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Speaker 1: This is alec Ingold, the Miami Dolphins nominee for the

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Speaker 1: Walter Payton Man of the Year Award in twenty twenty three.

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Speaker 2: And this is the NFL Report.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, well it was in the Week fourteen edition of

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Speaker 3: the NFL Report.

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Speaker 2: I'm Steve Whitch.

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Speaker 3: That's James Palmer, and you just heard alec Ingol to

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Speaker 3: the Miami Dolphins. They play Monday night is part of

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Speaker 3: a doubleheader. As you can see by the rolling lights

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Speaker 3: behind me. I am at Flowery Branch, the Atlanta Falcons facility.

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Speaker 3: Talk a little bit about me. More about that a

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Speaker 3: little bit later on. But jp as great of a

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Speaker 3: seat as I have in my own stomping grounds, you

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Speaker 3: had the best seat in the house at Arrowhead Stadium

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Speaker 3: on Sunday night watching the crazy finish between the Chiefs

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Speaker 3: and the Bills that resulted in mad controversy, Well at

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Speaker 3: least from the chief side. Tell us from that bird's

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Speaker 3: eye view you had of that play involving Travis Kelcey

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Speaker 3: and Kadarius Tony on the Chiefs that actually never really happened,

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Speaker 3: I guess yeah.

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Speaker 4: And Patrick Mahomes believes that it is ruining Travis Kelcey's

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Speaker 4: legacy as a Hall of Fame player. I'm not sure

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Speaker 4: if that's entirely true, but that shows you how angry

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Speaker 4: Mahomes was postgame during his press conference.

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Speaker 2: I will tell you this.

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Speaker 4: I am on the chief sideline, Steve, at the twenty

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Speaker 4: five yard line, exactly where Kadarius Tony catches the lateral

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Speaker 4: from Travis Kelcey, and in front of me, I'm watching,

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Speaker 4: in my opinion, one of the greatest NFL plays unfold.

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Speaker 2: To win a game, well, we could say win a game.

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Speaker 4: They were leaving about a minute left on the clock

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Speaker 4: for Josh Allen, and we know the way the end

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Speaker 4: of the games between the Bills and Chiefs are every

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Speaker 4: time they match up. But this play gets called back

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Speaker 4: for Kadarius Tony lining up in the neutral zone and

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Speaker 4: who did arrowhead erupt? Refs, you suck all these different

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Speaker 4: things being chanted. There were three more plays that the

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Speaker 4: they went through with that play getting called back. Patrick

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Speaker 4: Mahomes was, I was on the sideline watching him argue

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Speaker 4: with the official still before the game was over. In

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Speaker 4: a timeout, Steve while they're still trying to figure out

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Speaker 4: a way to get a first down, and they had

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Speaker 4: just lost everything. Because once again they have five losses

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Speaker 4: this season. You could say a wide receiver making mistake

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Speaker 4: in all five of those losses. Now we will say this,

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Speaker 4: what does every receiver do, Steve when they get to

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Speaker 4: the line of scrimmage? Andy Reid said, Kadarius Tony never

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Speaker 3: Explain it, and you'll see all across the NFL, well

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Speaker 3: actually all across every high school field, wide receivers will

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Speaker 3: usually look to the line judge and say, am I good.

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Speaker 3: Kadarius Tony if you're listening to the podcast or showing

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Speaker 3: the video where he's looking at the center the entire time,

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Speaker 3: thrown right away. All those people's screaming the refs, you suck,

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Speaker 3: are acting like the Reughs through it. At the end

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Speaker 3: But as you know, as you mentioned, JP tempers erupted.

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Speaker 3: Let's listen to head coach Andy Reid and quarterback Patrick

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Speaker 2: Game of that big loss.

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Speaker 5: Should I mean, it's obviously tough to swallow. I mean,

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Speaker 5: as fans, you want to see the guys on the

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Speaker 5: They made mistakes. But I mean it's every week we're

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Speaker 6: It's just tough, very disappointed that it ended the way

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Speaker 6: it did. Normally, I'll get I never use any of

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Speaker 4: think it's a microcosm of what's happened with this team

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Speaker 4: over on the sideline throwing his helmet. It all happened

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Speaker 3: So to that point, JP, let's get to our annual,

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Speaker 3: our weekly I should say, Hey, Monday. Second bigger news.

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Speaker 3: The Kansas City Chiefs lose at Big Game to the

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Speaker 4: I hate to say this to my hometown team, but

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Speaker 4: I think the Eagles flaws are bigger right now because

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Speaker 4: they consist on both sides of the ball. Let's start

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Speaker 4: Steve sid twenty third in turner of a differential at

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Speaker 4: and that's been an issue. Not just what Jalen hurts,

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Speaker 4: Importantly, they can't stop anybody in the red zone. They

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I was. We had JP a couple weeks ago.

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Speaker 3: You were talking about on Nick Sirianni and the Eagles

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Speaker 3: go over situational football so intensely great point a week

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Speaker 3: hear me out here, laws aren't okig right. It's not personnel.

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Speaker 2: But what does it do.

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Speaker 3: It stops momentum, right, it goes from a second one

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Speaker 2: Very much so.

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Speaker 4: And the issues in the red zone as an all,

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Speaker 4: reason I didn't pick the Chiefs is I do think,

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Speaker 4: Steve they have one of the best defenses in football.

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Speaker 2: Still.

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Speaker 4: But Steve also the Bills get a massive win in

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Speaker 3: It was huge. I mean, look at Sean McDermott when

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Speaker 2: It has been a tough week well, a lot of.

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Speaker 3: The criticism of Sean McDermott for what he brought, what

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Speaker 3: So it was a very exhausted week for them and

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Speaker 3: Stick probably a quarterback. Now England with Bailey Zappy in

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Speaker 3: Week eighteen at Miami JP, that's going to be the game,

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Speaker 3: the final weekend of the season.

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Speaker 4: But I do look at where Buffalo was at right

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Speaker 4: Welcome back to the NFL Report. James Palmer, Steve Weich

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Speaker 4: doing extensive work on that organization this offseason. What stands

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Speaker 7: Yeah, good to see you guys.

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Speaker 8: And as you said, doing that extensive work, going back

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Speaker 7: And he plays on the ball.

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Speaker 8: You've got an elite corner and Pat Sartan the second

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Speaker 8: You've seen since then is Russell going back to being

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Speaker 8: now they're playing with more grit and more fire Defensively.

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Speaker 8: They can't say enough about the change from early in

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Speaker 8: the year to now. Coordinator and players have found each

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Speaker 8: right now. As you said earlier, this is one of

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Speaker 3: Yeah, if they've won six their past seven, that defense

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Speaker 3: But I want to get your perspective of this as

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Speaker 3: tell yourself, I've got to kind of break what I

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Speaker 7: That's a great question.

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Speaker 8: I love the way you asked it too, So in

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Speaker 8: know Sean Payton very well. There are things that he

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Speaker 8: give them so give him some freedom. So that's a

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Speaker 8: big part of early on in the season is finding

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Speaker 8: out where Russell find out himselves. Okay, where do I

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Speaker 8: I know Sean's very direct, is very straightforward. Here's what

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Speaker 8: can do. And you're seeing that. Now Russell's not turning

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Speaker 8: he's throwing the ball down the field, he's putting the

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Speaker 8: He's gotten in great shape because they told him that's

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Speaker 8: You're seeing these two receivers that are dynamic receivers now

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Speaker 8: something with it. And I'm just seeing that from Russ

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Speaker 8: You're seeing that type of play from him, but you're

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Speaker 8: seeing it as an entire team much like in Seattle.

