 Happy Friday. All right, if this was a radio show in New York, I would just want to open the phone lines and say who was at this game? Who are you? What is your story? Why do you hate yourself? Why are you standing in the rain to watch Jets Jags? No, it was a good game. I'm joking, of course. Week 16, last night, it was ugly in the Meadowlands, but there's a great set of Christmas Eve and Christmas Day games, and I'm putting out a parley as well. We'll break that down for you. I sat down with Vikings all pro linebacker, Eric Kendricks. He's got some words for Aaron Rodgers, and we have a weekly visit where I tried to make an exclusive drink beer on Friday, and we bring in PFF Sand months in for that. Let's get PFFed up on a Friday. People, rainy, sloppy. It was kind of soupy out there in the Meadowlands. I couldn't, I couldn't, I couldn't avoid it, but I'm proud of everybody who was out there, especially the Jags fans making the trip. Trevor Lawrence. Trevor Lawrence, red hot, and the Jags. They, early in the game, they're like, I don't want, we don't want to be here. Let's get this done. They took control early on and took the Jets for a ride to the tune of 19 to three. So here's the playoff picture as it changed and adjusts before these Thanksgiving Eve games here. Oh, no, sorry, Christmas Eve games. The Jags, they moved to within a half game of the Titans for the AFC South League. If Tennessee loses to Houston on Saturday in a game they're playing without Ryan Tannehill, mind you, and remember, they did not put in a claim for Baker Mayfield. The Jags, they slide and swear, not into DMs, but into first place. Into first place, people, the Jets now fall to seven and eight and hopes of a playoff situation are slipping away. I also have to mention that with the Jets losing last night, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da. The Bengals clinched a trip back to the post season. So try to tell you, try to warn you, did I pick my logo colors based on orange for a reason? Is that, oh, is that, look at this one, look at this Halloweeny looking one. Orange is the color, it suits everyone. Orange is the new orange, and they've clinched a playoff spot. So here we go. Okay, I remember when the schedules were revealed and we circled this one as a battle between last year's first and second overall picks. Does anybody remember that? I think, I almost remember what I wore on Good Morning Football for this show. Trevor versus Zach, it's like my solo cam and I'm saying, this is great. But it's so crazy that so much has changed, obviously, since then, and these quarterbacks could not be in two more different places right now. Trevor Lawrence, he was able to cut through the wind and the rain, he was delivering dimes like this one you're looking at. Ay, ay, ay, ay, ay, ay, ay, ay, ay, ay, ay, leading Xena the warrior princess. Is that what I'm doing? It's fun. Remember that show? I'm putting the Jags on five different scoring drives in that weather. Zach Wilson, on the other hand, struggled, mightily, and gets benched in the third quarter. So the booing merciless from the opening kick. And we'll bring in Hamilton here in a minute. Sala insists, of course, that Zach Wilson is going to be back, but I'm beginning to wonder, is this just another to the elephant graveyard you go? Zach Wilson on the heap of quarterbacks who have not panned out. It's time running out, and we'll see how it plays out. We've got two final weeks, and he might get a shot to redeem himself. He might not, but it seems like everyone in New York is starting to run out of patience. Your thoughts, if you were at the game, let me know. You would have to be just a total glutton for punishment to sit through this game, and that's where we bring in Matthew Hamilton, who is our intrepid reporter. And you decide, did you go for a reason? I mean, I have a lot of friends who are jet fans. You know, I have an affinity for the Jags, so we planned on this a few weeks ago. We didn't know it was going to be that disastrous of a rainstorm, but yeah, it was a good time. Any stories where jet fans just miserable? It was pretty much from the opening kick. Jet fans were not happy. You could tell the patience was very thin with Zach Wilson right from the beginning, and the booze were out early in force. There were MVP chants for Streveller when he completed his first pass. They were screaming about Adam Gase. Thanks a lot, Adam Gase. Wow, Adam Gase! Yes, because this was a reminder of the fact that Adam Gase winning those two games against the Rams and Browns at the end of the 2020 season is what cost them Trevor Lawrence and stuck them with Zach Wilson. So that was not forgotten in all of this either. Yeah, it was an unpleasant night for me. With the putting the dots together in the lines, bringing it back to Adam Gase, that is the funniest thing I've heard in a long time. Did Rex Ryan come out? No, Rex Ryan mentioned. Did they want to bring Wayne Crabett for their troubles? There wasn't Neil O'Donnell Jersey in the crowd. That's how bad things have gotten. Now this is the stuff I want to hear. What else you got? Anything else happened? Was the weather as bad as it looked and honestly looked miserable? Oh, it was coming down the whole time in buckets and it held off a little bit early. So like most of the first quarter was dry, but after that it was a complete mess. And yeah, there was a lot of screaming, things being thrown on the field. The t-shirt toss was where the energy really got going with the crowd. I think they did about eight t-shirt tosses. They tried to keep the crowd. Yeah. But yeah, that's the only thing that kept the crowd in the game was every single break, they just went right back to the well of the t-shirt toss, that was about it. Now we had a friendly wager on our staff, you didn't know about this this morning. Did you? Oh boy. Some of us think you stayed till the clock hit zero and some of us