1 00:00:11,554 --> 00:00:13,473 [broadcaster 1] 8-9 in 2023… 2 00:00:13,556 --> 00:00:15,933 Certainly not where the Raiders wanted to end up. 3 00:00:16,017 --> 00:00:19,020 [broadcaster 2] I want to feel like the Raiders are close to competing. 4 00:00:19,103 --> 00:00:20,480 And now what? 5 00:00:20,563 --> 00:00:22,190 And the now what of this is… 6 00:00:23,566 --> 00:00:26,277 I believe Davante's gonna be here for a long time. 7 00:00:26,360 --> 00:00:28,988 [Devanne] Hey, crazy hair. [chuckles] 8 00:00:29,071 --> 00:00:32,325 [broadcaster 2] It just feels like the Raiders' wide receiver room 9 00:00:32,408 --> 00:00:35,745 continues to be a strength that they can build on moving forward. 10 00:00:35,828 --> 00:00:39,123 [Devanne] You ready for breakfast? Mhm… 11 00:00:39,207 --> 00:00:42,585 [Davante] Off-season 'Te, the kids like that one a lot more for sure. 12 00:00:42,668 --> 00:00:46,839 They get to see Dad, I get to take Daija to school a lot more 13 00:00:46,923 --> 00:00:48,216 and do all that stuff. 14 00:00:48,299 --> 00:00:49,675 You ready for school today? 15 00:00:49,759 --> 00:00:52,887 Back to daddy duties and a little bit more family time for sure. 16 00:00:53,387 --> 00:00:54,680 Trying to comb it? 17 00:00:54,764 --> 00:00:57,141 [Devanne] I was just... "pulling my hair down." 18 00:00:57,225 --> 00:00:58,768 You trying to comb your hair? 19 00:00:59,519 --> 00:01:00,561 Eat some sausage. 20 00:01:01,771 --> 00:01:05,108 [Devanne] He just loves being a dad. He really is the greatest dad. 21 00:01:05,441 --> 00:01:09,028 He, like, is straight into dad mode, hanging out with me and the girls. 22 00:01:09,112 --> 00:01:10,947 -[Devanne] Banana. -You want Daddy to cut it up? 23 00:01:11,030 --> 00:01:15,493 [Devanne] During the off-season, he is the ultimate family man. 24 00:01:16,369 --> 00:01:17,370 Here you go, baby. 25 00:01:17,453 --> 00:01:20,748 All the madness that goes on with the job, 26 00:01:21,207 --> 00:01:22,917 kids don't care about any of that. 27 00:01:23,000 --> 00:01:25,044 They just wanna hang out with Dad. 28 00:01:25,128 --> 00:01:26,295 Daddy! 29 00:01:26,379 --> 00:01:27,630 [Dezi speaks gibberish] 30 00:01:27,713 --> 00:01:29,298 Give me kissy. 31 00:01:30,633 --> 00:01:32,969 Damn, I cannot believe we done. 32 00:01:33,052 --> 00:01:35,930 -[Dezi coos] -I know. It's crazy. 33 00:01:37,807 --> 00:01:41,602 It feels like a long season, and a really short season at the same time. 34 00:01:41,686 --> 00:01:45,439 Mhm. I feel like it always feels like that, though. 35 00:01:46,691 --> 00:01:48,693 Like, I feel like it just started. 36 00:01:50,111 --> 00:01:51,279 Yeah. 37 00:01:51,362 --> 00:01:52,572 Here. 38 00:01:55,825 --> 00:01:57,577 My hopes for this off-season is that 39 00:01:57,660 --> 00:02:00,329 we can find a way to make this work here in Vegas, 40 00:02:00,413 --> 00:02:02,665 to make this team a championship team. 41 00:02:02,748 --> 00:02:06,752 And, you know, as long as I'm here, that's what I'll do. 42 00:02:10,381 --> 00:02:12,592 [Justin] The exit meeting is the last meeting 43 00:02:12,675 --> 00:02:15,553 that you have with this team. 44 00:02:15,636 --> 00:02:17,305 The team is not gonna be the same. 45 00:02:17,388 --> 00:02:20,808 You know, players are gonna be traded, people are gonna be cut, 46 00:02:20,892 --> 00:02:22,560 people are gonna be moved around. 47 00:02:22,643 --> 00:02:24,270 That's the trash part about it. 48 00:02:24,353 --> 00:02:27,940 When you don't accomplish what you want, but you gotta go. 49 00:02:29,108 --> 00:02:30,693 -Hey. -[knocks] 50 00:02:30,776 --> 00:02:34,363 [Kevin] My job is to get the most outta these players, like Justin. 51 00:02:34,989 --> 00:02:38,576 I think it's important that I get in front of each and every player 52 00:02:38,659 --> 00:02:42,288 and allow them the platform to communicate with me. 53 00:02:42,371 --> 00:02:45,666 The two things that come from it is closure and clarity. 54 00:02:45,750 --> 00:02:49,503 You know, closure about what just took place and clarity about the future. 55 00:02:49,587 --> 00:02:53,674 This year's circumstances, I'm hoping were an outlier and unique. 56 00:02:53,758 --> 00:02:56,594 I know, you know, I was trying to go back 57 00:02:56,677 --> 00:02:59,931 and think about when's the last time you missed a football game. 58 00:03:01,807 --> 00:03:03,017 High school? 59 00:03:03,100 --> 00:03:05,019 Yeah, so I know how hard it was on you. 60 00:03:05,102 --> 00:03:07,605 And then you have to deal with… you come back, 61 00:03:07,688 --> 00:03:10,608 you play 12 plays and you're in a hospital. 62 00:03:10,691 --> 00:03:12,610 -Right. -Getting internal scans. 63 00:03:12,693 --> 00:03:13,611 Right. 64 00:03:13,694 --> 00:03:17,615 And now what we've gotta get to is, we've gotta get to, 65 00:03:17,698 --> 00:03:20,242 like, a place where, you know, 66 00:03:20,326 --> 00:03:22,578 -we're the same team every Sunday. -Yeah. 67 00:03:22,662 --> 00:03:26,916 I know you're the same guy every Sunday, but you're gonna be a huge help for me 68 00:03:26,999 --> 00:03:29,877 getting us to be the same team every Sunday. 69 00:03:29,961 --> 00:03:32,088 As long as I'm here, brother. 70 00:03:32,171 --> 00:03:35,007 -Yeah, you're-- -Anything that you need, brother. 71 00:03:35,091 --> 00:03:37,218 [Justin] Hopefully the contract comes. 72 00:03:37,301 --> 00:03:39,637 I never really played this game of football 73 00:03:39,720 --> 00:03:43,099 to be the richest or to have the most money. 74 00:03:43,182 --> 00:03:46,060 Uh, I played because I just enjoyed the game. 75 00:03:46,143 --> 00:03:49,855 -[Kevin] I love you, brother. -Love you too, my man. 76 00:03:49,939 --> 00:03:53,401 And I do like when you come up and hang out, it's fun. 77 00:03:53,484 --> 00:03:55,111 -Do you really? -Yeah. 78 00:03:55,194 --> 00:03:57,905 I'm gonna have to start taking some of y'all candy. 79 00:03:57,989 --> 00:04:00,324 -You probably need to. -[laughs] 80 00:04:00,408 --> 00:04:03,035 [jazz music playing] 81 00:04:07,707 --> 00:04:09,625 [broadcaster 3] No doubt, Justin Jefferson 82 00:04:09,709 --> 00:04:13,129 going to be the highest-paid receiver when he gets a new deal. 83 00:04:13,212 --> 00:04:15,214 They're gonna try again this off-season 84 00:04:15,298 --> 00:04:17,925 to continue this thing they have going in Minnesota. 85 00:04:18,551 --> 00:04:19,760 We gotta go, Daija. 86 00:04:19,844 --> 00:04:22,638 [broadcaster 3] Somewhat similar situation for Davante Adams. 87 00:04:22,722 --> 00:04:25,891 He is already rich. He has already received that contract. 88 00:04:25,975 --> 00:04:29,353 "He's a Raider," was the quote from Tom Telesco, 89 00:04:29,437 --> 00:04:32,106 the new general manager for the Las Vegas Raiders. 90 00:04:58,341 --> 00:05:01,677 [female broadcaster 1] The 2023 regular season has come to a close, 91 00:05:01,761 --> 00:05:03,888 which means our Super Wild Card Weekend 92 00:05:03,971 --> 00:05:04,972 schedule is set. 93 00:05:05,056 --> 00:05:08,059 [broadcaster 4] This is the playoffs. This is win or go home. 94 00:05:08,142 --> 00:05:10,978 [broadcaster 5] The one matchup that really pops out to me 95 00:05:11,062 --> 00:05:12,938 -is that Lions and Rams game… -Yeah. 96 00:05:13,022 --> 00:05:15,441 …'cause of the storylines that are so personal. 97 00:05:15,524 --> 00:05:17,693 [female broadcaster 1] It's about the quarterbacks. 98 00:05:17,777 --> 00:05:19,862 We all remember the trade that went down 99 00:05:19,945 --> 00:05:22,448 that put these two gentlemen in these scenarios. 100 00:05:22,531 --> 00:05:24,825 Matthew Stafford from Detroit to LA 101 00:05:24,909 --> 00:05:27,161 in exchange for multiple draft picks, 102 00:05:27,244 --> 00:05:30,289 including two first-rounders and Jared Goff. 103 00:05:30,373 --> 00:05:32,875 Objectively, if you don't have a dog in this fight, 104 00:05:32,958 --> 00:05:35,795 how do you not root like hell for Jared Goff this weekend? 105 00:05:35,878 --> 00:05:39,256 Jared Goff, who had gotten this team to a Super Bowl 106 00:05:39,340 --> 00:05:42,301 and was told, "You're just not good enough" 107 00:05:42,384 --> 00:05:45,012 and discarded with a bunch of draft picks. 108 00:05:45,096 --> 00:05:48,390 Thirty years since they've had a home playoff game. 109 00:05:48,474 --> 00:05:50,309 How do you not want to see Jared Goff 110 00:05:50,392 --> 00:05:52,603 just shove it in the Rams' face? 111 00:05:54,188 --> 00:05:57,483 [Jared] You go right outside the numbers. You wanna go red line. 112 00:05:57,566 --> 00:06:01,195 I'm gonna go in between, like, two yards outside the numbers. 113 00:06:01,278 --> 00:06:03,572 Perfect. Are you gonna still running a slant? 114 00:06:03,656 --> 00:06:05,074 Yeah, still running a slant. 115 00:06:05,741 --> 00:06:07,576 [panting] 116 00:06:10,955 --> 00:06:12,164 Oh! 117 00:06:16,877 --> 00:06:18,379 What up? Yo. 118 00:06:18,462 --> 00:06:20,506 What'd you say about the play earlier? 119 00:06:20,589 --> 00:06:22,466 What'd you say about the play earlier? 120 00:06:22,550 --> 00:06:24,760 I like it. That's it. I like it. 121 00:06:24,844 --> 00:06:27,388 Is it the only one you've liked the last few weeks? 122 00:06:27,471 --> 00:06:30,266 You came to me and said, "This one's the real deal." 123 00:06:30,349 --> 00:06:32,017 I went a few swipes and, like… Oh, yeah. 124 00:06:32,101 --> 00:06:34,812 He's trying to score some points this week, he's not fucking around. 125 00:06:35,521 --> 00:06:38,774 I think Jared, he definitely has a chip on his shoulder, 126 00:06:38,858 --> 00:06:40,693 but most people don't get to see it 127 00:06:40,776 --> 00:06:44,488 because he's not a guy that's gonna go out in the media 128 00:06:44,572 --> 00:06:48,784 and say, you know, things that maybe are how he always really feels. 