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The hosts of Sports Uncaged on WCC Radio discuss the recent NFL championship games and the struggles of Lamar Jackson and the Baltimore Ravens. They also talk about the hiring of new coordinators for the Philadelphia Eagles and the performance of the Kansas City Chiefs defense. The Ravens' failure to stick to their strong run game and Lamar Jackson's discomfort in the pocket are highlighted as key factors in their loss to the Chiefs. You're listening to WCC Radio, Coastal Carolina University student-run radio station. It's two o'clock. This is Sports Uncaged. I am your host, as normal, Christian Mitchell. I'm joined here by Cole Dennis today. We got... We're going to... It was an interesting weekend. We had the outcomes of these championship games with the NFL as we're really pushing towards what's going to be the final game of the season, which is crazy. But before we get into that, I have to give my mom a little birthday shout-out. One day. Yesterday was her birthday. Happy birthday, Mom. You know, gotta represent. Happy birthday, Mama Mae. But first, before we get into, you know, the whole Super Bowl, the Ravens, Niners game, all the drama that unfolded yesterday and that's going to unfold in the past, I want to talk about the Eagles hiring two new offensive coordinators, or two new coordinators, both the offense and defensive coordinator, and hiring Vic Fangio and Kellen Moore. And I'll just kick it over to Cole here. What do you think about those hires? So, I think the biggest issue this year for the Eagles was losing both coordinators last year after the fall. And both of them kind of proved that they were great coaches. With Gannon in Arizona, even though it wasn't like the best of years, when Tyler Murray came back, you could see there was some upside with that team. And even earlier, like, they were competing with Josh Dobbs for a while, and with Cincinnati, their coach was phenomenal. But two key hirings there. Kellen Moore, massive hire. He was a big name a couple years ago, or last year, when he left the Cowboys and went to the Chargers. A little disappointing here with the Chargers this year, but I think he'll be able to get a lot out of that Eagles offense. You got weapons on the outside with A.J. Brown and Devonta Smith. And then, your run game is so phenomenal. So I think O.C. will be fine as long as he's able to incorporate all of them, as I think he will be. Kellen Moore is pretty proven. Who was the D.C. you just said? Vic Fangio. Vic Fangio. Old head. He came from the Dolphins. He has a lot of experience now. In recent years, he's been a little more lackluster. He does gotta fix that secondary a little bit, just because of, that was your biggest weakness this year, with that defensive side of the ball. Your front seven, honestly, are all phenomenal players. So I think he'll be able to turn things around for you. And yeah, we'll be hitting on the rest of the NFL news after the break. This is SportsLink Age. You're listening to WCC Radio, Coastal Carolina University's student radio station. It is 2 o'clock. It's Monday. We got some SportsLink Age here. I am your host, Christian Mitchell, joined by Cole Dennis and Braxton. There was a little technical difficulties in the intro, but basically what I was saying is we are coming off of a crazy, eventful weekend. Obviously, AFC and NFC Championships Sundays. Two really huge, drama-filled, action-packed games, kind of as we expected them. But before we really get into that, I gotta give a quick belated birthday shout-out to my mom. Thanks for listening. I love the support, as always. Happy birthday. Doing great things. And now that we got that through, Ravens, Chiefs. Games delivered. And some, in my opinion. Not as much as the Lions and Niners game. But just, of course, you know the Chiefs have to pull away in some crazy, missed call, whatever, you know. Typical Chiefs game. So we'll start with Cole here. What was your initial reaction to Lamar struggling in this game yesterday? So, early in that game, he was struggling, and then he hit that pass over the top to Dave Flowers after avoiding the sack, and I was like, uh-oh. As a Steelers fan, I was like, uh-oh, this is where he turns it around, this is where it starts rolling for that Ravens offense, and then he even gets that lucky tip pass that he catches, takes it for 15 yards, and I'm like, there's another highlight play for Lamar right there. They're probably getting the momentum going with that team, but that Kansas City defense just stifled the Ravens all day long after that point forward, because, I mean, Lamar just on his face all game. Every time they cut to him, like, walking off the field, you could just see he either looked distraught, frustrated, or angry, because, I mean, he was just going through it all game, and you could tell it's just not a good look for a quarterback when he's walking off the field looking frustrated or clueless. After the pick, in the end zone, where you see him, he comes to the sideline and just spikes his helmet. It's just kind of like pent-up frustration. So kicking it over to Braxton, did you think that Lamar was going to continue with his sort of playoff struggles here? I didn't think so, solely because, again, that Kansas City defense is no joke, but let's be