00:00Even though it is Sam Darnold, it's also a great defense in the Seahawks.
00:06It's Smith and Jigba, who we all love, and it's awesome.
00:10And it's the number one seed in the NFC versus a second-year quarterback.
00:15And as much as we love him, everybody is still pointing out,
00:18oh, strength to schedule this, strength to schedule that.
00:21So the Seahawks are expected to win this game.
00:23So I think with that, I would say there's slightly more pressure on them.
00:27So I agree.
00:28I think there's more pressure on Seattle.
00:30I think if you were going to make a case for pressure on the Patriots,
00:34it's they have the best player in the game in Drake May.
00:37You know, they have, if you feel any of this pressure,
00:39the pressure of the Patriots dynasty kind of weighing over them.
00:43And on top of that, I think you also have to justify what you're talking about.
00:47Everybody's questioning them and what they did this year.
00:50And did they just get fat and happy on an easy schedule?
00:52And was it easy because Bo Nix was hurt in the AFC title game
00:55and no Nico Collins in the divisional round?
00:58So I think to silence some of that, I guess you could,
01:00you could spin that as pressure on the Patriots.
01:02I guess.
01:03I think there's more on, again, the favorite.
01:05There's more on the team from the NFC that we think came out of a difficult division
01:09and the team that's perceived to be the better football team.
01:12I think they have more pressure on them this week.
01:14And I think that's a good thing for the Patriots.
01:16Honestly, it doesn't mean they're going to win the game.
01:17No, but I think that's a good thing for the Patriots.
01:19But we kept changing our expectations for the Patriots as the year went.
01:22So even if you were high on the pats, you know, hey, I think they're going to be a playoff team.
01:25That was it.
01:26Right.
01:26And then that's where like the talk of like house money started to come up.
01:29And you're like, well, no, no, no.
01:30Look at, excuse me, look at the landscape of the AFC.
01:33You shouldn't just say because they're ahead of schedule, they should stop right there.
01:37And so they'd win the division, which nobody predicted they were going to win the division.
01:41Even if you thought they're going to be good, you thought Buffalo would be better.
01:43No, we had them in the playoffs, but we didn't have them in the division.
01:45But then the first round game is home against Herbert.
01:50So you're like, all right, well, they got to win that one, right?
01:52Because it was like, you know, the season of failure, success, all that kind of stuff.
01:56But you're like, well, no, they're home favorites against the Chargers.
01:59They should win.
02:00The next week, same thing.
02:01They're home favorites against the Texans.
02:03Like, I don't know.
02:04I think they should win.
02:05And then they go to Denver, but Bo Nix gets hurt.
02:08So you're like, geez, like, I think they should win.
02:10I thought that'd be a choke if they lost that.
02:12Well, that's what I'm saying.
02:13And I agree.
02:14And so now we're to the point where finally it took until the freaking Super Bowl, which
02:18goes to show you the kind of season they had.
02:20But finally in the Super Bowl, where you're like, all right, if they lose this game, and
02:24also, you know, depending on how you lose it or whatever, you're like, what an unbelievable
02:27season.
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