BAs Robert De Niro Taxi Driver Impression

 

Here’s my classic 1976 Robert De Niro Taxi Driver impression:
 
(twirls gun in hand) Huh! (Whips out gun from sleeve) I’m faster than you!… Make the move… It’s your move… Don’t move! I got you!... Are you talking to me!? Are you talking to me!? Are you talking to me!? Who the hell else are you talking to!? I’m the only one standing here! Who else would you be talking to!?… You’re dead.

BAs Marlon Brando On The Waterfront Impression

It wasn’t him Charley. It was you. Remember that night in the garden? You came to my dressing room and said, “Kid, this ain’t your night. We’re going for the price on Wilson. Ain’t my night!? I could have taken Wilson apart. So, what happens? He gets a title shot out in the ballpark. And I get a one-way ticket to Plooka-ville. You’re my brother and you should have looked out for me a little bit, so I wouldn’t have to take all those dives for the short end money… You don’t understand! I could’ve had class! I could’ve been a contender! I could’ve been somebody! Instead of a bum. Which is what I am. Let’s face it!

2022 Projected NFL Standings, Playoff Results, and Super Bowl

 

Here’s my 2022 projected NFL standings, playoff results, and Super Bowl matchup, as well as the winner in my opinion.

NFL Standings

AFC East:

Buffalo Bills

New England Patriots

Miami Dolphins

New York Jets

AFC North:

Baltimore Ravens

Cincinnati Bengals

Pittsburgh Steelers

Cleveland Browns

AFC South:

Tennessee Titans

Indianapolis Colts

Jacksonville Jaguars

Houston Texans

AFC West:

Kansas City Chiefs

Los Angeles Chargers

Denver Broncos

Las Vegas Raiders

NFC East:

Dallas Cowboys

Washington Commanders

Philadelphia Eagles

New York Giants

NFC North:

Green Bay Packers

Minnesota Vikings

Detroit Lions

Chicago Bears

NFC South:

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

New Orleans Saints

Carolina Panthers

Atlanta Falcons

NFC West:

Los Angeles Rams

San Francisco 49ers

Arizona Cardinals

Seattle Seahawks

NFL Playoffs

AFC Playoff Picture:

1. Kansas City Chiefs

2. Buffalo Bills

3. Baltimore Ravens

4. Tennessee Titans

5. Los Angeles Chargers

6. Cincinnati Bengals

7. Denver Broncos

NFC Playoff Picture:

1. Tampa Bay Buccaneers

2. Los Angeles Rams

3. Green Bay Packers

4. Dallas Cowboys

5. New Orleans Saints

6. San Francisco 49ers

7. Arizona Cardinals

 

AFC Wildcard Playoffs:

2. Buffalo Bills defeat 7. Denver Broncos

3. Baltimore Ravens defeat 6. Cincinnati Bengals

5. Los Angeles Chargers defeat 4. Tennessee Titans

 

AFC Divisional Playoffs:

3. Baltimore Ravens defeat 2. Buffalo Bills

1. Kansas City Chiefs defeat 5. Los Angeles Chargers

 

AFC Championship Playoff:

1. Kansas City Chiefs defeat 3. Baltimore Ravens

 

NFC Wildcard Playoffs:

2. Los Angeles Rams defeat 7. Arizona Cardinals

3. Green Bay Packers defeat 6. San Francisco 49ers

4. Dallas Cowboys defeat 5. New Orleans Saints

 

NFC Divisional Playoffs:

1. Tampa Bay Buccaneers defeat 4. Dallas Cowboys

2. Los Angeles Rams defeat 3. Green Bay Packers

 

NFC Championship Playoff:

2. Los Angeles Rams defeat 1. Tampa Bay Buccaneers

 

Super Bowl

Kansas City Chiefs defeat Los Angeles Rams

*I envision a Super Bowl similar to the Chiefs/Rams Monday night game in 2018. 105 points, over a thousand yards, and it’ll come down to which defense can stop the other team’s offense.

2022 KC Chiefs Projected Depth Chart

2022 KC Chiefs Projected Depth Chart:

With that being said, there are 11 players on the field for each team at a time. So, here’s how I think the roster will break down. The 1^st name is the starter, and the other names at each position, are his chronological backups. By the end, I wonder how close I get to who makes the roster.

There are 53 men on the football roster. At the beginning of training camp (July), and Pre-Season (August), the team starts out with 90. And by the beginning of the 1^st week of the Regular Season (which is usually the 1^st week of September), they cut the Pre-Season roster to 53.

