Ryan Harris, Shelby Harris, and Chris Harris Jr. break down the Denver Broncos’ playoff matchup against the Buffalo Bills, explaining what it will take for Denver to advance at home. The guys analyze key divisional games across the NFL, debate Bears vs Rams, Patriots vs Texans, and Seahawks vs 49ers, and make their official postseason picks. They also dive into the NFL’s coaching carousel, discussing which head coaching jobs are most attractive, Mike Tomlin’s future, and why Baltimore may have the best situation. The episode closes with their national championship picks between Indiana and Miami and a look at how college football is shifting in the NIL era.
Ryan Harris, Shelby Harris, and Chris Harris Jr. open with a detailed breakdown of the Broncos’ playoff matchup against the Bills, focusing on turnovers, the run game, and how Denver can contain Josh Allen. They react to John Franklin-Myers’ comments about physicality and explain why the game will be decided in the trenches and late in the fourth quarter. The conversation shifts to divisional playoff picks, including Seahawks vs 49ers, Patriots vs Texans, and Bears vs Rams, with strong opinions on quarterback play, defensive matchups, and cold-weather football. The trio then examines the NFL coaching carousel, debating the best and worst open head coaching jobs, Mike Tomlin’s future, and why Baltimore and Tennessee may be the most attractive destinations. The episode wraps with their national championship predictions between Indiana and Miami, discussing NIL, roster construction, and why Indiana’s rise could reshape college football’s power structure.
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Ryan Harris
Welcome to the playoff edition of We're the Harrises. We got current NFL star Shelby Harris, and we got perennial Pro Bowler and Super Bowl champion Chris Harris Jr. And myself, ten year NFL veteran and champion alongside my teammate Chris Harris Jr. Well boys, let's start with the Broncos a team we all know. They know who they're going to play.
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Ryan Harris
They're going to get the bills. And Josh Allen after a big win on the road. What is going to be important going into this game for the Broncos to get a victory?
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Chris Harris Jr.
I think going into this game it's a it's about turnovers right. Can the Broncos defense create turnovers create short fields for Bo Nix. Can they have a good run game. Because if you look at the bills stats their their rush defense is pretty low. And if RG Harvey can be able to get creases, be able to find plays with McLaughlin because he has been a, guy that can be able to be a home run running back, be able to, be a change of pace guy.
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Chris Harris Jr.
And then Bo nix bo nix being able to, not have turnovers. Right. What what beat the Jaguars travel on and turnovers. So Bo Nix has to be able to, just manage the game defense, go out there and play solid. You know Kage rush this guy Josh Allen because he's going to try to make legs make plays with his legs.
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Chris Harris Jr.
I don't think the Broncos should have an issue covering those guys. Shakur McClain or. And they will be a good, good matchup. But that's what it's going to take me is going to come down to Bo Nix and and that turnover, battle right there. And if they can get a good run game they should be able to win this game.
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Shelby Harris
Yeah, I, I fully believe that this game has to be won in the trenches. Whoever can run the ball better is going to win this game. And that's just the facts about it. Because if you just let Josh Allen just sit there and drop back, his teams beat up this right now they have to rely on the run in order to be successful.
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Shelby Harris
But granted, people are putting a lot of emphasis on their receivers being beat up, but their receivers that they don't even really use. So let's not put too much emphasis on the fact that they are lacking receivers right now. They still have all the guys that they use right there that to their disposal. Now that run game though, we played James Cook.
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Shelby Harris
He's a dog, a straight dog. And that's the catalyst of their whole offense is that run game. If you can shut them down and make Josh Allen throw the ball 40 times the game, they lost. But if Josh Allen in that game and only has 20 attempts, more than likely the bills won. So if the Broncos want to win this game, they got to shut down James Cook.
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Shelby Harris
That is priority number one.
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Ryan Harris
Well, to me this is all about playing four quarters or more. And that's something that a lot of teams don't understand in the playoffs. And you look at how the bills won, they basically were waiting for the fourth quarter. I mean they were trying to win, don't get me wrong. But that's a different team. That's a different team that is has confidence in the fourth quarter no matter what happens in the previous three.
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Ryan Harris
So for me, the Broncos just have to be detail oriented. I absolutely agree with both of you. You got to get some turnovers. You got to run the football. But it's also going to be about how the how fast the Broncos play after the bye. And so Chris I mean you've been through this before. We were a one seed.
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Ryan Harris
We had that week off. How did the Broncos defense come out of that that bye week early in the playoffs and still dominate in the first game against the Steelers?
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Chris Harris Jr.
Yeah they should definitely. You know priority number one is getting healthy right. Getting everybody back in tune ready to go. You know you're always going to have some nicks and bruises. But you know, you want to feel the best you can go on getting that by and then, you know, just steady and take. You know, I would always, you know, you kind of knew there'd be two teams that you could play and try to get a jump on those two teams.
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Chris Harris Jr.
And depending on when they play, I think the bills are coming off a short week. Right. So they're right. They got to go right back at it. So, being able to find out your opponent fast, I think that helped. But, you know, it's all about preparation, all about getting healthy. And, you know, coach BJ coming up with a solid game plan defensively.
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Chris Harris Jr.
You know, the bills have had their number I don't I can't remember the last time we beat the bills. You know maybe we maybe the gorilla sports guys over there which you over can give us a stat when the last time we beat them. But, you know, Josh Allen has been playing very well versus the Broncos.
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Chris Harris Jr.
So, we can and like Shelby said, we got to stop this run game. If we don't stop, this run game is going to be a very easy game for the bills. And they that's that's what they do, man. Cook is a monster. Was he second in rushing in the league.
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Ryan Harris
I'm not sure I don't go.
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Chris Harris Jr.
Thank you for top three rusher in the league this year right. So he's been consistent. So that's what's going to happen. That's what it's going to take to beat them.
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Shelby Harris
Even though the Broncos are there at one point they were underdogs in this in this playoff matchup. What you gotta realize though is the Broncos are going to be underdogs or everyone's going to question them every step of the way. Every week there's going to be somebody that says the Broncos don't deserve to be there. And until the Broncos go out there and show them week after week after week, there's going to be those questions about this team because they they do make every game close, no matter who they play.
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Shelby Harris
They have shown they play up to their competition. They played down to their competition. And so this playoff run is going to really be predicated on is the other Broncos going to play Denver Bronco football, or are they going to just be ambiguous and play based off of whoever they're playing that week?
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Ryan Harris
Well, boys, we got to talk about the bulletin board material for the Broncos versus the bills. John Franklin Myers said the following about Josh Allen, too.
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John Franklin-Myers
I'm very familiar with him. I played him 100 times. It seems like in the my honestly, you ask me, I think he played many different. I think.
