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Speaker 1: NFL Podcast. My name is Dan As. I come to

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Speaker 1: they wouldn't have one primetime game. The rest of their

427
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Speaker 1: offense is loaded. Is a flaming asteroid? Good, well, you

428
00:21:55,320 --> 00:21:57,359
Speaker 1: can see it. I don't know what I'm seeing at

429
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Speaker 1: their quarterback positions. And and don't discount that Jets, Patriots

430
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Speaker 1: Monday Night or last year that was easily the highlight

431
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Speaker 1: of the club. That was a good one. Uh, I'm

432
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Speaker 1: I'm surprised, but I guess this is another result of

433
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Speaker 1: the seventeen game schedule. Everyone gets one again. That used

434
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Speaker 1: to be a thing, and last year there were there

435
00:22:15,359 --> 00:22:17,879
Speaker 1: were a handful of teams in the last few years

436
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Speaker 1: where teams were just completely left out because like the Lions,

437
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Speaker 1: for instance, getting a primetime game at all almost surprises

438
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Speaker 1: me because if you look at the beginning of their schedule, uh,

439
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Speaker 1: it's like the Lions very likely are gonna be out

440
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Speaker 1: of it from the jump. Their first three games are

441
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Speaker 1: forty Niners, Packers, Ravens. It's like, hey, thanks, thanks, Dan Campbell,

442
00:22:39,800 --> 00:22:42,040
Speaker 1: thanks for playing. Uh, you gotta play them three and

443
00:22:42,080 --> 00:22:43,760
Speaker 1: then you go on the road for two division games

444
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Speaker 1: after that. Like, if they are anything better than one

445
00:22:46,040 --> 00:22:49,119
Speaker 1: and four, he's in the early race for for coaching

446
00:22:49,160 --> 00:22:51,479
Speaker 1: the year. Also, and I've I've kind of been on

447
00:22:51,520 --> 00:22:55,159
Speaker 1: this train before and people get sensitive about it, and

448
00:22:55,200 --> 00:22:57,840
Speaker 1: I get it. I get it. But just saying the

449
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Speaker 1: Lions always get Thanksgiving because it's true edition, well that

450
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Speaker 1: counts to that's a that's a big spotlight Island game

451
00:23:04,600 --> 00:23:07,679
Speaker 1: Detroit gets and speaking of Thanksgiving, yeah, so you get

452
00:23:07,800 --> 00:23:12,120
Speaker 1: Chicago against Chicago's got four primetime games. Hopefully Justin fields

453
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Speaker 1: plays and plays well. Otherwise there's gonna be a lot

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00:23:15,000 --> 00:23:19,760
Speaker 1: of boring football involving the Bears, Chicago at Detroit, in

455
00:23:19,800 --> 00:23:25,200
Speaker 1: the early game Vegas, the Raiders at Dallas. Cowboys obviously

456
00:23:25,200 --> 00:23:27,960
Speaker 1: always get a game as well, and Thanksgiving the second game,

457
00:23:28,040 --> 00:23:32,919
Speaker 1: then the late game, the post Thanksgiving supper game. We

458
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Speaker 1: usually Thanksgiving dinner around four four to five. I don't

459
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Speaker 1: know what would you guys do, but uh so it's

460
00:23:40,440 --> 00:23:43,159
Speaker 1: a little bit after that for us. But you get

461
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Speaker 1: the Buffalo Bills at the New Orleans Saints, which could

462
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Speaker 1: be great or could be me depending on what happens

463
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Speaker 1: in this quarterback situation. A lot of faith in the Saints.

464
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Speaker 1: Not only did they get primetime games, but a lot

465
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Speaker 1: of them are at the end of the season in

466
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Speaker 1: big spot. That's good for Buffalo, though they if we

467
00:24:02,800 --> 00:24:04,520
Speaker 1: feel like they got jobbed a little bit weak one,

468
00:24:04,560 --> 00:24:06,480
Speaker 1: you give them the prime time Thanksgiving game. That's a

469
00:24:06,520 --> 00:24:09,760
Speaker 1: massive ratings winner. I mean, I guess you know, I

470
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Speaker 1: feel like Greg snuck into the little war room where

471
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Speaker 1: they put these schedules together, and you know, Mr Jamis

472
00:24:15,400 --> 00:24:17,240
Speaker 1: Winston guy went in and just sort of dotted it

473
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Speaker 1: with a bunch of night games. One little nugget from

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Speaker 1: our NFL Network show producer Matt Tinton, who is a

475
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Speaker 1: Bears fan. I don't think this happens often at all.

476
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Speaker 1: The Bears do not have two straight home or away

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Speaker 1: games all year. They alternate home and away every single game.

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Speaker 1: That is bizarre. Mm hmm. Interesting, It's not that interesting.

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Speaker 1: It's okay, it's ok I think it's a lot in

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Speaker 1: a nugget. I think it's a nice little nugget. So

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Speaker 1: that's the Thanksgiving slate. Let's talk international slate. How about

482
00:24:48,880 --> 00:24:53,280
Speaker 1: that that the NFL returns to London, hit it Ricky

483
00:24:53,600 --> 00:25:01,479
Speaker 1: after a one year sabbatical COVID nineteen induced. The Atlanta

484
00:25:01,560 --> 00:25:06,080
Speaker 1: Falcons will play the New York Jets. So Matt Ryan

485
00:25:06,680 --> 00:25:11,240
Speaker 1: against Zack Wilson and the Jets on October tenth. What

486
00:25:11,359 --> 00:25:15,359
Speaker 1: is that week before? I believe, and Trevor Lawrence the

487
00:25:15,440 --> 00:25:20,440
Speaker 1: number one overall picks week week five? Um. The week

488
00:25:20,480 --> 00:25:24,560
Speaker 1: after that, Trevor Lawrence and the Jacksonville Jaguars. Gotta call

489
00:25:24,640 --> 00:25:28,920
Speaker 1: him the Jaguars when you're overseas. Uh. We will play

490
00:25:28,920 --> 00:25:32,480
Speaker 1: host quote unquote to the Miami Dolphins on October seventeenth

491
00:25:32,560 --> 00:25:34,879
Speaker 1: and Week six. Both games will be played at the

492
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Speaker 1: hot toddy Tongham Hotspur Stadium. Were they involved with the

493
00:25:39,960 --> 00:25:47,000
Speaker 1: super League? That goofy business? I know shod Coin's not

494
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Speaker 1: happy about this. Uh. He had insisted on playing in

495
00:25:50,600 --> 00:25:54,119
Speaker 1: Wembley Stadium because Tottenham was kind of like a rival.

496
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Speaker 1: But now it's like you don't even have the option.

497
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Speaker 1: They're just they're just putting him there. It's a coke

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Speaker 1: Covid has has made a no choice for them. But

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Speaker 1: I like those to get That's an island game for

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00:26:03,280 --> 00:26:05,280
Speaker 1: the Jets. It's not a it's not a prime time game,

501
00:26:05,280 --> 00:26:07,440
Speaker 1: but it is an island game. And you know we

502
00:26:07,480 --> 00:26:12,359
Speaker 1: would like England's and island right, Yes, I mean the

503
00:26:12,440 --> 00:26:16,200
Speaker 1: United States. Let's get to that island. How about that.

504
00:26:16,720 --> 00:26:21,040
Speaker 1: We have been lucky enough to go overseas twice and

505
00:26:21,119 --> 00:26:24,160
Speaker 1: it's time to go again. And with the New York

506
00:26:24,240 --> 00:26:27,680
Speaker 1: Jets playing in that game and the Falcons who were

507
00:26:27,760 --> 00:26:33,360
Speaker 1: kind of intrigued by it is time to start a movement.

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Speaker 1: Fans listeners hashtag get a t N to London and

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00:26:41,320 --> 00:26:48,320
Speaker 1: send that the way of the nfl UK account on

510
00:26:48,359 --> 00:26:52,520
Speaker 1: Twitter at nfl UK, send a message to them. Make

511
00:26:52,520 --> 00:26:55,160
Speaker 1: sure you use that hashtag. Am I using the right hashtag?

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00:26:55,200 --> 00:26:59,200
Speaker 1: Get a t N to London? Yeah, that's correct. Get

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00:26:59,320 --> 00:27:02,199
Speaker 1: a t N to London and tell them why they

514
00:27:02,400 --> 00:27:05,000
Speaker 1: that we should be there. Make sure you hit that hashtag.

