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The following podcast is a Dear Media production. What's up, guys? Welcome back to Sunday Sports Club Podcast, a podcast all about sports told by a woman. And that woman is me. Hi, guys, I'm Alison Kuch, and today is basically super bowl for Dummies. So I have my husband here on the show because he's a dummy and I'm going to be teaching him all about football.
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B
Take it away.
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A
Um, no, but honestly, if you are heading to a Super bowl party, if you don't know who's even playing in the super bowl, you just want like a quick, like. I just need some, like, key points to, like, really ground me in this. This is a good episode for you to listen to. We're going to keep it short, digestible, and we're not going to give you anything boring.
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B
I miss a good old super bowl party. We've been fortunate enough to go to the last five Super Bowls, so we haven't gone to, like, a traditional house party. Super bowl party. And I need that. I kind of need that.
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A
Do you want to sell our tickets this year or.
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B
Yeah. Do you know that tickets are going for like 30k? Like, tickets are out of control right now.
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A
I just want to know who has that amount of money. Like, I understand companies do, I understand businesses do. Are players paying that for their families to go?
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B
Yeah, face value tickets are like seven grand for families.
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A
What?
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B
Yeah, you're having to pay, which actually.
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A
Fun fact, if your husband is playing in the super bowl, you don't get free tickets.
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B
You get, I think you get some. But I, I, I don't know this exactly, but I'm pretty sure you get up to 10, access to 10 tickets, but you're still having to pay for them.
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A
Your husband's playing in the biggest football game of the entire year and he still has to pay for tickets.
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B
Yeah, but it's ten. That's a thousand tickets.
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A
Okay.
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B
Between two guys. Actually more, that's like 1500 tickets that they would just be giving away.
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A
But on that note, how much do you make going to the Super Bowl?
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B
I think the winning team makes 150k.
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A
Extra, like as a bonus.
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B
Not that much when you think about it.
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A
I think you get a bonus. I mean, Jesus Christ, Isaac. It's not, when you think about NFL just like brainwashed you, that, that doesn't feel like a lot of money.
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B
It costs like $5 million.
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A
That's a salary. How much?
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B
The, what I'm saying is the nf, that's not the point. The point is the NFL is making A crazy amount of money on these games. And then you have the teams make like the Patriot. Think about how much the Patriots organization's making on the Super Bowl. And their best player, Drake May, is making 150k. That's a ripoff. A lot of guys make less, actually, than they do in for a regular game.
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A
But you would still want to go to playoffs in Super Bowl.
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B
Yeah, it's priceless.
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A
But anyways, Isaac, what teams are playing the Super Bowl?
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B
The Seahawks and the Patriots. Did you know? You would have got that right?
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A
What?
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B
You would have got that right?
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A
Yes, I would have got that right. You think I don't study for these episodes?
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B
You wouldn't have known anyways.
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A
No, I.
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B
Well, no, you would have known.
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A
I would have known. Okay, so we are going to kind of go through both the Patriots and the Seahawks. We're going to name off some key players that you guys are going to. It's gonna be, like, nice for you to know if you're going to a Super bowl party or you're watching the game with, like, a group of friends.
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B
The brides and Chads.
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A
Yeah, it's just gonna be nice. And Isaac here is a sports broadcaster. So this is crazy. Literally, his job, I mean, your job was being in the NFL, and now your job is talking about people in the NFL. So if you want to hear any tidbits, Isaac is the person to do it and he can give you some tidbits that it would even surprise your significant other.
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B
It's kind of fascinating. I'm technically an expert in talking about it, but I don't. Yeah, it's weird.
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A
You're not as expert as they get. Like, you've lived through it and you've.
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B
Studied it, but I feel like the average sports fan is super smart. So it's weird that I'm chosen as the expert.
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A
Well, who chose you as the expert? Nobody said that.
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B
I don't know. It is my job, so I should know.
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A
Also, I just want to apologize in advance because I am so out of breath. Do you guys hear me breathing into.
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B
This microphone, carrying around a watermelon? That's why.
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A
Oh, my gosh. So we have about a week until. About a week. If you're listening to this on Sunday, we have a week until Super Bowl. And The Super Bowl 60 is going to be held in San Francisco this year. Or was it Santa Clara?
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B
It might be San Jose.
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A
Oh, it's San Jose.
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B
I don't know, Isaac. How am I supposed to know where the stadium is? I've played There.
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A
Been there multiple times.
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B
Played in that stadium. So many times.
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A
I've never been to San Francisco, so I'm really excited. Yeah. In fact, when you guys are listening to this, Isaac will already be in San Francisco.
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B
Yeah, I will be. I'll be doing stuff for the Pro Bowl.
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A
Wow.
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B
I couldn't get invited, so I went.
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A
Is a Pro bowl also held in San Francisco? Wow.
