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Speaker 1: calling a World Series game. Uh. So you know, I

426
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Speaker 1: don't want to go out and just tell everybody Joe

427
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Speaker 1: Bucks out there, it's only the game because it got

428
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Speaker 1: moved out of it, got flexed, got flexed, got a

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Speaker 1: bang flex. So what we have here is the Arizona Cardinals.

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Speaker 1: It's actually a ten am, one am game. We've got

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Speaker 1: it all mixed up. I don't want a research am

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Speaker 1: research guide coming up short. Anyway. The Cardinals three three

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Speaker 1: and one, coming off one of the strangest games in

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Speaker 1: recent NFL history, that's six six tie with the Seahawks

435
00:21:59,320 --> 00:22:01,679
Speaker 1: absolute they should have won and then also should have

436
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Speaker 1: absolutely lost. They now travel to Charlotte to face the Panthers,

437
00:22:06,359 --> 00:22:08,639
Speaker 1: and I don't know, guys, I mean, this game is

438
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Speaker 1: one of the hardest ones for me to figure out

439
00:22:10,480 --> 00:22:13,000
Speaker 1: because west on one hand, how long do you stick

440
00:22:13,040 --> 00:22:15,440
Speaker 1: with a team that was good last year and say, oh,

441
00:22:15,440 --> 00:22:17,280
Speaker 1: they're still gonna be good this year. But the other hand,

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00:22:17,720 --> 00:22:20,520
Speaker 1: I think this is a big time wounded dog game.

443
00:22:20,800 --> 00:22:26,359
Speaker 1: Big time. How's that? Why don't we ditch that drop

444
00:22:26,400 --> 00:22:29,000
Speaker 1: and go with the loser goes home game? What drop

445
00:22:29,080 --> 00:22:32,080
Speaker 1: is that? Well, let's just get one. Oh, it's a

446
00:22:32,119 --> 00:22:35,000
Speaker 1: loser going home? Did you did you like that dog? No?

447
00:22:35,240 --> 00:22:37,160
Speaker 1: I don't like any dog? Bean? How about this one?

448
00:22:37,160 --> 00:22:42,719
Speaker 1: How about this one? Why are down this road again?

449
00:22:42,880 --> 00:22:45,040
Speaker 1: It's funny that you wouldn't put this sound drop on

450
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Speaker 1: the network show when we when we previewed this game,

451
00:22:47,920 --> 00:22:51,000
Speaker 1: because I think you know the kind of backlast thing

452
00:22:51,119 --> 00:22:53,120
Speaker 1: I like about it is when it just the show

453
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Speaker 1: ground still halt because of it. That's that's the effect.

454
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Speaker 1: And you can't do that on network. Well, that's because

455
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Speaker 1: three or four people in the room, see me, we

456
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Speaker 1: care about animals, Sidney. Who what was that last drop?

457
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Speaker 1: By the way, that was goofy, goofy, Bro, Peter Pan,

458
00:23:07,280 --> 00:23:10,600
Speaker 1: I mean it's it's a cartoon. You made your point.

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Speaker 1: I can see here we go, all right, here we

460
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Speaker 1: go Wounded Dog game in the sense west that the

461
00:23:15,400 --> 00:23:17,800
Speaker 1: Panthers they're gonna be dangerous in their building at home, right,

462
00:23:17,840 --> 00:23:21,360
Speaker 1: you got right, crazy right, But they're facing another wounded dog.

463
00:23:22,400 --> 00:23:24,640
Speaker 1: The Cardinals are in a must win situation. They're gonna

464
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Speaker 1: have to go. You would think ten five and one

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Speaker 1: now that they have a tie, so they can only

466
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Speaker 1: afford two more losses the rest of the way. Maybe

467
00:23:30,920 --> 00:23:33,560
Speaker 1: the Panthers can only afford one more loss Either way,

468
00:23:34,080 --> 00:23:38,280
Speaker 1: I think this is two desperate, desperate teams. I agree.

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Speaker 1: I feel like you're saying, when should we jump ship

470
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Speaker 1: on the Panthers? How about two weeks ago? It's like,

471
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Speaker 1: you don't win in the Superdome. That's a that was

472
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Speaker 1: a tough loss loss. Yeah, I mean I get that.

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Speaker 1: We respect the fact that the Panthers over the last

474
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Speaker 1: couple of seasons have been one of the streakier teams.

475
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Speaker 1: Last year in a good way previous years. They get

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Speaker 1: off to a terrible start and rebound. But I don't

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Speaker 1: see the rebound. Yes, they bounced back. I don't see.

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Speaker 1: Don't see the DNA. British. I remember one thing I

479
00:24:08,040 --> 00:24:10,840
Speaker 1: like about this show. I've been gone for a week,

480
00:24:10,880 --> 00:24:14,200
Speaker 1: and the constant, the constant pattern of anything I say

481
00:24:14,280 --> 00:24:17,720
Speaker 1: is mowed over, Bye West by Dan and bye little

482
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Speaker 1: old Greg over there. Every single time. It's absolutely fantastic.

483
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Speaker 1: Somebody does an aside, You don't you're kind of mowing

484
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Speaker 1: over the aside. So you're not letting map breathe it

485
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Speaker 1: all either. Nonsense. I remember when Charles Barkley lead the

486
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Speaker 1: league in rebounds. All right, So okay, well, all right,

487
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Speaker 1: let's get back on track here. So the Cardinals. Let's

488
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Speaker 1: talk about the Cardinals, greg because the Cardinals are a

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Speaker 1: team that they are not scoring any points. They scored

490
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Speaker 1: six points and five quarters essentially on Sunday Night. They're weird.

491
00:24:45,640 --> 00:24:48,080
Speaker 1: I guess the great team, but still they're they're weird.

492
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Speaker 1: It's the total opposite of when you think back to

493
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Speaker 1: the NFC Championship game that the key match up here

494
00:24:52,960 --> 00:24:56,360
Speaker 1: is the great Cardinals offense versus the great Panthers defense. Now,

495
00:24:56,400 --> 00:24:59,679
Speaker 1: those two in units are mediocre. The only group in

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Speaker 1: this game that is playing well this year is the

497
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Speaker 1: Cardinals defense. I mean, Football Outsiders has the Cardinals offense

498
00:25:06,720 --> 00:25:09,520
Speaker 1: and their defense fourth so far this year. And if

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Speaker 1: you're just looking at who's played well in this game

500
00:25:12,160 --> 00:25:14,720
Speaker 1: this season, the Cardinals defense gives them the edge. Tony

501
00:25:14,800 --> 00:25:18,600
Speaker 1: Jefferson and Kevin Minter. It's not just the big superstars

502
00:25:18,600 --> 00:25:21,159
Speaker 1: that are playing well for Arizona. They're good everywhere. Marcus

503
00:25:21,200 --> 00:25:24,040
Speaker 1: Golden Class Campbell and and they're the group that could

504
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Speaker 1: win this game alone for them, and people want to

505
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Speaker 1: talk about the missfield goals in the Sunday night Seahawks

506
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Speaker 1: Cardinals game, that was one of the more fascinating defensive

507
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Speaker 1: battles we've seen since we've all worked here together. It

508
00:25:35,119 --> 00:25:37,919
Speaker 1: was an unbelievably fun game to watch, and it is

509
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Speaker 1: completely legitimate what Arizona did on defense. They've given up

510
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Speaker 1: nine points in eight quarters and your Carolina, you're the

511
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Speaker 1: second most turnovers in the league right now. You gotta

512
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Speaker 1: correct that Carolina is making mistakes and not generating points

513
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Speaker 1: in their defense, which was their lynchpin, is giving up

514
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Speaker 1: massive yardage. It's worth noting that these two teams when

515
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Speaker 1: they were playing there at a high level, you know

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Speaker 1: of him wont to seven. I mean, I don't know

517
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Speaker 1: if it's a matchup thing or not, but it's kind

518
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Speaker 1: of overlooked that not only did they beat him, they

519
00:26:07,920 --> 00:26:11,280
Speaker 1: absolutely these are totally different. I mean that feels like

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Speaker 1: a thousand years. They're totally different teams now. And I

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00:26:13,920 --> 00:26:16,600
Speaker 1: think if you're a Cardinals fan, if you strain hard enough,

522
00:26:17,040 --> 00:26:19,640
Speaker 1: you can see some signs of progress on all offense.

523
00:26:20,000 --> 00:26:21,879
Speaker 1: John Brown is supposed to come back this week. Michael

524
00:26:21,880 --> 00:26:24,439
Speaker 1: Floyd played well at the end of last game, but

525
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Speaker 1: then you look at Michael Floyd's got a hamstring injury.

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Speaker 1: He's not practicing. The right side of the offensive line

527
00:26:29,520 --> 00:26:32,399
Speaker 1: is a major problem. Bruce Arian just doesn't trust that

528
00:26:32,480 --> 00:26:34,800
Speaker 1: right side of Corson Palmer doesn't trust that right side.

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Speaker 1: They don't even barely run off that right side. Hammer

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Speaker 1: is not I mean, he's gonna play, but he's not

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Speaker 1: a fully not moving well in the pocket either. Why

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Speaker 1: does the NFC West does a division say we don't

533
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Speaker 1: care about the offensive line. We're just gonna ride with

534
00:26:46,600 --> 00:26:48,879
Speaker 1: what we have and just get our quarterbacks get whacked

535
00:26:48,880 --> 00:26:51,920
Speaker 1: week after week. It's a good question. All right, I am,

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Speaker 1: I'm going down on the ship with the Panthers here.

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Speaker 1: If I have to see you later, you know what

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Speaker 1: I'm in the fact, You know what I'm gonna do

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Speaker 1: right here? Are you gonna lock it up? I'm gonna

540
00:27:00,440 --> 00:27:04,760
Speaker 1: lock this one up. Lock it up? Come on, baby,

541
00:27:05,000 --> 00:27:08,520
Speaker 1: there it comes, spin it, make sure it's secure. Locked

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Speaker 1: this one up. I'm on a one game winning streak

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Speaker 1: with the lock of the week. Well, I think if

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00:27:11,920 --> 00:27:13,879
Speaker 1: the lock of the week segment has taught us anything

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00:27:13,920 --> 00:27:16,800
Speaker 1: this year. It's that is entirely meaningless. No, it is turned.

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Speaker 1: It has turned now. Oh now it's actually in the vault.

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Speaker 1: Not only I lock it up, Connie Fox locked up

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Speaker 1: the Chargers in Atlanta. She locked up the lock of

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Speaker 1: the week. We're flying it. I was watching I was

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Speaker 1: watching coverage in the UK, and uh their show also

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Speaker 1: had a lock of the week. Let's uh yeah, England

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Speaker 1: locks it up as well. That's interested I was saying. News.

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Speaker 1: England's locking it up as well. Let's move on. Let's

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Speaker 1: talk about a intern Conference matchup. I don't Knowpe. The

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00:27:50,560 --> 00:27:53,159
Speaker 1: Oakland Raiders are five and two, and now they travel

556
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Speaker 1: to Tampa to face the three and three Bucks, and uh, West,

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00:27:57,800 --> 00:28:01,520
Speaker 1: here's a matchup where again the Raiders are in great

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Speaker 1: position right now to get to the halfway point on

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Speaker 1: pace for a twelve and fourth season, and all they

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Speaker 1: do is beat the Bucks, who you hate West, right,

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Speaker 1: So you think the Raiders are cruising right, Well, I

562
00:28:11,280 --> 00:28:14,880
Speaker 1: gave the Bucks a little bit of credit. They they

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00:28:14,920 --> 00:28:17,800
Speaker 1: played better than I expected. You forgot to mention. This

564
00:28:17,840 --> 00:28:20,720
Speaker 1: is what the two thousand two Super Bowl rematch. Is

565
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Speaker 1: it a revenge game for the Raiders. Do you have

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Speaker 1: the team was like twelve years old? What iss on

567
00:28:27,480 --> 00:28:29,359
Speaker 1: revenge games? I don't one of the worst Super Bowls

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Speaker 1: of all time? It was shept Ford Dexter Dexter Jackson's

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Speaker 1: pocket anyway, all right, wait, what does that mean? Wasn't

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Speaker 1: he the m v P of the Super Bowl? And

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Speaker 1: Safer one of the more forgettable names of a head

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Speaker 1: coach in a Super Bowl in a long time? Can

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Speaker 1: you guys name the Raiders head coach in that game?

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Speaker 1: I'm just saying no, I haven't heard a lot about

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Speaker 1: Billy Callahan in a while. Raiders have the second best

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Speaker 1: record in the NFC, right little Callahana side there? I

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Speaker 1: like it there, just have the second best record in

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Speaker 1: the NFC. Does anyone actually believe that the second best

579
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Speaker 1: team in the ANFC this year? No? I think they're

580
00:29:05,720 --> 00:29:08,320
Speaker 1: similar to the Redskins, that they're just a team. Every

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Speaker 1: game is gonna come down to the end just about

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Speaker 1: the The game against Jaguars was actually the most perhaps

583
00:29:13,240 --> 00:29:16,320
Speaker 1: impressive game of the season, and Jaguars don't count. At

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00:29:16,400 --> 00:29:18,560
Speaker 1: least they can beat bad teams. They showed that well.

585
00:29:19,000 --> 00:29:22,400
Speaker 1: So the Jaguars cannot figure themselves out on offense, and

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Speaker 1: it helped the NFL's worst defense in Oakland, look a

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00:29:25,600 --> 00:29:28,320
Speaker 1: little better. Well. I mean, the problem is Oakland continues

588
00:29:28,360 --> 00:29:31,400
Speaker 1: to give up huge plays on defense, and I think

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Speaker 1: the record is nice at this point. Nice for them

590
00:29:33,560 --> 00:29:35,280
Speaker 1: to get out to this start, but it's gonna catch

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00:29:35,400 --> 00:29:36,720
Speaker 1: up to you at some point. I think when you

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00:29:36,760 --> 00:29:39,080
Speaker 1: watch the Raiders defense, though they're not one of the

593
00:29:39,080 --> 00:29:42,160
Speaker 1: worst defenses in the league, they had two really bad

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00:29:42,200 --> 00:29:44,920
Speaker 1: games to start the season and they've They've had some

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00:29:44,960 --> 00:29:47,040
Speaker 1: games where they haven't been great, but for the most part,

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Speaker 1: they they have talent on defense, and since those first

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00:29:49,960 --> 00:29:53,880
Speaker 1: two weeks, they've been okay. I would say that rather underachieving. Though, yeah,

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00:29:53,920 --> 00:29:57,080
Speaker 1: that's fair. They can do better. They've got the talent

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00:29:57,120 --> 00:29:59,520
Speaker 1: to turn it around. But I don't give them any

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Speaker 1: credit for beating the Jags. Wouldn't surprise me if the

601
00:30:01,920 --> 00:30:04,520
Speaker 1: Bucks win this game, though, But they cannot get healthy.

