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Speaker 1: It's officially Thursday morning when you are listening to this.

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Speaker 1: It is my instant reaction to the NFL schedule release

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Speaker 1: that I cut late last night with my friend John Middlecoff.

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Speaker 1: John's a Bay Area broadcaster, former NFL scout, very very

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Speaker 1: well connected. So let's cut to the chase here. The

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Speaker 1: first thing that jumped out to me, So the Chargers

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Speaker 1: had to rebuild their offensive line. I think they're going

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Speaker 1: to be very good, but that unit needs time. Old

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Speaker 1: line is about chemist three playing together and you have

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Speaker 1: Brandon Staley John who is a brand new coach, implementing

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Speaker 1: a new system. They open up that old line opens

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Speaker 1: up at Washington, then it's deck at home, that it's

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Speaker 1: at Kansas City, and then you your defense faces the

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Speaker 1: Raiders offense. Then it's the Brown's role in Town. Then

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Speaker 1: it's Baltimore, and then it's Belichick off a bye, and

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Speaker 1: I thought, boy week one to seven, you've got it.

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Speaker 1: You're implementing a new defense against the Cowboys receivers, Kansas

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Speaker 1: City's talent, the Raiders offense, the Browns offense, Lamar Jackson.

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Speaker 1: Just that is a handful for a new old line

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Speaker 1: and a new head coach. Your thoughts on the Chargers, Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I mean two things really jump out. Herbert didn't have

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Speaker 1: to play against opponents right their crowd. And last year

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Speaker 1: we saw countless times the good court Aaron Rodgers getting

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Speaker 1: the Saints to jump off on the road. So it

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Speaker 1: wasn't a normal year when you're going on the road

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Speaker 1: to Kansas City. Fellow, whoever you pick, random team rookie quarterback,

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Speaker 1: now listen his skills, like his physical attributes are going

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Speaker 1: to translate. Right, He's big, he's got a big arm.

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Speaker 1: He was accurate, but like you know, third and seven,

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Speaker 1: when there's seventy five thousand people and you can't hear,

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Speaker 1: make it a little more difficult. The other thing on

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Speaker 1: the coach, who clearly is a sharp guy. I think

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Speaker 1: you've had him on your show, like he's an impressive guy.

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Speaker 1: People in the league think highly of him. He's only

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Speaker 1: been in the league since sixteen. It's not like, you know,

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Speaker 1: he's a fifteen year assistant, So it's it's a massive,

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Speaker 1: massive transition to just being one year coordinator. Then you're

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Speaker 1: a head coach and you really only have four or

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Speaker 1: five years in the league to kind of draw on.

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Speaker 1: A couple of those were four Vic Fangio, so you

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Speaker 1: definitely were not the boss. That's it's gonna be hard.

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Speaker 1: They do have these demons of like can they finally

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Speaker 1: shake instead of just looking good winning some games, Like

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Speaker 1: you said, that schedule that you can't just like, oh

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Speaker 1: they turburt through four or five touchdowns again, but they lost,

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Speaker 1: Like eventually, you gotta win. So I'm with you, Washington.

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Speaker 1: That defense is fantastic. Listen, you're gonna face Ron Rivera,

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Speaker 1: Mike McCarthy, Andy Reid, John Gruden, John Harbaugh, Bill Belichick.

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Speaker 1: Those guys have been around this league forever, all the tricks.

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Speaker 1: I think right now they would sign up for three

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Speaker 1: or I guess seven. If they were three and four

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Speaker 1: or four and three, they'd have a fighting chance the

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Speaker 1: rest of the season if they have one of those.

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Speaker 1: Remember two years ago, Freddy Kitchens. The Browns all the

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Speaker 1: hype and they just that schedule, just ate them alive,

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Speaker 1: and they could never get out. Now, the Chargers should

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Speaker 1: be better than that Cleveland Browns team, but we never know.

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Speaker 1: First time head coaches, you just you have no clue.

