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What's Wright - Patrick Mahomes TEARS ACL, Chiefs dynasty OVER? Broncos to Super Bowl? + Micah Parsons injury | Nick Wright
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Colin Cowherd
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Welcome in what Driving the Great Episode 404 this episode, as always, is brought to you by Boost Mobile as we get into the kind of the post script era of this iteration of the dynasty of the last decade, my Kansas City Chiefs as the season from hell comes crashing down in sports tragic fashion with Patrick Mahomes suffering a torn ACL and LCL in the waning moments of another frustrating bad game for the Chiefs as a whole, which was every game they played after the buy kind of felt the same. Except for the Cowboys game where the offense got going but the defense couldn't get any stops. And where they all felt the same was they just didn't look like the Chiefs at any point post October this year. So. And now what will they look like as we get into whether or not Travis Kelsey is going to continue playing, what Patrick is going to look like post ACL and all of that. So that will be the lead of today's show, obviously. But there's other news, and some of the other news is in a weird way tied in with the Chiefs as you could make an argument that the single best defensive player of during Patrick's career, he's been the best player in football. You could make an argument that over that same timeline, the best defensive player in football has been Micah Parsons. I know Miles Garrett, you know, would take issue with that, but he's certainly in the discussion. And Micah also lost for the season to a torn acl. So we will get into that. The Patriots collapse against Buffalo that Monday Night Football are the Steelers for real. All of that coming up. Demanze, how are you? I got your Christmas card. That is you have officially sent out Christmas cards in your lifetime before I've ever sent them out in my lifetime. So hat tip to you on that one. I have a feeling that was more Maddie's doing than you're doing. However, maybe I'm Am I wrong?
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Damanze
I'm not gonna comment on that. Yeah, you're probably more correct and you're not correct.
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Nick Wright
But those were. It was delightful to get those. Great to see you and we'll get right into it. Straight to voicemail. Brought to you by Boost Mobile the Commanders are shutting down Jaden Daniels for the year. They are. Their season from hell's different from Kansas City's but maybe in some ways more torturous after they felt so close last year and it's like okay, next year we're going to be awesome. Instead next year they're they're not good and their quarterback suffers multiple injuries and now they're just shutting him down. Fernando Mendoza wins the Heisman Trophy and Diego Pavia post f all the voters in, you know some Andy Kaufman esque bit to tank his draft stock as much as he possibly can. A reminder to everybody like rate, subscribe review that does greatly help us out. That would be a wonderful holiday gift to us if you guys subscribe to the channel on YouTube and or on itunes or Spotify. But Damanze, let's get right into it. Chiefs lose. Chiefs eliminated Patrick injured One of the.
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Damanze
Weirdest, saddest reads that I've had to do for this show is very strange. Chiefs eliminated from the playoffs after the loss of the Chargers. Patrick Mahomes with a torn ACL in lcl. They're done. Yesterday you said that this was the end of a chapter or in the chapter.
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Nick Wright
So I'll get into the that part in a second. First I want to say this. This is pro football and this, yes, this is my hometown team and yes, I have a personal relationship for Pat with Patrick and so and he's the face of the league and one of the defining players of in league history. All of those things make this extra gutting in the short term and we'll see what it means in the long term. But I don't want to overstate the, how do I put this because the devastation of the moment is real. The sympathy or empathy that folks should have for me or for Chiefs fans or whatever right now, I, I think that's overstated because this is pro football and this happens and it was the chief's turn to have the year from hell and it was sadly Patrick's turn to roll craps and he was fighting through a knee injury the last few weeks. He was on the injury report the last few weeks you saw him laboring. We said after week one man, he sure ran a lot and sure took a lot of hits and there's attacks to all of it. There just is. And there is a cost to the 20 game seasons. There is a cost to the offensive line injuries. There is a cost to Patrick's refusal to sit out a game when his knee was obviously bothering him. There is a cost to the Chiefs being in must win gotta have it elimination games this early in the season, you extend your body, you extend plays, you put yourself out there and this happens. This is not I am sick for Patrick. I'm sick for myself. But I'm also the Patriots and their fans watch Tom Brady go down the first week of his season. The Colts and their fans watched Peyton Manning miss a whole year with a neck injury. The packers and their fans watched peak Aaron Rodgers knocked out for half a season with a snapped collarbone like the the Ravens twice have had Lamar late in a year get hurt and never come back. The Bengals and Joe Burrow have had multiple seasons derailed by the guy getting hurt. Like this is pro sports and this sport in particular. And so I, I am trying to balance how much it sucks that Patrick is going through this, how much the the reality of we now have a line of demarcation in Patrick's career that's going to be before and after the ACL and we're going to see how he recovers from it, how he attacks it, how it changes for good or for bad the player that he is. And I, and I. Can recognize that and do me a favor guys, don't put questions in the rundown near the top of it. Sorry this is a production note. While we're doing it it's I lose my train of thought.
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Damanze
And.
