It's the Mike Francesa podcast on the Bet Rivers Network.

Hello again, everybody, and welcome to the Mike Francesa podcast, part of the Bet Rivers Network.

We come to you on this Monday as everyone readies for Christmas.

It's kind of an in-between week.

You think everybody's off already.

I don't know people are still, like today's the last day they're working or they worked Friday was the last day and this is a vacation time. But I could tell you,

I was out earlier today and it seemed very quiet, surprisingly quiet. I thought a couple of stops

I had to make would be very crowded and they weren't. And I also get the idea when I go to the malls, and I don't go to

the massive malls, I go to like the smaller malls, I have one near where I live, and, you know,

like an in-between wall, but one that has like maybe 60 stores or something like that.

They just seem to be quiet.

And I gather more and more people to shop online.

I think,

which takes away kind of the Christmas hustle and bustle idea and everything.

But I think more and more people do that.

As life evolves, they more and more shop online for everything.

Obviously, we're in the middle of this crazy, and there's no other word for NFL season.

I mean, no lead is safe.

Green Bay losing that game.

I mean, give me a break.

That was a game that there's no chance they could lose.

Yesterday, even the Ravens, who I thought were a little cavalier with their lead,

...