 Super wild card weekend! We've got a tequila Friday. Why? Because it's Marissa's birthday and Will Arjib operator's birthday as well. We'll be joined by Brandon Marshall who will take 75 minutes of our 60 minutes to discuss whatever the hell he wants to. He is the steward of the I Am Athlete Media Empire plus Sam Monson will be here. I asked him to dig up a critical number that will help you over on Fandable Sportsbook, talking trash at the bar with your friends, whatever ahead of these six matchups. And I am six for six in my K-makers. Will I get three more? Yes, I will, starting now. Believe standing by, but not so fast. We've got to get into this. Listen, I don't like advancing this story. It's going to be talked about. So let's do our best to discuss it. But in the midst of what has been a wide speculation about Lamar Jackson's injury all week really, he decided to take matters into his own hands, whether he decided or was advised to. I like that he did this. I think it's great that he did. And here's what he had to say. Thank you everyone for your support and concerns regarding my injuries. I want to give you all an update as I'm in the recovery process. I've suffered a PCL grade two sprain on the borderline of a strain three. There is still inflammation surrounding my knee and my knee remains unstable. I'm still in good spirits as I continue with treatments on the road to recovery. I wish I could be out there. I'm going to repeat that. I wish I could be out there with my guys more than anything. But I can't give 100% of myself to my guys and fans. I'm still hopeful we still have a chance. So the initial diagnosis of what was going on was one to three weeks, we'll be back, you'll be back, you'll be back. And now we're about to hit the six week mark and it doesn't seem like he's close to returning. So it has caused a lot of people, Twitter, pundits, whatever to question can he play through this? And he is instead prioritizing his health and being extra careful with his contract situation looming and there's a lot of things that are untied there or is he actually hurt and can't go? And I honestly think that this line of thinking is so toxic and it is such a reach. I don't question Lamar Jackson's desire to play and I can only do that based on experience that I have as a fan and as someone who's talked to these guys a lot over the years. I've covered this league for a little bit and it seems to me it is a hardwired thing. Wanting to play, it almost seems untought to these players. It is an inherent instinct. It is in the bones of these guys, in the DNA. And I've never met, I can say, I've never talked to a meta player who I'm not completely convinced that they wouldn't be going out there and giving 100% if they could. And most of them go out there much less than 100% available to them to give. And it's hard for me to envision that type of approach from Lamar Jackson who has only showed us that he's willing to do anything to get out on the field and give it his all. Remember when the contract negotiations kicked off last summer? Steve Bishadi, the Ravens owner, he was saying things about how Lamar is looking at this contract money as secondary to what's really important and he's using the word obsessed to win a Super Bowl. So while I think it would be nice to see Bishadi and the GM, the Costa and of course Harbaugh, his coach. You wanna always hear the coach say stuff about this? I would love to hear them come out and further support and maybe more meaningful support of Lamar ahead of this game. But this isn't really a story. If he could play, he would. And if he was sweating his contract and second guessing, getting on the field, I don't think we'd see him out there week one. Why would we? We wouldn't see him at all. And if you think about it, if he could play, go out there, beat his division rival, somebody who smoked you twice this year, at least got past you twice, advance his team further into the playoffs. Doesn't everyone out there making these claims or having these thoughts understand that that just adds to his value? Why wouldn't he wanna go out there? He's always been on himself. Why would that stop now in this situation? It doesn't seem likely to me and it doesn't seem likely we'll see him based on what he's saying and what this injury really is. So let's do what RG3 said. And RG3 can speak to this. Remember what happened in his rookie year? Let him recover, let him relax. And what helped, what does it do for you? Just as a human to question this. Are you gonna get an answer? Like if they lose, if they win, if he plays, are you gonna ever feel good? If they franchise tag, when they don't, he goes to another team which seems likely, whatever. Like what is questioning it right now doing for you? Like take a nap, get a grip and enjoy the action this week. I don't think he'll play. And it doesn't sound like he's particularly close to getting back on the field if they do somehow advance past the Joe Burrowing company. So it's either gonna be Tyler Huntley who returned to practice yesterday or Anthony Brown who was the quarterback Sunday Night Football of course against the AFC champs. That'll see, we'll see how that happens as we bring in Brandon Marshall who I never know what he's gonna say. Former All-Pro receiver opinionated I am athlete media mogul and Matt Hamilton future employer. Brandon Marshall, how are you? Oh, I'm phenomenal. I'm a little disappointed. I see right here it says up in Adams, Brandon Marshall joins the show. I thought we agreed that we were going to brand our own second. I thought I was, I thought you were gonna make me feel special. I see Gronkowski on your show, Coach Sean Payton on your show. It's like you're getting the big hit now. It's like you moved from New York to LA, two big cities, major markets. You're getting the big hit. It's like, what's up? Are you forgetting about the small people like me? I'm not, I think you kind of curbed me for like two weeks in a row. I think plenty of things happen in the news cycle. In our meetings would say, Brandon Marshall wanna come on? Brandon Marshall wanna come on? And you kind of curbed me. So I have to say fine, I'll guess I'll settle for Rob Gronkowski four times Super Bowl champion, fine. Was that a little gaslighting on my side? I am good at that. It's in my Twitter bio. Brandon, what do you make? We'll talk Lamar here. We got lots to talk about six games, big stakes. What's the story? He probably won't play. What do you make of people thinking he might just be holding himself out? He can't play, right? 