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Speaker 1: and this is the NFL Report.

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Speaker 2: Welcome into the NFL Report.

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Speaker 3: And when you're a guest on the NFL Report, you

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Speaker 3: know what it gives you a Steve gives you another pick.

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Speaker 3: The next week, Jesse bates with another interception for those

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Speaker 3: Falcons as they take down the Jets.

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Speaker 2: How about that. We have a monster Monday for you.

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Speaker 3: Stacey Dale's was in that locker room at Lincoln Financial Field,

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Speaker 3: the visiting locker room for the San Francisco forty nine

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Speaker 3: ers getting their revenge as we've all talked about at

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Speaker 3: this offseason. Also, Bridget Condon will join us as she

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Speaker 3: talks about the Rams potentially being not just a playoff team,

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Speaker 3: it's a Monday, so it's a Jeff Chedia first read Monday.

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Speaker 3: We're gonna have a lot of ok. We talk two

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Speaker 3: Field and one of them Thrived rollod Elsie, first of.

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Speaker 4: Jen Niners in the Philly forty eight party, looks lapdown

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Speaker 5: By Deebo Samuel, what's my first Top thirty, twenty fifty eight?

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Speaker 4: Ten Hi Jucho.

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Speaker 3: Sad Francisco, what an absolute peacet Deebo.

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Speaker 4: Samuel, Deebo actually was going Deebo JP. That was the

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Speaker 4: voice of Greg Popa, the voice of the forty nine ers,

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Speaker 4: and that sets up our favorite Monday staple, and that

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Speaker 4: is bigger news. JP is the bigger news. Rock Party

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Speaker 4: knows Niners going to Philadelphia get revenge for that NFC

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Speaker 4: Championship game loss? Or did it come at lambeau Field

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Speaker 4: when Jordan Love exacted revenge on the Kansas City Chiefs

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Speaker 3: I will tell you a couple of things about Jordan

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Speaker 3: a small tease, but also I will I'll tell you

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Speaker 3: and start off with the forty nine ers win is

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Speaker 3: bigger news because it was in conference. These are the

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Speaker 3: and that takes a hit with the forty nine Ers

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Speaker 3: going in and playing the way they played. But I

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Speaker 3: I think that's the biggest part of this. The statement

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Speaker 3: that they made all off season with what happened in

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Speaker 3: the NFC Championship Game and not having any quarterbacks, I

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Speaker 3: believe was perceived as almost bitterness from Deebo Samuel super

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Speaker 3: it was almost like the Niners are bitter after they

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Speaker 3: went out and did that. It's almost like, no, the

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Speaker 3: Niners were confident, and now they have every reason to

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Speaker 3: night now sitting there going you know what, if they

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Speaker 3: once already there this year, that's no problem. If they

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Speaker 3: problem for us either. I believe the confidence that was

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Speaker 2: Line, the Eagles have.

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Speaker 3: I just look at what they're doing right now, Steve.

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Speaker 3: And since they had that three game loss, three game

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Speaker 2: Ends up going and happening.

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Speaker 3: They've gone four to zero with a plus eighty five

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Speaker 5: This team is on fire and this was a statement win.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, Javi David, all you heard from Niners players after

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Speaker 4: that game was bang, bang, Niner gang. We came up,

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Speaker 4: They've grown up together, James, and there's always that team

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Speaker 3: I think considering also when your coach hasn't lost a

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Speaker 3: But you're right, this three game win streak that they're

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Speaker 4: Yeah, one thousand percent, And speaking about the AFC playoff

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Speaker 4: picture JP that leads to our next bigger news. But

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Speaker 4: before we get there, Mike Tomlin, he's got a few

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Speaker 6: Oh always, you know, that was a horrible day at

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Speaker 4: That's kept it one hundred. He kept it one hundred

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Speaker 4: right there, Mike Tomlin after they got smashed by Arizona

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Speaker 4: Cleveland lost, Pittsburgh lost, the Cincinnati Bengals have yet to

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Speaker 4: We're talking about all four AFC Nor teams going to

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Speaker 3: I'm gonna say, bigger news that there is a chance

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Speaker 2: That is bigger news.

