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00:16Oh, you good?
00:17No, I'm good, I'm good, I'm good.
00:18I'm used to that, man.
00:20If I say Roger, snap it to him, you hand it to me,
00:24and then I'm going to make something shake.
00:26You ready?
00:27I'm ready.
00:27You have the smelling salts out? You ready to go?
00:28I'm ready to rock and roll.
00:30I'm going right to the back of that end.
00:31I got you.
00:34Yes, sir!
00:37You are louding up.
00:38I'm not embarrassing the linemen.
00:39You are louding up and ready.
00:41Ain't happening.
00:45Fun first half here at the Moscone Convention Center.
00:50Downtown San Francisco.
00:52It's Super Bowl week.
00:52The AFC leading the NFC 44-36.
00:57Waiting to see if the ball hits the roof, if you have curiosity about that, which would make sense.
01:04You might wonder what would happen.
01:06And if you play the game maybe with your kids and you're familiar with the do-over?
01:10Yeah, we've got to run it back.
01:12We've got to do it over.
01:13That's a do-over.
01:13Do it over, dad.
01:14That's a legit rule?
01:15No joke.
01:16Happens again?
01:16Do-over.
01:17Hadn't happened yet.
01:18I just want to set the expectation for people.
01:20What happens if?
01:21I love how serious Garrett Bowles is taking this.
01:23I really do think you can learn a lot about somebody and how competitive they are over
01:28things that really, like, aren't, like, we're just having fun.
01:30Did you just see Burrow?
01:31Burrow's standing there doing this.
01:33Garrett Bowles is like, I'm ready.
01:34I'm embarrassing those other offensive linemen.
01:39Hey, man, there's some cash money on the table.
01:41I mean, we came here.
01:42We might as well win it.
01:43I'm all in on it.
01:43Might as well win it.
01:44I love it.
01:45All right, second half here.
01:48Joe Flacco and the AFC take the field to begin.
01:51And then start going that way.
01:52B4, Jamar, you're on the right.
01:54I saw Coop on the bathroom break, and he was upset that we were questioning whether he
01:58got that tackle.
01:58I'll tell you that.
01:59He insisted.
02:00He insisted that he had made the point.
02:01He was adamant he made that tackle.
02:02He caught wind that we were questioning it already.
02:04Well, I said it.
02:06We said it.
02:06On the way out, I said, I'm not sure you got the flight.
02:08I got it.
02:11Broke my card of rule, don't speak to people in the bathroom.
02:15Hey, can I get a picture?
02:16Not in the bathroom.
02:17How about that?
02:18Is that a fair rule?
02:19The best is when the hand comes out as well.
02:24All right.
02:25We'll focus on the game here.
02:26Joe Flacco.
02:28It's got to be four seconds.
02:30Get it loose.
02:31Foot speed.
02:33Did they do the lateral?
02:34Why was that not a set?
02:36That was four seconds, right?
02:38It's fine.
02:39It felt like seven.
02:41It's fine.
02:41They got rid of that rule.
02:42He's 41.
02:43It's a slower cadence with the elderly.
02:50John Weeks.
02:52Long snapper for, I think he's with the 49ers.
02:55He was with the Texans forever.
02:5616 years.
02:58Had a conversation with him on the field.
03:0016 years.
03:00Wow.
03:01We were on the sidelines with him and Indy marveling at this physical specimen that he was.
03:09I always talk to Kelsey about the long snappers.
03:13I'm like, look at this dude.
03:15I mean.
03:15NFL player.
03:16It is very telling.
03:18I played with the guy in Detroit.
03:20I believe he snapped for 18, if not 19 years.
03:23Don Muehlbach.
03:25Very specific skill set.
03:26Least athletic person I've ever been around in my life.
03:28And he played in the NFL for a quarter of its existence.
03:32I know I got Mike Wynn who played for.
03:34Jonathan Taylor on the couch, by the way.
03:36Close to a decade.
03:37Was a long snapper at Cincinnati.
03:39Then in the league for a long time.
03:40Tore his ACL doing a vertical jump test at Cincinnati.
03:45Then proceeded to smoke cigarettes at halftime of NFL games.
03:50Or probably.
03:50By the way, kids do not smoke cigarettes.
03:52I'm not advocating.
03:53Just wild.
03:55I thought that was like something that stopped in the 80s.
03:59How's your quad, by the way?
04:01The quad is struggling.
04:02Not from the cigarettes.
04:03Just from the squatting.
04:05Understand.
04:06Flacco.
04:07Under duress.
04:08Warrant.
04:09Six more.
04:11Here we go.
04:12No, no, no, no.
04:14He's down.
04:14At the two.
04:15For those at home wondering about Jason Kelsey's quad.
04:20Oh, yeah.
04:20Recently attempted to squat 685 pounds.
04:27It wasn't a full squat.
04:28Full disclosure.
04:29685 pounds.
04:30Well, I got the 685 very smoothly.
04:33I tore doing 635 the following week trying to get to 700.
04:36Because I'm trying to dunk for the first time in my life.
04:39Sure.
04:40To which my brother says, I don't think that that translates.
04:44Flacco under pressure.
04:46Oh, yeah.
04:47Oh, yeah.
04:48Oh, Dedean got got.
04:50Flacco to chase.
04:55Again.
04:59How great was that night when Joe Flacco, they played against Pittsburgh.
05:03And Flacco threw for 400 yards to Jamar and T.
05:09Hang in the pocket.
05:10Hang in the pocket.
05:11Just throw it down there.
05:13Hey, B2.
05:14B2.
05:14I mean, like we said earlier, Joe can still sling it.
