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Speaker 1: That's awesome. Speaking of wearing a lot of hats, Yeah,

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Speaker 1: Well, speaking speaking of wearing a lot of hats, right now,

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Speaker 1: Number twenty Justin Reid. Okay, how do we introduce him? Kickoff?

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Speaker 1: Specialist stud safety, future governor of Louisiana, future President of

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Speaker 1: the United States, future chess master. I'll do this, those

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Speaker 1: of you who are watching and listening. This is the board.

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Speaker 1: When he was a Houston, Texan Okay, God, he's now

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Speaker 1: you here. How do we introduce you? Because you've got

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Speaker 1: I mean, your Wikipedia page is full.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I don't know, man, maybe a jack of all

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Speaker 3: And a little bit of everything.

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Speaker 2: When you first joined us several years ago and we

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Speaker 2: talked about how you love to kick, and you would

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Speaker 2: Did you ever think you'd had this many opportunities though,

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Speaker 2: You ever think you'd have all these chances to kick?

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Speaker 1: Oh?

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Speaker 4: You know, I always wish that it would happen, but

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Speaker 3: It's just a ton of fun.

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Speaker 1: So exciting to see a team go from minus four

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Speaker 4: Just well, I think that it's coming at the right time.

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Speaker 4: You know, you don't want to peak too soon. Would

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Speaker 4: have been great to have some of these earlier in

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Speaker 4: we're playing great defense, but we just weren't getting the

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Speaker 4: turnovers and has been getting the ball. Coach Bags has

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Speaker 4: emphasized that he showed film on and throughout the week

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Speaker 4: And like he said, we're not done yet. We're going

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Speaker 4: to keep it rolling and it's coming at a good time.

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Speaker 4: So we get six turnovers every week, we'll.

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Speaker 3: Be with this spot.

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Speaker 2: Let's just do that again.

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Speaker 1: Yeah.

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Speaker 2: As a veteran and a leader on this defense, how

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Speaker 3: As a leader on this defense, man.

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Speaker 4: Is awesome, so excited, so excited for all of bee.

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Speaker 4: Cook always has awesome interceptions with him, you know, floating

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Speaker 4: in the air like that. But Trent's interception is by

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Speaker 4: far the coolest. That's the first time I seen a

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Speaker 2: Roland Wallace has been like a playmaker for us this year.

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Speaker 2: He had that pick against Brock Purty earlier this season.

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Speaker 2: I'm just cool to see an undrafted free agent right

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Speaker 4: Yeah, he was a guy that since training camp a

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Speaker 3: There's a couple of things here and there. That's what

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Speaker 4: But this guy's ceiling is just through the limit, man,

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Speaker 4: and you can't wait to see what he does next.

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Speaker 1: So excited for his future. But in the present, here

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Speaker 4: Offensive Rookie Player of the Year, loves a scramble, can

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Speaker 4: And then you got Dalton Schultz solid all the way around.

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Speaker 3: A lot of talent around him.

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Speaker 4: As you see, I know these guys pretty well, so

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Speaker 3: And you know, we're excited for the challenge.

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Speaker 2: Now, Strout's been under pressure a lot this year. I

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Speaker 2: Spags obviously loves the blitz and blitz with his dbs.

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Speaker 2: We have trent this a few weeks ago. But when

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Speaker 4: A huge, huge, You know, when you get a time

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Speaker 3: To get the sack.

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Speaker 4: And that's what's so great is the unselfishness of this

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Speaker 1: Yeah, we've seen Chris do that too up front, which

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Speaker 4: Well, the longer you're in the league, the more the

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Speaker 4: And then people are able to gain plan some things

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Speaker 4: and things go up and throughout the season. We know,

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Speaker 4: I don't judge a man by what he's done at

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Speaker 4: So we're expecting to get the best version of CJ.

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Speaker 3: Stroud.

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Speaker 4: We're going to continue to keep the pressure on them,

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Speaker 2: Kind of talked about this earlier, But this is a

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Speaker 4: One of the things about the human aspect that it's

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Speaker 4: Momentum is so big in this game, whether it's even

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Speaker 4: that courses through the entire team and just fuels everybody

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Speaker 1: Final question kicking off? Was there ever a time did

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Speaker 1: He didn't. Let wouldn't do it?

