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We actually spend that time coming out with Super Bowl content including the Bucks hype video and the Chiefs hype video which has been getting a lot of great reviews as well as interviewing players in Super Bowl Week as well which we're going to explain in just a second which is actually the reason why I'm so dressed up is because in between this podcast I'm interviewing players over Zoom because of COVID-19 protocols you can't interview them in person. On this podcast I don't care how I look or a backwards hat or a t-shirt, actually as a matter of fact I never wore pants on the show and this table is see-through so I'm very glad that we only have one camera angle because if we had another one you would see some stuff that you would not like to see. So that's why I'm dressed up because I want to look nice in front of these players. I want to address that real real quick because a lot of people have been asking me and commenting how did you get access to these players and the opportunity to reach out to them and get in touch with them. So it all started a couple years ago Super Bowl 53 with the Rams and the Patriots. I just thought okay it's in Atlanta which is where we're based out of. I could just drive down there to State Farm Arena and interview these players for media day. What are the odds of me doing that? Let's get credentialed. Let's just try my luck and so I go ahead and submit my information, submit my YouTube channel to the NFL and email them and they said a day before they always do this every year a day before that's when you find out that you have credentials. A day before they say okay you're good and so I was excited I was gathering a crew together and we were able to interview these players and then we've been doing it every year since then. So last year we went down to Miami and got to interview the 49ers and the Chiefs as well. And this year like I said COVID-19 we wanted to go down to Tampa playing a whole trip but because of COVID-19 we have to do this all over Zoom which is actually really really tough really tough to get a question in with these guys. I mean it's the way it works is you have 45 minutes you have access throughout the whole entire week but every day there's a span of 30 to 45 minutes for each team and they choose different players eight or 10 different players every day that you have access to interview in the span of this 45 minutes. So they're like okay in this Zoom room you have Nadamakong Su and this one you have Tom Brady and this one Mike Evans this one Chris Godwin and you just have to jump around from room to room press a button and just wait and hope that the moderator calls on you so that you can ask that player that question. In each room you can't see how many other people are in that room so you can't be like oh there's 30 people in this room my chances of getting this question answered by Chris Godwin is more than likely not going to happen. I'm just going to go ahead and jump over to maybe Harrison Butker you know a lesser known player not that big of a name but you can't see how many people are in this room so all you can do is just press a button and just wait and hope that a moderator calls on you and there's been times that you go 45 minutes sitting in the same room the same Zoom room and you'll never get your name called ever it happened yesterday with Levy on Bell happened the other day as well with Cameron Brate. Now we got lucky with Jason Pierpaugh Harrison Butker Clyde Edwardsley Lair and hopefully throughout the week we'll be interviewing many more players that will be able to put up on this channel but my goodness it's tough and that is actually why I don't want to be a journalist or a reporter or get these breaking news type you know hot mic quotes from these players because it is cutthroat is a cutthroat industry. I want to be an entertainer an analyst a guy that gives opinions a podcaster after the news already breaks out and give my opinion on it rather than fight and claw other reporters and other peers and step over whoever needs to be stepped on so that you can go ahead and get that hot quote from that player annoy the player in the process as well. Green I know it's people's jobs I know this is your livelihood I get it but there are so many reporters that do that it's ridiculous just from the past three years that I've been able to interview these players as well people will cut in line in the process as well. Cool story actually not cool story just a memory I want to share Chris Hogan the wide receiver of the Patriots at the time Super Bowl 53 I was waiting in line forever to talk to him not a lot of people around him and then when the opportunity comes for me to go up and talk to him these two guys with a Boston radio show show up and with their Boston accents and go like hey Chris how's it feel to be a the most the best looking guy on this team besides Tom Brady and ask him dumb questions they cut in line and they'll they'll do anything to make sure that their show is taken care of and they don't care about their peers and then last year oh my gosh I gotta tell you about this woman okay entertainment tonight you know the the drama gossip the gossip of best celebrities pretty much entertainment tonight somehow someway got credentialed to ask players questions so this woman same woman every year cuts in line I think we have video footage I was waiting in line to talk to Tyreek Hill last week if we can pull it up if we don't have that then we won't show it but I was waiting in line to talk to Tyreek Hill last year and I was coming up it was my time it was my turn and then the same instance like I happen with Chris Hogan this woman from