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Speaker 1: Welcome to another edition of the Around the NFL Podcast.

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Speaker 1: My name is Dan Hansis and I am joined in

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Speaker 1: a room filled with heroes. Mark Sessler, Chris Westling, and

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Speaker 1: Greg Rosenthal. What is up? Boys? Hey? Dan? Divisional Round

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Speaker 1: the Football in the books and yes, a bit of

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Speaker 1: an underwhelming weekend given the way the games looked on

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Speaker 1: paper entering the weekend. But uh, Mark, last year we

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Speaker 1: We even had that great it was a low scoring game.

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Speaker 1: Who was it? Uh? It was Philadelphia beating Atlanta in

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Speaker 1: that tense defensive effort. We didn't have that much drama,

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Speaker 1: but at the end of the day, heading at the

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Speaker 1: which is something to look forward to. I always felt

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Speaker 1: growing Mark Hello, always felt growing up that when you

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Speaker 1: had the bad divisional round there were a lot of

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Speaker 1: they should handily. That leads to better, better title game weekend.

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Speaker 1: Which is even though everyone everyone gushes over wild card

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Speaker 1: I would rather that those two games be the most

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Speaker 1: one seed, best team in the league in the regular season,

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Speaker 1: readjust the uh Mike Francessa kinnard about Thanksgiving as the

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Speaker 1: than them, Greg, that could have that was your this

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Speaker 1: a road team playing the Chiefs or the Patriot. One

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Speaker 1: of my biggest takeaways was how incredibly out coached the

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Speaker 1: Charges were, which should be a total surprise. Bill belichicks

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Speaker 1: on one side and he has a bye week to prepare,

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Speaker 1: but they You just could tell from the minute this

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Speaker 1: game started that the Patriots had a game plan and

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00:21:51,520 --> 00:21:54,520
Speaker 1: they executed and the Chargers had no answer. It's twenty

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00:21:54,600 --> 00:21:58,480
Speaker 1: three first downs when the Chargers had twenty three total plays,

438
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Speaker 1: and and and the one thing that the Patriots are

439
00:22:00,880 --> 00:22:04,520
Speaker 1: so flexible, you essentially cannot count on Gronk taking over

440
00:22:04,560 --> 00:22:06,280
Speaker 1: the game as a pass catcher. I get that now

441
00:22:06,400 --> 00:22:09,920
Speaker 1: he's the greatest blocker on Earth. That's fine, but you

442
00:22:10,080 --> 00:22:12,640
Speaker 1: also don't have Josh Gordon. And they did not really

443
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Speaker 1: miss either today in the sense that they find a

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Speaker 1: way to flexibly re jigger their offense, where on the

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Speaker 1: Chargers side, Melvin Gordon is obviously not healthy and wound

446
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Speaker 1: up with about fifteen yards on the ground. They came

447
00:22:24,840 --> 00:22:29,800
Speaker 1: up with no alternative solution on offense to mystify the Patriots, none. Well,

448
00:22:29,840 --> 00:22:32,399
Speaker 1: the Patriots were very physical and creative on defense. To

449
00:22:32,600 --> 00:22:35,760
Speaker 1: Brian Flores, has been like that since the bye week,

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Speaker 1: and I thought it was really telling. This game out

451
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Speaker 1: on think came out of nowhere for the Patriots in

452
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Speaker 1: the sense that when they beat the Bills in Week sixteen,

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Speaker 1: all Belichick was as happy as he was all season,

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Speaker 1: and all he talked about was all we talked about

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Speaker 1: all week was being more physical than the other team,

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Speaker 1: which seems like kind of a coaching cliche. But they

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Speaker 1: did it against the Bills, they did it against the Jets,

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Speaker 1: they did it against the Charges. Were on both sides

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Speaker 1: of the ball. They really dominated pretty well. Up front.

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Speaker 1: They quite dominate against the Bills on on the offensive line.

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Speaker 1: They certainly did that today where the defense is trusting

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Speaker 1: the secondary for the most part, they're getting very creative

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Speaker 1: with what they're doing up front, and they've causing all

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Speaker 1: sorts of problems for that Chargers offensive line. Well, it

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Speaker 1: didn't come out of left field in the sense that

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Speaker 1: the Chargers have been a bad offense for months. They've

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00:23:19,240 --> 00:23:22,000
Speaker 1: been a bad, bad offense for two months, and the

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Speaker 1: talk about them being a complete team was just never true.

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Speaker 1: Edelman looks different than he did earlier in the season.

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Speaker 1: I think he's healthier. I think the bye week certainly

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Speaker 1: must have helped Tom Brady. The injury supposedly dates back

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Speaker 1: to Week eleven in that when they tried to run

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Speaker 1: that Philly special that he tripped himself up on. And

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Speaker 1: I think the week off what helped him. All what

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Speaker 1: did they run? I mean it occurred trying to correct

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Speaker 1: it was the Philly Ordinary. Yes, well, but that comes

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Speaker 1: on a day when there was a helmet catch in

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Speaker 1: the Saints game, and Emmanuel Sands was on NFL Network

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Speaker 1: the whole promo about a helmet catch he made at

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Speaker 1: one point, so you know, helmet ordinary sit on that.

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Speaker 1: That was West's lock, by the way, which where oh yeah,

482
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Speaker 1: and and and unfortunately I rooted for it. I would

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Speaker 1: have never made this lock if I was really in

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Speaker 1: hardcore contention for the lock off. I decided to follow

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Speaker 1: my heart and uh and just go all in. But

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Speaker 1: I felt pretty strongly that the Patriots had a real chance,

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Speaker 1: uh not only to win this game. I always thought

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Speaker 1: they were going to get back to the title game.

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Speaker 1: Do I think I'm gonna get to the super Bowl?

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Speaker 1: It could. You have to admit, though, in a season

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Speaker 1: where you know, there's been a couple of times this

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Speaker 1: season where you're like, yeah, we know they might get back,

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Speaker 1: but these aren't the same old Patriots. You have to

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Speaker 1: admit that this is different. That here on Divisional Round weekend,

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Speaker 1: they are breaking new ground. They are putting up as

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Speaker 1: good even if this is all there is. Like a

497
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Speaker 1: divisional round home playoff win is not something to be

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Speaker 1: taken for granted, some teams don't. It was so for

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Speaker 1: a decade, and they looked just any good, just any

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Speaker 1: This was as good a half at least as they've

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Speaker 1: had statistically or anything else since they be put doors

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Speaker 1: off Tim Tebow in two thousand and eleven. That was

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Speaker 1: the only half that was anywhere similar to that. The

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Speaker 1: demise of the Patriots against defense. The demise of the

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Speaker 1: Patriots was always overblown this season. Like I I've said

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Speaker 1: this on this podcast, that people have really even Patriots fans.

507
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Speaker 1: You've heard Patriots fans go nuts this year about how

508
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Speaker 1: this your feels different, something's wrong. But this team has

509
00:25:26,000 --> 00:25:28,080
Speaker 1: never been that bad. Tom Brady has never been that bad,

510
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Speaker 1: so this shouldn't be a shocking. There was more evidence,

511
00:25:31,359 --> 00:25:33,720
Speaker 1: but then the evidence vanished so much of the season

512
00:25:33,960 --> 00:25:36,800
Speaker 1: they were maybe the fifth best team in the league

513
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Speaker 1: instead of the second or third, or fifth or sixth.

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Speaker 1: I I did see though, your your negative energy in

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Speaker 1: this game, Dan kind of turned towards Philip Rivers, which

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Speaker 1: I thought was unfair. Well let's just let's be well,

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Speaker 1: let's be fair because teflon Phil never gets any heat.

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Speaker 1: And you'll notice we've done an attire uh yeah, without

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Speaker 1: even mentioning his name. Because whenever things go wrong for

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Speaker 1: the Charges, that's never on Phil Rivers. When things go

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Speaker 1: bad for the Johans, for instance, it's all one. But

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Speaker 1: that's I mean, it is what it is. I'm not

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Speaker 1: here to uh to get into that conversation, but I

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Speaker 1: will tell you, oh and seven against Tom Brady in

525
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Speaker 1: his career. Uh, he is now thirty seven years old.

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Speaker 1: He's not getting closer to the super Bowl. In fact,

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Speaker 1: he's taking seven teams of the playoffs and never got

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Speaker 1: into a super Bowl game. Once. You could say he's

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Speaker 1: a Hall of Famer. Fine, he's putting up great stats

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Speaker 1: and he's had a fine career, but that's the way

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Speaker 1: the sport is west. You get judged by what you

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Speaker 1: do in January, your super Bowl glories, and Phil Rivers

533
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Speaker 1: just does not have it. It's a huge, gaping black

534
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Speaker 1: mark on his resume. To me, that's fine. Um, I'm

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Speaker 1: never gonna choose like a handful of playoff games over

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Speaker 1: fifteen years and two and twenty games of excellence. Well,

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Speaker 1: that's fine, but I'm gonna judge. That's not what you

538
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Speaker 1: have to do, though, but you you can't ignore fame criteria,

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Speaker 1: and I'll use mom. I'm saying Phil Rivers is a

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Speaker 1: Hall of Famer, but you cannot ignore that he just

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Speaker 1: hasn't gotten it done. It reminds me a little bit

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Speaker 1: of San Marino, who did get to a super Bowl

543
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Speaker 1: right away and then never got back, and growing up

544
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Speaker 1: always hearing about Dan Rito being the best quarterback, even

545
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Speaker 1: over many thought over Joe Montana. For me, as a fan,

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Speaker 1: I would much rather have the quarterback that won multiple

547
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Speaker 1: Super Bowls. I get that, I get the whole quarterback

548
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Speaker 1: wins thing, please and but but this came up to

549
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Speaker 1: an example about it. This was a good example because

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00:27:16,520 --> 00:27:19,399
Speaker 1: and Rivers didn't play well at the end of the season,

551
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Speaker 1: so there's not much to defense. Although I don't think

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Speaker 1: this game the first half was really on him. He

553
00:27:24,040 --> 00:27:25,840
Speaker 1: was fine in the first half and then he just

554
00:27:25,880 --> 00:27:29,280
Speaker 1: started throwing up prayers. This game was typical a lot

555
00:27:29,320 --> 00:27:32,320
Speaker 1: of the Chargers era though, absolutely no running game, absolutely

556
00:27:32,359 --> 00:27:34,639
Speaker 1: no help from the defense, absolutely no offensive line. And

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Speaker 1: you can say that's teflon Phil, that's making an excuse

558
00:27:37,320 --> 00:27:38,960
Speaker 1: for him, but it just is true. If you watch,

559
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Speaker 1: if you put if you switch teams, Tom Brady would

560
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Speaker 1: have no chance to win this game. That's just I'm

561
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Speaker 1: not even a Phil Rivers fan, Like I don't care

562
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Speaker 1: if he gets in the Hall of Fame or not,

563
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Speaker 1: but I just think you don't ignore what a guy

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Speaker 1: has done over fifteen years. Well, I'm saying you don't

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Speaker 1: ignore anything. You look at the entire picture and this

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Speaker 1: and I today is the team didn't show up to play.