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Speaker 1: You really don't. So it's listen. I like Justin Herbert

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Speaker 1: as much as anybody, but holy Moley, that's a that's

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Speaker 1: a tough start. Okay, here's another one. So the Dolphins,

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Speaker 1: Brian Flores and Chris Greer, the GM are selling we've

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Speaker 1: So listen to the first eight weeks of the quarterbacks.

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Speaker 1: at Trevor Lawrence, Matt Ryan at Josh Allen. They're all

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Speaker 1: bigger than TWOAH, most have better arms than TWOAH, most

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Speaker 1: But if you're trying to sell, you're trying to sell

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Speaker 1: believing Matt Nagge. The defense suffered, the effort eroded. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: like you're gonna have some times where you just give

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Speaker 1: I mean the Bills score, the Raiders score. The Colts

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Speaker 1: right and they maneuvered whatever. But the Niners like that

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Speaker 1: think very very highly of them. But ultimately, your quarterback

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Speaker 1: know it's hard to just be competitive, let alone sustain winning. Right,

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Speaker 1: Fitzpatrick was good last year. That was a huge reason

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Speaker 1: with a mess in Houston. Ryan Tannehill, I think has

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Speaker 1: Aaron doesn't play. That is a soft early, soft, late

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Speaker 1: Jimmy Garoppolo and Trey Lance are clearly a better unit

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Speaker 1: John the Patriots. So we know Belichick gives young quarterbacks

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Speaker 1: So I have a theory on the Dallas Cowboys is

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Speaker 1: smart for Natake to just kind of just jump in

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Speaker 1: eight years. With schedule, listen to this first fourteen weeks,

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Speaker 1: you're gonna get Lamar Jackson week one, Aaron Rodgers, Week two,

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Speaker 1: DAC three, Justin Herbert. Then a Wentz versus Lamar, Josh Allen, Russell,

427
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Speaker 1: Wilson Mahomes, Big Ben Stafford, Brady Russell, Wilson, Josh Allen,

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Speaker 1: Matt Stafford. You got a star quarterback fourteen weeks in

429
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Speaker 1: a row. Did you also tweet about the Thursday night

430
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Speaker 1: schedule saying it was pretty impressive if Aaron Rodgers. So

431
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Speaker 1: that's the power of Aaron Rodgers the Thursday night schedule

432
00:22:49,520 --> 00:22:52,120
Speaker 1: with you get an Aaron Baker. Yeah, you also get

433
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Speaker 1: a Herbert Mahomes, you get a Brady The Thursday night

434
00:22:55,320 --> 00:22:58,000
Speaker 1: schedule is good, but you put in Jordan Love twice.

435
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Speaker 1: It is a very average Thursday nights. I mean them

436
00:23:01,160 --> 00:23:04,359
Speaker 1: signing Blake Bordoles is a little bit of a backup plan,

437
00:23:04,480 --> 00:23:06,199
Speaker 1: right If this thing goes off the rails and we

438
00:23:06,320 --> 00:23:08,040
Speaker 1: have to trade them. At least we got a guy

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00:23:08,040 --> 00:23:10,439
Speaker 1: who can either start. Lafleur has been around with the Rams,

440
00:23:10,920 --> 00:23:13,240
Speaker 1: or he could be a backup to Jordan Love. But

441
00:23:13,280 --> 00:23:16,159
Speaker 1: that to me, that signing today is not nothing. You know,

442
00:23:16,240 --> 00:23:18,119
Speaker 1: I don't know if it's anything, but it sure's not nothing.

443
00:23:18,480 --> 00:23:22,960
Speaker 1: I'm with you. I think the league realized, regardless whether

444
00:23:23,080 --> 00:23:25,920
Speaker 1: where they were at with the other network, as you

445
00:23:25,920 --> 00:23:29,360
Speaker 1: call it, the Monday night football is just a night

446
00:23:29,400 --> 00:23:31,920
Speaker 1: for you to own the space. So you just throwing

447
00:23:32,000 --> 00:23:34,680
Speaker 1: crappy games is just people are gonna watch. They want

448
00:23:34,720 --> 00:23:37,080
Speaker 1: to embrace the game. You might as well double down

449
00:23:37,080 --> 00:23:38,720
Speaker 1: and do the sweet games. They did a couple of