129 00:06:48,868 --> 00:06:52,580 If someone trades me away to a different team and now we're in the playoffs, 130 00:06:52,663 --> 00:06:53,789 that's the game of my life. 131 00:06:53,873 --> 00:06:55,499 I know he's excited for the Rams game. 132 00:06:55,583 --> 00:06:57,960 -We have routes after? -Yeah. I need two from you. 133 00:06:58,043 --> 00:07:01,672 I need the switch release carney... and one more. 134 00:07:01,755 --> 00:07:04,800 [Jared] Having guys like him and a lot of the other guys 135 00:07:04,884 --> 00:07:07,261 that want to win that game for me, which, it's a play-off game. 136 00:07:07,344 --> 00:07:08,637 We wanna win it for ourselves, 137 00:07:08,721 --> 00:07:10,890 but for those, he has to say stuff. That's pretty cool. 138 00:07:11,932 --> 00:07:14,602 [Amon] If we can win this game, we're gonna move on... 139 00:07:15,269 --> 00:07:17,188 and I know how much it's gonna mean to Jared. 140 00:07:18,397 --> 00:07:20,399 [Sarah] So I just had like one question. 141 00:07:20,483 --> 00:07:22,818 -[Amon] Yep. -[Sarah] Are we doing all of it blue 142 00:07:22,902 --> 00:07:25,613 or do you wanna do, like, the halo up top blue? 143 00:07:25,696 --> 00:07:27,198 [Amon] The whole thing blue. 144 00:07:27,281 --> 00:07:29,575 [Sarah] All blue? Okay. We got this one. 145 00:07:29,950 --> 00:07:31,577 All right. 146 00:07:33,162 --> 00:07:35,372 [Amon] During camp, you know, camp gets long, 147 00:07:35,456 --> 00:07:38,751 so you just be in the locker room talking with your teammates, 148 00:07:38,834 --> 00:07:41,295 chopping it up, bullshit about anything you want. 149 00:07:41,378 --> 00:07:44,423 I was saying, "If we make the playoffs, I'm gonna dye my hair blue." 150 00:07:44,507 --> 00:07:46,759 The season starts, we're out at practice 151 00:07:46,842 --> 00:07:48,511 and it gets brought up again. 152 00:07:48,594 --> 00:07:50,346 I'm like, "Yeah, I'm gonna do it." 153 00:07:50,429 --> 00:07:53,682 We making the playoffs, so what color you finna to dye your shit? 154 00:07:53,766 --> 00:07:57,144 -Blue. Honolulu, Honolulu Blue. -Honolulu Blue. 155 00:07:57,228 --> 00:08:00,731 [Amon] I'm a man of my word. If I said I'm gonna do something, I do it. 156 00:08:00,814 --> 00:08:02,441 I'm bleaching him out right now. 157 00:08:02,525 --> 00:08:06,028 This has to sit, we'll have to wait for him to get basically blonde. 158 00:08:06,111 --> 00:08:08,948 We'll rinse this out and then we'll apply the blue after. 159 00:08:09,031 --> 00:08:11,867 I do have like a shower cap that I'm gonna put over it. 160 00:08:11,951 --> 00:08:13,911 This is gonna give you a good look. 161 00:08:13,994 --> 00:08:16,455 [laughter] 162 00:08:16,539 --> 00:08:18,916 -Can't what? -[Sarah] So, we're good here. 163 00:08:22,795 --> 00:08:27,383 Try to just dunk your head in as far as you can. 164 00:08:27,466 --> 00:08:29,718 Okay. Yeah, yeah, yeah. That's good. 165 00:08:38,602 --> 00:08:39,979 It's white. 166 00:08:41,105 --> 00:08:42,773 Is it? 167 00:08:42,856 --> 00:08:44,817 [Amon] What's the blue called that I'm getting? 168 00:08:44,900 --> 00:08:46,569 Is it actually called Honolulu Blue? 169 00:08:46,652 --> 00:08:48,320 [Sarah] No. I have to make it actually. 170 00:08:48,404 --> 00:08:50,614 -[Amon] Really? -I brought a couple different shades 171 00:08:50,698 --> 00:08:52,575 and we gotta do a little experiment. 172 00:08:52,658 --> 00:08:54,994 [Amon] Honolulu Blue is the Detroit Lions team color. 173 00:08:55,077 --> 00:08:57,788 It's not royal blue. It's a little lighter. 174 00:08:57,871 --> 00:09:00,916 It's not light blue, it's darker. So it's just in between. 175 00:09:01,000 --> 00:09:04,962 And so I want my hair to be the exact right color for it to match our jerseys. 176 00:09:05,045 --> 00:09:06,755 [Sarah] I feel like it's pretty good, right? 177 00:09:06,839 --> 00:09:08,257 [Amon] Yeah, I think so. 178 00:09:08,340 --> 00:09:10,342 Not going back now. 179 00:09:19,852 --> 00:09:21,812 How's it look? 180 00:09:21,895 --> 00:09:24,023 [laughs] Looks good. 181 00:09:24,857 --> 00:09:26,233 It looks good. 182 00:09:28,152 --> 00:09:29,486 There we go. 183 00:09:30,529 --> 00:09:32,489 You're Honolulu Blue, that's for sure. 184 00:09:33,073 --> 00:09:34,700 Looks good. 185 00:09:35,576 --> 00:09:37,536 -[grunts] -[Sarah laughs] 186 00:09:39,079 --> 00:09:40,205 [Amon] Moment of truth. 187 00:09:41,957 --> 00:09:43,375 [Brooklyn] We're blue. 188 00:09:43,459 --> 00:09:44,710 Oh, yeah. 189 00:09:47,254 --> 00:09:48,797 Looks good. 190 00:09:49,715 --> 00:09:51,550 Fresh cut, line-up. 191 00:09:52,843 --> 00:09:54,011 I'll be ready to go. 192 00:09:54,094 --> 00:09:56,055 [female broadcaster 2] As of yesterday, 193 00:09:56,138 --> 00:10:00,225 Amon-Ra St. Brown will be entering the playoffs with Honolulu Blue hair. 194 00:10:02,519 --> 00:10:04,313 [Amon] Let alone just being the first home game 195 00:10:04,396 --> 00:10:06,982 and playoff game in 30 years is crazy in itself, 196 00:10:07,066 --> 00:10:08,651 but then you add, you know, 197 00:10:08,734 --> 00:10:11,904 the Stafford whole story with Jared and the Rams and everything, 198 00:10:11,987 --> 00:10:13,238 it just ups it even more. 199 00:10:13,322 --> 00:10:15,324 [Amon] I have media on Thursdays usually. 200 00:10:15,407 --> 00:10:16,784 …scripted a better game for us. 201 00:10:16,867 --> 00:10:19,411 I had to talk to the broadcasting crew for the game. 202 00:10:19,495 --> 00:10:21,997 "You got snubbed from the Pro Bowl," this and that. 203 00:10:22,081 --> 00:10:26,001 I said, "I've gotten asked this like ten times now, but I'll answer it again." 204 00:10:26,085 --> 00:10:28,003 Yeah, it pisses me off 100%. I'm hot. 205 00:10:28,087 --> 00:10:30,047 They're done. So now I'm ready to go. 206 00:10:30,130 --> 00:10:32,800 Ellie, who helps me with my PR with the Lions is like, 207 00:10:32,883 --> 00:10:34,385 "You have one more interview." 208 00:10:34,468 --> 00:10:36,095 Hey, Rob, I got St. for you. 209 00:10:36,178 --> 00:10:39,640 [Rob] Amon-Ra. I know you got snubbed from the Pro Bowl. 210 00:10:39,723 --> 00:10:45,479 The greater honor is being a First Team Associated Press All Pro 211 00:10:45,562 --> 00:10:49,191 and you are gonna be on that team, so congratulations. 212 00:10:49,274 --> 00:10:50,526 Appreciate it. Thank you. 213 00:10:50,609 --> 00:10:52,820 AP All-Pro. I was like, "That's pretty cool." 214 00:10:52,903 --> 00:10:56,615 [Rob] All Pro is limited, three wide receivers across the whole league 215 00:10:56,699 --> 00:10:58,826 are first team and you're one of those guys. 216 00:10:58,909 --> 00:11:01,870 Being an All-Pro is-- I mean, that's the highest of them all, 217 00:11:01,954 --> 00:11:05,082 so it's an honor, but I gotta keep working. 218 00:11:05,165 --> 00:11:08,293 [Rob] I love that attitude. Appreciate you. 219 00:11:08,377 --> 00:11:10,087 -Thank you. -You got it, man. 220 00:11:10,170 --> 00:11:11,046 Yes, sir. 221 00:11:12,381 --> 00:11:14,341 -Fuck the Pro Bowl. -Orlando ain't shit. 222 00:11:14,425 --> 00:11:15,551 Yeah. 223 00:11:15,634 --> 00:11:18,303 [broadcaster 6] Amon-Ra St. Brown, I'm extremely happy he got that. 224 00:11:18,387 --> 00:11:21,014 Disrespected by the Pro Bowl. 225 00:11:21,098 --> 00:11:23,434 Guess what? Hold your Pro Bowl. 226 00:11:23,517 --> 00:11:25,102 Gimme First Team All-Pro. 227 00:11:26,145 --> 00:11:29,481 [Brooklyn] I can never do the back part and you know that. 228 00:11:29,565 --> 00:11:32,109 -How do I do it? -All the way down straight. 229 00:11:32,192 --> 00:11:37,114 Make sure that the top is straight. Don't make it crooked. 230 00:11:41,827 --> 00:11:43,871 I did it perfect. It's done. Perfect. 231 00:11:43,954 --> 00:11:46,999 -But is it straight? Like… -It's straight. 232 00:11:47,082 --> 00:11:49,585 This looks crooked though, huh? 233 00:11:49,668 --> 00:11:53,005 This? Or is it fine? I think it'll be fine. 234 00:11:53,088 --> 00:11:54,840 -Perfect. -Okay. 235 00:11:55,799 --> 00:11:58,010 -Thank you. -You're welcome. 236 00:11:58,093 --> 00:12:00,554 -[Brown] Okay. -[Miriam] So what do you wanna wear? 237 00:12:01,180 --> 00:12:05,350 Sweatshirt or… I mean, I don't know how cold it's gonna be. 238 00:12:05,934 --> 00:12:09,354 Or go with a jersey today. You know, like you always-- Yeah. 239 00:12:09,438 --> 00:12:12,566 [Brown] The jacket is really nice. It is, like, phenomenal. 240 00:12:12,649 --> 00:12:15,194 [Brooklyn] I know. I can't remember exactly where I got the jacket. 241 00:12:15,277 --> 00:12:17,404 [chuckles] But it reminds me of high school. 242 00:12:18,739 --> 00:12:20,991 -Don't even start with me. -It did. 243 00:12:21,074 --> 00:12:24,119 "I didn't know you were dating my son and you wore St. Brown." 244 00:12:24,203 --> 00:12:28,207 When I saw you wearing that jacket, I go, "Who's that girl wearing that jacket? 245 00:12:28,290 --> 00:12:29,541 She ain't in the family." 246 00:12:29,625 --> 00:12:33,629 [Brooklyn] Sixteen years old, I end up getting introduced to John Brown 247 00:12:33,712 --> 00:12:36,173 and this man, to my face, tells me, 248 00:12:36,256 --> 00:12:40,302 "My son doesn't have a girlfriend, and all girls are dream killers." 249 00:12:43,388 --> 00:12:45,807 If you a girl and you want to play sports, 250 00:12:45,891 --> 00:12:48,810 you want to go to the top, boys are dream killers. 251 00:12:49,186 --> 00:12:53,273 If I had a daughter, I would line her up and say, "What did I tell you about boys?" 252 00:12:53,357 --> 00:12:55,859 "They're dream killers, Papa." "Don't forget that." 253 00:12:55,943 --> 00:12:58,737 I told my sons, "Look, what'd I tell you about women? 