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Nick Wright
I can recognize all of that while also not feeling like woe is me is appropriate. This has been as good of a seven year run as any football fan base has ever gotten. Seven years of conference championship games, five super bowl appearances, three super bowl victories. You can put it up against anything any team has done in the history of the sport. This seven years matches any seven years the Patriots had. Any seven years the Niners in the 80s had and the Steelers in the 70s is a weird one because they won four Super Bowls but they didn't get to the conference championship game every year and, and they didn't get to five Super Bowls. That, that's a tomato tomato thing. You can say that one was better but it's at least in the argument and and now the Chiefs recede back into football general population and then see if they can emerge once again. And I and I hate that I have talked about this comp so much and now it is even more apropro apropos. But you guys have heard me whenever we have done the Brady Mahomes career stuff talk about in. In his eighth year as a starter, Tom blew out his knee and then that team had its only real low. Obviously they missed the playoffs. The year Tom missed. They still won 11 games by the way, which is shout out to how unbelievable the Oh7 Pats and Oh8 Pats were as a roster. And then in 2009, Tom wasn't his best. They won 10 games and got annihilated in round one of the playoffs. And in 2010 Tom was exceptional. That team was 14 and two and then they lost one of the weirdest playoff games ever to Mark Sanchez and the New York jets. And then in 2011 they started their run and I don't know what is. I here is as far as this not being what's the right way to put this In a weird way, I feel worse for Packer fans with the Micah injury than for Chief fans with the Mahomes injury. In this regard I was wrong about this team. They didn't have it this year and so had they been 11 and 3 in that game and or I guess 10 and 3 because that was right. Do I have this right? I'm all scattered 10 and three going into that game and had looked great. It was like man, this is another championship level team. I think this would sting even more. But it was pretty clear it became I came to terms with where this Chiefs team was about an hour and a half before Mahomes is injury. The final drive of the first half up 13 to 3, letting the Chargers drive the length of the field, the combo platter of not being able to punch in the Herbert interception and getting seven and then later in the second quarter allowing them to go the length of the field in 40 seconds to take what could have been a 17 to 3 or at the very least 13 to 3 or worst case scenario 13 to 6 lead into halftime in a must win home game. Letting the Chargers, whose offense right now is not very good, go the length of the field to make it 13 to 10. And then watching the Chiefs offense do nothing the entire second half they didn't have it. And so this was not the Chiefs leaving. Oh man left us a potential championship on the table because the quarterback got hurt. They were not good enough this year and I was wrong. I talked a lot of shit, poked at a lot of folks as soon as they looked like the Chiefs again. That was a brief mirage in who this team was this season. And I do feel Demon say that they are about to have a mirror held up to some of their structural issues that Patrick was holding together over these last three weeks of the year because I think they are going to lose to the Tennessee Titans. I think they are going to get beat up by the Denver Broncos.
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Damanze
Oh okay.
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Nick Wright
And then we'll see Week 18 Raiders Chiefs in Vegas. You know who shows up for that game. But I think with these O line injuries, this lack of a running game and one of the bigger disappointments of this season is. The lack of development from the wide receivers. I think you're going to see what this offense looks like with bad quarterback play because I understand Mahomes numbers after the buy the Cowboys game not withstanding were ghastly. The Cowboys game is the one thing propping them up. I think you're about to see what actual bad quarterback play would look like with the team right now with its issues. And I do think that there needs to be some real soul searching is too strong but some personal accountability by everyone involved in the team. And hey how do we make sure the next time Patrick takes the field this team doesn't have as many glaring weaknesses as it had in 2025. And listen, it's hard. There is a reason only one team ever has gone to four straight Super Bowls. There is a reason only one TEAM ever has gone to more than seven straight conference championship games. There is a reason only three other teams ever had gone to three straight Super Bowls. What the Chiefs accomplished was certain things were unprecedented and certain things were only, you know had only been accomplished by one or two of the other greatest dynasties ever. But you saw some of the wear of the late draft picks of guys not developing of some A a draft miss here, a free agency miss there, a bet poorly timed injury there and they couldn't run the ball and they couldn't rush the passer all year long. And these receivers who I like, I think Rasheed Rice has the ability to be excellent. I saw him be exceptional for the second half is of his rookie season. I know the talent Xavier Worthy has but those guys not developing into fully formed legitimate man beating wide receivers hurt this team a lot too. And so those are the things that you address moving forward for the Chiefs. And then you see what version of Patrick we have when he comes back. I believe the type of competitor and legendary athlete he is that there is a very good chance he comes back as a better player as a player that if he especially if he can't early on rely as much on his athleticism is even more precise in the pocket and traditional drop back sense than he's been the last couple of years and so I'm not worried about Patrick and I would put I understand it was a terrible injury and he tore two ligaments. I would put all my money on him being back for week one next year. It's right at nine months and I think he'll do it. And what will the team around him look like is the question. Demons. I know there's some follow ups here before we get to other stuff.
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Damanze
Yeah. You were talking about making sure the roster was good for Mahomes whenever he comes back. If Brett Veech hits you up today and asked what they should do to retool the team, how would you go about it?
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Nick Wright
I mean I listen I think the biggest weakness right now is not being able to get a pass rush outside of Chris Jones. And they spent a first round pick on a player a couple years ago who was put on the IR this year they spent a second round pick on Omar Norman Lot a D tackle who was put on the IR early in the year. This was not a good Carlo this year and they just paid him. So I think that that is the first thing that I would address and the other one is they need to have listen I Isaiah Pacheco was an unbelievable story as a seventh round pick and he was very productive and then and again it's pro football man. He broke his leg and hasn't been the same and I feel sick for him. I hate the fact that he never really got paid I and he's a champion and you know really helped the team before those injuries but he hasn't been the same since then and they can't run the ball effectively. So what they are going to have demand say next year is a third place schedule and something like the 10th, 11th, 12th pick of the draft which are two things that you never would have thought they would have. Yeah going into this year. And so you have to take advantage of those things and you also have to prepare for life after Travis Kelce. Even though I it seems like a lot of people are fully convinced Travis is retiring. I am not fully convinced of that. I obviously not only is it possible you could say it's likely but I don't know that he has made up his mind and I because I don't.
