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Speaker 1: off the field. We're not seeing an offense that can

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Speaker 1: stay on the field at all because they can't run

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Speaker 1: the ball post C. J. Anderson, and they've got a

429
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Speaker 1: huge issue when all the pressure is being put on

430
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Speaker 1: what is a third tier, fourth tier type game manager

431
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Speaker 1: quarterback who has a bad offensive line. That's that's the

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Speaker 1: I think Gary Kubiak he must be really disappointed because

433
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Speaker 1: he's putting so much on Simeon. He's asking him to

434
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Speaker 1: go deep. They're a past first offense every week. But

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Speaker 1: I think it's because he knows they don't have a

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Speaker 1: running game and they don't really have a line either.

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Speaker 1: Trevor has just been so inconsistent and it just seems

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Speaker 1: like there they struggle so much to pick up a

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Speaker 1: first down on every single possession. But it reminds me

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Speaker 1: of the Rams to some degree. No, Kenny veakr al

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Speaker 1: right to spend it. Well, he's not. We don't know,

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Speaker 1: you've seen a suspension. He's appealing it. So it's list

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Speaker 1: this late in the week. It sounds like he would

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Speaker 1: probably play this week and be suspended later, but that

445
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Speaker 1: is would be another huge loss. He's having his best season,

446
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Speaker 1: he's playing well. Another former making the leap. Guess true,

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Speaker 1: Let's move on to the Rams and the Jets. The

448
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Speaker 1: three and five Rams visiting the three and six Jets,

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Speaker 1: and then let's see the backup quarterback Bowl Mark. The

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Speaker 1: Rams have Case Keenom trying to help them avoid a

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Speaker 1: fifth straight loss against Ryan Fitzpatrick, who has been limited

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Speaker 1: with a nice brain. So maybe there's a possibility we

453
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Speaker 1: might see some Bryce Petty again. I think it's very possible.

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Speaker 1: I I was looking at this game before this show

455
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Speaker 1: and wondering to myself, which of these two rosters I

456
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Speaker 1: would rather start with right now, and it's it's interesting

457
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Speaker 1: that one of these teams was a ten and six

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Speaker 1: team last year, and I really struggled with the answer.

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Speaker 1: I didn't come up with the Rams, give me the

460
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Speaker 1: roster with Todd Gurley and Aaron Donald. It's easily the Rams.

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Speaker 1: But I also want to see that before you hand

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Speaker 1: out a massive extension to Tavon Austin, that you have

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Speaker 1: a player that can actually fulfill his potential, and before

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Speaker 1: you take a quarterback number one, that there's some hint

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Speaker 1: that he's developing. It's too early to to to judge

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Speaker 1: Jared Goff, but it's not too early to look at

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Speaker 1: the Rams coaching staff and say there are issues with

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Speaker 1: the your ability to develop players on offense defense. I

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Speaker 1: get it. On offense. This has been a problem through

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Speaker 1: in Jeff Fisher's entire reign. I felt so bad for

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Speaker 1: Todd Gurley when I watched the Panthers game and they

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Speaker 1: need to put him in the wildcat or swing a

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Speaker 1: pass out to him in order for him to find

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Speaker 1: any open spaces whatsoever. There are no spaces when he

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Speaker 1: runs the ball, and then he's not even on the field. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: they're down. They're not even using him at the end anymore,

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Speaker 1: at the end of the game in hurry up. But

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Speaker 1: that there was the same in London. When they get

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Speaker 1: into the hurry up they go Benny Cunningham. But I guess,

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Speaker 1: I guess what's the difference. Well, the other factor is

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Speaker 1: he hasn't practiced this week with a thigh injury, so

482
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Speaker 1: who knows if he's even gonna play against It's tough

483
00:24:07,840 --> 00:24:10,239
Speaker 1: to run against the Jets anyway. Plus they're having all

484
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Speaker 1: of these this drama with Mohammed Wilkerson and Sheldon Richardson,

485
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Speaker 1: who they benched last week in the first quarter, Moniche

486
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Speaker 1: Meta going hard at Mohammed Will I mean he's mohammed.

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Speaker 1: Wilkerson's taking a lot of here. I mean, Dan questioned

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Speaker 1: him as if he's the guy that you want as

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Speaker 1: as a leader. And yet do you what, I don't know.

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Speaker 1: I can't pick this game. By the way, this is

491
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Speaker 1: a weird one too, because the Jets offensive line is

492
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Speaker 1: so banged up and then you have the Rams front

493
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Speaker 1: coming in, so it's like, whoever is the quarterback is

494
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Speaker 1: obviously gonna get hit a lot. This is another one

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Speaker 1: that I would say. You know that we don't assigned

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Speaker 1: to West early Sunday because out of the Pacific Ocean.

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Speaker 1: How much do you like your friend? Would you like

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Speaker 1: me to hang around for more years? Well, that's my point,

499
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Speaker 1: thinks I don't want to lose. We could just all go.

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Speaker 1: We could just all go into the Pacific Ocean. Since, yeah,

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00:25:01,080 --> 00:25:05,920
Speaker 1: Heaven's gate typic more. I'll provide the track suits. It's

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Speaker 1: I'm not sure I signed up for for this thing

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Speaker 1: you're discussing. Yeah, not quite yet. Let's see what happens

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Speaker 1: with Brown's Ravens, which you've already proved given the result

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Speaker 1: to on this show. Okay, how about the Packers and

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Speaker 1: the Titans? The four and four Packers taking on the

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Speaker 1: four and five Titans. So many teams with only four

508
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Speaker 1: wins in this league right now? Well, welcome to one

509
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Speaker 1: of the murkiest regular seasons of our lifetime. Wow. Alright,

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Speaker 1: So both of these teams are fighting to take a

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Speaker 1: division lead, by the way, with those four wins, green

512
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Speaker 1: Bay a game back from Minnesota and the NFC North

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Speaker 1: and Tennessee a game and a half back from the

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Speaker 1: Texans in the a f C South. The Packers they

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Speaker 1: haven't been able to run the ball lately, but they

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Speaker 1: have managed to stuff opposing runs. So how much will

517
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Speaker 1: that slow down the Titans in their offense this week?

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Speaker 1: Nobody slows down the Titans running game. They've scored twenty

519
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Speaker 1: six points or more in each of the last five games,

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Speaker 1: and this has sneaky shootout potential. We keep talking about

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Speaker 1: the Packers offense like it's a broken offense. They're averaging

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Speaker 1: points yards over the last three weeks. Meanwhile, their defense

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Speaker 1: has been the issue, allowing almost thirty points per game.

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Speaker 1: I think we could see uh something like we saw

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Speaker 1: in San Diego last week a shootout, but it's been underrated.

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Speaker 1: How that they lost their top three cornerbacks and then

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Speaker 1: they get one back and another one gets hurt. I mean,

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Speaker 1: most teams they lose their top three cornerbacks, they lose

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Speaker 1: Clay Matthews. It's got to make a pretty big impact. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: I mean, if we we just talked about an ANFC

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Speaker 1: South team, a leader in the clubhouse in NFC South

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Speaker 1: that we don't believe in really at all. I would

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Speaker 1: much rather see the Titans make a run. And they're

534
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Speaker 1: not a fluke on offense. They sit just behind the

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Speaker 1: Patriots right now over the past five weeks in terms

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Speaker 1: of what they're putting out in terms of touchdowns and

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Speaker 1: four plus a game. Marcus Mariota had some backbreaking turnovers,

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Speaker 1: but was otherwise absolutely electric last week. I mean, this

539
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Speaker 1: is I if I want to believe in one team,

540
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Speaker 1: and it might it might come right down to the

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Speaker 1: last week. It's the Titans in this division. I think

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Speaker 1: that they were built in a way that's more fun

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Speaker 1: to watch personally. They're a tougher team than a lot

544
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Speaker 1: of the other teams. Oh my god. You know, but

545
00:27:07,240 --> 00:27:10,120
Speaker 1: don't even try to open that door again. West Uh,

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Speaker 1: You're right about Mariota. Even though he made those big mistakes,

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00:27:13,840 --> 00:27:16,359
Speaker 1: it was more like a Jamis Winston game with with

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00:27:16,720 --> 00:27:19,920
Speaker 1: big high and big lows. No, no, all I mean

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00:27:20,000 --> 00:27:24,240
Speaker 1: is putting Winston on Mariota's level. They've been pretty similar

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Speaker 1: levels this year. But my point is I like that

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Speaker 1: he's opened things up the last few weeks. He's going

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Speaker 1: for more, he's running more, They're pushing it down the field. Ultimately,

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Speaker 1: I think he's playing a lot better the last five weeks,

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Speaker 1: and I think that's gonna lead to good things. Playing

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00:27:37,760 --> 00:27:39,600
Speaker 1: better than Aaron Rodgers the last five weeks. He has

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Speaker 1: a one eleven point eight passer rating. Rodgers is in

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Speaker 1: the nineties. He's so good in the red zone too.

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Speaker 1: It's almost like every time he gets into the red zone,

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Speaker 1: you feel like something good is going to happen. Plus,

560
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Speaker 1: the Packers do not defend tight ends well, so Delaney

561
00:27:51,640 --> 00:27:53,400
Speaker 1: Walker there should be a good game for him too.

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Speaker 1: I am so impressed with the collective knowledge of tight

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Speaker 1: end defense in this room. It's true, we're really that's

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Speaker 1: a shot coming from West by the best. Yes it is.

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Speaker 1: But by the way, unless you've already seen this in

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Speaker 1: our illustrious research packet, want to do a little Titans

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Speaker 1: trivia question, going hard on the research packet. Well, Mariota

568
00:28:17,600 --> 00:28:20,679
Speaker 1: multiple touchdown passes in five straight games. It's the longest

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Speaker 1: streak by a Titans quarterback since which quarterback in which season?

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Speaker 1: Carrie Collins in two thousand five? Was that? What was it?

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Speaker 1: I'd give you a plus minus on the year, but

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Speaker 1: you're wrong on the quarterback. Okay, I don't even remember

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Speaker 1: the questions. I just remember that great Carrie Collins here.

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Speaker 1: Remember that multiple TV passes five straight waitings from Mariota.

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Speaker 1: The last Titans quarterback to do this Dave McNair two

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Speaker 1: thousand three. Good guess I would have gone McNair. It

577
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Speaker 1: is Billy Volick two thousand four. I totally would have

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Speaker 1: had that one. I mean, who was the wide receiver

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Speaker 1: he was throwing passes? Drew Bennett? You're Bennett. They were

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Speaker 1: fantasy football man stretch. They won me some cash that

581
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Speaker 1: I used to spend back in your troubling on an engagement,

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Speaker 1: uh to a trip to visit my friend Dave, and

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Speaker 1: on that friend I met my wife. Partly responsible questionable?

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Speaker 1: What does that even mean? On my friend I met

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Speaker 1: my wife. I'm I'm trying to figure out what we're

586
00:29:23,640 --> 00:29:29,720
Speaker 1: not doing phrasing anymore. But a nice story. That was

587
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Speaker 1: really beautiful. Okay, let's move on the Falcons and the Eagles.

588
00:29:34,040 --> 00:29:37,600
Speaker 1: Eagles return home after back to back divisional losses to

589
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Speaker 1: host the scariest offense in the league. The Falcons are

590
00:29:40,560 --> 00:29:43,520
Speaker 1: averaging thirty four points a game, led by Matt Ryan,

591
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Speaker 1: who grew up right down the road for me guys.

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Speaker 1: So now he's back in Philly. Greg, can the Eagle

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Speaker 1: slow down this wrecking crew? I don't think so. Wait,

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Speaker 1: were you and Matt Ryan buddy's growing up. No, he

595
00:29:55,440 --> 00:30:01,160
Speaker 1: was like an extent I was in making. We were.

596
00:30:01,280 --> 00:30:03,960
Speaker 1: We were born the same year, but we grew up

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00:30:04,000 --> 00:30:05,760
Speaker 1: in towns that were like near each Did you not

598
00:30:05,840 --> 00:30:09,600
Speaker 1: read like local sports page action about him, like lighting

599
00:30:09,680 --> 00:30:13,479
Speaker 1: up area defenses? Yeah all the time you'd being serious

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Speaker 1: or yeah, so interesting. Did you ever interview him as

601
00:30:17,200 --> 00:30:20,720
Speaker 1: like a high school reporter? You know? No, that never happened.

602
00:30:21,480 --> 00:30:23,280
Speaker 1: I never got the big interview with Matt Ryan, and

603
00:30:23,880 --> 00:30:29,960
Speaker 1: so very anti climact. He doesn't totally pay off. Yeah,

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00:30:30,040 --> 00:30:34,960
Speaker 1: a reunion of sorts? What were we talking about? I

605
00:30:35,000 --> 00:30:39,440
Speaker 1: don't know, I forget everything. The Eagles defense is great upfront,

606
00:30:39,840 --> 00:30:42,880
Speaker 1: but last week I think you saw the weaknesses Leodis

607
00:30:42,960 --> 00:30:46,120
Speaker 1: McKelvin is not a hundred percent right now. And when

608
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Speaker 1: Leodis McKelvin is your number one cornerback in theory and

609
00:30:50,120 --> 00:30:54,160
Speaker 1: he's not, that's a big, pretty big problem when you're

610
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Speaker 1: about to face the Falcons, it's very scary. The corners

611
00:30:57,640 --> 00:31:00,280
Speaker 1: can be picked apart. If they can get good sure

612
00:31:00,320 --> 00:31:03,200
Speaker 1: on Matt Ryan, then that helps. But I'm not optimal,

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00:31:03,280 --> 00:31:05,600
Speaker 1: But that's a it's a great offensive line. He gets

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Speaker 1: rid of the ball quickly. You know, they're a tough

615
00:31:08,480 --> 00:31:11,720
Speaker 1: matchup for everyone. It's not like they're a tough matchup

616
00:31:11,760 --> 00:31:13,320
Speaker 1: just for the It doesn't matter who they play. And

617
00:31:13,320 --> 00:31:15,400
Speaker 1: the Eagles have gotten really good safety play out of

618
00:31:15,480 --> 00:31:18,480
Speaker 1: McLeod and Jenkins this year. But they're coming off a

619
00:31:18,520 --> 00:31:21,120
Speaker 1: bad game too. They can only do so much. This

620
00:31:21,200 --> 00:31:24,560
Speaker 1: Falcon offense is getting healthier to Mohammed Sanu had one

621
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Speaker 1: of his best games of the season last week after

622
00:31:27,080 --> 00:31:29,760
Speaker 1: he had battled through injuries for a while. Tavin Coleman

623
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Speaker 1: has a chance to play this week with a hamstring injury.

