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COMMENTATOR: It will be time for these two teams to settle it. He

will fire it towards the end zone. Going deep. A one-man wrecking crew!

Unbelievable! How did he do that? In the end zone. Unstoppable. Welcome

to the The NFL Show. We can get this out of the way because it will be

painful. Osi, how many predictions did you get right last week? I got

everything right, I have to be honest, I'm just the greatest. Last

week was fake news, nobody cares, I'm the greatest, the world has ever

seen, I'm back, nobody can dispute my greatness. Oh. I don't know how

you do it. You have nothing to lose.

Do you feel me? Do you feel me? A little frustration. They are used to

nothing but success. Touchdown! Under the heading of things that

cannot happen tonight that is one of them. The champions of the world

right here. Let's go. We've got to respond now.

Touchdown! Welcome to the The NFL Show. It could be a long half-hour!

Three games left in the NFL season and in 24 hours, two of those three

will be concluded and we will know who will be in Super Bowl. The two

conference championship finals and the winners will hedge to Houston to

compete for the Super Bowl. To confirm the results from last

weekend. We have some sensational games, some less than sensational

games. Anything surprise you about what you saw? I didn't know Aaron

Karren Brady! He is that good. I cannot believe how good he is

playing. You are struggling because you got two four and he has four and

it means you in your predictions in the playoffs are level. It has

affected you psychologically. It is hard to be up here with you guys. I

assume nothing surprises you. I am not surprised about what happened. I

got everything correct, the way I usually do up until last week, when,

you know... You are the greatest guy I ever bet. I am glad you sorted

that out. When we look at the four teams left and the four quarterbacks

left, this is why there is so much excitement ahead of these games and

the Super Bowl because arguably we have the four best quarterbacks we

could have hoped for. Dak Prescott might have something to say about

that. The teams they represent, those four, going head-to-head is

mouthwatering. That is what you have to look at. You want to look at what

else they have because you think they are going to X each other out.

How much do you look at the bottom two lines on the graphic. Matt Ryan

of the Falcons falling behind the others, not having been in a Super

Bowl he does not have a Super Bowl record and his playoff experience is

less than the others. It has been thrown at him a lot. Justifiably so

because his record is not good in the playoffs but he has to be in the

playoffs for his record to get better and he is doing that right

now. He is having a fantastic season. If there was a year when he

breaks out of the slump, in the playoffs, it is this year. Getting

ahead of ourselves when you look at the four who remain. It will not be

a bad Super Bowl whatever the matchup. Without cursing it! It is

who they are now. What I worry about with Matt Ryan, who is there to say,

we have been here before, we are used to this? When everybody else

has that. We can look at the NFC first. We will go with the Green Bay

Packers against the Atlanta Falcons. The backers got here with a stunning

victory over the top seeds, Dallas Cowboys in what I think is already

going down as one of the great playoff games the NFL has seen. No

question. The Packers took off with a commanding lead. Dak Prescott of

the Cowboys played an outstanding second-half. It was an outstanding

game from start to finish. And given that lead to the Packers built up,

you thought that it was done and dusted, certainly at 21-3. The guys

had to battle back and did what they should have done at the beaming,

cutting back to the run game, dominating the line of scrimmage. A

lot has been made of Prescott. Added experienced players. They have never

been in a situation like this. There is no way to prepare yourself in a

situation like this. They played well but at the end of the day I

think we called it a couple of weeks ago they would be eliminated because

they need experience. Next year the Dallas Cowboys will be an

outstanding team. I agree. I want them to win this game. I thought

they had everything going for them. After the interception, the way he

bounced back, promising for his future. He embodies everything the

NFL is about. Carrying himself in a proper way and handles himself the

exact way you would want a quarterback to handle himself. Which

would mean Dallas, it ends the Tony Romo question. Tony Romo if they can

will be traded and this is Dak Prescott's team from now? You have

to go with you. It is a young league. I was a Tony Romeu supporter

and still am. But he proved he was the person to lead the team in the

future, you have to go with you. The Cowboys went straight down the other

end and Bailey scoring the field goal. 31-31 and Aaron Rodgers with

35 seconds on the clock for the final drive. One of the most amazing

plays. As a right corner which I played, you do not think this throw

can get there. Throwing across the field, across his body, there was

nowhere else he could put that, amazing. Cook's catch. People have

focused on Aaron Rodgers was to be throw. The reason they focus more on

the throw is receiver 's practice that catch all the time, the toad

drag you saw. But the throw was ridiculous. We have had a dig at

kickers over the season. So many being missed. Both deserved credit.