real, that Ravens offense looked like they were better all around. All year long. Yeah, all year long, exactly. I think the problem with Lamar yesterday was the fact, he looked like he thought too much in the pocket. Like, when you see him scramble outside, it looked like he was going for a throw every time, and then he would end up being sacked instead of just taking off and running it for the easy first down. And it was really frustrating, because that's the strong suit of the game. And then he would try to force balls too, I mean, like, Dave Flowers somehow, someway was the best player and the worst player of that game yesterday. I thought Lamar completely underperformed, and I wasn't expecting it. I thought he was going to play way better, just because of how he played against the Texans, especially coming out the second half, because we knew they struggled against the Texans first half, and then they came out last. Yeah. See, I was really hoping and praying, you know, Lamar Jackson, save us, get the keys, right? But I feel this, I don't know if it's more of a credit to Lamar, kind of, with his playoff blows or whatever, and, you know, you only put up seven points, or, sorry, ten points in a game, in a playoff game, chances are you're not winning that game, especially against the Chiefs. But, I feel like this speaks more on just how good this Kansas City defense has been this year. They, like you said, Lamar just kind of looked uncomfortable throughout the entire game. And there was that one third down where he was, it was a third and short, he scrambles out to his right, and it, like you said, he's looking to throw it the whole way, which is normally the right read, but you're Lamar Jackson. That's what got you into this AFC championship. You've been great throwing the ball this year, but I'm telling you, it's not your arm, it's been your legs, like it has been all year. That's one of those spots, it's like, why change up what you've been doing that got you here? And then he runs out of bounds, like, he loses like a couple yards there, it's just like plays like that. And then at the end of the game, where he, not the end of the game, but towards the end of the game, they're driving down, and he forces it into triple coverage to, I mean, our boy Isaiah Likely, should have been passing interference, probably, yes, I think 100%, but you gotta, like, there's three people on your backup tight end. You have to have a favorable matchup somewhere else on the field. And you just don't, like, quite simply, you don't have to force that ball there. Yeah. And it wasn't even like he had the three people beat over top, he had one person, he had the linebacker running with him at his hip, and then he had the two safeties over top. It wasn't like there was any room for that ball to get in there, like, there was no opportunity. Yeah, exactly. It would have been the best throw of all time to get that thing in there. Pretty much. Flipping over to the Chiefs side, back to their defense, Chris Jones, man, I swear he was hurt, like, three times in this game, and it just did not matter. He was still out there, really causing havoc all day on Ravens' offensive line, especially Tyler Linderbaum, their center, has been very good all year, and there was a good amount of pressure from the Chiefs, with Jerry Esnead obviously making that big punch out at the goal line. It's really just kind of, it seemed to be a lot of missed opportunities there from the Ravens. Two goal line turnovers, it just, it can't happen. A big thing in that game was the Ravens got away from the run so fast, and they were never down by, like, over 20 points, like, they weren't even down by over 10 points. 10 points the whole time. So, like, to get away from what you do best as an offense, I think Gus Edwards only had three carries, but, like, when he was touching the ball, he was gashing the Chiefs. Like, the Chiefs' rush defense is, like, ranked 18th in the league, so that is their defensive weakness, and they just didn't attack it at all, and it was a shame to see if you were a Ravens fan. 100%. I mean, like, that's been the Ravens' strong suit all season. I don't understand why you would not play the run game. I mean, again, listen, I know, like, they didn't even put Dalvin Cook on the field at all, and listen, I know Dalvin Cook old. He still ain't bad, though. Like, you can at least apply to run game with Hill, Edwards, and Dalvin Cook, but they didn't at all. Like you said, Edwards is their RB1 right now. They have, like, three carries. Yeah. What are they doing? You have a Lamar-led rushing attack, and Lamar, there wasn't really any designed runs for him. It was like you were playing against the opposite of their strong suit, forcing him to sit back and throw in the pocket, and then, like we were talking, how he just kind of looked somewhat rattled and just not comfortable all day. It's like you're kind of playing into exactly what the Chiefs wanted you to do. Like, you had the Ravens, like we've been saying, all year, great running the ball. Historically, the Ravens are a good, they're always good at defense and running the ball. That's what gets them to this spot, and they just don't continue to go with it. It doesn't have to be, you know, Gus Edwards. It doesn't have to be Dalvin Cook, but it's got to be a mix