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How Seahawks broke the Patriots and Drake Maye’s Future (Super Bowl Recap)
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The Seattle Seahawks just won Super Bowl 60, and we're gonna break it down for you in 33 minutes or less exactly how they got it done. But, oh, there's more. We're also gonna break down to you our super bowl week recap, which was quite eventful, might I say. This one over here was wearing some baller dresses on the red carpet. I mean, good God. So welcome out of pocket with RG3, hosted by your boy and the lovely, amazing, 110 time all American, Greta Griffith. Make sure you like subscribe to our podcast, but without further ado, let's get to baby.
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Opening drive. The Seattle Seahawks beat the Patriots 29 13, avenging their loss from 2015 when they lost to the Patriots in the Super Bowl. The Seattle Seahawks kicker also broke the super bowl record for most field goals made, which was five. He should be the MVP of the game if he's not. What do you. What was the biggest thing that jumped out to you from this year's Super Bowl?
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Biggest thing that jumped out to me.
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Is we're still eating over here, guys. We're still having super bowl party.
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Is the age old adage of defense wins championships. This was by far one of the most boring Super Bowls I've ever seen in my life. At least the first half, the entire game. Because once you got into the second half, then they were just putting up like garbage yardage and garbage stats. But when you looked at this game from the very beginning, no touchdowns for the first three quarters. Only the second time in super bowl history that has ever happened. You talking about the quarterbacks were inefficient. They were both below 50 completion percentage for a long time. They were both below 5 yards per pass attempt for a very long time throughout this game. So it was an absolute struggle. I mean, at one point, the running backs were all averaging less than four yards of carry. And then all of a sudden, the person who I believe should win super bowl mvp and hopefully did, Kenneth Walker iii. And we're shooting this live right now. So we're gonna, we're definitely gonna check it out and make sure we know who actually won Super Bowl MVP, but this guy ran for 135 yards. And whenever you're trying to avenge something, right, come back from something in the past that, that all the 12 fans out there remember, they remember Malcolm Butler catching that interception on the goal and, and the Patriots miraculously winning that Super Bowl. So what did Seattle come out and do in this game? They ran Kenneth Walker. They gave him the goddamn ball. Just like they should have gave it to Marshawn lynch, and that's why they were able to control the game from start to finish. They played incredible defense and they ran the football. That's how they won.
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I know you say that the game was, you know, trash most of the time, but is there anything that Sam did that kind of made you be like, you know what? That's great. Like, anything that jumped out to you that he did.
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I think Sam Donald just. He maintained his composure. Okay, Right. So, like, I already. I'm already on record saying that everyone that doubted him, you know, that said that he could never get it done, that Seattle was stupid for replacing Geno Smith with Sam Donald. It wasn't going to work out. I said, all those people need to go ahead and send in their resignation papers. Right? Because a lot of times in the media space, people, they climb on people that they don't think can benefit them, but they can get a little jab in here or there, try to be funny. Sam Donald's been through the ringer. His story. Sam Donald's story is like a Hollywood, Hollywood movie. He's played for five teams. He was benched in New York. He was benched in Carolina. He was a backup in San Francisco. Then he won 30 games, 14 with the Vikings last year and then, well, 31 now. 17 games with the Seahawks. That's a Hollywood script. 63 touchdowns in his first six years of playing in the NFL. 60 touchdowns in the last two years. Anybody that has anything bad to say about Sam Donald needs to throw it away. And yes, we can debate all day if Sam Donald is a top 10 quarterback or not. But what I do know is he's a Super bowl champion and he won one before Lamar Jackson, Josh Allen, Joe Burrow, Jared Goff, Brock Purdy, all these other guys that are considered elite level quarterbacks. But Sam Donald impressed me in the super bowl because when it wasn't going great, he didn't compound the issue. The biggest difference between Sam Donald and Drake, man, the super bowl, was Sam Darnold was willing to use his legs to create extended plays. And anyone will tell you Drake May's a better athlete than Sam Donald is. Sam don't I know, slouch. But Drake May is a better dual threat quarterback, but for some reason, he would not use his legs. He got sacked six times in this game. 21 sacks given up by this Patriots offensive line in four playoff games. You can't. You can't win like that.
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That's wild.
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You really can't.
