 I didn't sleep all night and I have an orange sledgehammer. You know what that means, it's Friday on Up In Atoms, baby Brenda Marshall. It'll be on the show. I've got X-Factors for these games on the AFC side of the playoff picture and Sam Munson is here, I see Champagne. Here's the deal, it's Friday. It is Up In Atoms, it is the final show that we are doing on this set. Not the final show in the studio, right? And we're sort of acting like we've been here for 12 years, like we're on some sort of part of the interruption sort of run. Not true, but this is like very, it's home. Dolly's up there and Tom Petty at Joe Burrow, Lamar's up there. The Rolling Stones album is up there. We are doing a little bit of a remodel, so you never know, it'll be like Carmen Sandiego, where am I and any which day on this program. So we're also gonna destroy the set. Matt Hamilton is here. I think you came to the set once. Yes, yes you did. Yep, I did and I'm terrified right now. Yeah, well should I use this one? Or, oh God, it's so heavy. Oh my God. Or is this one a Hamilton? This is actually something. Definitely that one. Do you have safety goggles or any type of safety equipment or are you just gonna free ball on us? Was that an Eric Weddle joke? What do you mean? He does our safety goggles. I don't, I think we do for the Champagne shower, don't we, we don't have the goggles. We might have goggles. Do I need goggles? Okay, let's do it. Oh my God. Yeah, I would say yes. Okay, so here's the question that apparently, somebody told me that there's a side bet going on. Can I actually get, this looks like granite, this wall back here, can we show it? This looks like a granite wall, cement, something. Can I get a sledgehammer through that wall on one, what's that, on seven times? Guys, I will just think about the worst thing that's, I can think about lots of things that'll get that sledgehammer through that wall. We'll see, oh my God, this is like literally 25 pounds. Okay, Hamilton, we'll talk to you in a little bit. We got a good show, Hammy. We got Sam Munson on the program. Oh my God. I'm just gonna drop that right there. Let's get into it. Brandon Marshall will be on the program and you know, he always has a lot to say. We wanna dig in to some of these matchups with him as well, but I do wanna get to some X factors and things that I'm looking for here and I wanna start with the Cowboys and Niners. You can put on the Bengal Salmit too. Oh, I heard him. Does he have that on the air? Hamilton, put his mic down. Gosh, Kyle Shanahan. Kyle Shanahan has it all going on right now, right? His team is red hot, winners of 11 straight, loaded of a roster that exists in the league. Am I even historically good, I'm not even kidding. His play calling's been creative, brilliant of course and these guys are all bought in. Look at the effort level on blocks that Hamilton showed us a little bit of this yesterday so I wanted to sort of detail this kiddle. I, you, got this Debo touchdown. This is just last weekend. So these stars for the Niners, they're not just talented, they are all in. They're putting the team first, they're working their butts off on every play and there's an unselfishness and remember that word. There's an unselfishness with these players and who's doing what and when and how that needs to be recognized and could be a big reason that they go all the way. Now, but even with all of those things going for them, I love how Shanahan isn't allowing anyone to get complacent and he knows what time it is. So listen to him from Wednesday. Won a lot of games in a row and done some good things and I think it's easy to look over things but that's your goals and just to win those games. Your goal is to be the last team standing and you've got to get better each week at that and sometimes human nature when you've won so many games in a row, people stop looking at how to get better. They think they've arrived and you just, you need to show them on the tape and you need to speak it because players aren't always seeing it that way. They watch their assignment and what they're doing but they don't always see the big picture and it's our job to show them that what they need to do to carry out their job at the highest level. I like this a lot. Kyle's been so close to the top of that mountain. He knows better than anyone how quickly it can get taken away from you or carried off in a backpack, which is a joke I like to make here on the show so people don't forget that that happened but it's a bit of a long sound bite. It's meaningful because he doesn't take any of this for granted. There's so much pressure on him this year because the team is so stacked and while he does still have the escape lever of being forced to start his rookie seventh round or a quarterback if things do go south, it's not gonna be like, oh, you had the best team ever and you had Jimmy Garoppolo even or a better quarterback. Like you do have a seventh rounder who wasn't supposed to even be out there. I think Shanahan realizes what he can do for his legacy to win a Super Bowl with a Brock Purdy at quarterback. No rookie quarterback has ever won a Super Bowl. That's dead, I've said it a million times. It still exists, let alone a Mr. Irrelevant type guy. So the Niners, they gotta take care of business this weekend before we get to sniff any of that. And I wanna see how Kyle is in this game. He's got the weapons, he's got the game plan but he's got a lot to cement his legacy. Is he gonna stay loose? If things get tight, is he gonna stick to his identity and not let some of the things that have happened in the past creep in? This team is at this point because of who he is and how he coaches this team. This guy's on a roll and he's probably and hopefully going to stay aggressive. Now the other side of the matchup of life door. Ah! Let's talk about the Cowboys. Then the