Austin Ekeler on the final game of the regular season and Super Bowl thoughts plus the Brian Flores NFL Lawsuit, Washington Commanders and Bengals make Super Bowl uniform official

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Against All Odds

Basketball, Football, Sports

4.5 • 610 Ratings

🗓️ 3 February 2022

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

Cousin Sal and the Extra Points crew try to unpack a day filled with huge news in the NFL as Martin sees a consistent Tom Brady through line. The guys discuss the Brian Flores/NFL lawsuit, accusations Dolphins owner Stephen Ross offered him money to lose games, the Bill Belichick texts and the lack of minority coaching opportunities in the NFL. Dave thinks people are going to start picking apart the 2019 Miami Dolphins season, analyzing plays and this story won’t be going away. Next, the guys weigh in on Washington selecting the Commanders as their new nicknames and everyone is underwhelmed. Los Angeles Chargers running back Austin Ekeler joins the show and he is also not impressed with the new name in Washington. Austin talks about the final game of the regular season against the Raiders and if he ever thought both teams would play for a tie. Austin talks about playing for an aggressive coach, his confidence in Justin Herbert and his prediction for the Super Bowl. The Cincinnati Bengals have decided on which jerseys they will wear for the Super Bowl and The Uniformant has plenty of thoughts. Is T.J. Houshmandzadeh holding a grudge against his old team the Bengals and that’s why he is picking the Rams? Plus, the guys look back at the Kansas City Chiefs terrible second half against the Bengals and what went wrong. They close things out giving their picks of the day and a look at the potential Pro Football Hall of Fame Class in 2027. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to Extra Points. Now here's your host, Cousin Sal, and his good, good pals, Dave Damaseck and Martin Weiss.
0:14.2	All right, welcome to the Extra Points Podcast. Cousin Sal coming to you on a Wednesday morning, joining me.
0:19.9	Yes, yes, yes, fiddling with the knobs.
0:22.1	We got spaghetti and meatballs.
0:23.5	We got babyface Joel Solomon producing this mess.
0:25.9	And my dear, dear pals, co-hosts of the Extra Points podcast, Dave Damashik, Martin Weiss.
0:33.3	Happy Wednesday.
0:34.5	Happy Groundhog Day, fellas.
0:36.2	I already lost on a fandalle had a player prop for Punks
0:39.9	of Tani Phil. Son of a bitch saw his shadow. Six more weeks of winter. What is this?
0:45.6	Does this, do we have to keep doing this over and over? Doesn't he always see his shadow?
0:51.5	I will say, groundhog. That's in your backyard. That's right in your backyard, check. Yeah. Well, Groundhog would have been a way better name for the Washington football team than what we got. But I will say this, though, greatest most electric Pro Bowl week ever. And it's just Wednesday at the time of this recording. What else awaits us? You know, maybe Groundhog is going to be the only thing we could bet on right now because the Super Bowl, which as of now is four and a half. The Bengals are now getting four and a half from the Rams. 48 and a half is he over under. But there's like 75 other things, bigger stories in the NFL. I don't know.
1:27.7	Where do we go, Martin, the Brian Flores fiasco, the Washington commanders, Brady's retirement. I don't know. Just Harbaugh. What do we do? There's a through line here. It may be a happy Groundhogs Day. And generally, the refrain is it's great to be a Michigan Wolverine. Like that's what they'll chant in the stands as like a touchdown or
1:26.9	something like that.
1:48.5	But this is a really tough day for all Wolverines.
1:51.8	If you think about it, just there's a through line here.
1:54.6	Tom Brady retires on Tuesday.
1:56.6	First of all, on Instagram, right?
1:58.2	That wasn't very glorious and glamorous, but still he doesn't.
2:01.5	Then immediately almost is usurped by Brian, by Brian Flores' lawsuit.
2:06.9	So there you go.
2:07.8	There's the one.
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