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You could Also tell from Sam's post game interview on the field, like, this dude was like, mj. He was like, I do this, you know, And y' all doubted me. I never doubted them myself. So, like, I. I really liked his post game interview because he wasn't like, oh, my God, I can't believe we just won. Which I expected him to be.
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Right?
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He was like, yeah, you know, what's new?
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You know? You know, and to go even further into that, like, he didn't play, like, a Super Bowl MVP type of game, so he's not gonna. He's not gonna win super bowl mvp. And there's gonna be people out there who still doubt him and say, oh, he had the number one scoring defense in and all this other stuff. That doesn't matter. But if you. If you want to talk about what Sam Donald is, he's a stabilizing franchise quarterback. He's not a stopgap quarterback. He's a guy that you just went and won a Super bowl with. And Seattle should commit to him long term, even more so than they already have, because he clearly gets it. He has the locker room on his side. And now you're trying to build a dynasty, and nobody thought Seattle would be here 12 months ago.
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What do you think they need to do, though, to actually build that dynasty?
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Yeah, I mean, one, I would say they got to try to convince Cooper cup not to retire. Okay, how old is Cooper Cup? Cooper Cup, I don't know how old he is, but Cooper cup has. Has done such a great job of being that security blanket, that guy that. That Sam Donald knows is going to get open. So I think that's step one, uh, and then step two. That defense is so dynamic, they need to ensure that they can keep the core of that defense together. Those guys are going to start pricing themselves out because they're making a ton of money.
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Yep.
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Uh, they probably got some pending free agents that are coming up, but to me, Seattle needs to double down. You're going to get Zach Charbonnet back to running back, so you'll still have the one, two punch with him and Kenneth Walker the third. Um, you might. They might have to go out and. And maybe secure another wide receiver. But. But this team has the makings of one that can go on an extended run, and I think that's dangerous. That defensive backfield, the defensive backs, I mean, there's the lesion of boom. But, my God, these guys were all over the Patriots receivers. And I know most people probably can't name a bunch of the Patriots receivers. K' Shawn Booty is. Is. Is one, just in case you guys were wondering. But the bottom line is they couldn't get open.
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Yeah.
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So even though Drake May didn't play his best, it wasn't like he had a bunch of wide open guys all over the field and he couldn't hit him. They were locked down. And that is something that is very, very scary, because offensively, they didn't play great. Yeah, they didn't. They didn't score touchdowns in the red zone. They were kicking field goals, and they still blew them out. That's. That's a problem for the rest of the league.
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And we all know how hard it is to play in the super bowl, let alone win this ribbon. So what do you think the Patriots need to do to get back to the super bowl and possibly win it?
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Yeah, I mean, first and foremost, they got to fix their offensive line.
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Yeah.
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The Patriots had Drake May running for his life the entire game. Left tackle. What's his name? Will Campbell. That man is a turnstile. I'm talking. The defense was like, no, no, no, it's my turn. It's my turn. I get to line up over him because I want to go get a sack, and you get a sack, and you get a sack. It's like the old Adams they talking about, you know, the local. The local woman who's for everybody. She for the streets. He was for the streets. He was for the streets in this game. And it was sad to see because he. He couldn't do anything right. And it wasn't just him on the interior, the offensive line. They struggled at right tackle. They struggled. They struggled everywhere.
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Yeah.
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The Seahawks were pressuring Drake May to the point where he was getting pressure all up in his face. He couldn't escape to the left or the right. And then when he did try to escape, they were tracking him down in a. In a heartbeat. So I always said going into this game that Drake May needed to get jiggy with it with his legs. And that's what I was saying after two, three sacks, man, as a quarterback, you have to tell yourself, I got to speed up my clock. It doesn't mean you get antsy in the pocket. It doesn't mean you rush through your reads. What it means is, you understand, my guys cannot block them today. So I have to help them out, because if I don't give them any level of confidence that I can make some of their wrongs right, they're never going to block them. Will Campbell was so demoralized during the game that he, he was getting dipped and ripped, he was getting spin moved, he was getting swam by. They were bull rushing him and he was falling on his butt. And I'm like, that is the sign of a, of an offensive lineman who is struggling so much he doesn't even know. He doesn't, he can't even get to his fundamentals anymore. Does that make sense? It's like that's a really tough to.
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Place, really tough place to be in.
