Rodgers airs out issues in Steelers “terrible” performance, Eagles in true funk, Packers dangerous?
Head to Pittsburgh where the Steelers are down 23-7. Rodgers throws to nowhere, one of 11 incompletions on the night, but this one was John Smith’s fault. You know how I know it. He told me. Craig, your reaction. Uh, I’m gonna get on Janu really quick. You can’t do that to your quarterback. Everybody knows you run the wrong route, it’s typically going to be when you’re playing with a veteran quarterback, even the commentators calling, I don’t care who’s calling the game, they’re typically gonna side with the quarterback. This one was kinda obvious, it was on the receiver. However, like these are, and I don’t mind the chewing out, but when you go in front. In your presser, in your postgame interview, and you just completely uncover all that happened. And talk about film sessions and then talk about uh he’s a true professional. You can’t like come on man. Well, it made me think someone else was like I don’t think John who’s the one missing film. Yeah, I, I understand that, but it’s like he’s spoken at all these other things to almost elude why this offense is struggling or why they’ve had some issues or why this would be a thing, um, but also trying not to blame Janu because this just happens. Look, the Steel, this was terrible. This was bad and I, I, I give Aaron credit for going out there and playing with the, with the cast on his hand. But if, if you, Brett Favre told me this one time, and I, I will never look at people who choose to play injured. This ain’t If you are a guy and you are elite of the elite, and you, and you play, choose to play injured, you better be, the expectation is for you to still be 80% of who you are. And it’s like, when I look at that and I look at Rodgers and I look at that offense, he’s not. And it’s not even because he’s not one of the elite of the elites. He just can’t get it done in the fashion that he once could. But this Pittsburgh offense, not to be able to run on the Buffalo Bills, not to be able to throw, I mean, it was, listen, it’s terrible, and they couldn’t take advantage of the Bills without both their. Tackles, the Pittsburgh defense that I, the TJ Watt’s been MIA like, right, they couldn’t, so there’s major problems with Pittsburgh that, you know, are part of the reason Brews mediocre Ravens are in such a catbird seat, uh, uh, but the, the Rodgers stuff to me is just so galling and it’s so, it’s just, I’m not surprised by it. It’s just scorpion and the frog again and again and again, but Since we’ve been doing this show, do you think there is a single instance of Patrick Mahomes or Josh Allen or Joe Burrow or Matt Stafford or Lamar Jackson’s receivers making a mistake? I would guess, yeah. I, I can’t name them, but I know Mike Williams didn’t know the red line and I know John Smith didn’t know the hand signal. You know what I mean? Like, uh, immediately. I know it. I, I, I, that was this year’s red line, right? That was exactly right, which is, it always, by the way, it’s amazing that, that none of these communication mistakes ever happened in a 240 yard, 3-touchdown game when Rodgers played really well, and one of the incompletions was a mistake. It always comes in a game when Rodgers was awful and the team lost and he looked old. And then it’s like, oh, by, and listen, obviously, to your point, they missed the hand signal, you know, he ran the, I’m not acting like he didn’t run the wrong route. People make mistakes in pro football all the time. And one of the reasons quarterbacks make the most money is the unspoken and sometimes kind of spoken agreement of, you take it all. Yeah, and I, uh, I, who was the quarterback that said, if your kid’s late for school, blame it on me. The Gino Gino, Gino, my God, Gino, and I mean, and that was taking it maybe a little bit far, but that’s better than this. And so, and so I just, I don’t. I’ve said it before, I will say it again. I just do not feel like I was a good teammate or a good leader, which is why I believe one of the 3 or 4 most physically talented players to ever play that position. One, probably the least someone of his talent could have over the course of his career. That’s what, that’s, I, I think that little extra thing is not there. Well, look, they I mean we’ll see how this goes, but they, this could very well be Mike Tomlin’s first losing season now, and I think obviously that will look bad on Aaron Rodgers, but I think it won’t look as bad as I would have thought it did or in the beginning of the season when we were toying, I was toying with that prediction. Because the defense has been so bad, and I, I get what you’re saying about Rodgers. He’s done this his whole career cause it’s like he’ll take some blame cause if he, he did say, hey, I overthrew the long ball, you know, thought it was the wind was gonna catch it, I overthrew it, but there’s