Boomer Esiason joins! Did Esiason think the penalties called against the Texans, late, should have been called?

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00:00Hey Boomer.

00:01Hey Greg.

00:02Hey, listen, I hear your other partners haven't shown up today with a little snow and all

00:05of a sudden these guys turned into snowflakes or what?

00:08I, you know, I don't know what the deal is.

00:10Probably some angst over tech talk.

00:12I know that really bothered you yesterday when you lost, that bothered me, but I just

00:16wanted to start out by saying, Hey, happy Martin Luther King day and happy inauguration

00:21day, man.

00:22Things are happening, baby.

00:23Let's go.

00:24They are happening.

00:25And, uh, we know which four teams will try to win their way to the super bowl.

00:30I, last night's game I thought was the game of the weekend, obviously.

00:36And I, you feel for Andrews, do you not Boomer?

00:40I do.

00:41I feel also for Lamar.

00:42You know, Lamar had two big turnovers in the first half.

00:44Everybody tends to forget them because he plays a pretty good second half and brings

00:48his team all the way down.

00:50They fell on two, two point conversions and that last throw to Mark Andrews, he short

00:54armed it.

00:55He didn't really throw it.

00:56Like he tried to throw it like it was a dart and, uh, it was a tough catch for Andrews.

01:01Normally sure handed a guy that always makes that catch.

01:05And it's unfortunate that they had the fumble, uh, you know, earlier in that quarter.

01:08But, um, it was a great game.

01:10It was a really hard fought game.

01:11And to me, three out of the four games came down to one particular statistic and that

01:16is turnovers.

01:17And the lions had turnovers, the Rams had turnovers and the Ravens had turnovers.

01:23And that's how they lost.

01:24The only team that didn't have any turnovers and lost were the Texans.

01:27But then again, you could say the officials turned that game over right into the hands

01:30of the Kansas city chiefs.

01:31If you had to guess who's the MVP, Oh, it's gotta be Lamar.

01:36I mean, it's, it doesn't matter.

01:37Yesterday's game doesn't matter.

01:38Uh, it's already been voted on the all pro quarterback is, uh, is Lamar Lamar had a season

01:43for the agents ages.

01:45That doesn't take anything away from, uh, Josh Allen.

01:48He's a beast.

01:49He played like it yesterday, played smart football, didn't turn the ball over.

01:53And you know, that's really what it comes down to in these games.

01:55That's how close these teams are.

01:58And I think he'll get the MVP.

01:59There's no question Lamar will, um, his, uh, his year was ridiculous.

02:04Over 40 touchdowns, less than 10 interception, less than five interceptions, I think.

02:09And 900 yards on the ground and over 4,000 yards in the air.

02:12That's an unprecedented season by any quarterback and any standard that you put out there.

02:17I can't remember a post game where more players and even coaches were suggesting some sort

02:24of, uh, far reaching, uh, NFL referee conspiracy than, uh, the one this weekend.

02:31Um, we, we talked actually last week, I think it was last week or maybe the week before

02:37about Patrick Mahomes and about quarterbacks and whether, you know, whether the slide needs

02:43to be respected.

02:44I mean, I, where do you stand on that?

02:47Having had a day or two to think about it, watching it in real time, I didn't think either

02:51one of the penalties that were called against the Texans were penalties.

02:55And the second one was ridiculous.

02:57And there is a certain, I guess, uh, respect that certain quarterbacks get just because

03:02of who they are.

03:03And you know what?

03:04Remember officials are human beings too.

03:06They know what game they know, what players they're playing with.

03:09Uh, they also understand the way the league wants, uh, these players to be treated.

03:15I just think it was ridiculous, especially when you compare it to some of the other hits

03:19that quarterbacks around the league took this weekend, especially the one that Jared Goff

03:23took on the interception towards the end of the second quarter.

03:26He gets hit under the chin, his head, the back of his head hits the, uh, the ground.

03:30And this is how you're concussed.

03:32And I do believe that, uh, Jared Goff played with a concussion the entire second half.

