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Speaker 1: This is Straight Fire with Jason McIntyre. Hello and welcome

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Speaker 1: back everybody. Straight Fire with me Jason McIntyre. It is Monday,

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Speaker 1: January eleventh. What a weekend of football. We just had

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Speaker 1: hope everybody was able to imprint their butt cheeks on

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Speaker 1: the couch for uh nine hours on Saturday and Sunday.

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Speaker 1: Actually Sunday probably felt longer given Ben Roethlisberger burger throwing

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Speaker 1: like seventies seven passes or whatever the number was against

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Speaker 1: the Browns. I'll start off by saying the weekend was profitable,

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Speaker 1: everything was excellent, and then the Pittsburgh Steelers happened, and

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Speaker 1: I think we got to start the show there right. Um,

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Speaker 1: no guests today. We will do the best bet at

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Speaker 1: the end of the podcast. It will be Alabama versus

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Speaker 1: Ohio State. Tonight really a dessert to what was just

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Speaker 1: an orgy of a buffet of football all over the weekend.

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Speaker 1: Some pretty good games, one really dull one Bears Saints.

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Speaker 1: I think we'll do maybe fifteen seconds on that game.

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Speaker 1: But we'll wrap up with the best bet. H confidence level,

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Speaker 1: I don't know, tough one, but let's start out with

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Speaker 1: Holy cow, did the Pittsburgh Steelers poop their pants on

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Speaker 1: National TV Sunday night. Probably the craziest playoff game I

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Speaker 1: can remember outside of Super Bowls. Obviously, the Falcons meltdown

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Speaker 1: against the Patriots is you know, the number one shocker

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Speaker 1: in football playoff history for me that I've witnessed. Um.

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Speaker 1: You know, then you go back to those crazy comebacks.

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Speaker 1: Uh what what do they call that? Um? Rob g

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Speaker 1: Where Tennessee was returning the kickoff and they threw it

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Speaker 1: across the field and they ran it back. What was

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Speaker 1: that called the miracle Music City miracle? Obviously that's up there,

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Speaker 1: the Frank Reich Buffalo Bills come back. But I just

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Speaker 1: want to put in perspective what happens Sunday night when

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Speaker 1: the Steelers lost to the Browns. Okay, the Cleveland Browns

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Speaker 1: essentially haven't practiced for two weeks. Given COVID all, they

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Speaker 1: were zoom practices. Okay, they did not have their head coach.

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Speaker 1: He was in a basement watching the game on television. Okay.

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Speaker 1: Their defensive secondary was a train wreck of injuries. Their

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Speaker 1: offensive line was a mash unit. They actually started a

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Speaker 1: guard who had played one snap on the offensive line

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Speaker 1: all season, and they won seven as big underdogs in Pittsburgh.

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Speaker 1: They hadn't defeated Cleveland as a franchise Mike Tomlin and

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Speaker 1: Pittsburgh since he was the head coach. Okay, it was

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Speaker 1: just everything about this game was absolute madness. And it

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Speaker 1: happened from the jump. The first snap of the game

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Speaker 1: over Ben's head, Browns re cover touchdown and then it's

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Speaker 1: just snowball. Ben three picks in the first half. My

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Speaker 1: big takeaway. And I know there are gonna be some

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Speaker 1: people who are like Jason, you're overreacting. It's not the

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Speaker 1: end of the world. But Ben Roethlisberger's gotta be done.

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Speaker 1: I don't know how given what you saw from him

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Speaker 1: in the second half of the NFL season, Ben Roethlisberger

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Speaker 1: can be the starting quarterback for the Steelers in Week

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Speaker 1: one one. I just don't see it. He looked washed.

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Speaker 1: I know they started eleven. Oh that was excellent. Ben

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Speaker 1: Roethlisberger now looking his age thirty eight years old, okay,

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Speaker 1: turns thirty nine in March Immobile in the pocket. Horrible reads.