515
00:27:05,240 --> 00:27:06,879
Speaker 1: And we're gonna be working on this side of the

516
00:27:06,880 --> 00:27:09,720
Speaker 1: pond to try to get over there. But with your help,

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00:27:09,800 --> 00:27:13,000
Speaker 1: maybe we can implore some others on that side of

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Speaker 1: the pond to make it happen. I mean, I'm so

519
00:27:14,680 --> 00:27:17,800
Speaker 1: I'm so excited. The Jets actually played a London game

520
00:27:17,840 --> 00:27:20,560
Speaker 1: a few years back. It was the game that got poor.

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00:27:21,600 --> 00:27:24,560
Speaker 1: Who's the Dolphins head coach was Chan Gailey? Someone got

522
00:27:24,560 --> 00:27:26,920
Speaker 1: fired some we got left behind in London head coach

523
00:27:26,960 --> 00:27:30,320
Speaker 1: of the Dolphins a few years back. But having been there,

524
00:27:30,600 --> 00:27:32,520
Speaker 1: the idea, the idea of going there and seeing the

525
00:27:32,600 --> 00:27:35,760
Speaker 1: Jets with you guys, that would be amazing and hopefully

526
00:27:35,800 --> 00:27:37,639
Speaker 1: we can make it happen. That by the way, is

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00:27:37,760 --> 00:27:41,680
Speaker 1: um October tenth is my birthday? Just noting um, so

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00:27:42,040 --> 00:27:44,879
Speaker 1: if the world do that, that would uh signify you know,

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00:27:44,920 --> 00:27:47,640
Speaker 1: there's no way to usher in. According to Ricky, I'm

530
00:27:47,640 --> 00:27:50,520
Speaker 1: turning a hundred nine that week, but like, no way

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00:27:50,560 --> 00:27:52,960
Speaker 1: to usher in that kind of celebration then watching the

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00:27:53,040 --> 00:27:55,080
Speaker 1: Jets on what will be a sixteen hour work date.

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Speaker 1: But I would be thrilled to do it and we

534
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Speaker 1: want I would say this, why not stay for both games?

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Speaker 1: Why not jury in London for multiple weeks and you know,

536
00:28:02,640 --> 00:28:07,080
Speaker 1: really make it count. I mean, let's Scotland and Ireland

537
00:28:07,400 --> 00:28:11,520
Speaker 1: UK tour. There, we get to Germany, Austria. It's like

538
00:28:11,560 --> 00:28:13,560
Speaker 1: back when I was a kid, we had to take

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00:28:13,600 --> 00:28:16,680
Speaker 1: a c ship all the way over to England. It

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00:28:16,720 --> 00:28:20,960
Speaker 1: would take us ten weeks. Half the crew was dead

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Speaker 1: by the time we got it half way through the ocean. Anyway,

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00:28:24,320 --> 00:28:26,960
Speaker 1: So I like that. I like those matchups though. You

543
00:28:27,040 --> 00:28:28,919
Speaker 1: got Kyle Pets, you got Zach Wilson, and then the

544
00:28:28,920 --> 00:28:31,159
Speaker 1: other one is fun too too, uh and Trevor Lawrence.

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00:28:31,160 --> 00:28:32,800
Speaker 1: I like that they're they're trying to get the Jaguar

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00:28:32,920 --> 00:28:36,440
Speaker 1: some wins early. I noticed the Texans, Broncos, Cardinals, Bengals.

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00:28:36,600 --> 00:28:38,440
Speaker 1: You know, it's as as easy as they could make

548
00:28:38,480 --> 00:28:40,720
Speaker 1: it early, so that maybe they get to London with

549
00:28:40,760 --> 00:28:42,600
Speaker 1: a couple of wins in their pocket would be nice.

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00:28:43,160 --> 00:28:45,480
Speaker 1: That's good and I wonder. Yeah, it's good to see

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00:28:45,520 --> 00:28:48,280
Speaker 1: the games back in London. It's such a thriving fan base.

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Speaker 1: Is there a Mexico game this year? No, it got

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00:28:51,200 --> 00:28:55,120
Speaker 1: pushed to Actually Handsome Hank tweeted about it yesterday. It

554
00:28:55,280 --> 00:28:57,800
Speaker 1: is not. This year will be pushed too. So it's

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00:28:58,200 --> 00:29:00,600
Speaker 1: because of the map. I think COVID is still having

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00:29:00,680 --> 00:29:03,720
Speaker 1: an impact. So I think London would have more than

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00:29:03,760 --> 00:29:07,560
Speaker 1: two games in a non COVID world in Mexico would

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00:29:07,560 --> 00:29:10,000
Speaker 1: definitely happen. Did in Mexico? Wasn't that the game that

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00:29:10,120 --> 00:29:13,280
Speaker 1: was also um removed because of an earthquake or some

560
00:29:13,320 --> 00:29:15,560
Speaker 1: sort of natural disaster. They've had a little bit of

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00:29:15,560 --> 00:29:17,600
Speaker 1: a rough run there. M m m m m m.

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Speaker 1: All right, anyway, that would be awesome. Get hashtag, get

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00:29:20,840 --> 00:29:23,040
Speaker 1: a t N to London. Let's let's make it happen. Yeah,

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00:29:23,040 --> 00:29:26,080
Speaker 1: we do live shows. Mark and I, you know, w

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00:29:26,280 --> 00:29:28,600
Speaker 1: take a trip out to Ireland and stopping in some pubs,

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Speaker 1: get loose there. You know, you don't know what's gonna happen,

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00:29:30,800 --> 00:29:33,240
Speaker 1: but we're gonna make the effort. Uh. And of course

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00:29:33,240 --> 00:29:36,520
Speaker 1: it is still we want to pretend like COVID's over

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00:29:36,640 --> 00:29:39,600
Speaker 1: and but it's not. So who knows if that's gonna

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00:29:39,600 --> 00:29:42,760
Speaker 1: be obstacle for us. Imagine it could be. But hopefully,

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00:29:42,880 --> 00:29:46,360
Speaker 1: if the fates allow, we'll get back over there. We

572
00:29:46,360 --> 00:29:49,920
Speaker 1: can have a video footage of me on sky Sports,

573
00:29:49,920 --> 00:29:52,360
Speaker 1: like trying not to pump my fist while Kyle Pitts

574
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Speaker 1: is running down the field to win the game against

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Speaker 1: the Jets and Dan's getting annoyed at me. It'll be

576
00:29:57,400 --> 00:30:01,280
Speaker 1: great theater. But standing between your because you were you

577
00:30:01,320 --> 00:30:03,600
Speaker 1: were referring to Joe Philbin by the way, who is

578
00:30:03,640 --> 00:30:07,160
Speaker 1: one of the more milk coaches of this century. Joe,

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00:30:07,400 --> 00:30:10,120
Speaker 1: I'll never forget Joey Fibbs on hard knocks walking around

580
00:30:10,160 --> 00:30:12,960
Speaker 1: the field picking up bubblegum and telling guys to tie

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Speaker 1: their shoes. I was like, okay, head coaches have a

582
00:30:14,760 --> 00:30:17,320
Speaker 1: lot of tasks. That's that's one of them. Um, all right,

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Speaker 1: speaking of the Jets and revenge games, there is some

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00:30:20,680 --> 00:30:26,640
Speaker 1: good revenge on tap uh this season. But um, before

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Speaker 1: I get to the Jets, I want to talk about

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Speaker 1: the game obviously that I think you want to talk

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00:30:31,280 --> 00:30:35,880
Speaker 1: about huge ratings. What will do the biggest number um

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00:30:35,880 --> 00:30:41,240
Speaker 1: of the season. It's Week four, It's Sunday Night Football.

