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NFL Week 18, Playoffs Are Set, Lions Get The 1 Seed, Bengals Bounced + Who's Back Of The Week
Mon, 6 Jan
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NFL Week 18 and we start with Fastest 2 Minutes. We then recap every game from Sunday and talk playoffs (00:00:00-00:09:44). AFC Broncos 38, Chiefs 0 (00:14:08-00:23:13) Bengals 19, Steelers 17 (00:23:13-00:32:48) Chargers 34, Raiders 20 (00:32:48-00:37:59) Ravens 35, Browns 10 (00:37:59-00:47:58) Patriots 23, Bills 16 (00:47:58-01:03:50) Jets 32, Dolphins 20 (01:03:50-01:11:04) Texans 23, Titans 14 (01:11:04-01:12:53) Colts 26, Jaguars 23 (01:12:53-01:19:42) NFC Lions 31, Vikings 9 (01:19:42-01:33:44) Bucs 27, Saints 19 (01:33:44-01:42:29) Panthers 44, Falcons 38 (01:42:29-01:46:24) Commanders 23, Cowboys 19 (01:46:24-02:02:39) Seahawks 30, Rams 25 (02:02:39-02:06:46) Cardinals 47, 49ers 24 (02:06:46-02:10:19) Eagles 20, Giants 13 (02:10:19-02:15:25) Bears 24, Packers 22 (02:15:25-02:28:36) We finish with who's back of the week and a recap of our season long bet (02:28:36-02:46:27).You can find every episode of this show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or YouTube. Prime Members can listen ad-free on Amazon Music. For more, visit barstool.link/pardon-my-take
Chapter 1: What happened in NFL Week 18?
Hey, Pardon My Take listeners, you can find every episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or YouTube. Prime members can listen ad-free on Amazon Music. Today is Pardon My Take, week 18 in the NFL, and we finally have a playoff bracket to talk about. We had a lot of games, a lot of meaningless games. We're going to talk about all of them. We had coach firings. Hank is going to get a new coach.
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We start in Pittsburgh where Mike Tomlin thought he had a job for life after Pat Friermuth, Bader Ginsburg scored a second-half touchdown to bring the Steelers back. Jamar Chase Ventura and Alrighty Higgins. Jim carried the offense on a cold night in the Steel City.
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Chapter 2: Who secured the AFC playoff spots?
1.5 mil, Teej. Huh? I can't believe you got turned down for 1.5 mil. How gross is your dick?
Huh? Speaking of the backup, Malik Phyllis had a fat, ugly day at the office. Keenan Allen Wrench said, watch this six-point play. Psych! As he threw a horrendous interception. But the Bears fought hard as Cairo made everyone's sphincter tighten up as he lined up for the game-winning Egypt shot. Bears 24, Packers 22. Who's your daddy?
Whoop! Whoop! We go down to Dallas, where Marcus the Virgin Mariota went untouched for a big run to put the Commanders in scoring position, making Dan Quinn look like a wise man for arresting Jesus Christ. Trey Lance Bass said, it's going to be my to win this game. But at the end, it was a cowboy saying bye-bye-bye to Mike McCarthy.
Zach Burts earned every dollar this year, scoring his seventh touchdown on the season. And the Commanders are ready for the playoffs. The playoffs? Playoffs? Commanders, 23. Cowboys, 19. We head to Philadelphia where Max was on the scene.
We head to Philadelphia where Sirianni was saying Tanner. Me Kiki, do you love me? Are we thriving? Now we told the league you are arriving. And they want you. But I need you. You're our QB2. QB2. QB2. Jahan G. Spottson was absolutely fucking the Giants D-all game as he went on to have his best game of the season.
One of the lone bright spots for the Giants had to have been Tyrone Tracy Chapman, who was saying that, I could be a fast star, but I need a ticket to get me out of here. Poor guy. Eagle 20, Giants 13. Thanks, Rex. We head to Foxborough where Hank is with us.
