WEBVTT - Jalen’s Hurt, Jags on Primetime, Luka vs LeBron and Too Much Football?

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<v Speaker 2>Welcome in episode one oh eight What's Right with Nick

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<v Speaker 2>to announ it's not gonna do book Club this week

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<v Speaker 2>for you tomorrow. Also on today's show in about twenty

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<v Speaker 2>minutes top of the B Block. Demonse is broadcasting today

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<v Speaker 2>through an injury. He mangled his finger getting it slammed

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<v Speaker 2>in a door. It led me to just reference the

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<v Speaker 2>fact that I once had to have stitches in the

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<v Speaker 2>same finger. Is it your middle finger, demansee? No, the

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<v Speaker 2>same finger that Demonse's having issues with because I try

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<v Speaker 2>to juggle a broken glass bottle. That story is actually

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<v Speaker 2>wilder and funnier than it sounds, and it didn't involve alcohol.

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<v Speaker 2>It didn't involve We'll tell that story in twenty minutes,

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<v Speaker 2>but let's get right to it. Here is what is

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<v Speaker 2>not on the show today. What missed the cut for

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<v Speaker 2>today's show is Ryan Tannehill likely done for the season.

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<v Speaker 2>What didn't miss the cut as that means my Jags

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<v Speaker 2>playoff future gonna cash, My JAG's division winning future gonna cash,

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<v Speaker 2>My Jags season over gonna cash, and my life equity

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<v Speaker 2>that I have built put into the Princes that was promised,

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<v Speaker 2>that's gonna cash too. Travis Hunter following Dion to Colorado,

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<v Speaker 2>and Drace McSorley is gonna start for the Arizona Cardinals.

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<v Speaker 2>None of that made the show. Don't forget to add

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<v Speaker 3>Demons, what are we starting with? Today started with Jalen Hurts.

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<v Speaker 3>He suffered a shoulder shoulder injury last weekend against the Bears. Yep,

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<v Speaker 3>so Gardner minshe Gardner Minshew is starting versus Dallas and

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<v Speaker 3>the Cowboys are big favorites obviously, yep. This is great

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<v Speaker 3>news for Patrick Mahomes, which now has a straight shot

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<v Speaker 3>to MVP. But uh is Philly the best? Is Philly

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<v Speaker 3>the best team the NFC? If Hurts isn't one hundred

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<v Speaker 3>percent for the.

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<v Speaker 2>Playoffs, absolutely not. I don't think the best team in

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<v Speaker 2>the NFC if he is. I think San Francisco is

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<v Speaker 2>the best team in the NFC. But they obviously need

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<v Speaker 2>Hurts fully operational. This is not going to be. I

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<v Speaker 2>wouldn't imagine a situation like Carson Wentz goes down, Nick

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<v Speaker 2>Foles comes in, goes on a magical ride they win

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<v Speaker 2>the Super Bowl. That team, Listen, Minshew is a good backup.

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<v Speaker 2>He is not what Jalen Hurts has been so far

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<v Speaker 2>this year, so they need Hurts back. With that said, guys, there,

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<v Speaker 2>I don't want to sound like old school football yelling

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<v Speaker 2>at a cloud guy, but there is a reason that

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<v Speaker 2>for the entirety of NFL history, teams have not wanted

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<v Speaker 2>their quarterback to be their primary running threat, and what

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<v Speaker 2>we have seen this year is validation of that. Right now,

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<v Speaker 2>let me be clear, having your quarterback, having a quarterback

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<v Speaker 2>that is not a pure drop back passer and can

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<v Speaker 2>beat you with his legs is a massive edge and

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<v Speaker 2>a massive advantage, and it is hard too in modern

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<v Speaker 2>NFL to overcome if you don't have that. Burrow can

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<v Speaker 2>do it, Herbert can do it, but almost all the

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<v Speaker 2>other excellent quarterbacks add a dimension with their legs. But

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<v Speaker 2>that needs to be something that is done in case

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<v Speaker 2>of emergency, not what you build your offense around. And

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<v Speaker 2>Josh Allen can beat you with his arm, but he

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<v Speaker 2>also quarterback designed runs are a massive part of what

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<v Speaker 2>the Bills do and they're almost unguardable, indefensible. I should

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<v Speaker 2>say with that said, Josh Allen's got a banged up

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<v Speaker 2>elbow and has had it for weeks now, and they

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<v Speaker 2>keep running him. That would concern me. Lamar running almost

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<v Speaker 2>has to be a part of his game. Not shockingly,

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<v Speaker 2>for the second straight year, He's hurt. Tyler is hurt

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<v Speaker 2>and with a serious injury. Jalen Hurts is hurt. So

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<v Speaker 2>there is a real some injuries in the NFL, are

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<v Speaker 2>fluke or random nothing you could do some spots. You've

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<v Speaker 2>got to make responsible decisions and how you use these guys.

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<v Speaker 2>Justin Well, it hurt, he got he got banged up

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<v Speaker 2>in that last game. Now I with with Justin Fields

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<v Speaker 2>and with Lamar fields where he is now and Lamar

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<v Speaker 2>it just seemed I mean, he hasn't evolved enough as

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<v Speaker 2>a passer yet, and I don't know at this point,

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know if you will. I understand the idea

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<v Speaker 2>of well, that is the best part of their game,

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<v Speaker 2>so we're not gonna take it out. Jalen has shown

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<v Speaker 2>enough evolution as a passer and Josh Allen certainly that

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<v Speaker 2>I would be more judicious with it. Mahomes is a

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<v Speaker 2>great runner. He's not that fast, but he runs to

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<v Speaker 2>open area and he's effected. But the Chiefs do that

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<v Speaker 2>in case of emergency, and they never do designed quarterback runs.

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<v Speaker 2>All of Mahomes's runs are scrambles. With the Eagles, they

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<v Speaker 2>they've solved third and one and fourth and one. How

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<v Speaker 2>have they done it by having Jalen Hurts run directly

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<v Speaker 2>into the back of the offensive line than having two

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<v Speaker 2>guys shove him in the back. So you have your

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<v Speaker 2>franchise quarterback with twenty one guys on the field all

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<v Speaker 2>hitting him from different angles. That's risky, just flatly risky.

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<v Speaker 2>And so I think that is something these teams have

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<v Speaker 2>to consider. That's first of all. Second of all, on

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<v Speaker 2>the Mahomes MVP thing, I told you guys when it

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<v Speaker 2>became Mahomes versus Hurts that just wait long enough. And

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<v Speaker 2>if Hurts fell off, and at this point he hasn't

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<v Speaker 2>fallen off, but he had throw a couple picks last

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<v Speaker 2>week and now he's going to miss a game, they

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<v Speaker 2>will create a new contender. Mark my words. If the

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<v Speaker 2>Bengals beat the Patriots this weekend, which they should, the

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<v Speaker 2>narrative on all the shows next week will be, oh,

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<v Speaker 2>if Joe Burrow and the Bengals beat Josh Allen, is

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<v Speaker 2>he the real MVP? So it's going to the narrative

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<v Speaker 2>will have gone Mahomes versus Allen to Mahomes versus Hurts

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<v Speaker 2>to Mahomes versus Borough. Tua was almost in it at

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<v Speaker 2>one point, but then he fell off instead of just

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<v Speaker 2>acknowledging that the most talented player whose team has the

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<v Speaker 2>second best record in football, who has the most yards

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<v Speaker 2>by a mile, the most touchdowns by a mile, and

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<v Speaker 2>a passer rating higher than all the other MVP candidates,

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<v Speaker 2>that he's the MVP. Folks are going to try to

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<v Speaker 2>create a two person race, even if that second person

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<v Speaker 2>is just constantly changing. All right, next, All right, you

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<v Speaker 2>said the Jags are.

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<v Speaker 3>Gonna run the table and make the playoffs, Just say

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<v Speaker 3>that Tonight they have to play Sauce Gardner and the

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<v Speaker 3>Jets on the road on a short week. Yep, Trevor's

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<v Speaker 3>won two road games in his career. It's gonna be freezing,

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<v Speaker 3>and he's just lost his left tackle.

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<v Speaker 2>Yep.

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<v Speaker 3>Do we have to physically restrain you from betting the

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<v Speaker 3>Jags or you a lost cause?