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Yeah. And this guy's got, comes from lsu, he comes from the sec and he's a rookie. He's a rookie in his first super bowl going up against DeMarcus Lawrence. I get it, it's difficult. But you gotta find a way to solidify that offensive line or maybe you implement some more movement patterns into your offense so that Drake May can get out on the edge and use his legs. I don't know. I, I'm speculating here. It just felt like to me that something else might have been wrong with Drake May.
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Why, why do you think? Just statistically talking numbers wise, why do you think it was such a bad. Mostly first half of a game from honestly both sides of the ball.
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I think it's jitters. You know, you listen to coaches talk about it. When you play in the super bowl, your entire schedule has changed.
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Yeah.
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Right. You're not, it's not the next week. Right. It's two weeks after that. And then you have all this media fare that most of the players are not used to. Yeah. They're used to the reporters walking in the locker room and, and talking to them at their locker and doing that. They're not used to this big grand stage and opening night. And now you get to the game and your warmup is an hour. You, you warm up for everything and then you go sit in the locker room for an hour.
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Yeah.
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So typically you'll see one or both teams start the super bowl slow just because your schedule is, is, is helter skelter. But after that, I think you went into this game and you knew as an offensive coordinator, they've got a great pass rush, we've got a great pass rush. How do we neutralize the pass rush? And that has always been the running game. And New England could never get their running game going. And that's why Drake May ended up being their leading rusher. They couldn't get Travon Henderson rolling. They couldn't get Stevenson rolling at the running back spot. But Seattle on their fourth drive is when the floodgates opened up for Them in the run game. Because before that fourth drive, like I said, they were averaging 3.8 yards of carry. Yeah, it wasn't great. Kenneth Walker, let me say his name. Right, Kenneth Walker. The third. Cause you earned it. 30 yard run on the fourth drive. 29 yard run. Back to back carries for him. Not back to back plays, they had incompletion between them, but back to back carries. And he breaks off 59 yards of rushing. That gave the offensive line confidence that they could run it. It gave the offensive coordinator confidence they could run it. And if anything, it lets Sam Darnold know. Okay, let me relax. I don't have to force anything. My line is controlling the line of scrimmage. Kenneth Walker III is running the ball effectively. That's why I think it turned for Seattle at some point because they were just getting points. And this goes back to the. The whole topic about do you take the points or do you go for it on fourth down? This game is exactly why you take the points. Yeah, they could have easily gone for it on a couple of those fourth downs and been super aggressive, but most Super Bowls slash afc, NFC championship games are decided by one score. So if you have an opportunity to get three, take the three.
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Absolutely.
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And they kept doing that till they got to 12, then they scored a touchdown, then they kicked another field goal, got to 22, then they scored a pick six, 29. It's like, all right, you, when you take the points, it keeps the momentum on your side. And that was the. I think that was the most brilliant thing that Mike McDonald and the staff did, was we're going to take the points in this game and not try to always just go for the jugular. They beat him with, you know, what is it, a thousand lashes as opposed to one knockout punch.
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Because at the end of the day, it doesn't matter how you win the game, it matters when you win. Like in any sport, like take track and field.
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Yep.
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It doesn't matter what time you run at the Olympics. It matters the fact that you're the Olympic champion. You know what I mean?
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But you talked about the fact that you think the secret weapon to the Seahawks success, continued success of the bill of dynasty, is to not let Cooper cup retire. Do you think Cooper cup, based off of his performance, is a future hall of famer?
