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Speaker 1: to the Richard Sherman Podcast. And what a game. What

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Speaker 1: a defensive battle. I love defensive battles, and the Seattle

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Speaker 1: Seahawks put on an absolute clinic all game long. And

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Speaker 1: it wasn't just about the scheme. It wasn't just about schematically. Sure,

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Speaker 1: Mike McDonald does some incredible things schematically, but it was

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Speaker 1: the effort and intensity they were playing with that impressed

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Speaker 1: while I tweeted it during the game, I said that

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Speaker 1: effort got rewarded with the interception, and the fans were like, well,

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Speaker 1: they didn't have to do anything. Christian just dropped that,

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Speaker 1: No question about it. Christian, that was a drop. That

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Speaker 1: was one I'm sure he wishes he has had back.

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Speaker 1: But in order to take advantage of that. You gotta

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Speaker 1: be running to the football, you gotta be hustling, you

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Speaker 1: gotta have energy. And that was the frustrating thing all

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Speaker 1: Seattle Seahawks second highest scoring offense to thirteen points. That

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Speaker 1: should be applauded. They did a phenomenal job. So tell

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Speaker 1: if it was a benefit of a missfield goal and

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Speaker 1: some mistakes about the Seattle Seahawks, but sure, it still

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Speaker 1: for the second time in a row. But there was

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Speaker 1: a couple points in this game that were really the

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Speaker 1: turning points for me for this defense, because they couldn't

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Speaker 1: were resetting the line of scrimmage every single play, on

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Speaker 1: every single possession, and they were owning it. They were

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Speaker 1: the more aggressive, they were, the more dominant team. They

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Speaker 2: Sam Donald played really solid football. He didn't turn the

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Speaker 1: The one play where he had a chance to turn

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Speaker 1: flumbled the ball away and it was down. It was

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Speaker 1: a free ball for anybody to go get. I didn't

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Speaker 1: feel the sense of urgency. And that's what I mean

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Speaker 1: when fans are like, oh man, they played really good,

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Speaker 1: or we watching the same game. Yes, we're watching the

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Speaker 1: same game, but I watch it with a different lens

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Speaker 1: because I know the frenetic pace in the desperation and

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Speaker 1: sense an urgency that you have to have to play

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Speaker 1: great defense. And I saw that with the Seattle Seahawks.

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Speaker 1: I did not see that with the San Francisco forty

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Speaker 1: nine ers. And now I didn't care either way, you know,

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Speaker 1: I was like, that was missing when I watched the

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Speaker 1: Seattle Seahawks defense get on the field. They're running, they're

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Speaker 1: playing with swagger, they're running, hitting everything moving. You see

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Speaker 2: Because they're running and hitting And then you.

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Speaker 1: just seemed like it maybe they just running out of gas.

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Speaker 1: You know, this is a team that's been through a

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Speaker 1: with a lot of heartache. But on third and seventeen,

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Speaker 1: I don't think Klink Kobiek when he when he drew

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Speaker 1: he's not gonna stop running if nobody's gonna tackle him.

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Speaker 2: But outside of a play by Diamador leonore On.

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Speaker 1: I think it was fourth down on Charbonnay where Tarberney

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Speaker 2: But again he made the play by himself, by himself.

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Speaker 1: The play, the third and seventeen play, is a play

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Speaker 1: you cannot put on tape, not a team fighting for

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Speaker 1: the one seed, not a team that's won twelve games

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Speaker 1: like that's as a defense because those things take no talent.

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Speaker 1: The effort and attitude that you play with. It takes

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Speaker 1: no talent. Running to the ball, it doesn't take talent.

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Speaker 1: It just takes one two. It takes mindset. And that

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Speaker 1: that that part wasn't there, and they still had a chance.

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Speaker 1: They still had a chance to San Francisco forty nine

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Speaker 1: that's what you knew. That's what we talked about earlier

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Speaker 1: it looked like they were gonna do, if Christmas McCaffrey

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Speaker 1: Everything's going through Seattle and I can't wait to watch it.

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Speaker 1: The San Francisco forty nine Ers likely are going to

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Speaker 1: of a couple of weeks ago, and and that was

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Speaker 1: a fun game to watch as well. But let's let's.

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Speaker 2: Talk about these playoff scenarios.

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Speaker 1: Like I said, if the Rams win, they're the five seed,

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Speaker 1: And that Philadelphia Eagles matchup could be interesting because I

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Speaker 1: Juwan Jenning's going back and forth with him. If we

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Speaker 1: if they if they if they get that matchup, I think,

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Speaker 1: you know, obviously they beat the Bears, so they can

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Speaker 1: clearly win that game. But it's gonna be a doll

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Speaker 1: fight either way. And if not, then the Bears play

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Speaker 1: the Packers and that's gonna be a cool matchup and

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Speaker 1: the Seattle Seahawks are waiting for for the lowest winner

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Speaker 1: of all of it. And it's gonna be a fun

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Speaker 1: ride on the NSC side, no question about it. I

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Speaker 1: can't wait. But right now, the Seattle Seahawks look like

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Speaker 1: the class of the division. Mike McDonald, this is the

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Speaker 1: He's finally got the system installed the way he wants

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Speaker 1: to is year two, and he has a deep rotation

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Speaker 1: they're swagging. My guy DeMarcus Lawn said, Hey, they're a

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Speaker 1: dark side because they turned the lights off on people,

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Speaker 1: the playoffs. If you want to win a Super Bowl,

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Speaker 1: What a game, What a game, and it's gonna have

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Speaker 1: a lot of implications. Seattle Seahawks are obviously gonna enjoy

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Speaker 1: their bye. But it's week eighteen and we got these

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Speaker 1: That's gotta feel good. It does, Richard.

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Speaker 3: Let's take it to the NFC North, the Detroit Lions.

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Speaker 1: It's very important for the facts that you just laid out.