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00:30:41,840 --> 00:30:47,920
Speaker 1: It's Al Chris Michelle and the world. Tom Brady going

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00:30:48,000 --> 00:30:52,560
Speaker 1: up to Foxborough to face Bill Belichick. The throne of

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00:30:52,680 --> 00:30:58,960
Speaker 1: sleeves torn apart, a broken marriage now for the first

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Speaker 1: time ever, Tom Brady against Bill Belichick, who delicious. Yeah,

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00:31:04,520 --> 00:31:08,360
Speaker 1: that's good and they did it intentionally. I believe on

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00:31:08,440 --> 00:31:13,680
Speaker 1: a night where Tom Brady could be passing. Drew Brees

595
00:31:13,800 --> 00:31:15,920
Speaker 1: is the all time passing leader. Again, like I feel

596
00:31:15,960 --> 00:31:17,560
Speaker 1: like they threw it back and forth, but now that

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00:31:17,640 --> 00:31:21,600
Speaker 1: Drew Brees is gone, if Brady averages two under an

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00:31:21,640 --> 00:31:25,280
Speaker 1: eight nine game, two nine yards per game, he would

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00:31:25,320 --> 00:31:28,360
Speaker 1: pass it that night, which which would stick You guys,

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00:31:28,560 --> 00:31:31,240
Speaker 1: I know you'd never quite bought into it, but I

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00:31:31,280 --> 00:31:34,360
Speaker 1: really did enjoy watching Brady in the bucks, like he's

602
00:31:34,440 --> 00:31:36,520
Speaker 1: one of my favorite athletes ever. But this is not

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00:31:37,040 --> 00:31:39,280
Speaker 1: This is not a comfortable moment. I'm not looking forward

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Speaker 1: to this. I'd be happier, obviously if this was not

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00:31:42,840 --> 00:31:45,800
Speaker 1: on the schedule. Well, there are like there are you know, Dan,

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Speaker 1: I'm sure when you did this exercise you can dig

607
00:31:47,400 --> 00:31:49,400
Speaker 1: into others. But there are revenge games where you're kind

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00:31:49,400 --> 00:31:51,640
Speaker 1: of like let's call let's you know, kind of squeeze

609
00:31:51,640 --> 00:31:54,400
Speaker 1: it into that box. But this this is truly dripping

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00:31:54,920 --> 00:31:57,479
Speaker 1: um with fire. And like, you know, I can look

611
00:31:57,520 --> 00:31:59,080
Speaker 1: at some of these games like can't wait to see it,

612
00:31:59,120 --> 00:32:01,440
Speaker 1: but this is one of them, like Holy f Like

613
00:32:01,480 --> 00:32:03,280
Speaker 1: I'm gonna sit down and watch every second of this.

614
00:32:03,360 --> 00:32:04,920
Speaker 1: Like and I know we tried to tape during these

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00:32:04,920 --> 00:32:07,080
Speaker 1: Sunday night games. We're gonna have to figure something out

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00:32:07,120 --> 00:32:12,240
Speaker 1: that night. Yeah, that one. Because and we've had countless

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00:32:12,240 --> 00:32:15,920
Speaker 1: discussions on this show about it. Belichick is never going

618
00:32:15,960 --> 00:32:18,840
Speaker 1: to admit that he made a mistake by not finding

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00:32:18,840 --> 00:32:21,600
Speaker 1: a way to keep Brady in house, and everybody even

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00:32:21,600 --> 00:32:23,920
Speaker 1: be a reality where he doesn't still doesn't think it

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00:32:23,960 --> 00:32:27,480
Speaker 1: was a mistake. Um, but after Brady goes and wins

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00:32:27,480 --> 00:32:30,120
Speaker 1: the Super Bowl, I just imagine there's gonna be a

623
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Speaker 1: lot on the line for both guys because these are

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00:32:32,560 --> 00:32:34,920
Speaker 1: guys with egos and there's a lot of pride involved.

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Speaker 1: And um, if Belichick cooks up a defensive scheme because

626
00:32:40,000 --> 00:32:42,760
Speaker 1: no one knows him better that embarrasses Brady on a

627
00:32:42,760 --> 00:32:45,680
Speaker 1: primetime stage, that's going to be I don't care what

628
00:32:45,760 --> 00:32:48,000
Speaker 1: Greg says or any other people carrying the water. That's

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Speaker 1: gonna be incredibly satisfying on a high level for Bill Belichick,

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00:32:52,320 --> 00:32:55,120
Speaker 1: probably a better more satisfaction than he's ever received from

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Speaker 1: any other regular season game. And for Brady. Brady has

632
00:32:58,400 --> 00:33:01,640
Speaker 1: nothing to prove. He's coming coming from a more comfortable

633
00:33:01,640 --> 00:33:04,520
Speaker 1: place because he just wanted Super Bowl in Tampa. But

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00:33:04,560 --> 00:33:07,240
Speaker 1: if he can go and light up the Patriots in

635
00:33:07,320 --> 00:33:09,240
Speaker 1: Foxboro and he's gonna get a ton of cheers, that

636
00:33:09,280 --> 00:33:11,840
Speaker 1: crowd is going to be completely behind him, maybe even

637
00:33:11,840 --> 00:33:16,360
Speaker 1: sets that passing record, it could become an absolute carnival celebration,

638
00:33:16,440 --> 00:33:18,720
Speaker 1: which is gonna make Bill very uncomfortable as well that

639
00:33:18,840 --> 00:33:21,320
Speaker 1: it's legit drama. Well, I think he's always looking for

640
00:33:21,440 --> 00:33:26,920
Speaker 1: new sources of not motivation, but just something to grind

641
00:33:27,040 --> 00:33:29,440
Speaker 1: his gears, and this would do it. I I. You

642
00:33:29,480 --> 00:33:31,080
Speaker 1: can say he doesn't that much approve, but I bet

643
00:33:31,080 --> 00:33:33,120
Speaker 1: there's no game he wants to He's the same as

644
00:33:33,160 --> 00:33:35,600
Speaker 1: BELTI I I do think there'll be no game that

645
00:33:35,640 --> 00:33:38,280
Speaker 1: he'll want to light up the opponent anymore than than

646
00:33:38,320 --> 00:33:42,520
Speaker 1: that game. Of course, who writes like in the crowd

647
00:33:42,760 --> 00:33:48,720
Speaker 1: like holding science, there's a yeah, neither of these guys

648
00:33:48,760 --> 00:33:51,840
Speaker 1: are gonna really ever talk to the media about truly

649
00:33:52,400 --> 00:33:55,680
Speaker 1: what went down in the end of the relationship between

650
00:33:55,680 --> 00:33:58,440
Speaker 1: the two in terms of being on the same team.

651
00:33:58,480 --> 00:34:00,240
Speaker 1: Who's gonna write? First of all, there's gonna be some

652
00:34:00,320 --> 00:34:02,720
Speaker 1: brave reporters they're gonna have to ask about ask Bell

653
00:34:02,800 --> 00:34:04,920
Speaker 1: check about that all week leading up to the game.

654
00:34:05,040 --> 00:34:08,000
Speaker 1: Good luck to you guys. But who writes the first, um,

655
00:34:08,040 --> 00:34:11,960
Speaker 1: you know, retirement biography that discusses it at length. Do

656
00:34:11,960 --> 00:34:14,040
Speaker 1: you think it will be Bell Checker Brady? How it's

657
00:34:14,040 --> 00:34:17,480
Speaker 1: Tom Curran writing the Brady bio? Come on, Tommy, this

658
00:34:17,520 --> 00:34:20,040
Speaker 1: is what about Jimmy Gray? This is your job. You

659
00:34:20,080 --> 00:34:22,360
Speaker 1: were meant to do it. This is Jimmy Gray and

660
00:34:22,360 --> 00:34:24,319
Speaker 1: the biggest of all spots. This guy can write. I

661
00:34:24,320 --> 00:34:27,840
Speaker 1: mean he can't even write. Um, those little halftime segments

662
00:34:27,840 --> 00:34:30,160
Speaker 1: are cheesy. Come on, what about one of us writes it?

663
00:34:30,200 --> 00:34:31,719
Speaker 1: I mean, why are we keep why do we keep

664
00:34:31,719 --> 00:34:35,480
Speaker 1: handing these assignments to everyone else? That would be like

665
00:34:35,920 --> 00:34:39,240
Speaker 1: fourteen machine gun shelves into the back there from Roso

666
00:34:41,000 --> 00:34:43,560
Speaker 1: for some reason, I'm like always in the car because

667
00:34:43,600 --> 00:34:46,600
Speaker 1: I was driving to was it Thursday night football that

668
00:34:46,640 --> 00:34:48,440
Speaker 1: they did that and stuff? I was often in the

669
00:34:48,480 --> 00:34:52,480
Speaker 1: car and I heard those segments and there it's just terrible. Um.

670
00:34:53,080 --> 00:34:57,080
Speaker 1: Other revenge games Week seven, a one pm Fox game

671
00:34:57,520 --> 00:35:01,359
Speaker 1: Jared Goff versus the Rams, uh, just a lot of fun.

672
00:35:01,680 --> 00:35:04,560
Speaker 1: The Rams didn't come out and say it directly after

673
00:35:04,719 --> 00:35:08,040
Speaker 1: last season that Jared Goff was capital t the capital

674
00:35:08,040 --> 00:35:10,600
Speaker 1: pe problem, but they danced right up to the line

675
00:35:10,600 --> 00:35:13,080
Speaker 1: and let everyone know that, No, it wasn't that the

676
00:35:13,440 --> 00:35:16,680
Speaker 1: league was catching up at all to show uh mcveigh's offense.

