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Speaker 1: There it is Fox. The whole kick away is up.

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Speaker 1: It is good these Detroit Lions. You want to talk

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Speaker 1: you want to talk about resiliency? Fifteen is all of

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Speaker 1: those things. What a night for the Detroit Lions.

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Speaker 3: You want to talk about the number one seed in

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Speaker 3: Get a thirty four to thirty one victory and a

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Speaker 3: fantastic Thursday night football game. That was Dan Miller and

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Speaker 3: Lomas Brown on WXYT. I'm Greg Rosenthal, I'm in the

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Speaker 3: best football nights of the year. We could only have

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Speaker 3: right off the top, because that told the story of

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Speaker 3: a night when Dan Campbell and this Lion's team was

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Speaker 2: They go for it on fourth and one with under

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Speaker 4: And I texted Greg Rosenthal in all Cats, Dan Onions Campbell,

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Speaker 4: My god, what a great game.

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Speaker 2: Let's go.

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Speaker 4: Oh that ruled.

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Speaker 2: That ruled so much it did.

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Speaker 3: And our great producer Eric Roberts is saying, Ah, the

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Speaker 2: But a lot of times great game are like that.

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Speaker 3: There was the chess match early and we'll get to

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Speaker 3: But I found that all fascinating because you're watching this

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Speaker 4: been working on that. Listen man, No, they same sounds

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Speaker 4: The Big Short do the freaking drum kit besides whaling metallica?

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Speaker 4: But he starts to move this defensive line side to side.

439
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Speaker 3: Right, Wait, wait a second, you can't just you can't

440
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Speaker 3: just call out Christian Bale from The Big Short and

441
00:21:13,960 --> 00:21:16,040
Speaker 3: think anyone knows what you're talking about.

442
00:21:16,119 --> 00:21:18,440
Speaker 4: Ben Johnson reminds me of Christian Bale in the Big short,

443
00:21:18,480 --> 00:21:18,800
Speaker 4: keep up.

444
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Speaker 3: Well, actually we actually have a picture, Jordan. You didn't

445
00:21:21,040 --> 00:21:23,399
Speaker 3: know this, but let's show that up on the screen.

446
00:21:23,480 --> 00:21:26,800
Speaker 3: Continue talking, Well, we show the Christian Bale picture.

447
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Speaker 2: Ben Johnson, I can see it. I can see it

448
00:21:30,040 --> 00:21:31,920
Speaker 2: playing on the drums. I love that, man.

449
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Speaker 4: Okay, so stay with me, guys. So they're moving north

450
00:21:34,080 --> 00:21:35,960
Speaker 4: to south right when they're penetrating in that way, right.

451
00:21:36,000 --> 00:21:38,879
Speaker 4: But then now Ben Johnson says, okay, let me go

452
00:21:38,920 --> 00:21:40,960
Speaker 4: to page five in my playbook and we're going to

453
00:21:41,040 --> 00:21:43,919
Speaker 4: go screen game right. So they start to deploy. There

454
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Speaker 4: a wide variety of screens, screens that move to the outside,

455
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Speaker 4: screens that I'm figuring out and investigating a little bit

456
00:21:51,280 --> 00:21:52,879
Speaker 4: that do this cool thing where they look like a

457
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Speaker 4: tunnel screen. But then they work their way up the scene,

458
00:21:54,960 --> 00:21:57,600
Speaker 4: which is really cool. They start doing these things that

459
00:21:57,920 --> 00:22:02,080
Speaker 4: basically extend their run game. But they also start moving

460
00:22:02,200 --> 00:22:05,160
Speaker 4: in the past game the defensive line from side to side,

461
00:22:05,200 --> 00:22:08,440
Speaker 4: so they can't get that penetration. They can't go north

462
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Speaker 4: to south. And this game, Greg was full of those

463
00:22:11,600 --> 00:22:14,920
Speaker 4: little hit my mic again drive to drive counter adjustments

464
00:22:15,000 --> 00:22:17,199
Speaker 4: that were so it wasn't just like oh, you go

465
00:22:17,240 --> 00:22:19,600
Speaker 4: in at halftime and you make adjustments and all of that.

466
00:22:19,960 --> 00:22:22,959
Speaker 4: It was drive to drive. When Jordan Love was getting

467
00:22:23,040 --> 00:22:25,040
Speaker 4: the crap blitzed out of him early in the game,

468
00:22:25,359 --> 00:22:28,560
Speaker 4: four of the Lions brought great pressure four of his

469
00:22:28,640 --> 00:22:32,320
Speaker 4: five for initial dropbacks he faced the blitz, he only

470
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Speaker 4: completed two passes for twenty three yards. At that time,

471
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Speaker 4: Matt Lafleur is like, all right, we're going to run

472
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Speaker 4: seven consecutive times. It was all of these moves and

473
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Speaker 4: counter moves, and it was just a masterclass in like

474
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Speaker 4: that type of coaching. We could take the situational stuff

475
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Speaker 4: out and put it in another bucket, but that type

476
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Speaker 4: of adjustment, understanding your personnel, understanding where you're limited, understanding

477
00:22:53,200 --> 00:22:55,879
Speaker 4: moves and counter moves like that. I freaking loved this

478
00:22:56,000 --> 00:22:58,920
Speaker 4: game for that reason. I did two and my face

479
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Speaker 4: is really red ray.

480
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Speaker 3: And it's why these two coaching staffs are two of

481
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Speaker 3: the six or seven best coaching staffs, whatever you want

482
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Speaker 3: to put on it. There's a lot of great coaching staffs. Now, Hefley,

483
00:23:10,680 --> 00:23:13,040
Speaker 3: we're still learning about him. And I tried to come

484
00:23:13,119 --> 00:23:16,080
Speaker 3: up with a comp for him. You could put him up,

485
00:23:16,160 --> 00:23:18,720
Speaker 3: and the best I could do is I was thinking

486
00:23:18,880 --> 00:23:23,639
Speaker 3: of Michael Stolberg from a serious man but also a

487
00:23:23,680 --> 00:23:26,280
Speaker 3: great character actor. He's a Boardwalk Empire but one of

488
00:23:26,320 --> 00:23:28,240
Speaker 3: my favorite Cohen Brothers movie. He kind of reminds me

489
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Speaker 3: a little of Hefley, and we're still learning about Hefley.

