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Speaker 1: Week fourteen is here, and we've got a showdown in Motown.

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Speaker 1: Can the Lions take another step towards owning the North

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Speaker 1: the roar at least you know for one night? Our

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Speaker 1: Stacey Dale's on the field ahead of this big time

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Speaker 1: Thursday night tilt. Seahawks are currently atop the NFC West

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Speaker 1: and Mike McDonald's d is doing work. Omar Ruiz will

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Speaker 1: tell you how they plan to attack Kyler Murray and

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Speaker 1: the Cardinals next.

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Speaker 2: You can't go home again, but you can go back.

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Speaker 1: To Minnesota, where Kirk Cousins and the Falcons need a

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Speaker 1: win in the worst way.

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Speaker 2: On Sunday.

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Speaker 1: Our Brian Baldinger will be there, actually so will I.

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Speaker 1: Thank god that stadium has a roof because the weather

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Speaker 1: here sucks. Welcome inside with the insiders alongside Judy Battista

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Speaker 1: and Ian rappaport I am Tom peliserro Indi. Week fourteen

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Speaker 1: does not get a whole lot bigger than this. To

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Speaker 1: kick things off, Lions Packers, We'll get to a ton

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Speaker 1: of other games information around the league. Right now, Let's

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Speaker 1: go straight out to Detroit, where it's always a beautiful

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Speaker 1: night for football. When you're playing in a dome stadium,

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Speaker 1: it's Ford Field. That's where we find our Stacey Dales,

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Speaker 1: who will join us right after we show you the

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Speaker 1: clinching scenario. It's pretty straightforward. For the Detroit Lions, they

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Speaker 1: clinch a playoff berth with a win against the Packers.

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Speaker 1: As for the Minnesota Vikings, who take on the Falcons

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Speaker 1: on Sunday, they are in with a win plus a

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Speaker 1: of stuff with ties. Bottom line, they can win that

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Speaker 2: They got in.

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Speaker 1: Here's our Stacey Dales, who is on the field right now.

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Speaker 2: Stacy. It's a interesting week.

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Speaker 1: Obviously both these teams played on Thanksgiving, so a relatively

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Speaker 3: Yeah, it's a huge NFC North matchup. Tom Hello, and

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Speaker 3: yes they both played on Thanksgiving. They both won respectively,

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Speaker 3: but the winner between these two and Week nine in

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Speaker 3: Green Bay were the Detroit Lions. And it was a

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Speaker 3: messy affair. There's flurries outside here, but it was rainy,

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Speaker 3: I think if you're the Green Bay Packers coming in here, Tom,

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Speaker 3: you want some revenge because you have lost five of

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Speaker 3: the last six games that you have faced the Detroit Lions.

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Speaker 3: So think about that. As much as we've started to

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Speaker 3: love this rivalry, the Lions have really dominated it. Jared Goff,

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Speaker 3: this he'son. Matt Lafleur, head coach of the Packers, said

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Speaker 3: he's playing, as we all know, at an MVP level.

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Speaker 3: He had an eighty two percent completion percentage in Week

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Speaker 3: talking to Zadarius Smith, it was an interesting conversation. Pass

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Speaker 3: this team in Detroit, it is just built different. There's

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Speaker 3: they're going to be coming after certainly coming after Jordan

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Speaker 3: Love and company today try to protect their home field,

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Speaker 3: best scoring defense in the National Football League under Aaron Glenn.

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Speaker 1: Flip side of this matchup, Stacey, the Packers, if the

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Speaker 1: season ended today, will be the sixth seed.

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Speaker 2: They'd be going on the road.

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Speaker 1: We're try in the first round of the playoffs here.

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Speaker 1: If they're going to keep this interesting in the NFC North,

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Speaker 3: Yeah, the talk out of green Bay and talking to

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Speaker 3: they feel like they are getting marketly better each week

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Speaker 3: they've won seven of their last eight games, and offensively,

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Speaker 3: he has looked different. He's had back to back games

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Speaker 3: get after the quarterback pressure on Jordan excuse me, Jared

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Speaker 2: Stacy, thank you very much.

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Speaker 1: A good one happening behind you in not that long

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Speaker 1: the NFC playoff field. A lot of the drama that's

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Speaker 1: rest of the potential wild cards. As we bring Judy

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Speaker 1: They got several guys they signed off practice squads since

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Speaker 4: Yeah. Well, three defensive linemen are out for this game.

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Speaker 4: But if they are ever going to be vulnerable this season,

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Speaker 4: If you look back at their Week one roster, they're

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Speaker 4: how vulnerable this team is. They have looked like the

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Speaker 4: this is an opportunity for Josh Jacobs and Jordan Love

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Speaker 6: I'm not so sure Jordan Love is really that that

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Speaker 6: is such an interesting, such an interesting quarterback. It's been

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Speaker 6: such an interesting season for him, obviously, battle the injuries

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Speaker 6: you know, it's one game. It's one game. When it's

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Speaker 1: Just handed off to Josh Jacobs thirty times and let

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Speaker 1: Same thing on the AFC side, But there are teams

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Speaker 1: has been one of the most efficient and productive quarterbacks.

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Speaker 1: The reality is the Dolphins right now are five and

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Speaker 7: I don't think that's that shows the character of who

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Speaker 7: this has a lot to do with myself obviously putting

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Speaker 7: basically my guys out to dry that. That's what I

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Speaker 7: take take a heart to that as well.

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Speaker 1: Again, the Dolphins are not out of this thing, but

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Speaker 4: This is an outgrowth of that. You don't have to

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Speaker 6: You know, Judy, there were so many conversations, hard conversations

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Speaker 6: This is a good step. And when Tua is playing well,

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Speaker 6: It's really just about availability and for him to make

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Speaker 1: Also, looking at that bottom line of the remaining schedule

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Speaker 2: The bills doesn't matter.

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Speaker 1: The Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year Award is

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Speaker 1: the league's highest honor. This year's winner will be announced

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Speaker 1: on Fox and NFL Network on Thursday, February sixth. Here

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Speaker 8: The Walter Peyton Man of the Year Award celebrates the

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Speaker 5: Has made me a better person, made me a better man.

