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Speaker 1: The Around the NFL podcast, It's not Billie Jeans Lover.

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Speaker 1: Do you think maybe Halloween se is gonna be a

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Speaker 1: produced or tagged onto our show. Yeah, and I've enjoyed

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Speaker 1: a lot of them are reacting to current events. This

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Speaker 1: one they're reacting to a forty year old album from

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Speaker 1: the Chris Westling podcast, It's Around the NFL. Also very timely.

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Speaker 1: Good job, Grave Digger, I'm Dan Hansas Heroes here, Greg Rosenthal,

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Speaker 1: Mark Sessler. It's week eight on the Sunday night flagship

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Speaker 1: program UM. This past Sunday, we went through and try

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Speaker 1: to figure out who the good teams are boys as

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Speaker 1: we start to spit towards what's around the midpoint of

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Speaker 1: the season. Now, it would be nice of a couple

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Speaker 1: more very good teams showed themselves, maybe even another great

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Speaker 1: team to join the Big three. This would be nice,

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Speaker 1: I would like to say, and maybe starting this week,

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Speaker 1: a team like say the Cowboys or I don't know

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Speaker 1: the Vikings or I don't know hell, the Bucks, are

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Speaker 1: the Packers? Do something? Get us excited? Don't hold your breath.

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Speaker 1: If anything, some of the teams you named, I think

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Speaker 1: are going to head in the other direction. A team

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Speaker 1: I'm a couple of bad appearances away with those teams

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Speaker 1: from essentially saying float off. But the parody. And everyone

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Speaker 1: says they want parody until they get like the ultimate

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Speaker 1: I super teams like when I was growing New York.

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Speaker 1: He should be happier. But the thing about parody is

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Speaker 1: and continue to disappoint, they won't be out of it because,

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Speaker 1: like you see, eight wins will get you into the

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Speaker 1: playoffs and the Southern Divisions like nine eight eight wins

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Speaker 1: might win you the divisions. So this thing will just

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Speaker 1: be drawn out. This is this is another win for

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Speaker 1: It's another win for Greg because in years past, when

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Speaker 1: the NFC, and I find that highly annoying to me

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Speaker 1: as a fan. Here we go another one of those shows.

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Speaker 1: I thought everyone was happy coming into this show. I

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Speaker 1: think the Thursday show, I am happy. I am allowed

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Speaker 1: to be. Why should I be pleased by total it's

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Speaker 1: the middle of the road and play and teams. That's

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Speaker 1: what they want time of my lifeisodes In those opening

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Speaker 1: and Mark's boys that little like extra like edge to it,

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Speaker 1: you know it's going to be one of those spicies.

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Speaker 1: It's usually when I've had less than two hours of

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Speaker 1: sleep the night before, which is accurate everyone. I like

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Speaker 1: these Thursdays though, because on the other show days there's

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Speaker 1: like a lot of other things going on, and at

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Speaker 1: least for me, and I think it's for you guys

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Speaker 1: do this Thursday show. It's just all ball. We just

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Speaker 1: got this show. We're gonna do football, as we all know.

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Speaker 1: Only that that's great. This is it. I liked your

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Speaker 1: that before. Well, they're they're struggling this year. Other than

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Speaker 1: winners into the playoffs in a season like this, I'd say,

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Speaker 1: a lot of people streets talking there into the you'r

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Speaker 1: the GM return episode. So check that out on your podcast,

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Speaker 1: would suggest, I would say that would help us clear

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Speaker 1: and I disagree. I thought he played a clean game

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Speaker 1: last week against the Giants. I mean they just they

430
00:22:23,560 --> 00:22:28,159
Speaker 1: were ran on so hard by New York relationship. I

431
00:22:28,160 --> 00:22:30,119
Speaker 1: just disagree. I thought he might sing with him and

432
00:22:30,359 --> 00:22:32,240
Speaker 1: he saw it on like that last drive on the

433
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Speaker 1: second the last throw he had in the game. How

434
00:22:34,160 --> 00:22:36,680
Speaker 1: many throwers a game does he just miss by seven

435
00:22:36,800 --> 00:22:39,640
Speaker 1: or eight yards. He's doing that in every game though,

436
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Speaker 1: So it's like it's not that this was he does.

437
00:22:42,640 --> 00:22:46,240
Speaker 1: He throws high of targets every game that that came

438
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Speaker 1: down to the end. I mean he he also aggressively.

439
00:22:48,320 --> 00:22:50,840
Speaker 1: I thought he converted him fourth and won a big pass.

440
00:22:50,880 --> 00:22:54,040
Speaker 1: I think Doug Peterson's trusting him to do more. I

441
00:22:54,080 --> 00:22:57,159
Speaker 1: think it's one yard extra. They beat the Giants and

442
00:22:57,200 --> 00:22:59,679
Speaker 1: it's a huge win for the Jaguars. So you know

443
00:23:00,160 --> 00:23:02,199
Speaker 1: that that's that's the way it goes. Sometimes, just to

444
00:23:02,240 --> 00:23:04,520
Speaker 1: circle back to Wilson, the one thing that Russell Wilson

445
00:23:04,560 --> 00:23:08,280
Speaker 1: I really want to I want to try to understand him,

446
00:23:08,280 --> 00:23:11,119
Speaker 1: and it's tough to understand him. Um, but does he

447
00:23:11,160 --> 00:23:15,760
Speaker 1: even have the requisite self awareness to understand the uneven

448
00:23:15,800 --> 00:23:17,920
Speaker 1: ground he stands on right now in his locker room

449
00:23:18,280 --> 00:23:22,200
Speaker 1: the world around him. He just seems so insulated from

450
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Speaker 1: human being stuff that I wonder if he is he

451
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Speaker 1: even in the place where there's more urgency in his

452
00:23:27,720 --> 00:23:29,960
Speaker 1: mind or that do I have to make these changes?

453
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Speaker 1: Or is he watching the film and not seeing what

454
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Speaker 1: other people are seeing. I don't know what's going on

455
00:23:33,800 --> 00:23:35,760
Speaker 1: with that, even watching that interview, I mean, I think

456
00:23:35,760 --> 00:23:38,280
Speaker 1: you're look're talking about Aaron Rodgers being a bit detached

457
00:23:38,280 --> 00:23:40,160
Speaker 1: from the rest of the team to some degree, right,

458
00:23:40,240 --> 00:23:42,399
Speaker 1: it's a different type of detachment with Russell Wilson. It

459
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Speaker 1: just seems to be uh to clear a balloon up

460
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Speaker 1: in the sky. I don't understand how he can be

461
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Speaker 1: in this mind state after what's occurred so far, and

462
00:23:49,880 --> 00:23:51,720
Speaker 1: I've gotten him this far, I guess is well, how

463
00:23:51,800 --> 00:23:57,760
Speaker 1: he like relentless positivity without necessarily recognizing the realities of

464
00:23:57,920 --> 00:24:00,439
Speaker 1: the situation around him has got him this far, And

465
00:24:00,560 --> 00:24:02,399
Speaker 1: so I guess he's still rolling with it and treated

466
00:24:02,400 --> 00:24:04,880
Speaker 1: special for eighteen years now too as a human being, right,

467
00:24:04,920 --> 00:24:07,960
Speaker 1: and even within the sphere of the NFL, like we

468
00:24:08,000 --> 00:24:11,560
Speaker 1: work here in the NFL network home office is NFL

469
00:24:11,640 --> 00:24:15,520
Speaker 1: Media Headquarters, and there's a right next to our huddle,

470
00:24:15,560 --> 00:24:19,919
Speaker 1: our cafeteria, there's a huge photo of Russell Wilson sitting

471
00:24:19,960 --> 00:24:22,560
Speaker 1: on like a gym like working out, with his hands

472
00:24:22,600 --> 00:24:25,680
Speaker 1: clenched like staring at the camera with a giant word

473
00:24:25,720 --> 00:24:31,000
Speaker 1: across his body, integrity. And it's like this, this image

474
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Speaker 1: that he's built or has been built around him, it's

475
00:24:34,119 --> 00:24:37,000
Speaker 1: almost like now that the play isn't backing it up,

476
00:24:37,119 --> 00:24:39,960
Speaker 1: everything feels so out of whack and strange. And yeah,

477
00:24:40,040 --> 00:24:42,920
Speaker 1: you wonder if the side eyes in that Denver locker

478
00:24:43,000 --> 00:24:47,080
Speaker 1: room are going on hyper drive, especially when they see him.

479
00:24:47,240 --> 00:24:49,160
Speaker 1: It's not even close to the level of Aaron Rodgers.

480
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Speaker 1: I wanna make that clear to like, I hated what

481
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Speaker 1: Rogers did this week with his teammates and the way

482
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Speaker 1: he kind of separated himself. Russell Wilson doesn't do any

483
00:24:56,359 --> 00:24:58,600
Speaker 1: of that completely different. For the most part, He's not

484
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Speaker 1: harming anyone, which is why that does heels like it's

485
00:25:01,119 --> 00:25:03,560
Speaker 1: too much. What he does do is in an effort

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Speaker 1: to show that he's Wolverine. He'll say things like I'm

487
00:25:07,240 --> 00:25:09,560
Speaker 1: high stepping through the plane while everyone else is sleeping

488
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Speaker 1: and I don't even think he has the awareness that

489
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Speaker 1: he's throwing people under the bus by that comment, whereas Rogers,

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Speaker 1: you know, he knows exactly what he's doing. There's a

491
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Speaker 1: lack of precision with Wilson on that comment. Also, you know,

492
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Speaker 1: I do I want to apologize to Mark. You know

493
00:25:22,240 --> 00:25:27,080
Speaker 1: where QB index brothers here, maybe I was Roger. I

494
00:25:27,160 --> 00:25:30,000
Speaker 1: think it's I've reached this point of frustration with Lawrence

495
00:25:30,119 --> 00:25:32,280
Speaker 1: that I'm watching this game and I'm just like, I

496
00:25:32,440 --> 00:25:35,000
Speaker 1: just want more, and I feel like he's been put

497
00:25:35,280 --> 00:25:38,600
Speaker 1: at this pedestal from certain QB evaluators and I just

498
00:25:38,640 --> 00:25:41,800
Speaker 1: don't see it and I want more. And like last

499
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Speaker 1: week was a game where I watched it and I said, Wow,

500
00:25:44,480 --> 00:25:46,399
Speaker 1: that game was there for the taking. The new RPO

501
00:25:46,480 --> 00:25:48,520
Speaker 1: stuff they're doing. That's I think that why they traded

502
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Speaker 1: James Robinson. Is Lawrence running and et N running. It's

503
00:25:52,320 --> 00:25:54,520
Speaker 1: fun like and he's good at that sort of thing,

504
00:25:54,560 --> 00:25:58,480
Speaker 1: but he to me, he's like a taller tour right now,

505
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Speaker 1: and I'm just like giving the kid was there for

506
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Speaker 1: the taking and he missed so many throws that it

507
00:26:02,720 --> 00:26:04,679
Speaker 1: was just I reached the point where I was like,

508
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Speaker 1: show me more like what I'm comparing him too was himself,

509
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Speaker 1: not the other quarterbacks, because you're right, we haven't had

510
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Speaker 1: like the two or three game stretch where he's tearing

511
00:26:13,240 --> 00:26:16,359
Speaker 1: it open like Joe Burrow. There's nothing, there's nothing he

512
00:26:16,400 --> 00:26:18,159
Speaker 1: should be. That's what they drafted him for, that's what

513
00:26:18,200 --> 00:26:20,080
Speaker 1: we thought he'd become, and he's not there yet because

514
00:26:20,080 --> 00:26:22,760
Speaker 1: the inconsistencies are there every week with him. It would

515
00:26:22,760 --> 00:26:24,960
Speaker 1: be great if he did something against the Broncos defense.

516
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Speaker 1: Can I just as someone on the outside of the

517
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Speaker 1: QB Index universe unsolicited advice like we were saying with

518
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Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers, Greggy, it's okay to have that feeling and

519
00:26:36,119 --> 00:26:39,600
Speaker 1: to share that criticism behind closed doors, and you could

520
00:26:39,600 --> 00:26:41,399
Speaker 1: have had the conversation with Mark, but to say it

521
00:26:41,480 --> 00:26:44,960
Speaker 1: on the podcast undermines what Mark's trying to do to

522
00:26:45,040 --> 00:26:47,119
Speaker 1: establish himself on the QB Index beat. I mean, I

523
00:26:47,160 --> 00:26:51,200
Speaker 1: would rather. I think it's makes for good listening. Conflict

524
00:26:51,280 --> 00:26:55,400
Speaker 1: is just every relationship is different. But there's no one

525
00:26:55,480 --> 00:26:58,800
Speaker 1: that I would battle with more than Chris about these things.

526
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Speaker 1: And it wasn't a lack of respect. Certainly, I think

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Speaker 1: it's showing respect when you disagree that's all. I agree

528
00:27:04,760 --> 00:27:08,680
Speaker 1: with what he is agreeing. Oh yes, really kissing cousins

529
00:27:08,720 --> 00:27:12,080
Speaker 1: over here. I see the cracks in the neeor. All right,

530
00:27:12,160 --> 00:27:14,200
Speaker 1: let's take a break and we'll get to the draft.

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Speaker 1: All right, let's get to the draft. Greg, you have

532
00:27:22,560 --> 00:27:25,640
Speaker 1: the first overall pick. I do, And once again, it's

533
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Speaker 1: a week where I don't think there's an obvious great

534
00:27:28,720 --> 00:27:32,920
Speaker 1: first choice. So I'm gonna take the Giants and the

535
00:27:33,000 --> 00:27:35,520
Speaker 1: Seahawks as my first choice because I want to lock

536
00:27:35,560 --> 00:27:37,879
Speaker 1: in a good late game and I really want to

537
00:27:37,920 --> 00:27:39,560
Speaker 1: see that game, and I haven't been able to watch

538
00:27:39,640 --> 00:27:42,720
Speaker 1: the Giants in a live game. I don't think all year. Weirdly,

539
00:27:42,760 --> 00:27:45,760
Speaker 1: I wanted him last week. I want this game. In theory,

540
00:27:45,800 --> 00:27:48,560
Speaker 1: it's Gino's revenge game, but really it's a game between

541
00:27:48,640 --> 00:27:51,560
Speaker 1: two of the you know for you're like literally the

542
00:27:51,560 --> 00:27:54,160
Speaker 1: only person that remembers he was on the Giants, including Gino.

543
00:27:54,359 --> 00:27:56,800
Speaker 1: I mean, how about John Mara doing him dirty when

544
00:27:56,840 --> 00:27:59,440
Speaker 1: they put him in and Ben McAdoo had the right vision.

545
00:27:59,440 --> 00:28:01,840
Speaker 1: This guy is better than Eli right now, and he

546
00:28:01,880 --> 00:28:04,359
Speaker 1: went and played a solid game, and then John Mara

547
00:28:04,520 --> 00:28:06,320
Speaker 1: comes in and takes him back out of the lineup.

548
00:28:06,400 --> 00:28:08,399
Speaker 1: Let's get Eli back in for a year and a half.

549
00:28:08,520 --> 00:28:16,639
Speaker 1: That always well, that always bothered you the way we're

550
00:28:16,680 --> 00:28:20,560
Speaker 1: on the same pot for everyone, Like, why would the

551
00:28:20,640 --> 00:28:24,440
Speaker 1: Giants Greg treat Eli Manning with deference? Oh, let me

552
00:28:24,640 --> 00:28:34,200
Speaker 1: see the point that he after he came in numbers forty?

553
00:28:34,320 --> 00:28:36,680
Speaker 1: It's why is Greg mad about this? Still? Yeah? Why

554
00:28:36,720 --> 00:28:40,360
Speaker 1: does it get under skinny two? Six? Okay? Throwing some

555
00:28:40,480 --> 00:28:43,920
Speaker 1: geno and it's basically like a nuclear bomb in Greg's life.

556
00:28:44,040 --> 00:28:47,400
Speaker 1: I mean, here, here's another couple of numbers, five and four.

557
00:28:47,560 --> 00:28:49,720
Speaker 1: That's like the amount of games they want, five and

558
00:28:49,800 --> 00:28:51,640
Speaker 1: three the amount of games they won those two years.

559
00:28:51,680 --> 00:28:55,680
Speaker 1: So it's like, anyways, good game, can't you can't wipe

560
00:28:55,720 --> 00:29:00,640
Speaker 1: out the scoreboard of those two Sundays. The main reason

561
00:29:00,680 --> 00:29:02,240
Speaker 1: I think, even if I wasn't a Gino, fans like

562
00:29:02,240 --> 00:29:04,080
Speaker 1: these are two of the most surprising teams in the NFC,

563
00:29:04,120 --> 00:29:05,960
Speaker 1: and I think we're at the point where one or

564
00:29:06,040 --> 00:29:08,720
Speaker 1: both of them could be in the playoffs. At this point,

565
00:29:08,720 --> 00:29:12,720
Speaker 1: the Giants are favored to make the playoffs. Marcus showing

566
00:29:12,760 --> 00:29:15,600
Speaker 1: me one of his highlighted notes, dan is two biggest

567
00:29:15,600 --> 00:29:18,800
Speaker 1: surprises In the end, I just simply like we're living

568
00:29:18,800 --> 00:29:20,600
Speaker 1: in each other's minds at this It's almost like we

569
00:29:20,600 --> 00:29:23,760
Speaker 1: don't need both of you. I don't like that direction.

570
00:29:23,960 --> 00:29:25,800
Speaker 1: I don't like we're going I like this matchup for

571
00:29:25,840 --> 00:29:29,440
Speaker 1: the Seahawks because of Kenneth Walker. The Giants are dead

572
00:29:29,520 --> 00:29:33,000
Speaker 1: last in the NFL and yards per carry alloud. I

573
00:29:33,040 --> 00:29:36,280
Speaker 1: think they're dead last in rushing d v o A

574
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Speaker 1: allowed the way you attack run blitz, I mean blitzing

575
00:29:39,560 --> 00:29:41,640
Speaker 1: in general is with a good running game. They've shown

576
00:29:42,000 --> 00:29:44,440
Speaker 1: major cracks the last couple of weeks, giving up big

577
00:29:44,440 --> 00:29:46,360
Speaker 1: plays in the running game to eat n and I

578
00:29:46,360 --> 00:29:49,240
Speaker 1: think Kenneth Walker and the Seahawks team can mash on

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Speaker 1: the ground in addition to Gino. And that's why I'm

580
00:29:51,000 --> 00:29:57,040
Speaker 1: locking this baby up. How about okay? How about that? Alright?

581
00:29:57,080 --> 00:29:59,680
Speaker 1: I like it's always good whenever your opponent's locking with

582
00:29:59,720 --> 00:30:02,600
Speaker 1: his I like that you have not been buying into

583
00:30:02,600 --> 00:30:04,880
Speaker 1: the You wouldn't even vote the Giants as being a

584
00:30:04,920 --> 00:30:07,400
Speaker 1: good team on Sunday, as I recall. And I'm not

585
00:30:07,440 --> 00:30:09,640
Speaker 1: saying the Giants are a great team, but like we're saying,

586
00:30:10,440 --> 00:30:13,120
Speaker 1: count off the teams that are better than good right now,

587
00:30:13,160 --> 00:30:16,080
Speaker 1: It's it's a it's a very small they've got something special.

588
00:30:16,760 --> 00:30:18,520
Speaker 1: They believe they're gonna win when they get to the

589
00:30:18,560 --> 00:30:21,840
Speaker 1: fourth quarter and they make all the plays. Style of

590
00:30:21,960 --> 00:30:24,680
Speaker 1: play I think allows that to be something they can

591
00:30:24,760 --> 00:30:27,880
Speaker 1: believe in because they wore down Jacksonville big time last week.

592
00:30:28,000 --> 00:30:29,840
Speaker 1: They're running the ball as well as anyone in the league.

593
00:30:29,840 --> 00:30:32,200
Speaker 1: Their quarterback can run for a hundred plus and against

594
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Speaker 1: the Seattle defense. I think it's an interesting lock, Greig,

595
00:30:34,640 --> 00:30:36,640
Speaker 1: because I think the Giants can do what they want

596
00:30:36,680 --> 00:30:38,360
Speaker 1: to do against this defense. I think you're trying to

597
00:30:38,400 --> 00:30:40,200
Speaker 1: make a statement through your lock, and that's fun. I

598
00:30:40,280 --> 00:30:43,320
Speaker 1: like it. Kenneth Walker, He's definitely looked great. He iced

599
00:30:43,320 --> 00:30:46,360
Speaker 1: that game with the seventy four yard run, which showed

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00:30:46,520 --> 00:30:48,600
Speaker 1: that he has burst and how he's got the whole thing.

601
00:30:48,680 --> 00:30:53,360
Speaker 1: You like that. No, DK metcalf most likely in this game, right, Uh,

602
00:30:53,520 --> 00:30:57,000
Speaker 1: he suffered. He's very fortunate. Um it wasn't a ruptured

603
00:30:57,040 --> 00:31:01,720
Speaker 1: pateller tendon, which is a terrible injury for any football player,

604
00:31:01,760 --> 00:31:04,280
Speaker 1: but he he damaged it in some way, so he

605
00:31:04,320 --> 00:31:07,000
Speaker 1: has been practicing. I would not expect him to be

606
00:31:07,040 --> 00:31:09,959
Speaker 1: in this game. So that takes away one of Gino's weapons.

607
00:31:10,480 --> 00:31:13,480
Speaker 1: Gino was good last week, you know, couples up for grabs.

