[national anthem] [national anthem] rachel: good morning, everybody. that was the independence high school patriot brigade performing our beautiful if national anthem. it s 6:00 eastern time here in new york city, and i m joined by my friends pete hegseth and joey jones is here as well filling in for will cain. pete: straight from the anthem to starships. joey: from a song i know really well to a song i ve made heard on a kiddie movie. i m not sure about that one. pete: you can t say that word right at the end of the song. can t say it on cable tv. joey: starship. higher than a balloon. [laughter] pete: or maybe not, we ll see. i i like your pocket square. joey: that s feathers from animals that i hunt. pete: he makes his own pocket square. joey: little cuff links too. rachel: is this a company that you started? we re jee no, no. you know, if i m going to go out and hunt, take the feathers rachel: so are these, you actually gave them to joey: no. i bought these so
say you can t play football until you re 12 or 14, show me what evidence. first of all, something magically happens around that age which makes it disturbing that you would say it s okay to start playing that age. everybody does it, i ve coached youth football, people from 8 to 38. you hit puberty, so you go from 105 to 165, and now it s okay to play at 165 brian: do more damage. when the force is even more severe? the most important aspect of that, the brain s not fully developed until age 25. there s a critical development in the amygdala are area of our brain, so that s when they re saying it s okay the play contact sports when collisions are more severe, they re bigger and stronger, and now it s okay to play? biggest problem with this whole subject, there s zero science to support any of that when they say that. brian: right. and you re a guy that played tackle football for a while
when you do it together together, you win games, and that s what philadelphia does so well. pipe brian and without blitzing, which is pretty amazing. they led the league by a wide margin in sacks and pressures. fur for you personally, you ve had a great year, but you had a series of concussions. you had a situation where you almost died, right? so now they have this lawmaker in new york that says we ve got to ban football, it s too dangerous for kids under 12. no more act thing football. how do you feel about that? well, that s complete ignorance, and there s actually no evidence to support that. let me tell you how my career ended, it wasn t because of concussion, it was because of improper care of a concussion, and that s still the biggest problem to this day. it s what happened to tua in the national football league, bad care, returning too quickly brian: quarterback for the dolphins. right. it s about the right care, having the proper tools in place. let me give you an id
real fight and that we need to not only preach the gospel, but live out the gospel and know that this is not a negotiation. this is city officials and liberals that really want to take over our country and take away our constitutional rights, because that s really where this is going. pete: we saw anytime that moment, put away your bibles, put on a mask and comply with us, and we ll tell you when it s over. good for people like you who stood up. gabriel wrench, god bless you. thank you. pete: you got it. still ahead, we re counting down to the super bowl on fox tomorrow night. brian kilmeade is live in glendale, arizona, gearing up for the big game. brian. about 36 hours, pete, we ll be playing football right across the street. this is the great merrill hodge, steeler and bear for the blink of an eye. he s going on the breaking down this game like nobody else, but first things first, you have something to do. and. yes. hit it, our fight song. this is the incompanies high school
glendale, arizona. joey: brian joins us now with former nfl player merrill hodge. brian? brian: hey, guys. rachel, i have your credit card for expenses, i really appreciate that. [laughter] rachel: you re welcome. brian: all right. so if you want to break down a game, there s few better people to talk to than merrill hodge, outstanding broadcaster and analyst. merrill, great to see you. first off, eagles favored. but for you, who do you see with the advantage? well, the eagles because they control the tempo of the game. and if you can control the tempo on the line of scrimmage, the most important aspect to win consistently in the national football league. and with their ability to run the football, that gives them the ability to control the tempo. the wildcard is really not jalen hurts even though his flexibility in running is important, it s their center, kelce. his ability to pull creates such an advantage in how they block front, so they can never be