490
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Speaker 3: And as a big picture thought, I think Packers fans

491
00:23:36,040 --> 00:23:39,520
Speaker 3: do have to wonder. It's not really about the coaching,

492
00:23:39,640 --> 00:23:44,000
Speaker 3: but if you're gonna go to the Super Bowl this year,

493
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Speaker 3: you're now gonna have to win three straight road games,

494
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Speaker 3: very difficult to do, and you're probably gonna have to

495
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Speaker 3: beat the Lions and or the Eagles on the way

496
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Speaker 3: to doing it, probably both. Is this defense, even with

497
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Speaker 3: the and everything like, do they have enough to hang

498
00:24:03,880 --> 00:24:06,359
Speaker 3: in games like that? And and if not? In tonight,

499
00:24:06,400 --> 00:24:09,080
Speaker 3: I think they showed what the recipe needs to be.

500
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Speaker 3: Can your offense just be more special than the other offense?

501
00:24:12,440 --> 00:24:15,080
Speaker 3: Can you win a game like this where you make

502
00:24:15,400 --> 00:24:19,040
Speaker 3: fewer mistakes? Because the Lions are probably gonna be healthier

503
00:24:19,080 --> 00:24:23,480
Speaker 3: and figure some things out defensively, and the Eagles defense

504
00:24:23,640 --> 00:24:27,600
Speaker 3: is fantastic, So as good as the Packers offense is,

505
00:24:28,680 --> 00:24:32,240
Speaker 3: and I think as improved as the Packers defense is

506
00:24:32,280 --> 00:24:35,080
Speaker 3: because they do force turnovers and they're not a siev

507
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Speaker 3: like they were a year ago. Are both of those

508
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Speaker 3: sides good enough in the end? Maybe in a one

509
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Speaker 3: game sample, but man, it's gotta be hard. It's gonna

510
00:24:44,680 --> 00:24:46,800
Speaker 3: be hard in that one game sample, and it's got

511
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Speaker 3: to be really hard to do it back to back

512
00:24:49,119 --> 00:24:52,120
Speaker 3: weeks against these types of teams. So I think it's

513
00:24:52,119 --> 00:24:54,399
Speaker 3: a really good Packers team. I think nine to four

514
00:24:55,040 --> 00:24:59,000
Speaker 3: is an appropriate record for this team. And Jordan Love

515
00:24:59,080 --> 00:25:00,800
Speaker 3: made some throws in the the second half of this

516
00:25:00,880 --> 00:25:04,359
Speaker 3: game that cemented why he is on quarterback Island.

517
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Speaker 2: They were just awesome.

518
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Speaker 3: Yeah, and they were able to hang in this game,

519
00:25:08,240 --> 00:25:14,440
Speaker 3: but ultimately they weren't quite special enough to even be

520
00:25:14,480 --> 00:25:18,080
Speaker 3: a banged up Lions team. So that's more just taking

521
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Speaker 3: the step back, even though I think there's so many

522
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Speaker 3: positive things to think about them looking forward, what do

523
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Speaker 3: you agree or disagree? Like, not really talking about the

524
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Speaker 3: schemes and all that, but just on a bigger picture.

525
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Speaker 4: Level, I mean, I think because you are going to

526
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Speaker 4: expect this defense to grow up with the coordinator, this

527
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Speaker 4: first time defense. I mean, he's been a defensive coordinator

528
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Speaker 4: obviously in football, but in terms of the NFL like

529
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Speaker 4: working with this staff, working with this personnel, fitting different

530
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Speaker 4: personnel to the defense. I think the way that he

531
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Speaker 4: brought this defensive line and they themselves, the players obviously

532
00:25:54,560 --> 00:25:56,320
Speaker 4: deserve all the credit as well, but the way that

533
00:25:56,359 --> 00:26:00,080
Speaker 4: he brought this line to life was striking to me

534
00:26:00,640 --> 00:26:06,000
Speaker 4: because they were so active on a snap to snap basis.

535
00:26:06,880 --> 00:26:10,840
Speaker 4: They were so active and yes, you saw scheme, a

536
00:26:10,880 --> 00:26:13,840
Speaker 4: combination of scheme timing and very gifted players on the

537
00:26:13,880 --> 00:26:18,440
Speaker 4: Lion's side make these big plays happen right in spurts

538
00:26:18,440 --> 00:26:22,280
Speaker 4: and phases, but when you watch like the way that

539
00:26:22,359 --> 00:26:26,520
Speaker 4: they it just they seem so active the entire game

540
00:26:26,520 --> 00:26:29,800
Speaker 4: to me, like the Lions offensive line just completely had

541
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Speaker 4: their hands full. And then when they were I mean,

542
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Speaker 4: I will say like I really don't want anyone and

543
00:26:36,760 --> 00:26:39,840
Speaker 4: nobody will on the show I know, but like Jared

544
00:26:39,920 --> 00:26:42,679
Speaker 4: Goff is not the same Jarre Goff that we know

545
00:26:42,800 --> 00:26:45,840
Speaker 4: from reputationally in the Alan and Kirk just could not

546
00:26:45,920 --> 00:26:48,919
Speaker 4: help but bring up on the broadcast tonight, like this

547
00:26:49,040 --> 00:26:53,440
Speaker 4: dude is calm, he's collected, he works incredibly well under pressure.

548
00:26:53,600 --> 00:26:55,800
Speaker 4: He really let had pressure really got to him and

549
00:26:55,840 --> 00:26:59,480
Speaker 4: flustered him on one possession really and then he recovered

550
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Speaker 4: and it was a it was a team effort where

551
00:27:01,480 --> 00:27:03,959
Speaker 4: he was leading the charge and leading the way, of course,

552
00:27:04,480 --> 00:27:07,159
Speaker 4: but it was a group, a collective that is so

553
00:27:07,920 --> 00:27:11,040
Speaker 4: clicking and sync playing together, you know, a four wheeled

554
00:27:11,080 --> 00:27:15,240
Speaker 4: death machine that just understood how to just settle and

555
00:27:15,359 --> 00:27:17,480
Speaker 4: get back get back on track with some of the

556
00:27:17,560 --> 00:27:18,520
Speaker 4: like I said, some of that quick.