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Speaker 9: Knowing that I can influence the community and the kids

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Speaker 5: I just don't know any other way.

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Speaker 8: It is the game's highest honor, and each team's nominee

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Speaker 1: It's about, you know, wrapping your arms around a community,

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Speaker 6: Oh yeah, oh yeah, it.

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Speaker 10: Means a lot, you know to me and it's important

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Speaker 5: It is I put future wide receiver on there.

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Speaker 11: You've got to stick with it.

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Speaker 5: The Buffalo community has made me into a different person.

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Speaker 7: They have helped me, you know, just realize the effect

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Speaker 8: Their efforts include advocating for personal causes and inspiring action

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Speaker 12: That's just such a cool feeling and just such a

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Speaker 2: It's about living for something bigger than yourself. I mean,

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Speaker 12: We want to provide a space that really gives them

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Speaker 6: I'm very thankful man.

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Speaker 13: The city is taking in with open arms, having a

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Speaker 6: It's very important.

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Speaker 12: It's not about getting the spotlight.

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Speaker 6: That's not it for me. Like I want to make change.

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Speaker 7: Some of you guys are influ of your care ben

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Speaker 5: Those are the moments that I think mean the most.

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Speaker 2: To be to feel like in the community, and that's

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Speaker 8: Each team's nominee has worked to transform their communities in

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Speaker 2: Get so much support to be able to come out

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Speaker 5: I got each and every one of you guys a

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Speaker 12: You like the gritch Anyway, I could be an inspiration

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Speaker 11: You know what's a great feeling, because.

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Speaker 1: That's what inspiration is pretty much all about, Toto, something

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Speaker 9: It's awesome because never been able to be in this position.

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Speaker 6: With being there where I'm at now, I'll be able

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Speaker 7: It's just important kids know that, you know, I'll walk

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Speaker 12: If you give without the expectations of anything being returned,

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Speaker 8: At this year's NFL Honors ceremony, one of these distinguished

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Speaker 1: All thirty two NFL teams today announcing their nominees for

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Speaker 1: Chargers nominee, Cameron Dicker, the kicker officially a Walter Peyton

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Speaker 2: What does it mean to you?

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Speaker 5: No, I think it's awesome. It's cool to just see.

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Speaker 12: The commitment that I have for the community being honored,

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Speaker 4: Well, your commitment is really impressive. I was reading your

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Speaker 4: Really focused on the Friendship Foundation working for folks with disabilities.

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Speaker 1: The life of a kicker, Cameron always fascinates me because

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Speaker 5: So it's been a lot of fun.

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Speaker 12: I mean, I think fun is a big word around here.

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Speaker 1: One guy who stuck around was your special teams coordinator

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Speaker 12: need to. He's hands on coach that like really listens

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Speaker 12: to the guys and kind of steps back and allows

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Speaker 12: you to.

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Speaker 5: Talk about what you're feeling, what's going on.

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Speaker 12: And so it's cool to have somebody like that in

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Speaker 12: the building who understands specialists. And then with his assistant

447
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Speaker 12: Chris gold Beep we call him Beeps, always out there too.

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Speaker 5: And so the two of.

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Speaker 12: Them have just been I mean, they're a great call,

450
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Speaker 12: but we we have a really fun time in that room,

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Speaker 12: and so having a fun times just that's what my

452
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Speaker 12: life's about, and so I'm happy to have some coaches

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Speaker 12: that respect that and want to be the same.

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Speaker 4: All Right, You've got the cheats up next. Obviously there's

455
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Speaker 4: a lot on the line for both teams here. They

456
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Speaker 4: have a history of making special teams plays that blocked

457
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Speaker 4: field goals. When you're a kicker and you are facing

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Speaker 4: a team that has a reputation for making plays on

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Speaker 4: special teams, how much does that get into your head

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Speaker 4: and how focused are you on that.

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Speaker 5: I don't look at it at all. Really, it means

462
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Speaker 5: nothing to me.

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Speaker 12: I mean, I trust our guys, and I have full

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Speaker 12: confidence and everything that we do throughout our operation, throughout

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Speaker 12: the guys up front. I think it's same with the

466
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Speaker 12: punt team or a kickoff return, with everything going on.

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Speaker 12: So I personally don't pay attention to it. I think

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Speaker 12: as long as we go out and execute our job,

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Speaker 12: we'll take care of business. And so I trust those

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Speaker 12: guys and I go out there and we just try

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Speaker 12: to execute.

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Speaker 1: Last thing for you Cameron again, appreciate you being here

473
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Speaker 1: when you just look at the standings right now.

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Speaker 2: Granted there's still a path.

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Speaker 1: You know, Chiefs are not wrapped with the division big

476
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Speaker 1: game this weekend, but you quite possibly will be going

477
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Speaker 1: to places like Kansas City, Buffalo, Pittsburgh and kicking big

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Speaker 1: kicks in January.

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Speaker 2: Here.

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Speaker 1: Is there anything you can do in the glory and

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Speaker 1: sunshine of southern California to try to prepare yourself with

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Speaker 1: the fact that your job, more than anybody else's, might

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Speaker 1: change at the most important point in the season.

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Speaker 12: I mean, there's nothing really we can do here. We're

485
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Speaker 12: very blessed to be in this beautiful climate. So it's fun.

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Speaker 12: It's nice for us to have this, but it's also

487
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Speaker 12: one of those things where when it comes to those games,

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Speaker 12: you just got to have the cleats ready, you got

489
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Speaker 12: to be mentally just ready to go. There's not really

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Speaker 12: much you can do to prepare. It's just one of

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Speaker 12: those things you show up game day and you got

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Speaker 12: to be ready to roll.

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Speaker 1: The Walter Payton Man of the Year Award nominee for

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Speaker 1: the LA Chargers. Cameron, congratulations again, man, really appreciate you

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Speaker 1: being here.

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Speaker 5: Thank you guys, big.

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Speaker 1: Game for the Chargers and the Chiefs on Sunday. Big

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Speaker 1: game tonight between the Packers and the Lions in another

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Speaker 1: division in Battle. Our guy is Brian Baldinger and Mark

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Speaker 1: Ross will be back to tell you do the Packers

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Speaker 1: have a path to winning this one.