05:17I think he's going to be 80 and still able to throw it.
05:21He'll be the guy.
05:22He'll be permanent quarterback in the neighborhood games forever.
05:24Absolutely cutting the defense up.
05:26Able to avoid Buda Baker and find Chase now.
05:30Oh, wow.
05:32Climbs the ladder.
05:34Made a very difficult catch.
05:36Look very surprisingly simple.
05:38Well, I guess like squatting 685 smoothly.
05:42As you do.
05:43Just trying to get to 700 next week.
05:45Sure.
05:46Why wouldn't you?
05:47I think we've given up on 700, boys.
05:49Joe Flacco to chase.
05:53AFC rolling up to 52.
05:57The NFC will attempt to answer when we return here at San Francisco.
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06:23Joe Flacco at 41 is playing some flag football.
06:25First time pro bowler with Michelle Bosner.
06:27Michelle.
06:28Joe Flacco, working up, getting a little sweat on.
06:31Were you expecting this game to be as intense as it is?
06:33I was not.
06:34I was not expecting to have this sheen on me right now.
06:37So the sheen is looking good on you.
06:3918 seasons, first pro bowl, pro bowl touchdown, has life been made?
06:44I mean, what else can you do?
06:45You've done it all.
06:46You've said it all.
06:47As I hearken Howard Stern.
06:49Listen, I'm just along for the ride.
06:51I mean, we only have control of so much.
06:53And you just got to enjoy it as much as you can.
06:55And that's what I'm trying to do.
06:56As the guys in the booth said, Scott Van Pelt and Jason Kelsey and Dan Rolofsky.
07:00It's kind of the Ohio show out here.
07:02Bangle the bank.
07:03You know what I mean?
07:03What did you see on that play?
07:05Oh, man.
07:05Well, on the fourth down, I was kind of in a bind.
07:08But they were kind of playing to flat.
07:09So I kind of saw that Jamar was looking at me and had the ability to go to the back of
07:13the end zone.
07:13So I just threw it in the back corner and let him adjust.
07:15This is the most important thing.
07:17Are you having fun?
07:18Of course.
07:19I mean, I think you just come out here thinking you're going to mess around a little bit.
07:23And it's going to be whatever.
07:24But then, of course, when you start to do it and you're just playing football, backyard
07:27football, you can't help yourself but have some fun.
07:30You guys are professional competitors.
07:32It's going to be intense no matter what they say.
07:34You can't help yourself, man.
07:35No matter how old you are, that little kid and you still comes out.
07:39Go finish it out.
07:40Be a big kid.
07:41Have a great time.
07:42Thanks, Joe.
07:43Love it.
07:44Love it.
07:45Go!
07:47You saw the trick play.
07:49It didn't quite work out as Pickens lost some yardage there.
07:53That was third down toss to Amon Ra that is just shy of midfield.
07:58They need to cross midfield to get the first down.
08:03They're saying it's a first.
08:05Yeah, back to Joe.
08:06Speaking of, like, Ohio, the Bengals today, 221 yards passing, 110 receiving yards, four
08:15passing touchdowns.
08:17Bengals.
08:18We have the chase pick six.
08:19That's right, the pick six.
08:21The Bengals are still scoring points.
08:23They're still scoring points.
08:26Go!
08:28So you're right, Kels.
08:29They did give the first down there.
08:31Fried again.
08:33All right.
08:34So we're nine minutes in.
08:35This, Michelle, in relation to the interview with Joe, he's intimating like, yeah, you get
08:41out here.
08:41Eventually the juices start going.
08:43So this will start to pick up and get even more competitive as we get into the back half
08:47of this third quarter and then into the fourth.
08:49You're absolutely right.
08:50I remember back when we actually played the football game.
08:53Yeah.
08:53The two men, I didn't know this.
08:55Six.
08:56Getting into my first pro goal.
08:57Puka in the corner.
09:00What a throw by Jerry Law.
09:03He tightened up the wig game as well.
09:05He's got a handsome new haircut for this week.
09:07Got his ears.
09:08Man, we talked about, this is a great, you talked about the shot by Jared Goff.
09:14That's that little bit of a honey hole, turkey hole.
09:17We talked about McCaffrey and everything that he did for the 49ers.
09:21What he does for their offense, man.
09:23It's, I don't think there's another receiver in the NFL that is asked to do more and does
09:29more for their offense.
09:30If we brought up tight ends and offensive linemen like a tight end.
09:33Oh, what a grab.
09:35Talk about going up and getting.
09:38Pickens climbs the ladder in the back of the end zone.
09:42A spectacular catch to get the NFC back within eight.
09:49Another look at this.
09:52Elevates.
09:54And what a throw just beyond the reach of Bullock.
09:57You mentioned his length.
09:59George is.
10:00So, Hamilton was in the vicinity as well.
10:04That ball is probably eight and a half, nine feet off the ground.
10:07Maybe ten.
10:08It's a dot from Goff.
10:09And Pickens had career highs this year with Dallas.
10:13And receptions, yards, touchdowns, the whole nine.
10:18And it's now an eight-point game.
10:19Puka Nakua had the touchdown with Loranelle.
10:27All right.
10:28Thanks so much, Scott.
10:29You just had the touchdown catch there, Puka.
10:31Great catch.
10:32Congratulations on that.
10:33What did you see on the play?
10:34Oh.
10:35Joe and James was trying to play bait Jared Goff the whole time.
10:38And it was about the third time we got him again.
10:40And I was like, thank goodness he was looking at me.
10:42I'm sorry about that.
10:43I haven't ran that much in a long time.
10:44Yeah, I feel kind of bad because I was asking for the interview.
