Travis on Sub-Zero Football, Jason on Eagles Future and Full Wild Card Recap | Ep 74

Jan 17, 2024

Travis specializes in Sub-Zero Football. They discuss the coldest football game ever played, reactions from players, and major coaching shakeups. They also touch on scented candles, the best Girl Scout cookie, and voting for the 'Big Yeti' at the People's Choice Awards.

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INSIGHT

How All-Pro Awards Differ

Jason Kelsey values AP All-Pro as more objective because many media outlets vote and it reflects season production.
He respects player votes but sees reputation biases in peer-based awards.

ANECDOTE

Playing In Near-Record Cold

Travis describes the Chiefs-Dolphins playoff game as brutally cold and unlike normal stadium conditions.
Players had to run to heaters during drives and felt numbness in hands and toes.

ANECDOTE

Extreme Cold Hacks And Risks

Players used hand and foot warmers, double-socked, and Vaseline to combat freezing conditions.
One player burned his feet from over-layering warmers and developed blisters.

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In this episode, we quickly settle the debate on the better All-Pro award and decide to go ahead and rig the vote to get Travis a People's Choice Award. Just go ahead and vote for Big Yeti below.

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Then we get right into wildcard weekend with Travis recapping the coldest football game ever played at Arrowhead, revealing what lengths players went to to stay warm, and why Rashee Rice has suddenly been unstoppable.

We then get to Jason and the Eagles coming up short in Tampa capping off a rough end of the season. Jason breaks down the reactions from the players in the locker room, what he was feeling on the sideline, and his thoughts on what happens next.

The guys also go around the league to recap a wild first week of the playoffs including CJ Stroud pulling off the upset against the Browns, the Packers shocking the world in Dallas, Detroit winning its first playoff game in over 30 years, and the insanity that was the Bills snowy win over the Steelers.

We also touch on some of the major coaching shakeups from around the league, get an update on how Jason feels about scented candles, and decide on the best Girl Scout Cookie thanks to a wonderful not dumb question.

And for those of you looking to compete in our first-ever fan contest, we will be putting out the full "Best Team Name" bracket and link to enter later today. Follow us on social for details.

We will be back Friday with a preview of the Chiefs Divisional games in Buffalo maybe the most terrifying Travis fan art we've ever seen and a full breakdown of the first round of our "Best Team Name" bracket challenge.

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