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Speaker 9: That's next on the Insiders. Love looks to the air.

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Speaker 9: It throws the right side.

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Speaker 1: He's gotta saying the off back looking growing Biddle touchdown

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Speaker 1: Detroit Lions touch style.

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Speaker 2: Jake looks like a bult of light as bear straight up.

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Speaker 2: The dutch Man's up.

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Speaker 5: It's ut style was able.

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Speaker 2: To ree when the wills and put his hands some

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Speaker 2: magical snow.

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Speaker 9: Rounds sail for a second the day.

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Speaker 8: Dorning these guys the unbelievable.

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Speaker 2: Oh yeah, Week fourteen.

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Speaker 1: The game is indoors, but here's a graphic with a

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Speaker 1: snow glow, you know, because outdoors, maybe there'd be some

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Speaker 1: snow in Detroit, but this game is inside Ford Field.

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Speaker 2: Maybe it's a tribute to the movie poster for ELF.

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Speaker 2: I'm not sure.

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Speaker 1: Bottom line Lions Backers tonight, Tom Belliicero back on the

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Speaker 1: Insiders of Brian Baldy or at Mark.

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Speaker 2: Ross, Huge game.

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Speaker 1: Baldi regardless of what the hype posters look like.

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Speaker 2: Here, what's the key? I'm pumped.

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Speaker 14: I'm pumped for this one tonight. No, these are two

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Speaker 14: of the teams that it's a trend league wide now

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Speaker 14: that run the ball more than they throw it, and

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Speaker 14: they really lean on the run game to get things started.

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Speaker 14: So I'm looking at Josh Jacobs in green Bay. Though

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Speaker 14: the game five weeks ago in Green Bay, Josh Jacobs

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Speaker 14: got off to a great start in that game, ran

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Speaker 14: for ninety five yards runs just like this. The tight

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Speaker 14: end Tucker Craft is a great blocking tight end. In

533
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Speaker 14: this game, they didn't have their starting center, Josh Myers.

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Speaker 14: He's back in this game. Jenkins is back at left guard,

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Speaker 14: and Detroit looks a little under manned in the middle.

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Speaker 14: No dj Reader, no Angeloni, no Malcolm Rodriguez. Like it

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Speaker 14: seems like this is a game where Green Bay should

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Speaker 14: want to get the running game going. I know Josh

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Speaker 14: Jacobs has been played a little bit by a bad calf,

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Speaker 14: so maybe you get a little bit more Emmanuel Wilson.

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Speaker 14: But the two of them in combination are a really

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Speaker 14: good combination, and I think that's something that they're going

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Speaker 14: to be looking for and doing tonight.

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Speaker 2: Well, Baldy.

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Speaker 10: If Detroit is able to stop that run, it plays

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Speaker 10: into their hands of the best secondary in the NFL,

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Speaker 10: led by their defensive coordinator, former All Pro corner Aaron

548
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Speaker 10: Glenn and mixing and matching all those guys there on

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Speaker 10: the back end led by Kirby Joseph who leaves the

550
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Speaker 10: NFL in interceptions, but he's not even the best safety

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Speaker 10: on the team. That's Brian Branch who does everything back there.

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Speaker 10: Carlton Davis has really been coming on strong, Terry and Arnold.

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Speaker 2: The rookie gets better every week.

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Speaker 10: He looks like he's going to be a future All

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Speaker 10: Pro even if Meet Robinson jumps in there and he

556
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Speaker 10: makes plays in that secondary. So it'll be really interesting

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Speaker 10: how Aaron Glenn mixes and matches all of those guys.

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Speaker 10: Tons of versatility, All those guys are tough, really good

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Speaker 10: ball skills to match that Green Bay versatile playmaking group

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Speaker 10: there live by Jayden.

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Speaker 2: Reed and Christian Watson and Romeo Dobbs.

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Speaker 10: And you mentioned Tucker Kraft as a blocker, but he's

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Speaker 10: been making plays too as a receiver Don Tavi and

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Speaker 10: Wicks as well, So I think that'll just be a

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Speaker 10: fascinating matchup if Jordan Love is airing it out a

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Speaker 10: lot to see how all of that versatility with Detroit's

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Speaker 10: backfield matches up with all the versatility with the green

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Speaker 10: playmakers there.

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Speaker 2: Tom.

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Speaker 14: You know, you know it's interesting Mark. In that last game,

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Speaker 14: Brian Branch got hurt and they had to rotate the safety,

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Speaker 14: so Kirby Joseph went to the strong safety. His first play,

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Speaker 14: he ended up intercepting Jordan Love for that pick six

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Speaker 14: right before the end of the half. It flipped that

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Speaker 14: whole game around. But you know, in the last two

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Speaker 14: weeks now, Jordan Love is not throwing an interception. He's

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Speaker 14: taking care of the ball a lot better, and so

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Speaker 14: he knows how important taking care of the football is.

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Speaker 14: To your point, the secondary of Detroit has challenged a

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Speaker 14: lot of quarterbacks, but that would be something to look

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Speaker 14: for tonight. If Jordan Love can make those throws to

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Speaker 14: that receiving core you talk about, Mark without throwing an

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Speaker 14: interception tonight.

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Speaker 1: It's pretty wild when you look at all the moves

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Speaker 1: the lines have had to make with their defense. They

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Speaker 1: put two guys on ir this week. They ruled out

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Speaker 1: three of their rotational defensive linemen and oh yeah, Jamal Adams,

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Speaker 1: who signed four days ago, has just been elevated. He's

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Speaker 1: going to make his Lions debut tonight. Regardless, let's get

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Speaker 1: hyped for Week fourteen.

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Speaker 14: Yeah, I got one game ball Okay, look, I.

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Speaker 10: Mean guys playing his ass off. The guy a pick

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Speaker 10: six and then a third down pretty much stand the game, O.

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Speaker 2: Leota.

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Speaker 1: Get all right.

