1 00:00:00,360 --> 00:00:05,920 Speaker 1: The Around the NFL podcast lead to the league in 2 00:00:06,120 --> 00:00:11,440 Speaker 1: game winning drives from the Chris Wesley podcast studio, It's 3 00:00:11,480 --> 00:00:16,640 Speaker 1: Around the NFL the week fifteen flagship program, whoa Dan 4 00:00:16,680 --> 00:00:20,400 Speaker 1: Hans is here with Heroes Greg Rosenthal, Mark Sessler And 5 00:00:20,520 --> 00:00:29,400 Speaker 1: when Argentina took the World Cup home on penalty shots 6 00:00:30,280 --> 00:00:35,720 Speaker 1: at twelve fifty seven pm Eastern, it felt like a 7 00:00:35,760 --> 00:00:37,559 Speaker 1: hole that the NFL would not be able to dig 8 00:00:37,600 --> 00:00:40,720 Speaker 1: out of. It's a big deep um one of the 9 00:00:40,720 --> 00:00:43,879 Speaker 1: great greatest sporting events of the twenty one century. Uh 10 00:00:43,920 --> 00:00:46,080 Speaker 1: And I'm not gonna say anything that happened in the 11 00:00:46,200 --> 00:00:51,280 Speaker 1: NFL today tops what Messi and friends accomplished and shout 12 00:00:51,320 --> 00:00:55,760 Speaker 1: out to France. Gave it there all. Sure, but man, 13 00:00:55,800 --> 00:00:58,120 Speaker 1: we had some bangers in our league today. It was 14 00:00:58,160 --> 00:01:01,640 Speaker 1: a hard cut from it like yesterday, one of the 15 00:01:01,640 --> 00:01:04,800 Speaker 1: most memorable sporting events ever to Jacksonville within like three 16 00:01:04,840 --> 00:01:08,520 Speaker 1: minutes if you were in the States and watching on Fox. 17 00:01:08,600 --> 00:01:12,280 Speaker 1: And yet you know what those Jaguars delivered, Just like 18 00:01:12,319 --> 00:01:15,000 Speaker 1: so many other games today, you just don't You didn't 19 00:01:15,000 --> 00:01:17,160 Speaker 1: want to have a big lead in this weekend. I 20 00:01:17,200 --> 00:01:19,520 Speaker 1: was thinking that this you know, we always say, oh, 21 00:01:19,520 --> 00:01:22,640 Speaker 1: this was the best week of the year and this 22 00:01:22,840 --> 00:01:26,640 Speaker 1: was but also going back to the entirety of our show, 23 00:01:27,360 --> 00:01:30,720 Speaker 1: I mean because it it encapsulated the entire We've been 24 00:01:30,760 --> 00:01:33,440 Speaker 1: bathed in football since like early Saturday, and it's been 25 00:01:33,520 --> 00:01:36,120 Speaker 1: NonStop and it hasn't really had a dip in terms 26 00:01:36,160 --> 00:01:38,040 Speaker 1: of the drama in the action. So I would have 27 00:01:38,120 --> 00:01:41,280 Speaker 1: nominated as the best week of football we've had every 28 00:01:41,280 --> 00:01:44,280 Speaker 1: in our podcast that said, I can't really remember any 29 00:01:44,319 --> 00:01:47,280 Speaker 1: of the other weeks. I feel like in a weekly basis, 30 00:01:47,319 --> 00:01:50,000 Speaker 1: I'm with you. I feel like we had this conversation 31 00:01:50,000 --> 00:01:52,280 Speaker 1: maybe two weeks ago that was the best week, but 32 00:01:52,320 --> 00:01:55,880 Speaker 1: also the later you get now into the season. Remember 33 00:01:55,880 --> 00:01:57,680 Speaker 1: what we talked about Thursday, it says gotta have it 34 00:01:57,800 --> 00:02:00,360 Speaker 1: Saturday and Sunday in the NFL, So a lot of 35 00:02:00,440 --> 00:02:04,720 Speaker 1: these games and how they ended have immense ramifications. Uh, 36 00:02:04,760 --> 00:02:06,600 Speaker 1: I mean, I think MESSI was feeling the heat from 37 00:02:06,680 --> 00:02:09,400 Speaker 1: NFL Network. They're like, wow, NFL Network had a triple 38 00:02:09,440 --> 00:02:12,800 Speaker 1: header and had the biggest comeback ever, and that Bill's 39 00:02:12,919 --> 00:02:15,000 Speaker 1: Dolphins game maybe the most memorable game of the year. 40 00:02:15,040 --> 00:02:16,600 Speaker 1: We need to step it up. That's when you saw 41 00:02:16,680 --> 00:02:21,960 Speaker 1: all the um the natives of Argentina at the game, sobbing, 42 00:02:22,360 --> 00:02:25,240 Speaker 1: they were saying him, so, oh my god, we we 43 00:02:25,400 --> 00:02:31,080 Speaker 1: finally outshine the Ravens and Browns. Well, we don't speak 44 00:02:31,120 --> 00:02:33,920 Speaker 1: about that part of the triple header. In fact, as 45 00:02:33,960 --> 00:02:36,040 Speaker 1: we get into the games, you'll you'll notice in the 46 00:02:36,080 --> 00:02:39,880 Speaker 1: structuring here, we're gonna hit the two uh insta classics 47 00:02:39,880 --> 00:02:42,480 Speaker 1: from Saturday, and then we're gonna kick that other a 48 00:02:42,560 --> 00:02:44,440 Speaker 1: f C North game down the list a little bit, 49 00:02:45,000 --> 00:02:49,440 Speaker 1: because quite frankly, there are a large handful, a bushel 50 00:02:49,800 --> 00:02:52,119 Speaker 1: of great games to get to. So let's start, yes 51 00:02:52,720 --> 00:02:56,520 Speaker 1: on Saturday, and let's start with the first game of 52 00:02:56,600 --> 00:02:58,840 Speaker 1: the week and what I call the greatest lock that 53 00:02:58,880 --> 00:03:01,520 Speaker 1: has ever been locked in his real blocks. Let's go 54 00:03:03,080 --> 00:03:11,400 Speaker 1: snap spot show right footed kicks. It is the Middlestone 55 00:03:11,560 --> 00:03:17,880 Speaker 1: Vikings have completed the greatest comeback in the history how 56 00:03:18,000 --> 00:03:22,959 Speaker 1: the National Football League from thirty three down they beat 57 00:03:23,440 --> 00:03:32,720 Speaker 1: the Indianapolis coach. The Vikings are NFC North champions. That 58 00:03:32,800 --> 00:03:37,920 Speaker 1: reminds me actually, oh yes, of course, Dongo to Bongo 59 00:03:38,120 --> 00:03:50,040 Speaker 1: approves um midway through this game, when it was zero 60 00:03:50,320 --> 00:03:54,560 Speaker 1: at half. I believe was our buddy Aaron Nagler, who 61 00:03:54,600 --> 00:03:58,480 Speaker 1: covers all things Packers, We either tweeted or retweeted something 62 00:03:58,520 --> 00:04:00,400 Speaker 1: on the lines of, oh I up to hear a 63 00:04:00,440 --> 00:04:03,560 Speaker 1: sizzle reel of Paul Allen today, Uh, Paul Allen of 64 00:04:03,680 --> 00:04:06,040 Speaker 1: k f A N Well, it ends up we did 65 00:04:06,080 --> 00:04:10,120 Speaker 1: hear kf fvans Paul Allen on this program, because yes, 66 00:04:10,560 --> 00:04:12,840 Speaker 1: the Vikings do something that's never been done in the 67 00:04:12,960 --> 00:04:16,360 Speaker 1: history of the NFL, which is one three years by 68 00:04:16,360 --> 00:04:19,039 Speaker 1: the way, they erase a thirty three point devisit beat 69 00:04:19,080 --> 00:04:22,440 Speaker 1: the Colts six on Greg Joseph's forty yard field goal 70 00:04:22,440 --> 00:04:25,760 Speaker 1: with three seconds left in overtime, and yes, that's how 71 00:04:25,760 --> 00:04:30,599 Speaker 1: they finally, at long last clinched the NFC North and 72 00:04:30,760 --> 00:04:33,720 Speaker 1: um mark. This is a game that I don't even 73 00:04:33,760 --> 00:04:35,880 Speaker 1: know where to start on this one, because it's a game. 74 00:04:36,160 --> 00:04:37,960 Speaker 1: You can watch football your whole life and never see 75 00:04:37,960 --> 00:04:40,200 Speaker 1: anything like this. I mean, I'd start with the whole 76 00:04:40,320 --> 00:04:43,120 Speaker 1: that they buried themselves in and it was just it's 77 00:04:43,160 --> 00:04:47,039 Speaker 1: one of these games on Twitter where the Minnesota Vikings, 78 00:04:47,120 --> 00:04:51,120 Speaker 1: who have been suspicious to onlookers all season for their 79 00:04:51,200 --> 00:04:53,120 Speaker 1: ability to go to sleep and then maybe wake up 80 00:04:53,120 --> 00:04:55,480 Speaker 1: at the last minute when these one one score games 81 00:04:55,520 --> 00:04:58,800 Speaker 1: that are regression candidate This was the game where it 82 00:04:58,880 --> 00:05:01,080 Speaker 1: was like, yeah, this is the Vikings team we don't trust. 83 00:05:01,160 --> 00:05:03,680 Speaker 1: You have a blocked punt return twenty four yards for 84 00:05:03,720 --> 00:05:06,279 Speaker 1: a touchdown. You have a lost fumble near the red zone, 85 00:05:06,440 --> 00:05:08,920 Speaker 1: a botched fake punt that led to another score, and 86 00:05:09,000 --> 00:05:11,120 Speaker 1: a seventeen yard pick six. I mean, all this stuff 87 00:05:11,200 --> 00:05:15,040 Speaker 1: just unraveled in such inglorious fashion that the Vikings were 88 00:05:15,040 --> 00:05:18,839 Speaker 1: called out as total frauds and suddenly we're happening rightfully. 89 00:05:19,160 --> 00:05:21,400 Speaker 1: I think these jeff Saturday on Saturday jokes. I mean, 90 00:05:21,440 --> 00:05:23,800 Speaker 1: every every ugly thing is happening. At one point it 91 00:05:23,800 --> 00:05:26,839 Speaker 1: looks like justin Jefferson, stuck on the ground not moving, 92 00:05:26,880 --> 00:05:28,960 Speaker 1: you might have just gone to the darkest possible place 93 00:05:29,000 --> 00:05:32,040 Speaker 1: for the Vikings. And then they work their way out 94 00:05:32,040 --> 00:05:34,240 Speaker 1: of it and everything turns around, and what we think 95 00:05:34,240 --> 00:05:35,920 Speaker 1: about the Vikings at the end of the day is 96 00:05:35,920 --> 00:05:39,280 Speaker 1: completely different. And I look at this Vikings team in 97 00:05:39,360 --> 00:05:41,880 Speaker 1: terms of how they must be built mentally and psychout 98 00:05:41,920 --> 00:05:44,640 Speaker 1: psychologically inside that locker room is they can think they 99 00:05:44,640 --> 00:05:47,120 Speaker 1: can win any game ever, and they've done it twice 100 00:05:47,160 --> 00:05:49,000 Speaker 1: now this season. Well, they were they were let back 101 00:05:49,040 --> 00:05:52,840 Speaker 1: into it in many different ways by the Colts playing 102 00:05:52,920 --> 00:05:55,400 Speaker 1: it's safe the only way that could happen. Yeah, the 103 00:05:55,400 --> 00:05:57,520 Speaker 1: other team really has to step up in this. Jeff 104 00:05:57,600 --> 00:06:00,800 Speaker 1: Jeff Saturday, it doesn't seem like he's getting a lot 105 00:06:00,839 --> 00:06:02,479 Speaker 1: of the heat here. I see a lot of Like 106 00:06:02,520 --> 00:06:05,600 Speaker 1: Matt Ryan is the you know, owner of the two 107 00:06:05,680 --> 00:06:08,440 Speaker 1: biggest comebacks in the history of the NFL, and I'm thinking, 108 00:06:08,880 --> 00:06:10,920 Speaker 1: I mean, they did put up thirty three in this game, 109 00:06:11,000 --> 00:06:13,200 Speaker 1: kind of like they put up thirty five, although they 110 00:06:13,240 --> 00:06:15,320 Speaker 1: somehow put up thirty six points in the end in 111 00:06:15,320 --> 00:06:18,159 Speaker 1: this game with one offensive touchdown and a lot of 112 00:06:18,160 --> 00:06:20,360 Speaker 1: the reason they didn't score more as they kept running 113 00:06:20,360 --> 00:06:23,080 Speaker 1: the ball on like third and five inside the ten 114 00:06:23,200 --> 00:06:26,360 Speaker 1: yard line and settling for field goals. But so many 115 00:06:26,440 --> 00:06:31,520 Speaker 1: things happened during this comeback. Only Kirk Cousins could come 116 00:06:31,520 --> 00:06:33,719 Speaker 1: back in a game where like I think his PFF 117 00:06:33,839 --> 00:06:35,720 Speaker 1: score for what it's worth, in this game was like 118 00:06:35,839 --> 00:06:38,320 Speaker 1: it was terrible because he had a couple turnover where 119 00:06:38,320 --> 00:06:41,320 Speaker 1: he plays during the comeback. Here are some things that happened. 120 00:06:41,520 --> 00:06:43,920 Speaker 1: He threw an interception in the fourth quarter with eight 121 00:06:43,920 --> 00:06:47,839 Speaker 1: minutes left, up sixteen. Uh. The Colts had a first 122 00:06:47,880 --> 00:06:50,640 Speaker 1: down in this game down sixteen sorry. Yeah, the Colts 123 00:06:50,640 --> 00:06:52,640 Speaker 1: had a first down in this game, up eight with 124 00:06:52,800 --> 00:06:55,680 Speaker 1: under four minutes to go. There were the two Vikings 125 00:06:55,760 --> 00:06:59,720 Speaker 1: overturned touchdowns which were just really frustrating, and he goes 126 00:06:59,760 --> 00:07:02,640 Speaker 1: in the worst off official game we've ever seen and 127 00:07:02,640 --> 00:07:04,600 Speaker 1: it feels good. There was an ultimate ball don't lie 128 00:07:04,640 --> 00:07:08,279 Speaker 1: situation coming back. And we also saw Jeff Saturday pass 129 00:07:08,480 --> 00:07:12,040 Speaker 1: on a potential game winning fifty three yard field goal 130 00:07:12,360 --> 00:07:14,640 Speaker 1: in a day whereas kicker was the best now on 131 00:07:14,680 --> 00:07:18,000 Speaker 1: the field. Yeah, I thought I thought it was let's 132 00:07:18,040 --> 00:07:22,120 Speaker 1: talk about that fumble the return um the same, the 133 00:07:22,160 --> 00:07:26,440 Speaker 1: same Vikings defensive back who who is it again? Shandon Sullivan. Yeah, 134 00:07:26,480 --> 00:07:29,840 Speaker 1: Sullivan had two plays wrongly overturned that should have been 135 00:07:29,880 --> 00:07:33,080 Speaker 1: touchdown returns. In the second one, it was absurd. Uh, 136 00:07:33,200 --> 00:07:35,280 Speaker 1: there was no reason the whistle should have been blown 137 00:07:35,280 --> 00:07:37,120 Speaker 1: on it. It should have been right there at that 138 00:07:37,160 --> 00:07:39,480 Speaker 1: point in the game or the Vikings having a chance 139 00:07:39,520 --> 00:07:41,920 Speaker 1: to tie it. And then I thought it was just 140 00:07:42,280 --> 00:07:45,560 Speaker 1: um terrible that the officials, Okay, you blow the call, 141 00:07:45,640 --> 00:07:48,200 Speaker 1: that's one thing, but then not have the common sense 142 00:07:48,280 --> 00:07:51,680 Speaker 1: to uh give that guy a little Sullivan a break 143 00:07:51,720 --> 00:07:54,960 Speaker 1: there and foul him for taking off his helmet on 144 00:07:55,000 --> 00:07:56,960 Speaker 1: top of it, and then I thought about the other thing. 145 00:07:57,040 --> 00:08:00,160 Speaker 1: After that all transpired, and then the ensuing by can 146 00:08:00,240 --> 00:08:03,360 Speaker 1: Drive fizzles out, and the Colts have the ball and 147 00:08:03,400 --> 00:08:06,480 Speaker 1: they have the fourth and one, and they decided to 148 00:08:06,560 --> 00:08:10,040 Speaker 1: sneak it. I don't want to be a conspiracy theorist here, 149 00:08:10,480 --> 00:08:14,400 Speaker 1: but those officials and the NFL knew they were having 150 00:08:14,400 --> 00:08:17,800 Speaker 1: a terrible game, the refs, and it just interesting to 151 00:08:17,880 --> 00:08:21,400 Speaker 1: me where that QB sneak on fourth down was measured 152 00:08:21,440 --> 00:08:25,120 Speaker 1: and put down and what they used, which was blowing 153 00:08:25,120 --> 00:08:27,640 Speaker 1: the whistle and getting to decide where the ball goes 154 00:08:27,760 --> 00:08:29,920 Speaker 1: basically as opposed to where did he reach out, where 155 00:08:29,920 --> 00:08:32,880 Speaker 1: his knee hit or whatever. That was very interesting to me, 156 00:08:33,000 --> 00:08:35,000 Speaker 1: the way that all worked out that which then set up, 157 00:08:35,000 --> 00:08:39,000 Speaker 1: of course, the Dalvin Cook touchdown on another unthinkable gaff 158 00:08:39,040 --> 00:08:41,400 Speaker 1: by the culture. It seemed like they should have called 159 00:08:41,400 --> 00:08:42,959 Speaker 1: that a first down by Matt Ryan and it was 160 00:08:43,000 --> 00:08:45,960 Speaker 1: the first down. I mean, Justin Jefferson had a touchdown 161 00:08:45,960 --> 00:08:49,240 Speaker 1: taken away last week by a terrible call where he 162 00:08:49,320 --> 00:08:52,040 Speaker 1: was ruled out of mound and he wasn't They The 163 00:08:52,200 --> 00:08:57,480 Speaker 1: first Channon Sullivan situation led to directly the Kirk Cousins 164 00:08:57,520 --> 00:09:01,960 Speaker 1: pick six. All right, the second Chandon Sullivan situation led 165 00:09:02,000 --> 00:09:05,120 Speaker 1: to the turnover on downs late in the game. But meltdown, 166 00:09:05,120 --> 00:09:08,079 Speaker 1: we talked about these things should not have happened. This 167 00:09:08,240 --> 00:09:10,200 Speaker 1: was the first of all, if you're an official, you 168 00:09:10,240 --> 00:09:13,400 Speaker 1: are trained to not blow the whistle early if you 169 00:09:13,480 --> 00:09:16,000 Speaker 1: don't know exactly what happened. If you don't know that 170 00:09:16,080 --> 00:09:19,000 Speaker 1: it's a dead ball. That's not what's not happening here 171 00:09:19,160 --> 00:09:22,360 Speaker 1: at the NFL level. And the Vikings basically should never 172 00:09:23,040 --> 00:09:26,240 Speaker 1: as as ghastly as their first half was. This should 173 00:09:26,280 --> 00:09:28,320 Speaker 1: never have gone to overtime. It should never have been 174 00:09:28,320 --> 00:09:30,520 Speaker 1: as dramatic as it was. That should have clat out 175 00:09:30,559 --> 00:09:33,080 Speaker 1: won the game in regulation had it been called correctly. 176 00:09:34,160 --> 00:09:36,440 Speaker 1: When Vikings fans have a reason because they it does 177 00:09:36,480 --> 00:09:38,680 Speaker 1: feel like week to weeks stuff. Stuff is happening again. 178 00:09:38,720 --> 00:09:41,760 Speaker 1: That justin Jefferson thing a week ago was huge. Here's 179 00:09:41,760 --> 00:09:44,360 Speaker 1: the thing, though, they it was a perfect game for 180 00:09:44,400 --> 00:09:47,840 Speaker 1: both of these teams. It was a perfect showcase for 181 00:09:47,880 --> 00:09:51,320 Speaker 1: these two teams this season. For the Vikings to come 182 00:09:51,320 --> 00:09:54,120 Speaker 1: back and now be the author of the greatest comeback 183 00:09:54,160 --> 00:09:56,200 Speaker 1: in NFL history, but for that come back to be 184 00:09:56,280 --> 00:09:58,319 Speaker 1: so weird. But yeah, like I said, Cousins had a 185 00:09:58,360 --> 00:10:00,280 Speaker 1: fifty seven p f F F grade in this game. They 186 00:10:00,280 --> 00:10:02,360 Speaker 1: also had I don't care that, No, I don't care, 187 00:10:02,400 --> 00:10:05,040 Speaker 1: of course, a possession in overtime where they had to 188 00:10:05,040 --> 00:10:07,120 Speaker 1: punt the ball away. That was like a moment where 189 00:10:07,120 --> 00:10:09,200 Speaker 1: he thought they actually might lose it because the Colts 190 00:10:09,200 --> 00:10:12,680 Speaker 1: started moving the ball back. K j Osborne stepped up 191 00:10:12,679 --> 00:10:15,640 Speaker 1: and we shouldn't like the football, you know. Takeaways from 192 00:10:15,640 --> 00:10:17,640 Speaker 1: this which is like he looks like a true one. 193 00:10:17,679 --> 00:10:19,360 Speaker 1: He made himself some money. He's not a free agent 194 00:10:19,440 --> 00:10:22,720 Speaker 1: yet saying, I mean, he is a guy you can 195 00:10:22,760 --> 00:10:26,560 Speaker 1: go to in major spots. And Dalvin Cook to get 196 00:10:26,600 --> 00:10:30,560 Speaker 1: them within two late in the game, had one of 197 00:10:30,600 --> 00:10:32,440 Speaker 1: the runs of the year. Do we have the call 198 00:10:32,559 --> 00:10:34,720 Speaker 1: for that run? Because I would love to hear Paul 199 00:10:34,720 --> 00:10:37,440 Speaker 1: Allen at some point on that run because him breaking 200 00:10:37,480 --> 00:10:39,920 Speaker 1: those taxles to me was one of the all time 201 00:10:40,520 --> 00:10:43,560 Speaker 1: like runs that we've seen, and it kind of gotten 202 00:10:43,559 --> 00:10:46,920 Speaker 1: buried in everything else happened. It's so easy for things buried. 203 00:10:46,960 --> 00:10:49,439 Speaker 1: And the thing about we talked about yesterday, Greggy, you 204 00:10:49,520 --> 00:10:51,760 Speaker 1: were in my living room. That was nice. Mark you 205 00:10:51,800 --> 00:10:53,760 Speaker 1: were out of town otherwise you would have been invited. Well, 206 00:10:53,800 --> 00:10:56,360 Speaker 1: thank you, I'm I'm sorry to missing Lakisha was with us, 207 00:10:56,440 --> 00:11:00,000 Speaker 1: was very nice. Um, it's not like Vikings, as you're saying, 208 00:11:00,240 --> 00:11:02,719 Speaker 1: played a perfect second half to the only way you 209 00:11:02,720 --> 00:11:04,719 Speaker 1: could ever come back from thirty three zip is to 210 00:11:04,760 --> 00:11:07,040 Speaker 1: play the perfect half of the other team has to joke. No, 211 00:11:07,200 --> 00:11:09,559 Speaker 1: the Vikings are still kind of like go ahead calls, 212 00:11:09,559 --> 00:11:11,960 Speaker 1: finish this game off, and they just couldn't do it. 213 00:11:12,000 --> 00:11:14,160 Speaker 1: They had nineteen possessions in the game. That's how you 214 00:11:14,200 --> 00:11:16,560 Speaker 1: do it. And and Kirk Cousins, I don't really care 215 00:11:16,600 --> 00:11:18,640 Speaker 1: about the grade or whatever. All I know is he 216 00:11:18,679 --> 00:11:21,360 Speaker 1: finished with four touchdowns in four sixty yards in a 217 00:11:21,400 --> 00:11:23,280 Speaker 1: game they were being shut out at halftime, which that's 218 00:11:23,280 --> 00:11:25,880 Speaker 1: certainly never happened in football history. And let's hear from 219 00:11:25,960 --> 00:11:28,640 Speaker 1: Kevin O'Connell, the Vikings coach, who, by the you know, 220 00:11:28,760 --> 00:11:30,920 Speaker 1: had to be feeling it on a level. Perhaps he 221 00:11:30,960 --> 00:11:33,480 Speaker 1: never has felt it on a football field. When I 222 00:11:33,559 --> 00:11:43,320 Speaker 1: tell you, guys, oh priyant coach alert, I tell you guys, 223 00:11:43,360 --> 00:11:46,760 Speaker 1: I love you. I'm leading from the bottom of my 224 00:11:46,840 --> 00:11:49,559 Speaker 1: heart and that will never change. I will ride with 225 00:11:49,600 --> 00:11:56,679 Speaker 1: this group until they don't want us playing buddy, and 226 00:11:56,720 --> 00:12:05,440 Speaker 1: then I want to hear you guys celebrate it. There 227 00:12:05,480 --> 00:12:07,439 Speaker 1: are so many stories coming out of this game that 228 00:12:07,480 --> 00:12:12,000 Speaker 1: Greg Manuski, the linebackers coach, told Eric Kendricks just out 229 00:12:12,040 --> 00:12:14,439 Speaker 1: of halftime, I guarantee this will be the biggest comeback 230 00:12:14,480 --> 00:12:18,240 Speaker 1: in the NFL in NFL history. Eric Kendricks basically said 231 00:12:18,280 --> 00:12:20,560 Speaker 1: that when the reporters came back to he just said, reporters, 232 00:12:20,600 --> 00:12:22,440 Speaker 1: get out here, this is our time. We don't want 233 00:12:22,480 --> 00:12:24,760 Speaker 1: to deal with you right now. And Patrick Peterson was 234 00:12:24,800 --> 00:12:27,320 Speaker 1: the guy that I had halftime, kept shouting five touchdowns. 235 00:12:27,360 --> 00:12:29,240 Speaker 1: It's all you need, we got you. And the one 236 00:12:29,240 --> 00:12:32,600 Speaker 1: thing about Kirk Cousins, because maybe the overall grade was bad, 237 00:12:32,960 --> 00:12:35,040 Speaker 1: but if you go look at e p A for instance, 238 00:12:35,480 --> 00:12:38,559 Speaker 1: in this second half, he generated the second most passing 239 00:12:38,640 --> 00:12:40,520 Speaker 1: ep A in the second the second half and overtime 240 00:12:40,559 --> 00:12:43,040 Speaker 1: by a quarterback all season. And he had more open 241 00:12:43,120 --> 00:12:46,280 Speaker 1: receivers at in the second half than twice than twice 242 00:12:46,320 --> 00:12:48,640 Speaker 1: in the first. Just saying that his second half grade, 243 00:12:48,880 --> 00:12:50,760 Speaker 1: what if they break it down the way was phenomenal, 244 00:12:50,840 --> 00:12:52,439 Speaker 1: That's what I mean though, Like he had to have 245 00:12:52,600 --> 00:12:54,320 Speaker 1: so many chance that's why he was so interested they 246 00:12:54,320 --> 00:12:56,400 Speaker 1: had nineteen possessions like I mentioned for instance, like the 247 00:12:56,440 --> 00:12:59,280 Speaker 1: Browns and the Ravens had nine each in their games. 