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Speaker 8: Great defense, running game, big player receivers, and an efficient

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Speaker 7: This is a fun team to watch.

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Speaker 4: I've been in that locker room coach a lot over

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Speaker 2: For a long time.

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Speaker 4: I love the way they're setting up to succeed and

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Speaker 8: Yeah, I can't say that I'm surprised. Jake was one

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Speaker 8: were you're looking for, You're looking for those translatable skills

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Speaker 7: They're taking care of him.

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Speaker 8: They're running the ball, they they're throwing screens and putting

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Speaker 7: But he's finding Chase. He found Chase underneath, he found

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Speaker 8: They're taking care of play calling wise, they're playing really

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Speaker 7: He cannot turn the ball over.

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Speaker 8: We can trust him in crunch time situations on third down,

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Speaker 3: Well, he's absolutely dealing. And the fact that think he's

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Speaker 8: Looking at the history of Joe Flacco from college to

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Speaker 8: You're talking about another team that plays really well up front,

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Speaker 8: I'm playing in difficult conditions. He did that in Baltimore,

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Speaker 2: He throws, and I want your expert opinion on this.

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Speaker 2: In all honesty.

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Speaker 4: I've talked to receivers, I've talked to coaches, just the

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Speaker 8: Uh So I've got some experience here, right, coaching the

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Speaker 8: they place the ball and it's going to Being an

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Speaker 8: old receiver, I can always see it. The ball is

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Speaker 8: not a hard ball. It's not always a flat fastball, right.

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Speaker 8: Receivers don't like those. Those jam a lot of fingers.

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Speaker 8: It's when the ball has a little bubble on, a

442
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Speaker 8: little arc on it, and it's placed right whether you're

443
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Speaker 8: running down the field it's over the shoulder catch or

444
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Speaker 8: it's right to me and it's thrown on one peck

445
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Speaker 8: or the other with a little bit of an arc,

446
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Speaker 8: but it's placed. And I a kid, it's a kin

447
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Speaker 8: to me throwing darts. A guy that can throw darts

448
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Speaker 8: and just place it where you want it to be placed.

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Speaker 8: It's not hard to catch, it's easy to catch. There's

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Speaker 8: not a lot of wobble on it, you know. Forgive

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Speaker 8: me peyton Mann for saying that. But it's not a

452
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Speaker 8: lot of it right, So you don't have to like

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Speaker 8: frame it big. You can frame it small and the

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Speaker 8: ball just and usually there's that sound when you catch

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Speaker 8: a ball from a quarterback like this, it's just a

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Speaker 8: right that's just to catch. Is just a nice softball

457
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Speaker 8: that you catch and run after the catch. So I'm

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Speaker 8: excited for the Browns. I know a few people there

459
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Speaker 8: and I know they're excited to have them, and this

460
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Speaker 8: could be another team that's fun to watch in December

461
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Speaker 8: and maybe beyond December.

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Speaker 2: That's so cool.

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Speaker 4: I just want to get that take. I've heard receivers

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Speaker 4: that have caught the ball. They're just like, it's a

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Speaker 4: joy to catch a ball from Joe Flacco. Is just

466
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Speaker 4: kind of interesting from your opinion. Now, how about do

467
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Speaker 4: one last quarterback? And I want to kind of circle

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Speaker 4: this back to where we started. You talked about the

469
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Speaker 4: work that you did on the Denver Broncos organization, so

470
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Speaker 4: kind of put that hat on again. And if you're

471
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Speaker 4: looking at the Chicago Bears and you're somebody that I

472
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Speaker 4: don't want to put anybody out of a job right now,

473
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Speaker 4: but if they end up making a coaching change, and

474
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Speaker 4: you've been evaluating Justin Fields and you want to really

475
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Speaker 4: kind of just take a deep dive into the quarterback.

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Speaker 4: You could potentially be inheriting. How would you go about

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Speaker 4: that evaluation process?

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Speaker 8: So the big thing for me, starting with quarterbacks, you're

479
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Speaker 8: looking for the comp looking for his mechanics.

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Speaker 7: Right, Are there big errors there? There's not a lot

481
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Speaker 7: of them have mechanics here.

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Speaker 8: With Justin Fields, He's got I don't know if it's

483
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Speaker 8: elite armstring, but it's really really good. What you have

484
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Speaker 8: with Justin Fields is every game he shows up, he's

485
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Speaker 8: the best player on the field. He's the best athlete

486
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Speaker 8: on the field. They can't catch him. He's got speed

487
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Speaker 8: and explosion. He's doing a great job taking care of

488
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Speaker 8: the football. In this second half of this year, you're

489
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Speaker 8: seeing them use his use his weapons. I love what

490
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Speaker 8: they're doing on offense right now. They're using Dj Moore

491
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Speaker 8: in a variety of ways. We're finding different ways to

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Speaker 8: get involved. That got Kyle Komett. He's a very good

493
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Speaker 8: tight end. But when you look at Justin Fields, you

494
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Speaker 8: see extreme athleticism, you see extreme playmaking ability, and you

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Speaker 8: see an offense Now that's built around him. And I

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Speaker 8: feel the same way you do. I watched this team

497
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Speaker 8: the other day, and I think the Detroit Lions are

498
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Speaker 8: a playoff team and they were dismantled by this Chicago

499
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Speaker 8: Bears team. The Chicago Bears team looked like a playoff team.

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Speaker 8: They played great defense, they took away the weapons, those

501
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Speaker 8: multiple weapons there at Detroit. They came back on offense.

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Speaker 8: They made big places in the passing game. There is

503
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Speaker 8: a lot of ingenuity on the offensive side with the

504
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Speaker 8: versus and fake reverses and funky screens. And then you've

505
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Speaker 8: got a quarterback that when he drops back, if nobody's open,

506
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Speaker 8: he's going to get you a first down. And what

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Speaker 8: I love about what sir Justin's doing is he's protecting himself.

508
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Speaker 8: He's not taking those big hits like he kind of

509
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Speaker 8: did early on his rookie year. Hey, don't take those

510
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Speaker 8: big hits. Get the first down, get out of bounds,

511
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Speaker 8: get to the sideline, step out of bounds, and we

512
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Speaker 8: got a new set of downs. So you're looking at

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Speaker 8: a team that a few weeks ago people giving up

514
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Speaker 8: on Justin, giving up on Eberflues. It's going to be

515
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Speaker 8: a whole new regime. Now you're looking at him. They

516
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Speaker 8: look like a playoff team right now, and they hold

517
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Speaker 8: they hold the keys to the draft next year. So

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Speaker 8: do you say, do they take another quarterback? Has justin

519
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Speaker 8: shown you enough? Like gosh, if we address the offensive line,

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Speaker 8: get a little bit stronger there and give them two

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Speaker 8: more weapons. Now are they a deep run playoff team

522
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Speaker 8: as opposed to looking like a playoff team? So it's

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Speaker 8: a fascinating thing. I think it's one of the most

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Speaker 8: intriguing things in the NFL going forward through the end

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Speaker 8: of the year and then beyond the end of the year.

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Speaker 8: What do they do in Chicago? Because this young man,

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Speaker 8: he changes the game. He has the ability to change

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Speaker 8: the game with his legs and his arm, and he's

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Speaker 8: taking care of the football and he's taking care of himself.

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Speaker 7: So I think it's very exciting to see what they

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Speaker 7: will do with Chicago, and.

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Speaker 3: A coach, you sit back and say to yourself, why

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Speaker 3: did it take so long for them to figure this out?