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know if I'm gonna bet the Jags, but

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<v Speaker 2>they're gonna win Okay, their defense is gonna make I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>here's the thing, if the Jets had Mike White playing,

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<v Speaker 2>I'd feel differently about this, because the Jets defense is excellent,

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<v Speaker 2>and I do and I am bummed that Trevor loss

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<v Speaker 2>is left tackle. But Zach Wilson's a terrible, terrible player,

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<v Speaker 2>and at least he has been. That sounded more harsh

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<v Speaker 2>than I meant it too, but he's bad. And the

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<v Speaker 2>Jags are gonna win, and the Titans don't have Tannehill,

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<v Speaker 2>and the Jags are gonna go to the playoffs. And

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<v Speaker 2>I'm telling you right now, the possible five seeds in

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<v Speaker 2>the AFC, the likely five seeds are the Ravens, the Chargers,

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<v Speaker 2>or the Dolphins. I don't think any of them want

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<v Speaker 2>to see the Jacks. Now, the other division winners are

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<v Speaker 2>going to be the Chiefs, Bills, and Bengals, so I

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<v Speaker 2>suppose they would rather see the Jags than see those teams.

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<v Speaker 2>But the Jags are going to be hosting a playoff game,

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<v Speaker 2>just like Peyton Manning in year two. Trevor Lawrence is

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<v Speaker 2>going to win to win the AFC South and host

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<v Speaker 2>a playoff game in year two. Now, Peyton, I think

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<v Speaker 2>was thirteen and three when he did it, but still

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<v Speaker 2>the point stands, and me never abandoning the prince that

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<v Speaker 2>was promised is one of my best sports takes ever.

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<v Speaker 2>What Demonsey, what are you shaking? No? I stopped betting him.

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<v Speaker 2>I never abandoned him. I absolutely never abandoned him. Fourteen touchdowns,

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<v Speaker 2>one pick over the last six weeks, the league's highest

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<v Speaker 2>passer rating, all of these things, and uh we will.

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<v Speaker 2>There's one other point that I wanted to, oh yeah

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<v Speaker 2>about the Jets. Just I threw this out on TV

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<v Speaker 2>yesterday briefly, Just let let the chat marinate on this. Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>this offseason AFC East quarterback trade, both from the same

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<v Speaker 2>draft class, both falling out of favor with their teams.

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<v Speaker 2>Who says no to Zach for Mac? Who says no

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<v Speaker 2>to Zach Wilson for Mac Jones? Straight up? I don't

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<v Speaker 2>know if Gabe's with us today, would but I don't

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<v Speaker 2>think Belichick likes Mac Jones Zach Wilson.

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<v Speaker 3>That he didn't like Mac Jones, and he's gonna take

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<v Speaker 3>a liking to Zach Willion.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, Zach Wilson at least has physical tools, and if

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<v Speaker 2>he thinks the problem with the Jets is they're the Jets.

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<v Speaker 2>It's been coaching. Meanwhile, the Jets just want a quarterback

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<v Speaker 2>that will play the way Mac Jones played as a rookie.

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<v Speaker 2>You know what I mean. Don't make mistakes. It to me.

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<v Speaker 2>Both those guys are, I believe, done with their respective teams.

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<v Speaker 2>I think Ma's fallen out of favor and Zach Wilson

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<v Speaker 2>has clearly falling out of favor, but they're both on

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<v Speaker 2>rookie contracts. I think Zach Wilson for Mac Jones is

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<v Speaker 2>an interesting my problem for your problem. See who can

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<v Speaker 2>solve it? Just like it and just just let it

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<v Speaker 2>marinate folks. Okay, all right, next.

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<v Speaker 3>No, No, I think there. We're gonna make a poll

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<v Speaker 3>for it. Maybe we'll answer it later Jack, but I'm

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<v Speaker 3>guessing is gonna happen. But yeah, there's that poll.

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<v Speaker 2>In Okay, So we're gonna make a poll for Mac.

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<v Speaker 2>Verzak who says no. So make the options. I don't

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<v Speaker 2>know if we can do multiple options like this, but

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<v Speaker 2>the options, Uh, Jets say no, Patriots say no, both

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<v Speaker 2>say no, both say yes. Right, make that the four options.

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<v Speaker 2>I think they both say yes. By the way. Seventy

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<v Speaker 2>seven percent of our audience on the Jags plus a

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<v Speaker 2>point and a half, all right, next to Monsea.

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<v Speaker 4>All right. The race for the AFC one seed is

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<v Speaker 4>a close one.

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<v Speaker 3>The Bills currently sit at the top with the tiebreaker

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<v Speaker 3>over Kansas City. The Bengals and Chiefs have a real

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<v Speaker 3>shot at taking taking over by the end of the season. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>all three teams are favorite to win this week and

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<v Speaker 3>Buffalo and since he play next week, Buffalo is the

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<v Speaker 3>favorite favorite to.

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<v Speaker 4>Be the number one seed.

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<v Speaker 3>But you can you can get Kansas City at plus

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<v Speaker 3>one thirty yea, and the Bengal that plus seven hundred.

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<v Speaker 4>Who are you putting your money on?

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, I think Kansas City is gonna be the one seed.

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<v Speaker 2>Kansas City as Seahawks Denver Raiders to end the season.

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<v Speaker 4>And you think the Bills are gonna lose to Cincinnati.

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<v Speaker 2>I think the Bills are gonna lose once so but

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<v Speaker 2>but let me walk through this real quick. I believe

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<v Speaker 2>the Raiders come Week eighteen are going to be mathematically eliminated.

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<v Speaker 2>So I if the Raiders were playing for a playoff

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<v Speaker 2>spot in Week eighteen, that's a tough game. It's a

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<v Speaker 2>talented Raiders team that only lost by one the first

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<v Speaker 2>time they played Kansas City. But if they got mathematically

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<v Speaker 2>eliminated the week before, which I think they will have,

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<v Speaker 2>that's a much easier game. The Broncos stink, and the

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<v Speaker 2>Chiefs are gonna be the Seahawks this week, so I

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<v Speaker 2>don't think the Bills are going to go undefeated. They

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<v Speaker 2>almost lost last week to the Dolphins. They're at Chicago,

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<v Speaker 2>then at Cincinnati, and then home for New England. If

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<v Speaker 2>I were to bet this, however, Cincinnati is an intriguing

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<v Speaker 2>bet because if Cincinnati runs the table, they just need

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<v Speaker 2>Kansas City to lose once. The Bills will lose. By definition,

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<v Speaker 2>if Cincinnati runs the table, because it will have lost

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<v Speaker 2>to Cincinnati, they would just if Cincinnati runs the table,

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<v Speaker 2>they need the Chiefs to lose once. So Cincinnati at

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<v Speaker 2>seven to one is the most intriguing value proposition, But

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<v Speaker 2>I think the Chiefs are gonna get it. It is

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<v Speaker 2>gonna be a really assuming Let's just assume all three

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<v Speaker 2>win this week and Cincinnati wins next week, then all

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<v Speaker 2>three teams have to go all out in week eighteen,

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<v Speaker 2>because they will. If that happens, Cincinnati, Buffalo, Kansas City

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<v Speaker 2>will all be alive for the one, the two, or

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<v Speaker 2>the three. So in a weird spot where if they

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<v Speaker 2>beat Cincinnati again, assuming they all win this week, Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>if Buffalo beats Cincinnati, then Buffalo just has to beat

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<v Speaker 2>the Patriots in week eighteen and they're the one seed

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<v Speaker 2>and Cincinnati, if they lose to Buffalo, is essentially locked

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<v Speaker 2>into the three. But if Cincinnati wins that game, then

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<v Speaker 2>the and assuming the Chiefs beat the Broncos going into

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<v Speaker 2>week seven week eighteen, the Chiefs would be thirteen and three.

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<v Speaker 2>Buffalo and Cincinnati would both be twelve and four, but

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<v Speaker 2>Cincinnati would have the tybereaker over Buffalo. Both of them

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<v Speaker 2>would have the tybereaker over in Kansas City to where

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<v Speaker 2>if Cincinnati, if Kansey were lose in week eighteen, Kancy

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<v Speaker 2>would fall all the way to the three line. So

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<v Speaker 2>there's not gonna be any resting for any of these teams,

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<v Speaker 2>and that, by the way, I'm gonna tell you the

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<v Speaker 2>worst case scenario for any of these teams is you

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<v Speaker 2>don't get to give yourself if you were to be

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<v Speaker 2>eliminated from contention for the one seed and just like

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<v Speaker 2>locked in to the three line, for instance, you can

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<v Speaker 2>rest in week eighteen, you can just give yourself a buye.