think you bounced early buddy. Which is it? Did you stay? After the field goal, that made it 19 to three. Like I was with three jet sands. They wanted to leave, so we did bounce early as things that the two made it work. That shows you how bad it was last night because there's no world where Hamilton's bouncing early from an NFL game, absolutely not. Hamilton, last time I went to an NFL game with you, you were there watching an NFL game and then watching eight other NFL games at the same time and you wouldn't even look or have a conversation with me that you left early is hilarious and I just lost $10. Way to go, way to go. How's the show looking for today? I know we have Eric Kendrick's on. I mean, it can't be looking good if you win a game all night because you are the maestro of said show. Yeah, I mean, I think we got a great show planned. I mean, can I peel back the curtain of our meeting a little bit here? Sure, go ahead. This morning? Yeah, when I gave like the Gettysburg address, I'm talking for 10 minutes straight and I find out as we get to the end of the meeting that it is like, oh, well, I didn't hear a single word that you said. So at that point, I just kind of gave up. So, you know, we're just kind of winging it here, I guess. We'll have a great time. We're not winging it. We know we're doing, we're setting playoff pictures and I'll say this, you can say, I didn't need to be, I was on the morning call. There was a hairdryer in my ear. I'm a victim. There's a hairdryer in my ear and I'm being respectful of everybody else and not saying, hold on, wait till I get my hair dried so I can hear what's going on. So you're welcome, first of all. Secondly, I don't have to be on the morning call this morning or even hear anything because you and I had a productive call yesterday for about an hour. If that's what you want to call it productive. First, your ability to twist things and make yourself into a victim is admirable. Also, it's really impressive. But yeah, that productive call that we had yesterday, as you called it, I'm trying to talk to you about the show and what's in it. You're chasing Ryan Gosling around a mall. Okay, okay. Okay, okay. That was our productive call. First of all, there are no malls in Beverly Hills. Get your back straight there, buddy. If you've lived in sunny LA and moved instead of being in the downpour of a bomb cyclone, maybe you'd know something, but you make terrible decisions that I can't help you. What happened yesterday is we were on a call and I'm running around Beverly Hills because I'm an all pro procrastinator. I have no gift spot for anyone in my entire life and I'm running around and I literally, I'm walking in a department store. There's a designer store. I don't want to say it because he's clearly getting something for his wife. Even men does. So I don't want to, whatever. Hopefully. So he's in this thing and I, all of a sudden I'm walking and you know me. I'm a bomb cyclone. I'm not paying attention to anything. And I lock eyes with Ryan Gosling and guess what? He is wearing a hat down to here and a mask and I'm like, you tried to Gronk. You tried. He tried to be the six six. Let me go to the store and disguise myself and guess what? It just draws more attention to you. And then I was like Hamilton. He looked up at me like, and then he goes, maybe it's cause you know, cause I got a face peel and my face is half peeling off. It goes, maybe because you look like you have a flesh eating disease, but now we've talked too much about my personal life. Oh, it was a great time. So Merry Christmas to the Gosling and Mendez family from the up and Adam show. All right, see you Hamilton. Love you. I've talked to you in a bit. We have another slate of action for this weekend and it is a Godly Fridays on the show are really weird, but there's a weird weekend of football with 11 games on Christmas Eve on Saturday, three games on Christmas day and major playoff implications. So here are the teams. I want you guys to look at this. These are the teams who can potentially clinch a trip to the playoffs this weekend. You're looking at the Ravens, the Chargers, the Giants. That's what they want. That's what they were asking for Santa. Secure a postseason spot with some wins and some assistance. And in addition to that, the Eagles can lock up the NFC East with the one seed and the one seed in the NFC. They got to beat the Cowboys in Dallas. I feel like I've really put it out until you can do it just win, just make it happen. And the rivalry would have been full of drama and intrigue before Jalen Hertz was ruled out with a shoulder injury, but it has been sort of ratcheted up even more now because enter curious main, he's always the main character, Gardner-Minshew. He just is. Even if he's back up, he walks in and you're like, oh, what's gonna happen here? He's gonna take over for the Eagles. And this has been an incredibly emotional week for him. Tuesday, he flies down to Mississippi State. He gives a eulogy for his late head coach, the great, the legend, Mike Leach. So take a little listen to where his head's at this week. He was different. He never really felt like a underdog with him. He had confidence. It was part of confidence, part just really not giving a f*** what people thought, you know? Like, it was one of the two, but it was awesome, man. It was contagious. Like that's made you feel so good when you were with him. That's a lot that's heavy. That's a guy who inspired him and played a huge role in his life and his development. And Gardner clearly has carried that mentality with him into the league. He's never accepted the term, the label underdog. He's never really suited up to that role. And he's proved in this league from the second he stepped on the field as a rookie with the Jaguars who won last night that he can be that guy. And that's what he talked about. And now he wants to honor Mike Leach's legacy every time he steps on