We head to Foxborough where Hank is with us. Mitchell Trubisky was looking sexy in the red zone after a touchdown pass to Keon. I'm a coal man. Do-do-do-do-do-do-do. Bazooka Joe Chee Min was the bringer of light, rushing for a score and throwing another to Keyshawn Derulo. Boot. Bootay. In the third quarter, James Too Many Cooks scored a TD, and Tyler Bassman. Bassman.
three joey sly for a white guy field goals gave the pass the lead in the first court in the fourth overall pick that's win 23 16 i'm hanging i got a cold boom you got a cold teach all right we go to uh meadowlands where memes huge win jeff o'brooks the guy
Huge win. In MetLife, Rodgers was feeling horny as he hooked up with Tyler Baughlin for his 500th touchdown pass of his career. Ash Ketchumall-Davis had two picks to help set up Alan LeCharizard as he burned the Dolphins' defense with a fiery 13-yard touchdown catch. Tyreek Hank Hill said, Damn it, Bobby. I'll tell you what. I'm out of here. as he had two receptions for 20 yards.
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Chapter 3: What are the implications of the Lions' victory?
Yeah. So Carson Wentz will be number nine Carson for me. Yep. That feels right. As for the Broncos, congratulations to the Broncos for making the playoffs. It's actually an awesome story. This is the first time they've been in the playoffs in eight years. This is a franchise that... 18 months ago, two years, less than two years ago, was like, where are we going?
Because it was Russell Wilson on a terrible contract, Nathaniel Hackett for 13 games or whatever it was getting fired. They had no way out. And then they get Sean Payton, and it wasn't great last year. But Sean Payton, I owe you an apology. You're a hell of a coach. Bo Nix, I owe you an apology. You had a phenomenal rookie season. And the Denver Broncos are back in the playoffs.
And if you're a Broncos fan, this has to feel awesome. Because there are certain teams in these playoffs, and we'll get to it, and we'll talk about it all week. Lamar Jackson and the Ravens have the most pressure of any team ever. Bills and Josh Allen as well. The Broncos are on gravy train.
That doesn't mean that they're not going to try to win playoff games and get to the Super Bowl, but if you're a Broncos fan, getting to the playoffs in the first year of Bo Nix and having your franchise turn around, get out from under Russell Wilson, turn around this fast, have the future look this bright, have your defense be phenomenal. Whatever happens in the playoffs...
Next year in the offseason is going to be a great time just getting pumped for Broncos football.
Yeah, this season is a clear win for the Denver Broncos. Clear win. You've already won. Congratulations. Yeah, but it's going to be tough going to Buffalo. I don't envy them for that, but it doesn't matter. You are playing with zero pressure in this game. So yeah, they shut out the Chiefs. Shut him out. Get Carson Wentz off TV forever.
Didn't even make it... We went into today and we knew all the playoff iterations. Obviously, we'll get to the Bengals Saturday night game. They were still alive and the Jets and Dolphins had implications. I just wanted this game to be a little bit of drama. But the Broncos were just too good. And it's all credit to the Broncos. Because there is a world where the pressure of that game...
a win and get in for the Broncos. They have, like, weird shit happen. And you just knew it was their day on, I think it was the second or third touchdown pass by Bo Nix where it hit six different hands from the Chiefs. They got the Chiefs magic. Yeah, they got the Chiefs magic. That's some shit that would happen to the Kansas City Chiefs if Patrick Mahomes threw that pass.
But this also is set up, the Chiefs, you know, they're set up for the playoffs. I know they're going to have whatever, 25 days off or whatever it might be if they play on a Saturday or Sunday, 24 days off. They'll win their first game. in the divisional round. Do you guys all agree? It will be either the Texans, Chargers, Ravens, Broncos.
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Chapter 4: How did the Bengals and Steelers fare?
Jameis. Jameis and Pittsburgh. Jameis and Pittsburgh. Get it done. Do you think the Bengals re-sign T. Higgins? No. I was leaning no. And it's probably still no. But Joe Burrow, that was as direct as you can get. You don't let that guy out the door. Yeah. And Joe Burrow is your franchise quarterback. I... Maybe.
I mean, you should. Maybe. I want to be very clear. I'm not saying that you shouldn't. Will they? I don't think that they will, especially if they do move from Zach Taylor, which I guess is a possibility. I don't think they will.
I mean, how much of this season can you put on the head coach, though? He would be one of the best coaches to be fired. Yeah, he definitely gets blamed for this season. So it's a pretty big failure. Yeah. Given the talent that you have and the expectations, he's got to get some of it.
Listen, we love Joe Burrow, friend of the program, but this does feel the famous window speech he gave. Remember when he was like, the window's always open when I'm here? This feels like a cursed season from that. Yeah.
It's like, no, because you can have the windows not always open because the NFL and the ball bounces wrong a couple games and you're having a career year and still out of the playoffs. Yeah. Yeah. It's tough. This is why we need NFL Bulls. He also told the burglars that his windows always open.
