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Speaker 1: Via Around the NFL podcast, he's working on it's English

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Speaker 1: ox scene. Welcome back to another disition that Around the

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Speaker 1: NFL podcast. My name is Dan Hanss and I'm joined

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Speaker 1: by a room filled the heroes, Mark Sessler, Chris Westling

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Speaker 1: and Greg Rosen's All Up boys. I like the intros

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Speaker 1: where Matt money Smith has to act a little bit, guys,

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Speaker 1: super talented Matt money Smith, who also I don't think

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Speaker 1: it came up during Wednesday's wild dramatic when Greg's toaster,

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Speaker 1: when West's toaster, when Bernard's toaster. Uh, it came up

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Speaker 1: that it never came up that Matt money Smith was

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Speaker 1: the one that delivered those great intros that we listened to.

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Speaker 1: So he continues to do great work. Henry Handsome Hank downstairs,

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Speaker 1: speaking of Wednesday's show, quote directly when I saw him

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Speaker 1: in the office this morning. A lot of character revealing

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Speaker 1: moments during Toaster proceed yes, uh, and the episode in general,

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Speaker 1: character revealing moments. I'll let you, guys, feel like you're

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Speaker 1: taking a shot at Greg for losing. You have to

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Speaker 1: ask him what he means by that. Not just you,

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Speaker 1: it could be multiple people. I would assume coming from

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Speaker 1: Henry that that's a negative jab at probably all of us.

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Speaker 1: On some level, I think it was a win win.

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Speaker 1: I mean, the postal service and the Jets finally got

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Speaker 1: something to cheer about. Bernard a worthy champion. This also

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Speaker 1: this result, it's probably the fastest way to end this game. Anyways,

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Speaker 1: it's gonna peter out. Well, it's just so naive Greg

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Speaker 1: about this, how this game, the legs of this game

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Speaker 1: and what it really means. Gotten much feedback today. Thank you,

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Speaker 1: thanking Bernard for returning the game to a highest level

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Speaker 1: where it belongs. And I would I would say a

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Speaker 1: couple of things. A couple of points. Uh, the James

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Speaker 1: Buster Douglas, Greg Rostal parallels. They were very true, even

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Speaker 1: to the point where you could look at says watching

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Speaker 1: this on YouTube before the podcast. Uh, just like Buster

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Speaker 1: Douglas had the big upper cut, the knocked out Tyson.

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Speaker 1: That's what happened when West got taken down. But then

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Speaker 1: Buster Douglas when he faced holy Field, he got exposed.

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Speaker 1: And some of the historic aspects of the NFL went

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Speaker 1: through your fingers in that, And that was a little surprising. Well,

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Speaker 1: I never claimed to be some trivia expert. Let's see

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Speaker 1: you do it. I just zero. The reality is West

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Speaker 1: gonna have to go to his grave. Oh and one

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Speaker 1: big fat loser. Wow, that is true. I mean, you know,

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Speaker 1: and take it away. And you know what was waiting

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Speaker 1: for me when I left this DUDEO yesterday Money Women,

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Speaker 1: the video game I made. They were still throwing themselves

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Speaker 1: at me. They remember the title you can't take all

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Speaker 1: I think he might be under his ground. I don't know,

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Speaker 1: maybe confirmed, I don't know. Anyway. So so this is

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Speaker 1: the Thursday podcast and we will bring back the Toaster game,

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Speaker 1: despite what Greg says. Yeah, please bring it back right

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Speaker 1: in the middle of the NFL season. Instead of talking

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Speaker 1: plenty of tweets saying that was their favorite episode of

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Speaker 1: the season. I know, I know they didn't. They didn't

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Speaker 1: show it with their listenership the last time we had

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Speaker 1: To him, people likes the ugliness inside you when it

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Speaker 1: comes to this game. The character revealing moment again. All right,

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Speaker 1: so Thursday's show, I can't believe you dropped the metrics.

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Speaker 1: Week ten review show. We uh, we're gonna go through

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Speaker 1: an f C North showdown between the Browns and Bengals.

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Speaker 1: Chris Westling and Greg Rosenthal will deliver the B team.

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Speaker 1: Rosie west take it away, thank you, Dan. B team

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Speaker 1: Cleveland Browns just beat down the Cincinnati Bengals. Chris Westling,

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Speaker 1: we were surprised what stuck out to you in this game? First, well,

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Speaker 1: And this was a big game for Yer. NFL media

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Speaker 1: It was embarrassing the throw he had when he ran

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Speaker 1: got better weapons around you. We all picked the Eagles

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Speaker 1: to win this game. And I'm curious because we should

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Speaker 1: not ever turn our backs fully on a former team

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Speaker 1: of a T like the Panthers, where I'm just I'm curious.

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Speaker 1: Put on your Dave Gettleman hats and get you Boston

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Speaker 1: accent all fired up, and let me know. How do

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Speaker 1: you fix the Panthers going next season? What is wrong

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Speaker 1: with next season? Well, you're gonna have to get a

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Speaker 1: blue goose pass rusher. I mean, they got seven games

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Speaker 1: left this season and out of first. If we're so

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Speaker 1: smart and we all picked the Eagles, they'll be three

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Speaker 1: six and one after this week. We're not smart though.

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Speaker 1: All right, Greg, tell me why the Panthers are a

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Speaker 1: playoffs No, I'm not saying it, but just back off

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Speaker 1: and let Greg explain it. I'm saying, look, look at

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Speaker 1: they can't worry about next season at this point. They're

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Speaker 1: right in the mix about everything. Everything. You understood what

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Speaker 1: I was asking. On the same podcast we said at

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Speaker 1: one point, how can the rest of the NFC South

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Speaker 1: catch up to the two No Panthers? Things changed? Dan

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Speaker 1: to answer to attempt to answer your question quickly. I

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Speaker 1: think the one thing they'll start to have some money.

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Speaker 1: They haven't had any money, and they haven't been able

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Speaker 1: to actually apply you know, free agency to the weaknesses.

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Speaker 1: They've had to get let players go when that shift happens.

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Speaker 1: I think it's smart they've kept Gettleman around. Not only

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Speaker 1: have they not had money, they've paid Greg Hardy six

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Speaker 1: million dollars not to play for them so far this year.

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Speaker 1: They'll pay him loss hurt team million overall by the

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Speaker 1: end of the year not to play this and they'll

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Speaker 1: play Jonathan Stewart D'Angelo Williams as the most overpaid running

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Speaker 1: back field in the league for like the third straight year.

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Speaker 1: I don't know if either one of them is going

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Speaker 1: to be back there. Well, let's see if Cam Newton

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Speaker 1: can get off the schneide. I think he's had under

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Speaker 1: total over the last three games, which is the only

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Speaker 1: streak in his career he's under Alright, moving on, I

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Speaker 1: got a question for you guys, Sir Mark brought the

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Speaker 1: silver route concepts. What's your favorite rock concept? One by one,

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Speaker 1: let's go first. We don't have favorite route concept. We're

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Speaker 1: not going to be pretend to be smarter than the

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Speaker 1: one that gets the player open. Divide anyone, give me

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Speaker 1: a break? What are you trying to do? Is this

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Speaker 1: is this the movie podcast Google? By the way, right

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Speaker 1: now to be naming these You don't think I know

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Speaker 1: rock concept? No, I don't think. Maybe you do, but

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Speaker 1: I even know. We're not going to pretend a Let's

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Speaker 1: move on, alright. You know TV show up great, great showing,

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Speaker 1: and Wednesday's podcast showed up ten minutes later for this

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Speaker 1: podcast and now drops this bomb on us concept out concepts,

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Speaker 1: vaguely disgraceful, trigger pull on your party. Alright, Moving on

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Speaker 1: the Miami Dolphins, who who really have everyone excited right now?

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Speaker 1: They're playing extremely well. They're five and three. Ryan Tannehill

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Speaker 1: is playing like uh the guy that a lot of

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Speaker 1: people thought he could be right now? And now they

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Speaker 1: go to Detroit. This will be a big test against

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Speaker 1: the Lions. First off, I think we have a situation

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Speaker 1: here and I don't know if you were listeners of

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Speaker 1: the show whenever all of us pick one team and

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Speaker 1: one man is on an island and he picks another

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Speaker 1: here another team. You know what we call that. You

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Speaker 1: guys should know by now. Pick it's a hero pick,

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Speaker 1: so defend your hero myself. West Mark All picked the Lions.

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Speaker 1: Greg Rosenthal riding hard with the Dolphins and your hero.

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Speaker 1: I was shocked no one else picked the Dolphins. They're

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Speaker 1: coming off a thirty seven nothing beat down of the

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Speaker 1: team of a t L San Diego Chargers, one of

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Speaker 1: the most impressive performances of the year. The last time

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Speaker 1: they went on the road in the NFC North, they

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Speaker 1: trounced the Bears. I think it's one of the best

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Speaker 1: defenses in the league. I think this is a match

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Speaker 1: above the two best defense in the league. And I

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Speaker 1: would definitely take Tannehill and the Dolphins offense over Stafford

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Speaker 1: and the Lions offense. I think the scheme is better

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Speaker 1: in Miami. It's kind of does the work for Tannehill.

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Speaker 1: They're starting to look like the Eagles, and I think

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Speaker 1: Tannehill has been more consistent over the last month than

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Speaker 1: Stafford has been. I know that the reason I went

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Speaker 1: with Detroit was because of not their offense but their defense. Sure,

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Speaker 1: but they're going up against the defense. I think that's

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Speaker 1: just as good. Cameron Wake Olivia Verne. I mean, they've

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Speaker 1: got so many players that can make plays. The way

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Speaker 1: you were talking in the newsroom, the first place Lions

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Speaker 1: or a Tomato Cam No you were acting like the

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Speaker 1: Dolphins were clearly the better team, and they're really not.

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Speaker 1: The Lions have a better defense by all mestrics, metrics

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Speaker 1: and statistic and once Calvin Johnson gets in the offense,

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Speaker 1: that changes everything. Yeah, I think I don't think the

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Speaker 1: Dolphins have a better offense than the lines do. With

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Speaker 1: Calvin Johnson and Reggie Bush. We haven't seen a lot

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Speaker 1: of it this year, but the Lions offense isn't good.

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Speaker 1: And well, you're right right, we have, but even the

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Speaker 1: little that we saw, the level that they fell off

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Speaker 1: without Calvin Johnson Reggie Bush has me concerned that they're

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Speaker 1: going to struggle against a really good defense even with

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Speaker 1: Calvin Johnson and Reggie Bush. Whereas I totally disagree about

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Speaker 1: the two offenses. We've seen what Laser's offense is doing,

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Speaker 1: it's creating plays for you said. You said Tannehill is

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Speaker 1: finally playing like like a lot of people expect it,

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Speaker 1: and I agree, but I think it's mostly just everyone

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Speaker 1: around him is making plays for him. And uh, you gentlemen,

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Speaker 1: and I refer to Mark Cecil and Chris Wesling. You

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Speaker 1: guys do not like indoor football, do you? Yet you

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Speaker 1: went with the home team. Now, let me just I'm

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Speaker 1: looking at my two thousand fourteen season Week ten research

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Speaker 1: notes by the NFL Network Team West. I know you

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Speaker 1: enjoy this. Why don't you shoehorn something in here? Here

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Speaker 1: we go. Ryan Tatnehill is oh and four and games

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Speaker 1: played indoors with three touchdowns, eight interceptions, and a passerrating

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Speaker 1: of sixty nine point six. Could not find a more

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Speaker 1: meaningless right, what is that kind of matter? Bang? Well,

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Speaker 1: just give the wind to the lines in well, it means,

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Speaker 1: it means a little bit. It so if you take

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Speaker 1: enough against the wall, things happen. Sometimes they I'm a

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Speaker 1: friend of data. Okay, you guys go with your hunches

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Speaker 1: and your gut ins. I almost went with Greg on

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Speaker 1: this because the offense has there has been a departure

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Speaker 1: over the past couple of weeks. And maybe you know,

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Speaker 1: we saw this with the Chiefs last season, where it

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Speaker 1: took more than half a season to get the offense cooking.