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Speaker 1: as they do it, like they're not gonna try to

433
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Speaker 1: win this game and go on to lose this game

434
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Speaker 1: and eliminate the Bucks from the playoffs. I mean, that'd

435
00:21:35,560 --> 00:21:38,439
Speaker 1: be the equivalent of the Seahawks and Niners, you know,

436
00:21:38,520 --> 00:21:41,440
Speaker 1: one of them being having a chance at the playoffs

437
00:21:41,440 --> 00:21:43,359
Speaker 1: and the other one needing to win to make it happen.

438
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Speaker 1: Not that they would purposely lose, but they're not gonna

439
00:21:46,000 --> 00:21:47,960
Speaker 1: go as hard as they could to win that game. Mental,

440
00:21:47,960 --> 00:21:51,920
Speaker 1: I'm just telling you. And it was a weird scenario.

441
00:21:51,960 --> 00:21:54,399
Speaker 1: I think something has to change about this playoffs. You

442
00:21:54,880 --> 00:21:58,879
Speaker 1: got twelve win teams fighting for their lives with in

443
00:21:58,920 --> 00:22:02,720
Speaker 1: the six and seven and you got eight to nine

444
00:22:02,760 --> 00:22:06,520
Speaker 1: team just comfortably going to the playoffs after another yet

445
00:22:06,520 --> 00:22:09,679
Speaker 1: another loss this season. And I just don't think that's

446
00:22:09,720 --> 00:22:11,600
Speaker 1: what the NFL wants in the playoffs. That's so what

447
00:22:11,640 --> 00:22:13,800
Speaker 1: they don't want for their playoff teams. And you know

448
00:22:14,480 --> 00:22:16,960
Speaker 1: not that it's not happened and led to upsets before.

449
00:22:17,000 --> 00:22:19,840
Speaker 1: I remember the Seattle Seahawks, and I'm sure Seahawks fans

450
00:22:19,840 --> 00:22:23,200
Speaker 1: remember that vividly bringing welcoming in the New Orleans Saints

451
00:22:23,200 --> 00:22:24,879
Speaker 1: to town and the Beast quake and all that. They

452
00:22:24,880 --> 00:22:26,959
Speaker 1: were a seven to nine team in the playoffs and

453
00:22:27,040 --> 00:22:29,680
Speaker 1: ended up winning that game and going on to face Chicago.

454
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Speaker 1: So it's not that they can't win. This is a

455
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Speaker 1: National Football League. Anybody can beat anybody on any given day,

456
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Speaker 1: But is that the fair way to do it? Is

457
00:22:37,840 --> 00:22:41,200
Speaker 1: you got teams playing all season and win twelve thirteen games,

458
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Speaker 1: and you're letting teams in who just happened to be

459
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Speaker 1: in a bad division. So I think that has to change.

460
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Speaker 1: And you know, this Carolina Panthers team had some quality

461
00:22:51,800 --> 00:22:53,960
Speaker 1: wins down the stretch. They beat the same Rams team

462
00:22:53,960 --> 00:22:56,040
Speaker 1: that they're about to face just a couple of weeks ago,

463
00:22:56,080 --> 00:22:58,719
Speaker 1: where they controlled the clock majority of the game, they

464
00:22:58,760 --> 00:23:01,080
Speaker 1: got after Matthew Stafford a couple of times, picked them

465
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Speaker 1: off a couple of times, and it made some plays

466
00:23:04,280 --> 00:23:06,399
Speaker 1: and made enough plays to win that game's going thirty

467
00:23:06,400 --> 00:23:09,200
Speaker 1: one points in the game, So I'm sure the Rams

468
00:23:09,200 --> 00:23:11,840
Speaker 1: aren't taking them lightly by any stretcher of imagination. But

469
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Speaker 1: you know, I don't know. I don't know, well, Richard.

470
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Speaker 3: If there was ever a year for the Competition Committee

471
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Speaker 3: to review this and make a change, it would be

472
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Speaker 3: this year. Because the winner out of the AFC North

473
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Speaker 3: and the winner out of the NFC South are both

474
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Speaker 3: going to be the four seeds. But if you just

475
00:23:29,080 --> 00:23:32,040
Speaker 3: look by record, they would both be last place. They'd

476
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Speaker 3: both be the seventh seed in the playoffs, and the

477
00:23:34,640 --> 00:23:38,240
Speaker 3: NFC West would be one, two and three in the NFC.

478
00:23:39,400 --> 00:23:41,480
Speaker 3: I think Richard, I think it's safe to say time

479
00:23:41,520 --> 00:23:43,840
Speaker 3: for a change in the way the playoffs are seated.

480
00:23:44,440 --> 00:23:46,240
Speaker 3: But before we leave the Saints game, I got to

481
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Speaker 3: ask you, Tyler Shuck looks like it looks like the

482
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Speaker 3: Saints might.

483
00:23:49,600 --> 00:23:52,200
Speaker 2: Have found somebody that they can genuinely build around.

484
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Speaker 3: I know a lot of the question marks about New

485
00:23:53,920 --> 00:23:55,880
Speaker 3: Orleans coming in the season was their quarterback.

486
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Speaker 2: Would you like Tyler Shuck's game? I mean, it's solid.

487
00:24:00,560 --> 00:24:03,400
Speaker 1: I think I think our expectations in New Orleans are

488
00:24:03,400 --> 00:24:06,160
Speaker 1: so low that that sure will go with that. I mean,

489
00:24:06,240 --> 00:24:10,399
Speaker 1: but but it's it's seventeen points in the game. You know,

490
00:24:10,520 --> 00:24:13,320
Speaker 1: if he comes in the starter next year, I think

491
00:24:13,400 --> 00:24:15,520
Speaker 1: we'll judge him as a starter and not as a

492
00:24:15,560 --> 00:24:18,600
Speaker 1: feel good story, and then we'll we can we can

493
00:24:18,760 --> 00:24:23,240
Speaker 1: make the assessment accordingly. But I don't know. I can't

494
00:24:23,280 --> 00:24:26,360
Speaker 1: really assess that. I'm not watching the Saints as closely

495
00:24:26,440 --> 00:24:29,479
Speaker 1: as as Saints fans are because they haven't been relevant

496
00:24:29,480 --> 00:24:32,640
Speaker 1: and they haven't been winning football, playing winning football. They've

497
00:24:32,640 --> 00:24:36,160
Speaker 1: they've been fighting for top five draft pick all season long.