maybe some insecurity there where even if he takes a shot at himself. He has to make sure he’s not the only one he’s kind of taking a shot at like he’s throwing, you know what I mean, he’s saying others messed up too. I will say this about whoever’s missing the film sessions. I mean if you’re missing film sessions that you’re supposed to be at, then all is fair. I can’t side with you when your quarterback calls you if you’re missing film sessions, that’s also on me. Yeah, I mean, I, you’re, you’re a professional. I’m not your, your, I’m not your daddy. I’m not your handler. Then don’t say it in the media. That’s I would, I would if we were like, if, if I miss a show or, you know, do something egregious, I agree. I would rather you not say it, but I messed up and whatever comes my way because I messed up, hey, it might be unfair, but you know, so, so this is my only issue with this is like if, if John Smith. Wants to go out there and talk about him taking accountability and running the wrong route, great. We get, we need to get the context from him, not the quarterback, not someone who, because what, what you’re alluding to in, in terms of Patrick Mahomes and Lamar and, but I’ll use Patrick Mahomes as an example, we always talk about him because he chooses to not do this intentionally, because he understands from his position, I’m going to need them to perform at some point. When I truly need them I need them to know that I’m I’ve I’ve never left, I’ve never lost doubt I’ve lost faith in you and I’ve never started to doubt you. I may, I may struggle with it, but when you do these types of things like naturally it just creates a small little rift. Did you, I don’t know if you watched the playback, Greg, but there was like breakdowns on it that he like switched to like a, a choke call or whatever, and again it was like kind of they were trying to figure it out what the exact call was. Is it on the quarterback if I check out of a play, I’m the quarterback, you’re the wider. Is it on me to make sure you saw that I checked out of it? Do you know what I’m saying? Yeah, I like, alright, I, you know, he would always do that pistol thing. Do I have to like, hey, you know, yeah, so the, the, the thing with Aaron Rodgers, and again I, I played with him for years, he’s not gonna always like he did, he did give the signal, but sometimes when, when you’re not trying to bring a lot of attention to that signal, you don’t really look at the player like I’m not gonna look at Nick and say we’ve, it’s, it’s just a subtle whatever, but he, his expect. is for me, me to always have my eyes on him. And so you saw the signal he’s assuming, but in this case he kind of knew and so it’s you as a receiver you have to take that part of accountability, but to just say, believe it or not, that play didn’t, uh, that, that play was not worth uh 16 23-7. He completes 47% of his passes. Bears went to Philadelphia on Friday. Left as the number one seed in the NFC. Caleb had a touchdown, an interception, and tackle. Turned the tide. Jalen turned the ball over twice. What was the bigger headline for you, Nick? The Bears win or the Eagles loss? The Eagles loss. Um, because I, listen, I have a lot of respect for what the Bears are doing and what they’re building. I, I know Wilds might be like wildly offended by this comp, but I feel about the Bears very similarly to how I feel about the Patriots. Like this is an awesome, awesome two-year leap in one year with the new head coach, with the young quarterback you’re building around. They’re, they, they have, one’s 9 and 3, one’s 10 and 2. They’ve done it very different ways. You know what I, but, um, but I don’t view either of those teams as likely. They wouldn’t be, neither one of them would be one of the 1st 6 teams I would list as gonna win the Super Bowl. Yeah, and I know you might disagree on the Patriots’ part. Once you go into Philadelphia and win though, I think it’s, no, and just again, and so I just, and so I’m saying the same about the Bears Patriots. Like I just think probably a little soft schedule, but a couple of good wins, whatever it is. To me, the story is Philly losing a game. You can’t lose the way they lost it. You can’t lose that game because Ben Johnson just runs all over you. You, you can’t lose KW. This is what I thought was gonna be your focus. Uh, you, we spent more time on this show talking about Ben Johnson mocking the Tsh push than anything than we, than we’ve talked about the Stanley Cup Finals in the 8 years the show’s been on. And the Eagles got the ball taken from him on the Tsh push. And if you were listening to the broadcast, this was the other stunning piece of it that maybe we should talk about more later this week. Uh, Al Michaels and Kirk Herbstreit saying, we think Jalen Hurts would vote against the Tsh push. Did you guys, if you guys had the sound on, if you were listening, it was like, it was