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Speaker 1: If the offensive line didn't show up, the defense certainly

568
00:28:02,680 --> 00:28:05,600
Speaker 1: didn't show up. That coaches, but the coaches did not

569
00:28:05,880 --> 00:28:08,480
Speaker 1: were not competitive with the Patriots coaches. So I don't

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Speaker 1: put this loss on Phil. But I'm just facts are facts.

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Speaker 1: He's fifteen years into a career and he has not

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Speaker 1: won the big Game or even gotten to the game yet.

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Speaker 1: That's gonna be the nice little pull quote that they

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Speaker 1: use when they advertise our show three hours and now

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Speaker 1: on Twitter. And you're gonna have like all of a

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Speaker 1: bunch of people coming after You're about to say like

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00:28:27,840 --> 00:28:30,440
Speaker 1: all of Chargers Nation, and then you were like, well,

578
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Speaker 1: I just said lots of people. There are lots of people.

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Speaker 1: Get off that topic. Mark, Well, I was gonna say

580
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Speaker 1: like we all know about the a f C championship

581
00:28:37,359 --> 00:28:39,840
Speaker 1: games for Brady, but I saw a stat today that

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Speaker 1: really blew me away. The Patriots have been favored in

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Speaker 1: their last sixty nine games that Tom Brady has started,

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Speaker 1: and now they're they might not be favored going into

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Speaker 1: Kansas City. They're not, no way. So you're the first

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Speaker 1: time second line actually in vague three points. I'd be

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Speaker 1: surprised if they were. No, they're not. Uh, And that

588
00:28:58,880 --> 00:29:03,040
Speaker 1: was weren't they underdocks in Jacksonville this year? But you

589
00:29:03,200 --> 00:29:06,880
Speaker 1: tell us? According to the sources on Twitter, Let's move

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Speaker 1: on to Saturday, starting with the night game here in

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Speaker 1: l A center, first left, give to Anderson and he

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00:29:13,720 --> 00:29:19,040
Speaker 1: puts it in the pace, puts down c J. Anderson

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00:29:19,440 --> 00:29:23,160
Speaker 1: powers through the left side and with seven sixteen to go,

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Speaker 1: it's twenty nine Rams with the league. There is West's

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00:29:30,400 --> 00:29:34,520
Speaker 1: neighbor JB. Long with the call for KSPN C Janniss

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00:29:34,560 --> 00:29:36,880
Speaker 1: one yard plunge on fourth down served as a statement

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Speaker 1: of intent for the Rams, who bullied the Cowboys at

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Speaker 1: the point of attack in a thirty to two conquest

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Speaker 1: at the Coliseum. It is the first playoff victory in

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Speaker 1: for the Rams in fourteen years, and it sends them

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Speaker 1: to the Superdome to meet the Saints the title game

602
00:29:53,080 --> 00:29:55,760
Speaker 1: West a week ago. The Dallas de completely STYMI and

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Speaker 1: Seattle on the ground. How could the Rams bulldoze them?

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00:29:58,640 --> 00:30:02,720
Speaker 1: For two seventy three. We saw a lot of dominant

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00:30:02,800 --> 00:30:07,560
Speaker 1: offensive line play this weekend. The Patriots, certainly the Chiefs

606
00:30:07,760 --> 00:30:11,360
Speaker 1: bullied the Colts um and this game might have been

607
00:30:11,360 --> 00:30:14,520
Speaker 1: the most impressive of any of the offensive lines. And

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Speaker 1: if you, I think, if you look, you'll see that um.

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Speaker 1: The Rams coaching staff had picked up some tendencies on

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Speaker 1: the Cowboys and that played out too. But it really

611
00:30:24,320 --> 00:30:27,080
Speaker 1: was just blowing those guys off the ball that this

612
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Speaker 1: was the worst game Jalen Smith and Layton Vanderesh played

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Speaker 1: and mixing and Sean Lee, I'm not sure helped very much. Well,

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Speaker 1: that's a lot of the play calling though, too, And

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Speaker 1: I think that gets lost in Sean McVeigh. You know,

616
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Speaker 1: his reputation is that he comes They ultimately come from

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Speaker 1: the Shanahan tree, and the running game is so crucial,

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Speaker 1: and you can be creative in the running game, and

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Speaker 1: they were incredibly creative with everything that they did pre

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Speaker 1: snap and it's it's kind of more of a finesse

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Speaker 1: and timing offensive line. You don't want to call any

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Speaker 1: offensive line finesse, but it's like they are moving in

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Speaker 1: Unison and they were at their best, just like they

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Speaker 1: were the last couple of weeks of the season behind c. J. Anderson.

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Speaker 1: They they found a little something with C. J. Anderson

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Speaker 1: in the power running game. I think they're better run

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Speaker 1: blocking than they are passed. You had a good observation, Greg,

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00:31:10,880 --> 00:31:13,760
Speaker 1: we went to this game last night. Uh, Greg, myself

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Speaker 1: and Mark and you were rewatching the game this morning. Uh.

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Speaker 1: This was an absolute beat down and it kind of

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Speaker 1: some people might not notice that they had the ball

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Speaker 1: nine times, they punted once, and they didn't have a turnover.

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00:31:26,560 --> 00:31:29,080
Speaker 1: I mean they they went up and down the field.

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00:31:29,120 --> 00:31:31,880
Speaker 1: To only have the ball nine times is very low

635
00:31:32,320 --> 00:31:35,360
Speaker 1: in a game. And to score or have a scoring

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00:31:35,400 --> 00:31:38,760
Speaker 1: attempt they had one missfield goal every single time you

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00:31:38,920 --> 00:31:41,719
Speaker 1: had the ball is amazing. And I give a lot

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Speaker 1: of credit to McVeigh for the fourth and one that

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00:31:44,480 --> 00:31:47,880
Speaker 1: he took early in the game, not the one at

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00:31:47,920 --> 00:31:50,720
Speaker 1: the end which wins it, which is also kind of amazing.

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Speaker 1: And Sean McVeigh just showing who he is, but fourth

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Speaker 1: and one on his side of the field to go

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Speaker 1: for it, kind of understanding we are better than you.

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00:31:59,000 --> 00:32:01,960
Speaker 1: This is what we're good and even though it kind

645
00:32:02,000 --> 00:32:03,840
Speaker 1: of it's supposed to be a strength for you, we're

646
00:32:03,840 --> 00:32:07,760
Speaker 1: gonna run you. A great development for football fans, who

647
00:32:07,840 --> 00:32:09,760
Speaker 1: I think in many ways lead the way because of

648
00:32:09,800 --> 00:32:12,120
Speaker 1: the way they played Madden and other things where it's

649
00:32:12,160 --> 00:32:13,800
Speaker 1: like it's a video game. Of course I'm gonna go

650
00:32:13,960 --> 00:32:16,719
Speaker 1: for it on fourth down, but coaches were late, too

651
00:32:16,840 --> 00:32:19,480
Speaker 1: late to that, and we're in a season now where

652
00:32:19,880 --> 00:32:22,160
Speaker 1: you're basically shamed if you aren't going for some of

653
00:32:22,240 --> 00:32:25,160
Speaker 1: these fourth and short situations. And McVeigh is someone who

654
00:32:25,240 --> 00:32:27,040
Speaker 1: led the way on this. Let's hear. Let's hear from

655
00:32:27,120 --> 00:32:30,280
Speaker 1: Sean McVeigh on the fourth and goal rush, which was

656
00:32:30,440 --> 00:32:33,080
Speaker 1: the other big onion hanger for me because they kicked

657
00:32:33,120 --> 00:32:35,320
Speaker 1: the field goal there in control of that game, but

658
00:32:35,400 --> 00:32:36,960
Speaker 1: if they miss it, all of a sudden, the doors

659
00:32:37,000 --> 00:32:39,640
Speaker 1: wide open for Dallas. Here's McVeigh on his reasoning why

660
00:32:40,320 --> 00:32:45,440
Speaker 1: talk about going to talk about they talk about Yeah,

661
00:32:45,480 --> 00:32:46,920
Speaker 1: you know, I think, really, when you when you think

662
00:32:46,960 --> 00:32:49,040
Speaker 1: about what our team is, we always talk about attacking

663
00:32:49,120 --> 00:32:50,920
Speaker 1: success and never fear and failure, and we wanted to

664
00:32:50,960 --> 00:32:53,520
Speaker 1: come out here and play fearless tonight. So McVeigh never

665
00:32:54,000 --> 00:32:56,320
Speaker 1: doubted it. But but that to me just shows the

666
00:32:56,400 --> 00:32:59,400
Speaker 1: confidence that they had in their offensive line in this game.

