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Speaker 1: would be correct. It's an out of this world play

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Speaker 2: We will tell you.

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Speaker 1: Why the Chargers were ready. Got a chalk full weekend

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Speaker 1: slate around the NFL as well. All starts with Chiefs

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Speaker 1: got everything you need to know. Meanwhile, are you in

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Speaker 1: your Fantasy semi finals this weekend? D you need a

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Speaker 1: Rank has some intriguing alternatives for you. And we've got

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Speaker 1: so much more welcome inside with the insiders alongside Judy Battista,

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Speaker 1: I am Tom pelaserro. We got so much action Judy

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Speaker 1: coming up this weekend. Tons of playoff implications in all

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Speaker 1: these games. We've still got seven spots up for grabs.

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Speaker 1: Will break down a lot of these big matchups, including

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Speaker 1: That is Eagles wide receiver AJ Brown, who gave certainly

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Speaker 1: divisional tilt against the Commanders one in Wench. The Eagles,

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Speaker 1: Plenty of confusion in the stadium, people watching at home,

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Speaker 7: I never saw it in the time that I played,

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Speaker 7: Give give you the Chargers Special teams coach Harball credit

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Speaker 4: Favorite rule who knew but that he used it and

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Speaker 1: Baldy, I know you had to press pause on a

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Speaker 1: Coming up after this, we've got some fantasy advice. It's

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Speaker 1: a unique time you might need somebody to plug and play,

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Speaker 1: whether it's because of injury of Benching or otherwise. Adam

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Speaker 1: the Insiders.

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Speaker 8: They don't like us. We down, so I don't like them.

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Speaker 8: They about coming to the house.

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Speaker 5: Take it down with.

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Speaker 8: The Dux Dawn Steeler. Ben puts the ball right on

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Speaker 6: It is a first time star or Lamar Jackson against

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Speaker 2: Jackson is unbelievably gifted.

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Speaker 1: That's down Raven, unbelievable blastic raven.

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Speaker 9: Steelers all kind of hitting.

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Speaker 8: Was tough to all down.

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Speaker 6: Indeed, there's a hitting, there's some jog, there's everything we've

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Speaker 8: Definitely been a Facebook game.

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Speaker 2: The Steelers are spelling blood.

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Speaker 10: They got Ben, They fought fucking fat He got two teams.

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Speaker 7: They respect one another, but doll like one another.

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Speaker 1: Always fun when these teams get together, especially when it's

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Speaker 1: in December with a lot on the line. Steelers win tomorrow,

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Speaker 1: they clinch the AFC. North Ravens win tomorrow, they would

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Speaker 2: This is as good as against.

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Speaker 1: Right here, two teams that have seen to be on

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Speaker 2: What are looking for is this one?

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Speaker 11: I mean every time they play it seems like a

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Speaker 11: Pittsburgh wins again, the eighth victory over the Ravens in

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Speaker 11: nine games, but they do it by kicking six field goals,

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Speaker 11: If the Ravens can establish the run and maybe get

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Speaker 11: the AFC playoff race. Boys, Pittsburgh still has an opportunity

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Speaker 11: game lead on Buffalo, who's is eleven and three of

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Speaker 2: Plus they've got the head to head over Kansas.

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Speaker 11: City from a regular season victory earlier this season. So

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Speaker 11: But Buffalo, as long as it continues to win, this

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Speaker 4: One of the weirdest quirks of the AFC is that

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Speaker 4: over Steve to the NFC side and talk about who's

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Speaker 5: Who's gonna win here?

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Speaker 11: And the thing is, like the Eagles are the only

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Speaker 11: Say the Eagles might have the easiest route, but that

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Speaker 2: Dallas is playing better football.

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Speaker 11: Well, the Giant's okay, Yet that is the easiest route

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Speaker 11: And I know we're talking about all those injuries which

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Speaker 2: Steve, thank you very much. Enjoyed the games this weekend.

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Speaker 2: We look forward to chatting with you again soon.

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Speaker 1: A lot on line here still for the Texans as well.

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Speaker 1: There's seating things at play. The Chiefs are still aiming

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Speaker 1: We already heard one Texans player this week say Mahomes

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Speaker 12: was sacked thirteen times in three previous games before the

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Speaker 12: Cleveland game, and so the Texans are bringing a passwords

443
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Speaker 12: that's really serious. They know they've got to get after him.

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Speaker 12: They bring second in the league and sacked with forty

445
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Speaker 12: five sacks. They've got two guys in double digit sacked

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Speaker 12: with Daniel Hunter and Will Anderson Junior. And the Chiefs

447
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Speaker 12: have said they're going to keep Joe Tooney at left

448
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Speaker 12: tackle for this game. He did a good job against

449
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Speaker 12: Miles Garrett, as offensive coinator Matt Naggie pointed out, but

450
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Speaker 12: this is a different kind of animal, a lot of speed,

451
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Speaker 12: and the Chiefs better be ready for it.

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Speaker 4: You know, we go back to when Mahomes had the

453
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Speaker 4: high ankle spring two years ago in the playoffs and

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Speaker 4: he played on it. He was able to move and

455
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Speaker 4: sort of slide out of out of harm's way. But

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Speaker 4: he's certainly not going to be able to move like

457
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Speaker 4: he does when he's completely healthy. Having said that, as

458
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Speaker 4: we've said before, Andy Reid says he's a very fast

459
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Speaker 4: heel or loosest ligaments in the NFL. So we will

460
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Speaker 4: see if he can get out of harms way again tomorrow.

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Speaker 4: All right, let's talk about though, the Houston Texans, who've

462
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Speaker 4: had a pretty tough time all season long protecting c. J.

463
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Speaker 5: Stroud too.