248 00:12:59,360 --> 00:13:03,000 Speaker 1: They felt they have seventeen. They were able to withstand 249 00:13:03,200 --> 00:13:06,600 Speaker 1: Cousins throwing that interception in the fourth quarter and turning 250 00:13:06,640 --> 00:13:08,760 Speaker 1: the ball over on downs when he made a ghastly 251 00:13:08,880 --> 00:13:11,360 Speaker 1: decision to run out of nowhere on fourth down and 252 00:13:11,440 --> 00:13:15,360 Speaker 1: got tackled because the defense of the Vikings stepped up 253 00:13:15,679 --> 00:13:19,160 Speaker 1: and just totally stopped Matt Ryan and the Colts from 254 00:13:19,240 --> 00:13:21,800 Speaker 1: doing anything. And the Colts would be back in the 255 00:13:22,200 --> 00:13:25,200 Speaker 1: little uh in the race hunt in the hunt graphic 256 00:13:25,280 --> 00:13:29,800 Speaker 1: if not for this result, because uh, and yes I 257 00:13:29,880 --> 00:13:32,360 Speaker 1: did lock up the Vikings. That is a that that 258 00:13:32,480 --> 00:13:34,960 Speaker 1: will never happen again, either I did. I did send 259 00:13:34,960 --> 00:13:36,680 Speaker 1: a text at one point that you know, I gotta 260 00:13:36,720 --> 00:13:38,760 Speaker 1: stay in lock mode, get it to thirty to seven, 261 00:13:39,320 --> 00:13:41,520 Speaker 1: start forcing some turnovers and let it get weird look 262 00:13:41,559 --> 00:13:46,960 Speaker 1: at too. So. But I also was outwardly like pushing 263 00:13:47,040 --> 00:13:49,360 Speaker 1: for the cancelation in the Minnesota Vikings in the first 264 00:13:49,400 --> 00:13:51,559 Speaker 1: half so on Twitter. So I love how when the 265 00:13:51,679 --> 00:13:54,120 Speaker 1: Vikings are down by thirty plus points and I locked 266 00:13:54,200 --> 00:13:56,160 Speaker 1: them up, they just lose forty to three. But when 267 00:13:56,240 --> 00:13:58,640 Speaker 1: they're down, you lock them up, they come back. And 268 00:13:58,960 --> 00:14:01,600 Speaker 1: that's that's how we're packet off. Buddy, all right, let's 269 00:14:01,679 --> 00:14:04,400 Speaker 1: keep moving all time game there and then the late 270 00:14:04,520 --> 00:14:07,880 Speaker 1: game on Saturday night, major implications in the a f C. 271 00:14:08,520 --> 00:14:12,640 Speaker 1: To a snowy Orchard Park. We go here, we go, 272 00:14:12,880 --> 00:14:15,199 Speaker 1: the game on the line. The snow is fine, the 273 00:14:15,320 --> 00:14:17,520 Speaker 1: snapper is good, the hold is good, the kick is up, 274 00:14:17,720 --> 00:14:21,760 Speaker 1: the kick is good. It is good. The fireworks go 275 00:14:21,920 --> 00:14:24,960 Speaker 1: off to Bills, go back to the playoffs from the 276 00:14:25,080 --> 00:14:28,680 Speaker 1: fourth consecutive year to Bills win it thirty two to 277 00:14:28,800 --> 00:14:35,280 Speaker 1: twenty nine. Amazing, amazing, beautiful. John Murphy with the call 278 00:14:35,880 --> 00:14:39,360 Speaker 1: w g R. That is Tyler Bass hitting a twenty 279 00:14:39,400 --> 00:14:43,160 Speaker 1: five yard field goals time expired, pushing the Bills to 280 00:14:43,240 --> 00:14:47,920 Speaker 1: a thirty victory over game Dolphins team on Saturday night. 281 00:14:48,440 --> 00:14:53,920 Speaker 1: Buffalo overcame an eight point deficit um in the final quarter, 282 00:14:54,080 --> 00:14:57,720 Speaker 1: with Josh Allen driving his team two scores on each 283 00:14:57,760 --> 00:15:00,840 Speaker 1: of the final two possessions. And yes, it's the fourth 284 00:15:00,880 --> 00:15:04,040 Speaker 1: strade playoff birth for the Bills. They're five, fifth and 285 00:15:04,160 --> 00:15:08,760 Speaker 1: six seasons under Sean McDermott. Greggy Um, like I said, 286 00:15:08,800 --> 00:15:11,680 Speaker 1: you gotta credit the Dolphins. They went up there. They 287 00:15:11,760 --> 00:15:14,640 Speaker 1: played a really good game. I challenged on this podcast 288 00:15:14,760 --> 00:15:17,960 Speaker 1: toa to have any ability to throw the ball with 289 00:15:18,320 --> 00:15:20,920 Speaker 1: um any level of success, and he had plenty of success. 290 00:15:20,960 --> 00:15:23,280 Speaker 1: In fact, those receivers let him down pretty big time 291 00:15:23,280 --> 00:15:26,320 Speaker 1: in some big spots Um and yet Buffalo found a 292 00:15:26,360 --> 00:15:28,360 Speaker 1: way and as a result, they're gonna win this division. 293 00:15:28,480 --> 00:15:31,400 Speaker 1: I just think of those last two drives, they're down 294 00:15:32,640 --> 00:15:36,200 Speaker 1: one at home, it almost felt like it was scripted 295 00:15:36,320 --> 00:15:39,240 Speaker 1: by NBC. Let's keep the field nice and clean, good weather, 296 00:15:39,360 --> 00:15:42,120 Speaker 1: Let's have some offense early. Let's add the snow in 297 00:15:42,200 --> 00:15:45,640 Speaker 1: the fourth as the big finish. Let's get the stop 298 00:15:46,160 --> 00:15:48,400 Speaker 1: uh from the Bill's defense. A couple of times where 299 00:15:48,440 --> 00:15:51,720 Speaker 1: it was NFL network. By the way, what am I thinking? 300 00:15:53,600 --> 00:15:56,200 Speaker 1: They get a couple of stops with two where there's miscommunication, 301 00:15:56,240 --> 00:15:57,960 Speaker 1: not exactly bad places, but they get a couple of 302 00:15:57,960 --> 00:16:00,840 Speaker 1: stuffs down eight in those two drive We're really telling 303 00:16:00,880 --> 00:16:04,000 Speaker 1: because the first one was running the ball down their throats. 304 00:16:04,080 --> 00:16:07,120 Speaker 1: That Alan when he needs to can just take off 305 00:16:07,240 --> 00:16:09,200 Speaker 1: and run. And they get a big run from James 306 00:16:09,280 --> 00:16:11,760 Speaker 1: Cook and they get that touchdown quickly. Then they get 307 00:16:11,920 --> 00:16:15,080 Speaker 1: they get to stop uh to tie game. They get 308 00:16:15,160 --> 00:16:17,800 Speaker 1: the ball back with almost six minutes to go, and 309 00:16:17,880 --> 00:16:19,800 Speaker 1: they do the type of drive we don't think that 310 00:16:19,960 --> 00:16:22,640 Speaker 1: Bills can kind of do a six minute drive where 311 00:16:22,720 --> 00:16:26,640 Speaker 1: they just take the will away from the Dolphins. And 312 00:16:26,720 --> 00:16:28,840 Speaker 1: it's not really with the running games. It was with 313 00:16:29,160 --> 00:16:32,760 Speaker 1: those arm throws that Josh Allen can make that to 314 00:16:32,920 --> 00:16:36,280 Speaker 1: a can that nobody can except for maybe Patrick Mahomes. 315 00:16:36,520 --> 00:16:39,240 Speaker 1: Some of those opposite field hash throws, including on that 316 00:16:39,440 --> 00:16:42,680 Speaker 1: last drive, including a third down play there, like are 317 00:16:42,800 --> 00:16:44,920 Speaker 1: just plays people can't make, and he made a few 318 00:16:45,000 --> 00:16:47,640 Speaker 1: of those in this game to score touchdowns early. But 319 00:16:47,720 --> 00:16:50,360 Speaker 1: I love that he did it late using his mind, 320 00:16:50,480 --> 00:16:52,800 Speaker 1: knowing exactly when they were blitzing, when they were dropping 321 00:16:52,800 --> 00:16:55,440 Speaker 1: off coverage, exactly who to go to. Every decision was 322 00:16:55,560 --> 00:16:58,720 Speaker 1: just absolutely spot on, and you win a division in 323 00:16:58,760 --> 00:17:01,200 Speaker 1: a different situation. Know what the Bills team we've seen 324 00:17:01,280 --> 00:17:03,280 Speaker 1: maybe they melt because at one point it was second 325 00:17:03,320 --> 00:17:06,320 Speaker 1: and eighteen at the Buffalo thirteen, after Allen had been 326 00:17:06,400 --> 00:17:09,399 Speaker 1: dropped on a big takedown and he completes the fifteen 327 00:17:09,480 --> 00:17:12,200 Speaker 1: yard to gave David that writes an arm strength throw 328 00:17:12,320 --> 00:17:14,200 Speaker 1: right there, you know. Then he converts the third, the 329 00:17:14,280 --> 00:17:16,399 Speaker 1: third down, third and three throw as well. So you're right, 330 00:17:16,440 --> 00:17:18,800 Speaker 1: there were two very different drivers because the one previous 331 00:17:19,119 --> 00:17:22,000 Speaker 1: where Alan who accounted for yards on the day and 332 00:17:22,080 --> 00:17:24,520 Speaker 1: four touchdowns. It's like, Okay, he's back, We're good with that. 333 00:17:24,920 --> 00:17:27,760 Speaker 1: Fifty two yards on the one drive and the game 334 00:17:27,840 --> 00:17:30,640 Speaker 1: time two point conversion. Just you know, he had offensive 335 00:17:30,680 --> 00:17:33,119 Speaker 1: lineman out Mitch Morriscott hurt in this. They were already 336 00:17:33,160 --> 00:17:35,480 Speaker 1: missing a guard. It's like they've been dealing with offensive 337 00:17:35,520 --> 00:17:37,440 Speaker 1: line issues for weeks. He just put it on his 338 00:17:37,560 --> 00:17:40,760 Speaker 1: back in a snowy environment and he did it. I 339 00:17:40,840 --> 00:17:43,840 Speaker 1: loved it. We were waiting for what can he do? 340 00:17:44,080 --> 00:17:46,120 Speaker 1: Like when you're watching this, Dan Dar, aren't you thinking 341 00:17:46,200 --> 00:17:47,800 Speaker 1: like this is one of the best quarterbacks I've ever 342 00:17:47,840 --> 00:17:50,600 Speaker 1: seen in my life. Like this game showed him doing 343 00:17:50,760 --> 00:17:54,440 Speaker 1: every different possible thing that you can do as a quarterback. Yeah. 344 00:17:54,440 --> 00:17:57,520 Speaker 1: I think what makes him so special is that that 345 00:17:57,680 --> 00:17:59,880 Speaker 1: variety of skills he brings. If you need to make 346 00:18:00,040 --> 00:18:02,000 Speaker 1: uh Herbert like throw, he can give you that. If 347 00:18:02,040 --> 00:18:04,159 Speaker 1: you need him to truck somebody, he can do that. 348 00:18:04,240 --> 00:18:06,399 Speaker 1: If you need him to get down the edge and 349 00:18:06,640 --> 00:18:08,879 Speaker 1: shoot down the sideline fifty yards, he could do that. 350 00:18:09,000 --> 00:18:10,960 Speaker 1: He's he's the perfect quarterback in a lot of ways, 351 00:18:11,440 --> 00:18:13,480 Speaker 1: and in the perfect city and the perfect region, like 352 00:18:13,560 --> 00:18:16,120 Speaker 1: he's built for this type of weather. I just thought, yeah, 353 00:18:16,200 --> 00:18:19,240 Speaker 1: it was. It was a special, fun game, a Saturday 354 00:18:19,320 --> 00:18:21,400 Speaker 1: night game in December that everybody in that stadium will 355 00:18:21,440 --> 00:18:25,280 Speaker 1: remember that one forever and again, like to circle back 356 00:18:25,280 --> 00:18:28,479 Speaker 1: to Miami, I think, you know, this is where they 357 00:18:28,680 --> 00:18:31,159 Speaker 1: I think, not just to meet but anybody else who 358 00:18:31,200 --> 00:18:34,440 Speaker 1: was doubting them. They can. They're not gonna collapse. I 359 00:18:34,440 --> 00:18:35,920 Speaker 1: don't think. I think they They're gonna get one of 360 00:18:35,960 --> 00:18:38,320 Speaker 1: those wild card spots and they could be a tough 361 00:18:38,359 --> 00:18:40,440 Speaker 1: out in the playoffs. I don't think they're a perfect team, 362 00:18:41,000 --> 00:18:44,159 Speaker 1: but being able to hang in that setting really showed 363 00:18:44,280 --> 00:18:47,080 Speaker 1: their abilities. As frustrating as that was, and I mean 364 00:18:47,400 --> 00:18:49,680 Speaker 1: specifically on the offensive side, that they were able to 365 00:18:49,720 --> 00:18:52,280 Speaker 1: go into the elements and move the ball when necessary. 366 00:18:52,480 --> 00:18:56,560 Speaker 1: I think that right number one, Mike McDaniels psychologically kind 367 00:18:56,600 --> 00:18:58,520 Speaker 1: of prepped them for we don't care about the weather. 368 00:18:58,560 --> 00:19:00,080 Speaker 1: That's not gonna be an excuse, which I you know, 369 00:19:00,119 --> 00:19:02,280 Speaker 1: I'm not saying that's what Dolphins teams have been, but 370 00:19:02,440 --> 00:19:04,760 Speaker 1: some kind of would go up there and fold. But secondly, 371 00:19:04,880 --> 00:19:07,160 Speaker 1: the concept of like oh had they been figured out 372 00:19:07,240 --> 00:19:10,879 Speaker 1: after the Niners and Chargers meltdowns. The defensive coordinators now 373 00:19:10,920 --> 00:19:12,560 Speaker 1: have a road map to slow down too. And the 374 00:19:12,600 --> 00:19:14,760 Speaker 1: whole thing well last night, I mean it wasn't perfect, 375 00:19:14,840 --> 00:19:17,199 Speaker 1: but I don't think that was proven at all. They can, 376 00:19:17,240 --> 00:19:18,920 Speaker 1: They're gonna They're gonna figure out their own way to 377 00:19:18,960 --> 00:19:21,560 Speaker 1: counteract what people are doing to them. Their defense didn't 378 00:19:21,600 --> 00:19:24,240 Speaker 1: come up big in a few crucial spots. You know, 379 00:19:24,320 --> 00:19:28,600 Speaker 1: they came back and that came down fourteen or thirteen 380 00:19:28,600 --> 00:19:31,240 Speaker 1: at one point all the way to up, so they 381 00:19:31,359 --> 00:19:34,320 Speaker 1: ripped off those sixteen points and then the defense didn't 382 00:19:34,320 --> 00:19:36,080 Speaker 1: play as well. But you gotta love what you got 383 00:19:36,119 --> 00:19:38,080 Speaker 1: out of Raheem Most there. You get the big play 384 00:19:38,160 --> 00:19:41,320 Speaker 1: out of Jalen Waddle like most, and their running game 385 00:19:41,359 --> 00:19:43,840 Speaker 1: can change it. And uh, it's just cool to even 386 00:19:43,880 --> 00:19:46,240 Speaker 1: have the Dolphins involved in games like this. I'm with you, Dada. 387 00:19:46,240 --> 00:19:47,679 Speaker 1: I don't think they're gonna collapse. I think they make 388 00:19:47,720 --> 00:19:51,160 Speaker 1: the playoffs. I'll remember this game forever. I was watching 389 00:19:51,200 --> 00:19:56,440 Speaker 1: it in Hanano Cafe with Keisha and there's a band 390 00:19:56,520 --> 00:19:58,880 Speaker 1: playing there. This is you know, we wish Chris Westling 391 00:19:59,040 --> 00:20:01,320 Speaker 1: was here with this obvious sleep for this show, and 392 00:20:01,840 --> 00:20:03,880 Speaker 1: I really wish he was there with us last night. 393 00:20:03,960 --> 00:20:06,240 Speaker 1: You know, there's a band playing, and you're seeing the 394 00:20:06,320 --> 00:20:08,880 Speaker 1: snow fallen in Buffalo, and you got all the holiday 395 00:20:09,000 --> 00:20:11,359 Speaker 1: lights and Keisha and we're having a good time just 396 00:20:11,480 --> 00:20:14,159 Speaker 1: watching like a classic NFL game. Good stuff. I have 397 00:20:14,240 --> 00:20:18,760 Speaker 1: a question for Greg, Yes, were you in Buffalo observing this, 398 00:20:18,880 --> 00:20:21,080 Speaker 1: would you have been one of the people throwing the snowballs? 399 00:20:21,160 --> 00:20:23,040 Speaker 1: Or do you not approve of that type of behavior? 400 00:20:24,040 --> 00:20:26,600 Speaker 1: Good question. I don't have a hot take on this. 401 00:20:27,640 --> 00:20:30,440 Speaker 1: Would you don't think I would be throwing snowballs at anyone? Know? 402 00:20:31,000 --> 00:20:32,600 Speaker 1: I mean maybe on my friends. I would not be 403 00:20:32,720 --> 00:20:34,479 Speaker 1: throwing it on the field. So all right, so had 404 00:20:34,520 --> 00:20:37,359 Speaker 1: a friend, Okay, that's fair. Yeah. The Dolphins did have 405 00:20:37,440 --> 00:20:40,520 Speaker 1: four hundred and five yards of offense. Uh in this game. 406 00:20:40,560 --> 00:20:42,159 Speaker 1: They ran for more than a hundred yards for the 407 00:20:42,240 --> 00:20:44,680 Speaker 1: first time since Week ten. But they've also now lost 408 00:20:44,760 --> 00:20:46,520 Speaker 1: all three of their December games. So they have the 409 00:20:46,520 --> 00:20:48,680 Speaker 1: Packers coming up, and that's they gotta win. They gotta 410 00:20:49,080 --> 00:20:51,800 Speaker 1: end this um losing streak. But at the same time, 411 00:20:51,840 --> 00:20:53,400 Speaker 1: if they would have went up there and gotten their 412 00:20:53,440 --> 00:20:58,000 Speaker 1: doors blown off. We would be it's it's it's an avalanche. 413 00:20:58,240 --> 00:21:00,479 Speaker 1: See how it all ties together. But I don't think 414 00:21:00,520 --> 00:21:03,760 Speaker 1: that's where they're at. Let's see how they close their season. 415 00:21:04,320 --> 00:21:07,720 Speaker 1: Let's take a break and we continue to roll through 416 00:21:07,760 --> 00:21:14,040 Speaker 1: Week fifteen. Let's get the Sunday. All right, two games Saturday. 417 00:21:14,800 --> 00:21:17,840 Speaker 1: Let's get the Sunday starting with man. Who would have 418 00:21:17,880 --> 00:21:20,440 Speaker 1: thought here as we edge toward late December, we'd be 419 00:21:20,560 --> 00:21:23,800 Speaker 1: rushing to get to a game from Jacksonville. But that's 420 00:21:23,840 --> 00:21:26,919 Speaker 1: where we're at is the Jaguars are on the prowl 421 00:21:27,000 --> 00:21:29,000 Speaker 1: and the guy behind the glass grave Digger knows it. 422 00:21:29,240 --> 00:21:33,000 Speaker 1: Let's go. He dropped a throw looking looking fires bill 423 00:21:33,040 --> 00:21:36,159 Speaker 1: of the field, and that ball is picked off. It 424 00:21:36,359 --> 00:21:39,359 Speaker 1: is picked off a race Shaw Jaket. He's running it 425 00:21:39,480 --> 00:21:43,280 Speaker 1: back along the right sideline. That is gonna be a touchdown, 426 00:21:43,840 --> 00:21:46,880 Speaker 1: but it's gonna be a touchdown. But Jack's are gonna 427 00:21:46,960 --> 00:21:51,360 Speaker 1: win it. What a race? Shaw Jaket. Pitch six? Are 428 00:21:51,400 --> 00:21:56,680 Speaker 1: you kidding me? How good is that? What a finish 429 00:21:56,760 --> 00:21:59,919 Speaker 1: in this ball game? Oh? I think we might need 430 00:22:00,040 --> 00:22:03,280 Speaker 1: to isolate how good is that? Justin for our podcast 431 00:22:03,359 --> 00:22:09,720 Speaker 1: going forward from Frank Frangie w okav Race San Jenkins 432 00:22:09,840 --> 00:22:15,160 Speaker 1: have a game. Kid. Myron Jenkins intercepted Dak Prescott's tip 433 00:22:15,280 --> 00:22:17,960 Speaker 1: pass and overtime took it to the house fifty two 434 00:22:18,040 --> 00:22:23,240 Speaker 1: yards and the Jags stunned the Dallas Cowboys forty to 435 00:22:23,520 --> 00:22:28,960 Speaker 1: thirty four. This was a Jaguars team down to ten 436 00:22:29,880 --> 00:22:33,400 Speaker 1: in this game, um, and then it became a big 437 00:22:33,480 --> 00:22:38,560 Speaker 1: time back and forth affair. Greggy, the Jags they're coming 438 00:22:38,600 --> 00:22:40,600 Speaker 1: and they got a kid, QB that's figured some things 439 00:22:40,640 --> 00:22:44,000 Speaker 1: out as well. There's a period in every Trevor Lawrence 440 00:22:44,119 --> 00:22:48,080 Speaker 1: game now that for one quarter he just like levitates 441 00:22:48,320 --> 00:22:53,240 Speaker 1: and just hits target after target an impossible spot. And 442 00:22:53,320 --> 00:22:55,959 Speaker 1: that was during this comeback, and not all of them 443 00:22:56,000 --> 00:22:59,240 Speaker 1: were even caught, and they made it, and I wasn't surprised, 444 00:22:59,240 --> 00:23:02,200 Speaker 1: but I'm glad you jin Jenkins to start it because 445 00:23:02,359 --> 00:23:05,800 Speaker 1: the play before the pick six, Jenkins comes up in 446 00:23:05,840 --> 00:23:07,640 Speaker 1: a run fit and he was doing this all day. 447 00:23:07,720 --> 00:23:09,960 Speaker 1: He ended up, I think you mentioned, with eighteen tackles 448 00:23:10,280 --> 00:23:13,119 Speaker 1: and the two interceptions and he stuffs them on second 449 00:23:13,160 --> 00:23:15,439 Speaker 1: and four before that, it was it was the second 450 00:23:15,520 --> 00:23:17,720 Speaker 1: drive of overtime, so all the Cowboys needed was a 451 00:23:17,800 --> 00:23:20,400 Speaker 1: field goal, and they had moved the ball well all day. 452 00:23:20,720 --> 00:23:23,199 Speaker 1: Tony Pollard rips off like a twenty yard run. Then 453 00:23:23,200 --> 00:23:25,159 Speaker 1: they get ten yards, they're at midfield and they have 454 00:23:25,240 --> 00:23:27,680 Speaker 1: a second and four. Jenkins comes in with the run 455 00:23:27,760 --> 00:23:29,520 Speaker 1: stop to make it third and four, and then he 456 00:23:29,600 --> 00:23:34,200 Speaker 1: does the pick six right after that. He also really 457 00:23:34,680 --> 00:23:38,960 Speaker 1: started this comeback going into overdrive with an interception that 458 00:23:39,040 --> 00:23:41,600 Speaker 1: people are gonna get on Dak Prescott about, and they should. 459 00:23:42,040 --> 00:23:44,560 Speaker 1: Dak Prescott played a great game otherwise, and it's weird. 460 00:23:44,640 --> 00:23:47,280 Speaker 1: I've seen people blame this. It was literally a great 461 00:23:47,320 --> 00:23:49,600 Speaker 1: throw that was the pick six at overtime. The guy 462 00:23:49,720 --> 00:23:52,720 Speaker 1: dropped it, hit him in the bicep on the move. 463 00:23:52,800 --> 00:23:55,000 Speaker 1: It was. It was a perfect throw. Uh So I'm 464 00:23:55,040 --> 00:23:57,000 Speaker 1: not blaming Dak Prescott that for all. But there was 465 00:23:57,160 --> 00:24:00,080 Speaker 1: one moment when the comeback was going on where that 466 00:24:00,320 --> 00:24:03,840 Speaker 1: totally panicked under pressure, threw it up. Jenkins got it 467 00:24:04,040 --> 00:24:06,800 Speaker 1: and they caught up quickly. It was one of those 468 00:24:06,880 --> 00:24:09,760 Speaker 1: comebacks that time was not a factor. They caught up 469 00:24:09,800 --> 00:24:11,720 Speaker 1: seventeen points in no time and took the lead. It 470 00:24:11,800 --> 00:24:13,360 Speaker 1: was the Cowboys who had to come back and take 471 00:24:13,440 --> 00:24:16,560 Speaker 1: the lead. Something about this offense because it feels like 472 00:24:16,600 --> 00:24:20,360 Speaker 1: Trevor Lawrence Um totally connects with someone different every week 473 00:24:20,400 --> 00:24:23,200 Speaker 1: and they explode, like Zay Jones three touchdowns day. Jones 474 00:24:23,320 --> 00:24:25,480 Speaker 1: like was essentially on the edge of not having a 475 00:24:25,600 --> 00:24:28,200 Speaker 1: career a couple of years ago. So it's working. I 476 00:24:28,240 --> 00:24:30,639 Speaker 1: think this is a massive win for Doug Peterson. This 477 00:24:30,800 --> 00:24:33,800 Speaker 1: is a team that knocked out the Ravens, they beat 478 00:24:33,880 --> 00:24:36,160 Speaker 1: the Titans, they got a chance to go against the Jets, 479 00:24:36,200 --> 00:24:39,120 Speaker 1: and suddenly who would have looked at that Jets Jaguars 480 00:24:39,240 --> 00:24:41,600 Speaker 1: game back in September and said, why on Earth is 481 00:24:41,640 --> 00:24:45,040 Speaker 1: that scheduled for as an island affair late in the season. 482 00:24:45,080 --> 00:24:48,480 Speaker 1: It's actually the game, Like the Jaguars feel like the 483 00:24:48,520 --> 00:24:50,840 Speaker 1: more relevant team that I mean, we've forked the Jaguars. 484 00:24:51,119 --> 00:24:55,280 Speaker 1: We were we were about to get in travel with 485 00:24:55,359 --> 00:24:57,160 Speaker 1: one of them. Let me check out the standings here 486 00:24:57,359 --> 00:24:59,920 Speaker 1: after and we'll get to the Titans. But spoiler aler 487 00:25:00,000 --> 00:25:03,280 Speaker 1: and it didn't go well. Uh here, it's so far. Uh, 488 00:25:03,440 --> 00:25:06,080 Speaker 1: Jaguars are one game out now and they play each 489 00:25:06,119 --> 00:25:09,639 Speaker 1: other in Week eighteen, so it's all there for the 490 00:25:09,720 --> 00:25:13,760 Speaker 1: Jacks to steal this division. Uh. It is. It's a 491 00:25:13,840 --> 00:25:16,239 Speaker 1: team that I listen as a jetsman. I don't want 492 00:25:16,240 --> 00:25:18,240 Speaker 1: anything to do with them right now because they're playing 493 00:25:18,280 --> 00:25:21,320 Speaker 1: with confidence. And let's hear it from Trevor Lawrence, because 494 00:25:21,920 --> 00:25:25,000 Speaker 1: again it's not just Lawrence, it's the whole operation, which 495 00:25:25,080 --> 00:25:28,960 Speaker 1: is vastly improved. That Doug Peterson leading the way, better roster, 496 00:25:29,480 --> 00:25:32,680 Speaker 1: better scheme, and now a young quarterback who's you know, 497 00:25:33,000 --> 00:25:36,719 Speaker 1: reaching his potential a little more suddenly than we expected, uh, 498 00:25:37,119 --> 00:25:40,600 Speaker 1: compared to where we were in say, early October. Let's 499 00:25:40,640 --> 00:25:42,760 Speaker 1: listen to Lawrence, who, by the way, it looks like 500 00:25:43,840 --> 00:25:46,240 Speaker 1: he looks like the lead singer of the most popular 501 00:25:46,320 --> 00:25:49,760 Speaker 1: Christian rock band in the world. Like it's accurate. All right, 502 00:25:49,840 --> 00:25:52,159 Speaker 1: let's hear from I don't really care honestly what they 503 00:25:52,320 --> 00:25:55,200 Speaker 1: what what people think? You know, I say that I 504 00:25:55,560 --> 00:25:58,359 Speaker 1: do think. You know, it feels good to win a 505 00:25:58,440 --> 00:26:02,560 Speaker 1: game like this, on a big game, national game, like 506 00:26:02,680 --> 00:26:05,920 Speaker 1: you said, against a great team. Um, it feels good 507 00:26:06,040 --> 00:26:08,520 Speaker 1: just to you know, show who we are. So I 508 00:26:08,560 --> 00:26:10,119 Speaker 1: can't you can't lie. I mean that feels good to 509 00:26:10,119 --> 00:26:12,840 Speaker 1: show people that, but it doesn't change anything about us. 510 00:26:12,920 --> 00:26:15,840 Speaker 1: You know, we're the same group. We lost five games 511 00:26:15,840 --> 00:26:19,399 Speaker 1: straight in October and everyone wrote us all so if 512 00:26:19,400 --> 00:26:20,879 Speaker 1: you listen to what people say, you're not really in 513 00:26:20,920 --> 00:26:23,399 Speaker 1: a good spot. So directly do I think also Dan 514 00:26:23,440 --> 00:26:25,479 Speaker 1: look there looking looking at him, and that the presser 515 00:26:25,560 --> 00:26:28,479 Speaker 1: there um, maybe maybe the fourth handsome brother that had 516 00:26:28,520 --> 00:26:31,240 Speaker 1: less theatrical ambition and just decided not to join the 517 00:26:31,320 --> 00:26:33,440 Speaker 1: one that you know played sports instead of went to 518 00:26:33,520 --> 00:26:35,640 Speaker 1: the garage and wailed on the keyboard. Well, now we're 519 00:26:35,640 --> 00:26:37,800 Speaker 1: talking about him, the ones that that's a foot taller 520 00:26:37,960 --> 00:26:42,520 Speaker 1: and runs authority. It's crazy because kind of similar to 521 00:26:42,560 --> 00:26:45,399 Speaker 1: the Kirk Cousins game of the Lawrence played really well throughout, 522 00:26:45,440 --> 00:26:48,280 Speaker 1: including in the first half. It was a