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Shelby Harris
We play with a certain.
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John Franklin-Myers
Type of physicality, physicality that people don't want to match. And, you know, we.
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Shelby Harris
Play with physicality. We go hit those guys.
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John Franklin-Myers
I think, I'll go with the outcome comparable to that one. And that's what we've done all year. And, we got another opportunity this one.
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Ryan Harris
I don't think he said anything outlandish, but boy, is this some bulletin board material. And you guys know sometimes coaches reach for it. You see this. They think they're going to our physical us. But what do you think about this bulletin board material. Do you play Josh Allen the same. Do you have to play him different. You got to see him.
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Ryan Harris
Shelby, let's start with you. Did you do anything different for Josh Allen or do you have to just get beyond the mystique?
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Shelby Harris
Well, in the words of Jeff, you got to really play with that physicality and physicality. You gotta play. No. But since you know, you got to play them and I and I hear it all the time when people play Lamar, when you play these quarterbacks that can scramble and make plays, people do play a little differently and that's the wrong thing to do.
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Ryan Harris
Hello.
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Shelby Harris
You can't just sit there and focus on their legs. You gotta go rush. You gotta go be physical. You gotta pretty much play the same way. Yes, you do have to have a mental, mental thought of. I can't get too wide on my rushes or I gotta stay. I gotta keep him contained with my rushes. That's the only thought you should have.
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Shelby Harris
It should never be. Hey, let's let up a little bit and try to focus on his legs. That's actually when his legs become more valuable. So I, I agree 100% with what John Franklin might have said. I don't really see anything wrong with that. It's not you know, the only thing I can say is that it might be bulletin board for the O line of the Buffalo Bills.
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Shelby Harris
Yeah, because you're pretty much just saying we're going to go in there and we're going to put hands on you and we're going to make you quit and that and that. And that's just the the message behind it. So it might give a little bit of extra umph to the O line of the Buffalo Bills to come out there and try to show them.
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Shelby Harris
But I definitely believe the Broncos were in that matchup.
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Chris Harris Jr.
Right. This is going to be a great game, man. And when you see the the physicality up front from the bills o linemen, they've been pretty physical with that big boy. Was it Dawkins.
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Ryan Harris
Dawkins that little the dog is good.
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Chris Harris Jr.
But you know the Bronco like you said though you can't change the way you play right. They play physical. They get after the quarterback. You know, they set a record for sacks. That's not going to change. But every quarterback, you got to play them different. Right. And as defensive players we know that right. We can't I'm not going to play Tom Brady the same way.
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Chris Harris Jr.
I'm going to play Mahomes or Lamar Jackson. Every quarterback is different. I would put Josh Allen and the way that we were kind of attacking Cam Newton. Right. You got to hug rush. I'm you have a couple of spies. In the red zone. You're going to play a little bit more man and have a safety help spying on them because the quarterback run game.
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Chris Harris Jr.
So this game plan wise definitely is going to be different. But the physicality, the way we tackle, the way we hunt, the quarterback like John Franklin Meyer says that shouldn't change at all. So I agree with him.
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Ryan Harris
My biggest thing is you got to back it up now. You know, I always thought the teams that talked about playing physical didn't play physical because they got that coaching point right. Yeah, I mean, I never had to be told to play more physical in my entire career. That's not something you got to tell me. So now you got to back it up and again, you got to build a team that plays the clock, not the opponent.
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Ryan Harris
And that's a dangerous, dangerous team because that means they're holding plays for situations, not necessarily what you did. And so I don't I mean you guys play defense I take it from you. And the minute that you try to be more athletic than somebody who's more athletic than you, you lose, right? I mean, the minute you try, he's Josh Allen.
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Ryan Harris
If you're a defensive lineman, you can't try to close off the rush lanes. You don't know where he would run. You don't have that speed. Right. So, I think that you guys are right. You just got to play your game, but be physical. And that's the biggest thing about the playoffs. It is so physical and it is hard for young players to feel that.
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Ryan Harris
And I think the Broncos have to just mentally be the most physical team and be willing to be more physical than they've been all year, because that's what it takes in the playoffs. You are going to get hit so hard. Everybody is so good. You got to dominate. You got to exceed force with force.
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Chris Harris Jr.
Right now we got the stats, man. We beat them in 2023, right. And before that we hadn't beat them since 2014. So they had a nice little run of dominance over us. But now, you know, now get Bo Nix losing to them in the playoffs. This game definitely has to mean even more to them now them now it's flipped.
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Chris Harris Jr.
Now you're at home. It's going to be rocking in the mile high. We haven't had a playoff game there since, 2015. So it's going to be rocking there man. So I'm excited for the game I wish I could go see how you go. I know Ryan I know Ryan's going to be there. Right?
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Ryan Harris
You know me. You know I'm Denver's monster. I stayed in Denver. You know what? I'm saying? We got we got connects. But what? Yeah. What you got with Shelby? You traveling? You in the air? Where are you going for that game,
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Shelby Harris
You know, I would go. I would love to go. I would love to feel that atmosphere. But I'ma be in Miami with my dogs on the D-line. True, I heard.
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Ryan Harris
Oh, yeah, you already know.
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Shelby Harris
We we going to be out there. We don't watching the game, but I'm out there having a good time.
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Ryan Harris
So I'm watching it on the yacht. That's amazing man. Ho ho. What's happening?
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Shelby Harris
Wi-Fi is phenomenal. Now that.
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Ryan Harris
Starlink. Yeah.
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Chris Harris Jr.
Let's get a second down, fellas. We got some big matchups. Coming up this week. Seattle right at home versus the 40 Niners, man. Let's start right there, man. How do y'all see that game going for me.
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Ryan Harris
It's going to be tough to beat Seattle in Seattle I mean you talk about a team that really hasn't been able to host playoff games with the number one seed. And look out now because the last two times Seattle had the number one seed, they made the Super Bowl. So they got a lot of talent going in their way.
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Ryan Harris
But I'll tell you what I don't I wasn't impressed with one player more in the Wild Car Weekend than Christian McCaffrey. This man will the 40 Niners forward. And remember he had that slight kind of bobble on the chest that turned into a turnover in the red zone. Brock Purdy also showed you he can win you a game.
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Ryan Harris
He's not Jared Goff. He played his tail off. So I I think it's going to be one of the best games of the week. We got some former coaches there at the Seahawks. I'm going to go ahead and ride on this Sam Darnold train I know it's a little rickety. Nobody believes in it. But come on Sam Darnold take him there.
