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Speaker 1: all time. And every clown that immediately says, well, it

428
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Speaker 1: was the Saints, that's the laziest answer to someone that

429
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Speaker 1: hasn't watched the game. If you watched this game, Tom

430
00:20:50,800 --> 00:20:53,560
Speaker 1: Brady had about five or six throws in the first

431
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Speaker 1: quarter where he made outstanding moves in the pocket or

432
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Speaker 1: he made a beautiful throw. He was I for five

433
00:21:00,720 --> 00:21:04,560
Speaker 1: on third down. This all with only three receivers on

434
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Speaker 1: his team, two of which got hurt during the game.

435
00:21:07,240 --> 00:21:09,359
Speaker 1: Chris Hogan and Philip Door set so they were in

436
00:21:09,440 --> 00:21:12,679
Speaker 1: and out and Brady was just playing with some of

437
00:21:12,720 --> 00:21:15,120
Speaker 1: these Saints safety's and a lot of these throws had

438
00:21:15,160 --> 00:21:17,640
Speaker 1: to be right on the money. I'm telling you, if

439
00:21:17,720 --> 00:21:20,119
Speaker 1: if you watch it, just not many. There are so

440
00:21:20,200 --> 00:21:22,679
Speaker 1: few quarterbacks in NFL history that would have done that.

441
00:21:22,760 --> 00:21:25,160
Speaker 1: Even though it was the Saints, it was a really

442
00:21:25,200 --> 00:21:30,040
Speaker 1: impressive bounce back from Week one. Brady thirty seven yards,

443
00:21:30,080 --> 00:21:33,919
Speaker 1: his third high, his third highest yardage total ever. Like

444
00:21:33,960 --> 00:21:36,359
Speaker 1: I said, in a game where Rob Gronkowski ended up

445
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Speaker 1: leaving after three quarters, with an injury. They called it

446
00:21:40,280 --> 00:21:43,520
Speaker 1: a groin injury. Dorset was out late in the game,

447
00:21:43,560 --> 00:21:46,320
Speaker 1: Burkehead had a little injury late like, and yet they

448
00:21:46,320 --> 00:21:48,399
Speaker 1: were just still moving the ball really at well. I

449
00:21:48,440 --> 00:21:51,240
Speaker 1: mean Brady, that's the magic of Brady is that he

450
00:21:51,440 --> 00:21:53,800
Speaker 1: whatever's whoever's in there. And this is even before he

451
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Speaker 1: became a statistical monster, He's always made the best of

452
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Speaker 1: his of his cast around him. He completed thirty passes

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Speaker 1: is to nine different receivers. UH. Gronk was targeted nine

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Speaker 1: times at the six for one sixteen in touch That's

455
00:22:06,359 --> 00:22:08,680
Speaker 1: something to watch, though I think he injured the growing

456
00:22:08,760 --> 00:22:11,040
Speaker 1: I believe on the touchdown catch. Came out of the

457
00:22:11,080 --> 00:22:14,240
Speaker 1: game later, also dropped a touchdown, a short touchdown at

458
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Speaker 1: the end of the first half. UH. And there was

459
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Speaker 1: a report on NBC from Mike Florio UH Pro Football

460
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Speaker 1: Talk that the Patriots, at least publicly, we're saying it's

461
00:22:25,680 --> 00:22:28,280
Speaker 1: not thought to be a serious injury, something that's gonna

462
00:22:28,320 --> 00:22:32,120
Speaker 1: cost him extended time. But that doesn't necessarily that's gonna

463
00:22:32,440 --> 00:22:33,800
Speaker 1: mean that's gonna be the case. And if you know

464
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Speaker 1: the Patriots, you know they'll be very tight lipped about this.

465
00:22:36,640 --> 00:22:38,440
Speaker 1: But he knows. With Gronk at this point, he's a

466
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Speaker 1: big question mark. Every time he gets hurt, it is.

467
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Speaker 1: It's a concern because for a second you got excited

468
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Speaker 1: that this is the old Gronk with the fifty three

469
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Speaker 1: yard touchdown UH and being physical. He played so well

470
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Speaker 1: against Kenny Vaccaro that the Saints benched Kenny Vacaro in

471
00:22:52,359 --> 00:22:54,320
Speaker 1: the second half of the game because he couldn't cover

472
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Speaker 1: Gronk one on one and I'm thinking he was on

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Speaker 1: top of Gronk and on all his place. Who can

474
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Speaker 1: cover Gronk one on one? I think that uh was

475
00:23:01,440 --> 00:23:03,440
Speaker 1: left over from the week prior when Kenny McCarty got

476
00:23:03,440 --> 00:23:05,080
Speaker 1: burned a couple of times against the Vikings too. So

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Speaker 1: I think that's a build up. And you know, for

478
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Speaker 1: the Saints, um, what do you say? I mean, here

479
00:23:11,440 --> 00:23:14,320
Speaker 1: we go oh and two again the defense once again

480
00:23:14,440 --> 00:23:17,600
Speaker 1: looks like to be a major liability. And it's the

481
00:23:17,640 --> 00:23:19,480
Speaker 1: same thing over and over again at this point, the

482
00:23:19,480 --> 00:23:22,120
Speaker 1: team that's gone seven or nine year after year. Drew

483
00:23:22,119 --> 00:23:24,440
Speaker 1: Brees and the press conference afterwards says, you know, this

484
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Speaker 1: is not acceptable and it's not where you want to be,

485
00:23:27,240 --> 00:23:30,919
Speaker 1: and it just all started. It feels so familiar the

486
00:23:30,960 --> 00:23:35,240
Speaker 1: plight of the Saints now, yeah, and you just wonder, uh,

487
00:23:35,359 --> 00:23:37,080
Speaker 1: you know, how many more years of this we're gonna

488
00:23:37,080 --> 00:23:39,720
Speaker 1: see with Sean Payton the coach and Drew Brees talking

489
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Speaker 1: about how they gotta put it together and get a run,

490
00:23:41,920 --> 00:23:44,280
Speaker 1: because what usually happens, They do get a run and

491
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Speaker 1: they get back in position by the middle of the season.

492
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Speaker 1: But at the end of the day, these slow starts

493
00:23:48,359 --> 00:23:50,720
Speaker 1: they kill you because you can't go into another funk.

494
00:23:50,960 --> 00:23:52,679
Speaker 1: And now they're staring down the barrel and oh and

495
00:23:52,720 --> 00:23:54,760
Speaker 1: three going into next week, And year after year it

496
00:23:54,760 --> 00:23:57,119
Speaker 1: always comes back to their defense and and and how

497
00:23:57,160 --> 00:24:00,439
Speaker 1: they've struggled to address these problems, whether they've been they

498
00:24:00,520 --> 00:24:03,320
Speaker 1: by the cap or they've missed on some picks. Even

499
00:24:03,359 --> 00:24:05,879
Speaker 1: your guy, how do you say his last name, alex

500
00:24:05,880 --> 00:24:09,359
Speaker 1: ANZELONEI was caught, you know, uh, fishing, I guess today

501
00:24:09,359 --> 00:24:11,760
Speaker 1: on a touchdown. I'm the Gronkowski played But that that's

502
00:24:11,800 --> 00:24:13,240
Speaker 1: kind of what I was talking about. That was an

503
00:24:13,680 --> 00:24:17,280
Speaker 1: clearly an improvised play where Gronk and Brady both read

504
00:24:17,320 --> 00:24:20,200
Speaker 1: the same thing. Brady threw it when Gronk was anything

505
00:24:20,359 --> 00:24:23,200
Speaker 1: but open. He had great pass protection, so you can

506
00:24:23,240 --> 00:24:25,640
Speaker 1: fault the Saints for that, and that's just two Hall

507
00:24:25,680 --> 00:24:28,120
Speaker 1: of Fame players kind of coming up with something out

508
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Speaker 1: of thin air and drilling a rookie who had covered

509
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Speaker 1: Gronk well on that play. So that's them getting beaten.

510
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Speaker 1: I would be a little market just as concerned if

511
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Speaker 1: I'm a Saints fan that the Drew Brees and the

512
00:24:38,440 --> 00:24:41,040
Speaker 1: Saints offense to me was out of sync for much

513
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Speaker 1: of this game. They only had thirteen points I believe

514
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Speaker 1: through their first eight drives against a pretty ah I

515
00:24:48,480 --> 00:24:52,600
Speaker 1: think vulnerable Patriots defense in general, and they couldn't finish

516
00:24:52,720 --> 00:24:54,560
Speaker 1: drives and the timing was off, whether it was Ted

517
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Speaker 1: Gin or Kobe Fleaner on one play, just someone Brandon

518
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Speaker 1: Coleman may can just a small mistake and Breeze not

519
00:25:01,960 --> 00:25:04,159
Speaker 1: being like a hundred sharp, and they have to be

520
00:25:04,240 --> 00:25:06,800
Speaker 1: so good on offense to survive with this team and

521
00:25:06,840 --> 00:25:10,359
Speaker 1: no running game whatsoever. Fifty four yards rushing until then

522
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Speaker 1: till the final garbage time run by mark Ingram and

523
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Speaker 1: keep an eye on this Adrian Peterson eighty six. That's

524
00:25:15,560 --> 00:25:18,320
Speaker 1: about three yards to carry. And we'll see if this

525
00:25:18,359 --> 00:25:21,520
Speaker 1: season starts going sideways, what happens next one one last

526
00:25:21,560 --> 00:25:25,280
Speaker 1: thing or two last things quickly, Patriots. Maybe to last things,

527
00:25:26,960 --> 00:25:29,440
Speaker 1: Patriots might have found a pass rusher in Dietrich Wise,

528
00:25:29,480 --> 00:25:31,960
Speaker 1: a fourth round draft pick who had four or five

529
00:25:32,040 --> 00:25:35,919
Speaker 1: QB hits in a sack between him and Trey Flowers.

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Speaker 1: That's good two rookies starts. Sure, it was a great performance.

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Speaker 1: And then after the game, uh, Tom Brady pointed out

532
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Speaker 1: that James White, he called him what, I've had a

533
00:25:45,160 --> 00:25:47,640
Speaker 1: lot of great teammates, but James White is absolutely one

534
00:25:47,640 --> 00:25:50,000
Speaker 1: of the best teammates I have ever had, and James

535
00:25:50,000 --> 00:25:52,640
Speaker 1: White has really gotten better. Chris Wesley and our friend

536
00:25:52,680 --> 00:25:54,480
Speaker 1: pointed out on Twitter that this is a guy that's

537
00:25:55,119 --> 00:25:58,199
Speaker 1: developed to another level. He was essentially a wide receiver

538
00:25:58,280 --> 00:26:00,240
Speaker 1: for them today and has made a huge different. But

539
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Speaker 1: what a great what a great time to be a

540
00:26:02,320 --> 00:26:04,920
Speaker 1: Patriots And all is well. They had to deal with

541
00:26:04,960 --> 00:26:08,080
Speaker 1: like nine straight days of uncertainty now, but everything's figured out.

542
00:26:09,080 --> 00:26:11,440
Speaker 1: Greg has a bounce in a step in the newsroom. Erica,

543
00:26:11,480 --> 00:26:13,520
Speaker 1: you could tell she you just got a grin. Everything.

544
00:26:13,560 --> 00:26:15,919
Speaker 1: Everything's back to normal, right. They were down to one

545
00:26:15,960 --> 00:26:18,080
Speaker 1: healthy receiver and they gotta play on Thursday. How are

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00:26:18,119 --> 00:26:19,920
Speaker 1: they going to do it? Out. How are they gonna

547
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Speaker 1: do it? I don't think they can. Let's move on

548
00:26:23,560 --> 00:26:26,200
Speaker 1: in the gun first and goal from the two takes

549
00:26:26,240 --> 00:26:28,679
Speaker 1: the snap roll to the right, Throws quickly touched down

550
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Speaker 1: the Ravens Jeremy Macklin on the receiving end, and the

551
00:26:33,359 --> 00:26:36,320
Speaker 1: Ravens as time expired, kept back in the end zone.

552
00:26:37,200 --> 00:26:39,520
Speaker 1: Joe Flacco look good, Jeremy Macklin made a play, and

553
00:26:39,560 --> 00:26:43,040
Speaker 1: the Ravens defense was at it again, forcing five turnovers,

554
00:26:43,440 --> 00:26:47,920
Speaker 1: four from rookie passer to Shaun Kaiser and routin over

555
00:26:48,000 --> 00:26:54,760
Speaker 1: the Cleveland Browns. Um. I believe Erica tamposey uh, Mark

556
00:26:54,800 --> 00:26:58,359
Speaker 1: Sessler locked this one up, so we probably should do

557
00:26:58,440 --> 00:27:02,880
Speaker 1: little housekeeping here, little housekeeping in Mark's defense, I mean

558
00:27:02,920 --> 00:27:10,560
Speaker 1: that's bold. Yeah, that's housekeeping. Is that gonna listen to

559
00:27:10,560 --> 00:27:14,320
Speaker 1: this anyway? Shook? This had been billed as a season

560
00:27:14,400 --> 00:27:16,399
Speaker 1: or you know, still has been built as a season

561
00:27:16,440 --> 00:27:19,080
Speaker 1: of her birth for the Browns, but this one felt

562
00:27:19,160 --> 00:27:22,200
Speaker 1: like just another double shift at the factory of sadness.

563
00:27:22,400 --> 00:27:25,200
Speaker 1: I feel like I'm taking the blow for that housekeeping there.

564
00:27:25,480 --> 00:27:29,040
Speaker 1: I thought that one in my chest, the Browns Nick

565
00:27:29,080 --> 00:27:31,520
Speaker 1: took for for our listeners should it. We should point

566
00:27:31,520 --> 00:27:34,840
Speaker 1: out that you two are afflicted with the Browns um

567
00:27:35,040 --> 00:27:38,600
Speaker 1: more conventional. He was born in Ohio? And where's in Ohio?

568
00:27:38,680 --> 00:27:41,760
Speaker 1: Born raised in Akron, Ohio and spent many many sad

569
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Speaker 1: Sundays in Section row three, seat one stadium. And how

570
00:27:46,640 --> 00:27:48,320
Speaker 1: old are you? Nick? Just so the audience knows, I

571
00:27:48,359 --> 00:27:50,439
Speaker 1: am twenty five years old? And how long have the

572
00:27:50,480 --> 00:27:55,000
Speaker 1: Browns been back in the NFL? H what's this? Eighteen years?

573
00:27:55,560 --> 00:27:57,239
Speaker 1: Do the map? Everybody? I was at the first game

574
00:27:57,280 --> 00:28:01,000
Speaker 1: at that stadium. Anyways, you don't know Bernie Cozar, No,

575
00:28:01,200 --> 00:28:04,159
Speaker 1: I was just you know, not not not exactly a

576
00:28:04,200 --> 00:28:10,520
Speaker 1: person that go ahead, tell tell us all, tell us all.

