NFL Playoff Team as COVID-19 Characters

NFL Playoff Teams as characters from COVID-19 (Past Pods were based on Game of Thrones Characters, Star Wars Characters and Always Sunny in Philadelphia Characters)

possibly our 5th annual? Definitely our 4th annual!

This is the widest choice spectrum in our 5 year history of this podcast — but, I still think we’ll pick 3 teams as the same thing from COVID-19

Zoom, Kobe Bryant (the only thing before COVID and a Harbinger of things to come), Unemployment/ Stimulus, Masks, Social Justice/BLM, Tok Tok/ Ocean Spray Guy on the skateboard, Election (Biden/Trump), Vaccine

Tiger King - Carol Baskin, Joe Exotic

The Last Dance

Karen’s Unhinged

Anthony Fauci

AFC: 1 Kansas City Chiefs (Bye), 2 Bills vs 7 Colts, 3 Steelers vs. 6 Browns, 4 Titans vs 5 Ravens

NFC: 1 Packers (Bye), 2 Saints vs 7 Bears, 3 Seahawks vs 6 Rams, 4 Wash Football Team vs 5 Buccaneers

NFC Teams

Packers are “the last Dance” — Rodgers “took it personally”

Saints — Roy Jones Junior from the 50+ Mike Tyson vs. Roy Jones exhibition. Shadow of their best days because they’ve taken so many haymakers over the years, that it’s bound to end badly again

Bears — Rudy Guiliani’s press conference live from the Four Season’s Landscaping — you think it’s a good thing the Bears are in the playoffs, but really it’s more of an embarrassment to all almost everybody involved

Seahawks are Carol Baskin (started COVID as a potential mastermind and murder) — by November has faded from the MVP of COVID times like Russell Wilson has faded in the MVP Race

Rams are “Murder Hornets” — They are Hugh Grant’s character from HBO’s “The Undoing” with our friend Nicole Kidman. As much as they tried to make Jonathan aka Hugh Grant not seem like the murder… it’s been pretty obvious that despite best efforts that the Rams are guilty of being a tier below a true title contender

Washington Football Team — are the $600 Stimulus checks — Alex Smith is a feel good story but it’s nowhere close to enough to make anything meaningful happen

Buccaneers - "Aliens are Real” - Brady at 43 on a different team is strange. After a day or two everybody said “meh” and then like 5 months later a retired and credible Israeli Govt Official reiterates that “no seriously Aliens are real”… and then Tom Brady and his team rip off six wins in a row, because he’s an alien and what do Aliens have (the best weapons). Ipso Facto: TB12 is an Alien

AFC Teams

KC Chiefs are Fortune 100 companies and Airline Industry — they’ve always got enough juice to get bailed out - and they’re gonna keep winning because they are the 1%

Bills are the Lt Governor of PA John Federman (sp?)— things were looking ugly and then they just came in to drop the hammer, save the day, and flip the script on the AFC and potentially the whole League

Colts (Mike Tyson from the Mike Tyson Fight) - Been years since we’ve taken him serious. We question why we continue to watch Philip Rivers but as things have marched on your eyes keep telling you — he’s kinda still got it. (Shoutout to Frank Reich the true genius behind the Eagles’ Super Bowl Title

Steelers — Joe Exotic — started out ON ABSOLUTE Fire and by the end it’s pretty clear that they aren’t who we thought they were and they are not coming out of this as the winner.