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Shelby Harris
It's going to be tough to ride with this 42 team. After the injury to George Kittle. And on top of all the injuries they already had I think you can stick a fork in them. They're done because you got to go to the Seahawks team, which is on fire right now. Defense has been running around causing pressure. They have some of the best DBS probably in the league right there.
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Shelby Harris
So that's Seattle team right there been a complete defense the offense Jason like they really been doing that. Their stuff was kind of Walker getting the ball Jason really moving around. They move him around so much and they scheme him up so much to get the ball is wild to me because you know he's getting the ball. You know they're going to force the ball to him and he's still open.
00:13:07:15 - 00:13:28:23
Shelby Harris
So I think that talks about the scheme and also how talented he is as a player. I think Seattle's going to easily win this one by at least 14 points. I know it's the playoffs. I know they are familiar foes. I just believe that the 40 Niners have gone through so much adversity this year. It's eventually going to be too much and that's going to be this weekend.
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Chris Harris Jr.
I don't think it's going to be easily you know why? Because I don't trust Sam Darnold right. He hasn't he's never won in the playoffs. He lit led the league in turnovers this year. So we don't know which guy we're going to see especially on this level right. As we as we've all had some playoff experience, we know that the, the rise of competition goes up and you got to raise your level.
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Chris Harris Jr.
And we just haven't seen that from Sam Donner. Donald. Yeah, I've seen like Ryan said, I trust Purdy to go out there and ball and do his thing. McCaffrey to go out there and do his thing. But like Shelby said to I can agree you this Seattle's defense system. They got some dogs back there with Espo.
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Chris Harris Jr.
Eamon Roy, safety. I wish the boxes on him. I don't know why they let him go. Second round. Right, y'all. Y'all drafted Johnny Baron to play down. Well, there was a dime right there. You know, we, you know, so I just. That guy's a monster. Their whole defense, their D-line, comes with it. You know, I love chin.
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Chris Harris Jr.
I had he was one of my teammates.
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Shelby Harris
Yeah.
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Chris Harris Jr.
And, la, you know, he's a dog of that age, so, man, I'm gonna have to go with Seattle, though, even though I don't trust Sam Donald's. I'm gonna go with my. I'm gonna go with defense, on this one. But this is probably the toughest game for me to pick this week, because, yeah, it's a Kubiak stand in here.
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Chris Harris Jr.
You know, you got the both kind of the same systems, you know, same kind of tree. So it's going to be a good game, man. I'm excited to see that game, man. But let's go. We got another big game. Let's go to the AFC now right. The Pats versus the Texans right. Seeing that dominant game by Houston and what they did to Aaron Rodgers.
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Chris Harris Jr.
What do y'all see what's going to happen this week in this game.
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Shelby Harris
I don't necessarily believe the Texans will be as competitive as they were last week against the Steelers. Only because the Texans offense is down. Nico Collins probably not going to play after suffering a concussion last week against the Steelers. That's their only option. That's all they got. So they're going to have to rely on that defense, which that defense has shown.
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Shelby Harris
They can be relied on to win games. But against a Patriots team that is really good at running the ball, Drake Mays playing at an MVP level, I don't think he's going to beat out Matt Stafford, but probably the number two MVP this year. It's going to be tough to contain Drake May, but the Texans do have the dogs to do it.
00:16:01:03 - 00:16:23:17
Shelby Harris
But I got to go with the Pats right here just because I think their defense is really good. But then I think their offense will be at least able to score points against this Texas team. Unlike how Pittsburgh struggled the whole game. So I, I definitely believe in this New England team a little bit more. Yeah they want to stop Treveon Henderson dog is just so so much speed.
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Ryan Harris
At.
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Shelby Harris
Running back. You know big play. And then they go from under Stevenson still. So they stay still. They have players back there that can make plays. And then you know they got Drake made. So I I believe in this Patriots team I think pretty much if it ends up too it's going to be a Bronco Patriots AFC championship game which I know that brings back memories for a lot of people.
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Shelby Harris
Just the old Tom Brady days. But I definitely believe in and this New England Patriots team to go out there and beat the Houston Texans.
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Ryan Harris
I got the Texans in this one just because of the run defense their ability. Now they got the number one defense in the league. But their ability to stop the run. You watch the Patriots. That's where their offensive production comes from. Stevenson's going down the middle for a you got everybody kind of playing that complementary football. But you and you got Trayvon Henderson as you mentioned.
00:17:13:15 - 00:17:31:15
Ryan Harris
But if they're getting tackled at behind the line of scrimmage, two yard gain I know Josh McDaniels I had him as a coach. He panics. And so I think if the Texans can make it close shut down that run. Drake Maye hasn't had to win a game on his own all year right. That's a different deal especially in the playoffs.
00:17:31:15 - 00:17:48:02
Ryan Harris
So I I'm I'm happy for the Patriots that defense is playing some old school. Bill Belichick defense hits you in the face if you're close to the sidelines and pushing you out. But to me the Texans they got to experience the defensive line. They're going to stop that run Forrest Drake made a winning. And for for God's sakes.
00:17:48:02 - 00:17:57:01
Ryan Harris
So somebody please double cover Hunter Henry I mean that's their biggest threat. He's always open double cover. Come on guys, give me that breaking coverage call.
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Chris Harris Jr.
I'm gonna go over Houston, man. Defense was established. Was a game for me over here. That their secondary is loaded, right? With Petrie at the safety. Bullock. Pick six. Stingley. The other guy from Georgia is a doll. He doesn't give up any day. Their D-line is ferocious. They they're very similar to the no fly zone.
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Chris Harris Jr.
Very similar. Right. When I watch them, man. And they. And what performance they put on last week, I don't know if we did a performance like that, you know, not giving up any point. Two touchdowns. That was amazing performance. Can I do it again on the road? That's hard to do. It's hard to match that type of game at that level again.
00:18:40:20 - 00:18:58:29
Chris Harris Jr.
But, that this defense is very stout. The Patriots definitely surprised me how good their defense is. Gonzalez is a hell of a player. But they their defense quickly changes if he's in or out. Right. Is he going to be healthy? It's going to be a big factor in this game. But I'm gonna have to ride with the Houston.
00:18:58:29 - 00:19:17:22
Chris Harris Jr.
Man. That defense is just too tough. Drake Maye is going to have it. It's going to be rough, for those guys. But like Shelby said, they do have the weapons. They have a way better offense then, Houston right now, Nico Collins going down a man. He had a lot of concussions, you know, multiple, you know, this year.
00:19:17:22 - 00:19:30:29
Chris Harris Jr.
So, I don't see him playing at all. But you, the Houston Texans, definitely need him. But I'm at the right with that defense. They're looking very scary over there. Right. They're looking very similar to us.