Offense (25):

QB: Patrick Mahomes, Chad Henne, Shane Buechelle (3)
RB: Clyde Edwards-Helaire, Jerick McKinnon, Isiah Pacheco (3)

FB: Michael Burton (1)
WR: JuJu Smith-Schuster, Marquez Valdes-Scantling, MeCole Hardman, Skyy Moore, Justin Watson, Daurice Fountain (6)

TE: Travis Kelce, Jody Fortson, Noah Gray (3)
LT: Orlando Brown, Jr. (1)
LG: Joe Thuney, Nick Allegretti (2)
OC: Creed Humphrey, Austin Reiter (2)
RG: Trey Smith, Darian Kinnard (2)

RT: Andrew Wylie, Lucas Niang (2)

Defense (25):

LDE: George Karlaftis, Mike Danna, Malik Herring (3)

LDT: Derrick Nnadi, Khalen Saunders (2)

RDT: Chris Jones, Tershawn Wharton (2)

RDE: Frank Clark, Carlos Dunlap (2)

LOLB (SLB): Willie Gay, Darius Harris (2)

MLB: Nick Bolton, Elijah Lee  (2)

ROLB (WLB): Leo Chenal, Jermaine Carter (2)

CB: Trent McDuffie, L’Jarius Sneed, Rashard Fenton, Joshua Williams, Jaylen Watson, Chris Lammons (6)
SS: Justin Reid, Deon Bush (2)

FS: Juan Thornhill, Bryan Cook (2)

Special Teams (3):
K: Harrison Butker
P: Tommy Townsend

LS: James Winchester
H: Tommy Townsend
KR: MeCole Hardman
PR: MeCole Hardman

The Punter Tommy Townsend is the Holder. MeCole Hardman is the Kick Returner, and the Punt Returner to save roster spots. 

Who is BA?

So, hello today fine people. I thought I’d do a follow-up to video 0. The intro to my video blog. Which is my YouTube page. BA Brad Freeman. And kind of do a video version of an article on my written blog The BA Freeman Experience. Basically entitled, “Who is BA?”
 
Well, I’m 38 years old. I was born July of 1984. At 5 months old, I developed cerebral palsy. I stop breathing. Had to be resuscitated like the rockstar I am. The fact that I listen to old school sixties, seventies, eighties, and early nineties hard rock, punk rock, and heavy metal. My mom says kind of fits me. It’s really my own thing. Um--. She’s more into disco, Linda Ronstadt, the Bee Gees. God I’ve had to memorize Saturday Night Fever and Grease backwards. Trust me. Just take my word for it people.
 
Um, I’ve already been through uh elementary school, middle school, high school, college. I graduated in the top 1% in high school. The top 5% in college academically. That’s always been my thing. I’m ultra-smart, but I have cerebral palsy. So therefore, being I don’t walk under my own power. It’s always been this extreme. I don’t consider it as extreme as it could be, but it’s pretty extreme. Not walking under your own power, and needing help with certain basic needs. But I’m not a vegetable and am definitely not mentally or emotionally saddled with problems. So, it doesn’t bother me too much. But getting a normal job’s kind of a difficult thing.
 
Um, I’ve followed football since I was 6 years old. Uh… High school, college, pro. I followed the other 4 major sports as well. But not as closely as football. I also am into boxing, and MMA. Um… I follow that as well. But again, not as closely as --um football. But… I am still into that stuff despite the cerebral palsy.
 
Um, I’m a history whiz as I said in my intro. Um-- martial arts, military strategy, tactics –um-- are my areas of expertise. I don’t really talk about it too much. Cause I don’t want to make myself into a weapon, or a target. I’m already a guy with cerebral palsy and in the event, I need to use it, I’ve learned to adapt certain skills I’ve read about in all the classics. In the event, I need to use them. But I don’t talk about it too much BECAUSE guys like that make themselves targets and then they’re always asking for trouble.
 
Um, when I was in college in August 2003… Graduated University of Missouri-Columbia. And then when I graduated in May 2009 cause things took me an extra year and ½ cause of my cerebral palsy… I studied theater as my major, emphasis in playwriting. Uh-- minor in film. Minor in history. As I said, my area of expertise is martial arts, strategy, tactics, um-- survival skills. That kind of thing. I like old school heavy metal as I said. Um--. Hard rock. Punk rock. My favorite band is Metallica. The metal version (1981-to 1994). Kill’em All is my favorite full-length studio release. Seek and Destroy. Track number 9 is my favorite song. Megadeth is my parent band as far as-- Megadeth and Metallica are my parent bands as far as –um-- my musical tastes. And I’ve also tried to write songs in the past. So, eventually I hope to release a lot of the stuff that I’m currently working on. I do a lot of stuff from home like people did during COVID in 2020. I laughed a little bit cause everyone was freaking out. And I’m like… This is how I have to live people cause I’m not able to walk under my own power.
 
--Um--. What else? I’ve also… As I’ve said in the past, wrote a bunch of college/NFL coaches to get my name out there in football circles. Um--. Wrote a bunch of plays. Put them on the –um-- New Play Exchange website. But again, getting a normal job is kind of difficult because I don’t walk under my own power. And I have a personal care assistant who helps me with every day basic needs. I do everything that everybody else does. Just highly modified. It’s a very strange variation. I’m not the vegetable you see in the movies. So, people don’t know what to do with me. And, I do things from home to keep myself busy.
 
Um--. I also have motivational speaking aspirations. Um--. I will keep on political –um-- views to myself, even though I have an 80-page political platform for when I want to run for president.
 
And basically, I just do whatever interest me. All those books behind me.
I’ve read portions of them to all of them. Um--. I have some memorized. I have yet to read major-league into other ones. I can tell you what they’re about. I know enough of that. But um--. Yeah. I’m just your average guy who happens to have cerebral palsy.
 
