Hello, I'm Peter King. Welcome to the MMQB podcast with Peter King, where I take you

inside the minds of the biggest influencers in the NFL. Live from Super Bowl 51 in Houston, Texas.

On today's show, my guest is Chris Berman.

We recorded a conversation with Berman on Thursday night of Super Bowl week at St Arnold

Brewery.

I asked Chris about the origin of the famous nicknames.

I mean I wouldn't smart enough to know this but it's a game everyone can play.

So if you say Bird Be Home Lie 11, which is probably the best one, okay?

Every parent said it, every kid's heard it. You don't have to know that he throws

a curveball, he pitches for the twins, you don't have to know anything. It kind of brings everybody

in. Now my conversation with Chris Berman.

Here we are.

Chris, really appreciate you coming tonight.

So this is something that I've grown to think of. Okay, so as I get a little

older in this business, I have a little bit more of an appreciation for the history of our business.

And one of the reasons why I wrote about Chris Berman a couple of weeks ago,

and one of the reasons why I really wanted to have him here

is that I think in a lot of ways sometimes we are kind of

prisoners of the moment both of the media and of football history like people

will say well there's no question that Tom Brady,

if he wins Sunday, is the greatest quarterback of all time.

I said, well, just think of this for a second.

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