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Billy Gill
You're listening to Giraffe Kings Network.
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Mikey A
Yeah, sure thing.
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Mike Fuentes
Hey, you sold that car yet? Yeah, sold it to Carvana. Oh, I thought you were selling to that guy. The guy who wanted to pay me in foreign currency. No interest over 36 months.
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Mikey A
Yeah, no.
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Mike Fuentes
Carvana gave me an offer in minutes, picked it up and paid me on the spot. It was so convenient. Just like that? Yeah. No hassle?
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Mikey A
None.
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Mike Fuentes
That is super convenient.
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Billy Gill
Sell your car to Carvana and swap.
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Mike Fuentes
Hassle for convenience. Pickup fees May apply.
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Mikey A
The 2025 NCAA March Madness Men's tournament.
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Mike Fuentes
Is back and this time it is.
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Mikey A
Bringing all the feels.
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Mike Fuentes
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Mikey A
Plays, upsets, Cinderellas, blue bloods and more. Tune in to the n Men's Division 1 Basketball Championship March 18 through April 7 on TBS, CBS, TNT, TruTV and Stream on Max.
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Mike Fuentes
God bless football. Mikey A.
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Billy Gill
God bless football. Fuentes.
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Mikey A
God bless football. Billy Gill.
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Mike Fuentes
Hey, thank you, guys. Stugatz is on assignment. He'll be joining us probably never. So we'll talk to him soon. We'll see how that goes. Exactly. We have an exciting show today. Was my energy better on that one, Mikey?
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Billy Gill
It was so much better. Like I'm ready to go now.
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Mike Fuentes
And then I faked it.
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Billy Gill
You got stuff that's okay. Okay to fake it?
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Mike Fuentes
Well, there's been. There's been a lot of mishaps this morning in the Gill household that I was telling Mikey about, involving dogs and humans and just vomit and fevers and what have you. But hey, you don't care about me or my life. So we're here to talk about some football. We have some segments that. What's that, Mikey?
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Billy Gill
I just said football because you said football.
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Mike Fuentes
Okay, good. By the way, Godless football is presented by DraftKings. The Crown is yours. So I have a segment that I want to debut today and it is called because it's this time of year, it's a very special time of year. I know that you guys right now are probably, you know, knee deep in brackets and March Madness and college basketball. So, like, we appreciate you guys coming and. And joining us on God Bless Football. I have a game that's called God Bless Football's Bracket Bonanza.
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Billy Gill
I love a good bonanza.
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Mike Fuentes
Yeah, it's a bracket bonanza. And we're going to be playing GBFS inaugural Bracket Bonanza next segment. So we're not going to get to bracket bonanza. This segment, we're going to get to it. Next segment, we also have a game called Will it Pass? Which could be about anything. And a new round of more Mikely. So, fun show today. I want to start things off, though, as we do every week, with our favorite game called Here's a Headline. So for those of you who are new to the program, this is how here's a Headline works. I will say here's a headline, and then I will give you a headline, and then I will discuss. And Mike ye will discuss. And Mike Fuentes will discuss. And Stugatz, when he joins us, he will discuss. Mike EA will say here's a headline, and then he will give a headline, and then we will go around and round until we've filled out enough time for the first segment to be over. And that's how here's a Headline works. So. All right, here's a headline. Okay, ready? I didn't ask you. Right. Ready?
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Billy Gill
Ready.
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Mikey A
I am ready.
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Mike Fuentes
Here's a headline. The Vikings have said, you know what? I think we're gonna. I think we're gonna see this through with JJ McCarthy, at least through spring practice, and then we'll reassess the quarterback situation and decide whether or not we need to make a move and whether or not we're interested in Aaron Rodgers, which is an interesting decision. And it now kind of puts everybody in a predicament because Aaron Rodgers has said that his preference is to go to Minnesota and that if he didn't go there, he might retire or he might go to Pittsburgh or he might go to New York. And we're trying to figure that out. But in the meantime, the Steelers have just been waiting to see what it is that Aaron Rodgers does. The Giants have been waiting to see what it is that Aaron Rodgers does. The Giants might trade up to get the number one pick in the draft and draft Cam Ward, so they don't know what they're going to do at the quarterback position. And right now it seems like the Vikings are calling all the shots and they've decided we're going to kind of put everyone on hold right now while we figure out whether or not we like JJ McCarthy, who was our first round draft pick last season and then got injured, and we didn't know what to do with him. So we signed Sam Darnold, which he had already been signed, but he was a backup. He became the starter. They lost him to the Seahawks. So if you've been living under a rock now, you kind of know what's been going on football in Minnesota for the past year or so. So headline. We're kind of just going to play the waiting game now with Minnesota and see what they got to do. And Aaron Rodgers needs to maybe make a decision or maybe not.
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Billy Gill
It, it sounds like everybody is learning what the Aaron Rodgers at the end of his Green Bay tenure was like, which is a whole lot of wishy washy. It's a whole lot of maybe, I don't know. We didn't get this as, as bad as the play was on the field. We didn't get this with the Jets. He was always in. He was always all in. And this is probably just as frustrating because if you're a Steelers fan right now, what are your other options? You burn the bridge with Russell Wilson. There is no other quarterback that can possibly, possibly make you a decent contender right now. It's not. Well, listen, James. James wins. Jameis Winston with DK Metcalf and, and George Pickens. Fun might be the, like, I would watch Hard Knocks every episode if they just followed them around. Like, all I want is that. So if you're, if you're a Steelers fan, I don't know what your other option is but to sit around and wait for Aaron Rodgers to decide whether or not he wants to.
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Mike Fuentes
Come to your point about Aaron Rodgers, I don't think there's a team he's ever been more committed to than the Jets. Even the end of his relationship with the jets, he wanted to stay and they didn't want him, which is the weirdest thing ever. Like, Green Bay is like, I don't know about Green Bay anymore. I'm tired of being there. Jets, he loves Min. He really wants to go to Minnesota for some reason, but they don't really want him. Do you even want, like, if you're the Steelers, I know this is going to sound crazy, but if you're the Steelers or the Giants, where you've basically been told, like, I don't really want to go there unless I absolutely have to, like, is that who you want kind of in your locker room? Because as it is, there's already all the other stuff that comes with Aaron Rodgers where it's like, is he a distraction? Is he this? Is he that? And now you have an Aaron who's not necessarily even entirely committed to being there the whole time.
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Billy Gill
I mean, you do because you don't have another option. Yeah, your other option is, is Mason Rudolph. And like, you know, thanks, but I, I, I, I'd rather just wait this out.
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Mike Fuentes
Yeah. All right, well, that Was that headline, Mikey? Do you have a headline?