254 00:12:58,820 --> 00:13:00,864 They're dream killers. Don't forget that." 255 00:13:00,948 --> 00:13:02,282 So it goes both ways. 256 00:13:02,366 --> 00:13:04,243 So when I saw her, of course, 257 00:13:04,326 --> 00:13:07,079 you know, her hair, like a little dream killer, right? 258 00:13:07,162 --> 00:13:11,375 But then I found out she was a really special girl actually. 259 00:13:11,458 --> 00:13:13,710 -You traumatized me. -You're my daughter. 260 00:13:13,794 --> 00:13:14,962 You're my daughter now. 261 00:13:15,045 --> 00:13:19,132 John and I have come a long way. He has no filter 262 00:13:19,216 --> 00:13:21,718 and he comes off a certain way 263 00:13:21,802 --> 00:13:24,596 and so I teach him to be nicer about things 264 00:13:24,680 --> 00:13:26,390 and how to talk to people. 265 00:13:26,473 --> 00:13:28,600 -But the jacket is really nice. -Thank you. 266 00:13:28,684 --> 00:13:31,562 When I saw it, I thought, "Where did she get that at? 267 00:13:31,645 --> 00:13:33,897 Man, I love that." Okay. Good job, Brooklyn. 268 00:13:33,981 --> 00:13:35,357 -Thank you. -Okay. 269 00:13:37,067 --> 00:13:39,695 [commentator 1] Hi, everybody, and welcome to Detroit. 270 00:13:40,904 --> 00:13:44,491 As the NFC North Champion Detroit Lions host 271 00:13:44,575 --> 00:13:46,201 the Los Angeles Rams. 272 00:13:46,285 --> 00:13:49,788 The most anticipated game of this playoff weekend. 273 00:13:49,871 --> 00:13:51,957 [Brown] The new birth of the new Lions. 274 00:13:54,001 --> 00:13:57,212 Turned this whole city around. These fans are gonna go crazy. 275 00:13:57,296 --> 00:13:59,798 -They gonna go crazy. -They gonna lose their minds. 276 00:13:59,881 --> 00:14:01,049 They've been starving. 277 00:14:01,133 --> 00:14:04,636 [commentator 2] The Lions in the playoffs, one win in the last 65 years. 278 00:14:04,720 --> 00:14:08,223 Nine straight playoff losses. That's the longest streak in NFL history. 279 00:14:08,307 --> 00:14:10,601 That's what they're trying to end here tonight. 280 00:14:14,396 --> 00:14:16,607 [commentator 1] Former face of the franchise, 281 00:14:16,690 --> 00:14:18,900 Matthew Stafford, set to take the field here 282 00:14:18,984 --> 00:14:21,945 for the first time since that 2021 blockbuster trade. 283 00:14:22,029 --> 00:14:24,781 [Matthew] Yeah, come on, bring that shit. Yeah. 284 00:14:24,865 --> 00:14:27,618 Started this fucking three years ago. 285 00:14:27,701 --> 00:14:30,913 Where we've been 2021, 2022, 286 00:14:30,996 --> 00:14:32,331 2023… 287 00:14:32,414 --> 00:14:35,792 There's no guy I would trust more than St. Brown. 288 00:14:35,876 --> 00:14:38,587 Three years in the making. Let's go get it. 289 00:14:38,670 --> 00:14:41,381 In a pressure situation, you can will things to happen. 290 00:14:41,465 --> 00:14:42,883 That's what he's got. 291 00:14:42,966 --> 00:14:44,843 [commentator 2] It is one of the most anticipated 292 00:14:44,927 --> 00:14:46,595 sports nights in the history of this city. 293 00:14:46,678 --> 00:14:49,222 [Amon] The energy for the Rams' game was some energy 294 00:14:49,306 --> 00:14:51,224 that I've never experienced in my life. 295 00:14:51,308 --> 00:14:53,852 -[cheering] -["Cinderella Man" by Eminem playing] 296 00:15:01,485 --> 00:15:02,778 Let's go, boys! 297 00:15:04,279 --> 00:15:06,823 [commentator 1] Eminem being shown on the big board, 298 00:15:06,907 --> 00:15:09,284 pumping that fist and getting this crowd going. 299 00:15:10,202 --> 00:15:13,497 Father, I thank you for St. I thank you for the year he's had. 300 00:15:13,580 --> 00:15:17,334 This new season that begins, Father, let him show up like never before, God, 301 00:15:17,417 --> 00:15:21,254 where he will continue to give you glory and know that you are perfect in Him. 302 00:15:21,338 --> 00:15:24,174 And bless him with the gifts that he needs on this field. 303 00:15:24,257 --> 00:15:26,093 I ask you this in Jesus' name. Amen. 304 00:15:26,176 --> 00:15:27,761 -Thank you. -Go be great. 305 00:15:28,387 --> 00:15:29,388 [Jared] Set. 306 00:15:29,471 --> 00:15:31,807 [commentator 2] Three-step drop, wants to throw, 307 00:15:31,890 --> 00:15:33,892 pumps once, now throws. Got a complete, 308 00:15:33,976 --> 00:15:36,979 Amon-Ra 30, Amon-Ra darts left and gets to the 35-yard line. 309 00:15:37,062 --> 00:15:38,939 Quick throw, right side. Got a complete. 310 00:15:39,022 --> 00:15:43,485 That is Amon-Ra, picks up a block inside the 20 and down to the 17-yard line. 311 00:15:43,568 --> 00:15:45,696 That's another Lion first down. 312 00:15:45,779 --> 00:15:47,948 [commentator 3] LA on their heels right now. 313 00:15:48,031 --> 00:15:50,158 [commentator 1] Montgomery, the singleback 314 00:15:50,242 --> 00:15:53,161 behind Goff again, takes the snap, turns, 315 00:15:53,245 --> 00:15:56,999 gives to Montgomery again, into the end zone, touchdown, Detroit Lions! 316 00:15:58,333 --> 00:15:59,418 Yeah! 317 00:15:59,501 --> 00:16:01,795 [commentator 1] That's the way you open a playoff game. 318 00:16:01,878 --> 00:16:04,881 Seventy-five yards straight down the field to the end zone. 319 00:16:06,675 --> 00:16:09,469 When we came out on fire, I mean, it wasn't easy though. 320 00:16:09,553 --> 00:16:12,014 It wasn't like we had, you know, four-play drives. 321 00:16:12,097 --> 00:16:14,266 We had to string together a few plays. 322 00:16:15,392 --> 00:16:18,520 [commentator 1] 14-10 Lions. 13:24 to go, first half. 323 00:16:19,187 --> 00:16:22,649 The game plan wasn't nothing crazy. It was our guys versus their guys. 324 00:16:22,733 --> 00:16:24,401 Isolate me on 44. 325 00:16:24,484 --> 00:16:27,237 We felt like we had advantage going up against him. 326 00:16:27,821 --> 00:16:31,241 [commentator 1] Goff back and looking. Goff looking, looking, throws. 327 00:16:31,324 --> 00:16:34,536 It is caught. Amon-Ra. First down, Rams territory across the 50 328 00:16:34,619 --> 00:16:37,539 and it runs out of bounds at the 46-yard line. 329 00:16:38,540 --> 00:16:40,333 And suddenly Detroit in business. 330 00:16:40,876 --> 00:16:43,545 Goff out of the gun, takes the shotgun snap back. 331 00:16:43,628 --> 00:16:46,757 Looking, throws to Amon-Ra, makes the catch, slips a tackle, 332 00:16:46,840 --> 00:16:49,634 inside the 30-yard line, dives down to the 27-yard line. 333 00:16:49,718 --> 00:16:50,886 First down, Lions! 334 00:16:51,636 --> 00:16:52,846 I do this shit! 335 00:16:52,929 --> 00:16:55,807 [commentator 2] That is the toughness of Amon-Ra St. Brown, 336 00:16:55,891 --> 00:16:59,478 a guy who's just gotten better and better each of his three years 337 00:16:59,561 --> 00:17:02,230 -in the league. -That's All-Pro shit right there. 338 00:17:03,148 --> 00:17:05,650 [commentator 1] Pivotal third down here. 339 00:17:05,734 --> 00:17:07,360 Montgomery, lone setback. 340 00:17:07,444 --> 00:17:10,947 Handoff, Montgomery, runs to the left off-tackle in a sea of bodies. 341 00:17:11,031 --> 00:17:12,783 It looks like he's short. 342 00:17:12,866 --> 00:17:15,410 You can hear the clamoring from the hometown crowd 343 00:17:15,494 --> 00:17:17,037 here in Detroit. 344 00:17:17,120 --> 00:17:18,121 Fuck that, let's go. 345 00:17:18,205 --> 00:17:21,291 Ever since I've gotten there, we've gone for it on fourth down. 346 00:17:21,374 --> 00:17:24,419 That's the way we play. That's the way Coach Campbell coaches. 347 00:17:24,503 --> 00:17:27,964 [commentator 2] And Dan Campbell just strolls down there, eyeballs it, 348 00:17:28,048 --> 00:17:29,382 eyeballs it again. 349 00:17:29,966 --> 00:17:31,843 -What is Dan Campbell doing? -Huh? 350 00:17:31,927 --> 00:17:33,678 What is Dan Campbell gonna do? 351 00:17:33,762 --> 00:17:35,680 -He's going for it. -We know what he's gonna do. 352 00:17:35,764 --> 00:17:37,390 [laughs] 353 00:17:37,766 --> 00:17:39,101 [commentator 2] Here we go. 354 00:17:39,184 --> 00:17:41,061 [commentator 1] And here comes Skipper reporting. 355 00:17:41,144 --> 00:17:43,021 [commentator 2] Here come the offensive lineman. 356 00:17:43,105 --> 00:17:45,607 [commentator 1] You send the field goal unit out? No, you do not. 357 00:17:45,690 --> 00:17:47,275 They're sending the jumbo unit. 358 00:17:48,777 --> 00:17:50,320 Shotgun snap, Goff back. 359 00:17:50,403 --> 00:17:52,864 Goff looks, throws, end zone, caught, 360 00:17:52,948 --> 00:17:56,118 touchdown Detroit Lions! Sam LaPorta! 361 00:17:56,201 --> 00:17:59,079 [Amon] When LaPorta scored that touchdown, we were all for it. 362 00:17:59,162 --> 00:18:01,123 That's kind of what got us there. 363 00:18:01,206 --> 00:18:03,708 We're ready to go for those fourth downs. 364 00:18:03,792 --> 00:18:06,461 [Brown] Is this the loudest stadium you've been to? 365 00:18:06,545 --> 00:18:09,256 I've been to Arrowhead once, but this is pretty loud. 366 00:18:09,339 --> 00:18:10,549 Which one was louder? 367 00:18:11,800 --> 00:18:13,844 This is his loudest, by far. 368 00:18:15,387 --> 00:18:20,058 Hey, let's go, one play at a time. Communicate. 369 00:18:20,142 --> 00:18:23,061 [commentator 2] This crowd is unbelievable. 370 00:18:23,812 --> 00:18:26,148 [commentator 1] 21-10 Lions lead it, first half. 371 00:18:26,606 --> 00:18:28,567 Stafford's got it, wants to throw, 372 00:18:28,650 --> 00:18:31,444 and it is caught and he's gonna walk in for a touchdown. 373 00:18:31,528 --> 00:18:33,029 Tutu Atwell. 374 00:18:33,113 --> 00:18:36,491 The quarterback hype was definitely in full effect that game. 375 00:18:36,575 --> 00:18:39,244 [commentator 1] It's now the Lions 21, the Rams 17. 376 00:18:39,327 --> 00:18:42,122 Neither offense has blinked so far. 377 00:18:42,205 --> 00:18:44,624 -Let me go make a play out wide. -Got it. 378 00:18:44,708 --> 00:18:46,835 Get him involved now, let's go. 379 00:18:46,918 --> 00:18:48,420 [commentator 1] From their own 24. 