Catching Up On Recent News + Super Bowl Picks | Out of Bounds (Ep. 1950)

Summary

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Episode: Catching Up On Recent News + Super Bowl Picks | Out of Bounds (Ep. 1950)
Date: February 3, 2026
Hosts: Joe Pisapia (“Joey P”), Scott Bogman, “The Welsh”

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Episode Overview

This episode offers a lively catch-up on NFL coaching news heading into 2026, deep-dive analysis of new head coaching hires (and their potential fantasy/real-world impact), predictions for the upcoming Super Bowl (Patriots vs Seahawks), and a fun segment that matches quotes from Raiders QB Fernando Mendoza to either him or Mr. Rogers. The trio brings their signature blend of humor, insight, and fantasy football expertise.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Opening & New Orleans Recap (00:34 – 03:10)

• The hosts reminisce about their recent trip to New Orleans, sharing stories about haunted hotels and failed beignet runs.
• A playful chat about their group photo and relative statures leads into excitement for upcoming coverage at MLB Opening Day.

2. NFL Coaching Hires Analysis (03:10 – 14:45)

Most Immediate Success (04:20)

• Welsh: John Harbaugh with the New York Giants — praises Harbaugh as “a winner” able to reshape a promising, if undisciplined, roster.

  “To me the number one on the immediate impact ... is Harbaugh with the Giants.” (04:20)

• Bogman/Joey P: Clint Kubiak (Raiders) — Offensive line fix and infusion of young talent (Mendoza, Gentry, Bowers).

  “Hopefully bring us, you know my answer. Fantasy stars. That’s what we want.” (05:12, Bogman)

Most Long-term Success (07:38)

• Unanimous Choice: Robert Saleh (Tennessee Titans) — The hosts agree Saleh got a “raw deal” with the Jets and now has cap space, a franchise QB, and a friendly division.

  “I think Robert Saleh is very well respected ... now he gets to build this defense in his own model.” (07:38, Joey P)

First Coach Fired (10:41)

• Joey P/Welsh: Jeff Hafley (Dolphins) — “Most obvious of all of them ... what is the plan for the Dolphins right now?” (11:45, Welsh)
• Bogman: Kevin Stefanski (Falcons) — Due to Arthur Blank’s impatience.

Biggest Fantasy Impact (13:57)

• Joey P: Kevin Stefanski (Falcons) — Cites potential for huge Atlanta fantasy production featuring Bijan Robinson and Drake Maye.
• Bogman: Mike McCarthy (Steelers) — Total offensive overhaul expected, more involvement for Pat Freiermuth and Darnell Washington.
• Welsh: Clint Kubiak (Raiders) — Roster full of breakout candidates (Bowers, Gentry) and offensive upside.

  “Kubiak is the clear answer ... there’s a lot of great weapons there. We all bitch and complain about the usage of Genty … Bowers and Genty are ready to thrive.” (17:40, Welsh)

3. Fun and Games: Mr. Rogers or Fernando Mendoza? (20:24 – 28:51)

• The group plays a lighthearted segment: Joey P reads 12 quotes (“Mr. Rogers or Fernando Mendoza”) and quizzes Bogman and Welsh.
  • Bogman dominates (11 of 12 correct), citing his deep consumption of both Mr. Rogers and Mendoza content.
  • Quotes range from heartfelt positivity (“Nobody else can live the life you live.”) to determined perseverance (“Chasing your dreams is always worth it…”).
  • Memorable Moment: Welsh: “I was forced to watch Mr. Rogers … because he’s a yinzer and my Dad’s old side of the family is Pittsburgh.” (27:02)

4. Fact or Fiction Segment (29:31 – 36:46)

Cliff Kingsbury & the Giants (29:50)

• Both agree: Fact. Kingsbury’s offensive creativity a good match for mobile QB Jackson Dart.

Eagles’ Decline (30:11)

• Welsh: “Yes, but don’t have a heart attack.” Sees a step back, possibly to 9 wins, due to lack of innovation.
• Bogman: Fiction — Talent still elite, mainly a coaching issue.

Justin Jefferson Trade Rumors (32:15)

• All: Doubt he actively demands trade before the season, despite frustration.

Sam Darnold: Franchise QB? (34:24)

• Unanimous Fiction.
  • “He does not carry the team… that’s what franchise QBs do.” (34:24, Welsh)
  • “Doesn’t mean he’s not very good and underrated, but he isn’t that guy.” (34:58, Bogman)

5. Super Bowl Predictions: Patriots vs Seahawks (39:35 – 48:38)

Welsh (41:49)

• Picks Seahawks to cover (-4.5), sees defense as key.
• “I do think they’ll have a touchdown lead, Patriots will have a chance to drive, but Seahawks win by 7.” (41:49)

Bogman (41:54)

• Picks Seahawks, expects hard-fought, defensive battle.
• Predicts 27-21, influenced by Patriots’ difficulty handling strong fronts and Seahawks’ offensive versatility.

Joey P (43:04)

• Picks Patriots (homer pick), points to elite defense and coaching:
  • “Players win games, coaches win championships in the NFL.”
• Expects a 24-20 type of grind, believes defense and coaching matchups are being underrated.

Guest: Seth (46:55)

• Picks Seahawks, expects a close, low-scoring affair (“like Pats-Rams”).
• Lighthearted banter about “ginger quarterbacks” and soul/conscience jokes referencing South Park.

Notable Quote

“If you give Vrabel two weeks to prepare for Sam Darnold, he’s going to have a lot of things for him to look at that will make him see some ghosts.” (43:45, Joey P)

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Notable Quotes & Moments

• On Harbaugh and Giants:
  “Harbaugh is a really good one because he has a lot of experience and that’s a pretty good roster … the Giants are the best roster of all those bottom feeders.” (07:29, Bogman)
• On Saleh’s Long-term Outlook:
  “They’re going to work their way back to the front… I think he’s two years away from being able to build that big defense.” (10:01, Welsh)
• On Miami’s Coaching Situation:
  “What is the Dolphins plan right now? Like, what’s your five year plan? ‘Don’t die.’” (12:11, Welsh)
• On Seahawks’ Offensive Overhaul:
  “Just creating a better offensive environment … McCarthy is the one.” (15:13, Bogman)
• On Super Bowl Matchup:
  “Coaches win championships in the NFL. Ask Marv Levy…” (45:35, Joey P)

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Timestamps for Important Segments

• Opening & New Orleans Recap: 00:34 – 03:10
• NFL Coaching Hires & Fantasy Impact: 03:10 – 14:45
• Biggest Fantasy Impact Coach Discussion: 13:57 – 18:38
• Mr. Rogers or Fernando Mendoza Game: 20:24 – 28:51
• Fact or Fiction Segment: 29:31 – 36:46
• Super Bowl Picks: 39:35 – 48:38

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Additional Notes

• Hosts encourage listeners to subscribe to their Twitch and YouTube channels, promising more on-site content at future events and more fun games.
• The tone throughout is humorous and banter-filled, with personal barbs, pop culture references, and memorable in-jokes (“Chick-fil-A as a person,” ginger quarterback curses, and beignet mishaps).
• Listener engagement remains high, with shoutouts to regulars and encouragement to leave Super Bowl picks for next week’s recap.

