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Speaker 1: Adam Ashley, It's true. I'm in for big Ben Maller.

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Speaker 1: Appreciate you guys. Eight seven seven ninety nine on Fox

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Speaker 1: is the phone number you can also get to me.

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Speaker 1: I follow out of ay. Tell me what you think

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Speaker 1: of my theory about Stranger Things. Maybe I'm giving the

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Speaker 1: Duffer Brothers too much credit, Netflix too much credit. I

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Speaker 1: don't know. I feel like the Duffer brothers are so

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Speaker 1: big time now they can do whatever they want. Are

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Speaker 1: they going to do Marvel stuff?

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Speaker 2: Next?

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Speaker 1: We'll see coming up next on this show lot Murray

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Speaker 1: of the Athletic will be here talking about my guy

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Speaker 1: Kawhi Leonard dropping another forty five spots tonight against the

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Speaker 1: Utah Jazz. Okay, I know it's just Utah, but they

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Speaker 1: needed it. It was a close game late in the

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Speaker 1: fourth quarter and he had twenty of his forty five

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Speaker 1: points there. Murray just leaving into a dome. Plus, we'll

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Speaker 1: talk Lakers Yannis, who's being traded. But first I want

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Speaker 1: to try something out. I think this is the third

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Speaker 1: time I've done it, and I develop this doing these

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Speaker 1: solo shows, and I call it Adam's NFL ranking matchups

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Speaker 1: something like that. I don't know. I want to go

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Speaker 1: back in time here, long before we had the benefit

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Speaker 1: of the NFL Red Zone or NFL Sunday ticket, Back

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Speaker 1: before we could watch any game we wanted, Back when

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Speaker 1: we had to be patient. Life wasn't your personal Coca

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Speaker 1: Cola three sixty freestyle machine where you could have every

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Speaker 1: local team was nearby that didn't have blackout issues because

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Speaker 1: their games actually sold out, you probably were watching their games.

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Speaker 1: These were primitive times. Dinosaurs roam the earth. I think

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Speaker 1: Loraina called, did you say that Ben ben Maller is

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Speaker 1: a dinosaur of sports radio? What type of dinosaurs? A raptor?

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Speaker 1: It's got to be a t rex. It's got to

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Speaker 1: be a t I think of like try Seratops or something.

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Speaker 1: He's a gentle giant. But back in the day, like

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Speaker 1: you couldn't choose any game you wanted to watch in

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Speaker 1: the NFL world, the world was not your oyster. There

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Speaker 1: was no octo box, where on red Zone you got

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Speaker 1: eight games going at once. That's a new sea change

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Speaker 1: in technology. So you didn't have the ability to have

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Speaker 1: it your way, like as burger king or whatever, and

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Speaker 1: it made things very difficult. You had to choose between

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Speaker 1: give you a choice. But if you had a choice,

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Speaker 1: how would you do it? How would you rank the

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Speaker 1: slate of matchups? From least interesting contest to you know,

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Speaker 1: I'd miss my firstborn son's you know birth like to

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Speaker 1: watch this football game? That type of thing. You can

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Speaker 1: base it on whatever criteria you want. Base it off.

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Speaker 1: The teams you love or you hate, the time of

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Speaker 1: enjoy watching them? Who's bad? But you actually think it's

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Speaker 1: fun to watch them? Let's power rank the matchups for

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Speaker 1: Week eighteen of the twenty twenty five NFL season. Do

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Speaker 1: we have Ben Maller to an autumn wind as a pirate?

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Speaker 2: Is that real autumn wind is a pirate blustering in

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Speaker 2: from sea with a rollicking song. He sweeps along, swaggering boisterously.

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Speaker 2: His face is weather beaten. He wears a hooded sash

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Speaker 1: That's pretty good. Le we keep going, Yeah, go ahead,

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Speaker 1: this his show? Let's rank them? Week eighteen Power Rankings.