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Billy Gill
I do. There is, there is a certain quarterback who is flying up draft boards right now. Mel Kuiper has Jackson Dart out of ole miss going 12th to the Saints. This is the highest I've seen him picked. And I think it's absolutely bonkers for Mel to even consider the Saints taking a quarterback right now, let alone Jackson Dart, who might not be a second round pick, you know, talent wise, but they are committed next year to Derek Carr for a $69 million cap hit. Like you cannot be drafting your quarterback of the future with that price tag waiting for next year. You can't do it like there's no point in, in paying and there's no getting out of the Derek Carr because what you kept doing was you kept pushing the cap it and pushing the cap it until eventually it's all going to come to, to a head next year with $69 million. And I just don't see how you could take a quarterback and do anything other than bench him for two years. Then why take it? Why not wait till next year and see what else you can get?
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Mike Fuentes
Is this, how does this compare in your opinion to what the Falcons did last year after signing Kirk Cousins, giving him a big deal and then drafting Michael Penix right after?
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Billy Gill
So I think when they drafted Michael Penix, they knew that going into this draft class it was not going to be a very good, it was not going to be a very good draft class. So they wanted to make sure while they had an opportunity to get a guy they could. They were also a little worried about Michael Penix's medicals. He had a lot of injuries in college, so they wanted him to sit and to, and, and, and to learn a little bit. At the end of 2026, the, the Kurt, the, the Falcons can get out of the Kirk Cousins business for $45 million. I realize that's still a big hit, but it's not almost $70 million. Like $70 million is, is an, is an entire defensive line if you play your, your cards right. So I think it's a little bit, they're, they're a little similar, but the Falcons thought they were going to need Kirk Cousins longer than they do.
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Mike Fuentes
Yeah. All right. Where do you see Shador going? I know that's not the game that we're playing, but Jackson Dart is flying up the boards. Where's Shador gonna go?
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Billy Gill
I don't see how the Giants pass on a quarterback. The only, the, the, the, the, the question becomes do the Giants Move up to one for Cam Ward. I mean, I'm sure there's still some questions in Tennessee if they're going to take the quarterback. They could take Abdul Carter or Travis Hunter and, and be run, run back one year with Will Levis. But I, I don't see how Shador goes past the Giants, especially if Cam Ward goes number one overall.
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Mike Fuentes
Do we think that Will Levis is going to go on the, the redemption tour at some point? Like, he's not going to be the long term solution in Tennessee, but is he gonna have like a Sam Darnold, Geno Smith type year somewhere or is a team gonna convince themselves that they can do that with Will Levis and give him a shot?
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Billy Gill
I, I don't, I mean, I don't see it. I don't see Will Levis having this redemption tour because I just don't think he's that good. I think he, he can't get out of his own way. I think Will Levis is much more likely to go the Jameis Winston tour where it's like, he's gonna come, he's gonna go back somebody up. He's gonna come in. He could be like, oh, yeah, that guy. He's so good. Oh, look what I feel like we.
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Mike Fuentes
Laugh at Jameis Winston a lot. Jameis Winston. So he's only 31, but I see a world in which Jameis Winston, I mean, he's been in the league already 10 years. Jameis Winston can easily be like a 17 year NFL vet, I think. Oh, yeah, like very easily.
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Billy Gill
Make no mistake about it, the number one quarterback I wanted for the New York jets going into this off season was Jameis Winston. That was who I wanted because I figured if we're going to be bad, we might as well be entertaining. And Jamis Jameis has got all the talent in the world. He just has to get out of his own way.
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Mike Fuentes
Yeah. Zach Wilson was introduced this week to the Dolphins.
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Billy Gill
Had that go.
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Mike Fuentes
It was, you know, I think that they were expecting it to be something not the best. Ooh, by the way, also here's a quick headline because I think Mike Fuentes is going to get to it, but we're running out of time. This segment. Here's a headline. The Cincinnati Bengals decided to give all of their money to their two receivers. They've not learned anything. And they're going to have two receivers making $80 billion a year.
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Billy Gill
And they're going to trade their one player on defense that was worth anything because they paid their wide receivers and their quarterback all of the money. All of it.
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Mike Fuentes
Yeah. Well, you know what? That might come into play. Next segment, we play a brand new game when we come back called God Bless Football's Bracket Bonanza.
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Mikey A
Yeah, sure thing.
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Mike Fuentes
Hey, you sell that car yet? Yeah, sold it to Carvana. Oh, I thought you were selling to that guy. The guy who wanted to pay me in foreign currency, no interest over 36 months.
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Mikey A
Yeah, no.
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Mike Fuentes
Carvana gave me an offer in minutes, picked it up and paid me on the spot. It was so convenient.
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Mikey A
Just like that.
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Mike Fuentes
Yeah. No hassle.
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Mikey A
None.
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Mike Fuentes
That is super convenient.
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Billy Gill
Sell your car to Carvana and swap.
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Mike Fuentes
Hassle for convenience, pick up. These may apply. And we're back. So it's been a while. It's been a while since I've done that, but it's been a while since we've introduced a new segment on this show. We pretty much just play the same segments every week. More likely winners and losers during the season, headlines, you know, all the segments that we do. So I'm really excited about this and I've been waiting to do this specifically for March Sadness just because it's bracket themed. It's called God Bless Footballs Brackets Bonanza. And I haven't really given you guys a ton of information on how this works just yet, but we're going to play it as a group today. So Mikey, myself, Mike Fuentes, gq, if he wants to play, is allowed to play as well.
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Billy Gill
So you're excited about this like you have been since I saw the light bulb pop on just before we started recording. And you're like, I have an idea.
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Mike Fuentes
Yeah, I have a good idea. It's called Godless Football's Brackets Bonanza and this is how it works. And I feel like you guys are gonna misunderstand how it works originally and I'm gonna have to clear things up, but I'm gonna shoot you straight. So this is how God Bless Football's Bracket Bonanza works. So because, and in honor of March Madness going on presently, I think what we could do here today is we can construct a bracket style tournament with the AFC teams and the NFC teams. And what we'll do is we're going to seed them one through seven. The one seed will get a buy, and then we will have the five face off against the four, the six against the three, the seven against the two. And like that, one side will be the afc, the other side will be the nfc. And then we're going to kind of go brackets to style, have them competing against each other and then decide an ultimate winner of God bless football's brackets, Bonanza.
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Billy Gill
Okay, isn't this just called the playoffs?
