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Speaker 1: This is Straight Fire with Jason McIntyre. What's up, everybody,

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Speaker 1: It's Jason McIntyre here, Straight Fire, Thursday, September sevent We

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Speaker 1: got a big night of football ahead Bengals Browns. Can't

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Speaker 1: wait to dig into that game. We have some NBA

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Speaker 1: game to heat Celtics. We have a great guest coming

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Speaker 1: up later in the podcast, the irascible Rob Parker, a

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Speaker 1: guy I worked with at FS one. I've done a

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Speaker 1: lot of radio with him. He has a show, The

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Speaker 1: Odd Couple on Fox Sports Radio. All around good guy,

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Speaker 1: loves to argue about anything. But before we get to

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Speaker 1: any of that, we have our first two winners to announce. Okay,

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Speaker 1: in the Lucky on Venmo giveaway for the Well call

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Speaker 1: it with the five Star contest. Rob G. I think

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Speaker 1: this was so successful and you guys left so many

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Speaker 1: good comments on iTunes that we're definitely gonna do this again.

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Speaker 1: Maybe make it a month a thing we'll see, um.

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Speaker 1: So Rob G, first of all, the creativity here just

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Speaker 1: must be applauded. It's so impressive. We have two winners

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Speaker 1: today for a hundred dollars. So here's what Rob G

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Speaker 1: will read the winners right now, and you guys will

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Speaker 1: Rob G, give us the two winners that you picked out.

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Speaker 1: All right, again, there were some very good candidates. I was.

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Speaker 1: It was a tough task to pick just two. But

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Speaker 1: the first one that I chose was Dolomite oh six,

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Speaker 1: who left this comment on Friday, so he was on

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Speaker 1: this early. He did a little acronym. It's called straight

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Speaker 1: fire f first thing in the morning. You don't have

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Speaker 1: I intense opinions. J Mac doesn't tiptoe around issues, but

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Speaker 1: he also doesn't yell at you and get all worked

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Speaker 1: up like a lot of the other sports media are.

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Speaker 1: Rob G pushes back. He's not a yes man. It's

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Speaker 1: great to have an opposing viewpoint without too many voices

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Speaker 1: and Pete will step it on each other and interrupting.

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Speaker 1: Very good conversational flow and e entertaining guests, not just

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Speaker 1: the former current players. He gets people from a variety

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Speaker 1: of backgrounds and in closing, it might be my new

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Speaker 1: favorite podcast. Thanks for the great content. Okay, I just

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Speaker 1: need to make sure rob G, that is so well

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Speaker 1: done by Dolomite. Did you write that and then posted

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Speaker 1: I'm not that creative. If I was, I would tell

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Speaker 1: don't think i'd do as good as these guys. Congrats,

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Speaker 1: Dolo might oh six hit me up and I'll then

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Speaker 1: mow you a hundred dollars al right. Next up, This

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Speaker 1: next one came to us courtesy of Coach Smith on Monday.

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Speaker 1: So this was a late edition almost like right there

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Speaker 1: at the buzzer, and it's titled straight Fire and Straightest

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Speaker 1: His name is Jay Mack. Every Morning on the Attack

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Speaker 1: Rob shout out to I feel like if you put

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Speaker 1: of yours Truly. So Brown's Bengals Tonight not the sexiest

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Speaker 1: He had offers from like what f a you new

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Speaker 1: They lost by twenty three. The Lakers, if they can

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Speaker 1: And I can see an evisceration from Lebron James. They

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Speaker 1: do not have anybody to guard up. The Nuggets are

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Speaker 1: hang with Lebron. Jeremy Grant, He'll do a capable job.

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Speaker 1: Rob Parker. He does it all, folks, Rob Parker. He's

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Speaker 1: Herd Radio Network. He is he's gonna come in hot

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Speaker 1: as usual. Whether we talk about the Detroit Lions, Tom Brady,

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Speaker 1: the biggest story in sports, your Los Angeles Clippers, who

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Speaker 1: you have loved all season. You were back in Kauai,

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Speaker 1: you love blasting Lebron. I'm gonna give you the floor

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Speaker 1: this is the day that you are relish in because

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Speaker 1: And yes, the choke the Clippers. They choked, That's all

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Speaker 1: They didn't lose three games all year, three games in

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Speaker 1: Are going to get the Denver Nuggets. We're talking about

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Speaker 1: Last year they lost in Game seven to Portland's Right

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Speaker 1: That's how good they are. It's still a choke job

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Speaker 1: Lebron played against Dallas when they lost that first championship.

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Speaker 1: Remember in Miami, Oh not to not three, not four?

