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Speaker 1: This is Straight Fire with Jason McIntyre.

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Speaker 2: What is up Straight Fire by.

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Speaker 3: Um, It's me Jason McIntyre. Straight for Monday, December twenty second.

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Speaker 3: It is Christmas week, ladies and germs. I'm sure a

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Speaker 3: lot of people are traveling this week, are off work. Well,

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Speaker 3: you know, we work around these We work around these corners.

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Speaker 3: And we'll podcast today obviously hello, and then we will

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Speaker 3: do one tomorrow then and power down for the rest

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Speaker 3: of the week, and we recalibrate next week so that

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Speaker 3: there'll we know, pod after the thrilling Christmas Day NBA games.

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Speaker 3: And I just wanted to wedge that in because, oh

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Speaker 3: my gosh, due to NFL injuries, they should just cancel

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Speaker 3: the NFL games on Christmas.

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Speaker 2: It is brutal.

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Speaker 3: We're looking at three third string quarterbacks on Christmas Day.

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Speaker 3: Oh yeah, seriously, that's a thing. I don't know how

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Speaker 3: much of it we'll get into. So much happen this weekend. Honestly,

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Speaker 3: I watched a ton of football. I will say it

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Speaker 3: was one of my better gambling weekends of the season.

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Speaker 3: The timing could not have been better. But oh my gosh,

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Speaker 3: on the fantasy front, just a devastating weekend. Looks like

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Speaker 3: in my big money league. Unless Christian McCaffrey and Juwan

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Speaker 3: Jennings go off and in a good way, I'm gonna

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Speaker 3: be bouncing in the semifinals. My son's gonna take a

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Speaker 3: rough loss in the finals unless he mac can. We're

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Speaker 3: lined up in all three of these leagues. We got

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Speaker 3: Christian mccafrey, so there is hope. And after watching what

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Speaker 3: freaking Jalen Warren did to the Lions for the Steelers,

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Speaker 3: I mean, I guess anything's possible. So I know a

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Speaker 3: lot of fantasy playoffs are decided to good luck to

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Speaker 3: everybody unless you're facing me or my son.

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Speaker 2: Of course, you know, there's so much to start with.

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Speaker 3: We could start with the Saturday night game Bears Packers

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Speaker 3: was unfreaking believable. We could talk about the college football playoff.

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Speaker 3: How about the four and oh we gave out on

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Speaker 3: this podcast, including mine. JM you Duke coming in the

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Speaker 3: back door. We're down in the final two minutes. I

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Speaker 3: guess to get the cover, but we've got to go

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Speaker 3: with Sunday Night football. I'm I'm still in shock. I

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Speaker 3: was looking in a perfect week in the contest. It

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Speaker 3: was three to Zho to one, the stupid Vikings had

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Speaker 3: a push heading into Ravens Patriots.

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Speaker 2: So Ravens are up eleven.

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Speaker 3: So Derrick Henry gets a touchdown run with uh, let

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Speaker 3: me get the exact time left, but I think it

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Speaker 3: was nine minutes left. Henry goes in and the Baltimore

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Speaker 3: and they trailed early, they came back and took a

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Speaker 3: touchdown run twelve fifty left in the game, and you're

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Speaker 3: up eleven at home, okay. And after that it was

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Speaker 3: all Patriots and folks, it wasn't just all Patriots, it

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Speaker 3: was all Drake May, who made every throw humanly possible.

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Speaker 3: He picked on Marlon Humphrey repeatedly. It felt like child abuse.

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Speaker 3: I mean, Marlin Humphrey was getting so badly beat all

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Speaker 3: pass interference ever that was not called, like literally tackled

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Speaker 3: the receiver inside the five embarrassing stuff. And Drake May

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Speaker 3: might have stole the MVP award because that drive, the

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Speaker 3: you expected that right down eleven.

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Speaker 2: Hey, we got it.

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Speaker 3: So then the Ravens get the ball back, and this

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Speaker 3: get the backup quarterback. If you don't see Henry back there,

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Speaker 3: you're not respecting a run game. Keaton Mitchell, yeh, he's

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Speaker 3: not doing anything. And they got a quickly punt and

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Speaker 2: I don't know.

