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Speaker 1: And now Move the Sticks the Divisional Round with Daniel Jeremiah,

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Speaker 1: Bucky Brooks, and Rhett Lewis. Hey, Hello, everybody, Welcome to

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Speaker 1: the Move the Sticks Takeaway podcast. Following a terrific Divisional

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Speaker 1: Round weekend in the playoffs, Rerett louis here in studio

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Speaker 1: with Bucky Brooks. UH. DJ is on his way to

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Speaker 1: Tampa for the East West Shrine Game. Is it is

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Speaker 1: Championship week now in the NFL. It is All Star

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Speaker 1: season in college football, DJ and Andrew getting ready, Andrew

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Speaker 1: Celeano getting ready for the East West Shrine Game of

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Speaker 1: this Saturday, and then Bucky and I in the nightcap

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Speaker 1: this Saturday from the Rose Bowl, we'll take the baton

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Speaker 1: for the NFL p A Collegiate Bowl. UH. So we're

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Speaker 1: excited for that. They'll have practice this week that we're

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Speaker 1: gonna be at. Well, actually, UH tape our next podcast

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Speaker 1: from the Wednesday practice at the nflp A game practice

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Speaker 1: for that. But of course we today are taking a

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Speaker 1: look back at the Divisional round of the playoffs. We

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Speaker 1: also saw the final head coaching piece UH put into

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Speaker 1: Kevin Stefanski quick reacts on that before we get into

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Speaker 1: the to the division round. Takeaways here, buck Well, I'm

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Speaker 1: not surprised by the Kevin Stefanski higher um if you

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Speaker 1: And then when you begin to kind of put the

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Speaker 1: Paul Difa does to being a Harvard graduate, and they're

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Speaker 1: with the wild and wacky and one of the most

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Speaker 1: Ravens on the scoreboard. They scored twelve. Uh. Now, look,

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Speaker 1: this is not an indictment on Lamar Jackson in the playoffs.

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Speaker 1: And I don't want to get into that whole thing

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Speaker 1: because I don't I don't. I don't feel like that

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Speaker 1: is the storyline here. But they were over four and

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Speaker 1: fourth down. This was the best fourth down team in

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Speaker 1: football this year in terms of converting conversion percentages on

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Speaker 1: fourth down. They were converting seventy percent at a time.

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Speaker 1: Um they I mean like you go back and look,

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Speaker 1: you want to look at the box score and say, like,

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Speaker 1: oh my god, five or in thirty yards they won

439
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Speaker 1: the time of possession. They converted eleven of nineteen third downs.

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Speaker 1: But yes, they were. They turned the ball over on

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Speaker 1: downs four times, seven turnovers in again, right, in addition

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Speaker 1: to the three turns three turnovers and then four turnovers

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Speaker 1: on downs, that's seven turnovers. It is hard to win

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Speaker 1: when you turn the ball over there with And I

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Speaker 1: think some people would take the Baltimore Ravens as asked

446
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Speaker 1: for maybe their approach or whatever. But here's what I

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Speaker 1: will say. And I think it's been under discussed. It

448
00:23:05,560 --> 00:23:08,399
Speaker 1: hasn't been discussed enough, not only about Derry Kimney, but

449
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Speaker 1: when they signed Jeffrey Simmons, When they drafted Jeffrey Simmons

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Speaker 1: nineteen overall, a guy that we had talked about being

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Speaker 1: potentially a top five, a dominant player, one of the

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Speaker 1: best players. They signed him and they shelved him. He

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Speaker 1: has come back, I want to say red there seven

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Speaker 1: and two since he has joined the team on this side.

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Speaker 1: And I think in that game what we saw the trenches,

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Speaker 1: they dominated the line of streamers, Jerrell Casey Simmons, those

457
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Speaker 1: guys they made big plays and that. And for the

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Speaker 1: first time, I believe the Baltimore Ravens, we saw the

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Speaker 1: bully get punched in the mouth and the bully didn't

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Speaker 1: respond well. And so that's the keep to the game.

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Speaker 1: They one up front, They beat them up up front.

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Speaker 1: There were one Ravens one for four in the red zone.

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Speaker 1: Logan Ryan after the games that they threw eight nine

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Speaker 1: men in the box all day long, and uh all

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Speaker 1: day he was like, it was like the old Engage

466
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Speaker 1: eight defense on Madden like dialing dialing up Engage eight

467
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Speaker 1: sending everybody and sell out to stop the run. That's

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Speaker 1: what they were doing. In the passing game, they had

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Speaker 1: a bunch of big drops. I think this again just

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Speaker 1: kind of proves that they need one more piece. They

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Speaker 1: need another consistent piece on the perimeter. Attend that you

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Speaker 1: could use a consistent chains mover if Andrews isn't available,

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Speaker 1: you know what I mean? And I think I think

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Speaker 1: it's that, but I think it's also like what I

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Speaker 1: what I would call is um better discipline and not

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Speaker 1: only discipline from the players, but attention to discipline in

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Speaker 1: detail from the coaching staff. There's a path of victory

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Speaker 1: for the Baltimore Rapists. Everyone understands what that path is.

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Speaker 1: The path of victory for them is run it through

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Speaker 1: play action. That's how they win. When they get into

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Speaker 1: a traditional drop back passing game, it doesn't play well

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Speaker 1: for them, but their path to success is very similar

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Speaker 1: to the l A. Rams path to success. When Jerry

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Speaker 1: Golf gets into a situation where he has to throw

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Speaker 1: off traditional driveback passes without the thread of place, he's

486
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Speaker 1: not the same quarterback, and so you have to remain

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Speaker 1: disciplined enough to be like, even though this game maybe

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Speaker 1: out of pocket, we're gonna stick to it and we're

489
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Speaker 1: going to say defense, you gotta bring us back. You

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Speaker 1: can't get into a throw it game with a quarterback

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Speaker 1: who look, man, I love Lamar Jackson as much as anybody,

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Speaker 1: but Lamar Jackson, even at Louisville, doesn't throw the ball

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Speaker 1: well outside the numbers, just number. Anything outside the numbers,

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Speaker 1: Like he seals, he struggles with and so when they

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Speaker 1: get in a situation where they're forcing him to make

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Speaker 1: those throws, it doesn't play out well for him, right,

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Speaker 1: all right, So let's take a quick look ahead at

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Speaker 1: the a f C Championship game. Uh, we'll go Titans

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Speaker 1: in Chiefs, the sixth seed versus the two seed. It's

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Speaker 1: at arrowhead, Bucky, what do we got? Can the Titans

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Speaker 1: controlled the tempo? That is really what it comes down to.

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00:25:52,840 --> 00:25:56,119
Speaker 1: It comes down to controlling the pace of the game.

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Speaker 1: And the best way they can control the pace is

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Speaker 1: running the ball and having success grinding it out and

505
00:26:03,200 --> 00:26:06,840
Speaker 1: really shortening the game by doing that. Like this strategy,

506
00:26:06,880 --> 00:26:09,960
Speaker 1: what we call turtle turtle strategy is playing really really slow.

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Speaker 1: When I was with the Carolina Panthers, John Fox was

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Speaker 1: a head coach. We were playing the Greatest show on turf. Uh.