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Speaker 1: But he can do this Rob if he wins a

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Speaker 1: he goes. Rob. This will put him if he gets

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Speaker 1: guy who wants who lost six times? You can't be

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Speaker 1: considered the greatest anything with that many losses hanging on you. Look,

425
00:22:41,520 --> 00:22:45,440
Speaker 1: had a great career six and oh will always outside

426
00:22:45,880 --> 00:22:48,359
Speaker 1: four and six or whatever to wind up even if

427
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Speaker 1: he wins. And I have a question for you. If

428
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Speaker 1: they don't win, what does that mean? That would not

429
00:22:53,080 --> 00:22:54,880
Speaker 1: be good, That would not be good that they can't

430
00:22:54,880 --> 00:22:57,680
Speaker 1: get by the Denver NuGet. What would that mean? They

431
00:22:57,680 --> 00:23:01,040
Speaker 1: would be out of that conversation. Yeah, he I would

432
00:23:01,040 --> 00:23:02,879
Speaker 1: not put him over Michael Jordan. He would still be

433
00:23:03,000 --> 00:23:06,160
Speaker 1: firmly second. Lebron can't hurt himself at this point. Rob

434
00:23:06,440 --> 00:23:09,880
Speaker 1: he get him to the finals ten times hasn't been

435
00:23:09,920 --> 00:23:12,400
Speaker 1: done in the modern era when Magic only did nine.

436
00:23:12,840 --> 00:23:15,720
Speaker 1: It's about winning. If that's the case, I'll come. Nobody ever,

437
00:23:15,760 --> 00:23:19,399
Speaker 1: says Marv Levy is one of the greatest coaches in NFL. History.

438
00:23:19,560 --> 00:23:22,040
Speaker 1: He went to the super Bowl, he never won one.

439
00:23:22,280 --> 00:23:24,920
Speaker 1: He never won one or in a row, didn't win

440
00:23:24,960 --> 00:23:27,840
Speaker 1: any though. But it's not about going, it's about winning.

441
00:23:28,040 --> 00:23:30,719
Speaker 1: It's about winning. I mean, winning is part of it.

442
00:23:30,720 --> 00:23:33,439
Speaker 1: It's not too wins the rings. I mean, Lebron has

443
00:23:33,520 --> 00:23:37,480
Speaker 1: Jordan in every category because of the longevity. Michael Jordan

444
00:23:37,520 --> 00:23:44,560
Speaker 1: had to quit twice. He just anybody if you play

445
00:23:44,680 --> 00:23:46,960
Speaker 1: long enough when you're healthy. I give him credit for

446
00:23:47,000 --> 00:23:50,480
Speaker 1: the staff, but it's about winning. If it wasn't about winning,

447
00:23:50,800 --> 00:23:53,240
Speaker 1: people would lauvel at Marv Levy. Did he get a

448
00:23:53,280 --> 00:23:54,920
Speaker 1: team to the super Bowl? You know how hard it

449
00:23:55,040 --> 00:23:57,119
Speaker 1: is to get to the super Bowl four years in

450
00:23:57,160 --> 00:24:01,159
Speaker 1: a row. And he's an afterthought because sports has a

451
00:24:01,280 --> 00:24:05,560
Speaker 1: short menu wins and losses, you know it, that's the

452
00:24:05,600 --> 00:24:08,600
Speaker 1: only thing. And that's why you know Lebron has to win.

453
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Speaker 1: Getting to the finals and losing. Imagine if he's three

454
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Speaker 1: and seven, You mean that may not be ideal? Yeah,

455
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Speaker 1: I would, I would not. I would stop bringing up Jordan. Okay,

456
00:24:19,440 --> 00:24:21,040
Speaker 1: as long as you give me that, because don't tell

457
00:24:21,080 --> 00:24:23,320
Speaker 1: me that three and seven, except I'll put you on

458
00:24:23,359 --> 00:24:25,800
Speaker 1: the spot. Rob Or is Lebron beating the Nuggets and

459
00:24:25,800 --> 00:24:28,879
Speaker 1: in how many games. I'm not sure yet. I haven't

460
00:24:28,880 --> 00:24:31,679
Speaker 1: really thought about it. Uh, I haven't, and you have

461
00:24:31,800 --> 00:24:34,199
Speaker 1: to think about it and have it. And Kenny Smith

462
00:24:34,240 --> 00:24:37,240
Speaker 1: came on our shows on the Odd Couple and he said,

463
00:24:37,320 --> 00:24:40,520
Speaker 1: one of the Dallas, one of the d teams is

464
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Speaker 1: going to uh come out of the bubble. We're gonna

465
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Speaker 1: go to the finals. And me and Chris stopped at

466
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Speaker 1: if we laughed at it. Dallas got knocked out in

467
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Speaker 1: the first round by the Clippers, and now Denver has

468
00:24:52,359 --> 00:24:56,040
Speaker 1: knocked out the Clippers. And I'm just saying the same

469
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Speaker 1: way you look in the East with with uh. You know,

470
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Speaker 1: BHUs saw it like Ronto after he like Milwaukee Forest

471
00:25:02,800 --> 00:25:05,280
Speaker 1: into Fronto, and it couldn't wind up be in Miami.