of them. Sort of like how they complimented, or how the Bills have been complimenting Josh Allen in the rushing game this year, where they'll run his power options and all this, but they'll still, like James Cook is still getting a good amount of carries. Just take the pressure off of your receiving core, because that's not your strong suit on a team. And back with the Chiefs, they just, they didn't score a single point in the second half. And they won a playoff game against a one seed on the road. Like, when does that happen, you know? Yeah, it's a rare occurrence when you can hold a team to zero points in the second half and 17 points in total, and not walk out of the game with a win. When you have, I mean, oh. You have a, like, one of the top offenses in the league, and get held to 10 in the biggest game of the year, biggest game of a lot of people's careers, definitely the Marjacks, and it was just, it was shambles for the Ravens. Second half, you have six drives, and out of those six drives, you only got three points. That's pitiful for a number two offense, or number one offense in the league. The team that led the league in scoring margin, or scoring differential, you know. It's just, and they had multiple red zone possessions. To just come away with three points there, it's like, you're not going to win a football game under those circumstances. And as much as it's probably easy to point at the offense, like, they were moving the ball up and down the field, specifically in that second half. In between the 20s, where it really mattered, that Chiefs defense, you know. They came up, made stands in one way or another. That was one of the big storylines going into this game, because the Ravens defense was number one, and the Chiefs were number two. And the only discernible, like, difference between, like, stats-wise was turnovers. The Ravens dominated in forcing turnovers and scoring off getting turnovers this year. And they weren't able to force any, while the Chiefs were able to force three. Exactly, and that's, again, just another reason why the Chiefs are so good. They don't turn the ball over in the playoffs. Much less, like, during the regular season, but specifically in the playoffs, they maximize every possession. Going back to the first half, where they had multiple, like, seven-minute touchdown drives. Just completely, you know, if you're Lamar, how are you supposed to get in rhythm if you're on the field for 45 seconds at a time? It's like, it's part of the formula that you use, that you try and use to beat the Chiefs, where it's like, keep Patrick Mahomes off the field, control the ball, you know. That's exactly what the Chiefs went out there and did, and they just, Lamar never got into the rhythm. Their offense really only had, like, two real good plays in the entire first half. It was just kind of dominated from the Chiefs the whole way, and we'll see how the Chiefs fare against the 49ers in two weeks. This has been Sports Uncaged. We'll be back after the break. You're listening to WCC Radio, Coastal Carolina University student-run radio station. This is Sports Uncaged. I am your host, Christian Mitchell, joined here by Braxton and Cole. We were talking mostly about the AFC championship before the break, sort of switched things over to the NFC side of things in a game that was filled with, you know, just as much drama as that AFC game, if not more. Where, obviously, the Lions go into halftime holding a 17-point lead, up 24 to 7, and just are not able to put the 49ers away as they come back and win, giving us a rematch of, I think it was, 2019 Super Bowl with the Niners and the Chiefs. And we'll start with Braxton here. Dan Campbell, we're going to go straight into this, had two fourth down calls that he did not convert, passing up the field goal both times, and they come back and they end up losing by a field goal. What's your take on Dan Campbell going forward and being risky in this situation? I hate to say that he ruined the game for them, but let's be honest. He ruined the game for them because, again, he had that chance. He was up by 14, had that chance to make it a three-possession game. But he went for a fourth down and they didn't get it, and then the tides just changed. I mean, the momentum changed, they got the fourth down version, and then 49ers just went downfield. Touchdown, they just kept going, Jameer Gibbs fumbles it, and then that was the biggest one. You see that or IU's catch after the fumble. That was crazy. That made me visibly angry watching. Like Brock Purdy gets yards for that? Are we for real? Keep going. I think Dan Campbell being too aggressive ruined that game for them. For sure. And also, must I say, when the Lions needed it, for some reason the right receivers just decided to have Butterfingers. Josh Reynolds, yes. They just decided to not catch the ball anymore. It's not Jared Oswalt. He played a great game. I was just going over to Cole. Do you think if they convert, even just one of these fourth downs, we're having this conversation about how Dan Campbell might be too aggressive? Oh, absolutely not. The first one, I gotta say, I do respect the live by the sword, die by the sword mentality. But at the same time, I understand going for the first one, you're up 24-10, kind of a dagger moment. You kind of want to put the