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For Fans Who Missed the Episode

This episode is essential listening for fantasy footballers and NFL fans: it combines sharp real-world coaching analysis (including specific insights on fantasy implications), a thorough breakdown of the Super Bowl matchup, and the kind of creative, irreverent content that sets FantasyPros apart. The hosts’ rapport is on full display through the Mr. Rogers game, fact-or-fiction debates, and meticulous argument over which coaches and players actually move the needle in 2026.

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Transcript

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[Joey P]

Welcome in, everybody, to Fantasy Pros. This is out of bounds, and it's me, Joey P. Joe P. Zepia, with me and my two best friends, Bogman and the Welsh. And we are here on our Twitch, Twitch TV Fantasy Pros. That's the place to be, baby. And of course, you can always watch us as well on our YouTube channel. Subscribe to both. Subscribe with prime to our Twitch to get rid of those nasty commercials. And of course, subscribe to our YouTube channel because we got a lot of amazing content there because we filmed some amazing things. When we win New Orleans. I think I said it right. I spent all last week trying to figure out how to say it. The boys and I were in New Orleans. That's why my voice is still a little shoddy from that trip. But it was a good time. Bogman did not sleep, not for the reasons you think. He just couldn't fall asleep because he was so excited to hang out and meet me for the first time. Let's look at the picture. Here we are. Oh, my goodness. Look at us.

[Scott Bogman]

Look at that.

[Joey P]

Three best friends at anyone.

[Welsh]

This is a haunted hotel, but I didn't. I didn't see any ghosts there, by the way.

[Scott Bogman]

No, thanks.

[Joey P]

Well, the whole thing about New Orleans is everything is haunted, right? It's all ghosts and voodoo and vampires and pirates and weird things and jazz music, and it's a good place.

[Scott Bogman]

While we were there a little bit, he did.

[Joey P]

Did you get any beignets before you left?

[Scott Bogman]

Because I've had beignets from New Orleans before, even though I hadn't been there, because I have friends that live there and bring them back. So had. Hadn't had the fresh ones yet, and they were not open when I left in the morning.

[Joey P]

You and I tried to get some fresh ones at Cafe Dumont, and they were so much powdered sugar that I looked like Tony Montana just trying to take it out of the bag, let alone eating it.

[Welsh]

I. You looked at me and I'm like, say hello to my little friend for me, huh? Those were messy. Those were definitely Messy. Can we go back to the picture real quick?

[Joey P]

Sure.

[Welsh]

Like, I feel bad, Joe.

[Joey P]

You.

[Welsh]

You've not. Why do you look so small in that?

[Scott Bogman]

I'm standing. You're super tall and I'm standing close to the camera.

[Welsh]

I believe that's why Bachman is super close to the picture.

[Scott Bogman]

Yeah. Because size of face like that, actual size might vary. Yeah.

[Joey P]

You got that Kevin Mensch head. Remember Kevin Bench read that giant helmet in MLB for the Rangers because his head was too big.

[Welsh]

Yeah. Juice Williams. I was about to say my reference for big heads is Juice Williams because he had like a size 8 helmet.

[Joey P]

Yeah. There you go. I'm next to you. Bagman is more in front. So we could all get in the same frame. Because you're a giant Welsh.

[Welsh]

Yeah.

[Joey P]

You are an absolute frickin giant of a human. And Boggs and I are normal sized people, sort of. We're a little undersized.

[Welsh]

I know. We all got to be together. It was amazing. And look at that picture of us all together with the same room and everything.

[Scott Bogman]

For real.

[Joey P]

And we're going to do it again in like, I don't know what, eight weeks for opening day in Arizona, which is going to be super fun. Subscribe to the Channel Baseball Opening day gonna be great. All of us at the Diamondbacks game together. It's gonna be super fun. And of course we're gonna talk super bowl today. We're gonna do some fact or fiction. We've also got a new game that I'm surprising the boys with is gonna be a good time. So I'm very excited about that. But before we get to all that, let's do a little coaching talk. Because in the last week there have been some more coaching hires. And I want to quiz the boys here with little questions. With asses. I'll ask the questions. They'll be the asses, obviously. And we're gonna go ahead and find out what. Which coaches, you know, in terms of New Orleans stuff, have good futures or bad futures ahead of them? Because every single corner in New Orleans is about tarot cards and telling fortunes and all kinds of crazy stuff like that at any given moment. So, gentlemen, I'm going to start with this. Which of the new NFL head coaching hires will have the most immediate success? I dropped all the names there below for you to choose. Welsh. Why don't they kick us off? Who's going to have the most immediate success. Success of the coaches in the new spots in 2026.

[Welsh]

So I'm. You can follow me. Or maybe my approach is weird here. I'm moving away from like, like Jesse Mentor's going in with the Ravens. I think it's going to be like a similar ish approach. So there's a couple that I think aren't going to like, like Kevin Stefanski, I think is going to be relatively similar. So the one that I think is going to have the biggest jump of an impact, I think it's obvious. It's, it's Harbaugh. I think Harbaugh with the Giants is the one. Maybe it's not obvious to you guys, but I think, you know, you know, with some of the young weapons that they already have, he is a winner. He's going to put them into a great spot. I think Jaron Harbaugh is to me the, the, the number one on the immediate impact of, of all of these head coaches because I think there's a lot of guys that there is a lot of work that's going to be, have to be done. And then there's Mike McCarthy. So I think it's John Harbaugh.

[Joey P]

All right, Boggs, who do you think is going to have the most immediate positive impact?

[Scott Bogman]

I hope it's Clint Kubiak, honestly, because I just want to see an offensive guy get his hands on Mendoza and Ashton Genty. I think that's going to be great. Fix that offensive line and Kubiak, you know, obviously with Seattle, fix that offensive line very quickly this year when New Orleans had no money to spend on an O line, he had them pretty good. You know, he's worked with the Niners and the Broncos recently and the Vikings in 2021. Like all these teams have had really good O lines and, and we know that was a massive, massive issue for the Raiders. So I'm excited to see what Kubiak brings to the Raiders. Hopefully bring us, you know my answer. Fantasy stars. That's what we want.

[Joey P]

Well, and yeah, and I think that's a point too fantasy wise. That was my answer as well. I actually liked Kubiak because he's kind of got a fresh slate. He gets to choose his quarterback or his quarterback is default there. If you can fix the offensive line, you've got higher draft picks right in the second round and onward and upward. And you have Bowers who you neglected to mention. You have Ashton Genti who you did mention. You have a lot of really young, exciting talent here and high receiver class.

[Scott Bogman]

Like, you know, let's, let's fix this. Let's fix this online. Let's get a quarterback so you Think immediate.

[Welsh]

Because there's a question a little bit about fantasy impact, and you guys sure seem like you're talking about the fantasy impact, but you think Kubia is going.