2006, when I was drafted to the Denver Broncos, fourth rounder, our first preseason game, playing up in Indy, I fall on the sideline and I snap my PCL. So it was a grade two, almost a grade three similar to Lamar Jackson's. And it took me almost to week eight to get back right. I was able to get back out there right around week six, but I wasn't the same guy, okay? I mean, excuse me, six weeks out, but I wasn't the same guy. I didn't feel comfortable until I hit probably halfway mark of the season. The PCL is a serious thing. It's not as serious obviously as a MCL, now I would say MCL like the ACL, excuse me, or a patella tendon, something like that. But you have no stability in your knee, right? You're literally talking about, you ever see someone, you know, hyper extend their knee, right? It goes back, that's that PCL. That PCL stops your knee from going back. When you don't have that, there's literally no stability, Kay. Well, let's talk about what not the, you know, the doctor operation of it all. Like let's talk about what people are saying is that it's because of the contract. He doesn't have professional experience representation as far as we know. Negotiation stopped in the summer before the season kicked off. The team has not come out and said anything. Harbaugh hasn't really come out and said anything. Like he can't play. We're saying he can't play because it's what I believe is a fan and what you believe is a former player. But what do you make of the assumption that he's doing it to protect himself because he needs a deal to get done and that's looming? Humanization, right? So that's basically what we wanna talk about here. First off, you just did a lot. The first thing you talked about was the representation, right? I'm so tired of people saying that he's not represented. I had one of the most powerful agents and still have one of the most powerful agents in sports. Canard McGuire has done billions of dollars in deals it seems like at the general manager level. So representing managers, players and also owners. There was times when I was playing for the Chicago Bears that we leaned on the NFLPA to walk us through our philosophy and our approach to our contract, right? There are so many attorneys that are already paid by the players for the players. So when you talk about representation, it's not as hard as people think, right? It's about standing on what you believe in. You know, if Lamar Jackson believes he's a top five quarterback and a top five quarterback ranges X, then that's where he wants to be or the market sets itself. If he feels like he should be right, there were Patrick Mahomes underneath Patrick Mahomes, that's what he believes and then you do the dance. So yeah, there is an art and skill to negotiation. But Ms. Felicia Jackson is a hell of a lady and super smart. I've sat down and talked to her and I've been begging her to let me tell her story. I've been begging her to come on IMathly and us highlight her. She wants to always be in the back. When I tell you she is brilliant, she is brilliant. I actually met Lamar Jackson, Ms. Felicia back when I was playing for the Miami Dolphins in 2011. We went to the same church. I live right down here in Western Florida. They're from Pompano Beach. And I would see them almost every other Sunday. Lamar Jackson and Ms. Felicia know exactly what they're doing, okay? And as far as the humanization part of this thing, didn't we just see Lamar die on the field and be brought back to life and we started this conversation up there? Maybe it's time for us to start listening to the players. Every time money comes in to play a contract dispute, we immediately go to the owners. We immediately go to the team side. Well, what about Lamar Jackson? What if Lamar Jackson can never play again, right? Lamar Jackson deserves to have some stability. Lamar Jackson deserves to have a contract, right? Where he doesn't own all the risk. That is the situation right here. So if I was Lamar, right? And I wasn't even dealing with a PCL and I could play, I would not play. It's too much risk. I'm saying that right now. I would not play. You know, well, let's give some more breaking news, okay? My last year in Denver with Josh McDaniel, you know I don't like Josh McDaniels too much. Josh McDaniels comes in and he's a jerk, right? Can I say that? I can't say that, sorry. Let me not call nobody names. I can't call nobody names. I'm so sorry. But Josh McDaniels come in and we don't have the best relationship, okay? The last year, I was like 80%. I could have probably played through it, but I didn't. I didn't go out there. I wasn't going to waste going into my free agency, my off-season, an opportunity to secure my family forever and risk it for you. No, I'm thinking about Zee, Ziggy and Zodah that's here today. I'm thinking about their kids, kids. That's what I was thinking about. And I sat my butt down right there on the sideline. Why did you bring up Josh McDaniel when you made that decision? Like, so if it was a coach that you really liked, would you have played? Listen, probably not, right? Hey, Newsflash, NBA players, NFL players, hockey players, snowboarders, whatever it is, okay? If you're in your contract year, okay? And you're seconds away from getting the deal. And you're not there, sit your butt down. Hey, hey, hey, players, if you're going into a year and you don't feel comfortable with the contract that you have, if you feel like, you know what? Like, if I go out there and I can tear my ACL, I can lose, I would maybe never play again and I'm not secure for life, sit your butt down. So why did he play week one? Because that- He was 100% then? Because that is the business, right? Because if he doesn't do that, he's deemed