entertainment tonight comes up cuts you in line starts to ask Tyreek Hill question I would be okay with it okay it's fine I could take it it's kind of a douchey move but it's okay but the reason I can remember this so well is because the questions that she was asking was like who was the last NFL player to play or be on the Bachelorette or who's playing the halftime show this weekend for the Super Bowl it's just questions that are just you know yeah you get a fun answer out of these these players and it's cool to watch for like 15 30 seconds to get that cool quote out of them and laugh and have a good time but you're wasting the time of other people that want to ask football related questions that are actually related to their their careers to the big game to their teammates that actually matter and are actually relevant so and it happened again two different times yesterday actually I was talking to or waiting to talk to Chris Godwin this woman from entertainment tonight shows up same woman asked him the same questions and then I was like all right well I'm not gonna get a chance with Chris Godwin I left that room went into the room with Rob Gronkowski went to ask him a question same woman entertainment tonight so entertainment tonight I don't like your shtick all right leave everyone alone and give everyone else their respectable time got it anyways so to explain that's what it goes what goes on with Super Bowl and and this year especially you have to interview them over zoom as well so it's actually a pretty cool opportunity I have fun and I'm very very grateful for the opportunity whether it be one player that I interview or a hundred it doesn't matter I'm very very grateful let's transition now over to NFL news going around the league leading into Super Bowl Sunday probably the biggest news coming out of the NFL is the swap and exchange of quarterbacks between two NFC franchises the Los Angeles Rams and the Detroit Lions have swapped the quarterbacks Matthew Stafford and Jared Goff alongside some draft picks as well we're going to discuss all of that much more later on in the podcast we've got a whole segment dedicated to that but I just want to touch base on that real quick but speaking of another quarterback controversy we've got to Sean Watson we all know that he's been in the hunt for finding a new team and right now his preferred team is the New York Jets he has a lot of respect for Robert Sala and him as a head coach actually was upset that the Houston Texans did not interview Robert Sala so the Dolphins the Falcons the Panthers all these teams are somewhat interested or there have been rumors of them acquiring to Sean Watson but Watson to the New York Jets actually sounds pretty cool what are your chances of that happening I don't know let's just see what happens with Sean Watson in the Houston Texans Sean Peyton speaking of another quarterback you know controversy or unknown if you want to call it that Sean Peyton of the New Orleans Saints the head coach unsure if Drew Brees is going to retire just yet but it's a given now that Sean Peyton has come out and said that he has big interest in James Winston returning so he's going to be an unrestricted free agent coming up this off season Sean Peyton has already come out and said that he loves his leadership he loves his ability his physical ability and he would love to have James Winston back and have the chance to compete for the starting quarterback position in 2021 Cole Beasley the bill is wide receiver this is news that actually came out a week ago but I thought it was pretty cool to mention Cole Beasley played through a broken fibula towards the end of the season he came out and said that hey my fibula is broken but I did not want to tell anyone about it because I didn't want anyone to shut me down and end my season and end my chances of playing for what could have been a Super Bowl championship Cole Beasley that's a lot of toughness to play with that broken fibula what a guy going through that the Falcons have no plans and trading Matt Ryan and Julio Jones this is news that just came out a couple weeks ago or a couple days ago the Falcons have come out and said as of right now according to head coach Arthur Smith he has a lot of respect for Matt Ryan and Julio Jones no plans no sort of trade talks going around going around so far for Matt Ryan and Julio Jones to be dealt it's looking like that going into 2021 Ryan and Julio are going to be their starting quarterback and wide receiver what are your thoughts on that do you feel like that the Falcons should just go on and get rid of them and just free up a lot of cap space and just move on with the future a lot of people believe so but Arthur Smith believes that they can be productive in that Falcons offense Ryan Fitzpatrick wants to play his 17th season whether that be with the Miami Dolphins are moving forward because the last two years with the Dolphins have lit another fire inside of them so 17 season has been playing since 2005 when he was drafted late by what was the St. Louis Rams he's going to move on to what we expect to be another team because Brian Flores and the Dolphins head brass is just going to move forward to it took by Lola Fitzpatrick will find another team whether he's going to be a starter or not I don't know but if last year proved anything he is capable of playing in the NFL so Fitzpatrick has another season at least inside of them Robert Sala if we want to talk about Shawn Watson and Robert Sala he is non-committal on Sam Dornota as the starting quarterback when asked about by the press or the media whether Sam Dornota is going to be the quarterback going into 2021 hasn't really said anything he believes that Sam Dornota the