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Speaker 1: The Around the NFL Podcast would never challenge a two

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Speaker 1: yard reception. Welcome back to another edition of the Around

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Speaker 1: the NFL Podcast. My name is Dan Hansis, and I

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Speaker 1: am joined by a room filled with heroes, Mark Sessler,

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Speaker 1: Chris Westling, and Greg Rosenthal. What's up, boys? Hey? Dan?

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Speaker 1: All right, three games left to the season, and today

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Speaker 1: we will preview two of those three games, the winners

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Speaker 1: of which play in the final game of the season.

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Speaker 1: Math kind of nailed it, nailed it, and we're gonna

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Speaker 1: be there are We're very we are very lucky shows

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Speaker 1: all week, including are now famous Post super Bowl show?

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Speaker 1: Do you mean infamous? Because we we cut loose, we

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Speaker 1: chop it up. We chop it up a little bit,

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Speaker 1: don't we west chop it up? Yes. We will be

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Speaker 1: in Houston. We touched down own, uh the week before

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Speaker 1: post super Bowl show. But we're not there yet. We're

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Speaker 1: getting there, though, and today's show will be all about

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Speaker 1: the games that determine who will play in that game

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Speaker 1: in Houston. Uh, the a f C Championship game between

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Speaker 1: either very happy scene for Greg or one of great

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Speaker 1: doom and gloom. You're happy that you're not going to

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Speaker 1: Don't that was outstanding. Don't try to just skip over

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Speaker 1: just how I am. I get for a team in

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Speaker 1: the news or I don't need other people rooting against me, right,

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Speaker 1: But I have long learned to absolutely I cannot stand

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Speaker 1: Murray is still a big still a factor of fact.

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Speaker 1: I was thinking more of a Boris Becker. Where there's

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Speaker 1: a big broad guy, I'll go with diving around the field.

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Speaker 1: Dante Adams is Storm from American Gladiators, Perfect, perfect, where

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Speaker 1: do we even go? But to your point, Greg, the

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Speaker 1: difference between the two is that Matt Ryan is more

432
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Speaker 1: of a point guard. He's a distributor. Guys are open

433
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Speaker 1: and he gets them the ball. There's a skill in that.

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Speaker 1: You have to make the right decision, you have to

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Speaker 1: get the ball to him well. And that's Carl Shanahan's

436
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Speaker 1: offense too. It's not acting. It's not acting him to

437
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Speaker 1: asking him to go through you know, crazy stuff that

438
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Speaker 1: Aaron Rodger's tays when he runs around and no one's

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Speaker 1: touching him for eight seconds in a row, right, and

440
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Speaker 1: then like he he goes through his reads quickly. That's

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Speaker 1: one of his things. I think he almost reminds you

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Speaker 1: of Peyton Manning, Like how how quickly he just goes

443
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Speaker 1: like one boom. I think one thing that the Packers

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Speaker 1: did this year which they've lacked in the past, is

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Speaker 1: they have a playmaking tight end, huge impact in Dallas

446
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Speaker 1: and West. I know, and you're get off my grid

447
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Speaker 1: Ironed Weekly feature which was a banger this week that

448
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Speaker 1: you talked about Cook. Yeah, I think I talked about

449
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Speaker 1: him and and sort of the conundrum with football analytics

450
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Speaker 1: that it's hard to separate one guy from a surrounding talent. Baseball,

451
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Speaker 1: you've got the batter and picture, you can separate that easily.

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Speaker 1: But in football, he's in St. Louis surrounded by an aptitude,

453
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Speaker 1: ineptitude at quarterback, on the offensive line, and the coaching staff.

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Speaker 1: It's not gonna look as good. And I think right

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Speaker 1: now he is Aaron Rodgers secret weapon. He's a guy

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Speaker 1: they've needed for ever since jem Michael Finley retired. And

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Speaker 1: he it's no surprise that he's making these plays with

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Speaker 1: with a quarterback who throws receivers open. Well, let's let's

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Speaker 1: talk about the playmakers around these guys, because that's a

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Speaker 1: big part of this. We know, Uh, Jordy Nelson is

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Speaker 1: is practicing a little bit, but not in pads, and

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Speaker 1: it does it still feels like he's a ways off.

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Speaker 1: We might not seem if we see him again, it

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Speaker 1: would be if they're in the super Bowl. Maybe, if

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Speaker 1: that's what it feels like right now. Davante Adams is

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Speaker 1: not a team that he'll play. He has an ankle injury.

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Speaker 1: Rappaport believes he will play, which is good. Well, that's

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Speaker 1: that's a good sign you have still probably not But

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Speaker 1: and then he got to the other side of it,

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Speaker 1: and this is people are sleeping on this a little bit,

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Speaker 1: especially if this turns into a real shootout. And I

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Speaker 1: know the Falcons have been able to uh score points

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Speaker 1: even without this player involve But Julio Jones, who we

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Speaker 1: heard all last week that he was kind of back

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Speaker 1: to himself, and that game started, he tried to make

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Speaker 1: a play and the tow went out on him again.

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Speaker 1: He's not practicing this week. If he's gone again. Uh,

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Speaker 1: And they are in a shootout with a team that's

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Speaker 1: just as explosive as they can be when things are

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Speaker 1: going right, that's that's gonna be felt. I think in

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Speaker 1: this game. Do we have reason to believe Julio Jones

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Speaker 1: is not gonna be fine? I thought dan Quinn said

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Speaker 1: he'll be ready to rock and roll by he said that,

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Speaker 1: but he did not look healthy. He limped, he limped

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Speaker 1: to the locker room and wasn't so he also he

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Speaker 1: also owned Richard Sherman in the first half of that game,

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Speaker 1: I mean before he heard himself and he missed. He

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Speaker 1: was almost a non factor for the final forty five

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Speaker 1: minutes of the first time. These these two teams just

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Speaker 1: they it is. But they have proven that when he's

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Speaker 1: not on the field, that the Falcons, it's just one

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Speaker 1: of these let's pick your poison right there. They're they've

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Speaker 1: got the best running back common there's only one Julio,

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Speaker 1: and they send so much attention. They sent so much

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Speaker 1: attention his way. He opens up things for other people.

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Speaker 1: So I you know, I tried to watch that last

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Speaker 1: week's game closely in terms of how Julio look. You know,

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Speaker 1: I'm no expert. You would not have known that he

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Speaker 1: was hurt until he left the game late. Now he

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Speaker 1: did leave the game late. Maybe they were and also

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Speaker 1: said he could have he would have played if it

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Speaker 1: was necessary. But I don't. I just don't think this

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Speaker 1: is like, I'm not alarmed by Julio Jones and and there,

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Speaker 1: and they're they're thin there. I don't know. It's gonna

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Speaker 1: be so tough. They need they need some one of

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Speaker 1: these guys on defense. They have a few more players.

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Speaker 1: You can get excited about a defense maybe. I mean,

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Speaker 1: Mike Daniel has been playing well. I mean, show up,

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Speaker 1: Clay Matthews. Let's have like, could Clay Matthews just have

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Speaker 1: a game. Let's have a game, Clay Matthews. They need something. No,

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Speaker 1: he's playing throw the shoulder. Do we have a little

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Speaker 1: game we want to play here? Does anybody want to

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Speaker 1: step up with a little game here? Do we want

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Speaker 1: to go to the debunker Bunker. It's time to go

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Speaker 1: to the debunker Bunker. Oh yeah, listen, we got caught

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Speaker 1: a little flat footed here. I forgot to get some sound.

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Speaker 1: I love here. We are the debunker. Just don't spend

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Speaker 1: that wheel again. I mean we are talking about we

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Speaker 1: are talking about Atlanta, which is real close to where

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Speaker 1: the movie Deliverance was filmed. You can cut fitting. You

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Speaker 1: can cut that now, all right, So the debunker Bunker.

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Speaker 1: This is a popular narrative that has been cutting through

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Speaker 1: social media and the newspapers and on all the talking

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Speaker 1: head shows, and now we're here in the debunker Bunker

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Speaker 1: to debunk that bunk. Well, I don't know how widespread

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Speaker 1: the narrative is. But Dan Quinn, the Falcons coach, their

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Speaker 1: defense has only given up nineteen points per game over

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Speaker 1: the last five weeks, and he attributed a tributes to

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Speaker 1: we're getting better because the young guys are learning our defense. Okay,

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Speaker 1: but you've also faced Jared Golf. Uh, you faced Let's

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Speaker 1: see who else? Cam Newton, who was in the one

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Speaker 1: of the worst stretches of any quarterback for the last

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Speaker 1: twenty years. Forty nine were in there. If I asked

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Speaker 1: Colin Kaepernick, who was Their offense was terrible, and you

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Speaker 1: faced the Seattle Seahawks attacked at everyg just seventeen points

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Speaker 1: on the road because their offensive line camp block. To me,

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Speaker 1: your your defense has improved because you've played some pretty

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Speaker 1: crappy offenses and you're about to get eviscerated by and Rodge. Well,

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Speaker 1: it's not act like nineteen points per game is bears either?

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Speaker 1: Well that if they could some obviously they're not gonna

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Speaker 1: keep him down to nineteen. They've they've been better, and

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Speaker 1: yet I don't know about the young players. If anything,

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Speaker 1: I think Kean O'Neil is a guy that might get

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Speaker 1: targeted this week when he's covering Tie Montgomery or when

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Speaker 1: he's covering Jared Cook. Uh. You know, Dion Jones and

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Speaker 1: diviner Cambell Campbell had a good game last week. Those

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Speaker 1: guys if they've had a problem all year, and this

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Speaker 1: happened in the first package game. They over pursue. I

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Speaker 1: mean they're so fast that they are aggressive and they

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Speaker 1: go after plays. You could see them, you know, being

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Speaker 1: a little too aggressive and in the Packers taking advantage that.

