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Speaker 1: the National Football League, I mean there's a couple of

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Speaker 1: geniuses that really worked. I know, Roger Connell gets a

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Speaker 1: lot of heat, you know for what he does and

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Speaker 1: things like that. That's okay, but you know what they

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Speaker 1: end of the schedule and making people like waiting and

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Speaker 1: biting their nails. Last night you had the Cincinnati Bengals

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Speaker 1: You just have to see what the Miami Dolphins do

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Speaker 1: today Sunday and also the Denver Broncos. So they have

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Speaker 1: forced people to watch an entire week in the football genius.

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Speaker 1: Maybe I don't know, maybe I'll give them too much credit,

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Speaker 1: but it just worked out that way. And that game

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Speaker 1: last night was unbelievable with the Cincinnati Bengals because really

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Speaker 1: and truly did downside the Achilles heel of that Bengals

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Speaker 1: team all year long was defense. What got it done

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Speaker 1: last night. Trey Hendrickson on the defensive side of the ball,

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Speaker 1: NFL in sacks this year. It's an amazing situation. You

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Speaker 1: just don't know what they're gonna get. And the Steelers,

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Speaker 1: what has happened. They've gone down the croper big time.

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Speaker 1: They've lost four straight and Russell Wilson obviously looked at

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Speaker 1: not good whatsoever. Dismal if you want to put a

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Speaker 1: amazing what they've done because last time they played early

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Speaker 1: lost to the Steelers in Cincinnati. Bengals gave up five

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Speaker 1: eight loss last night. The Steelers finished with get this,

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Speaker 1: four to twelve on third down convergence. But the key,

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Speaker 1: obviously I talk about who's the MVP. MVP this year

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Speaker 1: has been sent to around Lamar Jackson, who was great

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Speaker 1: yesterday as Baltimore one, Sekwuon Barkley, who won't even be

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Speaker 1: Josh Allen, the quarterback of the Buffalo Bills, but he

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Speaker 1: was great. I mean, certainly, Joe Burrow last night was great.

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Speaker 1: Joe Burrow finished just shy, get this, just shy of

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Speaker 1: five thousand passing yards this year, and basically that was

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Speaker 1: seventy seven, a touchdown at one interception. I want to

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Speaker 1: hear from Joe. I want to hear from Joe cool.

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Speaker 1: Can we hear from Joe Burrow after the game last night?

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Speaker 2: I know that you know forgetting we can make some

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Speaker 1: Really, that's what they gotta do. I mean, think about it. Now,

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Speaker 1: They were four and eight several weeks ago. They've won

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Speaker 1: five straight games, nine and eight, and there's still a

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Speaker 1: You're a decision maker of the Cincinnati Bengals. Should they

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Speaker 1: Who do you blame? I mean, tomorrow's black Monday, and

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Speaker 1: It's black Monday tomorrow. Do you fire the coaching staff?

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Speaker 1: Who would you blame? Joe Burrow? It looks like an MVP.

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Speaker 1: Trey Hendrickson leads the league in sacks. Okay. You got

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Speaker 1: I mean, they were so they just outclassed. They certainly

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Speaker 1: outclassed the Pittsburgh Steelers last night. It's unbelievable. They controlled

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Speaker 1: It was nineteen seven that came back to final score

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Speaker 1: That's basically it. And there's gotta be some concerns right

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Speaker 1: The Bengals obviously is mentioned nine and eight, and they

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Speaker 1: Now we move over to that first game yesterday. The

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Speaker 1: and you talk about Lamar Jackson, he was outstanding thirty

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Speaker 1: they cover that. The division title comes to Baltimore with

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Speaker 1: And look, I'm not here at the point fingers. Well,

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Speaker 1: is my Pardner Bucket Brooks. And I respect him. I

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Speaker 1: I respect his football knowledge. He's a writer, he's a coach,

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Speaker 1: Deshaun Watson situation that blew up. Didn't have much of

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Speaker 1: Black Monday's coming tomorrow. We'll see what happens to their

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Speaker 1: Ravens are dangerous that I'd love to hear if we can,

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Speaker 1: if we can, Shay, Shay, can we hear a little

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Speaker 1: have to say he's the front runner for that MVP

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Speaker 3: You can, Yeah, give me like a second here, No, no, look.

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Speaker 1: I don't put pressure on anybody.

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Speaker 4: You know.

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Speaker 3: I mean, no, no, no, this is anything for you.

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Speaker 1: get this, Lamar Jackson became the first This is unbelievable, really,

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Speaker 5: I'm very proud of our team starting off on to

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Speaker 5: just looking at how how fans was happening with us,

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Speaker 4: We had, you know, win the games here and there,

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Speaker 3: This division is very tough.

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Speaker 5: We got some of the best defensive players you know

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Speaker 4: Against him twice a year.

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Speaker 3: Really, so I'm gonna say six.

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Speaker 5: Times, because like I said, defense on all the teams

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Speaker 5: we play, good defenders on all the teams we play.

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Speaker 5: But I'm very proud of my team.

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Speaker 1: Man.

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Speaker 4: We battle and we got the job done. But the

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Speaker 4: job is undone any of that.

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Speaker 1: Lamar Jackson.

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Speaker 3: Uh.

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Speaker 1: You know, here's a guy that is not truly boastful.

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Speaker 1: I love the fact that his mama is his agent. Uh.

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Speaker 1: He just gets out there, gets the job done. You

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Speaker 1: don't see him in a lot of TV commercials. He's not.

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Speaker 1: I don't think he's an ego maniac. I know that

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Speaker 1: Me run this by you. They're nine and eight. Right now,

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Speaker 2: No, I don't think his job of being jeopardy. I

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Speaker 1: Media people and fans alike need to get their heads

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Speaker 1: I think the fact that Chase Brown didn't play that

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Speaker 1: all right, So there's a possibility that's gonna help the Bengals.

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Speaker 1: Yet Tua came out and said this the other day,

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Speaker 1: I'm not gonna play. I'm hurting, but if we make

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Speaker 1: the playoffs, I'll play. What kind of moronic statement is that? Now?

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Speaker 1: To think about that there's a big game for them,

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Speaker 1: and maybe he doesn't think it's a big game, then

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Speaker 1: I go back to the Chiefs are playing at Denver today.

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Speaker 1: They're playing the Broncos and Patrick Mahomes is not going

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Speaker 1: to play, so obviously that puts a bit of a

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Speaker 1: Disadvtae in the Cincinnati Bengals because I think they need

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Speaker 1: the Chiefs to win. I think the Chiefs have have

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Speaker 1: a less of a chance to win without Patrick Mahomes

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Speaker 1: a quarterback. But I get it. You know, they're fifteen

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Speaker 1: to one, they're playing for nothing right now. They want

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Speaker 1: to keep them healthy. But I'm not so certain that's

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Speaker 1: going to be too fair for them if the Broncos

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Speaker 1: win that game.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, but they've always kind of done this kind of stuff,

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Speaker 2: right The Kansa City Chiefs have always elected to rest

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Speaker 2: their veterans, and they have an older team. You think

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Speaker 2: about the guys that potentially could sit out, you think

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Speaker 2: about Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelce, Chris Jones. I would think

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Speaker 2: DeAndre Hopkins would be someone who plays limited minutes, and

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Speaker 2: anybody else's dealing with an injury their thing. They know

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Speaker 2: if they get to the tournament with everyone healthy, they're

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Speaker 2: a very very.

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Speaker 4: Difficult team to beat.

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Speaker 2: Doesn't make sense to play Patrick Mahomes, give Carson Wentz

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Speaker 2: to start. Also help Carson Wentz gets ready in case

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Speaker 2: he has to be called upon to play in a

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Speaker 2: game in the postseason. Carson Wentz, despite his status as

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Speaker 2: a backup quarterback, has been a starting quarterback. Hasn't been

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Speaker 2: great the last couple of times we've seen him, but

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Speaker 2: Andy Reid, with any quarterback given a week, has always

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Speaker 2: found a way to have some kind of production on offense.

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Speaker 2: I wouldn't just dismiss the chief chances of still keeping

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Speaker 2: the Denver Broncos out the postseason with a good win.

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Speaker 1: We'll see what happens, all right, here's Bucket Brooks, he's

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Speaker 1: Bucky in this ali bottom barrel betting on our number

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Speaker 1: But now what happened to the cream of the crop.

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Speaker 1: let's get into the college football deal. This is kind

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Speaker 1: of like the book two freight trains going down the

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Speaker 1: same track. You got the NFL playoffs and you get

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Speaker 1: the college playoffs at the same time. It's tremendous. I

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Speaker 1: love it. Okay, the one in two seeds were blasted.

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Speaker 1: Ohio State rolled Oregon in the rematch of the Rose Bowl.

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Speaker 1: The SEC champion Georgia, they got dumped by Notre Dame.

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Speaker 1: Arizona State fell to Texas in two overtimes. Boise State

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Speaker 1: missed the Field Bowl that would have cut the lead

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Speaker 1: to one score, and that was against Penn State. So

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Speaker 1: now NOTEJA Day twenty three to ten over Georgia. The

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Speaker 1: top four seeds went zero to four, and Texas newlywed

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Speaker 1: to the SEC. But they're the only SEC team left.

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Speaker 1: That's amazing. How surprised were you with that deal?

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Speaker 4: A little surprised. But what I'm beginning to realize, rhythm

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Speaker 4: is everything. It's hard to.

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Speaker 2: Keep the team playing at a high level when you

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Speaker 2: have a three week break. Nick Saban and Jim Harbor

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Speaker 2: spoke to those things in the past when they had

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Speaker 2: tough times winning bowl games because they were overpracticed, trying

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Speaker 2: to be perfect in breaking down the team.

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Speaker 4: What you have. The way the current.

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Speaker 2: College football playoff is set up, you have the four teams,

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Speaker 2: four conference winners that get the Bibeek well, those other teams.

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Speaker 2: In each of these teams that we saw where they

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Speaker 2: had to play a tough, competitive game the week before

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Speaker 2: they faced those teams in the quarterfinals, and what that

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Speaker 2: did it hardened the team and prepared them for how

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Speaker 2: playoff games are ratcheted up when it comes to intensity, physicality,

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Speaker 2: speed of the game. In those things you saw early

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Speaker 2: in each of those games, the team that played the

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Speaker 2: previous week jumped right on top of the other team.

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Speaker 2: So while the other team is kind of trying to

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Speaker 2: ease back into it, the team that it played the

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Speaker 2: week before, they're rolling, They have a rhythm, they do

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Speaker 2: exactly what they expect, and that is the difference in

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Speaker 2: the game. And most of these things that quick start

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Speaker 2: in the first quarter that was I would say accelerated

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Speaker 2: by the fact that you played a game the week before.

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Speaker 2: What's the difference in all of these contests And it's

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Speaker 2: some of the things that the coaches will have to

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Speaker 2: look at. How can I get my team ready to

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Speaker 2: play when we're coming off this by weekend the postseason?

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Speaker 1: Yeah, and could we stop the argument like who deserves

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Speaker 1: to be in? Who doesn't deserve to be in? Did

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Speaker 1: you catch this score Alabama loss to Michigan nineteen thirteen.

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Speaker 1: I get it. Michigan had a very few starters playing

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Speaker 1: in that game. I understand that. But Alabama lost. All right,

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Speaker 1: So back off and stop. I accept it what it

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Speaker 1: is and I love it. Got this orange ball on

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Speaker 1: Thursday night. You got Penn State against Notre Dame. It

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Speaker 1: is gonna be one hell of a game. This may

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Speaker 1: be one of the best games of the year because

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Speaker 1: you got a defensive team and Penn State. They have

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Speaker 1: had six interceptions to the two playoff games they played.

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Speaker 1: They returned two of them for touchdowns like Gus smu.

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Speaker 1: And here's the big stat which I think that's kind

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Speaker 1: of gone under the rug right now. When they played

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Speaker 1: Boise State, they held Ashton genty to three point five

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Speaker 1: yards of rush. That was his worst outing of the year.

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Speaker 1: The defense runs Penn State. It's gonna be a great game,

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Speaker 1: it really is.

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Speaker 4: It's gonna be a great game.

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Speaker 2: Two teams that are very similar to how they go

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Speaker 2: about doing their business. Both teams are talented. Both teams

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Speaker 2: want to dominate the line of scrimmage, offensive defensive lines,

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Speaker 2: or everything. They want to run the ball, stop to run,

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Speaker 2: and they have quarterbacks who have to make plays but

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Speaker 2: are bit wild cards X factors. The game ultimately come

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Speaker 2: down to Riley Leonard and Drew Aller being able to

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Speaker 2: play in whichever one of those guys plays better, their

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Speaker 2: team is going to advance to the next round.

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Speaker 1: Right, And you look, both teams don't really have much

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Speaker 1: of a passing game. Okay, you talk about Riley Leonard,

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Speaker 1: the quarterback that Notre Dame, he only threw for like

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Speaker 1: eighty eight yards and he ran for sixty five in

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Speaker 1: that game over Indiana when they won twenty seven to seventeen.

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Speaker 1: But again, their offense relies on the top ranked running

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Speaker 1: game led by Leonard and Jeremiah Love. Okay, and they

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Speaker 1: say Love's got basically a bit of a leg injury.

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Speaker 1: But Notre Dame to me, I mean you talk about

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Speaker 1: what they've done after losing to Northern Illinois. I mean

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Speaker 1: they wanted to have they wanted a close shop after

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Speaker 1: that loss, and they just kept on winning. I mean,

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Speaker 1: what a credit to Notre Dame and their coaching staff.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, a Greek credit.

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Speaker 2: And I've said this and I'm interestated to you on

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Speaker 2: the show. The loss to Northerner may have been the

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Speaker 2: best thing to happen in Notre Dame because it made

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Speaker 2: them not only dig deep and display some resilience in

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Speaker 2: grit that was necessary, but it also has kept them focused.

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Speaker 2: The fact that they've dominated opponents from that point is

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Speaker 2: everything that you want to see from a team that is.

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Speaker 4: Hard and it is battle tested and ready to go.

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Speaker 2: Marcus Freeman can always point back to that game in

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Speaker 2: terms of why they have to prepare and do the

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Speaker 2: things and practice to set themselves up to win. They're

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Speaker 2: a really good team. They're not a flashy team, but

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Speaker 2: they are solid in so many areas, and he has

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Speaker 2: them buying into whatever he's preaching.

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Speaker 4: I love it, man, I just love how they're playing.

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Speaker 1: You know, honestly, I mean, hindsight's twenty twenty. But this guy,

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Speaker 1: Marcus Freeman. I remember when he was coaching on the

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Speaker 1: staff at the University of Cincinnati, and when he left

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Speaker 1: that was a big loss. He got the job of

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Speaker 1: Note Your Dame. I guess simply because Brian Kelly left

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Speaker 1: and it was too late to go maybe do a

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Speaker 1: national search. I don't know. They just moved them up

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Speaker 1: the ranks, and I think there's a lot of question marks.

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Speaker 1: Canny get it done. Can he be a head coach?

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Speaker 1: He might be, if not the best in the top

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Speaker 1: five head coach in the country right now. He has

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Speaker 1: done a tremendous job. I love him. I think he's

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Speaker 1: a great coach. I really do.

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Speaker 4: He is a great coach. He's come a long way.

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Speaker 2: He's continue to improve his craft as a coach, and

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Speaker 2: that's what you want to see.

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Speaker 4: You want to see guys get better. It means a

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Speaker 4: lot to him.

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Speaker 2: He's focused on the things that you have to not

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Speaker 2: only in terms of the X and o's to make

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Speaker 2: sure the team is playing right, but the culture, the relationships,

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Speaker 2: to friendships, how you challenge them.

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Speaker 4: He has created an environment and Notre Dame.

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Speaker 2: Look, it's always been a traditional power or wanted to

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Speaker 2: be a traditional power, but he accepts what the challenges

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Speaker 2: and limitations are in terms of the type of kids

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Speaker 2: that can bring in. You got to be able to

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Speaker 2: do the school work. You have to be able to

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Speaker 2: do all the things off the field. But then on

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Speaker 2: the field, you need to be a competitive dog. You

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Speaker 2: need to be able to raise your level of play

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Speaker 2: in those big games. We didn't see that from the

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Speaker 2: program for a long time, where if they had to

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Speaker 2: play an SEC team. They didn't have the athletes, nor

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Speaker 2: did they have the teald to go toe to toe

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Speaker 2: with them.