380 00:18:48,503 --> 00:18:50,964 Goff works out of the gun, back, Jared lofts it 381 00:18:51,047 --> 00:18:54,092 right side, caught by Amon-Ra, 40-yard line to the 45. 382 00:18:54,176 --> 00:18:55,927 Stop and go at the 50. 383 00:18:56,011 --> 00:18:58,138 [commentator 2] St. Brown just used Witherspoon. 384 00:18:58,221 --> 00:19:00,265 There was five yards of separation. 385 00:19:00,849 --> 00:19:02,684 Oh, my God. Lee? 386 00:19:02,767 --> 00:19:05,020 You see me whoop him at the line? 387 00:19:06,813 --> 00:19:09,691 [commentator 1] Good snap, good hold, and the kick… 388 00:19:10,358 --> 00:19:11,484 Is it high enough? 389 00:19:11,568 --> 00:19:13,486 [commentator 1] …is good. 390 00:19:13,570 --> 00:19:16,990 The Detroit Lions able to salvage three points 391 00:19:17,073 --> 00:19:18,617 and they build on their lead. 392 00:19:18,700 --> 00:19:21,161 It was a tough game, back and forth. They're good. 393 00:19:21,244 --> 00:19:23,705 There was a reason why they were in the playoffs. 394 00:19:23,788 --> 00:19:25,874 Stafford, set, shoot downfield. 395 00:19:25,957 --> 00:19:27,792 And he's got Nacua in traffic. 396 00:19:27,876 --> 00:19:30,045 Fuck, man. Come on. 397 00:19:30,128 --> 00:19:31,588 We can't lose this. 398 00:19:31,713 --> 00:19:33,465 [commentator 1] Field goal attempt, 399 00:19:33,548 --> 00:19:37,010 kick away, line drive kick is up and good. 400 00:19:37,093 --> 00:19:40,347 The Lions 24 and the Rams 23. 401 00:19:40,430 --> 00:19:42,724 [Amon] Goal of the offense when we got the ball back, 402 00:19:42,807 --> 00:19:46,144 we gotta finish with the ball. We gotta win this game. 403 00:19:46,228 --> 00:19:50,273 [commentator 3] This is it. This is what the Lions fans have been dreaming about. 404 00:19:50,357 --> 00:19:52,817 This is that moment. They have a chance to go down 405 00:19:52,901 --> 00:19:55,570 and win the game with a drive right here. 406 00:19:55,654 --> 00:19:59,324 I can't breathe. I'm more nervous than them. 407 00:20:00,825 --> 00:20:02,285 [chattering] 408 00:20:02,369 --> 00:20:05,372 [commentator 1] So the Lions with 4:07 to go will take over, 409 00:20:05,455 --> 00:20:07,791 first and ten at their own 17. 410 00:20:08,625 --> 00:20:11,253 Now Jared leans in, working out of the gun. 411 00:20:11,336 --> 00:20:14,506 Got it. Wants to throw. Complete to Montgomery. 412 00:20:14,589 --> 00:20:16,967 Slips a tackle. Montgomery's got the first down. 413 00:20:17,050 --> 00:20:20,095 Good work after the catch that time by David Montgomery. 414 00:20:22,430 --> 00:20:25,308 They're gonna run this down to the two-minute warning now. 415 00:20:25,392 --> 00:20:26,685 Two-minute warning hits. 416 00:20:26,768 --> 00:20:28,728 If we get a first down here, we win. 417 00:20:28,812 --> 00:20:31,314 [commentator 1] The fans, boy, they can start to taste it, 418 00:20:31,398 --> 00:20:33,608 but they're not out of the woods just yet. 419 00:20:35,318 --> 00:20:37,612 We get this, we puttin' 'em away. 420 00:20:37,696 --> 00:20:40,657 The goal is to get the first down and finish the game out 421 00:20:40,740 --> 00:20:43,952 and not give it back to Matt Stafford, at all costs. 422 00:20:44,035 --> 00:20:45,287 And let's trust our guys. 423 00:20:45,370 --> 00:20:48,373 Let's trust Goff and let's find a way to get St. this ball. 424 00:20:49,666 --> 00:20:50,917 I'm gonna throw up. 425 00:20:53,670 --> 00:20:56,423 I'm gonna throw up, I'm gonna throw up. 426 00:20:56,506 --> 00:20:58,508 I'm gonna throw up. 427 00:20:58,591 --> 00:21:00,343 [commentator 1] Two minutes left in this game, 428 00:21:00,427 --> 00:21:02,387 the Rams will have one timeout left. 429 00:21:02,470 --> 00:21:06,725 The Lions are a first down away from locking this up. 430 00:21:07,225 --> 00:21:09,728 [commentator 2] Just spread 'em out, create space, 431 00:21:09,811 --> 00:21:11,896 let St. Brown go to work. 432 00:21:11,980 --> 00:21:14,024 [Brown] They gotta throw the ball to Amon. 433 00:21:15,358 --> 00:21:17,527 Come on, release the Kraken. Let's go. 434 00:21:18,486 --> 00:21:21,698 Cook him, cook him, cook him. 435 00:21:25,076 --> 00:21:28,413 [commentator 1] Amon-Ra St. Brown, first down, that's gonna do it! 436 00:21:28,496 --> 00:21:31,708 That's gonna do it! That's gonna do it! 437 00:21:31,791 --> 00:21:33,418 This game is over! 438 00:21:38,006 --> 00:21:40,842 Let's fucking go! 439 00:21:42,177 --> 00:21:44,929 It's a play I've ran since I've gotten here as a rookie. 440 00:21:45,013 --> 00:21:46,556 It's like our bread and butter. 441 00:21:46,639 --> 00:21:49,893 I feel like I can't be stopped. It doesn't matter what he's doing, 442 00:21:49,976 --> 00:21:51,936 like, I'm about to get open. 443 00:21:54,481 --> 00:21:57,233 [commentator 2] There are tears to go with the cheers 444 00:21:57,317 --> 00:21:59,444 in a city where a team means a lot. 445 00:22:00,278 --> 00:22:01,529 How good is this? 446 00:22:03,406 --> 00:22:04,741 How good is this? 447 00:22:04,824 --> 00:22:07,619 He said you're the best player on the football field. 448 00:22:07,702 --> 00:22:09,454 Get the ball to our best player! 449 00:22:09,537 --> 00:22:11,039 Let's fucking go! 450 00:22:11,122 --> 00:22:14,417 [commentator 2] For the second time since 1957, 451 00:22:14,501 --> 00:22:17,420 for the first time since January 5th, 1992, 452 00:22:17,504 --> 00:22:20,590 these Detroit Lions are gonna win a playoff game. 453 00:22:20,673 --> 00:22:25,345 Celebrate, boys. Celebrate coming right back here next week. 454 00:22:25,428 --> 00:22:28,515 I think they can win next week, too. These guys. 455 00:22:28,598 --> 00:22:30,683 They don't know how good they are. 456 00:22:30,767 --> 00:22:32,811 Congratulations. Go win it all. 457 00:22:32,894 --> 00:22:34,979 -Appreciate you. -Good job. 458 00:22:35,063 --> 00:22:38,024 I was just happy for Jared, really for him. 459 00:22:38,108 --> 00:22:40,485 Obviously for the team, but really happy for him. 460 00:22:40,568 --> 00:22:44,030 How much it meant for the city, the fans. 461 00:22:44,114 --> 00:22:48,034 It was definitely a special moment for us. 462 00:22:49,494 --> 00:22:51,996 [commentator 2] What a night. What a night. 463 00:22:52,080 --> 00:22:55,208 [Dan] We got the winner of Tampa and Philly back at Ford Field 464 00:22:55,291 --> 00:22:56,876 because you guys earned it. 465 00:22:56,960 --> 00:22:59,420 -Dude, how electric was it out there? -[everyone hollers] 466 00:22:59,504 --> 00:23:03,591 I'm telling you, it doesn't get better. It's everything you dream of, and more. 467 00:23:03,675 --> 00:23:04,801 Outstanding work. 468 00:23:04,884 --> 00:23:07,679 I got game balls. I'll just say it like this, all right? 469 00:23:07,762 --> 00:23:10,348 Hey, you're good enough for fucking Detroit, Jared. 470 00:23:10,431 --> 00:23:12,642 [cheering] 471 00:23:16,646 --> 00:23:20,525 [Jared] I love and appreciate you guys more than you know, I promise you that. 472 00:23:20,608 --> 00:23:21,818 I love you guys so much. 473 00:23:21,901 --> 00:23:24,404 This is just the beginning, boys. 474 00:23:24,487 --> 00:23:27,574 We got three more of these. Next week at home, at our place, 475 00:23:27,657 --> 00:23:30,326 against whoever the fuck wants to come in here. 476 00:23:30,410 --> 00:23:32,495 -"Win" on three, one, two, three! -[all] Win! 477 00:23:40,628 --> 00:23:45,633 [Bruce] GKK letters, 2023-2024 NFL Season. 478 00:23:45,884 --> 00:23:47,218 Dear George. 479 00:23:47,302 --> 00:23:50,680 Game 18, week 20, divisional playoffs versus the Packers. 480 00:23:51,639 --> 00:23:52,974 Ooh… 481 00:23:53,558 --> 00:23:55,560 My passion for football came from my dad. 482 00:23:55,643 --> 00:23:57,979 He was a left tackle at Iowa. 483 00:23:58,062 --> 00:24:01,232 He just lives and breathes football. Loves this shit. 484 00:24:01,316 --> 00:24:03,484 [George] He convinced me that offensive line 485 00:24:03,568 --> 00:24:05,612 was the greatest position on the field. 486 00:24:05,695 --> 00:24:08,573 Practice hard. You work hard, we get better. 487 00:24:08,656 --> 00:24:10,491 So when I was a freshman in college, 488 00:24:10,575 --> 00:24:12,994 my dad was down in Oklahoma, I was in Iowa. 489 00:24:13,077 --> 00:24:14,495 When you go off to college, 490 00:24:14,579 --> 00:24:17,999 the last thing you wanna do is talk to your parents all the time. 491 00:24:18,082 --> 00:24:21,085 And so my dad thought that during the football season, 492 00:24:21,169 --> 00:24:23,296 once a week he would just write me a letter 493 00:24:23,379 --> 00:24:25,506 and he'd use it as both of a way to 494 00:24:25,590 --> 00:24:27,550 kind of get me fired up for the game, 495 00:24:27,634 --> 00:24:30,428 and also just as a way to, you know, communicate with me 496 00:24:30,511 --> 00:24:33,056 because I was not a great communicator then. 497 00:24:33,139 --> 00:24:36,184 ["Forty Six & 2" by Tool playing] 498 00:24:38,603 --> 00:24:40,772 And when I get to the NFL, I tell him, 499 00:24:40,855 --> 00:24:45,276 "We gotta keep these going 'cause I enjoy these and they really help me." 500 00:24:45,360 --> 00:24:47,320 And so every week is just so important. 501 00:24:48,321 --> 00:24:52,492 So letters are a combination of pictures, quotes, 502 00:24:52,575 --> 00:24:55,245 and then whatever my dad writes. 503 00:24:55,328 --> 00:24:58,873 Just to read this letter and hear my dad's voice. 504 00:24:58,957 --> 00:25:01,584 [Bruce] Like a time portal, you have traveled the universe. 505 00:25:01,668 --> 00:25:03,711 You've had a multitude of life experiences-- 506 00:25:03,795 --> 00:25:05,546 [George and Bruce] and now find yourself here. 507 00:25:05,630 --> 00:25:08,591 "On this day, January 20th, 2024. 508 00:25:08,675 --> 00:25:11,261 [George] A day created long ago, especially for you. 509 00:25:11,344 --> 00:25:14,639 You planned this, you created this, you have made it so." 510 00:25:14,722 --> 00:25:16,891 [Bruce] Believe in your infinite potential. 