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Speaker 3: Josh Allen didn't do much in the Bills victory over

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Speaker 3: I honestly don't know if we'll be back next season

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Speaker 3: I really think it's over for the Ravens. They're gonna

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Speaker 2: An easier retool.

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Speaker 3: But these teams are looking up big time in the

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Speaker 2: You know, I could not believe what Pittsburgh did to Detroit.

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Speaker 3: There's just so many surprising things happening in the AFC

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Speaker 3: just could pencil in Lamar and Mahomes for major threats

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Speaker 2: Those days are done. It's over.

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Speaker 4: You know what, that's actually a fair statement, and it

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Speaker 4: might sound like a hot take kind of a thing

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Speaker 4: it's called not for long league. If you look at

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Speaker 4: And I assumed and incorrectly obviously, coming into the season

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Speaker 4: And we saw early on Lamar Jackson. The offense looked great,

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Speaker 4: Yeah, it's Drake Drake May May. Because anytime someone mentions

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Speaker 3: Well, he's not listen, it's two years. He's got to

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Speaker 3: you didn't clutch.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, but Drake May came in and went full MVP

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Speaker 3: Well they's so basically if they if the Ravens lose again,

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Speaker 3: But it's weird, Rob. We saw three prime time games

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Speaker 3: Thursday Seattle Rams was probably the game of the year.

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Speaker 3: And then Sunday night the Patriots come back from down

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Speaker 4: Let me work back from what you said number one, Yes,

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Speaker 5: He throws a hospital balls bro and there was.

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Speaker 3: It's weird. No matter how much we hype the NFC

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Speaker 3: I don't want to hear that you were a two

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Speaker 3: You had eleven possessions and four worth three and outs, Like,

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Speaker 2: Well, we didn't have the Al Shah here, our best linebacker.

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Speaker 2: It's like, stop, it's the Raiders, rob The Raiders are,

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Speaker 3: Nobody's good as they're bad, or as bad as they

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Speaker 3: game closely. Did you think that what was the matter

436
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Speaker 3: with the Texans?

437
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Speaker 1: They were at home?

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Speaker 5: Here.

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Speaker 4: This is gonna sound contradictory because I think I was

440
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Speaker 4: on the train when they beat the Bills, Like I

441
00:21:14,160 --> 00:21:17,000
Speaker 4: felt really good about what their defense is. And I

442
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Speaker 4: promise I'm not flip flopping. I thought this before and

443
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Speaker 4: I think this now. Their defense is elite, Like their

444
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Speaker 4: defense is one of the best defenses you'll see in

445
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Speaker 4: the late twenty twenties. Of the NFL, like speed all

446
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Speaker 4: over the place, they can get after the pass rush,

447
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Speaker 4: and they got two really good corners. You know, they

448
00:21:33,080 --> 00:21:36,359
Speaker 4: have a scheme that is very aggressive and downhill attacking defense.

449
00:21:36,400 --> 00:21:38,680
Speaker 4: Like that, their defense is going to carry them through

450
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Speaker 4: a lot of games late in the season, especially as

451
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Speaker 4: whether it gets cold and get into.

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Speaker 5: The postseason football.

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Speaker 1: CJ.

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Speaker 4: Shroud has not looked like in All Caps franchise quarterbacks since.

455
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Speaker 5: The rookie season.

456
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Speaker 4: Yeah, like there is something missing with that offense. And again,

457
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Speaker 4: if you're saying that Woody Marks is the reason why

458
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Speaker 4: your office doesn't look good, then I don't know what

459
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Speaker 4: to tell you, but there is something not clicking between

460
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Speaker 4: the offensive coordinator, the play caller, CJ. Stroud, Nico Collins,

461
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Speaker 4: the ret Like maybe it's the offensive line. The offensive

462
00:22:08,520 --> 00:22:10,440
Speaker 4: line has never really geled the last few years. I

463
00:22:10,480 --> 00:22:11,919
Speaker 4: know it's better now than it was last year, but

464
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Speaker 4: they they have a problem where, yes, the defense is great,

465
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Speaker 4: you're gonna be in a lot of games, but unless

466
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Speaker 4: the offense can be at least plucky, Like you can't

467
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Speaker 4: hold everybody to fourteen points. Even the worst teams in

468
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Speaker 4: the NFL can accidentally get two touchdowns, right like the

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Speaker 4: Ashton gen Z broke free for a sixty yard score.