really interesting listening to Jalen talk about it. He made it very clear, I was great at it before they started pushing me. And then Michael says, I think that if it were up to him, the Eagles would be one of the teams to vote to ban it. So like all the, the, the play they love more than anything, they get the ball taken from them. The broadcast is real. The quarterback don’t even like it. The offense isn’t working. Like I, I think it’s fair to be worried about what the hell is going on in Philadelphia, bro. Uh, look, I, I, I think a lot of your points are valid. It is a big story both ways, but to me the bigger story is the Bears win because I, I just did not believe in the Bears. Like you said, their schedule was weak. Caleb’s not playing great. He’s doing fine, but But I think now like I felt like the Bears were the the 3rd best team in the NFC North. I thought the Packers and Detroit were on a different level than them. Now I’m feeling like, you know what, Detroit is probably gonna be the team out in that division. Now. They play each other, so, you know, they, they can determine their own fates, but I think now. Now, while I would not expect the Bears to get to the Super Bowl, going into Philly, as you said, with the Eagles coming off a tough loss, with them knowing their history of, man, we can’t let this thing keep rolling like this or it could be 2023 all over again and getting that win, and the thing I like about the Bears, Greg, they don’t go as Caleb goes. Like he wasn’t, he doesn’t. The good thing about him, he does not turn the ball over. I know he had an interception in this game, another turnover, but he does not generally turn the ball over. So he might not throw for a ton of yards or touchdowns or anything, but they can move with him because he’s not committing turnovers. And if he has. Yes, he does make some big plays, even if he’s having a bad game and so if he does have a really good game, then it takes them to another level and so I, I think they impressed me. I mean, I, I was not expecting them to win that game, especially in dominant fashion, so that was the bigger story to me. Yeah, it was a definitely a big story the way they were able to run the ball, but it’s the Eagles, like The Eagles defense had been playing lights out and Completely got bullied, manhandled at the line of scrimmage by this Bears offensive line, and uh, again, the Bears can run the ball better than almost every team in the league with the exception, I mean they, they’re 2nd in rushing. But when you watch the Eagles. Like we already knew they had issues offensively. Now you’re telling me if we run a zone run game scheme against you, the Rams did it and had great success, and now they end up losing that game, but they had great success running the ball. The Bears did it and just continued to do it, and they weren’t gashing them for like 2050 yards. They were, it was like 8969, like. That is alarming because you know your offense is puttering, sputtering, like they can’t, and, and you’re not gonna have any issues with AJ Brown because AJ Brown is having great games right now, so he’s fine, but you, they’re just a, a a really good team that is fine. A way to lose and when you look at the remainder of their schedule, you start to question, can they, they have a lot of, can they pull it up exactly before we were looking like, man, where are they gonna end up getting these losses to where the Cowboys can’t catch them. Now you’re looking at it like could they lose to the, I mean if, if they play their game. Well, which 3 games are easy? Hold on. The Chargers lose 3 games. He’s saying, he’s saying they lose the Commanders, lose the Chargers, lose to the Bills. I mean, the Commanders looked good last night. I get it. They’ll have Jaden back and division games, but Buffalo and the Chargers, and the Chargers, we know Herbert now is those are so all, so that’s the other thing. This is why there is the biggest story. At the Chargers is a road game at, you know, one of the commander’s games, road game at Buffalo. It’s tough. They, if they, if, if I, I’m gonna, I’m just out here firing coaches. I’m gonna make a prediction. If they miss the playoffs, I think Siriani’s fired. I don’t think they’re gonna miss the playoffs, so I don’t think it’s gonna happen, but I think Howie, Howie Rose, they fired Peterson after he, he screw around. How many coaches are you fired today? Well, if they miss the playoffs, Baltimore, and 2. We didn’t even talk about Tomlin. Well, you’re right. Packers sweep the Lions, move to 8-3 and 1. JLo turned into Jay. Oh, I threw 4 touchdowns. While Micah Parsons turned into Jay. Oh, I had 2.5 sacks. That doesn’t work. It sounds negative when you say it. How, how did Micah turn into Jay? Mike, Jay, oh, I had 2.5 sacks. Lions flirting with the play. Oh, I missed the playoffs. I don’t Jared Goff. Jay. Packers playing great against the NFC North. It