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I heart radio Fox Sports Radio and FS1. So J Mac announced that it's next is next Tuesday Tuesday. He will get the Seahawk logo shaved into around the temple area side of his head.

That will lead that up to the bottom but it's coming next Tuesday. I'm a little nervous. But hey when you open your mouth and say stupid things you may pay the price sometimes.

I have a tattoo from San Stupid on the air and losing race. You have a tattoo. I was not aware that right angle. Would you lose a race to not going to get into it.

Chain smoking hash brown for breakfast eating producer who trick me into a race on a wet marshy field and he had cleats and I had tennis shoes and I was slipping all over the place.

Is that ghoulai? No it wasn't ghoulai. It was another guy. I was just joking I know he's not faster than you.

Well this guy wasn't either use a chain smoking hash brown for breakfast. You don't do drinking guy. Very discouraging mountain do oh my god really discouraging okay so yesterday we size up we do this for big you know championship games.

We get the yellow note pad out who are the 10 best players six seven on your side history says you win.

Unless you know you have a decided quarter back advantage so yesterday five eagles and five. Niners right down the middle which is why we think it's a really probably a low scoring very competitive game so let's do it today.

Here on Wednesday for the chiefs and the Bengals here we go number 10 number 10 I'm going to say Joe mixen.

Last two post seasons over 400 yards blows every other running back playoff running back away. He's the highest graded running back on either team I said this yesterday I think during the break he reminds me a little bit of a poor man's Adrian Peterson.

He can run over yet he can run past you. He's terrific you get he's got 184 more rushing yards than any other player in the post season last two years so he's a home run threat Joe mixen 10 number nine.

So Tony the guard are arguably the best guard in the NFL the number one PFF rated pass blocking guard he's allowed one or fewer sacks in for the last five years pro bowler all pro this season he's about the best he had the best season for any guard this year in the NFL Joe Tony number eight.

Trey Hendrickson rush in for the Bengals he's the highest graded ed rusher on either team chiefs or Bengals according to PFF last two years 25 and a half sacks he was just a good get for them.

And again to beat my homes you got a rush my homes he'll be incredibly valuable in this spot number seven T Higgins back to back 1000 yard seasons he's a tough match up he's 6 4 2 20.

He's just big he's probably not as gifted as Jamar chase but he's a match up nightmare remember when Jamar chase got hurt T became their number one and was highly highly successful think about this too Joe Burrell's passer rating when targeting T Higgins is 113 higher than burrow targeting Jamar chase so he and T I think a lot of it's that catching radius he is such an easy completion with his size.

Number six Creed Humphrey probably the second or first best center in football highest credit center his first two years him and Kelsey for the Eagles did not allow a sack in over 800 snaps he was good the second he got to the NFL he was well he was a late first round pick at Oklahoma and he was great his first snap in the NFL he's number six number five Jamar chase more of a home run threat than T Higgins

nine touchdowns in his last nine games including the playoffs he also led the NFL in catches of 50 plus yards so he is the big home run threat in this game and I think when you play at Kansas City as a big chance you're going to fall behind can you get quick touchdowns he's the guy in the field that can get him.

Number four Chris Jones defensive tackle Kansas City highest credit player on either team he is an interior lineman but last four years four time pro bowler and if there's injuries on the Bengals O line interior then Jones he'll have a good game regardless could be dominating he's at four.

Three I would give Travis Kelsey three because he actually gets his hands on the ball defensive tackles don't eight time pro bowler only Jerry Rice in league history has more playoff catches than Travis Kelsey isn't that incredible 120 and again gets his hand last week it was insane I think he had 14 catches it was in I mean it was tight ends never used to have 14 targets in the play.

He had 14 catches last week number two you'll think it's crazy it's my homes he's not playing at 100% so if he's 80 to 85% yes he's got the highest pass rating in league history my guess is though he's not going to have the ability quite the ability to extend play forget scrambling for yards play extension probably not not at his best number one.

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