clean first half. Two. 523 00:26:48,760 --> 00:26:52,119 Speaker 1: He had an interception in the third quarter, which was 524 00:26:52,840 --> 00:26:54,840 Speaker 1: his first in a long time and was on him 525 00:26:55,280 --> 00:26:59,119 Speaker 1: and he fumbled the ball with under a minute and 526 00:26:59,160 --> 00:27:02,480 Speaker 1: a half left in this game on a wild scramble 527 00:27:02,600 --> 00:27:05,840 Speaker 1: that appeared to be the moment where the game was lost. 528 00:27:06,040 --> 00:27:08,480 Speaker 1: All the Cowboys needed to do at that point was 529 00:27:08,560 --> 00:27:11,880 Speaker 1: get a first down to win, or at least get 530 00:27:12,040 --> 00:27:14,800 Speaker 1: rid of the Jaguars time outs, but they decided to 531 00:27:14,960 --> 00:27:17,920 Speaker 1: throw the ball on third and ten, kind of a 532 00:27:18,080 --> 00:27:21,440 Speaker 1: prayer down the field. Mike McCarthy doesn't force him to 533 00:27:21,600 --> 00:27:24,640 Speaker 1: use that last time out with a safer play call, 534 00:27:25,080 --> 00:27:27,720 Speaker 1: and usually I'm I'm for going for it there on 535 00:27:27,880 --> 00:27:29,920 Speaker 1: some level, but the fact that it was like a 536 00:27:30,040 --> 00:27:33,119 Speaker 1: deep shot to Noah Brown, like fifty yards down the 537 00:27:33,240 --> 00:27:35,960 Speaker 1: field uh ended up coming in very handy because the 538 00:27:36,040 --> 00:27:39,680 Speaker 1: Jaguars needed that time out to force overtime and get 539 00:27:39,720 --> 00:27:41,880 Speaker 1: the field goal. Yeah, And I do want because I'm 540 00:27:41,920 --> 00:27:43,960 Speaker 1: gonna be checking this game out tomorrow and we have 541 00:27:44,440 --> 00:27:46,240 Speaker 1: so much to get to today, so it shouldn't really 542 00:27:46,280 --> 00:27:48,520 Speaker 1: focus on what's coming up next, But I do want 543 00:27:48,560 --> 00:27:51,000 Speaker 1: to have the conversation at some point this week, Greg, 544 00:27:51,480 --> 00:27:52,960 Speaker 1: is where where we where are we had on the 545 00:27:53,040 --> 00:27:56,320 Speaker 1: Cowboys now after two so so games leading into now 546 00:27:56,440 --> 00:27:59,320 Speaker 1: this loss um and the NFC East is now pretty 547 00:27:59,400 --> 00:28:03,159 Speaker 1: much gone a tenant four and the Eagles are in 548 00:28:03,280 --> 00:28:05,520 Speaker 1: total control of that division now even though they still 549 00:28:05,560 --> 00:28:07,480 Speaker 1: have a head to head. So costly lost for the 550 00:28:07,520 --> 00:28:09,640 Speaker 1: Cowboys who were probably now gonna be a wild card team, 551 00:28:10,119 --> 00:28:12,200 Speaker 1: and watch out for the Jags, who not only have 552 00:28:12,320 --> 00:28:15,760 Speaker 1: moved into the in the hunt wild card area now themselves, 553 00:28:15,960 --> 00:28:18,359 Speaker 1: although you know a long shot in that department, they 554 00:28:18,440 --> 00:28:22,720 Speaker 1: can outright win. Graduated from berserker category to the sitimate 555 00:28:22,840 --> 00:28:25,920 Speaker 1: title threat in that division. I think that these Cowboys teams, 556 00:28:25,960 --> 00:28:29,320 Speaker 1: who have had some bad Cowboys vibes over the years 557 00:28:29,359 --> 00:28:31,440 Speaker 1: of like blowing it, at some point have to start 558 00:28:31,760 --> 00:28:34,040 Speaker 1: being a little worried the way those game ended up 559 00:28:34,520 --> 00:28:38,640 Speaker 1: on offense, UH four and out field goal, interception, three 560 00:28:38,680 --> 00:28:40,760 Speaker 1: and out punt. Then they get the touchdown three and 561 00:28:40,800 --> 00:28:44,240 Speaker 1: out pun and interception and over familiar rough way to 562 00:28:44,360 --> 00:28:47,040 Speaker 1: end the Cowboys fans who have felt a lot of 563 00:28:47,080 --> 00:28:50,400 Speaker 1: disappointment in December and January in the last quarter century. Alright, 564 00:28:50,480 --> 00:28:55,440 Speaker 1: moving on, how about an NFC team that graduated from 565 00:28:55,560 --> 00:29:02,160 Speaker 1: berserker to actual playoff part possibly, let's head to the 566 00:29:02,240 --> 00:29:05,520 Speaker 1: meadow ends golf's gonna throw it back and looking growth 567 00:29:05,560 --> 00:29:07,920 Speaker 1: wide open, the upside, rock right with it to the 568 00:29:08,000 --> 00:29:12,240 Speaker 1: thirty crock right, twenty five brock right to the five 569 00:29:13,720 --> 00:29:18,480 Speaker 1: touch down Detroit Lions. Oh my fifty one yard golf 570 00:29:18,560 --> 00:29:22,160 Speaker 1: the brock right. How the Lions are back in front? Oh, Babby, 571 00:29:22,320 --> 00:29:27,200 Speaker 1: how big is that? This is a the announcers losing 572 00:29:27,240 --> 00:29:31,880 Speaker 1: their voice? Week? Go ahead, I opt out of this week, vadey. 573 00:29:32,720 --> 00:29:36,600 Speaker 1: I'm not gonna pretend I wasn't loving and seeing that highlight? 574 00:29:36,680 --> 00:29:40,920 Speaker 1: Are you kidding stones out. There was no Patriots game. 575 00:29:41,000 --> 00:29:44,880 Speaker 1: The only game in town is the Detroit Lions. I 576 00:29:44,920 --> 00:29:47,400 Speaker 1: don't know. I've no Dan for over a decade. To night, 577 00:29:48,680 --> 00:29:53,800 Speaker 1: hes on his situation. You know, you got a real 578 00:29:53,960 --> 00:30:02,280 Speaker 1: gift for pitch, right, This is a very special honor. 579 00:30:03,400 --> 00:30:05,720 Speaker 1: And then I think we were breaking that out right away. 580 00:30:06,960 --> 00:30:10,200 Speaker 1: We always do. And that shows an old juicer tug 581 00:30:10,240 --> 00:30:13,480 Speaker 1: boat is he's looking out for the show first and foremost, 582 00:30:13,520 --> 00:30:18,480 Speaker 1: because that was not a pleasant moment. Well, you're a showman. 583 00:30:18,680 --> 00:30:20,640 Speaker 1: You are a showman, Dan, first and foremost. Well, you 584 00:30:20,680 --> 00:30:24,960 Speaker 1: know who put on a show? Brock Wright. What fifty 585 00:30:25,000 --> 00:30:28,680 Speaker 1: one yard touchdown? Uh? Catching run on a Jard Goff 586 00:30:28,720 --> 00:30:31,480 Speaker 1: pass on fourth and inches from midfield with one forty 587 00:30:31,560 --> 00:30:35,320 Speaker 1: nine to play. Uh puts the lines ahead after the 588 00:30:35,440 --> 00:30:39,200 Speaker 1: Jets were that close to ceiling a massive wind and 589 00:30:39,640 --> 00:30:42,520 Speaker 1: Uh it wasn't over though after that play, which made 590 00:30:42,560 --> 00:30:44,600 Speaker 1: it all the more painful. The Jets get the ball back. 591 00:30:44,760 --> 00:30:48,000 Speaker 1: Zack Wilson, who had a very up and down game here, 592 00:30:48,680 --> 00:30:52,920 Speaker 1: Um completes a couple of miracle throws third and eighteen. 593 00:30:53,040 --> 00:30:55,880 Speaker 1: I think they convert the fourth and forever they convert 594 00:30:56,560 --> 00:31:00,280 Speaker 1: Um to stay alive, but some really suspect uh clock 595 00:31:00,400 --> 00:31:03,400 Speaker 1: management by Robert Salo where they had all their time 596 00:31:03,440 --> 00:31:06,400 Speaker 1: outs and yet put themselves in a position where they 597 00:31:06,480 --> 00:31:09,040 Speaker 1: were kicking a fifty eight yard field goal with one 598 00:31:09,120 --> 00:31:11,400 Speaker 1: second to play that would never really had a chance. 599 00:31:11,480 --> 00:31:14,880 Speaker 1: Gregg the leg pushed it left. So yes, the lines 600 00:31:15,000 --> 00:31:17,800 Speaker 1: escape with the win. UM. I wouldn't say that the 601 00:31:18,640 --> 00:31:20,640 Speaker 1: you know, the Jets outplay the lines in this game. 602 00:31:20,680 --> 00:31:24,920 Speaker 1: I think Detroit UM overall, UM felt like the better 603 00:31:25,040 --> 00:31:27,000 Speaker 1: team for most of the game, and then the Jets 604 00:31:27,040 --> 00:31:28,960 Speaker 1: were able to make some plays and and put a 605 00:31:29,080 --> 00:31:31,240 Speaker 1: drive together in the second half to put them in 606 00:31:31,280 --> 00:31:33,640 Speaker 1: the lead. And once they had the lead with about 607 00:31:33,680 --> 00:31:36,040 Speaker 1: four minutes to go, you thought, okay, the defense, which 608 00:31:36,200 --> 00:31:38,760 Speaker 1: again this Jet the defense even without Quinnon Williams, was 609 00:31:38,800 --> 00:31:40,800 Speaker 1: doing really well. It slowed down the lines in a 610 00:31:40,880 --> 00:31:44,640 Speaker 1: lot of areas they've thrived during this winning streak for 611 00:31:44,760 --> 00:31:47,400 Speaker 1: the Lions. But in that spot, I gotta give credit 612 00:31:47,480 --> 00:31:51,960 Speaker 1: to Ben Johnson Um specifically UM for a play call 613 00:31:52,120 --> 00:31:55,280 Speaker 1: that had the Jets completely caught off guard at midfield. 614 00:31:55,360 --> 00:31:59,160 Speaker 1: There that the whole defense followed a Monrod st Brown 615 00:31:59,840 --> 00:32:01,760 Speaker 1: a cross on what they thought was going to be 616 00:32:01,800 --> 00:32:04,160 Speaker 1: either a run or maybe a short like drag type 617 00:32:04,160 --> 00:32:06,760 Speaker 1: pass to the right, and that allowed the backup tight 618 00:32:06,840 --> 00:32:09,080 Speaker 1: end to sneak out and make the play of the 619 00:32:09,160 --> 00:32:12,400 Speaker 1: year for the Lions. So it hurts, it stinks for 620 00:32:12,440 --> 00:32:14,720 Speaker 1: the Jets, but for the Lions, it's another big win 621 00:32:14,840 --> 00:32:18,120 Speaker 1: for a team that really is everyone's darling. I mean, 622 00:32:18,120 --> 00:32:20,600 Speaker 1: they've unlocked a star with Ben Johnson, because I think 623 00:32:20,640 --> 00:32:22,640 Speaker 1: that was the takeaway from the Vikings win a week 624 00:32:22,680 --> 00:32:25,040 Speaker 1: ago for the for Detroit was that Ben Johnson was 625 00:32:25,440 --> 00:32:29,000 Speaker 1: just a step ahead with a unique series with each 626 00:32:29,040 --> 00:32:30,719 Speaker 1: play and then so did see that he tricked out 627 00:32:30,760 --> 00:32:33,040 Speaker 1: the Jets to I mean, I would ask you, Zach 628 00:32:33,080 --> 00:32:36,240 Speaker 1: Wilson may have to start Thursday. I saw one throw, 629 00:32:36,400 --> 00:32:38,840 Speaker 1: the one where Garrett Wilson was so frustrated up to 630 00:32:38,840 --> 00:32:40,160 Speaker 1: I think it was the third and twelve where he 631 00:32:40,240 --> 00:32:43,120 Speaker 1: just totally missed. Garrett Wilson, That to me is the 632 00:32:43,200 --> 00:32:45,960 Speaker 1: kind of throw that in recent weeks, Mike White was 633 00:32:46,080 --> 00:32:47,840 Speaker 1: making that throw and that was sort of the difference 634 00:32:47,880 --> 00:32:50,080 Speaker 1: in their offense. In their passing game, Wilson was not 635 00:32:50,160 --> 00:32:51,800 Speaker 1: at I mean at least had a couple of big plays. 636 00:32:51,840 --> 00:32:53,920 Speaker 1: I know, some of them seemed a little hokey, but 637 00:32:54,360 --> 00:32:57,080 Speaker 1: it wasn't he It was just like a major roller coaster. 638 00:32:57,160 --> 00:32:59,120 Speaker 1: It seemed like it was a roller coaster. I would 639 00:32:59,160 --> 00:33:01,480 Speaker 1: not say he had a good game at all. He was. 640 00:33:01,600 --> 00:33:04,280 Speaker 1: He threw three seventeen yards. He had two touchdowns. Like 641 00:33:04,360 --> 00:33:06,560 Speaker 1: I said, if they get the stop on fourth and 642 00:33:06,600 --> 00:33:09,320 Speaker 1: inches there before the touchdown by Detroit, everyone's talking about 643 00:33:09,320 --> 00:33:11,960 Speaker 1: how he made a big throwdown field to Garrett Wilson. 644 00:33:12,040 --> 00:33:15,280 Speaker 1: Then on a third and goal from the half yard line, 645 00:33:15,360 --> 00:33:18,160 Speaker 1: he throws the ball to CJ. Zamba for the go 646 00:33:18,280 --> 00:33:21,200 Speaker 1: ahead touchdown. So it's a totally different story. Um, but 647 00:33:21,960 --> 00:33:24,160 Speaker 1: now that they lose, you have you can actually be 648 00:33:24,200 --> 00:33:26,040 Speaker 1: a little more clinical and look at what he did, 649 00:33:26,080 --> 00:33:28,880 Speaker 1: which was yes, he hit on some throws downfield, but 650 00:33:29,040 --> 00:33:32,520 Speaker 1: still way too many misses on throws that have to 651 00:33:32,560 --> 00:33:35,600 Speaker 1: be made, whether it's a wide open receiver or receiver 652 00:33:35,760 --> 00:33:38,000 Speaker 1: that you know, they talked about an NFL open versus 653 00:33:38,080 --> 00:33:42,840 Speaker 1: college open. Throws that aren't easy. But for a better quarterback, 654 00:33:42,880 --> 00:33:44,479 Speaker 1: and even for a guy like Mike White, has been 655 00:33:44,520 --> 00:33:46,640 Speaker 1: money in the bank. So that's what you saw. Garrett 656 00:33:46,640 --> 00:33:48,160 Speaker 1: Wilson and some of these guys should calm down a 657 00:33:48,200 --> 00:33:50,000 Speaker 1: little bit. About some of the histrionics on the field, 658 00:33:50,040 --> 00:33:53,080 Speaker 1: because that's I don't think necessarily helpful. But what you 659 00:33:53,160 --> 00:33:55,320 Speaker 1: saw there is that this team, you know, they they 660 00:33:55,400 --> 00:33:58,400 Speaker 1: want Mike White playing, and the Jets were so desperate 661 00:33:58,440 --> 00:34:01,240 Speaker 1: to have Mike White playing that Ian Rapport reported this 662 00:34:01,320 --> 00:34:03,200 Speaker 1: morning that he has three fractures in his ribs and 663 00:34:03,200 --> 00:34:05,920 Speaker 1: it's gonna miss two weeks at least. Um they they 664 00:34:05,960 --> 00:34:07,840 Speaker 1: almost put him on the field in that state. So 665 00:34:08,640 --> 00:34:11,640 Speaker 1: I think this is Zach Wilson's last stand here, I 666 00:34:11,760 --> 00:34:14,759 Speaker 1: think as the Jets quarterback, and this was a very 667 00:34:14,920 --> 00:34:18,040 Speaker 1: uneven result. And I think if Mike White is healthy, 668 00:34:18,360 --> 00:34:20,680 Speaker 1: he absolutely will play Thursday. But I think the timing 669 00:34:20,719 --> 00:34:23,120 Speaker 1: of this matchup it means we might get might get 670 00:34:23,160 --> 00:34:25,359 Speaker 1: the final old Zach Wilson start, as they did get 671 00:34:25,400 --> 00:34:28,120 Speaker 1: to Zach Wilson from a pr how to answer questions 672 00:34:28,680 --> 00:34:30,759 Speaker 1: because they asked him after the game, do you think 673 00:34:30,800 --> 00:34:34,920 Speaker 1: you should should start Thursday? Nice set up, Mark, that's 674 00:34:34,960 --> 00:34:38,360 Speaker 1: good enough to deserve another starter. I like that. No, 675 00:34:38,719 --> 00:34:42,560 Speaker 1: I think that's not up to me. Compute, compute and uh. 676 00:34:42,880 --> 00:34:45,000 Speaker 1: For me, I think it comes back to how can 677 00:34:45,040 --> 00:34:48,000 Speaker 1: I watch this film? How can I improve? And UH 678 00:34:48,800 --> 00:34:50,200 Speaker 1: can I keep trying to put our offense in the 679 00:34:50,280 --> 00:34:52,560 Speaker 1: best situation to win. We talked about it on the 680 00:34:52,600 --> 00:34:56,640 Speaker 1: Friday Fun Show with Clay Bown. Like I said, he's 681 00:34:56,719 --> 00:34:58,600 Speaker 1: under a lot of pressure in this game. And Patrick, 682 00:34:59,120 --> 00:35:02,479 Speaker 1: as Patrick sometimes so things and he said, pressure isn't 683 00:35:02,480 --> 00:35:03,960 Speaker 1: a thing, it's just that he's not good. But no, 684 00:35:04,200 --> 00:35:06,279 Speaker 1: I think there was a lot of pressure beyond the 685 00:35:06,360 --> 00:35:10,279 Speaker 1: pressure to perform, also to handle that situation. It's just 686 00:35:10,360 --> 00:35:12,120 Speaker 1: been there's been a lot on his shoulders and he 687 00:35:12,200 --> 00:35:14,640 Speaker 1: hasn't always been up to the task. But it wasn't 688 00:35:14,680 --> 00:35:17,239 Speaker 1: all bad, but it certainly wasn't good. It was very 689 00:35:17,320 --> 00:35:18,800 Speaker 1: up and date. The crowd was on him too. That 690 00:35:18,800 --> 00:35:20,480 Speaker 1: I don't I don't care what anyone says. I don't 691 00:35:20,480 --> 00:35:22,239 Speaker 1: think that feels good when you're a young player. When 692 00:35:22,239 --> 00:35:23,920 Speaker 1: I watched him, I'm like, I am old because he 693 00:35:23,960 --> 00:35:25,800 Speaker 1: looks twelve years old to me in that press conference, 694 00:35:25,840 --> 00:35:27,680 Speaker 1: he's getting younger. It's like a little boy with like on, 695 00:35:28,160 --> 00:35:30,640 Speaker 1: you know, a little eyes shadow under his eyes. It's 696 00:35:30,640 --> 00:35:34,760 Speaker 1: a massive step and test the cast for the Lions 697 00:35:34,840 --> 00:35:37,400 Speaker 1: to to go east in a cold situation, in a 698 00:35:37,480 --> 00:35:40,480 Speaker 1: matchup that was basically even you look at any stats 699 00:35:40,520 --> 00:35:43,800 Speaker 1: in this game in terms of yards average per play, 700 00:35:44,440 --> 00:35:47,239 Speaker 1: certainly the score throughout the game. Like they each have 701 00:35:47,360 --> 00:35:49,560 Speaker 1: their strengths and weaknesses, but it doesn't surprise me that 702 00:35:49,680 --> 00:35:51,799 Speaker 1: these two teams who came in about it almost as 703 00:35:51,840 --> 00:35:54,560 Speaker 1: a pick them like played even and the Lions weirdly 704 00:35:54,640 --> 00:35:57,000 Speaker 1: haven't won many of those games. They've lost a lot 705 00:35:57,040 --> 00:35:59,839 Speaker 1: of close games, they've won uh some blowouts. And it's 706 00:36:00,040 --> 00:36:03,080 Speaker 1: sort of another box to check that you don't need 707 00:36:03,160 --> 00:36:06,600 Speaker 1: the Lions offense to necessarily score thirty five every time 708 00:36:06,640 --> 00:36:08,120 Speaker 1: for them to win. And I know they got helped 709 00:36:08,120 --> 00:36:10,160 Speaker 1: out by Zach Wilson starting this game, but you get 710 00:36:10,160 --> 00:36:12,399 Speaker 1: a couple of sacks out of Okwara and Kaminski gets 711 00:36:12,400 --> 00:36:14,880 Speaker 1: when James Houston gets another sack, and it's crazy, this 712 00:36:15,000 --> 00:36:18,560 Speaker 1: rookie pass rusher, and it's like they are getting contributions 713 00:36:18,600 --> 00:36:20,759 Speaker 1: from a lot of different players. And they're now a 714 00:36:20,960 --> 00:36:24,759 Speaker 1: half a game behind the final playoffs. About both them 715 00:36:24,760 --> 00:36:27,200 Speaker 1: in the Seahawks at seven and seven, only half a 716 00:36:27,280 --> 00:36:29,799 Speaker 1: game back with three weeks to go, and how how 717 00:36:29,880 --> 00:36:32,759 Speaker 1: much one play can change everything. Just like I said, 718 00:36:32,800 --> 00:36:34,960 Speaker 1: if the Jets get that stop at midfield, everyone's talking 719 00:36:35,000 --> 00:36:38,640 Speaker 1: about Zack Wilson perseverance and leading that drive. If Jared 720 00:36:38,680 --> 00:36:41,200 Speaker 1: Goff airmills that throw to the tight end and they lose, 721 00:36:41,640 --> 00:36:44,080 Speaker 1: we're talking about how Jared Goff got found out against 722 00:36:44,120 --> 00:36:46,279 Speaker 1: the big defense on the road when when actually the 723 00:36:46,320 --> 00:36:49,080 Speaker 1: cards were down, but since the play call was brilliant 724 00:36:49,120 --> 00:36:51,160 Speaker 1: and it was a can't misthrow, he hits it and 725 00:36:51,239 --> 00:36:53,680 Speaker 1: the tight end does the rest and saves his numbers 726 00:36:53,760 --> 00:36:56,120 Speaker 1: and they win the game. Not a great golf game. 727 00:36:56,280 --> 00:36:57,839 Speaker 1: Something to keep an eye on now as we really 728 00:36:57,880 --> 00:37:00,680 Speaker 1: get to the crucible and they and so they the Panthers. 729 00:37:03,280 --> 00:37:06,640 Speaker 1: I locked it up. You did gotta have it, Sunday, 730 00:37:07,000 --> 00:37:09,200 Speaker 1: I got. I had to have my my five game 731 00:37:09,480 --> 00:37:12,640 Speaker 1: lock Street loss has come to an end. I finally 732 00:37:12,640 --> 00:37:15,920 Speaker 1: got a win. Who like, literally no one even has 733 00:37:15,960 --> 00:37:18,080 Speaker 1: a recollection in that where we all there when you 734 00:37:18,200 --> 00:37:23,600 Speaker 1: did this, I guess, so congratulations justin big effort for you. 735 00:37:23,760 --> 00:37:26,160 Speaker 1: You had a personal setback as well with your favorite team. 736 00:37:26,320 --> 00:37:28,719 Speaker 1: So I'm gonna Sean Kelly picked this lock for me. 737 00:37:28,800 --> 00:37:31,800 Speaker 1: So there we go. There you go. You gotta go 738 00:37:31,920 --> 00:37:34,120 Speaker 1: to the experts, go to the sharps. All right, let's 739 00:37:34,120 --> 00:37:39,759 Speaker 1: take a break and we'll get to more football. Oh yes, 740 00:37:39,880 --> 00:37:43,480 Speaker 1: welcome back. Gotta have it Sunday. Let's keep moving with 741 00:37:43,520 --> 00:37:46,840 Speaker 1: another game that will not soon be forgotten. At Jones 742 00:37:46,880 --> 00:37:49,120 Speaker 1: hands it off On a later Montre Stevenson breaks out 743 00:37:49,160 --> 00:37:51,319 Speaker 1: of a tackle at the fifty, has the forty five, 744 00:37:51,440 --> 00:37:54,640 Speaker 1: breaks away from another tackle, pitches it backwards, and now 745 00:37:54,760 --> 00:37:59,920 Speaker 1: Jakobe Meyer's spinning around. He throws, you're not losing fall 746 00:38:02,560 --> 00:38:09,360 Speaker 1: towards another cracking voice. I can't believe what I just 747 00:38:09,480 --> 00:38:17,319 Speaker 1: saw on the first night of a car Vegas going 748 00:38:17,400 --> 00:38:20,960 Speaker 1: on there. I did not see the Hota plug put 749 00:38:21,040 --> 00:38:23,759 Speaker 1: that in the best cause of the air, Please, I 750 00:38:23,880 --> 00:38:27,759 Speaker 1: did not see that coming. The call there is by 751 00:38:29,840 --> 00:38:33,000 Speaker 1: Jason Harrowitz. There you go. Can you really say I 752 00:38:33,040 --> 00:38:36,239 Speaker 1: can't believe what I just saw. I can't believe that 753 00:38:36,320 --> 00:38:39,879 Speaker 1: in this case, I guess I feel slightly trademark. Are 754 00:38:40,200 --> 00:38:44,760 Speaker 1: LV Harrowitz in a big spot with the call? Chandler Jones, 755 00:38:45,160 --> 00:38:48,279 Speaker 1: the former Patriot, probably no love lost between him and 756 00:38:48,360 --> 00:38:52,520 Speaker 1: Bill Belichick, to be the one just standing near midfield, 757 00:38:52,600 --> 00:38:58,600 Speaker 1: minding his own business as all the everybody in the building, players, coaches, 758 00:38:59,480 --> 00:39:03,840 Speaker 1: fifties sixties people in attendance, getting ready for overtime, and 759 00:39:04,400 --> 00:39:08,080 Speaker 1: Jacobe Myers throws the ball up for grab, grabs, Chandler 760 00:39:08,160 --> 00:39:13,439 Speaker 1: Jones catches it, stiff arms um mac Jones into Middle Earth, 761 00:39:14,840 --> 00:39:20,600 Speaker 1: and then scores in stunning fashion. Final score thirty to 762 00:39:21,560 --> 00:39:24,640 Speaker 1: Raiders over Pats. Unbelievable. We now welcome in the great 763 00:39:25,400 --> 00:39:28,960 Speaker 1: Nick Shook the Raiders six and eight and and probably 764 00:39:29,160 --> 00:39:32,240 Speaker 1: still there in the hunt, whether we want to believe 765 00:39:32,239 --> 00:39:34,640 Speaker 1: it or not. They at six and eight, they're still there. 766 00:39:35,040 --> 00:39:37,319 Speaker 1: And the Pats, in the crushing fashion, fall to seven 767 00:39:37,400 --> 00:39:39,200 Speaker 1: and seven. I don't think have you ever seen anything 768 00:39:39,320 --> 00:39:44,080 Speaker 1: like this shookie, high school, pop warn or college. No, No, 769 00:39:44,239 --> 00:39:46,080 Speaker 1: I've seen it all. Now. I think this is where 770 00:39:46,120 --> 00:39:48,680 Speaker 1: I call it a career. I'm gonna move on now, guys, 771 00:39:48,760 --> 00:39:51,680 Speaker 1: and off in the sunset of retirement, because this is 772 00:39:51,760 --> 00:39:56,680 Speaker 1: never going to be topped in stupidity, in unlikelihood, in 773 00:39:57,040 --> 00:39:59,400 Speaker 1: the fact that he's stiffed farm not just anybody, but 774 00:39:59,520 --> 00:40:02,320 Speaker 1: the quarter act, like you said, into Middle Earth, sending 775 00:40:02,360 --> 00:40:07,160 Speaker 1: him through the turf at Allegiance Stadium. Just a remarkable finish. 776 00:40:08,040 --> 00:40:10,080 Speaker 1: I don't think you can say I don't believe what 777 00:40:10,120 --> 00:40:12,239 Speaker 1: I just saw, but I truly did not believe what 778 00:40:12,400 --> 00:40:15,759 Speaker 1: I saw today. I mean, so Chandler Jones wound up 779 00:40:15,800 --> 00:40:18,360 Speaker 1: with more yards after the catch than any pass catcher 780 00:40:18,440 --> 00:40:21,320 Speaker 1: in this game, um, which says something about the offenses. 