Browns — They are the convergence of Jupiter and Saturn — it’s the first time in 450 years since they made the playoffs, but we’re all happy to see them briefly

Ravens — Lance Armstrong Documentary — they will never apologize for who they are, despite being flawed. Not implying that they cheat… and honestly that part of Lance Armstrong isn’t applicable. But the Ravens if they play a perfect game on offense can easily win and it won’t even be close — like Lance back in the day

Titans — they are the NBA Bubble’s eastern conference number 5 seed, the Miami Heat… They literally have to “out tough you” to win. And they likely can hang around - unless their opponent plays at their absolute best

Wildcard Card Round Picks

Saints vs Bears (this game will be way too close for Saints but they’ll eek it out)

Seahawks vs Rams (could see either team winning close or Seahawks in a blowout — going with Seahawks Close

WFT vs Bucs — I think Bucs get it done

Bills vs Colts — The Bills seem like a touch too talented to get beat in round 1 — but Colts might make them earn it

Steelers vs Browns — division rivals could go either way — I’ll go Browns in the upset

Ravens vs Titans — rematch of last year. Last Year the Ravens were the Rocketship and the Titans found a way — I think the Ravens pay the favor back this time, but that means Lamar plays his first great playoff game. If he can’t do that — Titans take it

Who’s your final four, who’s going to Super Bowl 55 and who’s gonna win this thing?

With no fans in the stands in most of these stadium — this is the hardest season of trying to pick these games — plus 2 extra teams qualified for the first time.

I’ll go with Chiefs hosting Bills in AFC Title Game.

NFC Title game is going to have at least one lower seed I’ll try Packers hosting Seahawks - but only because I have zero faith in the Saints. (Rams, Bucs, Seahawks could all go on a real run).

Packers vs. Bills - Super Bowl

Packers to win it… but let’s make it clear — Packers, Bills, Chiefs, Ravens, Rams, Bucs, Seahawks could all win this thing — 7 of the 14 teams could get this thing done.

NFL Playoffs teams as Game of Thrones Characters - 2020 edition

2020 NFL Playoff Teams as Game of Thrones Characters 

This year it’s funny - cuz we know how GOT ends (at least the HBO version) - so in the past - being Dany Targaryen was a great thing - this year not necessarily

Forgot to assign the 49ers in the notes - but they’re Bronn perhaps  
*Apologies the spelling is going to be atrocious on these notes* Places Listening #1 France five weeks straight, USA #2, Australia #3, followed by UK, Egypt, Indonesia, Canada, Russia, Spain, Brazil, Mexico, Sri Lanka Top Cities after the Number 1 City of Lights aka Paris, Mountain View, CA, Cornelius, NC, Miami, Barcelona, Brisbane, Cairo and Colombo Thoughts going out to Australia and also Puerto Rico Subscribe on Spotify, Deezer, Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud or Google Play Music - follow us on twitter and instagram @filibusterfreestyle and we’re always available with episodes and show notes on filibusterfreestyle.com Pour some out for the 4 teams that are already gone. Buffalo Bills - The Dothraki at the beginning of the “Long Night Episode” - came out on the road - swords blazing - ready to roll. Looked unbeatable for a while - but their plan/tactics appeared to be one dimensional and after getting out to a long lead, they were snuffed out 1 by 1 or point by point until ultimately falling. It’s not a perfect analogy for several reasons - but hey — if you want better analysis, don’t lose in round 1 Buffalo Bills. Shout out to the Bills Mafia for buying all of the folding tables in Metro Houston area though. New Orleans Saints - This one hurts but - Oberyn Martell - the Red Viper of Dorne. Supreme Skill and Talent from the deep south. But in the end they were a bit too careless and when leaving things up to chance and/or the refs — their opponent did just enough to keep it close and then by the end - squish their head’s like a grape in excruciating fashion on the game’s final play in overtime. Philadelphia Eagles - Wun-Wun the giant at the end of the Battle of the bastards. They overcame everything to get to this point. They’ve got an A+ pedigree for getting the job done. But they were just too hurt to survive. There’s also an analogy in there for Ramsey Bolton’s cheap shot arrow to Wun-Wun’s eyes — as pertaining to the hit by Jadaveon Clowney on Carsen Wentz. And mad props to Josh McCown for coming off the bench into his first playoff game ever at 40 years old.  