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Speaker 1: And in Miami's you know not, that's not been the

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Speaker 1: easiest scheme to learn, it doesn't seem. And you're dealing

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Speaker 1: with a quarterback that has been undisciplined for most of

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Speaker 1: his career. If that's starting to change my Emmy's you know,

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Speaker 1: recent streak here is not a mirage. However, home team,

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Speaker 1: whether it's in a dome or not. I think Chris

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Speaker 1: and I have come away with the wind, and it's

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Speaker 1: gonna be sad to see Greg who thinks this is

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Speaker 1: a hero pick slip one notch further down in our contest. Yes,

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Speaker 1: Jarvis is gonna rankle you all. It's gonna hurt West's

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Speaker 1: soul because his favorite player in the NFL, Jarvis Landry,

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Speaker 1: is gonna be lightening it up for the Dolphin. Is.

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Speaker 1: He's a lot of fun to watch. I mean, that's

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Speaker 1: what I mean. When people are making place for him

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Speaker 1: the offensive lines making place for Tannehill Landry is Wallaces

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Speaker 1: have to put another wing on that stable of lace.

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Speaker 1: You know why. It's a lot of people You stats

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Speaker 1: the way a monkey uses a ball. You hold it

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Speaker 1: in your hand and gaze upon it, but you have

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Speaker 1: no idea how to use it. You were saying that

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Speaker 1: I didn't pull out a stat that will drop. That

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Speaker 1: was an unmitigated talking about character and feeling. It was

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Speaker 1: a little labor too, so to do a little come

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Speaker 1: better next time. West. Now, let me just let me

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Speaker 1: just say this. We gotta move on to another game.

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Speaker 1: I'm just you know, I know there's a little tension

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Speaker 1: in the room now because I brought up my stats

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Speaker 1: manual as you as you should. Yeah, and there's there's

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Speaker 1: data in here, not even your stats. You only borrow

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Speaker 1: it for the show. And by the way, uh, that's

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Speaker 1: not important at all, you said, Mirage, it's mra g

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Speaker 1: Oh did I say that? You know I've been saying

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Speaker 1: that wrong for my entire life. Moving moving forward, the

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Speaker 1: Tennessee Tyitoons are heading to Baltimore to face the Ravens.

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Speaker 1: The Ravens who two weeks ago we're in first place

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Speaker 1: in the f C North. Two losses later, there in

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Speaker 1: last place in the a f C North. So that

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Speaker 1: tells you what's going on on that division. And now

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Speaker 1: they face the Titans and Zach Mettenberger and West. I

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Speaker 1: can't remember if we got into Mettenberger, but I'm sure

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Speaker 1: you studied some tape of the young man, the well coy.

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Speaker 1: If the young man, now, were you impressed it all

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Speaker 1: by his outing in his first start? I don't know

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Speaker 1: who cares about anything learned, right, figured Greg and I

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Speaker 1: both studied some Za Mettenberger. I believe we reached the

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Speaker 1: same conclusion that he's not ready and way too many

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Speaker 1: passes were off the mark by ten or fifteen yards.

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Speaker 1: I don't I don't like this move, and I think

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Speaker 1: Jake Lockers should be their quarterback. No wait, I thought

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Speaker 1: we did agree that it was at least a move

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Speaker 1: towards an intriguing option before it happened, that we loved

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Speaker 1: before it happened. So, I mean, I don't know what

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Speaker 1: we were expecting from Mettenburger, but yes, it wasn't a

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Speaker 1: good performance, But then what we pulled a curtain after

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Speaker 1: one game? He's a really I'd like to see more

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Speaker 1: than one game before I come to that conclusion. But

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Speaker 1: it was a really, when's the last time you saw

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Speaker 1: a sixth round rookie displaced a veteran in his rookie season. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: but except that we were that we liked the move

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Speaker 1: for Tennessee because they were so listless on offense, and

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Speaker 1: that we didn't going back to have an answer for you, though,

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Speaker 1: when's the last time how about a seventh round rookie

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Speaker 1: Ryan Fitzpatrick lighted up for the Rams back and whenever

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Speaker 1: that was, I think he got inserted to line it

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Speaker 1: because they didn't have anything. West was trying to real

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Speaker 1: us all in with the Tom Brady bomb. But no,

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Speaker 1: that was his second year with New England. As a

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Speaker 1: sixth round there, No, I was just saying, there isn't one.

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Speaker 1: It's a bad idea to play a sixth round rookie.

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Speaker 1: He's not ready, he's not developed. And not only are

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Speaker 1: you hurting his developed how are you how are you

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Speaker 1: going to judge Kendall Wright, Justin Hunter and Bishop Sanky

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Speaker 1: when your quarterback can't move the offense. Mark is very

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Speaker 1: upset with this line of reason. He know, I just

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Speaker 1: thought that we had a conversation saying that this was

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Speaker 1: the right move for the tempt I I thought it

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Speaker 1: was a great move to Poul Charlie Whitehurst. But if

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Speaker 1: Jake Locker is healthy, I don't know why you wouldn't play.

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Speaker 1: We We joke a lot about the the Titoons on

626
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Speaker 1: this podcast. I'm not familiar with their work, their their

627
00:31:38,800 --> 00:31:41,840
Speaker 1: fans probably have stopped listing, but I want to say

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Speaker 1: one positive thing about the Titans from our guy, DJ

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Speaker 1: Daniel Jeremiah moved the Sticks podcast great podcast, and even

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Speaker 1: if Dan's not a fan, he said, watch Taylor Luan

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Speaker 1: at left tackle, that he thinks that they have got

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Speaker 1: a serious keeper in his first start, that he really

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Speaker 1: wowed d Javid. This is going to be terrific. You

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Speaker 1: want to get excited saying they have a good tear

635
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Speaker 1: at that tackle, and you get excited. They need some

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Speaker 1: stars on this team. Now, I hear you. I'm saying,

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Speaker 1: but that looks like a good pick. I wouldn't have

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Speaker 1: known that. And then that's obviously a hugely important part

639
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Speaker 1: of any team. But if there's a message that could

640
00:32:16,600 --> 00:32:19,880
Speaker 1: be said to the decision makers in this in this franchise,

641
00:32:20,280 --> 00:32:24,880
Speaker 1: do something something. Even their own beat writers have tweeted

642
00:32:24,920 --> 00:32:28,160
Speaker 1: in recent weeks that there is an influx of kind

643
00:32:28,160 --> 00:32:31,680
Speaker 1: of milk toast personalities in that locker room. Jim is

644
00:32:31,720 --> 00:32:34,960
Speaker 1: actually one of them that isn't you know, Yeah, just

645
00:32:35,040 --> 00:32:37,920
Speaker 1: get they need to make a change. Don't do it

646
00:32:37,960 --> 00:32:39,440
Speaker 1: the way the Raiders did it, where you just get

647
00:32:39,480 --> 00:32:41,719
Speaker 1: some big names that are over the hill, but you know,

648
00:32:41,920 --> 00:32:44,560
Speaker 1: identify electric guys in the draft and just try to

649
00:32:44,560 --> 00:32:48,120
Speaker 1: spice things up. We should mention, uh, the Ravens lost

650
00:32:48,160 --> 00:32:51,800
Speaker 1: their top cornerback Jimmy Smith for the season. We learned today,

651
00:32:51,880 --> 00:32:53,760
Speaker 1: which look, it's not gonna be a problem for them

652
00:32:53,800 --> 00:32:57,200
Speaker 1: on on Sunday when Zach Mettenberger is throwing the ball

653
00:32:57,240 --> 00:33:00,800
Speaker 1: fifteen yards for Kendall Wright's head. That's a problem for

654
00:33:00,840 --> 00:33:03,640
Speaker 1: them this season. That that's seriously dense. I think their

655
00:33:03,720 --> 00:33:07,320
Speaker 1: chances of making a long run. There are I believe

656
00:33:07,400 --> 00:33:09,600
Speaker 1: six teams in the a f C with five wins

657
00:33:09,680 --> 00:33:13,080
Speaker 1: right now. The Kansas City Chiefs and Buffalo Bills are

658
00:33:13,120 --> 00:33:15,720
Speaker 1: two of them, and they will face off in Arch

659
00:33:15,960 --> 00:33:20,040
Speaker 1: Orchard Park on Sunday. Uh. This is a to me,

660
00:33:20,200 --> 00:33:23,080
Speaker 1: a coin flip game. I think, how do we pick

661
00:33:23,160 --> 00:33:26,280
Speaker 1: this game? Dan and me? And you took the Chiefs? Yeah,

662
00:33:26,480 --> 00:33:28,680
Speaker 1: everyone else and I took the Chiefs. The rest of

663
00:33:28,720 --> 00:33:31,440
Speaker 1: the field took the Bills. Greg, why don't you start

664
00:33:31,480 --> 00:33:33,480
Speaker 1: us off here? What are you expecting to see in

665
00:33:33,480 --> 00:33:36,480
Speaker 1: this game? It should be a great game. I'm excited.

666
00:33:36,720 --> 00:33:38,280
Speaker 1: I like it so much I'm gonna assign it to

667
00:33:38,320 --> 00:33:41,640
Speaker 1: myself on Sunday. Uh. It's kind of it's kind of

668
00:33:41,640 --> 00:33:44,640
Speaker 1: a matchup of whether the Chiefs can get rid of

669
00:33:44,640 --> 00:33:47,480
Speaker 1: the ball fast enough before that Bill's defensive line gets

670
00:33:47,520 --> 00:33:50,200
Speaker 1: to them, whether they can still keep moving the ball

671
00:33:50,520 --> 00:33:53,160
Speaker 1: enough and putting the sleeper hole on teams with that offense,

672
00:33:53,240 --> 00:33:55,200
Speaker 1: even though they never go deep down the field. Look

673
00:33:55,200 --> 00:33:57,440
Speaker 1: at you playing keep away from us with this riveting

674
00:33:57,560 --> 00:34:01,440
Speaker 1: Kyle Orton, Alex Smith. You're saying you don't want this. No,

675
00:34:01,680 --> 00:34:05,360
Speaker 1: I don't want You've got uh Tyson's Ravens. I don't

676
00:34:05,360 --> 00:34:08,799
Speaker 1: want that especially, I especially don't want this one. If

677
00:34:08,840 --> 00:34:11,319
Speaker 1: if Sammy Watkins doesn't play, and I would probably change

678
00:34:11,320 --> 00:34:13,759
Speaker 1: my pick because I think he's that good. I think

679
00:34:13,800 --> 00:34:16,319
Speaker 1: that's fair. I mean, I think that that I may

680
00:34:16,360 --> 00:34:18,440
Speaker 1: do the same thing now. I like, I like my

681
00:34:18,520 --> 00:34:21,680
Speaker 1: Chiefs pick. I'm feeling good about this one, regardless of Sammy.