So, yes. And basically, my variation. How it works is… I’m not able to walk under my own power as I’ve said. I need help with basic needs. I’m not a total vegetable. But… Being, I don’t walk under my own power, things that everyone else does every day, they take for granted and I need help with that. –Um--. It depends on the level of physicality. I can handwrite. I can type. –Um. I can speak obviously. Some people with extreme versions of it. Their muscle tone is so great that they are not able to speak. My higher brain function and my emotions are completely intact. It’s just I’m not able to walk under my own power. 

Basically, as I’ve explained it to people over the years. It’s almost like –um-- being trapped in your own body. My higher brain function knows what to do and I can explain it to somebody else. But my body goes, dude we haven’t been able to do that since the mid-eighties, so good on you for trying, but you know we haven’t been able to do that.
 
And as far as a cure, cause I get asked that, all the time. Yeah, it would make things easier. And people probably would take me –um- serious. More serious as a person, if I didn’t have cerebral palsy. But… You know, the only thing it’s really gonna do… And this is my own life experience talking… This is nothing that any family, friend, or –um-- colleague. Or any relationships I’ve had —girlfriends-- have said. This is just Brad’s own life experience. Not even my own mother’s words. Um--. Not having it almost would make me seem ungrateful. I take--. I’m a lot more grateful when it comes to certain stuff. And, not having it almost would make me kind of boring and un-unique. And I’ve never been the type that felt sorry for themselves. And I was never the woe is me. I was always the guy that went “Yeah. I can do it. I’ll figure it out. I’ll use my higher brain function, and learn to adapt.” Instead of going, “Oh! I’m a poor crippled boy. I can’t do anything!” How is that going to help me? Tell me people. Because I was told a long time ago by a lot of people, especially in college. I did not enjoy my college experience. That I was in denial. So, how’s that going to help me? I never thought it would.

So, BAs into a lot of different things. And I’m sorry I’m rambling. So, if I missed something. Please feel free to ask. Thank you. Bye-bye. 

BA's Al Pacino Scarface Impression

Hello. Brad Freeman again.
 
For my second impression I thought I'd do the 1983 classic Scarface remake since Al Pacino is my favorite dramatic actor. And it was based off the 1930s Italian gangster film by Ben Hecht and Howard Hawks.
 
So here it goes.
 
Me llamo Antonio Montana. What'd you call yourself man?
 
I learned to speak the English from my father. He was from the United States. Just like you. He take me a lot to the movies. I watch the guys like Humphrey Bogart. James Cagney. They teach me to talk. I like those guys.
 
I was in the army and in the construction business in Cuba.
 
All my familia are dead. They die. Sometime. Somewhere.
 
I never been into drugs.
 
I was in a mental institution one time...On the boat coming over.
 
Okay. You got me. I was in the can one time. It was some Canadian tourists.
 
Okay! Okay! I f*** up! Let me talk to you for a minute! You a Communist? How'd you like it? They tell you what to do. What to say. What to feel. Do you want to be like all the other sheep!? (insert mocking tone) Baa! Baa! You know I got Russian shoes my feet coming through. I eat octopus three times a day. I eat so much f***ing octopus I got it coming out of my f***ing ears man. You want me to stand there and do nothing. I'm no criminal. I'm no p*ta thief. I'm Tony Montana. A political prisoner from Cuba. And I want my f***ing human rights now! Just like the President Jimmy Carter says! Okay.

It doesn't matter. You can send me this...there. It doesn't matter. There's nothing you can do to me that Castro has not already done.

BA Brad Freeman's Vintage SNL Super Fans Impression

BA Brad Freeman's vintage SNL Super Fans Impression:

(thick Chicago accent) Hello. I am B.A Brad Freeman. I'm coming to you from my room. Unfortunately, Bill Swerski, and di utter super fans could not be here today because they're at an establishment simply known as Ditka's. Ditka! Da Coach! Now... I was asked to give my prognostication about da Bears! Da Bears! Now, I heated up a slice of my Dardino's deep dish, and I about choke when I hear we're getting Justin Fields... Is he Jimmy Mcmahon!!?? No one knows... Is he Russell Wilson!? No... Is he Deshaun Watson!?... When we got the sh*--. When I thought we were gonna get Deshaun Watson. I thought to myself... Oh! Dye da river orange!... Get da cigars!... Get Ditka! Cause da Bears are gonna be 10-time Super Bowl Champions!... Oh!.. And then we didn't get Deshaun Watson... But I'm happy with Justin Fields. I just don't know what I'm gonna get. It's not like he's da football equivalent of Michael Jeffrey Jordan. Who in a single game probably could score more than 100 points... He'd probably score 300.. Even though da record is 100... Cause he's a Bull. Da Bulls! And I'm sorry that I wasn't here last week. But I was in da hospital with my fourth heart attack. Da blood work came back. It's a little Ragu, a little Dardino's deep dish, some Au Ju, da Beef Au Ju, with da peppers. But I'm fine! But I'm fine! So... Dat is my prognostication about da Bears!