00:19:31:01 - 00:19:50:18
Shelby Harris
But at least y'all can score. That's the difference. Yeah. And the season and C.J. Stroud is going. Had to step it up because he he tried his hardest to give that game up for Steelers. Yeah the Steelers took to capitalize. And so see that this game you know we could talk about these two really good defenses. But see they started.
00:19:50:18 - 00:19:59:06
Shelby Harris
The Texans are going to win. He can't play like that. Yeah because the Patriots are going to take advantage of those mistakes. They're not the Pittsburgh Steelers.
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Chris Harris Jr.
Yes sir. And we got one more game Sunday. You know we got the bears versus the Rams right. Heated game. Caleb Williams coming off a dynamic performance of what we've seen this weekend. Throwing off of the platform throws dimes running. You know helix I love watching the bears. Now, I never thought I would like watching the bears, but I watch it because of him, you know, and what he can do.
00:20:23:21 - 00:20:28:07
Chris Harris Jr.
But. Wow. How do y'all see this game going? Bears versus the Rams.
00:20:28:09 - 00:20:51:01
Shelby Harris
This game is very interesting to me because we all have the the the mystique of when these West Coast southern teams come to the North or the Midwest and have to play in the bone chilling cold. Are they going to play like how they have been playing, or are they going to become a shell of themselves because of the weather?
00:20:51:03 - 00:21:12:28
Shelby Harris
And I'm going to say that the Los Angeles Rams are going to go into Chicago in cold weather and get their ass kicked. Ooh. Like I, I do not have faith in this team when the weather is cold. And and I'm not saying I think about the players that are on the Rams. You have Matt Stafford that played in Detroit.
00:21:13:00 - 00:21:38:15
Shelby Harris
So he's used to the cold. DeVante Adams I played in green Bay, Poona that played in Seattle. Yeah, players that played in other places. But you get comfortable in that California weather and you're playing inside half the year, so you get real comfortable out there. So I, I don't believe that this team is it's going to be a shock to them when they show up to Chicago and they got to play in these and single digit single digit weather.
00:21:38:18 - 00:21:54:27
Shelby Harris
Now I'm not saying they're going to get blown out, but I am saying they're going to get stomped. It's not going to be Q and it's going to be you're gonna see the bears run the ball down their throat, because when it's cold out, nobody wants to tackle like that, especially when you got big backs coming up. Dude.
00:21:54:27 - 00:22:14:29
Shelby Harris
I mean Nagy any that swift big backs running around lowing in the shoulder making you actually go to and tackle and go to the ground and then I'm, I'm a, I'm a believer now. I'm a Caleb Williams believer. He has shown me week in and week out that he could make that spectacular play. He can make that game winning play.
00:22:14:29 - 00:22:33:17
Shelby Harris
And he does not shy away from the moment. And that's what you need in your quarterback in the playoffs. So I believe the Chicago Bears, and it hurts my heart because I grew up at green Bay. Packers bear. The Chicago Bears will go and win this game in the in the freezing cold at Soldier Field. And they will beat the Los Angeles Rams.
00:22:33:19 - 00:22:54:13
Ryan Harris
I'm the exactly opposite I'm going Rams Stafford Adams they're balling. They got another week of practice with Adams. And let's be clear the Packers lost that game. Happy for the bears. Absolutely Caleb Williams played fantastic I mean he's really sped up the way he play I I can't remember a quarterback who's made a change in the way and speed.
00:22:54:13 - 00:23:31:29
Ryan Harris
He processes and delivers the football like Caleb Williams. It is really been remarkable. And with 13 minutes to go and and Josh Jacobs on your team with a double digit lead in the fourth quarter, you run the ball. You don't pass it three straight times. So the Packers did everything they could to give that game away. Matt LaFleur needs to fire his whole coaching staff, because if you didn't have one coach with a double digit lead in the fourth quarter on the road saying, run the ball that you listen to, you need new coaches because that was an absolute mismanagement of a game.
00:23:32:02 - 00:23:47:07
Ryan Harris
Not to take again, not to take anything away from what the bears did. But the Packers were atrocious in the fourth quarter with 13 minutes to go. You're not going to get that from the Rams, right? They got Kyren Williams Notre Dame graduate. They've got a defense that's starting to play better. Starting to put pressure on the quarterback.
00:23:47:10 - 00:24:05:24
Ryan Harris
And you know Chris you talked about the Texans defense looking a little bit like the no fly zone. Well this Rams offense reminds me of the Super Bowl 50 offense. It's not necessarily explosive all the time. And it can be that. But you got play. You got 11 to 15 guys are going to be on that field for the Rams offense who are willing.
00:24:06:00 - 00:24:25:24
Ryan Harris
And that's the difference. So I think between the coaching staff and the players, the Rams going to get this one. So happy for the bears. It's been fun to see the the bears fans go bears I mean bear down. You know all those videos. Every fan base deserves that. But I think that, the shoe is going to slip off the foot here for the bears against the Rams.
00:24:25:26 - 00:24:43:18
Chris Harris Jr.
Yeah. You made the same point I was going to make. Like the Packers definitely should have won that game. They blew that game. When it comes down to, not running the football, not giving Ryan Josh Jacobs, that's why you brought him there for the playoffs and to be able to ride him in these situations. They failed to do that.
00:24:43:21 - 00:25:04:02
Chris Harris Jr.
They special teams. We love Big Mac. Right. We want to super Bowl would be Matt. But, you know, Big Mac cost him a lot of easy points, right? We just have to be honest. We had to call what we see, and, the the bears definitely should have lost that game. So I'm gonna go with the Rams this week being able to come, have a solid first week, divisional round.
00:25:04:05 - 00:25:26:02
Chris Harris Jr.
Matthew Stafford going out there balling Puka. Nobody's guarding him. Yeah I think they stay hot. You know defense is playing a little bit better. I do like the bears defense better because they take the ball away. But the Rams they they do have a solid defense and are improvement. But I just got to go with Matthew Stafford I think you know Caleb Williams has he has been balling this year.
00:25:26:04 - 00:25:44:07
Chris Harris Jr.
But he takes too long to get high. It takes too long. You know Packers should have won that game and they had control of it. And they let them off the hook. And so I don't believe Sam McVay and you know Matthew Stafford let those boy let let this happen two weeks in a row.
00:25:44:10 - 00:26:08:13
Shelby Harris
Josh Jacobs you know is is amazing. Back I've always been a big fan of his. I've always said he's one of the best backs in the league. And somebody should be arrested for not giving him the ball. Thank you. That whole second half almost. It was it was like when you did hand the ball off, they were like this week I felt like just because you had to run the ball, it wasn't even like it was schemed runs and you were really trying to get yards.