677
00:35:16,719 --> 00:35:20,440
Speaker 1: It was the quarterbacks things pick Stifford. John Wolford should

678
00:35:20,440 --> 00:35:23,600
Speaker 1: not be forgotten. John Wolford would have started multiple playoff

679
00:35:23,640 --> 00:35:26,040
Speaker 1: games if he could have won one. Uh, if not

680
00:35:26,200 --> 00:35:29,200
Speaker 1: for him getting hurt. That is not a false revenge game.

681
00:35:29,239 --> 00:35:30,840
Speaker 1: I mean, I I you know, you don't get a

682
00:35:30,840 --> 00:35:35,000
Speaker 1: lot of sense that Jared Goff sits around like contemplating

683
00:35:35,040 --> 00:35:37,600
Speaker 1: these things and kind of burning inside that his personality

684
00:35:37,640 --> 00:35:40,400
Speaker 1: to me does not give that off. But I mean's

685
00:35:40,440 --> 00:35:44,200
Speaker 1: from us as people that don't know, right, I was

686
00:35:44,200 --> 00:35:46,240
Speaker 1: gonna say that we don't we don't know how annoyed

687
00:35:46,280 --> 00:35:48,680
Speaker 1: he really is. And he's gonna wear like his meanest

688
00:35:48,719 --> 00:35:54,000
Speaker 1: Banana Republic outfit that he's gonna drink the like the

689
00:35:54,000 --> 00:35:59,080
Speaker 1: meanest bottle of Merlot from his winery up near San Francisco.

690
00:35:59,360 --> 00:36:01,520
Speaker 1: But no, I mean, the competitor in him has to

691
00:36:01,520 --> 00:36:04,360
Speaker 1: be going mad with excitement for this opportunity for payback

692
00:36:04,400 --> 00:36:06,960
Speaker 1: because I think he was scapegoated. And I'm not saying

693
00:36:06,960 --> 00:36:10,359
Speaker 1: that Goff played well these last two years, especially last

694
00:36:10,440 --> 00:36:13,440
Speaker 1: year where he was a liability, but I just if

695
00:36:13,480 --> 00:36:17,600
Speaker 1: I'm Goff, I'm wondering if like he's ever like the

696
00:36:17,680 --> 00:36:20,239
Speaker 1: coach and that regime never took any ownership for our

697
00:36:20,239 --> 00:36:23,560
Speaker 1: struggles on offense. It was just me. Well, now he

698
00:36:23,600 --> 00:36:26,160
Speaker 1: gets to maybe stick it. I do. I do worry

699
00:36:26,200 --> 00:36:27,879
Speaker 1: about like there, because you know, when I can start

700
00:36:27,880 --> 00:36:29,760
Speaker 1: to feel bad for him, if if things are totally

701
00:36:29,760 --> 00:36:31,880
Speaker 1: going south on the Lions and it's the kind of

702
00:36:31,880 --> 00:36:35,319
Speaker 1: game where like suddenly Aaron Donald sacks Jared Golf like

703
00:36:35,440 --> 00:36:40,160
Speaker 1: five times, like I don't know, I hope halfway through

704
00:36:40,200 --> 00:36:42,359
Speaker 1: the first quarter and they have to abandon their run

705
00:36:42,360 --> 00:36:45,960
Speaker 1: game and his team stinks, and maybe he's he exits

706
00:36:45,960 --> 00:36:47,880
Speaker 1: the third quarter with a collar bone injury, like you

707
00:36:47,920 --> 00:36:50,960
Speaker 1: could see something like that as well. He's an as

708
00:36:51,000 --> 00:36:54,160
Speaker 1: we've said, he's in a very difficult spot guy uh

709
00:36:54,200 --> 00:36:57,759
Speaker 1: with Detroit. He's getting paid handsomely, but he's gonna pay

710
00:36:57,840 --> 00:37:01,839
Speaker 1: for that payday. Uh. The Jets, Sam Darnald never say

711
00:37:01,840 --> 00:37:04,200
Speaker 1: the schedule makers don't have a sense of humor. The

712
00:37:04,280 --> 00:37:08,520
Speaker 1: Jets open uh in Charlotte against the Panthers. So it's

713
00:37:08,520 --> 00:37:12,560
Speaker 1: Sam Donald against Zack Wilson in week one, right out

714
00:37:12,600 --> 00:37:18,200
Speaker 1: the gate on September twelve, and guess what every Jets

715
00:37:18,239 --> 00:37:23,879
Speaker 1: van feels like they're gonna see it coming here? Four touchdowns,

716
00:37:24,040 --> 00:37:28,480
Speaker 1: no picks. Donald lights up that romat Sala's defense. That's

717
00:37:28,520 --> 00:37:31,920
Speaker 1: what's gonna happen. That that's the dark mind of all

718
00:37:32,040 --> 00:37:36,240
Speaker 1: Jets fans who always assume everything is gonna play out poorly.

719
00:37:36,320 --> 00:37:38,240
Speaker 1: But it is a new hour. But it is important

720
00:37:38,239 --> 00:37:42,200
Speaker 1: to note, and we had Rich Tomini on our podcast,

721
00:37:42,640 --> 00:37:47,000
Speaker 1: that really was a difficult decision internally, um for that organization.

722
00:37:47,040 --> 00:37:50,440
Speaker 1: Not everybody was on the same page with the decision

723
00:37:50,520 --> 00:37:53,719
Speaker 1: to trade Donald as opposed to just starting with the

724
00:37:53,800 --> 00:37:57,320
Speaker 1: number two overall pick. So there's there was definitely hemming

725
00:37:57,320 --> 00:37:59,879
Speaker 1: and hawing. They made the decision they made. We'll see

726
00:38:00,000 --> 00:38:03,920
Speaker 1: it works out. But for Sam Donald, this guy, the

727
00:38:04,000 --> 00:38:06,799
Speaker 1: Jets treated him so poorly not a purpose. It was

728
00:38:06,840 --> 00:38:08,440
Speaker 1: just they were bad at what they were doing for

729
00:38:08,520 --> 00:38:11,920
Speaker 1: three years, and this gives him a chance to basically

730
00:38:11,960 --> 00:38:13,960
Speaker 1: stick it to this team that got his pro career

731
00:38:14,000 --> 00:38:18,440
Speaker 1: off to just an absolutely terrible start. I I totally

732
00:38:18,480 --> 00:38:20,400
Speaker 1: hear what you're saying, though, because it reminds me of

733
00:38:20,440 --> 00:38:23,640
Speaker 1: when Cleveland had to go up against Carson Wentz, who

734
00:38:23,640 --> 00:38:26,319
Speaker 1: they didn't draft in Week one and he torched them,

735
00:38:26,360 --> 00:38:28,640
Speaker 1: and you're just thinking, like you kind of you know,

736
00:38:28,680 --> 00:38:31,600
Speaker 1: you wait all off season for the season to start,

737
00:38:31,640 --> 00:38:33,600
Speaker 1: and then sometimes by the end of the first game,

738
00:38:33,640 --> 00:38:36,160
Speaker 1: you're thinking, oh, here we are again. We are back

739
00:38:36,200 --> 00:38:39,080
Speaker 1: in total darkness. But bottom line, the Jets have a

740
00:38:39,080 --> 00:38:41,279
Speaker 1: better quarterback I think, but I cannot wait to see.

741
00:38:41,400 --> 00:38:45,120
Speaker 1: I hate that they buried that early. I hate it's

742
00:38:45,160 --> 00:38:48,680
Speaker 1: a it's kind of a double revenge game because it's

743
00:38:48,840 --> 00:38:51,839
Speaker 1: also the Jets going against the coach you turned them down,

744
00:38:51,880 --> 00:38:54,200
Speaker 1: who was like, you don't have your house in order,

745
00:38:54,880 --> 00:38:57,960
Speaker 1: according to reports, you're not letting me hire my coaching staff.

746
00:38:58,040 --> 00:38:59,719
Speaker 1: I'm gonna go. I was the belle of the ball.