498
00:24:36,240 --> 00:24:38,399
Speaker 1: So that's a tough ran football for me to to

499
00:24:38,480 --> 00:24:42,119
Speaker 1: really indulge in. But yeah, I mean it seems like

500
00:24:42,160 --> 00:24:44,840
Speaker 1: he's played solid football down the stretch. They helped them

501
00:24:44,840 --> 00:24:49,560
Speaker 1: get a couple of wins. Obviously they lost this game,

502
00:24:49,560 --> 00:24:52,120
Speaker 1: but with the right weapons around, I think he could

503
00:24:52,160 --> 00:24:54,159
Speaker 1: be he could be solid, He could be serviceable. But

504
00:24:54,200 --> 00:24:55,640
Speaker 1: we'll we'll, you know, time will tell.

505
00:24:55,880 --> 00:24:59,520
Speaker 3: Cincinnati Bengals suffered a feat against the Cleveland Browns thanks

506
00:24:59,520 --> 00:25:01,399
Speaker 3: to two to fi defensive scores by the Browns, and

507
00:25:01,440 --> 00:25:04,080
Speaker 3: the highlight of this game obviously comes from Miles Garrett,

508
00:25:04,119 --> 00:25:07,679
Speaker 3: who breaks the NFL sack record with twenty three total sacks,

509
00:25:08,040 --> 00:25:11,000
Speaker 3: coming late in the fourth quarter. Richer, How big of

510
00:25:11,040 --> 00:25:12,920
Speaker 3: an honor is this for Miles Garrett.

511
00:25:13,160 --> 00:25:16,000
Speaker 1: That's a huge hore. But you hear what straight Han said.

512
00:25:16,040 --> 00:25:18,760
Speaker 1: Strahan said, well, I did it in sixteen games. He

513
00:25:18,800 --> 00:25:22,280
Speaker 1: did it in seventeen. But then, of course the internet,

514
00:25:22,640 --> 00:25:25,320
Speaker 1: the Internet is undefeated, and they find the stats and

515
00:25:25,320 --> 00:25:27,720
Speaker 1: they're gonna make a point. And I think Miles Garrett

516
00:25:27,720 --> 00:25:31,320
Speaker 1: did it on four hundred and something snaps and straight

517
00:25:31,320 --> 00:25:33,520
Speaker 1: Han did it on close to six hundred snaps, So

518
00:25:34,040 --> 00:25:36,600
Speaker 1: you know, he still he still got it done in

519
00:25:36,600 --> 00:25:39,240
Speaker 1: a very efficient way, and it was very effective player,

520
00:25:39,240 --> 00:25:42,320
Speaker 1: and he deserves credit for the record. That he now owns.

521
00:25:42,359 --> 00:25:46,080
Speaker 1: But that game was so odd and I did not

522
00:25:46,480 --> 00:25:51,040
Speaker 1: like I didn't like the commentary on that game. There

523
00:25:51,080 --> 00:25:53,960
Speaker 1: was two defensive touchdowns and they got unsportsman likes on

524
00:25:54,000 --> 00:25:55,840
Speaker 1: both of them because they were just having a good time.

525
00:25:55,880 --> 00:25:57,439
Speaker 1: You know, you don't got nothing to play for, You

526
00:25:57,560 --> 00:26:00,440
Speaker 1: just got a defensive penality and commentators a lot. Oh yeah,

527
00:26:00,480 --> 00:26:03,120
Speaker 1: I'm sure the coach is upset about that. He's he's

528
00:26:03,240 --> 00:26:05,439
Speaker 1: he's probably gonna give him a stern talking to No,

529
00:26:05,560 --> 00:26:09,440
Speaker 1: he's not. They just got two defensive touchdowns in the game.

530
00:26:09,520 --> 00:26:12,400
Speaker 1: He's likely not gonna return next season. I don't think

531
00:26:12,400 --> 00:26:15,040
Speaker 1: he's going to yell at these defensive players for scoring

532
00:26:15,080 --> 00:26:18,480
Speaker 1: touchdowns and celebrating on the eighteenth or the seventeenth game

533
00:26:18,520 --> 00:26:23,920
Speaker 1: of the season during their foreign foreign thirteen season. I don't.

534
00:26:23,960 --> 00:26:28,280
Speaker 1: I don't think that's where he's going with it. But yeah,

535
00:26:28,400 --> 00:26:30,840
Speaker 1: that I'm sorry. That just irked me. Watching that game.

536
00:26:30,880 --> 00:26:34,040
Speaker 1: I was like, bro, just just stop, just stop. Sure

537
00:26:34,119 --> 00:26:36,720
Speaker 1: they got to celebrate, Sure they got the penalty. Cool,

538
00:26:37,160 --> 00:26:40,600
Speaker 1: go move fast it But huge honor for Miles Garrett.

539
00:26:40,920 --> 00:26:44,480
Speaker 1: Incredible player. I wish he would would have allowed himself

540
00:26:44,520 --> 00:26:46,640
Speaker 1: to be traded out of Cleveland so that he could

541
00:26:46,680 --> 00:26:51,720
Speaker 1: have impact in the postseason in meaningful games. But you know,

542
00:26:51,840 --> 00:26:54,520
Speaker 1: clearly he enjoys being in Cleveland and enjoys being the

543
00:26:54,560 --> 00:26:58,119
Speaker 1: highest paid, one of the highest paid defensive players in

544
00:26:58,160 --> 00:27:01,199
Speaker 1: the National Football League. And you know we'll see if

545
00:27:01,240 --> 00:27:05,520
Speaker 1: he ever gets to make impactful plays in January and February.

546
00:27:06,880 --> 00:27:09,800
Speaker 3: Do you foresee the Cleveland Brown sticking with Shador Sanders.

547
00:27:09,840 --> 00:27:11,440
Speaker 3: Is QBB one going in the next.