struggled, uh, last year. This year they’re 3-0. That’s big for winning by 13 points and turning the ball over. How dangerous are your Packers talking to Greg Andbro. Go ahead. Well, they’re, they’re very dangerous if we get this version of them, like, and I, I say that because when defensively, obviously with Mich being able to pressure the quarterback and you’re able to stop the run. You’re gonna have success defensively, but offensively, if they’re able to run the ball the way that they did. With Josh Jacobs, we know what Jordan Love can do, given time and he’s not having to shoulder everything. This team can beat anybody. I, they’re gonna get Jayden Reid back, possibly this, this Sunday against the Bears, if not this Sunday, then next week, and so you get more depth at the receiver position. Another weapon for Jordan Love, we saw what Wicks did against the Lions. Offensively, they’re in a really good position. If they can run the ball, because a lot of what they do is similar to the Rams, a lot of their success off in the passing game stems off of what they do and their, their formations and their motions and, as it pertains to the running game. If they can’t do those things in the running game, it, it really makes them one dimensional and you can’t mirror all the same looks. So I love what I saw. And if we get that version, yeah, of course they can beat anybody. I agree that, yeah, them, them at their best is a Super Bowl contender, like a team that could beat anybody in NFC or the league, and I thought Brew, that was the first time they’ve looked like that since week one. I, I something about the Lions brings it out, but they looked unbelievable. No, I agree, and Jordan obviously was great, uh, but Greg and Josh Jacobs had some great runs, no doubt, and they, they need that. But the money they’re paying Jordan. The stature that, you know, he kinda has in the league, I mean, people, he’s not a star yet, but people feel like he should become one. He’s often in the preseason, not just with me but talked about as a guy that could win the MVP. Even like he, he and the receivers are my biggest question with them. What Jordan, and he hasn’t turned it over this year. He’s only got I think 3 interceptions. I think he’s gone 5 straight games without a pick, so he hasn’t been turning it over, but he was special in this game, and he has to be special more often. And I think you can, and the receivers too. They’re dropping too many, getting Jaden Reid back will help. They still have a lot of other guys injured, but they have depth at the receiver position, not greatness, but a lot of good depth. And so if they get Uh, uh, B+ and above level Jordan Love and receivers, then I do think they can beat anybody because the defense is for the most part gonna be there. Yeah, I, yeah, Micah is the exact, I mean, he’s the first player in league history to have 12 sacks in each of his 1st 5 seasons, and it’s because he is. And this phrase gets overused, but it’s not incorrect with him, a generational talent. He is one of the best pure pass rushers in the history of professional football, and I understand that because of the Jerry Jones media machine, we started talking about one of the greatest pure pass rushers as if he were a nose tackle and like, well, how does he stop the run, but those TFLs, by the way. Player against running backs. And so, uh, you know, he, as Tyler Dunn put it, he detonates games and that is to me what he did. I, and so I was wildly impressed by the Packers who I’ve not been high on what they have produced. I was high on the idea of the Packers, but they, and so with that game I thought was awesome. I also think. That this thing getting away from Dan Campbell and the Lions is a disaster. The Lions missing the playoffs is a disaster. Now, he’s not one of the coaches I’m firing if they missed the playoffs, but they last, right, I mean, and Dan, they, they make the conference championship game. They’re up 17 on Brock Purdy and the Niners. They lose. Dan Campbell was like, we might not be back here. The next year, they’re better. They have 15 wins, they’re injured at the end of the year. They lose their first playoff game. If they then miss the postseason when they have been, I understand nobody’s fully healthy. Healthy, but we, we don’t look at the Lions like, oh man, they were devastated by injury this year. Laporte is out. They’ve dealt with some offensive line issues. They, you know, they have an injured retired center who’s now gonna stay retired because he’s injured. Um, I’m Ross Saint Brown got hurt in that game, right, but he, but he’s been healthy throughout the year and so it just would be. Uh, it would be really, really tough for the Lions with this much talent because they do have one of the best rosters in football. They don’t find their way into the postseason, and Wilds’ beloved athletic playoff predictor, 30% gives them a 