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Speaker 1: This is Straight Fire with Jason McIntyre. What is up,

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Speaker 1: straight Fire Fan, It's me Jason McIntyre. Straight Fire for Friday,

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Speaker 1: October twenty nine. It's Halloween weekend, final weekend of the

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Speaker 1: month of October. I have always maintained that November is

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Speaker 1: the best sports month of the year. I know a

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Speaker 1: lot of people will push back, but college basketball and

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Speaker 1: the NBA plus NFL plus college plus a little bit

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Speaker 1: of the World Series. I just love November. It's a

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Speaker 1: great month. Of course, historically it has been a rough

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Speaker 1: one for me because once you turn the calendar to November,

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Speaker 1: you start thinking, oh, what are the Thanksgiving plans? What

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Speaker 1: about holiday presents? And you start like planning and organizing.

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Speaker 1: And I don't do a lot of that, but I'm

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Speaker 1: part of the discussions, and uh, it's it's tough to

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Speaker 1: keep your eye on the prize a ka gambling in

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Speaker 1: the NFL. UM. But we should just start the podcast

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Speaker 1: quickly by saying, today's guest is a superstar. He is

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Speaker 1: Peter King. You love him. NFL guy. Um, they've been

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Speaker 1: covering the league for like three decades. You're gonna love

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Speaker 1: everything about it. Unless you're a forty Niners fan. Um,

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Speaker 1: if you're a Jets fan, you probably will not be

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Speaker 1: happy as well. There's some good stuff in there. Seahawks

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Speaker 1: fans will be shocked, but there's a lot of good stuff,

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Speaker 1: and of course bets bets at the end of the podcast.

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Speaker 1: But if I could pop an emoji to start today's podcast,

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Speaker 1: it would be the head exploding after Arizona one Green

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Speaker 1: Bay twenty four just slaughtered everyone. I mean everybody was

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Speaker 1: betting Arizona from three and a half to four and

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Speaker 1: a half to five and a half to six um.

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Speaker 1: Everybody was betting the Arizona team total over twenty eight.

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Speaker 1: This is an awesome offensive, great body defense. Stinks everybody

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Speaker 1: the over fifty and a half, which was about to

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Speaker 1: cash on the Arizona touchdown in the final seconds. If

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Speaker 1: a J Green turns his head around, we'll get to

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Speaker 1: a J Green in a second. I just need to

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Speaker 1: give Aaron Rodgerson props. Give the man his flowers. Aaron

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Speaker 1: Rodgers went into Arizona, which was undefeated, without his left tackle,

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Speaker 1: without his top receiver, without his number two receiver, and

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Speaker 1: he won. Aaron Rodgers, playing turnover free football, should have

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Speaker 1: put the game on ice. Said they were at fourth down.

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Speaker 1: You know they couldn't punch it in. Maybe they did

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Speaker 1: on the touchdown run and you know it was overturned.

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Speaker 1: You rarely see that, but a phenomenal finish. I didn't

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Speaker 1: think the first half was very good because you knew

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Speaker 1: this was gonna happen. Green Bay is gonna run the ball,

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Speaker 1: Dylan and Jones, Dylan and Jones, and they ate him up.

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Speaker 1: What hurts me for Arizona. And you guys know, I

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Speaker 1: them last year. I bet on them to make the

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Speaker 1: playoffs last year. They let me down in the final weekend.

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Speaker 1: I'm one of the few who thought they were a

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Speaker 1: playoff team this year. And I just don't know how

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Speaker 1: you can come into a game knowing they don't have Adams,

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Speaker 1: they don't have a Lozard, they don't have mvs, they

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Speaker 1: cannot beat us on the outside. Let's man up, stack

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Speaker 1: the box with eight, and let's let's shut him down.

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Speaker 1: And they just didn't do that. I don't advance. Joseph

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Speaker 1: They thirty four carries for a buck fifty one, they

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Speaker 1: Davonte Adams that that's staggering. Arizona of course, shot themselves

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Speaker 1: play happens. You know, everybody, you know, if you're in

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Speaker 1: were like, oh my gosh, why did A J. Green

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Speaker 1: I don't know. He's been playing football for fifteen or

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Speaker 1: more years. He's a veteran. He was one of the

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Speaker 1: a former superstar. And with like what fifteen seconds left?

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Speaker 1: Game like that hurts. I felt for Kyler Murray who

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Speaker 1: Green Bay's defense stings, and this is what they do

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Speaker 1: two weeks in a row. Now. Now, I was on

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Speaker 1: And it's just a crushing loss. If you're Arizona, home

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Speaker 1: to give me what I want. I asked for. Randall coped,

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Speaker 1: Randall coll caught two touchdowns for me. That's what Aaron

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Speaker 1: We'll see what happens with the Cowboys and Dak, but

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Speaker 1: it is all of a sudden, wide open. And this

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Speaker 1: is what you why you love football Like he just

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Speaker 1: everybody has a chance. Everybody's got a shot. NBA, we

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Speaker 1: already know who some teams have no chance and absolutely none.

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Speaker 1: But NFL seventeen games, anything can happen. Alright, without further ado,

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Speaker 1: let's get to our guest today, the great, the one

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Speaker 1: and only Peter King. Jason likes to think he knows

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Speaker 1: everything when it comes to sports. I know what sports

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Speaker 1: Let's welcome into straight fire. A legend in NFL reporting.

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Speaker 1: I mean, he's basically an oracle at this point, The

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Speaker 1: One and only Peter King. Peter, how are you man?

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Speaker 1: I'm doing all right, Jason. Let's let's keep it calm though. Well,

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Speaker 1: come on, I gotta talk to you about then. I

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Speaker 1: I gotta prepare for this. I gotta be ready. It's like,

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Speaker 1: oh my gosh, Peter, can't wait. People are excited when

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Speaker 1: they hear your name Peterez. Oh that's that's that's nice.