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Speaker 4: He has already been sacked more times this year than

465
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Speaker 4: he was all of last season. Last season he was

466
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Speaker 4: only only sacked thirty eight times. What are they going

467
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Speaker 4: to do to protect him better against, among others.

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Speaker 5: Chris Jones.

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Speaker 12: Well, they're the opposite of the Chiefs. They've taken The

470
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Speaker 12: chief has taken a left tackle and a left guard

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Speaker 12: moved in the left tackle. The Texans have taken an

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Speaker 12: offensive tackle in Titus Howard and moved him inside to

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Speaker 12: guard to try to help ease their interior line concerns,

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Speaker 12: and getting dealing with Chris Jones is going to be

475
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Speaker 12: foremost on their minds. Their offensive coordinator, Bobby Slowe talked

476
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Speaker 12: about he's watched film and seen other teams have plans

477
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Speaker 12: for him, and none of those plans have worked, and

478
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Speaker 12: so he's told his team just be ready to fight

479
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Speaker 12: stick with it. They realize that ninety five is going

480
00:23:08,520 --> 00:23:11,080
Speaker 12: to get moved all over the formations and he'll be

481
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Speaker 12: an end, he'll be a tackle, and so they have

482
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Speaker 12: to have a plan for him. But you're right, Judy,

483
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Speaker 12: the pressure that's binance. He j just Droud this year

484
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Speaker 12: has been a big factor and why this offense has

485
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Speaker 12: not performed at a high level. They have to have

486
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Speaker 12: a plan for Chris Jones or they will not win

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Speaker 12: this game.

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Speaker 1: It feels like a divisional playoff weekend with two games

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Speaker 1: on Saturday, all involving very very relevant teams in this mix.

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Speaker 2: Gonna be a lot of fun to watch, Jeffrey, thank

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Speaker 2: you very much.

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Speaker 1: This, of course, is just the start of the NFL's

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Speaker 1: new holiday remix. Same teams, shovel him up. They'll play

494
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Speaker 1: again on Christmas Day. It's all part of a doubleheader

495
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Speaker 1: live on Netflix. Chiefs Steelers kick things off at one

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Speaker 1: pm Eastern, followed by Ravens and Texans at four thirty

497
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Speaker 1: pm Eastern. So kids finish opening those presents, Mom and

498
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Speaker 1: dad have football to watch, all live on Netflix Christmas Day.

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Speaker 1: Michael Pennix Junior gonna get his first start this week

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Speaker 1: for the Atlanta Falcons. But should he be someone you

501
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Speaker 1: should consider starting in your fantasy lineup? In a pinch

502
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Speaker 1: and Rank might have an answer that surprises you.

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Speaker 2: Next on the Insiders.

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Speaker 1: Time now to go inside with NFL Fantasy Live and

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Speaker 1: our buddy Adam Rank joining meet Tom Pelicero here on

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Speaker 1: the Insiders in his Week sixteen rank.

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Speaker 2: You're sixteen weeks deep into coming up with.

508
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Speaker 1: A nu miracle equation to the week here, and I

509
00:24:35,720 --> 00:24:38,639
Speaker 1: understand right now you're about to have your Fantasy Sweet

510
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Speaker 1: sixteen party.

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Speaker 13: Yep, Jake, Ryan and I are going to be sitting

512
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Speaker 13: on a glass coffee table with a cake between us,

513
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Speaker 13: trying to win a fantasy football league. So I'm excited

514
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Speaker 13: for it. I don't know what we're gonna do for seventeen,

515
00:24:53,080 --> 00:24:54,280
Speaker 13: but sixteen seem to make.

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Speaker 5: A lot of sense.

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Speaker 1: All right, bring it on, quarterbacks to start, What do

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Speaker 1: you got for me?

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Speaker 13: Well, one of the guys that I'm looking at, I

520
00:25:02,000 --> 00:25:03,880
Speaker 13: know that you use this in the tee. So let's

521
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Speaker 13: talk about Michael Pennix because there is a lot of

522
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Speaker 13: consternation about whether we can play this guy this week

523
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Speaker 13: or not. And you see right there, the projection's not

524
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Speaker 13: very robust. However, I do believe that this is going

525
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Speaker 13: to be an opportunity to unlock this Falcons offense. Guys

526
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Speaker 13: like Drake London, Darnell Mooney. I won't go as so

527
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Speaker 13: far as to say that we need to get Kyle

528
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Speaker 13: Pitts into our starting lineups, but I do think there's

529
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Speaker 13: an opportunity to go out there and play him this week.

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Speaker 13: It's a tough one, I know. Again, like if you

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Speaker 13: have an opportunity to get somebody like Aaron Rodgers, Matthew Stafford, yeah,

532
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Speaker 13: play those guys. But if you're looking at how last

533
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Speaker 13: week I needed to go with Bryce Young, I've pivoted

534
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Speaker 13: to Michael Pennox this week, and I'm willing to be

535
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Speaker 13: disappointed again.

536
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Speaker 2: Here's your thing too.

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Speaker 1: With Michael Pennix junior, Unlike a lot of the rookie

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Speaker 1: quarterbacks we've seen, especially guys like Bo Nicks, there's not

539
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Speaker 1: really a run threat with Michael Pennix.

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Speaker 2: Go back and look at his stats in college here.

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Speaker 1: It's not like, all right, if the past game isn't working,

542
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Speaker 1: he's gonna run for one hundred yards.

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Speaker 2: That's not really his game. It'd be interesting to see

544
00:26:07,000 --> 00:26:09,439
Speaker 2: how he looks. How about a running back in your

545
00:26:09,480 --> 00:26:10,720
Speaker 2: sweet sixteen rank.