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B
They just changed it. It used to be in Orlando every year, and there. There's a point. Whereas in Hawaii, they just changed it. So now I think it travels with the Super Bowl. Maybe. I don't know. I'd have to check on that.
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A
That would make sense because a lot of these Pro Bowlers, like, might get invited to the NFL honors or like, other events around the Super Bowl. So this makes a lot of sense. We're saving. We're saving on flights.
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B
The Pro bowl has kind of changed. It's kind of a joke now. Like, it's an honor to be in it.
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A
But then, no offense, you know, nobody gives a shit about the Pro Bowl.
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B
You know, Shadur Sanders is in the Pro Bowl.
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A
Really?
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B
He made a Pro Bowl.
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A
Wow. You. You were a hater.
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B
He shouldn't be in a Pro Bowl. Most people would agree on that. We're not going to get into the details, but it's. It's wild.
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A
Okay, so.
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B
Wow.
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A
First and foremost, the most important information that you need to know is that it is the Seahawks playing against the Patriots.
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B
Yep. You're right.
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A
And we're going to give our picks at the end who we think is going to win.
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B
Who are the starting quarterbacks? Pause for the listeners. Who are the starting quarterbacks? 3, 2, 1. Ally, who are they?
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A
Drake May and Sam Darnold.
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B
Yep.
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A
Sammy D. Also, if. If I know a lot of information, it's not because I know a lot of information. It's because Isaac and I actually filmed this episode already and something happened with the podcast recording aspect, so we're having to re record.
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B
Look, I'm a big Sam Darnold fan. I just want to establish.
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A
With Sam Darnold, I.
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B
It's funny because I do. I work on NFL Network, and I do feel like the producers are probably getting a little tired of me talking about Sam Darnold.
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A
I think I'm getting tired of you talking about Sam Darnold.
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B
You're like, I. I love Sam Darnold.
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A
Okay, well, why don't you have a baby with him?
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B
Yikes.
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A
So is Sam Darnold. Does he have red hair?
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B
He. I think he's a Ginger.
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A
I'm okay. Isaac.
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B
I mean, I don't know. He's. It's like brown and dark brown head.
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A
Him having red hair and then wearing the Seahawks neon green and it just being like kind of a clashing moment.
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B
He's not a true ginger, but he's.
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A
Definitely not in his color analysis, that's for sure.
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B
You know, guys that have, like, if they grow their beard out, it's like kind of red. So then you're like, are they a ginger? They're like, they might. He's that guy. He's not like, like hardcore.
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A
It's like reddish.
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B
He's. It's like brown red.
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A
It's not neon. It's not neon green.
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B
It's not. Not red.
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A
Okay, so let's go ahead and talk about the Seahawks for a second.
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B
Yep.
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A
Starting quarterback Sam Darnold. So give us a quick synopsis on who Sam Darnold is.
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B
Sam Darnold at the beginning of his career was a redheaded step job.
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A
Isaac.
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B
What, you've never heard that saying?
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A
No.
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B
Really? You've never heard redheaded.
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A
Isaac will come at me with these sayings. He's like, somebody had, like, somebody needs to call the health department. They had someone put their foot in that. I'm like, is that a good thing or a bad thing?
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B
If.
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A
If he thinks the food is good, he's like, they must have their feet off in the. Their shoes off in the kitchen.
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B
I do want to talk about this real quick. It's a southern phrase. You say like, man, they put their foot in that. So then I'll go down this whole line. I'll be like, ally, I had. We have to. You have to really call the manager of this restaurant. And she'll be like, why? It's a whole thing. Sam Darnold.
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A
Wait. But before you do that, I just have to say how wrong I sound saying it. Isaac, does somebody have their feet.
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B
They put their. Did they dip their pinky toe in that?
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A
Isaac, did somebody have their foot in this?
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B
You can only.
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A
Ridiculous.
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B
It only works with like a like old southern black auntie. Like, man, I'm not going to try to do it, but you get the point. So Sam Darnold's like the redheaded stepchild. Beginning of his career, nobody cared about him. This is the fifth team he's played for. These are some of the facts you can throw out to the Brads and Chad. Sam Darnold's played for five teams. The first two that he played more.
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A
Teams than Isaac, which it's a lot of Teams. Isaac.
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B
A lot of teams. The first two teams that he played for were the jets where he got drafted third overall, and the Panthers. Both of those situations were awful. Then he started the upward trajectory of his career. What was his next team?
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A
Rams.
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B
49Ers.
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A
49Ers. I knew that. I didn't know that.
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B
He also went to the super bowl with the 49ers.
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A
As a backup.
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B
As a backup. And then he went to the Vikings where he won 14 games.
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A
Wow. Out of 17. That's a good. That's a good reference.
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B
That's a huge deal. At the end of the. The last game of the year was the Vikings versus the Lions. And it was like the most wins in one football game because of the Lions were also really good that year. Who cares? Next year he go. He's a free agent and signs a deal with.
