Chiefs in CRISIS MODE after Cowboys UPSET, Bear EXPOSE Eagles, Lane Kiffin to LSU | Nick Wright NFL

Chiefs in CRISIS MODE after Cowboys UPSET, Bear EXPOSE Eagles, Lane Kiffin to LSU | Nick Wright NFL

[Music] Welcome in what driving the great episode 398. This episode of what’s driving the credit is presented to you by boost mobile and it is a very special episode because it is the return of Donz. Damon fresh off uh an undefeated teaser streak and maybe slightly more notably the birth of his first child. Beautiful Milo, who I got to spend the weekend with. Deonte, how are you feeling? H how the we will get into more of this later, but a quick preview. How is everything? Um everything’s great. Uh feeling pretty motivated. Uh energetic in spurts. Uh but uh but yeah, overall pretty freaking good. It was good seeing the statement last week. Yeah. First in the office yesterday the Okay, good. It was really nice. So, uh we had a wonderful time with you and Maddie and Mila and uh I got back. We flew overnight uh from LAX for the second straight year. I made the decision to book a flight at night the Sunday after Thanksgiving out of LAX, which for the second straight year, I was reminded the final mile of that drive is an hour and 15 minutes. They hit you guys like that again. I didn’t know I didn’t know you guys got stuck. Uh and but so but we had left ourselves plenty of time despite the football game going to overtime. We had plenty of time, so we were fine. Um, so we we so here’s what I would like from the audience today. Well, we always would like if you would subscribe to the show on YouTube, on iTunes, on Spotify, all of that. If you want to throw us a like or a rating, that’s great as well. But special for today, have the questions be for the end of the show uh for Deontz about being new dad. Questions, advice, comments, whatever that is, whatever you guys want. So, we will do that at the end of the show. I start I thought about leading the show with it. Um, because a couple weeks ago after the Chiefs suffered that devastating loss to Denver, I didn’t lead the show with the Chiefs any day that week. I talked to the NBA. I talked to other things. Um, I’m not going to do that again. That made the audience quite angry, understandably, but it’s just a decision I made. It did. Um, so we will we will do that on the back end of the show. We will start with the Chiefs today. But before we do that, let’s bring you straight to voicemail brought to you by Boost Mobile. Clay has named his boat after Megan the Sta Stallion. Now, I am not a nautical expert, but I do believe changing the name of your boat is considered very bad luck. So, this is this is, you know, close to getting her name tatted. Like, this is a big move by Clay and I’m sure he knows that. So, good for him. Happy for him. We got to watch Klay play Friday night in LA. Aaron Rogers turns 42 and looks like it. And Deontz had to finally pay off his bet from the Chiefs Ravens games. Oh, those Houseion days when the Chiefs got their season on the right track by dog walking your Ravens. how I didn’t know things were gonna turn a few months later. All right, Deonz, let’s get to it. The Chiefs are six and six. Chiefs are a rough spot. Uh you’ve always said with the combination of Andy Reid and Patrick Mahomes that they’ve always had a shot, but now your Chiefs are six and six in two games out of the Wildard, not two games out of the Arrowhead Invitational with the wild card. Yep. Um they have no no none of the key tiebreers with the head-to-head teams. How worried are you at the state the Chiefs are in right now? Well, listen. I mean, you’ve got to be really concerned that the only way they guarantee themselves a spot in the playoffs is by winning out. And I listen, some folks are, it is not a mathematical certainty that winning out gets them in, but winning out gets them in. And so they they are alive and the AFC to me does feel as wide open as it has at any point in my life maybe since 08 the year Brady went down um with an injury and it wasn’t a great Payton Manning year and so m certainly the most wide open it’s been in more than a decade. So, if they were to get hot, play their best football, get in, I think that they would be immediately the Vegas favorites to win the conference. The problem is getting in is going to be very difficult because of those tie breakers. They don’t have that you mentioned. Now, if they were to beat Houston and the then the Chargers, which are their next two, then maybe they could lose to Denver and sneak in at 10 and seven because they would have a tiebreaker over the Colts, tiebreaker over the Ravens, which won’t matter, and a tiebreaker over Houston. Maybe there would be a path there, but the only certain path is winning out. And right now, it is very difficult to trust this team. Even though Patrick’s had at least a fivegame winning streak every year of his career, it is very difficult to trust this team to win five straight because quite simply, they can’t get off the field. And this was a problem in week one against the Chargers. It was a problem against Josh Allen. It was a problem against Bo Knicks. And it was a huge problem against Dak Prescott and the Dallas Cowboys where historically what the Chiefs defense would do really well is one good run stop on a drive to put you in second and nine. one forced incomp completion to put you in third and nine and then dial something up to get you off the field. All game long and all season long, this team has been forcing third and longs and then been totally unable to get off the field. And that is why despite Patrick playing at the level that he is, and he was brilliant on on Thursday, and he’s currently he’s third in the league in yards, fourth in the league in touchdowns, f second in the league in QBR, the ESPN stat, first in the league in the nerd stat that I don’t love, uh, EPA. He’s having an awesome year. but poorly timed turnovers by the Chiefs in previous games and the total inability all season long. Aside from the Colts fourth quarter against the Colts to make impact plays on defense might wreck the season. They are right now the fourth worst third and long defense in the league. They have the fourth fewest sacks in the league. They have the sixth fewest force turnovers in the league. And that’s why they find themselves in this position. With all that said, do you think that there was a move that they could have made during the uh durine? During the