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Speaker 4: Let's look again at that NFC playoff picture and look

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Speaker 4: at all of those NFC West teams that made their

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Speaker 4: way into our graphic. Obviously, the Seahawks are in there

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Speaker 4: as the three seed at seven and five, but the

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Speaker 4: other three NFC West teams are still in the hunt.

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Speaker 4: Can't be counted out. It has been quite a season

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Speaker 4: for this division. Let's bring in our Omar Ruiz, who

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Speaker 4: has a huge NFC West showdown game this weekend, Seahawks

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Speaker 4: and Cardinals. The Seahawks are on a three game winning streak,

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Speaker 4: thanks in large part to their defense. But they just

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Speaker 4: played the Cardinals two weeks ago, so they know this

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Speaker 4: team very well. What do they have to do to

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Speaker 4: stay aggressive against the Cardinals.

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Speaker 11: Yeah, that'd win a couple weeks ago, sixteen to six

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Speaker 11: in Seattle. Neither team taking much stock in that, but

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Speaker 11: both teams taking stock and how well the Seahawks defense

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Speaker 11: has been playing of late, especially Leonard Williams who went

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Speaker 11: on a tear against the Cardinals in that game a

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Speaker 11: couple of weeks ago, two and a half sacks really

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Speaker 11: wrecked the game. Cardinals focusing on how to limit the

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Speaker 11: damage that Leonard Williams can do, and he continued that tear,

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Speaker 11: not only with a couple more sacks this past weekend,

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Speaker 11: but the ninety two interception return NFL history for the

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Speaker 11: largest or the longest pick six by a defensive lineman.

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Speaker 2: He's on a roll.

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Speaker 11: And of course, Kobe Bryant the week before that was

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Speaker 11: the NFC Player of the Week, just like Leonard Williams

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Speaker 11: was this past week. And Brian of course had the

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Speaker 11: sixty nine yard pick six against the Cardinals that helped

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Speaker 11: win that game. So Mike McDonald's saying, yes, those guys

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Speaker 11: getting that defensive Player of the Week honors is really

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Speaker 11: a team attribute their entire team playing well collectively. Asked

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Speaker 11: Marvin Harrison Junior, the rookie Cardinals star receiver, what he's

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Speaker 11: seen differently the last few weeks by the Seahawks defense.

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Speaker 11: And he said they're playing more man in secondary. They

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Speaker 11: have the talent to do it, the aggressiveness to do it.

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Speaker 11: The Cardinals have to be ready to combat that. But

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Speaker 11: when you look at the Seahawks season so far this year, Judy,

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Speaker 11: they have two three game winning streaks sandwiched around that

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Speaker 11: stretch in the middle of the season where they lost

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Speaker 11: five of six. In those three game winning streaks, the

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Speaker 11: one to start the season and currently on they're averaging

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Speaker 11: fourteen and a half points allowed in the games in

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Speaker 11: the middle they're giving up almost thirty points. So obviously

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Speaker 11: they've turned it around, thanks in large part to Mike

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Speaker 11: McDonald and his defense. And we must note, Judy, congratulations

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Speaker 11: are an order to the McDonald family. Mike and his

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Speaker 11: wife Stephanie giving birth to Jack David McDonald this week.

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Speaker 2: They became parents the youngest head coach in the NFL.

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Speaker 11: So congratulations to McDonald and the Seahawks family.

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Speaker 4: There absolutely congratulations to their entire family. All right, let's

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Speaker 4: talk about both of these teams on could be looking

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Speaker 4: for a little bit more consistency on their offense. We

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Speaker 4: just talked about the Seattle defense being superb. What's been

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Speaker 4: the focus for these teams, is they prepare for this game.

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Speaker 11: Yeah, it's a good point, Judy, because obviously with the Cardinals,

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Speaker 11: they had been so good in the red zone and

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Speaker 11: gold to go situations. They had scored touchdowns in their

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Speaker 11: first sixteen opportunities during the season. Been a little more

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Speaker 11: struggle the past couple weeks and talking to players this week,

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Speaker 11: it's all about execution. And you look at their game

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Speaker 11: against the Vikings here down the stretch. Yes you had

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Speaker 11: that Marvin Harrison touchdown, but late in the game, they had.

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Speaker 2: First and goal from the five, they get.

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Speaker 11: Called for a false start, gets pushed back five yards,

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Speaker 11: first and goal from the ten. Now then Kyler Murray

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Speaker 11: gets called for intentional grounding, a fifteen yard penalty took

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Speaker 11: them out of essentially touchdown range. They eventually kicked the

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Speaker 11: field goal, and that allowed the Vikings to go all

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Speaker 11: the way back and score the game winning touchdown. So

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Speaker 11: execution simply the focus really in attitude that they have

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Speaker 11: to punch it in when they have that opportunity.

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Speaker 2: For the Cardinals.

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Speaker 11: For the Seahawks, meanwhile, not necessarily focusing on the deficiencies offensively,

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Speaker 11: what they are focusing on are the successes they've had

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Speaker 11: when they need to score they have. That's something that

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Speaker 11: DK Metcalf said that they need to start probably a

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Speaker 11: little faster in these games. But Gino Smith has been

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Speaker 11: especially good in two minute situations, both at the end

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Speaker 11: of the first half and at the end of games.

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Speaker 11: We saw him almost single handedly there beat the forty

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Speaker 11: nine ers late in that one and Gino Smith one

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Speaker 11: of the most productive players in these two minute situations,

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Speaker 11: and overall the Seahawks are plus thirty seven in that

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Speaker 11: category this year, which is leading the NFL. I asked

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Speaker 11: Garrett Williams, the young and up and coming corner for

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Speaker 11: the Cardinals, what he sees from that Seahawks offense that's

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Speaker 11: different when they operate in the two minute and he

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Speaker 11: says those Seahawks remain aggressive offensively. He said a lot

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Speaker 11: of times they play teams that down checked down a

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Speaker 11: little more in those situations. Hope that maybe a player

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Speaker 11: makes breaks a tackle and makes a big play. Will

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Speaker 11: the Seahawks go and force that they continue to throw

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Speaker 11: downfield to Jackson Smith and Jigba and DK Metcalf and

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Speaker 11: Tyler Lockett and the rest.