608
00:31:14,960 --> 00:31:18,440
Speaker 1: I wonder that Eli comp I gave you earlier in

609
00:31:18,480 --> 00:31:20,240
Speaker 1: the year. I really think there's something. He'll make a

610
00:31:20,240 --> 00:31:22,360
Speaker 1: couple of throws every game where it's like, I completely

611
00:31:22,360 --> 00:31:24,160
Speaker 1: believe in the Geno thing right now. I mean, he's

612
00:31:24,200 --> 00:31:26,880
Speaker 1: just making some incredible I mean, this is his throw

613
00:31:27,040 --> 00:31:29,720
Speaker 1: is he's having a great season, um, but he is

614
00:31:29,760 --> 00:31:33,200
Speaker 1: not also above throwing the ball up for grabs. And

615
00:31:33,280 --> 00:31:36,160
Speaker 1: he's right now been uh living a charmed year in

616
00:31:36,200 --> 00:31:38,040
Speaker 1: some ways. I just wonder if he comes down to

617
00:31:38,080 --> 00:31:41,440
Speaker 1: earth a little bit in this game against Wink Martindale,

618
00:31:41,440 --> 00:31:44,760
Speaker 1: who might have something cooked up for Gino to frazzle

619
00:31:44,800 --> 00:31:46,640
Speaker 1: him a little bit because he deserves the benefit of

620
00:31:46,680 --> 00:31:49,200
Speaker 1: the doubt, because who's getting more out of their team,

621
00:31:49,400 --> 00:31:52,400
Speaker 1: uh than Wink Martindale right now? On that defense? How

622
00:31:52,440 --> 00:31:55,000
Speaker 1: about um Jane Waldron on the other side of the thing,

623
00:31:55,160 --> 00:31:57,000
Speaker 1: was we never we never bring him up. And yeah,

624
00:31:57,000 --> 00:31:59,240
Speaker 1: their defense, we didn't talk about it much, but they

625
00:31:59,240 --> 00:32:01,440
Speaker 1: tried to transition into a three four defense. They did

626
00:32:01,440 --> 00:32:03,960
Speaker 1: transition to a three ft defense, very different from what

627
00:32:04,000 --> 00:32:07,040
Speaker 1: Pete Carroll has done for the last ten eleven years

628
00:32:07,040 --> 00:32:08,680
Speaker 1: and you saw some growing pains, and now I do

629
00:32:08,760 --> 00:32:11,240
Speaker 1: think you're seeing improvement as a Seahawks fan. Now that's

630
00:32:11,280 --> 00:32:14,600
Speaker 1: basically what I am. I'm you're not a Patriots fan anymore.

631
00:32:14,640 --> 00:32:17,440
Speaker 1: Probably I'm a Patriot. I can be both. He's fan

632
00:32:17,480 --> 00:32:19,600
Speaker 1: of like twelve other teams too. I'll let you know what.

633
00:32:19,880 --> 00:32:23,840
Speaker 1: They're definitely top two right now? Was your favorite team

634
00:32:23,920 --> 00:32:28,480
Speaker 1: the Patriots? Okay, but actually, like the minute New England

635
00:32:28,520 --> 00:32:31,280
Speaker 1: stops producing Lombardi trophies, Greg's on the fence. I mean

636
00:32:31,360 --> 00:32:33,040
Speaker 1: I told you that at the time. It wasn't a

637
00:32:33,080 --> 00:32:36,360
Speaker 1: popular opinion with that's anyone I said. When Tom Brady leaves,

638
00:32:36,400 --> 00:32:39,040
Speaker 1: it's never gonna feel there isn't There isn't a poster

639
00:32:39,120 --> 00:32:41,120
Speaker 1: of Greg's face with integrity up in our next to

640
00:32:41,120 --> 00:32:44,800
Speaker 1: our huddle. Jones Daniel Jones is playing much more common

641
00:32:44,840 --> 00:32:47,640
Speaker 1: the pocket, but they will be short too offensive lineman here.

642
00:32:48,080 --> 00:32:50,160
Speaker 1: I like the way Daniel Jones is playing like a

643
00:32:50,360 --> 00:32:53,360
Speaker 1: just not as skittish, but they are short too offensive

644
00:32:53,360 --> 00:32:55,560
Speaker 1: linemen and their starting tight end, so they have some injuries.

645
00:32:55,640 --> 00:32:57,800
Speaker 1: That's funny because they when they went out those alignment

646
00:32:57,880 --> 00:32:59,880
Speaker 1: last game, it didn't stop what the Giants did or

647
00:33:00,120 --> 00:33:04,240
Speaker 1: they did it. They also will be without Kadarius Tony,

648
00:33:04,280 --> 00:33:06,920
Speaker 1: who was traded to the Kansas City Chiefs right before

649
00:33:06,920 --> 00:33:10,600
Speaker 1: the show transition A transitioning to the three four defense.

650
00:33:10,680 --> 00:33:14,480
Speaker 1: Le'll transition to a news item right there. Wonderful. He's

651
00:33:14,520 --> 00:33:19,320
Speaker 1: been doing this for a long time and people should know. Um.

652
00:33:19,440 --> 00:33:21,840
Speaker 1: I also have my notes here if you want to

653
00:33:21,880 --> 00:33:24,800
Speaker 1: get a tight shot on this if you can, um,

654
00:33:25,040 --> 00:33:30,480
Speaker 1: Giant Seahawks good not bad, open parenthetical, surprise closed parenthetical.

655
00:33:30,600 --> 00:33:33,240
Speaker 1: So that incredible insight you guys had that you shared

656
00:33:33,280 --> 00:33:37,000
Speaker 1: in your notes. I also had a written down football

657
00:33:37,080 --> 00:33:43,240
Speaker 1: Insider thank you. We're operating in concert because because I mean,

658
00:33:43,280 --> 00:33:47,280
Speaker 1: it is quite a note. Surprisingly good. Uh, they because

659
00:33:47,280 --> 00:33:49,200
Speaker 1: we don't have the Chiefs in this show. Uh, we

660
00:33:49,240 --> 00:33:51,040
Speaker 1: should mention this is a big trade for them. A

661
00:33:51,120 --> 00:33:53,640
Speaker 1: third round compensatory pick. So that's at the very end

662
00:33:53,640 --> 00:33:56,200
Speaker 1: of the draft, at the end of the third round,

663
00:33:56,200 --> 00:33:58,400
Speaker 1: but it's still a third round pick. They got it

664
00:33:58,480 --> 00:34:02,640
Speaker 1: in the Ryan Pole Goes to Chicago deal where you

665
00:34:02,680 --> 00:34:08,080
Speaker 1: now get compensatory picks for developing minority candidates for GM

666
00:34:08,280 --> 00:34:11,040
Speaker 1: or or coaching jobs, and a sixth round pick. They

667
00:34:11,080 --> 00:34:14,320
Speaker 1: have him for three more years. Yes, he can't stay healthy.

668
00:34:14,600 --> 00:34:17,239
Speaker 1: He's been a little bit of a troubling player for

669
00:34:17,239 --> 00:34:21,319
Speaker 1: the Giants to manage. But he is incredibly dynamic, and

670
00:34:21,360 --> 00:34:24,120
Speaker 1: it's exciting to think of a player incredibly dynamic in

671
00:34:24,120 --> 00:34:27,240
Speaker 1: that chief system. It could wind up being a great

672
00:34:27,280 --> 00:34:30,120
Speaker 1: move to me, he's a much better version of McCall

673
00:34:30,160 --> 00:34:32,239
Speaker 1: Hardman if he stayed healthy. You tend to trust that

674
00:34:32,360 --> 00:34:34,160
Speaker 1: Andy Reid and the Chiefs will find a way to

675
00:34:34,200 --> 00:34:36,439
Speaker 1: make this work better than what it's more than a yeah,

676
00:34:36,520 --> 00:34:39,840
Speaker 1: like a flyer for the Chiefs, because that's that's a

677
00:34:39,960 --> 00:34:42,480
Speaker 1: real picks that they gave up. I guess in three

678
00:34:42,560 --> 00:34:47,080
Speaker 1: years of him too like and it's better certainly than

679
00:34:47,160 --> 00:34:48,719
Speaker 1: like the last couple of years where it was like

680
00:34:48,840 --> 00:34:54,600
Speaker 1: up the Chiefs have signed Josh Gordon. Can we please uh?

681
00:34:54,719 --> 00:34:57,600
Speaker 1: This is is a player with an exciting high ceiling

682
00:34:57,680 --> 00:34:59,960
Speaker 1: that was selected by a different regime in New York?

683
00:35:00,120 --> 00:35:02,719
Speaker 1: Can that would be the only thing quickly wore out

684
00:35:02,719 --> 00:35:05,600
Speaker 1: as welcome? But maybe in the structure of Kansas City

685
00:35:05,640 --> 00:35:08,920
Speaker 1: and what they've built there. But we know everybody's loving

686
00:35:09,160 --> 00:35:12,600
Speaker 1: the dable Giants Joe Shane Earra so far, and they

687
00:35:12,600 --> 00:35:15,120
Speaker 1: didn't seem to like them or feel like they needed

688
00:35:15,160 --> 00:35:17,680
Speaker 1: him around. So yeah, they who knows them better than

689
00:35:17,719 --> 00:35:19,239
Speaker 1: the Giants. So we'll see what the Chiefs can do.

690
00:35:19,360 --> 00:35:22,000
Speaker 1: All right, let's move to the second pick. It would

691
00:35:22,040 --> 00:35:25,120
Speaker 1: be Mark Sessler. Well, this is easy for me, and

692
00:35:25,160 --> 00:35:26,680
Speaker 1: I'm glad it's still sitting here. I didn't think it

693
00:35:26,719 --> 00:35:30,080
Speaker 1: would be. But I'm gonna take Niners at Rams, and

694
00:35:30,280 --> 00:35:32,200
Speaker 1: I think we've kind of just assumed that the Rams

695
00:35:32,200 --> 00:35:35,120
Speaker 1: are going to fix the problems. Uh, I'm not so

696
00:35:35,160 --> 00:35:37,400
Speaker 1: sure about that one, because I think their issues obviously

697
00:35:37,440 --> 00:35:40,000
Speaker 1: are along the offensive line. You've now have Joe note

698
00:35:40,040 --> 00:35:42,320
Speaker 1: Boom out of the mix. It does sound like Brian

699
00:35:42,360 --> 00:35:44,160
Speaker 1: Allen the center will be back, which is which is

700
00:35:44,200 --> 00:35:47,720
Speaker 1: big for Matthew Stafford because when they faced the Niners

701
00:35:47,800 --> 00:35:50,400
Speaker 1: last time, that's when they lost them. And you're dealing

702
00:35:50,440 --> 00:35:53,560
Speaker 1: with Matthew Stafford and a center he had never played

703
00:35:53,560 --> 00:35:56,200
Speaker 1: with even in practice, and and Stafford having to call

704
00:35:56,280 --> 00:35:59,319
Speaker 1: protections at the line. That game turns so chaotic, and

705
00:35:59,360 --> 00:36:02,880
Speaker 1: it was just an other notation in the Niners Rams

706
00:36:02,920 --> 00:36:06,080
Speaker 1: confrontations where the Niners just have simply dominated the Rams.

707
00:36:06,080 --> 00:36:09,080
Speaker 1: It's got to annoy Sean McVeigh to such a high

708
00:36:09,400 --> 00:36:12,080
Speaker 1: level to be dominated by Kyle Shanahan this way. I

709
00:36:12,360 --> 00:36:14,520
Speaker 1: think this is l a season right here. If you

710
00:36:14,600 --> 00:36:17,040
Speaker 1: lose this thing, I do because I know, I understand

711
00:36:17,040 --> 00:36:19,600
Speaker 1: they're in a bad division. I understand they're in a

712
00:36:19,640 --> 00:36:22,120
Speaker 1: bad division. But if you get dominated by the Niners again,

713
00:36:22,200 --> 00:36:25,120
Speaker 1: I I wonder if it trades, it changes their complexion

714
00:36:25,120 --> 00:36:27,279
Speaker 1: on who they might trade for trade deadlinelines or who

715
00:36:27,280 --> 00:36:29,720
Speaker 1: they might give away um and what they do. I

716
00:36:29,719 --> 00:36:31,920
Speaker 1: I get that you're still alive, but I would have

717
00:36:32,120 --> 00:36:35,200
Speaker 1: a tough time believing in a Rams team that cannot

718
00:36:35,239 --> 00:36:37,919
Speaker 1: get this past this team and I and I don't

719
00:36:37,920 --> 00:36:39,719
Speaker 1: know if what their problems are, if they're fixable. I

720
00:36:39,719 --> 00:36:41,239
Speaker 1: just don't know if they're fixable. Yeah, I need to

721
00:36:41,280 --> 00:36:44,360
Speaker 1: see it. I I don't assume they're gonna fix everything.

722
00:36:44,400 --> 00:36:46,600
Speaker 1: I don't think they'll turn into sellers or not be

723
00:36:46,640 --> 00:36:49,439
Speaker 1: as aggressive if they lost this game, they're gonna maybe

724
00:36:49,480 --> 00:36:51,759
Speaker 1: be more aggressive or just as aggressive, because I just

725
00:36:51,800 --> 00:36:54,040
Speaker 1: think they're they're all in and that's what they do.

726
00:36:54,320 --> 00:36:56,400
Speaker 1: And wouldn't surprise me to see them pick up a receiver,

727
00:36:56,680 --> 00:36:59,080
Speaker 1: maybe Brandon Cooks when Mike Garret follow threw that out

728
00:36:59,080 --> 00:37:02,040
Speaker 1: on Tuesday's show that like old teams still like them.

729
00:37:02,080 --> 00:37:05,600
Speaker 1: I'm like, okay, that's specific, and that's about right. They're limited,

730
00:37:05,640 --> 00:37:08,319
Speaker 1: Brandon Cooks and Rams. Yeah, they're limited in terms of

731
00:37:08,360 --> 00:37:11,160
Speaker 1: their assets draft assets because they've traded so much in

732
00:37:11,200 --> 00:37:14,200
Speaker 1: recent years. But they'll find a way and they will

733
00:37:14,640 --> 00:37:17,520
Speaker 1: add somebody. That's what this this Rams regime is all about.

734
00:37:17,640 --> 00:37:19,600
Speaker 1: And they see that the NFC West has been hugely

735
00:37:19,600 --> 00:37:22,960
Speaker 1: disappointing themselves, included the divisions there, which means there's a

736
00:37:22,960 --> 00:37:25,560
Speaker 1: path even if you don't get to buy this year. Uh,

737
00:37:25,600 --> 00:37:28,360
Speaker 1: there's a path to a home game and and in

738
00:37:28,400 --> 00:37:30,640
Speaker 1: the playoffs and then who knows, you get hot. So

739
00:37:30,680 --> 00:37:32,920
Speaker 1: they're gonna make a move. It just depends what it is,

740
00:37:32,960 --> 00:37:36,160
Speaker 1: whether it's adding a lineman, offensive lineman, a pass rusher,

741
00:37:36,239 --> 00:37:38,560
Speaker 1: or wide receiver, maybe all three. I don't put anything

742
00:37:38,560 --> 00:37:41,360
Speaker 1: past them. They're hyper aggressive. It does help Van Jefferson

743
00:37:41,480 --> 00:37:43,920
Speaker 1: is healthy again too, so it sounds like he so

744
00:37:44,040 --> 00:37:46,080
Speaker 1: he will play. And I think they made a little

745
00:37:46,080 --> 00:37:49,400
Speaker 1: bit of a change in the game against the Panthers

746
00:37:49,400 --> 00:37:53,280
Speaker 1: that's worth watching. Stafford was ten for ten under center

747
00:37:53,320 --> 00:37:55,719
Speaker 1: in that game for a hundred and forty two yards

748
00:37:55,719 --> 00:37:58,560
Speaker 1: in a touchdown. The second half of that game I

749
00:37:58,560 --> 00:38:01,319
Speaker 1: thought was the best half They're off fence had all year.

750
00:38:01,960 --> 00:38:05,560
Speaker 1: And under center is more the old school Rams, it's

751
00:38:05,600 --> 00:38:10,040
Speaker 1: the Jared Goff Rams play actions, simplify things, make it

752
00:38:10,080 --> 00:38:13,319
Speaker 1: a little easier on the quarterback and maybe on the

753
00:38:13,360 --> 00:38:16,000
Speaker 1: offensive line as well. And he played well in that

754
00:38:16,040 --> 00:38:19,040
Speaker 1: scenario because one thing we've been hesitant to do on

755
00:38:19,040 --> 00:38:21,880
Speaker 1: this show is criticized Stafford too much because of the situation.

756
00:38:22,239 --> 00:38:24,800
Speaker 1: But he has one of the worst grades on PFF,

757
00:38:25,320 --> 00:38:28,919
Speaker 1: one of the worst um numbers from any metrics. When

758
00:38:28,920 --> 00:38:32,120
Speaker 1: he has a clean pocket, he hasn't just struggled when

759
00:38:32,120 --> 00:38:35,839
Speaker 1: the offensive line struggled, He's just struggled. And that game

760
00:38:35,880 --> 00:38:39,080
Speaker 1: against the forty nine is obviously was probably the deer

761
00:38:39,800 --> 00:38:44,600
Speaker 1: it was. I think there's some for me anyway, the

762
00:38:44,680 --> 00:38:47,399
Speaker 1: idea that it was then the deer. I do like that.

763
00:38:47,520 --> 00:38:50,480
Speaker 1: You know Greg planned that line. I totally did not.

764
00:38:50,560 --> 00:38:56,120
Speaker 1: You think I I built in some accident forgiveness with

765
00:38:56,160 --> 00:38:59,680
Speaker 1: Stafford because remember how lost they were last November and

766
00:38:59,680 --> 00:39:03,480
Speaker 1: then or hoisted Lombardi and he's playing at a superstar

767
00:39:03,600 --> 00:39:06,400
Speaker 1: level in the postseason h or in the Super Bowl.

768
00:39:06,760 --> 00:39:09,439
Speaker 1: Uh So I'm not ready to bail. I don't think

769
00:39:09,440 --> 00:39:12,320
Speaker 1: this is a winner, or you're in your screwed situation,

770
00:39:12,400 --> 00:39:16,120
Speaker 1: but I think it could reshape their season if they could,

771
00:39:16,360 --> 00:39:19,680
Speaker 1: you know, get one on Kyle and also build on

772
00:39:19,719 --> 00:39:22,479
Speaker 1: the end of their previous game against Caroline, and because

773
00:39:22,480 --> 00:39:24,120
Speaker 1: they really did look like the Rams at the end

774
00:39:24,200 --> 00:39:26,839
Speaker 1: in that Carolina game. Though, I will note that that,

775
00:39:26,880 --> 00:39:29,720
Speaker 1: like Christian McCaffrey, here we go prime time, the Niners

776
00:39:29,719 --> 00:39:31,319
Speaker 1: have another week to kind of bake him into the plan.

777
00:39:31,400 --> 00:39:33,360
Speaker 1: Here a hundred and fifty eight scrimmage yards against that

778
00:39:33,440 --> 00:39:36,640
Speaker 1: Rams defense with a bad Panthers offense, So I would

779
00:39:36,680 --> 00:39:38,440
Speaker 1: like to see what um impact he has. Again, I

780
00:39:38,440 --> 00:39:40,080
Speaker 1: think they're gonna use them in a ton of different ways.

781
00:39:40,080 --> 00:39:42,120
Speaker 1: You mentioned how the forty Niners owned them, and the

782
00:39:42,120 --> 00:39:44,640
Speaker 1: forty Niners are coming off a very humbling loss for

783
00:39:44,680 --> 00:39:46,040
Speaker 1: a team that thought they were going to be all

784
00:39:46,080 --> 00:39:48,080
Speaker 1: about defense. I know the Chiefs are good on offense,

785
00:39:48,120 --> 00:39:50,399
Speaker 1: but they made the Chiefs look better on offense than

786
00:39:50,440 --> 00:39:52,960
Speaker 1: anyone I guess in Week one and in the Cardinals.

787
00:39:53,719 --> 00:39:55,799
Speaker 1: The forty Niners have won seven out of their last

788
00:39:55,800 --> 00:39:58,760
Speaker 1: eight against the Rams. Now, the one that they lost

789
00:39:58,800 --> 00:40:00,880
Speaker 1: was the biggest one the NFC impiship. But even that

790
00:40:00,960 --> 00:40:04,880
Speaker 1: game took Jimmy Garoppolo with a shoulder that required surgery

791
00:40:05,000 --> 00:40:08,680
Speaker 1: and a ten point fourth quarter comeback. So they just

792
00:40:09,000 --> 00:40:12,400
Speaker 1: have the Rams number. It's a fair statement, and I

793
00:40:12,400 --> 00:40:14,239
Speaker 1: I thought about locking this game up, but that just

794
00:40:14,280 --> 00:40:19,920
Speaker 1: felt hurtful to uh, to my daughter Ellis. She watches

795
00:40:20,080 --> 00:40:23,800
Speaker 1: game debut. Everyone should check this out on on Friday afternoons.

796
00:40:23,800 --> 00:40:26,600
Speaker 1: But they watch it and uh, they don't like it.