Two 50 plus kicks. Daley never looking like he would felt. There is

something going on. You have good quarterbacks and kickers which might

be the combination deep in the playoffs. Nobody cares about

kickers, one second left in the game and you have to win the game and

suddenly the kickers... They came through. On the stats, to highlight

Mason Crosby's importance to the Packers, the 51 yards the longest to

win a postseason game and 23 consecutive postseason field goals.

If you aren't looking for extended highlights and analysis the games

you will find them on VI player. The Packers' opponents, the Falcons, who

took on the Seattle Seahawks last weekend. This was in Atlanta, in the

Georgia Dome. For is so much time we have spoken about Atlanta and their

offense and the different options, but Osi, as a man who has played

defense for the Falcons, how impressed where you? They got after

Russell Wilson and Billy -- Billy Kee offensive line. An outstanding

game and nobody is giving them credit for a good defense because

they have been inconsistent but they might be hitting their stride. They

are both the same defense. This is the same defense. You are watching

the same defenses play but Atlanta seems to have turned a corner with

the defense. They were communicating. It look good. Russell

Wilson, going into his own end zone there, as he fell over, you say

Seattle did not communicate as well? They do but Atlanta has stepped up

and are looking similar to Seattle and have the weapons as far as the

safety. He is amazing, put him on the line of scrimmage and he stopped

the run. Like what Seattle does all the time. For all the talk and I

brought up defense first because that is where you played and you'd

like to praise defenses as much as possible, but Atlanta this season

have had 13 different players go in from touchdowns. It is remarkable.

That is ridiculous. Seeing what Matt Ryan has done with the defense.

Deserving credit to get Matt Ryan to play this football. You look at

Julio Jones, but he can beat you with anybody, Matt Ryan. When Julio

Jones got injured, they were still winning. This is about Matt Ryan and

the offense. It seems he is reading defense well and using his best

option at that time and that is good coaching. Add comes with experience.

Out of the four remaining quarterbacks he is the least

experience. That might have been a struggle earlier, trying to make the

big plays, now he has just got to take what he should take, what the

defense it's him. They started 7-0 down in that game, the Falcons. We

spoke about their playoff history. Did they do well not to do Dallas?

They did not care about what happened before which goes to

coaching. To have the lack of experience, 7-0 down, to come back

and win and destroy the Seattle Seahawks, an impressive coaching

performance. How do you see the matchup? Green Bay and Atlanta. I am

not asking for a prediction. You do not have to get nervous! Just an

overall view of how you see this game. I think it will be

high-scoring. You will see electric offense. It will be whoever plays

consistent at quarterback. These are two the best and it will be

exciting. It will be two of the best offenses in football going

head-to-head and I am excited to see the outcome. I have an idea of who I

want to win and who will win. Can you see both teams going over 30

points? Definitely. They have the skills to do it. The winner will

have to go over 30. Going back to defense, it depends on which defense

deals better with it and would you say Atlanta's defense looks better?

They definitely look better. Where are they stronger? In the defense.

They are better. Green Bay is picking up guys anywhere they can

find to play defense these days. I agree with you. This is very

disappointing! Where do you disagree? Green Bay are solid

upfront. Falcons do also but upfront the Packers are the better team. The

advantage they have, Atlanta is that. Aaron Rodgers when Green Bay

were on the bad run and had to win all remaining games to make the

playoffs said they were going to run, winning every game, and taking

control. Is this season a failure for Green Bay now, given how they

have been playing? I think it would be because it is magical. You want

this story to end like this with him to run the table. Nobody could have

guessed this. It would be a failure because the way things have gone so

far for Green Bay, he said that an playing the best quarterback

football we have seen. For him not to end with Super Bowl... He said he

has taken playing this position to the highest level. He does stuff

nobody else can do. Predictions? I am going with Atlanta. Are you? I am

going with Atlanta because I look at the numbers. But, man, it is hard to

bet against. Going against Aaron Rodgers? I am looking at the facts.

