The Saints have the strongest combination of defense and special teams remaining in the playoffs
I like their combination of defense and special teams... I would say New Orleans is probably [the strongest].
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View episodeBill Belichick will sign Nick Foles just to berate him for the Super Bowl loss
I actually have a theory about what's going to happen. I think Belichick's going to grab [Nick] Foles. If for nothing else, just so that he can stash him and berate him every day, being like, you son of a bitch, you beat me in the Super Bowl.
Nick Foles will sign with the Jaguars or Broncos and won't be that good
I feel like Nick Foles is destined to end up on a team like, I don't know, the Jaguars or maybe the Broncos. He feels like a Broncos quarterback up and down. And then he's just not going to be that good. And everyone's like, well, but he won a Super Bowl.
Taysom Hill will be the next Drew Brees
I am convinced now that Sean Payton will have the next Drew Brees in Taysom Hill because he had that one throw... Taysom Hill's throwing 50-yard bombs. It's not fair.
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View profileTo beat Tom Brady, you must have a completely different second-half game plan
The thing with Tom is if he knows what you're in, he's going to the right place. So without disguising coverages and giving him his own coverage, you've got no chance... in the second half, we had a totally different game plan. So you knew that they were going to go into the locker room, get it figured out. So you had to have a second pitch within the game plan.
Most of the young offensive coaches being hired in the current 'copycat' cycle will struggle
I imagine that this [hiring young offensive coaches] will be the same thing. Everybody's trying to copycat and catch on to this trend. But, look, being a head coach is hard... there's going to be a lot of guys who struggle.
The Gatorade color for the Super Bowl winner will be lemon-lime
I think we were traditional on our sidelines. I would go lemon-lime.