throw it a little more than they should, then it could get a little dicey.

Speaker 1:

Yeah, yeah, with the wind and the cold and everything, yeah absolutely okay, so you're on record for the ravens for that one, all right. What about, uh, broncos bills?

Speaker 4:

Okay, as much as I like the Broncos, I really like what Bo Nix has been doing, but I really just have to go with the Bills. The Bills, josh Allen. I really think he's gonna win MVP, but anyway, he's just really good and I feel, like the Broncos, it is Bo Nix like first playoff game, so I feel like there's gonna be like a lot of pressure on him and he's gonna like fold under that pressure that he has to like fold under that pressure that he has um and the bills. They just have josh allen he has really good passing and rushing, like techniques and everything. So with that I'm definitely gonna have to pick the bills, even though I like the broncos because of bonics yep, yep, so we all agree on that one for sure, for the same reasons that you are okay.

Speaker 1:

All right, so, uh, let's see the fourth one. We've got the green bay packers traveling to philly to play the eagles. Uh, looks like I'm on the island. So far with the packers on this one. Uh, what side do you want for this one?

Speaker 4:

um, you know, I like what the packers have been doing lately, but I don't think it's enough to beat the eagles. I mean that's. I feel like that's not a fair match. Like the eagles are so much better, that's my. I feel like that's not a fair match. Like the Eagles are so much better that's my dad's team, the Packers. So I feel bad for this. Sorry dad so um, and Jordan Love might fold under that playoff pressure as well too. So with that, it's just really a no brainer to me to pick the Eagles.

Speaker 1:

So okay, yeah, the Eagles are there. That's a tough place to play. Uh, even riding by and looking at the stadium, it's intimidating, like it's yeah it's intimidating place, the fans, everything.

Speaker 1:

So it's gonna be a tough, tough place. But, um, yeah, hurts, hurts. Not playing a little bit concerns me, um, and you know the weather conditions and whatnot, but uh, they've got. Hey, saquon sat out and didn't go for Eric Dickerson's rushing record, so he should be fresh and as long as they hand him the ball, that should give them a big advantage. So, yeah, what happens there? Okay, all right. So then we've got the commanders going to Tampa. So let's see, let's see Brandon's comment Christian Watson out for this game. Jordan Love banged up. Yeah, yeah, definitely, definitely. That's the case right there, brandon. Thanks for checking us out, my man. So commanders are traveling to Tampa. Tampa won their division narrowly over the Falcons. Diego and I both have the Bucs. Chris has the commanders. What side are you on for that commanders Bucs game?

Speaker 4:

Chris has the Commanders. What side are you on for that Commanders-Bucks game? I'm going to have to agree with Chris on this. With the Commanders, I know Diego was surprised. I know Mayfield, he is really experienced and he has really good arm strength because he knows how to play these games. But I feel like the Commanders, they've been doing really well with their offense and their defense, but they need to limit turnovers and then I think they'll be good because they have a lot.

Speaker 1:

All right, yeah, that is a toss. So I think command bucks are a three point favorite. That's going to be a close one and that's one of the most narrow margins that we have here as far as favorites. So, and of course, us, you know picking pros, we're all split on this one. So so, and for us, you know picking pros, we're all split on this one, so we're two and two, so we'll see that this one might end up deciding. You know who's in the lead here, so we'll see what. What happens with this one. Ok, and then the last one. I'm really curious to hear your take on this, because I don't know what your pick is, so I'm excited to hear this one. We've got the Vikings at Rams this is in your neck of the woods, um, diego and chris have the rams. I am on the island so far with the vikings, and though the vikings are, uh, like a two and a half point favorite, who do you have in this one?

Speaker 4:

I'm gonna agree with you and your crazy takes. I'm gonna go with the vikings all right I like I love mat Matthew Stafford, obviously because he was a Lions quarterback for so long, but you know he has a lot of experience. But I just I don't know the Vikings when they play the Lions. They didn't really play that well, but I feel like they played well enough to where they could potentially beat the Rams.