10:46You were trying to get a drink of water.
10:48So, if you need to do that, we're all here and we'll let you do it.
10:50What do you think about my touchdown celebration?
10:53Say that again.
10:55I was going to say, did you see my touchdown celebration?
10:57Yeah, it was really good.
10:59I enjoyed it.
10:59I saw a lot of the kids earlier and he asked me to do it.
11:01So, hopefully he saw me score.
11:03We'll check in with him and make sure he saw it.
11:05You also have had some handshakes over here with almost every single person on the sideline.
11:08How much fun is it to be with these guys?
11:10I'm here with my cousin, Penet Sewell.
11:13I'm here with Dak Prescott.
11:14It's been so much fun.
11:15I like to get to see these guys outside of an environment where we don't have to be competitive enemies
11:20and we can be competitive friends.
11:21So, it's awesome.
11:22Okay, the guys up there were admiring your new haircut.
11:25What was the thought process there?
11:28This is the offseason.
11:28I thought I'd switch it up a little bit.
11:30It's definitely, we'll be back by the time the season comes around.
11:32All right, so you're going to grow it out.
11:34100%.
11:34All right, thanks so much, Puka.
11:37Scott, I know you guys can relate.
11:38Well, not to the hair.
11:40See, I don't have any, so I live vicariously through anyone that has that kind of a flow.
11:45And I think that'll be fun.
11:47He's got good letters.
11:48Certain angles, guys.
11:50Certain angles, it doesn't, I don't have a lot of here.
11:52Even Flacco got the same machine going.
11:55I didn't get the powder on the dome.
11:58Warren.
11:58You talked about just what he provides to that frame offense.
12:06He's just so incredibly physical.
12:08Takes such a pounding.
12:10And you could throw to him in the middle of the field.
12:12And he's acrobatic on the sidelines.
12:14Just as capable and as versatile a receiver as there is in the game.
12:18I think, too, Scott, there's a mental tax that goes with it as well.
12:22He's got formations and shifts and motions and alignments and where he has to start and end up
12:29before he actually has to do the physical stuff.
12:32And then the demand of that is just intense.
12:34We've got formations.
12:35We've got Ricard in the backfield.
12:39Oh, that's a catastrophe.
12:42So back to Puka.
12:43Yeah, we talked about tight ends earlier.
12:46The offensive linemen liking tight ends that are able to do all that dirty work and then go make plays.
12:50And Puka, the way he blocks, the way he inserts in the middle of the line to go make that play,
12:55then a release on a route.
12:56He's in the perfect system.
12:57Yeah.
12:58Think about that last drive.
13:00They didn't have a timeout.
13:01They worked the sidelines.
13:02And then I understand the knees down inbounds.
13:05But he's moving 1,000 miles an hour towards the out-of-bounds.
13:07Coming from the other side of the field.
13:09And he goes out-of-bounds.
13:10Yep.
13:10But I understand by rule.
13:11I hate, I just hate that rule.
13:12Because I feel like, I feel like he's out-of-bounds on that play.
13:15No doubt.
13:15Stop the clock.
13:16And one more snap type of thing.
13:17I agree.
13:19Wasn't to be.
13:19Shadur, that's out of the end zone.
13:21I think?
13:21No.
13:22No.
13:23Spectacular toss.
13:25Shadur Sanders.
13:27Oh, I beg your pardon.
13:28That's a pick, right?
13:29Yeah.
13:30I got excited.
13:31I thought we were going to get our ceiling shot there.
13:36Yeah.
13:37We did not get that.
13:39We did, however, have a pick.
13:41Right?
13:42Again, yet another bear.
13:43Yet another turnover.
13:45It's what they did all season long.
13:50Looking for Sutton.
13:53And the reason that's significant, guys, it's an eight-point game.
13:56Here we go.
13:57At some point, the NFC was going to have to get a stop.
13:59They just got one.
14:00Yeah.
14:00So they will get the ball.
14:03See what Mike has drawn up.
14:05I don't think the scooter's going to be allowed.
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14:24We're one score away from tying this thing up.
14:27Jerry Rice cheering on Jalen Hurts.
14:31Watch out.
14:32This man is as fast as anyone.
14:34Turpin with a toss.
14:35Oh.
14:35Oh.
14:37Whoa.
14:38Whoa.
14:38Whoa.
14:38He's got a loose check.
14:43To do everything.
14:47Fullback for the Niners.
14:49Just grabbed his whole trousers.
14:51That's got to be a penalty, right?
14:52It's not like a holding or something.
14:55Didn't we have that called previously?
14:59Let it go.
15:00Play on.
15:00All right.
15:01That could turn into a problem with Denzel Ward, as talented as anyone at that position.
15:12He's awesome.
15:13Really is.
15:14How many great defenders does Cleveland have?
15:16That's what still makes Cleveland interesting.
15:21Todd Monken, their new head coach.
15:22Adore there.
15:23But Miles is outstanding, obviously.
15:26Defensive Player of the Year.
15:27Mason Graham was good this year.
15:28Denzel Ward is about as good as anybody.
15:31Schlesinger could be a defensive rookie of the year candidate.
15:34Their linebacker.
15:35He was fantastic this year.
15:36Think of that Pittsburgh game late in the year.
15:38And Rodgers taking shot after shot at the end of that game against Ward.
15:42Yeah.
15:42That felt like maybe a hook and ladder.
15:47Losing for opposition, and it turned out to be love that.
15:51This is a serious question.
15:52You say hook and ladder, hook and lateral.
15:54Well, people that will argue and say lateral, it's hook and ladder.
15:56Hook and ladder.
15:57That's because I own.