781 00:40:21,760 --> 00:40:23,600 Speaker 1: But at least I'm the one thing that kind of 782 00:40:23,719 --> 00:40:26,320 Speaker 1: bubbled up as the game ended is people saying, this 783 00:40:26,480 --> 00:40:28,799 Speaker 1: is the stupidest thing that Bill Belichick has ever done. 784 00:40:28,840 --> 00:40:31,680 Speaker 1: It's the most unbuilt Belichick in strategy. At the end 785 00:40:31,719 --> 00:40:33,839 Speaker 1: of the game, he didn't do exactly. That's what why 786 00:40:33,840 --> 00:40:36,880 Speaker 1: Bill Belichick calls Jacobe Myers did at least say, I mean, 787 00:40:36,880 --> 00:40:39,480 Speaker 1: I'm glad that they got the interview quickly, but that 788 00:40:39,640 --> 00:40:41,799 Speaker 1: he just didn't see Chandler Jones there. Whether he did 789 00:40:41,880 --> 00:40:45,520 Speaker 1: or not, this was not a Patriots plan here, Nick, Wait, wait, 790 00:40:45,560 --> 00:40:49,000 Speaker 1: can I just say something? Well, now, I was gonna say, 791 00:40:49,040 --> 00:40:51,600 Speaker 1: does it? What's the thing that was the most stunning 792 00:40:51,680 --> 00:40:53,719 Speaker 1: to me immediately in the seconds after? And by the way, 793 00:40:54,200 --> 00:40:56,920 Speaker 1: Greg's fandom might be r I P because I'm standing 794 00:40:56,960 --> 00:40:59,759 Speaker 1: next to him and he's just standing there, and I all, 795 00:41:00,000 --> 00:41:01,560 Speaker 1: it seemed like I could see him computing all those 796 00:41:01,560 --> 00:41:03,839 Speaker 1: different picks and like wooderdy lock up in this thing? 797 00:41:03,920 --> 00:41:07,400 Speaker 1: What are like, did I cover the spread in this thing? 798 00:41:07,480 --> 00:41:09,520 Speaker 1: And I'm just like, what is what happened to the 799 00:41:09,800 --> 00:41:14,759 Speaker 1: Raiders in this game? And this I know di nap 800 00:41:15,120 --> 00:41:18,239 Speaker 1: because they're so sloppy and the ending well kind of 801 00:41:18,560 --> 00:41:20,520 Speaker 1: that'll be the focus and it should be the focus. 802 00:41:20,600 --> 00:41:22,879 Speaker 1: But they're just a bad team. And so I'm fine 803 00:41:22,920 --> 00:41:25,160 Speaker 1: with them fans left and right on the show. So 804 00:41:25,280 --> 00:41:28,280 Speaker 1: that's the problem. Yeah, I'm alone on island. There's Shookie 805 00:41:28,320 --> 00:41:31,440 Speaker 1: the Browns fans still, but I have to say, um, 806 00:41:31,760 --> 00:41:34,000 Speaker 1: does do the Patriots not know that game is tied? There? 807 00:41:34,160 --> 00:41:36,560 Speaker 1: That's what to me really was the most stunning part 808 00:41:36,600 --> 00:41:38,839 Speaker 1: of it. And maybe there is coaching you can't say, 809 00:41:38,880 --> 00:41:41,239 Speaker 1: oh this is Bill Belichick's fault, but yes, all this 810 00:41:41,360 --> 00:41:44,360 Speaker 1: criticism around New England about maybe this coaching staff is 811 00:41:44,400 --> 00:41:46,160 Speaker 1: in over its head and you've seen a lot of 812 00:41:46,280 --> 00:41:50,040 Speaker 1: uncharacteristic mental errors all seasoned by this team. You saw 813 00:41:50,320 --> 00:41:52,600 Speaker 1: a block punt in this game where the guy on 814 00:41:52,640 --> 00:41:55,120 Speaker 1: the edge for the Raiders was untouched on the block punt, 815 00:41:55,400 --> 00:41:59,080 Speaker 1: a huge bus by New England special teams. Um, this 816 00:41:59,280 --> 00:42:02,960 Speaker 1: is just stuff that you can't ignore, some of this nick. Yeah, 817 00:42:03,000 --> 00:42:05,120 Speaker 1: and you see, you know, Mac Jones getting frustrated week 818 00:42:05,120 --> 00:42:06,759 Speaker 1: after week with the offense and the fact that they 819 00:42:06,760 --> 00:42:09,799 Speaker 1: can't move the football consistently. It's very unlike them. It's 820 00:42:09,960 --> 00:42:13,080 Speaker 1: it's unprofessional, it's it's just untidy, and it's not like 821 00:42:13,320 --> 00:42:15,279 Speaker 1: the Patriots. But again, you're right, they had to know. 822 00:42:15,520 --> 00:42:17,359 Speaker 1: They had to not know that the game was tie. 823 00:42:17,600 --> 00:42:20,000 Speaker 1: This is j R. Smith in the NBA Finals all 824 00:42:20,040 --> 00:42:22,600 Speaker 1: over again. You know when they come they did because 825 00:42:22,640 --> 00:42:25,120 Speaker 1: they call the clock. They knew because they called the draw. 826 00:42:25,360 --> 00:42:27,600 Speaker 1: They didn't call that that that's at least what the 827 00:42:27,640 --> 00:42:29,759 Speaker 1: players are saying, unless they're really trying to cover for 828 00:42:29,800 --> 00:42:31,759 Speaker 1: the coaches. They said, no, they just call the draw, 829 00:42:32,000 --> 00:42:35,480 Speaker 1: go to overtime. Ramandre actually gets a big gain on 830 00:42:35,600 --> 00:42:38,680 Speaker 1: it and just in the moment decides the lateral and 831 00:42:39,440 --> 00:42:42,640 Speaker 1: those two players, Jacoby takes it to it. So sometimes 832 00:42:42,800 --> 00:42:45,520 Speaker 1: you don't need that much crazy analysis of it. It 833 00:42:45,680 --> 00:42:50,080 Speaker 1: was just like a beautifully insane play that two players 834 00:42:50,120 --> 00:42:52,680 Speaker 1: are made mental errors on. But the rest of the game, 835 00:42:52,719 --> 00:42:55,440 Speaker 1: where there's thirteen penalties by the Patriots in pre stop 836 00:42:55,640 --> 00:42:58,280 Speaker 1: and mac Jones throws for a hundred and twelve yards, 837 00:42:58,320 --> 00:43:01,239 Speaker 1: they had uh thirty one dropbacks for a hundred and 838 00:43:01,280 --> 00:43:03,440 Speaker 1: twelve yards, Like that's on them, that's on them, right, 839 00:43:03,520 --> 00:43:05,759 Speaker 1: and this is a game. It was this is like 840 00:43:05,920 --> 00:43:07,840 Speaker 1: five games and one, but this is a game. The 841 00:43:07,920 --> 00:43:10,439 Speaker 1: Raiders after that block punt and then they scored touched 842 00:43:10,480 --> 00:43:13,200 Speaker 1: on right before the half, they are up seventeen three. 843 00:43:13,280 --> 00:43:16,040 Speaker 1: There once once again up fourteen points, thirteen or more 844 00:43:16,080 --> 00:43:19,239 Speaker 1: points at halftime, and immediately gag it all away and 845 00:43:19,280 --> 00:43:22,080 Speaker 1: give up twenty one points in the fourth quarter. Derek Carr, 846 00:43:22,120 --> 00:43:25,120 Speaker 1: this gets totally lost now. Shookie leads the team on 847 00:43:25,200 --> 00:43:27,480 Speaker 1: a long drive, connecting on a touchdown pass that was 848 00:43:27,800 --> 00:43:31,680 Speaker 1: very close and probably was uh an incomplete pass with 849 00:43:32,000 --> 00:43:34,080 Speaker 1: a toe on the out of bounds line, but there 850 00:43:34,160 --> 00:43:36,959 Speaker 1: wasn't enough evidence. They kicked the extra point, which sets 851 00:43:37,040 --> 00:43:38,520 Speaker 1: up the madness that we saw. Do you want to 852 00:43:38,560 --> 00:43:40,800 Speaker 1: hear from Josh McDaniels, who, by the way, on the 853 00:43:40,880 --> 00:43:43,320 Speaker 1: top of everything else, this was him against the master, 854 00:43:43,520 --> 00:43:46,680 Speaker 1: the pupil against master that I didn't see the midfield 855 00:43:46,760 --> 00:43:48,160 Speaker 1: handshake on this one, but that had to be a 856 00:43:48,200 --> 00:43:50,600 Speaker 1: little bit weird for Bill. Here's McDaniels after the game. 857 00:43:51,160 --> 00:43:53,680 Speaker 1: Don't get tackled by the quarterback. I mean literally, I 858 00:43:53,840 --> 00:43:56,279 Speaker 1: just was thinking I couldn't. I you know, it was 859 00:43:56,320 --> 00:44:00,360 Speaker 1: obviously very um I don't know what the word would be, 860 00:44:00,480 --> 00:44:02,880 Speaker 1: but I was. I was, you know, once once ramnre 861 00:44:03,040 --> 00:44:06,040 Speaker 1: pitched the ball to Jacobe, you know, I figured we 862 00:44:06,160 --> 00:44:08,600 Speaker 1: probably just tackle whoever had it, and then that would 863 00:44:08,640 --> 00:44:10,279 Speaker 1: that would be it. We got over time. And then 864 00:44:10,920 --> 00:44:14,240 Speaker 1: when he lateraled the ball, um, I had no idea. 865 00:44:14,360 --> 00:44:16,600 Speaker 1: You know, it didn't seem like a lateral play to me, 866 00:44:16,719 --> 00:44:18,000 Speaker 1: you know what I mean when they handed the ball 867 00:44:18,040 --> 00:44:22,279 Speaker 1: off to the back, So um, um, I thought, you know, okay, 868 00:44:22,360 --> 00:44:24,879 Speaker 1: tackle him going over time. And then when I saw 869 00:44:24,920 --> 00:44:26,920 Speaker 1: the ball over the air, and then I saw Chandler underneath, 870 00:44:26,920 --> 00:44:28,640 Speaker 1: and I'm thinking, oh my god, we might we might 871 00:44:28,680 --> 00:44:30,759 Speaker 1: have a chance at this. And then when he caught it, 872 00:44:30,920 --> 00:44:33,040 Speaker 1: I just I saw Mac was back there, and um 873 00:44:33,280 --> 00:44:36,200 Speaker 1: just hoping that he could avoid, you know, whatever effort 874 00:44:36,239 --> 00:44:38,880 Speaker 1: that Mac had to tackle him and then hopefully had 875 00:44:38,960 --> 00:44:40,560 Speaker 1: enough choice left in his body to get to the 876 00:44:40,640 --> 00:44:43,360 Speaker 1: end zone. So I watched the hug Dan and it 877 00:44:43,680 --> 00:44:46,239 Speaker 1: it was. It was got to be the worst two 878 00:44:46,360 --> 00:44:51,319 Speaker 1: seconds of Bill Belichick's week. Was waiting for Josh McDaniels 879 00:44:51,400 --> 00:44:54,800 Speaker 1: and Mac Jones to stop their embrace. As Josh McDaniels 880 00:44:54,840 --> 00:44:57,520 Speaker 1: is telling him like a lot about things like life. 881 00:44:57,680 --> 00:45:00,239 Speaker 1: Offense is probably like stick with it, all the stuff 882 00:45:00,280 --> 00:45:03,120 Speaker 1: they're embracing, and Belichick is just standing there next to 883 00:45:03,239 --> 00:45:05,880 Speaker 1: him waiting for McDaniels to be done. Then they then 884 00:45:05,960 --> 00:45:08,759 Speaker 1: he gives him a quick The last time they faced 885 00:45:08,800 --> 00:45:11,239 Speaker 1: each other, they faced each other in two thousand and 886 00:45:11,360 --> 00:45:13,560 Speaker 1: nine when McDaniels was the Broncos coach, and that was 887 00:45:13,640 --> 00:45:15,440 Speaker 1: the team that started. It was two thousand and nine 888 00:45:15,560 --> 00:45:17,960 Speaker 1: or ten. They started six and oh, and there were 889 00:45:18,000 --> 00:45:20,920 Speaker 1: shots of after they beat the Patriots, Josh McDaniels running 890 00:45:20,960 --> 00:45:24,160 Speaker 1: around the stadium pumping his fist and they caught for 891 00:45:24,200 --> 00:45:26,400 Speaker 1: that and they just lost that the floor fell out, 892 00:45:26,440 --> 00:45:28,720 Speaker 1: and he never How about this Raider season in general, 893 00:45:28,840 --> 00:45:30,279 Speaker 1: I mean, this has got to be going down as 894 00:45:30,280 --> 00:45:32,760 Speaker 1: one of the most bizarre. It might not end with anything. 895 00:45:32,800 --> 00:45:34,680 Speaker 1: It probably won't. It's probably an eight and nine team 896 00:45:34,760 --> 00:45:37,520 Speaker 1: or whatever it's gonna be. But almost every game is 897 00:45:37,640 --> 00:45:42,600 Speaker 1: memorable and quite frankly bonkers. Memorable for their batteries and 898 00:45:42,719 --> 00:45:45,000 Speaker 1: usually the fact that they blow. But I had a 899 00:45:45,040 --> 00:45:47,960 Speaker 1: few go the other way now in the last month. Yeah, yeah, 900 00:45:48,000 --> 00:45:49,920 Speaker 1: their offense. They can't get to Davante Adams in the 901 00:45:49,960 --> 00:45:52,600 Speaker 1: second half. That's consistently a problem for them. But yeah, 902 00:45:52,640 --> 00:45:54,600 Speaker 1: it's been a bonkers season. You know, at one point 903 00:45:54,680 --> 00:45:56,319 Speaker 1: this season I was saying they're probably like the best 904 00:45:56,440 --> 00:45:58,400 Speaker 1: one in four, one in five team, whatever they were 905 00:45:58,440 --> 00:46:00,600 Speaker 1: in the history of football, that I couldn't get the 906 00:46:00,680 --> 00:46:02,279 Speaker 1: job done. But I had way more talent than their 907 00:46:02,320 --> 00:46:04,919 Speaker 1: record indicated. But now at this point they are six 908 00:46:05,000 --> 00:46:06,839 Speaker 1: and eight teen because they make so many mistakes. It's 909 00:46:06,840 --> 00:46:09,600 Speaker 1: just that this time around it paid off for them. 910 00:46:09,880 --> 00:46:11,879 Speaker 1: And you know, it was not a not a great 911 00:46:11,920 --> 00:46:15,680 Speaker 1: Sunday for Zeusser and got knocked out of my fantasy playoffs. 912 00:46:15,719 --> 00:46:19,320 Speaker 1: That's not pleasant either. But then I remembered after this, 913 00:46:20,040 --> 00:46:22,880 Speaker 1: right was we're coming to the studio. Oh, Scott Zolak 914 00:46:22,920 --> 00:46:26,880 Speaker 1: had to react on live radio, so let's check in 915 00:46:27,360 --> 00:46:30,960 Speaker 1: the sentient power raide bottle with his partner Bob Sochi. 916 00:46:31,000 --> 00:46:36,000 Speaker 1: I believe reacting to and insane play by the Patriots. 917 00:46:36,239 --> 00:46:38,279 Speaker 1: Jones will give it to Steven Sandy started your body 918 00:46:38,360 --> 00:46:40,080 Speaker 1: runs it up the middle hit by Chandler Jones slips 919 00:46:40,080 --> 00:46:42,399 Speaker 1: they had acrost THET five for the stuff farm off 920 00:46:42,440 --> 00:46:44,960 Speaker 1: a tackle the funy. He lost the football and jacled 921 00:46:44,960 --> 00:46:46,759 Speaker 1: me Byrus picks it up he circles back and he 922 00:46:46,840 --> 00:46:53,880 Speaker 1: throws it across the field. Just pick up the ruts 923 00:46:53,920 --> 00:47:04,200 Speaker 1: to the town to the Aude touchdown writers night. This 924 00:47:04,360 --> 00:47:06,239 Speaker 1: might be one of the dumbest teams I've ever seen 925 00:47:06,640 --> 00:47:11,879 Speaker 1: seen and infectory Las Vegas. I don't know what to say. 926 00:47:12,600 --> 00:47:15,200 Speaker 1: This is a heads roll type freaking play right here. 927 00:47:15,640 --> 00:47:19,520 Speaker 1: Oh my god, never thought he was going to sign 928 00:47:19,640 --> 00:47:24,440 Speaker 1: up for Negative Times. Oh did he just insinuate Bill 929 00:47:24,520 --> 00:47:27,360 Speaker 1: Belichick should be fired? No, I think it's definitely the 930 00:47:27,440 --> 00:47:32,240 Speaker 1: lieutenants under Bill Belichick. But I've seen enough little reports 931 00:47:32,320 --> 00:47:35,120 Speaker 1: popping up that there will be pressure on Bill Belichick 932 00:47:35,200 --> 00:47:37,719 Speaker 1: to change those lieutenants. And you can be sure Bill 933 00:47:37,800 --> 00:47:40,960 Speaker 1: Belichick is aware who is putting out these little bubbles, 934 00:47:41,160 --> 00:47:43,880 Speaker 1: because it's the only people person above him, or people 935 00:47:43,920 --> 00:47:48,680 Speaker 1: above him is I thought Bob Soci had a great 936 00:47:48,719 --> 00:47:54,080 Speaker 1: call professional uh and that was I think lack Jack 937 00:47:55,960 --> 00:47:57,719 Speaker 1: the Musburger would have been great on the call to 938 00:47:57,840 --> 00:48:00,320 Speaker 1: But Harwood's came in hard with a Honeker hit and 939 00:48:00,400 --> 00:48:03,320 Speaker 1: that you know, that's memorable as well. It's all beautiful, 940 00:48:03,520 --> 00:48:05,440 Speaker 1: And I just want to say, Nick, no more calling 941 00:48:05,520 --> 00:48:08,439 Speaker 1: this uncharacteristic of the Patriots. It's actually been three years. 942 00:48:08,800 --> 00:48:12,520 Speaker 1: This is the Patriots, post Brady. I just mean they're 943 00:48:12,560 --> 00:48:17,600 Speaker 1: heavily penalized. Uh, and they're in They're inefficient and make 944 00:48:18,040 --> 00:48:19,960 Speaker 1: big mistakes. Like they've been one of the most heavily 945 00:48:20,000 --> 00:48:22,440 Speaker 1: penalized teams a couple of years running. Like this is 946 00:48:22,520 --> 00:48:26,640 Speaker 1: who they are. It's not penalty on fourth on fourth 947 00:48:26,719 --> 00:48:29,440 Speaker 1: and goal, how about yeah, you can't get the Raiders 948 00:48:29,480 --> 00:48:32,360 Speaker 1: had given up thirty two straight first and goal touchdowns. 949 00:48:32,560 --> 00:48:34,359 Speaker 1: The Patriots have a second and goal at the one, 950 00:48:34,760 --> 00:48:36,440 Speaker 1: and they choose to throw a couple of passes and 951 00:48:36,480 --> 00:48:40,000 Speaker 1: they don't get it open. The third quarter. They had 952 00:48:40,280 --> 00:48:43,160 Speaker 1: they had shut down the Raiders for most of the 953 00:48:43,239 --> 00:48:45,959 Speaker 1: second half, and then things got like we're openly rooting 954 00:48:46,040 --> 00:48:48,080 Speaker 1: for them to not make the playoffs, not because they're 955 00:48:48,080 --> 00:48:53,120 Speaker 1: the Patriots, because they're an isore. Some people for both reasons. Sure, 956 00:48:53,200 --> 00:48:56,520 Speaker 1: but I'm I like, I'm comfortable with the latter. Camp shook. 957 00:48:56,560 --> 00:48:59,960 Speaker 1: You wanna hang around for another game here? Absolutely, let's 958 00:49:00,280 --> 00:49:02,440 Speaker 1: to a game that did make it to overtime, and 959 00:49:02,600 --> 00:49:05,360 Speaker 1: I think everybody was kind of surprised it did. Mahomes 960 00:49:05,640 --> 00:49:08,839 Speaker 1: panting off, the McKinnon trying to dart and left field 961 00:49:08,880 --> 00:49:17,759 Speaker 1: clock touchdown chance City terrific run by Jerick McKinnon to 962 00:49:17,920 --> 00:49:21,280 Speaker 1: win the game and overtime and the kids on City 963 00:49:21,400 --> 00:49:25,040 Speaker 1: Chas have won the a f C West for a 964 00:49:25,239 --> 00:49:30,239 Speaker 1: seventh consecutive year, seven years in a row. Mitch Holt 965 00:49:30,320 --> 00:49:34,800 Speaker 1: us with a call w d A F Jack McKinnon, 966 00:49:34,920 --> 00:49:37,360 Speaker 1: he is a player. Twenty six yard touchdown runner o 967 00:49:37,480 --> 00:49:42,200 Speaker 1: T Chiefs get three touch on from Patrick Mahomes over 968 00:49:42,280 --> 00:49:45,279 Speaker 1: a game Texans team which is fighting hard for Lovey 969 00:49:45,320 --> 00:49:49,480 Speaker 1: Smith down the stretch here. Um, Mark, I'll start with 970 00:49:49,560 --> 00:49:54,040 Speaker 1: you on this one. Why was this game and overtime 971 00:49:54,080 --> 00:49:56,160 Speaker 1: contest at all? Like? How how did this happen today? 972 00:49:56,160 --> 00:49:58,520 Speaker 1: Because I think everybody expected this to be a total 973 00:49:58,640 --> 00:50:02,040 Speaker 1: blast job by Andy Reid Um summed it up well. 974 00:50:02,080 --> 00:50:03,840 Speaker 1: He said it was a weird game, and it was. 975 00:50:03,880 --> 00:50:06,000 Speaker 1: I think it was just an example of the Chiefs 976 00:50:06,080 --> 00:50:08,279 Speaker 1: being a little bit off, and they've been a little 977 00:50:08,320 --> 00:50:10,839 Speaker 1: bit off on offense, um for stretches and then when 978 00:50:10,880 --> 00:50:13,400 Speaker 1: you throw in mistakes you get a game like this. 979 00:50:13,520 --> 00:50:16,400 Speaker 1: This wasn't the Texans really stretching their legs here and 980 00:50:16,440 --> 00:50:19,239 Speaker 1: showing us that they're turning into something more powerful. It 981 00:50:19,400 --> 00:50:21,960 Speaker 1: was that you got an Isaiah Pacheco fumble at the 982 00:50:22,000 --> 00:50:25,400 Speaker 1: Kansas City seventeen that set up a Davis Mills touchdown 983 00:50:25,560 --> 00:50:28,440 Speaker 1: helped them go up fourteen nothing. There was a touchdown 984 00:50:28,560 --> 00:50:31,360 Speaker 1: drive before the half, but Harrison Bucker missed the p 985 00:50:31,520 --> 00:50:34,200 Speaker 1: A T So that's fourteen thirteen going into half for 986 00:50:34,360 --> 00:50:37,040 Speaker 1: Kansas City. Juju Smith Schuster at a big fumble that 987 00:50:37,120 --> 00:50:40,160 Speaker 1: led to another Texans touchdown to put them up sixteen, 988 00:50:40,320 --> 00:50:42,880 Speaker 1: and then Harrison Bucker, who we've been so used to 989 00:50:42,920 --> 00:50:45,959 Speaker 1: seeing reliably nailing kicks them all over the place, missed 990 00:50:45,960 --> 00:50:47,800 Speaker 1: the fifty one yard field goal was seconds to go 991 00:50:48,160 --> 00:50:50,840 Speaker 1: that put it into overtime. Nick, But you know, the 992 00:50:50,920 --> 00:50:54,400 Speaker 1: Chiefs also had Patrick Mahomes completing nineteen strain passes at 993 00:50:54,480 --> 00:50:57,239 Speaker 1: one point. It's like when they're bad, their version of 994 00:50:57,280 --> 00:50:59,640 Speaker 1: bad is better than anyone else's version of bad. It 995 00:50:59,719 --> 00:51:01,439 Speaker 1: made a close, but were you ever really in doubt 996 00:51:01,480 --> 00:51:04,360 Speaker 1: that they were going to take this thing? I was 997 00:51:04,400 --> 00:51:06,640 Speaker 1: surprised I got the overtime. I wasn't entirely surprised that 998 00:51:06,680 --> 00:51:08,640 Speaker 1: Bucker missed that kick. He's just he's another guy who's 999 00:51:08,640 --> 00:51:10,799 Speaker 1: just kind of been off this year in general. Uh, 1000 00:51:10,840 --> 00:51:12,040 Speaker 1: you kind of saw it with the p A t 1001 00:51:12,160 --> 00:51:14,400 Speaker 1: that he missed as well, like you mentioned, But you 1002 00:51:14,440 --> 00:51:16,800 Speaker 1: know that's it's still the Chiefs. They still moved to football, 1003 00:51:16,800 --> 00:51:18,560 Speaker 1: and I like that they're actually getting their ground game 1004 00:51:18,640 --> 00:51:20,719 Speaker 1: kind of going a little bit with Pacheco and then 1005 00:51:21,160 --> 00:51:23,320 Speaker 1: uh Jerk McKinney making a difference in the ground and 1006 00:51:23,480 --> 00:51:26,080 Speaker 1: through the air. Uh. It's two straight weeks where those 1007 00:51:26,120 --> 00:51:27,960 Speaker 1: two have combined for over a hundred twenty yards of 1008 00:51:28,000 --> 00:51:30,120 Speaker 1: actually it was close to two hundred yards offense the 1009 00:51:30,200 --> 00:51:33,240 Speaker 1: last two weeks including today, So that party is encouraging. 1010 00:51:33,360 --> 00:51:35,960 Speaker 1: But you're right, it's they're not at their full form yet. 1011 00:51:36,040 --> 00:51:38,680 Speaker 1: They're not hitting their stride entirely right now, which is 1012 00:51:38,719 --> 00:51:41,320 Speaker 1: fine because you still won the f C West and 1013 00:51:41,400 --> 00:51:44,279 Speaker 1: you still win this game. It's just that for two 1014 00:51:44,440 --> 00:51:46,719 Speaker 1: the last two weeks, they've taken you know, teams that 1015 00:51:46,760 --> 00:51:48,759 Speaker 1: they should be beating. They they've had them take them 1016 00:51:48,800 --> 00:51:50,719 Speaker 1: almost to the wire in each game, had to really 1017 00:51:51,400 --> 00:51:53,840 Speaker 1: earn them at the end. And that's just a little concerning. 1018 00:51:53,880 --> 00:51:57,040 Speaker 1: You don't any overtime games where it's two yards to 1019 00:51:57,120 --> 00:52:00,319 Speaker 1: two nineteen. Well, the Texans had the Texans African points 1020 00:52:00,360 --> 00:52:02,880 Speaker 1: six yards per place. That wasn't a Houston thing as 1021 00:52:02,960 --> 00:52:07,640 Speaker 1: much as there were special teams. But again, yeah, they 1022 00:52:07,719 --> 00:52:09,480 Speaker 1: got the ball at the seventeen. They got the ball 1023 00:52:09,560 --> 00:52:11,880 Speaker 1: deep in Chiefs territory on the second touchdown. To your 1024 00:52:11,920 --> 00:52:14,960 Speaker 1: point on Jared McKinnon, a little fantasy nug He has 1025 00:52:15,040 --> 00:52:18,680 Speaker 1: thirty plus PPR points and two straight games. The only 1026 00:52:18,800 --> 00:52:20,799 Speaker 1: two running backs to do that all year have been 1027 00:52:20,880 --> 00:52:23,799 Speaker 1: Josh Jacobs and Austin Ekeler. So McKinnon is fitting really 1028 00:52:23,840 --> 00:52:28,760 Speaker 1: well corner from the corner. But Jako is an interesting 1029 00:52:28,840 --> 00:52:30,520 Speaker 1: part for this offense too. I think he runs the 1030 00:52:30,560 --> 00:52:32,759 Speaker 1: ball differently than an he Chiefs back we've seen in 1031 00:52:32,800 --> 00:52:34,759 Speaker 1: a while. Can I tell you the Chiefs are eleven 1032 00:52:34,800 --> 00:52:37,800 Speaker 1: and three. They're obviously in great position as they jostle 1033 00:52:37,920 --> 00:52:40,879 Speaker 1: with the Buffalo for that top seed. I don't put 1034 00:52:40,920 --> 00:52:43,360 Speaker 1: too much into you know, they were a little sluggish 1035 00:52:43,400 --> 00:52:46,759 Speaker 1: against the Rams a few weeks back, um the Broncos. 1036 00:52:46,800 --> 00:52:48,360 Speaker 1: That game is closer than it should have been. This 1037 00:52:48,800 --> 00:52:51,319 Speaker 1: this Texans game, now, this feels like a team that's 1038 00:52:51,360 --> 00:52:53,960 Speaker 1: been doing this for so long now that they're just 1039 00:52:54,080 --> 00:52:56,239 Speaker 1: grinding through the rest of the schedule. They're gonna get 1040 00:52:56,239 --> 00:52:59,520 Speaker 1: their thirteen wins or so, maybe fourteen wins and then 1041 00:52:59,560 --> 00:53:01,759 Speaker 1: they're gonna be ready to cook when it matters in 1042 00:53:01,800 --> 00:53:04,239 Speaker 1: a big spot in January. So you just they're they're 1043 00:53:04,280 --> 00:53:06,120 Speaker 1: checking boxes and trying to say hell. It reminds me 1044 00:53:06,160 --> 00:53:08,680 Speaker 1: of Buffalo because they're slump. They never lost during their slump. 