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00:30:04,640 --> 00:30:07,600
Speaker 1: I mean, they keep waiting. Doug Martin had a setback

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Speaker 1: from his injury. There. That hasn't been a problem. Quiz

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00:30:11,440 --> 00:30:14,800
Speaker 1: has been more than anyone could have expected. That's fine,

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00:30:15,080 --> 00:30:17,760
Speaker 1: but it hasn't been a problem. It has been in

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Speaker 1: that one game against the Panthers, he averaged three yards

607
00:30:20,440 --> 00:30:22,840
Speaker 1: per carry. Wasn't the craziest performance. He had a great

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Speaker 1: game against San Francisco. When you play good teams, it

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Speaker 1: would be nice to have Doug Martin. That's all I get.

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Speaker 1: I get that. Let's move on and talk about a

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00:30:29,360 --> 00:30:32,720
Speaker 1: match up between the Seattle Seahawks and the new Olden Saints,

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Speaker 1: and uh, you know, Greg, I think here's the thing.

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00:30:38,000 --> 00:30:41,400
Speaker 1: Arizona Carl's have very nice defense, but there were times

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Speaker 1: in that Sunday night game where the Seahawks just looked lost.

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Speaker 1: I mean, punt after punt after punt after punt, and

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Speaker 1: it really gets you wondering how much is Russell Wilson's

617
00:30:52,920 --> 00:30:56,600
Speaker 1: leg issues really holding this offense hostage at this point?

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Speaker 1: Do you think they'll be able to score points against

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Speaker 1: the Saints like everyone else's They gonna continue to have issues.

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Speaker 1: Everyone can score against the Saints, but can you can

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Speaker 1: you outscore the Saints in the Superdome? Can you outscore

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Speaker 1: this Saints offense, which I think is easily the best

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Speaker 1: Saints offense in two thousand and eleven, maybe the best

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Speaker 1: one since two thousand nine. Past protection getting better every week,

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00:31:17,640 --> 00:31:20,800
Speaker 1: the best three wide receiver combination that Drew Brees has

626
00:31:20,880 --> 00:31:23,400
Speaker 1: ever had. That's not including when he had Jimmy Graham.

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00:31:23,440 --> 00:31:26,440
Speaker 1: He's not a wide out, but Cooks, Thomas and Steed

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00:31:26,600 --> 00:31:28,800
Speaker 1: they're lightening up. This is a great matchup when the

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Speaker 1: Saints are on the field. This is one of the

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Speaker 1: best defenses and one of the top three or four offenses.

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Speaker 1: It wouldn't surprise me if the Saints win this game

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Speaker 1: for the same reason that the Seahawks are coming off

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00:31:37,600 --> 00:31:40,719
Speaker 1: a hundred snaps a week ago. It would surprise me.

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Speaker 1: Do the Saints have an edge rusher. No. I mean

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Speaker 1: they have Cameron Jordan's a good player, but he's not

636
00:31:45,880 --> 00:31:48,200
Speaker 1: really a nice rusher. Three games the Seahawks have played

637
00:31:48,200 --> 00:31:51,080
Speaker 1: against teams with good edge rushers, their offense has been

638
00:31:51,120 --> 00:31:54,920
Speaker 1: shut down. And when they because Russell Wilson can't move

639
00:31:54,920 --> 00:31:58,000
Speaker 1: in the Seahawks tackles are garbage. But when they play

640
00:31:58,040 --> 00:32:00,280
Speaker 1: against the team that doesn't have an edge rusher, they

641
00:32:00,280 --> 00:32:02,840
Speaker 1: do fine. I think this pectorial injury which they're talking

642
00:32:02,880 --> 00:32:05,840
Speaker 1: about with Wilson, is a concern, but Wilson played great

643
00:32:05,840 --> 00:32:08,360
Speaker 1: against Atlanta. Wilson played great against the Jets, so I

644
00:32:08,360 --> 00:32:11,480
Speaker 1: don't know about this Russell Wilson mobility is that big

645
00:32:11,480 --> 00:32:13,440
Speaker 1: of a problem it was, It wasn't a big problem

646
00:32:13,440 --> 00:32:15,680
Speaker 1: the two weeks before that. I think it's funny that

647
00:32:15,760 --> 00:32:18,360
Speaker 1: I've been real hard on Sean Payton in the Saints

648
00:32:18,760 --> 00:32:21,120
Speaker 1: for their defense, But if you do watching what they

649
00:32:21,160 --> 00:32:23,680
Speaker 1: did on offense last week when Sneid got back involved

650
00:32:23,720 --> 00:32:26,040
Speaker 1: in this passing game, it's funny that a year ago

651
00:32:26,480 --> 00:32:28,840
Speaker 1: we were talking about a Saints offense that wanted to

652
00:32:28,880 --> 00:32:31,760
Speaker 1: become the two thousand and fourteen Cowboys. They wanted to

653
00:32:31,800 --> 00:32:34,479
Speaker 1: use mark Ingram and chew up the clock and finally

654
00:32:34,520 --> 00:32:37,200
Speaker 1: give Sean Payton some credit at least for saying, forget

655
00:32:37,240 --> 00:32:39,360
Speaker 1: that we know who we are, We're gonna pass the

656
00:32:39,360 --> 00:32:43,000
Speaker 1: hell out of the ball NonStop. And honestly, they give

657
00:32:43,040 --> 00:32:45,880
Speaker 1: them credit because shouldn't You've got a couple more years

658
00:32:45,880 --> 00:32:48,240
Speaker 1: with Drew Brees and it listens. They got the guys

659
00:32:48,240 --> 00:32:51,080
Speaker 1: in house to do it. Their passing game is unbelievable.

660
00:32:51,240 --> 00:32:53,720
Speaker 1: I agree, but shouldn't mark Ingram have a hundred yards

661
00:32:53,760 --> 00:32:58,440
Speaker 1: every once a while he help out at defense. He

662
00:32:59,000 --> 00:33:00,360
Speaker 1: does not look like the same guy to me is

663
00:33:00,480 --> 00:33:03,000
Speaker 1: last year. There was a period late in the last

664
00:33:03,000 --> 00:33:04,600
Speaker 1: week's game with the Saints where they got a little

665
00:33:04,640 --> 00:33:06,840
Speaker 1: more balanced, and I thought it looked that's the kind

666
00:33:06,840 --> 00:33:08,880
Speaker 1: of offense you'd want, but they've not been able to

667
00:33:08,920 --> 00:33:11,120
Speaker 1: keep their defense on the field. They might get Delvin

668
00:33:11,120 --> 00:33:13,640
Speaker 1: Brow back, which would be if he doesn't come back

669
00:33:13,640 --> 00:33:16,160
Speaker 1: this week. Whenever he comes back, that's a huge addition

670
00:33:16,200 --> 00:33:20,840
Speaker 1: for that team. Russell Wilson told reporters on Thursday that

671
00:33:20,920 --> 00:33:23,800
Speaker 1: he was told his knee injury was supposed to sideline

672
00:33:23,840 --> 00:33:25,880
Speaker 1: him four weeks. He didn't miss a game. That's a

673
00:33:25,920 --> 00:33:28,200
Speaker 1: little bit of a big Ben Humble Bragg situation, but

674
00:33:28,280 --> 00:33:30,920
Speaker 1: also it again tells you the severity of the issue

675
00:33:30,960 --> 00:33:33,520
Speaker 1: that he's dealing with and why he might not be

676
00:33:33,680 --> 00:33:36,520
Speaker 1: right until after the season ends. We'll see how this

677
00:33:36,600 --> 00:33:38,760
Speaker 1: all plays out moving I'm taking the Saints, by the

678
00:33:38,760 --> 00:33:41,880
Speaker 1: way in this let's pick that game. Anybody else got

679
00:33:41,880 --> 00:33:47,480
Speaker 1: the Saints? See Chickens, I'm going Seahawks on the Superdome playground.

680
00:33:47,640 --> 00:33:49,920
Speaker 1: I'm with you. That's roll. Let's roll. Let's take a

681
00:33:49,920 --> 00:33:52,320
Speaker 1: shot on that one. All right. Let's move on. Talk

682
00:33:52,360 --> 00:33:56,920
Speaker 1: a little Lions at Texans guys, and uh, the talk

683
00:33:56,960 --> 00:33:59,800
Speaker 1: of the league and well there's two This is really

684
00:33:59,840 --> 00:34:01,960
Speaker 1: the hell two quarterbacks right here. I mean you have

685
00:34:02,040 --> 00:34:05,080
Speaker 1: on one side Mark brock Oswiler is coming off maybe

686
00:34:05,280 --> 00:34:08,720
Speaker 1: his his lowest moment on Monday Night against his old team,

687
00:34:08,840 --> 00:34:11,280
Speaker 1: and then on the other side you have the reborn

688
00:34:11,480 --> 00:34:15,160
Speaker 1: by cooner Matthew Stafford, who is getting legit m v

689
00:34:15,280 --> 00:34:17,400
Speaker 1: P buzz. Do you think he deserves to be in

690
00:34:17,400 --> 00:34:20,719
Speaker 1: that conversation right now? Absolutely? Watching Matthew Stafford over the

691
00:34:20,800 --> 00:34:24,759
Speaker 1: last couple of weeks to a month, this is completely

692
00:34:24,800 --> 00:34:27,360
Speaker 1: different than the way I used to feel watching Matthew Stafford,

693
00:34:27,360 --> 00:34:30,000
Speaker 1: where I found him so frustrating he drove me nuts.

694
00:34:30,080 --> 00:34:33,680
Speaker 1: He would do things physically, mechanically and decision making wise

695
00:34:33,719 --> 00:34:37,319
Speaker 1: that would just make Lions fans insane. Instead, this year

696
00:34:37,680 --> 00:34:40,640
Speaker 1: it's completely the opposite. And I don't want to say

697
00:34:40,680 --> 00:34:42,880
Speaker 1: that it's because Calvin Johnson isn't there. That doesn't make

698
00:34:42,880 --> 00:34:44,520
Speaker 1: a lot of sense to me. But he's doing it

699
00:34:44,920 --> 00:34:47,959
Speaker 1: last week without any semblance of a ground game. It's

700
00:34:48,000 --> 00:34:50,240
Speaker 1: on his shoulders and the way he beat the Redskins

701
00:34:50,239 --> 00:34:52,600
Speaker 1: in the final minute was one of the better, you know,

702
00:34:52,680 --> 00:34:55,520
Speaker 1: closing moments for a quarterback all season, and I think

703
00:34:55,520 --> 00:34:58,000
Speaker 1: he'll be able to continue that against the Texans. The

704
00:34:58,040 --> 00:35:00,920
Speaker 1: bigger question for me is you look at Ostwiler. We

705
00:35:00,920 --> 00:35:03,120
Speaker 1: all saw that game in prime time. What a disaster.

706
00:35:03,239 --> 00:35:05,800
Speaker 1: The aura around this Texans team is one of great

707
00:35:05,840 --> 00:35:08,520
Speaker 1: disappointment because you poured a ton of money into what

708
00:35:08,719 --> 00:35:11,640
Speaker 1: is essentially a backup quarterback that might even be third

709
00:35:11,680 --> 00:35:13,720
Speaker 1: string in the way he's played on some teams rosters

710
00:35:13,840 --> 00:35:17,200
Speaker 1: right now, can you get healthy against the Lions defense

711
00:35:17,239 --> 00:35:24,800
Speaker 1: and allowing seventy quarterback it's in the mix. They're allowing

712
00:35:24,880 --> 00:35:26,960
Speaker 1: quarterbacks to get healthy. But I just think with this,

713
00:35:27,120 --> 00:35:29,640
Speaker 1: with with the way this Texans offense is centered right now,

714
00:35:29,800 --> 00:35:32,719
Speaker 1: brock Ostwilder is hurting them week to week. Guys like

715
00:35:32,800 --> 00:35:35,160
Speaker 1: Harry Hyder on the Lions are getting two quarterbacks. He's

716
00:35:35,200 --> 00:35:37,120
Speaker 1: gonna get pressured. We'll see what happens. The way you

717
00:35:37,480 --> 00:35:39,799
Speaker 1: just bury your hand in your face when you hear

718
00:35:39,840 --> 00:35:44,319
Speaker 1: that drop, can we hear one more time? Can't believe it?

719
00:35:44,960 --> 00:35:48,120
Speaker 1: That is Greg's impression of of rock Oswiler. Just so

720
00:35:48,160 --> 00:35:51,080
Speaker 1: everyone knows, speaking of brock Oswalder by the way Texans

721
00:35:51,080 --> 00:35:52,920
Speaker 1: fan and when these stories pop up, you know you're

722
00:35:52,920 --> 00:35:55,480
Speaker 1: you're in a funk. Whenever this happens. A Texans fan

723
00:35:55,520 --> 00:35:58,239
Speaker 1: is started to go fund me to raise seventy two

724
00:35:58,239 --> 00:36:00,960
Speaker 1: million to buy out brock Oswilders. You blame him, I

725
00:36:01,239 --> 00:36:04,120
Speaker 1: totally don't blame it. I mean, it's it's a bad situation.

726
00:36:04,200 --> 00:36:07,279
Speaker 1: We talked about this uh in depth on Tuesday's show.

727
00:36:07,320 --> 00:36:09,839
Speaker 1: But they are They're in a tough situation. They're locked

728
00:36:09,840 --> 00:36:11,879
Speaker 1: in with him and they need him to show something

729
00:36:11,880 --> 00:36:14,359
Speaker 1: against Detroit. Was I can't believe I'm picking the Lions

730
00:36:14,400 --> 00:36:18,200
Speaker 1: to win this game, but I think other than Blake Bordles,

731
00:36:18,239 --> 00:36:20,720
Speaker 1: I have less confidence in brock oswar than any quarterback

732
00:36:20,760 --> 00:36:22,880
Speaker 1: in the league, and I have a lot of confidence

733
00:36:22,880 --> 00:36:25,160
Speaker 1: in Matthew Stafford. I'm not in the Pro Football Writers

734
00:36:25,160 --> 00:36:27,840
Speaker 1: of America. Why not, But if I was, I'd be

735
00:36:27,920 --> 00:36:30,279
Speaker 1: kicked out because I haven't written a Matthew Stafford think

736
00:36:30,280 --> 00:36:33,560
Speaker 1: piece this week and every other writer. I hope you're

737
00:36:33,560 --> 00:36:35,719
Speaker 1: reading the QB indext we had ours a month ago.

738
00:36:35,920 --> 00:36:38,840
Speaker 1: Matthew Stafford. We're ahead of the curve. That's what we do.

739
00:36:38,960 --> 00:36:41,480
Speaker 1: We are ahead of the curve. They get a theoretic

740
00:36:41,640 --> 00:36:44,839
Speaker 1: back this week, they get Eric Ebron back this week.