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Speaker 1: Those are two of the top four or five weapons

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Speaker 1: on offense. Yeah, they talk about the Falcons right now,

626
00:31:36,280 --> 00:31:39,560
Speaker 1: averaging six point eight yards per play. That's insane, Like

627
00:31:39,600 --> 00:31:42,520
Speaker 1: that's video game level offense. And you have to go

628
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Speaker 1: back to the two thousand rams to find a team

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Speaker 1: that had a better yards per play figure. I mean

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Speaker 1: that shows you they've been in every one of these

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Speaker 1: games because their offense has been electra. They you know,

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Speaker 1: a lot of teams just rip off, you know, five

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Speaker 1: yard plays and it looks routine. They rip off twenty

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Speaker 1: yard plays that just look seen. Just he can't you know,

635
00:32:01,280 --> 00:32:04,040
Speaker 1: Ryan goes back there, he throws a slant and it's

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00:32:04,080 --> 00:32:06,280
Speaker 1: an eighteen yard game. It's just like that's just a

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00:32:06,480 --> 00:32:08,440
Speaker 1: that's like a three yard run for them. That's how

638
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Speaker 1: It's how I envisioned the Steelers offense would this year,

639
00:32:11,840 --> 00:32:14,400
Speaker 1: but they're not. It's how the Steelers have been when

640
00:32:14,400 --> 00:32:16,760
Speaker 1: and they're very inconsistent, even in some of their better

641
00:32:16,800 --> 00:32:18,920
Speaker 1: years when they hit that peak two or three week

642
00:32:18,960 --> 00:32:21,520
Speaker 1: period where we all think this Spittsburgh team is a

643
00:32:21,520 --> 00:32:23,800
Speaker 1: super Bowl team. But the Falcons have been doing it

644
00:32:24,080 --> 00:32:26,400
Speaker 1: every single week. And whether it's at home all these

645
00:32:26,400 --> 00:32:29,200
Speaker 1: other teams, he's home road splits. They've gone into Seattle

646
00:32:29,240 --> 00:32:31,560
Speaker 1: and score points. It doesn't matter where they are. Here's

647
00:32:31,560 --> 00:32:35,000
Speaker 1: the Julio Jones effect. The Falcons have four players averaging

648
00:32:35,040 --> 00:32:39,120
Speaker 1: over seventeen yards per reception including him. The other three

649
00:32:39,200 --> 00:32:41,360
Speaker 1: are one running back in two tight ends. That means

650
00:32:41,400 --> 00:32:44,480
Speaker 1: they're getting wide open because Julio Jones is getting so

651
00:32:44,560 --> 00:32:47,760
Speaker 1: much coming and because Kyle Shanahan's gonna get a head

652
00:32:47,760 --> 00:32:50,680
Speaker 1: coaching job because he's doing such a great job. Although

653
00:32:50,760 --> 00:32:53,200
Speaker 1: I still wouldn't discount the Eagles chances in this game,

654
00:32:53,240 --> 00:32:55,040
Speaker 1: I feel like the Eagles are good enough to beat anyone.

655
00:32:55,080 --> 00:32:57,360
Speaker 1: I know they're four and four, but they're an unlucky

656
00:32:57,400 --> 00:32:59,040
Speaker 1: for and for. They won their four games by a

657
00:32:59,080 --> 00:33:02,200
Speaker 1: combined seventy US points. They've lost their four by a

658
00:33:02,240 --> 00:33:07,120
Speaker 1: combined nineteen points, I believe. And Carson Wentz has played

659
00:33:07,160 --> 00:33:09,040
Speaker 1: pretty poor two of the last three games, but he

660
00:33:09,080 --> 00:33:11,760
Speaker 1: also made some great throws last week against Do we

661
00:33:11,800 --> 00:33:15,480
Speaker 1: need another big play from Bryce Treggs hang around in

662
00:33:15,480 --> 00:33:18,120
Speaker 1: this game? Well, I mean because they had to find

663
00:33:18,160 --> 00:33:19,960
Speaker 1: they had to go down to players that had not

664
00:33:20,040 --> 00:33:22,760
Speaker 1: been plane to find any sort of downfield element to

665
00:33:22,800 --> 00:33:24,960
Speaker 1: their passenger. Yeah. I was looking at their depth chart

666
00:33:25,080 --> 00:33:28,320
Speaker 1: last week and when they got rid of Hoff, basically

667
00:33:28,560 --> 00:33:30,840
Speaker 1: it was just Tregg's and I'm like, who is who

668
00:33:30,960 --> 00:33:34,240
Speaker 1: is this? Even they had four receivers on the roster

669
00:33:34,800 --> 00:33:37,680
Speaker 1: and they also have Lane Johnson suspended, so that's not

670
00:33:37,760 --> 00:33:40,040
Speaker 1: helping things at all. Carson Wentz, I feel like I

671
00:33:40,080 --> 00:33:43,120
Speaker 1: can see a total difference in the way that they're

672
00:33:43,120 --> 00:33:45,719
Speaker 1: playing because they have liabilities up front, and even if

673
00:33:45,760 --> 00:33:48,920
Speaker 1: the blocking is not on the line, it's with the

674
00:33:48,960 --> 00:33:51,600
Speaker 1: tight ends and it's just not the way that it

675
00:33:51,760 --> 00:33:54,200
Speaker 1: was with Lane in the lineup. And you have to

676
00:33:54,200 --> 00:33:57,800
Speaker 1: go to Darren Sprowls as your primary runner, and he's

677
00:33:57,840 --> 00:33:59,760
Speaker 1: doing a pretty good job with it, but I still

678
00:33:59,800 --> 00:34:03,760
Speaker 1: don't love inside runs by Darren Sprawls on two key

679
00:34:03,880 --> 00:34:07,880
Speaker 1: short yardage situations last week. It just seems people are

680
00:34:07,920 --> 00:34:10,480
Speaker 1: talking about I saw tweets about how Ryan Matthews has

681
00:34:10,480 --> 00:34:13,919
Speaker 1: been relevant from a fantasy perspective because he has at

682
00:34:13,920 --> 00:34:16,760
Speaker 1: a touchdown in three straight games, but he's seen eight

683
00:34:16,800 --> 00:34:19,200
Speaker 1: ten snaps per game, and they continue to talk about

684
00:34:19,239 --> 00:34:21,960
Speaker 1: him as our lead running back. Just stop stop saying

685
00:34:22,000 --> 00:34:24,400
Speaker 1: that we don't need to You don't need to announce

686
00:34:24,440 --> 00:34:26,359
Speaker 1: the lead running back when you're not going to use

687
00:34:26,440 --> 00:34:28,759
Speaker 1: him that way for a month straight. Yeah, and this

688
00:34:28,840 --> 00:34:31,880
Speaker 1: happened last year too, that we saw Darren Sprawls being

689
00:34:32,000 --> 00:34:35,120
Speaker 1: productive in sort of flashes, and it's always like, well,

690
00:34:35,120 --> 00:34:37,560
Speaker 1: what's going on with Sprowls and who's the lead back here?

691
00:34:37,600 --> 00:34:41,520
Speaker 1: And I don't know if Sprowls is underrated or if

692
00:34:41,600 --> 00:34:44,400
Speaker 1: every single situation that they're putting their lead back in

693
00:34:44,560 --> 00:34:47,759
Speaker 1: air quotes is just not the right one for that player. Well,

694
00:34:47,760 --> 00:34:49,239
Speaker 1: I don't think you can ask him to touch the

695
00:34:49,239 --> 00:34:52,080
Speaker 1: ball twenty times game and do punt returns. Yeah, you

696
00:34:52,080 --> 00:34:54,400
Speaker 1: can run inside. What is your feeling since you know

697
00:34:54,440 --> 00:34:56,640
Speaker 1: we have you here, which is great, Colleen, You know,

698
00:34:56,760 --> 00:34:59,160
Speaker 1: it's kind of the state of the Eagles fandom. How

699
00:34:59,200 --> 00:35:01,080
Speaker 1: are you feeling about the team? I'm not great? And

700
00:35:01,640 --> 00:35:04,520
Speaker 1: how about Wentz? The idea of Wentz in the future

701
00:35:04,520 --> 00:35:07,480
Speaker 1: of wins because it all started out so nice when

702
00:35:07,520 --> 00:35:12,360
Speaker 1: my expectations were not nearly as high as what was

703
00:35:12,400 --> 00:35:15,160
Speaker 1: delivered to me, and so I've been on a roller

704
00:35:15,200 --> 00:35:17,880
Speaker 1: coaster of sorts. I started with I don't know what

705
00:35:17,920 --> 00:35:19,560
Speaker 1: this is going to be. They got to throw Carson

706
00:35:19,600 --> 00:35:21,520
Speaker 1: Wentz out there, he's not supposed to be out there,

707
00:35:21,680 --> 00:35:22,960
Speaker 1: and then oh my god, it was great and he

708
00:35:23,040 --> 00:35:24,600
Speaker 1: was playing so well and he doesn't look like a

709
00:35:24,680 --> 00:35:27,360
Speaker 1: rookie and look at him and Dac and now it

710
00:35:27,520 --> 00:35:30,400
Speaker 1: is not like that at all. The Cowboys have seven wins.

711
00:35:30,400 --> 00:35:33,440
Speaker 1: The Eagles lost to the Giants and the Cowboys, and

712
00:35:33,480 --> 00:35:36,120
Speaker 1: now they have to host the Falcons. They're in they're

713
00:35:36,160 --> 00:35:38,880
Speaker 1: in trouble this year. That Cowboys game, we said at

714
00:35:38,880 --> 00:35:41,600
Speaker 1: the time that was a fork in the road game, right,

715
00:35:41,680 --> 00:35:43,880
Speaker 1: that was the would fork in the road game, because

716
00:35:43,920 --> 00:35:46,440
Speaker 1: their season would feel so much different if they closed

717
00:35:46,440 --> 00:35:48,960
Speaker 1: that game out like like they should have. If Dak

718
00:35:49,000 --> 00:35:52,480
Speaker 1: Prescott was on the Eagles, I think, you know, the

719
00:35:52,520 --> 00:35:54,640
Speaker 1: same sort of things would be happening to him that

720
00:35:54,680 --> 00:35:58,000
Speaker 1: are happening to Carson Wentz. It's the situation I look

721
00:35:58,040 --> 00:35:59,640
Speaker 1: at this different thing you. I think you're the only

722
00:35:59,680 --> 00:36:01,640
Speaker 1: person I know who expected them to be good this

723
00:36:01,719 --> 00:36:04,600
Speaker 1: year like this is They've got enough good things going

724
00:36:04,640 --> 00:36:06,160
Speaker 1: well for them that they can build on it. I

725
00:36:06,200 --> 00:36:08,400
Speaker 1: didn't expect them to have something. There's somehow the number

726
00:36:08,400 --> 00:36:11,279
Speaker 1: one team still in football outsiders is having to like

727
00:36:11,320 --> 00:36:14,799
Speaker 1: explain how this every week they're still the number one team.

728
00:36:15,920 --> 00:36:18,400
Speaker 1: That Steelers win and there's another win and they're packed

729
00:36:18,400 --> 00:36:19,879
Speaker 1: in I believe that. Well, they have the number one

730
00:36:19,880 --> 00:36:22,160
Speaker 1: defense according to them, and the number one special teams

731
00:36:22,480 --> 00:36:25,440
Speaker 1: and and to a point that's been like a narrative,

732
00:36:25,680 --> 00:36:28,200
Speaker 1: but that's actually been proven out too, which is that

733
00:36:28,239 --> 00:36:31,600
Speaker 1: they're by far the worst number one team at mid

734
00:36:31,600 --> 00:36:33,919
Speaker 1: season that they've ever had. They basically don't have any

735
00:36:33,960 --> 00:36:37,960
Speaker 1: teams as as really that top level. Between the election

736
00:36:38,000 --> 00:36:40,720
Speaker 1: results and football outsiders, I'm enjoying all the nerds plaining

737
00:36:40,760 --> 00:36:45,719
Speaker 1: going around just don't mention tight end defensive coverage. Hey,

738
00:36:45,760 --> 00:36:47,799
Speaker 1: I enjoyed it. I think you guys have brought the

739
00:36:47,800 --> 00:36:50,920
Speaker 1: knowledge today. I'm just glad I picked myself. I noted

740
00:36:50,960 --> 00:36:54,920
Speaker 1: a little condescended condescension from West that was you know,

741
00:36:55,760 --> 00:36:58,120
Speaker 1: it was a quip we will forge on, but it

742
00:36:58,200 --> 00:37:01,920
Speaker 1: was detectable. All right, here we go. We should pick

743
00:37:01,960 --> 00:37:04,200
Speaker 1: this game for the heck of it? Why not? Because

744
00:37:04,200 --> 00:37:08,640
Speaker 1: it seems like such a Falcons Falcons. I mean, the

745
00:37:08,640 --> 00:37:11,239
Speaker 1: Falcons every week have proven that they're not going to

746
00:37:11,320 --> 00:37:16,400
Speaker 1: be taken down easily. Falcons sticking with the Eagles, you are, Yeah, okay,

747
00:37:16,640 --> 00:37:18,480
Speaker 1: it seems like a toss up game out you pick

748
00:37:18,480 --> 00:37:21,120
Speaker 1: at home? Yeah, I like it. That's a Greg move.