747
00:38:59,800 --> 00:39:02,160
Speaker 1: That's Matt Rule two years ago in the coaching cycle

748
00:39:02,400 --> 00:39:04,719
Speaker 1: and decides to go down to Carolina I don't want

749
00:39:04,719 --> 00:39:06,400
Speaker 1: to get too deep into this, but they already you know,

750
00:39:06,440 --> 00:39:08,439
Speaker 1: all the websites putting up the point spreads. Now we're

751
00:39:08,440 --> 00:39:10,239
Speaker 1: now we're allowed to talk about this stuff. I mean,

752
00:39:10,280 --> 00:39:12,880
Speaker 1: the Jets being heavy underdogs in week one struck me

753
00:39:12,960 --> 00:39:16,359
Speaker 1: as a as a surprising thing I do. I don't

754
00:39:16,360 --> 00:39:19,400
Speaker 1: see these teams as ah as too uneven there. So

755
00:39:19,480 --> 00:39:21,480
Speaker 1: I mean I would I might be on your gang

756
00:39:21,520 --> 00:39:24,120
Speaker 1: green there in week one. Interesting I would have if

757
00:39:24,160 --> 00:39:25,960
Speaker 1: I had a guess, I would say it would probably

758
00:39:26,000 --> 00:39:29,680
Speaker 1: be Panthers by three it was it was more. I

759
00:39:29,680 --> 00:39:32,200
Speaker 1: think it was like five or something that is New York. Well,

760
00:39:32,200 --> 00:39:33,919
Speaker 1: it's a lot of faith. I think it's in charge

761
00:39:34,560 --> 00:39:36,440
Speaker 1: is in Charlotte, but it's still a lot of faith

762
00:39:36,440 --> 00:39:39,080
Speaker 1: in in the in the Panthers. I'm not a darn

763
00:39:39,160 --> 00:39:41,560
Speaker 1: un believer. I'm just gonna spin through the rest of

764
00:39:41,600 --> 00:39:45,560
Speaker 1: these revenge games. Um, DeAndre Hopkins and J. J. Watt

765
00:39:45,640 --> 00:39:49,840
Speaker 1: get the Texans in week seven, that's a game. I

766
00:39:49,920 --> 00:39:52,240
Speaker 1: just think like the revenge can come in different forms.

767
00:39:53,000 --> 00:39:56,040
Speaker 1: And when you think about like we're talking about Tom

768
00:39:56,080 --> 00:39:58,040
Speaker 1: Brady going up to Foxboro, those fans are gonna go

769
00:39:58,080 --> 00:40:00,279
Speaker 1: mad for Brady. They're gonna because they love him and

770
00:40:00,400 --> 00:40:03,719
Speaker 1: everything he did. There is no bad blood unless there's

771
00:40:03,760 --> 00:40:08,239
Speaker 1: something I'm missing Ricky and Greg. Between Patriots fans and

772
00:40:08,320 --> 00:40:11,760
Speaker 1: Tom Brady. Um, I think the same thing will be said,

773
00:40:12,280 --> 00:40:16,280
Speaker 1: uh with Hopkins and what and you wonder. Texans fans

774
00:40:16,280 --> 00:40:19,920
Speaker 1: are obviously just deal with a lot of bad stuff

775
00:40:20,000 --> 00:40:26,120
Speaker 1: right now between poor management decisions, this the Shaun Watson mess,

776
00:40:26,120 --> 00:40:28,920
Speaker 1: which is turned the franchise even more upside down, and

777
00:40:29,040 --> 00:40:31,040
Speaker 1: already was upside down. So would that turn it back

778
00:40:31,120 --> 00:40:33,520
Speaker 1: right side up? No, it just spins them off into

779
00:40:33,560 --> 00:40:37,840
Speaker 1: this other weird universe of dysfunction. I mean, I think

780
00:40:38,400 --> 00:40:40,960
Speaker 1: this is the purgatory of the NFL. That's the line

781
00:40:40,960 --> 00:40:42,239
Speaker 1: I had to take out. By the way, this is

782
00:40:42,280 --> 00:40:45,839
Speaker 1: the NFL purgatory right now, the Houston Texans and and

783
00:40:45,920 --> 00:40:49,279
Speaker 1: I could imagine what and Hopkins having big games and

784
00:40:49,320 --> 00:40:52,200
Speaker 1: Texans fans kind of actually being into it to kind

785
00:40:52,200 --> 00:40:55,600
Speaker 1: of in a cathartic way, like, look what you did. J. J.

786
00:40:55,760 --> 00:40:58,160
Speaker 1: Watt was a giant on the field and in the

787
00:40:58,200 --> 00:41:00,759
Speaker 1: community for us, and he wanted to go elsewhere. You

788
00:41:00,840 --> 00:41:04,359
Speaker 1: traded DeAndre Hopkins for forty cents on the dollar. And

789
00:41:04,400 --> 00:41:06,239
Speaker 1: look at this guy. He's a Hall of Fame level

790
00:41:06,400 --> 00:41:09,839
Speaker 1: level player. I would think if they got whipped by

791
00:41:09,880 --> 00:41:12,919
Speaker 1: the Cardinals, a lot of Texans fans would almost get

792
00:41:12,920 --> 00:41:16,600
Speaker 1: a cathartic feeling out of that. That is a dark corner,

793
00:41:16,640 --> 00:41:18,440
Speaker 1: I mean, because I don't think you're wrong at all.

794
00:41:18,480 --> 00:41:21,960
Speaker 1: There's got to be a pocket, and I'd like, I think,

795
00:41:22,160 --> 00:41:24,360
Speaker 1: I think that's a good thing because I think right now,

796
00:41:24,640 --> 00:41:26,759
Speaker 1: I feel like I tend to follow a lot of

797
00:41:26,760 --> 00:41:29,320
Speaker 1: Houston people for whatever. Seth Paine and Zero Line and

798
00:41:29,360 --> 00:41:33,000
Speaker 1: Stephanie Stradley is great. I think the Texans have to

799
00:41:33,000 --> 00:41:35,359
Speaker 1: be worried about the apathy of their fans right now.

800
00:41:35,440 --> 00:41:38,000
Speaker 1: I think it's less that they're even angry that, like

801
00:41:38,400 --> 00:41:40,439
Speaker 1: they're such a great fan base that for the first

802
00:41:40,440 --> 00:41:42,440
Speaker 1: time ever, they're just kind of like, man, we're not

803
00:41:42,560 --> 00:41:44,360
Speaker 1: maybe like we'll tune in a year or two, like

804
00:41:44,440 --> 00:41:46,879
Speaker 1: we're not interested in this team anymore, which is a bad,

805
00:41:47,200 --> 00:41:51,200
Speaker 1: a bad place to be. And I'll throw one more

806
00:41:51,200 --> 00:41:56,400
Speaker 1: out there. Cam Newton versus the Panthers Week nine, Uh,

807
00:41:56,520 --> 00:41:58,200
Speaker 1: we don't know if we're gonna get this. I hope

808
00:41:58,200 --> 00:42:00,719
Speaker 1: he gets there. That would be a win for me. Yeah,

809
00:42:01,000 --> 00:42:03,360
Speaker 1: because Mac Jones, of course is in that building for

810
00:42:03,400 --> 00:42:06,120
Speaker 1: the Patriots, and he's a first round pick. So the

811
00:42:06,160 --> 00:42:08,520
Speaker 1: way and Mark you were hitting on this on Monday Show,

812
00:42:08,560 --> 00:42:11,400
Speaker 1: the way things go is typically that rookie quarterback is

813
00:42:11,440 --> 00:42:14,000
Speaker 1: gonna play sooner rather than later. Unless they give Cam

814
00:42:14,040 --> 00:42:16,000
Speaker 1: the chance to start the season and then New England

815
00:42:16,000 --> 00:42:18,399
Speaker 1: has is having a nice year, then you get into

816
00:42:18,480 --> 00:42:21,680
Speaker 1: a situation. Of course Mac could also start the season

817
00:42:21,719 --> 00:42:23,719
Speaker 1: to get hurt. There are different ways where Cam Newton

818
00:42:23,760 --> 00:42:26,040
Speaker 1: can play in this game. But you would imagine because

819
00:42:26,040 --> 00:42:28,280
Speaker 1: I've thought about this one too, and I don't blame

820
00:42:28,320 --> 00:42:32,480
Speaker 1: that rule and temper for this, but they they kind

821
00:42:32,480 --> 00:42:36,080
Speaker 1: of didn't seem to struggle with saying goodbye to Newton,

822
00:42:36,120 --> 00:42:38,719
Speaker 1: a guy who had that organization on his back for

823
00:42:38,760 --> 00:42:46,080
Speaker 1: a decade um under Jerry Richardson. Is that the name Richardson,

824
00:42:46,480 --> 00:42:50,240
Speaker 1: Ron Rivera that. So it's like, uh, they just basically

825
00:42:50,280 --> 00:42:52,239
Speaker 1: kicked them out the door, and they still don't have

826
00:42:52,480 --> 00:42:55,080
Speaker 1: a solution that they can trust. Teddy flamed out, sorry,

827
00:42:55,120 --> 00:42:58,320
Speaker 1: Greg and Sam Donald is a huge roll of the dice.

