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

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Speaker 1: Jason McIntyre, Straight Fire, Friday, October nine. This NFL season

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Speaker 1: just buzzing through already in Week five, and I'm kind

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Speaker 1: of piste off at the result last night. Uh listen,

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Speaker 1: Buccaneers were definitely the better side. They're the bigger story.

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Speaker 1: They lost. Tom Brady screwed up. We'll get to that shortly.

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Speaker 1: I want to tease this obviously ahead of Game five

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Speaker 1: of the NBA Finals tonight. We have a great interview

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Speaker 1: with Eddie House, my main man. Eddie House played in

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Speaker 1: the NBA, and you guys know how I like to

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Speaker 1: tell stories about working with guys at FS one, Like

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Speaker 1: right from the jump, Eddie House, like, I was like, whoa,

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Speaker 1: this guy talks tough. Uh, he's got the neck tattoo,

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Speaker 1: but he was like the friendliest guy ever. We got

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Speaker 1: to be friends and Eddie House and just he like

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Speaker 1: like like me. He coaches his son's and youth sports,

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Speaker 1: but he tells me the stories of how he gets

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Speaker 1: ejected from the gym's. He's just a hilarious guy. So

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Speaker 1: I wanted to talk to him about NBA Finals, NBA Playoffs,

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Speaker 1: the bubble. I think you'll really enjoy that as a

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Speaker 1: preview for Game five. And then at the end of

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Speaker 1: the podcast, I went long with the best bet three

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Speaker 1: NFL bets for the weekend, and good thing I didn't

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Speaker 1: add Tampa to that list, because, oh boy, the Buccaneers.

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Speaker 1: I mean listen, they were the right side in that game. Yeah, listen,

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Speaker 1: they could play that game again tonight. I could have

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Speaker 1: just seen that result and I would still take Tampa.

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Speaker 1: They led thirteen nothing, the Bears come down finally score

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Speaker 1: a touchdown, and then a freak turnover by the Buccaneers.

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Speaker 1: Bear score again, and then it was a game from

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Speaker 1: there on out. But the referees, Like, if I knew

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Speaker 1: I was betting on a ref show, I probably would

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Speaker 1: not have bet on the Bucks. I liked them all week,

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Speaker 1: I liked them today even though the line came crashing down,

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Speaker 1: and yes, the injuries caught up with them. But two

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Speaker 1: things really screwed them up here. Number one was the

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Speaker 1: referee reads. I mean, listen, I'm not referee guy, but

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Speaker 1: eleven flags for a hundred nine yards, folks. The Bears

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Speaker 1: barely had two hundred yards of offense with like five

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Speaker 1: minutes left in the fourth quarter. Okay, the referees really

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Speaker 1: were flagging Tampa for everything in the second half, and

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Speaker 1: at one point Tom Brady lost it on his offensive line,

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Speaker 1: specifically the kid Jensen. I think he had back to

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Speaker 1: back penalties. Brady was f bombing him all the way

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Speaker 1: to the bench, very heated. I thought initially it was

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Speaker 1: the referees, and it might have been a referee catching

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Speaker 1: collateral damage. But he was hot. Brady was super piste.

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Speaker 1: He got sacked three times. But the Bears pass rush

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Speaker 1: got to Brady in the second half, and I didn't

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Speaker 1: understand why Bruce Arians kept airing it out. Tom Brady's

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Speaker 1: forty three years old. He threw forty one passes. Ronald

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Speaker 1: Jones carried seventeen times for a hundred and six yards,

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Speaker 1: peeling off over over six yards to carry right five

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Speaker 1: point three yards of carry. Are you serious? What are

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Speaker 1: you dropping Brady back for so often? Bruce Arians. And

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Speaker 1: this is the thing we talked about a few weeks ago.

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Speaker 1: I think it was after the SAME's loss, the push

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Speaker 1: and pull between Brady and what he wants to do

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Speaker 1: and m Bruce Arians and what he wants to do.

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Speaker 1: Bruce Arians wants to just send three receivers deep all

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Speaker 1: the time. Tom Brady sits back in the pocket. He's

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Speaker 1: gonna take some hits, but he's gonna hit the long pass.

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Speaker 1: And the Bears clearly took that away. And I predicted

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Speaker 1: this would be a tight end game, and I nailed it. Listen,

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Speaker 1: I could see this being a big game for Grant.