1045 00:53:09,160 --> 00:53:12,440 Speaker 1: SAME's all right, Chookie, thank you very much, my friend, 1046 00:53:12,520 --> 00:53:15,800 Speaker 1: and uh, you know, well, if we don't see you 1047 00:53:15,880 --> 00:53:21,600 Speaker 1: before the holidays, Merry Christmas. Thanks to you guys as well, 1048 00:53:21,920 --> 00:53:24,959 Speaker 1: thanks for having me as always, Happy holidays and start 1049 00:53:25,040 --> 00:53:30,520 Speaker 1: celebrating Hanukah as I just found out started today that 1050 00:53:30,680 --> 00:53:33,000 Speaker 1: your family that had got to be a fun Christmas. 1051 00:53:33,080 --> 00:53:37,160 Speaker 1: He's got like seventeen cousins and siblings and got a 1052 00:53:37,200 --> 00:53:39,400 Speaker 1: lot of a lot of Miller light being ingested that 1053 00:53:39,840 --> 00:53:43,440 Speaker 1: very beefy crowd. Funny you know my you know, my 1054 00:53:43,800 --> 00:53:45,520 Speaker 1: my favorite there and thank you a lot of bogs light. 1055 00:53:45,600 --> 00:53:48,279 Speaker 1: All right, see you l everybody. All right, let's keep 1056 00:53:48,400 --> 00:53:50,440 Speaker 1: rolling a lot to get to let's head across the 1057 00:53:50,480 --> 00:53:53,759 Speaker 1: sidewalk to Sophie Stadium, where the Chargers were looking to 1058 00:53:53,840 --> 00:53:57,600 Speaker 1: solidify their uh wild card spot and the Titans were 1059 00:53:57,600 --> 00:54:01,760 Speaker 1: looking at get things calmed down. Were learned they didn't 1060 00:54:02,440 --> 00:54:05,920 Speaker 1: lock up this will be a three yard kick from 1061 00:54:05,920 --> 00:54:10,800 Speaker 1: the right. Hash kick is up and it is cool boys, 1062 00:54:10,840 --> 00:54:16,040 Speaker 1: Crack my money. Cameron Ticker puts the Bolts up three 1063 00:54:16,160 --> 00:54:20,040 Speaker 1: with four seconds to go. What a tribe. Money's voice 1064 00:54:20,080 --> 00:54:22,520 Speaker 1: is never cracked. So on the day where all the 1065 00:54:22,520 --> 00:54:26,440 Speaker 1: announcers are amped up and frying their vocal cords with 1066 00:54:26,600 --> 00:54:31,640 Speaker 1: screams from the booth, Money the great professional, cannot be 1067 00:54:32,040 --> 00:54:37,279 Speaker 1: undone Money with Jeremiah in there somewhere, k Y s R. 1068 00:54:37,400 --> 00:54:41,279 Speaker 1: On the call, Let's get some let's get some Kicker 1069 00:54:41,280 --> 00:54:44,799 Speaker 1: club music in here for Dick or the Kicker Ticker 1070 00:54:44,880 --> 00:54:48,719 Speaker 1: the kicker for a team. The Chargers, who have long 1071 00:54:48,880 --> 00:54:53,520 Speaker 1: struggled to have any type of you know, trust and 1072 00:54:53,600 --> 00:54:56,640 Speaker 1: the guy that, as we all know and why they're 1073 00:54:56,640 --> 00:54:59,800 Speaker 1: celebrated on this podcast, have such a huge role in 1074 00:55:00,280 --> 00:55:02,920 Speaker 1: getting teams to playoffs and separate seven and nine from 1075 00:55:02,960 --> 00:55:05,880 Speaker 1: nine and sevens or nine and eights from eight and nins. Dicker, 1076 00:55:06,239 --> 00:55:07,759 Speaker 1: He's been doing it all year long, and he did 1077 00:55:07,800 --> 00:55:10,680 Speaker 1: it again there um at the gun, allowing the Charges 1078 00:55:11,080 --> 00:55:14,759 Speaker 1: to move past the Titans. Uh a seventeen fourteen win 1079 00:55:15,719 --> 00:55:19,239 Speaker 1: those Charges in our eight and six and mark the 1080 00:55:19,320 --> 00:55:22,320 Speaker 1: Titans keep losing now seven and seven and only a 1081 00:55:22,400 --> 00:55:24,480 Speaker 1: game up on the Jacks. I feel for them in 1082 00:55:24,560 --> 00:55:28,640 Speaker 1: this one because you have Ryan Tannehill in an offense 1083 00:55:28,680 --> 00:55:30,759 Speaker 1: that's struggling all game on third down. They were just 1084 00:55:30,840 --> 00:55:33,520 Speaker 1: they've been awful on third down all year, and it 1085 00:55:33,640 --> 00:55:36,239 Speaker 1: came down to a last stand for Ryan tanne who 1086 00:55:36,360 --> 00:55:38,680 Speaker 1: was playing on a messed up ankle. He left the 1087 00:55:38,719 --> 00:55:40,480 Speaker 1: game for a while early, had to go have it 1088 00:55:40,560 --> 00:55:43,160 Speaker 1: heavily taped, and just refused to come out like he's 1089 00:55:43,200 --> 00:55:45,239 Speaker 1: just the we just get this every week. There's some 1090 00:55:45,320 --> 00:55:47,920 Speaker 1: example of why I think he's the toughest quarterback in 1091 00:55:47,920 --> 00:55:50,560 Speaker 1: the NFC. Other people have other standards that are higher 1092 00:55:50,560 --> 00:55:52,480 Speaker 1: than him. That's who he is. He made a couple 1093 00:55:52,520 --> 00:55:55,440 Speaker 1: of Keith rows when they were down fourteen to seven 1094 00:55:55,719 --> 00:55:58,040 Speaker 1: with less than three minutes to go in the fourth quarter. 1095 00:55:58,320 --> 00:56:01,200 Speaker 1: Chicka kN Quo Austin who for Derrick Henry had a 1096 00:56:01,239 --> 00:56:03,760 Speaker 1: big run and then Henry got stuffed and then Tanny 1097 00:56:03,840 --> 00:56:06,000 Speaker 1: barreled in for the tie and touchdown, and you thought, 1098 00:56:06,040 --> 00:56:08,080 Speaker 1: what the Tennessee has worked their way out of this 1099 00:56:08,239 --> 00:56:12,839 Speaker 1: dark corner they're in. But they left justin Herbert lead. 1100 00:56:12,960 --> 00:56:15,000 Speaker 1: They could have, I mean, they didn't but they left 1101 00:56:15,360 --> 00:56:19,479 Speaker 1: Justin Herbert too much time and he got to work. 1102 00:56:19,600 --> 00:56:21,719 Speaker 1: It was the Herbert from last week on this last drive, 1103 00:56:21,960 --> 00:56:24,239 Speaker 1: a sixteen yard of to Mike Williams, a six yard 1104 00:56:24,280 --> 00:56:27,279 Speaker 1: of to Gerald Everett, and an insane on the move 1105 00:56:27,400 --> 00:56:29,480 Speaker 1: throw to Mike Williams. Who is Greg I know you 1106 00:56:29,600 --> 00:56:31,919 Speaker 1: mentioned this on the Thursday show that he's just doing 1107 00:56:32,040 --> 00:56:34,440 Speaker 1: things down the field that other wide receivers are not, 1108 00:56:34,719 --> 00:56:36,400 Speaker 1: and we used to see it in flashes. He's now 1109 00:56:36,520 --> 00:56:39,440 Speaker 1: is doing it regularly. He that went to the Tennessee twenty. 1110 00:56:39,680 --> 00:56:41,680 Speaker 1: They spiked the ball, then they got a weird delay 1111 00:56:41,719 --> 00:56:44,080 Speaker 1: of game. And this is why this was happening, right 1112 00:56:44,120 --> 00:56:46,279 Speaker 1: when that Raiders thing was happening. And down in our 1113 00:56:46,360 --> 00:56:49,520 Speaker 1: newsroom everyone's on a I'm on tape delay on game 1114 00:56:49,560 --> 00:56:51,919 Speaker 1: pass at my desk and everyone's ahead, and I thought, 1115 00:56:52,160 --> 00:56:54,600 Speaker 1: wait a minute, Dickers lining up for this after the 1116 00:56:54,680 --> 00:56:57,040 Speaker 1: delay of game kick. He must have missed this thing. 1117 00:56:57,120 --> 00:56:59,800 Speaker 1: People are going crazy. Then I see the Chandler Jones. 1118 00:57:00,040 --> 00:57:02,239 Speaker 1: I say, Dicker hitting the kick and the game is over. 1119 00:57:02,880 --> 00:57:05,200 Speaker 1: But it really kills me, and we should bring in 1120 00:57:05,239 --> 00:57:07,719 Speaker 1: Grave to Gret kills me for the Titans because their 1121 00:57:07,800 --> 00:57:11,320 Speaker 1: defense today. I thought played one of the best games 1122 00:57:11,400 --> 00:57:15,480 Speaker 1: they have played all year. Joshua calou DeAndre like what 1123 00:57:15,600 --> 00:57:17,480 Speaker 1: he did when he blew up DeAndre Carter on a 1124 00:57:17,520 --> 00:57:21,200 Speaker 1: big run. Guys like DeMarcus Walker, Roger McCrary who had 1125 00:57:21,240 --> 00:57:24,880 Speaker 1: a tipped interception leaping out of bounds to clue which 1126 00:57:25,040 --> 00:57:28,320 Speaker 1: was interception to say, it absolutely was. It was like 1127 00:57:28,400 --> 00:57:32,000 Speaker 1: an orchestrated volleyball play, and you just thought, like cricket play. 1128 00:57:32,320 --> 00:57:33,960 Speaker 1: I thought the Titans were just gonna find a way 1129 00:57:34,000 --> 00:57:35,560 Speaker 1: to do this. So I can't imagine what it was 1130 00:57:35,680 --> 00:57:37,520 Speaker 1: like for you to be in the stadium, which was 1131 00:57:37,600 --> 00:57:40,480 Speaker 1: very loud today. I'll give the charge wanted some validation 1132 00:57:40,720 --> 00:57:44,120 Speaker 1: after jumping on the Titans bandwagon. This was gonna be time. Well, 1133 00:57:44,400 --> 00:57:49,480 Speaker 1: I feel bad for their Justin did go across the 1134 00:57:49,560 --> 00:57:52,560 Speaker 1: sidewalk and attended this game, and uh, he's a pro 1135 00:57:52,640 --> 00:57:54,760 Speaker 1: because he's back in the studio. Now. I got Robert 1136 00:57:54,800 --> 00:57:58,360 Speaker 1: Woods glove. How can you believe that? Wait, you got 1137 00:57:58,440 --> 00:58:01,520 Speaker 1: your go by the tunnel guy and I had to 1138 00:58:01,600 --> 00:58:04,200 Speaker 1: leave the game at at four o'clock, three minutes left 1139 00:58:04,360 --> 00:58:08,520 Speaker 1: in the game before the Titans completed their comeback. Randy 1140 00:58:08,680 --> 00:58:13,040 Speaker 1: Chavez was also in the stadium randomly with tickets by 1141 00:58:13,080 --> 00:58:15,040 Speaker 1: the tunnel, and he got this and gave it to me. 1142 00:58:16,680 --> 00:58:19,080 Speaker 1: So like Raber Woods hasn't really needed those gloves this year, 1143 00:58:19,400 --> 00:58:21,840 Speaker 1: So I I we were kind of joking that they're 1144 00:58:21,840 --> 00:58:27,760 Speaker 1: a little small. Actually I didn't not give it a whiff, 1145 00:58:27,800 --> 00:58:30,400 Speaker 1: and I'm not really curious. Um, I think there was 1146 00:58:30,440 --> 00:58:32,560 Speaker 1: a turning point in this game. Titans missed a fifty 1147 00:58:32,560 --> 00:58:35,520 Speaker 1: one yard field goal, which, like you were just saying, Dan, 1148 00:58:35,720 --> 00:58:37,840 Speaker 1: the reason we played it for Cameron Dicker here by 1149 00:58:37,880 --> 00:58:41,760 Speaker 1: the way, hook him, uh, is that there's the difference 1150 00:58:41,800 --> 00:58:43,600 Speaker 1: between a seven and nine or nine and seven team 1151 00:58:43,680 --> 00:58:46,800 Speaker 1: like Randy Bullock has missed the potential game winning field 1152 00:58:46,800 --> 00:58:48,919 Speaker 1: goal early in the year for the Titans, that's could 1153 00:58:48,920 --> 00:58:50,720 Speaker 1: be a huge win when it comes down to the standings. 1154 00:58:51,040 --> 00:58:53,280 Speaker 1: And then a fifty one yard or which like fifty 1155 00:58:53,320 --> 00:58:55,760 Speaker 1: one is not automatic, but there are some teams who 1156 00:58:55,800 --> 00:58:57,920 Speaker 1: have kickers where fifty one yards is automatic, and the 1157 00:58:58,000 --> 00:59:03,160 Speaker 1: Titans certainly zero in Sofi. Well, exactly, I mean he 1158 00:59:03,200 --> 00:59:04,880 Speaker 1: should be able to hit a fifty one. I mean 1159 00:59:05,120 --> 00:59:07,440 Speaker 1: NFL kickers these days, fifty yards is like I hit 1160 00:59:07,520 --> 00:59:10,160 Speaker 1: a thirty yard field goal at Sofi stadium with the 1161 00:59:10,200 --> 00:59:15,960 Speaker 1: holiday party party, maybe you should kick for the The 1162 00:59:16,040 --> 00:59:18,720 Speaker 1: Titans end up in their first and ten at the 1163 00:59:19,000 --> 00:59:21,280 Speaker 1: at the Chargers twenty five yard line, and they end 1164 00:59:21,360 --> 00:59:23,440 Speaker 1: up kicking a fifty one yard field goal because they 1165 00:59:23,560 --> 00:59:26,160 Speaker 1: lose eight yards from there and get a fourth and 1166 00:59:26,240 --> 00:59:30,560 Speaker 1: eighteen after a second and sixteen following a Tannehill sack. 1167 00:59:31,080 --> 00:59:33,360 Speaker 1: They run the ball second in sixteen for seven yards. 1168 00:59:33,400 --> 00:59:35,320 Speaker 1: You're a third and nine back to the twenty four 1169 00:59:35,400 --> 00:59:38,520 Speaker 1: yard line. I'm thinking, just be safe, run the ball 1170 00:59:38,640 --> 00:59:42,000 Speaker 1: and kick a manageable field goal. Titans call another pass play, 1171 00:59:42,280 --> 00:59:45,520 Speaker 1: give up another sack. Two sacks and three plays pushes 1172 00:59:45,560 --> 00:59:47,040 Speaker 1: them back, makes it a fifty one your field goal. 1173 00:59:47,120 --> 00:59:49,360 Speaker 1: If they just stay conservative there, you have a chance. 1174 00:59:50,320 --> 00:59:53,040 Speaker 1: I know. That's all part of what they are, which 1175 00:59:53,160 --> 00:59:56,200 Speaker 1: is a terrible offensive line. Not many offensive lines have 1176 00:59:56,440 --> 01:00:00,480 Speaker 1: made the Chargers pass rush look fearsome this year, and 1177 01:00:01,280 --> 01:00:03,040 Speaker 1: it comes down at the end. I think to like, 1178 01:00:03,680 --> 01:00:06,480 Speaker 1: the Chargers have Justin Herbert who can make that throw 1179 01:00:06,560 --> 01:00:09,480 Speaker 1: at the end and the tight and almost every team 1180 01:00:09,520 --> 01:00:11,720 Speaker 1: in the league doesn't. And going into these last two weeks, 1181 01:00:12,080 --> 01:00:14,680 Speaker 1: we were talking about Sean Payton's gonna take this Charger's job. 1182 01:00:14,720 --> 01:00:18,240 Speaker 1: And I said these two weeks to decide Brandon Staley's career. 1183 01:00:18,360 --> 01:00:21,440 Speaker 1: Here Dolphins Titans back to back, because the schedule gets easier. 1184 01:00:21,520 --> 01:00:23,920 Speaker 1: Now he ends up finding a way to win them 1185 01:00:23,960 --> 01:00:27,680 Speaker 1: both good defense, timely Herbert plays, and now they have 1186 01:00:27,840 --> 01:00:31,440 Speaker 1: like according to the projections most out there, the playoff 1187 01:00:31,440 --> 01:00:33,920 Speaker 1: projections like a seventy plus percent chance because they're the 1188 01:00:33,960 --> 01:00:36,000 Speaker 1: six seed at eight and six and their schedules easy. 1189 01:00:36,120 --> 01:00:37,880 Speaker 1: I would also say the Titans get in their own 1190 01:00:37,880 --> 01:00:40,640 Speaker 1: way because I was counting there. They are the worst 1191 01:00:41,040 --> 01:00:43,680 Speaker 1: third down team in the league. They had the most 1192 01:00:43,720 --> 01:00:45,840 Speaker 1: three and ounce they were one and for nine today. 1193 01:00:45,880 --> 01:00:49,120 Speaker 1: I believe they had multiple third and two scenarios where 1194 01:00:49,160 --> 01:00:51,520 Speaker 1: Derrick Henry is not even on the field. I get that, 1195 01:00:51,600 --> 01:00:53,400 Speaker 1: we know it's gonna go to Derrick Henry if he is, 1196 01:00:53,480 --> 01:00:55,640 Speaker 1: but you're putting Tannehill in a situation where he's got 1197 01:00:55,680 --> 01:00:57,320 Speaker 1: a complete throws and he had a bunch of wayward 1198 01:00:57,400 --> 01:00:59,960 Speaker 1: scenarios on third down. He's trying to target Robert will 1199 01:01:00,000 --> 01:01:03,920 Speaker 1: it's on a quick out where um Asante Samuel Jr. 1200 01:01:03,960 --> 01:01:06,200 Speaker 1: All Over him. It's not open. He's trying to throw 1201 01:01:06,280 --> 01:01:10,200 Speaker 1: the chicken Quanto on the sideline, Kyle van Noy in coverage, 1202 01:01:10,280 --> 01:01:12,800 Speaker 1: doing a great job. It's not open. He's like, I 1203 01:01:12,920 --> 01:01:15,280 Speaker 1: think the Titans offense is one of the worst in 1204 01:01:15,360 --> 01:01:17,479 Speaker 1: the NFL. I kind of feel like Greg feels about 1205 01:01:17,480 --> 01:01:19,280 Speaker 1: the Patriots right now, where I'm just like, this Titans 1206 01:01:19,360 --> 01:01:22,280 Speaker 1: team doesn't deserve to make the play. It's not Tannehill's. 1207 01:01:23,200 --> 01:01:26,520 Speaker 1: The Jaguars are playing right now, just so much better football. 1208 01:01:26,600 --> 01:01:30,440 Speaker 1: The Jags, the Chargers, and I'll throw the Jets in 1209 01:01:31,040 --> 01:01:33,120 Speaker 1: that make I'm putting the Dolphins into it, like that 1210 01:01:33,240 --> 01:01:36,280 Speaker 1: makes the best uh playoffs. Like so if we're shuffling 1211 01:01:36,360 --> 01:01:39,120 Speaker 1: in the Chargers and the Jags for the Titans and 1212 01:01:39,280 --> 01:01:41,920 Speaker 1: and let's say the Patriots, like that's just mooring. It's more, 1213 01:01:42,160 --> 01:01:43,640 Speaker 1: it's more fun. The Titans are one of the most 1214 01:01:43,680 --> 01:01:45,840 Speaker 1: boring teams to watch, and then their offense is terrible. 1215 01:01:45,920 --> 01:01:49,200 Speaker 1: And it's happened so quickly, Um, this this flip that's 1216 01:01:49,200 --> 01:01:50,800 Speaker 1: happened in the a FC South that it no longer 1217 01:01:50,880 --> 01:01:53,680 Speaker 1: feels stunning. If the Jaguars take this thing. They do 1218 01:01:53,840 --> 01:01:56,480 Speaker 1: have the Texans next week, but it's like the way 1219 01:01:56,520 --> 01:02:00,120 Speaker 1: the Texans are playing, they're gonna win that game out 1220 01:02:00,160 --> 01:02:02,720 Speaker 1: of trouble, Buddy, it really did. I mean it did 1221 01:02:02,920 --> 01:02:05,960 Speaker 1: turn on a dime the moment Mark jumped off the 1222 01:02:06,000 --> 01:02:09,080 Speaker 1: band Yeah, but I've I've I've now been thrown off 1223 01:02:09,120 --> 01:02:11,720 Speaker 1: the band wagon, so you can't it was nice to blame. 1224 01:02:12,600 --> 01:02:14,680 Speaker 1: The team actually has issues, and you can't just blame 1225 01:02:14,760 --> 01:02:17,960 Speaker 1: some guy in Los Angeles talking about football. Let's play Mark, 1226 01:02:18,160 --> 01:02:24,120 Speaker 1: Let's take a break and we'll continue on. All right, 1227 01:02:24,400 --> 01:02:27,560 Speaker 1: I'd like to avoid this, but we can't um the 1228 01:02:27,720 --> 01:02:31,800 Speaker 1: NFC South. We gotta dig into it. Let's start with 1229 01:02:31,920 --> 01:02:34,040 Speaker 1: the team that everybody thought was gonna cruise to the title, 1230 01:02:34,520 --> 01:02:36,360 Speaker 1: and today it looked like they might have gotten themselves 1231 01:02:36,360 --> 01:02:40,720 Speaker 1: figured out. But guess what, they still stink. Bucks Bengals. 1232 01:02:41,280 --> 01:02:44,480 Speaker 1: Let's go Chase out to the left, Burrow looking his 1233 01:02:44,640 --> 01:02:50,640 Speaker 1: throw by Chase heats for the end zone touchdown Bengals 1234 01:02:51,200 --> 01:02:55,800 Speaker 1: Choe Burrow, where this third touchdown pass of the second 1235 01:02:55,840 --> 01:03:00,560 Speaker 1: half unbelievable. Burrow would add a fourth touch down pass 1236 01:03:01,120 --> 01:03:03,680 Speaker 1: later in the game, the final touches in a thirty 1237 01:03:03,720 --> 01:03:08,320 Speaker 1: four win over the Bucks for the Bengals, a game 1238 01:03:08,880 --> 01:03:13,760 Speaker 1: gentleman that had Tampa Bay up seventeen nothing with about 1239 01:03:13,880 --> 01:03:16,920 Speaker 1: minutes of play in the second quarter. Uh Bengals kick 1240 01:03:16,960 --> 01:03:19,760 Speaker 1: a field goal and then scored thirty one points in 1241 01:03:19,840 --> 01:03:23,800 Speaker 1: the second half as they continued there. Uh so, just 1242 01:03:23,920 --> 01:03:27,520 Speaker 1: cruise through this section of their schedule, Greggy, the Bengals 1243 01:03:27,760 --> 01:03:29,840 Speaker 1: flexing their muscles, now up to ten and four. I 1244 01:03:29,960 --> 01:03:32,760 Speaker 1: felt anything like a cruise, though. I don't know what 1245 01:03:32,880 --> 01:03:35,280 Speaker 1: to do with this game. It was so strange that 1246 01:03:35,400 --> 01:03:39,000 Speaker 1: they were down seventeen nothing, dead in the water late 1247 01:03:39,080 --> 01:03:41,400 Speaker 1: in the second half, hadn't moved the ball at all. 1248 01:03:41,520 --> 01:03:43,919 Speaker 1: It was clearly the best half of football the Bucks 1249 01:03:44,000 --> 01:03:47,360 Speaker 1: had played overall all season. I would say on both 1250 01:03:47,400 --> 01:03:50,560 Speaker 1: sides of the ball, they were fantastic. Brady was really sharp. 1251 01:03:50,680 --> 01:03:54,040 Speaker 1: Cincinnati gets three before halftime, but you don't think that's 1252 01:03:54,080 --> 01:03:56,520 Speaker 1: big a deal. And then it just becomes a turnover fest. 1253 01:03:57,240 --> 01:03:59,880 Speaker 1: Four straight possessions, one on a fake punt where Geo 1254 01:04:00,000 --> 01:04:02,080 Speaker 1: Bernard didn't appear to know the play called would have 1255 01:04:02,120 --> 01:04:04,440 Speaker 1: gotten in the yard, and they snap it right to 1256 01:04:04,520 --> 01:04:07,680 Speaker 1: his helmet, so that gives the Bengals the ball in 1257 01:04:07,840 --> 01:04:10,640 Speaker 1: field goal position, but but they don't get anything again. 1258 01:04:10,720 --> 01:04:14,080 Speaker 1: The Bucks like stand up, and it's still seventeen six 1259 01:04:14,200 --> 01:04:18,320 Speaker 1: at that point, and then the next four possessions, bad 1260 01:04:18,400 --> 01:04:24,800 Speaker 1: interception by Brady, touchdown for the Bengals, fumble. I believe 1261 01:04:24,880 --> 01:04:27,560 Speaker 1: that one was by Brady. The pressure got there quickly, 1262 01:04:27,680 --> 01:04:31,040 Speaker 1: but I think Brady will be mad at himself for 1263 01:04:31,120 --> 01:04:33,400 Speaker 1: fumbling that off or either not getting the ball quick 1264 01:04:33,720 --> 01:04:35,280 Speaker 1: right of the ball quickly and throwing it away on 1265 01:04:35,400 --> 01:04:38,400 Speaker 1: third down, or not securing it. Obviously, his offensive line 1266 01:04:38,440 --> 01:04:40,400 Speaker 1: was not playing well. He didn't have Tristan Works in 1267 01:04:40,480 --> 01:04:43,320 Speaker 1: this game, and Donovan smith uh then left later in 1268 01:04:43,400 --> 01:04:46,960 Speaker 1: the game. They fumble again the next possession, and then 1269 01:04:47,480 --> 01:04:51,080 Speaker 1: Brady throws another interception on a pass that where it 1270 01:04:51,160 --> 01:04:52,920 Speaker 1: hit him in the arm the next position, So all 1271 01:04:53,080 --> 01:04:57,320 Speaker 1: four the Bengals have the ball in Buck's territory to 1272 01:04:57,480 --> 01:05:00,480 Speaker 1: start their possession, and they clean up with three touchdowns 1273 01:05:00,480 --> 01:05:02,040 Speaker 1: in a field goal, and suddenly the game was over. 1274 01:05:02,240 --> 01:05:04,440 Speaker 1: And at no point did it feel like hey, like 1275 01:05:04,760 --> 01:05:07,760 Speaker 1: the Bengals have solved everything offensively, but it didn't matter. 1276 01:05:07,880 --> 01:05:10,280 Speaker 1: They have something special about them as a team that 1277 01:05:10,840 --> 01:05:13,520 Speaker 1: when they fall down, they make the big plays, and 1278 01:05:13,840 --> 01:05:17,160 Speaker 1: the guys like Trey Flowers and Logan Wilson are making 1279 01:05:17,280 --> 01:05:20,920 Speaker 1: huge plays there without their top two defensive ends. Because 1280 01:05:20,920 --> 01:05:23,360 Speaker 1: Sam Harberd left and Trey Hendrickson was already out, and 1281 01:05:23,400 --> 01:05:25,720 Speaker 1: it's like it doesn't matter. Someone steps up for this team. 1282 01:05:25,880 --> 01:05:27,360 Speaker 1: That's a sign of an awesome team. I thought they 1283 01:05:27,360 --> 01:05:29,800 Speaker 1: found another way to win, and like, sure they the 1284 01:05:29,880 --> 01:05:32,760 Speaker 1: Brady fumble gave them the ball at the Tampa Bay thirteen. 1285 01:05:32,800 --> 01:05:34,840 Speaker 1: They got at the thirty nine when for Net fumbled. 1286 01:05:35,080 --> 01:05:36,640 Speaker 1: But I thought there was this other big play, Dann. 1287 01:05:36,680 --> 01:05:40,400 Speaker 1: We were watching this when Burrow, um, you know, weaving 1288 01:05:40,560 --> 01:05:44,400 Speaker 1: backwards on a fourth down play and get sacked for 1289 01:05:44,480 --> 01:05:47,960 Speaker 1: a twenty seven yard loss, a very Unburrow like operation 1290 01:05:48,120 --> 01:05:50,920 Speaker 1: right there. But there's the play is called back by 1291 01:05:51,000 --> 01:05:53,800 Speaker 1: holding and seconds later he's hitting Tee Higgins for a 1292 01:05:53,880 --> 01:05:56,520 Speaker 1: five yard touchdown and they've scored and a two point 1293 01:05:56,560 --> 01:05:58,840 Speaker 1: conversion of Tyler board and they scored twenty un answered points, 1294 01:05:59,040 --> 01:06:01,280 Speaker 1: and at that point it's just, oh wait. The Bucks 1295 01:06:01,320 --> 01:06:03,000 Speaker 1: were great for this half, and it was a very 1296 01:06:03,080 --> 01:06:05,760 Speaker 1: unusual thing to watch because they've been such a mess 1297 01:06:05,840 --> 01:06:08,800 Speaker 1: in such a tough watch um, but then they shifted 1298 01:06:08,840 --> 01:06:10,760 Speaker 1: back into who they were, and I think that's who 1299 01:06:10,920 --> 01:06:12,880 Speaker 1: who the second half is who the Bucks are for 1300 01:06:13,200 --> 01:06:15,800 Speaker 1: most of the season. And I think I tweeted about it, 1301 01:06:16,200 --> 01:06:17,880 Speaker 1: like Tony Romo, I think I don't know if it's 1302 01:06:17,880 --> 01:06:20,160 Speaker 1: because he kind of there. He's a Tom Brady, he's 1303 01:06:20,160 --> 01:06:23,160 Speaker 1: a contemporary when he was a player. He's obviously in 1304 01:06:23,320 --> 01:06:25,800 Speaker 1: the respect you obviously have for a man like Tom Brady. 