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A
Oh, okay. So then he was a free agent and he signed with the Seahawks.
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B
Signed with the Seahawks.
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A
Why didn't the Vikings keep him? Vikings are a huge issue.
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B
But then he went on to rope out another 14 win season. He's the only quarterback in NFL history to do back to back 14 win seasons on different teams.
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A
Wow.
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B
Yeah. And now he's went through the gauntlet of the playoffs and he's. He's going to the Super Bowl. It's. I love his story. I love.
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A
Why wasn't he good the first two years?
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B
He was on a really bad day.
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A
That sounds really harsh. I don't like talking about NFL players because like I'm. No, he was not good people in the NFL world. That sounds braggy. That sounds pick me. But like, I don't want his girlfriend watching this and being like, what the. Like your husband was on practice squad.
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B
It's. Well, that's.
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A
He was.
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B
That's fact. In the same way, it's fact that Sam Darnold was not. Like nobody would have considered him even like a top 30 quarterback. Like he was like worse in the league.
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A
And now Isaac has gone on national TV saying that Sam Darnold is in the top five quarterbacks.
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B
This is a hill I will die on now. It's a little premature because I think he needs to win a Super bowl to be talked about in that way. But I think if he has a.
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A
Good game, which I do love being premature.
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B
Okay.
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A
How many weeks was your mom when you were born?
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B
I was full. I was. I don't know the full term. But yeah, I'm just banging on and playing a good game. Also fun fact in tv, you kind of have to Say stuff that's crazy. Like, you can't just always be like, yeah, we'll see how. You have to be the guy who's like, yeah, I think he's top five. Here's why. And you have to die on that hill. And then you have to just look down. If you look down, you look down. But if you win, you win.
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A
I mean, Isaac's going to look really dumb. If Sam Darnold is not. Does not play well in the super bowl because he's obsessed with him.
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B
If Sam Darnold goes out and throws three interceptions in a game, I'm going to look like an idiot. I have a lot of. I have a lot of info out there.
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A
Give us some Sam Darnold stats.
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B
Like. What do you mean? Like, hardcore stats.
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A
Yeah. You know, Sam, we literally just filmed a video on this.
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B
Here's the thing. He's not a hardcore stat guy. What he did do in the last game was very impressive. It was. So there's a lot of history with him with the Rams being the team that he really struggles with in the last two years. It's like always been the Rams that he cannot beat. He ends up beating him two times in a row. And in the most recent game, he has pretty much a perfect game.
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A
So to get here, the Patriots had to beat the Denver Broncos and the Seahawks had to beat the Los Angeles Rams.
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B
Yeah. Final four.
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A
And so Sam Darnold had lost how many games leading up to this game against the Rams.
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B
In general versus versus.
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A
The Rams versus the Rams?
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B
It doesn't matter because he beat them. They played three times last season or this season, which is crazy.
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A
Playing it playing at the same team three times is, like, really hard to do.
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B
It's random, but either way, it's just been the team that he struggled with. I don't want to get too in the nitty gritty of it, because I don't think it matters. I think the point is he's overcome a lot. A lot. You know, bad beginning of his career, then overcome, like, a lot of hate and people doubting him. Overcome having red hair. Overcome, like, all these. I'm joking. He doesn't have. He doesn't have red hair. But again, it's not. Not red.
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A
It's safe to say Isaac says something cancelable on, like, every single episode. I'm just like, you can't. That, like, people don't know you're joking.
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B
There's nothing wrong with having red hair. It's not like an attack at red hair.
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A
Am I the problem now?
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B
Yeah, I'm just. You. You. In fact, you're the one who said, does he have red hair? I didn't even think about that.
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A
I was curious. I'm pa. I'm picturing.
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B
Perfect.
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A
I don't have photographic memory, but I picture people in my head and I'm trying to build them up and, like, I'm picturing him with a little scruff and, like a little red tint to his hair.
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B
Yeah, that's true.
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A
Have I seen a picture of him? Maybe that's what I'm thinking of.
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B
Okay, so he's also from Southern California.
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A
Sam Darnold is the quarterback. He's the starting quarterback. He's been to a Super bowl before. But he wasn't the starting quarterback when he went with the 49ers.
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B
Correct.
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A
Do people have faith in him?
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B
Yeah, I think everybody. The Seattle Seahawks are the pick for the game. I think most people are picking the Seahawks to win the game.
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A
Who is the head coach of The Seahawks?
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B
Mike MacDonald. M A C. Donald Mac Donald.
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Is there anything we should know about him? I miss Pete Carroll.
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B
Super young. I mean, he's 38.
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A
He's.
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B
He's like an extremely young coach. Been successful early. Yeah, I mean, he's just. He's a really good coach. He's a culture guy. Both coaches talk about the Patriots. Vrabel, who got fired, then got hired by the Patriots.
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A
Isaac is. Isaac's so quick to jump to the next conversation. These people are listening as, like, this is their cheat sheet. You can't just throw out Mike Vrabel. Mike Vrabel. It's like we.