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Speaker 1: Obviously got Grunt's biggest game of the year. Targeted six times,

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Speaker 1: three catches, fifty two yards um, and Brady went to

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Speaker 1: the tight ends heavily. Cameron brad five catches, somebody named

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Speaker 1: Hudson had a catch, but all told, sixteen of forty

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Speaker 1: one targets were for tight ends. That's a big number.

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Speaker 1: And again, listen, we know Chris Godwin was out hurt.

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Speaker 1: And then you look at Scotty Miller zero catches, somebody

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Speaker 1: the kid Tyler Johnson four catches. But overall, Brady was

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Speaker 1: the referees, and then of course came the big moment.

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Speaker 1: I know you guys are waiting for this. Every single

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Speaker 1: person who holds a podcast, a radio show, a TV

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Speaker 1: is gonna be bashing Tom Brady who didn't know what

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Speaker 1: down it was, and it's it's just a weird vibe

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Speaker 1: I Initially when Brady put his four fingers up, I

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Speaker 1: Evans play. That is a kind of speak. Speaks to

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Speaker 1: the confidence I have in Brady. He was holding up

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Speaker 1: four fingers. I thought the I thought the TV guys

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Speaker 1: at Fox, Joe Buck and Apen, I thought they were

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Speaker 1: wrong and Brady was right, and I was like holding

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Speaker 1: out hope. But ultimately Nick Foles beats Tom Brady again.

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Speaker 1: And Nick Foles was not great. I mean, first first

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Speaker 1: half people were like, all right, is it time to

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Speaker 1: of a barn. He was not very good. The Bears

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Speaker 1: offense stinks again, second week in a row. They couldn't

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Speaker 1: run the football average four point one yard to play.

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Speaker 1: It's basically Nick Foles dropping back and let's see, let's

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Speaker 1: toss it up to Allen Robinson. Let's see if he

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Speaker 1: it into Cordurell Patterson dump offs to the running backs.

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Speaker 1: This Bears offense is unsustainable. It's total trash. But therefore

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Speaker 1: in one, it's not gonna last. It's not sustainable. Take

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Speaker 1: it to the bank. The Bears will miss the playoffs.

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Speaker 1: It's October ninth Friday. Go ahead, site it. Throw it

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Speaker 1: back in my face. The Bears will miss the playoffs.

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Speaker 1: But overall, my big takeaway here, I'm not gonna go

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Speaker 1: and two. They lost kind of a cheap one here

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Speaker 1: to the Bears the season opener. They outplayed the Saints.

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Speaker 1: Similar theme, right, They outplayed the Bears tonight and if

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Speaker 1: the Saints. The Saints could barely move the football. The

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Speaker 1: problem again, Tom Brady, So again he gets a grace period. Guys,

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Speaker 1: wasn't the reason they lost. Now where it gets interesting

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Speaker 1: is the next game is against the Green Bay Packers,

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Speaker 1: a very good game. You don't want to drop if

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Speaker 1: the schedule again, You've got the Rams, You've got the Chiefs. Um.

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Speaker 1: But this is still a ten eleven win team and

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Speaker 1: another guy. All right, let's welcome into straight fire. One

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Speaker 1: He's a good guy, and he's been ejected from youth

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Speaker 1: I'm enjoying the finals. Um. I don't know. I'm curious

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Speaker 1: of those games, so that those are did. That's a

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Speaker 1: little different, So you could always find something to say.

427
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Speaker 1: I think it was an even playing field. Is it

428
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Speaker 1: the same as going eighty two games straight? I think

429
00:21:45,680 --> 00:21:48,240
Speaker 1: guys were able to heal him up during the four

430
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Speaker 1: month hiatus. Guys were able to get their bodies right,

431
00:21:51,320 --> 00:21:53,560
Speaker 1: right in the middle of right before you're gonna start

432
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Speaker 1: that hard playoff push or right before you're gonna start

433
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Speaker 1: into the playoffs, where we all know, from October to

434
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Speaker 1: March April, there's a lot of wearing, tear on your body,

435
00:22:03,119 --> 00:22:05,840
Speaker 1: a lot of travel, so you had that time to

436
00:22:06,359 --> 00:22:08,560
Speaker 1: heal and you came into it. And I think it

437
00:22:08,720 --> 00:22:11,199
Speaker 1: was such an even playing field. That's why to me

438
00:22:11,280 --> 00:22:14,640
Speaker 1: at the beginning of the bubble, I was like, man,

439
00:22:14,680 --> 00:22:17,159
Speaker 1: I think it's like five teams that legitimately have a

