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Speaker 1: Yeah, this is Straight Fire with Jason McIntyre. What's up?

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Speaker 1: Everybody's me Jason McIntyre here on Straight Fire, Thursday, October eight.

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Speaker 1: Thank you for spending your morning with me. It was

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Speaker 1: a kind of a slow night in the McIntyre household.

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Speaker 1: No NBA, which was a nice little respite. No NFL.

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Speaker 1: I did take in a little bit of the vice

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Speaker 1: presidential debate. Um, it was unrecognizable. I mean, the civility,

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Speaker 1: the logic addressing topics. It was actually decent watch for

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Speaker 1: a little bit. I did watch some baseball. It feels

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Speaker 1: like my Yankees are in some trouble. That down now

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Speaker 1: to one to the Rays. They got lit up badly

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Speaker 1: in Game three, and um, I looked at the starting

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Speaker 1: pitcher for Game four. It's someone named Jordan Montgomery, and

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Speaker 1: I'm not that familiar with his work on the Yanks.

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Speaker 1: I noticed he hasn't started in two weeks and the

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Speaker 1: last time he saw the Rays, he didn't get out

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Speaker 1: That would suck if they get bounced from the MLB postseason.

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Speaker 1: Braids looked good and um yeah, I mean, listen, baseball

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Speaker 1: playoffs are providing a nice afternoon of content. It's been

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Speaker 1: a great run, right. The NBA bubble I thought was fantastic.

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Speaker 1: I don't care about the ratings, will address them later. Um.

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Speaker 1: And then of course now that we got football like

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Speaker 1: this is just a great start to the month. And

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Speaker 1: you know, I figured we do something a little different

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Speaker 1: today with the podcast. We would dive right in to

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Speaker 1: an interview I did with Peter King on Wednesday, some

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Speaker 1: really awesome stuff. You guys know Peter King, he was

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Speaker 1: at Sports Illustrated, an icon there did Monday Morning Quarterback.

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Speaker 1: I mean, the guy was. He really built his name

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Speaker 1: to NBC Sports, and um, he always puts out the

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Speaker 1: best content. He's as plugged in as anyone I've ever

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Speaker 1: met on the NFL. And uh, you know, I saw

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Speaker 1: him at the ft FS one back when the studio

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Speaker 1: was open before the Super Bowl, and we caught up

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Speaker 1: briefly then. And Peter King just such a nice guy.

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Speaker 1: I will say this before we get to the interview.

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Speaker 1: When I was a young guy starting out with the website, UM,

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Speaker 1: who I was. I just said, hey, I'm a big fan,

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Speaker 1: I like your stuff. Blah blah blah. Would you do

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Speaker 1: an interview over email and I'll post it on the site. Now,

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Speaker 1: go to Instagram or Facebook. And it really worked and

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Speaker 1: Peter King, I went big game hunting early. Peter King responded,

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Speaker 1: you know, we get became friendly. He came on my

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Speaker 1: Saturday radio show, and he's just he's really the dean

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Speaker 1: of NFL journalists, just a true class act. And here

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Speaker 1: but for everything he doesn't. He knows a guy who does.

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Speaker 1: Let's just say I know a guy who who knows

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Speaker 1: into straight fire. A guy I've known for proof probably

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Speaker 1: fifteen years now. He's basically the deed of NFL sportswriters,

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Speaker 1: really good class act, a good human being. Peter King,

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Speaker 1: the legend. Peter. How are you, man, Jason, I'm doing great.

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Speaker 1: How are you? That's good? I'm you know, I'm doing

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Speaker 1: all right. I'm hanging in there with this NFL COVID situation. Peter.

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Speaker 1: It's every morning you wake up and you're like, Okay,

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Speaker 1: who tested positive? What team is not handling it? Well?

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Speaker 1: long time, Peter. This is like nothing we've seen before. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: Now is that fair to to two teams that essentially

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Speaker 1: think he's got a chance to be a top ten quarterback.

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Speaker 1: He's not there yet, but he's got this year and

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Speaker 1: some to prove it. Alright, So, Peter, last question here.

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Speaker 1: I looked at the Kansas City Chiefs schedule, and amazingly,

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Speaker 1: out of their final twelve games too are against teams

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Speaker 1: that currently have a winning record. They gotta play Tampa

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Speaker 1: and Brady and then in two weeks Josh Allen and

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Speaker 1: Buffalo after Other than that, you know, there is the

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Speaker 1: Saints on the schedule, which could be tough. But other

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Speaker 1: than that, Peter, this chief schedule really lines up for

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Speaker 1: them to potentially go sixteen and no. No, I know

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Speaker 1: they do play down two opponent's level sometimes Brian Hoyer

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Speaker 1: this week, Uh, the Chargers a couple of weeks ago.