dagger in them, maybe score a touchdown on that drive, 31-10. It's hard to come back because it's like middle of the third quarter already. But the second one is really the head-stretcher of them all. You're down 27-24, little time left on the clock. I think it was under 10 minutes at that point. And to go for it when you're down three in a playoff game, biggest game of everyone's life, just costs you the game, basically. Because like you said, it ended up being a three-point difference. And if you hit the field goal there, they went down and scored, but you also answered right back the very next drive. So I don't know. It just didn't seem like he trusted the defense at all, which is weird. I mean, the Ravens and the Lions both were the less experienced team of the two. Obviously, with both the Niners playing in the NFC Championship pretty much every year, they've been to a couple of Super Bowls. And then the Chiefs, their whole spiel. And the inexperience on both sides showed, really. Both games, you have a huge rookie mistake with the Zay Flowers fumble and then the Jameer Gibbs fumble. I like what you were saying, where you live by what got you there. It's just not the time. The inexperience really showed. Dan Campbell, this is a playoff game. You don't have to score a touchdown here. Just kicking that field goal, the first time going for it, like you said, I don't hate that. Whatever happens. Trying to put the dagger, trying to put it away. You didn't know Brennan Ayink was going to catch a 50-yard pass off of your DB's face in the next play. Whatever. It's not like you were in the huddle. Like, oh yeah, I'm going to draw up the play that Josh Reynolds is going to drop right open in the middle of the field. It's just kind of, things happen. I get that. But that second one, really, it's a one-possession game. Your whole thing, your whole monster has been maximizing your possessions. That kicking the field goal is maximizing your possession there against a great defense who you have kicked around all day. Yes, that did happen. But if you're in field goal range, there's not a lot of time left in the fourth. You need to keep yourself competitive because at that stage you were losing. And then they go down, they score their touchdown. Now you're facing a two-possession lead with three minutes to go. Like that's not, you're putting yourself in a position where you're pretty much going to need an onside kick. And they had a good attempt at it. That was a pretty good attempt, all things considered. But that's not, you can't rely on that at all, whatsoever. You know, you never want to be in the position where you have to get an onside kick. Just because I think they mentioned this, that it was like two for 44 this year. Four percent chance. That is as, like they always say, play the stack. Like that's what people go in for. They always say you're playing the analytics. But keeping the field goal, I feel like analytically is your best option at that point of the game. Just because if you don't get it, you have to rely on that onside kick where it's only a four percent chance. And like it's pretty impossible at this stage in the NFL to really get onside kicks unless you catch someone off guard. Especially against such a good team skill position-wise. Like it was George Kittle who recovered the kick. You kick that ball at him ten times, maybe he doesn't get it once. Like once out of all of those attempts. But yeah, back to what I was saying. The inexperience just really showed coaching-wise, player-wise there too. That Gibbs fumble was so costly for them. Because that just kind of, things were going bad. They still had a, I believe they were still 5-14 when Gibbs fumbled. And then things just got worse. Everything was gone. The crowd was fully alive. That was it. It kind of seemed like after that happened, it was like, okay. The 49ers are probably going to win this game. Yeah, after that fumble it really set the tone. And you were like. I even like, when it was 14-0, I told my girlfriend I wouldn't be surprised if the 49ers came back and won. And then they went on that rally. It was 24-7 going into halftime. And she was like, they're looking good. They're looking good. And I was like, it does look like right now it might be their year. But like you said, the inexperience always comes to bite these people in their butt. Because both teams, both games, you could tell which side had been there before. Which coaching staff has the experience and knows what to do. And it was pretty clear at the end of the game, especially with the 49ers line. Yeah, and I was going to mention, big shout out to Kyle Shanahan that second half. Those play calls were phenomenal on what he was doing. And also, Brock Purdy struggled that first half. And then he got on it. He got on it. He started being aware of the pocket. And then he started scrambling. And that's actually what killed the Lions on the most part. He scrambled. He ran for like 57 yards. You don't see that from Brock Purdy. He trusts his O-line. And that killed him. That killed. And the interesting storyline out of this was that I feel like most of the year, or at least going into this week, most of the people were ignoring Lamar Jackson's issues. But everyone that gets on Purdy's, the issues are there in Lamar. And the whole storyline