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Speaker 3: Because you watch other scheme in him up it is

535
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Speaker 3: fantastic what they're doing. He is playing with incredible confidence

536
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Speaker 3: and I think part of this is because he trusts

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Speaker 3: his defense to make a play. So if he takes

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Speaker 3: a risk and they're three and out or whatever, they

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Speaker 3: can come back. You know the defense is going to

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Speaker 3: make a stop and give him another opportunity because the

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Speaker 3: way justin Field is playing.

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Speaker 2: And I've said this before, I would not move off

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Speaker 2: of him.

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Speaker 3: I would address in those other pieces that you said,

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Speaker 3: Coach David Shaw. This was absolutely spectacular stuff. Appreciate it

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Speaker 3: once again. And like those receivers who catch at Joe

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Speaker 3: Flacco pass that special sound you make when you join.

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Speaker 7: The NFL Report, Thanks guys.

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Speaker 3: Coming back after the break, Jane Slater joined us with

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Speaker 3: how big this game was for the Cowboys, And you

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Speaker 3: know what we have to say to that.

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Speaker 2: JP Here we go.

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Speaker 3: Oh you're listening to the NFL Report podcast, But you

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Speaker 3: can watch me, Steve Weich and my co host James

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Speaker 3: Palmer on the NFL Report at seven fifteen Eastern time

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Speaker 9: It was big, we needed it. Yeah, let's not sugarcoat

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Speaker 9: that we needed that.

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Speaker 7: Obviously.

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Speaker 9: I've talked about it before Mike talks about it about

564
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Speaker 9: grabbing a huge chunk of confidence and moving forward and

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Speaker 9: being able to do that against the team like that

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Speaker 9: here at home. But obviously we got to take one

567
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Speaker 9: game at a time. As I talked about my performance tonight,

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Speaker 9: as I said, yeah, it was good enough to win,

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Speaker 9: but I hold myself to super high high standards, and yeah,

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Speaker 9: if I play my best game, we're putting up fifteen

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Speaker 9: out there, all right?

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Speaker 3: That with das Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott maybe the leader

573
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Speaker 3: in the MVP race. And you are back here at

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Speaker 3: the nflod work with James Palmer, Steime, Steve Whitch and

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Speaker 3: now we're joined by James Slater. Boots on the ground.

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Speaker 3: She was in the house to watch the Cowboys snack

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Speaker 3: the Eagles. Jane, you heard Dak Prescott say they needed

578
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Speaker 3: this win. How big was this win?

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Speaker 10: Well, you hear him talk about just feeling a little greedy.

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Speaker 10: My new favorite song is Tate McCray. Don't know if

581
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Speaker 10: Nixon has shown that one to you yet, James Palmer,

582
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Speaker 10: but it.

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Speaker 11: Was going on in my head.

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Speaker 10: They're averaging about forty one points per game at AT

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Speaker 10: and T Stadium.

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Speaker 11: They're fifteenth straight at home.

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Speaker 10: But the big dock on this team is that they

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Speaker 10: haven't been able to beat a team with a winning record,

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Speaker 10: and they haven't been able to beat a team like

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Speaker 10: the Eagles. Well, not only did they do it last night,

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Speaker 10: but it wasn't even close. In fact, Jalen Hurts wasn't

592
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Speaker 10: even able to put.

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Speaker 11: A touchdown up. It was a defensive touchdown, it was

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Speaker 11: two field goals.

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Speaker 10: In fact, the Cowboys scored on all four of their

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Speaker 10: possessions of the first half, over one hundred fifty yards

597
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Speaker 10: and two tens before they even went into the locker room.

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Speaker 10: To me, it was just they handled the Eagles. They

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Speaker 10: handled them the way they needed to. And now I

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Speaker 10: think it's interesting that what a fun league this is.

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Speaker 10: Now we've got questions about the Eagles moving forward because

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Speaker 10: of their loss to the forty nine ers the week before,

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Speaker 10: But you know dak as he was having his press conference,

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Speaker 10: they were shouting VP and I think he certainly put

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Speaker 10: up a case for that this season. This is clearly

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Speaker 10: one of his better seasons. And look, we saw the

607
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Speaker 10: Texas Coast offense. It was a little flat to begin with.

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Speaker 10: I love seeing them finally get more and more guys

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Speaker 10: involved in this offense. I think it's very clear that

610
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Speaker 10: Ceedee Lamb is now that guy they had hoped he

611
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Speaker 10: would be when they departed from Amari Cooper Brandon Cooks.

612
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Speaker 10: It took us a while to see him, but that's

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Speaker 10: been working out. And I thought, more importantly, what was

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Speaker 10: really helping this team as we start talking about depth

615
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Speaker 10: and the offseason, Remember the biggest thing that hurt them

616
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Speaker 10: last year when they went up to San Francisco was

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Speaker 10: they just didn't have any offensive weapons.

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Speaker 11: Once Tony Pollard went down. Well, now you've got Tony

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Speaker 11: Pollard going, you've.

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Speaker 10: Got Brandon Cooks, you've got Ceedee lamp But Michael Gallup

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Speaker 10: came out last night, and so you did that against

622
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Speaker 10: like Eagles defense that I think we can all agree

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Speaker 10: is a great squad of guys, and so I don't

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Speaker 10: think there's many asterisks you can put on this win.

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Speaker 10: It was just a great performance for the Cowboys all around.

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Speaker 2: It really was.

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Speaker 4: It's the only game with Jalen Hurts as their starter

628
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Speaker 4: that they did not score an offensive touchdown ever. And

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Speaker 4: also I have to say this chain the lapel on

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Speaker 4: the suit on Dak I mean, it's a Monster.

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Speaker 2: I don't know what the what the width is on that,

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Speaker 2: but it was.

633
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Speaker 4: Huge and it's the width that you would have on

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Speaker 4: a guy that I think you're right as I predicted

635
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Speaker 4: Steve halfway through the season.

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Speaker 2: Is yes.

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Speaker 4: Conversation and what is he now? He is the MVP

638
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Speaker 4: essentially in my mind front runner. I love the way

639
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Speaker 4: he's played outside of the pocket.

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Speaker 7: Jane.

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Speaker 4: I think the added element of that and the confidence

642
00:28:50,960 --> 00:28:53,240
Speaker 4: outside the pocket I think has been something when I

643
00:28:53,240 --> 00:28:55,360
Speaker 4: talk to people down there has been added to his game.

644
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Speaker 4: Let's talk about their biggest obstacle moving forward? Right, they're

645
00:28:59,320 --> 00:29:01,680
Speaker 4: on this highland, knock them down a perch. What's their

646
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Speaker 4: biggest obstacle after they get this monster Monster win over

647
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Speaker 4: Philadelphia in the division?

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Speaker 10: You know, I think I was looking for these last

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Speaker 10: couple of weeks because I was on the side of

650
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Speaker 10: a lot of critics. You know, they were kind of

651
00:29:14,520 --> 00:29:18,040
Speaker 10: beating up on the younger kids at the playground. They

652
00:29:18,040 --> 00:29:20,720
Speaker 10: had three games and twelve days. The Seattle Seahawks. I

653
00:29:20,760 --> 00:29:22,680
Speaker 10: know they just lost the forty nine ers, but they

654
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Speaker 10: were an incredible opponent here what two weeks ago. I

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Speaker 10: swear all these weeks are running together with as many

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Speaker 10: games they've had. You got to Metcalf, Thank you, DK

657
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Speaker 10: Metcalf having the game that he had against this defense

658
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Speaker 10: and the way they were able to auto correct in

659
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Speaker 10: that one. The biggest struggle for them moving forward, if

660
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Speaker 10: I'm being honest, is they've got the fourth hardest schedule

661
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Speaker 10: in the league. I mean, they've got the Bills, They've

662
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Speaker 10: got to travel up to New.