682
00:34:21,760 --> 00:34:24,640
Speaker 1: You guys stay over. We're independent individuals. We will do

683
00:34:24,760 --> 00:34:27,359
Speaker 1: as we need to do. That tells you a lot

684
00:34:27,360 --> 00:34:30,440
Speaker 1: about Sammy watkins progression as a rookie that we'd already

685
00:34:30,440 --> 00:34:32,880
Speaker 1: be willing to switch picks based on him not showing

686
00:34:32,960 --> 00:34:34,400
Speaker 1: up in games. Well, it's not going to be the

687
00:34:34,520 --> 00:34:37,120
Speaker 1: running game. Yeah, who else do they have in their

688
00:34:37,719 --> 00:34:43,200
Speaker 1: skill position players? Second leading receivers? But that way, he's

689
00:34:43,239 --> 00:34:45,520
Speaker 1: on pace for about six hundred yards receiving and then

690
00:34:45,560 --> 00:34:48,520
Speaker 1: Scott Chandler, So there's not a lot of on the

691
00:34:48,800 --> 00:34:51,480
Speaker 1: on the list there on the Anthony Dixon forty four

692
00:34:51,560 --> 00:34:57,600
Speaker 1: yards two carries and weko how about the I don't know,

693
00:34:57,640 --> 00:35:00,520
Speaker 1: I feel like the Kyle Orton happy story. I needs

694
00:35:00,560 --> 00:35:04,680
Speaker 1: to end at some point. Yeah, I reality to feel

695
00:35:04,719 --> 00:35:06,880
Speaker 1: I feel you on that one. The other one? Uh

696
00:35:07,239 --> 00:35:09,920
Speaker 1: we you know, Travis Kelsey has become a darling this

697
00:35:10,000 --> 00:35:13,160
Speaker 1: season for people that love football. How about get the

698
00:35:13,160 --> 00:35:15,839
Speaker 1: ball to him a little bit more burn in my stable? Hey,

699
00:35:15,840 --> 00:35:19,480
Speaker 1: football head, what do you do for people that love

700
00:35:19,520 --> 00:35:23,160
Speaker 1: football those who are ambivalent? Well, there are people who

701
00:35:23,160 --> 00:35:25,799
Speaker 1: love football and then there are football heads. As I've

702
00:35:25,840 --> 00:35:30,560
Speaker 1: discussed this podcast before, so uh you know what, Mark, congratulations,

703
00:35:30,719 --> 00:35:33,319
Speaker 1: You've also been drafted into the football Heads with West

704
00:35:33,400 --> 00:35:36,759
Speaker 1: and Greg explained explained to the audience. Just you know,

705
00:35:36,880 --> 00:35:39,799
Speaker 1: football fans, why Travis Kelsey is so special? They should

706
00:35:39,800 --> 00:35:44,000
Speaker 1: throw a little spot route for him? Yeah? What was TD?

707
00:35:44,360 --> 00:35:47,120
Speaker 1: Who else is back? There? Can someone take over you today?

708
00:35:47,400 --> 00:35:50,480
Speaker 1: Go back to watching videos on YouTube? How didn't you

709
00:35:50,520 --> 00:35:52,439
Speaker 1: think the route tree thing was gonna go? I still

710
00:35:52,560 --> 00:35:58,879
Speaker 1: don't remember. Was that why you were late? Wanted to ask.

711
00:35:59,040 --> 00:36:00,920
Speaker 1: It's not calling it out. We could come up with

712
00:36:00,960 --> 00:36:03,720
Speaker 1: some something, But why why should we pretend we're smarter

713
00:36:03,760 --> 00:36:07,240
Speaker 1: than we are? He had a favorite like round concept.

714
00:36:07,280 --> 00:36:09,239
Speaker 1: That's all it is. I want to party with you.

715
00:36:10,600 --> 00:36:13,880
Speaker 1: We keep it real and pretend. There's a lot of pretending.

716
00:36:13,920 --> 00:36:15,560
Speaker 1: And you want to know how I know route names.

717
00:36:15,600 --> 00:36:17,080
Speaker 1: I don't know the concepts. We want to know how

718
00:36:17,120 --> 00:36:23,040
Speaker 1: I know the names? Yeah, yeah, I have never played.

719
00:36:23,440 --> 00:36:25,839
Speaker 1: I like it when everyone goes deep but then they

720
00:36:25,920 --> 00:36:28,880
Speaker 1: dump it off to the running back. You could quarterback

721
00:36:28,920 --> 00:36:36,160
Speaker 1: to the teams. Where were we good? Yes? Why is

722
00:36:36,200 --> 00:36:40,399
Speaker 1: he a potentially special player? He's like many Gronk He's

723
00:36:40,400 --> 00:36:42,680
Speaker 1: not quite as physical, but he has that kind of

724
00:36:42,760 --> 00:36:46,719
Speaker 1: after the catch ability. He's about six four or six five,

725
00:36:46,960 --> 00:36:49,040
Speaker 1: and he's one of the fastest tight ends in the league,

726
00:36:49,080 --> 00:36:51,400
Speaker 1: really good after the catch. It's a huge game in

727
00:36:51,400 --> 00:36:53,760
Speaker 1: the a f C playoff race because I just feel

728
00:36:53,800 --> 00:36:55,960
Speaker 1: like if either one of these teams wants to be

729
00:36:56,000 --> 00:36:59,279
Speaker 1: that wild card game wild card team. I feel like

730
00:36:59,320 --> 00:37:01,560
Speaker 1: this Sunday's going a kind of it's a big separation

731
00:37:01,640 --> 00:37:04,520
Speaker 1: type of game. Do we want to see the Chiefs

732
00:37:04,560 --> 00:37:08,239
Speaker 1: in the playoffs? No? Absolutely not. I like the Chiefs. Wait,

733
00:37:08,239 --> 00:37:11,000
Speaker 1: why wouldn't we remember the playoff game? They I'm just asking.

734
00:37:11,080 --> 00:37:14,120
Speaker 1: I'm not saying no, I'm saying that's an exciting team.

735
00:37:14,239 --> 00:37:16,839
Speaker 1: I don't expect that same result to happen just because

736
00:37:16,840 --> 00:37:19,399
Speaker 1: they would be back there. I like this team because

737
00:37:19,440 --> 00:37:21,840
Speaker 1: I feel like they're maxing out. They have Jamal Charles,

738
00:37:21,840 --> 00:37:24,520
Speaker 1: who's fun to watch. They've got my guy, Josh Wood.

739
00:37:24,920 --> 00:37:27,680
Speaker 1: However you say they, oh yeah, you can't be a

740
00:37:27,680 --> 00:37:30,200
Speaker 1: guy if you can't pronounce his name. You do love

741
00:37:30,320 --> 00:37:33,040
Speaker 1: death by a thousand, cut, paper cuts, offenses, you love

742
00:37:33,040 --> 00:37:36,160
Speaker 1: Philip Rivers, you love Alex Smith. These are your kind

743
00:37:36,160 --> 00:37:40,560
Speaker 1: of offenses. Bore you to death. That's that's a fair point,

744
00:37:40,680 --> 00:37:42,840
Speaker 1: but it's not true. But it's a fair point. But

745
00:37:42,880 --> 00:37:45,239
Speaker 1: I don't know. There's something about we all. I like

746
00:37:45,360 --> 00:37:47,799
Speaker 1: teams that prove you wrong, and we all thought they

747
00:37:47,840 --> 00:37:50,320
Speaker 1: were going to be a three to six win team

748
00:37:50,880 --> 00:37:53,800
Speaker 1: with a terrible offensive line, and they're they're really well coached.

749
00:37:53,800 --> 00:37:55,680
Speaker 1: So I like them. By the way, that was the rare,

750
00:37:55,920 --> 00:38:02,200
Speaker 1: untrue fair point. Well, what I meant was he that

751
00:38:02,280 --> 00:38:04,360
Speaker 1: wasn't made a good point. Those are my favorite teams,

752
00:38:04,400 --> 00:38:08,560
Speaker 1: But he's sentent of inconsistency in my logic. Here, let's

753
00:38:08,560 --> 00:38:11,239
Speaker 1: talk about the London game. We have so many dedicated

754
00:38:11,280 --> 00:38:17,400
Speaker 1: listeners across the pond. A London town that was not

755
00:38:17,520 --> 00:38:19,920
Speaker 1: well done unless it was a little bit better. Barrel

756
00:38:20,000 --> 00:38:30,359
Speaker 1: forward in London, Oh, man in London, Manchester anything? All right,

757
00:38:30,400 --> 00:38:34,160
Speaker 1: Here we go the Dallas Cowboys. They are in London

758
00:38:34,239 --> 00:38:37,200
Speaker 1: to face the Jacksonville Jaguars. Who I think the Jacksonville

759
00:38:37,239 --> 00:38:40,120
Speaker 1: Jaguars play seven games every year in London. Now I'm

760
00:38:40,239 --> 00:38:42,920
Speaker 1: convinced of it. Every week it seems they're there. Uh,

761
00:38:42,960 --> 00:38:45,279
Speaker 1: this is a game. What doesn't it feel like they

762
00:38:46,840 --> 00:38:49,839
Speaker 1: I mean they are there every year. Yes, they got

763
00:38:49,840 --> 00:38:53,680
Speaker 1: a perfectly nice stadium with a pool in in Florida

764
00:38:53,680 --> 00:38:57,560
Speaker 1: going back next year too. They announced that. Uh I

765
00:38:57,560 --> 00:39:00,320
Speaker 1: wonder if they have more fans from all these doesn't

766
00:39:00,320 --> 00:39:03,920
Speaker 1: matter anyway. So the Dallas Cowboys. The big storyline, of

767
00:39:03,960 --> 00:39:07,960
Speaker 1: course is Tony Romo and whether he'll play or not. Uh,

768
00:39:08,000 --> 00:39:11,360
Speaker 1: there's been I've seen some writings in some places like

769
00:39:11,400 --> 00:39:15,040
Speaker 1: it would be irresponsible to play Tony whatever. If he's

770
00:39:15,040 --> 00:39:18,440
Speaker 1: ready to play, he should play. If not, he shouldn't. Although,

771
00:39:18,719 --> 00:39:21,920
Speaker 1: to be to be fair, the Cowboys got to win

772
00:39:21,960 --> 00:39:24,040
Speaker 1: this game because if they lose this game and they

773
00:39:24,080 --> 00:39:25,920
Speaker 1: go into their bye week on a three game losing

774
00:39:25,920 --> 00:39:28,160
Speaker 1: streak and they got a bit of a tricky road

775
00:39:28,239 --> 00:39:31,640
Speaker 1: schedule coming up, then look out, we could be staring

776
00:39:31,680 --> 00:39:34,120
Speaker 1: at against all odds after six and one, eight and eight,

777
00:39:34,360 --> 00:39:36,400
Speaker 1: It could happen. They need to take care of business

778
00:39:36,400 --> 00:39:38,960
Speaker 1: against the team that they're better in better than. We

779
00:39:39,040 --> 00:39:42,440
Speaker 1: should stop consulting medical personnel on these decisions, and just

780
00:39:42,560 --> 00:39:45,359
Speaker 1: as sports writers, when players are physically ready to play,

781
00:39:45,480 --> 00:39:48,959
Speaker 1: it's just gross. It's like, come on, don't just whatever. Yeah,

782
00:39:49,000 --> 00:39:52,200
Speaker 1: just well, because clearly we would have a better vantage

783
00:39:52,200 --> 00:39:54,440
Speaker 1: point to make these sort of medical decisions than the

784
00:39:54,480 --> 00:39:58,480
Speaker 1: people watching the who have decades of training to make

785
00:39:58,520 --> 00:40:01,080
Speaker 1: that decision. I know, people, it's it's an issue. People

786
00:40:01,080 --> 00:40:04,480
Speaker 1: don't trust Jerry Jones, especially after he put Romo back

787
00:40:04,520 --> 00:40:07,000
Speaker 1: into that game. But they're not gonna put Romo on

788
00:40:07,040 --> 00:40:10,600
Speaker 1: the field if he if he can't move. I practice

789
00:40:10,680 --> 00:40:13,600
Speaker 1: this week. They proved it. So I don't think that

790
00:40:13,640 --> 00:40:16,239
Speaker 1: we need to question the Dallas on this one. I mean,

791
00:40:16,440 --> 00:40:18,120
Speaker 1: I don't think it's a lock that they win this

792
00:40:18,160 --> 00:40:21,799
Speaker 1: game even with Romo. I don't know. I don't at all.

