 That's his sixth interception of the year 17 in the NFL and there's two regular season games left and the Falcons are on the road for week 17 and week 18. Today they are in Chicago taking on the Bears and it's snowing there. It's cold. It's snowing. It's going to be an interesting battle today. Both teams looking to win and they have to win to stay alive for the playoffs. We're going to get to all the playoffs contention today. Of course, thank you guys for joining us for the Falcons pregame show presented by Ticketmaster Taylor Vismore, Derek Grackley. It's snowing in Chicago today. I expected. These are the times when you have a weigh game on your schedule. I mean, guys are looking at this back in the summertime. Well, you have an away game in Chicago that ends up what is it? That's the 31st. December 31st or now into January, you know, you're likely going to be playing in something. It could be snow. You could look out and it could be 35, 40 degrees. It could also be below zero playing in Chicago this time of the year. So Atlanta is going to somewhat dodge a bullet because it's not crazy cold, but it is snowing and it's supposed to snow throughout the course of the entire game. I know that you are Minnesota guy over here, but 32 is cold. It's cold. I'm from the south. 32 is cold and snowing is cold as well. But I will say they haven't had a game like this yet where it's been this cool. I mean, you look at the Jets game in the Carolina game. Yeah, it was raining the whole game there. But they were in the 50s for both games, both all of our teammates from the Falcons that travel with team. They said it really wasn't that bad. It was pretty much in the 50s. It was just wet. But now it's 32 degrees. It's snowing. I mean, is that going to affect this game a little bit? I mean, a little bit, but not as much as you think. I mean, like the game that they played against Carolina was probably worse conditions than this. Like you can deal with snow that's falling on you a little bit. It's only the ones that get bad are like when you play Buffalo and you're in lake effect snow. And I'm talking about like snowflakes that are as big as like a baseball that are falling and they're coming through your face mask. But the fact that it is it's light snow, if you will. I know there's variations to it. And some people will say it's snow. It's snow. I can't stand it. But the fact that, yes, there'll be a little bit of accumulation on the field, but this is not going to be one of those that's going to dramatically affect either side, especially with ball security. Balls necessarily not going to be flying out of hands like it would be if it was raining. So to me, I would rather play in 32 in a light snow than play in 37 in a driving rain. That's a lot different. It's so interesting because I mean, I don't really know what I would rather play in, honestly, I've never played in both as a football player because I never played football. But today is a big game for both of these teams, Chicago and Atlanta. They have to win. So but there can only be one. But the Falcons remember last week I went on this whole spiel. I know it hurts his head to listen to the whole spiel of how the Falcons can possibly get into the playoffs. Last week there was a seven percent chance. But now after beating the Colts, the Falcons have a 12 percent chance to get into the playoffs. Right now they are second in the NFC South right now. Tampa holds that first spot solo holders of that number one seed for the NFC South. Listen, they are playing the Saints today in Tampa. If the if the Bucks win today, they will clinch the division, which, of course, the Falcons and the Saints both don't want. But if the Saints win today, then that will kind of push down the ball down a little bit further to week 18 with the Saints and the Falcons taking on each other down in New Orleans. And I know there's a little bit more of people that have to win and teams that have to win. So kind of break that down from Iraq. Yeah, I mean, obviously there's some scenarios that are going on and Tampa is looking to just lock up the division and lock up their birth into the postseason and get that home game. But as far as Atlanta goes, there's a lot of different factors that go into this. They really need a number of teams to lose. You see in the hunt over there with the Buccaneers is the Rams and the Seahawks. The Falcons really need both of those teams to lose as well, because the last time I checked, if Tampa, the Rams and the Seahawks all win today, that would effectively eliminate the Atlanta Falcons. So they need somebody to slip up today. And as you mentioned, kick the ball forward one more week. And obviously, if the Buccaneers could lose and then kick the ball forward another week to Atlanta, can go on the road and face the New Orleans Saints. Try to close this season out with two straight wins. But this is kind of the predicament that you get yourself in when you're not able to control your