trade deadline to change that? Well, I mean, listen, the Eagles picked up Jaylen Phillips. They could like he’s the only real impact pass rusher. They’re not they weren’t going to trade for Quinnon Williams when you have Chris Jones. Like, and at the trade deadline, people wanted them to go after a running back. And they, by the way, they almost did trade for Breeze Hall, but I don’t they need more from they listen, they paid George Carlos this off season. They have drafted edge rushers. They’re just it’s it’s Chris Jones or nothing on getting to the quarterback and that’s a problem. And now you have this game against Houston Deontz where Josh Simmons who’s been an A+ as a rookie left tackle when he’s been out there. He missed that month with the family issue. He suffered such an unlucky fluke freak injury that I don’t know if you saw how he got hurt. I never saw it. He’s blocking um I forget who, an edge rusher for Dallas and the Chiefs running back, I don’t know if it was Hunter Pacheco tried to help him to chip like where they throw the shoulder. Mhm. And they missed the cowboy and hit him in the left arm and snapped his wrist. Oh, damn. So his so his own teammate just kind friendly fire and so what is that two three weeks for a fracture like no I think it’s I think he’s out a long I think he might be out the rest of the year um but he’s certainly out this weekend and they play in my opinion the best pass rush in the NFL this weekend in Houston Jawan Taylor we’ll see if he plays they if he’s just out then they should be able to at least make do because then you have Jaylen Moore who you sign this off season. If he is if he and Jawan Taylor are out and you have to play Juan Morris who they have tried and tried and tried to make a legitimate NFL tackle and just hasn’t worked, then you’re in real real trouble. And So, it is it’s very precarious. It’s the most precarious it’s ever been in Kansas City. There’s no getting around that. Now with that said, I know myself and I don’t think it will be unreasonable or irrational that if if they win Sunday, and I’m telling you right now with that offensive line situation, Chiefs minus three and a half are not going to be one of my picks this week. If they win Sunday, then I will feel like, all right, beat the Chargers next week and you’re going to go to another Super Bowl. That’s how I’ll feel. I will I feel like they’re a win away from being a win away, if that makes sense. Yeah, that makes sense. Um, and so I I have not my hope I have not given up hope or given up belief, but my confidence has been shaken because it should be because they had to have the Broncos game and they lost. They then really had to have the Colts game and it took everything uh furious fourth quarter, the biggest fourth quarter comeback of Mahomes’s career to win that one. And then they had the opportunity against Dallas. And that’s again, I’m not going to bang on the defense too much, but three times this year, Deontay, the Chiefs have trailed in the fourth quarter, Momes has led a fourth quarter comeback to take the lead and then they lost the game anyway. Three times via Scott Kasmar for context. The third blown fourth quarter comeback for Tom Brady in his career came in year 15. Year 15. It’s happened three times this season. So it’s the margins are that thin. And if there is one game or one moment that to me just stands out as if they don’t go on this run and if they miss the playoffs by a game that I’m going to look back to, it will be up 13- nothing against the Jags, dominating that game. Trevor throws a lollipop up in the air. Two Chiefs have a chance to pick it and basically end the game in the first quarter. They bump into each other and it falls to the ground. They kind of laughed and like ah, you know, they’re dominating the game. And then that led to a Jags touchdown. Couple hours later, Mahomes throws the 100redyard pick six. Little bit after that, after the Chiefs take a late lead, Trevor falls down. Chris Jones doesn’t see it. He runs it in. That’s the difference right now between the Chiefs being six and six and having none of the tiebreakers and the Chiefs being seven and five and having a few of the tiebreers. So that’s that’s how thin the margins are. You were saying like they’re a win. They’re one they’re two games away. Even if they you’re saying that they could they could also make the Super Bowl. If they do make the Super Bowl, are you still like scared of those defensive problems with getting off the field? Oh, I’m scared. I’ll be scared of Listen of Listen, I don’t think that is those are going to go away. What I what I do think is they have they are better than a six and six record and the AFC is wide open and if like again I have to so you’re expecting some teams to slip. I’m expecting Well, a couple things. One is I if they make the playoffs, it will mean they’re on a fivegame winning streak and playing their best football of the year. So I will then of course, you know, believe that they can get through this version of the AFC. And then to answer your hypothetical, if they were to then make the Super Bowl, they’d be on an eightgame winning streak. Yeah. And I of course would feel like those things are solved. It’s also, and this isn’t excuses, this just reality, it’s an unlucky year to potentially be a 10- win team since they expanded the playoffs in 2020. So, we have five years of it. Zero 11 win teams have ever missed the playoffs. Only two in five years, 10 win teams have missed the playoffs. And eight teams, and this isn’t by winning a bad division, this is wild card teams. Eight teams with eight or nine wins have gotten a playoff spot. So if it were just a year, you know, the But this year, it’s not that. This year the AFC is wide open. But the there’s not really a middle class. It’s teams that are going to win 9 10 11 and then teams that are awful with really no is not a glut of seven or eight win teams. It doesn’t look like and that’s going to make getting into the tournament really hard. With that said, the all of this is predicated on obviously the Chiefs winning this weekend. So if they win this weekend, they have the same record as Houston with the tiebreaker, right? So that moves them ahead of Houston. They still would need to jump two more teams. Will they play the Chargers who they’re two behind, but the Chargers schedule is the hardest in football by a mile. Eagles, Chiefs, Cowboys, Texans, Broncos, and Justin Herbert has a