440
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Speaker 1: chance because there is no home court advantage and everybody

441
00:22:20,520 --> 00:22:23,000
Speaker 1: was had opportunity to heal up and be as as

442
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Speaker 1: sharp as they can be. Um, I know there's still

443
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Speaker 1: one game left or maybe more, but who who do

444
00:22:28,280 --> 00:22:30,240
Speaker 1: you get the edge on the m v P Award

445
00:22:30,280 --> 00:22:33,320
Speaker 1: to edd uh Andy Davis's defense on Jimmy Butler was

446
00:22:33,359 --> 00:22:36,359
Speaker 1: phenomenal in Game four. But at the same time, you know,

447
00:22:36,480 --> 00:22:39,239
Speaker 1: Lebron's averaging nearly a triple double, He's setting up all

448
00:22:39,280 --> 00:22:42,440
Speaker 1: the easy Anthony David's looks. I don't know. Apparently there

449
00:22:42,440 --> 00:22:44,879
Speaker 1: are an odd number of voters, so they cannot split

450
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Speaker 1: the m v P. UM, who would you vote for

451
00:22:47,560 --> 00:22:49,080
Speaker 1: and who do you think will win? You have to

452
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Speaker 1: go with. Lebron has been consistent right now, he's been consistent.

453
00:22:52,760 --> 00:22:56,639
Speaker 1: And Athony Davidson the game that Miami one, he was

454
00:22:57,000 --> 00:22:59,800
Speaker 1: disappearing acts fifteen points. Um, you know you had to

455
00:23:00,000 --> 00:23:03,080
Speaker 1: guys coming off the bench, kylkos Man, Markis Morris who

456
00:23:03,119 --> 00:23:05,440
Speaker 1: scored more than him. That should never happen. That that

457
00:23:05,640 --> 00:23:08,080
Speaker 1: your m v P of a final should not have

458
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Speaker 1: that happen. And Lebron has been consistent. Now a d

459
00:23:11,600 --> 00:23:14,840
Speaker 1: did come back and has hit a couple of big

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Speaker 1: time threes late in games. Um to seal the deal,

461
00:23:18,520 --> 00:23:21,480
Speaker 1: came up with a big time block against Jimmy Butler. Now,

462
00:23:21,520 --> 00:23:23,480
Speaker 1: if he comes out this next game and has a

463
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Speaker 1: monster game and Lebron doesn't have a big game, then

464
00:23:26,800 --> 00:23:29,320
Speaker 1: we could have He could be a different conversation. But

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Speaker 1: I don't expect Lebron to take a step back. I

466
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Speaker 1: expect him to take a step forward and try to

467
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Speaker 1: end this. What you don't want to do is give

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Speaker 1: his team any kind of life. You want to just

469
00:23:38,240 --> 00:23:39,800
Speaker 1: why you you want to get rid of and why

470
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Speaker 1: you can They're gonna be wearing the Mama jersey, so

471
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Speaker 1: there's extra motivation for the Lakers to close things out.

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Speaker 1: So I think Lebron has to nod but quietly. Man,

473
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Speaker 1: I'm gonna tell you the real NBB of course, Lebron,

474
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Speaker 1: but the real m v P is his region. Rondo,

475
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Speaker 1: you gotta listen to his team when he came back.

476
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Speaker 1: The way this team has played since he's came back

477
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Speaker 1: from injury, they are a totally a total different team,

478
00:24:02,840 --> 00:24:06,040
Speaker 1: not only on the deepensive end, but also on the

479
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Speaker 1: offensive end. He's allowed Lebron to play the wing, to

480
00:24:08,840 --> 00:24:11,320
Speaker 1: play his naturally small for a position, to get out

481
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Speaker 1: in transition, not to always have the ball and have

482
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Speaker 1: it on a dribble coming off the picking roll, to

483
00:24:16,320 --> 00:24:19,119
Speaker 1: make plays. A lot of times, he's a recipient of

484
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Speaker 1: the past with alive dribble, so he can attack the

485
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Speaker 1: basket and then make plays if he doesn't have what

486
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Speaker 1: he wants. So I think, really Rondo, Loki, but high

487
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Speaker 1: Ki and in my mind, a huge part of the

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Speaker 1: reason why the Lakers are where they're at right now.

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Speaker 1: I mean, if he's not playing, I'm not sure if

490
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Speaker 1: to let him get past Denver. Wow, Denver, Oh my gosh,

491
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Speaker 1: all right, and I'll let you go on this one.