Speaker 4:

I think I'm thinking, but I guess we'll see. But if the Rams win win again, like with the other teams I wouldn't really be as surprised, but I really think the vikings are gonna win, even though I don't really want them to, but I think they will what, the what the right?

Speaker 1:

yep, I understand that and see, that's where you know picking these games. A lot of times when we pick a team, they think you know they're our favorite team or we're fans of them and whatnot, and and you know, a lot of times we are picking against the team that we want to win because we're predicting what we think is truly going to happen. So you know, that's that. That's part of this business.

Speaker 1:

Yeah, yeah, you yeah, you have to pick against the Panthers a lot because, uh yeah, sometimes you truly don't think they were going to win. What, what did you say, Bree? I think we cut you off.

Speaker 4:

Oh, I just said it's hard to do.

Speaker 1:

Yeah.

Speaker 4:

Like kind of what Diego said. Just because of my Cardinals too. They were not good either.

Speaker 1:

Yes, yes, yes, for sure. Okay. Well, bree, we're going to have you back on at the end. All four of us are going to be here together back on at the end. All four of us are going to be here together. Yeah, brandon, playoffs are a different animal, but we're all going to be together to give our Super Bowl matchup predictions and who we think is going to win the Super Bowl. So we're going to end the show with that. So we'll see you in a few minutes, okay.

Speaker 1:

Okay, all right, thank you, all right, cool, cool. So all right, diego man. Well, we're going to bring Chris back on and we are going to go ahead and talk a little bit of college football, nba, for a second, and then we're going to finish up here with our Super Bowl predictions. So let's bring Chris on and let's get into the college football championship. Okay so, chris man, welcome back.

Speaker 3:

What's up?

Speaker 1:

Okay. So we've got Ohio State, the Buckeyes. The Buckeyes have, you know, made their way into the championship after that embarrassing loss to Michigan. They've, you know, righted the ship and made their way there. But then we've got Notre Dame. Notre Dame has made their way to the championship as well. See, josh is saying 32-12 Texans. Yeah, the game is getting out of hand for sure. So we're not even paying attention to that one anymore. Does Notre Dame Diego, we're going to start with you? Does that one anymore? But um, does notre dame diego, we're gonna start with you. Does notre dame have a chance? Ohio state is the overweight, overwhelming favorite, clearly. Uh, everybody's predicting them to win. They're probably a double digit favorite at this point. Um, everybody, um, does notre dame have a chance?

Speaker 2:

chance. Notre Dame definitely has a chance. I mean, they've they play really well these playoffs. They've had, uh, some good wins against Georgia, even though Georgia didn't have Carson Beck. Um, that was still a good win, you know, to beat, to be a team of that caliber and then to beat Penn State in a clutch, in the clutch like that, um, yeah, I just think I think Notre Dame's a good team and and they definitely have a shot I'm going to pick Ohio State because they just have too much firepower, but Notre Dame definitely has a shot. It's going to be a good game.

Speaker 1:

Okay, All right. What do you think, Chris?

Speaker 3:

Yeah, I got Ohio State in this one mostly because they've won in so many different ways, because I think the first two games it was again like the offensive explosion and then their defense you know coming through and just like you know being dominant. But this last game versus texas it was like it got a little gritty towards the end and again that goal line stand was crazy. And then the whole touchdown that jack square had had, like that was, that was a cool moment for him. You know, after the whole Michigan fight thing getting that touchdown. You know I like a good story like that, like that was kind of cool. So I want Ohio State to win this. Also, ryan Day, great job, save my man because, ooh, it was looking bad for him.

Speaker 1:

Yeah, yeah.

Speaker 3:

He was in trouble. So, hey, I'm glad for this. You know, extended playoff for us getting to see these. You know somebody tweeted like, oh yeah, upstart programs, you know counted out. You know ohio state, notre dame, you know just two smaller programs, you know they're. And it's like, you know we, we know it was going to be marketing. We know that ohio's like they're the biggest brand, so I'm just, yeah, I'm excited to see the ratings of, like, how big this was going to be marketing. We know that Ohio, they're the biggest brand, so I'm just starting to see the ratings of how big this is going to get. And then, yeah, it's just Texas.