[Joey P]

To be the coaching.

[Scott Bogman]

If you change that offensive line now, this team becomes so much better. I think you need a lot of. Need a lot of players on the defensive side. So I think that is still going to be an issue. But I just think for the overall impact of the team, improving this line, it helps everything. It helps the defense by keeping them off the field a little bit more so they get a little bit rest. So even if they're bad players, at least everybody has more rest on that side. So, yeah, I just, I. And I think, you know, because I could say Joe Brady, like you said Welsh, I could say Joe Brady, I could say Jesse Minter, because these two guys have the biggest. The best rosters. Right. And the best quarterbacks of the guys that have signed here. So we can say that. But I mean, what is the impact? You're still going to be a playoff team or a borderline playoff team in the case of the Ravens. So I just think in terms of impact, it would have to be one of these bottom feeder teams, which is kind of the same answer you had, man.

[Welsh]

You know?

[Scott Bogman]

You know, it's just Harbaugh is a really good one because he has a lot of experience and that's a pretty good roster of. I think the Giants are the best roster of all those bottom feeders.

[Joey P]

Yeah.

[Welsh]

And they weren't good.

[Joey P]

Yeah, Giants were my second choice too, in terms of. Yeah. Roster. But what they lacked is discipline and what they lacked is game planning. And what they lacked is a lot of leadership there across the way. All right. Which NFL head coaching hire will have the most long term success? A little bit more of a loaded question to me. I think that long term success in terms of what they're built for, I'm actually going to surprise people. I think it could be Robert Saleh. I think it could. I like defensive coaches as head coaches typically more. I like when a good football guy gets a second chance. And I think he got a raw deal with the jets when he was the head coach of the New York jets for those first couple of years. That defense was in the top three all the time. And then Aaron Rodgers came to town. That whole plan fell apart. He brought in his offensive coordinator, Hackett, all this stuff and it just. It just disintegrated around him. And I think it sucks. And I think Robert Sala is very well respected with A lot of his players and a lot of people had liked in the league and I think there's a really good situation where he has the franchise quarterback, he's going to have cap space, he's going to have the way to build this defense in his own model now. And I think long term Tennessee can really turn things around because they also play in a cushier division. I think historically speaking. Boggs, going to you, who do you think has the most long term success potentially in this group?

[Scott Bogman]

I think that is the right answer because I think Robert Salika, he got a really raw deal with the jets. So just a guy that everyone around the league seems to like has brought in good coordinators, really is strong on defense and that's really what they need. Even more than the offensive side. I think the offensive side they need more players. On the defensive side you need better schemes. So I do think it's Robert Salad everybody here but I wanted to say the Steelers coach because they don't ever fire them. But Mike McCarthy is 62 so how long is he going to coach? I'm not sure. So not very long as well.

[Joey P]

Tennessee Titans by the way have 99 million in cap space.

[Scott Bogman]

So most cap space and the fourth.

[Joey P]

Overall most cap space. Second is the Raiders at 87. So you have a lot of money to work with here potentially for those two teams to really make a big turnaround quickly if you believe in what they've put in here in leadership. Welsh, how about you? Who do you think has the most long term success of these coaches that are new to their teams in 26.

[Welsh]

That was the same. I mean really. I think there's a couple other way.

[Joey P]

No one was going to say solid. I can't believe all three of us did. Wow.

[Welsh]

Yeah. No, but, but solid. I mean he is a, a defensive minded coach. They're going to work their way back to the front. They've already got a franchise quarterback. I think they're like a few pieces on offense for it to be service serviceable and I think he's two years away from having you know, know or being able to at least build that big defense. I think he's going to stick around for a little while. I think I'd also look at like maybe it's a little bit cheating but like Joe, Joe Brady. I think Josh Allen kind of like handpicked. They'll probably have continued success and they're not going to look to turn over since he's got the kind of the decision making in his hands. I'd probably look at like, I think Monkin or him are good answers, but Salah was my answer there.

[Joey P]

All right, so look at us all in agreement, which never happens. That's fun. All right, this is the fun one here. Which new NFL head coaching hire will be fired first? I know my answer and it's all the way down in South Beach. It's Jeff Halfley. I think it's definitely him. From the minute I saw the. They. First of all, they did him dirty on NFL social media with the picture they chose for him. It looked like a guy in one of those Madden simulations that you hire and then fire and one of those like fake things and just like that guy just didn't look like he was having a good time doing his job. I just, I got the feeling from the press conference, I got the feeling from just this history there with the B.C. stuff that went on.

[Scott Bogman]

That did the picture.

[Joey P]

And I'm not, I'm not a BC fan at all.

[Scott Bogman]

I just say maybe a BC fan did that picture of him. So they did it dirty.

[Joey P]

Maybe some intern kid in NFL. But I mean, think about it too. You're also getting a division again with this Patriot team and this Bills team. So third is the best you can finish already. So Welsh, how about you? Who do you think is the first to go of this new group?

[Welsh]

That was mine. I mean, Jeff Halfley is, I think an easy answer. I think Monken, because that's a tough division, could be another one. Michael Floor, I think is actually a good hire. But what a ridiculous. I mean, what was it Fred Warner was asked at the Super Bowl? They said, what's the best division? He's like, NFC West. And they said, what about the Cardinals? They're looking for a new coach. And he said, you know that meme with the Dragons. There's the three dragons and there's the one with the tongue out. And he's like, unfortunately that's the Cardinals right now. LaFleur, as good as he is, I mean going, it's a Rams potential super bowl champion in The Seahawks, the 49ers, I could see if they're not competitive. Leflore. But I think Halfley is like the most obvious of all of them. Like, like what is the Dolphins plan? You know, it's like big Daddy, what's your plan? What's your five year plan? Don't die. Like, what is the plan for the Dolphins right now?

[Joey P]

I want to get rid of TUA or two of probably wants out of there now.

[Welsh]

Probably. So now you have to start over.

[Joey P]

Quarterback. Oh, please. It's ridiculous. I can make a case for Monken, too. Historically, with the Cleveland Browns track record of coaches, I don't think that's a bad one. Boggs, which direction you want to go on this one? I'll just.

[Scott Bogman]

I'll pivot a little bit because I. I think I agree with you guys. I think it's. I think it's probably Halfley, but I'll say Stefanski because of the pattern that we've seen Arthur Blank kind of set here. And, you know, he's old. He wants to see his team win a Super bowl before he goes out. So old balls.

[Joey P]

We're in the same movie still.

[Welsh]

Yeah.

[Scott Bogman]

What is it? Don't die. I think Stefanski gets three years max if he doesn't win a Super Bowl. So I. And I think that's why we saw Raheem Morris go. And obviously the front office went as well and is. I think Arthur Blank was surprised by that quarterback decision to take Michael Penix after giving Kirk Cousins so much money. So I think that was a weird decision. I don't think he agreed with that. We saw that in the draft room when they drafted Michael Penix. You could see him in the GM getting into it a little bit after that. I think that was kind of the downfall of everybody there. So Raheem Morris out Stefanski, and I don't think Stefanski is the worst coach here, but I do think Arthur Blank will be the most impatient owner out.