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Mike Fuentes
Well, some people would say that, but this is different. There's a very big difference. And this is. This is why it's different. Okay. In the playoffs, there's reseeding in godless football's brackets, Bonanza. There is not, like, not receding, but you realign the matchup so that the highest seat always faces the lowest seat, etc. Not how it's going to work today. Not in brackets, Bonanza. The one seed gets a buy, and the one seed, I hate to say it, gonna play the winner of the 5 and 4, the winner the 6 and 3, playing the 7 and 2, so on and so forth. So what we're gonna have to do here collectively, myself, Mikey A. Mike Fuentes, some people would say is this. The season ended today. No, this is Godbus. Football's brackets, Bonanza. So what we're gonna have to do first is we're gonna have to see the different conferences. So I would like to suggest, and I don't know if you guys feel as strongly as I do, but I think we should start in the afc. I want to make a suggestion for the one seed and see if it's okay with you guys, if that's all right.
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Billy Gill
All right.
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Mike Fuentes
Okay. I want to. I want to pencil in the Bills at the 1 seed next season, I think.
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Billy Gill
Okay. Next season. Next season. Okay.
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Mike Fuentes
Yeah.
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Billy Gill
Okay.
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Mike Fuentes
Well. Well, what? What were you thinking?
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Billy Gill
Well, I mean, The Chiefs were 15 and 2 this year, so Chiefs were.
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Mike Fuentes
But we're. We're.
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Billy Gill
We're into next season.
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Mikey A
Yeah, we're looking ahead here. We're looking ahead.
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Mike Fuentes
Next.
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Mikey A
Next.
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Mike Fuentes
Do you guys have any issues with me penciling the Bills in as a one seed?
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Billy Gill
No.
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Mike Fuentes
Okay. So the Bills are going to get the buy in brackets, Bonanza. Would you like to have any suggestions on seatings or anything of the like. Or. Or you want me to just keep suggesting and if we have any differences of opinions, we'll. We'll work on it.
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Mikey A
I like. I like the suggesting. Yeah, I like the suggestion.
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Mike Fuentes
Okay.
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Billy Gill
I'm gonna say the Chief's got to be the two.
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Mikey A
Yeah, Mike, you can have an opinion. I'll just.
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Billy Gill
Just. Just out of respect, like, the Chief's got to be the two seed, right?
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Mike Fuentes
Well, I was gonna go Baltimore, two seed, Chiefs, three seed, but, you know.
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Billy Gill
No, that's fine. Yeah, we can do Chiefs.
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Mike Fuentes
We'll do Chiefs.
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Billy Gill
That's fine.
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Mike Fuentes
We'll do Chiefs, too. You want to do Ravens 3. Or do we think maybe the Chargers are going to make a run here?
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Billy Gill
Nope. I like the Ravens at three.
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Mike Fuentes
Ravens at three. Okay. Do we. Who do we like at four? Do we have faith that the Texans will bounce back? Are the Chargers gonna, you know, come up swinging? The Steelers don't have a quarterback right now. I don't know where we're gonna put them.
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Billy Gill
That was gonna be my question. Do they get Aaron Rodgers?
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Mike Fuentes
Well, this isn't. If the season ended today. So you know what?
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Billy Gill
I'm going off board. I'm going off board.
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Mike Fuentes
Yeah.
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Billy Gill
The Bengals.
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Mike Fuentes
The Bengals.
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Mikey A
I. I was going to say they have Joe Burrow. I like the Bengals. You know, they two. They have two very rich receivers. Let's go to the Bengals.
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Mike Fuentes
All right. We could put the Bengals there. I, I was flirting with the Bengals, not even making the bracket, but that's fine. Bengals a four seed. That's fine.
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Mikey A
The Bengals, they, at the very least, next year they'll be fun. You know, they have to score 50 to win every game, but they'll be fun.
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Mike Fuentes
Texans. Do we see the Texans in here anywhere?
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Billy Gill
I have the Texans off the board.
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Mike Fuentes
Off the board.
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Billy Gill
Their whole problem last year was they couldn't protect CJ Stroud, and then all they did was get rid of their two best linemen and sign a one. Yeah. Like a one year stop gap at left tackle. So I just don't see the Texans having a good year. C.J. stroud is gonna, is gonna develop the yips if he, if he's getting hit on every play. Here's my question for brackets. Bonanza.
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Mike Fuentes
Yeah.
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Billy Gill
Do we have to have an AFC south team?
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Mike Fuentes
No. Sure. Why not? No, I love that.
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Billy Gill
I love that about this. I love that about this. Then I'm going the Chargers at five.
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Mike Fuentes
Chargers at five. Okay. And then we have two slots left. You don't want anyone in the AFC South.
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Mikey A
You have said, I kind of like the Broncos. I like the Broncos. And I'd probably say just because of the great unknown, probably Steelers.
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Billy Gill
All right, I'm. I'm going to go off board a little bit. I'm going to throw it. I just want to throw it out there. Not saying it should be. I'm just throwing it out there. The Patriots.
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Mike Fuentes
Wow. Okay. I like the Patriots in just. Just because of the unknown. So then do we leave out the Broncos or do we leave out the. The Steelers?
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Mikey A
Steelers.
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Mike Fuentes
Okay. Steelers. Broncos are in at 6. And then at 7, we will put in the Patriots. Now we're going to hop over the NFC Real Quick, before brackets, bonanzas. Really gets interesting. Okay, so at the one seed in the nfc, who are we liking?
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Billy Gill
I mean, it's hard to say. It's hard. It's hard to go against the Eagles. They. They lost their third D tackle. Their second D tackle. They. They've still got like a lot of draft capital. They.
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Mike Fuentes
All right, so we'll see.
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Billy Gill
Good moves. I'm gonna say that.
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Mike Fuentes
Eagles, two seed. Can I sneak a commanders in there?
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Mikey A
I was gonna say. I like the commander.
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Billy Gill
I like it. I like it.
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Mike Fuentes
Okay, we're gonna sneak the commanders in at the two seed, the Lions. How far will the Lions fall?
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Billy Gill
I have them borderline in. I have them. I have them as a seven.
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Mike Fuentes
Okay. I like that. Wow. Okay. Lions at seven. Packers step up this season. Yeah, Bears.
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Mikey A
I think I have the. I think I have the Packers. A little lie, to be honest.
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Mike Fuentes
Really? Okay, where do you have the Bears at three.
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Billy Gill
No, not a three. Not a three. You still got Tampa Bay and. And Baker Mayfield will always.
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Mikey A
And the Vikings are still going to be okay.
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Mike Fuentes
Like, I think you want to put the. Okay, so why don't we put the Bears at 5?
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Mikey A
Can I, can I. Can I do something real quick? Everybody's so low on the Vikings, but then everybody almost hated Sam Darnold. So now they get rid of Sam Darnold, and then we hold it against the Vikings, even though nobody thought that Sam Darnold was that great.
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Mike Fuentes
Right?
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Mikey A
Am I wrong?