749
00:37:21,239 --> 00:37:22,839
Speaker 1: At some point I want to touch on this. Kyle

750
00:37:22,880 --> 00:37:25,560
Speaker 1: Shanahan head coach talk. We don't have to do it today,

751
00:37:25,600 --> 00:37:29,080
Speaker 1: but that's a good tease going forward. Josh McDaniels and

752
00:37:29,120 --> 00:37:31,120
Speaker 1: Kyle Shanahan and the Peter principle. That should be a

753
00:37:31,200 --> 00:37:34,680
Speaker 1: next Tuesday thing. Accept that call at the Tony Cornheiser principle,

754
00:37:35,480 --> 00:37:39,719
Speaker 1: the Vikings and the Redskins. Just imagining the listener out there,

755
00:37:39,760 --> 00:37:42,400
Speaker 1: that's like, Wow, that was a good tease. I'm gonna

756
00:37:42,440 --> 00:37:44,600
Speaker 1: listen now from now on just to hear that Kyle

757
00:37:44,640 --> 00:37:47,600
Speaker 1: Shanahan episode. I'd like to think that the many listeners

758
00:37:47,600 --> 00:37:50,040
Speaker 1: would feel that way. It really it really touches on

759
00:37:50,080 --> 00:37:53,960
Speaker 1: the Theology podcast too, So we'll save that for two Tuesday. Oh,

760
00:37:54,120 --> 00:37:57,280
Speaker 1: I can't imagine what the crossover is. There is some crossover. Okay,

761
00:37:57,440 --> 00:37:59,960
Speaker 1: let's get back to the Vikings and the Redskins. They're

762
00:38:00,080 --> 00:38:02,359
Speaker 1: going through a bit of a rough patch right now.

763
00:38:02,719 --> 00:38:05,320
Speaker 1: Minnesota's dropped three straight and the Redskins lost in the

764
00:38:05,400 --> 00:38:08,120
Speaker 1: last minute to the Lions, then tied since in London

765
00:38:08,200 --> 00:38:11,160
Speaker 1: before the bye. So Mark the Vikings seem to be

766
00:38:11,280 --> 00:38:14,799
Speaker 1: unraveling at this point. Um does that continue this week?

767
00:38:15,560 --> 00:38:17,800
Speaker 1: It's a team that's put up ten, ten and sixteen

768
00:38:17,800 --> 00:38:20,440
Speaker 1: points over the last three games after this game, You've

769
00:38:20,480 --> 00:38:23,640
Speaker 1: got the Cardinals, Lions, and Cowboys, and I don't like

770
00:38:23,760 --> 00:38:26,520
Speaker 1: this matchup for the Vikings much at all. I think

771
00:38:26,560 --> 00:38:29,440
Speaker 1: the one place that they could take advantage of is

772
00:38:29,520 --> 00:38:32,480
Speaker 1: no Trent Williams. Maybe the defense finds a way to

773
00:38:32,560 --> 00:38:36,400
Speaker 1: disrupt Kirk Cousins and throw that offense off. But I

774
00:38:36,440 --> 00:38:39,200
Speaker 1: think that the Redskins a streaky team. When they're annoying,

775
00:38:39,280 --> 00:38:42,040
Speaker 1: they're very annoying. But when they're good, they're very powerful.

776
00:38:42,120 --> 00:38:45,320
Speaker 1: And I don't like any game for the Vikings where

777
00:38:45,360 --> 00:38:49,239
Speaker 1: the opponents scores more than what seventeen points. Game over

778
00:38:49,320 --> 00:38:52,600
Speaker 1: basically proved me wrong with Minnesota post bye week. I

779
00:38:52,640 --> 00:38:55,360
Speaker 1: thought the same way until I watched game pass and

780
00:38:55,400 --> 00:38:57,879
Speaker 1: saw the Vikings and they left ten at least ten

781
00:38:57,920 --> 00:39:00,279
Speaker 1: points on the board, if not fourteen, They should have

782
00:39:00,320 --> 00:39:02,759
Speaker 1: had twenty six or thirty points. Against the Lions. They

783
00:39:02,800 --> 00:39:05,000
Speaker 1: moved to a hurry up, up tempo offense. And I

784
00:39:05,040 --> 00:39:07,840
Speaker 1: know Greg compared to the two thousand ten Rams and

785
00:39:07,880 --> 00:39:11,640
Speaker 1: Sam Bradford's rookie year, Pat Shermer special Pat Shermer spent

786
00:39:11,680 --> 00:39:13,880
Speaker 1: some time under Chip Kelly too, and it's got some

787
00:39:13,960 --> 00:39:16,959
Speaker 1: of that It's got some of that magic or non

788
00:39:17,040 --> 00:39:20,319
Speaker 1: magic going for it. But yeah, they they hid their

789
00:39:20,320 --> 00:39:23,760
Speaker 1: offensive line by going hurry up and throwing quick short passes,

790
00:39:24,360 --> 00:39:27,280
Speaker 1: and that's their best recipe for success right now. They

791
00:39:27,360 --> 00:39:29,560
Speaker 1: did have that drive. I was really impressed by the

792
00:39:29,640 --> 00:39:31,279
Speaker 1: drive at the end of the game. I thought Sam

793
00:39:31,320 --> 00:39:34,160
Speaker 1: Bradford played pretty well. Right. I think Bradford for the

794
00:39:34,200 --> 00:39:37,759
Speaker 1: most part hasn't been a part of the problem at all.

795
00:39:38,040 --> 00:39:40,960
Speaker 1: I've been protected. That's not right. I there was nothing

796
00:39:41,040 --> 00:39:43,120
Speaker 1: he could have really done in some of those losses,

797
00:39:43,160 --> 00:39:45,440
Speaker 1: and I think to your point, he played pretty well

798
00:39:45,520 --> 00:39:48,600
Speaker 1: last week. I still need the way they ended it

799
00:39:48,640 --> 00:39:51,440
Speaker 1: had had it not, you know, come back with the Lions,

800
00:39:51,480 --> 00:39:53,640
Speaker 1: you would be talking differently about the Falcons where maybe

801
00:39:53,640 --> 00:39:55,560
Speaker 1: they're starting, you know under Shermer Maybey're gonna start to

802
00:39:55,560 --> 00:39:58,800
Speaker 1: construct a different type of offensive works. But I still

803
00:39:58,840 --> 00:40:01,160
Speaker 1: don't see a team that's You're gonna get caught in

804
00:40:01,239 --> 00:40:04,040
Speaker 1: some rough games down the stretch. How do you get

805
00:40:04,040 --> 00:40:06,200
Speaker 1: out of You signed Ronnie Hillman and suddenly he's your

806
00:40:06,239 --> 00:40:08,680
Speaker 1: primary back for half the game. You know they're they're

807
00:40:08,680 --> 00:40:11,080
Speaker 1: in third and one, fourth and one last week going

808
00:40:11,160 --> 00:40:13,439
Speaker 1: for it against the Lions, and you can't you can't

809
00:40:13,480 --> 00:40:17,120
Speaker 1: get a yard against the Lions like no, no running game.

810
00:40:17,880 --> 00:40:20,440
Speaker 1: It's tough to overcome no running game unless you've just

811
00:40:20,480 --> 00:40:23,000
Speaker 1: got an unbelievable quarter. And how easy do you make

812
00:40:23,040 --> 00:40:25,480
Speaker 1: it on opposing defense is to game plan against you

813
00:40:25,520 --> 00:40:28,440
Speaker 1: when you have such an overt weakness you can you

814
00:40:28,520 --> 00:40:31,200
Speaker 1: have to basically run the ball up to twenty times

815
00:40:31,200 --> 00:40:32,960
Speaker 1: a game when you know it's not going to work

816
00:40:33,239 --> 00:40:35,680
Speaker 1: and you're taking away a third of your offensive plays

817
00:40:35,800 --> 00:40:39,240
Speaker 1: right there. Yeah, And for the Vikings defense, they get

818
00:40:39,360 --> 00:40:43,400
Speaker 1: Eric Kendricks back, which is a huge help because Jordan

819
00:40:43,480 --> 00:40:47,680
Speaker 1: read help defend him. Oh yeah, tight end defense. Yeah,

820
00:40:47,680 --> 00:40:51,960
Speaker 1: that's where I was going there. We do. I want

821
00:40:52,000 --> 00:40:53,880
Speaker 1: to see what happens with the Sean Jackson over the

822
00:40:53,880 --> 00:40:56,759
Speaker 1: next day because he's did not practice again because of

823
00:40:56,760 --> 00:40:59,879
Speaker 1: a shoulder intreat. You know, that's someone there's a lot

824
00:40:59,880 --> 00:41:01,880
Speaker 1: of there's a lot of to like about this this

825
00:41:01,960 --> 00:41:05,200
Speaker 1: Redskins offense when they're all in the field. The Redskins

826
00:41:05,239 --> 00:41:10,040
Speaker 1: have gotten better every week this season really as a team.

827
00:41:10,080 --> 00:41:12,640
Speaker 1: I mean that seems obvious when they started out slow,

828
00:41:12,680 --> 00:41:16,440
Speaker 1: but especially offensively. I mean, I think Jay Gruden is

829
00:41:16,480 --> 00:41:18,880
Speaker 1: doing a great job. It's a little I don't know

830
00:41:18,920 --> 00:41:22,080
Speaker 1: if it's underrated, but he creates offense. He's got Kirk

831
00:41:22,080 --> 00:41:26,080
Speaker 1: Cousins as quarterback, and he creates offense. Yeah, they have

832
00:41:27,120 --> 00:41:29,160
Speaker 1: the run game is going to be difficult for them

833
00:41:29,160 --> 00:41:35,240
Speaker 1: to Fat Rob Robert Kelly Fat Rob, that's his nickname

834
00:41:35,280 --> 00:41:37,439
Speaker 1: from I don't just like Rob Kelly. I think he's

835
00:41:37,520 --> 00:41:39,480
Speaker 1: he's not gonna you can't do a million things for you.

836
00:41:39,520 --> 00:41:42,040
Speaker 1: But he's ran well, he's from running back you two

837
00:41:42,120 --> 00:41:46,920
Speaker 1: Lane University. Oh that is Matt Forte, Mouldy Moore, Orleans

838
00:41:47,040 --> 00:41:49,799
Speaker 1: Dark Hall of Famers, all of them dark one. I mean,

839
00:41:50,160 --> 00:41:52,680
Speaker 1: why did you list darkwa third? There by the way,

840
00:41:53,200 --> 00:41:55,319
Speaker 1: you know, we're not giving up on these Vikings team.

841
00:41:55,360 --> 00:41:58,440
Speaker 1: I know there's been It's been some rocky, rocky sailing

842
00:41:59,000 --> 00:42:05,319
Speaker 1: for the old team of eight. T L you taking

843
00:42:05,400 --> 00:42:08,760
Speaker 1: them this week? I'm taking them, Okay, are you guys?

844
00:42:08,920 --> 00:42:11,400
Speaker 1: I'm taking them. I actually changed my pick after I

845
00:42:11,440 --> 00:42:13,719
Speaker 1: watched them. I saw some positive things getting Cord Darryl

846
00:42:13,760 --> 00:42:17,200
Speaker 1: Patterson evolved. I saw a lot Kwan Treadwell catch Mark.

847
00:42:17,520 --> 00:42:21,719
Speaker 1: I am not. I feel like it's not a show.

848
00:42:21,960 --> 00:42:23,719
Speaker 1: You have to pick them. If if it's a toss

849
00:42:23,800 --> 00:42:25,640
Speaker 1: up type of game and This is pretty cool. It's

850
00:42:25,640 --> 00:42:27,839
Speaker 1: not a show of disrespect. I and I also don't

851
00:42:27,920 --> 00:42:30,680
Speaker 1: think that their season necessarily over anything, but I they're

852
00:42:30,800 --> 00:42:33,120
Speaker 1: they're on the road, and you know, listen, I I

853
00:42:33,239 --> 00:42:35,600
Speaker 1: think the Redskins are more explosive than people want to

854
00:42:35,640 --> 00:42:38,440
Speaker 1: give him credit for. So good luck to the Vikings

855
00:42:38,520 --> 00:42:41,560
Speaker 1: this week. Miami is back at five hundred after three

856
00:42:41,600 --> 00:42:43,800
Speaker 1: straight wins. Now they have to head west to San Diego,

857
00:42:44,000 --> 00:42:47,279
Speaker 1: where we'll see two of the season's most surprising running backs,

858
00:42:47,360 --> 00:42:50,440
Speaker 1: Melvin Gordon and Jay Agi. Gordon is coming off the

859
00:42:50,520 --> 00:42:53,640
Speaker 1: best game of his career. Terrible timing for the Lions West,

860
00:42:53,760 --> 00:42:57,200
Speaker 1: since they haven't had much luck stopping the run. Do

861
00:42:57,280 --> 00:43:00,279
Speaker 1: you think is Elliots the hottest running back in the league? Yeah,

862
00:43:01,920 --> 00:43:05,640
Speaker 1: why don't you think that? College? It's probably the crop

863
00:43:05,760 --> 00:43:12,520
Speaker 1: top didn't know where that didn't expect that one. Like,

864
00:43:12,680 --> 00:43:15,800
Speaker 1: since Week six, Ji has the most rushing yards in

865
00:43:15,840 --> 00:43:18,160
Speaker 1: the NFL and Melvin Gordon has the second most. So

866
00:43:18,320 --> 00:43:20,680
Speaker 1: this this is a pretty good matchup here of two

867
00:43:20,760 --> 00:43:23,320
Speaker 1: backs drafted last year. I mean, one difference would be

868
00:43:23,400 --> 00:43:27,680
Speaker 1: that San Diegoes run defense has been very good. I mean,

869
00:43:27,800 --> 00:43:30,160
Speaker 1: statistically it's equalled with the Packers as the best in

870
00:43:30,200 --> 00:43:34,040
Speaker 1: the league. Really, that surprises me. I don't think of

871
00:43:34,120 --> 00:43:38,200
Speaker 1: them as a shut down well in terms of teams

872
00:43:38,239 --> 00:43:40,319
Speaker 1: that have rushed for yards. I mean they just shut

873
00:43:40,360 --> 00:43:42,399
Speaker 1: teams down. You know. You know who deserves a little

874
00:43:42,400 --> 00:43:46,120
Speaker 1: credit for that little Brandon me Bayane action on the podcast.