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B
Okay, we'll pause.
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A
Okay, so we have the Seahawks. Sam Darnold, head coach.
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B
Yep.
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A
They've got head coaches.
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B
Mike McDonald.
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A
Mike McDonald had a super.
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B
That'll help you remember it. Other notable play players. Cooper Cup. Cooper Cup, Household name.
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A
He's been to a Super bowl before with the Rams.
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B
Jackson. Jackson, Smith, Najigba. JSN is what they call him. Sorry, you can say offense. Yeah, he's a receiver. He's one of the best receiver. Actually. Some would just consider him the best in the NFL right now.
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A
Ning Jigba.
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B
Don't say it too fast.
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A
Just warn you guys, that's a really sick last name.
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B
JSN is what you can call him and then a number of notable guys on the defense. But I think if you're with the Brads and Chads, just keep it to offense because offensive players.
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A
No, we're. We're going to jump to defense in a second. Thanks, Isaac. Thy ticket, lady Jennifer of Coolidge. Well, many thanks, good sir. Here is my Discover card. They accept Discover at Renaissance Fairs? Yeah, they do here. Discover is accepted at the places I love to shop. Getth with the times. With the times.
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B
You're playing the loot.
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A
Yeah. And it sounds pretty good, right?
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B
Discover is accepted at 99% of places that take credit cards nationwide, based on.
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A
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B
Coming to the west coast, yeah, it's tradition. It happens all the time.
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A
Interesting. So on the Patriots, we have Drake May, who is the quarterback. This is his second year in the NFL. He is the sophomore, second youngest quarterback to go to a Super bowl, the first being Dan Marino, which was in like 19. I don't know. I think it was before I was born.
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B
Yep.
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A
So that's irrelevant information. Sorry. But before I'm born, I don't really give a. So Drake mate, for the most part is about like the youngest quarterback going to the super bowl as the starting quarterback.
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B
Yep.
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A
And last year the Patriots had a actual horrible year. They actually were not very good 4.
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B
And 13 and that.
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A
Like, I feel bad saying that but.
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B
Like, no, they were bad.
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My husband's not on a team.
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B
So they were bad last year. And it's probably one of the biggest jumps for a team in a while, like to be 4 and 13 and then the next year go to a Super Bowl. It's actually inside insane. But Drake may is having a, having an incredible year. They brought in a lot of pieces.
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A
Did Drake May have a good year last year?
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B
He was decent. What's interesting, 31 people to their roster in the offseason. Wow. 31.
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A
That's a, that's a whole new team and a new head coach. Everything changed three years ago. The head coach was Bill Belichick. We've all seen him on Tik Tok.
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B
Because it's funny because he's.
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A
For other reasons that aren't football.
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B
Yeah. In amongst the ladies. He's known because he's dating a 24 year old woman. But he.
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A
Daddy, grandpa.
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B
He's. He's been in nine Super Bowls. He has six championships. He has pretty much the most wins in NFL history.
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A
Which this is actually crazy what's going on with him and like the hall of Fame.
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B
He what? So you. When they're inducting people in the hall of Fame, if you go in the first year you're eligible, you're considered a first ballot hall of Fame. He was not a first ballot hall of Famer, but he's. There's. He has. He's the best coach in NFL history. It's so obvious. And the commissioner, or not the commissioner, but the committee came out and said that there were other coaches that were older than him that they wanted to get in and they were like, we know Bill Belichick's going to be in the hall of Fame. That's not the issue. We wanted to get these other guys in. I don't love the. It's. It's just the name of the game. That's like saying like, I would have gotten drafted higher if I was in a worse draft class. But it's like, no, you're always just going to take the best players. And that's how it works. It should be the same with the hall of Fame. Like, that's just how it goes.
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A
Ooh, that's an interesting take, Isaac. So he, he got fired or did he leave voluntarily?
- [22:41]
B
I think I should know this, but I'm pretty sure he left. He didn't get fired. Let's look it up because I actually can't remember. Did Bell. Did Bill Belichick get fired or leave. Mutually agreed to part way. So that's why it's. That's why, in my mind, I don't know.
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A
Yeah.
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B
Okay. I think it was just time for him to move on. He went to unc. That was a train wreck. And here we are.
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A
Is. Is he even doing anything right now?
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B
Besides, I don't even know if I haven't followed it at all. The funny thing is, with college or with working in the NFL, I haven't. Like, college has been on the back.
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A
Burner for me until the NFL draft, which is happening in April, so we'll have to get back on that. But okay. So Bill Belichick used to coach the Patriots. We all know that name because him and Tom Brady were. Buddy. Buddy, right?
- [23:40]
B
Yep.