00:26:08:18 - 00:26:27:02
Shelby Harris
It just felt like it was a situation that you had to run the ball. And so the Packers deserved to lose that game based off of the way they played that game. Now that we moving the third down with Mike Tomlin step of the way, there are now nine open head coaching jobs in the NFL, almost a third of the league.
00:26:27:06 - 00:26:38:07
Shelby Harris
It has an open position at head coach guys how are we feeling about this? Which one do you think? What job you actually think is the best job out there? And which job you actually think is the worst?
00:26:38:09 - 00:27:00:24
Ryan Harris
The best job to me is Baltimore. You got the best player in the league period. Lamar Jackson, Baltimore. Some. You could be a bad coach and be very successful next year with Lamar Jackson. You know. So I think that's the biggest one. You know the the Vegas team is interesting. But to me, you know, I just I do want to say it's really impressive that Mike Tomlin took a step back.
00:27:00:25 - 00:27:14:28
Ryan Harris
I mean, he could have stayed there. He could have forced the issue. I think it's a direct result of his respect for the Rooney family and the way that they've handled things, and that's going to be a tough job. The Steelers to go into it. You got no quarterback. You know if Aaron Rodgers come back I don't know.
00:27:15:05 - 00:27:35:22
Ryan Harris
You know you've got a struggling offensive line. You really haven't had that running back that you that Pittsburgh's known for and that they've had for the past 30 years. But to me that Baltimore job is wide open. And Mike Tomlin eventually we'll get back to coaching and he'll continue to raise great young men and young leaders. But Baltimore Lamar Jackson that's the job.
00:27:35:24 - 00:27:56:25
Chris Harris Jr.
Yeah. Oh easily you know being able to get MVP two time MVP quarterback. The defense was atrocious last year. But you know Baltimore can easily swing that, you know, and get that turnaround pretty fast. If you get the right guy in the right system for those guys, you know, because you have weapons, you have guys that have made Pro Bowl, pros over there on that defense.
00:27:56:25 - 00:28:17:09
Chris Harris Jr.
So of course the Ravens hands down, being able to go there I like Atlanta I will put Atlanta number two. They have a lot of weapons there a lot of young talent things that you can build the future on. Also a trash conference, right. That's been, you know, mediocre the past ten years of being able to get in the playoffs.
00:28:17:12 - 00:28:33:24
Chris Harris Jr.
Right? So I'm, I kind of I will look at the competition, too, you know, and what aspects of what teams I will go to, you know, the Vegas option. I would love to go to Vegas, but I don't want to go see Andy Reid twice a year or more or, you know, Keyshawn Payne. I don't want to see that.
00:28:33:24 - 00:28:53:15
Chris Harris Jr.
So I would lower them down. But, you know, Mike Tomlin, if I'm him, I would take the year off, you know, enjoy. Go make some TV money, go to have fun. You know, when you do stuff for 20 years, 19 years, it's good to take like a year off. Two years off, man, and, you know, recharge and come back in a probably no telling what's open.
00:28:53:15 - 00:29:13:01
Chris Harris Jr.
Next year we'll have the Cowboys the trash next year. Oh. Oh right in there you know. So, if I'm him, I would take a break. But, you know, it's a it's a nice spot out there for some, you know, a Brian Flores, a Vijay, you know, to come in there and, fit and fit in well with Lamar Jackson.
00:29:13:03 - 00:29:27:00
Chris Harris Jr.
I even think Raheem Moore should be a target. You know, he's not a bad coach, right? Let's give him a good, solid quarterback he can work with. You know Atlanta was they were on the up and up. So I think it's a lot of options out there for these guys.
00:29:27:02 - 00:29:44:14
Shelby Harris
So I'll start with the worst coaching jobs out there. I believe Arizona and Vegas could be your two worst coaching jobs. Yeah. Because oh yeah one in Arizona you don't know who the quarterback's going to be. And that right there already puts you in a state of flux. The roster is in shambles as we saw by the records.
00:29:44:14 - 00:30:01:13
Shelby Harris
So they're going to have to make some moves. A bunch of they're a couple big moves away from competing. And so you gotta think if you're going to go in there. How long is your least going to be in order to really get this team right? I think for all these teams, if you go into it, obviously they fired the coaches for a reason.
00:30:01:15 - 00:30:24:22
Shelby Harris
I think everyone other than Baltimore, I would say you have to ask, how long is this lease in order to rebuild this team? Because it's not just on all these teams. It's not just one issue. There's multiple issues and it's going to take years of drafting. And we all know teams usually don't compete that well. After spending all that money and free agency and free agency we see the Patriots this year still doing well.
00:30:24:27 - 00:30:44:08
Shelby Harris
But most teams struggle when they spend all that money in free agency. So it's going to take time. You don't want to really have a 1 or 2 year really lease. And then already your your ideas and your vision, it's already ruined. But those teams right there Arizona, Vegas I don't it's going to take years to rebuild him.
00:30:44:11 - 00:31:00:29
Shelby Harris
But I guess if you get the right person in there, things can change. We said the same thing about New England. Vrabel went in there and one year turned them to the number two seed in the AFC. So but that Arizona team is going to be a lot of work done. That Vegas team as we know needs a lot of work.
00:31:01:01 - 00:31:19:23
Shelby Harris
And we all know we can all say Baltimore is the best job there. I'm going to take it. I'm not going to go Baltimore. I'm going to say the Tennessee Titans are the best job. Because cap space you do have all the cap space you need to make any moves you have. You're going to have draft picks.
00:31:19:25 - 00:31:39:17
Shelby Harris
You are one of the worst teams in the league. You're going to have high draft picks. And you know what you're not looking for a quarterback. So that makes your job way easier. The hardest position to scout in to figure out is quarterback. And you found a guy and cam Ward. That is great. Now it's time to focus on the rest of the roster.
00:31:39:21 - 00:31:53:28
Shelby Harris
You have Jeffrey Simmons on defense. You have cam Ward on offense. You have the guys to build around. So start there. And I think if you are a young an up and coming coach, Tennessee would be the best place for you where you can actually turn them into something legitimate.
00:31:54:05 - 00:32:11:13
Chris Harris Jr.
If you're an up and coming coach, you need to find a place that's going to give you more than two years. Yeah, right. Especially if you're new at this. Because we see how the NFL is, especially in this new age. They would like let you go fast, right? They only lasted two years. A lot of these guys are blast.
00:32:11:18 - 00:32:29:10
Chris Harris Jr.
We say pickle I said one year. Right. Even though he's older but you know this is the NFL man guys that if you're a young coach right. You better be secure that you can get 2 to 3 years development, especially if you're going to a young quarterback. It would make it would make sense for me to go to a Titans no.