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Damanze
Want to go out like this.
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Nick Wright
Right. And so now you don't always get to pick how you go out. Travis's brother played in the super bowl against the Chiefs. The famous you know when they the first Eagles chief Super bowl they lost that Super Bowl. He decided to come back for one More year and that was the year of the Eagles supernatural funk and meltdown and quitting in the playoff game. And that's how he went out. One of the greatest centers ever. Travis lost in the super bowl, decided to come back and now like his last moments with Mahomes on the field are dark. What that was and so I don't know. I don't know what he's going to do. He is still a good player. Is he a dominant player anymore? No. Is he still one of the this year. Was he one of the five best tight ends in football? Yes. And so he still has football left in him. The question is if he wants to keep doing it. Go ahead.
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Damanze
Do you think if it's of note that his brother he sat out that year and then his team won the super bowl the next year. I think his brother's got to tell him to stick in, stay with it. Maybe you guys will get the same.
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Nick Wright
Oh, that's interesting. Yeah, I mean. Yeah, I mean I guess that's right. It's the first year after. Right after retire.
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Damanze
Yeah. They won Super Bowl.
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Nick Wright
Yeah.
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Damanze
What's your predictions for the next chapter?
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Nick Wright
Listen, I think that. I think that as long as you have the. As long as you have Patrick Mahomes and Andy's not going anywhere and I understand there's been some criticism of Andy. I don't think this was his best year. I think Andy will is one of the greatest coaches in NFL history and I do think that they, you know the. The Chiefs offense post b enemy with Matt Nagy hasn't been as guys are not running as wide open as they once were and things aren't quite as easy and so they do need to address that. But I believe Andy Reid is going to be the coach of the Chiefs as long as he wants to be the coach of the Chiefs and I'm good with that. And Spags isn't going anywhere and I believe Mahomes will come back and still be Mahomes. And so I do think that they can snap back to top tier contender. They were the favorites to win the Super Bowl 29 days ago. But it's the NFL man. Like shit happened crazy.
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Damanze
I mean even a month ago that.
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Nick Wright
Was wild in the Super Bowl 29 days ago. But you know you got to win games, you got to play better, you got to get lucky on the injury stuff. And so I will. I think that they will be the favorites in the AFC west again start of next year. I think that and you know we'll get to Denver and the Chargers later in the show. I think that they will. If Buffalo does what it looks like Buffalo could do, they might have someone to go chase, which, you know what, like, that's how it's supposed to be.
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Damanze
And.
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Nick Wright
I, I am not worried at all that the Chiefs are not going to get back to being the scariest team in football. I am acknowledging that this year will, across the board is looked at as a failure. And then you all, you double that up with the pain of the injury to Patrick and you double that up with the Broncos and the Chargers having the years they've had and it's like, okay, they're going to have a fight on their hands every year, so be it. I am, I think having the most talented player in the history of the sport at the most important position who now has something to go prove, is a good position to start from. Hey guys, want to know where I bet on sports during the holiday season? Hard Rock Bet. Not just because it's the presenting sponsor of our show, but because they make it easy to bet on my favorite teams, players and leagues in just a few simple taps, especially with their brand new for you page that recommends picks based on my favorites and who I like to bet on. I open the app, go to my for you page, find a bet I like, and then, bam, my bet is placed just in time for me to get back to wrapping presence and enjoy my favorite Christmas movie. Sign up today and bet $5 on any game. If it wins, you also score with $150 in bonus bets, a winning bet plus an extra $150 to bet with. Now that's spreading holiday cheer. Plus, Hard Rock Bet fills your stockings with new promos daily. So whenever you're listening, just open the app. Check out what you've got. Any day that we download the Hard Rock Bet app and make your first deposit today. Payable and bonus bets. Not a cash offer offered by the Seminole Tribe of Florida in Florida. Offered by Seminole Hard Rock Digital LLC in all other states. Must be 21 plus and physically present in Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, New Jersey, Ohio, Tennessee or Virginia. To play. Terms and conditions apply. Concerned about gambling in Florida? Call-888- admit it in Indiana. If you or someone you know has a gambling problem and wants help, call 1-800-with-IT gambling problem. Call 1-800- Gambler in Arizona, Colorado, Illinois, New Jersey, Ohio, Tennessee or Virginia.
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Colin Cowherd
This is Colin Coward from the Colin coward podcast on Fox 1. Now you can stream your favorite live sport so you can be there live for the biggest moments. That means NFL Sundays and college football games, NASCAR, Major League Baseball, postseason and more. With Fox one, you get it all live edge of your seat plays, high octane moments and that feeling like you're right there in the action. Fox 1 We live for live streaming now.
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Nick Wright
Right, Damante, let's get to these other games.
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Damanze
All right, so if Burrow's press conference last week wasn't bad enough, he came out this week and said that no NFL team would have won with him playing at quarterback. After getting shut out by my Ravens 24. 0 after the game Burrow had said that his comments had nothing to do with the Bengals specifically. It was just football in general. Do you think that that might be worse?