30% chance to make the playoffs, and they’re also gonna lose to the Cowboys on Thursday. Wow, you agree with me. Early upset alert for you, KW. You just mocking me, or you, you actually feel that way? I, I think the Cowboys win. Yes, uh. Where’s the magician? Colts have lost the Colts two in a row. Daniel Jones has a broken leg. That’s, this doesn’t seem to be talked about enough, Greg. It doesn’t. Guy’s got a broken leg. Oh, luckily, Greg just explained to us what Brett Favre told him. Sauce Gardner left the game yesterday with a non-contact injury, only had a couple of weeks though. But still, I do not love that at all. Here’s the AFC standings. Jags, Colts, Texans, and then my Titans 1 and 11. Uh, but the odds, uh, in a, they can’t, they won’t even let you place a bet on the Titan’s like, let’s go. It’s 4th and 2, we got 1 win. Can we go for it? Uh, uh, Greg, are your Colts done? No, they’re, they’re not done, but boy they are slipping, and it, it’s getting, it’s, we’re gonna find out who they are like, and to your point, you talk about the injury of the leg, as I tell my kids, no one cares, no one cares if, if Daniel Jones, that’s what you tell your kids when they get an A on a test, you’re like no one cares, shut up. I mean, but no one cares about the injury because you’ve had so much success. I, I look at this team and I look at the rest of their remaining schedule and I’m like, OK, they, they have to bully one of these who are they bullying? They, it better be the Jags. Jags are sneaky good. They’re sneaky good, but do you, are you, are you saying that the Jags are, you believing in them? I mean, against a quarterback with a broken leg. I mean, yes. The prince is not great. I think he can outplay a guy with a broken leg. And so here’s the thing if Daniel Jones has a clean pocket, we saw it even yesterday, he has to have a clean pocket. He has to be protected. If that’s the case, I love what they’re gonna be able to do if they can still run the ball. If that’s not the case and they’re starting to get. Injured with non-contact, you get sauce, you gave up a whole lot to get him. Obviously you knew what you were gonna look like or you were hoping to look like while getting that acquiring him. It’s gonna be hard for them, but I, I trust the Colts before I trust the Jacksonville Jaguars. Here, here’s, here’s why I don’t think you should, because through hook or crook, the Jags are playing some of their best ball, and the Colts have been bad for a month. The Colts’ best game last month was a loss to the Chiefs. That’s the best game they played, and they, and they collapsed down the stretch. They show that schedule again and let’s dig in to this fictitious team that bought into it. They bought into their own hype and traded two first-round. Picks for a corner who’s a very good player and sadly is hurt, but I think they’re going to regret that because what you will look at that when you really, it’s like, OK, that win over Atlanta was in overtime, right? That was the, I think that was a London or Berlin game or Germany game. So it’s been tough football for a month. The win over Denver, you give him credit for it. Denver’s an excellent team. That was the game where they missed the game-winning kick and there was a leverage penalty called. So they have two wins to hang their hat on this year, the Denver game, which was in the final moment, and that Charger game, which was an excellent win. If they lose in Jacksonville this weekend. They’re going to lose 5 straight. They’re gonna get beat up by Seattle. See, I could see them going 1 and 4. I can, I see them splitting with Jacksonville. No, no, no. And then, oh, you misunderstood what I meant, brew. I meant 5 straight, including their 2 losses they already had. I’m saying that if they lose to the Jags, that’ll be 3 straight, and then losing the 2 West Coast games, and then all of a sudden I understand mathematically they won’t be like eliminated by any stretch, but the Soft data. The vibe shift from being 8 and 2 to being 8 and 7. I don’t know that you recover from. They’re done. I think they’re, I think they’re done and we’ll see because if we, if we were to put up the Jags. You know what you, you know what you get like about the Jags schedule. They get to play the Colts. They get to play the Colts. Yeah, you would say if we, if we’re looking at them, you were like, well, they play the Colts. You’re not, you’re not sitting here saying that the Colts are just completely done because they don’t have a good team. You’re, we’re, we’re focusing on just Daniel Jones and the drop of play. If he can, here’s the if they can protect him. He can still make throws. Teams have figured out like they’re, the Rams, Pittsburgh, Kansas City, Houston, they make, they stop Jonathan Taylor, keep him under 100 yards, no rushing touchdowns, and they beat him cause they’re trying to make Jones beat him, and now he’s got an