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Mike Fuentes
I plugged in the Bucks at three, the Bears at five. So we need a four and a six. We still have the Rams. We still have the Vikings. Sam Darnold's. He gonna be the answer in Seattle. Michael Pennock's gonna lead the Falcons all season.
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Billy Gill
Cowboys, San Francisco lost their entire team.
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Mike Fuentes
Yeah. 49ers are out of it. I. Sorry, 49ers fans. So we have two slots left. The four and the six. What are we thinking?
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Billy Gill
Give the Rams the six.
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Mikey A
I want the Rams in there. I want. I'm a lot. I'm an LA guy. Put the Rams in and then.
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Billy Gill
And then I'll let Fuentes pick the NFC north team he wants.
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Mikey A
And I. I'm telling you, the Rams. I love a Devonte Adams signing. I think you're gonna see a really good year from them next year.
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Mike Fuentes
We have them at six already, so we need a four.
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Mikey A
Vikings.
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Mike Fuentes
Vikings. Okay. All right. I like how we go from the Vikings won't make the playoffs to their four seat. That's fine.
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Mikey A
No, I just. I just don't understand, like, nobody Likes Sam Darnold there. He wins 14 games. Then they get rid of Sam Darnold, and then we still don't like the Vikings, so they got rid of the part that nobody liked, and then this guy's supposed to be better. I don't know. It's weird.
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Mike Fuentes
All right.
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Billy Gill
Dare you, sir?
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Mikey A
I'm just saying.
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Mike Fuentes
So now that we have our teams and our brackets seated, it's time to play Bracket Bonanza. All right, so we're gonna head to the AFC and we're gonna have the five and the four matchup. The Chargers against the Bengals. Who do we like?
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Billy Gill
Chargers.
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Mike Fuentes
Really? Wow. Okay. I was leaning Bengals in there.
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Billy Gill
Unless I. Fuentes, you're the deciding vote.
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Mikey A
Yeah.
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Mike Fuentes
He is an LA guy.
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Mikey A
Yeah, but the Chargers offense isn't that great. But then the Bengals.
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Billy Gill
Chargers isn't that great.
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Mikey A
Yeah. So I'm gonna go. I'm gonna go Chargers.
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Mike Fuentes
All right.
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Mikey A
Their defense is better. Yeah.
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Mike Fuentes
All right. We then have the Broncos and the Ravens. Number six and number three seeds. The Broncos and the Ravens. I love Bracket Bonanza.
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Mikey A
Ravens.
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Billy Gill
I'm. I'm going Broncos.
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Mike Fuentes
Wow. Broncos, too. Broncos.
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Mikey A
Baltimore.
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Billy Gill
Baltimore in the playoffs, man. Yeah.
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Mikey A
Believe in Bo. Wow.
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Mike Fuentes
Okay, then we have the number seven Patriots against the number two Chiefs.
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Mikey A
Chiefs.
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Mike Fuentes
Chiefs it is. Okay, fine. We'll move on with the Chiefs very quickly.
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Billy Gill
You know that I got the Patriots in there, didn't you? Fuentes? You hated that.
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Mike Fuentes
Yeah.
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Mikey A
I'm not a Drake May guy. Yeah.
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Mike Fuentes
So no, heading over to the other side. We have the nfc. We have the five seed Bears against the four seed Vikings.
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Billy Gill
Bears.
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Mike Fuentes
Bears. Okay. Fuentes.
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Mikey A
I don't know. Two quarterbacks can't trust.
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Billy Gill
Say one of them has a better offensive line.
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Mike Fuentes
I'm putting down the Bears because Bear down, Billy. So that's two out of three. So we're going to just keep him moving. Rams and Bucks. Fuentes is a noted LA guy.
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Mikey A
Big on the Rams. Let's go.
- [24:31]
Billy Gill
Big on the Bucks. Big on the box.
- [24:34]
Mikey A
You know what? I was surprised, Mikey, now that you said that, I'm surprised they resigned Godwin. I thought he was for sure done there after the injuries and how much he was going to cost. I'm surprised that they brought him back. He's a great player. Don't get me wrong. I just think they were gonna. Yeah. Like the money wise and stuff like that.
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Billy Gill
So it's on you.
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Mike Fuentes
I don't like the exciting vote. I'm gonna put the Rams. I. I like the Bucks better. I like the Bucks. I like the Bucks better. But I feel like Baker is always capable of having a Baker game, and that might be the game.
- [25:05]
Mikey A
It's funny. It's funny how you say he can have a Baker game, and yet that goes both ways.
- [25:08]
Mike Fuentes
Yeah, exactly. Right. And then we have the number seven Lions against the number two Commanders in a big revenge game.
- [25:22]
Billy Gill
That game's in Washington.
- [25:24]
Mikey A
It is the higher seed. Yeah.
- [25:26]
Billy Gill
Give me the Commanders.
- [25:26]
Mikey A
Give me the Commanders.
- [25:27]
Mike Fuentes
Wow. So it might be.
- [25:29]
Mikey A
Jaden Daniels continues ascending. Devo Smith might be the end of.
- [25:32]
Mike Fuentes
The road for the Lions. If you're basing it on the results of bracket Bonanza. Okay. Headed back to the afc. We now have the teams that had buys in play. So the number one seed Bills are going to take on the number five seed Chargers.
- [25:47]
Billy Gill
I love that matchup. Oh, man. I love that matchup. Give me the upset. Give me the upset. Give me the Chargers.
- [25:57]
Mikey A
Wow.
- [25:58]
Mike Fuentes
Fuentes.
- [26:02]
Mikey A
I don't trust Herbert.
- [26:03]
Billy Gill
Do it.
- [26:04]
Mikey A
No, I don't trust Herbert.
- [26:05]
Billy Gill
But you trust Josh Allen in the playoffs?
- [26:08]
Mikey A
Yeah. I mean, the only thing, only person he can't beat.
- [26:10]
Billy Gill
I should say it's not Josh Allen.
- [26:12]
Mikey A
Yeah.
- [26:12]
Billy Gill
Let's just say you trust the Bills.
- [26:14]
Mikey A
I'm gonna take Josh. He just sold it for me. I'm gonna take Josh Allen over Justin Herbert every time. So there you go.
- [26:18]
Mike Fuentes
Yeah, I went Bills, too. Sorry, Mikey. I went to Broncos against the number two Chiefs.
- [26:28]
Billy Gill
Number two Chiefs.
- [26:28]
Mikey A
The Chiefs.
- [26:29]
Mike Fuentes
Yeah. Oh, I was gonna go Broncos. Okay.
- [26:32]
Billy Gill
Number two Chiefs. No, no.
- [26:34]
Mike Fuentes
We're gonna have the one seat against the two seats.
- [26:37]
Mikey A
I know, but I can't go Josh Allen, like, over Justin Herbert and then be like, oh, yeah, Bo Nicks over Mahomes.