Yeah, that's true. We should have. This is why we need NFL Bulls. I'd watch the Bengals in the Pop-Tarts Bowl. Yeah. I mean, just give it to us. Okay, so Bengals, who would you have them play in a bowl? I would have in a bowl game. Maybe the Falcons? The Falcons would be a good one. 49ers. Bengals Cardinals? What about Bengals Seahawks? Bengals Seahawks would be good.
That would be a good game. Bengals Panthers. Bengals Panthers would be fun. A little Andy Dalton revenge. Yeah. Yeah, I'd watch that bowl game. Give us one bowl game. Do it, you know, I don't know, Thursday night after the first round so that we can still have Thursday night football and have it be for, I don't know, $10 million extra in cap space. You don't think the Bengals would do that?
I don't think they would use that cap space. Yeah, which is like we're still not resigning. Yeah, they'd have it. Can you trade cap space? Because I think the Bengals would do that.
Okay, next game. Chargers 34, Raiders 20. So this is the other consequential game. So the Steelers losing and the Chargers winning. The Chargers get the five seed. They go to Houston on wildcard, super wildcard weekend. This was Chargers finishing 11-6 on the season. Incredible turnaround. Quentin Johnson was insane in this game.
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Chapter 5: What was the significance of the Patriots' win?
After the game today, I informed Gerard.
No, you don't have to. You can't read it one seat.
What are you doing? I had no Gerard for 17 years. He earned my respect and admiration as a rookie in 2008 and throughout his career for his play on the field. His leadership in the locker room and the way he conducted himself in our community when he joined our coaching staff, his leadership was even more evident as I saw how the players responded to him.
When the other team started requesting to interview him, I feared I would lose him and committed to making him our next head coach. So it basically sounds like that. He was just... Yes. He hired him because he was scared. Yeah.
The fact that he included this in the statement was like...
That's tough.
I'm trying to escape blame for this. The only reason I hired him was because I thought somebody else would hire him. That was my mistake.
Winning our season opener on the road at Cincinnati strengthened my conviction. So that was it. We're good. We beat Joe Burrow and the Bengals.
Dynasty back on.
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Chapter 6: What changes are expected for the Titans and Colts?
Damian Pierce with a huge game today. Yeah. He had that, what was it, 80-yard run? Yeah, would he end up with like 170-something yards? Yeah.
I've always liked Damian Pierce, but I understand that he hasn't been the player that a lot of people expect him to be, but I still think he's a nice running back when Mixon's not getting it done. Yeah. I would like to see them use Pierce a little bit more often. But, yeah, this game was not really anything, nothing really noteworthy. Davis Mills landed on his neck. Yeah.
That was pretty entertaining. The Titans wore the Oilers jerseys. Those are always awesome, but they shouldn't get to wear them. They shouldn't get to wear them. And they got to know at this point, karma is not on your side when you wear those in Houston. No.
I think Schefter said Brian Callahan is safe, which I'm happy he is. I don't think he should be a one and done. But yeah, this was just a bad team and a very like season to forget for the Tennessee Titans. They feel like a little bit of a lost franchise. Yeah. Yeah, yeah. Well, they have to figure out quarterback. Yeah. But they're in a position where they can do that.
Yeah. Okay, last in the AFC, Colts 26, Jaguars 23. I'm going to say it. I think Doug Peterson never lost the locker room. They actually fought pretty hard in this game. He's going to get fired. It would be funny if they just forgot to fire him because he should have... We all thought he was going to get fired, what, two months ago? Yeah, after their bye week. But...
I don't think he lost the locker room. I mean, they played an OT game in week 18 where the season's been over for months and months and months. He might not have lost the locker room.
I bet there was some radical transparency going on in that locker room. I bet you Doug Peterson after the bye was like, guys, just so you know, I'm fired. Yeah. Okay, I'm not coming back. Just keep trying. But keep trying and remember that you might get signed to a better team if you play well on this team. Yeah. Also, Brian Thomas Jr., you're awesome.
Keep doing you. Broke the rookie record 11 games at 75-plus yards. He's awesome. Mac Jones took a hilarious sack, third and six in overtime. He took a 16-yard sack where he just was spinning backwards. That was very funny. Also, this might have been it for Joe Flacco. Yeah, this could be. And he went out with a win if he did. I think he said he wants to play next year. Good.
I want you to play next year too, Joe. He actually should be the backup in Miami. That's not a bad idea. Yeah. So did you see the fan of the game that they had today? Yeah, Seth. This is our Colts guy. Yeah, yeah.