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Nick Wright
Man, I don't know what's going on with Joe Burrow. And, you know, my theory is a very simple one, which is. And I talked about this last week so we don't have to harp on it too much. Year one, he blows out his knee. Year two, he plays in the Super Bowl. Year three, plays in the AFC Championship game. And then year four, he suffers that calf injury before the year and then the wrist injury during the year and he's out. Year five, he's healthy, but the team is just terrible as far as their defense and it doesn't matter how good he is. And then year six, the really weird turf toe, and he's like, man, this sucks. I'm getting the shit kicked out of me, the team. Since I've been here one year, maybe two years, we had a good defense. The other years, the defenses have been a problem. Every year. The offensive line's been bad. We won't even shovel off the seats for our fans at the stadium. And like, this isn't a fun life right now. And so I. He. He is a thoughtful guy and he also is a very private guy. And I don't think he's loved the celebrity piece of NFL quarterback. It would be stunning to me if he is actually contemplating being done playing football. I don't think that's happening. It would not be stunning to me if he is considering forcing his way out of Cincinnati. That would not be stunning to me. What are your follow ups here, pal?
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Damanze
So my Ravens obviously got the big win, but it probably wasn't because of Lamar's play solely, I guess. How confident are you that he can turn it around in the last few weeks?
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Nick Wright
Listen, Lamar was good in this game, but it was such. It was so. I mean, he's 8 of 12 for a bunch of yards, but it's a weird game.
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Damanze
Bengals are just.
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Nick Wright
Yeah, I mean they just. The. The Ravens never had the ball. They ran like 40 plays and Lamar dropped back 16 times, got picked once, not his fault. Sacked 4 times, only ran twice like, so it's a weird Lamar game. Here is the bigger piece of it. Demons A. I think it's just because the defense did play really well and I know like people are excited for what could be Sunday night football week. 18 Steelers Ravens Division on the line. I'm not sure the Ravens get there because series Patriots.
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Damanze
If they win this Patriots game, I'm all in on them. They can. If they can, they can secure this. I think we're Good.
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Nick Wright
Sure.
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Damanze
I'm 100% not totally confident right now, but.
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Nick Wright
Right. And so if we just say the Steelers are going to split with the Lions and the Browns.
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Damanze
Okay.
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Nick Wright
If the Ravens lose to the Patriots and the Packers, Week 18 doesn't matter. If the Ravens lose their next two to the Patriots and the packers and the Steelers and those are tough games, man. Patriots, packers. Then the Steelers win the division before week 18. Another way to look at it, if the Steelers somehow go 2 and oh against the Lions and the Browns and you got to think they, they're going to beat the Browns, then if The Ravens lose one of Patriots, Packers, Week 18 doesn't matter. So if the Steelers get one more win than Baltimore over the next two weeks and Baltimore has the Patriots and the packers and the Steelers have the Lions and the Browns, I do think.
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Damanze
We have the more winnable game this week, but yeah, obviously there's, there's three weeks left.
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Nick Wright
I mean, you think that I don't know that the Lions are worse than the Patriots or better than the Patriots? Like, I, I, I think it's a toss up.
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Damanze
I think I'm more scared of the, the, the Lions just because they've got the older, you know, older quarterback, more seasoned team.
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Nick Wright
No, that's fair. And they are certainly more desperate than New England, but New England knows if they lose this game, they're basically eliminated from getting the buy. And all of a sudden maybe Buffalo can catch them. I just don't, I don't think the Ravens got it. I, and I think there's a very real chance that week 18 doesn't matter. And I guess the bright side for Ravens fans would be if that happens and because I think Ravens fans are over it, I think we're done with, I think John Harbaugh. They have a mutual parting of ways. Yeah, I do think that we'll get more to the Steelers and their win last night, which is kind of part of what I, part of the reason I'm skeptical of the Ravens right now is Rogers is playing the bet. You know, I, he was awesome two weeks ago. He was good enough last night. And the Steelers, after Tomlin's on the hot seat, they get back to back quality wins and now we're staring at, you know, they still have the Browns on the schedules. We mentioned if they can find a way to go to Detroit and win, they feel like we potentially can just clinch the division in Week 17 against Cleveland. All right, let's go to the next game.
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Damanze
Yeah. Denver's on an 11 game winning streak after beating Green Bay with a little bit of a surprise win. They had the number one seed going into week 15, Green Bay, but the packers lost the game and obviously Micah Parsons went down. Where do you think Green Bay's fans expectations should be for this season?
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Nick Wright
I mean I think that, I think it's now too much injury wise. I think that their bet, if you take out their quarterback, their most important offensive players, Tucker Kraft, he's done for the year. Their most important defensive players, Micah Parsons, he's done for the year. And this is why I didn't want to. This is one of the reasons why I didn't want to do like too much like woe is me. Poor Chiefs fans off the top. Like man, if you're a Packers fan and you haven't been to a Super bowl in 15 years and you have felt all year long like this team is super bowl caliber and you're coming off finally looking like the team that you thought you could be at the beginning of the year. Four straight wins, beating the Lions, beating the Bears, you're up nine against Denver and then all of a sudden it turns on you and Mike is out for the year and now you, Green Bay are like oh shit. For we were staring at the one seed. We're now need to make sure we win this weekend against Chicago or else us, you know, could we slip out of the playoff picture? Probably not. But if we lose this weekend to Chicago, are we going to be on the road as a wild card in the brutal nfc? Yes. And so I, I just don't think you can sustain. This is the comp I used on the show yesterday if four years ago to Monze. With a month left in the season the Chiefs lost Kelsey and Chris Jones. Like oh, we're just, we're just done. And yeah, they already lost craft and they were overcoming it and now to lose Mike. I just think Mike is such a difference maker and such a great player.