run, boo! Oh, that guy. All right, they have plenty of big names, right? They got plenty of established stars, wearing stars. It's all inception-wise we get it. But it is a rookie O-lineman that might be the X-factor in deciding this one. I submit the versatile Tyler Smith, okay? He starts off working at guard and camp. But when Tyron Smith, a legend, goes down, he moves into the left tackle spot and thrives. It was like he was born to be there. He started 16 games there then for the Cowboys wild card game for the Bugs. He slid back inside to guard. So while future Hall of Fame where Jason Peters got the start at left tackle, only for Smith to move back. And he gets the straight back to tackle once Peters got hurt. Do you get that? Does any of that make sense to you? They've been shuffling this thing around all year in its work and Peters still has not practiced. That's the latest. He's got a hip injury and that means there's a pretty good chance that we see. Boop! Tyler Smith get the start at left tackle and the task of... Ah! Dun, dun, dun! Containing NFL sock leader Nick Bosa. So if there's one rookie who I'm not worried about shying away from the task, it happens to be this X factor. For starters, he's not going to get rattled by the pressure the media might be putting on him. As reminded by this clip of him on draft it, we're gonna go back into the file. Take a look. Well, I try to stay away from the media, definitely. I feel like, you know, everybody has an opinion. It's like, you know, like buttholes, you know. Everybody has one. But... That was awesome. Like, um... Mike McCarthy like knows he's on camera. He's like, what did you just say? What is going on here? I've talked to Tyler. He's very thoughtful. I would characterize him as funny as you just saw and he's a, you know, a nice guy with good vibes off the field. Make no mistake. This is a monster. This is a sledgehammer. Ready to go! In this weekend's game against the number one defense. I mean, when he steps between those lines, are you joking with his pancake? This is a... Is that Devin White? Is that all pro Devin White that he lands at? Are you kidding me? He's already built a reputation for delivering what you just saw there, devastating blocks. And you know, he's gonna try and add Nick Bosa to that list on Sunday. And I've not confirmed. I think they... I'm not gonna make the joke. I'm not gonna make the butthole joke. No, I'm making it. Okay. I talked earlier in the week about it. Some of the issues for the Niners are in coverage, right? They've allowed the most touchdowns in the NFL through the air over the last month. That's secondary. So Tyler's been able to keep Bosa away from the deck. They are going to be in a good spot here. There's going to be tons of opportunities for the Cowboys to hit big plays downfield. But if the O-line struggles and this Niner seems as good as it is, then they show up the way that they should and will. It's going to be a long day for Dallas. So I know my eyes are going to be glued on an epic upfront battle. All right. Let's go to the other side of the NFC. I'm going to get my arm workout in. This is actually legit heavy. It's not like a toy one. Just so everyone knows. Like, oh, I'm going to smash my computer like office space. Oh, you're taking your picture. I get a daily photo taken of me. And I don't know why. All right. We're going to go to the other side of the NFC. The Giants travel to Philly to take on the Eagles. We have tomorrow night already. We had Eric Weddle on yesterday. We're going to talk a lot of grief about this, but we asked him about wink, right? And I can't help but think that the X factor in the game for New York is the defensive coordinator. All right, Don, let's do this. He's long been regarded as one of the league's top defensive minds from his days back with Eric Weddle in Baltimore. Eric Weddle who lights up at the thought of his name and then will like glows about him from way back then to this complete transformation of the Giants defense this season. The Giants rank 25th as you see in total D. Look at how they rank in top key areas, like the most of the most important ones. Top five in third down D. Top five in red zone and sixth when it comes to generating pressure. They rank just 29th in that category a year ago. That's an improvement. That is a wink emoji improvement. They went from a sort of punching bag in 2021 to bend but don't break this season. And that's a huge step in the right direction in just a year. It's very impressive. But even with those big improvements, this guy knows his works cut out for him this weekend against Jalen Hart. Take a listen to this. Everybody's saying he's having an MVP season. I agree because he can beat you with his legs. He can beat you just being a dropback quarterback. He can beat you with a sore shoulder. You know, I mean, he can beat you a lot of different ways. And that's a great challenge because, you know, there's a few, you know, just a few quarterbacks that can do it that way. And, you know, you can have him dead rights back there in a pocket and he's a magician. He'll get out of it. And I just really, you know, I'm not happy for the guy right now because I'm preparing for him. But you can see the work that he put in the past off season and where he's at today is to me is two completely different quarterbacks. And yeah, kind of like the Giants defense from last year to this year, Don. That is ultimate respect. High praise from a guy who's been around the game for a long time. And even with as well as Daniel Jones in this offense played last week, I think Wink is going to have to come up with literally the game plan of his life if the Giants have a chance at pulling off what would be a massive upset at the link. Marisa, you can start drinking now. This game being at night is ridiculous. What are we thinking, NFL? They're asking for it. The