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Speaker 1: Hey, everybody, I appreciate you joining us as always. You

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Speaker 1: you back, You got my back, all love. Welcome back

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Speaker 1: to the Richard Sherman Podcast. And an incredible amount of

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Speaker 1: action in Week fifteen for the NFC West, especially because

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Speaker 1: that's what we're paying attention to. Mitchell. I know, I know,

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Speaker 1: I was watching the NFC West and your Detroit Lions.

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Speaker 1: It was a rough one. They were right there for

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Speaker 1: this game, and then they let it go. The forty

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Speaker 1: Purty plays well in this game. Three touchdowns, the defense

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Speaker 1: left something to be desired, and the Seattle Seahawks don't

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Speaker 1: I love it. But we'll start off with the San

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Speaker 1: two hundred and ninety five yards, three touchdowns, also forty

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Speaker 1: Brock looked good. He looked under control, in command, whatever

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Speaker 1: you want to say about it. He looked fantastic. CEMC

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Speaker 1: the game. Ricky persoul. This might have been his best

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Speaker 1: And the thing I loved about this game they got

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Speaker 1: my guy George Kittle involved early and often made an

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Speaker 1: in a touchdown in this game. It was beautiful offensive game.

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Speaker 1: Juwan Jennings three catch for thirty seven yards but got

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Speaker 1: two touchdowns in the game, and of course impacted it

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Speaker 1: blocking and just added tude throughout the game. I enjoyed

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Speaker 1: the game. I'm sure Niners fans felt good about the game,

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Speaker 1: especially going into the fourth. Once you got into the fourth,

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Speaker 1: in the game. In the fourth quarter. In the defense,

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Speaker 1: it was just leaky, leaky, you know, leaky yards in

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Speaker 1: but could have been three, maybe four interceptions on the day,

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Speaker 1: and that's just inexcusable. When you put in position to

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Speaker 1: take a hard look. Mustafa had one. I think it

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Speaker 1: was right before to have Jaiire Brown had an opportunity

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Speaker 1: Pauls the football is hitting them right in the chest

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Speaker 1: and right and you gotta have them. You gotta have

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Speaker 1: Shanahan said it. If we just catch the balls that

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Speaker 1: good shape. And the guys just didn't do it in

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Speaker 1: game for the San Francisco forty nine ers. You look

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Speaker 1: but you would feel a lot better if we caught

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Speaker 1: those interceptions. If you if you got those interceptions. We

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Speaker 1: great job of avoiding sacks. I thought we got a

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Speaker 1: number of pressures in the game. But Pollard fourteen carries

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Speaker 2: There's no question about it, Richard.

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Speaker 3: That's where my eyes go to is Tony Pollard fourteen

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Speaker 3: I mean, let's be real. The Tennessee Titans are two

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Speaker 2: Have to pay.

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Speaker 3: It played a lot higher level than this. That's my opinion, Richard.

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Speaker 3: But I mean we'll keep that to myself.

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Speaker 1: Those are you gotta have? Those are NFL. You play

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Speaker 1: Let me just make sure he stays perfect on the season.

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Speaker 1: Bosa did it. He rehabbed on his own. Guys do

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Speaker 1: it gonna be? Kobe Parkinson five catches for seventy five yards,

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Speaker 1: and two touchdowns in his game. Finally Matt Stafford finally

430
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Speaker 1: finding the big Stanford target in the end zone multiple times.

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Speaker 1: But DeVante Adams. The loss of Devonte Adams is gonna

432
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Speaker 1: be huge. It's gonna change the dynamics of this game

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Speaker 1: for sure.

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Speaker 3: The one thing that I find interesting with LA especially

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Speaker 3: Washington the last couple of weeks is they've moved to

436
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Speaker 3: a running back by committee. Blake Korham's getting a lot

437
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Speaker 3: more carrious now when you see Kyron Williams get freed

438
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Speaker 3: up more.

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Speaker 2: You saw that today.

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Speaker 3: I mean it was every rush was five yards at minimum,

441
00:23:13,400 --> 00:23:17,520
Speaker 3: and these guys dominated. It was like they were unstoppable defensively.

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Speaker 3: And I know Detroit's battling injuries, trust me, Richard. If

443
00:23:21,560 --> 00:23:24,800
Speaker 3: there's anyone that knows injuries, it's a Detroit Lions. They've

444
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Speaker 3: been battling them for the last couple of years, you know,

445
00:23:27,880 --> 00:23:31,119
Speaker 3: specifically in the secondary. But their run defense was always

446
00:23:31,160 --> 00:23:36,120
Speaker 3: so dominant. They had struggles today. Both Blake Corham and

447
00:23:36,200 --> 00:23:39,679
Speaker 3: Kyron Williams dominated today. You know, Richard, I left this

448
00:23:39,800 --> 00:23:42,960
Speaker 3: game thinking, Hey, the LA Rams may just be the

449
00:23:43,000 --> 00:23:45,359
Speaker 3: best team in the NFL. I don't know if I've

450
00:23:45,520 --> 00:23:50,840
Speaker 3: seen personally first hand anyone better offensively than this this season.

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Speaker 3: Maybe that's them. I Detroit's got a lot to clean up.

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00:23:54,840 --> 00:23:58,480
Speaker 3: They still have an opportunity to get into the playoffs

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Speaker 3: and get another opportunity against them, but they're gonna have

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Speaker 3: to win out.

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Speaker 2: Bottom line.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, this but this is the division game. And one

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Speaker 1: thing that's that was pretty consistent throughout the season for

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Speaker 1: the La Rams was their defense. They were arguably statistically

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Speaker 1: one of the top defenses, top four to five defenses

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Speaker 1: in the National Football League throughout the season and you

461
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Speaker 1: look up now they give up thirty four points. This

462
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Speaker 1: defense for the Rams had been playing really well. They

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Speaker 1: only gave up seventeen to the Cardinals. But you look

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Speaker 1: at that Carolina Panthers game where they gave up thirty

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Speaker 1: one points in the loss in Carolina. They're showing some

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Speaker 1: vulnerabilities that they didn't show earlier in the season. And

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Speaker 1: they give up thirty four to the Detroit Lions or

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Speaker 1: the Seattle Seahawks and Jackson Smith and jig. But going

469
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Speaker 1: to be able to expose those same inconsistencies in this defense,

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Speaker 1: I'm going to have two receivers go for over one

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Speaker 1: hundred and thirty yards in the game shows that there

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Speaker 1: are some holes in this defense and the Rams only

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Speaker 1: only being able to uh only being able to sack

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Speaker 1: Jared Golf one time once in the game. This has

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Speaker 1: been a defensive line that has gotten a lot of

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Speaker 1: acclaim and a lot of credit during the season for

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Speaker 1: Kobe Turner, Jared Verse, Uh.

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Speaker 4: What do I always it is? Who's Brandon Fist?

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Speaker 1: Okay, yeah, this defensive line for the l A Rams

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Speaker 3: Richard, there was there was a barn burner. It was

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Speaker 3: time for Drake May to shine. These New England Patriots.

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Speaker 3: We talked about it all year. They were eleven and

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00:29:10,840 --> 00:29:13,680
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539
00:29:13,880 --> 00:29:17,120
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00:29:23,600 --> 00:29:26,840
Speaker 3: for New England. They might not lose until they play

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Speaker 3: the Bills the next game. Well, Richard, they lost, but

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00:29:32,000 --> 00:29:34,760
Speaker 3: that being said, they were very, very good in this game.

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Speaker 3: They lose thirty one to thirty five, the Bills with

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Speaker 3: a huge win.

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Speaker 2: Richard.

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Speaker 3: Let's talk about these Patriots though, because they look good.

549
00:29:43,520 --> 00:29:45,800
Speaker 3: They were in control for the most of this game

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Speaker 3: until Josh Allen took over in that fourth quarter. New

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00:29:50,600 --> 00:29:54,000
Speaker 3: England Are they back? Is it safe to say they

552
00:29:54,000 --> 00:29:57,920
Speaker 3: are back as a franchise? I think it's definitely safe

553
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Speaker 3: to say they're back. I think this was one of

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00:30:01,080 --> 00:30:04,440
Speaker 3: Drake May's worst games. The Bills did a great job

555
00:30:04,480 --> 00:30:09,080
Speaker 3: of keeping Drake May contained, keeping his his his patented

556
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Speaker 3: deep ball and deep passing contained in this game. But

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00:30:12,800 --> 00:30:17,719
Speaker 3: it was your guy, Travion Hendrickson Henderson, Trevion Henderson who

558
00:30:17,840 --> 00:30:22,000
Speaker 3: had a huge game and had multiple explosive runs, fourteen

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Speaker 3: carries for one hundred and forty eight yards and two touchdowns.

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Speaker 3: He was the reason that the Patriots were in control

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Speaker 3: of this game and up twenty one nothing at one

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Speaker 3: point in the game because that's how they were getting done.

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Speaker 1: They were imposing their wheel and then it stopped, and

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Speaker 1: that's that's something that they're gonna have to get get fixed.

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Speaker 1: It looks like the Buffalo Bills found a way to

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Speaker 1: found their mojo, found the answer. It's in the second half.

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Speaker 1: The Buffalo Bills found answers, found ways to stop the

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Speaker 1: New England Patriots, and then they scored twenty eight points

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Speaker 1: in the second half after being down twenty four to

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Speaker 1: seven going into the halftime. You gotta think Josh Allen's

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Speaker 1: to find his hit a way to win. He's gonna

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Speaker 1: find a way to get his But it's when you

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Speaker 1: let James Cook get going is when teams struggle, is

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Speaker 1: when teams have issues, and James Cook got going in

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Speaker 1: a big way in the second half. He had twenty

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Speaker 1: two carries for one hundred and seven yards through touchdowns,

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Speaker 1: had to receive in touchdown. Josh Allen had three touchdown

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Speaker 1: passes in the game and he added in a number

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Speaker 1: of ways. And the defense also stepped up in the

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Speaker 1: second half. They had three sacks interception in the game.

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Speaker 1: They came back from twenty one points down in the

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Speaker 1: game to win. So I don't think this says that

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Speaker 1: the New England Patriots aren't who we think they are.

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Speaker 1: I think they are, But this says that the Buffalo

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Speaker 1: Bills aren't going quietly into the night. And you gotta

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Speaker 1: respect that this is a team that's been to AFC Championships.

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Speaker 1: They got an MVP candidate that quarterback. You don't expect

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Speaker 1: them to not be competitive in a division that they've

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Speaker 1: won the past I think five years. But I still

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Speaker 1: think the New England Patriots find a way to win

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Speaker 1: this division, end up getting the two seed and in

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Speaker 1: the playoffs. Anything can happen. This has been a chaotic

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Speaker 1: year on a number of fronts. You don't know who's

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Speaker 1: gonna win and where they're gonna win. You don't know

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Speaker 1: what's gonna happen. Anybody that thinks they're gonna predict what's

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00:32:09,560 --> 00:32:12,720
Speaker 1: gonna happen in these playoffs is fooled. We have I

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Speaker 1: think they have four of the top five quarterbacks maybe

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Speaker 1: someone would say five at the top five quarterbacks in

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Speaker 1: the National Football League on the AFC side, and it

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Speaker 1: looks like three or four of them, maybe five of

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Speaker 1: them are gonna miss the playoffs outside of Josh Allen.