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<v Speaker 2>But if you're still alive for the one seed and

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<v Speaker 2>you gotta play all out in week eighteen and then

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<v Speaker 2>don't get the one seed, you don't get a buye,

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<v Speaker 2>and that's gonna happen. I think that's gonna be the scenario.

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<v Speaker 2>I think all of these teams are gonna have to

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<v Speaker 2>play all out the final three weeks of the year,

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<v Speaker 2>and only one of them's gonna end up with a bye.

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<v Speaker 2>We'll see who it is. It Right now, Buffalo is

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<v Speaker 2>in the pole position, but I don't think Buffalo is

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<v Speaker 2>running the table to rest the way, It's one of

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<v Speaker 2>the most interesting races at top a conference that I

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<v Speaker 2>can remember, with three teams not tied but damn near tied,

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<v Speaker 2>and two of them play each other in week seventeen.

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<v Speaker 3>All right, last, all right? Lebron and Luca go head

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<v Speaker 3>to head on Christmas Day.

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<v Speaker 2>Yep.

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<v Speaker 3>Not sure how you're gonna mentally handle this game. The

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<v Speaker 3>Lakers started off slow, but of an add a nice

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<v Speaker 3>comeback before Anthony Davis went down, and the MAVs started

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<v Speaker 3>off hot to struggle lately and are now below five hundred.

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<v Speaker 3>What are you gonna do when both of you guys

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<v Speaker 3>don't make the playoffs.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, that's not gonna happen. The idea, the idea that

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<v Speaker 2>they both missed the playoffs is almost impossible. One of

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<v Speaker 2>them missing the playoffs is on the board the Lakers, listen.

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<v Speaker 2>I think the Lakers are gonna be able to tread

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<v Speaker 2>water without Ad. But Lebron last night was thirty one,

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<v Speaker 2>six and eleven and they lost by double digits to

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<v Speaker 2>the Kings. If they don't make a move, It'd be

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<v Speaker 2>one thing if they were playing if they were losing

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<v Speaker 2>these games and Lebron wasn't playing well. Lebron's playing excellent,

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<v Speaker 2>and they're just not good enough. Here's the reason that

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<v Speaker 2>I don't think they both can miss the playoffs. Denver

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<v Speaker 2>well miss the play in. Could they miss the playoffs, Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>they could. But Denver, Memphis, New Orleans, Phoenix are basically

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<v Speaker 2>to me locked into the playoffs. The Clips are close

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<v Speaker 2>to You can't call him locked in because of the

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<v Speaker 2>injury stuff with Kawhi and Paul George, but call them

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<v Speaker 2>in and the Kings could fall off, but they're playing well. Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>those right now are your top six seeds. Portland to me,

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<v Speaker 2>is a question mark, Utah is a question mark. Dallas

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<v Speaker 2>is right there, and then there's Minnesota tied with Dallas,

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<v Speaker 2>and then Golden State by the way, the Lakers behind

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<v Speaker 2>to okay see at the moment, Golden State okay see

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<v Speaker 2>and the Lakers and take you for down eleven, twelve, thirteen.

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<v Speaker 2>As far as making the play in Dallas is going

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<v Speaker 2>to be final, making the play in the Lakers hopefully will.

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<v Speaker 2>We'll see how long ad is out making the playoffs,

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<v Speaker 2>though it's not a guarantee, and it is hard that

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<v Speaker 2>both of these teams. Listen, I picked the Maps to

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<v Speaker 2>make the finals. That doesn't look like they have the

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<v Speaker 2>team for that. I'm not going to deny. I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>Luke is unbelievable, but the team around him has not

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<v Speaker 2>been what I thought it would be.

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<v Speaker 3>What I don't know, maybe it's my first time hearing

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<v Speaker 3>you say this, but when the heck did you choose

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<v Speaker 3>the MAVs.

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<v Speaker 4>That go to the finals this year?

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<v Speaker 2>Before the season they made the Western Conference finals last.

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<v Speaker 3>Year and then traded Jalen Brunson And you're like, walk

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<v Speaker 3>they let Jallen Brunson walk.

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<v Speaker 2>No, I understand that it was it was maybe uh

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<v Speaker 2>you know you've benefitted from this at times. You know

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<v Speaker 2>I have an outsized belief in my sons. Uh and

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<v Speaker 2>so uh, I'm gonna be honest, this was not my

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<v Speaker 2>greatest the last few minutes analysis of the NBA playoff picture,

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<v Speaker 2>I have not really considered the possibility that both Lebron

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<v Speaker 2>and Luca missed the playoffs. It would be damning for Luca,

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<v Speaker 2>a guy who I think has a chance to go

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<v Speaker 2>down will go down as one of the ten greatest

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<v Speaker 2>players ever. He can't miss the playoffs. I don't think

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<v Speaker 2>he will. He has to be able to draft this

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<v Speaker 2>team to at least the playoffs and then see what happens.

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<v Speaker 2>The Lakers right now roster is super flawed without ad

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<v Speaker 2>Nad's heart again, so they're very hard to evaluate until

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<v Speaker 2>you see what trade they make. There's little rumblings about

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<v Speaker 2>a potential Russ and both the firsts for Bradley Beal. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>that would be a fascinating trade and help the Lakers

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<v Speaker 2>a lot, even though deals on a crazy contract that

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<v Speaker 2>would change the math. The Lakers are just hard to

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<v Speaker 2>evaluate until you get the full roster. But we're now

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<v Speaker 2>thirty games in, so at some point it becomes too late.

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<v Speaker 2>What helps both of these teams is the Warriors stink

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<v Speaker 2>and the Warriors, which are one of the teams that

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<v Speaker 2>everyone thought was locked into the playoffs right now, is

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<v Speaker 2>just to game up on the Lakers themselves, and they

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<v Speaker 2>don't have Steph for the next month, so the Warriors

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<v Speaker 2>could open up a playoff spot. All right, take a

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<v Speaker 2>quick break, come back, I'll tell the story about when

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<v Speaker 2>I try to juggle a broken glass bottle.

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<v Speaker 2>All right, welcome back. In episode one, Oh wait, what's

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<v Speaker 2>right with Nick? Right? Before we get to the rest

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<v Speaker 2>of our show, a few polls from the first segment

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<v Speaker 2>to address I proposed in the offseason Mac Jones for

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<v Speaker 2>Zach Wilson trade.

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<v Speaker 4>Uh.

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<v Speaker 2>Who says no? The audience says forty five percent of

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<v Speaker 2>the audience says New England says no, nine percent of

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<v Speaker 2>the audience say the Jets say no, thirty four percent

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<v Speaker 2>says both say no, and only ten percent say they

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<v Speaker 2>both say yes. That's a that's I. I. How what

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<v Speaker 2>are y'all talking about? How can they both say no?

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<v Speaker 2>How can the Jet How can the Jets not be

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<v Speaker 2>on board with this? So forty nine percent say the

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<v Speaker 2>Jets say no, in thirty four percent they both say no,

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<v Speaker 2>So forty three percent of you think the Jets are like, no,

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<v Speaker 2>We're gonna ride with Zach Wilson. They made him third

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<v Speaker 2>string before the Mike White and Joe Flacco got give

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<v Speaker 2>me a break. And as far as the Patriots, they

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<v Speaker 2>they they should be going with Zappy right now. You

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<v Speaker 2>guys are wrong. I'm just telling you the audience wrong.

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<v Speaker 2>As far as who makes the playoffs, Uh, ten percent

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<v Speaker 2>say the Lakers, fifty three percent say the MAVs, twenty

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<v Speaker 2>eight percent say both neither say seven percent Okay, that's

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<v Speaker 2>about right. From the audience there all right. Now a story.

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<v Speaker 2>So Demanse gashed his finger by slamming it in. He

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<v Speaker 2>got closed in a in a door and it's cut badly,

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<v Speaker 2>like right across here, and he probably should have gotten

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<v Speaker 2>a stitch. You didn't get a stitch.

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<v Speaker 4>You'll be all right.

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<v Speaker 2>I have two stories to tell. The first one is

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<v Speaker 2>a heartwarming story. The other one is a funny story

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<v Speaker 2>about my childhood. When Demanse's mom and I first started dating,

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<v Speaker 2>we couldn't have been dating more than three months. You,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm sure you don't remember that. Well, I'm sure you

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<v Speaker 2>do remember it. Yeah, you tripped outside of someone's house

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<v Speaker 2>and it was they had those like cement steps leading

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<v Speaker 2>up to the door with one of those raw iron handrails,

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<v Speaker 2>and you slipped and gashed your face right on right

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<v Speaker 2>where your eye socket is, right on your eyebrow and

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<v Speaker 2>cut it badly. And I was out to dinner and

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<v Speaker 2>your mom me, and it was like, what should we do?