875
00:43:46,880 --> 00:43:53,240
Speaker 1: He's had a really good season for San Diego in general.

876
00:43:53,360 --> 00:43:56,799
Speaker 1: He shows up every week making plays for them. Yeah,

877
00:43:56,880 --> 00:43:59,960
Speaker 1: and when I watch him, I guess I didn't really

878
00:44:00,040 --> 00:44:04,040
Speaker 1: lies how big of a guy Mebane is. But when

879
00:44:04,080 --> 00:44:07,040
Speaker 1: you actually see him play and like watch him, he

880
00:44:07,239 --> 00:44:09,600
Speaker 1: is a massive Where he came into this studio and

881
00:44:09,719 --> 00:44:13,120
Speaker 1: he was if you took Greg and I and like

882
00:44:13,320 --> 00:44:15,080
Speaker 1: we if Greg and I were hugging and then you

883
00:44:15,200 --> 00:44:18,800
Speaker 1: had three Greg and Mark's hugging, that was basically Brandon

884
00:44:18,960 --> 00:44:26,040
Speaker 1: Meban's from in between his head and mid section sitten

885
00:44:26,120 --> 00:44:28,839
Speaker 1: here it was red Bryan Mebane and Mike Rob wasn't

886
00:44:28,840 --> 00:44:31,719
Speaker 1: It was an interesting window into mark subconscious there three

887
00:44:31,840 --> 00:44:34,239
Speaker 1: Greg's and Marks hugging. Well, no, because if it were

888
00:44:34,480 --> 00:44:37,240
Speaker 1: one of us hugging West West is a earlier individual,

889
00:44:37,320 --> 00:44:39,320
Speaker 1: it would not have been inaccurate. It was you know,

890
00:44:39,440 --> 00:44:41,840
Speaker 1: you and I are smaller individuals. I'm not as huggable

891
00:44:41,880 --> 00:44:44,880
Speaker 1: as Greg either. I wasn't saying that might be especially

892
00:44:44,920 --> 00:44:48,680
Speaker 1: in this shirt soft. It's true, Ryan, I actually I

893
00:44:48,680 --> 00:44:50,680
Speaker 1: don't know how soft your shirt is. I don't know

894
00:44:50,719 --> 00:44:53,319
Speaker 1: what I said. It's true thing about this Dolphins team.

895
00:44:53,400 --> 00:44:57,640
Speaker 1: The more they keep winning, I think, the more their mercenaries.

896
00:44:58,080 --> 00:45:01,080
Speaker 1: They're high paid mercenaries on defense and checked back in Oh.

897
00:45:01,480 --> 00:45:05,600
Speaker 1: I like this and Dominican Sue Mario Williams. They've got

898
00:45:05,680 --> 00:45:07,600
Speaker 1: something on the line when they're winning. When they're losing,

899
00:45:07,640 --> 00:45:10,640
Speaker 1: it's like, you know, I'm trying, but I'm not like

900
00:45:10,760 --> 00:45:13,120
Speaker 1: as invested as I could be at my peak. Do

901
00:45:13,200 --> 00:45:16,000
Speaker 1: you think in Dominan Sue is playing better than people

902
00:45:16,160 --> 00:45:18,879
Speaker 1: give him credit for. I think Dominan Sue is playing

903
00:45:18,920 --> 00:45:21,040
Speaker 1: better than people give him credit for every season of

904
00:45:21,080 --> 00:45:23,839
Speaker 1: his career. People like to pick on Indominkan Sue, whether

905
00:45:23,840 --> 00:45:26,680
Speaker 1: it's for the dirty plays or the money, or being

906
00:45:26,719 --> 00:45:31,200
Speaker 1: a mercenary and being unapologetic about chasing the money. People

907
00:45:31,320 --> 00:45:33,680
Speaker 1: like to pick on in Dominican Sue. Cameron Wake is

908
00:45:33,880 --> 00:45:36,800
Speaker 1: playing really well for them. He started out the season

909
00:45:36,960 --> 00:45:40,799
Speaker 1: as a situational pass rusher. Now he is playing more

910
00:45:41,360 --> 00:45:43,600
Speaker 1: and he it's amazing. He's thirty four coming off an

911
00:45:43,600 --> 00:45:46,800
Speaker 1: achilles injury and he looks like the same guy. And

912
00:45:46,920 --> 00:45:49,520
Speaker 1: he's been a big part of this turnaround. Their defense

913
00:45:49,560 --> 00:45:50,680
Speaker 1: has been a big part of it. This is a

914
00:45:51,239 --> 00:45:53,520
Speaker 1: this is I guess this is obvious, but this is

915
00:45:53,560 --> 00:45:55,560
Speaker 1: a big game for these two teams. This is very

916
00:45:55,640 --> 00:45:58,239
Speaker 1: similar to the Jets Dolphins last week in that I

917
00:45:58,320 --> 00:46:01,239
Speaker 1: feel like the loser loser goes home game. You're in

918
00:46:01,320 --> 00:46:03,880
Speaker 1: big trouble. Those are game. You're the Chargers. You have

919
00:46:04,000 --> 00:46:06,160
Speaker 1: got a coming up after this. You go in five

920
00:46:06,239 --> 00:46:09,760
Speaker 1: and five, you can say to yourself, the craziest stuff

921
00:46:09,840 --> 00:46:12,080
Speaker 1: you could imagine happened to us. We're five and five

922
00:46:12,120 --> 00:46:14,160
Speaker 1: and have a major chance from here on out. You

923
00:46:14,239 --> 00:46:16,839
Speaker 1: go in four and six and it's it's caught up

924
00:46:16,880 --> 00:46:20,040
Speaker 1: to us in a division where everybody else has six wins. Sure,

925
00:46:20,320 --> 00:46:24,279
Speaker 1: it's tough. That division got three teams in in two

926
00:46:24,360 --> 00:46:28,120
Speaker 1: thousand thirteen, and unless I'm crazy, I believe that ended

927
00:46:28,160 --> 00:46:31,600
Speaker 1: on a long winning streak by these very same San

928
00:46:31,640 --> 00:46:35,920
Speaker 1: Diego Superchargers. Was also when four straight wins there to

929
00:46:36,040 --> 00:46:40,480
Speaker 1: end the season, So they have a little institutional memory here.

930
00:46:40,520 --> 00:46:42,240
Speaker 1: If we know how to go on these late season

931
00:46:42,320 --> 00:46:46,080
Speaker 1: run institutional memory. They have to protect Tannehill in this

932
00:46:46,239 --> 00:46:49,680
Speaker 1: game too, a little bit better. Melvin Ingram and Joey

933
00:46:49,760 --> 00:46:52,399
Speaker 1: Bosa have been playing so well next to each other,

934
00:46:53,080 --> 00:46:56,319
Speaker 1: just from that game that Joey Bosa started. The way

935
00:46:56,400 --> 00:47:00,200
Speaker 1: that they've been able to change that defense is so unbelieved. Well,

936
00:47:00,239 --> 00:47:02,839
Speaker 1: you could say that they would be their four and five,

937
00:47:02,880 --> 00:47:05,040
Speaker 1: they'd be five and four, maybe even six and three

938
00:47:05,120 --> 00:47:07,279
Speaker 1: had Bosa, you know, been there from the start of

939
00:47:07,280 --> 00:47:08,880
Speaker 1: the year. He's that It's rare that you find a

940
00:47:08,920 --> 00:47:11,680
Speaker 1: defensive player that could change things that much, But you

941
00:47:11,760 --> 00:47:13,799
Speaker 1: look at him playing, you have to believe it. Well,

942
00:47:14,320 --> 00:47:17,080
Speaker 1: it's it's such a game that you expect to be

943
00:47:17,680 --> 00:47:20,120
Speaker 1: high scoring, and I don't know if that's you know,

944
00:47:20,239 --> 00:47:23,960
Speaker 1: Ryan Tannehill's type of game. They're trying to limit his exposure.

945
00:47:24,040 --> 00:47:27,040
Speaker 1: This Chargers team third in the league in points scored.

946
00:47:27,160 --> 00:47:31,320
Speaker 1: And that's why I'm confident and I'm gonna make this

947
00:47:31,680 --> 00:47:37,120
Speaker 1: my lock of a week lock it up. Look at

948
00:47:37,160 --> 00:47:39,600
Speaker 1: that we almost totally am I the only one that

949
00:47:39,719 --> 00:47:42,120
Speaker 1: remembered to have a lock of the week. I locked

950
00:47:42,160 --> 00:47:43,839
Speaker 1: it up. I had one, and we went right through

951
00:47:43,880 --> 00:47:45,560
Speaker 1: the game that I picked, so I'll keep it a

952
00:47:45,600 --> 00:47:48,640
Speaker 1: seat pretty so yeah, I mean, I'll just pretend I

953
00:47:48,680 --> 00:47:50,960
Speaker 1: got it right later. I never decide my lock of

954
00:47:51,000 --> 00:47:54,640
Speaker 1: the week until fifty minutes into the show, so like

955
00:47:54,760 --> 00:47:57,360
Speaker 1: Monday Night Football. By the way, very close listeners to

956
00:47:57,440 --> 00:48:00,239
Speaker 1: the show will know it's been a little while since

957
00:48:00,280 --> 00:48:02,680
Speaker 1: Mars had a lack of the week. I believe. I

958
00:48:02,800 --> 00:48:05,600
Speaker 1: think most listeners have no are not tracking it on

959
00:48:05,719 --> 00:48:09,319
Speaker 1: any level. I'm just saying it's it's been a little

960
00:48:10,320 --> 00:48:13,279
Speaker 1: gitimately have forgotten two shows in a row. I need

961
00:48:13,360 --> 00:48:15,600
Speaker 1: to do a better job of having something on the

962
00:48:15,719 --> 00:48:18,359
Speaker 1: desk near me that reminds me to do that. It's

963
00:48:18,400 --> 00:48:23,520
Speaker 1: in our contracts, Sydney. I'm not that was not a

964
00:48:23,880 --> 00:48:25,600
Speaker 1: shot at use, Sydney. I feel like it kind of

965
00:48:25,640 --> 00:48:28,759
Speaker 1: want to help. It's saying like an alarm clock. Yeah,

966
00:48:28,800 --> 00:48:31,720
Speaker 1: I'm not putting it on you. I was blaming myself directly, Colleen,

967
00:48:31,760 --> 00:48:34,759
Speaker 1: attempting to stir things up there between the producer and

968
00:48:34,840 --> 00:48:36,680
Speaker 1: one of the people in the show. I really am

969
00:48:37,000 --> 00:48:40,279
Speaker 1: getting comfortable and Dan c Yeah, if it was a

970
00:48:40,320 --> 00:48:43,520
Speaker 1: stat about tight end defense, you would have remembered it. Well.

971
00:48:44,239 --> 00:48:47,600
Speaker 1: That was accurate. In the NFC West the spiraling forty

972
00:48:47,680 --> 00:48:50,600
Speaker 1: Niners head to Arizona or Colin Kaepernick will face a

973
00:48:50,760 --> 00:48:53,200
Speaker 1: much better pass rush than he saw last week. The

974
00:48:53,280 --> 00:48:55,920
Speaker 1: Cardinals Rosie are coming off there by, and David Johnson

975
00:48:56,040 --> 00:49:00,320
Speaker 1: has a dream matchup against a miserable Rundy. Yeah. Feels

976
00:49:00,320 --> 00:49:03,040
Speaker 1: like the Cardinals haven't played in in months. I don't

977
00:49:03,080 --> 00:49:05,400
Speaker 1: know why. And there they were a little down in

978
00:49:05,440 --> 00:49:08,239
Speaker 1: the dumps. And when you're down in the dumps, you know,

979
00:49:08,440 --> 00:49:12,399
Speaker 1: you just play the NFL's version of prozac, the San

980
00:49:12,480 --> 00:49:16,320
Speaker 1: Francisco forty Niners. Everyone's happy with a little forty Niners

981
00:49:16,400 --> 00:49:18,120
Speaker 1: in their life. They'll come out of this game and

982
00:49:18,200 --> 00:49:21,760
Speaker 1: we'll be talking about the they can overcome their offensive line,

983
00:49:21,840 --> 00:49:24,640
Speaker 1: and the defense is great, and everything's fine in Arizona

984
00:49:24,680 --> 00:49:26,919
Speaker 1: because they're they're playing like an a f L team.