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Speaker 1: That Joe Burrow won't be there. It looks like Lamar

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Speaker 1: is fighting for his life. It looks like they'll they'll

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Speaker 1: be there, Josh Allen will be there, but Mahomes for

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Speaker 1: the first time in a long time, won't be in

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Speaker 1: the playoffs. So it's you look up and you're like, hey,

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Speaker 1: the AFC's wide open. The NFC's wide open. It's gonna

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Speaker 1: be a fun playoff is totally different. We've not had

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Speaker 1: this moment in six, seven, eight years. I mean, it

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Speaker 1: seems like the same team's repetitively have been in it.

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Speaker 1: And now we see it with these New England Patriots

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Speaker 1: having an opportunity under Drake May you know, Richard, they

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Speaker 1: were down. I mean, they had the they had this

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Speaker 1: game in hand. Let's be real as.

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Speaker 3: A viewer, the Buffalo Bills were down and out and

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Speaker 3: credit to Josh Allen taking over this game. Relying on

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Speaker 3: James Cook, I would say the Buffalo Bills have got

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Speaker 3: to be the team to beat in the AFC right now.

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Speaker 3: If they're gonna play this on the road in New England,

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Speaker 3: imagine playoff time because New England I don't know.

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Speaker 2: If they're ready for it.

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Speaker 3: I mean today's game, it might be indicative of how

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Speaker 3: the rest of the season is gonna unfold. Let's talk

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Speaker 3: about the Denver Broncos. Another huge game playing the green

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Speaker 3: Bay Packers. Denver Broncos, what are they number one in

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Speaker 3: the AFC right now? Twelve and two hosting the green

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Speaker 3: Bay Packers on the road, and green Bay had this game,

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Speaker 3: I would say relatively in hand up double digits going

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Speaker 3: into that third quarter, and then we see the injuries

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Speaker 2: I don't know what it is. And then you see

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Speaker 2: Micah Parks.

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Speaker 3: Parsons came up lame on a pass rush there, non

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Speaker 3: contact knee injury, and ultimately the Denver Broncos coming up

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00:34:17,520 --> 00:34:23,800
Speaker 3: with a huge win. Richard bow Knicks four touchdown passes today.

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Speaker 3: I mean, you gotta love to see it against a

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Speaker 3: great Green Bay defense. Your thoughts on this Denver Broncos team, Well,

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00:34:32,320 --> 00:34:35,480
Speaker 3: this is bow Knick's best game of his career. I

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Speaker 3: believe four touchdown passes.

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Speaker 1: He was twenty three or thirty four, three D and

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Speaker 1: two yards and he just was doing it in a

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00:34:42,160 --> 00:34:44,640
Speaker 1: number of ways. We talked about his accuracy, and we

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Speaker 1: watched him play live against the Raiders and he struggled

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00:34:47,400 --> 00:34:50,480
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645
00:34:51,680 --> 00:34:54,719
Speaker 1: maybe he's the the issue for this team, a team

646
00:34:54,760 --> 00:34:57,239
Speaker 1: that you think could be potential Super Bowl contenders, Like,

647
00:34:57,320 --> 00:34:59,359
Speaker 1: maybe he'll be the thing that holds him back because

648
00:34:59,360 --> 00:35:03,279
Speaker 1: they haven't defense, really good corners, one of the best

649
00:35:03,280 --> 00:35:05,600
Speaker 1: corners in the best going in the National Football League,

650
00:35:05,600 --> 00:35:08,880
Speaker 1: and Patrick's certain in an underrated corner in Riley Moss

651
00:35:08,920 --> 00:35:11,520
Speaker 1: that that gets really I mean, I think he gets.

652
00:35:12,000 --> 00:35:13,880
Speaker 1: I think there's a lot of bias working against him

653
00:35:13,960 --> 00:35:16,200
Speaker 1: right now. He gets a lot of unfair pass interference

654
00:35:16,280 --> 00:35:20,160
Speaker 1: calls in another one today. But they have an incredible

655
00:35:20,200 --> 00:35:24,240
Speaker 1: pass rush and Cooper and Bonito, really good good interior

656
00:35:24,280 --> 00:35:28,880
Speaker 1: defensive lineman, good good linebacker play. So they're a complete defense,

657
00:35:28,920 --> 00:35:31,640
Speaker 1: that's gonna give a lot of teams trouble, especially in

658
00:35:31,680 --> 00:35:34,640
Speaker 1: the AFC in the playoffs, and you expected that. But

659
00:35:35,239 --> 00:35:38,360
Speaker 1: on offense, if they play like this, if Courtland Sutton

660
00:35:38,400 --> 00:35:40,600
Speaker 1: plays like he did in this game, if Troy Franklin

661
00:35:40,600 --> 00:35:42,960
Speaker 1: plays like this like he did in this game, if

662
00:35:42,960 --> 00:35:45,319
Speaker 1: low Jordan Humphries plays like he did in this game.

663
00:35:45,360 --> 00:35:47,480
Speaker 1: Mams was banged up a little bit but came through

664
00:35:47,480 --> 00:35:49,640
Speaker 1: in the clutch when they needed him, They're gonna be

665
00:35:49,680 --> 00:35:52,719
Speaker 1: a tough team to beat. RJ. Harvey nineteen carries for

666
00:35:52,760 --> 00:35:55,600
Speaker 1: sixty five yards. They were able to control do enough

667
00:35:55,920 --> 00:35:59,240
Speaker 1: on the ground to make to keep Green Bay honest.

668
00:35:59,440 --> 00:36:02,920
Speaker 1: But they made a lot of big plays down the field.

669
00:36:03,640 --> 00:36:05,560
Speaker 1: There were a lot of plays where bow Knicks trusted

670
00:36:05,560 --> 00:36:08,040
Speaker 1: his arm, put the Gavis receivers a chance, and they

671
00:36:08,040 --> 00:36:12,520
Speaker 1: made plays against this really good Packers defense. And the

672
00:36:12,560 --> 00:36:15,359
Speaker 1: pass rush was getting there, Micah Parsons, they were they

673
00:36:15,400 --> 00:36:17,840
Speaker 1: were getting there. They were putting pressure on bow Knicks

674
00:36:17,840 --> 00:36:20,400
Speaker 1: and he was finding a way to avoid the sacks

675
00:36:20,400 --> 00:36:22,640
Speaker 1: and extend plays with his legs and that was huge.

676
00:36:22,840 --> 00:36:26,120
Speaker 1: But his accuracy was the was the tail on this game.

677
00:36:26,160 --> 00:36:28,080
Speaker 1: And if he plays like that in the playoffs, They're

678
00:36:28,080 --> 00:36:31,120
Speaker 1: gonna be a really tough team to beat. They're the

679
00:36:31,239 --> 00:36:33,399
Speaker 1: number one seed right now for a reason, and they

680
00:36:33,440 --> 00:36:35,839
Speaker 1: earned it. This was the kind of game, statement game

681
00:36:35,960 --> 00:36:39,040
Speaker 1: that you need as to build your confidence going into

682
00:36:39,080 --> 00:36:41,320
Speaker 1: the playoffs, and that's what they did for the Packers.

683
00:36:41,520 --> 00:36:44,719
Speaker 1: On the other side, it's concerned. It's concerned on a

684
00:36:44,840 --> 00:36:49,720
Speaker 1: number of fronts because Jordan Love your your your franchise quarterback,

685
00:36:49,760 --> 00:36:52,480
Speaker 1: who you believe in, who you think struggled down the stretch.

686
00:36:52,480 --> 00:36:56,640
Speaker 1: He was looked really good early on in command pushing

687
00:36:56,640 --> 00:36:59,359
Speaker 1: the ball down the field. Then Christian Watson gets hurt,

688
00:36:59,400 --> 00:37:02,439
Speaker 1: and again just like last season, they get hurt, these

689
00:37:02,440 --> 00:37:04,879
Speaker 1: receivers start to go down. You don't know who you're

690
00:37:04,920 --> 00:37:07,920
Speaker 1: gonna have out there safety blanket. Tucker Craft out for

691
00:37:08,000 --> 00:37:11,279
Speaker 1: the season. Now, you don't know where that's gonna where

692
00:37:11,280 --> 00:37:14,239
Speaker 1: his safety blanket and the consistency is gonna come from

693
00:37:14,520 --> 00:37:17,000
Speaker 1: down the stretch. How long is Christian Watson out? The

694
00:37:17,040 --> 00:37:20,280
Speaker 1: offense looks totally different when Christian Watson's in the lineup

695
00:37:20,320 --> 00:37:22,480
Speaker 1: versus when he's out of the lineup, and it looks

696
00:37:22,520 --> 00:37:25,560
Speaker 1: like he had a maybe a collar bone or ac

697
00:37:25,800 --> 00:37:28,400
Speaker 1: joint injury. He got injured on a deep post to

698
00:37:28,440 --> 00:37:32,239
Speaker 1: Patrick curtain that was intercepted on Patrick shirtan that was intercepted.

699
00:37:32,480 --> 00:37:34,719
Speaker 1: And you hope he's he's healthy, But if you lose

700
00:37:34,800 --> 00:37:38,880
Speaker 1: Christian Watson, and you lose Micah Parsons, who has really

701
00:37:39,239 --> 00:37:42,200
Speaker 1: turned this defense into to a lot of what they've been.

702
00:37:42,280 --> 00:37:45,800
Speaker 1: They were really good before. Let's not that an eyelash

703
00:37:45,840 --> 00:37:47,480
Speaker 1: at that. Let's not lose sight of that. They were

704
00:37:47,480 --> 00:37:51,160
Speaker 1: a really good defense without him, but he takes them

705
00:37:51,160 --> 00:37:53,359
Speaker 1: to another level, obviously, and they paid him a lot

706
00:37:53,440 --> 00:37:55,280
Speaker 1: of money and they use a lot of draft capital

707
00:37:55,320 --> 00:37:58,280
Speaker 1: to get him. So if they lose him for the playoffs,

708
00:37:58,280 --> 00:38:01,000
Speaker 1: that would be devastating. And if it's you know, you

709
00:38:01,080 --> 00:38:03,239
Speaker 1: hope it's not Aco or anything like that, but it

710
00:38:03,480 --> 00:38:07,279
Speaker 1: non contact injuries usually aren't great, and if they lose

711
00:38:07,320 --> 00:38:09,279
Speaker 1: him for an extended amount of time, that's going to

712
00:38:09,320 --> 00:38:12,320
Speaker 1: be devastating for this team's chances in the playoffs in

713
00:38:12,600 --> 00:38:13,400
Speaker 1: long term.

