 And then there were four, but how, who, why, and now what? Chris Carter, a hall of famer, answers all of those questions. So excited that he's joining the show today. Plus, I will give love to the teams who fell short because those are the high vibes we need on a Monday. I know you're thinking, K, I thought you destroyed that studio. What sort of wizardry and trawichery and trickery is this? This is a green screen. I'm actually, this is kind of a green sweater. I thought I was gonna be a floating head in here today, but it's not. I'm in New York today, so thankful to everyone over at Fandle for making that happen for me. And I watched a lot of throw down round on an airplane. It was cutting in and out, so I appreciate everybody keeping me updated on Twitter. It was a doozy. And there's only four teams left standing for championship weekend in the NFC. Woo-hoo! The top two seeds advanced, kind of as expected. The Eagles host the Niners at three Eastern next Sunday. Hopefully Marissa survived. I haven't heard from Marissa since the game, so I hope she's okay. Are you alive, McBride? Let me know. I wanna hear from Eagles fans. How are you feeling this morning? How is that hangover still in full effect this morning? This will be San Francisco, by the way. How about this? 18th appearance in a conference championship game all time. That's more than any other team in NFL history. And then over on the AFC side, da-da-da-da, da-da-da-da-da. At 6.30 Eastern, there will be no neutral site as TikTok's football boyfriend, Borough said. Better send those refunds. Love that. Host the Bengals. Have you heard that before? Yeah, a couple times three. In fact, at Arrowhead, that's happening for the second straight season. It's also the fifth straight year. We gotta give some love here to the Chief's fifth straight year that the AFC championship is held in Kansas City. That is legend stuff. That is dynasty stuff. Just an unreal accomplishment by Andy Reed and company. Okay, where do we start? We start with a game that was played last night, right? And I don't know, it's my show. And we decide to start where we want. Here's a fangirl prowl then. Lean and angry, here comes the prowl then. Lean and hungry and I'll pass it through. Don't sue me, whoever made up the song. Pass your boots. And if that's the case, hop, hop, hop. Sit down, fangirl, pass it through. I might do this for the whole song. Okay, fine, I won't. But to use the parlance of Sinsey Great, Chris Collinsworth, here's a team that shot up to Snowy Buffalo. Buffalo, who I've never seen a team universally chosen to win a Super Bowl in my lifetime in the beginning of the season, in the off season and everything in between. They shot up there and they didn't win. They dominated this team from start to finish 27-10. And I could be, listen, and I have it in me. Let's, we all know it. I could be Petty Murphy up here and start pulling out receipt after receipt, so CVS the ones. But it's only an hour long show, people. I mean, could I dig into a division rival all-time great saying the Bengals have zero chance to win this game, a friend of the show? I could do that, I could spend my time doing it. Or could I call out a prominent New York City radio ding-dong who said the Bengals are a flawed team that they may not even win their division, that the AFC is a two-dog race? It's the Bills and the Chiefs? Sure, I could do that, but we have time for that in the off season. We have time for that later this week. Today, we celebrate what was a near flawless performance. Today is for the Hayden Hursts and the Lou and Arumos and the Eli Apples. I mean, who saw that coming? So let's go. And Joe Burrow who turned in another incredible playoff performance, okay? Coming through in the clutch, once again. And as great as he was, and as great as Mixon was, he looked unreal yesterday and we're all worried about the reshuffling of that offensive line. Andrew River's like, see, we don't need them, we don't need us. It was only possible because of the shuffling and the chemistry or whatever went down with this O-line, down three starters, they stepped up and completely controlled the line of scrimmage. If you look at what happened here, the Bengals rushed for 172 yards on over five yards per carry and on 39 drop backs, Joe Burrow was sacked just once and pressured just three times. Jackson Harmon, Cordell Wilson, Ted Karris, Mack Sharping, Hakima Denigy. These guys were picked apart and questioned all week long. How are you gonna do it? I'm here buying flights for Andrew River. I feel like such an idiot buying flights. You gotta get there. You gotta get there. What are they gonna do? How are they gonna protect Joe Burrow? So, I wanna make sure those names are heard and celebrated this morning. They could not have played better. Those rushing numbers are insane. And we also gotta give love to Coach Lou, ready to coach Lou Dance. Coach Lou needs to get a TikTok, all of that. This defensive coordinator needs to be head coached somewhere. I'm not gonna say that too loudly because I don't want him to leave Cincinnati. But all last week, I talked about what he's done as far as game planning against Patrick Mahomes. He went three and O against the Chiefs. Of course, he's a huge part of that. And he put together another masterpiece against another beast of a quarterback yesterday afternoon. The Bengals' defense held the bills to just 10 points, 10 points people, their lowest output of the entire season. Josh Allen posted a 68 passer rating, his second worst of the entire year. And the Bengals' running backs combined for just 37 yards on the ground. Coach Lou, whatever this ability is, this knack for game planning against high-powered, versatile offenses is really stunning. And it needs to be taken into account here. And I'm glad I see that he's getting some love. I mean, Kymes gives him love, that's a huge platform. But there needs