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Speaker 1: The l A Ramps had obliterated everybody we played them

510
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Speaker 1: on the role in the division round. And what Fox

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Speaker 1: he has said coming into the game, we want to

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Speaker 1: make this a game where they're only twelve total possessions. Period.

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Speaker 1: So the goal was to tell Jake DeLong before every snap,

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Speaker 1: do not snap the ball until the play cloud hits five.

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Speaker 1: And the goal is a let's see if we can

516
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Speaker 1: just take this into the fourth quarter to make an

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Speaker 1: offensive team, a prolific offensive team feel the pressure of

518
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Speaker 1: having to score because they've never played in those games.

519
00:26:47,560 --> 00:26:49,359
Speaker 1: So when you think about the Kansas City Chiefs and

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Speaker 1: we look at how they've been able to play, they

521
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Speaker 1: typically get you out of the building early. They so

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Speaker 1: if I'm Tennessee, it's the same thing that they've done

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Speaker 1: with the Baltimore Ravens. Take the ball on the kickoff

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00:27:00,040 --> 00:27:02,879
Speaker 1: way down established day came ray, You're donna have to

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Speaker 1: throw a pass early. It's important for them to jump

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Speaker 1: out and get a score so then they can dictated.

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Speaker 1: But it's all about the ten point of basic problem though,

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Speaker 1: is even if the Titans shortened the game, the Chiefs

529
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Speaker 1: only need twenty minutes of t op to score fifty points.

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Speaker 1: They scored four touchdowns in ten minutes of time. Like

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Speaker 1: you want to pressure a team to score quickly, Like

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Speaker 1: that's what the Chiefs do. They're built on scoring quickly.

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Speaker 1: Like I just I don't know in the way they're

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Speaker 1: playing now and the way I've seen them play against

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Speaker 1: this Texas team. I'm just like, man, the only thing

536
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Speaker 1: that that that that makes me worry about the kan

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Speaker 1: City Chiefs. Defensively, they still didn't look great. Yeah, despite

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Speaker 1: all the stuff that they had done down the end,

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Speaker 1: they didn't look great. And I just wondered, Now I

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00:27:46,880 --> 00:27:48,800
Speaker 1: know they didn't have Chris Jones in this last game.

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Speaker 1: Maybe they get him back. I wonder can they hold

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Speaker 1: up against a very physical run game. And I think

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Speaker 1: did the sas the Bill did sgular season Tennessee one

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Speaker 1: Tennessee one with a great rally. Tennessee was down, um

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Speaker 1: came back at an offset kicks and went down to score.

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Speaker 1: So there's a level of confidence that Tennessee is going

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Speaker 1: to keep their their second second half of the season run. Yeah.

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00:28:15,400 --> 00:28:16,800
Speaker 1: And and I think, like if you if you go

549
00:28:16,840 --> 00:28:19,160
Speaker 1: all the way back with Vaybel and how they used

550
00:28:19,160 --> 00:28:20,800
Speaker 1: to do things with the pages or whatever, they're gonna

551
00:28:20,800 --> 00:28:23,280
Speaker 1: take away what uh they can see the Chiefs too.

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00:28:23,480 --> 00:28:25,480
Speaker 1: I would expect them to take away the deep ball

553
00:28:25,840 --> 00:28:28,480
Speaker 1: and to see if they can test pat Mahomes patients

554
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Speaker 1: and see if they can make him become a surgical

555
00:28:31,359 --> 00:28:34,720
Speaker 1: passer on the underneath. Just like I think of tight.

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Speaker 1: All right, say the Titans score in six minutes every time,

557
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Speaker 1: the Chiefs can score sixty seconds, like they can they can. Look,

558
00:28:43,280 --> 00:28:46,400
Speaker 1: it's a mix of it's a mix of Princeton basketball

559
00:28:46,440 --> 00:28:49,160
Speaker 1: face and using the syric use two three zones and

560
00:28:49,520 --> 00:28:51,280
Speaker 1: see if they can just kind of slow it down

561
00:28:51,280 --> 00:28:53,520
Speaker 1: and make them take jump shots and and make them

562
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Speaker 1: kind of nickeling diamond all the way down the field

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Speaker 1: without turnovers. So as much as it is about tempo,

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Speaker 1: for me, it's also about stops and forcing feel goals

565
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Speaker 1: by the Tennessee Titans defense. All right, let's switch to

566
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Speaker 1: the NFC here. We'll go back to Saturday to take

567
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Speaker 1: a look at the Vikings and the forty Niners. And

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Speaker 1: for me, watching this game, it was all about the

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Speaker 1: forty Niners and their strengths showing up. Trey Waynes tried

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Speaker 1: to run off the field. Now he runs back on

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Speaker 1: the field. They have enough players on the field. They

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Speaker 1: have eleven seven straight forty Niner runs. I gonna get

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Speaker 1: a Coleman on the shottot third eight rule go just

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Speaker 1: running all over them. That really feels good the way

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Speaker 1: the offensive line just dominated that series. And to finish

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Speaker 1: it off, the way that that they just did punch

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Speaker 1: it in with Tevin Coleman Man. That was impressive. Offensively, defensively,

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Speaker 1: even on special teams. The forty Niners just dominated this game.

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Speaker 1: I never felt like the Vikings were really in it,

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00:29:58,640 --> 00:30:01,640
Speaker 1: even though it was close in the is half. Uh.

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Speaker 1: I loved the line from Kyle Shanahan in the locker

582
00:30:04,760 --> 00:30:07,720
Speaker 1: room after the win. He's got everybody around him. He's like, hey,

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00:30:08,160 --> 00:30:09,760
Speaker 1: you know, we set a goal. We wanted to get

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Speaker 1: thirty runs in this game. We got forty seven. They

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Speaker 1: had ten. They had ten runs compared to seven. They

586
00:30:18,120 --> 00:30:21,280
Speaker 1: controlled the game and a Tevin Coleman was the hot

587
00:30:21,280 --> 00:30:26,640
Speaker 1: and in this one five yards Reemost contributed on special teams. Uh.

588
00:30:26,880 --> 00:30:30,400
Speaker 1: They sacked and harassed Kirk Cousins all day long. Then

589
00:30:30,640 --> 00:30:32,520
Speaker 1: with the pass rush. So their two strengths to me

590
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Speaker 1: the biggest run game and pass rush. Run game and

591
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Speaker 1: pass rush. Each of the forty Niners vaunted first round

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Speaker 1: picks on that defensive line had a sack. Both said

593
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Speaker 1: to Solomon Thomas er Karmstead the Forest buck T Board

594
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Speaker 1: in his return from injury, they all had a sack. Yeah,

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00:30:49,080 --> 00:30:54,800
Speaker 1: they did. They are they are built the right way.

