 I think we're so, do we have Christian Kirk? I saw him. I see him back there. Do we have Christian? Oh, Christian, you're hiding from me. All right, we got Christian Kirk coming up, so we're not gonna bore you with the double drums of Pat Mahomes and his legacy. But here he is, having it up with Marissa. All right, we'll be back after this. We gotta get out of here and we will have Christian Kirk joining us. Christian Kirk, you buying breakfast for everybody? Yeah, okay, yeah, I saw his tab. We'll be back after this, yeah. And then we've got Jake Cutler on the show. Brenda Marshall on the program, Up and Atoms at the Super Bowl. Yeah, hey, let me feed the big boy for the Touchdowns. Christian, hey, hey, hey. His history here. It's Up and Atoms' first time at the Super Bowl and our very first guest joining us to kick it all off is a local boy from Phoenix who plays all the way across the country. He doesn't finish his fifth season in the NFL. Five years already, this past year, he said career highs, excuse me, in receptions, in yards, in touchdowns, in bags, out of money. Please welcome in Jacksonville Jaguars, by the Super Christian Kirk, hi. Hi, how are you? It's so good to see you. Thank you, thank you for having me. Okay, what's your vibe so far with the Super Bowl week? It's like all the signage everywhere, all the high vibes. Obviously, since I'm from here, it's really cool to see the city kind of like embracing everything and everything that they're doing for us. So I know everybody's excited here. Okay, tell me about Phoenix. I've only been here once, really. It was for 2015 during the Super Bowl. I went to the golf tourney, I went to waste management, all that. What are the best parts about Phoenix? Where do we need to go eat? Yeah, well, there's so many different places that you can go eat. Obviously, the Mexican food here is great, but that's probably my favorite part about living here is there's so many different food options and just the quality of food, the different restaurants and whatnot. Food scene's a mesh. And you can literally get anything out here. You can go hide, camel back, you can go down. Waste management openers this week, so that's a lot of fun. I'll be there on Friday, go out there and see a lot of people that kind of grew up with and had some relationships with and then obviously all the stuff going on with the Super Bowl. We love that. I mean, your Jacksonville Jags are trending that way. You've got great coaches. We're gonna get into all of that. But the Arizona Cardinals were your local team growing up, right? Yeah. Look at you back in high school. Can we have this? What is this? Christian Kirkback in high school. Were you the mascot or were you a drip mascot? What do we got? Do we have this? Oh, wow. Just talk me through this. It's a TVC. The little you want. That is a Arizona Cardinals player of the year. So I won Arizona Cardinals high school player of the year. My senior year. I think that's my senior year. It's gotta be. Yeah, that's me. We love that. The Jorts. I don't know what we'll kind of show you. And you were drafted by them. And after four great seasons, you went from the Cardinals mascot to this one. Do we have that one? Oh, our guy. You got this guy? I don't know what's going on. Back there we go. No, what did you make of this when this happened? That's our guy. We had actually. That's our guy. We're actually in the offensive meeting. We had him as one of our like staple backgrounds for our presentations for our meetings. He just kind of brought the energy. He set the tone for us. Did he really? Yeah. He's a little, he's violent. You see him dancing in the back of the end zone? Talk to me about your season. It ended short. I know you had bigger goals as a team, but for yourself, career highs, I mean that 84 grabs, and you made plays in the biggest moments too, to try to get your team deeper into the playoffs. When you look back at how the season went, how do you feel? You know, it felt great. Definitely accomplished a lot that I wanted to accomplish, just for me, only for myself, you know, just going out there and improving that I'm the player that I know that I am and have always had been. And, you know, going to Jacksonville and getting those opportunities. And, you know, with the team success that we had, that was, you know, what I wanted to do is help bring that team along and help be a part of something, you know, and grow something. And that's what we're growing there in Jacksonville. And, you know, we're really happy with, you know, we're the stars we were able to make this season. And, you know, we're all hungry for next year though. You obviously were in Arizona. So you've got the taste of another NFL quarterback and, you know, some of those things. When you play