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Speaker 4: Not anymore.

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Speaker 2: This team would go toe to toe with anybody, which

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Speaker 2: is why they could end up being the last team standing.

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Speaker 1: It's amazing, it really is. Now you talk about, you know,

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Speaker 1: what they did after Northern Illinois and it was maybe

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Speaker 1: one of the better things that happened to them. You know,

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Speaker 1: you may want to say the same thing about Ohio

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Speaker 1: State after losing to Michigan. We move over to the

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Speaker 1: to the Cotton Bowl on Friday night, Texas is going

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Speaker 1: to play Ohio State. Excuse to me, Ohio State can

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Speaker 1: beat everybody except Michigan. And maybe that wasn't wake up call.

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Speaker 1: I don't know. Ohio State, I look at it right now.

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Speaker 1: Is probably a shocking loss to Michigan. Maybe it's one

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Speaker 1: of those games like you just build up and it's

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Speaker 1: too much. You know, you could have moved back to

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Speaker 1: just a little bit. I know, it's the game for them.

651
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Speaker 1: You tell me one time that you were up there

652
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Speaker 1: in Columbus and like to have like the statue or something,

653
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Speaker 1: and they lobby like all they do is count the

654
00:29:45,720 --> 00:29:48,120
Speaker 1: days like when they play Michigan, gott to move back

655
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Speaker 1: a little bit, take it easy. Maybe there's too much,

656
00:29:50,720 --> 00:29:55,960
Speaker 1: too much. I guess attention isn't to that Michigan game.

657
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Speaker 1: I don't know.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, And it's hard.

659
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Speaker 2: It's hard to take to divert the in away from

660
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Speaker 2: the game when the fan base is so rabid about

661
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Speaker 2: Ohio State and how important it is for them to

662
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Speaker 2: win those games. I will say, it's one of the

663
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Speaker 2: things that if you're Ryan Day, maybe we do need

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Speaker 2: to alleviate some of the pressure. What has happened since

665
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Speaker 2: the Michigan game, though, to speak to their dominance, I

666
00:30:19,760 --> 00:30:22,440
Speaker 2: think they got out of trying to prove to people

667
00:30:22,560 --> 00:30:26,400
Speaker 2: how tough they are and leaned into we have more talent.

668
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Speaker 2: I'm gonna make sure that our talent overwhelms your tactics.

669
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Speaker 2: And that's what the Ohio State buck As have done.

670
00:30:31,320 --> 00:30:35,480
Speaker 2: Their superior personnel has and they allowed them to dominate.

671
00:30:36,400 --> 00:30:38,120
Speaker 2: Because my guys are better than your guys. I'm not

672
00:30:38,160 --> 00:30:41,520
Speaker 2: gonna trick you. I'm not really worried about that. I'm

673
00:30:41,560 --> 00:30:43,680
Speaker 2: gonna put my guys in a position to let them

674
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Speaker 2: dominate the game with their time, and that's what they're doing.

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Speaker 1: The dominate you. They demolished Tennessee forty two to seventeen.

676
00:30:50,280 --> 00:30:52,040
Speaker 1: That was in the first round, and then there was

677
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Speaker 1: a revenge game against the Oregon forty one twenty one

678
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Speaker 1: in the Rose Bowl. It was thirty four to nothing

679
00:30:56,920 --> 00:30:59,680
Speaker 1: at one point in the first half. Oregun finished with

680
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Speaker 1: my twenty three rushing yards and Ohio State had eight sacks.

681
00:31:04,560 --> 00:31:09,600
Speaker 1: That's dominating, dominating, and they might be the last team standing, really,

682
00:31:09,680 --> 00:31:11,360
Speaker 1: and you got to feel pretty good about Ryan Day,

683
00:31:11,360 --> 00:31:13,400
Speaker 1: who basically they wanted to hang his head on a

684
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Speaker 1: tree after that Michigan loss. Now you know they could

685
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Speaker 1: beat everybody but Michigan. So what they may be national champs?

686
00:31:21,880 --> 00:31:23,760
Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean it'd be crazy.

687
00:31:23,800 --> 00:31:26,640
Speaker 2: But right now they're playing really well and if they

688
00:31:26,640 --> 00:31:30,040
Speaker 2: continue to play like that, it's gonna be problematic for everybody.

689
00:31:30,080 --> 00:31:32,320
Speaker 2: I mean, this is a really good team. They're hard

690
00:31:32,360 --> 00:31:34,040
Speaker 2: and they can win a few different ways. They got

691
00:31:34,040 --> 00:31:36,160
Speaker 2: a top nine defense to go in.

692
00:31:36,080 --> 00:31:38,200
Speaker 4: An explosive but powerful offense.

693
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Speaker 2: They have like maybe the best receiver in football in

694
00:31:41,840 --> 00:31:45,880
Speaker 2: Jeremiah Smith, but he's surrounded about other top playmakers. Just

695
00:31:45,920 --> 00:31:46,880
Speaker 2: a really good team.

696
00:31:47,200 --> 00:31:47,480
Speaker 4: To me.

697
00:31:48,120 --> 00:31:50,760
Speaker 2: The thing that you worry about is Kim will Howard

698
00:31:50,800 --> 00:31:53,960
Speaker 2: continue to play how he's playing, because if the quarterback

699
00:31:54,000 --> 00:31:56,840
Speaker 2: plays like he's playing man, no one can knock them off.

700
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Speaker 1: He is explaining that you have to get right smack

701
00:31:59,720 --> 00:32:02,400
Speaker 1: me out for saying this. I'm gonna say, Jeremiah Smith

702
00:32:02,440 --> 00:32:04,680
Speaker 1: could play in the NFL right now, all.

703
00:32:04,680 --> 00:32:07,160
Speaker 4: Right, Yeah, I mean he can't.

704
00:32:07,200 --> 00:32:12,320
Speaker 1: I mean he's good, good, He's had thirteen cats. He's great,

705
00:32:12,560 --> 00:32:15,080
Speaker 1: thirteen catches, twohundred ninety yards and four touchdowns in the

706
00:32:15,080 --> 00:32:18,000
Speaker 1: two college football playoff games. I mean, really and truly,

707
00:32:18,400 --> 00:32:21,040
Speaker 1: And that's kind of strange for an Ohio State team

708
00:32:21,080 --> 00:32:23,400
Speaker 1: that basically was relying on the running game. And I'm

709
00:32:23,400 --> 00:32:25,600
Speaker 1: glad they moved away from that running game because they

710
00:32:25,680 --> 00:32:28,440
Speaker 1: got great receivers. And maybe that was the problem. Maybe

711
00:32:28,440 --> 00:32:30,920
Speaker 1: that was the problem, the game planning, the run, run,

712
00:32:31,000 --> 00:32:34,080
Speaker 1: run the football. No, you got great receivers on this team,

713
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Speaker 1: use them.

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Speaker 4: That might have something to do with it.

715
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Speaker 2: But you know, before you can use the receivers, you're

716
00:32:40,560 --> 00:32:42,600
Speaker 2: going to make sure that the quarterback is right. And

717
00:32:42,640 --> 00:32:46,240
Speaker 2: maybe you're trying to protect the quarterback from himself when

718
00:32:46,280 --> 00:32:49,040
Speaker 2: you make some of these calls and not allow him

719
00:32:49,040 --> 00:32:52,040
Speaker 2: to throw it all over the yard. In those things,

720
00:32:52,160 --> 00:32:54,760
Speaker 2: you don't trust him, but then as he makes more players,

721
00:32:54,840 --> 00:32:57,520
Speaker 2: you begin to give him more leeway. That's what's happening

722
00:32:57,560 --> 00:33:00,360
Speaker 2: to me. I just believe that they are all in

723
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Speaker 2: on the talent. They have more confidence in the quarterback,

724
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Speaker 2: and that's why they'reletting it rip a little more in

725
00:33:06,880 --> 00:33:08,720
Speaker 2: the postseason than they did during a regular season.

726
00:33:09,040 --> 00:33:11,040
Speaker 1: Okay, we go back to that Peach Bowl game when

727
00:33:11,560 --> 00:33:14,720
Speaker 1: Arizona State and Texas Texas glew with twenty four to

728
00:33:14,760 --> 00:33:17,080
Speaker 1: eight fourth quarter lead in that game and they needed

729
00:33:17,080 --> 00:33:20,440
Speaker 1: to quit you Wears to save the day. It probably

730
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Speaker 1: was the most exciting playoff game thus far because it

731
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Speaker 1: was back and forth and we went to overtime. But

732
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Speaker 1: you Weres completed twenty and thirty for three twenty two,

733
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Speaker 1: three touchdowns and one big fourth down conversion, had one

734
00:33:33,480 --> 00:33:35,880
Speaker 1: interception that was the game right there. But they had

735
00:33:35,880 --> 00:33:37,960
Speaker 1: a sweat. They were lucky to beat Arizona State. I

736
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Speaker 1: was pull of Arizona State. I liked that coach Dillingham.

737
00:33:40,360 --> 00:33:43,040
Speaker 1: I think he's a character. I like characters. But it

738
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Speaker 1: was a great year of Arizona State. They came out

739
00:33:45,000 --> 00:33:47,280
Speaker 1: of nowhere. What were they picked to finish like next

740
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Speaker 1: to last on the conference coming into the season. So

741
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Speaker 1: it was a great year of Arizona State, but Texas

742
00:33:52,800 --> 00:33:55,480
Speaker 1: was a bumpy ride for Texas. And I'll tell you what,

743
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Speaker 1: I don't think they could hold their own in the

744
00:33:57,080 --> 00:33:59,240
Speaker 1: next round. I really don't. I think Ohio State it's

745
00:33:59,280 --> 00:34:01,000
Speaker 1: gonna slam the door and then pretty good.

746
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Speaker 4: Yeah.

747
00:34:02,200 --> 00:34:04,360
Speaker 2: Well, the one thing that we do know, there's no

748
00:34:04,480 --> 00:34:06,320
Speaker 2: carryover from one week to the next.

749
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Speaker 4: Uh. You still got to play the game and line

750
00:34:08,520 --> 00:34:08,799
Speaker 4: it up.

751
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Speaker 2: And for all of the things that Ohio State brings

752
00:34:11,640 --> 00:34:14,680
Speaker 2: to the table that are wonderful, can they continue.

753
00:34:14,280 --> 00:34:15,280
Speaker 4: To play at that level?

754
00:34:15,440 --> 00:34:17,360
Speaker 2: And it's no guarantee when you're dealing with eighteen to

755
00:34:17,400 --> 00:34:19,160
Speaker 2: twenty two year olds that they're going to be able

756
00:34:19,160 --> 00:34:22,640
Speaker 2: to sustain the focus and the high level of execution

757
00:34:22,840 --> 00:34:25,279
Speaker 2: that they displayed so far. This has to be one

758
00:34:25,280 --> 00:34:27,480
Speaker 2: when it comes down to mistakes for playing mistake for

759
00:34:27,840 --> 00:34:30,960
Speaker 2: mistake free football to be able to advance. We'll see

760
00:34:31,000 --> 00:34:34,560
Speaker 2: if they can continue to do it. Yeah, on paper,

761
00:34:34,920 --> 00:34:38,480
Speaker 2: just super talented, but I would not dismiss the long

762
00:34:38,480 --> 00:34:40,239
Speaker 2: corn chances of being able to bounce back.

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Speaker 1: There we go, He's Bucky Brooks. I'm Indy Firmerwell, Fox

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Speaker 1: Football sonnya Fox Buts Radio. Some tough questions, but he

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Speaker 1: has the answers. Ask Bucky is next. You're listening to

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Speaker 1: Fox Sports Radio Radio. Ask Bucky coming right up. It's

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Speaker 1: about the eleven minutes before of the top of the hour.

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Speaker 1: This is Fox Football Sonya, Fox Buts. Ready, We's fuck

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Speaker 1: he Brooks and Andy Furman and away we go. Let's

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Speaker 1: do Hell and last Bucky, here we go. Book tomorrow

771
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Speaker 1: is Black Monday. All right, I got a couple of

772
00:35:07,880 --> 00:35:10,280
Speaker 1: coaches here. Are you gonna tell me if they stay

773
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Speaker 1: a go and why? And let's get rolling right now. First,

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Speaker 1: I'll give a couple of hints. A little background. Mike

775
00:35:15,320 --> 00:35:18,080
Speaker 1: McCarthy coaching the Dallas Cowboys forty nine and thirty four

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Speaker 1: with the Cowboys. And I guess if Dallas really wanted

777
00:35:21,920 --> 00:35:24,200
Speaker 1: to renew McCarthy's contract, they would have done it by now.

778
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Speaker 1: So I'm not too certain. I think he's gone. Mike

779
00:35:26,800 --> 00:35:28,040
Speaker 1: McCarthy with Dallas.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I think he is eventually going to go.

781
00:35:32,280 --> 00:35:34,960
Speaker 2: I think they're gonna have conversations for a few days

782
00:35:34,960 --> 00:35:36,680
Speaker 2: and maybe even a week, and then eventually I think

783
00:35:36,760 --> 00:35:39,640
Speaker 2: Dale part ways Mike McCarthy's done a really good job.

784
00:35:39,640 --> 00:35:41,200
Speaker 2: But the way that they finished you just kind of

785
00:35:41,239 --> 00:35:46,279
Speaker 2: hear the conversation maybe growing weird for people in the

786
00:35:46,440 --> 00:35:47,360
Speaker 2: organization and cowboys.

787
00:35:47,600 --> 00:35:48,680
Speaker 4: Mike McCarthy's gone.

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Speaker 1: There we go and by the way, we'll lie for

789
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Speaker 1: the tiraq dot Com studios. We roll along right now

790
00:35:52,520 --> 00:35:55,840
Speaker 1: to the Indianapolis Colt Shane Steichen. He's sixteen and seventeen

791
00:35:55,880 --> 00:35:57,279
Speaker 1: with the Colts. But I'll tell you what with a

792
00:35:57,320 --> 00:36:01,359
Speaker 1: new quarterback, a rookie quarterback Richardson, I think they keep

793
00:36:01,440 --> 00:36:04,200
Speaker 1: him there because I think you can't just keep on switching.

794
00:36:04,239 --> 00:36:06,520
Speaker 1: I think you gotta have some sort of a stability factor.

795
00:36:08,040 --> 00:36:11,600
Speaker 2: I don't know, man like, it seems kind of crummy there.

796
00:36:12,200 --> 00:36:14,919
Speaker 2: The quarterback is bad. And whether he was on board,

797
00:36:14,920 --> 00:36:16,880
Speaker 2: said he was gonna be a superstar, or the gentleman

798
00:36:17,000 --> 00:36:19,440
Speaker 2: is on board, he's not. Anthony Richardson is bad. He's

799
00:36:19,440 --> 00:36:21,920
Speaker 2: at the bottom of the barrel when it comes to everything.

800
00:36:23,120 --> 00:36:25,319
Speaker 2: This is dice is a coin flip. I'm going to

801
00:36:25,440 --> 00:36:28,680
Speaker 2: say he goes. I believe they more going from him

802
00:36:28,760 --> 00:36:29,480
Speaker 2: and everybody.

803
00:36:30,239 --> 00:36:33,640
Speaker 1: Your guy, ap Antonio Pierce, coach of the Raiders. He's

804
00:36:33,680 --> 00:36:35,520
Speaker 1: not in sixteen. But let's face it, he's got no

805
00:36:35,880 --> 00:36:38,360
Speaker 1: k not on quiet up, Come on. They trained DeVonta Adams,

806
00:36:38,960 --> 00:36:41,560
Speaker 1: Gardner Minshew and that eight and o'conna's quarterbacks. You ain't

807
00:36:41,600 --> 00:36:44,640
Speaker 1: gonna win anything there. But I think he's gone. I

808
00:36:44,719 --> 00:36:46,480
Speaker 1: just think they're crazy over there in Vegas. I think

809
00:36:46,480 --> 00:36:47,280
Speaker 1: he's gonna be fired.