548
00:27:11,280 --> 00:27:16,840
Speaker 1: Year, I'm not sure. I'm not sure. I foresee a

549
00:27:16,920 --> 00:27:20,040
Speaker 1: lot of changes in Cleveland. Whether they stick with Kevin

550
00:27:20,080 --> 00:27:23,800
Speaker 1: Stefanski is still up in the air. I think what

551
00:27:23,840 --> 00:27:26,080
Speaker 1: they do with their front office is I'm sure up

552
00:27:26,119 --> 00:27:29,320
Speaker 1: in the air. Haslam did not look happy in that

553
00:27:29,400 --> 00:27:33,320
Speaker 1: box during the game, so we'll see. I'm sure it's

554
00:27:33,320 --> 00:27:36,280
Speaker 1: gonna be speculating the entire offseason. The only people that

555
00:27:36,400 --> 00:27:38,959
Speaker 1: know are the people that are in that building. I

556
00:27:38,960 --> 00:27:41,800
Speaker 1: think he played well enough to make it an argument,

557
00:27:41,840 --> 00:27:44,320
Speaker 1: to make it a conversation. Maybe they'll make it a

558
00:27:44,400 --> 00:27:46,720
Speaker 1: quarterback battle of some sort of all off season to

559
00:27:46,760 --> 00:27:50,560
Speaker 1: make them a relevant talking point. But I think I

560
00:27:50,600 --> 00:27:54,639
Speaker 1: think he's played in and showed NFL caliber football. I

561
00:27:54,720 --> 00:27:57,520
Speaker 1: definitely thinks he needs a better supporting cast that receiver

562
00:27:58,480 --> 00:28:01,080
Speaker 1: than he has right now in order to to be successful.

563
00:28:01,600 --> 00:28:03,639
Speaker 1: They got to strengthen that offensive line. But that's the

564
00:28:03,640 --> 00:28:07,480
Speaker 1: story for just about every NFL team, So he could

565
00:28:07,480 --> 00:28:10,720
Speaker 1: definitely do it. And if they're gonna draft somebody in

566
00:28:10,760 --> 00:28:13,080
Speaker 1: the higher rounds, a first round pick at quarterback, then

567
00:28:13,119 --> 00:28:16,720
Speaker 1: I'm sure people will be calling the trade for him,

568
00:28:16,920 --> 00:28:17,480
Speaker 1: no question.

569
00:28:17,520 --> 00:28:19,400
Speaker 3: Well I'll tell you what, Richard, we did not talk

570
00:28:19,440 --> 00:28:21,919
Speaker 3: about the Cleveland Browns hardly at all. I would say

571
00:28:21,960 --> 00:28:25,040
Speaker 3: over the last several years. We've talked about them quite

572
00:28:25,080 --> 00:28:27,320
Speaker 3: a bit this season, and they're what five and twelve,

573
00:28:27,880 --> 00:28:31,280
Speaker 3: So Shador Sanders has certainly added a conversation piece to

574
00:28:31,320 --> 00:28:33,800
Speaker 3: this Cleveland Browns roster, so they got to appreciate that

575
00:28:34,240 --> 00:28:37,960
Speaker 3: of all else. Let's move it to the AFC South.

576
00:28:38,160 --> 00:28:42,000
Speaker 3: The Houston Texans taken on the Indianapolis Colts and Houston

577
00:28:42,080 --> 00:28:45,960
Speaker 3: ultimately prevails with a pretty cool ending of the game

578
00:28:46,040 --> 00:28:49,560
Speaker 3: of multiple lateral turns into a fumble recovery by the

579
00:28:49,680 --> 00:28:54,080
Speaker 3: defensive tackle who trialps in for fifteen yards for the touchdown.

580
00:28:54,680 --> 00:28:57,080
Speaker 3: That same defensive tackle was supposed to get the ball

581
00:28:57,120 --> 00:28:59,400
Speaker 3: at the goal line on a handoff from CJ.

582
00:28:59,480 --> 00:29:01,960
Speaker 2: Stroud early in that game and CJ.

583
00:29:02,040 --> 00:29:02,360
Speaker 1: Stratt.

584
00:29:02,360 --> 00:29:04,240
Speaker 3: I don't know if there was miscommunication between him and

585
00:29:04,320 --> 00:29:06,400
Speaker 3: c J. Stroud, but Stroud ended up talking it and

586
00:29:06,480 --> 00:29:10,400
Speaker 3: running himself, so there's some irony there. But Richard, the

587
00:29:10,440 --> 00:29:13,440
Speaker 3: main part of this game that really intrigued me was

588
00:29:13,480 --> 00:29:17,600
Speaker 3: how well Riley Leonard played. He was thirty one twenty

589
00:29:17,640 --> 00:29:20,160
Speaker 3: one to thirty four for two seventy and two touchdowns.

590
00:29:20,160 --> 00:29:22,480
Speaker 3: He did have an interception, he had a rushing touchdown,

591
00:29:22,840 --> 00:29:26,080
Speaker 3: couple fumbles lost. But Alec Pearce has turned into a

592
00:29:26,120 --> 00:29:28,280
Speaker 3: stud in Indy Forge catches one hundred and thirty two

593
00:29:28,360 --> 00:29:31,600
Speaker 3: yards and two touchdowns. Do you think Indy would have

594
00:29:31,600 --> 00:29:34,400
Speaker 3: been in better space if they would have just stuck

595
00:29:34,440 --> 00:29:39,240
Speaker 3: with Riley Leonards in terms of going and signing Philip Rivers.

596
00:29:40,480 --> 00:29:44,240
Speaker 1: That's a tough one because I'm it's a lot of speculatory.

597
00:29:44,320 --> 00:29:47,239
Speaker 1: They clearly didn't feel comfortable with it. If they did,

598
00:29:47,320 --> 00:29:49,840
Speaker 1: they would have played him. So I can't say that.

599
00:29:50,080 --> 00:29:52,600
Speaker 1: Give me one second though, because I want to check

600
00:29:52,640 --> 00:29:55,920
Speaker 1: something before I give you my true thoughts on it.