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<v Speaker 2>I think he needs stitches. I don't know if he

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<v Speaker 2>needs stitches. And the neighborhood that you lived in at

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<v Speaker 2>the time, it's in the inner city in Kansas City.

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<v Speaker 2>The emergency room there, you'd be there for ten hours.

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<v Speaker 2>So I told your mom, I said, take him to

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<v Speaker 2>the fire station off sixty third Street, and she was

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<v Speaker 2>And if people don't know, if people that are watching

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<v Speaker 2>don't know, my dad was a firefighter for forty years,

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<v Speaker 2>was president of the union for thirty years, and I

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<v Speaker 2>used to kind of work with the fire department, drove

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<v Speaker 2>around different fire stations and sold firefighter apparel to different firefighters.

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<v Speaker 2>So I knew all these guys, and they all knew

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<v Speaker 2>my dad. And all the firefighters, all of them are

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<v Speaker 2>EMTs and some of them are paramedics. I was like,

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<v Speaker 2>you're right by a fire station that I know. One

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<v Speaker 2>of the guys guy's name was Chris Ziglinski Ald not

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<v Speaker 2>older now but at the time, relatively young Polish guy

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<v Speaker 2>that had worked with my day. I had a great dude.

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<v Speaker 2>I was like, just go there, knock on the door

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<v Speaker 2>and tell him who you are. And your mom was

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<v Speaker 2>real skeptical, and she did it, and the firefighter opened

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<v Speaker 2>the door and it wasn't Ziggie who opened the door

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<v Speaker 2>and was like hello, and the way your mom she's like, yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>my son fell and you know he's bleeding. And they

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<v Speaker 2>were like, okay, well we can give you some gauze

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<v Speaker 2>or something. You need to go to the hospital. She's like, yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>I knew that, but my boyfriend said he knows. You guys,

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<v Speaker 2>They're like huh, and your mom was like my boyfriend's

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<v Speaker 2>nick right, And Ziggy heard it and said, oh, nicky,

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<v Speaker 2>and then brought you guys in and gave you what

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<v Speaker 2>was called new skin and said, put this on some

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<v Speaker 2>butterfly bandages. It could use a stitch, but it doesn't

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<v Speaker 2>have to have one. And then I tended to that

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<v Speaker 2>wound for like two two months, for real, like every

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<v Speaker 2>we had to do it, and there's not even a

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<v Speaker 2>scar there anymore. Your eyebrows grew over it. It was right there.

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<v Speaker 2>It was right there. Okay. So that's that story. That

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<v Speaker 2>was like me and Demonse's first real bonding moment because

0:26:13.359 --> 0:26:16.920
<v Speaker 2>me and his mom were so new. Demanse was ten

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<v Speaker 2>years old, nine years old and somewhat skeptical of me. Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>Now to my story about messing up my finger. So

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<v Speaker 2>I had seen on the David Letterman Show someone had

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<v Speaker 2>broken glass beer bottles and juggled it. Okay. I used

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<v Speaker 2>to love ib C root beer, the root beer that

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<v Speaker 2>came in a you a glass bottle. And it was

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<v Speaker 2>summer and I was like twelve years old, and I

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<v Speaker 2>was walking across the street with my IBC root beer

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<v Speaker 2>and I dropped it and the bottom of it broke

0:26:52.960 --> 0:26:56.600
<v Speaker 2>and it looked just like the bottle. And I'm with

0:26:56.640 --> 0:27:00.000
<v Speaker 2>my friends and I lived. This is in the summer,

0:27:00.520 --> 0:27:02.760
<v Speaker 2>and I lived right but I used to climb a

0:27:02.800 --> 0:27:06.840
<v Speaker 2>fence from my house, go go across street to my

0:27:06.880 --> 0:27:11.240
<v Speaker 2>neighbor's yard, climb their fence. And I was at school.

0:27:12.000 --> 0:27:15.040
<v Speaker 2>My school butted up against my neighbor's backyard, so I

0:27:15.040 --> 0:27:20.000
<v Speaker 2>could just walk to school in five minutes. That's gonna

0:27:20.000 --> 0:27:23.119
<v Speaker 2>be relevant in a moment. So the bottle's broken. I

0:27:23.320 --> 0:27:25.880
<v Speaker 2>throw it up in the air and I catch it

0:27:26.359 --> 0:27:29.840
<v Speaker 2>by the non broken part. But my friends aren't looking

0:27:31.400 --> 0:27:35.120
<v Speaker 2>and they don't believe me. They're like, no, you didn't.

0:27:35.160 --> 0:27:38.600
<v Speaker 2>I was like, yes, I did. I did. Watch throw

0:27:38.640 --> 0:27:41.959
<v Speaker 2>it again, catch it by the non broken part, and

0:27:42.040 --> 0:27:47.760
<v Speaker 2>it slices my finger right open, right open, and I'm like, oh,

0:27:47.800 --> 0:27:51.960
<v Speaker 2>this is bad. This is real bad. I was like,

0:27:52.000 --> 0:27:55.160
<v Speaker 2>but I can't call my dad and be like, Dad,

0:27:55.160 --> 0:27:59.080
<v Speaker 2>I was juggling a broken glass bottle. Yeah, what do

0:27:59.119 --> 0:28:04.720
<v Speaker 2>I do? And I knew my school had a summer program.

0:28:04.880 --> 0:28:08.840
<v Speaker 2>So with my hand just dripping blood, I hopped the fence,

0:28:09.760 --> 0:28:14.520
<v Speaker 2>walked into my school, went to the nurse and said

0:28:14.560 --> 0:28:17.120
<v Speaker 2>I cut my hand. She was like, oh my god,

0:28:17.119 --> 0:28:19.240
<v Speaker 2>how'd you do this? I was like, I fell in

0:28:19.320 --> 0:28:21.760
<v Speaker 2>the grass and there was a piece of glass and

0:28:21.800 --> 0:28:24.199
<v Speaker 2>I cut myself. She's like, oh my god. And then

0:28:24.240 --> 0:28:27.800
<v Speaker 2>she stopped and she goes, hold on a second. Are

0:28:27.840 --> 0:28:31.760
<v Speaker 2>you enrolled in the summer program. I was like no.

0:28:33.119 --> 0:28:36.880
<v Speaker 2>She was like, why are you here? And I said

0:28:36.480 --> 0:28:40.600
<v Speaker 2>I hurt myself. She said, you can't just come here

0:28:41.520 --> 0:28:45.240
<v Speaker 2>for medical attention. I was like, I need help. She

0:28:45.320 --> 0:28:47.920
<v Speaker 2>said you need to call your parents and said, no,

0:28:48.160 --> 0:28:51.880
<v Speaker 2>not call my parents. So she gave me like paper

0:28:51.920 --> 0:28:54.040
<v Speaker 2>towels and kicked me out. I was like, you got

0:28:54.040 --> 0:28:56.360
<v Speaker 2>to get out of here. We're not responsible for just

0:28:56.480 --> 0:28:58.880
<v Speaker 2>we're not a told her that you went to that school.

0:28:58.920 --> 0:29:01.440
<v Speaker 2>She knew me. Oh that's how she knew, but it

0:29:01.480 --> 0:29:03.800
<v Speaker 2>was July like I had nothing to do with the

0:29:03.800 --> 0:29:06.360
<v Speaker 2>school in that moment. Went in to my friend's house.

0:29:07.240 --> 0:29:09.320
<v Speaker 2>I was like, I I think I'm gonna be okay,

0:29:09.760 --> 0:29:12.800
<v Speaker 2>but I got to clean it and my buddy poured

0:29:13.560 --> 0:29:18.280
<v Speaker 2>hydrogen peroxide and this is a deep nose. It wasn't better.

0:29:18.680 --> 0:29:22.000
<v Speaker 2>I passed out hurt so much. I passed out on

0:29:22.080 --> 0:29:25.600
<v Speaker 2>his floor. So now I wake up. It was very brief, pat,

0:29:25.640 --> 0:29:28.800
<v Speaker 2>but I like fainted from the pain. I'm bleeding everywhere.

0:29:29.120 --> 0:29:34.200
<v Speaker 2>His mom heard me fall. She's like, what happened? It's

0:29:34.240 --> 0:29:36.600
<v Speaker 2>like a and again. Now I'm pot committed to this

0:29:36.720 --> 0:29:39.720
<v Speaker 2>story of I fell in the grass and cut my hand,

0:29:39.960 --> 0:29:43.120
<v Speaker 2>which makes no sense. So she's like, you have to

0:29:43.120 --> 0:29:43.840
<v Speaker 2>call your father.