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Speaker 3: This division has been a laughing stock for the last

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Speaker 3: They sit right now Colts eighth, Texans ninth, and Jags

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Speaker 2: Shane Stikeen's doing a brilliant job.

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Speaker 5: They don't hurt themselves, they find.

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Speaker 3: Ways to win and then Layton games the Texans, Yeah,

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Speaker 3: Stroud being at that game this past Sunday, we'll talk

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Speaker 3: that is bigger news because these teams score well.

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Speaker 4: It's not easy for them, but they're still gonna win

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Speaker 3: I'll say this real quick, Steve. When you bring up

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Speaker 5: I was there when it started.

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Speaker 2: JP, I've got listen.

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Speaker 3: Shane Stikeen brought him, brought brought Minshew with him for

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Speaker 7: Like a monumental football game. How monumental did it feel

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Speaker 8: I felt really good. You know. I think we started

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Speaker 7: I talked to some of your teammates this week and

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Speaker 4: I mean that was dominant.

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Speaker 7: What conversations did you have about redemption?

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Speaker 8: That's a really good football team and they're going to

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Speaker 2: All right.

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Speaker 4: That was NFL Network Stacey dalees with Niers running back

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Speaker 4: Christy McCaffrey after the forty nine Ers dragged the Eagles.

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Speaker 4: this is why you're such a great sha because you

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Speaker 7: Was really yeah right, it was so interesting watching Devout

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Speaker 2: No, he goes, he goes no.

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Speaker 5: It's good.

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Speaker 7: He's so even keel on camera, Christian McCaffrey is. But

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Speaker 7: And that couldn't be more true. How about the Niners

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Speaker 7: But it meant something bigger to your point, as you

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Speaker 3: What I'm curious about is be you being at this

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Speaker 3: We haven't seen the teams at the top of this

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Speaker 7: Yeah, James, it was interesting that you bring that out

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Speaker 7: Teammates I couldn't see who that was because we were

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Speaker 4: Yes, it is.

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Speaker 7: And before the game, to your point, James, you know

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Speaker 4: I mean, why do you get on TV? It did

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Speaker 7: I think it was both. Steve such a great point.

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Speaker 2: Specifically.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean the Eagles average one hundred and thirty

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Speaker 2: I mean that just puts it into context. Stace.

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Speaker 3: I won't do it because I know I'd lose, but

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Speaker 3: I would fight you to cover this rematch that we're

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Speaker 4: The box are out, the boxer out, I try to do.

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Speaker 3: I'm not going. I would not box Stacy Davie cover.

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Speaker 3: I was the tremendous basketball player she is. I'm not

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Speaker 2: Yeah, well, it wouldn't it be a dream.

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Speaker 7: I got to cover a game with the two of

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Speaker 7: you guys, That would be a dream. Or we could

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Speaker 2: That's what's up.

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Speaker 4: And you guys can holler at me on game day

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Speaker 4: preview on Sunday morning. All right, Stays, we love you girls.

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Speaker 7: Thanks a nice love, Steve Love Stays, love you guys,

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Speaker 7: keep up the great work.

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Speaker 4: See you all right.

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Speaker 5: J P.

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Speaker 4: You were at this tech this Texans Broncos game as

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Speaker 4: we're watching Will Anderson in the Houston Texans get all

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Speaker 4: after Russell Wilson. It was a big win to keep

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Speaker 4: the Texans in playoff contention and with the Broncos one

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Speaker 4: step back. And here's James talking to Will Anderson after

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Speaker 4: the game.