793
00:40:22,080 --> 00:40:25,560
Speaker 1: I think that I think the Cowboys defense now they

794
00:40:25,719 --> 00:40:28,040
Speaker 1: I don't know if it's Crawford gonna be available for

795
00:40:28,080 --> 00:40:30,600
Speaker 1: this game. I don't know. I don't think he's gonna

796
00:40:30,600 --> 00:40:33,160
Speaker 1: be available. They lost to rant I just think it's

797
00:40:33,239 --> 00:40:35,480
Speaker 1: it's not a very good defense. And I think the

798
00:40:35,560 --> 00:40:39,200
Speaker 1: Jaguars defensive line especially has played really well the last

799
00:40:39,200 --> 00:40:41,200
Speaker 1: five weeks, and they could give Dallas some problems. And

800
00:40:41,320 --> 00:40:44,280
Speaker 1: Dallas last two games, on their two game losing streak,

801
00:40:44,520 --> 00:40:47,239
Speaker 1: ran the ball times in both those games, which is

802
00:40:47,280 --> 00:40:50,000
Speaker 1: the second lowest all year. They got away from what

803
00:40:50,080 --> 00:40:53,600
Speaker 1: they did well, which was run at thirty five times,

804
00:40:53,600 --> 00:40:55,279
Speaker 1: and part of it he had weedon in there, and

805
00:40:55,360 --> 00:40:57,920
Speaker 1: it completely removes the threat of the passing game, right,

806
00:40:57,960 --> 00:41:00,480
Speaker 1: and it just slows down drives. I mean, you get

807
00:41:00,880 --> 00:41:04,200
Speaker 1: you get those a lot those runs by having long drives.

808
00:41:04,200 --> 00:41:06,000
Speaker 1: And they just didn't have the ball nearly as much

809
00:41:06,080 --> 00:41:08,600
Speaker 1: last week. Wes You's you were not certain about the

810
00:41:08,640 --> 00:41:11,160
Speaker 1: Cowboys in this game, you took the Jaguars and you

811
00:41:11,239 --> 00:41:13,520
Speaker 1: went basically chalk on your picks nine games out. You

812
00:41:13,520 --> 00:41:15,640
Speaker 1: gotta make a move. Come on, you should take the Jacks,

813
00:41:15,680 --> 00:41:21,520
Speaker 1: get behind them. I took the Cowboys, right. I I'm

814
00:41:21,560 --> 00:41:23,840
Speaker 1: a little worried about Bortle still, even if he had

815
00:41:23,920 --> 00:41:25,640
Speaker 1: his highest passer rating of the year. I thought it

816
00:41:25,680 --> 00:41:29,640
Speaker 1: was very misleading. He had basically one good touchdown drive

817
00:41:30,160 --> 00:41:33,080
Speaker 1: and both of his touchdowns could have been intercepted. I mean,

818
00:41:33,120 --> 00:41:37,400
Speaker 1: it's not like he's making these great plays. The last

819
00:41:37,560 --> 00:41:40,759
Speaker 1: touchdown he threw into like double coverage in the end zone,

820
00:41:41,440 --> 00:41:43,200
Speaker 1: and it was because they got the ball in the

821
00:41:43,200 --> 00:41:45,440
Speaker 1: tanyard line. He didn't drive them down the field. I didn't.

822
00:41:45,800 --> 00:41:48,840
Speaker 1: I didn't see anything for Jaguars fans to be buoyant about.

823
00:41:50,320 --> 00:41:56,319
Speaker 1: It's beyond she's a she's a great singer, yes, uh,

824
00:41:56,360 --> 00:41:58,839
Speaker 1: anything else in this game general. I would like to

825
00:41:58,880 --> 00:42:02,080
Speaker 1: note that earlier in the day Greg had picked the

826
00:42:02,160 --> 00:42:06,520
Speaker 1: Jaguars and I don't know what you can explain why, man,

827
00:42:07,719 --> 00:42:10,160
Speaker 1: and I know it's the romo thing maybe, but well,

828
00:42:10,200 --> 00:42:12,160
Speaker 1: I kind of think you might feel this is two

829
00:42:12,239 --> 00:42:14,960
Speaker 1: games this week that you might have at the last

830
00:42:15,000 --> 00:42:16,799
Speaker 1: minute done the wrong thing. And what else did I

831
00:42:16,840 --> 00:42:19,200
Speaker 1: do at the last minute that Dolphins team? I was

832
00:42:19,239 --> 00:42:21,960
Speaker 1: always taking the Dolphins. I was excited about that. I'm

833
00:42:21,960 --> 00:42:26,799
Speaker 1: glad you clowns are gonna watch. This was is tough.

834
00:42:26,840 --> 00:42:29,279
Speaker 1: I think it's closer to a fifty fifty game than

835
00:42:29,360 --> 00:42:33,160
Speaker 1: people would think. But when I saw Romo looks like

836
00:42:33,200 --> 00:42:36,919
Speaker 1: he's definitely playing, I lost my will. All right, fair enough?

837
00:42:36,960 --> 00:42:42,200
Speaker 1: Moving on, By the way, they announced the three games

838
00:42:42,239 --> 00:42:45,399
Speaker 1: in London next year, and you're the Jaguars are going back.

839
00:42:45,600 --> 00:42:48,080
Speaker 1: But you know what I really found interesting. There's gonna

840
00:42:48,080 --> 00:42:51,160
Speaker 1: be two games in back to back weeks there. So

841
00:42:51,239 --> 00:42:53,680
Speaker 1: what if you know we tried to send an a

842
00:42:53,760 --> 00:42:57,280
Speaker 1: t L writer for over for a couple of weeks

843
00:42:57,280 --> 00:43:01,520
Speaker 1: into London. Listen, figure step of the Shadows. We have

844
00:43:01,560 --> 00:43:04,560
Speaker 1: a great loyal audience overseas TV. We're gonna need your

845
00:43:04,560 --> 00:43:06,600
Speaker 1: help with this. We know we can count on you

846
00:43:07,000 --> 00:43:09,719
Speaker 1: to set us up in London. You know, if I

847
00:43:09,760 --> 00:43:12,160
Speaker 1: had to pick a game, how about the first divisional

848
00:43:12,239 --> 00:43:16,279
Speaker 1: matchup in London history, Jets v. Dolphins. Come on, let's

849
00:43:16,400 --> 00:43:18,880
Speaker 1: meg it happen? Cappen? Yeah, and Greg says a writer,

850
00:43:18,960 --> 00:43:22,440
Speaker 1: how about four writers, five the whole team and producer.

851
00:43:23,080 --> 00:43:25,680
Speaker 1: There we go in a production assistance some other people

852
00:43:26,000 --> 00:43:28,880
Speaker 1: my kind of party. I would say we could do

853
00:43:28,880 --> 00:43:31,200
Speaker 1: like one of those letter writing campaigns like people did.

854
00:43:32,000 --> 00:43:38,759
Speaker 1: What's the layer a letter? And bernardis to deliver a

855
00:43:38,840 --> 00:43:41,759
Speaker 1: letter writing campaign like when fans of a certain TV

856
00:43:41,840 --> 00:43:44,240
Speaker 1: show that was on the bubble or was gonna be canceled.

857
00:43:44,239 --> 00:43:47,600
Speaker 1: They would like send in mouse traps to save the

858
00:43:47,640 --> 00:43:49,960
Speaker 1: show about the guy that was the exterminator, like that

859
00:43:50,000 --> 00:43:52,520
Speaker 1: type of stuff. What can we have our listeners send

860
00:43:52,520 --> 00:43:56,040
Speaker 1: to the NFL media offices to convince them to send

861
00:43:56,120 --> 00:44:00,799
Speaker 1: us to England British money? I think it's illegal? Is it?

862
00:44:02,040 --> 00:44:06,160
Speaker 1: You can send money? Why not something? Yeah? Even yeah

863
00:44:06,239 --> 00:44:09,440
Speaker 1: if it's a currency, but a very small currency equivalent

864
00:44:09,520 --> 00:44:13,319
Speaker 1: of any tough all the is that what they call? Yeah,

865
00:44:13,560 --> 00:44:15,759
Speaker 1: they don't have tuppets anymore. No, that was like a

866
00:44:15,960 --> 00:44:18,959
Speaker 1: lot of our British listeners don't know that Mark lived

867
00:44:18,960 --> 00:44:22,239
Speaker 1: in England. Well we could. I lived in Surrey in

868
00:44:22,280 --> 00:44:25,040
Speaker 1: a small little home on a street. We could perhaps

869
00:44:25,120 --> 00:44:28,399
Speaker 1: for how long? Three years? That's pretty that's pretty long.

870
00:44:28,760 --> 00:44:32,160
Speaker 1: We can maybe find that home and stay there. Look,

871
00:44:32,400 --> 00:44:37,160
Speaker 1: this is what a sound luke to amracle accurate? Yes

872
00:44:37,239 --> 00:44:40,160
Speaker 1: or no? It is a fairly good attempt on your

873
00:44:40,160 --> 00:44:43,839
Speaker 1: part to be accurate. Anyway. So I hit us up

874
00:44:43,880 --> 00:44:46,440
Speaker 1: on Twitter, like, maybe an idea the money thing, it's

875
00:44:46,440 --> 00:44:49,560
Speaker 1: a little off. Maybe something more cheeky that we could

876
00:44:49,560 --> 00:44:54,080
Speaker 1: send to NFL media. Send this team to London. Moving on,

877
00:44:54,120 --> 00:44:56,920
Speaker 1: the Pittsburgh Steelers head to the Metal Ends to face

878
00:44:57,000 --> 00:44:59,920
Speaker 1: the New York Jets. My blessed New York Jets, now

879
00:45:00,040 --> 00:45:02,359
Speaker 1: users of eight in a row. Uh, they're doing so

880
00:45:02,400 --> 00:45:05,719
Speaker 1: poorly that Bernard, who won the Toaster game, asked me

881
00:45:05,760 --> 00:45:07,759
Speaker 1: and I fear it was seriously, should he jump off

882
00:45:07,760 --> 00:45:11,160
Speaker 1: the upper deck on Sunday at at the Metal Ends?

883
00:45:11,160 --> 00:45:14,040
Speaker 1: He should not. Nobody should do that. Seek help if

884
00:45:14,040 --> 00:45:16,400
Speaker 1: you're feeling that way or having those thoughts and that.

885
00:45:16,520 --> 00:45:18,719
Speaker 1: But the Jets, Bens have every right to be depressed.

886
00:45:18,760 --> 00:45:21,239
Speaker 1: This is a bad season. Let's talk about Ben Roethlisberger,

887
00:45:21,280 --> 00:45:24,480
Speaker 1: though twelve touchdowns in the last two games, now facing

888
00:45:25,280 --> 00:45:28,919
Speaker 1: potentially historically bad secondary Let's be honest with the Jets West.

