The Porch Is Live - Justin Fields, Russell Wilson and Bears - oh My!

The Porch Is Live - Justin Fields, Russell Wilson and Bears - oh My!

Marc: We're starting five minutes early?
Marc: Yes.

Marc: Whoa!

Marc: I had to get that in there.

Marc:

Marc: Now we gotta kill five minutes somehow.

Hockey Jesus: I got my tosso capped off.

TD: Oh, I gotta take off my glasses. Oh my god, listen, I had to get that beginning in there, that solo by Schwaber too. Can you do it for us, Schwaber? No, he's too shy. No, come on. Maybe halfway through the show when the mic's on. Come on. Halfway through the show. Stop being so lazy.

Hockey Jesus: Maybe if they stick to the end, we'll do something.

Marc: You stick something. You stick something lazy ass.

TD: All right. Listen, welcome to the sports porch, Pittsburgh. We're glad you're here. We are live all over the world on Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube X. and some other place. Some of you may be wondering.

Hockey Jesus: YouTube, X, LinkedIn. All over the world.

TD: All over the world. And we do. On our website. We drop, oh, the website. You can always catch our website at theporcheslive.com. Theporcheslive.com.

Marc: Theporcheslive.com.

Marc: To shy, shy, hush, hush, eye to eye. That's a horrible, that was you. That was you at the top of the show.

Marc: I have a professional singing. Well, let's hear it. Let's hear it. I'm not here to sing. I'm here to talk sports.

TD: We dropped the show. We dropped the podcast right after the show on the iHeartRadio app, Apple podcast, Spotify, or anywhere you get your frigging podcasts. And of course, you can always stream it while you're in the car, because we don't want you to watch the show when you're driving the car. That would be a bad thing, right, Mark?

Marc: It would. I don't think we need to put that in there. I don't think anybody's suing our show over an accident.

TD: Well, I just want to make sure. So I'm going to drop the link.

Marc: It was all because of the sports porch.

Hockey Jesus: They told me to watch.

TD: That's like Steve Martin. Why don't you tell him, honey? You know a movie that's from? No. Okay. Planes, Trains and Automobiles? No, no. It's the movie, The Parents. Father of the Bride? Yes, Father of the Bride. Yeah. Where he's like, you remember?

Marc: And then she's, Fronk, tell Honk I'm going to have the chipper chicken.

Marc: That's right. That's right.

TD: Why am I opening the hot dog buns? Why? Because there are eight hot dogs in the pack and there are 12 hot dog buns. I'm removing the superfluous buns. Correct.

Marc: You got it. Okay. It is a point well made. Why do they have the extra buns? I don't know. Maybe they're looking out for you. Maybe it's like, Hey, you know, you ripped one out too, too fast and you know,

Hockey Jesus: I just think the industries couldn't get together and come to a compromise.

TD: Probably. Yeah.

Marc: That happens a lot. A lot. Probably. Yeah.

Hockey Jesus: Somebody at some point is just going to have to just decide less hot dog buns or more hot dogs.

Marc: Yes.

TD: Pat off track right away. He might be talking about that guy must be an attorney. Lionel Hutz.

Marc: I don't know. He must be. I don't know who Lionel Hutz is.

TD: But everybody else does except us. Pat will tell us. it. paddle tell us. Okay, listen, guys, of course, this is a sports show. This is a Pittsburgh sports show.

Marc: Did anything happen recently? I don't know. You've been gone for weeks. For the Steelers. I mean, it's free agency, right?

Hockey Jesus: I don't know. Well, you heard about Russell Wilson, right?

TD: Yeah, of course.

Hockey Jesus: The Seattle quarterback? Here's the big thing, though. Formerly from the Seattle Denver Broncos.

Marc: Oh, the Denver Broncos.

TD: Guys, here's the big thing. Deontay Johnson won't be running backwards for us anymore.

Marc: That is exciting. That is really exciting.

TD: Yes. So happy. Yes. Um, and we'll, we'll just start with that real quick. Um, because, well, because it is, it is a big thing and Pat on track. Ah, that's right. The Simpsons attorney voiced by Phil Hartman. Okay.

Marc: And the Simpsons had what to do with this program.

TD: Oh, we were going to get sued. Remember he's trying to, he's trying to make a joke.

Marc: Oh my God. He's pretty good. That's off track.

TD: He called us frenemies the other day when we were texting. That's nice.

Hockey Jesus: And David's back.

TD: And DG is here. Good evening, gentlemen. Glad to see the Grand Schwabini is back in the sad key. Is that Jewish for saddle? I don't think so.

Marc: Is he trying to be? I think that's called a pretty piss poor attempt at spelling.

TD: Yeah. Oh, DG. He's our number one fan.

Marc: You can't do that to DG. Actually, you know what? I apologize. I thought that was Pat.

Marc: I love that. Thank you so much, Schwaber.

TD: That's great, G. Okay, listen. It's Yiddish, says Pat. It's Yiddish. Whatever, Pat. Thanks, Pat. Yeah, Pat knows everything, actually. He does. He does. All right, so let's dive into something here. How about I don't even know why we're here. Yeah, we're OK.

Hockey Jesus: So right now, I've been some free.

Marc: So, yeah, let's let's let's go back. So here it is. The year ended. We had Mitch Strabisky, Kenny Pickett and Mason Rudolph. How many of the three do we still have?

Hockey Jesus: Zero would be none.

TD: Zero. And if you're looking at the screen, if you're watching us, this is the, I call this the Wilson field show. Kind of like Wilson Phillips. Remember that band? Oh, I love Wilson. Yeah. Of course you do. The Wilson field show begins in Pittsburgh. So let's talk about this. Let's talk about this. I like it. Mark had a good idea before the show when we were doing the Philly show. All right. He's got the order. He wants this to go in. Let's go, Mark. So. So am I going first? Is that what we're doing here?

Marc: We're going poly positive. Chris Klein first. All right.

TD: Don't give it away. Don't give it. I love it.

Marc: Yeah. We're go. We're going kind of mid range view point. And then Steve, the real point of view. And then I'm going to take you to the doldrums.

TD: He's going to rip our heart out. That's been his plan all along. And Amy says, did you start the show early, Mark? Yes, we did. I'm almost done with the jasmine rice in the fridge.

Marc: Would you stop making fun of my wife, you big bully?

Hockey Jesus: Amy, you'll have to go back and listen to the singing at the beginning.

TD: Yes, that's why. That's what prompted all this. So, OK, my take. My take. First of all,

Marc: You said yesterday it was the perfect situation.

TD: OK, so, you know, why don't you just step in for me?