Speaker 3:

I don't even want to say anything about Quentin Ewers right now.

Speaker 1:

Now, that's interesting. And you see, josh has got Ohio State. Yeah, I'm interested to see the ratings with this because you know, state yeah, I'm interested to see the ratings with this because myself, personally, I'm not as excited about these college football games right now. To me it's because the NFL playoffs are here. Watching Ohio State, notre Dame or any of these teams is like watching the Chargers and the Texans Okay, nothing else on, okay, I'll watch it. But I'm not really all that excited about it. Now, if it's New Year's Day or a couple days after, you know, yeah, you know. And Brandon, yeah, you know the ratings will be high. But I mean the ratings will be high because nothing else is on. But, okay, ratings are high. But how excited are y'all really, you know, I mean, about that game. Are you really all pumped up about?

Speaker 3:

me at this point the only narrators are really like marcus freeman being like first blackhead coach to win championship. And then you know ryan day, you know silencing all of his doubters. So that's like right, the only entry if you want to watch Jeremiah Smith, cause, like I'm not really like a big fan of Will Howard, but Jeremiah Smith is cold, so you know that's kind of yeah, what's your thoughts on that, diego?

Speaker 1:

I mean, are you really? I mean, to me it's kind of like, okay, let's let's go ahead.

Speaker 2:

And then you had the national championship before the NFL playoffs. I kind of like the format, because the national championship was around like week 18, where the teams are kind of where teams aren't really playing, playing. So, yeah, yeah, if they move the season a little earlier to where they would have the playoffs and then have these big games, um, before the play, before the nfl playoff start, I think that would be the best thing, because because I'm not that excited for this national championship game, more excited for the, you know, the divisional round and yeah that's where, kind of where the, the energy and the focus is.

Speaker 1:

So yeah, like I said, gonna watch it, but not not all that you know, keyed up on. You have those storylines. Actually, I'm more intrigued to see what deon sanders is going to do. You know, that's kind of got more about digit, you know, and and the draft and what's going to happen there.

Speaker 3:

I thought he was going to the Raiders, but then like, oh, justin Herbert just threw another pick. Ah well, that's all folks you have to go low key, you have to go.

Speaker 1:

Yeah, they might have to. They might have to, yeah, yeah now, brandon, yes, you wish the national championship game you know would finish in January 1st at the Rose Bowl. Yeah, that would have my attention. I would be excited about that. The championship really needs to be that week, but for it to start to bleed deep into the NFL playoffs, it just starts to lose a little bit of its luster there. So, yeah, great point, brandon.

Speaker 1:

All right, well, let's move on to a little bit of NBA here before we finish off and bring Brie back on and give our Super Bowl picks. Man, we haven't talked NBA in a while. Cavs have been killing it. They're on pace to win 70, maybe even a game or so more than that. They only have four losses, are beating everybody. Boston beat OKC, who's looking fantastic. They're starting to get. A lot of the pundits are starting to say that they actually have a chance to make the NBA finals. So, diego, two part are the Cavs going to beat 70 and be better than your Golden State Warriors were, and do they have a chance to get to the finals and maybe even win a title?

Speaker 2:

No, I don't think they're going to be better. I don't think they're going to go 74-8. And I don't think they're going to get 70. I think they'll definitely get in the 60s, but not 70s like elite, elite category. I think they'll start to fade just a little bit. They have proved that they're the top team in the East right now as it comes to regular season play. They folded too many times in the playoffs for me to believe in them to get Pat to get to the NBA Finals. But to get to the Eastern Conference Finals definitely. I think they have what it takes to get there, even though it's not going to be easy, because you still got the knicks and the south is, of course, in the knicks, but um, but yeah, but I think they're.

Speaker 1:

They're eastern conference finals, I would say for them right now eastern conference finals and finishing in the 60s and brandon the brandon agrees with that as well. Uh, what about you, chris?