[Joey P]

Of all of these guys, and rightfully so. He's 112. All right, which NFL new head coaching hire, last question here, will make the biggest fantasy impact? Now, you can take this negative if you want. You could take a positive if you want. I figured. Let's have some fun here with this last question. I'm going to say the most positive one potentially here is Kevin Stefanski because you have Bijan. If you have. If you believe in Penix and Penix is your guy, you have Drake, London. I don't know if they're going to bring Pittsback or not, but to me, they have a setup there where, man, like, if everyone could say healthy and he can get Pennix to that next level as a qb, that is a really fun answer. I think Harbaugh could potentially be an answer, too. If you want to go negative, you can. Bogs, which direction you want to take this question in terms of fantasy impact?

[Scott Bogman]

I mean, I think, you know, Kubiak is probably the correct answer. If he does fix that online but I'll also say Mike McCarthy, right, I think the offense is going to look completely different under Mike McCarthy than it did under Arthur Smith. And, you know, obviously John who will be gone, Darnell Washington will be more involved, Pat Friarmouth will get the ball more, and I think DK will just be in a better position to make plays and get the ball a little bit more. So I think in terms of offensive impact and just creating a better offensive environment, it's probably, it's, it's McCarthy. I think Stefanski is a good answer, but maybe just for Bijan With Cargurus.

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[Joey P]

Who's the quarterback you think McCarthy covets?

[Scott Bogman]

I don't see that. I have no idea. It could be Will Howard this year and then draft somebody high next year. Could be looking at a free agent or a trade. I really don't know. The word on the street is the rumors is a Rod is coming back with McCarthy and I don't. I don't know if I like that.

[Joey P]

Can we mend that fence. I mean, they did not exactly get along at the end of that relationship.

[Scott Bogman]

I don't know. They're both older, wiser. I don't know, maybe I don't want Aaron Rodgers back.

[Joey P]

I think, I think they're both older. I think you're right about that.

[Scott Bogman]

I hope it's incorrect.

[Joey P]

Fair enough. Fair enough. Welsh, how about you? Which coach is going to have the biggest fantasy impact, positive or negative? You make the call.

[Welsh]

Yeah, I think I alluded to it earlier. It's Kubiak. That's why I was pressing against what you guys were like, fantasy this, fantasy that. And I'm like, yeah, that's why I'm picking Kubiak for the fantasy coach impact here. There's a lot of great weapons in there. We all bitch and complain about the usage of Genti early on in the year. I don't think Kubiak is going to put us in that spot. So I think Bowers and Genti are ready to thrive. So I think Kubiak is the kind of the clear answer. But as mentioned, there's quite a few that could really change, you know, some offense here and could be positive for fan. Yeah, exactly. There's quite a few that are going to have like a positive fantasy impact. And to be, to be fair, Bogman actually might not be wrong. It might be McCarthy because of how just dreadful the Steelers offense was to watch all year. Like I, I would just text and complain to him of just the horrible play calling and drives and stuff and if they actually spread the ball out and get it going like that will have the biggest fantasy impact because it was hard to like justify any of the Steelers.

[Joey P]

Ye.

[Scott Bogman]

Yeah, yeah, they split the carries. DK didn't get going. They wouldn't throw the ball to Pat.

[Joey P]

It was just predictable 50%.

[Scott Bogman]

That was the worst part. Not hard by the way, looking at.

[Joey P]

This cap room for next year too because we were just, you know, given Miami crap. But they're also 23 million in the hole in the cap too, by the way. On the wrong side. 23 mil. Not great. Not great. That's 28th worst by the way in terms of cap space. In case you're keeping score at home, shout out to Metal James, by the way gave five bits and stink Mangione on a three stream streak. Love that. Love everybody here. Again, subscribe to the channel, hang out with us. We love having you here and we're gonna have a little fun today because again it's that week in between. Next week we'll do super bowl recap. We'll give our picks out and predictions later in the show. But I want to have a little fun game here because, you know, I've been seeing a lot of Fernando Mendoza stuff, and he's so syrupy sweet and so. And so wonderful, and, you know, he's like if Chick Fil A were a person, he's so pure and innocent and all these things. That's what I feel like he is. So, uh, let. Let's talk about this here. Let's talk about Fernando Mendoza and some of the amazing quotes that he's given. And also somebody that was really just kind of wholesome and nice and pleasant. Something maybe this world needs a little bit more of. Mr. Rogers, not somebody I grew up with, because in Brooklyn, we didn't have cable. We had public television. That's what we had. So as a child, I watched sesame street and Mr. Rogers and those weird, creepy puppets, but every day, Mr. Rogers would come in and change his sweater and tell me good things and support me with positive affirmations, just like Fernando Mendoza is going to do with the Raiders. So here's how the game is going to work. First of all, let's show everybody the game, which is Mr. Rogers or Fernando Mendoza. Who said the quote? I've got 12 quotes for the boys here, and we're going to do this Family Feud style, like, at the end.

[Welsh]

So we should have had Fernando Mendoza in a. In that sweater, by the way. I'm just.

[Joey P]

If we had more, I could have done that for us.

[Welsh]

Yeah, we missed an opportunity.

[Scott Bogman]

Yeah.

[Joey P]

You know, we're all still coming back from the trip. You know, he looked like he could.

[Welsh]

Be Mr. Roger's son. Put that back up real quick. Look, there's definitely.

[Scott Bogman]

There's a little similarity there, for sure.

[Joey P]

There. There is a look at the. No, I didn't even think about that. But you're not wrong. Yeah.

[Scott Bogman]

Wow.

[Joey P]

All right. A little creepy there. All right, so here's what we're going to do. Mr. Rod quotes we're gonna go through. Welsh is going to take his earphones out. First I'm going to quiz Bogman, and then I'll give him the. What sign do you want for you to come back? Welsh?

[Welsh]

I want you to flip you the double Burt.

[Joey P]

Oh, you. John Cena style.

[Welsh]

Okay, so am I gone for. For the whole thing?

[Joey P]

You're gone for the whole. I'm going to give Bogman the 12 quotes. I want to see how many he gets. Right. And then we're going to give you the Number that you've got to reach to beat him. All right, taking a break, boys. All right, so take your. Take your headphones out. Scott Bogman, are you ready to play Mr. Rogers or Fernando Mendoza?

[Scott Bogman]

We're doing this rapid fire. All right, let's go.

[Joey P]

All right, here we go. And away we go. I'm shining now, but only because there are so many stars around me. Who said it? Mr. Rogers or Mendoza?

[Scott Bogman]

That sounds like a Mendoza.

[Joey P]

That is correct that it's a Mendoza. Nobody else can live the life you live.

[Scott Bogman]

That's Mr. Rogers.

[Joey P]

Correct. That is Mr. Rogers. Two for two. Chasing your dreams is always worth it, no matter how big or impossible they seem.