Marc: I'm not going to. Is that it?

TD: You're going to let me talk. I'm letting you let me talk the whole Philly show. Is that true? No, I don't. Well, yes. But here's why it's the perfect situation. Let's hear it. Because the situation with and drop your comments here if you want, you know, talk to us about it. Tell us how you feel. Any comment is relevant on this. So I believe it's the perfect situation because we had the worst situation in our quarterback room for the last since they drafted mason rudolph all right so they draft rudolph we don't have to read relive history but it's a mess it's a complete mess you know then then we have duck hodges in here hall of fame yeah and you know we all we're all familiar with that mess it was a so what happens in the off season let's forget for right now that everybody's saying well they told kenny pickett that he was going to be the guy and blah blah who cares okay who cares about that right now We had a mess and the mess was we had one quarterback on the roster named kenny pickett who hasn't shown That he can do very much at the professional level We were not going to re-sign mason rudolph. And if we did We would have had a bigger mess. So we cleaned house. Well, they already cut mitch at that I know that's why i'm not bringing him up. We cleaned house and when we cleaned house We signed Russell Wilson to a very team friendly deal, the veteran minimum, because he's getting out. Look. We can talk about what a bargain it is all we want.

Marc: He gets $39 million from Denver.

TD: He's still getting $39 million, OK? So it's not like we pulled off some genius financial move. But what we got is a guy who, A, can still play. I don't care what anybody says. He was on a horrible Denver team. And then he had a coach who didn't like him and benched him, even though he had thrown 26 touchdowns to eight interceptions on a bad team. Yeah. And he's coming in, he's got experience, he's won a Super Bowl, he's still fairly mobile, he doesn't have the legs he had before, but he knows how to run an offense and he knows how to run a team. Then we go and we trade for what I think is a bargain, a six-round conditional, six-round pick. I think it moves up to a fourth round if Fields plays. A quarterback who said that Russell Wilson is who he modeled his game after. and just not very well well as of yet to this point yet and and can learn behind russell wilson for a year or maybe two now people get all caught up about this you know well there's a fifth year option look that's a contract they can rip that up and they can start over. And do you think Fields has any leverage? He has no leverage. He can't say, well, you got to pick up my $25 million option and sign me to it. No, we don't. So the situation that we had couldn't have gotten any worse in my mind, because Kenny Pickett, first of all, now that it's come out, he didn't want to play here anymore anyway. Uh, we have a new offensive coordinator, Conn and Weidel. Uh, what else did we do? Um, we got rid of Mason Cole. We dumped Deontay Johnson. We can all talk about that individually, but we're on the offensive side of the ball. They're cleaning house. They're bringing in a coordinator. They're bringing in an accomplished quarterback who can still play and a guy and Justin Fields who can bang out an 80 yard touchdown run at any time. slash options. Absolutely. I thought about that right away. I thought, here's another Cordell Stewart options. So do I think they're going to make the Superbowl this year? Absolutely not. Um, if they did, wow, would we have a great show, but do I think it's a more exciting, better situation for the Steelers? And do I think it shows that Omar Khan and Weidel and company are moving on from the trash that Kevin Colbert left behind. It was a dumpster fire. And what's next? What's next? Tomlin. He'll be next. If they don't have a good year this year, he'll be gone. That's what I think. I think that Art II stepped up and said, when he said, we got to make some changes, I think this is when they're making the changes. That's all I got for now. Go, Steve.

Hockey Jesus: Well, the one thing you did miss was on the on the defensive side of things. They also signed Patrick Queen and got rid of some garbage with Pat Pete.

TD: Absolutely. But I'm talking. Let's talk about the offense. We'll circle back to the defense.

Marc: Really, we should just be talking quarterback right now.

Hockey Jesus: Yeah, sure. Quarterback. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. But I mean, that's the encompassing of all the moves that were made as far as the quarterback position is concerned. There's a high amount of risk involved with these picks.

TD: Okay. This is the typical Steelers fan. Here we go. Too much risk.

Hockey Jesus: Go ahead. No, I didn't say too much risk. It's just, it's unlike Steelers. It's unlike.

TD: I just have to interrupt you here. I know he's getting frustrated, but doesn't he look mad with that beard? Doesn't that make him look mad?

Marc: Steve always looks like happy. He's like happy Steve. Let the man speak. Happy hockey, Jesus. Let the man talk. How about if I smile when I speak?

TD: I like the beard on you. I do. I just, I want to know what everybody thinks about Steve's beard. Just drop a comment about that. Um, anyway, go ahead. I'm sorry.

Hockey Jesus: So as I was saying, there's a lot of risk associated with these quarterback picks and the, and it's very much unlike the Steeler way, which is you draft, you grow your draft picks and you get better through the draft, right? Right. They actually broke that mold when they got Minka. Right. And then what happened was they broke that mold last year when they fired Canada. So this is actually not not something as new as it would have been even three years ago. That's actually a good point. point. So this is I think this is a continuing in the movement towards the future, which is real football, which is scoring and free agent signings and plugging in key players where needed to make the team better to what they are now. Look, this team was always set up to win now, except they had an offense that was in the 1970s. So now they brought the offense into the 2000s. I don't know that they're in the 2020s yet because honestly, I don't know what Arthur Smith is going to do. I've been told Arthur Smith is a genius and he can run, he can create two offenses, one for Justin Fields and one for Russell Wilson. I'll believe that when I see it. I think that's a little bit too much for what's going on.

Marc: Yeah, his claim to fame is resurrecting Ryan Tannehill, which really is not that amazing.

TD: Yeah, and then the name Derrick Henry always gets thrown around. He had Derrick Henry.

Hockey Jesus: Yeah, in his prime, right? Basically, when he could run for 2000 yards a season. So he definitely does not have that. But I do have to admit, like, I'm much more excited about these two quarterbacks and not having Deontay. That's another discussion, not having the other headaches in the lineup, because I think what happened, and I could be wrong about this. I don't know. I'm not in the locker room, but I think They basically took all of Tomlin's projects from a head case standpoint and just said, we don't need that here anymore. Let's just get people who want to play football and let's concentrate on the football. Let's not think about what their lives are, where they came from, what their trajectory is for the rest of their lives. Let's just think about winning games this year. How about that for a change? And I think that's what's refreshing when they made all the changes. and they took the whiteboard and they erased all the bad names, and they started plugging in new names. By the way, I don't think they're done. They still have to go get a wide receiver, and I saw Amy ask, what's up with Tyler Boyd? Tyler wants to come back, and one of the reasons he hasn't signed yet probably was because the Kenny Pickett stuff was in the way, and now that that's out of the way, I think the Steelers like Tyler Boyd, but honestly, they got Mike Williams coming in. I'd rather have Mike Williams than Tyler Boyd. But we'll see what happens. I don't know how much money they have left for cap space to sign somebody like that but as far as the quarterback position goes I Like what they've done, and I think it's an improvement, but I do see the risk side of it. What do you say mark?