with Trevor Lawrence, what's the one quality that stands out about him? Leadership, leadership and his ability in adverse situations to just persevere but also stay within himself. You know, it's easy. I know everybody, you know, talks about, you know, the Chargers games, but there are so many different times. You know, you look in October, we were on a five game losing streak. Yeah. And, you know, he never blinked. You know, his approach never changed. If anything, he worked even harder. He was hard on himself. He was critical, accountable. And, you know, when you have those type of qualities, especially in the quarterback who just turned 23 this year, you know, that's pretty special. So he's only going to get better. And, you know, those are some of the things that I appreciate about him. One of my favorite things about NFL, because I'm a fan, I just love to watch, is a quarterback and their wide receiver. And that clicks. And I see it, you know, Aaron Rodgers is coming on our show at some point this week. Him and Christian Watson, how that, it was not hitting at all. And then all of a sudden it started and it was great. You guys have that. I'm looking at this year, 84 catches. So I'm not going to short you. I'm not going to say 1,108 yards receiving eight touchdowns. You had more receptions than Mike Evans and scary Terry, the captain, Terry McClaren, okay. More receiving yards than DK Metcalf and Jamar Chase, number one. And more touchdowns than Tyree Kill. How, take a victory lap. You're too modest because you know, everybody said, why did he get that paycheck? Why did we pay him? Like, how do you feel personally vindicated by that? Well, it's funny because I still feel like I don't get the respect that I deserve. And it's kind of been that way. And, you know, with all the noise and after I signed my deal this off season, it was, you know, it was the loudest. And then now, you know, especially with the season that I had, you know, started getting real quiet and everybody kind of, you know, kind of hushed a little bit. But I just, I want my respect, you know, I feel like I'm one of the best receivers in the NFL. And that's the way I play. That's the chip that I carry on my shoulder. And I'm going to keep burning it. Yeah. So how do you do that? And what's the personal goal for you? What will it take you things to get that respect? You and Trevor, because Trevor doesn't really get it either. Honestly, it starts with us, you know, as a team, coming back out next year and being the team that we know that we can be and taking that next step, you know, going from the division to playing in the AFC championship to, you know, making a Super Bowl push. And I know that's the only thing that we have in our minds. Obviously it hurt. We got that taste in our mouth of, you know, being that close to being one game away. And so, you know, we want to get back there. Your last win of the season. Oh my gosh. One of the best comeback wins in all of NFL history. I want you to talk me through this. You're down 27 a zip, wild card round. You know, you went on the field goal, but it is this touchdown in the fourth quarter. Can we please cue it up? And Christian, just talk me through this insane play. So it was, it's basically, you know, one of our red zone plays. A lot of the touchdowns that I've scored this past year, you know, we're out breaking routes like this. And it's almost like a clear of the court, you know, one-on-one that isolated me with the nickel. And I just had to go win and Trevor threw a great ball. What? It's hard for me to kind of just shield him off, put my, you know, put my body in there and just make the catch. You know, these are the moments that you work for. These are the moments that, you know, it all kind of starts paying off for you. What do you remember from after the game? I know everyone made, everyone, like Waffle House was the story. That was the script, right? We're going to Waffle House. What else do you want people to remember from like how you felt or what do you remember? I personally was in disbelief. Like total shock, had no clue like what happened. You almost, you know, for that second half, you almost black out and you're just so locked into, you know, just taking it one play at a time, one play at a time. And then you look up and, you know, we send the field goal team out there and we're kicking a field goal to win the game. I didn't personally look at it. In those moments, I just faced the crowd and whatever reaction they give me. So just, you know, hearing them go crazy, knowing that it came in and, you know, we were able to win the game. It's just like a sigh of relief. Like, my goodness, like we did it. And, you know, we're on to the next round, but just total shock and exhaustion too. That was