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Speaker 1: This could wind up being a different finals. What if

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Speaker 1: it's Miami against Denver. Well, nobody ever thought, and I

474
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Speaker 1: think that there's a real chance of that. It's not impossible,

475
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Speaker 1: but I haven't made my pick. Let's just remember last

476
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Speaker 1: year Portland, as you like to bring up, got to

477
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Speaker 1: the conference finals. They got swept by the Warriors. Okay,

478
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Speaker 1: I mean, like, let's just be realistic, rob Like sometimes

479
00:25:27,119 --> 00:25:30,360
Speaker 1: flukey things happened. Denver is gonna get broomed. That's right,

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Speaker 1: broomed by the Lakers. All right, Rob, let's go to

481
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Speaker 1: the NFL. I'm gonna start with your guy. Can we

482
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Speaker 1: make a chicken wings? We'll do any chicken wings? Major? Yeah, alright,

483
00:25:39,080 --> 00:25:42,360
Speaker 1: want wings a diet on a suite. I don't die,

484
00:25:42,359 --> 00:25:45,680
Speaker 1: don't drink soda, but yeah, we'll do that. Juice wings

485
00:25:45,720 --> 00:25:49,520
Speaker 1: in a drink deal. Done deal? Yeah. So I get

486
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Speaker 1: to pick the wing spot, right or does it have

487
00:25:51,280 --> 00:25:54,240
Speaker 1: to be whatever? Whatever? A good wing spot is good,

488
00:25:54,240 --> 00:25:56,520
Speaker 1: no matter. I only go high end. All right, Rob Parker,

489
00:25:56,600 --> 00:25:59,720
Speaker 1: let's pivot to the NFL. Your boy Tom Brady. By

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Speaker 1: the way, has Brady have you had any correspondence with

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00:26:02,359 --> 00:26:05,080
Speaker 1: him over social media personally? Because I know you've gone

492
00:26:05,119 --> 00:26:07,520
Speaker 1: after it. He didn't look great. I thought it was

493
00:26:07,760 --> 00:26:10,520
Speaker 1: a little overhyped how bad he was in week one.

494
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Speaker 1: You know they're playing the Carolina Panthers in week two.

495
00:26:13,200 --> 00:26:16,840
Speaker 1: Obviously must win for Brady. But what's your concerned level

496
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Speaker 1: with the forty three year old old man Tom Brady?

497
00:26:19,359 --> 00:26:22,760
Speaker 1: He is old man. Tom Brady's washed and and nobody

498
00:26:22,800 --> 00:26:25,639
Speaker 1: will want to believe it or buy into it. Because

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00:26:25,680 --> 00:26:29,239
Speaker 1: here's the thing. My phone blew up on Sunday when

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Speaker 1: he had his first drive. Oh look at that. Oh

501
00:26:32,880 --> 00:26:35,679
Speaker 1: this is gonna be unbelievable. And then after it all

502
00:26:35,760 --> 00:26:38,480
Speaker 1: went away, I was like, wow, it's only the first game.

503
00:26:38,640 --> 00:26:40,919
Speaker 1: Oh well, he didn't know who was receiver. Thought he's

504
00:26:40,920 --> 00:26:45,080
Speaker 1: still trying to get a chemistry, dude. The last past

505
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Speaker 1: Tom Brady threw in New England was a pick six.

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Speaker 1: He threw a pick six on Sunday. He's now thrown

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Speaker 1: three pick sixes in the last three game, one in

508
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Speaker 1: each of his last three games. And this hasn't happened

509
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Speaker 1: in about ten years in the NFL, and two has

510
00:26:59,840 --> 00:27:02,600
Speaker 1: been and never was. Quarterbacks would have glass guys to

511
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Speaker 1: do it, and now Tom Brady has done it. I

512
00:27:05,720 --> 00:27:09,120
Speaker 1: said before the season, they will not Jason n ot

513
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Speaker 1: make the playoffs, no props, they won't make the playoffs.