to be more people talking about him as one of the league coordinators in this league who has the potential to take over as a head coach with one of these vacancies. We have to celebrate the fans as well. I was so sad I couldn't be there. I'm here in New York City. I was flying here during most of the game. I heard you. I heard you on my banged up recycled headphones on my jet blue flight that was going in and out. I heard you. I heard the who days. There were bar takeovers. I was seeing that all over Twitter and Instagram. There were the chance in the fourth quarter. That doesn't happen there. Not in Buffalo. That is a supreme fan base. That's the one you're trying to take off the power rankings of the most loyal, crazy, nutty fan base. And you went in there and I could hear you. That's amazing. And you get another loud one next. You get the chiefs. Three and no, I don't care. And no neutral site. We'll get into that all week, of course. Today's for celebrating and I hope everybody there is. And just remember, better send those refunds. And the most important thing is, they gotta play us. Let's move on. All right, let's go to Dallas. Who they think will be the bangles, who they? Love it. Wholesome. We're loving it for the bangles. We gotta talk about what happened with the Niners last night. Most shows starting with this game with good reason. I cannot wait to have Chris Carter on to talk about this. The Niners grinded out a win. That's no other way to put it here. 19-12 over the Cowboys. And it was far from their more dominant or prettier performances of the season. But it really did seem like everybody on that team stepped up when the game was hanging in the balance in the second half to get the job done. And we should start by giving some credit to the Niners past defense. I talked a lot last week about how they've been bottom five in pretty much every category over the final month of the season, how it might be an area Dallas could exploit. They have CD-Lam. They can do it if Dallas played like they did the week before. They were on point last night. Shut up, K-Adams. They intercepted Dak Prescott twice. They held them in just 206 yards and one touchdown pass on the day. And it was so impressive, even more impressive considering that they usually, the Niners past rush, they're always on point. They only had one sack and four quarterback hits on the day. So what does that do? But stress out and panic the secondary and put more on their plate than usual. And they held up and delivered. And then there was George Kittle. I mean, as if the Niners needed another iconic playoff catch. And what are we talking about here? He hauls this in. Acrobatic juggling beauty. Here we go. Oh, what? What? Unbelievable. This sparks the Niners only touchdown drive of the day late in the third quarter. And I don't see anyone dubbing it the catch part for yet, but I think it has to be under consideration. This was absolutely ridiculous and changed the game. So congrats to Kittle, who led the way for the Niners 95 yards. Rare form with all this antics as well. What's up? Or whatever they were doing with their tongues out and just all of the excitement. He was talking to the Skycam, all of that. But even in the excitement of that win and another Niners trip to the NFC title game, there were questions about how conservatively the Niners played offensively something I pointed out last week. I was worried about Shanahan stick to your guns. They scored fewer than 20 for the first time since Brock Purdy took over. Shanahan, I can't say this for a fact. He didn't say it this way in his post game either. To me seemed a little reluctant to put the game completely in the hands of his quarterback early on. Greg Olson mentioned it during the broadcast. I, did you guys have questions about it? Watching it unfold? Let me know. I had up an Adam show. And Kyle of course was asked about it right out the gates in his press conference. Let's take a listen. We know how good their defense was too. And we felt we really had to run the ball just to negate their pass rush because how special a pass rush they have. And for us to end up getting over 30 carries when you're only averaging like three, I think we had three five. Just shows how good the team was doing. Okay. But it's a reasonable explanation for sure. I know it's a chess match with his former boss Dan Quinn on the other side. I imagine, you know, a guy who knows what he likes to do offensively better than anyone. I would say this. If the Niners are going to get the job done and bring that Lombardi back to the Bay, they're going to have to lean on Brock a little bit more than they did yesterday. In Philly, the way Jaylen looks, the way that whole team looks, that's all I'll say. But congrats to the Niners for taking on the Cowboys. I'm gonna ask Chris Carter about the Cowboys very shortly, so don't go anywhere and stay tuned for that. But, you know, we gotta talk about this eagle seeing what they're going to face, right? They're going to host the NFC title game against the Niners after taking down the Giants 38 to seven on Saturday night. So there was concern about how healthy Jaylen was going to look. Was he going to look 100%? He even admitted leading up to the game his shoulder wasn't totally there. I think the issue was pretty much put to bed people with how he looked. He came out the gates hot. He carved up the Giants for three total touchdowns when it was as efficient as can be. This is as good as the Eagles' offense has looked all year. And Nick Siriani didn't hold back when talking about his quarterback's impact after the game. To have him out there is like, I know this is high praise, but to have him out there is like having, nah, I shouldn't even go there, but like he's having like Michael Jordan out there. Like he's your leader. He's your leader. He's your guy. Hopefully that's the biggest respect I can pay to