broken left hand. So again, if you’re assuming Chiefs can win the next two, that puts them in really good position versus the Chargers and the Texans. And then you just need one of Actually, you No, that would do it, wouldn’t it? That would do it because what the Steelers and Ravens take care of themselves. So that would do it. Now, with all that said, I actually think the team most likely to full-on fall fall apart is the Colts. I think the Colts are midfall apart already. And Damon, if they lose to the Jaguars this weekend, they might not win again. They’ve already lost three of their last four. Their one win was in overtime against Atlanta and their final five are at Jacksonville, at Seattle, home for the niners, home for the Jags, at Houston, and Sauce Gardner’s going to be out. So I the Colts, Daniel Jones has a fracture in his leg. Sauce is out. Jonathan Taylor is slowed down. So I the team ahead of the Chiefs most likely in my opinion to just fall off is Indie. Okay. And and so that’s the the path for the Chiefs to make it at 10 and seven is Indie falls apart and the Chargers fall apart and then the Jags, Texans, one team from the AFC North, Bills, Patriots, Broncos, Chiefs get it. So, like that’s the that would be the route. That’s the path. But that’s a the only way to be sure they get in is win all five. And they have not yet looked like a team that’s ready to go on a fivegame winning streak. It’s the reality situation. Today’s show is brought to you by our new presenting sponsor, Hard Rock Bet. Big news. Hard Rock Bet is now live in Michigan. Sign up today and place your first $5 sports bet. If it wins, you get $150 in bonus bets on top of your winnings. And if you’re more into casino games, new customers can get up to $1,000 back in casino bonus if you’re not up money after your first 24 hours playing slots. Win money or get a casino bonus back. Plus, you get $200 in bonus spins, winnings paid in cash. Not sure what to place your first bet on? Head over the Hard Rock Bet Stats hub and it’ll help you out. It’s loaded with trends, streaks, and stats to help guide your picks. Numbers don’t lie and neither does the data in there. Check out the stats hub now. Get the edge and bet with confidence. 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And with a great offense, you just need a fine defense, which since the addition of Quinnon Williams and getting some other guys back healthy, they’ve had. I also think it’s not going to matter. So like they’re I I I would not want to play Dallas, but I don’t think they’re going to be able to catch the teams in front of them. Okay. So the here is here is the Cowboys have a math problem and the math problem for Dallas is the who is going to collapse in the NFC. Now, Dallas also like Kansas City, if they win out, they are likely to make it, but not guaranteed to make it, but likely to make it. If they win out, well, hold on. Let me let me say that. So, the Cowboys are 65 and one. So, if they win out, they would get in over all of the 11 win teams because they’d be 11 five and one. So, no, if they went out, they’re also in. I mean, I to use your athletic playoff predictor, they don’t give them 100% or greater than 99%. Um, but they would be in. And your point about the schedule is that after they’re in Detroit, the only good team they play the remainder of the way is the Chargers. But I have kind of a triple layer concern for Dallas. One is one loss dooms them. Yeah. Dooms them because, and this is I was trying to get there and then I kind of stumbled on myself. Unless you believe Philly is going to collapse, then catching Detroit is meaningless because Detroit is not currently in the playoffs. You’ve got three from the NFC West, one from the South, and by the way, another team from the South in Carolina ahead of Dallas or basically de facto tied with Dallas. I guess not ahead. Carolina’s 7-6 versus 65 and one. Um, and then two, we would assume from the NFC North right now in the Bears and Packers if you beat Detroit. You’d still be staring at being the eighth team when seven get in. I also I don’t think Dallas is going to win on Thursday night. They win on Thursday night. And by the way, this is always Deontay the best Thursday night game of the year when we get the Thursday after Thanksgiving. Two teams that played on Thanksgiving because it’s a Thursday night game when people are fully rested, which we never get. So, this is I mean this is as good of a Thursday night game as there is because of the massive playoff implications and because both teams are as rested as they are and Detroit is dealing with injuries. I we are though just a few weeks removed from this Cowboys team that right now is playing great. There’s no denying it. And they were awesome ones. Dak was unbelievable on Thursday from getting How much MVP buzz do you think he should be getting right now? Do you think? Let me get to that in a second. Just let let me get Dak in a second. But the we’re not that far removed from the Cowboys getting blown out by a Broncos team that while it wins, doesn’t blow anyone out and then getting beat soundly by the Cardinals. So, is that team going to win eight in a row or are they going to trip up either at Detroit or I can’t imagine they would lose to the Vikings, but home against the Chargers or then the sneaky tough game at the Commanders where Jaden will be back. And then there’s even at your final two games are road divisional games against teams that will just want to play spoiler. I just think it will be a hair short. I do think if they were to get in, this is as dangerous of a Cowboys team as we’ve had really since Dak’s been there. I think that offense has been that good. And Dak, to your point earlier, Dak is having the Joe Burrow season from a year ago. And Joe Burrow got plenty of MVP buzz in that nobody thought he was going to win it, but that he deserved a spot on the ballot. That to me is where Dak is right now. I understand Drake May is the Vegas favorite after last night and he was awesome last night, but my I think it’s Stafford one, Drake May 2, and then you can start having a real conversation. Anybody that disagrees with that, I think has to feel like it’s Drake May one, Stafford 2, and then you have the real and then you have a conversation. like those two guys have to be your top two MVP candidates, but it is I wouldn’t want to see the Cowboys on my schedule. I don’t think they’re going to run the table, which is what