450
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Speaker 1: years ago for you guys at Fox when they got

451
00:23:41,080 --> 00:23:43,320
Speaker 1: Thursday night games. They made those good and they did

452
00:23:43,400 --> 00:23:46,720
Speaker 1: huge numbers. No one wants to watch the Jets play

453
00:23:46,760 --> 00:23:49,639
Speaker 1: three Monday night games, right, And I understand, you know,

454
00:23:49,880 --> 00:23:52,320
Speaker 1: living out here, luckily living out there. They care about

455
00:23:52,359 --> 00:23:54,640
Speaker 1: the NFC East and AFC East a lot because those

456
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Speaker 1: big markets. But when those teams are bad and you

457
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Speaker 1: throw it, it's hard to watch, you know. Just just

458
00:23:59,480 --> 00:24:01,640
Speaker 1: put the good teams on there, put the Niners put,

459
00:24:01,640 --> 00:24:04,320
Speaker 1: the Packers put the Steelers. Just play the hits and

460
00:24:04,400 --> 00:24:06,320
Speaker 1: they're getting back to their roots. Like when I grew

461
00:24:06,400 --> 00:24:08,800
Speaker 1: up Monday night football was it felt like a I

462
00:24:08,840 --> 00:24:11,000
Speaker 1: mean a big event, you know, in the nineties and

463
00:24:11,040 --> 00:24:13,359
Speaker 1: the eighties, and it definitely took a step back, but

464
00:24:13,400 --> 00:24:15,199
Speaker 1: it feels like it's on the comeback. But I'm with you.

465
00:24:15,920 --> 00:24:18,000
Speaker 1: I just think this Rogers thing, I don't know what

466
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Speaker 1: the end game is, but I don't think they just

467
00:24:20,720 --> 00:24:23,399
Speaker 1: randomly signed Blake Bortles, Like Blake Bortles wasn't like going

468
00:24:23,440 --> 00:24:26,120
Speaker 1: to go sign somewhere else. Let's be honest, we're doing

469
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Speaker 1: this instant reaction podcast on the schedule. If you're Fox

470
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Speaker 1: and you get no Aaron Rodgers and he goes to Denver,

471
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Speaker 1: you're losing four to five thirty games, that changes everything.

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Speaker 1: So I thought the Thursday Night was a classic example

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Speaker 1: the power of Aaron. If I get Aaron and Baker,

474
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Speaker 1: like I get two Errands, that that's a really tasty schedule.

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Speaker 1: If I get Jordan Love twice, listen Man, New England

476
00:24:54,119 --> 00:24:56,800
Speaker 1: is not the same franchise without Tom Don't kid yourself.

477
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Speaker 1: The eighties, nobody cared about the Packers. You take Aaron

478
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Speaker 1: out of the thing. Jordan's no good. That's just another franchise.

479
00:25:02,640 --> 00:25:04,600
Speaker 1: That's all that is. It's just another franchise. Well, I

480
00:25:04,640 --> 00:25:06,440
Speaker 1: think Ron Wolf has talked about him. When he got

481
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Speaker 1: the job. They were a disaster right in the early nineties,

482
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Speaker 1: in the eighties, the Packers for a long period of time,

483
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Speaker 1: they were never on when I when I was when

484
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Speaker 1: I was in college, when I was young, Packers were

485
00:25:16,800 --> 00:25:19,400
Speaker 1: never on television before far, they were never on TV.

486
00:25:19,480 --> 00:25:22,840
Speaker 1: It was Washington and Joe Gibbs, a good Washington, George

487
00:25:22,840 --> 00:25:27,000
Speaker 1: Allen to Joe Gibbs. You know, the Steelers were on

488
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Speaker 1: with Chuck Noll, the Raiders that had Stabler and several

489
00:25:30,280 --> 00:25:33,359
Speaker 1: really good coaches. The Dolphins had Shula. New England was

490
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Speaker 1: never on. Green Bay was never on. The Saints were

491
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Speaker 1: never on. This is a quarterback league. You Buffalo is

492
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Speaker 1: gonna be on TV a lot for the next decade

