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Good morning football. Hey, everybody. Welcome to Good Morning Football, presented by Old Trapper Beef Jerky. Live in New York City. It's Friday, January 12th. This is a very special day, and I'm going to tell you why. I'm Jamie Erdahl. Hey, Kyle Branch. I'm Trigger, Jason McCordy. In May, let's just call it May 21st.

We're sitting around and we're like, man, we need football. For the next three hours, we get to talk about playoffs. We are on the doorstep of the NFL playoffs. Kyle, it is happening. I know maybe you more than anyone else, like just put it, inject it in your veins. Let's go. This is why we lift all them weights, to quote Bill Parcells.

We got playoff games this weekend.

We got them Saturday.

We got them Sunday. just put it, injected in your veins. Let's go. This is why we left all them weights, the quote Bill Parcells.

We got playoff games this weekend. We got them Saturday. We got them Sunday. We got them Sunday. It all starts tomorrow. Time for the lead block. Super wildcard weekend, as Kyle just so eloquently put it. It's Saturday, it's Sunday and it's Monday. Don't worry, but it kicks off with the Houston Texans hosting the Cleveland Browns tomorrow. Jason McCordial will be on the radio call for that game with one eye at eagle. Nice. Then we can take you to a frigid, cold arrowhead. And we're talking frigid with dolphins taken on the defending champion, Kansas City Chiefs. And then on Sunday, Steelers hit a Buffalo to take on the bills that kicks off your day. I'm going. Cowboys, you're going. You are going. We're going. We're going. Cowboys host of Packers in Dallas. And then Matthew Stafford returns to Detroit. Rams taken on the Lions. It wraps up on Monday night Eagles, bucks down in Tampa. I really haven't read that schedule all the way through like that, and it's so exciting. We're going to make predictions later in the show. Tune in. There's obviously a lot of meat to pick off this phone. Biggest storyline heading into Super Wild Card Weekend, Peter, where to go? I didn't know Kyle was going. I'm going to Buffalo. Okay. Yeah. You didn't do the should I go, but you- No, I just say it. I'm going weekend Peter where to go I didn't know Kyle was going I'm going I'm going to Buffalo Okay yeah didn't do the should I go but you know I just say it I'm going I want to go and I'm gonna go The weather is real I heard it's taking a turn like people I'm hearing these rumors I actually might be going to Cleveland Yeah, I don't think so are you participating at all like are you I'm on the air me and Colleen wolf let's go I'm calling her set up, we're waiting for hours. I got my snowsuit. I'm ready, buddy. Your chicken beans.

You're going to be good. I'll wait. That is going to be awesome. But to me, the biggest show this weekend is happening in Detroit, Michigan. Okay. This home playoff game for the Lions, first time in 30 years has been the biggest storyline, but I love the

dynamics of the interpersonal relationships between all the different personalities involved.

Remember this. Sean McVeigh comes to Los Angeles, and as he's interviewing for the job,

the Los Angeles Rams president, Kevin Demoff, said, hey, before we offer you the gig, I kind of want you to meet Jared. Can you meet Jared? Okay. So they didn't have the job yet. McVeigh goes and meets Jared Goff and calls up Demoff afterwards and it's like, I want it. I'm in. I love this kid. And I watched all his film and I can do this. We can do this together. He L.A., he's working with Jared Gough, and they have success right out of the gates. They go to the playoffs, they go to the Super Bowl, the next year. It's all going great. And then Matthew Stafford is available and they say, okay, enough with Jared. Move on to Stafford, and they win a Super Bowl. You can't write this stuff. This is Shakespearean, because guess who's playing together this weekend? Sean McVeigh versus Jared Gough. And Jared Gough has a final chance to look at Sean McVeigh right in the eyes and say, I didn't win the Super Bowl, but I got you. I got you. I got you. I beat you. I ended your season, and he could have one last laugh as well.

They were asked about it this week. Take a listen to the tones. I think everyone's playing nice, but I have to think there's some edge for Jared Gough. Yeah, Sean, I are good. I think he's a great coach. I think he's, you know, obviously we had our differences there at the end, but he's a great coach. She's done a lot of great things, and he's a guy that taught me a lot.

He's done a great job for them.

I mean,

they're one of the top offenses the last couple years. He's a really good player. He did a lot

of really good things here, you know, for the four years that we were together. He deserved better than the way that it all went down.

I'll acknowledge that.

And I think he knows that too.

And, you know,

and I'm not afraid to admit to those things.

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