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Damanze
How different that. Oh, sorry.
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Nick Wright
Go ahead.
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Damanze
How differently do you feel about Micah's future comeback versus Moms?
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Nick Wright
Well, listen, I also, I do think this, I think that, that it is. I think an ACL can be a tougher injury for a pass rusher than a quarterback with the bend and the explosiveness and the speed and the athleticism Micah has. So it would, I think it is more again I think they are both are young enough and sick enough workers and good enough athletes to just come back from it full strength. But if you were to tell me one of those two guys is not quite the same player post injury, you'd have to think it's the guy who relies more on fast Twitch and is and that, I mean he starts off.
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Damanze
Pushing at somebody.
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Nick Wright
Bending.
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Damanze
Yeah.
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Nick Wright
And all like all of it that just so I'm not, I'm going to as a football fan just believe they're both going to come back as good as ever. But it does feel like it can be a tougher injury for that position.
- [45:36]
Damanze
Yeah.
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Nick Wright
And I just, I am, I'm, I'm, I'm sick for him and I'm really, really sick for Packer fans because this was a year you definitely had a real chance to win the Super Bowl. And listen, Packer fans, I hope this gets clipped and used against me and genuinely, sincerely, I don't want you guys to be cooked because of injury. I open six weeks, you guys send this to me like fucking told you we could. I, I, I, I don't want to be right that injuries ruined your season, but man, it feels like injuries might have ruined your season. Let's do the other side of the game.
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Damanze
Yeah, I was on the winning side. Do you believe in what you're seeing out of Bo Nicks over the last month? Looking pretty good.
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Nick Wright
Making the right plays more than making the right plays. That game against the packers, he was awesome. And. I am trying to weigh all of this at once. Prior a month ago, he was unequivocally the weak link of that team. A month ago, going into that Chiefs game, he was having a bad season. They were winning despite him. He then played really well in the Chiefs game. Then played really well in. Was it the Vikings game? I can't even. Did they play the. I can't remember if they played the Vikings. No. Washington. It was the Washington game. The game that Mariota had the two point conversion knocked down and then he played the best game he's ever played against Denver, against Green Bay. He's a young player as far as he's in year two. He should be getting better. So all of that is fair and true. What is also fair and true is this. There wasn't a thing from his first year and a half that made you believe he could be the starting quarterback of a Super bowl team. Now the last month he's been excellent and if he just plays B football, Denver can win a Super Bowl. The defense is great, the offensive line is great. Sean Payton, as much as he annoys me, has been excellent and they have a stranglehold. Demons A on the one seed. Their comeback combined with the Patriots collapse put them in such a great position to get the one seed, which is so valuable. So I still don't believe to be clear, but I am. Wow. No, I, I, I I am giving credit for the last month of football. I also think it is going to end up having been an aberration in who he is as a player. But I also have to be prepared for this to be a classic Category three.
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Damanze
This will be a seat like a real, real, real season from hell for you.
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Nick Wright
Oh well, yeah, but I mean it I It's all right. Listen, the the Broncos potentially being the one seed when I picked him to finish last in the division, that's already a category three. That is just stone wrong. And I gotta eat it. Bo Nix turning into a legit franchise quarterback. I might have to create a new category on how wrong that would make me. I still have a hard time believing that's actually going to happen, but I can't pretend like that packers game didn't happen. Now do I think this Broncos season ends potentially prematurely in a home playoff game because Knicks plays poorly? Yeah, I do. But we'll see. We'll wait and see how it goes. Hey guys. Buying men's jewelry used to be a nightmare, especially around the holidays. Was either cheap stuff that broke after a week or overpriced with ridiculous markups. That's why I rock with gld. They've changed the game. You get quality jewelry that's built to last without blowing your entire holiday budget on one item. And unlike a lot of other companies, GLD only uses real gold. Every single stone is meticulously handset plus their proprietary production process. Make sure you're getting the highest quality jewelry possible. You can literally see and feel the difference. And listen, don't just take my word for it. Over 2 million customers and 50,000 5 star reviews back it up. Not to mention it's worn by some of the biggest names out there from Justin Bieber to Kevin Durant as Abraci and a ton more. Best part Every single piece is guaranteed for life this holiday. You have the chance to give more than just jewelry. You can give a gift that lasts forever with gld. GLD as an official collab with the NFL. So you can get every NFL team on a pendant this season. They also have official collabs with the NBA, wnba, mlb, ncaa, mls, and even DC Comics. Chains and pendants that let you rep what you love, work hard and change the game right Now GLD is making holiday shopping easy for a limited time only new customers get an insane deal. Use code right to get 50% off@gld.com that's 50% off with code right W R I G h d@gld.com after you purchase they'll ask where you heard about them, support our show, tell them we sent you. I do imagine they'll know that though with the promo code right WRD again work hard, change the game. Right now GLD is making holiday shipping easy for a limited time only new customers get this insane deal. Again guys. 50% off@gld.com with code wright w r I g h t gl d.com all right Demonte, let's do Bill's Pats here.
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Damanze
So the Bills came out there and showed the Patriots who was big bro and in that 10 game winning streak they were up 21 0. Now that you are done with Kansas City, are you on Buffalo for the rest of the year? Who's second in the afc?