493
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Speaker 1: because of one reason, Josh Allen. Well, and the underrated

494
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Speaker 1: part about green Bay being you know, obviously a tiny

495
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Speaker 1: little market. They have a massive fan base. And part

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Speaker 1: of that is since they've been winning now for almost

497
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Speaker 1: thirty years, Like I've gone to games in Oakland. I've

498
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Speaker 1: gone to games in San Francisco. I've gone to games

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Speaker 1: in Philadelphia. When they come, that fan base has no

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Speaker 1: problem filling up an opposing stadium like that. They are

501
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Speaker 1: everywhere because good teams what do they do. They accumulate

502
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Speaker 1: fans over a period of time, and that's what the

503
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Speaker 1: Packers have done. So I'd say I had to look

504
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Speaker 1: at the Raiders schedule, I think it's pretty difficult, and

505
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Speaker 1: on paper, I know this. If Denver is trying to

506
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Speaker 1: trade for Aaron Rodgers, the Raiders and Gruden are going

507
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Speaker 1: to have to get involved because you can't just let

508
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Speaker 1: him go to Denver like you have picks and a

509
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Speaker 1: quarterback to trade them too, Like you'd to me, you'd

510
00:26:25,600 --> 00:26:27,360
Speaker 1: have to get involved that. I could see that being

511
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Speaker 1: somewhat of a bidding process if they did make him available,

512
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Speaker 1: because you just if he went to Denver, Denver's going

513
00:26:35,160 --> 00:26:37,320
Speaker 1: to be pretty good. And then that change is looking

514
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Speaker 1: at all these schedules, the one break the Raiders get

515
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Speaker 1: with their schedule for those listening, So you open up

516
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Speaker 1: with Lamar that's rough, tough, and big Ben, but then

517
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Speaker 1: you get a lot of average quarterbacks. John Week three,

518
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Speaker 1: I get twa now. Week week five, I get the Bears.

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Speaker 1: Week six, I get Denver, Week seven, I get Philadelphia,

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Speaker 1: Week eight, I get Daniel Jones. You know. Then week ten,

521
00:27:03,240 --> 00:27:05,959
Speaker 1: you know, I host Joe Burrow. But the Bengals are

522
00:27:05,960 --> 00:27:09,320
Speaker 1: not a great team by the way, Washington follows that.

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Speaker 1: So the way I kind of look at the Raiders

524
00:27:12,320 --> 00:27:15,080
Speaker 1: is I think they're gonna be a little bit. Then

525
00:27:15,359 --> 00:27:17,679
Speaker 1: the quarterbacks later in the year are different. They end

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Speaker 1: with Herbert before that, it's Carson Wentz before that two

527
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Speaker 1: weeks or they or it's Baker and then it's Mahomes.

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Speaker 1: But I do think the Raiders they have to win

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Speaker 1: by offense. I think they kind of get lucky. They

530
00:27:30,160 --> 00:27:33,400
Speaker 1: draw a lot of mediocre quarterbacks early. If they can

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Speaker 1: find a way to win one of those first two games,

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Speaker 1: either the Monday night game or the Pittsburgh game, they'd

533
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Speaker 1: be in pretty good shape up until they're by you know,

534
00:27:40,480 --> 00:27:42,080
Speaker 1: might be able to be like a five and two

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Speaker 1: team and then just take their chances in the second half.

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Speaker 1: But there is gonna be just the amount of money

537
00:27:49,320 --> 00:27:51,080
Speaker 1: that's on the line in Vegas. I mean, you know

538
00:27:51,119 --> 00:27:53,720
Speaker 1: that market, there's Mark feels it. I know people with

539
00:27:53,720 --> 00:27:56,240
Speaker 1: the Raiders. They feel it like this is there is

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Speaker 1: going to be a tangible just pressure for them to

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Speaker 1: just produced. They basically got a free stadium, but that

542
00:28:02,160 --> 00:28:04,600
Speaker 1: means a lot of people have their hand involved in

543
00:28:04,640 --> 00:28:07,560
Speaker 1: this thing, and the NFL knows it. I mean they