- [26:42]
Billy Gill
That makes sense.
- [26:43]
Mike Fuentes
That is. That is very good reasoning by you. Okay, we have the number one Eagles against the number five Bears over the NFC brackets. Bonanza is so fun.
- [26:55]
Billy Gill
I'm gonna go the upset again. I'm gonna go the upset again.
- [26:58]
Mike Fuentes
Okay.
- [26:58]
Billy Gill
Super Bowl. Super Bowl. Like too many playoff games for too long. Bears need it. They got a change of everything. They got a brand new offense.
- [27:07]
Mike Fuentes
Ben Johnson.
- [27:08]
Mikey A
Yeah.
- [27:08]
Billy Gill
I'm gonna stop the tush.
- [27:10]
Mikey A
Yes. And I'm gonna say Stu Gotts was right, but one year late and the Bears are going to the big game.
- [27:15]
Mike Fuentes
Nice. The Jets.
- [27:17]
Mikey A
Yes, Bears.
- [27:18]
Mike Fuentes
Okay. The number six Rams against the number two Commanders.
- [27:27]
Billy Gill
Commanders.
- [27:29]
Mike Fuentes
Fuentes.
- [27:30]
Mikey A
Rams.
- [27:31]
Mike Fuentes
Oh, God. All right, I'm gonna go Commanders. This is. This is great. Okay, Then we head to the AFC championship game of brackets, Bonanza. We have the number one Bills against the number two Chiefs.
- [27:47]
Billy Gill
Guys. History. History. It's the Chiefs.
- [27:50]
Mike Fuentes
Okay, Fuentes?
- [27:51]
Mikey A
Yeah, it's Chiefs.
- [27:52]
Mike Fuentes
Oh, I was gonna go Bills. All right, so the Chiefs are back in it again, and then we have the five seated bears against the two seated Commanders.
- [28:05]
Billy Gill
Go ahead, Fuentes. I'll give you the first shot.
- [28:07]
Mikey A
Okay. I'm gonna say the Bears because the ultimate conflict. Bear down Billy versus Chief's kingdom Billy in the Super Bowl.
- [28:15]
Mike Fuentes
Oh, I don't like that.
- [28:18]
Billy Gill
I'm going Commanders.
- [28:20]
Mike Fuentes
Oh. I mean, what are you guys doing to me?
- [28:23]
Billy Gill
Exactly what you do to stew gods every week, making him be the deciding boat.
- [28:29]
Mike Fuentes
I'm going to go Commanders.
- [28:31]
Billy Gill
Wow. Commanders versus Chiefs.
- [28:34]
Mike Fuentes
I think that. I think the Bears might be a year. They're a year away from being a year away, maybe, or they're just a year away. I don't know. Whatever that saying is. So we have a battle of two seeds here in the championship for brackets Bonanza, the number two seeded Chiefs against the number two seeded Commanders. Who do we like?
- [28:55]
Billy Gill
Give me the Chiefs.
- [28:57]
Mike Fuentes
Okay, Fuentes.
- [28:58]
Mikey A
Yeah. The Chiefs. The Chiefs. It's the Chiefs.
- [29:01]
Mike Fuentes
Commanders. All right. Well, regardless, so congratulations to the Chiefs. I mean, they didn't three peat. They're not necessarily going to the super bowl next year, but that was God bless football's brackets Bonanza and our winner, the Kansas City Chiefs.
- [29:18]
Billy Gill
Nice be back.
- [29:20]
Mikey A
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- [29:28]
Billy Gill
After an initial dosing phase of 16.
- [29:30]
Mike Fuentes
Weeks, about 4 in 10 people taking.
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Mikey A
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- [30:15]
Billy Gill
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- [30:34]
Mike Fuentes
Mikey Fuentes it dawned on me in the break and I don't know how the fans felt about Bracket Bonanza, but if you liked God Bless Football's Bracket Bonanza, reach out to us on social media. Also, by the way, I will say this. God Bless Football has its own feed for podcasts and such. And if you're used to getting us on the Levitard show feed, I would suggest following the God Bless Football feed just because you can get the show there and then maybe, you know, additional stuff there in the near future. Just if you can and you, you like what we do, please follow the God Bless Football feed moving forward. So aside from that, it dawned on me that March Madness is not going to be over this week. So maybe if, you know, Brackets Bonanza was well received, we can play a new edition of Brackets Bonanza next week and see how that goes. But for now, you know what, I.
- [31:33]
Billy Gill
Might pick completely different teams next week just because, you know, you were kind of, I was kind of shooting from the hip, you know, maybe next week I think it out a little bit and I'm like, oh, you know what, I do like this matchup better.
- [31:45]
Mike Fuentes
Let's not tip our hand on Brackets Bonanza next week we'll get, if we get to Brackets Bonanza next week, we'll get to Brackets Bonanza next week. Don't just ruin, you know, any potential surprise.
- [31:53]
Billy Gill
I got you.
- [31:55]
Mike Fuentes
Also, follow the Godless Football feed. So here's a new game and it is presented by Smirnoff, the world's number one vodka. Please drink responsibly. Thank you. To Smirnoff. By the way. They've been great partners. So if, if you want to listen to us and you love Smirnoff, follow our Godless football feed. We're also going to be doing a draft watch along for the first round in Nashville. So if you want to go check us out there, we're going to be doing that live in Nashville. I think live in Nashville.
- [32:27]
Billy Gill
Sports social, right?
- [32:29]
Mike Fuentes
I didn't say because I wasn't 100% sure I was going to say details to come on exactly where we're going to be. But we will be in Nashville for the draft on Thursday night. So if you're in the area, if you want to say hi to us, you know, go by and say hi to us in Nashville for the first run of the draft and, and hopefully the Titans keep that pick because if not, we're in Nashville regardless and we're just gonna be enjoying the draft from a bar.
- [32:53]
Billy Gill
There are worse places to be. There are worse places to be, you.
- [32:56]
Mike Fuentes
Know, like, come hang out with us in Nashville. Hopefully they have the number one pick and that makes sense. If not, we're just gonna be hanging out in Nashville. Whenever the Titans pick, we'll celebrate or we won't or whatever.
- [33:05]
Billy Gill
So, Billy, are we gon go out in Nashville? Are we like, are we gonna, like, are we gonna go line dancing or something? Like, are we gonna go get. Go get crazy?