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Speaker 1: And the reason why I say they built the right way. Um, Look,

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00:30:57,720 --> 00:31:00,800
Speaker 1: their defensive line is stellar, which about the five first

598
00:31:00,880 --> 00:31:03,320
Speaker 1: round picks that they have on the defensive line. They

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Speaker 1: can control the game and the trenches, which is what

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Speaker 1: they were able to do. But then the way they

601
00:31:08,160 --> 00:31:11,520
Speaker 1: are built on offense, they're they're really deceptive, right because

602
00:31:11,520 --> 00:31:14,480
Speaker 1: a lot of the attention. Um, we talked about the

603
00:31:14,520 --> 00:31:16,360
Speaker 1: running game and then we talked about Jimmy g and

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00:31:16,400 --> 00:31:19,960
Speaker 1: I think, um, people kind of make the mistake of thinking,

605
00:31:19,960 --> 00:31:22,560
Speaker 1: because you have a franchise quarterback, you want to overuse them.

606
00:31:22,920 --> 00:31:25,000
Speaker 1: But I think what the San Francisco forty Niners do

607
00:31:25,520 --> 00:31:29,320
Speaker 1: is they do a great job of throwing early, running

608
00:31:29,400 --> 00:31:31,240
Speaker 1: late that first drive. So what do we see the

609
00:31:31,280 --> 00:31:35,560
Speaker 1: first drive from the same six or something like coming down.

610
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Speaker 1: And so what we did is very early in the game,

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00:31:37,440 --> 00:31:41,719
Speaker 1: they kind of stunned you with slant slant, slant, slant

612
00:31:41,920 --> 00:31:44,760
Speaker 1: play action boom boom boom touchdown. So now you go

613
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Speaker 1: to the sideline, you talk to the decording decorder. Is

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00:31:46,800 --> 00:31:48,640
Speaker 1: how we got something past whatever. And then they come

615
00:31:48,680 --> 00:31:52,040
Speaker 1: back and we never saw it again. We never saw

616
00:31:52,080 --> 00:31:55,000
Speaker 1: them spread it out in an attack. The vikings like

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00:31:55,120 --> 00:31:57,360
Speaker 1: that again, they come right back, they get back to

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Speaker 1: their two back sets. They're running the stretch play over

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Speaker 1: and over and over and over again, and they're having success.

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00:32:05,800 --> 00:32:09,920
Speaker 1: And it is really the great trick to hear. Kyle

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Speaker 1: Shanahan talked about we gotta get to thirty Carrier as

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Speaker 1: well when we talk about the importance of the run game.

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Speaker 1: The run game allows you to control the game, and

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00:32:16,880 --> 00:32:18,920
Speaker 1: he wants to be in control of the game and

625
00:32:19,000 --> 00:32:22,720
Speaker 1: set the table for Jimmy Garoppolo to take shots. Jimmy

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00:32:22,760 --> 00:32:24,920
Speaker 1: Garoppolo needs to be on a pitch acount when he's

627
00:32:24,960 --> 00:32:30,160
Speaker 1: at his best seven throws. If he's fewing in net, great,

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Speaker 1: if he does over that, they're not in the kind

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Speaker 1: of game that they want to win. And I think

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Speaker 1: we'll see again we get another rematch and then we'll

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Speaker 1: get into the NFC Championship game. Look at here in

632
00:32:39,720 --> 00:32:41,320
Speaker 1: just a second, But why don't you close the book

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00:32:41,320 --> 00:32:43,560
Speaker 1: on the vikings for us? Like his offense couldn't get

634
00:32:43,560 --> 00:32:46,960
Speaker 1: a going I sold a two of eight on third down.

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00:32:47,120 --> 00:32:50,200
Speaker 1: This is thirty eight from their own thirty six gigs

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00:32:50,240 --> 00:32:54,080
Speaker 1: and feeling left step on his slot, left past, you

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00:32:54,240 --> 00:32:58,320
Speaker 1: live right, third down Cousins Shotgun just stepped away from

638
00:32:58,320 --> 00:33:01,000
Speaker 1: the pressure for now. But then he's month and he's

639
00:33:01,040 --> 00:33:05,240
Speaker 1: taken down. Fight Nick Bos at the twenty eight yard line,

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00:33:05,320 --> 00:33:09,840
Speaker 1: loss of seven, Nick Boss Sat Kirk Cousins, Vikings go

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00:33:10,000 --> 00:33:13,440
Speaker 1: Korean out there down by seven Jean thirteen minutes to

642
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Speaker 1: go in the game. Look, this was a game where um,

643
00:33:18,160 --> 00:33:20,640
Speaker 1: although these teams were built alike, when you watched the

644
00:33:20,640 --> 00:33:22,760
Speaker 1: way to play, they're very similar to how they do it,

645
00:33:22,840 --> 00:33:26,440
Speaker 1: just the same runs game, same past game. Obviously, Kyle

646
00:33:26,520 --> 00:33:29,680
Speaker 1: Shanahana were for Gary Kubiak. Kubiaker worked for his dad,

647
00:33:29,720 --> 00:33:32,040
Speaker 1: Mike Shanahan, So there are a lot of there's a

648
00:33:32,040 --> 00:33:34,160
Speaker 1: lot of similarities in terms of how they approach it

649
00:33:34,520 --> 00:33:37,280
Speaker 1: in this game. The Minnesota Vikings heading in when they

650
00:33:37,400 --> 00:33:39,800
Speaker 1: played at their best because Dalvin Cook had played really,

651
00:33:39,880 --> 00:33:42,320
Speaker 1: really well. Uh, the fact that Dalvin Cook only had

652
00:33:42,360 --> 00:33:44,640
Speaker 1: nine rush attempts, that's an indictment on the game. Plant.

653
00:33:44,840 --> 00:33:46,920
Speaker 1: I don't care if they're stopping him or not. He

654
00:33:47,040 --> 00:33:50,000
Speaker 1: has to get his attempts. He is the key to

655
00:33:50,080 --> 00:33:52,080
Speaker 1: being able to set the table for Kirk Cousins to

656
00:33:52,080 --> 00:33:53,800
Speaker 1: be able to get open. But at the end of

657
00:33:53,840 --> 00:33:56,040
Speaker 1: the day, they couldn't win the line of scrimmage, so

658
00:33:56,080 --> 00:33:58,280
Speaker 1: they couldn't run the ball, and they couldn't control it

659
00:33:58,320 --> 00:34:01,440
Speaker 1: with play action um because the past rush was too fierce.

660
00:34:01,520 --> 00:34:03,960
Speaker 1: And then on the outside I love feeling and digs,

661
00:34:04,600 --> 00:34:06,600
Speaker 1: they didn't win. These are two of the best route

662
00:34:06,640 --> 00:34:09,960
Speaker 1: runners that I've seen, two best outstanding playmakers. I think

663
00:34:09,960 --> 00:34:11,759
Speaker 1: they're the best one to punch on the perimeter when

664
00:34:11,760 --> 00:34:15,399
Speaker 1: it comes to their skills. However, in this game, they

665
00:34:15,400 --> 00:34:19,479
Speaker 1: didn't consistently get open and until they're able to get open,

666
00:34:19,520 --> 00:34:21,880
Speaker 1: and I think the Minnesota Vikings have enough weapons. They

667
00:34:21,880 --> 00:34:23,600
Speaker 1: have two tight ends, they got those two wide receivers,

668
00:34:23,640 --> 00:34:25,160
Speaker 1: they got a playmaker and Devin and Cook, they got

669
00:34:25,200 --> 00:34:27,880
Speaker 1: a quarterback. I mean, they have everything, but this is

670
00:34:27,920 --> 00:34:29,799
Speaker 1: one where they have to be able to score points.