557
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Speaker 2: Was it under pressure that much though in the in

558
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Speaker 2: the end now part of it the ball.

559
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Speaker 4: But that one possession where Jeff Hafley I think picked

560
00:27:26,760 --> 00:27:30,399
Speaker 4: his spots incredibly well to dial up specific types of

561
00:27:30,440 --> 00:27:32,480
Speaker 4: pressure that was going to get home or force the

562
00:27:32,520 --> 00:27:35,560
Speaker 4: throw or or his defensive backs you know, made the

563
00:27:35,560 --> 00:27:37,359
Speaker 4: play where they needed to those types of things. I

564
00:27:37,440 --> 00:27:40,560
Speaker 4: think that is extremely promising from this Packers group. And

565
00:27:40,680 --> 00:27:46,480
Speaker 4: I think if they would have opened up understanding, you know, yes,

566
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Speaker 4: we really need to heat my quarterback up. If you're

567
00:27:48,920 --> 00:27:50,800
Speaker 4: you know, Matt Lafleur, Yes we got to heat him up,

568
00:27:50,800 --> 00:27:51,959
Speaker 4: so we got to throw the ball a little bit.

569
00:27:52,160 --> 00:27:54,640
Speaker 4: I get that. But if they opened up with that

570
00:27:54,840 --> 00:27:56,640
Speaker 4: like we're going to run, try to run it down

571
00:27:56,680 --> 00:28:00,720
Speaker 4: your throat against your battered defensive front versus some of

572
00:28:00,760 --> 00:28:03,520
Speaker 4: the dropbacks that he took, I think if they're the

573
00:28:03,600 --> 00:28:06,160
Speaker 4: adjustment had happened. I know it happened quick, and I'm

574
00:28:06,160 --> 00:28:08,639
Speaker 4: praising that, but I think if that was the A

575
00:28:08,720 --> 00:28:11,480
Speaker 4: plus plan versus, oh my god, we're down all of

576
00:28:11,480 --> 00:28:13,520
Speaker 4: a sudden, like, what's our A plus plan? What's our

577
00:28:13,560 --> 00:28:16,520
Speaker 4: B plan? Like, I think that's where you maybe are

578
00:28:16,560 --> 00:28:18,920
Speaker 4: seeing them go toe to toe a little bit earlier

579
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Speaker 4: in the game, and then they ended up heating up

580
00:28:21,000 --> 00:28:22,639
Speaker 4: and taking the lead in a couple spots. I think

581
00:28:22,960 --> 00:28:24,720
Speaker 4: it was back really gat about this.

582
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Speaker 3: Yeah, it was so hard for one aspect of either

583
00:28:28,840 --> 00:28:31,520
Speaker 3: team to get a foothold because I think, like, oh wow,

584
00:28:31,560 --> 00:28:33,280
Speaker 3: Josh Jacobs ran really well in this game. They were

585
00:28:33,280 --> 00:28:34,840
Speaker 3: fishing in the red zone when they got down there,

586
00:28:34,960 --> 00:28:38,160
Speaker 3: he scored, He had some good runs. But the reality is,

587
00:28:38,200 --> 00:28:41,720
Speaker 3: other than that first drive in the second quarter, the

588
00:28:42,080 --> 00:28:44,200
Speaker 3: Lion's defense, as they've done all year, no matter who's

589
00:28:44,200 --> 00:28:46,000
Speaker 3: on the field, did a pretty good job stopping the

590
00:28:46,080 --> 00:28:48,360
Speaker 3: run in the rest of the second half, and it

591
00:28:48,920 --> 00:28:52,200
Speaker 3: did take love making those throws. And Packers fans who

592
00:28:52,280 --> 00:28:55,920
Speaker 3: are listening appreciates y'all, because I hate listening to stuff

593
00:28:56,040 --> 00:28:58,600
Speaker 3: like if it pains me. For me, it's more Celtics,

594
00:28:58,600 --> 00:29:02,440
Speaker 3: But like I listened to a a couple of Celtics podcast,

595
00:29:02,480 --> 00:29:04,320
Speaker 3: especially Green with Van b shout out to them. But

596
00:29:04,480 --> 00:29:06,360
Speaker 3: if it's a painful loss, like I'm not listening to

597
00:29:06,400 --> 00:29:10,840
Speaker 3: that podcast, the Packers fans will know. Yeah, we're really

598
00:29:10,840 --> 00:29:13,760
Speaker 3: banged up too. We don't have jay R Alexander, who

599
00:29:13,800 --> 00:29:17,080
Speaker 3: is the most important player in our secondary along with

600
00:29:17,160 --> 00:29:22,520
Speaker 3: Davi or McKinney. We lost Evan Williams, who if you

601
00:29:22,600 --> 00:29:25,400
Speaker 3: had a ten person list for defensive Rookie of the

602
00:29:25,480 --> 00:29:28,200
Speaker 3: Year would be on it and is really important. And

603
00:29:28,280 --> 00:29:30,600
Speaker 3: I think did Javon Boullard come go in and out

604
00:29:30,640 --> 00:29:32,680
Speaker 3: of this game two? I think he came back in.

605
00:29:32,960 --> 00:29:33,680
Speaker 4: Yeah.

606
00:29:33,680 --> 00:29:36,080
Speaker 3: That's a lot though, And you didn't have Romeo Dobbs

607
00:29:36,080 --> 00:29:38,800
Speaker 3: in this game. So there are really important players for

608
00:29:38,880 --> 00:29:43,800
Speaker 3: the Packers that especially in the secondary. Alexander is absolutely

609
00:29:43,800 --> 00:29:45,840
Speaker 3: a difference maker and they could have them back for

610
00:29:45,920 --> 00:29:48,760
Speaker 3: a rematch, and there might be a rematch. Just again

611
00:29:48,760 --> 00:29:50,960
Speaker 3: thinking big picture, and we can dive in a little

612
00:29:51,040 --> 00:29:52,560
Speaker 3: more in this game, but again thinking.

