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You know, it was reported during the game.

They had Dan Quinn's pregame message to the commanders, and it really fired me up. And it's just like perfect coaching rhetoric.

Dan Quinn's message was that, guys, we're not playing with house money.

We're playing for rent money. And rent is due.

And I was like, yeah, Denoldi delivered it so well.

Ronaldi's absolutely stuck the landing during the broadcast. And it's a vintage Dan Quinn thing.

And, you know, I'm tempted to say, ah, it's coach talk. You were playing with house money.

And you know it. You got this crazy run. Fine. The season is over. But I'm always reminded this time of year that there is a great myth in the NFL.

And that myth is, as a young, great quarterback, you'll get yours eventually.

You'll be back.

That's nonsense, guys.

To say that the Jane Daniels commanders will be some sort of mainstay late in the playoffs is naive. It's very naive. It happens all the time. I remember a few years ago, this heartbreaking loss in the Super Bowl for Joe Burrow. Oh, someone of his talent, he'll get his, he'll be back. Will he? I don't know. You don't know. Even somebody, you know, last year, Brock Purdy loses an overtime. And it's like, well, you're part of that 49ers machine. Are you sure Brock Purdy? When you get a shot, you cash it in. It doesn't matter if you're a rookie or in your 20th season. Look, I'll go further back, a guy who actually won one. Aaron Rogers is standing on the podium with Clay Matthews and a heavyweight belt as

the confetti falls. And it's like, how many Will Rogers win? He never even got back to the game

and it's probably the most talented quarterback ever. Before him was Marino. Yeah, Marino gets one

really young, never makes it back. So I'm tempted to say, yeah, it's house money. You don't know. You

don't know injuries. You don't know the opposition. I think Dan Quinn was right. As hard as he tried to sell that message of, let's cash it in now. We may never be back. They may never be back. It's not just this assured thing. Well, well, their quarterback is good and they have a coach who everyone likes. So I'm sure you're positive in the long term future of this ownership group and this GM group. Like, we love what they did this year. Now do it again. It's way, way, way, way harder. There's nothing as a shirt. The AFC title game is so layered and it's so complicated. There's so many different ways to look at it in this rivalry and this matchup. This game was like big strong

guy beats up weaker guy and just keeps punching them until someone drags them off them. The much better team won, the must more talented team won. Peter said seven rushing touchdowns. It's true. Seven touchdowns and ten possessions. Like that's, they won by 32 points in the title game. You just don't see it.

You don't score 55 points in an NFC title game.

Far better.

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