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Oh, 100% yes. Cooper cup, my guy, he is a hall of famer, 100% off. One time offensive player of the year, two time Super bowl champ and he's a Super Bowl MVP. So there's this whole conversation about like Cooper cup and his numbers and Julian Edelman, because Julian Edelman was never like this gaudy regular season wideout. But Julian Edelman I believe is a Hall of Famer because of what he did in the playoffs, right? So now Cooper cup has the gaudy numbers from the regular season and he has the gaudy numbers from the postseason. Cooper cup hands down should be a Hall of Famer. And the reason the story is so special is because I got to work with him last year, 2024, the Christmas Day game for Netflix. And when I was talking to him, I could tell there was a chip on his shoulder because of how he was being treated as he was going out the door there with the LA Rams. And for people that don't know, the Rams actually wanted Cooper cup to retire. Oh, they were calling around the league telling other teams and GMs and coaches, hey, don't sign this guy. He will not make it through a season. Oh my God, he, he's not going to be healthy enough to help you guys. And all Seattle did was say ah, thanks for the advice. And then they signed him to a long term deal and they gave him the money that he that he was worth at that moment in his career. And all he did was when Jackson, Smith and Jigba went out in the super bowl for an extended period of time because he was getting evaluated for concussion. All Cooper cup did was become their leading receiver. Now, how. How often is it that you have a 1700 yard receiver in Jackson, Smith and Jigba who just won offensive player of the year, and the guy that's behind, not behind him, but like lining up right next to him, who you didn't throw the ball to a ton during the regular season like he's normally used to. Oh, and he's also a Super bowl mvp. Oh, he's also a former offensive player of the year. Like that is a secret weapon to have. So I say all that to say, anybody out there that's doubting themselves or having people doubt them, never let somebody else tell your story or tell you what you can or can't do. Because Cooper cup said, oh, really? You think I should retire? You don't think I can get it done? Watch this. And all he did was go win another super bowl in Seattle. And they value him there. So I'm happy for you, brother. Great job this year. You. He could honestly walk off into the sunset if he wanted to. I don't know if that's what he's going to do, but I would totally understand it. He proved all his doubters wrong, even some of the guys that he was the closest with. And now Seattle has a ring because of it.
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I love it. I wonder how the Rams are feeling right now. Anyway, moving on, let's talk about some of the performances at the Super Bowl. We had Charlie. How do I say his last name? Putt.
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Yeah.
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Opened up the super bowl with the beautiful American anthem with some flyovers of the planes. We had Bad Bunny, Benito, do the halftime show for 30 minutes celebrating Hispanic heritage, Hispanic culture, which was beautiful. Bringing people from all over the world, bringing America together, you know, what did the last statement over there say? The only thing more powerful than hate is love. What did you think of Bad Bunny's performance?
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I thought Bad Bunny did a great job. And we, we talked about this all week on the red carpet. It's like, everyone's like, hey, what do you think about Bad Bunny? It's like, I believe Bad Bunny was going to go out there and he was going to put on some music that was going to make us tap our toes and shake our booties. And that's exactly what he did. Bad Bunny had me shaking my booty in the House. And I think what was so beautiful about it is I'm going to go on a limb and say maybe 70%, 80% of the people watching that halftime show have zero clue what what he said. They have zero clue what any of those songs said. But you could feel the love. You could feel the love of people. You could feel the love of culture. You could feel comradery. And to me, what. He held up the football at the end, and on the football, it said, we are America. Together, we are America. Like, that's exactly what it's about. Like, together, we can all do greater things than we can apart. For the ones who don't know, yes, Puerto Rico is a part of the United States of America. Bad Bunny is an American citizen, and.
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America is not just United States of America. America is every single thing that he mentioned in the end, leading up to the closing statement, closing banner in the. In the end. So, like, I loved it. I thought it was beautiful. I thought we should all celebrate each other, no matter your color, your race, your. Your ethnicity, your culture. Like, if. I don't know, I'm a huge fan of Hispanic culture, so I would. I was definitely shaking my booty.
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It was a blast. And then, you know, the thing that was. We were talking during the performance, and I'm like, you know, in the middle of us shaking our booties, we were talking about the couple that was getting married. Yeah. Like, and I'm like, I told. I'm like, I think they're getting married for real. And to come to find out after the show, they actually were getting married for real. The. The couple that was portraying themselves of getting married basically had Bad Bunny and Lady Gaga as their wedding singers, which is, like, something that you'll never forget. But I. What. What we found out is that that couple actually invited Bad Bunny to their wedding, and he declined just to invite them to the super bowl so they can get married on national tv. Now that you love to see it. We love, love.
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There was so many awesome cameos. Just awesome and so random. Like, clearly, Lady Gaga killed it. That was Ricky Martin. Like, I haven't heard of Ricky Martin.
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In hey, Ricky Martin went off 20 years.
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I used to be a fan of Ricky Martin.
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Ricky Martin did his thing.
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We had. We had Alex Earl in the. In the. In the shot. We had Jessica Alba in the shot. There was so many cameos that, like, I loved the fact that he literally brought people from all over America together. No matter your background, no matter what color you are.
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Yep.
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I thought it was awesome.