future for him he loves his talent he gives him high praise and he's on the record of saying that he's an unbelievable quarterback but there's no guarantee that he's going to be the starting quarterback do you feel like that Sam Sam Dornota should be the quarterback or should they bring in another guy like the Shawn Watson to compete for that starting job the Tampa Bay Buccaneers who play in their home stadium for Super Bowl 55 will not be firing the cannons during the Super Bowl so the only time that they'll be firing the cannons and what that means is in the end zone of uh Raymond James Stadium there's a whole pirate ship and every time they score a touchdown or a big play they fire these cannons uh to indicate you know the fans of cheer and all that kind of sort of stuff but they don't want to show favoritism even though it is in their home stadium they want to be as unbiased as possible so the only time that they're going to shoot the cannons off is during the introduction when the team runs out runs out on the field other than that they're just going to be unbiased for the Chiefs for the Bucks those cannons will not go off when a touchdown is scored and the last little bit of news that we want to share with you this just came out Carson Wentz has been acquired about by other NFL teams who those teams are we don't know the Philadelphia Eagles have come out and said they have no plans and no interest of trading Carson Wentz anytime soon however if you look at other NFL teams around the league such as the Indianapolis courts who people believe that's going to be the number one spot for Carson Wentz you've got the Washington football team all these all these other teams inquiring about Carson Wentz being their potential started quarterback which team is going to land Carson Wentz and do you feel like the Philadelphia Eagles are going to actually listen to these trade talks and trade them away for what could be we expect to be at least the second round or first round pick but those are your news um and notes around the NFL going into Super Bowl weekend we're going to get it into the Super Bowl matchup Super Bowl 55 between the Chiefs and the Buccaneers preview that give our analysis of that as well as talking about Matthew Stafford and Jared Goff that more in depth but first before we get into that we want to send a big thank you to Thrive Fantasy Football come prop up on Thrive Fantasy for the big game Thrive Fantasy is a daily fantasy sports and esports after player props with Thrive you can eliminate the countless hours of research and focus on only the top tier athletes that have the biggest impact on the game choose 10 out of the 20 available player props to build your lineup each prop is assigned a fantasy value or both over and the under based on how likely it is to hit Thrive has a free thousand dollar contest and over $30,000 in guaranteed prizes for the big game so this is how it works you pretty much 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they'll be playing for what would have been the third straight Super Bowl championship instead they lost to Tom Brady and the New England Patriots at that time the game went into overtime there was a pre-snap penalty that kept the Patriots on the field in overtime and eventually they were able to score go onto the Super Bowl win it all Patrick Mahomes never had a chance at the ball in overtime but the Chiefs are playing for their second straight Super Bowl and this could be the meaning of a next big dynasty after the New England Patriots dynasty has what we presume to have ended at this point so the Chiefs are looking great with Patrick Mahomes people believe that he's going to pass Tom Brady eventually in his legacy if he were to stop Tom Brady and winning his seventh Super Bowl and Mahomes were to win his second Super Bowl more than likely it's possible that we could be talking about the Chiefs being this big dynasty following Bill Belichick and the Patriots instead you're going to be talking about Andy Reid and the Chiefs for years to come for the Buccaneers they started off seven and five listen in the pre-season we have to go back to that Tom Brady signed in the offseason all these big stars come into the into the mix when Tom Brady signs Leonard Fournette wants to sign after he gets released by the Jaguars and Tony O'Brown later on in the season wants to sign and play with Tom Brady so all these players and all these stars want to play for Tampa Bay but they started off seven and five and it looked like that this season would have been a little bit of a disappointment given all the hype that you had going into the 2020 season well that game against the Chiefs is what got them to seven and five Tony Romo makes an unbelievable prediction like he always does and says that the Chiefs and the Buccaneers are going to play in the Super Bowl seven and five have that by week after the Chiefs lost and then all of a sudden never lost a game since goes 11 and five wins out in the postseason on the road and now they're playing at home in their stadium for a Super Bowl 55 let's take a look at some team comparisons to kind of break down the matchup and kind of give you guys a feel of where each team stands as far as how good their offense and their defense are let's start off with the Kansas City Chiefs looking at their offense to start off with their rings first and pass offense 16th in the run 6th in the NFL in points per game 14th if you want to talk about pass defense and then 21st in rush defense so their defense is kind of mediocre their offense has been the bread and butter of this Super Bowl appearance for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers talk about them their offense right behind