671
00:34:29,840 --> 00:34:32,280
Speaker 1: I do wonder and I may mention that this on Twitter.

672
00:34:33,400 --> 00:34:38,960
Speaker 1: Chemis Stefanski interviewed on Thursday and people won't talk about it,

673
00:34:39,000 --> 00:34:42,799
Speaker 1: But how focused can you be on a Saturday game

674
00:34:43,320 --> 00:34:46,640
Speaker 1: when you interview for ahead job on Thursday? Read you

675
00:34:46,680 --> 00:34:51,719
Speaker 1: and I have interview for jobs in this arena. You

676
00:34:51,800 --> 00:34:55,040
Speaker 1: understand the preparation that is necessary to have an outstanding

677
00:34:55,120 --> 00:34:58,560
Speaker 1: interview on a Thursday, So how can you split your

678
00:34:58,600 --> 00:35:01,520
Speaker 1: brain to be focused in the game that's on Saturday.

679
00:35:01,640 --> 00:35:03,440
Speaker 1: While I gotta call. I gonna make sure I get

680
00:35:03,440 --> 00:35:06,320
Speaker 1: my staff together, because they asked you, who who's on

681
00:35:06,400 --> 00:35:08,520
Speaker 1: your staff? Wish your philosophy. I gotta get my books. Hey,

682
00:35:08,560 --> 00:35:10,399
Speaker 1: we gotta get the Kenko with all of those things.

683
00:35:10,400 --> 00:35:12,200
Speaker 1: You gotta get all that stuff together to get on

684
00:35:12,239 --> 00:35:15,320
Speaker 1: the plane and go. I just wonder if we asked

685
00:35:15,400 --> 00:35:19,360
Speaker 1: him in a few years, was that your best mental

686
00:35:19,400 --> 00:35:21,000
Speaker 1: effort in terms of being able to come into the

687
00:35:21,040 --> 00:35:24,240
Speaker 1: stadium and really focus in on here's the best approach

688
00:35:24,239 --> 00:35:26,719
Speaker 1: for us to take against Maybe? And I don't know

689
00:35:26,760 --> 00:35:30,959
Speaker 1: when Robert Sala interviewed, but he did all right, right

690
00:35:31,600 --> 00:35:33,879
Speaker 1: because he did also interview for the Cleveland Browns job

691
00:35:34,239 --> 00:35:36,600
Speaker 1: as well, And that was kind of interesting to see

692
00:35:36,640 --> 00:35:38,760
Speaker 1: that play out and Stefans give be the one that

693
00:35:38,760 --> 00:35:40,759
Speaker 1: that gets the job. Clearly they weren't judging it off

694
00:35:40,760 --> 00:35:42,319
Speaker 1: one game, no, no, no no, the guy the guys who

695
00:35:42,320 --> 00:35:44,399
Speaker 1: have advantage of once who are out early, Oh yeah, yeah,

696
00:35:44,880 --> 00:35:47,239
Speaker 1: no question. So you know, it's it's just it's hard

697
00:35:47,280 --> 00:35:49,520
Speaker 1: for someone to be in the playoffs and on a

698
00:35:49,560 --> 00:35:51,719
Speaker 1: deep run and get a job unless you have an

699
00:35:51,760 --> 00:35:56,240
Speaker 1: owner who is this is my guy and I'm waiting. Yeah, fine,

700
00:35:56,440 --> 00:35:59,279
Speaker 1: and you don't always see that. All right, Let's get

701
00:35:59,320 --> 00:36:02,319
Speaker 1: to the final game of the divisional weekend. That was

702
00:36:02,360 --> 00:36:04,839
Speaker 1: the Seahawks and the Packers. Buck you lead us off

703
00:36:04,840 --> 00:36:07,759
Speaker 1: at the Packers. Rogers has just of magic to make

704
00:36:07,800 --> 00:36:11,720
Speaker 1: the Packers dangerous. Rogers under center, single back, off fence,

705
00:36:11,800 --> 00:36:15,040
Speaker 1: jonest on back, baked to Jones, Rodgers deep drop, Lookie

706
00:36:15,200 --> 00:36:17,880
Speaker 1: pops it over the last side to day right opp

707
00:36:18,040 --> 00:36:20,799
Speaker 1: numbers twenty cups and back rode pass tower ten to

708
00:36:20,840 --> 00:36:29,399
Speaker 1: the five to the high step of Touchstopdante Adams thorty yards. Hey,

709
00:36:29,440 --> 00:36:33,520
Speaker 1: this is what Mada Fleur's vision was for the Green

710
00:36:33,560 --> 00:36:36,239
Speaker 1: Bay Packers. We talked about it with Jimmy Garoppolo has

711
00:36:36,280 --> 00:36:39,200
Speaker 1: kind of led the continuing theme. The theme of the

712
00:36:39,200 --> 00:36:41,879
Speaker 1: playoffs is to have a franchise quarterback that is kind

713
00:36:41,880 --> 00:36:43,920
Speaker 1: of behind the glass. I can break him out if

714
00:36:43,920 --> 00:36:48,680
Speaker 1: I need him. Aaron Rodgers emergency in emergency, if we

715
00:36:48,719 --> 00:36:50,480
Speaker 1: need him to play at a high level, they can

716
00:36:50,480 --> 00:36:53,040
Speaker 1: do that. Aaron Rodgers only had twenty seven attempts, I think,

717
00:36:53,440 --> 00:36:56,080
Speaker 1: and looking at Aaron Rodgers over his career. That would

718
00:36:56,080 --> 00:36:58,719
Speaker 1: be a small number based on how we view him

719
00:36:58,760 --> 00:37:00,520
Speaker 1: as one of the greatest score of backs that has

720
00:37:00,520 --> 00:37:03,279
Speaker 1: played in NFL history. But because mad La Fleu was

721
00:37:03,320 --> 00:37:06,200
Speaker 1: committed to the ground game, and because they were discipline

722
00:37:06,320 --> 00:37:08,839
Speaker 1: enough and patient enough to stay with the run, they

723
00:37:08,920 --> 00:37:13,040
Speaker 1: didn't need to overburden Aaron Rodgers with a tremendous amount

724
00:37:13,040 --> 00:37:15,840
Speaker 1: of throws. He had a connection going with Davanta Adams.

725
00:37:15,880 --> 00:37:18,960
Speaker 1: Davante Adams eight receptions, a hundred six yards, two touchdowns.