889
00:45:28,960 --> 00:45:31,359
Speaker 1: What was the statue had downstairs today? They are last

890
00:45:31,400 --> 00:45:33,400
Speaker 1: in the league. They have allowed a passer rating of

891
00:45:33,560 --> 00:45:37,600
Speaker 1: one twelve point eight this season and to one touchdown

892
00:45:37,600 --> 00:45:41,520
Speaker 1: to interception ratio. I am gonna I'm gonna say, I'll

893
00:45:41,520 --> 00:45:43,759
Speaker 1: put a sandwich out there if anyone wants to take

894
00:45:43,800 --> 00:45:47,920
Speaker 1: it is Uh, if Ben Roethlisberger throws less than three touchdowns,

895
00:45:49,560 --> 00:45:53,960
Speaker 1: I'm not taking that. And now, if you said sanwich

896
00:45:54,000 --> 00:45:56,880
Speaker 1: he'll troll three in the first half. I mean, have

897
00:45:56,960 --> 00:45:58,840
Speaker 1: you said less than four? If it was three or

898
00:45:58,920 --> 00:46:01,320
Speaker 1: lass would three or less? That's what I meant. Okay,

899
00:46:02,840 --> 00:46:07,560
Speaker 1: I think about that. Well, let's think about it. Though.

900
00:46:07,960 --> 00:46:11,359
Speaker 1: I wanna enjoy your misery next to you, and well

901
00:46:11,440 --> 00:46:13,840
Speaker 1: you know you can't because I've detached on some level.

902
00:46:17,520 --> 00:46:19,840
Speaker 1: You have to forever be loyal to the team and

903
00:46:19,880 --> 00:46:21,920
Speaker 1: always watch the games. But there is a detachment just

904
00:46:22,040 --> 00:46:25,040
Speaker 1: to save to keep my sanity. So yeah, Roethlisberger is

905
00:46:25,040 --> 00:46:28,160
Speaker 1: obvious gonna move the ball very well through the air. Uh,

906
00:46:28,239 --> 00:46:30,480
Speaker 1: Antonio Brown is gonna have a big day. I'm sure.

907
00:46:30,560 --> 00:46:35,600
Speaker 1: Marcus Wheaton also, Mark, Hey this Brian. We'll see what

908
00:46:35,640 --> 00:46:37,439
Speaker 1: he's doing. The last couple of weeks, he's been great.

909
00:46:38,320 --> 00:46:41,439
Speaker 1: He set the record for Ted Eric Green's record also

910
00:46:41,520 --> 00:46:43,879
Speaker 1: from the Steelers for five touch on in his first

911
00:46:43,880 --> 00:46:46,440
Speaker 1: three career games. If they don't beat that piece of

912
00:46:46,480 --> 00:46:53,480
Speaker 1: crap team by there, he is, Dave left here. He

913
00:46:53,600 --> 00:46:55,880
Speaker 1: came to pick it up and not dropping a hammer,

914
00:46:55,920 --> 00:47:00,360
Speaker 1: but a deserving hammer on the Jets. What's that stuff

915
00:47:00,400 --> 00:47:03,600
Speaker 1: with that that should the Jet? This game? Probably in

916
00:47:03,640 --> 00:47:06,440
Speaker 1: all likelihood is we're talking thirty four teen I'd be

917
00:47:06,480 --> 00:47:09,520
Speaker 1: surprised if it's competitive. We'll see what happens. This is

918
00:47:09,560 --> 00:47:11,960
Speaker 1: the team you think it will be. I continue to

919
00:47:12,000 --> 00:47:15,279
Speaker 1: give the Jets way too much crediting Michael Vick. Well

920
00:47:15,280 --> 00:47:19,719
Speaker 1: you them last week on Sunday Night. But he moved

921
00:47:19,760 --> 00:47:21,479
Speaker 1: the ball up and down the field. They didn't play

922
00:47:21,520 --> 00:47:25,600
Speaker 1: like a ten point team. He was you know what,

923
00:47:25,800 --> 00:47:28,279
Speaker 1: he was alright because he made terrible decision whenever there

924
00:47:28,360 --> 00:47:31,719
Speaker 1: was pressure around him, he made terrible decision like he

925
00:47:31,719 --> 00:47:33,880
Speaker 1: would try to run and it never worked. He was

926
00:47:33,920 --> 00:47:37,200
Speaker 1: actually very good throwing. They did great work between I'd

927
00:47:37,200 --> 00:47:39,759
Speaker 1: say that the twenties in that game and then but

928
00:47:39,840 --> 00:47:42,680
Speaker 1: once they got into the scoring zone, that's been an

929
00:47:42,680 --> 00:47:44,360
Speaker 1: issue for the Jets for a couple of years running.

930
00:47:44,400 --> 00:47:46,160
Speaker 1: Now they have no idea how to punch it in

931
00:47:46,640 --> 00:47:49,160
Speaker 1: when they're in the One thing about the Steelers under Haley,

932
00:47:49,200 --> 00:47:51,720
Speaker 1: they've been so up and down for years on offense.

933
00:47:52,040 --> 00:47:53,919
Speaker 1: After what we've seen for two weeks, If they draw,

934
00:47:54,000 --> 00:47:56,080
Speaker 1: I don't care if it's the Jets or the New

935
00:47:56,160 --> 00:47:58,960
Speaker 1: Cane and Mighty Mites. Whenever some some team from another

936
00:47:59,040 --> 00:48:02,279
Speaker 1: town it they drop another bomb and they do what

937
00:48:02,320 --> 00:48:04,440
Speaker 1: they did the last two weeks. I look at Pittsburgh

938
00:48:04,520 --> 00:48:07,000
Speaker 1: as I don't just say Denver is the only team

939
00:48:07,000 --> 00:48:09,280
Speaker 1: out there in New England. Pittsburgh has to be looked

940
00:48:09,280 --> 00:48:13,640
Speaker 1: at as a potential top team in AF you're scoring, yeah,

941
00:48:13,760 --> 00:48:16,560
Speaker 1: if you're doing that on offense week to week, and

942
00:48:16,600 --> 00:48:19,360
Speaker 1: if you but if you have fourteen Super Bowl rings,

943
00:48:19,360 --> 00:48:21,240
Speaker 1: you will never be a team or in the NFL.

944
00:48:21,560 --> 00:48:23,680
Speaker 1: This is, of course now not an underdog team. And

945
00:48:23,719 --> 00:48:26,359
Speaker 1: that's the difference that we have with This is the

946
00:48:26,440 --> 00:48:29,120
Speaker 1: team that you know, people that have loved to watch

947
00:48:29,200 --> 00:48:32,360
Speaker 1: Ben Roethlisberger play. This is the team everyone's always wanted

948
00:48:32,719 --> 00:48:36,359
Speaker 1: him to be on. With the with these deep receivers

949
00:48:36,400 --> 00:48:39,080
Speaker 1: and a capable line and a good running game. I

950
00:48:39,120 --> 00:48:41,960
Speaker 1: mean they basically said, oh yeah, Bruce Arians, we will

951
00:48:42,040 --> 00:48:44,440
Speaker 1: go back to a Bruce Arians like offense. And it's

952
00:48:44,480 --> 00:48:46,960
Speaker 1: funny because when you when we all used to like

953
00:48:47,040 --> 00:48:49,120
Speaker 1: Ben Roethlisberger, a lot of it was because the magic

954
00:48:49,200 --> 00:48:51,719
Speaker 1: act in the pocket, he just making extending plays, and

955
00:48:51,760 --> 00:48:54,600
Speaker 1: instead he's playing like Peyton Manning and Tom Brady just

956
00:48:54,600 --> 00:48:58,440
Speaker 1: sitting back there and Tarin defensive apart. Alright, next up,

957
00:48:58,480 --> 00:49:01,000
Speaker 1: we have a NFC's alf. I'm not gonna call it

958
00:49:01,000 --> 00:49:03,359
Speaker 1: a showdown because it it's between the two also rands

959
00:49:03,360 --> 00:49:06,319
Speaker 1: in the division, The Atlanta Falcons at Tampa to face

960
00:49:06,400 --> 00:49:10,120
Speaker 1: the Bucks, a Bucks team that made the switch this

961
00:49:10,200 --> 00:49:13,800
Speaker 1: week and went back back to West's boy Josh McCown

962
00:49:13,840 --> 00:49:16,800
Speaker 1: at quarterback. So mccowna essentially looks like he gets a

963
00:49:16,840 --> 00:49:19,680
Speaker 1: second chance to make a first impression with Tampa and

964
00:49:19,719 --> 00:49:22,640
Speaker 1: maybe finish the season strong and be in contention for

965
00:49:22,680 --> 00:49:25,200
Speaker 1: a job there next year. What do we expect? I'll

966
00:49:25,239 --> 00:49:28,000
Speaker 1: ask you, Greg and Mark, I'd love to know your

967
00:49:28,040 --> 00:49:30,319
Speaker 1: words on this as well. And West then you could

968
00:49:30,360 --> 00:49:33,040
Speaker 1: chime in and then all and then and they all

969
00:49:33,040 --> 00:49:35,800
Speaker 1: feel good, and then h TV will chime with something

970
00:49:35,920 --> 00:49:37,800
Speaker 1: esoteric and then it will be a great fun time.

971
00:49:38,080 --> 00:49:41,920
Speaker 1: But Greg, you start your thoughts on Josh McCown you're

972
00:49:41,960 --> 00:49:44,640
Speaker 1: gonna see a nice, strong ending from him this season. No,

973
00:49:44,840 --> 00:49:47,319
Speaker 1: I don't have any reason to believe he's gonna be

974
00:49:47,360 --> 00:49:49,439
Speaker 1: good because he wasn't good in the preseason and it's

975
00:49:49,440 --> 00:49:52,160
Speaker 1: not a really good team around him. He's got two

976
00:49:52,160 --> 00:49:55,000
Speaker 1: good receivers, but it's not a good offense. It's not

977
00:49:55,040 --> 00:49:57,080
Speaker 1: a good scheme, and they don't really have a running game,

978
00:49:57,120 --> 00:50:00,919
Speaker 1: and the offensive lines been pretty lousy. We are playing

979
00:50:00,960 --> 00:50:03,359
Speaker 1: the Falcons out, so that's a offensive line. The last

980
00:50:03,400 --> 00:50:06,640
Speaker 1: two weeks has been better. Yes, Bobby Rainey looked better

981
00:50:06,719 --> 00:50:09,680
Speaker 1: last week than Doug Martin's looked all year. And Mike

982
00:50:09,719 --> 00:50:11,920
Speaker 1: Evans is starting to look like a number one receiver.

983
00:50:12,040 --> 00:50:14,080
Speaker 1: I do see. I do feel like Josh mccowny is

984
00:50:14,200 --> 00:50:17,000
Speaker 1: entering a better situation than Mike Glennon was entering a

985
00:50:17,040 --> 00:50:21,040
Speaker 1: month ago. That's true, they haven't won any games. In

986
00:50:21,080 --> 00:50:23,640
Speaker 1: the meantime. I would like to see Charles Sims will play,

987
00:50:23,680 --> 00:50:25,840
Speaker 1: and they were very high on him in the preseason.

988
00:50:25,880 --> 00:50:27,600
Speaker 1: I mean, I'm not sure what we're gonna get against

989
00:50:27,640 --> 00:50:31,440
Speaker 1: the Falcons here, but there is a team here in

990
00:50:31,520 --> 00:50:35,239
Speaker 1: Tampa that, yes they keep losing, but they knocked off Pittsburgh.