601
00:29:55,960 --> 00:29:59,040
Speaker 1: Because yes, this Jacksonville Jaguars game where he went eighteen

602
00:29:59,040 --> 00:30:02,640
Speaker 1: of twenty nine for one forty five and was sacked

603
00:30:02,640 --> 00:30:05,440
Speaker 1: one time and intercepted. You know, I just don't think

604
00:30:05,480 --> 00:30:08,360
Speaker 1: they felt like, hey, this guy gives us the best

605
00:30:08,400 --> 00:30:11,280
Speaker 1: chance to win going forward, and nobody knows better than

606
00:30:11,320 --> 00:30:13,200
Speaker 1: the team that drafted him and a team that has

607
00:30:13,240 --> 00:30:15,680
Speaker 1: him in the building all season long, all season long,

608
00:30:16,040 --> 00:30:19,560
Speaker 1: and if they felt like their their chances were better

609
00:30:19,960 --> 00:30:22,920
Speaker 1: with a quarterback that hadn't played in five years, I

610
00:30:22,920 --> 00:30:28,000
Speaker 1: mean it definitely was. It was saying something about what

611
00:30:28,520 --> 00:30:30,680
Speaker 1: they thought about Riley Leonard, no question about it. So

612
00:30:30,760 --> 00:30:33,120
Speaker 1: I'm not gonna say, oh, man, he should have started

613
00:30:33,160 --> 00:30:34,560
Speaker 1: the whole seat. He should have. They should have just

614
00:30:34,600 --> 00:30:36,400
Speaker 1: put him in. They did not think he gave him

615
00:30:36,440 --> 00:30:39,440
Speaker 1: the best chance to win. I gotta trust that that

616
00:30:39,520 --> 00:30:41,560
Speaker 1: there's a reason behind that. I'm sure they'll be asked

617
00:30:41,560 --> 00:30:42,000
Speaker 1: about it.

618
00:30:43,840 --> 00:30:47,240
Speaker 3: Well, Richard, this Houston Texans team is ultimately going to

619
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Speaker 3: play the winner of the AFC North. The more I

620
00:30:51,280 --> 00:30:53,200
Speaker 3: watched this team, I know it was a tough, hard

621
00:30:53,200 --> 00:30:56,360
Speaker 3: fog game against Riley Leonard, but the Colts are still

622
00:30:56,680 --> 00:31:00,680
Speaker 3: prominent defensively, and now the national met is starting to

623
00:31:00,680 --> 00:31:03,320
Speaker 3: talk about the Houston Texans, and they're also talking about

624
00:31:03,400 --> 00:31:08,080
Speaker 3: the Jacksonville Jaguars, Richard, do you still like Houston more

625
00:31:08,120 --> 00:31:09,280
Speaker 3: than Jacksonville at this point?

626
00:31:09,520 --> 00:31:12,200
Speaker 1: Yeah? I like Houston almost as much as I like

627
00:31:12,240 --> 00:31:14,200
Speaker 1: any team in AFC. I think they're coming out of

628
00:31:14,240 --> 00:31:17,520
Speaker 1: the AFC. If I'm being honest, I think that pass

629
00:31:17,600 --> 00:31:19,840
Speaker 1: rush and that defense is going to be the reason

630
00:31:19,840 --> 00:31:23,280
Speaker 1: they come out of it. Will Will Anderson, Daniel Hunter,

631
00:31:24,360 --> 00:31:29,640
Speaker 1: that interior defensive line, my guy z z Alshaier, that

632
00:31:29,760 --> 00:31:33,480
Speaker 1: secondary with Kaylin Bullock, Kamari Lasseter, and our guy Stingley,

633
00:31:35,200 --> 00:31:37,560
Speaker 1: They're going to be formida And if C. J. Stroud

634
00:31:38,640 --> 00:31:42,160
Speaker 1: can can continue to find Nico Collins can continue to

635
00:31:42,200 --> 00:31:45,720
Speaker 1: find rhythm offensively, they're going to be a tough out.

636
00:31:45,920 --> 00:31:48,320
Speaker 1: And you got to give Jacksonville a lot of credit.

637
00:31:48,760 --> 00:31:51,040
Speaker 1: They lost thirteen games last year and they had the

638
00:31:51,040 --> 00:31:55,000
Speaker 1: biggest turnaround new coach with Liam Cohen and to to

639
00:31:55,480 --> 00:31:57,600
Speaker 1: win the AFC South in the in the fashion that

640
00:31:57,720 --> 00:31:59,520
Speaker 1: they did to get the third seed in the playoffs.

641
00:31:59,520 --> 00:32:03,800
Speaker 1: Trevor Lowan had a career season thirty eight touchdowns, twelve interceptions,

642
00:32:03,840 --> 00:32:08,360
Speaker 1: forty three hundred yards. But again we're back in the playoffs.

643
00:32:08,440 --> 00:32:12,880
Speaker 1: They're playing a team that has a quarterback. Definitely that

644
00:32:12,960 --> 00:32:17,400
Speaker 1: has had some success in the playoffs and Josh Allen

645
00:32:17,840 --> 00:32:20,120
Speaker 1: and we'll see, you know, if they go out there

646
00:32:20,440 --> 00:32:23,160
Speaker 1: and beat the Buffalo Bills in the playoffs, I think

647
00:32:23,200 --> 00:32:26,440
Speaker 1: that pretty much puts icing on the cake and establishes

648
00:32:26,480 --> 00:32:29,400
Speaker 1: this team as for real and that they're hey, they're

649
00:32:29,400 --> 00:32:33,000
Speaker 1: here to stay and they're contenders in this AFC. But

650
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Speaker 1: you know, that's what they have to do. And I

651
00:32:35,280 --> 00:32:37,920
Speaker 1: know people are like, it's unfair. We won thirteen games,

652
00:32:37,960 --> 00:32:39,840
Speaker 1: we're here, But if you win thirteen games and go

653
00:32:39,920 --> 00:32:43,000
Speaker 1: home in the wild card, it kind of reinforces what

654
00:32:43,040 --> 00:32:45,360
Speaker 1: everybody thought. This was a bit of a fluky season

655
00:32:45,440 --> 00:32:49,200
Speaker 1: for you, and congratulations. But if you go out there

656
00:32:49,240 --> 00:32:51,360
Speaker 1: and you play as dominated as you did all season

657
00:32:51,400 --> 00:32:55,600
Speaker 1: long and you go beat the Buffalo Bills and move

658
00:32:55,640 --> 00:32:59,480
Speaker 1: on to the divisional round of the playoffs, it definitely

659
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Speaker 1: put it's an exclamation point at the end of the

660
00:33:01,840 --> 00:33:04,040
Speaker 1: season for him. Richard.