- [52:47]
Nick Wright
Well listen I the right now the Bills are my pick to win the conference. My pick the Chiefs got eliminated and so right now my pick would be Buffalo. There's no question about it. And I Bill, I was on Bill Simmons show on Friday and he said I was trying to put like the Maloia on the Bills and Josh Allen trying to jinx him. I'm not trying to do any of that. I am flatly saying that this is an opportunity that I do not imagine is going to present itself again anytime soon. That's all. I don't think Josh is likely to be in the playoffs another time in his prime where Mahomes and Burrow and maybe Lamar are out of it. Also, if we assume that Drake May is only going to get better then we also have to assume that this is the worst Drake May is going to be. This is a great opportunity for and in his prime future hall of Famer veteran quarterback to go get to his first Super Bowl. And yeah, they're going to probably have to do it from the wild card position but they should have a round one game against the AFC north winner. That's no, that's nothing brutal to overcome. And then around two game either in New England where they just came back from 21 nothing down pretty easily or in Denver against a Broncos team that they annihilated in the playoffs last year. That's the path. And so I thought that was a great win for Buffalo. And I want to make clear my thoughts on the Patriots here because I seem super Anti Patriots because Wilds has annoyed me so much I picked the Pats to make the playoffs. I have said for the last month and a half that I think Drake May is just a top five quarterback in the league moving forward. I thought he's second in MVP all year long, certainly top three all year long. And I think they're ahead of schedule. The my where I say Wilds has annoyed me with it is if you believe this team can actually win the super bowl and want to judge them by that standard, then by that standard that was a devastating loss this weekend. You have a chance to lock up the division, stay alive for the one seed, really stamp yourself as better than Buffalo and you're up 21 nothing and then they just walk you down. And Drake May has his least productive passing game of the season. So if you're looking at this Pats team as this is a building block to the future, then no big deal. But if you're like man there, it's the NFL. It's year to year. Washington thought last year was a building block to the future. Look at them now. I then that's a devastating loss. And I will also say while my pick would be Buffalo, look out for the Jags now.
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Damanze
Look out. Look out.
- [56:40]
Nick Wright
Average 32 points per game since their buy. That's like seven weeks ago. Since Thanksgiving they're beating people by 22 points a game. Trevor has 10 touchdowns, no picks, a 120 rating. He's played coming off a six touchdown game. He's playing his best.
- [57:01]
Damanze
Think you might have bailed on Trevor a little too early.
- [57:04]
Nick Wright
I never bailed on Trevor. I never, I never bailed.
- [57:08]
Damanze
I guess it was just the ban of the betting the Jags.
- [57:11]
Nick Wright
I couldn't bet the Jags. I traded Jack. I traded Wild's Royal Trumpeters because they were such a good part of the show that I thought and we thought the Patriots were going to be more relevant.
- [57:23]
Damanze
Right.
- [57:25]
Nick Wright
But I always held out hope for my guy. Now early in the year I thought he was going to have to prove how good he could be somewhere else.
- [57:34]
Damanze
Right.
- [57:35]
Nick Wright
With a different team later in his career.
- [57:38]
Damanze
Solid.
- [57:39]
Nick Wright
But he rallied and they're, they are a lot. They play Denver. There's. They are alive for the one seed. It's a great test likely, but they're alive for the one seed. Hey guys. I am so excited to see some Knicks basketball this, you know, this winter, this winter break. Damanze's baby sister Deanna made a point that she's somehow never been to msg even Though we go there all the time. And so we're going to go to a game over winter break. And that's why I want to give a sponsor to today's video. Seatgeek, a huge shout out, over 35 million downloads. Seatgeeks, the number one rated ticketing app. More than 70,000 events listed on Seatgeek, including concerts, sports festivals and more. NFL in full swing. College football playoffs coming. NBA's officially back right now. You can even get World cup tickets on SeatGeek. So again, you guys know that I, I've used SeatGeek for basically everything, but I am going to use SeatGeek to get. Let's see what game I think we're going to go to Nick's Heat, which is Saturday the 21st or Sunday, pardon me, the 21st at MSG. Couple of tickets. You can, you know, scroll through all the sections right there on SeatGeek. You guys know how it works. Big green dots, those are great buys. Little red dots means stay away. They also score them on a scale of one to ten, which helps you out. Ten is a great deal. One's a bad deal. You guys understand how it works and I've got a code for you guys. You can use code right? 10, W, R, G, H, T10 for 10% off your next set of tickets at SeatGeek. That's 10% off any tickets with promo code. Write 10. Make sure you click the link in the description to download the app and have the code automatically added to your account so you can use it later. Thank you to our friends at SeatGeek.
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Damanze
You already know the holidays are here in the studio. Estan Modo Fieston.
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Nick Wright
Between Tamales, las posadas. So asta tarde. Sprite is always part of the traditions. We keep it regional, we keep it real, we keep it twisted. Sprite, winter spice, Cranberry. Twisted. It's Christmas in a can. Adarle. Obey your thirst. All right, Damonte, let's talk a little. Seahawks, Colts.
- [63:34]
Damanze
So Philip Rivers came really close in one of the fun games of the weekend to defeating the Seahawks, but he couldn't quite do it. Is this just a feel good, a feel good story or is there something here?
