Pardon My Take
NFL Championship Sunday, Mark Schlereth Talking Patriots/Broncos and Rams/Seahawks, The Bills Weird Press Conference + Fyre Fest Of The Week
23 Jan 2026
Chapter 1: What is discussed at the start of this section?
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On today's part of my take, presented by DraftKings, it is Conference Championship Sunday, and we're getting ready for both games. Let's see who's going to be in Super Bowl. What Super Bowl are we on right now? Oh, that's a good question.
I don't know. Off the top, off the rip?
I'm going to say 54. I'm going to say 58. I think it's 55. 55? 56? 56? Man, this is bad by us. This is really bad. I mean, you learn it once you get to Super Bowl week. What is it? 60. This is Super Bowl 60? Yikes. 50 was, I think, the Broncos Panthers 10 years ago.
That's an embarrassing non-ball knowing. It's like we don't know Roman numerals. Sorry.
I was closest with 58, my first guess. And then you scared me down to 56 because you said 54. Super Bowl 60. Max should have been the one who answered that. He won a Super Bowl. I forget all of the fucking numbers. You should know you won Super Bowl 59. We won Licks. You won Licks.
We won Licks.
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Chapter 2: What happened at the Bills press conference?
And again, you could have that, but don't admit that.
It also seems like he went up to Josh Allen. He's like, this is Josh Allen. He's my friend. Me and him have a great relationship. He likes me. We're buddies. And he didn't even recognize that I was there. And I thought to myself, how bad is this? We got to do something to make my buddy be friendly to me again. Yeah. We got to fire the head coach because we got to get back to good times.
I think that there is something because we actually said something similar. I remember saying it myself maybe last year, maybe even the year before, where all these sad losses for Sean McDermott add up and it just kind of changes the overall tone of the franchise. And it's like a relationship that you've been in where you realize one day like,
i'm not happy right and then i i think it'd be best if i just tried to be happy again i think that's kind of the vibe that he was getting at where he he looked around the room he realized everyone was sad he's like well we got to change something to make people not sad anymore why are you crying where does it hurt what's the boo-boo don't i get you a band-aid okay i'll fire our coach don't say that
In a press conference. Just say, we've hit a playoff wall. This is something we've talked about. We didn't sleep on Saturday night. We had a meeting Sunday morning. We talked extensively about this. We've come to the conclusion that as great as Sean McDermott is, it's just time for a change. The way they did talk about it and the way they answered these questions, it gave the air of...
We can't win in the playoffs, so we're just going to throw some shit at the wall and hope it works.
Yeah, the whole notion of just saying exactly how knee-jerk it was, it could be fixed very easily by just using the word process. And it doesn't matter what your process is. But if you just say, you know, there was a process that we do after every season. And at the end of that process, we determined that it would be best if we moved on from Sean.
Your process could be like going out and ripping 20 shots at Crown Royal. You just need a process. And puking all over the bar and then be like, this sucks. I'm so pissed off at Sean. Then you come in the morning. We decide to move on after our process.
You need a process.
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Chapter 3: How does Jarrett Stidham's performance impact the game?
Was it?
Well, yeah, in college.
Yeah. Yeah. Who do you want now? I've given up all opinions. Did I want Mike McDaniel? Yes.
But then I found out that he was soft. Don't want him anymore. Did I want Brian Dable? Yes. Did he also say that he doesn't want to go to Philly anymore? Also true. So now I have no more opinions. I will trust... Jeffrey Lurie and Howie Roseman to bring in the right guys and put my trust in them to put together a way to write this shit. They know better than me. I'm dumb. They're smart.
They will get us back on track.
So instead of saying, like, hey, maybe we'll stop egging our offensive coordinator's houses, it's like we need a coordinator.
I disavowed the egging when it happened.
That can tolerate the house egg.
I think you said I disavowed the egging. It should have been bricks.
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Chapter 4: What predictions are made for the Patriots vs. Broncos game?
