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Speaker 1: Be Around the NFL podcast will still be irrelevant in February,

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Speaker 1: I hope. So welcome to another edition of the Around

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Speaker 1: the NFL Podcast, presented by the United States Marine Corps.

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Speaker 1: My name is Dan hands As I come to you

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Speaker 1: from a room filled with some heroes, Mark Sessler, Greg Rosetal.

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Speaker 1: What's up always? Oh? You know what? What is more

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Speaker 1: we are taping another show. You know, I thought you

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Speaker 1: it airs. Welcome to the big leagues in the bill

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Speaker 1: all right, how ho ho Yes, Merry Christmas. It's week sixteen,

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Speaker 1: and we're gonna go through every game in our preview episode.

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Speaker 1: A bit of a weird week. We have a Christmas

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Speaker 1: despite there being thirty do teams divide dirty two by two?

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Speaker 1: you sixteen games? So just zero muscle memory. I feel

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Speaker 1: get it right? I think I nailed it. Sixteen games

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Speaker 1: a bit nervous about this. But um now I'm gonna

428
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Speaker 1: hang with Let's switch off of it. I I don't

429
00:22:06,440 --> 00:22:09,600
Speaker 1: like you being on the same pick anyways. It gets boring.

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Speaker 1: You're on my pick exactly. You know, there's no you

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Speaker 1: guys work it out. Okay, all right, let's move to

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Speaker 1: the UH Sunday and Monday primetime games. All right, now,

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Speaker 1: now we're talking. Now, we're talking some football. Tennessee Titans

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Speaker 1: at Green Bay Packers. I don't know. I was gonna

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00:22:26,640 --> 00:22:30,960
Speaker 1: say Al Chris and Michelle, but Al Michael's unfortunately came

436
00:22:30,960 --> 00:22:33,919
Speaker 1: down with the rohona and that means Mike Rico has

437
00:22:33,960 --> 00:22:37,760
Speaker 1: been getting a lot of minutes lately. Uh. This is

438
00:22:37,800 --> 00:22:40,800
Speaker 1: a great game. This is a tremendous game the Tennessee Titans.

439
00:22:41,760 --> 00:22:43,840
Speaker 1: And I said it on last Sunday's podcast. I'll say

440
00:22:43,880 --> 00:22:49,120
Speaker 1: it again, Ryan Tannehill, what he's brought to that organization,

441
00:22:49,280 --> 00:22:52,200
Speaker 1: it's unbelievable. They I looked it up because I knew

442
00:22:52,240 --> 00:22:54,400
Speaker 1: it wasn't a lot, but I did look it up

443
00:22:54,440 --> 00:22:58,439
Speaker 1: just to check. And the Miami Dolphins sent Tannehill to

444
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Speaker 1: the Titans. Uh, it was Tannehill and a sixth round pick.

445
00:23:03,000 --> 00:23:04,879
Speaker 1: And the Titans sent back a fourth round pick and

446
00:23:04,960 --> 00:23:07,000
Speaker 1: a seventh round pick. That that kind of tells you

447
00:23:07,040 --> 00:23:10,800
Speaker 1: where Tannehill was at that point in his career. And

448
00:23:10,840 --> 00:23:12,879
Speaker 1: now you look where he is now. He's gonna end

449
00:23:12,960 --> 00:23:15,960
Speaker 1: up this season with close to forty total touchdowns. And

450
00:23:16,200 --> 00:23:19,120
Speaker 1: everyone looks at Derrick Henry and rightfully so, because he's

451
00:23:19,160 --> 00:23:21,480
Speaker 1: a stud and he might hit two thousand yards this year.

452
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Speaker 1: He's having a Hall of Fame type run these last

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Speaker 1: three years. But it's amazing what Tannehill is brought to

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Speaker 1: that offense. And now he's up against Greg Aaron Rodgers

455
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Speaker 1: and the Green Bay Packers, who continue to win. They

456
00:23:33,400 --> 00:23:35,119
Speaker 1: look like they're gonna be the number one seed in

457
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Speaker 1: the NFC, But the last two weeks at least, it

458
00:23:38,160 --> 00:23:41,520
Speaker 1: hasn't exactly been a dominating uh team. This feels like

459
00:23:41,520 --> 00:23:43,040
Speaker 1: it's gonna be a good game. Yeah, and if they

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Speaker 1: don't win this game, you know they're gonna have to

461
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Speaker 1: play Week seventeen to try to get that one seed.

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Speaker 1: I'm I'm excited. And it does make you think about

463
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Speaker 1: the relationship between Henry and Tannell. You mentioned the rushing

464
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Speaker 1: yards that Henry had I read this week in the

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Speaker 1: twenty six games without Tannehill before he arrived, is fifteen

466
00:24:01,160 --> 00:24:04,600
Speaker 1: hundred yards less than what he's got with Tannehill in

467
00:24:04,960 --> 00:24:07,439
Speaker 1: the games. So yet he has thirty two yards and

468
00:24:07,440 --> 00:24:10,119
Speaker 1: twenty six games with Tannehill and like seventeen otherwise, so

469
00:24:10,280 --> 00:24:13,880
Speaker 1: it's it's a symbiotic relationship. He was disappointed tan Hill

470
00:24:13,920 --> 00:24:16,400
Speaker 1: not to make the Pro Bowl. Was disappointed for him.

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Speaker 1: This is one of those years there won't be alternates.

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Speaker 1: Remember Andy Dalton would make it every years. Like the

473
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Speaker 1: seventh the FC deserved for because everyone who has pissed

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Speaker 1: Tannehill didn't make it. And then I looked and it's like, Okay,

475
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Speaker 1: do you take josh Allen Mahomes or Watson out? You

476
00:24:32,119 --> 00:24:35,000
Speaker 1: could take Watson out if you wanted. Uh. He certainly

477
00:24:35,160 --> 00:24:37,560
Speaker 1: has had a better season I think than Kyler Murray,

478
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Speaker 1: but that's it's an NFC, a f C thing, or

479
00:24:40,240 --> 00:24:44,040
Speaker 1: even Russell Wilson. That's how good. Uh, Tannehill's been in

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Speaker 1: the rushing game, you know, rushing matchup, and this one

481
00:24:46,280 --> 00:24:48,359
Speaker 1: is awesome. I love that they've been using Aaron Jones

482
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Speaker 1: as a real primary back. They didn't do it all

483
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Speaker 1: year until the last two games. He's been splitting work.

484
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Speaker 1: I think they saved him up for December and now

485
00:24:55,320 --> 00:24:59,720
Speaker 1: he's getting you know, of the snaps and that makes

486
00:24:59,760 --> 00:25:01,240
Speaker 1: them a lot better well. And also I mean you

487
00:25:01,280 --> 00:25:03,600
Speaker 1: look at the Titans the thing more than any other

488
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Speaker 1: team when they are on and we've talked about like

489
00:25:06,920 --> 00:25:09,879
Speaker 1: the high floor of their offense, they have, you know,

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Speaker 1: broken people by halftime. So I think this game is

491
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Speaker 1: fascinating because I don't entirely trust either defense. Um, wouldn't

492
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Speaker 1: it be amazing if Tennessee could do something to affect

493
00:25:20,200 --> 00:25:22,800
Speaker 1: or make the Packers uneasy? I just don't trust that

494
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Speaker 1: to happen. Aaron Rodgers sacked five times last week. That's

495
00:25:25,920 --> 00:25:29,160
Speaker 1: not been the case with that offense. Um, Carolina made

496
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Speaker 1: him really uncomfortable earlier, you know, later on in the game.

497
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Speaker 1: And I don't know if Tennessee can do that. But

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Speaker 1: the Tennessee Titans, when they've been good, to your point, Dan,

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Speaker 1: they've been balanced. It's not just Derrick Henry like They've

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Speaker 1: a couple of these games when they've been up thirty

501
00:25:42,119 --> 00:25:44,960
Speaker 1: five whatever at halftime, it's been a split between their

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Speaker 1: air yards and their ground yards. So if they can

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Speaker 1: achieve that this will be the game of the week. Um.

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00:25:49,600 --> 00:25:52,080
Speaker 1: I never trust game of the weeks though, something always

505
00:25:52,119 --> 00:25:54,560
Speaker 1: goes wrong, So UM, I will wait and see. I mean,

506
00:25:54,600 --> 00:25:57,199
Speaker 1: if you are somebody that loves points, this. This is

507
00:25:57,280 --> 00:26:00,760
Speaker 1: pointing toward shootout that should be too teams that are

508
00:26:01,040 --> 00:26:04,000
Speaker 1: going up and down the field. I have no doubts

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Speaker 1: Tennessee is gonna move the ball against Mike Petton's defense.

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Speaker 1: I just I think they'll be able to run it,

511
00:26:08,440 --> 00:26:10,240
Speaker 1: and I think they'll be able to throw it and

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Speaker 1: score uh you know, three or four touchdowns at the

513
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Speaker 1: very least, and then it just becomes an issue, Um,

514
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Speaker 1: can the Packers keep up while they have Aaron Rodgers?

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Speaker 1: But you know, I watched the game last week that

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Speaker 1: the Packers played when they went totally dry in the

517
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Speaker 1: second half, and it did give me some uh pause,

518
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Speaker 1: like could that happen in a big spot in the

519
00:26:31,000 --> 00:26:34,159
Speaker 1: season or or am I just being a little Have

520
00:26:34,280 --> 00:26:37,760
Speaker 1: I become spoiled by Aaron rodgers success this year? And

521
00:26:37,800 --> 00:26:39,760
Speaker 1: he should. He deserves a benefit of the doubt that

522
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Speaker 1: that's not gonna happen in a game like this, A

523
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Speaker 1: big spotlight game with big ramifications for both teams, big

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Speaker 1: big m v P. I think game uh two for Rogers.

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Speaker 1: If he had to straight I mean, I'm sure he'll

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Speaker 1: do well. I guess it's a it's how how well?

527
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Speaker 1: But he needs to light up the Titans. I think

528
00:26:57,160 --> 00:26:59,720
Speaker 1: on national tea, you know that these games shouldn't matter more,

529
00:27:00,080 --> 00:27:03,879
Speaker 1: but they just do. And in the Packers it it

530
00:27:03,920 --> 00:27:07,200
Speaker 1: should matter more for them. They it's not their fault

531
00:27:07,280 --> 00:27:10,600
Speaker 1: the schedule they've played, but they they Someone pointed out

532
00:27:10,680 --> 00:27:14,280
Speaker 1: they have as many wins this season over winning teams

533
00:27:14,280 --> 00:27:17,760
Speaker 1: as the Jets do, right, which was the lowest, the

534
00:27:17,760 --> 00:27:21,440
Speaker 1: lowest strength of schedule in the league, you know, by

535
00:27:21,440 --> 00:27:24,440
Speaker 1: a decent amount, the second lowest strength of victory, which

536
00:27:24,480 --> 00:27:26,800
Speaker 1: is just like the quality of the teams you beat

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Speaker 1: UM in the league. So yeah, it's a it's a

538
00:27:30,720 --> 00:27:32,879
Speaker 1: big test. It's a big test for them. The Titans,

539
00:27:32,920 --> 00:27:34,600
Speaker 1: it feels like are in big games every other week.

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00:27:34,600 --> 00:27:36,919
Speaker 1: They've won plenty, they've lost plenty, but it feels like

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Speaker 1: they've played everyone, especially in the a f C. Doesn't

542
00:27:39,640 --> 00:27:42,320
Speaker 1: that point to perception though, because of certain teams, because

543
00:27:43,040 --> 00:27:44,800
Speaker 1: you know, if they don't if they don't have a win,

544
00:27:45,160 --> 00:27:48,560
Speaker 1: a signature win over UM, you know, a huge operation

545
00:27:49,320 --> 00:27:51,920
Speaker 1: were talking about, Well, no, but this is every year.

546
00:27:51,920 --> 00:27:54,199
Speaker 1: It's not just Cleveland. I think Cleveland bat Tennessee and

547
00:27:54,240 --> 00:27:56,399
Speaker 1: it hushed some of that, but it's like you've done nothing.

548
00:27:56,560 --> 00:27:59,320
Speaker 1: You have to keep doing things to prove yourself. Um,

549
00:27:59,359 --> 00:28:01,480
Speaker 1: the Packers, You're right, like, up until a couple of

550
00:28:01,520 --> 00:28:03,680
Speaker 1: weeks you look at who they've beaten. It's not the fault.

551
00:28:03,720 --> 00:28:05,640
Speaker 1: They'd be beating a bunch of cupcakes. I mean, this

552
00:28:05,680 --> 00:28:08,359
Speaker 1: would be a prove it game for me. Um, But

553
00:28:08,400 --> 00:28:10,400
Speaker 1: I believe in the much more than they did last year.

554
00:28:10,400 --> 00:28:12,199
Speaker 1: I still think you're gonna get a lot of shots

555
00:28:12,200 --> 00:28:14,159
Speaker 1: of Mike Petton on the sideline with a mask on,

556
00:28:14,280 --> 00:28:17,680
Speaker 1: going crazy. I think, Uh, I think the Titans win.

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00:28:17,760 --> 00:28:20,600
Speaker 1: How about that? I say, Titans thirty eight, thirty four.

558
00:28:20,640 --> 00:28:23,320
Speaker 1: What do you guys got? I took the Packers. Um,

559
00:28:23,359 --> 00:28:26,080
Speaker 1: but I tried to do what I call on NFL

560
00:28:26,160 --> 00:28:28,320
Speaker 1: game debut, which, by the way, you know we have

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Speaker 1: we have a Christmas show. Check it out after the

562
00:28:31,080 --> 00:28:34,320
Speaker 1: Christmas game this year, after the post if we're if

563
00:28:34,320 --> 00:28:37,239
Speaker 1: we're gonna be taping on Christmas morning, then I at

564
00:28:37,280 --> 00:28:41,040
Speaker 1: least I'm gonna promote it here so people can. I

565
00:28:41,080 --> 00:28:44,280
Speaker 1: don't know right now, so people can. So you're saying

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Speaker 1: game debut is on immediately following they have the post

567
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Speaker 1: game show or the New Orleans but then immediately following

568
00:28:55,800 --> 00:28:57,240
Speaker 1: that and in that game, I'll do what I call

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Speaker 1: a thread the needle game, which is I'm picking the

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Speaker 1: Packers a win. It's a very small um line in

571
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Speaker 1: the old Desert, But even then, I'm picking the Titans

572
00:29:06,360 --> 00:29:09,160
Speaker 1: to somehow thread that needle. You know what I'm saying.

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Speaker 1: What is the Desert saying? I think it's three and

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Speaker 1: a half. I think it's three and a half. I

575
00:29:15,640 --> 00:29:18,880
Speaker 1: think that it's interesting that you've got Mike Rabel's former

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00:29:18,960 --> 00:29:22,200
Speaker 1: offensive coordinator who knows the Titans. Well, he's the boy

577
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Speaker 1: with the beard. He's now to me more of a

578
00:29:24,520 --> 00:29:27,480
Speaker 1: man than a boy. And I think that, um, this

579
00:29:27,520 --> 00:29:31,080
Speaker 1: game will be very close. I'm gonna go Titans too though.

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00:29:31,080 --> 00:29:35,920
Speaker 1: I think Titans thirty three, Packers thirty. I did take

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00:29:35,920 --> 00:29:39,360
Speaker 1: the Packers. Yeah. Where where are we with the Titans

582
00:29:39,440 --> 00:29:42,160
Speaker 1: right now? They're tied atop the a f C South

583
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Speaker 1: with the Colts. How does the division shake out there? Greg?

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Speaker 1: Give me your tabulation? They they are going to be

585
00:29:49,320 --> 00:29:51,760
Speaker 1: They could clinch it if they win and the Cults lose.

586
00:29:52,160 --> 00:29:56,320
Speaker 1: They have the tie break the Titans do over the Colts. Uh,

587
00:29:56,440 --> 00:29:58,680
Speaker 1: it's probably do no matter what, No matter what, if

588
00:29:58,680 --> 00:30:00,760
Speaker 1: they finished with the same record, it's the Titans will

589
00:30:00,760 --> 00:30:04,760
Speaker 1: win the division. Yeah that's right, so they But if

590
00:30:04,840 --> 00:30:07,040
Speaker 1: you know, if the Colts win this week, the Colts

591
00:30:07,160 --> 00:30:09,960
Speaker 1: would in the Titans lose, the Colts would take control

592
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Speaker 1: of the division. And I tried to come up with

593
00:30:12,280 --> 00:30:15,600
Speaker 1: these scenarios, Dan, Actually it was really related to the

594
00:30:15,680 --> 00:30:20,200
Speaker 1: Jets that the Colts um would would be resting their

595
00:30:20,240 --> 00:30:23,400
Speaker 1: starters against the Jaguars in week seventeen, and actually there

596
00:30:23,400 --> 00:30:25,880
Speaker 1: basically is no scenario for that. The Cults are gonna

597
00:30:26,280 --> 00:30:29,120
Speaker 1: very likely have to play to get into the playoffs

598
00:30:29,160 --> 00:30:31,840
Speaker 1: next week just to make sure. So that's bad news

599
00:30:31,920 --> 00:30:34,560
Speaker 1: for the Jets. Winch is a playoff Berth with a win,

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00:30:35,000 --> 00:30:38,680
Speaker 1: right the Yeah that the Titans playoff Berth with the win,

601
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Speaker 1: but not the probably not the division. This week we

602
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Speaker 1: are we are not looking past this week in the

603
00:30:46,320 --> 00:30:49,720
Speaker 1: tank watch. We are looking squarely at the big chlorine

604
00:30:49,760 --> 00:30:54,600
Speaker 1: tank in Jacksonville in the showdown between the Jaguars and Bears.

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00:30:54,640 --> 00:30:58,280
Speaker 1: All right, there we go, finally Monday Night Football, the

606
00:30:58,320 --> 00:31:02,520
Speaker 1: final primetime game before we get into our draft. I mean,

607
00:31:02,520 --> 00:31:06,280
Speaker 1: it look good on paper back in August, but not

608
00:31:06,400 --> 00:31:09,080
Speaker 1: so hot now. The Buffalo Bills, who have already clinched

609
00:31:09,120 --> 00:31:12,960
Speaker 1: the a f C East and really, you know, they

610
00:31:13,080 --> 00:31:16,480
Speaker 1: stand very little chance of catching the Chiefs for the

611
00:31:16,560 --> 00:31:20,480
Speaker 1: number one seed, but still win football games. That's good.

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00:31:20,840 --> 00:31:22,960
Speaker 1: They go to New England now to face the Patriots, who,

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00:31:22,960 --> 00:31:27,479
Speaker 1: of course, we're eliminated last week in the loss um

614
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Speaker 1: to the Dolphins. What are you looking for in this one? Mark? Well,

615
00:31:32,560 --> 00:31:34,720
Speaker 1: so Stephon Gilmore is out of the picture for New

616
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Speaker 1: England and a Patriots defense that was you know, lashed

617
00:31:38,800 --> 00:31:43,120
Speaker 1: by the Rams, um, thoroughly beaten by Miami. This defense

618
00:31:43,280 --> 00:31:46,840
Speaker 1: is is broken. So if you're Buffalo, um, you're the

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Speaker 1: team right now that people are trying to project. Who

620
00:31:49,360 --> 00:31:51,680
Speaker 1: is it that can challenge the Chiefs, who could give

621
00:31:51,680 --> 00:31:53,920
Speaker 1: them a test? Um. I have no problem saying that

622
00:31:53,960 --> 00:31:56,480
Speaker 1: it's Buffalo in my world unless you got like a

623
00:31:56,520 --> 00:31:59,840
Speaker 1: supercharge version of the Titans, um, and you've got stuff

624
00:31:59,880 --> 00:32:03,280
Speaker 1: on digs plane at ultra high levels. Josh Allen is

625
00:32:03,440 --> 00:32:06,320
Speaker 1: playing out of his mind. Um, they're clicking. They're playing

626
00:32:06,320 --> 00:32:08,400
Speaker 1: their best football on both sides of the ball right now.

