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Speaker 1: This is Straight Fire with Jason McIntyre, and welcome back

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Speaker 1: to Straight Fire with Me Jason McIntyre. It is Thursday,

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Speaker 1: November ninete, pretty big night in sports. We'll get to

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Speaker 1: that shortly. Obviously, a huge Thursday night football game Seattle Arizona.

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Speaker 1: All right, before I get to the NBA Draft, and

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Speaker 1: we've got some big stories there. Uh, we've obviously got

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Speaker 1: the huge Clay Thompson news. I just want to quickly

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Speaker 1: go one minute on an incident that happened to me

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Speaker 1: there was an incident between the New York Giants head

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Speaker 1: is kind of curious timing. If you look at the

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Speaker 1: Daniel Jones, shockingly back to back weeks, did not have

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Speaker 1: a turnover. Unbelievable stuff. Now, he did take I think

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Speaker 1: a turnover. That's bad. You know you're a young quarterback,

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Speaker 1: but that's bad. Eat the sack any rate. Joe Judge

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Speaker 1: goes to fire him, and Colombo does not take it. Well.

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Speaker 1: There was an incident led to a little fisticuffs and

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Speaker 1: it was ugly. And I hear this from a reliable source.

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Speaker 1: And you guys know me, I'm not out here. I'm

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Speaker 1: not a reporter trying to break news left and right.

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Speaker 1: That's not my job. I'm in the opinion business. Okay.

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Speaker 1: When I hear stuff that's juicy, yeah, I'm gonna put

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Speaker 1: people like to talk to me, like to tell me stuff.

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Speaker 1: I'm a fun guy, I'm nice him. I text with

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Speaker 1: a lot of people. Um, you're only as good as

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Speaker 1: your information. You guys know that, right, And this, this

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Speaker 1: source tells me, Man, this DeMarcus Cousins stuff is getting

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Speaker 1: ugly in Sacramento. I was like, what are you talking about?

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Speaker 1: De Marcus Cousins. You know, they lost a game. He

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Speaker 1: went in the locker room and he f bomb George Carl,

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Speaker 1: who was the head coach that's in front of the

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Speaker 1: entire team, f bombed them all and all George Carl

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Speaker 1: player's revolt, like dude, what are you doing? Like inside

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Speaker 1: the locker room was a mess. Of course, nobody had

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Speaker 1: reported this, so a couple of days later I hear

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Speaker 1: that did not happen. That's BS, now, you're wrong. Did

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Speaker 1: not happen. There was no incident. Um No, Jason Vlade

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Speaker 1: did not ask players on the team, players on the team,

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Speaker 1: what should we do with George Carl That didn't happen, Jason, Sorry,

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Speaker 1: I reported all that happened. You'll read about it's on

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Speaker 1: the internet. Of course, what happens. A couple of days

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Speaker 1: Jason was right, he got a good information. No, no,

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Speaker 1: How how the hell can this guy get this? You know,

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Speaker 1: And that's that. We'll see what happens with Joe Judge

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Speaker 1: All right, Onto the big story in sports, and this

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Speaker 1: is a sad one. It's um mr pressing. Clay Thompson

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Speaker 1: Um Clay is gonna miss the season again. Last game

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Speaker 1: the Raptors. Kauai was on the Raptors, Kevin Durant on

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Speaker 1: probably not going to see Lay Thompson again until October

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Speaker 1: was asking Rob G, I'm like, have we ever seen

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Speaker 1: He did have a good season after that nineteen four

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Speaker 1: And you guys know the guy we have on for gambling,

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Speaker 1: Ingram Still there your guy, Rob g huge brandon Ingram guy.

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Speaker 1: I don't know what the game plan is Ben David

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Speaker 1: Griffin another one of these guys, and they picks in

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Speaker 1: the next three years. You know they're going to get

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Speaker 1: another guard next year too. Are they in the mix

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Speaker 1: for Harden? Can they put together an enticing package with

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Speaker 1: picks and um, you know some of these like take

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Speaker 1: Lonzo Ball off our hands? Like, I don't know, well

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Speaker 1: real quick. I know we're gonna get to the NFL.

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Speaker 1: I know you and a lot of time, but I

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Speaker 1: don't understand the love for David Griffin and Sam Press,

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Speaker 1: who I think I'm both very smart, But this is

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Speaker 1: not the NFL. There's no point in having twenty two

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Speaker 1: first round picks over the next five years when the

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Speaker 1: roster is only fifteen guys and at best, if you're lucky,

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Speaker 1: maybe four out of those guys over the next five

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Speaker 1: years are going to pan out. So I don't know

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Speaker 1: what it is you think, Like we saw this with Boston.