a bad guy. Okay, but tell me this. But he wants money, he wants security. Guaranteed money is what we're talking about. So this will be the second season in a row, the second season that he has not finished the year. Should that impact his contract negotiation? Okay, maybe. But Kay, when you were a free agent, that fan duel out there, you had this person out there, that person out there, look, whoever gave you the best deal was the deal. So right now, if Lamar Jackson with everything you just said, if there's one, two, three teams to come out there and say, we'll give you that 230 million guaranteed, that's the market, Kay. I understand that, but we're talking about why he would make a decision like that now versus he could have held out. Why didn't he just hold out then if that's what he's, if he has the mentality that you're, I disagree with you, I don't think, I think that if he could play, he'd go play. I think he's wired that way. I think he actually thinks, has a lot of confidence in himself, and I think his mother does who I've never spoken to. I'm sure she does as well, is there handling this? And Lamar's whole thing and why I love Lamar is that he bets on himself, whether it's reckless or the right decision or it works out, it's a risk that he's willing to take, that he'll go out there and he'll play. And I can't imagine that knowing that he could go and slay the bangles and keep going and he's gonna earn himself more money, more respect in playing that he would hold himself out. I don't think that that's true. No, listen, that's 99% of the athletes out there in football or basketball is gonna make the same decision Lamar Jackson made, right? And that is the problem, right? As a player, you take it personal. As a player you're talking about, I'm gonna go out there and compete. And we forget about the business side. We don't have the savviness when it comes to understand the bigger picture. We don't have the oomph to be able to sit there in a tough situation when you have millions of fans saying you are selfish, you should be traded, we should cut you, we don't even want you to come back. A lot of players can't deal with that. No, like 99% of the players think that way. And we need to stop it and we need to change the way we think. And the reason why? Because if you are a player that goes down and you deal with a season ending injury, you're Damar Hamlin. And I know this was almost an anomaly, but we've had players break their necks, we've had players deal with two a tongue of a lot. Which is why I disagree with you, Brandon. I don't think that any player, I think players more than ever are gonna feel supported in holding out. I think if Lamar Jackson said, I'm not playing because I don't feel good, I don't know this contract, I wanted to sign it, I deserve this, I think he'd actually have more support than you're saying that he would get. From fans, from people. So, well, give me one example of a player holding out over the last 20 years that was supported. And I know I'm not trying to put you on the spot here because there's so many players and I think about so many different scenarios. Me, my experience, Kay, from my point of view and Mike's, what I've seen over the last 20, 30 years, all I see is fans saying, you're selfish. All I keep saying is, oh, how much money is enough money? I see organizations planting stories, like, hey, Lamar Jackson, you know, hey, if he's 70%, 80%, he should be able to go, why does Lamar Jackson, why do you think Lamar Jackson had to put out a tweet saying, if I wanted to, if I could play, I would play? I know. Right, so my thing is, look, maybe there's an example out there where there's been a player or two that's been supported, I can't recall. I don't recall, Kay. I think Lamar is different and I think he's looked at differently by people and I think he plays different and I think that he is in a world of his own and I think it's really hard to lump him in with how other quarterbacks, their free agency, their holding out has occurred because I do and always have considered Lamar Jackson, whether it's right or wrong, sort of on his own, people don't know how to value him. Foreign offices, I don't think know what to do with a player like Lamar Jackson but we can both agree it's a shame he probably won't be out there. I think I just hate the conversation about whether or not he wants to be out there or whether or not he would play if he could and I don't think he can play and I think if he could play, he'd be playing. Right, yeah and I think that would be a bad decision. Taylor Flu, our amazing social media manager. I want you to clip this and put PSA under it, okay? PSA. And put this out on all of our channels, okay? PSA, PSA, you ready? Hey players, if you're going into your last year of your deal, don't go, okay? If you're a good player, okay? If you're a terrible player, you gotta go. You don't have the accolades, you gotta go. But if you're a good player and you think you out, if you feel like you've outperformed your contract, if you feel like you know you have all the risks meaning that if you get hurt and you can't play again, you'll never get any more contracts. Do not play. I don't care if you're going into a season. I don't care if you're dealing with an injury like Lamar Jackson and you, you're sitting right there at 65, 70% and their team is on the verge of going to the playoffs. They're going into the playoffs. Don't play. Don't play. Don't play. And all of the fans out there you guys may say whatever you want about me, Brandon Marshall, but I've been dealing with it my entire career. I know 70% of you guys love me and 30% of you guys hate me and let's keep going back and forth. But players out there, this is a business. Take the emotion out of the money. Thank you, Taylor. Please clip that PSA underneath. And scene. We'll be back with Brandon Marshall. We got to talk Giants, Vikings. I want to get your thoughts on all that. Kenny Galli, they scored a touchdown. Is he going to be important now? They didn't get Odell. Odell was tweeting yesterday. We'll get to it right here. Back with Brandon Marshall. He is here. The IM