him comparing to his ability to being on the field to a Michael Jordan type. I recall the conversation I had with TJ Edwards last week about his coach and I watched his coach on NFL Films talk about Bill Belichick and his demeanor and him being so stoic on the sideline and Nick Siriani. He's like, I want to be that. Nobody wants you to be that. You were the star in this game. And it was amazing. And he's calling him Michael Jordan. And while Hertz's impact was undeniable, I don't want to lose sight either of what this offensive line did. Lane Johnson, another guy, banged up, returns to the lineup and the Eagles obliterated the Giants up front. The birds averaged over six yards per carry on the ground. Do you understand? They punched in three touchdowns. They rushed for 268 on the night. And that's the most they put up on the ground in a playoff game since the 1949 NFL Championship game, 1949. I feel like we have this debate every year. Oh, do you really want the bye week? I don't know, momentum. Do you really want to rest guys? Don't you think it'll make them rest you, whatever? Like, can we table that? Can that be not a thing anymore? Because the one seed, clearly critical for the Eagles to give Hertz the extra week to get ready and to get Lane Johnson back. Those two things mattered so much. And at this stage of the season, everybody's banged up. So again, extra week has become more vital than ever. And after a bunch of late season injuries, people, this sent this team into a bit of a lull. There was concern. Spilly is flying as high as they have all year heading into this NFC title game. And it is going to be a heavy weight battle. All right, which game should we get to next? Let's go, Casey. Casey and their fans got the scare of a lifetime. Patrick Mahomes, of course, taken out of the game in the second quarter. He didn't want to leave. He was really demonstrative and very adamant about it. And it turns out he had a high ankle sprain, right? Chad Henney, Henney, think it happened. He held on the fort for 13 snaps under center. So much credit to Andy Reed adjusting as he did. And Mahomes returned at halftime. He comes out and leads Casey to a drama, dramatic win, and a chance for this rematch against the Bengals. Patrick clearly not right when he came back to start the second half. But it was one of those Mahomes tough, gutsy performances. Anybody that knows Mahomes was treating about it. He's tough, he wants to play. And it was capped by what you just saw. I think what I think we just saw, actually, didn't see it. We just showed their touchdown to Mark was about the scaling. Was that it? There we go. Let's take another look at this. I mean, this is gutsy. Are you kidding me? This is a way to add to a remarkable legacy that he's already carved out in Kansas City. And he deserves all the credit for this, for what he was able to do in that game, essentially, on one leg. I have to make sure Andy Reed, Eric Biennemi, and Chad Henney get some credit as well here this morning. And I'm sure Kansas City Chiefs fans feel the same way. Mahomes forced leave the game in second quarter. Henney got the hand of the ball, his own TR line, backed up in his own end zone. And this is how the Chiefs responded. They ripped off, look at this, 12 plays, OK? It's a 12-play 98-yard drive, OK? Over six minutes, including six first down pickups. What? Capped by a Henney touchdown pass to who else? Travis Kelce, who somehow is, that's what we have to ask Chris Carter. Are you kidding me? How do you go uncover the entire game? That was so stupid. The play calling and the adjustments on the fly, from Reed, from Biennemi, brilliant. And credit to Henney, because you can't, I mean, it's not all to Reed. He executed that in the craziest conditions, off the bench, cold, to get it done. And Mahomes agrees. Some big throws versus some pressure looks. I mean, they brought some heat whenever he came in the game. And he made some big throws and was able to get us into the end zone. And that was a big point in the game, because it was able to, that gave me the ability to kind of come back and rest and wait till halftime until we kind of re-taped into everything we could to get me ready to go in the second half. Levity said that you cannot ask for more out of your backup quarterback, or from Travis Kelce, who caught four passes from Henney on that drive, including the touchdown. He had two scores just under 100 yards, hauling in 14 grabs. That is a record. He set the NFL Playoff record for catches by a tight end in the world of Rob Gronkowski played in basically every game, a playoff situation for years and years and years. All that being said, you can't not be concerned about the injury going forward. High ankle sprain equals no bueno. It costs players multiple weeks, usually. I'm not a doctor, but even hearing that, and I know that he didn't leave on a crutch or had nothing going on. He wore the same shoes that he wore into the thing. That's all fine. And that's, you know, what does Mac, if you call it, vitamin T, vitamin Toradol? I've had Toradol. It's great. It works. I'm not an NFL player, but I assume it wears off in a couple of hours. I think the fact, the thing that sucks the most is that it's on his plant leg, right? We all saw how he could barely push off of it on Saturday. He said, and of course, he wants to play through it. And he's played in every frickin' AFC championship game since being a starter in the national football league. Think about that. But when it's on that leg, you gotta think it's gonna lose a bit of the deep ball action and reduce his mobility a little bit. And that was probably gonna affect how the Chiefs were on their offense. Luckily, they have Andy Reed. You can probably figure it out. But I'm interested to see what Chris Carter thinks on how they can adjust, or if it's as major of an issue for next Sunday. Yes, we have, you know, enough of