injured leg. Lane Kiffin headed to LSU, literally had fans giving him the middle finger on the tarmac, so they’re not too happy about that. Ole Miss 11 and 1, but Lane’s leaving, uh, them as they, uh. Head to the playoffs. Kiffin writing on social media, you know what, I was hoping to complete a historic six season run this year by leading Ole Miss through the playoffs, capitalizing on the team’s incredible success and their commitment to finish strong, and investing everything into a playoff run with guardrails. In place to protect the program in any areas of concern, uh, Ole Miss AD said, no thanks, Pack your bags and we’ll put your clothes outside on a rack like it’s bruised robe. Did you see that picture? Yeah, uh, Nick, your reaction to this Lane Kiffin drama. He’s old enough to know you never get everything you want. You got, and that’s, you gotta make choices, man. And I thought, I, I, I have found some of the coverage of this informative and some of the coverage of this embarrassing, um. Obviously, the college football calendar is a problem. Obviously, uh, that, you know, you would like to think there are, there is a body in place that could put up guardrails that prevent, same reason why nobody in the last 5 years have been like, hey, Andy Reid, right before the playoffs start, 30 million a year. To leave the Chiefs. You know why nobody’s done it? Because they’re not allowed. You can’t do it like the Broncos, right, exactly, right. And so like the, and so that doesn’t exist in college football. So those are big systemic issues. We all know that. But ultimately this came down to one man’s decision. And that man, Lane Kiffin, right or wrong, decided what was best for him and his career, and his bank account and his legacy, and those are all within his right. is to leave this program on the precipice of its greatest moments in the history of the program. And that’s fine. I really believe that’s fine. You can dislike it, but it’s fine. But with that you forfeit the sympathy of like, man, this was hard. It was you, it was a choice. It was a choice that you made that you decided would make you happiest. So don’t then tell me about how sad you are. And so that’s, you know, that’s my reaction. I agree that there’s no sympathy for him, um, and the real villain is the NCAA cal. It’s ridiculous. I mean, come on, it’s just total foolishness. That said, I, this is for the time being, this is college football. It’s year to year, and I, I typically feel and even still feel for the kids cause they went there wanting to play for Lane Kiffin. I get that, but some of those kids that play in the playoffs are gonna transfer next year. Right now, college football is year to year, and you have a chance to, I get it, why they’re upset with Lane Kiffin. He’s not just leaving the program. He’s going down the street, right, LSU. I get all that, but you’re Ole Miss. You, you’re not LSU. You’re not Florida. You are not a Blue Blood type program. This is your one shot to win, win the championship. It’s year to year. I would go for it if I’m now unless the players are just so ticked off that they’re done with him, but if the players are fine with it, I would have been like, man. I get it, he’s leaving, but this is our chance to win the championship as Ole Miss. Yeah, no, I, I know, no, I hear you, bro, but no, look, man, uh, as it pertains to how things work in college football, like when a player decides I’m out, I’m done. It’s hard for them to then walk back into a locker room and be like, but hold on, before I go though, let me play one more game with you guys. You, you just, the vibes some of the players are talking about, man, I, I think I’m out of here now. Yeah, absolutely, amongst players they’re not, they haven’t accepted the transfer, the transfer. They put themselves in the transfer portal and all the things. When a coach does this, like we appreciate all the, the, my number one coach that I’ve ever, that has ever coached me is down there with Lane Kiffin right now, George McDonald, phenomenal coach, and I believe, I don’t know this. Like it’s hard to have him coach these games because he’s potentially gonna start plucking these coaches too. So you’re gonna have a coaching staff that is trying to be vested in winning something for an organization and a program that hasn’t done these things before in Ole Miss and then completely try to focus on, you know, what are we gonna do, having these side meetings. How are we, who are we thinking about hiring on this side of, no, it’s, it’s my wife and I talk about this all the time. When somebody puts in a two-week notice, they’re already checked out. I don’t need you to, thank you for the courtesy, but you can go ahead and go because I know you’re not gonna give me the same level of vested interest because you’re now distracted, you have a pool somewhere else. It’s not just about the kids, that’s the reality of it.