627
00:32:08,800 --> 00:32:10,840
Speaker 1: And I don't see why you don't go in and um,

628
00:32:10,960 --> 00:32:13,240
Speaker 1: you know there was I thought it was emotional when

629
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Speaker 1: they came off the plane last week, Buffalo, and this

630
00:32:15,680 --> 00:32:18,800
Speaker 1: is like cold weather cities do this, Like thousands of

631
00:32:18,800 --> 00:32:21,480
Speaker 1: fans showed up at the airport because this matters what

632
00:32:21,560 --> 00:32:24,320
Speaker 1: the Bills did winning this division. Um, this isn't a

633
00:32:24,320 --> 00:32:26,960
Speaker 1: team that's gonna let down this week. I think an

634
00:32:27,000 --> 00:32:31,440
Speaker 1: exclamation point of whipping New England would be psychologically valuable

635
00:32:31,440 --> 00:32:33,640
Speaker 1: to Buffalo. Why not go do it, um and do

636
00:32:33,680 --> 00:32:36,240
Speaker 1: it with authority? Right? Think about how much has changed

637
00:32:36,240 --> 00:32:39,480
Speaker 1: since the Bills escaped over the Patriots in Week eight.

638
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Speaker 1: It's kind of at a part in the season we

639
00:32:41,040 --> 00:32:44,560
Speaker 1: forget about that. The Bills offense struggled for about a

640
00:32:44,600 --> 00:32:47,600
Speaker 1: five or six weeks stretch. Bill Belichick has had Josh

641
00:32:47,600 --> 00:32:50,360
Speaker 1: Allen's number. I would say that continued this year considering

642
00:32:50,400 --> 00:32:53,480
Speaker 1: the relative seasons these two teams have. UM, that was

643
00:32:53,520 --> 00:32:56,600
Speaker 1: a game where I remember thinking Cam Newton played as

644
00:32:56,600 --> 00:32:59,320
Speaker 1: well as Josh Allen, which was you know, that's maybe

645
00:32:59,360 --> 00:33:02,040
Speaker 1: the only week I'll season you could have said that.

646
00:33:02,160 --> 00:33:07,200
Speaker 1: And the psychological thing between these two teams can't be understated.

647
00:33:07,760 --> 00:33:10,640
Speaker 1: The Patriots record against the Bills and the two thousand

648
00:33:10,640 --> 00:33:13,920
Speaker 1: tens was the single most dominant record any team has

649
00:33:14,000 --> 00:33:18,360
Speaker 1: ever had over another team ever, and those the Bills

650
00:33:18,400 --> 00:33:20,160
Speaker 1: of that decade weren't that bad. It just sort of

651
00:33:20,240 --> 00:33:22,400
Speaker 1: doesn't make sense that the Jets and the Dolphins did

652
00:33:22,520 --> 00:33:26,120
Speaker 1: much better actually against the Patriots. But they did, and uh,

653
00:33:26,160 --> 00:33:28,400
Speaker 1: it meant a lot to him last time. I'm sure

654
00:33:28,400 --> 00:33:30,480
Speaker 1: it would mean a lot now to go in there.

655
00:33:30,760 --> 00:33:33,600
Speaker 1: There's no reason why the way the Bills are playing

656
00:33:33,680 --> 00:33:37,040
Speaker 1: right now that they shouldn't um really take care of business,

657
00:33:37,040 --> 00:33:39,120
Speaker 1: and that they shouldn't want that two seed. Now they're

658
00:33:39,280 --> 00:33:41,800
Speaker 1: they're in contention. They'll know when they play this game

659
00:33:41,840 --> 00:33:44,200
Speaker 1: that the Chiefs have already clinched on field. By the way, Dan,

660
00:33:44,280 --> 00:33:47,760
Speaker 1: you assuming the Chiefs win against the Falcons, but I

661
00:33:47,760 --> 00:33:49,760
Speaker 1: think the two seeds should matter for them. I think

662
00:33:49,760 --> 00:33:51,800
Speaker 1: they're gonna want to get it, get as many home

663
00:33:51,880 --> 00:33:54,680
Speaker 1: games in Buffalo as they can. So you know, the

664
00:33:54,760 --> 00:33:57,760
Speaker 1: same thing that I was saying over the NFC. It's

665
00:33:57,760 --> 00:34:01,080
Speaker 1: different this year obviously. If and that's bummer for the Bills,

666
00:34:01,960 --> 00:34:06,760
Speaker 1: um and the Saints, but in they passed, you would

667
00:34:06,760 --> 00:34:08,640
Speaker 1: get that second seed. You'd also have a bye, and

668
00:34:08,640 --> 00:34:10,839
Speaker 1: then you'd come out of that by with a home game,

669
00:34:10,840 --> 00:34:12,640
Speaker 1: and then who knows that the number one seed gets

670
00:34:12,719 --> 00:34:16,799
Speaker 1: knocked off, maybe you're hosting a title game in your building. Uh,

671
00:34:16,920 --> 00:34:18,719
Speaker 1: you could still do that though that last part is

672
00:34:18,719 --> 00:34:22,239
Speaker 1: still in place. So getting that second seed, uh still

673
00:34:22,360 --> 00:34:24,560
Speaker 1: entitles you to the home game and then potentially still

674
00:34:24,840 --> 00:34:27,080
Speaker 1: can host the conference title game a few advance that far.

675
00:34:27,160 --> 00:34:29,319
Speaker 1: So big deal on that just kicked the Patriots as

676
00:34:29,360 --> 00:34:32,239
Speaker 1: ask that they're ready to go home. And one note

677
00:34:33,880 --> 00:34:35,759
Speaker 1: connected to the fans up there, and that's a great

678
00:34:35,800 --> 00:34:38,160
Speaker 1: fan base in Western New York that had a great

679
00:34:38,239 --> 00:34:40,480
Speaker 1: run in the nineties. That was also bittersweet because the

680
00:34:40,480 --> 00:34:44,640
Speaker 1: Super Bowl failures and then just an endless run of

681
00:34:44,840 --> 00:34:50,600
Speaker 1: suffering really from nineties six until Sean McDermott came around.

682
00:34:51,160 --> 00:34:53,279
Speaker 1: That is now finally they turned the corner. But New

683
00:34:53,360 --> 00:34:57,040
Speaker 1: York Governor Andrew Cuomo said this week that the Department

684
00:34:57,080 --> 00:34:59,200
Speaker 1: of Health is working on a plan that would allow

685
00:34:59,239 --> 00:35:02,359
Speaker 1: the would allow people to attend the Buffalo Bills playoff game,

686
00:35:03,080 --> 00:35:06,080
Speaker 1: rapid test them prior to going to the game, and

687
00:35:06,120 --> 00:35:08,919
Speaker 1: then contact trace after the game. The move is meant

688
00:35:08,920 --> 00:35:12,919
Speaker 1: to be a prototype for how such events can be held.

689
00:35:12,960 --> 00:35:16,000
Speaker 1: Of course, there is a vaccine, in fact, two vaccines

690
00:35:16,040 --> 00:35:19,520
Speaker 1: that have entered the public domain in limited fashion, but

691
00:35:19,560 --> 00:35:22,240
Speaker 1: not it's not going to be in time to vaccinate

692
00:35:22,480 --> 00:35:25,480
Speaker 1: large swaths of the population and get people in buildings

693
00:35:25,520 --> 00:35:28,120
Speaker 1: for the playoffs. Here is a way for the Bills,

694
00:35:28,120 --> 00:35:30,040
Speaker 1: because I think that's one thing. And it's happening in

695
00:35:30,080 --> 00:35:33,480
Speaker 1: Cleveland to where these fan bases that have been waiting

696
00:35:33,480 --> 00:35:35,440
Speaker 1: and waiting and waiting for these playoff games and now

697
00:35:35,440 --> 00:35:38,680
Speaker 1: they finally come and what either have no one in

698
00:35:38,680 --> 00:35:41,560
Speaker 1: the building or ten thousand fans or whatever. If there's

699
00:35:41,600 --> 00:35:43,319
Speaker 1: any way to make it happen in a safe way,

700
00:35:43,560 --> 00:35:45,239
Speaker 1: I'm for it. I'm with you. I can't think of

701
00:35:45,239 --> 00:35:48,200
Speaker 1: a fan base. Well you mentioned them, but the Bills

702
00:35:48,239 --> 00:35:51,560
Speaker 1: fan base is one of these groups that win or lose.

703
00:35:51,600 --> 00:35:54,759
Speaker 1: They were there. There's no fair weather aspect to that.

704
00:35:54,840 --> 00:35:58,600
Speaker 1: And how about this Brandon being GM Executive of the

705
00:35:58,680 --> 00:36:01,839
Speaker 1: Year in my book starts with the Stefon Diggs thing,

706
00:36:01,840 --> 00:36:05,640
Speaker 1: but that team has become a power very quickly. Um,

707
00:36:05,719 --> 00:36:08,200
Speaker 1: And it's not just Sean McDermott. Greg calls him Brandon

708
00:36:08,239 --> 00:36:11,240
Speaker 1: bean Counter, so maybe that will work against it's mostly

709
00:36:11,239 --> 00:36:13,920
Speaker 1: Sean McDermott. Though as much as I you give credit

710
00:36:13,960 --> 00:36:17,880
Speaker 1: to being I do think McDermott has as much power

711
00:36:17,920 --> 00:36:20,080
Speaker 1: as any coach in the league. And I think he's

712
00:36:20,080 --> 00:36:21,959
Speaker 1: a good model. You know, there's a lot of people

713
00:36:21,960 --> 00:36:24,560
Speaker 1: that think the coach should be the the guy who

714
00:36:24,680 --> 00:36:28,080
Speaker 1: hires the GM, which is what happened here McDermott, you know,

715
00:36:28,360 --> 00:36:32,080
Speaker 1: basically hired being a year later. It's you really do

716
00:36:32,160 --> 00:36:34,439
Speaker 1: think he's a bean counter. I mean, you know, he's

717
00:36:34,600 --> 00:36:37,480
Speaker 1: slightly on this, he's executing. It's like John Schneider. It's

718
00:36:37,560 --> 00:36:40,160
Speaker 1: very similar to John Schneider and King Greg Bury a

719
00:36:40,280 --> 00:36:43,120
Speaker 1: GM pick that you had yesterday as well. I don't

720
00:36:43,120 --> 00:36:45,120
Speaker 1: know what's going on with somebody else was a bean counter?

721
00:36:45,200 --> 00:36:49,359
Speaker 1: Oh was the Dee Potesta? That was just yeah, well

722
00:36:49,400 --> 00:36:52,880
Speaker 1: that was just trying to have some fun. All right,

723
00:36:53,000 --> 00:36:59,200
Speaker 1: let's move to the Wait were you finishing a point there, Greg? So? No, great, Yes,

724
00:36:59,400 --> 00:37:03,399
Speaker 1: this is we're a long way away from Uh Doug

725
00:37:03,440 --> 00:37:06,160
Speaker 1: Whaley put it that way. And who was the old

726
00:37:06,160 --> 00:37:09,360
Speaker 1: man that was there before or maybe after Whaley? Buddy Nicks,

727
00:37:09,440 --> 00:37:15,320
Speaker 1: and we're together. It's like we we have found the key,

728
00:37:15,440 --> 00:37:19,279
Speaker 1: uh to jump starting this franchise. We're gonna go get

729
00:37:19,280 --> 00:37:23,400
Speaker 1: that wide receiver. Sammy Watkins. Sammy Watkins, I don't know.

730
00:37:23,440 --> 00:37:25,080
Speaker 1: I can't remember his name either. Let's just move on,

731
00:37:25,120 --> 00:37:27,080
Speaker 1: all right, Let's get to this. Let's get to the draft.

732
00:37:28,160 --> 00:37:30,920
Speaker 1: Uh oh boy, I'm not ready for this. And it

733
00:37:30,960 --> 00:37:34,799
Speaker 1: turns out Mark, you have the first overall pick. Now

734
00:37:34,800 --> 00:37:37,000
Speaker 1: when we go through the games of the schedule that

735
00:37:37,040 --> 00:37:39,439
Speaker 1: we kind of dole out and figure out who's gonna

736
00:37:39,440 --> 00:37:42,480
Speaker 1: watch what comes Sunday, So you're up first. You have

737
00:37:45,800 --> 00:37:49,000
Speaker 1: ten games to choose from. Let it rip. Okay, I'm

738
00:37:49,000 --> 00:37:57,440
Speaker 1: gonna go with this Rams at Seattle Eastern Spot. Okay, okay.

739
00:37:57,440 --> 00:38:00,440
Speaker 1: I mean it's a fascinating game to me because the

740
00:38:02,480 --> 00:38:06,600
Speaker 1: what you upset that I've taken this, Greg, Yeah, that's

741
00:38:07,320 --> 00:38:10,520
Speaker 1: it's the Rams season on the line and the show today.

742
00:38:10,920 --> 00:38:14,280
Speaker 1: You know, we we um. You never expected the Rams

743
00:38:14,320 --> 00:38:16,120
Speaker 1: to be in this situation, to have to bounce back

744
00:38:16,120 --> 00:38:19,040
Speaker 1: from losing to the Jets in December, when you know,

745
00:38:19,080 --> 00:38:20,920
Speaker 1: a week or two ago we're talking about them. Is

746
00:38:21,560 --> 00:38:24,960
Speaker 1: this totally balanced operation that UM has a chance to

747
00:38:24,960 --> 00:38:27,120
Speaker 1: win playoff games? I still think they do. I mean,

748
00:38:27,160 --> 00:38:28,920
Speaker 1: someone was gonna lose to New York. I just I

749
00:38:28,960 --> 00:38:31,799
Speaker 1: felt that way, and it's and it's um humiliating. I mean,

750
00:38:31,800 --> 00:38:35,480
Speaker 1: Sean McVeigh basically said it entirely. But if you are

751
00:38:35,600 --> 00:38:37,800
Speaker 1: the Rams, you we have got to start to see

752
00:38:38,400 --> 00:38:41,000
Speaker 1: some consistency out of Jared Goff and this would be

753
00:38:41,040 --> 00:38:43,520
Speaker 1: a good spot for that to happen. A team that, um,

754
00:38:43,600 --> 00:38:45,200
Speaker 1: you know, they know well that they can match up

755
00:38:45,239 --> 00:38:48,279
Speaker 1: well against. Uh. I just I think, to me, this

756
00:38:48,360 --> 00:38:50,600
Speaker 1: is all about Jared Goff, and show me who you

757
00:38:50,640 --> 00:38:53,719
Speaker 1: are over the next two weeks and beyond, because it

758
00:38:53,800 --> 00:38:56,479
Speaker 1: seems to me every third game you get Jared Goff

759
00:38:56,600 --> 00:38:59,920
Speaker 1: totally disrupted and he's you know, it's he's not a

760
00:39:00,000 --> 00:39:02,799
Speaker 1: game manager. He's turning the ball over. You can't do that.

761
00:39:02,840 --> 00:39:04,480
Speaker 1: You can't call him the game manager, even at his

762
00:39:04,560 --> 00:39:07,799
Speaker 1: at his lowest. So, um, do we put that loss again?

763
00:39:07,840 --> 00:39:09,759
Speaker 1: I know he didn't play out of his mind, but

764
00:39:09,800 --> 00:39:11,959
Speaker 1: do we put the loss to the Jets on Jared Goff?

765
00:39:12,080 --> 00:39:15,000
Speaker 1: That felt like a team wide meltdown, including on that defense,

766
00:39:15,040 --> 00:39:17,200
Speaker 1: which I'm putting I am putting it on him to

767
00:39:17,640 --> 00:39:20,360
Speaker 1: some large degree because I mean, because he wasn't on

768
00:39:20,400 --> 00:39:23,520
Speaker 1: the field when Frank Gore ran for eight yards on

769
00:39:23,640 --> 00:39:25,520
Speaker 1: that first carry to close out the game and then

770
00:39:25,560 --> 00:39:28,200
Speaker 1: caught the pass. Also, it's like you gotta you gotta

771
00:39:28,239 --> 00:39:30,439
Speaker 1: step up defense and make that play get the ball

772
00:39:30,480 --> 00:39:34,000
Speaker 1: back there. It's not just on Jared goff obviously, but

773
00:39:34,440 --> 00:39:36,719
Speaker 1: I mean the Dolphins game. I can point to a

774
00:39:36,760 --> 00:39:40,440
Speaker 1: couple other loss stuff and hants you like it, hants um,

775
00:39:40,560 --> 00:39:43,520
Speaker 1: my daughter. It changed my impression of them, And they're

776
00:39:43,560 --> 00:39:45,719
Speaker 1: not a different team. They're the team that every third

777
00:39:45,760 --> 00:39:48,399
Speaker 1: week has that loss. Well, how do you go from

778
00:39:48,400 --> 00:39:51,400
Speaker 1: whipping the Patriots the way you did to falling to

779
00:39:51,480 --> 00:39:54,120
Speaker 1: the New York Jets. Something is going on. You're not

780
00:39:54,200 --> 00:39:56,880
Speaker 1: a consistent team the Patriots that it used to be.

781
00:39:57,160 --> 00:39:59,640
Speaker 1: I mean that right, No, but the Patriots were coming

782
00:39:59,640 --> 00:40:02,680
Speaker 1: off a week where they won forty five to nothing

783
00:40:02,719 --> 00:40:05,560
Speaker 1: over the Chargers. So they're a weird team, no doubt

784
00:40:05,920 --> 00:40:08,840
Speaker 1: they To your point, Mark, I've never been more worried

785
00:40:08,840 --> 00:40:12,400
Speaker 1: about Jared goff Um in his future and just like

786
00:40:12,480 --> 00:40:15,640
Speaker 1: where he is than I am right now, because I

787
00:40:15,680 --> 00:40:18,760
Speaker 1: think that Patriots game is is maybe the perfect example

788
00:40:18,800 --> 00:40:21,600
Speaker 1: why because they didn't really trust him in that game

789
00:40:22,080 --> 00:40:25,319
Speaker 1: and they were coaching around him even with a lead,

790
00:40:25,719 --> 00:40:28,080
Speaker 1: like because he didn't look right early in that game either.

791
00:40:28,120 --> 00:40:29,759
Speaker 1: By the way, I thought he might have played worse

792
00:40:29,800 --> 00:40:33,319
Speaker 1: against the Patriots than he did against the Jets, And

793
00:40:33,400 --> 00:40:36,239
Speaker 1: so when you're starting to coach around your guy in

794
00:40:36,239 --> 00:40:40,320
Speaker 1: a game that you're winning a little comfortably, and I

795
00:40:40,640 --> 00:40:43,439
Speaker 1: am concerned. I don't think it's all about golf, though,

796
00:40:43,680 --> 00:40:46,840
Speaker 1: because I think about this first matchup between these two teams.

797
00:40:46,880 --> 00:40:48,680
Speaker 1: I think about the fact that mcveigh's five and two

798
00:40:48,719 --> 00:40:52,360
Speaker 1: against Carol. To me, that's significant. Um, you know, considering

799
00:40:52,400 --> 00:40:54,719
Speaker 1: where these two teams have been at relatively even over

800
00:40:54,760 --> 00:40:57,719
Speaker 1: the last three years, that one teams won five out

801
00:40:57,719 --> 00:41:00,200
Speaker 1: of seven, that's significant. And I think about that game.

802
00:41:00,239 --> 00:41:03,040
Speaker 1: Goff didn't play that great in that game either, and

803
00:41:03,120 --> 00:41:06,960
Speaker 1: their defense just shut down the Seahawks. And are the

804
00:41:07,040 --> 00:41:10,480
Speaker 1: Seahawks and their offense good enough right now to put

805
00:41:10,560 --> 00:41:12,880
Speaker 1: up a lot of points. It wouldn't surprise me at all.