link's going to be crazy. But you know what else is crazy? The Giants, Dexter Lawrence, Dave Antibodou, Leonard Williams, they've been turning up of late. So New York's going to have a real chance at making something happen. I'm very excited to hear what Brandon Marshall has to say about this. Now, we saw Wink pretty much erased Justin Jefferson a week ago. He limited the league's leading receiver to just 47 yards in the Giants wild card win. And that leads me to the X factor. Then let's slip over to the eagle side of this thing because if Wink is able to have that kind of effect on A.J. Brown, it's game over. I mean, it's going to create an opportunity for Mr. Heisman Trophy, Devonta Smith, to have a big night. And A.J. obviously stole all the headlines. We talked about a massive impact he's had on the eagle offense. But do not sleep on how dangerous the old slim reaper has been this year as well. I mean, Devonta ranked ninth among receivers. 98 catches. Sorry, 95 catches. Eighth in yards and catch it. Oh, sorry. Yards and yak tied for 12th with seven touchdown catches on the year. And just the second year, guys. And he's already established himself as one of the elite receivers in the league. And I just love the NFL Films video where it's raining and he puts the towel on his head because he doesn't want to catch cold and he doesn't like the cold and neither do I. And so I feel like we have a bond. I have not won a Heisman Trophy like he has, but that's okay. It's not just A.J. He's made an impact and it's been felt heavily and in his rivalry. And the Eagles first win over the Giants. Remember this touchdown? If I remember correctly, this was on a fourth down. This completely broke the game open for Philly. This was the 48 to 22 blowout win, everybody. So I would expect him to play a huge role again because the Giants, they have shown, sorry to say Marissa, they have shown that they have the ability to take the opposition's number one target. So Devante's presence is going to make this week's game plan a whole lot more complicated. All right, that's it. Are we done? Brandon Marshall is ready. I'm taking a sledgehammer ruining the studio today. Can I make it through? I can't believe seven swings. What do you think? I think literally seconds and I'll give you that one. No problem. Let's not waste any time in bringing our good, sorry, our co-host, our co-host. Yes, yes, yes. And I am athlete media mogul, Brandon Marshall. My co-host, how are you? I'm good. I'm good. I'm going to try not to say something that I shouldn't say today. Uh-oh. Hey. Uh-oh. Hey, is that all you have to do? You just got to get things to go viral and then you get a bigger, expanded set. That's it. That's exactly what happened. I was like, let's plan this. And then it's going to go off and then I get to smash my set today because I want a bigger set. I'm so protective of you. Like, I've seen all your stuff. First off, congratulations. I'm so proud of you for betting on yourself and betting with Fandall. No pun attendant. You know, because sometimes people are scared to do what you did, right? You're a true trailblazer and for you to come over and you know, the first couple of weeks is always tough. And now it's like, everything you do is everywhere. And I'm so protective of you because when I'm more social and I'm seeing all these major networks coding your stuff or the show's stuff, I'm like, did they tag K? They better have tag K. All of them don't. They don't do it. Some people say I have a podcast and I'm like, yeah, okay, I guess that's cool. Tony Kornizer's like, the up and atoms podcast. And he doesn't even say your name and you're the co-host. So it's really messed up. Hey, listen, I got your back. You know, I'm like, hey, Tony, it's not a podcast, Tony. Come on, Tony. Okay, let's do this. We've got a lot to talk about. Listen, the Ravens said, see ya later to their OC. Lots of OC changes in the league right now. Greg Roman says, bye. Eric Dacosta, the GM said, Lamar Jackson will be involved in this search for a new OC. My ears perked up when I saw that. Do you think that this means that Lamar stays with the Ravens and that's a great idea, right, that he's involved? No, I think that's what they're supposed to say. This is exactly what they're supposed to do. We've seen this in the past. When they haven't done this, you know, quarterbacks get upset. And I remember about two years ago, we had this big discussion in Austin. I think it was around like Aaron Rodgers. Like Aaron Rodgers wanted certain things. He wasn't a part of, parts of the process that he wanted to be. And we started debating in sports talk about how sensitive the quarterback is. The quarterback's a totally different position or you have to approach the quarterback position a totally different way than anybody else on the field. You know, they are the guys that make it go. Unfortunately, Lamar Jackson, I think they're probably getting Lamar wrong. And I don't, I'm not close to it like that. I've been around Lamar. I've been around Miss Felicia, his mother, you know, here and there over the last couple of years, going back to when he was in middle school, we went to the same college. They're from Pompano, Florida. And the reason why I keep saying that is because you got to understand the makeup of someone and where they come from, right? When you understand that, then that's going to tell you a lie, right? Yes, it's business and they're savvy in business. I'm not sure why people keep saying he doesn't have representation. He's not smart. You know, this is why the deal's taking forever to get long. They are mistaken. Lamar and his mom Felicia and the team they have around them are super savvy. They have some of the smartest people around them. But I'm saying all that to say this, I don't know if Lamar cares about the offensive coordinator right now when his pockets