00:00I don't think we're going to be talking draft. I'm very confident.
00:03No.
00:05It's like, are we manifesting or are we jinxing?
00:08It's a fine line.
00:10If we're talking anything other than the divisional game, there's a major, major...
00:15When he was saying pre-show, if they lose, he wants them to fire Vrabel.
00:18No, no. Listen, I've said it's a successful season, but come on.
00:23I don't care who you are.
00:26Whether you think the game's going to be close or not,
00:28I mean, at the end, I don't think it's going to be close.
00:31But there's no way that you should lose to the Chargers Sunday night.
00:35I brought this up a while ago, and our expectation, I think,
00:39or I shouldn't speak for the fans, but I think the expectation changed.
00:44I think going into the season, it was like, let's see what they can do,
00:49and if you can double your win total, then that's fantastic.
00:53And if you happen to make a play, you get a playoff game out of this,
00:56wild-card playoff game, great.
00:57I think the expectation rightly changed.
01:00It did, and I think people have forgotten how hard it is to win playoff games.
01:04Think back to the Pats-Jets.
01:072010 season, you had gone, what, 13-3, Brady threw 36 touchdowns, four picks.
01:12That was an MVP year for him, wasn't it?
01:13That's correct, and that was Bart Scott, you know, can't wait.
01:16I mean, it is really hard.
01:18That's famously when a young 10-year-old, Brees Hill, burned his Revis jersey,
01:22if I remember correctly.
01:24Oh, dear.
01:24Yes, yes.
01:25Did you get it on the news?
01:27I did not.
01:27There was no social media.
01:28That's correct.
01:29No, but it's not.
01:31Like, the Patriots are a better team, but I don't think it's like a major mismatch,
01:38and Justin Herbert has played in a playoff game.
01:41He was good for a half.
01:43Jim Harbaugh's won a national championship.
01:45He's coached in the Super Bowl.
01:47Like, I don't know.
01:48To think that they're just going to show up on Sunday night and win
01:50and get ready for the divisional round, I think, is misguided.
01:52No, no, but I don't think they lose this football game in any way.
01:57I think there's a very – I think it's 55-45 they win.
02:01Oh, hell no.
02:02No, I think – if it's 55-45, then I don't think you really think
02:07that this is a good football team because I look at this football team,
02:11and I think it's more like 70-30.
02:13Yeah, I think it's 70-30, but I just think that your confidence level
02:16scares me a bit.
02:18Why is it scary?
02:18You've been watching the Pats all year long.
02:20I know.
02:20You've watched the Chargers.
02:22Yeah.
02:22You see what they're dealing with right now.
02:24Yeah.
02:24Like, when you think about that football team coming here
02:28and you look at the way that the Patriots have been playing,
02:31especially towards the end of the season,
02:33unless it's a god-awful game by Drake May,
02:37which we will then criticize,
02:38if he just plays solid to okay, they win this football game.
02:44Who has the better quarterback Sunday?
02:46The Patriots.
02:47Who has the better coach?
02:48The Patriots.
02:50Okay, now you're just answering like a homer.
02:52I will say that when people talk about the weather,
02:56that's not an issue.
02:57Curtis, it's going to be like 40 or something.
02:59We've got a new Euro this morning, bud.
03:01It's changing.
03:02Oh, really?
03:03We may have – I don't know if flights are going to be able to land.
03:05I don't know if anybody's flying on Sunday, but let's see.
03:10Sunday night, it now says there is going to be some precipitation,
03:15wintry mix possible.
03:16Okay.
03:17I like that.
03:17That's probably El Nino showing its ugly head there.
03:20And it's not by much, though, Greg.
03:22I mean, I think right now I would take Mike Vrabel over Jim Harbaugh right now,
03:28but I'm not saying it's by much.
03:30Who's got the better defense?
03:32I think the New England Patriots do,
03:34and I think having Milton Williams back is a huge part of that.
03:37I think Spillane and Landry back healthy is – if they are,
03:41will be the difference.
03:42We'll be talking on Monday about how much they miss them.
03:45There's a chance you get Matt Collins back in the playoffs,
03:48but not this week, correct?
03:50I don't think he's back.
03:52No.
03:53I think it was the AFC Championship at the earliest based on when he got hurt,
03:58right?
03:58Yeah, but that was a big conversation that we had because it's weeks,
04:02not games when it comes to the postseason.
04:04So four weeks and then so do that.
04:06I think the AFC Championship would be the earliest.
04:08And I agree that the Patriots' defense is better than the Chargers,
04:10but they need to play better than they did against Miami.
04:13They let Miami run way better than they could have.
04:16Yeah, especially in the first half.
04:17Yes.
04:18And so I think – and Vrabel was pissed at the way they played,
04:20especially in the second quarter.
04:22So I just think that you just can't let your foot off the gas.
04:26And that's what I worry about.
04:28Well, see, I don't worry about that so much because I think Vrabel is going
04:32to have these guys understanding the magnitude of what the playoffs is.
04:37So when you look at that game against the Dolphins, you're kind of up.
04:42It's like you tend to take your foot off the gas,
04:44especially when you're thinking about, like, we're way better than this team.
04:47We're winning.
04:48I don't put much stock into what happened.
04:50But I think he has these guys ready to go, like, realizing the magnitude
04:55of this postseason.
04:56So I don't think – I think they come out swinging and throwing their best punches.
05:01If they lose this football game, it's going to be because we sit here
05:05and we go, damn, Drake made it and looked that good.
05:07Yeah.
05:08Well, that's not happening.
05:09The man is the king of the north.
05:12You just heard the song.
05:13And that's my point.
05:14And the missus is the queen of the north.
05:15Yes, she is.
05:16And by the way, the missus is back on the TikTok.
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