806
00:41:12,960 --> 00:41:15,120
Speaker 1: I'm picking the Rams in this game. Wouldn't surprise me

807
00:41:15,160 --> 00:41:18,239
Speaker 1: at all. This is a defensive battle that McVeigh is

808
00:41:18,239 --> 00:41:21,120
Speaker 1: a little bit better in situational football, and the Rams

809
00:41:21,200 --> 00:41:24,719
Speaker 1: can go out there and win a relatively defensive game. Yeah,

810
00:41:24,800 --> 00:41:27,239
Speaker 1: I don't think we're on different pages on this podcast

811
00:41:27,239 --> 00:41:30,680
Speaker 1: with Jared Goff. I'm very much also in the camp

812
00:41:30,719 --> 00:41:33,120
Speaker 1: that Jared Goff is Jared goff. I mean, he's never

813
00:41:33,719 --> 00:41:36,920
Speaker 1: he's not gonna be this like superstar guy. He's there's

814
00:41:36,960 --> 00:41:39,600
Speaker 1: gonna be peaks and valleys and maybe down the line

815
00:41:39,640 --> 00:41:41,400
Speaker 1: the Rams during the side, we need to do something

816
00:41:41,440 --> 00:41:43,560
Speaker 1: about this. But for in the here and now, he's

817
00:41:43,600 --> 00:41:47,600
Speaker 1: their guy, and he's he's gonna be throwing the stinker

818
00:41:47,600 --> 00:41:50,319
Speaker 1: every once in a while. And you know, we talked

819
00:41:50,360 --> 00:41:52,640
Speaker 1: about it, and Troy Aikman says it a lot. The

820
00:41:52,760 --> 00:41:55,600
Speaker 1: NFL is a week to week league, and I almost

821
00:41:55,600 --> 00:41:58,960
Speaker 1: put nothing, nothing into that Jets loss when I look

822
00:41:58,960 --> 00:42:00,719
Speaker 1: ahead to this game, because I think the Rams are

823
00:42:00,719 --> 00:42:03,640
Speaker 1: gonna be hyper competitive in this game. They've already beaten

824
00:42:03,640 --> 00:42:06,360
Speaker 1: the Seahawks once. And then I look at like what

825
00:42:06,480 --> 00:42:10,359
Speaker 1: the Seahawks have done this season, um, and they've been

826
00:42:10,360 --> 00:42:13,640
Speaker 1: an up in town team. Their defense has gotten much better,

827
00:42:13,840 --> 00:42:16,000
Speaker 1: There's no doubt about that. How much this defense has

828
00:42:16,000 --> 00:42:19,080
Speaker 1: improved in Seattle over the last let's say five or

829
00:42:19,120 --> 00:42:22,160
Speaker 1: six weeks. It went from being a historically awful group

830
00:42:22,520 --> 00:42:25,640
Speaker 1: to now they're winning games occasionally to their defense. And

831
00:42:25,680 --> 00:42:28,719
Speaker 1: every week their defense is giving them a chance to win.

832
00:42:29,080 --> 00:42:31,480
Speaker 1: I'm a little curious about what's gonna happen with this offense.

833
00:42:31,600 --> 00:42:35,359
Speaker 1: So is the let Russ Cook era? Is it already over? Like?

834
00:42:35,600 --> 00:42:37,440
Speaker 1: Was that? Because that was a lot of fun. Like,

835
00:42:37,560 --> 00:42:39,680
Speaker 1: don't get me wrong, I get why the Seahawks are

836
00:42:39,719 --> 00:42:42,160
Speaker 1: now maybe going back to their roots a little bit

837
00:42:42,200 --> 00:42:44,879
Speaker 1: and they're you know, playing better on that defensive side

838
00:42:44,920 --> 00:42:47,200
Speaker 1: of ball, and they're running the ball and Russell Wilson

839
00:42:47,280 --> 00:42:49,839
Speaker 1: is doing his thing on occasion. That's not as fun though,

840
00:42:49,880 --> 00:42:51,480
Speaker 1: is what was going on earlier this year where they

841
00:42:51,480 --> 00:42:53,359
Speaker 1: were just involved with shootouts and it was just all

842
00:42:53,400 --> 00:42:57,160
Speaker 1: these wild games. Um. I want to see the Seattle

843
00:42:57,239 --> 00:43:00,000
Speaker 1: offense getting back to where it was earlier this season.

844
00:43:00,040 --> 00:43:02,759
Speaker 1: And um, and I think they're gonna need to be

845
00:43:02,760 --> 00:43:04,799
Speaker 1: better than they've been the last couple of weeks to

846
00:43:04,840 --> 00:43:08,560
Speaker 1: handle the Rams, even Rams team coming off that awful loss.

847
00:43:08,840 --> 00:43:10,600
Speaker 1: I mean, some of the issues I think for Seattle

848
00:43:10,600 --> 00:43:14,640
Speaker 1: because their sixteenth and passing since Week nine was offensive

849
00:43:14,640 --> 00:43:16,799
Speaker 1: line related to some degree. I mean, they had some

850
00:43:16,880 --> 00:43:20,880
Speaker 1: problems there. They you know, the Giants um put it

851
00:43:20,880 --> 00:43:23,200
Speaker 1: on Russell Wilson in a way we hadn't seen and

852
00:43:23,200 --> 00:43:25,640
Speaker 1: and they just haven't really been the same since that game.

853
00:43:26,160 --> 00:43:28,400
Speaker 1: Both of these teams seem vulnerable to me. Because if

854
00:43:28,440 --> 00:43:32,120
Speaker 1: you get in Golf's face, this team is done and

855
00:43:32,160 --> 00:43:33,920
Speaker 1: so it does come down to your quarterback. I mean,

856
00:43:33,920 --> 00:43:37,439
Speaker 1: this is the first overall pick, and no one has

857
00:43:37,520 --> 00:43:39,879
Speaker 1: trust that he can take him to the super Bowl. Yeah,

858
00:43:39,920 --> 00:43:43,280
Speaker 1: I don't know, he's not. I mean, yeah, we're talking

859
00:43:43,280 --> 00:43:45,000
Speaker 1: with circles on this because we all agree with that.

860
00:43:45,120 --> 00:43:47,279
Speaker 1: I think everybody sees that. I think any one of

861
00:43:47,360 --> 00:43:49,719
Speaker 1: the top five and you've got a big problem. Yeah,

862
00:43:49,760 --> 00:43:52,800
Speaker 1: I agree, unless he he turns out. I think this

863
00:43:52,880 --> 00:43:55,439
Speaker 1: has been his most disappointing season. I really do more

864
00:43:55,480 --> 00:43:59,080
Speaker 1: than last year. Um, but I think I think any

865
00:43:59,080 --> 00:44:01,000
Speaker 1: one of the top five teams in the NFC could

866
00:44:01,000 --> 00:44:02,879
Speaker 1: make the super Bowl. And I definitely put the Rams

867
00:44:02,920 --> 00:44:06,279
Speaker 1: into that. I don't think there's a huge, huge graph.

868
00:44:06,560 --> 00:44:08,680
Speaker 1: This is a great example of how teams changed, Dan,

869
00:44:08,840 --> 00:44:11,200
Speaker 1: you put it very well with the Seahawks, Like teams

870
00:44:11,200 --> 00:44:13,680
Speaker 1: in December are very often not the teams we saw

871
00:44:14,520 --> 00:44:17,200
Speaker 1: in September. It's a big game. If the Seahawks win,

872
00:44:17,239 --> 00:44:20,000
Speaker 1: they win the division. If the Rams win, then they

873
00:44:20,040 --> 00:44:22,880
Speaker 1: control their fate and can go win the division. In

874
00:44:22,920 --> 00:44:25,759
Speaker 1: Week seventeen and cam Akers who had a hundred and

875
00:44:25,760 --> 00:44:28,600
Speaker 1: seventy one yards against the Patriots, then has an a

876
00:44:28,680 --> 00:44:31,640
Speaker 1: high ankle spring against the Jets. He's not playing in

877
00:44:31,680 --> 00:44:34,160
Speaker 1: this game. He's at least missing Week sixteen, so that

878
00:44:34,160 --> 00:44:38,520
Speaker 1: that hurts their offense UM as well. And finally, just

879
00:44:38,560 --> 00:44:40,439
Speaker 1: a little bit of housekeeping here. So with a win

880
00:44:41,280 --> 00:44:44,879
Speaker 1: uh here, the Seahawks would clinch the NFC West. If

881
00:44:44,880 --> 00:44:47,040
Speaker 1: the Rams win each of their last two games, they

882
00:44:47,040 --> 00:44:49,680
Speaker 1: clinch the NFC West. The Rams clinch a playoff birth

883
00:44:50,000 --> 00:44:53,840
Speaker 1: this week if they win and then the Bears lose

884
00:44:53,960 --> 00:44:56,320
Speaker 1: or the Cardinals win. So a lot on the line

885
00:44:56,760 --> 00:45:00,560
Speaker 1: in that game, all right up next to the draft, Greg,

886
00:45:01,200 --> 00:45:03,480
Speaker 1: I really wanted that Rams game. Feels like that's the

887
00:45:03,480 --> 00:45:09,160
Speaker 1: biggest game left. Maybe watch it. Don't think I'm just

888
00:45:09,200 --> 00:45:12,920
Speaker 1: saying we might trade. That might be the biggest game left, um,

889
00:45:12,960 --> 00:45:15,120
Speaker 1: on this regular season schedule, just because it's kind of

890
00:45:15,160 --> 00:45:17,560
Speaker 1: the sides of division. Move on, Greg, you can get

891
00:45:17,560 --> 00:45:19,960
Speaker 1: past it. I know you can't. I'm well, you know

892
00:45:20,000 --> 00:45:22,919
Speaker 1: what I'm gonna do. I'm gonna take my Tony Romo game. Uh.

893
00:45:22,920 --> 00:45:27,400
Speaker 1: It's Steelers Colts, So nothing wrong with that. Um. You

894
00:45:28,000 --> 00:45:30,320
Speaker 1: having to watch the Pittsburgh offense for three and half hours,

895
00:45:30,440 --> 00:45:33,320
Speaker 1: I don't mind you know it. I find it. I

896
00:45:33,680 --> 00:45:35,879
Speaker 1: love it. Actually you love it. You love Big Ben

897
00:45:35,920 --> 00:45:39,080
Speaker 1: going down in flames anyone in this country. That's so

898
00:45:39,200 --> 00:45:41,320
Speaker 1: not true. I was, I was. I swear if you

899
00:45:41,360 --> 00:45:43,600
Speaker 1: went and listened to this podcast, I was the biggest

900
00:45:43,960 --> 00:45:46,239
Speaker 1: supporter of how good this guy was. But you're right,

901
00:45:46,280 --> 00:45:48,439
Speaker 1: if a if a team like the Steelers is gonna

902
00:45:48,480 --> 00:45:50,680
Speaker 1: go down, I want him to go down hard. I

903
00:45:50,760 --> 00:45:54,200
Speaker 1: want to go down in flames, in shame and infamy

904
00:45:54,480 --> 00:45:57,440
Speaker 1: being an eleven and oh team that loses sixth straight

905
00:45:57,520 --> 00:46:00,319
Speaker 1: and then they're like, wait, do we even bring back been?

906
00:46:00,440 --> 00:46:02,800
Speaker 1: That would be kind of fun. And I've enjoyed watching

907
00:46:02,800 --> 00:46:05,520
Speaker 1: this Cults team I picked the win the Super Bowl. Hey,

908
00:46:05,520 --> 00:46:08,200
Speaker 1: it's still on the line here. They're tenant four. Not bad.

909
00:46:08,280 --> 00:46:11,120
Speaker 1: How about that matchup? You got the Forest Buckner's back.

910
00:46:11,680 --> 00:46:15,399
Speaker 1: Uh Autrey played well last week, Comico terray Um who

911
00:46:15,440 --> 00:46:16,840
Speaker 1: had been out for a lot of this year. So

912
00:46:16,840 --> 00:46:18,880
Speaker 1: there's three guys who all missed a bunch of time,

913
00:46:18,920 --> 00:46:21,480
Speaker 1: who are all good pass fishers against the Steelers old line,

914
00:46:21,480 --> 00:46:24,880
Speaker 1: which I think is at the center of their struggles

915
00:46:24,920 --> 00:46:27,680
Speaker 1: because of Ben in that running game behind the battle

916
00:46:27,760 --> 00:46:29,919
Speaker 1: line has no chance and so this is a tough

917
00:46:29,960 --> 00:46:33,240
Speaker 1: matchup for them. I really believe it. They lacked total balance.

918
00:46:33,320 --> 00:46:37,359
Speaker 1: Their line has been injury prone and a mess. And

919
00:46:37,440 --> 00:46:39,160
Speaker 1: I mean the Cults though, who we like you talk

920
00:46:39,160 --> 00:46:42,239
Speaker 1: about teams changing, and we pointed to their defense, you know,

921
00:46:42,280 --> 00:46:45,439
Speaker 1: all season long is the stronghold that they have been

922
00:46:45,840 --> 00:46:48,719
Speaker 1: torched a couple of times in the past month, and uh,

923
00:46:48,760 --> 00:46:50,160
Speaker 1: you know, I do, Greg. I think you mentioned to

924
00:46:50,239 --> 00:46:53,680
Speaker 1: Forrest Buckner, uh coming back and playing last week, and

925
00:46:53,719 --> 00:46:55,319
Speaker 1: he won Defensive Player of the Week and it was

926
00:46:55,320 --> 00:46:58,640
Speaker 1: probably one of the most courageous defensive performances you'll get

927
00:46:58,680 --> 00:47:01,279
Speaker 1: all season because essentially no one thought he'd play and

928
00:47:01,280 --> 00:47:04,080
Speaker 1: he came in and completely had a huge impact. Um.

929
00:47:04,440 --> 00:47:08,040
Speaker 1: I the Cults, to me, they are imperfect, but you're

930
00:47:08,040 --> 00:47:11,000
Speaker 1: getting the better version of the offense and Aaron Rodgers

931
00:47:11,040 --> 00:47:13,120
Speaker 1: and they are running the ball which pitch it's Pittsburgh

932
00:47:13,200 --> 00:47:15,360
Speaker 1: is not doing. Um, I'm with you. The crash and

933
00:47:15,400 --> 00:47:18,960
Speaker 1: burden nature of the Steelers is fascinating. Um. And I

934
00:47:19,000 --> 00:47:22,120
Speaker 1: don't say that as no I don't see that as

935
00:47:22,120 --> 00:47:25,000
Speaker 1: a Brown supporter, but it's just so interesting where we

936
00:47:25,080 --> 00:47:31,520
Speaker 1: were three weeks ago. Like, I honestly like if you

937
00:47:31,560 --> 00:47:35,040
Speaker 1: think I'm sitting around like like rooting against the Steelers,

938
00:47:35,080 --> 00:47:37,320
Speaker 1: like the Cleveland has to take care of their own business.

939
00:47:37,400 --> 00:47:40,360
Speaker 1: But to watch what's happened over the last three weeks,

940
00:47:40,560 --> 00:47:43,160
Speaker 1: butting against the Steelers, you can win the division. As

941
00:47:43,200 --> 00:47:45,839
Speaker 1: a Cleveland Browns fan, you need them to lose this game, right,

942
00:47:45,880 --> 00:47:47,640
Speaker 1: I'm not, But I guess that's not really where I'm

943
00:47:47,680 --> 00:47:50,279
Speaker 1: coming from, is like just sitting around like excited that

944
00:47:50,320 --> 00:47:53,000
Speaker 1: they stink right now. It's just it's incredible where they

945
00:47:53,040 --> 00:47:55,479
Speaker 1: were a month ago and to this point, and it's

946
00:47:55,480 --> 00:47:58,640
Speaker 1: like you almost want to draw them in the playoffs.

947
00:47:59,200 --> 00:48:01,680
Speaker 1: It's it's not something you'd say about a team that's,

948
00:48:01,960 --> 00:48:04,560
Speaker 1: you know, days away from maybe having their twelfth win. Well,

949
00:48:04,640 --> 00:48:07,040
Speaker 1: let's let's see what happens here. Because I agree with

950
00:48:07,080 --> 00:48:09,560
Speaker 1: you totally on that. If you take what you've seen

951
00:48:09,719 --> 00:48:14,719
Speaker 1: from the Steelers really, since that stupid Ravens COVID game

952
00:48:14,920 --> 00:48:18,080
Speaker 1: on the Wednesday or Thursday or wherever the hell it was, Um,

953
00:48:18,239 --> 00:48:21,520
Speaker 1: they have just not been the same team. And it

954
00:48:21,760 --> 00:48:24,560
Speaker 1: becomes now a question two questions to me when I

955
00:48:24,560 --> 00:48:27,799
Speaker 1: look at the Steelers, Hey, how much is Big ben

956
00:48:28,320 --> 00:48:33,280
Speaker 1: Um responsible for the offenses complete collapse? Here um, whether

957
00:48:33,320 --> 00:48:36,279
Speaker 1: it's because of their game plan which was exposed, and

958
00:48:36,320 --> 00:48:38,000
Speaker 1: the game plan is the way it is because they

959
00:48:38,000 --> 00:48:41,080
Speaker 1: don't believe Ben has that ability anymore to go up

960
00:48:41,120 --> 00:48:43,279
Speaker 1: and down the field beyond the short routes and be

961
00:48:43,400 --> 00:48:45,520
Speaker 1: how much do you believe in Mike Tomlin to see

962
00:48:45,600 --> 00:48:49,640
Speaker 1: his team out of this funk, because we've seen it before,

963
00:48:49,719 --> 00:48:51,920
Speaker 1: I mean in all different sports and certainly in the

964
00:48:52,000 --> 00:48:55,400
Speaker 1: NFL as well. A really good team, uh is cruising

965
00:48:55,400 --> 00:48:58,000
Speaker 1: along and then they hit a really deep valley and

966
00:48:58,000 --> 00:48:59,880
Speaker 1: you and you just write them off essentially, and then

967
00:48:59,840 --> 00:49:01,640
Speaker 1: all of a sudden, Oh, they have a good week,

968
00:49:02,280 --> 00:49:04,120
Speaker 1: and then they have another good week, and then we

969
00:49:04,200 --> 00:49:06,480
Speaker 1: see that, Oh, that was just kind of a uh,

970
00:49:06,520 --> 00:49:08,360
Speaker 1: you know, the ebbs and flows of the season. Is

971
00:49:08,400 --> 00:49:10,520
Speaker 1: that what's going to happen? I kind of think that's

972
00:49:10,560 --> 00:49:15,080
Speaker 1: the more likely scenario rather than Pittsburgh completely imploding and

973
00:49:15,120 --> 00:49:17,360
Speaker 1: going down in flames and finishing eleven and five or

974
00:49:17,400 --> 00:49:20,440
Speaker 1: whatever like. That's what I see is the more likely scenario.

975
00:49:20,560 --> 00:49:22,880
Speaker 1: But at the same time, that is more just gut

976
00:49:22,880 --> 00:49:25,960
Speaker 1: more than anything else, because there's nothing we've seen from them,

977
00:49:26,000 --> 00:49:28,359
Speaker 1: and I'm focused almost entirely on the offense. And other

978
00:49:28,440 --> 00:49:30,920
Speaker 1: defense hasn't been quite as good, and the injuries that

979
00:49:30,960 --> 00:49:33,400
Speaker 1: played a role there as well. But it's the offense.

980
00:49:34,160 --> 00:49:35,839
Speaker 1: There's nothing that we've seen to tell us that they're

981
00:49:35,840 --> 00:49:37,600
Speaker 1: about to snap out of the funk. And the culture

982
00:49:37,600 --> 00:49:40,640
Speaker 1: a tough assignment. Well, the Cults are a big play defense.