511 00:25:16,975 --> 00:25:20,186 Your only limitations are those you set upon yourself. 512 00:25:20,979 --> 00:25:23,815 [George] Just… it's love, it's inspiring, 513 00:25:24,399 --> 00:25:26,401 and it's just kind of fun to see 514 00:25:26,484 --> 00:25:28,903 what my dad's feeling on any given Sunday. 515 00:25:28,987 --> 00:25:32,991 [Bruce] You realize that all of the work that you've put in over these years, 516 00:25:33,074 --> 00:25:34,951 all of the experiences you've had, 517 00:25:35,034 --> 00:25:37,620 the games you've won, and those that you've lost… 518 00:25:37,704 --> 00:25:40,248 "…all of that has been woven together through time 519 00:25:40,331 --> 00:25:42,292 to get you right here with this moment 520 00:25:42,375 --> 00:25:45,753 lying right before you and that is fucking awesome." 521 00:25:45,837 --> 00:25:47,088 [Bruce] Fucking awesome. 522 00:25:50,008 --> 00:25:54,262 Step through the portal of greatness and fly, you fools, fly. 523 00:25:54,345 --> 00:25:58,266 Let this fucker out of the shoot and go after it with all you have. 524 00:25:59,017 --> 00:26:03,730 Have fun, be loose, find your joy, and be explosive. 525 00:26:04,689 --> 00:26:06,566 [George and Bruce] Pound the Packers. 526 00:26:08,568 --> 00:26:12,030 It's a huge part of my routine to read this letter. 527 00:26:13,323 --> 00:26:15,950 You know, I do the exact same thing pre-game, 528 00:26:16,034 --> 00:26:17,744 whether at home or on the road. 529 00:26:17,827 --> 00:26:20,038 I try to be as consistent as I possibly can. 530 00:26:21,080 --> 00:26:23,958 The first thing I do, I just kind of take in the stadium. 531 00:26:24,042 --> 00:26:26,794 I just try to appreciate the moment that I'm living in. 532 00:26:28,171 --> 00:26:29,881 I like to center myself… 533 00:26:29,964 --> 00:26:32,300 [exhales] 534 00:26:32,967 --> 00:26:34,594 take some deep breaths, 535 00:26:36,095 --> 00:26:38,097 there's plenty of distractions. 536 00:26:38,181 --> 00:26:41,809 It slows things down because you're just taking in that specific moment. 537 00:26:49,317 --> 00:26:53,404 Kind of hype yourself up, definitely makes that transition easier. 538 00:26:57,241 --> 00:27:00,703 There's just something about seeing your family on the sideline. 539 00:27:00,787 --> 00:27:03,414 It grounds me. It reminds me why I'm playing the game. 540 00:27:03,498 --> 00:27:05,875 -[man] Good luck. -[George] Hey, be great, boys. 541 00:27:06,751 --> 00:27:09,087 -Tights, one, two, three. -[all] Tights. 542 00:27:09,170 --> 00:27:10,213 [exhales] 543 00:27:10,296 --> 00:27:11,255 Best in the world. 544 00:27:13,633 --> 00:27:15,134 [George] I like to talk to myself. 545 00:27:15,218 --> 00:27:16,719 Who do you wanna be? 546 00:27:16,803 --> 00:27:18,012 What do you want to be? 547 00:27:18,096 --> 00:27:21,015 Just some positive affirmations. 548 00:27:21,849 --> 00:27:24,018 Breathe in health, exhale pain. 549 00:27:25,103 --> 00:27:28,398 Breathe in strength, exhale weakness. It's your night. 550 00:27:31,025 --> 00:27:32,026 [yelling] 551 00:27:32,110 --> 00:27:33,319 Let's go, boy. 552 00:27:33,403 --> 00:27:37,740 Hey, guys, Caroline, Ellen, Aunt Anna, Anna Pearl… 553 00:27:37,824 --> 00:27:40,284 Just having a conversation with my family members, 554 00:27:40,368 --> 00:27:42,412 some friends that are no longer here 555 00:27:42,495 --> 00:27:44,247 and asking them to watch over me. 556 00:27:44,330 --> 00:27:45,456 Watch over my team. 557 00:27:47,417 --> 00:27:49,502 And you flip the switch and you just go. 558 00:27:49,585 --> 00:27:52,088 You're the best. Kick some fucking ass. 559 00:27:53,089 --> 00:27:55,216 [hollers] 560 00:27:56,384 --> 00:28:00,138 I think you always have butterflies when you get to the playoffs because… 561 00:28:00,847 --> 00:28:02,932 it could either continue or you're done. 562 00:28:03,015 --> 00:28:07,019 And it's always such an abrupt ending when that happens and you never want that. 563 00:28:07,103 --> 00:28:08,771 So you try not to think about it. 564 00:28:08,855 --> 00:28:11,315 [commentator 4] We saw the Packers last week, the seven seed, 565 00:28:11,399 --> 00:28:15,862 they dismantled the Cowboys and they are taking on the 49ers, the number one seed. 566 00:28:15,945 --> 00:28:18,156 They've been the best team all year long. 567 00:28:18,239 --> 00:28:19,532 -You ready? -Come on now. 568 00:28:19,615 --> 00:28:20,950 That's what you're made for. 569 00:28:21,033 --> 00:28:24,328 [commentator 4] And the 49ers are thinking one thing… Super Bowl. 570 00:28:24,912 --> 00:28:27,457 [commentator 5] Defending this San Francisco offense 571 00:28:27,540 --> 00:28:29,417 is a little bit of a different animal. 572 00:28:29,500 --> 00:28:31,961 -[shouting] -[grunting] 573 00:28:32,044 --> 00:28:34,672 [commentator 6] Here's Samuel. Gets the ball in space. 574 00:28:34,755 --> 00:28:35,798 First down and more. 575 00:28:35,882 --> 00:28:38,176 Deebo Samuel races out to the 40. 576 00:28:39,594 --> 00:28:41,596 And a quick 15 yards to Samuel. 577 00:28:41,679 --> 00:28:44,724 [commentator 4] And Deebo gets up with a little bit of a limp, 578 00:28:44,807 --> 00:28:46,267 so I hope he's all right. 579 00:28:46,350 --> 00:28:49,520 [commentator 5] He lost his shoe, that's why he was hobbling. 580 00:28:49,604 --> 00:28:53,191 Everybody in Niner Nation can take a deep breath. 581 00:28:53,274 --> 00:28:54,358 His shoe fell off. 582 00:28:54,442 --> 00:28:56,277 [commentator 6] So he'll put that shoe back on, 583 00:28:56,360 --> 00:28:57,987 he'll miss a play, come on back after that. 584 00:28:58,070 --> 00:28:59,197 His shoe fell off. 585 00:28:59,280 --> 00:29:00,782 [player] Ready! Set, hut! 586 00:29:00,865 --> 00:29:03,910 [grunts] 587 00:29:04,368 --> 00:29:07,038 [commentator 4] Purdy over the middle. There's Samuel. 588 00:29:07,121 --> 00:29:08,873 Makes the catch and absorbs a hit. 589 00:29:08,956 --> 00:29:10,333 Keeps on going, 590 00:29:10,416 --> 00:29:13,419 and he's gonna get stacked up out around the 44-yard line. 591 00:29:13,503 --> 00:29:15,046 It'll bring up third down. 592 00:29:15,171 --> 00:29:17,757 -[man] Purdy's pass complete to-- -[commentator 4] Now Deebo Samuel 593 00:29:17,840 --> 00:29:20,051 not getting up, or his shoe came off. 594 00:29:20,134 --> 00:29:21,260 This is different. 595 00:29:22,804 --> 00:29:24,639 We certainly hope that he's okay. 596 00:29:25,223 --> 00:29:26,557 [man] What happened? 597 00:29:27,475 --> 00:29:30,561 -[Deebo] I just got hit in that shoulder. -[man] In that shoulder? 598 00:29:30,645 --> 00:29:31,938 [man] Which shoulder? 599 00:29:32,230 --> 00:29:33,231 Right side or left? 600 00:29:33,314 --> 00:29:34,899 -[Deebo] Same. Left. -[man] Left? 601 00:29:35,858 --> 00:29:38,319 -[man] Sore on the bone there at all? -[Deebo] No. 602 00:29:38,402 --> 00:29:42,240 [man] Let's sit you up and I'm going to push on the bone off of here, okay? 603 00:29:42,323 --> 00:29:44,158 [crowd] Deebo, Deebo, Deebo. 604 00:29:44,242 --> 00:29:47,829 Deebo, Deebo, Deebo, Deebo. 605 00:29:49,997 --> 00:29:52,124 I feel like I got hit after the whistle, 606 00:29:52,208 --> 00:29:54,544 but I don't know what was happening at the time. 607 00:29:54,627 --> 00:29:57,171 [commentator 5] See Jaire Alexander coming in on that tackle, 608 00:29:57,255 --> 00:29:58,756 made some contact there. 609 00:29:58,840 --> 00:30:01,509 [Deebo] All I knew, I was getting twirled around and hit 610 00:30:01,592 --> 00:30:05,179 and people talking shit and I was just, "Whatever, I'm about to get up," 611 00:30:05,263 --> 00:30:07,056 and just… here come the next play. 612 00:30:07,139 --> 00:30:09,600 I'm like, "Yeah, like, this shit hurt. 613 00:30:09,684 --> 00:30:11,102 Like, I can't do it." 614 00:30:11,185 --> 00:30:12,979 Resist me. 615 00:30:13,062 --> 00:30:14,730 Resist me. 616 00:30:16,399 --> 00:30:19,277 Still right here though, right? 617 00:30:20,444 --> 00:30:22,613 What you need, bro? Anything else? 618 00:30:22,697 --> 00:30:24,532 I just need God right now. 619 00:30:26,158 --> 00:30:29,287 -No? -I don't think… Bro. Fuck! 620 00:30:41,132 --> 00:30:44,218 Should we go inside, do some work, and see if something works? 621 00:30:44,302 --> 00:30:45,469 Yeah, come on. 622 00:30:47,263 --> 00:30:51,267 [commentator] You see Deebo Samuel there, he's getting walked to the locker room. 623 00:30:51,350 --> 00:30:53,853 That's a tough sight if you're a Niner fan. 624 00:30:53,936 --> 00:30:55,771 [commentator 4] Oh, that is a big problem, 625 00:30:55,855 --> 00:30:58,232 obviously an integral part of this offense. 626 00:30:58,316 --> 00:31:01,235 And so the 49ers may have to do it without him. 627 00:31:01,319 --> 00:31:04,739 Deebo might have-- Same thing as Cleveland. 628 00:31:06,073 --> 00:31:10,786 [commentator 5] The offense runs through McCaffrey, Kittle and Deebo Samuel. 629 00:31:10,870 --> 00:31:13,623 When you take one of those guys out of the mix 630 00:31:13,706 --> 00:31:16,292 after having two weeks of preparation for this game, 631 00:31:16,375 --> 00:31:19,587 doing that in real-time is very difficult to handle 632 00:31:19,670 --> 00:31:20,838 for everybody else. 633 00:31:20,922 --> 00:31:22,757 When you do lose a guy like Deebo, 634 00:31:22,840 --> 00:31:25,635 it's not, "Hey, let's just put our back-up Deebo in." 635 00:31:25,718 --> 00:31:29,013 You run the same plays for Deebo that we see all around the league, 636 00:31:29,096 --> 00:31:32,558 but it's not always about the play, it's about the player in the play. 637 00:31:32,642 --> 00:31:34,727 I gotta move. 638 00:31:38,981 --> 00:31:40,858 Hey, let's roll. 639 00:31:41,984 --> 00:31:42,944 [Bruce] Come on, G. 640 00:31:43,027 --> 00:31:47,239 [commentator 6] So the 49ers now will take over at their own 14, first and ten. 641 00:31:49,116 --> 00:31:52,328 Purdy back on a play fake, rolling right, throws short right. 