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Speaker 1: The other inventions kicking off in high school? Was ever

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Speaker 4: The one or two times that guys that didn't kick

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Speaker 1: All right, let's do it. Let's get it. We may

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Speaker 2: We've had all these crazy endings to games. I'm counting

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Speaker 3: He's got to be different every time.

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Speaker 1: Exactly. You've got to be proud of a riseer. He's

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Speaker 1: trying to do this on punts. He went screaming down

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Speaker 3: No, we might need to put him in that linebacker.

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Speaker 2: Torpedo.

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Speaker 1: Here's the warning for all opponents. If you're going to

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Speaker 1: number twenty. He's not Houston, he's ours. So the former

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Speaker 1: is the kicker, and they look like us, and they're like,

437
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Speaker 1: can you imagine him busting through? And it's Justin Reid

438
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Speaker 1: And you're like, I wasn't counting on.

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Speaker 2: This, it'd be terrifying. Yeah, But like you were saying

440
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Speaker 2: to him at the end of the interview, matt Riza,

441
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Speaker 2: here's that statement and says watch this. Oh, matt Riza

442
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Speaker 2: is like like lunging head first.

443
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Speaker 1: It's torpedo. He cannot wait to drill a dude and

444
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Speaker 1: force a funnel what he wanted to do. So can

445
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Speaker 1: I be gunner and punter all at the same time.

446
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Speaker 1: That's matt Riza.

447
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Speaker 2: Uh, and Ariza's kind of been like feeling himself after

448
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Speaker 2: each of those two, like he'll walk off like Connor McGregor.

449
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Speaker 2: You know, it's like, Matt you got to cal him down.

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Speaker 1: Man. Let somebody if you go watch the video of

451
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Speaker 1: him at San Diego State. Uh, he was rocking, dudes. Yeah,

452
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Speaker 1: he did on more than one occasion where he go

453
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Speaker 1: down like same thing right the returners, Like, hey, he

454
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Speaker 1: wasn't even busting through to the third level. It's like

455
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Speaker 1: the second level. He goes screaming down there like a

456
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Speaker 1: gunner and then just blow some guy up. So anyway,

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Speaker 1: justin Reid Anne, matt Riza, just be forewarned. If you're

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Speaker 1: going to return a kicker punt, look out let's jump

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Speaker 1: into the Houston team. A very intriguing team. Remember the

460
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Speaker 1: off season, they signed eighteen free agents. They got fourteen

461
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Speaker 1: defensive free agents. Of course, they got Stefan Diggs. He

462
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Speaker 1: now is an ACL out for the season. But this

463
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Speaker 1: is a very, very talented team. And let's give Dimico

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Speaker 1: Ryans and CJ. Stroud props here. They are the first

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Speaker 1: head coach quarterback duo in NFL history to win their

466
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Speaker 1: division the first two years that they've been in those roles.

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Speaker 1: That gives you an idea of the talent and the

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Speaker 1: ability of this team. Justin kind of put it out there,

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Speaker 1: this will be a hard game, tough game, and yes,

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Speaker 1: it feels like a playoff game before a playoff game.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, this is a Texans team. It's going to be

472
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Speaker 2: good for a long time. They're building a foundation and

473
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Speaker 2: a culture there, and I think they're almost a little

474
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Speaker 2: bit ahead of schedule. I think Stroud was ready to

475
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Speaker 2: be the guy sooner than anyone could have guessed. Really

476
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Speaker 2: good last year, obviously the rookie of the year. The

477
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Speaker 2: numbers are a bit lower this year, and we can

478
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Speaker 2: dive into why, but I mean they're still division champs

479
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Speaker 2: and having a really nice season in Stroud and Demiko

480
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Speaker 2: Ryans are two major reasons why. It kind of reminds

481
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Speaker 2: me of the situation we were in back in twenty eighteen,

482
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Speaker 2: where you're not paying your quarterback a bunch of money,

483
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Speaker 2: so you can invest money elsewhere. You can go out

484
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Speaker 2: and get a player like Stefan Diggs, you can invest

485
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Speaker 2: money in your defensive line, go get daneil Hunter from

486
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Speaker 2: the Vikings, and they're reaping the rewards of that where

487
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Speaker 2: you have lots of players making money. Your quarterback's not

488
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Speaker 2: making a whole much, but he's a very good player.