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Speaker 2: Of that crew.

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Speaker 11: Williams saying it is up to them to make plays

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Speaker 11: on the ball themselves when they have the opportunity. If

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Speaker 11: the Seahawks offense is going to be opportunistic and aggressive

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Speaker 11: in that department, that's a matchup I'm going to be

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Speaker 11: watching here on Sunday. Garrett Williams, one of the best

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Speaker 11: young corners emerging in football, one of the best in

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Speaker 11: the slot against Jackson Smith and Jigua who, according to

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Speaker 11: next Gen Stats, leads the NFL in reception and yards

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Speaker 11: catching things in the slot. So a little game within

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Speaker 11: the game there in that matchup, Judy, that's.

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Speaker 4: A big game. Big implications are Marruiz.

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Speaker 2: Thank you.

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Speaker 4: Don't go anywhere because we'll be coming back to you later. First, Ian.

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Speaker 6: Cowboys with our good friend Jane Slater. Jane, thank you

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Speaker 6: for joining us. I know you're a huge Simpsons fan,

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Speaker 6: into your favorite character, your favorite episode. A lot going on,

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Speaker 6: but first, this Cowboys offense actually is kind of catching

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Speaker 6: catching stride a little bit with Cooper Rush. Tell me

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Speaker 6: about this Cowboys offense and where it is going.

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Speaker 15: Well, first, I want to answer that question. I remember

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Speaker 15: the Simpsons. Is how old I am when they were

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Speaker 15: on the Tracy Ollman Show and it was like sketch

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Speaker 15: looking aspects of what the Simpsons look like now, So

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Speaker 15: I remember it going all the way back to that

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Speaker 15: when it was almost naughty to watch the Simpsons. So

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Speaker 15: exciting to see this iteration for them on Monday. Yeah,

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Speaker 15: let's talk about the offense. You know that old saying

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Speaker 15: the Lord giveth, the Lord taketh away. Well, that's what

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Speaker 15: kind of feels like with this Cowboys team. They get

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Speaker 15: their first win at home against the Giants last weekend.

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Speaker 13: Cooper Rush now.

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Speaker 15: Two games without an interception, and then we hear news

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Speaker 15: today that Zach Martin is having season ending surgery on

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Speaker 15: that right ankle. This will be the second surgery on

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Speaker 15: that ankle. He was already having problems with the other ankle.

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Speaker 15: There was hope that he was going to be able

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Speaker 15: to come back and play in this one ian But

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Speaker 15: as he described to us in the locker room today,

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Speaker 15: he and Britt Brown were working out last couple of

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Speaker 15: the last two weeks rather and he just wasn't responding

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Speaker 15: to treatment, so they decided it was time to go

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Speaker 15: ahead and get surgery. The good news is they do

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Speaker 15: have Brock coffin there who plays really, really nasty, and

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Speaker 15: everyone feels really good about him playing there. But to

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Speaker 15: Cooper Rush, you know, talking to folks in the locker room,

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Speaker 15: they've noticed that, you know, he's not a guy that

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Speaker 15: says a lot.

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Speaker 13: In fact, anytime I do an interview.

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Speaker 15: With Cooper Rush, it's pretty succinct I get a lot

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Speaker 15: of questions in when I talked to him. But today

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Speaker 15: I did ask him about where is it that he's

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Speaker 15: hitting his stride lately, and he says he is feeling

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Speaker 15: more comfortable in this offense. This will be his fifth

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Speaker 15: start this season, and it was his oc this week

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Speaker 15: Brian Schottenheimer, who talked about the fact that Cooper is

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Speaker 15: now feeling more empowered to say this works for me,

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Speaker 15: This doesn't work for me, just because this particular play

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Speaker 15: work for Dak doesn't mean it necessarily works for Cooper Rush.

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Speaker 15: So they're seeing him get more involved in some of

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Speaker 15: the plays. I think you're seeing the fruits of that.

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Speaker 15: There could be an opportunity this week, though, to run

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Speaker 15: the ball more. We've seen Rico Dwdell really start to

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Speaker 15: pick up some pace here. He had one hundred and

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Speaker 15: twelve yards against the Giants. In the Cowboys, when they

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Speaker 15: see him rushing for eighty five yards or war, they're

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Speaker 15: three to zero.

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Speaker 13: Might I add that this Bengals.

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Speaker 15: Defense, even though they've got an MVP candidate there and

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Speaker 15: Joe Burrow in this offense, the defense hasn't been doing

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Speaker 15: them a lot of favors, particularly porous against the run.

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Speaker 13: So this is an opportunity not only to.

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Speaker 15: Help this offense continue some of the momentum that they've

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Speaker 15: been on, but maybe go ahead and get the ball

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Speaker 15: running on the ground. As Cooper Rush told it to me,

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Speaker 15: you know, that's really how you get the offense going,

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Speaker 15: if you can establish the passing game, but get it

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Speaker 15: going with the running game.

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Speaker 13: And that's what they've been doing in the last couple

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Speaker 13: of weeks.

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Speaker 6: Well, let's talk about this Cowboys defense a little bit.

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Speaker 6: It has actually improved over the course of the last

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Speaker 6: couple of weeks. But they are facing Joe Burrow, who,

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Speaker 6: by the way, was the player of the Month the

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Speaker 6: last month despite his team not being very good. What

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Speaker 6: can this Cowboys defense do, if anything, to stop Burrow.

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Speaker 15: Well, I think Micah Parson is, as he put it,

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Speaker 15: going to have to have one of his best games

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Speaker 15: out there. He actually is excited about the challenge of

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Speaker 15: Joe Burrow, T Higgins, Jamar Chase. He said, name a

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Speaker 15: better duo. He actually thinks that this game is going

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Speaker 15: to be their toughest on the calendar, next to what

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Speaker 15: the Eagles were for them. He just really admires the

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Speaker 15: way that this team plays. But look, I think that

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Speaker 15: there's been a significant buy in finally of this defense

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Speaker 15: to what Mike Zimmer's doing. Mike Zimmer's defense when I

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Speaker 15: talked to a bunch of players the last couple of weeks,

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Speaker 15: conceding that it just was very different from what Dan

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Speaker 15: Quinn was used to. They're also moving Mica around a

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Speaker 15: lot more. They're actually using him in the interior a

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Speaker 15: lot these days, and so Mike Zimmer, I think, is

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Speaker 15: finally getting through to this group and we're seeing that.