me here. We got one of the best to ever do it. One of the best wide receivers in NFL history joining us. We are honored to be graced with the presence of Hall of Famer, Chris Carter. Man, we gotta talk about Chase and Burrow. Next. Oh, what the fuck is this? What are you doing? Joining us now, a wide receiver who played 16 seasons in the NFL, three-time all-pro, eight-time pro bowler, a Walter Payton man of the year. Please welcome Minnesota Vikings NFL legend, Hall of Famer, Chris Carter, how are you? Hey, what's going on? Good to see you. Listen, there's only four left, buddy. Oh, we lost Mr. Chris Carter. We'll try to dial him back here. I sort of miss my, I miss this background already. Mr. Chris Carter, do we have you? Yes. I hope we can hear you. Only four teams left. How do you feel after the weekend? Oh, that's amazing. Great storylines. We knew that Philadelphia and San Francisco were on a crash course to meet each other. Great defense first. Jayman, his development there in Philadelphia and that great roster that they have in Kansas City. I mean, they're supposed to be in the AFC Championship, but I know a lot of people are surprised that Buffalo is not there after losing the game at home. A lot of question marks as far as Buffalo moving forward, what direction should they actually go in? Chris, are you at a golf course right now? I'm actually at a learning center. Yes, at the back of the golf course, Audio's golf course in South Florida. So yes, but I'm not on the golf course. So, but I will be. That's amazing and that's what we love about it. I just saw the exit sign and I'm like, that's not your house. I don't think you have exit signs at your house. So I wouldn't be surprised because it's so big. Not that I've been there. I've not been to Chris Carter's house, but I imagine it's quite nice. Everybody, calm down. All right, let's get into some of these storylines. Mr. Carter, Niners, you mentioned them, right? They take down the Kyle boys. San Francisco has it all. Number one defense, the weapons, Kyle Shanahan. They got Jerry Rice on this island, doing all sorts of crazy stuff. What did you think of Brock Purdy's performance and how Kyle managed him? Well, first of all, you gotta give Kyle Shanahan a lot of credit for what he's done, not only in his playoffs, but that last quarter of the season with a guy with no experience. Also, Brock Purdy, when you look back at him and people start studying him, he's comfortable throwing the ball. So he's not a young quarterback that they're trying to manage him so much that he can't throw the ball. That's the typical what we see. Now, his ability to be comfortable and Shanahan calling the right plays and utilizing the offense, but what they did from a front office standpoint is the reason why they're in the NFC championship. And that's when you trade for a superstar and you take that chance and he decides not to go to the Rams and come to the 49ers. That to me is the biggest story coming out of this weekend for San Francisco. They don't make that trade. They can't ride him. And Brock Purdy is definitely not, he doesn't have enough experience to be able to hold the team, to be able to be the team like Dallas. Do you think that they'll have to lean on him more if they go up, look at what Jalen looks like with what that Eagles team looks like? Every week, you can't hide the quarterback less and less. So teams will put you in a predicament that you're, when you talk about Philly over 70 sacks, oh no, they're not gonna go run the ball against Philly like they have against other teams. They're gonna have to go to make plays all levels. He's gonna have to go throw the ball deep down the field. So this will be the most strenuous test and you gotta give the Philly fans. This is gonna be a crazy environment for a rookie quarterback. So I think it's a very, very daunting task for him to build a goal to Philadelphia and get them to the Super Bowl. What impressed you most about Jalen's performance? I mean, he's not a hundred percent. He's out there. They rushed a lot like you're talking about, but what can you take away from that from Jalen's perspective? I think the pinpoint accuracy. The problem with running quarterbacks, if you've seen some of the greatest runners that we've had, that being Randall Cunningham and Michael Fitt, when they took that running away, were they accurate enough as pastors? And you could see that he's a pastor of the football. And early in the game, that's what allowed their offense to get momentum for them to be able to get confidence and build spread the ball around. I mean, he's got a lot of talent around him. And they didn't have to rely on his legs an awful lot. So I think his overall confidence, pinpoint accuracy, when you talk about Jalen, I think that's maybe one of the four or five attributes as a quarterback, but that's the part of his overall development, how accurate he can throw the ball now. I mean, he threw two touchdowns, Chris, before he hit an incompletion. It was incredibly confidence expiring. And I'm sure it's gonna pay dividends when they're back at home this week. Do the Niners have a chance? Of course they do. When you have the number one defense, you have an all pro and all star at every level which they do. Warner, the linebacker, Boza, their safety is a very, very good player. And the way they run to the football and force turnovers. Yes, defensive football is never going out of sound care. I don't care what decade you look at, if you're one of the dominant defense, you're gonna have a chance to go to a Super Bowl in San Francisco. They're not just a dominant defense. They got good special teams. And they're very, very physical in their offensive line and very athletic as far as the skilled guys. So this is a great matchup. Jerry Rice was everywhere. I gotta ask you, he's there. He's on the side of his catch and passes after touchdowns. He's got