667
00:32:59,640 --> 00:33:02,800
Speaker 1: And if good for guys like Andrew Whitworth, who was

668
00:33:02,840 --> 00:33:04,840
Speaker 1: ow and seven in the playoffs and his career stuck

669
00:33:04,880 --> 00:33:07,920
Speaker 1: in Cincinnati, finally wins a game. He's like hugging his

670
00:33:08,200 --> 00:33:10,600
Speaker 1: his family on the field, and he was a major star.

671
00:33:10,800 --> 00:33:12,720
Speaker 1: The offensive line was the star of this game for

672
00:33:12,760 --> 00:33:15,200
Speaker 1: the Rent, and the line was getting dinged in recent

673
00:33:15,280 --> 00:33:17,880
Speaker 1: weeks for not being its normal self. It was It

674
00:33:18,080 --> 00:33:20,320
Speaker 1: is cool when you're at these games because you see

675
00:33:20,360 --> 00:33:24,360
Speaker 1: things obviously you never would otherwise. And Whitworth running off

676
00:33:24,400 --> 00:33:27,120
Speaker 1: the field with his two boys in Whitworth jerseys in

677
00:33:27,240 --> 00:33:30,480
Speaker 1: front of him and one one cameraman around them like

678
00:33:30,680 --> 00:33:34,000
Speaker 1: bumped shut shout his butt, like got like went into space,

679
00:33:34,360 --> 00:33:38,520
Speaker 1: like moved his butt together. Sorry, this is the cameraman,

680
00:33:38,680 --> 00:33:42,480
Speaker 1: like thrusted his butt in there and knocked Whitworth's little

681
00:33:42,520 --> 00:33:45,000
Speaker 1: boy down and like the other boy kept running. But

682
00:33:45,400 --> 00:33:47,760
Speaker 1: Whitworth like reached down and just picked up his son

683
00:33:47,880 --> 00:33:50,240
Speaker 1: and just ran into the locker room without skipping a beat,

684
00:33:50,480 --> 00:33:54,000
Speaker 1: totally happy. We talked to head with it. He actually

685
00:33:54,080 --> 00:33:55,520
Speaker 1: said to his son and he was like, come on,

686
00:33:55,600 --> 00:33:57,680
Speaker 1: you gotta watch out. It's like watch out for these guys.

687
00:33:57,880 --> 00:34:00,240
Speaker 1: And we talked to Kara Henderson, who is the life

688
00:34:00,320 --> 00:34:02,520
Speaker 1: of Rams general manager Less Sneed after the game, and

689
00:34:02,600 --> 00:34:04,640
Speaker 1: she was joyous because it was a year ago that

690
00:34:04,680 --> 00:34:06,520
Speaker 1: West and Dan and I were there where you could

691
00:34:06,560 --> 00:34:09,040
Speaker 1: see on her face after they lost to the Falcons,

692
00:34:09,080 --> 00:34:11,520
Speaker 1: what a left obviously, what a massive letdown that was

693
00:34:11,600 --> 00:34:14,600
Speaker 1: after that Ram season. She was in fine form last night,

694
00:34:14,680 --> 00:34:17,840
Speaker 1: totally happy, and she brought up Andrew Whitworth over and

695
00:34:17,920 --> 00:34:20,040
Speaker 1: over because she's very close to the whole family, that

696
00:34:20,360 --> 00:34:23,160
Speaker 1: this may be the last time that he has a

697
00:34:23,239 --> 00:34:25,160
Speaker 1: chance to go to the playoffs after such a long

698
00:34:25,480 --> 00:34:27,640
Speaker 1: career in Cincinnati where that was not an option. So

699
00:34:27,760 --> 00:34:29,960
Speaker 1: I never got credit in Cincinnati when he played at

700
00:34:30,000 --> 00:34:31,960
Speaker 1: an all pro level for a lot of years. And

701
00:34:32,040 --> 00:34:34,560
Speaker 1: another guy who played at an all pro level but

702
00:34:34,760 --> 00:34:37,440
Speaker 1: really got criticized this year was in Dominican Sue, who

703
00:34:37,480 --> 00:34:40,440
Speaker 1: I thought really controlled Zeke Elliott in that kind of

704
00:34:40,480 --> 00:34:43,640
Speaker 1: scrimmage that this I know, it wasn't like a great

705
00:34:43,719 --> 00:34:46,680
Speaker 1: game in being there, it certainly felt like the Rams

706
00:34:47,080 --> 00:34:49,400
Speaker 1: had control of it. There were a number of moments

707
00:34:49,440 --> 00:34:51,560
Speaker 1: where the Cowboys could have gotten back into it and

708
00:34:51,640 --> 00:34:54,080
Speaker 1: they couldn't make that one play, and one of those

709
00:34:54,200 --> 00:34:57,759
Speaker 1: was certainly the fourth down that Zeke got stopped at

710
00:34:57,800 --> 00:35:00,360
Speaker 1: the beginning of the fourth quarter. I mean that is

711
00:35:00,440 --> 00:35:02,680
Speaker 1: a massive play in that game. It's twenty three to fifteen,

712
00:35:02,680 --> 00:35:05,560
Speaker 1: and you think about that whole sequence. Donald breaks through

713
00:35:05,920 --> 00:35:08,319
Speaker 1: to get a four yard loss on the first down

714
00:35:08,600 --> 00:35:12,120
Speaker 1: on a running plate that the Cowboys ran ten times

715
00:35:12,200 --> 00:35:15,399
Speaker 1: on first down for fifteen yards. I mean, they don't

716
00:35:15,520 --> 00:35:17,840
Speaker 1: have a strong offensive line in the interior anymore. They

717
00:35:17,880 --> 00:35:19,920
Speaker 1: have Zack Martin, but there's two other guys that are

718
00:35:19,960 --> 00:35:23,040
Speaker 1: just getting killed by Donald and Sue and Brocker's. Then

719
00:35:23,120 --> 00:35:25,759
Speaker 1: the Cowboys do a good job basically setting up a

720
00:35:25,880 --> 00:35:28,759
Speaker 1: fourth and a foot and they get blasted again. You

721
00:35:28,840 --> 00:35:31,480
Speaker 1: can't get a yard with Zeke Elliott, like you don't

722
00:35:31,560 --> 00:35:35,759
Speaker 1: deserve to win. Do you think the Rams defense is

723
00:35:35,800 --> 00:35:39,160
Speaker 1: sort of fixed now or was this match up specific?

724
00:35:39,520 --> 00:35:42,080
Speaker 1: I think they're fine, kind of like all four defenses

725
00:35:42,160 --> 00:35:44,120
Speaker 1: left there just are fine. I think the Saints are

726
00:35:44,160 --> 00:35:46,800
Speaker 1: probably the best, are the best one closest thing to

727
00:35:46,880 --> 00:35:50,120
Speaker 1: a difference maker, where it's it's they're okay and they're

728
00:35:50,160 --> 00:35:52,600
Speaker 1: trying to make their plays, but all of them to

729
00:35:52,719 --> 00:35:54,880
Speaker 1: me our offense led team. I do think they matched

730
00:35:54,920 --> 00:35:56,799
Speaker 1: up well with Dallas. I'm not sure you're gonna see

731
00:35:57,400 --> 00:36:00,799
Speaker 1: you know this same situation a dance your question now.

732
00:36:01,040 --> 00:36:06,680
Speaker 1: C J. Anderson twenty three one three, two touchdowns. He

733
00:36:06,800 --> 00:36:09,440
Speaker 1: not only had making guys missed. It's not just the

734
00:36:09,480 --> 00:36:11,680
Speaker 1: offensive line. He's making some guys. But if the Raiders

735
00:36:11,760 --> 00:36:13,960
Speaker 1: kept him on his roster, on the roster all yearning,

736
00:36:13,960 --> 00:36:15,480
Speaker 1: he never even got to go they go to the

737
00:36:15,719 --> 00:36:17,440
Speaker 1: that would have been the great tragedy. He's like a

738
00:36:17,520 --> 00:36:19,360
Speaker 1: bowling ball at this stage of his career. I was

739
00:36:19,520 --> 00:36:22,280
Speaker 1: marveling at at the shape of his body in person.