- [33:14]
Mike Fuentes
I. I'm trying to figure that out. Right? I want to. The last couple times that we've done these things, they've been very in and out trips for me. So when we went to Kansas City for opening night, I was in Kansas City for. From check in to check out of the hotel. It was less than 24 hours. Chicago was the same thing. I was in and out of Chicago. For our watch along in Chicago, Arizona, I turned into a family trip. So I was there a couple extra days. Nashville. I'll be honest with you. I had conversations with my wife. I was like, you have any interest in, you know, going to Nashville? Taking the. Trying to do the same. Nashville. See if anyone wanted to make a little family trip out of it. I haven't gotten a bite yet. So I'm thinking, I'm thinking maybe we're. We're going to be hanging out. We're going to be maybe hanging out. Sorry about that. Thinking maybe we're going to be hanging out a little bit, Mikey. In Nashville. Maybe get in there, you know, mid Wednesday or so. Paint the town Titan blue on national bachelorette party. Oh, yeah, we can go take a picture with those wings that exist. We can wear some cowboy hats or whatever. Maybe some boots. Just kind of go to the honky tonks. Are there honky tonks? Yeah, right.
- [34:30]
Billy Gill
There are honky tonks. They're good honky tonks.
- [34:32]
Mike Fuentes
Go to some honky tonks and just kind of enjoy Nashville. Fuentes, you're. You're welcome to attend all these honky tonks and all these parties with us.
- [34:38]
Mikey A
But I very much like Nashville.
- [34:40]
Mike Fuentes
But one time, keep it on the down low. We don't want too many people.
- [34:43]
Mikey A
That's a good, that's a good point. We're gonna go get some Hattie B's. Nashville hot chicken. Okay, I'll do some of that. A little honky Tonk, walk down Broadway, maybe buy myself a ridiculously expensive cowboy hat or a pair of cowboy boots. Maybe both. Who knows?
- [34:54]
Mike Fuentes
There you go. All right, maybe I do that. I wear it to the draft party the next day and maybe get the old expense.
- [35:01]
Billy Gill
I was gonna say, maybe we could expense a nice hat.
- [35:04]
Mike Fuentes
See exactly what we're gonna do there. Anyways, here's a new game. It's called Will it Pass? Mikey, there have been a lot of rules proposals this week not to spoil.
- [35:15]
Billy Gill
The best time of the year.
- [35:16]
Mike Fuentes
You've been collecting it. And the way that this segment's gonna work is you are going to be presenting things and then ask us, will it pass?
- [35:22]
Mikey A
Question, though. Billy.
- [35:23]
Billy Gill
Yeah.
- [35:24]
Mikey A
Who's this segment brought to us by?
- [35:26]
Mike Fuentes
Ah, great question. This segment is presented by Spirnoff, the world's number one vodka. Please drink responsibly.
- [35:32]
Billy Gill
Yeah, this is. This is the best time of the NFL. Some people say it's opening weekend, some people say it's the playoffs or the draft. Nope, it's rule proposal time. That's the best time of the NFL season or off season. So, with that in mind, there is a proposal made by the Green Bay packers right now to essentially ban the Tush push. Billy Gill. Will it pass?
- [35:57]
Mike Fuentes
I think it will not pass. We've been hearing about them banning the Twish push for years now. No one seems to enjoy it, but it feels like one of those things that's just not going to pass.
- [36:13]
Billy Gill
Fuentes.
- [36:14]
Mikey A
I agree. I think the year where you propose getting rid of it is the year that the team that does it the best wins. The super bowl is probably not the best way to go about it, because now it just sounds like you're crying over spilled milk, so.
- [36:28]
Billy Gill
Sour grapes.
- [36:28]
Mikey A
Yeah, sour grapes. So probably not the best time. But like Billy said, they didn't do it the year before or the year before that. They're probably not going to do it this year either. I mean, it's. It's. Is it boring? Do I not like it? Yeah, I don't like it at all. I think it. I think it is boring. I think it kills the flow of the game. But at the same time, like, it's football and it's guys running into each other and they. They do it really well and they're just going to take advantage of it. And there's also going to be a moment in time where there may. They may not be as good at it. So I just don't see it going anywhere.
- [36:57]
Mike Fuentes
This feels also like one of one of those things that, like politicians are out front, like, we are gonna get rid of the tush push and this and that. And then you're like, but you voted to keep it. Like, what, what happened here.
- [37:07]
Billy Gill
Now it keeps offenses on the field. It puts more points up. I think everybody hates it, but they will never get rid of it.
- [37:15]
Mike Fuentes
Okay? So it will not pass. Mikey, Mikey.
- [37:17]
Billy Gill
The next one, okay, the next one is proposed by the Detroit Lions. And you can see why they would propose this after last year where essentially they would do new seating system for the playoffs and everybody would be seated based on their record, not whether they won the division or not. Now, the division winners would still get in. However, once you're in, you're seated based solely on your record. Billy Gill.
- [37:49]
Mike Fuentes
Well, we just played Brackets Bonanza and in brackets Bonanza, we don't worry about the seatings. We do, we have the initial seatings and then it's just bracket style. They don't want to have automatic, you know, like three seeds for teams that win their division if they're bad. Will it pass? I think this year it will not pass. I'm gonna go no. This year it will not pass. This feels like one of those that is kind of floated out there. We'll see how it's received. It's not gonna pass. Then it's gonna take a couple years, pick up steam, and then maybe eventually it passes. But I think this year it will not pass.
- [38:36]
Billy Gill
Fuentes, will it pass?
- [38:38]
Mikey A
No, I think the, the NFL wants divisions to mean something. So if they don't get the home playoff game, then you totally strip that away because then really, who cares? You just got to get a good record. And I mean, no, I don't think it passes. They've been doing it this way for a long time. And yes, it does suck when you get a 7 and 9 Seattle team hosting a 12 win New Orleans team, which as well knows the beast mode run. But yeah, I just don't. I just don't see it passing.
- [39:04]
Billy Gill
All right, another proposal by the Eagles essentially marrying the playoff overtime rules with the regular season overtime rules so that both teams will get a possession in overtime regardless of if it's in the playoffs or in the regular scene, regular season. Mike Fuentes, Will it pass?
- [39:25]
Mikey A
This one should pass, but I don't know if it will. I can't really think of a reasoning. I mean, I mean, why not?
- [39:31]
Billy Gill
I guess more football. Yeah, making players play more football.
- [39:35]
Mikey A
But as we know, like the player association isn't going to like that. So I Don't know.
- [39:40]
Billy Gill
I. I'm gonna say they always get what they want.
- [39:42]
Mikey A
Also. True. But I. I just. It's. I would like it, obviously, like you said, it's more football for us. I mean, they already got the two extra games, you know, so during the season, so. You know what? I've been so negative. It will pass. We're gonna get more football.
- [39:58]
Mike Fuentes
I hope it doesn't pass. Honestly, I like the sudden death aspect of the playoffs in football during the regular season. I do like the whole situation where if it's a field goal, you have a chance at the touchdown. But I like the urgency. I like not necessarily saying, you know what, we're gonna get the ball anyways. It doesn't really matter. Let's take our time. Let's draw this out. I want it to feel like it can get end at any minute. So I hope it doesn't pass. Even though that's not the question.
