Well, it's a long way to the top if you want to be a Super Bowl champion.

However, it gets shorter if you're the New England Patriots and you can beat the Houston Texans on Sunday at Gillette Stadium at 3 o'clock.

And to talk about that now, it is Thai law on a tie Tuesday, and Ty is brought to you by Corvus

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And here is the great Hall of Famer Ty Lodge.

Good morning, Ty.

Good morning, guys. Good morning. Don't you feel good right now? Everybody up in there. Feel great. You should feel even better because, well, are you around? Are you listening or are you on the road somewhere? No, I'm actually still in Florida. Okay. I came down here with my mom, so I'm still down this way.

But I'll be coming back up tonight.

I'm escort mom back up there, so she's going to come back up there with me.

Okay, well, you may have missed it, but Courtney just suggested that you are on the list.

It's a short list when it comes to those being considered as a godfather for her soon-to-be-born baby boy?

I don't know if you know that.

Would you accept?

Absolutely.

Okay.

Man, man, we need some, we need some little time, boy, Ryan, little nephews, little god's sons.

Man, I don't know. And guess what? Even I can be there. Ty, Brian, little nephews, little God's sons, man.

Hell yeah.

And guess what?

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