492
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Speaker 1: So you were in the East with Lebron, you played

493
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Speaker 1: with him, he played against it. Lebron James was told, man,

494
00:24:49,280 --> 00:24:52,080
Speaker 1: he's crushing the East. It stinks. There's nobody go to

495
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Speaker 1: the East. That's why he's in the finals eighth straight years.

496
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Speaker 1: In his first full season in the West, full season,

497
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Speaker 1: he gets the number one seed and he those to

498
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Speaker 1: the finals and he's probably gonna win the championship. I mean,

499
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Speaker 1: at what point do we have to just stop this

500
00:25:05,320 --> 00:25:11,119
Speaker 1: nonsense Lebron bashing, Like what does it end? Or people

501
00:25:11,119 --> 00:25:13,800
Speaker 1: always built you up to tear you down. They're gonna man,

502
00:25:13,880 --> 00:25:17,080
Speaker 1: and and honestly, in the East, it don't matter where

503
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Speaker 1: you at if you are able to do what he's done,

504
00:25:20,119 --> 00:25:22,760
Speaker 1: it doesn't matter where you're at, what side of the

505
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Speaker 1: the world or the map, or the country you on,

506
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Speaker 1: or what conference you're in, it doesn't matter. You were

507
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Speaker 1: playing against teams that were trying to knock you off

508
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Speaker 1: and you were able to take care of your business. Now,

509
00:25:34,600 --> 00:25:38,040
Speaker 1: the one thing that we can't say Warriors weren't healthy,

510
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Speaker 1: and that will be the next thing that people are

511
00:25:39,720 --> 00:25:42,560
Speaker 1: gonna say, well, hey, yeah, he got the number one. See, look,

512
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Speaker 1: the Warriors weren't healthy, no steph, no play, you know,

513
00:25:45,840 --> 00:25:48,959
Speaker 1: and and regardless it doesn't matter to me, It does

514
00:25:49,040 --> 00:25:52,000
Speaker 1: not matter it. That's not his fault that they're not healthy.

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Speaker 1: You know that that's even more of a testament to

516
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Speaker 1: the player he is because in seven a year seventeen,

517
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Speaker 1: you know, uh I, I don't want to jax anything,

518
00:26:01,359 --> 00:26:04,119
Speaker 1: but he has been pretty much injury free, you know,

519
00:26:04,280 --> 00:26:06,000
Speaker 1: and he has been taking care of his body. He

520
00:26:06,119 --> 00:26:09,440
Speaker 1: understands what he needs to do, and he wins this

521
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Speaker 1: championship this year. That's three and three different, uh three

522
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Speaker 1: different with three different teams. Do what I say? He's

523
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Speaker 1: a goat. I still take Jordan's over No, I'll still

524
00:26:20,200 --> 00:26:22,840
Speaker 1: take Jordans over him. But does he have a legitimate

525
00:26:23,119 --> 00:26:26,600
Speaker 1: conversation and can you listen to him? Yeah, you could

526
00:26:26,640 --> 00:26:29,440
Speaker 1: definitely listen to him. I think at that point Jordan's

527
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Speaker 1: sitting at the table and Jordan's looking at and pulling

528
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Speaker 1: a chair and said, hey man, you can get ready

529
00:26:33,600 --> 00:26:37,359
Speaker 1: to come sit down. Well again, it's the big knock

530
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Speaker 1: is that series against the Maps, which I think I've

531
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Speaker 1: asked you in person on air. It's a mystery what

532
00:26:43,760 --> 00:26:45,560
Speaker 1: the hell happened back then? You know they were favored

533
00:26:45,640 --> 00:26:48,720
Speaker 1: in the series he vanished and it's and it's like

534
00:26:48,760 --> 00:26:51,280
Speaker 1: the Bermuda triangle. We can't explain it. And I don't

535
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Speaker 1: know what happened to Lebron if you want to get

536
00:26:53,040 --> 00:26:55,240
Speaker 1: take one last guess is what the hell happened that series?

537
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Speaker 1: I don't know. I always say that it took that

538
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Speaker 1: one to put him on in the mission where he's

539
00:27:01,320 --> 00:27:04,959
Speaker 1: at now. It took him a little almost like one

540
00:27:05,000 --> 00:27:07,159
Speaker 1: of them. And you don't need to have lose to

541
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Speaker 1: learn a lesson. You don't mean you can win in

542
00:27:09,720 --> 00:27:12,240
Speaker 1: and learn a lesson. Still, you know that's the preferable way.