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Speaker 3: Well, I saw you after you guys get off the field,

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Speaker 3: pretty emotional on the sideline there run us through that

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Speaker 3: stop that interception the end zone, And why are you

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Speaker 3: so emotional on the sideline?

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Speaker 4: Man?

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Speaker 1: It's just the team, man, all the hard work we

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Speaker 1: put in, man and the gods's the training camptain now, man, team, man,

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Speaker 1: we just prove everybody wrong. We really don't have anything

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Speaker 1: to put nobody but ourselves. And that's one thing that

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Speaker 1: we focused on all week is just us doing us

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Speaker 1: better and us coming out here and execute it.

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Speaker 4: And they're just having a controllable stream.

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Speaker 5: Man.

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Speaker 4: That's what coach talked about. Man, I'm just so excited

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Speaker 4: right now. I'm sorry.

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Speaker 2: I love it.

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Speaker 3: You have two sacks today, you have four quarterback hits,

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Speaker 3: you tip a ball that's intercepted. This Broncos offense has

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Speaker 3: been so efficient protecting the football. You forced those three interceptions.

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Speaker 3: What did you guys do to force Russell Wilson in

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Speaker 3: those situations?

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Speaker 4: Man?

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Speaker 1: Were just rushing together man, everybody locked into their job,

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Speaker 1: not getting distracted by nothing.

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Speaker 2: Running the game playing.

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Speaker 1: That we had in place this week was a great

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Speaker 1: group week of practice for us up front, man, and

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Speaker 1: it was just everybody down in.

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Speaker 2: Man, it was really just all.

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Speaker 1: Guy And I'll just say, God, did That's it?

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Speaker 3: Last one is Derek Singley has two picks for you guys.

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Speaker 3: How big were those? I know the one by the

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Speaker 3: end zones is huge, but those two picks when they

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Speaker 3: happened when Denver was driving.

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Speaker 1: Man, just it's so much momentum change. You know, Dereck Single,

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Speaker 1: he practiced but off every day. He practiced those reps.

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Speaker 1: So it's not surprising that you come out here and

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Speaker 1: see it everyday because that's what type of player he is,

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Speaker 1: what type of guy he is, what type of team

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Speaker 1: he is. And I can't say enough good things on

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Speaker 1: Blacking to happen to be here, and I'm so happy

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Speaker 1: for him and he had a great game today.

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Speaker 2: You guys have changed the culture in Houston. Enjoy it.

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Speaker 2: Thank you, appreciation you, Steve.

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Speaker 3: That was the other big game and I was happy

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Speaker 3: to be there at NRG Stadium and see CJ. Stroud

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Speaker 3: in person because I think Stroud's performance this season has

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Speaker 3: overshadowed what that guy right there has done in his

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Speaker 3: rookie year. Just crazy third overall, one pick behind CJ. Stroud,

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Speaker 3: which is nuts, but you know, getting a chance in

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Speaker 3: the locker room to really see everything about c J. Stroud,

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Speaker 3: talk to the guys in that room, talking to Larumy

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Speaker 3: tunsonho has been on this show with us, and he

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Speaker 3: just I said, man, your season's been out of this

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Speaker 3: world so far.

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Speaker 2: Another win.

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Speaker 3: He's like, it's all because of this guy right here,

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Speaker 3: Stroud's lockers right next to Tunsuls.

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Speaker 5: He goes, it's all because of seven.

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Speaker 3: And when I had a long conversation with Case Keenan,

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Speaker 3: who was dressed like rip from Yellowstone before he was

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Speaker 3: heading out of the locker room, he just said.

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Speaker 2: He may be Steve.

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Speaker 3: He said Stroud may be the best pure passer he

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Speaker 3: has ever been around. He said it is remarkable that

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Speaker 3: he sees everything. The first two drives happened. He said,

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Speaker 3: he came off the field telling us the coverages that

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Speaker 3: Denver was in before we had our meetings on the sideline.

