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Speaker 1: Happy holidays to you and yours. I'm Patrick Claybond and

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Speaker 1: these are a good morning football headlines from NFL Network.

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Speaker 1: Week sixteen kicks off today as Drew Brees and the

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Speaker 1: Saints play host to Kirk Cousins and the Vikings at

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Speaker 1: four thirty pm Eastern on Fox, NFL Network, and Amazon

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Speaker 1: Prime Video. Giants head coach Joe Judge says he plans

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Speaker 1: on having off as the coordinator Jason Garrett in Baltimore

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Speaker 1: and calling plays for Big Blue on Sunday. He knows

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Speaker 1: that there's still some logistical measures being worked out. Garrett

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Speaker 1: was unable to work the giants week fifteen loss to

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Speaker 1: the Browns. Judge also said he's really encouraged about the

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Speaker 1: prospect of Daniel Jones starting against the Ravens. Jones, who

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Speaker 1: officially was a limited participate for a second consecutive day,

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Speaker 1: has missed two of the past three games because of

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Speaker 1: ankle and hamstring injuries. Saturday, there's a triple header of

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Speaker 1: NFL Action with playoff implications in every matchup, starting off

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Speaker 1: with Tom Brady and the Bucks visiting the Lions. For

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Speaker 1: a preview of that contest, here's Sarah Walsh, Lions interim

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Speaker 1: head coach Daryl Bavel told us, this is the times

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Speaker 1: that we are living in. You have to be ready

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Speaker 1: for everything, and you have to be ready to adjust.

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Speaker 1: They are making major adjustments on the coaching staff this

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Speaker 1: week after Bevil and four other coaches were ruled out

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Speaker 1: a Saturday's game against the Buccaneers because of COVID protocols.

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Speaker 1: Robert Prince, the team's wide receiver coach, steps in for

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Speaker 1: Bebel to assume head coaching duties, and Sean Ryan, the

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Speaker 1: quarterbacks coach, is going to be calling play, something he

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Speaker 1: hasn't done in any level of football. Bebel said he's

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Speaker 1: going to work with Ryan to just practice calling a

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Speaker 1: game now. Bruce Arion sees us a little differently. He says,

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Speaker 1: now the Bucks have to throw all the tendencies they

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Speaker 1: were preparing for because the Lions have new play callers

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Speaker 1: on both sides of the ball. He also sees it

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Speaker 1: as a chance for these coaches to audition for some

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Speaker 1: heavy duty job, and he expects the Lions will throw

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Speaker 1: the kitchen sink at him. Watch the Boxing Lions exclusively

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Speaker 1: on NFL Network at one pm Eastern. The middle game

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Speaker 1: features the Electric second year quarterback Kyler Murray and the

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Speaker 1: Cardinals playing host in the forty nine Ers. Omar Louise

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Speaker 1: standing by with more on this one. Even so, it's

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Speaker 1: possible the Cardinals could clinch a playoffs spot by the

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Speaker 1: end of this week, and they say they're solely focused

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Speaker 1: on the forty nine Ers, Kyler Murray telling me this

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Speaker 1: week that they've made mistakes in games this season that

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Speaker 1: are simply unacceptable. He also said they've been in playoff

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Speaker 1: mode since their last loss Week thirteen against the Rams,

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Speaker 1: and he would expect postseason competition and the intensity about

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Speaker 1: those games to ramp up even more here down the stretch.

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Speaker 1: He said. If they're going to have a chance to

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Speaker 1: not just get to the playoffs, but make a deep

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Speaker 1: postseason run, they'll have to clean up those mistakes. The

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Speaker 1: forty nine Ers, meanwhile, are getting superstar tight end George

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Speaker 1: kittleback head coach Kyle Shanahan, announcing that the star tight

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Speaker 1: end will return to the forty nine ers lineup for

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Speaker 1: the first time since Week eight after recovering from that

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Speaker 1: broken foot. The Niners and Cardinals face off on Amazon

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Speaker 1: Prime at four thirty pm. The last game can be

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Speaker 1: seen on NFL Network as Miami travels to Las Vegas.

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Speaker 1: Steve Watch with more Freighters. Head coach on Cruden, he

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Speaker 1: said he didn't want to let the cat out of

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Speaker 1: the bag as to whether it to be Marcus Mariota

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Speaker 1: or Derek Carr starting against the Dolphins at quarterbacks Saturday,

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Speaker 1: but Gruden said the Cars made enough progress from that

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Speaker 1: groin injury. It's where he'll be optimistic and ready to

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Speaker 1: go now. Good is leaving a little mystery in the

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Speaker 1: air by saying both quarterbacks practice well or remember Car

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Speaker 1: went from limited Tuesday to practicing fully twice the rest

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Speaker 1: of the week. As for the Dolphins, head coach Brian

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Speaker 1: Flora has said they're preparing for both quarterbacks. They've got

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Speaker 1: different styles. Of course, Mariota is more mobile, Cars more

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Speaker 1: in the pocket, but he said he doesn't want his

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Speaker 1: team to be caught off guard in a game with

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Speaker 1: this much importance. Remember you can see Dolphins Raiders at

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Speaker 1: eight fifteen pm on NFL Network. For a complete preview

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Speaker 1: of every NFL game on this late this week, make

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Speaker 1: sure to download the Around the NFL podcast. Have a

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Speaker 1: great day, everybody. I'm Paflick Claybo and these are your

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