Rewind: Colts-Chiefs ’95 Divisional with Eric Eager - Remember That Game

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🗓️ 10 January 2024

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Originally aired May 2023. Eric Eager (SumerSports) joins Thomas Emerick to visit a real mid-90s frozen grind here in Arrowhead. Martyball is rolling with the 1-seed. Marshall Faulk and Tony Siragusa are scratched out for the Colts. It’s January 1996, Indy at KC. I’m your host Thomas Emerick with guest Eric Eager, vice president of research and development for SumerSports and co-host of the SumerSports Show. SumerSports aims to provide the best-in-class quantitative analysis aimed at creating precision in player acquisition and roster management in the NFL. In the episode, we talk team building through the lens of the nineties Chiefs. Enjoy the show. Follow Remember That Game for the full archive: Apple https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/remember-that-game/id1493587677 Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/61AZFN2XvBB8ZSjql0gtfk "Remember That Game" in search wherever you get your podcasts More from Eric Eager and SumerSports: 2023 NFL Playoff Preview (SumerSports.com) NFL Black Monday Podcast (Twitter) SumerSports Show Home (YouTube) Football Analytics with Python & R (Amazon) Luck, Penalties, and Turnovers (SumerSports.com) More on the 1995 NFL divisional round playoff between Indianapolis and Kansas City: NFL Primetime Highlights (YouTube) Full game broadcast (YouTube) Colts-Chiefs '95 divisional box score (Pro Football Reference) Chiefs video yearbook (YouTube) Lin Elliott recalls The Lin Elliott Game (610 Sports Radio via USA Today) Someone make sense of the '95 Colts (IndyStar) HOST RotoViz Contributor Thomas Emerick (@ThomasEmerick) Guest SumerSports VP of R&D Eric Eager (@ericeager_) SPONSORS BetterHelp - This episode is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/ROTOVIZ and get on your way to being your best self. Underdog Fantasy – Get a 100% deposit match on your first deposit up to $100 when you sign up at Underdogfantasy.com using this link or the promo code ROTOVIZ. Listeners of RotoViz Radio can save 10% on a one-year RotoViz subscription by visiting RotoViz.com/podcast or by using the promotional code "rvradio2023" at the time of purchase. Gametime - Download the Gametime app, create an account, and use code ROTOVIZ for $20 off your first purchase. SHOW NOTES RotoViz Radio provides the power for Remember That Game. Email: RotoVizRadio@gmail.com Subscribe to the RotoViz YouTube Channel here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	You know, Marty Schottenheimer went with an elite quarterback for a small amount of time.
0:06.1	It didn't work.
0:06.9	He goes back to his bread and butter, which is kind of, you know, limited quarterbacks.
0:11.1	And it was enough to get them to 13 wins.
0:14.2	Now, is it enough to win in the playoffs?
0:16.7	I think in the case of the chiefs, the answer has been no.
0:19.2	I mean, you need Len Dawson and Patrick Mahomes to win your Super Bowls.
0:23.6	It's January 96, Colts at Chiefs.
0:27.3	This is Remember That Game, the podcast about sporting events that take you on a journey
0:31.5	and just maybe chart the path of the zeitgeist.
0:34.8	I'm your host Thomas Emerick, and my guest is Eric Eager, Vice President
0:38.5	of Sumer Sports, and co-host with Thomas Dimitrov of the Sumer Sports Show. Last time you were on,
0:44.7	Eric, we did another game from that weekend with Green Bay upsetting the Niners. How does it feel
0:49.9	to be back in the 95-divisional round and on the outskirts of the blizzard of 96.
0:56.1	Yeah, it feels cool. Yeah, I remember that game. Craig Newsom recovering an Adam Walker
1:01.5	Fumble. This one didn't have nearly as much scoring. It was a lot of fun to watch. I actually
1:07.5	remember where I was when all this all this madness went down. So it's fun to be back.
1:14.7	Colts were without Tony Saragusa and Marshall Falk. But the way these teams were built and the
1:20.8	sub-zero wind chill, was there a counter anywhere for you to run and grab Indy with the points and the under 41 and a half?
1:30.3	What was your access at that time?
1:33.3	Oh, I was probably like nine years old, so I certainly didn't have access to any of that.
1:39.2	But I, yeah, it takes you back to a time, though.
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