Chapter 1: What are the latest headlines for the NFL Divisional Round?
all right there he is luke wilson what's up luke how we doing i'm living large here boys living large i'm excited for today obviously noodles and i we've been we've been in talks all day we've been in talks all day we've been grinding numbers and big moment here very big moment all right um what do you make of sam darnold showing up on the injury report It's a bit worrisome.
I thought the whole thing was just handled a little strangely. It's like, okay, so we tweaked the oblique, I believe. Is that what they're officially calling it? And then just like the media availability. I don't love it. I don't love the whole thing, but I got a feeling the Seahawks will be okay.
Oh, is that right? Okay, you feel good about the Seahawks.
Chapter 2: How is Sam Darnold's injury affecting the Seahawks' chances?
Interesting. Played some mind games here, early noodles of playing mind games. Very interesting. I love it. Very interesting. Well, I mean, injuries are a huge part of it, right? It sounds like Ed Oliver, I think, has been activated for the Bills, so that's a big boost on the defensive side. And Nico Collins, I believe, out for the Texans. That's a huge hit on the offensive side.
Like we're week two in the playoffs, but it's a war of attrition, right?
Chapter 3: What makes Josh Allen a playoff-level quarterback?
Like how many guys can stay upright?
Especially at this time of the year, it's kind of like the season resets, it's the playoffs, but the body doesn't get that reset. For a lot of these teams, not obviously Seattle or Denver, but it's been a grind getting to this point. I look at a team like the Rams as well. They had to fight their way down the stretch. They're trying to win the division. They lose out on that.
They get in, you think, oh, they've got to lay up against the Panthers. That game was wildly close.
you have to apply across the country there i get to talk about the carolina game it's uh... it's an interesting ordeal you know and uh... it'll be fascinating even buffalo here as much as last week you know they want it was a tough game jacksonville gave him a lot of problems kind of came right down the wild walk wire josh allen played really well and now listen you're going to do what denver
Chapter 4: What are the implications of injuries on team performances in the playoffs?
It's going to be tough, boys. I know you're going to pick Buffalo, but it's a tough one.
I wanted to ask you, and I'm just going to keep this general because this is for the fans, not for anything else involved in this show. What are your thoughts on Buffalo visiting Denver? Go ahead.
I think if you watch Buffalo last week, Josh Allen right now is just playing out of his mind. He's been like that for a lot of the year. What I get nervous about with Buffalo, and this is true transparency, not for the show. Last week, I actually thought that they'd be tough, but I thought they would win.
the battle in the trenches and eventually break Jacksonville's run defense and pop a few big ones.
Chapter 5: What strategies do teams need to implement for playoff success?
That did not happen. What surprised me last week was how comfortable and how efficient Josh was operating inside the pocket. And where I get nervous for Buffalo this week is they're now facing the number two rush defense
And if that run game is as non-existent as it was last week, I can say with almost 100% certainty, I'll say 99, that it will not be as easy throwing the football against this secondary with this pass rush. Their defensive backs are unbelievable. I would put Sertan as the best cornerback in the game. And their pass rush is the best pass rush in the game.
So that's going to cause Josh to have to really do a lot of things off schedule, which he can do. He can definitely do. We've all seen it a million times.
Chapter 6: How do the Bills match up against the Broncos in this playoff round?
But it's not really a great strategy when it comes to margin of error going into a game. So as boring as this sounds, Odov, They need to establish the run. That's just the reality of the situation. I think if they get jammed like they did last week with their run game, I don't think they're going to win this game.
Now, I'm not saying they need to run for $1.60, but if they can hover right around that, let's call it low 90s to above 10 mark, I like Buffalo.
There he is, John Lennon. How are we feeling, Al's brother?
Everything all good or what?
everything's fantastic boys we got a big weekend divisional series coming up i can't wait to get into these picks man i feel so good i'm back i'm off the cruise and it's been all football this week leading up to this next little 10 minutes here boys al's brother just quickly how would you summarize your season in totality like what kind of season do you think you had personally with your selections
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Chapter 7: What are the predictions for the Seahawks vs. Niners matchup?
Oh, I think we had a fantastic season. I mean, we're, what, plus 21? Like, 21 games over .500. That's nothing to sneeze at here. I mean, that's like asking Tom Brady, hey, how you feeling going into that Super Bowl and they're undefeated? Feel like it's been a pretty good season. But unlike Tom Brady in 07, we are going to finish it and get the ring. The 07 Tom Brady season. You said it.
No, not 07.
Chapter 8: What are the final NFL picks from the analysts for this weekend?
What happened, Noodles, in 2007 again? You guys aren't the Giants. I hate to break it to you. All I'm saying is that, you know what, Dave? They've had a slow start to the first quarter of the playoffs. That's all it is. First quarter. Maybe first half. We're down like 10-7 going into the second quarter. Oh, it might be 28-3. We're the cardiac bears, boys. We're the cardiac bears. That's right.
That's right. Noodles, we'll stay humble. Let's stay humble. Stay humble. That's all we need to do. Stay humble. For those that maybe are not familiar with the way this works, because we had such an electric regular season and we are the one seed, we get to choose the two games we want to play.
As a result, because there's four games this week, the other guys, Luke, Noodles, Noodles' son will pick the other two games. So we have been going back and forth all week. We have landed on our two picks, I believe. We've landed on our two games anyway. We'll get to some tremendous information in a moment. But I think we do this in chronological order. All right, I think that makes sense.
Maybe we go based on the scheduling this weekend, which means you guys are picking twice before we pick. You're on Bills-Broncos, and you're on Seahawks-Niners. Those are your two games. So we'll start with Broncos minus one and a half against the Bills. Noodle Son, you are on the clock.
Yeah, you know, we just kind of talked about it. Noodles and I, and I, to be honest with you boys, before I even get into this, Noodles and I had this chat. I knew these would be the two games you guys picked because I knew that you guys wanted Buffalo and you know that I'm not going to take Buffalo. So it's a good strategy, boys.
But thank you for this absolute layup because as you saw last week, They can't run the ball against good run defenses. Sean Payton is going to out-coach McDermott. They have the best pass rush in the game. If it wasn't for a couple games, they'd be up there with Houston's defense statistically.
Sean Payton, like I said, is going to come out here, devise a game plan to destroy this Bills defense, and it's going to be up to Josh to even keep this thing close, and he can't sit in the pocket. Shavers just blew out his ACL. Who's he going to throw the ball to? Kincaid. Let's say Kincaid gets early. Let's go back. What happened?
When Kelsey started getting going against these guys, they moved Sertan onto him. If Kincaid warrants that in the second quarter, they'll make adjustments. We are Broncos all day. We are Broncos, let's rock.
I love it. I love this play. Josh Allen and the Bills as dogs? We are Broncos all day. Josh Allen as dogs. And it's interesting to me that you didn't name one player in your assessment. There's one player in particular who you chose not to talk about, and that would be Bo Nix. And this guy's underpant cam is going to be absolutely disgusting and egregious.
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