544
00:28:07,560 --> 00:28:09,960
Speaker 1: put them on Monday night right right away to give

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00:28:10,040 --> 00:28:12,960
Speaker 1: the stadium some love, as they should. But that that

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00:28:13,119 --> 00:28:15,639
Speaker 1: Ravens game, like that's Lamar's a tough matchup for a

547
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Speaker 1: defense that's been historically pretty slow these last you know,

548
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Speaker 1: decade plus. Is there a schedule? Let me ask you

549
00:28:22,880 --> 00:28:25,720
Speaker 1: a couple I thought the Saints schedule was pretty tough,

550
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Speaker 1: is there? I mean there's some good revenge games. Brady

551
00:28:29,720 --> 00:28:35,919
Speaker 1: against the Patriots is funny. Ryan Fitzpatrick, Washington. Now that

552
00:28:35,960 --> 00:28:39,440
Speaker 1: doesn't interest me. Let's see, hold on. I think I

553
00:28:39,480 --> 00:28:42,160
Speaker 1: think Buffalo could be really good this year. I mean

554
00:28:43,280 --> 00:28:45,800
Speaker 1: they've just I was reading this article about the guy

555
00:28:45,800 --> 00:28:48,880
Speaker 1: they drafted in the second round. They drafted four pass rushers.

556
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Speaker 1: They drafted the last two years in the first round

557
00:28:51,320 --> 00:28:53,719
Speaker 1: for a pass rusher, pass rusher. This year they went

558
00:28:53,720 --> 00:28:56,360
Speaker 1: pass rusher, then pass rushers. They've they've loaded up on

559
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Speaker 1: the defensive line. We know how good Josh Allen in

560
00:28:58,640 --> 00:29:00,960
Speaker 1: their offense is going to be if their defense just

561
00:29:01,000 --> 00:29:04,480
Speaker 1: gets incrementally better. We know their coach is good. I mean,

562
00:29:04,520 --> 00:29:07,480
Speaker 1: they could be every bit of Kansas City's equal. Now

563
00:29:07,520 --> 00:29:10,560
Speaker 1: when Kansas City has played them, especially last year, it

564
00:29:10,600 --> 00:29:12,360
Speaker 1: wasn't really close. I think they played him on like

565
00:29:12,360 --> 00:29:14,560
Speaker 1: a Tuesday night Corona game, kick their ass, and then

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Speaker 1: they beat him Chip game. You're really right, look at this,

567
00:29:17,960 --> 00:29:20,800
Speaker 1: So Pittsburgh's a tough opener, but that's a that's a

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Speaker 1: you know, let's be honest. They match they beat him

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Speaker 1: last year. Yeah, Okay, they get Tua, Ryan Fitzpatrick, the

570
00:29:28,360 --> 00:29:31,600
Speaker 1: dysfunction of the Texans. Then there's another big one in Mahomes.

571
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Speaker 1: But that they get Ryan Tannehill with a new coordinator,

572
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Speaker 1: Tua rookie, Trevor Lawrence, rookie Zach Wilson, by the way,

573
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Speaker 1: two weeks later, Taysom Hill or Jamis Winston. You start,

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Speaker 1: and by the way, they get Zack Wilson. Later they

575
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Speaker 1: get Sam Darnold, new system. Later they get Matt Ryan

576
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Speaker 1: new coordinator. Boy, you're right. You start looking at that

577
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Speaker 1: buffalo potentially Matt mac Jones. Maybe one of the two

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Speaker 1: games and the Patriots. I mean they I think they

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Speaker 1: could be like a fourteen win team. Boy, look that

580
00:30:00,960 --> 00:30:03,840
Speaker 1: they've got two or three big Listen, it's funny in

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00:30:04,080 --> 00:30:06,840
Speaker 1: the city games big for their psyche. Yeah, Tampa and

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Speaker 1: Kansas City, those are super Bowls. You take those two

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Speaker 1: games out, man, John, They're gonna be favored in the

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Speaker 1: rest of these games. I agree. I mean, I'm telling

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Speaker 1: you Colin, it wouldn't. I guess it's hard in these

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Speaker 1: seventeen games, like fifteen and two. It's even weird to

587
00:30:21,840 --> 00:30:27,720
Speaker 1: say it, but they're gonna win thirteen to fifteen games

588
00:30:27,760 --> 00:30:30,280
Speaker 1: really quick. On. I was thinking about this. I was

589
00:30:30,680 --> 00:30:32,960
Speaker 1: I was young when Montana and I guess he didn't

590
00:30:33,000 --> 00:30:36,320
Speaker 1: come to San Francisco to San Francisco went there, Jerry Rice.