714
00:38:13,600 --> 00:38:16,120
Speaker 3: Well, Richard, I hate to be the one to report this,

715
00:38:16,239 --> 00:38:20,240
Speaker 3: but according to Adam Schefter, it is a torn torn

716
00:38:20,320 --> 00:38:26,640
Speaker 3: acl for Micah Parsons. He's done for the year. Richard,

717
00:38:26,680 --> 00:38:30,080
Speaker 3: this is a huge deal for the Packers. We hate

718
00:38:30,080 --> 00:38:32,839
Speaker 3: to see these type of injuries go on. But in

719
00:38:32,880 --> 00:38:36,479
Speaker 3: your opinion, like, how does this impact the Green Bay

720
00:38:36,719 --> 00:38:40,640
Speaker 3: Packers the rest of the season. I mean, we had

721
00:38:40,640 --> 00:38:44,640
Speaker 3: to view them as somewhat super Bowl hopeful, so at least,

722
00:38:44,800 --> 00:38:50,360
Speaker 3: I mean, they've been relatively dominant, especially defensively this season.

723
00:38:50,800 --> 00:38:53,160
Speaker 3: I know there were question marks with Jordan Love, but

724
00:38:53,360 --> 00:38:58,520
Speaker 3: defensively this team was anchored by a guy like Micah Parsons.

725
00:38:58,560 --> 00:39:00,719
Speaker 3: With him out of the lineup, what do you think

726
00:39:00,760 --> 00:39:02,360
Speaker 3: their hopes are the rest of the season.

727
00:39:03,880 --> 00:39:06,480
Speaker 1: I don't know, because we just don't know what they

728
00:39:06,520 --> 00:39:08,880
Speaker 1: look like really without in this season. We know what

729
00:39:08,920 --> 00:39:11,759
Speaker 1: they looked like last season. They were able to still

730
00:39:11,760 --> 00:39:14,840
Speaker 1: get things done, still generate pressure, but it's gonna be different.

731
00:39:15,880 --> 00:39:18,759
Speaker 1: Two of their most dynamic players and Christian Watson and

732
00:39:19,760 --> 00:39:23,560
Speaker 1: Michaeh Parsons are out. That changes this team and it's

733
00:39:23,600 --> 00:39:26,840
Speaker 1: going the Bears are now leading this division. After you

734
00:39:26,920 --> 00:39:29,080
Speaker 1: lose this game and you gotta play them next week,

735
00:39:29,280 --> 00:39:31,239
Speaker 1: and now you got to play the Bears again, and

736
00:39:31,520 --> 00:39:34,239
Speaker 1: they're gonna be feeling good. Obviously they lost the last game,

737
00:39:34,520 --> 00:39:37,279
Speaker 1: but there was a play there where you look and

738
00:39:37,320 --> 00:39:39,799
Speaker 1: you say, hey, man, if he hits dj More. Maybe

739
00:39:39,840 --> 00:39:41,719
Speaker 1: they win that game, and think about how bad of

740
00:39:41,719 --> 00:39:43,760
Speaker 1: a situation that would be for the Green Bay Packers

741
00:39:43,840 --> 00:39:46,440
Speaker 1: that they also lost that game. So they're gonna be

742
00:39:46,440 --> 00:39:50,560
Speaker 1: fighting for their playoff lives. And with all the expectations

743
00:39:50,640 --> 00:39:53,520
Speaker 1: going into the season, with all the expectations and everything

744
00:39:53,560 --> 00:39:57,560
Speaker 1: they did, acquiring Michaeh Parsons, you know, paying Jordan Love

745
00:39:57,640 --> 00:39:59,920
Speaker 1: and all the hope that you had going into the season,

746
00:40:00,160 --> 00:40:04,440
Speaker 1: to miss the playoffs would be really devastating for a

747
00:40:04,480 --> 00:40:09,520
Speaker 1: team with Super Bowl aspirations coming in. In Super Bowl myself,

748
00:40:09,560 --> 00:40:11,920
Speaker 1: I was calling them super Bowl contender because of what

749
00:40:12,000 --> 00:40:14,799
Speaker 1: they had built and to fall all the way out

750
00:40:14,840 --> 00:40:17,359
Speaker 1: of grace like that would be incredibly devastating. So we

751
00:40:17,440 --> 00:40:20,960
Speaker 1: hope the best for this team, but we're gonna keep

752
00:40:20,960 --> 00:40:24,440
Speaker 1: an eye on it, because you go from the Darlings

753
00:40:24,440 --> 00:40:26,880
Speaker 1: to the Ducks really fascinatly.

754
00:40:26,440 --> 00:40:31,560
Speaker 3: No question about it. Speaking of Darlings to Ducks, we're

755
00:40:31,560 --> 00:40:35,680
Speaker 3: going Cinderella to Ducks. The Kansas City Chiefs are going

756
00:40:35,719 --> 00:40:36,920
Speaker 3: to miss the playoffs.

757
00:40:37,640 --> 00:40:39,440
Speaker 2: Richard. This is unheard of.

758
00:40:40,080 --> 00:40:43,000
Speaker 3: I cannot remember the last time the Kansas City Chiefs

759
00:40:43,040 --> 00:40:44,200
Speaker 3: have missed the playoffs.

760
00:40:44,640 --> 00:40:49,720
Speaker 2: And it comes with some major news. Patrick Malmes tears

761
00:40:49,800 --> 00:40:54,040
Speaker 2: his ACL today. That is gut wrenching to this franchise,

762
00:40:54,760 --> 00:40:58,720
Speaker 2: Kansas City. If you want to make a bad season

763
00:40:58,920 --> 00:41:03,880
Speaker 2: worse of your starting quarterback, terror's ACL, Richard. This is

764
00:41:04,280 --> 00:41:07,360
Speaker 2: big time for the Kansas City Chiefs now six and

765
00:41:07,440 --> 00:41:11,480
Speaker 2: eight missing the playoffs. Your thoughts, first off, before we

766
00:41:11,560 --> 00:41:14,919
Speaker 2: get into the game, let's talk about the overarching picture here.

767
00:41:15,360 --> 00:41:19,320
Speaker 2: Patrick Mahomes ACL injury. Your thoughts on how this affects

768
00:41:19,360 --> 00:41:20,400
Speaker 2: this team going forward?

769
00:41:22,120 --> 00:41:24,520
Speaker 1: Well, first off, I mean it's a devastating injury.

770
00:41:24,880 --> 00:41:25,000
Speaker 4: Uh.

771
00:41:25,360 --> 00:41:27,920
Speaker 1: And and you want to tip your cap off to

772
00:41:28,000 --> 00:41:31,239
Speaker 1: the consistency that the Kansas City Chiefs have shown over

773
00:41:31,239 --> 00:41:34,800
Speaker 1: the years, eleven straight years, eleven straight seasons, uh, making

774
00:41:34,840 --> 00:41:37,520
Speaker 1: the playoffs. Patrick Mahomes had never seen a season where

775
00:41:37,520 --> 00:41:39,600
Speaker 1: he didn't make the playoffs. And and you hate to

776
00:41:39,640 --> 00:41:44,200
Speaker 1: see it happen in such devastating fashion with him hurting

777
00:41:44,239 --> 00:41:47,359
Speaker 1: his ACL and tearing his ACL, which which a lot

778
00:41:47,360 --> 00:41:50,040
Speaker 1: of times means he's gonna miss time going into next season.

779
00:41:50,040 --> 00:41:52,400
Speaker 1: We're in we're into December right now. You tear your

780
00:41:52,400 --> 00:41:55,279
Speaker 1: ACL in December, it means you probably missed the start

781
00:41:55,280 --> 00:41:57,000
Speaker 1: of next season, which you hate to see for one

782
00:41:57,000 --> 00:41:59,399
Speaker 1: of the best players in the National Football League really

783
00:41:59,440 --> 00:42:01,440
Speaker 1: has been the fake to the National Football League for

784
00:42:01,440 --> 00:42:03,919
Speaker 1: the last few years, I mean since Tom was going.

785
00:42:04,080 --> 00:42:06,840
Speaker 1: You know, there's a lot of conversations about who Patrick

786
00:42:06,880 --> 00:42:10,000
Speaker 1: Mahomes is in terms of the league and the greatness

787
00:42:10,000 --> 00:42:13,439
Speaker 1: of this league. But you really hate, hate to see

788
00:42:13,440 --> 00:42:16,959
Speaker 1: it for this team. You you you know what's gonna

789
00:42:16,960 --> 00:42:20,200
Speaker 1: happen eventually. You know a team actually is gonna eventually

790
00:42:20,239 --> 00:42:23,040
Speaker 1: miss the playoffs. For a lot of teams, it's a

791
00:42:23,120 --> 00:42:25,120
Speaker 1: yearly conversation a team, the teams that go to the

792
00:42:25,120 --> 00:42:27,600
Speaker 1: Super Bowl. You you talk about Super Bowl hangover. Are

793
00:42:27,600 --> 00:42:29,880
Speaker 1: they gonna have to hangover? Are they gonna miss the playoffs?

794
00:42:29,960 --> 00:42:31,880
Speaker 1: And for five the last six years, they have not

795
00:42:32,040 --> 00:42:34,440
Speaker 1: had a hangover. They've been in the AFC Championship Games

796
00:42:34,719 --> 00:42:38,759
Speaker 1: seven years straight. So it's a testament to the team,

797
00:42:38,960 --> 00:42:43,480
Speaker 1: their their focused, their concentration, and wherewithal their dedication to

798
00:42:43,520 --> 00:42:44,960
Speaker 1: their craft. So you want to give them all the

799
00:42:44,960 --> 00:42:48,680
Speaker 1: credit in the world, but in this game, in this division,

800
00:42:48,920 --> 00:42:50,880
Speaker 1: you also want to get the Chargers a lot of credit.

801
00:42:50,920 --> 00:42:53,239
Speaker 1: They're ten and four now and they've they've dealt with

802
00:42:53,320 --> 00:42:56,480
Speaker 1: devastating injury after devastating injury throughout the season. You lose

803
00:42:56,520 --> 00:42:58,879
Speaker 1: both of your tackles. You lose Joe aut who's been

804
00:42:58,880 --> 00:43:01,759
Speaker 1: fantastic in this league. You lose with Shaun Slater. I

805
00:43:01,760 --> 00:43:05,319
Speaker 1: believe in training camp and for them to fight and

806
00:43:05,320 --> 00:43:08,400
Speaker 1: and call and scratch to a ten and four season

807
00:43:09,480 --> 00:43:12,040
Speaker 1: is incredible. And it's a testament to Jim Harball and

808
00:43:12,080 --> 00:43:14,680
Speaker 1: their coaching staff and everything they put together over there.

809
00:43:15,719 --> 00:43:18,359
Speaker 1: And a really in a in a division that's been

810
00:43:18,400 --> 00:43:21,920
Speaker 1: dominated by by the Kansas City Chiefs, and in a

811
00:43:22,040 --> 00:43:25,239
Speaker 1: year in any other year you'd be talking about, hey man,

812
00:43:25,280 --> 00:43:27,800
Speaker 1: they're they're fighting to win this division. But of course

813
00:43:27,960 --> 00:43:30,640
Speaker 1: it's in a year where the Denver Broncos are really

814
00:43:30,680 --> 00:43:35,160
Speaker 1: just handling business, uh and doing everything they can, winners

815
00:43:35,200 --> 00:43:39,239
Speaker 1: of eleven straight. So the AFC West is really an

816
00:43:39,280 --> 00:43:43,360
Speaker 1: incredible division right now, and outside of the the Raiders

817
00:43:43,400 --> 00:43:46,479
Speaker 1: and what they're dealing with. Hopefully my guy Pete Carroll

818
00:43:46,480 --> 00:43:47,400
Speaker 1: gets that turned around.