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Speaker 1: But you know Andy Reid as well as anyone, he

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Speaker 1: finally broke through and got the super Bowl. If this

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Speaker 1: guy breaks through and gets a sixteen and no regular season,

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Speaker 1: I think Andy Reid vaults into Is this guy like

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Speaker 1: a top five coach in NFL history? Do you think

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Speaker 1: he's the type who would go for a sixteen and no, Peter, No,

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Speaker 1: I really don't, and and I and I would, I'd

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Speaker 1: just be a little cautious about, uh, you know, about

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Speaker 1: the Chiefs right now, because yes, of course they have

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Speaker 1: a chance because there four and all these four no

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Speaker 1: teams could go sixteen and now. But I think you

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Speaker 1: have to look at a couple of things. In Week two,

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Speaker 1: they go to l a and they just about lay

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Speaker 1: a total leg almost lose to Justin Herbert in his

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Speaker 1: first start in the NFL. Need to go laid into

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Speaker 1: overtime with a fifty eight yard field goal to win

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Speaker 1: the game. So you know, there's a little bit of

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Speaker 1: a raised eyebrow. Then you come forward and you play

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Speaker 1: a team you know very well, the New England Patriots,

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Speaker 1: with a terrible quarterback situation. The game is just handed

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Speaker 1: to you on a silver platter, really, and now there's

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Speaker 1: thirteen minutes left in the game, and you take a

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Speaker 1: ball over after the Patriots score and you're only a

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Speaker 1: head thirteen to ten, and and I guess, I guess

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Speaker 1: the point I would make about this is when you

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Speaker 1: look at the Kansas City Chiefs, they struggle to beat

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Speaker 1: the Chargers, and then you know they need Bay basically,

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Speaker 1: you know they need a late touchdown um and also

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Speaker 1: obviously they need they need two touchdowns in the second half,

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Speaker 1: UM to win that game. So I guess I sort

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Speaker 1: of look at this and I say, look, I I

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Speaker 1: agree with you. I think this is a this is

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Speaker 1: a very very good team, and at its peak it's

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Speaker 1: an absolute steamroller. But a couple of times they really

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Speaker 1: haven't been at their peak yet this year. Yeah, they

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Speaker 1: do play down to the level A right, Peter King. Hey,

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Speaker 1: thanks a lot for the time, Peter. Enjoy the rest

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Speaker 1: of the season, and you know, love your stuff everywhere.

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Speaker 1: UM any anything you want to plug to wrap up

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Speaker 1: the podcast here? No, not really. I mean, hey, look,

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Speaker 1: I write this column Football Morning in America on Monday,

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Speaker 1: and it's really that in the podcast is really all

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Speaker 1: I do. Most of what I do, I do some

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Speaker 1: television and video work, but but I have totally gotten

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Speaker 1: into this column. It's longer than it ever has been.

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Speaker 1: I think it's better than it than when I used

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Speaker 1: to write Monday Morning Quarterback at s I. But that's

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Speaker 1: really about the only thing I love to plug these days.

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Speaker 1: All right, Peter, stay safe out there and enjoy the

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Speaker 1: football all the best. Thank you. Jason. The only thing

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Speaker 1: better than sitting on your couch watching the game he's

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Speaker 1: making money while you do it. Here's your best bet, alright,

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Speaker 1: So the best bet is sitting at sixteen and four.

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Speaker 1: What one and one on Tuesday night in the NBA Finals,

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Speaker 1: got that first quarter Lakers cover easily, and of course

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Speaker 1: Tyler Hero hits that three over Anthony Davis with one

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Speaker 1: second left to give the Heat the cover. That that

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Speaker 1: was a tough one. But you know what one and

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Speaker 1: one not the end of the world. Now sixteen and

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Speaker 1: four and I'm going with Bucks Bears. Pretty interesting game

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Speaker 1: tonight actually, and the fascinating line movement here, folks. You

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Speaker 1: guys know that the look aheadlines are actionable online for

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Speaker 1: the following week. So for next week's games. If you

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Speaker 1: see something tasty for week six, you want to jump

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Speaker 1: on Chiefs, Bills or Ravens Eagles, you can do that.