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Speaker 4: You know, like that happens to everybody you know once

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Speaker 4: every couple of games. And so I have a hard

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Speaker 4: time taking them seriously as a super Bowl threat because

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Speaker 4: I don't believe their offense is gonna be able to

474
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Speaker 4: hang if their defense navitally gives up twenty one points

475
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Speaker 4: in the playoffs.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I don't know what to do with the Pittsburgh Steelers, Rob.

477
00:22:50,359 --> 00:22:53,280
Speaker 3: I'm not a believer in this team at all. And

478
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Speaker 3: every time I pick against them, they show me like

479
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Speaker 3: a new element of their game. I was like, oh,

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Speaker 3: I didn't know they had that.

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Speaker 2: Now.

482
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Speaker 3: Some of the this is the Lions are just so

483
00:23:01,280 --> 00:23:03,359
Speaker 3: beat up on the back end that they can't stop

484
00:23:03,359 --> 00:23:05,760
Speaker 3: a nosebleed and it was bound to happen.

485
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Speaker 2: But the weird part is the Lions hold on.

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Speaker 3: I have a sat here in the third quarter, they

487
00:23:12,800 --> 00:23:15,919
Speaker 3: had three plays for negative three yards and they.

488
00:23:15,880 --> 00:23:16,520
Speaker 2: Had a safety.

489
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Speaker 3: Like they couldn't move the football against the Pittsburgh Steelers.

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Speaker 2: Like what absolutely.

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Speaker 3: Bizarre, of course, is the game where Jalen Warren went

492
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Speaker 3: off for two forty five yard touchdown runs. Now, I

493
00:23:27,480 --> 00:23:31,160
Speaker 3: did like an idiot pick up Kenneth Gainwell in Fantasy No, no, Jay,

494
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Speaker 3: that's you're not an idiot, You're smart. Yeah, but I

495
00:23:32,840 --> 00:23:34,480
Speaker 3: didn't put him in the game. I left him on

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Speaker 3: the bench for David Montgomery, thinking, oh, the Lions will

497
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Speaker 3: move the ball. Montgomery's easy ten points every week for sure.

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Speaker 3: I don't know what game Well will do. Game Weill

499
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Speaker 3: had a Monster game and the Steelers with Gainwell and Warren,

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Speaker 3: they looked, Okay, I guess we should addressed this DK

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Speaker 3: Metcalf incident.

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Speaker 5: Rob so geez.

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Speaker 2: That was my initial reaction.

504
00:23:53,359 --> 00:23:56,320
Speaker 3: Nanson Romo say, oh, well, this just happened, and it's

505
00:23:56,359 --> 00:23:59,040
Speaker 3: just bizarre because I'm like, wait, why is nobody around

506
00:23:59,160 --> 00:24:02,800
Speaker 3: DK Metcalf, Why is he came Metcalf over there? And

507
00:24:02,880 --> 00:24:07,040
Speaker 3: for some reason, you see him grab some Lions fan

508
00:24:07,440 --> 00:24:11,480
Speaker 3: who has like streamers in his hair. I'm assuming it's

509
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Speaker 3: like a guy. You can't really tell, or I couldn't tell.

510
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Speaker 3: He grabs the guy, pulls him down and he's talking

511
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Speaker 3: face to face, and then he kind of like shoves

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Speaker 3: him up.

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Speaker 2: Initially it looked like a punch, but then.

514
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Speaker 3: A new video emerged where it was very clearly just

515
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Speaker 3: like a if you grab somebody by the shirt like

516
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Speaker 3: collar and then you shove them backwards.

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Speaker 2: That's kind of what it was.