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Speaker 1: So it's the final week of the season. We got

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Speaker 1: thirty two teams in the league, sixteen games. I'm gonna

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Speaker 1: start with my sixteenth least interesting matchup for me, This

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Speaker 1: the Cleveland Browns fan named Scott Ensminger who requested his

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Speaker 1: That was in twenty thirteen now, But my Panthers, that's

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Speaker 1: my life. I've been living in hell the past ten years,

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Speaker 1: of the fiery abyss that Panthers fans call home at

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Speaker 1: do you know how pathetic this is? The Panthers are

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Speaker 1: the ready to jump. They still can win the NFC South.

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Speaker 1: but that's the state of the Division two. I'm not

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Speaker 1: But the Saints and Falcons fans, they haven't seen the

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Speaker 1: of you know what he was given my amateur medical

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Speaker 1: that Jerry? Was he trying to speak to me from

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Speaker 1: the grave? Oh, it's actually a genie speaking to you

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Speaker 1: from her grave. Is she one of the callers here? Yes?

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Speaker 2: I guess it's a good subject.

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Speaker 1: I hope you guys treat me nice too. And for

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Speaker 1: Ben Mallarch, tonight, what do you want the Cowboys, though,

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Speaker 1: like you waste a year like this from Dak with

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Speaker 1: enough under Russell Wilson. That was a great call. Would

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Speaker 1: they pay him ten million dollars? They eventually figured it out.

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Speaker 1: Turned to Jackson Dart when you could throw a Dart

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Speaker 3: when it comes to someone like Trey, he did had

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Speaker 3: some situation because Trey hard have played well. He hasn't

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Speaker 3: played well, he hasn't been available. This team has arguably

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Speaker 3: been better with talented even though this team is not

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Speaker 3: good enough to just say, hey, we don't play trade

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Speaker 3: I think the best thing about Ray Young is the

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Speaker 3: get traded or if he gets traded to some place

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Speaker 3: he doesn't like. He controlled at least a year of

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Speaker 3: his teacher in terms of that. But I think the

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Speaker 3: most simple thing with Trey is more teams would want

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Speaker 3: him if he was still playing at the level that

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Speaker 3: he should be in terms of the days of his

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Speaker 3: career that he did, and that's just not happening. He's

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Speaker 3: he's always been a die who's is shooting is more

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Speaker 3: dangerous because of his range, not necessarily because of his efficiency.

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Speaker 3: He's small, so you're never going to be good defensively

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Speaker 3: within on the floor, and now that loader that such

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Speaker 3: a weapon for him. He's not beating guys, he's not

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Speaker 3: scoring like you shut and all these things make it

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Speaker 3: to where he's a lot closer to the average point

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Speaker 3: guard if he ran up all the starting point guards

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Speaker 3: at him, there's very our closed shuit average is very

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Speaker 3: young instead of a guy who you know gets into

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Speaker 1: Yeah, he's not high on my list anymore. A lot

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Speaker 1: of the advanced numbers say he's getting worse with his

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Speaker 1: efficiency too, right, and and.

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Speaker 3: That's and that's the thing. It's like very young. The

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Speaker 3: Valiants three has always been like a guy who can

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Speaker 3: create offense for himself, for his teammates, and as the

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Speaker 3: shooting of efficiency has been fined from everywhere and the

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Speaker 3: turnover zone necessarily getting better, and now he's a guy

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Speaker 3: there's Atlanta have so many other guys who can play

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Speaker 3: with ball in their teams, and three often at least

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Speaker 3: stray kind of in a weird spot and Flint Snyders

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Speaker 3: talk there's other guys. They don't necessarily need him to go.

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Speaker 3: But if he's want to go forward, you got from

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Speaker 3: the balls he's not versatile fires and teams have to

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Speaker 3: acknowledge that. It may be so excited for a very

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Speaker 3: young stream, but why are you giving up to get

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Speaker 3: Tree young on your team and then say that your

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Speaker 3: team is better? That is very difficult questioning configure right now.

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Speaker 1: The show's better when Lamery is on at La Murray

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Speaker 1: the n you covers the NBA for the athletic does

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Speaker 1: it here in Southern California? Closely attached to the Clippers

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Speaker 1: and the Lakers. Thanks for joining me, Thanks for joining

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Speaker 1: me on Fox Sports Radio tonight, my friend, Thank you.

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Speaker 3: I appreciated.