15:58That's what I learned as a kid.
15:59Yeah.
15:59Do people seriously say hook and lateral?
16:03I've had people argue with me.
16:04Who are these people?
16:07Cretans.
16:11It was Ferguson there from use, Chuck.
16:13Hook and ladder.
16:15Run more of it.
16:15We need more trickery.
16:19Oh!
16:20That's zero on zero crime right there.
16:25Didn't the Bills run it a ton this year?
16:27Hook and ladder?
16:28In huge high leverage situations.
16:31One one in one game.
16:32Didn't they run it against Denver as well?
16:35In a huge moment again in the playoffs?
16:37Right?
16:38I think.
16:38They had it once in the playoffs.
16:39Yes.
16:39Yes.
16:39Yes.
16:40It was against Denver.
16:41Yes.
16:41Yes.
16:43The Ben Johnson effect.
16:45Aziz Alshire there.
16:46That's a side two.
16:47We usually see it run on the right side.
16:48Correct.
16:51We are a fourth down.
16:52I mean, they ran it in monster spots, and it worked.
16:54You're right.
16:55A hundred percent.
16:55Here we go.
16:58Let's lay for you.
16:59All right.
16:59Not even.
16:59Dak.
17:00It could be a cold.
17:02Oh, that's a catch.
17:04It is.
17:08Bajan makes the grab.
17:09Jay.
17:10Good throw.
17:12Patrick Sertan.
17:15Guy plays running back.
17:17Challenging.
17:17Yeah, he's pretty.
17:18Ah, jeez.
17:19The good hands.
17:21Third down.
17:21Can't run it in.
17:22Two-time NFL coach of the year, Kevin Stefanski, taking over in Atlanta.
17:28Be curious to see how he deploys that talent.
17:34Again, two quarterbacks on the field, and we've got a man wide open in the end zone.
17:38And it's the speedster.
17:41They can tie it up.
17:43This is unreal.
17:44NFC was down by 18 points in the second quarter.
17:48And now they've got a two-pointer to tie it?
17:50Yeah.
17:50They do indeed.
17:52That's a good little play right there.
17:58Devin Lloyd was there in pursuit.
18:02So back it up to the 10 to try to get two more and tie this thing up.
18:05That's a dot to Bichon.
18:17He gets the octopus.
18:18We're all tied up.
18:20Heck yeah.
18:21Let's play all night.
18:21Give me overtime.
18:22What are the rules for that?
18:24What are the overtime rules?
18:25All right.
18:29NFC right back in it.
18:31That ball is absolutely ripped into there.
18:36Stepped into that one.
18:37Jerry Rice.
18:53For the youngsters that didn't see it, the stories you've heard, whatever stories you've heard, they're all true.
18:57That man was just incredible.
19:03So we've reached the end of three.
19:07And it's all tied up at 52.
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20:16All right, we played three quarters and we've gotten nowhere.
20:19Actually, we've gotten a long way down the road.
20:2152 apiece as the fourth quarter gets set to begin.
20:24Get down now to Michelle Beisner-Brock.
20:28It's a family affair.
20:30It certainly is, Scott.
20:31Scott Van Pelt just made it funny upstairs and he said, oh, it's the end of the third
20:35quarter and we've gotten nowhere.
20:37Not true.
20:37It's just a tie ball game.
20:38But they tied it up.
20:40Coach, what are you telling your defense right now?
20:42Oh, we got to get a stop somehow, some way.
20:45Oh, gave up some plays we shouldn't have.
20:47Communication issues.
20:48But we'll get it fixed in the floor.
20:50We're going to win the game.
20:51All right.
20:51Well, let me rewind just a little bit.
20:53I told my kids, I said, I know you want a PS5 for Christmas, but I'm going to do you
20:58one better.
20:59I'm going to give you a PS1 and a PS2.
21:02By the way, fan favorite in our house.
21:04What's it like having your dad back on the sidelines?
21:06Because I know he coached you when he was younger.
21:08You were younger.
21:09No, it was great, man.
21:11Great energy.
21:11We're having fun out here.
21:13Pop's coaching, coaching the guys up.
21:15We need to get this win now.
21:16Yes, you do.
21:17You cannot mess around.
21:18The intensity is going to build.
21:19Your son is just having such an unbelievable career so far in this league.
21:24What makes you most proud?
21:27Just the way he carries himself, the way the professional that he is, the way he cares
21:31about his teammates.
21:32And obviously, you know, he's become, you know, the best player at his position.
21:36You know, just a testament to his hard work.
21:38It's probably also a testament to what he instilled in you.
21:41What's the number one thing that your dad instilled in you?
21:43Just confidence.
21:45You know, unwavering confidence.
21:47Always have that confidence in yourself and carry that on.
21:50That's what he taught me along the way.
21:51All right, boys.
21:53Go get it done.
21:54Scott.
21:55Love it.
21:56Love it.
21:57Fathers and sons.
21:59What's the line?
22:00The man that thinks he can and the man that thinks he can't are both right.
22:02Both right.
22:02Which one are you?
22:03Yeah.
22:04Have the confidence instilled in you by a guy that's done it?
22:07Yeah.
22:07Yeah.
22:07PS2 can do it like very few.
22:12He's phenomenal.
22:13Truly.
22:14I sometimes question when people throw his way.
22:16Turtles hut!
22:18Third down, Burrow.
22:21To Chase.
22:22We've seen that quite often.
22:24And tonight as well.
22:26Chase has now six catches.
22:28Friendly spot gets the AFC the first down, but they're as far away from the goal line as they can be.
22:40Not this time.
22:42Turtles hut!
22:43Not this time.
