Reaction to 49ers clinching No. 1 seed, Seahawks loss, Lions-Cowboys ending | Richard Sherman NFL

Richard Sherman reacts to Week 17 in the NFL. Richard breaks down the San Francisco 49ers clinching the no.1 seed in the NFC with a win over the Washington Commanders, the Seattle Seahawks getting upset by the Pittsburgh Steelers, the Kansas City Chiefs narrowly escaping the Cincinnati Bengals, and the Detroit Lions losing to the Dallas Cowboys on a VERY questionable call. The Philadelphia Eagles and Miami Dolphins are heading in the wrong direction while the Buffalo Bills and Baltimore Ravens are surging at the right time. Has Lamar Jackson convinced Sherm that he’s the NFL regular season MVP?

Timeline:
00:00 – Start
00:32 – 49ers at Commanders
02:29 – Steelers at Seahawks
07:00 – Lions at Cowboys
13:33 – Cardinals at Eagles
20:56 – Bengals at Chiefs
24:08 – Dolphins at Ravens
33:12 – Patriots at Bills
35:35 – Titans at Texans
39:56 – Jets at Browns

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Welcome to the new YouTube channel if you haven’t already done it hit the Subscribe button to follow us all season long for updates and content so happy that you’re here it’s going to be a great year welcome back to the Richard Sherman podcast we are nearing the end of the

Season Mitchell and things are getting crazy it’s been an emotional weekend Rich uh we’re nearing the New Year Richard last night was deast stating one for me but we don’t need to start there let’s start with San Francisco your 49ers they go get a win on the road they

Knock off the Washington commanders take full control of the NFC have clinched the number one seed and a buy your thoughts Rich well it was kind of a slow start to the game but in the end they turned it around they got they held them to 10 points Christian mcaffry leaves the game

With a calf injury which makes the buy even more important I doubt they play him next week I would imagine next week they only play the starters probably for the first half uh that’s usually what they’ve done when they’ve locked it up uh you know you don’t makes no point of

Playing the whole game unless you just really are concerned about getting that win but you know things change every week so who knows what Kyle would do hard breaks the 49ers record for most passing yards in the season passing uh what do he pass Jeff Garcia yeah uh and

Steve Young on the list in 16 games uh iuk has his seventh straight or seventh game with 100 plus yards uh the commanders are in a rough spot but if you look on the other side of the corner they’re in a decent spot because they could potentially be the number two uh

Picking the draft which would get them their quarterback of the future for their new head coach whoever that may be or I mean if you think Ron Rivera surviving this then Ron rer but uh overall good game for them not a ton uh to talk about other than CMC Brock p

Played a solid game you know they had to have this win they play the Rams next week like I said but I can’t imagine uh them playing their starters the whole game and trying to win that game when they already got the one seed sewn up I would guess you got veterans

That need to rest like Trent Williams Christian mcaffry coming off the injury uh Debo Samuel the way he plays Brandon iuk uh defensively you got Eric Armstead nurse who’s been nursing this injury Javon hardgrave again nursing this injur but yeah Mitchell and then Seattle Seattle looked good early on in

This game at least offensively they were moving the ball down the field it looked like Gino was playing another good game and he was going to take them to the promised land uh but Mike Tomlin and East Pittsburgh Steelers just find a way every single season near the end of the

Year they find a way to get it done to execute to win these games and he’s done it again his seven straight season of not having a losing season Mitchell he is guaranteed another winning season for the 17th time out of 17 it’s it’s incredible and I don’t

Think it gets enough credit I don’t think it gets enough attention it’s how incredible that record is uh he’s doing it with now Mason Rudolph he’s done it with three different quarterbacks trabitz uh Kenny picket and now Mason Rudolph and Mason Rudolph has done the best he

Scored 30 points and cons i games for the first time this year I mean he’s starting to look like their guy and people thought he was their guy after Ben left but uh he’s playing a good game I I mean you gota you gota you gota there’s a lot of questions you know