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A
Like, they won a lot of Super Bowls. It was like their era was better than, like, the Chiefs era of how often the Chiefs go to the super bowl. Now, that was like, the Patriots. Okay. Talking about the Patriots in the playoffs is a little bit of a sensitive subject for Isaac over here. Why? Because Isaac, when he played for the Los Angeles Chargers, probably one of your best years while you played in the NFL, we all went to Foxborough and they lost. Actually, really bad, too. I think the Patriots ended up going to the super bowl and then winning that year.
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B
No, they did.
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A
So I kind of was like, yeah, but like, they lost to the super bowl winner. So, like. Which doesn't say. It doesn't mean that they're good at all. Was it. Is it sensitive? Talking about the Patriots? Are you okay?
- [24:25]
B
It is what it is. I played. Played really bad that game, too.
- [24:29]
A
You played really bad?
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B
Yeah. They had literally the best tackle, or, excuse me, the biggest tackle I've ever played against.
- [24:34]
A
No excuses.
- [24:35]
B
Isaac, he was huge.
- [24:36]
A
So Bill Pelicek, him and Tom Brady, whatever. Okay. They had an era. Right. So then they part ways with Bill Belichick. They get a new head coach last year. I don't know his name. You don't need to know his name. Nobody gives a shit. They were really bad. That's all you need to know.
- [24:53]
B
Yep.
- [24:54]
A
This year they hire Mike Rabel, who is a younger head coach.
- [24:59]
B
Yeah, young. Yeah, younger. For sure.
- [25:01]
A
He actually played for the Patriots at one point. And you also have a super young quarterback, Drake May, and they've been killing it.
- [25:10]
B
They've been great. They also have Josh McDaniels, who's the offensive coordinator that was with the Patriots during all their wins. So it's a perfect storm. He was also my coach with the Raiders.
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A
Yeah.
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B
So it's random.
- [25:24]
A
But he got fired.
- [25:25]
B
So there. I got fired after he got fired.
- [25:28]
A
Oh, okay.
- [25:29]
B
Yeah. So technically he didn't fire me.
- [25:30]
A
Perfect.
- [25:31]
B
But yeah, Drake May just had like a really good year. I mean he. And they have a great team. Their defense is really, really good. Vrabel is a. He was a former defensive player, defensive minded coach. So he has this mentality and added.
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A
Do you think defensive minded coaches or offensive minded coaches do better with young quarterbacks?
- [25:50]
B
Offensive minded coaches. But Both variable and McDonald are defensive minded coaches.
- [25:57]
A
Every time you say McDonald I want to say old McDonald had a farm.
- [25:59]
B
It's. People just say McDonald. By the way, I'm just purposely McDonald. The A.
- [26:04]
A
So Drake May, because we talked about Sam Darnold and like his past few teams and how he's kind of set himself up in the position he is now. Drake May to go back. We have to go back to like college. Where did he play football?
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B
Unc.
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A
Where Bill Belichick is at now.
- [26:20]
B
He didn't. He had no overlap with Bill Belichick.
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A
It's just interesting.
- [26:24]
B
Which is crazy. Like at no point did he have overlap with Bill Belichick, but they pretty much just switched positions.
- [26:30]
A
I do find that interesting. So Drake May, I mean clearly was a great quarterback. He was drafted also at same as Sam Darnold, third overall pick. And so he goes to the Patriots.
- [26:40]
B
It's kind of crazy.
- [26:41]
A
Doesn't have a great first year, but this second year he's been playing really well.
- [26:46]
B
Everybody had a lot of hype for him though. Like he was kind of. I think people expected him to play well. Maybe not to the extent of going to the playoffs, but everybody was, was really excited about him. I actually need to pull some of my old clips because I actually was bet on the Patriots before the season started because they signed Spillane. You know, I knew Drake May had enough upside. Random fun fact. But yeah, Drake made a good year last year. But this year it's, it's, I mean, perfect.
- [27:13]
A
It's really interesting to me. I feel bad talking about these players because their wives. It's okay. People talk about you all the time.
- [27:24]
B
Who are you going to talk about?
- [27:25]
A
Well, I was going to say Drake May and the Patriots played against the Denver Broncos. Okay. To go to the Super Bowl. They were competing for the super bowl spot.
- [27:37]
B
Yep.
- [27:37]
A
I can't say that like without a doubt the Patriots were the better team.
- [27:42]
B
No, the Broncos missed two field goals. For the Broncos.
- [27:45]
A
Yeah, the Broncos missed two field goals. The Patriots missed one field goal. But had the kickers kicked the balls statistically, like, you would say that, like, the Broncos are probably the better team.
- [27:56]
B
I think. I think the. I also think the Broncos and the Super Bowls would be a better matchup. I would have rather seen that. Sorry. But yeah, they missed two field goals. It started snowing like crazy at the end of the game. And then it. At that point it just becomes like, who kicks a field goal last? Like, it's not even like a real.
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A
Drake May stats for the super bowl or for the last game.