810
00:36:48,360 --> 00:36:49,560
Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean if they fir h.

811
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Speaker 2: Look, you talk about a guy who's having the force

812
00:36:52,160 --> 00:36:54,880
Speaker 2: with one hand tie behind his back, no quarterback situation.

813
00:36:55,000 --> 00:36:56,800
Speaker 2: You moved on from Devonte Adams in the middle of

814
00:36:56,840 --> 00:36:59,239
Speaker 2: the year. You don't have a lot going for it.

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00:36:59,239 --> 00:37:02,839
Speaker 2: I would say, somehow he convinces the owner, I need

816
00:37:02,880 --> 00:37:05,879
Speaker 2: another year, but I need a quarterback. The ex fact

817
00:37:05,880 --> 00:37:09,600
Speaker 2: that there was Tom Brady's involvement with the team, does

818
00:37:09,640 --> 00:37:11,959
Speaker 2: Tom Brady believe in AP That's being the other question

819
00:37:11,960 --> 00:37:13,600
Speaker 2: I'm gonna say, he says.

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00:37:13,400 --> 00:37:16,680
Speaker 1: Okay, Drod Mayo, coach of New England Patriots. He's three

821
00:37:16,760 --> 00:37:19,400
Speaker 1: and thirteen with the Patriots right now. He was going

822
00:37:19,440 --> 00:37:21,480
Speaker 1: to be the success of the Bill Belichick. But I

823
00:37:21,480 --> 00:37:24,200
Speaker 1: don't think he was supposed to be worse this year

824
00:37:24,239 --> 00:37:26,560
Speaker 1: than they were last year. So I think he's gonna

825
00:37:26,560 --> 00:37:27,040
Speaker 1: be fired.

826
00:37:28,640 --> 00:37:30,759
Speaker 2: He gets an opportunity to stay because the owner hand

827
00:37:30,840 --> 00:37:32,880
Speaker 2: picked him. You know, it was in his contract. He

828
00:37:32,920 --> 00:37:35,120
Speaker 2: was head coaching waiting. You don't want to have egg

829
00:37:35,200 --> 00:37:38,080
Speaker 2: on your face. Robert Kraft hangs with him for at

830
00:37:38,160 --> 00:37:40,200
Speaker 2: least another year before they look for another courch.

831
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Speaker 1: All right. Doug Peterson with a Jacksonville Jacks twenty two

832
00:37:43,320 --> 00:37:47,880
Speaker 1: and twenty eight with Jacksonville. Oh boy, I don't know.

833
00:37:47,880 --> 00:37:50,480
Speaker 1: He's five and seventeen in his last twenty two games.

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Speaker 1: I think he's in trouble.

835
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Speaker 2: He's in a lot of trouble. Five and seventeen. They've

836
00:37:56,280 --> 00:38:00,440
Speaker 2: lost a bunch of one score games. But on your

837
00:38:00,480 --> 00:38:02,880
Speaker 2: ability to win one score games comes down to coaching

838
00:38:02,920 --> 00:38:05,720
Speaker 2: and execution. And if you have a ton of losses

839
00:38:05,920 --> 00:38:07,600
Speaker 2: like obviously, you can blame the coaches because you have

840
00:38:07,680 --> 00:38:09,440
Speaker 2: been able to get the execution from the players.

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00:38:09,680 --> 00:38:12,040
Speaker 4: It's unfortunate. But I think Doug is out.

842
00:38:12,440 --> 00:38:14,480
Speaker 1: I would say this. They lost that game this year,

843
00:38:14,520 --> 00:38:16,880
Speaker 1: fifty two to six to the Lions. I thought he

844
00:38:16,920 --> 00:38:18,960
Speaker 1: was gonna get hacked that game. I really did. I

845
00:38:18,960 --> 00:38:21,320
Speaker 1: thought he's gonna be out there after that game. That

846
00:38:21,640 --> 00:38:22,720
Speaker 1: was that was kind of ugly.

847
00:38:23,239 --> 00:38:26,480
Speaker 2: I mean it was ugly, and there were there was

848
00:38:26,520 --> 00:38:28,759
Speaker 2: a lot of conversation around that time about whether he

849
00:38:28,760 --> 00:38:30,640
Speaker 2: would be able to make it. He held on, but

850
00:38:30,719 --> 00:38:32,759
Speaker 2: things didn't turn around. So it makes a very very

851
00:38:32,800 --> 00:38:35,440
Speaker 2: difficult decision for Jack Khan.

852
00:38:36,200 --> 00:38:36,600
Speaker 4: All Right.

853
00:38:36,719 --> 00:38:39,279
Speaker 1: Kevin Stefanski, coach of the Cleveland Browns, he's forty and

854
00:38:39,320 --> 00:38:42,320
Speaker 1: forty three with the Browns, not his full with Deshaun

855
00:38:42,400 --> 00:38:46,279
Speaker 1: Watson and that two hundred and thirty million dollars guaranteed contract.

856
00:38:46,560 --> 00:38:48,480
Speaker 1: He had to live with that. But I still think

857
00:38:48,480 --> 00:38:49,040
Speaker 1: he's gone.

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00:38:49,160 --> 00:38:54,279
Speaker 2: I do, yeah, I don't think that Stepanski, he's gone.

859
00:38:55,440 --> 00:38:57,400
Speaker 2: It's the last year though. They got to figure out

860
00:38:57,440 --> 00:39:01,320
Speaker 2: the quarterback situation with DeShawn Washington. He hasn't played well

861
00:39:01,760 --> 00:39:04,560
Speaker 2: in any iteration of the offense that they have, so

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00:39:05,040 --> 00:39:06,680
Speaker 2: Stefanski has to make a decision.

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00:39:06,880 --> 00:39:07,799
Speaker 4: It's either you or.

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00:39:07,760 --> 00:39:11,120
Speaker 2: Me, and I think he's gonna pick you, which is

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Speaker 2: Deshaun Wison got to go, and he's gonna try and

866
00:39:13,040 --> 00:39:15,080
Speaker 2: stay around and win with somebody else at quarterback.

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Speaker 1: There you go. Zach Taylor, coach of the Bengals. So

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Speaker 1: he's forty five, fifty two and one with the Bengals.

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Speaker 1: I think the fact that as long as he's got

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Speaker 1: He's got two more years in his contract. The Bengals

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Speaker 1: are not going to pay somebody not to work. So

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Speaker 1: he'll be back.

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00:39:28,360 --> 00:39:31,520
Speaker 4: Yeah, he'll be back. He may need to make some tweaks.

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00:39:31,160 --> 00:39:34,200
Speaker 2: And adjustments to his preseason calendar and that stuff, but

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00:39:34,239 --> 00:39:34,880
Speaker 2: yeah he will.

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Speaker 4: He'll be back.

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Speaker 1: Brian day boll of the Giants eighteen thirty one and one.

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Speaker 1: He's gone with the Giants. He's fired.

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Speaker 4: Wow, you just think I don't know if it's a

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00:39:44,280 --> 00:39:48,800
Speaker 4: done deal. I like him, though, deal, you know, quarterback.

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Speaker 1: I mean, it wasn't his fault that they got rid

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00:39:51,320 --> 00:39:53,360
Speaker 1: of sick one Barkley, but you know he's the coach.

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Speaker 2: He had to play a role in it though, that's

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Speaker 2: the thing. And the owner just when you look at

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Speaker 4: So yeah, he goes here.

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Speaker 1: We go, we gotta go to I'll tell you what.

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Speaker 1: Two NFL teams Struck Gold, Bucky Brooks tells you who

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Speaker 1: really rookies? Are they? Well? That's coming right out. Good morning, everybody.

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Speaker 1: Hello Buck, how are you?

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Speaker 4: I am good?

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Speaker 2: I am good, enjoying a pleasant Sunday after great.

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Speaker 4: Football week, not just week yes week, and it's not

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Speaker 4: over yet.

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00:40:52,760 --> 00:40:55,040
Speaker 1: It is not over. I have so many things to

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Speaker 1: ask you. I want to get started right now. Are

907
00:40:57,880 --> 00:41:01,080
Speaker 1: you ready? But like my head's speakinning, just split. Really,

908
00:41:01,160 --> 00:41:03,200
Speaker 1: I got so many the number one we talked about

909
00:41:03,200 --> 00:41:05,399
Speaker 1: black Monday tomorrow. I got one more coach on that list.

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00:41:05,400 --> 00:41:09,040
Speaker 1: I want to run. Buy Kyle Shanahan seventy sixty one

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00:41:09,320 --> 00:41:11,840
Speaker 1: with the forty nine ers. I don't think that's gonna happen,

912
00:41:11,880 --> 00:41:13,839
Speaker 1: but he's kind of been on the hot seat. But

913
00:41:13,960 --> 00:41:19,640
Speaker 1: all those injuries, you can't blame him.

914
00:41:17,760 --> 00:41:20,480
Speaker 2: Uh now, you always can blame people like when it

915
00:41:20,480 --> 00:41:22,680
Speaker 2: comes to the injuries and all that other stuff like that.

916
00:41:22,680 --> 00:41:23,920
Speaker 2: That's the part of it, because then you have to

917
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Speaker 2: investigate the program. What are you doing that is hurting?

918
00:41:28,200 --> 00:41:32,359
Speaker 2: I'll say this about Kyle. You would like to see

919
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Speaker 2: him continue because he's certainly a good.

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00:41:34,560 --> 00:41:36,080
Speaker 4: Coach and he does all that other stuff.

921
00:41:36,120 --> 00:41:38,680
Speaker 2: But man, what is up with the up and down

922
00:41:38,719 --> 00:41:41,120
Speaker 2: stuff when it comes to their performances and all that

923
00:41:41,160 --> 00:41:45,000
Speaker 2: other stuff? He stays, I mean, we got to have

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Speaker 2: a little conversation figure out what's going on with them?

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Speaker 1: There, you go on with you? Okay, Now a couple

926
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Speaker 1: other questions. I just want to get these off my

927
00:41:51,440 --> 00:41:54,279
Speaker 1: head because it's going to explode. The Lions are playing

928
00:41:54,280 --> 00:41:55,920
Speaker 1: the Vikings tonight and the loser is gonna be the

929
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Speaker 1: first four team win wildcard team and NFL history. Lion's

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Speaker 1: wide eve Amon Ross Saint Brown, he said that they

931
00:42:02,520 --> 00:42:05,120
Speaker 1: should go to the NBA format. What's that? See the

932
00:42:05,160 --> 00:42:07,640
Speaker 1: teams by one loss records regardless of what the division

933
00:42:07,640 --> 00:42:09,759
Speaker 1: they're in. Right, I agree with that. I mean, it's

934
00:42:09,760 --> 00:42:12,480
Speaker 1: gonna be crazy. So if the Vikings lose and the

935
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Speaker 1: Lions win tonight, the Vikings are gonna have fourteen wins.

936
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Speaker 1: But they're gonna go into a be a wild card.

937
00:42:18,320 --> 00:42:20,600
Speaker 1: It doesn't make any sense. It's crazy, isn't it.

938
00:42:21,680 --> 00:42:24,319
Speaker 2: I mean, it diffinitely is crazy. It's not what you

939
00:42:24,400 --> 00:42:29,000
Speaker 2: want to see. But I don't know, man.

940
00:42:29,080 --> 00:42:30,960
Speaker 4: Look I think it's the first look.

941
00:42:31,000 --> 00:42:33,239
Speaker 2: It's the first go round, and since it's the first

942
00:42:33,280 --> 00:42:34,799
Speaker 2: go around, you try and figure it out and get

943
00:42:34,800 --> 00:42:42,400
Speaker 2: it better down the line. It's hard because there's so

944
00:42:42,440 --> 00:42:44,239
Speaker 2: many different things that we can talk about, like when

945
00:42:44,239 --> 00:42:46,960
Speaker 2: it comes to home field, should they give those buy

946
00:42:47,040 --> 00:42:49,640
Speaker 2: teams home field instead of moving to the bowl games?

947
00:42:49,640 --> 00:42:51,359
Speaker 2: And those things. It has to be tweaked. They can

948
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Speaker 2: make it better. I'm just excited that it is going

949
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Speaker 2: on the way that.

950
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Speaker 4: It's going on.

951
00:42:55,680 --> 00:42:57,799
Speaker 1: I'm with you there. You know. To me, I'm not

952
00:42:57,800 --> 00:42:59,440
Speaker 1: playing it, and I'm not a member of one of

953
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Speaker 1: those teams, so I don't really care. I'm just excited

954
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Speaker 1: to see what's going on to be a great game,

955
00:43:03,160 --> 00:43:05,520
Speaker 1: no doubt about that. Okay. Beginning of the show. Top

956
00:43:05,560 --> 00:43:08,400
Speaker 1: of the show today, I talked about MVP possibilities, to

957
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Speaker 1: talk about Lamar Jackson, maybe Joe Burrow's name is in there,

958
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Speaker 1: Saquon Barkley, and also Josh Allen. All Right, my question

959
00:43:15,760 --> 00:43:17,680
Speaker 1: to you is how do you vote for an MVP.

960
00:43:18,160 --> 00:43:20,640
Speaker 1: Is it individual status of the player or is it

961
00:43:20,680 --> 00:43:23,520
Speaker 1: the team's success and their record? How does one vote

962
00:43:23,520 --> 00:43:24,120
Speaker 1: for an MVP.

963
00:43:25,320 --> 00:43:28,399
Speaker 2: Uh, it's a little combination of both. It is the

964
00:43:28,440 --> 00:43:32,200
Speaker 2: individual stats of the player combined with the team's success,

965
00:43:32,280 --> 00:43:35,520
Speaker 2: because if you're an MVP, you certainly impact the way

966
00:43:35,520 --> 00:43:39,040
Speaker 2: that the team goes. So I would say it's a

967
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Speaker 2: little combination, a little combination of both.

968
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Speaker 1: Because Joe Burrow's got tremendous stats, but his team is

969
00:43:44,000 --> 00:43:46,000
Speaker 1: not really done much and they may be staying home

970
00:43:46,040 --> 00:43:47,560
Speaker 1: this year, not going to the playoffs.

971
00:43:49,320 --> 00:43:51,400
Speaker 2: Yeah, but you could make the case for him, and

972
00:43:51,440 --> 00:43:53,759
Speaker 2: I wasn't on board. You were on that way before me.

973
00:43:55,000 --> 00:43:57,239
Speaker 2: But in seeing the numbers that he's put up, he

974
00:43:57,239 --> 00:44:00,000
Speaker 2: certainly deserved it being in that conversation. May not win it,

975
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Speaker 2: but he definitely is deserving a being in that conversation.

976
00:44:03,960 --> 00:44:06,799
Speaker 1: No doubt about that. And another question, one last, but

977
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Speaker 1: not least roll by you. Not your Dame is going

978
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Speaker 1: to play on a shorter turnaround than the Orange Bowl

979
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Speaker 1: than Penn State. Is that a disadvantage that one extra

980
00:44:16,760 --> 00:44:18,360
Speaker 1: day of rest.

981
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Speaker 4: I don't know if it matters.

982
00:44:20,480 --> 00:44:21,799
Speaker 2: Man You just got to be tough enough to get

983
00:44:21,800 --> 00:44:25,680
Speaker 2: your team ready to go, no excuses, no whatever. Just

984
00:44:25,719 --> 00:44:27,239
Speaker 2: got to be ready to play. And so they need

985
00:44:27,280 --> 00:44:32,200
Speaker 2: to be ready to play. It's not perfect, but you

986
00:44:32,239 --> 00:44:33,920
Speaker 2: gotta deal with it. You're in the tournament. So your

987
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Speaker 2: team has to be ready to play any situation, in

988
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Speaker 2: any circumstance.

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Speaker 1: Okay, a couple of less less little nuggets here to

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Speaker 1: run by you. Last night, the Bengals are playing in Pittsburgh.