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Speaker 13: Well, somebody who's been battling some injuries over the last

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Speaker 13: couple of weeks. But I think that he's safe to

548
00:26:15,960 --> 00:26:18,520
Speaker 13: start this week is going to be Bucky Irving, who

549
00:26:18,600 --> 00:26:21,040
Speaker 13: has been one of the finds of the Fantasy season

550
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Speaker 13: this year. You know, coming into this this year, Tom,

551
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Speaker 13: you know, there was a couple of rookies that I like,

552
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Speaker 13: Tyrone Tracy, Bucky Irving being one of them as well.

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Speaker 13: Nobody ever brings up that Instagram, Like, nobody finds that.

554
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Speaker 13: Anybody can go to the internet and find my prediction

555
00:26:35,119 --> 00:26:37,520
Speaker 13: on the Bears, like with great ease, I'm like, hey,

556
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Speaker 13: do you want to go back and say what I

557
00:26:38,800 --> 00:26:40,960
Speaker 13: was talking about? Button Noup? They'll never find that. But

558
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Speaker 13: Bucky Irving's been great. He's got a great matchup this

559
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Speaker 13: week against the Dallas Cowboys, who've been very generous to

560
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Speaker 13: opposing running backs this year. They've been a very generous

561
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Speaker 13: at home. They're a very hospitable guest as well. So

562
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Speaker 13: Bucky Irving's a good play if you have to hit

563
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Speaker 13: the waiver wire.

564
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Speaker 8: Though.

565
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Speaker 13: There are three guys, Dromeford, Alexander Madison. Alexander Madison is

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00:26:59,640 --> 00:27:02,840
Speaker 13: very interesting because he is going to get the majority

567
00:27:02,840 --> 00:27:05,000
Speaker 13: of the carries for the Raiders this week, and of

568
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Speaker 13: course Kendrey Miller on Monday Night we're still waiting to see.

569
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Speaker 13: I don't know if you've broken this news yet. What's

570
00:27:10,440 --> 00:27:12,679
Speaker 13: up with Alvin Kamara? Is he playing like? I don't know,

571
00:27:12,920 --> 00:27:15,720
Speaker 13: but Kendrey Miller has been getting has been given fantasy

572
00:27:16,119 --> 00:27:18,480
Speaker 13: opportunities over the last couple of weeks, and even though

573
00:27:18,480 --> 00:27:20,840
Speaker 13: the Green Bay Packers are a good defense, they have

574
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Speaker 13: allowed the fourth most points per game to running backs

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Speaker 13: as far as receiving goes, So I think there's a

576
00:27:27,440 --> 00:27:28,680
Speaker 13: pretty good opportunity there.

577
00:27:29,440 --> 00:27:32,639
Speaker 1: No Alvin Kamara spotted again today at practice. Darren Rizzy

578
00:27:32,680 --> 00:27:34,879
Speaker 1: has said unlikely that he's going to go to the

579
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Speaker 1: sign Edwards z Laire after he got released by the Chiefs.

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00:27:38,080 --> 00:27:40,200
Speaker 1: I don't know how much action, if any, he can

581
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Speaker 1: see in the first week out here, but this has

582
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Speaker 1: kind of been the story of the Saints season. Fine

583
00:27:44,520 --> 00:27:47,439
Speaker 1: guys anywhere, plug them in and maybe like MVS, they

584
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Speaker 1: all of a sudden have fantasy production. How about a

585
00:27:50,280 --> 00:27:52,640
Speaker 1: wide receiver in your sweet sixteen rank?

586
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Speaker 13: Well, I really like Malik Neighbors, who's had kind of

587
00:27:56,160 --> 00:27:59,480
Speaker 13: a kind of a volatile rookie season. Coming into the year.

588
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Speaker 13: A lot of people had high expectations for him given

589
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Speaker 13: what he was able to do at LSU, despite who

590
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Speaker 13: was starting a quarterback for the New York Giants, and

591
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Speaker 13: it's been a mixed bag. There's been some great weeks,

592
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Speaker 13: some not so great weeks, But over the last couple

593
00:28:11,160 --> 00:28:13,959
Speaker 13: of games, he's really started to find his stride. I

594
00:28:14,000 --> 00:28:16,399
Speaker 13: really like the production that he's putting out there. And again,

595
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Speaker 13: if you're looking at a game with the Atlanta Falcons

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Speaker 13: where we expect there to be a lot of points,

597
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Speaker 13: you expect this Falcons team to go out there and

598
00:28:23,400 --> 00:28:25,440
Speaker 13: score points. Well, the Giants are going to be in

599
00:28:25,880 --> 00:28:27,880
Speaker 13: a game script that will mean they have to throw

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Speaker 13: the football, which means more opportunity for Malik Neighbors. And

601
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Speaker 13: so while his rookie season might not be what you

602
00:28:34,760 --> 00:28:36,760
Speaker 13: once thought it was going to be, I think there's

603
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Speaker 13: still some great opportunities this week. And again, if you're

604
00:28:39,840 --> 00:28:43,320
Speaker 13: hurting for the wide receivers, Tim Patrick, I'm Tim Patrick's

605
00:28:43,320 --> 00:28:49,080
Speaker 13: a weird wild card outdoors in Chicago. Devonte Smith, Romeo Dubbs,

606
00:28:49,360 --> 00:28:51,240
Speaker 13: I think is another guy too. As you're trying to

607
00:28:51,240 --> 00:28:54,160
Speaker 13: figure out which one of these Green Bay Packers to

608
00:28:54,360 --> 00:28:57,800
Speaker 13: start this week, it's going to be it's always difficult

609
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Speaker 13: with them, but I know and it's tough to chase

610
00:29:00,440 --> 00:29:02,840
Speaker 13: the fantasy points. I hate that, but still, Malik Neighbors

611
00:29:02,840 --> 00:29:03,440
Speaker 13: should be great.