they have to do. And to Now I I guess there is the hope for them. There’s two there’s I guess two paths other than running the table. One of them is a fullon Philadelphia collapse. Allah 2023 and we’ll get to the Eagles shortly. The other one is, do the Bears fall apart? I don’t see that happening, but the Bears do have a tough remainder of the, you know, they have two games against the Packers, a game against the Niners, a game against the Lions, and a game against the Browns. Like, do the Bears go two and No, because two and three two and three would still get the Bears to 11. So the Cowboys would still have to win out to jump them. So I mean, are the Bears going to go one and four? I don’t think so. So again, it just becomes very difficult for Dallas barring winning out the do we think any the the ners to me have earned the benefit of the doubt and again the ners already have nine wins. They have they have a Titans game as their next one. So they have 10 wins. So then Colts, Bears, Seahawks for the Ners. Are they going to find a way to win at least one of those? If so, they’re at 11. The So going to be a bunch of 11 win teams. And just keep in mind, the Cowboys can only get to 11 by winning out. Seattle still has at the Falcons, home for the Colts, at the Panthers. Is Seattle only gonna win one? I don’t think so. And I think Seattle’s really good. So, it just becomes re the Packers are playing their best football of the year right now. The The Packers still have a game left against the Vikings. Packers tough schedule. Two against the Bears, Broncos, Ravens. So, I guess if you’re Dallas, what you really hope happens is the Bears or the Packers sweep the other one. Like, that would be really good for you if one of those teams can, but if they split, you’re just so up against it. And then there’s Philly that you have five and a half losses, they have four. So again, the question is if anybody gets to 11 wins, they have priority over the Cowboys. Unless the Cowboys win out, Philly’s got at the Chargers, home for the Raiders. I don’t care what type of funk they’re in. That’s a win. Two Commanders games left. And then and also at the Bills. So, could Philly go from 8-2 to 10 and seven and Dallas steal it from them at 106 and one? It’s possible. I don’t think it’s likely. That Philly defense going up against that Charger offensive line this weekend with Herbert coming off surgery, that just feels like a Philly win. And then they’re at nine and they only need two more. I don’t know. Well, the Raiders game, they’re at 10. like is Philly going to go 0 and3 down the stretch to miss out? That would be that would cost Sirani his job. Um well sure seems like they have internal issues right now. So it’s not totally off the off the You’re right. So, the Cowboys, listen, the Cowboys aren’t eliminated, but and they are really dangerous. But man, I think it’s going to be hard for them to find a way in. As the holidays approach, get what you need to personalize your home with Wayfair. Shop holiday decor for every room in the house, whether it’s Christmas trees, wreaths, or inflatables for the front yard. Wayfair is your onestop shop. 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Let’s get to the game from Black Friday. Yeah. So, you teased last week in the gambling show that Chicago could beat Philly outright and they ended up doing that and the Eagles fans are angry booing Jaylen Herz in the offense. What is more shocking to you or surprising, the Bears being the one seed or Philly just kind of not having an identity at this point? The more shocking thing is the Bears being the one seed. Shout out though to Ben Johnson because I’d love to give Caleb all the credit. Caleb’s just been mediocre. It’s the run game and the forcing the turnovers and I don’t know how sustainable the turnovers are, but that’s what’s gotten him there. The more shocking thing is Chicago. The more noteworthy thing is Philly. And this is either on the head coach or the quarterback or both of them. But you cannot have an offense that goes three and out more than any offense in the last decade in the NFL. and this much this this lack of identity with this much talent on the offense. And it is just inexplicable to me to Monz that they can’t figure out a way for AJ Brown to have a good game and for them to win. It’s like it’s one or the other and that should not be the case. It’s like they can win if he is an afterthought or he can have these monster games and they lose. I don’t understand why that is. I do not think Jaylen is playing very well and I’ve never believed Sirani is as impressive as his record is. And I listen man. Howie Roseman I’ve said this before. I’ll say it again. Howie Roseman has fired better coaches than Nick Serriani. And I know they’re the defending Super Bowl champs, and I know that sounds ridiculous. If Philly collapses again, I’d be very nervous if I were Sirani. It just doesn’t make any sense. What do you mean at all? I mean, nothing about it. Like, all the weapons you have, the defense is good. What What is going on? It calls for somebody being fired, right? Saquon’s been bad, but you’ve got to be able to overcome that. And I if you’re Philly, losing the way you did, just having Chicago run it down your throat right after you blew a 21point lead to Dallas, that’s unforgivable. And when we talk about like Philly’s best moments this year, you got to go back to September. The comeback against the Rams, the win against the Chiefs. Other than that, it’s been a whole lot of nothing. You You blew out the Giants. You had an ugly 107 win over the Packers, a um uglier win over the Lions, 16-9. You you just haven’t looked and you haven’t been dealing with devastating injuries. So, I don’t I don’t know what to tell you on this one if you’re an Eagles fan other than Eagles fans, we are united. Grand opening, grand closing, one night only, next Monday night. If I ever needed a team to snap out of a funk, it’s the Eagles on Monday at the Chargers for Do me a solid, give the Chargers their fifth loss so the Chiefs can play them a week later, give them their sixth loss, and be right back in the mix. Like, it’s going to be a really weird feeling rooting for the Eagles, but that’s what I’m going to be doing. Um, but it’s real. It is really unforgivable for a team. It’s the most expensive offense in the history of professional football and they just look directionless. And we can blame Kevin Patulo, the offensive