- [28:17]
B
86 total yards for their team. 86. That's really bad. Sam Darnold, conversely, in his game, had 346 yards by himself.
- [28:26]
A
But then you have to factor in, which nobody factors this in when saying stats. It was rain or it was snowing like, insanely at the end of this game. Parker Henry and. And Michael May are literally doing snow angels at the end of the game. So you have to consider that, like, Drake May wasn't throwing balls because you can't really see down the field.
- [28:49]
B
Yeah. But it's not just this game. So for the Brads and Chads, when you're talking to him, Drake May has been significantly worse in the playoffs than he has in the regular season. I'm going to talk about it when I'm on TV next. He just has. He's not been as good. It's just interesting because he's never been in these types of games. So we don't really know if he's like.
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A
Because they didn't even make it to the playoffs last year.
- [29:10]
B
Yeah, they didn't even make it. So we'll see.
- [29:13]
A
This is the biggest stage Drake May will ever play on. And do you think that Sam Darnold has a leg up? Not the fact he. He didn't go to the super bowl as a starting quarterback, but he went as a backup quarterback. Do you think that gives him a little bit of a leg up?
- [29:27]
B
For sure, because he's prepared. He's done it. He's seen it. Also, there's like a scheduling piece like the NFL or the super bowl has like a ton of stuff happening. You have media days and you have all these things. Like, he's gone through all that. He understands what it feels like. He understands how to maybe prioritize your week because you're busy. He knows all that. It matters. And he's older. He's 30. I actually don't know how old he is, but he's in year seven, so he should be around 30. He's mature. I Think Sammy D. Is set up for success.
- [29:56]
A
So are you saying Drake isn't mature? Isaac?
- [29:58]
B
I think Drake's super mature, but he hasn't gone through it. He's never played in these games. He's performed worse. He has the stress of knowing that he has the stress of the legacy that exists because of the Patriots. I mean, it's not like the way that you're.
- [30:13]
A
You're talking about these teams. I'm already biased now of who, what team I'm picking.
- [30:17]
B
It is what it is. It is what it is.
- [30:19]
A
I think the Seahawks are going to wins.
- [30:22]
B
I. I don't care if I'm being honest. I think for everything that I've said, I hope the Seahawks win. I just think the Seahawks are like, in a better position to. To play. Well, there's less question mark in my mind.
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A
But speaking of like the rest of the offense for the Patriots.
- [30:39]
B
Yep.
- [30:40]
A
I mean, Hunter Henry is one of the top five actual top five tight ends in the NFL.
- [30:46]
B
Oh, really?
- [30:47]
A
Yeah.
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B
I didn't know that.
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A
Yeah.
- [30:49]
B
Nice.
- [30:49]
A
Next to Travis Kelsey and George Kittle.
- [30:51]
B
And they have. So they have him. They have Matt Collins, who's now healthy. Not a big time receiver, but I think he's a big part of the offense. Stefan Diggs, who's dating Cardi B. You have.
- [31:02]
A
Cardi B. Is going to the Super Bowl. Isn't she pregnant?
- [31:06]
B
You think they'll zoom in on her like they zoomed in on Taylor Swift?
- [31:09]
A
No. Do you think she. She's pregnant, right?
- [31:11]
B
I don't know.
- [31:13]
A
No, I swear. She is.
- [31:15]
B
I think she is, but.
- [31:18]
A
Sorry. Isaac only has eyes for me.
- [31:21]
B
Only one. Bump Stevenson, too. Their running back is really good. Like they. Their offense is really good, which everybody.
- [31:30]
A
Knows, but they have a pretty young offense.
- [31:36]
B
Not really like Hunter Henry.
- [31:37]
A
I know. So do you think that that gives them like a leg up? Like they might have a younger quarterback, but like the rest of their team? Feels like they've been around the block a few times.
- [31:46]
B
There's only one guy who touches the ball every single play.
- [31:49]
A
There's two.
- [31:51]
B
This, yeah, true.
- [31:52]
A
The center. Isaac, are you even. Do you even know football?
- [31:56]
B
You forget about that. But yeah, the quarterback runs you. It all goes to the quarterback.
- [32:01]
A
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B
Yep. It all matters. We'll see. I think it's going to be a good game. I don't think it's going to be like, oh, my God, one team's blowing them out by two. Two scores.
- [36:14]
A
You think it's going to be a good game?
- [36:15]
B
Yeah, I think it's whatever. Quarterback plays better. Two defenses that are really, really evenly matched. I think there will be like a couple special teams plays that matter. Like, like making a field goal at, you know, certain points or like, maybe a kick return.
- [36:29]
A
The Seahawks, we can't miss any field goals.
- [36:31]
B
So another fun factor, things that we.
- [36:33]
A
I hate when kickers miss field goals because it gives me anxiety because I know that they're gonna get chewed out on social media. And I'm like, they're still part of the team.
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B
Gotta make, gotta make it.