741
00:36:44,920 --> 00:36:48,840
Speaker 1: That's part of what they've got. Golden Tate, a rejuvenated

742
00:36:48,880 --> 00:36:51,600
Speaker 1: golden Tate as the centerpiece of their passing game right now,

743
00:36:51,600 --> 00:36:54,919
Speaker 1: that's also sort of their ground game too. Yes, that's

744
00:36:54,960 --> 00:36:57,800
Speaker 1: what's so impressive to me about what Stafford and Cootter

745
00:36:58,040 --> 00:37:00,640
Speaker 1: have done. Couter is an incredible play call. They put

746
00:37:00,680 --> 00:37:03,759
Speaker 1: up thirty one points on the Rams in eight drives

747
00:37:04,080 --> 00:37:07,600
Speaker 1: without Ebron and Riddick, who are two of their four

748
00:37:07,680 --> 00:37:12,840
Speaker 1: or five most valuable offensive players. It's incredible, and listening today,

749
00:37:12,840 --> 00:37:15,480
Speaker 1: there was a good hit by on up to the

750
00:37:15,520 --> 00:37:18,839
Speaker 1: minute from our reporter James Palmer, Justin Forsett, who has

751
00:37:18,840 --> 00:37:22,319
Speaker 1: been there. He compared Stafford's mastery of the offense and

752
00:37:22,360 --> 00:37:25,799
Speaker 1: the responsibility he has with directing where everyone's gonna be

753
00:37:26,120 --> 00:37:28,000
Speaker 1: to Peyton Manning. He said He's played with a lot

754
00:37:28,000 --> 00:37:31,640
Speaker 1: of veteran quarterbacks, including Joe Flacco for instance, none of

755
00:37:31,640 --> 00:37:34,840
Speaker 1: them had that sort of mastery and control and an

756
00:37:34,920 --> 00:37:39,760
Speaker 1: ability to orchestrate the whole team like staff It's I mean,

757
00:37:39,800 --> 00:37:42,160
Speaker 1: you who would have ever thought you'd hear that about Matthews.

758
00:37:42,719 --> 00:37:45,520
Speaker 1: It's not just the play calling, because finally someone has

759
00:37:45,560 --> 00:37:48,359
Speaker 1: developed and worked with Matthew Stafford to correct a lot

760
00:37:48,440 --> 00:37:51,279
Speaker 1: of the stuff that multiple coaches and position coaches could not.

761
00:37:51,520 --> 00:37:54,439
Speaker 1: And I'll tell you something, Dan, That's why I'm making

762
00:37:54,480 --> 00:37:56,960
Speaker 1: the Lions my lock of the wheel, locking it up.

763
00:37:57,000 --> 00:37:58,880
Speaker 1: There are a fun team. I have. All I have

764
00:37:59,080 --> 00:38:03,040
Speaker 1: did like spin it and secure that it's in the vault.

765
00:38:03,120 --> 00:38:06,320
Speaker 1: I have disliked the Lions and watching the Lions since

766
00:38:06,600 --> 00:38:09,840
Speaker 1: childhood because of the stadium they play in, their boring

767
00:38:09,920 --> 00:38:12,600
Speaker 1: little dome and just their whole boring, you know, feeling

768
00:38:12,640 --> 00:38:14,839
Speaker 1: to the whole team. They've been terrible most and they've

769
00:38:14,840 --> 00:38:18,760
Speaker 1: been terrible, completely different this year. They're fun to watch

770
00:38:19,040 --> 00:38:20,879
Speaker 1: and you know what They're gonna take this team town.

771
00:38:20,880 --> 00:38:22,640
Speaker 1: The Texans have a lot of questions to answer. You

772
00:38:22,680 --> 00:38:26,600
Speaker 1: had an issue with the Pontiac Silverdome matic gold build.

773
00:38:26,600 --> 00:38:30,040
Speaker 1: That's where slammed Andre the Giant. That's the most fun

774
00:38:30,040 --> 00:38:32,520
Speaker 1: thing that happened in the Pontiac Silverdome in my childhood,

775
00:38:33,280 --> 00:38:36,520
Speaker 1: unless you're actually went and watched that event live close

776
00:38:36,600 --> 00:38:39,920
Speaker 1: circuit cable in the Hartford Felt Forum. I believe it

777
00:38:40,000 --> 00:38:42,560
Speaker 1: was called dragged my dad to it. He was questioning

778
00:38:42,600 --> 00:38:44,959
Speaker 1: everything about my brother and I at that point. Why

779
00:38:45,080 --> 00:38:48,080
Speaker 1: was he dragged to a WWF wrestlemany event. It was

780
00:38:48,120 --> 00:38:50,880
Speaker 1: a great event. Sorry, especially just you're just watching it

781
00:38:50,920 --> 00:38:56,480
Speaker 1: on TV, right, you couldn't order to convey how big

782
00:38:56,520 --> 00:39:01,440
Speaker 1: wrestling was for any child. From ninth to eighty seven,

783
00:39:01,640 --> 00:39:04,640
Speaker 1: replaced Saturday Night Live every fourth week. Yeah, that was

784
00:39:04,680 --> 00:39:06,719
Speaker 1: a huge event in our household when Saturday Night's main

785
00:39:06,800 --> 00:39:10,480
Speaker 1: event replaced Saturday Night Live. I think although that is

786
00:39:11,000 --> 00:39:12,839
Speaker 1: very true that it did. I think it is very

787
00:39:12,880 --> 00:39:15,920
Speaker 1: true SNL does go dark like once a month. Also,

788
00:39:16,120 --> 00:39:18,440
Speaker 1: it just happened. I like to frame it. I like

789
00:39:18,560 --> 00:39:22,440
Speaker 1: to frame it differently. It actually it completely dominated. It

790
00:39:22,520 --> 00:39:24,239
Speaker 1: was a big deal, and that I'm just for the

791
00:39:24,239 --> 00:39:27,279
Speaker 1: sake of accuracy, just just to recap Dan Piste all

792
00:39:27,280 --> 00:39:29,920
Speaker 1: over your points. You cut that from the broadcast. That

793
00:39:30,040 --> 00:39:32,080
Speaker 1: did nothing to help with what West and I were

794
00:39:32,080 --> 00:39:34,040
Speaker 1: trying to get to. The man picked up the phone

795
00:39:34,040 --> 00:39:37,400
Speaker 1: and Lauren Michaels and then well it also it also

796
00:39:38,440 --> 00:39:42,319
Speaker 1: it got massive ratings though too very well, so your

797
00:39:42,320 --> 00:39:45,800
Speaker 1: point is shredded and means nothing. I mean, we finally

798
00:39:45,840 --> 00:39:50,120
Speaker 1: got Dan's Lauren Michael's impression. Long time coming. It was

799
00:39:50,160 --> 00:39:51,960
Speaker 1: the only night of the year or a month that

800
00:39:52,000 --> 00:39:54,520
Speaker 1: the Wesleyan boys were allowed to have snacks. Oh that's

801
00:39:54,520 --> 00:39:58,239
Speaker 1: a sweet I like that. I like picturing that threw

802
00:39:58,280 --> 00:40:02,160
Speaker 1: them down the stairs. It's snacks for like eight kids.

803
00:40:02,400 --> 00:40:04,960
Speaker 1: Keep the change. It filled the animals. The latch opens,

804
00:40:05,000 --> 00:40:09,160
Speaker 1: you hear the doors swing over light throwing like raw

805
00:40:09,239 --> 00:40:14,239
Speaker 1: meat down the stairs. Raccoons and badgers fighting for the

806
00:40:14,280 --> 00:40:19,959
Speaker 1: same snacks, seven of us fighting over one rollo. There's

807
00:40:20,000 --> 00:40:23,080
Speaker 1: like a dead Westling roy skeleton in the corner, like

808
00:40:23,200 --> 00:40:28,760
Speaker 1: you just can make it old Hank Old Hank Westling.

809
00:40:28,960 --> 00:40:32,279
Speaker 1: All right, let's move on and talk about Oh, let's

810
00:40:32,320 --> 00:40:36,360
Speaker 1: take a trip to the throne of ease, and my goodness,

811
00:40:36,360 --> 00:40:38,319
Speaker 1: I mean it's starting to get on. What's comical Now

812
00:40:39,640 --> 00:40:41,920
Speaker 1: they get gift wrapped to victory last week because Ben

813
00:40:42,000 --> 00:40:45,480
Speaker 1: Roethlisberger's knees hurt. Now they're gonna get gift racked another

814
00:40:45,520 --> 00:40:49,600
Speaker 1: wind because Lashawn McCoy was stupidly played in week seven

815
00:40:49,640 --> 00:40:52,520
Speaker 1: by Rex and company. We'll see and then we got

816
00:40:52,520 --> 00:40:54,880
Speaker 1: the news also we'll get to a little later. But

817
00:40:55,120 --> 00:40:57,560
Speaker 1: I was upset with this with Greg too, that Denver

818
00:40:57,719 --> 00:41:00,160
Speaker 1: lost their starting running back to Denver the only will

819
00:41:00,160 --> 00:41:02,879
Speaker 1: threaten the a f C. I'm furious right now. Oh yeah,

820
00:41:02,880 --> 00:41:06,160
Speaker 1: the Patriots and they've never had any injuries in their history.

821
00:41:06,200 --> 00:41:09,799
Speaker 1: I mean, that's just enjoy the throne of these That's

822
00:41:09,840 --> 00:41:12,279
Speaker 1: all I'm saying. They've had some breaks this year. Al Right,

823
00:41:12,520 --> 00:41:14,479
Speaker 1: here we go. The except for you know, the whole

824
00:41:14,760 --> 00:41:17,640
Speaker 1: suspending the best player in the league for four games

825
00:41:17,680 --> 00:41:20,319
Speaker 1: for a ridiculous offense. Other than that, the breaks, when

826
00:41:20,360 --> 00:41:22,040
Speaker 1: you cheat, you gotta be you gotta be punished, you

827
00:41:22,080 --> 00:41:24,160
Speaker 1: gotta face up to it. Except the other thirty one teams,

828
00:41:24,280 --> 00:41:28,759
Speaker 1: the Bill always comes due. That's the lesson. They're un Yeah,

829
00:41:28,800 --> 00:41:32,359
Speaker 1: that's good. Uh, it must have been a deflating situation.

830
00:41:32,520 --> 00:41:36,400
Speaker 1: Has anyone done that? The first was a professional? All Right,

831
00:41:36,480 --> 00:41:40,160
Speaker 1: here we go. The Bills four and three lost in Miami,

832
00:41:40,200 --> 00:41:44,719
Speaker 1: had a great opportunity to come flying into this Patriots matchup. Um,

833
00:41:45,360 --> 00:41:48,000
Speaker 1: but instead they're coming off a tough loss to the Dolphins. Uh,

834
00:41:48,040 --> 00:41:51,680
Speaker 1: they are the home team. But we should know that

835
00:41:51,880 --> 00:41:56,759
Speaker 1: Tom Brady always has fun against Rex Ryan. But things

836
00:41:56,760 --> 00:41:59,440
Speaker 1: were different. This is the second matchup between these two teams, correct,

837
00:41:59,600 --> 00:42:02,799
Speaker 1: And the the first one was Yeah, they there won't

838
00:42:02,840 --> 00:42:05,319
Speaker 1: be any Jacoby Brissett for them to pick on this time.

839
00:42:06,239 --> 00:42:12,279
Speaker 1: And you do have to give credit Risky. Just what

840
00:42:12,360 --> 00:42:15,040
Speaker 1: I thought we'd never hear that again. The eighteen tackle

841
00:42:15,160 --> 00:42:17,920
Speaker 1: game that Zach Brown had against the Patriots might be

842
00:42:17,960 --> 00:42:21,160
Speaker 1: the best defensive performance I've seen a whole year. And

843
00:42:21,200 --> 00:42:24,280
Speaker 1: he'll be he He wasn't practicing because of an illness,

844
00:42:24,280 --> 00:42:26,759
Speaker 1: but he should be fine. The Patriots should be hoping

845
00:42:26,760 --> 00:42:30,839
Speaker 1: that Lashawn McCoy plays because he was terrible last week.

846
00:42:30,880 --> 00:42:33,160
Speaker 1: He was dragging his leg around. He was not nearly

847
00:42:33,200 --> 00:42:37,240
Speaker 1: as explosive as Mike gillies Lei and Robert or Lashaw

848
00:42:37,320 --> 00:42:40,759
Speaker 1: McCoy playing was bad, not only for what it does

849
00:42:40,840 --> 00:42:42,480
Speaker 1: this week and the week after that when he won't

850
00:42:42,480 --> 00:42:44,960
Speaker 1: be It was bad because he didn't give them a

851
00:42:44,960 --> 00:42:48,040
Speaker 1: good chance to win at at a at a a

852
00:42:48,160 --> 00:42:50,840
Speaker 1: stage in that game where he couldn't make anyone miss,

853
00:42:50,880 --> 00:42:54,759
Speaker 1: he couldn't do anything. The Bill's defense should be good

854
00:42:54,840 --> 00:42:57,319
Speaker 1: enough to keep them in most games. Now they're going

855
00:42:57,400 --> 00:42:59,600
Speaker 1: up against you know what might be the best offense

856
00:42:59,600 --> 00:43:02,399
Speaker 1: in the league. They do get Marcel Darius back, it's

857
00:43:02,440 --> 00:43:05,319
Speaker 1: gonna be tough for the Bills to score a lot

858
00:43:05,320 --> 00:43:07,239
Speaker 1: of points. They're not build up built to score a

859
00:43:07,239 --> 00:43:10,359
Speaker 1: lot of points. They might be without Corty glenn Uh,

860
00:43:10,400 --> 00:43:12,600
Speaker 1: they might be without Aaron Williams, who has been a

861
00:43:12,719 --> 00:43:15,239
Speaker 1: key part of that secondary and it sounds like he's

862
00:43:15,239 --> 00:43:17,279
Speaker 1: going to be out for for a long time. It

863
00:43:17,320 --> 00:43:19,239
Speaker 1: doesn't set up well for them. But this is a

864
00:43:19,280 --> 00:43:21,520
Speaker 1: team that really won on both sides of the ball

865
00:43:21,600 --> 00:43:23,520
Speaker 1: last time they played their offense, having a lot of

866
00:43:23,520 --> 00:43:26,080
Speaker 1: long drives early against the Patriots was a key to

867
00:43:26,120 --> 00:43:28,560
Speaker 1: that game. I I there was a point in the

868
00:43:28,600 --> 00:43:32,759
Speaker 1: Steelers Patriots game where the Steelers scored to go to

869
00:43:32,840 --> 00:43:34,920
Speaker 1: go up. They were down twenty to sixteen. It's the

870
00:43:34,960 --> 00:43:38,080
Speaker 1: fourth quarter, and it's almost you found out right then

871
00:43:38,080 --> 00:43:41,120
Speaker 1: that New England is just toying with teams at this point.

872
00:43:41,239 --> 00:43:43,600
Speaker 1: At that point, they stopped spreading the ball around. They

873
00:43:43,640 --> 00:43:46,120
Speaker 1: just gave it to Legarrett Blunt and fired it down

874
00:43:46,120 --> 00:43:51,680
Speaker 1: the field to Rob Gronkowski. Scored instantly and absolutely powerfully

875
00:43:51,680 --> 00:43:54,239
Speaker 1: imposed their will on the opponent. And at that point

876
00:43:54,239 --> 00:43:56,279
Speaker 1: I watched, I said, they are going to win the

877
00:43:56,320 --> 00:43:58,480
Speaker 1: Super Bowl. And we're going to spend the next ten

878
00:43:58,560 --> 00:44:02,520
Speaker 1: or twelve weeks talking around flittering around other teams. Oh,

879
00:44:02,600 --> 00:44:05,880
Speaker 1: the Houston Texans, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. It does not

880
00:44:06,080 --> 00:44:09,360
Speaker 1: matter at all. This team is, by far, heads and tails,

881
00:44:09,560 --> 00:44:11,680
Speaker 1: the best team in the a f C, in the NFL.