00:32:29:10 - 00:32:51:06
Chris Harris Jr.
If I got a short leash, like if I'm a young African-American coach, right. If I'm and I know that I'm probably going to have only two years with cam cam Ward, I probably don't want to go there because, you know, do I see myself turning the Titans over, turning that program around in two years? No. Right. That's probably a 3 to 4 year plan, 4 to 5 year plan.
00:32:51:06 - 00:33:08:24
Chris Harris Jr.
So you got to be smart in which which kind of spot you go. You know, even though, you know, you don't really get the choice. You know, the owners are making that decision, but you got to make the smart choice, like a mike McDonald. You want to make a smart choice, of what plays? Can you implement your offense?
00:33:08:26 - 00:33:30:28
Chris Harris Jr.
What's going to be a good spot for you, the quarterback that pairs up with you if you want to go be a head coach, or it might be better options for you had an offensive coordinator. You know. So those are just things that I have to weigh the options on it. I did see a report though. Before we get out of here, there is a report that Baltimore's head coach or Baltimore's, owner, as the Mark Jackson said in the meetings with the head coaches.
00:33:30:28 - 00:33:32:15
Chris Harris Jr.
Now, how do you feel about that?
00:33:32:17 - 00:33:59:16
Shelby Harris
I think it's a great move if Lamar Jackson is going to be the future of your team. If you believe that you're going to stick with Lamar Jackson for the immediate future. Plus, he should be involved in this because as we all know, you can't run a regular offense with the Baltimore Ravens. With Lamar Jackson at quarterback. He has too many intangibles that you just don't want to limit with running a normal offense.
00:33:59:16 - 00:34:24:17
Shelby Harris
So you do give it some leeway so he can scramble, make plays with his legs. And you do you use him in the offense as quarterback runs zone reads. And so it works out perfectly. So you need to have a coach who can have some type of creativity to let Lamar run wild, but also ran them in and then kind of refined him as a passer, because every year we've seen he's become better and better as a pocket passer.
00:34:24:22 - 00:34:38:16
Shelby Harris
Now, if we can just combine it all, you make it a you make it a great offense. But it has to be that dynamic ability of an offensive coordinator to really feel it out and not just be stuck and doing things their way.
00:34:38:19 - 00:34:57:23
Ryan Harris
When I haven't cheered for the Ravens much of my life, but I'm cheering for them right now. This is intelligent, right? Bring a veteran or two into the meetings when you're interviewing these coaches. Because here's the truth there are many NFL coaches who are great interviews and terrible coaches, and the owners don't know that, right? They don't know what it sounds like.
00:34:57:23 - 00:35:17:22
Ryan Harris
A veteran player, you get eight, nine years in the league. You've heard it all. And so you can sit there in the meeting and say, hey, and not only can you tell your your organization that this guy, what he's talking about is not going to work for these three reasons. Here's why we did it. But also, if you're the ownership of the Ravens, you get a lot of information by what Lamar Jackson doesn't like.
00:35:17:22 - 00:35:32:06
Ryan Harris
Like if Mama Jackson comes in and says he seems like he's going to be real hard headed, he's going to have his grind in like, I don't know. I don't know if that's going to fit here. Well, that's exactly what's going to fit here. Right. So it's is a brilliant move by the Ravens. For the life of me I don't understand why teams don't do this.
00:35:32:09 - 00:35:57:20
Ryan Harris
And imagine what that's like for Lamar. Right. How much does that ingratiate him to the franchise. If they're like hey, we're making a big decision, we'd like you involved. All right. How do they not do that before? So hats off to the Ravens. When the first time in my life I'm cheering for the Ravens. This is a smart, intelligent thing to do, and I hope a lot of other teams do this so that they can get quality coaches that players respect, understand and believe in from the jump.
00:35:57:22 - 00:36:19:06
Shelby Harris
Well, also, I guess if you think about it, the defense was really the problem in Baltimore. And so if we're going to bring Lamar in, you gotta go bring Ro Quan and you got to bring us I bring a couple I would say bring your leader from the defense and offense into this meeting to really sit down and pretty much figure out, are they full of shit.
00:36:19:08 - 00:36:19:19
Ryan Harris
Yeah.
00:36:19:20 - 00:36:41:06
Shelby Harris
Oh are they are like Doc Ryan said, are they are they full of shit? Because this is you have such a small window in this league. And most people believe the Ravens have wasted the beginning of that window. So you have to really capitalize on this. So you need to bring your leaders in. And actually the guys are going to be there and figure out, are these guys the right fit now?
00:36:41:06 - 00:36:58:19
Shelby Harris
Is that going to happen? No. They'd like you know, we all know, you know, the way we've heard the Texans I want to say it too. You know I mean you can't let the slaves run the plantation. Like that's how they think. And so in that same regard, they're not going to let players have.
00:36:58:22 - 00:36:59:08
Chris Harris Jr.
All.
00:36:59:08 - 00:37:08:01
Shelby Harris
Of that power. So if the only person that's going to be involved is the man, Jackson, it's still a good thing, man. And hopefully it gets him on the right track.
00:37:08:03 - 00:37:16:10
Chris Harris Jr.
Yeah. You got to salute the Ravens for what they're doing. Lamar Jackson, you better take that invite. Get on that jet. Say be right there with that owner, man.
00:37:16:12 - 00:37:18:06
Ryan Harris
We're screwed. Yeah.
00:37:18:09 - 00:37:32:27
Chris Harris Jr.
You know, he said it's going to be four days. You got to put in that work. And this is about your future. And, you know, you got a chance to kind of dictate that right now, which, a lot of players wish they could ever get that, you know, they wish they can have that opportunity. So salute to the Ravens.
00:37:32:27 - 00:37:40:00
Chris Harris Jr.
Salute. What the honor and what he's doing and trying to include him and hopefully they make the right decision.
00:37:40:02 - 00:37:58:27
Ryan Harris
Well, let's go to fourth down here, boys, and wrap it up here. We're going to get some bragging rights. Who was it that won the pick last week. The playoff pictures are back. You got some of our picks earlier. But let's just let's just lay it out for everybody Chris Harris Jr what you're the leader. Go ahead. The floor is yours.
00:37:58:27 - 00:38:00:05
Ryan Harris
Go ahead say what you need.
00:38:00:08 - 00:38:19:08
Chris Harris Jr.
Five and one I thought Philly was going to be able to get the job done. But they just got too much taller more I should I should have seen that, you know, before the game. I should have seen that, trusted Mike Shannon or trusted Kyle Shanahan. And being able to, you know, dice those guys up, man. But 5 to 1, I'll take it.