612
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Speaker 1: And finally, at your fantasy Sweet sixteen party rank, what

613
00:29:08,600 --> 00:29:10,600
Speaker 1: tight end are you lighting a candle for?

614
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Speaker 13: Well, you know what's funny is John U Smith has

615
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Speaker 13: been dominating over the last number of weeks. He has

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Speaker 13: been the He's been the tight end two since Week eight,

617
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Speaker 13: despite the fact that the number one guy gets so

618
00:29:25,680 --> 00:29:27,840
Speaker 13: many more targets than him, the number one guy, of

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Speaker 13: course being Trey McBride. And you're like, well, why isn't

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Speaker 13: Trey McBride ahead of him? I'll tell you why. John

621
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Speaker 13: HU Smith catches touchdowns. It is the most exasperating thing,

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Speaker 13: the fact that Trey McBride doesn't catch touchdowns. But John

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00:29:40,960 --> 00:29:44,560
Speaker 13: new Smith has been fantastic, always getting into the end zone,

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Speaker 13: always finding a way. It's funny because when you think

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Speaker 13: about coming into this year, a lot of people drafted

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Speaker 13: Jayalen Waddell thinking that he was going to be the

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00:29:51,880 --> 00:29:54,040
Speaker 13: compliment to Tyreek Hill. He was going to be the

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Speaker 13: guy that would be the number two pass catcher on

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Speaker 13: this team. But instead it's been John new Smith who's

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Speaker 13: gone out there and garnered all that production and doing

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Speaker 13: it from a position where there hasn't been a lot

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Speaker 13: of reliability. Like even if you think about guys like

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Speaker 13: Travis Kelce, like Travis Kelsey's great and everything, but he

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00:30:10,640 --> 00:30:13,400
Speaker 13: hasn't been as reliable as he's been so outside of

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Speaker 13: a handful of a few tight ends, John Newsmith has

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Speaker 13: been one.

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Speaker 8: Of the best.

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Speaker 13: He's gonna finish as a top five tight end. And

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00:30:21,080 --> 00:30:23,720
Speaker 13: of course, if you're looking for somebody on the waiver wire,

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Speaker 13: Brenton Strange, who plays down in Jacksonville, as somebody who's

641
00:30:28,080 --> 00:30:29,880
Speaker 13: put up a little bit of production. We saw it

642
00:30:29,960 --> 00:30:33,360
Speaker 13: last week. I hesitated two weeks ago because I wanted

643
00:30:33,360 --> 00:30:35,320
Speaker 13: to make sure it wasn't a fluke. But appears that

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Speaker 13: Mac Jones has a lot of chemistry with Brenton Strange.

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Speaker 13: So if you need somebody off the waiver wire right now,

646
00:30:41,200 --> 00:30:43,360
Speaker 13: you can go at him at this moment.

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Speaker 1: Go set your fantasy lineups now if you were in

648
00:30:47,160 --> 00:30:48,200
Speaker 1: the playoffs.

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Speaker 2: There's two games tomorrows games on Saturday, much championship week

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Speaker 2: for fantasy.

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Speaker 1: In Week seven, team we got a triple header on

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Speaker 1: Saturday and it's right here on NFL Network. Chargers Patriots,

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Speaker 1: Broncos Bengals, and then a big one in the NFC

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00:31:03,720 --> 00:31:06,760
Speaker 1: West Cardinals Rams to wrap it up. That is all

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Speaker 1: next Saturday, December twenty eighth, right here on NFL Network.

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Speaker 1: Coming up after this, the Eagles have a big one

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Speaker 1: this week against the Commanders. They can wrap up the

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00:31:17,880 --> 00:31:21,600
Speaker 1: NFC East title. Our camera Wolf is gonna be there,

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Speaker 1: but first he'll be here alongside Brian Balneer to break

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00:31:25,280 --> 00:31:28,800
Speaker 1: down who's got the edge between the Eagles and Commanders.

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00:31:28,840 --> 00:31:46,200
Speaker 1: Next on the Incenters.

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Speaker 7: Alright, blocking a little bit to us left, Rubble pressure stands.

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00:31:44,600 --> 00:31:48,960
Speaker 10: On his step turn Dolly four zone.

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Speaker 8: Eds cart for a touchdown by the Flora. That was like,

665
00:31:52,280 --> 00:31:54,120
Speaker 8: where is he throwing this football? I thought this was

666
00:31:54,160 --> 00:31:56,400
Speaker 8: one of those rookie mistakes and outcomes.

667
00:31:56,480 --> 00:32:01,960
Speaker 10: Terry McCord with the touchdown, now locates Barkley out of

668
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Speaker 10: the backfield.

669
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Speaker 11: Barkley slips two tackles, it picks up the first down.

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Speaker 12: It's the first got miss to skim Wolf at the

671
00:32:08,280 --> 00:32:11,240
Speaker 12: last second, bredon what tiky your.

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00:32:11,400 --> 00:32:12,040
Speaker 1: Birth is it?

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00:32:12,520 --> 00:32:12,640
Speaker 7: Bro?

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00:32:13,360 --> 00:32:22,320
Speaker 9: He turned around, jumped over, Hello, okay, move.

675
00:32:26,360 --> 00:32:27,280
Speaker 5: Those guys can laugh.

676
00:32:27,360 --> 00:32:30,280
Speaker 4: I bet defensive coordinators are not laughing at the idea

677
00:32:30,320 --> 00:32:33,280
Speaker 4: of facing Saquan or Jaden Daniels for that matter. They

678
00:32:33,360 --> 00:32:37,200
Speaker 4: meet this Sunday, huge playoff implications. As you can see here,

679
00:32:37,520 --> 00:32:39,960
Speaker 4: Commanders clinch a birth with a win and a little

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00:32:39,960 --> 00:32:42,320
Speaker 4: bit of help. The Eagles win the NFC East with

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00:32:42,400 --> 00:32:44,600
Speaker 4: a win, and of course they are still in the

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Speaker 4: mix to be the NFC's top seed.