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Speaker 1: I mean, I know a couple of the interceptions against

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Speaker 1: the Browns were tipped, but they were bad passes to

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Speaker 1: begin with. Roethlisberger was awful down the stretch. If you

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Speaker 1: remove the second half against the Colts, he was dreadful

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Speaker 1: in their final six games, just awful. Ben Roethlisberger starting

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Speaker 1: to really look his age. And remember the guys from

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Speaker 1: his era, the Eli Manning, Philip Rivers, the elis done,

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Speaker 1: Philip Verse. Yeah, he had a really good game. Will

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Speaker 1: probably we'll get to that shortly. Um, want me some

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Speaker 1: money with the cover and Rivers look good in that game,

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Speaker 1: but Ben Roethlisberger did not against a terrible past defense.

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Speaker 1: And I don't know how you can go into next

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Speaker 1: season with Ben Roethlisberger as the starting quarterback. I know

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Speaker 1: he's won a couple of Super Bowls. That's great, He's

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Speaker 1: had an awesome career. He's a Hall of Fame lock.

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Speaker 1: But with that offense, you need a quarterback. He's dragging

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Speaker 1: them down now. The offensive line obviously shoulders some of

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Speaker 1: the blame. Um, but Ben Roethlisberger was a trade wreck.

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Speaker 1: And I gotta take a moment to just say to

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Speaker 1: did not have a head coach and you got outcoached. Okay,

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Speaker 1: Mike Tomlin, let me just put I jotted down these notes. Okay,

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Speaker 1: he's trailing twenty eight to nothing and he punts in

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Speaker 1: his defense? We can pin them. I mean, the defense

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Speaker 1: did not look good. They had twenty eight points on

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Speaker 1: I believe it was twelve plays at one juncture in

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Speaker 1: the first half. So in the second half, finally, as expected,

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Speaker 1: the Steelers get cooking. They cut it to thirteen on

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Speaker 1: it to eleven, I guess Mike Tomlin doesn't do math.

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Speaker 1: He kicks the extra point. They're down twelve. Getting to

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Speaker 1: eleven would have meant touchdown and field goal ties the game.

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Speaker 1: Getting to twelve does absolutely nothing. But Tomlin then compounds that. Okay,

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Speaker 1: the defense gets to stop. They've got all the momentum

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Speaker 1: in the world. They've scored sixteen straight points. He's on

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Speaker 1: his own. I think it was like his forty six

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Speaker 1: fourth and he sends his punt team out. Okay, I

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Speaker 1: guess he didn't watch the the Tennessee Titans game earlier

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Speaker 1: in the day, when Mike Vrabel did the same buffoonery

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Speaker 1: ended up losing the game. But punting Mike Tomlin, what

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Speaker 1: on earth are you doing? And of course the punk

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Speaker 1: goes into the end zone and you essentially net thirty

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Speaker 1: yards on the punt, which is an absolute loser. Reminder,

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Speaker 1: this is an offensive league. Okay, Brown's get the ball

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Speaker 1: bing bang boom. Six plays later, Nick Chubb house call

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Speaker 1: on a screen pass and that's a wrap. Like Mike

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Speaker 1: Tomlin was terrible on the sideline Sunday night. I mean listen,

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Speaker 1: I shoulder Big Ben a lot of the blame. The

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Speaker 1: offensive line was terrible, The defense was nothing to write

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Speaker 1: home about. The secondary got lit up by Baker Mayfield.

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Speaker 1: Baker Mayfield had played five games against the Steelers in

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Speaker 1: his career. He'd never topped a hundred nine yards passing. Okay,

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Speaker 1: Baker Mayfield, who everybody saw on Instagram celebrating in the

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Speaker 1: locker room after the game. Obviously, listen, you win a

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Speaker 1: playoff game, Um, you celebrate? Yet two U or sixty

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Speaker 1: three yards passing three tds wasn't sacked once. Offensive line

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Speaker 1: coach for the Browns Covid not even there. Offensive line

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Speaker 1: mash unit Conklin left the game hurt. Baker was not

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Speaker 1: sacked once t J. Watt basically on a milk carton.

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Speaker 1: I mean they just ran away from him. Bad weekend

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Speaker 1: for defenses in the NFL. Chase Young. I think there's

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Speaker 1: still an ap B out for him missing in Washington,

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Speaker 1: d C. If anybody knows his whereabouts, contact the police.