882
00:44:11,920 --> 00:44:15,840
Speaker 1: They are going to destroy Buffalo Pashtegs, save football, Cancel

883
00:44:15,920 --> 00:44:19,000
Speaker 1: the Patriots of you. I feel like this was your rant,

884
00:44:19,120 --> 00:44:21,359
Speaker 1: like right before you left for a week and well

885
00:44:21,480 --> 00:44:27,000
Speaker 1: come back and well nothing changed. Honestly watching that Steelers game,

886
00:44:27,000 --> 00:44:29,000
Speaker 1: and I understand Landry Jones is in there, and if

887
00:44:29,040 --> 00:44:31,040
Speaker 1: you put big Bang in there, that's a different matchup.

888
00:44:31,200 --> 00:44:33,160
Speaker 1: But I'm not sure it matters. New England is not

889
00:44:33,280 --> 00:44:36,800
Speaker 1: going to be stopped by anyone. Barring a rash of injuries,

890
00:44:36,840 --> 00:44:38,840
Speaker 1: They're not going to be stopped. They are They're like

891
00:44:38,960 --> 00:44:41,920
Speaker 1: in Swingers where he's using those bear claws and they

892
00:44:42,000 --> 00:44:45,759
Speaker 1: just kind of they bat around the pretty little team

893
00:44:45,800 --> 00:44:48,040
Speaker 1: and whatever they feel like if they dig those claus

894
00:44:48,120 --> 00:44:51,040
Speaker 1: in and they do it, here's two West Like, by

895
00:44:51,080 --> 00:44:53,160
Speaker 1: the way, thank god for that, because without the Patriots,

896
00:44:53,200 --> 00:44:56,000
Speaker 1: there'll be no good teams in football that's exactly right

897
00:44:56,000 --> 00:45:00,920
Speaker 1: competitive save the Patriots. Um I West, I know you

898
00:45:00,960 --> 00:45:03,839
Speaker 1: like trivial stats. I like two of these now, all

899
00:45:03,960 --> 00:45:06,399
Speaker 1: eight of Tom Brady's TV passes the season. I've gone

900
00:45:06,440 --> 00:45:09,600
Speaker 1: to rbs and tight ends. Which can I spin off

901
00:45:09,600 --> 00:45:13,080
Speaker 1: that point? Julian Edelman not very good this year. He

902
00:45:13,200 --> 00:45:15,759
Speaker 1: hit the foot, He's not as quick as he was,

903
00:45:15,880 --> 00:45:18,719
Speaker 1: he's not making big plays, He's not the player he

904
00:45:18,840 --> 00:45:20,799
Speaker 1: was last year or the year before there, and this

905
00:45:20,880 --> 00:45:22,560
Speaker 1: is kind of a meeting of step. But Brady is

906
00:45:23,040 --> 00:45:25,759
Speaker 1: just become such a statistical monster in the last ten

907
00:45:25,880 --> 00:45:29,040
Speaker 1: years that all these stats are always crazy, but they're

908
00:45:29,080 --> 00:45:31,120
Speaker 1: just fun to read. Brady is eleven and oh in

909
00:45:31,120 --> 00:45:34,759
Speaker 1: October starts since two thousand fourteen, with thirty three touchdowns

910
00:45:34,800 --> 00:45:38,560
Speaker 1: and one interception. I think there's one reason there. There's

911
00:45:38,560 --> 00:45:40,560
Speaker 1: something this is to be said for that that New England,

912
00:45:40,600 --> 00:45:42,920
Speaker 1: and we've talked about this before, they don't have a

913
00:45:43,000 --> 00:45:47,120
Speaker 1: problem spending the month of September figuring out who they

914
00:45:47,120 --> 00:45:48,719
Speaker 1: are and what they do best. And by the time

915
00:45:48,760 --> 00:45:50,799
Speaker 1: you get to October and you still have a lot

916
00:45:50,840 --> 00:45:53,239
Speaker 1: of healthy players and Brady is not in any level

917
00:45:53,280 --> 00:45:56,839
Speaker 1: worn down. They just ripped through people out that though.

918
00:45:57,160 --> 00:45:58,919
Speaker 1: I think all teams trying to are trying to figure

919
00:45:58,920 --> 00:46:01,160
Speaker 1: out the way they do it member and then but

920
00:46:01,239 --> 00:46:04,320
Speaker 1: the Pats figured out there, you go, don't the Pats

921
00:46:04,400 --> 00:46:07,080
Speaker 1: do things well that other teams professional teams should be

922
00:46:07,080 --> 00:46:08,960
Speaker 1: able to do and do not do. I don't I

923
00:46:09,000 --> 00:46:12,120
Speaker 1: am uncomfortable with all this. They're they're in the super Bowl.

924
00:46:12,160 --> 00:46:13,920
Speaker 1: That's not how it works. You don't like it, you

925
00:46:13,960 --> 00:46:17,240
Speaker 1: do it, It's not how it works. But it's everyone's

926
00:46:17,280 --> 00:46:19,680
Speaker 1: going to be maybe, I hope so. But they're gonna

927
00:46:19,680 --> 00:46:21,440
Speaker 1: have to keep getting better they have. It's not like

928
00:46:21,480 --> 00:46:24,120
Speaker 1: they're a perfect team. Are they a good pass blocking team?

929
00:46:24,280 --> 00:46:27,640
Speaker 1: Not particularly? Are they good pass rushing team? Not particularly.

930
00:46:27,760 --> 00:46:30,640
Speaker 1: Are they a particularly good running team. Not really like

931
00:46:30,760 --> 00:46:33,680
Speaker 1: they they're they're good. They have Tom Brady and they

932
00:46:33,719 --> 00:46:36,560
Speaker 1: have a lot of great I'm just saying that, you

933
00:46:36,560 --> 00:46:39,879
Speaker 1: know what, they're not the most dominant team we've ever seen.

934
00:46:39,920 --> 00:46:42,600
Speaker 1: Here's one example. Everyone's you know, la Garrett Blunt is

935
00:46:42,640 --> 00:46:45,080
Speaker 1: just a guy. He's everybody you know what he is.

936
00:46:45,200 --> 00:46:47,879
Speaker 1: He's dominating teams weeks two weeks and the guy does

937
00:46:47,920 --> 00:46:49,800
Speaker 1: not getting I'm not saying that he's the most versatile

938
00:46:49,880 --> 00:46:52,239
Speaker 1: running back. He's he's a one dimensional type guy. But

939
00:46:52,320 --> 00:46:54,560
Speaker 1: they say, go in there and batter through teams. There

940
00:46:54,600 --> 00:46:56,480
Speaker 1: are a couple of runs against the Steelers last week

941
00:46:56,480 --> 00:46:59,560
Speaker 1: where he's like he just swaying back and forth and

942
00:46:59,640 --> 00:47:03,479
Speaker 1: just for ten or eleven yards right through Pittsburgh's deare

943
00:47:04,320 --> 00:47:06,839
Speaker 1: why don't you a shameful performance by me. But that's

944
00:47:06,920 --> 00:47:09,160
Speaker 1: it's not a great pass rush past. But then here's

945
00:47:09,160 --> 00:47:11,319
Speaker 1: the thing, the rest of the NFL. What is the

946
00:47:11,360 --> 00:47:14,160
Speaker 1: team there the NFL right now that the talent level

947
00:47:14,200 --> 00:47:16,600
Speaker 1: of the other team seems to be lower, There isn't

948
00:47:16,600 --> 00:47:18,319
Speaker 1: two or three other teams sitting out there. It just

949
00:47:18,320 --> 00:47:22,200
Speaker 1: seems absolutely low. The Seahawks, Steelers when they get Ben back,

950
00:47:22,400 --> 00:47:25,560
Speaker 1: which they will, uh, well, one of them when you

951
00:47:25,600 --> 00:47:27,120
Speaker 1: meet in the Super Bowl. Two of them you meet

952
00:47:27,120 --> 00:47:31,600
Speaker 1: in the Super Bowl. Yards and seventeen touchdowns. I think

953
00:47:31,640 --> 00:47:34,480
Speaker 1: the Patriots are running well and Dion Lewis is supposed

954
00:47:34,480 --> 00:47:37,760
Speaker 1: to return to practice. They could have a very versatile

955
00:47:37,800 --> 00:47:39,960
Speaker 1: back field that allows them to play in any situation

956
00:47:40,000 --> 00:47:43,440
Speaker 1: they want. They do have a good running back in Blood,

957
00:47:43,440 --> 00:47:45,719
Speaker 1: but not a great running game like they don't. He's

958
00:47:45,760 --> 00:47:47,800
Speaker 1: the only guy They get what they need. Other teams

959
00:47:47,800 --> 00:47:49,759
Speaker 1: would love. When you know what, it's third and eight

960
00:47:49,960 --> 00:47:52,040
Speaker 1: you need, they hand the ball off. Other teams get

961
00:47:52,040 --> 00:47:55,160
Speaker 1: two yards and it's a nice punt. Somehow Blunt runs

962
00:47:55,200 --> 00:47:57,600
Speaker 1: for a first down. It's almost like watching someone play

963
00:47:57,600 --> 00:47:59,560
Speaker 1: a video game while the rest of the teams are

964
00:47:59,600 --> 00:48:04,160
Speaker 1: in slow motion. I mean, there's no way to mask it. Greg. Verbally, Greg,

965
00:48:04,239 --> 00:48:07,799
Speaker 1: I want you to put your high octane sandwich where

966
00:48:07,800 --> 00:48:12,760
Speaker 1: your hot take is. Oh and uh two sandwiches. Uh.

967
00:48:12,800 --> 00:48:16,120
Speaker 1: I don't miss make the Super Bowl? No do you

968
00:48:16,160 --> 00:48:18,239
Speaker 1: say that. I say there's no way they missed the

969
00:48:18,480 --> 00:48:22,239
Speaker 1: Super Bowl. I'm not picking against the No, I'm not.

970
00:48:22,440 --> 00:48:24,759
Speaker 1: That's a rule. I never would pick against them. So

971
00:48:25,080 --> 00:48:27,400
Speaker 1: you agree that they will be in the Super Bowl.

972
00:48:27,719 --> 00:48:29,759
Speaker 1: I've got to pick them every week for the rest

973
00:48:29,760 --> 00:48:35,960
Speaker 1: of the time. All right, let's move on and talk

974
00:48:36,040 --> 00:48:38,879
Speaker 1: about Oh, here's two teams going nowhere, the New York

975
00:48:38,960 --> 00:48:42,640
Speaker 1: Jets and Cleveland Browns, who are the bottom two teams

976
00:48:42,640 --> 00:48:45,080
Speaker 1: in the a f C standings right now. Uh two

977
00:48:45,080 --> 00:48:48,160
Speaker 1: and five Jets coming off a win over the Ravens.

978
00:48:48,640 --> 00:48:52,359
Speaker 1: The Browns at home, still looking for that first win.

979
00:48:52,960 --> 00:48:57,080
Speaker 1: And it looks like all indications point to Josh McCown

980
00:48:57,480 --> 00:49:01,480
Speaker 1: returning to the lineup. And Mark, I know you've been

981
00:49:01,520 --> 00:49:03,600
Speaker 1: picking the Browns a lot this year, and I got

982
00:49:03,640 --> 00:49:06,040
Speaker 1: a feeling you're gonna pick him again. And I just

983
00:49:06,080 --> 00:49:09,759
Speaker 1: want you to remember a nice little helicopter spin that

984
00:49:10,080 --> 00:49:12,600
Speaker 1: we gave Josh McCown last season when he came into

985
00:49:12,600 --> 00:49:15,320
Speaker 1: the metal ends. You come come near that goal line again,

986
00:49:15,560 --> 00:49:20,719
Speaker 1: the helicopter spinning once more, I think, well you can,

987
00:49:20,840 --> 00:49:23,799
Speaker 1: you can go on with your chanting. Um. You know

988
00:49:24,080 --> 00:49:26,520
Speaker 1: they we just did a network piece where we had

989
00:49:26,560 --> 00:49:29,200
Speaker 1: to put this under the category of teams pushing for

990
00:49:29,239 --> 00:49:32,040
Speaker 1: the playoffs. I would suggest a different title for this game.

991
00:49:33,120 --> 00:49:36,480
Speaker 1: I mean, please, but that helicopter spin might have been

992
00:49:36,520 --> 00:49:39,120
Speaker 1: the best thing that happened to Cleveland because it is

993
00:49:39,160 --> 00:49:41,960
Speaker 1: the first thing that sunk that team got Hugh Jackson

994
00:49:42,000 --> 00:49:43,839
Speaker 1: to be their coach, and it's the first coach they

995
00:49:43,880 --> 00:49:46,400
Speaker 1: were gonna get sunk either way, Like maybe maybe not.

996
00:49:46,520 --> 00:49:49,080
Speaker 1: McCown actually played very well last year, and he's the

997
00:49:49,239 --> 00:49:51,760
Speaker 1: X factor in this game because if you had Kevin

998
00:49:51,760 --> 00:49:54,440
Speaker 1: Hogan here, who can he can run for you? As

999
00:49:54,480 --> 00:49:57,319
Speaker 1: a wild card wildcat quarterback couple plays a game. He

1000
00:49:57,360 --> 00:50:00,400
Speaker 1: cannot throw the ball at an NFL level. McCown ken,

1001
00:50:00,800 --> 00:50:03,719
Speaker 1: Kevin Hogan has the most hideous quarterback delivery I've ever

1002
00:50:03,719 --> 00:50:06,799
Speaker 1: seen in my life. Blake Bards like, what about me? No, no, no,

1003
00:50:06,840 --> 00:50:09,680
Speaker 1: I mean Kevin Hogan throws like a cricket bowler. He

1004
00:50:09,719 --> 00:50:13,200
Speaker 1: brings it over the top like this, and then Kenan

1005
00:50:13,840 --> 00:50:16,839
Speaker 1: deserves deserves like not a thirty for thirty, but maybe

1006
00:50:16,840 --> 00:50:19,160
Speaker 1: one of those shorts like the Kevin Hogan game last

1007
00:50:19,160 --> 00:50:21,439
Speaker 1: week was an amazing thing to behold. Yeah, and it's

1008
00:50:21,480 --> 00:50:23,319
Speaker 1: I I don't know what we're asking of the six

1009
00:50:23,440 --> 00:50:25,799
Speaker 1: quarterback to play for a team in seven weeks. I

1010
00:50:25,800 --> 00:50:28,319
Speaker 1: don't think we should ask Kevin Hogan to be some

1011
00:50:28,440 --> 00:50:31,200
Speaker 1: sort of like hidden gem. You know, he is what

1012
00:50:31,239 --> 00:50:34,200
Speaker 1: he is. Mccow noo is a very good quarterback and

1013
00:50:34,280 --> 00:50:36,399
Speaker 1: he's got the ability said he's throwing the ball very

1014
00:50:36,400 --> 00:50:39,640
Speaker 1: well in Wednesday's practice, also on Thursday, and that opens

1015
00:50:39,680 --> 00:50:42,200
Speaker 1: up a whole new element in Cleveland's offense that was

1016
00:50:42,239 --> 00:50:44,719
Speaker 1: not present the last couple of weeks. And I would

1017
00:50:44,719 --> 00:50:47,040
Speaker 1: say this is a dangerous matchup for the Jets because

1018
00:50:47,239 --> 00:50:50,200
Speaker 1: of how victimized they've been downfield. You remember Correy Coleman.