Marc: Okay so I'm gonna bring it all back to reality a little bit now. I will I will say this now first of all right on David first of all 100% they're in better shape than they were last year. So you, there's no doubt about that. So that's a positive. And initially when they signed Russell Wilson, I thought I was kind of excited about it. I thought, you know, this team was pretty good, just kind of missing a quarterback. Right. And, um, and I figured, you know, look, Russell Wilson isn't exactly what he what he was but he's you know he's a good Don't want to really say game manager because that's really kind of making it seem like he's not that good But 26 touchdowns 8 interceptions is you know, you're protecting the football You're you know, you're operating the team efficiently, right? You know, it's you're not thrown for 40 touchdowns like, you know, Tom Brady or anything but you're playing some pretty good ball, right and if that's the case Could the Steelers go further with Russell Wilson at the helm, playing like that with the team that they have? And I initially thought, yeah, yeah, I think they could. But you know, then I thought more about it. I thought more about it. And then I, look, here's the, now, is it true that nobody, one of these guys, well, not nobody, But almost nobody.

Hockey Jesus: Well, teams that needed a quarterback.

Marc: Right. I mean, the bottom line is, is like, nobody really wanted these guys. Now, like, for example, if Russell Wilson… I think Atlanta wanted them. If you had to pay Russell Wilson, you know, $20 million a year, I don't think he'd be on the Steelers. You know what I mean? I agree. We… Yeah, probably not.

Hockey Jesus: We hit that last week, yeah.

Marc: But that kind of means, like, nobody really wants them. No, that's not true. And then Justin Fields is, you know, going for a sixth round, maybe fourth round. Nobody really wants him.

Hockey Jesus: Also not true.

Marc: So now I said, okay, well, like you can't really look at it like that. You know, you've got these good feelings, you've got these bad feelings. So let's go statistics. Okay, so I pulled out what I feel is the best stat for quarterbacks, which is QBR. Now, question for you guys. Can either of you guys tell me what QBR actually is? Nope. Quarterback rating. It is, it's quarterback rating. But listen, so… Oh, here we go.

TD: Now, look, didn't we learn in the previous show that you're no good at math?

Marc: Now listen, I figured if I'm going to talk about this, I should actually understand it. And actually, I think it's a good education. You guys will be interested. All right. So this is how quarterback QBR is determined. It's actually determined by each quarterback action play. Okay, so it incorporates every pass, every rush, every time they're sacked, every time they scramble, penalties that they call, turnovers. It looks at what's expected out of a play. So each play actually is graded based on difficulty. So for example, a five-yard pass is not as important as a 40-yard complete pass, you know, things of that sort. So like, to me, what's kind of interesting about it is it's better than the typical quarterback rating, which I always feel is like a BS kind of stat. Because it's kind of like, hey, you throw for 280 yards, one touchdown, no interceptions. You mean the passer rating? Yeah, like, well, you have 100 rating, you know, you're amazing today. Meanwhile, you threw three balls that should have been intercepted, and the guys just dropped them. Okay. Okay? So QBR, and look,

Marc: Who's number one in the league? Thank you, Yo-Ho Son. Who's number one in the league?

TD: The Perms, the Perd, Turd, the Perd, Turd, Hall of Fame. So I know my quarterbacks. Is that what you're trying to prove here?

Marc: So this is what it is. Because I'm lost. So this is what it is. Above 75, QBR is excellent. 50 is average. Okay. So can we get to what their QBRs are? Just get to where Russell's rating is, please. Yeah. So Russell is 50.7. Okay. So he's the 21st ranked QBR in the league. He's a little above that. Which means he's 21 out of 32. Oh, whatever. Okay. All right. 23 yeah out of 32 right mm-hmm 46.1. Okay pick it. Yeah. Yeah 27 right out of 32 38.1 right okay, then I also looked at Passing yards per game. Just I just figured let's just flat-out. Just look can the guy sling it right okay? Okay? Yeah 25th out of 32 Russell Wilson yeah 28th out of 32 Justin Fields, right? Picket not even in the top 32. Yeah.

TD: Okay, so it's still better.

Marc: It's still so you're saying there's a chance, but the bottom line I'm getting at is you're talking about, you know, Russell Wilson and Justin Fields, two guys that honestly are just guys. They're, they're between 20 and 25 out of 32. That's what, that's what they are. Yeah, I think we, we understand that.

Hockey Jesus: Okay.

Marc: But that, that doesn't make, that doesn't leave me feeling that good.

TD: Well, I just like the fact that he's got his, the name is Russell Wilson. I, I, I did not want to see, you know, well, but see, that's, that's, that's, that's part of the problem.

Marc: That's part of the problem. I am always part of the problem. Seriously. Tell me this. Thank you DG. Tell me this. Like when was the last time besides, let's say Tom Brady, okay okay it was the greatest of all time right yeah when's the last time that like some Guy who was a really good quarterback seven or eight years ago went to a new team and was amazing. Peyton Manning.

Hockey Jesus: Yeah. With Denver. Yeah. And he won two Super Bowls. Yeah. That's the last guy.

TD: Yeah. Did he win two with Denver? One with Indy and two with Denver?

Marc: No. He won one with Indy and one with Denver. And that was the year where he retired after the Super Bowl because he couldn't throw the ball down the field. Yeah. He didn't have a good game. Yeah. He was actually not that good. He was like a game manager.

TD: Okay. Well, nobody around here saying that, that, that I'm going to defer to hockey Jesus.