athlete, media empire, the head of that. Let's talk Giants and Jets here. Let's start my friend with the Giants, Vikings. They didn't sign Odell like you wanted them to. I wanted them to. We did see Kenny Galli day score his first touchdown as a giant last weekend. Listen, there are fans as local media calling for him to get more reps this Galli day. Do you think that touchdown could get him going and be the spark that we'd hope we'd get from Odell? Because the receivers do look better with the Giants. I do. I do. Kay, I was on a bus one time and I saw Devon Hester. And it kind of a slump almost. He felt like he was in a slump. Jay Cutty, who we always talk about on the show, our show, our segment. He wrote back to me by the way. What did he say? What did he say? I don't remember something. I said, come on the show, Jay. And he wrote what show. And I just gave up and didn't write back. Of course. But look, Jay Cut was not throwing him the ball. So he's in a little slump and I'm getting on the bus and I'm seeing him with his phone out, watching YouTube videos of himself, of old Devon Hester. And that blew my mind. This should have been First Ballad Hall of Famer, Devon Hester, who pretty much is struggling with confidence. And he's fighting his butt off to get his confidence back, right? I never experienced that up until I got to the Giants in the Seattle Seahawks where I was in that similar situation. I had to find a way to get my confidence back. I don't give you a player or just a person out there that's an entrepreneur, a weekend war, whatever. When you lose your confidence, you are done. OK, you're not competitive anymore. You can't perform. Kenny Galladay, go back to when he was in Detroit, Kay. Did we not celebrate Kenny Galladay? Did we not love those big plays? He was making these plays every single week. Yeah, he was on fire. Why do you think he got the $20 million? It was not a bad deal. I don't know what happened in New York. But we have not seen this. If he can come back and make plays like this, just a couple throughout this playoff race, this could be the old Giants run that we saw years ago with Eli Manning when they were terrible and then all of a sudden they found their way in the Super Bowl. Well, he needs to make these plays. And he's capable. Well, nothing makes confidence more easy than going up against the 31st ranked past defense in the National Football League in the Vikings who they faced when, week 16. And all of those receivers were putting up numbers. So it certainly can happen, and especially if Kenny is feeling himself and gaining that confidence. I love that story about Devon Hester. Taylor, you're gonna have to cut off the Jake Cutler part. I just don't want that on the internet. We appreciate it. We're gonna stay in New York because the Jets didn't make the playoffs, but they're always in the news. As you know, they fired their offensive coordinator, Michael Floor, that could not have been easy for Sala to do, a good friend of his. Woody Johnson came out yesterday and he said he is ready to open up the checkbook for a veteran quarterback. Yeah, calling the position the missing piece. Well said, Woody. We heard yesterday, Derek Carr is on the trade buck. We're hearing this morning, by the way, Indy not interested. The Colts do not want Derek Carr. But do you think that he could be the piece here? Of course, they don't say that. You know, I love Chris Ballard over there and Indy, but they've been hit or miss on these quarterbacks the last couple of years. But he'll figure it out. Ooh, this could be big. First off, Woody Johnson, you know, I love you. You're my buddy, but you should have opened up the checkbook for him. It fits magic. And we wouldn't have had that terrible second run with New York. But anyways, do it, do it, go get Derek Carr. Yes, are you kidding me? Yes, yes, absolutely. He's been in this situation again before, Kay. Remember Rex Ryan, that legendary defense? Yes. Daryl Reavis and all those stud muffins, Bart Scott and all those amazing hearts up front. We don't like to talk about him. Yes, go ahead. Sorry. All of those amazing players on the defensive side and what happened? They missed it on offense. Do you think he want to experience that again? Woody Johnson went in the Super Bowl and one of the biggest cities in the world. And this guy right here, Derek Carr, I don't care about this record saying six and nine. You know who's the blame for this six and nine record this year, Kay? Go ahead and say it. Would it be the man who wears the visor? Josh McDaniels. Josh McDaniels, you want to point the finger. He did the same thing when he got the Denver. My old buddy, Jay Cutler. He gets the Denver. We're the number two offense. We're the number two offense in a whole wide world. And guess what our buddy, Josh McDaniels? What did he do? I'm going to trade you, Jay. What are you doing? This is smoking Jay. Jay is in his third year. He could potentially morph into the one of the top five quarterbacks in a club. In that altitude, come on. In that altitude. And his first move is to trade Jay Cutler. What do you think? Jay Cutler is so, so traumatized. You're not wrong. This defense this year for the Jets, fourth best defense the National Football League. That's no joke. I mean, maybe it's not Daryl Reeves-Barth Scott while you're talking, but like, it's up there. Sala has that going. So you're saying Derek Carr, out of everybody, he's the ideal fit for this Jets squad, as far as you see. Or is there another guy? Listen, you know, I don't trust the draft. You never know what you're going to get. You know, Zach Wilson, he still has, you know, a future, right? You know, he's still young. But you got a guy like that that comes in and there's some immaturity. You know, it takes a couple years for guys to actually morph into men and what, you know, teams drafted for. But when you have a Derek Carr guy that you know is going to be the first one in the building, the last one out, which is a fact, we know that. You have a guy that is fiery. We know that. We have a guy that can make plays. We know that. Why wouldn't you take a chance on that? We