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Boomer & Gio

Mike Vrabel On "Must Win", C-Mac Asks Long Questions To Boone

03 Feb 2026

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Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?

0.031 - 12.486 Boomer Esiason

It was Super Bowl opening night as the week is underway for the Seahawks and the Patriots out west. So as usual, plenty of nonsense with those who do get credentialed for this event. Mike Vrabel didn't have time for this sort of BS.

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12.506 - 13.77 Aaron Boone

Is this a must-win game?

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14.425 - 22.862 Craig Carton

A must-win? Every time we go out, it's a must-win game. I mean, it's kind of the attitude that I've always taken in the National Football League. I mean, what are we doing?

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22.882 - 24.426 C-Mac

Yeah, have a little fun there, Mike.

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24.446 - 27.251 Unknown

It's okay. It's all right, man. Hey, man, it's a business trip, man.

Chapter 2: Is the Super Bowl a must-win game for teams?

27.652 - 28.173 Unknown

Business trip.

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28.193 - 40.135 Boomer Esiason

For him, yeah. I'd love to know what he would have really liked to have said to that reporter if he didn't have to filter himself. I could have. I would have preferred the expletive-laced answer to that one. But, you know, that's what you get out there, especially on that first night.

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40.195 - 56.582 Boomer Esiason

Speaking of nonsense, Sam Darnold was subjected to but played nice with Jimmy Kimmel's guy, Guillermo, who showed up to Darnold's booth and told him, Everybody is saying gay for May, but not me. I say ham for Sam.

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56.562 - 68.881 Boomer Esiason

He then presented Darnold with a bunch of ham-related items, including a big hat, which we're seeing on CBS Sports Network right now, shaped and decorated to look like a giant holiday ham, and he urged Darnold to go ahead and put that on for him.

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68.981 - 72.006 Unknown

No, no, I'll wear it later. I'll wear it later.

72.867 - 73.748

Just wait for one second.

73.768 - 80.728 Unknown

I made it for you. Okay. Oh, you made it just for me. You did not make this. How about that? That's perfect. There you go.

80.748 - 88.842 Boomer Esiason

You hear the how about that, and you just saw it on TV literally for one second. On and off, gave him what he wanted. He looked mortified, and it didn't quite end there either.

89.283 - 98.398 Unknown

No, no, you guys are good. You really don't have to do that. That's really nice. Thank you. You don't have to do that. Thank you.

Chapter 3: What humorous moments occurred during Super Bowl opening night?

98.418 - 103.427 Boomer Esiason

And this is what these guys deal with early on in the Super Bowl weeks. Did anybody show up dressed as a ghost?

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104.268 - 105.009 C-Mac

Because that would have been mean.

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105.05 - 110.02 Boomer Esiason

They may have. I wasn't locked in on this last night. I'm just seeing the clips this morning. That would have been clever.

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110.24 - 123.627 Unknown

Yeah, so one thing about when Sam was first here and he was 20 years old and he had that game against New England and he basically told the truth. He said, hey, I'm seeing ghosts out there. I think there's like 12, 13, 14 guys on TV.

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123.607 - 129.053 Boomer Esiason

He told the truth on the sideline in a spot where he probably didn't expect it was going to get out and be publicized.

129.093 - 147.792 Unknown

ESPN banged the Jets on that situation. And by the way, all of us who have played the position would have said the same thing. And I've said the same thing a million times about young quarterbacks. When they throw the ball down the middle of the field, they don't see anybody. And then all of a sudden somebody shows up and it's going the other way. So, you know, he was just... He was...

148.193 - 159.666 Unknown

I guess you say naive when he was here as a quarterback. Just a young. Understandable. Naive, kind of. I don't want to say immature because I don't ever think he was ever immature. I always thought he was respectful when he was here.

159.686 - 160.128 Boomer Esiason

100%.

160.168 - 161.712 Unknown

And always has been respectful. Yes.

Chapter 4: What insights did Mike Vrabel share about young quarterbacks?

269.46 - 269.8 C-Mac

Could be.

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270.141 - 282.42 Unknown

I mean, you ever see those guys out on the sideline of games rooting for the teams that they used to play for, whether it be college or whether it be the pros? They're on the sideline. If you're a Ring of Honor guy, I go to a Bengal game, I want the Bengals to win.

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282.4 - 291.895 Boomer Esiason

Yeah, there is a sort of sick side of Brady, the competitive side. I don't think he'd admit it to Bob Kraft if he asked him. Of course. But deep down, I could see that. Like this quick?

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292.536 - 304.975 C-Mac

Yeah. I know it went to the Super Bowl elsewhere, and that really kind of solidified everything for him, legacy-wise. But maybe 10 years down the road, 15 years, this is quick. Maybe he's thinking, like, hey, you need me. You need me to win these games.

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304.995 - 308.641 Unknown

I'm also thinking that Fox has got him running around the Super Bowl doing different things for them.

308.661 - 323.361 Boomer Esiason

Oh, sure. Yeah. I'm sure that's the case. Pro Bowl games, the QBs, we know about. It's not the greatest list for obvious reasons. You do have Joe Burrow there, Joe Flacco for the first time in his career, and Shador Sanders, which people made a big deal of last week. They've got to change the name of this.

323.381 - 339.202 C-Mac

It ends every conversation about this if they changed it from Pro Bowl to something else, because everybody hears Pro Bowl, and they think these are supposed to be the best players that aren't playing in the Super Bowl, and it's not what it is now. So then everybody wastes their breath and all this energy, like, Shador Sanders and Pro Bowler? No, he's not.

339.242 - 347.735 C-Mac

He's playing in a flag football game for entertainment. So change the name of it to something, the end of season luau. Who the hell knows?

347.755 - 360.375 Boomer Esiason

Get together. But just stop. The reason I bring it up is Ian Rappaport puts out a nugget yesterday, one note on the Pro Bowl games. Jets QB Justin Fields was asked to participate. He declined, focusing on offseason training.

Chapter 5: What did Tom Brady say about his Super Bowl preferences?

496.356 - 502.563 Unknown

Did he have any procedures on those elbows? Are we expecting him to come in feeling good? As well as those other guys I mentioned?

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502.583 - 508.337 C-Mac

As well as those other guys I mentioned, yeah. 30, right? 30 seconds. But it's what he jammed into that 30 seconds.

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508.437 - 515.278 Boomer Esiason

It was not slow. There were no pauses. I mean, it was just rapid fire. You got to understand, when you listen to the Carton Show.

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515.68 - 523.893 Unknown

I know where you're headed. And he's getting a chance to say something. He's got to pack it in quick. He's got to pack it all in. He's got to go and pack it all in.

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524.293 - 528.66 Boomer Esiason

When he gets his turn to ask one question, there's got to be six in there because he's not getting the ball back for a while. 100%.

528.68 - 530.343 Unknown

He's not going to get the ball back.

530.363 - 539.196 Boomer Esiason

That's exactly right. Here was Boone on stand in the double tennis elbow situation, which obviously we knew about around this time last year, give or take a few weeks.

539.236 - 553.158 Aaron Boone

So last offseason, I didn't even know about the elbow stuff, and it was really bothering him in the postseason of the World Series, which makes it remarkable. I found out there were some days he would wake up and could barely pick up the bat to start the day.

553.259 - 559.709 Boomer Esiason

So he, I guess, at the time, kept that to himself. It bled into last spring training. We know it certainly impacted a lot of his 20-25.

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