577
00:28:10,600 --> 00:28:14,919
Speaker 1: Why the Browns? Uh, we're so thoroughly overmatched on Sunday.

578
00:28:14,920 --> 00:28:17,280
Speaker 1: That's a great way to say it. Uh, well, you

579
00:28:17,400 --> 00:28:20,320
Speaker 1: got to start with Deshaun Kaiser, who took a major

580
00:28:20,320 --> 00:28:24,119
Speaker 1: step back this week. Everything was positive, the sun was shining.

581
00:28:24,160 --> 00:28:26,320
Speaker 1: Everybody was excited about the Browns after last week and

582
00:28:26,359 --> 00:28:28,800
Speaker 1: their close loss because the bar is very low. But

583
00:28:29,600 --> 00:28:32,720
Speaker 1: Kaiser did not look as sharp this week. He was

584
00:28:32,880 --> 00:28:35,240
Speaker 1: about a full beat behind in the pocket, holding onto

585
00:28:35,280 --> 00:28:37,920
Speaker 1: the ball too long, uh, not getting out of the pocket,

586
00:28:37,960 --> 00:28:42,200
Speaker 1: and making some decisions that just really really didn't didn't

587
00:28:42,200 --> 00:28:44,920
Speaker 1: bode well for them. He threw three interceptions and this

588
00:28:45,000 --> 00:28:47,640
Speaker 1: is most of those coming after he returned from having

589
00:28:47,640 --> 00:28:50,120
Speaker 1: a migraine. He had a migraine that kicked him out

590
00:28:50,120 --> 00:28:53,640
Speaker 1: of the game, and Uh in relief Kevin Hogan, who

591
00:28:53,840 --> 00:28:56,560
Speaker 1: started a little controversy with one quick drive for a touchdown,

592
00:28:56,600 --> 00:28:59,280
Speaker 1: then fell apart as well. Because the quarterback situation there

593
00:28:59,360 --> 00:29:01,800
Speaker 1: is dires you're what it is. But on the other side,

594
00:29:01,840 --> 00:29:04,320
Speaker 1: the Ravens, I mean, their defense is playing extremely well.

595
00:29:05,080 --> 00:29:07,320
Speaker 1: Joe Flacco had more of an expanded role in the

596
00:29:07,320 --> 00:29:10,120
Speaker 1: passing game for once. All Right, how did Flacco look

597
00:29:10,280 --> 00:29:14,680
Speaker 1: like physically? Watching Week one? I and I didn't get

598
00:29:14,720 --> 00:29:16,680
Speaker 1: to it until later in the week. I left that

599
00:29:16,760 --> 00:29:19,480
Speaker 1: game thinking, oh, boy, like I would be a little

600
00:29:19,480 --> 00:29:21,120
Speaker 1: worried if I was a Ravens fan, just because he

601
00:29:21,280 --> 00:29:23,600
Speaker 1: the way he was. He was moving like a guy

602
00:29:23,600 --> 00:29:25,480
Speaker 1: who had a back injury. How did he look today?

603
00:29:25,600 --> 00:29:27,800
Speaker 1: I kind of thought that at times too, especially when

604
00:29:27,840 --> 00:29:29,680
Speaker 1: he was trying to be evade pressure. But he was

605
00:29:29,880 --> 00:29:33,680
Speaker 1: mostly accurate his numbers. He was I think he was

606
00:29:33,920 --> 00:29:36,360
Speaker 1: in the thirties. Yeah, it looks good. About seven yards

607
00:29:36,400 --> 00:29:39,440
Speaker 1: per attempt to Yeah, and uh, except for a few

608
00:29:39,480 --> 00:29:41,000
Speaker 1: times when he threw a ball up I was basically

609
00:29:41,000 --> 00:29:44,160
Speaker 1: an arm punt that was intercepted. He looked pretty effective

610
00:29:44,200 --> 00:29:46,360
Speaker 1: for the mustart, but he did kind of look stiff

611
00:29:46,440 --> 00:29:48,920
Speaker 1: in those throws. I think I thought he looked good.

612
00:29:48,920 --> 00:29:50,640
Speaker 1: He when he rolled to his right, and I believe

613
00:29:50,680 --> 00:29:53,240
Speaker 1: it was the Macklin touchdown. Uh, he showed he was

614
00:29:53,320 --> 00:29:55,040
Speaker 1: able to move. But at the end of the day,

615
00:29:55,040 --> 00:29:57,239
Speaker 1: you look at the Ravens and we talked about if

616
00:29:57,240 --> 00:29:58,960
Speaker 1: they're going to have a big season, it's gonna be

617
00:29:59,240 --> 00:30:02,680
Speaker 1: riding that def ends and three and thirty seven total

618
00:30:02,800 --> 00:30:06,040
Speaker 1: yards of offense, uh today, And they didn't light it

619
00:30:06,120 --> 00:30:08,880
Speaker 1: up last week either. So the defense got the job done.

620
00:30:08,920 --> 00:30:10,520
Speaker 1: And this is what you expect if you have if

621
00:30:10,520 --> 00:30:13,560
Speaker 1: you really do have a premium defense and a rookie

622
00:30:13,680 --> 00:30:17,480
Speaker 1: quarterback comes into your building, Uh, this is what you're expecting.

623
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Speaker 1: So I wouldn't you know. I know there's gonna be

624
00:30:19,840 --> 00:30:22,040
Speaker 1: a lot of Browns fans. I don't know if Mark's

625
00:30:22,040 --> 00:30:24,760
Speaker 1: one of them. Um, and I'm I'm curious for you

626
00:30:24,840 --> 00:30:28,720
Speaker 1: come down on this show that I don't feel any differently.

627
00:30:28,760 --> 00:30:31,280
Speaker 1: I think this still kind of points to a season

628
00:30:31,320 --> 00:30:34,000
Speaker 1: potentially of growth for the Browns. But there's some things

629
00:30:34,000 --> 00:30:36,720
Speaker 1: I don't like. I don't like how grizzly the quarterback's

630
00:30:36,760 --> 00:30:40,120
Speaker 1: performance was here. I don't like that they suffered injuries

631
00:30:40,160 --> 00:30:42,920
Speaker 1: Corey Coleman. Now this is the second year in a row. Uh,

632
00:30:42,920 --> 00:30:47,160
Speaker 1: we're talking about Corey Coleman suffering a hand injury. Jamie Collins,

633
00:30:47,200 --> 00:30:48,640
Speaker 1: who they just gave a lot of money to and

634
00:30:48,680 --> 00:30:50,600
Speaker 1: they're expecting him to make plays. He hasn't made a

635
00:30:50,640 --> 00:30:52,880
Speaker 1: lot of plays for Cleveland, and he left this game

636
00:30:53,120 --> 00:30:55,400
Speaker 1: with a concussion. So there are some things to start

637
00:30:55,400 --> 00:30:57,160
Speaker 1: to get nervous about now that all of a sudden,

638
00:30:57,520 --> 00:31:00,440
Speaker 1: all that positive vibes, it's own to his own. This

639
00:31:00,480 --> 00:31:01,840
Speaker 1: is one of those games where in the last six

640
00:31:01,880 --> 00:31:03,720
Speaker 1: minutes from the Browns were down by two possessions. I

641
00:31:03,760 --> 00:31:05,680
Speaker 1: was kind of sitting there just watching, going, let's get

642
00:31:05,680 --> 00:31:08,040
Speaker 1: this game over with two avoid injuries on either side.

643
00:31:08,360 --> 00:31:10,760
Speaker 1: And that's when the Browns actually incurred most of those injuries.

644
00:31:10,760 --> 00:31:13,160
Speaker 1: So that's right. It's really bad when it comes to that.

645
00:31:13,200 --> 00:31:15,360
Speaker 1: But I had them at four and twelve going into

646
00:31:15,400 --> 00:31:18,240
Speaker 1: the season. Overall, you know, to finish the season with

647
00:31:18,320 --> 00:31:21,640
Speaker 1: a height maximum height of six and ten. Anything below

648
00:31:21,680 --> 00:31:23,600
Speaker 1: four and twelve, you're talking about maybe a coaching change,

649
00:31:23,600 --> 00:31:26,000
Speaker 1: which would be really bad for this entire regime, considering

650
00:31:26,040 --> 00:31:29,360
Speaker 1: it's a multi year rebuild. It's only one week though,

651
00:31:29,480 --> 00:31:32,480
Speaker 1: Ye yeah, if I'm a Ravens fan, though, I'm excited

652
00:31:32,600 --> 00:31:36,240
Speaker 1: about the fact that, Yeah, I'm winning games with Buck

653
00:31:36,280 --> 00:31:39,200
Speaker 1: Allen as the lead running back and Alex Collins and

654
00:31:39,360 --> 00:31:41,640
Speaker 1: Terence West, you know, is out of the line so

655
00:31:41,680 --> 00:31:43,520
Speaker 1: far in two games. I just did the math, I

656
00:31:43,560 --> 00:31:45,960
Speaker 1: would have scored a lot higher than thirty on the

657
00:31:46,000 --> 00:31:49,760
Speaker 1: New York stated Man math test twelve twelve targets for

658
00:31:49,840 --> 00:31:53,160
Speaker 1: Mike Wallace and Brisade Paraman over two weeks. Twelve targets

659
00:31:53,200 --> 00:31:56,040
Speaker 1: a total of twenty yards from those two players, and

660
00:31:56,120 --> 00:31:58,840
Speaker 1: yet they're waking good. That's not good. But I think

661
00:31:58,880 --> 00:32:02,240
Speaker 1: this team has up side. They have players that can

662
00:32:02,280 --> 00:32:04,920
Speaker 1: be better on offense. I think they're gonna figure the

663
00:32:05,000 --> 00:32:06,840
Speaker 1: offense out as they go. And if they're winning games

664
00:32:06,840 --> 00:32:09,480
Speaker 1: and their defense is this good as they go, that's

665
00:32:09,480 --> 00:32:11,640
Speaker 1: a team with the high ceiling. Yeah. I thought there

666
00:32:11,640 --> 00:32:12,960
Speaker 1: was gonna be one team in the a f C

667
00:32:13,160 --> 00:32:16,320
Speaker 1: North that would be um, you know, the you know,

668
00:32:16,360 --> 00:32:18,200
Speaker 1: the Browns are rebuilding, there would be a team that

669
00:32:18,280 --> 00:32:20,640
Speaker 1: was kind of next to the Browns and not really

670
00:32:20,680 --> 00:32:22,280
Speaker 1: in the mix. I thought that was gonna be the Ravens,

671
00:32:22,320 --> 00:32:24,400
Speaker 1: and I thought the Bengals were gonna be okay. Now

672
00:32:24,440 --> 00:32:27,200
Speaker 1: it looks like those two teams are gonna flip. Uh

673
00:32:27,520 --> 00:32:29,600
Speaker 1: you know, realities, at least in the way I saw

674
00:32:29,640 --> 00:32:31,680
Speaker 1: it coming. So the Ravens look great, and if their

675
00:32:31,720 --> 00:32:35,000
Speaker 1: offense does click and and just get to the marginal level,

676
00:32:35,080 --> 00:32:37,480
Speaker 1: get to the mediocre, because I don't think they're there yet.

677
00:32:38,560 --> 00:32:41,520
Speaker 1: I mean C J. Mosley, just the fact they have

678
00:32:41,960 --> 00:32:44,840
Speaker 1: huge difference makers at every level of the defense, Like

679
00:32:44,840 --> 00:32:47,400
Speaker 1: their their linebackers are playing really well. They're defend like

680
00:32:47,440 --> 00:32:49,760
Speaker 1: all three levels. They can make place. I think they

681
00:32:49,800 --> 00:32:51,320
Speaker 1: have a chance based on that running game. You know,

682
00:32:51,360 --> 00:32:54,280
Speaker 1: we talked about how Alex Collins Buck Allen. They both

683
00:32:54,280 --> 00:32:55,840
Speaker 1: looked pretty good and they didn't go down after the

684
00:32:55,840 --> 00:32:58,720
Speaker 1: first hit, which is saying something for that offense. If

685
00:32:58,720 --> 00:33:01,520
Speaker 1: the Ravens are one of the best defenses or the

686
00:33:01,520 --> 00:33:04,280
Speaker 1: best defense in the a f C, the Caroline and

687
00:33:04,320 --> 00:33:07,680
Speaker 1: Panthers staking a claim as the NFC's best defense, let's

688
00:33:07,760 --> 00:33:10,520
Speaker 1: check it own. Them. Here we go fourth and eleven

689
00:33:10,680 --> 00:33:13,840
Speaker 1: Bills at the thirty three yard line. The snap, Taylor

690
00:33:14,120 --> 00:33:16,560
Speaker 1: looks down field. They fled the field of receivers. He

691
00:33:16,600 --> 00:33:18,360
Speaker 1: got a man open Z Jones and he can't make

692
00:33:18,400 --> 00:33:21,640
Speaker 1: the catch at the four yard line. Z Jones got

693
00:33:21,680 --> 00:33:24,440
Speaker 1: both hands on it at the four. It was up high.

694
00:33:24,480 --> 00:33:26,880
Speaker 1: He could not bring it down and that will do

695
00:33:26,960 --> 00:33:29,960
Speaker 1: it with nine seconds left to play, That's the Bill's

696
00:33:30,000 --> 00:33:32,840
Speaker 1: call for sure. Bill's rookies A Jones couldn't come down

697
00:33:32,880 --> 00:33:35,920
Speaker 1: with a slightly errant pass from Tyrod Taylor, allowing the

698
00:33:35,920 --> 00:33:39,000
Speaker 1: Panthers to escape with a nine three win uh in

699
00:33:39,040 --> 00:33:44,240
Speaker 1: an uninspiring effort by both sides in Charlotte. Overall, this

700
00:33:44,280 --> 00:33:46,320
Speaker 1: was a cost louin for the Panthers to tight end.

701
00:33:46,360 --> 00:33:49,120
Speaker 1: Greg Olsen, who's been the heart and solved that passing

702
00:33:49,160 --> 00:33:52,520
Speaker 1: game for years, will be sidelined indefinitely after suffering a

703
00:33:52,600 --> 00:33:56,600
Speaker 1: broken foot after the game. Olsen, who started eight one

704
00:33:56,640 --> 00:33:59,200
Speaker 1: straight games for that team, third most in history of

705
00:33:59,240 --> 00:34:02,120
Speaker 1: the Panthers, I'm going to miss a lot of games,

706
00:34:02,440 --> 00:34:05,600
Speaker 1: so that's a big bummer. And Cam Newton again looked

707
00:34:05,680 --> 00:34:09,640
Speaker 1: very rusty and his accuracy remains a major concern. Uh,

708
00:34:09,640 --> 00:34:12,200
Speaker 1: he misfired and this was the low point of his game,

709
00:34:12,200 --> 00:34:15,640
Speaker 1: which was I believe the last passing through of the day.