514
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Speaker 1: Brog and all the old timers that they put together,

515
00:27:17,040 --> 00:27:20,760
Speaker 1: and Tom Brady's forty three years old. His arm strength

516
00:27:20,840 --> 00:27:24,080
Speaker 1: isn't there unless they're gonna Dacon dunk all the way

517
00:27:24,119 --> 00:27:27,440
Speaker 1: down the field and play that game and run the football.

518
00:27:27,480 --> 00:27:30,280
Speaker 1: And Tom Brady is doing that. I do not believe

519
00:27:30,680 --> 00:27:33,600
Speaker 1: that tom Brady is the same guy, and he's not.

520
00:27:34,080 --> 00:27:36,280
Speaker 1: And they will struggle if they think they're gonna put

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Speaker 1: Tom Brady in the pocket and have them throw the

522
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Speaker 1: ball downfield. I can already tell you what's gonna happen

523
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Speaker 1: in week two. Tom Brady will throw four touchdown passes

524
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Speaker 1: three hundred yards. They will smother the Carolina Panthers to death,

525
00:27:49,480 --> 00:27:51,040
Speaker 1: and then you will be like, oh, it's only the

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Speaker 1: Carolina Panthers. I mean, come on, they're terrible. They're gonna

527
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Speaker 1: have the top pick. And if he loses to Carolina,

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00:27:55,960 --> 00:27:58,640
Speaker 1: he's not losing. He's not. It's not happening. There's it's

529
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Speaker 1: not even like in the discussion. Just all right, Just

530
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Speaker 1: just like you said Lebron wouldn't get swept by of Warriors.

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Speaker 1: Uh a couple of years ago, right, that wouldn't happen.

532
00:28:07,160 --> 00:28:09,399
Speaker 1: That would get No, No, that was a lot to happen.

533
00:28:09,440 --> 00:28:12,840
Speaker 1: Come on, that Warrior's team was loaded, all right, Uh,

534
00:28:12,880 --> 00:28:15,000
Speaker 1: your boy, Tom Brady, Let's go to his old team,

535
00:28:15,080 --> 00:28:17,480
Speaker 1: the Patriots. Cam Newton looked real good at Week one.

536
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Speaker 1: They go to Seattle this week, Rob, do you have

537
00:28:20,320 --> 00:28:22,399
Speaker 1: a lean on that game? I mean, any thoughts on

538
00:28:22,480 --> 00:28:26,320
Speaker 1: camp I personally don't think it's is sustainable. The fifteen

539
00:28:26,400 --> 00:28:29,720
Speaker 1: carries the beating his old man bodies taken well, He's

540
00:28:29,720 --> 00:28:31,840
Speaker 1: been heard. I need to see more of him. I

541
00:28:31,880 --> 00:28:35,680
Speaker 1: think it's to be honest. People have have judged him

542
00:28:36,560 --> 00:28:38,920
Speaker 1: while he was hurt the last two years. Let's see

543
00:28:38,960 --> 00:28:41,280
Speaker 1: the guy healthy. I like what they did in that game.

544
00:28:41,360 --> 00:28:43,680
Speaker 1: They didn't have to throw the ball that much. There'll

545
00:28:43,720 --> 00:28:45,840
Speaker 1: be other situations would have to air, and I think

546
00:28:45,840 --> 00:28:48,400
Speaker 1: he can't play the same exact game plan, but he

547
00:28:48,480 --> 00:28:51,880
Speaker 1: can run and he can throw. So depending on the team,

548
00:28:51,920 --> 00:28:54,480
Speaker 1: depending on the defense and what they give you, I

549
00:28:54,520 --> 00:28:56,719
Speaker 1: think they'll utilize them the right way. I love what

550
00:28:56,760 --> 00:28:58,880
Speaker 1: they did in Game one. There was no need to

551
00:28:58,880 --> 00:29:01,040
Speaker 1: go overboard, and he was able to do what he could.

552
00:29:01,440 --> 00:29:04,840
Speaker 1: He's not old. He's only thirty one years old, so

553
00:29:04,880 --> 00:29:06,720
Speaker 1: I think Cam can play. I have them making the

554
00:29:06,760 --> 00:29:09,320
Speaker 1: playoffs and Brady and I'm not making the playoffs, And

555
00:29:09,320 --> 00:29:11,680
Speaker 1: it'll be interesting to see how people look at Bill

556
00:29:11,720 --> 00:29:14,880
Speaker 1: Belichick and Brady after this year and what he does

557
00:29:14,920 --> 00:29:18,120
Speaker 1: with Cam and what Tom does with Tim. But isn't

558
00:29:18,120 --> 00:29:21,320
Speaker 1: he he's an old thirty one Given the beating his

559
00:29:21,400 --> 00:29:24,480
Speaker 1: body took in Carolina. He was a battering ram running

560
00:29:24,480 --> 00:29:27,760
Speaker 1: the football. Then the shoulder surgeries, the foot injury. It's

561
00:29:27,760 --> 00:29:30,360
Speaker 1: not like he's in a pocket quarterback at thirty one round.