- [36:44]
A
But it gives me anxiety when I see that. I'm like, oh, poor buddy.
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B
It gives me anxiety when it's our friends. But if I'm on a team, I'm like, I mean, for a team to fight and get to the point where you can win and a kicker's only job is to make a field goal and they miss it can be devastating and very frustrating. And then when you get in the media. You can't be like, well, we would win if our kicker would make a field. Like, you can't say that. So it's just kind of like, whatever. But the Seahawks, nobody ever talks about special teams. Like, that's not. We would. You would never be like, which special teams is better?
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A
Yeah. But the special teams wins games.
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B
The Seahawks, who beat the 49ers two weeks ago, when we were in Cabo, the first play of the game, Rashid Shahid, who was a. I'm like, wow.
- [37:28]
A
Our times have changed. It's like we're just in Cabo and then people are just, you know, yeah. Fighting to win for the Super Bowl.
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B
And we're like, okay, yeah, different.
- [37:39]
A
Different era. Yeah, go ahead.
- [37:41]
B
Rashid Shahid, who they brought in, he wasn't. He wasn't on the team. Rasheed Shahid was not on the team.
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A
Why did his mom do that to him?
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B
Rashid Shahid was not on the team at the beginning of the year. He was brought in, and he's a huge piece. He ran. He ran a kick return back at the beginning of the 49ers game, and then they went on to beat the 49ers by, like, 40 points.
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A
Wow.
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B
Tells you what type of quarterback Sam Darnold is. He's. He's playing really, really good. The point is that in a game that's this evenly matched, like, if you want to. If you're a Seattle Seahawks fan and your buddy, you know, your Brad and Chad is Patriots fan, you can be like, well, have you seen Rashid Shahid? I bet he's a difference maker in this game. Who knows? He might run back a punt return. He might run back a kick return just like he did against the 49ers.
- [38:27]
A
That's a good. That's a clippable moment. Okay? If you want to. If you want to show up to somebody that's a Patriots fan, you're a Seahawks fan, say that.
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B
That also, Shahid, if you're a Seahawks.
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A
Fan and you want to sound Ningjuba.
- [38:41]
B
Ning Joba, don't say that. Say jsn, because the real football fans call him jsn.
- [38:49]
A
I'm not a real football fan. I just have a sports podcast.
- [38:53]
B
You're like, this is all a lie. But even on tv, we never say his full name. We always say jsn. So it's very like football.
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A
Real name, though.
- [39:01]
B
Najigba.
- [39:02]
A
No. His full name. No. His.
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B
Jackson Smith. Najigba.
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A
JSN for short. It's JSM for short. Thank you.
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B
So, yeah, you can be like, JSN's a huge piece. Rashid Shahid's a huge piece. I mean, I can give. I can give Nuggets.
- [39:22]
A
One super important person that we have yet to talk about. Who And Michael May. Did you watch Bakemas? Drake May's wife baked something new every single day of December. And I was locked in.
- [39:36]
B
And I'll make. I'll make her a deal. They can clip this. What's her name?
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A
And Michael May.
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B
Ann. Michael May. If you send my wife some cookies because she's been talking about these cookies every single day. If you send her some cookies, I will wear a Drake May jersey to the Super Bowl.
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A
To the Super Bowl.
- [39:53]
B
I will wear it to the Super Bowl.
- [39:55]
A
Isaac, she doesn't give a about you. She doesn't care if you wear it.
- [39:59]
B
But she's smart. She accumulates some fans.
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A
No, she already has fans. She's working with Dave Portnoy.
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B
I've never heard of her.
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A
Okay.
- [40:08]
B
She's never heard of me. I can promise you that.
- [40:10]
A
I promise you that. She has not.
- [40:12]
B
She's never heard of me.
- [40:13]
A
It's embarrassing. No, but it's. It's funny because the Patriots. The Patriots, like, fan base is wild to me. Okay. Also have a really good fan base, but like the Patriots fan base, in my mind, I'm just like, there. I couldn't say this when you played. I couldn't say this when you played in the NFL, but I can say it now. I only wanted my husband to play for the teams that had good fan bases.
- [40:40]
B
Yeah.
- [40:41]
A
That's why I loved when he played for the Raiders so much because their fan base, incredible.
- [40:46]
B
If you guys knew how many offers I had to play and we just chose the best fan base. It's crazy.
- [40:51]
A
It never happened.
- [40:52]
B
I could have went anywhere in the NFL. Well, who's the best fan base? We're going.
- [40:57]
A
Do you think there's an NFL player? This is so off topic. Do you think there's an NFL player that has had the opportunity to go to any team he wanted?
- [41:04]
B
Yeah.
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A
Name one.
- [41:06]
B
I think, I think like a guy like Tom Brady, any team would have made room for him at the right price.
- [41:12]
A
Interesting. Okay. But going back to. And Michael May, her comments section on the videos were better than, like, what she was baking. No offense to her bake. I'm sure it tasted great.