1019
00:50:50,440 --> 00:50:53,400
Speaker 1: But they'll listen, there's a chance here this game evens

1020
00:50:53,440 --> 00:50:56,680
Speaker 1: out with a you don't listen. If Geno Smith was

1021
00:50:56,719 --> 00:50:58,920
Speaker 1: starting this game, this would be Cleveland's hands down in

1022
00:50:58,960 --> 00:51:01,799
Speaker 1: my book of Cleveland as anything, hands down. And I

1023
00:51:01,800 --> 00:51:03,680
Speaker 1: think every game is dangerous for the Jets because the

1024
00:51:03,719 --> 00:51:06,279
Speaker 1: Jets aren't very good either. But I also I know

1025
00:51:06,360 --> 00:51:09,000
Speaker 1: there seems to be a groundswell all of a sudden

1026
00:51:09,040 --> 00:51:11,279
Speaker 1: that Josh McCown is like a really good quarterback, and

1027
00:51:11,320 --> 00:51:13,440
Speaker 1: I and I don't. I don't agree. I think he's

1028
00:51:13,440 --> 00:51:15,919
Speaker 1: gonna struggle against even though the Jets are a flawed team.

1029
00:51:16,000 --> 00:51:18,319
Speaker 1: Let the record show struggle against the pastor there's nothing

1030
00:51:18,360 --> 00:51:20,600
Speaker 1: all of a sudden about my support for Josh mll

1031
00:51:20,640 --> 00:51:23,080
Speaker 1: You've you've been pretty much on the Josh McCown vandwagon,

1032
00:51:23,120 --> 00:51:24,839
Speaker 1: But I'm it's not like they they're getting at all

1033
00:51:24,840 --> 00:51:27,200
Speaker 1: pro backers. It's not an all pro but you're talking

1034
00:51:27,200 --> 00:51:31,279
Speaker 1: about going from Kevin Hogan, Well, that's Josh mccount. That

1035
00:51:31,719 --> 00:51:34,240
Speaker 1: is what would have been a thirty to seven Jets

1036
00:51:34,280 --> 00:51:36,800
Speaker 1: win to the get the game is suddenly it's a

1037
00:51:36,840 --> 00:51:39,319
Speaker 1: pick them. It's what it is. Because this game is

1038
00:51:39,320 --> 00:51:41,600
Speaker 1: in Cleveland. Not that that's a huge home field advantage,

1039
00:51:41,760 --> 00:51:44,279
Speaker 1: but the Jets are vulnerable in many ways, and you've

1040
00:51:44,280 --> 00:51:47,440
Speaker 1: got a quarterback in account that nearly beat the Ravens,

1041
00:51:47,440 --> 00:51:49,560
Speaker 1: that through for four hundred and something yards against the

1042
00:51:49,600 --> 00:51:52,319
Speaker 1: Broncos last year, that's done this that that that that

1043
00:51:52,400 --> 00:51:54,480
Speaker 1: you know week after week is showing you can throw

1044
00:51:54,480 --> 00:51:56,279
Speaker 1: the ball and get it to his receivers. He is

1045
00:51:56,320 --> 00:51:59,120
Speaker 1: a dangerous quarterback in this matchup, and either the tourst

1046
00:51:59,120 --> 00:52:02,239
Speaker 1: teams in football according to Football Outside, well that that's

1047
00:52:02,280 --> 00:52:04,640
Speaker 1: not a surprise, and but that that shows you why

1048
00:52:04,680 --> 00:52:06,840
Speaker 1: not the brownsh I don't think the Jets are the

1049
00:52:06,840 --> 00:52:09,360
Speaker 1: second worst team in football. They've they've had some games

1050
00:52:09,360 --> 00:52:11,479
Speaker 1: that were so bad that they've skewed some of those

1051
00:52:11,560 --> 00:52:13,600
Speaker 1: these metrics. In my opinion, I think the Jets are bad,

1052
00:52:13,640 --> 00:52:16,680
Speaker 1: but not like the bottom of the world bad. They've

1053
00:52:16,719 --> 00:52:19,479
Speaker 1: had bottom of the world moments. But yeah, we'll see.

1054
00:52:19,600 --> 00:52:21,080
Speaker 1: I agree. I think this game is kind of a

1055
00:52:21,440 --> 00:52:23,480
Speaker 1: part of me, the like, in a dark part of

1056
00:52:23,480 --> 00:52:25,520
Speaker 1: my mind, I would have no problem. I don't want

1057
00:52:25,560 --> 00:52:28,000
Speaker 1: the Browns to go winless. I think they deserve a

1058
00:52:28,040 --> 00:52:30,560
Speaker 1: win at some point. And if they beat the Jets

1059
00:52:30,640 --> 00:52:33,880
Speaker 1: and they take me off life support in my hope situation,

1060
00:52:33,880 --> 00:52:35,840
Speaker 1: because I'm looking at that schedule and I'm getting now

1061
00:52:36,360 --> 00:52:38,160
Speaker 1: now you're thinking they could get to five and five,

1062
00:52:38,480 --> 00:52:40,520
Speaker 1: and they could potentially, But if you just get beat

1063
00:52:40,520 --> 00:52:44,320
Speaker 1: by the Browns, then I'm completely, uh not emotionally invested

1064
00:52:44,400 --> 00:52:47,640
Speaker 1: at all major. You guys gonna be cool this Sunday

1065
00:52:47,840 --> 00:52:51,040
Speaker 1: like market, I think it's every year. Well, it's also

1066
00:52:51,080 --> 00:52:53,000
Speaker 1: fair to say that at this point, I mean, how

1067
00:52:53,160 --> 00:52:55,600
Speaker 1: how upset would you like me to get about the

1068
00:52:55,640 --> 00:52:58,000
Speaker 1: Browns winning or losing this game. I'm not in that

1069
00:52:58,040 --> 00:53:00,239
Speaker 1: place anymore, and I think that Dan's pretty close to

1070
00:53:00,280 --> 00:53:02,640
Speaker 1: not being in that place either. Ryan Fitzpatrick will have

1071
00:53:02,640 --> 00:53:04,879
Speaker 1: a passer rating over one in this game. I think

1072
00:53:04,920 --> 00:53:07,960
Speaker 1: it will very well. Did the the offense totally came

1073
00:53:07,960 --> 00:53:09,480
Speaker 1: to life when he came in the game last week,

1074
00:53:09,520 --> 00:53:11,920
Speaker 1: at least for one series. Major running back advantage for

1075
00:53:11,960 --> 00:53:15,719
Speaker 1: the Browns in this game. Isaiah Crowell was cutting fantastically

1076
00:53:15,719 --> 00:53:18,680
Speaker 1: against the Bengals. Matt Forte needs thirty carries to reach

1077
00:53:18,719 --> 00:53:21,359
Speaker 1: a hundred yards this year, He's averaging three point five

1078
00:53:21,440 --> 00:53:23,440
Speaker 1: yards per carry and looks slower than that. Jets have

1079
00:53:23,480 --> 00:53:25,600
Speaker 1: the number two rush defense held the Ravens to nine

1080
00:53:25,680 --> 00:53:27,719
Speaker 1: yards on the ground. Well, that's because the Ravens don't

1081
00:53:27,719 --> 00:53:30,440
Speaker 1: believe in running the ball. Uh, let's move on talking

1082
00:53:30,480 --> 00:53:32,959
Speaker 1: a f C West matchup. Oh, this is a good one, Greg,

1083
00:53:32,960 --> 00:53:35,480
Speaker 1: and I know you're excited about it. The San Diego

1084
00:53:35,560 --> 00:53:40,000
Speaker 1: super Chargers fresh off an incredible comeback win in Atlanta,

1085
00:53:40,400 --> 00:53:45,160
Speaker 1: now travel to Denver to face the first place Broncos,

1086
00:53:45,200 --> 00:53:49,040
Speaker 1: and the Broncos look very much like the Broncos UH

1087
00:53:49,160 --> 00:53:52,880
Speaker 1: that made the Super Bowl run last year against the Texans,

1088
00:53:52,920 --> 00:53:56,000
Speaker 1: a dominant defensive effort and the quarterback did enough to

1089
00:53:56,400 --> 00:53:59,759
Speaker 1: UH to create a convincing win. But now CJ. And

1090
00:54:00,040 --> 00:54:01,960
Speaker 1: Sin looks like he's out for the year. How big

1091
00:54:01,960 --> 00:54:05,000
Speaker 1: a loss is that for the Broncos. It's big because

1092
00:54:05,440 --> 00:54:09,480
Speaker 1: their offense is not a explosive offense, and I think

1093
00:54:09,520 --> 00:54:12,799
Speaker 1: they were building something with Anderson and Booker as a

1094
00:54:12,840 --> 00:54:16,120
Speaker 1: one to combination. Now you're really cooking with gas there

1095
00:54:16,160 --> 00:54:19,640
Speaker 1: with Gary Kubiak's zone running scheme. Now it's down to Booker.

1096
00:54:19,680 --> 00:54:22,440
Speaker 1: I think you've got a guy who is as talented,

1097
00:54:22,840 --> 00:54:25,279
Speaker 1: talented enough to be a starter with Booker. It's not

1098
00:54:25,400 --> 00:54:28,799
Speaker 1: a huge, huge downgrade Anderson to Booker. But the problem

1099
00:54:28,880 --> 00:54:30,840
Speaker 1: is he only got one guy now, and if Booker

1100
00:54:30,840 --> 00:54:34,840
Speaker 1: gets hurt, that's really going to hurt them. Late October

1101
00:54:34,960 --> 00:54:37,399
Speaker 1: of two thousand sixteen. Who's the better team in this match?

1102
00:54:39,360 --> 00:54:42,440
Speaker 1: I think the Chargers. I'm picking the Chargers. I mean,

1103
00:54:42,480 --> 00:54:44,680
Speaker 1: I really believe the Chargers might be better than the

1104
00:54:44,719 --> 00:54:47,160
Speaker 1: Denver Broncos. I think as of this week, I thought

1105
00:54:47,160 --> 00:54:49,720
Speaker 1: the Chargers have been a top ten team this whole season,

1106
00:54:50,000 --> 00:54:52,840
Speaker 1: and that that remains true. I think they've got the

1107
00:54:52,880 --> 00:54:54,839
Speaker 1: talent of a top ten team, and they played that way.

1108
00:54:54,880 --> 00:54:56,879
Speaker 1: But so did the Broncos. Like I can't say I'd

1109
00:54:56,920 --> 00:54:59,759
Speaker 1: be surprised if the Broncos at home with that defense

1110
00:55:00,200 --> 00:55:03,000
Speaker 1: manages to to hurt Philip Rivers, who has the number

1111
00:55:03,040 --> 00:55:05,000
Speaker 1: two scoring. You know, there's no reason to take any

1112
00:55:05,000 --> 00:55:07,360
Speaker 1: away from Denver's defense, but I'll say something. It's funny

1113
00:55:07,400 --> 00:55:10,600
Speaker 1: what happens with these teams in pr wise and how

1114
00:55:10,640 --> 00:55:13,600
Speaker 1: they're perceived that a month ago everyone was all over

1115
00:55:13,640 --> 00:55:16,200
Speaker 1: San Diego for Joey Bosa and everything else. Now it

1116
00:55:16,200 --> 00:55:19,000
Speaker 1: looks like with Hunter Henry and Joey Bosa, the Chargers

1117
00:55:19,040 --> 00:55:22,759
Speaker 1: have come out of this with one of the best drafts. Yeah.

1118
00:55:22,800 --> 00:55:25,800
Speaker 1: I mean they've found players, and they are frisky, and

1119
00:55:25,840 --> 00:55:28,200
Speaker 1: they're they The Chargers feel like that team that is

1120
00:55:28,200 --> 00:55:30,799
Speaker 1: a coming up on your schedule home or away. I

1121
00:55:30,840 --> 00:55:32,840
Speaker 1: don't want to deal with them at all. They should

1122
00:55:32,840 --> 00:55:34,600
Speaker 1: be five and two, just like the Broncos are five

1123
00:55:34,640 --> 00:55:37,600
Speaker 1: and two. They blew two games that were kind of flukey.

1124
00:55:38,480 --> 00:55:40,480
Speaker 1: It happened once every ten years. They just happened to

1125
00:55:40,480 --> 00:55:43,640
Speaker 1: do them over three weeks. But yeah, I mean that

1126
00:55:43,840 --> 00:55:45,759
Speaker 1: it makes sense why you would view them as close.

1127
00:55:45,800 --> 00:55:48,160
Speaker 1: I mean, but they're in Denver. This is a tough

1128
00:55:48,200 --> 00:55:51,120
Speaker 1: matchup against the ragning Super Bowl champion that's playing at

1129
00:55:51,120 --> 00:55:53,160
Speaker 1: a very high level. This is such a staying with Denver.

1130
00:55:53,520 --> 00:55:55,680
Speaker 1: I'm picking the Charges, and it's such a big game

1131
00:55:55,800 --> 00:55:57,799
Speaker 1: for them so early in the season. Because if you

1132
00:55:57,840 --> 00:56:02,360
Speaker 1: can pull off sweeping the Uncos, who hadn't lost a

1133
00:56:02,480 --> 00:56:04,399
Speaker 1: road a f C West game, had barely lost any

1134
00:56:04,440 --> 00:56:07,040
Speaker 1: division games in years, if you can pull off sweeping

1135
00:56:07,080 --> 00:56:10,840
Speaker 1: them and and in between you come back from seventeen

1136
00:56:10,960 --> 00:56:13,440
Speaker 1: in Atlanta, I mean, they are gonna feel like they

1137
00:56:13,760 --> 00:56:16,799
Speaker 1: beat everyone. I am excited. Why don't you just I

1138
00:56:16,840 --> 00:56:19,520
Speaker 1: am this year over across the Charge. What is up

1139
00:56:19,560 --> 00:56:22,360
Speaker 1: with the schedule makers playing this doing this game twice

1140
00:56:22,400 --> 00:56:24,239
Speaker 1: in three weeks? I don't know. I don't know. Mark,

1141
00:56:24,320 --> 00:56:27,880
Speaker 1: You'll enjoy Dan had an inspired comparison for Joey Bosa.

1142
00:56:28,520 --> 00:56:31,480
Speaker 1: Please oh yeah, yeah, yeah, you'll remember this guy because

1143
00:56:31,480 --> 00:56:35,120
Speaker 1: he shipwrecked Jets playoff game against your Browns, but a

1144
00:56:35,200 --> 00:56:38,000
Speaker 1: young Mark Gastineau watching those highlights, the way he combines

1145
00:56:38,080 --> 00:56:41,200
Speaker 1: the speed uh and the power and just his build

1146
00:56:41,239 --> 00:56:44,920
Speaker 1: and even number, it's it's like watching that's a good comparison,

1147
00:56:44,920 --> 00:56:47,359
Speaker 1: and just the fact that you know you didn't have

1148
00:56:47,440 --> 00:56:50,239
Speaker 1: the offseason the same way other players did. You miss

1149
00:56:50,320 --> 00:56:52,960
Speaker 1: live action for so long. And it doesn't matter who

1150
00:56:53,000 --> 00:56:55,759
Speaker 1: he's paired up against. He seems to just bowl right

1151
00:56:55,840 --> 00:56:58,080
Speaker 1: through people. He's one of the more fun players to

1152
00:56:58,080 --> 00:57:00,520
Speaker 1: watch on defence. And I heard us you say it

1153
00:57:00,760 --> 00:57:03,279
Speaker 1: Defensive player of the year, rookie, defensive Rookie of the year.