ain't where they want to be, where he wants them to be. And they paid Roquan, right? So that happens that I don't know how that sits with him. But I mean, it's not just about the OC too. Like they have to get him a receiver, right? Like it's not no joke. They've had the league's highest scoring offense his first season. That's when he won the MVP that was back in 2019. Since then, 17th, 19th, like the cost has got to get him a receiver too. So they've got to make a way, find a way to make that work. Well, here's the deal, Kay. I think this is what Lamar does, right? I think what you do is you, they know that. They know everything that Lamar wants and doesn't want. So I think Lamar slips out, slips on the piece of paper with all of the things he wants, right? Outside of the contract. And then he walks away and says, you know what? I'm going to, I'm going to fax you. I don't know if there's still a fax. I'm going to fax you my demands for my contract. Yeah. When these demands are, when this contract is met, right? When you guys meet these demands, then I'll get more involved. Until then, I'm going to be where? In Pompano, Florida. It's true. Sonny, South Florida. That's where I'm going to be. I'm not coming back. Kay, call me. We're going to be talking about this week one, week two. Really? Week three, Lamar Jackson. He don't got no contract. I'm going to be on your show. This show probably wouldn't be bigger. The set's going to be expanding by then. Yeah. And we're going to be saying, where's Lamar Jackson? He's going to be in Pompano. Well, I want him and Miss Felicia to come on the show then and hang out with us because I would love to talk to them. Of course. You got to get Jay Cutler first. Oh my God. He went cold. I don't know. He doesn't like me. It's fine. One day, my white whale. I'll say this. I would love to see my dream thing is de-hop. De-hop, make it happen. They can make it work. Get de-hop there. I think he needs a receiver. If he stays, I think that might help things. They got to get it done with him and they can franchise tag him too. So what would you do if you got franchise tagged by the Ravens? I just told you I'm going to be in sunny South Florida in Pompano. The development, the new development in Pompano is amazing. I'm sure there's some amazing properties outside that he can buy. Go do some workouts in the sand. I'm not showing up. I'm not showing up, Kay. I'm not going to be like Dak Prescott. Dak was lucky that he came back and that was just his ankle. That was a compound fracture. I could have easily been an ACL, MCL, PCL, and a compound fracture. Okay. I hate that I'm worried. I don't want to talk about this week one and two. I hate that. I hate that it's even if I really do. I don't like it. Kay, Kay, can you bring me back another time when we have more time and really talk about this deeper? Because sometimes the emotions that I put out there, my facial expressions, sometimes people look at that and not understand what I'm saying. And basically what I'm saying with all of that is athletes, we need to be better businessmen and women, okay? The owners, they are all business in bottom line. And fans, you've got to hear this. You've got to stop pushing your favorite players and saying you're selfish. You've got to stop asking your favorite players to take a team discount. If you're not asking your owners to do that, please stop asking your favorite players, okay? Favorite players, they take it personal, okay? It's all the emotional stuff. We need to be better businessmen and women. And that's all I'm saying. So there's a bigger conversation that we can potentially have after the season. Yeah. Let's do it. Let's do it after the Super Bowl. I would love to do that. I'd like to see you that week as well. And cheers to you for always keeping it real and being, I mean, you're obviously very self-aware of how everything comes off and what people need to be aware of. And that's why we love you. And that's why you're the co-host of the show, Brandon. So let's keep some of this... Oh, I get the co-host title. You do. The OC thing is interesting, but so is this whole Sean Payton, you know, tour that's happening. There's five head coaching vacancies. All five are still open. Is that weird? Like Sean Payton reportedly meeting with the Panthers today, you have had a variety of different head coaches, some that you've liked, others we know that you didn't enjoy as much. So I ask you, what is the most important quality that you want in a head coach? Head coach walks in their room, team meeting room. Dion Sanders, when he went to Colorado. Now I didn't agree with everything Dion said, right? Telling some of the young men to jump in the portal right now. I didn't like that. But what he did is he took control right away. He set the tempo. He has information that we don't have. When that head coach steps into that room, right away, all of those alphas is going to be looking at, am I going to follow this alpha? Someone has to follow, right? And leadership is the number one quality that you have to have over X's and O's, over game day management, building out squads, all of that. If you are the super duper smart Josh McDaniels, but your people skills may not be there, then the outcome is going to be the same. Now, can Josh McDaniels turn it around next year? Absolutely. Josh McDaniels, who knows? Maybe I'm completely wrong because I wasn't in the building. But leadership skills are the number one thing. Sean Payton has that. I was there. I had my last cup of tea in New Orleans. Sean Payton is like a Bill Belichick. Sean Payton comes from that Bill Parsale Street. He talks to Uncle Grandpa Parsale almost every other day. You're right. He is that type of guy, and he is the number one candidate, obviously. Where should he go? I don't see the match. I don't see the match. You don't see the match? I don't see