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Let's talk about our super bowl week that was happening in San Francisco and we are so tired. We went to the NFL honors, which was Hygiea. We went to the NFL honors and watched Drew Ski mispronounce Jigba's name. Watched Tiffany Haddish call Mike Rabel, Mike Verbal watch Matthew Stafford win the MVP with his four daughters on the stage. What did you think of the NFL honors and do you think the awards went to the right people?
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Well, I think NFL honors is great. It's a great community builder. You know, I think if you don't celebrate, if you're not willing to celebrate amongst your peers, your accomplishments and what you do and coming together to like celebrate that together, it can kind of get lost. Like the importance of it, for example, the Heisman, you know, every chance we get to go to the Heisman ceremony, we go because it's good to see the old heads. It's good to see, you know, the young guys that have just won if they can show up. And then it's good to obviously bring the new person in, which this year was Fernando Mendoza, and show them like this is what the brotherhood, this is what the fraternity is about.
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Also, Fernando Mendoza said he's a fan of our show. Just putting it out there, you know.
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Yeah. So I, I think when it comes to NFL honors, I just know that there's guys out there that, that are going through some stuff right I want to get all dark and gloomy here, but it's when you don't know what people are going through sometimes showing up to an event like that, talking to your peers, talking to guys that you were fans of, if it's some NFL legends, sometimes that can be a pick me up that you didn't know was actually saving lives. So I think it's always important to get out there and do that as much as you possibly can. Now, specifically, what do you want to ask me about Drew Ski?
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Do you think Drew Ski actually didn't know how to say his last name, or do you think he did it for exactly what he got out of it? The clout of social media?
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Yeah, I think Drew Ski mispronounced his name on. On purpose. And I don't. I don't. It was funny. Now, I do think that Drew is funny. I think Drew Ski is hilarious. I think a lot of the skits that he does are relatable. They're obviously relatable to the culture. And he's one of the, you know, upand cominging stars in the industry and has been for the last few years. So I've got nothing negative to say about Drew Ski in that regard. I just thought in that moment, like, there's a time to play and there's a time to be serious. And I know Drew Ski is a comedian and he likes to always play and not be serious all the time, but when you're talking about a guy in Jackson, Smith and Jigba who actually changed and hyphenated his last name to honor his grandparents, I think that is something that you should take seriously. He. He is a. He's a football fan, he's a sports fan. He knows how to say his name. But it did go viral, and I think it. A lot of people looked at it the right way. They did not love that he did that in that moment, and they thought it was lame. I just think, you know, maybe Jackson, Smith and Jig but can say something. I know the Seahawks came out and said that they didn't appreciate it. I don't know how the NFL is going to handle that, but no, I don't think. I don't think it was funny. And I like to laugh at a lot of things, but in that moment, I thought Drew Ski missed the mark.
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Yeah, I think so. The MC of the night was Jon Hamm, and I think this. Everything that he made a joke of was valid because it was. You're a regular Oscars host. You know what I mean? They are there literally to roast people. So I think all of his jokes were, you get a pass for that. But I. I agree with you. I feel like there's a time and place for everything, and that wasn't really the time to mess up someone's name on purpose, especially when it has that deep of a meaning to them.
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Correct.
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Now let's talk about Tiffany Haddish, because Tiffany Haddish was brought out to. To give what, a cochinear coach of the year. Cochineal year award. And my girl was struggling. She had to rewind the teleprompter a couple times and go back on live TV because it was just not working out for her. She couldn't read it. And then when she named the coach of the year, she didn't know how to say Mike Rabel's last name and called her. The coach of the award goes to Mike Burble. It was. It was just stacking up for her. Stacking up for her. Now, I love Tiffany. She's hilarious, and I think she's funny, but I don't think they're gonna invite her back next year.
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No, I don't. I don't know what happened. But, you know, sometimes people come to these events and they. They partake in the festivities that are around, and they. Maybe they don't. Maybe they're not seeing it clearly.
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Yeah.
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So, like, Tiffany, you could tell she was upset with herself because she wanted to get it right. But somebody, please, Lord have mercy, give them a cue. Or at the. In the back, hey, this is how you say this coach's name. This is how you say this coach's name. Because we can't have people at these award shows giving out awards, and they don't know how to pronounce the names correctly. And like you said, we love. We love Tiffany. She's hilarious. I. I don't think that she did it on purpose.
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No, she did not do it on purpose.