828
00:42:58,600 --> 00:43:00,480
Speaker 1: So it's not like they had the sit suation where

829
00:43:00,480 --> 00:43:02,359
Speaker 1: it's like we're getting rid of Cam and we got

830
00:43:02,400 --> 00:43:05,239
Speaker 1: Trevor Lawrence coming in the building, or Zach Wilson or

831
00:43:05,280 --> 00:43:07,640
Speaker 1: somebody that we we know we could trust or we

832
00:43:07,640 --> 00:43:10,120
Speaker 1: know we can get excited about. They're still kind of searching.

833
00:43:10,600 --> 00:43:12,200
Speaker 1: And Cam was an m v P and a guy

834
00:43:12,239 --> 00:43:14,120
Speaker 1: took him to the super Bowl and the best player

835
00:43:14,160 --> 00:43:17,040
Speaker 1: and franchise history mark and now he gets a chance

836
00:43:17,040 --> 00:43:18,759
Speaker 1: to show the Panthers. Maybe you would have been better

837
00:43:18,800 --> 00:43:21,920
Speaker 1: off all along just sticking by me, but you'd have to.

838
00:43:22,160 --> 00:43:24,040
Speaker 1: I think we've talked about the Panthers as much as

839
00:43:24,080 --> 00:43:26,360
Speaker 1: I like what they're doing at one of the losers

840
00:43:26,360 --> 00:43:28,440
Speaker 1: of the off season because of what happened at quarterback.

841
00:43:28,480 --> 00:43:31,200
Speaker 1: I mean, unless you know, four weeks in, Donald's a

842
00:43:31,200 --> 00:43:33,839
Speaker 1: totally different guy. But can you imagine even if mac

843
00:43:33,920 --> 00:43:36,080
Speaker 1: Jones is the starter and later and they're faring well,

844
00:43:36,560 --> 00:43:39,239
Speaker 1: that Josh McDaniels puts Cam Newton in on in sub

845
00:43:39,280 --> 00:43:41,759
Speaker 1: packages or maybe have some like rip off a couple

846
00:43:41,800 --> 00:43:43,880
Speaker 1: of drives where he runs the ball like nine times

847
00:43:43,880 --> 00:43:45,960
Speaker 1: in a row and scores a touchdown and then he

848
00:43:46,000 --> 00:43:49,919
Speaker 1: just runs off the field. That's revenge, baby. Oh one

849
00:43:49,920 --> 00:43:54,200
Speaker 1: bonus one, Ricky play the clip of Justin Jefferson the

850
00:43:54,280 --> 00:43:58,960
Speaker 1: Vikings wide receiver former L s U star who was

851
00:43:59,000 --> 00:44:01,040
Speaker 1: on the column Cow show What is it The Herd?

852
00:44:01,320 --> 00:44:05,719
Speaker 1: The Herd with Colin Calherd. Word um, and he was

853
00:44:05,840 --> 00:44:12,000
Speaker 1: asked if he was surprised that the Vikings reportedly inquired

854
00:44:12,040 --> 00:44:16,120
Speaker 1: about drafting or wanted to draft Justin Fields before he

855
00:44:16,160 --> 00:44:18,080
Speaker 1: was taken off the board by the Bears right in

856
00:44:18,080 --> 00:44:20,279
Speaker 1: front of them. Um. No, um. You know we have

857
00:44:20,360 --> 00:44:23,560
Speaker 1: to build on um, you know, for after Kirk or

858
00:44:23,600 --> 00:44:27,600
Speaker 1: whatever um the case may be. But having Justin Fields

859
00:44:27,640 --> 00:44:31,320
Speaker 1: brings a little bit more uh pressure to other teams

860
00:44:31,480 --> 00:44:34,759
Speaker 1: by having, you know, a dominant quarterback like he is,

861
00:44:35,800 --> 00:44:39,400
Speaker 1: and they also just Jefferson also said that Joe Burrow,

862
00:44:39,480 --> 00:44:42,960
Speaker 1: his former quarterback, has a swaging confidence to a game

863
00:44:43,040 --> 00:44:45,560
Speaker 1: that separates him from Kirk Cousins. So I guess maybe

864
00:44:45,600 --> 00:44:48,520
Speaker 1: Kirk Cousins will get revenge against his own wide receiver

865
00:44:48,600 --> 00:44:50,319
Speaker 1: on some level at some point the season. I don't know.

866
00:44:50,920 --> 00:44:53,200
Speaker 1: They well, they played each other right off the bat

867
00:44:53,880 --> 00:44:58,040
Speaker 1: um Burrow versus Cousins too. I mean, Jefferson was careful.

868
00:44:58,120 --> 00:45:01,080
Speaker 1: He did what we want out of young athletes or

869
00:45:01,120 --> 00:45:03,120
Speaker 1: any athletes. Where he answered the question, he didn't say

870
00:45:03,120 --> 00:45:05,320
Speaker 1: anything bad about Cousins, but he was asked to choose

871
00:45:05,360 --> 00:45:08,080
Speaker 1: between Cousins and Burrow, and he said Burrow. He said

872
00:45:08,120 --> 00:45:10,960
Speaker 1: Burrows got the swagger that you don't normally see. But

873
00:45:10,960 --> 00:45:13,480
Speaker 1: the most the key thing, which for whatever reason didn't

874
00:45:13,520 --> 00:45:15,440
Speaker 1: get picked up as much, was like, and he's not

875
00:45:15,480 --> 00:45:17,359
Speaker 1: afraid to take a hit. And to me, that's when

876
00:45:17,480 --> 00:45:20,279
Speaker 1: like makes a great quarterback. And I'm thinking, like, who

877
00:45:20,320 --> 00:45:22,600
Speaker 1: in the NFL is gets a little skittish when the

878
00:45:22,640 --> 00:45:24,680
Speaker 1: pressure is I find it interesting that you think he

879
00:45:24,719 --> 00:45:26,960
Speaker 1: didn't say anything bad about Cousins, because he didn't. He

880
00:45:26,960 --> 00:45:32,920
Speaker 1: didn't directly, but like he's one of the more seeking

881
00:45:33,000 --> 00:45:36,640
Speaker 1: teammate on teammate comments of the entire off season or

882
00:45:36,680 --> 00:45:38,680
Speaker 1: money off seasons. I mean, he basically pointed, and we

883
00:45:38,840 --> 00:45:40,919
Speaker 1: sort of like make these into such a big deal

884
00:45:40,960 --> 00:45:42,440
Speaker 1: that it's tough for them to be honest. And he

885
00:45:42,480 --> 00:45:45,080
Speaker 1: was asked a question and he pumped up Joe Burrow

886
00:45:45,360 --> 00:45:47,160
Speaker 1: and so he answered the question. And we can read

887
00:45:47,160 --> 00:45:49,520
Speaker 1: into that as we should say, but you don't have

888
00:45:49,560 --> 00:45:52,000
Speaker 1: to read between the lines, and that just read the lines.

889
00:45:52,120 --> 00:45:54,839
Speaker 1: He was saying that Cousins doesn't have swagger, he doesn't

890
00:45:54,840 --> 00:45:57,040
Speaker 1: have the same type of confidence. He doesn't. He's not

891
00:45:57,080 --> 00:46:00,399
Speaker 1: as fearless in the pocket. The Vikings need to start

892
00:46:00,440 --> 00:46:05,120
Speaker 1: thinking about life after Kirk Cousins. You can tell what's

893
00:46:05,120 --> 00:46:08,120
Speaker 1: happening in that locker room with the Vikings that he's

894
00:46:08,160 --> 00:46:13,040
Speaker 1: like the new Stefan Diggs. He replaced them. Like that's true,

895
00:46:13,480 --> 00:46:16,600
Speaker 1: but you can tell we're not in the locker room.

896
00:46:16,640 --> 00:46:20,200
Speaker 1: But like it seems apparent that Kirk Cousins isn't the

897
00:46:20,239 --> 00:46:23,200
Speaker 1: most popular guy and a lot of these young players

898
00:46:23,239 --> 00:46:26,560
Speaker 1: would rather have someone a little more dynamic um as

899
00:46:26,600 --> 00:46:29,479
Speaker 1: a leader of the offense. Despite the numbers that Kirk

900
00:46:29,480 --> 00:46:34,120
Speaker 1: Cousins uh puts up, which if if if they got

901
00:46:34,200 --> 00:46:38,160
Speaker 1: that production from Justin Fields what he did even last year, Cousins,

902
00:46:38,200 --> 00:46:40,200
Speaker 1: people would say Justin Fields was the rookie of the year.