own destiny. A couple of those losses this season where the things kind of fell between their hands. You come away with those victories and you're not in this situation where you're looking at other teams and how their games are going to be important. So there's going to be some important games. You mentioned Saints and Buccaneers, Rams at Giants. Even though the Rams are a better record win-loss team, Giants, they're going to have to go across the country and the Giants may be playing with a little bit more confidence of the Giants at 5 and 10. Seattle hosting the Steelers. Steelers are 8 and 7. And then you got Sunday Night Football. The Vikings are hosting the Green Bay Packers. So looking for some of those teams that we mentioned, to trip up and get a loss today and give Atlanta a chance as they go into the final week of this season. Yes, so there's a lot that has to happen for it to go right, but we're not out. We're not eliminated yet. That's why you were saying the 12%, right? Yes, there was a chance. So you say 12% and I just throw out all the different scenarios that have to happen. We're just here for you guys to tell you how the Falcons can get to the playoffs because there is still a chance. But to make the chance even better, because if they don't win today, they will probably be eliminated if they don't beat the Bears. So let's go ahead and get to this matchup today. In Snowy Chicago, this Bears team, they've been having highs and they've had lows and they have a quarterback under center who the people in Georgia have probably heard a lot about since he was, I don't know, in high school. Who is Justin Fields as an NFL quarterback with this Bears team? Yeah, I mean, still had his struggles, but I think most people would tell you he's still one of the most athletic quarterbacks in the National Football League. And that's part of the reason why the Bears have started to see some success. What's interesting to me, and I love this graphic, because when I look at guys that are in college, the prospects that you're thinking about as first round picks, one of the first things that I look at is their completion percentage. Here's why, Taylor. I wanna see a guy that completes 68, 70, 72% of his passes in college because it's so much more difficult to do that in the National Football League, i.e. Justin Fields. His most recent 34 games, just shy of 61% completion rate. Well, why is that? Well, when you're at Ohio State, and you get two or three non-conference games at home, when you are worlds better than the team that you're facing, and then no offense, when you end up getting into your conference schedule, and let's just say you face a Maryland, or Rutgers, or a Purdue. Again, teams that are probably much less talented than you are. You should be completing 68 to 70 to 72% against those teams. Fast forward to the National Football League. No offense, but you don't get the break that you get in college against those teams each and every week. So that's the reason why you see a quarterback like a Justin Fields, like a Bryce Young in Carolina, struggling early on in their career. Because everybody that they play against is a professional and they're extremely talented. But here's the thing that you gotta know about Justin Fields. When he decides to tuck it down and run the football, he's still one of the most dangerous quarterbacks in the National Football League. I put him up in the conversation with Lamar Jackson, maybe not as dangerous, but he showed Arizona last week that he could do that. Nine carries, 97 yards on the ground in a touchdown, and he is leading this team in rushing yards this year. He's only played in 11 games. So that just shows the type of damage that he can provide when he runs the football. Still averaging about 10 carries a game. So expect it when he tucks it down and run for it and let him maybe get a minus two here, three or four there. Don't let him get 34 because that's when the game starts to get out of hand. Yeah, so obviously, like you said, he's the leading rusher on this Bears team. But the running back under him, Khalil Herbert, he only, he has almost 100 yards less than Justin Fields. So if Justin Fields is gonna run the ball, he's gonna run the ball. But I wanna say this about his transition from college to the Bears. Here's the thing, when he was on Ohio State, here are the wide receivers, excuse me, that he was thrown to. Crystal Lave, hello. Garrett Wilson, Jackson Smith at Jigba. He also had J.K. Dobbins on the team his first year at Ohio State. He had so many people around him that were these really big playmakers. And now his wide receiver number one is DJ Moore. And then the drop off of the wide receivers of touches and receptions and yards is massive between DJ Moore and the other wide receivers. So does that, is that helpful for a quarterback to obviously have weapons around him that he can kind of use all the time at his expense? Yeah, I mean, I kind of chuckle a little bit