663
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Speaker 11: York for that one.

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Speaker 10: Then they've got the Miami Dolphins, They've got the Detroit Lions,

665
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Speaker 10: and they finish up with the Commanders. When you just

666
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Speaker 10: as pose that against the Eagles, the Eagles have got

667
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Speaker 10: one of the easiest schedules moving forward. So the Cowboys

668
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Speaker 10: really have control of their destiny right now. They really

669
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Speaker 10: can't mess this thing up. They need to say forward momentum.

670
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Speaker 10: They've been incredibly successful at home, not as successful obviously

671
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Speaker 10: on the road. And I do think as much as

672
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Speaker 10: we look back at that Cardinals loss and we kind

673
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Speaker 10: of scratch our heads why that even happened, I think

674
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Speaker 10: it was a good loss for them early in the

675
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Speaker 10: season because that's when I think it reminded them that

676
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Speaker 10: you really can't sleep on any of your opponents moving forward,

677
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Speaker 10: and the confidence that I'm feeling in that locker room.

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Speaker 3: Well.

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Speaker 10: Then, the offense and defensive side of the ball reminds

680
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Speaker 10: me so much of Dak's rookie season when it just

681
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Speaker 10: felt like, how are they going to move forward without

682
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Speaker 10: Tony Romo and the way they galvanized. I'm seeing that

683
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Speaker 10: energy again this season.

684
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Speaker 2: Jamie got thirty seconds here.

685
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Speaker 3: But the Cowboys do have a secret weapon in their place.

686
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Speaker 2: Kicker.

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Speaker 3: We never talk about that on that yet. Brandon Aubrey explain.

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Speaker 10: You know, I love it. How many guys do you

689
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Speaker 10: know sit at home on Sundays. Maybe this is you

690
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Speaker 10: guys that say I can do that. I bet you

691
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Speaker 10: if I went and try it out, I could start

692
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Speaker 10: on an.

693
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Speaker 11: NFL football team. Me well, his wife, his wife high school,

694
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Speaker 11: he was in there you go.

695
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Speaker 10: His wife knew was incredible soccer player at Notre David.

696
00:31:04,560 --> 00:31:06,840
Speaker 10: She said, honey, I think you can do that. He

697
00:31:06,960 --> 00:31:09,200
Speaker 10: was a software engineer here in Dallas three years ago.

698
00:31:09,240 --> 00:31:11,520
Speaker 10: Grew up in the Plato area, and then he had

699
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Speaker 10: literally set an NFL record two kicks fifty nine and

700
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Speaker 10: sixty in that game. Most game he was asked, how

701
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Speaker 10: far can you back it up? He said, he feels

702
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Speaker 10: comfortable at seventy. So to your point, see, that is

703
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Speaker 10: an incredible recurt weapon for the Cowboys if they could

704
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Speaker 10: use him moving forward back.

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Speaker 3: That's sad.

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Speaker 2: I love it, Jane, I love it. I love it.

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Speaker 4: Jane, Thank you so much. Great to see you once again.

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Speaker 4: Let's go from kitten, how about guys real quick to

709
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Speaker 4: punting the football? Jeff, I think hangs a wobbler. Wallace

710
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Speaker 4: settles under at the twenty five, gets a block, comes

711
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Speaker 4: out an air side thirty spins.

712
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Speaker 12: Out of one tackle thirty five along with airside my Coty.

713
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Speaker 3: He's a midfield Wallay.

714
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Speaker 8: Sell to hit Puddy Cannon, Kim centers come.

715
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Speaker 2: When overtime finished, just screaming at the camera. I love it.

716
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Speaker 4: Bridget Condon now joins us she was there on a

717
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Speaker 4: soaky sideline. You gotta tell us just before we get going,

718
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Speaker 4: what the end of that game was like in overtime, Bridget.

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Speaker 13: Okay, first, James and Steve. I just caught a little

720
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Speaker 13: bit of myself in the monitor, and I look like

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Speaker 13: a waiter right now. I swear that this is actually

722
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Speaker 13: a dress and it's actually really cute, but I do

723
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Speaker 13: look like a waiter. So that's distracting me just a

724
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Speaker 13: little bit. But anyways, you know when you when it

725
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Speaker 13: gets to the two minute warning, we're allowed as reporters

726
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Speaker 13: to be on the sideline and it's amazing. Then it

727
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Speaker 13: goes into overtime and you're on the sideline for the

728
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Speaker 13: best moments. After the three and out from both teams,

729
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Speaker 13: I was like, Okay, we got to get this in.

730
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Speaker 13: I got a flight to make, like, who's going to

731
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Speaker 13: make a play here? And it was special teams punt

732
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Speaker 13: for a touchdown. Such an exciting moment. We walked to

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Speaker 13: Tyland Wallace's locker after the game and he was just

734
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Speaker 13: smiling down on his phone. He was like, I have

735
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Speaker 13: so many texts and calls from all my family and friends.

736
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Speaker 13: So it was just such an awesome moment, especially when

737
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Speaker 13: a guy who isn't talked about all the time on

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Speaker 13: the team makes a huge play like that.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, Bridget, there's a great video.

740
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Speaker 3: I think the Ravens put it out where he is

741
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Speaker 3: watching a replay of this return with John Harbaugh. That

742
00:33:25,960 --> 00:33:28,840
Speaker 3: is just amazing. I was stunned and this isn't a shot,

743
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Speaker 3: but that there wasn't a flag thrown. I mean, there's

744
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Speaker 3: always a flag thrown on a big return. That's a

745
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Speaker 3: spectacular play that back in the back. Oh there you go,

746
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Speaker 3: throwing a wet blanket on a great return. But Briddant,

747
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Speaker 3: let's move on because the Baltimore Ravens, they kept their

748
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Speaker 3: lead there in the AFC North and their quarterback Lamar Jackson,

749
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Speaker 3: I mean, once again, wasn't his best game, but just

750
00:33:49,840 --> 00:33:53,320
Speaker 3: stayed steady throughout and made plays. What was being said

751
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Speaker 3: about his performance postgame.

752
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Speaker 13: Isaiah likely told me that it's so special to play

753
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Speaker 13: for a guy like Lamar Jackson.

754
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Speaker 11: He said, durry that game.

755
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Speaker 13: There were times he was watching and the pocket was collapsing,

756
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Speaker 13: he couldn't see Lamar, and then he comes out of

757
00:34:05,200 --> 00:34:08,120
Speaker 13: nowhere scrambles for ten fifteen yards. He's like, I do

758
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Speaker 13: that as Lamar Jackson on Madden, But to see that

759
00:34:11,280 --> 00:34:15,000
Speaker 13: in real life is something special. For this team to

760
00:34:15,120 --> 00:34:17,040
Speaker 13: hang on. I mean, we can talk about the Rams

761
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Speaker 13: in a minute, but they should not be disappointed in

762
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Speaker 13: this loss after you know yesterday. Now they need to

763
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Speaker 13: move forward with taking the good stuff out of that

764
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Speaker 13: because the Rams battled the entire game. They hung around

765
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Speaker 13: and for the Ravens to make, you know, a game

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Speaker 13: winning play to hang in this game. That's the importance

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Speaker 13: when we're talking about December January football.

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Speaker 4: I look at it Bridge and this is a very

769
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Speaker 4: crowded MVP race. We argue with it every week on

770
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Speaker 4: Monday with Jeff Chadee. Is Lamar is right in the

771
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Speaker 4: thicke of things, guys, in my opinion. And you look

772
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Speaker 4: at the drive that he had to take the lead

773
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Speaker 4: with a minute to go, the thirteen play drive that

774
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Speaker 4: goes down the field. He's playing at a number high level.