903
00:46:40,800 --> 00:46:44,360
Speaker 1: Cousins production gets overlooked because there's just something about him

904
00:46:44,400 --> 00:46:49,439
Speaker 1: that doesn't inspire excitement or I don't know, fearless leader.

905
00:46:49,920 --> 00:46:52,080
Speaker 1: You know, we say that how important that is as

906
00:46:52,080 --> 00:46:54,040
Speaker 1: a quarterback, and I think it's fair to say. Yet

907
00:46:54,120 --> 00:46:56,640
Speaker 1: he doesn't seem from the outside like he would be inspiring.

908
00:46:56,680 --> 00:47:00,279
Speaker 1: And the players keep telling us as much. All right,

909
00:47:00,320 --> 00:47:03,640
Speaker 1: anything else we want to hit on the schedule. Boys. Yeah,

910
00:47:03,680 --> 00:47:08,000
Speaker 1: one quick thing, Well, first, Halloween is on a Sunday.

911
00:47:08,560 --> 00:47:12,480
Speaker 1: That really bummed about that. I'm like, how many how

912
00:47:12,560 --> 00:47:15,040
Speaker 1: many Halloweens do I have left? Where my daughter ellis

913
00:47:15,800 --> 00:47:18,000
Speaker 1: then is actually gonna want to go with me that

914
00:47:18,080 --> 00:47:20,040
Speaker 1: like she looks forward to that and I'm gonna miss me.

915
00:47:20,239 --> 00:47:25,800
Speaker 1: Why couldn't fall on a Sunday last year when Halloween

916
00:47:25,840 --> 00:47:29,520
Speaker 1: already got ruined by coronavirus. We're losing that. I'm with you,

917
00:47:29,600 --> 00:47:32,000
Speaker 1: I got I got a six year old son and

918
00:47:32,040 --> 00:47:34,040
Speaker 1: a four year old Sonny, you're trying to treasure all

919
00:47:34,080 --> 00:47:37,880
Speaker 1: these years. But that's that's the breaks. And then Christmas,

920
00:47:37,920 --> 00:47:44,120
Speaker 1: the big Christmas game, which based on past um precedent,

921
00:47:44,160 --> 00:47:46,040
Speaker 1: I think might be the most watch game of the year.

922
00:47:46,120 --> 00:47:49,080
Speaker 1: That in the mid afternoon Thanksgiving game, the Brown's only

923
00:47:49,080 --> 00:47:51,640
Speaker 1: got three prime time That was a surprise. That's a surprise,

924
00:47:51,760 --> 00:47:54,880
Speaker 1: especially they don't even show up until week seven. Thursday

925
00:47:54,960 --> 00:47:58,479
Speaker 1: Night Football obviously is different than the Sunday night game.

926
00:47:58,920 --> 00:48:01,040
Speaker 1: I would expect it gave me my Christmas one though.

927
00:48:01,520 --> 00:48:03,719
Speaker 1: There Okay, that's good, but I would have thought you

928
00:48:03,760 --> 00:48:05,399
Speaker 1: would see the Browns in the first couple of weeks

929
00:48:05,400 --> 00:48:09,120
Speaker 1: of the season in a true primetime Island game. Um,

930
00:48:09,160 --> 00:48:13,120
Speaker 1: a little surprised about that. Mark for Tea. You talk

931
00:48:13,160 --> 00:48:16,440
Speaker 1: about losing Halloween, We're losing points there. What's gonna happen,

932
00:48:17,000 --> 00:48:19,640
Speaker 1: you know on Christmas Eve if the Packers beat the

933
00:48:19,640 --> 00:48:21,600
Speaker 1: Browns and I'm storming around the house is one of

934
00:48:21,640 --> 00:48:24,600
Speaker 1: the most annoyed people in the day. It's Christmas Day,

935
00:48:24,640 --> 00:48:27,719
Speaker 1: So right in the middle of your Christmas afternoon is

936
00:48:27,840 --> 00:48:30,920
Speaker 1: Packers Browns to the whole country. So that is a

937
00:48:30,960 --> 00:48:34,160
Speaker 1: big spot for that they put the Browns in. In

938
00:48:34,200 --> 00:48:36,359
Speaker 1: the late season ones are almost saying like, well, we're

939
00:48:36,360 --> 00:48:39,359
Speaker 1: not worried about the Browns flaming out. We think they'll

940
00:48:39,360 --> 00:48:41,960
Speaker 1: be in it until the end. We're gonna put them

941
00:48:42,000 --> 00:48:44,799
Speaker 1: in this big spot against the Packers on Christmas. That's

942
00:48:45,000 --> 00:48:48,080
Speaker 1: two Christmas games though, and and that's the national one,

943
00:48:48,120 --> 00:48:50,440
Speaker 1: and then there's also an NFL network Mark. Ultimately, it's

944
00:48:50,480 --> 00:48:54,399
Speaker 1: good though the timing there, because who knows, maybe things

945
00:48:54,400 --> 00:48:57,880
Speaker 1: go poorly on Christmas Day for the Browns, but the

946
00:48:57,920 --> 00:49:01,239
Speaker 1: fact that it happens after Santa comes it doesn't lead

947
00:49:01,239 --> 00:49:04,560
Speaker 1: to any Santa issues. You know, It's not like Santa

948
00:49:04,600 --> 00:49:07,239
Speaker 1: can destroy the toys or light them on fire, and

949
00:49:07,320 --> 00:49:11,600
Speaker 1: a ray went terribly. They're largely gift focused, so if

950
00:49:11,640 --> 00:49:14,000
Speaker 1: that nut box will be checked heavily. But I will

951
00:49:14,040 --> 00:49:15,880
Speaker 1: just say I don't even sit down during these Browns

952
00:49:15,920 --> 00:49:18,319
Speaker 1: games in our house. So it's like, you know it's

953
00:49:18,360 --> 00:49:21,120
Speaker 1: going to be. It's the odd sitting around with a

954
00:49:21,120 --> 00:49:23,560
Speaker 1: cup of cocoa having a nice, snowy Christmas Day. My

955
00:49:23,600 --> 00:49:26,359
Speaker 1: children actually they're like, we don't need Santa here because

956
00:49:26,440 --> 00:49:29,880
Speaker 1: Christmas a is a season of giving and be Ultimately

957
00:49:29,920 --> 00:49:32,800
Speaker 1: it's just about being around family and loving the people

958
00:49:32,840 --> 00:49:35,680
Speaker 1: who you love. And I'm like, whoa, guys, it's Christmas.

959
00:49:35,760 --> 00:49:39,040
Speaker 1: You want presidents to like nadad No, we don't need that.

960
00:49:39,400 --> 00:49:43,120
Speaker 1: Look we need what a what a father? What a father? Meanwhile,

961
00:49:44,040 --> 00:49:47,120
Speaker 1: I can just could not be The Browns are down

962
00:49:47,200 --> 00:49:50,880
Speaker 1: thirteen three in the second quarter, and uh, Mark is

963
00:49:50,920 --> 00:49:53,520
Speaker 1: just grinched. Christmas is over by that point in the

964
00:49:53,600 --> 00:49:57,520
Speaker 1: in the Sessler household, that someone might have to kick

965
00:49:57,560 --> 00:49:59,640
Speaker 1: them out because at that point, no one's having a

966
00:49:59,680 --> 00:50:02,799
Speaker 1: good I'm on Christmas. Put all the toys in the

967
00:50:03,160 --> 00:50:05,480
Speaker 1: in the car, we're going to target. Were returning everything,

968
00:50:06,239 --> 00:50:08,120
Speaker 1: and then our gift is like a fourteen hour work

969
00:50:08,200 --> 00:50:10,760
Speaker 1: day the day after, so this is you know, getting

970
00:50:10,800 --> 00:50:12,080
Speaker 1: kind of hit in the head with a bat here,

971
00:50:12,200 --> 00:50:14,680
Speaker 1: let's be honest. Also, the season ends on January nine,

972
00:50:14,760 --> 00:50:17,080
Speaker 1: by the way. That's it. That just seems weird. It's late.