543
00:27:12,600 --> 00:27:14,920
Speaker 1: But at the end of the day, I think that

544
00:27:15,000 --> 00:27:17,320
Speaker 1: that kind of propelled him to the monster that he is.

545
00:27:17,400 --> 00:27:19,280
Speaker 1: He changed his body. If you think about what he

546
00:27:19,320 --> 00:27:21,520
Speaker 1: looked like that year and the next year he came back,

547
00:27:21,600 --> 00:27:23,520
Speaker 1: he was a little leaner, a little more athletic, and

548
00:27:23,800 --> 00:27:26,199
Speaker 1: as Yeah, if we can say he's a little bit more,

549
00:27:26,880 --> 00:27:28,560
Speaker 1: but I think he put on he had a little

550
00:27:28,560 --> 00:27:30,720
Speaker 1: bit more speed, a little bit more bounced to his step.

551
00:27:31,160 --> 00:27:35,680
Speaker 1: But the thing is ten times is amazing, right to

552
00:27:35,880 --> 00:27:40,240
Speaker 1: have three championships and possibly four I just think to

553
00:27:40,320 --> 00:27:42,560
Speaker 1: get there, you're not closing the deal. He should have.

554
00:27:42,760 --> 00:27:45,239
Speaker 1: He definitely should have more than you know, being there

555
00:27:45,320 --> 00:27:47,119
Speaker 1: so many times, and it doesn't matter what teams he

556
00:27:47,280 --> 00:27:49,680
Speaker 1: went up against. When you are the best in the world,

557
00:27:49,720 --> 00:27:52,160
Speaker 1: when you should find a way, especially when you've had

558
00:27:52,280 --> 00:27:53,960
Speaker 1: help and ain't like he went out there and didn't

559
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Speaker 1: have anybody else with him. I still think Lebron is

560
00:27:56,640 --> 00:27:59,840
Speaker 1: probably skill set why it's probably the most talented player

561
00:27:59,880 --> 00:28:03,399
Speaker 1: that we've seen. Is able to rebass, score, uh, do

562
00:28:03,560 --> 00:28:06,280
Speaker 1: all the things that he's able to do, defend, you know, uh,

563
00:28:06,920 --> 00:28:09,040
Speaker 1: one through five. And we have that argument all the time.

564
00:28:09,080 --> 00:28:10,960
Speaker 1: People say, well he could guard one through five, Well,

565
00:28:11,200 --> 00:28:12,880
Speaker 1: he wouldn't have been able to guard one through five

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Speaker 1: back in nineteen eighty and nineteen nine. It was a

567
00:28:15,400 --> 00:28:18,160
Speaker 1: different type of four and five. Back he could definitely

568
00:28:18,200 --> 00:28:20,920
Speaker 1: guard one and three. But I think he's phenomenal, He's great,

569
00:28:20,960 --> 00:28:22,639
Speaker 1: and they should have closed it out. I picked them

570
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Speaker 1: in six, even though I definitely wanted to heat the

571
00:28:25,160 --> 00:28:27,800
Speaker 1: wind because you know, spending for my career there and

572
00:28:27,840 --> 00:28:31,080
Speaker 1: then drafting me pat Riley, everything, the history that I had,

573
00:28:31,240 --> 00:28:33,480
Speaker 1: organization and love I have for him, I would have

574
00:28:33,520 --> 00:28:35,359
Speaker 1: definitely loved to see them get it done. But we

575
00:28:35,440 --> 00:28:38,840
Speaker 1: gotta be real with ourselves, all right, Eddie House the legend,

576
00:28:39,080 --> 00:28:40,959
Speaker 1: So ed, what are you doing? What's uh? How how

577
00:28:40,960 --> 00:28:43,600
Speaker 1: are you holding up during the pandemic? Oh? Man, you

578
00:28:43,640 --> 00:28:46,520
Speaker 1: know I'm loving life. Man. I can't can't complain. I

579
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Speaker 1: can't complain. I just try to stay busy, stay busy

580
00:28:49,320 --> 00:28:51,400
Speaker 1: with the kids, uh, trying to make sure that they

581
00:28:51,480 --> 00:28:54,040
Speaker 1: stay on top of their grades. Um, work them out

582
00:28:54,080 --> 00:28:55,880
Speaker 1: when I get the opportunity to work them out. And

583
00:28:56,080 --> 00:28:59,080
Speaker 1: and that's pretty much it, man, And uh, you know,

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Speaker 1: just stay and out the way. Alright, good, good to

585
00:29:02,360 --> 00:29:04,200
Speaker 1: hear it. Man. We'll talk to you soon. Eddie House.