the Kansas City Chiefs as far as pass offense the Chiefs are ranked first the Bucs are ranked second but it's a little lopsided when you talk about the pass offense versus the rush offense second and pass but 28th in rush offense they've got to get Ronald Jones and Leonard Fournette their healthy amount of carries and get the ball moving points per game second in the NFL much better than the Chiefs pass defense this is where it's been lacking for the Buccaneers and has been attributed to the reason why they've been 7 and 5 because of their 21st ranked pass defense and then the rush defense no question about it the rush defense they do not need to be concerned about that with one of the better defensive lines in the NFL with Jason Pierre Paul, Nadal McCong-Sue and all those good guys on that defensive line first in the NFL let's look at the comparison between the two quarterbacks that are playing you've got the what people label as the goat versus the kid Tom Brady versus Patrick Mahomes talking about Mahomes passing yards 4,700 yards passing listen before I read all of Mahomes stats these are all based off of 15 games that he started this season did not play in week 16 38 passing touchdowns to only six interceptions 66 percent of his passes completed 108.2 quarterback rating as opposed to Tom Brady 4,600 yards passing 40 touchdowns to 12 interceptions 65.7 passing up of his passes completed at 102.2 quarterback rating we expect this to be a pass heavy game we don't expect anything less than that we expect them to go back and forth and what matters in the past heavy game are your weapons looking at the wide receiver comparison if you want to talk about the big targets that each of these players have their number one targets Mahomes and Brady you've got Tyreek Hill and Mike Evans the wide receivers of each respected team for the chiefs Tyreek Hill 87 receptions 1200 yards receiving 15 touchdowns 14.7 yards per reception and 64.7 percent catch percentage meaning that the targets versus the receptions that he had he caught 64 percent of them versus Mike Evans who is a little bit lower than Tyreek Hill as far as statistics go 70 receptions 1000 and six yards receiving 13 touchdowns 14.4 yards per reception and then catch percentage 64.2 now even though his stats might be a little bit lower than Tyreek Hill that could be attributed to a lot of things as far as Brady liking to spread the ball around a lot a lot of good targets like Antonio Brown who stepped it up late in the season Chris Godwin as well Rob Gronkowski Cameron Brayton now emerging as that tied in one for Tyreek Hill it's pretty much him at the wide receiver position yeah you've got Travis Kelsey to kind of split targets with but it's pretty much just Hill and Kelsey at that point but both of them great red zone targets if you want to talk about Mike Evans especially I believe in the last five six seven years has been targeted more than any other player in the red zone Mike Evans has so a great red zone target on top of that what are the keys to victory for each team because you got to talk about how can each team pick up a victory and win the Super Bowl let's start off with the Kansas City Chiefs their keys to victory first off zone blitz often so for you guys that play a lot of Madden that play defense a lot of you guys like to zone blitz because it works a lot and in real life against Tom Brady it more so can work so the defense when they ever play zone defense the reason they play it is because it gives a quarterback more time in the pocket to really read the zone and see where each of the defenders are to try to find that open window so they can throw the ball into that open window so if you apply a lot of pressure on Tom Brady as far as giving him the ball in his hands for so long and you have him in the pocket for so long and you send a blitz as well all of a sudden that's going to pressure Tom Brady and he's going to have to throw it out quick meaning if the zone defense could intercept the ball could cause a turnover fumble whatever it may be but zone blitz is what the New York Giants have used when they won against Tom Brady in the Super Bowl in 2007 and 2011 the second key to victory for the Kansas City Chiefs as far as the offense goes the pass-run ratio has to be at least 60 to 40 so what does that mean that means you're going to have to pass the ball a lot this defense is the best team in the NFL against the run Clyde Edwards layer leaving on bell great talents Darrell Williams as well has been very underrated but you're not really going to do much against the best run defense in the NFL so you're going to have to pass the ball a lot at least a 60 to 40 share I wouldn't be surprised if you make it more 70 to 30 and that be your game plan and give the ball to Patrick Mahomes and give it to him to lead your team to victory as far as the Tampa Bay Buccaneers what are their keys to victory number one you have to prioritize Travis Kelsey guarding him over Tyreek Hill you can't let Tyreek Hill burn you I understand he got 200 yards and three touchdowns in that game that they had against the Buccaneers in week 12 but if you prioritize Travis Kelsey that will make a big difference because what Patrick Mahomes likes to do on third and 10 third and 15 when the moment counts when it matters the most in the middle of the field Travis Kelsey is his go to guy to try to get that yardage and try to get that first down if you try to double cover Travis Kelsey you're going to eliminate that threat you're going to have to force the ball to other targets such as Tyreek Hill and then it's a big drop off from there with Miko Hardman and other receivers that they have so if you prioritize covering Travis Kelsey he's