775
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Speaker 4: And you mentioned likely he goes out there and fills

776
00:35:02,640 --> 00:35:04,719
Speaker 4: in for Mark Andrews very well. I think he has

777
00:35:04,719 --> 00:35:08,840
Speaker 4: what eighty three yards receiving. That's a positive sign for

778
00:35:08,880 --> 00:35:11,000
Speaker 4: this offense as you put in a new piece filling

779
00:35:11,000 --> 00:35:13,560
Speaker 4: in a major spot. But I mentioned he drove down

780
00:35:13,600 --> 00:35:15,719
Speaker 4: the field with a minute to go to take the lead.

781
00:35:16,280 --> 00:35:19,640
Speaker 4: The opposing quarterback Matthew Stafford then drives his team down

782
00:35:19,680 --> 00:35:23,440
Speaker 4: the field to tie the game. This was still a

783
00:35:23,640 --> 00:35:27,120
Speaker 4: very good performance by a Rams team that is playing really,

784
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Speaker 4: really well right now.

785
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Speaker 13: If the Rams find a way to get into the playoffs,

786
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Speaker 13: be careful because they are going to make some noise.

787
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Speaker 13: They just Matthew Stafford the past two games, right, They

788
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Speaker 13: played the Ravens, they played the Browns, two of the

789
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Speaker 13: league's top defenses. Matthew Stafford has thrown six touchdowns and

790
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Speaker 13: no picks. Over that spin, everyone was wondering, where's Cooper

791
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Speaker 13: Cup Ben, Maybe it's over now you know his success?

792
00:35:48,560 --> 00:35:49,040
Speaker 5: Is he hurt?

793
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Speaker 13: Is he just not playing at the same level that

794
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Speaker 13: we've seen in seasons past, Well, there he goes. Cooper

795
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Speaker 13: Cup had one of his best games of the season,

796
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Speaker 13: one hundred and fifteen yards receiving and a touchdown, making

797
00:36:00,520 --> 00:36:03,279
Speaker 13: an insane catch late in this game. There are so

798
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Speaker 13: many pieces of this offense finally clicking.

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Speaker 11: That first drive.

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Speaker 13: They ran nine consecutive run plays. Kyrin Williams had forty

801
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Speaker 13: three rushing yards on the opening drive of the game.

802
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Speaker 13: So it's not just Matthew Stafford, it's the entire offense

803
00:36:18,480 --> 00:36:20,920
Speaker 13: coming together, plus their defense, to the young guys and

804
00:36:21,000 --> 00:36:24,440
Speaker 13: Aaron Donald the Kobe Turner making some huge plays for

805
00:36:24,480 --> 00:36:26,960
Speaker 13: this team as well. I think you know this team

806
00:36:27,040 --> 00:36:31,200
Speaker 13: finally is believing in themselves and it starts with Sean McVay.

807
00:36:31,360 --> 00:36:35,239
Speaker 13: Like I mentioned, they have a pretty winnable season here

808
00:36:35,280 --> 00:36:39,000
Speaker 13: on out their next games. Commander Saints Giants forty nine ers.

809
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Speaker 13: So if they find a way to get into the

810
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Speaker 13: playoffs with that wild card spot, watch out because I

811
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Speaker 13: wouldn't want to play Matthew Stafford.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean there's absolutely opportunities there. With Seattle sliding

813
00:36:48,440 --> 00:36:49,960
Speaker 3: a little bit, you don't know what's going to happen

814
00:36:50,040 --> 00:36:54,160
Speaker 3: there in the nfcast, the NFC South, those divisions, so

815
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Speaker 3: there are absolutely a pathway there. But watching for those

816
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Speaker 3: Packers who play again Monday night. And you know what

817
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Speaker 3: you told us, a great story. We're not gonna have

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Speaker 3: time for Bridget.

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Speaker 2: The reason why.

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Speaker 3: Cooper Cup got off is maybe because the Ravens are

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Speaker 3: paying too much attention to Pooka Nakua, whose jersey was

822
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Speaker 3: in demand. The Ravens tackle Morgan Moas. That's right, Moses

823
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Speaker 3: Pooka Nakula. Bridget, thanks so much. Awesome stuff right there,

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Speaker 3: And when we get back, it is time for Jeff

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Speaker 3: Chiedea's first Read segment. If we're looking at the division leaders,

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Speaker 3: oh yeah, San Francisco forty nine ers four, they better

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Speaker 3: not be ranked number four. Jeff to Dia coming up

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Speaker 3: next on the NFL Report. Back in the NFL Report

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Speaker 3: with our favorite weekly segment, Jeff Chadea and his first

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Speaker 3: Read segment. Remember going to NFL dot com slash first

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Speaker 3: Read and JP, Jeff, this is a brilliant column because okay,

832
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Speaker 3: you list the division leaders.

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Speaker 2: But you rank them.

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Speaker 3: Okay, give us the criteria for how and why you

835
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Speaker 3: ranked them the way you did.

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Speaker 14: It's super scientific, Steve. It just comes down to a

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Speaker 14: comfort level. This wasn't some kind of chemistry project that

838
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Speaker 14: I was working on bio molecular physics going on. It

839
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Speaker 14: was as simple as who do I think is in

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Speaker 14: the best position in their division to win the division?

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Speaker 14: And so that's how I came up with the idea

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Speaker 14: of ranking them. Because ultimately, some of these teams are

843
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Speaker 14: in really good situations and some of them are earning perallel.

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Speaker 2: Situations, and we'll find out.

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Speaker 14: We'll talk about this more, but certainly there's teams you

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Speaker 14: look at right now and you say there's no way

847
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Speaker 14: they're not going to lose a division given where they're

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Speaker 14: at right now.

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Speaker 3: Okay, So on that note, a team we haven't really

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Speaker 3: gotten to today. They had another impressive win, the Shan

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Speaker 3: Francisco forty nine ers. Where do you have them ranked?

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Speaker 3: And why number one?

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Speaker 2: For that very reason?

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Speaker 14: They are easily in the best in their division in

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Speaker 14: the NFC West. Nobody else in that division has a

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Speaker 14: winning record. There are four games ahead of everybody, and

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00:38:59,520 --> 00:39:01,560
Speaker 14: be honest, they're the best team in football right now.

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Speaker 14: You watch them play. They've won their last five games

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Speaker 14: by double digits. They've beaten every significant contender they needed

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Speaker 14: the beats, including the Cowboys and the Eagles. They've pounded

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Speaker 14: the Jaguars, the quarterbacks playing at an MVP level, and

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Speaker 14: they have a to go. So it's hard to it's

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Speaker 14: hard to think about what can hurt them. Gotta stay healthy,

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Speaker 14: that's about it.

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Speaker 7: Yep.

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Speaker 2: I love that you said that. I love that you

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Speaker 2: said that, Jeff.

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Speaker 4: The biggest red flag is in each one of these

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Speaker 4: categories for each one of these teams, and their biggest

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Speaker 4: red flag is they just have to stay healthy. That's

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Speaker 4: the only thing that you could think of, with the

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Speaker 4: way they're playing right now that could slow down this team.

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Speaker 2: How about a team that is actually.

874
00:39:38,640 --> 00:39:41,200
Speaker 4: Kind of I don't want to say skidding a little

875
00:39:41,200 --> 00:39:43,760
Speaker 4: bit right now, but there's some leaks on that defense

876
00:39:43,800 --> 00:39:46,480
Speaker 4: of the Detroit Lions, and we're seeing just maybe a

877
00:39:46,480 --> 00:39:49,040
Speaker 4: couple of bits in the armor when they finished so

878
00:39:49,200 --> 00:39:52,799
Speaker 4: strong a season ago started so well. But now where

879
00:39:52,880 --> 00:39:55,200
Speaker 4: they sit, where do they sit in your group of eight?

