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Speaker 1: This is Straight Fire with Jason McIntyre.

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Speaker 2: What is up, Drek Fire Bamp. It's me Jason McIntire,

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Speaker 2: Straight Foyer for Tuesday, October the twenty first, where we

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Speaker 2: are recording this late late night or early morning, whichever

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Speaker 2: you prefer. On Tuesday, the World Series is set and

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Speaker 2: in dramatic fashion, the Toronto Blue Jays advance to face

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Speaker 2: the Los Angeles Dodgers. George Springer the hero three run

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Speaker 2: bomb and I'll just say this that and we've talked

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Speaker 2: about this before, but the romanticism of postseason baseball, like

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Speaker 2: if you watch the if you fell asleep last night,

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Speaker 2: I didn't see it. If you wake up and watch the

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Speaker 2: George Spring or blast, it's a three run bomb to

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Speaker 2: give the Blue Jays the lead, and it is complete

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Speaker 2: and utter bedlam in do they still call it the skydo?

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Speaker 2: I forget what it's called. But it was quite a

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Speaker 2: scene and it's tough not to get goosebumps, even if

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Speaker 2: even if you're not rooting for them. Honestly, I was

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Speaker 2: just rooting for Mariners because I know cowhards super into

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Speaker 2: the Mariners and it wo'll probably be a little more

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Speaker 2: baseball on the show, but a seventh inning, Game seven

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Speaker 2: home run at home to give your team the lead. Like,

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Speaker 2: that's that's the stuff dreams are made of, honestly, and

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Speaker 2: George Springers had an incredible postseason. I didn't realize he

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Speaker 2: was thirty six. I mean, he's been around obviously, spent

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Speaker 2: many many years with the Astros. But it's funny, like

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Speaker 2: he looks like one of the best players in baseball.

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Speaker 2: I mean, look at the numbers he put up this year,

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Speaker 2: and then obviously that home run, it was just like

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Speaker 2: Holy Toledo. So Blue Jays Dodgers. Game one Friday, obviously Friday,

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Speaker 2: you know Halloween. What day does Halloween actually fall on?

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Speaker 2: Halloween falls on the next Friday. So the World Series

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Speaker 2: starts this Friday. But like Halloween parties start, not everybody

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Speaker 2: wants to have a party on the thirty first because

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Speaker 2: there's so many competing then people can't jump around, and

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Speaker 2: so World Series. I'll never forget. We were at a

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Speaker 2: Halloween party. My buddy has a pretty big one every year.

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Speaker 2: And Game one, you know, I walk into this room

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Speaker 2: and there's probably forty people around a TV. And I

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Speaker 2: was like, oh, they got the game on. And obviously

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Speaker 2: it was when the Grand Slam was hit by the

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Speaker 2: Dodgers and it was absolute chaos. Obviously, living out here

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Speaker 2: in La So I've been very lucky in life, and

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Speaker 2: I know a lot of people will say that, but

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Speaker 2: I was in New York at like the tail end

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Speaker 2: of not well during the Yankees to prime dominant years

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Speaker 2: with Bernie and Jeter and Posada. I was there for that.

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Speaker 2: And I'll never forget those fall nights in New York

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Speaker 2: when the Yankees would uh face the Red Sox or

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Speaker 2: Mets or whoever it was Indians. You know, there was

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Speaker 2: a David Justice home run. I'll never forget. I was

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Speaker 2: at a bar, he went to Dead Center and I'm

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Speaker 2: just it was just like pandemonium. You know, It's just

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Speaker 2: an awesome feeling. But postseason baseball it is. It is

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Speaker 2: very cool. So happy for Toronto and obviously, you know,

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Speaker 2: we'll do some World Series coverage here, but primarily this

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Speaker 2: is a NFL podcast, and I will say I was very, very,

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Speaker 2: very thrilled that the Detroit Lions came through for me

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Speaker 2: in Wich should never have been a close game. Lions

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Speaker 2: beat up on the Bucks twenty four to nine.