985
00:49:27,360 --> 00:49:29,480
Speaker 1: You got packed ten team. It's a shame we go

986
00:49:29,560 --> 00:49:34,040
Speaker 1: all can't play the forty Niners this week. Matt. Maybe

987
00:49:34,080 --> 00:49:35,759
Speaker 1: they can just bring the team in here to talk

988
00:49:35,840 --> 00:49:40,240
Speaker 1: to us. I mean, there's an incredibly depressing statistic attached

989
00:49:40,280 --> 00:49:43,200
Speaker 1: to the Niners. They are the first team to allow

990
00:49:43,239 --> 00:49:45,759
Speaker 1: a hundred and seventy more rushing yards in five straight

991
00:49:45,840 --> 00:49:51,359
Speaker 1: games since that is before Greg was born. No, that's

992
00:49:51,400 --> 00:49:59,400
Speaker 1: not close. Was in the seventies. Well, you were a

993
00:49:59,480 --> 00:50:04,040
Speaker 1: young person and when this last happened. That's accurate. That

994
00:50:04,239 --> 00:50:10,680
Speaker 1: is pressing. I was watching some Top twenty, you know,

995
00:50:10,880 --> 00:50:15,000
Speaker 1: music countdown on MTV. A little Europe superstition was dominated.

996
00:50:15,000 --> 00:50:19,840
Speaker 1: It's a huge humble Bragg area area, White talks about

997
00:50:19,880 --> 00:50:26,680
Speaker 1: listening to Europe. Europe is terrible. I mean, it's just unbelievable. Um,

998
00:50:26,920 --> 00:50:30,200
Speaker 1: Carlos Hide, he's probably I don't know what he's gonna

999
00:50:30,239 --> 00:50:32,279
Speaker 1: do in this game. If he's even gonna player, gonna

1000
00:50:32,360 --> 00:50:34,359
Speaker 1: take some touches, it should be going to Duan Harris

1001
00:50:34,480 --> 00:50:36,479
Speaker 1: is what he's gonna do. Yeah, how about how about

1002
00:50:36,560 --> 00:50:39,279
Speaker 1: him last week? Well, we said last week he ran

1003
00:50:39,360 --> 00:50:41,520
Speaker 1: like a man possessed before the bye, and now he

1004
00:50:41,640 --> 00:50:43,919
Speaker 1: comes out and he played really well last week. Wasn't

1005
00:50:43,920 --> 00:50:46,759
Speaker 1: he got to stay in the rotation. He's been really good.

1006
00:50:47,160 --> 00:50:50,520
Speaker 1: He wasn't he the guy that was the car sales

1007
00:50:50,719 --> 00:50:53,880
Speaker 1: yes for the Packers. I feel like that Mike McCarthy

1008
00:50:54,400 --> 00:50:57,920
Speaker 1: raved about him during it was season or the off

1009
00:50:57,960 --> 00:50:59,920
Speaker 1: season in Green Band and then he tore his knee up.

1010
00:51:00,320 --> 00:51:03,279
Speaker 1: But McCarthy, they could him right now before we went

1011
00:51:03,440 --> 00:51:07,280
Speaker 1: any thoughts for you guys on the Colin Kaepernick experience

1012
00:51:07,360 --> 00:51:09,919
Speaker 1: after three games. I feel like he's we never talked

1013
00:51:09,920 --> 00:51:12,399
Speaker 1: about how he actually plays. The reason that we don't

1014
00:51:12,480 --> 00:51:14,360
Speaker 1: discuss him that much. I don't think he used to

1015
00:51:14,440 --> 00:51:18,080
Speaker 1: be one of the more captivating quarterbacks in the National

1016
00:51:18,120 --> 00:51:20,200
Speaker 1: Football League, and I just think he's attached to a

1017
00:51:20,320 --> 00:51:23,560
Speaker 1: sinking ship number one. But he's not saving it either.

1018
00:51:24,160 --> 00:51:26,520
Speaker 1: He didn't have a terrible game last week or anything.

1019
00:51:26,840 --> 00:51:29,000
Speaker 1: The same guy he was last year in the year. Yeah,

1020
00:51:29,760 --> 00:51:32,400
Speaker 1: do you remember the last time he went to Arizona

1021
00:51:32,480 --> 00:51:37,320
Speaker 1: and started last year? It was a disaster to seven

1022
00:51:38,080 --> 00:51:40,640
Speaker 1: Tyron Matthew high stepping into the end zone. Yeah. Well,

1023
00:51:40,760 --> 00:51:42,680
Speaker 1: this Saint that Cardinals team, I'll tell you that much. Now,

1024
00:51:42,800 --> 00:51:45,239
Speaker 1: it's a better defense, though, it's a good defense. And

1025
00:51:45,400 --> 00:51:47,960
Speaker 1: I saw that box scoring. I'm rooting for Kaepernick for

1026
00:51:48,040 --> 00:51:52,359
Speaker 1: whatever reason. He was, you know, very entertaining player back

1027
00:51:52,400 --> 00:51:54,680
Speaker 1: in the day. And I saw that box scoring, I'm thinking, oh,

1028
00:51:54,800 --> 00:51:57,239
Speaker 1: Kaepernick's you know, you gotta go in against the Saintes.

1029
00:51:57,320 --> 00:51:59,640
Speaker 1: But he didn't look very good. It was just a

1030
00:51:59,719 --> 00:52:02,680
Speaker 1: lot of short a couple of short passes that receivers

1031
00:52:02,719 --> 00:52:04,800
Speaker 1: took a long way. I agree with you us he

1032
00:52:04,920 --> 00:52:07,439
Speaker 1: looks he looks like the same guy that we saw

1033
00:52:07,520 --> 00:52:09,279
Speaker 1: the last few years. I mean, the Chip Kelly thing

1034
00:52:09,320 --> 00:52:13,000
Speaker 1: isn't happening. Wasn't that one of your off season uh something?

1035
00:52:13,760 --> 00:52:16,719
Speaker 1: You're right, the one of the predictions, right, it was

1036
00:52:16,800 --> 00:52:20,200
Speaker 1: some sort of like prediction that we got your justure there?

1037
00:52:20,239 --> 00:52:22,560
Speaker 1: What was the thing when I get excited, I do

1038
00:52:22,680 --> 00:52:26,520
Speaker 1: jazz that was got that? Well, you said the chip

1039
00:52:26,640 --> 00:52:31,359
Speaker 1: Kelly Kaepernick thing was gonna blow the NFL over something. Yeah,

1040
00:52:31,480 --> 00:52:33,880
Speaker 1: I probably said that. I'm sure of it. I mean,

1041
00:52:33,960 --> 00:52:36,279
Speaker 1: so you go, so you spend Tuesday and Wednesday, if

1042
00:52:36,280 --> 00:52:38,520
Speaker 1: you're the offensive side of the ball in San Francisco,

1043
00:52:38,560 --> 00:52:41,680
Speaker 1: putting together a game plan. But at this point, the

1044
00:52:41,719 --> 00:52:43,680
Speaker 1: game plan needs to be we know we're going to

1045
00:52:43,800 --> 00:52:46,840
Speaker 1: be down or have given up seventeen to twenty points

1046
00:52:47,200 --> 00:52:49,560
Speaker 1: ten or eleven minutes into this game. How do we

1047
00:52:49,640 --> 00:52:51,680
Speaker 1: dig out from that? How can you really assess what's

1048
00:52:51,680 --> 00:52:53,600
Speaker 1: happening with any of these guys When you're playing from

1049
00:52:53,640 --> 00:52:56,319
Speaker 1: behind and giving up a hundred and seventy plus yards

1050
00:52:56,360 --> 00:52:59,560
Speaker 1: per game to a running team every week, it's ridiculous.

1051
00:53:00,239 --> 00:53:02,279
Speaker 1: That's fair dog can't wait till they have their fourth

1052
00:53:02,640 --> 00:53:05,520
Speaker 1: different head coach and the fourth same four straight januaries.

1053
00:53:05,760 --> 00:53:09,280
Speaker 1: How about this ridiculous matchup the Bears and the Bucks.

1054
00:53:09,680 --> 00:53:12,320
Speaker 1: They've had some time to clear their heads. The Bears

1055
00:53:12,360 --> 00:53:14,719
Speaker 1: are coming off of by after we haven't Vikings, No,

1056
00:53:14,840 --> 00:53:17,040
Speaker 1: we have not. In the Bucks off a Thursday nighter

1057
00:53:17,600 --> 00:53:21,200
Speaker 1: to the aforementioned Falcons. Now Tampa Bay has given up

1058
00:53:21,280 --> 00:53:24,239
Speaker 1: over a thousand yards of total offense in the last

1059
00:53:24,360 --> 00:53:27,680
Speaker 1: two weeks. West can the Bears take advantage to get

1060
00:53:27,719 --> 00:53:31,319
Speaker 1: their third win of the season. Do they have three

1061
00:53:31,360 --> 00:53:33,880
Speaker 1: wins yet they have to? Yeah? So their third win

1062
00:53:35,120 --> 00:53:38,400
Speaker 1: monitor behind you. If I could look at that turning

1063
00:53:38,480 --> 00:53:42,600
Speaker 1: around here? Yeah, so can they do it? No? I

1064
00:53:42,920 --> 00:53:46,120
Speaker 1: spent many minutes trying to think of reasons to watch

1065
00:53:46,200 --> 00:53:52,879
Speaker 1: this game. I'm sorry. There was Doug Martin might come back.

1066
00:53:53,120 --> 00:53:56,520
Speaker 1: That's a pretty good reason. Well across there was a

1067
00:53:56,680 --> 00:54:00,200
Speaker 1: there was an article, uh task to me early in

1068
00:54:00,239 --> 00:54:01,920
Speaker 1: the year when these oh and three or oh and

1069
00:54:02,000 --> 00:54:04,000
Speaker 1: four teams reasons for hope and I and like you,

1070
00:54:04,120 --> 00:54:06,319
Speaker 1: I could not come up with one reason back then

1071
00:54:06,680 --> 00:54:09,160
Speaker 1: for the Bears. I really tried, and it was maybe

1072
00:54:09,480 --> 00:54:11,880
Speaker 1: you don't have Jay Cutler after this season and you

1073
00:54:12,000 --> 00:54:14,440
Speaker 1: start over. But I see something else. I think you've

1074
00:54:14,440 --> 00:54:17,799
Speaker 1: found a running back in Jordan Howard. Am I wrong?

1075
00:54:18,160 --> 00:54:19,960
Speaker 1: I don't see him as a guy who's going to

1076
00:54:20,040 --> 00:54:21,839
Speaker 1: be the long term starter. I don't think he's got

1077
00:54:22,239 --> 00:54:25,200
Speaker 1: I don't think I tried. Sorry, I mean I'm in

1078
00:54:25,239 --> 00:54:27,359
Speaker 1: the minority on Yeah, I think a lot of people

1079
00:54:27,400 --> 00:54:30,439
Speaker 1: see him. I think he's too slow. Did anybody else

1080
00:54:30,560 --> 00:54:34,440
Speaker 1: find it odd one watching the Bears and the Falcons

1081
00:54:34,600 --> 00:54:37,800
Speaker 1: last week to see Jay Cutler um going around and

1082
00:54:37,960 --> 00:54:41,360
Speaker 1: like there's vikings, Yeah, Bears vikings. To see Jay Cutler

1083
00:54:41,719 --> 00:54:45,440
Speaker 1: sort of um patting people on the back and talking

1084
00:54:45,520 --> 00:54:48,319
Speaker 1: to them and going around and being like a motivator

1085
00:54:48,400 --> 00:54:51,560
Speaker 1: of sorts. Anybody noticed that because it felt really weird

1086
00:54:51,640 --> 00:54:55,759
Speaker 1: when I was Maybe that wasn't I mean, it would

1087
00:54:55,760 --> 00:54:58,560
Speaker 1: be the most Jay Cutler thing ever to have a

1088
00:54:58,640 --> 00:55:02,399
Speaker 1: little run here, wouldn't it. Would people act like he's

1089
00:55:02,400 --> 00:55:05,279
Speaker 1: been a terrible quarterback his whole career. He hasn't. He's

1090
00:55:05,320 --> 00:55:08,600
Speaker 1: had big time runs and he certainly can light up

1091
00:55:08,640 --> 00:55:13,719
Speaker 1: a defense as bad as it's been a few years.

1092
00:55:13,719 --> 00:55:16,239
Speaker 1: Al right, so maybe maybe maybe he I thought he

1093
00:55:16,280 --> 00:55:18,440
Speaker 1: played well, so did Josh McCown in the same season,

1094
00:55:18,520 --> 00:55:20,480
Speaker 1: but I thought he played well. He got outplayed by

1095
00:55:20,520 --> 00:55:22,680
Speaker 1: his backup in the stress well, but alright to not

1096
00:55:22,800 --> 00:55:25,000
Speaker 1: not to the Bears credit, but he's done enough to

1097
00:55:25,200 --> 00:55:28,600
Speaker 1: not force Chicago's hand to make a change of the position.

1098
00:55:28,640 --> 00:55:30,319
Speaker 1: In fact, it's not so long that I gave him

1099
00:55:30,320 --> 00:55:33,360
Speaker 1: a massive contract. With the state of quarterbacking in the NFL,

1100
00:55:33,440 --> 00:55:36,239
Speaker 1: he also played enough to get coaching staffs fired over

1101
00:55:36,320 --> 00:55:38,680
Speaker 1: and over again. And if I were in Chicago and

1102
00:55:38,719 --> 00:55:41,520
Speaker 1: I'd have a running meter saying games left until I

1103
00:55:41,520 --> 00:55:44,440
Speaker 1: have to stop watching Jake, he's gone. I just wouldn't

1104
00:55:44,480 --> 00:55:47,560
Speaker 1: be surprised if he happens to play well down the stretch.