About what happened this game for Seattle DK medca played good Kenneth Walker looked kind of banged up throughout the game but he he still ran for 53 yards and a touchdown Gino 23 of 33 for 290 in a touchdown but it just defensively they just couldn’t get the

Stops when they needed them um they couldn’t slow down this offense uh Naji Harris seemed to be controlling the game Jaylen Warren controlled the game and Naji Harris didn’t get a ton of yards I mean 27 rushes for 22 yards jayen Warren on the other hand 13 rushes for 75 yards

Was doing a heck of a job they found out if you throw the ball to George pickings it works out and your offense is executing and your offense scores points and the ball moves down the field lo and behold he was frustrated early in the season and people were like man he’s

He’s wrong like H he wants the ball and and it’s a simple simple as throwing him the ball and these guys aren’t even trying to throw him the ball he go games without targets or one or two Targets or the guys are throwing slant routes are

Dirting the ball right in front of them and it’s just like anybody would be frustrated so uh they seem to be getting more and more dangerous as they go Mason Rudolph is making those big plays but it’s a crushing loss for the Seahawks uh it clinches a playoff spot for the

Rams which is huge they’ve been playing good and the Rams again they’re going to play San Francisco at the end in a meaningless game for San Francisco yeah and that’s tough rich I mean you H the nail on the head I mean the Steelers have found their Guy Mason Rudolph

Giving these guys big opportunities George Pickins Deontay Johnson we talked about it a number of times throughout the season Kenny picket just didn’t give his options outside the chances here he is back-to-back games doing his thing Kenny George pickings monster numbers these last two games good for him but

The Seahawks rich I mean this was a had to Havoc game and now they’re left waiting praying to get bailed out by the NFC North for his second year in a row and what they’re going to have to have happen essentially is whoever wins tonight’s game between the Packers and

And the Vikings is gonna have to go and turn around and lose next week’s game and the Seahawks are going to have to win for them to have a prayer rich and that they had everything in their old hand they could control their own destiny and You Know Rich playing in

Seattle is not easy this is a place that this a place team goes teams go to die right it just hasn’t been that way and I don’t know man I I don’t know I I figured they would win this one easily rich and then they go to go to Arizona

And take care of business they’d be a shoe one for that seven seat at minimum and now they’re left on a Prayer um Richard it’s time for the parade in Pasadena ition meets college football action in one Epic bowl game and with draftking Sportsbook you can make every

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I want to talk about a game near and dear to my heart because yesterday last night the Dallas Cowboys in the Detroit Lines faced off down in Dallas and you know it was a back and forth game obviously I don’t think it went the many the way many people thought you know I

Think everyone thought it would be a high-scoring shootout a lot of you know the Lions would get the ball moving on the ground Dall get the ball moving through the air not so much the case more of a def battle that comes down to the wire but

Before we get into the nuts and bolts of the game let’s talk about the end because there was controversy in Dallas and it had huge implications on this postseason let’s not Overlook that the Detroit Lions go down the field minute 30 left no timeout score a what would be

Potentially tying touchdown 19 to 20 they elect to go for two Dan Campbell otherwise known as Dan gamble elects to go for two they hit Taylor Decker in the corner of the end zone for what very well could be a walk-off winner 23 seconds left on the

Clock Flags thrown after the play an eligible man downfield Richard how in the world does this happen it it it’s clearly a mistake on uh Brad Allen’s part just going through routine and not actually seeing and listening to how the Lions wanted to to to negotiate this

Eligible receiver uh clearly you see pan Su and Decker walking up to him you clearly see uh the swing tackle coming onto the field and him running away before there’s even an inter real interaction between he and Decker so he’s just assuming hey the swing tackle

Is coming in I know what you guys are about to tell me he’s assuming it’s very presumptuous hey he’s the guy reporting eligible he’s the guy doing this and Decker was trying to do it in the most subtle way so you can see him trying to

Do it with kind of like one hand like on his belly like hey it’s me it’s me I’m reporting eligible but it doesn’t seem like Brad Allen got that um and so he went with what he thought was happening obviously Dan Campbell said he told him