where he should. I would have said Dallas. I would have said LA. LA looks like they're keeping Staley, and I don't think you can get rid of McCarthy because of the win that they had. Even if they lose to the Niners, I don't think you can fire McCarthy. So where? Where? Where could he go? Listen, I'm going to say this. Panthers are in their division. The Broncos. The Broncos. You think? The Broncos won the Colts, too. I love the Colts. I think he'll work well with Chris Ballard, the general manager there. I know Coach likes to have a little bit more control. We'll see how that can shape out on his new team. But there he has a defense. Obviously, he needs to find a quarterback. I go to the Colts. That's my second spot if I have a plan at quarterback that I'm excited about. But this whole Russell Wilson is a cook thing. No, Russell Wilson can still cook. Yeah. I'm telling you, get Russell Wilson the right offense of mind around him. Russell Wilson does what he needs to do. And I'm telling you, this Denver Bronco team can be a team that we're talking about next year when it comes to Super Bowl. We know what they have on defense. And look at the pieces around them, Kay, from the wide receiver position. Even the tight end position, like the young tight end, they got to get healthier up front. Are you telling me, Kay, that year 11, Russell Wilson's cooked? Is that what we're talking about? Is he cooked? I don't think anyone knows, so it's a bit of a risk. And when you mention the Colts, what would you rather have? Russell Wilson, who looks cooked, something's wrong. Or Kyler, who has raw talent, but we don't know, there's something weird there, too. Or that Colts gig you talked about, Colts gig, you get a draft choice, which is also a gamble. Yeah, I'm going to Denver. It's just because he's not cooked. They say that the same thing. I don't know if he is. Drew Brees was cooked for 10 years and they found themselves with 10 winces year after year after year. Drew Brees couldn't even throw past 40 yards. But when Tom Brady goes to the Raiders and it's the top 10 defense and Tom Brady's throwing the ball to Devonte Adams, like, I don't know. Like, is Sean going to want to go deal with Herbert and Mahomes and Brady? I don't know. Man, Sean Payton and Russell Wilson, they're like true winners and true competitors. They don't care about them. They're sitting back thinking, do they want to deal with us? Okay, you've convinced me. I didn't see a fit. Maybe it is in Denver. The interview with the Panthers is weird. It's in the division. There has to be a trade that's made, so that seems a little sus to me. Right. Right. Well, I don't like that situation because Steve Wilkes should be that head coach and that's a whole another conversation. That owner, Pepper, you're getting it wrong. Is it Steve? Sam Pepper? Steve's Pepper, you're getting it wrong down there. David Pepper, I believe. David Pepper. Pepper. Yeah, there you go. Pepper. Same thing. Well, you need to put some pepper on them because you're getting it wrong. He wasn't around the team the last game. Players in the locker room saying, we think we want to fight for Steve Wilkes. We think Steve Wilkes has earned the job, so we'll see what happens. All right, we got divisional round football here. I call it the throw-down round. Eight teams left, Brandon. We had Eric Weddle on. Love Eric Weddle. Love Eric. Sure. He straight up told me that there's no chance the Bengals can take down the Bills. No chance. What do you think about that? Hey, next time he says something like that, say you also looked at Brandon on the 50 against San Diego and say you don't have a chance to score a touchdown today. I scored a touchdown. Tell him that. Listen. Oh, my God. Listen, before our guy Damar went down, I was all over the Bengals. Like, obviously, love the Chiefs, but I was all over the Bengals. Joe Burrow. Okay, get Joe on the show, please. I don't know if you had him or not. Your chemistry will be phenomenal. Thank you. You'll bring out another side of him, but there's something super special about this guy, Joe. However, I truly believe there's a special something happening on this team and in this team because of Damar. Damar will probably be in the building. Right? There's going to be a lot of juice. And I think that the Bills, not only win this game, but if they go, if we see what we think we're going to see, they're going to win the Super Bowl. And I'm going off of just the whole mojo and all of the other stuff surrounding this team. I like the Buffalo Bills. Yeah, mojo matters. I just think the no chance thing is crazy because mojo... Oh, yeah, that's... Well, everyone wants to say... I mean, the three offensive linemen, that's what he was saying. If they don't have those offensive linemen that they're not going to perform well. I mean, Josh Allen had seven sacks last week and Josh Allen's turning the ball over more than anybody. So if the Bengals can Sam Hubbard that thing and make some plays and the Dolphins, the Bills gave the Dolphins plenty of chances to capitalize. They did not do it. I think the Bengals can. And the Bengals in that first quarter before that thing happened, they were rolling, as you said. Right. Kay, remember last year they went to the Super Bowl? Yeah. How many times was he getting sacks in the playoffs last year? So he got it done last year without an offensive line. That's right. So there is a chance. And you remember that 50-yard line back in San Diego when you got torched by Brandon Marshall, Eric? Yeah. You remember... We're going to pull up that footage next time we have Eric on next week. So there's some statewide receivers of this Bengals-Bills game, right? You got Jamar. You got T. You got Stefan Diggs. Playoff Gabe Davis now. So which group of receivers do you think has the biggest game on Sunday? Which side? I don't think... I think that