03:37If it were a regular season game, he would have been pulled out, uh, somehow, some way

03:41he wrangled his way back on the field.

03:43They knew that they needed him, but all the turnovers that he had to me were a result

03:48of a concussion that he was playing with.

03:50Now, again, this is speculation on my part.

03:53I give that speculation because I do have the credibility played.

03:56Had that happened to me many times in many games when the concussion really wasn't taking

04:00all that seriously.

04:02And it just goes to show you how important the game was obviously for Detroit and the

04:05emotion that Dan Campbell showed after the game, but, uh, he didn't receive the same

04:10respect that Patrick Mahomes received.

04:12And by the way, Tom Brady, for all those years of brilliance and greatness, there were times

04:17in his games where things like that would happen as well, both when he was in Tampa

04:22and in new England.

04:23Yeah.

04:24But he, he, he didn't embarrass himself by embellishing it.

04:28I mean, it's, you know, the F is supposed to stand for football, not flopping.

04:33Yeah, I know he flopped on the sideline.

04:35I know.

04:36And it's not a good look.

04:37I understand that.

04:38And, you know, he doesn't need to do that.

04:40And, you know, I understand why he's doing it, but, you know, even like if LeBron James

04:44flops in a game or Patrick Mahomes flops in a game, or I don't, Connor McDavid would flop

04:49in a game.

04:50Uh, you know, obviously it's a unbecoming of who they are as players.

04:54And then of course, all the fans who hate that team and hate that player are going to

04:59amplify all of that stuff on social media.

05:01That's what I was saying.

05:03You know, I was getting involved a little bit in the social media stuff because what

05:05I'm sick of as a former player and a fan of the league, and I love the game and I love

05:11the players that play the game and I appreciate the brilliance and the toughness that they

05:15have to have when they're playing.

05:17But I hate the inconsistencies, how one quarterback is treated differently than the other.

05:23Even Lamar Jackson, uh, I think it was got tackled out of bounds last night and was not,

05:29and there was no flag to that.

05:30And that, if I think that if that's Patrick Mahomes, there's probably going to be a call

05:34there.

05:35And that's the thought process that the NFL hates that we have as fans and the conspiracy

05:40theories that are running wild on social media.

05:43I will never say the game is fixed because I played the game.

05:47I had bad calls go against us.

05:49I had bad calls go for us.

05:51And I know how much we as human beings and fire and athletes put into these games.

05:56Uh, it's too physical.

05:58It's too nasty for these games to be fixed.

06:00So I don't want to go down that conspiracy rabbit hole, but I will say that there are

06:05certain players that do receive a little bit more respect than others.

06:09We talk about the commanders a lot around here because they had the same record that

06:13our new England Patriots had last season.

06:15That turnaround boomer, I, you know, I know it's new ownership, but you got the right

06:21guy at quarterback, but is that pretty amazing where they are in a year?

06:24Yeah, it's nothing short of a miracle actually.

06:27So they hired an ex coach.

06:28I don't think anybody was overly excited that Dan Quinn got the job, you know, because of

06:33what happened to him in Atlanta and how that kind of fizzled towards the end of his career

06:37there.

06:38But, um, you know, he was the steadying ship and that's why if I were one of these teams

06:41looking for coaches, I'm not, I, I'm not inclined to hire a first time head coach just simply

06:49because it there's too, it's too big of a job.

06:51It's a beast job, but I know you got to start somewhere.

06:55And I would think certain teams like maybe new Orleans would go with an assistant coach.

06:59I don't know if the bears are going to go with one.

07:01The jets certainly shouldn't go with one.

07:04And I know that Aaron Glenn seems to be top of the list, but his defense looked disorganized

07:08and disheveled, uh, in this game, uh, against, you know, against, uh, Jaden Daniels.

07:14But you know, it's, uh, sounds like Tom, sounds like Tom Brady and the Raiders may go with

07:18one too.

07:19Yeah.

07:20I don't, I mean, they still have to hire a GM as well.

07:22Now if it's Ben Johnson, it's a different story.