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I think the difference between what Tiffany, Tiffany Haddish did and what Drew Ski did is Drew Ski knew how to say it. He just took the opportunity to say something differently because he wanted to go viral. I think Tiffany Haddish actually thought that Mike Vrabel's name was Mike Verbal. Yes, that's what I think. And I. I, you know, help a sister out, man. Give. Like, this happens all the time in tv. And I know, because I. I do tv, and if there's ever a hard name or something. Is the. Is the R silent? Is the. Is the V a W? Like, they'll Tell you they will give you those cues. And I just think they, they kind of left, they left out the dry on that one.
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I agree. All right, let's talk about some of the awards. Do you think all the awards went to the right people? Do you think the MVP going to Matthew Stafford went to the right person?
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Yeah, I think with the culture that we're in right now in Sports, in the NFL that Matthew Stafford was the MVP. 37 years old, led the league in passing yards, led the league in passing touchdowns. Astronomical numbers. And when you watch him play, you talk about the eye test. He passed the eye test. This guy's the king of the no look pass. And I think really for me, watching him win it in, in his is 37. At 37 years old was truly special because his team was also really, really good. And people will knock him for having Puka Nakua and having Devonte Adams and, and Kyron Williams and Blake Corum and obviously having Sean McVeigh as his offensive coordinator. I'm not going to fault him for that. Listen, man, you go out there and you play to the best of your ability with whatever weapons that you have. And I thought he had a truly special season. What I'd love to see more of from the NFL in the award selection process is just giving other positions an opportunity to legitimately win the award. I thought Jackson, Smith and Jigba should have, should have been considered much more heavily for the mvp. I thought last year that Saquon Barkley should have been much more heavily considered for the MVP after rushing for 2,000 yards and almost breaking the single season rushing record. So I think in my opinion that needs to be at the forefront. But what did you think about Matthew Stafford after he won the award and seeing him with his four daughters on the stage and what did that do for you as a parent?
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B
Yeah, I thought it was beautiful, you know, as we can relate because we have also four daughters and yeah, I think it's beautiful every time you see somebody prioritize their family, somebody give their flowers to their family, you know, not taking their wife for granted, not taking their kids for granted, knowing, hey, I could not be here, I would not be standing here if it wasn't for you. And like in a lot of cases, I feel like the men that win the awards, they don't take almost any credit for it and they give the flowers when it's about them and their greatness, they choose to give the flowers to everybody around them.
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A
Right.
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B
And I think it's beautiful to see because I feel like it shows a lot about their character and, like, how much they appreciate what everybody does around them for them to be in this position.
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A
Yeah, I think it's. You always have to look for. They call it that. Silver lining.
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B
Yeah.
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A
And the silver lining about it is all like, hey, guys, Matthew Stafford to the fans, he's out there to entertain.
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B
Yeah.
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A
They want him to win games. They want him to throw it to the right guy. They want him to throw it to their guy, their tight end. They're running, their running back, their wide receiver on their fantasy team. They want to make sure, hey, if the bet is over 250 yards, they wanted to throw for 270 yards. If they bet the over. Right. That's kind of where their mind goes. But in the grand scheme of it all, the reason these guys play isn't because they want to entertain you solely. They play because they want to take care of their families. They play because they want their daughters to see them have success. So their daughters feel like they can have success. They play because they have a higher calling. And that, to me is. Is what it's all about. So when I saw him with. With his four daughters and eventually his wife as well, it's like they're human. They're. They're not just like you and I, and I know people said, oh, they're just like you. In many men, in many instances, they are. They're not, because they're. They. They make a ton of money. And if you make more money than the, Than the NFL players, then they're just like you. They're human beings. Their fathers, their sons, their brothers, you know, and husbands. Husbands. And they want to do these things so their kids can live a better life. So I thought that was awesome to see. And congrats to Matthew Stafford. You know, still doing it at a super high level at 37 years old. It's. It's very, very impressive.
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B
All right, what thousand parties and events did we attend this weekend?
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A
We went to a lot of them.
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B
A lot. We went to New Heights party, where it was free arcade games the entire night. So me and Robert were breaking all types of records in there. We went to tight ends and friends put on by George Kittle and his wife Y, which was an awesome party. Loud Luxury was performing. We went to Sports Illustrated, the party where Ludacris was performing and Chain Smokers was performing. We went to. We went to Gallery Clubhouse, which was put on by our good friends Juwan and Shannon, who played for the Saints. And that was. I Thought an amazing event that they put on. They've done it for a couple years now.