- [63:46]
Nick Wright
No, I, Everybody was talking about this like, like it was a make a wish thing. I mean, can we just. The guy threw 27 passes for 120 yards and at the end of the game, through the interception, down to that ended the game like the. Again. Now they only had 20 seconds. It would have been an amazing job. So I'm not killing him for it, but this was not a success. It was. And if it's like, well, we just wanted him to get out of there without getting injured. You obviously, your defense did an Amazing job. DeForest Buckner back. Your demons did a great job on Seattle holding them to six field goals. That was a winnable game. But when all of your passes go for two yards, you're going to be in a rough spot. I was shocked they didn't have that Seattle didn't blitz him more. Oh, it almost like it, it seemed, it, it seemed they were being nice. Odd to me. I mean, yeah, but they needed the game. Like Seattle's in Seattle, San Francisco and the Rams, they all look awesome, but two of them are going to be wild cards and Seattle and the Rams play each other this Thursday and go ahead. I know you have follow up here.
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Damanze
Yeah.
- [65:20]
Nick Wright
The.
- [65:20]
Damanze
Oh, yes. Yeah. You, you've been on the Seahawks. You've been on the Seahawks for a while now. Are you concerned at how close this game was with Philip Rivers at quarterback?
- [65:28]
Nick Wright
No, I think honestly they saw Philip Rivers was starting and they're like, okay, this game's not for.
- [65:34]
Damanze
It's a game off and they have.
- [65:35]
Nick Wright
The Rams coming up in four days. So I, the fact that they were able to escape with a win, I, I think your concern about Seattle is going to be is Darnold going to play really poorly come the playoffs? But since that Rams loss, you know, they blew out the Vikings, they blew out the Falcons, they escape against the Colts and then now they go Rams, Panthers, Niners and really tough slate to end the year. Home though against the Rams. Rams won't have devonte Adams and you know, that could determine the one seed in the nfc. All right, you want to do a play a game here before we move on?
- [66:15]
Damanze
So, yeah, Cam Newton came out and was really mad. I shouldn't say really mad. It seemed like he was a little upset that he didn't get called for the.
- [66:22]
Nick Wright
He was really mad. Totally fair to say. He was really mad.
- [66:26]
Damanze
So I just try to think in my head, like, would the Colts have won that game with Cam Newton? And I gotta say yes. But I'm gonna ask you a number of quarter quarterbacks if they would have had instead of Philip Rivers, would they have won the game? So first off is Cam Newton. Oh, go ahead. Sorry, sorry.
- [66:40]
Nick Wright
I love Cam. No, I. Cam shoulder was shot when he last played.
- [66:47]
Damanze
Yeah.
- [66:47]
Nick Wright
Was shot. He couldn't throw the ball anymore. And so my answer is no. They wouldn't have won the game with Cam Newton. Okay, so I'll go to the next one.
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Damanze
Big Ben.
- [67:00]
Nick Wright
No, his shoulder was also shot. They wouldn't have won the game with him.
- [67:04]
Damanze
Drew Brees.
- [67:09]
Nick Wright
Maybe.
- [67:10]
Damanze
Okay.
- [67:11]
Nick Wright
I, I, I. Given how close. Maybe I think it was a close game. Wasn't blitzing him. Yeah, I'm going to say maybe.
- [67:19]
Damanze
Eli Manning.
- [67:23]
Nick Wright
Eli. No, Eli's retired a year before Philip did. No. Yeah, he's maybe the same year as Philip, but doesn't matter. No, they wouldn't have won with Eli.
- [67:35]
Damanze
Peyton Manning. Eli, at least I'm not trying to come for the man. But like, Eli doesn't really look like Phil Rivers looks like a retired. Like he looks like he's been retired for a minute. Of course, Eli looks like he might still have a little bit of.
- [67:47]
Nick Wright
Peyton. Peyton.
- [67:49]
Damanze
Yeah.
- [67:51]
Nick Wright
I'm going to say yes.
- [67:53]
Damanze
Okay.
- [67:53]
Nick Wright
I don't care how long he's been retired. I think given what the, what we saw from Philip, how quick it was. I'm going to say yes with Peyton. Tom Brady, no question, might have blown him out with how it works.
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Damanze
Yeah. Andrew Luck. Last one.
- [68:10]
Nick Wright
I'm going to say yes as well. To Luck.
- [68:12]
Damanze
Yeah.
- [68:13]
Nick Wright
Now Luck hasn't because he retired early.
- [68:14]
Damanze
He just left.
- [68:15]
Nick Wright
Yeah, but he's only like 36, so. Yeah, I'm going to say yes with Andrew Luck. All right. You ever notice how everything keeps going up? Rents going up, streaming services going up? Favorite burrito spot charging you extra for salsa. Not with Boost Mobile. You and your phone don't have to play the will this go up soon Game. Why? Because Boost Mobile has unlimited talk, text and data plan at a price that'll never go up. In fact, it's the same price you'll pay for life. So switch now for unlimited wireless at a price that'll never go up. Only at Boost mobile customers pay $20 per month as long as they remain active on the Boost Unlimited plan. All right, let's do quick hitters Damanze Quick Herders.
- [68:57]
Damanze
First off Thursday Night Football game Falcons defeat the Buccaneers 29 to 28.
- [69:02]
Nick Wright
That was a disastrous loss for Tampa and put them in a position where if the Panthers had just been able to beat the Saints this weekend, which they weren't. So we'll address that game here too that the Bucks were going to have to sweep Carolina in the week 16 and 18 to win the division because of New Orleans terrible loss. Tampa now retakes control of the division. But that you're up 14 in the fourth quarter in that game against Atlanta. That is an awful loss for Tampa and Baker's got to play better and the defense has to play better. I still believe they're going to make the playoffs, but that was awful.