613
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Speaker 2: Big picture, I love this rivalry is awesome.

614
00:29:56,040 --> 00:29:59,560
Speaker 3: This division is awesome because I think the defining Lions

615
00:29:59,640 --> 00:30:04,520
Speaker 3: game of the Dan Campbell era so far is still

616
00:30:04,560 --> 00:30:08,040
Speaker 3: the Week eighteen win over the Packers to knock Aaron

617
00:30:08,120 --> 00:30:10,800
Speaker 3: Rodgers out of the playoffs in his final game as

618
00:30:10,800 --> 00:30:13,560
Speaker 3: a Packers when the Lions quote unquote had nothing to

619
00:30:13,600 --> 00:30:17,520
Speaker 3: play for, Like that to me was everything this Lions

620
00:30:17,560 --> 00:30:20,160
Speaker 3: team is about. But it's gone back and forth. I

621
00:30:20,240 --> 00:30:22,840
Speaker 3: was getting flashbacks tonight, Jordan. I don't know if you

622
00:30:22,880 --> 00:30:26,920
Speaker 3: remember the Lions lost in Detroit last year at home

623
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Speaker 3: to the Packers, in large part because they called a

624
00:30:30,240 --> 00:30:33,440
Speaker 3: fake punt in their own end late in the game

625
00:30:33,720 --> 00:30:36,680
Speaker 3: that the Packers stopped and then scored on a short

626
00:30:36,720 --> 00:30:38,800
Speaker 3: field and won. And so when the Lions went for

627
00:30:38,840 --> 00:30:40,600
Speaker 3: that fourth and one and didn't get it in the

628
00:30:40,640 --> 00:30:43,520
Speaker 3: Packers and then took advantage, I guarantee you there were

629
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Speaker 3: a lot of Lions fans were like, oh, this is

630
00:30:45,840 --> 00:30:49,600
Speaker 3: exactly like last year. The difference tonight being all night

631
00:30:49,720 --> 00:30:53,240
Speaker 3: Jared Goff and the Lions offense responded right away anytime

632
00:30:53,240 --> 00:30:55,520
Speaker 3: when he had the turnover, when they gave up a touchdown,

633
00:30:55,560 --> 00:30:58,760
Speaker 3: they responded right away with a really cold, calculated drive.

634
00:30:58,800 --> 00:31:00,840
Speaker 3: And that's what great teams do. What a what a

635
00:31:00,880 --> 00:31:03,880
Speaker 3: freaking to use your man, I'm now sounding like you

636
00:31:04,040 --> 00:31:07,000
Speaker 3: just being around here. What a freaking cool rivalry this

637
00:31:07,160 --> 00:31:10,600
Speaker 3: is Lions Packers. I hope we see a third one

638
00:31:10,600 --> 00:31:11,600
Speaker 3: in the playoffs this year.

639
00:31:11,880 --> 00:31:15,320
Speaker 4: Yeah. Also, something I noticed that's really cool. Are you

640
00:31:15,360 --> 00:31:19,320
Speaker 4: did you wear a shacket underneath your giant jacket? Oh?

641
00:31:19,400 --> 00:31:21,360
Speaker 2: Yeah, I was going three layers this guy.

642
00:31:21,440 --> 00:31:22,840
Speaker 4: Oh yeah, just just checking.

643
00:31:22,960 --> 00:31:25,480
Speaker 3: Okay, let's let's take a quick break. We will be back.

644
00:31:25,480 --> 00:31:27,120
Speaker 3: There's so much to get to with this great game.

645
00:31:38,880 --> 00:31:40,040
Speaker 3: We've talked about.

646
00:31:39,760 --> 00:31:42,640
Speaker 2: The Lions so much in this podcast. Let's give some

647
00:31:42,880 --> 00:31:47,680
Speaker 2: love to our guy, Jordan. Let's go, cow man, let's go.

648
00:31:47,840 --> 00:31:48,480
Speaker 2: Let's go to his.

649
00:31:48,520 --> 00:31:51,960
Speaker 3: Touchdown to Tucker Craft in the first half. This was

650
00:31:52,000 --> 00:31:53,640
Speaker 3: a big play in the game, loving.

651
00:31:53,400 --> 00:31:55,560
Speaker 2: The shotgun with the set back to his right.

652
00:31:56,720 --> 00:32:00,720
Speaker 1: Third down and Tan, here's a snap lit on Zuke

653
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Speaker 1: Tucker Crap touchco touchdown, Green Bay Packers.

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00:32:05,600 --> 00:32:06,280
Speaker 2: There you go.

655
00:32:07,000 --> 00:32:10,720
Speaker 1: Oh a tracer, A tracer from Jordan.

656
00:32:10,480 --> 00:32:12,640
Speaker 2: Love and they beat Carlton Davis.

657
00:32:13,480 --> 00:32:17,719
Speaker 3: Wow, great call there by Wayne Lairvie on W R ANDW.

658
00:32:18,040 --> 00:32:21,560
Speaker 3: Just to correct myself, that was early in the third quarter.

659
00:32:21,880 --> 00:32:22,400
Speaker 4: Second half.

660
00:32:22,520 --> 00:32:25,880
Speaker 3: Get on the board and yeah to make it seventeen fourteen,

661
00:32:26,000 --> 00:32:29,280
Speaker 3: and that was a drive where Love made.

662
00:32:29,080 --> 00:32:30,680
Speaker 2: A couple of beautiful throws.

663
00:32:30,720 --> 00:32:34,080
Speaker 3: Really throughout the second half, he was absolutely nails.

