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Speaker 1: enjoined in the virtual studio by Chris Corso, Jay Nelson,

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Speaker 1: think if you give him time, he showed you. Even

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Speaker 1: last year there were a lot of doubters and a

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Speaker 1: even saw it again here in Week two where they

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Speaker 1: he was able to do that, getting his passing touchdowns

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Speaker 1: on just twenty four attempts. So, I mean, Tannehill is

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Speaker 1: somebody that you cannot underestimate him. And if you can

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Speaker 1: do like Jacksonville did and stuff Derrick Henry for only

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Speaker 1: eighty four rushing yards, Tannehill can make you pay. It

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Speaker 1: just gets back to what we've been talking about for

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Speaker 1: the last two weeks. You have got to get home

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Speaker 1: on the sky in order to make him uncomfortable so

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Speaker 1: him against Miami versus what he's been doing for the

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Speaker 1: last basically a year and a half with the Tennessee Titans. Well,

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Speaker 1: everybody knows that we're gonna have to try to stop

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Speaker 1: Derrick Henry. But the thing that I'm really interested in

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Speaker 1: here is Darrell Casey, who was a monster of a

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Speaker 1: run stuff in defensive tackle, departed in the offseason. He's now,

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Speaker 1: I believe with the Denver Broncos, and dude was very,

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Speaker 1: very good and they've been susceptible. They had a you know,

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Speaker 1: I believe an undrafted rookie last week gash him for

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Speaker 1: over one hundred yards. There is the opportunity here in

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Speaker 1: the middle of the field, in the middle of that defense,

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Speaker 1: to put yards on this team and to do the

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Speaker 1: thing that we're talking about, put together successful, sustainable drives

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Speaker 1: that represent this team's identity. And I think that starts

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Speaker 1: with Dalvin Cook. Dalvin Cook is one of the best

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Speaker 1: running backs in the NFL. We talk about Derrick Henry

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Speaker 1: what he does, but on our team, we have a

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Speaker 1: top five in almost any category for a running back.

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Speaker 1: And I think the Vikings see that. They see that,

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Speaker 1: you know, hey, there wasn't undrafted rookie that rush for

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Speaker 1: over one hundred yards last week. Hey we got a

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Speaker 1: guy that's better than him with the you know, arguably

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Speaker 1: a better old line that can get the ground game rolling.

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Speaker 1: So that has to be a point of emphasis. Justin

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Speaker 1: Jefferson talked about, you know, a lot of safeties are

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Speaker 1: starting to cloud cover Adam phil and you know, double

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Speaker 1: teaming him. So it's just opening up more opportunities for

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Speaker 1: guys like Justin Jefferson B C. Johnson, and I think

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Speaker 1: ultimately the run game was going to set that up.

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Speaker 1: You establish a run game early and then hit him

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Speaker 1: over the top. Sands Adam feeling absolutely and you know

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Speaker 1: it's it's it wasn't just the running game for the Jaguars.

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Speaker 1: I mean they put up four hundred and eighty total

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Speaker 1: four eighty on the dot and Minshew, you know, and

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Speaker 1: this is the second week in a row we've gotten

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Speaker 1: to follow the Jacksonville Jaguars into an opponent. But you know,

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Speaker 1: game going early, to get the passing game going as well.

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Speaker 1: And you know the Titans run a three four defense,

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Speaker 1: jadeveon Clowney is probably the key matchup, you know, as

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Speaker 1: you try to get Dalvin moving in some space here. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: heavy dose of Dalvin Cook at the beginning of the game.

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Speaker 1: Like Zimmer keeps saying, we need to do well what

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Speaker 1: hear Zimmer say that, he's saying we need to pound

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Speaker 1: the rock, run the football, get the running game going,

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Speaker 1: and then you'll see Kirk Cousins throw the ball down

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Speaker 1: the field. I mean three is a thirty nine yards

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Speaker 1: and three touchdowns for Gardner Minshew. First of all, don't

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Speaker 1: I don't you do not you, Chris take it easy

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Speaker 1: on Gardner Minshew, take it. The man has done nothing

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Speaker 1: but throw darts. I'll take it easy on him a

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Speaker 1: little bit. But I mean, we're back at home. I

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Speaker 1: know the fans aren't there, but we are comfortable at home.

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Speaker 1: I want to see this offense get going. I don't

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Speaker 1: think I don't really think there's much of an excuse here.

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Speaker 1: They This defense has given up a lot of points

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Speaker 1: in two straight weeks to subpar teams, and and if

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Speaker 1: this it's gonna be on the offense, it really is

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Speaker 1: a lot of people are saying the Vikings defense. This

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Speaker 1: the Vikings defense that I said earlier in the show.