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Speaker 15: But it will be a pretty big test when you

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Speaker 15: consider the way that Joe Borrow is playing. I mean

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Speaker 15: he's got Michah Parsons vote for MVP. That's what Parsons

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Speaker 15: told us today. He said, this is a guy that

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Speaker 15: deserves the MVP this year.

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Speaker 6: I mean, he deserves all the things, no doubt about it.

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Speaker 2: Jane, thank you very much.

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Speaker 6: That's gonna be an awesome game in Springfield coming up

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Speaker 6: this week. Appreciate you as always. Meanwhile, that guy right there,

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Speaker 6: Kirk Cousins, the former Vikings quarterback returning to his old

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Speaker 6: home for the first times, Bean signing with the Falcons.

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Speaker 2: What is he getting in this game?

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Speaker 6: Let's talk to Baldy and Tom, who, as coincidence has it,

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Speaker 6: are literally going to be at this game coming up

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Speaker 6: next on the in.

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Speaker 1: Zippers Falcons Vikings on Sunday in Minneapolis. Again, the game's indoors,

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Speaker 1: I enjoy it.

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Speaker 2: Is that a falcon in the sky? Okay, well that's

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Speaker 2: points for that.

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Speaker 1: I think that's justin Jefferson maybe AJ Turrell there. It's

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Speaker 1: not gonna look like that in US Bank Stadium. If

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Speaker 1: it is, we got a big problem. They dealt with

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Speaker 1: that here. Once Lions can cleanch a playoff birth tonight

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Speaker 1: by beating the Packers, the Vikings can clinch with a

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Speaker 1: win plus some help in the later window on Sunday.

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Speaker 1: I will be there for the Vikings and Falcons, so

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Speaker 1: will our guy Brian Baldinger, who joins us again here

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Speaker 1: on the Insiders.

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Speaker 2: Balding. Falcons have been sliding.

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Speaker 1: They've struggled to generate offense here over these past couple

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Speaker 1: of weeks. And you were also there last week, as

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Speaker 1: was I and the Cardinals give her. The Vikings offense

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Speaker 1: didn't look pretty good for three quarters until they found

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Speaker 1: themselves down the stretch.

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Speaker 2: What are the keys in this matchup?

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Speaker 14: Well, I mean it was the turnover was really by

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Speaker 14: Arizona last week. And you know, Minnesota leads the league

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Speaker 14: with eighteen interceptions. They got two there in the fourth

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Speaker 14: quarter that kind of shut the door on the Cardinals.

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Speaker 14: And they found Justin Jefferson in the second half and

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Speaker 14: he was the difference, especially in that final drive converting

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Speaker 14: a fourth to five. But you know, I mean Kirk Cousins,

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Speaker 14: this is his homecoming. They put it on the schedule.

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Speaker 14: It's supposed to be a big deal. But he's not

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Speaker 14: playing well. He was terrible last week against the Chargers

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Speaker 14: in this three game losing streak. Right now, you know,

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Speaker 14: I hadn't thrown a touchdown passes, but he's thrown six interceptions.

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Speaker 14: And really, Tom, if you look at all six losses

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Speaker 14: this year, they haven't scored more than seventeen points in

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Speaker 14: any of those losses. And I don't think if they

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Speaker 14: score seventeen points on Sunday of Minnesota, they're gonna win

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Speaker 14: this game. So this is a lot of pressure and

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Speaker 14: spotlight on Kirk Cousins. He knew it was already going

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Speaker 14: to be there. Whatever the reaction by the fans is

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Speaker 14: going to be, it's going to be. But he knows

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Speaker 14: he's got to play better, and so the pressure's on.

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Speaker 14: He's under the spotlight. He's back home at US Bank Stadium,

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Speaker 14: and they need a better performance I think, you know,

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Speaker 14: from Kirk Cousins in his game. Otherwise, I mean, he

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Speaker 14: might as well start looking at Michael pennixs and see

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Speaker 14: if he can give them a lift or a pop

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Speaker 14: right now for the offense, because a seventeen point offense,

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Speaker 14: I don't believe he's going to get them to the playoffs.

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Speaker 1: We have not seen meaningful snaps yet for Michael Pennicks junior.

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Speaker 1: Of course, also have not seen any snaps for the

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Speaker 1: Vikings top ten drafted quarterback JJ McCarthy, who's been out

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Speaker 1: this entire season because of knee surgery. The guy drafted

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Speaker 1: at number twelve, however.

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Speaker 2: Is playing pretty well.

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Speaker 6: For those who decided the offensive Rookie of the Year award,

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Speaker 6: already giving it to Jaydon Daniels, I think Bo Nicks

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Speaker 6: may like a word with you. I mean that was

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Speaker 6: just ridiculous the other night. I mean, just big play

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Speaker 6: after big play.

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Speaker 3: It was yeah.

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Speaker 6: I mean I think Bo Nicks put on his play

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Speaker 6: for the entire country to watch and take in and realize,

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00:42:25,520 --> 00:42:26,120
Speaker 6: you know what.

880
00:42:26,360 --> 00:42:28,120
Speaker 2: This rookie from the Broncos is pretty good.

881
00:42:28,239 --> 00:42:32,320
Speaker 6: Let's welcome back in Omar Ruiz and Mark Ross. Omar

882
00:42:32,440 --> 00:42:37,000
Speaker 6: start with you. Bo Nicks has been everything everyone hoped

883
00:42:37,040 --> 00:42:39,239
Speaker 6: he would be and more. I mean, that long TV

884
00:42:39,360 --> 00:42:43,400
Speaker 6: TD we just saw to Marvin Nims was ridiculous. Where's

885
00:42:43,480 --> 00:42:48,040
Speaker 6: his confidence right now? I imagine pretty high.