642 00:31:52,411 --> 00:31:55,039 Caught by Kittle at the 15, turns it up across the 20, 643 00:31:55,122 --> 00:31:57,708 and he's thrown out of bounds close to a first down. 644 00:31:57,792 --> 00:31:59,585 Good shit, babe. Good shit. 645 00:32:00,252 --> 00:32:02,296 Good job, G! 646 00:32:02,588 --> 00:32:03,631 [yells] 647 00:32:05,549 --> 00:32:07,677 [commentator 4] Third down. Blitz is coming. 648 00:32:07,760 --> 00:32:10,304 Purdy has a block. Floating one downfield to Kittle. 649 00:32:10,388 --> 00:32:13,891 He's got it! Touchdown, San Francisco! 650 00:32:13,975 --> 00:32:16,686 [cheering] 651 00:32:21,023 --> 00:32:22,316 [yells] 652 00:32:26,946 --> 00:32:28,322 Let's go! 653 00:32:28,406 --> 00:32:30,491 Let's go! 654 00:32:32,410 --> 00:32:35,579 He was sitting inside leverage and then went like this to me. 655 00:32:35,663 --> 00:32:37,081 I was like, "Okay." 656 00:32:37,164 --> 00:32:39,166 Like gimme a… he didn't touch me. 657 00:32:39,250 --> 00:32:42,753 I gave him a quick jab, he set his feet and I just ran right past him. 658 00:32:42,837 --> 00:32:44,463 [commentator 5] It's Mann. 659 00:32:44,547 --> 00:32:46,841 Purdy has all day. The blitz doesn't get home, 660 00:32:46,924 --> 00:32:48,342 he flushes to the right. 661 00:32:49,677 --> 00:32:50,720 And it's over. 662 00:32:51,679 --> 00:32:55,307 [George] Could not have been easier. Isn't it nice when that happens? 663 00:32:59,020 --> 00:33:00,187 [yells] 664 00:33:03,107 --> 00:33:05,401 [man] I thought you were on my shoulders. 665 00:33:05,484 --> 00:33:08,279 [Claire] I kind of was. I don't know what happened, I blacked out. 666 00:33:08,362 --> 00:33:09,947 -That was insane. -I blacked out. 667 00:33:10,031 --> 00:33:11,323 They'll have to replay it. 668 00:33:11,407 --> 00:33:13,909 [commentator 6] We see Deebo Samuel there, 669 00:33:13,993 --> 00:33:15,619 he's not gonna re-enter the game. 670 00:33:15,703 --> 00:33:16,620 Sorry, man. 671 00:33:16,704 --> 00:33:18,622 Hey, Deebo, we need the energy. 672 00:33:18,706 --> 00:33:20,291 Okay? We need it. 673 00:33:20,374 --> 00:33:22,543 [commentator 4] Third down for San Francisco now, 674 00:33:22,626 --> 00:33:26,630 third and six from their own 29, with 8:39 to go in the third quarter. 675 00:33:26,714 --> 00:33:29,050 [commentator 5] Crowd anxious in Santa Clara. 676 00:33:30,009 --> 00:33:31,177 [Claire] Exhale. 677 00:33:33,054 --> 00:33:34,263 Exhale it out. 678 00:33:36,057 --> 00:33:37,391 [yells] 679 00:33:38,934 --> 00:33:40,895 [commentator 5] Purdy, pressure coming. 680 00:33:40,978 --> 00:33:42,605 Stands and delivers, it's Kittle. 681 00:33:42,688 --> 00:33:45,524 He's got a first down. George Kittle breaks the tackle, 682 00:33:45,608 --> 00:33:47,485 into Packers territory, 683 00:33:47,568 --> 00:33:49,779 shoulder down and across the 40. 684 00:33:49,862 --> 00:33:52,865 Good shit, babe. Good shit, babe. 685 00:33:54,950 --> 00:33:57,161 Good fucking play, man. Come on! 686 00:33:57,244 --> 00:34:00,081 [commentator 7] First and ten Niners on the Green Bay 39, 687 00:34:00,164 --> 00:34:02,583 trying to take the lead back. They're down 13-7. 688 00:34:02,666 --> 00:34:05,836 [commentator 4] They get it off. McCaffrey, right side, big seam. 689 00:34:05,920 --> 00:34:07,755 Cut. 30. McCaffrey. 690 00:34:10,216 --> 00:34:12,343 Touchdown, San Francisco! 691 00:34:12,885 --> 00:34:15,513 [cheering] 692 00:34:20,768 --> 00:34:22,603 [yells] 693 00:34:22,812 --> 00:34:26,524 [George] Fortunately for us, Christian McCaffrey's really good at football. 694 00:34:26,607 --> 00:34:28,109 -Fuck yeah! -Way to get us going, man. 695 00:34:28,192 --> 00:34:30,528 [George] Gives the 49ers the lead. 696 00:34:30,611 --> 00:34:32,071 [yells] 697 00:34:32,571 --> 00:34:35,449 But the NFL scriptwriters would not have it be that way. 698 00:34:35,533 --> 00:34:38,369 Jordan Love and the Packers go down and answer right away. 699 00:34:39,203 --> 00:34:42,373 [commentator 4] It's Love, far side, throw's complete. 700 00:34:42,456 --> 00:34:44,333 Caught for the touchdown! 701 00:34:44,416 --> 00:34:45,918 Hell, yeah! 702 00:34:46,001 --> 00:34:49,171 Deebo Samuel can only watch. 703 00:34:49,255 --> 00:34:52,174 [Deebo] I was going, like, 101 different emotions, 704 00:34:52,591 --> 00:34:54,176 but I'm just over there like, 705 00:34:54,260 --> 00:34:58,264 I'm like talking to myself like, "No way this is happening right now." 706 00:34:58,347 --> 00:35:00,683 And I was, "Deebo, you got snap out of it, 707 00:35:00,766 --> 00:35:03,018 and try to give as much energy to your team." 708 00:35:03,978 --> 00:35:06,522 -This is where we lean on you right here. -Let's go. 709 00:35:06,605 --> 00:35:08,357 -Go make a fuckin' play. -Hell yeah. 710 00:35:08,440 --> 00:35:10,568 -Let's fuckin' go, man. Go be you. -Yeah. 711 00:35:10,651 --> 00:35:12,695 Hey, George. 712 00:35:13,362 --> 00:35:15,322 -Do it again. -Yeah. 713 00:35:15,406 --> 00:35:16,866 We gotta score. 714 00:35:18,450 --> 00:35:19,827 Don't really have a choice. 715 00:35:20,870 --> 00:35:22,580 Come on, Brock. 716 00:35:22,663 --> 00:35:24,540 Channel it, buddy. Yeah, let's go. 717 00:35:24,623 --> 00:35:30,629 [commentator 7] 6:18 to play. The 49ers with a touchdown can still win the game. 718 00:35:31,172 --> 00:35:34,633 [George] On that first set of downs, just get a couple positive plays. 719 00:35:34,717 --> 00:35:37,511 You don't need to get a huge explosive right off the rip. 720 00:35:37,595 --> 00:35:40,055 Let's just get five yards, get a couple yards, 721 00:35:40,139 --> 00:35:41,724 let's just get into this drive. 722 00:35:41,807 --> 00:35:45,394 Because once our offense is rolling, we're pretty hard to stop. 723 00:35:45,477 --> 00:35:47,563 [commentator 7] Under center, Purdy, a five-step drop. 724 00:35:47,646 --> 00:35:50,065 Steps up, chucks it down to McCaffrey. 725 00:35:51,609 --> 00:35:52,818 Good job, Christian! 726 00:35:52,902 --> 00:35:56,113 [commentator 7] 49ers are driving to the NFC championship game. 727 00:35:56,572 --> 00:35:58,365 And now it's third down and five. 728 00:35:59,491 --> 00:36:00,659 Purdy in the gun. 729 00:36:01,493 --> 00:36:04,330 Throw to Aiyuk! He makes the catch! 730 00:36:05,664 --> 00:36:06,665 Yes! 731 00:36:06,749 --> 00:36:09,752 They give him the catch there. What a diving catch by Aiyuk. 732 00:36:11,128 --> 00:36:14,131 [Deebo] I was just waiting on those one or two plays to come. 733 00:36:16,383 --> 00:36:19,470 BA made that play on third down, I'm like, "Yeah, we rolling." 734 00:36:19,553 --> 00:36:21,680 [commentator 7] We're approaching three minutes to play. 735 00:36:21,764 --> 00:36:23,557 First and ten. Niners on the Packer 43. 736 00:36:23,641 --> 00:36:26,977 Purdy under center, five-step drop, steps up, throws out right, 737 00:36:27,061 --> 00:36:30,064 caught by Chris Conley! 738 00:36:31,690 --> 00:36:33,234 I've got-- No, you do… 739 00:36:33,317 --> 00:36:36,695 [commentator 7] Purdy outta the gun. Purdy looking left, throws left. 740 00:36:36,779 --> 00:36:37,988 Catch made by Kittle, 741 00:36:38,072 --> 00:36:40,824 runs after the catch for a first down. 742 00:36:41,408 --> 00:36:44,536 Good job, G! Way to come back, let's go! 743 00:36:44,620 --> 00:36:48,082 [commentator 7] Field goal's not in play now, you're down four points, 744 00:36:48,165 --> 00:36:50,000 so you've gotta score a touchdown. 745 00:36:50,084 --> 00:36:51,835 [George] Triple pick, boy. 746 00:36:51,919 --> 00:36:54,088 [commentator 7] This will decide their year. 747 00:36:54,713 --> 00:36:56,090 [George] Triple two-six. 748 00:36:57,258 --> 00:37:00,261 They like to do that to us. They like to make it stressful 749 00:37:00,344 --> 00:37:03,222 during those playoff games. I was like, "Come on, guys." 750 00:37:04,348 --> 00:37:07,935 [commentator 7] Purdy takes it, hands off to McCaffrey off the left side. 751 00:37:08,018 --> 00:37:09,228 Breaks the tackle! 752 00:37:09,311 --> 00:37:13,649 Touchdown! 753 00:37:13,732 --> 00:37:18,028 [commentator 4] And the San Francisco 49ers, for a third consecutive year, 754 00:37:18,112 --> 00:37:21,365 are headed to the NFC championship game. 755 00:37:22,658 --> 00:37:25,327 -Damn! -Let's fucking go, dude. 756 00:37:25,953 --> 00:37:30,874 [commentator 4] San Francisco is one step away from the Super Bowl again. 757 00:37:31,792 --> 00:37:35,170 [hollers] 758 00:37:35,838 --> 00:37:37,756 [hollers] 759 00:37:37,840 --> 00:37:41,593 Let's fucking go! 760 00:37:43,721 --> 00:37:46,015 Let's fucking go! 761 00:37:46,098 --> 00:37:48,600 [laughs] That's my family. 762 00:37:49,518 --> 00:37:51,312 [whistles] 763 00:37:55,065 --> 00:37:56,275 Holy shit. 764 00:37:56,358 --> 00:37:58,277 -Way to stay with it. -Fuck yeah, baby. 765 00:37:58,360 --> 00:38:00,904 [Kyle] That game was 100% about character. 766 00:38:00,988 --> 00:38:02,906 That's one of the hardest I've been in, 767 00:38:02,990 --> 00:38:05,284 in all three phases, and you guys never wavered. 768 00:38:05,367 --> 00:38:08,620 It wasn't fucking pretty, but we did whatever it took to win. 769 00:38:08,704 --> 00:38:11,874 Let's get right back to work, 'cause we know how good we are. 770 00:38:11,957 --> 00:38:13,917 -[Kyle] Let's get right back. -Let's go! 771 00:38:14,001 --> 00:38:15,210 [Kyle] You guys feel me? 772 00:38:17,671 --> 00:38:18,547 [George] Man. 773 00:38:18,630 --> 00:38:21,175 Great fucking job, dude. Great fucking job. 774 00:38:22,384 --> 00:38:23,802 Hey! 775 00:38:24,386 --> 00:38:25,346 We match! 