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Speaker 3: The Denver Broncos have the fifth best point dinferential in

662
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Speaker 3: the AFC, but are going to land at the top

663
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Speaker 3: of the AFC. They've got twelve comeback wins on the season,

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Speaker 3: that's the most in NFL history. Obviously they have a

665
00:33:17,480 --> 00:33:20,480
Speaker 3: heck of a defense. Their offense is the main question

666
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Speaker 3: mark here. Do you believe that their offense has enough

667
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Speaker 3: firepower to lead them out of the AFC this year.

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Speaker 1: That's another thing that's going to be left to be seen.

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Speaker 1: You know, there are so many unknowns going into this playoffs.

670
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Speaker 1: Usually we have some some some known contenders coming in,

671
00:33:36,920 --> 00:33:39,480
Speaker 1: you know, with with shrowng resumes. This year we do not.

672
00:33:39,800 --> 00:33:42,200
Speaker 1: You know, we have a bunch of unknowns with with

673
00:33:42,320 --> 00:33:45,240
Speaker 1: no playoff resume, with no playoff success under their belt.

674
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Speaker 1: So we're gonna we're gonna get some some natural surprises

675
00:33:48,120 --> 00:33:52,040
Speaker 1: this year. We got Justin Herbert and the seven seed

676
00:33:52,120 --> 00:33:55,280
Speaker 1: Chargers going going to New England to play the number

677
00:33:55,320 --> 00:33:58,640
Speaker 1: two seed Drake May led Patriots. You know, neither one

678
00:33:58,640 --> 00:34:01,040
Speaker 1: of those teams have had a playoffs success in the

679
00:34:01,120 --> 00:34:04,280
Speaker 1: last couple of years. Somebody's gonna get to really establish

680
00:34:04,280 --> 00:34:07,720
Speaker 1: their legacy. Does Herbert finally get over the hump and

681
00:34:07,720 --> 00:34:10,279
Speaker 1: get this team where they need to be without his

682
00:34:10,400 --> 00:34:14,239
Speaker 1: two all world tackles. Who knows that Drake May continue

683
00:34:14,560 --> 00:34:19,080
Speaker 1: this cellar season and showed that, hey, this Patriots team

684
00:34:19,160 --> 00:34:21,480
Speaker 1: is the Patriots have new not the Patriots of the

685
00:34:21,520 --> 00:34:23,879
Speaker 1: last few years. They're really here to stay, and they're

686
00:34:23,880 --> 00:34:27,480
Speaker 1: gonna be here and they're gonna make a splash this postseason.

687
00:34:27,640 --> 00:34:32,960
Speaker 1: We'll see, but you just never know. You think for

688
00:34:33,040 --> 00:34:36,400
Speaker 1: an established team, you would say, hey, they're building winning habits.

689
00:34:36,400 --> 00:34:41,960
Speaker 1: They're showing championship grit and grind grind by coming back

690
00:34:41,960 --> 00:34:44,919
Speaker 1: in those games and winning them in regardless, never giving up.

691
00:34:45,120 --> 00:34:47,560
Speaker 1: Before a young team, you're like, hey, they're kind of

692
00:34:47,560 --> 00:34:49,760
Speaker 1: figuring it out. Can they do it in the playoffs?

693
00:34:49,800 --> 00:34:51,520
Speaker 1: Are the lights gonna be too bright for some of

694
00:34:51,520 --> 00:34:54,080
Speaker 1: these people? In every year? Every season it's too bright

695
00:34:54,160 --> 00:34:57,240
Speaker 1: for some and to others you don't even notice it.

696
00:34:57,360 --> 00:34:59,960
Speaker 1: To others, they look exactly as dominant as they did

697
00:35:00,080 --> 00:35:03,239
Speaker 1: during the season. But it's a different game in the

698
00:35:03,400 --> 00:35:05,880
Speaker 1: In the playoffs, everybody knows what you're gonna do. Everybody

699
00:35:05,920 --> 00:35:08,600
Speaker 1: knows the things you do best. They have seventeen weeks

700
00:35:08,600 --> 00:35:11,520
Speaker 1: of tape on you and all your all your tendencies,

701
00:35:11,560 --> 00:35:14,640
Speaker 1: all your habits. They're studying you like like nobody's business.

702
00:35:14,680 --> 00:35:16,960
Speaker 1: It's gonna be like playing a division game. That's why

703
00:35:17,000 --> 00:35:19,759
Speaker 1: it's so rare, And it's not rare, but it's so

704
00:35:19,880 --> 00:35:22,319
Speaker 1: weird to have blowouts in the playoffs, because ten's got

705
00:35:22,360 --> 00:35:26,239
Speaker 1: to be so just ridiculously unprepared, because you know, you've

706
00:35:26,239 --> 00:35:29,160
Speaker 1: got seventeen weeks of film. You're just out there blowing it.

707
00:35:29,239 --> 00:35:32,000
Speaker 1: If you're not, you know, making this game tight, you're

708
00:35:32,040 --> 00:35:34,880
Speaker 1: just not on the details. Guys that are on the details.

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Speaker 1: These teams are some of the best teams in the

710
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Speaker 1: National Football League obviously, and I'm looking forward to seeing

711
00:35:39,640 --> 00:35:42,200
Speaker 1: what happens in the AFC because it's there's gonna be

712
00:35:43,200 --> 00:35:47,080
Speaker 1: some new representation in the championship game for change. You know,

713
00:35:47,120 --> 00:35:49,319
Speaker 1: you're not obviously not gonna have the Kansas City Chiefs there,

714
00:35:49,320 --> 00:35:51,760
Speaker 1: who have been there for the last what ten times.