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Speaker 1: Coming up next, we will get back to my NFL

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Speaker 1: matchup rankings. But eighty seven seven ninety nine on Fox.

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Speaker 1: I know people are calling in. I know it's a

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Speaker 1: color driven show here on the Ben Mallor Show. Come,

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Speaker 1: let's try Gunner calling in from Minnesota. Gunner, what's up?

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Speaker 1: Is this Gunner from X Welcome?

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Speaker 4: Yes it is man. How's it going?

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Speaker 1: You know it's all right outside of the Carolina Panthers

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Speaker 1: probably losing on Saturday and ruining my weekend in life?

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Speaker 3: Oh come on, Benjie, remember you know the conspiracencory right

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Speaker 3: all three Ohio State wedns. Year before Jah, we played

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Speaker 3: Jaguars and Go Super fifteen. Oh have to win? We

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Speaker 3: played Jaguars Go super Bolt.

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Speaker 1: What's happening this year? Oh?

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Speaker 3: I say won? Last year we played the Jazz in

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Speaker 3: Super Bowl facts.

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Speaker 1: Do you think Brian has a chance of leading a

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Speaker 1: team to the Super Bowl in a quarterback driven league?

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Speaker 1: I can't get with that. I'm sorry, Gunner.

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Speaker 3: I have the think here we if we have the

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Speaker 3: high game or no by three points, have the ball

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Speaker 3: driving on the field last couple of minutes, we can

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Speaker 3: be anybody.

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Speaker 2: I see it.

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Speaker 3: How let's a goal We're gonna go to the NFC

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Speaker 3: so and both in the NC win this division, and

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Speaker 3: where's in the ANC? It has no chance to insist

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Speaker 3: because they haven't played this. Nobody's division play this at

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Speaker 3: this point.

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Speaker 1: Look, look, you gotta walk before you run. Let's just

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Speaker 1: see if they can beat Tampa Bay this weekend and

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Speaker 1: get into the playoffs, and then we can talk about

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Speaker 1: matchups and if the Carolina Panthers really have a chance,

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Speaker 1: even though they probably play in the worst division in sports.

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Speaker 1: But I love you, Gunner, and I'm glad you're keeping

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Speaker 1: the hope alive, because I did say I was going

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Speaker 1: to be more positive in twenty twenty six, and look

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Speaker 1: the bright side of things. So I'm on my way.

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Speaker 1: As long as you keep tweeting at me, I might

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Speaker 1: become a full blooded Carolina Panther. Fan again soon, hope

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Speaker 1: face all that stuff. It's I'm really close to jumping

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Speaker 1: in with you. Kind of appreciate you. Uh you know

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Speaker 1: what before we break?

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Speaker 2: Is it?

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Speaker 1: Dwayne Wade. Dwayne Wade calling from Hawaii, Little Dwayne, Dwayne

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Speaker 1: Rock Johnson, Little tunci O, Little Dwayne. What's up?

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Speaker 3: Hey? I a man, Little Dwayne. What's up over there?

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Speaker 3: I'm calling from Hawaii. I just wishing everybody happy New Year.

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Speaker 1: Is everybody involved in shoe yo? Happy New Year?

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Speaker 3: Yeah?

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Speaker 1: And a shout out to.

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Speaker 3: My boy door goes. You know what I'm saying. And

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Speaker 3: I was all over a little miss, so old miss.

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Speaker 3: You know what I'm saying. Oh miss, from the get go.

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Speaker 1: Right, you made a little bit of scratching you bet

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Speaker 1: on ole miss.

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Speaker 3: I want to admit it. Yeah, you know.

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Speaker 1: It's practically legal everywhere. Now, don't worry about it, even

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Speaker 1: in Hawaii.

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Speaker 3: My pocket something in my pockets, you know what I mean?

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Speaker 1: They had more dog in them than Georgia. I guess.

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Speaker 1: In the end, it was interesting to see it. That

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Speaker 1: was a big time. You gotta be happy about that.

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Speaker 1: Some people were saying with the kicker, it's not all miss,

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Speaker 1: It's all make now because he hit that forty seven yard.

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Speaker 3: Yeah you know that, you know that, you know what

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Speaker 3: I'm saying.

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Speaker 1: And what else?

