Episode 5: Jim Kelly

On the fifth episode of “Great Dane Nation,” Morten is joined by his Pro Football Hall of Fame brother and Buffalo Bills legend Jim Kelly (10:58 – 32:18). But first, he checks in with TommyFreezePops (Tom Carroll) to talk about the weekend that was in the NFL (01:23). The guys lead off with a conversation about Monday night’s game between the Chiefs and Patriots, and FreezePops goes on an epic rant about his disdain for Brian Hoyer (01:38). Then, the guys debut a new feature on the podcast called “Morten’s Former Team Power Rankings,” where Morten ranks the current state of his former employers – the Kansas City Chiefs, New Orleans Saints, Minnesota Vikings, Atlanta Falcons and New York Giants (06:09).We then move to our interview with Jim, where he discusses a wide array of topics: why he loves what he’s seeing from Josh Allen, even though he wishes he would run a lot less (11:51); the advice he gave Josh that he learned while playing quarterback at Miami (13:03); why the addition of Stefon Diggs reminds him of the Bills adding James Lofton in 1989 (14:10); the special bond the 1990s Bills have with each other, why that contributed to their unprecedented success, and the active group chat they’re all in today that Jim says can get pretty lively (15:53); an update on his health (19:27); how he has teamed up with the Pro Football Hall of Fame to make a movie about his life (20:40); the lessons he has learned from his battle with cancer (21:52); why Joe Paterno and Penn State recruited Jim to play linebacker, not quarterback (24:21); what he was able to help establish at the University of Miami (25:19); why he has no regrets with starting off his pro career in the USFL (26:22); why he doesn’t know whether spring football will ever work, even with the success of the XFL earlier this year (27:16); where he thinks he fits in the pantheon of all-time great quarterbacks, and why he’s incredibly proud of his four straight trips to the Super Bowl (29:33); and why he doesn’t want to see the “Bills Mafia” jumping off cars into tables (31:35).Then, TommyFreezePops is joined by Kevin Rogers for his weekly check-in with the experts from VegasInsider.com (37:55 – 47:10). Are the Buffalo Bills actually legit at 4-0? Kevin tells us why he’s not so fast to crown them as AFC East champs just yet (39:18). They also talk about the Kansas City Chiefs hosting the Las Vegas Raiders as heavy favorites at Arrowhead (41:00), the in-state rivalry game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Philadelphia Eagles (42:35), and the Indianapolis Colts as road favorites against the Cleveland Browns (44:26).Finally, we close things out with Morten’s “Game Winner” – a weekly segment where Morten monologues his biggest takeaway of the week. This week, he talks about his friend Jim Kelly, and how being “Kelly Tough” defined his life well before the cancer diagnosis (47:10).