reversed. Now everyone's probably humping up Purdy. Because he kind of shut down all the naysayers a little bit. The past couple weeks, coming back in the second half, a lot of people were like, we haven't seen him in tight games, how he performs. He's never had a comeback drive in like the past two weeks. A deficit. He's been able to make it happen in those situations. And even in the first half, not playing well, Tom Brady had a lot of playoff games where he didn't play well in the first half. But in the second half, when it mattered most, he came through and delivered for his team. That's exactly. That's where the, not directly through Purdy, although I'm going to give him his flowers. He played a phenomenal game, especially in that second half. But that's, again, where the coaching just experience versus inexperience is really shown. Where are you making your adjustments at halftime? You can run a team up and down the field, all you want in the first half. Doesn't matter. They kept it into where it was still. It's almost like, I'm going to kind of compare it to basketball, where you're just keeping yourself in striking distance. You're kind of giving yourself a chance. With the 24-7 lead, obviously you would expect the Lions to go on and win. I think they were, I don't know if they were the first, but they were either the first or the second team to blow a 17-point lead in the NFC Championship. That's just, and now Kyle Shanahan had his own, was on that blowing the lead side of it there too. He's been there. This is not the biggest game of Kyle Shanahan's life that they just played. It was the, outside of Jared Goff, literally every player on the Lions had never been there. They were getting major contributions from four rookies. It's just kind of like a Cinderella story. It just had to end at some point. Something had to give. You got the pressure of that whole city of Detroit for like 60 years of suffering. It's on your shoulders, and you think they're going to get it done for you. Everyone's so pumped up. They keep cutting the forward field. The fans are going crazy. And then just, I mean, how Detroit can it get besides blowing a 17-point half-time lead to go to the Super Bowl. That's literally exactly what I said yesterday watching the game. At the end of the game, I was like, wow, this is the most Detroit Lions way to lose a football game. This seems like the pretty normal for, what, the other 18 years of our, like all of my life. And we'll be back after this. It's been SportsLine Cage. You're listening to WCC Radio, Coastal Carolina University's studio and radio station. This is SportsLine Cage. I'm your host, Christian Mitchell, joined here by Cole and Braxton. We've talked both sides now, both championship games. We're going to do a little, maybe a little too early of a prediction. Look towards, you know, the new Super Bowl, the rematch of Super Bowl, what is it, like 54? Yeah, I think so. That's a lot of Super Bowls now. We're getting up there. But we got, you know, like we've been saying, Niners, Chiefs, and I'm just going to really just open this up. We'll go back to Cole. Who you got and why? I think the dynasty is going to be cast off here. I think this is where it officially becomes a dynasty with Mahomes winning another ring, probably going to be MVP of the game once again. You know, I just can't bet against playoff P. It's not Paul George anymore. Playoff P is now Patrick Mahomes because that dude becomes next level. I think it's like 38 touchdowns to only three interceptions in his playoff career. He is just something different, and you just can't stop that guy. Exactly. It's like literally any small play at the end of the game, the Chiefs just do so routinely. They just make the right decisions. Even with one of the worst receiver cores in the league. Yeah, and it just doesn't even matter except Travis Kelsey and Patrick Mahomes. But we'll flip it over to Braxton. Who you got? I'm going to go against you here. I think the Niners are coming back for vengeance. On the Chiefs, I think the playmakers are going to make plays. I think that's what it's going to come down to. I think the Niners' defense needs to step up. And I don't know if that's because of Steve Wilks or if it's the players, but they've been killing it all regular season. Both playoff games, they've disappointed in a way. Except second half, every time. But they need to step up in the first half if they're going to get the Chiefs because Chiefs always come out hot in the first half. I saw it last week. Well, literally yesterday. Yeah, they always come out hot in the first half. And, I mean, the guy you've got to look at is Travis. And I guess you could say Pacheco, too. And then Rasheed Rice. But that's it. That's really it. It's just them three that are the threats. I mean, MVS is – come on now. He's made a couple big catches this postseason, but he's not like a routinely play-by-play player. But if MVS makes a big catch against you, that's something you live with. You're trying. You're like, all right, we're going to shut down Kelsey or do our best to shut down Kelsey. Make somebody else beat you. Make that receiver that's been struggling, catching the ball all year, make a big play, which he did. He did do that yesterday. But you also seen him against the Eagles. He dropped that big what