710
00:34:15,719 --> 00:34:19,200
Speaker 1: He misfired on what was a gimme touchdown to Christian McCaffrey,

711
00:34:19,239 --> 00:34:21,399
Speaker 1: should have been a two yard touchdown, would have iced

712
00:34:21,440 --> 00:34:23,719
Speaker 1: the game late in the fourth quarter, opened the door

713
00:34:23,800 --> 00:34:28,319
Speaker 1: for the Bills down nine three, and uh God, it's

714
00:34:28,320 --> 00:34:33,800
Speaker 1: tough being it has to be tough because after after

715
00:34:33,880 --> 00:34:36,680
Speaker 1: all this fight, the defense putting it up, putting up

716
00:34:36,719 --> 00:34:39,320
Speaker 1: such an incredible fight all game, and keeping the offense

717
00:34:39,360 --> 00:34:43,359
Speaker 1: in the game, they cross over into Carolina territory and

718
00:34:43,400 --> 00:34:45,560
Speaker 1: they just cannot make plays. A Jones I think should

719
00:34:45,600 --> 00:34:47,319
Speaker 1: have had the ball. You should have It should have

720
00:34:47,320 --> 00:34:50,200
Speaker 1: been ball at the two yard line with I don't

721
00:34:50,200 --> 00:34:53,200
Speaker 1: know what had been thirty seconds or so left. Maybe

722
00:34:53,239 --> 00:34:56,279
Speaker 1: they get in, maybe they don't. But that's what that's

723
00:34:56,280 --> 00:35:00,320
Speaker 1: the difference between good and bad teams. And you wonder, guys,

724
00:35:00,440 --> 00:35:04,080
Speaker 1: if the Bills, and I know Tyrod Taylor is not

725
00:35:04,320 --> 00:35:06,840
Speaker 1: is not all to blame, but how much rope he

726
00:35:06,920 --> 00:35:09,239
Speaker 1: has in Buffalo. He threw for fifteen yards in the

727
00:35:09,239 --> 00:35:11,759
Speaker 1: first half and they had one first down in the

728
00:35:11,760 --> 00:35:15,440
Speaker 1: first half and they scored three three points after scoring

729
00:35:15,440 --> 00:35:18,480
Speaker 1: twenty one against the Jets last week. The Bills have

730
00:35:18,600 --> 00:35:20,879
Speaker 1: problems on offense, they do, but I think they're playing,

731
00:35:21,040 --> 00:35:23,360
Speaker 1: as you said, one of the best defenses in football.

732
00:35:23,560 --> 00:35:26,960
Speaker 1: I said it going into this season that on paper, Rivera,

733
00:35:27,280 --> 00:35:30,080
Speaker 1: I think this is the defense he's really been building

734
00:35:30,120 --> 00:35:31,480
Speaker 1: to the whole time he's been there. I know they

735
00:35:31,520 --> 00:35:34,480
Speaker 1: had a fifteen and one team, but I think the

736
00:35:34,560 --> 00:35:37,320
Speaker 1: potential of this defense is even greater when you have

737
00:35:37,400 --> 00:35:40,480
Speaker 1: Julius Peppers coming back to the flow and getting a

738
00:35:40,520 --> 00:35:43,680
Speaker 1: couple of sacks in the mix too, good, Thomas Davis

739
00:35:43,719 --> 00:35:46,160
Speaker 1: still making plays, and then the younger players on this

740
00:35:46,280 --> 00:35:49,759
Speaker 1: defense also stepping up. It's they're gonna be a lot.

741
00:35:49,800 --> 00:35:53,200
Speaker 1: I mean, look that we've talked about defense kind of

742
00:35:53,200 --> 00:35:55,799
Speaker 1: winning the day. Early in this NFL season, the bill

743
00:35:55,840 --> 00:35:58,200
Speaker 1: has had a hundred and seventy six yards the Panthers

744
00:35:58,200 --> 00:36:03,319
Speaker 1: only had twoft Those are those are games we were

745
00:36:03,360 --> 00:36:06,600
Speaker 1: not seen in in two thousand sixteen too often, and

746
00:36:06,640 --> 00:36:10,440
Speaker 1: they're happening a lot more often. Yeah, I think the

747
00:36:10,440 --> 00:36:13,040
Speaker 1: Bills are in a weird position for me as a franchise.

748
00:36:13,080 --> 00:36:14,960
Speaker 1: I know, early in Week two of the season, but

749
00:36:15,200 --> 00:36:18,080
Speaker 1: they have some signs of a team that could either

750
00:36:18,120 --> 00:36:21,920
Speaker 1: go a few changes away from being competitive again, or

751
00:36:21,960 --> 00:36:23,800
Speaker 1: they could be a few changes in the opposite direction

752
00:36:23,800 --> 00:36:26,480
Speaker 1: away from blowing the whole thing up. They're caught in

753
00:36:26,520 --> 00:36:28,479
Speaker 1: the gray, they're caughting the right and Cam Newton something

754
00:36:28,480 --> 00:36:31,279
Speaker 1: to watch. He got his ankle twisted. It was the

755
00:36:31,360 --> 00:36:34,080
Speaker 1: same ankle he's had surgically repaired. He said after the

756
00:36:34,120 --> 00:36:36,360
Speaker 1: game that he kind of stopped himself. He said, I

757
00:36:36,360 --> 00:36:38,520
Speaker 1: don't even want to say what I originally thought it was,

758
00:36:38,880 --> 00:36:43,080
Speaker 1: but was otherwise seemed relieved, um that it wasn't more serious,

759
00:36:43,120 --> 00:36:44,719
Speaker 1: But I thought it was telling. And maybe it was

760
00:36:44,760 --> 00:36:48,040
Speaker 1: because he got dinged up. But that drive I mentioned

761
00:36:48,040 --> 00:36:50,520
Speaker 1: early on when they had first and goal from the

762
00:36:50,520 --> 00:36:54,920
Speaker 1: one yard line with a chance to make it thirteen

763
00:36:55,040 --> 00:36:59,360
Speaker 1: three and for all intents and purposes and the game, uh,

764
00:36:59,440 --> 00:37:01,560
Speaker 1: that is prime. If you've been watching the Pathers the

765
00:37:01,560 --> 00:37:04,480
Speaker 1: past five years, Newton one of their little gadget plays

766
00:37:04,520 --> 00:37:06,960
Speaker 1: where he just not even gadget play called play and

767
00:37:07,000 --> 00:37:09,720
Speaker 1: Newton sneaks it in either on a draw or getting

768
00:37:09,800 --> 00:37:13,120
Speaker 1: behind a center or guard. It's being guards. Marshal Leanda

769
00:37:13,239 --> 00:37:15,520
Speaker 1: got hurt for the Ravens and that that we'll see

770
00:37:15,560 --> 00:37:18,319
Speaker 1: how serious that is. But in this case, uh, with

771
00:37:18,400 --> 00:37:22,040
Speaker 1: the Panthers, Newton never tried a running play, never try

772
00:37:22,080 --> 00:37:25,120
Speaker 1: to running play. They passed it, did a run and

773
00:37:25,200 --> 00:37:26,920
Speaker 1: a pass and it didn't work out. So are they

774
00:37:26,960 --> 00:37:29,960
Speaker 1: still going to use him the same way as his body? Okay,

775
00:37:30,080 --> 00:37:32,400
Speaker 1: enough to use it the way they used to. We'll see.

776
00:37:33,000 --> 00:37:36,960
Speaker 1: He was one of the best short yardage but backs

777
00:37:36,960 --> 00:37:38,520
Speaker 1: in the league. I know he's a quarterback, but he's

778
00:37:38,520 --> 00:37:40,720
Speaker 1: one of the best short yardage players in the league.

779
00:37:40,719 --> 00:37:43,400
Speaker 1: The numbers say it. It's what made their offense and

780
00:37:43,480 --> 00:37:46,600
Speaker 1: running a taxas special. It's been surprising to see Christian

781
00:37:46,640 --> 00:37:49,400
Speaker 1: McCaffrey bottled up the first couple of weeks. This has

782
00:37:49,440 --> 00:37:51,279
Speaker 1: also been a season where we've kind of worried about

783
00:37:51,360 --> 00:37:54,720
Speaker 1: franchise quarterbacks with Newton and luck, so I'm not totally

784
00:37:54,719 --> 00:37:56,399
Speaker 1: surprised to see if they're not running him at all,

785
00:37:56,560 --> 00:37:58,400
Speaker 1: does that affect their offense and how many things they

786
00:37:58,440 --> 00:38:00,440
Speaker 1: can definitely do And just to put a bow on it,

787
00:38:00,560 --> 00:38:03,880
Speaker 1: the Ravens did uh the circle back announced Marshal Yonda,

788
00:38:03,960 --> 00:38:06,040
Speaker 1: who a lot of people believe the best garden football

789
00:38:06,120 --> 00:38:08,439
Speaker 1: meant to mention that during the Browns game is out

790
00:38:08,440 --> 00:38:11,040
Speaker 1: for the season, which is a monster loss. That's a

791
00:38:11,080 --> 00:38:15,239
Speaker 1: big loss. Uh, let's move on. Here's up. We've got

792
00:38:15,280 --> 00:38:28,680
Speaker 1: plenty of dishors made. It's like a bunch of Grandpa's

793
00:38:28,680 --> 00:38:31,080
Speaker 1: all fired up, but failed field goal conversion has felled

794
00:38:31,120 --> 00:38:34,359
Speaker 1: the Charges for the second time in six days. Young Way,

795
00:38:34,440 --> 00:38:37,160
Speaker 1: who's forty four yard attempts sailled wide right with seconds

796
00:38:37,160 --> 00:38:39,480
Speaker 1: to play. A sour ending for the Chargers in their

797
00:38:39,520 --> 00:38:43,160
Speaker 1: Los Angeles debut in nineteen seventeen. Win for the Dolphins,

798
00:38:43,360 --> 00:38:45,560
Speaker 1: who get out of Dodge with a victory. That was

799
00:38:45,560 --> 00:38:49,239
Speaker 1: actually the Hodgson family's reaction watching from the crowd. They

800
00:38:49,280 --> 00:38:53,200
Speaker 1: went to see their beloved Dolphins. Uh yeah, congratulations to

801
00:38:53,280 --> 00:38:59,520
Speaker 1: handsome Hank nick Shook. Uh who's who's failure shouldn't overshadow

802
00:38:59,600 --> 00:39:02,399
Speaker 1: the hero beas of Cody Parkey, who's fifty four yard

803
00:39:02,480 --> 00:39:04,440
Speaker 1: or with one oh five to play served as the difference.

804
00:39:04,680 --> 00:39:07,120
Speaker 1: Cody Parkey, who was a kicker who in Miami last

805
00:39:07,160 --> 00:39:09,560
Speaker 1: year couldn't make a game winner. Just a little flashback

806
00:39:09,560 --> 00:39:11,719
Speaker 1: to that. Uh yeah, he you know, he made three

807
00:39:11,760 --> 00:39:13,759
Speaker 1: field goals down the stretch. That was huge for a

808
00:39:13,800 --> 00:39:16,400
Speaker 1: Miami offense that continually struggled to get the ball in

809
00:39:16,440 --> 00:39:18,319
Speaker 1: the end zone when they really needed to, and the

810
00:39:18,400 --> 00:39:21,120
Speaker 1: Chargers gave them as many opportunities as they'd like. But

811
00:39:21,280 --> 00:39:23,880
Speaker 1: credit to the Los Angeles defense for standing tall inside

812
00:39:23,920 --> 00:39:26,120
Speaker 1: the red zone. But really, this game comes down to

813
00:39:26,800 --> 00:39:29,359
Speaker 1: why couldn't the Chargers hang onto the lead because they

814
00:39:29,360 --> 00:39:31,480
Speaker 1: had a seventeen to ten lead for what seemed like

815
00:39:31,520 --> 00:39:34,880
Speaker 1: an eternity and completely abandoned the run game. I know

816
00:39:34,920 --> 00:39:36,760
Speaker 1: they weren't doing well on the run on the ground

817
00:39:36,800 --> 00:39:39,120
Speaker 1: to begin with, but when you have a lead and

818
00:39:39,160 --> 00:39:40,920
Speaker 1: you're at home and you're your home opener in a

819
00:39:40,960 --> 00:39:44,399
Speaker 1: new stadium, bleed some clock. And they didn't do that,

820
00:39:44,680 --> 00:39:45,799
Speaker 1: and it came back to bite them in the end

821
00:39:45,840 --> 00:39:47,680
Speaker 1: because they gave the Dolphins enough time to get down

822
00:39:47,719 --> 00:39:49,360
Speaker 1: at the field goal arrange and nail one for the

823
00:39:49,440 --> 00:39:53,960
Speaker 1: Chargers fans that followed the team and stayed with them,

824
00:39:54,040 --> 00:39:57,480
Speaker 1: you know up the five, you know freeway into Carson.

825
00:39:57,680 --> 00:40:01,759
Speaker 1: This has to just feel so ridiculous, lesslie familiar that

826
00:40:01,880 --> 00:40:05,200
Speaker 1: you get into another fourth quarter and you go punt punt,

827
00:40:05,600 --> 00:40:07,879
Speaker 1: missed game winning field goal to end the game while

828
00:40:07,920 --> 00:40:10,040
Speaker 1: you give up two scoring drives to the other team.