740
00:36:22,640 --> 00:36:24,560
Speaker 1: I mean, he's like he's he just goes right through

741
00:36:24,640 --> 00:36:27,200
Speaker 1: the hole, doesn't nothing, There's nothing cute about it. But

742
00:36:27,360 --> 00:36:29,800
Speaker 1: he outtouched Odd Gurley in this game. And I wonder

743
00:36:29,840 --> 00:36:32,279
Speaker 1: if that's a product of Girl's knee injury being more

744
00:36:32,360 --> 00:36:35,800
Speaker 1: serious than anybody knows, or if they just loved what

745
00:36:35,920 --> 00:36:38,680
Speaker 1: Anderson brings so much that they couldn't take him out

746
00:36:38,680 --> 00:36:41,600
Speaker 1: of the attack. But It's amazing to see what he's

747
00:36:41,640 --> 00:36:44,480
Speaker 1: brought to this team. McVeigh said that girlies was a

748
00:36:44,560 --> 00:36:47,680
Speaker 1: conditioning issue. Then after a month really away, he wasn't

749
00:36:47,680 --> 00:36:52,040
Speaker 1: in football shape. But I still think, like to Dan's point,

750
00:36:52,200 --> 00:36:55,080
Speaker 1: you're you're not pulling out C. G Anderson and like

751
00:36:55,239 --> 00:36:57,239
Speaker 1: sticking him on the bench from now on, right, and

752
00:36:57,480 --> 00:37:00,160
Speaker 1: what he he did physically look different than he has

753
00:37:00,200 --> 00:37:02,840
Speaker 1: every time. Erica asked, also, like, what is up with

754
00:37:02,920 --> 00:37:05,200
Speaker 1: this guy? He looks like he's just massive, And I

755
00:37:06,600 --> 00:37:09,800
Speaker 1: t H I C C he is. I mean, he

756
00:37:09,880 --> 00:37:11,480
Speaker 1: has a chance to be a start. You know, he

757
00:37:11,520 --> 00:37:13,839
Speaker 1: has a chance to be a two time Super Bowl

758
00:37:13,920 --> 00:37:15,480
Speaker 1: champion here. I mean, this is a guy who was

759
00:37:15,520 --> 00:37:17,800
Speaker 1: a key starting running back on a on a Super

760
00:37:17,840 --> 00:37:21,000
Speaker 1: Bowl winner. Why would John Gruden need that? I understand,

761
00:37:21,160 --> 00:37:24,239
Speaker 1: And but the game could change in New Orleans. But

762
00:37:24,320 --> 00:37:27,240
Speaker 1: I thought even though golf I saw some derogatory stuff

763
00:37:27,239 --> 00:37:30,160
Speaker 1: about Golfing, I thought he was the game manager in

764
00:37:30,200 --> 00:37:32,160
Speaker 1: the best way possible in this game. He was calling

765
00:37:32,239 --> 00:37:34,000
Speaker 1: a lot of those runs at the line of scrimmage

766
00:37:34,160 --> 00:37:36,440
Speaker 1: when he saw what he liked, or at least he

767
00:37:36,560 --> 00:37:38,960
Speaker 1: was relaying what McVeigh wanted to do and he did

768
00:37:39,080 --> 00:37:41,520
Speaker 1: hit a number of key passes. There was a third

769
00:37:41,600 --> 00:37:43,960
Speaker 1: and four to Robert Woods early in the game that

770
00:37:44,080 --> 00:37:45,839
Speaker 1: kept a drive going that was not an easy throw.

771
00:37:45,880 --> 00:37:47,480
Speaker 1: There was a third and four to Cooks, which is

772
00:37:47,840 --> 00:37:50,279
Speaker 1: a beautiful I think you called it Dan a double

773
00:37:50,360 --> 00:37:52,920
Speaker 1: turkey hole shot. I don't even it was like it

774
00:37:52,960 --> 00:37:55,400
Speaker 1: was like a turkey whole supreme because he put it

775
00:37:55,480 --> 00:37:58,040
Speaker 1: between the safety and cornerback and over a linebacker and

776
00:37:58,200 --> 00:38:01,680
Speaker 1: nothing close to a mistake really out of him. I thought,

777
00:38:02,040 --> 00:38:04,800
Speaker 1: like when he hits the guys in stride, I sometimes

778
00:38:04,880 --> 00:38:07,840
Speaker 1: think like, oh, that's why those West Coast offense coaches,

779
00:38:08,080 --> 00:38:11,480
Speaker 1: like those West Coast quarterbacks, like there were guys who

780
00:38:11,480 --> 00:38:13,080
Speaker 1: wanted golf, and there were guys that like went And

781
00:38:13,120 --> 00:38:15,799
Speaker 1: when you see some of those pretty golf throws where

782
00:38:15,840 --> 00:38:19,080
Speaker 1: he just hits them perfectly and stride, just like kind

783
00:38:19,080 --> 00:38:20,560
Speaker 1: of they coach you to do it, You're like, oh,

784
00:38:20,600 --> 00:38:23,120
Speaker 1: I get why people loved. The One very l a

785
00:38:23,280 --> 00:38:25,279
Speaker 1: thing to this game was where we were, which was,

786
00:38:25,440 --> 00:38:27,759
Speaker 1: if you know, the Colosseum, under the Olympic Torch, on

787
00:38:27,840 --> 00:38:30,120
Speaker 1: the big white area at the end of the one

788
00:38:30,200 --> 00:38:32,680
Speaker 1: end zone. We were essentially far from the field, but

789
00:38:32,760 --> 00:38:36,880
Speaker 1: overlooking a tent that housed Lebron James, a Lakers player

790
00:38:36,920 --> 00:38:40,040
Speaker 1: but also a Cowboys fan who came out to cheers

791
00:38:40,080 --> 00:38:42,000
Speaker 1: from both sides the field is the l A side

792
00:38:42,040 --> 00:38:45,000
Speaker 1: can cheer on Lebron James, and then you got French

793
00:38:45,080 --> 00:38:47,719
Speaker 1: Montana rolling and at halftime, but they also had I

794
00:38:47,760 --> 00:38:50,320
Speaker 1: thought a very mixed crowd here. It's well, yeah, the

795
00:38:51,120 --> 00:38:54,560
Speaker 1: l A sports fan experiences is so funny. It's someone

796
00:38:54,560 --> 00:38:56,759
Speaker 1: who grew up on the East Coast. At one point

797
00:38:56,800 --> 00:38:58,560
Speaker 1: in the game, it was like a Key West. You

798
00:38:58,600 --> 00:39:02,320
Speaker 1: would have loved it. It was a he um, some

799
00:39:02,440 --> 00:39:04,960
Speaker 1: type of third down, maybe third and six, the game

800
00:39:05,040 --> 00:39:07,359
Speaker 1: hanging the balance. It's you know, late third quarter, early

801
00:39:07,440 --> 00:39:10,160
Speaker 1: fourth and in between the play, like five seconds before

802
00:39:10,200 --> 00:39:12,040
Speaker 1: the snap, the p A guy comes up. They put

803
00:39:12,719 --> 00:39:15,440
Speaker 1: Lebron on the jumbo tron. Was like, everybody, the King

804
00:39:15,640 --> 00:39:19,880
Speaker 1: is in the house and the guys like I was like,

805
00:39:20,160 --> 00:39:22,000
Speaker 1: what about the game? But it's such a it was

806
00:39:22,040 --> 00:39:24,480
Speaker 1: such a l a moment, and not in even in

807
00:39:24,520 --> 00:39:27,080
Speaker 1: a bad way, because it is fun that Lebron James

808
00:39:27,200 --> 00:39:29,040
Speaker 1: is in the house. But you wouldn't see that happening

809
00:39:29,080 --> 00:39:31,400
Speaker 1: at the Medal Lands or maybe Fox Born because they

810
00:39:31,400 --> 00:39:34,000
Speaker 1: got bon Jovis singing next to Robert Kraft. Now, what's

811
00:39:34,000 --> 00:39:36,480
Speaker 1: going on over there? But it's it's just a it

812
00:39:36,560 --> 00:39:39,479
Speaker 1: was a funny, weird scene. I sat with my wife

813
00:39:39,560 --> 00:39:42,000
Speaker 1: and daughter who went to the game, and they sat

814
00:39:42,040 --> 00:39:44,480
Speaker 1: in the crowd and I kind of went to check

815
00:39:44,520 --> 00:39:46,120
Speaker 1: them out of their seats, and no one kicked me out,

816
00:39:46,160 --> 00:39:48,400
Speaker 1: So I stayed there for a quarter and a half

817
00:39:48,960 --> 00:39:51,960
Speaker 1: and it was wow. In Lebron's box was you know,

818
00:39:52,280 --> 00:39:55,960
Speaker 1: on their end zone side of the field, and there

819
00:39:56,040 --> 00:39:57,960
Speaker 1: was a lot of Cowboys fans and they were they

820
00:39:58,040 --> 00:40:00,080
Speaker 1: were loose. I mean they were they were getting I

821
00:40:00,160 --> 00:40:02,200
Speaker 1: felt like the Cowboys maybe it was fifty fifty, but

822
00:40:02,239 --> 00:40:05,879
Speaker 1: the Cowboys fans were loud and loose. But the one

823
00:40:05,960 --> 00:40:08,279
Speaker 1: thing that the Cowboys fans and the Rams fans could

824
00:40:08,280 --> 00:40:10,759
Speaker 1: have agree about was Lebron and they were let's go,

825
00:40:10,960 --> 00:40:13,360
Speaker 1: Lakers chance, And I was like, what is going on

826
00:40:13,560 --> 00:40:15,600
Speaker 1: that there's let's go. It was during like the time

827
00:40:15,680 --> 00:40:17,560
Speaker 1: the time outs, but I was just like, give me

828
00:40:17,640 --> 00:40:20,200
Speaker 1: a break. That the Cowboys fans and the Rams fans

829
00:40:20,239 --> 00:40:22,600
Speaker 1: could they could also agree about Stephen A. Smith, who

830
00:40:22,640 --> 00:40:26,320
Speaker 1: got the loudest booze of anyone I don't anything game related.