819
00:43:47,600 --> 00:43:49,839
Speaker 3: I mean, how big of a threat do you view

820
00:43:49,960 --> 00:43:53,520
Speaker 3: this LA Chargers team as in the AFC.

821
00:43:54,719 --> 00:43:57,200
Speaker 1: It's all up in the air right now. Everything is

822
00:43:57,239 --> 00:43:59,640
Speaker 1: up in the air. Everybody's a threat. Everybody can win

823
00:43:59,640 --> 00:44:02,520
Speaker 1: everybody can beat everybody, because that's what it's been this season.

824
00:44:03,440 --> 00:44:06,680
Speaker 1: The teams that I'm most if I'm going into the playoffs,

825
00:44:06,719 --> 00:44:10,040
Speaker 1: that I'm most nervous to run into are the Denver

826
00:44:10,080 --> 00:44:13,080
Speaker 1: Broncos in the Houston Texans because if you have those

827
00:44:13,120 --> 00:44:16,840
Speaker 1: pass rushers, defense wins championships, and those guys can disrupt

828
00:44:16,880 --> 00:44:19,120
Speaker 1: and ruin a game plan in a in a in

829
00:44:19,200 --> 00:44:22,800
Speaker 1: a split second. Daniel Hunter and Will Anderson and Cooper

830
00:44:22,840 --> 00:44:26,319
Speaker 1: and Benito, guys like that are are the are the

831
00:44:26,440 --> 00:44:29,600
Speaker 1: nightmare fuel for a lot of these offenses. So I expect,

832
00:44:29,840 --> 00:44:32,759
Speaker 1: you know, these teams to factor in. But I think

833
00:44:32,760 --> 00:44:35,400
Speaker 1: the Chargers are are a really great story. Their defense

834
00:44:35,480 --> 00:44:37,440
Speaker 1: is playing well down stretch. They have five sacks of

835
00:44:37,480 --> 00:44:40,319
Speaker 1: Patrick Mahomes in this game, the guy they traded for

836
00:44:40,840 --> 00:44:43,520
Speaker 1: midway through the season. Oh way, two sacks in the game.

837
00:44:43,719 --> 00:44:45,920
Speaker 1: Chargers got two interceptions in a game won by their

838
00:44:45,920 --> 00:44:49,520
Speaker 1: superstar safety Derwin James, and they're they're peaking at the

839
00:44:49,560 --> 00:44:51,960
Speaker 1: right time. I think their defense is playing well at

840
00:44:52,000 --> 00:44:54,239
Speaker 1: the right time. So there's a lot of things going

841
00:44:54,280 --> 00:44:56,560
Speaker 1: well for this team. You just never know what you're

842
00:44:56,600 --> 00:44:59,640
Speaker 1: gonna get this playoff season. Again, We're sorry to hear

843
00:44:59,680 --> 00:45:02,120
Speaker 1: about Patrick Mahons and his injury. You hate to hear

844
00:45:02,160 --> 00:45:04,960
Speaker 1: about any injury news in the National Football League, especially

845
00:45:05,040 --> 00:45:07,799
Speaker 1: to the best player, one of the best players in

846
00:45:07,920 --> 00:45:10,280
Speaker 1: this game today, one of the faces of the franchise,

847
00:45:10,320 --> 00:45:12,480
Speaker 1: one of the faces of the National Football League. We

848
00:45:12,560 --> 00:45:17,399
Speaker 1: wish him quick healing, uh and and and everything that

849
00:45:17,480 --> 00:45:20,480
Speaker 1: means hopefully as a quick surgery and everything goes according

850
00:45:20,520 --> 00:45:24,440
Speaker 1: to plan. This was a This was a physical game,

851
00:45:24,640 --> 00:45:29,280
Speaker 1: and you could tell by by Jeffer Tony Jefferson getting

852
00:45:29,280 --> 00:45:31,480
Speaker 1: ejected in the game for for a bang bang play

853
00:45:31,560 --> 00:45:35,680
Speaker 1: that I thought, uh I, I hate the narrative around

854
00:45:35,760 --> 00:45:38,239
Speaker 1: the game sometimes, I really do. I get frustrated with

855
00:45:38,280 --> 00:45:41,239
Speaker 1: the narrative. Every physical hit is is dirty or every

856
00:45:41,239 --> 00:45:43,600
Speaker 1: physical hit is oh man, he should have done this,

857
00:45:43,680 --> 00:45:46,440
Speaker 1: he should have done this. It's hard for anybody that

858
00:45:46,560 --> 00:45:48,800
Speaker 1: hasn't played in the National Football League and in secondary

859
00:45:48,880 --> 00:45:50,760
Speaker 1: not even just play in the National Football League, because

860
00:45:50,920 --> 00:45:54,239
Speaker 1: I would argue that offensive defensive lineman it'd be hard

861
00:45:54,239 --> 00:45:56,719
Speaker 1: for them too, are well, offensive lineman, because you see

862
00:45:56,719 --> 00:45:58,560
Speaker 1: a lot offensive line talk about it and they're like,

863
00:45:58,560 --> 00:46:00,400
Speaker 1: oh man, they shouldn't have done that. That was that

864
00:46:00,520 --> 00:46:03,279
Speaker 1: was this Hey it's bang bang out there. It's bang bang.

865
00:46:03,360 --> 00:46:07,680
Speaker 1: I couldn't argue how tough it is to play offensive

866
00:46:07,719 --> 00:46:10,440
Speaker 1: line or defensive blocks. I never played it. I couldn't

867
00:46:10,440 --> 00:46:12,160
Speaker 1: tell you some of the plays and how difficult they

868
00:46:12,200 --> 00:46:14,560
Speaker 1: are to blot somebody or to hand fight, or to

869
00:46:14,640 --> 00:46:17,920
Speaker 1: keep your hand out of somebody's you know, too high up,

870
00:46:18,040 --> 00:46:20,759
Speaker 1: or whatever the case may be. But in a secondary

871
00:46:20,800 --> 00:46:23,120
Speaker 1: I know how fast things happening. I know how quick

872
00:46:23,320 --> 00:46:25,640
Speaker 1: decisions are made. When you see a receiver about to

873
00:46:25,640 --> 00:46:28,600
Speaker 1: catch a back pass and can you aim for a

874
00:46:28,600 --> 00:46:31,040
Speaker 1: spot on his body that you can contact and you

875
00:46:31,080 --> 00:46:34,520
Speaker 1: can hey commit to and run through. And you also

876
00:46:34,680 --> 00:46:37,000
Speaker 1: know how quickly they are. You know whether they brace

877
00:46:37,120 --> 00:46:39,600
Speaker 1: or take us take a staff, or whether they hit

878
00:46:39,640 --> 00:46:42,160
Speaker 1: you with a juke move. You have to put all

879
00:46:42,160 --> 00:46:44,719
Speaker 1: of that into consideration when you're hitting somebody and Tony

880
00:46:44,800 --> 00:46:48,240
Speaker 1: Jefferson and a split second aim for a guy's chest

881
00:46:48,800 --> 00:46:51,719
Speaker 1: that ended up being his helmet, and guys are saying,

882
00:46:51,719 --> 00:46:53,440
Speaker 1: oh man, that was a dirty play. But he hit

883
00:46:54,120 --> 00:46:59,520
Speaker 1: He hit Rashie Rice the same way earlier in the

884
00:46:59,560 --> 00:47:02,680
Speaker 1: game on the slant route, but Rashi Rice didn't brace.

885
00:47:02,880 --> 00:47:05,080
Speaker 1: He didn't brace on the play. That play he just

886
00:47:05,160 --> 00:47:07,520
Speaker 1: was allowed to run straight through him. Rashi Rice stayed

887
00:47:07,600 --> 00:47:11,160
Speaker 1: up took the hit. It was a clean hit, and

888
00:47:11,200 --> 00:47:13,239
Speaker 1: Tony Jefferson hit him in the same way. He led

889
00:47:13,280 --> 00:47:15,840
Speaker 1: with the same part of his body. His head always

890
00:47:15,960 --> 00:47:20,040
Speaker 1: leads his body. It just went across Rashi Rice's face,

891
00:47:20,600 --> 00:47:23,440
Speaker 1: I mean went across his chest and his shoulder went

892
00:47:23,480 --> 00:47:26,239
Speaker 1: through him instead. On this play, when you lower your

893
00:47:26,280 --> 00:47:28,759
Speaker 1: head and lower the target area, the same exact hit

894
00:47:29,320 --> 00:47:31,640
Speaker 1: looks more violent. And they kicked him out of the game,

895
00:47:31,680 --> 00:47:33,239
Speaker 1: and I just don't like it. I don't like the

896
00:47:33,239 --> 00:47:38,239
Speaker 1: call because it's happening too fast. Things are happening too

897
00:47:38,239 --> 00:47:41,439
Speaker 1: fast out there. If he goes low, they're calling him dirty.

898
00:47:41,480 --> 00:47:43,040
Speaker 1: If he hits him in his knee and blows the

899
00:47:43,080 --> 00:47:45,560
Speaker 1: guy's knee out, they're saying, why you hit him in

900
00:47:45,600 --> 00:47:48,640
Speaker 1: his knee, You should have hit him higher. Well, it's

901
00:47:48,640 --> 00:47:51,440
Speaker 1: this much space, it's this much space, and it's moving.

902
00:47:51,640 --> 00:47:53,399
Speaker 1: It can go up, it can go down, and it's

903
00:47:53,440 --> 00:47:56,440
Speaker 1: moving in a split second. And people are judging him

904
00:47:56,440 --> 00:47:58,239
Speaker 1: and like, oh man, he should have done this. Well,

905
00:47:58,280 --> 00:48:01,360
Speaker 1: you couldn't have done it. You've never been in that situation.

906
00:48:01,520 --> 00:48:03,520
Speaker 1: I want you to go outside and I want you

907
00:48:03,600 --> 00:48:05,840
Speaker 1: to take take your kids or your niece or nephew

908
00:48:06,000 --> 00:48:07,960
Speaker 1: and just walk through the movement, and I want you

909
00:48:08,000 --> 00:48:10,360
Speaker 1: to lead and then tell them the duke catch the

910
00:48:10,360 --> 00:48:12,239
Speaker 1: ball real quick. And I want you to try to

911
00:48:12,280 --> 00:48:14,440
Speaker 1: hit them and try to take your head out of it.

912
00:48:14,480 --> 00:48:16,839
Speaker 1: Try to hit them with just your chest, or try

913
00:48:16,880 --> 00:48:18,839
Speaker 1: to hit him with just your shoulder, but don't lead

914
00:48:18,880 --> 00:48:21,239
Speaker 1: with your head. And then see how that works out.

915
00:48:21,280 --> 00:48:23,239
Speaker 1: It's not a realistic thing to do. It's not a

916
00:48:23,239 --> 00:48:26,439
Speaker 1: realistic possibility and it's not a realistic action. But people

917
00:48:26,480 --> 00:48:28,440
Speaker 1: are trying to talk about it online like they know

918
00:48:28,560 --> 00:48:31,239
Speaker 1: something you don't know. This is a violent game and

919
00:48:31,600 --> 00:48:33,440
Speaker 1: these if it's a dirty hit, you can call it

920
00:48:33,480 --> 00:48:34,920
Speaker 1: a dirty hit. But that is not a dirty hit.