489
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Speaker 2: So they're in a stage right here where they're trying

490
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Speaker 2: to take advantage of that rookie contract with Stroud. And yeah,

491
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Speaker 2: the numbers aren't quite as high this season, and again

492
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Speaker 2: we'll dive into why, but still a very good team

493
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Speaker 2: that will be a difficult test on Saturday.

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Speaker 1: Let's dive into why Stroud's numbers are off from a

495
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Speaker 1: year ago. He was the youngest player to win a

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Speaker 1: playoff game in NFL history. He had the twenty three

497
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Speaker 1: touchdowns five picks last year. You mentioned he was Rookie

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Speaker 1: of the Year this year.

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Speaker 2: Pretty crazy, isn't it, Like really crazy.

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Speaker 1: Wow, youngest quarterback to win a playoff game.

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Speaker 2: I wouldn't have guessed that.

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Speaker 3: Yep.

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Speaker 1: Now you back it up and then you go, what's

504
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Speaker 1: happening this year? And just a ton of tie on it.

505
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Speaker 1: This league will know when you brush your teeth, when

506
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Speaker 1: you get up, when you go to bed, you know

507
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Speaker 1: when you mow your lawne whatever. They just know and

508
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Speaker 1: this year and we'll jump in as there's other reasons here.

509
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Speaker 1: But his QBR is down about ten points now. He

510
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Speaker 1: rallied last week against Miami with a QBR of one

511
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Speaker 1: TOZH six. But and it's different against Zone and man,

512
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Speaker 1: it's pretty much of a divergence there. But he has

513
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Speaker 1: a struggle with the giveaways. Thirteen giveaways, which right now

514
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Speaker 1: in the league is in the TheInk top eight as

515
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Speaker 1: far as giveaways, nine interceptions, four fumbles lost. Didn't do

516
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Speaker 1: that last year. Now, again, he's got a talented group

517
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Speaker 1: around him. Some of it is he's been sacked and

518
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Speaker 1: hurried and harassed, but this is a guy capable of

519
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Speaker 1: lighting you up and hitting you for three and a

520
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Speaker 1: half or four bills passing because he's got the surrounding cast.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it's interesting. It's one of those things where the

522
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Speaker 2: numbers and the stats are accurate, but also the eye test.

523
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Speaker 2: He still looks really good. So last year he led

524
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Speaker 2: the NFL in passing yards per game with two hundred

525
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Speaker 2: and seventy four. He's four teenth this season at two

526
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Speaker 2: hundred and thirty two. He can still make all the

527
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Speaker 2: throws though last week you might have seen this one.

528
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Speaker 2: It was third and short and he was fully in

529
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Speaker 2: the grasp of the defender and found whoever it was

530
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Speaker 2: for a conversion to move the chains very Patrick mahomes like.

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Speaker 2: It was just really impressive. But protection you kind of

532
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Speaker 2: touched on. This has been the issue all year long

533
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Speaker 2: for these guys. So only Caleb Williams has been sacked

534
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Speaker 2: more times this season than CJ.

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Speaker 1: Stroud.

536
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Speaker 2: He's already been sacked seven more times this year than

537
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Speaker 2: he was all year as a rookie in twenty twenty three.

538
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Speaker 2: He's been sacked at least four times and seven of

539
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Speaker 2: his fourteen games. It's the most such games of any quarterback.

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Speaker 2: And in those games, the Texans are two and five.

541
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Speaker 2: When he's sacked three or fewer times, they're perfect seven

542
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Speaker 2: and l. So that kind of tells the story here.