831
00:40:26,560 --> 00:40:28,719
Speaker 1: They put him on the screen and even he just

832
00:40:28,800 --> 00:40:33,080
Speaker 1: got destroyed. That's an accomplishment for for a guy who's

833
00:40:33,120 --> 00:40:38,359
Speaker 1: just like a media figure to be booed lustily by

834
00:40:38,440 --> 00:40:41,120
Speaker 1: eighty thousand people. He's never even told that is you

835
00:40:41,200 --> 00:40:45,200
Speaker 1: in fifteen years. He's like, I'll take it sweating from

836
00:40:45,239 --> 00:40:48,719
Speaker 1: his boards. Um I, I we don't know, because we

837
00:40:48,719 --> 00:40:51,680
Speaker 1: don't watch those programs. But apparently Stephen A. Smith, I

838
00:40:51,719 --> 00:40:54,480
Speaker 1: believe makes a living like killing the Cowboys. So that

839
00:40:54,600 --> 00:40:58,520
Speaker 1: might have been Cowboys fans going off on him. That

840
00:40:58,840 --> 00:41:01,000
Speaker 1: a little context that were missed, I think, But who

841
00:41:01,080 --> 00:41:05,600
Speaker 1: cares ultimately any other thoughts on this game? All right,

842
00:41:05,719 --> 00:41:09,319
Speaker 1: I'll take your silence as a sign. Let us move

843
00:41:09,400 --> 00:41:13,440
Speaker 1: on to the first game Saturday. From Arrowhead, first down,

844
00:41:13,440 --> 00:41:15,600
Speaker 1: They're gonna bring it on an end around Tyreek Hill

845
00:41:15,640 --> 00:41:18,520
Speaker 1: gets a block, thirty five, thirty chefs, twenty five, twenty

846
00:41:19,600 --> 00:41:26,000
Speaker 1: ten five snow shoes touchsdown Kansas City. That Cheetah can

847
00:41:26,160 --> 00:41:28,880
Speaker 1: run in the snow a thirty six yard in the

848
00:41:29,000 --> 00:41:33,359
Speaker 1: round in the Chiefs two touchdowns on their first two possessions.

849
00:41:34,200 --> 00:41:36,920
Speaker 1: I enjoy. Let's put that in the top calls of

850
00:41:36,960 --> 00:41:40,080
Speaker 1: the year um group Mitch halt Is with a call

851
00:41:40,200 --> 00:41:42,960
Speaker 1: for Chiefs Radio Network. Tyreek Hill had one of four

852
00:41:43,080 --> 00:41:45,279
Speaker 1: rushing touchdowns with the Chiefs, who jumps on top of

853
00:41:45,320 --> 00:41:48,240
Speaker 1: the Colts early and cruised to a thirty one thirteen

854
00:41:48,640 --> 00:41:51,480
Speaker 1: win at wintry Arrowhead. The Chiefs returned to the n

855
00:41:51,480 --> 00:41:53,240
Speaker 1: f C title game for the first time in twenty

856
00:41:53,280 --> 00:41:58,440
Speaker 1: five years. When who was their quarterback They'll face the Pats.

857
00:41:58,680 --> 00:42:01,080
Speaker 1: We saw four d thirty three total yards and a

858
00:42:01,120 --> 00:42:04,399
Speaker 1: whole humpday for the Chief's offense, But west the real

859
00:42:04,480 --> 00:42:07,560
Speaker 1: story here had to be their defense. Who gave Andrew

860
00:42:07,640 --> 00:42:12,920
Speaker 1: Luck nothing from the opening whistle. This looked like an

861
00:42:13,000 --> 00:42:17,120
Speaker 1: indoor team that had no footing, that had no confidence

862
00:42:17,200 --> 00:42:20,600
Speaker 1: in its ability to move in the elements on a

863
00:42:20,680 --> 00:42:24,759
Speaker 1: slippery turf. UH in those elements, and they continued to

864
00:42:24,880 --> 00:42:27,640
Speaker 1: melt down at every level of their offense and defense

865
00:42:27,680 --> 00:42:30,320
Speaker 1: the rest of the way, from Andrew Luck throwing ducks

866
00:42:30,680 --> 00:42:33,120
Speaker 1: to the right side of their offensive line getting worked over,

867
00:42:33,719 --> 00:42:36,640
Speaker 1: to no running game, to Eric Ebron dropping the third

868
00:42:36,719 --> 00:42:39,879
Speaker 1: down pass on the opening thing, UH, false starts, holding

869
00:42:39,960 --> 00:42:42,600
Speaker 1: penalties any time they did something right. Then on defense,

870
00:42:42,719 --> 00:42:45,160
Speaker 1: you're without the league hooker and Mike Mitchell at safety.

871
00:42:45,440 --> 00:42:47,600
Speaker 1: You're playing J. J. Wilcox, who had been cut by

872
00:42:47,640 --> 00:42:51,040
Speaker 1: the Cowboys out of football, and he's getting lost in

873
00:42:51,160 --> 00:42:53,440
Speaker 1: coverage on all kinds of plays. It was to me

874
00:42:53,640 --> 00:42:55,680
Speaker 1: just a comp I don't want to throw out the

875
00:42:55,719 --> 00:42:57,919
Speaker 1: fact that the Chiefs were more talented, because you could

876
00:42:57,960 --> 00:43:00,960
Speaker 1: see that the Colts had no answer for the Tyreek

877
00:43:01,040 --> 00:43:05,880
Speaker 1: Hill Travis Kelsey conundrum that every defense faces and the Colts.

878
00:43:06,160 --> 00:43:08,080
Speaker 1: You look at the Colts offense and they've got a

879
00:43:08,840 --> 00:43:11,320
Speaker 1: injured t Y Hilton is basically their only weapon. So

880
00:43:11,920 --> 00:43:15,239
Speaker 1: to me, the all the offensive talent disparity was a

881
00:43:15,280 --> 00:43:19,239
Speaker 1: big issue in this game. Guys weren't open and just

882
00:43:19,320 --> 00:43:21,360
Speaker 1: the way the game started, you said it. Ebron drops

883
00:43:21,480 --> 00:43:24,400
Speaker 1: the first third down. The next couple of drives for

884
00:43:24,480 --> 00:43:27,759
Speaker 1: the Colts were tipped passes from Lock, a ton of

885
00:43:27,840 --> 00:43:31,799
Speaker 1: tip passes there. There was another one right the fourth one,

886
00:43:32,360 --> 00:43:34,920
Speaker 1: Ebron didn't get to the sticks on a stick route

887
00:43:34,960 --> 00:43:37,200
Speaker 1: and so he catches it one yard short. And by

888
00:43:37,239 --> 00:43:40,200
Speaker 1: then you know, because the Chiefs are who they are,

889
00:43:40,320 --> 00:43:43,160
Speaker 1: and Andy Reid and the Chiefs do such a good job.

890
00:43:43,360 --> 00:43:46,040
Speaker 1: Very often in the first fifteen plays, they're already down

891
00:43:46,760 --> 00:43:49,400
Speaker 1: three scores and in a game where they got a

892
00:43:49,480 --> 00:43:53,480
Speaker 1: punt block touchdown, the Colts did to not be competitive

893
00:43:53,680 --> 00:43:55,480
Speaker 1: is kind of amazing. And they scored six points in

894
00:43:55,520 --> 00:43:59,160
Speaker 1: off and that blocked punt which resulted in a touchdown

895
00:43:59,480 --> 00:44:03,799
Speaker 1: had them trailing only seventeen to seven, and it turned seven.

896
00:44:04,080 --> 00:44:05,600
Speaker 1: And the killer moment in this game, I think when

897
00:44:05,640 --> 00:44:08,800
Speaker 1: they were psychologically broken, if it hadn't already happened, was

898
00:44:09,480 --> 00:44:11,680
Speaker 1: inside the two minute warning. Andrew Luck in the offense

899
00:44:11,760 --> 00:44:14,200
Speaker 1: looked like they were finally getting going. They marched down

900
00:44:14,280 --> 00:44:16,920
Speaker 1: the field with some big pass plays and then of

901
00:44:17,000 --> 00:44:20,640
Speaker 1: all people, Adam vine Terry missing a twenty three yard

902
00:44:21,120 --> 00:44:23,239
Speaker 1: field goal attempt right before the half, which would have

903
00:44:23,280 --> 00:44:27,200
Speaker 1: made and you have something to cling to and for

904
00:44:27,360 --> 00:44:31,279
Speaker 1: him to enough they score a touchdown in the second half,

905
00:44:31,360 --> 00:44:33,600
Speaker 1: and thinking if he just hits that chip shot, then

906
00:44:33,680 --> 00:44:35,880
Speaker 1: give me this is a one score game, and then

907
00:44:35,920 --> 00:44:37,600
Speaker 1: of course he misses the extra point on top of it.

908
00:44:37,920 --> 00:44:39,839
Speaker 1: By the way, Vinetari is one guy, you know, Frank

909
00:44:39,880 --> 00:44:43,080
Speaker 1: Reich looks amazing with the white beard. Vitetieri doesn't need that.

910
00:44:43,520 --> 00:44:45,680
Speaker 1: Everyone's always thinking the background, mind, is this guy too

911
00:44:45,719 --> 00:44:47,719
Speaker 1: old at this point to be on the stage and

912
00:44:47,800 --> 00:44:49,560
Speaker 1: then with that white beard, he looks like he should

913
00:44:49,560 --> 00:44:51,600
Speaker 1: be in some like rec league or something. He's like

914
00:44:51,680 --> 00:44:53,440
Speaker 1: Ken Stab. He's got a lot of thinking to do

915
00:44:53,520 --> 00:44:55,600
Speaker 1: and at least maybe some shaving at the very least.

916
00:44:56,040 --> 00:44:59,520
Speaker 1: It reminded me of early Chiefs games this season, though

917
00:44:59,560 --> 00:45:01,920
Speaker 1: where my homes didn't. He was on point early, but

918
00:45:01,960 --> 00:45:03,719
Speaker 1: he didn't have to do that much in the first

919
00:45:03,760 --> 00:45:05,520
Speaker 1: couple of drives. I mean, he had some of those

920
00:45:05,600 --> 00:45:07,759
Speaker 1: third and sixes where he threw it across his body.