Hockey Jesus: Here's what I want to say about Justin Fields. First of all, Justin Fields did not, is not, he was not a free agent, like not all the teams that he could have gone to. He would have gone to because the Chicago bears was not going to send him to an NFC team. So therefore you can just take half the teams out of the mix. Right. But they probably still would have sent them to the, to the Falcons. They definitely would have sent them to the Raiders, but they sent them to the Steelers instead. And I don't know why that is. The only thing I can figure is that the Steelers made the best offer at that point. And yeah, probably. And, and, and that's really the bottom line. So if you take half the NFL out of the, out of the equation, I think that, you know, you can't say, well, nobody wanted Justin Fields. people want didn't want justin fields because they see him as a one year guy that they gotta make a decision on may second about whether they want to give him twenty million or twenty five million dollars it was about the money not about just the dealers are in a unique situation where they can afford to spend a lot of money. on him this year. They can even say, look, we'll pay him $25 million next year. And think of it as $12 million this year and $12 million next year. It's still a damn bargain for a guy of his caliber. He has more talent than Ken Pickett. He will learn a better offense. And let's face it, those teams, Chicago, were gunslingers. And so was Denver. And the reality is, in my opinion, their quarterback rating was much lower because they're taking much more risk. I don't know what Arthur Smith's going to run, so I can't tell you what their offense is going to look like. But I have a feeling they're going to be a pass first team that's going to then run the ball. And then once they have that combination in place, it's going to work out just fine. Even if the guys are average one, because they, they, they can throw the ball better. And when Justin Fields can't throw the ball, guess what he can do? Run it better than anybody in the league. Best running quarterback in the league last year. So, so that just gives them another dimension to be able to play with no matter who's in there. I know that russell wilson is the starter right he is gonna be the guy but i like the justin field signing because now they got a two year guy who can take over for us if they want in like chris said they can tear up the contract and they say you know what. Here's what we're going to do. Instead of before May 2nd, they're going to sit down with them. They're going to say, rather than give you the $20 million, $25 million for next year already, how about if we just restructure your contract so we give you $50 million over the next four years and we'll just start paying that now. That's right. And that makes more sense because even at a 10 million, even at $10 million, they can still afford to go get another quarterback after Russell Wilson has retired and is no longer effective because his arm falls off like Pete Manning's and Ben's does. They all fall off.

TD: The upside to this is a lot higher than the upside with Kenny Pickett. That's the bottom line. And it's more exciting because it's bigger names. in a different, in a different, it's a new era for the offense.

Hockey Jesus: And under the, by the way, I just have to, I have to say something. Okay. Justin Fields had no say in where he was going. He had no, he had no say. So he's on a rookie contract. So anybody who says, well, he wanted to play for Tomlin bullshit.

TD: He just ruined it for me.

Hockey Jesus: Any, anybody who, any, any, anybody who says, um, you know, uh, that, you know, the Steeler, the, he went to the Steelers cause it was the right fit. That's bullshit. The bears just took the best deal they could possibly get for him. And they wanted to move on. The bears are in big trouble by the way, cause they don't have a quarterback now. Yeah, I don't know what they're gonna do, but they clearly had to move on from him and that's what I'm more scared of What do they know that we don't know? About him that they wanted to move on from him when the guy could clearly throw the ball to DJ more Yeah, and and run the ball whenever he well, I think that's what I'm a scared.

TD: I Need to get some comments. Yeah, so hurry it up swatter. Come on.

Marc: Well, I think I Yeah, the big problem with Justin Fields is number one turnovers. Part of the reason why that QBR is so low, I can't remember the exact number, but it's something like 43 games, 43 fumbles, like something like that. Yeah, he like set a record for fumbles. Justin Fields is a turnover machine, there's no doubt about that. It's a big number like that.

Hockey Jesus: He has to work on that.

Marc: And the other thing that I wanted to bring up was, I actually felt better about the situation before Justin Fields came in. You know, I just felt like the Steelers actually had a plan in place and I almost feel like what they're doing now instead is they're saying, Hey, let's see if Russ can do it. And if he can't do it, let's see if Justin can do it. Yeah.

TD: I don't, I don't, I don't think that at all. I think the plan is, uh, I think this is a much better quarterback plan than before. Now, whether it works or not is totally anybody's guess, but it's definitely not the dumpster fire. That was the quarterback room for the last three years. It's different.

Marc: Keep in mind though, two years ago, not last year, but two years ago, Russell Wilson was a dumpster fire. Right. And you also have all those issues about every single person hates playing with them. Yeah. Well, we don't know if that's B.S. or not. Right. There's a lot of talk about that. Right.

Hockey Jesus: Right. You're right. Those are the things to be concerned about.

TD: So my my buddy Jeff is in the house again from York. Hey, Jeff, what's up? He says, hey, everyone. What if they want to give Wilson a multiyear deal? Can they with the contract? He's he's still in it with Denver. And the answer is yes. Yeah. That that contract takes a backseat. I don't know what the economics of it are, but they're already talking about the fact that it's possible that they might discuss a multi-year deal, and some of the media here think that's a smoke screen. YoCarrie, YoHoSun says, we will not score more than 17 points a game, and only because Basel gets us nine of them. Listen, YoCarrie, you've been one of our biggest fans for years, and we appreciate you, but can we have a little positivity? I mean, it's been so bad the last couple years. Let's at least Like, try to, if not for anything else, these two quarterbacks are definitely more exciting to watch.

Marc: Oh, there's no doubt about that.

TD: There's no doubt about that. Last year and the year before, those games were brutal to watch. Just brutal. And it was a combination of the Canada offense and then the dumpster fire that I keep referring to. And DG said we have the same question. You got something to throw in here, Steve?

Hockey Jesus: Just one last thing to add. Joe Burrow had a 51.6 QBR last year. There you go, buddy. So I'm just saying that that's pretty bad that the QB are to me. I get where you're going with that. And I agree with you that we have to kind of pump the brakes on on these guys being the savior at the quarterback position. The only reason we're excited is because it's not can. That's exactly what he does. Yeah.

Marc: Yeah, which I agree with. I mean, I will say this. Now, granted, I've presented sort of, you know, the other side picture, if you will. Right. That being said, I still believe that they're closer to winning a playoff game now than they were before either were on the roster. Right.

Hockey Jesus: Right. But you're both right in the sense that the Steelers still aren't in a position to be able to compete with Kansas City and maybe not even Buffalo.

TD: Yeah, probably. Well, you know what?

Hockey Jesus: I actually answered. I do believe that they're in a much better position to compete for the for the AFC North title. Yeah, I agree with you. They coached Patrick Queen. Yeah. which is good. They may even take Tyler Boyd away from Cincinnati, which it's not a big deal for them. It's okay. He's all right. He's a good slot receiver. He's a good slot receiver. That's not a big theft. And let's face it, the Browns don't have Flacco next year. So they're in big trouble.

TD: And I got one last one last thing here. There you go. Who'd ever thought that that hug would mean something?

Marc: They're going to be buds now.

TD: And the best looking quarterback room in the NFL. It really is. There you go. Yep. Yep. They got the looks. They got the looks to kill. It really is. They do. Jalen and Kenny, if you're not, if you're listening to the podcast, the picture when the Eagles played the Steelers and Jalen and Kenny are lovingly embracing each other. Yeah. So goodbye. Bye bye Kenny. Um, the defense, Patrick queen.