because Justin Fields is probably saying, I'd take my three that I had Ohio State, no offense over somebody's guys that I have on the Bears roster. I mean, you got two guys in Wilson and Olaven that might be regarded as two of the top five young wide receivers of the National Football League. And for Jackson Smith at Jigba, if it wasn't for Lockett and Metcalf out in Seattle, he'd probably be doing a lot more as well. And he's extremely talented as the number three out in Seattle. So yes, I mean, kind of an embarrassment of Rich's skill position players that Justin Fields had to work with during some of his time with the Ohio State Buckeyes. However, yes, he has struggled a little bit on occasion this year because he doesn't have the weapons. He's gonna have some of those today. He's gonna have DJ Moore. Cole Comet was banged up a little bit earlier on this week, but he is gonna be active in this. We'll get down to that a little bit later. But his ability to run the football is the biggest problem that's gonna get faced with Atlanta. He's got, he's about 61% this year as a passer, 15 touchdowns, nine picks, again in 11 games. There's gonna be some opportunities to potentially steal possessions away because he has been a little bit loose with the football, but when he tucks it down, you gotta have all your communication, all of your ducks in a row to get him on the ground. That's right. So last year, let me start with this. This is gonna be the 30th meeting between these two teams. And last year, Cordero Patterson broken NFL record for kick returns against the Chicago Bears. He made a 100 yard kick return crazy. And look at this graphic that we have here showing how he ran all the way down, I mean, electric. I don't know if you were there for it, but it was incredible to swatch and to see he now holds the record at nine kick returns in the NFL. I wanna say this because I went back and I looked at how often he's done this. He's done it nine times, like I just said, but he's done it three times against the Bears. He always kind of makes big plays against the Bears. Can we possibly see a kick return today from Cordero Patterson? Well, I would say that the Chicago Bears, they're probably gonna be, they're gonna know that and they're gonna make sure that they kick it out of the back of the end zone if they can. Again, the conditions might not allow that because sometimes the wind blows a little bit in Chicago. Cordero Patterson knows that, played there for a couple of years, but oddly enough, you mentioned still three of his nine kickoff returns were a touchdown. I've gone against the team that he actually played for, one Minnesota, one New England, and of course with Atlanta. So there might be some opportunities because it's harder to just pound the ball through the back of the end zone in Chicago with snow, with a little bit of wind, depending on which direction it's going. So there might be a couple of opportunities. And yeah, he's licked his lips a couple times against Chicago, maybe he does it again today. We'll see, and let's talk about this run game because what they're going up against in Cordero Patterson and Bajon Robinson and Tyler Alger and possibly even Taylor Heinecke if he comes out of the pocket, they're looking at the best rushing defense in the NFL. I mean, when you look at this defense, I mean, we can talk about Montez sweat in a second because what he's done with Chicago has been incredible. But when you look at this Chicago Bears defense, why is it so hard to run the ball against them? Well, they've made an effort, number one, to say that stopping the runs gonna be our first and foremost. And they've got some of the players to do it. You look at in their lineback in court, TJ Edwards, 143 tackles on this season is eighth in the NFL. He's been extremely active back there, running sideline to sideline to make tackles. They've got a talented defensive front. As you mentioned, sweat's one of the guys that gets into the mix as well. They got a talented defensive front, but to me it's always the commitment to stop the run. Yes, you gotta have the dudes, but does the coaching staff always say that this is our number one goal? And you can see that every single week when Chicago goes into the game plan defensively, they're gonna say stop the run is our number one goal. What are they going up against today in Atlanta? Not necessarily a running quarterback, but probably a three headed monster at the running back position that definitely wants to run the football. So it's gonna be a great matchup. You mentioned number one in the NFL, just shy of 81 yards per game on the ground. And their third in the NFL in rushing touchdowns allowed at only seven this year. So they've been very stingy when it comes to run defense on this team, and they're gonna face two really good running backs and also a guy that's a little bit of a Swiss Army Knife and Cordero Patterson with Atlanta. So they've got the ability to keep somebody