0:29:45.600 --> 0:29:47.600
<v Speaker 4>Oh boy, I really got to call him.

0:29:48.040 --> 0:29:51.760
<v Speaker 2>Called him like, Dad, I cut my hand. I think

0:29:51.800 --> 0:29:55.360
<v Speaker 2>I need stitches, so I mean. He, to his credit,

0:29:56.080 --> 0:29:58.640
<v Speaker 2>you know, didn't worry about the circumstances of it, just

0:29:58.840 --> 0:30:00.720
<v Speaker 2>came and got me to to me to the hospital.

0:30:00.760 --> 0:30:04.360
<v Speaker 2>I got some stitches. As I'm meaning the stitches, he's like, so,

0:30:04.560 --> 0:30:10.280
<v Speaker 2>what happened again? Unlike I fell in the grass in

0:30:10.360 --> 0:30:13.280
<v Speaker 2>our front yard and there was a piece of glass there,

0:30:14.520 --> 0:30:18.840
<v Speaker 2>And he's like, okay, I think I'm an idiot, and

0:30:18.880 --> 0:30:21.280
<v Speaker 2>so I get the stitches. We go home, we pull

0:30:21.360 --> 0:30:25.120
<v Speaker 2>under the driveway. Yeah, he's like, I was like, what

0:30:25.160 --> 0:30:27.120
<v Speaker 2>are you doing. He's like, well, I don't want you

0:30:27.200 --> 0:30:33.240
<v Speaker 2>to happen again. We gotta find this glass. And I mean,

0:30:33.480 --> 0:30:35.280
<v Speaker 2>I don't know if I ever told him the truth

0:30:35.280 --> 0:30:37.800
<v Speaker 2>on it, but he knew that I was doing something dumb.

0:30:38.160 --> 0:30:40.920
<v Speaker 2>He knew I was doing something dumb. So that's my story.

0:30:41.520 --> 0:30:43.760
<v Speaker 2>I hope that was a good story. All right, demanse,

0:30:43.920 --> 0:30:46.080
<v Speaker 2>let's get back to the show. Go ahead, all right,

0:30:46.200 --> 0:30:48.479
<v Speaker 2>let's talk a little bit of golf, yup golf.

0:30:48.960 --> 0:30:52.520
<v Speaker 3>On Tuesday, the Masters announced any golfer who qualified based

0:30:52.560 --> 0:30:55.040
<v Speaker 3>on previous criteria will be invited to play in twenty

0:30:55.040 --> 0:30:58.040
<v Speaker 3>twenty three. So, after all that, the littour guys are

0:30:58.040 --> 0:31:01.320
<v Speaker 3>going to be able to pay the Masters play the Masters.

0:31:02.080 --> 0:31:06.240
<v Speaker 3>I'm sorry, AUGUSTA chairman Fred Ridley said, our focus is

0:31:06.280 --> 0:31:09.280
<v Speaker 3>to honor the tradition of bringing together a preeminent field

0:31:09.360 --> 0:31:12.640
<v Speaker 3>of golfers is coming April. Was this a classy move

0:31:12.680 --> 0:31:15.000
<v Speaker 3>out the PGA or did Phil and the other lived

0:31:15.000 --> 0:31:17.000
<v Speaker 3>tour guys officially just win the argument?

0:31:17.880 --> 0:31:20.560
<v Speaker 2>Well, the Masters is like its own self contained thing

0:31:20.600 --> 0:31:22.960
<v Speaker 2>and they kind of make their own rules, So I

0:31:23.040 --> 0:31:27.920
<v Speaker 2>don't know that Phil and the live tour guys won

0:31:27.960 --> 0:31:33.880
<v Speaker 2>the argument. But this is obviously that in my opinion,

0:31:35.280 --> 0:31:40.160
<v Speaker 2>it's good for live golf and bad for the PGA

0:31:40.320 --> 0:31:46.719
<v Speaker 2>Tour because one of the few real chips that the

0:31:46.760 --> 0:31:49.280
<v Speaker 2>PGA Tour was gonna be able to hold was if

0:31:49.320 --> 0:31:51.440
<v Speaker 2>you go play on the Live Tour, you're not gonna

0:31:51.440 --> 0:31:53.880
<v Speaker 2>be able to compete for all the majors, maybe any

0:31:53.920 --> 0:31:55.720
<v Speaker 2>of the majors, but now you are gonna be able

0:31:55.720 --> 0:31:59.280
<v Speaker 2>to compete for the Masters. For what it's worth, I

0:31:59.320 --> 0:32:02.360
<v Speaker 2>don't have as much much of a I'm not as

0:32:02.440 --> 0:32:06.320
<v Speaker 2>wrapped up in hating the Live Tour as some people are.

0:32:07.840 --> 0:32:10.000
<v Speaker 2>It's not that I support it. I've just been pretty

0:32:10.240 --> 0:32:13.600
<v Speaker 2>i't I've talked about this on the show before. I

0:32:13.640 --> 0:32:17.080
<v Speaker 2>think it's very hard to be a morally pure capitalist.

0:32:17.560 --> 0:32:21.480
<v Speaker 2>I understand that the Saudy government is on the far

0:32:21.640 --> 0:32:23.680
<v Speaker 2>end of the spectrum of people you wouldn't want to

0:32:23.720 --> 0:32:27.040
<v Speaker 2>be in business with. I get all of that. With

0:32:27.200 --> 0:32:32.600
<v Speaker 2>that said, it's for another day. The moral relativism of

0:32:32.640 --> 0:32:34.800
<v Speaker 2>how we all go about our lives, who we all

0:32:34.840 --> 0:32:37.080
<v Speaker 2>get paychecks from, where a lot of us get paychecks from,

0:32:37.320 --> 0:32:40.800
<v Speaker 2>it gets It's more complicated than PGA Tour good, Live

0:32:40.880 --> 0:32:43.680
<v Speaker 2>Golf bad. I think it's a little more nuanced than that.

0:32:44.320 --> 0:32:48.000
<v Speaker 2>But as a huge fan of the Masters, I am

0:32:48.040 --> 0:32:50.280
<v Speaker 2>glad that the best golfers alive, all of them, are

0:32:50.280 --> 0:32:52.320
<v Speaker 2>going to be able to play in it. So from

0:32:52.320 --> 0:32:55.800
<v Speaker 2>a purely selfish sports fan perspective, I'm.

0:32:55.640 --> 0:32:57.680
<v Speaker 3>Glad that this came about. All Right, what game are

0:32:57.680 --> 0:33:01.239
<v Speaker 3>we playing today? We're playing this or that? Yeah, the

0:33:01.280 --> 0:33:03.920
<v Speaker 3>first one we've got here is the Vikings clinched the

0:33:04.000 --> 0:33:08.000
<v Speaker 3>NFC North in that ridiculous Colts game, yrazy comeback, and

0:33:08.040 --> 0:33:11.840
<v Speaker 3>now they play a suddenly a live Giants team. Gamblers

0:33:11.840 --> 0:33:14.840
<v Speaker 3>are excited to bet against the bet against both quarterbacks

0:33:14.840 --> 0:33:17.640
<v Speaker 3>in the playoffs. Quarterback you trust in the playoffs more?

0:33:17.720 --> 0:33:19.800
<v Speaker 3>Is Kirk Cousins or Daniel Jones.

0:33:22.280 --> 0:33:25.080
<v Speaker 2>I mean Kirk Cousins. I trust him more than Daniel

0:33:25.160 --> 0:33:31.000
<v Speaker 2>Jones in the playoffs. Neither's great. Also, it's absolutely in

0:33:31.160 --> 0:33:36.120
<v Speaker 2>play if the Vikings win this game, and I like

0:33:36.160 --> 0:33:38.200
<v Speaker 2>the Giants plus the points, that'll probably be one of

0:33:38.200 --> 0:33:41.400
<v Speaker 2>my picks for tomorrow. But it's absolutely in play if

0:33:41.440 --> 0:33:46.040
<v Speaker 2>the Vikings win this game. That this is Round one

0:33:46.080 --> 0:33:49.840
<v Speaker 2>of the playoffs. The seven seed Giants, who are currently

0:33:49.920 --> 0:33:52.760
<v Speaker 2>the six, against the two seed Vikings, who are currently

0:33:52.800 --> 0:33:55.959
<v Speaker 2>the two. So we might get this game in the postseason.