797
00:40:26,840 --> 00:40:28,560
Speaker 1: She doesn't like it when I picked the Rams, but

798
00:40:28,600 --> 00:40:30,080
Speaker 1: you know you hear about it. I still will. I

799
00:40:30,120 --> 00:40:31,840
Speaker 1: guess you wouldn't have known I locked them up. I

800
00:40:31,880 --> 00:40:36,040
Speaker 1: was going to say, that's an interesting Conundram, you put

801
00:40:36,040 --> 00:40:38,000
Speaker 1: yourself in because she's probably not gonna hear this, right,

802
00:40:38,200 --> 00:40:41,120
Speaker 1: that's a good point. You also have noted still I'm

803
00:40:41,120 --> 00:40:43,320
Speaker 1: picking the forty niners, but it just felt mean to

804
00:40:44,040 --> 00:40:46,239
Speaker 1: go against the homestead. Emmaca has become a pretty big

805
00:40:46,280 --> 00:40:48,560
Speaker 1: Rams fan too, you know, but you've noted that your wife,

806
00:40:48,719 --> 00:40:51,160
Speaker 1: Emmaca has never listened to one episode of our podcast,

807
00:40:51,640 --> 00:40:54,200
Speaker 1: so it would require your daughter pretty We're pretty well

808
00:40:54,239 --> 00:40:57,560
Speaker 1: covered here, Greggy. We played thirty seconds of the show

809
00:40:57,640 --> 00:41:00,080
Speaker 1: once in the car and and there's like, no do

810
00:41:00,080 --> 00:41:02,360
Speaker 1: you think would be her favorite UM cast member on

811
00:41:02,360 --> 00:41:04,759
Speaker 1: the show if she were to listen to more than

812
00:41:04,800 --> 00:41:07,560
Speaker 1: thirty seconds? She married me? She married me? You know,

813
00:41:09,719 --> 00:41:11,440
Speaker 1: I don't think that would be a guaranteed it's great.

814
00:41:12,960 --> 00:41:14,600
Speaker 1: So you think it's you know, I'm just saying that

815
00:41:14,840 --> 00:41:19,520
Speaker 1: two other people, like Greg the person and that Mark

816
00:41:21,360 --> 00:41:23,480
Speaker 1: and he's never listened to the show before and we

817
00:41:23,520 --> 00:41:26,319
Speaker 1: haven't been in Gregg's house in almost ten years. Well,

818
00:41:26,360 --> 00:41:28,120
Speaker 1: I'd be able to listen to show because she doesn't

819
00:41:28,560 --> 00:41:30,640
Speaker 1: about football, and the last thing she wants to do

820
00:41:30,880 --> 00:41:34,000
Speaker 1: is hear me talk more. Can you imagine living with me?

821
00:41:34,480 --> 00:41:36,480
Speaker 1: That's why I don't think she'd I think she'd like

822
00:41:36,560 --> 00:41:38,200
Speaker 1: to have a break from you and more Dana. Mark,

823
00:41:39,719 --> 00:41:41,840
Speaker 1: maybe not not, honey, I'm going to Japan for another

824
00:41:41,880 --> 00:41:46,000
Speaker 1: seven months. I'll see you in the summer. I just

825
00:41:46,000 --> 00:41:48,160
Speaker 1: feel like you guys have a pretty healthy marriage overall.

826
00:41:48,200 --> 00:41:50,360
Speaker 1: Though now it's healthy. Yeah, it's good. I didn't know

827
00:41:50,400 --> 00:41:52,960
Speaker 1: that's that was kind of a new revelation from Mark

828
00:41:52,200 --> 00:41:55,480
Speaker 1: Well that you might not be her favorite person on

829
00:41:55,480 --> 00:41:58,520
Speaker 1: the podcast. I didn't make a statement. I'm just saying

830
00:41:58,520 --> 00:42:00,640
Speaker 1: it's an it's out there as a I think that

831
00:42:00,719 --> 00:42:05,239
Speaker 1: as a bit. Let's move to the third pick. It's

832
00:42:05,280 --> 00:42:08,600
Speaker 1: the old Zeuser's pick, and I will go with the

833
00:42:08,640 --> 00:42:13,960
Speaker 1: Arizona Cardinals traveling to Minneapolis, Minneapolis to face the Minnesota Vikings.

834
00:42:14,160 --> 00:42:17,120
Speaker 1: How dare you who always feels good to hurt your

835
00:42:17,120 --> 00:42:22,640
Speaker 1: friends in this exercise? The Vikings coming off of by

836
00:42:22,920 --> 00:42:26,480
Speaker 1: five and one, and you'd say, okay, there you go. Well, Dan,

837
00:42:26,560 --> 00:42:29,359
Speaker 1: you're looking for great teams. There's five and one team

838
00:42:30,800 --> 00:42:33,719
Speaker 1: Vikings right now. We're not great. They're pretty good. They've

839
00:42:33,719 --> 00:42:37,200
Speaker 1: been good at closing games. The schedule overall has been

840
00:42:37,840 --> 00:42:40,759
Speaker 1: pretty forgiving. I mean, you got here's their wins Green

841
00:42:40,840 --> 00:42:43,799
Speaker 1: Bay week one, and now we know means lest they

842
00:42:43,840 --> 00:42:48,440
Speaker 1: got waxed by Philly and prime time barely beat the Lions.

843
00:42:48,880 --> 00:42:52,239
Speaker 1: That was a game. They were outplayed completely for most

844
00:42:52,280 --> 00:42:56,359
Speaker 1: of the game. Right, Uh lost to New Orleans by

845
00:42:56,400 --> 00:42:59,200
Speaker 1: a field goal, and then beat Chicago by seven and

846
00:42:59,239 --> 00:43:03,480
Speaker 1: beat Miami with a third string quarterback by eight. So

847
00:43:03,560 --> 00:43:06,279
Speaker 1: he beat New Orleans in London. We were there, You

848
00:43:06,320 --> 00:43:09,799
Speaker 1: were there, says l What is going on here? I thought?

849
00:43:09,840 --> 00:43:12,040
Speaker 1: So it was? That was the Will Lutts double join game.

850
00:43:13,840 --> 00:43:17,120
Speaker 1: What's going on here? We go Arizona Cardinals, now coming

851
00:43:17,160 --> 00:43:19,919
Speaker 1: off a game where they put up they did right am?

852
00:43:19,920 --> 00:43:21,719
Speaker 1: I am? I going crazy? I mean I don't. I

853
00:43:21,719 --> 00:43:24,920
Speaker 1: don't feel the need to, you know, put yeah, the

854
00:43:25,000 --> 00:43:27,360
Speaker 1: blame on them there. I didn't put the blame on anybody.

855
00:43:27,400 --> 00:43:34,120
Speaker 1: I'm just that if Johnny from research, Drew Drew Christensen,

856
00:43:34,160 --> 00:43:35,640
Speaker 1: who's in the back here used to work in the starch,

857
00:43:35,680 --> 00:43:37,320
Speaker 1: if he happened to be the person that put together

858
00:43:37,800 --> 00:43:39,799
Speaker 1: this page and happens to be a fan and who

859
00:43:39,840 --> 00:43:44,160
Speaker 1: was listening, he's dying inside right now. Maybe, But I

860
00:43:44,200 --> 00:43:46,479
Speaker 1: just did I think you did. I want to say

861
00:43:46,520 --> 00:43:49,920
Speaker 1: that the NFL media research team is incredible to do

862
00:43:49,960 --> 00:43:52,400
Speaker 1: an excellent job, and I love their work and I

863
00:43:52,560 --> 00:43:55,600
Speaker 1: use it constantly in the ramp up to each week's

864
00:43:55,640 --> 00:43:59,600
Speaker 1: extremely In this case, they got banged a little bit.

865
00:43:59,719 --> 00:44:02,400
Speaker 1: But that's my problem. I was at the game in London.

866
00:44:02,920 --> 00:44:05,520
Speaker 1: I shouldn't have stumbled on that, Yeah, this this is

867
00:44:05,560 --> 00:44:07,959
Speaker 1: something that also could have been handled um in house. First.

868
00:44:08,040 --> 00:44:10,680
Speaker 1: It's that was more. Yeah, it was kind of like

869
00:44:10,719 --> 00:44:12,520
Speaker 1: in real time it was all happening. I was spinning.

870
00:44:12,560 --> 00:44:14,520
Speaker 1: I could see you are reacting to in real time

871
00:44:14,680 --> 00:44:16,799
Speaker 1: because it didn't make sense in my head even right

872
00:44:17,000 --> 00:44:19,680
Speaker 1: and I'm staring at that red l and when we

873
00:44:19,719 --> 00:44:21,600
Speaker 1: did have jet lag coming back for it could have

874
00:44:21,640 --> 00:44:24,440
Speaker 1: been unlike Russell Wells, like something we could maybe have

875
00:44:24,560 --> 00:44:28,200
Speaker 1: been false susceptible to. And that was our cards. All right,

876
00:44:28,280 --> 00:44:30,840
Speaker 1: let's move on. No, So the Cardinals the reason I

877
00:44:30,920 --> 00:44:32,760
Speaker 1: took this game. The Cardinals had not been my favorite

878
00:44:32,760 --> 00:44:35,319
Speaker 1: team to watch this year in general. The regime is

879
00:44:35,320 --> 00:44:39,200
Speaker 1: not uh something that I believe in. And yet the

880
00:44:39,280 --> 00:44:42,640
Speaker 1: Thursday night game was interesting to me because you had

881
00:44:42,719 --> 00:44:47,320
Speaker 1: them uh scoring points, you had them getting two big

882
00:44:47,440 --> 00:44:51,280
Speaker 1: defensive plays to change that game um against Andy Dalton

883
00:44:51,280 --> 00:44:53,799
Speaker 1: and the Saints. And then I also liked in the

884
00:44:53,840 --> 00:44:56,920
Speaker 1: second half after those two pick six is at the

885
00:44:57,000 --> 00:45:00,520
Speaker 1: end of the second quarter changed the game the way

886
00:45:00,520 --> 00:45:04,360
Speaker 1: every time the same showed signs of life. The Arizona

887
00:45:04,360 --> 00:45:06,840
Speaker 1: offense said no, no, no no, no, let's chill out. The

888
00:45:07,000 --> 00:45:09,719
Speaker 1: game's over. It was over then and it's still over.

889
00:45:10,160 --> 00:45:13,480
Speaker 1: And that was the final score with some lipstick on

890
00:45:13,520 --> 00:45:15,759
Speaker 1: the pig to make it look that close. So the Cardinals,

891
00:45:16,160 --> 00:45:19,160
Speaker 1: maybe coming out of their phone, maybe a team that's

892
00:45:19,200 --> 00:45:22,640
Speaker 1: ready to make a statement against a five and one

893
00:45:22,680 --> 00:45:26,800
Speaker 1: Minnesota squad that record aside is a little more vulnerable.

894
00:45:27,200 --> 00:45:30,120
Speaker 1: I like this set up if and I put put

895
00:45:30,120 --> 00:45:33,920
Speaker 1: a lot on on Cliff and Kyler two sees on

896
00:45:33,960 --> 00:45:36,560
Speaker 1: this moment to kind of get their season really on

897
00:45:36,640 --> 00:45:38,880
Speaker 1: track if they can get this win. But they've let

898
00:45:38,960 --> 00:45:41,560
Speaker 1: us down uh many times in the past when we

899
00:45:41,560 --> 00:45:43,040
Speaker 1: thought they were in a good spot to make a

900
00:45:43,239 --> 00:45:45,440
Speaker 1: make a big statement. They also have a couple of

901
00:45:45,440 --> 00:45:48,719
Speaker 1: offensive line injuries that are very concerning. D Rodney Hudson's

902
00:45:48,840 --> 00:45:51,640
Speaker 1: been out. We know they lost justin Pew. I noticed

903
00:45:52,160 --> 00:45:55,840
Speaker 1: beach Ham was out of practice. That that makes me worried,

904
00:45:55,920 --> 00:45:58,239
Speaker 1: but I think they're making up for it with the

905
00:45:58,280 --> 00:46:01,240
Speaker 1: design runs for Kyler Murray. It is funny that Kyler

906
00:46:01,320 --> 00:46:03,799
Speaker 1: Murray told the broadcast crew two weeks ago, you know,

907
00:46:03,800 --> 00:46:06,040
Speaker 1: I think we want to start running again, like almost

908
00:46:06,040 --> 00:46:08,080
Speaker 1: like he's the coach. And then he has and it's

909
00:46:08,120 --> 00:46:12,360
Speaker 1: it's totally transformed their offense. I there's no more Cardinals

910
00:46:12,400 --> 00:46:16,320
Speaker 1: experience to me than them having finally the offensive output

911
00:46:16,320 --> 00:46:17,680
Speaker 1: in the kind of game that we were hoping that

912
00:46:17,760 --> 00:46:19,520
Speaker 1: DeAndre Hopkins had a lot to do with that, but

913
00:46:20,160 --> 00:46:23,920
Speaker 1: nestled around Kyler Murray shouting at Cliff Kingsbury, Like there

914
00:46:24,000 --> 00:46:26,400
Speaker 1: is a weirdness to the makeup of this team in

915
00:46:26,440 --> 00:46:28,799
Speaker 1: so many different ways. That said, I think that the

916
00:46:28,800 --> 00:46:31,799
Speaker 1: DeAndre Hopkins thing um is a week to week gain

917
00:46:31,880 --> 00:46:33,839
Speaker 1: for them. I I just I think that the way

918
00:46:33,880 --> 00:46:35,680
Speaker 1: they used them all over the place last week, and

919
00:46:35,680 --> 00:46:38,640
Speaker 1: if you get Robbie Anderson up to speed here and

920
00:46:38,640 --> 00:46:41,759
Speaker 1: at some point you get Hollywood brown Back and Rondale Moore.

921
00:46:41,840 --> 00:46:43,880
Speaker 1: I I kind of just liked the weapons around Kyler

922
00:46:43,920 --> 00:46:45,560
Speaker 1: Murray more than the one thing is. And I don't

923
00:46:45,600 --> 00:46:46,560
Speaker 1: like to do this too much, but if you look

924
00:46:46,600 --> 00:46:48,960
Speaker 1: at their schedule down the stretch, they played the easier

925
00:46:48,960 --> 00:46:51,480
Speaker 1: part of their schedule, it is brutal. They're gonna have

926
00:46:51,520 --> 00:46:54,080
Speaker 1: to be about as organized as possible. Yeah, I don't.

927
00:46:54,160 --> 00:46:55,960
Speaker 1: I don't love them in this spot. I trust the

928
00:46:56,040 --> 00:46:58,920
Speaker 1: Vikings more. You're you're right about DeAndre moving around like

929
00:46:58,960 --> 00:47:03,960
Speaker 1: the h exgen stats route charts Kings like Josh Norris

930
00:47:03,960 --> 00:47:05,839
Speaker 1: who loves sending those out, Notice how they were using

931
00:47:05,880 --> 00:47:08,800
Speaker 1: them a lot more um creatively, I was trying to

932
00:47:08,840 --> 00:47:11,040
Speaker 1: figure out how are the Vikings five and one just

933
00:47:11,080 --> 00:47:13,080
Speaker 1: like did a little deep dive at all their different

934
00:47:13,160 --> 00:47:15,239
Speaker 1: numbers and won five games and lost one, And I

935
00:47:15,280 --> 00:47:18,520
Speaker 1: did I did find something interesting. Every single bit of

936
00:47:18,560 --> 00:47:22,640
Speaker 1: their profile passing, rushing, no matter what analytics, it is

937
00:47:22,920 --> 00:47:26,000
Speaker 1: all screams average, middle of the pack, except for one thing.

938
00:47:26,800 --> 00:47:29,880
Speaker 1: They are number one in the league in field position

939
00:47:30,000 --> 00:47:32,160
Speaker 1: when they get the ball and number one in the

940
00:47:32,239 --> 00:47:35,759
Speaker 1: league in opponent's field position when the opponent gets the ball.

941
00:47:35,880 --> 00:47:39,239
Speaker 1: So they're like the five Bears in field position. Get

942
00:47:39,280 --> 00:47:43,520
Speaker 1: your tickets, SuDS and field position, and you have justin

943
00:47:43,600 --> 00:47:47,759
Speaker 1: Jefferson in this landscape. It's gonna lead to a lot

944
00:47:47,800 --> 00:47:49,480
Speaker 1: of ws. And to that point, Mark, you said, and

945
00:47:49,520 --> 00:47:52,719
Speaker 1: this isn't uh, this isn't coming at you on your analysis,

946
00:47:52,800 --> 00:47:55,880
Speaker 1: which is well studied as we know. I've heard this

947
00:47:55,920 --> 00:47:57,960
Speaker 1: passed around with different teams this week, like, oh, this

948
00:47:58,000 --> 00:48:00,719
Speaker 1: team has the hardest schedules the season, this team is

949
00:48:00,719 --> 00:48:03,000
Speaker 1: the easiest schedule. It's like all these teams are basically

950
00:48:03,040 --> 00:48:04,680
Speaker 1: the same. So I look at the Cardinals schedule and

951
00:48:04,719 --> 00:48:08,799
Speaker 1: it's like after this week's Seattle, Okay, at Rams, all right,

952
00:48:09,200 --> 00:48:13,600
Speaker 1: call him against San Francisco. Okay, the Chargers, Okay, I

953
00:48:13,680 --> 00:48:24,560
Speaker 1: think is not there is no NFL. But I think

954
00:48:24,560 --> 00:48:27,200
Speaker 1: the Cardinals to me are where I can see it

955
00:48:27,239 --> 00:48:28,920
Speaker 1: with the Niners. I can see it with Seattle. I

956
00:48:28,960 --> 00:48:30,359
Speaker 1: have no idea what the Cardinals is gonna be week

957
00:48:30,360 --> 00:48:32,600
Speaker 1: to week. I think their defense has gotten better and better.

958
00:48:32,680 --> 00:48:37,279
Speaker 1: That's probably what trajectory. The fact that they are three

959
00:48:37,280 --> 00:48:40,879
Speaker 1: and four is a good thing because they have been

960
00:48:41,000 --> 00:48:43,080
Speaker 1: pretty bad for most of the year and if they

961
00:48:43,080 --> 00:48:46,320
Speaker 1: could find a way to clean some things up again

962
00:48:46,480 --> 00:48:50,360
Speaker 1: at a very huge middle class of the NFL, uh,

963
00:48:50,440 --> 00:48:52,760
Speaker 1: that will get them back to the playoffs. Now let's

964
00:48:52,760 --> 00:48:57,120
Speaker 1: move to Snake. It's time for the Sunday Drive presented

965
00:48:57,160 --> 00:49:01,520
Speaker 1: by Toyota. Oh it really. You know the a f

966
00:49:01,600 --> 00:49:04,520
Speaker 1: C East was run by the Patriots for so long, boys,

967
00:49:05,160 --> 00:49:08,640
Speaker 1: And you know we're talking about Monday Night. Um, when

968
00:49:08,680 --> 00:49:11,839
Speaker 1: you watch the game on Monday, Yes, Bill, I definitely did.

969
00:49:12,200 --> 00:49:15,040
Speaker 1: We all did. On Monday Night, the Chicago Bears were

970
00:49:15,120 --> 00:49:18,239
Speaker 1: up thirty three, fourteen inside the five yard line with

971
00:49:18,280 --> 00:49:20,799
Speaker 1: a chance to get a forty burger, and you had

972
00:49:20,840 --> 00:49:23,680
Speaker 1: both Manning brothers on the Mannics saying do it, do it,

973
00:49:23,719 --> 00:49:27,600
Speaker 1: do it. And it made me think back to last

974
00:49:27,680 --> 00:49:30,319
Speaker 1: year when the Jets had a rookie quarterback go out

975
00:49:30,320 --> 00:49:33,600
Speaker 1: of a game with an injury to his knee. And

976
00:49:33,640 --> 00:49:36,760
Speaker 1: it was a young Jets team, uh, not very talent

977
00:49:37,280 --> 00:49:40,960
Speaker 1: rich and certainly no experience. In the Patriots ran up

978
00:49:40,960 --> 00:49:44,959
Speaker 1: to score on the Jets to thirteen in that game

979
00:49:45,000 --> 00:49:49,280
Speaker 1: at Foxborough. And after the game, Uh, the Jets players

980
00:49:49,280 --> 00:49:52,840
Speaker 1: are unhappy about it. Richard Seymour and some fa cocta

981
00:49:52,920 --> 00:49:56,960
Speaker 1: Patriots celebration at halftime uh called the Jets. Uh. This

982
00:49:57,040 --> 00:49:58,920
Speaker 1: is a perfect time for the celebration. The Jets are

983
00:49:59,000 --> 00:50:02,799
Speaker 1: homecoming game, and that's why people like Peyton Manning are

984
00:50:02,840 --> 00:50:04,839
Speaker 1: saying run up the score and the Patriots. And that's

985
00:50:04,880 --> 00:50:08,879
Speaker 1: why the Jets should remember what happened last year when

986
00:50:08,920 --> 00:50:11,120
Speaker 1: they face New England because for the first time, even

987
00:50:11,120 --> 00:50:13,200
Speaker 1: though the Jets, now eight games in a row have

988
00:50:13,239 --> 00:50:15,760
Speaker 1: been underdogs in Vegas every week, there again an underdog

989
00:50:15,760 --> 00:50:17,560
Speaker 1: in this game. I'm not saying that Jets are gonna

990
00:50:17,560 --> 00:50:19,960
Speaker 1: be in position to do what the Bears did last week,

991
00:50:20,560 --> 00:50:22,239
Speaker 1: because I don't know. That was kind of a weird,

992
00:50:22,280 --> 00:50:25,680
Speaker 1: little funky game, um, and I don't expect New England

993
00:50:25,719 --> 00:50:30,279
Speaker 1: to give effort and performance that bad again. But the

994
00:50:30,360 --> 00:50:33,240
Speaker 1: Jets have such a great opportunity here, even with the injuries,

995
00:50:33,360 --> 00:50:35,200
Speaker 1: which everyone knows that listened to the show, and I

996
00:50:35,239 --> 00:50:37,960
Speaker 1: was in some morning uh the timing of it, and

997
00:50:38,000 --> 00:50:41,440
Speaker 1: I was upset about how the brief halt injury and

998
00:50:41,640 --> 00:50:44,200
Speaker 1: Vera Tucker kind of to me lowers their ceiling. I

999
00:50:44,239 --> 00:50:48,680
Speaker 1: still think they absolutely can make another huge um statement

1000
00:50:48,719 --> 00:50:51,520
Speaker 1: internally in their building in terms of moving forward into

1001
00:50:51,560 --> 00:50:54,440
Speaker 1: a new era by beating the Patriots at home. I

1002
00:50:54,480 --> 00:50:57,080
Speaker 1: think will be very disappointing if they don't find a way.