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Speaker 1: I think Mike McCarthy has been doing a really good

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Speaker 1: job calling plays for the Packers. Good luck getting Daron

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Speaker 1: Rodgers with their way. That line is past protecting. Doug

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Speaker 1: Baldwin and Paul Richardson beat their corners last week several times,

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Speaker 1: only to have the offensive line not blocked. But this

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Speaker 1: defense is also the third worst red zone defense in

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Speaker 1: the last since two thousands. Did the Falcons have the players,

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Speaker 1: the coaching with scheme to do the things that slowed

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Speaker 1: down Aaron Rodgers against Dallas in the second half? Can

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Speaker 1: they do that? I think they're too young and I

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Speaker 1: outside of Vic Beasley, who scares you in that front seven.

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Speaker 1: It's it's a great question because how Dallas slowed them

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Speaker 1: down was really by scheming pressure and time. Montgomery I

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Speaker 1: think was a big factor to the Packers in the

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Speaker 1: second half. They set him down a little bit. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: they stopped them down to thirty four points, but they

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Speaker 1: kept him in the game. That game was one three

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Speaker 1: and then allowed them to score if Tin un answered.

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Speaker 1: They got a few stops there By sending blitzes and time,

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Speaker 1: Montgomery could have lost them that game. We that we

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Speaker 1: could have been talking about that that Sunday night. He

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Speaker 1: gave up a sack in past protection that ended one

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Speaker 1: drive in the second half, and he gave up another

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Speaker 1: sack where Aaron Rodgers easily could have fumbled the ball

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Speaker 1: and that would have essentially ended the game. Aaron Rodgers,

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Speaker 1: I know you. You didn't end around about that this week.

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Speaker 1: I got the big hands holding onto that ball. He

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Speaker 1: told reporters on Wednesday size matters and held up his hands.

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Speaker 1: I'm just happy that somebody's bringing back size matters as

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Speaker 1: a bit because it kind of got lamped, didn't go away.

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Speaker 1: It did well, you know what happened, remember the big

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Speaker 1: Johnson T shirts vague? Yeah, and it kind of took

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Speaker 1: it and moved it to some sexual innuendo and we

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Speaker 1: kind of lost it for a while and he's bringing

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Speaker 1: the back. Well what what a what a special time

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Speaker 1: it is. I wonder though, if one of these teams,

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Speaker 1: if they wanted to go the route of keeping the

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Speaker 1: other offense off the field, which do you trust more

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Speaker 1: man to craft longer seven tight minutes try We we

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Speaker 1: saw it Anna do it last week early in the

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Speaker 1: game against Seattle. But who has the power because I

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Speaker 1: think Atlanta, if anything, they score so quickly, and either

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Speaker 1: of those teams even trying to play that style just

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Speaker 1: roll it. I do think if you're worried about time Montgomery,

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Speaker 1: we're gonna see a lot more Aaron Ripkowski in this game.

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Speaker 1: We saw a lot of him in the first time

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Speaker 1: these two games played. And speaking of their the Packers

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Speaker 1: wide receivers, uh, Trevor Davis and Jeff Janis had two

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Speaker 1: of the best games of the year against the Falcons.

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Speaker 1: They're used to playing. The Falcons know what what Trevor

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Speaker 1: Davis and Jeff Janis can do because they both scored

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Speaker 1: touchdowns against the Falcons in week Well, the Packers, I think,

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Speaker 1: to answer your question to Mark, I think the Falcons

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Speaker 1: could if they wanted because they could run the ball.

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Speaker 1: You know, Freeman and Coleman had over two yards combined

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Speaker 1: against the Seahawks. They can certainly have a big time game.

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Speaker 1: Montgomery is a catch twenty two because he's such a

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Speaker 1: matchup problem. He had a great game against Dallas. I

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Speaker 1: think he had seventeen touches for eighty something yards. I mean,

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Speaker 1: he he's effective, but he's not gotting pass protection. You

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Speaker 1: can't put in chris Than Michael, who's kind of limited.

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Speaker 1: It's like none of those around here. What you can't

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Speaker 1: say Christy Michael's well you kind of know how many

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Speaker 1: how many you know, gigantic mental gaffs, Kristen Michael making

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Speaker 1: this game out too. How about DeVante Freeman. By the way,

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Speaker 1: he is the opposite of le Levan Bell. Everyone's like

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Speaker 1: Levian Bell is the most patient guy in the world.

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Speaker 1: DeVante Freeman is the opposite of patient. Like he's at

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Speaker 1: a hurry. You get him the ball, he is going downhill.

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Speaker 1: Bell's patient. All right, it's time to pick the game, guys.

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Speaker 1: A lot of talk, a lot of you know, a

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Speaker 1: lot of good insight there, mixed in a little bit

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Speaker 1: of mirth. That's kind of the trademark of the show

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Speaker 1: that makes of analysis and mirth. By the way, thank

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Speaker 1: you to everyone that took part in the A M

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Speaker 1: A on the subreddit. That was a great success. We

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Speaker 1: uh we thank you for that. But now it's time

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Speaker 1: to pick the game, and Mark, we're gonna start with

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Speaker 1: you well or I will give you a score, and

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Speaker 1: the score is going to favor the home team playing

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Speaker 1: their final game in the Old Georgia Dome, historic old venue,

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Speaker 1: a venue that just a recent time ago had to

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Speaker 1: pump in fake clapping and crowd noise to get people

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Speaker 1: excited about the product. But there's no fake noise this

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Speaker 1: they are going to win, and they are going to

638
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Speaker 1: win decisively, forty one to thirty one. Wow. Okay, that's

639
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Speaker 1: a late score for Green. Okay, it's a rare move

640
00:33:29,960 --> 00:33:34,120
Speaker 1: where Mark changed his pick midweek and locked it up. Well,

641
00:33:34,160 --> 00:33:36,280
Speaker 1: there's not too many options to lock it up. I'm

642
00:33:36,280 --> 00:33:38,600
Speaker 1: not locking up the Patriots at home. Give me a break,

643
00:33:39,840 --> 00:33:42,320
Speaker 1: all right. So there you go. Uh kind of a

644
00:33:42,320 --> 00:33:44,320
Speaker 1: blowout win for the Falcons West. What do you got?

645
00:33:44,520 --> 00:33:47,400
Speaker 1: I see? This game is a degree of difficulty game.

646
00:33:47,600 --> 00:33:50,640
Speaker 1: I think things are easy for Matt Ryan in this offense,

647
00:33:50,720 --> 00:33:54,200
Speaker 1: and things are hard for Aaron Rodgers because he's great.

648
00:33:54,240 --> 00:33:56,760
Speaker 1: He makes things happen. But when you take away receivers,

649
00:33:58,240 --> 00:34:01,400
Speaker 1: I just think I think degree of difficulty is in

650
00:34:01,440 --> 00:34:06,400
Speaker 1: the Falcons favor. I go forty five thirty three, Falcons

651
00:34:06,400 --> 00:34:12,080
Speaker 1: win and I'm locking it up. Who not much more room?

652
00:34:12,080 --> 00:34:14,520
Speaker 1: And that's safe. You know, this lock thing is tricky

653
00:34:14,600 --> 00:34:17,000
Speaker 1: now because I have to every You know, I got

654
00:34:17,000 --> 00:34:19,200
Speaker 1: two picks as well here for these games, and I

655
00:34:19,239 --> 00:34:22,400
Speaker 1: don't I don't feel particularly strong, but you gotta do it,

656
00:34:22,840 --> 00:34:25,640
Speaker 1: and I'll tell you what. Oh no, you guys make

657
00:34:25,680 --> 00:34:28,560
Speaker 1: a lot of good points about the Atlanta Falcons. There's

658
00:34:28,600 --> 00:34:31,160
Speaker 1: no reason does it disrespect him? And by no means

659
00:34:32,080 --> 00:34:33,960
Speaker 1: is any pick if I were to pick against the

660
00:34:34,000 --> 00:34:40,520
Speaker 1: Falcons disrespectful. I am going on the side of the

661
00:34:40,680 --> 00:34:45,680
Speaker 1: legend Aaron Rodgers in his special that throw to Jared

662
00:34:45,719 --> 00:34:48,799
Speaker 1: Cook to to essentially win the game or set up

663
00:34:48,840 --> 00:34:53,600
Speaker 1: the big kick that just to me kids, met guys,

664
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Speaker 1: this guy is gonna be remembered for this run and

665
00:34:57,840 --> 00:35:01,120
Speaker 1: it's not ending here. He will be going to Houston,

666
00:35:01,760 --> 00:35:05,239
Speaker 1: and I'm so sure about it. Oh my goodness, he

667
00:35:05,320 --> 00:35:09,239
Speaker 1: gonna go again. My head? Why is my head hurting?

668
00:35:09,239 --> 00:35:13,160
Speaker 1: Because I feel so strongly about this, I'm locking it up.

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00:35:14,360 --> 00:35:17,360
Speaker 1: The Packers keep rolling, and they do so as a

670
00:35:17,440 --> 00:35:23,319
Speaker 1: true team of destiny does in a dramatic fashion, thirty

671
00:35:23,440 --> 00:35:29,960
Speaker 1: one field goal at the back to back. They tried

672
00:35:30,000 --> 00:35:31,880
Speaker 1: to give Randall cop to say that it was a

673
00:35:31,880 --> 00:35:34,040
Speaker 1: team of destiny last week, and he was like, nah, bro,

674
00:35:34,200 --> 00:35:36,520
Speaker 1: we're the team of destiny after we win the super Bowl.