1105
00:55:47,640 --> 00:55:49,640
Speaker 1: The game against Minnesota was good, and now he's playing

1106
00:55:49,680 --> 00:55:51,960
Speaker 1: one of the worst defense in the league. So if

1107
00:55:52,000 --> 00:55:55,399
Speaker 1: you were desperate for a fantasy streamer, it's like, would

1108
00:55:55,400 --> 00:55:57,520
Speaker 1: you you wouldn't be surprised if Jake Cutler has three

1109
00:55:57,600 --> 00:56:00,040
Speaker 1: hundred yards and in a few touchdowns this week. With

1110
00:56:00,239 --> 00:56:02,239
Speaker 1: you whatever, You're never going to get me to admit

1111
00:56:02,280 --> 00:56:05,360
Speaker 1: that Jay Cutler is some kind of good quarterback. Nice Tyre,

1112
00:56:05,800 --> 00:56:09,200
Speaker 1: I wow, that really hurt. I mean, Cutler will do

1113
00:56:09,360 --> 00:56:11,440
Speaker 1: enough to make sure that your team doesn't have a

1114
00:56:11,560 --> 00:56:14,080
Speaker 1: top three pick to take another quarterback. I don't know

1115
00:56:14,120 --> 00:56:17,319
Speaker 1: why Greg insists on loving heartbreak. I'm not saying he's good.

1116
00:56:17,400 --> 00:56:20,360
Speaker 1: I'm just saying there's value in being a league average starter,

1117
00:56:20,520 --> 00:56:22,759
Speaker 1: and that's about what if you're also a leader and

1118
00:56:22,880 --> 00:56:26,360
Speaker 1: liked in the locker room. Sure this is depressing for

1119
00:56:26,440 --> 00:56:29,640
Speaker 1: them that that's a matchup. I'm done with that matchup.

1120
00:56:29,719 --> 00:56:32,319
Speaker 1: Let's go to the next one. Steelers. They're back at

1121
00:56:32,360 --> 00:56:35,520
Speaker 1: home after dropping three straight. Ben Roethlisberger is another week

1122
00:56:35,600 --> 00:56:38,719
Speaker 1: removed from his knee surgery as Pittsburgh prepares to play

1123
00:56:38,760 --> 00:56:42,080
Speaker 1: host to the seven win Dallas Cowboys, who have an

1124
00:56:42,200 --> 00:56:45,560
Speaker 1: underrated defense sort of Mark Well, I think their offense

1125
00:56:45,600 --> 00:56:48,720
Speaker 1: certainly helps their defense. They do they. I mean, they've

1126
00:56:48,800 --> 00:56:51,040
Speaker 1: got great coaching on defense, and that's been the case

1127
00:56:51,239 --> 00:56:54,240
Speaker 1: for the past few years with Jason garrett Um running

1128
00:56:54,239 --> 00:56:56,080
Speaker 1: the show. And I would say that when you have

1129
00:56:56,160 --> 00:56:58,920
Speaker 1: an offense that can string off seven or eight minute

1130
00:56:58,960 --> 00:57:02,640
Speaker 1: drives that end in touchdowns over and over, that you're

1131
00:57:02,640 --> 00:57:05,439
Speaker 1: putting the whole team into a good place. And it's

1132
00:57:05,680 --> 00:57:08,320
Speaker 1: you know, I would have thought, looking before the season,

1133
00:57:08,400 --> 00:57:10,160
Speaker 1: it would be Pittsburgh that might have the seven and

1134
00:57:10,239 --> 00:57:12,719
Speaker 1: one record. I don't think that anyone in this room

1135
00:57:12,960 --> 00:57:15,680
Speaker 1: would have comprehended a part of the year where Pittsburgh

1136
00:57:15,680 --> 00:57:18,160
Speaker 1: could potentially be losing four straight if they don't get

1137
00:57:18,200 --> 00:57:20,720
Speaker 1: it done here. And I don't think that it's crazy

1138
00:57:20,800 --> 00:57:22,760
Speaker 1: to think that will happen at all, whether it's in

1139
00:57:22,840 --> 00:57:25,480
Speaker 1: Pittsburgh or in Dallas. It's in It's it's in the

1140
00:57:25,560 --> 00:57:28,400
Speaker 1: home stadium for the Steelers. But the Cowboys are the

1141
00:57:28,520 --> 00:57:31,760
Speaker 1: better team in many ways right now, and they're on

1142
00:57:31,920 --> 00:57:34,120
Speaker 1: fire and they're on a roll. I trust Dallas. Yeah,

1143
00:57:34,160 --> 00:57:36,920
Speaker 1: the Cowboys haven't allowed a one hundred yard rusher or

1144
00:57:37,040 --> 00:57:39,640
Speaker 1: receiver yet this season. And this is a defense that

1145
00:57:39,720 --> 00:57:41,760
Speaker 1: coming into the year, we were all I was at

1146
00:57:41,840 --> 00:57:44,720
Speaker 1: least concerned about a lot of different parts of the defense,

1147
00:57:44,800 --> 00:57:48,880
Speaker 1: but specifically the pass rush and just in general, all

1148
00:57:48,920 --> 00:57:50,840
Speaker 1: the pieces that they had to move around to make

1149
00:57:50,960 --> 00:57:54,920
Speaker 1: up for the guys that were missing. And they're doing Okay.

1150
00:57:55,240 --> 00:57:59,560
Speaker 1: You know what I say to that stet fuck it up.

1151
00:58:00,040 --> 00:58:03,360
Speaker 1: Oh he's doing it. You're locking up the stats. We're

1152
00:58:03,480 --> 00:58:06,000
Speaker 1: doing a three way lock. Not only did the Steelers

1153
00:58:06,040 --> 00:58:09,880
Speaker 1: win this game, too, Brown goes over a hundred lean

1154
00:58:10,000 --> 00:58:12,840
Speaker 1: Bell goes over a hundred. Ben Big Ben goes over

1155
00:58:12,960 --> 00:58:16,080
Speaker 1: three hundred. Look it all up. The Steelers are a

1156
00:58:16,160 --> 00:58:18,560
Speaker 1: different team at home. It's not the Cowboys are the

1157
00:58:18,640 --> 00:58:20,640
Speaker 1: best team in the NFC this year. It's not like

1158
00:58:20,720 --> 00:58:23,560
Speaker 1: they're unbeatable. They should have lost to the Eagles a

1159
00:58:23,640 --> 00:58:25,760
Speaker 1: couple of weeks ago, who are not a better team

1160
00:58:25,800 --> 00:58:28,600
Speaker 1: than the Steelers at home. I think the steel I

1161
00:58:28,720 --> 00:58:30,640
Speaker 1: liked the way Big Ben played in the fourth quarter.

1162
00:58:30,680 --> 00:58:33,000
Speaker 1: It took him a few quarters. I know he's having

1163
00:58:33,080 --> 00:58:35,680
Speaker 1: trouble with cover two defenses. There's a chance we get

1164
00:58:35,760 --> 00:58:39,040
Speaker 1: Ladarius Green to make his Pittsburgh debut this week, and

1165
00:58:39,120 --> 00:58:41,919
Speaker 1: I think Eli Rodgers looked good last week. Big Ben

1166
00:58:42,200 --> 00:58:44,800
Speaker 1: through some dimes in that fourth quarter last week. They

1167
00:58:44,920 --> 00:58:47,400
Speaker 1: gotta get Levy on Bell on track earlier in this

1168
00:58:47,520 --> 00:58:49,360
Speaker 1: game than they did against the Ravens that they know.

1169
00:58:49,520 --> 00:58:52,360
Speaker 1: They never their big trio. None of them played well

1170
00:58:52,400 --> 00:58:54,680
Speaker 1: early and they never really you know, figured it out.

1171
00:58:55,880 --> 00:58:59,680
Speaker 1: My antidote to Pittsburgh's offense at home would be again

1172
00:58:59,760 --> 00:59:03,080
Speaker 1: that Alice, if if if Ezekiel Elliott gets the yardage

1173
00:59:03,200 --> 00:59:05,440
Speaker 1: and in the carries and the touches that we think

1174
00:59:05,480 --> 00:59:08,400
Speaker 1: he will, you keep the Steeler's offense off the field

1175
00:59:08,680 --> 00:59:11,040
Speaker 1: for an extra eight to ten minutes in this game. Well,

1176
00:59:11,160 --> 00:59:14,640
Speaker 1: it's it's a big test of a Steelers defense that

1177
00:59:14,800 --> 00:59:17,120
Speaker 1: I don't know what to think about. Some weeks, I've

1178
00:59:17,160 --> 00:59:21,440
Speaker 1: been really really disappointed because I don't think they're lacking talent.

1179
00:59:22,240 --> 00:59:24,840
Speaker 1: When Cameron Hayward out there, maybe that's the X factor.

1180
00:59:24,960 --> 00:59:27,040
Speaker 1: They tend to look a lot better Stefan too. It's

1181
00:59:27,080 --> 00:59:32,000
Speaker 1: playing well. Ryan Shazir played incredible, and when Hayward's out there,

1182
00:59:32,560 --> 00:59:36,240
Speaker 1: that takes up attention and Shazir the secondary is obviously

1183
00:59:36,320 --> 00:59:39,600
Speaker 1: not very good. Uh, And trying to stop this Cowboys

1184
00:59:39,680 --> 00:59:42,040
Speaker 1: defense or even slow it down is is tough. I mean,

1185
00:59:42,440 --> 00:59:44,439
Speaker 1: not to pick on your Browns or anything. It's rare

1186
00:59:44,520 --> 00:59:48,280
Speaker 1: to see we're far beyond that point. It's rare to

1187
00:59:48,360 --> 00:59:52,720
Speaker 1: see a matchup like that Cowboys Brown's one where where

1188
00:59:52,800 --> 00:59:56,840
Speaker 1: it looks like one team is an SEC team and

1189
00:59:56,920 --> 00:59:59,680
Speaker 1: the other is Nickels State visiting them, you know, for

1190
00:59:59,760 --> 01:00:02,880
Speaker 1: home coming weekend or whatever. And that it's rare to

1191
01:00:02,920 --> 01:00:05,640
Speaker 1: see an offense that good where it's just like for

1192
01:00:05,960 --> 01:00:09,080
Speaker 1: for possessions for touchdown and with with Dallas in that game,

1193
01:00:09,160 --> 01:00:11,520
Speaker 1: and I get it. It is Cleveland's defense, but it

1194
01:00:11,680 --> 01:00:14,480
Speaker 1: was another example where the whole offense is not reliant

1195
01:00:14,560 --> 01:00:16,680
Speaker 1: on just one guy getting it done or two guys.

1196
01:00:16,920 --> 01:00:19,320
Speaker 1: They spread the ball around to so many different people.

1197
01:00:19,360 --> 01:00:21,600
Speaker 1: They're not just a you can't do one thing and

1198
01:00:21,920 --> 01:00:24,240
Speaker 1: their offense they can find different ways to get at you.

1199
01:00:24,400 --> 01:00:28,440
Speaker 1: Barry Church still gonna miss this game for Dallas. Mo

1200
01:00:28,600 --> 01:00:31,360
Speaker 1: Claibourn gonna miss it. You would think that Pittsburgh. I'm

1201
01:00:31,440 --> 01:00:35,800
Speaker 1: envious of this lock. I'm sad that I did not

1202
01:00:35,960 --> 01:00:39,320
Speaker 1: pick this lock. I believe in sharing. He's give you

1203
01:00:40,040 --> 01:00:43,000
Speaker 1: double locks. I like, I'm gonna I'm gonna stay with

1204
01:00:43,080 --> 01:00:45,080
Speaker 1: my lock. I'm gonna take the Steelers. I can't lock

1205
01:00:45,120 --> 01:00:47,919
Speaker 1: it up. I already uh locked something up. I didn't

1206
01:00:47,960 --> 01:00:52,840
Speaker 1: lock anything up, nor will I. All right, I don't

1207
01:00:52,880 --> 01:00:56,240
Speaker 1: need to. I don't need to deal with vaults. That's fair.

1208
01:00:56,400 --> 01:01:02,160
Speaker 1: That's fair. Sunday Night. Does anybody have anything else for

1209
01:01:02,200 --> 01:01:04,479
Speaker 1: that game? All right? Now? West told you who's gonna

1210
01:01:04,480 --> 01:01:07,760
Speaker 1: win Sunday Night football? How about this one? The Seahawks

1211
01:01:07,960 --> 01:01:10,920
Speaker 1: on a short week playing in Foxboro against the Patriots

1212
01:01:10,960 --> 01:01:14,240
Speaker 1: team that's well rested and looked pretty much unstoppable before

1213
01:01:14,240 --> 01:01:17,919
Speaker 1: there by Seattle will be without Michael Bennett West, which

1214
01:01:17,960 --> 01:01:21,040
Speaker 1: would be maybe a good game, big game for la

1215
01:01:21,080 --> 01:01:24,720
Speaker 1: Garrett Blunt, or what if it's a big game for

1216
01:01:24,800 --> 01:01:28,240
Speaker 1: Dion Lewis. Oh, we don't even know if he's playing yet. Hopefully.