00:38:19:10 - 00:38:25:15
Ryan Harris
And in second place, we have Shelby Harris. Shelby, you only got three wrong. Go ahead man, the floor is yours.
00:38:25:22 - 00:38:40:09
Shelby Harris
The biggest baddest is here. And I just want to let y'all know I only really should have had one wrong. We we I, I was completely and utterly wrong about the loss. And Lewis charges. I'll take that one. Well, that.
00:38:40:15 - 00:38:41:00
Chris Harris Jr.
Oh, I.
00:38:41:01 - 00:39:05:01
Shelby Harris
100%. I'll take that one. But the green Bay Packers and the Jacksonville Jaguars, you should be ashamed for making me wrong. You should be ashamed for making me wrong. Green Bay, you had that game. This is two games in a row against the Chicago Bears that at the end of the game, you got out coached, you got out coach, you got out scheme and situations where you should have easily won the game.
00:39:05:03 - 00:39:28:11
Shelby Harris
And in Jacksonville you just got Josh Allen for a minute. You went down and you scored to take the lead. And Josh Allen came back with four minutes left and went down the field and scored at in Jacksonville. So that right there I you know that's a toss up I'll give that one. But green Bay you let your boy down and and you know I'm in second place.
00:39:28:14 - 00:39:35:28
Shelby Harris
Because if you win that game me and Chris are tied for second I mean for tied for first right up here. So thank you.
00:39:35:29 - 00:39:50:08
Ryan Harris
We'll bring it up the rear. You got me yours truly. You know, I was committed. You know I was committed to my pick. So I'm committed. I must have been a week off. So this week I'm coming back. I'm going to be on top after this week. I'm going to need you guys at Christmas. Need you to lose about five games.
00:39:50:14 - 00:39:55:01
Ryan Harris
And, Shelby, I'm gonna need you to lose about four. I can get back on top of this thing. You got me, guys. All right.
00:39:55:04 - 00:39:59:18
Shelby Harris
And then our producer, David, his son was right. Every big.
00:39:59:25 - 00:40:00:04
Ryan Harris
Come.
00:40:00:04 - 00:40:04:03
Shelby Harris
On, every single big hit. I was right. So obviously we don't know shit.
00:40:04:08 - 00:40:07:16
Chris Harris Jr.
Oh, yeah. Broncos. Rams in a Super Bowl.
00:40:07:17 - 00:40:15:08
Ryan Harris
I like that. Oh, I like that. Well let's pick the games for this week boys. Seahawks 40 Niners. Who you got.
00:40:15:10 - 00:40:30:19
Shelby Harris
Seahawks until about nothing but to see I say Seahawks 40 Niners at the 40 Niners. Amazing run is over there to injury riddled. This will be the end of it for the end of the season for them I got to go to Seahawks.
00:40:30:21 - 00:40:33:12
Chris Harris Jr.
I'm going yeah I got to ride with the defense.
00:40:33:18 - 00:40:48:09
Ryan Harris
You know what. Let me get one of my points right here. And I'm not even talking about Christian McCaffrey arguably top three player in the NFL I'm talking about Brock Purdy going out there down George Kittle winning games. Give me the 40 niners right here. Come on boys.
00:40:48:11 - 00:40:49:24
Shelby Harris
Now you just try to get some points back.
00:40:49:24 - 00:40:51:16
Ryan Harris
Hey where every.
00:40:51:18 - 00:40:52:11
Chris Harris Jr.
Game.
00:40:52:14 - 00:40:56:16
Ryan Harris
We go we got that. We got the Patriots at the Texans. Well you got.
00:40:56:19 - 00:41:17:04
Shelby Harris
Okay I got to go with Patriots. Man I think the Patriots at least their defense is not as good as Houston's defense. But the Patriots offense is strides better than the Texans offense. And so I believe they will be able to edge out the Texans. And it's gonna be a close low scoring game. But I think the Patriots will figure it out.
00:41:17:06 - 00:41:36:11
Chris Harris Jr.
I'm gonna go with it I'm gonna go with Houston I think C.J. Stroud right. Come out ready to play. You didn't come out ready to play last game, right? We need to see the real C.J. Stroud. I got the playoff. Multiple playoff wins. I'm going with Houston. Defense. Keep locking down Stingley. Them boys in the back end. I don't see Diggs getting anything.
00:41:36:11 - 00:41:42:02
Chris Harris Jr.
I don't see anything. What's the other, receiver? For the Patriots is a buddy. Is that how you say his name?
00:41:42:04 - 00:41:42:26
Shelby Harris
Yeah, buddy.
00:41:42:28 - 00:41:47:18
Chris Harris Jr.
Yeah, buddy. Yeah, I don't see him. Hey. Getting off this week. Let's go. Houston.
00:41:47:21 - 00:42:04:06
Ryan Harris
And you're right, though. What's it with C.J. Stroud? Remember last year it was a fumble in the game against the Chargers in the playoffs. Then all of a sudden he started playing. You got to play fast. You got to hit hard early on. My son was born in Houston. I went to the Texans after getting fired from the Broncos before coming back.
00:42:04:06 - 00:42:15:04
Ryan Harris
So give me Houston for the win. Also, best food in all the press boxes. It's not even close. They got donuts churros, barbecue. It ain't even close. All right boys oh.
00:42:15:05 - 00:42:15:25
Shelby Harris
Linemen.
00:42:15:25 - 00:42:19:27
Ryan Harris
Yeah all the time. All right. We got two more here. We got the Bears and Rams here.
00:42:19:27 - 00:42:36:09
Shelby Harris
You got I think I made it clear I think I think Chicago's going to go in there and take advantage of the conditions. You know being in Chicago with cold weather I think I hope I've always been a Rams fan. I got friends on the Rams. I would love for the Rams to win. I just don't think they could do it.
00:42:36:09 - 00:42:37:28
Shelby Harris
I don't know what the bears.
00:42:38:01 - 00:42:52:22
Chris Harris Jr.
I'm going with the Rams. Puka man. Unguardable. That defense getting better. Matthew Stafford I think the bears just one more year. One more year of experience. But, Matthew Stafford, I gotta I gotta ride with him, man.
00:42:52:24 - 00:43:14:18
Ryan Harris
I'm going with the Rams. I'm sorry. I'm got three, two, one. I'm going. Well yeah. 321 I'm going with the Rams. I just think that the bears, they did everything they needed to do to win the game against the Packers. They're not playing the Packers any more. And guys does anybody want to cheer. Anybody want to pick against the Broncos for the Broncos bills I mean I think we're unanimous.
00:43:14:18 - 00:43:16:15
Ryan Harris
Can we say unanimous? Go Broncos.