Before the game if we go for a two-point conversion this is what we’re going to do we’re gonna we want him to be eligible we want the other guy to be eligible and we’ll go about it and so it was really weird it’s it it was a very

Bizarre Play Because Decker was not covered up on the play as you would assume an eligible tackle I mean an ineligible tackle would be he’d be covered up by a wide receiver the receiver was off the ball he the receiver checked with the referee if the receiver that same referee is the one

Who C ineligible man downfield which is odd which is odd because after you check they would say hm you’re off the ball there’s not a tight end there flag that’s illegal formation but they didn’t say that which tells me they thought it was a legal formation until they went

Down the field which is you know it leaves a lot of question marks but in at the end of the day they gave it to to Dallas um and Dallas is likely gon to have another home game now Dak Prescott played an incredible game 26 of

38 to 345 two touchdowns CD lamb broke the the record for a wide receiver in Dallas the regular season record for yardage um breaking Michael Irving’s record that he set multiple times uh he he had 227 yards in a game a career high he had a 955 yard reception

Also a career and franchise high for the Dallas Cowboys it was an incredible game for him he was he was out there cooking they had no answers for him and that has to be concerning going forward because on the other side Jered G he played okay he had two interceptions uh very costly

Interception on that out route late in the game but again they still had a had a chance late uh to jir Gibbs played solid he combined with David Montgomery played a really good game I think they both had impacts Alan Ross sat Brown played a good game your guy Sam leap

Porter played a good game but and then Aiden Hutchinson three sacks I mean he had a third of his sacks in this one game Mitchell he was he was all over the place but you have to be able to cover him if CD lamb is their guy and he was

Their guy going in again it goes back to Aaron Glenn and his defense like what are you thinking there was a play where they went zero they went zero coverage and the guy closed his eyes in the end zone where it could have been a safety you talk about a two-point ball game

They lose by one point and you you that’s a what a nine-point Swing eight-point Swing whatever it is when you could have had a safety but instead you give up seven points I I think at the end of the day that was the difference in the ball game because that

Swung the momentum in a different way you talk about a safety where you get the ball back and you give your offense the ball back and the momentum’s going your way and you’re making them feel away but instead it’s a touchdown against zero coverage and so that was a

Huge mistake by them but you got to give credit to Dallas you got to think about their fans and how they’re feeling and how they went from thinking they lost this game and they’re the fifth seed and they they you know got a lot of questions to be an answered to a flag

Changing that they get the win Philadelphia goes and loses at home to the Arizona Cardinals which gives them the two seed now and gives them a home playoff game and I mean can’t feel better than them right now it’s just wild I mean that’s why this Brad Allen controversial call it it changes

Everything rich and it also changes the San Francisco 49ers having a byee next week because otherwise they’d have to beat the Rams you know otherwise you know the Lions could get the number one overall seed there’s a lot of wh ifs in this game I mean the Lions elected to go

For it on Fourth and goal instead of kicking a field goal earlier in the game which would inevitably been a Difference Maker for him you know obviously after Dan cam Dan Campbell got the flag on the ineligible uh touching ineligible man downfield you know they could have kicked the

Field goal or extra point to go to OT there’s a lot of wha ifs but the Lions DNA they don’t care man they’re G to take risks they’re going to take shots and the reality is if they can get out of this first round if both these teams

Can get out of the first round we’re GNA have a replay of this exact same game and Brad Allen’s input in it will be irrelevant uh the biggest hurdle will be the Lions have to go down to Dallas versus the Cowboys having to come up to Detroit but Richard let’s move on here

Because we could talk about this game all day it’s certainly the the biggest talked about game this weekend let’s move to Philly because Philly loses a game they had a lot to win here I mean this is locking up the division you know getting that two seed and Philly loses

Now they’re one and four in the past five games this team has lost their Identity or so it seems I don’t know who I’m even watching with these Eagles anymore they don’t scare me they they don’t clearly don’t scare their opposition Richard can you explain this at all yeah it’s just it their

Confidence has collapsed since the ners game and then consequently the Dallas game and then you just saw the rails coming kind of coming off the Seattle game they go to Seattle and take that loss and then they get take this loss the win even the win against the Giants