829
00:40:10,080 --> 00:40:13,000
Speaker 1: It's the exact, the exact same thing of what's been

830
00:40:13,040 --> 00:40:16,399
Speaker 1: happening now for a year, and after a while, it's

831
00:40:16,400 --> 00:40:19,360
Speaker 1: gotta make you go crazy if you're if you're Philip Rivers,

832
00:40:19,360 --> 00:40:21,319
Speaker 1: if you're a charges player, right, it was making me

833
00:40:21,400 --> 00:40:24,520
Speaker 1: go crazy, and I'm I just barely adopted that. Well you,

834
00:40:24,600 --> 00:40:28,200
Speaker 1: I mean, you were all down on a mess. You

835
00:40:28,239 --> 00:40:31,719
Speaker 1: were like so emotional, and uh, I get it. I

836
00:40:31,760 --> 00:40:33,760
Speaker 1: get it because if it's a team that you imagine

837
00:40:33,760 --> 00:40:37,799
Speaker 1: actually being and seeing Coo miss it, and I was

838
00:40:37,920 --> 00:40:40,080
Speaker 1: going a little crazy. Not to cut you off about

839
00:40:40,640 --> 00:40:43,480
Speaker 1: the game management at the end of the game, Anthony

840
00:40:43,560 --> 00:40:47,520
Speaker 1: Lynn settling for that field goal when he had more time,

841
00:40:48,000 --> 00:40:50,600
Speaker 1: It's okay to try to get the ball further. This

842
00:40:50,680 --> 00:40:54,360
Speaker 1: isn't Herm Edwards or the party Schottenheimer's School of Football,

843
00:40:54,360 --> 00:40:57,200
Speaker 1: where oh, let's just once we get a forty five

844
00:40:57,280 --> 00:41:00,239
Speaker 1: yard field goal, let's stop playing football and making as

845
00:41:00,239 --> 00:41:03,680
Speaker 1: hard as possible on the rookie kicker who, by the way,

846
00:41:04,000 --> 00:41:06,560
Speaker 1: just barely made an extra point and missed a kick

847
00:41:06,600 --> 00:41:09,560
Speaker 1: from the exact same distance. Oh, by the way, yeah,

848
00:41:09,600 --> 00:41:12,520
Speaker 1: it brought back flashbox for me. For Doug Bryan in

849
00:41:12,560 --> 00:41:15,759
Speaker 1: the two thousand four playoffs. You do not listen, you

850
00:41:15,800 --> 00:41:19,080
Speaker 1: don't you have your quarterback slide over and to set

851
00:41:19,120 --> 00:41:21,080
Speaker 1: up the right hash mark for your field goal kicker

852
00:41:21,280 --> 00:41:23,440
Speaker 1: when you're kicking a chip shot, when it's like that,

853
00:41:23,560 --> 00:41:26,120
Speaker 1: but when you're sliding doing that slide where you snap

854
00:41:26,120 --> 00:41:30,000
Speaker 1: it and like to take two steps, yeah you do that.

855
00:41:30,360 --> 00:41:32,439
Speaker 1: You don't do it setting up a forty four yard

856
00:41:32,440 --> 00:41:34,480
Speaker 1: field goal because I know the kicking game has come

857
00:41:34,520 --> 00:41:36,640
Speaker 1: a long way in the NFL, and a forty four

858
00:41:36,719 --> 00:41:38,680
Speaker 1: yard or is a lot more solid and attempt than

859
00:41:38,680 --> 00:41:40,400
Speaker 1: it used to be. But that is not a gimme.

860
00:41:40,760 --> 00:41:42,560
Speaker 1: You're much better off trying to like a And you

861
00:41:42,640 --> 00:41:45,240
Speaker 1: got Philip Rivers, who's one of the most accurate pastors

862
00:41:45,239 --> 00:41:47,560
Speaker 1: in the league moving the ball. He's thirty one of

863
00:41:47,640 --> 00:41:49,480
Speaker 1: thirty nine in the game. You all you do is

864
00:41:49,520 --> 00:41:51,279
Speaker 1: do a little post route. You getting like two or

865
00:41:51,280 --> 00:41:55,239
Speaker 1: three yards, you make that you stop the spike at you. Yeah, well,

866
00:41:55,719 --> 00:41:57,880
Speaker 1: you just don't do that because guess what the football

867
00:41:57,880 --> 00:42:00,480
Speaker 1: gods who are probably already annoyed about the sand Diego thing,

868
00:42:00,520 --> 00:42:03,359
Speaker 1: Let's be honest, he moves over to slide a little

869
00:42:03,400 --> 00:42:04,920
Speaker 1: bit to the right, and then the kicker and this

870
00:42:05,040 --> 00:42:07,359
Speaker 1: is wide right, my goodness, And I hope that cook

871
00:42:07,520 --> 00:42:09,719
Speaker 1: kicker has a job because I know a lot of

872
00:42:09,719 --> 00:42:11,640
Speaker 1: people are rooting for the kid, and I am it

873
00:42:11,760 --> 00:42:14,520
Speaker 1: sucked the way things ended last week when he actually

874
00:42:14,520 --> 00:42:17,400
Speaker 1: made the game tying attempt in his first game, only

875
00:42:17,440 --> 00:42:20,439
Speaker 1: to see the ice time out that Colleen Wolf loves

876
00:42:20,480 --> 00:42:23,200
Speaker 1: so much. I hope you were happy breaking that guy's heart, Connie.

877
00:42:23,440 --> 00:42:25,759
Speaker 1: And now he's missed another kick, and you wonder if

878
00:42:25,760 --> 00:42:28,520
Speaker 1: his job's safe. Now that's football. I do give credit

879
00:42:28,520 --> 00:42:30,400
Speaker 1: for Rivers to Rivers for handling it like a pro

880
00:42:30,480 --> 00:42:32,640
Speaker 1: after the game, because he's used to this, instead of

881
00:42:32,680 --> 00:42:35,080
Speaker 1: getting questions about all how heartbreaking was another last second

882
00:42:35,120 --> 00:42:36,879
Speaker 1: loss because they lost to the Dolphins, you know on

883
00:42:36,880 --> 00:42:38,239
Speaker 1: one of the final players last year too, with the

884
00:42:38,320 --> 00:42:40,640
Speaker 1: Kiko Alonso pick six, which pretty much wrapped that one up.

885
00:42:40,960 --> 00:42:44,759
Speaker 1: Happened to yes, exactly. And then and then he goes

886
00:42:44,800 --> 00:42:46,560
Speaker 1: into the press conference this year and instead of getting

887
00:42:46,600 --> 00:42:48,680
Speaker 1: questions about the game so much, he's getting asked about

888
00:42:48,680 --> 00:42:50,560
Speaker 1: how did you feel about the atmosphere? What was it

889
00:42:50,600 --> 00:42:52,520
Speaker 1: like to have a bunch of fans in the stand,

890
00:42:53,480 --> 00:42:56,040
Speaker 1: especially off a loss, and he said there was a

891
00:42:56,080 --> 00:42:58,320
Speaker 1: lot of Dolphins like I like the energy. There's a

892
00:42:58,320 --> 00:43:00,600
Speaker 1: lot of Dolphins games, but we're used to it. Essentially,

893
00:43:00,680 --> 00:43:02,520
Speaker 1: they been concerned for them that they can't get any

894
00:43:02,560 --> 00:43:04,600
Speaker 1: running game going. By the way, Melvin Gordon nine for

895
00:43:05,200 --> 00:43:07,560
Speaker 1: I though, a big concern. They've got twenty five thousand

896
00:43:07,560 --> 00:43:09,520
Speaker 1: in that building for the first game, not a sellout

897
00:43:09,680 --> 00:43:11,600
Speaker 1: at the Stubbub Center. And we'll hear from Mark Cecil

898
00:43:11,680 --> 00:43:14,440
Speaker 1: on Tuesday who's they're covering the game. And by the way,

899
00:43:14,480 --> 00:43:17,640
Speaker 1: one positive for the Chargers, Antonio Gates finally got that

900
00:43:17,840 --> 00:43:20,640
Speaker 1: elusive hundred and twelve touchdown. He's now the all time

901
00:43:20,719 --> 00:43:24,239
Speaker 1: NFL leader at tight ends. Congrats to Antonio gets who

902
00:43:24,239 --> 00:43:26,600
Speaker 1: did you know guys used to play college bass? And

903
00:43:26,600 --> 00:43:29,319
Speaker 1: welcome back Jake Cutler. A look for redemption, left to right,

904
00:43:29,400 --> 00:43:32,000
Speaker 1: clean snapping spot, right footed kick. It's in the air,

905
00:43:32,040 --> 00:43:35,440
Speaker 1: it's got the lag and it's good. Phil Dawson connects

906
00:43:35,480 --> 00:43:39,279
Speaker 1: from thirty yards out and he redeems his mistake at

907
00:43:39,320 --> 00:43:42,600
Speaker 1: the conclusion of regulation. Phil Dawson's thirty yard field goal

908
00:43:42,600 --> 00:43:44,799
Speaker 1: and overtime served as atonement. I like the way I

909
00:43:44,920 --> 00:43:46,960
Speaker 1: described the better after a miss at the end of

910
00:43:47,000 --> 00:43:51,040
Speaker 1: regulation and the Cardinals escaped Indianapolis with a win over

911
00:43:51,080 --> 00:43:54,439
Speaker 1: the Jake Brisket led Colts. Shook, we will be handing

912
00:43:54,480 --> 00:43:57,160
Speaker 1: out lollipops to a Cardinals team that needed five quarters

913
00:43:57,160 --> 00:43:59,600
Speaker 1: to beat the Colts, but Carson Palmer and company will

914
00:43:59,600 --> 00:44:02,080
Speaker 1: take the comeback victory that comes their way. Man, it's

915
00:44:02,120 --> 00:44:04,400
Speaker 1: a battle of an aptitude. Both teams were just not

916
00:44:04,560 --> 00:44:06,640
Speaker 1: very good for most of the afternoon. For a while,

917
00:44:06,760 --> 00:44:08,880
Speaker 1: it looked like Mr Briskett was gonna get that elusive

918
00:44:09,000 --> 00:44:12,120
Speaker 1: W until we got down to the final moments and

919
00:44:12,239 --> 00:44:14,520
Speaker 1: Phil Dawson couldn't hit the game winner, which, as you said,

920
00:44:14,600 --> 00:44:18,680
Speaker 1: nice atonement in overtime game and knock it, uh send

921
00:44:18,719 --> 00:44:20,600
Speaker 1: them home with a W. I think kind of a

922
00:44:20,600 --> 00:44:22,880
Speaker 1: big win for the Cardinals just because it would have

923
00:44:22,920 --> 00:44:25,640
Speaker 1: looked really bad for them to lose the road if

924
00:44:25,640 --> 00:44:27,400
Speaker 1: they lose to the Cults on the road with Andrew

925
00:44:27,480 --> 00:44:30,680
Speaker 1: Luck and a sling or whatever. It's like absolutely, And

926
00:44:30,719 --> 00:44:32,839
Speaker 1: I also think it's still an uphill battle for them,

927
00:44:32,840 --> 00:44:35,600
Speaker 1: but hey, you know they're tread and water. They didn't

928
00:44:35,640 --> 00:44:37,440
Speaker 1: have John Brown in this game. I mean, this is

929
00:44:37,480 --> 00:44:41,920
Speaker 1: this is not the Cardinals passing attack that we knew

930
00:44:42,080 --> 00:44:45,799
Speaker 1: John Brown's not there pretty often. David Johnson obviously is

931
00:44:45,800 --> 00:44:48,239
Speaker 1: not there. You know you have Geron Brown as your

932
00:44:48,280 --> 00:44:51,680
Speaker 1: second receiver. He had eleven targets but only four catches

933
00:44:51,920 --> 00:44:54,239
Speaker 1: in the game. You never know how a season is

934
00:44:54,239 --> 00:44:56,880
Speaker 1: going to go. That's why these wins sometimes earlier. You

935
00:44:57,000 --> 00:44:58,960
Speaker 1: always can turn it around. But they're gonna be on

936
00:44:58,960 --> 00:45:02,560
Speaker 1: Monday Night football again. The Cowboys next week game I'm

937
00:45:02,680 --> 00:45:08,200
Speaker 1: going to and they have some tough sledding. Um shook.

938
00:45:08,280 --> 00:45:10,920
Speaker 1: I do have a question. So Carson Palmer um was

939
00:45:10,960 --> 00:45:13,759
Speaker 1: tracking other games work closely during this game and and

940
00:45:13,960 --> 00:45:15,719
Speaker 1: his numbers at the end of the day look okay,

941
00:45:15,880 --> 00:45:19,120
Speaker 1: nineteen and thirty six two yards and threw a touchdown.

942
00:45:19,120 --> 00:45:21,560
Speaker 1: How to pick but nine point two yards per tempt?

943
00:45:21,800 --> 00:45:23,680
Speaker 1: This is a game. My tweet deck was just filled

944
00:45:23,680 --> 00:45:27,759
Speaker 1: with people putting Carson Palmer underground, uh and moving on

945
00:45:27,800 --> 00:45:30,920
Speaker 1: as a franchise. Even my buddy Jason Zumwalt, was a

946
00:45:30,960 --> 00:45:34,800
Speaker 1: huge Cardinals fan, had a uh tweet along lines of

947
00:45:34,840 --> 00:45:37,680
Speaker 1: blow it up and start over? Uh? Did he get hot?

948
00:45:37,719 --> 00:45:39,840
Speaker 1: Is that? Because his numbers look okay to me? Super

949
00:45:39,840 --> 00:45:41,840
Speaker 1: inflated by the second half. It was so bad in

950
00:45:41,880 --> 00:45:44,400
Speaker 1: the first half, Bruce Arians basically threw Hi under the

951
00:45:44,400 --> 00:45:47,800
Speaker 1: bus the Cydeline reporter who came out with very rarely

952
00:45:47,840 --> 00:45:51,839
Speaker 1: happens the scathing Sydeline report to open the second half,

953
00:45:51,880 --> 00:45:55,239
Speaker 1: saying that uh, Carson Palmer was the problem and that

954
00:45:55,239 --> 00:45:58,480
Speaker 1: they needed to get fixed in all kinds of that.

955
00:45:58,520 --> 00:46:00,560
Speaker 1: You know, I love Bruce Arians, but you know, Bruce

956
00:46:00,680 --> 00:46:02,840
Speaker 1: is pretty wild sometimes. Yeah. Yeah, And and he was

957
00:46:03,080 --> 00:46:05,879
Speaker 1: pretty wild there too. I think they're they're feeling the heat.

958
00:46:05,920 --> 00:46:07,319
Speaker 1: I mean they kind of. I think they all have

959
00:46:07,400 --> 00:46:08,960
Speaker 1: it in this head that they have to make this

960
00:46:09,040 --> 00:46:12,840
Speaker 1: season count. And we're suddenly down at halftime against the Colts,

961
00:46:13,239 --> 00:46:15,920
Speaker 1: and it's feeling like, Wow, this is a long season ahead.

962
00:46:16,040 --> 00:46:17,920
Speaker 1: It does make a huge it does make it a

963
00:46:17,960 --> 00:46:20,200
Speaker 1: huge win. Just to get it, get it in there.

964
00:46:20,239 --> 00:46:23,600
Speaker 1: You never know. I got Yeah, I guess I'm just saying,

965
00:46:23,600 --> 00:46:26,360
Speaker 1: like the Sideline report, everybody knows it's silly and ridiculous

966
00:46:26,360 --> 00:46:28,560
Speaker 1: and probably doesn't need to exist. If I was the coach,

967
00:46:28,600 --> 00:46:31,160
Speaker 1: I would go to the Greg Popovitch route. I would

968
00:46:31,200 --> 00:46:33,400
Speaker 1: like send it up and be subversive about it and

969
00:46:33,480 --> 00:46:36,839
Speaker 1: not actually be roasting my quarterback to the country out.