991
00:50:35,600 --> 00:50:38,200
Speaker 1: They really should have beaten Cleveland last week, and they've

992
00:50:38,200 --> 00:50:40,080
Speaker 1: come close a number of times. They're gonna win, Dan

993
00:50:40,160 --> 00:50:41,520
Speaker 1: and I picked him They're gonna win one of these

994
00:50:41,520 --> 00:50:43,319
Speaker 1: And I was just saying, I'm looking at this and

995
00:50:43,320 --> 00:50:46,120
Speaker 1: I'm starting to like feel weird about it because i

996
00:50:46,120 --> 00:50:48,840
Speaker 1: know Tampa's looks really bad as well on a number

997
00:50:48,840 --> 00:50:52,200
Speaker 1: of occasions, and this is the hardest game for me

998
00:50:52,280 --> 00:50:54,960
Speaker 1: all all week to pick. It's just two teams that

999
00:50:54,960 --> 00:50:58,880
Speaker 1: that stink. But they're not completely hopeless. There's something on

1000
00:50:59,080 --> 00:51:01,360
Speaker 1: certain weeks they could show you something. So it's really

1001
00:51:01,360 --> 00:51:03,040
Speaker 1: hard to figure out who's gonna show up in this

1002
00:51:03,120 --> 00:51:07,279
Speaker 1: game to make a reality show. After Lovey Smith and

1003
00:51:07,280 --> 00:51:10,759
Speaker 1: Rex Ryan gets fired, give them the best prospect in

1004
00:51:10,800 --> 00:51:13,399
Speaker 1: the country, and if that prospect can make it through

1005
00:51:13,440 --> 00:51:15,520
Speaker 1: both of those guys, just put him right in the

1006
00:51:15,600 --> 00:51:18,840
Speaker 1: Hall of Fame. These guys are the worst two quarterback

1007
00:51:18,880 --> 00:51:21,120
Speaker 1: coaches in the NFL, or what is two offensive coach

1008
00:51:23,000 --> 00:51:25,480
Speaker 1: But look, Lovey Smith has been doing this for a

1009
00:51:25,520 --> 00:51:29,160
Speaker 1: decade with quarterbacks and it's just old. He can't ever

1010
00:51:29,239 --> 00:51:31,680
Speaker 1: pick a quarterback. He goes back and forth. He has

1011
00:51:31,719 --> 00:51:34,359
Speaker 1: no clue how to run an offense well. And it

1012
00:51:34,400 --> 00:51:37,440
Speaker 1: has to make you nervous if you are, uh, if

1013
00:51:37,480 --> 00:51:40,200
Speaker 1: you are running the bucks like if they if mccau

1014
00:51:40,280 --> 00:51:42,879
Speaker 1: doesn't show anything and they decide he's not the answer.

1015
00:51:42,960 --> 00:51:45,160
Speaker 1: Next year you got Glennon and now two regimes have

1016
00:51:45,600 --> 00:51:48,359
Speaker 1: really given him a shot and he hasn't stuck. They're

1017
00:51:48,360 --> 00:51:50,200
Speaker 1: gonna go get somebody in the draft, and then what

1018
00:51:50,360 --> 00:51:52,440
Speaker 1: Lovey Smith is going to be the guy that shepherds

1019
00:51:52,480 --> 00:51:54,359
Speaker 1: him into the NFL. It's it's kind of a weird

1020
00:51:54,400 --> 00:51:56,040
Speaker 1: move to have a coach that can't develop a courting

1021
00:51:56,120 --> 00:51:59,080
Speaker 1: is a team that lost their offensive coordinator essentially as

1022
00:51:59,120 --> 00:52:01,520
Speaker 1: the season began. They're gonna go have to get another one.

1023
00:52:01,880 --> 00:52:04,799
Speaker 1: And Smith is used to looking for offensive coordinators because

1024
00:52:04,800 --> 00:52:07,680
Speaker 1: he had about six in Chicago and none of them work.

1025
00:52:07,760 --> 00:52:11,560
Speaker 1: Maybe you can pluck Mike Tyson away from the Falcons. Alright,

1026
00:52:11,560 --> 00:52:13,960
Speaker 1: the oak here's another. We were split on that one,

1027
00:52:14,000 --> 00:52:16,720
Speaker 1: by the way. You and Mark at the Bucks, correct,

1028
00:52:16,960 --> 00:52:19,160
Speaker 1: Dan and I. Also, we are learning now that Tampa

1029
00:52:19,239 --> 00:52:23,880
Speaker 1: has no quarterback at all. We could switch. I'm surprised

1030
00:52:23,920 --> 00:52:27,400
Speaker 1: you didn't go with your boy m accounts. Oh. I

1031
00:52:27,680 --> 00:52:29,520
Speaker 1: wouldn't be surprised at all if he want. I just

1032
00:52:29,560 --> 00:52:32,359
Speaker 1: feel like I told you the Buccaneers are the worst

1033
00:52:32,400 --> 00:52:34,080
Speaker 1: team in the NFL. I don't know, I have no

1034
00:52:35,040 --> 00:52:36,480
Speaker 1: that's wild that you said that, because the next team

1035
00:52:36,480 --> 00:52:38,560
Speaker 1: we're gonna talk about is the Oakland Raiders. West. The

1036
00:52:38,560 --> 00:52:43,359
Speaker 1: Bucks are worse than the Raiders. We can say, wow, okay,

1037
00:52:43,440 --> 00:52:45,120
Speaker 1: so they're gonna keep losing, but they're oh and eight.

1038
00:52:45,120 --> 00:52:47,359
Speaker 1: They're gonna lose again. On Sunday. But you can't get

1039
00:52:47,400 --> 00:52:50,080
Speaker 1: on them on this. They're gonna face the Denver Broncos

1040
00:52:50,600 --> 00:52:52,879
Speaker 1: uh in Oakland, so maybe they'll put up a fight.

1041
00:52:53,000 --> 00:52:57,240
Speaker 1: Derek Carr has shown flashes, but the Broncos. The timing

1042
00:52:57,239 --> 00:52:59,120
Speaker 1: of this doesn't work out for the Raiders coming off

1043
00:52:59,360 --> 00:53:02,880
Speaker 1: broncos Loo using to the Patriots and semi embarrassing fashion

1044
00:53:02,920 --> 00:53:05,239
Speaker 1: on on Sunday, and now you would think they're gonna

1045
00:53:05,280 --> 00:53:08,560
Speaker 1: get healthy against the Raiders. The any chance Oakland keeps

1046
00:53:08,640 --> 00:53:13,160
Speaker 1: us close, No, that's not even a shot on Oakland.

1047
00:53:13,160 --> 00:53:17,239
Speaker 1: It's just probably not. But they have played better. You know,

1048
00:53:18,239 --> 00:53:23,600
Speaker 1: the Seahawks defense essentially scored twenty points on Oakland. The

1049
00:53:23,640 --> 00:53:27,120
Speaker 1: score was twenty four to three early and it had

1050
00:53:27,160 --> 00:53:30,520
Speaker 1: been all about the Seahawks defense and turnovers. And yet

1051
00:53:30,560 --> 00:53:32,680
Speaker 1: the Raiders are in that game in the fourth quarter

1052
00:53:32,800 --> 00:53:36,280
Speaker 1: in Seattle. Each week they have players now that actually

1053
00:53:36,960 --> 00:53:39,520
Speaker 1: look like an NFL players, you know what I mean.

1054
00:53:39,520 --> 00:53:41,279
Speaker 1: They look more like a team even if they haven't

1055
00:53:41,280 --> 00:53:43,280
Speaker 1: won anything. I think for me, because we talked about

1056
00:53:43,280 --> 00:53:45,279
Speaker 1: Bordles before, and I think earlier in the year, I

1057
00:53:45,320 --> 00:53:47,640
Speaker 1: would have said Bortles is the guy I want to

1058
00:53:47,640 --> 00:53:50,640
Speaker 1: start a team around. I'm I've moved over to car

1059
00:53:51,320 --> 00:53:54,840
Speaker 1: well because Car to me week to week. You know,

1060
00:53:54,920 --> 00:53:57,480
Speaker 1: he threw a couple of bad picks last week, no question,

1061
00:53:57,800 --> 00:54:00,319
Speaker 1: but he is not the reason they're losing. And he

1062
00:54:00,400 --> 00:54:03,120
Speaker 1: also inside of two minutes a couple of times has

1063
00:54:03,160 --> 00:54:05,120
Speaker 1: done some stuff. You're like, wait, this guy knows how

1064
00:54:05,160 --> 00:54:07,080
Speaker 1: to move a team when when the clock's running. I

1065
00:54:07,080 --> 00:54:10,000
Speaker 1: mean he's he I think. Also, they've finally found some

1066
00:54:10,080 --> 00:54:12,440
Speaker 1: chemistry with some of their wide receivers. Haven't seen that

1067
00:54:12,440 --> 00:54:14,799
Speaker 1: in years in Oakland. But there's a long way to go.

1068
00:54:14,880 --> 00:54:18,040
Speaker 1: Reggie McKenzie's gonna keep his job. People. People don't like it,

1069
00:54:18,120 --> 00:54:20,600
Speaker 1: but he's drafted the best rookie class in the in

1070
00:54:20,640 --> 00:54:24,120
Speaker 1: the league. But that's if you think they want him

1071
00:54:24,120 --> 00:54:29,360
Speaker 1: to hire the next he was the fifth pick. Whatever

1072
00:54:30,600 --> 00:54:33,360
Speaker 1: Adrian Peterson went to seventh. You get talk about the

1073
00:54:33,400 --> 00:54:36,560
Speaker 1: rest of Reggie mckenziy's working. Let's talk about this this class.

1074
00:54:36,800 --> 00:54:39,280
Speaker 1: You get car who looks like a really interesting quarterback

1075
00:54:39,280 --> 00:54:41,200
Speaker 1: for a second round pick. You get Gabe Jackson, who's

1076
00:54:41,360 --> 00:54:43,440
Speaker 1: been a starter and looks solid as a starter. You

1077
00:54:43,480 --> 00:54:47,280
Speaker 1: get Justin Ellis, who really impressed me last week. Justin

1078
00:54:47,680 --> 00:54:50,200
Speaker 1: he's one of their defensive tackles. He's starting now. He

1079
00:54:50,360 --> 00:54:52,239
Speaker 1: blew up a ton of plays last week. Was a

1080
00:54:52,239 --> 00:54:54,920
Speaker 1: big reason why they stuffed UH Seattle. And then you

1081
00:54:55,040 --> 00:54:57,200
Speaker 1: got t J. Kerry, who's been playing a lot as

1082
00:54:57,200 --> 00:55:00,279
Speaker 1: the returner starting cornerbacks. Been okay, I'm just saying they've

1083
00:55:00,280 --> 00:55:04,399
Speaker 1: had a great rookie class. Next week, next week, top ten,

1084
00:55:05,800 --> 00:55:09,600
Speaker 1: top ten rookie classes. I like that. I like that

1085
00:55:09,680 --> 00:55:12,120
Speaker 1: kind of party. Do we get that drop yet? I

1086
00:55:12,200 --> 00:55:16,440
Speaker 1: like that kind not that this this kind of part.

1087
00:55:16,560 --> 00:55:19,920
Speaker 1: It's one thing to play the Seahawks the offense tough.

1088
00:55:20,200 --> 00:55:23,000
Speaker 1: It's another thing to shut down Peyton Manning and to

1089
00:55:23,120 --> 00:55:26,239
Speaker 1: keep David Carr upright against Von Miller and DeMarcus Ware.

1090
00:55:27,520 --> 00:55:30,680
Speaker 1: Moving on to St. Louis, Rams head to Arizona to

1091
00:55:30,719 --> 00:55:33,040
Speaker 1: the face the Cardinals. The Cardinals, of course seven and one,

1092
00:55:33,160 --> 00:55:36,359
Speaker 1: the Rams at the bottom of the NFC West. But

1093
00:55:36,400 --> 00:55:39,000
Speaker 1: you know there are a frisky three and five team.