00:43:16:20 - 00:43:20:11
Shelby Harris
Yeah, I believe I believe in the Broncos this week.
00:43:20:13 - 00:43:39:03
Chris Harris Jr.
Yeah. Yeah. Unanimous. I think it's going to be tough. The bills coming off that hard win in Jacksonville and then not having all your receivers fully healthy the Broncos all they got to do is go out there and play that game. So I think, I got to go with Denver. Like I don't feel.
00:43:39:05 - 00:43:55:21
Shelby Harris
Like I think that they'll be way closer to what people think, though. Yeah, I think it's going to go down to that last drive. It's going to be back and forth. I don't think it's going to be necessarily high scoring game, but I do think that last drive is what it's going to come down to. But I do believe I do believe in the Broncos.
00:43:55:24 - 00:44:15:05
Ryan Harris
Well, and you got to remember Broncos getting Dre Greenlaw back. Hello. Thank you for the bye. That's the benefit of having that number one seed. You actually add 2 to 3 players. And one of those is your starting middle linebacker. That will make a difference against the bills. So excited for the Broncos. Broncos fans enjoy being back at Mile High in the playoffs.
00:44:15:08 - 00:44:23:19
Ryan Harris
And make sure to tune in next week. For more of the best football talk in the nation, make sure to like, subscribe and share. We're the Harrises.
00:44:23:21 - 00:44:37:10
Shelby Harris
Hey, we're not done yet. It's overtime. I don't think we forgot about the national championship game that's coming up on Monday. We have the favorites, the University of Indiana. Wow. I never thought I would say that, and that's for sure.
00:44:37:10 - 00:44:39:14
Ryan Harris
But that was. Yeah, that was strange to hear.
00:44:39:14 - 00:44:49:23
Shelby Harris
But you never thought I would play that a national championship game. And versus the you, the University of Miami guys, what are we thinking? Who's going to win the national championship?
00:44:49:25 - 00:45:10:02
Chris Harris Jr.
Indiana. You know they got no one player in the nation quarterback. And he's doing that. Big receivers veteran guys that catch the ball with their hands and make contested balls or contested catches. Running backs run hard. Defense plays solid. So it's hard to go against those guys, man. And in college football, I think you got to run with the best quarterback.
00:45:10:05 - 00:45:27:12
Ryan Harris
And no question to me, Indiana has the best quarterback. You got to look out for the defensive tackle. Last name Bane. And he plays like it you know. But my only thing is Indiana is mentally tough. You can tell by the way they play. They have that pro-style offense. They're using angles. They're making the right calls, things like that.
00:45:27:14 - 00:45:49:06
Ryan Harris
And for the Miami Hurricanes they have all the talent. And offensively I just don't think Beck's the guy. No, I'd love to be wrong, but he's got to have his best game of his career. He hasn't been that guy his entire career, right. Even when he was back at Georgia. So I got Indiana. What a great story for Kurt Petty, the head coach, as well as Mendoza, the quarterback.
00:45:49:06 - 00:46:00:29
Ryan Harris
And this is so good for the game, guys. Indiana proving that caring about each other, playing smart football and actually running the football is how you win. So I'm all for Indiana winning this one.
00:46:01:01 - 00:46:22:05
Shelby Harris
And I will change the game. Instead of the SEC having money under the table, everybody can do it above the table. And so now we see it. We have a Big Ten schools like Indiana. And we have a SEC school like Miami. Where's the SEC that I'm still looking for them. Don't know where they're at. So now that everybody can play and not just SEC we're seeing less SEC dominance.
00:46:22:12 - 00:46:48:00
Shelby Harris
And for that we're seeing a University of Indiana team who came out of nowhere. But like also like what people don't realize the endowment is humongous. And so that and this entire era Indiana is going to thrive. Think about it, Mark Cuban, you have all these billionaires that went to Indiana. So I believe in Indiana, not just this year, but towards the future.
00:46:48:00 - 00:47:01:08
Shelby Harris
Indiana's going to be a team that is not going away. And this will not be their only national championship appearance. They're going to go out there and they're going to beat the hell out of the Miami Hurricanes. I believe in Indiana Hoosiers.
00:47:01:10 - 00:47:22:24
Chris Harris Jr.
Yeah, Miami's just too young, younger team. And, you know, you look at Indiana's roster, everybody's I think they're 22 to 23 years old. They're just a veteran team, well coached. You can tell they're very prepared. The guy Mendoza is from Miami, right? You said he lived a mile away from the stadium. But the one question on is on his game.
00:47:22:24 - 00:47:29:09
Chris Harris Jr.
Do y'all think, does it give Miami an advantage playing at home? That is pretty cool. Having a national championship at your home stadium.
00:47:29:12 - 00:47:31:09
Shelby Harris
They don't have fans anywhere.
00:47:31:11 - 00:47:32:23
Chris Harris Jr.
Oh.
00:47:32:25 - 00:47:49:11
Shelby Harris
Well, like you, it's not. It's that's not controversial. Look at any of their games. They played the hard rock and nobody shows up. So what? What's going to be different? No, I guess the tickets are going to be more expensive. And so it's like, I get it, but you to it's going to be all alumni. The student is not going to be.
00:47:49:11 - 00:48:03:14
Shelby Harris
I don't see the students showing up for Indiana. I mean, I'm being for Miami now. I see the student showing up for Indiana, though. I see them all coming because no one expected them to be here. So I see all the students from Indiana showing up, and I don't see I don't think it's really going to be that much of a home field advantage.
00:48:03:17 - 00:48:23:08
Ryan Harris
First, let's just say somebody keep track of Michael Irvin, like make sure he's got water, okay? And I'm happy for him. But come on now. Come on now. Can we can we do that as a football community. Make sure that man has water. I think it's a disadvantage for Miami. Each of us could tell stories about college football and what goes on.
00:48:23:11 - 00:48:42:19
Ryan Harris
And when you're in your hometown, in yours, you know, your school city. Yeah. There are a lot of distractions. Even more distractions than Miami Beach. Right? And I know they're gonna be in Hollywood. They're gonna be different places. But there's a lot of people that know you that know you're in town. And I think that's going to be really hard for Miami who struggle with that this season.
00:48:42:19 - 00:48:59:19
Ryan Harris
That's why they lost at SMU. They went out that whole week. They didn't think about SMU and they got beat. So I just think that there's a more focused team, more detail oriented team. And you're right, Chris, a veteran team in Indiana. And I'd love to be wrong. Look, whoever wins this game, they're going to have to play the game of their life.
00:48:59:19 - 00:49:04:13
Ryan Harris
Like we're going to have new heroes, new stars after this game. But I think it's going to be Indiana.