would have been the game-winning touchdown late in the fourth. For me, I mean, I guess we've got the tiebreaker here. I do not want to see either team win, to be completely honest with you. Like I said this one about the Chiefs playing the Ravens, the Ravens are better in pretty much every position except for two than the Chiefs. And it's not going to matter. You know, it's just setting up the typical Patrick Mahomes, beating the better overall team with some crazy plays, you know. That's just kind of – I don't expect anything different. You know, I think the Niners are going to come in with a bad taste in their mouth, especially with some of them. They're somewhat different from when they were last in the Super Bowl against the Chiefs. But a lot of their core players, Kittle, Nick Bosa, Fred Warner, Dre Greenlaw on that defense, like they were there. They know how that feels. I feel like that's going to be Kyle Shanahan, you know. The big question with Kyle Shanahan too, he's been a top coach the last like really probably like five years now. Still has yet to win a Super Bowl. This is a managed play to see if he can win this game for sure. He's so close. It's like his dad, though. His dad – I forget his first name, but the first Shanahan in the league. He made it to a couple Super Bowls before he got his first ring with the Broncos. They got smacked a couple times. But they were able to figure it out later into his career and John Elway's career. I mean, eventually Shanahan will win. I just don't think it's this year. Just because I know the Chiefs, like they did yesterday against the Ravens, they're going to be sending the house the whole game to make Purdy – just make him think a little bit more. Make him make quick decisions. You can't give him time in the pocket to process, especially with all those weapons. Someone's bound to get open. I mean, the Chiefs secondary is one of the most underrated, I think. Oh, yeah. Absolutely. Sneed and McDuffie both have been – specifically Sneed has been great all year. And I don't think that's been talked about enough just because you got Patrick Mahomes on the offensive side of the ball, so no one really focuses on that secondary they've had. But I think they got two All-Pros this year. I believe Sneed was an All-Pro. Yeah, he was great. Even their linebacker, Nick Bolton, is always a great tackle machine. Great tackle. And out of nowhere he'll make a key play. Big interception late into a game. He's always due for something. Even if you look back a couple years ago when their defense was not as strong as it is now, they seem to always step up and make the timely defensive play. And now it's more of, you know, they just suffocated Lamar for four quarters pretty much. Just they've been, like I said, so good, and they've played better in the playoffs than the 49ers defense has on the other side. And when you look at really coming down, especially with tight ends, you're guarding your opposing team's tight end with your safeties or your linebackers. It's not typically a corner. I was talking about this last week. The Ravens, you know, two of the best. If they don't have the best linebacking core in the league, it's the 49ers. And Travis Kelsey went 11 catches on 11 targets, 100-something yards, touchdowns. If they're not going to stop them, I don't think there's any other linebacker core or defense that really can. So it's like, oh, like breaking news, you can't stop Travis Kelsey and Patrick Mahomes. But it's like you have to just try and contain them. Giving up 60, 65 yards to Kelsey is a win. And that's something that the 49ers are going to have to do. And I'm expecting there's going to be a lot of Fred Warner, probably, just even just being physical with them, just pushing them around, you know. Jamming them at the line. Don't let them get off that line. Even have a D end, give it in the shoulder. It's got to be chippy. This game's going to be chippy because of the pass with them, especially in that Super Bowl. It's a developing rivalry. This is probably going to be like the Steelers-Cowboys in the 70s. Yeah, yeah. At this point. Exactly. And I think for the 49ers, again, I do believe the Chiefs could definitely win this 100%. But I think the 49ers, the thing that they have to do in order to beat the Chiefs is do the complete opposite of what the Ravens did. Run the ball. You have, if not the best running back in the league right now. And he will drop 100 yards and two touchdowns a game in his sleep. Right, come on now. He does that every day. CMC anytime touchdown last night was free. Right. Eat, sleep, CMC touchdown. Exactly. That's how it is. Exactly what you were saying, really. Just keep the ball away from the home as much as you can. Try and, if you're going to control the ball and control the clock, just try and make things as hard as they possibly can be on him outside of just the physical. Because obviously he can go up and down on any defense. You want to give him those time constraints. Does that matter? I don't know. He scored 13 seconds against Buffalo. But that's kind of the way you have to do it. That's got to be the scheme going into it. He's going to score. He's going to get their points. You've just got to keep him off the field as long as he can. He's not playing both sides of the ball. Really, and I think