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Speaker 1: Chase Young nowhere to be found. T J. Watt Zip.

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Speaker 1: I mean, it was a bad weekend for defenses. Weren't

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Speaker 1: an offensive lead, folks, Um it was. It was ugly

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Speaker 1: for all around for Pittsburgh. Congrats to Baker and um

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Speaker 1: just for the record, that whole quarterback at his first

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Speaker 1: start narrative, there is something to that. They were nine

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Speaker 1: and thirty straight up there, now ten and thirty. As

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Speaker 1: Baker Mayfield gets a victory, the Browns advance. They will

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Speaker 1: go to Kansas City for the early game on Sunday. Now,

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Speaker 1: I think I saw this opening double figures, which is

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Speaker 1: kid's the City. Chiefs haven't covered a game in two months.

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Speaker 1: I know they've gone through the motions. They've been sleepwalking

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Speaker 1: in the second half. Blah blah blah. Oh seven and

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Speaker 1: one against his bread their last eight they had a

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Speaker 1: bye week. Last year, they came in hot, had the

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Speaker 1: were down zero in the first half. They came back

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Speaker 1: and won. They obliterated Houston. I get that, Um, Cleveland

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Speaker 1: and that's run the football, and Kansas City can be

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Speaker 1: Vegas Raiders. Josh Jacobs had a real good game. I

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Speaker 1: think maybe two good games against the Chiefs. Uh. This

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Speaker 1: season they can be run on. UM. I'm not saying

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Speaker 1: gonna have their head coach back. Whatever that's worth. UM.

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Speaker 1: By the way, can you give Kevin Stefanski coach of

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Speaker 1: the year if he's not there for the playoff game

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Speaker 1: and you went on the road by double figures as

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Speaker 1: a can siderable underdog. That's a joke. That's sarcasm. Cleveland fans,

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Speaker 1: don't come after me. Impressive win for Baker Mayfield. Congrats

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Speaker 1: to the Browns franchise. Now you get Patrick Mahomes. Um.

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Speaker 1: And by the way, that secondary um, I don't think

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Speaker 1: Big Ben or a gifted touchdown on the first play

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Speaker 1: of the game. Obviously a tall order for the Browns,

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Speaker 1: but this was a fun win for them. Um. By

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Speaker 1: the way, they're twenty eight points they scored in the

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Speaker 1: first quarter. I have that written down most points in

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Speaker 1: I think it's any first quarter in NFL playoff history.

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Speaker 1: Rob G can check me on that later, but listen,

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Speaker 1: twenty eight points. I don't care if it's on twelve

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Speaker 1: plays or thirty plays. That's impressive. Congrats to the Cleveland Browns.

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Speaker 1: All right, let's get to the second biggest story UM

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Speaker 1: of the day and uh who I I know he's

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Speaker 1: had a rough one the last two years. And where?

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Speaker 1: And the Baltimore Ravens fell behind ten nothing to the

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Speaker 1: Tennessee Titans in the first quarter. Is it weird that

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Speaker 1: the first person I thought of was Rob G because

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Speaker 1: was like, listen, Baker can't play for mind, He's never

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Speaker 1: had he had the great stat that Baker's I'm sorry,

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Speaker 1: Lamar Jackson has never had a comeback of double digits

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Speaker 1: in his career. And there down ten nothing and I'm like, damn,

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Speaker 1: this is a problem. I had some money on the

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Speaker 1: Ravens three three and a half, but a funny thing happened. Everybody.

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Speaker 1: Lamar Jackson put his big boy pants on and he delivered.