886
00:42:48,120 --> 00:42:51,040
Speaker 11: It's growing in every single week he continues to play

887
00:42:51,520 --> 00:42:54,880
Speaker 11: with more confidence and having gotten to Denver on Saturday

888
00:42:54,920 --> 00:42:57,040
Speaker 11: ahead of that Monday night football game, going to practice,

889
00:42:57,080 --> 00:42:59,640
Speaker 11: talking with different people throughout the organization. As it was

890
00:42:59,640 --> 00:43:03,600
Speaker 11: described to me, Bonnicks plays with an edgy confidence, and

891
00:43:03,640 --> 00:43:06,480
Speaker 11: that edginess is something that has rubbed off on the

892
00:43:06,640 --> 00:43:08,759
Speaker 11: entire team, So they are all playing with that edge.

893
00:43:08,760 --> 00:43:11,000
Speaker 11: And I think we could all agree that Sean Paynton

894
00:43:11,080 --> 00:43:15,560
Speaker 11: operates with some edgy confidence, so they are collectively playing

895
00:43:15,560 --> 00:43:17,600
Speaker 11: with a bunch of confidence. I asked bo Nicks after

896
00:43:17,640 --> 00:43:20,680
Speaker 11: the game how they continue to find different ways to win,

897
00:43:20,719 --> 00:43:24,000
Speaker 11: because remember earlier in this season, their defense really held

898
00:43:24,080 --> 00:43:26,640
Speaker 11: up much of the end of the bargain, winning say,

899
00:43:26,760 --> 00:43:29,960
Speaker 11: ten to nine against the Jets, and then obviously they

900
00:43:30,000 --> 00:43:33,480
Speaker 11: outscored the Browns on Monday forty one thirty two, and

901
00:43:33,520 --> 00:43:35,279
Speaker 11: bo Nicks kept coming and he told me, well, they

902
00:43:35,280 --> 00:43:38,680
Speaker 11: are playing aggressively, they are playing confidently, and he said,

903
00:43:38,680 --> 00:43:40,440
Speaker 11: they're playing like they have a chip on their shoulder,

904
00:43:40,440 --> 00:43:42,520
Speaker 11: and it's not only to prove to the outside world

905
00:43:42,760 --> 00:43:45,359
Speaker 11: that they are good, but to prove to themselves that

906
00:43:45,400 --> 00:43:47,520
Speaker 11: they are so at eight and five, they continue to

907
00:43:47,520 --> 00:43:49,920
Speaker 11: grow with confidence every single week. They have a bye

908
00:43:50,280 --> 00:43:52,799
Speaker 11: this week, and they can really put a stranglehold on

909
00:43:52,960 --> 00:43:56,200
Speaker 11: that seventh seed. In the AFC playoff picture, because they

910
00:43:56,200 --> 00:43:59,000
Speaker 11: have a two game lead over the Colts right now,

911
00:43:59,280 --> 00:44:00,680
Speaker 11: and when they come out out of the buye, they

912
00:44:00,719 --> 00:44:02,840
Speaker 11: play the Colts, and so they have a chance to

913
00:44:02,880 --> 00:44:06,520
Speaker 11: take a three game commanding lead and really separate themselves

914
00:44:06,800 --> 00:44:09,040
Speaker 11: in that playoff race. But one of the things that

915
00:44:09,120 --> 00:44:11,080
Speaker 11: was even more impressive about bo Nicks not just the

916
00:44:11,080 --> 00:44:13,280
Speaker 11: big numbers and throwing for touchdowns, It is the way,

917
00:44:13,719 --> 00:44:17,640
Speaker 11: after he had played almost flawlessly the few weeks before

918
00:44:18,000 --> 00:44:20,200
Speaker 11: this past Monday, he threw a couple of interceptions, but

919
00:44:20,360 --> 00:44:23,560
Speaker 11: just kept coming and that confidence never wavered. As Marvin

920
00:44:23,600 --> 00:44:26,960
Speaker 11: Minz described him to me, bo Nicks is unfeasible, and

921
00:44:27,000 --> 00:44:28,440
Speaker 11: that was on display on Monday night.

922
00:44:30,400 --> 00:44:32,920
Speaker 10: Oh Mart, you talk about the confidence and being unfazed.

923
00:44:32,960 --> 00:44:35,520
Speaker 10: And as a former college scowl, I always go back

924
00:44:35,560 --> 00:44:36,800
Speaker 10: to what they did in college.

925
00:44:36,800 --> 00:44:38,040
Speaker 2: And this guy played.

926
00:44:37,760 --> 00:44:40,200
Speaker 10: A lot of football in college, started out at Auburn

927
00:44:40,280 --> 00:44:42,600
Speaker 10: it seemed like thirty five years ago, and then went

928
00:44:42,680 --> 00:44:45,840
Speaker 10: to Oregon, played a lot of coach's son, so he

929
00:44:46,080 --> 00:44:48,600
Speaker 10: already had that innate confidence and the ability to say,

930
00:44:48,600 --> 00:44:50,359
Speaker 10: you know what, I've seen it all and done it all,

931
00:44:50,680 --> 00:44:53,360
Speaker 10: and throughout the scouting process the things that bo Nicks

932
00:44:53,360 --> 00:44:55,839
Speaker 10: did really well was the short passing game. One read,

933
00:44:55,920 --> 00:44:58,200
Speaker 10: get it out, and he went to the perfect head

934
00:44:58,239 --> 00:45:01,000
Speaker 10: coach and Sean Payton, who as we saw with his

935
00:45:01,040 --> 00:45:04,120
Speaker 10: success with Drew Brees, those were really the things that

936
00:45:04,200 --> 00:45:06,560
Speaker 10: he thrived that. So you had the perfect match of

937
00:45:07,000 --> 00:45:09,680
Speaker 10: what bo Knicks did well in college with Sean Payton. Well,

938
00:45:09,719 --> 00:45:12,600
Speaker 10: now what I'm seeing in bo Nicks is he's expanded

939
00:45:12,719 --> 00:45:16,040
Speaker 10: on that where you see him pushing the ball downfield

940
00:45:16,080 --> 00:45:18,200
Speaker 10: a lot more as we saw the other night, but

941
00:45:18,280 --> 00:45:20,279
Speaker 10: he's done it other games as well. It's not just

942
00:45:20,360 --> 00:45:23,040
Speaker 10: a short passing game. He is pushing it downfield a

943
00:45:23,040 --> 00:45:26,640
Speaker 10: lot and then also moving around and making plays.