1003
00:50:57,239 --> 00:51:00,080
Speaker 1: They do need Mark, they do need Zach well and

1004
00:51:00,480 --> 00:51:03,040
Speaker 1: to play better. And that's the one thing that I'm

1005
00:51:03,080 --> 00:51:06,040
Speaker 1: I'm holding my breath on because they need him now,

1006
00:51:06,120 --> 00:51:08,920
Speaker 1: especially now you lose a superstar potential type guy and

1007
00:51:08,960 --> 00:51:11,640
Speaker 1: Bruce Hall the way he was starting to come into form.

1008
00:51:11,680 --> 00:51:13,359
Speaker 1: You need the quarterback to give you more. He's giving

1009
00:51:13,360 --> 00:51:15,640
Speaker 1: you nothing less two weeks. Yeah, I mean there's there.

1010
00:51:15,680 --> 00:51:17,960
Speaker 1: You see little things with Zach Wilson, but that we

1011
00:51:18,080 --> 00:51:20,600
Speaker 1: just on our network show. They showed the highlight of

1012
00:51:20,680 --> 00:51:24,480
Speaker 1: him figurating like twice away, right, and he and he

1013
00:51:24,520 --> 00:51:27,080
Speaker 1: seems to walk into a worse situations and I'll throw

1014
00:51:27,080 --> 00:51:29,319
Speaker 1: the ball into another zip code. It's just, uh, it

1015
00:51:29,360 --> 00:51:31,880
Speaker 1: gets a little chaotic from my liking with Zach Wilson.

1016
00:51:31,920 --> 00:51:34,319
Speaker 1: I mean, and really what they were hoping was that

1017
00:51:34,400 --> 00:51:37,160
Speaker 1: you surround Zack Wilson with a Bruce Hall heart of

1018
00:51:37,200 --> 00:51:39,000
Speaker 1: the offense and you have that ground game. I don't

1019
00:51:39,000 --> 00:51:41,080
Speaker 1: know if James Robinson is gonna. I'm not sure James

1020
00:51:41,120 --> 00:51:43,440
Speaker 1: Robinson the hunter precent healthy. Like they talked about having

1021
00:51:43,480 --> 00:51:47,120
Speaker 1: a knee in Jacksonville before. He seemed to indicate that

1022
00:51:47,440 --> 00:51:50,000
Speaker 1: the team almost put that on him because they didn't

1023
00:51:50,000 --> 00:51:51,920
Speaker 1: want to play him because they knew he was gonna

1024
00:51:52,320 --> 00:51:53,719
Speaker 1: and the Jets, you know, get a look at the

1025
00:51:53,719 --> 00:51:56,400
Speaker 1: medicals before that deal. I think Michael Carter is the

1026
00:51:56,400 --> 00:51:58,000
Speaker 1: guy by the way, right, I think I think I

1027
00:51:58,000 --> 00:51:59,640
Speaker 1: think Carter sleear doing. I mean when it comes to

1028
00:51:59,680 --> 00:52:01,799
Speaker 1: the Jet so, I mean, I will I I kind

1029
00:52:01,800 --> 00:52:04,560
Speaker 1: of love their season and they're enjoyable to watch um.

1030
00:52:04,640 --> 00:52:08,640
Speaker 1: But they have benefited by playing Jacoby Brissette, Kenny Picktt

1031
00:52:08,640 --> 00:52:12,520
Speaker 1: early on in his starting days here, Skylar Thompson, Brett Rippion,

1032
00:52:12,560 --> 00:52:14,640
Speaker 1: and and they've done a good job because the second

1033
00:52:14,760 --> 00:52:17,600
Speaker 1: only the second starting quarterback. They also they also beat

1034
00:52:17,640 --> 00:52:19,960
Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers, So I mean, you've gotta factor that in.

1035
00:52:20,080 --> 00:52:22,800
Speaker 1: I just think this is UM whenever it's Bill Belichick

1036
00:52:22,800 --> 00:52:24,719
Speaker 1: and the Jets, who seems to especially just like the

1037
00:52:24,800 --> 00:52:27,520
Speaker 1: Jets for reasons that UM I think go beyond just

1038
00:52:27,520 --> 00:52:29,840
Speaker 1: the fact that they're a division opponent. He loves stamping

1039
00:52:29,880 --> 00:52:31,840
Speaker 1: the Jets and I don't want to do it again,

1040
00:52:32,360 --> 00:52:34,839
Speaker 1: but this would be a huge, I think, psychological win

1041
00:52:34,880 --> 00:52:37,880
Speaker 1: for the Jets no matter what's going on psychological, it

1042
00:52:37,960 --> 00:52:40,759
Speaker 1: would be such a lift for the entire organization to

1043
00:52:40,800 --> 00:52:42,640
Speaker 1: kind of put the Patriots in their rear view mirror

1044
00:52:42,680 --> 00:52:45,360
Speaker 1: and say we are the team that should be viewed

1045
00:52:45,400 --> 00:52:48,200
Speaker 1: as chasing the Bills. That's not the Patriots, right. This

1046
00:52:48,239 --> 00:52:51,359
Speaker 1: is a chance to really bury the Patriots at three

1047
00:52:51,400 --> 00:52:54,360
Speaker 1: and five. It's a huge playoff race type of game.

1048
00:52:54,520 --> 00:52:57,400
Speaker 1: I think the Jets at five and two are obviously

1049
00:52:57,480 --> 00:53:01,080
Speaker 1: playoff contenders, and it's a home division game against the

1050
00:53:01,120 --> 00:53:04,319
Speaker 1: team that's last place in your division. It's a great

1051
00:53:04,360 --> 00:53:06,680
Speaker 1: spot like that that fifty burger the Patriots put out

1052
00:53:06,719 --> 00:53:08,200
Speaker 1: him a year ago were when when they were in

1053
00:53:08,239 --> 00:53:11,080
Speaker 1: similar spots. The Patriots were two and four going into

1054
00:53:11,160 --> 00:53:13,839
Speaker 1: that game, like people thought the Patriots season was over,

1055
00:53:13,840 --> 00:53:15,920
Speaker 1: and I think there's a feeling in New England it's

1056
00:53:15,960 --> 00:53:18,439
Speaker 1: like that now that the sky is falling. Belichick does

1057
00:53:18,600 --> 00:53:22,560
Speaker 1: tend to bring out his best stuff after a disaster

1058
00:53:23,400 --> 00:53:27,759
Speaker 1: against the Jets and against bad quarterbacks. And right now,

1059
00:53:27,760 --> 00:53:30,200
Speaker 1: I think you look at the last two weeks and

1060
00:53:30,280 --> 00:53:32,680
Speaker 1: Zack Wilson is one of the worst starting quarterbacks in

1061
00:53:32,719 --> 00:53:37,160
Speaker 1: the league. I think that's unquestionable, and it's amazing they're

1062
00:53:37,160 --> 00:53:40,120
Speaker 1: winning these games like this. They all need more from

1063
00:53:40,120 --> 00:53:42,359
Speaker 1: He showed something in his first two starts. I thought

1064
00:53:42,440 --> 00:53:45,000
Speaker 1: he was making most of the right reads. But he's

1065
00:53:45,040 --> 00:53:47,879
Speaker 1: looked pretty lost the last two weeks, especially last week

1066
00:53:47,920 --> 00:53:51,439
Speaker 1: against a great defense. Ultimately, mac Jones has looked lost

1067
00:53:51,480 --> 00:53:54,120
Speaker 1: two and mac Jones is fully expected to start this game.

1068
00:53:54,200 --> 00:53:58,080
Speaker 1: The all the drama UH from a week ago, we

1069
00:53:58,280 --> 00:54:01,480
Speaker 1: think is gonna end because the reporting has been mac

1070
00:54:01,520 --> 00:54:03,960
Speaker 1: Jones will start that he's taking all the practice snaps.

1071
00:54:04,160 --> 00:54:06,640
Speaker 1: But he reportedly took all the practice snaps a week

1072
00:54:06,640 --> 00:54:09,600
Speaker 1: ago too, and they still pulled them. So I never

1073
00:54:09,640 --> 00:54:12,520
Speaker 1: put it past Belichick, who won't confirm it publicly. Beyond that,

1074
00:54:12,560 --> 00:54:15,399
Speaker 1: mac Jones is ready to play this game. But it's

1075
00:54:15,440 --> 00:54:20,080
Speaker 1: a huge, huge game for mac Jones in his career. Yeah,

1076
00:54:20,239 --> 00:54:23,560
Speaker 1: he needs to put put sort of what's happened behind

1077
00:54:23,640 --> 00:54:26,359
Speaker 1: him a little bit because it is very uncomfortable there.

1078
00:54:26,360 --> 00:54:28,000
Speaker 1: You're almost glad it's not in New England. I was

1079
00:54:28,000 --> 00:54:31,000
Speaker 1: gonna say it's perfect because the Patriots in Belichick have

1080
00:54:31,080 --> 00:54:34,160
Speaker 1: no fear going to the metal lands, and you get

1081
00:54:34,239 --> 00:54:38,080
Speaker 1: him out of that really unhealthy environment in New England

1082
00:54:38,080 --> 00:54:40,160
Speaker 1: where and I'm not this is not me taking shots

1083
00:54:40,160 --> 00:54:41,680
Speaker 1: of the Patriots, and it's gonna sound like it, but

1084
00:54:41,680 --> 00:54:46,239
Speaker 1: it's like twenty years builds in entitlement in a franchise

1085
00:54:46,280 --> 00:54:49,160
Speaker 1: and a fan base, and they're expecting every quarterback to

1086
00:54:49,160 --> 00:54:51,080
Speaker 1: be Tom Brady now, and if it's if mac Jones

1087
00:54:51,080 --> 00:54:53,640
Speaker 1: isn't immediately giving them what they want, they're gonna assume

1088
00:54:53,920 --> 00:54:56,320
Speaker 1: the backup, like the sixth round pick in two thousand

1089
00:54:56,400 --> 00:54:58,560
Speaker 1: one should be the guy that plays like that's just

1090
00:54:58,560 --> 00:55:01,520
Speaker 1: like it's still a transition period for that fan base.

1091
00:55:01,680 --> 00:55:03,440
Speaker 1: So to get him kind of out of that world

1092
00:55:03,520 --> 00:55:05,400
Speaker 1: and let him just play on the road against the

1093
00:55:05,480 --> 00:55:08,800
Speaker 1: Jets um And it should be said that the Jets

1094
00:55:08,800 --> 00:55:11,320
Speaker 1: lost two major pieces of their offense, but their defense

1095
00:55:11,719 --> 00:55:14,560
Speaker 1: is still intact, and uh, I expect him to get

1096
00:55:14,600 --> 00:55:19,400
Speaker 1: after mac Jones biggest Patriots Jets game since their playoff tussle.

1097
00:55:19,440 --> 00:55:26,600
Speaker 1: I'd says that everyone else forgets the Fits magic year,

1098
00:55:26,600 --> 00:55:29,360
Speaker 1: and it's understandable, but they had They're a big game, right.

1099
00:55:29,400 --> 00:55:32,000
Speaker 1: I disregard that season as fraudulent, but maybe I think

1100
00:55:32,000 --> 00:55:34,120
Speaker 1: the Jets will get after and Mac Jones does not

1101
00:55:34,160 --> 00:55:37,040
Speaker 1: look comfortable under pressure this year. He hasn't looked like

1102
00:55:37,080 --> 00:55:39,360
Speaker 1: the same quarterback. They're running a lot of vertical routes.

1103
00:55:39,400 --> 00:55:40,799
Speaker 1: For me, I think they kind of used to. They

1104
00:55:41,040 --> 00:55:43,640
Speaker 1: use different plays with Zappy than for him. It's strange.

1105
00:55:43,680 --> 00:55:46,960
Speaker 1: And uh, They're best player on offense might be centered

1106
00:55:47,040 --> 00:55:49,920
Speaker 1: David Andrews, who really runs all those protections and he

1107
00:55:50,040 --> 00:55:54,080
Speaker 1: suffered concussion. Christian Barmour, who's been great. It's like he's

1108
00:55:54,080 --> 00:55:55,960
Speaker 1: out of this game. And the Patriots in general. It

1109
00:55:56,040 --> 00:55:58,279
Speaker 1: sounds strange, but I feel like they go as Trent

1110
00:55:58,360 --> 00:56:01,360
Speaker 1: Brown goes, Like when Trent out his rolland there rolland

1111
00:56:01,400 --> 00:56:03,080
Speaker 1: Trent Brown's coming off one of the worst games of

1112
00:56:03,120 --> 00:56:05,040
Speaker 1: his career. He's been a mess. If Andrews is out,

1113
00:56:05,360 --> 00:56:08,200
Speaker 1: I do like this Jets defense. I thought about challenging

1114
00:56:08,200 --> 00:56:11,080
Speaker 1: you to a lock off for this game, Dann, because

1115
00:56:11,120 --> 00:56:13,560
Speaker 1: I do think the Patriots will win if I had

1116
00:56:13,560 --> 00:56:16,040
Speaker 1: to choose. I don't feel that strong, but I do

1117
00:56:16,120 --> 00:56:18,680
Speaker 1: think the Patriots will win. But I just thought about

1118
00:56:19,080 --> 00:56:21,440
Speaker 1: there's a lot of it could just be ugly in

1119
00:56:21,480 --> 00:56:24,840
Speaker 1: the in the newsroom if that happened, or if you know.

1120
00:56:24,880 --> 00:56:26,879
Speaker 1: Either way, it's like, I don't know if it's worth

1121
00:56:26,880 --> 00:56:30,160
Speaker 1: it just for the entertainment of the show itself, because

1122
00:56:30,160 --> 00:56:32,880
Speaker 1: it's not the game. I feel strongest about what it

1123
00:56:32,880 --> 00:56:35,960
Speaker 1: would be. It would be a fun little side side piece.

1124
00:56:36,000 --> 00:56:38,400
Speaker 1: You're a natural showman, Greg, so I'm surprised that you

1125
00:56:38,440 --> 00:56:42,920
Speaker 1: could essentially not fault for the temptation that over confident

1126
00:56:42,960 --> 00:56:45,440
Speaker 1: in this game, just because the average margin of victory

1127
00:56:45,520 --> 00:56:48,160
Speaker 1: during this current Patriots twelve game streak over the Jets

1128
00:56:48,239 --> 00:56:51,040
Speaker 1: is twenty points. And I wasna I was gonna see

1129
00:56:51,040 --> 00:56:53,400
Speaker 1: how confident you were, and post Tom Brady, I'm not.

1130
00:56:53,440 --> 00:56:55,600
Speaker 1: The Jets are owing four with the minus seventy seven

1131
00:56:55,640 --> 00:56:59,400
Speaker 1: point differential, So Belichick has had their number for years.

1132
00:57:00,400 --> 00:57:03,000
Speaker 1: But maybe this is the start of something new. That

1133
00:57:03,120 --> 00:57:06,120
Speaker 1: was the Sunday Drive presented by Toyota. Let's take a

1134
00:57:06,120 --> 00:57:10,719
Speaker 1: break and continue the draft. All right, we're back Mark,

1135
00:57:11,640 --> 00:57:14,719
Speaker 1: all right, I'm gonna go Steelers at Eagles. Um, First

1136
00:57:14,719 --> 00:57:18,040
Speaker 1: of all, I never buy into this battle for Pennsylvania business.

1137
00:57:18,080 --> 00:57:20,120
Speaker 1: I don't understand that. I don't think that they bought

1138
00:57:20,160 --> 00:57:23,280
Speaker 1: into the battle for Ohio opponents. I don't think that

1139
00:57:23,320 --> 00:57:26,040
Speaker 1: the Eagles and Steelers fans walk around for the next

1140
00:57:26,040 --> 00:57:28,840
Speaker 1: three d buy into the other one either. Yeah, just

1141
00:57:28,880 --> 00:57:33,880
Speaker 1: this way the interesting. I mean, I'll play ball with it. Um,

1142
00:57:33,960 --> 00:57:37,160
Speaker 1: you don't even have to. I'm not refusing to. Yeah,

1143
00:57:37,160 --> 00:57:39,600
Speaker 1: you just ignored I'm refusing to buy into it. But

1144
00:57:39,680 --> 00:57:41,800
Speaker 1: you kind of have by bringing it up. You're right,

1145
00:57:41,840 --> 00:57:45,560
Speaker 1: I've I've fallen for my own tricks. Uh. Eagles I

1146
00:57:45,560 --> 00:57:48,400
Speaker 1: think are just like so interesting to watch and so complete.

1147
00:57:48,400 --> 00:57:50,480
Speaker 1: They just traded for Robert Quinn. That's such the most

1148
00:57:50,520 --> 00:57:53,520
Speaker 1: Eagles thing ever. I mean, they just there's no weakness

1149
00:57:53,520 --> 00:57:56,000
Speaker 1: on this team that I can do. I'm bored. I mean,

1150
00:57:56,000 --> 00:57:58,160
Speaker 1: that's a big move. It is a big move. I

1151
00:57:58,280 --> 00:58:01,000
Speaker 1: kind of surprised after that Monday night game. Thing new

1152
00:58:01,040 --> 00:58:03,720
Speaker 1: in my life. I'm not in the headlines. Nobody's talking

1153
00:58:03,720 --> 00:58:06,800
Speaker 1: about me. I need to get back in it. Literally

1154
00:58:06,880 --> 00:58:11,320
Speaker 1: predicted that as Roman that it undefeated. Don't even need

1155
00:58:11,360 --> 00:58:13,840
Speaker 1: anything really right now, if you think about it. But

1156
00:58:14,120 --> 00:58:17,120
Speaker 1: just a shop. They don't even need a pass there's

1157
00:58:17,120 --> 00:58:20,000
Speaker 1: no such Roseman thing to do. That was literally on

1158
00:58:20,080 --> 00:58:23,160
Speaker 1: yesterday's show hours before the trade, and that's what they did.

1159
00:58:23,160 --> 00:58:25,280
Speaker 1: They take a strength and they just added more because

1160
00:58:25,400 --> 00:58:27,520
Speaker 1: what the hell why not? And I mean, you talk

1161
00:58:27,560 --> 00:58:29,760
Speaker 1: about Kenny Pickett, I think it's just been so there

1162
00:58:29,800 --> 00:58:31,840
Speaker 1: are things about Kenny Pickett that I like. I like

1163
00:58:31,920 --> 00:58:35,240
Speaker 1: his aggressiveness, but he's been a turnover machine. Uh, it's

1164
00:58:35,240 --> 00:58:37,000
Speaker 1: sort of a function of their offense a little bit.

1165
00:58:37,000 --> 00:58:39,840
Speaker 1: But that you're gonna deal with Darius Slay, with James Bradberry,

1166
00:58:39,840 --> 00:58:42,320
Speaker 1: who we talked about, how they terrorized Kirk Cousins and

1167
00:58:42,320 --> 00:58:44,520
Speaker 1: that one Vikings lost. I mean, there's just not a

1168
00:58:44,560 --> 00:58:46,800
Speaker 1: weakness on this Eagles team. I think, if anything, Nick

1169
00:58:46,880 --> 00:58:49,720
Speaker 1: Sirianni has almost gone under the radar as a coach

1170
00:58:49,720 --> 00:58:51,600
Speaker 1: that deserves a lot more credit because it was a

1171
00:58:51,680 --> 00:58:55,000
Speaker 1: year ago when their offense wasn't working out. Point blank

1172
00:58:55,080 --> 00:58:58,320
Speaker 1: mid season just turns them into a ground heavy monster

1173
00:58:58,440 --> 00:59:00,680
Speaker 1: that is unstoppable on the ground. There's so much more

1174
00:59:00,680 --> 00:59:02,440
Speaker 1: balance now. And if you look at the Steelers, they've

1175
00:59:02,480 --> 00:59:05,200
Speaker 1: given up the third nose passing yards in the league.