there's going to be a few receivers that make big plays, okay? You know, Stefan Diggs, he's going to make a big play. He may not have a big game, but he's going to make a big play. T. Higgs, Jamar Chase, you know, look, you may not have 10 catches and 100-something yards and two touchdowns. You may have that. But in these type of games, you're looking at impact. The impact sometimes could be that crucial third down, or that fourth and 17 when the game is over and you're like, we have no chance of getting this. And then you go across the middle, you catch it and you get smacked. Justin Jefferson catch weeks ago that now is being debated among some of the greatest catches, you know, that we've ever seen. So I think this game is going to come down to big plays. I don't think that anyone's going to necessarily have a huge game, but I wouldn't be surprised if someone does. Stefan Diggs, ranked fourth in the NFL, 89.3 receiving yards. Game chase seventh, 87.2. That's the regular season numbers. We'll see. High emotions will happen. But both sides are- Gabe Davis. Yeah, I love Gabe Davis. Gabe Davis could have a huge, huge play to impact this game. I agree. And he did it. He's done it in all of his playoff action. Gabe Davis, one of our favorites, his mama Lana, wrote him a letter. We talked about this yesterday. So I definitely- Oh, really? Thank you. If you're over on Fandalo Sportsbook and you're having some fun this weekend, Gabe Davis is somewhere that I'd look with my daily fantasy lineups with whatever you're doing over there. Let me ask you this, though. Bill's bangles, they're both kind of banged up. They probably- They'll beat each other up more this week. And nobody is talking about Casey. All season, really, outside of some criticism with- Do you think they are? I just have this weird feeling they're just going to walk into repping the AFC. Is there a weakness on that team? Listen, yeah, there are weaknesses on that team, but you would never know it. And they're covered up because they have Andy Reid and they have Patrick Mahomes. You know, you have one of the greatest tight ends ever, one of the greatest football players ever in Kelsey. You got some stud muffins over there. You got some glass eaters over there. Adam Pacman Jones, like they call some of those guys glass eaters. With all that being said, K, did Jacksonville Jaguars win the game? What? Hey, guys, I want you guys to come on the K on K's show up in Adams. I want you to come on I Am Athlete, right? So I love you guys. Don't take this personal. This is business. It's entertainment business, all right? Jacksonville Jaguars are going to win this game. I know what they're up against fans. Please stop tweeting me. I know it's a challenge. I know Kansas City on paper and this period are the better team. But sometimes, K, you find yourself looking at a 2005 Pittsburgh Stiller team that was sitting here halfway through the year at 7 and 5. Everybody called them out, wrote them out, written them off, and then all of a sudden they go on this crazy run and then boom, they shocked the world. And I think that they are the hottest team. They are the hottest team. This team is really good. Now, they overcame probably one of the worst starts you can ever have in football last week. Four picks. That's right. If they eliminate that, this is going to be a really interesting game. I think they'll, it'll be a close game, but they'll dominate. They will have control of this game, all game from start to finish. So I just want everybody to know, I'm riding with the Jacksonville Jaguars. My brother's over at KC. I still love you. All right, fans, don't tweet me. Don't tweet me. I know that Kansas City is a better team. I know that. But sometimes, you find yourself going up against the hottest team and then it just doesn't go your way. Do you think the bi-week in this situation with a team that has so much momentum on the other side with the Jags that that's really going to hurt KC, who's rested? But KC, they've won 10 of 11 games. Their only loss was to the Bengals. No, I think all that stuff is in people's heads. That's all the little, all the little voodoo, moo-joo, boo-boo, boo-boo stuff. It's like, man, great players, especially older players, like Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelsey, man, they're trying to put ice on their knees and their backs. They want that extra week to rest up. And they come back. Like, when you have a week off, your speed, that first practice back, that next game, it's just like next level. So these guys will be refreshed. They'll be healed up even more and they'll be ready to go. The Jags want to advance to their fourth AFC title game in franchise history. They, of course, had that crazy run back in 2017 with Blake Bortles and Yannick Ngakwe and all of them. We'll see if they can do it. And the NFC, your Giants. Brian Dable, incredible. He's done with his team in a very short period of time, making Daniel Jones look the way he looks. Nobody gave them a chance for a playoff spot. We were talking to Rebuild. We were talking three-year plan here. And here they are. Last week against the Vikings, Daniel Jones looked really incredible. Almost start to finish. Now it's the Eagles at night at the link. What happens with Danny in this performance? Oh, Danny's going to look great. Danny will ball out. But the Philadelphia Eagles, I picked the Philadelphia Eagles to win this game, to make it to the Super Bowl, win the Super Bowl in week two. So I'm going to continue to ride with them. But I'm super proud of Danny Don. He is your quarterback of the future. Brian Dable was my offensive coordinator when I was playing for the Miami Dolphins. Love Brian Dable. Have a great relationship with him, still to this day. I think he is the reason why this team is here. Now, obviously these guys stood up and balled. But this shows you how