562
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Speaker 1: This is a guy who's he's taking a pounding he has,

563
00:29:33,560 --> 00:29:36,040
Speaker 1: but I still say he's not an old guy. Tom

564
00:29:36,040 --> 00:29:39,440
Speaker 1: Brady somehow is out there at forty three years old.

565
00:29:39,440 --> 00:29:42,200
Speaker 1: You see, they they've roughed him up a little bit

566
00:29:42,240 --> 00:29:44,360
Speaker 1: like a rag doll. Let's see if they don't protect

567
00:29:44,440 --> 00:29:47,240
Speaker 1: Tom Brady, how long he's gonna hang in there as well?

568
00:29:47,320 --> 00:29:50,760
Speaker 1: So I get where Cam has been. I'm gonna give

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Speaker 1: him the former m v P. I'm gonna give him

570
00:29:52,800 --> 00:29:54,920
Speaker 1: the benefit of doubt. I want to see what this

571
00:29:54,960 --> 00:29:57,440
Speaker 1: guy can do if he can stay healthy. They make

572
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Speaker 1: the playoffs in New England. All right, So tonight there's

573
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Speaker 1: a big game Thursday Night football Brown's Bengals. Listen. Rob

574
00:30:04,280 --> 00:30:07,080
Speaker 1: I theorized earlier this week here on Straight Fire that

575
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Speaker 1: Odell Beckham wants out. We've seen the body language that complaining,

576
00:30:11,320 --> 00:30:13,480
Speaker 1: get me the ball, throw me. You know, this is

577
00:30:13,520 --> 00:30:15,720
Speaker 1: just what he does. The Patriots, by the way, you

578
00:30:15,720 --> 00:30:19,280
Speaker 1: have the second most salary cap available, obviously, Cam and

579
00:30:19,320 --> 00:30:21,760
Speaker 1: O'Dell have a good friendship. They worked out in the offseason.

580
00:30:22,200 --> 00:30:24,640
Speaker 1: You know, do you see Odell Beckham possibly on the

581
00:30:24,720 --> 00:30:27,480
Speaker 1: move out of Cleveland because him and Baker Mayfield don't

582
00:30:27,520 --> 00:30:31,000
Speaker 1: seem to really get get together here. Jarvis Landry is

583
00:30:31,040 --> 00:30:34,400
Speaker 1: clearly Baker's top target. Yeah, I think at some point,

584
00:30:34,720 --> 00:30:37,479
Speaker 1: and it's got to be sooner than later, because if

585
00:30:37,480 --> 00:30:39,800
Speaker 1: you want to get anything, you don't want. He had

586
00:30:39,840 --> 00:30:43,360
Speaker 1: a bad worst season last year, right statistically, and if

587
00:30:43,400 --> 00:30:46,040
Speaker 1: he has a horrible start, then you won't be able

588
00:30:46,080 --> 00:30:48,880
Speaker 1: to make a move and get anything. So before it's

589
00:30:48,920 --> 00:30:51,720
Speaker 1: exposed that it's not gonna work, if you're gonna make

590
00:30:51,720 --> 00:30:53,720
Speaker 1: the move, I think it has to be like soon.

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00:30:54,320 --> 00:30:57,600
Speaker 1: So is there a possibility. I think there's a possibility

592
00:30:57,680 --> 00:31:00,560
Speaker 1: because it just hasn't worked. I mean, I I swear

593
00:31:00,600 --> 00:31:03,280
Speaker 1: to you. I looked down at my phone on Sunday

594
00:31:03,360 --> 00:31:06,280
Speaker 1: and thought he was hurt because he wasn't in the statue.

595
00:31:06,520 --> 00:31:08,800
Speaker 1: I'm just I'm swearing. I was looking. I was like,

596
00:31:09,080 --> 00:31:13,000
Speaker 1: is he not playing? So to do that with a

597
00:31:13,040 --> 00:31:16,640
Speaker 1: receiver who at one time wild America with that catch

598
00:31:16,680 --> 00:31:19,800
Speaker 1: on Sunday Night Football that I think everybody in America

599
00:31:19,960 --> 00:31:22,600
Speaker 1: was watching at that time, because I remember me and

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00:31:22,640 --> 00:31:25,480
Speaker 1: Chris collins Worth at the very same time said that's

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Speaker 1: the greatest catch I was saw. Yeah, I mean he

602
00:31:30,320 --> 00:31:32,640
Speaker 1: kind of changed as a person from that moment, right.