fresh, but they're gonna go up against a stingy defense. Right, let's talk about Montesquat for a second, because this is gonna be his eighth game with the Barats. He was obviously traded in the middle of the season. Right now he has six sacks with this Chicago Barats team. He leads the team in sacks in eight or seven games, excuse me, that's wild. If you look at his whole season with the commanders and then with the Barats, he has 12 and a half sacks on the season. How do you stop the production of Montesquat? Yeah, it's interesting because, you know, you listen to Arthur Smith each week and they'll ask him questions about what are you gonna face, what are you gonna face? And he always says, this is the National Football League. Every week you're gonna turn on the tape and you're gonna face somebody that's gonna be a premier playmaker, whether it's a defensive end, a tackle, a linebacker, a corner, or even a safety. I'm sure the Bears are talking about Jesse Bates in their meeting rooms as well, saying this guy knows how to take away the football. But Montesquat is just the next challenge that's gonna be faced for the Atlanta Falcons, specifically the offensive line. You gotta find a way to make sure that all of your mechanics have to be great when you're going up against a great pass rusher. I don't wanna get into too much, but any time as an offensive lineman, you step underneath yourself or you don't have the right footwork, depending on where he's lined up on the line of scrimmage, that's where you generally get beat. Most offensive linemen get beat with their first step off the line of scrimmage if they don't have the right technique, just because these guys are so good. How else do you do it? You potentially line up a tight end over top of them and just give him something else to run around when he's coming off the line of scrimmage or you take one of your backs. Bijan, Tyler, those guys just check, chip before they release to get out. That's a way to help your offensive lineman, especially if you see a guy like Sweat getting on the edge of one of the tackles, just give him a shoulder chip to knock him back down the middle of your tackle and that allows him to kind of recover a little bit. But with those guys, you kind of have to, they got two really good ends as well and Gakwe on the other side is really good. So it's not like you can just focus on him, but he's shown throughout the course of the season that he can get to the quarterback. They cannot let him be a problem in the back field. Yeah, he can get to the quarterback, can get to the running back, he can kind of get to anyone. He's one of the best pass rushers in the league right now, but looking at this Bears Rush defense, obviously we spoke to Bijan earlier in the week and I said, how do you beat Chicago? Like kind of, not what's your game plan, but what do you mean? Like how do you see a win against this Bears team? And he said, if you can get 100 yards against them, you can beat this team. So I went back and I looked, I checked him. And here's the thing, five teams have rushed 95 or more yards against this Bears team. Only one has lost to them, that's Detroit Lions, but they had four turnovers in that game against the Bears. So here's the thing, if you can rush 95 or more yards against this Bears team and keep your turnovers down, you probably have a clearer path to a win. Here's the thing, Atlanta Falcons, I went back and looked, they have rushed 95 or more yards 12 times. Of their 16 games, 12 of them, they've rushed 95 or more yards. So this is gonna be a run heavy game for this Falcons team. I mean, it's a great matchup. It's what Atlanta wants to do. They have not deviated from it throughout the course of the season. They're gonna be our run first team. They wanna use that to set up the play action in some of the shots downfield and they're gonna do it, whether it's the Carolina Panthers or it's the Chicago Bears. Now, you have to have success. And to your point, it doesn't have to be. B. John Robinson himself with 100 yards. You're looking for, as a team, 95 yards or more against the Chicago Bears team and the odds stack up in your favor, especially if you can get some production in the passing game and protect the football. Again, we'll get to that a little bit later. You mentioned the Lions were able to do that against the Bears, but they turned it over. Obviously turnovers. I talked about it all season long. Is the biggest stat in the National Football League and you generally cannot overcome it when you have so many turnovers, but Atlanta's got to protect the football, but shooting to continue to run the football and have that run past balance offensively. Yeah, so before we get to the keys to the game, let's go ahead and get to the inactive today for this Bears team. Obviously Darnell Mooney will not be playing. It's a big miss for this Bears team. Obviously they have DJ Moore, but Darnell Mooney is that wide receiver too. He's got a lot of