- [69:49]
Damanze
Next rams defeats lions4134 I like that game.
- [69:55]
Nick Wright
Yeah. So this and we'll get to the Eagles Raiders in a minute. The and let me in fact let me just do the yeah, we'll get to the Eagles Raiders in a minute. I think that the Rams just week in, week out look like the best team in football. And the Lions are now way behind the eight ball on making the playoffs. We expanded playoff field Lions after all the injuries last year be really devastating for them not to make the playoffs. But they've just gone win, loss, win, loss, win, loss, win, loss, win, loss for like nine weeks in a row. And the Rams, the Devonte Adams hamstring is concerning especially because they have such a huge game this weekend or not this weekend on Thursday. But if I'm them, I'm telling devonte we'll see you in the playoff. We need you healthy for the postseason. I mean right now they look like they've league MVP and that they're the best team. All right.
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Damanze
Next Eagles defeat the Raiders 31 to 0.
- [70:59]
Nick Wright
Yeah, so listen I it's hard to have a preseason pick more wrong than my Raiders believe and they're just the worst team in the NFL which makes it hard to determine did the Eagles fix their issues or did they just play the Raiders and so I guess we'll see with how but it's just hard to take anything from a Raiders game at this point because they're so bad.
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Damanze
Next the Sunday night game Vikings to feed the Cowboys 34 to 26.
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Nick Wright
Yeah. J.J. mcCarthy played the best game of his pro career and the Cowboys essentially end their playoff hopes. And George Pickens seems like he's, you know, just really in a quest to tank his free agency market in a way I don't understand. And the Cowboys get their fans hopes up and then the last two weeks they come crashing down. Next.
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Damanze
Yeah. Texans Defeat the Cardinals 40 to 20.
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Nick Wright
The Texans are legitimately very scary team right now. Like you could argue that they are the second scariest team in the AFC right in this moment and see if CJ Starts keeps playing well with that defense. They can play with anybody. Next.
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Damanze
Commanders Defeat the Giants 29, 21.
- [72:21]
Nick Wright
Didn't watch. Second of this game. I got nothing for you on it. Next.
- [72:24]
Damanze
Okay. Bears defeat the Browns 31 to 3.
- [72:30]
Nick Wright
Yeah, the.
- [72:31]
Damanze
That pass was insane. I thought it was an incompletion because I had the sound off, but that. That was wild.
- [72:37]
Nick Wright
Yeah, well, there was a pat. So that pass right after it happened, I thought it was picked and it was a touchdown.
- [72:45]
Damanze
Right.
- [72:46]
Nick Wright
Door had a pass that I thought was a touchdown that ended up being picked. So a little unfortunate. Some of the, you know, Shador optimism, you know, gets tempered a bit after that game. We'll see how he responds in his final three games. Caleb, though, just shows you flashes where you're like, holy shit, this guy can be an mvp. He needs to be more consistent. But the Bears now have 10 wins and they win this weekend and they lock themselves into the playoffs. It would now take a collapse for Chicago to miss the playoffs, and so that's a hell of a year for them.
- [73:22]
Damanze
Next 49ers defeat the Titans 37 24.
- [73:27]
Nick Wright
Yeah, the. The Niners just quietly stay alive for the one seed, Purdy playing his best ball. And I know that's the Titans, but the Niners dealing with all these injuries and it is. They are quietly a very scary playoff team at the moment. All right, let's go to the listener questions to Monza.
- [73:54]
Damanze
First off, we got a bunch of people in the chat are asking about Eric B. Enemy coming back and eventually being the successor to Andy.
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Nick Wright
Listen, maybe he comes back. I don't think he's going to be the successor to Andy. I. For one reason or another, like there's a reason nobody's hired B. Enemy to be their head coach. It just. And so I, I do think that when Andy hangs it up, that becomes a job. The opportunity to coach Mahomes for his 30s makes it one of the most attractive openings in NFL. History next.
- [74:26]
Damanze
Yeah. Eric says, Nick, you're always skeptical. Skeptical about insiders reporting on injury slash recovery and their positive spin. Are you going to keep the same energy with Mahomes or do you think his recovery will be perfect?
- [74:38]
Nick Wright
So I. I gotta tell you, Eric, I don't really appreciate the tone of the question. I am like, here is what I know. I know that all of the reporting post Mahomes surgery and in recovery will be that he's ahead of schedule, that the surgery went great and that will tell us nothing. And then we will see what ends up happening by what the timeline actually is. Am I hoping that it goes really well? Of course. Will I believe that it is going well because of the insider reporting? No. I mean, I am. I am pretty consistent with that. All right, next.
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Damanze
Tgs, you said that Mahomes needed to do more and less time to catch Tom with this injury. I think the goat door is closed. The boat door is still there though.
- [75:38]
Nick Wright
No, I don't. Listen, I disagree with you that the goat door is closed. I think that it is, it was, it's always was going to have been a very tough hill to climb. But if he is back week one next year, then he is still ahead of pace. He just, as I talked about, needs to be way ahead of pace because I don't think he's gonna play until he's 45 like Tom did. But that's neither, you know, that's a discussion for another day. All right, reminder to everybody, like, rate, subscribe, review to the pod. We will be back on Thursday with week wow week 16 preview. A huge thank you to Volume and to Blue Duck and of course to Hard Rock, BET Boost, seatgeek, GLD and Zen. Talk to you guys on Thursday. What's right.
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Colin Cowherd
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Nick Wright
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