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But today is Tuesday, September 5th.

I'm Jamie Erdall.

It's Kyle Brandt, Peter Schrager. Jason McCordy. Jason today is special because... And it's Prediction Week? Okay. Today is the day that we pick our playoff team. So that's the division winners, the wild cards. We're putting our big faces next to logos, and we are stamping them. We are putting them in. Can I tell you why it's so

heavy in the room right now? Because every other show does Super Bowl picks. You pick two teams,

pick two good teams and then it's just like, all right, whatever, fine, you pick Super Bowl. We're going

14 deep, which also means there are going to be several fan bases upset with us that we left

your team out. We talk about all 32 NFL teams, but we are the only show that puts our names and faces next to our predictions. Jamie, you felt the burn last year. I did feel the burn. Well, here's what happened. Jason and I were new last year, right? We were trying to receive and retain pieces of advice for this. And while you want to make great picks, you also don't want to go chalk.

Chalk is boring.

Chalk is dry. My big swing was I really thought Josh McDandle, I picked him as coach of the year. I thought the Raiders were going to have a great season. I thought they were going to win the division. inevitably I did not have the chief's hat in front of me when the AFC picture was all said and done. I believe there is a YouTube video out there of me with a clown over my face. That's cool. I mean, it's all good. It was flattering, I think. It was good color for me. Can I, to that point, I just want to assure you guys, there's no apologizing today. No.

You put your picks out there and you say, this is my picks, not your picks. I don't care what you think. Yep. Does anybody have any real whoppers, meaning like, wow! I think you do. And it's not about getting in. It's about which team you left out. That's about that's the whopper. I've got two, I think that might... Well, there's some whoppers, buddy.

If somebody's going to sit here and say, like,

I think the Panthers are going to win the South, that's the wopper. I've got two, I think. There's some woppers, buddy.

If somebody's going to sit here and say, like, I think the Panthers are going to win the South, that's a whopper. Okay? I might have it. Here we go. What a big of a pause. All right. We're going to get to that. Kyle, you're up first in about 20 minutes. Time for the lead block. Lee Block.

Cardinals Wild Card's a Whopper.

Tom Bellicero.

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