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Speaker 2: The charmed run of Baker Mayfield. Listen when you bet

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Speaker 2: against the team at UF right, eventually they're not going

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Speaker 2: to deliver. And I have lost some decent money betting

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Speaker 2: against and fading Tampa Bay. And finally, well, I think

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Speaker 2: the exact It's not like I bet against them every week,

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Speaker 2: but looking at their schedule, yes, I was on the

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Speaker 2: Falcons in week one. That was a loss. Their schedule,

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Speaker 2: you know, Tampa Bay five and two. I was on

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Speaker 2: the Texans that was a loss. I was on the Jets.

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Speaker 2: That was a cover Eagles game. I don't remember. Oh no,

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Speaker 2: I was on the Eagles in that cover barely Bucks Seahawks.

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Speaker 2: I don't think I have anything on that one.

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Speaker 2: I think I might have had niners, maybe small. And

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Speaker 2: then I faded him again this week, and finally the

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Speaker 2: be a frisky playoff team when they get healthy. Another

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Speaker 2: major So Bucky Irving did not play last night, and

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Speaker 2: he is an awesome running back. I don't know if

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Speaker 2: he's top five. He's not quite in the Bijon c

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Speaker 2: Mac Jamir Gibbs category. But Bucky Irving is super dynamic

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Speaker 2: the Detroit secondary was just locked in and the pass

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Speaker 2: here's what's scary. Four point six yards per ten.

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Speaker 1: That's not great.

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Speaker 2: Dropped four times in the pocket, also fumbled.

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Speaker 1: It was a rough night.

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Speaker 2: You know, the Lion's pass Russ got home. And yet,

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Speaker 2: if we're being honest, Abuka not one hundred percent?

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Speaker 1: How's this?

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Speaker 2: Abuka four catches on twelve targets and Abuka is a

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Speaker 2: and then the crap news Mike Evans the Hall of Future,

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Speaker 2: God wins out, Bucky Irving's out. The offense was really

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Speaker 2: stuck in the mud. And this is what's so tough

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Speaker 2: about betting in the NFL. So the Detroit Lions last

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Speaker 2: week on Sunday Night Football, everybody watched them, and you know,

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Speaker 2: we were on the Chiefs. They got deepants by Kansas

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Speaker 2: They got pushed around like nothing working. Yeah, I don't

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Speaker 2: think Detroit's that could actually No, the home road splits

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Speaker 2: of these teams, guys are incredibly dramatic. Talked about it yesterday.

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Speaker 2: Atlanta Falcons at home, you can bet on them. Atlanta

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Speaker 2: Falcons indoors also bet worthy. Now where it gets complicated

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Speaker 2: is a team like Detroit. How are they outdoors? This

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Speaker 2: has been a big question. Now. Last year under Dan Campbell,

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Speaker 2: but other guys started to drop like flies. Detroit went

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Speaker 2: Next up, they're at home. Oh actually, it looks like

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Speaker 2: to be a playoff team. I thought the regression would

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Speaker 2: Minnesota's got quarterback issues, Washington's got quarterback issues. You know,

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Speaker 2: you've got Jamir Gibbs locked in like he was last night,

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Speaker 2: Oh my gosh, had the seventy eight yard touchdown run,

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Speaker 2: we're talking two hundred plus yards of offense for Jamiir Gibbs. Listen, Man, Indoors, Gibbs,

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Speaker 2: Bjon Robinson. These dudes are just different Amarasain Brown was phenomenal.

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Speaker 2: Detroit looked really good. I'll say though, Goff. I didn't

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Speaker 2: love what I saw from GoF and again I was

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Speaker 2: This should have been like thirty seven to nine. That's

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Speaker 2: it comes to the Lions. But overall, pretty impressive performance

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Speaker 2: rank in the NFC because the NFC is just so frickin' wacky.