1176
00:59:05,480 --> 00:59:08,320
Speaker 1: Their defense is a good by name and reputation, only

1177
00:59:08,400 --> 00:59:10,720
Speaker 1: they're not a very good defense right now. And I

1178
00:59:10,720 --> 00:59:13,280
Speaker 1: don't see how if you're Philly with a J. Brown

1179
00:59:13,640 --> 00:59:15,520
Speaker 1: with with what you've got through the air, that you

1180
00:59:15,560 --> 00:59:17,920
Speaker 1: can't take total advantage of the Steelers defense. And I

1181
00:59:17,920 --> 00:59:20,680
Speaker 1: don't like it at all. For Pittsburgh might get t

1182
00:59:20,840 --> 00:59:23,880
Speaker 1: j Wa back, which would be huge, that would be

1183
00:59:23,960 --> 00:59:26,520
Speaker 1: I actually think the Steelers will keep it under the

1184
00:59:26,600 --> 00:59:30,080
Speaker 1: number just because they have every week other than that

1185
00:59:30,120 --> 00:59:32,640
Speaker 1: Bill's game, every Steelers game has come down to the

1186
00:59:32,720 --> 00:59:35,120
Speaker 1: last possession. I know in the Browns game they scored

1187
00:59:35,120 --> 00:59:37,240
Speaker 1: a touchdown on the last play, which was one of those,

1188
00:59:37,720 --> 00:59:40,120
Speaker 1: but that was essentially a one score game too. They

1189
00:59:40,240 --> 00:59:43,720
Speaker 1: they've they're competitive, and I think they'll be competitive. But

1190
00:59:43,760 --> 00:59:45,640
Speaker 1: I think this Quin trade is one of the reasons

1191
00:59:45,640 --> 00:59:49,600
Speaker 1: why the Eagles built back their team to a superpower

1192
00:59:50,040 --> 00:59:53,200
Speaker 1: so quickly. It's strength on strength, Like you mentioned their

1193
00:59:53,280 --> 00:59:57,600
Speaker 1: deep at pass rusher already with Brandon Graham and Josh

1194
00:59:57,600 --> 01:00:02,200
Speaker 1: Sweat and Hassan Dick. It's crazy and yet you add

1195
01:00:02,240 --> 01:00:06,680
Speaker 1: another one because I think the the analytics department, which

1196
01:00:06,760 --> 01:00:09,480
Speaker 1: Nick Sirianni shouted out by name as analytics is getting

1197
01:00:09,480 --> 01:00:11,880
Speaker 1: a lot of grief. You know, in the NFL, Nick

1198
01:00:11,920 --> 01:00:14,960
Speaker 1: Sirian he shouted out by name run by uh their VP,

1199
01:00:15,040 --> 01:00:16,960
Speaker 1: Alec Hallabey, And I think a lot of what these

1200
01:00:17,000 --> 01:00:19,440
Speaker 1: analytics department says, at least for the Eagles, which is

1201
01:00:19,440 --> 01:00:22,360
Speaker 1: clear as load up on huge guys, load up on

1202
01:00:22,400 --> 01:00:26,480
Speaker 1: your lines, get eight linemen on both sides because huge

1203
01:00:26,560 --> 01:00:30,880
Speaker 1: men linemen, especially defensive linemen. Offensive lineman too, is like

1204
01:00:31,000 --> 01:00:35,200
Speaker 1: an undervalued resource somehow in the NFL. Guys that can

1205
01:00:35,240 --> 01:00:37,400
Speaker 1: just play forty snaps A fourth round pick for Quinns,

1206
01:00:37,760 --> 01:00:41,840
Speaker 1: you know, and their their ability to cycle in guys

1207
01:00:41,880 --> 01:00:45,120
Speaker 1: and keep players fresh and and all. This depth is

1208
01:00:45,160 --> 01:00:47,920
Speaker 1: so incredibly important. You need it because this is a

1209
01:00:47,960 --> 01:00:50,480
Speaker 1: gauntlet the season. So it's a great move. And I

1210
01:00:50,520 --> 01:00:53,240
Speaker 1: love when gms don't fall in love. I understand the

1211
01:00:53,320 --> 01:00:56,160
Speaker 1: value of a mid round pick and how um teams

1212
01:00:56,200 --> 01:01:00,200
Speaker 1: believe they could find gold with those picks. But how

1213
01:01:00,200 --> 01:01:02,360
Speaker 1: long is Robert Quinn under a contract? This is it?

1214
01:01:02,520 --> 01:01:05,480
Speaker 1: This is it? So it gets a compensatory picks. It's

1215
01:01:05,480 --> 01:01:08,400
Speaker 1: a potential rental. If it really works out, they can

1216
01:01:08,480 --> 01:01:10,480
Speaker 1: work out a deal to keep him. If he leaves,

1217
01:01:10,520 --> 01:01:12,800
Speaker 1: you get potentially a draft pick, and it's just kind

1218
01:01:12,800 --> 01:01:16,520
Speaker 1: of like a no brainer. And if you're another contender

1219
01:01:16,560 --> 01:01:18,640
Speaker 1: in the league, you're like, damn, the Eagles are doing this.

1220
01:01:18,720 --> 01:01:22,040
Speaker 1: They did that with Gardner Johnson before the season started

1221
01:01:22,200 --> 01:01:24,640
Speaker 1: and when there may not be another contender in the NFC,

1222
01:01:24,680 --> 01:01:27,200
Speaker 1: because you're lucky to be this aggressive in the season

1223
01:01:27,480 --> 01:01:30,120
Speaker 1: where two teams you thought the Bucks and Packers would

1224
01:01:30,120 --> 01:01:33,640
Speaker 1: be major factors are devolving. Right, And I'll just say

1225
01:01:34,280 --> 01:01:36,240
Speaker 1: my last point in this Greg, as you had mentioned,

1226
01:01:36,360 --> 01:01:38,040
Speaker 1: you think the steel is gonna hang around this game

1227
01:01:38,040 --> 01:01:40,640
Speaker 1: with the exception of the Buffalo game. Well, I think

1228
01:01:40,640 --> 01:01:44,240
Speaker 1: that it's there's three teams Eagles, Chiefs, Uh and Buffalo

1229
01:01:44,440 --> 01:01:47,320
Speaker 1: that are above everyone else. And I don't think the Steelers,

1230
01:01:47,360 --> 01:01:49,160
Speaker 1: like they couldn't hang with Buffalo, They're gonna hang with

1231
01:01:49,200 --> 01:01:50,960
Speaker 1: Philly on the road. I think they're gonna get their

1232
01:01:50,960 --> 01:01:55,040
Speaker 1: doors blown off. I'm laying that wood. Okay, good for you.

1233
01:01:55,240 --> 01:01:57,440
Speaker 1: What about is the rainmaker coming out? He did? He

1234
01:01:57,480 --> 01:01:59,680
Speaker 1: took an l last week. You got a W two. Right.

1235
01:02:00,480 --> 01:02:03,120
Speaker 1: Not only did the Seahawks win, but hopefully people felt

1236
01:02:03,120 --> 01:02:06,080
Speaker 1: the confidences as six and a half point underdogs there

1237
01:02:06,400 --> 01:02:08,480
Speaker 1: that one by seventeen and just went the you know,

1238
01:02:08,560 --> 01:02:11,840
Speaker 1: well the other the other matchup you picked cost people dead,

1239
01:02:11,880 --> 01:02:17,040
Speaker 1: president and one one's good or more families potentially? Sure, yeah,

1240
01:02:17,080 --> 01:02:19,360
Speaker 1: I mean one one. And if I'm just saying, if

1241
01:02:19,400 --> 01:02:22,000
Speaker 1: you great, how about the guy that only did the

1242
01:02:22,280 --> 01:02:25,760
Speaker 1: He's like, I can only pick. Funds are limited. I'm

1243
01:02:25,800 --> 01:02:28,760
Speaker 1: gonna go to win. Or you took the Seahawks to win,

1244
01:02:28,840 --> 01:02:31,520
Speaker 1: then actually one and one is a win. One and

1245
01:02:31,600 --> 01:02:37,040
Speaker 1: one's a win when the drunk on power unless you

1246
01:02:37,080 --> 01:02:39,680
Speaker 1: parlaid them, then you lose. Well, who had no one?

1247
01:02:39,720 --> 01:02:42,680
Speaker 1: Does that go? Grave Digger chimes in, usually we'd have

1248
01:02:42,720 --> 01:02:45,120
Speaker 1: an issue, but no issue. Probably took Greg's advice and

1249
01:02:45,200 --> 01:02:49,400
Speaker 1: is paying for it. Do not do that, will never

1250
01:02:49,480 --> 01:02:55,000
Speaker 1: do that, never ever to have the first overall pick.

1251
01:02:55,200 --> 01:02:57,800
Speaker 1: It truly is. But we say that every week now.

1252
01:02:58,000 --> 01:03:00,840
Speaker 1: It is the fact that I'm taking Ray Leaders Saints,

1253
01:03:00,840 --> 01:03:06,120
Speaker 1: says my next pick. I just like I'm thinking which

1254
01:03:06,120 --> 01:03:09,600
Speaker 1: teams have I watched live? It is a big game

1255
01:03:09,680 --> 01:03:12,880
Speaker 1: for the both of these teams. I think they're both

1256
01:03:13,480 --> 01:03:16,840
Speaker 1: a little better than their records. Any hope that these

1257
01:03:16,840 --> 01:03:19,040
Speaker 1: teams have you know what you mean, you win? No,

1258
01:03:19,440 --> 01:03:21,360
Speaker 1: it's not like but but I like it. Too, That's

1259
01:03:21,360 --> 01:03:23,360
Speaker 1: why I'm taking it. But they're combining the records are

1260
01:03:23,400 --> 01:03:25,640
Speaker 1: four and nine, so it's like that's sort of where

1261
01:03:25,640 --> 01:03:27,560
Speaker 1: we are with the NFL, that that's a good game.

1262
01:03:28,400 --> 01:03:32,280
Speaker 1: Um party Town verse party Town, Oh, along those lines.

1263
01:03:32,360 --> 01:03:35,000
Speaker 1: This blew my mind the stack, Reggy. There's only one

1264
01:03:35,120 --> 01:03:37,920
Speaker 1: game in Week eight with two teams with a winning record,

1265
01:03:39,000 --> 01:03:43,600
Speaker 1: and it's the freaking Giants and the Seahawks a week ago,

1266
01:03:43,640 --> 01:03:45,760
Speaker 1: I think, So okay, that makes more sense that we

1267
01:03:45,880 --> 01:03:47,960
Speaker 1: just think about if somebody had told you that back

1268
01:03:47,960 --> 01:03:50,320
Speaker 1: in the summer. By week there's only one game with

1269
01:03:50,360 --> 01:03:52,520
Speaker 1: two winning teams and it's the Giants and Seahawks. This

1270
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Speaker 1: has been a weird, funky, freaky season for these two teams.

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Speaker 1: I think especially the Raiders are arguably one of the

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Speaker 1: best offenses in the league. I mean, they've scored thirty

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Speaker 1: three a game the last three. They're running the ball fantastic.

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01:04:06,520 --> 01:04:10,560
Speaker 1: I think Derek Carr's making great decisions and they're going

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01:04:10,640 --> 01:04:13,120
Speaker 1: up against a bad defense. You gotta call the Saints

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01:04:13,200 --> 01:04:15,440
Speaker 1: that at this point for all to talk about like

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Speaker 1: losing Sean Payton, their numbers offensively in every respect are

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Speaker 1: considerably better than they were a year ago, like by

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Speaker 1: a lot. They're like top five or six yards per

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Speaker 1: play and points per drive and all this stuff, and

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01:04:29,200 --> 01:04:31,760
Speaker 1: their defense is right near the bottom at all those

1282
01:04:31,840 --> 01:04:35,720
Speaker 1: They're not making big plays, they're giving up big plays defensively.

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Speaker 1: They're still without Marshawn Lattimore. I was thinking maybe with

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Speaker 1: the extra of days with the you know they call

1285
01:04:42,800 --> 01:04:45,120
Speaker 1: it the mini buy for the Saints, they'd get healthier.

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Speaker 1: But Michael Thomas still out of practice, Jervis Landry still

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01:04:47,440 --> 01:04:50,200
Speaker 1: out of practice, Lattimore is still out of practice, and

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01:04:50,400 --> 01:04:52,480
Speaker 1: the defense hasn't shown enough to me that they're like

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Speaker 1: going to keep the Raiders under thirty so they can

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Speaker 1: the offense score over thirty. With Andy Dalton as their quarterback.

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Speaker 1: I think they have a chance. But it's just like

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Speaker 1: that's a lot to ask they have a chance. I mean,

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Speaker 1: I love I know that the Las Vegas the record

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01:05:04,600 --> 01:05:06,880
Speaker 1: has them in a dark place right now, but they're

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Speaker 1: one team that I kind of think can get back

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Speaker 1: into this thing. I like this matchup for them. The

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01:05:12,040 --> 01:05:14,240
Speaker 1: Saints have the thirty first scoring defense, they have the

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01:05:14,280 --> 01:05:17,120
Speaker 1: most giveaways in the NFL on offense, and they they

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01:05:17,120 --> 01:05:19,920
Speaker 1: were run on by Eno Benjamin a week ago against Arizona.

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01:05:20,080 --> 01:05:22,560
Speaker 1: Josh Jacobs has four d forty one yards and six

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01:05:22,600 --> 01:05:25,040
Speaker 1: touchdowns in the last three weeks. Derek Carr isn't a

1302
01:05:25,080 --> 01:05:27,360
Speaker 1: better situation with the way they're playing right now on

1303
01:05:27,400 --> 01:05:30,200
Speaker 1: a run heavy offense. He's thrown one interception since Week two.

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01:05:30,520 --> 01:05:32,880
Speaker 1: That's the issue when Derek Carr was throwing picks in

1305
01:05:32,920 --> 01:05:34,600
Speaker 1: that Week one game, But just in general, when you

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01:05:34,600 --> 01:05:36,800
Speaker 1: get that with Derek Carr, you're killing chances. But he's

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01:05:36,840 --> 01:05:39,400
Speaker 1: making throws and they are able to do like their

1308
01:05:39,480 --> 01:05:47,280
Speaker 1: line had like nine combinations. It's just way too strange

1309
01:05:47,280 --> 01:05:49,640
Speaker 1: of a matchup to lock either one without being called

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01:05:49,640 --> 01:05:51,880
Speaker 1: a psycho. So I'm not gonna do that. But I

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01:05:51,880 --> 01:05:54,000
Speaker 1: think that I think that the team I believe in

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01:05:54,040 --> 01:05:55,880
Speaker 1: more is the Raiders to get back into it in

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01:05:55,920 --> 01:05:58,160
Speaker 1: the a f C and be a factor down the stretch.

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Speaker 1: I already flipped my pick for this game. I picked

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01:05:59,880 --> 01:06:01,640
Speaker 1: this Saints initially just felt like they're going to get

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01:06:01,680 --> 01:06:05,000
Speaker 1: back in this uh and then I looked at that

1317
01:06:05,040 --> 01:06:07,320
Speaker 1: injury report and I was too freaked out. Dennis Allen,

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01:06:07,760 --> 01:06:09,640
Speaker 1: you know they've Here's where they missed on Peyton is

1319
01:06:09,640 --> 01:06:12,080
Speaker 1: that they no longer have Dennis Allen as their defensive coordinator.

1320
01:06:12,440 --> 01:06:14,840
Speaker 1: And I just think he was a good coordinator and

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01:06:14,880 --> 01:06:17,160
Speaker 1: he's not a good head coach apparently, and he defenses

1322
01:06:17,240 --> 01:06:20,320
Speaker 1: falling apart. It's gonna be the very, uh, a very

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01:06:20,400 --> 01:06:23,680
Speaker 1: raiderous thing when Josh Jacobs gets a contract extension uh

1324
01:06:24,240 --> 01:06:26,360
Speaker 1: and then never does this again. Well, just to go

1325
01:06:26,480 --> 01:06:29,160
Speaker 1: from the decline of the fifth year rookie deal to

1326
01:06:29,200 --> 01:06:31,360
Speaker 1: the extension I'm looking forward to. The fantasy heads are

1327
01:06:31,400 --> 01:06:35,400
Speaker 1: already freaking out about him being overdrafted next summer. We

1328
01:06:35,160 --> 01:06:38,720
Speaker 1: we we should mention that's their business. Mark I was

1329
01:06:38,760 --> 01:06:40,800
Speaker 1: saying that they were saying, don't do that. They're trying

1330
01:06:40,800 --> 01:06:44,240
Speaker 1: to give good advice, but who cares about next year's

1331
01:06:44,320 --> 01:06:47,960
Speaker 1: draft talking about that? I have nothing monitored that on

1332
01:06:47,960 --> 01:06:51,040
Speaker 1: Twitter that a lot of Josh Jacobs for sale responses

1333
01:06:50,440 --> 01:06:53,400
Speaker 1: to the next year Do you trade him now? At

1334
01:06:53,440 --> 01:06:55,080
Speaker 1: his peak? And I would say no, I think this

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01:06:55,240 --> 01:06:58,160
Speaker 1: is sustainable, uh, Andy Dalton, they believe is sustainable. They

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01:06:58,160 --> 01:07:01,400
Speaker 1: announced he's officially the starter over Jamis Winston, who's healthy

1337
01:07:01,480 --> 01:07:04,640
Speaker 1: enough to play. I think that was actually the case

1338
01:07:04,760 --> 01:07:08,120
Speaker 1: last Thursday, but they hadn't told Jamis Winston that or

1339
01:07:08,160 --> 01:07:10,960
Speaker 1: told the media or told their players that, and they

1340
01:07:11,000 --> 01:07:12,800
Speaker 1: stuck with Andy Dalton. They said, they don't want to

1341
01:07:12,840 --> 01:07:16,240
Speaker 1: rock the boat about this. Taysom Hill and Andy Dalton

1342
01:07:16,280 --> 01:07:18,480
Speaker 1: they can make some music together, and we started to

1343
01:07:18,480 --> 01:07:20,240
Speaker 1: see that. And then he's got nine touches in the

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01:07:20,320 --> 01:07:23,160
Speaker 1: last two weeks. There, you know, And what you're saying

1345
01:07:23,280 --> 01:07:25,280
Speaker 1: is true. They aren't scoring points. Some of that is

1346
01:07:25,520 --> 01:07:27,680
Speaker 1: they're chasing points because the defense has given up so

1347
01:07:27,720 --> 01:07:30,680
Speaker 1: many points. But finding a way to make Dalton and

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01:07:30,880 --> 01:07:34,800
Speaker 1: Hill work in concert, I think. And some of it

1349
01:07:35,000 --> 01:07:38,360
Speaker 1: they're they're giving up points offensively like Andy Dalton did,

1350
01:07:38,440 --> 01:07:40,320
Speaker 1: and then the running backs did for the first three

1351
01:07:40,360 --> 01:07:44,440
Speaker 1: or four games where they just fumbled three times a week.

1352
01:07:47,160 --> 01:07:51,560
Speaker 1: Oh it's me against Uh, it's the Dolphins, it's the Lions.

1353
01:07:52,120 --> 01:07:55,280
Speaker 1: I think I've watched every single Lions game this year live.

1354
01:07:55,800 --> 01:08:01,120
Speaker 1: I'm sorry. It's just like not much out there. And

1355
01:08:01,160 --> 01:08:04,400
Speaker 1: I do find this Dolphins team very compelling, even if

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01:08:04,800 --> 01:08:08,320
Speaker 1: the Lions are less compelling. I would say right now,

1357
01:08:08,360 --> 01:08:11,720
Speaker 1: Torn Arms, that has really meant everything to them. When

1358
01:08:11,760 --> 01:08:16,080
Speaker 1: Tron Arms started plays, they protect their quarterback and they

1359
01:08:16,120 --> 01:08:18,719
Speaker 1: look better. And I know they struggled in the final

1360
01:08:18,800 --> 01:08:20,840
Speaker 1: three quarters a week ago, and I don't think this

1361
01:08:20,920 --> 01:08:23,880
Speaker 1: is as easy a matchup as it would have been

1362
01:08:23,880 --> 01:08:25,720
Speaker 1: before the bye. I think they came out of there

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01:08:25,720 --> 01:08:28,720
Speaker 1: by with better energy. They played great in terms of

1364
01:08:28,720 --> 01:08:31,960
Speaker 1: their energy on defense a week ago. It wasn't on them.

1365
01:08:32,120 --> 01:08:35,679
Speaker 1: They were flying around. Hutchison had his best game. Josh Pascal,

1366
01:08:35,720 --> 01:08:38,080
Speaker 1: who was a second round pick returned from my R

1367
01:08:38,120 --> 01:08:40,840
Speaker 1: played great. Okuda played great, and so I don't just

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01:08:40,920 --> 01:08:43,000
Speaker 1: hand this to the Dolphins. I don't think they're gonna

1369
01:08:43,040 --> 01:08:45,880
Speaker 1: put up thirty five. I think those days, at least

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Speaker 1: against the Lions might be over. I wouldn't hand it

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Speaker 1: to the Dolphins either. I mean if starting with Miami's secondary,

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Speaker 1: which is real banged up. You lost Brandon Jones a

1373
01:08:54,120 --> 01:08:56,439
Speaker 1: week ago at safety Xavian Howard. I don't think it's

1374
01:08:56,439 --> 01:08:59,160
Speaker 1: looked like himself for much of the year Byron Jones,

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01:08:59,240 --> 01:09:01,320
Speaker 1: Nick Needham banged up, so you can pass. I mean

1376
01:09:01,320 --> 01:09:04,120
Speaker 1: that we've seen we I think maybe the early part

1377
01:09:04,160 --> 01:09:06,160
Speaker 1: of the season with Detroit's offense was a bit of

1378
01:09:06,200 --> 01:09:08,960
Speaker 1: a aberration. I'm not sure that's really who they are.

1379
01:09:09,000 --> 01:09:11,000
Speaker 1: And when they get the Andrew Swift back, that wouldn't

1380
01:09:11,200 --> 01:09:14,200
Speaker 1: that would matter a lot um. Looks like he's practicing.

1381
01:09:14,240 --> 01:09:16,680
Speaker 1: He practiced last week too and did not play, so

1382
01:09:16,720 --> 01:09:18,680
Speaker 1: I must I I'm assuming we do get him back,

1383
01:09:18,720 --> 01:09:20,439
Speaker 1: and I think that's sort of the heart beating heart

1384
01:09:20,479 --> 01:09:22,280
Speaker 1: of their of their offense. So that's good for Detroit.

1385
01:09:22,360 --> 01:09:28,400
Speaker 1: Anybody absolutely hate to his game against four turnover worthy.

1386
01:09:28,479 --> 01:09:30,320
Speaker 1: He's so lucky in some of these games. He doesn't

1387
01:09:30,320 --> 01:09:33,920
Speaker 1: have three people really is Jimmy. They're the Jimmy G comparisons.