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Speaker 5: When all is said and.

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Speaker 4: Done, let's welcome back Baldy back from the party. I

685
00:32:51,960 --> 00:32:54,400
Speaker 4: really feel bad about this that the party continues without you,

686
00:32:54,480 --> 00:32:58,200
Speaker 4: Baldy and cam Wolf, who probably has someplace fabulous to

687
00:32:58,280 --> 00:33:01,240
Speaker 4: go after this. Uh, Baldy, let's start with you so

688
00:33:01,320 --> 00:33:03,280
Speaker 4: that you can get out of here. This game, the

689
00:33:03,320 --> 00:33:07,000
Speaker 4: first time they met this season was really close and

690
00:33:07,160 --> 00:33:09,720
Speaker 4: then it just sort of got away from the Commanders.

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00:33:10,040 --> 00:33:11,200
Speaker 8: What are weird spot on JD.

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00:33:11,280 --> 00:33:14,160
Speaker 7: In fact, it was a twelve to ten Eagle lead

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Speaker 7: with a little over eight minutes to go to the

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00:33:16,400 --> 00:33:19,520
Speaker 7: fourth quarter, and the Commanders had a fourth and two

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00:33:20,000 --> 00:33:22,720
Speaker 7: after twenty six yard line and they kind of botched

696
00:33:22,760 --> 00:33:25,960
Speaker 7: the snap and botched the play and Zach Bond just

697
00:33:26,160 --> 00:33:28,800
Speaker 7: leveled Jayden Daniels he was going for the first down,

698
00:33:28,880 --> 00:33:31,080
Speaker 7: and the Eagles got the ball back at that point

699
00:33:31,320 --> 00:33:33,400
Speaker 7: and then scored two straight touchdowns to.

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Speaker 8: Really put it out of reach. But it was a

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00:33:35,680 --> 00:33:36,320
Speaker 8: very close game.

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Speaker 7: And the other thing to consider is we just showed

703
00:33:39,440 --> 00:33:43,240
Speaker 7: a highlight of Jaydon Daniels throwing another touchdown to Terry McLarin.

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00:33:43,280 --> 00:33:45,640
Speaker 7: He's got eleven on the season, and in the game

705
00:33:45,720 --> 00:33:47,960
Speaker 7: against the Eagles he got one pass or ten yards.

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00:33:48,440 --> 00:33:49,920
Speaker 8: I don't think that's gonna happen again.

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00:33:50,040 --> 00:33:53,440
Speaker 7: Terry mclarn is the deep threat in this passing offense

708
00:33:53,720 --> 00:33:55,680
Speaker 7: when they do throw it, and so it's something that

709
00:33:55,760 --> 00:33:58,440
Speaker 7: the Eagles I think should be ready for with Quinnon

710
00:33:58,560 --> 00:34:01,440
Speaker 7: Mitchell and you know, with Slay Outside, some of the

711
00:34:01,640 --> 00:34:03,920
Speaker 7: Cooper to game, some of the corners that are playing

712
00:34:04,000 --> 00:34:05,880
Speaker 7: for him, I would expect the ball to get down

713
00:34:05,920 --> 00:34:08,880
Speaker 7: the field to Terry McClard more than one time than

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00:34:08,880 --> 00:34:09,879
Speaker 7: they had in that first game.

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Speaker 10: Yeah, Baldi, A successful run game is what Jaydon Daniels

716
00:34:14,160 --> 00:34:16,439
Speaker 10: said this week is what held them back that first week.

717
00:34:16,520 --> 00:34:18,839
Speaker 10: Remember they're a top three rushing team, but they were

718
00:34:18,880 --> 00:34:21,640
Speaker 10: held under one hundred yards in that first matchup. And

719
00:34:21,719 --> 00:34:24,920
Speaker 10: Brian Thomas, Brian Robinson, their running back, told me this

720
00:34:25,080 --> 00:34:26,719
Speaker 10: week it was nothing they did.

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00:34:26,880 --> 00:34:29,200
Speaker 2: It was all on us. We feel like we are

722
00:34:29,320 --> 00:34:29,959
Speaker 2: the better team.

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00:34:30,320 --> 00:34:31,480
Speaker 8: They'll have a chance to show it.

724
00:34:31,600 --> 00:34:34,800
Speaker 10: But the reality is that first game they never forced

725
00:34:34,840 --> 00:34:37,960
Speaker 10: Philly out of their coverage, heavy schemes and baldy. As

726
00:34:38,000 --> 00:34:41,160
Speaker 10: you watch this Philly defense when they are playing their

727
00:34:41,239 --> 00:34:43,719
Speaker 10: type of scheme, nobody can pass the ball on them,

728
00:34:43,760 --> 00:34:46,120
Speaker 10: and so I expect them to try to establish that

729
00:34:46,200 --> 00:34:48,680
Speaker 10: physicality up at the line of scrimmage. One other thing

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00:34:48,760 --> 00:34:51,160
Speaker 10: to note, Jaydon Daniels was dealing with the rib injury

731
00:34:51,760 --> 00:34:53,680
Speaker 10: coming off of that game. He was only a few

732
00:34:53,719 --> 00:34:56,120
Speaker 10: weeks removed from it. For what I understand, it was

733
00:34:56,160 --> 00:34:59,280
Speaker 10: definitely limiting him. His past percentage rate was about sixty

734
00:34:59,320 --> 00:35:02,480
Speaker 10: percent five games after the rib injury. He had to

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00:35:02,520 --> 00:35:04,839
Speaker 10: buy a couple of weeks ago. Since then, he's been

736
00:35:04,880 --> 00:35:07,480
Speaker 10: completing over eighty percent of his passes. So I think

737
00:35:07,480 --> 00:35:09,919
Speaker 10: you're going to see a more explosive version of Jayden.