the field. You think he's gonna have a little something extra going for him against the Cowboys? Are you kidding? It's not gonna be easy down in Dallas dealing with Michael Parsons. You got digs, you're trying to keep pace with what the Cowboys can do on offense when they are clicking. But if you have a guy that's like AJ, you've got Devonte. We talk about on this show a lot. We're the show of record for Devonte Smith, Heisman Trophy winner. But you have the O-line protecting him. Minshu's gonna have a chance to do something special. And wouldn't it be such a Christmasy, wonderful thing to watch Gardner Minshu do something special and get the Eagles the one seed? And then I won't have to deal with crying Marissa. Marissa, you're very emotional about your Eagles. How could you not be? Jalen Hertz, it was said that he, like I had a hangnail potentially. We don't know what was wrong and she's legit in tears crying. In tears crying, you're the kind of person that goes to MetLife last night. I am? And I'm proud of it. And I'm proud of it, all right. Another game, you're grounded. You made 17 cookies and I ate them all yesterday. You're a bad friend, okay. Another game that we should all be playing close attention to is this one, Packers Dolphins. It's in Miami. This is the opening game for your Christmas Day pleasure. A win for the Packers. It keeps their slim playoff hopes alive or it just like extends pain for this fan base. You know what I mean? Like don't you wanna like take the dog out behind that back? No? A little bit, I'm just, it's just true. We're all in the Christmas spirit. I would wanna be relieved if some of that, so you're saying they're the chance, .002, whatever. Now the Dolphins on the other hand, they are, have this losing streak coming out of nowhere. And everybody I asked from Hall of Fame or Chris Cross, who can tell me why this isn't working right now? They need to take a step into locking up a playoff board. They're clinging to the final wildcard spot over in the AFC. And while I thought two have played really well in Buffalo and I do think, you know, he's back on track. There are concerns about the defense that need to be noted before this game. You're over there on, on Fandal Sportsbook. You're setting your fantasy lineups. Man, they've really struggled. They are 26 now in scoring defense and there's been a lot of drama in Miami surrounding them as well. Local beat writer Barry Jackson published an article citing some anonymous Dolphins players about how Mike McDaniel isn't super involved with the defense. Mike, watch. So Jerome, Liam, Byron, anyone else you can think of? Hmm. No, I'm just, I don't know. I'm not, I'm not sure if I feel as inviting about information today, Barry. We'll see, you know. You know, you're just trying to do your job, so I'll help you. No, no news on the last. So we can stay, stay, stand pat on that one. Why are we laughing? Do we think it's funny? Do we think it's like a different side of him so we like awkwardly don't know how to feel? It's awkward, right? Barry, what a name. So, so much of the year. It's a wild sound bite. So much of the year has been on Tua and McDaniel because that's when you start thinking you're like, yeah, you know what we do, we'll talk about offense. That's all we do talk about. None of that matters. One thing is clear, if they have any hope of doing anything this year, getting into the playoffs, making a run, the defense has to step up and make no mistake, even in a down year, there's absolutely nothing more dangerous than an Aaron Rodgers who knows that he has to run the table, especially with the emergence that we've seen from Christian Watson, a guy who might keep him in Green Bay next year. This is a huge defensive test for Miami. You can't convince me otherwise. And we're gonna learn a lot more about what they are made of this weekend. And then it's, are they gonna play up for McDaniel now? Or are they gonna, who knows? Who knows, it's a fascinating game for your Christmas viewing. And the last one I'll play, very close attention to is, we just need the gifts of this. God, I'm so happy about the Bengals. Patriots, what a mess. Cincinnati clinched a playoff spot, of course, courtesy of Jacksonville's win last night. They do, of course, have bigger goals in mind. The North is still to be determined, as is the one seed in the AFC. And that's still very much in place. So I do think they approach the final weeks foot on the gas. At least I hope, Zach Taylor, I hope so. The Patriots last week's fiasco sent their playoff hopes into an entire spiral. We're saying, get rid of Belichick. I asked Gronk about it. Gronk goes on like a three minute filibuster. He says, nothing. I'm like, why, what are we talking about here? And the headlines in New England are bleak. Is Belichick passed his prime? Belichick's big offensive gambit failed. He spent all this money. Is he up for fixing it? Belichick may have to do the unthinkable to preserve his Patriots legacy. Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. And I do think it is fair to question some of Bill's decisions that he's made over the past couple of years, especially concerning the play-calling situation. Patricia, Judge, all of that. Not having answers for any of that. But did Bill Belichick suddenly forget how to coach? Like, men in black neuralizer thing? Do your mind is wiped so you don't know how to coach? I don't believe that happened. So this is a roster in midst of a transition. That's something Tom Brady and his team probably saw. And you cannot convince me that that did not contribute to him saying, I want to go elsewhere. I just see that, you know, there's ebbs and flows. Nobody stays on top forever. And I think people kind of forget that even with the goat himself, the past went through a 10-year Lombardi drought. The last time there was an ebbs and flow like this and the roster had to go through a transition. All that being