Didn’t feel great you know Tyrod has a chance with a Hil marry pass in the in the end zone they only win by eight you know it wasn’t a game where you just felt like they were in control they felt dominant and a lot of their wins this

Season even against very good opponents were close games you know they they played everybody pretty close which is which wears on you after a while Herz has 38 touchdowns um has an eagles franchise record for touchdowns which is cool but again this NFC East there’s a reason that there hasn’t been a re

Repeat NFC East Champion for a very long time and it doesn’t look like there will be this year with what just happened they had a small possibility at having it for the Philadelphia Eagles but they botched it against Arizona Cardinals who scored on four of their second half

Possessions who battled all game long and again they continue to run the ball well and set a foundation for the future that seems like they’re going to be a pretty formidable team regardless of how they are in the future with a good defense they get some more pieces and

Some more offensive weapons and they going to be very formidable I mean James Conor 26 for one 28 and a touchdown uh dorch has seven catches for 82 yards Kyler 25 31 232 three touchdowns in the interception and they just kept battling the Eagles were up 21 to six at the half

And you thought all right this is going to be the game they kind of get away the game everybody’s expecting him to have but no no they they found a way to get ways to get stops um ganon’s defense is finding ways to get stops and you you

Wonder where Philly goes from here they don’t have confidence they don’t have an identity offensively we talked about for weeks how predictable this offense is how you know we we had Christian mcaffrey on a Monday night football broadcast predicting a play that they were going to run based off the

Formation based off where the tight end was aligned if you have a running back on the opposite team being able to call out your plays then that’s a problem he’s not on the defense he’s not a guy that’s studying their offense and and trying to find ways to stop it he just

Was sitting there watching the game and he’s like this looks like a formation that I’ve seen before for and maybe I’ve seen it this game and when your offense is that predictable in the NFL and you get down a stretch of these December ball games then you’re going to have a

Hard time and especially in the playoffs the playoffs is going to get really ugly because defenses we don’t have anything else to do but study every game you got your good stuff your bad stuff your trick plays your tendencies All Your Tendencies are out there so nobody’s really getting surprised in the playoffs

Unless you make up a few plays everybody has a few wrinkles here and there but nobody’s getting surprised so if if you don’t have a foundation that’s fundamentally driven where you can say hey we can just run what we do well and have success you’re going to struggle

And that’s what they’re struggling with is they don’t have anything that they do incredibly well that you could say hey this is where we’re going to hang our hat because nobody’s gonna be able to stop us from doing this no no doubt and you’ve seen it throughout the years rich

I mean when the Wildcat was introduced into the NFL it screwed with defense’s mind for about a season season and a half and then people figured out when the RPO was introduced screw with people’s heads for a year year and a half you know that’s when you saw Lamar

Jackson and the Baltimore Ravens really take this league by storm and then people started slowly figured out the same’s going on with these Eagles and they’re just so predictable they’re not a fun team to watch offensively right now and I know they’re having their struggles defensively as well without

Sleigh in there and some other key injuries but the reality is man if they can get out of the first round they’re going to play an NFC South team you know whether it be the bucks or the Saints that isn’t going to be an easy out with

The way the e Eagles team is playing and then Richard they’re gonna have to go on the road more than likely to San Francisco and they’re going to get the ba break beat off of them I mean that’s just the cold hard reality of it I mean

I can I’m not a forecaster here rich but I’m telling you it’s looking like an early exit with the way this team’s playing right now unless they can fix it quick and it’s got to be really really quick yeah it has to be really really quick and it

Doesn’t there aren’t any obvious answers you thought oh okay they’re going to switch from Shan decide and Matt Patricia that’s going to solve all their alss no you knew that wasn’t that wasn’t there’s a fundamental issue within this defense and I can’t even put my because the

Talent along the dline is there you have veterans and Fletcher Cox and Brandon Graham you have young guys and and Jordan Davis and Jaylen Carter Hassan reick and what all the chaos he caused last year Josh SWAT um you knew the linebacker position was a was a a point