675
00:35:36,600 --> 00:35:39,479
Speaker 1: That's the only time, you know, That's what I'm buying.

676
00:35:41,040 --> 00:35:43,680
Speaker 1: What do you got? I'm got. I got the Falcons,

677
00:35:44,800 --> 00:35:48,000
Speaker 1: you know I I they got too much? Did I

678
00:35:48,040 --> 00:35:51,280
Speaker 1: think what West said put it very well, like I.

679
00:35:51,280 --> 00:35:53,919
Speaker 1: I think it's gonna be closer than you guys, because

680
00:35:53,920 --> 00:35:56,680
Speaker 1: I don't think the Falcons really have many answers for

681
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Speaker 1: David back t r. He was one of the best

682
00:35:58,560 --> 00:36:01,120
Speaker 1: left tackles in the league right now, the offensive they

683
00:36:01,160 --> 00:36:04,160
Speaker 1: need an answer for him. They do. Vic. Where's Vick

684
00:36:04,160 --> 00:36:07,560
Speaker 1: Beasley been? You know? Vic Beasley's defensive player of the year.

685
00:36:07,600 --> 00:36:10,600
Speaker 1: Can he plays about two thirds of the snap? He's

686
00:36:10,600 --> 00:36:12,120
Speaker 1: been quiet the last three or four weeks. He's a

687
00:36:12,160 --> 00:36:15,480
Speaker 1: good player. But then because his team got his team,

688
00:36:15,560 --> 00:36:17,520
Speaker 1: he had the number two seed. That's where he's been, right,

689
00:36:17,520 --> 00:36:19,680
Speaker 1: but he had a quiet end of the season before

690
00:36:19,719 --> 00:36:22,920
Speaker 1: that to the regular season. He's a good player. I

691
00:36:22,920 --> 00:36:26,040
Speaker 1: don't think he's a huge down to down difference maker.

692
00:36:26,280 --> 00:36:28,320
Speaker 1: They don't really have anyone else to rush the passer.

693
00:36:28,400 --> 00:36:33,560
Speaker 1: That's the bigger deal. But Atlanta's better offensively overall. I

694
00:36:33,560 --> 00:36:36,439
Speaker 1: mean they have a running game. They have a little

695
00:36:36,440 --> 00:36:41,440
Speaker 1: bit alright, a very close game. Hey, when I can

696
00:36:41,440 --> 00:36:44,919
Speaker 1: get a hero lock on Aaron Rodgers at this time

697
00:36:45,160 --> 00:36:49,279
Speaker 1: his special career, Well, it's yeah, good. There's another part

698
00:36:49,360 --> 00:36:51,480
Speaker 1: of the Hero picks you. You've not achieved that yet,

699
00:36:51,520 --> 00:36:54,560
Speaker 1: but you're good point getting it right. So there we go.

700
00:36:54,800 --> 00:36:56,680
Speaker 1: There's our pick for the NFC game. Let's now move

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00:36:56,719 --> 00:36:58,879
Speaker 1: to the a f C game. Yes, as we said.

702
00:36:58,960 --> 00:37:01,640
Speaker 1: Oh but before we do that, we have to stop

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Speaker 1: in and check in with our sponsor Dan. Do you

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Speaker 1: piles of green cash? And maybe you'd like to hear

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Speaker 1: about embattled Estonian economist Edvnd Cybel, who was detained in

709
00:37:23,120 --> 00:37:27,880
Speaker 1: late December by Russian police for espousing in quotes ideas

710
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Speaker 1: considered dangerous to the Russian Federation a pro Castro Cuban.

711
00:37:32,280 --> 00:37:35,720
Speaker 1: During his youth, edvn Cybel grew to embrace the tenets

712
00:37:35,760 --> 00:37:40,280
Speaker 1: of modern anarchy, encouraging European citizens to pull their money

713
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Speaker 1: out of the banks and operate on a cash and

714
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Speaker 1: coin a loan basis. Cybel authored a radioactive pamphlet this

715
00:37:46,719 --> 00:37:50,640
Speaker 1: past November entitled Leaving Our Cities for Nature colon a

716
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Speaker 1: Study and off the Grid Revolution. Within the pamphlet, Cybel

717
00:37:54,960 --> 00:37:58,760
Speaker 1: called the Russian police a floating prostitute, saying in quotes,

718
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Speaker 1: Russia will always be read, China will always be read,

719
00:38:03,480 --> 00:38:06,920
Speaker 1: Cuba will always be read, Laos will always be read.

720
00:38:06,960 --> 00:38:10,359
Speaker 1: North Korea will always be read. Vietnam will always be read.

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Speaker 1: The time to vanish is now. Two weeks later, Cybel

722
00:38:14,480 --> 00:38:17,920
Speaker 1: was apprehended by Russian police forces and whist from eastern

723
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Speaker 1: Estonia into St. Petersburg. Family and friends told sources that

724
00:38:22,160 --> 00:38:25,160
Speaker 1: Sybil went dark from there until this past Tuesday, when

725
00:38:25,160 --> 00:38:28,239
Speaker 1: his body was found floating down the Vulgar River with

726
00:38:28,320 --> 00:38:31,320
Speaker 1: a note attached to his bloated corpse that read mother

727
00:38:31,400 --> 00:38:35,839
Speaker 1: Russia has spoken. Sign up for Mr Flames High school

728
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Speaker 1: economics class in the Hague, the Netherlands today at ww

729
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Speaker 1: dot flame class dot com. It's a dark read, but

730
00:38:46,600 --> 00:38:48,920
Speaker 1: it gets a point. It gets the point across. Speaking

731
00:38:48,920 --> 00:38:52,960
Speaker 1: of Russia, by the way, mark, yeah it is. Uh.

732
00:38:53,000 --> 00:38:56,840
Speaker 1: It was twelve years ago that Robert Kraft went to

733
00:38:56,880 --> 00:39:03,520
Speaker 1: Russia and visited his boy Putin. Putin Putin, and Putin

734
00:39:03,560 --> 00:39:07,640
Speaker 1: stole his ring. And you know that it. I did

735
00:39:07,680 --> 00:39:09,279
Speaker 1: a piece on the end of round because Robert Craft

736
00:39:09,320 --> 00:39:12,080
Speaker 1: spoke about it again in a an NFL film series

737
00:39:12,120 --> 00:39:15,560
Speaker 1: Fifty Rings fifty Days. Uh. He never got that ring back,

738
00:39:15,960 --> 00:39:18,399
Speaker 1: and in two thousand five and more innocent time. Hey,

739
00:39:18,400 --> 00:39:20,160
Speaker 1: we didn't think much of it. It's like Russia. Oh,

740
00:39:20,640 --> 00:39:22,720
Speaker 1: he's the funny guy with the with the no shirt

741
00:39:22,760 --> 00:39:24,919
Speaker 1: on on the horse and everybody's having a good time.

742
00:39:25,200 --> 00:39:26,560
Speaker 1: But all of a sudden it feels a little weird.

743
00:39:26,560 --> 00:39:30,800
Speaker 1: I'm gonna give you one more note, um from uh.

744
00:39:31,080 --> 00:39:36,120
Speaker 1: Something Robert Craft said in two thousand thirteen in a

745
00:39:36,200 --> 00:39:40,239
Speaker 1: speech to a crowd at a galla at the Waldorf Historia.

746
00:39:40,680 --> 00:39:43,600
Speaker 1: The first thing that Putin said when he looked at

747
00:39:43,600 --> 00:39:45,760
Speaker 1: the ring and put it on before he was swept

748
00:39:45,800 --> 00:39:48,640
Speaker 1: away by the KGB, taking the ring with him forever.

749
00:39:49,600 --> 00:39:53,399
Speaker 1: I can kill someone with this ring. WHOA. I mean,

750
00:39:54,760 --> 00:39:56,200
Speaker 1: this is meant to be real life, but it just

751
00:39:56,239 --> 00:40:00,640
Speaker 1: reads like complete and utter fiction. Trump will be inaugurated tomorrow.

752
00:40:00,960 --> 00:40:02,600
Speaker 1: Do you know what that makes me? Think? Of? What

753
00:40:03,239 --> 00:40:06,800
Speaker 1: this banger that Mark wrote fifty one most most important

754
00:40:07,360 --> 00:40:10,440
Speaker 1: people left in the NFL playoffs. You've got Aaron Ripkowski

755
00:40:10,520 --> 00:40:12,920
Speaker 1: on here. I feel like you could shoehorn Putin right

756
00:40:12,960 --> 00:40:16,480
Speaker 1: into That's a fair points right in there. I mean,

757
00:40:16,520 --> 00:40:18,520
Speaker 1: Putin's gotta be one of the most fifty one if

758
00:40:18,520 --> 00:40:20,760
Speaker 1: he's got crafts ring. I mean, look behind the curtain.