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Speaker 3: Initially it looked bad, and there were some people who

519
00:24:36,280 --> 00:24:38,200
Speaker 3: were like, well, maybe he should sit the second half

520
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Speaker 3: so he's not suspended for next week. He's gonna get suspended.

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Speaker 3: And listen, Obviously it looked bad initially. Rob then you

522
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Speaker 3: take a deep breath, step away, and I know it

523
00:24:48,760 --> 00:24:51,760
Speaker 3: didn't look that bad to me. Now the counter obviously,

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Speaker 3: number one, don't put your hands on fans. Why is

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Speaker 3: he over there? You're telling me zero, I'll let you. Hey,

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Speaker 3: Big Dom of the Eagles, not let that happen, that's

527
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Speaker 3: for sure. Okay, how do the Steelers not have anybody

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Speaker 3: near Dk Metcalf literally, no coaches, no trainers, no anybody.

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Speaker 2: Just let him walk over to a fan and just.

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Speaker 3: I know that is that's It's not a great look

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Speaker 3: for the Steelers. Obviously it's idiotic by DK. I'm not

532
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Speaker 3: defending him in any way, shape or form, but I'll

533
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Speaker 3: just say this. You guys have been in the heat

534
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Speaker 3: of moments and somebody says something tough to you, and

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Speaker 3: you're gonna pop off, And that's probably what happened.

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Speaker 4: Here.

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Speaker 3: I would like to at least hear what the fans said.

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Speaker 3: I'm not excusing it. I'm not defending DK. I just

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Speaker 3: I want the full story before I overreact. My guess

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Speaker 3: is Rob, he's probably suspended for a game because you

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Speaker 3: can't let players grab fans and shove them like that.

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Speaker 4: Oh one, I gotta tell you, if they had not

543
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Speaker 4: won this game, if the opis both of them for

544
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Speaker 4: the Lion didn't didn't get called, or either one of them,

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Speaker 4: excuse me, you know, like this is a huge story

546
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Speaker 4: because you know, even though that would have been a

547
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Speaker 4: situation where the defense gave it up and you know,

548
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Speaker 4: blah blah bl and the Lions came back and storm

549
00:26:01,320 --> 00:26:06,240
Speaker 4: back and win, the sub subhead would have been DK metcalf,

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00:26:07,119 --> 00:26:10,680
Speaker 4: brawls with fan in Steelers, you know, crumbling loss, something

551
00:26:10,680 --> 00:26:13,919
Speaker 4: like that, right, But because they got the win, it

552
00:26:14,040 --> 00:26:16,359
Speaker 4: looks like with the Baltimore lost, they're going to clinch

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Speaker 4: that division relatively quickly here And because they played Cleveland

554
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Speaker 4: next week and Cleveland has nothing to play for, they

555
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Speaker 4: probably would rather lose. This is probably gonna sweat Durder

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Speaker 4: the ruck. He's gonna get spended one game and it

557
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Speaker 4: is what it is. Obviously, there's two sides to every story.

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Speaker 4: The guy who got played was a guy, by the way,

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Speaker 4: UH identify himself as Ryan Kennedy.

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Speaker 5: Look at the Detroit Free Press about.

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Speaker 2: Five minutes of fame. What do we got?

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Speaker 5: He said? What prompted the punch? Or he called it?

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Speaker 5: He pulled that his shuit, called a riped shirt. He said.

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Speaker 4: All I did was call him by his full name

565
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Speaker 4: to Kaylin Zacarius Medcalf. I called him that he grabbed me,

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Speaker 4: ripped my shirt. I'm a little shocked. Everybody's talking to me.

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Speaker 4: I'm a little rattled, but I just want to say,

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Speaker 4: lions to win baby.

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Speaker 3: He called him his So so we're supposed to believe

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Speaker 3: the guy just said the DK's full name.

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00:27:08,160 --> 00:27:10,720
Speaker 4: Call of his government name, and he got upset.

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Speaker 2: Do you believe that?

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Speaker 5: No? Well no, okay, kidding me.

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Speaker 2: Listen, I don't know DK.