Of weakness but you thought the secondary was a strength and they’ve been having a rough time they’ve been G giving up some yardage in the back end and so offensively again you thought this offensive line is strong they’re going to at least be able to run the

Ball with DeAndre Swift and these big monsters up front that hasn’t been the case all day always open AJ Brown and and Devonte Smith they they’ve had impact in these games but that hasn’t been the case Jaylen Herz is looking like a shell him himself so it’s it’s everything all their strengths have

Turned into question marks and that’s been the problem and I don’t know where they go from here there’s a lot of questions in Philly okay football season is finally here and here’s one thing every fan should know you can get anything you need for game day delivered with UBS

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Of the NFL order now alcohol and selected markets product availability may vary by region see app for details there was a lot of questions in Kansas City too leading into this game they’re able to to get a win you know they’re able to clinch the AFC West

Which is big for them you know rasid rice was heavily involved Kansas City beats a scrappy Cincinnati Bengals team also desperate for a win and I don’t know the exact playoff breakdown but I would assume this eliminates Cincy from contention Richard your thoughts on this game Kansas City walks away with a 25-

17 win at home have they WR wred this ship this this Rocky that they’ve been cruising along for the last few weeks I mean I I I guess you know I they you know the Cincinnati team had been playing better Jake Browning had been playing really good football uh giving

Them a chance uh at the playoffs but I don’t know the the Kansas City Chiefs have been kind of jackling high it looks like they may have found some Rhythm between Patrick mahes and rasid rice this game where they’re pushing the ball down the field and having success but

But I don’t know Mitchell I’ve never seen him this inconsistent Patrick Mahomes still had a good game 21 of 29 245 in a touchdown this will be the first time in what five years that the AFC Championship doesn’t just go through Arrowhead Stadium as it has they’ll get

Their home game but they’ll likely be traveling to to Baltimore or I mean they could be traveling a few places after that um if they if they have to play whoever the two- seed is because I not sure they’re going to be able to get this two SE maybe they’ be going to

Miami um that’d be a good game but I don’t know I mean Isaiah Pacho had one of his best games 18 R rushes for 130 yards but it just didn’t feel like the dominant Kansas City team that you’ve known uh their defense turned it around in the second half and started to

Get some stops but early on it just looked like the both teams were just exchanging shots they you know shot here a shot here shot here and and that’s what I don’t I I thought that this defense was one of the best in the National Football League and in the AFC

They definitely had been showing that and I don’t know what they’re becoming right now but hopefully next week they can get it get back on track versus the Chargers I’m sure the playoff seating is kind of already decided I’m not sure if they still have a little bit of movement

Left looks like the the Bengals are eliminated the Broncos are now eliminated even with their win today in the AFC West so I I don’t I I don’t know this Kansas City Chiefs team is is kind of a mystery right now we’ll see because Patrick Mahomes in the playoffs you

Can’t count him out well there’s going to be a lot to talk about next week but this team’s lost their explosiveness offensively I think that’s just the reality of it rich and I mean they’re going to be faced you know obviously a home a home matchup in the playoffs but

They’re going to be playing either the Miami Dolphins Cleveland Browns you know Buffalo Bills one of those three teams and I don’t I don’t think it’s easy easy to say they’re going to beat any of them right now so this is going to be a first

In a long time in Kansas City we shall see if Patrick Mahomes can rise to the occasion but Richard this freight train in Baltimore just keeps on chugging along I I if there’s any doubt who the best team in football is right now I don’t think you have to look very far

Because it’s Baltimore and I know you love the San Francisco 49ers and rightfully so I mean they are a juggernaut in their own right but what Baltimore did to them last week and what they did to Miami this week it’s hard to overlook this team anymore Richard your

Thoughts on the Baltimore Ravens winning 56-19 over the Miami Dolphins I mean Mitchell they put a whooping on the Miami Dolphins and it was close H close-ish early on uh there were a few mishaps by the Miami Dolphins I think Tyreek dropped the touchdown pass that

