Eminem loves football. Maybe more than you. So to honor that obsession with the game, GQ Mag got him and his buddies from Shady Records—Yelawolf, Joell Ortiz and Joe Budden from Slaughterhouse, and manager Paul Rosenberg—to compete in a friendly round of NFL bracketeering. Each week, they’ll check in with some of the guys on their picks and talk pigskin.

In this first installment, Marshall Mathers chats about his favorite team(s), what he expects from the playoffs, and whether or not he’s the rap equivalent of Ray Lewis.

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