1388
01:09:33,960 --> 01:09:36,200
Speaker 1: I think it was our guest Steve Palazola, who I

1389
01:09:36,240 --> 01:09:39,200
Speaker 1: heard make it first early. There's a lot of Jimmy

1390
01:09:39,240 --> 01:09:40,840
Speaker 1: G to him, and he gets the same offense, but

1391
01:09:40,880 --> 01:09:43,640
Speaker 1: there's a lot of jim and he certainly deserves some

1392
01:09:43,800 --> 01:09:47,360
Speaker 1: rope here um because of the layoff and obviously the

1393
01:09:47,439 --> 01:09:51,160
Speaker 1: nature of the injury. And I know I've mentioned this before,

1394
01:09:51,160 --> 01:09:53,320
Speaker 1: but I just got to do it again because I

1395
01:09:53,400 --> 01:09:57,439
Speaker 1: know the statistically certain players, it all makes sense, like, oh,

1396
01:09:57,520 --> 01:09:59,519
Speaker 1: you know this is working. This is the Miami offense

1397
01:09:59,600 --> 01:10:01,840
Speaker 1: is working. But you take out the week to fourth

1398
01:10:01,920 --> 01:10:08,720
Speaker 1: quarter and these are their points by week fifteen, seventeen,

1399
01:10:09,080 --> 01:10:12,639
Speaker 1: sixteen sixteen. There's some defensive scores in there too. Yeah,

1400
01:10:12,640 --> 01:10:14,519
Speaker 1: there's a couple in there. You'd have to say, though

1401
01:10:14,560 --> 01:10:17,160
Speaker 1: in another universe like Tyreek, Hill's not working out at

1402
01:10:17,200 --> 01:10:20,360
Speaker 1: all and there's a big problem there at the offense.

1403
01:10:20,439 --> 01:10:23,759
Speaker 1: The windows he's throwing into are huge, but they'll probably

1404
01:10:23,760 --> 01:10:26,120
Speaker 1: be huge this week. He does do certain things well,

1405
01:10:26,120 --> 01:10:28,160
Speaker 1: he gets rid of the ball. You'd like him to

1406
01:10:28,200 --> 01:10:30,439
Speaker 1: be more accurate than he wasn't would have point it

1407
01:10:30,479 --> 01:10:32,320
Speaker 1: wasn't a strong game, I'd have to guess, and I

1408
01:10:32,640 --> 01:10:34,400
Speaker 1: haven't looked at it. Maybe grave there you can check

1409
01:10:34,400 --> 01:10:37,720
Speaker 1: it out that both Wattle and Hill on pace to

1410
01:10:37,760 --> 01:10:41,360
Speaker 1: go over like twelve yards receiving um Hill like about

1411
01:10:41,400 --> 01:10:44,080
Speaker 1: eighteen he might be Yeah, I'm sure he's way over that.

1412
01:10:44,120 --> 01:10:46,840
Speaker 1: I was kind of low barring it there. But so

1413
01:10:47,280 --> 01:10:49,320
Speaker 1: the numbers of there when you looked at Oh, these

1414
01:10:49,320 --> 01:10:52,200
Speaker 1: two guys watch out, but they're just not scoring enough points.

1415
01:10:52,320 --> 01:10:56,000
Speaker 1: And I think this is a good matchup um for

1416
01:10:56,160 --> 01:10:59,200
Speaker 1: the Miami Dolphins. But with the Lions. Yeah, did they

1417
01:10:59,200 --> 01:11:04,280
Speaker 1: peek early off pensively probably, but they're healthier now. Is

1418
01:11:04,320 --> 01:11:07,760
Speaker 1: DeAndre Swift in this game? We think? We think so.

1419
01:11:08,040 --> 01:11:10,599
Speaker 1: I do worry about Jared Goff though against this blitz

1420
01:11:10,640 --> 01:11:14,040
Speaker 1: heavy defense, we can do some similar things to what

1421
01:11:14,160 --> 01:11:16,720
Speaker 1: the Patriots did to them. Yeah, let's let's find a

1422
01:11:16,720 --> 01:11:18,880
Speaker 1: way Detroit team of a t L to get off

1423
01:11:18,880 --> 01:11:21,519
Speaker 1: the mad here and get a win, just to kind

1424
01:11:21,520 --> 01:11:25,280
Speaker 1: of pump some vibes into that building at one in five.

1425
01:11:25,320 --> 01:11:27,559
Speaker 1: It has been a very very bad start for them,

1426
01:11:27,560 --> 01:11:30,360
Speaker 1: and I just can't quite frankly, I can't deal with

1427
01:11:30,360 --> 01:11:33,400
Speaker 1: another Sunday night flagship program where we're listening to Dan

1428
01:11:33,439 --> 01:11:37,800
Speaker 1: Campbell in the shots up to us. We could just

1429
01:11:37,840 --> 01:11:41,200
Speaker 1: take him out of the show, but we've established they're

1430
01:11:41,240 --> 01:11:44,240
Speaker 1: the team of a t N. He's good, he's good copy,

1431
01:11:44,560 --> 01:11:47,880
Speaker 1: he's good sound, and we just tapped into his damn

1432
01:11:47,920 --> 01:11:51,120
Speaker 1: phone line and we heard the conversation with Joe Shane

1433
01:11:51,120 --> 01:11:54,240
Speaker 1: of the Gems. So there's a lot of things going

1434
01:11:54,280 --> 01:11:58,439
Speaker 1: on here about Well maybe maybe like since we only

1435
01:11:58,479 --> 01:12:02,080
Speaker 1: had that tap working, you know, it ran out, it

1436
01:12:02,200 --> 01:12:05,840
Speaker 1: only worked on Wednesday, maybe he will make that trade

1437
01:12:06,880 --> 01:12:08,640
Speaker 1: to apply for it. Yeah. I mean it's like, you know,

1438
01:12:08,800 --> 01:12:11,559
Speaker 1: you can only listen to amount of time. I've I've

1439
01:12:11,600 --> 01:12:13,800
Speaker 1: watched the wire, so I'm an expert here, and you

1440
01:12:13,840 --> 01:12:15,720
Speaker 1: know you have to apply for a certain amount of

1441
01:12:15,720 --> 01:12:18,640
Speaker 1: time and then it runs out, and then well if

1442
01:12:18,640 --> 01:12:23,880
Speaker 1: you're operating through the law. We also if you if

1443
01:12:23,880 --> 01:12:28,160
Speaker 1: you're in the van um dressed as like a utility company, um,

1444
01:12:28,200 --> 01:12:30,519
Speaker 1: you could listen. Uh, and then as soon as they

1445
01:12:30,560 --> 01:12:34,000
Speaker 1: start talking about something personally, you gotta click off which

1446
01:12:34,880 --> 01:12:37,320
Speaker 1: and then you go back to your newspaper and you say,

1447
01:12:37,400 --> 01:12:39,479
Speaker 1: we gotta wait, we gotta wait for a few minutes,

1448
01:12:39,720 --> 01:12:41,920
Speaker 1: and then you check back in. There is a code

1449
01:12:42,200 --> 01:12:47,400
Speaker 1: television taught uses update on your Dolphins receiver question. Tyreek

1450
01:12:47,439 --> 01:12:50,320
Speaker 1: Hill leads the league and receiving yards. They've played seven games.

1451
01:12:50,360 --> 01:12:52,200
Speaker 1: Lots of teams only played six games. Tyry Hill leads

1452
01:12:52,200 --> 01:12:54,360
Speaker 1: the league and receiving yards per game on pace for

1453
01:12:54,479 --> 01:12:57,080
Speaker 1: eighteen seventy six. Jalen Waddle fifth in the league and

1454
01:12:57,080 --> 01:12:59,759
Speaker 1: receiving yards per game on pace for fifteen o seven,

1455
01:12:59,800 --> 01:13:03,880
Speaker 1: so over yards and yet they score seventeen points. A

1456
01:13:03,880 --> 01:13:10,040
Speaker 1: game producer, just a good job. He's great. Thank you

1457
01:13:10,120 --> 01:13:13,519
Speaker 1: for in the running games to Initially I would say

1458
01:13:13,520 --> 01:13:15,160
Speaker 1: that would be what was off, but now most they're

1459
01:13:15,160 --> 01:13:17,439
Speaker 1: it's getting rolling. So what's up? Where are they scored

1460
01:13:17,479 --> 01:13:20,120
Speaker 1: more points? I don't have a good ends. Does anybody

1461
01:13:20,240 --> 01:13:22,280
Speaker 1: like what's going on? They a red zone disaster? I

1462
01:13:22,280 --> 01:13:26,160
Speaker 1: wonder if it's good points per driving. Yeah, past protection

1463
01:13:26,240 --> 01:13:28,639
Speaker 1: for the weeks that Armstead was out, but now they're

1464
01:13:28,680 --> 01:13:30,520
Speaker 1: good in the red zone. Had a bunch of quarterbacks

1465
01:13:30,520 --> 01:13:33,000
Speaker 1: obviously that you know that will lead to a little

1466
01:13:34,240 --> 01:13:36,679
Speaker 1: with the offense. But they were still moving the ball

1467
01:13:36,680 --> 01:13:38,120
Speaker 1: in those games, a lot of yards, a lot of

1468
01:13:38,160 --> 01:13:42,559
Speaker 1: field goals, at least in the last month. Mhmm. A

1469
01:13:42,600 --> 01:13:45,599
Speaker 1: bit mysterious, a bit of an unsolved mystery. Robert Stack style,

1470
01:13:46,040 --> 01:13:49,280
Speaker 1: the Dolphins and their offense, Tampa Bay impression. I was

1471
01:13:49,280 --> 01:13:51,559
Speaker 1: gonna do a snake, but Greg, that was your pick.

1472
01:13:51,560 --> 01:13:53,519
Speaker 1: So we're up to Mark Cla. All right, I'm gonna

1473
01:13:53,520 --> 01:13:56,640
Speaker 1: go on Panthers at Falcons. There's not a lot to

1474
01:13:56,640 --> 01:13:58,519
Speaker 1: pick from at this point, but I I do find

1475
01:13:58,840 --> 01:14:01,960
Speaker 1: obviously what happened with J Walker a week ago makes

1476
01:14:01,960 --> 01:14:07,040
Speaker 1: the Panthers more compelling visually to me. Falcons, I think

1477
01:14:07,080 --> 01:14:09,759
Speaker 1: you can be the Falcons have the thirty second ranked

1478
01:14:09,800 --> 01:14:12,160
Speaker 1: past defense, so maybe p J. Walker, who made some

1479
01:14:12,280 --> 01:14:15,920
Speaker 1: absolutely beautiful throws a week ago, the touchdown to DJ More,

1480
01:14:15,960 --> 01:14:18,840
Speaker 1: the touchdown to Tommy Tremble, Uh, I think that can

1481
01:14:18,880 --> 01:14:21,200
Speaker 1: happen again. And they they're showing faith in him. He's

1482
01:14:21,200 --> 01:14:23,680
Speaker 1: out look at how many guys come in like a P. J.

1483
01:14:23,800 --> 01:14:28,480
Speaker 1: Walker and suddenly outshine the first overall pick and finger mayfield.

1484
01:14:28,560 --> 01:14:30,960
Speaker 1: Sam Donald's not seeing the field. Let's see if you

1485
01:14:31,000 --> 01:14:33,960
Speaker 1: can do it against Atlanta's last ranked past defense, who

1486
01:14:33,960 --> 01:14:36,160
Speaker 1: gave four hundred and eighty three yards a We could

1487
01:14:36,160 --> 01:14:38,439
Speaker 1: go to Joe Burrow and how did they respond on offense?

1488
01:14:38,439 --> 01:14:40,080
Speaker 1: This is what bothers me a little bit with the Falcons,

1489
01:14:40,120 --> 01:14:42,200
Speaker 1: because they're not built to get in if you don't

1490
01:14:42,280 --> 01:14:44,360
Speaker 1: have the lead. What Atlanta wants to do does not

1491
01:14:44,400 --> 01:14:47,080
Speaker 1: work on offense. They had Mariota throw thirteen passes a

1492
01:14:47,080 --> 01:14:49,240
Speaker 1: week ago when they had given up a ton of

1493
01:14:49,240 --> 01:14:51,760
Speaker 1: points out of the gate. He threw fourteen the week before.

1494
01:14:51,800 --> 01:14:53,560
Speaker 1: They just don't trust him through the air. And you

1495
01:14:53,600 --> 01:14:55,720
Speaker 1: gotta be able to team. You gotta be even and

1496
01:14:55,800 --> 01:14:57,800
Speaker 1: run the ball if you're Atlanta, otherwise you're in hot water.

1497
01:14:58,120 --> 01:15:00,280
Speaker 1: On the Sunday Show, they were They were trailed by

1498
01:15:00,320 --> 01:15:02,840
Speaker 1: double digits for fifty game minutes of that game and

1499
01:15:02,840 --> 01:15:05,599
Speaker 1: he's still finished with thirteen passes. And so there's there's

1500
01:15:05,640 --> 01:15:08,240
Speaker 1: this thing going on because we also you have Kyle

1501
01:15:08,320 --> 01:15:10,880
Speaker 1: Pitts and Drake London, the last top ten picks in

1502
01:15:10,880 --> 01:15:13,599
Speaker 1: the last two years. And then you have the way

1503
01:15:13,640 --> 01:15:16,519
Speaker 1: that Arthur Smiths choosing to run the offense, and there's

1504
01:15:16,560 --> 01:15:19,479
Speaker 1: a disconnect there, and I wonder what it's all about.

1505
01:15:19,520 --> 01:15:22,080
Speaker 1: By the way, shout out to all my fellow Kyle

1506
01:15:22,120 --> 01:15:24,920
Speaker 1: Pitts fantasy owners out there, this is the last stand

1507
01:15:25,200 --> 01:15:28,040
Speaker 1: we we We've waited, and we've waited. If they don't

1508
01:15:28,040 --> 01:15:30,080
Speaker 1: put up some points and he doesn't get some targets

1509
01:15:30,120 --> 01:15:32,680
Speaker 1: against the Panthers, we need to move and find something else.

1510
01:15:32,680 --> 01:15:35,519
Speaker 1: Go get Tyler Higbee or something off the waiver wire.

1511
01:15:35,640 --> 01:15:38,439
Speaker 1: A little fantasy nug for you. But I'm just curious, Greggy,

1512
01:15:38,520 --> 01:15:44,080
Speaker 1: why why do we treat Marcus Mariotta as if he's

1513
01:15:44,360 --> 01:15:48,120
Speaker 1: Tim Tebow or Cordell Stewart like they're not. I know

1514
01:15:48,200 --> 01:15:50,519
Speaker 1: he's not a gifted passer of the football, but he's

1515
01:15:50,560 --> 01:15:53,960
Speaker 1: treated as if do not, under any circumstance, let this

1516
01:15:54,000 --> 01:15:57,200
Speaker 1: thing turn into a passing passing off. It's crazy. Last

1517
01:15:57,200 --> 01:16:00,000
Speaker 1: week in that game, they were running on first down

1518
01:16:00,160 --> 01:16:01,840
Speaker 1: the whole time they were trying to come back. The

1519
01:16:01,880 --> 01:16:04,559
Speaker 1: Patriots did it too with Bailey's appy, but I think

1520
01:16:04,560 --> 01:16:07,800
Speaker 1: that's telling that Bailey's Appy and Mariota are getting treated

1521
01:16:07,880 --> 01:16:11,479
Speaker 1: the same. Honestly, it was kind of insane. They weren't

1522
01:16:11,479 --> 01:16:14,640
Speaker 1: playing hurry up. They continued to run the ball. I

1523
01:16:14,760 --> 01:16:18,799
Speaker 1: worry about this matchup for Atlanta because, as I mentioned

1524
01:16:18,960 --> 01:16:21,639
Speaker 1: a week ago that the Falcons lost A. J. Terrell,

1525
01:16:21,680 --> 01:16:24,360
Speaker 1: who's their best player. Doesn't sound like he's gonna play

1526
01:16:24,600 --> 01:16:27,280
Speaker 1: Casey Hayward's now on I R. I would say maybe

1527
01:16:27,280 --> 01:16:30,519
Speaker 1: they're second best player along with Grady Jared of course

1528
01:16:30,720 --> 01:16:33,040
Speaker 1: up front, but they're two best in the secondary certainly,

1529
01:16:34,720 --> 01:16:37,160
Speaker 1: you know, and that we talked about the Panthers, we're

1530
01:16:37,200 --> 01:16:39,439
Speaker 1: gonna be mentioned kind of last and they were this

1531
01:16:39,520 --> 01:16:42,439
Speaker 1: dead team. They win this game and the Bucks lose

1532
01:16:42,479 --> 01:16:44,559
Speaker 1: on Thursday night, which maybe has already happened if you

1533
01:16:44,560 --> 01:16:47,360
Speaker 1: listen to this, they're in first place, so they are

1534
01:16:47,400 --> 01:16:49,880
Speaker 1: no they are in this season if they win this

1535
01:16:49,920 --> 01:16:53,760
Speaker 1: game and just beating the Bucks and Panthers in being

1536
01:16:53,880 --> 01:16:55,640
Speaker 1: three and oh the in the division because remember they

1537
01:16:55,640 --> 01:16:58,400
Speaker 1: beat the Saints earlier too. I mean, they're they're in

1538
01:16:58,479 --> 01:17:00,920
Speaker 1: this thing. I don't think they're like a could be

1539
01:17:00,960 --> 01:17:02,840
Speaker 1: a good team, but they could be a seven and

1540
01:17:02,880 --> 01:17:04,800
Speaker 1: ten team that ties to win this Division or a

1541
01:17:04,920 --> 01:17:07,439
Speaker 1: classic preserker down the stretch. If they played the way

1542
01:17:07,439 --> 01:17:10,120
Speaker 1: it could be that weird Panthers Cam Newton team, remember

1543
01:17:10,160 --> 01:17:13,840
Speaker 1: that where they went seven and they had a terrible

1544
01:17:13,840 --> 01:17:16,120
Speaker 1: start on a rivera. Then they yes, they came surging

1545
01:17:16,120 --> 01:17:20,760
Speaker 1: back seven and nine. They've changed the game. That's the

1546
01:17:20,800 --> 01:17:25,120
Speaker 1: second season with the seventeen games schedule really polarizing, but

1547
01:17:25,200 --> 01:17:28,479
Speaker 1: more football. I did like seeing this Steve Wilkes locker

1548
01:17:28,560 --> 01:17:31,240
Speaker 1: room thing. I mean they celebrated that thing like they

1549
01:17:31,280 --> 01:17:34,599
Speaker 1: won the Super Bowl, and uh, it's been a down season,

1550
01:17:34,680 --> 01:17:38,599
Speaker 1: so good for Steve Wilkes. Ya'm just saying it's been

1551
01:17:38,680 --> 01:17:41,760
Speaker 1: so miserable that you couldn't have this moment of pure joy.

1552
01:17:41,800 --> 01:17:45,280
Speaker 1: Maybe it carries over, maybe not. Just move on after

1553
01:17:45,320 --> 01:17:49,920
Speaker 1: this break? All right, here we go, zeuser is up.

1554
01:17:50,400 --> 01:17:53,040
Speaker 1: Pickings are slim, So let me go grab a late

1555
01:17:53,080 --> 01:17:56,800
Speaker 1: game here. I don't want to watch the Commanders and

1556
01:17:56,920 --> 01:18:02,920
Speaker 1: Sam Ellinger, so let's go with your Tennessee Titans at

1557
01:18:02,960 --> 01:18:07,800
Speaker 1: the Houston Texans. That's available, correct, that is available? It

1558
01:18:07,920 --> 01:18:11,000
Speaker 1: is you'd be stealing it potentially from Graver. I like that.

1559
01:18:11,640 --> 01:18:14,400
Speaker 1: Make him, you know, watch the Colts. Justin and I

1560
01:18:14,479 --> 01:18:18,280
Speaker 1: have a nice working arrangement. Uh, and we will tag

1561
01:18:18,320 --> 01:18:20,840
Speaker 1: team this game. Cool. I'd also be happy to watch

1562
01:18:20,840 --> 01:18:24,080
Speaker 1: hook them Sam Ellinger's first NFL start, That's what I mean.

1563
01:18:24,160 --> 01:18:27,479
Speaker 1: We might need a fourth paradise. That's wonderful, all right,

1564
01:18:27,600 --> 01:18:29,800
Speaker 1: so that let me take care of this game. The

1565
01:18:29,840 --> 01:18:34,080
Speaker 1: Tennessee Titans four and two UM travel to Houston to

1566
01:18:34,160 --> 01:18:39,360
Speaker 1: face the Texans. And yes, we have Davis Mills coming off.

1567
01:18:39,439 --> 01:18:43,280
Speaker 1: Let me start something positive here. Davis Mills was bad

1568
01:18:43,320 --> 01:18:46,160
Speaker 1: for five weeks, went into the bye, and then was

1569
01:18:46,200 --> 01:18:51,720
Speaker 1: professional um against the Raiders in a loss. UM. You have,

1570
01:18:51,960 --> 01:18:54,960
Speaker 1: of course Damian Pierce, who it's gonna give you a

1571
01:18:55,080 --> 01:18:58,160
Speaker 1: hundred plus total yards every game, so you have something cooking.

1572
01:18:58,160 --> 01:19:00,720
Speaker 1: There was Brandon Cook's gonna be on the team as

1573
01:19:00,720 --> 01:19:04,360
Speaker 1: of right now, he is, but we shall see. Uh

1574
01:19:04,400 --> 01:19:06,280
Speaker 1: come Sunday a little late in the week to trade

1575
01:19:06,320 --> 01:19:09,160
Speaker 1: for him. But hey, you know the NFL. Oh, anything

1576
01:19:09,160 --> 01:19:11,719
Speaker 1: can happen. Can I ask you a question? Sure, Christian

1577
01:19:11,800 --> 01:19:14,200
Speaker 1: McCaffrey one of them was he traded for point made

1578
01:19:14,360 --> 01:19:19,640
Speaker 1: Thursday night? There you go, boom. I don't yeah, that

1579
01:19:19,720 --> 01:19:22,200
Speaker 1: was good. I don't think it's the same started chemistry market.

1580
01:19:22,240 --> 01:19:24,200
Speaker 1: I have had this show. But it's good. It's good.