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Speaker 1: because if you think back situationally, there downten nothing and

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Speaker 1: instantly it's like third and eight or nine, and I'm like, man,

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Speaker 1: you can't give the ball back to tennessee this quickly

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Speaker 1: Lamar rolls out, He's kind of under pressure, fires down

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Speaker 1: complete and for the first down, huge conversion. Uh. That

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Speaker 1: a field goal on that drive at Boom. It was

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Speaker 1: game on. UM. I tried to tell you guys that

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Speaker 1: you know, I do that show Talk the Line with Calherd,

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Speaker 1: Carissa and then Jeff Schwartz and Sarah Perlman, and I

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Speaker 1: was hyping up this Ravens defense all week. They gave

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Speaker 1: up a buck ninety three on the ground to Derrick

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Speaker 1: Henry last year in the playoffs. They went into the

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Speaker 1: off season. We need to stop the run. Calais Campbell

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Speaker 1: the draft, Patrick Queen. Patrick Queen's had a rough rookie year,

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Speaker 1: but he's a good player. And they picked up yannickn

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Speaker 1: Goquay like smart moves. What happens in the playoff game,

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Speaker 1: Derrick Henry has forty yards rushing. Now, I will say this,

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Speaker 1: some of this is self inflicted because the Tennessee Titans

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Speaker 1: rush Derrick Henry thirty four times last week in the

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Speaker 1: season finale, high season high carries. Okay, he had over

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Speaker 1: two hundred yards. He got his two thousand yards array.

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Speaker 1: Derrick Henry on Sunday looked like he was running with

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Speaker 1: a piano on his back. No leg strength, no burst,

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Speaker 1: three quarters. Yeah, it's just a total nonentity. Could do nothing.

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Speaker 1: And Ryan Tannehill had success early and that's one of

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Speaker 1: the big complaints. Arthur Smith, good offensive coordinator at a

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Speaker 1: strong year. He's getting interviewed for head coaching jobs. Look

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Speaker 1: what happened against a good defense after that early script

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Speaker 1: war off. Okay, they punted on the first series, three

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Speaker 1: how much more exciting would the NFL be if these

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Speaker 1: guys had the NBA player mentality where they took their

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Speaker 1: their careers into their own hands and they started calling

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Speaker 1: their own shots. Now, I don't really think that they

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Speaker 1: would trade him to Miami. I just don't see that

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Speaker 1: being a move. I think maybe your Jets probably have

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Speaker 1: a better Well, yeah, who would you want Donald or

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Speaker 1: Tua I want nothing to do. I I didn't see

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Speaker 1: anything out of Tuah that that inspired confidence. I mean, yeah,

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Speaker 1: he's got potential, but are you really well, if I'm

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Speaker 1: going to trade for someone, it's not gonna be for

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Speaker 1: another quarterbacks. Let me so I can draft my own quarterback,

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Speaker 1: that's what ye So you want that Jets pick right exactly,

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Speaker 1: And that's why I think it's more appealing. But just

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Speaker 1: the fact that Deshaun Watson apparently it's not like just

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Speaker 1: like we mentioned it. It It goes back to the GM

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Speaker 1: higher and Eric b Enemy getting snubbed and even more

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Speaker 1: specifically more reported that it had to do with the

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Speaker 1: culture around the Texans and they're indifference towards social justice,

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Speaker 1: which we just saw this summer. He was notoriously Deshaun

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Speaker 1: Watson very silent on social issues until this summer. So

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Speaker 1: to see him and I'm assuming that this is all

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Speaker 1: legit because you know, Schefter and More are two of

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Speaker 1: the best NFL reporters that are in the business. To

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Speaker 1: see him finally or any player decide what enough is

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Speaker 1: enough and I'm gonna go ahead, and I'm gonna do

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Speaker 1: this because it's best for me. Is so refreshing. And

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Speaker 1: I wish that this happens and he gets traded somewhere,

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Speaker 1: whether it's Miami or to your Jets or to my Raiders,

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Speaker 1: you know, because we're probably better than both of those teams.

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Speaker 1: We'll let that happen. But it would be fantastic if

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Speaker 1: he's able to pull the strings he does have a

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Speaker 1: no trade clause and and and start a trend where

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Speaker 1: NFL players can finally wield some of that power. I

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Speaker 1: would love to see it. Yeah, this this whole aspect

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Speaker 1: of interviewing a bunch of minority candidates that Deshaun Watson

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Speaker 1: liked and then calling an audible and going and getting

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Speaker 1: a guy that you're chaplain h Easterby that story. Again,

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Speaker 1: We've told you guys to read it, go look it up.

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Speaker 1: Easterby Sports Illustrated, Houston Texans. It's just you're gonna leave.