1305 01:06:25,880 --> 01:06:29,960 Speaker 1: But you know you could tell like Romo wants Brady 1306 01:06:30,080 --> 01:06:32,000 Speaker 1: and the Bucks to figure things out, and in that 1307 01:06:32,160 --> 01:06:36,440 Speaker 1: first half, Tony was just like go over his heels, 1308 01:06:36,480 --> 01:06:38,280 Speaker 1: like with the praise of the Bucks that this is 1309 01:06:38,360 --> 01:06:40,480 Speaker 1: the best they've looked, and you know he was right. Though. 1310 01:06:40,680 --> 01:06:42,840 Speaker 1: That's why this is I think is disappointing as any 1311 01:06:42,960 --> 01:06:45,160 Speaker 1: loss all season there has been for the Bucks, because 1312 01:06:45,400 --> 01:06:47,080 Speaker 1: you get to this point of the season where you're 1313 01:06:47,080 --> 01:06:49,680 Speaker 1: six and seven and you're playing the defending a f 1314 01:06:49,760 --> 01:06:52,520 Speaker 1: C champions and you're kicking their butts, and it's late 1315 01:06:52,560 --> 01:06:54,480 Speaker 1: in the second quarter, and you're thinking to yourself as 1316 01:06:54,520 --> 01:06:56,120 Speaker 1: you go to that locker room, even after you give 1317 01:06:56,200 --> 01:06:59,040 Speaker 1: up the last field goal, all right, like everything is 1318 01:06:59,040 --> 01:07:00,600 Speaker 1: still in front of us. We can win this bad 1319 01:07:00,640 --> 01:07:03,000 Speaker 1: division and if we get our personnel right, and all 1320 01:07:03,000 --> 01:07:05,280 Speaker 1: of a sudden, Chris Godwin's looking better and Mike Evans 1321 01:07:05,400 --> 01:07:08,080 Speaker 1: is on the same page. With Brady, maybe we can 1322 01:07:08,200 --> 01:07:09,960 Speaker 1: make a season of it. I don't think there's any 1323 01:07:10,000 --> 01:07:12,640 Speaker 1: way that this team can wake up tomorrow morning and 1324 01:07:12,760 --> 01:07:15,400 Speaker 1: think there are anything else than just Also, isn't it 1325 01:07:15,480 --> 01:07:17,680 Speaker 1: just flipped from their other games where their their horrid 1326 01:07:17,760 --> 01:07:20,400 Speaker 1: for three quarters? Then Tom Brady has the big point 1327 01:07:20,480 --> 01:07:23,400 Speaker 1: for one quarter? Just was it happened early? But this 1328 01:07:23,520 --> 01:07:26,400 Speaker 1: is a team that rarely plays sixty minutes football. To 1329 01:07:26,440 --> 01:07:29,200 Speaker 1: give you two has a lot to do with the coaching. 1330 01:07:29,440 --> 01:07:32,400 Speaker 1: This one felt flukey just because so many turnovers in 1331 01:07:32,520 --> 01:07:35,120 Speaker 1: a row. But Bolls feels how you feel. Dan After 1332 01:07:35,200 --> 01:07:36,960 Speaker 1: the game, he said, we gotta keep fighting. We understand 1333 01:07:37,000 --> 01:07:38,640 Speaker 1: what we're doing is not good enough. By fart's not 1334 01:07:38,720 --> 01:07:41,400 Speaker 1: even close. We've got three games left to try to 1335 01:07:41,480 --> 01:07:44,040 Speaker 1: save our season. When was the last time you heard 1336 01:07:44,080 --> 01:07:46,920 Speaker 1: of a team who's in sole possession of first place 1337 01:07:47,040 --> 01:07:49,040 Speaker 1: with three games left of the season saying we've got 1338 01:07:49,120 --> 01:07:52,840 Speaker 1: three games left season? How many times in recent history 1339 01:07:52,880 --> 01:07:54,880 Speaker 1: is a team in six and eight and they're in 1340 01:07:54,920 --> 01:07:57,600 Speaker 1: sole possession. They're kind of an uncharted territory. But I 1341 01:07:57,640 --> 01:07:59,680 Speaker 1: don't think that sounds like a team that doesn't believe 1342 01:07:59,720 --> 01:08:01,640 Speaker 1: and it's off and they shouldn't because it's not very good, 1343 01:08:02,200 --> 01:08:04,800 Speaker 1: and we keep on thinking they could be good, but 1344 01:08:04,880 --> 01:08:07,120 Speaker 1: they've given us so much evidence now for three months. 1345 01:08:07,640 --> 01:08:10,600 Speaker 1: The Titans right and it was a mature and like 1346 01:08:10,880 --> 01:08:13,800 Speaker 1: resourceful game by the Bengals, although I think they'll be 1347 01:08:13,840 --> 01:08:16,320 Speaker 1: a little concerned the average three point yards three point 1348 01:08:16,360 --> 01:08:18,000 Speaker 1: eight yards for play on the day. They never got 1349 01:08:18,080 --> 01:08:20,400 Speaker 1: the ground game going. They couldn't find it. They couldn't 1350 01:08:20,400 --> 01:08:23,200 Speaker 1: buy an explosive play, uh from Borough. It was. It 1351 01:08:23,320 --> 01:08:25,519 Speaker 1: was a strange, strange game, but there they've learned, like 1352 01:08:25,560 --> 01:08:28,559 Speaker 1: how to win in any situation, so gotta have it Sunday. 1353 01:08:28,720 --> 01:08:30,360 Speaker 1: The Bucks didn't have to have it. They were gonna 1354 01:08:30,360 --> 01:08:31,960 Speaker 1: be in the first place no matter what, even if 1355 01:08:32,000 --> 01:08:34,400 Speaker 1: they lost. Who locked it? I locked it, and so 1356 01:08:34,560 --> 01:08:40,640 Speaker 1: did the West Brothers, sweating it out a little bit earlier. Actually, wait, now, 1357 01:08:40,720 --> 01:08:43,320 Speaker 1: I should have played that once. I forgot Mark was 1358 01:08:43,439 --> 01:08:45,960 Speaker 1: thinking about changing his lock, but he's stuck with the Niners. 1359 01:08:46,160 --> 01:08:51,439 Speaker 1: It was just so good, all right. Let's move to 1360 01:08:51,520 --> 01:08:54,800 Speaker 1: another NFC South matchup. A gotta have a game for 1361 01:08:54,920 --> 01:08:58,479 Speaker 1: the Falcons with their new quarterback Desmond Rider and the Saints, 1362 01:08:58,520 --> 01:09:01,000 Speaker 1: who just needed a win to get into the well, 1363 01:09:01,080 --> 01:09:02,960 Speaker 1: not into the hunt. They don't do that for the 1364 01:09:03,000 --> 01:09:06,040 Speaker 1: division race, but in this division nothing makes sense. And 1365 01:09:06,160 --> 01:09:08,479 Speaker 1: I said to that a low snap looks to throw, 1366 01:09:08,640 --> 01:09:14,519 Speaker 1: just throw complete across the mental the Saints haven he 1367 01:09:14,680 --> 01:09:18,400 Speaker 1: was hit five, Justin Evans was complete to Drake London 1368 01:09:18,640 --> 01:09:20,800 Speaker 1: and Evans hit and and if they say that that's 1369 01:09:20,800 --> 01:09:25,600 Speaker 1: not a complete I'm jumping out of this book. You 1370 01:09:25,720 --> 01:09:28,920 Speaker 1: never know by the way they said it was complete. 1371 01:09:29,000 --> 01:09:30,759 Speaker 1: So my cost did not jump out of the box 1372 01:09:31,240 --> 01:09:36,280 Speaker 1: for w w L. Because Justin Evans stripped Drake London. 1373 01:09:36,439 --> 01:09:42,000 Speaker 1: It was the defining play in aen win for the 1374 01:09:42,120 --> 01:09:44,840 Speaker 1: Saints over the Falcons, who did not get a boost. 1375 01:09:45,160 --> 01:09:48,439 Speaker 1: It doesn't appear so from Desmond Rider in his first stought. 1376 01:09:48,520 --> 01:09:50,559 Speaker 1: So that as bad as the Saints have been this year, 1377 01:09:50,560 --> 01:09:52,840 Speaker 1: they're five and nine and still have a pulse in 1378 01:09:52,920 --> 01:09:55,679 Speaker 1: this division and the Falcons dropped to five and nine, 1379 01:09:55,720 --> 01:09:58,439 Speaker 1: and they've had many chances to try to stake their 1380 01:09:58,479 --> 01:10:01,360 Speaker 1: claim to this division. But just another l I I 1381 01:10:01,760 --> 01:10:04,920 Speaker 1: hate to say, after beating the drum for Desmond Ritter 1382 01:10:05,000 --> 01:10:07,519 Speaker 1: for so long that my biggest takeaway from this game 1383 01:10:07,600 --> 01:10:10,760 Speaker 1: is the Falcons would probably win if Marcus Mario. That 1384 01:10:10,960 --> 01:10:14,439 Speaker 1: is a damning indictment of any quarterback. I mean just 1385 01:10:14,479 --> 01:10:18,160 Speaker 1: because Ritter played, you know what, one of the bottom 1386 01:10:18,240 --> 01:10:20,200 Speaker 1: ten games by a quarterback, I would say in the 1387 01:10:20,280 --> 01:10:22,680 Speaker 1: league this year. Maybe now we know why the head 1388 01:10:22,720 --> 01:10:25,479 Speaker 1: coach did not want to play. And you've seen this guy, 1389 01:10:25,479 --> 01:10:27,400 Speaker 1: I've seen him. I've always wondered about that because you 1390 01:10:27,400 --> 01:10:29,040 Speaker 1: would think Mariotta would have been taken out of the 1391 01:10:29,040 --> 01:10:31,639 Speaker 1: lineup before this. But it was like, you guys don't 1392 01:10:31,760 --> 01:10:35,120 Speaker 1: understand what's going on in practice. Maybe Mariotto was so mad, 1393 01:10:35,160 --> 01:10:37,599 Speaker 1: I'm getting back. I don't know. Ritter showed something certainly 1394 01:10:37,640 --> 01:10:39,679 Speaker 1: in college and in the preseason, but he was confused. 1395 01:10:39,680 --> 01:10:42,400 Speaker 1: He end up thirteen twenty six for ninety seven yards, 1396 01:10:42,439 --> 01:10:45,120 Speaker 1: and that was after attacking on a couple throws at 1397 01:10:45,200 --> 01:10:48,720 Speaker 1: the end. Uh, you just couldn't shoot straight. Basically, any 1398 01:10:48,800 --> 01:10:50,880 Speaker 1: time they dropped back to pass felt like they were 1399 01:10:50,920 --> 01:10:53,840 Speaker 1: doing the Saints a huge favor. The Falcons were able 1400 01:10:54,160 --> 01:10:56,439 Speaker 1: to run the ball, including Ritter who had six for 1401 01:10:56,560 --> 01:10:58,840 Speaker 1: thirty eight. They had two thirty one on the ground. 1402 01:10:59,160 --> 01:11:01,960 Speaker 1: Tyler algae Year was out there looking like Peyton Helens. 1403 01:11:03,280 --> 01:11:05,559 Speaker 1: We gotta hear from this committee because this is Mark 1404 01:11:05,600 --> 01:11:08,639 Speaker 1: skuy was Marks Guy. It's been six to eight weeks. 1405 01:11:08,680 --> 01:11:10,560 Speaker 1: It's funny you should say, because I did get a 1406 01:11:10,640 --> 01:11:16,799 Speaker 1: voicemail during work today. Okay, hello, my name is excuse 1407 01:11:16,840 --> 01:11:21,560 Speaker 1: me Ted Becker. I am calling from the My Guy Committee. 1408 01:11:22,600 --> 01:11:29,519 Speaker 1: I am attempting to reach one Mark Stephen Sessler about 1409 01:11:30,120 --> 01:11:36,479 Speaker 1: running back for the Atlanta Falcons. Tyler Al the guy 1410 01:11:36,880 --> 01:11:40,720 Speaker 1: guy or Tyler al guyor Tyler Al. I'm sorry, I've 1411 01:11:40,720 --> 01:11:45,559 Speaker 1: never I've never pronounced this name, Tyler al Algae yere Algae. 1412 01:11:46,479 --> 01:11:52,439 Speaker 1: He is officially, uh, your guy. Like to apologize that 1413 01:11:52,600 --> 01:11:56,360 Speaker 1: this request was put in some time ago and we've 1414 01:11:56,439 --> 01:11:59,840 Speaker 1: just been backed up. We've had a lot of absences lately, uh, 1415 01:12:00,040 --> 01:12:04,519 Speaker 1: people coming into the office given everybody the flu just crazy. 1416 01:12:05,240 --> 01:12:08,200 Speaker 1: I myself had it three times in the last two months, 1417 01:12:08,240 --> 01:12:10,960 Speaker 1: and quite frankly, I feel a tickle on the back 1418 01:12:11,040 --> 01:12:16,240 Speaker 1: of my throat already. So anyway, Tyler al Gayer is 1419 01:12:16,680 --> 01:12:21,679 Speaker 1: your your guy now, Mr Steven Sessler, and UH feel 1420 01:12:21,760 --> 01:12:26,400 Speaker 1: free to use that title for that player, uh in conversation, 1421 01:12:26,479 --> 01:12:31,240 Speaker 1: either in media or out of media, UM, but not 1422 01:12:31,720 --> 01:12:34,880 Speaker 1: in print. Uh, that was not approved. I think you 1423 01:12:35,000 --> 01:12:39,519 Speaker 1: need to you need to refile for that. Unfortunately, there's 1424 01:12:39,560 --> 01:12:43,760 Speaker 1: a time limit on that, and there's a tickle on 1425 01:12:43,800 --> 01:12:52,519 Speaker 1: the back of my throat. Oh god, what a vitory 1426 01:12:55,640 --> 01:12:58,800 Speaker 1: not expecting that again, this happens almost every episode. There's 1427 01:12:58,840 --> 01:13:00,880 Speaker 1: a point in every episode. You need to watch the 1428 01:13:00,960 --> 01:13:04,600 Speaker 1: YouTube version of this show wherever you get this program, 1429 01:13:05,200 --> 01:13:07,680 Speaker 1: because for the first twenty seconds of Ted Becker's call, 1430 01:13:08,120 --> 01:13:10,679 Speaker 1: Mark's face was as tight and angry as you can imagine, 1431 01:13:10,680 --> 01:13:14,160 Speaker 1: because he thought that Charlie Brown moment was coming. But no, Mark, 1432 01:13:14,320 --> 01:13:15,960 Speaker 1: you got your guy. Well I I you know, I 1433 01:13:16,400 --> 01:13:19,040 Speaker 1: held out a long time. I was prepared to critique 1434 01:13:19,120 --> 01:13:22,599 Speaker 1: that UM corporate office for basically the guy on the phone, 1435 01:13:22,680 --> 01:13:25,479 Speaker 1: Ted Schneeblely or whatever his name was, Ted Becker and 1436 01:13:25,680 --> 01:13:29,040 Speaker 1: his in his entire presentation. But um, it's worked out well. 1437 01:13:29,600 --> 01:13:32,880 Speaker 1: Tyler l Gear seventeen carries a hundred and thirty nine 1438 01:13:32,960 --> 01:13:35,680 Speaker 1: yards a touchdown, eight point two yards for cattle to 1439 01:13:35,920 --> 01:13:38,599 Speaker 1: everything was after contact. He was running. He leads all 1440 01:13:38,720 --> 01:13:43,080 Speaker 1: rookies with rushing yards overexpected. He is a special player. 1441 01:13:43,439 --> 01:13:45,920 Speaker 1: May he is my guy. We haven't mentioned the yet. Yeah, 1442 01:13:45,960 --> 01:13:48,000 Speaker 1: the Saints are now one game back. You do you 1443 01:13:48,080 --> 01:13:50,200 Speaker 1: do think about that come back? The bucks at on 1444 01:13:50,240 --> 01:13:52,640 Speaker 1: Monday Night football, and think how the Saints would be 1445 01:13:52,680 --> 01:13:55,000 Speaker 1: in first place sole possession if not, they looked like 1446 01:13:55,040 --> 01:13:57,000 Speaker 1: a first place team. No they don't. They put they 1447 01:13:57,080 --> 01:14:00,160 Speaker 1: got a fourteen it so bad. They got a more 1448 01:14:01,120 --> 01:14:05,160 Speaker 1: quickly and then did what they could almost blow. If 1449 01:14:05,200 --> 01:14:07,240 Speaker 1: you're a Saints fan, though, I think you're at least happy. 1450 01:14:07,479 --> 01:14:09,840 Speaker 1: Juwan Johnson is one of the most improved players I've 1451 01:14:09,840 --> 01:14:11,880 Speaker 1: ever seen in my life. Was a wide receiver, now 1452 01:14:12,479 --> 01:14:15,519 Speaker 1: now a tight end prohijia heat. Every time he touches 1453 01:14:15,560 --> 01:14:17,920 Speaker 1: the ball it's a sixty plus yard touchdown. And Chris 1454 01:14:18,040 --> 01:14:20,560 Speaker 1: Olavy another nice smooth game. So at least they have 1455 01:14:20,640 --> 01:14:23,120 Speaker 1: some fun offensive pieces. That's about it for this game. 1456 01:14:23,479 --> 01:14:25,880 Speaker 1: All right, did we cover all the teams the NFC South? 1457 01:14:26,120 --> 01:14:28,560 Speaker 1: I don't think. Now we've got one more. I do 1458 01:14:28,640 --> 01:14:31,120 Speaker 1: want to say, though, this is the first time since 1459 01:14:31,240 --> 01:14:34,680 Speaker 1: the first ever game between Saints and Falcons that the 1460 01:14:34,760 --> 01:14:37,919 Speaker 1: Saints now owed the all time lead in this rivalry 1461 01:14:38,040 --> 01:14:41,200 Speaker 1: fifty four to fifty three. What a day you are 1462 01:14:41,360 --> 01:14:44,840 Speaker 1: the on the beat of this rivalry. That is good 1463 01:14:44,880 --> 01:14:47,160 Speaker 1: to know. Thank you, Greg. Yes, there's one more team 1464 01:14:47,200 --> 01:14:50,840 Speaker 1: in the division, another team booting an opportunity to make 1465 01:14:50,880 --> 01:14:53,920 Speaker 1: a play and and and get to January relevance. It 1466 01:14:54,000 --> 01:14:58,360 Speaker 1: was the Carolina Panthers, well welcoming the Pittsburgh Steelers. Let's 1467 01:14:58,400 --> 01:15:00,720 Speaker 1: see what does he does. He goes over the top, 1468 01:15:01,040 --> 01:15:04,800 Speaker 1: touchdown Mitch Drobinsky and for Mitch his second of the 1469 01:15:04,920 --> 01:15:09,200 Speaker 1: year rushing. That's the way to go, Mitch Drobinsky, following 1470 01:15:09,240 --> 01:15:11,560 Speaker 1: your own hands and then pound it in, get it 1471 01:15:11,600 --> 01:15:14,800 Speaker 1: across that goal line. That's a great job of leading 1472 01:15:14,840 --> 01:15:19,160 Speaker 1: the way. That reminds me of the who was the 1473 01:15:19,320 --> 01:15:22,759 Speaker 1: character in the office, the woman who eventually married Michael Scotch. 1474 01:15:22,840 --> 01:15:26,840 Speaker 1: He took over for Toby and hr and Holly, and 1475 01:15:26,920 --> 01:15:31,280 Speaker 1: Holly thought someone had had uh wrongly told her that 1476 01:15:31,400 --> 01:15:36,760 Speaker 1: Kevin Malone had intellectual disability and um, so she was 1477 01:15:36,800 --> 01:15:38,880 Speaker 1: being really nice to him every time, but it was 1478 01:15:39,000 --> 01:15:42,320 Speaker 1: Kevin doesn't have any issues like that, and he um. 1479 01:15:42,720 --> 01:15:46,040 Speaker 1: It just led to a little comic like a true 1480 01:15:46,200 --> 01:15:48,920 Speaker 1: true Mr disconnect there. And that's the way it sounds 1481 01:15:48,960 --> 01:15:51,960 Speaker 1: like these announces like great job, Mitch, I'm really proud 1482 01:15:52,000 --> 01:15:55,719 Speaker 1: of you there, buddy, getting over that line. But Mitch Drobinsky, 1483 01:15:56,120 --> 01:15:58,800 Speaker 1: you know, he went into this game knowing full well 1484 01:15:58,920 --> 01:16:01,240 Speaker 1: that maybe a lot of people in his locker room 1485 01:16:01,280 --> 01:16:04,000 Speaker 1: didn't want him on the field. Everybody is really into 1486 01:16:04,080 --> 01:16:06,479 Speaker 1: Mason Rudolph in Pittsburgh for whatever reason, and there was 1487 01:16:06,560 --> 01:16:08,599 Speaker 1: some heat about him playing in this game with Kenny 1488 01:16:08,640 --> 01:16:12,360 Speaker 1: pick it out with the concussion. But Robinsky played um 1489 01:16:12,479 --> 01:16:15,479 Speaker 1: and he played pretty well for Mitch Drabinsky, including that. 1490 01:16:15,800 --> 01:16:19,719 Speaker 1: The reason I chose that place specifically for the Steelers 1491 01:16:20,200 --> 01:16:24,600 Speaker 1: over the Panthers was that was the final play of 1492 01:16:24,680 --> 01:16:28,960 Speaker 1: a twenty one yard excuse me, twenty one play, nine 1493 01:16:29,160 --> 01:16:33,439 Speaker 1: one yard touchdown drive by the Steelers to start the 1494 01:16:33,520 --> 01:16:37,599 Speaker 1: third quarter. That shoot up about twelve minutes of the clock. Uh. 1495 01:16:37,800 --> 01:16:40,000 Speaker 1: You don't see too many of those, and uh it 1496 01:16:40,160 --> 01:16:42,680 Speaker 1: kind of for a game that Pittsburgh really controlled for 1497 01:16:42,800 --> 01:16:44,320 Speaker 1: most of the game, this was the game that it 1498 01:16:44,439 --> 01:16:48,479 Speaker 1: was most uh typified what we saw uh down in Charlotte, 1499 01:16:48,479 --> 01:16:51,120 Speaker 1: where Caroline Panthers had some momentum and you thought they 1500 01:16:51,160 --> 01:16:53,400 Speaker 1: had a chance really to make a move and find 1501 01:16:53,439 --> 01:16:55,519 Speaker 1: their way to first place in this bad division. But 1502 01:16:55,640 --> 01:16:57,639 Speaker 1: the Steelers, as they've been doing for the most part 1503 01:16:57,720 --> 01:16:59,960 Speaker 1: now for you know, the last five or six weeks, 1504 01:17:00,439 --> 01:17:02,320 Speaker 1: they're showing that they're a team that can play and 1505 01:17:02,439 --> 01:17:04,519 Speaker 1: they can they can win games, and they might get 1506 01:17:05,240 --> 01:17:08,280 Speaker 1: keep that five hundred tree going for Mike Thilin. Their 1507 01:17:08,320 --> 01:17:13,800 Speaker 1: offense has improved bit by bit consistently for five or 1508 01:17:13,840 --> 01:17:16,920 Speaker 1: six weeks. And you know, I think if you look 1509 01:17:16,960 --> 01:17:19,439 Speaker 1: at one of the major discredit to this team early 1510 01:17:19,479 --> 01:17:21,439 Speaker 1: on was the offensive line, and they've been better and 1511 01:17:21,520 --> 01:17:24,360 Speaker 1: they there. Pat Meyer, the offensive line coach, is someone 1512 01:17:24,439 --> 01:17:26,559 Speaker 1: that like was on the hot seat I think heading 1513 01:17:26,600 --> 01:17:29,600 Speaker 1: into the season, and everyone's improved a little bit, and 1514 01:17:29,680 --> 01:17:31,800 Speaker 1: I mean it didn't fall off entirely with Trabisky. I 1515 01:17:31,840 --> 01:17:33,200 Speaker 1: have to ask you one little question on this game. 1516 01:17:33,200 --> 01:17:35,000 Speaker 1: Though I read that this is maybe one of my 1517 01:17:35,040 --> 01:17:37,559 Speaker 1: favorite things. I'm just gonna read what I read. Steelers 1518 01:17:37,640 --> 01:17:42,360 Speaker 1: linebacker Marcus Allen just made it incomprehensible error, getting called 1519 01:17:42,439 --> 01:17:46,400 Speaker 1: for unsportsmanlike conduct for going into the Panthers huddle on 1520 01:17:46,560 --> 01:17:50,160 Speaker 1: their sideline one while Carolina faced four and seven. What 1521 01:17:50,439 --> 01:17:53,439 Speaker 1: was what was this? I've never seen anything like it. 1522 01:17:53,600 --> 01:17:56,920 Speaker 1: It was a time out was called before this play, 1523 01:17:57,040 --> 01:17:59,680 Speaker 1: and you just see him and he had the replay. Uh, 1524 01:17:59,760 --> 01:18:02,320 Speaker 1: he wanders over to the far sideline and just inserts 1525 01:18:02,400 --> 01:18:05,360 Speaker 1: himself into the huddle of the Panthers and his talking 1526 01:18:05,479 --> 01:18:08,519 Speaker 1: ish and it's an automatic first down. They they scored 1527 01:18:08,560 --> 01:18:11,439 Speaker 1: a touchdown after that, and I was thinking, the Steelers 1528 01:18:11,560 --> 01:18:14,320 Speaker 1: lose this game, that's like an all time and they 1529 01:18:14,400 --> 01:18:16,080 Speaker 1: had another I'm trying to think who the other one 1530 01:18:16,160 --> 01:18:19,960 Speaker 1: was on They had another unsportsmanlike conduct foul earlier in 1531 01:18:20,000 --> 01:18:21,439 Speaker 1: that game, and I was just thinking to myself, like, 1532 01:18:21,520 --> 01:18:24,600 Speaker 1: Mike Tomlin is gonna be cracking some skulls if they 1533 01:18:24,720 --> 01:18:27,960 Speaker 1: end up losing this game. But they didn't. And um, 1534 01:18:28,320 --> 01:18:31,760 Speaker 1: on the on the Panthers side, Um, Sam Donald was 1535 01:18:31,800 --> 01:18:35,519 Speaker 1: a very Donald esque performance. He's done well in terms 1536 01:18:35,560 --> 01:18:38,680 Speaker 1: of protecting the football for the most part, although he 1537 01:18:38,760 --> 01:18:42,720 Speaker 1: did have a fumble in this game. Uh, but uh, 1538 01:18:43,000 --> 01:18:45,760 Speaker 1: the offense was a little bit just stagnant in general. Uh. 1539 01:18:45,840 --> 01:18:48,639 Speaker 1: They struggle to score points here and that's going to continue. 1540 01:18:48,720 --> 01:18:51,280 Speaker 1: You need the defense to be great, and they weren't 1541 01:18:51,320 --> 01:18:53,280 Speaker 1: great in this game. And the part of the reason 1542 01:18:53,400 --> 01:18:59,200 Speaker 1: was Deante Johnson absolutely killed the Carolina secondary in this 1543 01:18:59,280 --> 01:19:02,599 Speaker 1: game with so many big catches, including big throws down 1544 01:19:02,680 --> 01:19:05,000 Speaker 1: near the end of Give Travisky credit for that as well. Well. 1545 01:19:05,040 --> 01:19:07,040 Speaker 1: He was the guy who said he wanted Mason Rudolph 1546 01:19:07,080 --> 01:19:12,280 Speaker 1: to play Deante Johnson and yeah, and the Steelers had 1547 01:19:12,320 --> 01:19:15,200 Speaker 1: thirteen edge of time and possession. They converted twelve of 1548 01:19:15,520 --> 01:19:19,240 Speaker 1: sixteen third down opportunities and that's when Deante did a 1549 01:19:19,320 --> 01:19:22,240 Speaker 1: lot of his damage. So there you go. The Steelers 1550 01:19:22,280 --> 01:19:25,960 Speaker 1: continue to get better. The Panthers are, you know, just 1551 01:19:26,080 --> 01:19:27,840 Speaker 1: the team in the NFC South, which was the Mark 1552 01:19:27,920 --> 01:19:31,080 Speaker 1: Sessler drive of the I just thought that was the 1553 01:19:31,120 --> 01:19:35,479 Speaker 1: coolest thing that's happened on us. I mean I still 1554 01:19:35,520 --> 01:19:40,080 Speaker 1: have access to watch it. He does have his time. 1555 01:19:40,120 --> 01:19:42,920 Speaker 1: I was burning, but yeah, I do watch all the 1556 01:19:42,960 --> 01:19:44,760 Speaker 1: games at the same time. On this we go just 1557 01:19:44,880 --> 01:19:47,840 Speaker 1: quickly big picture. Pittsburgh's in the a f C at 1558 01:19:47,880 --> 01:19:51,320 Speaker 1: six and eight if so, they're kind of in it. 1559 01:19:51,479 --> 01:19:53,320 Speaker 1: I mean they're really not in it, but they're two 1560 01:19:53,400 --> 01:19:56,400 Speaker 1: back with with three to play, so they're that much. 1561 01:19:56,640 --> 01:19:59,799 Speaker 1: If Indianapolis had won that game, we would have fourteen 1562 01:20:00,080 --> 01:20:03,200 Speaker 1: FC teams still alive. But there's so many of these 1563 01:20:03,240 --> 01:20:05,680 Speaker 1: six and eight teams. Jacksonville, who has a better chance 1564 01:20:05,680 --> 01:20:09,560 Speaker 1: because they're in you know, division race, and then Las Vegas, Cleveland, Pittsburgh. 