776 00:38:25,429 --> 00:38:27,556 [commentator 7] San Francisco, I guarantee, 777 00:38:27,639 --> 00:38:29,183 is gonna look better next week. 778 00:38:29,266 --> 00:38:31,393 [cheering] 779 00:38:31,477 --> 00:38:32,478 [George laughs] 780 00:38:32,561 --> 00:38:34,772 [Claire] Wouldn't it have sucked if you lost? 781 00:38:34,855 --> 00:38:36,398 Oh! It would've sucked so bad. 782 00:38:37,024 --> 00:38:40,319 [commentator 7] We know what they can look like at full strength, 783 00:38:40,402 --> 00:38:42,029 but will they be at full strength? 784 00:38:42,112 --> 00:38:44,615 Deebo Samuel was out this game with his shoulder. 785 00:38:44,698 --> 00:38:47,326 What is gonna be the availability of Deebo Samuel? 786 00:38:47,409 --> 00:38:49,203 That's gonna be a monster question. 787 00:38:52,998 --> 00:38:55,376 [hip hop music playing] 788 00:38:57,836 --> 00:38:59,755 Felt the energy from you today. 789 00:38:59,838 --> 00:39:01,340 -Did you? -Yeah. 790 00:39:01,423 --> 00:39:03,425 That was the best shove I've given you. 791 00:39:04,927 --> 00:39:06,970 [George] I like it when you push me hard. 792 00:39:08,555 --> 00:39:11,934 [Deebo] Right now I'm feeling really good 'cause we actually won. 793 00:39:12,017 --> 00:39:14,520 As tough as I am, it's hard to take myself outta 794 00:39:14,603 --> 00:39:16,355 a game like that and I'm just like, 795 00:39:16,438 --> 00:39:20,359 "No way that I can actually help this team right now." 796 00:39:20,442 --> 00:39:22,361 Not too much concern about my shoulder. 797 00:39:22,444 --> 00:39:25,364 'Cause, you know, it don't hurt as bad as it did 798 00:39:25,447 --> 00:39:27,491 once I hurt it when we played the Browns. 799 00:39:27,574 --> 00:39:30,911 So hopefully it's not as bad and probably get ready for next week. 800 00:39:32,246 --> 00:39:35,874 It's my left shoulder. I felt like I got hit by a truck. 801 00:39:35,958 --> 00:39:38,919 Caught it one the route and was trying to get out the back door 802 00:39:39,002 --> 00:39:42,506 and it was a big guy on my back and then was getting tossed and turned 803 00:39:42,589 --> 00:39:45,467 and I felt the guy's face mask hit the back of my scapula. 804 00:39:46,552 --> 00:39:49,721 Your trap is right here. And you go under your trap, 805 00:39:49,805 --> 00:39:52,224 you feel that little bone right under your trap. 806 00:39:52,307 --> 00:39:54,518 It's right here. Top of the scapula. 807 00:39:55,894 --> 00:39:59,440 Yeah, I was definitely angry, 'cause I'm like "Bro, like, why now?" 808 00:39:59,523 --> 00:40:03,193 They was like… I forgot what teammate said something. 809 00:40:03,277 --> 00:40:05,404 He was like, "You all right? You need help?" 810 00:40:05,487 --> 00:40:08,365 I said, "Only person can help me right now is God." 811 00:40:08,449 --> 00:40:11,994 God put you in certain situations that he's not gonna bring you out of. 812 00:40:12,077 --> 00:40:14,037 It's just gonna take time. 813 00:40:14,121 --> 00:40:16,498 I got a CT scan at 9:15 in the morning 814 00:40:16,582 --> 00:40:18,083 and an MRI right after that. 815 00:40:18,167 --> 00:40:20,294 And then after that we just see how it goes. 816 00:40:21,462 --> 00:40:23,922 [broadcaster 8] When you look good, you feel good. 817 00:40:24,006 --> 00:40:26,425 And the Lions have fans feeling great. 818 00:40:26,508 --> 00:40:28,969 So great that they're changing their hair color 819 00:40:29,052 --> 00:40:31,221 to Amon-Ra St. Blue. 820 00:40:32,639 --> 00:40:36,602 I didn't know it was gonna go that viral, my hair. The city really loved it. 821 00:40:36,685 --> 00:40:38,604 [female broadcaster 3] Lions fan Jeff Benjamin… 822 00:40:38,687 --> 00:40:40,189 this is a heartwarming story. 823 00:40:40,272 --> 00:40:42,107 He shared this photo of his father. 824 00:40:42,191 --> 00:40:45,110 His father, a lifelong Lions fan who dyed his hair 825 00:40:45,194 --> 00:40:48,489 Honolulu Blue, just like Mr. Blue Hair himself, 826 00:40:48,572 --> 00:40:50,199 Amon-Ra St. Brown. 827 00:40:50,282 --> 00:40:53,494 Amon-Ra with a little blue heart responding to the fans 828 00:40:53,577 --> 00:40:56,205 and getting excited for this game. 829 00:40:59,833 --> 00:41:00,918 What's up, Larry? 830 00:41:02,586 --> 00:41:04,922 -How you doing? -How you doing? 831 00:41:05,005 --> 00:41:06,840 I'm doing pretty good. How about you? 832 00:41:06,924 --> 00:41:09,218 I'm doing great. I love the hair. 833 00:41:09,301 --> 00:41:11,803 -I like yours, too. -There you go. 834 00:41:11,887 --> 00:41:14,765 I have to get mine re-touched up. Mine's fading a little. 835 00:41:14,848 --> 00:41:17,226 Oh, yeah, well, I… 836 00:41:17,309 --> 00:41:19,520 You're the one that inspired me to do mine. 837 00:41:19,603 --> 00:41:21,230 There you go, it looks great. 838 00:41:21,313 --> 00:41:24,608 To see Larry Benjamin, someone who's a lifelong Detroit Lions fan, 839 00:41:24,691 --> 00:41:27,528 who was in hospice, get behind that, 840 00:41:27,611 --> 00:41:30,656 it was a moment in my life that I'll never forget. 841 00:41:30,739 --> 00:41:31,990 How long you been a fan? 842 00:41:33,242 --> 00:41:37,120 I was a fan in the 1950s when the Lions were 843 00:41:37,204 --> 00:41:39,289 NFL champions. 844 00:41:39,373 --> 00:41:42,918 -Okay. -'52, '54, '57. 845 00:41:43,001 --> 00:41:45,963 -There you go. -And I've been following ever since. 846 00:41:46,046 --> 00:41:49,383 The fans in Detroit, for me, the best fans in the world. 847 00:41:49,466 --> 00:41:52,427 You know, that's part of the reason why I dyed my hair blue. 848 00:41:52,511 --> 00:41:56,223 And I definitely really wanted to connect with Larry Benjamin. 849 00:41:56,306 --> 00:41:58,475 That connection that we had is, in itself, 850 00:41:58,559 --> 00:41:59,935 it made everything special. 851 00:42:00,018 --> 00:42:01,603 The whole blue hair, everything. 852 00:42:01,687 --> 00:42:04,398 I just wanna say thank you so much, Larry. 853 00:42:04,481 --> 00:42:05,566 You guys, man, 854 00:42:05,649 --> 00:42:07,693 you guys are the best out honestly. 855 00:42:07,776 --> 00:42:09,319 So I just wanna say thank you. 856 00:42:09,403 --> 00:42:11,196 You are more than welcome. 857 00:42:11,280 --> 00:42:14,324 -[Benjamin] Thank you so much. -[Amon] Yes, sir. Take care. 858 00:42:14,408 --> 00:42:16,785 -[Benjamin] You too. Take care. -[Amon] Bye-bye. 859 00:42:16,868 --> 00:42:18,203 -[Benjamin] Bye. -[woman] Go Lions. 860 00:42:18,287 --> 00:42:19,997 [Amon] Yes, sir. Go Lions. 861 00:42:31,258 --> 00:42:34,261 Love you, boy. Do your shit. Do your thing. 862 00:42:41,184 --> 00:42:43,270 [commentator 1] Let's start with the Lions. 863 00:42:43,353 --> 00:42:47,608 The 32-year wait for a playoff win ended last week against the Rams. 864 00:42:47,691 --> 00:42:49,568 People expect them to win. 865 00:42:49,651 --> 00:42:52,029 Expect them to talk Super Bowl around here. 866 00:42:52,112 --> 00:42:55,407 [commentator 2] We have a fan base that has been waiting a lifetime 867 00:42:55,490 --> 00:42:56,908 for this moment. 868 00:42:56,992 --> 00:43:00,829 I was 12 when we last won a championship. [laughs] 869 00:43:00,912 --> 00:43:02,581 I'm 78 now. 870 00:43:08,337 --> 00:43:10,172 -Do you remember? -Yes! 871 00:43:14,551 --> 00:43:16,053 I love you. Good luck. 872 00:43:18,597 --> 00:43:19,723 [Amon] What's up? 873 00:43:19,806 --> 00:43:22,559 Your boy got tall already from last time at the Pro Bowl. 874 00:43:22,643 --> 00:43:23,685 -You good? -Good. 875 00:43:23,769 --> 00:43:24,895 What up? How you doing? 876 00:43:24,978 --> 00:43:25,979 Good to see you. 877 00:43:26,063 --> 00:43:27,689 -You too. -Good to see you, man. 878 00:43:27,773 --> 00:43:29,941 [man] One, two, and three. There it is. 879 00:43:30,025 --> 00:43:31,652 -Great year, man. -Appreciate it. 880 00:43:31,735 --> 00:43:33,987 -Thank you. -Love the way you compete. 881 00:43:34,071 --> 00:43:35,781 -You at the Ravens game yesterday. -Yeah. 882 00:43:35,864 --> 00:43:37,866 -How was it? Good? -Good. 883 00:43:38,909 --> 00:43:40,661 Who you got going to the Super Bowl? 884 00:43:40,744 --> 00:43:41,662 You guys. 885 00:43:41,745 --> 00:43:44,039 My dog. We'll see you. Nice seeing you, man. 886 00:43:47,751 --> 00:43:50,545 [commentator 3] Second quarter, 3-3 game. Lions and Bucs. 887 00:43:51,838 --> 00:43:55,050 [commentator 1] And Goff puts it up top for St. Brown. 888 00:43:55,133 --> 00:43:57,886 Couldn't bring it down, as Jamel Dean was covering. 889 00:43:57,969 --> 00:43:59,054 Fuck! 890 00:43:59,346 --> 00:44:01,848 [commentator 2] Nice coverage by Jamel Dean 891 00:44:01,932 --> 00:44:04,393 in the end zone, as Amon-Ra St. Brown, 892 00:44:04,476 --> 00:44:06,061 the intended target. 893 00:44:06,144 --> 00:44:09,272 His arms are long, so it's like this, 894 00:44:09,356 --> 00:44:13,694 and yes, it's like this, and then you gotta cut the outside off. 895 00:44:13,777 --> 00:44:16,905 'Cause the ball, he put it up and hung it just long enough. 896 00:44:17,781 --> 00:44:19,741 I thought you ran a pretty good route. 897 00:44:19,825 --> 00:44:22,994 -I should've been patient at the line. -Yeah. 898 00:44:23,078 --> 00:44:26,123 Hey, he's so long like, he touched me from way over here. 899 00:44:26,206 --> 00:44:27,082 I'm like, "Damn." 900 00:44:28,625 --> 00:44:32,504 We knew going into that game, they're one of the better defenses in the league. 901 00:44:32,587 --> 00:44:34,840 Got the corners, Dean can run, long arms. 902 00:44:35,674 --> 00:44:37,384 [grunting] 903 00:44:37,467 --> 00:44:40,137 [commentator 1] Play action. Goff throwing end zone. 904 00:44:40,220 --> 00:44:44,224 -And it should have been an interception! -[exclaims] Shit. 905 00:44:45,308 --> 00:44:48,270 Let's go. I see that look in your eye. Come on. Come on. 906 00:44:48,353 --> 00:44:50,897 He's not the guy that, "If I'm not getting the ball, 907 00:44:50,981 --> 00:44:53,525 or I'm not a primary, or, okay, the ball's going here, 908 00:44:53,608 --> 00:44:56,278 I'm gonna let off the gas and catch my breath." 