22:44They got one there.
22:47Oh!
22:49He's not down.
22:49Chase thought perhaps the flag had been pulled, not the case, until he got to about the six.
23:03Okay, Pat.
23:09First blush thoughts about the Super Bowl.
23:11New England's offense will have to play better for them to win.
23:16They just granted three good defenses they've gone against.
23:20Their defense has kept them in it, but for them to beat Seattle, who has been certainly one of the, who I believe, two best teams in football.
23:28I thought the two best teams in the league this year were the Seahawks and the Rams.
23:32For them to beat Seattle, the offense is going to have to play better.
23:34They'll have to protect Drake more than they have.
23:38Chase?
23:39Yeah, I mean, I agree with that.
23:41I think their defense has been playing really, really well in the playoffs as well.
23:45Yeah.
23:45If they continue to play like that, they can shut down Seattle's offense and make it a defensive matchup.
23:49It really is going to come down to mistakes.
23:52Taylor trying to make a play.
23:55Unable to get away from.
23:59Drake, Drake May's been sacked 15 times in the playoffs.
24:03He's made the Super Bowl.
24:05A lot of that pressure has come from the edge.
24:07Sure.
24:07And that's not really, that's not what, I mean, yeah, I guess, yeah.
24:12I think it's more interior with, like, Leonard and those guys.
24:14Fire on those games.
24:15Yeah.
24:16They just faced consecutively the Chargers, the Texans, and the Broncos, three of the best scoring defenses,
24:20and now they'll face clearly another.
24:22And so, your points well taken.
24:24If they win, New England, if they win, I think it's the most daunting stretch.
24:29Oh, the chase, and he cannot squeeze it on fourth down.
24:34The most daunting stretch of defenses that a quarterback and a team has gone through.
24:41Man, he misses this one.
24:45All right, so think about it this regard.
24:47The NFC was getting absolutely boat raced.
24:50They find a way to, like, climb a little way back into it.
24:54Cooper Flag's pole.
24:56The flagpole.
24:57Not Cooper Flag.
24:57Cooper DeGene's flagpole.
24:59Right before the end of the first half.
25:02That looms very large now with the chance for the NFC to go take a lead.
25:06And an astounding drop from arguably the best wide receiver in football.
25:11I mean, that's a crowded room, but given the season he had a year ago, not the most recent one,
25:17Triple Crown winner.
25:18To drop that fourth down would have been touchdown.
25:23And now, once again, the NFC deploying a couple of quarterbacks here.
25:27Hurts at center.
25:31Oh!
25:31Back to Ferguson.
25:48Derwin just looked to the sideline.
25:49He was like, yo, I got to go blitz.
25:52You could see, like, it's going to start to ramp up.
25:54He was looking at him walking around, saying, I'm going, I'm going.
25:56See, you just saw, I'm going.
26:04I don't think he's asking for permission.
26:06I think he's just letting people know.
26:07Derwin doesn't need to ask for permission.
26:09I'm going.
26:10Here he goes.
26:17Dak winding it up.
26:19Oh, my goodness.
26:21He was looking for seedy.
26:24Kalen Bullock.
26:25Might have been a second house call of the night.
26:31Dak got away from one there.
26:36Another look at this one.
26:42That's stunning.
26:47Is that when you're a quarterback and you almost saw a pick six,
26:50is that you have to do a signal with your hand,
26:53like you were supposed to do something else?
26:55Just try to deflect as much as you can.
26:59Dak delivers to Pickens there.
27:05Second grab of the night for Pickens.
27:07He wasn't even close to the carousel midfield.
27:09Yeah.
27:10So the NFC got a fourth down stop.
27:19Make the right goal.
27:29He wasn't short.
27:30He wasn't short.
27:32Desiree Abrams.
27:33Right hand, make the goal.
27:34Right hand, make the goal.
27:35Right hand, make the goal.
27:36Right hand, make the goal.
27:37After a fifth's discussion, it is a first down.
27:39I mean, he was short by two yards.
27:46Let's take a look.
27:47Let's take a look conservatively.
27:52I mean, what?
27:56First down.
27:57Yeah, that doesn't seem right.
27:59There we go.
28:00All right.
28:02The drive continues.
28:03All right.
28:04That's a big conversion.
28:05That would have been fourth down.
28:06Drive continues.
28:07Go, go, go, go.
28:15Lamb still play continues.
28:19Lost his hat.
28:22But not the flag.
28:24Now there's a flag.
28:26Might be excessive celebration.
28:28I don't know what the rules that govern that are.
28:31Wait, what?
28:32Oh, he, he, he, he, I know y'all see, man.
28:35Kaelin Bullock having some.
28:37The motorized cart.
28:38Micah Parsons is back on the field to plead his case.
28:40Motorized Micah.
28:41The motorized Micah.
28:43Lost control of the circumstances.
28:49Dude, it just looks so funny.
28:51We're going to head to the produce on a minute.
28:53On the offense.
28:54That would be five yard.
28:56Lost a down.
28:58All right.
28:59Which one did they have him at?
29:00At the beginning or at the end of it?
29:01Is it the flag was down there?
29:09I guess it's subtle.
29:10Subtle.
29:11That hand.
29:12Kind of like Shadur earlier.
29:14Yeah.
29:14The incidental guard.
29:18Officials.
29:19You can't sneak it past them.
29:20They're going to catch you.
29:22So the touchdown comes off the board.
29:24We're under seven and a half to go here.
29:27Tie game.
29:30NFC after the stop on fourth and goal.
29:35Hurts to Dak.
29:36Got him!
29:39Money shot!
29:41Pickens again.
29:42He did the money sign.