921
00:45:07,800 --> 00:45:10,560
Speaker 1: But like the first driver too, it was the play calling,

922
00:45:10,760 --> 00:45:14,279
Speaker 1: it was Kelsey, it was Hill, it was coasting, and

923
00:45:14,400 --> 00:45:18,040
Speaker 1: they ran to win. I mean, I don't really think

924
00:45:18,040 --> 00:45:19,920
Speaker 1: the Colts were ever in this game. I don't. I

925
00:45:19,960 --> 00:45:22,239
Speaker 1: don't know what they could have done, whether Vinitary's kick

926
00:45:22,360 --> 00:45:24,800
Speaker 1: or anything, whether it would have mattered, because the Chiefs

927
00:45:24,880 --> 00:45:27,880
Speaker 1: immediately went into running mode and they were pretty effective

928
00:45:28,160 --> 00:45:31,000
Speaker 1: doing that, getting time off the clock. With Damian Williams,

929
00:45:31,080 --> 00:45:33,720
Speaker 1: he is he is like the A F C. C. J. Anderson.

930
00:45:33,920 --> 00:45:35,920
Speaker 1: He is good. And they signed him to a low

931
00:45:36,040 --> 00:45:39,319
Speaker 1: cost two year extension about two weeks into this little run,

932
00:45:39,400 --> 00:45:41,360
Speaker 1: and like that, that looks like a bargain because he

933
00:45:41,440 --> 00:45:43,680
Speaker 1: might be the he might be their starter next year,

934
00:45:43,680 --> 00:45:46,520
Speaker 1: and if he's not, he's gonna be part of when

935
00:45:46,600 --> 00:45:49,120
Speaker 1: you have the Chiefs. You know, there were a couple

936
00:45:49,120 --> 00:45:51,080
Speaker 1: of weeks where they're trying to cobble together their backfield

937
00:45:51,080 --> 00:45:53,520
Speaker 1: and figure out how to handle this situation. When you

938
00:45:53,560 --> 00:45:56,160
Speaker 1: get that from Williams, then suddenly it opens everything up.

939
00:45:56,200 --> 00:45:58,200
Speaker 1: And I love this tweet from Evan Silva about what

940
00:45:58,280 --> 00:46:01,799
Speaker 1: Travis Kelsey did his matches. Sixteen yards for a first down,

941
00:46:02,120 --> 00:46:04,719
Speaker 1: fourteen yards for a first down, sixteen yards for a

942
00:46:04,760 --> 00:46:07,479
Speaker 1: first down, ten yards for a first down, thirty yards

943
00:46:07,560 --> 00:46:10,080
Speaker 1: for a first down, seven for a first down, big fish,

944
00:46:10,520 --> 00:46:13,040
Speaker 1: and so much of that is what Tyreek Hill was

945
00:46:13,120 --> 00:46:16,400
Speaker 1: doing before the snap to get the defense in a

946
00:46:16,440 --> 00:46:19,319
Speaker 1: bit of a chaos. And then you're sort of at

947
00:46:19,360 --> 00:46:21,320
Speaker 1: the snap, you're Darius Leondar and you're like, do I

948
00:46:21,480 --> 00:46:23,680
Speaker 1: go where Tyreek Hill is? Where do I go? Where

949
00:46:23,680 --> 00:46:26,279
Speaker 1: it kills is? I think was given them a little

950
00:46:26,280 --> 00:46:29,160
Speaker 1: bit of heat on the telecast that Leonard was maybe

951
00:46:29,280 --> 00:46:32,000
Speaker 1: prone to getting confused in those type of zone reads.

952
00:46:33,280 --> 00:46:36,759
Speaker 1: He's he's a rookie, and he and the linebackers had

953
00:46:36,800 --> 00:46:38,759
Speaker 1: to do some so much because there's no pass rush.

954
00:46:38,800 --> 00:46:40,600
Speaker 1: I mean, this is what I think happens when you

955
00:46:40,640 --> 00:46:42,680
Speaker 1: go into Kansas City with a team with no pass rush,

956
00:46:42,719 --> 00:46:46,239
Speaker 1: which I think is one reason why the patriotsn't Really

957
00:46:46,280 --> 00:46:47,839
Speaker 1: any team is going to be scared of the Chiefs,

958
00:46:47,840 --> 00:46:50,160
Speaker 1: but the Patriots especially who don't have a one in

959
00:46:50,239 --> 00:46:52,759
Speaker 1: one pass rusher. I mean, the Colts defensive line got

960
00:46:52,800 --> 00:46:55,040
Speaker 1: housed and then they're trying to do all these schemes

961
00:46:55,080 --> 00:46:57,400
Speaker 1: and stunts and that opens up the running game. I

962
00:46:57,600 --> 00:47:01,320
Speaker 1: was impressed though, by how Mahomes played in terms of

963
00:47:01,400 --> 00:47:03,520
Speaker 1: like he was getting them to come offsides. He's doing

964
00:47:03,560 --> 00:47:06,200
Speaker 1: the hard count, he's doing kind he's doing the like

965
00:47:06,360 --> 00:47:08,680
Speaker 1: next level stuff where he's looking off. He just seemed

966
00:47:08,760 --> 00:47:11,640
Speaker 1: very calm and ready, like this was just another game.

967
00:47:11,719 --> 00:47:14,160
Speaker 1: That's pretty impressive for a three year old. M v

968
00:47:14,239 --> 00:47:15,840
Speaker 1: P think it's amazing because we were at the owners

969
00:47:15,880 --> 00:47:18,319
Speaker 1: meetings and we all were kind of taken by Andy Reid,

970
00:47:18,360 --> 00:47:21,000
Speaker 1: and I think for this room a little bit that

971
00:47:21,080 --> 00:47:23,160
Speaker 1: there was you know, there were the boring Chiefs teams

972
00:47:23,200 --> 00:47:24,680
Speaker 1: that would go ten and six and you can count

973
00:47:24,680 --> 00:47:28,680
Speaker 1: on them getting whacked in January religiously, and we felt

974
00:47:28,680 --> 00:47:30,600
Speaker 1: a little bit something different about any read when we

975
00:47:30,680 --> 00:47:33,000
Speaker 1: met him in person, and the fact that you're gonna

976
00:47:33,040 --> 00:47:36,080
Speaker 1: get Andy Reid versus Bill Belichick and Reid's got that

977
00:47:36,160 --> 00:47:38,800
Speaker 1: playoff win monkey office back now. I love it. You

978
00:47:38,880 --> 00:47:40,600
Speaker 1: know what it's like when they say, like never meet

979
00:47:40,640 --> 00:47:43,399
Speaker 1: your heroes in our situations, like never meet the people

980
00:47:43,440 --> 00:47:47,000
Speaker 1: that you kill on the podcast that it's harder. Really,

981
00:47:47,080 --> 00:47:49,640
Speaker 1: we're pretty probly and read on this podcast well that

982
00:47:49,800 --> 00:47:52,479
Speaker 1: that there was a there was a shift though after

983
00:47:52,600 --> 00:47:57,279
Speaker 1: that there was. They put up twenty four points before

984
00:47:57,320 --> 00:47:59,400
Speaker 1: the Colts had a first down. That's one of my

985
00:47:59,440 --> 00:48:01,560
Speaker 1: favorite out of the weekend. I mean that you wouldn't

986
00:48:01,560 --> 00:48:05,360
Speaker 1: expect that. Damn, it's embarrassing. I'm just kind of I

987
00:48:05,480 --> 00:48:07,319
Speaker 1: was kind of stunned by the cults but the better.

988
00:48:07,719 --> 00:48:09,440
Speaker 1: But the Colts have a lot to cling to going

989
00:48:09,440 --> 00:48:12,800
Speaker 1: into next year. One game doesn't define your season, and

990
00:48:12,920 --> 00:48:16,040
Speaker 1: this performance is not representative of who the Colts were

991
00:48:16,080 --> 00:48:18,680
Speaker 1: in two thousand eighteen. I don't think it's representative of

992
00:48:18,840 --> 00:48:21,400
Speaker 1: what they would be if they played indian in Indianapolis

993
00:48:21,440 --> 00:48:24,080
Speaker 1: instead of Kansas City. But I think it does illustrate

994
00:48:24,120 --> 00:48:27,080
Speaker 1: for the Colts that they need more talents, specifically at

995
00:48:27,120 --> 00:48:29,560
Speaker 1: the offensive skill positions and at past run well, you

996
00:48:29,800 --> 00:48:32,719
Speaker 1: West and you were on the Cults from day one,

997
00:48:32,800 --> 00:48:34,359
Speaker 1: really even when they were one in five. You saw

998
00:48:34,480 --> 00:48:36,800
Speaker 1: there's a team that could put it together. And you

999
00:48:36,840 --> 00:48:39,160
Speaker 1: said on Thursday's preview that this is a more talented

1000
00:48:39,200 --> 00:48:41,880
Speaker 1: team you thought at this stage. Were you surprised that

1001
00:48:41,960 --> 00:48:44,719
Speaker 1: they came out and looked like a dome team being exposed,

1002
00:48:44,760 --> 00:48:46,440
Speaker 1: because I didn't see that in their d n A

1003
00:48:46,640 --> 00:48:49,560
Speaker 1: that they would look this overwhelmed in that setting. Shocked,

1004
00:48:49,760 --> 00:48:54,160
Speaker 1: and from what I saw, especially from their defense early on,

1005
00:48:54,360 --> 00:48:57,040
Speaker 1: it wasn't mental as much as physical. They simply couldn't

1006
00:48:57,080 --> 00:48:59,919
Speaker 1: get footing on that turf well, and they were slow

1007
00:49:00,000 --> 00:49:01,920
Speaker 1: to react. And they were playing the Chiefs, who are

1008
00:49:02,400 --> 00:49:05,480
Speaker 1: the best offense in the league, and they hadn't played

1009
00:49:05,600 --> 00:49:10,480
Speaker 1: anyone you really remotely close to that all season other Thans.