Speaker 3:

I would say the same, um, mostly. Again, one thing that we saw with the 73 not the nine warriors, is they kind of like ran out of gas, like towards the end of that run. So more teams like, hey, let's just win the 60 games, so like a franchise record, just like you know, wind it down around playoff time. So I think I'm very excited to see what this team does. However, the celtics championship experience cannot be forgotten.

Speaker 3:

And then the fact that Cat is just pooping, like we grossly underrated, like the trade between the Knicks and the Wolves, because we're like, oh yeah, julius Randle is going to Deva, chenzo is more shooting, it's like no, they actually got what they needed, which is a shooting center who can rebound. You don't need, you don't need Cat to be like a great defender, you just need him to be solid. So that I think that the addition of Cat makes the Knicks feel very interesting. But I again, I think the Celtics championship experience it really depends on like who like's seeding and who faces who and how all that goes down. But I, I don't know the Cavs are making me nervous about playoff time. I'm not going to lie Donovan Mitchell, he got one good playoff series in him, and then it's like ah, what's?

Speaker 3:

happening.

Speaker 2:

You know he's going to little boy Darius Garland, because Darius Garland has been playing great. But when playoff time comes it's going to be spider time. Garland's going to take the back seat.

Speaker 1:

Yep, yep. He's going to start scooping his head and he's going to start LeBron Jamesing him and, yeah, they're going to be battling. He's going to be extra bow-legged in the playoffs and doing all types of stuff. So, yeah, they are not, um, going to be sharing the ball the way that they are now. So, yeah, one of those teams. Now, as far as the knicks go, love, you know what they've got going on, but tibideau is going to find a way to run them into the ground before the uh playoffs come especially having cat, because with yeah, yeah, yeah so you can write the knicks off of that.

Speaker 1:

So people are going to start getting hurt at the end. So the Celtics again. Everything is going to fall right into place for them to just go on and coast and walk right in.

Speaker 3:

How's your rematch pick looking man? Because Luka's been missing time, kyrie's been missing time. How's your rematch pick looking man?

Speaker 2:

I was so curious about that I kind of want the thunder to win my body yeah, how's your rematch looking?

Speaker 3:

could you say like the maps and celtics are gonna like have their rematch?

Speaker 1:

yeah, I said that, right, yep, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh, that's. Oh, that's done. Oh, you can book that. Oh, that's definitely. Yeah, that's definitely all right. Yeah, absolutely, absolutely, yeah, that's gonna. Because again, the definitely All right. Yeah, absolutely, absolutely yeah, that's because again the Celtics are going to walk there, because again the Cavs are going to have infighting as far as who the man is, the other team, they're going to start to self-destruct. So the Knicks are going to start to be hurt. So, yeah, that's, that's the done deal right there. And then the, the mavs are just waiting for playoff time and they're going to turn it on. So, no, my, my rematches is looking good now. Josh had a question um, let's pull that back up. Uh, do you think kenny will win a coach of the year? He, he is doing a phenomenal job. Is this a pretty much a no-brainer?

Speaker 2:

uh, diego, yeah, I think so right now. Yeah, it's a no-brainer right now. Okay, okay, I say he's in the running. But yeah. Kenny, he's got it. He's a front runner right now, yeah you.

Speaker 1:

You got to say, kenny, I mean you doke is doing a great job, but yeah, I mean four losses with the Cavs. Nobody saw that coming and um, and a lot of us questioned the firing of the other coach, but he's come in and has done a fantastic job. So yeah, for sure, chris, did you have something?

Speaker 3:

on that, I definitely think it's Kenny. He has the best team in the league right now For sure.

Speaker 1:

Now, summer, I know you backstage and I can see your face, so this was for you. So with the game, right now, game is out of reach. Houston is now blowing the Chargers out. Justin Herbert is throwing picks left and right. So Aaron, our videographer, just sent me a text and said Herbert's looking like Jameis Winston tonight.

Speaker 3:

Yeah, man, we got to have discussions about who we have in top five, conversations after the playoff meltdown versus the Jaguars, like, two years later hitting in the top five, and then we have, you know, losing to yeah, losing to the Texans.