0:33:56.320 --> 0:33:59.560
<v Speaker 2>We might which would guarantee either Daniel Jones or Kirk

0:33:59.600 --> 0:34:05.120
<v Speaker 2>Cousins makes round two. The Vikings are not a bad team,

0:34:05.240 --> 0:34:07.280
<v Speaker 2>but they're obviously not as good as the eleven and

0:34:07.280 --> 0:34:11.360
<v Speaker 2>three record suggests, and their fortune in one score games

0:34:11.440 --> 0:34:15.400
<v Speaker 2>is historic. But I will give them credit for not

0:34:15.680 --> 0:34:18.720
<v Speaker 2>giving up against Indy in a game they could afford

0:34:18.760 --> 0:34:20.880
<v Speaker 2>to lose because they have such a lead in the

0:34:20.920 --> 0:34:23.080
<v Speaker 2>division that they were gonna win the division no matter what.

0:34:23.440 --> 0:34:26.560
<v Speaker 2>I give them credit for that, and I trust Kirk

0:34:26.600 --> 0:34:29.399
<v Speaker 2>a little bit more. Also, Kirk as justin Jefferson, which

0:34:29.440 --> 0:34:31.839
<v Speaker 2>is obviously massively helpful. All right, Next, just.

0:34:31.760 --> 0:34:34.920
<v Speaker 3>Want to add crazy, how the narrative is now they

0:34:34.960 --> 0:34:38.279
<v Speaker 3>play a Giants team that's suddenly alive given the start

0:34:38.280 --> 0:34:39.200
<v Speaker 3>of the Giants season.

0:34:40.360 --> 0:34:42.680
<v Speaker 4>What do you mean, I don't know he's saying. We

0:34:42.680 --> 0:34:45.200
<v Speaker 4>were saying the Giants are suddenly alive given I mean.

0:34:46.000 --> 0:34:50.160
<v Speaker 2>Six and one and then they fell apart and now yeah, absolutely, okay,

0:34:50.200 --> 0:34:50.959
<v Speaker 2>I got you go ahead?

0:34:51.080 --> 0:34:51.359
<v Speaker 4>All right.

0:34:51.400 --> 0:34:54.040
<v Speaker 3>After starting one in seven, the Lions have won six

0:34:54.080 --> 0:34:56.279
<v Speaker 3>out of seven and Dan Campbell is the Coach of

0:34:56.320 --> 0:34:59.239
<v Speaker 3>the Year favorite. They can enter the playoff picture as

0:34:59.280 --> 0:35:03.000
<v Speaker 3>soon as this week. The Lions will sneak in or

0:35:03.200 --> 0:35:05.760
<v Speaker 3>miss out. All right, let's talk about this for a moment.

0:35:06.480 --> 0:35:11.840
<v Speaker 2>So football outsiders playoff odds, which is something that I

0:35:12.000 --> 0:35:15.000
<v Speaker 2>value a lot. Let me pull it up the latest

0:35:15.040 --> 0:35:23.279
<v Speaker 2>one have so we know. So there's gonna be two

0:35:23.400 --> 0:35:30.560
<v Speaker 2>playoff spots available for Giants, Washington, Seattle, and Detroit. Okay,

0:35:31.400 --> 0:35:35.359
<v Speaker 2>the Giants are at ninety percent to get one of them.

0:35:35.440 --> 0:35:40.560
<v Speaker 2>Let's just pencil them in. Okay, Washington's at twenty six percent,

0:35:42.280 --> 0:35:49.120
<v Speaker 2>Detroit is at forty three percent, and Seattle is at

0:35:49.160 --> 0:35:53.279
<v Speaker 2>thirty three percent, So not a huge discrepancy between any

0:35:53.320 --> 0:35:57.840
<v Speaker 2>of them. Obviously, football outsiders likes Detroit's chances. So let's

0:35:57.840 --> 0:36:01.320
<v Speaker 2>look at their schedules. Okay, Detroit seven and seven, Seattle

0:36:01.360 --> 0:36:04.480
<v Speaker 2>seven and seven, and Washington is seven to six and one.

0:36:04.840 --> 0:36:06.960
<v Speaker 2>That tie is actually helping them quite a bit at

0:36:06.960 --> 0:36:11.600
<v Speaker 2>the moment. Washington the rest of the way. This week

0:36:11.640 --> 0:36:15.800
<v Speaker 2>they're at the Niners, then they're home for the Browns,

0:36:16.360 --> 0:36:19.200
<v Speaker 2>then home for the Cowboys in a game that likely

0:36:19.280 --> 0:36:23.839
<v Speaker 2>will mean nothing for the Cowboys. That's critical, right, The

0:36:23.880 --> 0:36:25.880
<v Speaker 2>Cowboy is probably going to be locked into the five

0:36:25.960 --> 0:36:30.160
<v Speaker 2>seed at that moment, so I would imagine the Commanders

0:36:30.200 --> 0:36:33.520
<v Speaker 2>lose this week, win next week, and then play a

0:36:33.520 --> 0:36:36.279
<v Speaker 2>Cowboys scene that might not be playing for anything. So

0:36:36.320 --> 0:36:39.000
<v Speaker 2>they have a real good shot at getting to nine

0:36:39.160 --> 0:36:42.040
<v Speaker 2>six and one. If they were to do that, then

0:36:42.200 --> 0:36:46.640
<v Speaker 2>Detroit or Seattle would have to run the table. Detroit

0:36:46.719 --> 0:36:49.960
<v Speaker 2>the rest of the way has the Panthers, the Bears,

0:36:50.400 --> 0:36:56.440
<v Speaker 2>and the Packers. The Packers, I believe will be playing

0:36:56.480 --> 0:37:00.960
<v Speaker 2>for nothing in Week eighteen, will be officially eliminated. Will

0:37:01.000 --> 0:37:05.120
<v Speaker 2>they play Jordan love will or will Rogers demand to play?

0:37:05.160 --> 0:37:07.600
<v Speaker 2>I don't know, but that's a nice schedule for the Packers.

0:37:07.960 --> 0:37:11.200
<v Speaker 2>Seattle is in the roughest spot because they have the

0:37:11.280 --> 0:37:14.839
<v Speaker 2>Chiefs this week, then they're home for the Jets, then

0:37:15.719 --> 0:37:22.000
<v Speaker 2>home for the Rams. So looking at those schedules, I

0:37:22.080 --> 0:37:25.680
<v Speaker 2>do think Detroit gets in. I think Detroit sneaks ink

0:37:25.840 --> 0:37:29.520
<v Speaker 2>to the playoffs. And that actually would mean I guess

0:37:29.600 --> 0:37:31.880
<v Speaker 2>I just said the Giants could be the seventh seed.

0:37:32.120 --> 0:37:34.919
<v Speaker 2>They're probably gonna be the sixth seed, but they could

0:37:34.960 --> 0:37:36.520
<v Speaker 2>be the seven seed. They'll probably gonna end up being

0:37:36.560 --> 0:37:38.759
<v Speaker 2>the sixth seed. But yeah, I think Detroit sneaks in.

0:37:38.880 --> 0:37:41.560
<v Speaker 2>Sneaks in all right, next, Okay, so.

0:37:41.480 --> 0:37:44.839
<v Speaker 3>We got Jeff Saturday benching Matt Ryan and naming Nick

0:37:44.920 --> 0:37:48.680
<v Speaker 3>Foles a starter against the Chargers on Monday. You said

0:37:48.680 --> 0:37:52.120
<v Speaker 3>Saturday was incompetent and not trying to tank, But this

0:37:52.160 --> 0:37:55.440
<v Speaker 3>is the third quarterback change in five weeks and Foles

0:37:55.440 --> 0:37:58.240
<v Speaker 3>didn't take any snaps with the first team since camp.

0:37:58.840 --> 0:38:01.640
<v Speaker 4>Are you sure he's trying to win? Jeff Saturday is

0:38:01.680 --> 0:38:02.800
<v Speaker 4>trying or tanking?