New England Patriots - King Robert Baratheon. They’ve been sitting on the throne, ruling the realm for several years. In the end, they went down via a combination of sloppiness (roster management), Betrayal (trust the likes of Josh Gordon and Antonio Brown), and getting killed while over confident — the Dolphins loss was the wild boar in the forest and the inability to recover is the suspected inside job (Mike Vrabel) playing the role of Robert’s inner circle (Cersei, Littlefinger, Grandmaester Pycell, et al)

So who’s left: The 49ers vs. the Vikings // The Ravens vs. the Titans // The Chiefs vs. the Texans // The Packers vs. the Seahawks 

I legitimately think the Ravens are a lock for the AFC - but Obviously the Chiefs have a slim chance. 

in the NFC - I can’t see the Vikings winning 2 more road games, but the Packers, 49ers and Seahawks all have alligator blood and/or X-factors at QB which mean they can definitely string 2 are wins together to reach Miami 

Minnesota Vikings - Robb Stark — they are from the North. They’ve got a righteous cause (Never won the super bowl) like Robb was trying to avenge Ned Stark. In the end Rob Stark proved to be a little too naive and a little too trusting of being on the side of “good”. But the Game of Thrones is "a ladder filled with chaos” to paraphrase Little Finger. 

Prediction: I can’t see the Vikings getting by San Francisco - but if they do, they likely face “fellow northmen” in Green Bay - and just as Robb Stark couldn’t overcome a northern mutiny by the Bolton’s and Frey’s — Minnesota’s Super Bowl drought will continue 

Baltimore Ravens - Appear to be Drogon in season 8 going absolutely HAM on the entire population of King’s Landing. This is a team that prides itself on being built to beat the Steelers and the Patriots but they stumbled onto a power that is basically capable of destroying everything and everything just for "Esses and Gigs”. Nobody has an answer for them and the only ones who can truly stop them at least in the AFC are themselves. 

Tennessee Titans - Lots of ways to go here but I’m going to go with the Hound. Foulmouthed and smarter than they let on. They find a way to survive and honestly the more time you spend with them, the more you like them despite themselves. Much like the hound has an aversion to fire and an obsession with a family member (Vrabel is a Belichick mini-me and the Hound is the Mountain’s lil brosef).  The Hound is a battering ram like the Titans ground game. The only issue — they can’t defeat everybody they need to without sacrificing themselves in the process. The Ravens aren’t the Mountain — they are the fire that the Hound and Mountain plunge into from the top of the Red Keep. 

Prediction: Ravens by 10+ points and it’ll never be in doubt. 

Houston Texans — these Cats are the “trick or treat team remaining”. First half vs. Bills they got worked. Second Half Watson took over and they made just enough plays to win. These guys are like Beric Dondarrion and Thoros of Myr — they’ve got nine lives and they can keep stuff interesting but in the end — they are bit characters who don’t have the juice to make it to Miami

Kansas City Chiefs — No disrespect, cuz I like these guys — but my take is, they are the Night’s King with the Ice Dragon. We thought at the end of last season, they were going to become dominate this season and beyond. But the emergence of the Ravens makes me think that they could be beatable like the Night Kings getting iced by a 12 year old assassin aka Arya the MVP Stark. But if the show runners had done a better job with season 8’s pacing — the battle between Drogon and Ice Viserion could’ve been way more epic — and that’s what we could get in the AFC title game. 

Prediction: Chiefs should find a way against Texans but also could stumble. 

Green Bay Packers — A lot of ways to go here - but let’s pay homage to the leading ladies of Westeros. Dany, Cersei, Sansa, maybe even Arya is the best. They’ve been the favorites, they’ve been also rans, they’ve been #1 and they’ve been left for dead. They’ve been injured, yada, yada, yada — but they’ve got a set of skills that keeps them on the field with any body and a home field in this round that could prove just treacherous enough to advance. 