543
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Speaker 2: He's been under a lot of pressure all year long,

544
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Speaker 2: and when they're able to protect or he's able to

545
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Speaker 2: escape and do things off schedule, they've been winning. But

546
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Speaker 2: when he's under a lot of pressure and they're in

547
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Speaker 2: second and sixteen doesn't work as well. And they have

548
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Speaker 2: faced the most negative plays in the league this year

549
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Speaker 2: with one hundred and eleven. They've lost five hundred and

550
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Speaker 2: twenty yards on those plays and the sacks are obviously

551
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Speaker 2: a big part of it, but they've also recorded fifty

552
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Speaker 2: five negative runs, third most in the NFL. So Stroud

553
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Speaker 2: is really good. Don't let the numbers fool you, But

554
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Speaker 2: there have been a lot of situations where he is

555
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Speaker 2: running for his life or is facing third and nineteen

556
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Speaker 2: because of how things are going with the negative plays.

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Speaker 1: Some of this is not having Nico Collins for five games.

558
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Speaker 1: He missed five games now since the beginning of twenty

559
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Speaker 1: twenty three, Nico Collins of the Houston Texans is second

560
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Speaker 1: in receiving yards per game, only to Justin Jefferson. Wow,

561
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Speaker 1: that's impressive. Plus this year he has tied for the

562
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Speaker 1: most in the league with four games of one hundred

563
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Speaker 1: and ten yards receiving or more. Nico Collins is like

564
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Speaker 1: the long striding four hundred meters runner. He runs great

565
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Speaker 1: routes when he's on the field. This is a very

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Speaker 1: dangerous team. You could throw in Tankdll. I mean, we

567
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Speaker 1: heard Justin talk about it, but I'm going to back

568
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Speaker 1: unless you want to jump into Collins a little bit

569
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Speaker 1: more to Joe Mixon because that feels like a real

570
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Speaker 1: key to this team. Seven one hundred yard rushing games.

571
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Speaker 1: Only Saquon Barkley has more the Texans. And you mentioned

572
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Speaker 1: that sack total where the demarcation line is there between

573
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Speaker 1: them being seven and zero two and five, they're five

574
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Speaker 1: and two and Mixon runs for one hundred yards and

575
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Speaker 1: he was held down in last week's game against Miami.

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Speaker 1: But Joe Mixon, we've seen him as a Bengal. Justin

577
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Speaker 1: talked about him running screens. But your thoughts on both

578
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Speaker 1: Nico Collins and Joe Mixon.

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Speaker 2: Well, Collins is a beast. You laid out all the numbers.

580
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Speaker 2: He's averaging sixteen yards per catch this year. He's only

581
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Speaker 2: played in nine games, but has excellent numbers. As it is,

582
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Speaker 2: He's been tremendous. He has fifty three catches for eight

583
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Speaker 2: hundred and forty nine yards. Six touchdowns. I mean, he's

584
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Speaker 2: their go to guy. I think sometimes it takes a

585
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Speaker 2: while for a player like that to earn kind of

586
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Speaker 2: like household name status. But he's right up theretically over

587
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Speaker 2: the last couple of years with the Justin Jeffersons and

588
00:26:03,040 --> 00:26:05,480
Speaker 2: Jamar Chases, and we have to treat him as such.

589
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Speaker 2: I'm with you, though, on Mixon because I think at

590
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Speaker 2: their offensive corps they want to be a power running team,

591
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Speaker 2: and I think Demiko Ryans wants them to be a physical,

592
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Speaker 2: downhill power running team, and Mixon's good. We know that.

593
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Speaker 2: What's kind of interesting, though, is only forty one point

594
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Speaker 2: five percent of their rushes this year have gained four

595
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Speaker 2: or more yards. That's twenty ninth in the NFL. Now,

596
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Speaker 2: Mixon missed some time this season, but I don't think

597
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Speaker 2: they necessarily have captured the power running scheme and success

598
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Speaker 2: that they want. They could do it at any time.