921
00:48:34,920 --> 00:48:36,239
Speaker 1: And they shouldn't have kicked him out of the game

922
00:48:36,280 --> 00:48:38,239
Speaker 1: for it. And the football gods know what they're doing.

923
00:48:38,320 --> 00:48:39,200
Speaker 2: No question about it.

924
00:48:39,239 --> 00:48:42,600
Speaker 3: When when he when he was in that moment, you

925
00:48:42,640 --> 00:48:46,040
Speaker 3: could see his his head was already aimed at it,

926
00:48:46,080 --> 00:48:49,920
Speaker 3: at Thornton's chest, And when Thornton ducked his head down,

927
00:48:51,200 --> 00:48:54,520
Speaker 3: his head was already going towards his chest. His had

928
00:48:54,840 --> 00:48:58,279
Speaker 3: Thornton's head just happened to be there. Richard, this is

929
00:48:58,320 --> 00:49:00,880
Speaker 3: one of the things in the game that's always gonna

930
00:49:00,880 --> 00:49:04,440
Speaker 3: be there. It doesn't matter how much we talk about it.

931
00:49:04,440 --> 00:49:06,920
Speaker 3: It is what it is. I do not know how

932
00:49:06,920 --> 00:49:10,760
Speaker 3: a defensive player cleans that up anymore other than playing

933
00:49:10,760 --> 00:49:13,280
Speaker 3: with their head up. Like you just said, there's nothing

934
00:49:13,320 --> 00:49:15,040
Speaker 3: they can do. They're just gonna have to take this

935
00:49:15,160 --> 00:49:16,920
Speaker 3: on the chin and move on to the next game.

936
00:49:17,400 --> 00:49:19,360
Speaker 3: I'm with you. I do not think that was a

937
00:49:19,400 --> 00:49:22,719
Speaker 3: bad play by any means. Let's talk about the next

938
00:49:22,719 --> 00:49:25,480
Speaker 3: game here. Let's talk about the Houston Texans. You've already

939
00:49:25,480 --> 00:49:27,920
Speaker 3: talked about them. I believe they're the hottest team in

940
00:49:27,960 --> 00:49:32,160
Speaker 3: the NFL, let alone the AFC. I think this team

941
00:49:32,280 --> 00:49:34,960
Speaker 3: might be the best team in the NFL. The way

942
00:49:35,000 --> 00:49:38,319
Speaker 3: their defense is playing, Richard, you've been talking about him

943
00:49:38,320 --> 00:49:41,560
Speaker 3: for the last month, month and a half. Their offense

944
00:49:41,600 --> 00:49:45,360
Speaker 3: has been so so. But now that they got CJ.

945
00:49:45,560 --> 00:49:50,040
Speaker 3: Stroud back, I mean, let's talk about these Texans. How

946
00:49:50,080 --> 00:49:52,319
Speaker 3: big of a threat do you think they are in

947
00:49:52,400 --> 00:49:53,520
Speaker 3: the AFC right now?

948
00:49:53,680 --> 00:49:56,280
Speaker 1: They're a huge threat. They've won seven of the last

949
00:49:56,320 --> 00:49:58,640
Speaker 1: eight and the one loss they took was to those

950
00:49:58,719 --> 00:50:01,759
Speaker 1: deep Denver Broncos. In a defensive battle that could have

951
00:50:01,800 --> 00:50:05,080
Speaker 1: went either way. I think this is a team that's

952
00:50:05,160 --> 00:50:08,800
Speaker 1: catching their stride at the right time, and I always

953
00:50:08,800 --> 00:50:11,880
Speaker 1: trust the team with a great defense. CJ. Stroud was

954
00:50:11,920 --> 00:50:15,120
Speaker 1: banged up throughout the season and they found a way

955
00:50:15,160 --> 00:50:18,800
Speaker 1: to continue to win. Davis Mills held down the fort

956
00:50:19,160 --> 00:50:21,239
Speaker 1: but Stroud is starting to find his rhythm. He threw

957
00:50:21,280 --> 00:50:23,640
Speaker 1: for two to sixty and three touchdowns against the Cardinals,

958
00:50:23,719 --> 00:50:27,280
Speaker 1: team that hasn't been great this season, but they're finding

959
00:50:27,320 --> 00:50:28,920
Speaker 1: their stride at the right time. And they play the

960
00:50:29,000 --> 00:50:33,040
Speaker 1: Raiders who haven't been great and look really awful and

961
00:50:33,080 --> 00:50:38,120
Speaker 1: looked awful today versus the Philadelphia Eagles, and you expect

962
00:50:38,160 --> 00:50:40,800
Speaker 1: that they're gonna factor into these playoffs. And I wouldn't

963
00:50:40,840 --> 00:50:43,399
Speaker 1: be surprised to see them in the AFC Championship game

964
00:50:43,440 --> 00:50:45,759
Speaker 1: in a weird year like this, where you don't have

965
00:50:45,840 --> 00:50:47,759
Speaker 1: the top quarterbacks, you don't have the top teams that

966
00:50:47,800 --> 00:50:50,080
Speaker 1: you're used to seeing in these situations, and you'll run

967
00:50:50,120 --> 00:50:52,520
Speaker 1: into a situation where they run into a young team

968
00:50:53,640 --> 00:50:55,400
Speaker 1: and find a way to get a win, find a

969
00:50:55,400 --> 00:50:57,719
Speaker 1: way to make some plays down the stretch and get

970
00:50:57,760 --> 00:50:59,719
Speaker 1: a win. It's gonna be a lot of inexperience in

971
00:50:59,760 --> 00:51:02,320
Speaker 1: a play so you really never know what could happen.

972
00:51:02,400 --> 00:51:05,400
Speaker 1: But the Texans are currently the seventh seed. They've been

973
00:51:05,440 --> 00:51:08,719
Speaker 1: battling their way to start the season on three and

974
00:51:08,800 --> 00:51:12,200
Speaker 1: to get to nine to five with winnable games down

975
00:51:12,200 --> 00:51:15,160
Speaker 1: the stretch where they can play the Raiders, the Chargers

976
00:51:15,160 --> 00:51:21,480
Speaker 1: who've been playing good football. Two ten win teams playing

977
00:51:21,520 --> 00:51:24,040
Speaker 1: when they play the Chargers, the Colts with Philip Rivers

978
00:51:24,080 --> 00:51:26,640
Speaker 1: at their hailm. I feel really good about this team

979
00:51:26,680 --> 00:51:28,600
Speaker 1: going into the playoffs. If they get into the playoffs,

980
00:51:28,600 --> 00:51:30,640
Speaker 1: they're gonna be a tough matchup for somebody. And if

981
00:51:30,640 --> 00:51:33,120
Speaker 1: you say, hey, the New England Patriots are playing the

982
00:51:33,160 --> 00:51:36,400
Speaker 1: Houston Texans in New England, I don't think. I'm not

983
00:51:36,400 --> 00:51:37,560
Speaker 1: sure they feel great about that.

984
00:51:39,200 --> 00:51:39,799
Speaker 2: I'm with you.

985
00:51:39,920 --> 00:51:42,279
Speaker 3: It comes down to defense and bottom line, we've been

986
00:51:42,280 --> 00:51:45,719
Speaker 3: talking about the last handful of weeks. This team, defensively,

987
00:51:46,120 --> 00:51:48,160
Speaker 3: in my mind, is the best team in the NFL.

988
00:51:48,600 --> 00:51:50,920
Speaker 3: You look at this team, you straddle them up against

989
00:51:51,040 --> 00:51:52,719
Speaker 3: one of the best teams in the NFL, put them

990
00:51:52,719 --> 00:51:57,000
Speaker 3: against the La Rams. I believe this team neutralizes that team.

991
00:51:57,560 --> 00:51:58,560
Speaker 2: And CJ.

992
00:51:58,680 --> 00:52:01,359
Speaker 3: Stroud, I mean, he's got a lot to prove his

993
00:52:01,520 --> 00:52:06,080
Speaker 3: sophomore slump last year is resonating in a lot of folks' heads.

994
00:52:06,520 --> 00:52:09,680
Speaker 3: Let's see how he responds this year. Three touchdowns against

995
00:52:09,719 --> 00:52:13,319
Speaker 3: the Cardinals. Maybe he's on the right track, Richard. I

996
00:52:13,480 --> 00:52:16,080
Speaker 3: like the Houston Texans. I believe they are that dark

997
00:52:16,120 --> 00:52:19,200
Speaker 3: horse in the AFC that could take over. We shall

998
00:52:19,239 --> 00:52:23,160
Speaker 3: see that being said, a team that had an abundance

999
00:52:23,160 --> 00:52:26,960
Speaker 3: of opportunity, especially seeing the Tampa Bay Buccaneers lose on

1000
00:52:27,040 --> 00:52:31,360
Speaker 3: Thursday night, Richard, that you were at the Carolina Panthers

1001
00:52:31,400 --> 00:52:34,880
Speaker 3: go on the road to New Orleans and fumble it

1002
00:52:35,520 --> 00:52:39,880
Speaker 3: big time, losing seventeen to twenty against the New Orleans Saints,

1003
00:52:39,920 --> 00:52:43,400
Speaker 3: who have nothing to play for? Richard, who is gonna

1004
00:52:43,440 --> 00:52:46,160
Speaker 3: win the AFC South. Let's be real here, why is

1005
00:52:46,200 --> 00:52:48,040
Speaker 3: this even a division anymore?

1006
00:52:50,480 --> 00:52:52,359
Speaker 2: I mean, what do I end.

1007
00:52:52,280 --> 00:52:55,400
Speaker 1: With that question? Mark don't I don't know. I don't know.

1008
00:52:56,360 --> 00:52:58,000
Speaker 1: You got to give credit to Count Moore in the

1009
00:52:58,040 --> 00:53:01,360
Speaker 1: New Orleans Saints. They're fighting, their battling, they're not giving up,

1010
00:53:01,400 --> 00:53:03,399
Speaker 1: they're not mailing the season in. That's back to back

1011
00:53:03,440 --> 00:53:06,560
Speaker 1: wins for this team in the division, just showing hey,

1012
00:53:06,640 --> 00:53:08,480
Speaker 1: we can win in this division and I think that

1013
00:53:08,480 --> 00:53:11,000
Speaker 1: builds confidence for the future. You can talk about building

1014
00:53:11,040 --> 00:53:14,680
Speaker 1: winning habits and just showing your team that, hey, within

1015
00:53:14,760 --> 00:53:17,759
Speaker 1: this conference, we can do within this division, we can

1016
00:53:17,800 --> 00:53:20,640
Speaker 1: do our job. Tyler Shaw playing another good game is

1017
00:53:20,640 --> 00:53:23,640
Speaker 1: twenty four thirty two two seventy two a touchdown, also

1018
00:53:23,760 --> 00:53:26,880
Speaker 1: doing it with his legs again thirty two rushing yards.