That is what I do. Your heart will overrule your head. No question. As

a former Falcon. My head says the Packers will win because they have

momentum and the way their quarterback is playing. Even when I

was playing in New York, I lived Atlanta, I have been in Atlanta the

whole time. It is going to be a great game. I am picking the Atlanta

Falcons also. It means you cannot be wrong if you go with your head and

heart. My father said go with your heart and I have to go with my

heart. Would you be upset if Green Bay won? I am the greatest of all

time! You are! We can move on to the AFC.

The Pittsburgh Steelers taking on the New England Patriots. The

Steelers got here with a win on the road at the Kansas City Chiefs. You

felt a little bit with this everything was set up for Kansas

City. It was cold. The atmosphere, and yet, it did not pan out for

them. All that stuff you said sounded

cute. The entire time there was one guy on this courage who said the

Kansas City Chiefs will not make it! There is one guy here, sitting to

the left of Jason Bell... Defensively they showed up. They

played good football against the Pittsburgh Steelers. What was it,

six field goals or something like that? But offensively they just

didn't have the weapons, they didn't have the firepower. They put me to

sleep again! Is this Alex Smith's fault? No, it's not his fault, they

were just the team they are. They played against three dangerous

offensive weapons and they couldn't stop any of them. This is who Alex

Smith has always been, so you can't now expect him to carry a football

team and throw them the victory like that. When they went in for that

touchdown with two minutes 40 left, they went to the extra two, they

caught it and then they were held back for a holding penalty when they

went for it the second time, they didn't connect and that was the end

of that. So for all the criticising, they were never out of it, were

they? No, it was a close game. These are the elite teams and it's going

to be tight. The love I have Paul Casey is all season and what they

were doing. But we're talking about the best playing the best and you've

got to look at the match-ups. You started to praise levy on Bell

offensively. -- LaVeon Bell. I really enjoy watching this man play

football. Were you ever concern for Pittsburgh that they were in the red

zone four times in that game and never converted to a touchdown? Not

against Kansas City, that is a great defense and they played really well

in the red zone, they always have all season. To would you expect them

if they get into the red zone four times against the Patriots to

convert at least one or two of those chances? I think they can pull it

off. The Patriots have an outstanding defense also but I think

if they get into the red zone as many times as they did against

Kansas City, they're going to score lots of touchdowns. Let's show you

the final game which was the Houston Texans visiting the New England

Patriots. The majority of the NFL breathed a sigh of relief that this

was where the Texans's journey ended! Come on, didn't they? It

would have been very odd to stick rock Osweiler on that graphic of our

four quarterbacks. I love the Texans. I know, you played for

them... But let's be odd, it would have been odd if we had put Brock

Osweiler on that graphic. Somebody doesn't belong here! There is a guy

here who is not supposed to be on the list!

LAUGHTER Me end you have seen teams,

Baltimore Ravens have won the Super Bowl without an elite quarterback

before. So I mean, it has happened. But yeah, somebody had to go.

Watching this game, in the first half the Texans did get to Tom

Brady, didn't they? They did beat him up in the first half. The front

four got after him. The offense really started slow and sluggish but

that is what happens when you get pressure on Tom Brady like that.

That is the problem. If you're going to defeat the New England Patriots,

that is the only way to do it. Create havoc on your defensive line.

You can't just do it for one half, you have to do it for the entire

football game. We saw Lewis go in for a touchdown not long ago and the

Patriots were 15-0 when Lewis starts. He does a lot for them. He

can run the ball well. Everything Tom Brady likes to do it on the

middle of that field and Dion Lewis can get up there and he is a

match-up nightmare. Jack of all trades and that is what the Patriots

are so good at. They keep putting these people on the field that can

play multiple positions and do multiple things and they have found

another man to do that in Lewis. He had a hat-trick of touchdowns in

this game. If we expand more on the Patriots, if you... Certainly on

this show and on both the shows we do and I would also say when I'm

reading and watching and listening to American media, they might be in

Massachusetts but I don't think they are generally discussed as much as

the Packers, the Cowboys, the Raiders, the Chiefs, the Broncos

this season. I think we've spent more time talking about the majority

of the other teams in the NFL than the Patriots, considering they are

the number one seeds in the AFC, why? There is never a story and that

is down to Bill Belichick. He makes sure it's about the job, the game.