Ended up being a field goal but from that point forward the Baltimore Ravens put their foot on their necks and their foot on the gas and they pulled away uh Lamar Jackson had 255 in the first half he ended up with 321 18 of 21 only had three incompletions had more touchdown

Passes than incompletions in the game a perfect 158.3 passer rating he ran the ball six times for 38 yards Gus Edwards had his fair share of rushia 16 for 68 yards in the touchdown Z flowers with his first 100 yard receiving game in the National Football League and it almost all came

On one play a long touchdown pass on a dawn pretty pass from Lamar Jackson uh Cy vanoy with a sack in the game a career high eight sacks for him they picked him up off the streets midseason Mitchell and he has been a revelation for them in this pass rush another guy

Who’s been incredible for them um has been Roan Smith who had an interception Gino stone with another interception Isaiah likely only had two catches but one of them was a beautiful catch on a fourth down pass a one-handed pass that he takes four touchdown that really

Started to break the game open um they look like the the class of the AFC and the class of the league right now uh on their way to obviously the number one seed we’ll see how the playoffs go but I it they’re going to be a tough team to

Beat they’re going to be a tough out uh Miami Dolphins who were were kind of flying and getting a lot of respect stumbled a lot this game to a Tong of vioa two interceptions the two touchdown passes uh Devon a chain uh had 14 catches I mean 14 rushes

For 107 four receptions for 30 yards but Tyreek H only six catches for 76 yards he was on that pace still doesn’t look 100% so unlikely to get the awards that he was in line to to be chasing uh Bradley chub looked like he may have

Torn his ACL which you hate to see um so yeah without Wad and without mooler obviously I don’t even know if those guys played if they would have made much of a difference this team is just rolling they’re they’re running the ball well they’re throwing the ball well um

Defensively they’re putting a lot of pressure on the quarterback from a lot of different places uh and so Mitchell you gotta get you got to give them all the credit in the world you put up unlike the Philadelphia Eagles man this team this Baltimore Ravens team is the

Furthest thing from predictable I mean they can do it all they’re aggressive is all get out defensively offensively I mean they are Beyond Elite they can hit you from all cylinder everyone thought when Mark Andrews went out this team was gonna slide a little bit Isaiah likely coming out of nowhere like Coastal

Carolina Prospect just doing his thing looking looking like a very very good rising star in this league at this point but Richard I’m here to ask the tough questions you know you know that’s why I’m here Rich that’s what I hope you’re here for Mitchell you know you have not

Not been on this Lamar Jackson MVP hype train over the last couple weeks you’ve been a a proponent against it if you will and Richard I I gotta ask what do this guy got to do to prove to you that he’s a worthy you know recipient of an MVP award well MIT

He had five touchdown passes in the game and that’s what we needed to see all season we need to see a lot more touchdown passes he had more touchdown passes in this game Mitchell than he had the whole month of September and the whole month of November in all the games

He played in seven games those seven games Mitchell he had six touchdown passes and in this game alone he had five and so that’s what we we we needed to see more of that’s the only argument against his MVP case is that the touchdown numbers aren’t there he this game he

Showed both with his legs with his arms he’s executing from the pocket he got the yardage but again mitel that’s 24 touchdown passes now on the season and it just hasn’t happened in a very long time I think a couple years ago you know they keep bringing up some Payton

Manning stat where he had 28 where he got it over Brady that year um with only 28 touchdown passes but that was 15 years ago of the last five MVPs nobody has had less than Lamar’s 35 and uh Aaron had 38 last year Mahomes had 41 touchdowns and 12 interceptions

And so everybody was brought bringing up the the clip where I was like man you know Herz Herz is doing a lot for his team and he deserves it he deserves a shot at and they’re like look you said something about Herz I was like yeah and

Then momes got it with 41 touchdowns and 12 interceptions so that’s that’s the thing the numbers had to be there they were not there for Jaylen Herz regardless of the seating or whatever what the case may be he didn’t have the numbers in terms of touchdown passes

They had the number one record in the NFC but he did not have the touchdown pass num Mahomes did and that’s why Mahomes got the award and so people were like you’re hating you’re hating I’m just going off what the way they describe this award and the way they’ve