touches, got a lot of yards and Cole Comet, he was questionable. He will be playing today. They're tied in for the Bears. So when you look at this in the actives and you see Mooney on there and you see that Comet's playing, what are you thinking? Well, I think that, yes, you mentioned you get one less receiving threat, but the fact that they get Cole Comet, who is a tied in, who has been probably one of their more consistent playmakers back into the game, he's got 70 catches, 678 yards and six touchdowns this season and they're starting center. Lucas Patrick was also questionable in this game. He's going to be playing. So you got a Chicago Bears team that's coming into this one fairly healthy for the most part. They got two of their three are going to play in this game. They're probably going to find ways to target Cole Comet, extremely athletic. A guy that can make plays over the middle. Plus he can go up over the top of the defense. So you got guys like Jesse Bates who are going to have to be on their P's and Q's today against that talented tied in. Yeah, Jesse Bates got six, looking for possibly seven today in week 17. So let's go ahead and get to the Falcons inactive list. Let's take a look at who we don't see and that is Caleb McGarry. He will be back today. He is active for the first time in probably like a handful of weeks. He's been out for a while, but he will be back today. Yeah, it's been a great sign, especially to see this inactive list when we had that stretch kind of mid to late season where there's so many offensive linemen and defensive linemen. David on Yamada missed a handful of games as well. That was really, really hurt the line of scrimmage for the Atlanta Falcons. See John Leglu there. He actually was a practice squad elevation thought that maybe he would be active in this game. He'll be inactive, but outside of that, the rest of the guys you see on this list are guys that have kind of been inactive for the most of the season. So that tells me Atlanta is getting their starters back, their reinforcements are coming back, and they have desperately needed it, especially on the offensive line. And we talked about the challenge that they're gonna face today with this Bears defense. So the fact that they're a little bit, a couple of steps closer to being healthy at this point in the season is very encouraging. Yeah, I saw his inactive list and I was like, is this from week two or week three? Like this looks like the inactive that we had in the beginning of the season because no one was hurt. And now we're back to having a healthy line, a healthy team and all great things to go into what is now the keys to the game presented by Wells Fargo. Let's talk about what all these starters can do to ensure a win in Chicago and extend their playoff chances. What's your first cue of the game today? Yeah, we kind of talked about it a little bit, but it's gonna start with ball security. And we mentioned it, if you can run the football and you can protect it when you do go through the error, or even when you're running it, you cannot afford to have those fumbles, but ball security is gonna have to be at the forefront. Looking for the first time this year that Atlanta's gone back to back games without a giveaway. Think about that for a second. That's part of the reason Atlanta's had to somewhat of a roller coaster season because they just cannot get out of their own way with the self-inflicted wounds and the turnovers. Think about the Chicago Bears, though. One thing that we haven't talked about yet, Taylor, 18 interceptions this year. They've got guys that can take the football away. They've got two guys that have four picks. They've got two guys that have two picks. They have six other players that have at least one interception this season. So even though their record may not reflect it at six and nine this season, they have found ways to take away the football. So yes, through the air, Taylor Heinecke is gonna have to make some great decisions. Think about the last time Atlanta went on the road a very, very costly turnover in the red zone by Desmond Ritter. Obviously it was part of the reason why we switched back to Taylor Heinecke. Ball security is gonna have to be so important when you're playing on the road. Try to see if we can get a no giveaway game. Yeah, we'll see, because listen, here's the thing. Yeah, you have Jesse Bates, who is an interception machine for the secondary. But when you have a secondary where that interception wealth that's kind of spread around, it makes throwing the football not scary because you're the number one quarterback for the team and that you shouldn't be scared when you're under center. But it makes you think a little bit more of like, okay, who should I not throw to? Because when you are going against Jesse Bates, you know, let me not throw it near him because he's probably gonna try to pick the ball off. But here's the thing, Heinecke only has one turnover. He had it back in Arizona