this necklace on. What is this game date necklace? What do you make of this? What are your thoughts? Well, Jerry didn't have a lot of fun when he was playing. So as he's gotten older, he's gotten a little bit looser and is trying to have a good time. I mean, he is Mr. 49er. When you talk about success, I love Jerry. He was always an inspiration to me and it's nice to see that he's having a good time around his team. He is living his best life. He certainly is. And I mean, the trajectory of the Vikings, they're looking good too. So maybe you'll be on the sidelines here in a year to come in another year with Kevin O'Connell. I wanna talk about Dak. I know the Cowboys lost. Maybe we shouldn't be talking about them. But it's a puzzle here. Year seven, Chris, he's missed five games and still led the NFL in interceptions. Brutal loss last night. Let's listen to Jerry Jones. Well, I thought this team with Dak at quarterback, I thought we had a chance to get to and compete at the top level in this tournament. I really did. And that was our edge here tonight. I thought the quarterback, the experience of the quarterback, they might have a little edge. How much is on Dak and how do they fix it? Where do they go from here? Well, it's so easy. If you're gonna analyze the game, it's so easy to blame coaches. It's so easy to blame people like Jerry. But as a NFL player, you are responsible for your personal growth. You are responsible for getting better. You're responsible for analyzing yourself and taking the things that you don't do well and making them strengths. So I'm not here to be hearing about always not Dak's fault. Well, whose fault is it? Because at this point, given as much experience in the supporting cast and the resources they put around him, you expect him to be able to get to the next level, especially playing against a rookie quarterback. When we met stat sheets after the game, I can't have a rookie quarterback outperforming me. And we don't have Aaron Rodgers in the playoffs. And we see how good Jalen's playing and we got all these up and coming young quarterbacks. Like Dallas has to really question, what do I have moving forward? I had San Francisco and they had a rookie, their third string quarterback playing and we weren't good enough to build a beat there. So will we be good enough in the future? That is a real question in Dallas. Chris, when you watch him play, how much of it is coaching and play calling? Well, if you look at the interceptions, even if you look at the big play, the CD land where Fred Warren was running down the middle and the ball got reflected. T.Y. Hilton was wide open probably for a touchdown. And there were other times during the game that I was watching T.Y. Hilton that I thought the ball could have gone to him. Now, Dallas has less talent in the receiving core they've had the last couple of years. So what you saw that doing was trying to force the football. And you have to be a superior athlete where you're gonna get a lot of first downs with your legs or you're gonna have to be a guy that can throw the ball deep down the field like Brett Farr that I'm going to accept those interceptions. So I don't think that is either one of those, like Josh Allen, a superior athlete once in a generational type talent. I'll take some mistakes from him because he makes more game-winning plays. That has to play conservative. You can't turn the football over. Turn the football over will cost you in the NFL more than anything else. It's excellent. I mean, amazing analysis. We're so grateful to have you. I find, you know, Jerry Jones can be hard to empathize with. It's just hard to feel bad for him, right? And I watched him yesterday and I started to feel a little bad. And I was like, why are you... And it's just, we don't know how many shots he has of this thing. We're being completely, not to be morbid, but it's true and it matters so much to him, Chris. What do they do here with us now? People get carried away in that. I played 16 years. I never won a Super Bowl. I don't hear anybody saying, oh, man, Chris Park deserved one. You don't deserve nothing enough. What you get is what you earn. I looked at Jerry Jones. He got a 300-foot yacht or something, sitting in Miami. He's all right. He's won several Super Bowl. He's a billionaire. He's all right. His football team is not good enough to be in the championship game or to be in the Super Bowl. The reason why they haven't been able to get to the Super Bowl in the last 30 years is because he's not managed the cap and he hadn't spent dollars on the right players to be able to get them over the hump. So Jerry used to take a lot of blame, more of the blame than that to take. Okay. I don't feel bad for him anymore. You completely switched that. For a second, I was feeling a little sympathy for him. Like, I want him to win one. And you have golfers walking in the back of you. I love golfers. You tell me how bad you feel about golfers. All right. I don't feel bad for him anymore. Or you, because you're at this amazing golf course and you're living your best life, which I love for you. Bangles. I saw you tweet yesterday and I loved seeing it about Joe Borough. Joe Borough, who is nearly flawless. This is his fifth career playoff win. He connects with Jamar Chase for an early touchdown. Do we have Chris? Do we have him? Okay. There he is. What makes this connection unique and special? Well, for one, even though they're young players, they're very, very disciplined at their crack. He's not supposed to. There's a thing at the top of the route. It's called an indicator. So typically, if I'm going to go this way, I hit this way to the quarterback. So the quarterback knows that he can release the football. If you see how well they're in the same, when he's double cover, he'll put the ball in a position that only Chase can get the football. And Joe Borough is one of the most accurate