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Speaker 3: But the part that stands out the most, and it's

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Speaker 3: not that he didn't have Dalton Schultz at the tight

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Speaker 3: end spot that he loves to go to. It's not

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Speaker 3: that he lost Tank Dell and then he finds Nico

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Speaker 3: Collins in this game without both of those guys for

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Speaker 3: one hundred and ninety one yards, it's the fact that

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Speaker 3: he had a conversation with Nico Collins in the locker

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Speaker 3: room that I was maybe the only person that saw it.

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Speaker 5: The back end of the room is they're both getting

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Speaker 5: ready to leave. He looks at Nico Collins and.

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Speaker 3: Says, hey, it's your room now, talking about that wide

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Speaker 3: receiver room. Now that Tank Dell's down, he goes, it's

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Speaker 3: your room, now take it over.

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Speaker 2: Be a leader.

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Speaker 3: I know you can play on the field, now I

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Speaker 3: need you off the field and in the room.

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Speaker 2: If that doesn't show you what CJ.

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Speaker 3: Stroud brings to the quarterback position, not just between the

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Speaker 3: white lines, but everything he brings to the position that

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Speaker 3: peems die for. That's an instance where you saw the leadership.

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Speaker 4: And JP that doesn't work unless you're playing well. Right,

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Speaker 4: They're a guy players on losing teams or who aren't

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Speaker 4: playing well. Who could say that and dudes like, man,

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Speaker 4: what are you talking about? But because he's playing well,

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Speaker 4: it resonates. I mean, really, it has to hit Bobby Slovak,

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Speaker 4: the seconds offensive coordinator. When he was on the show

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Speaker 4: a couple of weeks ago, talked about that leadership and

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Speaker 4: how it really is contagious to that locker room because

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Speaker 4: he's the one as ground zero with him. But I

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Speaker 4: also want to get to you. You go interviewed do

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Speaker 4: with Will Anderson. Fantastic, he showed out Jonathan Grenard once

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Speaker 4: again shows out the other edge rusher.

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Speaker 5: Nobody talks about him.

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Speaker 4: He's played so well. I just want to ask you

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Speaker 4: about the way that that defense stood up because Denver

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Speaker 4: was driving at the very end, I mean, Russell Wilson

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Speaker 4: had them in position to win that ball game and

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Speaker 4: Will Anderson put him under a ton of pressure that

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Speaker 4: led to that interception in the end zone to seal

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Speaker 4: the deal. What about that side of the ball because

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Speaker 4: the way they're winning games, whether it's offensive or defensive,

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Speaker 4: to close things out, they're not surviving, they're not hanging

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Speaker 4: on to win, They're making plays to close things out.

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Speaker 4: Seeing the defense perform like that against a good opponent,

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Speaker 4: James had to be something that makes you think, like, Okay,

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Speaker 4: these guys are legit, there are several years at his

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Speaker 4: schedule there really are.

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Speaker 3: I'm standing on the field right down there on that

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Speaker 3: side while that stretch is happening at the end of

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Speaker 3: the game. And the get off and speed that both

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Speaker 3: of those guys you mentioned have getting after Russell Wilson,

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Speaker 3: they impacted and altered plays extremely quickly. But what really

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Speaker 3: stands out to me is the way multiple defensive players,

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Speaker 3: including Johnathan Gernardo, had a long conversation with the locker

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Speaker 3: room where talking about Matt Burke, their defensive coordinator, and

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Speaker 3: Demiko Rance and how prepared they have been. They told me,

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Speaker 3: outside of the two shots that Russell Wilson took deep

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Speaker 3: to start the game, there was nothing that surprised them

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Speaker 3: that Sean Payton and the Denver Broncos did. They were

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Speaker 3: prepared for all of it. And a lot of coaching

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Speaker 3: what happens during the week. Steve prepares these guys that

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Speaker 3: now they have some talent and getting Jimmy Ward back

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Speaker 3: on the back end, he is the general, as guys

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Speaker 3: have told me, running this entire defense. He was out

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Speaker 3: for about a month with a amstring injury. He knows

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Speaker 3: Demiko Ryan's defense maybe as well as Ryan and so

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Speaker 3: I think having him back helps this group that closes

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Speaker 3: things out. Russell Wilson had four picks this season. He

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Speaker 3: had three in this game. I think that shows you

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Speaker 3: something about how prepared this group was for what they

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Speaker 3: were going against.