603
00:31:32,640 --> 00:31:36,560
Speaker 1: He became a global superstar. Everybody's following him on Instagram.

604
00:31:36,600 --> 00:31:39,600
Speaker 1: He's getting big deals with Nikes, dating celebrities, and he

605
00:31:39,680 --> 00:31:41,280
Speaker 1: got to his head, right, I mean he did the

606
00:31:41,280 --> 00:31:43,440
Speaker 1: boat trip after that. You know, like, this is a

607
00:31:43,480 --> 00:31:46,800
Speaker 1: guy like I've never been a huge Odell Beckham fan

608
00:31:46,920 --> 00:31:49,720
Speaker 1: of as him, like the whole person as a talent,

609
00:31:49,800 --> 00:31:52,720
Speaker 1: He's obviously ridiculous, But I don't know, are you where

610
00:31:52,760 --> 00:31:55,120
Speaker 1: are you on the Diva wide receivers? Like we've seen

611
00:31:55,160 --> 00:31:58,600
Speaker 1: this before. Do you want Odell Or and Randy Monster?

612
00:31:58,680 --> 00:32:02,120
Speaker 1: Do you want Jerry Rice? I'll take Randy Moss and

613
00:32:02,160 --> 00:32:05,120
Speaker 1: Odella to help me win. I mean, Randy Moss was

614
00:32:05,320 --> 00:32:09,040
Speaker 1: one of the greatest receivers ever. Verry Rights is a

615
00:32:09,080 --> 00:32:11,640
Speaker 1: tremendous receiver. You can you can balance in the lords.

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Speaker 1: You know what you're doing. I don't have an issue

617
00:32:13,400 --> 00:32:16,800
Speaker 1: with that. It's a there's only one ball, right and

618
00:32:16,840 --> 00:32:19,520
Speaker 1: only one only one guy that picking the throat too,

619
00:32:19,560 --> 00:32:23,640
Speaker 1: So there's a lot of machiese mod that goes with that, right,

620
00:32:23,680 --> 00:32:26,239
Speaker 1: I'm the guy that they throw the ball too, So

621
00:32:26,360 --> 00:32:29,360
Speaker 1: I understand that and wanting the ball and talent or whatever,

622
00:32:29,800 --> 00:32:32,040
Speaker 1: but I don't. I don't have an issue off the

623
00:32:32,080 --> 00:32:33,960
Speaker 1: field stuff and long would you come and play hard

624
00:32:34,000 --> 00:32:37,360
Speaker 1: every day? And he was until he got banged up,

625
00:32:37,400 --> 00:32:39,320
Speaker 1: and then he went to Cleveland and everybody thought they

626
00:32:39,360 --> 00:32:42,480
Speaker 1: were going to the super Bowl, like Tom Brady and Tampa.

627
00:32:42,680 --> 00:32:46,080
Speaker 1: To me, Cleveland, uh and Tampa very mirror each other.

628
00:32:46,560 --> 00:32:48,800
Speaker 1: That everybody was on the band way. I'm sure you

629
00:32:48,800 --> 00:32:51,360
Speaker 1: were with Cleveland last year, right, No, No, I was

630
00:32:51,400 --> 00:32:54,120
Speaker 1: against him. I'm on them this year, though, how you

631
00:32:54,120 --> 00:32:56,000
Speaker 1: want to this year? I like them. This year. They're

632
00:32:56,000 --> 00:32:58,560
Speaker 1: gonna win big tonight, Robin. I put a lot of

633
00:32:58,560 --> 00:33:01,479
Speaker 1: money on the Cleveland Browns tonight to cover six. Really,

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Speaker 1: you're gonna win the game or cover. We're gonna win

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Speaker 1: and cover big, big blowout. Rob I do I know

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Speaker 1: you gotta your crunch for time here. I gotta ask you.