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Speaker 1: They had three first round picks and they were trying

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Speaker 1: to give that their left arm and their future kids.

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Speaker 1: Uh uh, college tuition to move up in the draft.

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Speaker 1: But there's no reason you're gonna be wanting to draft

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Speaker 1: three guys in the same draft. Doesn't make sense. It's

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Speaker 1: you hit on a great point, and it's weird, Rob

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Speaker 1: g because in NBA Land, winning the trade is basically,

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Speaker 1: did you get first round draft picks. We don't care

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Speaker 1: what the result alt is, like who that pick is later.

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Speaker 1: At least you got a first round pick. And it

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Speaker 1: all goes back to that Danny Ainge heist from the

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Speaker 1: nets where they got a bunch of first round picks

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Speaker 1: and pick swaps or whatever. And it's great. You know,

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Speaker 1: Danny Ainge totally ripped them off. But you're right, that's

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Speaker 1: all it takes is to win. Now, Sam Presty is

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Speaker 1: winning because he picks up draft picks, but what has

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Speaker 1: he done with the picks. They have a Round one

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Speaker 1: a playoff series since Kevin Durant left, but he's got

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Speaker 1: a million picks, so he's doing a great job. Heck

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Speaker 1: of a job with the heck of a job Brownie,

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Speaker 1: you know, Like, is that what we're doing here? And

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Speaker 1: it's you mentioned a point about like the NBA nerds

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Speaker 1: on social media. I know that people are gonna kill

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Speaker 1: me for this, but it almost feels like some of

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Speaker 1: these front offices want to win the social media crowd

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Speaker 1: with we got draft picks and look, we have potential

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Speaker 1: and these picks could become so so, so so so,

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Speaker 1: and this could become this, and we have cap room.

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Speaker 1: Rob At what point do we need to admit it

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Speaker 1: only matters if you're like six, six or seven teams

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Speaker 1: to have cap room, Like, it just doesn't. Did lettaws

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Speaker 1: have millions of dollars in caps? Faith, they're not getting anybody.

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Speaker 1: That's just the reality, isn't it. Yeah, And it only

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Speaker 1: matters if you have all those picks, if they're all

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Speaker 1: in the top three or four, If you have the nine, seven,

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Speaker 1: and thirty, good luck. Yeah, what is that doing for you?

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Speaker 1: Look at how many trades there were at the end

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Speaker 1: of the first round. You know, like, I'll give you

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Speaker 1: my pick. Who cares Nicks, you can have it. Nicks

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Speaker 1: are like collaboraty. We gotta get the twenty third pick.

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Speaker 1: I gotta get Daniel Oturu or whoever. Like, I don't know, guys, anyways,

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Speaker 1: I like the draft. It was a fun night, um,

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Speaker 1: and that now we all just wait for the James

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Speaker 1: Harden deal and uh probably end up tackling that tomorrow.

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Speaker 1: But I want to get out of here with the

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Speaker 1: best bet. The only thing better than sitting on your

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Speaker 1: couch watching the game. He's making money while he's do it.

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Speaker 1: Here's your best at We lost on Monday Night football,

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Speaker 1: dropping the record to forty three thirty five and five.

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Speaker 1: Still a decent, Brad. It's a good percentage, barely profitable.

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Speaker 1: But um, I'm switching it up on you guys this week.

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Speaker 1: You're gonna love it. So Seattle is a three point

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Speaker 1: favorite at home against Arizona, and if you remember back

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Speaker 1: on Monday, that was one of those wait a minute, Seattle,

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Speaker 1: which has lost three or four and Russell Wilson's a

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Speaker 1: turnover machine and the defense is a joke. Their favored

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Speaker 1: and the line has come down Seattle by five and

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Speaker 1: a half is down to three. The total is what

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna pick off here, and you guys are gonna

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Speaker 1: hate it. You're really not gonna like this. I like

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Speaker 1: the under. This is one of the highest totals of

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Speaker 1: the year. It's currently at fifty seven and a half. Okay,

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Speaker 1: here's the logic. The first final, the first game was

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Speaker 1: thirty seven thirty four, so it had lanted on seventy

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Speaker 1: one needed over time, but remember with like six minutes

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Speaker 1: left it was thirty four before a crazy Arizona rally. Okay,

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Speaker 1: on a Thursday, I'm taking the under fifty seven and

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Speaker 1: a half. Okay, why would you take the under? Jason? Okay.