coordinator. But either Herz or Sirriani have to figure out how to fix it. They are the, you know, it’s the highest paid player. It’s the head coach. You got to figure it out. Um, all right. Let’s talk a little college football if we can. Um, yeah. So, big story in college football. Lane Keifin’s now going to LSU. Uh, you wanted to talk about this, but not as like a college football story, but more of more of a media story. So, the floor is yours. So there is something here’s a little parental, you know, to tie in Deamas being a new parent. Here’s something. You don’t have to worry about this for a very long time, Deontay, but this is I take this with you, some parental wisdom, okay? Okay, cuz this to me has applied mostly particularly with my daughters, more so with you than with you and really the most with Deanna, our youngest, which is you give them options, both of which are things they want. It’s not like, you know, be cliche, eat your vegetables or clean your room. It’s two things that they would want to do independently, like, oh, you can go to the mall with mommy or you can go hang out with Nana. It’s your choice. And then they seem, no matter what they choose to, instead of being be excited about what they’re going to get to do, sad about the thing they’re not doing. And one of the things that I’ve said to your little sister a bunch is you’re I don’t want to be harsh, but you’re you’re not allowed to be sad about the choice if you’re the one that’s making the choice. Like you are you have two options. They’re both good options. Whichever, no matter how much uh wistfulness you might feel about not being able to do the other, you must feel like you’re going to get more joy from doing the one you’re choosing. That’s why you’re choosing it. Okay? So like when when you have two really good options in front of you and you are the one who’s making the choice, sadness should not be associated with it because you are if it really is making you that sad then pick the other one. Like you’re making the choice. That is a lesson that more adults, most notably in this case Lane Kein and some of his apologists in the media, never learned. Lane Kein had two great options. stay at Miss, coach this team through the College Football Playoff, get a sick raise, get an even better contract, and be a legend in Oxford, or leave Miss, go to rival LSU, get an even sicker contract for a more prestigious program, and have an opportunity to create a historic legacy while knowing that will mean abandoning your team on the precipice of the biggest games it’s played in program history. Please do not cry these alligator tears about how sad you are or how tough this was. You chose to leave. That is your prerogative. You are absolutely allowed to do that. But if it if it’s that devastating of a choice, then choose you should have chose to stay. And you had to know there was a very realistic, overwhelmingly likely possibility that if you chose to leave, they were not going to let you coach the playoff. You chose it anyway. Again, the the ridiculous lawless college football world allows these things to happen in a way they could never happen in pro sports. You could ne like could never if last year before the AFC playoffs started, the Bills couldn’t have said, “Hey, Andy Reid, we’ll give you 30 million a year to leave Kansas City and come to us immediately.” Even if Andy wanted to, they’re not allowed to because there’s a governing body in place that doesn’t exist in college football. So, this is allowed to happen. and Given made his choice, so be it. Salute. Good luck. I think it screws over the players a bit, but even though they’re young people, they kind of know the business they’re in in college football. It’s the Wild West. Fine. So, that’s my take on Kein. My take on the commentary surrounding it is listen I’m not into all everybody’s like ah Jimmy Ston you know has all these coaches he’s the agent that that actually is true but then there’s a lot of and Jimmy Ston works for CIA and CIA represents these media personalities and so they’re conflicted out I listen I used to be repped by CIA A that that bag, Deontz, that you carry some of your electronics in is a CA sports bag. Um I I’m no longer repped by CIA. People throw a lot of like a I don’t think people totally understand how the agent stuff works. Like people people seem to think folks in the media work for their agents when we are the ones who pay the agents. It’s like the agents work for us. So, I’m not going to get into the agent part of it because I think that is a red herring. Here’s what’s not a red herring. The amount of otherwise smart people blaming a grown-up’s decision on an inanimate object. This object is the calendar. Oh, it’s the calendar’s fault. The college football calendar is just everybody here. That’s the issue. You can’t bl you know, of course, Lane’s just going to take the best job and it’s the Is the college football calendar a mess? Sure. Does that mean we remove agency from choices adults make like to again this is not a perfect example but I’ve talked you know somewhat about how one of my career I don’t even want to call it bucket list but things I’d really like to do but doubt I’ll ever be able to do it is be a part of an Olympics broadcast, right? So, the Winter Olympics are around the corner. Uh, and I again, I have a real contract, not these weird college football contracts, so I couldn’t even do this, but just stick with me for a moment. Let’s say the Chiefs do go on a sick run and make the playoffs and then let’s say they are we’re staring at a divisional round of Chiefs Ravens and then potentially a conference championship round of Chiefs Patriots. like the first things first, bonanza. And in the week of that divisional round, NBC calls me up and they’re like, “Nick, we want you to come to Milan. We want you to come be a part of our uh Winter Olympics broadcast, but obviously you’d have to be done with first things first immediately. If I said yes to that and then why Wilds and Brew were understandably upset, but then people were like, “Well, you can’t blame Nick. It’s this stupid calendar.” Like, why do the why do the Winter Olympics have to, you know, overlap with the NFL playoffs? Like, if only it were three weeks later, it’d be fine. No, it the Yes, it it would a lot of things in life would be easier and maybe better if we had them planned out like the I talk about all the time the US Open men’s final being on the first