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Speaker 1: You're a Detroit guy. And the Lions lost a heartbreaker

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Speaker 1: man on the in the opener. Now their secondary is

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Speaker 1: totally banged up and they gotta face Aaron Rodgers, who

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Speaker 1: was probably the most impressive quarterback in Week one. Listen, man,

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Speaker 1: is this same old Lions rob Like I'm a little

642
00:33:25,880 --> 00:33:29,600
Speaker 1: worried about the season spiraling, like Matt Patricia Belichick. Guy,

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00:33:29,640 --> 00:33:32,440
Speaker 1: he's probably toast if they go down oh four to

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Speaker 1: start the season. I think in Detroit we I was saying,

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Speaker 1: it's called s O l same old Lions. Just go

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00:33:38,720 --> 00:33:42,160
Speaker 1: back Jason to one year ago, Kyler Murray. They were

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Speaker 1: beating them the entire game. You remember last year, and

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00:33:45,200 --> 00:33:47,880
Speaker 1: and and Arizona tied them. They didn't lose, it was

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00:33:47,920 --> 00:33:50,680
Speaker 1: a tie, but they gave up the lead. They it

650
00:33:50,800 --> 00:33:54,720
Speaker 1: was almost identical. They were up like three or twenty six,

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Speaker 1: three six or something like that, and they gave it up.

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Speaker 1: This is what the Lions do. I over every home

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Speaker 1: and road game for about twenty years in Detroit Lions football,

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Speaker 1: and during that span, I saw the Lions lose twenty

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Speaker 1: four consecutive road games twice twice. So this is the Lions.

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Speaker 1: And and Matt Stafford. For all the Hall of Fame

657
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Speaker 1: numbers he has, let's just be honest, he can't beat

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Speaker 1: any good teams. He's like lifetime, He's like five or

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Speaker 1: six and forty five. I mean, he's never had a defense.

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Speaker 1: Let's not kill Matt. There was a year that they

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Speaker 1: went to the playoffs against the Cowboys looking up Jason

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00:34:34,480 --> 00:34:37,719
Speaker 1: when a Dominican Sue they were they were like one year,

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Speaker 1: come would have been. But don't say that they never

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Speaker 1: had He had and Dominican Sue and Calvin Johnson on

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Speaker 1: that team. That that team was not as bad as

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Speaker 1: you make it out. I'm just telling that to the playoffs. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I mean, and they lost. I'm just saying he's been

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Speaker 1: in the league of eleven years. They got no playoff wins.

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Speaker 1: Come on, man, you gotta put that on the first

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Speaker 1: overall pick. Well, it starts at the top, you know,

671
00:35:01,880 --> 00:35:04,800
Speaker 1: let's not kill Stafford. I mean the coaching regimes, the GM,

672
00:35:04,880 --> 00:35:08,640
Speaker 1: Matt Millen, the owner. Like, it's not just on Matt Stafford.

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00:35:08,680 --> 00:35:10,279
Speaker 1: You can't beat him up as if you want that

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00:35:10,400 --> 00:35:13,960
Speaker 1: kind of talent. Sometimes you have to carry people when

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00:35:14,000 --> 00:35:16,239
Speaker 1: you don't have. Would you say Aaron Rodgers always had

676
00:35:16,280 --> 00:35:19,120
Speaker 1: great defenses, but they're not in the same discussion. Aaron

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00:35:19,200 --> 00:35:22,200
Speaker 1: Rodgers is a legendary top five quarterback all time. Matt

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00:35:22,239 --> 00:35:24,759
Speaker 1: Stafford is not anywhere near that I think he's a

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Speaker 1: Hall of Famer, though if you just go by stats.

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Speaker 1: I think it's more than just stats. Anybody, anybody, And

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00:35:31,239 --> 00:35:33,520
Speaker 1: that's why I call him staff Patford. There's a lot

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00:35:33,600 --> 00:35:36,360
Speaker 1: of those stats that come after the fact, when the

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00:35:36,400 --> 00:35:40,000
Speaker 1: game's already decided. And obviously I should I should preface this.

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Speaker 1: Stafford has to win a playoff game to get to

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Speaker 1: the Hall of him. You cannot win a playoff game

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Speaker 1: and getting the Hall of Fame. I don't think they

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00:35:46,680 --> 00:35:49,160
Speaker 1: even allowed that the NBA, and they let everybody in

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00:35:49,200 --> 00:35:51,359
Speaker 1: the NBA Hall of Fame. All Right, Rob Parker, thanks

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00:35:51,360 --> 00:35:53,319
Speaker 1: a lot for the time, man. You can follow him

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00:35:53,320 --> 00:35:57,640
Speaker 1: on social media. He's always talking about mouse's mice urinating

691
00:35:58,600 --> 00:36:01,800
Speaker 1: on something or other. He's a funny guy, good person,

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00:36:01,840 --> 00:36:04,680
Speaker 1: good human being. Rob, thanks for the time man. Alright, Jason,

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00:36:04,719 --> 00:36:09,160
Speaker 1: appreciate it. The only thing better than sitting on your

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Speaker 1: couch watching the game. He's making money while you do it.