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Speaker 1: You can do that right now. The look aheadline for

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Speaker 1: Tampa Chicago was three. Okay, Then Sunday happens. Tampa comes

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Speaker 1: back and beat the Chargers. The Bears look completely inept

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Speaker 1: in getting destroyed by the Colts, and the line pops

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Speaker 1: up to five, five and a half six. I mean,

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Speaker 1: if you watch the Bears Sunday, you have zero confidence

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Speaker 1: that they can move the football, that Nick Foles is

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Speaker 1: the answer. I think I put out a joking tweet

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Speaker 1: that Mitchell Robinsky was texting his friends and family from

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Speaker 1: the bench, like, how did I lose my job to

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Speaker 1: this guy? Folds look like he had no idea what

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Speaker 1: the culture doing defensively. So the end of this line

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Speaker 1: movement was well, sorry. So the lineman was super interesting

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Speaker 1: early in the week, and then as the team start

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Speaker 1: sarted practicing, the line craters and all you guys started

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Speaker 1: hitting me up on Instagram. I got so many d

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Speaker 1: m s about this, Jay. I know you said you

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Speaker 1: like Tampa on Monday, because I did say that on

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Speaker 1: Monday's podcast. I loved it. I took Tampa at five,

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Speaker 1: I bet them at five on Monday, and now it's

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Speaker 1: down to three and a half four? What what? What's

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Speaker 1: the lean? And the reason the line came down significantly

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Speaker 1: is the injuries to Tampa's skill position players. Folks, this

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Speaker 1: is crazy, okay. Tampa's number one wide receivers, Mike Evans,

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Speaker 1: he was gimpy with an ankle. He missed about a

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Speaker 1: quarter against the Chargers, was able to come back scored.

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Speaker 1: Was I mean Mike Evans is a beast. Okay, he

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Speaker 1: didn't practice this week and he's questionable for tonight. I

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Speaker 1: think he'll give it a go. Their number two receiver,

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Speaker 1: Chris Godwin out with a hamstring injury. Their number three

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Speaker 1: receivers Scotty Miller. He's the new Wes Welker, Julian Edelman,

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Speaker 1: friend of Tom uh small white guy who runs crisp

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Speaker 1: routes and you know, can get yelled at by Brady

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Speaker 1: and you know he'll he'll clean his act up. Scotty

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Speaker 1: Miller has likely practiced this week. He's listed as questionable.

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Speaker 1: The number four receivers is kid named Justin Watson. I'm

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Speaker 1: certain he's the guy who ran the bad route that

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Speaker 1: resulted in Brady's pick six against the Chargers. He's a

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Speaker 1: kid out of the IVY League who has twenty three

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Speaker 1: career receptions. He's out. So you're down your number two receiver,

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Speaker 1: your number four receiver, and I'm looking at the depth

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Speaker 1: chart and I'm like, Okay, who's behind them? Oh, okay,

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Speaker 1: A kid by the name of Tyler Johnson, a rookie

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Speaker 1: out of Minnesota, really nice player at Minnesota. And someone

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Speaker 1: named Jaden Mickens. I had to look this guy up

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Speaker 1: and like find an article because I didn't think this

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Speaker 1: was possible. He hasn't caught an NFL pass since I

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Speaker 1: don't know if he's run an NFL route since then.

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Speaker 1: He's primarily a punt returner. Listen, we know Tom Brady

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Speaker 1: is going to be looking around in the huddle being

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Speaker 1: like I left New England for this, remember the weapons

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Speaker 1: Brady had a newing when we're not up to part

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Speaker 1: last year. And now he's gonna look in the huddle

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Speaker 1: and he's gonna look at Tyler Johnson and Jaden Mickens,

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Speaker 1: who were probably gonna be nervous as hell to be

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Speaker 1: playing with the goat on Thursday night football, probably for

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Speaker 1: what million people watching the game. And we know Tom

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Speaker 1: has a temper when it comes to guys who don't listen.

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Speaker 1: So that's just the receivers. I haven't even got to

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Speaker 1: Tampa's running back situation yet. Okay, so their number one

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Speaker 1: running back is Ronald Jones, very good player. Um had

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Speaker 1: over a hundred yards against the Chargers. I like him.

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Speaker 1: The backup Leonard four Nette, he's still out. The third

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Speaker 1: string running back Lashawn McCoy. He also was injured against

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Speaker 1: the Chargers. I think it was an ankle. He's not playing,

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Speaker 1: so they're down running backs number two and three. I

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Speaker 1: like their number four guy, Keyshawn Vaughn, a rookie out

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Speaker 1: of Vandy. If you're in a twelve or fourteen team

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Speaker 1: fantasy league, you're gonna want to kick the tires on

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Speaker 1: Keyshawn Vaughn. Here's the bad news. Those are the only

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Speaker 1: running backs on the roster due to COVID. You can't

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Speaker 1: just sign a guy. So Tampa's going into this game

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Speaker 1: with two running backs. That's it. And then you look

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Speaker 1: at tight end and they just lost O. J. Howard

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Speaker 1: for the season with an achilles. I do believe the

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Speaker 1: tight end is going to be the position to watch

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Speaker 1: your Cameron, brad and Gronkowski are the guys. We saw

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Speaker 1: Gronk have a pretty significant catch against the Chargers. Listen, man,

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Speaker 1: the guy was out last year, retired, He was partying

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Speaker 1: all up and down the East Coast in Vegas. Always

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Speaker 1: had a month to get up to speed with his

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Speaker 1: body in the NFL speed and the system in Tampa.

