Score. Stop. Score. That’s the Whole Game.

Episode 226 opens with Brad riding the high of the Bills’ comeback win over New England, and arguing it shouldn’t have shocked anybody: “score, stop, score” is the simple math of flipping a game, especially when Josh Allen is your quarterback. He pushes back on the “tale of two halves” narrative, frames the Patriots as a legitimate playoff threat (while still insisting the Bills are better), and gives love to under-the-radar contributors like Ray Davis in the return game. Along the way: Christmas music takes over the breaks for the final stretch to Christmas, a quick plug for YouTube subscribers to hit the notification bell, and a happy-birthday shoutout to his dad Gary (77).Then the show veers into a true-crime-style segment with Scott Wilson reacting to the shocking headline about Rob Reiner and his wife being murdered, with discussion of Reiner’s massive legacy across genres (Spinal Tap, Stand By Me, A Few Good Men, When Harry Met Sally, and more) and how Hollywood doesn’t make “heart” movies like that anymore. They pivot back to football with a rant about NFL replay/clock management—especially everything that felt off at Gillette—and a perfectly-timed Patriots radio clip prematurely declaring the Bills’ window “closed.” The episode wraps with more Gillette paranoia, a little Chiefs/Mahomes injury talk, and the debut of the “Brad-vent calendar” featuring a vintage, absurd duck-bunny video as the day’s gift to the audience.