said, the Patriots' path to the postseason is really simple, just win. You win out, it's all on you. That's perfect for Bill Belichick. Win and you're in. So even struggling as they have all season, everything's right there. It's right in front of you and it's a tough test. You got the Bengals this weekend. So we'll see if New England can, you know, do their job or whatever they need to do, get their, you know, another mantra going in the face of so much criticism. So you're thinking of having a 37-year-old. We're on to Cincinnati. It's not only about the past, not only about the future, it's right now we're preparing for Cincinnati. Okay, do you feel like the talent you have here is good enough? We're getting ready for Cincinnati. We're on to Cincinnati. We had to show that club. I bet they'll play that a million time on the pre-game shows on Christmas. All right, coming up, what did you say, Richard, I wasn't listening. So, okay, this is very exciting. I sat down with a very charismatic, he's got the res, that's as the kids say. Linebacker, Eric Kenders, talk a little NFC North, take a look. As an NFC North champion, what would you like to say to Aaron Rodgers? To Aaron Rodgers? The Vikings took the North. The Vikings will forever just somehow be related to Game of Thrones voice, like for all time with that North Winterfell sort of vibe. This is insane, because it's the first time it's happened in five years. And it's insane because Aaron Rodgers has not left the building and he is not retired and he is still playing in Green Bay, but the Vikings lock it up with that historic win over the Colts last weekend. Can't feel good to my Bears or the Feisty Lions, maybe they've got hope that they can do it at some point too. I got to sit down with a really pivotal part of that defense earlier this week, Eric Hendricks. I had never met him before. We talked about their defense, we talked about Kirk, who is this 2020 Kirk Cousins guy, a little New Year's resolution vibes, how far this team can go. And of course, we start talking about the historic thing that happened on the field when they were down by 33. Take a look. Yeah, how am I looking? I'm good, I'm solid. Is there a thing we can like put it on? I wish you could see what I'm doing right now. I, we're gonna talk about it in a minute. I just want to figure it out. You're gonna get Tam Sanitizer all over your phone. No, we're gonna figure something out. Can you see me? I mean, you should stick to football because I don't know if this whole like TV production, camera, I think. I have a, I have a box. I have a hand sanitizer station and I have a chair that's all helping. You need some duct tape, a couple of rubber bands and chewing gum and you can make it all work somehow. It's a time this time, drawing over the middle Kendricks diving forward. He's got the pick. Eric Kendricks for the interception. 33 points down. How are you feeling? Honestly, like at halftime, I remember, I remember just thinking like, you know, my mom came in to visit this week, you know what I mean? And she's in the stands watching. We got to do something different. You know, we got a, we got a band together. You know, obviously we knew, we knew what the situation was, but we had to just really take it. It's cliche, but we really had to take it one step at a time, you know? Because nothing was going to get done the way we were doing it the first half. You were legit on the field thinking about your mom? I remember, I remember just like, right the seconds before going into halftime being like, damn, my mom's here. I got to fix it. And the Minnesota Vikings have come back. Eric, you were really in post-game. I've listened to it several times, full of feeling. But that second one, man, that second one, that was so hard to come back to. Are you surprised at how emotionally you work? Honestly, I'm not. I'm a very emotional person, you know what I mean? And I'm not really surprised when I look back at it, but in the time, I feel like I was just so deep into my thoughts and my feelings and just my, just the joy of, you know, doing that with my teammates. And it was, it was a special moment. I know that, especially in this league, wins are hard to come by. And, you know, winning the North is hard to come by. I just wanted to take advantage of it and make sure that my teammates knew, especially the young ones, how special this moment really was. What's your mama say? My mama's happy, you know, obviously, we got to get away when she comes in town. But, you know, and that's, you know, that's what kind of made me emotional about it. I feel like, you know, this is a game that I've played, that I've wanted to play since I was a kid. And, you know, just seeing my mom's work ethic growing up and, you know, me trying to emulate her work ethic and work hard at this sport. You know, sometimes that gets overlooked and, you know, you work so hard during the week and you grind with your teammates. And, you know, you put your body through all this and to sit back and enjoy a win, how we just had, that's the really the culmination of everything. And that's why I got emotional, because I was really just smelling the flowers in that moment. Okay, so here's the lesson to Kevin O'Connell, get your mom to every game. Because... No, I don't know. You know what? Like, if it's like that every game, you know, maybe she needs to stay some times because, you know, we've been doing good other times. Congratulations, NFC North champs. Yeah! For the first time in five years, the Vikings win the NFC North. It is hard to win. That is a tough division. You said that NFL games are hard to play. So, at this point in your career, how important was that to you? It was huge. You know, when we set goals at the beginning of season, that was the first goal that we set. So, mom, to say it wasn't a big deal, you know, it's a lie. You know, it definitely was a huge deal. But now that we've completed