Sunday of NFL football. I hate that. I It’s the calendar. Change it. Fine. But again, choices adults make weighing all their options. They must be accountable for them. And certainly, we’re not going to blame dates. Like it’s just so the and and the amount of water carrying that I’ve heard over the last week from folks that simply it’s like I like the the too long didn’t read version is either I like Lane Kein or Lane Keifin is a source or Lane Kein and I have mutual business interest. Whatever it is, it’s just embarrassing. And again, I don’t even kill him for the decision. I think there’s pros and cons to the decision. I happen to think he made the way riskier decision. He could have been a legend at Old Miss for the next 20 years. Um, but it’s not what he wanted to do. So, you know, the contract allows for it. Fine. And but it’s almost like Miles Garrett with the contract that he accepted and like he was like I’m tired of losing and then he got the he got the money and he stayed. Yes. And then by the way, no problem with it. Yeah. But I’m not going to feel badly afterwards. And so the I don’t I don’t know, man. I just there is some there’s a level of shamelessness in some of the coverage of these things that I I I find just not acknowledging the fact that like he made his decision. He he left. He just made a decision. It does. It screws over the Old Miss kids a bit. He knew it. He was okay with it. We don’t need to pret we don’t need to pretend it was deeper than Lane Kein did what he thought was the best for Lane Keifin and was able to the he he would have been more sad about missing out on the opportunity to coach LSU than he is sad about leaving the kids at Old Miss and missing out on the opportunity to coach in the college football playoff. It’s as simple as that. All right, let’s go to the NBA quick. All the gold standard Western Conference teams besides OKC played last night and they lost. Uh what’s happened in the NBA since we’ve last since we’ve last So uh the Lakers also Braun I told you guys Braun’s double digit streak is going to be on life support all year. Last night down 20 in the fourth he’s sitting on seven. He’s sitting on seven points. Hits a three and then checks out. Um but uh the Lakers have been playing really well. They looked awesome in the game we were at. Um the the and for Lakers Rockets Nuggets, all of whom lost last night, there is one goal for this regular season. Don’t be the four seed. Be the two three. Avoid OKC as long as possible and see what happens. Like so there these games really do matter in that regard. But here’s this is this is not going to be I’m I try to never do this on TV, something that I think is not great TV content, but I know will do well on the internet because I think it is selfish because the TV show like Fox is paying me for it. Wilds and Brew are we’re all partners. I have a little more leeway on that here because I own it. Deonz and I are partners. he he’s a you know if it goes viral or whatever it’s good for both of us in that regard. Um so I’m telling you right now just to the people watching on YouTube or listening I am doing this for Instagram. Okay I’m just letting you guys know or for Twitter or whatever. Giannis had a press conference few days ago where he said that he thinks they might be sitting there in four or five years and he is the NBA’s all-time leading scorer. And I love Giannis. Everybody loves Giannis. And I’m not here to kill Giannis for that because he either was joking or was confused. But it does give me an opportunity to remind the audience just how many points that would actually take. Yeah. What that would actually take because again, it’s a regular season record. So, we don’t even LeBron doesn’t even of course get credit for being the all-time playoff leading scorer by a mile, but it should be noted that Giannis is literally Deonte not halfway there. Okay, he’s at he just got to 21,000. LeBron is at 42,000 and change. So, just a very quick math lesson. on what it would take for Giannis to become the NBA’s all-time leading scorer in five years. Here’s what it would take. It would take LeBron retiring today. Let’s just say he’s done, but his number is frozen. Giannis then would have to over five seasons. What do we think a fair number is? Deon say he plays 80 games a year to make it simple. Yeah. Okay. So 80 time five that’s pretty simple. That’s 400. Okay. He’s 21,000 points shy. Let’s call it 20,000 just for simplicity to see for if he were to come just close. So what would Giannis have to do over five years? And the answer is play 80 games all five years and average a very reasonable 50 points a game. And if he did that, he would find himself just 14,500 points shy. That’s all he’s got to do. So if we don’t think Giannis is going to average 50 a game, 50 We can though say, “All right, how many?” Let’s just say he averages 30 a game, which that seems reasonable, right? His career his career number is 24, but he’s averaged 30 on the nose each of the last three years. He’s a 30 point a game guy. Again, the math on this is quite simple. 21,000 points would not get him there, but he’d be just a few hundred shy if LeBron again never scores again. So, if you average 30 a game, Deontz, and you need 21,000, let’s figure that out. 21,000 divided by 30 is 700. So what would that be at 80 games a season? So if Giannis if Giannis plays 80 games a year for the next nine years and averages 30 points per game in each and every year he’ll almost have the scoring record if LeBron never scores again. which is to say no one is ever approaching the number. It’s not it’s not hyperbole. It’s not well you don’t know. It is you. You have to somehow be the youngest guy to do everything and the oldest guy to do everything and literally play longer than anyone has and be the most durable player ever to do it. Just one last small piece of context for it just because I don’t think people fully understand it. If you took, let me find a good a good trio of like guys at different phases of their career. Who’s a good young where is where do we think he is at? I was going to say Jaylen Brunson, but he’s been in the league a long time, but I’m going to check it real quick and then we can move on because this might not be interesting for people. Love it. Tyrese Maxi is a great example. If you said to Giannis, Giannis, here’s the deal. It’s not fair to ask you to catch Braun, but you’re going to get credit for all of your points, 21,000. All