quarterbacks that we've ever had. He will be a legendary quarterback. Not only his poise, but his accuracy. This was a match that was developed in Louisiana, the LSU. And it's now, they could be able to play 10, 12 years together. And you'll see them win a lot of playoff games together. But as you don't see them making mistakes, that's why you don't see them throwing into coverage. And that's why you see Chase continuing to develop, plays outside, plays in the backfield, plays in the slot. That speaks to his football IQ. Two very, very smart football players that they have with the base. High praise from a legend. Hall of Famer saying this about these two young players. Now it's Bengals at Chiefs, Borough 3, Mahomes 0. It's round four of this matchup. How concerned are you about Patrick Mahomes and this high ankle sprain? If you look at Patrick Mahomes in a couple of games, if you look at him in the Tampa Bay game in the Super Bowl and his inability, because that defense was all over the field and utilized his low. If you look at the Super Bowl win that they had, they don't win that game if Patrick Mahomes doesn't run the football at key moments. His legs with his arm and his football mindset and his overall creativity, those are the things that make him great. It's not just his arm. It's not just Andy Reed. It's not just a play calling. It's the combination because if you look at his most spectacular plays, his arm gets to Craig, but his legs got him on the sideline. His legs got him through the rest. So I'm very, very concerned of any NFL player that's playing with a high ankle sprain because I know the ankle is not stable. And I know that he's going to have to build a plant that right foot and drive the ball down into the field in Kansas City. It's going to be cold. So I'm very, very concerned about the Chiefs and Patrick Mahomes knowing the play at the level we're used to. It's hard with those deep balls and you get that specific leg and then he improvs quite a bit to do what they do. That mobility really matters with this quarterback. Listen, there are a bunch of fans that were real upset after the weekend. And I want your opinion on this. Bill's offensive coordinator Ken Dorsey, Mike Kafka with the Giants. They spent time away from their teams interviewing for these head coaching gigs. And Ryan's also only to see offenses struggle a little bit. Are fans blowing stuff out of proportion here or is having these coordinators interviewed during the playoffs a real distraction that we should address? No, it's not a real distraction. But let me give those fans some real things that they missed during the 17 game practice season. Buffalo had problems offensively all year. They have they have a concern. I'm concerned of who their second and third receiver is and can they be consistent enough opposite of digs to be able to give them the type of, you know, when I have a wide receiving core, I want to be like a basketball team. I want a big guy. I want a small guy scoring guy. I want a guy that's going to play with a lot of energy. And to me, I'm concerned about the overall development of their younger receivers. Colbeasley did a decent job in the slot, but you can't depend on Colbeasley when you're trying to go to the Super Bowl. So they don't run the football. They have problems as far as their offensive line being down all year. All year, these things happen. So now they don't play well against Cincinnati. So now it's Dorsey's fault. They've been having these problems all year. Let's go to the Giants. The least amount of explosive plays of any team in the NFL. They're lucky they played Minnesota with that pathetic defense in week number one in the playoffs. That's the only reason why they had fans. This is no great offense. This is Daniel Jones and Barkley. Both of them having the best seasons of their career. So the Giants have no reason to complain about that offense because there's nothing special about that offense. Spend some money and go get you some playmakers. Sign Daniel Jones to a long-term contract. Him and Barkley, that's your best bet. We need those coaches alone because this is what we saw during the break. You think they'll sign, say, Kwan and Daniel Jones. I hope they do. They should. I don't know if they will, though, Chris. You can't let good players go out the door. You have a very young coach who did a phenomenal job. He changed the culture there with the Giants. They're going to be a physical football team, offensively. You can't do it without those two marquee players. Send a message to the locker room. If you play well here, the Giants, we will pay you. They got money. I'm sure they have run out of money at the time. They used to pay their players. These guys have played well enough to get paid. I think the Giants didn't have the talent. That's why they were outclassed. It was straight up a talent thing. I think the Bills, and it wasn't just this game. I think the Bills missed Brian Dable all year. You can see what the relationship is. The relationship is the quarterback going to keep developing. Josh Allen, now six playoff games. He's three and three. I mean, we can play about that press guy. That press guy, it's two and three. So losing at home, there is no excuse. This offense did not evolve. And those relationships, when you lose people like Dable, when you lose that relationship, that connection, sometimes you see the player suffer. And that's what I thought we saw with Josh this year. We brought lack of development compared to the superstar expectation we had going into the season as the leading MVP candidate. And these leaps that we saw under Dable from year to year that were insane and like really incredible to see. And then it sort of didn't happen this year. Is there a team of these four that you're all in on? Well, Chris Carter, Hall of Fame, legend throw in with one of these four teams for the rest of the way. I