983
00:49:40,760 --> 00:49:42,879
Speaker 1: They will give up place. They remind me a little

984
00:49:42,880 --> 00:49:46,560
Speaker 1: bit of a Tony Dungee Cults defenses. Uh. And they

985
00:49:46,560 --> 00:49:49,920
Speaker 1: play a similar style like the closest thing teams played

986
00:49:49,920 --> 00:49:51,919
Speaker 1: with Tampa too, which is that they're gonna give up yards,

987
00:49:51,920 --> 00:49:55,520
Speaker 1: but they make big plays. Um they're plus twelve in

988
00:49:55,640 --> 00:49:58,920
Speaker 1: turnover margin that is number one in the NFL, and

989
00:49:58,960 --> 00:50:01,680
Speaker 1: so they they tend to force a lot of turnovers.

990
00:50:01,680 --> 00:50:04,040
Speaker 1: It's hard to count on. But you're going up against

991
00:50:04,040 --> 00:50:06,840
Speaker 1: the Steelers offense, it makes no big place. So I

992
00:50:07,280 --> 00:50:09,239
Speaker 1: like that matchup for the Colts. I like them to win.

993
00:50:09,640 --> 00:50:12,600
Speaker 1: I think the Steelers have just become easier for defensive

994
00:50:12,600 --> 00:50:14,759
Speaker 1: coordinators to prepare for, which is not what you want

995
00:50:14,760 --> 00:50:17,840
Speaker 1: to be in December. I mean that Colts defense also

996
00:50:18,320 --> 00:50:21,320
Speaker 1: allowed you know, Deshaun Watson is Deshaun Watson, but playing

997
00:50:21,400 --> 00:50:25,440
Speaker 1: with um non household names to say it nicely at

998
00:50:25,440 --> 00:50:28,279
Speaker 1: wide receiver. They tour right through them, so they're gonna

999
00:50:28,320 --> 00:50:31,240
Speaker 1: need some big place Beca're not a shutdown defense from October.

1000
00:50:31,360 --> 00:50:33,440
Speaker 1: They're not a shutdown defense, but they always find a

1001
00:50:33,440 --> 00:50:35,359
Speaker 1: way to end up making something like one of their

1002
00:50:35,400 --> 00:50:37,920
Speaker 1: great players makes a great play and then it shuts

1003
00:50:37,960 --> 00:50:40,880
Speaker 1: it down. I mean, they are so fortunate to still

1004
00:50:40,920 --> 00:50:43,720
Speaker 1: be in this division race in the a f C. South.

1005
00:50:43,760 --> 00:50:45,480
Speaker 1: I mean, two of the last three weeks they've needed

1006
00:50:45,480 --> 00:50:48,960
Speaker 1: a miracle fumble at their own goal line against the

1007
00:50:49,000 --> 00:50:51,880
Speaker 1: same Houston team, and in both situations there was a

1008
00:50:51,920 --> 00:50:54,200
Speaker 1: fumble they needed and credit goes to Darius Leonard for

1009
00:50:54,200 --> 00:50:56,640
Speaker 1: the most recent one. But the ball needed to bounce

1010
00:50:56,680 --> 00:50:59,080
Speaker 1: the way they it had to bounce and they had

1011
00:50:59,120 --> 00:51:01,319
Speaker 1: to fall on that FuMB. It happened twice and they

1012
00:51:01,360 --> 00:51:04,560
Speaker 1: get two wins directly off it. That that says a

1013
00:51:04,600 --> 00:51:07,320
Speaker 1: little something to me as well, that maybe the Cults

1014
00:51:07,360 --> 00:51:11,280
Speaker 1: aren't quite as good as the record indicates. But I know,

1015
00:51:11,360 --> 00:51:13,480
Speaker 1: you know what I'm thinking the Steelers this week, It's

1016
00:51:13,520 --> 00:51:16,160
Speaker 1: all I don't know why. I'm probably gonna look bad

1017
00:51:16,200 --> 00:51:19,320
Speaker 1: because they're gonna big Ben will throw for negative fourteen yards.

1018
00:51:19,360 --> 00:51:22,960
Speaker 1: But I like the Steelers bouncing back here. You're right though,

1019
00:51:23,000 --> 00:51:24,759
Speaker 1: because two weeks from now we could be like, oh,

1020
00:51:24,800 --> 00:51:27,520
Speaker 1: the Steelers are back, you know, blah blah blah. It's

1021
00:51:27,560 --> 00:51:31,440
Speaker 1: like it's these are just ebbs and flows. Maybe unless

1022
00:51:31,560 --> 00:51:34,439
Speaker 1: it's an epic collapse. We don't know where we'll find out,

1023
00:51:34,440 --> 00:51:36,799
Speaker 1: all right, Third pick, you guys, bang me in the

1024
00:51:36,800 --> 00:51:39,040
Speaker 1: biggest of all spots. There's not a lot of great

1025
00:51:39,080 --> 00:51:43,080
Speaker 1: games this week. As I said, there's only three games

1026
00:51:43,120 --> 00:51:45,919
Speaker 1: with two teams with winning records, and they're now all

1027
00:51:46,040 --> 00:51:49,000
Speaker 1: off the board. So logically I have to find the

1028
00:51:49,000 --> 00:51:52,880
Speaker 1: one that has the most playoff implications packed in for

1029
00:51:52,960 --> 00:51:57,759
Speaker 1: both teams, and it's Philadelphia at Dallas. UM in a game, Greg,

1030
00:51:57,800 --> 00:52:00,520
Speaker 1: you could tell me if it's a loser go home

1031
00:52:00,760 --> 00:52:06,080
Speaker 1: match for the team for a true elimination game, So

1032
00:52:06,200 --> 00:52:08,080
Speaker 1: that I mean, if if if I'm gonna have to

1033
00:52:08,080 --> 00:52:11,600
Speaker 1: watch two losing football teams, let it be a loser

1034
00:52:11,640 --> 00:52:15,160
Speaker 1: goes home match, and I also get to see um

1035
00:52:15,239 --> 00:52:18,160
Speaker 1: Jalen Hurts of course, now, who very quickly was announced

1036
00:52:18,200 --> 00:52:22,120
Speaker 1: as a starter for Week sixteen by Doug Peterson, and

1037
00:52:22,239 --> 00:52:24,600
Speaker 1: he's coming off a really impressed Why did he need

1038
00:52:24,640 --> 00:52:27,040
Speaker 1: to announce that that. I don't know. I think he

1039
00:52:27,120 --> 00:52:29,080
Speaker 1: was probably asked it and he said, yes, he will

1040
00:52:29,120 --> 00:52:30,640
Speaker 1: be the starter. That would be my guest. I didn't

1041
00:52:30,640 --> 00:52:34,040
Speaker 1: watch the press conference, but uh, he'll be fun to watch.

1042
00:52:34,120 --> 00:52:39,800
Speaker 1: I say this more. Um, It's not a negative or

1043
00:52:39,920 --> 00:52:42,520
Speaker 1: knock on Jalen Hurts at all, but it just seems

1044
00:52:42,560 --> 00:52:44,600
Speaker 1: like this is less shocking now than it used to be.

1045
00:52:44,680 --> 00:52:47,800
Speaker 1: Like Jalen Hurts like coming in, uh in his second

1046
00:52:47,800 --> 00:52:50,719
Speaker 1: career start and having four d total yards and four

1047
00:52:50,760 --> 00:52:54,640
Speaker 1: touchdowns that would be unheard of from a rookie quarterback

1048
00:52:55,239 --> 00:52:57,440
Speaker 1: even five years ago. But now I feel like we

1049
00:52:57,520 --> 00:52:59,320
Speaker 1: see it. We saw it multiple times this year, and

1050
00:52:59,400 --> 00:53:01,920
Speaker 1: Justin Herbert did it as well, and we saw Kyler

1051
00:53:02,000 --> 00:53:05,160
Speaker 1: Murray hit the ground running and Patrick Mahomes of course,

1052
00:53:05,200 --> 00:53:08,319
Speaker 1: like this stuff happens fairly regularly. Now it's Hurts his turn,

1053
00:53:08,400 --> 00:53:12,239
Speaker 1: and that's great for the Eagles and the Cowboys. I

1054
00:53:12,320 --> 00:53:15,279
Speaker 1: will I get into troubles sometimes. I don't know. I

1055
00:53:15,320 --> 00:53:18,160
Speaker 1: think it's just because I'm a populist at heart, and

1056
00:53:18,160 --> 00:53:20,960
Speaker 1: I like I like when the Cowboys are good that

1057
00:53:21,000 --> 00:53:23,520
Speaker 1: it seems to be kind of fun to me. Uh

1058
00:53:23,600 --> 00:53:25,800
Speaker 1: So I I always end up doing things like picking

1059
00:53:25,840 --> 00:53:28,319
Speaker 1: them to make the playoffs are picking them to win

1060
00:53:28,360 --> 00:53:31,080
Speaker 1: on Thanksgiving and then they always lose. So I refused

1061
00:53:31,120 --> 00:53:33,759
Speaker 1: to fall down that trap yet again. I'm gonna say

1062
00:53:33,800 --> 00:53:36,040
Speaker 1: that the Eagles win this game, but uh, you know,

1063
00:53:36,080 --> 00:53:38,680
Speaker 1: the Cowboys look better last week against San Francisco. I'll

1064
00:53:38,719 --> 00:53:40,879
Speaker 1: give him that. You are a populist. I think that's

1065
00:53:41,040 --> 00:53:44,439
Speaker 1: it's um, that's a good destination. Um. No, No, there's

1066
00:53:44,440 --> 00:53:46,160
Speaker 1: a lot of good qualities to come with that. I'm

1067
00:53:46,200 --> 00:53:49,400
Speaker 1: not one, and I um can get into weird places

1068
00:53:49,440 --> 00:53:52,000
Speaker 1: for not being one. I will say this, it is

1069
00:53:51,760 --> 00:53:55,640
Speaker 1: it's one thing to come in and perform statistically well. Um,

1070
00:53:55,680 --> 00:53:58,200
Speaker 1: And I think quarterbacks are just much better prepared coming

1071
00:53:58,200 --> 00:54:00,200
Speaker 1: out of college than they ever have been. Her has

1072
00:54:00,200 --> 00:54:02,680
Speaker 1: been through what he went through a lot in college too,

1073
00:54:02,719 --> 00:54:06,080
Speaker 1: and he's pretty mentally tough from people around him that

1074
00:54:06,200 --> 00:54:08,200
Speaker 1: that know him. I just like he brought life to

1075
00:54:08,239 --> 00:54:10,600
Speaker 1: this offense. How many how I mean he was banged up,

1076
00:54:10,640 --> 00:54:13,799
Speaker 1: but zach Ertz was a non story all year long,

1077
00:54:14,239 --> 00:54:17,520
Speaker 1: or a frustrating story. But little guys like Greg Ward

1078
00:54:17,560 --> 00:54:19,960
Speaker 1: and Quez Watkins, who, um, you know, when you've got

1079
00:54:20,000 --> 00:54:22,440
Speaker 1: a good productive quarterback in there, it brings life to

1080
00:54:22,440 --> 00:54:25,560
Speaker 1: all this, Miles Sanders is playing well, everything is more

1081
00:54:26,000 --> 00:54:28,280
Speaker 1: um you know, hard to plan against with the Eagles

1082
00:54:28,320 --> 00:54:30,520
Speaker 1: now and you've got a quarterback that can run. It

1083
00:54:30,560 --> 00:54:32,920
Speaker 1: opens up the ground game and it's just like what

1084
00:54:33,080 --> 00:54:35,680
Speaker 1: could have been. And we've already discussed it. But um,

1085
00:54:35,719 --> 00:54:38,040
Speaker 1: I think it's no small feat what he's pulling off

1086
00:54:38,280 --> 00:54:40,120
Speaker 1: as a rookie. But you're right, Dan that it's not

1087
00:54:40,239 --> 00:54:43,919
Speaker 1: it's this would have um, we would have people would

1088
00:54:43,920 --> 00:54:45,960
Speaker 1: have been left paralyzed by the side of the road.

1089
00:54:47,480 --> 00:54:50,359
Speaker 1: I mean, it's it's a fairly new phenomenon here. Yeah,

1090
00:54:50,520 --> 00:54:55,960
Speaker 1: now you're you're absolutely right it it feels like much

1091
00:54:56,000 --> 00:54:58,799
Speaker 1: more pot I mean, it's create the but the way

1092
00:54:58,840 --> 00:55:01,759
Speaker 1: he's done it has really impressed me because he's a

1093
00:55:01,760 --> 00:55:06,239
Speaker 1: better thrower than then I think he was expected to

1094
00:55:06,280 --> 00:55:09,600
Speaker 1: be this early in his career. That you know, he

1095
00:55:09,600 --> 00:55:12,920
Speaker 1: he had a touchdown where he had that sprint left

1096
00:55:12,960 --> 00:55:14,719
Speaker 1: and had to set his feet and throw it to

1097
00:55:14,800 --> 00:55:16,400
Speaker 1: Greg Ward. That was a great throw. He had a

1098
00:55:16,400 --> 00:55:20,359
Speaker 1: couple of really nice go balls to Alice on Jeffrey, who,

1099
00:55:20,360 --> 00:55:22,040
Speaker 1: by the way, you know, there was all that talk

1100
00:55:22,120 --> 00:55:25,480
Speaker 1: about he didn't get along with Carson Wentz couldn't get

1101
00:55:25,480 --> 00:55:28,160
Speaker 1: anything done with Carson Wentz and back. I couldn't help

1102
00:55:28,160 --> 00:55:32,399
Speaker 1: but noticing when Hurts had that rushing touchdown. You could

1103
00:55:32,440 --> 00:55:36,560
Speaker 1: here Hurts himself screaming as he's going into the end

1104
00:55:36,640 --> 00:55:40,120
Speaker 1: zone in this empty stadium, just being like and then

1105
00:55:40,160 --> 00:55:43,000
Speaker 1: all the teammates like running up to him and going,

1106
00:55:43,280 --> 00:55:44,759
Speaker 1: I don't know, I love that stuff. I think that

1107
00:55:44,840 --> 00:55:47,400
Speaker 1: stuff matters, and he seems to have a lot of

1108
00:55:47,400 --> 00:55:50,080
Speaker 1: that without getting too deep into like the intangibles. He

1109
00:55:50,719 --> 00:55:53,840
Speaker 1: that was the reason why DJ really loved Hurts. Um

1110
00:55:53,960 --> 00:55:58,120
Speaker 1: Daniel Jeremiah, your your nemesis, Dan going into the draft

1111
00:55:58,160 --> 00:56:02,120
Speaker 1: was the intangible stuff. And he can't see that more

1112
00:56:02,520 --> 00:56:05,520
Speaker 1: in a in a more defined feud with DJ than me.

1113
00:56:06,440 --> 00:56:08,920
Speaker 1: And they look at what's happening on Twitter, some of

1114
00:56:08,960 --> 00:56:13,439
Speaker 1: the just mean spirited bars back and forth. There's no

1115
00:56:13,880 --> 00:56:15,239
Speaker 1: I'll give you a little'll pull back the curtain a

1116
00:56:15,280 --> 00:56:17,600
Speaker 1: little bit. Sometimes. Now it's and this is one of

1117
00:56:17,600 --> 00:56:22,040
Speaker 1: my favorite little developments. When move the Sticks drops a

1118
00:56:22,120 --> 00:56:24,400
Speaker 1: zinger on you that he really is excited about, he

1119
00:56:24,440 --> 00:56:26,759
Speaker 1: will actually call me on the phone, not text me.

1120
00:56:27,120 --> 00:56:29,200
Speaker 1: He'll call me and say, hey, check out what I

1121
00:56:29,239 --> 00:56:31,800
Speaker 1: just posted. Like that's how excited he gets. He's a

1122
00:56:31,840 --> 00:56:35,879
Speaker 1: big con. He's an old school like phone user, which

1123
00:56:35,920 --> 00:56:38,360
Speaker 1: I which I respect. You know, there's not enough of

1124
00:56:38,360 --> 00:56:41,279
Speaker 1: those out there. You're burying the lead a little bit. Though.

1125
00:56:41,320 --> 00:56:45,280
Speaker 1: He's so excited to zing you, you get under his skin.

1126
00:56:45,560 --> 00:56:47,640
Speaker 1: I wonder, Greg, for some reason, I wonder, what's I

1127
00:56:47,640 --> 00:56:49,880
Speaker 1: don't think? So? I think the thing we like is

1128
00:56:49,920 --> 00:56:52,520
Speaker 1: that neither of us getting under each other skin at all.

1129
00:56:52,560 --> 00:56:55,040
Speaker 1: And it's someone that we can actually go full on

1130
00:56:55,239 --> 00:56:57,400
Speaker 1: like we want to, and we know neither one is

1131
00:56:57,440 --> 00:57:00,480
Speaker 1: gonna take it personally. That's all Greg is ever wanted.

1132
00:57:00,520 --> 00:57:03,120
Speaker 1: He's like, I'm so edgy with my personality and my

1133
00:57:03,160 --> 00:57:07,920
Speaker 1: sense of humor that people. Finally I've found someone who

1134
00:57:07,920 --> 00:57:10,799
Speaker 1: could take a joke. He appreciates it when you come,

1135
00:57:11,120 --> 00:57:16,800
Speaker 1: when you come hard. You're right, um, all right? Where

1136
00:57:16,800 --> 00:57:20,320
Speaker 1: were we? Okay? There we go. This Cowboys teams a

1137
00:57:20,320 --> 00:57:22,959
Speaker 1: fluke by the way, plus seven the last two weeks

1138
00:57:22,960 --> 00:57:26,640
Speaker 1: and turnover margin against two two uh teams falling apart.

1139
00:57:26,680 --> 00:57:29,320
Speaker 1: That's not sustainable. I love, I love the Eagles pass

1140
00:57:29,360 --> 00:57:31,760
Speaker 1: rush to make Andy though on the little one, little

1141
00:57:31,840 --> 00:57:35,200
Speaker 1: many Cowboys note that could affect them going forward. Kellen

1142
00:57:35,240 --> 00:57:38,480
Speaker 1: Moore is being whispered about um to take over Boise

1143
00:57:38,600 --> 00:57:42,920
Speaker 1: States head coaching role. That would take away all right,

1144
00:57:42,960 --> 00:57:46,520
Speaker 1: and Tony Pollard. We'll see Zeke Elliott uh caff injury

1145
00:57:46,640 --> 00:57:50,000
Speaker 1: as we record this. There's a lot of unknowns about that.

1146
00:57:50,040 --> 00:57:53,880
Speaker 1: But regardless of Ezekil Elliott's on the field, Tony Pollard

1147
00:57:54,320 --> 00:57:56,400
Speaker 1: deserves a bigger role in that offense. And you wonder

1148
00:57:56,520 --> 00:57:58,880
Speaker 1: when Zeke Elliott, you wonder what Zeke? I know right

1149
00:57:58,880 --> 00:58:03,320
Speaker 1: now it's it's Zekel. It's it's Zeke Elliott hit season,

1150
00:58:03,560 --> 00:58:06,160
Speaker 1: just like it's Carson Wentz hit season. Some guys seem

1151
00:58:06,240 --> 00:58:11,000
Speaker 1: to attract criticism more um, is really Zeke Elliott that bad?

1152
00:58:11,120 --> 00:58:13,840
Speaker 1: Because everyone seems to be taken getting a line to

1153
00:58:13,880 --> 00:58:16,600
Speaker 1: say how terrible. I think he has not been healthy,

1154
00:58:16,600 --> 00:58:19,360
Speaker 1: but he's not been himself and their offensive line has

1155
00:58:19,400 --> 00:58:22,120
Speaker 1: been a mess. And I thought Pollard last week brought

1156
00:58:22,200 --> 00:58:24,320
Speaker 1: some energy to that offense, and he's always like he's

1157
00:58:24,360 --> 00:58:26,560
Speaker 1: done that in little little bits. But I think it's

1158
00:58:26,600 --> 00:58:30,240
Speaker 1: the Zeke Elliott contract attracts a lot of um. You know,

1159
00:58:30,280 --> 00:58:32,400
Speaker 1: I think he was that bad this season. I think

1160
00:58:32,400 --> 00:58:34,640
Speaker 1: he was that bad this season. There's no arguments that

1161
00:58:34,680 --> 00:58:36,959
Speaker 1: he was that he was a top twenty running back,

1162
00:58:37,400 --> 00:58:41,200
Speaker 1: which is, you know, you don't expect that he'll be

1163
00:58:41,240 --> 00:58:42,880
Speaker 1: on the team next year. I did check this out.