1154
00:57:03,520 --> 00:57:07,279
Speaker 1: Absolutely if he continues on this course, fun team to

1155
00:57:07,320 --> 00:57:10,160
Speaker 1: watch and Rivers right now taking away three of his

1156
00:57:10,200 --> 00:57:12,920
Speaker 1: favorite targets playing this well, it's it's another one. He's

1157
00:57:12,960 --> 00:57:14,800
Speaker 1: had these great first half the last few years. He

1158
00:57:14,840 --> 00:57:16,640
Speaker 1: needs to keep it going this year. But he's playing

1159
00:57:16,680 --> 00:57:18,720
Speaker 1: as well as any quarterback. Where do the kissing cousins

1160
00:57:18,720 --> 00:57:21,960
Speaker 1: fall on this game? It's a it's a coin flip game.

1161
00:57:22,200 --> 00:57:25,840
Speaker 1: I I don't want to disrespect the Broncos, so I'll

1162
00:57:25,840 --> 00:57:28,200
Speaker 1: pick him in a home game. If this were insanity,

1163
00:57:28,440 --> 00:57:32,160
Speaker 1: I just going home team Denver's defense because they've got

1164
00:57:32,200 --> 00:57:34,280
Speaker 1: not gotten worse. I'll I think that they're going to

1165
00:57:34,360 --> 00:57:35,919
Speaker 1: do the job. It can be a close game, though.

1166
00:57:36,400 --> 00:57:41,560
Speaker 1: Let's move on, gentlemen. Here's another matchup between two NFC teams,

1167
00:57:41,560 --> 00:57:44,880
Speaker 1: the Green Bay Packers for and to travel to Atlanta

1168
00:57:44,920 --> 00:57:48,120
Speaker 1: to face the Falcons. Games. Yeah, this is a very

1169
00:57:48,160 --> 00:57:50,680
Speaker 1: good listen by far the best week of games NFL

1170
00:57:50,840 --> 00:57:54,200
Speaker 1: rightly got slaughtered. Maybe the Sunday night game got more

1171
00:57:54,560 --> 00:57:57,200
Speaker 1: heat than it deserved, but in general, was not a

1172
00:57:57,200 --> 00:57:59,560
Speaker 1: good week of games. In week seven, if we got

1173
00:57:59,560 --> 00:58:02,720
Speaker 1: another bed week of games with some good matchups, uh,

1174
00:58:02,760 --> 00:58:06,640
Speaker 1: then I'm a little nervous. Then I started asking, and

1175
00:58:06,640 --> 00:58:09,080
Speaker 1: this is a this is an annoying argument, Philipip. Are

1176
00:58:09,080 --> 00:58:12,680
Speaker 1: there too many teams in the NFL. Maybe we need

1177
00:58:12,720 --> 00:58:14,760
Speaker 1: to have go back to twenty six teams like this

1178
00:58:14,920 --> 00:58:17,280
Speaker 1: committed some of this junk. Get the talent level up

1179
00:58:17,280 --> 00:58:20,200
Speaker 1: on every team, and have more matchups, more weeks full

1180
00:58:20,200 --> 00:58:23,360
Speaker 1: of competitive showdowns, not a bunch of games where you

1181
00:58:23,400 --> 00:58:26,480
Speaker 1: know that one of the teams will not compete the

1182
00:58:26,480 --> 00:58:30,840
Speaker 1: Cleveland Browns again. Maybe if you never happened, maybe it

1183
00:58:30,880 --> 00:58:34,000
Speaker 1: will never happen. Maybe if you stop suspending some of

1184
00:58:34,040 --> 00:58:37,640
Speaker 1: the best players in the league camp better football. All right,

1185
00:58:37,720 --> 00:58:39,640
Speaker 1: let's talk about this game. The Falcons are four and

1186
00:58:39,800 --> 00:58:42,880
Speaker 1: three now and on a two game losing shriek, and

1187
00:58:42,920 --> 00:58:46,960
Speaker 1: you know what, uh you wonder and we all agree

1188
00:58:47,000 --> 00:58:49,640
Speaker 1: this team is not a flute team, at least on offense.

1189
00:58:50,000 --> 00:58:53,439
Speaker 1: They can score against anybody just about, but you wonder

1190
00:58:53,480 --> 00:58:56,320
Speaker 1: if they're their confidence here Chris Westling is shaken a

1191
00:58:56,320 --> 00:58:58,840
Speaker 1: little bit after blowing that game at home to the Chargers.

1192
00:58:59,040 --> 00:59:00,880
Speaker 1: Now you got Green Bay with she is a flawed team,

1193
00:59:00,880 --> 00:59:03,160
Speaker 1: but still a team that could go into a building

1194
00:59:03,160 --> 00:59:04,840
Speaker 1: and beat a team like the Falcons. How do you

1195
00:59:04,880 --> 00:59:07,360
Speaker 1: see this game? Looking the Falcons don't strike me as

1196
00:59:07,360 --> 00:59:09,520
Speaker 1: a team that's gonna have their confidence shaking after going

1197
00:59:09,560 --> 00:59:13,480
Speaker 1: into Denver, going into Seattle and pounding the Panthers. I

1198
00:59:13,720 --> 00:59:16,240
Speaker 1: don't think that's in their DNA this year. I do

1199
00:59:16,360 --> 00:59:20,040
Speaker 1: think that the loss of Tevin Coleman cannot be overstated.

1200
00:59:20,360 --> 00:59:24,200
Speaker 1: He reminds me of the Saints era Darren Sprouls, where

1201
00:59:24,200 --> 00:59:27,160
Speaker 1: they're just using him as a mismatch against linebackers. And

1202
00:59:27,160 --> 00:59:29,840
Speaker 1: if you take that element away, I mean it's a

1203
00:59:29,880 --> 00:59:32,960
Speaker 1: game of mismatches anyway, but that's one element I wonder

1204
00:59:33,000 --> 00:59:35,680
Speaker 1: even without Tevin Coleman to the Packers have the firepower

1205
00:59:35,720 --> 00:59:38,120
Speaker 1: to keep up with the Falcon right, I don't think

1206
00:59:38,160 --> 00:59:41,760
Speaker 1: so at all. I think the Falcons it's weird. The

1207
00:59:41,840 --> 00:59:45,000
Speaker 1: last two weeks have almost convinced me more that they're

1208
00:59:45,040 --> 00:59:49,520
Speaker 1: gonna be around. I think Ryan is just making terrific throws.

1209
00:59:49,600 --> 00:59:51,680
Speaker 1: His performance in Seattle was about as good as any

1210
00:59:51,720 --> 00:59:54,080
Speaker 1: quarterbacks played out here. And the pass rush is coming around.

1211
00:59:54,120 --> 00:59:57,120
Speaker 1: You mentioned it, I remember on Sunday night, So Beasley

1212
00:59:57,760 --> 01:00:00,880
Speaker 1: Keian O'Neil is starting to give like the Dion Jones

1213
01:00:00,960 --> 01:00:04,080
Speaker 1: is playing better. I don't feel any worse about this

1214
01:00:04,120 --> 01:00:05,959
Speaker 1: team at four and three. I don't feel good about

1215
01:00:05,960 --> 01:00:11,640
Speaker 1: the Packers. And that's why, guys, I lock it up.

1216
01:00:11,680 --> 01:00:16,240
Speaker 1: He's locking it up. Come on, lock it, it's locked.

1217
01:00:16,440 --> 01:00:19,840
Speaker 1: It's in the vault. They get home, mighty ice, smart luck.

1218
01:00:20,160 --> 01:00:22,520
Speaker 1: I like that you're locking up the Falcons and that

1219
01:00:22,600 --> 01:00:24,600
Speaker 1: makes sense. I think I'm with you on that. I

1220
01:00:24,600 --> 01:00:27,680
Speaker 1: think that's a uh. Their their defense, by the way, now,

1221
01:00:27,880 --> 01:00:31,400
Speaker 1: after getting shredded by Phil Rivers, past defense ranked thirty

1222
01:00:31,480 --> 01:00:34,080
Speaker 1: one in the league. But we you know, not a here.

1223
01:00:34,320 --> 01:00:36,760
Speaker 1: That's that And then you say, oh, here comes Aaron Rodgers.

1224
01:00:36,800 --> 01:00:38,400
Speaker 1: But as we've talked about, and a lot of people

1225
01:00:38,400 --> 01:00:40,320
Speaker 1: have talked about, we don't know what to expect from

1226
01:00:40,360 --> 01:00:42,760
Speaker 1: the Packers, even though they had some nice moments in

1227
01:00:42,800 --> 01:00:45,040
Speaker 1: the second half. The last time we saw next Gen

1228
01:00:45,160 --> 01:00:47,760
Speaker 1: Stats points out to that the what the Chargers did

1229
01:00:47,800 --> 01:00:51,240
Speaker 1: against Atlanta's defense is they were they were very productive

1230
01:00:51,720 --> 01:00:54,240
Speaker 1: targeting them over the middle of the field over and over.

1231
01:00:54,560 --> 01:00:56,680
Speaker 1: And if you're Green Bay, the only player that's been

1232
01:00:56,680 --> 01:00:58,760
Speaker 1: productive over the middle of the field is Randall cop

1233
01:00:58,800 --> 01:01:01,200
Speaker 1: You've got a wide receiver lane running back right now

1234
01:01:01,240 --> 01:01:03,479
Speaker 1: for you half the time. I just don't think Green

1235
01:01:03,560 --> 01:01:06,560
Speaker 1: Bay's offense can keep up with As West said, the

1236
01:01:06,640 --> 01:01:10,000
Speaker 1: Falcons team looks completely confident in what they are doing.

1237
01:01:10,040 --> 01:01:12,120
Speaker 1: This is the polar opposite of the team that went

1238
01:01:12,200 --> 01:01:15,200
Speaker 1: six and oh last year was smoking mirrors. Totally different

1239
01:01:15,200 --> 01:01:18,400
Speaker 1: deal this situation. The Packers also are getting crushed by

1240
01:01:18,480 --> 01:01:21,680
Speaker 1: number one ride receivers this year and Julio Jones, he's

1241
01:01:21,680 --> 01:01:23,320
Speaker 1: gonna cook up a big game. How about this for

1242
01:01:23,400 --> 01:01:26,320
Speaker 1: Julio Jones, the pack was According to our research guide,

1243
01:01:26,440 --> 01:01:28,920
Speaker 1: Packers have allowed a hundred and one receiving yards per game.

1244
01:01:28,960 --> 01:01:31,360
Speaker 1: Two opponent's number one wide receivers this season. That's the

1245
01:01:31,400 --> 01:01:34,440
Speaker 1: thirty one in the league. Julio comes in leading the

1246
01:01:34,520 --> 01:01:37,160
Speaker 1: league with eight hundred and thirty yards of receiving. So

1247
01:01:37,200 --> 01:01:39,600
Speaker 1: I would take Julio Jones off your bench this week

1248
01:01:39,760 --> 01:01:42,680
Speaker 1: and start him in fantasy. That would be that's my fantasy.

1249
01:01:42,800 --> 01:01:44,840
Speaker 1: It's smart that he was on your bench though, very's

1250
01:01:44,960 --> 01:01:47,200
Speaker 1: very smart that he's been on riding. You keep him healthy,

1251
01:01:47,360 --> 01:01:49,840
Speaker 1: get him in now. I would say, I'll be interested

1252
01:01:49,880 --> 01:01:52,800
Speaker 1: to see if healthy. To be just disgusted by that. No,

1253
01:01:53,240 --> 01:01:59,000
Speaker 1: I'm with you. I'm I'm holding my tongue about saying anything. Why,

1254
01:01:59,080 --> 01:02:02,080
Speaker 1: what's why? What's it? Well? No, No, I was the

1255
01:02:02,200 --> 01:02:04,800
Speaker 1: time to speak. You were hitting on what was one

1256
01:02:04,840 --> 01:02:07,360
Speaker 1: of my pet peeves back when I was in the

1257
01:02:07,920 --> 01:02:11,360
Speaker 1: in the fantasy. That's what I'm saying. Whenever people like, well,

1258
01:02:11,400 --> 01:02:13,240
Speaker 1: I gotta I gotta tell you this week, no matter

1259
01:02:13,280 --> 01:02:18,000
Speaker 1: what you're thinking, you gotta play Matthew Stafford. It's like, thanks, thanks, buddy,

1260
01:02:18,000 --> 01:02:20,600
Speaker 1: he's scoring thirty points. You should you should have piggyback that,

1261
01:02:20,680 --> 01:02:23,080
Speaker 1: because that's kind of what I was reference I was

1262
01:02:23,120 --> 01:02:25,400
Speaker 1: with you. I was just you hung me out to dry,

1263
01:02:25,440 --> 01:02:29,240
Speaker 1: and just I think he eventually piggybacked sour. Look, if

1264
01:02:29,240 --> 01:02:31,680
Speaker 1: you're playing in an eight or ten team league, I

1265
01:02:31,720 --> 01:02:35,680
Speaker 1: mean grow up, So I would say, like, don't play

1266
01:02:35,720 --> 01:02:37,800
Speaker 1: a game at all. That's a better Yeah, that's awesome

1267
01:02:37,920 --> 01:02:40,760
Speaker 1: if you're co managing the fantasy team, grow up? How

1268
01:02:40,760 --> 01:02:43,320
Speaker 1: about how about this being adults, it's like, oh, I

1269
01:02:43,320 --> 01:02:45,640
Speaker 1: have to decide who to start this week, DeMarco Murray

1270
01:02:45,680 --> 01:02:50,000
Speaker 1: or Zekiel Elliott. All right, that's fun. Grow up less

1271
01:02:50,040 --> 01:02:53,120
Speaker 1: thoughts about this game, guys? Yeah, I think that. I

1272
01:02:53,160 --> 01:02:55,880
Speaker 1: think I want to be interested to see is Davante

1273
01:02:55,920 --> 01:03:00,240
Speaker 1: Adams gonna displace Jordy Nelson Because Davante Adams is out lane.

1274
01:03:01,840 --> 01:03:05,160
Speaker 1: He does seem like a different and better player this year.