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Speaker 3: Yeah?

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Speaker 1: Well, Dwayne, how many my ties? How many my ties?

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Speaker 1: In Hawaii? Oh?

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Speaker 3: I about four goal? You know it's over here?

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Speaker 1: Oh I bet? I bet. You guys were last to

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Speaker 1: celebrate the New Year with being three hours behind us,

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Speaker 1: so you gotta still be celebrating out there. Appreciate you,

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Speaker 1: Lil Wayne litl Dwayne. Be good, Okay, be careful. I'm

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Speaker 1: at a maslin in for Ben Mahler Adam Ashley coming

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Speaker 1: up next, more of my NFL rankings. Matchup you're listening

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Speaker 1: matchups you're listening to Fox Sports Radio.

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Speaker 1: Hi, Adam Ashley, Welcome back in. I'm at am moslin

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Speaker 1: in for Big Ben Mahlor here on Fox Sports Radio.

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Speaker 1: Happy Holidays, Happy New Year. Coming up, more of the same.

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Speaker 1: It's the NFL as king for a reason, So yeah,

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Speaker 1: we're gonna talk a lot of NFL here, and I

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Speaker 1: package it like this that's not sexual I have an

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Speaker 1: NFL matchup rankings list. Yeah, it's crazy to do lists

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Speaker 1: on the Ben Maler Show. It's not a list. It's

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Speaker 1: not like, is Michael Jordan the goat or is Lebron

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Speaker 1: the goat. It's not like that. It's just I ranked

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Speaker 1: the matchups for Week eighteen, which is kind of a

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Speaker 1: big deal because it's the last week at the NFL

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Speaker 1: season and there's all this stuff on the line. So

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Speaker 1: I'll get to my thirteenth ranked, best rank matchup or

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Speaker 1: worst for me, it's the Patriots hosting the Dolphins. I

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Speaker 1: know we have some playoff implications here, and we'll outline

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Speaker 1: those as we go along and what it all means.

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Speaker 1: And I will wait for my autumn as a pirate

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Speaker 1: or wind of a pirate music here, Larreeda. But I

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Speaker 1: already know the Pats they're winning this game because they

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Speaker 1: already have the AFC East locked up and they can

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Speaker 1: still get the number one seed if the Chargers win

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Speaker 1: in Denver. It could happen. The Dolphins, though, might be

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Speaker 1: in the worst spot a dolphin's been since echoed. The

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Speaker 1: Dolphin lost his pod back in that video game for

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Speaker 1: the Sega Genesis, so sad his whole family just went

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Speaker 1: up in like a tornado or something. Now, I don't

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Speaker 1: know what the Dolphins are doing. Is Tua gone? Can

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Speaker 1: they trade them? Do they have to release him with

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Speaker 1: that contract? Is Mike McDaniel coming back? Quinn Ewers the

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Speaker 1: guy who just beat Tampa Bay somehow? And yet the

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Speaker 1: Panthers still haven't won the division yet. The Dolphins, they

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Speaker 1: will not pick high enough to get a top quarterback.

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Speaker 1: So what do they do? Like they're gonna end up

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Speaker 1: seven through ten in the draft after the Pats beat

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Speaker 1: them down, unless the Pats call off the Dogs because

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Speaker 1: they see Denver's crushing the La Chargers and they already

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Speaker 1: would have the number one seed locked up in the AFC.

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Speaker 1: Like whoever the Dolphins GM should be? You know, whoever

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Speaker 1: that guy was that put together this hellish roster was

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Speaker 1: zero direction who probably should be fired by now. Okay,

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Speaker 1: I guess he was back in October. Chris Greer was

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Speaker 1: that guy's name. They fired him, they did it, But

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Speaker 1: good luck to whoever takes over in the interim, because

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Speaker 1: that seat it's probably hot already, it's at least lukewarm,

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Speaker 1: and the cupboard is bear like more bear than Marino's

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Speaker 1: Super Bowl Trophy case. He wore number thirteen. Maybe that's

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Speaker 1: why I had the Dolphins Patriots game as my thirteenth

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Speaker 1: best matchup this weekend.

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Speaker 2: Oh.