726
00:37:19,880 --> 00:37:22,719
Speaker 1: But when they needed him, they could handle the ball

727
00:37:22,840 --> 00:37:25,279
Speaker 1: in that drive, and they knew that they could not

728
00:37:25,400 --> 00:37:27,360
Speaker 1: give the ball back to this because I firmly believe

729
00:37:27,440 --> 00:37:29,319
Speaker 1: that if Roussell Wilson got the ball back, they were

730
00:37:29,360 --> 00:37:31,120
Speaker 1: gonna go score. He's gonna find a way. They were

731
00:37:31,120 --> 00:37:33,680
Speaker 1: beginning to get a clicking. He's gonna score. Surprised they

732
00:37:33,680 --> 00:37:35,960
Speaker 1: didn't go for it. It was fourth in eleven though

733
00:37:36,000 --> 00:37:40,520
Speaker 1: the only fourth in eleven. It's so far that they

734
00:37:40,560 --> 00:37:42,840
Speaker 1: had three plus to two minute. That's the only reason

735
00:37:42,840 --> 00:37:46,040
Speaker 1: why I was like, alright, But then even in that

736
00:37:46,480 --> 00:37:49,240
Speaker 1: they got the package to two third and eight situations.

737
00:37:49,640 --> 00:37:51,800
Speaker 1: You have to get off the field, and that is

738
00:37:51,840 --> 00:37:56,960
Speaker 1: what Amaron Rodgers that throw did he hit Davantae Adams

739
00:37:57,000 --> 00:38:00,319
Speaker 1: straight dime, I mean, unbelievable, straight down it over to

740
00:38:00,320 --> 00:38:02,640
Speaker 1: show to bank and in the comeback hand Jimmy Graham

741
00:38:02,880 --> 00:38:05,920
Speaker 1: on an under route. Look, it's terrific. Is exactly what

742
00:38:05,960 --> 00:38:08,240
Speaker 1: they need now for the Green Bay Packers going forward

743
00:38:08,960 --> 00:38:12,279
Speaker 1: for them to win going forward. Aaron Rodgers gonna have

744
00:38:12,320 --> 00:38:14,120
Speaker 1: to dust it off one more time. He's gonna have

745
00:38:14,120 --> 00:38:15,320
Speaker 1: to dust off the cave. He's gonna have to be

746
00:38:15,440 --> 00:38:17,040
Speaker 1: the discount, double check guy for them to do it,

747
00:38:17,080 --> 00:38:20,520
Speaker 1: because I don't know if they can play conservatively against

748
00:38:20,520 --> 00:38:22,680
Speaker 1: the forty nine isn't get it done. But against the

749
00:38:22,680 --> 00:38:25,759
Speaker 1: Seattle Seahawks he had enough magic to do it. Yeah,

750
00:38:25,800 --> 00:38:28,160
Speaker 1: I'm with you on that. The connection, as you mentioned

751
00:38:28,200 --> 00:38:30,440
Speaker 1: with Davante Adams, I thought was huge and I think

752
00:38:30,480 --> 00:38:32,960
Speaker 1: will be the key moving forward here. Uh. Connection that

753
00:38:33,080 --> 00:38:37,960
Speaker 1: Roger said afterwards was unspoken reminded him of the connection

754
00:38:38,000 --> 00:38:41,120
Speaker 1: he had with Jordy Nelson in their heyday, which is,

755
00:38:41,360 --> 00:38:44,319
Speaker 1: you know, each guy knew exactly what the other guy

756
00:38:44,400 --> 00:38:48,160
Speaker 1: wanted from him. Uh, whether they had the play called

757
00:38:48,239 --> 00:38:50,640
Speaker 1: or they had to adjust mid mid route, you know,

758
00:38:50,760 --> 00:38:53,160
Speaker 1: based on the coverage that they were being given. Um

759
00:38:53,480 --> 00:38:57,000
Speaker 1: that connection makes them dangerous moving forward. But you know,

760
00:38:57,080 --> 00:38:59,480
Speaker 1: just Vante Adams, can you get past Richard Sherman? Can

761
00:38:59,520 --> 00:39:01,960
Speaker 1: they find used to get open uh in a in

762
00:39:02,040 --> 00:39:04,600
Speaker 1: a very quick period of time because they're gonna get

763
00:39:04,600 --> 00:39:06,279
Speaker 1: a mean pass rush from the Niners. I'll get into

764
00:39:06,280 --> 00:39:08,520
Speaker 1: that here in just a little bit. Let's close the

765
00:39:08,560 --> 00:39:11,640
Speaker 1: book on the Seahawks here. I just felt like, and

766
00:39:11,719 --> 00:39:14,239
Speaker 1: this is kind of a poor play on words, but

767
00:39:14,280 --> 00:39:19,799
Speaker 1: the Seahawks run dry trip sent near side Rogers from

768
00:39:19,800 --> 00:39:23,640
Speaker 1: the shotgun with Jones in the backfield. Rogers awaits the snap,

769
00:39:23,719 --> 00:39:26,360
Speaker 1: he takes it. Here comes the blots, Roger steps throws

770
00:39:26,480 --> 00:39:29,480
Speaker 1: over the middle. Jimmy Graham makes the catch and he's

771
00:39:29,480 --> 00:39:33,640
Speaker 1: gonna have a first down at the thirty five yard line.

772
00:39:34,880 --> 00:39:38,759
Speaker 1: Way no Hill made the tackle, but I think they

773
00:39:38,880 --> 00:39:43,279
Speaker 1: got the spot just across the line to make They

774
00:39:43,320 --> 00:39:49,160
Speaker 1: needed nine, they got ten and Seattle uses its last

775
00:39:49,200 --> 00:39:53,120
Speaker 1: time out. Yeah, say what you want about what you

776
00:39:53,160 --> 00:39:55,040
Speaker 1: know how they determined whether that was a first down

777
00:39:55,120 --> 00:39:57,799
Speaker 1: or not from Jimmy Graham poetic justice if you will,

778
00:39:58,080 --> 00:40:01,759
Speaker 1: former Seahawk the packer that basically, and yeah, he made

779
00:40:01,760 --> 00:40:04,120
Speaker 1: two big plays in this game. But the run that

780
00:40:04,160 --> 00:40:07,640
Speaker 1: I'm talking about is their playoff run runs dry. As

781
00:40:07,640 --> 00:40:10,160
Speaker 1: their run game had started to run dry the final

782
00:40:10,239 --> 00:40:11,920
Speaker 1: quarter of the season. There was this team lost three

783
00:40:11,960 --> 00:40:14,080
Speaker 1: of four going into the playoffs. Yes, they won in

784
00:40:14,160 --> 00:40:17,000
Speaker 1: Philly against they beat up Eagles team, but they found

785
00:40:17,000 --> 00:40:18,600
Speaker 1: a way to win that game, Like we give them

786
00:40:18,640 --> 00:40:21,040
Speaker 1: that right. Um, you know, they get Marshawn Lynch back.

