Dave Dameshek

The Los Angeles Rams.

I talked to Jeff Schwartz on Monday.

He made the case for Philly, but Lane Johnson is their Jenga piece.

If he's removed, and he is for a little stretch now, they may not implode, but the ceiling is officially lowered.

And by the way, nobody's talking about this trend lately.

The Chiefs are merely towing the line.

if they don't make the playoffs or if they go out quickly in the playoffs.

No Super Bowl runner-up ever does well.

Always.

Listen, file that one away for 2026 because it seems to be holding true once again.

Let's see what this fella thinks about all of what I just said and even more before he heads off to the banks of the three rivers to watch his Miami Hurricanes take on the Pitt Panthers.

It's our pal Mike Ryan Ruiz.

What's the poop, fella?

I asked you to... I was hoping you would join us before I even knew of the firestorm that you were about to start.

But man, you're all over social media and beyond campaigning basically for the Miami Hurricanes.

And I thought...

Mike, as the world's greatest advocate for the 20th century system, which was all hash settled on New Year's Day, five bowl games, the 10 best teams by the time you put your head on the pillow, sad as you were because you knew when you woke up it was time to go back to school, grim reality.

At least you knew who the national champion was.

And all the campaigning and all the rest of it was out the window because now we have a 12-team playoff and here we are.

How say you?