738
00:35:10,000 --> 00:35:12,960
Speaker 10: Daniels also thought it was interesting this week Cliff Kingsbury

739
00:35:13,239 --> 00:35:14,880
Speaker 10: said that he tried to put too much in the

740
00:35:14,960 --> 00:35:17,439
Speaker 10: game plan in the first game on a short week,

741
00:35:17,800 --> 00:35:20,200
Speaker 10: and he thought it made them play tentative and so,

742
00:35:20,320 --> 00:35:22,799
Speaker 10: as you mentioned with Terry McLaurin, I think you see

743
00:35:22,880 --> 00:35:25,839
Speaker 10: them move him around away from queeny On Mitchell, who

744
00:35:25,960 --> 00:35:27,800
Speaker 10: had the straps on him in the first matchup, and

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00:35:27,880 --> 00:35:29,879
Speaker 10: try to get him involved in the slot so him

746
00:35:29,920 --> 00:35:32,359
Speaker 10: and Jayden can have some success. Yep.

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00:35:33,120 --> 00:35:35,080
Speaker 5: Yeah, just to remember that game.

748
00:35:35,200 --> 00:35:37,920
Speaker 4: The Commanders led it in the fourth quarter, and then

749
00:35:38,280 --> 00:35:41,520
Speaker 4: the Eagles scored twenty one un answered points in about

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00:35:41,680 --> 00:35:44,360
Speaker 4: eight minutes of game time and that was it. It

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00:35:44,520 --> 00:35:48,720
Speaker 4: was over all, right, Baldy, back to you. The Eagles

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00:35:48,719 --> 00:35:51,759
Speaker 4: are rolling ten in a row. They are certainly in

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00:35:51,840 --> 00:35:54,359
Speaker 4: the mix to be the NFC's top seed. They haven't

754
00:35:54,440 --> 00:35:57,239
Speaker 4: lost since September. What do they have to do to

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00:35:57,280 --> 00:35:57,799
Speaker 4: get this one?

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Speaker 7: Well, I mean it's it's kind of a same thing

757
00:36:01,360 --> 00:36:03,480
Speaker 7: every week. I mean even last week against Pittsburgh. They're

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00:36:03,480 --> 00:36:06,919
Speaker 7: a slow starting team. Duty you know, there was seven

759
00:36:06,960 --> 00:36:09,400
Speaker 7: to three at halftime in that first game against the Commanders.

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Speaker 7: They just go to a total of twenty seven points

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Speaker 7: in the first quarter. This year, only the Bears have

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00:36:13,800 --> 00:36:17,719
Speaker 7: scored a fewer. And so what happens is it takes

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00:36:17,760 --> 00:36:20,279
Speaker 7: them a quarter to figure out what's working. Is it

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00:36:20,440 --> 00:36:22,960
Speaker 7: Saquan is it Jalen? Is it getting the ball to

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Speaker 7: the receivers and I think like as you get to

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00:36:26,280 --> 00:36:29,279
Speaker 7: bigger games and you get to the playoffs, regardless of

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00:36:29,280 --> 00:36:32,560
Speaker 7: what seed they are, sometimes these games are compressed, judy.

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Speaker 7: They can be eight possessions and if you're kind of

769
00:36:35,160 --> 00:36:37,680
Speaker 7: fiddling around trying to figure out what's going to work

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00:36:37,719 --> 00:36:40,000
Speaker 7: today and you're in the second quarter and you haven't scored,

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00:36:40,080 --> 00:36:42,680
Speaker 7: sometimes you got to play from behind, and that's not

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00:36:42,840 --> 00:36:45,880
Speaker 7: really the best way to go about business. So I

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Speaker 7: would think this week, knowing this is the second time

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00:36:48,719 --> 00:36:50,880
Speaker 7: they've seen the Commanders, they know what they're doing on

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00:36:51,040 --> 00:36:52,759
Speaker 7: defense right now, maybe get off.

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Speaker 8: To a faster start and actually start and score in

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00:36:55,160 --> 00:36:57,160
Speaker 8: the opening drive. That would be a change for this

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00:36:57,200 --> 00:36:57,879
Speaker 8: Seagles team.

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00:36:58,760 --> 00:37:00,680
Speaker 10: The body it would be quite a t And every

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00:37:00,719 --> 00:37:03,080
Speaker 10: time we talk about this Eagles offense, we start with

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00:37:03,120 --> 00:37:05,520
Speaker 10: sakuon Barkley. But the matchup I can't wait to see

782
00:37:05,840 --> 00:37:08,880
Speaker 10: is how aj Brown goes against Marshawn Lattimore in this

783
00:37:09,160 --> 00:37:10,040
Speaker 10: Washington defense.

784
00:37:10,120 --> 00:37:10,319
Speaker 8: Look.