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A
Well, we got some custom shoes.
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B
Oh, yeah. We went to Golden Goose to design custom sneakers for ourselves.
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A
That was fun.
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B
Which was actually very fun. We got matching ones with our kids names on them. And San Francisco reminded me a lot of Europe. It wasn't like your regular American architecture and like the freaking hills.
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A
Oh.
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B
Oh, my God.
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A
Hey, they got some hills in San Francisco.
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B
They got some heels.
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A
Oh, wow. I mean, like.
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B
Like.
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A
Like some hills. Like, if you live up at the top of the hill and you got a basketball, football, a tennis ball, a soccer ball, and that bad boy go down the hill. It's gone.
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B
It's gone.
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A
I'm sorry. It's gone. It's. It's gonna go 17 blocks down to the bottom of the hill. You might as well live at the bottom of the hill and never, ever have to buy a basketball, a soccer ball, a football, ever. Because all the kids up at the top, they just sending them down there on accident. It was crazy. Crazy steep. I agree.
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B
Because it's the Alcatraz, so that was cool.
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A
We didn't. We didn't go there because we're not criminals or anything like that.
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B
So it's a museum now.
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A
I understand. I'm still not trying to, like, go to Alcatraz, but otherwise we had such a good idea.
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B
You're funny. And we are so thankful for everybody that they invited us to all of these amazing events, amazing parties, amazing whatever they put on. We are just humbled that they thought of us to be a part of it. So we had a great week. We were. Robert was rooting for the Seahawks. I was kind of wanting the Patriots to win, but I am so happy for the Seahawks, and I think it's. They did an amazing job.
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A
Yeah, man. So before we bounce, just Two quick nuggets. One, Mike McDonald. Congratulations. He was a coach in Baltimore when I was there for my three seasons. He's the head coach of the Seattle Seahawks. Nice. Two bowl champion. And he's the first head coach in NFL history who called defensive plays to win a Super Bowl. So congrats to Mike. If you guys wonder why all those blitzes kept hitting and they kept having free runners running at Drake May. Well, my experience with Mike McDonald is that he allows the players at the line of scrimmage to determine who is blitzing and who isn't. So even when the offensive line and the quarterback points to the guy that actually is supposed to be blitzing, they have the autonomy to switch it on the spot. And when that happens, they always have a free runner at the quarterback. It's a very unique thing, but it shows if, as a coach, if you empower your players to do things the right way, they will do it right. And that's why I believe they are super bowl champions. And the second thing is shout out to the Tennessee Titans. Not the type of shout out you guys want, because I know you're sick right now and I want you to know that we're here for you. We understand that you thought the grass was greener on the other side. We understand that you had Mike Vrabel, or as Tiffany, Tiffany Haddish called him, Mike Verbal. You had Mike Verbal there in your building as your head coach and you didn't appreciate him. You threw him out like he was a piece of garbage. Now, he might not be a Super bowl champion, but he does have the Patriots back. Yeah, he's got a young quarterback and Drake May that a lot of people are starting to make some comparisons to Tom Brady. So I know the Tennessee Titans, they're probably relieved that Mike Verbal or his surname variable didn't win the Super Bowl. But when you look at where they're at and you look at where the Patriots just ended up, I think the Patriots won on that bet. So if you got a great coach, believe in them. Give them the longest leash possible because it's hard to find program builders in the NFL. That's why a lot of coaches get recycled all the time. So looking forward to the Patriots getting back to where they belong. They just did get into the Super Bowl. I think they'll be back. I'm really interested in seeing what Seattle does from here. It's going to be an interesting off season and we can't wait to continue to dive into the football coverage. But also we're going to start going football to football. World Cup's coming up, baby. Oh, when the soccer content is going to be fire. So make sure y' all like subscribe to our YouTube page. Make sure you find us on Spotify and Apple podcast. Leave a review Let us know in the comments what you think about this super bowl recap. Let us know what you think about what the Patriots need to do to get back what the Seahawks need to do to build a dynasty. See? And whether or not Drew Ski was funny for mispronouncing Jackson, Smith and Jigsaw's name. And let us know what you want us to do this offseason because I don't know we're feeling kind of creative.
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B
Very creative.
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A
Let's have some fun. Bye. See you guys next time. Peace.