Marc: Um, no, I love the Patrick queen signing. Yeah.

TD: Does he show up this year for, for, is he, is he the answer to the Devin Bush debacle, um, to, to, to, to the loss, uh, you know, seven years ago or whatever to, to Ryan Shazier.

Marc: He's a real, he's a real deal sideline to sideline, big play linebacker. And, uh, I think he's also an ascending player at the same time, so I think his best years are ahead of him. I mean, I'm really shocked. I think he was by far the best linebacker on the open market. Right. I'm surprised that the Steelers signed him. No, that the Ravens didn't let him sign him, that they let him go.

Hockey Jesus: Well, he's a he's a he's a casualty of that Lamar Jackson contract. They just didn't didn't have the money to sign him. Yeah. And they already have that other guy who's really Roquan Smith.

Marc: Roquan Smith. Right.

Hockey Jesus: They just can't afford to spend that much money in that position. That happens to the Steelers all the time, by the way. These guys that go away, they just don't have the money to keep them. They want to keep them.

TD: That reminds me of the Kevin Green signing years ago. Now, free agency was different then, but remember we picked up Kevin Green. You're right.

Hockey Jesus: You're right about that.

TD: The issue potentially with Patrick Queen was when they drafted him, I think he was their number one pick. He was. He was their number one pick. They drafted him. He had kind of underperformed. And now not in a Devin Bush sort of way, but he wasn't really because he was calling the plays. He was wearing the green dot. I hate that phrase. It sounds so stupid, but it's what they do. And so he was unable to like really process everything and play at the top of his game. But Roquan Smith comes in and he's the guy and he's capable of doing all that So now Queen is free to play his game as long, you know, he gets in the position. He plays his game Is that gonna happen here? I mean, I don't know I they said he might be wearing the green dot here Are they gonna give it to Landon Roberts? So they I mean all this stuff will be sorted out Matt

Hockey Jesus: You don't think it matters? No, I don't think it matters who calls the plays. Because you can have a guy who's calling the plays who isn't the alpha on the field. I mean, that doesn't matter. It's all about headspace when it comes to that and the defensive schemes. He may not pick it up right away, but his athletic ability and his talent will take over eventually. I'm not worried about that. You know, the other guy they signed was, uh, Deshaun Elliott. He was formerly from, uh, the free safety from, from Miami. I really liked that signing because that could really free up Minka to be that freelance safety that he plays so well. The problem with, and so does, so does, uh, um, so does the queen signing because now he's not going to have to make all the damn tackles. He can think about tackling guys to make them fumble, hitting them hard, jumping the cut, getting the interceptions that we saw the first year he was with us. That could be very exciting for this defense. We'll see. Who really knows how these guys are going to play together? The only problem with getting so many free agents is They got to play together and they got to like each other. So, yeah, you just don't know that until you get them all in the room. Hopefully, if, you know, Tomlin is the guy, by the way, I still think they're going to extend Tomlin this summer.

TD: And that doesn't mean they won't fire him. I mean, lots of coaches get extended in that. And now I'm just.

Hockey Jesus: I'm just, I'm just saying that like he's like, I think Tom was got a pretty big task ahead of them maybe since, since they had to make that decision about big Ken and, and this is, these are more players. So he's going to have to rely on more coaches to help him out. I think, um, if, if it's true that, you know, these players are coming here cause they want to play for coach T and he's a great motivator, then it shouldn't be a problem for a veteran coach like him. But I think he's got, he's got, he's got a, he's got a big battle head of them. I hope he gets a lot of sleep this summer.

TD: Yeah. I mean, where I'm coming from when it comes to my feelings on Tomlin is that they, they, they cleaned house. They reshuffled the deck. They made a big free agent signing as far as Patrick Queen. They brought in another safety to help Minka. We still have the draft coming up. If they're following the Andy Weidel plan, which we've talked about now for two and a half years, they're going to, they're going to draft line. They're going to draft a lot. Well, yeah.

Marc: Well, I will I will say this. I think the most encouraging thing that I'm seeing with the Steelers Is that and and I could be wrong. I mean, I'm just from an outsider's point of view It's not Tomlin Steelers anymore, right? You know that you know, like I agree that if it was up to Tomlin He'd still be like, you know You know with his chest against the wall. Can he pick it? He's, he's, you know, I think you're right about that.

Hockey Jesus: I mean, nobody really knows that. And the other feeling I get, yeah, everybody said, you know, the, he didn't want to get rid of Deontay Johnson. Right. Everybody else said, exactly. He's gone. And he was gone. Right.

Marc: Right.

Hockey Jesus: Yeah. See, I mean, you know, we don't know anything when it comes to those sorts of things. Nobody does even the other people saying the same things, but it does have the feel of we're putting players in there to play the game. no more head cases, let's talk about football, let's get this thing moving in that direction. And I do believe that is in direct response to what Rooney said at the end of the year about, you know, we're definitely gonna go in a different direction. This is the most active the Steelers have been in the free agency market in my life. In a long time.

Marc: It's also the first time that you can honestly say since his father's passing that Rooney has had a positive impact on the team?

Hockey Jesus: Well, we'll see, you know, well, I mean, I mean, they got, they got a lot of really good players. Will they be able to play together?

TD: Well, I mean, they've got a few, they've got a few months to, uh, you know, to sort that all out. I'm sure they'll be heading down to Morton's and maybe dinner together.

Hockey Jesus: I think they'll head, head, head over to the Kennywood.

Marc: Latrobe. Latrobe.

Hockey Jesus: A little early Latrobe.

TD: Latrobe. Latrobe. Latrobe. I got a comment in here from… from uh pat says the green dot doesn't call the plays the guy in his ear does thank you pat you're right about that you are on track i was off you know gotta admit when i'm wrong craig uh mastro says i wonder if kenny pickett saying i'm just ken um leaving the facility can you give us a rendition of that chwaber i with that incredibly professional voice you have i don't know what he's talking about i mean you know You know every song in the world. Yo, a son says, has the overly loyal team finally see it's just business? Yeah, I think I understand that. I think I understand that. And we've got somebody who's saying hello here.

Marc: I'm not sure that I'm going to need an interpreter for that one.

TD: Yeah. Yeah. As the overly loyal, whatever, blah, blah. So, Hey, look, it's exciting. You're right. I mean, this is different.

Hockey Jesus: Yeah. Well, let's see where it ends up.

TD: And we will. We still have we still have the draft to go through. Right.