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Speaker 1: You know. Look, it's been a it's been a fun

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Speaker 1: an awfully fun run. And I've really, uh really had

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Speaker 1: Uh where you're you're joining in a tough time right

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Speaker 1: You see this narrative building, like maybe Patrick Mahomes is

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Speaker 1: think he's necessarily playing all that differently other than I

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Speaker 1: think what he's really doing, Jason is he's really trying

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Speaker 1: why you see things like, I think the perfect play

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Speaker 1: but this is a team that continues to plower on

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Speaker 1: and the schedule it does get a little tougher, but

427
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Speaker 1: they still have Giants Washington ahead. Is this a playoff

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Speaker 1: team in Vegas? Right now? We've seen second half of

429
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Speaker 1: They got a really good shot. You know what my

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Speaker 1: favorite little stat of the week is. It's going to

431
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Speaker 1: be in my column on Monday, so you can we'll

432
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Speaker 1: be you'll be stealing it for this podcast, but you'll

433
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Speaker 1: love it. Uh. You know, Rich Psaccia next week against

434
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Speaker 1: the New York Giants. You would figure, wouldn't you that

435
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Speaker 1: the Raiders even traveling east where they never have great success,

436
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Speaker 1: But the Raiders playing in the Meadowlands a week from Sunday,

437
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Speaker 1: you would think have a pretty good chance to win

438
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Speaker 1: that game. If the Raiders win that game, the Rich

439
00:25:20,040 --> 00:25:24,480
Speaker 1: Besaccia will be as many games over five hundred after

440
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Speaker 1: three weeks as John Gruden was games over five hundred

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Speaker 1: in his Raider coaching. Now that's a nugget. Thank you

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Speaker 1: for dropping that. I don't think Gruden Gruden sixty two

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Speaker 1: and fifty nine. Just remember, just remember John Gruden in

444
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Speaker 1: his last ten years as an NFL coach did not

445
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Speaker 1: win a playoff game. So I think Gruden. I think

446
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Speaker 1: Gruden is a great piece of NFL mythology, but some

447
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Speaker 1: of it is myth mythology? All right? What about DeShawn

448
00:25:58,680 --> 00:26:03,199
Speaker 1: Watson mythology myth legitimate superstar quarterback? This saga kind of

449
00:26:03,200 --> 00:26:05,920
Speaker 1: frustrates me, Peter, because we don't know what the league

450
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Speaker 1: is gonna do. We don't know what's going on in

451
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Speaker 1: the courts, Like I don't know how anybody's trading for him.

452
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Speaker 1: But we continue to hear out of credible reporters in

453
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Speaker 1: Houston that Miami wants him and he's saying no to

454
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Speaker 1: the Eagles and the Panthers are saying no. Like are

455
00:26:20,160 --> 00:26:23,199
Speaker 1: we putting the cart before the horse here? Uh? Is

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Speaker 1: anything gonna happen? Do you think on the Watson front? Here?

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Speaker 1: In the next week you know, I wish I could

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Speaker 1: tell you with confidence, but Jason, I just don't know

459
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Speaker 1: enough about this story and and about what is going

460
00:26:35,040 --> 00:26:38,399
Speaker 1: through Nick Kissario's head right now to talk about it

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Speaker 1: like I know what's going on, because I just don't.

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Speaker 1: Um I what common sense says to me is that

463
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Speaker 1: if the Stephen Ross report is correct, he's the smartest

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Speaker 1: one of all. Yes, we will trade for Deshaun Watson,

465
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Speaker 1: but only, uh if all of his legal stuff goes away.

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Speaker 1: And and honestly, when Jason and I look at this,

467
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Speaker 1: I point my finger at Deshaun Watson and his lawyers

468
00:27:07,440 --> 00:27:11,399
Speaker 1: slash advisers about four months ago, when they had a

469
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Speaker 1: chance to throw money at this and have a very

470
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Speaker 1: good chance to make it go away and to issue

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Speaker 1: some sort of statement that could be playing both sides

472
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Speaker 1: of the fence and say I'm sorry if I offended

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Speaker 1: anybody in effect, and he could have paid two or

474
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Speaker 1: three million dollars for a global settlement, but he didn't

475
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Speaker 1: do that. He chose to fight it, and that to

476
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Speaker 1: me could not only ruin this season Shawn Watson, but

477
00:27:40,920 --> 00:27:44,520
Speaker 1: what is going to happen if Deshaun Watson stays on

478
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Speaker 1: the sidelines all this season isn't traded, and then finally

479
00:27:49,080 --> 00:27:53,439
Speaker 1: all the adjudication of his cases is finished, say next

480
00:27:53,840 --> 00:27:56,400
Speaker 1: April or May, and then the NFL has gotta make

481
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Speaker 1: some some decision on discipline. What if he suspended the

482
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Speaker 1: first half the next year or more. Uh, Yeah, but

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Speaker 1: I guess one one, and I'm not. It's not not

484
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Speaker 1: if you want to still be paying the piper next year.

485
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Speaker 1: But I guess. You know, if he's principled and he

486
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Speaker 1: says I did nothing wrong, I did there's no evidence

487
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Speaker 1: I did nothing, I don't want to concede and settle

488
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Speaker 1: because I'm not in the wrong year on someone. If that,

489
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Speaker 1: if he if he legitimately feels that he did nothing

490
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Speaker 1: wrong and that nobody could ever prove that he did

491
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Speaker 1: something wrong, then okay, it's it's America. You can do.