973
00:50:17,120 --> 00:50:20,440
Speaker 1: And so right now as we're taping this, we're four

974
00:50:20,480 --> 00:50:26,520
Speaker 1: months to the day, um until that first week one Sunday,

975
00:50:26,600 --> 00:50:30,319
Speaker 1: so so we are actually equidistant. Um, right now, we're

976
00:50:30,360 --> 00:50:31,920
Speaker 1: four months to day. It's still a long time. So

977
00:50:31,960 --> 00:50:35,160
Speaker 1: everyone paced yourself. Let's enjoy the next few months because

978
00:50:35,160 --> 00:50:36,960
Speaker 1: that is, you know, we have four months of the

979
00:50:37,040 --> 00:50:40,400
Speaker 1: day until till week one, and the entire regular season

980
00:50:40,480 --> 00:50:43,520
Speaker 1: is exactly four months, so the season is only as

981
00:50:43,560 --> 00:50:46,000
Speaker 1: long basically as as our time now. So we've got

982
00:50:46,000 --> 00:50:49,359
Speaker 1: some time and and let's enjoy some of it. Good

983
00:50:49,440 --> 00:50:52,440
Speaker 1: good public service announcement there, Greg, Thank you, that was

984
00:50:52,480 --> 00:50:56,719
Speaker 1: really nice. Greg. Um week eighteen for the first time.

985
00:50:56,760 --> 00:50:59,040
Speaker 1: Of course, there's a week eighteen, which is why the

986
00:50:59,040 --> 00:51:02,600
Speaker 1: season ends later on January night. There's two Saturday there

987
00:51:02,640 --> 00:51:07,720
Speaker 1: will be two Saturday games, uh, both ESPN ABC joints.

988
00:51:07,719 --> 00:51:11,520
Speaker 1: They're both to be announced. And I had mentioned um

989
00:51:11,600 --> 00:51:16,920
Speaker 1: that there is another interesting Saturday wrinkle that's in week fifteen.

990
00:51:17,000 --> 00:51:20,000
Speaker 1: So you're gonna have the Chiefs at Chargers on Thursday night.

991
00:51:20,120 --> 00:51:24,600
Speaker 1: Oh man, those Chiefs fans getting out of that Kansas city,

992
00:51:24,760 --> 00:51:27,960
Speaker 1: getting out of that weather, head to southern California for

993
00:51:27,960 --> 00:51:33,279
Speaker 1: a lot of vacation. Here that place is going to be.

994
00:51:33,640 --> 00:51:36,040
Speaker 1: If you're Chargers fans, if you are listening to this

995
00:51:36,080 --> 00:51:39,760
Speaker 1: podcast and you're in the Los Angeles area, you need

996
00:51:40,320 --> 00:51:42,080
Speaker 1: you need to support your team and get in that

997
00:51:42,160 --> 00:51:44,600
Speaker 1: building if you feel comfortable being in a public space,

998
00:51:44,920 --> 00:51:48,839
Speaker 1: because otherwise there's gonna be fifty thousand Chiefs fans in

999
00:51:48,880 --> 00:51:51,839
Speaker 1: that building anyway. So you have the Thursday night game

1000
00:51:51,840 --> 00:51:55,000
Speaker 1: in week fifteen. Then there are two Saturday games in

1001
00:51:55,080 --> 00:51:58,440
Speaker 1: week fifteen, and like I said, there's a pool of

1002
00:51:58,440 --> 00:52:01,719
Speaker 1: of teams that could uh squeeze into that and there

1003
00:52:01,800 --> 00:52:04,880
Speaker 1: is one primetime game as well. So Carolina at Buffalo,

1004
00:52:05,040 --> 00:52:08,880
Speaker 1: Vegas at Cleveland, New England at Indie, Jets at Miami,

1005
00:52:08,960 --> 00:52:12,240
Speaker 1: Washington at Philly, those teams are all eligible to slide

1006
00:52:12,280 --> 00:52:15,280
Speaker 1: into that Saturday game. The rest will the two teams

1007
00:52:15,320 --> 00:52:17,480
Speaker 1: two games will slide into that spot and then the

1008
00:52:17,520 --> 00:52:23,200
Speaker 1: rest of the teams fall back into Sunday. So interesting interesting. Interesting,

1009
00:52:23,560 --> 00:52:27,120
Speaker 1: it's the biggest season ever, they say. I mean it's

1010
00:52:27,239 --> 00:52:31,160
Speaker 1: technically true, the longest season ever. So I think that's

1011
00:52:31,160 --> 00:52:33,759
Speaker 1: where they're going. I think we covered everything. We've got

1012
00:52:33,760 --> 00:52:40,439
Speaker 1: revenge games, hardest schedule, international series, Thanksgiving Week one, anything else.

1013
00:52:40,520 --> 00:52:44,440
Speaker 1: So get hashtag, get a t N to London. That's important.

1014
00:52:44,640 --> 00:52:46,640
Speaker 1: But we gotta do that. We've gotta make that happen.

1015
00:52:46,680 --> 00:52:48,799
Speaker 1: We are gonna do live shows. We're gonna be at

1016
00:52:48,840 --> 00:52:51,279
Speaker 1: the State and we're hanging out with Neil Reynolds and

1017
00:52:51,280 --> 00:52:56,480
Speaker 1: the Sky Sports Gang. No Wreck, no Rob Ryan unfortunately no,

1018
00:52:56,560 --> 00:52:59,439
Speaker 1: but from him. You know, this boils down to let's

1019
00:52:59,440 --> 00:53:01,760
Speaker 1: be real and get boils down to money and funds.

1020
00:53:01,760 --> 00:53:04,279
Speaker 1: So you know, we've got thousands of listeners. If there's

1021
00:53:04,320 --> 00:53:08,840
Speaker 1: like a secret multimillionaire out there, you can make this happen.

1022
00:53:08,960 --> 00:53:11,239
Speaker 1: It doesn't have to all come through our company. The

1023
00:53:11,239 --> 00:53:14,040
Speaker 1: money income fans could pay for us to go. I'm saying,

1024
00:53:14,320 --> 00:53:18,280
Speaker 1: like one like one multi billionaire type figure who's listening

1025
00:53:18,320 --> 00:53:20,960
Speaker 1: to this, like driving around like in a cream colored purse,

1026
00:53:21,120 --> 00:53:23,719
Speaker 1: just like drop half a mill and we're in. You know,

1027
00:53:23,840 --> 00:53:25,279
Speaker 1: the whole trip is taken care of. And just to

1028
00:53:25,320 --> 00:53:27,840
Speaker 1: be clear, to the listeners because you guys are so giving.

1029
00:53:28,440 --> 00:53:30,719
Speaker 1: Don't start to go fund me or anything. No, there's

1030
00:53:30,760 --> 00:53:33,000
Speaker 1: no way for us to process that. That money would

1031
00:53:33,000 --> 00:53:35,920
Speaker 1: just end up going to a vice president in an

1032
00:53:35,920 --> 00:53:39,480
Speaker 1: office on Park Avenue in New York. So just hang tight.

1033
00:53:39,560 --> 00:53:41,319
Speaker 1: We're going to do the work behind the scenes and

1034
00:53:41,400 --> 00:53:44,440
Speaker 1: hopefully get some help uh in different areas and and

1035
00:53:44,480 --> 00:53:47,880
Speaker 1: get back to London because it's gonna be great, all right,

1036
00:53:48,239 --> 00:53:51,560
Speaker 1: good stuff, all right, So we got your special Wednesday

1037
00:53:51,600 --> 00:53:55,759
Speaker 1: show here in the can um. We're gonna pop up

1038
00:53:55,760 --> 00:53:58,520
Speaker 1: on NFL Network a couple of times this week, which

1039
00:53:58,520 --> 00:54:00,360
Speaker 1: will be nice, and then Friday we'll have our an

1040
00:54:00,640 --> 00:54:04,560
Speaker 1: NFL Network program around the NFL broadcast. We'll be back

1041
00:54:04,600 --> 00:54:08,439
Speaker 1: and then we go onward and upward next week. Two

1042
00:54:08,440 --> 00:54:12,120
Speaker 1: more shows in another network show hashtag hit the Music Again,

1043
00:54:12,239 --> 00:54:19,239
Speaker 1: Ricky God, Save God, Sir, hashtag get a t N

1044
00:54:20,080 --> 00:54:25,360
Speaker 1: All right, is Dan Hands signing up four The Old Boss,

1045
00:54:25,360 --> 00:54:28,000
Speaker 1: the Quiet Storm. He will not be quiet on Christmas.

1046
00:54:28,040 --> 00:54:31,400
Speaker 1: He's gonna be walking around the South Bay looking for

1047
00:54:31,440 --> 00:54:35,960
Speaker 1: a tavern on Christmas. And sorry, we're clothes, but I

1048
00:54:36,080 --> 00:54:41,400
Speaker 1: must watch the Browns. Let me in your buildings. That

1049
00:54:41,880 --> 00:54:46,920
Speaker 1: little bat manager uh and of course Ricky Holly were

1050
00:54:46,960 --> 00:55:02,160
Speaker 1: behind the red troll glass until Tuesday. He's the call

1051
00:55:02,440 --> 00:55:14,120
Speaker 1: say to Spain, and all say