1565 01:20:10,000 --> 01:20:12,560 Speaker 1: Maybe one of those three team goes total berserker and 1566 01:20:12,640 --> 01:20:16,920 Speaker 1: gets the nine wins, and that's a bad thing. Yeah, 1567 01:20:17,560 --> 01:20:19,559 Speaker 1: it's not good that five and eight teams are alive 1568 01:20:19,680 --> 01:20:21,760 Speaker 1: going into weeks six. NFL wouldn't agree with that. I 1569 01:20:21,840 --> 01:20:23,400 Speaker 1: know they wouldn't have, but this is what they wanted. 1570 01:20:23,439 --> 01:20:26,320 Speaker 1: But I don't think it's suggest telling you it's a 1571 01:20:26,360 --> 01:20:29,479 Speaker 1: great thing. These teams, like those four teams are a 1572 01:20:29,520 --> 01:20:33,760 Speaker 1: perfect example, but especially Jaguars, Raiders, Browns. I would throw 1573 01:20:33,760 --> 01:20:35,640 Speaker 1: the Steelers like they're They weren't as bad as their 1574 01:20:35,640 --> 01:20:38,120 Speaker 1: record before and now it's all even down. They all 1575 01:20:38,160 --> 01:20:40,080 Speaker 1: deserve to be They're all like six and eight teams 1576 01:20:40,200 --> 01:20:43,559 Speaker 1: and just has maybe better. A shout out to Pittsburgh's defense, 1577 01:20:44,040 --> 01:20:49,000 Speaker 1: which saxon Donald four times and completely shut down the 1578 01:20:49,080 --> 01:20:51,680 Speaker 1: Carolina running game, which had had average close to two 1579 01:20:52,120 --> 01:20:55,800 Speaker 1: yards in their five wins, had twenty one yards on 1580 01:20:55,920 --> 01:20:59,439 Speaker 1: sixteen carries. So you know that I am a Donald defender. 1581 01:20:59,479 --> 01:21:01,840 Speaker 1: But if you take ways running game and you say, Sam, 1582 01:21:01,960 --> 01:21:05,120 Speaker 1: you need to leave this offense, Sam, it ain't gonna work. 1583 01:21:05,240 --> 01:21:11,880 Speaker 1: Let's take a break and we'll be right back al right. 1584 01:21:12,120 --> 01:21:15,920 Speaker 1: Beefy beefy week, No buys. So we keep rolling on. 1585 01:21:16,040 --> 01:21:18,160 Speaker 1: Let's head to Soldier Field, where the Eagles are looking 1586 01:21:18,200 --> 01:21:21,439 Speaker 1: to put the NFC in a vice gript they line 1587 01:21:21,560 --> 01:21:25,719 Speaker 1: up and they stick and that was a penalty flying 1588 01:21:26,400 --> 01:21:29,480 Speaker 1: they called the touchdown. Now it could have been defensive, 1589 01:21:30,280 --> 01:21:43,120 Speaker 1: that's what that is. He knows. I don't. I don't 1590 01:21:43,120 --> 01:21:45,479 Speaker 1: know how we got to that point. I that was 1591 01:21:45,600 --> 01:21:50,960 Speaker 1: Jalen hurts third rushing touchdown of the of the day, 1592 01:21:51,160 --> 01:21:54,320 Speaker 1: which by the way, has not happened on QB design 1593 01:21:54,439 --> 01:21:57,559 Speaker 1: runs by any quarterback ever in the next gen stats era. 1594 01:21:57,760 --> 01:21:59,960 Speaker 1: So I thought that I thought that would be an 1595 01:22:00,040 --> 01:22:03,400 Speaker 1: interesting call seven years They also they also I'll get 1596 01:22:03,479 --> 01:22:07,439 Speaker 1: into why this was a little bit of a different game. Yes, 1597 01:22:07,479 --> 01:22:09,360 Speaker 1: I didn't think it was. There might have been a 1598 01:22:09,400 --> 01:22:12,320 Speaker 1: full looks like I did not commented. I mean, I 1599 01:22:12,479 --> 01:22:15,160 Speaker 1: I agree with you. That was milk toast. Jalen Hurts, Yes, 1600 01:22:15,240 --> 01:22:17,479 Speaker 1: tied a career high by running for three touchdowns. The 1601 01:22:17,520 --> 01:22:23,000 Speaker 1: Eagles beat the Bears. Interesting Eagles are thirteen and one. 1602 01:22:23,080 --> 01:22:27,599 Speaker 1: That matches the best starting franchise history. But Mark Sessler, 1603 01:22:27,800 --> 01:22:31,200 Speaker 1: this was not easy as many of us anticipated. It 1604 01:22:31,360 --> 01:22:33,840 Speaker 1: wasn't And I would say that, you know, we say 1605 01:22:33,840 --> 01:22:36,400 Speaker 1: the Eagles keep finding different ways to win each week. Uh, 1606 01:22:36,760 --> 01:22:39,599 Speaker 1: this would be the case again because they had overcome 1607 01:22:39,600 --> 01:22:43,720 Speaker 1: a lot of their own issues. Jalen Hurts uncharacteristically through 1608 01:22:43,840 --> 01:22:46,880 Speaker 1: two interceptions. Uh the Eagles route played for a big 1609 01:22:47,000 --> 01:22:49,920 Speaker 1: chunk of the first half. Jake Elliott, with the team 1610 01:22:50,000 --> 01:22:53,120 Speaker 1: up seventeen thirteen, missed the thirty eight yard field goal 1611 01:22:53,479 --> 01:23:00,280 Speaker 1: they allowed Byron Pringle to essentially run in four share 1612 01:23:00,320 --> 01:23:01,920 Speaker 1: it with us. I have to do not disturb on. 1613 01:23:02,000 --> 01:23:05,600 Speaker 1: I don't know what's happening in Sometimes perhaps it was 1614 01:23:06,800 --> 01:23:11,120 Speaker 1: what can you let her know we're doing she's watching, 1615 01:23:11,120 --> 01:23:13,080 Speaker 1: Actually she's watching the live stream, which you can go 1616 01:23:13,160 --> 01:23:17,439 Speaker 1: to NFL dot com. Mark. Yeah, I'm not surprised that 1617 01:23:17,479 --> 01:23:19,439 Speaker 1: you actually would love to know that she just did 1618 01:23:19,479 --> 01:23:22,920 Speaker 1: that to Mark. I'm not surprised at all. You stopping Mark, 1619 01:23:23,280 --> 01:23:26,760 Speaker 1: you gotta argue that, and then Greg stopping Dan from 1620 01:23:26,760 --> 01:23:29,000 Speaker 1: stopping Mark from stopping justin so it's just like I'm 1621 01:23:29,000 --> 01:23:31,599 Speaker 1: going to fold up the laptop and someone's utterly exhausted 1622 01:23:31,920 --> 01:23:34,000 Speaker 1: as the host. I'm sorry, Mark. I had to address 1623 01:23:34,800 --> 01:23:37,720 Speaker 1: because the audience obviously was thrown for a loop there 1624 01:23:37,760 --> 01:23:39,519 Speaker 1: as well, and I just didn't want to leave them 1625 01:23:39,560 --> 01:23:41,439 Speaker 1: out in the cold. It was a delightful bell. We 1626 01:23:41,520 --> 01:23:44,840 Speaker 1: didn't need to die. The sound in the podcast version 1627 01:23:44,880 --> 01:23:47,120 Speaker 1: because it was a very strange to take it out. 1628 01:23:47,160 --> 01:23:49,720 Speaker 1: Now you have to, alright, go ahead, Mark, Well, it's 1629 01:23:49,720 --> 01:23:52,320 Speaker 1: just was saying the Eagles like they were not perfect 1630 01:23:52,400 --> 01:23:53,920 Speaker 1: like they've been the last couple of weeks. They didn't 1631 01:23:53,920 --> 01:23:56,080 Speaker 1: even give miles and we got to wrap up this, 1632 01:23:56,360 --> 01:23:58,760 Speaker 1: uh this episode because she was starting to get fired 1633 01:23:58,840 --> 01:24:01,680 Speaker 1: up show under the next game, Like what is the 1634 01:24:01,760 --> 01:24:04,320 Speaker 1: point of doing this? I'm just saying, I'm I'm starting 1635 01:24:04,320 --> 01:24:08,720 Speaker 1: to see the anger building and I just find it 1636 01:24:08,960 --> 01:24:13,120 Speaker 1: like I find it. I find it tedious to take 1637 01:24:13,240 --> 01:24:15,880 Speaker 1: notes on a game and then none of them are 1638 01:24:16,120 --> 01:24:18,759 Speaker 1: given to the listener. It's like, I feel for the listener. 1639 01:24:18,840 --> 01:24:21,760 Speaker 1: I feel for the listener. That's the ultimate loser here. 1640 01:24:22,200 --> 01:24:25,519 Speaker 1: They struggled and they overcame their struggles. That's all. The's 1641 01:24:25,560 --> 01:24:28,400 Speaker 1: all I'll say about it at this point. Anyway, what 1642 01:24:28,520 --> 01:24:30,600 Speaker 1: else give us some more that son Reddick seemed like 1643 01:24:30,840 --> 01:24:33,439 Speaker 1: a j Brown and this is not going to be 1644 01:24:33,760 --> 01:24:37,679 Speaker 1: favorable for Justin's ears a career high one eighty one yards. 1645 01:24:37,760 --> 01:24:40,479 Speaker 1: He was dominant when they started to make plays. This 1646 01:24:40,600 --> 01:24:42,360 Speaker 1: is like this was their bad game. It kind of 1647 01:24:42,400 --> 01:24:44,240 Speaker 1: reminded me of the Chiefs game. It's like the Chiefs 1648 01:24:44,320 --> 01:24:46,080 Speaker 1: had a bunch of issues they got out of it. 1649 01:24:46,360 --> 01:24:48,160 Speaker 1: What were the Chiefs on the other side mostly what 1650 01:24:48,280 --> 01:24:51,280 Speaker 1: we think this was Philadelphia's version that they still had 1651 01:24:51,320 --> 01:24:54,280 Speaker 1: four hundred yards of offense. They still had a defense 1652 01:24:54,320 --> 01:24:56,560 Speaker 1: that had three players with two sacks that dominated the 1653 01:24:56,600 --> 01:24:59,280 Speaker 1: Bears outside of Justin Fields doing a couple of magical things. 1654 01:24:59,680 --> 01:25:01,479 Speaker 1: Field got hurt at one point, it came back in. 1655 01:25:02,200 --> 01:25:05,800 Speaker 1: They've clinched the division. They basically have Dallas next week 1656 01:25:05,840 --> 01:25:07,280 Speaker 1: that can be the number one seed that they win. 1657 01:25:07,400 --> 01:25:09,720 Speaker 1: That this was the Phillies bad game. I don't know 1658 01:25:09,760 --> 01:25:11,439 Speaker 1: who's going to stop him in the NFC and left 1659 01:25:11,439 --> 01:25:13,720 Speaker 1: San Francisco plays one of their best operations, one of 1660 01:25:13,760 --> 01:25:17,400 Speaker 1: the best outings, and yet it's like box office Justin 1661 01:25:17,560 --> 01:25:20,920 Speaker 1: Fields in a game against you know, Jalen Hurts. Who's 1662 01:25:20,960 --> 01:25:23,160 Speaker 1: in the mix for m v P. I'm not saying 1663 01:25:23,320 --> 01:25:25,280 Speaker 1: Justin Fields should be in the mix for m v 1664 01:25:25,360 --> 01:25:27,920 Speaker 1: P in anyway, but think of how valuable he is 1665 01:25:28,200 --> 01:25:31,360 Speaker 1: to the Bears, that he more or less by himself. 1666 01:25:32,640 --> 01:25:37,920 Speaker 1: They like that. I'm saying, in this game, how much 1667 01:25:38,040 --> 01:25:42,320 Speaker 1: value does he now have that he runs fift He's 1668 01:25:42,439 --> 01:25:44,880 Speaker 1: on his way to having the greatest season rushing the 1669 01:25:44,920 --> 01:25:47,360 Speaker 1: ball any quarterback in the history leagues. Everybody say he's 1670 01:25:47,360 --> 01:25:51,040 Speaker 1: almost too valuable to this team. No doubt the fact 1671 01:25:51,080 --> 01:25:54,320 Speaker 1: that he has them competing in this game. It's pretty 1672 01:25:54,360 --> 01:25:56,760 Speaker 1: special and at least it's exciting in a weird way. 1673 01:25:56,800 --> 01:26:00,280 Speaker 1: The Bears keep stacking these losses while justin Field keep 1674 01:26:00,320 --> 01:26:03,040 Speaker 1: his balling out is perfect because they're gonna have uh 1675 01:26:03,200 --> 01:26:05,280 Speaker 1: the tour, maybe the two or the three pick in 1676 01:26:05,360 --> 01:26:08,240 Speaker 1: a draft with Jalen Carter like they You know, they 1677 01:26:08,320 --> 01:26:12,320 Speaker 1: also have about forty seven million more cap dollars than 1678 01:26:12,360 --> 01:26:14,280 Speaker 1: the next closest team. The fellow I've been doing the 1679 01:26:14,360 --> 01:26:17,479 Speaker 1: free agency list like it's a bunch of players you 1680 01:26:17,520 --> 01:26:19,760 Speaker 1: don't want to be spending a lot of monty. Also 1681 01:26:20,040 --> 01:26:21,599 Speaker 1: the point being they don't have a ton of cash 1682 01:26:21,640 --> 01:26:24,040 Speaker 1: tied up in a bunch of junk. Anything else in 1683 01:26:24,120 --> 01:26:27,000 Speaker 1: that reporter's journal ark there's a ton more. But I 1684 01:26:27,360 --> 01:26:29,200 Speaker 1: think we need to you know, we're being told it's 1685 01:26:29,240 --> 01:26:31,000 Speaker 1: time to hurry the show up, and we don't want 1686 01:26:31,000 --> 01:26:33,679 Speaker 1: to listeners. If there's something else in there, well I'll 1687 01:26:33,720 --> 01:26:38,120 Speaker 1: email it to the listeners. All right, Let's then move 1688 01:26:38,160 --> 01:26:41,080 Speaker 1: back to Saturday. Why don't we were the Cleveland Browns. 1689 01:26:41,439 --> 01:26:44,719 Speaker 1: They were trying to stay in the in the hunt category, 1690 01:26:44,760 --> 01:26:47,200 Speaker 1: but they had to beat the af C North leading 1691 01:26:47,439 --> 01:26:51,200 Speaker 1: Ravens to do it. Could they five step drop looking left, 1692 01:26:51,280 --> 01:26:54,440 Speaker 1: he swings it let People's Jones he's in standing up, touchdown, 1693 01:26:55,200 --> 01:26:58,679 Speaker 1: the touchdown pass from the Shawn Watson the Donovan People's 1694 01:26:58,760 --> 01:27:03,000 Speaker 1: Jones from three yards out and Cleveland expands its lead. 1695 01:27:04,080 --> 01:27:07,280 Speaker 1: All right, So there was a historic opening game Saturday. 1696 01:27:07,640 --> 01:27:10,640 Speaker 1: There was a highly memorable game in the snow in 1697 01:27:10,800 --> 01:27:13,280 Speaker 1: Buffalo at the end of the night. In the middle 1698 01:27:14,240 --> 01:27:16,439 Speaker 1: was you know, you don't usually have this. The worst 1699 01:27:16,479 --> 01:27:18,599 Speaker 1: part of the sandwich was all the meat in the middle, 1700 01:27:18,640 --> 01:27:22,360 Speaker 1: which was the Ravens and the Browns, and the Browns 1701 01:27:22,439 --> 01:27:24,840 Speaker 1: take care of business against Ty Huntley with a Lamar 1702 01:27:24,960 --> 01:27:28,280 Speaker 1: Jackson inact of a thirteen to three win. That Donovan 1703 01:27:28,320 --> 01:27:32,519 Speaker 1: People Jones three yard touchdown catch came from Deshaun Watson, 1704 01:27:32,600 --> 01:27:36,479 Speaker 1: who was making his home debut for Cleveland. So there 1705 01:27:36,520 --> 01:27:40,479 Speaker 1: you go. The Browns um have one. Uh. This game 1706 01:27:40,560 --> 01:27:43,280 Speaker 1: in Baltimore entered having one six of seven. Now drop 1707 01:27:43,400 --> 01:27:47,760 Speaker 1: behind the Bengals who are looking up in the n 1708 01:27:47,800 --> 01:27:51,680 Speaker 1: f C North. This would be like two beautiful, perfectly 1709 01:27:52,439 --> 01:27:56,320 Speaker 1: created and cooked heated buttery pieces of sour dough bread 1710 01:27:56,760 --> 01:27:59,760 Speaker 1: with some stale mannaise in the middle, out of data, 1711 01:27:59,840 --> 01:28:04,479 Speaker 1: and you just manaise out of date mannaise to your parallel. 1712 01:28:04,640 --> 01:28:07,360 Speaker 1: You don't like me, And this game lasted about two 1713 01:28:07,400 --> 01:28:09,760 Speaker 1: hours and fifty minutes. It was perfect for me, But Greig, 1714 01:28:09,800 --> 01:28:12,240 Speaker 1: I don't like stale mayonnaise either. Just to throw that 1715 01:28:12,320 --> 01:28:13,840 Speaker 1: at you. But I'm just saying, get I don't think 1716 01:28:13,880 --> 01:28:16,000 Speaker 1: I disliked this game as much as as you guys did. 1717 01:28:16,840 --> 01:28:21,760 Speaker 1: Was serviceable. It happened quickly. It's it was it was 1718 01:28:22,360 --> 01:28:24,240 Speaker 1: I mean, it just was over so fast. There were 1719 01:28:24,320 --> 01:28:28,080 Speaker 1: so few possessions, nine each. The Ravens only punted one time. 1720 01:28:28,160 --> 01:28:29,800 Speaker 1: You know how hard it is to score three points 1721 01:28:29,840 --> 01:28:32,880 Speaker 1: when you only punt once. Here here's how you do it. Uh, 1722 01:28:33,200 --> 01:28:36,360 Speaker 1: You get inside the ten, call a play for your 1723 01:28:36,479 --> 01:28:39,800 Speaker 1: fullback who has like space, and he can't get a 1724 01:28:39,840 --> 01:28:42,360 Speaker 1: half a yard on John Johnson, who outweighs by about 1725 01:28:42,400 --> 01:28:44,560 Speaker 1: forty yeard. It's nice defensive played by John Johnson. You 1726 01:28:44,600 --> 01:28:47,000 Speaker 1: get inside the ten another time, Denzel Ward picks off 1727 01:28:47,040 --> 01:28:49,519 Speaker 1: a pass. De Sean Jackson doesn't fight for really not 1728 01:28:49,640 --> 01:28:52,479 Speaker 1: a great throw either. Zero points there inside the ten. 1729 01:28:52,600 --> 01:28:55,280 Speaker 1: Twice you get Justin Tucker to miss two field calls. 1730 01:28:55,880 --> 01:28:59,320 Speaker 1: What the heck happened there? Uh, you throw a fumble 1731 01:28:59,560 --> 01:29:02,600 Speaker 1: and then the only touchdown that you give up or 1732 01:29:02,680 --> 01:29:04,559 Speaker 1: you have a fun ball and then the only touchdown 1733 01:29:04,600 --> 01:29:07,400 Speaker 1: you give up in the game was after you stopped 1734 01:29:07,400 --> 01:29:09,080 Speaker 1: the Browns out of three and out. But there was 1735 01:29:09,120 --> 01:29:12,439 Speaker 1: a penalty on a face mask by Justin Houston. It 1736 01:29:12,640 --> 01:29:15,360 Speaker 1: was just a really sloppy game from the Ravens and 1737 01:29:15,400 --> 01:29:17,519 Speaker 1: the Browns, to their credit, has been playing better defense 1738 01:29:17,600 --> 01:29:20,200 Speaker 1: overall and didn't make many big mistakes. And the Browns 1739 01:29:20,760 --> 01:29:22,960 Speaker 1: hurt the Ravens in every possible way you could outside 1740 01:29:23,000 --> 01:29:26,120 Speaker 1: of a dominant offense. I do think Deshaun Watson looked better. 1741 01:29:26,360 --> 01:29:28,679 Speaker 1: There were moments where you thought he looked a little 1742 01:29:28,680 --> 01:29:31,160 Speaker 1: more comfortable. Their offense is not what it was before, 1743 01:29:31,520 --> 01:29:33,240 Speaker 1: but even you know, I think it was important for 1744 01:29:33,320 --> 01:29:35,200 Speaker 1: Nick Chubb to get have a bit of a better game. 1745 01:29:35,200 --> 01:29:37,599 Speaker 1: He has had a tough couple of weeks. But Cleveland's defense, 1746 01:29:37,680 --> 01:29:41,320 Speaker 1: which is really cost them this season. Sometimes against these 1747 01:29:41,360 --> 01:29:43,679 Speaker 1: divisional opponents, they show up and then they vanish again. 1748 01:29:43,880 --> 01:29:46,240 Speaker 1: But the Ravens they had. They've had these close games 1749 01:29:46,280 --> 01:29:47,920 Speaker 1: with the Ravens and this was another one of them. 1750 01:29:47,960 --> 01:29:50,600 Speaker 1: And Miles Garrett like I don't know, every week he 1751 01:29:50,640 --> 01:29:53,200 Speaker 1: seems to be I know, he's not a defensive Player 1752 01:29:53,240 --> 01:29:55,200 Speaker 1: of the Year because their defense isn't special and what 1753 01:29:55,280 --> 01:29:57,840 Speaker 1: does that really even mean? But he is among still 1754 01:29:57,960 --> 01:30:00,240 Speaker 1: the top five defenders in the entire game. Got to 1755 01:30:00,280 --> 01:30:01,760 Speaker 1: play like a lot of weeks. They play like an 1756 01:30:01,800 --> 01:30:03,680 Speaker 1: eight and six team, which they easily could have been 1757 01:30:03,760 --> 01:30:05,519 Speaker 1: if if they just closed out a couple of those 1758 01:30:05,560 --> 01:30:08,080 Speaker 1: brutal losses they had earlier in the year. So there's 1759 01:30:08,200 --> 01:30:11,679 Speaker 1: certainly no pushover. And if if Watson continues to get better, 1760 01:30:11,760 --> 01:30:15,080 Speaker 1: although these are baby steps to say he's getting better, uh, 1761 01:30:15,280 --> 01:30:17,360 Speaker 1: you know, they're gonna be trouble, maybe as soon as 1762 01:30:17,520 --> 01:30:20,000 Speaker 1: next year, and there they could be in berserker mode 1763 01:30:20,320 --> 01:30:21,720 Speaker 1: for the rest of the season. By the way, the 1764 01:30:21,880 --> 01:30:24,080 Speaker 1: they have a pretty easy schedule. I looked at the 1765 01:30:24,160 --> 01:30:26,800 Speaker 1: six and eight teams, they have the easiest schedule among them. 1766 01:30:26,840 --> 01:30:29,719 Speaker 1: All winnable games here. Well, remember it was Nick Shook 1767 01:30:29,760 --> 01:30:31,920 Speaker 1: who forked the Browns, so that comes that he needs 1768 01:30:32,000 --> 01:30:34,960 Speaker 1: to reach out to a local food bank in Cleveland 1769 01:30:35,040 --> 01:30:37,080 Speaker 1: if the Browns and probably make the playoffs. But you 1770 01:30:37,160 --> 01:30:39,240 Speaker 1: know what, I think he would sign off on that 1771 01:30:39,400 --> 01:30:43,120 Speaker 1: this was a wonky game, uh, in terms of scheduling 1772 01:30:43,200 --> 01:30:46,080 Speaker 1: as well, because you had the first game, which was 1773 01:30:46,160 --> 01:30:48,639 Speaker 1: the classic with all the scoring and it went to overtime. 1774 01:30:49,040 --> 01:30:52,760 Speaker 1: So NFL Network held all these games, so they throw 1775 01:30:52,840 --> 01:30:55,120 Speaker 1: it to this game in the second quarter, so you 1776 01:30:55,200 --> 01:30:58,080 Speaker 1: missed the first quarter and then the game goes super 1777 01:30:58,160 --> 01:31:00,280 Speaker 1: quickly and then all of a sudden and ops to 1778 01:31:00,360 --> 01:31:05,120 Speaker 1: Colleen and Steve Smith and m j D. And I 1779 01:31:05,160 --> 01:31:06,800 Speaker 1: don't want to leave the last person out? Who else 1780 01:31:06,880 --> 01:31:09,640 Speaker 1: was Mike Rob? Real Rob? They all sa had to 1781 01:31:09,680 --> 01:31:12,160 Speaker 1: feel like forty five minutes to an hour, I believe 1782 01:31:12,200 --> 01:31:15,479 Speaker 1: it was, and they did it expertly. So really a strange, 1783 01:31:16,400 --> 01:31:18,200 Speaker 1: stale mayo. I think it has to be a meat 1784 01:31:18,240 --> 01:31:22,760 Speaker 1: product in between the sour dough though lamb's tongue, So 1785 01:31:22,920 --> 01:31:25,160 Speaker 1: this is the lamb's tongue of the sandwich. I would 1786 01:31:25,200 --> 01:31:27,120 Speaker 1: sign off on that I was at a place um 1787 01:31:27,320 --> 01:31:29,360 Speaker 1: at the base of a mountain called the Party Doll, 1788 01:31:29,800 --> 01:31:32,320 Speaker 1: watching Colleen and m j D and the rest try 1789 01:31:32,360 --> 01:31:34,960 Speaker 1: to get through that it was a very strange time. 1790 01:31:35,479 --> 01:31:40,240 Speaker 1: She she was tough out there, no gloves on, and 1791 01:31:40,360 --> 01:31:43,360 Speaker 1: Steve we're hurting, was ready to go. They were getting 1792 01:31:43,360 --> 01:31:46,080 Speaker 1: after Mike Ravens are going to be killing themselves that 1793 01:31:46,160 --> 01:31:49,840 Speaker 1: they ran. Edwards went seven point nine yards per carry 1794 01:31:49,840 --> 01:31:52,120 Speaker 1: and Dobbins went nine point six and they managed to 1795 01:31:52,360 --> 01:31:54,560 Speaker 1: like not be that competitive in this game. It's a 1796 01:31:54,680 --> 01:31:57,600 Speaker 1: pretty costly I liked the real Rob's leather jacket that 1797 01:31:57,760 --> 01:32:00,960 Speaker 1: zipped up like like indent left and he kind of 1798 01:32:01,000 --> 01:32:03,200 Speaker 1: looked like a Z's friend in the leather from a 1799 01:32:03,280 --> 01:32:05,680 Speaker 1: pulp fiction the third act of pulp Ficture. It was 1800 01:32:05,720 --> 01:32:10,519 Speaker 1: a very out of the game collection. UM. Anyway, Uh, 1801 01:32:10,720 --> 01:32:12,920 Speaker 1: let's move on. We have one more game to hit. 1802 01:32:13,080 --> 01:32:15,519 Speaker 1: Back to Sunday. It was at Mile High Stadium, and 1803 01:32:15,600 --> 01:32:18,920 Speaker 1: this will be quick. They tossed it left side. Here 1804 01:32:18,960 --> 01:32:25,400 Speaker 1: comes Murray blocker out and side five touchdown. Stretch gets 1805 01:32:25,520 --> 01:32:29,599 Speaker 1: up and go celebrating. He's around weather this year. Dave 1806 01:32:29,720 --> 01:32:36,839 Speaker 1: Logan with a call ko A. Russell Wilson cleared concussion protocol, 1807 01:32:37,080 --> 01:32:39,960 Speaker 1: but the decision was made by Nathaniel Hacking and the 1808 01:32:40,000 --> 01:32:43,080 Speaker 1: Broncos to keep him on the bench after that. Um 1809 01:32:43,360 --> 01:32:46,760 Speaker 1: getting knocked out last week, so Brett Rippon steps in 1810 01:32:47,800 --> 01:32:50,880 Speaker 1: and get some help from Octavius Murray and the defense 1811 01:32:50,920 --> 01:32:53,240 Speaker 1: plays well again has been the case all season for 1812 01:32:53,280 --> 01:32:56,040 Speaker 1: the Broncos. That has never been the problem. And against 1813 01:32:56,120 --> 01:32:59,880 Speaker 1: the Cardinals team without Kyler Murray, they get the win 1814 01:33:01,200 --> 01:33:05,080 Speaker 1: to Murray greg Ran for a hundred and thirty and 1815 01:33:05,120 --> 01:33:08,040 Speaker 1: a touchdown. He's looked good and Marlon macklock better in 1816 01:33:08,080 --> 