991
00:44:43,880 --> 00:44:46,160
Speaker 1: They said it was like nineteen degrees with a wind

992
00:44:46,239 --> 00:44:49,320
Speaker 1: chill factor maybe in single digits during the course of

993
00:44:49,400 --> 00:44:51,680
Speaker 1: the game, and I was watching on TV they had

994
00:44:51,680 --> 00:44:55,400
Speaker 1: snowflakes there. All right. My question is this, during the week,

995
00:44:55,680 --> 00:44:59,279
Speaker 1: the Bengals are practicing indoors. Why in the hell would

996
00:44:59,320 --> 00:45:02,040
Speaker 1: you practice in doors when you want to get ready

997
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Speaker 1: for the bitter cold outdoors on a Saturday night in Pittsburgh.

998
00:45:06,800 --> 00:45:09,640
Speaker 1: I never understood that. Don't you have to practice for

999
00:45:09,680 --> 00:45:12,520
Speaker 1: the elements. I don't understand. I mean, these teams that

1000
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Speaker 1: play in Miami in the winter time and they're playing

1001
00:45:15,760 --> 00:45:18,920
Speaker 1: in northern climates, you know, really, then you should maybe

1002
00:45:18,960 --> 00:45:21,160
Speaker 1: play indoors and turn the heat up to get used

1003
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Speaker 1: to it. That's why they get these cramps. I mean,

1004
00:45:23,840 --> 00:45:26,440
Speaker 1: what is the difference. Why don't they do that? Why

1005
00:45:26,480 --> 00:45:30,160
Speaker 1: wouldn't the Bengals practice outdoors, maybe even at night in

1006
00:45:30,239 --> 00:45:33,000
Speaker 1: the cold, rather than practice indoors.

1007
00:45:34,400 --> 00:45:37,440
Speaker 2: I would say this, some people believe in getting the

1008
00:45:37,520 --> 00:45:44,760
Speaker 2: quality work matters more than like recreating the environment preparing

1009
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Speaker 2: you for what you're stepping into. Some whether it's just hey,

1010
00:45:48,040 --> 00:45:49,680
Speaker 2: let's go inside, let's get the quality work.

1011
00:45:49,719 --> 00:45:51,680
Speaker 4: The game comes down to execution.

1012
00:45:51,560 --> 00:45:54,080
Speaker 2: And we don't really need to worry about like preparing

1013
00:45:54,120 --> 00:45:56,879
Speaker 2: to play your cold whether game. I guess are professional enough,

1014
00:45:56,960 --> 00:45:59,600
Speaker 2: they're mature enough to handle that. Let's make sure we

1015
00:45:59,600 --> 00:46:02,560
Speaker 2: give them the best practice environment that they can be

1016
00:46:02,800 --> 00:46:04,920
Speaker 2: in to do all the things that we know we're

1017
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Speaker 2: gonna need to do on a giving game.

1018
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Speaker 4: There.

1019
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Speaker 1: Okay, you played in Green Bay. What was it like

1020
00:46:09,960 --> 00:46:13,719
Speaker 1: when when players were playing in Green Bay are coming

1021
00:46:13,760 --> 00:46:16,279
Speaker 1: like from a Tampa or Miami and they're coming like

1022
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Speaker 1: in the month of November December, knowing that it's gonna

1023
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Speaker 1: be frigid in Green Bay. I mean, did you see

1024
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Speaker 1: the fact that it was definitely an advantage that you

1025
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Speaker 1: were playing in Green Bay against those Southern teams.

1026
00:46:27,760 --> 00:46:31,319
Speaker 2: Yeah, it could be advantageous, not just because of the weather. Look,

1027
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Speaker 2: it's cold and you can adapt to that, but the.

1028
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Speaker 4: Field and playing in cold weather on.

1029
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Speaker 2: Different Fields's if it's Hoker grass, that's muddy, so now

1030
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Speaker 2: it's a slower track.

1031
00:46:42,040 --> 00:46:43,960
Speaker 4: It impacts the cleats that you put in.

1032
00:46:44,000 --> 00:46:47,960
Speaker 2: Do you have your seven stud five eight inch cleets

1033
00:46:48,080 --> 00:46:52,000
Speaker 2: or can you get away with your normal stuff? If

1034
00:46:52,040 --> 00:46:54,840
Speaker 2: you're on turf, is this a basketball shoe day or

1035
00:46:54,880 --> 00:46:57,080
Speaker 2: is this one where you need to have the nubby bottoms.

1036
00:46:58,080 --> 00:47:01,160
Speaker 2: It impacts it more that way than just the weather.

1037
00:47:01,239 --> 00:47:05,280
Speaker 2: The weather is certainly a factor, but it's the field

1038
00:47:05,280 --> 00:47:09,320
Speaker 2: conditions and the wind if there's any win, that impacts

1039
00:47:09,320 --> 00:47:10,759
Speaker 2: it far more than anything else.

1040
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Speaker 4: And there's no way you can prepare for that stuff.

1041
00:47:12,800 --> 00:47:15,799
Speaker 1: Okay, last, but not least, I'm watching NFL games now,

1042
00:47:15,840 --> 00:47:18,399
Speaker 1: maybe even college games as well, and there's like a new,

1043
00:47:18,600 --> 00:47:21,319
Speaker 1: a new thing that's going on. Every time maybe a

1044
00:47:21,360 --> 00:47:25,160
Speaker 1: guy kicks a field goal, they smacked their helmets together.

1045
00:47:25,440 --> 00:47:27,719
Speaker 1: What what's the deal? I mean, you talk about head

1046
00:47:27,719 --> 00:47:30,040
Speaker 1: and I know maybe I'm going too far on this,

1047
00:47:30,280 --> 00:47:32,640
Speaker 1: but they talk about head injuries, right, Why would they

1048
00:47:32,640 --> 00:47:34,880
Speaker 1: bang their helmets against one another that that to me.

1049
00:47:35,160 --> 00:47:37,200
Speaker 1: Maybe one of the dumbest things I've ever seen. I

1050
00:47:37,239 --> 00:47:39,440
Speaker 1: saw it last night. Got kicks a field goal. They

1051
00:47:39,480 --> 00:47:40,640
Speaker 1: smacked the helmets together.

1052
00:47:41,800 --> 00:47:44,000
Speaker 2: So you don't want to see guys head butt after

1053
00:47:44,080 --> 00:47:44,960
Speaker 2: positive plays.

1054
00:47:45,160 --> 00:47:49,080
Speaker 1: Well about head injuries, I mean, come on, really, oh

1055
00:47:50,239 --> 00:47:52,000
Speaker 1: Joe Burrow last night, but they buried his head and

1056
00:47:52,040 --> 00:47:52,680
Speaker 1: in the turf.

1057
00:47:53,400 --> 00:47:55,520
Speaker 2: Oh, I mean that's that's a little different because you

1058
00:47:55,560 --> 00:47:58,080
Speaker 2: have six hundred pounds of men and almost seven hundred

1059
00:47:58,120 --> 00:48:00,800
Speaker 2: pounds of man that are driving Joe Burrow into the turf.

1060
00:48:01,280 --> 00:48:03,400
Speaker 4: Poor little Joe Burrow. But he survived it.

1061
00:48:03,520 --> 00:48:05,440
Speaker 2: He got up, continued to play and play hard and

1062
00:48:05,440 --> 00:48:07,520
Speaker 2: play well and got a scene to a win.

1063
00:48:08,320 --> 00:48:11,400
Speaker 1: All right, So you're not opposed to a little tapping

1064
00:48:11,480 --> 00:48:12,480
Speaker 1: of the of the helmets.

1065
00:48:12,600 --> 00:48:15,000
Speaker 2: Oh man, that's the part of the little tap into

1066
00:48:15,000 --> 00:48:18,080
Speaker 2: the little little butt ahead butt.

1067
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Speaker 1: Yeah, like that all right. I wanted to get it

1068
00:48:21,320 --> 00:48:23,279
Speaker 1: from the pro You told me that. Okay. Well, and

1069
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Speaker 1: before we get into what you've rolled for NFL dot Com,

1070
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Speaker 1: which is somewhat interesting, it's always interesting. I want to

1071
00:48:28,640 --> 00:48:30,319
Speaker 1: go over this one game the Eagles are playing the

1072
00:48:30,320 --> 00:48:32,680
Speaker 1: Giants today could have been a grudge game because Sae

1073
00:48:32,760 --> 00:48:35,399
Speaker 1: kuon Barkley played for the Giants Eagles thirteen and three.

1074
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Speaker 1: They're playing for nothing Giants of three and thirteen. Maybe

1075
00:48:38,400 --> 00:48:39,439
Speaker 1: coach is playing for his life.

1076
00:48:39,480 --> 00:48:39,759
Speaker 6: I don't know.

1077
00:48:39,760 --> 00:48:42,400
Speaker 1: We're talking about records, Sae Kwon Barkley and the Eagles

1078
00:48:42,480 --> 00:48:45,520
Speaker 1: Giants today. Barkley is resting. He'll end the season with

1079
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Speaker 1: two thousand and five rushing yards. That's one hundred and

1080
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Speaker 1: one yards. Shy of breaking Eric Dickerson's forty year record,

1081
00:48:51,440 --> 00:48:55,440
Speaker 1: commending saekuon Barkley because he says, you know what, you know,

1082
00:48:55,680 --> 00:48:57,560
Speaker 1: taking a taking it for the team. I want to

1083
00:48:57,600 --> 00:48:59,520
Speaker 1: stay healthy. You know there are bigger goals for a

1084
00:48:59,560 --> 00:49:01,840
Speaker 1: head ahead of me, and you know he would have

1085
00:49:01,920 --> 00:49:03,359
Speaker 1: liked to break the record. He's not going to break

1086
00:49:03,400 --> 00:49:05,759
Speaker 1: the record. But does the record really mean anything? Was

1087
00:49:05,840 --> 00:49:09,160
Speaker 1: Eric Dickerson had the record nineteen eighty four and he

1088
00:49:09,200 --> 00:49:13,360
Speaker 1: did it in fourteen games. Barkley should he play today,

1089
00:49:13,360 --> 00:49:16,000
Speaker 1: what he won't? He'll break that record. He would have

1090
00:49:16,360 --> 00:49:19,200
Speaker 1: in seventeen games. No one says that. Why isn't there

1091
00:49:19,239 --> 00:49:21,880
Speaker 1: an asterisk next to that? I mean three mark games

1092
00:49:21,960 --> 00:49:24,200
Speaker 1: is a big deal. It really is. And I love

1093
00:49:24,239 --> 00:49:26,880
Speaker 1: what Eric Dickerson said when he was approached by a

1094
00:49:26,960 --> 00:49:30,120
Speaker 1: reporter about a week ago. You know when the reporter says, well,

1095
00:49:30,160 --> 00:49:32,640
Speaker 1: you know what, Sikua may break your record. You know,

1096
00:49:32,760 --> 00:49:35,120
Speaker 1: records are made to be broken. And Eric went nuts.

1097
00:49:35,160 --> 00:49:38,080
Speaker 1: It was great, says really, he says, how many records

1098
00:49:38,120 --> 00:49:39,920
Speaker 1: do you have? What do you know about records being

1099
00:49:39,960 --> 00:49:42,920
Speaker 1: made to be broken? This is my record? That was

1100
00:49:42,960 --> 00:49:46,200
Speaker 1: wonder fault up. He was honest, He was the fourth right.

1101
00:49:46,360 --> 00:49:48,919
Speaker 1: He was truthful and I love him being that way.

1102
00:49:48,960 --> 00:49:50,960
Speaker 1: He didn't want anybody to break his record. I don't

1103
00:49:50,960 --> 00:49:53,640
Speaker 1: blame him. I love him. I love Eric Dickinson's remark.

1104
00:49:54,719 --> 00:49:55,719
Speaker 4: Yeah he's funny. Yeah.

1105
00:49:55,880 --> 00:49:58,560
Speaker 2: Edy certainly did not want to give up the record.

1106
00:49:58,840 --> 00:50:01,400
Speaker 2: He wanted to he continue to have the record. He

1107
00:50:01,440 --> 00:50:04,759
Speaker 2: wants to continue to be the record older. I don't

1108
00:50:04,760 --> 00:50:06,839
Speaker 2: mind him coming out like that. I also don't mind

1109
00:50:06,840 --> 00:50:09,960
Speaker 2: the Eagles sitting Saquon down. They are locked into the

1110
00:50:10,000 --> 00:50:13,200
Speaker 2: number two seed. There's no opportunity for them to get

1111
00:50:13,200 --> 00:50:18,120
Speaker 2: to buy week, so you take the by week now selfishly, Yeah,

1112
00:50:18,160 --> 00:50:20,520
Speaker 2: there are people that wanted Saquon Barkley to stay in there,

1113
00:50:20,560 --> 00:50:23,440
Speaker 2: but the number one thing that you're in this for

1114
00:50:23,560 --> 00:50:25,600
Speaker 2: if you're the Eagles to win the Super Bowl. Those

1115
00:50:25,640 --> 00:50:29,080
Speaker 2: individual records and accolades like they're great, but when you're

1116
00:50:29,080 --> 00:50:31,759
Speaker 2: a super Bowl champion, everyone eats off of that. This

1117
00:50:31,960 --> 00:50:35,040
Speaker 2: gives them an opportunity to be a champion because they're

1118
00:50:35,120 --> 00:50:37,440
Speaker 2: number one running back, the number one off as a playmaker,

1119
00:50:37,680 --> 00:50:38,839
Speaker 2: will test the ball early and off.

1120
00:50:39,480 --> 00:50:41,520
Speaker 1: Well, I would say this, if he needed maybe twenty

1121
00:50:41,600 --> 00:50:43,279
Speaker 1: yards to break the record, I think he'd play one

1122
00:50:43,320 --> 00:50:45,520
Speaker 1: hundred one yard. That's a lot. You know, you'd have

1123
00:50:45,560 --> 00:50:47,279
Speaker 1: to play probably the entire game to get the one

1124
00:50:47,320 --> 00:50:49,320
Speaker 1: hundred one yards. And it's not worth it. You know,

1125
00:50:49,400 --> 00:50:51,799
Speaker 1: guy gets a twisted knee, high ankle spring, whatever it

1126
00:50:51,840 --> 00:50:54,120
Speaker 1: may be. He's out for a playoffs. It's not worth

1127
00:50:54,160 --> 00:50:57,680
Speaker 1: it for a record. And he's wise enough to know that.

1128
00:50:57,960 --> 00:51:00,400
Speaker 1: He said his goal was to rush for tooth. You

1129
00:51:00,440 --> 00:51:03,919
Speaker 1: actually got his goal record. Big deal, big freaking deal

1130
00:51:03,920 --> 00:51:05,960
Speaker 1: to get the record. I mean, and I love Eric Dickerson.

1131
00:51:06,000 --> 00:51:08,319
Speaker 1: He's going to keep his records. Everybody's happy. That's the

1132
00:51:08,320 --> 00:51:09,440
Speaker 1: way it is. I love it.

1133
00:51:09,600 --> 00:51:10,640
Speaker 4: That is the way it is. Man.

1134
00:51:10,680 --> 00:51:13,560
Speaker 2: We looked as part of the game. We're ego driven.

1135
00:51:13,640 --> 00:51:16,399
Speaker 2: We have to have a little ego to be good

1136
00:51:16,400 --> 00:51:18,520
Speaker 2: at it. And what you saw is some of that

1137
00:51:18,600 --> 00:51:22,560
Speaker 2: playing out. Everyone wanted to get a little individual attention

1138
00:51:22,880 --> 00:51:23,800
Speaker 2: within the team sport.

1139
00:51:24,560 --> 00:51:26,879
Speaker 1: All right, let's get into what Bucket Brooks rope, because

1140
00:51:26,920 --> 00:51:28,640
Speaker 1: you said there are a couple of teams right now

1141
00:51:28,840 --> 00:51:30,920
Speaker 1: that have struck gold in the NFL, and I want

1142
00:51:30,920 --> 00:51:33,480
Speaker 1: to know who they are and why. And basically you

1143
00:51:33,520 --> 00:51:36,200
Speaker 1: told about the five most impactful rookies we were you

1144
00:51:36,320 --> 00:51:39,120
Speaker 1: criteria when you wrote this for NFL dot com this week.