[Scott Bogman]

I think I heard Mendoza say that.

[Joey P]

Is that your answer?

[Scott Bogman]

Yes, that is correct.

[Joey P]

Three for three. All right. I can't believe how well you're doing. You should, because you're a college football guy.

[Scott Bogman]

I am.

[Joey P]

All right. When you think you're at the end of something, you're at the beginning of something else.

[Scott Bogman]

That's definitely Mr. Rogers.

[Joey P]

That is correct here. Connections we make in the course of a life. Maybe that's what heaven is. Oh.

[Scott Bogman]

E. I make a Tony Romo noises. Let's go with. Let's go with Mr. Rogers.

[Joey P]

That is correct. It is Mr. Rogers. There's something of yourself that you leave at every meeting with another person.

[Scott Bogman]

That's. That's Mendoza.

[Joey P]

No, that is Mr. Rogers. You don't ever have to do anything sensational for people to love you.

[Scott Bogman]

Mr. Rogers.

[Joey P]

That is Mr. Rogers. All right. The greatest gift you ever give is is your honest self. O.

[Scott Bogman]

That could be either one. Mr. Rogers.

[Joey P]

That is correct. It's Mr. Rogers. Who we are in the present includes who we were in the past.

[Scott Bogman]

Mr. Rogers, Mr. Rogers.

[Joey P]

That is Mr. Rogers. Are good life.

[Scott Bogman]

These are great.

[Joey P]

These are.

[Scott Bogman]

These are like every quote behind in front of the Clone wars animated series.

[Joey P]

I feel like very andor. All right. I want every kid out there who feels overlooked, underestimated to know that I was you.

[Scott Bogman]

Oh, that's Mendoza. I heard him say it.

[Joey P]

Okay. And if you could only sense how important you are to the lives of those you meet, how important you can be to the people you may never even dream of.

[Scott Bogman]

Mr. Rogers.

[Joey P]

Correct. Last one. We all have different gifts, so we all have different ways of saying to the world who we are.

[Scott Bogman]

That's Mr. Rogers.

[Joey P]

That is correct. So you missed one.

[Scott Bogman]

I believe only man. I.

[Joey P]

So am I correct? Seth, you only missed one there. I want. You want a verification because it was. Was pretty damn good. All right, so there you have it. So, Welsh, you can come back in. This is gonna. This is gonna be tough. Welsh. Right. Because, Bogs, you did only miss one. I believe one yourself. WELSH I'm glad we got the scarf on, but unmute yourself here so we can have you on the program.

[Welsh]

This is. This is like my Mr. Rogers. Did he ever wear a scarf?

[Joey P]

He wore a. He wore more of a cardigan, but.

[Welsh]

Okay, well, this is my pretend cardigan.

[Joey P]

Thing, so the bar is very, very high. Bogman had 11 of 12 he got right.

[Welsh]

Oh, well, great. Glad you put him first.

[Joey P]

So here we go. You ready? Welsh.

[Welsh]

Yeah. What are we doing with.

[Joey P]

It's Mendoza or Mr. Rogers. Who said it. All right, all right. 12 questions and away we go. I'm shining now, but only because there are so many stars around me. Who said it? Mr. Rogers or Fernando Mendoza?

[Welsh]

Fernando Mendoza.

[Joey P]

That is correct. Next. Nobody else can live the life you live.

[Welsh]

Mr. Rogers.

[Joey P]

Correct. Next one here. Chasing your dreams is always worth it, no matter how big or impossible they seem.

[Welsh]

Mr. Rogers.

[Joey P]

No. Fernando Mendoza. All right, here we go. When you think that you're at the end of something, you're actually at the beginning of something else.

[Welsh]

Fernando Mendoza. I'm sorry, Mr. Rogers. Ms. Rogers.

[Joey P]

Mr. Rogers is correct. Almost lost it there. The connections we make in the course of a life. Maybe that's what heaven is.

[Welsh]

I don't know. If Mr. Rogers talked about religion, I'm going to say Fernando Mendoza.

[Joey P]

It is. Mr. Rogers. I'm sorry. Let's keep going anyway, just for fun. Next one here is when there's. I'm sorry. There's something of yourself that you leave at every meeting with another person.

[Welsh]

Oh, Mendoza.

[Joey P]

Mr. Rogers.

[Welsh]

Oh, my God.

[Joey P]

You don't ever have to do anything sensational for people to love you.

[Welsh]

Mr. Rogers.

[Joey P]

That is correct. Mr. Rogers. The greatest gift you ever give is your honest self.

[Welsh]

Mr. Rogers.

[Joey P]

Correct. Who we are in the present includes who we were in the past.

[Welsh]

Mendoza.

[Joey P]

No. Mr. Rogers. I want every kid out there who feels overlooked, underestimated, to know that I was you.

[Welsh]

Mendoza.

[Joey P]

Correct. If you could only sense how important you are to the lives of the people you meet. How important you can be to the people you may never even dream of.

[Welsh]

Rogers.

[Joey P]

Correct. Last one. We all have different gifts, so we all have different ways of saying to the world who we are.

[Welsh]

Rogers.

[Joey P]

Correct. Not bad. Showing there like three.

[Welsh]

I get the same one. I think you did the first one.

[Scott Bogman]

The first one you missed, I think is the one I missed. If I'm. If I'm just not Mistaken? I'm not sure. But let me just say this. Number one, I think I watched most of Mendoza's postgame press conferences, specifically in the playoffs, so I saw a lot of them. And number two, I was forced to watch Mr. Rogers whether I liked it or not, because he's a Yender and my dad's old side of the family, Pittsburgh. So I saw a lot of Mr. Rogers growing up.

[Joey P]

Yeah. And yet you still have so much rage within you after all that Mr. Rogers.

[Scott Bogman]

I didn't only watch Mr. Rogers.

[Joey P]

That's the problem. So Boggs, 11 of 12. Welsh, a good showing. Eight of 12, not bad. Welsh. Be honest, it's a little trickier than you thought it was going to be, right?

[Welsh]

It definitely was. Well, because there's like, there's some that were obvious, and then there were ones that were like. I mean, the ones I got wrong, it was like. I think it was all like. I thought Mr. Rogers.

[Scott Bogman]

I tried to hear Mr. Rogers saying. And I went.

[Joey P]

I tried to pick quotes also.

[Scott Bogman]

I did.

[Joey P]

I tried to pick quotes specifically that were like, on the. Like, it sounded like either a press conference or a Heisman speech where I could cherry pick some things out of it and make it sound like, you know, like, oh, maybe, you know, because he talked about heaven and, you know, he's a very religious guy and all that stuff. And then talking about the impact you make, you know, on other people, which is a very Mendoza slash.

[Scott Bogman]

I think Mr. Rogers kind of Mendoza, like, he will thank the Lord first and then go right to teammates. Right. Like, it's Lord first every time, then teammates. Teammates. We. We. We just a great, you know, just a great leader. Good kid.

