The Bechtold Breakdown - Stafford wins MVP, can Donny and Austin name the 11 Pitt FB Hall of Famers
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Who won the NFL MVP and by what margin?
It's that time again. We reach it every... Donnie, is this our last Football Friday then? Or were you wanting to wrap up the whole thing or no? We do want to wrap up. Okay. So we got one more. That would make me sad. We had some interruptions. Things happen in both my life for sure a couple times. The storm... Other stuff happened, but I think it's been a hell of a year. Hasn't it been on Football Fridays? I think we've had a great year.
And the Steelers, per usual, gave us a wild ride, Joe, so that was always fun.
Man, we should have kept track specifically of our Steeler predictions from week to week. Donnie, if there's one Olympic sport we could all do, and I don't mean this as an insult to anybody, it's got to be curling, right?
I mean, that's the only winter Olympic sport that I think I could do.
Isn't it basically sweeping your kitchen? Isn't that the athletic action you're taking? Limits, am I wrong?
A little bit more precise than that. But it's the basic physical action. Right. Yeah, it's using the broom. So the broom on the ice is supposed to make the little... I don't even know. What do you even call it? The disc? Like the puck. The puck. Yeah, I guess it is the puck. Peter Puck. Is it supposed to go slower or faster when you use the broom?
Well, that's why you use the broom. You adjust it to go slower or faster depending on what you want it to do.
So using the broom makes the puck go faster? I honestly have no idea. Or slower. You can fan the puck with the broom to adjust the speed, right, Donnie? Right, so when you fan the puck... Does it make it go faster is my question. Do you know, Donnie? Oh, my God. I think I just answered that three times.
How does curling work?
I honestly have no idea. I've watched curling and have never had the curiosity to look.
I think if you fan the puck behind the curling puck, it goes fast. I don't know. I don't know how it works.
I don't know. You don't know either. While Donnie's looking that up, can we get into this? Yes, let's do it. The Bechtel breakdown without the music. The fun music is no longer allowed to be a part of it. More flags than Super Bowl 40. Correct. A lot of flags. The Bechtel breakdown for this February 6th.
What were the key arguments for Matthew Stafford's MVP win?
Your MVP of the 2025 NFL season. Matthew Stafford. He just edged out Drake May. Donnie, if I saw this correctly, by one first place vote?
Yeah, what, 24 to 23, I think, was the voting. How about that? I think they got it right for what it's worth. I know that some may look at it as, was this just the football lifetime achievement award for Matthew Stafford? I thought he was the better player. than what Drake May was. Not to take away from a great season that May had, and now his team's in the Super Bowl. but also just the cauldron that is the NFC West to put against Matthew Stafford. Well, one guy won the division, the other guy didn't. Like, okay, if the Patriots were in the NFC West, I got news for you, they ain't winning it. Okay, they're not going to win it like they won the AFC East where two of the teams were dumpster fires for most of the year and Buffalo was just screwing around for most of the season.
The mere thought. But Stafford was better in... A lot of the passing categories across the board, at least the major ones, the most important ones.
I agree with every syllable and half syllable you just uttered, Donnie. I think it's so insulting to Stafford for people to suggest that it was some sort of lifetime achievement award. Do you know how many people in the history of the sport have thrown more than 46 touchdowns in a single season? Anyone? Probably like four. Like Manning, Brady, Mahomes. Six. Manning, Brady, Mahomes. Manning, Marino, Rodgers. That's it. That's the list. Now, I don't have this in front of me, but I'd be interested to know how many people in the history of the game reached these thresholds in one season. More than 4700 yards passing, more than 45 touchdowns and less than 10 interceptions. He just had an all time season. Yeah, he's the MVP.
It would have been much easier if they'd beaten Seattle in that second game and won the division.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
Who won the NFL MVP and by what margin?
0:03–2:14
2
What were the key arguments for Matthew Stafford's MVP win?
2:14–5:35
3
How does the NFL MVP voting process work?
5:35–7:59
4
What notable players were inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame?
7:59–9:12
5
How many players from Pitt are in the Pro Football Hall of Fame?
9:12–11:34
6
Who are the 11 Pro Football Hall of Famers from Pitt?
11:34–14:43
7
What challenges do players face in Hall of Fame voting?
14:43–18:55
8
How do recent Hall of Fame inductees impact future selections?
18:55–23:03
Speakers
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