880
00:39:55,960 --> 00:39:58,760
Speaker 14: Well, they're certainly in a middle of pack kind of situation.

881
00:39:58,880 --> 00:40:01,480
Speaker 14: I mean, they got two games up on the Vikings.

882
00:40:01,520 --> 00:40:03,600
Speaker 14: We'll see what the Packers do tonight. I actually think

883
00:40:03,600 --> 00:40:06,120
Speaker 14: the Packers are probably the bigger threat giving the Vikings.

884
00:40:06,520 --> 00:40:08,719
Speaker 4: Quarter back situation with the Vikings, and I was gonna

885
00:40:08,719 --> 00:40:10,879
Speaker 4: ask you about that, Yeah, well they play them twice.

886
00:40:10,880 --> 00:40:11,960
Speaker 14: That's why I give it to him, because I have

887
00:40:12,000 --> 00:40:14,279
Speaker 14: a chance to actually beat them head to head. But

888
00:40:14,480 --> 00:40:17,399
Speaker 14: ultimately you're talking about, Yeah, Jared Goff has not played well,

889
00:40:17,520 --> 00:40:21,040
Speaker 14: got eight interceptions in the last four games and eight

890
00:40:21,120 --> 00:40:23,360
Speaker 14: turnovers in the last four games, and the defense is

891
00:40:23,400 --> 00:40:25,880
Speaker 14: really taking a step back. They have poblems rushing the

892
00:40:25,880 --> 00:40:27,879
Speaker 14: pass or all season long, but now it's just they

893
00:40:27,960 --> 00:40:28,840
Speaker 14: just can't stop people.

894
00:40:28,880 --> 00:40:31,319
Speaker 7: You saw justin Fields go off. Jordan Love did the.

895
00:40:31,320 --> 00:40:33,040
Speaker 14: Same thing, and they just they're just in a weird

896
00:40:33,080 --> 00:40:35,839
Speaker 14: place right now. They're not a they're a blue collar team.

897
00:40:35,840 --> 00:40:37,399
Speaker 14: They're a tough minded team. I think they'll come out

898
00:40:37,400 --> 00:40:39,640
Speaker 14: of it, but right now, you look at where they're at,

899
00:40:40,120 --> 00:40:40,600
Speaker 14: you will to go.

900
00:40:40,640 --> 00:40:42,280
Speaker 2: We were talking Super Bowl possibly.

901
00:40:42,760 --> 00:40:45,239
Speaker 1: Now we're talking about maybe one win and that's about

902
00:40:45,280 --> 00:40:45,719
Speaker 1: it for them.

903
00:40:46,120 --> 00:40:46,359
Speaker 2: Yeah.

904
00:40:46,560 --> 00:40:48,279
Speaker 3: You know Jered Goff too. I mean he's fumbling the

905
00:40:48,280 --> 00:40:51,640
Speaker 3: football too, Jeff. That's that's another big part of it. Okay,

906
00:40:51,800 --> 00:40:54,440
Speaker 3: those those Dallas Cowboys. I mean, we know the Niners

907
00:40:54,480 --> 00:40:58,000
Speaker 3: are rolling, but those Dallas Cowboys look really really they

908
00:40:58,040 --> 00:41:00,680
Speaker 3: got number two right, I mean, look.

909
00:41:00,719 --> 00:41:01,960
Speaker 1: What did I say at the beginning of the show.

910
00:41:02,360 --> 00:41:03,719
Speaker 1: It's based on comfort level.

911
00:41:03,760 --> 00:41:06,120
Speaker 14: And they're sitting there tied with the Philadelphia Eagles, who,

912
00:41:06,160 --> 00:41:08,239
Speaker 14: by the way, two weeks ago, everybody was talking about

913
00:41:08,239 --> 00:41:10,359
Speaker 14: how great they were, you know, James's home town team,

914
00:41:10,440 --> 00:41:12,680
Speaker 14: how he rose and all the great rockers, and now

915
00:41:12,680 --> 00:41:14,680
Speaker 14: we want to throw them away. Look, I love what

916
00:41:14,760 --> 00:41:17,359
Speaker 14: Dallas has been doing outside of San Francisco. They're playing

917
00:41:17,360 --> 00:41:20,120
Speaker 14: the best football of anybody out there. They've been killing people.

918
00:41:20,120 --> 00:41:22,680
Speaker 14: Obviously beat the Eagles up on the Eagles, but really,

919
00:41:22,719 --> 00:41:24,719
Speaker 14: when you think about it, you start digging into it.

920
00:41:24,880 --> 00:41:27,200
Speaker 14: They've been beating up on the Commanders, they've been beating

921
00:41:27,280 --> 00:41:29,400
Speaker 14: up on the Panthers, beating up on the Giants.

922
00:41:29,440 --> 00:41:31,880
Speaker 1: That was a huge statement win, but the Eagles just

923
00:41:31,960 --> 00:41:33,840
Speaker 1: came through the Chiefs.

924
00:41:33,640 --> 00:41:36,680
Speaker 14: And they came through the Cowboys, they came through the Bills,

925
00:41:36,840 --> 00:41:39,319
Speaker 14: they came through the Niners, and so I think there's

926
00:41:39,320 --> 00:41:41,640
Speaker 14: some of that was the Cowboys were waiting for this game.

927
00:41:41,800 --> 00:41:43,200
Speaker 14: That was a huge win for the seventh.

928
00:41:43,200 --> 00:41:46,840
Speaker 3: You gotta break seventh, Jeff, seventh out of eight because.

929
00:41:46,600 --> 00:41:48,960
Speaker 1: Philadelphia can still win if Philadelphia.

930
00:41:48,440 --> 00:41:50,880
Speaker 14: Wins all their games and they're playing the Giants twice

931
00:41:50,960 --> 00:41:53,800
Speaker 14: in Arizona, like they're gonna win the division.

932
00:41:54,040 --> 00:41:56,200
Speaker 2: And so I again, I love the Cowboys story.

933
00:41:56,520 --> 00:41:58,960
Speaker 14: They gotta played Buffalo, they gonna play in Miami, they

934
00:41:58,960 --> 00:42:00,759
Speaker 14: gotta played Detroit. I don't know if they're going to

935
00:42:00,840 --> 00:42:02,960
Speaker 14: go run through those teams and not come out of

936
00:42:03,080 --> 00:42:04,000
Speaker 14: great point.

937
00:42:04,239 --> 00:42:06,919
Speaker 4: That's what I was wondering, Jeff, because what have we seen,

938
00:42:07,040 --> 00:42:08,759
Speaker 4: right with some of these teams that have a big

939
00:42:08,800 --> 00:42:11,680
Speaker 4: game that this has been circled the entire season and

940
00:42:11,719 --> 00:42:14,359
Speaker 4: then what happens the next week? Right, That's always been

941
00:42:14,640 --> 00:42:16,520
Speaker 4: something that we're looking at, and that was obviously the

942
00:42:16,520 --> 00:42:19,239
Speaker 4: one that the Cowboys had circled. The Philly had that

943
00:42:19,320 --> 00:42:21,920
Speaker 4: game against the Chiefs circled and then they come out,

944
00:42:21,960 --> 00:42:24,040
Speaker 4: they get it, but then they start stumbling a little

945
00:42:24,040 --> 00:42:26,319
Speaker 4: bit afterwards. Sometimes when you have that and then you

946
00:42:26,400 --> 00:42:29,600
Speaker 4: have to go to Buffalo after that. When we've seen

947
00:42:29,680 --> 00:42:32,040
Speaker 4: Dallas be so good at home, the road is a

948
00:42:32,040 --> 00:42:36,120
Speaker 4: different story. Buffalo's desperate and very talented. That is a game.