1164
00:58:42,920 --> 00:58:44,840
Speaker 1: He has tons of guarantee and I wouldn't give up

1165
00:58:44,840 --> 00:58:47,040
Speaker 1: on him because of one bad year. But he came

1166
00:58:47,080 --> 00:58:49,720
Speaker 1: in and it wasn't right, and it came out and

1167
00:58:49,760 --> 00:58:53,400
Speaker 1: it wasn't right. There you go a right by the way,

1168
00:58:53,440 --> 00:58:57,600
Speaker 1: circling back to uh Ben Roethlisberger a second. His PFF

1169
00:58:57,760 --> 00:59:02,240
Speaker 1: grade this past week was twenty five point one points,

1170
00:59:02,720 --> 00:59:06,040
Speaker 1: the lowest by any starting quarterback this season, and it's

1171
00:59:06,040 --> 00:59:09,000
Speaker 1: the lowest grade in a single game since PF began

1172
00:59:09,040 --> 00:59:13,640
Speaker 1: as signing player grades in two thousand six. His PF

1173
00:59:13,720 --> 00:59:17,480
Speaker 1: grade was retire and there was and there was also

1174
00:59:17,800 --> 00:59:19,680
Speaker 1: and I usually I don't care about this stuff, but

1175
00:59:19,880 --> 00:59:21,600
Speaker 1: I also I think we could all relate to it

1176
00:59:21,640 --> 00:59:26,080
Speaker 1: because everyone plays fantasy um except for you, Greg, of

1177
00:59:26,120 --> 00:59:33,080
Speaker 1: course you've graduated um Field Yates of ESPN posted a

1178
00:59:33,120 --> 00:59:36,080
Speaker 1: screen grab of somebody's where in this This last week

1179
00:59:36,160 --> 00:59:40,840
Speaker 1: was the semifinals for fantasy leagues across the country and world,

1180
00:59:41,000 --> 00:59:43,760
Speaker 1: and he screenshot at a match or a game that

1181
00:59:43,880 --> 00:59:48,800
Speaker 1: had a guy that had Eric, Ebron and Juju and

1182
00:59:49,040 --> 00:59:51,840
Speaker 1: a point and a half lead going into Monday night

1183
00:59:52,680 --> 00:59:57,080
Speaker 1: and Ebron gets injured, no catches, he's out, Juju does nothing,

1184
00:59:57,160 --> 00:59:59,840
Speaker 1: loses a fun Bull for negative points. The guy had

1185
01:00:00,080 --> 01:00:03,280
Speaker 1: the lead and two players going on Monday night and

1186
01:00:03,320 --> 01:00:06,080
Speaker 1: lost his semifinal matchup. Now that is I would just

1187
01:00:06,120 --> 01:00:08,440
Speaker 1: there's a worst beat in the history of fantasy football.

1188
01:00:08,480 --> 01:00:10,680
Speaker 1: I don't know if they're if there's ever happened, could

1189
01:00:10,720 --> 01:00:14,320
Speaker 1: you couldn't you just bench those players? And you could have?

1190
01:00:14,880 --> 01:00:18,080
Speaker 1: But I'll ask Greg. This is the Fantasy Expert pick

1191
01:00:18,440 --> 01:00:21,240
Speaker 1: built road a world brick by brick. Do you leave

1192
01:00:21,320 --> 01:00:25,440
Speaker 1: those guys into account for potential scoring changes to protect

1193
01:00:25,440 --> 01:00:28,439
Speaker 1: yourself because that could happen? Your defense gets a sack

1194
01:00:28,560 --> 01:00:35,360
Speaker 1: taken away. Blah blah blah. It's I mean, I've seen

1195
01:00:35,400 --> 01:00:37,880
Speaker 1: it happen. What do you do? Do you leave him an?

1196
01:00:38,000 --> 01:00:41,160
Speaker 1: You take him out? Greg? What's the lesson to learn here? Oh?

1197
01:00:41,280 --> 01:00:45,080
Speaker 1: Holy one, I don't know. I would leave him in.

1198
01:00:45,320 --> 01:00:47,400
Speaker 1: You got two of them? Does I mean? I get?

1199
01:00:47,560 --> 01:00:49,800
Speaker 1: I don't know. I don't know about the scoring change thing,

1200
01:00:49,840 --> 01:00:52,520
Speaker 1: though it does. It seems crazy. I mean, you're not

1201
01:00:52,600 --> 01:00:55,920
Speaker 1: expecting to you know, keep players on an offense to

1202
01:00:55,920 --> 01:00:58,439
Speaker 1: produce negative points over the course of an entire game.

1203
01:00:58,640 --> 01:01:00,920
Speaker 1: This person, you might not have afy, you might not

1204
01:01:01,000 --> 01:01:04,640
Speaker 1: have the flexibility because you gotta place someone and I

1205
01:01:04,680 --> 01:01:06,480
Speaker 1: don't know, and it might be too late to lock

1206
01:01:06,520 --> 01:01:09,880
Speaker 1: out the I don't know. Alright, good, all right, let's

1207
01:01:09,920 --> 01:01:13,480
Speaker 1: move on. It snakes to me and yes, I need

1208
01:01:13,520 --> 01:01:18,560
Speaker 1: to have eyes on this game. The Jacksonville Jaguars, after

1209
01:01:18,680 --> 01:01:21,480
Speaker 1: getting blown out by the Ravens in Week fifteen, coupled

1210
01:01:21,520 --> 01:01:25,439
Speaker 1: with the New York Jets and probably defeating the Los

1211
01:01:25,440 --> 01:01:29,920
Speaker 1: Angeles rams Um, are now in the driver's seat for

1212
01:01:29,960 --> 01:01:33,920
Speaker 1: the first overall pick in the draft. And uh, but

1213
01:01:33,960 --> 01:01:36,120
Speaker 1: it doesn't mean that's the way it's gonna stay. There's

1214
01:01:36,120 --> 01:01:39,560
Speaker 1: a probability. I believe the number is. It's seventy give

1215
01:01:39,640 --> 01:01:43,200
Speaker 1: or take a point or two that the Jacksonville Jaguars

1216
01:01:43,200 --> 01:01:46,440
Speaker 1: now picked first in the draft. Obviously, as a Jets fan,

1217
01:01:46,600 --> 01:01:51,040
Speaker 1: I want that first overall pick, whether you know Trevor

1218
01:01:51,080 --> 01:01:53,880
Speaker 1: Lawrence is there or just the leverage that comes with

1219
01:01:54,040 --> 01:01:58,480
Speaker 1: pick one. So this is to me, the big chance,

1220
01:01:58,520 --> 01:02:01,200
Speaker 1: this is the big hope. With a trip to Indie

1221
01:02:01,280 --> 01:02:05,720
Speaker 1: in week seventeen for Jacksonville. Um, I gotta get this

1222
01:02:05,760 --> 01:02:09,120
Speaker 1: win right here against the Bears. The problem is the

1223
01:02:09,200 --> 01:02:12,680
Speaker 1: Bears boys are playing a lot better the last two weeks.

1224
01:02:12,680 --> 01:02:15,840
Speaker 1: They beat the Texans thirty six to seven. They beat

1225
01:02:15,880 --> 01:02:18,320
Speaker 1: the Vikings thirty three to twenty seven in in the

1226
01:02:18,400 --> 01:02:20,959
Speaker 1: in an elimination game for bol teams. So the seven

1227
01:02:20,960 --> 01:02:24,440
Speaker 1: and seven Bears are playing better, especially on offense. Uh

1228
01:02:24,480 --> 01:02:27,840
Speaker 1: do we expect it to continue to against against arguably

1229
01:02:27,880 --> 01:02:30,480
Speaker 1: the league's worst defense? I mean I would think you do.

1230
01:02:30,960 --> 01:02:35,640
Speaker 1: M I would too know Mitch, you know, has played well,

1231
01:02:36,400 --> 01:02:39,400
Speaker 1: and I think the commonality between him and Montgomery playing

1232
01:02:39,440 --> 01:02:43,000
Speaker 1: well over the last month is the opponents. Montgomery's played

1233
01:02:43,600 --> 01:02:46,560
Speaker 1: the list of the worst rush defenses in the league.

1234
01:02:46,600 --> 01:02:49,280
Speaker 1: He's running really well, they're making it work, and Drabinsky

1235
01:02:49,360 --> 01:02:52,000
Speaker 1: has barely been touched during this little stretch. And you

1236
01:02:52,040 --> 01:02:55,120
Speaker 1: would expect the same to continue against this Jaguars team

1237
01:02:55,120 --> 01:02:57,960
Speaker 1: who can't stop the run, who can't really rush the passer,

1238
01:02:58,200 --> 01:03:00,560
Speaker 1: and where they're not even a now and seeing who's

1239
01:03:00,600 --> 01:03:03,760
Speaker 1: the starter, they're splitting reps between Minshew and like Glenn

1240
01:03:03,760 --> 01:03:06,240
Speaker 1: and Doug Morone said on Wednesday, I mean, what what

1241
01:03:06,360 --> 01:03:10,040
Speaker 1: is that accomplishing? Splitting reps that that seems actively trying

1242
01:03:10,080 --> 01:03:13,640
Speaker 1: to like to mess up both of them. Well, the

1243
01:03:13,760 --> 01:03:16,600
Speaker 1: Marone said, um, well there's a competition here. I mean

1244
01:03:16,680 --> 01:03:20,920
Speaker 1: it's this is unnecessary on the same team the since August,

1245
01:03:20,960 --> 01:03:24,920
Speaker 1: you still decide totally unnecessary. I mean, I would just

1246
01:03:24,920 --> 01:03:27,280
Speaker 1: say you follow the script that Baltimore did last week

1247
01:03:27,280 --> 01:03:30,920
Speaker 1: and others have against Jacksonville. UM. Jacksonville trailed in yardage

1248
01:03:30,920 --> 01:03:35,320
Speaker 1: two twenty one yards to sixty one at halftime against Baltimore.

1249
01:03:35,840 --> 01:03:39,160
Speaker 1: Chicago's offensive line, which was a hot mess a month ago,

1250
01:03:39,280 --> 01:03:42,080
Speaker 1: has been playing really well. I thought they battered Minnesota's

1251
01:03:42,120 --> 01:03:44,680
Speaker 1: defensive line last week. That's part of the picture with

1252
01:03:44,800 --> 01:03:48,440
Speaker 1: David Montgomery. UM our friends Cynthia Friedland has the Bears

1253
01:03:48,440 --> 01:03:51,320
Speaker 1: with the thirty three point three percent chance to make

1254
01:03:51,320 --> 01:03:55,560
Speaker 1: the playoffs based on her UM, her computer and her

1255
01:03:55,600 --> 01:03:58,560
Speaker 1: computer studies, and so they have something to play. I

1256
01:03:58,560 --> 01:04:00,880
Speaker 1: think that's the biggest issue here for for you, Dan,

1257
01:04:01,320 --> 01:04:03,640
Speaker 1: that it had had Chicago's script gone the way that

1258
01:04:03,680 --> 01:04:06,080
Speaker 1: we thought it would, where at this point you're talking

1259
01:04:06,120 --> 01:04:09,800
Speaker 1: about new coach, new quarterback, knew everything. UM. Instead, they

1260
01:04:09,800 --> 01:04:12,440
Speaker 1: have incredible life and they're this you're right there, this

1261
01:04:12,440 --> 01:04:14,640
Speaker 1: team that could wind up playing the Saints in the playoffs.

1262
01:04:14,880 --> 01:04:17,919
Speaker 1: We're not rooting for that necessarily, but Jacksonville has got

1263
01:04:17,960 --> 01:04:20,400
Speaker 1: nothing to play for you. It is how stunning that

1264
01:04:20,480 --> 01:04:23,080
Speaker 1: things have somehow broken against the Jets in every way

1265
01:04:23,120 --> 01:04:27,480
Speaker 1: possible here because, like uh, Greg said earlier week seventeen,

1266
01:04:27,520 --> 01:04:29,640
Speaker 1: doesn't look like it's gonna work out either with the

1267
01:04:29,680 --> 01:04:33,320
Speaker 1: Cults neating that win. But you know, my only hope,

1268
01:04:33,360 --> 01:04:37,080
Speaker 1: and call it blind faith, is that it's it's still

1269
01:04:37,160 --> 01:04:39,680
Speaker 1: much to his key and I you know, and even

1270
01:04:40,200 --> 01:04:42,880
Speaker 1: and even though he's played a lot better these last

1271
01:04:42,880 --> 01:04:44,880
Speaker 1: two weeks, he's also had a bone headed mistake or

1272
01:04:44,920 --> 01:04:48,959
Speaker 1: two in each game. Uh and Jacksonville, you know, last

1273
01:04:48,960 --> 01:04:51,880
Speaker 1: week notwithstanding, which was a blood bath against the Ravens

1274
01:04:51,880 --> 01:04:54,800
Speaker 1: team that is as hot as anybody in football. Um,

1275
01:04:54,920 --> 01:04:57,880
Speaker 1: they have been playing teams tight. And I just hope

1276
01:04:57,920 --> 01:05:00,360
Speaker 1: it is Gardner Minshew. If it's not Gardner Minshew, I

1277
01:05:00,360 --> 01:05:03,080
Speaker 1: think it tells me if there's really two doors there.

1278
01:05:03,320 --> 01:05:05,440
Speaker 1: If it's not Minshew, if it's Mike Lennon, because obviously

1279
01:05:05,480 --> 01:05:08,360
Speaker 1: we know Mike Glennon is not good. I don't think

1280
01:05:08,480 --> 01:05:11,160
Speaker 1: Gardner Minshew is good either, but he's I think he

1281
01:05:11,200 --> 01:05:14,960
Speaker 1: gives them a better chance. Uh, Doug Marone either really

1282
01:05:15,000 --> 01:05:18,560
Speaker 1: doesn't like Gardner Minshew and doesn't like his game, maybe

1283
01:05:18,600 --> 01:05:21,400
Speaker 1: doesn't like his personality. Maybe there's something behind the scenes there,

1284
01:05:21,920 --> 01:05:24,560
Speaker 1: or this is coming from higher up and this is

1285
01:05:24,600 --> 01:05:27,800
Speaker 1: just um Maron going through the motions and then he's

1286
01:05:27,800 --> 01:05:31,040
Speaker 1: gonna start Glennon because the owner told him to. Shot

1287
01:05:31,120 --> 01:05:33,560
Speaker 1: Khan could have his fingers all over this. Now that's

1288
01:05:33,560 --> 01:05:35,800
Speaker 1: the only thing I think, and that would be I

1289
01:05:35,800 --> 01:05:39,840
Speaker 1: think the more likely scenario here. And if that's what's happening, Uh,

1290
01:05:40,360 --> 01:05:42,160
Speaker 1: is that something the league is okay with? I guess.

1291
01:05:42,320 --> 01:05:44,160
Speaker 1: I guess. Ultimately it's shot Kan's team. So if he

1292
01:05:44,680 --> 01:05:46,160
Speaker 1: could be the head coach, if you wanted to him,

1293
01:05:46,440 --> 01:05:48,240
Speaker 1: and you could, you could argue, I mean, you could

1294
01:05:48,320 --> 01:05:51,000
Speaker 1: try to argue that either quarterback would be better than

1295
01:05:51,040 --> 01:05:53,640
Speaker 1: the other. It's not like you're sitting fran Tarkent in

1296
01:05:53,720 --> 01:05:57,400
Speaker 1: here or something um with Minshew not starting. Potentially, if

1297
01:05:57,440 --> 01:05:59,520
Speaker 1: you're Shot Khan, part of me is like, look at

1298
01:05:59,520 --> 01:06:03,160
Speaker 1: you're running a business and you've had a faceless organization

1299
01:06:03,200 --> 01:06:06,600
Speaker 1: outside of their little Saxonville playoff surge a couple of

1300
01:06:06,640 --> 01:06:09,440
Speaker 1: years ago. Um if you're thinking that you are a

1301
01:06:09,520 --> 01:06:12,960
Speaker 1: hundred and twenty minutes away from drafting Trevor Lawrence. I

1302
01:06:12,960 --> 01:06:16,160
Speaker 1: would start like I would, I would start a defensive

1303
01:06:16,200 --> 01:06:19,280
Speaker 1: tackle at quarterback. I don't care stop messing around here.

1304
01:06:19,400 --> 01:06:21,560
Speaker 1: But the problem is Maron says, I don't know if

1305
01:06:21,560 --> 01:06:23,560
Speaker 1: I believe a word of it. That no one's you know,

1306
01:06:23,840 --> 01:06:27,120
Speaker 1: got to him with these orders. Um, I just don't

1307
01:06:27,120 --> 01:06:32,040
Speaker 1: know what's really being said behind Maybe listen, we can't

1308
01:06:32,120 --> 01:06:35,200
Speaker 1: speculate too much here, but maybe Maron still thinks he

1309
01:06:35,240 --> 01:06:37,720
Speaker 1: has a chance to keep this job. So if he

1310
01:06:37,800 --> 01:06:40,040
Speaker 1: is getting a little pressure room upstairs, he's more likely

1311
01:06:40,280 --> 01:06:43,120
Speaker 1: to go along with part of the plan as opposed

1312
01:06:43,120 --> 01:06:45,800
Speaker 1: to going against it and being a shore gunner. Uh,

1313
01:06:45,840 --> 01:06:48,080
Speaker 1: if it came to probably even get fired before this game.

1314
01:06:48,120 --> 01:06:50,520
Speaker 1: So there's a lot cooking behind the scenes here. I

1315
01:06:50,560 --> 01:06:52,520
Speaker 1: do think just if I can get, as a Jet said,

1316
01:06:52,560 --> 01:06:55,919
Speaker 1: if I could get Meanshoe on the field, at least

1317
01:06:55,920 --> 01:06:57,680
Speaker 1: he has a little bit of juice and maybe you

1318
01:06:57,680 --> 01:07:00,080
Speaker 1: could spark the team and the fans get excited it

1319
01:07:00,200 --> 01:07:02,640
Speaker 1: there and maybe something happens. I don't like the idea

1320
01:07:02,640 --> 01:07:05,480
Speaker 1: of Mike Lennon saving the Jets is asked here, I just, well,

1321
01:07:05,520 --> 01:07:11,440
Speaker 1: here's your problem, though I got problems. I think the

1322
01:07:11,520 --> 01:07:14,439
Speaker 1: Jets are more likely to win a game the way

1323
01:07:14,480 --> 01:07:16,960
Speaker 1: they're You know that they could spring up and win

1324
01:07:17,000 --> 01:07:19,520
Speaker 1: another game. Whether it was against the Browns not as likely,

1325
01:07:19,560 --> 01:07:23,280
Speaker 1: but against the Patriots certainly possible. And you always hear

1326
01:07:23,360 --> 01:07:27,960
Speaker 1: coaches don't tank, and I direct you to two thousand

1327
01:07:27,960 --> 01:07:33,720
Speaker 1: and fourteen halftime, Tampa Bay Buccaneers winning by thirteen points

1328
01:07:33,840 --> 01:07:38,160
Speaker 1: or seventeen points against the Saints, and Lovey Smith coaching

1329
01:07:38,200 --> 01:07:40,080
Speaker 1: his last game for the Bucks. I don't know why

1330
01:07:40,080 --> 01:07:43,320
Speaker 1: he was helping them out. Benched all of his best players.