1145
00:51:40,280 --> 00:51:42,680
Speaker 2: I think a lot of it centers around impact. Who

1146
00:51:42,719 --> 00:51:45,680
Speaker 2: gave me the impact? Who was available to kind of

1147
00:51:45,960 --> 00:51:49,440
Speaker 2: turn the you know, the fortunes of the franchise around.

1148
00:51:49,800 --> 00:51:52,440
Speaker 2: Did they play a key role the entire season? Did

1149
00:51:52,440 --> 00:51:55,000
Speaker 2: they play a key roll down the stretch? You're trying

1150
00:51:55,000 --> 00:51:57,400
Speaker 2: to fit it in most teams when it comes to rookies,

1151
00:51:58,560 --> 00:52:01,040
Speaker 2: if they're high pick, you get them opportunities early. But

1152
00:52:01,080 --> 00:52:03,319
Speaker 2: if they there was later round picks, those guys had

1153
00:52:03,320 --> 00:52:06,160
Speaker 2: to really kind of work scratch claw against all yes

1154
00:52:06,239 --> 00:52:08,640
Speaker 2: to get into the rotation and to the starting lineup.

1155
00:52:09,080 --> 00:52:11,080
Speaker 1: All right, you talking about their Washington commanders. Why they

1156
00:52:11,080 --> 00:52:13,640
Speaker 1: came out of nowhere, haven't they? I mean Jade and Daniels.

1157
00:52:13,680 --> 00:52:17,440
Speaker 1: Round one, number two, overall commanders right now have turned

1158
00:52:17,480 --> 00:52:19,760
Speaker 1: it around. I mean, what he has done in the stats,

1159
00:52:19,760 --> 00:52:23,560
Speaker 1: what fourth and offensive yards forty three to ninety four.

1160
00:52:24,080 --> 00:52:26,520
Speaker 1: I mean, he's got a Pro Bowl deal and he's

1161
00:52:26,520 --> 00:52:28,600
Speaker 1: gonna be the offensive rookie of the year. So I

1162
00:52:29,040 --> 00:52:31,080
Speaker 1: think the decision, and I'm not going to say it

1163
00:52:31,120 --> 00:52:33,000
Speaker 1: was an easy one. I think when the Bengals drafted

1164
00:52:33,040 --> 00:52:35,440
Speaker 1: Joe Burrow, I mean I could have drafted Joe Burrow.

1165
00:52:35,680 --> 00:52:37,600
Speaker 1: But right now, there's been a lot of quarterbacks that

1166
00:52:37,600 --> 00:52:40,319
Speaker 1: have been picked, and Caleb Williams is one of them.

1167
00:52:40,600 --> 00:52:42,319
Speaker 1: You know, you just don't know what you're going to get,

1168
00:52:42,920 --> 00:52:46,439
Speaker 1: and maybe he'll become a top quarterback. You just don't know. Look,

1169
00:52:46,440 --> 00:52:48,800
Speaker 1: going to have to Sam Donold. Everybody wrote him off.

1170
00:52:49,040 --> 00:52:51,719
Speaker 1: Guy's great right now. At least he's great for Minnesota.

1171
00:52:51,920 --> 00:52:54,680
Speaker 1: We'll see what happens. But right now, Jayden Daniels getting

1172
00:52:54,680 --> 00:52:57,280
Speaker 1: the job done for Washington, So that's great, and they're

1173
00:52:57,360 --> 00:52:58,879
Speaker 1: competitive right now big time.

1174
00:53:00,040 --> 00:53:00,200
Speaker 4: Yeah.

1175
00:53:00,239 --> 00:53:02,919
Speaker 2: I mean, Jade Nings is everything right, So you give

1176
00:53:02,960 --> 00:53:06,080
Speaker 2: them the not just based on finding a franchise quarterback,

1177
00:53:06,200 --> 00:53:08,279
Speaker 2: and what a franchise quarterback.

1178
00:53:08,320 --> 00:53:11,799
Speaker 4: Means to your team. It means that you always have hope.

1179
00:53:11,840 --> 00:53:15,120
Speaker 2: It means that in any situation circumstance, your quarterback.

1180
00:53:14,760 --> 00:53:17,239
Speaker 4: Can bring you back. They have that in jayde and Daniels.

1181
00:53:17,680 --> 00:53:19,520
Speaker 2: It's clear as apparent he's at the top of the

1182
00:53:19,520 --> 00:53:22,239
Speaker 2: food chain when it comes to the quarterback class from

1183
00:53:22,360 --> 00:53:25,239
Speaker 2: from last season. But it goes beyond that for the Commanders,

1184
00:53:25,280 --> 00:53:29,320
Speaker 2: Georjihn Newton being able to help them on the front line,

1185
00:53:29,680 --> 00:53:32,800
Speaker 2: Mickey Sandra Steel being able to play outside or inside

1186
00:53:32,800 --> 00:53:33,400
Speaker 2: in the defense.

1187
00:53:33,440 --> 00:53:35,080
Speaker 4: It's gotten a lot better because.

1188
00:53:34,840 --> 00:53:37,120
Speaker 2: Dan Quinn took it over but then brought a lot

1189
00:53:37,120 --> 00:53:40,120
Speaker 2: of veterans with him to kind of help install it,

1190
00:53:41,800 --> 00:53:44,840
Speaker 2: figure out and solidify the culture, all those things.

1191
00:53:45,719 --> 00:53:47,600
Speaker 4: But yet the young guys played a big role in

1192
00:53:47,640 --> 00:53:48,640
Speaker 4: the Commanders kind.

1193
00:53:48,480 --> 00:53:52,719
Speaker 1: Of second round picks, and they had a couple of

1194
00:53:52,760 --> 00:53:54,160
Speaker 1: third round picks too, don't they.

1195
00:53:55,080 --> 00:53:59,080
Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, And by the Golden rule, you want to

1196
00:53:59,080 --> 00:54:01,480
Speaker 2: make sure that you nail the first three rounds in

1197
00:54:01,520 --> 00:54:02,000
Speaker 2: the draft.

1198
00:54:02,440 --> 00:54:04,960
Speaker 4: Those are the guys that can comprise the bulk of

1199
00:54:04,960 --> 00:54:05,399
Speaker 4: your team.

1200
00:54:06,160 --> 00:54:09,640
Speaker 2: And you know, like when you're able to do that,

1201
00:54:09,680 --> 00:54:11,800
Speaker 2: you're able to pick the right players in the right system,

1202
00:54:12,080 --> 00:54:14,319
Speaker 2: you're going to have cut The kind of success that

1203
00:54:14,400 --> 00:54:16,560
Speaker 2: they've had in Washington.

1204
00:54:17,000 --> 00:54:20,040
Speaker 1: You know, And it's funny. I understand Washington. They were

1205
00:54:20,080 --> 00:54:22,120
Speaker 1: down the dumps. You get a number one pick, you

1206
00:54:22,120 --> 00:54:24,719
Speaker 1: get the quarterback, and turns it around to get a

1207
00:54:24,760 --> 00:54:28,359
Speaker 1: team that's been competitive year in and year out and

1208
00:54:28,480 --> 00:54:32,920
Speaker 1: still make Bucky Brooks' list that they've really and truly

1209
00:54:32,960 --> 00:54:36,360
Speaker 1: struck gold. You got the Philadelphia Eagles there. That speaks

1210
00:54:36,840 --> 00:54:40,960
Speaker 1: a million volumes on what that staff does as far

1211
00:54:41,000 --> 00:54:43,319
Speaker 1: as scouting. And I don't think it's luck. I think

1212
00:54:43,360 --> 00:54:45,759
Speaker 1: they know what they're doing. And they got a haul.

1213
00:54:45,840 --> 00:54:47,640
Speaker 1: You said they got a haul in the twenty twenty

1214
00:54:47,640 --> 00:54:51,240
Speaker 1: four draft. I mean the Eagles right now, they finished

1215
00:54:51,320 --> 00:54:53,759
Speaker 1: at the top of the food chain. And they still

1216
00:54:53,800 --> 00:54:55,280
Speaker 1: got some great picks in the draft.

1217
00:54:56,080 --> 00:54:58,799
Speaker 2: Yeah, you get some great picks in the draft. And

1218
00:54:58,880 --> 00:55:01,160
Speaker 2: the secret sauce behind the legal success has been their

1219
00:55:01,280 --> 00:55:03,920
Speaker 2: ability to draft and draft well, particularly at the line

1220
00:55:03,920 --> 00:55:06,200
Speaker 2: of scrimmage old line, d line. They crushed it. They

1221
00:55:06,200 --> 00:55:09,960
Speaker 2: commit to making sure they always have a big in

1222
00:55:10,000 --> 00:55:14,000
Speaker 2: that conversation within the first two or three rounds, and

1223
00:55:14,280 --> 00:55:16,640
Speaker 2: they've done a really good job of identifying a weakness

1224
00:55:16,719 --> 00:55:20,000
Speaker 2: and turning it into a strength. With the cornerback selections.

1225
00:55:20,040 --> 00:55:22,960
Speaker 2: You know Quinion Mitchell Cooper dejen jumped to the lineup.

1226
00:55:23,000 --> 00:55:25,560
Speaker 2: They allowed Big Fangio to do some different stuff on

1227
00:55:25,640 --> 00:55:27,080
Speaker 2: defense and it has worked.

1228
00:55:27,360 --> 00:55:29,320
Speaker 4: You only can do that if you know a lot.

1229
00:55:29,160 --> 00:55:31,680
Speaker 2: About the players, how they tick, what they're about, how

1230
00:55:31,680 --> 00:55:34,080
Speaker 2: they're motivated, and then you mash them over the coach

1231
00:55:34,120 --> 00:55:36,040
Speaker 2: who knows how to push those buttons to bring all

1232
00:55:36,040 --> 00:55:36,520
Speaker 2: of that out.

1233
00:55:36,920 --> 00:55:39,439
Speaker 1: And they got a running back and the fourth round.

1234
00:55:39,520 --> 00:55:41,360
Speaker 1: That may be something for them too in the future.

1235
00:55:41,400 --> 00:55:44,560
Speaker 2: Right, Yeah, one of my favorites Will yeah, Will Shipley,

1236
00:55:44,600 --> 00:55:48,719
Speaker 2: who comes from my area, not my area hometown, but

1237
00:55:48,960 --> 00:55:50,200
Speaker 2: from right outside of Charlotte.

1238
00:55:50,280 --> 00:55:50,800
Speaker 4: Good player.

1239
00:55:52,000 --> 00:55:55,440
Speaker 2: Look a decorated lacrosse player in hot high school, so

1240
00:55:55,480 --> 00:55:56,840
Speaker 2: that speaks to his athleticism.

1241
00:55:57,200 --> 00:55:58,960
Speaker 4: Really big on him. I think he can be special

1242
00:55:59,000 --> 00:55:59,640
Speaker 4: down the line.

1243
00:56:00,080 --> 00:56:02,520
Speaker 1: Okay, the Los Angeles Rams, I'd say maybe about a

1244
00:56:02,520 --> 00:56:04,120
Speaker 1: month or so ago you would have write them off

1245
00:56:04,120 --> 00:56:06,239
Speaker 1: to going nowhere. Now, all of a sudden, you look

1246
00:56:06,280 --> 00:56:08,600
Speaker 1: at their general manager. Everybody laughed at him, less snead

1247
00:56:08,880 --> 00:56:11,120
Speaker 1: after he got used, got rid of all the draft picks,

1248
00:56:11,120 --> 00:56:13,040
Speaker 1: after they won the Super Bowl. Look what he did,

1249
00:56:13,200 --> 00:56:17,160
Speaker 1: came right back, got the verse in the first round

1250
00:56:17,200 --> 00:56:19,200
Speaker 1: the draft I mean, this guy right now has built

1251
00:56:19,200 --> 00:56:21,440
Speaker 1: this team right back up again. Plus his coach. I

1252
00:56:21,520 --> 00:56:23,160
Speaker 1: get a lot of credit to the coaching staff at

1253
00:56:23,200 --> 00:56:23,840
Speaker 1: the Rams.

1254
00:56:24,560 --> 00:56:27,800
Speaker 4: Yeah, this coach is amazing. Sean McVay is amazing.

1255
00:56:27,800 --> 00:56:30,680
Speaker 2: I would say he's one of the best coaches in

1256
00:56:30,760 --> 00:56:32,640
Speaker 2: the biz, and he's one of the best. We used

1257
00:56:32,640 --> 00:56:35,560
Speaker 2: to talk about him because of his wizardry, axes and

1258
00:56:35,600 --> 00:56:38,000
Speaker 2: o's but I would say his management of people, his

1259
00:56:38,080 --> 00:56:42,200
Speaker 2: development of players, to culture that he's created within the organization.

1260
00:56:42,600 --> 00:56:43,719
Speaker 4: They win because of him.

1261
00:56:43,880 --> 00:56:46,680
Speaker 2: This team was down well behind the eight ball, but

1262
00:56:46,800 --> 00:56:50,359
Speaker 2: climbed out of the gutter, and they climbed out because

1263
00:56:50,360 --> 00:56:53,480
Speaker 2: their rookie started playing really well. You think about defensively,

1264
00:56:53,520 --> 00:56:56,840
Speaker 2: that front line, brandon Fists, Jared Verse, we talked about

1265
00:56:57,000 --> 00:57:01,000
Speaker 2: Cam Kitchens and the secondary They've been able to do

1266
00:57:01,040 --> 00:57:03,160
Speaker 2: it even though we thought Offenusvely we've seen a little more.

1267
00:57:03,200 --> 00:57:05,520
Speaker 2: Blake Korn haven't seen that. But you have to feel

1268
00:57:05,560 --> 00:57:08,120
Speaker 2: good about this team if you're Sean McVay, no.

1269
00:57:08,160 --> 00:57:10,320
Speaker 1: Doubt about that. And you talk about the Los Angeles charges.

1270
00:57:10,320 --> 00:57:12,520
Speaker 1: Everybody's putting the point of the figure of the Jim

1271
00:57:12,520 --> 00:57:15,000
Speaker 1: Harbar and certainly Jim Harbor has changed it. Give him

1272
00:57:15,000 --> 00:57:17,840
Speaker 1: a lot of credit, but this team drafted an offensive

1273
00:57:17,960 --> 00:57:20,360
Speaker 1: tackle on the first round, the kid out of Notre Dame,

1274
00:57:20,440 --> 00:57:22,920
Speaker 1: Joe Alt, and I think that people were like holding

1275
00:57:22,920 --> 00:57:25,800
Speaker 1: their breath. I'm sure the media killed the general manager,

1276
00:57:25,880 --> 00:57:29,240
Speaker 1: Joe horts hordits that he drafted an offensive tackle. They

1277
00:57:29,280 --> 00:57:32,720
Speaker 1: probably wanted an offensive lonsive player, a guy has scored

1278
00:57:32,760 --> 00:57:35,080
Speaker 1: some points for him, but went with the offensive tackle.

1279
00:57:35,240 --> 00:57:37,280
Speaker 1: And look what they've done. It was around one and

1280
00:57:37,440 --> 00:57:39,320
Speaker 1: number five pick overall Alt.

1281
00:57:40,240 --> 00:57:40,439
Speaker 4: Yeah.

1282
00:57:40,480 --> 00:57:42,480
Speaker 2: By going with Joe Alt, to me just was leaning

1283
00:57:42,600 --> 00:57:46,120
Speaker 2: into Harbor's personality. They want to be a rough and

1284
00:57:46,120 --> 00:57:48,080
Speaker 2: tumble team. If you're gonna be rough and tough, you

1285
00:57:48,120 --> 00:57:51,240
Speaker 2: got a draft tough players. Joe All comes from Notre Dame.

1286
00:57:51,360 --> 00:57:54,320
Speaker 2: We've seen how Notre Dame has played throughout the playoffs.