664
00:32:34,360 --> 00:32:36,720
Speaker 4: Yeah, and his player showed up for him. You know,

665
00:32:36,760 --> 00:32:39,760
Speaker 4: there was a fumble earlier. That was Watson, right, who

666
00:32:39,760 --> 00:32:42,440
Speaker 4: fumbled that earlier in the game, and he ended up

667
00:32:42,440 --> 00:32:44,960
Speaker 4: making like one of the more I mean, the throw

668
00:32:45,000 --> 00:32:49,480
Speaker 4: itself was just filthy, sick, right, but then like the

669
00:32:49,560 --> 00:32:52,160
Speaker 4: catch that he made because the dB had like two

670
00:32:52,200 --> 00:32:56,120
Speaker 4: fingers on it, right, and the focus to kind of

671
00:32:56,120 --> 00:32:58,640
Speaker 4: catch it against his face mask a little bit down

672
00:32:58,640 --> 00:33:01,320
Speaker 4: the field. I think that was a twenty six yarder.

673
00:33:02,400 --> 00:33:03,840
Speaker 2: That fifty nine.

674
00:33:06,240 --> 00:33:08,600
Speaker 4: Too, Yeah, and the twenty nine yarder with the focus

675
00:33:08,640 --> 00:33:11,760
Speaker 4: on the catch then, and I want, I just want

676
00:33:11,800 --> 00:33:14,240
Speaker 4: to hear you go full Greg on this next one.

677
00:33:14,600 --> 00:33:16,440
Speaker 4: The throw he made to Wix. I have it in

678
00:33:16,480 --> 00:33:20,240
Speaker 4: my notes as the insane QB Island throw pocket collapsing

679
00:33:20,280 --> 00:33:22,720
Speaker 4: in all cats. And then I have in parentheses, let

680
00:33:22,800 --> 00:33:23,680
Speaker 4: Greg cook.

681
00:33:23,760 --> 00:33:25,240
Speaker 2: Right, why let me cook anyway?

682
00:33:25,320 --> 00:33:27,160
Speaker 4: Cause you were so excited about it. I loved I

683
00:33:27,200 --> 00:33:28,720
Speaker 4: loved it. It was fantastic.

684
00:33:28,760 --> 00:33:33,360
Speaker 3: That's everything, that's everything you want in a quarterback right there,

685
00:33:33,680 --> 00:33:37,240
Speaker 3: it's it's the pocket movement, it's the quick pressure by

686
00:33:37,280 --> 00:33:39,440
Speaker 3: the Lions on a blitz on a play Jacobs did

687
00:33:39,480 --> 00:33:42,760
Speaker 3: not pick up the blitz, and that's a play the

688
00:33:42,840 --> 00:33:48,560
Speaker 3: defensive coordinator one. And that's what separates the very good

689
00:33:48,640 --> 00:33:52,280
Speaker 3: quarterbacks from the great ones. Where he just can overcome

690
00:33:52,760 --> 00:33:55,120
Speaker 3: a great defensive play call and a failure by his

691
00:33:55,200 --> 00:33:57,880
Speaker 3: running back. He picked up his running back to slide

692
00:33:58,400 --> 00:34:02,240
Speaker 3: in the pocket and then all getting hit while moving

693
00:34:02,360 --> 00:34:06,160
Speaker 3: left as a right handed quarterback and put that thing

694
00:34:06,480 --> 00:34:09,440
Speaker 3: on the money to Watson. It was a great catch.

695
00:34:10,000 --> 00:34:13,040
Speaker 3: There was no room to put that throw. And it

696
00:34:13,080 --> 00:34:16,400
Speaker 3: couldn't be no offense to her cousins. It couldn't be

697
00:34:16,440 --> 00:34:19,279
Speaker 3: one of those like layered throws like you're kind of

698
00:34:19,320 --> 00:34:19,759
Speaker 3: throwing it.

699
00:34:19,760 --> 00:34:20,640
Speaker 2: It's a touch pass.

700
00:34:20,800 --> 00:34:23,759
Speaker 3: That is a very difficult intermediate throw where you have

701
00:34:23,800 --> 00:34:26,319
Speaker 3: to put some of that tracer on it too. And

702
00:34:26,960 --> 00:34:29,759
Speaker 3: Love is as physically gifted, I think it's fair to

703
00:34:29,760 --> 00:34:31,560
Speaker 3: say as any quarterback. I don't know if you want

704
00:34:31,560 --> 00:34:33,880
Speaker 3: to say someone is more or not, but as a

705
00:34:33,960 --> 00:34:37,360
Speaker 3: thrower of the football, he is so gifted. And Watson

706
00:34:37,400 --> 00:34:41,040
Speaker 3: came through four for one fourteen. He's playing really well lately.

707
00:34:41,120 --> 00:34:43,600
Speaker 3: And that's that's just a special play. And that's why

708
00:34:44,480 --> 00:34:46,720
Speaker 3: all three of us, me, you and Steve were texting

709
00:34:46,760 --> 00:34:48,560
Speaker 3: at that point and I was like, Okay, he made

710
00:34:48,600 --> 00:34:48,960
Speaker 3: us proud.

711
00:34:48,960 --> 00:34:50,160
Speaker 2: We made the right decision.

712
00:34:50,400 --> 00:34:53,719
Speaker 3: Any dude making that freaking play needs to be on

713
00:34:53,800 --> 00:34:54,480
Speaker 3: QB Island.

714
00:34:54,640 --> 00:34:56,879
Speaker 4: Yeah, and we'll just glass right over the fact that

715
00:34:56,960 --> 00:34:59,239
Speaker 4: we need to hold you to task for breaking the

716
00:34:59,280 --> 00:35:01,360
Speaker 4: rules of the rip tid card. But we'll get to

717
00:35:01,400 --> 00:35:05,120
Speaker 4: that in another time. The Jordan love I also what

718
00:35:05,200 --> 00:35:07,520
Speaker 4: I really appreciated watching from him. They would cut to

719
00:35:07,560 --> 00:35:09,440
Speaker 4: him on the sideline a lot. They would cut to him,

720
00:35:09,560 --> 00:35:12,279
Speaker 4: close ups of him underneath even his face masks, helmet.

721
00:35:12,680 --> 00:35:14,719
Speaker 4: He was so calm. I mean, he's fired up when

722
00:35:14,719 --> 00:35:16,560
Speaker 4: they would make a play, but he was so calm.