Speaker 2:

CJ Stroud.

Speaker 3:

Hey, texans got a good defense. You're not going to do that. You're not going to. Cj did not play his best game. We're not saying that you know? Yeah, man, I think two playoff wins for CJ Str play his best game. We're not saying that yeah, man. I think two playoff wins for CJ.

Speaker 1:

Yeah, that's right, brandon, that's right. You had one job, you were a good flag Odo. Playoff wins. Yeah, man. That goes a long way, y'all man.

Speaker 3:

I don't want those conversations. Cj and Lamar have the same playoff win. Lamar tonight, uh-uh.

Speaker 1:

Ooh, that's right. That's how to mess around bro.

Speaker 3:

That's right, that's right Three, four, five and six. We got to do this, man.

Speaker 2:

CJ has just had the perfect, just kind of row. You know, it's been perfect, perfect fall the way it's fallen. It it's been perfect, perfect fall the way it's fallen. It's been perfect for him.

Speaker 1:

Okay. Now what if? Okay, super, super hypothetical. Okay, since you're not going to give it to him yet, at least Diego. I'm not talking about you, chris, but Diego. But if the Ravens take care of business, then the Ravens and Bills take care of business. They'll be facing each other next week. That's going to be amazing. But if that happens, then the Texans will have to go up the arrowhead. What if the Texans win that game?

Speaker 2:

It's not going to happen, why are we even talking about stuff we're not going to? This is CJ Stroud versus Patrick Mahomes.

Speaker 1:

Are we serious.

Speaker 2:

Why is this even like being mentioned?

Speaker 1:

you, you might as well. Oh my gosh man, cj, cj, cj will be, cj will not have to win another game Patrick Mahomes.

Speaker 2:

What we're just gonna forget about that? That Bryce basically beat him, but when they really get us in big drops and a bunch of stuff happened we will.

Speaker 1:

We will If that had, if he goes up there and wins that man anyway, okay. Well, we got, uh, we got to get on out of here. So let's get to our final segment, let's bring Brie back on and let's get into our Superbowl predictions, all right. So here we go, brie, what predictions?

Speaker 4:

All right, so here we go. Brie, what's up, brie? Oh, I was muted again.

Speaker 1:

I'm good, all right, oh cool. So, uh, let's see I'll bring that up. Uh, summer, please, let's see. Brandon's love Lamar, but Buffalo's going to be love Lamar.

Speaker 2:

Buffalo is tough.

Speaker 1:

Yeah, that's definitely gonna be tough. Okay, all right, so let's go ahead and get our final predictions here. Super Bowl right now. Let's go ahead and start with Diego. Diego, who do you have matching up in the Super Bowl, and then, who do you have winning? I got the bills versus the, versus the Lions. Diego, who do you have matching up in the Super Bowl, and then who do you have winning?

Speaker 2:

I got the Bills versus the Lions in the Super Bowl and I got the Lions winning.

Speaker 1:

Oh, okay.

Speaker 3:

All right.

Speaker 1:

So Diego, all right, okay, we're on record here. Diego's got the Bills and the Lions and he's got Detroit winning the Super Bowl.

Speaker 2:

I got them getting their revenge, because you know the team that loses in the regular season usually gets the revenge in the playoffs. And yeah, I just believe in detroit they got what it takes okay yeah, all right man, okay, all right, all right, okay, um, let's switch up.

Speaker 1:

Brie, who do you have?

Speaker 4:

um, so I definitely have the bills and the lions going to the super bowl. No surprise there, I don't think, but um, but I think the lions are definitely gonna win too because, like diego said, they are gonna get the revenge. That game was just a preview, so, and we'll have touch back, we have montgomery back, so it's a no-brainer to me.

Speaker 1:

All right, all right Okay.