759
00:40:20,840 --> 00:40:23,640
Speaker 1: West was commanded to bring up that column during our

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00:40:23,719 --> 00:40:25,880
Speaker 1: last segment, but you got it in there just before

761
00:40:25,920 --> 00:40:28,799
Speaker 1: we moved on. Nice job, not only to get it

762
00:40:28,840 --> 00:40:31,680
Speaker 1: any used shoehorn to represent one of the great shoehorns

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Speaker 1: in the history of the podcast. I enjoyed it. It's

764
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Speaker 1: a bunch of press. It though a lot of good

765
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Speaker 1: stuff on the website. Right now. I have decided I

766
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Speaker 1: will never in my what however long this career goes

767
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Speaker 1: on for ever do a list that long. Ever again

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Speaker 1: in my life it was like unhinged drug trip? Was

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Speaker 1: we look at that. I thought Wes was gonna say,

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Speaker 1: also checkout dot com would have been But this is

775
00:41:13,719 --> 00:41:17,000
Speaker 1: where we are. I've been instructed to say this. Okay,

776
00:41:17,040 --> 00:41:19,080
Speaker 1: here we go. Let's move on now to the a

777
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Speaker 1: f C games, or game I should say, in the

778
00:41:21,880 --> 00:41:26,240
Speaker 1: Pittsburgh Steelers. Oh man, here we are in some level

779
00:41:26,920 --> 00:41:28,640
Speaker 1: and that maybe it doesn't make sense coming from me

780
00:41:28,640 --> 00:41:30,200
Speaker 1: because I picked the Chiefs last week. I don't know

781
00:41:30,200 --> 00:41:32,520
Speaker 1: why I did that, But this is also kind of

782
00:41:32,520 --> 00:41:35,520
Speaker 1: felt inevitable on our NFL Pick Them show. A little

783
00:41:35,560 --> 00:41:37,760
Speaker 1: running joke I've had with Damage because I've been telling

784
00:41:37,800 --> 00:41:39,520
Speaker 1: him at the top of the show it could only

785
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Speaker 1: be the Steelers. It can only be the Steelers who

786
00:41:41,760 --> 00:41:44,600
Speaker 1: could stop the Patriots from making what has been assumed

787
00:41:44,600 --> 00:41:47,759
Speaker 1: by many for months now to be a clean getaway

788
00:41:48,280 --> 00:41:51,560
Speaker 1: back to yet another Super Bowl. Uh and here we

789
00:41:51,600 --> 00:41:54,520
Speaker 1: are now. It is the Pittsburgh Steelers against the New

790
00:41:54,520 --> 00:41:57,480
Speaker 1: England Patriots, the number one seeded Patriots. Greg, you'll be

791
00:41:57,520 --> 00:41:59,960
Speaker 1: at the game. And the Pats got what they didn't

792
00:42:00,040 --> 00:42:02,239
Speaker 1: get last year, which is the number one seed there

793
00:42:02,239 --> 00:42:05,320
Speaker 1: in their building. And let's start there because I don't

794
00:42:05,360 --> 00:42:10,040
Speaker 1: remember them ever losing a championship game. Uh in Foxborough.

795
00:42:10,800 --> 00:42:12,440
Speaker 1: I don't know if it's gonna change. Well, I I

796
00:42:12,480 --> 00:42:15,520
Speaker 1: do remember it, and uh it was the Ravens who

797
00:42:15,600 --> 00:42:20,200
Speaker 1: took them to task. And and it's not the only

798
00:42:20,239 --> 00:42:23,359
Speaker 1: game in fox but the rugged A f C North Giants. Sure,

799
00:42:23,560 --> 00:42:26,120
Speaker 1: I I think in In Belichick put it well when

800
00:42:26,120 --> 00:42:28,520
Speaker 1: asked about home field advantage, he said, go ask you know,

801
00:42:28,560 --> 00:42:30,680
Speaker 1: go ask the Chiefs and the Cowboys about that home

802
00:42:30,719 --> 00:42:33,799
Speaker 1: field advantages. It's okay. I mean the Patriots have been

803
00:42:34,160 --> 00:42:36,160
Speaker 1: run out of their stadium by the Ravens a couple

804
00:42:36,160 --> 00:42:38,120
Speaker 1: of times. They could have lost a couple more times.

805
00:42:38,120 --> 00:42:40,319
Speaker 1: I mean it's a nice little thing. But to me,

806
00:42:40,360 --> 00:42:43,160
Speaker 1: when I look at these four teams, your West is

807
00:42:43,160 --> 00:42:45,719
Speaker 1: making an I don't see a huge difference between these

808
00:42:45,719 --> 00:42:48,520
Speaker 1: four teams. I think it's a nice year where any

809
00:42:48,600 --> 00:42:50,279
Speaker 1: one of the four could win the Super Bowl, and

810
00:42:50,280 --> 00:42:52,840
Speaker 1: it's not gonna shock me. I'd rather have them have

811
00:42:52,920 --> 00:42:56,440
Speaker 1: home field advantage, certainly, but it's it's the better team

812
00:42:56,520 --> 00:42:59,040
Speaker 1: is gonna win. It's not some big deal posterous Belichick

813
00:42:59,080 --> 00:43:01,360
Speaker 1: speaking out both sides of his mouth. Last year, he

814
00:43:01,360 --> 00:43:03,440
Speaker 1: knows they lost because they played in Denver instead of

815
00:43:03,440 --> 00:43:06,479
Speaker 1: New England. And the last thinker is a harder place

816
00:43:06,520 --> 00:43:08,279
Speaker 1: to play than New England. But that's part of what's

817
00:43:08,320 --> 00:43:10,880
Speaker 1: coming into my thinking. Pete Carroll said last week the

818
00:43:10,920 --> 00:43:13,360
Speaker 1: most important thing for the Seahawks losing was not playing

819
00:43:13,360 --> 00:43:16,480
Speaker 1: in Seattle. Bruce arians said last year, we didn't win

820
00:43:16,600 --> 00:43:19,280
Speaker 1: because we didn't play in Arizona. All these coaches believe

821
00:43:19,320 --> 00:43:21,759
Speaker 1: they can win if they sued losers lament. But the

822
00:43:21,800 --> 00:43:23,880
Speaker 1: Steelers and the Packers, who played each other in a

823
00:43:23,960 --> 00:43:26,560
Speaker 1: Super Bowl six years ago, they did it by going

824
00:43:26,600 --> 00:43:28,839
Speaker 1: on the road and winning. And the Patriots have gone

825
00:43:28,840 --> 00:43:31,720
Speaker 1: on the road in one and and so it doesn't

826
00:43:31,840 --> 00:43:34,520
Speaker 1: seem to me like the biggest deal in the world

827
00:43:34,880 --> 00:43:39,120
Speaker 1: against the Steelers team that's so balanced, so talented that

828
00:43:39,280 --> 00:43:41,560
Speaker 1: I think what the Patriots have been saying this week

829
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Speaker 1: that it's going to take their best game is not

830
00:43:43,280 --> 00:43:46,080
Speaker 1: just bs. I think it's true. I think it will

831
00:43:46,120 --> 00:43:48,200
Speaker 1: take their best game. I also think it depends which

832
00:43:48,239 --> 00:43:52,000
Speaker 1: Steelers team we get. They were not explosive on offense

833
00:43:52,080 --> 00:43:53,960
Speaker 1: last week, that's for sure. You didn't think against the

834
00:43:54,000 --> 00:43:56,920
Speaker 1: Chiefs that were gonna put up six field goals. But

835
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Speaker 1: I like this game for I don't can not concerned

836
00:44:00,480 --> 00:44:03,000
Speaker 1: about the Gillette home field advantage compared to what Denver

837
00:44:03,080 --> 00:44:05,520
Speaker 1: would be or other teams, but still pit New England's

838
00:44:05,600 --> 00:44:07,920
Speaker 1: numbers at home in the playoffs. You point to a

839
00:44:07,960 --> 00:44:11,600
Speaker 1: couple of losses, they also have some a staggering list

840
00:44:11,640 --> 00:44:14,680
Speaker 1: of victories who are at home. They're pretty impenetrable. They

841
00:44:14,719 --> 00:44:18,520
Speaker 1: were not um they did not play particularly well last week.

842
00:44:18,520 --> 00:44:20,719
Speaker 1: But you could say the same thing for the Steelers

843
00:44:20,719 --> 00:44:23,960
Speaker 1: at least on offense. Which one of those once one

844
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Speaker 1: of those games, uh Mark, in your opinion, would if

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Speaker 1: you were a fan of one of these teams, would

846
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Speaker 1: you be a little more worried about the fact that

847
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Speaker 1: the Steelers gonna get in the end zone and kind

848
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Speaker 1: of need to get a little lucky at the end

849
00:44:33,880 --> 00:44:36,280
Speaker 1: of the game to not be in an eighteen eighteen score.

850
00:44:36,600 --> 00:44:39,120
Speaker 1: Or the Patriots who struggled a little bit before putting

851
00:44:39,120 --> 00:44:42,120
Speaker 1: away Houston, I would say, well, I'd say Pittsburgh because

852
00:44:42,400 --> 00:44:45,840
Speaker 1: Ben Roethlisberger has been turning the ball over and I

853
00:44:45,920 --> 00:44:48,000
Speaker 1: don't expect that we're going to get a two interception

854
00:44:48,080 --> 00:44:51,160
Speaker 1: Tom Brady game again. If anything, a performance like that

855
00:44:51,200 --> 00:44:53,920
Speaker 1: by Brady is an aberration. I think people are concentrating

856
00:44:53,960 --> 00:44:56,800
Speaker 1: way too much on last week's games. For both teams.

857
00:44:57,080 --> 00:44:59,040
Speaker 1: The Steelers marched up and down the field and punt

858
00:44:59,040 --> 00:45:01,640
Speaker 1: at one time the entire game. They were I think

859
00:45:01,680 --> 00:45:05,160
Speaker 1: an explosive offense. They gashed the Chiefs defense. They just

860
00:45:05,160 --> 00:45:07,879
Speaker 1: couldn't convert the red zone. And for New England, they

861
00:45:07,880 --> 00:45:10,759
Speaker 1: were the hottest team in the league entering the playoffs.