He gives you nothing else to talk about, he makes it all about

football. I think they are taken for granted now because of their

success. Their success has been their number one enemy in that

regard. They just win every single year. I've never seen anything like

it. Every year you can count on the New England Patriots being up there

in playoff contention or Super Bowl contention and most people see that

again and again and it kind of dull their senses a bit and they take

them for granted. It's their sixth consecutive AFC Championship Game.

Listen to what you just said! Their sixth consecutive... I mean, who

does that? We're going to get here, regardless. Amazing. But you were

saying that one of the secrets to how they operate is that if you go

into New England, we were saying this fair, you go into New England

and you play for the Patriots, it's a job. It's a job. So they take the

emotion out of it. There is emotion in the game but what they do is let

you know what this is about, we are here to work and you are here to do

your role, whatever that is. Is that different to a lot of other teams?

Yes, a lot of teams are like, there is this family atmosphere, we all

get along, we are a unit. They are like no, you do your position and we

win. They call it the Patriot way. Whenever a team or an organisation

operates ruthlessly. Whenever a team operates like that, they say that is

the Patriots way, they do things like the New England Patriots. Like

Jason said, everything is just a job, plain and simple. You're not

allowed to say get at Brady, because that is the answer, whenever I've

spoken about the Patriots, that is what people say. Houston got at

Brady in the first half and they didn't win. So something other than

getting at Brady, how can Pittsburgh win? I'll go first. They have to

have one of the greatest running performances they've ever had.

Because if you are running the ball well and scoring points, Tom Brady

is not on the field. There's only one way to beat the New England

Patriots. You have to remove Bill Belichick from the equation, plain

and simple. If you get into a coaching battle with him, you're

going to lose every single time. What you have to say is this. Bill

Belichick, no matter how good you are, you can't get onto the football

field and put on pads. You have to out- physical the guy you're playing

against, this has to be a physical confrontation. From the start of the

end, you're going to be up in your grill, as we say!

LAUGHTER So yeah, that's it. And if the

running game is going to be key for Pittsburgh, that means that this man

is going to be key, Le'Veon Bell. It boils down to him. It totally boils

down to him and that is what they are built on. That's what they

really want to do. As much as we talk about Big Ben and all the stuff

he does down the field, they want to run the ball and that offensive line

is running... Bouncy in the middle is an amazing center. You can go

first this time, Pittsburgh's... I like Pittsburgh, but. As a standing

rule, I can never bet against the New England Patriots unless they are

playing against the New York Giants. Fortunate for them, they are not

playing the Giants. Can I change this at any time during the... No,

no! Because I am conflicted. This could take a while, ladies and

gentlemen. It's why they pay you the big Bucs! What are you conflicted

about? Because I just want to go out against Osi on this one. I'm going

to go with the Steelers. So at the moment you think it will be Patriots

fold and you have predicted Steelers Fulton 's. Those predictions is

great, but do you think the majority, forget who you support,

the neutral wants a Rogers Brady Super Bowl? For sure. For sure. That

is the sexy Super Bowl match. In sexy!

LAUGHTER -- I deal in sexy!

LAUGHTER You weren't meant to last! So forget

your predictions come would you like a Rogers Brady Super Bowl? No. So,

forget your predictions, let's do the eyes and loads -- let's do the

highs and lows of the week. A view interesting handling manoeuvres.

That was outdoors and this one was indoors so you can't even blame the

weather for that. This was an amazing play from the Falcons

defense. Dion Jones comes away with the ball. Russell Wilson got tripped

by his own line. Matt Ryan not really in tune with his receivers

there. And neither was... This was unbelievable. Do you know how hard

this is, as a defender? What is that? This is what happens when

you've got magic on your side. This isn't magic although it is rather

amusing! Stupid. I know it's stupid, but from a fans's point of view it

is amusing when someone loses it. Travis Kelce with that. I saw...

We have got Brady to Edelman and finally, Dion Lewis channelling his

inner Tyree Cal for an 80 yard, 90 yard kick return. And then look,

wow, the afterburners come on. That's what happens when you wear

number 33! That's what happens! I was wondering about that... Because

we wouldn't have got that. No one would have known. 33. He used it

where 33 in case you're wondering! That is all we have time for this

week. You can join us again this Tuesday

at 11:15pm when we will bring you NFL this week. From Osi, Jason and

myself, it's good night. 33! VOICEOVER: America's dream and the

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titles to win days of thunder, days of wonder. Only the best can breathe

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