Speaker 3:

Chris, who do you have? I have the Lions and the Ravens. You know I'm sticking with it. Listen, I'm running. I got to stick on a little more. I'm trying to get the wheels to fall off. I got the Ravens. I don't know how they could possibly win that game if they actually played the Lions. I'm not going to lie, but somehow, if everything breaks right and the Ravens remain hot, I will say that the Ravens could win the Super Bowl this year. So they're my Super Bowl pick, because I just want Lamar to, you know, encapsulate this great season with, finally, you know, capturing this elusive championship. That's kind of what I want to see, man, and I love Detroit. You know, jameer Gibbs, you carry my fantasy team, so if you see this, don't hate me, bro, please don't. But I'm right with Lamar. So the wheels fall off and you know, we're going to see. We're going to see. All right, man, all right, ok, ok.

Speaker 2:

Ooh man all right, okay, okay, oh man interesting um hmm, y'all are making me thinking about it.

Speaker 3:

Hey, like I'm not even knocking their choices, because that can legitimately happen yeah, I'm.

Speaker 1:

I'm thinking of uh, all right, drew, what's up drew. Okay, pick is gonna pop off tonight. All right, we're gonna. We're to be looking for it, we're going to be looking for you. You see that, chris, all right, drew said Pickens he's going to do his thing tonight.

Speaker 3:

All right.

Speaker 1:

So, man, this is an interesting season. I'm going to man okay, call an audible. I'm going to say Chiefs in the Super Bowl. Man, okay, call it audible. I'm gonna say chiefs in the super bowl.

Speaker 2:

nobody said that that was my backup. I was thinking about having the chief it's my backup, just because you know the disrespect on this panel is just outrageous you know, if the chief, I can't do another, another straight year. This man, no, no one can't on this panel is just outrageous If the Chiefs make it to the Super Bowl.

Speaker 3:

I can't do another straight year in this man.

Speaker 4:

No, no one can. I can't do it.

Speaker 1:

I'm going to say Chiefs Lions.

Speaker 3:

Okay.

Speaker 1:

In the Super Bowl.

Speaker 3:

I'm glad we all picked the Lions. I'm glad.

Speaker 1:

The whole world is going to be picking the Lions on that one oh man, they're going to make history.

Speaker 3:

Here we go.

Speaker 1:

I might wait till the show on the 8th.

Speaker 3:

Give my pick, oh so we got to give our picks.

Speaker 2:

No one cares.

Speaker 1:

Yeah, what the heck, oh man no one cares about you?

Speaker 4:

What are?

Speaker 2:

we doing yeah, what the heck?

Speaker 4:

Oh man it's a cold game man.

Speaker 2:

We know you want to save a lot, it's okay. He's going to get it wrong regardless, that's fine.

Speaker 1:

And you know I might. We'll see what happens. We'll see who we have in the Super Bowl at the very end, but right now I'm gonna go ahead and say Detroit. I'm gonna go ahead on record and say Detroit, but we'll see. You know, if we may have the bills because I have no shame we may have the bills versus the Chiefs in the AFC championship game and I might go with the Bills, who knows? Right now I'm going to say Chiefs-Lions and I'm going to say Lions are going to take it. That's what we're going to go with. Can't wait. Looks like they're going to go ahead and start pretty soon. Chris, yeah, we're pulling for you, man.

Speaker 3:

Fares up. Fares are up. Right now I am very scared. Yeah, you know we're going to see. All right, we're going to see, all right?

Speaker 1:

Well, thank you everybody for checking us out. We appreciate you spending a little bit of time on this NFL Wildcard weekend to watch out. We appreciate you spending a little bit of time on this NFL wildcard weekend to watch us. We will see you next week. We will be back. Yeah, thank you, josh. We will be back the next two Fridays, so Friday January 17th and Friday January 24th, we will be in the studio talking primarily NFL playoffs, and then two weeks after that, we'll be at Kings in person. Make sure you come and check us out. All right, we're going to go ahead and sign off here. Let me find an outro. All right, y'all, y'all ready to roll? Yep, all right. Until then, we'll see you next time. Pick them pros, pick them pros.

Speaker 3:

Later, later, later, later. We'll be right back.

Speaker 1:

Thank you. Outro Music