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Speaker 1: You're gonna be like, what what the hell is going

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Speaker 1: on there? Um, because you know what's gonna happen with

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Speaker 1: the head coaching search. They're not even interviewing. The guy

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Speaker 1: that Watson wants is Eric b Enemy. Um. I'm curious

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Speaker 1: how that'll shake out, but ultimately I'm not I could

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Speaker 1: care less about the Houston Texans, but I would love

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Speaker 1: Deshaun Watson to end up with the Jets. Listen, give

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Speaker 1: up the number two pick, uh, you toss in whatever

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Speaker 1: else they want. I mean, frankly, you know, I think

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Speaker 1: the Jets could still deal Donald. Get back some picks. Um.

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Speaker 1: They've got an extra one from Seattle. They've got an

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Speaker 1: extra three from Seattle. They've got an extra one next

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Speaker 1: year from Seattle. Like they got picks. Um, package something

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Speaker 1: up and get Deshaun Watson to New York's. I mean,

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Speaker 1: the Jets haven't had a franchise quarterback ever ever. Alright,

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Speaker 1: enough on the Jets, Um and Deshaun Watson. By the way,

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Speaker 1: Miami fans need to pipe down, Okay, I don't want

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Speaker 1: to hear about to go Look up the podcast we

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Speaker 1: did with Joy Taylor and then George Soa. Donald they

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Speaker 1: hyped up to. Okay, they're big fans. I still think

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Speaker 1: there's some work to do there. We shall see, all right.

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Speaker 1: That wraps up NFL walker weekend. Pretty damn good weekend.

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Speaker 1: I enjoyed it. Um. I guess we don't really have

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Speaker 1: anything on the NBA front. Um, you know, big big

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Speaker 1: NFL Monday so sorry, no no. Um, NBA news other

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Speaker 1: than the COVID to Jayson Tatum just sucks. Um. I

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Speaker 1: had a futures and m VP ticket that happening. Um,

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Speaker 1: you know the seventies sixers have a COVID issue with

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Speaker 1: Seth Curry. There was a game postponed Sunday, like NBA

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Speaker 1: season all of a sudden. It's just like feeling kind

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Speaker 1: of rickety. Uh not MLB rickety from the beginning when

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Speaker 1: all those games were getting canceled, but just like, what

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Speaker 1: are we doing here? Um? The games are not that compelling,

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Speaker 1: but we'll we'll do some NBA later this week. UM.

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Speaker 1: I think we'll wrap up here with the best bet

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Speaker 1: about the National Title game. The only thing better than

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Speaker 1: sitting on your couch watching the game. He's making money

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Speaker 1: while you do it. Here's your best bet. We were

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Speaker 1: gonna go all out and have a guest and review it.

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00:28:44,400 --> 00:28:47,200
Speaker 1: And then it's like, what is the game gonna get postponed?

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Speaker 1: Is it gonna get pushed because of the COVID issues

504
00:28:49,760 --> 00:28:51,920
Speaker 1: that that the chatter that's out there, and it doesn't

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Speaker 1: look like it's getting moved. Um, it's supposed to happen

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Speaker 1: later today. The teams are there. If it doesn't happen,

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Speaker 1: it will be a shocker. Um. There's a lot of

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Speaker 1: chatter about the defensive line of Ohio State being the

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Speaker 1: source of a COVID outbreak. That would obviously be bad

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Speaker 1: going against Naj Harris and the Alabama run game. But overall, listen,

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Speaker 1: I just don't know anybody at all who is going

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Speaker 1: to this game saying yeah, Alabama's the side. All I'm

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Speaker 1: hearing is Ohio State. Well, have you seen the trends

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Speaker 1: on Nick Saban on the title game? He's like, oh

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Speaker 1: in four in the in the playoff against the spread. Again,

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Speaker 1: that's not predictive, that's just historical. Um. The idea that

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Speaker 1: Nick Saban's great with a month to prepare and he

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Speaker 1: murders teams in the semifinal, and Thenny with a week

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Speaker 1: to prepare, he doesn't. Okay. I mean maybe there's some

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Speaker 1: maybe there's something there, but what I don't know. I

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Speaker 1: just keep looking at this idea that everybody watched. Alabama

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Speaker 1: struggled to put away Notre Dame. It was not really

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Speaker 1: a struggle so much as just an unimpressive showing. They

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Speaker 1: didn't cover the spread, which to a lot of gamblers matters.