715
00:35:52,719 --> 00:35:56,480
Speaker 1: You're not gonna have I guess you could have the

716
00:35:56,520 --> 00:35:59,200
Speaker 1: Baltimore Ravens there. You could have the Buffalo Bills there,

717
00:35:59,360 --> 00:36:01,600
Speaker 1: but you'll, like we have somebody else, You'll have somebody

718
00:36:01,600 --> 00:36:04,320
Speaker 1: else contending. So I'm looking forward to see what happens.

719
00:36:04,320 --> 00:36:07,799
Speaker 1: There's not enough information for me to really tell you,

720
00:36:07,920 --> 00:36:09,960
Speaker 1: oh man, it's gonna go this way, or that offense

721
00:36:10,040 --> 00:36:11,960
Speaker 1: is gonna really show up big in a playoffs, because

722
00:36:11,960 --> 00:36:15,200
Speaker 1: you just really never know until they do. I'm right

723
00:36:15,200 --> 00:36:15,640
Speaker 1: there with you.

724
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Speaker 3: I'm excited to watch it.

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746
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Speaker 1: our partners at hard Rock Bet. We have two college

748
00:37:54,320 --> 00:37:58,200
Speaker 1: football playoff games this week, Number five Oregon versus Number

749
00:37:58,200 --> 00:38:03,120
Speaker 1: one Indiana and Number in Miami versus Number six, oh Miss.

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00:38:03,320 --> 00:38:05,920
Speaker 1: Hard Rock Bet has Indiana as three and a half

751
00:38:05,960 --> 00:38:10,120
Speaker 1: points spread in this game versus Oregon. I think Oregon wins, Mitchell.

752
00:38:10,280 --> 00:38:14,080
Speaker 1: I'm a Pac twelve, the a Pac ten guy. I'm

753
00:38:14,120 --> 00:38:17,960
Speaker 1: going with the Pac ten team, Oregon Ducks. I think

754
00:38:18,000 --> 00:38:20,160
Speaker 1: their quarterback is gonna be a first round pick in

755
00:38:20,200 --> 00:38:23,120
Speaker 1: the draft coming up. I know Indiana had their way

756
00:38:23,160 --> 00:38:26,040
Speaker 1: with him at in in Eugene, which is tough to do.

757
00:38:26,600 --> 00:38:30,280
Speaker 1: But Mitchell, this is a different game. Richard.

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Speaker 3: Your line of thinking might have been right about three

759
00:38:32,360 --> 00:38:34,480
Speaker 3: four years ago when they were indeed in the Pac

760
00:38:34,560 --> 00:38:36,239
Speaker 3: ten a Pac twelve, but I hate the break it

761
00:38:36,280 --> 00:38:38,760
Speaker 3: to you. Oregon's in the Big ten now and got

762
00:38:39,040 --> 00:38:42,360
Speaker 3: shell ACKed by Indiana at home. Don't sleep on Indiana.

763
00:38:42,520 --> 00:38:45,400
Speaker 3: Everyone slept on them all year. You're gonna wake a giant.

764
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Speaker 3: I think Indiana brings home the national title. I can't

765
00:38:48,040 --> 00:38:50,279
Speaker 3: believe I'm saying that, but having watched them over the

766
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Speaker 3: last halful of weeks, they are a very well composed

767
00:38:54,280 --> 00:38:57,680
Speaker 3: team of veterans. I like Indiana to cover this one easily.

768
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Speaker 3: In the second game, hard Rock bet has Miami is

769
00:39:00,719 --> 00:39:03,920
Speaker 3: a three and a half point favorite against Ole Miss.

770
00:39:03,960 --> 00:39:06,759
Speaker 3: Ole Miss beat Georgia and a thriller. Who do you

771
00:39:07,000 --> 00:39:09,160
Speaker 3: like Miami or Ole Miss?

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Speaker 1: I like Miami, Mitchelle do you? I just like him

773
00:39:12,760 --> 00:39:16,719
Speaker 1: because I get to watch my guy oh do his thing,

774
00:39:16,880 --> 00:39:20,360
Speaker 1: Michael Irvin go crazy on the sideline, and he was

775
00:39:20,920 --> 00:39:25,319
Speaker 1: whooping a water bucket the last game, So I just

776
00:39:25,880 --> 00:39:28,080
Speaker 1: I just can't imagine where he's going with it this

777
00:39:28,120 --> 00:39:28,919
Speaker 1: game if they win.

778
00:39:29,040 --> 00:39:31,760
Speaker 2: So I'm in it for the entertainment. Balue, I'm sorry.

779
00:39:32,719 --> 00:39:34,680
Speaker 3: Michael Irvin looks like he could still play man the

780
00:39:34,760 --> 00:39:37,720
Speaker 3: guy shredded, whipping the water station doing whatever.

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Speaker 2: I'm with you. I like Miami.

782
00:39:39,320 --> 00:39:40,840
Speaker 3: I mean, they've proven a lot of people were on

783
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Speaker 3: they didn't think that they even should be in the

784
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Speaker 3: college football Playoff. A lot of people like Notre Dame,

785
00:39:45,480 --> 00:39:47,440
Speaker 3: but yeah, give me Miami as well. I'm with you

786
00:39:47,480 --> 00:39:51,240
Speaker 3: on that one, Richard. Well, Richard, it's been a pleasure

787
00:39:51,440 --> 00:39:55,840
Speaker 3: sitting across from me every Sunday documenting all these games.

788
00:39:56,200 --> 00:39:58,600
Speaker 3: We've saw some doozies over the course of the season

789
00:39:58,719 --> 00:40:01,319
Speaker 3: and all leads to this, to this playoffs. We'll be

790
00:40:01,360 --> 00:40:05,120
Speaker 3: breaking down the matchups later this week, but before we go,

791
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Speaker 3: before we leave the sunset of this regular season, we

792
00:40:08,520 --> 00:40:11,520
Speaker 3: have some breaking news out of Seattle. Charles Cross, the

793
00:40:11,600 --> 00:40:14,640
Speaker 3: offensive tackle, has just resigned on a mega deal one

794
00:40:14,719 --> 00:40:17,640
Speaker 3: hundred and four point four million dollars over four years.