1275
01:03:05,280 --> 01:03:08,560
Speaker 1: Well it's you know, I'm a low bar but much better. Well,

1276
01:03:08,880 --> 01:03:12,000
Speaker 1: he doesn't have a high ankle spring creak. People not

1277
01:03:12,280 --> 01:03:14,840
Speaker 1: the fantasy community loved the bash Davante Adams all last

1278
01:03:14,920 --> 01:03:17,160
Speaker 1: year while he was playing through a high ankle sprain,

1279
01:03:17,200 --> 01:03:20,480
Speaker 1: which is impossible. Season. That's ligament damage. That's what a

1280
01:03:20,520 --> 01:03:26,080
Speaker 1: high ankle sprain does. It lingers for months. Did you

1281
01:03:26,080 --> 01:03:30,880
Speaker 1: like that? I love this? Here we go if we

1282
01:03:30,920 --> 01:03:34,520
Speaker 1: don't get a good Sunday night matchup. Uh, this week,

1283
01:03:34,520 --> 01:03:38,919
Speaker 1: We'll never get it because Al, Chris and Michelle will

1284
01:03:38,960 --> 01:03:42,439
Speaker 1: call a matchup between the Philadelphia Eagles four and two,

1285
01:03:42,480 --> 01:03:44,840
Speaker 1: coming off a win where they all, right, they didn't

1286
01:03:44,840 --> 01:03:47,200
Speaker 1: play great on both sides of the ball necessarily, but

1287
01:03:47,240 --> 01:03:51,160
Speaker 1: they did knock off the undefeated Minnesota Vikings and now

1288
01:03:51,160 --> 01:03:53,560
Speaker 1: they travel too big d to face the five and

1289
01:03:53,640 --> 01:03:57,680
Speaker 1: one Cowboys. Everybody's pumped up about the Cowboys right now

1290
01:03:57,680 --> 01:04:01,800
Speaker 1: and rightfully, so, so here we go. Accessor Carson Wentz first,

1291
01:04:01,960 --> 01:04:04,880
Speaker 1: Dak Prescott, I'm gonna give you. I'm gonna hit I'm

1292
01:04:04,880 --> 01:04:07,320
Speaker 1: gonna hit him with a hind right right now. Mark,

1293
01:04:07,720 --> 01:04:10,680
Speaker 1: what is the quarterback you would choose if you were

1294
01:04:10,720 --> 01:04:15,800
Speaker 1: starting a franchise tomorrow? Which one? Carson Wentz? But I'll

1295
01:04:15,800 --> 01:04:18,360
Speaker 1: tell you what this Cowboys team I was wrong about something.

1296
01:04:18,400 --> 01:04:20,360
Speaker 1: There is one team that can challenge New England if

1297
01:04:20,360 --> 01:04:23,680
Speaker 1: things stay on this course. It is the Dallas Cowboys.

1298
01:04:24,960 --> 01:04:29,280
Speaker 1: Dallas Cowboys are going to teach the Philadelphia Eagles a lesson.

1299
01:04:29,960 --> 01:04:32,240
Speaker 1: They're going to take the Eagles down this week. You're

1300
01:04:32,320 --> 01:04:38,400
Speaker 1: not what football ability football just the sport, the sport

1301
01:04:38,440 --> 01:04:40,960
Speaker 1: in general, ground and pound football. Yeah, I think this

1302
01:04:41,120 --> 01:04:44,760
Speaker 1: this Cowboys team is a nightmare matchup for most teams

1303
01:04:44,800 --> 01:04:47,480
Speaker 1: around the league, and we saw the Eagles. They did

1304
01:04:47,480 --> 01:04:50,120
Speaker 1: what they did against the Vikings, and it came for

1305
01:04:50,200 --> 01:04:53,880
Speaker 1: one reason because the Vikings. One problem with the Vikings,

1306
01:04:53,920 --> 01:04:56,000
Speaker 1: which is very evident along with their line issues, is

1307
01:04:56,040 --> 01:04:58,120
Speaker 1: they are a one dimential team on offense. They've got

1308
01:04:58,120 --> 01:05:01,560
Speaker 1: no run game. The cowboy Is are the direct opposite.

1309
01:05:01,800 --> 01:05:05,160
Speaker 1: They are going to week after week beat people up.

1310
01:05:05,160 --> 01:05:07,479
Speaker 1: Ezekiel Eli has become one of the best running backs

1311
01:05:07,520 --> 01:05:10,760
Speaker 1: in the league. And you've got two quarterbacks now, once

1312
01:05:10,840 --> 01:05:13,120
Speaker 1: Tony Romo gets healthy, that can guide you. This is

1313
01:05:13,160 --> 01:05:15,640
Speaker 1: a team that is built to last this entire season,

1314
01:05:15,880 --> 01:05:17,800
Speaker 1: and the Eagles are not their equivalent. Eagles have a

1315
01:05:17,840 --> 01:05:19,920
Speaker 1: good defense, but they're not going to be able to

1316
01:05:20,000 --> 01:05:22,600
Speaker 1: take down this Dallas offensive. Who's back for the Cowboys

1317
01:05:22,640 --> 01:05:24,919
Speaker 1: this week. Des Briant only one of the best wide

1318
01:05:24,960 --> 01:05:26,880
Speaker 1: receivers in the league. I'm not sure they even need

1319
01:05:27,000 --> 01:05:28,800
Speaker 1: him the way that they would have in past seasons.

1320
01:05:28,920 --> 01:05:30,640
Speaker 1: You know what, though, Jim Schwartz wants to come in

1321
01:05:30,680 --> 01:05:32,880
Speaker 1: there and shut down his equ Elliott. That's fine. We've

1322
01:05:32,920 --> 01:05:35,800
Speaker 1: got Dez, We've got Beasley, and they play Jason Witten.

1323
01:05:36,040 --> 01:05:37,760
Speaker 1: You know Rex and company. I think you know they

1324
01:05:37,840 --> 01:05:40,240
Speaker 1: blew the little Shaw McCoy situation and blew his MVP

1325
01:05:40,560 --> 01:05:43,800
Speaker 1: candidacy potentially as well. The Cowboys played it right with this.

1326
01:05:43,960 --> 01:05:45,760
Speaker 1: They didn't rush him back. I think you know, we'll

1327
01:05:45,800 --> 01:05:47,520
Speaker 1: see how he comes back healthy. But they gave him

1328
01:05:47,560 --> 01:05:49,880
Speaker 1: four weeks to get right and hopefully it works this time.

1329
01:05:50,080 --> 01:05:52,320
Speaker 1: I love Marx read on this game. I love it

1330
01:05:52,480 --> 01:05:56,920
Speaker 1: so much. But oh, is he gonna lock it up up?

1331
01:05:56,960 --> 01:06:01,120
Speaker 1: And lock it up? Hit up a lock it up?

1332
01:06:01,920 --> 01:06:05,080
Speaker 1: Been the wheels, the wheel. I'm all sealed. Lock it up?

1333
01:06:05,280 --> 01:06:08,520
Speaker 1: Cowboys win. They're the better team and marks right. I

1334
01:06:08,600 --> 01:06:11,760
Speaker 1: agree with you. Out of all the NFC contenders, the

1335
01:06:11,800 --> 01:06:14,400
Speaker 1: Seahawks and Cowboys strike me as the ones built to

1336
01:06:14,480 --> 01:06:18,640
Speaker 1: last this year. I can't disagree. I can't disagree either,

1337
01:06:18,920 --> 01:06:21,360
Speaker 1: as much as I would love to as a lifelong contrarian.

1338
01:06:21,520 --> 01:06:24,280
Speaker 1: As it said in my set in my little board

1339
01:06:24,400 --> 01:06:27,919
Speaker 1: last week. But the the Eagles, how many passing yards

1340
01:06:28,000 --> 01:06:29,880
Speaker 1: do they have the last two weeks? I think they've

1341
01:06:29,920 --> 01:06:34,200
Speaker 1: combined for fewer than three hundred passing yards in their

1342
01:06:34,280 --> 01:06:37,320
Speaker 1: last two games? Could that be correct? It's something like

1343
01:06:37,400 --> 01:06:40,440
Speaker 1: that it's insane. You can't keep winning that way. The offense,

1344
01:06:40,480 --> 01:06:44,120
Speaker 1: I think they're doing a really good job not exposing

1345
01:06:44,200 --> 01:06:47,280
Speaker 1: Carson Wentz two major problems, and they're doing a good

1346
01:06:47,360 --> 01:06:51,640
Speaker 1: job ultimately with a a talent not talent list but

1347
01:06:52,200 --> 01:06:55,880
Speaker 1: below average talent for an offense with a rookie quarterback.

1348
01:06:56,040 --> 01:06:58,520
Speaker 1: But it's tough to do that week after week, especially

1349
01:06:58,560 --> 01:07:01,600
Speaker 1: against a team like Dallas, who I think has has

1350
01:07:01,640 --> 01:07:03,800
Speaker 1: its stuffed together, at least on one side of the ball.

1351
01:07:03,840 --> 01:07:06,160
Speaker 1: They're dominant. Who are you going to, Greg? We get?

1352
01:07:06,320 --> 01:07:10,120
Speaker 1: You know, two tickets to the Super Bowl? Cowboys Pats

1353
01:07:10,160 --> 01:07:12,440
Speaker 1: are you taking? Well, they're up for grabs this year.

1354
01:07:12,600 --> 01:07:14,720
Speaker 1: Usually I've got it all mapped out. You know, I've

1355
01:07:14,760 --> 01:07:19,120
Speaker 1: had different friends, parents, You just acknowledge. Shall I provide

1356
01:07:19,120 --> 01:07:24,320
Speaker 1: our listenership? It's up for grabs right now. Haven't made

1357
01:07:24,360 --> 01:07:27,720
Speaker 1: a decision. Well, you gotta. Here's the tricky thing is,

1358
01:07:27,760 --> 01:07:30,160
Speaker 1: you can't wait. And I actually think this time I

1359
01:07:30,360 --> 01:07:32,280
Speaker 1: was thinking I am going to wait to find out

1360
01:07:32,280 --> 01:07:34,880
Speaker 1: who's in the game. Usually, though people want to make plans,

1361
01:07:34,920 --> 01:07:37,880
Speaker 1: you gotta get a flight. Well that means that they

1362
01:07:37,920 --> 01:07:40,760
Speaker 1: will stay with you in your hotel room. It's fine.

1363
01:07:40,800 --> 01:07:44,000
Speaker 1: With me, Well, wife's not coming this year, comes stave.

1364
01:07:44,080 --> 01:07:46,600
Speaker 1: I don't know what that means. What is it? What

1365
01:07:46,640 --> 01:07:49,040
Speaker 1: are you getting out there? I'm saying I got an

1366
01:07:49,120 --> 01:07:51,440
Speaker 1: extra room for somebody's if you want to come, if

1367
01:07:51,680 --> 01:07:53,960
Speaker 1: my dad, if my dad feels like crashing in the room,

1368
01:07:54,320 --> 01:07:57,840
Speaker 1: I don't think he's gonna want to. Why not? Why

1369
01:07:57,880 --> 01:07:59,280
Speaker 1: would a guy want to go to the super Bowl?

1370
01:07:59,320 --> 01:08:04,720
Speaker 1: Totally get you. Um, I also believe Dallas. Who am

1371
01:08:04,760 --> 01:08:06,960
Speaker 1: I gonna bring? I are? I always haven't locked up.

1372
01:08:07,040 --> 01:08:09,640
Speaker 1: I figured out, Uh this year Keith Keith goes every

1373
01:08:09,680 --> 01:08:12,960
Speaker 1: other year, my old man, uh, and then my brother

1374
01:08:13,000 --> 01:08:16,760
Speaker 1: in law Keith double Keith action. I did feel bad

1375
01:08:16,840 --> 01:08:20,720
Speaker 1: when my father in law was at the Patriots, you know,

1376
01:08:20,800 --> 01:08:24,439
Speaker 1: winning that fourth super Bowl and you know, yeah, but

1377
01:08:24,520 --> 01:08:28,479
Speaker 1: you Tommy Rosenthal's at home wondering, called me, told me

1378
01:08:28,560 --> 01:08:30,479
Speaker 1: you go to the super Bowl, right? Your boy works

1379
01:08:30,520 --> 01:08:34,000
Speaker 1: for the NFL. Uh No, no, Sully, he's actually thinking

1380
01:08:34,080 --> 01:08:40,519
Speaker 1: his father in law crushing terrible narrative. I don't know

1381
01:08:40,560 --> 01:08:43,879
Speaker 1: who to take this year. I got quite the conundrum

1382
01:08:43,920 --> 01:08:46,280
Speaker 1: going on. Greg. I'm sorry that that happened to you.

1383
01:08:46,840 --> 01:08:50,960
Speaker 1: I'd like that my dad's such a local tough. All right,

1384
01:08:51,160 --> 01:08:53,280
Speaker 1: let's let's move on to Monday Night football. Yeah, we're

1385
01:08:53,280 --> 01:08:55,479
Speaker 1: all picking the Cowboys Sunday night, but hopefully we'll get

1386
01:08:55,479 --> 01:08:57,160
Speaker 1: a good game out of it. But he could get

1387
01:08:57,200 --> 01:08:59,880
Speaker 1: away from Philly. I think we're all in agreement there. Uh,

1388
01:09:00,040 --> 01:09:02,960
Speaker 1: finally Monday Night football. And who knows, guys, if it

1389
01:09:03,080 --> 01:09:05,560
Speaker 1: was a case a little bit of the yips. We

1390
01:09:05,680 --> 01:09:10,040
Speaker 1: name the Vikings the team of around the NFL, and

1391
01:09:10,160 --> 01:09:12,840
Speaker 1: they lay an egg in Philly for the first loss

1392
01:09:12,840 --> 01:09:14,519
Speaker 1: of the season. And here's another thing I was a

1393
01:09:14,520 --> 01:09:18,360
Speaker 1: little uncomfortable about with the Vikings. Uh. They Uh Mike

1394
01:09:18,479 --> 01:09:22,120
Speaker 1: Zimmer who and I linked out here marked your excellent

1395
01:09:22,360 --> 01:09:25,200
Speaker 1: piece you wrote on Mike Zimmer. Uh. He has, under

1396
01:09:25,280 --> 01:09:27,839
Speaker 1: the wording, has pushed a lot of the right buttons

1397
01:09:28,400 --> 01:09:30,960
Speaker 1: links out right to a Sessler banger. I did that

1398
01:09:31,120 --> 01:09:33,439
Speaker 1: you were ill? I said, this will lift Mark spirits

1399
01:09:33,439 --> 01:09:36,840
Speaker 1: because I know you felt around everything. Uh. He's pushed

1400
01:09:36,840 --> 01:09:38,880
Speaker 1: a lot of right buttons. But going into the bye week,

1401
01:09:39,400 --> 01:09:43,479
Speaker 1: he left stuffed animal cats all over the uh winter

1402
01:09:43,640 --> 01:09:47,240
Speaker 1: Park complex of the Vikings uh as a reminder of

1403
01:09:47,280 --> 01:09:49,320
Speaker 1: the players as they hit their bye week not to

1404
01:09:49,439 --> 01:09:54,519
Speaker 1: become wait for it, fat cats. And then uh, some

1405
01:09:54,680 --> 01:09:58,360
Speaker 1: of the cats had their throats slit, their cotton innards

1406
01:09:58,400 --> 01:10:02,200
Speaker 1: pulled out, dipped in red. Ain't because fat cats get

1407
01:10:02,800 --> 01:10:05,719
Speaker 1: slaughtered and then they go and they lay their biggest

1408
01:10:05,720 --> 01:10:08,120
Speaker 1: egg of the season. I'm just some of the juju

1409
01:10:08,439 --> 01:10:10,880
Speaker 1: now around the bike's a little nervous. That is a

1410
01:10:11,200 --> 01:10:13,679
Speaker 1: That is an odd move. I don't have I can't

1411
01:10:13,720 --> 01:10:15,560
Speaker 1: really talk around that in any other way. That's a

1412
01:10:15,600 --> 01:10:17,280
Speaker 1: strange one. Not I'm not sure that he got that

1413
01:10:17,360 --> 01:10:20,879
Speaker 1: from calling up Bill Parcels. I don't know. Bill Parcels

1414
01:10:20,960 --> 01:10:24,320
Speaker 1: loves these cheesy little things. He used to hang items

1415
01:10:24,360 --> 01:10:28,559
Speaker 1: of cheese from the ceiling. It sounds exactly from don't

1416
01:10:28,640 --> 01:10:31,000
Speaker 1: take the cheese, and either grown men that don't think

1417
01:10:31,560 --> 01:10:33,000
Speaker 1: is kind of cool. Though I like that. I like

1418
01:10:33,120 --> 01:10:35,000
Speaker 1: don't take the cheese. I'm just not gonna tag Bill

1419
01:10:35,040 --> 01:10:37,920
Speaker 1: Parcels with it. When he put an airplane ticket for

1420
01:10:38,000 --> 01:10:41,559
Speaker 1: pet swilling on Lawrence Taylor's chair, told him he can

1421
01:10:41,600 --> 01:10:45,160
Speaker 1: get a better pass rusher. Uh. Vikings five and one.