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Speaker 1: Also of note, in this game, this may matter to

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Speaker 1: some of you who hate athletes and how much money

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Speaker 1: they make. Here's a guy who has some money on

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Speaker 1: the line, playing with my money. It's like playing with

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Speaker 1: my emotion. No, not big worm, not big perm Stefan Diggs.

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Speaker 1: He needs thirty yards in this game to earn a

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Speaker 1: five hundred thousand dollars bonus, because it would get him

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Speaker 1: to one thousand yards on the season.

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Speaker 5: I'm just gonna go find the cash machine.

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Speaker 1: He already got half a mill for his bonus for

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Speaker 1: just having eighty catches. That hit last week. Number twelve

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Speaker 1: in my most intriguing game this weekend. In the NFL,

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Speaker 1: it actually goes with the Denver Broncos, who are hosting

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Speaker 1: the Chargers. As mentioned, Denver wins. They're the number one

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Speaker 1: seed regardless of what the Patriots do. The Chargers, though,

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Speaker 1: they can still be all kinds of wild card seeds,

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Speaker 1: like they can be fifth, they could be sixth, they

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Speaker 1: could be seventh. Like my relationship status it's complicated. Here's

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Speaker 1: how it works. The Bolts would get the number five

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Speaker 1: seed with a win and a Texans loss to the

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Speaker 1: Colts in Week eighteen, regardless of the Bill's outcome against

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Speaker 1: the Jets. As for the number six seed, the Chargers,

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Speaker 1: they could get that. At least they could be the

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Speaker 1: number six seed. They would be guaranteed that if they

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Speaker 1: win in Denver. However, if the Chargers lose to the

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Speaker 1: Broncos and the Bills win again the Jets, then the

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Speaker 1: Bolts would be the seventh seed, which would have them

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Speaker 1: going to New England. Because if Denver wins, they're number one.

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Speaker 1: New England is number two. Here's a reason to watch

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Speaker 1: the game, though. Keenan Allen is six receptions away from

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Speaker 1: getting a contract bonus of seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars.

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Speaker 4: Sheep that change of filthy animal.

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Speaker 1: That's kind of a big deal. I like Keenan Allen.

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Speaker 1: I don't know how he's stilled this good with all

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Speaker 1: the torn acls he's had over the years. My eleventh

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00:36:34,040 --> 00:36:36,560
Speaker 1: best matchup in Week eighteen, that would go to the

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Speaker 1: Bears hosting the Lions. You might be wondering why I

653
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Speaker 1: have it here since there's not a lot to be determined.

654
00:36:42,800 --> 00:36:45,520
Speaker 1: The Lions are out of the playoffs, They're right back

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Speaker 1: where they normally are. The Bears they've already won the

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00:36:48,160 --> 00:36:51,120
Speaker 1: NFC North and will either be the number two or

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Speaker 1: the number three seed in the NFC based off this.

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Speaker 1: If they beat the Lions the two seed they lose,

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00:36:58,040 --> 00:37:01,719
Speaker 1: and Philly wins against the Commanders the three seed, they

660
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Speaker 1: both lose. Bears are the two seed because they have

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00:37:04,560 --> 00:37:06,359
Speaker 1: the same record as the Eagles and they beat them

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Speaker 1: head to head. Here's why I have this ranked as

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Speaker 1: high as eleventh. I want to see if Dan Campbell

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Speaker 1: is still about that biting kneecaps life, because that's all

665
00:37:17,840 --> 00:37:21,799
Speaker 1: the Lions have left. Pride, that's just pride effing with you.

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00:37:22,320 --> 00:37:25,439
Speaker 1: They are back where he started with the team, when

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00:37:25,440 --> 00:37:28,200
Speaker 1: they were losing, when they were out of the playoffs,

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00:37:28,680 --> 00:37:31,240
Speaker 1: and Dan Campbell came in and he tried to build

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Speaker 1: a physical brand of football and a different culture in Detroit.