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Speaker 1: It starts with the offense. It starts with staying on

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Speaker 1: I just want to see him stay on the field,

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Speaker 1: like get IRV Smith involved on a cross route across

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Speaker 1: the field. We've been expecting big things for him. He

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Speaker 1: hasn't even got a chance to get involved in this

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Speaker 1: Vikings offense solved. Yeah, get get my Penn State sprinter involved.

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Speaker 1: I want to see him runner route a straight, deep

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Speaker 1: route down the field. Why not give the last piece

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Speaker 1: here as we look forward is the injury piece obviously,

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Speaker 1: Anthony Barr. It's gonna be a huge loss for the team,

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Speaker 1: out for the rest of the year with a pectoral tear.

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Speaker 1: Eric Wilson is a guy who I think a lot

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Speaker 1: of people have a lot of hope for. You know,

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Speaker 1: He's a guy who in his opportunity last year, showed

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Speaker 1: up really strongly. And it's gonna be difficult. Anthony is

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Speaker 1: a piece that makes this defense go around. But next

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Speaker 1: guy up, fortunately Wilson, and the younger guys below him,

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Speaker 1: it's a place we do have some depth, but those

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Speaker 1: guys are Jay already mentioned this. Those guys are gonna

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Speaker 1: have their work cut out for him. Because John hu

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Speaker 1: Smith is I hate it when people use the word

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Speaker 1: underrated constantly because there's a lot of underrated dudes in

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Speaker 1: this league. But the guy can play all over the field.

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Speaker 1: He is a really, really, really difficult matchup at the

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Speaker 1: tight end spot. And if I'm the Titans right now,

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Speaker 1: I'm watching the film of what the Colts did with

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Speaker 1: mo Ali Cox to this Viking secondary. And if I'm

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Speaker 1: the Vikings defensive coordinator from Andrea Patterson, I'm telling my guys, hey,

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Speaker 1: they have an underrated tight end and John new Smith,

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Speaker 1: who's going to look to do the same thing. So

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Speaker 1: it's up to you guys to man up to the task,

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Speaker 1: step up to the task, and go from there. Speaking

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Speaker 1: about the opportunity. You know, he was got the franchise standard,

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Speaker 1: sound the franchise standard this offseason, but what what are

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Speaker 1: ready for it this offseason, like he put in the

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Speaker 1: extra work, he was ready for this moment. So now

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Speaker 1: it's the time is now? I mean, now we get

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Speaker 1: to see why we wanted to keep him, why he

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Speaker 1: really high on. And another matchup with another great tight end,

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Speaker 1: and I'm look, I'm really looking forward to it, and they,

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Speaker 1: you know, I just saw the you know, we we

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Speaker 1: obviously have them the injury report for them as well.

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Speaker 1: You know John wu is on it with an ankle issue. A. J.

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Speaker 1: Brown is also on it. It'll be interesting to see

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Speaker 1: how their team comes together. But I think you have

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Speaker 1: to walk into that game expecting them to have a

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Speaker 1: fair host to their weapons and be prepared for them

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Speaker 1: to come at you in pretty much every way they're

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Speaker 1: capable of. For me, the thing about John U. Smith

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Speaker 1: is like you you had referenced their gabe. I agree

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Speaker 1: he did against us. We've had a couple of times

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Speaker 1: in the past where you know, Waller last season hit

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Speaker 1: us for double digit receptions. I think you look at

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Speaker 1: a guy like John HU Smith. He's that big body

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Speaker 1: guy who can run the crossing routes and isn't afraid

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Speaker 1: long arms. It's kind of a kind of a Kyle

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Speaker 1: Rudolph look there, and so for I think for our guys,

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Speaker 1: it just means in the past we've had issues with

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Speaker 1: the younger guys that are trying to step up and

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Speaker 1: do this. I think for Tennessee it's, yeah, you're gonna

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Speaker 1: want to pound the rock with Derick Henry, but I

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Speaker 1: think it's going to be trying to confuse not only

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Speaker 1: are linebackers that haven't had as much experience, but also

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Speaker 1: John Hu there's going to be a lot of crossing routes,

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Speaker 1: and then once you think you're going crossing route or rushing,

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Speaker 1: catch them sleeping. And I think that is something that

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Speaker 1: defensively they're going to have to mind their p's and q's.

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Speaker 1: I'm probably if this keeps up, I'm probably gonna have

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Speaker 1: to write Mitch Trabitsky a personal apology letter. I ran

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Speaker 1: would allow me on it for the past two years.