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Speaker 1: It's kind of a big deal, and people felt let down.

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Speaker 1: And then you watch Ohio State as a seven point

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Speaker 1: I think it was seven, six and a half whatever

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Speaker 1: point dog. They go and beat the crap out of Clemson,

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Speaker 1: totally rough up Trevor Lawrence and they they were scoring machine.

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Speaker 1: So everybody saw that, and I think they're betting Ohio

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Speaker 1: State here. Now I don't have I haven't looked at

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Speaker 1: the ticket count to back it up, but this is

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Speaker 1: just on paper, not a good matchup for Ohio State.

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Speaker 1: Alabama great offensive line. This is a team with five

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Speaker 1: All Americans. Clemson's offensive line was terrible. Clemson's secondary got

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Speaker 1: lit up. They're not good. Alabama's got a first round

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Speaker 1: pick in certain at cornerback. He's probably gonna follow UH

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Speaker 1: and Shadow Olave the best Ohio State receiver who is

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Speaker 1: going to be a pro. I really like his game.

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Speaker 1: And then the other cornerback job is very good. Uh.

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Speaker 1: I don't think he's the first round pick anymore, but

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Speaker 1: he's certainly an early day maybe a day to UH

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Speaker 1: draft pick. And that's a much better secondary than Justin

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Speaker 1: Fields is used to see. UH in the big tent

545
00:31:12,160 --> 00:31:13,960
Speaker 1: like this is gonna be a bit of a wake

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Speaker 1: up call. And speaking of Justin Fields, is this guy

547
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Speaker 1: gonna be wearing a flat jacket like he got dinged up?

548
00:31:19,840 --> 00:31:21,920
Speaker 1: Like if you watch in that Glimpsing game after that

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Speaker 1: hit that was called targeting, I'm not going to dive

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Speaker 1: into it. I don't think it was targeting. Um. Afterwards,

551
00:31:28,560 --> 00:31:31,520
Speaker 1: Justin Field couldn't pick up his leg to go on

552
00:31:31,560 --> 00:31:35,880
Speaker 1: the exercise bike without grimacing in paint Like that was

553
00:31:35,920 --> 00:31:38,680
Speaker 1: a bad spot for the kid. And it's only been

554
00:31:40,280 --> 00:31:43,320
Speaker 1: ten days. Like is he? Like? I don't know. I

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00:31:43,360 --> 00:31:45,480
Speaker 1: mean his NFL stock is through the roof right now

556
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Speaker 1: for that performance. But you never want to judge somebody

557
00:31:48,840 --> 00:31:52,920
Speaker 1: on their greatest moment ever. Um, maybe that was an outlier.

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Speaker 1: What's the real Justin Fields? Is it the guy last

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Speaker 1: year who was awesome? I think he has forty three

560
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Speaker 1: touchdowns and two interceptions and then he struggled a bit

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Speaker 1: against Clemson late? Is he the guy that scuttled against Northwestern?

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Speaker 1: Um wasn't outstanding against Indiana? Like? Who is he? I

563
00:32:10,640 --> 00:32:14,640
Speaker 1: think we're probably gonna find out. Um. I hate to

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Speaker 1: give out a chalky pick, but I did bet Alabama

565
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Speaker 1: and I got him at eight. It's eight and a

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Speaker 1: half UM. Obviously not a great number. UM, But I

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Speaker 1: think Nick Saban in Alabama here this offense again. They

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Speaker 1: didn't empty the playbook against Notre Dame last week. That

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Speaker 1: was like, Okay, we're staked to a huge lead, let's

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Speaker 1: just grind it out and pick up the victory. Um.

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Speaker 1: Are they gonna get pressure on mac Jones? Are they

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Speaker 1: gonna be able to stop the run as easily? I mean,

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Speaker 1: Harris looks amazing like Davante Smith. I get that Ohio

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Speaker 1: State is probably gonna play the two deep safeties and say,

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Speaker 1: like what they did to Clemson, We're not letting you

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Speaker 1: have the big play. We're gonna keep it all in

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Speaker 1: front of us, the same way some teams approach Pat Mahomes.