599
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Speaker 2: But fortunately the Chiefs have been very good against the

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Speaker 2: run this year and against opposing running backs. They continue

601
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Speaker 2: to be one of the very best in the NFL

602
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Speaker 2: at preventing explosive running plays. Of course, we saw one

603
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Speaker 2: last week, but when you are kind of shocked that

604
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Speaker 2: the opponent has a big, long run, that means you're

605
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Speaker 2: pretty good against the run normally, so that was kind

606
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Speaker 2: of an anomaly, the big run by Jerome Ford. Otherwise,

607
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Speaker 2: the Chiefs have been very good against the run this year.

608
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Speaker 2: Need to be good against the run here once again

609
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Speaker 2: against mixing and then kind of forced strad to be

610
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Speaker 2: one dimensional. And again, I mean, you need to get

611
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Speaker 2: these guys behind the chains because that's why they've struggled.

612
00:27:12,119 --> 00:27:15,520
Speaker 2: It's been with negative runs, sacks, stuff like that. And

613
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Speaker 2: the Chiefs got five sacks on the Browns last week.

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Speaker 2: So another performance like that would be great because that's

615
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Speaker 2: where the Texans have struggled all year long.

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Speaker 1: But whether or not struggling against pressuring the quarterback. In fact,

617
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Speaker 1: Daniel Hunter, who they picked up in the offseason, we

618
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Speaker 1: talked about having that latitude and the cap room to

619
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Speaker 1: go good guys. Fourth highest average sack per game since

620
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Speaker 1: twenty sixteen. The three ahead of him are TJ. Watt,

621
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Speaker 1: Micah Parsons and Miles Garrett. Tells you the company he's in.

622
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Speaker 1: But this year it's not just the sacks, which he's

623
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Speaker 1: second in the league. It's the quarterback pressures. Daniel Hunter,

624
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Speaker 1: the Houston Texans has twelve more quarterback pressures than Sam

625
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Speaker 1: Hendrickson we've extolled his virtues, and eighteen more than Miles Garrett.

626
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Speaker 1: And I went back and reviewed the video. Oh my gosh,

627
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Speaker 1: Miles Garrett. Joe Toney held his own against him, but

628
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Speaker 1: he can do everything. Miles Garrett is a beast, but

629
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Speaker 1: so is Danil Hunter, and he has help. In fact,

630
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Speaker 1: you can argue that this is the best team at

631
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Speaker 1: pressuring the quarterback in the entire National Football League.

632
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Speaker 2: Will Anderson Junior on the other side is pretty good

633
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Speaker 2: as well. He has ten and a half sacks this year.

634
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Speaker 2: This defensive line can get after the passer. That's our

635
00:28:26,359 --> 00:28:30,199
Speaker 2: bread and butter. They've forced the second most negative plays

636
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Speaker 2: in the NFL this year, with ninety nine. Kind of

637
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Speaker 2: ironic talking about all the negative plays the offense for

638
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Speaker 2: the Texans has faced. Well, their defense forces a lot

639
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Speaker 2: of negative plays as well, second most in the league

640
00:28:40,240 --> 00:28:42,720
Speaker 2: behind only Cleveland, who, of course, we just saw last week.

641
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Speaker 2: Opponents have lost four hundred and fifty three yards on

642
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Speaker 2: those negative plays. I believe that's most in the NFL,

643
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Speaker 2: and takeaways as well. It's sacks and takeaways and negative

644
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Speaker 2: plays because they've forced twenty eight takeaways as a team

645
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Speaker 2: this year, the second most in the league to only Pittsburgh,

646
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Speaker 2: and they have ninety three takeaway points scored off those turnovers.

647
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Speaker 2: That's twenty eight point four of their total points this year.