29:43Yes, he did.
29:46He had career highs in a walk year.
29:51First lead for the NFC since.
29:54Parsons doing.
29:55First quarter when it was 14 to 10.
29:57Six consecutive touchdown drives by the NFC to take the lead.
30:01Micah.
30:02Reminds me of something.
30:08That's so good.
30:10That's a great throw by Dak.
30:11Loads a little bit of a no-looker once again.
30:15Loads up.
30:16Ward cannot get it.
30:19Twinkle toes on the sideline.
30:23So the NFC will go for two here.
30:25Get to the end zone with it.
30:27And then get open.
30:30My son's like that play.
30:31Get open is the call.
30:33Woo-hoo!
30:33Jalen, Jalen!
30:34Jalen!
30:34And Pickens does.
30:36Oh!
30:40Pickens, Pickens.
30:41George Pickens.
30:42The NFC's monstrous comeback now sees them in front by eight.
30:51Micah Parsons continues to drive all over the field.
30:57Dak, the Pickens.
31:00After the great season, it continues here.
31:03And the former cowboy, Micah, cannot be stopped.
31:11AFC tries to answer when we continue.
31:13Back to the 2026 Pro Bowl games presented by Verizon.
31:17NFC with an eight-point lead and a very spirited observer who is with Laura.
31:23Yeah, I've got Motorized Micah here.
31:26They said that maybe you should be called Motorized Micah.
31:29And we're going to show some video of you rolling around here on your scooter.
31:33But, Micah, I want to know, you have a name for this guy.
31:35What is it?
31:36Lightning McQueen.
31:38The scooter has a name.
31:40What can you say about the vibes you're creating just zooming around here all night?
31:45Yeah, I'm just trying to show guys, like, even though you can be injured, life's not going the way it is.
31:50But I understand we're still blessed.
31:52God still allowed us to be here.
31:54And let's just bring energy.
31:55Like, we're all so blessed to be here, be around each other.
31:58These are some of the best players in the world.
32:00And I don't look past that, you know.
32:02So I just live in a moment, be where my feet's at, and just enjoy myself.
32:06That's well said.
32:07And listen, you got all your supplies here in Lightning McQueen.
32:09You got your camcorders, your Doritos, anything you need.
32:12This is handy.
32:13Yeah.
32:13You know, shout-out to my dad.
32:14He taught me the way with TPTV, so I created MPTV.
32:20You know what I mean?
32:21So I just gave this camera everywhere.
32:23We saw you taking some photos, too, with a still camera.
32:27Where are those shots going to end up?
32:29On your social life.
32:30You'll see them on social media.
32:31We're going to send them out to the players and everything.
32:33Yeah.
32:33Hey, there have been a few times you didn't agree with some things on the field,
32:36some things you wanted to celebrate.
32:37You just zoomed right out there.
32:39What have the conversations been like out there as you've been encouraging the NFC side?
32:43You know, same thing we deal with in the game.
32:46The rest not calling the penalties.
32:47They got to call it.
32:48Throw the flag.
32:49What's the point of having it if you're not going to throw it?
32:51It seems like it just always comes against us.
32:53You know what I mean?
32:54So I just got to motivate them a little bit more.
32:58And you know how to choose some of the guys out.
32:59You know, we're here to win.
33:01NFC is the best division in the football.
33:04Like, it's not even close.
33:05It's like, we've got to separate ourselves from them.
33:07Yeah, you guys have climbed right back in this thing, obviously.
33:10And you've got a chance to win it.
33:11You're ahead now.
33:13Oh!
33:13Oh!
33:15Go!
33:16Sorry!
33:17Go McQueen!
33:18Oh, my scooter!
33:19Woo!
33:21Lightning McQueen is on the loose.
33:24Another costly drop.
33:27Winfield off the deflection.
33:30Lightning McQueen.
33:32That's on Disney Plus, by the way.
33:34Thank you for that.
33:34Yeah.
33:36Honestly, it's more like Mater, though.
33:38It's not giving me the Queen vibes.
33:45On a night when the NFC was just spiraling, it's the defense and a couple of drops from Chase,
33:54who had the defensive play of the game earlier with an incredible pick-six, Winfield Jr.
34:00You can't fake that level of enthusiasm.
34:07It's a happy man.
34:10That's a meme.
34:11That's going to become a meme.
34:12How it's used is hard to know.
34:15I'm actually, I can probably figure it out.
34:17Anyway, the NFC.
34:19All right.
34:21With Goff and Hertz now deployed at quarterback.
34:27That thing goes seven miles an hour.
34:29They've named it Lightning McQueen.
34:32Goff to Amenran.
34:34Touchdown here and it might be night-night gentlemen three minutes
34:47I mean they could run their four-minute drill here just exhaust clock that'd be something
34:52maybe run counter to the spirit of the evening, but
35:04I'm going to walk it in. Nope. Nice. He's on again. He had to be passed. He was way past. Yeah. Yeah.
35:18If the Bulls conversion didn't count, then that's correct.
35:28He knows it. A legal forward pass. A very honest Jalen Hurts.
35:32That'd be five yards from the spot. The question is, since it's running clock
35:38and they still are going to bleed, is this like an F1 Brad Pitt move where he's being strategic?
35:47What do you mean?
35:49I'm not following. I'm trying. The clock, man. He's just bleeding the clock. He's just bleeding the clock.
35:55We're going to take another minute off the clock here. Two-minute warning is coming.
35:59There we go. He goes, what do you mean?
36:02There we go.
36:07Lightning McQueen on the sidelines. The NFC.
36:14Big second half as they lead by eight. Chance to put this one to bed.