[Joey P]

Yeah. That was good. Good. Well done. Good times here. I hope everybody enjoyed a little Mendoza or Mr. Rogers. We're going to bring this back with some other people, too. Maybe Mike Tomlin or. Who would the other person be? How about some crazy ass.

[Scott Bogman]

You got to do cliches. Did Welsh say it or did Mike Tomlin say it?

[Joey P]

Oh, Welsh.

[Welsh]

Yeah, but he says them right. I see them wrong. I see them wrong.

[Joey P]

He just makes them up on the side.

[Scott Bogman]

They're not like real ones, though, for.

[Welsh]

Yeah. Than me or Tom. Yeah.

[Joey P]

I'm trying to think of who else does some crazy stuff. Another athlete that's just like bananas out of, you know, Antonio Brown or Mike Tomlin. We could do a Shaman or Aaron Rodgers.

[Scott Bogman]

How about that?

[Joey P]

All right, challenge accepted. Remember, everybody, make sure you subscribe to our Twitch, Twitch TV fantasy pros and subscribe to the YouTube channel as well. Let's play a little Factor Fiction. And for those of you watching us live on Twitch, you can always drop in your Factor Fictions. We'll do them as well. And. And thanks Stink for paying, by the way, for subscriptions to avoid the ads. Avoid the ads. Five bucks gets rid of the ads and then boom, just for a whole month.

[Welsh]

Or Amazon Prime. Yeah, Amazon Prime.

[Joey P]

You hook it up.

[Welsh]

It's 3.99, baby.

[Joey P]

There you go. That's all you got to do. All right, let's move on to a little fact or fiction here. Oh, that's a good one. Seth had a great idea. Mike Tomlin or Jameis Winston? There you go. Yes.

[Scott Bogman]

I mean, yeah, but when he likes operational. So yeah, yeah.

[Welsh]

I don't know.

[Joey P]

Well, maybe Mendoza, Jameis Winston, I go to next. Be good. All right, stay tuned, everybody. This is out of bounds. All right, let's play a little fact or fiction. Here's the first one. Factor Fiction. Cliff Kingsbury would be a good fit for Jackson Dart if he is hired by the Giants as their OC Bogman. Is that fact or fiction? Fact.

[Scott Bogman]

I mean, I think Kingsbury as an OC is pretty good. So I would love to see him with any mobile quarterback. And Dart is very, very mobile.

[Joey P]

All right, so it was a good year in Washington then a not so good year in Washington. Welsh, what are your thoughts here on Cliff Kingsbury potentially with the Giants as oc?

[Welsh]

Yeah, fact. I mean, to have Malik Neighbors behind him as well. And Dart, I think this is a big fact.

[Joey P]

Heard a little bit about Vic Fangio maybe not coming back, retiring. So a lot of other weird stories coming out of Philadelphia as well. Fact or fiction, Welsh? The Eagles are in more of a decline than people realize.

[Welsh]

Oh, that's tough.

[Joey P]

Aging around, disenfranchisement. Another year, another oc.

[Welsh]

I'm going to say yes, but I don't want people to have a heart attack about it. They're a talented team. They underperformed. But to me there's, there's no new innovation in sight. You know what I'm saying? Like, it's the same Jalen hurt stuff. The wide receivers left out to dry. They're, they're. I mean, their secondary still great. I think there's still a little bit of work on the defense you were able to run on them. Like, I think things could go in a bad direction, but I would say a steep decline for the Eagles is them going from like a 12 win team to a 9 win team. You know what I'm saying like that general type playoffs.

[Joey P]

And if the Giants are the team in 2026 that goes last to first every year we have a team that goes last to first. Patriots this year with the Jaguars last. No, they weren't. They were almost last. The Titans were worse last year. But every year there's a team that goes from worst to first in their division. I feel like the Giants could do that considering the state of the Eagles and the Cowboys. Boggs, what do you think about this one? Here are the Eagles and maybe more of a steep decline than people realize here as the. The negativity starts to creep in.

[Scott Bogman]

No, I say this is fiction because I think if you got rid of the entire coaching staff, the team would be better. I don't particularly like that coaching staff right now. I don't think they're great. But the roster is still really, really good. You still have, I mean, I think Hertz is better than he played this year. You still have A.J. brown, who just wants to be used more. You saw Saquon Barkley, who isn't going to have all of the postseason miles on him coming into this season as well. The O line is still good. So are they in decline? I think it's, you know, it's impossible to say they aren't. They definitely are in decline. But in more decline than people think? Probably not because I think the opinion is already pretty negative on the Eagles right now.

[Joey P]

All right, let's talk about Justin Jefferson, who got a quote about Sam Darnold going to the Super Bowl. He said it's definitely tough quote. It's definitely tough to watch. I love these in the super bowl and I'm happy for him. I want nothing but the best for him, especially the way his journey was at first, people doubting him and people not giving him respect but basically alluding to we would be a whole lot better if we had still had Sam Darnold playing quarterback. So Justin Jefferson with some comments there, fact or fiction? Justin Jefferson will ask for a trade this off season. Not will be traded, but we'll ask for a trade this off season.

[Scott Bogman]

I'm. I'm going to say fiction. I think that so many wide receivers are divas and maybe this is like the beginning of his diva era here. Justin Jefferson, but I just don't think he's that guy. I think he's just. I think it hurts his soul to not be in the playoffs and not be playing and competing right now.

[Joey P]

So.

[Scott Bogman]

So I think that's why he said what he said. I don't know that it's necessarily that he wants away from the Vikings. So I'll say fiction, but I don't feel great about it.

[Welsh]

Did you say before the season start, before the season starts, or just this.

[Joey P]

Offseason he'll ask for a trade?

[Welsh]

I'll say no. I'll say that's fiction. I got to give him credit. Like, he looked frustrated. And I think there's a lot of other receivers in the league. Like, three games into dealing with all of that, he probably. They probably would have said, like, I want out. I mean, you know, one wrong thing happens at Tyreek Hills, like, I want out. But I do think if you have another year of this, I could see, like, halfway through Justin Jefferson being like, I think it's a change of scenery. But before the season starts, I'll say no.

[Joey P]

Okay, I'm gonna say yes. I'm gonna say yes. GM gets fired.

[Scott Bogman]

He's got to do it soon. Because if you're gonna get trade, it's gotta be before the draft.

[Joey P]

Because if a new GM comes in and has a whole different strategy and approach of how he wants to structure.

[Scott Bogman]

Things, well, I can tell you, you get fired by trading your best players.

[Welsh]

Yeah, it's. It. Whatever the structure is, it's around.

[Joey P]

Justin Jefferson should be, but it's not always the case. All right, last one here. Fact or fiction? Sam Darnold is a franchise quarterback. Welsh.

[Welsh]

I mean, fiction, Fiction, like a franchise quarterback is someone you can trust and build around for five years. Carries the team. Sam Darnold does not carry the team. The defense carries the team. Sam Darnold adequately manages the offense. He does not carry the team. And that's what franchise quarterbacks do. If he wins a Super bowl, that's great, but he is not a franchise quarterback in my mind. So big fiction.