862
00:45:10,760 --> 00:45:14,719
Speaker 1: They dispatched with bad teams, didn't They dispatched with the

863
00:45:14,760 --> 00:45:18,320
Speaker 1: Dolphins too, they were I don't think that just because

864
00:45:18,320 --> 00:45:20,800
Speaker 1: they struggled for a couple of quarters against the Texans

865
00:45:20,840 --> 00:45:24,760
Speaker 1: means that they're suddenly susceptible. Now, well, that's a unique matchup,

866
00:45:24,800 --> 00:45:27,200
Speaker 1: but I think that the Texans had and I think

867
00:45:27,239 --> 00:45:30,600
Speaker 1: they played outstanding and their plan was outstanding, and they

868
00:45:30,680 --> 00:45:33,560
Speaker 1: got pressure up the middle. We'll see if if Pittsburgh

869
00:45:33,560 --> 00:45:36,160
Speaker 1: can do that. And I think with Pittsburgh if there's

870
00:45:36,160 --> 00:45:39,000
Speaker 1: a tiny risk with them, Like they're a different team now,

871
00:45:39,280 --> 00:45:41,600
Speaker 1: Like it shouldn't shock us that they rack up a

872
00:45:41,600 --> 00:45:43,959
Speaker 1: lot of yards but maybe not a lot of splash plays.

873
00:45:43,960 --> 00:45:46,680
Speaker 1: They've been that team since Week eleven. They have changed

874
00:45:46,719 --> 00:45:49,120
Speaker 1: to a ball control team. And it's weird to get

875
00:45:49,160 --> 00:45:51,719
Speaker 1: your head around that because you see Ben Roethlisberger, you

876
00:45:51,760 --> 00:45:54,360
Speaker 1: see Antonio Brown, and we've we've argued about this a

877
00:45:54,400 --> 00:45:56,960
Speaker 1: little bit downstairs. West. It's not that I think Ben

878
00:45:57,040 --> 00:45:59,960
Speaker 1: Roethlisberger is playing bad. They're just asking him to do less.

879
00:46:00,040 --> 00:46:03,280
Speaker 1: That probably ends this week. But he has not been

880
00:46:03,320 --> 00:46:06,280
Speaker 1: as big a part of their team. It's a complimentary

881
00:46:07,000 --> 00:46:10,680
Speaker 1: passing attack with only one great receiver because they have

882
00:46:10,760 --> 00:46:12,879
Speaker 1: the best running back in football and probably the best

883
00:46:12,920 --> 00:46:15,920
Speaker 1: run blocking line in football. It was a crazy how

884
00:46:16,239 --> 00:46:19,359
Speaker 1: much they dominated Kansas City upfront. It made sense they

885
00:46:19,440 --> 00:46:21,799
Speaker 1: kept running. I mean, but what what coach does a

886
00:46:21,840 --> 00:46:25,160
Speaker 1: better job of removing the key aspect of an offense

887
00:46:25,200 --> 00:46:27,640
Speaker 1: than Bill Belichick? And well, I believe you guys were

888
00:46:27,640 --> 00:46:30,319
Speaker 1: staying downstairs that you thought this could be a big

889
00:46:30,320 --> 00:46:33,080
Speaker 1: game by default for Ben roelthisperger through the air because

890
00:46:33,200 --> 00:46:36,560
Speaker 1: of Belichick's proven ability to take out lead running backs,

891
00:46:36,560 --> 00:46:39,400
Speaker 1: guys like Marshall falk Back in that distant Super Bowl song,

892
00:46:39,440 --> 00:46:42,120
Speaker 1: I don't think do you really think the Patriots can

893
00:46:42,160 --> 00:46:45,879
Speaker 1: take out No, I don't think it's I think they

894
00:46:45,880 --> 00:46:47,480
Speaker 1: did in Week seven when they played him. Well, that

895
00:46:47,520 --> 00:46:50,239
Speaker 1: was also with Landry Landry Jones at quarterback. And even

896
00:46:50,280 --> 00:46:52,400
Speaker 1: if they do, which is a totally different situation, and

897
00:46:52,440 --> 00:46:54,160
Speaker 1: even if they did take it, and this is what

898
00:46:54,239 --> 00:46:57,520
Speaker 1: makes the Steelers so exciting is that if you stop

899
00:46:57,560 --> 00:47:00,759
Speaker 1: their run, they still have Antonio Brown involved, they still

900
00:47:00,800 --> 00:47:03,439
Speaker 1: have Ben Roethlisberger who could take you can just cut

901
00:47:03,440 --> 00:47:05,799
Speaker 1: you up if if he gets into the zone. So

902
00:47:05,960 --> 00:47:07,840
Speaker 1: I think this is a really I think this is

903
00:47:07,880 --> 00:47:10,040
Speaker 1: gonna be a real big challenge for the Patriots, who

904
00:47:10,120 --> 00:47:13,360
Speaker 1: haven't seen a lot of big offenses uh this season.

905
00:47:13,520 --> 00:47:16,400
Speaker 1: And people are talking up their defense now, which is

906
00:47:16,440 --> 00:47:19,000
Speaker 1: totally fair and everything, but there wasn't long ago that

907
00:47:19,000 --> 00:47:21,120
Speaker 1: people were saying they're off. Their defense was a major

908
00:47:21,200 --> 00:47:24,760
Speaker 1: problem and maybe masked a little bit by their opponents.

909
00:47:24,800 --> 00:47:27,120
Speaker 1: They've been playing, they haven't played anyone and the Steelers,

910
00:47:28,239 --> 00:47:30,120
Speaker 1: Greig and I were talking about this. They they're gonna

911
00:47:30,120 --> 00:47:32,960
Speaker 1: have to open up their offense. They've been too conservative

912
00:47:33,200 --> 00:47:35,040
Speaker 1: because they knew they could get away with it. They

913
00:47:35,040 --> 00:47:37,560
Speaker 1: were more talented than the Chiefs, they were much better

914
00:47:37,600 --> 00:47:41,200
Speaker 1: than the Dolphins, so they weren't throwing as much. And frankly,

915
00:47:41,239 --> 00:47:44,120
Speaker 1: they have this three man rotation opposite of Antonio Brown.

916
00:47:44,520 --> 00:47:47,080
Speaker 1: They barely even go to those guys at all. Well,

917
00:47:47,080 --> 00:47:50,080
Speaker 1: that's a problem in and this isn't a new trend though.

918
00:47:50,200 --> 00:47:53,280
Speaker 1: Over five weeks, Roethlisberger has eight interceptions and six touchdowns,

919
00:47:53,280 --> 00:47:55,160
Speaker 1: so that's a little bit of a problem. And I

920
00:47:55,160 --> 00:47:56,879
Speaker 1: think it's just playing of their strengths. I think their

921
00:47:56,920 --> 00:48:01,840
Speaker 1: offensive line, Mike mun Chak deserves credit. I mean this court.

922
00:48:01,920 --> 00:48:04,720
Speaker 1: I'm not like a big offensive line geek or whatever.

923
00:48:05,040 --> 00:48:08,760
Speaker 1: But watching they're the coaches film and watching the Castro

924
00:48:08,920 --> 00:48:13,520
Speaker 1: and Pouncey just destroy then Terry po and Chris Jones

925
00:48:13,600 --> 00:48:16,680
Speaker 1: last week, it's something else. I mean, de Castro, the

926
00:48:16,840 --> 00:48:18,560
Speaker 1: I don't know, if the I don't, I don't really

927
00:48:18,760 --> 00:48:21,360
Speaker 1: how can you stop at five great offensive lineman. I

928
00:48:21,360 --> 00:48:24,160
Speaker 1: don't think the Patriots are that good upfront where they're

929
00:48:24,160 --> 00:48:25,600
Speaker 1: just going to be able to stop the running game.

930
00:48:25,600 --> 00:48:27,720
Speaker 1: There are a great run defense, and the magic number

931
00:48:27,800 --> 00:48:30,359
Speaker 1: is ninety the Patriots have not allowed a running back

932
00:48:30,400 --> 00:48:32,960
Speaker 1: to go over ninety yards and twenty four games the

933
00:48:33,000 --> 00:48:35,240
Speaker 1: Steelers are nine and oh when Levy on Bell gets

934
00:48:35,480 --> 00:48:38,680
Speaker 1: ninety yards. I think Alan Branch is a guy who's

935
00:48:38,719 --> 00:48:40,719
Speaker 1: who's been a Pro Bowl kind of player this year

936
00:48:41,000 --> 00:48:44,319
Speaker 1: on that Patriots defensive line, and because he didn't get

937
00:48:44,320 --> 00:48:46,359
Speaker 1: good until late in his career, people don't talk about

938
00:48:46,400 --> 00:48:48,879
Speaker 1: him that way, but he is phenomenal. I mean when

939
00:48:49,080 --> 00:48:52,640
Speaker 1: with that number, the ninety yards rushing against New England's defense,

940
00:48:53,120 --> 00:48:54,920
Speaker 1: I mean, how many of those games? Why is that

941
00:48:55,000 --> 00:48:58,040
Speaker 1: happening when they're up by twenty points, you know at

942
00:48:58,080 --> 00:49:00,919
Speaker 1: halftime and teams have to throw the They faced a lot,

943
00:49:01,040 --> 00:49:03,560
Speaker 1: they faced seven top ten backs this year. Well, we

944
00:49:03,560 --> 00:49:05,839
Speaker 1: we've talked a lot though about the Patriots haven't played

945
00:49:05,880 --> 00:49:08,880
Speaker 1: any great offenses. I mean, tell me the great quarterback

946
00:49:08,960 --> 00:49:13,640
Speaker 1: that Pittsburgh defense. It's kind of similar to me. I think.