586
00:29:04,240 --> 00:29:09,000
Speaker 1: A man. The only thing better than sitting on your

587
00:29:09,080 --> 00:29:13,320
Speaker 1: couch watching the game. He's making money while you do it.

588
00:29:13,760 --> 00:29:19,240
Speaker 1: Here's your best bet, alright, best bet weekend football time.

589
00:29:19,400 --> 00:29:21,560
Speaker 1: As always, You're trying to pick three games that I

590
00:29:21,680 --> 00:29:25,000
Speaker 1: like the most for the weekend. We're taping this um

591
00:29:25,280 --> 00:29:29,080
Speaker 1: Thursday night, and the lines right now say the following.

592
00:29:29,200 --> 00:29:33,880
Speaker 1: I'm taking Arizona favored by seven against my New York Jets.

593
00:29:34,360 --> 00:29:37,120
Speaker 1: And listen, I was on Arizona from the off season.

594
00:29:37,200 --> 00:29:39,120
Speaker 1: I really liked this team, and I kind of love

595
00:29:39,200 --> 00:29:41,240
Speaker 1: that everybody's off them right now because they lost to

596
00:29:41,400 --> 00:29:43,280
Speaker 1: the Lions is a favorite, and then they lost to

597
00:29:43,520 --> 00:29:45,760
Speaker 1: the Panthers is a favorite. Everybody's like, oh, they're not

598
00:29:45,840 --> 00:29:49,280
Speaker 1: that good, and Calum Murray's not an m v P candidate. Actually,

599
00:29:49,520 --> 00:29:51,640
Speaker 1: this is a great spot for Arizona. I don't care

600
00:29:51,800 --> 00:29:55,760
Speaker 1: about the back to back East Coast trips, folks. The

601
00:29:55,880 --> 00:29:59,800
Speaker 1: Jets are starting Joe Flacco. He's thirty five, he has

602
00:30:00,000 --> 00:30:03,240
Speaker 1: on a touchdown pass in a calendar year, and his

603
00:30:03,360 --> 00:30:06,800
Speaker 1: left tackle McKay Beckton, didn't practice much this week. Looks

604
00:30:06,840 --> 00:30:08,960
Speaker 1: like the Jets may sit him instead of risking injury.

605
00:30:09,240 --> 00:30:11,920
Speaker 1: He's a rookie, he's played what three games, and he's

606
00:30:11,960 --> 00:30:16,720
Speaker 1: their best offensive lineman. Okay, you don't have Beckton, You've

607
00:30:16,760 --> 00:30:19,880
Speaker 1: got immobile Joe Flacco. Did you watch Thursday Night Football?

608
00:30:20,360 --> 00:30:22,480
Speaker 1: Did you see Sam Donald running for his life? Like

609
00:30:22,760 --> 00:30:25,120
Speaker 1: every single time they had to the Jets had to

610
00:30:25,200 --> 00:30:28,120
Speaker 1: cut a running back, Killan Blage, a guy they picked

611
00:30:28,160 --> 00:30:31,360
Speaker 1: up from Miami and other Adam Gaze reclamation project, my gosh,

612
00:30:32,240 --> 00:30:34,960
Speaker 1: because Blage kept missing the Blitz pick up. Now I

613
00:30:35,000 --> 00:30:37,520
Speaker 1: know they are expected to get Levion Bell off the

614
00:30:37,600 --> 00:30:40,840
Speaker 1: ir this weekend, which would be a boost obviously, but

615
00:30:41,360 --> 00:30:45,240
Speaker 1: I'd see the Cardinals just teeing off on Joe Flacco here.

616
00:30:45,400 --> 00:30:47,440
Speaker 1: And the big news for the Arizona defense they get

617
00:30:47,480 --> 00:30:50,200
Speaker 1: Buddha Baker, the highest paid safety in the league. He's

618
00:30:50,240 --> 00:30:53,520
Speaker 1: elite and he comes back. And if you watch last week,

619
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Speaker 1: the Cardinals were down their top three safeties, and Bridgewater

620
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Speaker 1: and that smart offense Joe Brady, the o C they

621
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Speaker 1: just picked. There was own a part. They went side

622
00:31:01,240 --> 00:31:03,959
Speaker 1: to side, a couple throws down the field, a lot

623
00:31:04,000 --> 00:31:07,720
Speaker 1: of running backs in the flat, and the Jets just

624
00:31:07,840 --> 00:31:10,600
Speaker 1: can't do that. Okay, thirties six year old Frank Gore

625
00:31:10,680 --> 00:31:13,120
Speaker 1: or whatever on the wheel route. That ain't scaring anybody.