591
00:30:36,440 --> 00:30:38,920
Speaker 1: It's different I think with non quarterbacks far when he

592
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Speaker 1: played Green Bay. Is this one of the biggest ever?

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Speaker 1: I mean, there's this is such a unique situation. He

594
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Speaker 1: played twenty years for a team won six Super Bowls?

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Speaker 1: Is that going to be the most hype game maybe?

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Speaker 1: I mean ever in the NFL. Just Belichick Brady, that

597
00:30:52,600 --> 00:30:55,200
Speaker 1: game just in its own little vacuum, just that little

598
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Speaker 1: matchup those two guys in Foxborough because it's not like

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Speaker 1: the animosity like when Kevin Grant went back to Okay,

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00:31:01,000 --> 00:31:03,640
Speaker 1: see your lebron to clear so much ANIMALSSI. I think

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00:31:03,640 --> 00:31:06,720
Speaker 1: they would stand a standing ovation before the game, right, Yeah,

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00:31:06,720 --> 00:31:10,040
Speaker 1: it would be interesting because you know the quarterbacks that

603
00:31:10,080 --> 00:31:14,600
Speaker 1: have given Bill trouble are you know Mahomes and Andy Reid.

604
00:31:15,240 --> 00:31:19,840
Speaker 1: But Tom knows all of Bill's tricks, and so you

605
00:31:19,960 --> 00:31:23,719
Speaker 1: have a complete mismatch, you know. I will say this,

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00:31:23,880 --> 00:31:26,240
Speaker 1: I do think New England's Oh I when I look

607
00:31:26,240 --> 00:31:28,040
Speaker 1: at New England this year, they're gonna win a lot

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Speaker 1: of ugly games. The one thing I like about them,

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00:31:31,280 --> 00:31:35,440
Speaker 1: I do like their offensive line. And I think with

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Speaker 1: Tampa when you play Tampa, John, you know Todd Bowles

611
00:31:38,360 --> 00:31:40,920
Speaker 1: takes a lot of chances. Oh he's a big blitzer.

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Speaker 1: If you can keep if you can keep Bulls's defense

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Speaker 1: off your quarterback, those are the teams New Orleans did that.

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Speaker 1: That's who can give you trouble. Bowls will overwhelm half

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Speaker 1: the teams on that schedule. But Belichick's OH line would

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Speaker 1: give Cam time to throw. So I think it would

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00:32:01,960 --> 00:32:06,040
Speaker 1: be a competitive game. Yeah, I'm with you, And I

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00:32:06,080 --> 00:32:08,640
Speaker 1: think the thing with Tampa. And this also speaks to

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Speaker 1: the Buffalo Bills. When you're a really good team, obviously

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Speaker 1: Tampa won super Bowl. In this league, when coaches leave

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00:32:15,280 --> 00:32:18,280
Speaker 1: at just rapid rates now when you're successful, Tampa kept

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00:32:18,320 --> 00:32:20,680
Speaker 1: every single coach and they already have like seventy five

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Speaker 1: on staff. But I mean the ones that matter, and

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00:32:22,440 --> 00:32:25,480
Speaker 1: that's Todd Bowles left, which are like the core group

625
00:32:25,520 --> 00:32:28,400
Speaker 1: of guys are all back, and obviously all the players

626
00:32:28,400 --> 00:32:32,440
Speaker 1: are back. The expectations on them, they clearly really found

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Speaker 1: their own. You know, the second half of the season,

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Speaker 1: December January, the super Bowl, they're going to be really good.