Let’s put it this way — if they win the Super Bowl, they are a combination of the Stark sisters — Kill the Night’s king and rule the North alone. If the Packers lose at home to the Seahawks, they are Cersei getting crushed underneath the bricks of the Red Keep. if they lose at San Fran or if they make it to the Bowl and lose with the throne in their grasp, they are Dany T the mother of Dragons — they had it all but at the end just not enough to actually rule. 

Seattle Seahawks — Euron Greyjoy and the Iron Fleet. They’re better away from home (but can’t stray too far from their style of fight). They’ll fight a bit dirty, they’ll ambush you, and their costuming is unique for the world they inhabit. In the end, they’re a little too rowdy to string 3 wins together on the road and if Green bay turns into the frozen tundra, they’re ships won’t be able to move well enough to win.

Voice Actor Keith Norton joins the Filibuster to discuss Gary Vee, the Jets, wedding toasts and more

Keith Norton podcast. www.keithnorton.com 

Where do you get background music for the bits you do on the character demos? Do you do that editing yourself and if so, do you enjoy the part of the process, as much as the crafting of the voices? 

With Commercials:

Do you get any ability tweak the script? Or are you reading script verbatim? The tonality you use in recording these, do nuances of your characters ever get utilized?

With Promos: 

How hard is it not to hear John Bailey “movie trailer voice legend” when you’re reading the words. 

It’s Super Bowl season and I’ve been hearing a lot of John Facenda’s voice - aka the NFL Films voice over legend. Guy died in 1984, yet he’ll live forever

Fake band name of the week: Magically Ripe

I’d like to thank you for introducing me to Gary Vee on Instagram 

When did you get interested in pursuing voice acting? 

Who are the voice actors you most admire? John Bailey (Nissan Commercial “Movie Trailer Voice Guy”), Brent Allen Hagel (Sp?) - doing promos for NBC - rarefied air.  

What type of projects and/or work do you aspire to do. Dream Jobs. SNL Announcer. Cartoon Voice. 

Corporate narration and E-Learning are the major places to make some money 

Getting an agent? what’s that like. Having an agent? What’s that like. The good the bad and the ugly of Traveling (where has Voice taken you?), but also stories of the Day Job and a V/O deadline coming to pass. 

Talking about the backstory’s of his characters. (See below notes from the character Demo)

Do you have any voices, characters, you can do for us today? 

From character Demo: (partial quotes to jog memory)

1. “It is amazing what people throw in the garbage” 

2. “now it’s up to me, you and Kodor to kill this alien scum…”  (Hero type voice)

3. Of course boss, whatever you need, Nicky get your a** over here” (Mobster type voice) 

4. “I surely would’ve let him pass, you have to believe me”. (Wimpy type voice)

5. “Jimmy would love to be in your project” (Agent)

6. "Crabs are delicious” (Zany dude)

7. “Yesterday I told you that I was planning to take out the garbage, I overreached”. (matter of fact excuse maker dude)

8. “No, you listen to me, you’re not letting me down, you’re letting the world down” (seems like a older gent who’s a tad disgruntled and a tad used to not getting his way) 

Idea: Let’s pick a few of these and have them answer a couple of questions related to Super Bowl 53

Voice 7: The NFL Referee who missed the blatant pass interference call in the Rams Saints NFL Championship Game

Voice 3: Telling Nicky to go place a bet on the over of 1:47 for Gladys Knight signing the national anthem and placing $1,000 of Blue Gatorade for the winning coach at +375

Voice 6: Giving a pep talk to the Rams during pre-game

Voice 2: Getting his team ready to lead the game winning drive with Kodor 

Tom Brady is the GOAT

Tom Brady is the GOAT 

The debate is over. Only take - Peyton Manning was close and he came in with more raw talent and an unbelievable work ethic. But, Brady’s competitiveness drove him to work as hard as Manning. It’s like Bill Russell and Wilt Chamberlain. They drove each other. 

But the crazy thing is Brady is getting 2 different careers: Brady and Manning were like Larry and Magic — the two of them cost each other at least 2 more championships each.