a silent assassin he's going to rack up yards and rack up perceptions slowly and surely and then all of a sudden he has eight receptions for a hundred yards and a touchdown you cannot let that happen cover Travis Kelsey and the number two another defensive key to victory force Patrick Mahomes to make quick throws that's what matters we talked about Travis Tom Brady try to make him throw some quick throws as well apply that pressure the best way to make him throw the ball out quick is a blitz that would be your best option with that defensive line you don't have to be worried about that but they beat the Packers 14 points came off of turnovers in that victory against the Packers and that was because they blitzed Aaron Rodgers and caused him to throw the ball out quick yet no way to throw it had to throw incomplete passes had to throw the ball away get the ball out of Patrick Mahomes hands and that's to blitz Patrick Mahomes and make him throw some quick throws and get that ball out of there pretty quick but those are the keys to victory for each team so what we like to do with each of these game previews we like to ask polls on Instagram get your thoughts ask you the time of football fans who do you believe is going to win the Super Bowl the Chiefs or the Buccaneers we came out with this poll this poll is still open by the time that you premiere this video or this podcast on YouTube on Thursday night so go ahead and go to Instagram at time of football and vote if you want to but as of right now with the poll being up for a few hours who do the fans believe is going to win the Super Bowl the results people believe that the Chiefs have a 49% chance of winning and the Buccaneers 51% so it's pretty close 51 to 49 in favor of the Bucs listen like I said this poll is just going to keep on going back and forth and it's going to be close we assume all day long so if you're watching this podcast in time as it premieres go ahead and vote for your favorite team or who you guys believe is going to win this game from what people say it's going to be a very very close game it's going to be exciting which we expect as well we expect this game to come down to the wire but 49% of you believe that's the Chiefs that's going to win but 51 believe that the Buccaneers are going to win a Super Bowl in their home stadium and Tom Brady is going to win yet again another Super Bowl his seventh Super Bowl in his already remarkable career leave your thoughts and leave your comments down below what are your predictions as far as who do you think is going to win the game but also Super Bowl MVP is it going to be Patrick Holmes, Tom Brady, or is it going to be a non quarterback maybe even a defensive player as well leave your comments leave your thoughts leave your opinions and interact with us down below moving on to our final topic for this week's episode we want to talk about this because we didn't have an opportunity to talk about this last week this came out Saturday night probably the biggest news around the NFL outside of the Super Bowl Matthew Stafford and Jared Goff have been traded they've swapped team exchanged franchises so Jared Goff is now is a Detroit Lion Matthew Stafford now an LA Ram how did this happen let's first start off with what they gave up what each team gave up so the Lions give up Matthew Stafford Jared Goff has been traded to the Lions as well as a first round pick two first round picks on top of that and a third rounder so the Rams play paid a pretty big bargain to acquire Matthew Stafford which you would think to yourself all right Stafford yeah physically he might be more talented than Jared Goff but is it really that big of a difference between the talent level that you would give up two first round picks a third rounder and another player on top of that to the Detroit Lions in exchange for Matthew Stafford I don't know what they're thinking was maybe the market was just tough and a lot of teams were interested in Matthew Stafford as a matter of fact if we want to talk about that Carolina was one of those teams it's come out that Carolina wanted to trade and acquire for Matthew Stafford but they were willing to pay the same amount of price for Matthew Stafford the Rams it seemed like at the end wanted to pay a little bit more to acquire him let's talk about the stat line for the 2020 season for each of these quarterbacks Stafford 4084 yards passing 26 passing touchdowns 10 interceptions pretty solid for Stafford Goff 3900 yards passing 20 passing touchdowns 13 interceptions not so much for Goff but he's only two seasons removed from that 32 yard or that 32 passing touchdown season that he had that led the Rams to the Super Bowl so not that far off as far as Jared Goff goes as far as tally could get back to that level it remains to be seen McVeigh and Stafford already excited about this opportunity they celebrated the next day in Mexico but the Colts the 49ers who mentioned Carolina Washington football team as well were also interested in acquiring Matthew Stafford the Rams at the end of the day paid the biggest bargain like we said and acquired Stafford at the end of the day he was interested Matthew Stafford was in playing for any one of those teams except for New England he came out and said according to multiple sources that he does not want to play with any of the Patriots you think yourself for a guy that had a lot of success with Tom Brady built this dynasty and if you bring it a great quarterback like Stafford couldn't you get back to the level of success that you had well it's come out and said that Stafford hates cold weather he does not want to play in a cold weather environment this is true actually I'm not making this up he was born in California