don't need Derek Carr to come in and be the best Derek Carr. And the best Derek Carr is a top 10 quarterback in the NFL, right? We don't need that. We need Derek Carr to come in and make plays. But what you're going to get is probably a Derek Carr that could go out there and throw for 4,000 yards in the right situation and look at that offense, right? You have some really good pieces on the offensive side. I like Elijah Moore. Obviously Wilson, he could potentially be the offensive rookie of the year. Like a corridor, yeah. You got some. You got some pieces. This is a really good group. This is a really good group. Breece Hall coming back from injury. Great coaching, a fiery, excited fan base. Him in that media circus. I may come back tight in. Can I come back? Do you want to come back as a tight end? If Derek Carr comes back. Comes back. If Derek Carr goes to the Jets, I'm going to the Jets as a tight end. Woody, give me a 10 day contract to prove it to you that I can play tight end. And here on WFAN, we have Craig Carton speaking about this in about two hours. Boomer Syason making this his fodder for the week before the weekend. Him in front of the microphones, I'm so curious about. Zach Wilson, epic fail. You won't argue me that it matters. I think he's emotional. He's emotional. He's in a cry up there on that podium. I don't know if those back pages are going to be kind to him. He's an emotional guy. It's not a bad thing. It's a good thing. But he has like a, you know, like, media relationship will be interesting, no? Yeah, but if you're winning, who cares? Winning solves everything. When you're winning, you can cry. And that's when you cry, the back page and be like, oh my goodness. You see, this is what we media people do. I got to put, I got to put me in there as well. That's right. This is what we do. When you're losing and you cry, oh, that was solved. Why would you do that? You can't do that. And then when you're winning, he does that look at the emotional leader. No, yeah. This is amazing. He galvanized not only the block room, but he galvanized the city. So when you're winning, it cures off. And all of those things that seems bad in front of the microphone when you're losing will be turned into good. I gotta say, I did not think this conversation was gonna go into you saying that Derek Carr is a Hall of Famer who you come out of retirement and stood up at the tight end position for. I just didn't. Taylor, Taylor, do not clip that. That is not a PSA, okay? Don't listen to your boss over there. Do not clip that. I don't know who's Taylor's boss. We don't know. There's no hierarchy here. Okay, let's get into these games, playoffs. Saturday afternoon, NFC West Battle. I need you to pick the game. Do you think the Niners, it's just that easy? They beat the Seahawks for a third time? Let's go through these quickly. Okay, so the Seahawks and the Niners game which you started with, this is a blowout. Love, Geno Smith and what they were able to do over there, but this is it for them. They're going fishing. Got it. I wanna see, let's pull up the full screen. I think we have it Conrad of all of the picks that we got from Brandon before the show. Let's take a look at those. So you already picked that. How about the Chargers? They got Jacksonville. Who did you pick and these are your picks? Take me through them. Yeah, here you guys go, right? This is a one, two, three, four, five. This is a six leg Parley right here. Go on Fandle right now and make some money with me. These are locks. Take the 49ers. They're gonna beat the Seahawks. You got the Chargers over the Jacksonville Jaguars. This is could potentially be a pick them game. But I think these defensive ends are gonna take off. Bosa's back baby. And then you got the Bills over the Dolphins. Come on, the Bills picked them to win a Super Bowl. I'm telling you right now, God is all around them and in them. DeMar is brought back to life. And what's happening there has galvanized the sports community. The Giants win big against the Vikings. Yes, Kenny Galladey, he makes two big plays and we're gonna be celebrating the Giants and he's gonna be lifted up as a king. Yes, you're worth the $20 million a year. The Bengals over the Ravens come on smoking, Joe. No Lamar Jackson. Of course they're gonna walk all over the Ravens and then you have the fucking nears at the Cowboys. Dude, you want to bet against the goat. Six leg parlay. Hey, this probably you bet $100. You might win freaking $20,000. $20,000. Go on the app, go on the website if you're active, especially if you're in Ohio right now we live ready right now. Oh gosh. Company man, move over, Gronkowski. Brandon Marshall's got this on lock. Hey, it's the Red Bull, it's the Red Bull. It is the Red Bull, it's the Red Bull. Are you mad that Jay Cutler got back to me before he got back to you? Absolutely. You know I'm emotional, you know I'm emotional, I'm sensitive. We love the Devin Hester story. We love, you know, using the past to sort of talk about what's going on now and you are incredible and so insightful and we appreciate you. Will I see you in Arizona? Yes, and we're gonna do our show live and I need a branded segment. A branded segment. Okay, what would we want? Yes, K and B. B and K. We'll work on it. Beast mode, they're saying that's, K and the Beast, that's not gonna happen. All right, we'll talk about it, you and me. These awful ideas. Beauty and the Beast, no, that's too cheesy. Yeah, we're not doing that. That's too cheesy. All right, I wanna get on it. Can I get on I Am Athlete at some point? Can we, how about I Am in parentheses Not Athlete and then I can be part of that segment? That'll be my branded segment. We'll be out there on the 24th, I believe, the Lakers and Clippers game, so let's get you on the show again. Oh, Lakers, I've never been to a Lakers game. Well, we're not taking to the Lakers game, but you're coming to the show. All right, Brandon Marshall, everybody, we appreciate you, we'll get your picks up online and Taylor, get to work, get to work, click up those things. All right, click, PSA. We've got Sam Lonson coming up on the show. We're drinking