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Speaker 1: Your tunes about Drive on Home of the Black and

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Speaker 1: Goals Steelers Nation Radio. Welcome back. I am Dale Allie.

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Speaker 1: He is Matt Williamson. This is the Drive on Steelers

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Speaker 1: Nation Radio and it is the time of week where

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Speaker 1: we take a look at all the games across the league.

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Speaker 1: And Matt, don't forget this week. There's a London There's

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Speaker 1: a London game that is the first game on this

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Speaker 1: weekend slate. It's it's it's not bye week starting start

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Speaker 1: next week, which really makes things interesting. But the game

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Speaker 1: in London. This is the first time the Packers have

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Speaker 1: played an overseas game. Yeah, they were the last team

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Speaker 1: that have not played outside the country. Uh so you

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Speaker 1: have the three and one Giants at three and one

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Speaker 1: Packers in theory that looks oh to three and one teams, Yeah,

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Speaker 1: right right. The Packers are eight point favorites. The over

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Speaker 1: unders just forty one and they're eight point favorites. I

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Speaker 1: think I like the Giants and the points. I don't

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Speaker 1: know if Green Bays will blow you out type of team,

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Speaker 1: I don't think I do. Daniel Jones is gonna start

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Speaker 1: this game. The Giants have no receivers. He's gonna be

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Speaker 1: I mean, the one thing that Daniel Jones can do

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Speaker 1: as a quarterback is moving around in the pocket and

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Speaker 1: beach with his legs a little bit. I can't imagine

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Speaker 1: it happens this week with the bad Yeah. Um, I

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Speaker 1: think he's a little bit uh, you know, under the weather.

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Speaker 1: In terms of that, I'm not gonna be able to

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Speaker 1: move around like that. Um. I. I like the Packers,

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Speaker 1: and I think even such a low scoring game and

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Speaker 1: the Giants d is the Giants score and they're that's

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Speaker 1: the problem. Yeah, you know, um no, but I'm not

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Speaker 1: super impressed with Green Bay. But I'm not impressed with

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Speaker 1: the Giants at all. I think the Giants are bottom

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Speaker 1: six or seven team. Yeah, and the things start to

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Speaker 1: settle back in now yeah. Yeah. Over the past fifteen seasons,

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Speaker 1: teams favored by at least seven points in international games.

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Speaker 1: I don't think it's gone well for them. Uh, team's

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Speaker 1: favored by at least seven points or seven and oh

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Speaker 1: against the spread, including six and oh against the spread

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Speaker 1: in London. I luys think about it as being a

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Speaker 1: great equalizer, which is one of the reasons I took

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Speaker 1: the Giants there, thinking, you know, it's kind of levels

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Speaker 1: of playing field. Maybe it doesn't. Maybe it's harder. Uh.

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Speaker 1: Of course, looking here at the ESPN predictions here, uh,

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Speaker 1: Eric Moody picks the Packers. Seth Walter picks the Packers.

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Speaker 1: I think Walter is more in line there. I think

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Speaker 1: if the Packers scored twenty four, I don't know how

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Speaker 1: the I don't think the Giants can keep it with

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Speaker 1: an eight. Okay, yeah, it's a pretty big number, though

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Speaker 1: it is, I get it. My logic was low, low,

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Speaker 1: over under, big spread. The FPI prediction, which is their

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Speaker 1: Football Power Index as a Green Bay winning eighties almost

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Speaker 1: eighties seven percent of the game at this every time

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Speaker 1: they simulated by an average of thirteen and a half points. Wow.

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Speaker 1: Not in line with the Giants are not a good team. No,

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Speaker 1: they're not. They really aren't. Speaking of times. Yeah. Uh.

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Speaker 1: One o'clock came on Fox the two and two Falcons

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Speaker 1: at the two and two Buccaneers, Tampa Bay favored by

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Speaker 1: nine and a half the over under his forty seven.

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Speaker 1: The Buccaneers getting a little more healthy for this one,

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Speaker 1: and well, the Falcons have no coll Pits. No, and

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Speaker 1: I know every Kyle Pits owner, including you and I

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Speaker 1: in the fantasy world hates him right now, but he

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Speaker 1: has a massive ripple effect on that team. I mean

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Speaker 1: they use personnel on offense twelve personnel, thirteen personnel because

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Speaker 1: he's so valuable that everybody he's not him. They just

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Speaker 1: don't throw him the football. But I mean he runs

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Speaker 1: but so is Cordell pass. That's two of the bigger

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Speaker 1: think those guys not being in there, there's too big

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Speaker 1: of that. Nine and nine and a half isn't enough there.