No Tom Brady and Peyton Manning probably wins 4 and goes to 7 super bowls.

No Peyton Manning and Tom Brady probably wins 7 and goes to 11 super bowls.

But, Brady somehow extended his career, and with manning gone he’s more like Michael Jordan — basically peerless, and more competitive and more experienced than anybody left standing. 

Did you ever have a doubt last night about Pats winning in Kansas City? 

Where does this AFC title win rank amongst the other 8 of the Brady / Billy B era?

Do you really think Patriots by a million for Super Bowl 53 pick? 

Are we going to Atlanta? 

What if anything would you have to say to Philadelphia Eagles lineman and Patriots Troll, Lane Johnson?

what’s the mood in Boston right now? 

What’s the Super Bowled theme t-shirt going to be this year - it was “Squish the Fish” in 1986 - is it gonna be “Slam the Rams”? goodness I hope so!

LA and Boston squaring off for 2 world titles in 2 different sports in like a 4 month window — and the Celtics are Lakers aren’t involved  

Crazy KC Chiefs fan/neighbor update

rematch of the Super Bowl that started it all: Rams vs Patriots 

A couple of weeks ago we said that the teams we’d like to see in the Super Bowl ranked most to least:

Patriots 

Chargers (tortured base, that was just abandoned)

Chiefs (officially a tortured fan base)

Saints (starting to become a tortured fan base) - and for decades they were before Brees ad Payton showed up

Rams (abandoned their fan base, but also returned to their original home, so I feel like their mojo is just getting started) — Several parallels to the 2001 Patriots 

3 way tie for last Cowboys, Colts, & Eagles. 

Patriots 10 super bowls - played Bears, Packers, Rams, Panthers, Eagles, Giants x2, Seahawks, Falcons, Eagles (0-2 vs NFC north, 2-0 vs NFC South, 1-3 vs NFC east, 2-0 vs NFC west) 

This is the Patriots 11th Super Bowl - And they’ll be playing a team from the NFC west 

You know who the forgotten victims of this Super Bowl are… former St. Louis Rams fans 

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Game of Thrones as 2019 NFL Playoff Teams PART 2 Podcast

Filibuster Freestyle’s 4th annual NFL Playoff teams as Game of Thrones Characters is here and these are the Part 2 podcast notes:

LA Chargers  - Daenerys Targaryen (while she was still in Meereen) - Essentially displaced/ homeless and they have to go east if they want to “go west” aka win the title. Her Dragons were young, the cards were stacked against her, she wasn’t even beloved in her home town, she had to leave her home town due to a lack of support. The chargers have had terrible luck with Kickers, people question their QB and coach a lot, but there is potential for greatness. They’ve won on the road despite  history of not doing so. Nobody is sure how much trust to put in the Chargers, but no one seems to want to face them, and no one seems to hate them.

Baltimore Ravens (House Stark after killing Little Finger) - The Ravens seemed to be left for dead with Joe Flacco at the helm. There was talk of John Harbaugh not coming back, enter Lamar Jackson at QB and everything has changed. The Ravens seem to find a way to win ugly and/or survive to fight another day. Jon Snow at Hardhome, John Snow when he was saved by Uncle Benjen stark after the Night’s Kings killed Viserion the Dragons.) Now House Stark has Bran reunited with Arya and Sansa, and their slitting little fingers’ throats, they killed Ramsay Bolton with his own Dogs, they are poised to recover from certain defeat. 

Philadelphia Eagles - Welp this is a story about the ability to hang on to power when all seems lost. Nick Foles is the “wildfire”. This is Cersei Lannister using Wildfire with Maester Qyburn and blowing up all of her enemies at once in the Sept. The eagles were having the classic super bowl hangover. Everybody was coming for them and coming for them hard. They seemed to have painted themselves into a corner with no plausible escape… and then the ineffective Carson Wentz is “injured” and they insert Nick Foles. Nick Foles is the Wildfire. He allows for an inexplicable change of momentum, just like Cersei’s stunt at Great Sept of Baelor.

