Highly caffeinated and fueled by the fumes of an excellent (super) Wildcard weekend, Jon and I discuss:
Dak Prescott’s outstanding Monday Night performance
How Dak’s game differed on Monday from the rest of this season
The same old issues with the Bucs’ offense and defense
Brock Purdy’s up-and-down day vs. Seattle
What makes the Shanahan offense so difficult to stop
How to slice up the blame pie for the Chargers’ collapse in Jacksonville
Where the Chargers should look on offense after firing Joe Lombardi
How Trevor Lawrence and Doug Pederson worked their way back into the game
Concerns with the structure of the Bills’ offense
What the Dolphins did on defense to play up Josh Allen’s brand of HeroBall
Daniel Jones’ ascension to Josh Allen-lite
How the Giants changing their identity on defense makes them a legitimate problem in the postseason
What lessons we can learn from the Ravens consistently slowing down the Bengals offense
A whole bunch more
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