36:19We're doing it to him again, huh? All right.
36:24Let's go. Keep us in it. I'm going to keep us in it.
36:29Let's go. Yeah. That's what we used to.
36:35They score again. We ready to go again.
36:40Dak in the NFC. They were down big in the first half. They got it close by halftime and it's a 24-8 second half scoring advantage.
36:51The play of the game so far is the Cooper Dajin flag pull right literally a foot before the pylon right before the half.
37:00Six inches.
37:05Close. Very close. Big play here.
37:09Look out. He's in. He's in.
37:12Is he in?
37:14Oh, wait.
37:16Oh, he's not.
37:18Oh.
37:20Well, this sets up a massive force down, Ben.
37:22The clock is running.
37:25Let it run, baby. Let it run.
37:29Here we go, Jay.
37:33Hertz not able to get in. Clock running.
37:37Whoa. 812. 812. 812.
37:43Can't run inside the red line.
37:47Hey! Somebody else!
37:49It's got to be thrown.
37:51What the winners get and how much the losers get?
37:53One billion dollars.
37:54Well, no, but this is where the, the, even though it's not that, you know,
37:57it does start to make a little bit of a difference here at the end of the game.
38:00Oh, yeah.
38:02So wait. 1, 2, 1.
38:04The clock is still running.
38:06Play game. Offense.
38:08Better be five yards. Five yards.
38:10This is where NFL Live get up first take.
38:14Everybody would just be crushing the goat on Monday and say,
38:16you've got to be more buttoned up.
38:18Got to be more buttoned up in this situation.
38:20It would be a tough 24 hours for Jerry Rice.
38:23Did they intentionally take a delay game?
38:25I think they're just letting the clock.
38:27What do you mean?
38:28Well, now you can run the ball in.
38:30Ooh.
38:31You're not, I would actually rather be at the six or seven yard line than I would be inside the five.
38:36Six, seven.
38:37Six, seven.
38:38Six, seven.
38:39Look at you.
38:40We knew that you were going to be all over these rules.
38:42All over these rules.
38:43All over these rules.
38:45Hey, we need a blue over here.
38:47We need a blue over here.
38:49Blue over here.
38:51Blue over here.
38:52You're good here.
38:53B6. B6.
38:55So I'm going to flip it to him so he can run it, though.
39:10So he's going to be yellow.
39:12You're yellow, Jalen.
39:14And then you're going to, you're going to do whatever you want with it.
39:16All right.
39:17All right.
39:18I'm not an expert on the signals, but it does appear that the coaches were telling Derwin
39:26James to do this, which I think means blitz.
39:30Yeah, but imagine he'll be that late, you know, that rusher from seven yards of depth.
39:34Yeah.
39:35Derwin's so, like, long as well.
39:40Oh, I wonder if Derwin can go now.
39:42Oh, he's got to go from depth.
39:44Let's see if he comes.
39:48He can go right now.
39:50Try to let folks listen in to the plan, and he's going to pitch it to Hertz, and then he
39:54can do whatever he wants.
39:55Watch out.
39:56Here comes Hertz.
39:57He almost got it.
39:58And there's C.D. Lamb.
40:00Well, I shouldn't say that.
40:02Still got some time.
40:04James with a smile on his face as he makes his way to the sideline.
40:06He was this close.
40:08Oh, my gosh.
40:09He actually tipped it.
40:10I do think he got just a fingertip on it.
40:12I'm going to take another look at this one.
40:16What are they talking about?
40:18Mike McQueen on the field.
40:21NFC was down by 18 in the second quarter.
40:24It outscored the AFC 30-8.
40:26That play from Dejean right before halftime.
40:30What's happening to the clock right now?
40:33Does he get a finger on this?
40:36No.
40:37Hertz.
40:38Let C.D. climb the ladder.
40:44Come on, fellows.
40:45Come on.
40:46We've got to go celebrate.
40:47A couple of his former teammates in Dallas.
40:54Big contributions.
40:56Pickens a touchdown.
40:57Grab.
40:58Lamb a touchdown.
40:59Grab.
41:00The GOAT had to win here, right?
41:03Well, I mean, Young could have done it as well.
41:06Would have worked out either way.
41:08Guess no gold medal for the AFC.
41:10Although, 24, I'm going to say in 24 seconds, I don't know how that could happen.
41:14Yeah.
41:15I don't know.
41:16Got a flag on the vehicle now.
41:17He might be a defender.
41:18Is he going to be a defender?
41:19Let him blitz.
41:20I got a flag.
41:21I'm good.
41:22I'm official.
41:23The officials are like, no, I can't let you.
41:24Desiree Abrams is not here for this fool.
41:31I'm good.
41:36I'm official.
41:37The officials are like, no, I can't let you.
41:39Desiree Abrams is not here for this foolishness.
41:44That's why I got lost.
41:45He tried.
41:52He had a great song.
41:55They see me rolling.
41:56Come on, come on.
42:03Come on.
42:04Come on.
42:08Jerry ran many hills back in the day.
42:10That's nothing to push back off.
42:12The battery's starting to get low.
42:14Losing his juice.
42:17First push.
42:19They're lining up for it.
42:21They ain't got no.
42:25They ain't got no.
42:36Hey!
42:37Hey, two!
42:38Hey, two!
42:39Hey, two!
42:40That'll do it.
42:42They'll do it.
42:47The NFC with a massive comeback.
42:49Yes, go, baby!
42:53A 30-8 second half erasing the deficit.
42:57And the NFC will celebrate as they are the victors for 2026 Pro Bowl games.
43:10Three, two, three, two!
43:13NFL honors coming Thursday.