Chicago Bears - Night’s King Army and Khalil Mack is the ice dragon, Viserion. They were going to be tough to defeat, but they were outgunned in terms of game changing dragons, and then Jon Gruden gifted the Bears an asset who takes them to another level. 

New England Patriots - The Patriots have always been featured as somebody like Tyrion Lannister or the Night’s King. But I think this year’s Patriots are Jamie Lannister at the battle in Season 6 or 7 with Sam Tarly’s dad and Dickon Tarly. When Dany had three Dragons, and only a heroic move by Bronn saved jamie from being burned alive. The patriots are a shadow of their former selves, as is the 1 handed Jamie, and they are out gunned. But, they are wiley, so there’s a small chance they survive, but not because they are the best team. 

Kansas City Chiefs - Missing Karim Hunt really changed things a bit for the Chiefs —so this was my toughest team to provide a game of thrones character. But here it is… This whole tale started after a young Robert Baratheon struck down Rhaegar Targaryen at the Trident (and then Jamie Lannister killed Aerys the 2nd (the Mad king). If the Chiefs win the super bowl, they are young Robert Baratheon and if they get knocked off, they are Rhaegar Targaryen. And the beauty of this comparison — Rhaegar is actually Jon Snow’s dad. And I’m convinced that Patrick Mahomes will lift the Lombardi Trophy one day, if not this year… just as Rhaegar lost the battle of the Trident, but “won the war” by conceiving Jon with Lyanna Stark. 

LA Rams - Oberyn Martell, the Red Viper of Dorne — The NFL Season is long and drought with peril — The Rams came out of the gates like Oberyn Martell against the mountain and seemed destined for the Super Bowl but, after the past month, I’m increasing concerned that one of these NFC defenses might squish their heads like a Giant Grape. (Fake band name of the week, “Giant Grape”)

New Orleans Saints - The Unsullied. The saints seem to have all the weapons and the home fortress to defend. They might be a little one dimensional, but at the end of the day, if they can play their game on their home turf in the style in which they’re accustomed, aka no gimmick football - they’ve got a it handled. 

2019 NFL Playoff Teams as Game of Thrones characters (Part 1)

2019 NFL Playoff teams as Game of Thrones Characters 

Congrats to Dan Ruttle on winning the Filibuster Freestyle Fantasy Football Championship - the aptly named “Valaryian Steelers” 

Places listening: Ashburn, VA Boston, MA Cembo Philippines  Tucson, AZ and more 

Philippines, France, Canada, UK, Egypt, Portugal, Indonesia 

Indianapolis Colts - Theon Greyjoy (at the end of season 7). They started 1-5, there were question marks if they’d ever get back their pride (deflate gate, Andrew Luck injuries, Owner having public substance abuse issues, Josh McDaniel big timing them at the alter). this is all like Theon’s run of bad decisions, spineless decisions and dishonorable decisions, but on Dragonstone, theon Head butted his way back to the respect of his men, and is now on the hunt for his sister Yara. IN essence he’s got his mojo back and the Colts do to. I don’t think they’ll have any shot at the throne, but they’re once again an interesting component of this narrative 

Houston Texans - Berric Dondarrion - they were 0-3 and seemed dead. Deshaun Watson had a catastrophic leg/knee injury - but he regained his form and the Texans regained their’s. I’m not sure that Bill O’Brien is Thoros of Myr - but either way, as reincarnations in GOT go, i’m not sure the Texans are ready to be Jon Snow or even the mountain in terms of rising up… but at the very least — they’ve got a new lease on life for sure. 

Seattle Seahawks - The Seahawks are Jorah Mormot. They rose up from disgrace back in the day to become major players under Pete Carroll. Then they were cast aside, and left for dead (gray scale), but somehow found a way to get cured, cleanse themselves and get back onto the right side of the narrative. I’m not sure that they’re road this year leads them all the way to glory, but they’ve got  mix of luck, skill and knowledge that could keep them alive. 