Hockey Jesus: I mean, they're definitely going to go offensive line. They got it. They have to definitely get a center to fill the Mason Cole void. Yeah. You know, they could go back to that idiot. I don't even want to say his name. Herbig, who was actually a center. He was. They could go back to him. I really think, I really think… And the question is, is do they do the Broderick Jones on the left side versus the right side thing? Yeah.

TD: There's still some things to figure out. I see him moving to the left side because it's Arthur Smith.

Marc: I think if, I think, I think they're going to draft Powers Johnson, the number one center in the draft. Yeah. Pretty much every draft board I look at, that's kind of where he's going, like somewhere between 20 and 30. Yeah, makes sense. I mean, it makes the perfect sense move.

TD: Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I'm with you on that.

Hockey Jesus: Hey, we got a six round pick we can move up with.

TD: Yeah. Yeah. Well, look, they've been so active or proactive, whatever you want to put it in, free agency so far and clearing that deck and kind of turning it over. Yeah. anything could happen in this draft. I mean, but if they're being logical and we're being logical, right, that's, that's where you think they're, they're going to at least get the kid from West Virginia. If Johnson, I call him powers booth, Johnson, one of the greatest actors of all time. Anyway. So, uh, uh, yeah, at least Schwaber's face. I'm just kidding. I don't think he's one of the greatest actors of all time. So, yeah, so listen guys, we gotta move on here. Got a couple more things we wanna talk about, but of course I wanna thank you for watching live all over the world on Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube, X. One last thing I do wanna chime in on.

Marc: Get it in, Suarez. And we're gonna have to wait, but hopefully it'll be one of our shows coming up sometime, when does that schedule drop? Is it July? around July.

Hockey Jesus: Um, the actual schedule when the dates and everything. It's May. I thought it was May. I think we will know who's playing who. Like it's, it may already actually know that.

Marc: I think it's going to be, but yeah, but it's, it's who and when. Yeah.

Hockey Jesus: Cause I think the schedule is going to be really interesting because somebody already mentioned that it's, it's highly possible that the Steelers will open in Denver. because of what just happened. Because the NFL loves to do that.

Marc: I love how they do it. But what I'm saying is that it's going to be really interesting because the start of the season is going to be so critical to what happens this year. Because look, you know Tomlin is going to stick with Russell Wilson for a while, right? For a while. But if it's a really hard schedule, And, you know, they get off to maybe like, you know, the first nine games, they're three and six. Then we could be on Justin Fields' watch.

TD: Yeah.

Marc: Yeah. I don't even really want to think about that. So it's going to be really interesting.

Hockey Jesus: Well, you know, one thing Mike Tomlin will do, he will secure whatever it takes to get that winning season.

Marc: That's right. That's true. So I'll stick with Russ for the whole year. Yeah. The five game win streak. Whatever it is, he'll do it. Nine and eight.

Marc: Yeah.

TD: Okay. We, we dropped the Sports Porch podcast right after the show. So if you, if you haven't been able to watch the whole thing, you can always subscribe to it on the iHeartRadio app, Apple podcasts, Spotify, or anywhere you get your frigging podcasts. And, uh, of course you can visit our website at theporcheslive.com, theporcheslive.com.

Marc: Theporcheslive.com. And may 11th.

Hockey Jesus: Mark, May 11. This must be… I don't know why he's assuming, he's, I mean… Okay, all right. Let's just let this play out. Wow. Nobody knew they were going to get this.

TD: I just can't. Is it time for the Hockey Jesus? Yes, Hockey Jesus preaches on the podcast after every single hockey game. And he's on YouTube now. He's done a fantastic job of setting up the video pod. on YouTube. So, uh, you know, as soon as you can go over to YouTube, subscribe to the sports porch. It's the sports sports, the black and gold edition on YouTube. You'll know what I mean when you see it. And you can watch the hockey Jesus after every single penguins game. Um, take it away. Hey, Zeus.

Hockey Jesus: My goodness. There's so much to talk about with the penguins, but they didn't sign Russell Wilson.

TD: Did they? Scott. All right, listen, go ahead. I'm tired. You take it away.

Hockey Jesus: It's been, it's been an exhausting show, hasn't it? It has been. The penguins are down to, um, they, they played 69 games, right? So they got 13 left. They essentially have to win 10 of those 13 at least to, to make the playoffs. It's bleak times for the Pittsburgh Penguins. Um, since we last talked, we lost Jake Gensel. Um, everybody knows that he's playing for Carolina now. Sid kind of went into a funk, uh, had a 12 game streak where he didn't score a goal and finally got one. Finally got one yesterday. Yeah. Look, this is all new for Sid. Normally at the trade deadline, they're adding weapons. Now they subtracted a weapon. Not only did they subtract a weapon, they subtracted the weapon that he's been playing with since they won the cup back in 2017. So it's different for him. And I think different can be good for Sid, although he is definitely a man of deep, habits, right? So, dude, did you know he still wears the same shoulder pads that he wore in year one?

TD: No, no, I did not know that. I did not know that. But I mean, so I thought you were going to say boxer shorts.

Marc: So bodily speaking, he hasn't matured. Yeah.

Hockey Jesus: He has, but his equipment has not. He just, he just, he just likes things the same. And so it's different for him. Man, he'd be tough to be married to. That's probably why he's not married. Oh, he's not?

Marc: I think he's got a girlfriend.

Marc: Yeah.

Hockey Jesus: He's got a long time girlfriend. I think he can only focus on one thing.

TD: I think it's time for him to step up to the plate. I mean, come on. I mean, to use a, you know, take it to the net.

Hockey Jesus: Uh, he's not, he's not ready for that yet. But get a break away. Can't we just get another Stanley cup? Then he can get married. How about that?

TD: All right. If hockey Jesus says so, that's what we'll have.

Hockey Jesus: But here's the deal. The Penguins are going on the road. They got New Jersey, Dallas, and Colorado coming right in front of us. Those are three really difficult games. Fifteen more games or sixteen? Thirteen. Thirteen more games. I think I missed a couple of Hockey Jesus broadcasts.

Marc: They should beat the Devils.

Hockey Jesus: So the devils are one point behind them right now. That's where they got to keep the distance from the devils. They don't want them in the picture. Right. And then they got they got Washington and the Islanders and Philadelphia in front of them. Now, I'm not going to talk the difference between the wild card in the in the third spot. The Philly owns is like one or two points. It's like three points. And so so they're really right now there are five teams for two spots. Well, yeah, that's right, because it's the it's it's it's Detroit who we just beat. By the way, that's why that game was so big the other night. Right. Beating them and and keeping the pressure on them. And they're by the way, they don't look like a playoff team. They don't look good. No, they lost Dylan Larkin and without Dylan Larkin that they just don't have any scoring and they don't have the they don't have the goalie Strengths to be able to do anything. I don't like them Phillies faded a little bit, but they are like playing 500 right now So they're still and I still think they're possible still in contention. The Islanders were great. They won like five or six in a row, and then they just lost three in a row.