All booze can only be allowed on premises of the field. What about practice? That's on the field.
Like if you're walking by the Novocare complex? Yeah, that's okay.
What about a you suck?
Depends on the situation.
Would you like a Declan Doyle? Because he's interviewing.
I saw that. I know nothing about him, and I feel like I'm kind of nervous on guys who aren't experienced play callers.
Yeah, he's Ben Johnson's... But Ben Johnson just calls the plays. Yeah, project. Yeah. I mean, Ben Johnson did speak very highly of him.
He said that he's been a huge asset. I feel like that's a guy for a young quarterback building team. We need to win now.
This is a win now. Do you want Kingsbury?
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Chapter 5: What is the significance of Championship Sunday memories?
23 to 14. No shit. Don't love that. Holy shit. If that does happen. Yeah. I think we can all agree that this is all a simulation and everything is fake, right? Yep. Like, society will collapse if Oz the Mentalist is right about his Super Bowl pick and the score.
That to me is like, forget about aliens coming down to Earth, forget about the second coming of Jesus, anything like that, that could destabilize the planet. If Oz gets this right, that is proof that none of this is real. It's never happened.
Chapter 6: How does the locker room atmosphere change on Championship Sunday?
We're living in a computer.
Yep. Right? It's O's and it's the Trusted Toddler videos. Have you guys seen that, little girl? No. There's a little girl on TikTok who is picking games for her dad, I think, maybe works in sports radio in California. She's picking games. The first wildcard weekend, she went 0 for 6. Then divisional round, she got 1 right, and it was the Patriots. That's it. She's 1 for 9.
And she's also getting death threats now. She's 4 years old. Let's everybody chill out. She's kidding. You're getting death threats. The O's thing does scare me. Also, one of the death threats, not death threats, but one of the comments that was quoted in the article was from Cardi B when she picked the Patriots.
When she picked the Patriots versus Texans, before that game, she was 0 for 8 going into that game. And Cardi B said, little white girl said we're going to win. Fuck that bitch. Listen, who she picks, the nation waits with bated breath. The article's viral. Four-year-old Southern California girl gets death threats over NFL picks. Oh, my God. I mean, it's crazy that she started that bad. Yeah.
Yeah.
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Chapter 7: What are the key differences in coaching strategies for backup players?
All right, so O's and trust the toddler. These are bad signs. Bad signs. These are bad signs for the world. Bad signs.
Hank, we okay?
We're great. Okay. I saw a crazy stat. Do you know that Mike Vrabel is actually now the longest tenured coach in the AFC East? Yeah. That's pretty nuts. Also, there are two coaches in the AFC that were hired before 2022. So two coaches left.
Hank, when you get to hang out with- Andy Reid and Zack Taylor, which is very funny. Zack Taylor being up there. Yeah. That's wild. When you get to hang out with your Patriots friends, are you like, thank God I'm not around these fucking losers anymore?
Yes.
Yeah. Duh. They don't know what winning culture is.
Duh.
Yeah. Duh.
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Chapter 8: What insights does Mark Schlereth provide about the upcoming games?
Okay, should we do anything else on Seahawks, Rams? Anyone got anything else? I'm excited for this game. I'm so excited for this game. So, so pumped for this game. It's going to be great, and I think both those teams. Again, I know it's bad analysis to say 50-50 coin flip game, but it does feel like it's just going to come down to a play here or there, and both teams are going to.
The loser of this game is going to walk away saying, we just squandered an opportunity. we should be in the Super Bowl.
I'm going to be rooting for the Seahawks, to be clear. I would love to see the Seahawks win this game, get to the Super Bowl. But if you're making me pick, I think the Rams are going to win.
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So the picks competition, it's just me and Max because Zach has not won a game forever and is officially last. And we're going to now find out. So it's going to be Zach doing the stream 36 hours stream and, And who will join him with the 18-hour stream right now? The standings are I have 25, Max has 24. So I'm one ahead of Max. PFT, you finished in third officially with 20.5 points.
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