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Speaker 1: I mean, they talk about a team, they're just The

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Speaker 1: only worry you really have is just at any moment

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Speaker 1: they have a forty three year old quarterback. History would

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Speaker 1: say something that would really be the X factor. But

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Speaker 1: just talent on defense is elite, skill guys on offense,

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Speaker 1: elite coaching staff, top notch. It's just Tom is the

635
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Speaker 1: greatest quarterback ever. The only negative he's just old. You know.

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Speaker 1: I thought one of Brady's one of the things that

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Speaker 1: and Tampa's old line was a question. Right they went

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Speaker 1: and got Tristan Worf's right tackle nailed it. By the

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Speaker 1: end of the year, worse was a top five right tackle.

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Speaker 1: I thought their center, Jensen Plate, was playing great football,

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Speaker 1: their guard play. It's interesting how the cohesion of the

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Speaker 1: old line. Maybe it's Brady getting rid of the ball, quicker,

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Speaker 1: fewer mistakes than a Jamis Winston. I thought their old

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Speaker 1: line at the end of the year because there were

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Speaker 1: so many other things John about them, Brady, the receivers,

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Speaker 1: the Aryan story, Bowls's defense. I thought their old line

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Speaker 1: was fantastic in the last two months. This might sound

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Speaker 1: kind of trivial, but the one thing that Tom I mean,

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Speaker 1: he's known as the greatest teammate ever, but one thing

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Speaker 1: that he consistently does, and I think it's so easy

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Speaker 1: to do with your skill guys, when they score a touchdown,

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Speaker 1: give them love, you talk about them a lot. Tom

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Speaker 1: always goes out of his way and talks about the

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Speaker 1: offensive line, but on social media he is constantly instagramming,

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Speaker 1: tweeting about that group, and those guys just in the

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Speaker 1: way they're treated in the building, they get no love.

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Speaker 1: They're old line coaches yelling at him NonStop. The head coach.

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Speaker 1: They don't get any love. They're just big fat, just

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Speaker 1: expected to block, and the moment they give up a sack,

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Speaker 1: everyone's on him. Tom. I think is understand understood from

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Speaker 1: a you know, early on in New England his success.

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Speaker 1: People think it's all the outside guys with your skill. Guys,

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Speaker 1: you're tied end your wide receivers, you're running backs because

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Speaker 1: he can't move. He needs those guys more than ever,

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Speaker 1: you know, especially at his age. He is great with

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Speaker 1: treating them kind of like royalty and they know it

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Speaker 1: and they just go to war for him and they overachieve.

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Speaker 1: I mean in the history of his group, right, he

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Speaker 1: hasn't Logan Mankins and Wharves like he's had a couple

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Speaker 1: of lead talents, but he's had a lot of overachievers

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Speaker 1: and I think he props them up as much as

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Speaker 1: Dante Scarneckia or Arians. And he's had great coaches in

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Speaker 1: that area. But I think he plays a big role

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Speaker 1: in that. Yeah. Remember his first national commercial was a

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Speaker 1: offensive lineman in the commercial with him. So to your point,

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Speaker 1: I just thought their offensive line was a disaster. On

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Speaker 1: that Thursday night, game at Chicago the following week. They

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Speaker 1: came back, no sacks, no penalties. I just thought, by

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Speaker 1: the end of the year, I'm like, God, this old

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Speaker 1: line is maybe maybe it's not Indie or green Babe,

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Speaker 1: it is good. This Jensen the center is just he's

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Speaker 1: a wrestler man. He is feisty. Worst I thought even

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Speaker 1: even I think Donovan Smith the left tackle, who was

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Speaker 1: I was. I'm not a huge fan of but I

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Speaker 1: thought he played pretty well. Okay, John Middlecoff, it's great

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Speaker 1: talking to you. We gotta go. It's late at night.

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Speaker 1: Go have yourself a Heineken or a Stellar or whatever

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Speaker 1: the week Patriots Eleven of seventeen games they face a

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Speaker 1: rookie quarterback, or a first two year quarterback, or a

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Speaker 1: quarterback with a new system. I'm gonna go right at

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Speaker 1: Chad Millman again. Patriots over under his nine and a half.

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