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That's right. Get in here Tuesday on GMFB in between divisional round and conference championship weekend.

Jamie Manti, Isaiah, and Kyle.

We do a lot of talking about the games here on this show.

Now we have to look back to something, a concept that our friend in New York brought up just last week,

which was a very important word that we will now use and apply it looking ahead to conference championship weekend.

And that one is pivotal.

Take a look back.

I think C.J. Stroud is the most pivotal player in the entire NFL. What does that mean?

Like, C.J. Stroud dictates a lot of what's going to happen in these playoffs. If he plays well, I think they're going to the Super Bowl because of that defense. If C.J.

Stroud plays well, I think the Texas is going to the Super Bowl. If he doesn't, if he's

average or if he's shaky like he was last night, like he determines so much. They're not going.

Pivotal is the name of the game. It's not the most talented. It's not the most important. It's

not this or that. It's pivotal. It can go well or it can go terribly wrong. We saw how it went last week. Guys, most pivotal quarterback that you are keeping an eye on ahead of this weekend, Manzi. Well, I got to go with Drake May. I think that coming off of the game that he had against the Houston Texans, he was getting hit a lot. He turned the ball over a few times. He had two fumbles and interception. Yet the thing that impressed me the most about Drake May is he still threw the ball. A lot of times there are quarterbacks that are getting, they're getting hit and they're getting hit often and they're turning the ball over. They start to, they kind of go in their shell a little bit. The thing about Drake made that impressed me was he continued to throw the ball down the field. He continued to throw the ball to Booty against Stingley. And that,

it was a beautiful catch by Booty, but the thing that stood out the most was that

Drake May wasn't afraid to test one of the best corners in the game in those conditions. And so

the most pivotal, the, the most

important, whatever you want to call it to me is going to come to Drake May. I'm going against

that Broncos defense who has a really good pass rush and his ability to stay in that pocket

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