626
00:31:13,360 --> 00:31:15,440
Speaker 1: And on the other side of the football, a crazy

627
00:31:15,560 --> 00:31:18,800
Speaker 1: stat Okay, Kyler Murray leads the league in yards per

628
00:31:18,880 --> 00:31:21,840
Speaker 1: carry at eight point three, and we know in open

629
00:31:21,920 --> 00:31:24,680
Speaker 1: space he's just gonna undress people. He's just filthy. The

630
00:31:24,880 --> 00:31:27,760
Speaker 1: Jets lead the NFL and miss tackles heading into Week

631
00:31:27,840 --> 00:31:31,040
Speaker 1: five with fifty three. And I'm just telling you, you

632
00:31:31,560 --> 00:31:33,160
Speaker 1: guys know, I like the Jets. I've been rooting for

633
00:31:33,240 --> 00:31:36,120
Speaker 1: them for three decades. I'm rooting against them the rest

634
00:31:36,160 --> 00:31:37,680
Speaker 1: of the season. I need them to get the number

635
00:31:37,680 --> 00:31:42,080
Speaker 1: one pick. In Trevor Lawrence, I like Arizona favored by seven.

636
00:31:42,480 --> 00:31:45,720
Speaker 1: Now my next best bet. It's a little riskier, and

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Speaker 1: I'm sure a lot of you are not gonna like it.

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Speaker 1: But if you listen closely to the podcast with Peter

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Speaker 1: King on Thursday, you may have detected something. I like

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Speaker 1: Washington here getting seven against the Rams. So let's look

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Speaker 1: at the Rams for a second. This is their third

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Speaker 1: East coast trip in four weeks. Okay, you can say

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Speaker 1: back to back is one thing. This is their third

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Speaker 1: time they flew across the country to play the Eagles.

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Speaker 1: I was on the Eagles. The Rams destroyed it. Then

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Speaker 1: they had to fly home due to COVID. Flew back

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Speaker 1: to play the Bills, fell down twenty eight to three

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Speaker 1: before a crazy rally, and they end up losing by four. Okay,

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Speaker 1: so then they go home. They're very sleepy against a

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Speaker 1: pretty bad Giants team. They end up winning but not covering.

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Speaker 1: Now they have to get back on a plane and

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Speaker 1: fly across the country again to play a Washington team

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Speaker 1: that's gonna be tough to get up for. Washington is

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Speaker 1: no good. They've lost three straight games by two TVs

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Speaker 1: or more. And look who's up next for the Rams,

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Speaker 1: the forty Niners divisional game, big rivalry. This is a

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Speaker 1: huge game next week. I can see the Rams totally

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Speaker 1: overlooking at Washington. And the other thing is back to

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Speaker 1: that Peter King interview, which was great. If you didn't

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Speaker 1: listen to it, you should. Peter King is clearly tight

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Speaker 1: with Ron Rivera, and he built a case that Listen,

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Speaker 1: they're bringing Kyle Allen in because they think they can

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Speaker 1: make a run in this joke of division of a division.

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Speaker 1: And then you say, well, Kyle Allen stinks. Well, listen,

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Speaker 1: he wasn't good at the end of last year. But uh,

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Speaker 1: do you know who his offensive coordinator was last year?

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Speaker 1: Scott Turner, who's the o C of Washington. Do you

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Speaker 1: know his quarterbacks coach was two years ago in Carolina. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: Scott Turner. So there is familiarity. It's not like they're

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Speaker 1: putting in some backup to get a change of pace.

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Speaker 1: They know Kyle Allen. He's been in his offense for

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Speaker 1: three years and I dug deep last year Carolina opened

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Speaker 1: against the Rams. The Rams are coming off the Super Bowl,

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Speaker 1: Carolina was able to move the football at will. The

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Speaker 1: Carolina offense, the Scott Turner offense, was in the game

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Speaker 1: the entire time. Kim Newton had a terrible game with

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Speaker 1: a fumble and a pick uh. They had another. They

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Speaker 1: had a special teams gaff that like handed the Rams points.

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Speaker 1: But bottom line, Carolina moved the football fairly well against them.