492
00:28:35,800 --> 00:28:38,720
Speaker 1: You can fight for your cause, you can fight for

493
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Speaker 1: your case. That's fine. But at some point, at some point,

494
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Speaker 1: reality needs UH to rule in this case. And if

495
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Speaker 1: you've got twenty two women accusing you of something, all

496
00:28:53,840 --> 00:28:57,720
Speaker 1: of basically the same kind of stuff, and other women

497
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Speaker 1: who haven't come forward with the threat of legal action,

498
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Speaker 1: but who've been found by very good reporters like Jenny

499
00:29:04,160 --> 00:29:08,800
Speaker 1: Rerentis and and Kyl and kaylor Uh. If you know,

500
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Speaker 1: if if all these women have come forward, I'm just

501
00:29:11,720 --> 00:29:15,200
Speaker 1: I'm just are they all making it up? Are they

502
00:29:15,200 --> 00:29:17,440
Speaker 1: all making it up? And I talked about this. You know,

503
00:29:17,480 --> 00:29:20,040
Speaker 1: I get regular massages from the same person. I don't

504
00:29:20,040 --> 00:29:23,880
Speaker 1: go out and recruit thirty different massage therapists from out

505
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Speaker 1: of state. But anyway, people, we'll close the podcast on

506
00:29:26,000 --> 00:29:28,959
Speaker 1: a high note talking about my New York football Jets. Um,

507
00:29:30,320 --> 00:29:33,840
Speaker 1: I knew you'd laugh at that. Listen, I'm not going overboard,

508
00:29:34,160 --> 00:29:39,040
Speaker 1: but Peter extremely disappointing out of the by to get

509
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Speaker 1: their teeth kicked in by the Patriots like that, almost

510
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Speaker 1: a complete no show, just getting boat raised five plus

511
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Speaker 1: yards fifty points. That to me was a little embarrassing.

512
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Speaker 1: And I know Flores in the division with Miami started

513
00:29:52,680 --> 00:29:54,880
Speaker 1: poorly in in Miami and then turned it around the

514
00:29:54,920 --> 00:29:57,760
Speaker 1: next year. I think they won ten games. I'm not

515
00:29:57,880 --> 00:30:01,880
Speaker 1: ready to bail on Salah and four, but there is

516
00:30:01,920 --> 00:30:03,920
Speaker 1: a lot of more work to do than I thought

517
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Speaker 1: with the New York Jets. Well, look again, this conversation

518
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Speaker 1: could go sixty four directions, but I'm gonna take it

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Speaker 1: in two very quickly. It is reprehensible that Joe Douglas

520
00:30:19,800 --> 00:30:24,680
Speaker 1: did not get a veteran backup for Zack Wilson, especially

521
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Speaker 1: especially uh after the death of the guy who was

522
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Speaker 1: gonna be you know, Steve Young. Uh you know always

523
00:30:35,040 --> 00:30:39,560
Speaker 1: told me that that one of the reasons uh he

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Speaker 1: felt so good about Zack Wilson with the Jets is because, uh,

525
00:30:44,640 --> 00:30:47,160
Speaker 1: you know, one of his former mentors was going to

526
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Speaker 1: be the passing game uh whatever they call it, coordinator advisor.

527
00:30:52,040 --> 00:30:54,680
Speaker 1: I don't know whatever it was. And so that that hurt.

528
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Speaker 1: But the thing that really bugs me more than anything

529
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Speaker 1: else is that, know, Douglas has been through this a lot,

530
00:31:02,120 --> 00:31:04,400
Speaker 1: and to open the season and to play the first

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Speaker 1: half of the season with Zack Wilson and Mike White

532
00:31:07,920 --> 00:31:12,520
Speaker 1: as your quarterbacks is I mean, I'm just saying it's irresponsible.

533
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Speaker 1: And then that was that was terrible. But the only

534
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Speaker 1: other thing I would say is I wish Robert Sala

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Speaker 1: was the same coach as a head coach that he

536
00:31:21,440 --> 00:31:26,800
Speaker 1: was as a defensive coordinator. Fiery, expressive, totally involved in

537
00:31:26,800 --> 00:31:30,240
Speaker 1: the games. He's turned into Chuck Noll on the sidelines,

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Speaker 1: and I don't that's not who he is, or I

539
00:31:34,000 --> 00:31:37,880
Speaker 1: should say that's not who he's been as a defensive coordinator.

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Speaker 1: I want to see some more of the life in

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Speaker 1: Robert Sala. Yeah. Interesting. Well, I mean you've you've heard

542
00:31:43,640 --> 00:31:46,480
Speaker 1: the saying the things that got you here aren't gonna

543
00:31:46,480 --> 00:31:48,880
Speaker 1: get you where you're going. And maybe he has to

544
00:31:48,880 --> 00:31:50,680
Speaker 1: tone it down as a head coach and you can't

545
00:31:50,720 --> 00:31:54,920
Speaker 1: be fiery. Maybe I'm not asking him to be anybody

546
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Speaker 1: who he is, and I just thought that's who he was,

547
00:31:58,400 --> 00:32:02,520
Speaker 1: and maybe maybe in settling down so much, he's being

548
00:32:02,560 --> 00:32:04,520
Speaker 1: somebody else. And I don't know. I have not talked

549
00:32:04,560 --> 00:32:08,360
Speaker 1: to him since since training camp. So it's interesting. Remember

550
00:32:08,360 --> 00:32:11,400
Speaker 1: Brandon Staley was like the polar opposite of him, never spoke,

551
00:32:11,400 --> 00:32:14,200
Speaker 1: didn't do anything. And then Staley goes to the Chargers

552
00:32:14,280 --> 00:32:16,080
Speaker 1: and his lights out, and you know, I mean he

553
00:32:16,080 --> 00:32:19,120
Speaker 1: has a quarterback. But anyways, all right, Peter King, the

554
00:32:19,160 --> 00:32:20,760
Speaker 1: Great Peter King. You want to plug anything? Do you

555
00:32:20,760 --> 00:32:23,800
Speaker 1: have any TV shows, a podcast? Anything? No? No, I

556
00:32:23,880 --> 00:32:29,000
Speaker 1: just want to plug me alright, talk to you, Thank