1287
00:57:54,520 --> 00:57:57,800
Speaker 2: They certainly have an environment or a culture of toughness

1288
00:57:57,800 --> 00:58:01,800
Speaker 2: and physicality, brutality. You want to slice it, the Chargers

1289
00:58:01,800 --> 00:58:04,680
Speaker 2: do that, and Joe All taking him over a skill

1290
00:58:04,720 --> 00:58:07,240
Speaker 2: player was big, But then you come back and get

1291
00:58:07,240 --> 00:58:09,959
Speaker 2: a skill player in lab McConkey. Who if you had

1292
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Speaker 2: an opportunity to see Georgia multiple times this year, their

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00:58:13,040 --> 00:58:17,240
Speaker 2: wide receiver corps was not the same without him. Reliable, dependable, tough,

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00:58:18,080 --> 00:58:21,280
Speaker 2: makes big plays. When those plays are there, He's jumped

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Speaker 2: into the number one row with the charges and they

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Speaker 2: haven't looked back.

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Speaker 1: Yeah. And last, but not least, you got the Green

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Speaker 1: Bay Packers. Here has another team that's constantly near the top,

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Speaker 1: if not the top of their division. And they do

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Speaker 1: it right, not only drafting, but look what they did

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Speaker 1: a by grooming the quarterbacks. What they've done, they did

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Speaker 1: with Jordan Loved, they did with Aaron Rodgers. I mean,

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Speaker 1: I don't understand why other teams don't follow the script

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Speaker 1: of the green Bay Packers. It works, it really does.

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Speaker 4: It works. But it works in title time because it

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Speaker 4: has to work.

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Speaker 2: It works because everything in Green Bay goes back to

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Speaker 2: the Vincelandbardi days. Team team over self, make sure you

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00:58:57,760 --> 00:59:00,400
Speaker 2: pour in before you dip out. They believe even that,

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Speaker 2: they believe in the draft and developed model, which requires patients,

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00:59:03,440 --> 00:59:06,720
Speaker 2: homegrown products that are re signed. All of that is

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00:59:06,760 --> 00:59:11,480
Speaker 2: because of the connection, the direct connection between the team

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Speaker 2: and the city, and that ownership of the team and

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00:59:15,920 --> 00:59:20,439
Speaker 2: being accountable and responsible and physically responsible when it comes

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Speaker 2: to building the team. All of that ways into their

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00:59:22,800 --> 00:59:25,880
Speaker 2: decision to be a draft and developed team. They draft

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Speaker 2: man like no other. They're really good at taking certain

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Speaker 2: care of certain parts of the team, and defensively with

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Speaker 2: these young guys. They have ez Arhn Cooper, Evan Williams,

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Speaker 2: bullet They just have so many young guys that can play.

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Speaker 4: Got a hat.

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Speaker 2: You gotta tip your tip of the hat to Brian

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Speaker 2: Gutacus and his staff.

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Speaker 4: They did a really good job.

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Speaker 1: But I would say the Kansas City Chiefs kind of

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Speaker 1: followed up model as well when they had Alex Smith

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Speaker 1: and they went if Patrick Mahomes had.

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Speaker 2: Developed, Yeah, they did, but they do it a little differently.

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Speaker 2: The Kansa City Chiefs did it with the quarterback. The

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Speaker 2: Green Bay Packers do it at every position, and they

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01:00:00,360 --> 01:00:03,240
Speaker 2: stockpile people behind you. You feel like you literally are

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Speaker 2: in the bullpen until you're ready to take on more responsibility.

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Speaker 2: That keeps everybody sharp because you always know that man,

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01:00:11,080 --> 01:00:13,240
Speaker 2: they'll bring somebody else in, a young dude, a cheap

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Speaker 2: dude to try and move me out. I need to

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Speaker 2: always be at my best. If not, I'm vulnerable. That

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Speaker 2: can be got Here we go.

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Speaker 1: We're rolling right now. He's Bucky Brooks. Get him on

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Speaker 1: x at Bucky Brooks. Mike Harmon will join us in

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Speaker 1: hour number three, that's eight o'clock on the East Coast.

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Speaker 1: Get him on x AT at Swollen Dome at Andy

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Speaker 1: Furman FSOL. We'll read him, we'll retweet him. There we go.

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Speaker 1: Obviously we could get an eight seven seven ninety nine

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Speaker 1: on Fox if you want to give us a holler.

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Speaker 1: Eight seven seven nine ninety six sixty three sixty nine.

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Speaker 1: We got Bin and Barrel betting in this hour. Watch out, Bucky,

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Speaker 1: we got Mike the Swollen Dome Harmon and hour number

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Speaker 1: three has mentioned and why not an MVP vote right here?

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Speaker 1: That's next, all right, they'll have one eye on the scoreboard.

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Speaker 1: That's coming right up. He's Bucky Brooks. I'm Andy Furman

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Speaker 1: and WI our Fox Football Sunday at Fox Sports Radio.

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Speaker 1: see this show Fox Football Sunday right after we get

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Speaker 1: off the air. All right, let's get roll. We've got

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Speaker 1: a couple of games to get into Buck and let's

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Speaker 1: do it right now. Let's talk about the Commanders at

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Speaker 1: the Cowboys. Basically, I think the only question we have

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Speaker 1: right now is the coach going to be back for

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Speaker 1: the Cowboys McCarthy. He may be gone after tomorrow. And

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Speaker 1: did they sign Dak Prescott. I mean, obviously they kind

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Speaker 1: of gone in for a little less money prior to

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Speaker 1: the season. Now they're gonna have to pay big time

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Speaker 1: for Dak Prescott. That's basically the story of that game,

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Speaker 1: because the Commanders are going to the playoffs.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, I think everyone are just waiting and

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Speaker 2: seeing what's gonna happen with the coach. Mike McCarthy has

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01:01:57,440 --> 01:01:59,920
Speaker 2: really done a really good job of getting Dak Prosky

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Speaker 2: Prescott to play well. And let's be honest, they won.

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Speaker 2: They've had three straight seasons where they won twelve games.

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01:02:06,480 --> 01:02:08,920
Speaker 2: That's a notable accomplishment. They fell off a little bit

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Speaker 2: this year, but you still got to give him credit

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Speaker 2: for the amount of success that they've had doing it.

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Speaker 4: Maybe there's a chance they can bring.

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Speaker 2: Him back on a two year, three year deal, something

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01:02:20,680 --> 01:02:23,280
Speaker 2: short and sweet, to give him a chance to have

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Speaker 2: bemfore a roster because the roster wasn't great this year.

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01:02:25,280 --> 01:02:28,080
Speaker 2: They were transitioning with a bunch of young guys. Maybe

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Speaker 2: that's his saving grace.

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Speaker 1: All Right, we got the Bills now with the Patriots,

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Speaker 1: and from what I'm hearing now, maybe I'm mistaken. I

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Speaker 1: think quarterback Mitch Trubisky is going to play for the

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01:02:36,920 --> 01:02:38,960
Speaker 1: Bills and Josh Allen's not going to play all right,

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Speaker 1: And you know, people always use that term tanking, and

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Speaker 1: I learned this from you. I give you credit. Teams

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Speaker 1: don't tank because a guy like miss Trubitsky, he wants

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Speaker 1: to get some tape because he wants to get a

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Speaker 1: job next year. That's basically going to These players are

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Speaker 1: not gonna tak I didn't see the Cleveland Browns last

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Speaker 1: year unless last night tank. I saw the play. Maybe

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Speaker 1: it was a sixty minute game. They played fifty five

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Speaker 1: good minutes of football last night. They're not tanking. They're

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Speaker 1: playing for their lives because they know there may be

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Speaker 1: a clean sweep of many of those players, and they

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Speaker 1: want to get their game on tape so they can

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Speaker 1: get a job. They don't tank, am I correct?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, No, they're not gonna tank. Everyone's playing for their livelihood.

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Speaker 2: Everything is evaluated not only with the team that you're for,

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01:03:23,400 --> 01:03:25,320
Speaker 2: the team that you're with, but for every team in

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Speaker 2: the league.

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Speaker 4: They put a grade on you.

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Speaker 2: And if you put bad tape out there, your chances

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Speaker 2: of playing and staying in the league are not going

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01:03:32,360 --> 01:03:34,160
Speaker 2: to be great. You got to put great stuff out there,

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Speaker 2: and it starts with how hard you play. Then it's

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Speaker 2: the execution, the talent that you bring, all of those things.

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Speaker 2: But every time you're out, you evaluate it and it's

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Speaker 2: in your best interest to play well if you want

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Speaker 2: to stick around. You don't have the luxury of being

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Speaker 2: able to give things away and have people say like, oh,

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01:03:49,400 --> 01:03:51,760
Speaker 2: don't worry about that they were intentionally trying to lose.

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Speaker 4: Doesn't work like that.

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Speaker 1: I'm with you right there, Okay, you got the Jacks

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Speaker 1: at the cult. I think the Jazz kidding number five today,

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01:03:57,200 --> 01:03:59,800
Speaker 1: Anthony Richardson, he's out with a bad back, and I

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Speaker 1: think I think that you know that Colts team just

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Speaker 1: just dismal. What other work can you say this dismal.

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Speaker 1: I expected more from the Colts Jacksonville. Basically the ownership

1424
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Speaker 1: said they're gonna be the best team they ever had,

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Speaker 1: but didn't work out that way. I would think this

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Speaker 1: right now, both of these coaches may be playing coaching

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Speaker 1: their last game today to.

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Speaker 4: Be tough, tough for both both teams.

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Speaker 2: Expectations can get everybody, and expectations have certainly gotten the Jaguars,

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Speaker 2: and they'll get the Colts for saying stick and the

1431
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Speaker 2: expectation that he would be able to fix Anthony Richardson.

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01:04:33,400 --> 01:04:35,560
Speaker 2: That could be the decision that really cost him his job.

1433
01:04:35,720 --> 01:04:37,960
Speaker 2: Could not get the young guy on track, benched them,

1434
01:04:37,960 --> 01:04:39,920
Speaker 2: set him down in an effort to try and show

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Speaker 2: them how to be more professional. That hasn't changed the

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Speaker 2: results of the bottom line. I don't know, man, I

1437
01:04:44,280 --> 01:04:47,160
Speaker 2: don't know where they potentially can go from there. And

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Speaker 2: when you look at them, and then you look at

1439
01:04:49,120 --> 01:04:52,160
Speaker 2: the Jacks and the amount of losing they've had over

1440
01:04:52,160 --> 01:04:54,160
Speaker 2: the last year and a half, it points to a

1441
01:04:54,200 --> 01:04:55,080
Speaker 2: bigger issue.

1442
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Speaker 4: It's not just a coaching issue.

1443
01:04:56,400 --> 01:05:00,920
Speaker 2: When you have like the high number of like one

1444
01:05:00,960 --> 01:05:03,560
Speaker 2: score losses or things where they fail to execute in

1445
01:05:03,560 --> 01:05:06,160
Speaker 2: the end a little bit something has to speak to

1446
01:05:06,200 --> 01:05:06,920
Speaker 2: the coaching staff.

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01:05:07,480 --> 01:05:09,320
Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm with you at theeah. Okay, now we've got

1448
01:05:09,360 --> 01:05:11,240
Speaker 1: some meat here, got a little meat on the bone

1449
01:05:11,240 --> 01:05:13,560
Speaker 1: here with this game. The Saints are five and eleven.

1450
01:05:13,560 --> 01:05:15,680
Speaker 1: They're playing in the Tampa Bay nine and seven. Okay

1451
01:05:15,880 --> 01:05:18,040
Speaker 1: for the Tampa Bay Bucks. If they win, they will

1452
01:05:18,080 --> 01:05:21,480
Speaker 1: get a fourth consecutive NFC title, which is amazing to me.

1453
01:05:21,920 --> 01:05:25,200
Speaker 1: Tampa Bay has scored twenty five or more points in

1454
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Speaker 1: five of the last six games, which is tremendous. Now

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Speaker 1: we talk about MVP. I don't know why, and he's

1456
01:05:30,440 --> 01:05:32,480
Speaker 1: not gonna get it, but I think his name should

1457
01:05:32,520 --> 01:05:37,160
Speaker 1: be somewhat in the conversation. Baker Mayfield. Baker Mayfield has

1458
01:05:37,200 --> 01:05:40,560
Speaker 1: seventy one point seven percent completion average percentage. He's passed

1459
01:05:40,600 --> 01:05:43,960
Speaker 1: for forty two hundred plus yards, thirty nine touchdowns, fifteen

1460
01:05:44,000 --> 01:05:46,439
Speaker 1: a mts, and a quarterback rating of one oh seven

1461
01:05:46,440 --> 01:05:48,760
Speaker 1: point six. A guy who want to to write off.

1462
01:05:48,920 --> 01:05:51,920
Speaker 1: He's like the second coming of Sam Donald. Sam Donald's

1463
01:05:51,920 --> 01:05:54,960
Speaker 1: following the footsteps of Baker Mayfield. It's the system, perhaps,

1464
01:05:54,960 --> 01:05:57,040
Speaker 1: maybe it's the players, maybe it's the coaching staff, but

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Speaker 1: Baker Mayfield's got a new life in Tampa Bay.

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Speaker 2: He does have a new life in to have a Bay.

1467
01:06:01,440 --> 01:06:04,520
Speaker 2: Give him credit, Give him credit for bouncing back. Hats

1468
01:06:04,560 --> 01:06:06,760
Speaker 2: off to them in a new environment. People that believe

1469
01:06:06,880 --> 01:06:10,520
Speaker 2: you can do so much for your player. I just,

1470
01:06:12,080 --> 01:06:15,440
Speaker 2: you know, look at this team and just think about

1471
01:06:15,800 --> 01:06:18,760
Speaker 2: how they've been over to overcome so much, lose Chris Godwin,

1472
01:06:18,880 --> 01:06:21,280
Speaker 2: have to change the offense. They go from you know,

1473
01:06:21,400 --> 01:06:23,080
Speaker 2: being able to spread it out, so now it's more

1474
01:06:23,080 --> 01:06:25,280
Speaker 2: one dimensional with Mike Evans in the passing game while

1475
01:06:25,360 --> 01:06:28,680
Speaker 2: developing a running game that's punishing and physical. Yeah, give

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01:06:28,720 --> 01:06:30,480
Speaker 2: Baker ray Field a lot of credit. If we had

1477
01:06:30,480 --> 01:06:33,120
Speaker 2: the rank top ten guys in the MVP race, he's

1478
01:06:33,120 --> 01:06:35,600
Speaker 2: certainly in there. I don't know how much close he

1479
01:06:35,640 --> 01:06:38,320
Speaker 2: can inch towards the top, but he deserves credit for

1480
01:06:38,360 --> 01:06:40,160
Speaker 2: a season that he's put together and.

1481
01:06:40,040 --> 01:06:41,760
Speaker 1: He's sort of changed. He was a little bit of

1482
01:06:41,800 --> 01:06:43,600
Speaker 1: a cocky man. Maybe I don't see much of him,

1483
01:06:43,640 --> 01:06:46,360
Speaker 1: but maybe I'm wrong, but I remember he was real cocky.

1484
01:06:46,480 --> 01:06:49,120
Speaker 1: Certainly cocky is a collegiate player, and I look cocky

1485
01:06:49,120 --> 01:06:50,720
Speaker 1: when he came into the league. I think he's kind

1486
01:06:50,720 --> 01:06:53,760
Speaker 1: of like pushed that back a little bit. I think

1487
01:06:53,760 --> 01:06:55,720
Speaker 1: he Uh, he sucked it up a little bit.

1488
01:06:56,880 --> 01:07:02,440
Speaker 2: Oh yeah, the cockinists is still there. The humility is there,

1489
01:07:03,560 --> 01:07:05,080
Speaker 2: so he knows how to turn it on and turn

1490
01:07:05,120 --> 01:07:05,520
Speaker 2: it off.

1491
01:07:06,200 --> 01:07:09,360
Speaker 4: Within the inner circle. He has him a long way.

1492
01:07:09,480 --> 01:07:12,480
Speaker 2: And this is why it is important for people to

1493
01:07:12,560 --> 01:07:16,680
Speaker 2: give young people a chance to fully develop, you know,

1494
01:07:17,080 --> 01:07:19,760
Speaker 2: to give young players a chance to fully develop and

1495
01:07:19,800 --> 01:07:22,240
Speaker 2: see what they could be down the line.

1496
01:07:22,280 --> 01:07:24,120
Speaker 4: And we've seen with Baker Mayfield.