648
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Speaker 2: That's the highest rate in the league. If you take

649
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Speaker 2: away the takeaway points for Houston this season, they're only

650
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Speaker 2: scoring sixteen point seven points per game. Now, I know,

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00:29:16,040 --> 00:29:19,240
Speaker 2: you know got's convoluted, but still at point remains if

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00:29:19,240 --> 00:29:21,640
Speaker 2: you just play a clean game against these guys where

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00:29:22,120 --> 00:29:24,520
Speaker 2: you don't turn the ball over, their offense has not

654
00:29:24,560 --> 00:29:27,040
Speaker 2: put up a lot of points. So that's paramount for

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Speaker 2: the Chiefs here in this one. You can't get behind

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00:29:28,840 --> 00:29:31,800
Speaker 2: the chains against these guys, as you laid out with

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00:29:31,840 --> 00:29:33,800
Speaker 2: their pressure rate and all the sacks that they have,

658
00:29:34,080 --> 00:29:36,480
Speaker 2: and you cannot turn the ball over. And that's been

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00:29:36,960 --> 00:29:39,360
Speaker 2: really one of the bright spots over the last several

660
00:29:39,440 --> 00:29:43,360
Speaker 2: weeks because we were tenth in the NFL and giveaways

661
00:29:43,520 --> 00:29:45,640
Speaker 2: through the first ten weeks of the year with fourteen.

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Speaker 2: It was just an issue kind of every game we

663
00:29:47,720 --> 00:29:50,080
Speaker 2: were turning it over at least once. We're one of

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Speaker 2: only two teams though to not turn it over at

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00:29:52,440 --> 00:29:55,600
Speaker 2: all over the last four weeks, and the other being Buffalo.

666
00:29:55,720 --> 00:29:58,239
Speaker 2: They've only played three games, so the Chiefs have been

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00:29:58,280 --> 00:30:01,400
Speaker 2: really good about protecting the football lately. When you're facing

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00:30:01,400 --> 00:30:04,200
Speaker 2: a team like Houston that thrives off the takeaways and

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Speaker 2: they convert those takeaways into points and then you're playing

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00:30:07,320 --> 00:30:09,680
Speaker 2: from behind and their pass rush pens their ears back.

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00:30:09,920 --> 00:30:13,160
Speaker 2: That's their formula for the Chiefs in this game. Got

672
00:30:13,160 --> 00:30:15,720
Speaker 2: to get back to kind of condensing the game in

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Speaker 2: terms of possessions, and that's where it got away from

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Speaker 2: us a little bit last week. We had fourteen offensive

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Speaker 2: possessions last week and Cleveland had the ball a whole

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00:30:23,680 --> 00:30:25,920
Speaker 2: bunch of times in the third quarter and it's back

677
00:30:25,960 --> 00:30:28,840
Speaker 2: and forth. Clock was stopping. You got to condense the game,

678
00:30:29,080 --> 00:30:31,880
Speaker 2: have like eight or nine possessions against these guys. Finish

679
00:30:31,880 --> 00:30:34,960
Speaker 2: in the red zone where they've actually struggled this year.

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00:30:34,960 --> 00:30:37,560
Speaker 2: It's the number twenty eight red zone defense in the NFL.

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Speaker 2: Don't let these pass rushers wreck the game, then get

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Speaker 2: out of there with a win.

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Speaker 1: Darryl Stingley Junior has got five picks. He is the

684
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Speaker 1: only player in the league that's had five plus interceptions

685
00:30:50,600 --> 00:30:53,640
Speaker 1: in each of the last two seasons, and he is.

686
00:30:53,880 --> 00:30:57,000
Speaker 1: These guys are ballhawks. They'll also take some chances. But

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Speaker 1: one of the weird stats this is like Cleveland, they

688
00:30:59,560 --> 00:31:02,959
Speaker 1: have lost. They have three losses with two plus takeaways.

689
00:31:03,640 --> 00:31:06,600
Speaker 1: They're nine to five. You laid it out, they're nine wins.

690
00:31:06,760 --> 00:31:09,440
Speaker 1: This has happened. They're five losses. This has happened. But

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00:31:09,720 --> 00:31:14,120
Speaker 1: the chance for the Chiefs to get takeaways has been

692
00:31:14,120 --> 00:31:17,560
Speaker 1: the bugaboo for Houston this year because you've got a

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Speaker 1: defense that has takeaways and still they won't win the game.

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00:31:21,360 --> 00:31:23,760
Speaker 1: Cleveland has four. They lead the league. But here's Houston

695
00:31:23,800 --> 00:31:27,440
Speaker 1: tied for second three such plays. We'll wrap it up

696
00:31:27,480 --> 00:31:30,720
Speaker 1: this way. You're all asking, hey, is Patrick going to play?