723
00:35:16,760 --> 00:35:20,520
Speaker 4: They got after him early, like Aaron Glenn dialed up

724
00:35:20,680 --> 00:35:24,840
Speaker 4: some nasty pressure against him, understanding that he entered the

725
00:35:24,840 --> 00:35:27,120
Speaker 4: game with some of the worst stats against the Blitz

726
00:35:27,120 --> 00:35:29,839
Speaker 4: in the league. They were improving over the last couple

727
00:35:29,880 --> 00:35:32,840
Speaker 4: of weeks, but that was his resume to this point,

728
00:35:32,920 --> 00:35:35,360
Speaker 4: and it worked and they got after him. It was

729
00:35:35,600 --> 00:35:38,320
Speaker 4: two passes of five dropbacks that came against the Blitz

730
00:35:38,400 --> 00:35:40,080
Speaker 4: for twenty three yards, like I said earlier, and they

731
00:35:40,080 --> 00:35:43,640
Speaker 4: were the quick little dump off you know, throws, and

732
00:35:43,719 --> 00:35:47,520
Speaker 4: he finished. The Lions still blitzed him at a sixty

733
00:35:47,560 --> 00:35:50,880
Speaker 4: three percent rate throughout the entire course of the game,

734
00:35:51,239 --> 00:35:54,160
Speaker 4: which is insane. Like the league average is what like

735
00:35:54,200 --> 00:35:57,960
Speaker 4: twenty eight percent, twenty six percent, ohly a.

736
00:35:57,960 --> 00:36:01,520
Speaker 3: Couple teams are over forty and it's so that's an

737
00:36:01,560 --> 00:36:02,320
Speaker 3: insane number.

738
00:36:02,440 --> 00:36:06,200
Speaker 4: That is insane right then, And he finished nine for fourteen,

739
00:36:06,239 --> 00:36:09,000
Speaker 4: So this is inclusive to the struggle that he started with.

740
00:36:09,239 --> 00:36:13,640
Speaker 4: But he finished nine for fourteen with a touchdown specifically

741
00:36:13,719 --> 00:36:17,880
Speaker 4: against the blitz he settled. And that's again, that's a

742
00:36:17,960 --> 00:36:20,799
Speaker 4: quarterback who and Dan Campbell knew this. We circle back

743
00:36:20,840 --> 00:36:23,359
Speaker 4: to it. He knew this when he was going for

744
00:36:23,719 --> 00:36:27,080
Speaker 4: that fourth down call to ic the game out with

745
00:36:27,160 --> 00:36:31,160
Speaker 4: the field goal. Is when Jordan Love heats up, good

746
00:36:31,280 --> 00:36:33,600
Speaker 4: luck stopping him because he's going to make play after

747
00:36:33,680 --> 00:36:37,080
Speaker 4: play after play and you are in danger against that man.

748
00:36:37,480 --> 00:36:41,280
Speaker 3: And I do get a little worried about this Lion's secondary,

749
00:36:42,080 --> 00:36:44,239
Speaker 3: even though they've been great all year and josephin Brand

750
00:36:44,320 --> 00:36:47,680
Speaker 3: showed up at different moments tonight, Terry Arnold has a

751
00:36:47,719 --> 00:36:52,440
Speaker 3: couple plays every game that rookie plays very handsy, big penalty,

752
00:36:52,560 --> 00:36:55,319
Speaker 3: gives up a big play and it's tough. You don't

753
00:36:55,560 --> 00:36:57,799
Speaker 3: they actually at the first half of this game, because

754
00:36:57,840 --> 00:36:59,520
Speaker 3: of the blitz and because of the scheme, I'm like, man,

755
00:36:59,520 --> 00:37:02,680
Speaker 3: they're past rush is better than when they had Aiden Hutchinson.

756
00:37:02,680 --> 00:37:04,440
Speaker 3: They were kind of struggling earlier this year. Now I

757
00:37:04,520 --> 00:37:07,160
Speaker 3: know they weren't blitzing like that, but they were making

758
00:37:07,200 --> 00:37:10,960
Speaker 3: it happen. But they were victimized by the end of

759
00:37:11,000 --> 00:37:13,440
Speaker 3: this game. And the margins they're just so small, and

760
00:37:13,480 --> 00:37:17,279
Speaker 3: I just was thinking, maybe the Packers next year at

761
00:37:17,320 --> 00:37:20,759
Speaker 3: this time, it's such a young team, are just a

762
00:37:20,800 --> 00:37:24,319
Speaker 3: little more ready. And all it comes down to is,

763
00:37:24,440 --> 00:37:27,359
Speaker 3: you know, each team had a turnover, Each team went

764
00:37:27,440 --> 00:37:28,800
Speaker 3: up and down the field. They were pretty good in

765
00:37:28,840 --> 00:37:32,640
Speaker 3: the red zone. The Packers punted three times, the Lions

766
00:37:32,640 --> 00:37:35,760
Speaker 3: punted twice. And the reason the Lions only punted twice,

767
00:37:36,160 --> 00:37:39,200
Speaker 3: in part is because they went for those fourth downs. Now,

768
00:37:39,520 --> 00:37:41,400
Speaker 3: one of those that they didn't punt, they handed it

769
00:37:41,520 --> 00:37:44,040
Speaker 3: right over, but they another fourth down decision that was

770
00:37:44,120 --> 00:37:46,239
Speaker 3: key was on their own forty nine to set up

771
00:37:47,239 --> 00:37:50,359
Speaker 3: another fourth down, you know, touchdown on the goal line,

772
00:37:50,400 --> 00:37:53,880
Speaker 3: like they kept possession, that one little extra possession and

773
00:37:53,920 --> 00:37:57,960
Speaker 3: then the penalty on the Packers when they were potentially

774
00:37:58,040 --> 00:38:00,360
Speaker 3: going in with under five minutes to go. It was

775
00:38:00,400 --> 00:38:04,120
Speaker 3: a good call, just it was a pass interference on

776
00:38:04,480 --> 00:38:07,080
Speaker 3: the offense and that backed them up and they weren't

777
00:38:07,120 --> 00:38:11,560
Speaker 3: able to overcome that big penalty quite as easily as

778
00:38:11,760 --> 00:38:14,600
Speaker 3: as the Lions were able to overcome a couple bigger penalties.