970
00:46:36,960 --> 00:46:38,239
Speaker 1: You keep that stuff in the house, I do if

971
00:46:38,239 --> 00:46:40,359
Speaker 1: you've credit to J. J. Nelson who stepped up with

972
00:46:40,440 --> 00:46:42,680
Speaker 1: his other teammates out five catches a hunter twenty yards

973
00:46:42,680 --> 00:46:44,279
Speaker 1: and a touchdown and should have had two touchdowns if

974
00:46:44,280 --> 00:46:46,399
Speaker 1: he could have gotten a little quarter of his foot inbounds. Nick,

975
00:46:46,640 --> 00:46:48,719
Speaker 1: it's very big of you to give a shout out

976
00:46:48,719 --> 00:46:55,080
Speaker 1: to J. J. Nelson. Let's move on. M Brussel takes

977
00:46:55,080 --> 00:46:57,799
Speaker 1: a shotguns now looks now he's got a scramble. Now

978
00:46:57,840 --> 00:47:03,160
Speaker 1: he looks straight at him, still scrambling. The website is

979
00:47:07,480 --> 00:47:10,040
Speaker 1: that Paul Richardson touchdown catch was seven or nine to play?

980
00:47:10,080 --> 00:47:12,920
Speaker 1: Was the difference for the Seahawks? Whoever, whoever came another

981
00:47:13,200 --> 00:47:17,560
Speaker 1: subpart performance on offense to squeak past twelve to nine

982
00:47:17,600 --> 00:47:19,080
Speaker 1: at the claim these are the games that that he

983
00:47:19,160 --> 00:47:23,719
Speaker 1: was watching. You got the offensive challenge, offensively challenge game,

984
00:47:23,760 --> 00:47:27,359
Speaker 1: I got twelve nine, I got nine three, and then

985
00:47:27,360 --> 00:47:33,399
Speaker 1: my favorite teams eight play the game. I didn't say

986
00:47:33,400 --> 00:47:35,520
Speaker 1: who it was. If you're new to this podcast, you

987
00:47:35,560 --> 00:47:39,879
Speaker 1: have no idea which team I'm talking about. Um Anyway,

988
00:47:40,360 --> 00:47:43,000
Speaker 1: Seattle snapped a streak of more than a twelve minutes

989
00:47:43,280 --> 00:47:45,080
Speaker 1: without a touchdown with that score, that's the type of

990
00:47:45,080 --> 00:47:48,800
Speaker 1: stuff that gets offensive coordinators fired in Nick Shook's home state.

991
00:47:49,600 --> 00:47:51,719
Speaker 1: But for the Seattle Seahawks, I think they're willing to

992
00:47:51,760 --> 00:47:54,600
Speaker 1: write it off and expect this to be the start

993
00:47:54,719 --> 00:48:00,040
Speaker 1: of better things. The Seahawks started last season in a

994
00:48:00,120 --> 00:48:04,440
Speaker 1: very similar fashion, basically going one and one to start

995
00:48:04,440 --> 00:48:08,720
Speaker 1: the year with absolutely no offense. They've traditionally started slow

996
00:48:09,840 --> 00:48:14,400
Speaker 1: for whatever reason. The issues remain the same. The players

997
00:48:14,440 --> 00:48:17,000
Speaker 1: are different, though. The fact that Chris Carson, the guy

998
00:48:17,080 --> 00:48:19,440
Speaker 1: that we talked about a lot in the preseason, was

999
00:48:19,480 --> 00:48:21,680
Speaker 1: the one closing out the game here that Eddie Lacey

1000
00:48:21,760 --> 00:48:24,799
Speaker 1: is a healthy, scratch healthy they said. After the game,

1001
00:48:24,800 --> 00:48:26,880
Speaker 1: Pete Carroll said, we wanted to get Thomas Rawls kind

1002
00:48:26,880 --> 00:48:28,520
Speaker 1: of into the mix. Slowly, he'll get more and more

1003
00:48:28,560 --> 00:48:30,920
Speaker 1: work as as he goes like It's it's pretty telling

1004
00:48:30,920 --> 00:48:32,840
Speaker 1: that Carson is the one out there and had a

1005
00:48:32,840 --> 00:48:36,520
Speaker 1: pretty good day. From the look car he he made

1006
00:48:36,719 --> 00:48:38,640
Speaker 1: a number of big plays on the ground. I mean

1007
00:48:39,040 --> 00:48:41,120
Speaker 1: he's not explosive, He's not making you think this is

1008
00:48:41,120 --> 00:48:45,080
Speaker 1: Marshawn Lynch's prime bute and and move the chains and

1009
00:48:45,120 --> 00:48:48,360
Speaker 1: put them in good down and distant situations. Uh, Thomas Rawls,

1010
00:48:48,360 --> 00:48:50,040
Speaker 1: who you A lot of people thought he would end

1011
00:48:50,080 --> 00:48:52,160
Speaker 1: up winning this battle and be there their bell cow.

1012
00:48:52,280 --> 00:48:54,040
Speaker 1: Maybe that happens, but it makes you think that they

1013
00:48:54,080 --> 00:48:57,040
Speaker 1: still don't think he's right. He had um just five

1014
00:48:57,080 --> 00:48:59,759
Speaker 1: carries for four yards in this game, So you know,

1015
00:48:59,840 --> 00:49:02,360
Speaker 1: I think I think they'll figure it out. I'm shaking

1016
00:49:02,400 --> 00:49:04,760
Speaker 1: a little bit. My confidence is definitely shaking. Two teams

1017
00:49:04,800 --> 00:49:07,920
Speaker 1: that I thought we're gonna have really strong offenses this year, uh,

1018
00:49:08,120 --> 00:49:10,960
Speaker 1: Cincinnati and Seattle, and in both cases it's kind of

1019
00:49:10,960 --> 00:49:14,160
Speaker 1: a mess right now. Seattle, I feel more strongly about

1020
00:49:14,200 --> 00:49:16,839
Speaker 1: them getting it together, but it was they were just

1021
00:49:16,920 --> 00:49:18,960
Speaker 1: good enough to beat the forty niners at home, and

1022
00:49:19,000 --> 00:49:21,440
Speaker 1: to me, that's a little bit alarming. Uh, they got

1023
00:49:21,520 --> 00:49:23,239
Speaker 1: a show with something going forward. I have a feeling

1024
00:49:23,239 --> 00:49:25,000
Speaker 1: already continue to see a little bit of a revolving

1025
00:49:25,040 --> 00:49:26,799
Speaker 1: door in the backfield, just because we've seen in the

1026
00:49:26,800 --> 00:49:28,320
Speaker 1: past that Pete Carroll is not afraid to go with

1027
00:49:28,360 --> 00:49:29,800
Speaker 1: the guy who he thinks he's gonna work best in

1028
00:49:29,840 --> 00:49:31,759
Speaker 1: a week to week basis, and I think this was

1029
00:49:31,800 --> 00:49:35,680
Speaker 1: no different. But yeah, what's up with the Seattle offense

1030
00:49:35,719 --> 00:49:37,719
Speaker 1: and a lack of points and also a little bit

1031
00:49:37,719 --> 00:49:39,960
Speaker 1: of a leaky offensive line for the second year in

1032
00:49:40,000 --> 00:49:43,800
Speaker 1: a row. And now, so what happened to the Kyle

1033
00:49:43,880 --> 00:49:46,919
Speaker 1: Shanahan's offense will travel and you know Brian Hoyer, maybe

1034
00:49:46,920 --> 00:49:49,239
Speaker 1: he's not a superstar, but he'll put up numbers in

1035
00:49:49,239 --> 00:49:53,560
Speaker 1: that offense. Not so far. First of all, quarterback throwing

1036
00:49:53,600 --> 00:49:57,440
Speaker 1: for yards and four quarters is grim. We don't even

1037
00:49:57,520 --> 00:50:00,120
Speaker 1: this is sub gabbards on three point seven yard it's

1038
00:50:00,120 --> 00:50:02,799
Speaker 1: for attempt. That's hard to watch. The X defense has

1039
00:50:02,800 --> 00:50:04,799
Speaker 1: shown up for eight quarters, so that that's so far

1040
00:50:04,840 --> 00:50:08,160
Speaker 1: they're exactly what we expected. Let's move on to the

1041
00:50:08,280 --> 00:50:10,759
Speaker 1: a f C. Here's Henry on the left side to

1042
00:50:10,800 --> 00:50:14,160
Speaker 1: the Tan breaks the tackle to the five barrels this

1043
00:50:14,280 --> 00:50:20,919
Speaker 1: way end of the end zone touch down. The grown man,

1044
00:50:21,520 --> 00:50:26,160
Speaker 1: Derrick Henry, Delaney, Walker, and Jalston Fowler all rushed for

1045
00:50:26,239 --> 00:50:29,000
Speaker 1: touchdowns in the Tennessee That I got the right. I

1046
00:50:29,160 --> 00:50:31,880
Speaker 1: like that all rush for touchdowns and the Tennessee Titans

1047
00:50:31,880 --> 00:50:34,759
Speaker 1: had no problem pulling away from the Jacksonville Jaguars a

1048
00:50:34,920 --> 00:50:39,680
Speaker 1: thirty seven to sixteen win. And uh, I guess there's

1049
00:50:39,680 --> 00:50:43,040
Speaker 1: two big picture takeaways from this for me guys. The

1050
00:50:43,040 --> 00:50:45,160
Speaker 1: Titans doing not they take care of business doing nice

1051
00:50:45,239 --> 00:50:47,840
Speaker 1: job washing out that week one loss, which was probably

1052
00:50:47,840 --> 00:50:50,720
Speaker 1: a little bit humbling to lose at home to the Raiders. Uh,

1053
00:50:50,760 --> 00:50:54,799
Speaker 1: and then the Jaguars welcome back to Earth after you

1054
00:50:54,840 --> 00:50:57,719
Speaker 1: know we we in this very studio. I remember there

1055
00:50:57,719 --> 00:51:00,200
Speaker 1: were being conversations, Oh, well, you know what I'm in

1056
00:51:00,400 --> 00:51:02,319
Speaker 1: on this team with their defense and running game. Maybe

1057
00:51:04,360 --> 00:51:06,480
Speaker 1: you know I, well, you can't buy out if you

1058
00:51:06,560 --> 00:51:08,239
Speaker 1: never bought And I'm saying is in the NFL, and

1059
00:51:08,280 --> 00:51:10,840
Speaker 1: I know this is the new dominant defense NFL. Everybody

1060
00:51:10,880 --> 00:51:12,719
Speaker 1: get excited for this year. But at the end of

1061
00:51:12,719 --> 00:51:15,000
Speaker 1: the day, you cannot hide your quarterback in Blake Bortles.

1062
00:51:15,000 --> 00:51:18,040
Speaker 1: Here we go again. Uh, there's two more picks and

1063
00:51:18,200 --> 00:51:20,680
Speaker 1: is is just not the answer? And Anya, any time

1064
00:51:20,719 --> 00:51:22,880
Speaker 1: Greg they' getting a deficit, they're gonna need their quarterback

1065
00:51:22,920 --> 00:51:25,760
Speaker 1: to make plays, right it was. This is the final

1066
00:51:25,840 --> 00:51:28,600
Speaker 1: score feels misleading because it was six three at halftime,

1067
00:51:28,640 --> 00:51:31,920
Speaker 1: but the Titans offense basically woke up did what they

1068
00:51:31,920 --> 00:51:34,920
Speaker 1: wanted to do in the second half. I think you

1069
00:51:34,960 --> 00:51:37,760
Speaker 1: have to give a game ball to our friend Chris Wesley,

1070
00:51:37,640 --> 00:51:40,640
Speaker 1: maybe a second one to Dan Handison. I'll explain why

1071
00:51:40,960 --> 00:51:44,080
Speaker 1: the first one to Chris Wesley at halftime, he's saying,

1072
00:51:44,200 --> 00:51:46,920
Speaker 1: Eric Decker not really looking great, to Marco Murray not

1073
00:51:47,000 --> 00:51:49,360
Speaker 1: looking too good. Let's get the ball more to Derrick

1074
00:51:49,400 --> 00:51:52,719
Speaker 1: Henry and Taiwan Taylor. So what happens in the second half.

1075
00:51:52,719 --> 00:51:55,160
Speaker 1: They get the ball to Derrick Henry and he really

1076
00:51:55,239 --> 00:51:58,479
Speaker 1: picked up that running game, gave it some juice, made

1077
00:51:58,480 --> 00:52:01,480
Speaker 1: it possible for them to control the ball. Taiwan Taylor

1078
00:52:01,560 --> 00:52:03,480
Speaker 1: didn't have a monster second half by any means, but

1079
00:52:03,520 --> 00:52:05,280
Speaker 1: they got him the ball a few more times, including

1080
00:52:05,320 --> 00:52:07,440
Speaker 1: a forty two yard game. He adds a little juice

1081
00:52:07,440 --> 00:52:10,880
Speaker 1: where Decker looks like a guy that maybe, in West's words,

1082
00:52:11,040 --> 00:52:13,279
Speaker 1: might have left a little something down the operating table.

1083
00:52:13,360 --> 00:52:16,719
Speaker 1: We'll see long term. So that was a good adjustment.

1084
00:52:17,120 --> 00:52:20,200
Speaker 1: And then Dan Hansis gets a game ball too because

1085
00:52:20,280 --> 00:52:22,200
Speaker 1: he said, he said, if you want me to stop

1086
00:52:22,200 --> 00:52:24,279
Speaker 1: calling you the Tytoons, then you gotta come in and

1087
00:52:24,280 --> 00:52:26,920
Speaker 1: you gotta show up with a big performance and just

1088
00:52:26,920 --> 00:52:28,560
Speaker 1: put this team away. And what did they do thirty

1089
00:52:28,600 --> 00:52:34,759
Speaker 1: seven sixteen. They're not They're the Titans, That's what I'm saying. Okay, okay, Well,

1090
00:52:34,760 --> 00:52:36,840
Speaker 1: if we're gonna talk about names, right, what happened to

1091
00:52:36,880 --> 00:52:40,040
Speaker 1: saxon Set me up there? What happened to Saxonville? For

1092
00:52:40,080 --> 00:52:43,279
Speaker 1: geting rid of Titoons after this week? What happened to Saxonville? Well,

1093
00:52:43,880 --> 00:52:45,960
Speaker 1: I think they held on for as long as they

1094
00:52:45,960 --> 00:52:48,960
Speaker 1: could and Bordles and the Jags offense had turnovers and

1095
00:52:49,080 --> 00:52:52,040
Speaker 1: three straight drives setting up short fields, and after a while,

1096
00:52:52,080 --> 00:52:53,719
Speaker 1: you can only do so much. It bummed me out

1097
00:52:53,719 --> 00:52:56,280
Speaker 1: because I spent a couple of hours watching the Jags

1098
00:52:56,320 --> 00:52:58,439
Speaker 1: Week one film and giving them all kinds of credit

1099
00:52:58,440 --> 00:53:02,600
Speaker 1: for their offensive line. This week, I'm checking out the

1100
00:53:02,600 --> 00:53:05,600
Speaker 1: Tennessee Titans two thousand seventeen schedule. I'm not ready to

1101
00:53:05,640 --> 00:53:08,120
Speaker 1: call it not droppings. I want a big win. It's

1102
00:53:08,200 --> 00:53:11,840
Speaker 1: not difficult. Their entire division has a nice schedule in division,

1103
00:53:11,880 --> 00:53:15,240
Speaker 1: out of division. They're fine about this. At home against

1104
00:53:15,239 --> 00:53:17,200
Speaker 1: the Seahawks, a team that we know is a very

1105
00:53:17,200 --> 00:53:19,840
Speaker 1: good team, but maybe struggling a little bit on offense.