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Speaker 1: I couldn't understand why he would possibly have been starting

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Speaker 1: in both games. You know, we'll see what happens when

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Speaker 1: they get an opponent that's maybe a little higher level.

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Speaker 1: But as of right now, the Mitch Trubitsky experience is

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Speaker 1: this is whatever whatever rendition or version of the Trubitsky

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Speaker 1: the Trubisky ride. This is yeah, you say, he's playing

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Speaker 1: pretty good football. That's literally all that they need him

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Speaker 1: to do and that they've wanted him to do, and

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Speaker 1: that team just goes to the next level because we

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Speaker 1: all know how good that that defense is. So if

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Speaker 1: he continues this up it is it's not good news

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Speaker 1: this division. Our next three games against the two against

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Speaker 1: Oh I think almost we need to go three and

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Speaker 1: oz in those games. I really do. The Packers And

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Speaker 1: this is just this is what's driving my fanness off

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Speaker 1: a ledge right now. They look really really good. They

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Speaker 1: look they look. All this talk about controversy, all this

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Speaker 1: pure nonsense because Lafleur and Rogers seamens sink. The running

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Speaker 1: a juggernaut again. Looking like a juggernaut in the second

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Speaker 1: now they look like they're the cream of the crop

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Speaker 1: in the I agree. I mean, there's there's no team

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Speaker 1: proven right now that can say, hey, we're better than

643
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Speaker 1: Packers in the NFC North. I'm not too big on

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Speaker 1: this Bears team just yet. They did start off three

645
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Speaker 1: and one last year and then they went on that

646
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Speaker 1: three or four game losing streaks, So I'm not really

647
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Speaker 1: sold on Mitchell Rubiski. Um so, like I said, it's

648
00:35:21,080 --> 00:35:23,799
Speaker 1: so early on, Like it's like, talk to me in

649
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Speaker 1: like two or three weeks and then I can give

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Speaker 1: you a better assessment. But but right now, like you said,

651
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Speaker 1: the Packers. But if, what if? What if he has

652
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Speaker 1: a few good weeks and in a few weeks we

653
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Speaker 1: literally bring Gabe on this show for two minutes and

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Speaker 1: go Gabe follow up question to your Mitch Drbitsky thought,

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Speaker 1: And if he is still winning, I'm like, hey, just

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Speaker 1: howired me in like two or three more weeks? Yeah, yeah, No,

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Speaker 1: But the Packers are the cream of the crop. Like

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Speaker 1: you said, yeah, I mean they're they're, they're, they're they're

659
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Speaker 1: certainly you got to mention Seattle there, you despite a

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Speaker 1: first week loss and now a ton of injuries. Weren't

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Speaker 1: it not for the injuries, you have to talk about

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Speaker 1: San Francisco, But it's they're certainly in the mix, and

663
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Speaker 1: you know, it's hard to argue any team heavily above them.

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Speaker 1: One of the things for me is this is exactly

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Speaker 1: what we've been talking about for the previous six weeks,

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Speaker 1: which is, if you have teams that have continuity, you

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Speaker 1: have teams that have superstars and you know, whether it's

668
00:36:22,040 --> 00:36:25,360
Speaker 1: offense or defense, cohesion and they're able to try and

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00:36:25,520 --> 00:36:27,600
Speaker 1: you know escape whether it's the COVID bug or the

670
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Speaker 1: injury bug, they're going to have a leg up, especially

671
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Speaker 1: early in the season. So what does that mean after

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Speaker 1: week eight, after week ten, after week fourteen, it's it's

673
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Speaker 1: going to potentially flip a little bit. But the thing

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Speaker 1: that's been uh, you know, noticeable with Mitch is that

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Speaker 1: they've also had to come back in those games. And

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Speaker 1: so the fact that they've been able to endure and

677
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Speaker 1: and you know, take the punch in the mouth and

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Speaker 1: then by the end of the game still come out

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Speaker 1: on top. That's the thing that I think has been

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Speaker 1: eye opening for people when they've been watching those Bears games. So,

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Speaker 1: you know, kudos to those guys for for doing it.

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Speaker 1: I think right now, like we were just saying, the

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Speaker 1: Packers are a little bit more understandable, the Bears are

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Speaker 1: a little bit more wait and see, and we'll see

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Speaker 1: how this thing plays out for the rest of the season.