944
00:45:26,320 --> 00:45:26,960
Speaker 2: With his legs.

945
00:45:26,960 --> 00:45:28,520
Speaker 10: He didn't do a whole ton of it at Oregon,

946
00:45:28,560 --> 00:45:30,600
Speaker 10: as I mentioned, just they just kind of got the

947
00:45:30,640 --> 00:45:32,840
Speaker 10: ball out of his hands quick on that offense. But

948
00:45:32,960 --> 00:45:35,160
Speaker 10: now you're seeing him move around a lot and even

949
00:45:35,239 --> 00:45:37,600
Speaker 10: take off certain games and make plays with his legs.

950
00:45:37,640 --> 00:45:40,480
Speaker 10: So the expansion of his game with pushing it downfield

951
00:45:40,560 --> 00:45:42,960
Speaker 10: and making plays running around, I mean, this guy is

952
00:45:43,000 --> 00:45:43,760
Speaker 10: a legit player.

953
00:45:43,800 --> 00:45:47,600
Speaker 11: Fellas we talked about the chip on the shoulder that

954
00:45:47,640 --> 00:45:50,439
Speaker 11: bo Nicks described how that team is operating. I talked

955
00:45:50,440 --> 00:45:52,960
Speaker 11: to Quinn Miners, one of the offensive linemen, and he

956
00:45:53,000 --> 00:45:55,280
Speaker 11: said he's been keeping all the receipts for the people

957
00:45:55,280 --> 00:45:58,759
Speaker 11: that counted out the Broncos this season. And then I said, well,

958
00:45:58,760 --> 00:46:00,640
Speaker 11: how does it feel to have that sort of gratification.

959
00:46:00,719 --> 00:46:02,960
Speaker 11: He said, well, we're not ready to cash in on

960
00:46:03,040 --> 00:46:05,879
Speaker 11: those receipts just yet, but they do have them. They

961
00:46:05,880 --> 00:46:08,240
Speaker 11: are hoping to catch them in and make the playoffs

962
00:46:08,280 --> 00:46:10,719
Speaker 11: for the first time since Peyton, Manning and No Fly

963
00:46:10,920 --> 00:46:13,760
Speaker 11: Zone won the Super Bowl after that twenty fifteen season.

964
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Speaker 2: Omar Mark, thank you very much.

965
00:46:18,760 --> 00:46:21,600
Speaker 6: You brought up Manning. You know what, Let's talk about Manning,

966
00:46:21,640 --> 00:46:24,080
Speaker 6: not that Manning. Let's talk about the other Manning. We

967
00:46:24,160 --> 00:46:27,640
Speaker 6: know that this guy, Eli Manning has quite a rivalry,

968
00:46:27,880 --> 00:46:30,480
Speaker 6: Tom Brady, if you call a rivalry where Manning just

969
00:46:30,520 --> 00:46:34,000
Speaker 6: wins every time. Obviously that happens on the football field.

970
00:46:34,040 --> 00:46:36,239
Speaker 6: It is all played out in the football field. But

971
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Speaker 6: has it played out in fishing? Yeah, yeah, it has.

972
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Speaker 6: Let's talk about it. Coming up next on The Insiders.

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Speaker 1: All thirty two teams announcing their nominees today for the

974
00:46:47,760 --> 00:46:51,000
Speaker 1: Walter Peyton Man of the Year Award, including that guy

975
00:46:51,080 --> 00:46:55,280
Speaker 1: Larry Ogan Joby of the Steelers, who incidentally and relatedly

976
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Speaker 1: will be joining The Insiders tomorrow night, seven pm Eastern

977
00:46:58,239 --> 00:47:01,040
Speaker 1: Time on NFL Network.

978
00:47:01,560 --> 00:47:03,680
Speaker 2: Tom Brady and Eli Manning they've got.

979
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Speaker 1: Some history on the football field now that apparently extends

980
00:47:07,239 --> 00:47:10,760
Speaker 1: to their fishing exploits. You see Tom posting a photo

981
00:47:10,760 --> 00:47:13,880
Speaker 1: with that red snapper, to which Ela responded, cute Minno

982
00:47:13,920 --> 00:47:17,280
Speaker 1: Tom Brady firing back. You use a helmet to catch

983
00:47:17,320 --> 00:47:20,000
Speaker 1: that one too, Tom, We all know what you're doing.

984
00:47:20,080 --> 00:47:23,280
Speaker 1: The fish was irrelevant in that photo. You just wanted

985
00:47:23,320 --> 00:47:27,000
Speaker 1: to show off the shirtless retirement, bod Judy.

986
00:47:27,040 --> 00:47:28,440
Speaker 2: I'll let you get back to the fish here.

987
00:47:31,120 --> 00:47:34,400
Speaker 4: Let's go to our good friend Sean O'Hara, who brought

988
00:47:34,520 --> 00:47:38,880
Speaker 4: up another memory that Tom probably doesn't want to think about. Dangy,

989
00:47:39,040 --> 00:47:42,400
Speaker 4: take it easy. That's at least eighteen and one inches.

990
00:47:46,120 --> 00:47:48,840
Speaker 6: Fishing smack is kind of where I draw the line,

991
00:47:49,080 --> 00:47:51,440
Speaker 6: like you just put your thing in and then whoever

992
00:47:51,480 --> 00:47:55,520
Speaker 6: big the fish is, that's what you get, right, Like celebrating.

993
00:47:55,040 --> 00:47:55,520
Speaker 2: A big boy.

994
00:47:55,600 --> 00:47:57,360
Speaker 6: This sounds weird to me. Man, I don't know a

995
00:47:57,400 --> 00:47:58,240
Speaker 6: lot about fishing.

996
00:47:58,600 --> 00:47:59,239
Speaker 2: Bye.