1497
01:07:24,120 --> 01:07:25,640
Speaker 2: If we gave up on them early in the year

1498
01:07:25,720 --> 01:07:28,760
Speaker 2: like so many we're talking about it, or gave up

1499
01:07:28,760 --> 01:07:31,200
Speaker 2: on him like before last season and didn't believe in

1500
01:07:31,200 --> 01:07:34,800
Speaker 2: his talent, we never get this kind of story. Typically,

1501
01:07:34,800 --> 01:07:36,720
Speaker 2: if someone is drafted in the first round, the drafted

1502
01:07:36,720 --> 01:07:39,320
Speaker 2: there for a reason. Your job as coaches is to

1503
01:07:39,360 --> 01:07:41,600
Speaker 2: make sure you put them in a position where they

1504
01:07:41,640 --> 01:07:43,880
Speaker 2: can realize all their talent and potential.

1505
01:07:44,800 --> 01:07:48,720
Speaker 1: Interesting, all right, the Panthers are four and twelve. The

1506
01:07:48,800 --> 01:07:51,320
Speaker 1: Falcons are eight and eight. Now the Falcon is a

1507
01:07:51,320 --> 01:07:53,000
Speaker 1: little bit of a disappointment this year. Is not doubt

1508
01:07:53,000 --> 01:07:56,240
Speaker 1: about that. They need to beat Carolina today and they

1509
01:07:56,320 --> 01:07:58,760
Speaker 1: got to also hope that the Tampa Bay Bucks lose.

1510
01:07:59,360 --> 01:08:01,400
Speaker 1: If that happens, they will win the NFC South and

1511
01:08:01,440 --> 01:08:05,080
Speaker 1: gain a playoff spot. And again since week number eight,

1512
01:08:05,480 --> 01:08:09,280
Speaker 1: Bryce Young, quarterback of Carolina, he's looked pretty good. I

1513
01:08:09,320 --> 01:08:11,880
Speaker 1: mean he's coming along right now about developing. I think

1514
01:08:11,880 --> 01:08:13,720
Speaker 1: he looks pretty good. But I think there's more to

1515
01:08:13,760 --> 01:08:16,400
Speaker 1: gain for the Falcons today. Again, they gotta look at

1516
01:08:16,439 --> 01:08:18,960
Speaker 1: the scoreboard and see what's going on with Tampa Bay

1517
01:08:19,479 --> 01:08:21,240
Speaker 1: a little bit of a disappointment now and they rush

1518
01:08:21,280 --> 01:08:23,800
Speaker 1: the backup quarterback, their rookie quarterback. We'll see what happens

1519
01:08:23,840 --> 01:08:26,040
Speaker 1: at eight and eight. But you got to believe there's

1520
01:08:26,080 --> 01:08:28,000
Speaker 1: more on the line for Atlanta. So I think Atlanta

1521
01:08:28,040 --> 01:08:30,400
Speaker 1: takes this game. I think they're a better team anyway.

1522
01:08:31,000 --> 01:08:32,479
Speaker 4: Yeah, they are a better team. There's a lot on

1523
01:08:32,479 --> 01:08:32,760
Speaker 4: the line.

1524
01:08:32,760 --> 01:08:35,280
Speaker 2: Michael Pennis needs to show and prove we would continue

1525
01:08:35,280 --> 01:08:38,400
Speaker 2: to see him make strides as a franchise quarterback. We

1526
01:08:38,439 --> 01:08:39,880
Speaker 2: saw the flashes at the end of the game when

1527
01:08:39,880 --> 01:08:41,600
Speaker 2: he's able to come through with some clutch playmaking.

1528
01:08:41,680 --> 01:08:43,759
Speaker 4: Let's see if he picks up where he left off.

1529
01:08:44,720 --> 01:08:46,840
Speaker 2: In terms of the other stuff, Man, you're playing it out,

1530
01:08:46,880 --> 01:08:48,840
Speaker 2: You're trying to play harder, trying to put good stuff

1531
01:08:48,840 --> 01:08:50,559
Speaker 2: on tape because we all are going to be free

1532
01:08:50,560 --> 01:08:53,080
Speaker 2: agents at some point. The more that you put good

1533
01:08:53,120 --> 01:08:55,479
Speaker 2: stuff on tape, the more likely you are to not

1534
01:08:55,520 --> 01:08:58,599
Speaker 2: only have another opportunity, but to get paid while chasing

1535
01:08:58,600 --> 01:08:59,280
Speaker 2: a second chance.

1536
01:09:00,000 --> 01:09:03,160
Speaker 1: The Texans are playing at Tennessee, OK. A very disappointing

1537
01:09:03,280 --> 01:09:06,240
Speaker 1: year for the Tennessee Titans. However, they did beat the

1538
01:09:06,360 --> 01:09:09,280
Speaker 1: Texans when they played in Houston earlier this year. The Titans,

1539
01:09:09,360 --> 01:09:12,040
Speaker 1: I understand now they're using two quarterbacks today. What's the

1540
01:09:12,080 --> 01:09:14,240
Speaker 1: deal on that? Why would the coach use two quarterbacks?

1541
01:09:14,280 --> 01:09:15,840
Speaker 1: And who are they were to be? Will Levis and

1542
01:09:15,880 --> 01:09:20,120
Speaker 1: Mason Rudolph. Are they the quarterbacks? I don't even know

1543
01:09:20,120 --> 01:09:22,160
Speaker 1: what the quarterbacks would be in Tennessee.

1544
01:09:23,240 --> 01:09:26,080
Speaker 2: Yeah, no, they look they're struggling. They're struggling all around.

1545
01:09:26,560 --> 01:09:28,479
Speaker 2: I know they're disappointed. They thought Will Levis would be

1546
01:09:28,520 --> 01:09:30,439
Speaker 2: able to do it. He hasn't been able to play

1547
01:09:30,439 --> 01:09:34,839
Speaker 2: at the level of expectation. And you know, Mason Rudolph

1548
01:09:34,840 --> 01:09:38,320
Speaker 2: has his own limitation. This is a team they likes

1549
01:09:38,760 --> 01:09:41,400
Speaker 2: an elite quarterback prospect, so they have to.

1550
01:09:41,160 --> 01:09:41,800
Speaker 4: Figure it out.

1551
01:09:42,720 --> 01:09:45,640
Speaker 2: They'll play hard and it's a rivalry game and you

1552
01:09:45,640 --> 01:09:48,520
Speaker 2: can never dismiss one of the teams.

1553
01:09:48,280 --> 01:09:51,880
Speaker 4: Limping into the.

1554
01:09:50,439 --> 01:09:52,400
Speaker 2: Postseason just because you're not ready to play and the

1555
01:09:52,400 --> 01:09:53,519
Speaker 2: other team takes restorm.

1556
01:09:53,920 --> 01:09:55,120
Speaker 4: This is one of those times.

1557
01:09:55,240 --> 01:09:58,760
Speaker 2: Look put it the look for Tennessee to put it

1558
01:09:58,800 --> 01:10:00,439
Speaker 2: together and play their best performance of the year.

1559
01:10:01,000 --> 01:10:02,800
Speaker 1: I will say this the next game I Scott will

1560
01:10:02,880 --> 01:10:05,720
Speaker 1: be my first. Okay, but I watched these teams that

1561
01:10:05,800 --> 01:10:08,519
Speaker 1: watched these players, and I got my opinion. But most

1562
01:10:08,560 --> 01:10:11,559
Speaker 1: of the time it's wrong. And I watched Will Lovis

1563
01:10:11,600 --> 01:10:13,920
Speaker 1: when he played at Kentucky. I didn't think he was

1564
01:10:13,920 --> 01:10:16,240
Speaker 1: that good of a quarterback then. I really didn't, so

1565
01:10:16,479 --> 01:10:18,439
Speaker 1: they drafted him in the NFL. What do they expect

1566
01:10:18,439 --> 01:10:20,320
Speaker 1: out of this guy? However, I will tell you this much.

1567
01:10:20,640 --> 01:10:23,360
Speaker 1: I watched Mason Rudolf at Oklahoma State. I thought he

1568
01:10:23,439 --> 01:10:26,200
Speaker 1: was wonderful. I really did, and I'm very surprised that

1569
01:10:26,479 --> 01:10:28,880
Speaker 1: he hasn't really made it in the National Football there.

1570
01:10:28,920 --> 01:10:31,559
Speaker 1: I thought he'd make it in Pittsburgh. They were quarterback hungry,

1571
01:10:31,600 --> 01:10:34,360
Speaker 1: they needed a quarterback. They let him go. I thought

1572
01:10:34,400 --> 01:10:36,280
Speaker 1: he'd get a shot in Tennessee and never really got

1573
01:10:36,280 --> 01:10:38,720
Speaker 1: that big shot. I just think that Mason Rudolph has

1574
01:10:38,720 --> 01:10:40,679
Speaker 1: got talent. I think he can make it in the NFL.

1575
01:10:42,760 --> 01:10:44,840
Speaker 4: I mean I thought he was gonna be a much

1576
01:10:44,840 --> 01:10:45,439
Speaker 4: better player.

1577
01:10:45,840 --> 01:10:47,920
Speaker 2: I remember going to steal word her to watch him,

1578
01:10:47,960 --> 01:10:49,840
Speaker 2: watch him through and watch him play. He had a

1579
01:10:49,880 --> 01:10:52,519
Speaker 2: lot of talent, just never really materializing. He said, look,

1580
01:10:52,520 --> 01:10:54,160
Speaker 2: nothing wrong with being a career backup, make a lot

1581
01:10:54,160 --> 01:10:56,960
Speaker 2: of money. Yeah, but he never became the frontline player

1582
01:10:57,040 --> 01:10:59,960
Speaker 2: that many envisioned, which is why he has moustonical but

1583
01:11:00,000 --> 01:11:00,679
Speaker 2: different teams.

1584
01:11:00,920 --> 01:11:03,160
Speaker 1: All right, speaking about bouncing around, I mean theyir coach

1585
01:11:03,479 --> 01:11:06,160
Speaker 1: in Chicago. They're gonna need another coach and be bouncing

1586
01:11:06,160 --> 01:11:07,880
Speaker 1: around for a coach. The Bears are playing at Green

1587
01:11:07,920 --> 01:11:12,000
Speaker 1: Bay today. Caleb Williams right now, seventy eight sacks or

1588
01:11:12,040 --> 01:11:14,880
Speaker 1: seven sacks last week? I'm sorry, sixty seven sacks this

1589
01:11:15,080 --> 01:11:18,320
Speaker 1: year on Chicago Bears. What's the deal? I mean, if

1590
01:11:18,360 --> 01:11:20,680
Speaker 1: I'm Caleb Williams, I mean I want to build a

1591
01:11:20,680 --> 01:11:23,080
Speaker 1: wall in front of me. I mean, protect the guy.

1592
01:11:23,200 --> 01:11:25,760
Speaker 1: I mean we talked about what the LA Chargers did

1593
01:11:25,840 --> 01:11:28,400
Speaker 1: in the draft with Alt. I mean, basically they've got

1594
01:11:28,400 --> 01:11:32,120
Speaker 1: an offensive player alignment to protect the quarterback. I know,

1595
01:11:32,160 --> 01:11:35,360
Speaker 1: certainly the running game is key, and that's what Harbar loves.

1596
01:11:35,680 --> 01:11:37,800
Speaker 1: But you want to get a guy, you got to

1597
01:11:38,080 --> 01:11:42,840
Speaker 1: draft a top notch quarterback, a franchise quarterback. Protect the guy.

1598
01:11:43,360 --> 01:11:45,760
Speaker 1: I mean, the guy's been sacked sixty seven times. It's

1599
01:11:45,800 --> 01:11:48,400
Speaker 1: got to hurt his play. It's gotta be a mental

1600
01:11:48,439 --> 01:11:51,080
Speaker 1: thing that you know, he's gun shy. He just afraid.

1601
01:11:51,800 --> 01:11:53,160
Speaker 1: He has no time to do anything.

1602
01:11:53,960 --> 01:11:54,360
Speaker 4: Look here.

1603
01:11:54,400 --> 01:11:55,920
Speaker 2: But then I put some of that on him. You

1604
01:11:56,000 --> 01:11:57,720
Speaker 2: have to break down the reel and look at what

1605
01:11:57,760 --> 01:12:02,759
Speaker 2: he's doing. Yeah, the offensive line is not a plus caliber,

1606
01:12:02,920 --> 01:12:05,920
Speaker 2: but he also is holding onto the ball an explordinary

1607
01:12:05,960 --> 01:12:08,120
Speaker 2: amount of time. He has to get rid of the football,

1608
01:12:08,280 --> 01:12:11,160
Speaker 2: and that was one of the challenges in evaluating him.

1609
01:12:11,160 --> 01:12:13,519
Speaker 2: He did a bunch of wonderful stuff. People talk about

1610
01:12:13,760 --> 01:12:15,840
Speaker 2: Pat Mahomes like and all that. All that is great,

1611
01:12:15,880 --> 01:12:18,360
Speaker 2: but the National Football League is about playing on time

1612
01:12:18,400 --> 01:12:21,559
Speaker 2: and on schedule. He does not play on time, and

1613
01:12:21,600 --> 01:12:23,920
Speaker 2: it's hard to build an offense for a quarterback that

1614
01:12:24,040 --> 01:12:27,120
Speaker 2: doesn't play within the rhythm and the natural rhythm and

1615
01:12:27,120 --> 01:12:28,000
Speaker 2: flow of the offense.

1616
01:12:28,720 --> 01:12:31,200
Speaker 1: What does that mean? Playing on time? I'm stupid.

1617
01:12:31,520 --> 01:12:35,200
Speaker 2: So playing on time so the routes are coordinated with

1618
01:12:35,240 --> 01:12:39,080
Speaker 2: the drop that the quarterback takes in the pocket. So,

1619
01:12:39,160 --> 01:12:42,040
Speaker 2: for instance, if I'm throwing quick games. So like bubble screen,

1620
01:12:42,600 --> 01:12:47,040
Speaker 2: quick slant five yard hitch to the quarterback is catch throw,

1621
01:12:47,240 --> 01:12:50,240
Speaker 2: ball comes out. If it's an intermediate route like ten

1622
01:12:50,240 --> 01:12:53,240
Speaker 2: to twelve yards and maybe catching three. So the quarterback

1623
01:12:53,280 --> 01:12:55,080
Speaker 2: catches it, he should take three steps back. When he

1624
01:12:55,160 --> 01:12:57,479
Speaker 2: hits the top of his drop, the ball should come

1625
01:12:57,520 --> 01:12:59,800
Speaker 2: out and at that point the receiver should be a

1626
01:13:00,360 --> 01:13:04,439
Speaker 2: twelve fourteen yards work in their maneuver. Well, what Caleb

1627
01:13:04,479 --> 01:13:06,680
Speaker 2: does is he'll look and he may like it, he

1628
01:13:06,760 --> 01:13:09,360
Speaker 2: may not. He'll pause, it's like I can't get there.

1629
01:13:09,360 --> 01:13:10,439
Speaker 4: So then he take three.

1630
01:13:10,280 --> 01:13:12,439
Speaker 2: More steps back and he'll look to the left, or

1631
01:13:12,680 --> 01:13:15,880
Speaker 2: he'll just start scrambling around and it becomes a game

1632
01:13:15,920 --> 01:13:20,200
Speaker 2: full of sandlot football. Hard to win that unless you

1633
01:13:20,240 --> 01:13:23,880
Speaker 2: have superior talent everywhere, and they don't. So this is

1634
01:13:23,920 --> 01:13:25,559
Speaker 2: a team that needs to be a little more doubt

1635
01:13:25,560 --> 01:13:30,080
Speaker 2: and a little more focused, and so they tend to

1636
01:13:30,120 --> 01:13:32,200
Speaker 2: get the right kind of players to do it. But

1637
01:13:32,439 --> 01:13:35,599
Speaker 2: for Caleb, it's about man be on time and then

1638
01:13:35,640 --> 01:13:38,559
Speaker 2: if the magic happens where you have to go off

1639
01:13:38,600 --> 01:13:39,160
Speaker 2: the script and.