949
00:42:36,120 --> 00:42:37,439
Speaker 4: I want to keep an eye on it. Maybe that'll

950
00:42:37,480 --> 00:42:38,799
Speaker 4: change your rankings. I don't know if you do this

951
00:42:38,840 --> 00:42:41,279
Speaker 4: next week, I'm not sure. How about the team in

952
00:42:41,320 --> 00:42:43,279
Speaker 4: the city that you live in, Jeff, I'm not sure

953
00:42:43,320 --> 00:42:46,160
Speaker 4: if it's still standing right now, but there are tiers

954
00:42:46,200 --> 00:42:49,919
Speaker 4: falling from the faces of players and coaches that why

955
00:42:49,960 --> 00:42:53,080
Speaker 4: have we been wrong so much? The Kansas City Chiefs,

956
00:42:53,239 --> 00:42:55,279
Speaker 4: where do they rank right now? Because they have a

957
00:42:55,400 --> 00:42:59,319
Speaker 4: one game lead, I repeat, a one game lead over

958
00:42:59,360 --> 00:43:02,680
Speaker 4: the Denver They have not been in this situation since

959
00:43:02,719 --> 00:43:04,760
Speaker 4: Patrick Mahomes has been their quarterback in the division.

960
00:43:05,000 --> 00:43:08,680
Speaker 14: They have not what seventh straight division championships and a

961
00:43:08,680 --> 00:43:11,840
Speaker 14: lot of Tony Tony Tony jokes out there today.

962
00:43:12,800 --> 00:43:16,040
Speaker 15: It doesn't feel good that it does not feel good

963
00:43:16,080 --> 00:43:22,480
Speaker 15: and again, but it's a rough go for them and

964
00:43:22,520 --> 00:43:26,520
Speaker 15: bron To me, I feel like what's really alarming about

965
00:43:26,520 --> 00:43:28,640
Speaker 15: them right now, and what's scary is that their defense

966
00:43:28,719 --> 00:43:29,640
Speaker 15: is taking a step back.

967
00:43:29,800 --> 00:43:31,520
Speaker 14: The offense is what it is now. I mean, I'm

968
00:43:31,520 --> 00:43:33,440
Speaker 14: tired of trying to explain it and trying to talk

969
00:43:33,480 --> 00:43:35,279
Speaker 14: about it. Right, it's going to improve because of the

970
00:43:35,360 --> 00:43:37,879
Speaker 14: quarterback and the coach. They're just not a very good

971
00:43:37,880 --> 00:43:40,760
Speaker 14: offense and really a really bad offense in the second

972
00:43:40,760 --> 00:43:43,640
Speaker 14: half of games, but their defense last three games, giving

973
00:43:43,719 --> 00:43:47,239
Speaker 14: up double digit leads down fourteen oh to the Buffalo

974
00:43:47,239 --> 00:43:48,640
Speaker 14: Buffalo Bills this past week.

975
00:43:48,920 --> 00:43:51,319
Speaker 1: You just can't do those kind of things when you're

976
00:43:51,360 --> 00:43:52,880
Speaker 1: playing offense the way.

977
00:43:52,719 --> 00:43:53,560
Speaker 2: They have been playing it.

978
00:43:53,600 --> 00:43:56,560
Speaker 14: And I really think the whole meltdown by Mahomes that's

979
00:43:56,600 --> 00:43:58,360
Speaker 14: a really big red flag for me because this is

980
00:43:58,400 --> 00:44:00,680
Speaker 14: the first time you've seen him really come up done

981
00:44:00,800 --> 00:44:03,319
Speaker 14: and it wasn't about that call. It's about everything that's

982
00:44:03,320 --> 00:44:06,400
Speaker 14: been going on with this team. So I don't know

983
00:44:06,440 --> 00:44:08,600
Speaker 14: if Denver can catch them, because they need to have

984
00:44:09,160 --> 00:44:12,120
Speaker 14: the Chiefs lose twice. But man, it's been a long

985
00:44:12,120 --> 00:44:14,120
Speaker 14: time time we talked about anybody being close.

986
00:44:13,920 --> 00:44:15,760
Speaker 7: To this team in this division this late and season.

987
00:44:16,120 --> 00:44:16,919
Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm with you, Jeff.

988
00:44:17,040 --> 00:44:19,680
Speaker 3: Think I think Mahomes is just totally frustrated because the

989
00:44:19,760 --> 00:44:26,759
Speaker 3: receivers and the damn penalties. The penalties are absolutely insane, insentively.

990
00:44:27,360 --> 00:44:28,480
Speaker 2: I'm just tired of it.

991
00:44:28,480 --> 00:44:32,560
Speaker 3: It's the same thing we've been talking about, the same week, two.

992
00:44:32,840 --> 00:44:34,880
Speaker 2: The same guys, the same guys.

993
00:44:34,960 --> 00:44:37,680
Speaker 3: All right, let's get back to the rankings though, because

994
00:44:37,680 --> 00:44:39,680
Speaker 3: this is a team we thought that they had their

995
00:44:39,719 --> 00:44:42,000
Speaker 3: division on lock and the slope is all of a

996
00:44:42,000 --> 00:44:43,840
Speaker 3: sudden gotten slippery in the AFC South.

997
00:44:44,200 --> 00:44:46,600
Speaker 2: For the Jacksonville Jaguars.

998
00:44:46,040 --> 00:44:47,879
Speaker 3: Where do you have them ranked and what are their

999
00:44:47,920 --> 00:44:50,360
Speaker 3: red flags or what are the positives of them finished

1000
00:44:50,360 --> 00:44:51,640
Speaker 3: finishing atop this division?

1001
00:44:51,880 --> 00:44:53,719
Speaker 14: Yeah, I mean they're down at six right now. I mean,

1002
00:44:53,719 --> 00:44:55,880
Speaker 14: they certainly are in a place where you didn't know.

1003
00:44:56,560 --> 00:44:59,200
Speaker 14: But again, weeks ago, you would have said they're going

1004
00:44:59,280 --> 00:45:02,239
Speaker 14: to cruise to this. They have the easiest schedule in

1005
00:45:02,239 --> 00:45:05,160
Speaker 14: football of all the teams who are division leaders. They

1006
00:45:05,200 --> 00:45:07,600
Speaker 14: were I think had not nine they had nine wins

1007
00:45:07,600 --> 00:45:10,640
Speaker 14: at that point. They were really feeling good about themselves

1008
00:45:10,840 --> 00:45:13,200
Speaker 14: and at this stage, man, it's like, I don't know

1009
00:45:13,239 --> 00:45:15,799
Speaker 14: what to really expect from them. I think it's Trevor

1010
00:45:15,880 --> 00:45:18,400
Speaker 14: Lawynce getting hurt. It's a big part of this. But

1011
00:45:18,760 --> 00:45:21,160
Speaker 14: their defense hasn't played well. We came up thirty four

1012
00:45:21,760 --> 00:45:25,680
Speaker 14: the Bengals one to the Browns backup quarterbacks. We're talking

1013
00:45:25,680 --> 00:45:27,879
Speaker 14: about Joe Flacco and Jake Browning doing this to them,

1014
00:45:28,280 --> 00:45:30,080
Speaker 14: and so I've always been a little bit uneasy about this.