- [40:25]
Billy Gill
What? One more quick one.
- [40:27]
Mike Fuentes
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
- [40:27]
Billy Gill
Because this one, this one's funny for me because the Pittsburgh Steelers are the one proposing this. The Pittsburgh Steelers are proposing resolution that allows teams to have some contact with pending free agents in that legal tampering window. Right now, they're only allowed to talk to their agents, but I imagine after this year, the Steelers would have liked to have known a certain player's intentions prior to making the moves that they did. So my question for you, Billy Gil, is will it pass?
- [41:05]
Mike Fuentes
The legal tampering is such a cross. It's so ridiculous. Anyways, I feel like the way this should be asked is, are we just going to move up the window where you can speak to the players directly? I'm gonna say, yes, it's gonna pass. And if it doesn't, it's just a charade. Anyways. There's no way any of these players are signing at the times that they're signing. Being contacted for the first time. I don't know why we're even pretending that's still how it works. But I'm gonna say yes, that passes.
- [41:37]
Billy Gill
Fuentes, will it pass? Be quick now.
- [41:40]
Mikey A
Yeah, I'm gonna say yes. I'm gonna say yes because it's so true. Billy says, like, yeah, because we all know negotiations with lawyers and contracts, you just sit down at a table and 10 minutes later, it's done. So, yeah, it's gonna pass.
- [41:51]
Billy Gill
All right, guys, join us next year or Never for another edition of Will it Pass?
- [41:57]
Mike Fuentes
Wow. Will it pass?
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Mikey A
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Mike Fuentes
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- [42:48]
Mike Fuentes
Football is presented by Smirnoff. We do game days. Please drink responsibly. The screen off Co. New York, New York. It's been a fun show so far. How would we rank our games that we've played? I'll ask you, Mikey, and then ask you Fuentes. We've done so far. Will it pass? We've done. Here's a headline. And we've done brackets Bonanza. So if you were to rank the three in order of, like, to least, like, which would you say?
- [43:13]
Billy Gill
This is easy for me. Number one was easily brackets Bonanza. Yeah, that was number one. Number two, I think, is a solid. Will it pass?
- [43:25]
Mike Fuentes
Yeah.
- [43:26]
Billy Gill
And then here's a headline is probably third. Not because it was bad, just because it didn't have any. Any pizzazz.
- [43:34]
Mike Fuentes
Yeah. I think the thing about here's a headline is we're going to have to do it every week because we have to talk about the headlines and we could just tell you the headlines or we could just play here's a headline. So. So I'm gonna. I'm gonna. I'm just gonna stay with those rankings and not even ask, for instance, what his rankings are, just because I feel like, what's the point of asking him the rankings? We're just wasting time at that point. Respectfully, to Fuentes. I'm not Fuentes. You're not offended by that, are you?
- [43:55]
Mikey A
No, because I can't say that I really like brackets Bonanza. I just wish it would have been extended because then we would have had the chance for, like, a really big upset. Like, would have had, like, the rating.
- [44:04]
Billy Gill
Oh, so you want.
- [44:05]
Mike Fuentes
You want.
- [44:06]
Mikey A
Yeah.
- [44:06]
Billy Gill
You want the full correct.
- [44:08]
Mike Fuentes
You know what?
- [44:09]
Mikey A
Yes.
- [44:09]
Billy Gill
In the bracket.
- [44:10]
Mikey A
Yes.
- [44:11]
Mike Fuentes
You know what?
- [44:13]
Billy Gill
I. I don't hate this. I don't hate this. For next week.
- [44:16]
Mike Fuentes
I'm making a note of this, and I think that maybe next week we will come back With a new brackets bonanza in which the AFC and NFC are seated 1 to 16 and there will be no buys and we'll just kind of play it out. I like this. I'm making a note of this. Brackets finance a 1 through 16. Yeah. Yes.
- [44:35]
Mikey A
I want to see if the 5 and 12 Panthers can somehow find a way to take down the 11 and six packers. Can they see it? Can they find the wheel? Can they get hot one game scenario?
- [44:44]
Mike Fuentes
You know, I think for that one. I think for that one we're going to have to seed the teams in advance, though. We're not going to be able to see them 1 through 16. In fact.
- [44:52]
Mikey A
Yes. We'll actually have to put some thought into it. Yes.
- [44:54]
Mike Fuentes
Yeah, we can. I think. I think we're going to cheat and we're going to start. We're going to keep one through seven the same just for some consistency. And then we'll. We'll rank 8 through 16 in each conference off air and then we'll come to you with the brackets bonanza where we do 1 through 16 and see if it's the same results. Because it might not be. Because remember, no receding once the. Or re racking the matchups once it is at the playoffs. Start in brackets and no buys. Exactly. Right. Everybody knows the rules. That's how it works.
- [45:21]
Billy Gill
So of course.
- [45:22]
Mike Fuentes
Yeah. All right, so it is time now for more Mikely, Mikey, take it away.
- [45:27]
Billy Gill
All right, let's start with some breaking news from. I guess it would be yesterday, if you're listening to this on Friday, more likely to be a better investment. The $6.05 billion that the new owners paid for the Washington commanders or the $6.1 billion that was just paid to buy the Celtics? Better investment. A middle of the road football team or the best NBA team, relatively speaking.
- [46:00]
Mike Fuentes
I'm gonna. I'm gonna go with the NFL team. I feel like NFL teams appreciate and value much more than NBA teams. Like NBA teams. There's maybe like one or two franchises like at the top that are like going to be worth crazy amount of money where NFL teams are always gonna be worth a crazy amount of money. I mean, let's be real. All the teams are going to be worth a crazy amount of money. But to your point, if a middle of the road team is, you know, going for the same as one of like the premier teams in the NBA. NFL team.
- [46:38]
Mikey A
Yeah, I'm gonna. I'm gonna agree with Billy. Mainly because the commanders are like a historic NFL franchise. They have a lot of Like Gibbs era, all that stuff. Very long tradition with the commanders. So even like maybe I would say there'd be a little bit of an argument. Feels like the Jacksonville Jaguars are like a lower tier franchise of the NFL because obviously the Boston Celtics are one of two premier franchises of the NBA. But just the way football is just a juggernaut in this country when it comes to sports entertainment, I'm gonna say the commanders.
- [47:09]
Billy Gill
All right. Put you on the spot. How many NFL teams would you put the Celtics as more valuable then?
- [47:14]
Mike Fuentes
Oh, wow, that's a good question.
- [47:16]
Mikey A
I'll give you. I'll give you the Los Angeles Chargers.