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15:08 wildes jumps the shark; wildes era is finished; let the fans write the show
Metcalf should've just stayed in Seattle lol if anything its been worse lol
The Ealges need to throw Patullo into traffic and bring in Doug Pederson as OC. There's still time to go back to another SB. Not with Patullo there, though. And if Siriani doesn't see this, I wonder if he's a good head coach.
The eagles are the one franchise that functions like an nba team. Don’t care about winning, but moreso character & lockeroom vibes. It’s just stupid if that fire Sirianni.
Think Rodgers just old man grumpy knowing his time as a starting qb is coming to an end after this season. So any mistake that's not his , he doesn't care to keep it cute. The problem is you can't be that way without playing perfect yourself. Which he is far from .
Do you guys ever talk about the Saints?
I guarantee Nick, Wildes and Greg care way more than Jonnu. Can we stop overblowing everything Rodgers says?
Rodgers should have retired after Green Bay. These last 3 years have made him look awful.
Tomlin missing the Playoffs, and having a losing season, would be a huge indictment on the QB.
stfkup about the Packers… I hate the way you tip toe around giving them credit when they deserve it. The games they have lossed have come down to a field goald, missed or made… they could have played better those games for it to not come down to that, but they really haven't been playing as bad as you act like they have been all year.
It's football, and they have been getting used to playing with different guys in and out of the lineup. They have been balling… the difference is when they let teams successfully control the clock and limit possessions, it forces them to play most efficient. Hate the way both Packer guys are so scary conscerning them. Especially when it comes to JLove who has been balling all year.
If Brady had Rodgers physical ability he might have won 15 rings
Even when he admits overthrowing the ball he needs to blame the wind not fixing his range. Rodgers has become such a joke.
Gregs kids:I love you daddy
Greg jennings:No one cares
I've never said it but yea tomlin needs to get up outta there fr
Nick is only saying he thinks the Colts are done because he thinks that's the Chiefs only way into the playoffs cos they have the head to head advantage over them
He’s one of the worst leader we have ever seen in all of sports and he’s so selfish and always blames everyone else and never takes accountability how many more receivers have to call him out it’s been like this his entire career
Rodgers has had enough just like the rest of the players. Coaching is absolutely atrocious
Greg is just completely incoherent on a near-daily basis lol
If your missing film sessions that’s on the head coach or the OC not the other players
Jonny Smith shouldn’t even be on the field he’s been that bad
Wildes stay off the eagles train man
Genooooo
Just explained why you never put in a 2 week notice
Plot twist. Super Bowl 2025 bears vs patriots
Anybody else perplexed by engagement ring commercials? I continue to fail to understand the allure of purposefully making a mistake.
This is why the Niners didn’t seek Rodgers.
Josh Allen would not have called out his receiver. In fact, he got demolished by Texans, 8 sacks, and what did he say? "I should have been better." And his O-line — even backups — decided they needed to do a better job this week and man-handled the Steelers. When it comes to being a great teammate and QB, he's the gold standard.
Young teams mike mistakes, talent only goes so far, it's so simple why they make mistakes?🤔