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Speaker 1: Imagine the San Francisco forty nine Ers, the reigning NFC champion,

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Speaker 1: being I know it's only two weeks, but being the

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00:37:18,480 --> 00:37:20,600
Speaker 1: worst team in there. If every other team is two

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Speaker 1: and oh every other team that the Rams look like

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Speaker 1: they have refound what they lost last year. Kyler Murray,

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Speaker 1: weren't it not for Patrick Mahomes existing and the Seattle

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Speaker 1: Seahawks finally letting Russ b Russ and take control of

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Speaker 1: that offense, we would probably be sitting here talking about

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Speaker 1: Kyler Murray as an MVP candidate. That division is going

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Speaker 1: to be so fun to watch all year. Yeah, I agree,

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Speaker 1: And Kyler Murray, we were talking about quarterbacks of the generation.

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Speaker 1: When it comes to Andrew Luck and big time talents

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Speaker 1: he's about. I mean, if you're starting a team right now,

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Speaker 1: he's probably the one guy I'm going with. I mean,

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Speaker 1: other than Patrick Mahomes. It's pretty hard to and and

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Speaker 1: Lamar Jackson obviously, but those three guys are the future

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Speaker 1: of this league, and I can't The Cardinals are two

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Speaker 1: and oh like that is, and their their offense looks amazing.

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Speaker 1: Getting DeAndre Hopkins. I think that that combo is going

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Speaker 1: to be a really fun one to watch for years

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Speaker 1: to come. Yeah. That that NFC West, every team has

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Speaker 1: won a game so far, three teams with two and

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Speaker 1: o and then the forty nine ers are one and

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Speaker 1: one like that. That just speaks volumes right there. The

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Speaker 1: NFC South, it was a flip flopper last week. Week one,

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Speaker 1: Drew Brees looked great, The Saints looked great, The Bucks

712
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Speaker 1: looked concerning an old. Week two, Brady Brady hadn't refound

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Speaker 1: some you know, some amazing performance. But the Bucks looked

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Speaker 1: very good and the Saints looked ancient in Las Vegas.

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Speaker 1: An interesting flip flop. And I have no idea what

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Speaker 1: these two weeks mean for those two teams. The only

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Speaker 1: thing I know is I'm not ready to count the

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Speaker 1: Falcons out. There's I mean that Dallas Cowboys. First of all,

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Speaker 1: let's take a moment and address the fact that that

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Speaker 1: Greg zerline kick, the young young Hoku copycat kick, I

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Speaker 1: don't know, you could probably give a person one hundred

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Speaker 1: and fifty thousand tries, and I don't know that they

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Speaker 1: could roll a ball like that perfectly. It was amazing,

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Speaker 1: and it just shows how interesting the NFL is as

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Speaker 1: we're sitting here, you know, walloween and frustrated, and then

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Speaker 1: maybe a little bit ridiculously hopeful and then a little

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Speaker 1: ridiculously negative. Had the Falcons held on to win that

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Speaker 1: game the way it had gone all day Sunday, people

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Speaker 1: would be trashing the Cowboys. They would be trashing Dak,

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Speaker 1: they would be trashing Mike McCarthy, they would be getting

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Speaker 1: roasted on a national level. They get an on side kick,

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Speaker 1: they pull off a crazy win. All of a sudden,

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Speaker 1: Dak's a superhero, their season is saved, and everybody's talking

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Speaker 1: about how Atlanta still can't get right from their Super

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Speaker 1: Bowl loss. So I'm I think the Atlanta was a

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Speaker 1: team I had circled on our because I think Atlanta

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Speaker 1: is a very, very very good football team, and I

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Speaker 1: don't think this Owen two represents them at all. And

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Speaker 1: given how slow those two quarterbacks had started, you know,

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Speaker 1: for who they are and who who what we expect

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Speaker 1: from them, I'm not ready to say that they're going

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Speaker 1: to run away from an Owen two. Atlanta Falcons team. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: Atlanta's They've always had the offense and Matt Ryan has

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Speaker 1: the weapons. I mean, they have so many good wide receivers.

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Speaker 1: I mean, Calvin Ridley as a wide receiver too, is

746
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Speaker 1: about as good as it gets in the league. And

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Speaker 1: we all know about Julio Jones and this guy Gauge

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00:40:56,640 --> 00:40:58,560
Speaker 1: who has been a huge part of their offense. So

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00:40:59,480 --> 00:41:02,719
Speaker 1: definitely offense to watch. Their defense a little shaky, obviously

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Speaker 1: a big time blown lead from Dan Quinn. And I've

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Speaker 1: seen a little bit of Atlanta Falcons twitter. They're not

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Speaker 1: so happy with their head coach, but they are definitely

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Speaker 1: a team to watch. There's there's a lot of good

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Speaker 1: teams in the NFC this year. I mean, look at

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Speaker 1: the LA Ramps. They're they're two and all with a

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Speaker 1: bunch of injuries, but they're still playing well. And Aragon

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Speaker 1: on point Corso, I ask you about the Atlanta Falcons.