[Joey P]

All right, Bogman, how about for you? What's your answer on this one here? Sam Darnold, a franchise quarterback.

[Scott Bogman]

I mean, I think. I think the answer is fiction. But that doesn't mean he's not a very good quarterback and a very underrated quarterback. But I think Welsh is right. When you say franchise quarterback, you talk about a guy that, you know. You were in the super bowl because of him. You were in this.

[Welsh]

Imagine this team without this guy.

[Scott Bogman]

Right, Right, exactly. And I think if you put, you know, somebody, okay, in Seattle, they would be much better. What I really was right about last year and have, you know, my, my. But one of my best friends is a huge Seahawks fan and his stepdad and is a season ticket holder and gave me a bunch of crap for saying that Geno Smith is one of the worst quarterbacks in the NFL. I think it's undeniable at this point because if Sam Darnold is kind of, you know, mid level, probably above that at this point in the NFL and he got this team to the Super Bowl, Geno Smith was just garbage.

[Welsh]

So I think it's more Darnold that good or is Geno Smith is really, really bad.

[Scott Bogman]

And I think Sam Darnold's pretty good. He's much. He's. He's better. Look, if he wins a Super bowl, gave him credit.

[Joey P]

I'm going to come back and ask this question the next next week and we'll see what the answer is.

[Welsh]

I'll be the same.

[Joey P]

No, even if he wins a Super bowl, it's gonna be this.

[Welsh]

That doesn't change any. Again, I like he manages his team well. But like, if Trevor Lawrence on this team, I think they still his name are better.

[Scott Bogman]

Yeah.

[Welsh]

Brock Purdy on this team, like, go through the list of quarterbacks that you put on the Seahawks, are they better or are they worse? And it's like, I think there's a host that are either as good or better than Sam.

[Scott Bogman]

Sam gets a lot of credit as well for fix it. You know, helping fix the O line. Obviously, JSN had a monster season. The running backs were both very good. So it's. This is true team effort on offense from the Seahawks.

[Joey P]

All right, we're going to give out our super bowl predictions. Before we do, we got a quick video here of that first hurricane in New Orleans and how hard it hit Scott Bogman. Let's play that tape right now and see what we got here. Well, I've never seen this before, but.

[CarGurus Advertiser]

A fighter is getting the hair knocked off his head.

[Joey P]

Sergio. Wow, that is going to make the rounds on social media. That's like a cartoon.

[CarGurus Advertiser]

Oh, my goodness gracious.

[Joey P]

Yeah, that. That was flying around social media this weekend, which was the. The big fight there where one man's toupee got knocked flat off his head. You know what I love about that clip? I don't know how many times you watch it. I probably watch about 100. Is the other guy obviously being bald knocking it off him and him starting to smirk a little. You could see him kind of laughing as he's continuing to hit him in the face.

[Scott Bogman]

Hard to be. So, like, if you do make the wrong move, this dude's gonna knock you out. And you're giggling a little bit, but.

[Joey P]

He is definitely smirking for 100. And the referee was bald. You know, the. The opposing fighter who knocked the toupee off him was bald, Welsh. I've never seen anything quite like that. That was hilarious. I thought this weekend, a lot of.

[Welsh]

Hair stuff this year. There was a thing about. Remember Celtics, Jalen Brown, like rubbed a towel and all.

[Joey P]

Yeah.

[Welsh]

Gunk came off. There's a lot of hair based things in there.

[Joey P]

I don't know, man, the ball, man, just embrace it. Let it go, dude.

[Welsh]

Or if you're gonna do it, you got to do the cena or la.

[Scott Bogman]

Did you see him talking about not.

[Welsh]

Going to be competitive anymore? That's where you go and get your toupee or your implant. Don't do it when you're boxing.

[Scott Bogman]

Did you see him talking about it after? He was hilarious. He really was funny. He's like, man, I got three kids, I'm going through a divorce and you know, sometimes you just want to look good. That's all I'm saying. You know, he was so.

[Joey P]

I love it.

[Scott Bogman]

He really, really was a great.

[Joey P]

Actual about it.

[Scott Bogman]

He wasn't like a baby about it or anything.

[Joey P]

He wasn't. Which, which shout out to him. Which means if you, if you got that much love for yourself, man, you have a good time, you might as well just go be bald. Yeah.

[Scott Bogman]

He doesn't have a weird shaped head. Like just. Yeah, we've already seen it. It's got to go now at this.

[Welsh]

Point also, like, who's doing toupee? Like, isn't the whole, like go to Turkey and get the implants? Like, that's the thing.

[Joey P]

Yes, that's what John Cena went. I guess that bald spot. Everybody used to mock it. Now all of a sudden he came back for that last run. Couldn't. Couldn't see the bald spot anymore. Yeah, he was doing this too much. A little bit. And then it all got. It just eventually went, all right, it's time for super bowl picks here. I'm gonna let the boys go because I think everybody knows my answer. So Welsh Patriots, Seahawks, give us your prediction here for the game. You want to give us a score too? You're welcome to.

[Welsh]

I think we've got this coming out. We spent a decent amount of time in New Orleans. I'm not going to give it away or anything like that. We spent a lot of time in New Orleans going, man, on Manning, on the street. We were going around talking to tons of people. If the video comes out, even 75% of what we recorded it's going to be phenomenal and I think I would. You asked me this question. So I'll give away just kind of my portion of it since we're doing this because I'm in that video you're doing A lot of the man on the street is I think the Seahawks defense is going to be tough to beat. I mean what, what, what was the thing that obviously there was a weather issue going on with the Patriots. So Patriots offense disappeared and this is a true like Drake May Patriots offense has to be able to bust through that Seahawks defense and they just barely were able to do it in that game and a lot of those pieces were held down and they weren't using their running backs. The Seahawks are monsters, though. They did give up some points. I think that defense is a really good matchup to completely shut down the wide receivers. I think their offense is getting just enough done. I think Gonzalez versus JSN in whatever capacity we see that is going to be an absolutely fascinating matchup. But also this line is still sitting around four and a half. I don't think you're seeing people pump in the Patriots. So I'm going to. I hate to do it. It's yucky. Feels gross for me to pick a Seahawk. There was a. I think I sent you guys this video, but there's that video of like 49er fans watching the Seahawks and the. I guess I can't repeat what it was as a 49er fan. It's a pretty tough video. A pretty tough super bowl to watch. I am going to take the spread on the Seahawks minus four and a half. I do think they're going to have a touchdown lead and I think the Patriots are going to have an opportunity for a drive to. To win this game. But there will be no field goal opportunity. It's going to be. They're going to have to score. They're not going to. And I think the Seahawks are going to win by a touchdown. I don't know if you want to. I don't really have a score in mind, but I think someone put it in there. I could see a 2720. I also wouldn't be surprised if this is like a 2013 game, but I'm going to go with the Seattle Seahawks.

[Joey P]

All right, Scott Bogman, give us your prediction for the big super bowl this Sunday.