947
00:49:13,640 --> 00:49:16,839
Speaker 1: The difference to me is the Steelers are a little

948
00:49:17,840 --> 00:49:19,920
Speaker 1: about that. I just like that you dipped into a

949
00:49:20,160 --> 00:49:22,799
Speaker 1: Mike frances The difference to me, the Steelers are a

950
00:49:22,800 --> 00:49:27,719
Speaker 1: little more dynamic with their three linebackers. Cesir dupri and

951
00:49:27,840 --> 00:49:32,759
Speaker 1: Harrison are are especially those three. Timmins is good too.

952
00:49:33,000 --> 00:49:35,879
Speaker 1: Are a really interesting kind of combination of different skill

953
00:49:35,920 --> 00:49:37,920
Speaker 1: sets that can do a lot of things. I think

954
00:49:37,960 --> 00:49:41,200
Speaker 1: they're a little better just individual players than the Patriots.

955
00:49:41,239 --> 00:49:44,480
Speaker 1: Why Houston disrupted Brady last week to some degree? I mean,

956
00:49:44,520 --> 00:49:46,840
Speaker 1: do you think that Pittsburgh this is one of the

957
00:49:46,880 --> 00:49:49,320
Speaker 1: best pass rushes around right now? I think Keith Butler

958
00:49:49,360 --> 00:49:52,319
Speaker 1: has been great as a defensive coordinator. Can they do

959
00:49:52,360 --> 00:49:54,319
Speaker 1: the same thing? Can you expect that to happen? It's

960
00:49:54,400 --> 00:49:56,879
Speaker 1: interesting because we've always heard that the way to get

961
00:49:56,880 --> 00:49:59,200
Speaker 1: Brady is not just with a pass rush, it's through

962
00:49:59,239 --> 00:50:02,080
Speaker 1: the middle of the offensive line. And you see plays

963
00:50:02,120 --> 00:50:05,280
Speaker 1: like Whitney Merciless putting a spin move on David Andrews

964
00:50:05,280 --> 00:50:07,799
Speaker 1: their center. What is an edge rusher doing coming in

965
00:50:07,880 --> 00:50:10,080
Speaker 1: through the middle like that? So it's it. Are you

966
00:50:10,080 --> 00:50:12,360
Speaker 1: gonna have James Harrison or Bud Dupree coming through the

967
00:50:12,400 --> 00:50:16,319
Speaker 1: middle of that offensive line? I mean, Harrison has I

968
00:50:16,320 --> 00:50:19,360
Speaker 1: think he's incredible. I mean, he's to me, he should

969
00:50:19,360 --> 00:50:22,239
Speaker 1: be a Hall of Fame type of discussion guy. And

970
00:50:22,320 --> 00:50:24,279
Speaker 1: just the fact that he's doing this at thirty eight

971
00:50:24,360 --> 00:50:27,000
Speaker 1: years old, where he can argue he's been the best

972
00:50:27,000 --> 00:50:30,439
Speaker 1: player in the playoffs defensively, and he is the key

973
00:50:30,440 --> 00:50:32,839
Speaker 1: to their defense. They move him all around like he'll

974
00:50:32,880 --> 00:50:34,719
Speaker 1: line up at defensive end and then right before the

975
00:50:34,719 --> 00:50:37,719
Speaker 1: snap will go to inside linebacker. He'll he'll play defensive that,

976
00:50:37,880 --> 00:50:40,439
Speaker 1: he'll play in coverage, He'll he'll play on the edge

977
00:50:40,440 --> 00:50:42,719
Speaker 1: a little bit. He'll make sacks. He's got a I mean,

978
00:50:42,760 --> 00:50:49,080
Speaker 1: this guy is crazy, um Marvel physically, Brady or Harrison.

979
00:50:50,000 --> 00:50:53,320
Speaker 1: I am not convinced this is even the same James

980
00:50:53,400 --> 00:50:57,480
Speaker 1: Harrison that you know, was a defensive tired two years ago.

981
00:50:57,840 --> 00:51:00,840
Speaker 1: You know, I honestly think that it's literally different human

982
00:51:00,880 --> 00:51:03,759
Speaker 1: being that they've fashioned who looks very similar but is

983
00:51:03,840 --> 00:51:06,400
Speaker 1: essentially probably eighteen years younger. And we'll be on the

984
00:51:06,400 --> 00:51:08,520
Speaker 1: Steelers for another decade and half West. I have all

985
00:51:08,520 --> 00:51:11,160
Speaker 1: the respect in the world for what Brady has done. Uh,

986
00:51:11,200 --> 00:51:13,880
Speaker 1: but he's still able to rely on his his smarts

987
00:51:13,920 --> 00:51:16,400
Speaker 1: and his ability to read the field and make plays

988
00:51:16,400 --> 00:51:19,160
Speaker 1: and know the offense, and his arm is healthy and

989
00:51:19,320 --> 00:51:22,480
Speaker 1: you know all that. It's also go ahead. Harrison. On

990
00:51:22,520 --> 00:51:25,680
Speaker 1: the other hand, this is kind of to me equally

991
00:51:25,760 --> 00:51:28,120
Speaker 1: unheard of that a thirty year thirty eight year old

992
00:51:28,600 --> 00:51:30,759
Speaker 1: guy that was out of football two years ago, is

993
00:51:30,800 --> 00:51:32,719
Speaker 1: now playing I'm not gonna says at the level and

994
00:51:32,760 --> 00:51:35,200
Speaker 1: who's the defensive player of the year, but is a disruptive,

995
00:51:36,600 --> 00:51:40,160
Speaker 1: game wrecking presence. It's to me, you know a lot

996
00:51:40,160 --> 00:51:42,520
Speaker 1: of people say it's suspicious, let's just be honest about

997
00:51:42,560 --> 00:51:45,520
Speaker 1: it with him, but it's amazing to watch what he's

998
00:51:45,520 --> 00:51:49,200
Speaker 1: been able to do. Brady is Greg's number one pick

999
00:51:49,239 --> 00:51:51,439
Speaker 1: for m v P. James Harris is not even gonna

1000
00:51:51,440 --> 00:51:53,439
Speaker 1: be in the Pro Bowl. I mean, it's it's it's

1001
00:51:53,440 --> 00:51:56,080
Speaker 1: a mountain of difference. Tom Brady had a one twelve

1002
00:51:56,120 --> 00:51:59,080
Speaker 1: passer rating, the only other player to ever have a

1003
00:51:59,160 --> 00:52:04,600
Speaker 1: ninety five or her passer rating at his age. That's

1004
00:52:04,640 --> 00:52:07,879
Speaker 1: something else. He has improved in so many areas in

1005
00:52:07,920 --> 00:52:10,360
Speaker 1: his late thirties, which we've never seen before a quarterback

1006
00:52:10,440 --> 00:52:14,160
Speaker 1: improving physically in his late but the skills that he

1007
00:52:14,239 --> 00:52:16,640
Speaker 1: has above the neck have played a big part of

1008
00:52:16,680 --> 00:52:19,839
Speaker 1: his ability to remain successful. Harrison, I mean, you have

1009
00:52:19,960 --> 00:52:23,400
Speaker 1: to stay physically where you were playing that position. It's

1010
00:52:23,440 --> 00:52:26,719
Speaker 1: I think it's much more from the physical standpoint impressive

1011
00:52:26,760 --> 00:52:28,799
Speaker 1: to me. I guess I agree. I mean, back when

1012
00:52:28,840 --> 00:52:31,319
Speaker 1: Harrison was on the Bengals. Did you ever think of

1013
00:52:31,320 --> 00:52:32,960
Speaker 1: three or four years from now he's going to be

1014
00:52:32,960 --> 00:52:36,879
Speaker 1: waking absolute total chaos for the Steelers again again stay,

1015
00:52:36,920 --> 00:52:39,520
Speaker 1: nearly fourty year olds didn't believe it. They were they

1016
00:52:39,560 --> 00:52:42,799
Speaker 1: had right exactly Like again, it's not it's not the

1017
00:52:42,960 --> 00:52:45,480
Speaker 1: same person. I'm telling you, this is a different human

1018
00:52:45,520 --> 00:52:48,240
Speaker 1: being the under contract. Have you ever seen Tom Brady

1019
00:52:48,239 --> 00:52:50,000
Speaker 1: in two thousand two That doesn't look like the same

1020
00:52:50,040 --> 00:52:52,680
Speaker 1: person we're getting in the bottom of this. Um, I

1021
00:52:52,719 --> 00:52:54,480
Speaker 1: gotta you want to go down to the bunker. Let's

1022
00:52:54,480 --> 00:52:59,800
Speaker 1: do it, you know, I mean talking about off off target?

1023
00:53:00,040 --> 00:53:02,200
Speaker 1: Is it? You got an audible and get you know,

1024
00:53:02,280 --> 00:53:04,879
Speaker 1: get into something and this is the song we went with.

1025
00:53:05,000 --> 00:53:09,160
Speaker 1: You know some regrets all right now? You know I

1026
00:53:09,200 --> 00:53:11,160
Speaker 1: don't like to deal with these type of things, but

1027
00:53:11,200 --> 00:53:13,399
Speaker 1: I think it should be talked about in the bunker. Uh.