1217
01:01:28,240 --> 01:01:30,360
Speaker 1: I think he'd see a big share of action if

1218
01:01:30,400 --> 01:01:32,040
Speaker 1: he gets in there. No, I don't. I think he'd

1219
01:01:32,080 --> 01:01:35,800
Speaker 1: be limited. Mike Garrett Fullo was saying, though the Patriots

1220
01:01:35,840 --> 01:01:38,160
Speaker 1: teammates are really impressed with what they've seen in practice,

1221
01:01:38,680 --> 01:01:40,840
Speaker 1: Blunt said, he's nasty in the open field. It doesn't

1222
01:01:40,880 --> 01:01:43,840
Speaker 1: make any sense. Guy coming back from two knee surgeries,

1223
01:01:43,840 --> 01:01:46,720
Speaker 1: who was the most elusive player in the NFL last

1224
01:01:46,800 --> 01:01:49,360
Speaker 1: year when he was on the field. He I think

1225
01:01:49,440 --> 01:01:52,400
Speaker 1: this Patriots offense can get better, even if the stats

1226
01:01:52,440 --> 01:01:54,400
Speaker 1: aren't better in the second half because they played some

1227
01:01:54,800 --> 01:01:59,120
Speaker 1: bad defense. Stats couldn't be better, because they're better right

1228
01:01:59,200 --> 01:02:03,440
Speaker 1: now than they've ever been in Tom Brady's career, including

1229
01:02:03,480 --> 01:02:05,880
Speaker 1: two thousand seven, which is crazy. It's only a four

1230
01:02:05,960 --> 01:02:09,320
Speaker 1: game sample, so it's a little under unfair to, you know,

1231
01:02:09,400 --> 01:02:11,600
Speaker 1: extrapolate that out, But that's how good they've been over

1232
01:02:11,640 --> 01:02:13,880
Speaker 1: these four games. They're gonna be able to play to

1233
01:02:14,000 --> 01:02:16,880
Speaker 1: any situation against any defense, when you can pound it

1234
01:02:16,960 --> 01:02:18,840
Speaker 1: with blunt, when you need to to kill the clock,

1235
01:02:19,240 --> 01:02:21,040
Speaker 1: you can spread it out and go with Dion Lewis

1236
01:02:21,400 --> 01:02:24,520
Speaker 1: or Dion Lewis and James White. You can play Martellis Bennett,

1237
01:02:24,520 --> 01:02:27,080
Speaker 1: who's finally getting healthy after about three weeks where he

1238
01:02:27,200 --> 01:02:29,840
Speaker 1: wasn't healthy and wasn't used much. And Julian Edelman, you

1239
01:02:29,880 --> 01:02:31,960
Speaker 1: would assume is going to be better than he was

1240
01:02:32,040 --> 01:02:33,760
Speaker 1: early in the season two. You know what I got

1241
01:02:33,880 --> 01:02:38,440
Speaker 1: for you? A lock No, a little tight end defensive step.

1242
01:02:40,080 --> 01:02:42,320
Speaker 1: Of course you do well. I mean because you're looking

1243
01:02:42,360 --> 01:02:44,680
Speaker 1: at the two teams in Seattle and New England that

1244
01:02:44,840 --> 01:02:47,600
Speaker 1: combined have only allowed two touchdowns to tight ends. But

1245
01:02:48,200 --> 01:02:53,120
Speaker 1: this game gives you Jimmy Graham, Rob Gronkowski and a

1246
01:02:53,320 --> 01:02:56,280
Speaker 1: healthier Martelli S. Bennett. I think there's a This is

1247
01:02:56,320 --> 01:02:59,400
Speaker 1: a fascinating prime time matchup. The Seahawks gave us one

1248
01:02:59,520 --> 01:03:02,040
Speaker 1: last week, and I want to say, keep putting Seattle

1249
01:03:02,120 --> 01:03:04,640
Speaker 1: on prime time, keep putting New England in prime time

1250
01:03:04,680 --> 01:03:07,680
Speaker 1: against good competition like this. We need these night games

1251
01:03:07,760 --> 01:03:10,520
Speaker 1: to stop stinking. This could be the antidote. I love

1252
01:03:10,640 --> 01:03:13,400
Speaker 1: this game. I cannot wait for this matchup. I feel

1253
01:03:13,400 --> 01:03:16,480
Speaker 1: like Russell Wilson, he looked a lot better. Like healthy.

1254
01:03:16,720 --> 01:03:19,360
Speaker 1: He's not as healthy as we've seen it in the past,

1255
01:03:19,440 --> 01:03:22,320
Speaker 1: but against the Bills, he's the healthy, healthiest we've seen

1256
01:03:22,440 --> 01:03:25,840
Speaker 1: him look. And the offensive line, yeah it's shaky, but

1257
01:03:25,880 --> 01:03:29,640
Speaker 1: the Patriots don't generate a good pass rush, So Russell Wilson,

1258
01:03:29,960 --> 01:03:32,160
Speaker 1: he's going to have time. And just look at the

1259
01:03:32,200 --> 01:03:35,360
Speaker 1: games that Brady has won for the Patriots. He beat

1260
01:03:35,640 --> 01:03:38,960
Speaker 1: Cincinnati when they fell apart in the third quarter. He

1261
01:03:39,120 --> 01:03:43,120
Speaker 1: beat Cleveland with Charlie Whitehurst, the Steelers with Landry Jones,

1262
01:03:43,560 --> 01:03:48,000
Speaker 1: and the Bills without Lashawn McCoy and Sammy Watkins. The

1263
01:03:48,240 --> 01:03:51,720
Speaker 1: Patriots have not faced a team with as good of

1264
01:03:51,760 --> 01:03:55,040
Speaker 1: a passing game as the Seahawks since they faced the Cardinals.

1265
01:03:55,160 --> 01:04:00,680
Speaker 1: I'm locking it up for the Seahawks New England. This

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Speaker 1: is listen in New England. When I everybody laughed and

1267
01:04:05,360 --> 01:04:07,480
Speaker 1: laughed and oh yeah, you can have your fun with

1268
01:04:07,600 --> 01:04:09,520
Speaker 1: your lock of the week. When I locked up the

1269
01:04:09,640 --> 01:04:13,440
Speaker 1: Chargers against the falcon and then you got lucky. I won.

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Speaker 1: What do you mean you got lucky? They won that game?

1271
01:04:16,000 --> 01:04:18,400
Speaker 1: Where you get that in this room, sometimes people tend

1272
01:04:18,480 --> 01:04:21,480
Speaker 1: to giggle and cast off an idea that might be

1273
01:04:21,520 --> 01:04:24,000
Speaker 1: a little different than the rest. You might be right, Colleen,

1274
01:04:24,920 --> 01:04:27,360
Speaker 1: that was one of the best teams. You know, we've

1275
01:04:27,400 --> 01:04:29,600
Speaker 1: seen in the last twenty five years. It's not crazy,

1276
01:04:29,680 --> 01:04:31,640
Speaker 1: but the Patriots have not lost a lot of games

1277
01:04:31,720 --> 01:04:34,400
Speaker 1: in Foxburro over there. Well, now that you've gotten that

1278
01:04:34,640 --> 01:04:38,440
Speaker 1: scorge Jamie Collins off your defense, everything's looking up for

1279
01:04:38,520 --> 01:04:44,440
Speaker 1: the Patriots, right sort. I don't know. Uh, it is

1280
01:04:44,520 --> 01:04:47,360
Speaker 1: the first it is the first game for Jamie Collins

1281
01:04:47,440 --> 01:04:50,600
Speaker 1: without Jamie Collins. I want to see what this defense has.

1282
01:04:50,800 --> 01:04:53,040
Speaker 1: I don't think Bill Belichick is happy with this defense.

1283
01:04:53,080 --> 01:04:55,000
Speaker 1: I think he looks at some of those opponents you

1284
01:04:55,080 --> 01:04:57,920
Speaker 1: talked about and doesn't give the defense that much credit

1285
01:04:58,120 --> 01:05:00,120
Speaker 1: for some of the things that they've been doing. You're

1286
01:05:00,200 --> 01:05:01,960
Speaker 1: right that they haven't had a great pass for us.

1287
01:05:02,400 --> 01:05:04,720
Speaker 1: I think they could be vulnerable to the deep ball.

1288
01:05:05,040 --> 01:05:07,920
Speaker 1: And as our old friend t d used to say,

1289
01:05:08,000 --> 01:05:10,280
Speaker 1: no one's got a sexier deep ball right now than

1290
01:05:10,320 --> 01:05:15,040
Speaker 1: Russell Wilson. Maybe Ben Roth's mark is pretty sexy right now.

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Speaker 1: I mean no, I'm not. You know, last week, we

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01:05:23,760 --> 01:05:26,920
Speaker 1: as a group talked about that Bill's Seattle game being interesting,

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01:05:27,120 --> 01:05:28,960
Speaker 1: and we couldn't have been more right. I have the

1294
01:05:29,000 --> 01:05:31,160
Speaker 1: same feeling about this one. This is what this has

1295
01:05:31,320 --> 01:05:34,480
Speaker 1: the this is why we should care about the regular season.

1296
01:05:34,680 --> 01:05:37,520
Speaker 1: And it's not don't give me Tampa Bay Chicago. I

1297
01:05:37,560 --> 01:05:39,480
Speaker 1: don't need to see that. I need to see this.

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01:05:39,960 --> 01:05:42,200
Speaker 1: This is some throwing of these type of stuff. But

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01:05:42,280 --> 01:05:45,520
Speaker 1: I wish Michael Bennett was in this game. What I mean,

1300
01:05:46,000 --> 01:05:50,000
Speaker 1: don't you to Bennett brothers and uh I said it

1301
01:05:50,160 --> 01:05:52,480
Speaker 1: in the Who Said It this Week? Tom Brady he

1302
01:05:52,640 --> 01:05:57,520
Speaker 1: thought Michael Bennett was the most valuable defensive player in

1303
01:05:57,600 --> 01:06:00,640
Speaker 1: the entire league. Why not? I like to see these

1304
01:06:00,640 --> 01:06:04,120
Speaker 1: two teams at their best. I I I understand the sentiment.

1305
01:06:04,200 --> 01:06:06,080
Speaker 1: I think we all do. But the idea that you,

1306
01:06:06,320 --> 01:06:08,520
Speaker 1: as a Patriots fan can just kind of you know

1307
01:06:08,680 --> 01:06:11,640
Speaker 1: you're gonna glide to fourteen into fifteen and one, so

1308
01:06:12,040 --> 01:06:14,680
Speaker 1: of course you want all the premier players on the

1309
01:06:14,760 --> 01:06:18,480
Speaker 1: field more than I like the Patriots. Well it's easy

1310
01:06:18,560 --> 01:06:21,000
Speaker 1: to say that, but it's like, either way, you're gonna

1311
01:06:21,040 --> 01:06:25,040
Speaker 1: get handed a glowing super Bowl type team either way. Well, Greg,

1312
01:06:25,360 --> 01:06:28,200
Speaker 1: this game reminds me, don't be mad, and he used

1313
01:06:28,200 --> 01:06:32,320
Speaker 1: to be. I was gonna stop it. But you used

1314
01:06:32,360 --> 01:06:35,919
Speaker 1: to be uh excited. I'm thinking back to a few

1315
01:06:36,000 --> 01:06:40,320
Speaker 1: years ago in Glendale when a little unknown, undrafted player

1316
01:06:40,880 --> 01:06:46,080
Speaker 1: by the name of Malcolm Butler made the greatest play history.

1317
01:06:46,440 --> 01:06:48,720
Speaker 1: And this trio in here, you know, Dan was also

1318
01:06:48,800 --> 01:06:51,720
Speaker 1: they're not as excited this trio here that was at

1319
01:06:51,760 --> 01:06:54,280
Speaker 1: the game. We were all excited in that moment. We

1320
01:06:54,360 --> 01:06:57,920
Speaker 1: don't even know who Malcolm Butler was. Dan. Unfortunate thing

1321
01:06:58,000 --> 01:06:59,880
Speaker 1: happened to Dan in the game. Two things. One knew

1322
01:07:00,000 --> 01:07:01,919
Speaker 1: England won the game. That was not up Dan's tree.

1323
01:07:01,960 --> 01:07:05,400
Speaker 1: But secondly, before we were all stuffed into a press

1324
01:07:05,480 --> 01:07:08,360
Speaker 1: box where Greg and West and I were stuffed at

1325
01:07:08,440 --> 01:07:10,400
Speaker 1: one end, and so we had no choice but to

1326
01:07:10,440 --> 01:07:12,480
Speaker 1: be hugging each other because we were up. But they

1327
01:07:12,600 --> 01:07:17,000
Speaker 1: moved Dan, Yeah, we moved. They moved in about eight

1328
01:07:17,120 --> 01:07:21,040
Speaker 1: or nine seats down where he was all buying, and

1329
01:07:21,280 --> 01:07:23,520
Speaker 1: all these people between the city looks over as New

1330
01:07:23,600 --> 01:07:26,120
Speaker 1: England's winning the Super Bowl his absolute nightmare. And we're

1331
01:07:26,200 --> 01:07:28,560
Speaker 1: jumping up and down, hugging each other. And then a

1332
01:07:28,600 --> 01:07:31,480
Speaker 1: shadowy League figure who I won't name, took video of it.

1333
01:07:32,480 --> 01:07:34,560
Speaker 1: Yes I won't see who that person was. They knew

1334
01:07:34,560 --> 01:07:37,160
Speaker 1: who they were, Wow, I'm gonna take this moment to

1335
01:07:37,480 --> 01:07:48,439
Speaker 1: uh moment this game. Patriot Malcolm Butler not only say

1336
01:07:48,560 --> 01:07:51,000
Speaker 1: that play, he somehow has followed it up. He is

1337
01:07:51,000 --> 01:07:53,680
Speaker 1: playing outstanding this year. I haven't mentioned that at all.