tequila today, Sam. Nope, go get something a little harder. Nope. When you saw the matchup against the Chargers, where you spent, my friend, the first four seasons of your career, what were you thinking, and do you think it would be emotional going up against your old squad? There's no, I mean, it just is what it is. I'm a Jag now, so, hey, yeah, let me go. I was there. It is what I have history with the team, but man, I'm looking to go out there, dominate, but to have it be the Chargers is, you know, it's a little more, adds a little more something to it. I could not have fallen more in love with Ray Sean Jenkins. He is so smiley, and he's not on Twitter, and I'm so upset about it because he would be a master sub-Tweeter. He was just taking shots at Urban Meyer by not saying Urban Meyer in a way that a master class could be taught by Ray Sean Jenkins, the J-villain who's taken on his former squad, the Chargers in wild card action. Okay, it is Friday. Let's welcome in our good friend, the co-host of the PFF NFL podcast, PFF's lead NFL analyst, and someone who I frankly don't think tweets enough. Sam Monson, how are you? I'm good, how are you? I'm really good. Okay, so this weekend for this segment, we are not drinking mimosas, which would be like a totally normal thing to do. Instead, it's Marissa's birthday, so Tequila is happening, and what would you call this drink? At Tequila screwdriver. At Tequila screwdriver. Sam, what do you got? I have Elvis juice. Elvis juice. I gotta tell you, I'm lying, I can't lie. I'm not drinking, I can't drink Tequila, so this is just orange juice. I can't, they told me to lie. They told me to just pretend, but I can't, there's no point in pretending. Show's over. But I'm getting vitamin C and sugar. If we're graduating to Hardlaker, this whole segment could go south in a hurry. That's what I want. If by south you mean north in a hurry, then that's where we're going. All right, Sam, we got numbers. I asked you for not something different, but something more specific for this weekend to help me make decisions over at Fandall Sportsbook, and I'm gonna use the PFF app to do this, of course, so let's get PFF'd up. Fine, give me some Tequila. Give me a shout out to Tequila. Go ahead, Marissa. The first number is 90, if it was a gasp, an audible gasp in the studio. 90% chance that I will throw up this shot at Tequila online television. What else is 90%? 90 is the number of pressures that Nick Bosa has this season. Leads the NFL, he had 13 against the Seahawks in two games. Seattle needs to figure out a way of slowing down Nick Bosa if they have any shot at this game. He is on a kind of defensive player of the year game wreck and kind of run right now. He's the best defensive player in the National Football League. He led the league with 18 and a half sacks. Three of those games in his two games, by the way, against Seattle. So tough time for Gino and company. I don't know if the magic ends. Okay, the next number is 1.6. I'm gonna tell you, again, cause I'm honest, I cheated. I saw the number ahead of time for the first time all year and I'm gonna tell you a fact about this. A sloth for them to travel a distance of 1.6 kilometers, it can take as long as one entire month and that fun fact, my friend, is something you would not get anywhere else. Wow, that feels like it would be pretty boring. 1.6%, the turnover-worthy play rate for Justin Herbert this season, which for the second year in a row is the lowest in the NFL. He protects the ball better than anybody else in football, but if he's gonna win a playoff game, I think he needs to get a bit more aggressive on whether that's him, whether that's the scheme. Something needs to change and Herbert needs to be a little bit more, not reckless with the ball, but just a bit more aggressive with it. Oh, I don't know, easy on the reckless. I'm okay with that. I was talking to Raysean Jenkins this whole interview and he's a guy who has game-changing plays. That strip sack last week, he told me that he visualizes it and I'm like, Brian Dawkins, like you go out there and talk to the ball before the game, like what are you talking about? And he says he really believes in manifestation at something he thinks about and takes time to do pretty much every day. So he's a game breaker. I'm a little worried that something's gonna happen if that recklessness happens and the Jags defense fourth best turnover rate in the NFL this year. They got a bit of a knack, some magic for creating that and that's something that Herbert's going to have to worry about in his first taste ever of playoff action. All right, the next number is 30. I have no idea. I wish I was 30, I'll leave it there. Miami's ranked in EPA per play when they have Teddy and Skyler Thompson at the quarterback position. That drops from number two. They're right up there with Kansas City when Tula is the quarterback this season, but as soon as they go to anybody else and quarterback that offense just is not the same. And unfortunately, it feels tough to find any way where this offense is gonna cook this weekend's Buffalo. Okay, I'm gonna try. I'm gonna try to give some little positivity here. The one thing I would say that might give the Dolphins a chance is the run game. Hear me out, Sam. Rahim Mostert had 17 carries for 136 yards in that game in Buffalo a couple of weeks ago. His status is up in the air though. He's got a bit of a thumb injury. You don't need your thumb to run. So, if so, Pacto, what so have you? Let's get it going. All right, number 108, no idea. What do you got? Number of explosive pass plays that the Minnesota Vikings have had this season, which is third in the NFL. That's what that offense has been built on. That's why they're never out of any game even if they're 33 points down at the half. They can have a ton of big plays from Kirk Cousins to Justin Jefferson. It did damage the last time they played the Giants. That's what still needs to cook this week if they're gonna win. Explosive play. I mean, I got, listen, Grant came on my show and said Giants upset. Lot Hamilton is saying, Daniel Jones looks good. Kenny Galladay. You brand Marshall