had to roll with the birds, man, the Eagles. If there's a team roster wise, top to bottom, they are the best roster. And I do believe that they will present a number of problems to the 49ers. So the Bengals have the worst defensive front. So even though Patrick Mahone's a good matchup because they have the least amount of talent in the defensive front. But if I had to put money down, I know fan duo, they talk about that. If I had to put money down, Philadelphia is two. I'm rolling. It's well said. Alright, one more question. I'll let you go golf. You're picking Philadelphia or you're at least riding with them. You're championing them. You have a lot of playoff experience, 14 playoff games. That's tons, tons of experience, most stressful moments. Wins losses, the biggest stages. You go into that building this week at the link and you get to talk to Devonta Smith, who was incredible. You talked to Ajah Brown and you get to talk to Jalen Hertz. What are you saying? What is your most important piece of advice in dealing with the big playoff game? It's really about sacrifice. And no matter what you're doing the next three weeks, no one's going to remember unless you win this game and win the Super Bowl. So for me, it's just a matter, can we be locked in for three weeks for each other? People always talk about the NFL brotherhood. Can me and my brothers get locked in to put everything on the line that winning the game is the most important thing. So it's still football, it's still tackling, it's still throwing, catching, not turning the ball over. But what I see teams doing, they spend time doing stuff that really doesn't matter. And when you're walking away from this game and you can't play this game like myself, you'll look back on those games and say, man, did I do everything that I could of from sun up to sun down to give my team and my partners an opportunity to win? So it's about sacrifice. And the team that makes the sacrifice is going to host that Lombardi trophy in three weeks. And I know it's worth it. Chris Carter, I have goosebumps from just you saying that they should call you and have you come and speak to that team. And I'm sure you're talking to those guys in the building. I know you are. And there's all the buildings. That is really incredible stuff. I got to tell you something, not a bone to pick with you, but how funny is it that it just came to me that you are at the golf course that women can't get into? And you said that I can't get into this golf course. Well, guess what, Chris Carter? I beat the system. I'm in the golf course. Hey, hey, you're here. Look at it. You're here. I've made it. Yeah, you're here. Okay. You're up in here. Anybody watching, we were on. Don't move the thing. Oh, we're going to lose you. We were on good morning football and Audios is a very prestigious golf course. You might have lost Chris that that, and you know, it's just one of the rules. It's not up to Chris. It's a rule at the golf course. They don't allow with female guests, I believe at the golf course. It's just whatever it is. And I was so bummed out by that and like, you know, outrage to Chris Carter about it. And you were, we had so much fun with that. And here you are at the golf course and I beat the system. And I feel like a winner. You're winning, Kay. You know you're winning. And you know what? I'll say this, you're the internet. They need to say audios to their internet provider over at that golf course, because it is not great, but your insights are incredible. And I cannot tell you how much I appreciate you taking the time. You are an absolute legend and just a Hall of Fame guy too. Thank you so much, Chris. Thank you, Kay. We'll see you soon. Thank you. Enjoy your golf game. All right, coming up on Up and Adams, I'll give you some thoughts on some of the teams that got knocked out because the vibes need to stay high. Trevor Lawrence, you got a lot to look forward to, kid. Chin up. All right, back on Up and Adams show. Big thanks to an absolute legend, Hall of Fame or Chris Carter for coming on. Choppy internet, but amazing takes. And we got the gist of all of them. So we appreciate that. And I want to take a second here, talk to some teams that got sent home this weekend. We'll hit two of these today, two of these tomorrow. And you know, getting to this point needs to be considered a success. Not moral victory, participation trophy stuff, but I'm saying some of these things need to be looked at as high vibes going into the off season. So let's start with some love here for the Jags, because the Jags weren't even supposed to be in the playoffs, let alone make it as far as they did not this year. And I know that right now for those players, coaches and fans, there's not much consolation, but it's important to look at the bigger picture and keep some perspective. So Jags fans, I know you have the heartache of dropping a game when a lot of things went your way, right? Jacksonville couldn't take advantage of Henny going into the game or the hobbled the homes later on. And that sucks. But this year was such a huge success for this young team. This was also year one of the Doug Peterson era. You earned a division, tile baby, a remarkable playoff win. And you got to see your young quarterback blossom. I mean, the confidence of this kid was through the roof and he's such a leader. I loved this video that we saw surface after the game, Trevor Lawrence. He goes, no, I'm going to stop here and I'm going to dapp up every single player in the tunnel on the way back to the locker room, picking up his guys after what was a hard fought loss and incredible season. They picked him up to get to this game after he threw four picks in the first half. So this year is a building block for this group. I cannot wait to see what he does in your tooth, Doug Peterson. This is not a 2017 flukey bid to the AFC championship game that in the next year falls