07:25I think a lot of people feel like Ben Johnson is the guy authentically.

07:28I would also tell you that Bobby Slowick for the Houston Texans called a great game against

07:34Houston.

07:35They had over 430 total yards, I think, uh, against the Kansas city chief.

07:39So he's another one to keep an eye on.

07:41I just, there's certain teams and certain organizations that need to have somebody with

07:47head coaching experience.

07:48That's why to me, like Brian Flores would be the safest pick for the jets.

07:53I think John Gruden would have been a great pick for the jets, but nobody's interviewing

07:57him given all those email exchanges and everything else.

08:00But um, I, if they go with Aaron Glenn, good luck to Aaron.

08:03He's a former teammate of mine, but I just think that this job is just such a, such a

08:08landmine job and, and it's not one that a new newly minted head coach should, should

08:13get.

08:14Finally, who do you like tonight?

08:16And I'm not talking about the village people or, or Lee Greenwood playing at the inaugural

08:23balls.

08:24Yeah.

08:25Well, that was last night, by the way.

08:26And I did enjoy that as well.

08:27And I can't wait to watch today.

08:28I cannot wait.

08:29I mean, America is going to be on a new path, man.

08:31I don't care what anybody says.

08:33And it's about time, man.

08:34I'm all in, but I will say this, I like Ohio state tonight.

08:38And the reason I like Ohio state, they're loaded everywhere.

08:42And you know, Notre Dame likes to play a lot of man coverage defensively.

08:46And if that is the case, and if Ohio state's passing game is on, they got two unbelievable

08:51wide receivers who both will be first round draft picks when it's their turn.

08:56So I think the first kid, uh, I think his name is he'll come out this year.

09:01And then of course, uh, the other kid, the freshmen will come out next year or maybe

09:05the year after that, I guess.

09:07But if you can't cover those kids and they really didn't do that much in their last game,

09:12this game, I think they have a huge game.

09:13So I do like Ohio state tonight.

09:15Having a week to digest Mike Vrabel, I love it.

09:19You love it.

09:20Okay.

09:21So I wonder, this is, I was thinking about this and I don't know if you guys talked about

09:24it up there.

09:25Maybe when you have Mon again, you can ask him because I know he hasn't named his offensive

09:28or defense coordinators, right?

09:30Yep.

09:31Okay.

09:32So I'm assuming that it's going to be Josh McDaniels.

09:33And then I started to think, you know, the one thing about all the parcel, uh, Belichick

09:39guys that went on to move on to head coaching places and GM places, every time they went

09:46into a building, what they did is they fired everybody that was there because they didn't

09:51trust anybody.

09:52I'm wondering, you know, it, does he hire Josh or is there a trust factor that may get

09:59in the way of hiring Josh because he's tied to the old regime?

10:04You know what I mean?

10:05That kind of thing.

10:06Yeah.

10:07Well, I, I, he lit the world on fire by talking on this show about, you know, the, uh, general

10:14when a quarterback throws over 50 times, you know, you only win 22% of those games.

10:19He lost their mind thinking he's only going to run the football, but I, I, I like the

10:24strategy.

10:25I like somebody who's thinking about that all the time.

10:27And I know what the, you look at these playoffs, you'd better run the ball, better have a big

10:32offensive line.

10:33You better have a big running back and you better be able to run the football.

10:36Even whether it's the quarterback in the case of, you know, the bills with James Cook and

10:40Josh Allen, you have to run the football, especially late in the season, in the play,

10:47in the playoffs when the weather is just awful, uh, you have to be able to run the

10:51ball.

10:52So that's what he's really alluding to.

10:53Yeah.

10:54All right.

10:55Boomer.

10:56Well, it's been great once again, having you on the show.

10:57And honestly, I don't think we need the other guys who just do, do it like this.

11:01You and I every week next year, this is a, I'm fine with this man.

11:04Well, I like Courtney, so wigs, I don't know about never know with him anyway.

11:09All right.

11:10Boomer.

11:11We'll talk to you.

11:12Okay.

11:13See you, Greg.

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