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Speaker 1: And they're still built upon that no matter the stakes, right,

671
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Speaker 1: even if they can't win and make the playoffs this season. Now,

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Speaker 1: remember they lost their OC, their defensive coordinator, and now

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Speaker 1: they're missing the playoffs. Maybe they're missing their identity. I

674
00:37:52,239 --> 00:37:54,960
Speaker 1: don't know. Are they still built to kick you in

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Speaker 1: the teeth, to punch you in the back, and then

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Speaker 1: you're gonna smile at them? Supposedly, you remember that Dan

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Speaker 1: Campbell press conference. I don't know if anyone is smiling

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Speaker 1: right now in Detroit. But they do have the pistons

679
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Speaker 1: and they're pretty good, although my Clippers just beat them.

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Speaker 1: My tenth best matchup of the weekend, that would go

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Speaker 1: to Kansas City in Las Vegas, where two once proud

682
00:38:21,000 --> 00:38:24,640
Speaker 1: franchise is won very recently, one fifty years ago. Like

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Speaker 1: they're fighting for the AFC West pride. Kevin always says

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Speaker 1: the Chiefs are the team he hates the most. I

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Speaker 1: don't know if that's how they feel about the Raiders.

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Speaker 1: I don't think so, because the Chiefs have beaten them

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Speaker 1: the last twenty one of twenty five meetings, and you

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Speaker 1: would think the Raiders would take this opportunity to kick

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Speaker 1: them while the Chiefs are down. But the Raiders, they

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00:38:47,600 --> 00:38:50,160
Speaker 1: would be kicking their own ass in the grander scheme

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Speaker 1: of things, because they want that number one pick. They

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00:38:53,400 --> 00:38:55,759
Speaker 1: need that in the draft, and to just see how

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Speaker 1: many guys they rested against the Giants, including their best

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Speaker 1: player in Rock Bowers. But like the dead giveaway they

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Speaker 1: were tanking in that game was because they actually played

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Speaker 1: Geno Smith. Yeah, we wrote you off, Geno, and you

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00:39:10,760 --> 00:39:13,840
Speaker 1: wrote back. All right, it just got intercepted or lost

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Speaker 1: in the mail. Ha haa. Everyone makes that job now.

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Speaker 1: Actually I got the message back from Gino. It said

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Speaker 1: two words, the same two words most Raiders say after

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Speaker 1: their first year with the organization. Kill me. Raiders fans, though,

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00:39:28,040 --> 00:39:32,280
Speaker 1: probably would respond with say less they hate Geno Smith.

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Speaker 1: But I don't think it's Geno Smith's fault. The offensive

704
00:39:35,080 --> 00:39:40,040
Speaker 1: line is awful. No one would perform behind that offensive line.

705
00:39:40,400 --> 00:39:43,759
Speaker 1: That's not just Swiss cheese, like it's Swiss cheese if

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00:39:43,800 --> 00:39:46,040
Speaker 1: you put it through a paper shredder. So why do

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Speaker 1: I have this Chiefs Raiders matchup ahead of six other

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Speaker 1: games on my Best Matchups this weekend? Because I'm I'm

709
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Speaker 1: curious to see how far the Raiders will take this

710
00:39:56,600 --> 00:40:00,400
Speaker 1: tank job. Like if Ashon Gente was going in for

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Speaker 1: a game winning touchdown, is Mark Davis just gonna run

712
00:40:03,760 --> 00:40:06,160
Speaker 1: him over with an actual tank to make sure they

713
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Speaker 1: secure that number one pick? They seem very committed, not

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Speaker 1: committed to excellence, committed to tanking. That's where the Raiders

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Speaker 1: are at. And I know I'm kicking them while they

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Speaker 1: are down because it's fun and everybody does it.

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Speaker 4: The Raiders suck, The coaches suck, the players suck.

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Speaker 1: Everybody in that build they suck.

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Speaker 4: And I'm pissed.

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Speaker 1: Off even former players like Bill Romanowski there. But come on,

721
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Speaker 1: like this level of an aptitude that we have been

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Speaker 1: seeing now since rich Gannon was in that neck brace,

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Speaker 1: It's unheard of. They can't help themselves. They move to Vegas,

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Speaker 1: they make more money. Al Davis is no longer there,

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Speaker 1: rest in peace. They're still bad. More NFL matchup rankings

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Speaker 1: coming up next. I'm Adam Oslin in for Big Ben

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