that, we've got that done. We need to lock in for the rest of the remainder of the season and figure out what we got to do, you know, to keep this thing rolling. As an NFC North champion, what would you like to say to Aaron Rodgers? To Aaron Rodgers? I don't know. Maybe just, like, you know, take a look at some of the stuff he may have said earlier. You know, just, like, all the other teams in the NFC North that seems like every single year. You know, I think their fan base and their teams feel like this is our year to win the North. Hasn't really been a case during my time for the most part. You know, I'm not, I'm not one to talk to them. I'm more about that action, so. I'm more about that action. I love it. I want to talk about your quarterback. I know it's about Aaron Rodgers. Seven fourth quarter comebacks for cousins. Who is this guy? Man, I've said this since we got Kirk on the squad. But people love to hate Kirk for some reason. And the guy is so, he's so tough, first of all. You know what I mean? He's mentally very strong. He goes to the beat of his own drum, and that's what I love about him. You know, the confidence he has this year is amazing. And we're all following where he's going. Does he know all the, like, other people think he's corny or whatever? Does he know that and just not care? And like this, because to me, I'm like, he has to know this. And then I think he just sort of feeds into it even more, which I love. I feel like he embraces every bit of himself. And it's not the fact that, you know, you know, it's what everyone else thinks. No, no, it's, you know, he knows who he is in his heart, and he's okay with that. And that's how I feel like everybody should be. Are you saying that Kirk Cousins, 2022 Kirk Cousins, NFC North champion, Kirk Cousins, who he really is, is this guy wearing Kirk O'Chains without a shirt on? No, but it's the fact that everybody's like so surprised by it. And it's like, this is the Kirk we know, but it's like, he's playing off that and he's just having fun with it. I love that part about it. Do you have a New Year's resolution you're thinking about? I want to get better at Spanish. Okay. How good are you? I said it. I said it. So I have to like kind of like work towards that now, for sure. I'll hold you to it. How do you speak Spanish fluently? No. No. Do you speak Spanish at all? Piquito. Piquino, mas amenos. Mas amenos, yeah, exactly. But yeah, what makes you want to learn? I think it's just a great tool to have. You know, obviously I'm in, I live in California. It was born and raised there. So obviously I have a ton of friends who speak Spanish and I just have always wanted to do it and I've never done it. So here I am. I love that. And the crowd will go nuts with booze. This is a stadium and a team in search of momentum. The Minnesota fan base is one of the most tortured fan bases in the NFL. They deserve a win. They show up. They hit you with that skull chant. It literally gives me goosebumps when I see it. Let's get them some wins, yeah? No doubt. And I think that it really is a testament to our fans, especially this last week when we were down like that by that much, you know, if we were in LA, if we were in any place of other places, the stadium would have been a lot, you know, a lot. Yes. A lot less people in the stadium. So our fans stuck it through and they were there to see the greatest comeback in history. Giants, weird team, streaky. Never know what you're going to get. Sometimes they're great, sometimes they're not great. But they do. I mean, they have Daniel Jones in the safe on Barclay. Those are the two guys. What kind of a threat does Daniel Jones put those two? He's a sneaky athlete. If things get sketchy on third down, he has the ability to take off, use his legs to his ability as well. Good luck and good job on turning it around and making history. And really congrats to your mom because she's the reason it happened. That's what I learned here today. Thank God for mom. Thank God for you. Thank you so much. Thank you for joining us. Erica, I appreciate you. Appreciate it. Bye. My favorite interview is the ones that happen and I'm like, I don't know much about this person. Let's do a research that's created great interview and they totally win you over right away. And you're like, how did I not know you, Eric Hendricks, on a personal level as an individual who was played in a league for so long and now is an NFC North champion? I just loved it. And he is a lot of good in the community too. He's invested, I believe in an app. What is it called? It's called Real. And it's him and his wife. I thought it was his fiance, but he's fully married, lovely family. And it's a mental health app. And we talked a little bit about, off-camera, about what it takes. I mean, even in the game, look at this, that down 30 three points, what does it take to have the fortitude and the mental stability and strength to overcome that? And it's something he's invested. It's very cool and like players find what they're passionate about and then make a stand. And he's really vocal about that as well. So I thought that was particularly cool. And he mentions the threat that Daniel Jones poses there. He and the Vikings take on the Giants this weekend and they want to continue the success heading down the stretch. It's a very important moment of all that matters. And it's also important in the playoff picture, they're trying to fend off the minors and hang on to the two seed in the NFC. It's so exciting. And on the other side, it's a big one for the Giants. They can clinch a playoff spot with a win and they need some help. I think they need losses from two of their three wildcard competitors. That's the Lions, the Seahawks and the Commander. So either, if the Giants make it, I mean, that's a huge thing. Since before I ever did a good morning football, I lived in New York and the Giants never did anything. And all of a sudden I