1106
00:53:20,560 --> 00:53:23,160
Speaker 1: Give me a w there? And is that asking so

1107
00:53:23,239 --> 00:53:26,920
Speaker 1: much from the Tytoons to win that game? No excuses? No, Oh,

1108
00:53:26,960 --> 00:53:29,400
Speaker 1: well it's a tough opponent. No, you're in your building.

1109
00:53:29,600 --> 00:53:31,120
Speaker 1: You're facing a team that has not been able to

1110
00:53:31,120 --> 00:53:34,000
Speaker 1: get on track yet, win that game, and we'll revisit this,

1111
00:53:34,360 --> 00:53:36,799
Speaker 1: save it for the Week three preview pod. What about

1112
00:53:36,840 --> 00:53:38,399
Speaker 1: if they get that win, You're gonna keep it going,

1113
00:53:38,680 --> 00:53:41,279
Speaker 1: probably because it's good. It's a good podcast. And and

1114
00:53:41,520 --> 00:53:44,919
Speaker 1: if that happened, like Marcus Mariota can't have a first

1115
00:53:44,920 --> 00:53:46,719
Speaker 1: half like he had against Jackson Vory. They just kind

1116
00:53:46,719 --> 00:53:48,480
Speaker 1: of didn't show up, couldn't move the ball, and I'll

1117
00:53:48,520 --> 00:53:57,719
Speaker 1: do it. I can't do it. Let's move on it.

1118
00:53:58,120 --> 00:54:05,880
Speaker 1: Shot by Foster. Mason Foster stepped in front of a

1119
00:54:06,000 --> 00:54:08,560
Speaker 1: Jared Goff passed with less than two minutes to play,

1120
00:54:08,840 --> 00:54:13,120
Speaker 1: ensuring the Redskins would escape l at Kurt Russell bit

1121
00:54:13,160 --> 00:54:19,160
Speaker 1: there with twenty over the Rams. Minutes earlier the Redskins

1122
00:54:19,200 --> 00:54:21,120
Speaker 1: because you could tell by that call how exciting that

1123
00:54:21,200 --> 00:54:24,520
Speaker 1: play was a major point of the game. Uh minutes earlier,

1124
00:54:24,560 --> 00:54:26,600
Speaker 1: the Redskins had taken a lead on a Kirk Cousins

1125
00:54:26,600 --> 00:54:30,200
Speaker 1: touchdown past to Ryan grant Um. This was not the

1126
00:54:30,239 --> 00:54:32,879
Speaker 1: same Redskins team that stumbled their way to a Week

1127
00:54:32,880 --> 00:54:35,280
Speaker 1: one lost at home. And I'll tell you what, Greg Rosenthal,

1128
00:54:35,840 --> 00:54:39,880
Speaker 1: I'm very happy that we removed our locks on the

1129
00:54:39,960 --> 00:54:43,480
Speaker 1: Rams because the Rams like the Jags came down to

1130
00:54:43,520 --> 00:54:46,080
Speaker 1: earth and week two they did. Maybe we got a

1131
00:54:46,080 --> 00:54:49,479
Speaker 1: little too excited, and uh, you have to point out

1132
00:54:49,520 --> 00:54:51,560
Speaker 1: as as their friend Chris Wesley did on the right

1133
00:54:51,640 --> 00:54:53,640
Speaker 1: up again, he's back in the mix, right and there

1134
00:54:53,640 --> 00:54:57,279
Speaker 1: give another game ball. It's uh. He pointed out how

1135
00:54:57,360 --> 00:55:00,880
Speaker 1: Rob Kelly and Chris Thompson both really got to go

1136
00:55:00,920 --> 00:55:03,480
Speaker 1: and they had a hundred and sixty seven yards rushing

1137
00:55:03,560 --> 00:55:06,480
Speaker 1: at the half, so they controlled this game on the

1138
00:55:06,520 --> 00:55:10,640
Speaker 1: ground and kind of took I wouldn't say the Rams

1139
00:55:10,680 --> 00:55:13,560
Speaker 1: hearts that way, but it really settled down a passing

1140
00:55:13,600 --> 00:55:16,799
Speaker 1: attack that wasn't as good last week and set up

1141
00:55:16,840 --> 00:55:19,640
Speaker 1: the passing attack for success. I was worried late, you know,

1142
00:55:19,719 --> 00:55:22,160
Speaker 1: with with the Rams driving that that Kirk Cousins was

1143
00:55:22,160 --> 00:55:24,600
Speaker 1: gonna do with Kirk Cousins thing and throw a pick

1144
00:55:24,719 --> 00:55:27,120
Speaker 1: or you know, whatever he might do. I have a

1145
00:55:27,160 --> 00:55:29,040
Speaker 1: buddy who calls him Kurt when he plays like that,

1146
00:55:29,080 --> 00:55:35,080
Speaker 1: and instead of Kirk, Yeah, that's the president of your president. Sound,

1147
00:55:36,000 --> 00:55:39,400
Speaker 1: but no, I was glad to see him follow through. Hey, Bruce,

1148
00:55:39,440 --> 00:55:48,000
Speaker 1: it's Nick Vegas, Vegas pobs bowling at least sweet go ahead.

1149
00:55:48,920 --> 00:55:51,120
Speaker 1: Here's the thing with the Rams, though, we kind of

1150
00:55:51,160 --> 00:55:54,120
Speaker 1: had to expect a game like this against the Redskins.

1151
00:55:54,200 --> 00:55:57,239
Speaker 1: Obviously it's early. We don't really know everything about every team,

1152
00:55:57,280 --> 00:55:59,040
Speaker 1: but we do know a little bit about the Colts,

1153
00:55:59,320 --> 00:56:01,480
Speaker 1: and the Rams weren't gonna look that good this week, right,

1154
00:56:01,480 --> 00:56:03,520
Speaker 1: and the Redskins knew they had to get this game Suddenly,

1155
00:56:03,520 --> 00:56:05,839
Speaker 1: the entire NFC East, if the Giants win Monday Night,

1156
00:56:05,920 --> 00:56:07,640
Speaker 1: is one and one, So that's a big win for them.

1157
00:56:07,840 --> 00:56:10,719
Speaker 1: It's not like anyone's panicking golf in this game. I

1158
00:56:10,719 --> 00:56:12,879
Speaker 1: would say, probably still look better than just about any

1159
00:56:12,880 --> 00:56:15,680
Speaker 1: game he looked last year. He looked professional. Todd Gurley

1160
00:56:15,760 --> 00:56:19,080
Speaker 1: had a very nice game, Chris Wesley and wondering if

1161
00:56:19,080 --> 00:56:20,600
Speaker 1: it's going to be a comeback year. A hundred and

1162
00:56:20,600 --> 00:56:22,640
Speaker 1: thirty six yards from scrimmage, that's the most he's had

1163
00:56:22,640 --> 00:56:25,160
Speaker 1: since two thousand fifties, and making plays, being a little

1164
00:56:25,200 --> 00:56:28,080
Speaker 1: more decisive, beating defenders to the edge. Even on his

1165
00:56:28,160 --> 00:56:31,000
Speaker 1: touchdown he he leapt over. He had a leap over

1166
00:56:31,080 --> 00:56:34,759
Speaker 1: a defender, um the former hurdles champion in college. So

1167
00:56:35,080 --> 00:56:36,960
Speaker 1: that's kind of the Todd girl we've been waiting to

1168
00:56:37,000 --> 00:56:39,719
Speaker 1: see for for what a year and a half now,

1169
00:56:39,840 --> 00:56:42,200
Speaker 1: so maybe that's a sign of good things. The Redskins

1170
00:56:42,280 --> 00:56:45,040
Speaker 1: lost Rob Kelly Fat Rob in this game. Two lane

1171
00:56:45,080 --> 00:56:47,440
Speaker 1: grad Ryan Grant, by the way, score that touched another

1172
00:56:47,480 --> 00:56:50,160
Speaker 1: two lane grad. They're just loaded with him on Washington.

1173
00:56:50,200 --> 00:56:52,279
Speaker 1: They lost their right tackle. They lost Jordan Read at

1174
00:56:52,320 --> 00:56:54,239
Speaker 1: one point he was in and out, so they got

1175
00:56:54,239 --> 00:56:57,239
Speaker 1: some injury concerns. Savor for the unsung heroes of two

1176
00:56:57,320 --> 00:57:03,040
Speaker 1: Lane podcast, Yes and Me and On King hosting, all right,

1177
00:57:03,239 --> 00:57:08,960
Speaker 1: let's move on, and then said Roberts car get a

1178
00:57:09,000 --> 00:57:12,480
Speaker 1: lob on right side and Crabtree comeback catch and he's

1179
00:57:12,520 --> 00:57:20,800
Speaker 1: in the US again. Touchdown blog. That was one of

1180
00:57:20,880 --> 00:57:23,960
Speaker 1: three Michael Crabtree touchdowns from David Carr's The Raiders took

1181
00:57:24,000 --> 00:57:28,320
Speaker 1: Cara Business at five to twenty home victory over the

1182
00:57:28,480 --> 00:57:31,640
Speaker 1: completely overmatched New York Jets, who we can go ahead

1183
00:57:31,640 --> 00:57:34,360
Speaker 1: and probably removed from the quote in the hunt list

1184
00:57:34,440 --> 00:57:37,280
Speaker 1: for an an f C playoff spot. Uh this game,

1185
00:57:37,360 --> 00:57:39,800
Speaker 1: you know what, This game was actually competitive for two

1186
00:57:39,880 --> 00:57:42,920
Speaker 1: quarters into the third quarter, even I'd say, uh it

1187
00:57:43,040 --> 00:57:47,560
Speaker 1: was um. The play that really changed the game was

1188
00:57:47,680 --> 00:57:49,720
Speaker 1: late in the second quarter that the Raiders got up

1189
00:57:49,760 --> 00:57:52,440
Speaker 1: fourteen zip the Jets scored ten points. Josh McCown and

1190
00:57:52,520 --> 00:57:54,640
Speaker 1: Jermaine Curse, who was looking like a nice little player

1191
00:57:54,680 --> 00:57:57,280
Speaker 1: for the Jets, by the way, two touchdowns. Uh it

1192
00:57:57,320 --> 00:58:00,160
Speaker 1: was fourteen ten. And then somebody named calif ray men

1193
00:58:00,240 --> 00:58:02,640
Speaker 1: muff to punt for the Jets, gave the Raiders the

1194
00:58:02,640 --> 00:58:05,200
Speaker 1: ball at right near the goal line. They punched in

1195
00:58:06,360 --> 00:58:09,080
Speaker 1: and for all intents and purposes, game over. I hate

1196
00:58:09,120 --> 00:58:11,200
Speaker 1: to point this out because but I don't feel as

1197
00:58:11,240 --> 00:58:14,120
Speaker 1: bad because I know you feel dead side on level

1198
00:58:14,120 --> 00:58:16,560
Speaker 1: about the Jets. That right before that punt, when the

1199
00:58:16,640 --> 00:58:18,520
Speaker 1: Jets got to stop and it looked like worst case

1200
00:58:18,520 --> 00:58:21,320
Speaker 1: they're going into halftime close, you said, yeah, this is

1201
00:58:21,320 --> 00:58:22,840
Speaker 1: all you can ask of the Jets. They're they're not

1202
00:58:22,880 --> 00:58:25,520
Speaker 1: embarrassing themselves. They're not embarrassing and then the next play

1203
00:58:25,600 --> 00:58:28,120
Speaker 1: that they embarrassing themselves. I also said, David carr was

1204
00:58:28,120 --> 00:58:32,160
Speaker 1: Derek carr Um, Yeah, that and that's that's the thing.

1205
00:58:32,240 --> 00:58:33,920
Speaker 1: It Actually, I thought they were going to get out

1206
00:58:33,960 --> 00:58:36,920
Speaker 1: of there with their dignity. But then what happens is is,

1207
00:58:37,360 --> 00:58:39,680
Speaker 1: you know, they just break down because there's such they're

1208
00:58:39,720 --> 00:58:42,360
Speaker 1: just two different, totally different leagues, the Jets and the Raiders,

1209
00:58:42,400 --> 00:58:44,360
Speaker 1: and and the thing I guess would be the most

1210
00:58:44,400 --> 00:58:48,680
Speaker 1: disappointing um from the Jets standpoint is their defense looks

1211
00:58:48,800 --> 00:58:52,320
Speaker 1: very bad, and especially the run defense continues to get

1212
00:58:52,320 --> 00:58:55,520
Speaker 1: carved up, their missing tackles. And when you have an

1213
00:58:55,520 --> 00:58:57,760
Speaker 1: offense that we know is limited, if the defense is

1214
00:58:57,760 --> 00:59:00,680
Speaker 1: gonna be a lower third unit in the league, that's

1215
00:59:00,680 --> 00:59:03,320
Speaker 1: when you start getting worried about whether you're gonna get

1216
00:59:03,360 --> 00:59:06,600
Speaker 1: a win. That's the magic potion, because this isn't a

1217
00:59:06,600 --> 00:59:09,880
Speaker 1: special the special teams for this team isn't isn't special either,

1218
00:59:09,960 --> 00:59:13,120
Speaker 1: So you take them out of the in the hunt category.

1219
00:59:13,200 --> 00:59:15,160
Speaker 1: That's usually where the Browns reside is out of the

1220
00:59:15,160 --> 00:59:17,200
Speaker 1: in the hunt category after a couple of wins and

1221
00:59:17,200 --> 00:59:19,160
Speaker 1: and then you bring up the whole you know, maybe

1222
00:59:19,200 --> 00:59:21,200
Speaker 1: not getting a win or being worried about getting a win.