557
00:32:29,040 --> 00:32:32,480
Speaker 1: you so much. Fox Sports Radio has the best sports

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Speaker 1: The only thing better than sitting on your couch watching

562
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Speaker 1: the gag. He's making money while he's do it. Here's

563
00:32:51,040 --> 00:32:56,800
Speaker 1: your best bat. Absolutely phenomenal stuff from the one and

564
00:32:56,880 --> 00:33:00,200
Speaker 1: only Peter King. Really good dude. Um, it's funny. Was

565
00:33:00,440 --> 00:33:03,320
Speaker 1: on the on the way to the airport and I

566
00:33:03,360 --> 00:33:07,640
Speaker 1: could hear his car doors shutting and I was like, Oh,

567
00:33:07,680 --> 00:33:10,120
Speaker 1: perfect time. I'll just wrap it up right now. And uh,

568
00:33:10,400 --> 00:33:12,160
Speaker 1: I just want to thank Peter King again. This guy

569
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Speaker 1: is one of the dean of NFL sports writer, has

570
00:33:15,480 --> 00:33:16,800
Speaker 1: been around forever. I got to know him a little

571
00:33:16,800 --> 00:33:18,680
Speaker 1: when I started the website back in the day. I

572
00:33:18,680 --> 00:33:20,160
Speaker 1: think I just had gone up to him at the

573
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Speaker 1: super Bowl. It might have been in the one in

574
00:33:22,000 --> 00:33:24,600
Speaker 1: New York, the Seattle Denver super Bowl, which was a clunker.

575
00:33:24,760 --> 00:33:26,560
Speaker 1: There was a media day and I think they had

576
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Speaker 1: everybody cram into some crappy hotel in Midtown and I

577
00:33:30,920 --> 00:33:32,400
Speaker 1: just walked right up to him. I was like, Hey, Peter,

578
00:33:32,440 --> 00:33:36,240
Speaker 1: we've emailed a lot and texted and talked on the phone,

579
00:33:36,280 --> 00:33:38,480
Speaker 1: and good to finally meet you. And he was like, Wow,

580
00:33:38,640 --> 00:33:41,960
Speaker 1: it's just the nicest guy. You know, it's um. Some

581
00:33:42,000 --> 00:33:44,280
Speaker 1: of these dudes, it's it's pretty cool. You meet them eventually,

582
00:33:44,280 --> 00:33:46,640
Speaker 1: you read them, you watched them, you talk to them,

583
00:33:46,680 --> 00:33:48,560
Speaker 1: you know them, and then you finally meet them in person.

584
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Speaker 1: It's like this guy, he's a really nice dude, you know, present,

585
00:33:52,200 --> 00:33:54,440
Speaker 1: looking you in the eye, and it's a big time guy, Peter.

586
00:33:54,600 --> 00:33:56,040
Speaker 1: He's got people coming up to him all the time.

587
00:33:56,160 --> 00:33:58,280
Speaker 1: But anyway, it's good insight as well. I'm surprised he

588
00:33:58,320 --> 00:33:59,880
Speaker 1: came down as hard as he did on the Niners.

589
00:33:59,880 --> 00:34:03,120
Speaker 1: I funton I bet on the Niners this weekend. But

590
00:34:03,960 --> 00:34:07,360
Speaker 1: let's get to my best bets this weekend. Week seven

591
00:34:07,520 --> 00:34:10,280
Speaker 1: not that great. The teaser lost, which was a surprise

592
00:34:10,320 --> 00:34:11,960
Speaker 1: because the teaser I think I've won three weeks in

593
00:34:11,960 --> 00:34:15,080
Speaker 1: a row. Teasers have been gold all season. I'm just

594
00:34:15,120 --> 00:34:17,719
Speaker 1: telling you right now, there are some hold your nose

595
00:34:17,719 --> 00:34:20,560
Speaker 1: plays this weekend, some that you're gonna hear like, there's

596
00:34:20,600 --> 00:34:25,520
Speaker 1: no way you're actually betting on those guys. Um, let's

597
00:34:25,640 --> 00:34:31,680
Speaker 1: start with a really gross one. Carolina Panthers getting three.

598
00:34:31,719 --> 00:34:35,359
Speaker 1: Oh yeah, Sam Donald, baby done? Who doesn't love Sam Donald? Here,

599
00:34:35,400 --> 00:34:38,440
Speaker 1: I'm I'm gonna back Donald getting three. I don't think

600
00:34:38,480 --> 00:34:41,200
Speaker 1: Atlanta should be favored over anybody. They were favored on

601
00:34:41,239 --> 00:34:44,239
Speaker 1: the road in Miami and did not cover. I know

602
00:34:44,239 --> 00:34:46,759
Speaker 1: they're good with Kyle Pitts and they're rolling, but their

603
00:34:46,800 --> 00:34:50,319
Speaker 1: defense is very bad. Donald should be able to have

604
00:34:50,400 --> 00:34:54,359
Speaker 1: some success here. Uh indoors um and and I really

605
00:34:54,360 --> 00:34:57,040
Speaker 1: like the advantage of the trenches for Carolina their defensive line.

606
00:34:57,320 --> 00:35:00,000
Speaker 1: They get pressure on Ryan We've seen him wilt under pressure.

607
00:35:00,080 --> 00:35:03,440
Speaker 1: Or I know there are some very big negatives like oh,

608
00:35:03,480 --> 00:35:05,960
Speaker 1: by the way, the Falcons have won nine of eleven

609
00:35:05,960 --> 00:35:09,319
Speaker 1: against the Panthers. It's you guys know how to buy stocks, right.