1028
00:53:13,400 --> 00:53:18,040
Speaker 1: The Steelers were rocked internally with a pretty legit issue

1029
00:53:18,040 --> 00:53:21,359
Speaker 1: in their locker room. The the Antonio Brown situation where

1030
00:53:21,400 --> 00:53:24,520
Speaker 1: he and the players take this stuff very seriously, the

1031
00:53:24,520 --> 00:53:27,560
Speaker 1: sanctity of the locker room. He's doing the live Facebook

1032
00:53:27,600 --> 00:53:30,440
Speaker 1: thing to forty people that then goes out to millions.

1033
00:53:30,480 --> 00:53:33,120
Speaker 1: Once the story blows out, blows up where he puts

1034
00:53:33,280 --> 00:53:36,000
Speaker 1: his coach on blast uh. The coach then has a

1035
00:53:36,040 --> 00:53:38,600
Speaker 1: press conference where he just buries him, and I think

1036
00:53:38,600 --> 00:53:40,680
Speaker 1: it some people were surprised by how hard he went

1037
00:53:40,719 --> 00:53:43,719
Speaker 1: after Antonio Brown, who's an absolute superstar on this team.

1038
00:53:43,800 --> 00:53:47,560
Speaker 1: The quarterback did the same thing. Debunk this, that this

1039
00:53:47,640 --> 00:53:50,880
Speaker 1: actually is a legit distraction that could hurt a page

1040
00:53:51,239 --> 00:53:55,760
Speaker 1: Steelers team that needs everything in its being to deliver

1041
00:53:55,880 --> 00:53:58,919
Speaker 1: performance to steal this game. This get this is gonna

1042
00:53:59,000 --> 00:54:02,160
Speaker 1: hurt them. Defunk that. I mean, I don't know why

1043
00:54:02,160 --> 00:54:05,120
Speaker 1: I will hurt them just because it's a real distraction

1044
00:54:05,160 --> 00:54:07,480
Speaker 1: as opposed to a media created to me. Once there,

1045
00:54:07,640 --> 00:54:09,919
Speaker 1: Once the whistle blows on Sunday, it's not gonna matter.

1046
00:54:10,640 --> 00:54:13,560
Speaker 1: It's annoying. I think when they're meeting with the press

1047
00:54:13,640 --> 00:54:17,320
Speaker 1: during the week, is that going to impact how they play?

1048
00:54:17,520 --> 00:54:19,400
Speaker 1: I don't think so. I mean, Brown's gonna go for

1049
00:54:19,400 --> 00:54:22,160
Speaker 1: about a hundred sixty and then nobody's gonna think about, Well,

1050
00:54:22,239 --> 00:54:24,880
Speaker 1: Malcolm Butler has done a good job against with Landry

1051
00:54:24,920 --> 00:54:28,040
Speaker 1: Jones at quarterback. Sure, I'm curious what's going up, you know,

1052
00:54:28,160 --> 00:54:30,560
Speaker 1: if there is any dissension in that locker room because

1053
00:54:30,560 --> 00:54:32,360
Speaker 1: of this. That's all I think. Here here, here's what

1054
00:54:32,400 --> 00:54:34,840
Speaker 1: I think it was. The NFL was looking into it,

1055
00:54:34,880 --> 00:54:37,279
Speaker 1: and I think that probably was the pivot point for

1056
00:54:37,400 --> 00:54:40,200
Speaker 1: Tomlin and the Steelers to take it very seriously, especially

1057
00:54:40,200 --> 00:54:43,600
Speaker 1: in front of Row. Blown up is private speech right away.

1058
00:54:43,640 --> 00:54:45,920
Speaker 1: I think. I don't think that if you're a coach,

1059
00:54:46,000 --> 00:54:49,120
Speaker 1: you're ever want expecting that to happen. And it's embarrassing

1060
00:54:49,200 --> 00:54:52,200
Speaker 1: because because Tomlin did not, I think he came off

1061
00:54:52,239 --> 00:54:54,399
Speaker 1: looking fine to all of us, but there's some people

1062
00:54:54,440 --> 00:54:56,279
Speaker 1: that could take issue with this language. They want to

1063
00:54:56,360 --> 00:54:59,000
Speaker 1: give me a break. I think the only way it's

1064
00:54:59,080 --> 00:55:01,560
Speaker 1: becomes a it's again, it's just in the media. I

1065
00:55:01,640 --> 00:55:04,399
Speaker 1: think the Steelers buried it by Wednesday or Thursday. They

1066
00:55:04,400 --> 00:55:06,919
Speaker 1: talked about it as being over. It's down the river.

1067
00:55:07,120 --> 00:55:09,360
Speaker 1: And I do think that these teams are are drilled

1068
00:55:09,400 --> 00:55:11,280
Speaker 1: and trained to move on from this kind of stuffing.

1069
00:55:11,440 --> 00:55:13,200
Speaker 1: But the only if this is not a team thing,

1070
00:55:13,200 --> 00:55:14,600
Speaker 1: but if he gets if he has one of these

1071
00:55:14,960 --> 00:55:17,960
Speaker 1: scenarios like an Odell Beckham game where drops occur and

1072
00:55:17,960 --> 00:55:20,760
Speaker 1: he has thirteen yards to the half and one catch,

1073
00:55:21,160 --> 00:55:23,120
Speaker 1: it's gonna be a talking point. Not that it's gonna

1074
00:55:23,120 --> 00:55:24,800
Speaker 1: be talking more in the locker room though. What a

1075
00:55:24,880 --> 00:55:27,080
Speaker 1: matchup though? I mean, these are two guys that taped

1076
00:55:27,120 --> 00:55:30,000
Speaker 1: a commercial of how good this matchup is, of them

1077
00:55:30,080 --> 00:55:32,520
Speaker 1: running all over the place. Butler didn't know. Okay, job

1078
00:55:32,520 --> 00:55:34,799
Speaker 1: on him. Uh last year when they played too And

1079
00:55:34,840 --> 00:55:38,680
Speaker 1: it's just a competitive you know, Antonio Brown. He's the

1080
00:55:38,680 --> 00:55:41,000
Speaker 1: only guy that Butler follows around the field, right, And

1081
00:55:41,000 --> 00:55:43,000
Speaker 1: if that's all that there is is Butler over there.

1082
00:55:43,000 --> 00:55:45,279
Speaker 1: I mean Antonio Brown didn't exactly shut him out. Can

1083
00:55:45,360 --> 00:55:47,799
Speaker 1: be yeah, and Antonio Brown can beat anyone. That's not

1084
00:55:47,880 --> 00:55:50,600
Speaker 1: my point. He's just a competitive guy. The Patriots, what

1085
00:55:50,640 --> 00:55:53,320
Speaker 1: are their sneaky things? They're good at in the secondary?

1086
00:55:53,360 --> 00:55:56,840
Speaker 1: Fewest yards allowed after the catch of any secondary in

1087
00:55:56,880 --> 00:55:59,960
Speaker 1: the NFL four their top five tacklers our corner back

1088
00:56:00,000 --> 00:56:05,919
Speaker 1: because that was one of my signature moves on trademark. Uh,

1089
00:56:05,960 --> 00:56:08,360
Speaker 1: you know. Things to watch this week was the Patriots tackling,

1090
00:56:08,480 --> 00:56:11,640
Speaker 1: especially Butler and Logan Ryan. Butler will knock your knock

1091
00:56:11,719 --> 00:56:13,879
Speaker 1: your block off. It's fun to watch. If the third

1092
00:56:13,920 --> 00:56:17,600
Speaker 1: floor we produced a little content this week. They don't

1093
00:56:17,640 --> 00:56:22,279
Speaker 1: care um over undertime. Antonio Brown seven and a half

1094
00:56:22,280 --> 00:56:26,600
Speaker 1: catches under over. I don't think they're gonna throw that much.

1095
00:56:26,719 --> 00:56:29,839
Speaker 1: I think will have seven and a half catches all

1096
00:56:29,880 --> 00:56:32,239
Speaker 1: go Over specifically built this out so you can't say,

1097
00:56:32,280 --> 00:56:36,000
Speaker 1: pushed over a hundred and nineteen and a half yards

1098
00:56:36,000 --> 00:56:39,400
Speaker 1: over under. I think he's gonna cross a hundred and

1099
00:56:39,400 --> 00:56:43,320
Speaker 1: fifty and half a touchdown. I would maybe on the

1100
00:56:43,400 --> 00:56:45,920
Speaker 1: end zone on Malcolm. How about this one? Yes, did

1101
00:56:45,960 --> 00:56:49,359
Speaker 1: you answer the question who's going to score touchdown? I'll

1102
00:56:49,360 --> 00:56:53,000
Speaker 1: give him a touchdown? Why not? Confidently what you got?

1103
00:56:53,040 --> 00:56:55,960
Speaker 1: How about who who gains more yards in this game?

1104
00:56:56,800 --> 00:57:00,120
Speaker 1: Antonio Brown or as you pointed out, West, the the

1105
00:57:00,239 --> 00:57:03,640
Speaker 1: leader in NFL receiving yards since week nine, Julian Edelman

1106
00:57:04,160 --> 00:57:07,160
Speaker 1: playing playing his best right now. I'll take Antonio Brown,

1107
00:57:07,239 --> 00:57:10,480
Speaker 1: I will too, Brownie, Hey, what can Brown do for you?

1108
00:57:10,880 --> 00:57:15,040
Speaker 1: Score a lot, catch a lot, run a lot. I'll

1109
00:57:15,040 --> 00:57:17,240
Speaker 1: take the Bennet ball bit. Yeah, no, I don't. I

1110
00:57:17,800 --> 00:57:22,439
Speaker 1: probably would too. Opening another major playing really well right now,

1111
00:57:22,560 --> 00:57:25,560
Speaker 1: but I absolutely that's true. I thought he had his

1112
00:57:25,560 --> 00:57:27,400
Speaker 1: best game of the year last week. You know who

1113
00:57:27,400 --> 00:57:33,120
Speaker 1: he who? Knew? Its Patriots Martellis Bennett, Martellis Bettett. Yeah,

1114
00:57:33,440 --> 00:57:38,800
Speaker 1: he's one for four yards and the ghosts heard all.