0:38:03.000 --> 0:38:07.000
<v Speaker 2>He's trying. He's trying. If you were tanking, yeah, you

0:38:07.040 --> 0:38:09.520
<v Speaker 2>could just stick with Matt Ryan and just call seven

0:38:09.560 --> 0:38:12.040
<v Speaker 2>step drops and just having to fumble the ball and

0:38:12.040 --> 0:38:15.320
<v Speaker 2>get annihilated. No, he doesn't know what he's doing. Yeah,

0:38:15.360 --> 0:38:19.680
<v Speaker 2>this is not five dimensional chess. This was This is

0:38:19.719 --> 0:38:24.000
<v Speaker 2>the quarterback the NFL coach version of when when Trump

0:38:24.040 --> 0:38:28.000
<v Speaker 2>had the press conference and he was like, bleach kills covid,

0:38:28.080 --> 0:38:29.759
<v Speaker 2>I don't know, is there a way to drink it

0:38:30.120 --> 0:38:33.640
<v Speaker 2>like that? Wasn't him like playing somebody, Oh he understands

0:38:33.640 --> 0:38:36.760
<v Speaker 2>something we don't understand. It was just a guy who's

0:38:36.800 --> 0:38:39.640
<v Speaker 2>not that sharp, thinking on his feet, and it didn't

0:38:39.719 --> 0:38:44.360
<v Speaker 2>go well. Jeff's Saturday flailing as a head coach is

0:38:44.400 --> 0:38:46.920
<v Speaker 2>a guy who is not supposed to be a head coach.

0:38:47.360 --> 0:38:51.719
<v Speaker 2>That flail just making random choices and.

0:38:51.719 --> 0:38:55.120
<v Speaker 3>Then whenever something historic happens in a negative way, I

0:38:55.160 --> 0:38:57.919
<v Speaker 3>feel like it's gotta be something's off there.

0:38:58.040 --> 0:39:00.440
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I mean they've been outscored eighty three nine in

0:39:00.480 --> 0:39:03.400
<v Speaker 2>the fourth quarter since he took over. They blew a

0:39:03.440 --> 0:39:06.920
<v Speaker 2>thirty three point lead. Last week, they blew a thirty

0:39:06.920 --> 0:39:09.680
<v Speaker 2>three point lead despite It's not even like the Vikings

0:39:09.719 --> 0:39:13.719
<v Speaker 2>played perfect. The Vikings threw a fourth quarter pick down

0:39:13.760 --> 0:39:17.360
<v Speaker 2>two scores and still won the game. No, he's trying,

0:39:17.520 --> 0:39:20.080
<v Speaker 2>He's just terrible, All right, next, All right?

0:39:20.400 --> 0:39:24.480
<v Speaker 3>Matt Stafford announced his his spinal cord injury will not

0:39:24.600 --> 0:39:29.960
<v Speaker 3>force him to retire. Questions surround other Rams start stars

0:39:30.520 --> 0:39:33.200
<v Speaker 3>heading into the offseason, and Detroit has their first round

0:39:33.200 --> 0:39:38.040
<v Speaker 3>pick next year, the Rams will return or rebuild, Well.

0:39:37.880 --> 0:39:44.960
<v Speaker 2>They can't listen. Assuming Aaron Donald comes back, the Rams

0:39:45.000 --> 0:39:48.160
<v Speaker 2>should be good next year, not great, but good. They

0:39:48.680 --> 0:39:54.080
<v Speaker 2>must prioritize the offensive line this offseason. Stafford hopefully's over

0:39:54.120 --> 0:39:57.239
<v Speaker 2>the elbow injury. Cup will be back. Ramsey's got to

0:39:57.280 --> 0:40:02.160
<v Speaker 2>play a little better. But what they have going for

0:40:02.280 --> 0:40:05.760
<v Speaker 2>him is that division all of a sudden, not that tough,

0:40:06.480 --> 0:40:10.160
<v Speaker 2>tough to win because of San Francisco, but I don't

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<v Speaker 2>know if Seattle is gonna be as good next year

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<v Speaker 2>as they were surprisingly this year. Maybe they will, we'll see.

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<v Speaker 2>And Arizona is terrible, and the Rams are gonna get

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<v Speaker 2>a last place schedule, which will help them for a

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<v Speaker 2>few games, a few easier games, so I listen. I

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<v Speaker 2>don't think the Rams are gonna contend for anything next year,

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<v Speaker 2>but I think they will at least return to being

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<v Speaker 2>a legitimate playoff contender as opposed to one of the

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<v Speaker 2>worst teams in football as they were this year.

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<v Speaker 4>All right, last, right. The Week sixteen NFL schedule is crazy.

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<v Speaker 3>We have NFL games on four out of the next

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<v Speaker 3>five days. Red Zone is on on a Saturday. Do

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<v Speaker 3>you prefer your NFL every day or just on Sunday.

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<v Speaker 2>I like it on Sunday. I don't mind that we're

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<v Speaker 2>replacing Sunday with Saturday this week so it's not on

0:40:56.640 --> 0:40:59.280
<v Speaker 2>Christmas Day. I get that. I don't like the NFL

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<v Speaker 2>Christmas Day tripleheader. I I just don't.

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<v Speaker 4>Uh.

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<v Speaker 2>The thing with the NBA is I liked the NBA

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<v Speaker 2>on Christmas because you can kind of float in and

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<v Speaker 2>out of watching it, you know what I mean. You

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<v Speaker 2>don't have to sit and watch the entirety of every game.

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<v Speaker 2>You can watch the end of all the games, watch

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<v Speaker 2>one game in its entirety. I the NFL, to me,

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<v Speaker 2>is getting a little over zealous with the number of

0:41:27.560 --> 0:41:32.080
<v Speaker 2>days that we're expected to build our day around watching football.

0:41:32.360 --> 0:41:35.239
<v Speaker 2>It's the it's last Saturday and Sunday. It's now this

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<v Speaker 2>Saturday and Sunday. In the playoffs, it's gonna be every

0:41:38.360 --> 0:41:40.839
<v Speaker 2>Saturday and Sunday for the first few weeks. I just

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<v Speaker 2>it's a little too much. And I like the experience

0:41:43.880 --> 0:41:47.279
<v Speaker 2>of all so many games on Sunday and almost the

0:41:47.760 --> 0:41:51.279
<v Speaker 2>century overload. So it's a little too much. But they're not,

0:41:51.440 --> 0:41:53.719
<v Speaker 2>they're not. They're gonna keep going as long as the

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<v Speaker 2>ratings continue to be excellent. Thus far, they've continued to

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<v Speaker 2>be excellent. All right, we answer your questions in the

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<v Speaker 2>chat next. That's right, all right, welcome back in episode

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<v Speaker 2>one oh eight What's Right with the Great Podcast YouTube show.

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<v Speaker 2>We're gonna answer your listener or viewer questions and comments

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<v Speaker 2>than that, and I'd love to send him with that plaque.

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<v Speaker 2>If we don't get to one hundred thousand by the

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<v Speaker 2>time he leaves, I'm keeping the plaqu all right, amanse

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<v Speaker 2>uh oh. And by the way, also shout out to whomever.

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<v Speaker 4>It was on the twitch.

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<v Speaker 2>No that runs a bar at Lax. Oh, Yes, that

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<v Speaker 2>had our podcast on the big screen on the TV

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<v Speaker 2>at Lax. You know what I'm gonna I'm gonna make

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<v Speaker 2>a what was the what do you mean?

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<v Speaker 4>Uh? He said? The guy was like, hey, Nick, please

0:43:00.600 --> 0:43:01.800
<v Speaker 4>send me another remote.

0:43:02.920 --> 0:43:06.160
<v Speaker 2>I know I saw that send me another remote, guy,

0:43:07.160 --> 0:43:10.080
<v Speaker 2>and it got stuck on this show. Yeah, so listen,

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<v Speaker 2>I would like to do something. I don't know that

0:43:12.880 --> 0:43:16.720
<v Speaker 2>I actually can do it. So this is a soft promise,

0:43:16.800 --> 0:43:22.200
<v Speaker 2>not a full promise. Anyone that has a smart TV

0:43:23.000 --> 0:43:27.600
<v Speaker 2>in a public venue where you can get YouTube that

0:43:27.840 --> 0:43:33.200
<v Speaker 2>puts this podcast on for the general public and takes

0:43:33.200 --> 0:43:38.200
<v Speaker 2>a picture, take a picture, tweet it at What's Right show,

0:43:39.440 --> 0:43:42.240
<v Speaker 2>I'm going to try to get some type of swag

0:43:42.400 --> 0:43:45.319
<v Speaker 2>to send you, okay, or I could just do a

0:43:45.360 --> 0:43:50.600
<v Speaker 2>cameo for him. Sure, we'll throw that in as well.