779
00:38:14,600 --> 00:38:17,799
Speaker 3: But it's it's just small, small margins and the fact

780
00:38:17,840 --> 00:38:20,759
Speaker 3: that only one team has pena Sewell Offensive Player of

781
00:38:20,800 --> 00:38:24,120
Speaker 3: the Year candidate MVP candidate, Just give me some Sewell

782
00:38:24,200 --> 00:38:25,600
Speaker 3: nerd them before we get out of here.

783
00:38:25,840 --> 00:38:29,200
Speaker 4: Oh, I mean when Tim Patrick scores his second touchdown

784
00:38:29,320 --> 00:38:31,919
Speaker 4: of the night, or no, excuse me, right before Tim

785
00:38:31,920 --> 00:38:34,479
Speaker 4: Patrick scored a second touchdown of the night and pena

786
00:38:34,600 --> 00:38:37,239
Speaker 4: Sewell is lead blocking for Aman Ross Saint Brown. I

787
00:38:37,280 --> 00:38:41,960
Speaker 4: mean talk about like just like two just like football

788
00:38:42,640 --> 00:38:46,680
Speaker 4: dudes doing football. You can bleet me, I'm sorry, but

789
00:38:46,800 --> 00:38:52,560
Speaker 4: like Panay, Sewell is just hauling, just grading every road.

790
00:38:52,680 --> 00:38:55,640
Speaker 4: It reminds me. It just reminds me of like you know,

791
00:38:55,800 --> 00:38:59,760
Speaker 4: when you get the rainbow little you hit the rainbow

792
00:38:59,800 --> 00:39:02,640
Speaker 4: car when you're playing Mario Kart and all of a sudden,

793
00:39:02,680 --> 00:39:06,160
Speaker 4: you're like this unstoppable force and you could just drive

794
00:39:06,200 --> 00:39:08,239
Speaker 4: through people and just bounce them out of your way,

795
00:39:08,280 --> 00:39:10,160
Speaker 4: Like that's Pine Sewel and I love that.

796
00:39:11,040 --> 00:39:12,920
Speaker 2: Yeah, he was great. He was great on the screens.

797
00:39:13,239 --> 00:39:17,799
Speaker 3: As you mentioned, shout out to Jamison Williams just for

798
00:39:19,120 --> 00:39:22,440
Speaker 3: going five for eighty. It's such a difference. He just

799
00:39:22,480 --> 00:39:25,200
Speaker 3: didn't used to run normal routes. Frankly until like the

800
00:39:25,320 --> 00:39:28,360
Speaker 3: very end of last year. He just had sort of

801
00:39:28,400 --> 00:39:31,040
Speaker 3: Jamison and Williams routes, kind of the stuff you see

802
00:39:31,080 --> 00:39:33,680
Speaker 3: with Xavier Worthy now in Kansas City or Mkole Hardman.

803
00:39:33,760 --> 00:39:36,800
Speaker 3: It's like they're not really real wide receivers, and Jamison

804
00:39:37,560 --> 00:39:41,560
Speaker 3: Williams is a big time real wide receiver. Laporta active

805
00:39:41,600 --> 00:39:44,000
Speaker 3: in this game. He's picked it up a little lately.

806
00:39:44,600 --> 00:39:47,960
Speaker 3: Just one last play that I wanted to point out.

807
00:39:48,239 --> 00:39:49,560
Speaker 3: It doesn't have to be the last play. We can

808
00:39:49,640 --> 00:39:56,839
Speaker 3: talk more, but the play where Tucker Kraft got walloped.

809
00:39:57,760 --> 00:40:00,040
Speaker 3: I think it was from by Joseph and Arnold I

810
00:40:00,040 --> 00:40:03,400
Speaker 3: can't even remember. It was two players by the Lions

811
00:40:03,520 --> 00:40:07,480
Speaker 3: going down into the red zone and I was just like, oh,

812
00:40:07,520 --> 00:40:09,400
Speaker 3: that was a hit. I mean, this whole game, they

813
00:40:09,440 --> 00:40:13,320
Speaker 3: were physical. Both teams were so physical. It's awesome to watch.

814
00:40:13,800 --> 00:40:16,280
Speaker 3: And then what do you call it that that Craft

815
00:40:16,280 --> 00:40:18,560
Speaker 3: did to get off two hundred and sixty pounds man?

816
00:40:18,640 --> 00:40:21,640
Speaker 4: Tucker Craft weighs two hundred and sixty pounds, probably closer

817
00:40:21,640 --> 00:40:24,120
Speaker 4: to two eighty and a full helmet in pads, and

818
00:40:24,160 --> 00:40:28,879
Speaker 4: he is literally down after getting absolutely shmacked by two

819
00:40:28,920 --> 00:40:31,759
Speaker 4: defenders on that catch. He's down for like less than

820
00:40:31,800 --> 00:40:34,280
Speaker 4: half a second before he does a kip up, which

821
00:40:34,320 --> 00:40:37,480
Speaker 4: is basically an arch backward and you push up with

822
00:40:37,520 --> 00:40:40,319
Speaker 4: your hands and your shoulders and you flip yourself up

823
00:40:40,360 --> 00:40:43,560
Speaker 4: to a fully standing position. His knees didn't even buckle

824
00:40:43,600 --> 00:40:46,000
Speaker 4: on that thing, man Like, he was just standing straight

825
00:40:46,080 --> 00:40:48,840
Speaker 4: up from that kip up. I was like, that's absurd,

826
00:40:48,880 --> 00:40:51,879
Speaker 4: that's egregious, that accut because.

827
00:40:51,560 --> 00:40:53,680
Speaker 3: It couldn't have the whole game couldn't have been more

828
00:40:54,160 --> 00:40:56,680
Speaker 3: like football guys as you say, and doing football things

829
00:40:56,680 --> 00:41:01,000
Speaker 3: and hitting, but then also like incredible appeah, like.

830
00:41:01,800 --> 00:41:03,400
Speaker 4: The most extraordinary athletes.