1338
01:07:53,880 --> 01:07:56,120
Speaker 1: He is playing great top ten cornerback again. This is

1339
01:07:56,120 --> 01:07:58,720
Speaker 1: an undrafted guy who has backed up that play with

1340
01:07:58,960 --> 01:08:02,680
Speaker 1: two top ten cornerback Pro Bowl type of seasons. That's

1341
01:08:03,040 --> 01:08:06,600
Speaker 1: that's almost less likely as that play was. He's about

1342
01:08:06,640 --> 01:08:09,200
Speaker 1: to get paid. He's gonna take Jamie Collins money. Do

1343
01:08:09,280 --> 01:08:10,800
Speaker 1: you feel good now? Do you feel better now that

1344
01:08:10,840 --> 01:08:13,400
Speaker 1: you got that spot? I have one more I have

1345
01:08:13,520 --> 01:08:16,240
Speaker 1: one more thing. You've got another moment. This is a

1346
01:08:16,320 --> 01:08:18,639
Speaker 1: better Tom Brady than a few years ago, to better

1347
01:08:18,760 --> 01:08:21,760
Speaker 1: on better on the deep ball, nine of fifteen on

1348
01:08:21,840 --> 01:08:24,639
Speaker 1: throws over twenty yards this year. And he's quicker, He's

1349
01:08:24,680 --> 01:08:27,000
Speaker 1: got his a little more foot speed. I liked what

1350
01:08:27,080 --> 01:08:28,960
Speaker 1: you said in your QB Index that he's like a

1351
01:08:29,040 --> 01:08:32,080
Speaker 1: mid career Michael Jordan's working on working on different parts

1352
01:08:32,120 --> 01:08:33,840
Speaker 1: of his game in the off season because he knows

1353
01:08:34,240 --> 01:08:36,200
Speaker 1: he has to get better. And if you read features

1354
01:08:36,280 --> 01:08:38,400
Speaker 1: of Tom Brady from two years ago, the one in

1355
01:08:38,439 --> 01:08:40,960
Speaker 1: the New Yorker. He talks about that, saying, my team

1356
01:08:41,040 --> 01:08:42,799
Speaker 1: needs me to get better because this is a weakness

1357
01:08:42,840 --> 01:08:45,400
Speaker 1: in my game. I can take away that weakness and

1358
01:08:45,520 --> 01:08:49,160
Speaker 1: become a better quarterback. And that's how you defeat father time.

1359
01:08:49,320 --> 01:08:52,920
Speaker 1: Dan hanss that's how you defeat slight regression. You work

1360
01:08:52,960 --> 01:08:58,560
Speaker 1: your butt off to eliminate your weaknesses. Or he's not

1361
01:08:58,680 --> 01:09:01,719
Speaker 1: a human maybe well just he has machine parts inside

1362
01:09:01,760 --> 01:09:04,040
Speaker 1: of him and and no button. No one, but Gizell

1363
01:09:04,240 --> 01:09:07,680
Speaker 1: knows that he is advancing the art of football. And

1364
01:09:08,479 --> 01:09:11,479
Speaker 1: by liberty of his wife making eighty million dollars a year,

1365
01:09:11,560 --> 01:09:15,720
Speaker 1: he can hire personal coaches. Body, I think he's doing

1366
01:09:15,880 --> 01:09:19,920
Speaker 1: fine financially with her without her, I mean, like a guy,

1367
01:09:20,280 --> 01:09:23,080
Speaker 1: and they have great friends that Prescott can't hire these

1368
01:09:23,120 --> 01:09:26,599
Speaker 1: people his diet. I go right back to his diet.

1369
01:09:26,880 --> 01:09:29,840
Speaker 1: Sometimes he's allowed to have avoc This is like too much.

1370
01:09:29,880 --> 01:09:33,760
Speaker 1: Patriots are wonderful talk. I'm done, We're moving on. How

1371
01:09:33,800 --> 01:09:36,280
Speaker 1: about this? Two of the top ten offenses face off

1372
01:09:36,360 --> 01:09:39,240
Speaker 1: Monday Night with the Cincinnati Bengals and the New York Giants.

1373
01:09:39,439 --> 01:09:42,920
Speaker 1: Both teams have struggling past defenses. But do the three

1374
01:09:43,040 --> 01:09:45,880
Speaker 1: four and one Bengals turn things around now that they

1375
01:09:45,920 --> 01:09:50,720
Speaker 1: have a healthy Tyler Eiffert Rosie. I think they will.

1376
01:09:51,760 --> 01:09:55,560
Speaker 1: I have no real basis for that. I just overrate

1377
01:09:55,640 --> 01:09:58,760
Speaker 1: the Bank week after week and underrate the Giants week

1378
01:09:58,840 --> 01:10:03,439
Speaker 1: after week. So it's two things collide right now. I

1379
01:10:03,520 --> 01:10:05,719
Speaker 1: think Andy Dalton's better. I think they have the EDGECT

1380
01:10:05,760 --> 01:10:09,040
Speaker 1: quarterback the Bengals. I think they're a better team than

1381
01:10:09,080 --> 01:10:12,160
Speaker 1: they've showed. And I think the Giants, who have some

1382
01:10:12,400 --> 01:10:15,560
Speaker 1: pretty clear weaknesses on the offensive line, in the in

1383
01:10:15,600 --> 01:10:18,160
Speaker 1: the running game, and the passing game has been erratic,

1384
01:10:18,360 --> 01:10:20,880
Speaker 1: are a little lucky to be five and three. Wells

1385
01:10:21,160 --> 01:10:24,280
Speaker 1: stats agree with you. Based on the point differential, They're

1386
01:10:24,280 --> 01:10:26,400
Speaker 1: like they would be lucky to be a four win team, right.

1387
01:10:27,200 --> 01:10:29,400
Speaker 1: I mean, as much as we trust the Giants to

1388
01:10:29,479 --> 01:10:32,040
Speaker 1: win a few games, they shouldn't you also trust them,

1389
01:10:32,080 --> 01:10:35,040
Speaker 1: even at home, to drop a few they should potentially win.

1390
01:10:35,560 --> 01:10:37,320
Speaker 1: But if we're gonna look at a few other teams

1391
01:10:37,360 --> 01:10:39,240
Speaker 1: on this show and say, if you don't take care

1392
01:10:39,280 --> 01:10:42,439
Speaker 1: of business, San Diego Chargers or Miami Dolphins, you take

1393
01:10:42,439 --> 01:10:45,360
Speaker 1: another loss and it's over. You know, I understand, not

1394
01:10:45,479 --> 01:10:48,040
Speaker 1: mathematically we could go into deep December with that business,

1395
01:10:48,120 --> 01:10:50,240
Speaker 1: But you really want to talk about the Bengals being

1396
01:10:50,240 --> 01:10:52,720
Speaker 1: a playoff team. You lose this your three, five and one,

1397
01:10:52,960 --> 01:10:54,840
Speaker 1: and they're still in fine shape because of the division

1398
01:10:54,880 --> 01:10:57,240
Speaker 1: they're in. In the division, yes, but if you gotta one,

1399
01:10:57,280 --> 01:10:58,800
Speaker 1: you gotta start, you gotta come out of this by

1400
01:10:58,840 --> 01:11:01,519
Speaker 1: and come on different teams, right, And I think I

1401
01:11:01,600 --> 01:11:03,600
Speaker 1: think they're a better team in this matchup. And I

1402
01:11:03,680 --> 01:11:06,200
Speaker 1: think that they are a completely different team with Tyler

1403
01:11:06,240 --> 01:11:08,080
Speaker 1: Eifford on the field. And they have a running game,

1404
01:11:08,160 --> 01:11:11,679
Speaker 1: which is something that the Giants, I feel like, never have. Well,

1405
01:11:11,760 --> 01:11:14,320
Speaker 1: the Giants running game. They're a hard team to watch

1406
01:11:14,439 --> 01:11:17,120
Speaker 1: in some respects and and they're completely How many teams

1407
01:11:17,160 --> 01:11:19,080
Speaker 1: are we going to talk about that have no running game.

1408
01:11:19,120 --> 01:11:21,080
Speaker 1: There's a lot of them this season. It's not nineteen

1409
01:11:21,160 --> 01:11:26,479
Speaker 1: seventies six anymore. But the Giants have a disastrous ground game.

1410
01:11:26,960 --> 01:11:29,280
Speaker 1: It's it's it's hard to watch, and it's going to

1411
01:11:29,360 --> 01:11:32,479
Speaker 1: cripple them eventually. Well, they tried to mix it up

1412
01:11:32,600 --> 01:11:35,760
Speaker 1: last week by getting some other players involved, Perkins at

1413
01:11:35,880 --> 01:11:38,800
Speaker 1: tight end and Paul Perkins Perkins that's not moving the

1414
01:11:38,880 --> 01:11:42,120
Speaker 1: need running back, but I think unimpressive and I agree,

1415
01:11:43,160 --> 01:11:46,280
Speaker 1: I think the key is Olivier Vernon's been playing through

1416
01:11:46,360 --> 01:11:50,120
Speaker 1: this hand injury, and he's not creating pressure. The only

1417
01:11:50,200 --> 01:11:53,280
Speaker 1: way they're really getting pressure is when they dial up

1418
01:11:53,360 --> 01:11:56,760
Speaker 1: those old Steve Spagnolo blitz is. And the defense has

1419
01:11:56,800 --> 01:11:59,920
Speaker 1: been better this year. But the Eagles could have scored

1420
01:12:00,080 --> 01:12:02,680
Speaker 1: forty points in that game, which I was really surprised by.

1421
01:12:02,720 --> 01:12:06,519
Speaker 1: They attacked him vertically against a pretty good secondary. They

1422
01:12:06,600 --> 01:12:08,160
Speaker 1: just don't have the receivers though, to do it at

1423
01:12:08,160 --> 01:12:12,160
Speaker 1: the Eagles. But a J. Green can do a J. Green. Yeah,

1424
01:12:13,120 --> 01:12:15,519
Speaker 1: it's a different deal this time. And Eiffort, who was

1425
01:12:15,680 --> 01:12:18,519
Speaker 1: really limited two weeks ago and then played more last week.

1426
01:12:18,600 --> 01:12:20,599
Speaker 1: I think you're right. I mean that's their offense has

1427
01:12:20,640 --> 01:12:23,280
Speaker 1: not been what they want to be without him. So

1428
01:12:23,520 --> 01:12:26,479
Speaker 1: that is it, everybody. We got week ten in the

1429
01:12:26,560 --> 01:12:31,200
Speaker 1: books here the preview at least Dan as a new child.

1430
01:12:32,000 --> 01:12:36,639
Speaker 1: Congrats to Dan and Emily two great parents, is so different.

1431
01:12:39,080 --> 01:12:43,160
Speaker 1: Take that out, No, I feel like we just keep

1432
01:12:43,240 --> 01:12:48,640
Speaker 1: that in the name. Yeah, did you get it right?

1433
01:12:48,640 --> 01:12:49,920
Speaker 1: I don't even know if you got it right, got

1434
01:12:50,080 --> 01:12:53,320
Speaker 1: it right right? Little credit. Well, he's a lucky guy,

1435
01:12:53,400 --> 01:12:55,400
Speaker 1: you know, it's not you know, congrats to him. You know,

1436
01:12:56,120 --> 01:13:00,280
Speaker 1: born into a a wonderful family. You know what I'm saying.

1437
01:13:00,439 --> 01:13:04,479
Speaker 1: I we agree with you, Greg, Wow, alright, you attempt

1438
01:13:04,520 --> 01:13:07,559
Speaker 1: to get out of it. You'll be back on Sunday

1439
01:13:07,640 --> 01:13:11,880
Speaker 1: night to recap all the games. Dan will unveil unveil

1440
01:13:11,960 --> 01:13:14,760
Speaker 1: the name of his child officially. And thanks Greg doesn't

1441
01:13:14,800 --> 01:13:17,720
Speaker 1: beat him to the punch and uh and Sydney now

1442
01:13:17,880 --> 01:13:20,639
Speaker 1: is gonna let us know when the pick Um Show

1443
01:13:21,200 --> 01:13:24,799
Speaker 1: airs on NFL Network every time. I think she's searching

1444
01:13:24,840 --> 01:13:29,320
Speaker 1: for it right now eight thirty Eastern twelve thirty and

1445
01:13:29,439 --> 01:13:34,840
Speaker 1: one thirty am on technically Sunday morning PM and am okay,

1446
01:13:34,960 --> 01:13:37,479
Speaker 1: and you just do the math in your head, that's all.

1447
01:13:37,680 --> 01:13:40,439
Speaker 1: Why would you not or organize your day to watch

1448
01:13:40,520 --> 01:13:43,120
Speaker 1: all three? Yeah, that's true. It's not a different show.

1449
01:13:43,160 --> 01:13:47,400
Speaker 1: It's the same show. But watch it three times, missed

1450
01:13:47,439 --> 01:13:50,680
Speaker 1: off along the way and then and just leave it on.

1451
01:13:50,960 --> 01:13:52,920
Speaker 1: You don't even need to watch it. That that gets

1452
01:13:53,000 --> 01:13:55,439
Speaker 1: some sort of credit. I believe that's true. Go to

1453
01:13:55,520 --> 01:13:58,200
Speaker 1: a sports bar they'll have it all right. That's it

1454
01:13:58,320 --> 01:14:01,479
Speaker 1: for us. This has been fun and thanks for having me, guys.

1455
01:14:01,920 --> 01:14:06,000
Speaker 1: It was saved us. It's always fun. Wiet Storm, the

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Speaker 1: Wolf Woman, the mailman, are you still the boss? I

1457
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Speaker 1: implemented in practice to the benefit of many in his society.

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