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Speaker 1: I think this shapes up as a grounk game. And

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Speaker 1: if you look at the numbers, the Bears have not

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Speaker 1: been great there in the lower half of the league

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Speaker 1: defending tight ends, which is weird because they have very

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Speaker 1: good linebackers. Um, but the Bears could struggle defending Gronk.

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Speaker 1: I'm expecting a lot of two tight end sets because

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Speaker 1: if Brady has a choice, do you think he's gonna

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Speaker 1: want Tyler Johnson and Jaden Mickens on the field and

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Speaker 1: risk throwing another pick six? I don't think so. To Tom,

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Speaker 1: Brady is gonna be the side for me here. I'm

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Speaker 1: trusting Brady. I took the three and a half today

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Speaker 1: for best bet. You know I'm on five from earlier

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Speaker 1: in the week. And the real reason I like this

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Speaker 1: is the defense. The Chicago Bears offense looked anemic against

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Speaker 1: the Indianapolis Colts last week. Now, after getting beat up,

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Speaker 1: they have a short week to face the number two

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Speaker 1: defense in the league according to Football Outsiders, the cultural one.

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Speaker 1: The Bucks are too. Now, I just a quick word

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Speaker 1: on Football Outsiders. They're not paying me to say this. UM.

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Speaker 1: I started using their analytics about three years ago and

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Speaker 1: it's helped me immensely as a gambler. The d v

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Speaker 1: o A numbers take into account all it's just so

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Speaker 1: all encompassing with the opponents. UM, it's really interesting stuff.

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Speaker 1: And d v O A is the number you need

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Speaker 1: to know. Guess where Tampa is in the NFL right now?

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Speaker 1: Number one according to the numbers, Tampa's the number one

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Speaker 1: team in the league. Now. A lot of it has

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Speaker 1: to do with opponent. They have played the Saints, who

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Speaker 1: are a very good team. Chargers pretty good team. UM,

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Speaker 1: and overall Tom Brady has been pretty good. Like you know,

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Speaker 1: they beat Carolina and we saw Carolina has improved since

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Speaker 1: the first two weeks. UM, So I think for sure

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Speaker 1: here Brady is the side for me. I just look

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Speaker 1: at Folds last week, and I watched that game closely

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Speaker 1: because I really liked the Colts and I saw all

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Speaker 1: this sharp money was on the Bears. Oh, the Colts

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Speaker 1: haven't played anybody and I and I didn't put the

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Speaker 1: Colts in the contest, which which I'm really piste off about. UM,

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Speaker 1: and I just watched that. I'm like I, I you

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Speaker 1: could tell Frank Reich had this team. Uh. Frank Rereich

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Speaker 1: of course used to coach Nick Foles in Philadelphia, and

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Speaker 1: Folds could do nothing. If you take away Allen Robinson

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Speaker 1: from that Chicago offense. They don't have anything. There's no creativity. Um.

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Speaker 1: And now you take away Trabisky and his ability to

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Speaker 1: roll out of the pocket and scramble, you don't have

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Speaker 1: to worry about that. I think the pressure from Tampa

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Speaker 1: gets two folds. I know he was good under pressure

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Speaker 1: a couple of years ago, but that was in Philly.

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Speaker 1: I'm pretty sure it certainly wasn't in Jacksonville. And and yes,

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Speaker 1: Herbert did get this Tampa defense a coup all times

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Speaker 1: deep um with guys I didn't I'd never heard of.

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Speaker 1: But again, Herbert is a much more active quarterback in

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Speaker 1: the pocket. He can beat you with his legs. Nick

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Speaker 1: Foles ain't doing that. So the pick here I leaned

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Speaker 1: to the under. I'm going Tampa twenty three. Chicago's sixteen

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Speaker 1: best bet for Thursday, October eight is Tampa by three

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Speaker 1: and a half. I can't wait to talk to you tomorrow,

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Speaker 1: giving you three more NFL picks for Week five. Talk

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Speaker 1: to you that