1331
01:07:43,360 --> 01:07:46,320
Speaker 1: And they say that tanking doesn't happen in the NFL. Well,

1332
01:07:46,320 --> 01:07:48,720
Speaker 1: he took out Mike Evans, he took out all his

1333
01:07:48,800 --> 01:07:52,360
Speaker 1: best players, and the Saints backups I believe that they

1334
01:07:52,400 --> 01:07:55,240
Speaker 1: were also resting, came back and won that game and

1335
01:07:55,280 --> 01:07:57,880
Speaker 1: delivered them Jamis Winston. Now that ended up not being

1336
01:07:57,880 --> 01:08:01,520
Speaker 1: the smartest movie either, but that is tanking. It happened,

1337
01:08:01,640 --> 01:08:04,560
Speaker 1: and it happened like Moron with a coach going out

1338
01:08:04,600 --> 01:08:07,160
Speaker 1: the door anyway, so it can happen, and it happened

1339
01:08:07,160 --> 01:08:09,560
Speaker 1: because Lovey Smith was behind it. Who now just got

1340
01:08:09,640 --> 01:08:12,720
Speaker 1: his ass fired by the University of Illinois. So whatever,

1341
01:08:13,920 --> 01:08:17,360
Speaker 1: don't do that. Let's go, let's be let's I was

1342
01:08:17,479 --> 01:08:20,120
Speaker 1: that was shameful and I feel like it's a forgotten

1343
01:08:20,160 --> 01:08:22,800
Speaker 1: moment in recent NFL. All right, let's keep moving. We

1344
01:08:22,800 --> 01:08:25,320
Speaker 1: gotta pick up the pace here. Yeah yeah, let's crank

1345
01:08:25,360 --> 01:08:29,080
Speaker 1: through these last ones and get on our way. Um,

1346
01:08:29,320 --> 01:08:31,759
Speaker 1: what do I need a late game? But I really

1347
01:08:31,800 --> 01:08:35,080
Speaker 1: want to watch the Rams games? So my strategy here

1348
01:08:35,160 --> 01:08:39,120
Speaker 1: is take the worst late game. I'm going Broncos Chargers, um,

1349
01:08:39,160 --> 01:08:42,360
Speaker 1: which are two bad teams that I've enjoyed watching all years.

1350
01:08:42,439 --> 01:08:44,680
Speaker 1: So this is a good bad game where one of

1351
01:08:44,720 --> 01:08:47,080
Speaker 1: them is very likely to just blow it at the

1352
01:08:47,200 --> 01:08:49,559
Speaker 1: end in some painful way. That's how the first game went.

1353
01:08:50,200 --> 01:08:52,519
Speaker 1: The Broncos won that game. I just want to give

1354
01:08:52,520 --> 01:08:54,679
Speaker 1: a shout out to Austin Ekeler, who has been playing

1355
01:08:54,720 --> 01:08:59,479
Speaker 1: at about He's like my height and is this, you know,

1356
01:08:59,479 --> 01:09:01,880
Speaker 1: a little other than me and is the strongest human

1357
01:09:01,920 --> 01:09:04,720
Speaker 1: I think in the NFL. Because he's so banged up

1358
01:09:04,880 --> 01:09:07,439
Speaker 1: and they're still giving him twenty five touches a week

1359
01:09:07,479 --> 01:09:09,559
Speaker 1: and he's still getting it done. For your fantasy thing,

1360
01:09:10,439 --> 01:09:12,439
Speaker 1: you know how they say ants can carry like seven

1361
01:09:12,479 --> 01:09:15,960
Speaker 1: million times their weight. That's Austin Necklor. He's He's he's

1362
01:09:15,960 --> 01:09:17,880
Speaker 1: the game. He's a baller because you see him in

1363
01:09:17,920 --> 01:09:20,280
Speaker 1: the open field and he's nowhere near what he should

1364
01:09:20,280 --> 01:09:24,440
Speaker 1: be and he's still just like carrying the ball amazingly

1365
01:09:24,600 --> 01:09:27,640
Speaker 1: for this team. So what a player. Austin also, when

1366
01:09:27,680 --> 01:09:30,719
Speaker 1: he was on our show last summer in his little

1367
01:09:31,000 --> 01:09:35,120
Speaker 1: office in his home or condo, had in neon lights

1368
01:09:35,160 --> 01:09:38,240
Speaker 1: his logo behind him. You know, nice move, nice little

1369
01:09:38,280 --> 01:09:40,879
Speaker 1: flex there like that, Like he he understands the concept

1370
01:09:40,880 --> 01:09:44,120
Speaker 1: of branding. Uh. You know, They've been an interesting offense

1371
01:09:44,160 --> 01:09:47,240
Speaker 1: since he come back. I just watching watching Herbert throw

1372
01:09:47,280 --> 01:09:50,160
Speaker 1: against the Raiders, Um, and it's it's the intermediate and

1373
01:09:50,200 --> 01:09:53,680
Speaker 1: deep throws and just the connection and how potent they were.

1374
01:09:53,760 --> 01:09:56,320
Speaker 1: I don't see how you keep it going against the Broncos.

1375
01:09:56,400 --> 01:09:59,760
Speaker 1: You know, John Elway came out and supported Drew lock

1376
01:09:59,880 --> 01:10:02,240
Speaker 1: the week said that when we when when he's down though,

1377
01:10:02,280 --> 01:10:05,240
Speaker 1: it's because the whole offense is sort of down together. Um.

1378
01:10:05,280 --> 01:10:07,320
Speaker 1: But this to me feels like, you know, I know

1379
01:10:07,400 --> 01:10:09,559
Speaker 1: we want to rush through these, but this feels like

1380
01:10:09,560 --> 01:10:12,120
Speaker 1: a good Carson Wentz landing spot to me bring in

1381
01:10:12,280 --> 01:10:15,160
Speaker 1: If they don't get serious about bringing in competition UM

1382
01:10:15,280 --> 01:10:18,080
Speaker 1: or trading for someone or or bringing someone else in. UM,

1383
01:10:18,080 --> 01:10:20,080
Speaker 1: I can't take this team seriously. I think they're they're

1384
01:10:20,120 --> 01:10:22,719
Speaker 1: at the edge of losing chunks of the fan base

1385
01:10:22,760 --> 01:10:25,200
Speaker 1: if they don't have a clear ride view of what's

1386
01:10:25,200 --> 01:10:28,040
Speaker 1: happening here at quarter fan base. Cleveland didn't lose fans.

1387
01:10:28,040 --> 01:10:31,160
Speaker 1: I don't think Denver is gonna lose fans either. It's

1388
01:10:31,160 --> 01:10:33,280
Speaker 1: a great fan base. But I think that they're they're

1389
01:10:33,320 --> 01:10:37,519
Speaker 1: not um, they're not milk toast, they're not agated. John

1390
01:10:37,520 --> 01:10:40,600
Speaker 1: Elway might lose them. I don't think they organization. I

1391
01:10:40,640 --> 01:10:42,519
Speaker 1: don't know, it doesn't matter, but I like I like

1392
01:10:42,640 --> 01:10:46,519
Speaker 1: your take their Carson Wentz wearing a Broncos uniform. I

1393
01:10:46,560 --> 01:10:49,240
Speaker 1: could I can envision that. I certainly can. All right,

1394
01:10:49,280 --> 01:10:54,639
Speaker 1: let's move forward, Mark, Alright, I'm gonna go Cleveland Jets. Okay.

1395
01:10:54,800 --> 01:10:56,519
Speaker 1: I mean that's just you know, I'm not gonna let

1396
01:10:56,520 --> 01:10:59,439
Speaker 1: that sit out there for the for another thirty four weeks. UM,

1397
01:10:59,479 --> 01:11:01,920
Speaker 1: I would say a Browns fan, and you know this

1398
01:11:02,000 --> 01:11:05,840
Speaker 1: is just deep psychology. It was extremely UM. There was

1399
01:11:05,880 --> 01:11:10,240
Speaker 1: incredible relief watching the Rams fall to the Jets because

1400
01:11:10,280 --> 01:11:12,240
Speaker 1: I was always I don't like the idea of having

1401
01:11:12,280 --> 01:11:15,040
Speaker 1: to play in ohen thirteen or oh and fourteen team. Um,

1402
01:11:15,080 --> 01:11:17,639
Speaker 1: that sounds like a nightmare to me. Uh. I thought

1403
01:11:17,680 --> 01:11:20,160
Speaker 1: the Jets like kind of showed you to Greg's point

1404
01:11:20,200 --> 01:11:23,080
Speaker 1: that they're not just gonna take a total nap here. Um,

1405
01:11:24,040 --> 01:11:26,360
Speaker 1: this is now. Quentin Williams is not He is out

1406
01:11:26,400 --> 01:11:28,920
Speaker 1: for the season. Had a concussion at a neck injuries

1407
01:11:28,920 --> 01:11:30,320
Speaker 1: on I R. I think that's a big loss for

1408
01:11:30,400 --> 01:11:33,320
Speaker 1: New York and this is just it's it's huge because

1409
01:11:33,320 --> 01:11:35,120
Speaker 1: I think he could have had an impact in this game.

1410
01:11:35,640 --> 01:11:38,000
Speaker 1: We haven't seen too many people put heat on Baker

1411
01:11:38,000 --> 01:11:41,439
Speaker 1: Mayfield of late. I mean, his numbers are off the charts. Um,

1412
01:11:41,439 --> 01:11:43,760
Speaker 1: he's playing real comfortable and I don't think the Jets

1413
01:11:43,800 --> 01:11:45,719
Speaker 1: are the team to do it. But if you're Cleveland,

1414
01:11:45,720 --> 01:11:47,400
Speaker 1: it kind of reminds me of the Giants game a

1415
01:11:47,439 --> 01:11:50,840
Speaker 1: little bit. These are games you need to win. Um.

1416
01:11:50,880 --> 01:11:52,800
Speaker 1: It starts with your ground game, it starts with your

1417
01:11:52,840 --> 01:11:55,799
Speaker 1: offensive line. Let's not get too tricky here. Their defense

1418
01:11:55,840 --> 01:11:58,559
Speaker 1: does just enough. Um. But the one thing I saw

1419
01:11:58,600 --> 01:12:00,840
Speaker 1: in that game, though, and Chris collins Worth pointed it

1420
01:12:00,840 --> 01:12:03,320
Speaker 1: out in the Giants game. Miles Garrett is not himself

1421
01:12:03,400 --> 01:12:05,320
Speaker 1: right now. Now. That may be fine this week, but

1422
01:12:05,360 --> 01:12:08,519
Speaker 1: in general, Um, he's talked openly about and this is

1423
01:12:08,560 --> 01:12:10,920
Speaker 1: you don't hear a lot of these stories. The corona

1424
01:12:11,040 --> 01:12:14,759
Speaker 1: absolutely has impacted his ability to breathe, to deep breathe

1425
01:12:15,040 --> 01:12:17,800
Speaker 1: um when playing, and he looked totally gas during parts

1426
01:12:17,840 --> 01:12:20,080
Speaker 1: of that Giants game. So that's a factor. He's there,

1427
01:12:20,120 --> 01:12:23,120
Speaker 1: he's there shining hope on defense. Um, in this game,

1428
01:12:23,160 --> 01:12:25,719
Speaker 1: you just gotta do enough to get out of town. Heybe,

1429
01:12:25,720 --> 01:12:28,599
Speaker 1: will I think, yeah, that the Browns are way better

1430
01:12:28,600 --> 01:12:31,599
Speaker 1: than both the Giants and Jets, but they've definitely caught

1431
01:12:31,600 --> 01:12:34,000
Speaker 1: some breaks here with the injury situations for both teams,

1432
01:12:34,000 --> 01:12:36,240
Speaker 1: and I think Quinn and Williams. You know, he was

1433
01:12:36,280 --> 01:12:40,080
Speaker 1: going punch for punch with Aaron Donald last week, and

1434
01:12:40,120 --> 01:12:42,800
Speaker 1: it's unfortunate. I hated hearing that neck injury. Anytime you

1435
01:12:42,800 --> 01:12:44,840
Speaker 1: hear neck injury, I hope that's nothing that could be

1436
01:12:44,880 --> 01:12:49,320
Speaker 1: serious because careers end over neck injuries and that's the

1437
01:12:49,439 --> 01:12:52,400
Speaker 1: last thing that Jets need. Um. I don't expect anything,

1438
01:12:53,080 --> 01:12:55,439
Speaker 1: uh like what we saw last week. This seems well

1439
01:12:55,479 --> 01:12:57,800
Speaker 1: set up for the Browns to romp a team that's

1440
01:12:57,840 --> 01:12:59,960
Speaker 1: playing really well as taking care of business all year

1441
01:13:00,680 --> 01:13:02,760
Speaker 1: against a Jet team that got their win and now

1442
01:13:02,840 --> 01:13:05,880
Speaker 1: just lost their best player. Uh. This feels like a

1443
01:13:05,960 --> 01:13:08,519
Speaker 1: romp to me. And that's not being a pessimistic Jets fan.

1444
01:13:08,600 --> 01:13:10,920
Speaker 1: It just to me makes more sense knowing both teams

1445
01:13:11,560 --> 01:13:13,800
Speaker 1: could be a letdown game for the Jets. I'm with you.

1446
01:13:13,840 --> 01:13:16,080
Speaker 1: They got their win. They you know, they just got

1447
01:13:16,120 --> 01:13:18,720
Speaker 1: Once they keep their opening score street going like that,

1448
01:13:19,000 --> 01:13:20,600
Speaker 1: they can just cruise. Uh. I mean you want to

1449
01:13:20,600 --> 01:13:23,800
Speaker 1: talk about there as the head coaching Adam Gaze offensive

1450
01:13:23,800 --> 01:13:28,040
Speaker 1: genius eight straight games with a score. Um, so stick

1451
01:13:28,120 --> 01:13:30,719
Speaker 1: that pipe in your smoke, stake that and your pipe

1452
01:13:30,720 --> 01:13:35,000
Speaker 1: and smoke it. Whatever. Mark You're up next, Snake, I'm

1453
01:13:35,040 --> 01:13:39,000
Speaker 1: up again. That's interesting, Okay, Um, I will go. Let's

1454
01:13:39,000 --> 01:13:41,479
Speaker 1: see here. I'm gonna go because I you know, I

1455
01:13:41,800 --> 01:13:43,600
Speaker 1: want to keep eyes on Cleveland. I'm gonna go with

1456
01:13:43,600 --> 01:13:47,960
Speaker 1: a little bit of a trash bag operation here. Cincinnati Houston. Um,

1457
01:13:48,280 --> 01:13:51,439
Speaker 1: and what's not like about the Bengals producing one of

1458
01:13:51,439 --> 01:13:54,960
Speaker 1: the most courageous performances we've seen under the watch of

1459
01:13:55,040 --> 01:13:58,519
Speaker 1: Ryan Finley. What can they do against Houston? Will they

1460
01:13:58,520 --> 01:14:01,120
Speaker 1: psychologically be able to match up after what happened on

1461
01:14:01,120 --> 01:14:04,000
Speaker 1: Monday night? Houston to me, I you know, you get

1462
01:14:04,000 --> 01:14:06,880
Speaker 1: to watch the Shawn Watson. This game truly sucks. It

1463
01:14:06,960 --> 01:14:09,120
Speaker 1: truly does and I don't need to sell it much

1464
01:14:09,120 --> 01:14:12,120
Speaker 1: more than what it is. I mean, Houston is look forward.

1465
01:14:12,400 --> 01:14:15,880
Speaker 1: Um they have GM interviews going on, coaching interviews. Figure

1466
01:14:15,880 --> 01:14:18,920
Speaker 1: that stuff out. Let's stop wasting the prime of Deshaun

1467
01:14:18,920 --> 01:14:22,400
Speaker 1: Watson's career. We've seen a few teams do this and uh,

1468
01:14:22,600 --> 01:14:24,679
Speaker 1: they've got to get out of these woods pretty quickly.

1469
01:14:25,000 --> 01:14:27,760
Speaker 1: And Deshaun Watson this week, Um, you know it wasn't

1470
01:14:27,760 --> 01:14:30,960
Speaker 1: just Dwayne Haskins. He got a little uh tiss tisk

1471
01:14:31,080 --> 01:14:33,439
Speaker 1: from the team for showing up to I think it

1472
01:14:33,520 --> 01:14:36,160
Speaker 1: was his girlfriends or something, um event that she had

1473
01:14:36,200 --> 01:14:38,760
Speaker 1: with a bunch of Jaguars players with no masks, Like,

1474
01:14:38,800 --> 01:14:41,639
Speaker 1: are we are Texans players? Are we learning anything here?

1475
01:14:41,760 --> 01:14:44,520
Speaker 1: I thought he was he was opening his own restaurant.

1476
01:14:44,840 --> 01:14:46,680
Speaker 1: It was his own restaurant then, but I mean it's

1477
01:14:46,800 --> 01:14:49,320
Speaker 1: it's still it was like more more photos of like

1478
01:14:49,360 --> 01:14:51,280
Speaker 1: eighteen people with no masks on. I don't you know.

1479
01:14:51,360 --> 01:14:53,240
Speaker 1: It was a weird. It's a weird thing that they're

1480
01:14:53,240 --> 01:14:56,719
Speaker 1: allowing coaches to interview now, by the way, via zoom.

1481
01:14:56,760 --> 01:14:59,719
Speaker 1: So the Texans are starting as of today. We're taping

1482
01:14:59,720 --> 01:15:02,639
Speaker 1: this on Wednesday, And so if I was the Jets,

1483
01:15:03,560 --> 01:15:07,720
Speaker 1: for instance, I might want to think about speeding up

1484
01:15:07,720 --> 01:15:10,639
Speaker 1: the process here. Yeah. Well, I also was like, who

1485
01:15:10,760 --> 01:15:13,680
Speaker 1: who are these interviews names that you've heard attached to

1486
01:15:13,720 --> 01:15:16,320
Speaker 1: the Texans, Like, none of them are making me think,

1487
01:15:16,360 --> 01:15:18,960
Speaker 1: oh God, I gotta get that guy right, But that's

1488
01:15:18,960 --> 01:15:21,720
Speaker 1: a very specially broken scenario where it may be someone

1489
01:15:21,760 --> 01:15:26,479
Speaker 1: that's gonna comply with old Jack. All right, so old Jack.

1490
01:15:27,160 --> 01:15:30,800
Speaker 1: So maybe there's a strategy there. Mark, when you pick

1491
01:15:30,880 --> 01:15:33,240
Speaker 1: up terrible game, you don't have to really pay attention

1492
01:15:33,320 --> 01:15:35,280
Speaker 1: to it, and that makes sense to me, But the

1493
01:15:35,280 --> 01:15:37,000
Speaker 1: way it sets up with the old juice are very

1494
01:15:37,080 --> 01:15:40,479
Speaker 1: rarely are And I back up, now, what's that? Aren't

1495
01:15:40,479 --> 01:15:45,360
Speaker 1: eye up next? No, I'm sorry, sir, you're not. But

1496
01:15:45,479 --> 01:15:48,120
Speaker 1: you've been snaking this whole time, and so as Mark,

1497
01:15:48,160 --> 01:15:50,400
Speaker 1: I'm the middle guy, so you can never go in

1498
01:15:50,439 --> 01:15:54,040
Speaker 1: a row unless no I am I'm the third guy,

1499
01:15:54,120 --> 01:15:57,960
Speaker 1: so I do snake. But I was the first guy, yes,

1500
01:15:58,280 --> 01:16:01,280
Speaker 1: and I spent I just completed an um two point

1501
01:16:01,320 --> 01:16:05,960
Speaker 1: snake operation there. So podcast goes to Greg alright, goes wait,

1502
01:16:06,040 --> 01:16:08,880
Speaker 1: hang out a second Mark YouTube viewers just swoom. I'm

1503
01:16:08,880 --> 01:16:11,320
Speaker 1: always in the middle. I'm the only one that doesn't snakes.

1504
01:16:11,439 --> 01:16:17,240
Speaker 1: I'm always in the middle, Mark, Greg. Okay, go ahead.