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Speaker 2: I mean, at this stage, do I trust the Eagles?

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Speaker 2: Are the Packers the best team in the NFC? I

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Speaker 2: don't know. They struggled at Dallas, they lost to Cleveland,

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Speaker 2: on the road. They barely they needed a comeback against Arizona.

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Speaker 2: They're not overwhelming. But if you're giving me Jason Detroit

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Speaker 2: has to go outdoors to Green Bay in January, yeah,

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Speaker 2: I'll take the Packers. I'm not buying what the Bears

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Speaker 2: of view, given the next three games and Jayden likely

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Speaker 2: I think Tampa's a contender, but again would not shock me.

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Speaker 2: if they don't continue to dance between the rain drops

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Speaker 2: nine to eight and maybe losing the division to the Falcons.

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Speaker 2: Now I'm still back in the Falcons because I have

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Speaker 2: nice one we'll talk about shortly, is the forty nine

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Speaker 2: ers to do it with smoke and mirrors. No Warner,

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Speaker 2: no Bosa, no brock Purty, no Brandon Aiyuk, no Pearceol, Like,

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Speaker 2: with the Niners I am. If you ask me now,

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Speaker 2: to coach up dudes on defense. So this seventh round

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Speaker 2: familiar with his work. Did you see how good he

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Speaker 2: it's just one game, and there's not a lot of

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Speaker 2: Week six, and before that he played three snaps in

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Speaker 2: This dude looks like the next Warner flying around out there,

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Speaker 2: surprised if they made a move. I think if you

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Speaker 2: given all the injuries. I do believe the Niners will

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Speaker 2: make a play for either an edge rusher or they'll

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Speaker 2: trying to pill for someone on the interior because you know,

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Speaker 2: inability to stop the run would not be good in

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Speaker 2: him in fantasy and playing outstanding. So when pearsall Ayuk

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Speaker 2: Don't let the twenty seven to nineteen final fool you.

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Speaker 2: The Houston Texans were abysmal on Monday Night Football. It

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Speaker 2: This is a beatdown. Both of the Monday night football

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Speaker 2: offensive line still not fixed. CJ Strowd only sacked three times,

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Speaker 2: Stroud took a beating. Interestingly, there's a lot of chatter

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Speaker 2: And he never looks happy. He never smiles. Now that

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Speaker 2: Here's the problem. Their wins are against cam Ward And

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Speaker 2: They tried to gimmick play in the red zone and

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Speaker 2: inept to do it. JSN was incredible eight catches for

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Speaker 2: The Seattle defense balled out as expected. I mentioned the

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Speaker 2: It's a stunded football game. But the Texans, I'm sorry.

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Speaker 2: path as of now, I'm gonna have the Seahawks as

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Speaker 2: The game in itself was just ugly. I mentioned that

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Speaker 2: the Texans weren't. I'm sorry. Houston was terrible un third down.

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Speaker 2: I don't. He has never really had a reliable running game.

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Speaker 2: All right, we are back tomorrow. Tomorrow the NBA tips off,

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Speaker 2: may do some previews, some early bets for the full season.

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Speaker 1: Love the NBA.

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Speaker 2: I know some people are like, oh, NBA doesn't start

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Speaker 2: till Christmas. Okay, if you guys want that, Warriors Lakers.

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Speaker 2: I did not get the invite from my guy. I

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Speaker 2: guess he's taking his family. Unbelievable. Now Warriors Lakers obviously

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Speaker 2: a real good one. And then Rockets debuting their big

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Speaker 2: Durant starting at shooting guard. Rockets Thunder. Actually that's the

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Speaker 2: early game on. By the way, nbcpacock. Nbcpacock no longer

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Speaker 2: on TNT, so we're back tomorrow.

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Speaker 1: Listen.

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Speaker 2: I love the NBA. We're gonna talk about it.

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Speaker 1: See