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Speaker 4: Great great stuff, JP, I mean, that's absolutely great stuff. Hey,

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Speaker 4: we come back JP after the break. It's time for

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Speaker 4: Jeff c DA's First Read segment. And it wasn't with

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Speaker 4: Jeff das song in this game. It's the fact that

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Speaker 4: he's been listening to me and JP when it comes

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Speaker 4: to who the real is coming up next on the

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Speaker 4: NFL Report. We're back in the NFL Report and it

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Speaker 4: is time for our Fantastic Monday segment with Jeff Chadea.

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Speaker 4: It is Jeff's first Read segment. You can read the

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Speaker 4: article on nfl dot com slash First Read. Jeff, I

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Speaker 4: loved this week's colin because you revisited the MVPs all

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Speaker 4: the way through. And why don't you tell us whose

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Speaker 4: number one one? Because frankly, it is difficult for anybody

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Speaker 4: to argue with that at the moment it is. It is.

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Speaker 9: It's time for Dak Prescott to get his flowers. And

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Speaker 9: I know that everybody keeps waiting for the other shoot

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Speaker 9: to drop with With Dak, everybody keeps waiting for the

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Speaker 9: big picks to come, with the wilting and the big

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Speaker 9: game moments. And you've got to respect what he's done

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Speaker 9: over the last seven games twenty one touchdown passes, two interceptions.

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Speaker 9: Josh Allen's not doing that. Lamar Jackson's not doing that.

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Speaker 9: Patrick Mahomee is not doing that. He's playing better than

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Speaker 9: any quarterback in the NFL. And we've seen what that's

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Speaker 9: meant to this offense, to this team, and right now

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Speaker 9: the Eagles coming in with a whole bunch of defensive problems.

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Speaker 9: The last couple of weeks, you have to wonder, is

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Speaker 9: Dak Prescott going to finally get his MVP moment, his

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Speaker 9: signature win in this season.

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Speaker 2: So I love what Dak is doing. He deserves to be.

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Speaker 9: On top right now, and if he keeps this rolling,

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Speaker 9: he's gonna get this whole ward.

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Speaker 3: I'm not going to argue with you, Jeff, because Steve

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Speaker 3: and I had a conversation a few weeks ago. Who

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Speaker 3: is not part of the conversation and will be part

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Speaker 3: of the conversation at the end of the year.

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Speaker 5: And my pick was Dak Prescott.

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Speaker 3: So I appreciate you putting him at number one, but

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Speaker 3: I am going to argue a little bit because this

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Speaker 3: is the rock Party Show. This is the rock Party Show,

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Speaker 3: and he is sitting there. I believe at number two?

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Speaker 3: Is he a two? Jeff Rock perty two?

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Speaker 4: Here's all right, we'll take that right now. JP deserving two?

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Speaker 5: Yeah, I think he is a deserving two.

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Speaker 3: What I what I want to ask you is he

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Speaker 3: goes out and throws for what three hundred and fourteen yards,

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Speaker 3: four touchdowns, one hundred and forty eight quarterback rating.

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Speaker 5: If that performance happens from.

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Speaker 3: Jalen Hurts, do you believe America is saying Jalen Hurts

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Speaker 3: is a clear cloud MVP, but since Purdy did it,

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Speaker 3: they refuse to say it.