when he made that start. And then Robinson, Bajon has had two strip balls. Fumbles, thank you, since the buy. And obviously, during the buy, they stressed those turnovers, knocking those turnovers. And it's helped a little bit and you've seen the progression of that with Heinecke under center of not having those big turnovers. But today is gonna be a big challenge because of the weather, because of that secondary on will the Falcons be able to keep those turnovers honed in today? So looking at that and looking at your second key, I was talking about Bajon, so go ahead with the second key. Yeah, it's gonna be the other side though, it's gonna be stopping the run. And we talked a little bit about Justin Fields and what he can do running the football leading rusher on this team. But we also talked about Khalil Herbert. Interesting to note, he had over 100 yards rushing last week against Arizona. He has one other 100 yard game this year, which basically makes up half of his production for the entire season. Now he was banged up a little bit as well, so he hasn't played in all of their games so far. But those are the two guys that you're likely gonna have to slow down in the run game, because that's what Chicago does best. They wanna use the pass with Justin Fields to set things up and then if he sees all those backs turned from the defense, he's gonna tuck it down a run with it. Or if your rush lanes get too far upfield and he sees a crease, he's gonna take it. So again, you go back to some of the quarterbacks in the National Football League that are so athletic and they can make you pay with their legs. You've gotta have all your gap integrity covered up and you maybe are gonna devote somebody as a spy. You take one of your linebackers or your safeties, you say, you're gonna play close to the line of scrimmage, especially in like a third and medium, third and long situation. Your job is to keep your eyes on Justin Fields. And if he decides to run with it, you've gotta be able to go make a play. So I would expect to see maybe a little bit less man coverage from Atlanta, especially unless Ryan Nielsen sees the moment where, okay, maybe it's third and 16. We don't think that Justin Fields is gonna run. Let's take a chance, let's go man coverage, let's bring some pressure. But when you play man coverage, you have defensive backs and safeties that and linebackers that are turning their back to an athletic quarterback. So you gotta be very careful in a game like this to play a lot of man coverage with Justin Fields. Yeah, when you look at the Falcons defense, two guys that have done really well against the run is Caden Ellis and Nate Lamb and the inside linebackers for the Falcons team. They've done an incredible job of being in the box and making big plays happen against the run. So the question is, will you be able to contain Justin Fields where he is and maybe get a couple sacks down and push some big three and out situations. So we'll see what happens though. Let's get to the third key today, which is points in the red zone. Talk to you about that one. Gotta find a way to score down there. And whether it's, I'm not always one of these guys that wants to resort to field goals, but when you're playing on the road, you just have to get points. So if you do get into the red zone or let's just say you're just outside the red zone, the play calls and the decision making. Again, I go back to the Carolina game in that with that interception of Desmond Ritter. Once he gets out of the side of the pocket, understand where you are in the field and just know, okay, I gotta make something out of nothing. Let's just go ahead and throw the ball out of bounds, right? And live to let my field goal unit come on the field and get us three points. Playing on the road, which has been a struggle for Atlanta this year. There are two in five this year playing away from Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Gotta find a way to get points. Here's the other interesting thing. It doesn't end up factoring in when you talk about field goals, but Chicago's actually last in the National Football League in red zone percentage. Now in the NFL, they only base that off of touchdowns. 72 and a half percent of the time they're giving up touchdowns in the red zone. So there's an opportunity for whatever reason, Chicago kind of falls back a little bit and they allow touchdowns in the red zone. You get down in the red zone, find a way to get points and maybe in this one with this defense, capitalize and get a couple touchdowns. Yeah, and what's interesting is you talk about the special teams and letting your kicking team do their job last week. The win margin was 19 points. Koo had five field goals. That's 15 points by Koo alone. That's almost the entire win margin for the Falcons. I mean, he's been such a huge prize for the Falcons in years past, but especially this year. And this could be a big game for Koo, don't you think? Absolutely, special