1015
00:45:30,120 --> 00:45:34,040
Speaker 14: We joke about this all the time, about Trevor Lawrence

1016
00:45:34,080 --> 00:45:37,280
Speaker 14: and atn all the guys down there not being dominant.

1017
00:45:37,280 --> 00:45:38,840
Speaker 14: But this is really a point where they got to

1018
00:45:38,880 --> 00:45:41,440
Speaker 14: start showing, hey, they can handle some of this adversity now,

1019
00:45:41,480 --> 00:45:43,240
Speaker 14: because right now they're really in a tough place.

1020
00:45:43,280 --> 00:45:45,279
Speaker 2: And I don't know, man eight and five.

1021
00:45:45,360 --> 00:45:48,160
Speaker 14: Right now, you look at the Texans on their heels,

1022
00:45:48,160 --> 00:45:49,080
Speaker 14: the Colts on their heels.

1023
00:45:49,080 --> 00:45:51,600
Speaker 7: They cannot afford to slip up anymore.

1024
00:45:52,160 --> 00:45:53,759
Speaker 2: Jeff, I felt like it was yesterday.

1025
00:45:53,880 --> 00:45:56,200
Speaker 4: We were all going the Jags are about to play

1026
00:45:56,200 --> 00:45:58,080
Speaker 4: a game, and if they win it, they're going to

1027
00:45:58,160 --> 00:46:00,560
Speaker 4: be first place in the a f C.

1028
00:46:00,880 --> 00:46:05,399
Speaker 2: I feel like that, like we blinked and that's right. Yeah.

1029
00:46:06,080 --> 00:46:10,239
Speaker 14: They had their grass Tony holding a pass just.

1030
00:46:10,200 --> 00:46:11,200
Speaker 7: Their hands just like that.

1031
00:46:12,800 --> 00:46:24,800
Speaker 12: Oh, man, listen, I mean, Jeff Tony, Jeff roll one.

1032
00:46:24,719 --> 00:46:25,640
Speaker 2: Right now, don't stick.

1033
00:46:25,760 --> 00:46:27,759
Speaker 14: Yeah, And I gotta go back in time, but that way,

1034
00:46:27,800 --> 00:46:29,480
Speaker 14: I was a young man back in those days. I

1035
00:46:29,480 --> 00:46:31,880
Speaker 14: don't remember so many of the songs, but you know it

1036
00:46:31,880 --> 00:46:34,080
Speaker 14: doesn't rain in southern California. Doesn't really fit what's going

1037
00:46:34,120 --> 00:46:37,000
Speaker 14: on there. But you know it's uh tony tony tony

1038
00:46:37,080 --> 00:46:40,800
Speaker 14: jokes going. I'll think of one before week, so resident

1039
00:46:41,120 --> 00:46:41,680
Speaker 14: how about that?

1040
00:46:42,719 --> 00:46:43,879
Speaker 2: Perfect? I love it.

1041
00:46:44,080 --> 00:46:46,040
Speaker 4: I love it, Jeff, I love it. I love having

1042
00:46:46,080 --> 00:46:49,080
Speaker 4: you on every Monday. Why didn't didn't see each other?

1043
00:46:49,239 --> 00:46:53,560
Speaker 4: Appreciate anybody and well, listen to this. We got a

1044
00:46:53,600 --> 00:46:58,200
Speaker 4: triple header, Steve, a triple header on the network on Saturday,

1045
00:46:59,200 --> 00:47:03,719
Speaker 4: Vikings Angles Steelers. I'll be there finishing up with a

1046
00:47:03,960 --> 00:47:08,279
Speaker 4: monster in Detroit, the Broncos versus the last team that

1047
00:47:08,320 --> 00:47:11,400
Speaker 4: has a winning record on their schedule, the Lions.

1048
00:47:11,520 --> 00:47:12,879
Speaker 2: That's gonna be phenomenal.

1049
00:47:13,120 --> 00:47:15,759
Speaker 4: All of that on NFL Network, But we have one

1050
00:47:15,840 --> 00:47:18,080
Speaker 4: more segment coming up on the NFL Report.

1051
00:47:18,120 --> 00:47:23,480
Speaker 2: Stay with us.

1052
00:47:28,440 --> 00:47:31,279
Speaker 4: You're listening to the NFL Report podcast, But remember we

1053
00:47:31,320 --> 00:47:34,880
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1054
00:47:35,040 --> 00:47:39,400
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1055
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1057
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1058
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1059
00:47:53,719 --> 00:47:56,640
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1060
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1061
00:48:00,800 --> 00:48:03,120
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1062
00:48:03,200 --> 00:48:06,240
Speaker 2: No, not the NFL Network, the NFL channel.

1063
00:48:06,360 --> 00:48:09,239
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1064
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1066
00:48:18,560 --> 00:48:21,920
Speaker 3: seven pm Eastern Time. You can also listen to the

1067
00:48:21,960 --> 00:48:27,479
Speaker 3: podcast and find us on YouTube The NFL Report. All right, JP,

1068
00:48:27,680 --> 00:48:30,200
Speaker 3: as we get ready to wrap up this show.

1069
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Speaker 2: You know we always do this on Monday.

1070
00:48:31,719 --> 00:48:34,239
Speaker 3: It is the lost headlines, things that may have been

1071
00:48:34,280 --> 00:48:37,400
Speaker 3: overlooked during this fantastic show that we've had.

1072
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Speaker 2: What do you got for me? JP?

1073
00:48:39,680 --> 00:48:41,840
Speaker 4: I feel like it happens every week, Steve, and nobody

1074
00:48:41,840 --> 00:48:44,520
Speaker 4: pays attention to it. Courtland Sutton makes some sort of

1075
00:48:44,800 --> 00:48:50,319
Speaker 4: ridiculous catch in the end zone theme big receiving threat

1076
00:48:50,400 --> 00:48:53,000
Speaker 4: for the Denver Broncos week in and week out, has

1077
00:48:53,040 --> 00:48:56,839
Speaker 4: made one handed catches, tiptoe and toe drag swag type

1078
00:48:56,840 --> 00:48:59,520
Speaker 4: of catches. There's three people with ten or more touchdowns

1079
00:48:59,560 --> 00:49:02,560
Speaker 4: in the league this year, Mike Evans, Tyreek Hill, and

1080
00:49:02,600 --> 00:49:04,360
Speaker 4: that man right there, Courtland Sutton.

1081
00:49:04,600 --> 00:49:06,360
Speaker 3: Well, I've got to go with the Chief, No, not

1082
00:49:06,480 --> 00:49:09,680
Speaker 3: the Chiefs, the Chief Brown's tight.

1083
00:49:09,560 --> 00:49:11,080
Speaker 2: End, David Najoku.

1084
00:49:11,640 --> 00:49:14,640
Speaker 3: We're talking about Joe Flacco as we should, but Najoku

1085
00:49:14,800 --> 00:49:18,800
Speaker 3: comes out in this big win on Sunday. He has

1086
00:49:19,200 --> 00:49:23,719
Speaker 3: six catches for ninety one yards two touchdowns, including this

1087
00:49:23,920 --> 00:49:29,080
Speaker 3: Andy explosive plays. Joe Flacco has himself a tight end again.

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Speaker 3: This Browns offense is rolling JP.

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Speaker 2: You get the.

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Speaker 3: Last word as we get out of here on our

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Speaker 3: Monday Week fourteen edition.

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Speaker 4: Well, I did his pro Dan and he did the

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Speaker 4: interview topless that I've never been more physically imposed in

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Speaker 4: my entire life that standing next.

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Speaker 16: To David and Joku after a solid workout.

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Speaker 3: Sp