important, Kay, what you asked me to open the show. Coaching. Coaching and leadership. Not only did he transform that locker room, but also that fan base. That fan base was hurting. That fan base was down. And also, the fan base had a little bit of entitlement going on. He came in with this Midwest, this city. Take the city slicker stuff out of here. We're going to bring this homegrown, this blue collar approach. We're emotions on our sleeves. No preppy stuff. And we're going to play some ball. He did that. The fan base is embracing that. And the guys in that locker room did too. Something completely changed with the wide receivers. Like Hodgins. Gallaudet, you talked about confidence. You talked about on IM Athlete as well separately. But those guys are just crushing it right now. And that's obviously Dable having the X's and O's. And then also having the leadership, the balance of both is sort of what matters. Even though I do agree with you, 2022, 2023, where we are in life, a leader is the most important thing. Somebody that you can talk to, somebody that you can reason with, somebody that cares about you as a human. I feel like as a head coach. And then have your OCB, the X's and O's guy who wears a visor and that Brandon Marshall doesn't like. Okay, we can't let you leave without... I would love to have you and Josh on the show together. I think we could do a little of some healing. I'm leaving Josh alone. I'm done with Josh. No, no, no. We got the throw down weekend. We got to get your picks. We know one of them. You're saying it's the upset here. These are your picks. What have we got? Jax for sure. All right. Yep. There we go. Taylor, Taylor, our social media manager, our content creator. Taylor's you. Twitter's out. Instagram. TikTok this right now. Jacksonville Jaguars. They win in a beat Kansas City. You can take the money line there. When you look at New York, the Giants against the Philadelphia. How much time do I have? Go for it. How much time? You got it. Okay, great. 30 seconds. 30 seconds. Here we go. New York football Giants. Great job. You had a phenomenal year. Brian Debaugh outstanding. Nobody believed in you. But guess what? It ends here and you guys still should celebrate. We're going with the Philadelphia Eagles. They get back on track and they get that energy going. The Cincinnati Eagles. Joe Burrow. Woo. Big cigar in Stoke in your mouth. Wow. After this game, the Buffalo Bills have too much going on. DeMar Hamlin is going to roll up the crowd and the crowd is going to go crazy. Where else would you rather be? Nowhere. Dallas Cowboys. San Francisco 49ers. You talked about Shanahan. Shanahan gets it done. Yeah. Shanahan gets it done. The Cowboys who were so amazing. Perfect on offense last week. They do not get it done up against that number one defense. Those are good picks. Cowboys cover, though. They cover. Okay. I don't even know about sports, but you know more than I do. I don't win anything. I don't put up with parlays. That's good. I'm learning. I'm learning. You're learning quickly. Hey, listen. Same game parlays. That's all you need to know. Yeah. Get on. Same game parlays. Just do that. Head on over to Fandall Sportsbook for that. Cheers to you, Brian. We'll talk to you hopefully next week or at Super Bowl after that. We'll see if your picks are right. And Wettel. Wettel, Schmedel, as far as I'm concerned. We'll be back after this. We have some numbers. Yes, we have the player perspective from Brandon Marshall. We also want to give you a couple numbers that might help you with your picks this week. Here we is. Sam Munson of PFF. Let's get PFFed up. Next. Got the player perspective. Oh, now it's time for some numbers. Let's bring them in. PFF NFL podcast lead NFL analyst Sam Munson. This is our last day in this studio. We're remodeling, so we're drinking champagne. What do you got, my friend? I have something significantly different. I'm just fascinated by this. This is 24 ounces of beer. That's the size of your head, my friend. And I appreciate it. Now do I aim it at the cameras? Is that in the monitors? No? Oh, gosh. Let's go over here. Oh, here. There goes the light. Woo! It didn't do anything or kill the light. That's fine. All right, Sam. We got numbers to get to. It is what I call the... Well, that was not fun. The throw down round. Nice one to pull it on the ground, but I won't do that. Okay. Here we're going to go with this. So the first number they're telling me, these are numbers for the throw down round. That's going to make you say, oh, I feel this kind of way about this matchup. Maybe you're over at Fandall. Maybe you're using the PFF apps to sort of figure out where your bearings are ahead of this game. And the number is one. That is one more than the amount of parlays that have hit for me this year, because that number would be zero, but what is one, Sam? Yeah, it's not a shocking turn of events, but number one is the ranking of Kansas City offense. And basically every statistical category that matters, whether it's yards per play, whether it's EPA per play, which is an analytics number that adjusts for down and distance and kind of gives you some more firmer grounding than just yards per play scoring drive rate. This is the best offense in the NFL. The Jags defense really has their work at eye for them this week. Hamilton told me before the show, 14, 14 different offensive players found the end zone this year. For that chief squad, and they've got so much depth and they get everybody involved. And I said, Kaderi's Tony is going to have some sort of play in this one, whether it's on the ground or in return, like he's all over the field. I think he's a super human joystick vibed X factor in this one. Okay. The number is 32. Marissa wrote the jokes. I haven't seen them. It's 32. The number of fan bases arguing with each other when I was asked who was the most