1115
00:57:39,440 --> 00:57:41,200
Speaker 1: That's the only knock of this guy. Is he gonna

1116
00:57:41,200 --> 00:57:42,360
Speaker 1: be back on the team next year? Not the only

1117
00:57:42,440 --> 00:57:45,680
Speaker 1: knock on him. I would think they would do everything

1118
00:57:45,720 --> 00:57:48,960
Speaker 1: to keep him. Uh. Four to two weeks of martellis

1119
00:57:48,960 --> 00:57:53,440
Speaker 1: Bennett quotes as we lead up to Super I do

1120
00:57:53,600 --> 00:57:55,920
Speaker 1: like that Michael went down in flames, so so I

1121
00:57:55,920 --> 00:57:58,520
Speaker 1: could take Martell's all right, because the year versus Bennett,

1122
00:57:58,560 --> 00:58:01,160
Speaker 1: that's a good one. Let's pick the game. Now, let's

1123
00:58:01,200 --> 00:58:03,320
Speaker 1: decide who else is going to the Super Bowl. Will

1124
00:58:03,360 --> 00:58:07,920
Speaker 1: start with you, Greg Key. In this game, Patriots gotta

1125
00:58:08,040 --> 00:58:12,680
Speaker 1: run the ball. Pittsburgh is gonna be backing up five

1126
00:58:12,760 --> 00:58:15,160
Speaker 1: or six defensive backs the whole game. I think that's

1127
00:58:15,160 --> 00:58:17,560
Speaker 1: a difference between this Patriots team and a year ago.

1128
00:58:17,600 --> 00:58:19,360
Speaker 1: I think they will run the ball quite a bit

1129
00:58:19,400 --> 00:58:21,520
Speaker 1: in this game. That'll be Key slow it down a

1130
00:58:21,560 --> 00:58:26,480
Speaker 1: little bit. Patriots win the game thirty one to eight,

1131
00:58:26,600 --> 00:58:29,680
Speaker 1: and by process of elimination, this is the team that

1132
00:58:29,960 --> 00:58:32,920
Speaker 1: you know, I'm not gonna pick against the Patriots seven

1133
00:58:33,160 --> 00:58:35,880
Speaker 1: eighteen straight weeks this year. I'm gonna lock it up.

1134
00:58:38,040 --> 00:58:41,280
Speaker 1: It's a good pick. Traumatic conclusion to the lock segment.

1135
00:58:41,720 --> 00:58:44,920
Speaker 1: In fact, if not for my well documented issues with

1136
00:58:45,000 --> 00:58:47,200
Speaker 1: that franchise, I would have locked this game up as well.

1137
00:58:47,960 --> 00:58:52,200
Speaker 1: You know, the Steelers obviously have a puncher's chance in

1138
00:58:52,200 --> 00:58:56,520
Speaker 1: this game. But I think that the Patriots at home,

1139
00:58:57,120 --> 00:58:59,560
Speaker 1: Tom Brady it's gonna be too much for him to handle.

1140
00:58:59,720 --> 00:59:02,880
Speaker 1: And I think that uh Roethlisberger has thrown had some

1141
00:59:02,920 --> 00:59:05,960
Speaker 1: turnovers this season, and I think I don't think Tom

1142
00:59:05,960 --> 00:59:07,960
Speaker 1: Brady is gonna have two more interceptions this week. I

1143
00:59:07,960 --> 00:59:10,320
Speaker 1: think they'll play much sharper this week. I could see

1144
00:59:10,320 --> 00:59:12,640
Speaker 1: a complete effort and a game that's not as close

1145
00:59:12,880 --> 00:59:16,320
Speaker 1: as other people think it will be. I'm gonna say

1146
00:59:17,880 --> 00:59:23,240
Speaker 1: thirty one to twenty Patriots with another conference title. These

1147
00:59:23,280 --> 00:59:26,120
Speaker 1: are the two most balanced teams in the NFL. I

1148
00:59:26,240 --> 00:59:30,040
Speaker 1: love this matchup. The Steelers are absolutely capable of beating

1149
00:59:30,080 --> 00:59:35,080
Speaker 1: any team in the league. That said, spell Chicken Brady.

1150
00:59:35,440 --> 00:59:38,480
Speaker 1: They are sixteen and three at home in the playoffs

1151
00:59:38,640 --> 00:59:42,240
Speaker 1: since they arrived in New England, two winning percentage at

1152
00:59:42,280 --> 00:59:48,400
Speaker 1: home in the postseason. Taking the Patriots thirty seven, well,

1153
00:59:48,440 --> 00:59:51,080
Speaker 1: you're going to take the Steelers, That's what I'm gonna do.

1154
00:59:52,080 --> 00:59:55,960
Speaker 1: Look at you, I'm taking the Pittsburgh Stable Alliance I

1155
00:59:56,080 --> 00:59:58,720
Speaker 1: do not believe that they are that on any level.

1156
00:59:58,880 --> 01:00:00,960
Speaker 1: And this will be another thing that their fans cannot

1157
01:00:00,960 --> 01:00:03,439
Speaker 1: point to with their woe is me attitude. They're gonna

1158
01:00:03,480 --> 01:00:06,040
Speaker 1: win this game and go right into Super Bowl fifty one.

1159
01:00:06,040 --> 01:00:09,560
Speaker 1: They're gonna win this game seven to six. In the

1160
01:00:09,640 --> 01:00:12,800
Speaker 1: last minute, they will score, and they will create what

1161
01:00:12,960 --> 01:00:15,480
Speaker 1: is one of the worst losses for the Patriots fans

1162
01:00:15,880 --> 01:00:18,400
Speaker 1: in their lifetime. Because this is a crushing loss. You

1163
01:00:18,480 --> 01:00:20,439
Speaker 1: don't I understand what one thinks Tom Brady is gonna

1164
01:00:20,440 --> 01:00:22,800
Speaker 1: played the fifty six. You don't have many more chances

1165
01:00:24,400 --> 01:00:27,000
Speaker 1: this may not. This is a perfectly set up for them.

1166
01:00:27,120 --> 01:00:29,240
Speaker 1: I don't think it's gonna happen. I keep seeing Pittsburgh

1167
01:00:29,280 --> 01:00:31,560
Speaker 1: in the Super Bowl. Who would have thought the old

1168
01:00:31,640 --> 01:00:37,640
Speaker 1: Zeuser the quiet Storm would pick the Patriots and the Steelers, uh, respectively.

1169
01:00:38,120 --> 01:00:39,600
Speaker 1: We'll see how it plays out. And you know what,

1170
01:00:39,920 --> 01:00:42,320
Speaker 1: for me, I get it both ways here, I get

1171
01:00:42,320 --> 01:00:44,240
Speaker 1: it right, I got the pick. If I get it wrong, yeah,

1172
01:00:44,240 --> 01:00:48,240
Speaker 1: I don't like this Christmas. Yeah, great job, sneaky Jinks

1173
01:00:48,280 --> 01:00:51,440
Speaker 1: scenario here, wait a position yourself. By the way, I

1174
01:00:51,440 --> 01:00:56,720
Speaker 1: got an update uh from Sydney, NFL. Pick them. I

1175
01:00:56,960 --> 01:00:59,720
Speaker 1: had the times completely wrong. They were different than last

1176
01:00:59,760 --> 01:01:04,080
Speaker 1: week eight thirty am and eleven thirty am Eastern Time

1177
01:01:04,160 --> 01:01:07,959
Speaker 1: on Saturday, NFL pick up set your DVRs. Yeah yeah,

1178
01:01:08,040 --> 01:01:11,400
Speaker 1: please watch that show because the third Floor that is

1179
01:01:11,400 --> 01:01:14,200
Speaker 1: something they're very plugged into. And we we I feel

1180
01:01:14,240 --> 01:01:17,360
Speaker 1: like we do a nice job without trying to bring

1181
01:01:17,400 --> 01:01:20,080
Speaker 1: what we do in the podcast studio into what's on

1182
01:01:20,120 --> 01:01:22,720
Speaker 1: the television. So please check that out. Uh. So there

1183
01:01:22,760 --> 01:01:24,440
Speaker 1: you go. The next time you hear from us, it

1184
01:01:24,520 --> 01:01:28,560
Speaker 1: will be Sunday night. These games will be decided. Uh,

1185
01:01:28,560 --> 01:01:30,520
Speaker 1: and we will be we will know who's going to

1186
01:01:30,560 --> 01:01:33,360
Speaker 1: the super Bowl. Lot Here we are again boys here

1187
01:01:33,440 --> 01:01:36,720
Speaker 1: and by the way, guys, Sunday night, we got to

1188
01:01:36,720 --> 01:01:40,360
Speaker 1: get our customary end of season pre Super Bowl drinks

1189
01:01:40,360 --> 01:01:44,920
Speaker 1: at the Cozy. Don't forget mark your calendars. The Cozy

1190
01:01:45,000 --> 01:01:50,000
Speaker 1: in all right until Sunday night. This is Dan Hansens

1191
01:01:50,040 --> 01:01:56,360
Speaker 1: signing off for a quiet storm the mail Man. Y'all boss,

1192
01:01:57,720 --> 01:02:02,640
Speaker 1: a new money behind the Glass Tell Championship Sunday