1010
00:49:10,640 --> 00:49:12,319
Speaker 1: And I'm not saying that the Colts would have won

1011
00:49:12,440 --> 00:49:14,719
Speaker 1: in Indianapolis. I'm saying they would have looked more like

1012
00:49:14,840 --> 00:49:17,640
Speaker 1: the Colts have looked all year had they played in Indianapo.

1013
00:49:17,719 --> 00:49:19,239
Speaker 1: I do think the Chiefs, and we talked about a

1014
00:49:19,239 --> 00:49:21,160
Speaker 1: little bit, is that when you go away on the

1015
00:49:21,239 --> 00:49:24,439
Speaker 1: by and we can become and It's not a cults note.

1016
00:49:24,480 --> 00:49:26,360
Speaker 1: It's just about in general by teams when you go

1017
00:49:26,400 --> 00:49:28,560
Speaker 1: away for a while and you didn't finish the season

1018
00:49:28,640 --> 00:49:31,759
Speaker 1: at your peak dominance. It's not that we're overlooking them,

1019
00:49:31,800 --> 00:49:34,080
Speaker 1: but they're just not what we're what we're most recently

1020
00:49:34,120 --> 00:49:36,399
Speaker 1: impressed by. And then the Chiefs come in and say,

1021
00:49:36,480 --> 00:49:39,160
Speaker 1: excuse me, we are right here and we're we are

1022
00:49:39,360 --> 00:49:42,120
Speaker 1: now hosting the a f C title game. Don't forget it.

1023
00:49:42,200 --> 00:49:44,719
Speaker 1: That's a major monkey off their back because we know

1024
00:49:45,480 --> 00:49:47,520
Speaker 1: that they blew what was at a seventeen point lead

1025
00:49:47,600 --> 00:49:49,160
Speaker 1: in the playoffs last year, whatever it was, it was

1026
00:49:49,239 --> 00:49:52,360
Speaker 1: a hugely. They let that game against the Titoons of

1027
00:49:52,400 --> 00:49:54,480
Speaker 1: all teams get away from them. Now they are able

1028
00:49:54,520 --> 00:49:57,040
Speaker 1: to get this win. They're catching the Patriots are they're

1029
00:49:57,160 --> 00:49:58,680
Speaker 1: hot at the right time. But now you're gonna have

1030
00:49:58,680 --> 00:50:01,520
Speaker 1: a Chiefs team in their building getting that monkey up

1031
00:50:01,520 --> 00:50:03,360
Speaker 1: there back. Can we win this? Can we carry this

1032
00:50:03,480 --> 00:50:05,719
Speaker 1: into the playoffs? I don't want to jinx it because

1033
00:50:05,760 --> 00:50:07,880
Speaker 1: the digital playoffs were set up to be amazing, but

1034
00:50:08,560 --> 00:50:12,120
Speaker 1: Patriots against the Chiefs and you read against Belichick, Mahomes

1035
00:50:12,160 --> 00:50:15,680
Speaker 1: against Brady, this is gonna well, I was gonna say,

1036
00:50:15,680 --> 00:50:21,359
Speaker 1: Gronk against Kelsey, but you know, maybe gronkles show up

1037
00:50:21,600 --> 00:50:24,000
Speaker 1: that one catchy had today. He was targeted once today.

1038
00:50:24,440 --> 00:50:28,480
Speaker 1: Pretty well, I mean, this is my lock the Chiefs.

1039
00:50:29,000 --> 00:50:32,960
Speaker 1: You've had a nice workman like a lock performance. That's

1040
00:50:32,960 --> 00:50:34,360
Speaker 1: the way to do it. There was. It was a

1041
00:50:34,480 --> 00:50:36,360
Speaker 1: low drama. You don't have to worry about this all weekend.

1042
00:50:36,360 --> 00:50:38,120
Speaker 1: You got it out of the way by around you know,

1043
00:50:38,280 --> 00:50:41,000
Speaker 1: two pm. But I will say it wasn't all daisies

1044
00:50:41,160 --> 00:50:44,239
Speaker 1: for Greg in this realm of making selections, because he

1045
00:50:44,320 --> 00:50:48,440
Speaker 1: had a teaser of sorts. Uh with with with the

1046
00:50:48,600 --> 00:50:52,040
Speaker 1: rain and once again the rainmaker lets down all his

1047
00:50:52,200 --> 00:51:04,560
Speaker 1: rain drops. I'm so hungry. I wish I could buy

1048
00:51:04,640 --> 00:51:07,640
Speaker 1: some food that some of the people that have U

1049
00:51:08,120 --> 00:51:10,319
Speaker 1: I mean, I know, making your advice. Yeah, it's been

1050
00:51:10,360 --> 00:51:13,120
Speaker 1: a tough weekend. It's been a tough week and and

1051
00:51:13,400 --> 00:51:16,120
Speaker 1: he said he had he needed this Patriots loss so

1052
00:51:16,360 --> 00:51:20,440
Speaker 1: badly that he needs to hold on to something. But yeah,

1053
00:51:21,239 --> 00:51:24,120
Speaker 1: it's very typical by the way that I somehow got

1054
00:51:24,280 --> 00:51:26,399
Speaker 1: this pick wrong in a week where I went forward

1055
00:51:26,440 --> 00:51:28,640
Speaker 1: against the spread in my in my other pool, I

1056
00:51:28,680 --> 00:51:31,640
Speaker 1: still somehow went they somehow got Greg. What is your

1057
00:51:32,400 --> 00:51:39,120
Speaker 1: overall record right now in this exercised this hobby do

1058
00:51:39,280 --> 00:51:42,040
Speaker 1: not know? Like I don't. Yeah, I like you. You're

1059
00:51:42,120 --> 00:51:44,000
Speaker 1: saying it was to get the lock out of the

1060
00:51:44,080 --> 00:51:52,880
Speaker 1: weekend earlier. Here's here's my argument against you. Whenever you

1061
00:51:52,960 --> 00:51:55,279
Speaker 1: listen to these radio shows, for these gabuns are given

1062
00:51:55,280 --> 00:51:58,120
Speaker 1: all their like spread stuff. It's like I win eight

1063
00:51:58,200 --> 00:52:01,480
Speaker 1: and one. Like they're always locked on their records. So

1064
00:52:01,719 --> 00:52:03,520
Speaker 1: when you say you have no idea what you record,

1065
00:52:03,760 --> 00:52:06,280
Speaker 1: it feels to the person in taking your investment advice

1066
00:52:06,880 --> 00:52:09,719
Speaker 1: as a little bit a little bit shadowy. Yes, I

1067
00:52:09,719 --> 00:52:11,840
Speaker 1: would like to know what is if I'm going to

1068
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Speaker 1: invest my money. I don't think they was Cam. Was

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00:52:15,120 --> 00:52:17,520
Speaker 1: Cam channeling the chocolate rain guy? Was that what that was?

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00:52:18,080 --> 00:52:23,719
Speaker 1: The YouTube guy? Yeah? Yeah, he was? Oh man, oh man.

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00:52:24,000 --> 00:52:26,920
Speaker 1: That speaks to Greg's charisma that the bit can continue

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Speaker 1: even though he keeps it, does no doubt about that.

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00:52:29,840 --> 00:52:33,279
Speaker 1: He wins either way. It's nothing too to be ashamed of.

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00:52:33,480 --> 00:52:36,200
Speaker 1: You know, you've got something cooking here. But does the

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00:52:36,320 --> 00:52:39,120
Speaker 1: rainmaker come back at this point you're about oh and

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00:52:39,239 --> 00:52:41,359
Speaker 1: six in the last month or so, in the last

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Speaker 1: few Yeah, I have to continue. Yeah, it was getting

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Speaker 1: I generally as as you guys have made fun of

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00:52:48,719 --> 00:52:51,240
Speaker 1: me over the point, I generally am sick of bits

1080
00:52:51,320 --> 00:52:54,840
Speaker 1: after about four times. Anyways, I like the self loathing

1081
00:52:55,520 --> 00:52:58,040
Speaker 1: came on pretty strong about week sixteen, so I think

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00:52:58,120 --> 00:53:01,440
Speaker 1: your your wish will probably be granted the ship. Uh

1083
00:53:01,680 --> 00:53:04,359
Speaker 1: good news for our listeners though that are been hit

1084
00:53:04,440 --> 00:53:08,799
Speaker 1: hard financially. Um any other thoughts about this game? All right?

1085
00:53:08,880 --> 00:53:10,799
Speaker 1: It wasn't a good game, and we hope for better

1086
00:53:10,880 --> 00:53:12,920
Speaker 1: games coming up this week because we only got three

1087
00:53:12,920 --> 00:53:14,799
Speaker 1: games left West. What do you got? I have a thought, yes,

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00:53:15,280 --> 00:53:18,000
Speaker 1: that everyone's gonna be riding high on the Patriots and

1089
00:53:18,280 --> 00:53:21,120
Speaker 1: you can never underestimate their coaching staff, and I might

1090
00:53:21,200 --> 00:53:23,360
Speaker 1: end up picking them in this game. But to me,

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00:53:23,719 --> 00:53:26,480
Speaker 1: the Chiefs are clearly the more talented team, and the

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00:53:26,680 --> 00:53:29,680
Speaker 1: Patriots were clearly a much better team at home than

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00:53:29,760 --> 00:53:32,040
Speaker 1: on the road this year and this year or not

1094
00:53:32,160 --> 00:53:34,360
Speaker 1: do at home. The pasts and the talent on the

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00:53:34,440 --> 00:53:37,520
Speaker 1: Chiefs defense is not to be trifled with. I mean

1096
00:53:37,719 --> 00:53:41,120
Speaker 1: D four dominated this game. Chris Jones made a huge difference.