- [47:19]
Billy Gill
Because for some even know it's la.
- [47:22]
Mikey A
That's that.
- [47:23]
Billy Gill
Know it's that.
- [47:24]
Mikey A
That's the only, like, saving grace. Because the San Diego Chargers were, you know, not a great looking franchise for a long time. Then I'd say the Jacksonville Jaguars. I'd probably say Tennessee Titans.
- [47:36]
Mike Fuentes
See the Panthers.
- [47:38]
Mikey A
The Carolina Panthers. Yes. I wouldn't say the Browns just because they've been around forever. Let me see who else here. Panthers and maybe the Falcons.
- [47:49]
Mike Fuentes
Broncos.
- [47:51]
Mikey A
No, Broncos have a big tradition. That's it. That's it. Really? So maybe four or five.
- [47:55]
Mike Fuentes
Really?
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Mikey A
Yeah.
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Billy Gill
All right. It's interesting. Here's another interesting one for you.
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Mike Fuentes
Did you say the card more?
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Mikey A
No, I didn't, but I'd probably throw them in there.
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Billy Gill
How dare you. Bird gang.
- [48:08]
Mike Fuentes
Bird gang.
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Billy Gill
We gotta go to Arizona again next year.
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Mike Fuentes
We do. My kids. It's the strangest thing. I don't know if you're like this, Mikey, you never know what's going to resonate with your kids. My kids will not stop mentioning cactus anytime they drive by the cactus. Cactus. And I'm like, guys, like, why were cactuses so much? Like they left such an impression on you in Arizona? It's the craziest thing anyway.
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Billy Gill
Yeah. Yeah, we got to do that again. All right. More likely to be the position taken first in the NFL draft. Out of these positions, wide receiver, tight end, running back. This is shocking to me because I think there's an obvious.
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Mikey A
Oh, you have like extra actual data or just your opinion?
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Billy Gill
No, I just. Who do you think this year is more likely to be taken first in this draft? Class in this draft? Because every other year you'd say it's an. It's. It's an easy one. It's this. It's this position. But this year I think it's the, the one that you would take last.
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Mike Fuentes
You're saying tight end, wide receiver or running back. I'm Going second on this one. I'm gonna. I'm gonna. Can I just. I'm gonna. I'm gonna go running back.
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Mikey A
Yeah, it's. It's either Austin Genty or Warren, right? Yeah. Yeah. So it's those two guys. Those are the two ones. Because I don't. I can't think of a wide receiver. That's great.
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Billy Gill
McMillan is, is the. Is the best wide. Now here's the other question. Do you count Travis Hunter as a wide receiver?
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Mikey A
Ah, you're cheating.
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Billy Gill
I don't think so. I think he's a corner.
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Mikey A
I'm gonna say. I'm gonna say Warren.
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Mike Fuentes
I'm gonna go. I'm going. Genti, I think we're not six.
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Billy Gill
I think gently goes six to the Raiders.
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Mike Fuentes
If we're not counting Travis Hunter as wide receiver, we're just counting him under the famous football athlete category, then I would say Genti. If he's. If we're counting him as a wide receiver, then I would go wide receiver, though.
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Billy Gill
Staying with the draft, more likely to be an NFL bust. Shador Sanders or KM Ward.
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Mike Fuentes
Man, this is. Okay.
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Billy Gill
We don't know where they go yet.
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Mike Fuentes
So the answer. If they both fail, the answer should be Cam Ward. If they both fail. If he goes number one in the draft and he fails, he will. Even if they both fail at the same time, if he's the number one pick, he would be the bigger bust. Shador is getting so much hate that I believe everyone wants him to fail. Just to begin with, I believe everyone wants him to fail. And if Shador and Cam both fail, like, that's how I'm playing this. Not if one fails or the other fails. If they both fail, Cam Ward should be the bigger bust. However, if they both fail, I think Shador will be considered a bigger bust, completely unfairly. And people might forget about Cam Ward.
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Mikey A
I'm gonna.
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Billy Gill
That makes sense. Yeah.
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Mikey A
I'm gonna do this analysis assuming that they both get drafted by the Titans, so that way they're in the same situation because the tie in situation is really bad. Can we all agree on that? So, yeah, it just. By the way, you know, it's, it's, you know, it's in the numbers. If Shador goes after Cam, he's going to be on a better team. Right. Not loads better, but it should be a better team because they're drafting later. In terms of personality, I think Billy's kind of hitting it on the head. There's people that out there that are. That want Shador Sanders to fail more Just because of who his dad is and all the hype in Colorado and all that stuff, which is unfair. But who I think's going to be a. More likely to be a bust is probably going to be Shador, I would say. But I. I don't know. The Titans are so bad. Like, I don't. I don't know if Cam can really flourish there. I think they're both kind of in a losing proposition.
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Billy Gill
Interesting follow up. Who was a bigger bust, Jameis Winston or Marcus Mariota? They were taken 1, 2. I feel like we could be looking at a very similar situation eight, ten years from now.
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Mikey A
I would say Mariota was a bigger bust, though.
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Mike Fuentes
Mariota was a bigger bust. Like, Jamis is still. I mean, they're both still in the league. But if you had.
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Mikey A
Okay, but drive for your life tomorrow, you rather have Jamis and Marcus Mariota, right?
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Mike Fuentes
Yeah. And if you. And if you could say, you know what? I. This is who I want. You. I have a backup position available. They're going to go for the same amount of money. Do I want Jameis or do I want Marcus Barriota? I feel like almost every team would take Jameis Winston.
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Mikey A
Yeah. If I. If I need a drive from one of them, I much rather put Jameis in there than. Than Marcus Mariota. Even though Marcus Mario has been solid, he's only been solid as a backup. Like, if you could consider Jameis a very low tier starter, but you still consider him a starter more than Mario does.
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Billy Gill
Interesting. We got time for one more.
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Mike Fuentes
Yeah, don't even ask him. Don't even ask him.
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Mikey A
Yeah, you have 30 seconds, but go ahead.
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Billy Gill
More likely to make the playoffs in their first season as head coach with their new team. Mike Vrabel with the Patriots or Liam Cohen with the Jaguars?
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Mikey A
I'm gonna say. What's the other guy's name? Cohen.
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Billy Gill
Liam Cohen.
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Mikey A
Yeah, Liam Cohen. Just because it's a lot easier to win the AFC south than the AFC East.
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Mike Fuentes
I think he's just a wild card is what I'm thinking. Also, Marcus Mariota, NFL bust, who has made $75 million in his career. Sign me up.
- [54:14]
Billy Gill
Yep.
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Mike Fuentes
Sign me up for that right now.
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Mikey A
God bless football.
- [54:18]
Mike Fuentes
God bless football.