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Speaker 1: Don't you wander the other side of that coin, Gabe.

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Speaker 1: Let's talk about your former squad. Who's in the division

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Speaker 1: with the Cowboys. The Washington football team. They're one and one.

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Speaker 1: Their front seven looks legit, and that division is struggling.

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Speaker 1: Is that division in your mind as wide open as

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Speaker 1: it appears? That division is wide open every year because

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Speaker 1: Dallas and Philly will will win eight or nine games

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Speaker 1: and it'll always come down to one game. Washington, I

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Speaker 1: thought they look good so far in the first two

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Speaker 1: games against the I mean, you got Kyla Murray. You're

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Speaker 1: planninggainst a guy like Kyla Murray, who's just we were

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Speaker 1: just talking about him. He's one of those guys that

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Speaker 1: you don't see every day. But they've got five former

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Speaker 1: first round picks on that defensive line and having eight

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Speaker 1: sacks in that first game. That that that division is

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Speaker 1: up for grabs right now. I mean, I feel like

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Speaker 1: that division will not be decided until at least Week fourteen,

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Speaker 1: and that's pretty much how it airs every year. So

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Speaker 1: Dallas is going to be Dallas New York. You well,

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Speaker 1: they just saw say Colon Barkley, so they got they

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Speaker 1: gotta they got, they got a lot to to, you know,

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Speaker 1: figure out there. And then Philly Carson Wentz isn't looking

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Speaker 1: like the Carson Wentz that we saw um a couple

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Speaker 1: of years ago. So the person coming out of the team,

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Speaker 1: coming out coming out of that division will most likely

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Speaker 1: thing down. Here. I'm the big thing I'm gonna take away.

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Speaker 1: I've got the entire standing sitting in front of me

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Speaker 1: right here, and the thing that I'm gonna tell you,

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Speaker 1: And this goes back to what we're saying right now.

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Speaker 1: All the numbers on the boards are twos and ones, twos,

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Speaker 1: ones and zeros. We've only played two games. It might

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Speaker 1: have been a tough two games. It might be a

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Speaker 1: tough to head the other direction, but nobody's eight. No, well,

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Speaker 1: we're you know, it's been two games and you can

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Speaker 1: very easily turn this thing around. Put a couple in

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Speaker 1: the W column and feel like you're right in the

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Speaker 1: as we walk into week three and try to as

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Speaker 1: Jay put it right to the ship, what's the one

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Speaker 1: thing you have at the top of your list? What's

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Speaker 1: the thing you're looking for the most, mister Corso, my

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Speaker 1: number one thing is the offense staying on the field,

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Speaker 1: having a long drive. I want one drive that is

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Speaker 1: seven minutes or longer. Is that too much to asks?

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Speaker 1: I like a seven minute drive would make me very happy,

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Speaker 1: and I think it would dictate the entire pace of

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Speaker 1: the game if it could happen in the first half.

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Speaker 1: Everything you ask is too much b Yes, I think

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Speaker 1: having I think having a big non first drive, big drive.

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Speaker 1: If if the Vikings go out and they have their

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Speaker 1: scripted first drive, they get a stop or even if

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Speaker 1: they give up a score that second, third possession, maybe

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Speaker 1: even fourth possession, I think again, are really gonna tell

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Speaker 1: the story of this game. In the words of Mike Zimmer,

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Speaker 1: let's stop losing so we can start winning. That's all

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Speaker 1: I have to say. That's very, very simple and poignant.

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Speaker 1: Jay Mine is the beast upfront. You gotta stop Derrick Henry.

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Speaker 1: That defensive line has you know, shown that the last

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Speaker 1: And I think when you have a guy like Derrick

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Speaker 1: Henry and like you said, kind of an Adrian Peterson clone.

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Speaker 1: We all know what he used to do in the

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Speaker 1: past when there would be a defensive line that was struggling.

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Speaker 1: For me, it all starts with Derrick Henry. If you

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Speaker 1: can stop him, then that lets you be able to

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Speaker 1: focus downfield with your secondary against Ryan Tannehill, and hopefully

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Speaker 1: that'll be a recipe for success for this team. Mike

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Speaker 1: drop please for Jay Nelson. Gabe Henderson, Chris Corso. We

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Speaker 1: will see you guys on the show next week.