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00:31:30,800 --> 00:31:34,080
Speaker 1: That's the persistent question, got it? We understand it. We

698
00:31:34,120 --> 00:31:37,720
Speaker 1: don't know, but we'll tell you this. And Matt, I

699
00:31:37,760 --> 00:31:40,920
Speaker 1: think you if he can go, he'll go. There won't

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Speaker 1: be the oh, well, let's wait and see if we

701
00:31:43,040 --> 00:31:45,920
Speaker 1: can't win the last two games. Noop, if he can go,

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Speaker 1: he'll go. If he does it, the Chiefs have And

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00:31:48,440 --> 00:31:51,360
Speaker 1: let's go back to OTA's as we close, you and

704
00:31:51,440 --> 00:31:54,000
Speaker 1: I said, is this the best backup quarterback the Chiefs

705
00:31:54,040 --> 00:31:56,680
Speaker 1: have ever had in a one to one pick. When

706
00:31:56,680 --> 00:31:58,840
Speaker 1: he came out of North Dakota State, he was steam

707
00:31:58,960 --> 00:32:01,840
Speaker 1: rolling towards the MVP in twenty seventeen and then he

708
00:32:01,880 --> 00:32:04,400
Speaker 1: tore his ACL. He's got one hundred and fifty three

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00:32:04,440 --> 00:32:07,880
Speaker 1: touchdown passes. We're speaking of Carson Wentz, Yeah, we are.

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Speaker 2: This is a player who has been around the block,

711
00:32:10,080 --> 00:32:12,240
Speaker 2: had a lot of success in the NFL. And I

712
00:32:12,280 --> 00:32:14,320
Speaker 2: said this way back in Ota is that if there

713
00:32:14,520 --> 00:32:16,960
Speaker 2: is a game where Carson Wentz has to play, it's

714
00:32:16,960 --> 00:32:19,080
Speaker 2: a little bit different than maybe in the past where

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Speaker 2: you ask your backup just just a hold steady, make

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Speaker 2: sure things don't fall apart with wins. I actually think

717
00:32:25,240 --> 00:32:27,800
Speaker 2: he could make plays to win you a game, and

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00:32:27,920 --> 00:32:30,600
Speaker 2: he's shown that over the course of his career. This

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Speaker 2: is also if he starts this week, or maybe if

720
00:32:33,800 --> 00:32:35,600
Speaker 2: we wrap things up and he starts in week eighteen,

721
00:32:35,800 --> 00:32:37,080
Speaker 2: this is a chance for him to show that he

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00:32:37,080 --> 00:32:39,160
Speaker 2: could be a starter in the NFL. So it's a

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00:32:39,160 --> 00:32:42,520
Speaker 2: great opportunity for him if he plays at some point.

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Speaker 2: We obviously hope it's Patrick Mahomes. Patrick Mahomes is one

725
00:32:45,320 --> 00:32:47,800
Speaker 2: of the greatest quarterbacks of all time, and like you said,

726
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Speaker 2: if he can play, he will play. It's just a

727
00:32:50,400 --> 00:32:53,120
Speaker 2: matter of canny and we'll find that out later this week.

728
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Speaker 2: By the time you're listening to this, you might already know.

729
00:32:55,400 --> 00:32:57,880
Speaker 2: But regardless of if it's Mahomes or if it's Wins,

730
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Speaker 2: let's go take care of business against the tech and

731
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Speaker 2: moved to one win. Shy of locking up this first round.

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Speaker 2: By how's that sound?

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Speaker 1: I doubt if they'll know before we post this.

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Speaker 2: You might not know until Saturday morning.

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Speaker 1: For I think it's going to be Saturday morning.

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Speaker 2: Pass on Saturday.

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Speaker 1: There you go. We might even know by then. But

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Speaker 1: that's here. We are the playoffs. Before the playoffs, it's Houston,

739
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Speaker 1: take care of the business and push on to try

740
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Speaker 1: to get that one seed in the bye