a team that's built, I thought the Ravens were built to do that, and I think the 49ers are built the same way, dominating defense, great run game. But we'll see how it goes against that Chiefs D-line that with Chris Jones has been good. Absolutely. Another big story, though, last time they met in the Super Bowl, you've got to remember that the Niners were up 24 to 10, won the Chiefs, and blew it later in that game. I think if they can get in a situation like that again in this game, I think they'll be able to hold on, just because I think Purdy's a little better than Naropolo. I would say he's better than Naropolo for sure. But I'm not completely sold on Purdy just yet. If he's like the star quarterback that you really need to win a bowl. But, I mean, that team's full of ball pros everywhere, so you don't even need a star quarterback. Yeah, I just don't think he's bad enough to lose you a game. Especially when you've got a 14-point lead. He's really good at playing in front of teams. He hasn't really blown games. And that's how the Niners are kind of built to play. Especially with the after-game CMC, they've more or less been unbeatable. They have their moments. They were on a three-game losing streak this year. But then after that, what did they lose? Did they lose? I don't think they've lost since that, actually. Maybe one. Maybe a game, yeah. Like I said, they've just been so good. And he's been a part of it. He doesn't really turn the ball over. He doesn't make these bad decisions. He just kind of goes. He's just Jimmy G, but better. He's managing the game and all. But a game manager is not making those scrambles that came yesterday down the line that ultimately won them the game. These aren't just, oh, I'm scrambling for three yards real quick, like Philip Rivers, and sliding, getting a first down. I'm running for like 15 yards, moving the chains when we need to move the chains. This is Sports Uncaged. We'll be back after this break. You're listening to WCC Radio, Coastal Carolina University studio and radio station. This is Sports Uncaged. I'm your host, Christian Mitchell, joined here with Cole Dennis and Braxton. We've been talking all NFL today, both AFC and NFC championships. We've got the Super Bowl. And it's never too early to look forward to the NFL draft, in my opinion. Now that we're here. And the Bears, their consecutive number one picks in the draft now. We'll start with Braxton. We were talking about this a little bit over the break. If you're the Bears, are you drafting a quarterback? I'm not even going to say Caleb Williams, but a quarterback there? Or are you trusting in Justin Fields? I'm on the Justin Fields train. So I would draft Marvin Harrison solely because of the fact that Darnell Mooney has had two down years in a row. And I don't think he's right for receiver two worthy because maybe he's better at the slot spot. Because Marvin Harrison, we all know, generational talent. Come on, we probably know he's going to do good in the NFL. But I do see where you're coming from on taking Caleb Williams because, again, I don't know if you're going to get another QB like that in years. That's a generational talent. Right. You don't see any QBs coming up that's like wowing you right now in college. Yeah, I think it's shaky for the Bears. I think they're personally going to trade it. But I do understand if they choose Caleb Williams. I think it benefits the team most to trade Justin Fields, get more picks. You might even be able to get another first round pick if you trade like a later one, not like top ten or anything. But you could definitely get in that 20, 31, 32 range. Like if you want to give up a Justin Fields, you're like Steelers this year. You'd be gross on the Steelers. Like if you wanted to trade him or even an early second round pick, like those are premier picks in the NFL draft where you can rebuild your franchise. I mean they had a great end to the year. Their defense was stepping up big time later into the season. I think it's more beneficial to trade Justin Fields, start it over with a young quarterback, fresh contract. You got the four years of that rookie deal. I mean they were close this year to making the playoffs, so it could be a quick turnaround if this is that. I completely agree. I think you've got to go Caleb. You can trade Justin Fields, improve the team elsewhere. And then also you could be getting a better, one, a better quarterback, two, a cheaper quarterback at the same time. And you look at the 49ers in the Super Bowl, how much money is Brock Hardy making this year? Three million at most, something along those lines. A lot of the times last year, the Eagles in the Super Bowl, Jalen wasn't making any money. A lot of the times the quarterbacks that are on these competing teams are on the rookie deals. That's your kind of – you get your first year, maybe your second year to develop, and that third, fourth year, that's kind of your window when you draft a quarterback. Because that's the most flexibility you'll have to build a good supporting cast around whoever. I don't think you can justify paying Justin Fields the money and just putting more resources into him. Like I said, you could get a better quarterback for cheaper and put more around him. I want to thank you all for listening today. This has been Sports Uncaged.