43:14The Super Bowl game coming Sunday.
43:17Tonight, the NFC gets to celebrate its victory here.
43:20Laura Rutledge will hand out some hardware when we continue from San Francisco in just a moment.
43:37NFC with a giant second half comeback.
43:39They are the victors in this Pro Bowl games.
43:42Laura Rutledge now will hand out some hardware, Laura.
43:45All right.
43:46Thank you, Scott.
43:47And congratulations to all the participants of the 2026 Pro Bowl games.
43:51Let's hand out some hardware here.
43:53We got the winners on the NFC side.
43:55Congratulations to you guys.
43:56Massive comeback to pull this off.
43:59On behalf of the National Football League, it is my honor to present the 2026 Pro Bowl trophy to the NFC and Coach Jerry Rice.
44:08That thing's pretty heavy, isn't it, Coach?
44:09What allowed for this comeback for your squad?
44:13Well, my team just didn't give up.
44:15They kept fighting.
44:16And we knew that we wanted to somehow get it close.
44:20And once we did that, we were able to win the game.
44:24Congratulations.
44:25Yeah, let's pass it off over to our MVP on the defensive side.
44:30And for that, our 2026 defensive MVP, Antoine Winfield Jr.
44:35Congratulations.
44:37I think one of the coolest things about this was the buy-in from the players.
44:40You guys were competing.
44:41You were also having fun.
44:42What was it like for you out there?
44:44Oh, I had a great time.
44:45We all just fought hard, played with each other, and we just did our thing at one.
44:49Shout out to the NFC.
44:50Yeah, congratulations.
44:52You can hold on to it or you can pass it off.
44:54I like it.
44:55Passing it off to the offensive MVP, George Pickens.
44:59George, there were so many fun moments in this game, but especially some of the things you
45:04guys did offensively.
45:05How much fun was this for you?
45:07It was super fun with all the guys.
45:10Kind of like Antoine said, shout out to the NFC man.
45:13Yeah.
45:14Congratulations once again to the NFC and the AFC Pro Bowlers.
45:18Congratulations to everybody and our most valuable players.
45:22Let's go back to Scott Van Pelt.
45:25Laura, thank you very much.
45:27The NFC with a gigantic comeback.
45:30Dan, Jason, I think we started this night with the idea that it would be fun.
45:34It was fun.
45:35Big comeback for the NFC side.
45:37You've been in this game and you know what it's like.
45:39Oh, yeah.
45:40There is a moment where it clicks in like, look, we came here.
45:42Let's win this thing.
45:43Oh, yeah, absolutely.
45:44And I made the mistake of the first time not really knowing that.
45:46And Travis Frederick talked me into playing the second and fourth quarters.
45:49And he played the first and third.
45:51So I got both two-minute drills when all these defensive ends were geared up and ready to
45:55get defensive player of the game.
45:56Thanks for nothing.
45:57It was not a lot of fun.
45:59This is always a good event.
46:00These guys, this is the league of alphas, right?
46:04And this is the opportunity to celebrate the best of the best.
46:07So a good night.
46:08Fun to be with you both.
46:09We appreciate you folks out there for watching the 2026 Pro Bowl games presented by Verizon,
46:14a presentation of the NFL on ESPN.
46:18For all of the night in sports.
46:20SportsCenter with Mike Leaves and Nicole Briscoe is coming up next.
46:23We look forward to and could not be more excited about a Super Bowl which is coming in 2027 here
46:28at ESPN, ABC and the Walt Disney Company.
46:31Enjoy this one Sunday.
46:32I'll see you for SportsCenter from L.A. Sunday night.
46:34Briscoe and Eves right now.
46:39You want me to throw there?
46:40You should say, uh.
46:41Think of it.
46:42All my coaches say I talk too much.
46:43Give me these gloves.
46:44100 punches.
46:45Chut, chut, chut, chut, chut, chut.
46:47I'm Andrea Botez and I got a call to represent the Rams.
46:50Not with pads and a helmet, but in a Fortnite tournament at the end of the season.
46:54To get there, I've got to survive a full day of training with one of the best to ever do it.
46:58Three-time co-bowler and a Rams legend, Todd Gurley.
47:01You want to learn how to play chess? Contact me.
47:03Don't do that.
47:04Hey, Todd Gurley.
47:05Today, he's taking me through what it really means to move like a ram.
47:08You ready for the real deal?
47:09I'm ready.
47:10Chut, chut.
47:11My job is to get you the ball.
47:12Your job is to catch it.
47:13Ah!
47:14Oh, this is actually hard.
47:16We're going to play a little trivia game.
47:18Three burpees, please.
47:19I do these every day by breakfast.
47:20We're going to play a game of speed chess.
47:21We're going to do the Fortnite face-off.
47:23Oh, I'm dead, I'm dead, I'm dead.
47:24Let's go.
47:25Sometimes you either got it or you don't, but a catch is a catch.
47:28I'm ready to earn my horns.
47:30This is NFL Race to the End Zone.
47:37There are no parades for second place.
47:39No trophy.
47:40No confetti.
47:41Well, not your confetti.
47:45The shot you walk into the confetti, was it really your screensaver on your phone?
47:55Yeah.
47:56Yeah.
47:57Still is.
47:58I think there are certain things that you hold on to so it can continue to motivate you.
48:04It doesn't matter how much snow falls.
48:07When we set a snowstorm, we really mean it.
48:10How strong the wind blows.
48:11When did the wind take that one?
48:13Or how hard the rain comes down.
48:15I've never seen so much rain in my life.
48:17NFL football always forges ahead.
48:20It's NFL Explained.
48:21It's NFL Explained.
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