saying Kenny Galladay might feel himself confident as a thing and carry it over up against the 30 worst pass defense. The Vikings, they're dealing with some injuries on the O-line. Leonard Williams came on to Bidow. They might be getting some pressure and they might be the key to keeping Minnesota from hitting those big plays that you're talking about downfield. Okay, the number one that's easy. The number one is the shots of Tequila that I've taken. I'm not even kidding. Since I was 15, I had a bad experience at a Loyola University party in Lincoln Park. And I'm doing this, Marissa, I hate you. Merry Christmas. Happy New Year. Happy birthday. This segment might end right here. One is the number of sacks that Ronnie Stanley has given up this season since coming back from that massive ankle injury for Baltimore. The sack came against Cincinnati though. So if Ronnie Stanley can't hold up with that offensive line, can't hold up generally, I think that whole Baltimore attack is in major trouble. The Bengals rank 29th in the NFL and sacks this season. Sam, they do have the lowest passer rating against in the entire league. So it'll probably make things super tough for Huntley or Anthony Brown or whoever we see at quarterback for the Ravens. Okay, last one, the number 23. That's Dak Prescott's PFF passing grade rank. So far this season, that's below guys like Daniel Jones. It's below Mike Jones. Really? It's not in a good place. And Dallas is gonna need Dak Prescott to actually show up and carry this offense, which has the playmakers to make hay in the post season. If they don't, and if it becomes a lackluster Dak Prescott and Dallas offense against Tom Brady in the post season, I think we've seen that script before. What's my PFF passing rank? Where would you put me if I have two more shots of Tequila? Two more. I mean, you were gonna be right up there with just a walk. I'm a soft pop. Two more. Two more, Kellen Moore. Just saying. Yeah, right up there. All pro levels. 90 plus. No, you're so nice, Sam. It's not gonna be easy. The point is what you're saying. Lower than Mac Jones and Daniel Jones, not good. And the Bucks have the ninth ranked pass defense in the NFL this season. Not many people pick in the Cowboys. And I wonder, let's just give a little cheer. Sean Pay and I bet you're also interested in these numbers, as you, I'm sure, you know, maybe you're interested in a potential job in Dallas. If this all works out and the Cowboys get bounced, I happen to think that that might be something that happened. Sam, we can catch all of your work over at pff, pff.com and the new PFF app. When do we stop calling it the new PFF app? Until we have a new one, I guess. So all the time. Okay, of course. It's always new until there's a new one. Okay, we appreciate you. We back, we got some K-makers. I'm six for six. Are we nervous about this? No, we're going to the end zone. I got three more players who will score touchdowns on Super Wild Curve weekend. You're the Dolphins. You're walking in there. How difficult is it to play in that building? Your experience as a visitor, when you have that playoff atmosphere going and then add on what's going on with that team this year? Bill's Lothby is one of the best crowds in the NFL and the best fan base in the NFL. So I know it's going to be a tough place to play and I know they're going to be ready there to bring the juice. Ooh, Dolphins! That feels like the Dolphins have a chance. I try to say Raheem Mostert. Why not? They had a good game, a good outing last time that they played and it might just come down to him, of course, to roll out from this one early. Lamar Jackson, unlikely, upheld battle, came out with his own statement just last night on Twitter saying, I wish I was out there. I've got a PCL strain grade two, borderline grade three and he won't be able to be there for his ravens up against the Bengals for round three. It's Marissa's birthday. Marissa, we got you cupcakes. Did you open them? Are they good? We'll have to look. Let's see, we have cupcakes and I also got you this. And I have this and Will, Will, Will, Will, Will, come here. Will, we don't need the jib. Come here, Will. Will, which hat do you want? I have, come here. We have these up in Adam's hat. So, how cool these are? I'm dead, I think they're so great. Which one? This one's for Marissa. I give this to Marissa. And then we have everybody in the control room also. I have an orange one. I have a black one. Which one do you want? This is Will. This is our amazing jib operator. Will, everyone. We all know Marissa, that's both of their birthdays. Just take these, yeah, pick them out. So, okay, Conrad's saying get Will a shot. I don't know the HR regulations on this, so I'm removing myself from the situation, but happy birthday to you guys. And I don't know what we're gonna even do with this. Maybe they'll make it to our show in Arizona. Should I put one on? I don't think I'm gonna have to do the orange one. But these are also good luck hats. I don't know if anybody knows this, but they are. And, oh my God, I'm upset. It's so good. You got cute. I don't know what we're gonna do with these, but I have quite a few of them. Anybody back there in the control room want a hat? Oh, you do? Conrad, are you freaking out that I'm just spiraling and doing whatever I want on the show today? Or were you telling me that I should be taking shots of tequila, so now you're dealing with that. These were made by Wisconsin Knitware. So incredible. Like, sewn one by one on a spool machine thing. I don't know the inner workings, but I'll post about it, of course. But how cool are these? I love these. I'm obsessed. You're the best. Up in Adam's hats, everybody, it's all happening. All right, and these also, as I said, have good luck in them for k-makers. Let's do it. Are we seeing the results from last week? Are we seeing them? We don't, oh. Conrad, why are you trying to steal my shine? You knew I got three for three last week and you didn't even wanna give me love for it. Gosh. Oh yeah, I'm six for six and you don't wanna put that on a full screen. Give me some love. I don't know, add some credibility