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Speaker 3: I will say he's been in the studio at Fox

576
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Speaker 3: and he is a large individual, like you know, he's

577
00:27:21,880 --> 00:27:25,080
Speaker 3: like six or four, strapping, like I mean, yeah, he

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00:27:25,119 --> 00:27:27,680
Speaker 3: doesn't look like he ever has like a cheap day.

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Speaker 2: The guy is shredded.

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Speaker 3: And that's just very weird that he would call him

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Speaker 3: by his full name, and he would react like that.

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Speaker 3: But maybe somebody has video. I don't know, it's gonna

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Speaker 3: be a he said. He said, whatever. Okay, we got

584
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Speaker 3: to move on from that. By the way, Lions playoff

585
00:27:43,400 --> 00:27:46,480
Speaker 3: hopes are on life support. I mean, this was one

586
00:27:46,480 --> 00:27:50,800
Speaker 3: of the calls that was obvious. Okay, no Ben Johnson

587
00:27:51,000 --> 00:27:54,159
Speaker 3: offensive line injuries. That the center retiring was Boogle. They

588
00:27:54,200 --> 00:27:56,439
Speaker 3: were down to their third string center today and it

589
00:27:56,480 --> 00:27:58,040
Speaker 3: showed like Jared Goff against the blitz.

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Speaker 2: It just kept blitzing him up the middle. He couldn't

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Speaker 2: do anything.

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Speaker 3: Lion's take a step back. They remember Detroit Lions had

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Speaker 3: a good was it two and a half year run?

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Speaker 3: I mean they had two awesome runs where they nearly

595
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Speaker 3: beat the Niners in I think the NFC title game.

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Speaker 2: They led that one and then blew it.

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Speaker 3: And then last year they get smashed by Jaden Daniels

598
00:28:16,920 --> 00:28:20,400
Speaker 3: when Goff probably can cust had a bunch of turnovers

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00:28:20,880 --> 00:28:21,119
Speaker 3: and that.

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Speaker 2: Was probably it their window.

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Speaker 3: I mean, I don't think it's closed, but now they've

602
00:28:24,840 --> 00:28:25,600
Speaker 3: got to find an OC.

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Speaker 2: They've paid a lot of guys. The defense is awful.

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Speaker 3: It goes so fast, rob the windows open and close

605
00:28:32,200 --> 00:28:33,159
Speaker 3: so friggin' quickly.

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Speaker 3: No, we're not talking about the Jets, but they are

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Speaker 3: up to fourth in the NFL draft order, which I love.

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Speaker 3: Saints fans. I've seen plenty of Tyler shuck. Okay, you

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Speaker 3: can get excited about them all you want. I'm just

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Speaker 3: telling you he ain't the guy. Okay. I know he's

615
00:29:03,240 --> 00:29:05,719
Speaker 3: four and three as a record, and he for some

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Speaker 3: reason the Saints had him.

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Speaker 2: Throw thirty two passes in the first half.

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Speaker 3: I mean, guys, he's a fine backup if you want

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Speaker 3: to use him as a bridge for a year. He's

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Speaker 3: not a franchise quarterback. I'm just telling you that, like

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Speaker 3: you'd be happy with these wins.

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Speaker 2: They're fine.

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Speaker 3: Thank you to Chris o'lave for the big stats. But

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Speaker 3: as we saw with Quinn Youwers, like anybody can look

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00:29:24,600 --> 00:29:26,560
Speaker 3: good for a little bit. If you watch the Queen

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00:29:26,600 --> 00:29:29,040
Speaker 3: Youwers game against the Bengals, he looked good in the

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00:29:29,040 --> 00:29:31,920
Speaker 3: first half, ten or twelve hundred nine yards Dolphins were competitive.

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Speaker 3: Second half, Bengal score something on the Dolphins fumbles.

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Speaker 2: Bengals score again.

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Speaker 3: Of course yours when yours is pressing, interception and the

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Speaker 3: flood gets open.

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Speaker 2: And that was that. But like the idea that people.