miserable fan base. Geez, people. That's what she wrote. What is it? 32 is the number of turnover worthy plays. So those are, you know, not every interception is a quarterback's fault. Sometimes it bounces off the hands of the receivers, but sometimes he throws the ball to a DB and it gets dropped. So PFF counts these as turnover worthy plays, plays that should have been a turnover. Josh Allen leads the NFL in turnover worthy plays. And he's even top five in turnover worthy play rate. He is putting the ball in harm's way a lot this season. The bangles have forced 26 said turnovers and that, my friend, is ninth most in the NFL. I'm feeling some kind of way about that bangles game. All right. How about the number nine? Number nine, obviously, the jersey number of my favorite quarterback, who sometimes wears the jersey number eight. It's fine. Nine is also the number of total pressures that Lane Johnson gave up this season a right tackle. None of which were sacks. None of which were hits. Nine hurries is all the opposition pass rushers were able to get past Lane Johnson. And he's back now. So that should be a huge boost to what is the best offensive line in the NFL. Back at right tackle. You got it. Marissa, you excited about that one? Here's some champagne. You enjoy your Lane Johnson being back. Pour it yourself because I'm shaking. Okay. The Giants I have this written down here. 164 total pressures this season. That number kind of doesn't mean anything to me, but when you look at the rankings, it's the second most in the league. So Giants are going to test that offensive line. They're going to test Lane Johnson potentially not a hundred percent. Maybe some rust in this game at the link tomorrow night. I can't believe these games are tomorrow. Okay. The last one is the number 42. I think that's the number of appearances that you have made on the Up and Adam show against your will this year, Sam. 42 is the number of snaps last season that Micah Parsons was playing off the ball when he played the 49er. So not as an edge rusher, but off the ball linebacker. He hasn't been over 20 in any of the last 10 games. I think this season, he's in a completely different position this time around than he was last season. The 49ers sort of think that they played Micah Parsons before, but they haven't seen the real guy. I mean, they're going to need Parsons to have a big game. This Niners offense with all their wizardry and everybody can do everything. And they're all blocking and they're all buying in and they're not complacent like Janet Hanna saying they've scored what, 37 plus in four straight games. Like they are really putting up points that Parsons has got to wreck shop. Sam Munson, we appreciate you. Check out his work on the kind of semi-new PFF app, which we love. And it's like the OG app by now. You can listen to the PFF NFL daily podcast as well. And we appreciate you and we will see you next week from Parts Unknown because I don't know where they're kicking me out to. Maybe on the street. Who knows? All right, stick around for more up and out of zoos and make it to the end zone. K-makers. I'm always pretty buzzed by K-makers. It's time to hit you with my throw-down round edition of K-makers. What is this? I'll give you three points that are going to find the end zone this week. First up, the safe choice, George Kittle. Massive connection with Brock Purdy. Seven touchdowns over the last five games. No, he didn't score last week and he was a K-maker of mine last week and that was not fun. But I think we say it happened on Sunday against a banged-up cowboy secondary. Woo-woo! Kittle. And then he's going to run over to Claire Kittle and they're so cute together and they're going to take the picture where they kiss and it's so fun. No, I know he didn't score last week. What? What? I know, I said he didn't score, but he was my K-maker and he didn't score. Oh, OK. He said, OK, keep talking. I know he did not score, but he's got five and a lot of seven. OK. Next, if you want to take a little bit more of a shot here, come with me. Get on the playoff games level. OK. You heard Brandon Marshall talking about it. He's scoring touchdowns. He's got little ones. He's got one of those playoff guys. He's got the London Fortnite vibe about him. He's Mr. Playoffs. He's got the whole vibe happening. Six touchdowns over his last three postseason games. Both teams should put up points and I think playoff game lives up to that in the end zone. Finally, oh, this is a big swing. Show it to me! Juju! I haven't picked Juju for anything all year. Good reason. He's only hit the end zone three times this year. But I'm seeing big opportunities. It's the Jags. Say what we want. It's the 28th ranked past defense. Especially if you can just think of it. They double double Kelsey in the red zone. Like they did on pretty much every snap back in week 10. So it's going to be Juju that's available to make you some money or whatever that you do for these game makers. I don't even know. George Kittle did not score last week. And I said that and I know that gave Davis and Juju said, did I say he scored? Juju. Juju. Why does that say divisional round? Do people not like our show? Because I said I wanted to make I was joking and said I'll hit everything with a sledgehammer and everyone's in here like excited and take their whack at this wall. What is happening? We are remodeling our studio. I've never used one of these before. Do I use this one first? Just knock it off? No, you have to move. You're going to freak me. I'm going to hit you with this. Oh, that didn't work at all. Oh my God, I'm going to wait and I'm not even kidding like 90 million pounds. Okay, come take a whack. Come on, I'm going to really say a lot of things that I'm not going to say as part of my festive. No, don't give a tight shot. I'm like sweating profusely. Please don't do that. Here.