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00:37:10,440 --> 00:37:12,800
Speaker 10: Aj Brown is off the injury report, he's ready to

786
00:37:12,840 --> 00:37:15,880
Speaker 10: play after a med week injury scare, but Washington traded

787
00:37:15,920 --> 00:37:18,640
Speaker 10: for Marshawn Lattimore for moments like this. He didn't play

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00:37:18,680 --> 00:37:21,480
Speaker 10: in the first matchup and dan Quinn talked about how

789
00:37:21,880 --> 00:37:25,680
Speaker 10: he knows how he challenges number one receivers and last week,

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00:37:25,719 --> 00:37:28,800
Speaker 10: in his first matchup, Latimore played nearly every snap and

791
00:37:28,880 --> 00:37:31,560
Speaker 10: didn't allow a single target. And so as we talk

792
00:37:31,600 --> 00:37:34,320
Speaker 10: about this Eagles team, we remember last week the storyline

793
00:37:34,440 --> 00:37:37,680
Speaker 10: was AJ Brown's comment about the passing and Brandon Graham

794
00:37:37,760 --> 00:37:40,560
Speaker 10: talking about the relationship and all that kind of funneled

795
00:37:40,560 --> 00:37:42,880
Speaker 10: through that. Well, I talked to Lane Johnson, the right

796
00:37:42,920 --> 00:37:45,120
Speaker 10: tackle who you know well Baldy had a great game

797
00:37:45,360 --> 00:37:48,279
Speaker 10: on TJ. Watt, helping that passing attack. But he said, look,

798
00:37:48,640 --> 00:37:50,480
Speaker 10: the reality is when the fire gets too hot, you

799
00:37:50,640 --> 00:37:53,160
Speaker 10: have to address it. And we definitely addressed it last week.

800
00:37:53,200 --> 00:37:55,480
Speaker 10: It was a talking point for us, and the reality

801
00:37:55,600 --> 00:37:57,680
Speaker 10: is I'm proud of how we respond it because it

802
00:37:57,760 --> 00:37:59,920
Speaker 10: could have gone the other way. The reality of our

803
00:38:00,080 --> 00:38:02,520
Speaker 10: offense is we haven't needed to throw the ball because

804
00:38:02,560 --> 00:38:04,840
Speaker 10: we have two six but we're going to need to

805
00:38:04,880 --> 00:38:06,520
Speaker 10: throw it at some point, and I'm glad that we

806
00:38:06,640 --> 00:38:09,560
Speaker 10: showed that we could now this week, at some point,

807
00:38:09,719 --> 00:38:11,960
Speaker 10: no matter how crazy Saquon does, they're going to need

808
00:38:12,000 --> 00:38:14,040
Speaker 10: to throw the ball to Aj with Marshawn on him,

809
00:38:14,320 --> 00:38:16,560
Speaker 10: And I'm eager to see how Aj and Jaln step

810
00:38:16,680 --> 00:38:18,520
Speaker 10: up in that moment. Can't be It's going to be

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00:38:18,600 --> 00:38:19,200
Speaker 10: must c TV.

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00:38:19,560 --> 00:38:22,160
Speaker 8: Baldy, Yep, I agree, Jim.

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00:38:22,920 --> 00:38:25,879
Speaker 4: I thought that the most important quote that came after

814
00:38:25,920 --> 00:38:28,120
Speaker 4: that came was Jalen Hurd saying just because we didn't

815
00:38:28,160 --> 00:38:30,360
Speaker 4: do it didn't mean we couldn't do it.

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00:38:30,640 --> 00:38:31,200
Speaker 5: They can do it.

817
00:38:31,520 --> 00:38:34,080
Speaker 4: What I'm so impressed with what we see from the Eagles,

818
00:38:34,200 --> 00:38:36,400
Speaker 4: especially in these last few games.

819
00:38:36,280 --> 00:38:38,080
Speaker 5: Is they are really balanced.

820
00:38:38,200 --> 00:38:40,759
Speaker 4: They can beat you any way they need to beat

821
00:38:40,800 --> 00:38:44,120
Speaker 4: you passing, running, The defense has been great. They are

822
00:38:45,080 --> 00:38:47,560
Speaker 4: Now that the Lions have as big an injury issue

823
00:38:47,560 --> 00:38:49,600
Speaker 4: as they have, the Eagles might be the most well

824
00:38:49,680 --> 00:38:54,920
Speaker 4: balanced team in the entire NFC. Guys, thank you very much, Baldy.

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00:38:55,120 --> 00:38:59,120
Speaker 4: Back to your party, and when we return on the Insiders,

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00:38:59,160 --> 00:39:01,920
Speaker 4: you know this is this season forgiving. We're going to

827
00:39:01,960 --> 00:39:05,800
Speaker 4: tell you what quarterbacks have been gifting their teammates, and

828
00:39:05,880 --> 00:39:07,680
Speaker 4: then Tom and I are going to share what we

829
00:39:07,800 --> 00:39:10,520
Speaker 4: would like our holiday gift ideas that we would give

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00:39:10,600 --> 00:39:11,880
Speaker 4: to some NFL folks.

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00:39:12,880 --> 00:39:16,000
Speaker 1: More with Jaden Daniels and Kyle Brandt on Sunday morning.

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00:39:16,040 --> 00:39:19,000
Speaker 1: A lot more to come from Deuce Jones Drew, the

833
00:39:19,120 --> 00:39:22,880
Speaker 1: son of our Maurice Jones Drew honored to receive an

834
00:39:23,000 --> 00:39:26,160
Speaker 1: offer from UCLA dad's alma mater, which, of.

835
00:39:26,160 --> 00:39:29,040
Speaker 2: Course MJAD the on any thing he wants them to go.

836
00:39:29,200 --> 00:39:33,680
Speaker 1: I don't know to the four exclamation points give it away, legacy,

837
00:39:34,080 --> 00:39:37,560
Speaker 1: says MJD. Congrats the Deuce, as I said, a lot

838
00:39:37,640 --> 00:39:40,080
Speaker 1: more to come from him, and I'm sure MJD will

839
00:39:40,120 --> 00:39:42,239
Speaker 1: talk a lot about it for many years to come.