1097
00:53:41,160 --> 00:53:43,480
Speaker 1: I mean D four was unblocked every other play, right,

1098
00:53:43,560 --> 00:53:46,320
Speaker 1: but he also he also killed Brandon Smith in the

1099
00:53:46,640 --> 00:53:48,480
Speaker 1: We were hearing a lot about the Colts offensive line.

1100
00:53:48,560 --> 00:53:51,560
Speaker 1: He destroyed Brandon Smith in the passing. My point is,

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00:53:51,600 --> 00:53:53,360
Speaker 1: I think the Chiefs are the best team in the NFL.

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00:53:53,440 --> 00:53:56,000
Speaker 1: I thought it all year. I thought their defense isn't

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00:53:56,120 --> 00:53:58,759
Speaker 1: nearly as bad as people thought. I think if I

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00:53:58,840 --> 00:54:02,520
Speaker 1: had to Chad, but not really. I think I think

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00:54:02,520 --> 00:54:04,400
Speaker 1: they've made a lot of plays and that there's a

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00:54:04,480 --> 00:54:07,719
Speaker 1: decent amount of potential and that within what they do

1107
00:54:07,880 --> 00:54:10,120
Speaker 1: as a team, they're not so bad. And more importantly,

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00:54:10,120 --> 00:54:12,240
Speaker 1: they found a couple of answers late in the seven

1109
00:54:12,320 --> 00:54:15,239
Speaker 1: char Various Ward. Their cornerback has played pretty lights out

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00:54:15,280 --> 00:54:17,280
Speaker 1: for two or three weeks. He didn't see the field

1111
00:54:17,480 --> 00:54:19,520
Speaker 1: early in the scene. Jordan Lucas at safety has also

1112
00:54:19,560 --> 00:54:21,640
Speaker 1: played pretty well, so kind of like the Patriots, I

1113
00:54:21,640 --> 00:54:23,759
Speaker 1: think they figured some things out, and I do think

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00:54:23,760 --> 00:54:26,880
Speaker 1: they're They can't be the next team to allow Brady

1115
00:54:26,920 --> 00:54:29,680
Speaker 1: to go sixty minutes untouched. Plenty of time to talk

1116
00:54:29,719 --> 00:54:32,200
Speaker 1: about this. We got a whole week to preview a

1117
00:54:32,320 --> 00:54:35,200
Speaker 1: f C NFC title games. Ricky, were you ever was

1118
00:54:35,239 --> 00:54:37,960
Speaker 1: it ever in doubt the Pats in your lock because

1119
00:54:38,320 --> 00:54:40,239
Speaker 1: obviously worked out well for you. Yeah, I mean I

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Speaker 1: always believed, but I feel like everyone else, he just

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00:54:43,480 --> 00:54:46,319
Speaker 1: hates us. Nobody believes God, that would be a good

1122
00:54:46,360 --> 00:54:48,279
Speaker 1: game or a good team. And we played him early

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00:54:48,320 --> 00:54:50,839
Speaker 1: this year. You know, I know, you know everyone thinks

1124
00:54:50,880 --> 00:54:54,120
Speaker 1: we suck and you know I can't win any games.

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00:54:54,200 --> 00:54:56,839
Speaker 1: So we'll see it'll be fun. Oh please, you stick

1126
00:54:56,920 --> 00:54:58,520
Speaker 1: that in your pipe and smoke. And no one's buying

1127
00:54:58,560 --> 00:55:01,680
Speaker 1: the where the Patriots the better if anyone's buying it.

1128
00:55:01,920 --> 00:55:04,960
Speaker 1: I remember Rodney Harrison when they were going for their

1129
00:55:05,000 --> 00:55:09,360
Speaker 1: third Super Bowl. If they believe it, no one believes

1130
00:55:09,400 --> 00:55:12,239
Speaker 1: in us except for the people in this room. Well, um,

1131
00:55:13,440 --> 00:55:16,840
Speaker 1: didn't we say at the end of our whatever, didn't

1132
00:55:16,840 --> 00:55:19,120
Speaker 1: they say? Didn't we say in this room at the

1133
00:55:19,280 --> 00:55:21,960
Speaker 1: end of a preview of charge back to where we

1134
00:55:22,040 --> 00:55:24,239
Speaker 1: all thought it was gonna be a really good game

1135
00:55:24,360 --> 00:55:26,479
Speaker 1: and that the Chargers presented a ton of problems, didn't

1136
00:55:26,480 --> 00:55:28,279
Speaker 1: we say in this room they often do their best

1137
00:55:28,880 --> 00:55:31,359
Speaker 1: when they're a little right. That's true, when when there's

1138
00:55:31,360 --> 00:55:33,560
Speaker 1: a little bit of doubt. So whether you think it's manufactured,

1139
00:55:33,800 --> 00:55:35,480
Speaker 1: I said that, that's where I said he's got the

1140
00:55:35,600 --> 00:55:38,719
Speaker 1: Jordan's gene, that he's pathological. He's gonna seed off it,

1141
00:55:38,920 --> 00:55:41,320
Speaker 1: but don't try to sell us that the football cognis

1142
00:55:41,360 --> 00:55:44,960
Speaker 1: SENTI and fans around the universe are discounting the Patriots

1143
00:55:44,960 --> 00:55:49,440
Speaker 1: having a chance. They have an absolutely Maybe maybe it's

1144
00:55:49,760 --> 00:55:52,239
Speaker 1: less about like the point spread. I've seen people point

1145
00:55:52,239 --> 00:55:54,080
Speaker 1: out that it's less about the point spread and more

1146
00:55:54,200 --> 00:55:56,960
Speaker 1: just that they know everyone is rooting against them. I

1147
00:55:57,040 --> 00:55:59,480
Speaker 1: think that's that just people don't like them, whether they

1148
00:55:59,560 --> 00:56:02,160
Speaker 1: respect and or not. The newsroom was even fired up

1149
00:56:02,200 --> 00:56:04,520
Speaker 1: and that game got away when it was just like,

1150
00:56:04,960 --> 00:56:07,560
Speaker 1: get out of our lives and they're not going anyway.

1151
00:56:07,719 --> 00:56:11,000
Speaker 1: Only time in the playoffs so far that the newsroom

1152
00:56:11,120 --> 00:56:14,080
Speaker 1: had like a stand innovation for any moment was the

1153
00:56:14,120 --> 00:56:18,480
Speaker 1: first Chargers touchdown. Like everyone the newsroom exploded, just that

1154
00:56:18,600 --> 00:56:21,440
Speaker 1: it was seven to seven. Dave Shot, who works on

1155
00:56:21,520 --> 00:56:25,000
Speaker 1: the network side, is an insufferable New England sports fan.

1156
00:56:25,560 --> 00:56:28,439
Speaker 1: Uh we like giving it to Dave Shot whenever things

1157
00:56:28,520 --> 00:56:31,240
Speaker 1: go against the Patriots or the bruins of the Red Sox.

1158
00:56:31,480 --> 00:56:34,080
Speaker 1: So that was a great moment. But ultimately, as it

1159
00:56:34,120 --> 00:56:37,920
Speaker 1: always works out, your buddy Shot Greg and you end

1160
00:56:38,040 --> 00:56:40,640
Speaker 1: up with the big old eating grin on your face

1161
00:56:40,840 --> 00:56:44,640
Speaker 1: and you walk out of the building headheld high. Insufferable. Uh,

1162
00:56:44,880 --> 00:56:48,040
Speaker 1: New England sports fan is redundant. Yeah, maybe it is

1163
00:56:48,080 --> 00:56:50,080
Speaker 1: all right. You don't have to worry about shot listening

1164
00:56:50,120 --> 00:56:54,160
Speaker 1: to this. All right, we'll be back uh while we

1165
00:56:54,239 --> 00:56:56,880
Speaker 1: have a Twitter Twitter show on Tuesday which employed you

1166
00:56:56,960 --> 00:57:00,880
Speaker 1: to check out or whatever. And then on Wednesday, um, uh,

1167
00:57:01,239 --> 00:57:04,400
Speaker 1: we'll be back on the podcast. We'll have Ian Rappaport

1168
00:57:04,480 --> 00:57:07,360
Speaker 1: on the show on Wednesday and Thursday will preview the

1169
00:57:07,440 --> 00:57:10,160
Speaker 1: championship Sunday, and then we'll be right back here, um

1170
00:57:10,320 --> 00:57:13,400
Speaker 1: one week from today recapping and talking about who's in

1171
00:57:13,440 --> 00:57:15,520
Speaker 1: the super Bowl. How about that We're already here, mark

1172
00:57:15,760 --> 00:57:19,040
Speaker 1: three games left. We're almost home. I am having the

1173
00:57:19,120 --> 00:57:22,680
Speaker 1: time of my life. How is it found? Like a

1174
00:57:22,760 --> 00:57:27,360
Speaker 1: Hartack clip? That? Please? That is that had? That's a

1175
00:57:27,480 --> 00:57:29,680
Speaker 1: nice turnaround, by the way, because like seventy two hours

1176
00:57:29,720 --> 00:57:31,240
Speaker 1: ago you said that you were like drifting in a

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00:57:31,360 --> 00:57:35,840
Speaker 1: dark lake. Talk to me tomorrow. Thank you, Saints, Thank you,

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00:57:36,280 --> 00:57:38,520
Speaker 1: thank you Saints. This is Dan hands As signing off

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Speaker 1: four Quiet Storm, The mail Man, The Old Boss, and

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Speaker 1: Rocky Hollywood Behind the Glass stil Tuesday,