1581
01:19:24,600 --> 01:19:28,120
Speaker 1: I don't know you felt the need to kind of

1582
01:19:28,439 --> 01:19:30,960
Speaker 1: say that makes me know you're worried. Says more about

1583
01:19:32,360 --> 01:19:35,639
Speaker 1: old Greggy. Um. Alright, anyway, so you got the Texans

1584
01:19:35,680 --> 01:19:37,800
Speaker 1: of the Times. I love that the way things are

1585
01:19:37,840 --> 01:19:39,800
Speaker 1: setting up here for Tennessee. I've talked about it. I

1586
01:19:39,800 --> 01:19:43,160
Speaker 1: don't need to belabor it. Uh. They're well coached, they

1587
01:19:43,200 --> 01:19:45,400
Speaker 1: have a great running game, they have a quarterback that's

1588
01:19:45,400 --> 01:19:47,439
Speaker 1: not gonna kill them, and they've been through the Wars.

1589
01:19:47,479 --> 01:19:49,160
Speaker 1: They're gonna win a lot of close games. Like the

1590
01:19:49,360 --> 01:19:52,280
Speaker 1: gi Men. They're the ger Men in the a f

1591
01:19:52,360 --> 01:19:54,479
Speaker 1: C where you're not gonna You're not gonna be totally

1592
01:19:54,760 --> 01:19:56,439
Speaker 1: You're not gonna be totally thrilled when you see them

1593
01:19:56,479 --> 01:19:59,720
Speaker 1: hosting a playoff game in January. But guess what, They're

1594
01:19:59,720 --> 01:20:02,760
Speaker 1: gonna have their eleven wins and away they go. So

1595
01:20:02,800 --> 01:20:04,719
Speaker 1: I think this is another one. I'm a little greg.

1596
01:20:04,760 --> 01:20:06,880
Speaker 1: Maybe you could offer something to me in a way

1597
01:20:07,160 --> 01:20:09,960
Speaker 1: and in the way of an explanation, because Vegas has

1598
01:20:10,000 --> 01:20:12,400
Speaker 1: this game, and I believe one and a half. I've

1599
01:20:12,400 --> 01:20:13,960
Speaker 1: got a great one and a half. I've got a

1600
01:20:13,960 --> 01:20:17,640
Speaker 1: great one. Go ahead, Ryan, Tannehill's status is up in

1601
01:20:17,680 --> 01:20:21,719
Speaker 1: the air, and that is I think for that number.

1602
01:20:21,760 --> 01:20:23,880
Speaker 1: As the week goes on, it seems much more likely

1603
01:20:23,880 --> 01:20:26,559
Speaker 1: that Ryan Tannehill will play. And I think it's gone

1604
01:20:26,600 --> 01:20:27,840
Speaker 1: from one and a half to two and a half.

1605
01:20:27,880 --> 01:20:30,040
Speaker 1: Are they saying on the beat? Uh? He's said of

1606
01:20:30,040 --> 01:20:32,000
Speaker 1: the boot, he's out of the boot. He spoke at

1607
01:20:32,000 --> 01:20:34,880
Speaker 1: the press conference. He hasn't been participating in practice, but

1608
01:20:35,000 --> 01:20:37,200
Speaker 1: that was expected. He said he's getting all the mental

1609
01:20:37,240 --> 01:20:39,280
Speaker 1: reps he can get. I would be very surprised if

1610
01:20:39,320 --> 01:20:43,439
Speaker 1: Tannehill doesn't play, right, but I think it was is

1611
01:20:43,560 --> 01:20:46,639
Speaker 1: like plant do you think he's playing? I think he's playing.

1612
01:20:46,640 --> 01:20:49,800
Speaker 1: Then I'm locking up the Titans. Give me it. Well,

1613
01:20:50,400 --> 01:20:52,439
Speaker 1: I have to let you know something, yes, sir, and

1614
01:20:52,479 --> 01:20:55,360
Speaker 1: this you know Greg, you can see right here. I

1615
01:20:55,400 --> 01:20:59,479
Speaker 1: am also locking up the Titans chemistry and can I

1616
01:20:59,520 --> 01:21:03,559
Speaker 1: say something yes after getting basically bullied into doing it

1617
01:21:03,680 --> 01:21:05,760
Speaker 1: for the first time this year, I'm also locking up

1618
01:21:05,760 --> 01:21:11,800
Speaker 1: the Titans. What could go wrong? Going to be the

1619
01:21:11,880 --> 01:21:14,360
Speaker 1: letdown game? Let me hit you with the fact last

1620
01:21:14,439 --> 01:21:16,800
Speaker 1: year the Titans went into Houston on a six game

1621
01:21:16,840 --> 01:21:20,560
Speaker 1: winning streak and lost to a two and seven Texans

1622
01:21:20,600 --> 01:21:23,400
Speaker 1: team this year, they enter Houston on a four game

1623
01:21:23,400 --> 01:21:28,040
Speaker 1: winning streak up against the Wits team. That what happened

1624
01:21:28,120 --> 01:21:32,120
Speaker 1: last year, right, it's on their minds. It'll form them.

1625
01:21:32,120 --> 01:21:34,760
Speaker 1: They're not if you want to join this chemistry hive

1626
01:21:34,960 --> 01:21:37,720
Speaker 1: in this triple lock chem hive, chem hive, we don't

1627
01:21:37,880 --> 01:21:42,720
Speaker 1: need any of that like talk, that's floor and you

1628
01:21:42,720 --> 01:21:44,720
Speaker 1: guys are Aaron Rodgers right now? Is that what's happening here?

1629
01:21:44,960 --> 01:21:47,800
Speaker 1: But more or less, why are you bringing that just

1630
01:21:47,960 --> 01:21:50,639
Speaker 1: if you're locking it that you didn't even like them

1631
01:21:50,640 --> 01:21:55,479
Speaker 1: against the Commanders with reservations, Get your act together. Never

1632
01:21:55,560 --> 01:21:57,880
Speaker 1: locked with reservations. Derrick Henry has a chance for a

1633
01:21:58,000 --> 01:22:02,080
Speaker 1: fourth straight two hundred US yard rushing and two plus

1634
01:22:02,200 --> 01:22:09,920
Speaker 1: rushing touchdown game against the Texans. You're a Hall of

1635
01:22:09,920 --> 01:22:12,040
Speaker 1: famer when you have any type of nug like that,

1636
01:22:12,280 --> 01:22:14,479
Speaker 1: like Derrick Henry's a Hall of Fame running back. And

1637
01:22:14,560 --> 01:22:17,599
Speaker 1: I think, yes, I reserve the right to back out

1638
01:22:17,640 --> 01:22:21,880
Speaker 1: of this lock. If Ryan Tannehill is scratched, um, I'm

1639
01:22:21,880 --> 01:22:23,680
Speaker 1: gonna put that out there now. But as long as

1640
01:22:23,680 --> 01:22:25,800
Speaker 1: he's playing, they will take care of business. Yeah. I

1641
01:22:25,800 --> 01:22:28,559
Speaker 1: loved their pass special last week. Bud Dupree actually giving

1642
01:22:28,600 --> 01:22:32,240
Speaker 1: them something, uh, coming off an injury, and the Texans

1643
01:22:32,240 --> 01:22:34,640
Speaker 1: feel easy to pick against because they've quietly taken a

1644
01:22:34,720 --> 01:22:36,920
Speaker 1: huge step back on defense. It's hard to think the

1645
01:22:36,920 --> 01:22:39,160
Speaker 1: Texans could take a huge step back in anything, but

1646
01:22:39,240 --> 01:22:41,960
Speaker 1: their defense was frisky. It was like pretty close to

1647
01:22:42,040 --> 01:22:45,240
Speaker 1: average for most of last year, and now Lovey Smith's

1648
01:22:45,240 --> 01:22:49,040
Speaker 1: group is one of the worst defenses. Is anybody surprised?

1649
01:22:51,080 --> 01:22:54,320
Speaker 1: Particularly inspired? Okay, another moment that I took from Tuesday

1650
01:22:54,320 --> 01:22:56,559
Speaker 1: when Gara Folow was on when he said the Texans

1651
01:22:56,640 --> 01:22:59,400
Speaker 1: expected them to be better than they were. That threw me. Actually,

1652
01:22:59,439 --> 01:23:01,600
Speaker 1: that felt like set up for love Smith to be

1653
01:23:01,680 --> 01:23:06,120
Speaker 1: fired like that. Wherever that's coming from, it just started like,

1654
01:23:06,240 --> 01:23:08,920
Speaker 1: okay again on the road. Do you want to hear

1655
01:23:08,960 --> 01:23:10,880
Speaker 1: another weird one? I know it's the Texans, but I

1656
01:23:10,880 --> 01:23:15,400
Speaker 1: found this weird. Come ou Grugier Hill, their linebacker who's

1657
01:23:15,439 --> 01:23:17,320
Speaker 1: like been leading them in tackles, one of their better

1658
01:23:17,360 --> 01:23:24,519
Speaker 1: defensive players. No, no, but and he requested and received

1659
01:23:24,600 --> 01:23:28,320
Speaker 1: his release this week even though he's like played, you know,

1660
01:23:28,640 --> 01:23:30,840
Speaker 1: most of the season for the Texans. That just as

1661
01:23:30,880 --> 01:23:33,760
Speaker 1: a still you could take the Easter be out of

1662
01:23:33,760 --> 01:23:36,240
Speaker 1: the Texans, but there's still some weird stuff going on.

1663
01:23:36,400 --> 01:23:42,439
Speaker 1: That's weird. What's that dude? Who's that dude? Yeah? That

1664
01:23:42,479 --> 01:23:46,720
Speaker 1: line go anywhere. Now, he's like Matthew mcconnie. He's a

1665
01:23:46,760 --> 01:23:51,559
Speaker 1: polarizing Kansas City based sports writer. Uh, talking head type

1666
01:23:51,640 --> 01:23:58,280
Speaker 1: dude anyway, Um, David Culley, Jason Whitlock, Whitlock Um, he

1667
01:23:58,400 --> 01:24:00,960
Speaker 1: had that Kansas City based through back in the day.

1668
01:24:01,000 --> 01:24:04,720
Speaker 1: Yet whenever someone is like getting the last laugh, like,

1669
01:24:04,800 --> 01:24:07,839
Speaker 1: oh so and so is cackling while rolling a blunt somewhere,

1670
01:24:08,200 --> 01:24:11,639
Speaker 1: that is Cully right now, It's like, whatever, you fired me,

1671
01:24:12,280 --> 01:24:14,840
Speaker 1: get my cackle on. He's still getting paid, So you know.

1672
01:24:21,800 --> 01:24:23,599
Speaker 1: It wasn't an endorsement, by the way, it was just

1673
01:24:24,080 --> 01:24:26,400
Speaker 1: remember that was one of his things. Let's move into

1674
01:24:27,200 --> 01:24:30,519
Speaker 1: my other pig, a little sloppy. I gotta have three

1675
01:24:30,600 --> 01:24:34,880
Speaker 1: yearly games with Life is Life Chicago. Basically we can

1676
01:24:34,920 --> 01:24:39,280
Speaker 1: do some postgame fixing training Chicago Bears at Dallas Cowboys.

1677
01:24:39,400 --> 01:24:41,320
Speaker 1: If I'm a Bears fan or if I'm in the

1678
01:24:41,320 --> 01:24:44,040
Speaker 1: locker room, I'm totally bummed. Right now. We had a

1679
01:24:44,320 --> 01:24:49,920
Speaker 1: really promising showing in prime time with our young quarterback,

1680
01:24:50,040 --> 01:24:53,880
Speaker 1: and we embarrassed Bill Belichick, who was going to set

1681
01:24:53,920 --> 01:24:58,200
Speaker 1: the record held by Mr bar himself, George Hollis, and

1682
01:24:58,280 --> 01:25:02,240
Speaker 1: we lay up beating on the Patriots. There was I

1683
01:25:02,240 --> 01:25:04,559
Speaker 1: think Roquan Smith had a great line. He said it

1684
01:25:04,600 --> 01:25:06,680
Speaker 1: was so quiet in that building that you could hear

1685
01:25:06,720 --> 01:25:10,080
Speaker 1: a rat piss. It's a little uncouth the line, but

1686
01:25:10,160 --> 01:25:12,839
Speaker 1: it's a great Actually did hear that? Then it's just factual.

1687
01:25:12,960 --> 01:25:14,760
Speaker 1: So then what are the Bears turn around to do?

1688
01:25:14,880 --> 01:25:18,160
Speaker 1: They trade like one of the most important players on

1689
01:25:18,200 --> 01:25:22,559
Speaker 1: the team, Robert quinn Um to the Eagles. So that's

1690
01:25:22,560 --> 01:25:25,280
Speaker 1: a real letdown I imagine inside that locker room in

1691
01:25:25,360 --> 01:25:27,479
Speaker 1: terms of do you really believe in us? Because we

1692
01:25:27,640 --> 01:25:30,639
Speaker 1: just got our third win in a wide open league

1693
01:25:30,880 --> 01:25:33,360
Speaker 1: and now you just you told us you're playing for tomorrow,

1694
01:25:33,439 --> 01:25:35,360
Speaker 1: not for today. So I don't think the vibes are

1695
01:25:35,360 --> 01:25:37,960
Speaker 1: gonna be hot going into Dallas. I think the Cowboys

1696
01:25:38,080 --> 01:25:41,720
Speaker 1: are a team that listen, you watched that game and

1697
01:25:41,720 --> 01:25:45,240
Speaker 1: you say, oh, great, cowboys got healthy over the lines.

1698
01:25:46,200 --> 01:25:48,280
Speaker 1: If not for that Jamal Williams fumble, they're losing with

1699
01:25:48,280 --> 01:25:50,639
Speaker 1: ten minutes to play in that game, So that they're

1700
01:25:50,640 --> 01:25:53,200
Speaker 1: not unbeatable by any stretch. I think the Cowboys, like

1701
01:25:53,200 --> 01:25:55,439
Speaker 1: I haven't at four in the power rankings, but this

1702
01:25:55,479 --> 01:25:57,639
Speaker 1: is a weird power rankings year. This They're more like

1703
01:25:57,960 --> 01:25:59,600
Speaker 1: a number ten team to me right now in a

1704
01:25:59,640 --> 01:26:02,599
Speaker 1: typical season. So it's not like the Bears have no chance,

1705
01:26:02,680 --> 01:26:06,200
Speaker 1: especially if Fields continues the game confidence greggy. But at

1706
01:26:06,200 --> 01:26:09,080
Speaker 1: the same time, the Quinn thing, I really do think

1707
01:26:09,080 --> 01:26:11,479
Speaker 1: that could have a psychological effect on Chicago. Well, yeah,

1708
01:26:11,560 --> 01:26:15,439
Speaker 1: Roquan Smith was on the that was Crazy podium when

1709
01:26:15,520 --> 01:26:19,160
Speaker 1: the trade happened, so they asked him about it and

1710
01:26:19,439 --> 01:26:23,400
Speaker 1: he couldn't continue. He started, you know, getting emotional when

1711
01:26:23,400 --> 01:26:25,519
Speaker 1: he was talking, and then he left. And this is

1712
01:26:25,520 --> 01:26:28,320
Speaker 1: a guy who's had his own issues with the Bears,

1713
01:26:28,479 --> 01:26:31,160
Speaker 1: who was asking for a trade, but his bawling out

1714
01:26:31,160 --> 01:26:32,800
Speaker 1: and is one of their young best players and then

1715
01:26:33,439 --> 01:26:36,640
Speaker 1: upset that he wasn't the one that I think to

1716
01:26:36,720 --> 01:26:38,920
Speaker 1: see a guy that you look up to that's had

1717
01:26:39,479 --> 01:26:42,559
Speaker 1: an incredible career in Robert Quinn, and you must be

1718
01:26:42,600 --> 01:26:44,760
Speaker 1: one of the most respected people in that locker room

1719
01:26:44,840 --> 01:26:48,040
Speaker 1: and better players in locker room traded. You're You're right,

1720
01:26:48,080 --> 01:26:51,040
Speaker 1: I think that does damage. That said, their defense has

1721
01:26:51,080 --> 01:26:54,200
Speaker 1: played better each and every week. Their passing game, even

1722
01:26:54,200 --> 01:26:56,800
Speaker 1: though it's not great has played better in each of

1723
01:26:56,840 --> 01:26:58,679
Speaker 1: the last three weeks. I think has been their best

1724
01:26:58,760 --> 01:27:01,439
Speaker 1: three passing game week. The running game has been good

1725
01:27:01,800 --> 01:27:04,320
Speaker 1: all along. That game on Monday Night made me think

1726
01:27:04,720 --> 01:27:08,840
Speaker 1: the Bears have a shot to be frisky. Maybe they

1727
01:27:08,880 --> 01:27:14,519
Speaker 1: are frisky. Maybe they got to frisky with that because

1728
01:27:14,600 --> 01:27:16,200
Speaker 1: that was right at the moment where you're like, wait

1729
01:27:16,240 --> 01:27:17,960
Speaker 1: a second, alright, Bears, And I think it's a tough

1730
01:27:18,000 --> 01:27:20,200
Speaker 1: matchup because their offensive line has gotten by so far,

1731
01:27:20,280 --> 01:27:22,720
Speaker 1: but they have another injury there, another couple injuries there,

1732
01:27:22,840 --> 01:27:24,600
Speaker 1: and you're playing the Cowboys, so this might not be

1733
01:27:24,640 --> 01:27:27,439
Speaker 1: the week for We'll see. I'm curious. I think it's

1734
01:27:27,479 --> 01:27:30,479
Speaker 1: tough for Matt Eberflus to to lose Robert Quinn. I mean,

1735
01:27:30,520 --> 01:27:33,640
Speaker 1: it's just sort of a weird move because I I

1736
01:27:33,720 --> 01:27:36,559
Speaker 1: came out of Monday night games also thinking like, in

1737
01:27:36,600 --> 01:27:40,160
Speaker 1: this NFC, if Chicago can rebrand themselves on offense the

1738
01:27:40,160 --> 01:27:41,840
Speaker 1: way they have over the last month, and if you're

1739
01:27:41,880 --> 01:27:44,680
Speaker 1: gonna get justin Fields improving as a pastor the way

1740
01:27:44,720 --> 01:27:47,400
Speaker 1: as the last three weeks, you've got something here. Because

1741
01:27:47,400 --> 01:27:49,479
Speaker 1: he's so dangerous and hard to He's the kind of

1742
01:27:49,560 --> 01:27:50,920
Speaker 1: quarterback becau of what he can do on the ground.

1743
01:27:50,920 --> 01:27:53,080
Speaker 1: The defensive coordinators go nuts trying to figure out how

1744
01:27:53,120 --> 01:27:55,439
Speaker 1: to stop him. And it's not just him, it's Khalil Herbert,

1745
01:27:55,439 --> 01:27:58,519
Speaker 1: it's Montgomery. Like that's such a punishing ground game that

1746
01:27:58,600 --> 01:28:00,920
Speaker 1: when you have that, you can do anything. I think

1747
01:28:00,960 --> 01:28:03,320
Speaker 1: it's just for me the right. Also, you look at

1748
01:28:03,360 --> 01:28:06,040
Speaker 1: their defense third ranked past defense right now. Last week,

1749
01:28:06,080 --> 01:28:09,799
Speaker 1: Prescott eighteen from nineteen on throw shorter throws under fifteen

1750
01:28:09,840 --> 01:28:12,240
Speaker 1: yards one through six on fifteen plus yards through the air.

1751
01:28:12,640 --> 01:28:16,000
Speaker 1: I think that Dak, like like Mike McCarthy, zady said

1752
01:28:16,240 --> 01:28:17,880
Speaker 1: that he got better as the game went along, and

1753
01:28:17,920 --> 01:28:20,120
Speaker 1: he did, but it wasn't some sort of like, oh wow,

1754
01:28:20,160 --> 01:28:22,519
Speaker 1: we've got this version of Dak Prescott right now that

1755
01:28:22,600 --> 01:28:25,240
Speaker 1: takes the Cowboys totally over the top. It's okay, we

1756
01:28:25,920 --> 01:28:28,400
Speaker 1: had seen that yet, I to me think that this

1757
01:28:28,479 --> 01:28:30,479
Speaker 1: is a game for the Bears where they do have

1758
01:28:30,479 --> 01:28:32,840
Speaker 1: a chance. And I you gotta get over the Robert

1759
01:28:32,880 --> 01:28:34,920
Speaker 1: Quinn stuff because if this if what you if what

1760
01:28:35,040 --> 01:28:37,640
Speaker 1: they are is what they did against Bill Belichick in

1761
01:28:37,680 --> 01:28:40,320
Speaker 1: the Patriots week ago. The rest of this season is

1762
01:28:40,360 --> 01:28:43,200
Speaker 1: about the most promising stretch the Bears. Fans of experience

1763
01:28:43,240 --> 01:28:44,920
Speaker 1: in a very long time. If that's who they are,

1764
01:28:45,520 --> 01:28:51,880
Speaker 1: If justin Fields just like he's, he's Pollard is just

1765
01:28:51,920 --> 01:28:53,599
Speaker 1: the better. That's what I mean. That's why I care,

1766
01:28:53,600 --> 01:28:57,400
Speaker 1: because it's interesting. Everyone's been still he's not seen the

1767
01:28:57,479 --> 01:29:00,240
Speaker 1: saying Tony Pollard like if and get him, we we

1768
01:29:00,240 --> 01:29:02,080
Speaker 1: get to see him do everything. I love you. Well.