795
00:40:18,520 --> 00:40:22,120
Speaker 3: This is a sign that they love what they have

796
00:40:22,280 --> 00:40:25,720
Speaker 3: upfront offensively. We've been talking about it the last several weeks.

797
00:40:26,160 --> 00:40:29,000
Speaker 3: How impactful has Charles Cross been to this organization? How

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Speaker 3: much do you like this signing.

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Speaker 1: He's been great. He's been great, And you knew this

800
00:40:33,920 --> 00:40:36,920
Speaker 1: was coming down the pipeline. I believe they already paid

801
00:40:36,960 --> 00:40:39,799
Speaker 1: Abe Lucas to other tackle, so you knew they would

802
00:40:39,840 --> 00:40:41,480
Speaker 1: eventually have to get to the left tackle and get

803
00:40:41,520 --> 00:40:43,759
Speaker 1: him situated. And that's a great thing they did, and

804
00:40:43,800 --> 00:40:45,520
Speaker 1: I think they got a bit of a bargain for him.

805
00:40:46,120 --> 00:40:48,120
Speaker 1: They gave him forty million in his first year and

806
00:40:48,360 --> 00:40:50,560
Speaker 1: then he gets the rest later on. But I think

807
00:40:50,600 --> 00:40:52,560
Speaker 1: you gotta do it. You got to invest in that

808
00:40:52,640 --> 00:40:55,319
Speaker 1: offensive line if you're going to expect to have success

809
00:40:55,400 --> 00:40:57,279
Speaker 1: in this National Football League. And I think that's what

810
00:40:57,360 --> 00:41:00,279
Speaker 1: John Snyder has shown that he's focused on right now.

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Speaker 1: They drafted Gray's Abel in the first round. They just

812
00:41:03,520 --> 00:41:05,960
Speaker 1: paid Charles Cross, they paid Abe Lucas. I think they're

813
00:41:05,960 --> 00:41:08,360
Speaker 1: going to continue to invest in that offensive line this

814
00:41:08,440 --> 00:41:13,000
Speaker 1: offseason and insure the center in the right guard position.

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Speaker 1: Even more so, I think they're going to bring in

816
00:41:15,200 --> 00:41:17,800
Speaker 1: more competition for that. But yeah, I think this shows

817
00:41:17,800 --> 00:41:20,920
Speaker 1: that they're serious about contending for a long time and

818
00:41:21,000 --> 00:41:24,040
Speaker 1: they know the important positions that they have to have

819
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Speaker 1: in order to do that.

820
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Speaker 3: And before we sign off, ri, Sure, what if I

821
00:41:27,600 --> 00:41:31,520
Speaker 3: told you an NFL team has played seventeen games and

822
00:41:31,600 --> 00:41:35,320
Speaker 3: have not had one defensive interception on the season.

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Speaker 1: Yikes? Could you name that speam this year? I would

824
00:41:42,040 --> 00:41:44,120
Speaker 1: guess it's the Jets. I mean, they didn't have one

825
00:41:44,160 --> 00:41:47,719
Speaker 1: for quite a long time. You know, Sure, is that.

826
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Speaker 3: An indictment on Aaron Glenn, the former corner for the

827
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Speaker 3: New York Jets to have a team play You know

828
00:41:54,080 --> 00:41:56,680
Speaker 3: that I was supposed to be having this defensive identity

829
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Speaker 3: not walk away with a single interception all season long.

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Speaker 2: I mean, it's a bit of an indictment. It's definitely

831
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Speaker 2: an bit because there's too many uncertain it's too many

832
00:42:07,080 --> 00:42:11,360
Speaker 2: things that happened during a football game. Tip passes, Aaron throws,

833
00:42:12,040 --> 00:42:15,080
Speaker 2: you know, where something just gotta fall in your lap.

834
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Speaker 2: And I'm sure it's happened for these guys. I mean,

835
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Speaker 2: it's not just an indictment on Aaron Aaron Glenn. It's

836
00:42:20,200 --> 00:42:23,720
Speaker 2: an indictment on the entire secondary, entire defense. Like nobody

837
00:42:23,800 --> 00:42:27,520
Speaker 2: has hands. I mean, like you can accidentally catch one.

838
00:42:27,560 --> 00:42:30,760
Speaker 2: You know, at some point, even a blind doll finds

839
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Speaker 2: a bone and you're telling me that that what There's

840
00:42:34,440 --> 00:42:37,399
Speaker 2: twenty two eyes out there, and none of them could

841
00:42:37,440 --> 00:42:39,480
Speaker 2: catch anything. Now of them see the ball coming, like

842
00:42:39,520 --> 00:42:42,200
Speaker 2: none of them had indicators where they thought they could.

843
00:42:43,400 --> 00:42:47,640
Speaker 2: That's that's the least impressive, most impressive thing I've ever heard.

844
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Speaker 3: Is by far the least impressive state I've ever seen.

845
00:42:51,360 --> 00:42:53,719
Speaker 3: And for a guy that witnessed the team goal Owen

846
00:42:53,840 --> 00:42:57,560
Speaker 3: sixteen in the Detroit Lions, that might just take the cake.

847
00:42:57,680 --> 00:42:57,839
Speaker 1: Man.

848
00:42:57,920 --> 00:43:01,840
Speaker 3: Honestly, I I what do we have here but Eddie Richard.

849
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Speaker 3: It's always a pleasure, my man. I will let you

850
00:43:03,920 --> 00:43:05,560
Speaker 3: sign us off as always.

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Speaker 1: We appreciate you joining us. You could be anywhere in

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Speaker 1: the world. This has been seventeen weeks of fun with

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Speaker 1: you guys. But the fun is only just begun. The

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00:43:14,960 --> 00:43:18,359
Speaker 1: romance is not over. We got a whole lot of

855
00:43:18,440 --> 00:43:21,560
Speaker 1: love to give. These playoffs are gonna be a lot

856
00:43:21,560 --> 00:43:24,400
Speaker 1: of fun, a lot of competition. All you fans stay

857
00:43:24,480 --> 00:43:27,360
Speaker 1: tuned and hit that sub button. If you knew, you

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Speaker 1: know what I'm saying, Appreciate it.