01:33:12,479 Speaker 1: this game, like keeping careers going here in Denver. It 1817 01:33:12,600 --> 01:33:15,400 Speaker 1: was sad game though, because Colt McCoy went out with 1818 01:33:15,479 --> 01:33:18,760 Speaker 1: a concussion, and considering his concussion problems over the years, 1819 01:33:19,240 --> 01:33:21,760 Speaker 1: it's concerning. He was on a third and one uh 1820 01:33:21,920 --> 01:33:24,840 Speaker 1: QB sneak at that point. The game was close. Trace 1821 01:33:24,960 --> 01:33:29,559 Speaker 1: McSorley came in and and was overmatched against this Broncos defense, 1822 01:33:29,640 --> 01:33:32,320 Speaker 1: and it wasn't that close. It was interesting. I saw 1823 01:33:32,439 --> 01:33:35,479 Speaker 1: that there was not eighteen thousand plus no shows empty 1824 01:33:35,560 --> 01:33:38,559 Speaker 1: seat Denver. In Denver, that's a that's a big deal. 1825 01:33:38,680 --> 01:33:42,280 Speaker 1: That is a football crazy town that has always loved 1826 01:33:42,280 --> 01:33:45,720 Speaker 1: their Broncos. That tells you, I mean the owner, it's 1827 01:33:45,760 --> 01:33:48,320 Speaker 1: new ownership. They're freaking out when they see all those 1828 01:33:48,320 --> 01:33:50,920 Speaker 1: empty that's I mean, I think it's the top three 1829 01:33:50,960 --> 01:33:54,639 Speaker 1: football town of any NFL city, and I have friends 1830 01:33:54,720 --> 01:33:56,760 Speaker 1: that have sitting season tickets there and I you know 1831 01:33:56,960 --> 01:33:59,920 Speaker 1: they're they've been unhappy obviously, but to not show up 1832 01:34:00,040 --> 01:34:02,160 Speaker 1: because even when the team's bad, and they had a 1833 01:34:02,200 --> 01:34:04,200 Speaker 1: lot of bad teams, it's still a great party. And 1834 01:34:04,280 --> 01:34:07,679 Speaker 1: so it's like really basically a very loud voice saying 1835 01:34:07,880 --> 01:34:09,479 Speaker 1: fix this now. And I don't know what you go 1836 01:34:09,520 --> 01:34:11,479 Speaker 1: into next season with. But Greg, I mean not to 1837 01:34:11,680 --> 01:34:14,680 Speaker 1: belabor this conversation. If Brett Rippian is going twenty one 1838 01:34:14,760 --> 01:34:16,720 Speaker 1: for twenty six, is it just a little short dump 1839 01:34:16,760 --> 01:34:18,720 Speaker 1: off passes and screens? What are we looking at here? 1840 01:34:19,040 --> 01:34:21,160 Speaker 1: That's that's so much better than what Russell Wilson was. 1841 01:34:21,280 --> 01:34:24,280 Speaker 1: That's something like wild not good throws. But I don't know. 1842 01:34:24,439 --> 01:34:26,360 Speaker 1: He had a couple of darts in there too, across 1843 01:34:26,439 --> 01:34:32,000 Speaker 1: the field and the son of or the related to 1844 01:34:32,040 --> 01:34:34,960 Speaker 1: an NFL champion. I just mean there were some pretty 1845 01:34:35,040 --> 01:34:37,760 Speaker 1: nice throws in there. I'm not going to say his 1846 01:34:38,200 --> 01:34:41,880 Speaker 1: father's name was Mark Mark Rippian, but I wanted to 1847 01:34:41,960 --> 01:34:43,599 Speaker 1: make sure that it wasn't. I'm like, sure it wasn't 1848 01:34:43,600 --> 01:34:48,080 Speaker 1: his uncle or something that was last name Rippian. I say, rip, 1849 01:34:48,920 --> 01:34:50,719 Speaker 1: That's how I've always said it. I know you always 1850 01:34:50,760 --> 01:34:53,320 Speaker 1: say it that way. There are things I say, they 1851 01:34:53,400 --> 01:34:55,760 Speaker 1: say it ripping for what it's worth. Well, then I 1852 01:34:55,800 --> 01:34:59,120 Speaker 1: should probably correct how I'm saying. Why one of those 1853 01:34:59,160 --> 01:35:02,320 Speaker 1: last names? Are you here? Different ways? I've only heard 1854 01:35:02,400 --> 01:35:05,280 Speaker 1: it from you, Rippean, it's R Y P I E N. 1855 01:35:05,360 --> 01:35:07,439 Speaker 1: So I think even as a child, a young football fan, 1856 01:35:07,560 --> 01:35:10,680 Speaker 1: I was hearing it. Exactly, I understand. So if it 1857 01:35:10,760 --> 01:35:12,800 Speaker 1: was in your head back, then it's not. I'm not 1858 01:35:12,880 --> 01:35:16,520 Speaker 1: trying to stage shade confrontation with the family over as 1859 01:35:17,080 --> 01:35:21,840 Speaker 1: Merry Christmas from the Rampians exactly. All right, We've come 1860 01:35:21,960 --> 01:35:25,000 Speaker 1: to the end of the yellow Brick Roads. Sunday Night 1861 01:35:25,280 --> 01:35:32,400 Speaker 1: football from Landover Giants Commanders. The winner seventies something we 1862 01:35:32,520 --> 01:35:35,800 Speaker 1: sent chance of making the playoffs. The loser thirty something 1863 01:35:35,960 --> 01:35:39,160 Speaker 1: percent chance of making the playoffs. Yeah, you could say 1864 01:35:39,200 --> 01:35:43,160 Speaker 1: it's a big game. Shiant fans on their feet here 1865 01:35:43,200 --> 01:35:46,840 Speaker 1: in Washington, trying to urge on this defense. Heinecke in 1866 01:35:46,880 --> 01:35:49,479 Speaker 1: a shotgun set. It's the snap, he's back to throw, 1867 01:35:49,600 --> 01:35:53,040 Speaker 1: he's under pressure, he backs away from pressure, still looking now, 1868 01:35:53,200 --> 01:35:55,280 Speaker 1: rolls left, clows into the end zone. And it's not 1869 01:35:55,439 --> 01:36:00,639 Speaker 1: the way to complete Carne Holmes knocking away Tipodeaux had 1870 01:36:00,680 --> 01:36:03,559 Speaker 1: a monster game, but Darnay Holmes makes to keep playing 1871 01:36:04,040 --> 01:36:07,879 Speaker 1: on Samuel and the Giant fans rejoice here at FedEx 1872 01:36:07,960 --> 01:36:12,360 Speaker 1: Field hows they hold on on a fourth and goal 1873 01:36:12,560 --> 01:36:20,000 Speaker 1: the sixth, leading by eight. New York City. If you're 1874 01:36:20,080 --> 01:36:26,479 Speaker 1: here in the tinsel Town tune stars, you know the 1875 01:36:26,680 --> 01:36:31,000 Speaker 1: Jiman came out on top with some help from the officials. Man, 1876 01:36:31,080 --> 01:36:34,360 Speaker 1: the officials did not cover themselves in glory this weekend. 1877 01:36:34,960 --> 01:36:37,040 Speaker 1: I'll tell you what a wow own. That was a 1878 01:36:37,080 --> 01:36:43,559 Speaker 1: pass interference. Anyway, the Giants get the big stop Cavon 1879 01:36:43,600 --> 01:36:46,360 Speaker 1: Thibodeau had our friend, our buddy had the big sack 1880 01:36:46,400 --> 01:36:49,120 Speaker 1: bumble recovery touchdown earlier in the game. That set the tone, 1881 01:36:49,800 --> 01:36:52,639 Speaker 1: and Washington looked like they were going in for a score. 1882 01:36:52,640 --> 01:36:54,360 Speaker 1: In fact, they did go in for a score, and 1883 01:36:54,439 --> 01:36:56,840 Speaker 1: we're setting up for the two point conversion to try 1884 01:36:56,920 --> 01:37:00,519 Speaker 1: to push the game to overtime, but no, another contrayson calling. 1885 01:37:00,600 --> 01:37:04,400 Speaker 1: Terry McLaurin wipes away a t D and then yes, 1886 01:37:04,520 --> 01:37:06,880 Speaker 1: that final player you just heard, twenty to twelve final 1887 01:37:07,479 --> 01:37:10,200 Speaker 1: Giants in control now for that playoff spot, and Mark 1888 01:37:10,240 --> 01:37:14,479 Speaker 1: Sessler um good job by the Giants. Again, this kind 1889 01:37:14,520 --> 01:37:17,599 Speaker 1: of harkened back to the earlier part of their season 1890 01:37:17,680 --> 01:37:20,400 Speaker 1: where they kind of find a way. Yeah, I mean 1891 01:37:20,439 --> 01:37:25,280 Speaker 1: i'd I'd point to Brian Dable making what I thought 1892 01:37:25,360 --> 01:37:28,440 Speaker 1: was the call of the game. There was that really incredible. 1893 01:37:28,479 --> 01:37:30,519 Speaker 1: And we've seen a couple of great drives today. Um, 1894 01:37:30,600 --> 01:37:33,560 Speaker 1: this was an eighteen play nineties seven yard drive that 1895 01:37:33,640 --> 01:37:37,240 Speaker 1: eighty eight up eight plus minutes and he went forth 1896 01:37:37,280 --> 01:37:39,840 Speaker 1: from fourth to nine from the Commanders thirty five and 1897 01:37:39,920 --> 01:37:41,800 Speaker 1: it went They converted and went on to score a 1898 01:37:41,880 --> 01:37:44,960 Speaker 1: touchdown to go fourteen to three. I'd love that about Dable. 1899 01:37:45,000 --> 01:37:47,040 Speaker 1: That's the one thing about this team all year long. 1900 01:37:47,080 --> 01:37:50,400 Speaker 1: Are they a talented team? Are they their record? No? 1901 01:37:50,920 --> 01:37:53,080 Speaker 1: But Dable has put them in position to do those 1902 01:37:53,120 --> 01:37:55,000 Speaker 1: types of things where I flipped the flip it around 1903 01:37:55,000 --> 01:37:57,519 Speaker 1: and look at riverboat Ron, who is not riding on 1904 01:37:57,600 --> 01:38:00,519 Speaker 1: a riverboat at the moment. Who chose to two points 1905 01:38:00,600 --> 01:38:03,639 Speaker 1: punt from the Giants thirty four yard line and also 1906 01:38:03,760 --> 01:38:06,720 Speaker 1: from the Giants forty yard line, And these are two 1907 01:38:06,760 --> 01:38:09,320 Speaker 1: teams that look at look at similar situations in different ways. 1908 01:38:09,360 --> 01:38:11,519 Speaker 1: Everything you're saying I agree with, but I can't get 1909 01:38:11,600 --> 01:38:13,000 Speaker 1: past the end of the game in the way that 1910 01:38:13,240 --> 01:38:16,160 Speaker 1: this was handled by the refs, because Terry mcclaurin looks 1911 01:38:16,240 --> 01:38:19,240 Speaker 1: twice to the officials on the side to see if 1912 01:38:19,280 --> 01:38:21,519 Speaker 1: he's lined up properly. Because when the guy in the 1913 01:38:21,560 --> 01:38:23,519 Speaker 1: slot moves out, he now has to be at the 1914 01:38:23,560 --> 01:38:26,000 Speaker 1: line of scrimmage. He looks over twice to the official 1915 01:38:26,280 --> 01:38:28,960 Speaker 1: and and twice it appears he doesn't get any signal 1916 01:38:29,080 --> 01:38:31,320 Speaker 1: to say, no, you're not there. I would love to 1917 01:38:31,400 --> 01:38:33,600 Speaker 1: hear what they're saying after the game about that. And 1918 01:38:33,640 --> 01:38:37,639 Speaker 1: then a clear and obvious p I also goes against 1919 01:38:37,720 --> 01:38:40,080 Speaker 1: Washington here and yet Greg, I guess the way to 1920 01:38:40,120 --> 01:38:42,400 Speaker 1: look at it is, yes, they kind of got job there, 1921 01:38:42,680 --> 01:38:45,719 Speaker 1: but there was some fumble luck and interception luck dropped 1922 01:38:45,760 --> 01:38:49,720 Speaker 1: interception by Taylor Heineke on a fumble snap, So it 1923 01:38:49,760 --> 01:38:52,280 Speaker 1: was a bit of a sloppy and in general, but God, 1924 01:38:52,320 --> 01:38:54,400 Speaker 1: what people are gonna be talking about is the officiating, 1925 01:38:54,439 --> 01:38:57,360 Speaker 1: which is stinks, you know, like this, It was fitting 1926 01:38:57,479 --> 01:39:01,240 Speaker 1: for these two teams that it came down to the 1927 01:39:01,520 --> 01:39:03,479 Speaker 1: end like that, and it was a little ugly at 1928 01:39:03,520 --> 01:39:07,639 Speaker 1: the end because Washington could not finish drives throughout the night. 1929 01:39:08,880 --> 01:39:11,479 Speaker 1: Did they score touchdown. They score one touchdown in the game, 1930 01:39:11,560 --> 01:39:14,240 Speaker 1: and they got inside the tent a few times there 1931 01:39:14,400 --> 01:39:19,080 Speaker 1: at the end. But the past interference was so beyond play. 1932 01:39:19,200 --> 01:39:22,080 Speaker 1: And it wasn't just at the catch point where he 1933 01:39:22,200 --> 01:39:25,000 Speaker 1: has his hands all over him and his restricting dots 1934 01:39:25,040 --> 01:39:27,439 Speaker 1: and Johan Dotson who made a great catch earlier in 1935 01:39:27,520 --> 01:39:32,120 Speaker 1: that drive to set up the game ending sequence. Uh. 1936 01:39:32,840 --> 01:39:36,519 Speaker 1: He also grabbed Dotson's arm earlier in the route to 1937 01:39:36,600 --> 01:39:38,560 Speaker 1: the point where Dotson had to like move up his 1938 01:39:38,640 --> 01:39:40,720 Speaker 1: sleeves during the play. I've never seen that before, Like 1939 01:39:41,040 --> 01:39:42,760 Speaker 1: do you need to have your sleeves back in place 1940 01:39:42,880 --> 01:39:45,160 Speaker 1: during the play. But that's that's how much contact there was, 1941 01:39:45,280 --> 01:39:48,160 Speaker 1: and it is a disappointing end uh to the game. 1942 01:39:48,360 --> 01:39:50,200 Speaker 1: But I don't think it should take away from that 1943 01:39:50,280 --> 01:39:53,760 Speaker 1: se Juan Barkley performance either, um in terms of him 1944 01:39:53,840 --> 01:39:56,280 Speaker 1: breaking tackles in that last drive that that felt like 1945 01:39:56,479 --> 01:39:59,320 Speaker 1: kind of a great sae Quon Barkley moment, uh in 1946 01:39:59,400 --> 01:40:01,760 Speaker 1: a season where he had been struggling over the last month. 1947 01:40:03,280 --> 01:40:07,680 Speaker 1: Is there not a better argument for reviewing past interference. 1948 01:40:07,760 --> 01:40:11,240 Speaker 1: Maybe you review past interference in the red zone. YEA, 1949 01:40:11,280 --> 01:40:13,000 Speaker 1: I know, but we could be through it. But if 1950 01:40:13,000 --> 01:40:14,920 Speaker 1: the if the answers, we don't you get this tonight, 1951 01:40:15,160 --> 01:40:17,000 Speaker 1: because Dan, I agree it like you asked me to, Like, 1952 01:40:17,479 --> 01:40:19,679 Speaker 1: there's no bigger playing this game than that, and that's 1953 01:40:19,760 --> 01:40:21,479 Speaker 1: that's going to be the talking point, and no other 1954 01:40:21,520 --> 01:40:23,680 Speaker 1: play kind of matters. But the thing is there were 1955 01:40:23,680 --> 01:40:25,200 Speaker 1: a lot of other players that mattered in this game 1956 01:40:25,280 --> 01:40:27,400 Speaker 1: that when it comes down to that, if that can't 1957 01:40:27,439 --> 01:40:30,640 Speaker 1: be reviewed, the McLaren think it actually is more mystifying 1958 01:40:30,760 --> 01:40:33,240 Speaker 1: to me. Well, here's the thing, and I Collinsworth said it, 1959 01:40:33,400 --> 01:40:35,639 Speaker 1: and collins with obviously he's been doing this a million years, 1960 01:40:35,680 --> 01:40:37,840 Speaker 1: and he played the game and he he makes the 1961 01:40:37,920 --> 01:40:40,600 Speaker 1: comment that the officials do not want to make a 1962 01:40:40,760 --> 01:40:43,639 Speaker 1: call in that point of the game. And I agree 1963 01:40:43,720 --> 01:40:47,000 Speaker 1: with that. When it's ticky tack, when it's just hand fighting, 1964 01:40:47,360 --> 01:40:49,320 Speaker 1: yes you let the game get settled. But when it 1965 01:40:49,400 --> 01:40:52,800 Speaker 1: crosses that line where it's very clear what's happening, you 1966 01:40:52,920 --> 01:40:55,280 Speaker 1: just can't miss that call. And and I just think 1967 01:40:55,320 --> 01:40:58,240 Speaker 1: after especially the way this weekend started with the Vikings 1968 01:40:58,320 --> 01:41:01,240 Speaker 1: and there were some just terrible officiating in that game 1969 01:41:01,280 --> 01:41:03,800 Speaker 1: as well. To have another Island game at the end 1970 01:41:03,880 --> 01:41:07,519 Speaker 1: of otherwise great weekend of football, it's crazy um, that's 1971 01:41:07,560 --> 01:41:10,320 Speaker 1: just the way it played out. But you know, Washington, 1972 01:41:10,520 --> 01:41:14,719 Speaker 1: it feels like if they look back on this season 1973 01:41:14,760 --> 01:41:18,360 Speaker 1: and it's outside the playoffs, it wasn't just those calls. 1974 01:41:18,439 --> 01:41:22,040 Speaker 1: It was the previous possession where they're going towards the 1975 01:41:22,120 --> 01:41:24,599 Speaker 1: end zone again and Heineke gets knocked down and loses 1976 01:41:24,680 --> 01:41:26,679 Speaker 1: the ball and they review it and it's a fumble. 1977 01:41:27,160 --> 01:41:30,280 Speaker 1: Another huge turnover in this game. And I think for Washington, 1978 01:41:30,360 --> 01:41:32,720 Speaker 1: while the momentum they had coming off the by with 1979 01:41:32,800 --> 01:41:35,360 Speaker 1: the Giants and a lot of trouble, to let this 1980 01:41:35,439 --> 01:41:37,800 Speaker 1: game get away at home, that hurts. Yeah, And there's 1981 01:41:37,920 --> 01:41:40,080 Speaker 1: it's there are little other things like they were. It 1982 01:41:40,200 --> 01:41:45,120 Speaker 1: was fourteen to nine, and why because Washington converted to 1983 01:41:45,160 --> 01:41:47,920 Speaker 1: two point conversion, there's an O P I so it's 1984 01:41:47,960 --> 01:41:50,479 Speaker 1: taken away. They line up Joey slide for the P 1985 01:41:50,640 --> 01:41:52,360 Speaker 1: A T and he misses it. I mean, just little 1986 01:41:52,439 --> 01:41:55,799 Speaker 1: points and plays left on the board here for Washington 1987 01:41:55,840 --> 01:41:58,160 Speaker 1: because they are sloppy team. So are the Giants in 1988 01:41:58,200 --> 01:42:00,559 Speaker 1: many ways. And it's like, all right that you could 1989 01:42:00,560 --> 01:42:02,800 Speaker 1: play this time things twelve times and they probably would 1990 01:42:02,840 --> 01:42:05,120 Speaker 1: each when at six there I don't see a huge 1991 01:42:05,160 --> 01:42:07,560 Speaker 1: difference between these It's crazy. This is uh, this is 1992 01:42:07,640 --> 01:42:10,120 Speaker 1: a case for having a week off. Arrest is like 1993 01:42:10,280 --> 01:42:13,920 Speaker 1: overrated because they tied, the Giants had the week off 1994 01:42:14,040 --> 01:42:17,360 Speaker 1: that while the Giants are getting blasted come back and 1995 01:42:17,479 --> 01:42:20,680 Speaker 1: then lose. I gotta give the Giants defense credit for 1996 01:42:20,760 --> 01:42:22,719 Speaker 1: playing with a lot of energy. I know the stats 1997 01:42:22,840 --> 01:42:25,400 Speaker 1: ended up being in Washington's favor, but especially early in 1998 01:42:25,439 --> 01:42:29,080 Speaker 1: the game, Thibodeaux was all over the place. He gets seven. 1999 01:42:29,479 --> 01:42:32,160 Speaker 1: We we said, I think going into it, they're gonna 2000 01:42:32,240 --> 01:42:34,800 Speaker 1: need some Heineke mistakes in this game. In Heineke through 2001 01:42:34,840 --> 01:42:37,320 Speaker 1: the ball well, but he lost two fumbles. He fumbled 2002 01:42:37,320 --> 01:42:40,519 Speaker 1: twice against the Giants on in the first game against 2003 01:42:40,600 --> 01:42:43,960 Speaker 1: them as well. And those two fumbles and Thibodeau scoring 2004 01:42:44,080 --> 01:42:46,599 Speaker 1: seven and getting a few other tackles for lost also 2005 01:42:46,840 --> 01:42:49,640 Speaker 1: twelve total tackles. Like he's in coverage on one of 2006 01:42:49,680 --> 01:42:51,519 Speaker 1: the biggest plays in the game. I'm not sure about that, 2007 01:42:51,640 --> 01:42:54,160 Speaker 1: but it's like he was all over the place. Ocelari 2008 01:42:54,240 --> 01:42:55,840 Speaker 1: had a big play at the end to like their 2009 01:42:55,880 --> 01:42:57,760 Speaker 1: defense played with energy. That was on that third and 2010 01:42:57,840 --> 01:43:00,120 Speaker 1: six where he's dragging Heinike down to the ground own 2011 01:43:00,160 --> 01:43:04,360 Speaker 1: and Heinik throws these short and completion, which the Giants 2012 01:43:04,439 --> 01:43:06,479 Speaker 1: probably just need to win one more game. They're well, 2013 01:43:06,600 --> 01:43:09,120 Speaker 1: they're at eight wins. If you get to nine in 2014 01:43:09,320 --> 01:43:14,479 Speaker 1: less Detroit UH or Seattle wins, all three Giants are 2015 01:43:14,560 --> 01:43:17,640 Speaker 1: probably in. And according to ESPN Analytics, the Giants now 2016 01:43:17,720 --> 01:43:20,560 Speaker 1: have a nine percent chance of reaching the playoffs and 2017 01:43:20,600 --> 01:43:22,759 Speaker 1: Washington is down to thirty six. So just a massive 2018 01:43:23,280 --> 01:43:25,599 Speaker 1: uh swing in that game. I have our friend Mark 2019 01:43:25,640 --> 01:43:28,280 Speaker 1: Cavon Thibodeau. He did that thing on the field where 2020 01:43:28,280 --> 01:43:31,080 Speaker 1: they take your camera and you do the selfie video 2021 01:43:31,479 --> 01:43:33,280 Speaker 1: and you're very amped up. I'm gonna play it for 2022 01:43:33,360 --> 01:43:36,000 Speaker 1: everyone right now. You see all we got one on 2023 01:43:36,479 --> 01:43:39,160 Speaker 1: and you see my hair crazy. But that's December. Football 2024 01:43:39,479 --> 01:43:41,720 Speaker 1: is below two degrees and were trying to play and 2025 01:43:41,760 --> 01:43:44,320 Speaker 1: we're trying to finish. Man, go big Blue. I wish 2026 01:43:44,479 --> 01:43:47,040 Speaker 1: we had that guy in the studio back in June. Mark. 2027 01:43:47,240 --> 01:43:48,519 Speaker 1: He got poked in the I at the end of 2028 01:43:48,560 --> 01:43:50,720 Speaker 1: the game, Thibodeaux, But this is why they made him 2029 01:43:50,960 --> 01:43:52,840 Speaker 1: a top five pick in the draft, to have this 2030 01:43:52,920 --> 01:43:55,280 Speaker 1: type of impact game in primetime. That was his coming 2031 01:43:55,320 --> 01:43:57,000 Speaker 1: out party. Big game. Yeah. I think if we could 2032 01:43:57,040 --> 01:43:59,160 Speaker 1: have um, you know, seen the future and told him 2033 01:43:59,160 --> 01:44:01,680 Speaker 1: how the asked couple the last month or so, we 2034 01:44:01,840 --> 01:44:03,680 Speaker 1: go for him and share that news with the nut 2035 01:44:03,720 --> 01:44:06,280 Speaker 1: interview might have gone a little bit better, But I 2036 01:44:06,320 --> 01:44:09,360 Speaker 1: would say this, he is has been a successful pick 2037 01:44:09,479 --> 01:44:11,920 Speaker 1: for the Giants so far last like four or five 2038 01:44:12,000 --> 01:44:15,280 Speaker 1: six weeks. He's making plays every single time they finally 2039 01:44:15,360 --> 01:44:18,919 Speaker 1: have someone. Now the Giants are in a much better position. 2040 01:44:19,120 --> 01:44:21,280 Speaker 1: And yet I'm just gonna be real with the listeners, 2041 01:44:22,000 --> 01:44:23,560 Speaker 1: I don't want to watch either of these teams in 2042 01:44:23,600 --> 01:44:25,960 Speaker 1: the playoffs. I'm rooting for a scenario where they both 2043 01:44:26,040 --> 01:44:28,679 Speaker 1: fall out. I don't know if that's possible, the backers 2044 01:44:28,760 --> 01:44:33,280 Speaker 1: even could get in there, or I'm just saying two 2045 01:44:33,320 --> 01:44:36,479 Speaker 1: of those three teams I've seen enough. NFC Washington has 2046 01:44:36,520 --> 01:44:40,519 Speaker 1: San Francisco, the Eagles in San Francisco, Cleveland, and Dallas, 2047 01:44:40,600 --> 01:44:43,760 Speaker 1: So Washington is not so easy slate. The first round 2048 01:44:43,800 --> 01:44:45,880 Speaker 1: of the NFC playoffs isn't gonna be so hot because 2049 01:44:45,880 --> 01:44:48,120 Speaker 1: you're gonna have an NFC South team and one of 2050 01:44:48,160 --> 01:44:51,559 Speaker 1: these types of teams. For what it's worth, NBC's Terry McAuley, 2051 01:44:51,560 --> 01:44:54,920 Speaker 1: who's their referee guy, said it was definite dp I 2052 01:44:55,040 --> 01:44:57,599 Speaker 1: on Giants and end Zone and he wouldn't have thrown 2053 01:44:57,920 --> 01:45:01,599 Speaker 1: the flag for commander's wide receiver lining. Oh but how 2054 01:45:01,680 --> 01:45:06,160 Speaker 1: do you see the problems? Right? I gotta say macauley. 2055 01:45:06,760 --> 01:45:09,479 Speaker 1: I could be wrong here, But is it mere? Does it? 2056 01:45:09,600 --> 01:45:13,439 Speaker 1: Seemed like some of the other official analysts Sometimes there's 2057 01:45:13,439 --> 01:45:16,800 Speaker 1: a lot of officials. I think McCauley comes for the heads. Yeah, 2058 01:45:16,880 --> 01:45:19,920 Speaker 1: that's why he gets bricks through his window with the 2059 01:45:20,040 --> 01:45:23,280 Speaker 1: paper with the rubber band, Like stop now, Terry. He won't. 2060 01:45:23,360 --> 01:45:25,639 Speaker 1: He won't stop because he can't, because he's a beacon 2061 01:45:25,680 --> 01:45:28,000 Speaker 1: of truth. You can't stop a name. A man named 2062 01:45:28,080 --> 01:45:34,920 Speaker 1: Terry can't stop it. Terry. Okay, the West Bros locked 2063 01:45:35,000 --> 01:45:41,479 Speaker 1: the commanders, did they? Why do I never we taped 2064 01:45:41,520 --> 01:45:46,559 Speaker 1: too many shows? Okay, all right, good stuff, good app 2065 01:45:47,080 --> 01:45:50,240 Speaker 1: Not keep it up this week? Nick? Why you gotta 2066 01:45:50,280 --> 01:45:53,479 Speaker 1: do that? You don't need it? Um? Nick hanging there? 2067 01:45:53,520 --> 01:45:56,080 Speaker 1: But hey, keep fighting. We'll be back on Monday, Monday 2068 01:45:56,160 --> 01:46:01,400 Speaker 1: Night Football recap, Greg Rosenthal and Bill barn about coming 2069 01:46:01,439 --> 01:46:06,439 Speaker 1: back Billy be visit to talk Rams and the Packers 2070 01:46:06,560 --> 01:46:10,040 Speaker 1: from lambeau Field. And then we'll be back Tuesday. And 2071 01:46:10,120 --> 01:46:12,439 Speaker 1: then we go through the whole thing again. The wheel, 2072 01:46:13,479 --> 01:46:17,439 Speaker 1: the wheel and the sky keeps on turning. Steve Burd 2073 01:46:17,840 --> 01:46:24,920 Speaker 1: all right, thanks for sticking around, he'd the call