1769
01:29:02,080 --> 01:29:04,519
Speaker 1: They also have a bik having both of them. I

1770
01:29:04,560 --> 01:29:06,880
Speaker 1: think they I think they're nice tandem. I think the

1771
01:29:06,920 --> 01:29:11,679
Speaker 1: conversation sometimes excuse because it's the cowboys, like oh Zeke Kellett,

1772
01:29:11,720 --> 01:29:14,160
Speaker 1: he's terrible now never playing. I think they have something

1773
01:29:14,240 --> 01:29:16,880
Speaker 1: working with both of those guys. But I think Pollard. Yeah,

1774
01:29:16,920 --> 01:29:19,559
Speaker 1: it'll be good for Tony Pollard and fantasy owners that

1775
01:29:19,600 --> 01:29:22,679
Speaker 1: have been stashing him waiting for this very moment. Good

1776
01:29:22,720 --> 01:29:29,320
Speaker 1: for them who the finals. They're not. They're huge, huge favorites.

1777
01:29:29,360 --> 01:29:33,800
Speaker 1: They handled it fine last week. Defense shows up each

1778
01:29:33,840 --> 01:29:35,920
Speaker 1: and every week. There's there's not a lot of reason

1779
01:29:35,960 --> 01:29:38,439
Speaker 1: to think they won't this week. Alright, Mark, the last

1780
01:29:38,439 --> 01:29:41,280
Speaker 1: game falls to you, but we're going to get some

1781
01:29:41,320 --> 01:29:45,719
Speaker 1: help from the great digger commanders at Colts. All right, Uh,

1782
01:29:45,920 --> 01:29:48,960
Speaker 1: you know this should have been the Colts taking Matt

1783
01:29:49,040 --> 01:29:51,479
Speaker 1: Ryan into face Carson Wentz and proved that they made

1784
01:29:51,520 --> 01:29:55,240
Speaker 1: the right decision at quarterback. Instead. We we were weeks

1785
01:29:55,240 --> 01:29:58,400
Speaker 1: into the season and Matt Ryan is history and incomes

1786
01:29:58,400 --> 01:29:59,920
Speaker 1: Sam Elinger, which I just think it was a sen

1787
01:30:00,000 --> 01:30:03,320
Speaker 1: a move about Matt Ryan's guaranteed money. I think it

1788
01:30:03,360 --> 01:30:05,599
Speaker 1: was a move about Jim Mercy wanting to just change

1789
01:30:05,640 --> 01:30:08,840
Speaker 1: things up. The owner, uh ellenor gives you mobility. I

1790
01:30:08,840 --> 01:30:10,240
Speaker 1: guess that's what they keep saying. I mean, he did

1791
01:30:10,280 --> 01:30:13,759
Speaker 1: rush for thirty three touchdowns, uh in four seasons of Texas,

1792
01:30:13,760 --> 01:30:15,559
Speaker 1: so he does have that. And I guess you know

1793
01:30:15,760 --> 01:30:17,880
Speaker 1: the age of Matt Ryan, who at the stone age

1794
01:30:17,880 --> 01:30:20,559
Speaker 1: pony you cannot move in the pocket getting destroyed um

1795
01:30:20,760 --> 01:30:22,320
Speaker 1: was too tough on the eyes for the Colts to

1796
01:30:22,360 --> 01:30:25,200
Speaker 1: deal with. I kind of think that that I believe

1797
01:30:25,320 --> 01:30:27,320
Speaker 1: more in the commanders at this point than I do

1798
01:30:27,360 --> 01:30:29,479
Speaker 1: in the cults, because if the Colts want to be

1799
01:30:29,560 --> 01:30:31,760
Speaker 1: what they were last year when they overcame their terrible start,

1800
01:30:32,040 --> 01:30:34,400
Speaker 1: it starts with Jonathan Arroll. They're thirtieth in rushing right now,

1801
01:30:34,439 --> 01:30:36,240
Speaker 1: and I know he's been out the lineup. Hines has

1802
01:30:36,280 --> 01:30:38,479
Speaker 1: been out of the lineup, but I'm not sure that's

1803
01:30:38,520 --> 01:30:40,280
Speaker 1: the team they are right now. That said one of

1804
01:30:40,439 --> 01:30:43,320
Speaker 1: one of these like when you cannot pass protect, if

1805
01:30:43,360 --> 01:30:46,559
Speaker 1: you want to turn into a run blocking line and

1806
01:30:46,600 --> 01:30:49,679
Speaker 1: try to just unleash Jonathan Taylor with Ellenor at quarterback,

1807
01:30:49,800 --> 01:30:51,800
Speaker 1: I like your chances better than what was going on before,

1808
01:30:51,880 --> 01:30:53,800
Speaker 1: and get him on the move, get him outside the pocket.

1809
01:30:54,160 --> 01:30:57,720
Speaker 1: Let's hear from Matt Ryan, who, like the rest of us,

1810
01:30:57,800 --> 01:31:03,920
Speaker 1: was shocked his benching. I mean, individually and personally disappointed.

1811
01:31:05,760 --> 01:31:09,000
Speaker 1: You know, there's a player, as a competitor, wary out there.

1812
01:31:09,080 --> 01:31:14,360
Speaker 1: I wanted to reco and so, um it's part of

1813
01:31:14,880 --> 01:31:17,000
Speaker 1: the deal in this league. Gotta produce and you gotta

1814
01:31:17,040 --> 01:31:20,720
Speaker 1: go out there and playing. Frustrated that we weren't able

1815
01:31:20,760 --> 01:31:26,360
Speaker 1: to do that in the first seven games. Um forward,

1816
01:31:26,640 --> 01:31:30,720
Speaker 1: you know life, Oh my god, lead Sam production has

1817
01:31:30,760 --> 01:31:33,920
Speaker 1: to be there. So obviously disappointed personally, but um here

1818
01:31:33,920 --> 01:31:37,439
Speaker 1: for the team, we have Matt Ryan, the spilling his

1819
01:31:37,479 --> 01:31:40,240
Speaker 1: guts to the reporters about essentially potentially the end of

1820
01:31:40,280 --> 01:31:43,040
Speaker 1: his career, and then a spirited game of ping pong

1821
01:31:43,120 --> 01:31:45,960
Speaker 1: going on behind him with the other Cults players. It's

1822
01:31:46,000 --> 01:31:48,080
Speaker 1: it's just it's just funny. But I just want to

1823
01:31:48,080 --> 01:31:50,719
Speaker 1: say to that point, I read a really good article

1824
01:31:50,760 --> 01:31:54,919
Speaker 1: in The Ringer. Ben Slack wrote it um. The headline

1825
01:31:54,960 --> 01:31:57,439
Speaker 1: was the simple math behind the Coults decision to turn

1826
01:31:57,600 --> 01:32:01,960
Speaker 1: to Sam Ellinger Elleninger Ellen gurr Uh. And it was

1827
01:32:02,120 --> 01:32:04,880
Speaker 1: he wrote about which something was very interesting and made sense,

1828
01:32:04,960 --> 01:32:07,080
Speaker 1: like how what's going on with the league right now?

1829
01:32:07,200 --> 01:32:11,479
Speaker 1: More and more positive stresses being put on. Hey, we

1830
01:32:11,520 --> 01:32:13,679
Speaker 1: need a quarterback to save plays and if a play

1831
01:32:13,680 --> 01:32:16,280
Speaker 1: breaks down in the passing game, somebody that could turn

1832
01:32:16,439 --> 01:32:20,599
Speaker 1: a seven yard sack loss uh into a twenty yard rush. Uh.

1833
01:32:20,800 --> 01:32:24,160
Speaker 1: The scrambling of a quarterback has never been more effective.

1834
01:32:24,200 --> 01:32:27,160
Speaker 1: And it's and guys like Matt Ryan um or even

1835
01:32:27,240 --> 01:32:29,879
Speaker 1: Carson Wentz to a certain extent before him, or Philip

1836
01:32:29,920 --> 01:32:32,559
Speaker 1: Rivers before him, or Jacoby Brissette before him, and Indy

1837
01:32:32,840 --> 01:32:34,960
Speaker 1: those guys are dead when the pass rush gets there.

1838
01:32:35,080 --> 01:32:38,040
Speaker 1: Ellener gives them a chance to do some different things.

1839
01:32:38,040 --> 01:32:39,680
Speaker 1: And I think that is one of the reasons as

1840
01:32:39,720 --> 01:32:41,960
Speaker 1: well why they made this decision. He won this job

1841
01:32:42,000 --> 01:32:44,880
Speaker 1: in in August. Not that they expected Matt Ryan to

1842
01:32:44,960 --> 01:32:47,120
Speaker 1: play the way he did, but we talked that the

1843
01:32:47,160 --> 01:32:51,479
Speaker 1: preseason matters only so much for young quarterbacks. But it's

1844
01:32:52,280 --> 01:32:55,679
Speaker 1: mattering when you put your proof of concept as a player,

1845
01:32:55,720 --> 01:32:59,040
Speaker 1: as a second year player on paper. He had a

1846
01:32:59,080 --> 01:33:03,519
Speaker 1: fifty five yard rushing touchdown in the preseason where he

1847
01:33:03,560 --> 01:33:05,679
Speaker 1: made a couple of guys miss. He threw a bunch

1848
01:33:05,680 --> 01:33:08,439
Speaker 1: of touchdowns. He was accurate. He was not like get

1849
01:33:08,520 --> 01:33:11,200
Speaker 1: rid of the ball quickly guy. He's a little more

1850
01:33:11,680 --> 01:33:15,200
Speaker 1: hold the ball and make a play guy. Uh, without

1851
01:33:15,360 --> 01:33:18,840
Speaker 1: huge skill set. So maybe in their minds a better

1852
01:33:18,960 --> 01:33:23,120
Speaker 1: version of Taylor, you know, like a similar type of player,

1853
01:33:23,200 --> 01:33:25,559
Speaker 1: but he's he's not the two like I'm gonna make

1854
01:33:25,600 --> 01:33:27,800
Speaker 1: all the right reads quickly, and you wouldn't expect that

1855
01:33:27,800 --> 01:33:29,800
Speaker 1: as a second year players about I think they're just

1856
01:33:30,040 --> 01:33:32,679
Speaker 1: hoping can add a little bit of playmaking. I think

1857
01:33:32,960 --> 01:33:37,720
Speaker 1: their excitement about him is at least genuine to the

1858
01:33:37,720 --> 01:33:40,080
Speaker 1: point where like they just couldn't watch Matt Ryan anymore.

1859
01:33:40,080 --> 01:33:41,920
Speaker 1: But man, that game last week when I went back

1860
01:33:41,960 --> 01:33:44,120
Speaker 1: to watch it, that I hope that's not his last game.

1861
01:33:44,120 --> 01:33:46,080
Speaker 1: It was one of the saddest. And you see, you

1862
01:33:46,120 --> 01:33:48,400
Speaker 1: could have once the pass rush got there, he either

1863
01:33:48,439 --> 01:33:50,800
Speaker 1: takes a sack, he gets hitt and fumbles, or he

1864
01:33:50,880 --> 01:33:53,320
Speaker 1: throws it up for grabs. And those are all looks

1865
01:33:53,320 --> 01:33:57,240
Speaker 1: like a quarterback of veteran pocket quarterback who looks cooked.

1866
01:33:57,360 --> 01:33:59,040
Speaker 1: But then you can say, well, what about last week

1867
01:33:59,040 --> 01:34:01,080
Speaker 1: when they had him throw it the times and he

1868
01:34:01,160 --> 01:34:02,880
Speaker 1: let him to come back win. But there was more

1869
01:34:03,200 --> 01:34:06,080
Speaker 1: so much more bad than good with Matt Ryan. So

1870
01:34:06,160 --> 01:34:08,639
Speaker 1: the moves doesn't It's not that the move doesn't make sense,

1871
01:34:08,880 --> 01:34:11,639
Speaker 1: it's what we know about the backdrop of the move

1872
01:34:11,680 --> 01:34:14,320
Speaker 1: and what was said before the season where you had

1873
01:34:14,400 --> 01:34:16,719
Speaker 1: them on record, the cult saying this isn't just about

1874
01:34:16,840 --> 01:34:18,800
Speaker 1: this year or even next year. We see him at

1875
01:34:18,880 --> 01:34:21,640
Speaker 1: least our starting, starting, starting quarterback for two years and

1876
01:34:21,640 --> 01:34:25,280
Speaker 1: then he's gone in eight weeks. The whole operation is

1877
01:34:25,320 --> 01:34:27,719
Speaker 1: sitting on the hot seat right now. For all the

1878
01:34:27,800 --> 01:34:30,080
Speaker 1: praise and love that we have given to Frank Reich

1879
01:34:30,200 --> 01:34:32,799
Speaker 1: over the years and assumed that quarter the next quarterback

1880
01:34:32,800 --> 01:34:34,040
Speaker 1: they bring in is going to be in a great

1881
01:34:34,080 --> 01:34:36,840
Speaker 1: situation in Indianapolis. And I mean Frank break said it,

1882
01:34:36,880 --> 01:34:39,200
Speaker 1: like what they sold Matt Ryan did not exist on

1883
01:34:39,200 --> 01:34:41,760
Speaker 1: this Colts team. The offensive line, like the fact that

1884
01:34:41,760 --> 01:34:43,640
Speaker 1: he'll be well protected, a great ground game, none of

1885
01:34:43,680 --> 01:34:45,760
Speaker 1: it's been true. And so if anything, switch it up

1886
01:34:45,760 --> 01:34:48,920
Speaker 1: and see what you get with it's desperate, but it's

1887
01:34:48,960 --> 01:34:51,880
Speaker 1: like we already knew what they'd be the rest of

1888
01:34:51,920 --> 01:34:54,280
Speaker 1: the season with Matt Ryan. They're hoping that there's something

1889
01:34:54,720 --> 01:34:58,840
Speaker 1: with Sam Ballard. Ballard gave all that money to that

1890
01:34:58,920 --> 01:35:02,080
Speaker 1: offensive line and the picks, and that's who's struggling. And

1891
01:35:02,080 --> 01:35:04,240
Speaker 1: you know they're big, they're big name players are struggling.

1892
01:35:04,280 --> 01:35:08,000
Speaker 1: Quitn Nelson has not necessarily been the same. Ryan Kelly,

1893
01:35:08,040 --> 01:35:09,840
Speaker 1: who has made a Pro Bowl, has not been the same.

1894
01:35:09,880 --> 01:35:12,639
Speaker 1: And they're going up against the Washington team, which grades

1895
01:35:12,680 --> 01:35:15,320
Speaker 1: out as like winning in the past, rush and getting

1896
01:35:15,320 --> 01:35:17,280
Speaker 1: a ton of pressures a lot. I don't I don't

1897
01:35:17,320 --> 01:35:20,200
Speaker 1: see it because they're not like a good defense. But

1898
01:35:20,880 --> 01:35:24,599
Speaker 1: this isn't necessarily an easy first matchup that easy for Ellinger.

1899
01:35:24,680 --> 01:35:26,840
Speaker 1: Maybe he'll be under pressure if you'll lose this game.

1900
01:35:26,880 --> 01:35:30,400
Speaker 1: As a Cults, it just feels very like, oh, what

1901
01:35:30,520 --> 01:35:32,640
Speaker 1: do we do now? We just lost to the Commanders

1902
01:35:32,680 --> 01:35:36,400
Speaker 1: after making this big move. I have a thought on it. Yes,

1903
01:35:36,600 --> 01:35:38,400
Speaker 1: I think this is one of those we don't have

1904
01:35:38,400 --> 01:35:41,240
Speaker 1: a quarterback of the future. If Sam plays well, he

1905
01:35:41,280 --> 01:35:43,760
Speaker 1: could be our guy. If he plays poorly, we're going

1906
01:35:43,800 --> 01:35:45,439
Speaker 1: to get a high draft pick. And be in the

1907
01:35:45,479 --> 01:35:47,599
Speaker 1: mix for C. J. Stroud or Bryce Young or whoever.

1908
01:35:48,200 --> 01:35:50,320
Speaker 1: It's like Davis Mills Part two. And that's the way

1909
01:35:50,320 --> 01:35:54,840
Speaker 1: an owner thinks. It's not necessarily how you know, the

1910
01:35:54,920 --> 01:35:58,760
Speaker 1: head coach thinks. And that supports the theories of of

1911
01:35:58,800 --> 01:36:01,559
Speaker 1: how involved or say, I'm looking at the week eight

1912
01:36:01,600 --> 01:36:07,479
Speaker 1: announcer assignments and under this game it says Hansas Rosenthal,

1913
01:36:07,479 --> 01:36:10,479
Speaker 1: and oh that's cool, that's good. We would be great.

1914
01:36:10,640 --> 01:36:13,200
Speaker 1: So I guess we're just backups. No, it's actually Brandon Gauden,

1915
01:36:13,960 --> 01:36:19,000
Speaker 1: go godn you come to us with the pronunciation check sometimes.

1916
01:36:19,000 --> 01:36:21,599
Speaker 1: And Greg and I are Mr Scott Allinger, got Smith

1917
01:36:22,040 --> 01:36:26,120
Speaker 1: and Jen Hale. They do a great job. I love

1918
01:36:26,200 --> 01:36:29,360
Speaker 1: Jen Hale. I think she still does sidelines for the Pelicans,

1919
01:36:29,920 --> 01:36:33,880
Speaker 1: who have adopted as one of my NBA teams. Watching

1920
01:36:33,920 --> 01:36:37,479
Speaker 1: some local Pelicans pells, look, are you just loyal to basketball? Ultimately?

1921
01:36:37,520 --> 01:36:42,720
Speaker 1: All right, before we say goodbye, let's check in. Well,

1922
01:36:42,760 --> 01:36:45,960
Speaker 1: it's completely different than basketball. There is. Let's check in

1923
01:36:46,000 --> 01:36:48,880
Speaker 1: on the lock of the week standing ze Sir and

1924
01:36:49,080 --> 01:36:53,400
Speaker 1: Rosenthal at five and two. Uh, And then we have

1925
01:36:53,479 --> 01:36:56,240
Speaker 1: the Grave Digger at four and three, the West Brothers

1926
01:36:56,320 --> 01:36:59,120
Speaker 1: at three and four you know what? And then in

1927
01:36:59,200 --> 01:37:02,640
Speaker 1: tiny little matterin at the bottom, Oh, Sessler is involved too.

1928
01:37:03,760 --> 01:37:08,760
Speaker 1: I'll get my revenge market four and three clowns I

1929
01:37:08,800 --> 01:37:14,439
Speaker 1: always return. I love that you. Um, I mean, it's

1930
01:37:14,439 --> 01:37:18,559
Speaker 1: just an absurd bit. Just find it. I find it

1931
01:37:18,600 --> 01:37:20,800
Speaker 1: to be. It's obviously we're going to do the second

1932
01:37:20,880 --> 01:37:23,040
Speaker 1: we were in first place. They couldn't do that. But

1933
01:37:23,160 --> 01:37:26,360
Speaker 1: since yeah, yeah they could, they'll find something in the

1934
01:37:26,439 --> 01:37:29,680
Speaker 1: first place soon enough. What was that move? I'm not

1935
01:37:29,760 --> 01:37:32,120
Speaker 1: that annoyed by it. Well, that's good, But the for

1936
01:37:32,120 --> 01:37:36,160
Speaker 1: the audio listeners, I think it is disrespectful that you

1937
01:37:36,240 --> 01:37:39,200
Speaker 1: were not in the main grouping there. Thank you should

1938
01:37:39,200 --> 01:37:40,599
Speaker 1: be with the rest of us. No, I think it's

1939
01:37:40,640 --> 01:37:44,080
Speaker 1: it was disrespect and I'll figure out through my own investigations,

1940
01:37:44,120 --> 01:37:47,680
Speaker 1: my own wire tapping, who behind the glass is responsible

1941
01:37:47,720 --> 01:37:49,840
Speaker 1: for this and they will be punished. Uh, this is

1942
01:37:49,880 --> 01:37:53,120
Speaker 1: the bad news for you. The guy probably responsible is

1943
01:37:53,160 --> 01:37:57,160
Speaker 1: like six seven and hewears a wool cap and never smile,

1944
01:37:57,280 --> 01:38:00,200
Speaker 1: So you take him out at the knees six seven,

1945
01:38:02,880 --> 01:38:07,080
Speaker 1: good luck. I also like that the three of you guys, Grave, Digger, Sessler,

1946
01:38:07,240 --> 01:38:10,360
Speaker 1: and Hansas all on the same team. I mean the

1947
01:38:10,400 --> 01:38:13,080
Speaker 1: analytics would say this is a great week for me.

1948
01:38:13,200 --> 01:38:15,280
Speaker 1: That's what you would want is your team teammates to

1949
01:38:15,360 --> 01:38:18,280
Speaker 1: all but you had a terrible lock. So yeah, you're

1950
01:38:19,600 --> 01:38:21,960
Speaker 1: analytics say that we're in a good position there as well.

1951
01:38:22,439 --> 01:38:26,040
Speaker 1: Well that's that's your opinion and I don't share it. Yeah,

1952
01:38:26,320 --> 01:38:28,880
Speaker 1: all right, thank you everybody for listening. We will be

1953
01:38:29,120 --> 01:38:33,160
Speaker 1: back with the Friday Fun Show tomorrow, so make sure

1954
01:38:33,240 --> 01:38:36,960
Speaker 1: you're there. Patrick Claiban rejoining us UH in the fourth chair.

1955
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Speaker 1: Be part of the interactive experience ten am Pacific, one

1956
01:38:40,840 --> 01:38:45,320
Speaker 1: pm Eastern. Happy our time in London and surrounding territories.

1957
01:38:46,160 --> 01:38:49,559
Speaker 1: Until then, Dan hands the signing off four Quiet Storm,

1958
01:38:49,640 --> 01:38:53,320
Speaker 1: the Old Boss, the Grave Digger or Incredible Team behind

1959
01:38:53,360 --> 01:38:56,960
Speaker 1: the Class including six ft seven and the wool Cat.

1960
01:38:58,000 --> 01:39:26,160
Speaker 1: He the call s