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Chapter 7: How did the NFC playoff picture shape up?
Yeah. It's crazy. What do you say? Everybody wants to be a dog until you have to do dog shit? Yeah. He did some dog shit tonight. Yeah. That's a hard quote. That is a very hard quote. I'd like to say that at some point in my life.
Yeah. But the Lions now have home field advantage, and the Vikings have to go on the road to the Rams. I am officially back to worried about my pinky because the Vikings were not inspiring tonight. Now, you could make the argument, and I thought about it after. You know when you're watching a game, you're like, man, I feel stupid for this.
The way the Vikings celebrated after winning the Packers game, it did feel like they maybe got a little ahead of themselves like we did it. And this game, I mean, it wasn't... I know it was close in the first half, but it wasn't close in the fact that the Vikings, they just couldn't make a big play when they needed to at any point. Yeah, the run game was okay.
The Cam Akers had that big run, and then what happens? Like, they can't score. It's just, it was time and time again, they weren't able to make a big play. What would they have... Two times they got turnover on downs within the Lions' five-yard line. They just couldn't make a big play.
Yeah, they tried to beat them in the first half by saying, we're going to have to get six every time we're down here. And then the Lions will break off big plays against you. It's just a matter of when. They tried to do the thing in the first half where they're like, okay, Gibbs, we're going to spell him for a little bit with, what was it, Patrick? Patrick. Uh, Reynolds, my bad.
Yeah. Reynolds. And then they thought to themselves, why are we doing this? We don't have to have like a two running back system. Let's just feed Gibbs.
Yeah, no Gibbs was, uh, he had 139 yards rushing 31 yards receiving four touchdowns. He did whatever he wanted whenever he wanted to do it. And it's a lot of credit to Aaron Glenn, future coach for memes. I felt like he had a perfect defensive scheme for Sam Donald. And he just, he was never comfortable. Yeah. And it never felt like the Vikings could get any type of momentum.
Like, I don't remember. We watched that whole game. Do you remember more than... I mean, they had that Cam Akers run all the way down. They had the Jared Goff interception at like the 50-yard line. They almost had another pick six from Jared.
Yeah, but I don't remember any drive where it felt like the Vikings went down the field and it was like play after play. They were hitting it and found a rhythm. They had no rhythm. Their rhythm was like occasional passes to Naylor. Yeah. And besides that, they weren't really doing a whole lot.
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Chapter 8: What controversies surrounded coaching changes?
Oh, that's cool. Yeah. Season from hell for the 49ers over. Yes. Six and 11. So what do you do if you're the 49ers? You see how bad Brock Purdy's hurt. And then you go from there. And Christian McCaffrey? Walsh?
He'll be back.
Okay. What about Debo? What do you do with Debo? Cut. You cut your wide back? I don't know if cut is – I don't know what his contract is. I'd say you move on from Debo. You find a way to move on from that contract.
Yes. Yeah. That one you move on. You get Ayuk back next year. Ayuk comes back. Debo's a little older. Also felt like there was times where Kyle Shanahan tried to spam Debo. So maybe you just got to – it might be better for Kyle Shanahan to not have Debo in his life. Because he's always thinking – I want more Debo. What if I use Debo for this play? Yeah. Yeah.
Like this run, this sweep, what if I de-bowed it? You'll get Trent Williams back. Yeah. That'll be good. Yeah. Fred Warner's still good.
Yeah, I think the 49ers will be a buy-on team next year. Yeah. They had a bad year. They had a season from hell. They get to rest up. They don't have to play deep into January. Kittle's going to be fresh. Kittle's going to be fresh. They'll get a higher draft pick. They'll be fine. John Lynch is a very good GM. Kyle Shannon is a very good coach.
I don't like that the 49ers were such a bummer to watch because say what you want about them in the past, they've always been fun. Yeah. And they were not fun this year.
But they definitely have to – I think their roster is like on the older side that they have to make some hard decisions and kind of reset. But it can be done very quickly. Look at the Bills. And what do the Cardinals do? Hope next year's different. Okay. I don't really know.
I'm not the biggest Kyler guy. I think they should keep him around. I think that you stay rolling with Kyler for a little bit because at least they have, like, I know what the Cardinals are in my head. And it's Kyler Murray scampering around, having two games where he looks awesome, a couple games where he looks just awful. And then that's all the mental headspace you have to have on the Cardinals.
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