played high school football in Texas played college football in Georgia and then when he was drafted by the Detroit Lions if you watch that e 60 that ESPN made on Stafford years and years ago when he was first drafted by the Detroit Lions he landed in Detroit went off the plane stepped into snow and he made it a point to say what am I doing here I'm stepping in snow I don't like this so he hates cold weather not a guy for or not a place for Stafford to be is a cold weather environment but also New England was not the place because Matt Patricia came to New England and was hired after he was fired by the Detroit Lions and according to multiple sources including his former teammates like TJ Lang they've come out and said that Stafford his energy was just drained being a part of Matt Patricia's team he was just a different guy different leader just did not seem to find the same amount of joy that he had and Stafford did not want to be a part of that environment which makes a lot of sense let's talk a little bit about Jared Goff and his new team the Detroit Lions first leaving the LA Rams this kind of came out of nowhere in the last month or two it came out that Sean McVeigh was not committal on Jared Goff being the starting quarterback according to multiple sources and the Rams were ready to move on I don't know where that came from I think Goff is a good quarterback can he be a franchise quarterback I mean if I had to lean towards a yes or a no I'm probably leaning towards yes but I wouldn't be surprised if they were to move on from him in a couple years but the Rams were not committal they believe that they can do much more damage with Stafford and they move on with Jared Goff who came out and said that the feeling is mutual that he wants to be with a team that wants him there and the relationship with the Rams did not end well at all if you're a Detroit Lions fan I would be excited this all started with this new leadership that came in with the general manager the new front office with Dan Campbell now being the head coach a lot of people were talking about who the heck is Dan Campbell if all the NFL for five years you know who Dan Campbell was was the interim head coach for the Miami Dolphins when Joe Philbin was fired brings a different level of energy just because he is a former player and you can tell when he watched his press conference and the energy that he had for the Detroit Lions brings in a great coaching staff on top of him because the energy that he has in that press conference and how he's a motivator and a player's coach a lot of different coaches want to coach with them including do Staley a favorite to be the Philadelphia Eagles head coach the running backs coach who was a former player people believed and players wanted him to be the head coach of the Philadelphia Eagles but when that didn't work out with Philadelphia Eagles hire brass I don't know what they're thinking they did not want do Staley to be the head coach he requests to be let go of his contract and move on to a different team and he chose to sign with the Lions because he believes in what Dan Campbell and the head brass in Detroit wants to do within that organization on top of that you have two more first round picks of another third rounder and you have potentially what could be your quarterback of the future I like your options Detroit I really do and I'm excited for the future who won this trade between the Rams and the Lions if I had to choose I believe it's the Lions that wanted to trade in the long term but the Rams wanted to make the trade for the short term they wanted an addition at quarterback and upgrade and Stafford because they believe that they are a Super Bowl contender with that defense they have that little bit of window still open that they can make it back to the Super Bowl and they believe that Stafford was the guy to help lead them to the Super Bowl but for the Lions as far as the long term goes listen if it doesn't work out with Jared Goff guess what it's okay it's perfectly fine because you have two additional first round picks in the next two years that you can spend on another franchise quarterback you can also spend one of those if it works out with Jared Goff on a receiver for Jared Goff Devonte Smith is not out of the question this year for the Detroit Lions you can spend it on some defensive pieces as well for the Lions and long term I love it I really really do and I'm excited for you guys if you're a fan of the Detroit Lions short term let's see if the Rams can make this as a Super Bowl because if they don't in 2021 that window that they had when they last made it to the Super Bowl in 2018 slowly but surely it's closing let's see what's going to happen between those two quarterbacks and those two franchises but leave your comments down below do you feel like that the Lions won this trade and if so are you excited for the future for the Detroit Lions and for the Rams if you're a Rams fan or if you believe that the Rams won this trade what do you expect out of Matthew Stafford do you believe that this offense with Cooper Cup Robert Woods Tyler Higby and Cam Acres with the run game that they have that this offense could be Super Bowl contenders in 2021 leave your comments down below but that's all we have for this week's episode of time to football thank you guys so much for joining us for this Super Bowl edition of T2F make sure you guys subscribe to this channel so you can stay up to date when we come out with more videos every single week we're going to come out with videos throughout the off season so make sure you guys subscribe and stay notified when we come out with those videos and if you guys 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