610
00:35:09,680 --> 00:35:12,399
Speaker 1: I'm teaching my son how to buy stocks by low

611
00:35:13,440 --> 00:35:17,000
Speaker 1: sell high. This is buying Carolina at the absolute bottom

612
00:35:17,000 --> 00:35:19,640
Speaker 1: of the market. Lost four in a row. No McCaffrey,

613
00:35:19,760 --> 00:35:22,279
Speaker 1: nobody wants to do anything with this team, and now

614
00:35:22,320 --> 00:35:24,680
Speaker 1: Atlanta is like, oh, could they make a playoff run?

615
00:35:25,360 --> 00:35:27,440
Speaker 1: Maddie Ice has won three or four and it's like

616
00:35:27,480 --> 00:35:29,800
Speaker 1: people are buying Atlanta. Let's pump the brake. So I

617
00:35:30,000 --> 00:35:33,879
Speaker 1: I did bet small wager on the Carolina Panthers plus three.

618
00:35:34,160 --> 00:35:36,640
Speaker 1: I did take the Chargers favored by four. Now this

619
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Speaker 1: one's going against me. Because it was five and a

620
00:35:38,440 --> 00:35:40,520
Speaker 1: half kind of that dead zone. I made the case

621
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Speaker 1: a couple of times this week. Guys. The Patriots have

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Speaker 1: three wins, all against rookie quarterbacks, two against Zack Wilson,

623
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Speaker 1: one a comeback against Davis Mills. Like, let that sink

624
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Speaker 1: it in. The Patriots have beaten nobody. They've lost some

625
00:35:55,640 --> 00:35:58,920
Speaker 1: close games. Yeah, I get that, but those were at home.

626
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Speaker 1: They played four home games. This is a tough one

627
00:36:01,520 --> 00:36:04,080
Speaker 1: coming off the by Chargers West. Did they get two

628
00:36:04,080 --> 00:36:07,319
Speaker 1: defensive starters back the linebacker Tranquil who's really good, and

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Speaker 1: the safety Adderly. Now, there is a number I saw

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Speaker 1: um on rookie coaches off the by not ideal in

631
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Speaker 1: this situation. Also not ideal for UM one Urban Maya.

632
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Speaker 1: But the number I saw was that rookie coaches um

633
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Speaker 1: off of off of a bye in the last since

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Speaker 1: UH twenty nineteen, rookie coaches off the by two and

635
00:36:34,600 --> 00:36:38,200
Speaker 1: eight against the spread so far this season. Robert Salah

636
00:36:38,440 --> 00:36:41,799
Speaker 1: got destroyed last week, and Arthur Smith, rookie head coach,

637
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Speaker 1: he also lost against the spread. So two of them

638
00:36:44,920 --> 00:36:49,680
Speaker 1: this week. Staley in l A and everybody's favorite Urban Meyer.

639
00:36:49,760 --> 00:36:51,200
Speaker 1: I by the way, did you see all my Instagram

640
00:36:51,239 --> 00:36:54,759
Speaker 1: stories people are dressing up as Urban Meyer like with

641
00:36:54,800 --> 00:36:58,440
Speaker 1: his outfit sitting at the bar. Um it's it's silly.

642
00:36:58,520 --> 00:37:02,640
Speaker 1: That's a dumb Halloween costume. Um. So I just kind

643
00:37:02,640 --> 00:37:04,759
Speaker 1: of like the Chargers here at home. They're a good team.

644
00:37:04,760 --> 00:37:07,560
Speaker 1: And don't forget the people love the revenge angle right

645
00:37:07,800 --> 00:37:16,680
Speaker 1: last year justin Herbert loses zero at home, nothing at

646
00:37:16,680 --> 00:37:19,799
Speaker 1: home to Bill Belichick and um, obviously different coaching staff,

647
00:37:19,840 --> 00:37:23,680
Speaker 1: different everything. And now you're looking at Oh wait a minute,

648
00:37:24,239 --> 00:37:25,800
Speaker 1: they're the better side to you, and there's a reason

649
00:37:25,840 --> 00:37:29,000
Speaker 1: they're favored by this much. I I like the Charges

650
00:37:29,040 --> 00:37:30,640
Speaker 1: and I know they don't win games by a lot.

651
00:37:31,000 --> 00:37:33,040
Speaker 1: That will win games by margin, as they say, but

652
00:37:33,280 --> 00:37:36,080
Speaker 1: is a good one for the Chargers. Um, I'm taking

653
00:37:36,360 --> 00:37:40,800
Speaker 1: the Colts reluctantly, very reluctantly, and less than I faded

654
00:37:40,840 --> 00:37:44,080
Speaker 1: Tennessee last week. I got beat bad. I had the Chiefs,

655
00:37:44,760 --> 00:37:47,879
Speaker 1: probably the most surprising result of the season so far.

656
00:37:48,600 --> 00:37:52,239
Speaker 1: It wasn't even close. And I just can't get over

657
00:37:52,280 --> 00:37:56,480
Speaker 1: this fact. In the span of six days, Tennessee at

658
00:37:56,560 --> 00:37:59,520
Speaker 1: home beat arguably two of the five best team, four

659
00:37:59,520 --> 00:38:02,160
Speaker 1: best teams in the league. They beat the Bills again

660
00:38:02,200 --> 00:38:04,839
Speaker 1: they should not have one, and then they crushed the Chiefs.

661
00:38:04,880 --> 00:38:07,040
Speaker 1: So you're telling me after those two wins they have

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00:38:07,040 --> 00:38:08,879
Speaker 1: to now go on the road to face the team

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00:38:08,880 --> 00:38:14,239
Speaker 1: they already beat in the Colts. And that was, by

664
00:38:14,239 --> 00:38:16,160
Speaker 1: the way, that was the last game the Colts didn't cover.

665
00:38:16,200 --> 00:38:19,240
Speaker 1: They've covered the last four since that loss. Culture getting healthy.

666
00:38:19,239 --> 00:38:21,759
Speaker 1: The offensive line is healthy. Uh Smith is gonna be

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00:38:21,800 --> 00:38:25,080
Speaker 1: back at right tackle. Secondary. I don't know if Xavier

668
00:38:25,160 --> 00:38:27,560
Speaker 1: Rhodes is gonna play. That's not ideal facing a j. Brown.

