Today's podcast we are ready to go. We're going to preview all four NFL playoff games. We're going to make every single pick. We're going to keep the pick contest going. Give you some nerdy little numbers in there and give you the quarterback pressure rankings one through eight. We're going to talk the playoffs, but more importantly, Buffalo. Who they are as a team in the aftermath of the bar in Hamlin.

The game. We're going to make every single pick. We're going to keep the pick contest going. Give you some nerdy little numbers in there and give you the quarterback pressure rankings one through eight. We're going to talk the playoffs, but more importantly, Buffalo.

And who they are as a team in the aftermath of the bar in Hamlin story, which is heading in a great direction. And we're going to do it with Jim Nance, who had the call of the regular season finale with that kickoff return. Nance's career, little master stuff. All sorts of fun stuff for the guy that has been around and doing it at a high level for eight long time.

We've got our picks and life advice. We are on to the next round. Let's talk NFL playoffs. We'll break down all four games. Just kind of one maybe nerdy fact that I've sifted through all the stuff and also the picks coming off of five in one week last week.

People know this about me. They've said it since I was a kid. I probably shouldn't say it now and tricks myself, but they're like, come playoff time. That was so good. Steps up.

Okay, Dallas three and a half point favorites last year against San Francisco. They lost to the Niners going into that Tampa matchup. There was one consistent thing I kept coming back to. And again, you can find some statistical matchup, something you think that actually is super important and then it ends up not being a factor whatsoever.

But I thought that Tampa's online issues, even with Ryan jets and back and the fact that Dallas has the password that they have that that was a very clear advantage and Tampa was probably the most one dimensional football team of any teams that were entering the playoffs.

You think about like, Hey, when I think about Tampa, okay, they're getting some of their guys back healthy. It didn't matter. It wasn't a close football game. Having said all of those things. It's weird how the wild card round kind of leads to the maybe outsize momentum for a bunch of different teams and usually quarterbacks as well.

It's happening with Daniel Jones. We'll get to that. But it'll be a team where you go, wait, you doubted and hated on the cowboys for weeks. And they beat a Tampa team that as we said is very limited and super predictable.

And now it's like look out cowboys all of a sudden. I know it's Brock party, but I just can't see it right now. So you're already going to be able to tell where my lean is against Tampa.

Dallas ran 64 snaps of two deep safety. Why? Because they knew Tampa wasn't going to run. They couldn't run. They hadn't been running for months.

They were just going to drop back and pass the entire time. I can't imagine how easy the prep was for Dallas's defense going into this. And by the way, shout out to the athletics Ted win, who's joined us before on the podcast, providing us with that number.

So I'm not smart enough to tell you, Hey, this is what they're going to do. They're going to do more of a cover three and they're going to do all these different things against San Francisco. It's just that San Francisco is a completely different challenge because of their balance, because of their blocking.

And some of the stuff that they're doing now with Christian McCaffrey, who I, when he was traded, I get to admit, I don't value running backs, especially expensive ones, especially ones with injury histories.

But it's going to feel a bit like the Anthony Davis trade here, which isn't the best comparison, because I can understand all the arguments against it.

I don't know what McCaffrey means long term, but right now in the short term, he's a matchup nightmare again. He's a series problem. He's 11 touchdowns since he's been with San Francisco.

And you can see that there's a concern factor with him that doesn't necessarily translate just to his raw stats. How many carries, how many receptions, some weeks, he's is an attack in the passing game some weeks.

It's the other way around the top leading rushers in the Seattle game were McCaffrey that was deep old Brock birdie.

And the first one was the first one that was in the Seattle production at the running back position after McCaffrey at that position is somewhat of a concern, but it isn't here because I just like San Francisco minus three and a half in this one, because it's just a completely different challenge to what Dallas has.

All right, the second game here, Philadelphia and the New York Giants.

Maybe if we were going to take temperatures of momentum that I was touching on in the beginning there kind of the Giants may have the hottest temperature right now, Philadelphia is far too low. Maybe we're assuming too much. I know maybe it was the Hertz injury. Maybe it was just them not feeling like they were a factor because everything was sewn up early on with them.

I don't know what it is, but I feel like we're not talking about Philly and I kind of hate that phrase. So I'm calling myself out on it, but Philly should feel really good. Philly fans should feel really good going into this match against New York. They beat them two times week 14 week 18 week 18. I don't really know what the means.

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