0:43:50.520 --> 0:43:53.560
<v Speaker 2>We'll throw in a Demonds cameo as well. That's a

0:43:53.600 --> 0:43:56.080
<v Speaker 2>good idea. I like that, all right? What are the

0:43:56.120 --> 0:43:57.360
<v Speaker 2>listener questions? Demanse?

0:43:57.560 --> 0:43:57.880
<v Speaker 4>All right?

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<v Speaker 3>Scott Frazier asked, if just Efferson goes for twenty one hundred,

0:44:01.719 --> 0:44:04.560
<v Speaker 3>can he get the MVP if Mahomes stumbles and Hurts

0:44:04.560 --> 0:44:05.320
<v Speaker 3>doesn't play.

0:44:05.520 --> 0:44:09.759
<v Speaker 2>No, just listen, Justin Jefferson's not going to get the MVP. Uh.

0:44:10.040 --> 0:44:12.360
<v Speaker 2>He could show up on ballots though, because they changed

0:44:12.360 --> 0:44:15.439
<v Speaker 2>the MVP voting to where instead of just one name,

0:44:15.480 --> 0:44:17.719
<v Speaker 2>you submit five names. So I think he can show

0:44:17.800 --> 0:44:21.680
<v Speaker 2>up on uh some ballots, but I don't think he

0:44:21.680 --> 0:44:23.080
<v Speaker 2>can win MVP. No, I don't.

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<v Speaker 3>Next, okay, Grand Minister omega ass I've seen a highlight

0:44:27.880 --> 0:44:30.719
<v Speaker 3>of Nick so smartly folding a two pair. I think

0:44:30.840 --> 0:44:34.239
<v Speaker 3>Jayson nine Jackson nine Jackson ye, Jackson nines to a

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<v Speaker 3>flush or a straight or something.

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<v Speaker 4>Was that the best fold.

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<v Speaker 2>You ever experienced?

0:44:38.640 --> 0:44:39.360
<v Speaker 4>What is here?

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<v Speaker 2>He's talking about a poker No, he's talking about a

0:44:41.560 --> 0:44:44.919
<v Speaker 2>poker clip of me folded on that the Poker Show. Yeah,

0:44:44.920 --> 0:44:52.080
<v Speaker 2>and one of the the the best fold I ever made. Uh,

0:44:52.560 --> 0:44:57.200
<v Speaker 2>it's actually not that interesting. But oh, look at what's

0:44:57.239 --> 0:45:01.040
<v Speaker 2>going on on our screen right now that they're trying

0:45:01.080 --> 0:45:03.640
<v Speaker 2>to show us. Right now, I see it. They're trying

0:45:03.640 --> 0:45:06.320
<v Speaker 2>to show the picture from LAX and it's creeping onto

0:45:06.360 --> 0:45:14.040
<v Speaker 2>the live screen right now. This is not the best

0:45:14.080 --> 0:45:16.160
<v Speaker 2>fold I ever made. I don't know. I don't have

0:45:16.239 --> 0:45:20.000
<v Speaker 2>a good quick way to tell the story. I had

0:45:20.040 --> 0:45:22.920
<v Speaker 2>ace jack on a jack high board and I folded

0:45:22.960 --> 0:45:27.399
<v Speaker 2>to one bet, and I'm sorry, I had ace jack

0:45:27.520 --> 0:45:29.600
<v Speaker 2>on an ace high board and I folded to one

0:45:29.640 --> 0:45:32.920
<v Speaker 2>bet and properly called out that the guy had Ace Queen.

0:45:33.400 --> 0:45:37.480
<v Speaker 2>And he was beside himself that I was correct, But

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<v Speaker 2>I need to give you the full context of it

0:45:40.600 --> 0:45:42.680
<v Speaker 2>as to why that was such a good fold. That's

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<v Speaker 2>not going to work in this format.

0:45:44.160 --> 0:45:46.200
<v Speaker 4>So he was like, literally just one card above you or.

0:45:46.200 --> 0:45:50.359
<v Speaker 2>Whatever, exactly right. He had me notched by one and

0:45:50.400 --> 0:45:53.840
<v Speaker 2>there was no reason for the bet size he made

0:45:53.880 --> 0:45:56.520
<v Speaker 2>and for all of it that I should fold, except

0:45:56.560 --> 0:45:59.360
<v Speaker 2>I just knew it, and so that was probably it,

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<v Speaker 2>all right, neck.

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<v Speaker 4>Anonymous ass if and win the Jags Jags in the.

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<v Speaker 2>Tampa t What do you think TPTWP stands for what

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<v Speaker 2>do you think, Sam prince that cost me a lot

0:46:11.239 --> 0:46:13.520
<v Speaker 2>of money, but the prince that would promise to make the playoffs?

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah?

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<v Speaker 3>Who would you like to see them play? And who

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<v Speaker 3>do you think they have a chance to beat?

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<v Speaker 2>I mean Jaggs, Ravens, Chargers is who they would play

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<v Speaker 2>one of the three? I'm sorry, Dolphins, Ravens, Chargers who

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<v Speaker 2>they would play one of the three. They could beat

0:46:29.120 --> 0:46:32.760
<v Speaker 2>any of those teams. They could absolutely be they could

0:46:32.800 --> 0:46:35.400
<v Speaker 2>beat any of those teams. I think the Chargers are

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<v Speaker 2>the best. The Ravens are the hardest to peg because

0:46:38.200 --> 0:46:42.440
<v Speaker 2>we don't know Lamar's health situation, and the Dolphins have

0:46:42.560 --> 0:46:46.000
<v Speaker 2>the biggest variance between their best game and their worst game.

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<v Speaker 2>But they could beat any of them. I would probably

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<v Speaker 2>pick to have them play the Ravens. I would probably

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<v Speaker 2>if I could set the playoffs perfectly, it would be

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<v Speaker 2>the Chiefs is the one, the Bills is, the two Bengals,

0:47:03.480 --> 0:47:09.800
<v Speaker 2>three Jags, four, with the Ravens as the five playing

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<v Speaker 2>the Jags, the Chargers as the six playing the Bengals,

0:47:15.960 --> 0:47:18.480
<v Speaker 2>and the Dolphins at the seven, giving us a third

0:47:18.520 --> 0:47:20.640
<v Speaker 2>game against the Bills. Because both those games have been

0:47:20.640 --> 0:47:22.399
<v Speaker 2>so good. All right, next?

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<v Speaker 3>All right, Grant Dorian asked Nick, do you think Justin

0:47:25.360 --> 0:47:28.440
<v Speaker 3>Fields will be on the Lamar Hurts trajectory starting next season?

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<v Speaker 3>Being another young, super athletic quarterback that excels in their

0:47:31.960 --> 0:47:32.840
<v Speaker 3>second year starting.

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<v Speaker 2>I think he could be if the Bears add a

0:47:35.960 --> 0:47:38.520
<v Speaker 2>lot of help. They need real receivers, they need an

0:47:38.560 --> 0:47:41.440
<v Speaker 2>offensive line. Luckily they have the cap space and the

0:47:41.520 --> 0:47:43.640
<v Speaker 2>draft picks to do it. The Bears right now would

0:47:43.640 --> 0:47:46.520
<v Speaker 2>have the second pick of the draft. I personally, if

0:47:46.520 --> 0:47:50.439
<v Speaker 2>I were them, would try to do the same type

0:47:50.480 --> 0:47:52.840
<v Speaker 2>of trade Miami did with San Francisco, where you trade

0:47:52.840 --> 0:47:54.520
<v Speaker 2>out of the top three for a team that wants

0:47:54.560 --> 0:47:57.240
<v Speaker 2>a quarterback, get a bunch of extra first round picks,

0:47:57.400 --> 0:47:59.680
<v Speaker 2>and rebuild my team that way. But I like Justin

0:47:59.719 --> 0:48:01.960
<v Speaker 2>Field a lot. And what he has going for him

0:48:01.960 --> 0:48:06.840
<v Speaker 2>that Lamar and Jalen don't is he's huge, six fours

0:48:06.840 --> 0:48:09.560
<v Speaker 2>in a half, like he's a big, big guy. Lamar

0:48:09.600 --> 0:48:12.240
<v Speaker 2>and Jalen are not that. Yeah. I like Justin Fields

0:48:12.280 --> 0:48:14.760
<v Speaker 2>if he can stay healthy. It's tough that style of play.

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<v Speaker 2>All Right, good show today, Good job Demanse, I gotta

0:48:17.440 --> 0:48:19.560
<v Speaker 2>go do television. We'll see you guys tomorrow for the

0:48:19.560 --> 0:48:27.720
<v Speaker 2>gambling show What's Right.