1019
00:53:26,920 --> 00:53:30,120
Speaker 1: Chris o'love. They did his job. They won on a game,

1020
00:53:30,120 --> 00:53:34,280
Speaker 1: winning field goals back to back games. That's confidence building,

1021
00:53:34,560 --> 00:53:39,120
Speaker 1: confidence building. But the Carolina Panthers, in a game where

1022
00:53:39,160 --> 00:53:41,799
Speaker 1: they could have took the division league could have felt

1023
00:53:41,880 --> 00:53:44,719
Speaker 1: really good. Got some help the other day by the

1024
00:53:45,760 --> 00:53:48,400
Speaker 1: in the game where the Tampa Bay Buccaneers lost to

1025
00:53:48,400 --> 00:53:51,160
Speaker 1: the Atlanta Falcons, and Kirk Cousins gives you some help

1026
00:53:51,320 --> 00:53:54,560
Speaker 1: and gives you some breathing room. They failed to capitalize.

1027
00:53:54,560 --> 00:53:56,880
Speaker 1: So they're gonna have to find a way to beat

1028
00:53:57,000 --> 00:53:59,880
Speaker 1: the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in two of the games when

1029
00:53:59,880 --> 00:54:01,440
Speaker 1: they play them. They play them twice in the next

1030
00:54:01,480 --> 00:54:03,239
Speaker 1: three games, and they're gonna have to win both of them.

1031
00:54:03,280 --> 00:54:05,600
Speaker 1: Whoever wins those games is likely gonna go on to

1032
00:54:05,640 --> 00:54:08,239
Speaker 1: win that division. They also have a tough, tough game

1033
00:54:08,239 --> 00:54:11,000
Speaker 1: against the Seattle Seahawks who are fighting for their playoff

1034
00:54:11,080 --> 00:54:13,960
Speaker 1: lives as well. So in a game where you probably

1035
00:54:14,040 --> 00:54:16,600
Speaker 1: should have won, you could have won, and you lost.

1036
00:54:17,360 --> 00:54:21,160
Speaker 1: Oh I know, I know that's frustration. I know that's real,

1037
00:54:21,360 --> 00:54:25,440
Speaker 1: real life frustration. And in NFC South, I don't know.

1038
00:54:25,480 --> 00:54:27,920
Speaker 1: It just seems like it always happens this way down

1039
00:54:27,960 --> 00:54:30,040
Speaker 1: to stretch where the teams that are supposed to win

1040
00:54:30,160 --> 00:54:32,440
Speaker 1: don't win, and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers find a way

1041
00:54:32,480 --> 00:54:35,719
Speaker 1: to sneak off with a division championship at the end

1042
00:54:35,760 --> 00:54:39,360
Speaker 1: of the day and end up in the playoffs and competing.

1043
00:54:41,840 --> 00:54:44,400
Speaker 3: And it was delivered to the Carolina Panthers on a

1044
00:54:44,440 --> 00:54:47,439
Speaker 3: silver platter. Let me deliver you this silver platter here.

1045
00:54:47,760 --> 00:54:50,000
Speaker 2: All you gotta do is beat the New Orleans Saints.

1046
00:54:51,080 --> 00:54:52,480
Speaker 1: Uh no uh.

1047
00:54:53,120 --> 00:54:55,680
Speaker 2: And that's where we're at with this division, so so

1048
00:54:55,800 --> 00:54:56,120
Speaker 2: be it.

1049
00:54:56,960 --> 00:54:59,320
Speaker 3: But you want to talk about a team that's rising

1050
00:54:59,360 --> 00:55:02,680
Speaker 3: to the AKA, let's talk about these Chicago Bears ten

1051
00:55:02,719 --> 00:55:05,799
Speaker 3: and four. Shout out Ben Johnson. As much as I

1052
00:55:05,840 --> 00:55:08,279
Speaker 3: hate to say it, as a Detroit Lions fan, I

1053
00:55:08,320 --> 00:55:11,000
Speaker 3: always knew he'd be a successful coach. I wish it

1054
00:55:11,040 --> 00:55:15,120
Speaker 3: were not in a division that we also subsided. But

1055
00:55:15,200 --> 00:55:18,239
Speaker 3: here we are Chicago Bears ten and four. You see

1056
00:55:18,239 --> 00:55:21,680
Speaker 3: the Green Bay Packers suffer a loss today, Micah powartt

1057
00:55:21,719 --> 00:55:25,759
Speaker 3: Parsons out with the injury, Christian Watson potentially out for

1058
00:55:26,719 --> 00:55:30,640
Speaker 3: we'll see how long. But this Bears team delivers a

1059
00:55:30,680 --> 00:55:33,400
Speaker 3: thirty one to three win over the Cleveland Browns. And

1060
00:55:33,440 --> 00:55:36,600
Speaker 3: I know the Cleveland Browns are not anything to write

1061
00:55:36,600 --> 00:55:38,840
Speaker 3: home about, but the reality is they've been keeping the

1062
00:55:38,920 --> 00:55:42,160
Speaker 3: offenses in check. They did not do so against the

1063
00:55:42,280 --> 00:55:46,640
Speaker 3: Chicago Bears team today. Caleb Williams threw for two hundred

1064
00:55:46,640 --> 00:55:49,160
Speaker 3: and forty two yards, had two touchdowns. I mean, we

1065
00:55:49,239 --> 00:55:51,720
Speaker 3: saw DeAndre Swift run all over the yard for ninety

1066
00:55:51,760 --> 00:55:55,239
Speaker 3: eight yards and two touchdowns. DJ Moore had sixty nine

1067
00:55:55,320 --> 00:55:58,239
Speaker 3: yards and two touchdowns. I mean, let's talk about the

1068
00:55:58,360 --> 00:56:01,359
Speaker 3: Chicago Bears, Richard, as much as I hate to talk

1069
00:56:01,360 --> 00:56:03,640
Speaker 3: about them, Yeah, I mean, right now, they're view them

1070
00:56:03,680 --> 00:56:07,040
Speaker 3: as a you view them as a true threat in

1071
00:56:07,080 --> 00:56:08,120
Speaker 3: this NFC right.

1072
00:56:08,040 --> 00:56:10,800
Speaker 1: Now, I don't know. I don't know. Again, it's a

1073
00:56:10,880 --> 00:56:13,279
Speaker 1: strange year, so you gotta view him as a true,

1074
00:56:13,360 --> 00:56:17,440
Speaker 1: true threat. They're leading the NFC North right now. Obviously,

1075
00:56:17,480 --> 00:56:19,120
Speaker 1: a lot can change between now and the end of

1076
00:56:19,160 --> 00:56:21,800
Speaker 1: the season. But they're finding ways to win. Caleb Williams

1077
00:56:21,800 --> 00:56:24,520
Speaker 1: seventeen to twenty eight, two touchdowns. He did fumble in

1078
00:56:24,560 --> 00:56:26,799
Speaker 1: the game, but this is a dominant win. And again

1079
00:56:26,920 --> 00:56:31,319
Speaker 1: DeAndre Swift and eighteen carries for ninety eight yards from

1080
00:56:31,320 --> 00:56:33,359
Speaker 1: two touchdowns and a couple of those touchdowns he made

1081
00:56:33,400 --> 00:56:35,839
Speaker 1: a lot out of a little bit mental. It looked

1082
00:56:35,840 --> 00:56:38,240
Speaker 1: like he was stopped four or five yards down the field.

1083
00:56:38,239 --> 00:56:40,600
Speaker 1: He made it, broke a tackle, made some plays and

1084
00:56:40,920 --> 00:56:43,520
Speaker 1: got going. Him and Manangai or two of the most

1085
00:56:43,600 --> 00:56:46,120
Speaker 1: dynamic backs in the National Football League, And when they

1086
00:56:46,120 --> 00:56:48,600
Speaker 1: need to, they lean on them and they've been impactful.

1087
00:56:48,719 --> 00:56:53,400
Speaker 1: The defense five sacks, three interceptions in the game. Again,

1088
00:56:53,520 --> 00:56:56,560
Speaker 1: I trust good defenses, and they're getting healthy at the

1089
00:56:56,600 --> 00:56:59,640
Speaker 1: right time. They're getting healthy at the right time. Jalen

1090
00:56:59,719 --> 00:57:02,040
Speaker 1: John comes back in the fold, gets an interception in

1091
00:57:02,080 --> 00:57:07,240
Speaker 1: the game. I get. I think Al Harris is gonna

1092
00:57:07,239 --> 00:57:11,520
Speaker 1: get major consideration to be a defensive coordinator in this league.

1093
00:57:12,120 --> 00:57:15,760
Speaker 1: It just somehow happens that the teams that he's coaching

1094
00:57:16,520 --> 00:57:19,080
Speaker 1: get a lot of turnovers. It happened when he was

1095
00:57:19,120 --> 00:57:22,320
Speaker 1: in Dallas multiple years where they where they were either

1096
00:57:22,440 --> 00:57:25,560
Speaker 1: leading the league or amongst the league leaders in turnovers

1097
00:57:25,600 --> 00:57:29,400
Speaker 1: per game or turnovers. And now with the Chicago Bears,

1098
00:57:29,600 --> 00:57:32,120
Speaker 1: they're leading the league in turnovers, are amongst the lead

1099
00:57:32,480 --> 00:57:37,240
Speaker 1: and turnovers, and every time, every single time that you

1100
00:57:37,320 --> 00:57:39,560
Speaker 1: turn on the tape, they're making plays. Their dbats are

1101
00:57:39,560 --> 00:57:42,680
Speaker 1: making plays. Whether it's whether it's no Sean Wright who

1102
00:57:42,720 --> 00:57:47,000
Speaker 1: had five interceptions, whether it's a guy like Jayla and

1103
00:57:47,120 --> 00:57:51,120
Speaker 1: Johnson or Kevin Byerd who's been really good in this

1104
00:57:51,200 --> 00:57:54,560
Speaker 1: league but having a stellar year with I think six interceptions.

1105
00:57:54,640 --> 00:57:56,959
Speaker 1: Right now, you got to give him credit. He's getting

1106
00:57:56,960 --> 00:58:01,720
Speaker 1: these guys prepared and they're making plays. Williams the fewest

1107
00:58:01,760 --> 00:58:08,479
Speaker 1: interceptions on a thousand passes pass attempts in NFL history.

1108
00:58:08,480 --> 00:58:12,640
Speaker 1: He only has twelve interceptions on a thousand passing attempts,

1109
00:58:12,840 --> 00:58:14,520
Speaker 1: and you got to give them credit for that in

1110
00:58:14,840 --> 00:58:16,960
Speaker 1: a league that's tougher to play in. I mean, I

1111
00:58:16,960 --> 00:58:19,600
Speaker 1: think it's more efficient than ever because the quarterbacks are protected.