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Speaker 1: We're gonna play zone, we're gonna rush four, and we're

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Speaker 1: gonna say we'll give you eight yard chungs, ten, twelve.

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Speaker 1: We're not giving you the fifty yard bombs. That's what

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Speaker 1: is backbreaking, Devonte Smith. We're not letting you get past

582
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Speaker 1: us deep. The thing is Davonta Davonte Smith, who's gonna

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Speaker 1: be like a top ten pick in the draft, led

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Speaker 1: the country in yards after the catch. Uh, gotta wrap up.

585
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Speaker 1: And I like the kid Wade from Ohio State. He

586
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Speaker 1: came into this season as a first round pick and

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Speaker 1: that was because he was playing with Jeff Okuda and

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Speaker 1: Damon Arnett in the Ohio State secondary. They were first

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Speaker 1: round draft choices in the NFL. Uh, Wade was mostly

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Speaker 1: in favorable spots last year, good matchups, he looked great.

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Speaker 1: He's now playing on the outside and he struggled against Clemson. Um,

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Speaker 1: if he's anywhere near Davonte Smith, it could get ugly again. Um.

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Speaker 1: I just I can see Alabama opening a can here.

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Speaker 1: I will go with something along the lines of forty five,

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Speaker 1: twenty eight Alabama, uh, forty two thirty uh somewhere around there.

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Speaker 1: But I think Alabama scores, I don't think Ohs taken

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Speaker 1: keep up. And I I have bet um Alabama favored

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Speaker 1: by eight. It's been at eight and a half. Um,

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Speaker 1: let's see where it goes on game day. I think

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Speaker 1: the public lost a lot of money over the weekend

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Speaker 1: with Pittsburgh and they may not be able to uh

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Speaker 1: drive this one up. So I'm on Alabama, rob G.

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Speaker 1: Do you have a pick in this one? Well, I

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Speaker 1: am picking Alabama to win. But like the rest of

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Speaker 1: the betting public, I got Ohio State to cover interesting.

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Speaker 1: I think Justin Fields will be able to do just

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Speaker 1: enough to keep it close. But I got Alabama winning. Ok. Well,

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Speaker 1: hopefully we get a good game. Um. You know, we

609
00:34:48,600 --> 00:34:51,920
Speaker 1: didn't get any great games on Sunday. I thought Ravens

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Speaker 1: Tennessee was good. Um, Indianapolis Buffalo was the best game

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Speaker 1: of the weekend. Um Coltsman, poor Philip Rivers, really good performance.

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Speaker 1: That was a good game. Ram Seattle, and then Washington

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Speaker 1: Tampa was like okay, but divisional weekend should be great.

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Speaker 1: We have a big week ahead here on the podcast.

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Speaker 1: We will I'm not gonna tease any of the guests.

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Speaker 1: We have one locked up. We have a second special

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Speaker 1: guest now listen. I probably shouldn't tease this guy in

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Speaker 1: case he backs out. Um. He is known as like um,

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Speaker 1: an underground NBA insider. He is very close to a

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Speaker 1: superstar NBA player. Uh. He said he will come on

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Speaker 1: the podcast. I'm not saying his Damian Casey backs out. UM.

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Speaker 1: I don't know if Rob G is skeptical of this guy. Um,

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Speaker 1: but a lot of people on the net are. But again,

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Speaker 1: he is friendly with one of the biggest stars in

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Speaker 1: the NBA. UM. I don't know if I could say

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Speaker 1: he breaks news, but he's certainly early on it. So

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Speaker 1: that's coming this week. And again, thanks everybody for the

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Speaker 1: subscribe rating and reviewing. To all the new listeners to

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Speaker 1: the podcast, uh, and we do have a bunch of

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Speaker 1: new ones who you know one of our podcasts. Listen,

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Speaker 1: gone to the moon. UM, the numbers continue to climb.

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Speaker 1: I hope I don't get in trouble for hyping it,

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Speaker 1: big week. Talk to you then,