team. We've talked so much about offense and defense, but we talked a little bit about Cordero Patterson returning the ball. And yes, Youngway Koo and that entire field goal unit having a perfect game. This is one of those where like you look back at the game against the Colts and you're like, it's one of the first times Atlanta played like a really good game from start to finish. Didn't turn a ball over, efficient on offense, made plays on defense, kicking game showed up, didn't make any catastrophic mistakes. That's what you're looking for. Doesn't necessarily have to be a 450 yard offensive performance where you're scoring 40 points. Just make it a clean game. We stay on schedule, we protect the football. Sometimes it's okay to punt. Just remember, it's okay to punt and play field positions sometimes as long as you don't turn a ball over and give them a short field. Okay, so you brought up 40 points and I'm gonna bring this up because we're gonna switch over to college football right now. I don't know if any of you guys watched the game last night, Georgia FSU, big win. 40, 60 points, 60 win margin over here with the points. It's like the largest win margin ever. Georgia Bulldogs beat their own record which they said last year in the national championship against TCU but obviously FSU and Georgia were both snubbed if you will from the college football playoff. But big playoff coming in the new year six. Who do you think, who's your last two teams and who's gonna win? Oh gosh, you know, we're kind of talking about, we're gonna see a feature where the guys are gonna tell us a little bit about this. I hadn't really thought about it a ton just because like the bull season has been a snoozer up to right now. Have you, did you see the Pop-Turtle? Every year. The Pop-Tart, it's incredible. Every year these title sponsors change and you're like, I don't even know what it's called anymore. I just wanna know where it's at and who's playing in the game. Incredible. Let's see, I like Alabama just because of the confidence that they're playing with and I'll go with Bijan, Texas. Okay, okay, I actually like Texas too. To me, anyone but, Bama, in my opinion. Okay, I said Georgia Bulldog. Anyone but Bama, but for me. Wonder why. The national championship was the Pop-Tart Bull. That was the best bull I've ever seen. Pop-Tart comes down in a toaster and they ate the Pop-Tart. It was electric. Anyway, we asked the players this week who they think will make it to the college for the national championship and who will be the reigning national champion. Spain without the S. UCF Knights. Know who I got. Roll it tight or get rolled over. In Michigan. Texas, 20, and for the championship, I was against Alabama for a rematch. Got us. 40. I got all that one. 28. Well, you know my boy here. He's the greatest lineman of all time. The greatest lineman of all time. And he currently with the Washington. And that's still going to get him. Alabama beats Michigan, Texas beats Washington. Bama gets his rematch, kills Texas. Saving for the win. Pack 12. It's not a good lift for you for it. Georgia, Georgia, Georgia, Georgia, Georgia, Georgia. I ain't even gonna lie. Even the camera rolls. I went to UNC, so, you know, as far as ACC goes for the state still-owned business all year, y'all did them dirty. That's crazy. My North Floridian guy. My cousin's sister with the FSU. That's crazy how y'all did that. Crazy. All right. Y'all gonna come back and tell me all the way. Bama and Michigan. Wait. Camera to the camera. There you go. Michigan suck. All that fluff and shit they did all year, they suck. Bama gonna clean them. I got Texas. So, I'm gonna have a Bama, Texas rematch. I got the exact opposite. I got Michigan beating Bama decisively. And I think it's gonna be a really good ball game. But I think the Washington quarterback will go surprise the people. He is fluffy. And they will find a way to win a ball game late. And then when they play against each other, I think Washington might win it all. Just mark my word. I told y'all what was gonna happen. You suck that all year, though. Okay. Did Bijan say 40 points against Alabama? Confident in his voice. Did I hear that correctly? I don't know that anyone this year. I don't know if that's possible to score 40 points against Alabama. It's gonna be a really fun ball game. That was fun too. I learned some new lingo that a college football team or players can be fluffy. That's not a good look if you're fluffy apparently. I wouldn't want to be called that. And then also, I can't remember who it was, but talking about Florida State, rough timing on that one. Rough timing. Maybe if it would have happened two days ago. Oh my God. That didn't even get a touchdown. Whoops. Anyway, happy New Year's to you guys. We hope you all have a great time ringing in the new year. Hopefully the Falcons can beat the Bears today to stay alive in their playoff hopes. But that's all happening just in a few minutes in Chicago. Enjoy the game.