1112
00:58:19,760 --> 00:58:21,280
Speaker 1: But you got to give him credit. He's gotten a

1113
00:58:21,360 --> 00:58:24,240
Speaker 1: job done. Ben Johnson has done a great job surrounding

1114
00:58:24,320 --> 00:58:26,680
Speaker 1: him with talent and putting him in a system that

1115
00:58:26,840 --> 00:58:30,080
Speaker 1: showcases his abilities, and he made an incredible pass today

1116
00:58:30,480 --> 00:58:32,640
Speaker 1: to Dj Moore. I mean he threated at the needle

1117
00:58:32,680 --> 00:58:34,280
Speaker 1: on now he had a couple of where you could

1118
00:58:34,320 --> 00:58:36,920
Speaker 1: just scratch your head. You're wondering how he got that

1119
00:58:36,920 --> 00:58:40,560
Speaker 1: that passed through the defenders like he did. But right now,

1120
00:58:40,600 --> 00:58:42,560
Speaker 1: the Bears are doing what they need to do. There's

1121
00:58:42,600 --> 00:58:44,480
Speaker 1: gonna be a lot of change. They're the number two

1122
00:58:44,480 --> 00:58:46,200
Speaker 1: seed right now. Are they gonna end the season on

1123
00:58:46,240 --> 00:58:49,640
Speaker 1: the number two seed? I don't know, because there's so

1124
00:58:50,200 --> 00:58:53,080
Speaker 1: little margin for error between the number seven seed and

1125
00:58:53,160 --> 00:58:55,960
Speaker 1: the number two seed. Every every week it could change

1126
00:58:56,040 --> 00:59:00,160
Speaker 1: one win, one loss here, two losses here, and that

1127
00:59:00,160 --> 00:59:02,800
Speaker 1: that can change. But the Browns, on the other hand,

1128
00:59:02,800 --> 00:59:06,360
Speaker 1: Shador Sanders eighteen or thirty five one to seventy seven

1129
00:59:06,400 --> 00:59:10,760
Speaker 1: and three interceptions. It looks really bad. It looks really bad.

1130
00:59:10,800 --> 00:59:12,600
Speaker 1: But if you watch the game, and I got a

1131
00:59:12,640 --> 00:59:16,520
Speaker 1: chance to watch the game, a number of these passes, uh,

1132
00:59:16,600 --> 00:59:18,360
Speaker 1: you know, one of the interceptions get tipped up in

1133
00:59:18,360 --> 00:59:20,680
Speaker 1: the past, tipped up in the air and he gets intercepted.

1134
00:59:20,720 --> 00:59:23,920
Speaker 1: That happens, just bad luck one of the players. He

1135
00:59:24,000 --> 00:59:26,600
Speaker 1: hits Jerry Judy in the hands in the end zone.

1136
00:59:28,080 --> 00:59:32,280
Speaker 1: It goes through Jerry Judy's arms to Jalen Johnson for

1137
00:59:32,360 --> 00:59:36,880
Speaker 1: an interception in an end zone. And I don't want

1138
00:59:36,880 --> 00:59:38,640
Speaker 1: to be the one to talk about Jerry Judy. I

1139
00:59:38,680 --> 00:59:42,200
Speaker 1: think enough has been said about him. But when you

1140
00:59:42,240 --> 00:59:44,400
Speaker 1: go to the sideline and you fuss out your quarterback,

1141
00:59:44,640 --> 00:59:47,120
Speaker 1: you gotta be a guy. You got to be a guy.

1142
00:59:47,200 --> 00:59:49,120
Speaker 1: You can't You can't be the guy fumbling. You can't

1143
00:59:49,120 --> 00:59:51,160
Speaker 1: be the guy dropping passes. You can't be the guy

1144
00:59:52,000 --> 00:59:54,600
Speaker 1: making mistakes in the game and going there and telling

1145
00:59:54,640 --> 00:59:57,200
Speaker 1: the quarterback what he should be doing, especially a rookie quarterback.

1146
00:59:57,520 --> 01:00:01,280
Speaker 1: If you're that guy, you have to be respected, established

1147
01:00:01,320 --> 01:00:03,720
Speaker 1: veteran who's who's really showing up for him in a

1148
01:00:03,720 --> 01:00:06,480
Speaker 1: big way. You can't be the one with multiple drops

1149
01:00:06,480 --> 01:00:08,480
Speaker 1: in the game. You can't be the one, Hey, he

1150
01:00:08,520 --> 01:00:10,040
Speaker 1: hits you right in the hands and you drop a

1151
01:00:10,080 --> 01:00:13,080
Speaker 1: touchdown pass that ends up leading to an interception. It's

1152
01:00:13,080 --> 01:00:15,120
Speaker 1: hard for a young quarterback to trust a guy where

1153
01:00:15,160 --> 01:00:16,800
Speaker 1: you throw it and it hits him in the hands

1154
01:00:16,800 --> 01:00:19,400
Speaker 1: and it ends up in an interception and your stats suffer.

1155
01:00:19,800 --> 01:00:23,480
Speaker 1: And that's what's happened. That they aren't doing themselves any

1156
01:00:23,560 --> 01:00:28,640
Speaker 1: favors right now. But he's definitely not doing himself any

1157
01:00:28,640 --> 01:00:31,640
Speaker 1: favors right now. And I think early on, I think

1158
01:00:31,680 --> 01:00:35,000
Speaker 1: people people obviously coming out of Alabama had high expectations

1159
01:00:35,000 --> 01:00:37,160
Speaker 1: of Jerry Judy and what he could possibly be in

1160
01:00:37,160 --> 01:00:39,720
Speaker 1: his league because of how dynamic and explosive he is.

1161
01:00:40,000 --> 01:00:41,840
Speaker 1: But he's gonna have to do a lot to change

1162
01:00:41,840 --> 01:00:45,040
Speaker 1: that narrative. Coming from Denver, he got a fresh start

1163
01:00:45,480 --> 01:00:48,800
Speaker 1: with the with the Browns, and I thought he had

1164
01:00:48,840 --> 01:00:50,680
Speaker 1: a really solid season on his first year and his

1165
01:00:50,760 --> 01:00:54,840
Speaker 1: first year, but right now he's struggling. And when a

1166
01:00:54,880 --> 01:00:56,560
Speaker 1: young quarterback and he should have made a play, you

1167
01:00:56,600 --> 01:00:59,200
Speaker 1: can't be the one that's costing him. And I think

1168
01:00:59,240 --> 01:01:01,680
Speaker 1: that's gonna be the story of the game. Obviously, Shadors

1169
01:01:01,960 --> 01:01:05,360
Speaker 1: completion percentage in the three interceptions are gonna look awful

1170
01:01:05,440 --> 01:01:09,080
Speaker 1: you watch the game. They could have done a lot

1171
01:01:09,120 --> 01:01:11,280
Speaker 1: more to help him out and make some plays for him.

1172
01:01:11,920 --> 01:01:14,600
Speaker 1: He has to find a way. Congratulations to Miles Garrett.

1173
01:01:14,600 --> 01:01:16,920
Speaker 1: Getting closer and closer to the record is gonna be

1174
01:01:16,920 --> 01:01:19,080
Speaker 1: big time. I think he's gonna gonna break it this year.

1175
01:01:19,120 --> 01:01:21,640
Speaker 1: And and for a guy who's playing on a defense

1176
01:01:21,680 --> 01:01:23,800
Speaker 1: that doesn't have much to play for continue to play

1177
01:01:23,800 --> 01:01:27,520
Speaker 1: at a high level, continueing to fight. Obviously, I think

1178
01:01:27,560 --> 01:01:29,880
Speaker 1: he's a runaway defensive Player of the Year because of

1179
01:01:29,920 --> 01:01:32,840
Speaker 1: how he's played. You come close to breaking records in

1180
01:01:32,840 --> 01:01:35,240
Speaker 1: this league, usually they give you other rewards, no question

1181
01:01:35,320 --> 01:01:39,840
Speaker 1: about it. But it's just unfortunate the way this game

1182
01:01:39,920 --> 01:01:42,080
Speaker 1: went for Shdoor Sanders in this offense.

1183
01:01:42,520 --> 01:01:43,720
Speaker 2: No question about it. Richard.

1184
01:01:43,720 --> 01:01:45,760
Speaker 3: Before we leave this game, I got a question to

1185
01:01:45,840 --> 01:01:50,040
Speaker 3: posed to you. Is it safe to say, you know,

1186
01:01:50,200 --> 01:01:53,560
Speaker 3: looking at last year's draft class, I guess two years

1187
01:01:53,600 --> 01:01:58,400
Speaker 3: ago with draft class, would you penciling Drake May as

1188
01:01:58,480 --> 01:02:01,360
Speaker 3: the best quarterback out of that draft? Considering you had

1189
01:02:01,480 --> 01:02:05,120
Speaker 3: Jade and Daniels, Caleb Williams and Drake May.

1190
01:02:06,520 --> 01:02:08,800
Speaker 1: No, I wouldn't have pen soiled him, man, But I

1191
01:02:08,840 --> 01:02:11,520
Speaker 1: think a lot of people did have Drake May really

1192
01:02:11,560 --> 01:02:16,200
Speaker 1: scouted as a high level prospect, and a lot of

1193
01:02:16,200 --> 01:02:18,360
Speaker 1: things change year to year. Right now, he's having a

1194
01:02:18,400 --> 01:02:20,840
Speaker 1: fantastic year. He was in the MVP race. He was

1195
01:02:20,840 --> 01:02:24,400
Speaker 1: an MVP favorite at one time or another during this season.

1196
01:02:24,720 --> 01:02:26,959
Speaker 1: But you look at last year and Jayden Daniels taking

1197
01:02:26,960 --> 01:02:29,600
Speaker 1: his team to the NFC Championship game. Every year something

1198
01:02:29,600 --> 01:02:31,760
Speaker 1: different because last year you'd be saying Jayden Daniels the

1199
01:02:31,800 --> 01:02:34,320
Speaker 1: best quarterback in this division this year. You're saying Drake

1200
01:02:34,400 --> 01:02:36,800
Speaker 1: May could potentially be maybe later on down the line.

1201
01:02:36,800 --> 01:02:42,200
Speaker 1: You're talking about Caleb Williams being the top guy in

1202
01:02:42,240 --> 01:02:47,800
Speaker 1: this draft class. So every year is its own adventure, no.

1203
01:02:47,840 --> 01:02:48,480
Speaker 2: Question about it.

1204
01:02:48,520 --> 01:02:51,960
Speaker 3: I mean, Caleb Williams assumed certainly stood his ground, and

1205
01:02:52,000 --> 01:02:56,360
Speaker 3: he is Chicago right at the crest of potentially winning

1206
01:02:56,400 --> 01:03:00,360
Speaker 3: the NFC outright this regular season, Let's talk about the

1207
01:03:00,400 --> 01:03:04,960
Speaker 3: Philadelphia Eagles taking on the Las Vegas Raiders. Nothing to

1208
01:03:05,160 --> 01:03:08,800
Speaker 3: really talk about here, thirty one to nothing. I mean,

1209
01:03:08,920 --> 01:03:12,800
Speaker 3: kudos to Jalen Hurts one hundred and seventy five yards

1210
01:03:12,840 --> 01:03:16,280
Speaker 3: passing three touchdowns. We saw a little bit of say

1211
01:03:16,360 --> 01:03:20,920
Speaker 3: Kwon Bartley, you know, nothing too impressive, twenty two carries,

1212
01:03:21,160 --> 01:03:23,040
Speaker 3: seventy eight yards and a touchdown.