TD: I was gonna say, didn't the Rangers beat them up the last year?

Hockey Jesus: Yeah, they just lost three in a row. They were, they were really streaking, because they were like two or three points behind the Penguins. And then they zoomed over us. And for some reason, the Washington Capitals won't die. I can't explain it. I don't know why they're not good either, but they're just winning games.

TD: So are you trying to tell me that you're in the opinion of the opinion now, um, my Lord and savior, that, that, that, that, that the penguins do have a chance at making the playoff.

Hockey Jesus: I mean, it would matter. They're not out of it, but they literally will have to beat the teams that are in front of them the rest of the season. So that means winning tomorrow night. If they lose tomorrow night, bad sign. Right. If they split Dallas and Colorado, even if they lose both of those games, it's not the end of the world. But that just means they're going to have to beat Carolina instead, who they play on Tuesday. And if they beat Carolina, no matter what, they have to sweep Columbus. They play him back to back. And Columbus is actually playing pretty well now with a guy named Kneelander, who they got from the Penguins.

TD: Yeah, sounds familiar.

Hockey Jesus: Yeah, we remember that name. I thought he was a pretty good player, and yet Sully didn't want to play him. And then after that, it gets really interesting because they play at New York at the Devils at Washington in Tampa Bay. Those are all teams that they have to beat if they want to jump over. That's the critical stretch there. So you're talking April Fool's Day 4-1 through 4-6. That will determine whether the Pittsburgh Penguins, if they can hold serve here before the first, if they can play 500 between now and the first, they need to win all those games in order to make the playoffs. And that's a, that's a, that's tough. That's really difficult. I don't think they'll do it, but I, here's the problem. If they don't do it, you don't really, you want them just to lose everything because yeah, you want them to have more shots, better players. The players there in the first 10 picks are always pretty damn good. Right. After that, You're in a crap shoot. Honestly, you really are. Like all the guys are the same at that. Yeah. So if you're not going to be there, it does, you might as well try and win them all because no matter if you're picking like say 22nd or, or 18th, it doesn't matter. It doesn't matter.

TD: All right. So DG has a comment here. He says, uh, women, women might complain about Sid. Uh, But if they thought about things properly, they'd value a multimillionaire who doesn't need to look for the newest and next great thing. Oh, yeah. Can you say trophy wife? Well, and the answer to that question, David, is yes. Yes, I can.

Marc: Thank you very much.

Hockey Jesus: I've been waiting for that.

TD: Yeah. I mean, you're talking, you were sitting there talking about, talking about like how many games they got to go through and all this kind of stuff. And listen, hockey, Jesus, you know, I worship at your altar as well. You should, but I saw, thank you, but I, but I saw that comment come in and I was like, come on, man, just get to the point.

Hockey Jesus: So yeah, they, they have a chance, but it's, it's still a very slim chance. I think that what I say, 13 games left, they have to go basically like, um, 10, two and one in order to make the playoff.

TD: That seems insurmountable, doesn't it? For this team?

Marc: Well, I don't know though. I mean, Well, first of all, I don't think it's as bleak as you think in terms of I think it's actually five teams vying for three spots.

Hockey Jesus: Well, I mean, if you're going to throw Tampa Bay in there, then it's six for three.

Marc: Well, yeah, because it's well, because it's the two wild cards and then whoever gets the third in the metro.

Hockey Jesus: Yeah, that would be six. That would be six teams. Cause then you're going to throw Tampa Bay in there. I, I, you just feel like there are, I just feel, I feel like, I feel like Tampa Bay is going to be strong enough. They are gold tendings better that much better than everybody else. I think they're going to be in one of those three spots. Well, they can't be in the third spot, Metro.

Marc: But I think that I think that the Tampa Bay will 100% be in, I think, I think they could potentially make it though with a less than stellar record.

Hockey Jesus: I mean, I think they could, that gets them to like 92 points. That's where I had them. That number might actually be more like 90.

Marc: It wouldn't shock me. Like, cause I'm thinking like, believe it or not. Yeah. I mean like if they went seven and six,

Hockey Jesus: What's 14 points from where they are? 14 points gets them only, only gets them the, uh, 83 points. That's not enough. There's no way.

TD: Yeah. 83 unless somebody goes on a really big slide, right?

Hockey Jesus: Like most of the teams are already at 70, 74 points, right? So they would be, they would go like what? Five and eight. Like, I just don't see that happening. It can happen though. But four teams, that's the problem. There's so many teams. Like one of those teams is going to get hot. Right. And I thought it was going to be the Islanders, but now I'm not so sure. I don't think it could be Detroit, but they've lost so many games. Maybe they go on a little hot streak now. I don't I don't think so. So it's just hard. It's hard to know.

Marc: But some some of these teams, like, for example, it seems like the Rangers win every game. That's got to stop at some point. Yeah.

Hockey Jesus: But you know what, at some point they're going to, they're, they're just going to, they're going to pull back on the throttle. They're going to sit guys. Right. And those are the teams you want to play at the end. Like we play Boston like third to the last game. It's very possible Boston sitting a lot of, a lot of, a lot of players.

TD: Right. Well, I guess the bigger point here is that in order to get into the playoffs, they're going to need some help. Yeah. You know, they're going to have to win what they need to win. But a couple of these teams are going to have to, you know, maybe lose two or three in a row.

Marc: So you're saying you're saying that they got to at least win nine, nine.

Hockey Jesus: I really believe it's got to be 10. Really? Yeah. Well, but you know what happens there is some of those could be, you know, overtime losses and they gave right shit like right.

Marc: Right.

Hockey Jesus: But you can't have overtime losses to like the devils or Washington or Detroit because you gain no ground because they're gaining a point. Right.

TD: Yeah. You gain no ground.

Hockey Jesus: Right. Did you see the other night? I forget who it was, but somebody needed. Oh, it was Minnesota. Minnesota needed points so badly. It was an overtime game. They pulled their goalie. And when you pull your goalie, you forfeit the point that you gained if you lose. I didn't know that. Yeah. Is that real? Yeah. And they lost the point. Seriously? Yeah, they lost the point. You can do it. You can pull the goalie. Wow. I didn't know that. And play four on three. But if you lose the game, you lose the point.

TD: Does the other team get both points?

Hockey Jesus: I did not know that. Well, they get both points for the win anyway.

TD: But Minnesota actually loses. They didn't get the point, the loser point.