of Kawhai’s points, 15,000. And all of Tyrese Maxis’s points, 6,000. They’d almost be there. All of them, all put together, you’d almost be there. So again, I’m a honest guy. It he’s an underdog to get to. Again, it’s taken him 13 years to get to 21,000. He’s an underdog to get to 32,000, much less 42,000. I just felt the need to stop dreaming. Y that’s the Well, listen. I like you honest, but give me a break. You ever notice how everything keeps going up? Rents going up, streaming services going up, your favorite burrito spot thinks salsa should cost extra. With Boost Mobile, you and your phone bill don’t have to play the will this go up soon game. Why? Because Boost Mobile has unlimited talk, text, and data plan at a price they’ll never go up. In fact, it’s the same price you’ll pay for life. So, switch now for unlimited wireless at a price that’ll never go up. Only at Boost Mobile. After 30 gigs, customers will or customers may experience lower speeds. Customers will pay $25 per month as long as they remain active on the Boost Unlimited plan. All right. One of our favorite things every year to Monz is talking about who’s actually going to get in the Hall of Fame. Because it’s one of my favorite things, we’re going to do it in full on Thursday. But here’s why this year’s class is so special. You have two guaranteed first ballot guys in Breeze and Larry Fitzgerald. The guys who it’s first time on the ballot are Breeze Rivers, Frank Gore, Fitzgerald, Whitten. Breeze and Fitzgerald are guaranteed first ballot which means there are five there are five spots Breeze Fitzgerald locks. So three of the following get in. Eli Rivers, Frank Gore, Fred Taylor, Tory Holt, Steve Smith, Hines Ward, Reggie Wayne, Jason Whitten, Adam Vinitary, Willie Anderson, Lis Brown, Jarry Evans, Richmond Webb, Steve Wiznooki, Marshall Yanda, Robert Matisse, Vince Wilfork, Kevin Williams, Luke Keequley, Terrell Suggs, Rodney Harrison, Earl Thomas, Darren Woodson, It’s an unbelievably difficult class to get in and a bunch of guys that were finalists last year are going to be waiting again. Um, all right. A reminder to you guys, uh, to any questions or comment you have for Deontay about being a new dad, put them in the chat. I’m going to quickly go over the games we didn’t get to. Packers beat the Lions. Micah was unbelievable. Jordan Love played as well as he can play. That’s the Packer team that looks like it can win a Super Bowl. We’ve only seen him twice all year, both times when they played the Lions, but that team is dangerous. Bengals beat the Ravens. Something’s wrong with Lamar. And it can’t just be that throw get rid of the ball. I mean, it can’t just be that his toes hurt. Like, he’s got to be better. And it is I the the Ravens are six and six but in such a different six and six position than the Chiefs because of that division. But they’re not in a different position in this regard. They just making the playoffs and losing is means nothing to them. And so they they’ve got to play better and Harball should be getting nervous. Meanwhile, Joe Burrow uh you know looked good. Welcome back, Joe Burrow. And it’s glad to have him back and I’m glad he’s playing. Panthers beat the Rams. Stafford’s heater finally cools off. I still think he’s the MVP through 13 weeks, but now it’s really close. And the Panthers sticking around, sticking around. Make it going to make the Bucks, you know, earn it. Dolphins beat the Saints in a game that almost had an all-time collapse and also had one of my favorite plays. It’s super rare the rare two-point conversion pick six that’s a pick two that ended up being super important because it not only stopped the Saints from tying the game but then gave the Dolphins a four-point lead and the Saints got the two point or the onside kick. So, the fact that they needed a touchdown and not a field goal really mattered. Texans beat the Colts 20 to6. I talked about this earlier. Uh the Colts are falling apart. I’d be on high alert if I’m the Colts and the Texans are scary, but it might be too little too late. Niners defeated the Browns uh 26-8. Perie played well. Some questionable game managed by Stfansky. Shador was fine. Shador is going to have plenty of time to prove himself. I I’m skeptical, but he was fine. Um Jets beat the Falcons 2724. Reminder to everyone, the Falcons send their first round pick to the Rams. The Falcons send their first round pick to the Rams. Jags beat the Titans 25 to3. And one that Titans team is one of the worst teams of the last decade. Maybe the worst. They’re just bad. Deanna was watching with me. Deonz, she asked me if guys on the Titans, she’s like, “Can someone be like, I just don’t want to play for you anymore.” And I said to her, I was like, “Well, if you’re a really good player, you can kind of demand a trade.” She said to me, she was gloves. Oh, yeah. That was different. That’s just he’s old and just wants out. Um Thielen, by the way, who was like, I don’t want to be on the Panthers. I want to play in meaningful games. Goes to the Vikings and Panthers playing meaningful games. But when Deanna Deanna then said to me, she’s like, “Well, do the uh Titans have any players good enough to demand a trade?” I’m like, “One hell of a question.” The answer is one. Jeffrey Simmons. They have one really good player. Um, that’s it. Uh, the Bucks beat the Cardinals. Not a great game, but a needed studying game for Baker and the Bucks. Baker playing with the hurt shoulder. Max Brazmer attempted to play quarterback for the Vikings. The Seahawks were not having it. Um, it’s a reminder. Here’s the deal. There’s about 20 people alive, Deontz, that can play NFL quarterback. Well, there’s about another 40 to 50 that you can put out there and make do. every other human being walking the planet, you put them out there, it’s just going to be a cartoon show the whole game. There’s not 75 people alive that can play quarterback in the NFL and not have it look like that. Bromer is a civilian is what you’re saying. He’s a Yes. At this moment, he’s civilian. Bills beat the Steelers 26 to7. Josh didn’t even Listen, I understand that the media industrial complex is going to make that game about Josh Allen when it was about James Cook, the running game. Like Josh Josh is awesome. He did not play that well in that game. Um, and Aaron Rodgers, Scorpion and the Frog once again. I can’t believe you stung me. Throwing everybody under the bus. I now know I know Mike Williams doesn’t know the