1213
01:03:23,920 --> 01:03:28,480
Speaker 2: Richard. Have the Eagles, I guess I don't even want

1214
01:03:28,520 --> 01:03:28,760
Speaker 2: to say.

1215
01:03:28,760 --> 01:03:30,880
Speaker 3: Have the Eagles found their ground because they played the

1216
01:03:30,960 --> 01:03:35,120
Speaker 3: Las Vegas Raiders. Do you view the Philadelphia Eagles as

1217
01:03:35,120 --> 01:03:37,200
Speaker 3: a true threat in the NFC right now?

1218
01:03:37,520 --> 01:03:39,439
Speaker 1: I don't know. I don't know. I mean, you can't

1219
01:03:39,520 --> 01:03:41,600
Speaker 1: judge battle for how they played the Raiders, their defense

1220
01:03:41,600 --> 01:03:45,040
Speaker 1: shut them out. Jalen Hurts was efficient, threw three touchdowns.

1221
01:03:45,160 --> 01:03:47,840
Speaker 1: Aj Brown got a touchdown in a game. Dallas Goddard

1222
01:03:47,880 --> 01:03:50,560
Speaker 1: had some had a drop, but had two touchdowns in

1223
01:03:50,600 --> 01:03:53,240
Speaker 1: a game. The defense played really well. They had four

1224
01:03:53,360 --> 01:03:56,400
Speaker 1: sacks and interception. But I don't know if this tails

1225
01:03:56,440 --> 01:03:59,120
Speaker 1: you much. We won't know until the playoffs. For a

1226
01:03:59,160 --> 01:04:01,800
Speaker 1: lot of this. They played the Commanders twice. In the

1227
01:04:01,840 --> 01:04:04,320
Speaker 1: next three they played the Buffalo Bills. You know, maybe

1228
01:04:04,360 --> 01:04:07,560
Speaker 1: that'll tell you a little bit, but right now, I

1229
01:04:07,560 --> 01:04:09,640
Speaker 1: don't know. I mean, they're in the NFC eight East,

1230
01:04:09,720 --> 01:04:12,520
Speaker 1: they're the third seed right now. The NFC South is

1231
01:04:12,560 --> 01:04:14,600
Speaker 1: obviously going to be the fourth seed and doesn't look

1232
01:04:14,600 --> 01:04:17,439
Speaker 1: like anybody wants to win that division. So I don't

1233
01:04:17,480 --> 01:04:19,280
Speaker 1: know if we learn a lot until the playoffs.

1234
01:04:19,280 --> 01:04:22,160
Speaker 2: With the Eagles, no question about it.

1235
01:04:22,200 --> 01:04:24,640
Speaker 3: And then we got to move our focus to the

1236
01:04:24,680 --> 01:04:28,200
Speaker 3: AFC North. I mean, this division is up for grabs,

1237
01:04:28,240 --> 01:04:31,800
Speaker 3: and we saw the Baltimore Ravens take care of the

1238
01:04:31,840 --> 01:04:33,360
Speaker 3: Cincinnati Bengals today.

1239
01:04:34,040 --> 01:04:34,360
Speaker 2: Richard.

1240
01:04:34,400 --> 01:04:36,360
Speaker 3: Before we get into this game, we got to talk

1241
01:04:36,360 --> 01:04:39,320
Speaker 3: a little bit Joe Burrow. I mean, I don't know,

1242
01:04:40,160 --> 01:04:44,480
Speaker 3: do you view his future in Cincinnati or do you

1243
01:04:44,520 --> 01:04:45,920
Speaker 3: think it's going to be elsewhere.

1244
01:04:46,800 --> 01:04:49,280
Speaker 1: I don't know. I don't think if he stays in Cincinnati,

1245
01:04:49,320 --> 01:04:51,120
Speaker 1: I don't think his career lasts as long as he

1246
01:04:51,400 --> 01:04:53,400
Speaker 1: as long as people would expect it to. I think

1247
01:04:53,440 --> 01:04:56,920
Speaker 1: you have an Andrew Luck situation where the guy retires

1248
01:04:56,960 --> 01:04:59,600
Speaker 1: early because he's not having fun and his body's breaking

1249
01:04:59,640 --> 01:05:02,720
Speaker 1: down on him and he keeps getting injured. But I think,

1250
01:05:02,920 --> 01:05:05,840
Speaker 1: if you know, the only way to renew his his

1251
01:05:05,840 --> 01:05:09,600
Speaker 1: his love, and he had that that Prescott's conference where

1252
01:05:09,600 --> 01:05:12,400
Speaker 1: he spoke about it, is to give him a fresh

1253
01:05:12,440 --> 01:05:14,440
Speaker 1: start somewhere else. And I know that's gonna suck for

1254
01:05:14,520 --> 01:05:17,600
Speaker 1: Jamar Chase and T Higgins, who he's grown and built

1255
01:05:17,600 --> 01:05:20,600
Speaker 1: the rapport with, but uh, in order for him to

1256
01:05:20,640 --> 01:05:22,840
Speaker 1: have real longevity, he has to he has to go

1257
01:05:22,880 --> 01:05:27,560
Speaker 1: somewhere else. This organization hasn't done a great job protecting him,

1258
01:05:27,600 --> 01:05:29,560
Speaker 1: and I know they've spent draft picks on it and

1259
01:05:29,880 --> 01:05:32,320
Speaker 1: done whatever they've done, but he's been banged up every

1260
01:05:32,360 --> 01:05:35,960
Speaker 1: season for a reason, and and they'll have to do

1261
01:05:36,040 --> 01:05:44,360
Speaker 1: something There's he'll have to do something to to to

1262
01:05:44,360 --> 01:05:48,720
Speaker 1: to to help himself and his mindset be better. Going

1263
01:05:48,760 --> 01:05:51,680
Speaker 1: down a stretch. But the Ravens this is a huge

1264
01:05:51,720 --> 01:05:54,840
Speaker 1: win for them. Lamar Jackson only completed eight eight passes

1265
01:05:54,840 --> 01:05:57,920
Speaker 1: for twelve yards for one hundred and fifty yards two touchdowns.

1266
01:05:57,920 --> 01:06:01,800
Speaker 1: Derrick Henry fourth player in NFL history to record three

1267
01:06:01,880 --> 01:06:04,160
Speaker 1: thousand rush yards in the first two seasons with a

1268
01:06:04,160 --> 01:06:07,160
Speaker 1: new team, so congratulations to him having another phenomenal season.

1269
01:06:07,920 --> 01:06:10,120
Speaker 1: It looks like they're gonna find a way to win

1270
01:06:10,200 --> 01:06:14,320
Speaker 1: the AFC North. And you know Lamar in the playoffs,

1271
01:06:15,040 --> 01:06:17,440
Speaker 1: he's a dynamic player. And their defense, if they're playing

1272
01:06:17,480 --> 01:06:20,160
Speaker 1: well down the stretch, they're gonna be a dangerous team.

1273
01:06:21,120 --> 01:06:24,640
Speaker 2: Richard, You're gonna make some Pittsburgh Steelers fans real mad

1274
01:06:24,760 --> 01:06:26,960
Speaker 2: with that proclamation. But I think you're right.

1275
01:06:27,040 --> 01:06:29,640
Speaker 3: The Baltimore Ravens at the end of the day are

1276
01:06:29,640 --> 01:06:33,480
Speaker 3: probably gonna rise at the top of this AFC North Division.

1277
01:06:33,640 --> 01:06:37,080
Speaker 3: I guess we shall see that being said, Joe Burrow said,

1278
01:06:37,760 --> 01:06:40,480
Speaker 3: I guess, being a team guy, there's no team in

1279
01:06:40,520 --> 01:06:42,920
Speaker 3: the NFL that would have won today. If I was

1280
01:06:43,000 --> 01:06:46,640
Speaker 3: a quarterback, I would beg to get different with you there,

1281
01:06:46,720 --> 01:06:51,520
Speaker 3: Joe Burrow. I think the the New York Jets would

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Speaker 3: probably have loved to have you speaking of that team version.

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Speaker 3: I don't want to talk about it too much, but

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Speaker 3: I gotta ask you you have not loved Trevor Lawren

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Speaker 3: and his game too much, but he showed up today

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01:07:04,440 --> 01:07:08,840
Speaker 3: and these jaguarres have seemed to rise to a new level.

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Speaker 3: Do you view the Jaguars at any level of threat

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Speaker 3: in the AFC?

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Speaker 1: I heard he threw five touchdown passes against the Jets,

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Speaker 1: so congrats to him. I think I think their defense

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Speaker 1: creates enough turnovers that they can They'll give him a chance,

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Speaker 1: but I don't know. I don't know if the Jags

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Speaker 1: will be competitive. We'll see. They might get a favorable

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Speaker 1: matchup in the first round and have a chance, but

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Speaker 1: it depends on who their matchup is fair enough. All

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Speaker 1: odds and lines come from our partners at hard Rock Bet.

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Speaker 1: We've got the Dolphins at the Steelers on Monday Night

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Speaker 1: Football tomorrow. Hard Rock Bet has the Steelers as a

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Speaker 1: three point spread in this game, and I think that's accurate.

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Speaker 1: This game could go either way. The Dolphins have played

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01:07:58,440 --> 01:08:01,520
Speaker 1: well at times. You know which to what tongue Biloa

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01:08:01,560 --> 01:08:04,760
Speaker 1: shows up, but it also depends on which Steelers defense

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01:08:04,800 --> 01:08:07,040
Speaker 1: shows up, So this game could go either way, but

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Speaker 1: I think a three point spread is fair. I do

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Speaker 1: feel like the Steelers can pull this one out.

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Speaker 4: Man.

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Speaker 3: I agree with you in that, Richard. I have the

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Speaker 3: Steelers winning this game. Albeit I think it's going to

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Speaker 3: be a close one. Miami has been coming out of

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Speaker 3: of late, but the reality is Steelers have a lot

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Speaker 3: more to play for. I think it's going to be

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Speaker 3: a high scoring game. You know, Miami can board put

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Speaker 3: some boardings on the go board, and I think the

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Speaker 3: Steelers are going to have to put a lot of

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Speaker 3: points on the board for the Steelers. Jalen Warren and

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Speaker 3: DK metcalf and I've got Devon a Chan I mean,

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Speaker 3: bottom line, the guy's been an absolute stud. So if

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Speaker 3: you got to pick a couple of touchdown scores, I've

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Speaker 3: taken Jalen Warren, DK Metcalfe.

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Speaker 2: And Javon ah chan Is to get in the end

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Speaker 2: zone in this game.

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Speaker 1: Sounds good, I think a Chan. I mean he's found

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Speaker 1: a way every single game, so dynamic, so fast, he'll

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Speaker 1: definitely I would definite agree with that. Yeah, we're in

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Speaker 1: week fifteen and we appreciate you joining us. As always.

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Speaker 1: You could be anywhere in the world, but you're here

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Speaker 1: with us when we sincerely appreciate it. I hope you

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Speaker 1: having a beautiful holiday season with your family and friends.

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Speaker 1: Give as many eggs as you can, buy as many

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Speaker 1: gifts as you can, enjoy it all of how do

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Speaker 1: you