787
00:40:21,080 --> 00:40:24,040
Speaker 1: He he converts a couple of goal line opportunities, but

788
00:40:24,480 --> 00:40:29,360
Speaker 1: they were behind all day long in this game, and

789
00:40:29,600 --> 00:40:33,640
Speaker 1: the run game just never felt like it had that, uh,

790
00:40:33,680 --> 00:40:37,000
Speaker 1: that special quality that we were talking about when when

791
00:40:37,000 --> 00:40:39,760
Speaker 1: Brian Schottenheimer joined us here on the Movie six podcasts

792
00:40:39,800 --> 00:40:41,960
Speaker 1: earlier in the season, when they had Carson Roland, when

793
00:40:42,000 --> 00:40:44,799
Speaker 1: they started getting a shot Penny rolland uh now, look

794
00:40:44,960 --> 00:40:49,000
Speaker 1: they were missing Dwayne Brown and George Fanton. In the

795
00:40:49,080 --> 00:40:51,520
Speaker 1: last couple of games. They got them back, but they

796
00:40:51,560 --> 00:40:54,160
Speaker 1: were missing the interior of that offensive line. You remember

797
00:40:54,160 --> 00:40:56,279
Speaker 1: what shot he was telling us when he's like, man,

798
00:40:56,320 --> 00:40:59,120
Speaker 1: we have these powerful dudes inside with t J. Fluker

799
00:40:59,160 --> 00:41:02,239
Speaker 1: and Mikey Potty. Justin Britt Brett goes down at the

800
00:41:02,280 --> 00:41:04,239
Speaker 1: end of October starting center. He's out for the rest

801
00:41:04,239 --> 00:41:07,320
Speaker 1: of the season. Your potty misses this game. Jamarco Jones,

802
00:41:07,320 --> 00:41:09,799
Speaker 1: the backup left guard, goes down early there on their

803
00:41:09,840 --> 00:41:14,440
Speaker 1: third left guard against a good Packers front with Kenny Clark,

804
00:41:14,719 --> 00:41:16,719
Speaker 1: who was just I mean, he was a monster in

805
00:41:16,760 --> 00:41:18,680
Speaker 1: the backfield. Then you got the edge guys as well.

806
00:41:19,120 --> 00:41:24,960
Speaker 1: So look, I just felt like their run game started

807
00:41:24,960 --> 00:41:27,799
Speaker 1: to wear down at the end of the season, uh,

808
00:41:28,480 --> 00:41:32,400
Speaker 1: which put more on Russell and it just they just

809
00:41:32,440 --> 00:41:35,320
Speaker 1: didn't have the rhythm that they had been showing showing

810
00:41:35,360 --> 00:41:37,640
Speaker 1: when we were talking about Russell as an m VP candidate.

811
00:41:38,200 --> 00:41:41,160
Speaker 1: And then defensively, they've got to do some work to

812
00:41:41,200 --> 00:41:44,319
Speaker 1: figure things especially past defense wise. Yeah, this is this

813
00:41:44,400 --> 00:41:47,120
Speaker 1: is not the vintage Seattle Seahawks team. But here's here's

814
00:41:47,120 --> 00:41:50,839
Speaker 1: what I'm gonna give her pets uh pressor after the game,

815
00:41:50,960 --> 00:41:53,759
Speaker 1: he talks about he feels like this team reminds me,

816
00:41:54,080 --> 00:41:56,640
Speaker 1: reminds him of the two thousand and twelve team that

817
00:41:57,160 --> 00:41:59,160
Speaker 1: kind of got it going before popped and they became

818
00:41:59,160 --> 00:42:01,839
Speaker 1: a team that's kind and dominated the NFC for about

819
00:42:01,840 --> 00:42:03,880
Speaker 1: a three or four year period. When I look at

820
00:42:03,960 --> 00:42:05,880
Speaker 1: this team, the fact that they want a loving games

821
00:42:06,080 --> 00:42:07,839
Speaker 1: in the regular season, It's really amazing when you look

822
00:42:07,880 --> 00:42:11,200
Speaker 1: at their roster defensively, they're not the same defense that

823
00:42:11,280 --> 00:42:13,960
Speaker 1: they that they have been that we're used to seeing.

824
00:42:14,000 --> 00:42:16,719
Speaker 1: They have Bobby Wagner, but when you really look on

825
00:42:16,760 --> 00:42:19,279
Speaker 1: their defense, how many other blue chip players do they have?

826
00:42:19,400 --> 00:42:23,120
Speaker 1: You say, Bobby Wagner, Jadeveon Clowney when he's healthy, and

827
00:42:24,200 --> 00:42:25,440
Speaker 1: give him a ton of money if they want to

828
00:42:25,520 --> 00:42:28,600
Speaker 1: keep him. Yeah, but that's it. There's no one there.

829
00:42:28,600 --> 00:42:31,480
Speaker 1: And I think what showed up is in when you're

830
00:42:31,480 --> 00:42:35,279
Speaker 1: playing down the stretch in December and into the playoffs. Man,

831
00:42:35,320 --> 00:42:37,120
Speaker 1: you gotta dance with your stars, and I just don't

832
00:42:37,160 --> 00:42:39,319
Speaker 1: know if they had enough starts to give them an

833
00:42:39,360 --> 00:42:43,080
Speaker 1: opportunity to really be a championship caliber team. That said,

834
00:42:43,840 --> 00:42:46,640
Speaker 1: I think you have to give the Green Bay Packers credit.

835
00:42:46,640 --> 00:42:51,319
Speaker 1: I'm looking at the notes that here tenth game this

836
00:42:51,360 --> 00:42:54,319
Speaker 1: season without a turnover. Most of the Nastal Football League

837
00:42:54,480 --> 00:42:57,000
Speaker 1: D we've talked about the turnover battle being the biggest

838
00:42:57,000 --> 00:42:59,160
Speaker 1: decide in factor and who wins games. You went to

839
00:42:59,160 --> 00:43:02,280
Speaker 1: turnover battle by one, You went about six of your games.

840
00:43:02,320 --> 00:43:05,160
Speaker 1: So the fact that they don't turn the ball over,

841
00:43:05,640 --> 00:43:10,160
Speaker 1: they're already playing in the winning margins. Then Aaron Jones

842
00:43:10,360 --> 00:43:13,840
Speaker 1: twenty one scrimmage touchdowns, which is one short of Online

843
00:43:13,840 --> 00:43:16,560
Speaker 1: Greens twenty two scrimmage touchdowns in two thousand three. Well,

844
00:43:17,000 --> 00:43:19,359
Speaker 1: for so long we've talked about, Hey, Aaron Rodgers has

845
00:43:19,400 --> 00:43:21,279
Speaker 1: to have happy, he has to have someone in the backfield. Well,

846
00:43:22,000 --> 00:43:24,959
Speaker 1: Aaron Jones has been that help. Even though he didn't

847
00:43:24,960 --> 00:43:28,200
Speaker 1: have a big game. The mere threat of someone in

848
00:43:28,239 --> 00:43:31,640
Speaker 1: the back that can do something, it changes the outcome.

849
00:43:31,680 --> 00:43:34,480
Speaker 1: And and look, I give the floor credit he continued

850
00:43:34,520 --> 00:43:37,400
Speaker 1: to give him the ball. He makes you continue to

851
00:43:37,440 --> 00:43:40,160
Speaker 1: worry about thirty three and that is a huge credit.