leave and they're killing it. It would be their first trip to the post-season since 2016. So Daniel Jones, you're up. We've got a lot more to come here on the show. But big thanks to the Vikings and to Eric Hendricks for making that happen. We've got some DF, yes, guys, including a first time pro bowler. Sam Munson's gonna give us some reason to drink beers. All right, see you. Happy Friday. Big weekend of action here. My favorite daily fantasy plays for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, it is DF, yes. How about Gino Smith? So even though the Seahawks have been struggling, Gino's been dealing. The Chiefs have allowed the fourth most fantasy points to quarterbacks this season. I like David Cook. Okay, so let's hear him out. He's the third prize. He was running back this week. So you're paying up for him. But it's the Giants who are in defense. They've been struggling third most generous to running back over the last five weeks. Dairy Slate, and I like him too, because he's a good value. This is the worst past defense in the whole game this year. So we know the Giants don't typically air it out a ton. I do think they're gonna have to on Saturday to sort of take advantage of the Minnesota secondary issues. Joanne Johnson, the same start and end. You might not be paying attention to him. You're playing daily fantasy. Hey, you're welcome. He's having a moment. He has scored seven touchdowns over his last seven and he's emerged into one of the most consistent red zone threats in the league this year. So get him in your lineup against the Browns. Go ahead and do that and you're welcome. There's all my Christmas cheer and it's Friday. So we do what we do here on the show because this is what we do. We have a beer or a drink. We've had wine. We've had wild turkey. I refuse to drink eggnog, so that didn't happen. And instead, we will bring in my friend from PFF to get PFF up the coast of the PFF Enneville podcast. PFF's lead Enneville analyst, Santa Monson. Yeah, how's it going, Kay? You know what? I wouldn't strike you as a prop guy. Just wait, you don't strike me as a guy who's got a Santa hat lying around. It's very impressive. Yeah, gotta go into the bag of tricks. Now, look, I failed you. I failed me. I failed everybody. I don't have a drink because there's nothing in the house and it's minus seven outside. So I wasn't going to get one this morning, but I did bring a Santa hat. Well, I'll say that, I like that. Because you're not drinking, I made Brian and Marissa have a beer in the morning and they're having a brusque. So cheers to you, Sam, and Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas, and all of that jazz. I'm drinking a Madello Negra and that is because the international series is so important to the NFL that I am being sent to Cabo all of next week to do the shows from there. So when I next see you, Sam, I will have a bad sunburn and a mojito in my hand. There you go, that will work. You do what you gotta do. It's a tough business. They send you on location, you pack your bags and you go. Yeah, it's rough. I mean, somebody's gotta do it, right? Mm-hmm. And I fell Cabo. You heard it here first. Okay, first up, here's what I have. And they always like to feed me the numbers in my ear so I don't see them ahead of time. They're saying 7.4. 7.4 sounds like the temperature in your backyard and in Chicago this year, hence why I'm going to Cabo. 7.4 is the yards per attempt for quarterbacks not named Jimmy Garoppolo when Kyle Shanahan has been the head coach of San Francisco. That guy can get production out of anybody at quarterback. And as long as Brock Purdy doesn't turn the ball over, the 49ers offense is going to roll because Kyle Shanahan is some kind of absolute offensive magician. I do want to say this, and I hate to argue if you're on the holidays, but we are family at this point. So do you know what the Niners record is with quarterbacks who aren't named Jimmy Garoppolo or Brock Purdy? Actually this doesn't disagree. This is great. 9 and 29. Yeah, no, it's a lot worse. Like that's where the problem manifests is winning and losing, but he will get offensive production. And this year the defense is way better. And with fantasy and profits over a fan of sports work, that's all we care about, which we love. And that's crazy. And Jimmy, of course, we all know 49 and 19 in that stretch. The Niners have a good one against the commanders this weekend. All right, the number is 1000 is a big number. They don't usually have big numbers, 1230. I think that's the amount of total websites I went to to try to find a Justin Fields and Justin Jefferson Jersey for my two nephews who by the way are Packers fans. By the way, sold out everywhere. You nailed the player. That is the rushing total for Justin Fields projected for this season. And remember, he's missed some time. He's a quarterback. That's a single season record and they didn't even start tapping into his rushing ability until midway through the season. The total that he's putting up on the ground is crazy. That is crazy. I mean, I'm looking at the rankings here. Third quarterback to rush for 1000 yards in a season. He's just the third to ever do that. Michael Dick and Lamar Jackson, of course, probably being the other guys. I'm not sure, but I bet. And Lamar Jackson did it twice, right? Lamar Jackson done it more than once. And that looked like it would stay for a while. Like Lamar Jackson's status as the top rushing quarterback looked untouchable. Any trouble? I mean, they got a tough one this week though, bills. Yeah, and the bills like a fascinating defense to see how they're gonna try and stop Justin Fields. All right, let's see what they can do. All right, now we have the number 29. 29 is the number of Marissa McBride's holiday cookies that I've eaten in the past 24 hours. 