1505
01:16:17,280 --> 01:16:18,960
Speaker 1: I don't know. I don't know where we got lost there,

1506
01:16:19,000 --> 01:16:22,920
Speaker 1: but it's over. Go ahead, Greg, all right, Um, I

1507
01:16:23,080 --> 01:16:25,400
Speaker 1: always see. Yeah, I did a premature cross off of

1508
01:16:25,439 --> 01:16:29,120
Speaker 1: a line. We're all set now, go ahead, all right.

1509
01:16:29,160 --> 01:16:31,760
Speaker 1: I'll take the premature line cross. That's all it was.

1510
01:16:32,120 --> 01:16:35,720
Speaker 1: I'll take the Ravens Giants, which I thought would be

1511
01:16:36,000 --> 01:16:40,200
Speaker 1: a more compelling game a few weeks ago. But this

1512
01:16:40,320 --> 01:16:43,439
Speaker 1: Giant's defense, which we've given a lot of credit to

1513
01:16:43,720 --> 01:16:46,720
Speaker 1: over the course of the season for good reason, has

1514
01:16:46,720 --> 01:16:50,880
Speaker 1: struggled the last two weeks and UHS nine and DV away,

1515
01:16:50,920 --> 01:16:54,360
Speaker 1: So let's probably calm down about calling them, you know,

1516
01:16:54,400 --> 01:16:56,559
Speaker 1: a shutdown defense. They're kind of they're more of a

1517
01:16:56,600 --> 01:16:59,080
Speaker 1: punch above their weight defense. And if you look at

1518
01:16:59,080 --> 01:17:01,519
Speaker 1: the way that they've lost the last two weeks against

1519
01:17:01,600 --> 01:17:06,680
Speaker 1: the Browns and the Cardinals, it's been against good, diverse

1520
01:17:06,880 --> 01:17:10,479
Speaker 1: running games. They sort of had no answer for and oh,

1521
01:17:10,520 --> 01:17:13,280
Speaker 1: by the way, the Ravens come in as good and

1522
01:17:13,400 --> 01:17:17,920
Speaker 1: diverse a running game as you'll have. Maybe Daniel Jones

1523
01:17:18,200 --> 01:17:21,479
Speaker 1: is gets healthier for this game, um, because it would

1524
01:17:21,479 --> 01:17:24,479
Speaker 1: be a big time test for him. Baltimore is gonna

1525
01:17:24,520 --> 01:17:26,920
Speaker 1: come after you. They did it last week, even though

1526
01:17:26,960 --> 01:17:28,840
Speaker 1: their cornerbacks are hurt. They're just gonna take the chance.

1527
01:17:28,880 --> 01:17:30,680
Speaker 1: They're gonna come after you. Can you figure it out?

1528
01:17:30,720 --> 01:17:33,719
Speaker 1: That's kind of what Danna does is struggled with. And uh,

1529
01:17:33,880 --> 01:17:36,400
Speaker 1: good luck to the Ravens. This Giant's team, which had

1530
01:17:36,439 --> 01:17:40,200
Speaker 1: seemed fun, Uh, may go into weeks seventeen without even

1531
01:17:40,200 --> 01:17:42,519
Speaker 1: a chance to to win this division. You're not fun

1532
01:17:42,600 --> 01:17:45,840
Speaker 1: enough if you're the Giants, you forget about the Even

1533
01:17:45,880 --> 01:17:48,760
Speaker 1: when they're playing well, the offense was still not doing much.

1534
01:17:49,680 --> 01:17:52,559
Speaker 1: And now you know you're in a situation where you're

1535
01:17:52,560 --> 01:17:55,679
Speaker 1: not gonna shut down Lamar Jackson and the Ravens where

1536
01:17:55,680 --> 01:17:57,840
Speaker 1: they're playing on offense right now. The last three games

1537
01:17:57,880 --> 01:18:02,639
Speaker 1: since Lamar came back for the COVID list uh thirty

1538
01:18:02,680 --> 01:18:07,080
Speaker 1: four points, forty seven points, forty points, all wins, of course,

1539
01:18:07,560 --> 01:18:12,160
Speaker 1: and the Giants in their last five weeks or four

1540
01:18:12,200 --> 01:18:16,000
Speaker 1: weeks coming out of there by nineteen points, seventeen points,

1541
01:18:16,439 --> 01:18:20,120
Speaker 1: seven points, six points. It all seems trending in a

1542
01:18:20,160 --> 01:18:23,080
Speaker 1: certain direction here. I don't know if it's gonna be

1543
01:18:23,080 --> 01:18:26,280
Speaker 1: forty to fourteen, like Ravens that to the Jaguars, because

1544
01:18:26,520 --> 01:18:29,519
Speaker 1: like you said that, you know, the Giants are proud

1545
01:18:29,720 --> 01:18:32,679
Speaker 1: defense that have been overachieving the season. So I don't

1546
01:18:32,680 --> 01:18:35,200
Speaker 1: think it gets that bad. But it could it be

1547
01:18:35,280 --> 01:18:37,479
Speaker 1: thirty to fourteen. That's kind of what I see this game.

1548
01:18:37,760 --> 01:18:40,360
Speaker 1: Another easy win for the Ravens. I'm with you because

1549
01:18:40,360 --> 01:18:44,000
Speaker 1: I mean, you know, Jacksonville has played teams close. They

1550
01:18:44,000 --> 01:18:47,320
Speaker 1: haven't been it hasn't been all blowouts. Um and Baltimore

1551
01:18:47,880 --> 01:18:51,160
Speaker 1: just whipped them. And my takeaway from watching Brown's Giants

1552
01:18:51,240 --> 01:18:53,800
Speaker 1: was that where Cleveland had to get really creative in

1553
01:18:53,840 --> 01:18:57,320
Speaker 1: other games to um throw defenses off, and they liked

1554
01:18:57,320 --> 01:19:00,760
Speaker 1: their trick plays. It was the most vanilla um week

1555
01:19:00,800 --> 01:19:03,559
Speaker 1: of football on offense to Cleveland's produced, because I think

1556
01:19:03,560 --> 01:19:05,519
Speaker 1: they just simply weren't scared of what New York would

1557
01:19:05,560 --> 01:19:07,960
Speaker 1: do on offense at all. So why if you're Baltimore

1558
01:19:08,040 --> 01:19:10,160
Speaker 1: not go in and um do what you do and

1559
01:19:10,240 --> 01:19:12,160
Speaker 1: drop bombs. I mean, there they are one of the

1560
01:19:12,200 --> 01:19:14,479
Speaker 1: most dained. The a f C playoff field is insane.

1561
01:19:14,680 --> 01:19:16,519
Speaker 1: But Baltimore feels like, and I feel like I say

1562
01:19:16,520 --> 01:19:18,599
Speaker 1: this about a couple of teams, they could beat anyone.

1563
01:19:18,920 --> 01:19:20,880
Speaker 1: They could beat anyone in the league playing this way,

1564
01:19:20,920 --> 01:19:23,240
Speaker 1: and I wouldn't be surprised. Good thing that I traded

1565
01:19:23,320 --> 01:19:27,519
Speaker 1: in my Baltimore Ravens Super Bowl pick for the Dolphins. Well,

1566
01:19:27,680 --> 01:19:30,040
Speaker 1: here's the thing, though, I mean, we're all on the

1567
01:19:30,080 --> 01:19:32,559
Speaker 1: same page that the Ravens are hyper dangerous right now,

1568
01:19:32,600 --> 01:19:35,400
Speaker 1: but they don't control their own destiny. The Dolphins, if

1569
01:19:35,400 --> 01:19:38,519
Speaker 1: they went out, could take their playoff spot, So the

1570
01:19:38,600 --> 01:19:42,120
Speaker 1: Ravens have a chance. And that would be pretty crazy

1571
01:19:42,160 --> 01:19:46,360
Speaker 1: that the Ravens could win their last five games, you know,

1572
01:19:46,520 --> 01:19:49,200
Speaker 1: kill most of the teams have that great win over

1573
01:19:49,240 --> 01:19:52,000
Speaker 1: the Browns in prime time and Lamar will be playing

1574
01:19:52,040 --> 01:19:54,439
Speaker 1: like an m v P and then they're sitting at home.

1575
01:19:54,600 --> 01:19:56,720
Speaker 1: I don't think anybody wants Well, if you're a fan

1576
01:19:56,760 --> 01:19:59,240
Speaker 1: of these other wild card teams, you're cool with that.

1577
01:19:59,280 --> 01:20:01,400
Speaker 1: But if you're a football fan that's just watching and

1578
01:20:01,439 --> 01:20:04,000
Speaker 1: you want the best playoff matchups, you want the Ravens

1579
01:20:04,040 --> 01:20:06,680
Speaker 1: in this game. But they only can control what they

1580
01:20:06,680 --> 01:20:09,680
Speaker 1: can control. And my last thought. Joe Judge was on

1581
01:20:09,760 --> 01:20:14,160
Speaker 1: Good Morning Football today. In fact, he came in immediately

1582
01:20:14,280 --> 01:20:17,599
Speaker 1: after the old Zeusser. When I did my power ranking segment,

1583
01:20:17,640 --> 01:20:21,960
Speaker 1: they moved me up. I usually do a six thirty

1584
01:20:22,120 --> 01:20:25,760
Speaker 1: two thirty five am hit, which is not great. It's

1585
01:20:26,240 --> 01:20:28,400
Speaker 1: you know, setting the old alarm at five forty in

1586
01:20:28,400 --> 01:20:30,400
Speaker 1: the morning and then you get in the shower and

1587
01:20:30,400 --> 01:20:32,240
Speaker 1: you get ready. But I got moved up to six

1588
01:20:32,320 --> 01:20:35,760
Speaker 1: fifteen uh with with Joe Judge on the schedule, and

1589
01:20:35,760 --> 01:20:38,280
Speaker 1: you know what, that made a big difference. I struggled

1590
01:20:38,280 --> 01:20:40,160
Speaker 1: with that and then I finished the hit, and then

1591
01:20:40,200 --> 01:20:42,880
Speaker 1: there's all there's a Sessler like you know, who knows

1592
01:20:42,920 --> 01:20:45,599
Speaker 1: what's going on with Sessler. The man is seriously a vampire.

1593
01:20:45,880 --> 01:20:48,639
Speaker 1: He's in full texting flight, already shooting me texts about

1594
01:20:48,720 --> 01:20:52,400
Speaker 1: various league issues before the sun has even risen. So

1595
01:20:52,479 --> 01:20:54,479
Speaker 1: I don't know when Cessler went to bed, or when

1596
01:20:54,479 --> 01:20:56,040
Speaker 1: he woke up, or if he went to bed at all.

1597
01:20:56,360 --> 01:20:58,320
Speaker 1: Maybe filling the gaps right here, Mark, I have a

1598
01:20:58,439 --> 01:21:01,000
Speaker 1: terrible um. That is something I need to work on,

1599
01:21:01,040 --> 01:21:03,200
Speaker 1: because I I'll you know, I'll be active and up

1600
01:21:03,520 --> 01:21:04,840
Speaker 1: or at least just you know, lying in bed and

1601
01:21:04,840 --> 01:21:06,600
Speaker 1: watching my phone, like at four in the morning, and

1602
01:21:06,640 --> 01:21:08,559
Speaker 1: I'll start texting people and it's like, oh I was

1603
01:21:08,600 --> 01:21:10,160
Speaker 1: five with a text I was up. I was just

1604
01:21:10,200 --> 01:21:12,519
Speaker 1: amazed that you were up. Well, I mean I have

1605
01:21:12,680 --> 01:21:15,599
Speaker 1: you know, we have there's no sleeping in in our house.

1606
01:21:15,640 --> 01:21:17,479
Speaker 1: I don't think any of us have that scenario. But

1607
01:21:18,000 --> 01:21:20,840
Speaker 1: our kids don't. Um, you know, sort of fall out

1608
01:21:20,840 --> 01:21:22,479
Speaker 1: of bed. They launched at a bed and they make

1609
01:21:22,479 --> 01:21:24,639
Speaker 1: it very clear that they are awake. I still turn

1610
01:21:24,680 --> 01:21:28,519
Speaker 1: those notifications off, you know, until seven thirty, you know,

1611
01:21:28,640 --> 01:21:30,760
Speaker 1: just in case, you know, just in case there's a

1612
01:21:30,840 --> 01:21:34,160
Speaker 1: sessler or I think various other people out here the

1613
01:21:34,200 --> 01:21:36,360
Speaker 1: other day, ye sending that five thirty. I don't want

1614
01:21:36,360 --> 01:21:39,519
Speaker 1: that weakening. But my point Joe Judge on Good Morning

1615
01:21:39,560 --> 01:21:43,879
Speaker 1: Football one of the all time. This guy gets it quotes.

1616
01:21:44,800 --> 01:21:48,519
Speaker 1: With all due respect to Christmas, let's forget about Christmas

1617
01:21:48,560 --> 01:21:52,439
Speaker 1: for a while and focus on the Ravens. Joe Judge

1618
01:21:52,479 --> 01:21:57,760
Speaker 1: gets it, dot Com facts slash members best word, the

1619
01:21:57,800 --> 01:22:04,320
Speaker 1: ball coach guy's about ball. That's it, Jesus, not a

1620
01:22:04,320 --> 01:22:08,240
Speaker 1: big deal ball. Back burner back that you know, back burner,

1621
01:22:08,320 --> 01:22:10,840
Speaker 1: the religious figures. Yeah, There's there's no way you could,

1622
01:22:11,200 --> 01:22:14,519
Speaker 1: you know, possibly like do one job as well as

1623
01:22:14,520 --> 01:22:18,320
Speaker 1: you could do and hold Christmas also in high esteem,

1624
01:22:18,360 --> 01:22:21,439
Speaker 1: like in different sides of your brain. Christmass picked up

1625
01:22:21,560 --> 01:22:23,920
Speaker 1: like a gorilla press lamb and thrown it to a dumpster.

1626
01:22:24,120 --> 01:22:26,519
Speaker 1: So you can prove yourself has to be wondering or

1627
01:22:26,520 --> 01:22:30,559
Speaker 1: the other. All right, moving on, now it's my pick,

1628
01:22:30,640 --> 01:22:35,400
Speaker 1: and I apologize for that embarrassing mishap on my end. Um,

1629
01:22:36,240 --> 01:22:39,040
Speaker 1: it goes to me, and I will take Atlanta in

1630
01:22:39,160 --> 01:22:43,360
Speaker 1: Kansas City. Listen, I'm picking this late in the draft,

1631
01:22:43,400 --> 01:22:47,559
Speaker 1: and I get Patrick Patrick Mahomes game. Give it to me, um,

1632
01:22:47,640 --> 01:22:49,880
Speaker 1: and we keep waiting for the Chiefs to beat someone

1633
01:22:49,920 --> 01:22:53,120
Speaker 1: fifty to thirty or fifty to twenty or fifty seven

1634
01:22:53,160 --> 01:22:58,200
Speaker 1: to six. Um, maybe it happens here Atlanta. The Falcons

1635
01:22:58,240 --> 01:23:00,720
Speaker 1: are a pretty annoying team to watch, even if you're

1636
01:23:00,720 --> 01:23:03,479
Speaker 1: not a Falcons team. Like the game against Tampa last week,

1637
01:23:04,360 --> 01:23:06,559
Speaker 1: You're you're playing so well in the first half, your

1638
01:23:06,600 --> 01:23:10,720
Speaker 1: defense is speaking of like, you know, overachieving. You know,

1639
01:23:10,840 --> 01:23:14,480
Speaker 1: you shut down Tom Brady in that offense. It's seventeen

1640
01:23:14,520 --> 01:23:17,360
Speaker 1: nothing at the half, and then you come out of

1641
01:23:17,400 --> 01:23:20,200
Speaker 1: the half and Brady goes right down the field on

1642
01:23:20,280 --> 01:23:23,800
Speaker 1: you it's seventeen seven. But then Matt Ryan takes the

1643
01:23:23,800 --> 01:23:27,400
Speaker 1: Falcons right down to the field seven midway through the

1644
01:23:27,439 --> 01:23:30,360
Speaker 1: third quarter, and then that's it. The Atlanta said, we're

1645
01:23:30,360 --> 01:23:32,519
Speaker 1: now going to fold up tent on both sides of

1646
01:23:32,560 --> 01:23:35,799
Speaker 1: the ball and allow Tom Brady have his little latest

1647
01:23:35,840 --> 01:23:39,360
Speaker 1: celebration party. And now you, the Falcons and their fans

1648
01:23:39,400 --> 01:23:42,000
Speaker 1: get to hear a bunch more about Super Bowl fifty one.

1649
01:23:42,479 --> 01:23:46,559
Speaker 1: If you don't want people like us to remind you

1650
01:23:46,880 --> 01:23:49,800
Speaker 1: Falcons of super Bowl fifty one and what happened in

1651
01:23:49,840 --> 01:23:52,400
Speaker 1: that game, stop doing stuff like that. What are you doing,

1652
01:23:52,520 --> 01:23:55,800
Speaker 1: like what kind of performances that and to complete inability

1653
01:23:55,840 --> 01:23:58,120
Speaker 1: to close out of game. So that's my thoughts about

1654
01:23:58,120 --> 01:24:01,360
Speaker 1: the Falcons and the Chiefs. I think we're at the

1655
01:24:01,360 --> 01:24:03,519
Speaker 1: stage with the Chiefs right now, and I know they

1656
01:24:03,600 --> 01:24:07,599
Speaker 1: lost Clyde Edwards, a layer to a high ankle sprain

1657
01:24:07,720 --> 01:24:10,320
Speaker 1: and hip and it's a bad injury, but hopefully they

1658
01:24:10,360 --> 01:24:12,720
Speaker 1: get him back out of the by in the playoffs.

1659
01:24:12,760 --> 01:24:14,800
Speaker 1: That's to me the only thing left for the Chiefs

1660
01:24:14,800 --> 01:24:17,000
Speaker 1: because I know they're gonna win either. Both of these

1661
01:24:17,040 --> 01:24:19,080
Speaker 1: games are one of these games and have the first

1662
01:24:19,320 --> 01:24:21,559
Speaker 1: seed and be locked in as much as they can.

1663
01:24:21,640 --> 01:24:23,920
Speaker 1: Just don't get hurt, don't patch for my homes, don't

1664
01:24:23,920 --> 01:24:26,160
Speaker 1: twist your knee up. Let's let's get out of these

1665
01:24:26,200 --> 01:24:28,799
Speaker 1: games healthy and get into the playoffs at full strength.

1666
01:24:28,800 --> 01:24:30,840
Speaker 1: Are close to it, I'd say get healthy too. On

1667
01:24:30,880 --> 01:24:33,120
Speaker 1: the offensive line, I think they've they've been real banged

1668
01:24:33,200 --> 01:24:35,479
Speaker 1: up there, and maybe you don't notice it as much

1669
01:24:35,560 --> 01:24:38,439
Speaker 1: because you know, they still are putting up. They put

1670
01:24:38,479 --> 01:24:41,800
Speaker 1: up four hundred yards UM in every game except one

1671
01:24:41,840 --> 01:24:44,320
Speaker 1: over their last seven games, and and you know, yeah,

1672
01:24:44,360 --> 01:24:47,799
Speaker 1: they're not blowing teams out, but they look in spurts

1673
01:24:47,880 --> 01:24:50,439
Speaker 1: as explosive as any football team I've ever watched, so

1674
01:24:50,960 --> 01:24:52,960
Speaker 1: you know, but still it would be nice to get

1675
01:24:53,040 --> 01:24:55,000
Speaker 1: you know, their line healthy. I think that's the one

1676
01:24:55,080 --> 01:24:57,240
Speaker 1: thing if you're gonna get if you're gonna create mistakes

1677
01:24:57,240 --> 01:24:59,080
Speaker 1: for Patrick Mahomes like the Dolphins did a couple of

1678
01:24:59,120 --> 01:25:01,720
Speaker 1: weeks ago, they seem to get through those mistakes the

1679
01:25:01,760 --> 01:25:04,760
Speaker 1: Chiefs really well. But um, that's that's your method here,

1680
01:25:04,760 --> 01:25:06,360
Speaker 1: and I don't see the Falcons is a team that's

1681
01:25:06,360 --> 01:25:09,400
Speaker 1: gonna cause a lot of chaos and havoc for Patrick Mahomes,

1682
01:25:09,560 --> 01:25:11,960
Speaker 1: You wouldn't think so. I mean that, as Dan mentioned,

1683
01:25:11,960 --> 01:25:15,320
Speaker 1: the Falcons gave up thirty one points in three fourteen

1684
01:25:15,400 --> 01:25:17,920
Speaker 1: yards to Brady in one half. I mean the credit

1685
01:25:17,960 --> 01:25:19,680
Speaker 1: to Tom Brady for stiff being able to do a

1686
01:25:19,760 --> 01:25:22,360
Speaker 1: performance thrown for as many yards as Brady did in

1687
01:25:22,400 --> 01:25:26,639
Speaker 1: one half on Sunday um all season. So that's forty

1688
01:25:26,680 --> 01:25:29,080
Speaker 1: three year old Tom Brady. So what what should Tom Brady?