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00:38:27,800 --> 00:38:30,040
Speaker 1: Looks like Julio Jones hasn't practiced yet this week. We'll

670
00:38:30,080 --> 00:38:34,400
Speaker 1: see what he does today. But I just I'm sorry.

671
00:38:34,880 --> 00:38:38,440
Speaker 1: Tennessee's defense is bad. There's a reason, according to the metrics,

672
00:38:38,960 --> 00:38:43,439
Speaker 1: Football Outsiders says that Tennessee is like the eighteenth best

673
00:38:43,480 --> 00:38:46,520
Speaker 1: team in the league. Seriously, I'm not even kidding. D

674
00:38:46,600 --> 00:38:48,160
Speaker 1: v o A wrote a whole thing on the Football

675
00:38:48,160 --> 00:38:52,160
Speaker 1: Outsider's website. Is Tennessee overrated? Like we forget they lost

676
00:38:52,200 --> 00:38:55,120
Speaker 1: to the Jets. Yes they did not have Brown, Yes

677
00:38:55,160 --> 00:38:57,640
Speaker 1: they didn't have Julio. They also lost in the opener

678
00:38:57,719 --> 00:39:00,680
Speaker 1: with those two guys to Arizona by twenty five when

679
00:39:00,719 --> 00:39:04,040
Speaker 1: they were favored. So like, let's not go overboard based

680
00:39:04,080 --> 00:39:06,440
Speaker 1: off two wins, Like the whole sample size has to

681
00:39:06,440 --> 00:39:08,839
Speaker 1: be taken into account. So I took the Colts. They're

682
00:39:08,880 --> 00:39:11,400
Speaker 1: at home, this is not really their season, but if

683
00:39:11,400 --> 00:39:12,800
Speaker 1: they want to get to the playoffs, they've got to

684
00:39:12,840 --> 00:39:16,680
Speaker 1: have it. Frank Reich is a massive game for him.

685
00:39:16,719 --> 00:39:18,160
Speaker 1: I mean, there was talking a couple of weeks ago

686
00:39:18,160 --> 00:39:20,320
Speaker 1: about Frank w Reik getting dusted. I thought that was

687
00:39:20,360 --> 00:39:23,640
Speaker 1: a bit much. But Carson Wentz no interceptions last five games.

688
00:39:23,680 --> 00:39:26,400
Speaker 1: I mean, they're rolling right now. And you know, I

689
00:39:26,480 --> 00:39:29,279
Speaker 1: hate taking teams that just beat me. I was on

690
00:39:29,320 --> 00:39:31,680
Speaker 1: the Niners last week and then you know what happens.

691
00:39:31,800 --> 00:39:34,279
Speaker 1: You back them and then they don't deliver for you

692
00:39:34,360 --> 00:39:35,960
Speaker 1: and they beat you two weeks in a row. So

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00:39:36,000 --> 00:39:40,560
Speaker 1: that'll probably happen. Although Tennessee I lost to them last week.

694
00:39:40,600 --> 00:39:43,319
Speaker 1: There's no way I'm losing this one, right. Um, I

695
00:39:43,400 --> 00:39:46,439
Speaker 1: give me the Colts. A couple others that I'm looking at, um,

696
00:39:46,520 --> 00:39:48,800
Speaker 1: Mike Teaser, the favorite teaser, seven and a half pointer.

697
00:39:49,760 --> 00:39:53,680
Speaker 1: New Orleans Saints up through seven into double digits, four

698
00:39:53,680 --> 00:39:56,279
Speaker 1: and a half to twelve, Cincinnati down from ten and

699
00:39:56,320 --> 00:39:58,440
Speaker 1: a half to three going through the seven and to

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00:39:58,520 --> 00:40:03,040
Speaker 1: a field goal. Uh, just let the sink in. Joe

701
00:40:03,040 --> 00:40:06,719
Speaker 1: Burrow and the Bengals are double digit favorites on the road.

702
00:40:08,760 --> 00:40:10,719
Speaker 1: Did you just here's here yourself say that out loud?

703
00:40:10,760 --> 00:40:12,840
Speaker 1: And remember this is the third straight road game for

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Speaker 1: the Bengals. So it's not as if, uh, they're that

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Speaker 1: much better than the Jets. That being said, they were

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Speaker 1: I think three point favorites at Detroit a couple of

707
00:40:22,239 --> 00:40:26,040
Speaker 1: weeks ago. Went to Detroit and open a can on

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Speaker 1: the Alliance. They it was like thirty one seven. Now

709
00:40:28,239 --> 00:40:31,960
Speaker 1: they face Mike White. Okay, Um, so in the teaser,

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Speaker 1: I Jacksonville a little reluctant. I don't feel great about it,

711
00:40:36,160 --> 00:40:38,320
Speaker 1: but I've got them up to eleven. I just Gino

712
00:40:38,400 --> 00:40:40,800
Speaker 1: Smith favored guys. Come on right, let's be realistic. You

713
00:40:40,840 --> 00:40:43,279
Speaker 1: know it's been favorite over anyone. So I took Jack

714
00:40:43,320 --> 00:40:45,799
Speaker 1: Develo up to eleven. Since he down to three. New

715
00:40:45,960 --> 00:40:48,400
Speaker 1: Orleans up to twelve and the New Orleans ones interesting.

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00:40:48,600 --> 00:40:51,439
Speaker 1: Um no, Antonio Brown, that to me is a bad

717
00:40:51,480 --> 00:40:53,840
Speaker 1: signal that I would consider betting New Orleans and the contest.

718
00:40:54,680 --> 00:40:57,160
Speaker 1: And the reason being is last week against the Bears.