Dallas Cowboys - I’m going with Tywin Lannister (father to Jamie & Cersei and allegedly Tyrion) because I think Jerry Jones is more like Tywin Lannister than another NFL owner. Overbearing, always asserting himself into the narrative, seems to have the deepest pockets and eventually get his way. Some love him, more fear him, but most just can’t stand him.  

Super Bowl easy recipes

Mancookgood - Filibuster Freestyle - NFL Playoffs. We give you EASY & DELICIOUS playoff football party recipe ideas. 

Minnesota Vikings - Hot Dish

Philadelphia Eagles - Cheese Steak Nachos

New England Patriots - Italian Grinders

Jacksonville Jaguars Teal Beer, Teal Hamburgers, and Seafood Gumbo

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Congrats to Dan O’Brien of “Paul is Dead” on winning the Filibuster Freestyle Fantasy Football Championship

Places listening Des Moines, Iowa 

Ashburn VA , Athens Greece #3 

Mountain View, CA new comer in Middletown RI

A Coruna Spain - beautiful Costal / port city in northwestern Spain. 

And Anchorage Alaska - we’re on the crab

Greece, Uk, Germany, Spain, France, Ireland

Ukraine, Kuwait, Lebanon, Canada, United Arab Emirates, Sri Lanka Saudi Arabia and Philippines

New England Patriots - Tyrion Lannister - they know everything, equally hateable and admirable - -but sometimes get too cute for their own good and/ or get beaten in obvious ways

Pittsburgh Steelers - Oberyn Martell - flashy offense could defeat anybody - but ultimately a little too predictable to exploit their faults

Jacksonville Jaguars - Bronn - finding a way to get it done via one or two skills and nothing else. Won’t be surprised if he dies at anytime - but also not surprised that he keeps living

Kansas City Chiefs - Cersei Lannister - one day they seem like geniuses, the next week they seem doomed - can’t figure out the role that they will play at the end of the narrative, but getting the feeling they’ll be central to the story

Tennessee Titans - the Sand Snakes of Dorne  - want to be interested in them, want to see their story become interesting - but in the end, they appear to be fodder for mainstream characters

Buffalo Bills - Theon Greyjoy - they’ve had an un-redeemingly bad run. They sold out their own family (playing games in Toronto), and jumping overboard on Yara aka Tyron Taylor. 

nobody thinks they still belong alive - but they are and they recently came through in their darkest hour. 

Philadelphia Eagles - Daenerys Targaryen- with Carson Wentz - they were seemingly unstoppable- but losing him was like losing Viscerion - only difference is he isn’t now playing for the night’s king (ahem Jimmy G is)

Minnesota Vikings - Jon Snow - seemed like they were left for dead - killed by getting QB’s hurt in practice or during games, only to find out that the answer was within them the whole time - Case Keenum is the unlikely leader of a fierce army in the north

New Orleans Saints - Jamie Lannister - all the skills but one major hindering factor - for Jamie it was losing his hand (or and terrible choice in ladies), for the saints its leaving the dome in cold weather

LA Rams - Arya Stark - have all the tools to be deadly assasins - but very young and maybe not yet ready to defeat everybody

Carolina Panthers - Sam and Gilly ? Boring but potentially important?? Hodor ? One dimensional but effective??? Gendry? Forgotten but possibly a baller ?? Daario Naharis? Flashy yes?! Important two years ago, definitely ? Important now? That remains to be seen

Atlanta Falcons - Brann Stark - all the tools to absolutely destroy everyone in their path - but seem to be missing the ability to harness their powers consistently

Most fan bases hate eagles fans, who in the playoffs do eagles fans hate the most ??

Where was the confidence level before Wentz got injured? Has it ever been higher ?