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Speaker 1: This is straight Fire with Jason McIntyre. What's up straight Fire, Fam,

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Speaker 1: It's me Jason McIntyre, Straight Fire for Friday, genuinary seventh.

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Speaker 1: The weekend is upon us, guys. We made it too

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Speaker 1: week eighteen in the NFL. I can't believe it. It's

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Speaker 1: such a long marathon. It's you know, listen, I know

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Speaker 1: long grind, man, four plus months of this stuff that

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Speaker 1: we finally made it to week eighteen. After this, you

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Speaker 1: could just drill down on each game individually. Should be

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Speaker 1: this crap? After last four? You know, it's very frustrating.

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Speaker 1: And here's the other thing. You can't really get a

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Speaker 1: Like I feel fine, you know, but you want to

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Speaker 1: go out Thursday night. Let's let's hit it Thursday night,

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Speaker 1: all of a sudden, Wednesday, Wow, I got COVID protocols

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Speaker 1: just affecting sports, um, but life as well. However, that

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Speaker 1: being said, UM, the show must go on, and UM

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Speaker 1: I'm excited today we'll be going on Cowherd Show to

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Speaker 1: All January birthdays Capricorn baby beasts. Um, I don't know

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Speaker 1: haven't read a horoscope geez, thirty years maybe, yeah, you

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Speaker 1: I actually share a birthday with Howard Stern. Fun fact um,

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Speaker 1: I recorded an interview on Thursday with a former alab

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Speaker 1: and Matt Stafford are tied for the most comeback victories

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Speaker 1: in the NFL in the last seven years, most game

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Speaker 1: winning drive, game winning touchdown drives in the last seven years,

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Speaker 1: Stafford and Car. So I'm gonna ride with Stafford. I

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Speaker 1: know that sounds insane, but I'm I'm gonna take him. Uh.

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Speaker 1: I like him here, I like the I'm going with

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Speaker 1: the Rams over the Niners. There is some heart overhead involved,

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Speaker 1: and that's always a foolish way to go. But I'm

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Speaker 1: taking the Rams. Not a huge play, but my one

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Speaker 1: big plays on the Chargers. Yes, I know that they

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Speaker 1: let me down and survivor a couple of weeks ago. Man,

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Speaker 1: freaking Chargers. I don't want to think about that game

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Speaker 1: against the Texans. The thing is, I didn't realize the

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Speaker 1: scope of their COVID issues in that game. Um, I

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Speaker 1: think they had twelve guys out due to COVID. By

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Speaker 1: my account here on this Friday, they have zero. They're

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Speaker 1: as healthy as they've been. Everybody seems to be back.

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Speaker 1: I think things are lying up for the Chargers to

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Speaker 1: really play well and put I think put a hurt

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Speaker 1: and on the Raiders obviously the divisional game and the

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Speaker 1: Raiders are gonna pull out all the stops. But people

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Speaker 1: are all excited about the Raiders. Oh they want three

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Speaker 1: in a row, Come on there, Jason Okay, last week,

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Speaker 1: Carson Wentz coming off COVID. Okay, week before that, Drew Lock,

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Speaker 1: who we talked about in the week before that. People

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Speaker 1: forget Nick Mullin started that game in Cleveland. Raiders needed

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Speaker 1: a field goal in the final like ten seconds to

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Speaker 1: beat Nick frigging Mullins. Now they gotta face Justin Herbert.

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Speaker 1: Remember Justin Herbert in the earlier meeting in I think

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Speaker 1: it was as so far. Yeah, they were four for

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Speaker 1: five in the red zone. Yards of offense and they

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Speaker 1: rolled the Raiders, who I think we're undefeated at the time.

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Speaker 1: This is an offense that should I mean everybody's back.

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Speaker 1: Eckler dominated the Raiders. Another run defense has been better

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Speaker 1: of late. They were really good last week. But you

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Speaker 1: can stack the line and you can contain Jonathan Taylor

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Speaker 1: because there's really nobody you fear on the outside. Who

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Speaker 1: are you afraid of Michael Pittman? He's good, but come

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Speaker 1: on afraid of Michael Pittman? T Y Hilton. I like

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Speaker 1: the Chargers here. I don't want to say big the

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Speaker 1: other the other number that I had. That's interesting. So

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Speaker 1: we talked about the Bills. Remember earlier this week, if

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Speaker 1: you guys go back and listen, Buffalo Bills oh and

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Speaker 1: five and one score games. Last year they were six

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Speaker 1: and one. Guess who the guess what? The Raiders are

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Speaker 1: one score games this year six and two. I know

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Speaker 1: Wallers coming back probably has been practicing this week. Six

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Speaker 1: and two and one score games? Guys, Come on, do

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Speaker 1: you know much luck is involved in those one score

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Speaker 1: games for the Raiders. One of them was the rate

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Speaker 1: was the Ravens. That was a total ship show earlier

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Speaker 1: in the season. That killed me and it's bad. I

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Speaker 1: know I say this all the time, but I remember

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Speaker 1: the tough beats because I was on the Ravens for

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Speaker 1: that one. That's stunk. Uh. That was the season opener.

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Speaker 1: They wanted overtime. Um they beat Miami in overtime, not

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Speaker 1: a good Miami team. UM want more one score games?

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Speaker 1: The luck box win over Dallas thanks to the referees. Um,

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Speaker 1: they lost a one score game to the New York Giants. Um,

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Speaker 1: they lost a one score game to Taylor Heineke, and

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Speaker 1: then the last three wins are all one score eked

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Speaker 1: out over bad quarterbacks. So ride with the Raiders if

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Speaker 1: you will. I'm sure everybody's got I got a buddy

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Speaker 1: who is Chargers season ticket holder flying to Vegas for

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Speaker 1: the game. I mean, this guy's this guy's a bit

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Speaker 1: of a baller. Um. I think he's getting a place

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Speaker 1: in Costa Rica. Yeah, that's all these dudes. You know what? Man? Anyways, UH,

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Speaker 1: give me the Chargers, uh significant play. I'll be rooting

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Speaker 1: heavily for Justin Herbert. Plus, I want to see Herbert

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Speaker 1: in the playoffs. Alright, guys, those are the picks for

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Speaker 1: the NFL Week eight team. Everybody have a safe and

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Speaker 1: enjoyable weekend. We got the Natty on Monday night, NFL

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Speaker 1: playoffs next weekend. A couple of really good guests we

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Speaker 1: have hopefully on tap for next week. We'll talk to

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Speaker 1: you then