1640
01:13:39,200 --> 01:13:42,200
Speaker 4: So be it. But don't live for the down every

1641
01:13:42,240 --> 01:13:43,720
Speaker 4: down to be a sandlot down.

1642
01:13:44,560 --> 01:13:46,640
Speaker 1: Hi, I thank you for explaining that to me, And

1643
01:13:46,720 --> 01:13:48,599
Speaker 1: now I know, all right, you're at the forty nine

1644
01:13:48,640 --> 01:13:51,040
Speaker 1: ers are playing in Arizona playing the Cardinals. Forty nine

1645
01:13:51,080 --> 01:13:52,920
Speaker 1: has got sixteen players than I are. I mean, I

1646
01:13:52,920 --> 01:13:54,400
Speaker 1: don't know how that happens. You know, if they're gonna

1647
01:13:54,400 --> 01:13:57,080
Speaker 1: fire anybody, they want to fire the training staff, they

1648
01:13:57,080 --> 01:14:00,559
Speaker 1: it really will be to do something there. Something's wrong really,

1649
01:14:00,800 --> 01:14:05,000
Speaker 1: the training, I mean the physical well being. Something's wrong

1650
01:14:05,040 --> 01:14:07,320
Speaker 1: to have sixteen players than I are. But I still

1651
01:14:07,320 --> 01:14:09,599
Speaker 1: think they're good enough to beat the Cardinals because Kyler Murray,

1652
01:14:09,600 --> 01:14:12,599
Speaker 1: the Cardinals quarterback, he's nothing more than an interception machine

1653
01:14:12,640 --> 01:14:16,000
Speaker 1: right now. I mean he's just out of control. I

1654
01:14:16,040 --> 01:14:16,639
Speaker 1: don't get it.

1655
01:14:18,720 --> 01:14:22,080
Speaker 2: Yeah, anytime you have that many turnovers and bad plays

1656
01:14:22,120 --> 01:14:23,519
Speaker 2: like it makes it hard.

1657
01:14:23,560 --> 01:14:25,280
Speaker 4: And I don't know where he lost his confidence and

1658
01:14:25,880 --> 01:14:26,360
Speaker 4: all of that.

1659
01:14:26,439 --> 01:14:29,760
Speaker 2: But you're right, the Niners don't have anybody up and

1660
01:14:29,840 --> 01:14:32,200
Speaker 2: ready to play, but they have enough veterans that want

1661
01:14:32,240 --> 01:14:34,960
Speaker 2: to play well and want to show the young guys

1662
01:14:34,960 --> 01:14:38,200
Speaker 2: how to play. The big issue is the quarterback, Rock

1663
01:14:38,240 --> 01:14:40,439
Speaker 2: Perdy not being there. We can talk about a lot

1664
01:14:40,439 --> 01:14:43,320
Speaker 2: of things and how they can make anybody great. Yeah,

1665
01:14:43,360 --> 01:14:45,040
Speaker 2: Brock Perdy's on a different left when it comes to

1666
01:14:45,080 --> 01:14:45,599
Speaker 2: those guys.

1667
01:14:46,000 --> 01:14:48,719
Speaker 1: There we go, all right, he's Bucky Brooks. I'm Andy Furman.

1668
01:14:48,800 --> 01:14:51,200
Speaker 1: This is Fox Football Sunday. Oh Fox, what's ready? But

1669
01:14:51,240 --> 01:14:54,000
Speaker 1: don't look now, Bucky, don't look now. You got competition

1670
01:14:54,280 --> 01:14:57,760
Speaker 1: ba barrel betting. It's freaking next bya barrel betting right

1671
01:14:57,760 --> 01:14:59,600
Speaker 1: around in the bed. About eleven minutes now, before the

1672
01:14:59,600 --> 01:15:02,000
Speaker 1: top of the hour. This is Fox Football Sunday of Fox.

1673
01:15:02,000 --> 01:15:04,640
Speaker 1: Bu's ready. We'll live at the tire Rock dot Com studios.

1674
01:15:04,840 --> 01:15:07,519
Speaker 1: It's a game we played every week and let's do

1675
01:15:07,600 --> 01:15:08,160
Speaker 1: it right now.

1676
01:15:09,280 --> 01:15:10,960
Speaker 6: It's bottomtom.

1677
01:15:13,080 --> 01:15:13,320
Speaker 3: To sleep.

1678
01:15:13,320 --> 01:15:15,360
Speaker 1: People, get my money. I'll put your brain to sleep

1679
01:15:16,040 --> 01:15:18,120
Speaker 1: all right. Time to suck up a little bit. You

1680
01:15:18,160 --> 01:15:20,559
Speaker 1: know there's only one guy could handle this game. It's

1681
01:15:20,600 --> 01:15:23,679
Speaker 1: the birthday boy himself, the one and only Shay Shay Shay.

1682
01:15:25,040 --> 01:15:25,880
Speaker 3: How you guys doing?

1683
01:15:26,360 --> 01:15:27,719
Speaker 1: Happy birthday Darling?

1684
01:15:27,880 --> 01:15:31,240
Speaker 3: Thank you guys? Whoa guys is too nice?

1685
01:15:31,240 --> 01:15:33,679
Speaker 1: I got to kiss up a little bit. I'm breathing down.

1686
01:15:34,240 --> 01:15:36,400
Speaker 1: I'm breathing on Bucky's neck. That's what I'm doing.

1687
01:15:36,640 --> 01:15:39,920
Speaker 3: Oh, I mean you know what this makes. Saying this

1688
01:15:41,200 --> 01:15:43,720
Speaker 3: make me feel horrible right now? Andy, But you had

1689
01:15:43,720 --> 01:15:45,960
Speaker 3: a hot streak. Gun they had three weeks in a row.

1690
01:15:46,600 --> 01:15:49,080
Speaker 3: Unfortunately you couldn't make it four weeks in a row,

1691
01:15:49,120 --> 01:15:52,559
Speaker 3: and Bucky takes it three to two this week, making

1692
01:15:52,600 --> 01:15:59,080
Speaker 3: the overall score Bucky forty two and Andy thirty eight.

1693
01:15:59,439 --> 01:16:01,000
Speaker 3: So you are still close, Sandy.

1694
01:16:01,479 --> 01:16:03,640
Speaker 1: So I'm like the Bengals a little bit, you know.

1695
01:16:04,640 --> 01:16:06,639
Speaker 4: But it's a new year. Don't we reset the clock.

1696
01:16:06,640 --> 01:16:07,719
Speaker 4: We just flipped the calendar.

1697
01:16:08,520 --> 01:16:11,519
Speaker 3: I think we're going to go until the end of football,

1698
01:16:11,800 --> 01:16:12,479
Speaker 3: Super Bowl.

1699
01:16:12,360 --> 01:16:15,000
Speaker 4: Superillup, we're going to the end of the thing.

1700
01:16:15,080 --> 01:16:16,800
Speaker 2: Oh, because I just made a New Year's resolution that

1701
01:16:16,840 --> 01:16:18,919
Speaker 2: I was gonna start concentrating, be really focused.

1702
01:16:20,120 --> 01:16:21,840
Speaker 1: Not now you're gonna start You tell you were playing

1703
01:16:21,840 --> 01:16:24,040
Speaker 1: with me up till now right what you're saying.

1704
01:16:25,320 --> 01:16:30,040
Speaker 3: It was regular season. It was regular season attitude. I

1705
01:16:30,040 --> 01:16:31,759
Speaker 3: don't know if you're playing with.

1706
01:16:31,640 --> 01:16:37,439
Speaker 2: You Yeah, yeah, yeah, pause, I'll just yeah. But now

1707
01:16:37,479 --> 01:16:40,080
Speaker 2: I'm locked in and I'm focused, so, uh, you may

1708
01:16:40,120 --> 01:16:41,120
Speaker 2: not get any more dubs.

1709
01:16:41,840 --> 01:16:43,639
Speaker 1: Wow, let's get it done.

1710
01:16:43,880 --> 01:16:46,320
Speaker 3: Well, let's let's get right into it. This one's gonna

1711
01:16:46,320 --> 01:16:48,479
Speaker 3: be a little different. We're gonna make this one Golden

1712
01:16:48,560 --> 01:16:50,920
Speaker 3: Globes themed. Do you guys are you guys gonna watch

1713
01:16:50,920 --> 01:16:53,439
Speaker 3: the Golden Globes. It's today, the Golden Globes.

1714
01:16:53,640 --> 01:16:55,599
Speaker 4: I love the Golden Globes. I can't wait to watch it.

1715
01:16:55,680 --> 01:16:57,840
Speaker 2: I love looking at all the outfits and those things,

1716
01:16:57,840 --> 01:16:59,200
Speaker 2: red carpet, all this stuff.

1717
01:16:59,800 --> 01:17:01,840
Speaker 3: You Yeah, Andy, you know it, sound like a fan.

1718
01:17:02,520 --> 01:17:05,479
Speaker 1: Yeah, my wife, watch it. I'll watch it. I have

1719
01:17:05,520 --> 01:17:06,080
Speaker 1: to watch it.

1720
01:17:06,280 --> 01:17:08,439
Speaker 3: You have to culture. I'm sorry that you have to

1721
01:17:08,439 --> 01:17:08,800
Speaker 3: watch it.

1722
01:17:09,520 --> 01:17:09,880
Speaker 1: Watch it.

1723
01:17:10,840 --> 01:17:13,040
Speaker 3: We'll go in the we'll go right into this first one.

1724
01:17:13,120 --> 01:17:17,559
Speaker 3: So for the best motion picture drama in the Golden Globes,

1725
01:17:17,760 --> 01:17:20,479
Speaker 3: we're gonna do the top three here. Coming in at

1726
01:17:20,520 --> 01:17:24,400
Speaker 3: minus one seventy five, it's The Brutalist and coming in

1727
01:17:24,400 --> 01:17:28,000
Speaker 3: at plus three twenty five, It's Conclave and coming in

1728
01:17:28,000 --> 01:17:32,000
Speaker 3: at plus six hundred, it's Nickel Boys. Let's go to Bucky.

1729
01:17:34,479 --> 01:17:35,679
Speaker 4: Three really good movies.

1730
01:17:36,000 --> 01:17:39,559
Speaker 2: Brutalist good Let's let's go with I'm not gonna go

1731
01:17:39,600 --> 01:17:40,719
Speaker 2: with Brutalists as the favorite.

1732
01:17:40,720 --> 01:17:42,080
Speaker 4: Don't go with Conclave. I'm gonna go with.

1733
01:17:43,120 --> 01:17:44,719
Speaker 3: I'm gonna go watch Brutalist tonight.

1734
01:17:44,760 --> 01:17:50,080
Speaker 1: Actually I'm gonna go with Brutalist.

1735
01:17:50,400 --> 01:17:53,920
Speaker 2: Okay, Andy's just over here going shalk.

1736
01:17:53,960 --> 01:17:55,600
Speaker 4: He doesn't even know He doesn't even pay attention to

1737
01:17:55,640 --> 01:17:56,200
Speaker 4: the Golden.

1738
01:17:55,960 --> 01:17:58,240
Speaker 3: Gloss and Adrian Brody film. Me a fan of Adrian body.

1739
01:17:58,280 --> 01:18:03,040
Speaker 1: Andy, you know what, though, the last was the last

1740
01:18:03,040 --> 01:18:06,879
Speaker 1: movie I saw around the world in eighty days? No,

1741
01:18:06,920 --> 01:18:07,599
Speaker 1: I don't remember.

1742
01:18:07,880 --> 01:18:10,000
Speaker 4: I guess.

1743
01:18:10,560 --> 01:18:14,080
Speaker 3: All right, let's get into the see the Pop Dylan movie.

1744
01:18:14,479 --> 01:18:15,760
Speaker 3: Oh it was good.

1745
01:18:16,040 --> 01:18:16,759
Speaker 4: Yeah, good movie.

1746
01:18:16,800 --> 01:18:18,760
Speaker 3: It was a good movie. It's not on any of

1747
01:18:18,840 --> 01:18:21,439
Speaker 3: the I don't think it's nominated for anything, but it was.

1748
01:18:21,920 --> 01:18:24,120
Speaker 3: It was a good movie. Let's go to the best

1749
01:18:24,200 --> 01:18:29,280
Speaker 3: television series drama. Showgun is coming in with a heavy

1750
01:18:29,320 --> 01:18:34,400
Speaker 3: favorite at minus two thousand, Slow Horses is coming in

1751
01:18:34,400 --> 01:18:37,400
Speaker 3: at plus seven hundred, and Squid Game is coming in

1752
01:18:37,479 --> 01:18:40,519
Speaker 3: at plus nine hundred. Andy, let's go to you. I'll

1753
01:18:40,520 --> 01:18:43,439
Speaker 3: go with squid Game. Go a squid game, all right,

1754
01:18:44,000 --> 01:18:45,960
Speaker 3: plus nine hundred. So if you were to put a

1755
01:18:46,000 --> 01:18:48,880
Speaker 3: one hundred dollars bed down, you make a lot of money.

1756
01:18:48,880 --> 01:18:51,320
Speaker 1: Andy, you're gonna pull out of that.

1757
01:18:53,600 --> 01:18:55,200
Speaker 4: Well. I'm going to favorite.

1758
01:18:56,560 --> 01:18:58,200
Speaker 3: Did you guys see Showguns Showgun?

1759
01:18:58,600 --> 01:18:59,519
Speaker 4: I haven't seen Showgun.

1760
01:18:59,560 --> 01:19:01,120
Speaker 3: It was good. It was really good. I think it's

1761
01:19:01,160 --> 01:19:02,680
Speaker 3: on Hulu if you guys want to go watch it.

1762
01:19:03,200 --> 01:19:08,400
Speaker 3: Thank you for the Best Motion Picture Comedy or Musical.

1763
01:19:08,680 --> 01:19:12,000
Speaker 3: Anora is coming in at minus one fifty five, Amelia

1764
01:19:12,040 --> 01:19:14,439
Speaker 3: Perez is coming in at plus one thirty five, and

1765
01:19:14,600 --> 01:19:18,280
Speaker 3: Wicked is coming in at plus six hundred. Bucky, let's

1766
01:19:18,280 --> 01:19:18,600
Speaker 3: go with you.

1767
01:19:19,640 --> 01:19:20,599
Speaker 4: What my choices again?

1768
01:19:20,680 --> 01:19:23,479
Speaker 3: Anora choice, Amelia Perez and Wicked.

1769
01:19:24,760 --> 01:19:27,720
Speaker 2: Oh, Wicked was so good. Uh, Let's score a Wick.

1770
01:19:27,840 --> 01:19:29,799
Speaker 2: Let's score Wicked. Let's score a Wicked.

1771
01:19:30,040 --> 01:19:32,040
Speaker 1: Go to Amelia was going.

1772
01:19:31,880 --> 01:19:36,080
Speaker 3: In Perez okay, and then quickly Best Motion Picture Animated

1773
01:19:36,360 --> 01:19:39,400
Speaker 3: The Wild Robot at minus four hundred, Flow at plus

1774
01:19:39,479 --> 01:19:42,639
Speaker 3: three hundred, and Inside Out Too at plus one thousand.

1775
01:19:42,720 --> 01:19:44,439
Speaker 1: Andy, what was the second one again?

1776
01:19:44,640 --> 01:19:48,360
Speaker 3: Floweh go flow all right, Bucky, here we go inside

1777
01:19:48,360 --> 01:19:49,559
Speaker 3: out too, inside out too?

1778
01:19:49,600 --> 01:19:50,000
Speaker 1: All right?

1779
01:19:50,160 --> 01:19:52,080
Speaker 3: Good luck to you guys. This is quick and easy.

1780
01:19:52,760 --> 01:19:56,360
Speaker 3: Enjoy the the Golden globes tonight, and uh I know

1781
01:19:56,439 --> 01:19:59,360
Speaker 3: I will be well. Heed my popcorn woll all right.

1782
01:19:59,400 --> 01:20:01,400
Speaker 1: The man with this only dome joined you next. His

1783
01:20:01,479 --> 01:20:03,479
Speaker 1: name is Mike Harmon. Right here, Fox