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00:39:42,320 --> 00:39:46,000
Speaker 2: Welcome back to the Insider. It's Tom Pellicero. It is

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00:39:46,239 --> 00:39:48,000
Speaker 2: Judy Batista. Judy.

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00:39:49,040 --> 00:39:52,320
Speaker 1: We've been watching around the NFL over the past several

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00:39:52,440 --> 00:39:56,320
Speaker 1: days here and different quarterbacks giving some different gifts to

844
00:39:56,760 --> 00:40:01,440
Speaker 1: some of their teammates. Joe Burrow a unique one, giving

845
00:40:01,920 --> 00:40:07,320
Speaker 1: apparently swords s words, no swords, excuse me to his

846
00:40:07,480 --> 00:40:14,120
Speaker 1: teammates handcrafted, certainly unique. Some other ones we've seen more recently,

847
00:40:14,200 --> 00:40:20,400
Speaker 1: brock Perty gave all of his teammates cars or trucks apparently.

848
00:40:20,040 --> 00:40:21,839
Speaker 2: Which that seems like a lot.

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00:40:22,600 --> 00:40:25,440
Speaker 1: That seems like more than you know, a guy on

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00:40:25,520 --> 00:40:27,680
Speaker 1: a minimum contractor with the seventh round picks fil to

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00:40:27,719 --> 00:40:30,000
Speaker 1: give way. Maybe there was a spots, maybe he got

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00:40:30,040 --> 00:40:31,920
Speaker 1: a little bit of help. Who's to say he'll get

853
00:40:31,960 --> 00:40:36,279
Speaker 1: his money sooner than later. Patrick Maholmes meanwhile, also gave

854
00:40:36,400 --> 00:40:39,839
Speaker 1: out some coolers. One of the highest paid players gave

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00:40:39,960 --> 00:40:45,160
Speaker 1: coolers and cowboy boots. The lowest pay guy trucks. So

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00:40:45,280 --> 00:40:48,440
Speaker 1: that makes sense all which brings us to this year. Judy,

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00:40:48,560 --> 00:40:51,160
Speaker 1: if you were gonna get I don't know me, the

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00:40:51,239 --> 00:40:54,040
Speaker 1: folks in the control room in Englewood, or Friendzyan and Mike,

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00:40:54,080 --> 00:40:57,239
Speaker 1: who are not here tonight, probably at holiday parties. Well,

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00:40:57,280 --> 00:41:00,120
Speaker 1: what's a gift someone somewhere in the NFL world that

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00:41:00,200 --> 00:41:01,000
Speaker 1: you would like to give.

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00:41:02,120 --> 00:41:02,840
Speaker 5: I would like to.

863
00:41:02,920 --> 00:41:07,919
Speaker 4: Give the entire New York football universe competent, drama free

864
00:41:08,160 --> 00:41:12,400
Speaker 4: quarterback play and competent drama free football.

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00:41:12,840 --> 00:41:14,759
Speaker 5: It has been a long slog with.

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00:41:14,840 --> 00:41:17,880
Speaker 4: The Jets and Giants these last few years, not a

867
00:41:17,920 --> 00:41:20,120
Speaker 4: whole lot of winning, not a whole lot of happy

868
00:41:20,160 --> 00:41:23,000
Speaker 4: football fans. So I would like to give to everybody

869
00:41:23,160 --> 00:41:25,240
Speaker 4: in this region good football teams.

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00:41:25,280 --> 00:41:25,520
Speaker 5: Again.

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00:41:26,600 --> 00:41:29,480
Speaker 1: So during the Giant stretch with Eli Manning, they won

872
00:41:29,560 --> 00:41:32,880
Speaker 1: two Super Bowls, but they never won another single playoff

873
00:41:33,080 --> 00:41:35,959
Speaker 1: game in any of those other years. So for the Jets,

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00:41:36,040 --> 00:41:38,600
Speaker 1: let's focus in on them would you rather give them

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00:41:39,320 --> 00:41:44,120
Speaker 1: ten years of always being in the mix competent football.

876
00:41:44,400 --> 00:41:46,640
Speaker 1: You can watch it, it's good, but they never won

877
00:41:46,680 --> 00:41:49,960
Speaker 1: a Super Bowl, or give them one super Bowl and

878
00:41:50,239 --> 00:41:52,879
Speaker 1: nine years of, frankly, the same stuff we've been seeing.

879
00:41:54,600 --> 00:41:55,439
Speaker 5: This is a good question.

880
00:41:55,600 --> 00:41:58,600
Speaker 4: It's been so long since we've had consistent like just

881
00:41:58,800 --> 00:42:00,520
Speaker 4: in the mixed kind of football. I think a lot

882
00:42:00,560 --> 00:42:03,440
Speaker 4: of people would take that just to still be interested

883
00:42:03,840 --> 00:42:06,440
Speaker 4: when you get to December, except they ought to remember

884
00:42:06,480 --> 00:42:07,319
Speaker 4: the highs of those.

885
00:42:07,400 --> 00:42:12,120
Speaker 5: Hey, Tom, would you gift those to anybody? Those are

886
00:42:12,200 --> 00:42:14,200
Speaker 5: your might cause my cleats right.

887
00:42:15,760 --> 00:42:19,839
Speaker 1: Those are actually now on the NFL auction site. All

888
00:42:20,440 --> 00:42:23,920
Speaker 1: proceeds from those go to the Breast Research Breast Cancer

889
00:42:24,000 --> 00:42:28,200
Speaker 1: Research Foundation, so certainly anybody can log on purchase those

890
00:42:28,239 --> 00:42:30,200
Speaker 1: at auction. I would appreciate it, and so would many

891
00:42:30,239 --> 00:42:32,840
Speaker 1: other people around the world. Thank you very much for watching.

892
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Speaker 1: Everybody enjoy the games. We'll see you next week.