1689
01:25:29,120 --> 01:25:31,360
Speaker 1: What should Patrick Mahomes do? You would think they'd finally

1690
01:25:31,400 --> 01:25:33,600
Speaker 1: get a nice to score win, they would clinch on

1691
01:25:33,680 --> 01:25:36,640
Speaker 1: the field and uh in a season where almost no

1692
01:25:36,800 --> 01:25:39,160
Speaker 1: teams are gonna rest, and you feel like you would

1693
01:25:39,240 --> 01:25:41,280
Speaker 1: need it this year more than ever because it's been

1694
01:25:41,320 --> 01:25:44,920
Speaker 1: a rough year. I wonder if Andy Reid's gonna rest

1695
01:25:45,280 --> 01:25:47,960
Speaker 1: for two weeks, because he's gonna rest for weeks seventeen

1696
01:25:48,640 --> 01:25:51,479
Speaker 1: and get a bye. We'll see. We also saw your

1697
01:25:51,479 --> 01:25:55,160
Speaker 1: boy Todd Gurley get benched officially and over the last

1698
01:25:55,160 --> 01:25:58,479
Speaker 1: two weeks, and I started thinking watching the game, I

1699
01:25:58,479 --> 01:26:01,920
Speaker 1: started thinking, it's dr really done? Is there? I would

1700
01:26:01,960 --> 01:26:04,320
Speaker 1: get I would give like a fifteen percent chance his

1701
01:26:04,439 --> 01:26:07,639
Speaker 1: career stops after this year. Is anyone going to pitch

1702
01:26:07,720 --> 01:26:09,479
Speaker 1: him as a starter next year. I think he'll get

1703
01:26:09,479 --> 01:26:12,200
Speaker 1: a job if he wanted it, But just I don't

1704
01:26:12,200 --> 01:26:15,000
Speaker 1: know if he's definitely gonna want to play for a

1705
01:26:15,080 --> 01:26:17,960
Speaker 1: million dollars and be a backup or whatever it would

1706
01:26:18,000 --> 01:26:20,240
Speaker 1: write he set. I mean, we can't speak for the

1707
01:26:20,240 --> 01:26:23,800
Speaker 1: men and his passions as a professional football player, but

1708
01:26:23,880 --> 01:26:28,240
Speaker 1: he's set up here should be financially for life, and um,

1709
01:26:28,400 --> 01:26:30,400
Speaker 1: that would he's not going to get another big contract,

1710
01:26:30,479 --> 01:26:33,040
Speaker 1: and I don't think team's gonna be knocking knocking down

1711
01:26:33,040 --> 01:26:35,759
Speaker 1: his door coming off a season he was not great

1712
01:26:35,800 --> 01:26:37,400
Speaker 1: at the end of the Rams run because of the

1713
01:26:37,840 --> 01:26:40,000
Speaker 1: nia and the bone on bone condition in the knee,

1714
01:26:40,040 --> 01:26:42,160
Speaker 1: and then he's averaging about three and a half carries

1715
01:26:42,400 --> 01:26:44,640
Speaker 1: three and a half yards to carry this year with

1716
01:26:44,680 --> 01:26:47,320
Speaker 1: the Falcons. He's just he's just not the same guy anymore.

1717
01:26:47,880 --> 01:26:50,519
Speaker 1: Knocking down his door would be aggressive. Yeah, well that

1718
01:26:50,520 --> 01:26:52,360
Speaker 1: would be and I hope, I hope it wouldn't happen

1719
01:26:52,400 --> 01:26:54,880
Speaker 1: either way. Just knock or just you know what, call

1720
01:26:54,960 --> 01:27:00,120
Speaker 1: him calls agent. Actually, just just just completely professional about this,

1721
01:27:00,479 --> 01:27:05,479
Speaker 1: all right? Uh, finally, Snakes Dezeuser, I believe this is

1722
01:27:05,479 --> 01:27:09,400
Speaker 1: the last game Caroline at Washington. Wow. So we did

1723
01:27:09,439 --> 01:27:12,479
Speaker 1: an entire draft with every single team in the league,

1724
01:27:13,400 --> 01:27:17,480
Speaker 1: plus all those other games on Christmas and Saturday in primetime,

1725
01:27:17,840 --> 01:27:21,120
Speaker 1: and a first place team gets the last pick in

1726
01:27:21,160 --> 01:27:23,840
Speaker 1: the draft. That's where we're at with the Washington football team,

1727
01:27:24,160 --> 01:27:26,920
Speaker 1: a team that I guess we admire for their tenacity

1728
01:27:26,960 --> 01:27:30,360
Speaker 1: on defense, but uh, I guess it stops there. Uh.

1729
01:27:30,520 --> 01:27:33,280
Speaker 1: They face the Carolina Panthers, who you know, let's face it,

1730
01:27:33,320 --> 01:27:36,320
Speaker 1: since the end of September, they lose every single week

1731
01:27:36,400 --> 01:27:39,720
Speaker 1: just about they find a way. Um, we have a

1732
01:27:40,160 --> 01:27:43,519
Speaker 1: issue here at the quarterback position with Washington, and we

1733
01:27:43,600 --> 01:27:49,000
Speaker 1: talked about it on the Christmas special. Dwayne Haskins bozo behavior,

1734
01:27:49,120 --> 01:27:53,320
Speaker 1: goes to a strip club, um, without a mask on it,

1735
01:27:53,360 --> 01:27:56,800
Speaker 1: gets his photo taken, it becomes an issue. He's disciplined

1736
01:27:56,840 --> 01:27:59,839
Speaker 1: by the team. He's obviously puts him in a COVID

1737
01:28:00,000 --> 01:28:03,519
Speaker 1: close contact designation. Who knows maybe has COVID after that

1738
01:28:03,640 --> 01:28:06,400
Speaker 1: night out, and um, you have al by the way,

1739
01:28:06,400 --> 01:28:11,599
Speaker 1: your coach had cancer, you know, compromised individual Alex Smith

1740
01:28:11,720 --> 01:28:14,840
Speaker 1: as a leg injury. So there's a lot of indecision

1741
01:28:14,840 --> 01:28:16,920
Speaker 1: about who's even gonna be behind center for this game.

1742
01:28:16,960 --> 01:28:19,400
Speaker 1: So Washington's in a tough spot, and it's because their

1743
01:28:19,400 --> 01:28:22,400
Speaker 1: former first round pick just seems like a knucklehead. Well

1744
01:28:22,439 --> 01:28:26,120
Speaker 1: he it looks like he's on track to start. Dwayne Haskins.

1745
01:28:26,640 --> 01:28:31,200
Speaker 1: He did practice on on Wednesday. You know, they don't

1746
01:28:31,200 --> 01:28:35,599
Speaker 1: really have a real NFL quarterback on the raster other

1747
01:28:35,680 --> 01:28:39,240
Speaker 1: than him and Um. Alex Smith is still hurt. Alex

1748
01:28:39,240 --> 01:28:44,479
Speaker 1: Smith was watching practice John Beck available. So I think

1749
01:28:45,520 --> 01:28:47,120
Speaker 1: this is one of those you know, we always say

1750
01:28:47,160 --> 01:28:50,000
Speaker 1: it's a sliding scale for talent, it's also like a

1751
01:28:50,080 --> 01:28:55,800
Speaker 1: circumstantial scale for um punishment. Like if they were able

1752
01:28:55,840 --> 01:28:59,000
Speaker 1: to punish Dwayne Haskins harder, I bet they would, UM,

1753
01:28:59,040 --> 01:29:01,599
Speaker 1: but I think they realized he gives them a better

1754
01:29:01,680 --> 01:29:04,800
Speaker 1: chance to win than than um Johnny Bananas off the street.

1755
01:29:04,800 --> 01:29:07,160
Speaker 1: And they're trying to go win a division, the real

1756
01:29:07,200 --> 01:29:12,599
Speaker 1: world challenge, and so he's gonna start. He's gonna start

1757
01:29:12,640 --> 01:29:16,280
Speaker 1: this game. I think you're right, because Ron Rivera does not.

1758
01:29:16,400 --> 01:29:18,439
Speaker 1: I I don't care if this is sourced by no one.

1759
01:29:18,520 --> 01:29:20,479
Speaker 1: This is just my opinion. Ron Rivera does not like

1760
01:29:20,560 --> 01:29:24,280
Speaker 1: Dwayne Haskins professionally personally, he wants nothing to do with

1761
01:29:24,360 --> 01:29:27,599
Speaker 1: him on his team starting quarterback. But what's he gonna do.

1762
01:29:27,720 --> 01:29:30,439
Speaker 1: He's in a situation where, if this was different and

1763
01:29:30,479 --> 01:29:34,800
Speaker 1: you still had Kyle Allen and Alex Smith, you he

1764
01:29:34,800 --> 01:29:38,400
Speaker 1: would actually absolutely bury Dwayne Haskins and put him so

1765
01:29:38,479 --> 01:29:40,280
Speaker 1: deep in the doghouse that you might not ever seen

1766
01:29:40,360 --> 01:29:43,840
Speaker 1: Dwayne Haskins again. So I'm sure grinds Ron Rivera's gears

1767
01:29:43,880 --> 01:29:45,800
Speaker 1: that he has to now put this guy on the

1768
01:29:45,880 --> 01:29:48,080
Speaker 1: field to lead his offense. That's that's I mean. And

1769
01:29:48,439 --> 01:29:51,400
Speaker 1: if you're the rest of the Washington offense, you know,

1770
01:29:51,600 --> 01:29:53,559
Speaker 1: you probably if that's the case between he and Ron

1771
01:29:53,640 --> 01:29:56,000
Speaker 1: river and it certainly seems to be. They know all that,

1772
01:29:56,240 --> 01:29:58,240
Speaker 1: and then they've got their quarterback going out and doing

1773
01:29:58,760 --> 01:30:02,559
Speaker 1: absurd things during the I mean, this offense um may

1774
01:30:02,600 --> 01:30:04,280
Speaker 1: not have a lot of belief in their own quarterback.

1775
01:30:04,360 --> 01:30:08,280
Speaker 1: So how about you know, Derek Brown, Brian Burns, Jeremy Chin,

1776
01:30:08,640 --> 01:30:11,439
Speaker 1: this young Panthers, this defense. I've been talking them up

1777
01:30:11,479 --> 01:30:13,160
Speaker 1: all year. Have you got to go win one of

1778
01:30:13,200 --> 01:30:15,280
Speaker 1: these games? I mean, to your point, and you say

1779
01:30:15,280 --> 01:30:18,120
Speaker 1: that have a tough time closing um and they there's

1780
01:30:18,120 --> 01:30:20,880
Speaker 1: been some weird close games where stuff is happening at

1781
01:30:20,880 --> 01:30:23,400
Speaker 1: the end of the contest. That's you know, variable, but

1782
01:30:23,840 --> 01:30:26,360
Speaker 1: go take care of business here once be the berserker

1783
01:30:26,400 --> 01:30:28,599
Speaker 1: that I thought you would be against the team trying

1784
01:30:28,640 --> 01:30:31,719
Speaker 1: to win the NFC East. Maybe better to keep losing though,

1785
01:30:31,760 --> 01:30:34,240
Speaker 1: you know there's a team that's rebuilding get a top

1786
01:30:34,320 --> 01:30:37,519
Speaker 1: five pick. But you're right there. We should mention they

1787
01:30:37,760 --> 01:30:41,240
Speaker 1: just fired their general manager, Marty Herne, who had one

1788
01:30:41,280 --> 01:30:45,280
Speaker 1: of the craziest again general manager careers where he built

1789
01:30:45,360 --> 01:30:48,479
Speaker 1: up the Jake Delone Panthers was fired, came back into

1790
01:30:48,479 --> 01:30:51,840
Speaker 1: the building and now Matt Rule I think will essentially

1791
01:30:51,960 --> 01:30:55,760
Speaker 1: higher his own general manager. This this should you know,

1792
01:30:55,960 --> 01:30:58,439
Speaker 1: not a bad last pick. Um. I think it'll go

1793
01:30:58,520 --> 01:31:01,920
Speaker 1: really quickly. The Panthers, of nothing else, go on longer

1794
01:31:02,000 --> 01:31:04,719
Speaker 1: drives than any team in the league. That Washington defense

1795
01:31:05,160 --> 01:31:07,840
Speaker 1: gives up gives up longer drives than any team, and

1796
01:31:07,920 --> 01:31:09,920
Speaker 1: like that's Washington style. They just let you drive on

1797
01:31:10,000 --> 01:31:11,720
Speaker 1: them and then they stop you in the red zone.

1798
01:31:11,760 --> 01:31:15,000
Speaker 1: So this has like a nice two hours, forty seven

1799
01:31:15,040 --> 01:31:17,880
Speaker 1: minute type of vibe to it. And I'm I I'm

1800
01:31:17,960 --> 01:31:21,400
Speaker 1: sorry to all your Christian McCaffrey fantasy owners. He is

1801
01:31:21,439 --> 01:31:25,599
Speaker 1: not practicing still. He is, according to Matt Rule, doubtful

1802
01:31:25,640 --> 01:31:29,040
Speaker 1: for Week sixteen. So you just lost them. It just

1803
01:31:29,360 --> 01:31:32,599
Speaker 1: what a what a tough situation. Bye bye, um. And

1804
01:31:32,680 --> 01:31:36,880
Speaker 1: if you're in the Fantasy Championship despite Christian McCaffrey missing

1805
01:31:36,880 --> 01:31:40,000
Speaker 1: the entire season, just be happy that you're so good

1806
01:31:40,000 --> 01:31:43,479
Speaker 1: at fantasy sports, because what a sign that is. All Right,

1807
01:31:44,240 --> 01:31:49,960
Speaker 1: that's it. Week sixteen preview not bad. No Thursday night

1808
01:31:49,960 --> 01:31:53,840
Speaker 1: football mini recap. We're not gonna do a Christmas night show,

1809
01:31:54,040 --> 01:31:57,280
Speaker 1: so don't be looking for that. Just give us a break.

1810
01:31:57,520 --> 01:32:00,439
Speaker 1: I mean, just let us have a couple days off.

1811
01:32:00,439 --> 01:32:03,080
Speaker 1: We're gonna take a couple of days off here, enjoy

1812
01:32:03,280 --> 01:32:08,040
Speaker 1: the holiday season. Um, and then Sunday night we'll be

1813
01:32:08,080 --> 01:32:13,600
Speaker 1: back and we will recap, Yes, fifteen games that that

1814
01:32:13,640 --> 01:32:15,920
Speaker 1: should be fun. That should be fun with the help

1815
01:32:15,960 --> 01:32:18,280
Speaker 1: of Nick Shook, we'll need it and hopefully Chris Wesley.

1816
01:32:18,280 --> 01:32:20,960
Speaker 1: And before we sign off, no, Bill, can you jump

1817
01:32:21,000 --> 01:32:22,479
Speaker 1: in here? The Bill? Are you on? Mike? Are you

1818
01:32:22,520 --> 01:32:25,920
Speaker 1: able to what's up? Buddy? First of all, well, I

1819
01:32:25,960 --> 01:32:27,320
Speaker 1: don't know. I still have to see how you do

1820
01:32:27,360 --> 01:32:29,920
Speaker 1: and post on the production, But so far, so good.

1821
01:32:29,960 --> 01:32:33,439
Speaker 1: No technical glitches filling in for Ricky? You did, have

1822
01:32:33,720 --> 01:32:35,559
Speaker 1: you sent a private chat in the middle of the

1823
01:32:35,600 --> 01:32:38,000
Speaker 1: show that I caught and I didn't have a chance

1824
01:32:38,000 --> 01:32:40,600
Speaker 1: to speak on it during that conversation. Uh, this is

1825
01:32:40,600 --> 01:32:44,760
Speaker 1: a quote from Nobile. I actually know Whaley personally, that

1826
01:32:44,880 --> 01:32:48,960
Speaker 1: being Doug Whaley, the deposed GM of the Bills way

1827
01:32:48,960 --> 01:32:50,760
Speaker 1: back then. Do you want to elaborate on that for

1828
01:32:50,800 --> 01:32:53,920
Speaker 1: the audience? I text him here and there. He's a

1829
01:32:53,960 --> 01:32:57,080
Speaker 1: nice guy, gives a good scotting advice. How do you

1830
01:32:57,120 --> 01:33:00,080
Speaker 1: how do you know? Like, how did that start? I

1831
01:33:00,080 --> 01:33:02,000
Speaker 1: go to the NFL p a collegiate Bowl and he

1832
01:33:02,080 --> 01:33:05,080
Speaker 1: was the head of that and then now he was

1833
01:33:05,200 --> 01:33:08,320
Speaker 1: most recently had the head of football operations for the XFL.

1834
01:33:08,479 --> 01:33:15,760
Speaker 1: So m hm, oh, he look at that. Nobile is

1835
01:33:15,800 --> 01:33:18,879
Speaker 1: a mover and a shaker, the head of football operations

1836
01:33:18,880 --> 01:33:21,000
Speaker 1: for the XFL. Where is all right, since you're our

1837
01:33:21,040 --> 01:33:23,400
Speaker 1: source on the XFL, where is that league at? Because

1838
01:33:23,439 --> 01:33:26,559
Speaker 1: obviously Vince bailed on it again, but there was someone

1839
01:33:26,600 --> 01:33:28,519
Speaker 1: that tried to come in and save it. I think

1840
01:33:28,520 --> 01:33:32,960
Speaker 1: the Rock bought it, that's right. I think I think

1841
01:33:32,960 --> 01:33:39,559
Speaker 1: they're gearing up for um launch or re launch. Yeah,

1842
01:33:39,600 --> 01:33:42,840
Speaker 1: I think they're coming back next year. Alright, So Doug Whaley, Yes,

1843
01:33:42,840 --> 01:33:45,800
Speaker 1: it did not work out with Sammy Watkins, there was

1844
01:33:45,840 --> 01:33:49,360
Speaker 1: a big roll of the dice, but you obviously are

1845
01:33:49,520 --> 01:33:53,719
Speaker 1: a football lifer. And happy holidays to you if you're listening.

1846
01:33:53,760 --> 01:33:56,799
Speaker 1: And the Bill, thank you again for helping us out today.

1847
01:33:56,880 --> 01:33:59,360
Speaker 1: Happy to join you guys. All right, this is Dan

1848
01:33:59,400 --> 01:34:04,559
Speaker 1: Hanson signing for a Quiet Storm, the old Boss, the Bill.

1849
01:34:05,280 --> 01:34:09,080
Speaker 1: Some guys just one name, don't need anything else. That's him.

1850
01:34:09,080 --> 01:34:13,880
Speaker 1: He's the Bill, all right. Merry Christmas, Happy high happy kond.

1851
01:34:14,439 --> 01:34:38,760
Speaker 1: We'll see on Sunday.