1094
00:55:39,480 --> 00:55:41,160
Speaker 1: How do we see this one, gentlemen, I think we

1095
00:55:41,200 --> 00:55:45,800
Speaker 1: all have the Cardinals. I am I'm done doubting the Cardinals.

1096
00:55:46,120 --> 00:55:48,920
Speaker 1: I bought in after I watched last week's game against Cowboys.

1097
00:55:49,400 --> 00:55:52,960
Speaker 1: I like everything about this team. Now mm hmmm. So

1098
00:55:53,040 --> 00:55:55,120
Speaker 1: if we had waited, this might be the team of

1099
00:55:55,560 --> 00:55:57,919
Speaker 1: around the league that might have been. I still think

1100
00:55:57,920 --> 00:56:00,640
Speaker 1: the Steelers are more fun to watch, but I buy

1101
00:56:00,760 --> 00:56:03,560
Speaker 1: into what the Cardinals are doing. Who's telling me? Who's

1102
00:56:03,600 --> 00:56:06,279
Speaker 1: saying this to me? Recently? Was someone either a friend

1103
00:56:06,320 --> 00:56:09,040
Speaker 1: of mine or someone downstairs saying, I cannot believe you

1104
00:56:09,040 --> 00:56:11,719
Speaker 1: guys did not pick the Cardinals because they were a

1105
00:56:11,719 --> 00:56:14,640
Speaker 1: team that the scrappy team with a lot of good players,

1106
00:56:14,680 --> 00:56:17,480
Speaker 1: exciting players, and they have Bruce Arians who's our type

1107
00:56:17,480 --> 00:56:19,040
Speaker 1: of guy. We love him, just like we love the

1108
00:56:19,120 --> 00:56:21,440
Speaker 1: Riverboat Ron last year. Bruce. He was a guy who

1109
00:56:21,440 --> 00:56:23,960
Speaker 1: could have got behind this opportunity and it might be

1110
00:56:24,000 --> 00:56:27,520
Speaker 1: our boy, Jason Zumwalt, one of our oil listeners and

1111
00:56:27,560 --> 00:56:30,160
Speaker 1: a friend of yours that's been asking that question from

1112
00:56:30,160 --> 00:56:31,839
Speaker 1: the beginning of the year. While we didn't pick him,

1113
00:56:32,040 --> 00:56:36,440
Speaker 1: that's true. It's this Carson Palmer's chance. I mean, former

1114
00:56:36,560 --> 00:56:40,440
Speaker 1: number one pick the At one point people thought he's

1115
00:56:40,480 --> 00:56:42,719
Speaker 1: the third best quarterback in the league behind Peyton and

1116
00:56:43,080 --> 00:56:45,440
Speaker 1: Manning and Tom Brady and two thousand five day he

1117
00:56:45,480 --> 00:56:47,239
Speaker 1: was in that sort of air. It's been a long

1118
00:56:47,360 --> 00:56:50,120
Speaker 1: road and a lot of lousy, lousy teams he's been

1119
00:56:50,160 --> 00:56:52,480
Speaker 1: on to get here, but this is kind of his

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00:56:52,560 --> 00:56:54,480
Speaker 1: chance to go to a super Bowl. It is Kurt

1121
00:56:54,520 --> 00:56:58,200
Speaker 1: Warner scenario. We talked about this on Monday. I think

1122
00:56:58,239 --> 00:57:02,080
Speaker 1: in the news room the comparison Fitzgerald made the Spurs.

1123
00:57:02,640 --> 00:57:05,920
Speaker 1: Greg and I kind of both thought separately the two

1124
00:57:05,960 --> 00:57:08,080
Speaker 1: thousand and one Patriots. It's kind of like them. You've

1125
00:57:08,120 --> 00:57:11,719
Speaker 1: got some proud, motivated veterans who are smart and know

1126
00:57:11,840 --> 00:57:14,440
Speaker 1: the game really well, some exciting young players, and you

1127
00:57:14,440 --> 00:57:17,600
Speaker 1: have that mix, and you have a guy like Larry Fitzgerald, who,

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00:57:17,640 --> 00:57:20,360
Speaker 1: to me, I love the way he's playing. I think

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00:57:20,600 --> 00:57:22,600
Speaker 1: he could have a hundred and fifty yards every game

1130
00:57:22,920 --> 00:57:26,000
Speaker 1: if they weren't spread the wealth offense. With all that said,

1131
00:57:26,040 --> 00:57:28,880
Speaker 1: this isn't a gimme matchup against the Rams by any means.

1132
00:57:28,960 --> 00:57:31,880
Speaker 1: The Rams think about against everyone but the NFC West.

1133
00:57:31,880 --> 00:57:36,120
Speaker 1: They've there six two and one since last season. They

1134
00:57:36,120 --> 00:57:38,040
Speaker 1: seem to put up a good fight against all these

1135
00:57:38,280 --> 00:57:40,000
Speaker 1: top opponents in their division. You know, if I were

1136
00:57:40,000 --> 00:57:43,080
Speaker 1: a Rams fan, I'd rather it be that. Then we

1137
00:57:43,120 --> 00:57:46,320
Speaker 1: can win outside against the you know, the opposing conference

1138
00:57:46,320 --> 00:57:48,240
Speaker 1: and pickup game here and there, but can't win in

1139
00:57:48,240 --> 00:57:50,080
Speaker 1: our division. I mean they have that's a that's a

1140
00:57:50,080 --> 00:57:52,439
Speaker 1: good place to start. So do you guys think says

1141
00:57:52,480 --> 00:57:58,200
Speaker 1: Arizona win this division? I think so. Now they already

1142
00:57:58,200 --> 00:58:01,840
Speaker 1: have a pretty good lead. I agree. I I I

1143
00:58:01,880 --> 00:58:04,680
Speaker 1: still I'm behind the Seahawks, but I agree with you us.

1144
00:58:04,760 --> 00:58:07,080
Speaker 1: I've I've come around on Arizona. I think they're gonna

1145
00:58:07,120 --> 00:58:11,280
Speaker 1: win eleven or twelve games. I think it comes a man,

1146
00:58:11,320 --> 00:58:12,840
Speaker 1: I have a hard time answering that we have to

1147
00:58:12,880 --> 00:58:17,160
Speaker 1: collapse to not win eleven m Yeah, I guess, yeah

1148
00:58:17,240 --> 00:58:19,320
Speaker 1: they would. I mean, now it's kind of like that

1149
00:58:19,440 --> 00:58:22,080
Speaker 1: rematch against it. Maybe maybe they can get that San

1150
00:58:22,160 --> 00:58:24,600
Speaker 1: Francisco game and then basically you just have to split

1151
00:58:25,320 --> 00:58:28,480
Speaker 1: with Seattle, which they've managed to do last year to

1152
00:58:28,520 --> 00:58:31,320
Speaker 1: win the division. Basically, they're playing well enough. I think

1153
00:58:31,320 --> 00:58:33,240
Speaker 1: Seattle is gonna have to sweep them in the in

1154
00:58:33,240 --> 00:58:35,440
Speaker 1: their two games to do it. I wouldn't been a

1155
00:58:35,480 --> 00:58:37,720
Speaker 1: plane in the Super Bowl. Still wouldn't be against Seattle.

1156
00:58:38,320 --> 00:58:41,920
Speaker 1: Never happened before. Bruce arians told his team something about that,

1157
00:58:42,680 --> 00:58:46,600
Speaker 1: don't let anyone else dressing your lockers this year. Coach

1158
00:58:46,640 --> 00:58:50,360
Speaker 1: has been saying that for many years. I feel like

1159
00:58:50,400 --> 00:58:53,640
Speaker 1: I've heard that before. I don't think I've ever Maybe

1160
00:58:53,800 --> 00:58:57,560
Speaker 1: maybe I'm easily impressed, But yeah, they have a real shot,

1161
00:58:57,600 --> 00:58:59,280
Speaker 1: the best shot of the teams in a long time

1162
00:58:59,280 --> 00:59:03,080
Speaker 1: that have been hosting like no one. No one's let

1163
00:59:03,120 --> 00:59:10,280
Speaker 1: anyone sit at your desks, gentlemen. People always make a

1164
00:59:10,280 --> 00:59:12,520
Speaker 1: mess when they sit at my dead It's the basic thing.

1165
00:59:12,520 --> 00:59:15,000
Speaker 1: You would think you'd be respectful of some of the area,

1166
00:59:15,320 --> 00:59:17,120
Speaker 1: but typically that's not how it is, not the way

1167
00:59:17,120 --> 00:59:20,240
Speaker 1: in our newsroom. What does your high octane QB index

1168
00:59:20,280 --> 00:59:25,400
Speaker 1: say about Austin Davis this week? Oh man, he's gotten

1169
00:59:25,400 --> 00:59:29,360
Speaker 1: worse every week. He did the least that any winning

1170
00:59:29,480 --> 00:59:34,320
Speaker 1: quarterback has done in a winning performance all season. Last week,

1171
00:59:34,320 --> 00:59:36,120
Speaker 1: I mean, he didn't do anything and they still won

1172
00:59:36,120 --> 00:59:38,280
Speaker 1: the game. That's a credit to his team. Four point

1173
00:59:38,360 --> 00:59:41,440
Speaker 1: four yards per attempts. This guy will not be starting

1174
00:59:41,480 --> 00:59:45,000
Speaker 1: for the Rams in two No, I mean, I don't

1175
00:59:45,000 --> 00:59:47,240
Speaker 1: want it feels like we're dumping on him. He's had

1176
00:59:47,280 --> 00:59:49,960
Speaker 1: a much better season than you could ever have expected.

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00:59:50,120 --> 00:59:52,080
Speaker 1: All Right, he might be the bridge quarterback, he might

1178
00:59:52,120 --> 00:59:54,880
Speaker 1: be like a backup quarterback, but yeah, he can be

1179
00:59:54,920 --> 00:59:56,880
Speaker 1: a fine NFL backup. But I just don't think he's

1180
00:59:56,920 --> 01:00:01,040
Speaker 1: the answer there. The New York Giants are slumping now,

1181
01:00:01,080 --> 01:00:03,960
Speaker 1: they are at three and five, and now they have

1182
01:00:04,000 --> 01:00:07,920
Speaker 1: to face the Seattle Seahawks at the clink. The Seahawks

1183
01:00:08,000 --> 01:00:10,080
Speaker 1: is was we were just saying with the Cardinals seven

1184
01:00:10,120 --> 01:00:13,240
Speaker 1: and one. There's no room for error for the Seahawks now.

1185
01:00:13,240 --> 01:00:15,280
Speaker 1: If they're gonna make a run and be a team

1186
01:00:15,320 --> 01:00:17,240
Speaker 1: that wins the division that has home games in the playoffs,

1187
01:00:17,240 --> 01:00:19,680
Speaker 1: they gotta start winning right now. So obviously they cannot

1188
01:00:19,720 --> 01:00:23,200
Speaker 1: drip up against what looks by by all counts, so far,

1189
01:00:23,320 --> 01:00:25,520
Speaker 1: this looks like a mediocre, middle of the road seven

1190
01:00:25,600 --> 01:00:28,800
Speaker 1: or eight team, wind giant team. I think they'll be

1191
01:00:28,880 --> 01:00:30,640
Speaker 1: lucky to get to seven or eight at this point,

1192
01:00:30,680 --> 01:00:32,920
Speaker 1: and I couldn't be more wrong about I think this

1193
01:00:32,960 --> 01:00:35,040
Speaker 1: is the team I've been most wrong about this year

1194
01:00:35,080 --> 01:00:37,840
Speaker 1: in terms of seeing them in the season and then

1195
01:00:38,000 --> 01:00:40,680
Speaker 1: them just turning totally around, because their schedule is brutal.