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Speaker 3: Think, like, oh, we got franchise quarterbacks, Rob, we do

634
00:29:47,960 --> 00:29:53,720
Speaker 3: this all the time. There's maybe fifteen franchise quarterbacks in

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Speaker 3: the league. And by fifteen, I mean, you're good for

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Speaker 3: the next decade and let me, let's say five years. Sorry,

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00:30:02,320 --> 00:30:04,280
Speaker 3: let's say five years. Let's say five years. Because Lamar

638
00:30:04,440 --> 00:30:06,000
Speaker 3: was thought to be a franchise guy. I mean, you

639
00:30:06,040 --> 00:30:08,200
Speaker 3: still have to say Lamar is a franchise guy. But

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00:30:08,640 --> 00:30:10,840
Speaker 3: at his salary, it's tough to build around him. I'm

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00:30:10,840 --> 00:30:12,200
Speaker 3: still gonna say this, Rob.

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00:30:12,680 --> 00:30:14,520
Speaker 2: I don't know if Bryce Young is a franchise quarterback.

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00:30:15,200 --> 00:30:17,520
Speaker 2: I don't know if Sam Darnold is a franchise quarterback.

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00:30:18,320 --> 00:30:19,320
Speaker 2: We thought Baker.

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Speaker 3: Mayfield was one. The NFL is just so hard to

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Speaker 3: freaking predict. We do this every week. I think, give

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Speaker 3: me your give me your Super Bowl today, Oh today,

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Speaker 3: Jesus Christ. Okay, it's hard. Let's just go buy the

649
00:30:34,280 --> 00:30:36,520
Speaker 3: current standing. So I'll give you the quick playoff games.

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Speaker 3: So it would be in the AFC, it would be

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Speaker 3: Houston at New England in the first round, it would

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Speaker 3: be Buffalo at Jacksonville. That's a good game, Chargers at Steelers,

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Speaker 3: and then the Broncos get the buy. So coming out

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Speaker 3: of the AFC, I mean, honestly, you could flip a coin.

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Speaker 3: Nobody's gonna be afraid to go to Denverz. Just be

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Speaker 3: honest with you, guys. Your defense is way overrated against

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Speaker 3: good teams.

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Speaker 4: I would take Buffalo, and that has less to do

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Speaker 4: with me thinking that they're the best team and everything

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Speaker 4: to do with everyone else. Of the quarterbacks is unproven. Yeah,

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Speaker 4: give me the guy who has at least some skin

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Speaker 4: on the wall.

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Speaker 2: By the way, you mentioned quarterbacks.

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Speaker 3: So of those seven Broncos rookie quarterback rookie quarterback contract,

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Speaker 3: Patriots rookie quarterback contract, Trevor Lawrence got his deal, I

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Speaker 3: don't know if it's kicked in yet, Steelers Bridge quarterback,

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Speaker 3: and Aaron Rodgers Herbert. I think he got his deal,

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Speaker 3: but he hasn't kicked in because he's like near the

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Speaker 3: end of his rookie deal.

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Speaker 2: Josh Allen got paid.

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Speaker 3: C J.

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Speaker 2: Stroud rookie contract.

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Speaker 3: So really only one big, big money quarterback in Josh

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Speaker 3: Allen NFC. Similar this is the story of the NFL guys.

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Speaker 3: Seahawks number one seed, their quarterback not a max deal.

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Speaker 3: Two what's his face? Caleb Williams rookie contract, Jalen Hurts

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Speaker 3: big contract. I don't know if it's his fully kicked

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Speaker 3: in yet because he's still like a young quarterback.

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Speaker 2: It might think it has. I think it's early in it. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: early okay.

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Speaker 3: Carolina Panthers byce Young, they are rookie quar rookie contract,

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Speaker 3: Rams Stafford, it has kicked in, Purty, has it?

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Speaker 5: Yes?

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Speaker 2: This is your one?

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Speaker 5: This is your one? Yeah okay?

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Speaker 3: And then Jordan Love I'm not sure, but it's early

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Speaker 3: on in his contract if he has got the extension,

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Speaker 3: so that would be Packers Bears first round, Round three.