831
00:41:03,480 --> 00:41:05,880
Speaker 3: Yeah, it's crazy when you when you think back to

832
00:41:05,920 --> 00:41:08,520
Speaker 3: how good that tight end class was a year ago.

833
00:41:10,080 --> 00:41:11,960
Speaker 2: I mean, Craft is right there with.

834
00:41:11,960 --> 00:41:16,799
Speaker 3: Laport and Laporte is awesome, but Craft is really come

835
00:41:16,840 --> 00:41:19,320
Speaker 3: into his own in his second year. He showed flashes

836
00:41:19,360 --> 00:41:21,840
Speaker 3: at the end of last year. But this young group

837
00:41:22,200 --> 00:41:23,720
Speaker 3: for them is special.

838
00:41:24,280 --> 00:41:25,799
Speaker 4: Tight Ends night it was a big night for the

839
00:41:25,800 --> 00:41:27,920
Speaker 4: tight ends. They made some clutch plays. They were using

840
00:41:28,000 --> 00:41:30,759
Speaker 4: them all across the blocking service. Both teams were both

841
00:41:30,800 --> 00:41:33,680
Speaker 4: teams had tight ends that made crucial, crucial plays catches

842
00:41:34,000 --> 00:41:36,120
Speaker 4: or sprang open blocks for them. I just thought it

843
00:41:36,160 --> 00:41:39,120
Speaker 4: was super fun. This is like, this is like peak,

844
00:41:39,320 --> 00:41:41,839
Speaker 4: Like this division is just going to be like this

845
00:41:42,000 --> 00:41:44,239
Speaker 4: for a minute. And I love that and this kind

846
00:41:44,320 --> 00:41:47,040
Speaker 4: of put it all on display everything it's capable of

847
00:41:47,120 --> 00:41:47,520
Speaker 4: right now.

848
00:41:47,760 --> 00:41:50,200
Speaker 3: Yeah, and we'll get some more big games in this division,

849
00:41:50,680 --> 00:41:53,600
Speaker 3: including the Vikings, you know, playing both these teams. We're

850
00:41:53,600 --> 00:41:56,560
Speaker 3: not going to see these two teams play each other again.

851
00:41:56,680 --> 00:41:59,960
Speaker 3: But huge win for the Lions. You get to twelve

852
00:42:00,040 --> 00:42:03,239
Speaker 3: and one. I oh, man, man, I don't want to

853
00:42:03,239 --> 00:42:05,560
Speaker 3: just say football is back, but you know, like when

854
00:42:05,600 --> 00:42:07,680
Speaker 3: you get to see records, like wow, a team in

855
00:42:07,680 --> 00:42:09,160
Speaker 3: the NFL is twelve wins.

856
00:42:08,920 --> 00:42:11,719
Speaker 2: Now, like you know it. We're we're getting late in

857
00:42:11,760 --> 00:42:12,080
Speaker 2: the year.

858
00:42:12,120 --> 00:42:14,759
Speaker 3: But it was so important Jordan because they get a

859
00:42:14,760 --> 00:42:18,360
Speaker 3: little extra rest Detroit. Just to spin it forward, a

860
00:42:18,360 --> 00:42:22,319
Speaker 3: little bit, little extra rest before a game against the

861
00:42:22,360 --> 00:42:23,600
Speaker 3: Bills next week.

862
00:42:23,680 --> 00:42:25,960
Speaker 2: The Bills will be flying back.

863
00:42:25,719 --> 00:42:30,600
Speaker 3: From Los Angeles on Sunday night or Monday morning to

864
00:42:30,640 --> 00:42:33,320
Speaker 3: Buffalo and then have to come back to Detroit. So

865
00:42:33,400 --> 00:42:35,759
Speaker 3: that's a that's a nice advantage and helps them maybe

866
00:42:35,800 --> 00:42:38,400
Speaker 3: heal up just a little bit, maybe get some of

867
00:42:38,400 --> 00:42:41,319
Speaker 3: those defensive linemen like Pascal or on Wuzueriki back. But

868
00:42:41,360 --> 00:42:44,200
Speaker 3: you know what's crazy about that game, Jordan. It's a

869
00:42:44,200 --> 00:42:46,759
Speaker 3: four to twenty five game. Okay, that makes sense, but

870
00:42:46,880 --> 00:42:50,520
Speaker 3: it's the only week of the season where both networks

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Speaker 3: have a double header. Shout out to Jimmy Traina on

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Speaker 3: SI dot Com who pointed this out. I wouldn't have

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Speaker 3: known it only week of the season where both teams

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Speaker 3: have both networks have a double header. So we have

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Speaker 3: I have Steelers Eagles, which is a great Week fifteen

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Speaker 3: game opposite Bills and Lions ones on Fox, ones on CBS.

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Speaker 3: That right there is actually your best three hours of

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Speaker 3: intense football. I think all season to have those two

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Speaker 3: games opposite each other. So I'm looking forward to that

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Speaker 3: this season, and I love that the Lions held on

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Speaker 3: to the one seed. Well, they're gonna have to earn

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Speaker 3: it if they're gonna hold it all the way to

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Speaker 3: the end, because they still have the Bills and the

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Speaker 3: Vikings on their schedule.

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Speaker 4: It's all fun as crap from here, Greg. It just

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Speaker 4: is it freaking is to quote me quoting Dan Campbell, Okay.

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Speaker 2: We did it.

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Speaker 3: You joined me Jordan for the very first Thursday night

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Speaker 3: football game of the season kickoff. You know, between the

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Speaker 3: Ravens and the Chiefs.

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Speaker 2: We got fun game. I like that. We only give

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Speaker 2: you the.

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Speaker 4: I only throw heat, Greg, I only throw.

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Speaker 3: Heat, only the best for Jordan. Let's get out of here,

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Speaker 3: Let's get in a sleep. She's got rams practice to

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Speaker 3: get to in the morning. Awesome game. Only three Thursday

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Speaker 3: night football games left, Jordan.

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Speaker 2: That's crazy, oh man.

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Speaker 3: When we've got Jordan's last t NF game of the

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Speaker 3: year with us, you know, football is back.

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Speaker 2: We'll be back for the picks on Friday. See you then,