29 is the number of grading points that Roquan Smith's grade has jumped since he moved to Baltimore. So take him out of the Bears defense, put him in the Ravens defense. His PFF grade jumps 29 points. That guy has been an incredible addition to Baltimore's defense, particularly against the run. And look, playoff fixture-wise, Ravens clinch a playoff spot with a win and they need a loss from either the Patriots or the Dolphins. That's what needs to happen. And listen, Lamar Jackson, he's out again, so they're gonna have to lean on this defense if they get it done and they need to get it done. Of course, a lot at stake for the Ravens. The number is 80. 80 is the miles per hour speed of my wonderful staff here at the Up At Adam show at exactly 19 minutes to get their entire holiday weekend started, 80. 80 is also the number of broken tackles that Josh Jacobs has this season. It's not quite a single season record. March on Lynch when he went full beast mode had 97 in a single season. So he's got 17 more to find in the last couple of weeks, but wow, Josh Jacobs is having an incredible year running the ball. 1495 yards on the ground. He's the only running back averaging over a hundred yards a game this season. What do you make of, I mean, what did they, they got this dealer as in TJ Watt to deal with? You think he'll be okay? Yeah. And TJ Watt hasn't been quite the same guys since coming back from injury. He's still a good player, but he's not the all world force that he was beforehand. So I think they can still get some joy on the ground. Hmm. So I'm getting pfft. Oh, here on the show. I can't believe you don't have a, you broke our cocktail streak. I don't really understand. Like hello. What, you know, but Santa hat. Does the Santa hat offset? It does. Oh, I'm, I'm, I'm, See? Okay. The control room's saying it brings joy. As much joy as one of these, I'm questionable. No, but you know, it calls. Sam, the last one is the number 1.7. I'm going to Cabo. That is the percent chance that me who haven't, there's not a recorded shred of evidence that shows that I can connect anything, work a laptop, produce, be technologically savvy in, on an optimal basis. But I can, 1.7% that I can get this thing to sort of wire into create a television program next week. Hmm. It's also the turnover worthy play rate for Jalen Hurts this season. Like lost in all the improvement of him as a passer and all the production in the Philadelphia offense. That guy's been incredibly careful with the football. So it's a big loss losing him for a couple of weeks. Injury wise, not just because of what you take away his rushing thread, his big playability, but because he doesn't make mistakes. It's true. And then I'm looking at Minchu. We did a whole thing about him earlier in the show. He's sort of emotionally charged. Mike Leech passes away. He leaves the team. He flies down, delivers a eulogy. And now he's getting the start. He always sort of rises to the occasion. Like he's more of a main character, I think Gardner Minchu. And I'm looking at his touchdown interception ratio. 41 touchdowns, just 12 interceptions in his career. That's pretty good. Tell me what you think about that, but these also got Parsons and digs to deal with. Yeah, he doesn't tend to make too many mistakes with the football either. If he does, it's fumbles. Like he's a little bit loose with ball security, but that Eagles offense is a great situation. Number one offensive line in the NFL, AJ Brown, all those receivers. Like even without the rushing threat, it's still a fantastic offense to be in. I think Minchu will be fine. What's Santa bringing you? I don't know. It's a surprise, right? But I know. Sam, do you get like into the festive spirit? I kind of, this is my favorite thing. I have, I have a nine year old daughter, so it's somewhat thrust upon you, you know what I mean? Okay, what did you get her? She has this giant fluffy like egg chair thing, you know, like a, like a reading nook type of chair. Oh, that's cute. I thought we were gonna say one of those squash mellow, or those smash mellow, whatever they are. Yeah, she's already got those. She has those? Yeah, those are, I don't know about those. All right. Sam, well, happy and Merry Christmas to you and your entire family, your nine year old. I'm sure she's happy you didn't have a beer at eight in the morning, for one. She's like, yeah, dad, this is great. Go over to PFF, listen everybody, and of course, Merry Christmas to everybody over at PFF with the new PFF app. Congrats on all of the success. And thank you for helping us with our fantasy championships. We'll be back. Wild, week 15, like my pants. And who do you have in studio sitting in my seat? Matthew Hamilton. Welcome work on I am athlete. No, don't, no. You can work with me. No! You got back there behind the bar? I felt the need to get the party started. They get stolen. Did you get it back? I got a bike back, it wasn't my bike. Another show, okay? Happy birthday. Thank you guys. You naughty, dawg. You came to be sprinkling the salt bay all on the World Cup trophy. Come on, dawg. Naughty. Get off me. Did you see the people jumping onto the bus? It's my biggest fear. My earpiece is out. Oh my God. I literally can't hear you. Didn't you dress up as buddy one time? Look at you. The big boss who signs the big juxtaple is giving away up to $4 million in free bets. We're opening a sports book in Cincinnati. Gronk, gronk, gronk. Will you play professional football again? There could be a slight chance. Yes, two teams reached out. Who? Says to tweet. One of the teams that wanted me to come back sent me a picture of me in a uniform wearing number 69. So when Bill Belichick called you, did you guys catch up on family and stuff, too, or? Oh yeah, we talked about our Christmas plans. How did you come in for the playoffs, man? Just like that. How did you do that? You know, you just do it, right? A heck of a week here on the Evan Adams show. Probably the coolest moment was giving, in my opinion, giving, gronk was great. Having gronk so, by