[Scott Bogman]

Not hard or yucky for me at all. Give me the Sea Chickens. I really think the Seahawks do win this game. I think this is a great game between a team that has been really good at scheming on defense in the New England Patriots. My God, they have done a great job. Like we can say, hey, well, C.J. stroud is less than you had a backup quarterback in Denver. All that. The game plan has absolutely worked every single week in the playoff for the Patriots. So I do think it'll be a hard fought game. But I think that the front of Seattle is just too much for this Patriots. Online. We saw Drake may struggle against Denver. I think we'll have the same issues against the Seattle Seahawks as well. They're not on their backup quarterback. Ken Walker played out of his mind in the NFC title game. JSN is on another level right now. I just think it's going to be really tough to stop this team. I think they're surging. I think they're peaking. Look, I really hope for it as well. I want to be. I don't want the Patriots to have seven Super Bowls, so I will be cheering for that as well. But I do think that they win and I think this is like a 27, 21 type of score.

[Joey P]

All right, so which defense was number one in terms of points per game allowed this year, gentlemen?

[Scott Bogman]

Yeah.

[Joey P]

Let's play a little game.

[Scott Bogman]

Yeah. Just say your point, Joe. Don't quit.

[Joey P]

I wonder where the Seattle Seahawks. Seattle Seahawks.

[Welsh]

Oh, okay.

[Scott Bogman]

Which team was number two in the New England Patriots?

[Joey P]

That's correct.

[Welsh]

The New England Patriots.

[Joey P]

Oh, it is the New England Patriots. So let's talk about that because I am so sick to death about hearing how great the Seattle Seahawks defense is. And they are. They're a very good unit. But when are the Patriots going to get any respect for how good defensively are. They tailed off a little bit when they had some injuries. When Milton Williams was hurt, they weren't at the same team. But since he came back, they have given up 26 points in the playoffs to three teams. 26.

[Scott Bogman]

They've been great.

[Joey P]

The Rams scored 27, by the way, against the Seahawks last week. So I want to talk about that for a second because I think that's the one piece here where if you're talking about scheming here, and I think you're right, I think Variable comes up with a good scheme. I think you give Variable two weeks to prepare for Sam Darnold. He's going to have a lot of things for him to look at that are going to probably make him see some ghosts. And you have great cover corner in Christian Gonzalez, one of the best in the league. You have Marcus Jones on the other side. So you have a good secondary that you're not going to stop jsn, but you can slow him down. And against the run, they are incredibly good. And if you take away Ken Walker and you limit jsn, then you really have to make Sam Darnold beat you. And that's where I think there's going to be struggle. And I think this game is going to be more of a 2420 kind of contest. And of course, I do believe the Patriots are going to win. And I understand the concerns people have. Sure. You know, you know, in the. In the snow, the second half especially, offense disappeared. But Denver Broncos defense, number one ranked in the league, along with the Houston Texans. They've gone through the gauntlet, by the way. Number five was the Los Angeles Chargers. So if the Patriots offense hasn't looked great, it's because they've been grinding out victories against the best defenses in the NFL for the last couple weeks, and now they're just lining up another one. And every time they line up another one, Drake May finds a way to make a W. And that, to me, is an art form. I'll say this, too. Players win games. Coaches win championships in the NFL. Ask Marv Levy, who lost to Bill Parcells and then lost to Joe Gibbs and then lost to Jimmy Johnson four consecutive years. Three hall of Fame coaches he lost to. Ask Sean McVeigh how it felt to go on the other side, Will Belichick, and play one of the ugliest Super Bowls we've ever seen, one of the highest flying offenses we've ever seen. Go in there and just absolutely get roped in that game in a disgusting, horrible, awful, boring game. Because why? He just handcuffed him in everything he wanted to do. So to me, I think it's going to be Mike Vrabel. It's going to be May making a couple plays here and there. And I think that Patriots defense is going to be the unit that shows up. And at the end, everyone goes, you know, we should have been given the Patriots defense a little bit more credit. So I will take the Pats. No surprise. Homer pick. Last thing I'll leave you with. I don't think Mike Vrabel is going to allow a ginger quarterback to beat him in the playoffs. There it is. I said it.

[Welsh]

Why?

[Joey P]

Not gonna happen. We're not gonna let that happen. I don't know. There's something about it. Something about it. Just run.

[Welsh]

I thought there was, like, a backstory. I'm like, why would he be so mad about that?

[Joey P]

Can have A ginger beat. You can't have a ginger quarterback beat you if you're Mike. I'm always watching South Park.

[Welsh]

Are there a few ginger quarterbacks that have won Super Bowls, right?

[Joey P]

Yeah, but not against the Patriots. So.

[Welsh]

Your grass been at straws, Joe, you're picking on their hair.

[Scott Bogman]

Now, real quick, Seth, I would like you to weigh in on this controversial subject here. My friend.

[Joey P]

Seth, as a ginger, are you afraid of the Patriots?

[Welsh]

Oh, yeah.

[Seth]

Me personally, am I afraid? Yes, I would be scared because I suck at football. I mean, I'd be careful.

[Joey P]

But Seth, let's get your pick for the super bowl too, while we got you on.

[Seth]

Yeah, I think, I think Seattle, but I think it's going to be a close, low scoring game like, like similar to the. The Pats Rams, except, you know, the Patriots won that game against Jared Goff. But yeah, I think Seattle is just you. You go down the line, like skill, position, defense, albeit they have a slight edge defensively. I just.

[Welsh]

Slight edge. Hair color as well.

[Scott Bogman]

You do have a soul, correct?

[Seth]

Well, I think so. I hope I don't go to the. I don't know what happens to me, really. I mean, we don't want to go down.

[Scott Bogman]

I wasn't getting philosophical anyway.

[Stugots]

That's just.

[Joey P]

How about a conscience?

[Scott Bogman]

Do you have a conscience?

[Seth]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. That, that south park episode might have come out when I was attending Catholic high school. So it was really, oh my. Really, really fun for me.

[Scott Bogman]

So anyway, good times.

[Welsh]

Good thing Joe brought it up.

[Joey P]

That's. Well, you're welcome. You're welcome. All right, everybody, we want you to enjoy the super bowl and of course, leave your comments here below as well. Drop them in. Give us your super bowl predictions on the YouTube channel and next week we can revisit and see how wrong everybody was, because I'm sure it's going to be completely different than everybody thinks because that's when they truly. 47, 46, right. Overtime victory there.

[Welsh]

If somebody nails it, if somebody gets the score and the pick, completely accurate. Bogman will cut off a lock of his hair and send.

[Scott Bogman]

I mean, yeah, I hate that you said this because I win every competition on this show and I don't want to cut a lock of my hair off and send it to someone.

[Joey P]

So someone needs a toupee.

[Welsh]

We'll send it to the boxer. But if someone made.

[Scott Bogman]

To wear only.

[Joey P]

All right, that'll do it for us. But the story, the game goes on. For the Welsh and Scott Bogman, I'm Joey P. We'll see you next time.

[Scott Bogman]

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