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Speaker 3: First two games were good Niners Eagles. I like the Niners,

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Speaker 3: but not in that game. And then Rams Panthers Seattle

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Speaker 3: with the buye.

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Speaker 2: Who do you got? NFC?

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Speaker 4: I still think the Rams are the best team. I

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Speaker 4: think the Rymes are the best team in football now.

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Speaker 4: They could stop tricking away these games the way they have.

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Speaker 4: You know, I saw a tweet over the weekend. It's like, well,

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Speaker 4: they had the Niners, they fumbled at the one yard line.

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Speaker 4: They blow this game here against the Seattle they blow

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Speaker 4: what was it a ten point lead and with a

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Speaker 4: block field goal returned for a touchdout against the Eagles,

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Speaker 4: like they find these really odd ways and then ten

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Speaker 4: point favorite or did your favorites against Carolina and Matthew

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Speaker 4: Stafford throws two interceptions after not throwing an interception for

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Speaker 4: like a thousand passes.

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Speaker 5: So yes, it was all bad.

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Speaker 3: I'm kind of with you. I think ms Rams Bills

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Speaker 3: would still be my pick. It's not overwhelming, and the seal,

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Speaker 3: all right, we could wrap up real quick. College football, Rob,

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Speaker 3: I didn't even know this. Do you know the college

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Speaker 3: football Playoff isn't next weekend?

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Speaker 2: Maybe I thought it was, so now they have like

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Speaker 2: twelve days. It's January first to which Thursday?

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Speaker 3: The first for oh, I'm sorry Miami, Ohio State is

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Speaker 3: on Chris on New Year's Eve, so there's three.

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Speaker 2: But overall the games were not that exciting.

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Speaker 4: I mean even the most ones weren't that exciting, Like

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Speaker 4: the Miami game.

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Speaker 2: It was the it was bad.

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Speaker 4: It was bad football, but I mean, it was a

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Speaker 4: great ending, but it was bad football.

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Speaker 3: And then here are the spreads for the next round.

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Speaker 3: Ohio State is nine and a half against Miami. I

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Speaker 3: was hoping for seven and a half. I think Ohio

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Speaker 3: State destroys them, but I worry about the Ohio State offense. Uh,

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Speaker 3: Georgia six and a half against Old Miss, Indiana six

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Speaker 3: and a half against Alabama. And then Oregon is favored

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Speaker 3: on Oh wait at Texas Tech.

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Speaker 2: It's not at Texas Tech, is it?

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Speaker 1: No?

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Speaker 3: Yeah, hard Rock Stadium in Miami, so a long trip

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Speaker 3: for Oregon fans Texas Tech. You know they had to buy.

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Speaker 3: That's probably the best game. I don't it's weird. The

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Speaker 3: idea of the college football Playoff is way better than

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Speaker 3: the actual college football playoff.

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Speaker 5: It's been that way forever, though, hasn't it.

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Speaker 2: I know, it's it stinks, like, how come these games

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Speaker 2: aren't good?

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Speaker 4: Because there's not eight teams or twelve teams or sixteen

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Speaker 4: teams that are worthy of winning a national championaire every year. Yeah,

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Speaker 4: if we're being honest, there are this season at best

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Speaker 4: four teams that you would consider to be national championship worthy,

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Speaker 4: and three of them play in.

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Speaker 5: The Big ten. So what are you going to do?

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Speaker 4: Yeah, if this was the old days, it would be

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Speaker 4: Indiana with the bullet number one team, the country, national

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Speaker 4: champion and NOBE.

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Speaker 2: I don't think anybody's really picking them though.

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Speaker 5: No, everyone's picking Ohio State.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, exactly what do we know? We know nothing?

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Speaker 3: All right, fun pod for a Monday. We're back tomorrow

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Speaker 3: to wrap up all things. We'll talk NBA.

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Speaker 2: Gosh, we need Austin Reevez back. We can't talk like.

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Speaker 3: Ers here, but we'll do some NFL as well. Everybody

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Speaker 3: get on the Christmas presents, step to it.

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Speaker 2: We'll see you tomorrow