1223
00:59:21,280 --> 00:59:22,720
Speaker 1: This might be one of those seasons for the Jets,

1224
00:59:22,720 --> 00:59:24,640
Speaker 1: but on the other side for the Ravens. For the Raiders,

1225
00:59:24,640 --> 00:59:29,400
Speaker 1: excuse me, I'm really excited somewhat about this trend of

1226
00:59:29,440 --> 00:59:32,280
Speaker 1: putting wide receivers in the backfield. We first it was

1227
00:59:32,320 --> 00:59:34,880
Speaker 1: Tie Montgomery, then it was Michael Campanero with the Ravens today,

1228
00:59:34,920 --> 00:59:38,080
Speaker 1: and then it was also Cordale Patterson with the Raiders

1229
00:59:38,200 --> 00:59:40,760
Speaker 1: three carries fifty seven yards, including a big jaunt right

1230
00:59:40,800 --> 00:59:43,440
Speaker 1: up the middle. They're using Patterson in interesting ways to

1231
00:59:43,440 --> 00:59:46,160
Speaker 1: the ways that the Fightings never knew how to unlock him,

1232
00:59:46,320 --> 00:59:48,440
Speaker 1: and and he is one of the best special teams

1233
00:59:48,440 --> 00:59:51,600
Speaker 1: players in the league. I remember writing down last week,

1234
00:59:51,640 --> 00:59:53,720
Speaker 1: just like, what a great signing he's gonna be for

1235
00:59:53,760 --> 00:59:55,880
Speaker 1: the small amount of money. And that's before they're using

1236
00:59:55,960 --> 00:59:59,400
Speaker 1: them like this. They just got players upon players. Jalen

1237
00:59:59,480 --> 01:00:01,720
Speaker 1: Richard was on only in the game for seventeen snaps

1238
01:00:02,160 --> 01:00:04,080
Speaker 1: and he somehow ended up with a hundred and nine

1239
01:00:04,160 --> 01:00:07,920
Speaker 1: yards on eight touches. I mean, he is an explosive player,

1240
01:00:08,080 --> 01:00:10,800
Speaker 1: and he's like the eighth guy you think of Derek Carr.

1241
01:00:10,840 --> 01:00:14,000
Speaker 1: It's very early, but I feel like Derek carrs, you know,

1242
01:00:14,000 --> 01:00:16,880
Speaker 1: starting to build the base of what could be a

1243
01:00:16,920 --> 01:00:19,840
Speaker 1: really special season. Like he's one of those guys that

1244
01:00:19,880 --> 01:00:21,880
Speaker 1: you would think is going to be in the mix

1245
01:00:21,920 --> 01:00:24,000
Speaker 1: for some hardware at the end of the year. Now,

1246
01:00:24,040 --> 01:00:27,840
Speaker 1: if you're UM team trev I think you'll be the

1247
01:00:27,840 --> 01:00:29,360
Speaker 1: first admit you were a little slow to get on

1248
01:00:29,400 --> 01:00:32,320
Speaker 1: the Derek car Absolutely, I was so wrong about Derek Carr,

1249
01:00:32,400 --> 01:00:35,320
Speaker 1: especially after his rookie season. He looks great, he looks

1250
01:00:35,440 --> 01:00:38,880
Speaker 1: he's looked tremendous both weeks now and UM. And one

1251
01:00:39,040 --> 01:00:41,600
Speaker 1: one last note from the Raiders side of things, Marshall

1252
01:00:41,720 --> 01:00:44,320
Speaker 1: Lynch again looked like Marshall Lynch. Numbers don't jump out

1253
01:00:44,360 --> 01:00:45,960
Speaker 1: at you. But he scored his first touchdown in a

1254
01:00:45,960 --> 01:00:48,880
Speaker 1: couple of years and in what was really a nice moment,

1255
01:00:48,920 --> 01:00:51,680
Speaker 1: especially remember that we're running out of time now for

1256
01:00:51,720 --> 01:00:57,920
Speaker 1: the Raiders in Oakland. UM. After they went ahead by

1257
01:00:57,960 --> 01:01:01,480
Speaker 1: three scores, I believe in the game was put away.

1258
01:01:00,680 --> 01:01:04,720
Speaker 1: They showed the camera CBS cameras caught Lynch just dancing

1259
01:01:04,760 --> 01:01:07,480
Speaker 1: like a maniac on the sideline, swinging his dreads around

1260
01:01:07,520 --> 01:01:10,360
Speaker 1: completely like that old thing dance like no one else

1261
01:01:10,440 --> 01:01:13,120
Speaker 1: is watching. There was like eighty thousand people watching him

1262
01:01:13,160 --> 01:01:15,400
Speaker 1: because they put him up on the Doumbo tron and

1263
01:01:15,440 --> 01:01:19,160
Speaker 1: the entire stadium is losing their ship and enjoying the

1264
01:01:19,240 --> 01:01:23,200
Speaker 1: moment and enjoying Lynch. And uh, I'm sure if you're

1265
01:01:23,520 --> 01:01:26,520
Speaker 1: you know, some Jets fans or some football fans, you

1266
01:01:26,600 --> 01:01:29,280
Speaker 1: might not like that display by Lynch. But that's exactly

1267
01:01:29,760 --> 01:01:32,600
Speaker 1: why the Raiders wanted him back to add that. Just yeah,

1268
01:01:32,600 --> 01:01:34,800
Speaker 1: the final piece to their offense. But this guy, that's

1269
01:01:34,800 --> 01:01:38,800
Speaker 1: almost like a goodwill ambassador to Oakland. Uh, the marriage

1270
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Speaker 1: cannot be going better. Um two weeks in, So the

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Speaker 1: Raiders moved to two and oh, uh, let's move on

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Speaker 1: now quick getting drop korem Hun at the forty yard

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01:01:49,240 --> 01:01:58,280
Speaker 1: line at five touched on sidays the rookie to Ram

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01:01:58,360 --> 01:02:05,000
Speaker 1: Hunt blast Chiefs rookie cream Hunt scored twice, including that

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01:02:05,040 --> 01:02:07,880
Speaker 1: sixty one yard touched on you just heard and uh

1276
01:02:08,120 --> 01:02:11,840
Speaker 1: travel Travis Kelsey took a shovel pass uh fifteen yards

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Speaker 1: for a go ahead touched on. The Chiefs held on

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01:02:14,400 --> 01:02:18,560
Speaker 1: to beat the Philadelphia Eagles. Uh. The Eagles were covered

1279
01:02:18,560 --> 01:02:21,080
Speaker 1: an outside kick late and did have a hell Mary,

1280
01:02:21,120 --> 01:02:23,200
Speaker 1: but it did not work out. So Greg, the Chiefs.

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01:02:23,600 --> 01:02:26,640
Speaker 1: You know, you can make the argument that the Chiefs

1282
01:02:26,640 --> 01:02:29,320
Speaker 1: are the most impressive too. And oh team in football

1283
01:02:29,400 --> 01:02:32,840
Speaker 1: right now. Two good wins a game, a strange game,

1284
01:02:33,000 --> 01:02:36,360
Speaker 1: entertaining six three a halftime didn't seem entertaining then and

1285
01:02:36,400 --> 01:02:40,040
Speaker 1: then the floodgates kind of opened offensively. But what really

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01:02:40,040 --> 01:02:42,080
Speaker 1: stands out is the Chiefs have different ways they can

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01:02:42,120 --> 01:02:45,040
Speaker 1: beat you. They showed that against the Patriots and to

1288
01:02:45,120 --> 01:02:48,280
Speaker 1: go toe to toe with the Eagles front defensive line,

1289
01:02:48,360 --> 01:02:51,200
Speaker 1: which played very well in this game, but to actually

1290
01:02:51,240 --> 01:02:54,600
Speaker 1: make a bigger impact even then the Eagles defensive line.

1291
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Speaker 1: I'm gonna give you some stats, Dan, I like stats.

1292
01:02:57,560 --> 01:03:01,120
Speaker 1: Six sacks, ten tackle is for loss. You just don't

1293
01:03:01,200 --> 01:03:04,360
Speaker 1: see that too often, and another ten quarterback hits on

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01:03:04,480 --> 01:03:08,160
Speaker 1: top of that. They were in Carson Wentz is grill.

1295
01:03:08,320 --> 01:03:10,720
Speaker 1: So it's not just Justin Houston who I think has

1296
01:03:10,760 --> 01:03:13,040
Speaker 1: come out of the gate on fire. It was you know,

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01:03:13,200 --> 01:03:17,760
Speaker 1: Chris Jones and uh Benny Logan who came over and

1298
01:03:17,920 --> 01:03:20,680
Speaker 1: DeFord and just they're just coming at you and waves it.

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Speaker 1: And those guys up front really kept this game close

1300
01:03:23,080 --> 01:03:24,880
Speaker 1: and ended up making a difference. We'll think about it.

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01:03:24,920 --> 01:03:28,000
Speaker 1: I mean, this is an offense that is multilayered with

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01:03:28,040 --> 01:03:30,800
Speaker 1: a lot of weapons, and they're being used in innovative

1303
01:03:30,880 --> 01:03:34,000
Speaker 1: fun ways. Uh So that side of the ball is

1304
01:03:34,040 --> 01:03:37,520
Speaker 1: looking good and and and the defense is hitting its

1305
01:03:37,520 --> 01:03:40,920
Speaker 1: stride immediately. I mean, it has the makings of potentially

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Speaker 1: special season for the Chiefs, who a lot of people

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01:03:43,560 --> 01:03:45,800
Speaker 1: forget won the division last year, and they look just

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01:03:45,880 --> 01:03:48,480
Speaker 1: as good if not better. I also really like that

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01:03:48,480 --> 01:03:50,920
Speaker 1: they scored on a shovel pass to Travis I mean,

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01:03:50,920 --> 01:03:53,320
Speaker 1: that's the thing. The NFL is a strange game, and

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01:03:53,920 --> 01:03:56,360
Speaker 1: it turned on a few little plays like Alex Smith

1312
01:03:56,520 --> 01:03:59,280
Speaker 1: just evading you know, he's very good at evading the

1313
01:03:59,360 --> 01:04:02,120
Speaker 1: rush in the get to set up that touchdown or

1314
01:04:02,360 --> 01:04:03,880
Speaker 1: you know, you could have been taken down it would

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01:04:03,880 --> 01:04:06,280
Speaker 1: have been a field goal. Who knows then. And also

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01:04:06,480 --> 01:04:10,640
Speaker 1: you know, the game turning interception came on what Carson

1317
01:04:10,680 --> 01:04:13,640
Speaker 1: Wentz attempted to be a throwaway, which just took a

1318
01:04:13,720 --> 01:04:16,520
Speaker 1: flukey bounce and they turn it over and score on

1319
01:04:16,520 --> 01:04:18,760
Speaker 1: a short field. So it was it was a very

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01:04:18,800 --> 01:04:21,200
Speaker 1: tight game. I don't really feel any differently about the

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01:04:21,200 --> 01:04:24,600
Speaker 1: Eagles after watching this one. I like the Eagles, like

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01:04:24,680 --> 01:04:27,880
Speaker 1: both these I'll give you something to be a little

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01:04:27,880 --> 01:04:30,160
Speaker 1: bit afraid of. And it looks like the Patriots got

1324
01:04:30,240 --> 01:04:33,760
Speaker 1: things together here. But the Chiefs could be barreling towards

1325
01:04:33,760 --> 01:04:36,960
Speaker 1: thirteen and three something in that neighborhood and you got

1326
01:04:36,960 --> 01:04:39,240
Speaker 1: that head to head matchup that means you gotta finish

1327
01:04:39,280 --> 01:04:41,080
Speaker 1: a game ahead of the Chiefs. If they have that

1328
01:04:41,120 --> 01:04:44,480
Speaker 1: type of season, there's something I would be wary if

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01:04:44,520 --> 01:04:46,800
Speaker 1: I was the Chiefs of the four games left against

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01:04:46,800 --> 01:04:50,440
Speaker 1: the Raiders and the Broncos. This division is outstanding and

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01:04:50,440 --> 01:04:52,640
Speaker 1: they got to play the NFC stat a division that

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01:04:52,680 --> 01:04:56,640
Speaker 1: those games aren't easy. So you say, I think the

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01:04:56,720 --> 01:04:58,720
Speaker 1: Chiefs are great, but you're you're gonna have to be

1334
01:04:58,760 --> 01:05:02,880
Speaker 1: an unbelievable team to win games. Whether it's the Raiders

1335
01:05:03,000 --> 01:05:04,520
Speaker 1: or the Chiefs or the bronk they all gotta play

1336
01:05:04,520 --> 01:05:06,880
Speaker 1: each other. They can't all wint. I think the Chiefs

1337
01:05:06,960 --> 01:05:09,880
Speaker 1: might be the one that always Okay, okay, that's fair.

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01:05:10,160 --> 01:05:12,520
Speaker 1: There's they've They've done nothing to prove you wrong, that's

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01:05:12,520 --> 01:05:21,280
Speaker 1: for sure. All right, let's roll. Look look at it

1340
01:05:21,320 --> 01:05:23,280
Speaker 1: looks like it's a Is it a live Bowl? If

1341
01:05:23,320 --> 01:05:25,840
Speaker 1: it is? Just gonna be a touchdown? And that's gonna

1342
01:05:25,880 --> 01:05:35,240
Speaker 1: be true fun. The Atlanta Falcons must really be good

1343
01:05:35,280 --> 01:05:39,880
Speaker 1: at hydrating, because Greg, there ain't no Super Bowl hangover here? Wow,

1344
01:05:40,280 --> 01:05:43,520
Speaker 1: how long did you work on that? Many? Many hours?

1345
01:05:44,840 --> 01:05:48,120
Speaker 1: Matt Ryan threw a touchdown past the mount of Freeman,

1346
01:05:48,240 --> 01:05:51,200
Speaker 1: ran for two more, and the Atlanta Falcons toyed with

1347
01:05:51,200 --> 01:05:53,600
Speaker 1: the Green Bay Packers. I'm gonna say it a thirty

1348
01:05:53,640 --> 01:05:57,280
Speaker 1: four to twenty three win and it wasn't that close, folks. Uh,

1349
01:05:57,320 --> 01:06:01,800
Speaker 1: in the first game at Atlanta's new home facility, they're

1350
01:06:01,920 --> 01:06:05,040
Speaker 1: very impressive. But don't take it from me. You've got

1351
01:06:05,080 --> 01:06:07,040
Speaker 1: three and a half hours of Chris collins Worth telling

1352
01:06:07,040 --> 01:06:10,200
Speaker 1: you so, Nick shook um. This is a game that

1353
01:06:10,240 --> 01:06:12,040
Speaker 1: you thought maybe it would be a shootout, but just

1354
01:06:12,120 --> 01:06:14,520
Speaker 1: like the NFC Championship game, what you hoped what was

1355
01:06:14,560 --> 01:06:16,640
Speaker 1: gonna be a close game was pretty much a one

1356
01:06:16,680 --> 01:06:22,800
Speaker 1: sided affair. And then you look at the stats. Whoa

1357
01:06:23,800 --> 01:06:28,120
Speaker 1: thank you card? This car under one? Know, like, how

1358
01:06:28,160 --> 01:06:30,800
Speaker 1: well built Nick is? You? You guys gotta be careful.