Picked this award for the past five six years and it’s been the guy with the most touchdown passes well not the most touchdown passes but you got to have at least over 30 and you cannot show me a situation outside of 15 years ago where

They gave it to uh to Payton where a guy’s getting it with less than 30 touchdown passes in his day and age but this could be a new day and age this could be the the the one that changes it all because he is the heavy betting favor right now and they’ll probably

Give it to him because you you talk about Tyreek Hill who had a chance at it kind of falling off the map he didn’t play one of the games and then the other two he had under a 100 yards Christian mcaffrey didn’t finish this last game for the San Francisco 49ers so his

Production dropped off even though he got a touchdown he’s still one touchdown away from tying Jerry Rice’s uh franchise record of 23 touchdowns in the season so that the the the chances are there but again when you talk about the numbers that I’m talking about and the

Things that I’ve argued it’s still an accurate discussion where you say hey 24 touchdown passes over a 16 over 16 games isn’t as impressive as some of the other things we’ve seen from MVP years so you can argue to death you can say hey the intangibles are there his impact on the

Game his impact on defenses the way controls the game no question about it that’s not ever in question Lamar Jackson is one of the greatest players in this game and one of the most unique players in the history of this game but again Mitchell the the the numbers are

What the numbers are well you know the next follow-up question that’s going to come is if it’s not him then who and everyone else’s mind immediately goes to the quarterback position you know oh you know momes Josh Allen Jaylen Herz you know Etc haven’t been putting on MVP

Seasons either we’re forgetting all the other skill position non-quarterback players I mean Tyreek CMC Etc I think Barry Sanders some sum it up best in a tweet he had recently when he was a co-mvp years back he’s like this is the year that CMC wins a co-mvp with insert

Quarterback here because it’s always about the quarterback it always will forever be about the quarterback and Richard at some point in time like you’ve said a hundred times they’re gonna have to do their best quarterback and their best non-quarterback because this I don’t know I don’t know how you

Don’t give it to Lamar but at the same time it’s just becoming a quarterback only award and it’s kind of unfair but not to make light on Lamar but he is also going to take home this making look easy player of the week brought to you by Morgan and Morgan America’s largest

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Buffalo Bills they they get a win against the New England Patriots the lowly New England Patriots and and what this win sets up is an opportunity to win the division next week against the Miami Dolphins on the Road against Miami uh Richard Buffalo didn’t play their

Best game this this week by any means uh they they got a six-point win but the Dolphins didn’t either and there’s going to be a lot going on next week a lot on the line who do you like the most to win this AFC East Division I mean I guess Miami Mitchell

This is one of those where where all the teams are kind of kind of limping to the Finish Line um was not a great game by the Buffalo Bills obviously the Patriots had a good plan for him Josh Allen struggled majority of the game I think he only had

40 yards passing in the first half um he did have two rushing touchdowns but didn’t have a passing touchdown in the game James Cook 16 rushes 48 yards nothing crazy Dalton concade four catches for 87 yards again Stefon Diggs under 30 yards receiving yet again which is starting to become concerning but on

The other side rasul Douglas has been a revelation since he was traded to the Buffalo Bills he has been everything they could have asked for and much much more I would imagine he had an interception two interceptions in the game one being a pick six um Ed Oliver

Had an interception in a sack um the concern is what happened to Von Miller like is that serious is that career ending they paid him a lot of money but he was a healthy scratch this game maybe they resting him up maybe there’s something we’re not hearing but that’s a big deal Mitchell

And that’s a big question mark going into the playoffs he’s a guy that they brought to be a finisher to get him over the hump in these playoff games uh to help them win a championship to help them win a Super Bowl and if he can’t go

And he’s not going to be able to make an impact you wonder if they’re their both stops early in these playoffs because Josh Allen they’re not going to win a lot of games if Josh Allen is going to play like that like he did this game against the the

New England Patriots who who have won four games yeah no question I mean the rest of these games this week it’s all about it’s all about playoff implications I mean Houston wins a game pretty commandingly against Tennessee Titans uh that rematch they took care of