red line. I know Jonnu Smith cut is cut cutting an outbreaker on an inbreaker and guys are missing beatings. Thanks Aaron. Uh Chargers beat the Raiders. That Raiders pick is going to go down in infamy as one of my worst picks of all time. Um the Broncos beat the Commanders in OT. Another close call it lucky win, but that’s the I think despite the pick the two best games I’ve seen Drake May play this year or Drake May sorry Bo Knicks play this year are the last two games. Good for him. And then speaking of Drake May, he was awesome last night. The Giants are a mess. Abdul Carter’s late for meetings again. Um, all right, Deontz. So, Igni says, you know, says nice things. We appreciate that. Oh, Jeff with a great question. What sports teams will Mila be raised to be a fan of? Um, well, it would appear that Matty’s family seems to be more Browns fans, but obviously I’m a Ravens fan. The Chiefs, I think, are are pretty big in the family. I think um it’ll I’m I’m maybe I’ll put her in a Ravens onesie, see what you know, see what she takes to see how it works. But um but yeah, 100%. You can’t force the Browns on her. Yeah. No, she can’t be she can’t be 10 years old and be like, “Wait a minute. I had an opportunity between the Chiefs and the Browns. I live in LA and you picked the Browns. At least the Ravens, like there’s something there. Makes a little bit of sense. Uh Mark says, “What’s your favorite part about being a new parent?” I think looking into her eyes, honestly, and just being like this responsible for some other other thing. Um or other thing, other human, I guess I should say. I’ve just always had snakes. It’s We ramped it up a little bit with the baby. U Yeah, it’s Yeah, it’s honestly the most surreal thing is looking into her eyes. I think that’s my favorite part. Um Um Matt asked Craig asks, “What’s something easier than you thought it would be and something you didn’t realize beforehand you do now?” Um easier I think sleeping in bed with her. I thought that was going to be super complicated, but that’s actually really easy and we prefer it. Um, yeah, I think um maybe getting her to fall asleep I thought also was going to be a little bit harder, but when she when all the boxes are checked, she’s out. You know, diaper changed, full, she cold, when all those boxes are checked, as long as she’s not like super gassy or nothing, it’s pretty easy to soo her. Um, and I found a couple of hacks that work pretty well with getting her to go to sleep a little bit faster. Like there was one time I guess the the first week that she came out. Um there was this one night where you know Maddie was she was exhausted. She obviously gave birth a few days ago and there was this one night I was like hey you should trust me like you just go to sleep. I’m going to take her I got it d and um she’s fussing. She’s fussing. I take her over to the faucet to like get something ready. And she just starts falling asleep just to the faucet like without even the bottle or anything. I sit there over the faucet for like 5 10 minutes. She knocks and I just take her back in the room and I go to sleep. The sound of the water 100%. Like I didn’t even need to feed her or anything. Just the sound of the water. It’s like very calming to her. Um but yeah, I was I was really proud of myself for finding that. It’s like you, you know, I’m bust I’m rustling through everything and then I look down. It’s like, “Oh, she’s not even a problem anymore.” Um but uh but yeah, so that was pretty cool. Um, Corn Pop says, “My first paternity leave was the best time of my life. Just the three of us.” I assume he means his, you know, girl and the baby. Yes. Binged a lot of shows. Are you watching anything good? We have gotten a lot of Showtime in. Um, Snowfall. We finished I don’t know if Yeah, we we finished Snowfall. That’s okay. We’ve started watching uh a little bit of The Wire. Can’t really get past the first couple of episodes. I think we’re like into the second episode. And then we also finished that show that just came out on Netflix called uh The Beast and Me. That was that was a pretty good one. Yeah, really good. Um so listen, the W the I I think The Wire is the greatest show ever, but it’s slow. Um but you said you were thinking about watching The Sopranos, which you definitively should watch, and it’s slow. Yeah. Also, I will I think we’ll have a better we’ll be better off going with that one instead of the wire cuz I don’t know how long it takes for the wire to kick in cuz I feel like I’ve also watched three of the Okay. Right. It takes a while but it I mean it it’s unbelievable but it also it’s but it I if you’re already tired like the is maybe not the not the show. Um, all right. We’ll do more of these on uh future shows as Demz like this is the one of the best things John Lopez, my old co-ho and he texted me, congratulations to you yesterday. Um, co-host in Houston told me because he had kids older than my kids. Um, that was totally correct and I’ll say to you now, every age is the best age. every single age is the best and just for different reasons. So like this is super fun and then in a few months when she starts developing a pieces of a personality, it’ll be amazing and then a few months after that when she has a real personality, the whole thing, it’ll be great. I’m so happy for you, pal, and I’m so glad you’re back. Um, all right. Uh, reminder, like, rate, subscribe, review. Uh, talk to you guys on Thursday. Shout out to Volume and to Blue Duck and to Hard Rock Bet Boost Wayfair and of course Zen. Talk to you guys Thursday. We’ll try [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music]

Nick Wright recaps Week 13 of the NFL season, starting with Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelce, and the Kansas City Chiefs’ upset loss to Dak Prescott’s Dallas Cowboys and what each of the teams’ paths to the playoffs look like. Then, Nick discusses the issues with Jalen Hurts’ Philadelphia Eagles offense and whether or not Caleb Williams’ Chicago Bears are Super Bowl contenders. After, Nick breaks down the Los Angeles Rams’ shocking loss to Bryce Young’s Carolina Panthers and if the MVP award is slipping away from Matthew Stafford. Next, Nick shares his thoughts on Lane Kiffin leaving Ole Miss for LSU ahead of the College Football Playoff. Later, Nick recaps each and every game from Week 13, and Damonza returns to the show to answer your questions.

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