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Speaker 1: Um Moody picking the Buccaneers thirty fourteen, Walter picking the

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Speaker 1: Buccaneers thirty to thirteen. Both of the writers, and you know,

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Speaker 1: I mean they're they're certain around back in the shape

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Speaker 1: a little bit. Yeah yeah. Uh. Lions one in three

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Speaker 1: I don't know what the thing of this game. New

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Speaker 1: England's favored in this game by three the over under

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Speaker 1: and we've seen Belichick do this several times in his

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Speaker 1: I think he hands it off like every snap. Now,

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Speaker 1: Stevenson and Harris just that's fine, but you better not

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Speaker 1: have a holding penalty. You better not better on a

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Speaker 1: fumble of football because the Lions on the other side

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Speaker 1: had to do that exactly exactly. This is a situation

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Speaker 1: him where the Lions are gonna be able to play. Yeah. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: don't score every time that you have the football like that,

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Speaker 1: the Lions are gonna score score. I mean, Lion games

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Speaker 1: are the number one offense and the number thirty two defense. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: you know, uh in running the ball over and over

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Speaker 1: destroyed is covered in six straight road games because they're

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Speaker 1: not as bad as people think. But they're oh ten

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Speaker 1: and one outright in their last eleven road games. But

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Speaker 1: we've seen some other teams this year such as well

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Speaker 1: the Jaguars breaks some long road losing streaks. I think

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Speaker 1: they do it here in this game. A Moody and

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Speaker 1: So you take two points the two and two Bears

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Speaker 1: another one of these teams that are a fraud there

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Speaker 1: two and two right now. Falcons might be the teams

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Speaker 1: last night, We're a fraud. Yeah. Um, just because you

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Speaker 1: Minnesota destroys them. I think the Bears really get exposed,

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Speaker 1: gonna have to throw. They're not good at its tough

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Speaker 1: against the spread as an underdog since the started last season.

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Speaker 1: an underdog. They played sixteen games as underdog since last year.

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Speaker 1: At the Moody picking the Vikings to ten Walter picking

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Speaker 1: Jets are at home. I bet they have some optimism,

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Speaker 1: they're probably pretty happy with after a win here. Of course,

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Speaker 1: I don't know what to think of Miami. I mean,

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Speaker 1: Bridgewater verse TWA doesn't move the needle for me drastically.

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Speaker 1: But Armsteads banged up. Both their receivers are fighting stuff. Um.

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Speaker 1: I can see Miami blowing their doors off, or I

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Speaker 1: can see the Jets sneaking one out. Teddy doesn't blow

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Speaker 1: anybody's doors, and he doesn't. He plays to the number.

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Speaker 1: I would think they'll run the ball more, and they haven't.

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Speaker 1: This stat over the last five seasons, Miami is thirteen

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Speaker 1: and seven against the spread as a favorite. In five seasons,

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Speaker 1: they've been favored twenty times. Glad they work for a

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Speaker 1: while and Flora has got yelled at for winning too

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Speaker 1: many games and then fired. Yeah, both writers picking the Dolphins,

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Speaker 1: Moody picking seventeen, Water picking to Tenka. I don't have

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Speaker 1: a feeling on that one. Well, there's another big game.

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Speaker 1: Here's a big a f C North game, the two

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Speaker 1: you like a running dog, this is this is a

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Speaker 1: running dog. Oh yeah, I mean these teams canna be

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Speaker 1: don't run the ball at all. The Steelers allowed five

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Speaker 1: number one rushing team in the league. Yeah, but I

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Speaker 1: think Herbert, you gotta throw him out of it. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: He might and they'd still lose. Both writers picking the Chargers,

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Speaker 1: Moody taking the Chargers twenty seven, twenty Walter taking the Charger,

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Speaker 1: so both covering two. It's just it's only two and

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Speaker 1: oh and three before that. The two and two Seahawks

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Speaker 1: think Seattle doesn't stink. I think their defense is bad,

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Speaker 1: worried about the Saints. I mean, who's gonna be the

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Speaker 1: least they get Kamara back, but I don't think they cover.

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Speaker 1: You know what's that spray five and a half. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I think the Saints win at home. That's a tough

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Speaker 1: I think it's a close game, and I think that

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Speaker 1: i'll take the home team. Um. Well, Moody agrees with us.

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Speaker 1: He has a Saints winning four seth. Walter has the

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Speaker 1: Seahawks nix. I mean Seattle might be having the better year. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: and there's no doubt. Uh. The two and two Titans

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Speaker 1: at one o'clock are at the one in three Commanders

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Speaker 1: Tennessee favored by one and a half on the road.

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Speaker 1: You over under just forty two and a half in

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Speaker 1: this game. I want to bet against both. This is

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Speaker 1: reminds me of last night. I don't want to watch

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Speaker 1: that game. It reminds game. Um, I'll just take the points.

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Speaker 1: Food give me points at home. I'll take the points. Um.

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Speaker 1: Derrick Henry didn't have a single catch the first two

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Speaker 1: so incorporating him there conding the receivers right now. Washington

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Speaker 1: has failed to cover in three straight games, but both writers.

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Speaker 1: Taking the Commanders seven, says Moody, twenty to sixteen says Walter.

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Speaker 1: I'll take the points at home, and I don't think

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Speaker 1: the Titans are good football team. I don't think either

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Speaker 1: one of them are. Uh yeah, I wish they're playing

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Speaker 1: other teams. You have the O three and one Texans

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Speaker 1: at the two and two Jaguars Jacksonville, favored by seven

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Speaker 1: I think the Jags are top ten team in Houston's

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Speaker 1: thirty second I don't understand that seven points bright there.

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Speaker 1: I think the world is looking at Jacksonville after losing

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