the way, little birdie told me that we're going to have a post-Christmas gronk, Monday, potentially, Rob Gronkowski on the show, analyzing what's going on on Christmas Eve and Christmas day. These playoff pictures, lots of teams can clinch this week. It'll be so fun to have him and put on that analyst hat, which we'd love to see. But I loved Mike Raffensburger coming on. Because that's like Synergy, the whole team, Fanduel, the big wigs, the everybody, our CEO, Amy, everybody saying, you know what? Let's give back a little bit. Let's do this thing. We gave up like millions of dollars in free bets, like millions. And I love seeing the thank yous pour in. So my thanks to everybody for, of course, you know, ride or dying with me in the parlay world. I am cooking up one for, I think I'm going to go Cowboys. I think I'm going to go Cowboys Eagles. Yeah, I think I'm going to go touchdowns, Cowboys Eagles. It just sounds like a funnel. I know Jalen is an out there, but I really have a feeling about Gardner. So I'm going to hit that one up. Because everyone says I always play it so safe. I'm so safe. What are you even making up over there? Well, then, OK, let's spice it up a little bit. And now I feel great about it. And the curse is broken, because the Charger's won when I was in the house last week. So all in all, an incredible week from Eric Kendricks to everything. I just want to talk, Richard's like, go to the next thing. Go to the next thing. You can't give me a modello and expect me to do anything. That's the thing. And everybody that's on our show every week, Eric Weddle, Sam Munson, who is on today. Darius Butler really does feel like family. So big thanks to everybody there and everybody, of course, in studio. And next week, yeah, I'm going to Cabo, because I'm a good employee. And because I basically went to be the sacrificial lamb, so my staff could work from home. And you are welcome, staff. Cheers. Thank you so much. Thank you so much. I mean, I take it for the team. I got to scout places. Where are they playing Cabo? Do they play at Chileno Bay? Do they play at the, you know, where can we put the NFL bigwigs when we go down there? Maybe I'll make a deal with Matthew Stafford to be my future quarterback. Maybe I'll have a love affair with Jessica Simpson. Isn't that what happens down there in Cabo during the NFL season? Anyway, if you need players to find the end zone in week 16, Rommel, I'm sorry. No worries. I got you covered. Here's what I have for you this week. How about Derek Henry? Nothing. Pretty much nothing. I feel more confident in him than Derek Henry going off against the Houston Texans. Over the last four games against them, they scored nine touchdowns. And he's rushed for over 200 yards in each. Talked about him a lot. So we're giving him the vibes. Derek McKinnon thriving on fire. Four touchdowns over the last two weeks. And he said, I'm going to run it in there. I'm calling my shot. I'm going to do it. And he probably will against the Seattle defense that is struggling. And they've given up the most touchdowns to running backs over the last month. I think they missed Bobby Wagner. Bobby Wagner, come on my show. We're a former teammate. DK McCaff, another guy, I think will score touchdowns. I think the Seahawks are going to have a good time this weekend airing it out. They've got the Chiefs secondary. The only weakness I see, I give a lot of love to the Chiefs. They have given up 19 touchdowns this year, just to the receiver spot. So that's more than anybody else in the entire league by far. Bang, bang, bang. K-makers. Nothing says Christmas, then punching. And this stuff. So there we go. I look like I'm in a Zumba class. Tai Bo, was that thing? Tai Bo? Oh boy. Huh? Don't do it. That's how we got my year, I said OJ. All right. Whoa! Merry Christmas. Off we go. Amazing. Ho, ho, ho. Hello there to everybody out there. I know we are a new show. We are changing and growing every day. But you guys even know us, so take a chance on us. We appreciate it. We're only getting better and better right here. Let's bring in Matt Hamilton to help finish out the show. I hear you have an issue with my Cabo trip. Yeah, again, your ability to twist things. You're making like a vacation at Cabo is some selfless act. You turning yourself into a martyr because the staff gets to work from home. Because yeah, I know that's the real reason that you're going to Cabo, of course. I mean, I'm no hero. I wouldn't call myself a hero, but. You put on your strange sleeves with the gloves. Listen. One at a time, just like everybody else, right? Listen, when I walked into the room and I said, if I'm gone from Monday through Friday between Christmas and New Year's, and I take on that burden of going to Cabo for the week, can everyone work at home? To which we should all be thanking Richard Issaquah for saying, all right, let's give it a shot. So cheers to Richard Issaquah on that. Thank you. Thank you, Richard. It's Issaquah forever. It's the producer. And yeah, so I mean, I'm not going to call myself a hero, but do I think I'm just as important as Bruce Willis and Armageddon? Yeah, I think I'm taking one for the team. I think I'm playing. Do I think I'm Jack in the freezing cold water of the Atlantic? And this entire show staff is Rose floating on the door. And I'm taking one for the team to save all of you. Yeah. Yeah, I do. I mean, don't let me drink. I was just about to say, one sip of beer and you're sitting there like this and rambling. I just. You think Liv Tyler and Ben Affleck, you think they lasted in the movie after those animal crackers? You think they lived happily ever after? Her dad's sacrifice, you think they're not in couples counseling 20 years from then? This took a really dark turn. Merry Christmas. He saved the world. Merry Christmas to everyone out there. Be safe, happy holidays. From us here at the Up and Atom Show, we'll see you guys Monday from Cabo.