1359
01:06:30,880 --> 01:06:34,080
Speaker 1: She's jumping into my points like she jumps in my dreams. Hello,

1360
01:06:35,360 --> 01:06:37,280
Speaker 1: now he's now, he's way off here. We got go

1361
01:06:37,520 --> 01:06:39,760
Speaker 1: Rogers thirty three for fifty three and forty three yards,

1362
01:06:39,760 --> 01:06:43,000
Speaker 1: two touchdowns, and it wasn't even close. Of a lot

1363
01:06:43,040 --> 01:06:46,280
Speaker 1: of garbage yardage in the last quarter and a half. Well,

1364
01:06:46,400 --> 01:06:50,280
Speaker 1: they're they're missing their top two tackles. And then just

1365
01:06:50,320 --> 01:06:52,840
Speaker 1: to think about the players that left throughout the game.

1366
01:06:52,920 --> 01:06:56,680
Speaker 1: Jordy Nelson leaves early with the quad injury. Mike Daniels

1367
01:06:56,840 --> 01:06:59,560
Speaker 1: leaves with an injury, doesn't return Randall Cobb leaves late.

1368
01:06:59,640 --> 01:07:02,880
Speaker 1: I mean, you're talking about not just starters for the Packers,

1369
01:07:02,920 --> 01:07:05,480
Speaker 1: You're talking about the most important players on the team

1370
01:07:05,640 --> 01:07:08,240
Speaker 1: practically other than Aaron Rodgers. So that's that's a lot

1371
01:07:08,280 --> 01:07:11,240
Speaker 1: going against you on the first night in in another

1372
01:07:11,240 --> 01:07:15,440
Speaker 1: team's building. I have to say, because I was you know,

1373
01:07:15,600 --> 01:07:18,800
Speaker 1: history told us, or tells us how much teams can

1374
01:07:18,840 --> 01:07:22,480
Speaker 1: struggle coming off the Super Bowl. Uh And and I

1375
01:07:22,560 --> 01:07:24,360
Speaker 1: really did think the Falcons would be in a tough

1376
01:07:24,360 --> 01:07:27,160
Speaker 1: spot and get off to a slow start. And whether

1377
01:07:27,200 --> 01:07:29,000
Speaker 1: you connect those two things. A lot of people say

1378
01:07:29,040 --> 01:07:31,640
Speaker 1: that's silly, blah blah blah. But they look good. I mean,

1379
01:07:31,680 --> 01:07:34,880
Speaker 1: maybe not as explosive as they were last season in

1380
01:07:34,920 --> 01:07:37,440
Speaker 1: these first two games, but this to me was a

1381
01:07:37,440 --> 01:07:40,080
Speaker 1: really good sign that the Falcons have put the Super

1382
01:07:40,120 --> 01:07:41,920
Speaker 1: Bowl in the rear view. This is a new season.

1383
01:07:42,560 --> 01:07:45,400
Speaker 1: And if you're a Packers fan, you're there's party you worried. Okay,

1384
01:07:45,960 --> 01:07:47,480
Speaker 1: you know, are we gonna have to get in a

1385
01:07:47,520 --> 01:07:49,400
Speaker 1: situation where we're gonna have to go on a run.

1386
01:07:49,520 --> 01:07:51,080
Speaker 1: Is there's gonna be another slow start and all of

1387
01:07:51,080 --> 01:07:53,000
Speaker 1: a sudden you're gonna be four and six down the road.

1388
01:07:53,280 --> 01:07:55,080
Speaker 1: Something like that. I want to get two worked up.

1389
01:07:55,080 --> 01:07:56,920
Speaker 1: This was a tough, tough assignment on the road on

1390
01:07:56,960 --> 01:07:58,919
Speaker 1: Sunday night in the New Building. You play the two

1391
01:07:58,960 --> 01:08:02,080
Speaker 1: biggest NFC powers going into the season, one at home,

1392
01:08:02,480 --> 01:08:04,680
Speaker 1: one on the road. You split him, You'll sign off

1393
01:08:04,680 --> 01:08:06,720
Speaker 1: for a split there. I don't think they get stuck

1394
01:08:06,760 --> 01:08:11,360
Speaker 1: in the whoa you got double dropped by this Sunday night.

1395
01:08:11,440 --> 01:08:14,040
Speaker 1: They were like, what do we need Carrie, Let's put

1396
01:08:14,080 --> 01:08:16,320
Speaker 1: more Sunday nights in that song. I do have one

1397
01:08:16,360 --> 01:08:18,840
Speaker 1: follow up question, Nick, you said that Carrie Underwood jumps

1398
01:08:18,880 --> 01:08:23,040
Speaker 1: in your dreams. Tell us more about that. I mean,

1399
01:08:23,680 --> 01:08:27,559
Speaker 1: you know she's she's a very beautiful woman who's very talented. Alright,

1400
01:08:29,080 --> 01:08:32,840
Speaker 1: and I keep this straight, and you know, continue on, Nick.

1401
01:08:33,479 --> 01:08:36,920
Speaker 1: We got him shook, knocked off his game. He shook.

1402
01:08:37,040 --> 01:08:39,600
Speaker 1: Here's here's my point. I don't think we give the

1403
01:08:39,680 --> 01:08:42,400
Speaker 1: enough credit to the Falcons defense. Uh pass rush that's

1404
01:08:42,439 --> 01:08:45,959
Speaker 1: led by Vic Charlie Casher likes to call him Victor Beasley,

1405
01:08:46,360 --> 01:08:48,800
Speaker 1: who had one sack tonight, but a lot of pressures.

1406
01:08:48,840 --> 01:08:51,679
Speaker 1: He was in on a lot of hits on Aaron Rodgers,

1407
01:08:51,680 --> 01:08:55,559
Speaker 1: which forced some turnovers and overall the Falcons playing some

1408
01:08:55,640 --> 01:08:58,360
Speaker 1: very opportunistic defense which helps them come away with a

1409
01:08:58,400 --> 01:09:00,479
Speaker 1: big win like that. I think they're deeper on defense

1410
01:09:00,479 --> 01:09:03,600
Speaker 1: in terms of you know, Dion Jones, Devondre Campbell, you

1411
01:09:03,760 --> 01:09:05,880
Speaker 1: got Adrian Claiborne back, had a big hit, looked like

1412
01:09:05,920 --> 01:09:08,760
Speaker 1: he wanted to take Aaron Hudgers head off late in

1413
01:09:08,800 --> 01:09:11,200
Speaker 1: the game. And then their offense maybe it hasn't been

1414
01:09:11,240 --> 01:09:13,840
Speaker 1: quite as explosive, but the running game really struggled in

1415
01:09:13,880 --> 01:09:16,599
Speaker 1: week one and was totally back to normal with Tevin

1416
01:09:16,640 --> 01:09:20,200
Speaker 1: Coleman and Deon Devonte Freeman looking great and very You

1417
01:09:20,200 --> 01:09:23,240
Speaker 1: know what really annoys me is an overused football cliche

1418
01:09:23,400 --> 01:09:27,080
Speaker 1: is a quarterback was efficient. That usually means they really

1419
01:09:27,080 --> 01:09:29,920
Speaker 1: didn't play that well, but they won the game. But

1420
01:09:30,000 --> 01:09:34,400
Speaker 1: Matt Ryan was efficient tonight passes two and fifty yards,

1421
01:09:34,720 --> 01:09:37,280
Speaker 1: spread it around a lot of chunk players, but didn't

1422
01:09:37,280 --> 01:09:39,920
Speaker 1: need to throw it. That's efficient. That's what you're looking for.

1423
01:09:40,120 --> 01:09:42,320
Speaker 1: And so they are there two and oh and they

1424
01:09:42,320 --> 01:09:44,640
Speaker 1: go to Detroit next week. This team, I thought a

1425
01:09:44,680 --> 01:09:46,679
Speaker 1: good point was made on the Sunday Night tell cast

1426
01:09:46,720 --> 01:09:49,360
Speaker 1: that uh, you know, they were playing on the on

1427
01:09:49,400 --> 01:09:52,800
Speaker 1: the real surface in Chicago. This is a different team

1428
01:09:53,120 --> 01:09:54,800
Speaker 1: on turf. They get to go on turf on the

1429
01:09:54,880 --> 01:09:57,160
Speaker 1: road at Ford Field next week. I expect him to

1430
01:09:57,200 --> 01:09:59,519
Speaker 1: score points. Then they come home and face the Bills,

1431
01:09:59,800 --> 01:10:02,560
Speaker 1: that they get a bye week, then they get the Dolphins,

1432
01:10:02,800 --> 01:10:05,200
Speaker 1: and then they go to New England to face the

1433
01:10:05,200 --> 01:10:08,920
Speaker 1: Patriots and a Super Bowl rematch which is October, which

1434
01:10:08,920 --> 01:10:12,679
Speaker 1: is uh five weeks away. So I think the Falcons

1435
01:10:12,680 --> 01:10:15,120
Speaker 1: are in good position to to go into that game

1436
01:10:15,640 --> 01:10:19,240
Speaker 1: feeling really good about themselves. And this was I would say,

1437
01:10:19,640 --> 01:10:23,439
Speaker 1: a very encouraging victory to beat an NFC superpower with ease. So,

1438
01:10:23,720 --> 01:10:27,439
Speaker 1: you know, bring it all around this NFC South now

1439
01:10:27,560 --> 01:10:30,000
Speaker 1: to start the season, the Panthers, the Bucks, and the Falcons,

1440
01:10:30,040 --> 01:10:32,400
Speaker 1: none of them have lost the game. And it reminds

1441
01:10:32,400 --> 01:10:34,200
Speaker 1: me of the a f C West, where none of

1442
01:10:34,200 --> 01:10:36,360
Speaker 1: those teams have lost. We went into the season saying,

1443
01:10:36,400 --> 01:10:38,400
Speaker 1: these are the two best divisions in football. You're gonna

1444
01:10:38,439 --> 01:10:40,919
Speaker 1: have to win a lot of games to win these divisions.

1445
01:10:40,920 --> 01:10:42,439
Speaker 1: I think it's gonna be it's gonna be part of

1446
01:10:42,439 --> 01:10:45,200
Speaker 1: the story of this NFL season, these two divisions being

1447
01:10:45,240 --> 01:10:48,479
Speaker 1: really the powers of their conferences. Alright, So that's it

1448
01:10:48,600 --> 01:10:51,360
Speaker 1: for the week. To recap one more game a Monday

1449
01:10:51,439 --> 01:10:55,960
Speaker 1: night affair between humor Greg, the Detroit Lions and then

1450
01:10:56,000 --> 01:10:59,800
Speaker 1: New York Giants. And it's rare double lock. It's on

1451
01:11:00,000 --> 01:11:03,120
Speaker 1: lock off baby, lock on lock crime, and the lines

1452
01:11:03,160 --> 01:11:04,840
Speaker 1: are gonna win it. Yeah, but the crime will be

1453
01:11:04,880 --> 01:11:07,400
Speaker 1: against me, but the d d A will drop the

1454
01:11:07,479 --> 01:11:10,240
Speaker 1: charges because they'll say, understandable what you did to Greg.

1455
01:11:10,520 --> 01:11:14,280
Speaker 1: That's how I feel about it. Okay, One quick program

1456
01:11:14,360 --> 01:11:18,360
Speaker 1: note and this is important. Yes it's been long teased,

1457
01:11:19,320 --> 01:11:24,280
Speaker 1: but beginning this Tuesday, it is time for the subreddit

1458
01:11:24,320 --> 01:11:29,080
Speaker 1: super contest. If uh you are on the subreddit around

1459
01:11:29,080 --> 01:11:33,479
Speaker 1: the around the NFL subreddit where almost seven thousand strong,

1460
01:11:33,520 --> 01:11:37,559
Speaker 1: now Erica Tamposey loose cannon behind the glass on Sunday

1461
01:11:37,640 --> 01:11:40,960
Speaker 1: on Monday morning, is going to post a thread on

1462
01:11:41,040 --> 01:11:44,080
Speaker 1: the subreddit. Um, what what are you gonna be writing

1463
01:11:44,080 --> 01:11:46,720
Speaker 1: on that thread? Tell me? Tell me more tempose. I'm

1464
01:11:46,760 --> 01:11:49,920
Speaker 1: not really sure. I'm just gonna I'm gonna make the

1465
01:11:49,960 --> 01:11:53,280
Speaker 1: title you know you around the NFL subreddit, and then

1466
01:11:53,280 --> 01:11:56,320
Speaker 1: people are gonna answer and that I wouldn't say make

1467
01:11:56,360 --> 01:11:59,599
Speaker 1: the title on the on the subreddit around the NFL subreddit,

1468
01:12:00,160 --> 01:12:03,280
Speaker 1: I would say what you should do? Is say, uh,

1469
01:12:03,400 --> 01:12:06,960
Speaker 1: Subreddit super Contest Week one. That should be the title,

1470
01:12:07,560 --> 01:12:09,479
Speaker 1: and then you could write in the body of your

1471
01:12:09,720 --> 01:12:12,479
Speaker 1: of your thread, I'll take you through this. Uh. If

1472
01:12:12,520 --> 01:12:16,160
Speaker 1: you're like, I'm not a writer, come on, well we

1473
01:12:16,160 --> 01:12:18,240
Speaker 1: talked about this before the show. In the body of

1474
01:12:18,240 --> 01:12:21,240
Speaker 1: the post, right, If you're interested in being a contestant

1475
01:12:21,280 --> 01:12:25,040
Speaker 1: for week one of the super contest, um reply to

1476
01:12:25,080 --> 01:12:28,040
Speaker 1: this thread. Everyone that replies is in the running for

1477
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Speaker 1: week one. The group the around the NFL group. We

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Speaker 1: will pick from that group at random three names and uh,

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Speaker 1: those three people, at least the first person has a

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Speaker 1: chance to win. The trivia contest on Tuesday will go

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Speaker 1: as long as it takes to find a winner. Uh.

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Speaker 1: So be on the lookout on the subreddit. And guess what,

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Speaker 1: you can't join. Unless you join the subreddit, you can't

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Speaker 1: be in the running. So make sure you sign up

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Speaker 1: for the subreddit if you haven't already. Tomorrow morning, West

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Speaker 1: Coast time, I'd say around ten am, look for an

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Speaker 1: Erica tamp posty jam on their It's gonna be fun,

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Speaker 1: all right, get ready. Greg stan Hands is signing off

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Speaker 1: for Nick Shook. Thank you Nick for helping us out

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Speaker 1: the old boss and the loose cannon behind the glass.

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Speaker 1: Sign up for the subreddit until Tuesday, m