a long, that was, you know, a long game. What did you do for the game? Literally went home. I think actually me and my fiance went and got Taco Bell. Did you? Yeah, we went and got Waffle House. We went and got some Taco Bell. Listen, some of the best receivers like Devonte Adams want Taco Bell. It's not a bad move. We went and got some Taco Bell. She loves Taco Bell. Same. Yeah, we, best late night food. Best. So we went and just went home and went to sleep. That's amazing. You were tired. I can imagine. What do you make of this game? So it's, you know, in your hometown, Phoenix, two crazy good teams in different ways. Who has the edge, you think? It's tough. You know, like you said, both high powered offenses with great defenses, you know, two really great quarterbacks with a lot of weapons. And it'll be really interesting to see, you know, obviously we played both of them. Yes. Played Philly earlier in a month soon. And then I played Kansas City twice. Gosh, I don't know why we don't have that. I would love to, yeah, we should have asked you about that. That was the coldest game I've probably ever played in. I mean, weather wise, temperature wise, I didn't say it, but with the amount of rain and the wind and what not, it was brutal. What makes them, what's the scariest thing about them? I mean, the fact, I think as a team, Philly, they can win any type of way. You know, if they need a throw for 350, they can throw for 350. If they want to run for 250, they can do that. And so when you have an offense like that, you know, that's really hard to stop. And then defensively, it starts with their front. You know, you have that front, putting the pressure on the quarterback and then you have guys in the back end that, you know, are ball hawks that can make a play on the ball. You know, they're pretty complete all around. And, you know, Kansas City has the same type of playmaker, so it's tough. They're all banged up. I don't know, like, are they, you know, are those younger playmakers, the Sky Moors of the world, McColl's not playing juju veteran out-ish. Like, is he going to be able to make those plays on that secondary? Yeah, you know, I think so, because he's been there in those type of moments before he's been in the playoffs. And, you know, a lot of those guys have, they have Marquez as well. And, you know, guys that can go out there and make those plays. And they did it, you know, in the AFC Championship game when they needed it. And so they're definitely going to rely on them. They're going to rely on them heavy. But, you know, it's, it'll be tough. I think it's going to be close. I don't think it's going to come down to the line. Yeah, I think it'll be a great game. Okay, Christian Kirk, nobody's wrapping me. I'm getting nothing in my ear from anyone. It's a last door. Can we come down there now? Oh, let's come over here. Christian Kirk, we're going down here. I'm going to take my 8-1-8 with me. Let's do it. Okay, we're going to go down here because we've got lots of goodies. We've got an 8-1-8 bar. Christian Kirk, did you hear me? One of the best wide receivers in the game. Sorry DK, sorry Tariqia. More touchdowns and catches than you did. Here's the deal. How good are you at ping pong though? I'm pretty good. Okay, so here's the deal. We have these incredible swag bags. When I see one of them, we have all this going on over here. If you hit, you're going to have 30 seconds. We need you to hit three and you get up an Adam's swag bag. If you don't hit three, I get to text Doug Peterson from your phone. Oh, Lord. Okay, so you better get it going. And keep going. Keep going, even if you hit three because we're going to have a leaderboard. Do I have to use a paddle? No, just you can throw and you can bounce them, whatever. Okay, are we going to start? 30 seconds on the clock and go. Oh, okay, keep it going. I'll help you on this side. Come on, here we go. I'll help you over here. That's one. Keep going, keep going, keep going. Come on. Get in there. Dang it. Oh my gosh, we're close. Did y'all rig this? There we go. Okay, two, two, two. How many times a time? 19, 20 seconds. Come on. You got it, ask the buzzer. Ask the buzzer, stop the buzzer. We're going to say thank you for hanging out with us. Thank you so much. And you hear the love we give you, right? I do. I really appreciate it. Okay, you hear it because people all want to talk crazy and we love you here on the show. Thank you so much. You're the best. You're the best. I appreciate that. Thank you. I appreciate that. Don't forget us when you get what you want and your dreams come true. Okay, we'll be back after this. Jake Hultler and Brandon Marshall. What's going on there? We will talk to both of them after this. Jake Hultler, The White Whale on the show. Thank you.