apart. No, you have leadership, you have stability. You've got Calvin Ridley entering the chat as well. So look out AFC for the Jags and I don't want to hear them overshadowed. Like everybody talked about the bangles. Like they weren't going to be here. It was a one year thing. That's not this. And I want to see it when the picks are made as far as the division is concerned heading into next season. And they're not the only ones dealing with some heartbreak this morning. The Bill's fans are reeling. I can't even, I can't even imagine. I can't even imagine being the overwhelming favorite to win by pretty much everyone all year before the Von Miller move was made. Then for sure universally after that was made before the season was even started before fantasy drafts even happened. And the Bill's should be able to contend for the next couple of years but this is the biggest disappointment. I can't think of a bigger one. And the road is only going to get tougher. Schefter reminding everyone pretty much the moment the game ended. They have a lot of key players set to hit free agency. They're projected $8 million over the cap for next year already. And Josh Allen's $40 million cap hit. Chris Carter said at three and three that is set to kick in. So plenty of time to dig into this in the off season. But I bring this up for a reason and I'm starting to say like high vibes. What are you saying? Kay, you're making us feel worse. I want to point out that this might have been the best collection of talent the Bill's will have in the window with Josh Allen. And I think that's what makes this ending especially devastating in Buffalo. This was supposed to be the year. I know there were injuries and they mounted as the years progressed and the Bill's are still going to have their chances as long as Josh Allen is there. But this one is going to sting for a while. Just take it, sit on it for a little bit have faith in Josh Allen. As we can see the interceptions and all of that confidence is what matters. I'm convinced this year more than anything. Brock Purdy is more confident than a Skylar Thompson than a lot of other quarterbacks. Confidence is what matters. Trevor Lawrence, it's not like he didn't have the skills it's not like Trevor Lawrence didn't have the hardware to do what he did this year. He didn't have the confidence. Urban Meyer did not provide him with that. And then you saw what he looked like flourishing when it started to happen. Look at Christian Watson out there with this Packer squad, different position obviously. They didn't even make the playoffs but he dropped a couple of balls couldn't get it going shattered. All of a sudden scores a couple of tutties in a game. His confidence is to the roof. Don't, as Bill's fans, take that from the team. That's on you. A lot of that is on you. It's on the coaches, it's on whatever. Do your part with that. And I know that you will. Support Josh Allen. He is your quarterback. He is your leader. You can get there and get it done with him. Chill for a little bit. And then we of course rebuild. And Bill's fans, if I can get you to root for the Bengals instead of the Chiefs, please let me know how you're feeling about that at an Adam show. We'll be back here with some social moments from the week and we'll of course speak to the Giants fans tomorrow. George Kittle had a lot of fun. I would too if I was going to the NSC Championship game now. If I were to meme this it would be something like when Wettel sees he has a scheduled appearance on Up and Amps this week. Eric Wettel will be on the show. Bengals fans must see appointment viewing. We'll be back. I'm sorry to say, they got zero chance against Bill's. This is a very distressing interview. We tried to be nice. They can't protect Joe. We made a poster for you. Okay, they can't, they can't protect him. Ooh, let's bring in Matthew Hamilton. As a show, we have a decision to make. Eric Wettel knows he has a scheduled appearance on our show this week. We're thinking maybe we bump it up. We have him eat his medicine early and we just get it over with. And Bengals fans are out for blood. I'm not used to this from Bengals fans. They're usually really affable and happy. How do we handle this? And what do Bengals fans want from Eric Wettel? An apology? I mean, he's not sweating this. That's what I meant by my tweet. Like he doesn't really care that he said that. He'll move on. So what do we do? Yeah, he's a grown man and he knew exactly what he was doing when he came out and said that. You know, as a former Raven, he obviously has some, some feelings towards the Bengals. You know, I think, I think there's a couple different options. We could have him come out and kind of take his medicine a little bit. Or you know, you can offer him some kind of assistance here. You can try to help him out. He's a member of our family, you know. Yeah. I don't like that Bengals fans have a right to be upset because it was disrespectful and it was and he knows that and there's a rivalry there. But I don't like the people who are discrediting that by saying like, we wasn't a good player. And like, he doesn't know what he's talking about. Like, let's be real. He's one of the best. Like we can cool it on that. I will say, what do we do with Eric Wettel? Should we stage an intervention? Should we bring on Andrew Whitworth and say, we care about you, Eric. We're here to support you. Do you want to, you know, fix this? What if he doubles down and says chiefs? You know, what if, who knows what's going to happen? He probably will. I feel like Commodus. I'm Commodus and Gladiator. Like what are we doing? Are we taking him down? Are we doing this? Like what's going on? What should we do with our Eric Wettel appearance? What do you want from him, Bengals fans? Let us know. Hamler, excellent job on all of this. We'll be back tomorrow. A real uplifting one for the bills, by the way, by you.