909 00:44:56,361 --> 00:44:57,696 That's not what he's about. 910 00:44:57,779 --> 00:45:00,657 [commentator 2] Third and five from the Tampa Bay 9. 911 00:45:00,740 --> 00:45:02,492 12:52 to go, first half. 912 00:45:02,576 --> 00:45:04,744 But because of the way he plays, 913 00:45:04,828 --> 00:45:06,913 defenses have to pay attention to him. 914 00:45:06,997 --> 00:45:09,749 [commentator 2] Goff, back. Drifting right, setting, throwing end zone. 915 00:45:09,833 --> 00:45:12,752 Wide open, caught! Touchdown, Detroit Lions! 916 00:45:12,836 --> 00:45:14,212 Josh Reynolds. 917 00:45:14,754 --> 00:45:17,382 [commentator 3] Beautiful design from Ben Johnson. 918 00:45:17,466 --> 00:45:20,510 And give Amon-Ra St. Brown some credit too. 919 00:45:20,594 --> 00:45:23,096 That's why Reynolds was able to come wide open. 920 00:45:23,180 --> 00:45:26,558 His unselfishness, his ability to go block, man, 921 00:45:26,641 --> 00:45:27,976 his toughness. 922 00:45:28,059 --> 00:45:30,770 That's why Gibby is able to break a run. 923 00:45:30,854 --> 00:45:33,565 [commentator 1] Fourth quarter, 17-17. 924 00:45:33,648 --> 00:45:37,027 [commentator 2] Second and two. Gibbs quick move to the open field. 925 00:45:37,110 --> 00:45:39,946 Gibbs accelerates, Gibbs to the end zone! 926 00:45:40,030 --> 00:45:42,616 He's in for the touchdown! 927 00:45:42,699 --> 00:45:44,409 [commentator 3] Amon-Ra St. Brown. 928 00:45:44,493 --> 00:45:49,247 Big-time blocking Jamel Dean to allow Gibbs to get it in. 929 00:45:51,541 --> 00:45:55,837 You see the blocking downfield? Did you see the blocking downfield? 930 00:45:59,090 --> 00:46:01,426 Fucking good job, man. 931 00:46:04,346 --> 00:46:07,140 [commentator 1] Lions set up at their own 11-yard line, 932 00:46:07,224 --> 00:46:08,683 leading by seven. 933 00:46:08,767 --> 00:46:10,644 12:12 to go. 934 00:46:10,727 --> 00:46:13,438 Sam LaPorta out to the 14-yard line. 935 00:46:13,522 --> 00:46:15,982 [commentator 2] Three guys on him. Gain of three. 936 00:46:17,567 --> 00:46:20,987 [commentator 3] Injured player here is Jamel Dean for the Buccaneers. 937 00:46:21,071 --> 00:46:22,906 [commentator 2] That's a big deal. 938 00:46:22,989 --> 00:46:25,158 [Amon] Dean went down, his back was hurting, 939 00:46:25,242 --> 00:46:26,826 ended up limping off the field. 940 00:46:26,910 --> 00:46:30,247 [commentator 1] Zyon McCollum will come on to take his spot. 941 00:46:30,330 --> 00:46:34,125 [Amon] And look up. It's gonna be in the air. I'll meet you in the end zone. 942 00:46:34,209 --> 00:46:36,294 The guy that came in, I knew he can run. 943 00:46:36,378 --> 00:46:40,632 He was tall and long, but I didn't know if he was as good as Dean, maybe he was. 944 00:46:40,715 --> 00:46:42,926 But I knew Ben saw the same thing 945 00:46:43,009 --> 00:46:45,053 and I knew he was gonna try to attack him. 946 00:46:45,595 --> 00:46:50,517 [commentator 1] So it's third and fifteen for the Lions now from their own 44. 947 00:46:50,600 --> 00:46:52,435 Trying to keep this drive alive. 948 00:46:53,770 --> 00:46:56,356 Winner moves on to the NFC championship game. 949 00:46:57,232 --> 00:46:59,693 If you want it, you gotta take it right now. 950 00:47:00,277 --> 00:47:03,280 [commentator 2] This is now time for Amon-Ra St. Brown. 951 00:47:03,363 --> 00:47:04,990 [player] Ready! Set! 952 00:47:05,073 --> 00:47:08,243 [commentator 1] Goff's got some time. He's got a receiver. 953 00:47:08,326 --> 00:47:09,619 Fighting for it! 954 00:47:09,703 --> 00:47:11,329 For the first down! 955 00:47:11,413 --> 00:47:13,081 Who else but St. Brown? 956 00:47:13,707 --> 00:47:17,043 That's what he's done all year. 957 00:47:17,127 --> 00:47:18,545 Yes! 958 00:47:18,628 --> 00:47:20,672 I know I'm aware and I know St.'s aware, 959 00:47:20,755 --> 00:47:23,174 and all of us are aware that there is a backup. 960 00:47:23,258 --> 00:47:26,094 Pre-snap, I had a pretty good idea I was gonna get to him. 961 00:47:26,177 --> 00:47:29,764 [commentator 2] Great job by the Lions to go right after the replacement. 962 00:47:29,848 --> 00:47:31,641 Amon-Ra St. Brown, 963 00:47:31,725 --> 00:47:34,728 people have no idea how strong that guy's legs are. 964 00:47:34,811 --> 00:47:37,063 No surprise. Got a few family traits. 965 00:47:37,230 --> 00:47:39,399 There's strength in the family. 966 00:47:39,482 --> 00:47:40,984 That guy is something special. 967 00:47:41,067 --> 00:47:43,945 [Jared] Punch this thing in. Our defense is playing some ball now. 968 00:47:44,029 --> 00:47:46,364 Let's get this thing in the end zone, okay? 969 00:47:46,448 --> 00:47:48,867 [commentator 3] This is exactly what a playoff game should be. 970 00:47:48,950 --> 00:47:51,536 Nothing coming easy. Great physicality. 971 00:47:51,620 --> 00:47:53,747 This is why we love the playoffs. 972 00:47:53,830 --> 00:47:56,583 [commentator 1] First and goal from the Bucs' 9. 973 00:47:56,666 --> 00:47:59,753 Lions by seven, looking for more. Six-and-a-half to go. 974 00:48:00,420 --> 00:48:01,379 [player] Ready! Set! 975 00:48:01,463 --> 00:48:04,007 [commentator 2] Shotgun. Gets the snap. Buccaneers rush five. 976 00:48:04,090 --> 00:48:07,844 Goff floats it to the right side of the end zone, fingertip grab! 977 00:48:07,927 --> 00:48:09,804 Amon-Ra St. Brown! 978 00:48:09,888 --> 00:48:14,225 And the NFC championship game looking a little closer 979 00:48:14,309 --> 00:48:17,103 than it has in decades to Detroit. 980 00:48:17,687 --> 00:48:19,356 Are you kidding me? 981 00:48:19,939 --> 00:48:21,566 Yeah! 982 00:48:22,108 --> 00:48:23,652 [Amon] Jared calls the play. 983 00:48:24,194 --> 00:48:27,238 And in my head, I'm like, "This has to be a touchdown." 984 00:48:27,322 --> 00:48:29,532 I run the route. Jared throws a perfect ball, 985 00:48:29,616 --> 00:48:31,910 right in the corner of the end zone. 986 00:48:31,993 --> 00:48:34,037 It was just how we drew it up. 987 00:48:35,455 --> 00:48:38,583 [commentator 3] He's dropping dimes, nickels, quarters. 988 00:48:38,667 --> 00:48:41,586 Jared is dropping it all out there today. 989 00:48:41,670 --> 00:48:44,089 [triumphant music playing] 990 00:48:51,680 --> 00:48:54,349 Hey, that was a perfect ball. Oh, my God. 991 00:48:54,432 --> 00:48:56,643 I wasn't even that open. It was perfect. 992 00:48:56,726 --> 00:48:58,895 The ball was going to him no matter what. 993 00:48:58,978 --> 00:49:01,856 He knew it, I knew it, and everyone on the field knew it. 994 00:49:01,940 --> 00:49:04,859 [commentator 1] Dean, I thought, played a really good game, 995 00:49:04,943 --> 00:49:08,029 but the minute he left, that drive was just one throw 996 00:49:08,113 --> 00:49:10,365 after another at the replacement. 997 00:49:10,448 --> 00:49:12,826 [cheering] 998 00:49:13,743 --> 00:49:15,078 Fingertip! 999 00:49:15,161 --> 00:49:17,122 Let's fucking go, baby. 1000 00:49:17,205 --> 00:49:18,665 Let's fucking go. 1001 00:49:21,042 --> 00:49:26,589 [commentator 1] The Lions are one win from making the Super Bowl. 1002 00:49:27,882 --> 00:49:32,095 Can you imagine if they go to the Super Bowl? Fuck. 1003 00:49:32,178 --> 00:49:35,682 Just to think of where we started when I first got here as a rookie, 1004 00:49:35,765 --> 00:49:38,101 to now being in the NFC Championship is just… 1005 00:49:38,184 --> 00:49:40,186 it was crazy to even think about. 1006 00:49:41,855 --> 00:49:43,773 It's a great day to be a Lion, baby! 1007 00:49:44,899 --> 00:49:47,610 [Derrick] Hey, you gotta believe how far we can go, man. 1008 00:49:47,694 --> 00:49:49,571 -[player] Yes, sir. -[Derrick] Believe it now. 1009 00:49:49,654 --> 00:49:52,407 [Derrick] Believe it now. This comes once in a lifetime. 1010 00:49:53,450 --> 00:49:54,909 Time to prepare for San Fran. 1011 00:49:54,993 --> 00:49:57,036 Let's get back to detail. Enjoy this. 1012 00:49:57,120 --> 00:49:58,705 And come ready to work next week. 1013 00:49:58,788 --> 00:50:01,374 Here we go. Fuck that, I'm going to say it. 1014 00:50:01,458 --> 00:50:03,334 "Super Bowl" on three. One, two, three! 1015 00:50:03,418 --> 00:50:05,003 [all] Super Bowl! 1016 00:50:05,086 --> 00:50:08,131 [Amon] I knew I was going back home to California. West Coast. 1017 00:50:08,214 --> 00:50:10,216 The only song that came to my mind was… 1018 00:50:10,300 --> 00:50:13,678 ♪ I'm going, going Back, back to Cali, Cali ♪ 1019 00:50:13,762 --> 00:50:16,639 ["Going Back to Cali" by The Notorious B.I.G. playing] 1020 00:50:18,475 --> 00:50:21,936 ♪ I'm going, going Back, back to Cali, Cali ♪ 1021 00:50:22,020 --> 00:50:26,107 He played, "I'm going, going back, back to Cali," 1022 00:50:26,191 --> 00:50:28,443 for like three days straight. 1023 00:50:39,954 --> 00:50:43,583 [female broadcaster 4] Which team needs this trip to the Super Bowl more? 1024 00:50:43,666 --> 00:50:46,795 [broadcaster 10] To me, it's the Lions. And here's why. 1025 00:50:46,878 --> 00:50:49,172 You don't get to this point often. 1026 00:50:49,964 --> 00:50:53,009 [broadcaster 11] When you talk about which team needs the trip 1027 00:50:53,092 --> 00:50:54,302 to the Super Bowl more, 1028 00:50:54,385 --> 00:50:56,221 it is the San Francisco 49ers. 1029 00:50:56,304 --> 00:50:59,599 Y'all have been to a few NFC Conference championship games, okay? 1030 00:50:59,682 --> 00:51:02,811 You been to a Super Bowl, but can't seem to kick down the door. 1031 00:51:02,894 --> 00:51:04,312 You've got to win. 1032 00:51:04,687 --> 00:51:06,356 [music fades out] 1033 00:51:08,358 --> 00:51:10,360 [closing theme music playing] 1034 00:52:11,337 --> 00:52:12,755 [man] Omaha!