719
00:40:57,200 --> 00:40:59,960
Speaker 1: You're fine within it. Without Antonio Brown or Gronk, you're fine.

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Speaker 1: It's the Bears. New Orleans has a defense. It's pretty

721
00:41:04,719 --> 00:41:07,960
Speaker 1: darn good. Now. They haven't faced a quarterback as good

722
00:41:08,000 --> 00:41:10,560
Speaker 1: as Brady since the opener? Would they do? They shut

723
00:41:10,560 --> 00:41:13,439
Speaker 1: down Aaron Rodgers. They kind of control Brady in both

724
00:41:13,480 --> 00:41:16,880
Speaker 1: meetings in the regular season last year, beat him twice handily,

725
00:41:17,560 --> 00:41:20,800
Speaker 1: and then in the playoffs Brady wasn't great. The Saints

726
00:41:20,840 --> 00:41:23,000
Speaker 1: just turned the ball over four times. So whatever, the

727
00:41:23,000 --> 00:41:24,560
Speaker 1: Saints defense is doing a lot of more. We know

728
00:41:24,600 --> 00:41:27,799
Speaker 1: he's had Mike Evans number through the years. Like, there's

729
00:41:27,960 --> 00:41:31,960
Speaker 1: definitely a case to be made for the Saints winning

730
00:41:31,960 --> 00:41:35,480
Speaker 1: out right and with the points I tease did just

731
00:41:35,520 --> 00:41:38,000
Speaker 1: because of the Jamis factor, although I at what point

732
00:41:38,040 --> 00:41:39,799
Speaker 1: do I need to say, like, hey, Jamis is not

733
00:41:39,920 --> 00:41:43,480
Speaker 1: throwing pick sixes anymore? Maybe he's through that face. And

734
00:41:43,600 --> 00:41:45,960
Speaker 1: my final one in the teaser l a Rams down

735
00:41:46,040 --> 00:41:50,160
Speaker 1: from fourteen and a half to seven. Don't love that.

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00:41:50,360 --> 00:41:54,560
Speaker 1: I don't really consider fourteen or ten key numbers getting

737
00:41:54,560 --> 00:41:58,040
Speaker 1: it down to seven the logic for this one. So

738
00:41:58,160 --> 00:42:01,239
Speaker 1: the Rams nearly got surprised lost week. They were not

739
00:42:01,280 --> 00:42:03,480
Speaker 1: on high alert for two fake punts and an onside kick.

740
00:42:04,640 --> 00:42:06,919
Speaker 1: Do you think McVeigh is going to be on high

741
00:42:06,960 --> 00:42:10,000
Speaker 1: alert for hijinks from the Houston Texas. You know it,

742
00:42:10,560 --> 00:42:13,439
Speaker 1: they're on the road. They were asleep last week at home.

743
00:42:13,880 --> 00:42:18,160
Speaker 1: This to me screams big spot for McVeigh. I think

744
00:42:18,200 --> 00:42:21,680
Speaker 1: they put they just really destroyed Houston. Now Tyrod Taylor starting,

745
00:42:23,120 --> 00:42:24,600
Speaker 1: I don't love that because remember he was good in

746
00:42:24,640 --> 00:42:26,080
Speaker 1: the first couple of weeks for them until he got

747
00:42:26,080 --> 00:42:29,440
Speaker 1: injured against the Browns. Um those are a couple of

748
00:42:29,520 --> 00:42:32,879
Speaker 1: games that teaser. I'm really looking at hard and it's

749
00:42:32,920 --> 00:42:35,319
Speaker 1: it's strange. I don't want to like get too excited here,

750
00:42:35,560 --> 00:42:37,239
Speaker 1: but it's one of those weeks where I kind of

751
00:42:37,320 --> 00:42:42,480
Speaker 1: like a lot on the board, but nothing like enormously

752
00:42:42,600 --> 00:42:45,799
Speaker 1: large um as we saw with you know, Green Bay

753
00:42:45,800 --> 00:42:47,719
Speaker 1: and Arizona. Like you just gotta be careful with these

754
00:42:47,760 --> 00:42:49,480
Speaker 1: big favorites. Man, underdogs are the way to go. Like

755
00:42:49,480 --> 00:42:53,560
Speaker 1: I'm not touching Buffalo Miami hell no, but yeah, I'll

756
00:42:53,560 --> 00:42:56,160
Speaker 1: take a nibble out of I take a nibble of

757
00:42:56,200 --> 00:43:00,200
Speaker 1: the Atlanta Falcons going against them and taking Carolina. I

758
00:43:00,200 --> 00:43:02,040
Speaker 1: I've looked at Philly I can't. I don't know if

759
00:43:02,040 --> 00:43:05,840
Speaker 1: I can stomach it. You know, I'm on the colts. Um.

760
00:43:05,960 --> 00:43:08,000
Speaker 1: The other one I like is Cleveland. I just three

761
00:43:08,000 --> 00:43:09,920
Speaker 1: and a half. That hook is a killer. I don't

762
00:43:09,960 --> 00:43:12,680
Speaker 1: even know who's starting, whether it's Baker or Keenham. I

763
00:43:12,719 --> 00:43:14,759
Speaker 1: like the Browns, but three and a half is just

764
00:43:14,840 --> 00:43:17,719
Speaker 1: not a love. And I was you know, I was

765
00:43:17,760 --> 00:43:19,919
Speaker 1: on Dallas earlier this week. Well, it sounds like Dak

766
00:43:19,920 --> 00:43:25,960
Speaker 1: Prescott not gonna play, not ideal whatsoever. And let's be

767
00:43:26,000 --> 00:43:30,840
Speaker 1: honest here, I'm not going to the window with Cooper Rush. Okay,

768
00:43:30,960 --> 00:43:32,960
Speaker 1: that's just not happen. I'm not doing that against Mike

769
00:43:33,040 --> 00:43:35,719
Speaker 1: Zimmer on the road. Although at the same time, Mike