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Speaker 1: Of course. Tuesday night, I gave out a double loser,

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Speaker 1: dropping the record to fifteen eight and two. But this

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00:36:33,160 --> 00:36:35,600
Speaker 1: feels like a layup tonight, Folks, the Cleveland Browns. Yes,

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Speaker 1: I'm on the Browns again, favored by six over the Bengals.

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Speaker 1: Lock them up, love Cleveland in this spot and listen.

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Speaker 1: I'm sure people just tuning into the podcast after a

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Speaker 1: couple of really strong episodes this week. We saw the numbers.

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Speaker 1: They were good. Um, I know you guys are probably thinking,

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00:36:50,760 --> 00:36:53,560
Speaker 1: this guy's on the Cleveland Browns again. And there is

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Speaker 1: a method to my madness. Just the quick sixty analysis here. Um,

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Speaker 1: if you just saw Raven thirty eight Brown six and

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00:37:02,719 --> 00:37:05,239
Speaker 1: you didn't look at the game, you think the brown

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00:37:05,320 --> 00:37:08,719
Speaker 1: stink and they got destroyed. But I, who was financially

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00:37:08,719 --> 00:37:11,560
Speaker 1: invested in the game, watched it and then you go

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Speaker 1: to the box score afterwards to see if what you

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00:37:13,760 --> 00:37:17,520
Speaker 1: saw lines up with the numbers, and Folks, the Browns

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00:37:17,600 --> 00:37:20,319
Speaker 1: drove the ball well on the Ravens. They had three

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Speaker 1: drives stall in Baltimore territory, two inside the thirty five

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Speaker 1: where you normally should score points. Okay, the Browns fumbled

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Speaker 1: inside their own thirty five twice. One was on a

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00:37:30,440 --> 00:37:34,799
Speaker 1: fake punt they basically gave the Ravens ten points. Okay,

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Speaker 1: they were over three on fourth down. They're not gonna

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Speaker 1: be only three on fourth down for the season. Okay,

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00:37:39,200 --> 00:37:43,120
Speaker 1: fourth down they should be delivering it at least a

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Speaker 1: thirty three to fift clip. I'm sure that the Browns

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00:37:46,800 --> 00:37:48,480
Speaker 1: can improve on that. They're not gonna go over three

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Speaker 1: on fourth down again. And lastly, right out of the bat,

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Speaker 1: Baker throws an interception led to a touchdown. Then they

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Speaker 1: fumbled the fake punt led to a field goal. You're

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Speaker 1: down ten nothing before you've midfield against the team that

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Speaker 1: had the best record in the league last year. You

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00:38:04,400 --> 00:38:07,080
Speaker 1: just can't do that in the season open. I'm not

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Speaker 1: one to overreact, Okay, So I'm taking the Browns favored

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Speaker 1: by six. Now the other two points on the Bengals.

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Speaker 1: Joe Burrow is a rookie quarterback on a short week.

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Speaker 1: Good luck with that. In uh in Cincinnati, number two,

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Speaker 1: the Browns are gonna run the football tonight. I would

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Speaker 1: guess they'll have over a hundred fifty rushing yards. Cincinnati's

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Speaker 1: two defensive tackles, Geno Atkins and Mike Daniels, are out.

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00:38:34,800 --> 00:38:38,160
Speaker 1: DJ Reader was carded off last week another defensive tackle

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Speaker 1: with cramps he's expected to play. If you can't stop

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00:38:42,920 --> 00:38:44,719
Speaker 1: the run in the a f C. North, you are

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00:38:44,840 --> 00:38:48,120
Speaker 1: in some trouble. I think Stefanski's gonna pound Shub and

741
00:38:48,320 --> 00:38:51,480
Speaker 1: hunt heavily. I do think we'll see Odell Beckham get

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Speaker 1: in the mix. I mean, if not Hotel, I might

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00:38:54,160 --> 00:38:55,960
Speaker 1: ask for a trade after the game. But I like

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00:38:56,040 --> 00:39:00,000
Speaker 1: the Browns something about thirty to thirteen convincing win and listen,

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00:39:00,160 --> 00:39:02,960
Speaker 1: if they don't win this game convincingly, and if Baker

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00:39:03,040 --> 00:39:05,240
Speaker 1: doesn't show up and if he gets beat by Burrow,

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Speaker 1: the Cleveland Browns have some major problems. Because you know

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Speaker 1: what happens. If you start owing two since two thousand

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Speaker 1: and seven, you have an eleven percent chance to make

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Speaker 1: the playoffs. That's it, alright, folks, enjoy the game tonight.

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