to our program once in a while. Whew. Damn, the torpedoes is right. All right, here we go. Let's get to it, guys. Let's get to some of these k-makers and let's hit it with Christian McCaffrey. I'm doing it again. You need a guy to score and I've got you covered and I think him against the Seahawks, if you look at it, he just scores huts down. He has six in six games. Kind of a give me, but that's okay. And he makes it seven. If Seattle has the 30th ranked run defense, T. Higgins at Ravens. T had quite a game last week against Baltimore. He scored in four of his last five games. You know the Ravens are going to be king in on Jamar and good luck Marlon Humphrey on that. I think we see T. get at least one on Sunday night and then last but not least for your Super Wild Card weekend k-makings, touchdown scoring pleasure, Devon Singletary against the Dolphins. I think this one is going to get ugly and the Bills lean on their ground game a lot as a result. Five of Devon's six touchdowns this year have come over the second half of the season. He's in Fuego and there you have it. I love this hat. Christian McCaffrey, T. Higgins, Devon Singletary. Am I wearing the orange one because of the bangles? I don't know. No, I don't have a purple one. It's weird. Okay, we will take a break here and we'll be back with our final thoughts. We appreciate Brandon Marshall for coming. He was only on our show for 32 minutes. That's why we have nothing to do because we don't even plan anything anymore when he comes on. Everyday wins make your day so much better. That's why Fandal Casino has a daily free-to-play game. Reward Machine is a free game that gives players the chance to win up to $2,000 a casino bonus every day. Fandal's Reward Machine's already given away over 10 million casual in prizes and it's over 250,000 winners to get it on the action. All you have to do is log in daily and spin for a free chance at rewards. Fandal wants you to win, play Reward Machine for a free chance at everyday wins. Only on Fandal Casino. My producer's talking about shrooms at a wedding. That's an interesting cold outfit. If you could just absolve me of any accountability, that is the sort of world I want to live in. Oh, just leave me out here levels on, levels on up. Appreciate you for having me on. Like finally, you said you were like looking for me. I was just like, I'm just waiting for the call. I'm awesome and I'm gonna do what I want and you have to follow my lead out there and I'm just gonna free ball at the whole time. No, no, don't say it. What is free ball appropriate? I'm sorry. You don't really know what it is. So it's all right. It's just like a little clue. What did you say? You're gonna go play rock band? I said I'm about to go play rock band. I'm looking at my drum set right now. I'm not a jumper. I like to stay on the ground. I'm a running bag. So, you know, we're gonna give Swiftie a red car for not being so Swift here. Pat took care of the boys, man. You know what, confetti and all that was going on. And they're right to the PJ, right at home. The T-shirt, you're like that's the, you just want to make sure everybody's there. We're talking for fun. Whoa. Let's go, baby. Gronk, you're such a liability. You gotta stop putting your mind on Eric. No, no, no, I am not going to bear it for it. I tuned in and he was talking about feet and I was like, you know, I tuned in at the wrong second. Yeah, it's about field goals. It's not the Rex Ryan style of feet. Current head coach of the Rancho Bernardo Mustangs, Eric Waddle. Mustangs. Broncos? Check out the Tour of Days, PaulBersie.com. We love you, good luck, congratulations. Come back to New York. Okay, I want to go back to New York. Where is he? He's supposed to come in studio, doesn't, pulls over to the side of the road and is on the phone. Hamilton, I like that we do the weekend review and we didn't always do it, but it's really nice retrospect on how incredible our show is. And I'm so grateful for all of these moments. It's really amazing, we had great guests. And it's not the tequila talking, it's where. It really is. This was a great week. A lot of fun. I love, what was it? If I could be absolved of all responsibility. Accountability. That would be a perfect world, but accountability. Yeah, that pretty much sums it up, I feel like. The shoe fits, the shoe fits. The hat fits me. Unfortunately, I would send this to New York, but it's regulation size. And with this, whatever's raccoon is growing on top of your head, I just don't think it would cover it. So. Okay, mean, mean drinker, okay. Hey, what are the chances? This is why you don't have tequila. What are the chances you think I end up at that molecular gastronomy restaurant later tonight? What do you think the chances are? Zero point zero. Yeah, zero point zero. I'll be at the desk. Just make sure you order the scallops, if you do. The scallops! Oh man. That was a good decision. It was an inside joke with me and Hamilton that I was my reckless spending. Okay, you have a Jags sweatshirt on. We know you are just a real true Die Hard fan. You and, you know, what is his name? Jackson DeVille. Cruella DeVille over there in the song, they sing in the thong song. Shout out Cisco. Okay, you think they're gonna win? Anything else you'd like to say before we hand it over to Marissa here for her birthday? Any like wild card weekend thing? Any wild card weekend thing. Giant? Yeah, I mean, we talked giants yesterday. I do think the giants have a good shot of pulling off the upset in Minnesota. I just can't wait. I mean, I'm excited that we're at this point in the season and playoff time is the best time of year and I don't really wanna take up too much time away from Marissa's birthday. It's true. You know, she does such an incredible job on the show. Can we get a triple box? Derek? Yeah, can we get a triple box? Take the double! Marissa, Marissa is the heart and soul of the program. She's responsible for basically every little thing that you see on the show from producing segments to those packages that get put together and now Conrad's getting mad at me. No, thank you. Happy birthday, Marissa. Well said.