770
00:43:35,760 --> 00:43:39,600
Speaker 1: Zimmer does have Kirk Cousins. We know his primetime struggles. Um,

771
00:43:39,719 --> 00:43:42,640
Speaker 1: whatever those whatever that's worth to you. But pretty good

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00:43:42,640 --> 00:43:45,560
Speaker 1: week of games. I'll quickly touch on college. You know,

773
00:43:45,600 --> 00:43:48,239
Speaker 1: college football has been brewdal the last two weeks. The

774
00:43:48,280 --> 00:43:52,319
Speaker 1: games have stunk. My picks have sucked. Listen, there's gonna

775
00:43:52,320 --> 00:43:54,680
Speaker 1: be a regressive when you have a good start. Um,

776
00:43:54,960 --> 00:43:57,560
Speaker 1: I just like to go through the big ones. I

777
00:43:57,640 --> 00:44:01,279
Speaker 1: did take the under um first half under in full game,

778
00:44:01,360 --> 00:44:03,960
Speaker 1: under in Michigan Michigan State. Neither of these guys have

779
00:44:04,000 --> 00:44:06,080
Speaker 1: played anybody like. I don't think either of these teams

780
00:44:06,080 --> 00:44:08,879
Speaker 1: are good. Um it's a it's a one score game,

781
00:44:08,960 --> 00:44:12,359
Speaker 1: probably a field goal game, probably a missed extra point somewhere. Um,

782
00:44:13,120 --> 00:44:17,400
Speaker 1: so I'm on the under there. I actually really like Georgia,

783
00:44:17,480 --> 00:44:19,880
Speaker 1: like irrationally off the by here. I think they have

784
00:44:19,960 --> 00:44:22,040
Speaker 1: a put together a great performance after kind of a

785
00:44:22,800 --> 00:44:26,200
Speaker 1: rough ending against Kentucky. I think Georgia puts it on

786
00:44:26,320 --> 00:44:28,640
Speaker 1: Florida and Florida it sounds like they may play the

787
00:44:28,680 --> 00:44:32,080
Speaker 1: freshman quarterback who's really nice. Problem is he's a freshman,

788
00:44:32,120 --> 00:44:34,440
Speaker 1: he makes freshman mistakes, and he's going against the best

789
00:44:34,480 --> 00:44:38,880
Speaker 1: defense in the country. The cocktail party, give me Georgia.

790
00:44:38,960 --> 00:44:40,520
Speaker 1: And then the other one that was just a weird

791
00:44:40,600 --> 00:44:45,320
Speaker 1: line was Aubert favorite over Mississippi. What is that all about?

792
00:44:45,920 --> 00:44:48,000
Speaker 1: Then you start looking, You're like, oh, oh, this is

793
00:44:48,000 --> 00:44:50,640
Speaker 1: really good. But have you looked at their reasons? I mean,

794
00:44:51,080 --> 00:44:53,520
Speaker 1: the gauntlet that they had over the last month was brutal,

795
00:44:53,960 --> 00:44:56,640
Speaker 1: and it's possible that they run into an Auburn defense

796
00:44:56,680 --> 00:45:00,680
Speaker 1: here that is just absolutely angry at home and shut

797
00:45:00,760 --> 00:45:03,080
Speaker 1: them down. You know, it's tough to go to Auburn

798
00:45:03,120 --> 00:45:04,560
Speaker 1: at night and win in the SEC, and this is

799
00:45:04,560 --> 00:45:06,600
Speaker 1: a tough spot for Lane Kiffin. So I would look

800
00:45:06,600 --> 00:45:09,600
Speaker 1: at that and finally it's I'm laying the lumber. Give

801
00:45:09,640 --> 00:45:12,239
Speaker 1: me Ohio State favored by nearly three touchdowns. I know

802
00:45:12,320 --> 00:45:14,200
Speaker 1: it's a cardinal. You know, I'm not supposed to do it,

803
00:45:14,840 --> 00:45:17,720
Speaker 1: but the kid Clifford, the Penn State quarterback, not fully healthy,

804
00:45:17,920 --> 00:45:20,880
Speaker 1: didn't want to run last week against Illinois. It felt

805
00:45:20,920 --> 00:45:23,200
Speaker 1: like their season went up in smoked losing to Illinois

806
00:45:23,239 --> 00:45:26,600
Speaker 1: as uh in nine overtimes. As a what was it?

807
00:45:26,640 --> 00:45:30,520
Speaker 1: They were like twenty three point favorites, and yeah, you

808
00:45:30,560 --> 00:45:33,520
Speaker 1: could argue that maybe possibly O how the State takes

809
00:45:33,560 --> 00:45:35,960
Speaker 1: them lightly but this is way too big of a

810
00:45:36,040 --> 00:45:38,440
Speaker 1: rivalry game. Or how States just rolling right now? Their

811
00:45:38,440 --> 00:45:41,760
Speaker 1: offense is filthy. I think they're averaging forty one points

812
00:45:41,800 --> 00:45:43,880
Speaker 1: in the last five game or average margin of victories

813
00:45:43,920 --> 00:45:47,640
Speaker 1: forty one in the last five games. Every offensive category,

814
00:45:47,680 --> 00:45:50,440
Speaker 1: they're just dominant. Remember they had a freshman quarterback early,

815
00:45:50,719 --> 00:45:52,920
Speaker 1: so there were some struggles. And after that Oregon game,

816
00:45:52,960 --> 00:45:54,719
Speaker 1: everybody's like, Oh, how the State it's not that good.

817
00:45:55,080 --> 00:45:58,320
Speaker 1: Ohio State's really good. So those are NFL and college

818
00:45:58,320 --> 00:46:00,799
Speaker 1: football picks for the weekend. Everybody to be safe out there.

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Speaker 1: We'll talk to you Monday. I