Hockey Jesus: But by the way, I heard something today also that, uh, NHL does want to keep the three on three overtime, which I'm personally against. I don't like it. I think it's very exciting. It's very, I think, I think it's exciting. Don't get me wrong, but I think when it comes to knowing which teams are going to perform well in overtime in the playoffs, there is no clue. You can't use that as a measure for anything.

TD: Yeah, because the playoffs are different.

Hockey Jesus: It's just for pure entertainment purposes. And, and I tell you what, that, that overtime the other, the other day versus Ottawa was something crazy. It was the craziest overtime I've ever seen. Like Ottawa had six shots on goal. Like normally if you get two shots on goal, you win.

Marc: One of them's going. The reason why they're so, they're so fun is because it becomes like breakaway after breakaway. That's basically what it becomes.

Hockey Jesus: Well, and it's some, some of them, if you watch, like they play such a control game, right? And then the other team is boring as hell. Like they're just skating around waiting for somebody else to get tired. Then they attack.

Marc: Right, exactly.

Hockey Jesus: And then they're tired and they can't attack.

Marc: Right, right.

Hockey Jesus: And that's when it gets dumb. But once they start skating back and forth, forget about it. Uhm, yeah, if if Minnesota won that won that overtime, then then they they would get the two points. But I thought they I I heard that they lost and it could have been the opposite. I can't. I think they were playing against Nashville or somebody like that, so you can look it up, but that that is absolutely true. If you pull your goalie and and you lose, you lose that point.

TD: Okay. So, thank you, Hockey Jesus. Next Hockey Jesus is tomorrow night. Is it tomorrow night is the game?

Hockey Jesus: Tomorrow night at New Jersey, my son will be there in early birthday present form.

TD: Awesome. Awesome. So, maybe he'll give you a report.

Hockey Jesus: I asked for a picture.

TD: Yeah, there you go. Okay. So a picture. So, so you can hear the hockey Jesus on the sports sports podcast right after every single penguins game. Next one being tomorrow night in New Jersey, baby Jesus and on a baby uses max.

Marc: No baby hockey. Jesus.

TD: Yeah. Well, we'll come up with something good for that. Um, okay. And remember we dropped the sports sports podcast right out of the show, but I have an assignment. I have an assignment for everybody. Have you guys watched the Dynasty yet on Apple TV?

Marc: dynasty dynasty new england patriots no not yet okay that's your assignment i've watched wait a minute so i'm gonna get a little crazy here and i'm gonna say here we go patriots win six super bowls am i right yes you are how about this one how about this one tom brady wins tom brady becomes the greatest quarterback ever how about this one yeah Many will argue that Bill Belichick is one of the greatest coaches of all time. No. Am I on to something here?

TD: No, but you're filled with energy. Am I on to something here? You must have missed us.

Marc: Because I just want to watch. I want to watch. things that I've seen 100,000 times over and over and over again. No, thank you for telling me to watch documentaries.

TD: Yes, thank you. Yes, this is fantastic. I missed you.

Hockey Jesus: By the way, I will watch that. OK, David, you are right. Minnesota did win that game. But if they would have lost if they would have lost that game, they would have lost the point.

TD: Thank God for Schwaber's rant, we were able to sort out that Minnesota overtime situation.

Marc: It was driving me a little crazy. You know what? You know what? I've got a feeling. I've got a suspicion. There's a kicker on New England, Adam Vianna Terry, and somehow I think Brady's going to get him there his first year. Yeah. And it's going to come down to a veterinary kick for the Super Bowl victory.

Marc: Yeah. Yeah. Am I on it?

TD: No, it was actually a second year. It was Brady's second year.

Marc: Well, he didn't play his first year.

TD: Yeah, right. Exactly.

Marc: So if I saw the documentary, I'd probably understand that. You would understand that. Wow. This is neat.

Hockey Jesus: This is why you have to watch the documentary.

TD: Wow. No, no, it's not. Wow. I can't wait to hear the little stories that Vince Woolfolk has to share. I'm waiting for Amy to kick in here and say she's sick of Mark. I mean, come on now.

Marc: No, no, no, no. The reason that it, no, I can't wait to hear Rodney Harrison's take on the fleet gate. Yeah. Yeah.

TD: You don't, you don't hear that.

Marc: Oh, so they kept out all of the bad stuff from the documentary.

TD: No, Rodney Harrison is just not in the documentary. Oh, okay.

Hockey Jesus: Okay. He works for the NFL now. Yeah. Okay.

Marc: Do they have a picture of Tom Brady with his shirt off at the combine and how ridiculously flabby he looked?

TD: Yes. I think that's in there. Yeah, definitely.

Marc: See, I've never seen that. I can't wait to see that again. I'm excited for this. This is exceptional.

Hockey Jesus: Wow.

Marc: We're just breaking Wow Marky Marky you need to look at your Wow dynasty Isn't that the term they give to teams that win multiple Super Bowls in a short period of time? Yeah, holy moly One for the Patriot.

TD: He did he take any of that?

Marc: Wow, okay now that you were offering. No, he did not. Boy, this is going to be something. Wow. I wonder if they'll show a shot of somebody drinking clam chowder talking about Tom Brady. Yeah.

TD: It's like a New England cockney English accent.

Hockey Jesus: Well, I mean, it just was.

Marc: Oh, they're wicked great.

Marc: Toby, Toby Brady's going to win the game. I can't. I can't with you.

TD: I just can't. You're just begging for the music. All right. That's your assignment. Watch the damn thing and then we'll talk about it. OK.

Marc: Oh, you do that? Yeah, absolutely. I'm gonna spend all my time watching that. I can't.

Hockey Jesus: You know how much I love the Patriots.

Marc: It's good. I'll watch. You know I will.

TD: I know you will. Then you and I will have a discussion. And Mark could ridicule him. No, he can just stay outside.

Marc: Yeah, and I'll basically be like, go back to our roots back on the porch. Yeah, I remember when that happened live.

Hockey Jesus: By the way, fans of the show, thank you for no commenting on the beard. Appreciate that.

TD: Yes. Yeah, that's true. I asked for a comment on it. I got none. All right, guys, listen, thanks so much.

Marc: Is there a shot of Robert Kraft holding the trophy? Like six of them. Six times? Six of them?

TD: Take care, everyone, says Jeff. Hey, listen, guys, thanks so much for watching the sports sports podcast. I'm going to drop this on the iHeartRadio app, Apple podcast, Spotify or anywhere you get your friggin podcasts. And we will see you all next week. I am your technical director. Do they cover the tuck rule? And I am out.

null: It's crazy.