852
00:43:40,200 --> 00:43:44,400
Speaker 1: And so as the Green Bay Packers go forward, I

853
00:43:44,400 --> 00:43:46,680
Speaker 1: don't know if they're the best team remaining in the tournament,

854
00:43:47,160 --> 00:43:50,840
Speaker 1: but they're dangerous because in a one and done scenario,

855
00:43:51,640 --> 00:43:54,399
Speaker 1: their quarterback can get it done. And when you look

856
00:43:54,440 --> 00:43:58,839
Speaker 1: at who's left in the tournament between Aaron Rodgers, the

857
00:43:58,840 --> 00:44:02,560
Speaker 1: only other guy that you can pat mos right, but

858
00:44:02,760 --> 00:44:05,800
Speaker 1: he doesn't have the resume that Rogers and so on,

859
00:44:05,960 --> 00:44:07,680
Speaker 1: and a one and done if you have to give

860
00:44:07,719 --> 00:44:10,359
Speaker 1: the ball to someone, I wonder if you trust Aaron

861
00:44:10,440 --> 00:44:12,840
Speaker 1: Rodgers more than anybody else that's left in the tournament.

862
00:44:13,760 --> 00:44:16,160
Speaker 1: That kind of leads me into the next. Uh are

863
00:44:16,360 --> 00:44:18,960
Speaker 1: next and final point here it's our NFC Championship game.

864
00:44:19,000 --> 00:44:23,319
Speaker 1: Look ahead takeaway, which is stop the run and rush

865
00:44:23,400 --> 00:44:26,560
Speaker 1: the passer. Who does it better in the NFC will

866
00:44:26,560 --> 00:44:28,960
Speaker 1: win the game. And that is what it will come

867
00:44:29,000 --> 00:44:31,880
Speaker 1: down to. Because all teams want to run the football.

868
00:44:32,480 --> 00:44:34,239
Speaker 1: I mean, make no mistake, they come from the same

869
00:44:34,280 --> 00:44:39,480
Speaker 1: philosophy floor and Shanahan. They both want to run the football.

870
00:44:39,640 --> 00:44:42,400
Speaker 1: UM and with whether it's Aaron Jones and the commitment

871
00:44:42,440 --> 00:44:44,759
Speaker 1: that they've had at that that is, you know, something

872
00:44:44,800 --> 00:44:46,640
Speaker 1: we haven't seen from the Packers in recent years. And

873
00:44:46,640 --> 00:44:48,879
Speaker 1: then we know I mean I talked about what Shanahan said.

874
00:44:48,880 --> 00:44:51,520
Speaker 1: They want thirty runs. They got forty seven against the Vikings,

875
00:44:51,880 --> 00:44:53,880
Speaker 1: So it'll be that type of game. And then if

876
00:44:53,920 --> 00:44:56,680
Speaker 1: you're able to stop the run, how do you rush

877
00:44:56,719 --> 00:45:00,160
Speaker 1: the passer because both teams can't get after the past. Now,

878
00:45:00,160 --> 00:45:01,720
Speaker 1: the forty Niners do it on a little bit different

879
00:45:01,800 --> 00:45:03,560
Speaker 1: level than the Packers do. I feel like even though

880
00:45:03,600 --> 00:45:06,839
Speaker 1: Zadarius Smith has been a monster in an unstoppable uh

881
00:45:06,840 --> 00:45:10,440
Speaker 1: such sort of problem for offensive lines all year long. UH,

882
00:45:10,640 --> 00:45:13,120
Speaker 1: this was the best game the forty Niners pass rush

883
00:45:13,200 --> 00:45:16,640
Speaker 1: has had since they beat the Packers in the regular season,

884
00:45:16,680 --> 00:45:19,560
Speaker 1: which was a total domination and a take a part

885
00:45:19,719 --> 00:45:22,200
Speaker 1: of that Packers team. So to me, it's stopped the

886
00:45:22,280 --> 00:45:25,000
Speaker 1: run rush the passer because you're gonna be asked to

887
00:45:25,000 --> 00:45:26,759
Speaker 1: do both of these things and that's what both these

888
00:45:26,760 --> 00:45:28,920
Speaker 1: teams rely on. So this is what has to happen,

889
00:45:29,000 --> 00:45:31,759
Speaker 1: because like the San Francisco forty Niners have kind of

890
00:45:31,800 --> 00:45:35,880
Speaker 1: become the rough and tumble maller brawlers in the NFCC.

891
00:45:36,160 --> 00:45:38,440
Speaker 1: Like even though whenever you see their uniforms you kind

892
00:45:38,440 --> 00:45:40,799
Speaker 1: of think of the vintage forty nine, is this is

893
00:45:40,800 --> 00:45:42,560
Speaker 1: a blue collar team, a team to kind of beat

894
00:45:42,600 --> 00:45:45,360
Speaker 1: you up. For the Green Bay Packers to win, the

895
00:45:45,360 --> 00:45:49,160
Speaker 1: Green Bay Packers have to match and exceed the physicality

896
00:45:49,320 --> 00:45:52,560
Speaker 1: and toughness that the forty Niners played with. They have

897
00:45:52,760 --> 00:45:55,919
Speaker 1: to be able upfront at the line of scrimmage. They

898
00:45:55,920 --> 00:45:57,880
Speaker 1: have to be able to move to forty Niners off

899
00:45:57,920 --> 00:46:00,920
Speaker 1: the ball, and Aaron Jones the magic number for me

900
00:46:01,000 --> 00:46:04,280
Speaker 1: with Aaron Jones, the magic number is twenty and a hundred.

901
00:46:04,600 --> 00:46:06,600
Speaker 1: He has to have twenty Russian attempts and he needs

902
00:46:06,640 --> 00:46:09,239
Speaker 1: to have a hundred rushing yards, no matter how that's accumulated,

903
00:46:09,440 --> 00:46:11,920
Speaker 1: because if he is able to get that kind of production,

904
00:46:12,400 --> 00:46:14,600
Speaker 1: then it means that the forty nine Is have to

905
00:46:14,640 --> 00:46:17,640
Speaker 1: divert their attention off of Aaron Rodgers and focus a

906
00:46:17,640 --> 00:46:20,719
Speaker 1: little more on the running game, and that should give

907
00:46:20,800 --> 00:46:24,960
Speaker 1: them some opportunities. And then Davante Adams to me, Davante

908
00:46:24,960 --> 00:46:27,759
Speaker 1: Adams has to have a big game. The forty nine

909
00:46:27,840 --> 00:46:29,320
Speaker 1: Is haven't been a team that has been prone to

910
00:46:29,440 --> 00:46:32,400
Speaker 1: use double double coverage and double team tactics and the

911
00:46:32,440 --> 00:46:35,759
Speaker 1: thing they pretty much play, it's straight and so if

912
00:46:35,760 --> 00:46:37,920
Speaker 1: they have an opportunity of play actions to take some

913
00:46:37,960 --> 00:46:40,680
Speaker 1: of those shots, he has to deliver. And then there's

914
00:46:40,719 --> 00:46:42,799
Speaker 1: an X factor, a mystery man. I don't know who

915
00:46:42,800 --> 00:46:46,520
Speaker 1: that mystery man is. Somebody else for the Packers in

916
00:46:46,560 --> 00:46:58,239
Speaker 1: the passing games, Jon Allison Bizarica hurt. Somebody else has

917
00:46:58,280 --> 00:47:00,600
Speaker 1: to show up because they would I'd be able to

918
00:47:00,600 --> 00:47:04,080
Speaker 1: win the passing game with the one man show. I'm

919
00:47:04,080 --> 00:47:06,840
Speaker 1: with you. That's gonna be a terrific championship weekend. And

920
00:47:07,120 --> 00:47:09,400
Speaker 1: I'll be here on Sunday at NFL Network kind of

921
00:47:09,440 --> 00:47:11,799
Speaker 1: guiding you through that day as well. Once the games

922
00:47:11,840 --> 00:47:13,920
Speaker 1: kick off, excited for that, Excited for the week ahead

923
00:47:13,960 --> 00:47:16,319
Speaker 1: as it's All star season. Uh. You know, as a

924
00:47:16,320 --> 00:47:18,279
Speaker 1: big part of our focus here on this podcast is

925
00:47:18,360 --> 00:47:20,279
Speaker 1: draft related and this is a big week for it.