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B
Well, we're going to find out. But she's.
- [41:22]
A
Her comment section would be like, oh, my God, Drake May is talking at 27 seconds. I think that's his shoulder. It's, like, hilarious.
- [41:31]
B
You know that feeling, though, like, with me when I was playing, like, go.
- [41:37]
A
Ahead, leave that silence in. Okay. And then quickly, on the other side of the ball for the Patriots, Isaac's bff. Who else are you obsessed with in the NFL?
- [41:47]
B
Robert Spillane.
- [41:49]
A
So Robert Spillane for the Patriots. Isaac and him played together at the Raiders. And my guy, I love his wife Shelby, literally the strongest woman I know because she had Irish twins. Meaning you have two children under one.
- [42:04]
B
That's arguably harder than twins.
- [42:07]
A
Yeah, I would say. I don't know.
- [42:09]
B
We've done neither, so I don't know. Robert Spillane is a huge piece of this game.
- [42:14]
A
So Robert Spillane is a green dot guy, meaning that he has a mic in his helmet. So you have the guy in the quarterback. You have the guy in the offense. The quarterback has a mic in his helmet.
- [42:24]
B
Always going to be the corner.
- [42:26]
A
And then for the defense, traditionally it is the linebacker, middle linebacker, and that's Robert Splaine.
- [42:32]
B
He's a beast. He's a great player. He's a ball hawk. He is a.
- [42:37]
A
Gets a lot of interceptions. Every time he gets a reception, I think it's. It's either his parents or Shelby's parents will pour a can of beer on their head. And they do it at games, too. It's iconic.
- [42:50]
B
Well, I'm gonna have to find them. I mean, he's gonna have. He.
- [42:54]
A
He's gonna have a great game.
- [42:55]
B
It's. Yeah, he's gonna play well.
- [42:57]
A
He. He.
- [42:57]
B
That won't. That won't be why they lose.
- [42:59]
A
He got a little injured last at the end of the last game, but I think he's fine now.
- [43:04]
B
Yeah, don't.
- [43:05]
A
I mean, don't quote me on that, but he's.
- [43:08]
B
He's resilient. I mean, look, you don't. I don't. I mean, I. If you have to wheel me out to a Super Bowl, I'm gonna play. He's such a big piece of this defense on the Patriots, and he's. He's gonna play.
- [43:19]
A
Isaac, who is your pick for Super Bowl 60 to win it?
- [43:22]
B
My official pick is the Seattle Seahawks. I say that 10 toes down, no doubts.
- [43:29]
A
I'm rooting for. For the Patriots.
- [43:36]
B
I don't need. I mean, look, they could do it if the Patriots win. It's not like.
- [43:39]
A
Well, they can do it because they're.
- [43:40]
B
Going like, yeah, but it wouldn't be, like, crazy if they won. I just think right now, given the history of these teams in the playoffs or this playoff, it's. The Seattle Seahawks are going to win this game.
- [43:56]
A
Anyways. The. The only thing that I'm concerned about is the fact that, like, we are going to the Super Bowl.
- [44:03]
B
Yep.
- [44:03]
A
We're super, like, fortunate to be able to go. I think this is our fifth or sixth Super Bowl.
- [44:08]
B
Yep.
- [44:10]
A
My ass will be watching the commercials the next morning. Ask I. My Ask I. It's so unfortunate. It's like, it makes me sad that I don't get to watch the super bowl commercials while they're happening because it's my favorite part of the Super Bowl.
- [44:22]
B
But you can watch it on YouTube TV and then you guys don't have.
- [44:25]
A
To feel bad for me.
- [44:26]
B
Every TV timeout, you can put in headphones and watch.
- [44:28]
A
Oh, that's a good idea.
- [44:29]
B
Yeah.
- [44:30]
A
Wait, but does YouTube TV get the same commercials for. Surely for the Super Bowl? I mean, these people are paying a lot of money for these Super Bowl.
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B
Yeah, I would. I would hope it's not like the. The Bear in the Creek and it's like, enjoy some Zen.
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A
You watch too much YouTube TV. Okay, guys. Anyways, I hope you learned something this episode. I hope you get to go to your super bowl party or friend hangout. Or maybe if you're just watching the game a lot, maybe if you're not, maybe you're watching the Puppy Bowl. Who gives a. I hope you guys enjoyed this episode of Sunday Sports Club podcast. Be sure to tune in next Sunday, Super Bowl Sunday, because I'm going to be having a wife from the Seattle Seahawks and a wife from the New England Patriots on Together two. Well, they're the same episode, but not. We're not having a round table.
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B
Enter Asante.
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A
Be sure to tune in next Sunday wherever you get your podcasts and on YouTube and tune in to see who wins Super Bowl 60.
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B
Let's go, Seahawks. Let's go, Hawks.
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A
Okay, let's go, Seahawks.
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B
Let's go, Sea.
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A
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