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Speaker 1: Arizona played a crazy game on Sunday. They have had

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Speaker 1: a brutal stretch of late a very tough opponents Miami,

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Speaker 1: then they played Buffalo. Now they got to go on

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Speaker 1: the road to Seattle. Seattle equally difficult stretch on the

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Speaker 1: road in Buffalo, then against the Rams. Both of these

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Speaker 1: teams have are They've got to be exhausted. This is

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Speaker 1: a tough stretch for both teams, and Sunday was was

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Speaker 1: an exciting game for Arizona. You went on a hail Mary, Yeah, thrilling.

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Speaker 1: I think they come out of that a little sluggish.

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Speaker 1: I think Seattle equally does. If you look at their

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Speaker 1: second half, Folks three points, that's it, that's it. Teams

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Speaker 1: have figured out Russ without a running game, Carson and hide.

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Speaker 1: If they don't play, nobody respects DJ Dallas. So if

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Speaker 1: you don't have to respect the run game, you can

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Speaker 1: keep the safeties back and then you don't get burned

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Speaker 1: by Locket for fifty yard touchdowns. You don't get burned

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Speaker 1: deep by DK metcalf in his speed. And this Seattle

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Speaker 1: offensive line so beat up last week their center was out.

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Speaker 1: What happened? Russcott hit twelve times most times this year.

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Speaker 1: He was seeing ghosts in the pocket. Go look on

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Speaker 1: YouTube at uh Ram Seahawks last week. Seriously, take a minute.

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Speaker 1: Go look at it. When they show the Russell Wilson sacks,

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Speaker 1: he drops back in the pocket. Everything's covered up, and

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Speaker 1: he kind of turtles up quickly when he even anticipates

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Speaker 1: the rush, and it's still like it's not like turtle

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Speaker 1: up hit, It's like turtle up one beat then hit.

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Speaker 1: He was nervous in the pocket. He the Rams were

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Speaker 1: all over everything he was doing. Jalen Ramsey, Hewed Metcalf

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Speaker 1: without a target for two and a half quarters. Now, listen,

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Speaker 1: I don't think Patrick Peterson could do that. Patrick Peterson

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Speaker 1: did have an interception, he dropped two against Buffalo. He's

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Speaker 1: still good. He's not elite. Um. And if you really

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Speaker 1: think about that first half Seattle Arizona last time they met,

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Speaker 1: there was that memorable DK Metcalf Chase down uh, and

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Speaker 1: it was a type first half. I almost want to

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Speaker 1: bet the under first half as well. UM. I just

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Speaker 1: feel like Arizona. Both these teams are really beat up.

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Speaker 1: And if I'm Arizona and I'm exhausted from this stretch,

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Speaker 1: and I really want to keep this game in my

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Speaker 1: within striking distance. I'm running the football with Kenyan Drake,

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Speaker 1: Chase Edmonds and Kyler Murray. Remember Kyler Murray has more

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Speaker 1: rushing yards, and Camara more than Zeke Elliott, more than

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Speaker 1: Todd Gurley. By the way, Todd Gurley is having a

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Speaker 1: good year. And I think Arizona is gonna run the ball.

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Speaker 1: And I know that we like to think tempo and

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Speaker 1: tempo tempo. My gut tells me this is a much

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Speaker 1: slower pace game. I would not be shocked if this

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Speaker 1: were the team ten at the half and people are like,

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Speaker 1: where's the offense? Russ has been sacked eleven times in

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Speaker 1: the last two weeks. His career high for interceptions Are

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Speaker 1: you ready for this is eleven? He has ten with

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Speaker 1: seven games left. Russell Wilson is having a bad year.

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Speaker 1: We can admit that now. He's just not playing that well.

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Speaker 1: And by the way, Jamal Adams, you know, Jets totally

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Speaker 1: won that deal. Jamal Addas playing like garbage. Um. I

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Speaker 1: would love to give out Arizona plus three, but just

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Speaker 1: too many people that I respect think Seattle is the

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Speaker 1: t is the side here? Um, a lot of moneys

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Speaker 1: on Arizona. I think as we get closer to kick off,

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Speaker 1: we'll see Seattle money and this will go up to

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Speaker 1: three and a half or maybe four. But I'm going

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Speaker 1: with the under. And I know life is too short

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Speaker 1: to bet the under, and I know that it's risky

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00:31:48,520 --> 00:31:52,920
Speaker 1: as hell betting unders in when every game seemingly goes over.

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Speaker 1: But my best bet for Thursday night football, and it's

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Speaker 1: gonna be one where I do the sign of the

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Speaker 1: Cross right before kick off and let's root for no points,

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Speaker 1: but I'm going with the under here. Everybody enjoy the game.

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Speaker 1: We'll be back tomorrow with announcing the hundred dollar winners

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Speaker 1: and NFL picks four Week eleven. Everybody, have a great day.

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Speaker 1: We'll talk to you tomorrow