926
00:47:20,520 --> 00:47:23,759
Speaker 1: DJ will be back from St. Petersburg tomorrow joining us

927
00:47:23,760 --> 00:47:25,680
Speaker 1: from the East West Shrine game. Bucky, You'll be back

928
00:47:25,719 --> 00:47:27,560
Speaker 1: as well, and then we're back with you later in

929
00:47:27,560 --> 00:47:30,680
Speaker 1: the week from the NFL p A and Collegiabowl. Quick

930
00:47:30,719 --> 00:47:32,640
Speaker 1: look ahead, uh for that, Just to give you a

931
00:47:32,719 --> 00:47:36,279
Speaker 1: couple of guys, uh, because you know, it's it's an

932
00:47:36,320 --> 00:47:38,399
Speaker 1: it's an all star game that maybe people aren't as

933
00:47:38,440 --> 00:47:40,879
Speaker 1: familiar with, but there's some terrific players in this game.

934
00:47:41,040 --> 00:47:43,960
Speaker 1: Brian Lurky, quarterback from Michigan State, is in this game.

935
00:47:44,000 --> 00:47:46,080
Speaker 1: By the way. He is the Michigan State career leader

936
00:47:46,080 --> 00:47:50,000
Speaker 1: in total yards, uh, besting the likes of Connor Cook.

937
00:47:50,520 --> 00:47:54,960
Speaker 1: Uh yeah, Kirk Cousins as well. So uh, really impressive

938
00:47:55,200 --> 00:47:57,520
Speaker 1: guy that I'm looking forward to seeing practice. Um. By

939
00:47:57,520 --> 00:47:59,880
Speaker 1: the way, also got a quarterback in this game, Nathan

940
00:48:00,040 --> 00:48:05,040
Speaker 1: Rourke from Ohio University, who actually had the highest passer

941
00:48:05,120 --> 00:48:09,040
Speaker 1: rating in all of FBS under pressure, better passer rating

942
00:48:09,040 --> 00:48:11,680
Speaker 1: than guys like to a tongue valolah than Kyler Murray

943
00:48:11,760 --> 00:48:14,360
Speaker 1: in that year. So there's some really cool stories in

944
00:48:14,400 --> 00:48:17,000
Speaker 1: this game that look forward to sharing with you, uh

945
00:48:17,400 --> 00:48:19,200
Speaker 1: later in the week and then once we get going

946
00:48:19,640 --> 00:48:21,840
Speaker 1: from the Rose Bowl. Yeah, I'm excited about the nflp

947
00:48:21,960 --> 00:48:25,640
Speaker 1: A collegible, but I can't let you go without holding

948
00:48:25,640 --> 00:48:28,040
Speaker 1: your feet to the fire. Do you have tonight in

949
00:48:28,080 --> 00:48:32,880
Speaker 1: the championship game? You got? Oh yeah, thats another game tonight, right, Yeah, definitely.

950
00:48:32,920 --> 00:48:35,120
Speaker 1: You have the real Tigers versus the other Tigers. I

951
00:48:35,120 --> 00:48:38,879
Speaker 1: don't know which one L s U. Who do you have?

952
00:48:39,120 --> 00:48:44,920
Speaker 1: This is go Tigers with X that is buy you

953
00:48:45,080 --> 00:48:49,680
Speaker 1: Bengal Tigers. Give me L s U two explosive Come on,

954
00:48:49,960 --> 00:48:52,319
Speaker 1: give me L s U all day long in this game.

955
00:48:52,400 --> 00:48:55,520
Speaker 1: I hope it's one. As I was talking to one

956
00:48:55,560 --> 00:48:59,719
Speaker 1: of our other producers, can't um. He thinks it's Clemson one.

957
00:49:00,000 --> 00:49:03,279
Speaker 1: I look, my sister works for the Texans. She went

958
00:49:03,320 --> 00:49:05,520
Speaker 1: to L s U. She needs to win this week.

959
00:49:06,200 --> 00:49:09,600
Speaker 1: It was this one's for you. It's l little family business.

960
00:49:09,600 --> 00:49:11,839
Speaker 1: So I'm gonna go different because if anyone who knows

961
00:49:11,880 --> 00:49:14,040
Speaker 1: me knows that I don't do the whole support the

962
00:49:14,080 --> 00:49:18,160
Speaker 1: conference I don't support the a C. I don't normally

963
00:49:18,200 --> 00:49:21,320
Speaker 1: do that. However, However, I'm a deviate from dead and

964
00:49:21,320 --> 00:49:23,840
Speaker 1: I'm gonna say that I'm gonna go with the Tigers.

965
00:49:23,840 --> 00:49:27,120
Speaker 1: And I think experience matters. The fact that I mean,

966
00:49:27,719 --> 00:49:29,120
Speaker 1: I mean, I don't know how you can win twenty

967
00:49:29,200 --> 00:49:32,280
Speaker 1: nine games and be twining games in the ruin being underdog.

968
00:49:32,719 --> 00:49:34,839
Speaker 1: Just think Championship game. I don't. I don't see the

969
00:49:34,880 --> 00:49:39,239
Speaker 1: real Tigers, the real Death Valley will win. Pains it

970
00:49:39,280 --> 00:49:41,880
Speaker 1: pains me to say that. I want to hear that

971
00:49:41,960 --> 00:49:44,160
Speaker 1: I'm gonna go Clipson and I'm gonna go Tiger raging

972
00:49:44,400 --> 00:49:47,040
Speaker 1: all night long with the Tigers. We'll see how this

973
00:49:47,040 --> 00:49:49,799
Speaker 1: plays out. Yeah, I'm excited to watch that one. Look,

974
00:49:49,840 --> 00:49:52,120
Speaker 1: thanks for hanging out with us today, Thanks for listening

975
00:49:52,200 --> 00:49:54,640
Speaker 1: to move the Sticks of course back with you again

976
00:49:54,880 --> 00:49:57,560
Speaker 1: with a couple more episodes Later this week. DJ will

977
00:49:57,600 --> 00:50:01,319
Speaker 1: be back on our next episode. So excited. Big week,

978
00:50:01,400 --> 00:50:04,080
Speaker 1: big season, A big couple of weeks here as we

979
00:50:04,400 --> 00:50:06,560
Speaker 1: we can continue down the road the NFL playoffs, and

980
00:50:06,560 --> 00:50:08,799
Speaker 1: also as we look ahead to the Drappl scene. Next time,