Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, it's the Valenti Show with Rico.

I'm Stoney in for Mike.

And it's time, ladies and gentlemen, for the Monday staple.

Rico, take it away.

All right, gentlemen, you know how we do this.

Let's just start off with the obvious.

Can we say a lot of people owe Sam Darnel an apology?

Sam Darnel, even the national announcers were saying they were waiting for the mistakes

and people were just waiting for him to screw this game up.

He went out there and he got the thing done.

And right now it looks like he's going to lead Seattle to the Super Bowl championship. Can we say we owe Sam Darnel an apology?

I'm going to say no because I think it's one of those things like, well, Steve Eisenman ever

win a Stanley Cup. Well, I won't believe it until I see it.

And if that's an apology, so be it.

But I just, the body of work suggested, you know what?

We'll see what happens.

I believe it when I see it.

And, ladies and gentlemen, I believe it because I saw it.

I saw him do it.

Did I think he could do it?

Not a few weeks ago.

But after the...

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