26 to3 no problem you get CJ stra back and that sets up another you know huge matchup next week against the Indianapolis Colts who have just been you know quietly putting together pretty impressive impressive season Rich this week or this time next week they’ll be playing for a playoff spot against these

Indianapolis Colts Richard the Houston Texans who do you like most in that matchup well you know the Houston Texans if their defense can play like it just did you talk about Derek Stingley and the amount of interceptions he’s had since he’s come back he’s he’s amongst

The league leaders um with five he’s up there charvarius Ward is had obviously Don Bland ran away with it very early in the season um but will Anderson with another two picks you talked about their foundational pieces there’s a lot to be excited about for this Houston Texans team and they’re

Playing good at the right time Devin single ter comes he comes in 16 rushes for 80 yards niiko Collins seven for 80 yards uh CJ stra 24- 32 in his return game only one touchdown uh but this defense was was really lights out and that’s what they’re goingon to need

They’re gonna need CJ stra to play well but this defense is going to tell you how far they go on these playoffs whether they get put out in the first round or they even make the playoffs or they have a chance to to to make a run because it’s looking like they’re not

Going to get the division with Jacksonville playing Tennessee uh at home this next game I think they should be able to win that game if they don’t then that get that division gets crazy I don’t know who wins it that’s it is wild I mean and speaking of this Texans

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Delivery partner of the NFL go ahead and order now Richard before we leave this game I mean the expectations in Houston were were pretty darn low entering this seon season Deo Ryan enters this year as a firsttime head coach you know obviously ton of experience with San

Francisco and a former player at Houston he’s done a hell of a job I mean is there a legit chance for him to take home coach of the year yeah I mean I would think he would have a shot at it but with what John Harbaugh has done

What what what Kevin stefansky has done with four quarterbacks now you know now starting Joe Flaco off the couch and winning four or five um heading into the playoffs defense is playing incredible some of the teams that they’ve been able to beat uh I think it’s going to be hard to give

It to him uh obviously he has a great a great shot at it you know he has great argument because that way his teams play they have the potential if they can beat Indie next week to have a 10- win season uh coming off a year that they pick one

And two or two and three in the draft I mean you can’t you couldn’t imagine them going from two and three in the draft to having a 10- win season and potentially making the playoffs that’s what they’ve done I do think CJ stad has a shot at winning the

Player of the year the Rookie of the Year uh for the offensive side of the ball the way he’s been playing it’d be hard not to give it to him uh it’s really impressive what they’ve done and I mean they’re going to make this division fund for years to come a couple

Young quarterbacks coming up in this uh this AFC South you got to love to see it but you mentioned them Richard A Team I love right now is the Cleveland Browns they got to be one of the favorites just to watch I had zero expectations going into watching that Thursday night

Football game I’m sure you did too I know Vegas didn’t have much that over under was like in the mid-30s and then you see the Browns putting 34 on the board in the first half I before we leave this week’s recap Rich I just gotta ask like how in the world does Joe

Flaco Go from on the couch to putting 34 on the board in the first half in a Thursday night football game it is just unheard of Mitchell though that’s why you love sports stories like Joe flacos is why you love sports and why it’s why NFL is King because you never know

Mitchell Cinderella stories are always right around the corner you have story lines all over the place and in the playoffs this year it’s going to get even crazier especially if some of these quarterbacks go to their homes Mitchell you got Matt Stafford coming back to Detroit you got Joe flacko heading back

To Baltimore things like that storylines right themselves people be talking about the script of the NFL and how they were right I guarantee you the NFL scriptors didn’t have Joe flacko coming off the couch to win four or five games that’s no question yeah well you gotta love to

See it like you said Rich well that concludes our week what are we week 17 man this this year has flown by it’s been a lot of fun that conclud concludes this week 17 recap we got a big game tonight Vikings Packers a lot of playoff implications on the line especially for

The Seahawk fans out there we shall see who wins that Richard I will let you sign us off well thank you guys for joining us in week 17 The Season’s almost over but you know we’re here for the playoffs and the off season so we appreciate you rocking with us as long

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