1196
01:00:40,920 --> 01:00:42,640
Speaker 1: If you look at their schedule, it's gonna be tough

1197
01:00:42,680 --> 01:00:44,680
Speaker 1: to get to seven eight wins. I think I've been

1198
01:00:44,720 --> 01:00:48,840
Speaker 1: the most wrong about Seattle because as much as I

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01:00:48,920 --> 01:00:51,880
Speaker 1: keep wanting to see them as this team that they'll

1200
01:00:51,920 --> 01:00:53,920
Speaker 1: get it right, and they're gonna end up with twelve

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01:00:54,160 --> 01:00:56,960
Speaker 1: something wins. Watching what they did against Oakal and they

1202
01:00:57,080 --> 01:01:00,120
Speaker 1: seemed very challenged to me. On offense. They can't pass

1203
01:01:00,160 --> 01:01:02,960
Speaker 1: the ball well right now, and you know their offensive

1204
01:01:03,040 --> 01:01:06,280
Speaker 1: line will get healthier. But the Oakland Raiders, at this

1205
01:01:06,760 --> 01:01:10,120
Speaker 1: what we saw last week. We're all over Russell Wilson.

1206
01:01:10,400 --> 01:01:12,360
Speaker 1: They were all over the backfield and force him into

1207
01:01:12,360 --> 01:01:14,560
Speaker 1: bad throws. You know, and he's one of the better

1208
01:01:14,640 --> 01:01:17,280
Speaker 1: quarterbacks in league. When you get him out of the pocket,

1209
01:01:17,320 --> 01:01:18,960
Speaker 1: he's got to make a play, he'll do it. He

1210
01:01:19,040 --> 01:01:22,840
Speaker 1: was not getting that done last Sunday. It's only been

1211
01:01:22,880 --> 01:01:24,720
Speaker 1: a couple of games, but to me, the Percy Harvon

1212
01:01:24,760 --> 01:01:27,960
Speaker 1: trade looks like a mistake. They're not a good offense. Well,

1213
01:01:28,000 --> 01:01:30,080
Speaker 1: they don't have someone to fill the gap. They were

1214
01:01:30,080 --> 01:01:33,680
Speaker 1: throwing the ball moorder Marshawn Lynch of anyone else last week,

1215
01:01:33,840 --> 01:01:37,720
Speaker 1: and I mean, you're right, it's like who is I mean,

1216
01:01:37,720 --> 01:01:40,400
Speaker 1: these guys aren't separating from defenders and making plays. At

1217
01:01:40,400 --> 01:01:42,320
Speaker 1: the point of that, they kept Golden Tate, we might

1218
01:01:42,360 --> 01:01:45,040
Speaker 1: not be having this conversation, but they gave away to

1219
01:01:45,640 --> 01:01:48,320
Speaker 1: highly productive players and that Monday night lost by the

1220
01:01:48,360 --> 01:01:51,160
Speaker 1: Giants was ugly on about a hundred different levels. But

1221
01:01:51,200 --> 01:01:54,160
Speaker 1: again we saw that they hit on Odell Beckham with

1222
01:01:54,200 --> 01:01:56,440
Speaker 1: their first round pick. That guy is a big time player,

1223
01:01:56,480 --> 01:01:58,600
Speaker 1: it looks like. And if Cruz, I don't know what

1224
01:01:58,640 --> 01:02:01,120
Speaker 1: happens with Victor Cruz going forward next season. If he

1225
01:02:01,160 --> 01:02:02,760
Speaker 1: comes back, the two of them together, that is a

1226
01:02:02,760 --> 01:02:04,960
Speaker 1: great one to punch. We'll see if it ever happened.

1227
01:02:05,000 --> 01:02:07,640
Speaker 1: Let's talk about the big disappointment there. Though they've been

1228
01:02:07,640 --> 01:02:10,040
Speaker 1: talking up Ruben Ruben Randall for two years, this guy's

1229
01:02:10,240 --> 01:02:14,600
Speaker 1: he doesn't do anything. Vante Davis took him completely out

1230
01:02:14,640 --> 01:02:17,200
Speaker 1: of the game last week. Where's Monte Davis in the

1231
01:02:17,240 --> 01:02:19,480
Speaker 1: discussion of top cornerbacks as he he ought to be

1232
01:02:19,600 --> 01:02:21,720
Speaker 1: up near the top this year this year, Yeah, I

1233
01:02:21,720 --> 01:02:24,160
Speaker 1: think he's playing as well as any cornerback. Issue. What

1234
01:02:24,240 --> 01:02:26,120
Speaker 1: they get, what the Dolphins get from the second round,

1235
01:02:26,120 --> 01:02:28,520
Speaker 1: second round pick with the Colts, re signed him to

1236
01:02:28,600 --> 01:02:31,160
Speaker 1: a long term deal. Let him get free agency because

1237
01:02:31,200 --> 01:02:35,200
Speaker 1: remember the Jets wanted him. He's also matured, so I

1238
01:02:35,200 --> 01:02:38,120
Speaker 1: don't think Miami had a great time working with him

1239
01:02:38,160 --> 01:02:40,919
Speaker 1: in general. Tom Tom Coughlin, I mean he's won two

1240
01:02:40,920 --> 01:02:46,680
Speaker 1: super Bowls there barring another Coughlin like late season miracle,

1241
01:02:46,720 --> 01:02:48,560
Speaker 1: which I would never rule out with this team, and

1242
01:02:48,560 --> 01:02:51,520
Speaker 1: I really wouldn't. And this you figured this, this has

1243
01:02:51,560 --> 01:02:56,000
Speaker 1: to be it for this Coughlin maybe Reese run together.

1244
01:02:56,200 --> 01:02:58,680
Speaker 1: It just feels stale at this point a little bit well,

1245
01:02:58,720 --> 01:03:01,320
Speaker 1: which means Eli Manning be in his third offense in

1246
01:03:01,360 --> 01:03:04,400
Speaker 1: three years next season. And you think I'm anti Giants, Dan,

1247
01:03:04,560 --> 01:03:07,400
Speaker 1: You're not anti you just you're scarred by them. Man,

1248
01:03:07,480 --> 01:03:10,120
Speaker 1: That's true, but that's because I like, I don't like

1249
01:03:10,280 --> 01:03:12,880
Speaker 1: lame regular season teams that went through Bowls in general,

1250
01:03:12,960 --> 01:03:14,880
Speaker 1: especially a couple of times. This team is a lot

1251
01:03:15,000 --> 01:03:16,720
Speaker 1: has not made the playoffs. If they don't make it

1252
01:03:16,760 --> 01:03:19,640
Speaker 1: this year in five of six years, you like undefeated

1253
01:03:19,720 --> 01:03:24,840
Speaker 1: teams that lose super Bowl five of six years is

1254
01:03:25,040 --> 01:03:29,440
Speaker 1: a pretty indicting statement on this organization. Yeah, that, I mean,

1255
01:03:29,520 --> 01:03:33,320
Speaker 1: the Super Bowls are obviously a master stroke for the franchise,

1256
01:03:33,600 --> 01:03:35,720
Speaker 1: but it does cover up a lot of wards at

1257
01:03:35,720 --> 01:03:38,200
Speaker 1: this organization has been very good for a decade to

1258
01:03:38,320 --> 01:03:41,440
Speaker 1: save two big January runs, but it carries a lot

1259
01:03:41,480 --> 01:03:43,280
Speaker 1: of wings. I feel like there's two super Bowls bought

1260
01:03:43,360 --> 01:03:44,800
Speaker 1: him this year, but they're not going to buy him

1261
01:03:44,840 --> 01:03:48,320
Speaker 1: another year. Isn't that elis Korean a nutshell though really

1262
01:03:48,360 --> 01:03:51,600
Speaker 1: low lows and really high highs. Whenever he gets there, Yes,

1263
01:03:51,880 --> 01:03:55,960
Speaker 1: very fair, and it will still put its gonna put

1264
01:03:56,040 --> 01:03:58,800
Speaker 1: him in Canton West. I don't think it's going to

1265
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Speaker 1: at all. We gotta get Kristi Kenton before Eli get

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Speaker 1: there because otherwise it's over over. The Chicago Bears head

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Speaker 1: to Green Bay, Uh to face the Packers. I would

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Speaker 1: say the Bears have reached must win status at three

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Speaker 1: and five, and I think they're very much on the

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Speaker 1: ropes right now. Obviously. Meanwhile, the Packers are coming off

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Speaker 1: a bye week. It will be very interesting to see

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Speaker 1: and very important for the Packers to see how Aaron

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Speaker 1: Rodgers is moving and to make sure he doesn't reaggravate

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Speaker 1: that hamstring injury which he suffered against the Saints going

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Speaker 1: into the bye week. So watching Rogers how he looks

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Speaker 1: as a big part of it, and he's looking good.

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Speaker 1: They're probably gonna cruise here, we think, right, Yes, I

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Speaker 1: think this game is going to be a massacre. Really yeah,

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Speaker 1: I guess the probably. I just think something with Chicago

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Speaker 1: feels last year, there was a lot of reason for

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Speaker 1: hope and no matter what the final record was, you

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Speaker 1: feel like you found your coach who can quarterback. You

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Speaker 1: can get these quarterbacks to play the way they need to.

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Speaker 1: Everything's gone completely. There's a black cloud over the city.

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Speaker 1: Something's not right meeting, there's a black cloud over the city.

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Speaker 1: I was listening to the Tony Cornheiser podcast last week

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Speaker 1: and Will Baum was on, who's based out of Chicago,

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Speaker 1: was from Chicago. He said he's spoken to four big

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Speaker 1: name former Bears, some of which are Hall of famers.

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Speaker 1: None of them can stand Cutler. And he said the

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Speaker 1: tenor of the city is the most depressed about the Bears.

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Speaker 1: And since it's been in thirty years, Wow, Maybe because

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Speaker 1: they feel stuck with get excited Bears fans. I think

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Speaker 1: that might be part of it, is that they feel

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Speaker 1: stuck with what's going on now that there's no it's

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Speaker 1: not gonna be a change, there's no hope to change

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Speaker 1: Cutler out. Alright, So that's it for Thursday's Editionally around

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Speaker 1: the NFL podcast. Like one thing, just because I'm looking

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Speaker 1: at my Twitter mentions, you assassinated our trivia show. I'm

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Speaker 1: just having fun. You guys liked that this from Rohan Sharma.

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Speaker 1: Wednesday's podcast was the most I laughed during a football podcast.

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Speaker 1: Major kudos, no kudo, glad you. I'm glad you enjoyed

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Speaker 1: the news and Thursday Nights laughter. We actually had a

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Speaker 1: listener who wants to make it a TV show? Is

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Speaker 1: he Aaron spelling by an h but had me thinking,

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Speaker 1: you know, throughout a few names, the toast of games,

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Speaker 1: maybe okay, en a phone now, maybe there's something there.

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Speaker 1: All right, one step red time now for now, we

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Speaker 1: need our English listeners to come up with something to

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Speaker 1: send to the NFL offices. So hit up, hit us up.

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Speaker 1: What's the hashtag a t N London eight in London.

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Speaker 1: Let's do it on to London. Oh, hashtag on to London,

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Speaker 1: to London, to London to London. So that's it. So yeah,

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Speaker 1: I get a get a get in on that. Uh.

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Speaker 1: This is Dan Hansons signing off for the Mailman, the Sizzler,

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Speaker 1: the Boss and the Great Tate Day behind the Glass

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Speaker 1: until Football Sunday