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Speaker 1: I think it was five point four yards of play

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Speaker 1: against the team coming off the Super Bowl. And this

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Speaker 1: Rams defense is not as good as the one last here,

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Speaker 1: I think Washington can move the football uh fairly easily.

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Speaker 1: And the matchup I want to watch here is Kendall Fuller,

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Speaker 1: who's the number four rated cornerback according to Pro Football

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Speaker 1: Focus so far this season. He is playing great in Washington.

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Speaker 1: Gave up nothing at all against the Ravens last week.

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Speaker 1: Terrific quarterback. If they can put him on Cooper Cup

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Speaker 1: get pressure with Chase Young who's back from the injury,

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Speaker 1: I think they can hang. Maybe they can win. I'll

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Speaker 1: put a little bit on the money line, will Pizza

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Speaker 1: money on the money line, but I like Washington getting seven.

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Speaker 1: Now my final pick. You know, I looked hard, really

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Speaker 1: looked really hard. At Carolina UM against Atlanta. I looked

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Speaker 1: really hard at the New York Giants. I kind of

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Speaker 1: wanted to take the Vikings, but I'm done betting against

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Speaker 1: Russell Wilson. It's just not good for your health. And

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Speaker 1: I looked hard at the Cleveland Browns of Colts game,

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Speaker 1: which I like, but ultimately I decided on this one.

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Speaker 1: My third pick Arizona by seven, Washington getting seven, and

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Speaker 1: then of Philadelphia Eagles. Yes, the Philadelphia Eagles seven point

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Speaker 1: favorites at home. Oh, I'm sorry, certain, let me go back.

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Speaker 1: And the final game the Pittsburgh Steelers seven point favorites

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Speaker 1: against the Philadelphia Eagles. This game, Pittsburgh is at home.

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Speaker 1: They will have some fans at the stadium. I think

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Speaker 1: the last thing I saw was five to six thousand

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Speaker 1: fans allowed into the stadium. It's not gonna make a

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Speaker 1: big difference, um, But what will make a difference is

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Speaker 1: the Eagles injury news. Their offensive line is a mash unit. Okay,

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Speaker 1: and Lane Johnson was dinged up against the forty Niners

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Speaker 1: last week. If you watch that game, looked at the numbers.

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Speaker 1: Carson Wentz sacked three times. They hit him ten times.

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Speaker 1: That was the forty Niners j V defense. Now the

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Speaker 1: Eagles have to protect against what is arguably the best

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Speaker 1: front four in the league with t J. Watt and

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Speaker 1: Bud Dupree. I mean, the Steelers are a menacing defense.

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Speaker 1: I don't know how they'll open given the quasi by

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Speaker 1: week last week. They practiced for the first three days

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Speaker 1: last week as if it were a game that it

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Speaker 1: was canceled, so they got three days off. I'm hoping

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Speaker 1: Big Ben doesn't come out rusty. Um. I do think

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Speaker 1: that Juju Smith connection is back. Juju had three touchdowns

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Speaker 1: all of last year. He's already got three this season.

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Speaker 1: And I believe that Pittsburgh defense contains the Eagles, who,

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Speaker 1: by the way, listen, they were lucky on Sunday Night

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Speaker 1: Football to get the win. Okay, the forty Niners handed

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Speaker 1: it to them, Nick Mullins with the pick six. Um,

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Speaker 1: forty Niners actually had better stats than the Eagles. Moving

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Speaker 1: to football, the Eagles just came out on top, and UM,

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Speaker 1: I love Pittsburgh here. This one screams like a Minka

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Speaker 1: Fitzpatrick game. Okay, he hasn't been a difference maker yet

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Speaker 1: this season, but the way Carson Wentz has lost weapons,

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Speaker 1: Dallas Goddard's down. Okay, we don't know if the Shawan

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Speaker 1: Jackson's back, al Sean Jeffrey Jalen Reagor may give it

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Speaker 1: a go. I think there's gonna be some issues for

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Speaker 1: Wentz passing under duress. I think Micah Fitzpatrick comes up

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Speaker 1: with a big play. I don't know about a game

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Speaker 1: changing play, but some sort a big play. And I

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Speaker 1: like the Steelers favor by seven. So those are the

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Speaker 1: three best bets NFL Week five. Arizona favor by seven,

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Speaker 1: Washington getting seven, and the Pittsburgh Steelers favored by seven. Everybody,

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Speaker 1: enjoy the weekend, stay safe. I'll talk to you online

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Speaker 1: and we'll see him Monday