1422
01:10:45,280 --> 01:10:48,120
Speaker 1: They travel again with the Chicago Bears in prime time.

1423
01:10:48,200 --> 01:10:51,160
Speaker 1: This feels like we're being trolled the one in six Bears,

1424
01:10:51,960 --> 01:10:54,880
Speaker 1: and we're gonna see j Cutler here, it looks like

1425
01:10:55,760 --> 01:10:59,400
Speaker 1: who missed five weeks with a sprained thumb? Uh And

1426
01:10:59,560 --> 01:11:01,680
Speaker 1: I love That's what it was. I was asking. We

1427
01:11:01,760 --> 01:11:03,160
Speaker 1: were trying to figure out what we wanted to talk

1428
01:11:03,160 --> 01:11:06,080
Speaker 1: about Thursday's show, Greg. What did Jay Cutler say when

1429
01:11:06,280 --> 01:11:08,280
Speaker 1: the press asked him if he believed that the coach

1430
01:11:09,040 --> 01:11:12,240
Speaker 1: John Fox had faith in him and or believed in

1431
01:11:12,400 --> 01:11:15,760
Speaker 1: him going into this game? Turning back to m m QB, Well,

1432
01:11:16,000 --> 01:11:22,519
Speaker 1: he said, Uh, he doesn't have a choice. I'm gonna answer,

1433
01:11:22,760 --> 01:11:24,639
Speaker 1: he just says he doesn't have a choice at this point,

1434
01:11:24,640 --> 01:11:27,479
Speaker 1: the most nonchalant signal caller in our lifetime. Again, we

1435
01:11:27,640 --> 01:11:31,719
Speaker 1: kill guys, but the answers and there's the honest answer.

1436
01:11:31,760 --> 01:11:33,840
Speaker 1: I know John Fox isn't believing me. He was totally

1437
01:11:33,920 --> 01:11:36,800
Speaker 1: prepared just to stick with the the ultimate C plus

1438
01:11:36,920 --> 01:11:39,439
Speaker 1: quarterback Brian Hoyer, and now he has to go back

1439
01:11:39,479 --> 01:11:41,000
Speaker 1: to me, and he doesn't have a choice. Such a

1440
01:11:41,080 --> 01:11:43,800
Speaker 1: report from the Chicago Tribune on Thursday that John Fox

1441
01:11:43,880 --> 01:11:46,720
Speaker 1: had told his friends he was quote done with Jay

1442
01:11:46,800 --> 01:11:49,240
Speaker 1: Cutler and now he's got to go back to him.

1443
01:11:49,280 --> 01:11:51,320
Speaker 1: It's their parallels in New York with the Jets and

1444
01:11:51,400 --> 01:11:55,120
Speaker 1: Ryan Fitzpatrick it just creates an awkward situation. So the Vikings,

1445
01:11:55,240 --> 01:11:58,200
Speaker 1: this seems they're on the road, but no one gets

1446
01:11:58,240 --> 01:12:01,200
Speaker 1: scared plane the soldier field. Uh. It seems like a

1447
01:12:01,280 --> 01:12:04,840
Speaker 1: perfect situation mark for the Vikings to get healthy, get

1448
01:12:04,880 --> 01:12:08,120
Speaker 1: back in the wind, calm and continue cruising. It does

1449
01:12:08,200 --> 01:12:10,440
Speaker 1: I mean, I I gonna be honest, I was concerned

1450
01:12:10,960 --> 01:12:13,400
Speaker 1: watching that Eagles game. You know, I just talked about

1451
01:12:13,400 --> 01:12:16,240
Speaker 1: the Eagle side of it before. But the Vikings have

1452
01:12:16,520 --> 01:12:19,280
Speaker 1: legitimate issues on their offensive line, as you guys mentioned

1453
01:12:19,320 --> 01:12:21,800
Speaker 1: on Sunday night, and so that exposes them to any

1454
01:12:22,320 --> 01:12:24,400
Speaker 1: active pass rush and the and the Bears don't have

1455
01:12:24,439 --> 01:12:26,280
Speaker 1: the worst defense in the league. They are able to

1456
01:12:26,320 --> 01:12:29,080
Speaker 1: get to the quarterback. Parnell McFee came back last week too.

1457
01:12:29,160 --> 01:12:31,000
Speaker 1: There you go. So that's trouble and I think that

1458
01:12:31,080 --> 01:12:34,120
Speaker 1: so you know, listen, it is a one dimensional offense

1459
01:12:34,680 --> 01:12:37,280
Speaker 1: where you cannot can count on the ground game to

1460
01:12:37,439 --> 01:12:40,479
Speaker 1: get you out of a jam. And up through their

1461
01:12:40,600 --> 01:12:44,559
Speaker 1: early wind streak, it was Sam Bradford connecting with filling

1462
01:12:44,600 --> 01:12:47,559
Speaker 1: the blank down field and doing it beautifully that crumbled

1463
01:12:47,560 --> 01:12:50,240
Speaker 1: against the Eagles, and so I don't see that duplicating

1464
01:12:50,280 --> 01:12:53,200
Speaker 1: itself against the Bears. But we talked about the team

1465
01:12:53,240 --> 01:12:55,160
Speaker 1: of at L. They go five and oh, they weren't

1466
01:12:55,160 --> 01:12:57,679
Speaker 1: gonna go seven and oh after that, they were gonna

1467
01:12:57,720 --> 01:13:00,200
Speaker 1: have their struggles. And they are not the best team

1468
01:13:00,240 --> 01:13:01,800
Speaker 1: in the NFC. I don't think that they are. I

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Speaker 1: don't think that's the claim. But they're gonna have some

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Speaker 1: ups and downs based on some very evident weaknesses. I

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Speaker 1: don't think that they I think they'll get healthy against Chicago.

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Speaker 1: Here's one right here, because West you pointed it out

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Speaker 1: with the Texans and we right rightfully chuckled at the thought.

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Speaker 1: But the Texans have less touchdowns this year, uh than

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Speaker 1: Melvin Gordon. Well, guess who has the same amount of

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Speaker 1: offensive touchdowns as Melvin Gord to the Vikings, they only

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Speaker 1: have ten all seasons. So this offense is a very

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01:13:28,080 --> 01:13:29,880
Speaker 1: real concern. Are they going to be able to score

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Speaker 1: enough points to win enough games? That is a concern,

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Speaker 1: and you would think Mark mentioned they can't count on

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Speaker 1: the running game. They've been using court Darrel Patterson has

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01:13:39,479 --> 01:13:41,800
Speaker 1: a wild card around the line of scrimmage. He's in

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Speaker 1: concussion protocol. I don't think it shouldn't be a big

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Speaker 1: deal against the Bears, but this This tackle situation is

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01:13:50,600 --> 01:13:54,200
Speaker 1: not going away. It's been there the whole season. I mean,

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Speaker 1: they their defense played fine against Philadelphia, defense gave play

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01:13:59,120 --> 01:14:01,640
Speaker 1: forced three turn They're gonna be fine. The defense is

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Speaker 1: gonna win them games enough that this week each week,

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Speaker 1: But Schwartz really blitz them like crazy, and they had

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Speaker 1: no answers for that, and you would expect the Bears

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01:14:11,720 --> 01:14:13,800
Speaker 1: and just about every team to do that. It wasn't.

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01:14:14,080 --> 01:14:16,360
Speaker 1: It was insane how much Bradford was under pressure. And

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Speaker 1: it bothers me when, as you read last week quest

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01:14:19,520 --> 01:14:22,639
Speaker 1: that the general manager says, I'm not trading anymore draft picks.

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01:14:22,680 --> 01:14:25,160
Speaker 1: I'm not going to trade for Joe Thomas. Which, by

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01:14:25,200 --> 01:14:27,080
Speaker 1: the way, if you've got Joe Thomas into this situation,

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Speaker 1: and let's say you give up a second round pick,

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01:14:29,439 --> 01:14:32,120
Speaker 1: will you ever use Will a second round pick for

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01:14:32,200 --> 01:14:35,360
Speaker 1: this Vikings team ever be Joe Thomas? No, it will not.

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Speaker 1: I would gamble to say you're never gonna find Joe

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Speaker 1: Thomas in the second round. This is a team with

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01:14:39,760 --> 01:14:42,799
Speaker 1: its window open right now. Why now, if you stopped

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01:14:43,040 --> 01:14:45,320
Speaker 1: being aggressive and going after the players to get you

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01:14:45,439 --> 01:14:47,599
Speaker 1: out of this, a second round pick two years from

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01:14:47,600 --> 01:14:49,400
Speaker 1: now is what you could give up. There's a very

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01:14:49,439 --> 01:14:53,000
Speaker 1: good reason, and it's a boring reason, but they don't

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01:14:53,040 --> 01:14:55,960
Speaker 1: have salary cup space. Well that's that's a bigger issue,

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01:14:56,040 --> 01:14:57,960
Speaker 1: and I that part stops them from doing it. But

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01:14:58,000 --> 01:15:00,320
Speaker 1: then don't sell it as I'm not trading draft picks

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01:15:00,400 --> 01:15:02,840
Speaker 1: because this is a team that's saved its season by

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01:15:02,920 --> 01:15:05,559
Speaker 1: not just going with Shawn Hill out of the gate,

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01:15:05,800 --> 01:15:07,799
Speaker 1: and so you can't go halfway. You have an obvious

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Speaker 1: week there. I think the Vikings will be okay. I

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01:15:10,080 --> 01:15:12,519
Speaker 1: think their schedule is pretty favorable when you look at it,

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01:15:12,920 --> 01:15:14,840
Speaker 1: but there's some things trending against them. There is the

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01:15:14,960 --> 01:15:18,519
Speaker 1: issue with the past uh of protecting the quarterback. They're

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01:15:18,520 --> 01:15:21,760
Speaker 1: averaging two point six yards per carry right now, which

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01:15:21,800 --> 01:15:25,800
Speaker 1: is outrageous. Yeah, last in the league, and average yards

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01:15:25,840 --> 01:15:28,800
Speaker 1: after contact less than one yard this season. And when

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01:15:28,880 --> 01:15:31,840
Speaker 1: you know running game and the defense is gonna start

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01:15:31,880 --> 01:15:34,639
Speaker 1: getting after Sam Bradford and there's gonna be some offensive

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01:15:34,680 --> 01:15:37,120
Speaker 1: line issues, you're putting too much on Sam Bradford's play

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01:15:37,160 --> 01:15:39,120
Speaker 1: and you're gonna get in trouble, yeah, because you're what's

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01:15:39,160 --> 01:15:42,240
Speaker 1: happening watching them is they are running in very obvious

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01:15:42,400 --> 01:15:45,160
Speaker 1: run situations and they are forced to pass in very

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01:15:45,240 --> 01:15:49,040
Speaker 1: obvious passing situations because there's no diversity. You can't sneak

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01:15:49,120 --> 01:15:50,920
Speaker 1: up on that on any team with your run game.

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01:15:51,080 --> 01:15:53,679
Speaker 1: And so maybe you know they're easier to plan against

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01:15:53,960 --> 01:15:56,000
Speaker 1: than we would like at this point. Well, they're they're

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01:15:56,040 --> 01:15:58,439
Speaker 1: down twenty one to three against the Eagles and they

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01:15:58,479 --> 01:16:00,320
Speaker 1: can't even try to throw the ball down the field

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01:16:00,320 --> 01:16:02,559
Speaker 1: because you can't protect them. They're just dinking and dunking

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01:16:02,600 --> 01:16:05,519
Speaker 1: when they're when they're way behind. They're not an offensive team.

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01:16:05,560 --> 01:16:07,880
Speaker 1: We know that they're gonna win games defense, and specially

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01:16:07,920 --> 01:16:09,960
Speaker 1: they do have a good coaching staff. Though maybe they

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01:16:10,080 --> 01:16:12,000
Speaker 1: can cox something for this game. This is a good,

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01:16:12,080 --> 01:16:14,439
Speaker 1: good matchup for them to get healthy. We'll see if

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01:16:14,439 --> 01:16:16,120
Speaker 1: they can figure out the rest of their problems. All right,

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Speaker 1: that's it. That is the preview of week eight. The

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Speaker 1: next time you hear from us, we will be recapping

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01:16:22,400 --> 01:16:24,759
Speaker 1: all the games that we just preview. That's how this works.

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Speaker 1: Uh So thank you to everyone for listening. Uh we

1543
01:16:28,960 --> 01:16:33,439
Speaker 1: appreciate you both sides of the Atlantic. That's how this works.

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01:16:33,479 --> 01:16:36,479
Speaker 1: For another twelve thirteen weeks into New England wins the

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01:16:36,560 --> 01:16:38,680
Speaker 1: super Bowl. That's where we are just pretend that's not

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01:16:38,720 --> 01:16:42,920
Speaker 1: gonna happen. And of the Pacific, right, both sides of

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Speaker 1: the Pacific as well. Uh, just just shout out to

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Speaker 1: all the Asian listeners, the Asians, we don't what I'm saying.

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01:16:51,240 --> 01:16:53,320
Speaker 1: Everyone in the world. And if we had the rights,

1550
01:16:53,400 --> 01:16:56,799
Speaker 1: we would play in Michael Jackson World Healing late period

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01:16:57,160 --> 01:17:00,280
Speaker 1: song right now, heal the world maybe uh umps to

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01:17:00,360 --> 01:17:04,040
Speaker 1: mind immediately, uh you know. And the three Intergalactic listeners,

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01:17:04,560 --> 01:17:07,840
Speaker 1: those people in space, Eurasia, Oceania, all these regions, so

1554
01:17:08,000 --> 01:17:10,160
Speaker 1: many places. Okay, well, we gotta get out of here.

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Speaker 1: And Dan Danzas signing off for the Quiet Storm. Welcome back,

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Speaker 1: Buddy the Mailman, the Boss, and I Seed behind the

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Speaker 1: Glass until Sunday on NFL Network. How