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Speaker 9: That's exactly what it is, James, and that's been his

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Speaker 9: problem all throughout this season because people still act like

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Speaker 9: he's mister ir relevant seventh round pick, stepping in for

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Speaker 9: Jimmy Garoppolo and Trey Lance a year ago and trying

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Speaker 9: to just hang on as best as he can. And

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Speaker 9: he's really become a playmaker. And you look at when

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Speaker 9: I talk about the MVP you're talking about not just

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Speaker 9: the stats in the highlight moments, but also the value.

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Speaker 9: And we all know that this Sniners team, if they

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Speaker 9: had him last year when they went to the MC

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Speaker 9: Championship game in that same stadium, might have been in a

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Speaker 9: much different story, might have been what we just saw

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Speaker 9: on Sundays. That's the value that Rock Party means them.

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Speaker 9: He's a point guard, but look, it's a quarterback award.

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Speaker 9: He's playing on a team that everybody now believes the

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Speaker 9: best team in football. And the numbers are there. He

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Speaker 9: played pay the Cowboys, the Jaguars, and the Eagles. Ten

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Speaker 9: touchdown passes, zero interceptions.

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Speaker 2: That's MVP.

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Speaker 4: Like, hey, Jeff, a question on both of these and

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Speaker 4: we can differentiate it. Let's go back to Dak Okay.

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Speaker 4: First off, we're talking about this with Mike McCarthy. I mean,

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Speaker 4: people have been on him as like a boring play

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Speaker 4: caller this and that he is going for the juggular.

658
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Speaker 4: I mean, does this change a narrative about McCarthy. And

659
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Speaker 4: also when it comes to Rock Party, do you think

660
00:29:52,120 --> 00:29:54,120
Speaker 4: it is more so like you were just talking about

661
00:29:54,160 --> 00:29:57,120
Speaker 4: him being mister irrelevant or because he has so many

662
00:29:57,120 --> 00:29:59,440
Speaker 4: guys he can flip into ten yards down the field.

663
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Speaker 4: Who may magic happened after the catch? Sorry to hit

664
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Speaker 4: you with a double barrel both.

665
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Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, I got you.

666
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Speaker 9: As far as dakynh, I mean, there were a lot

667
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Speaker 9: of people who thought Mike McCarthy had lost his fastball.

668
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Speaker 9: I give him credit because getting ready to kell him

669
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Speaker 9: Moore was a risky move. He's had success there with that.

670
00:30:15,040 --> 00:30:16,520
Speaker 9: Got a lot of credit for what Zach had, what

671
00:30:16,680 --> 00:30:20,080
Speaker 9: that had become. Mike McCarthy has matured over this season.

672
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Speaker 9: You've seen some of the changes, whether it's more emotion,

673
00:30:23,000 --> 00:30:25,360
Speaker 9: more downfield shots that are red zone play.

674
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Speaker 4: Calls, about the cadence, what about the cadence to here

675
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Speaker 4: we go?

676
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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean all that stuff all. I mean, it's

677
00:30:30,880 --> 00:30:34,000
Speaker 2: just you. You realize that he's, Hey, he's had success

678
00:30:34,240 --> 00:30:36,480
Speaker 2: the quarterback to this league's very high level success.

679
00:30:36,520 --> 00:30:38,600
Speaker 9: So he went back into his bag of tricks and

680
00:30:38,600 --> 00:30:41,240
Speaker 9: he found a way to get Dak to another level.

681
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Speaker 9: And as far as as far as Brock goes with

682
00:30:43,320 --> 00:30:46,280
Speaker 9: the supporting cast, I defy you to find any quarterback

683
00:30:46,280 --> 00:30:48,720
Speaker 9: out there who's won this award in the last few

684
00:30:48,760 --> 00:30:51,360
Speaker 9: years who didn't have a great supporting cast. Patrick Mahomes

685
00:30:51,360 --> 00:30:54,680
Speaker 9: had Tyreek Hill and Travis Kelcey and Andy Reid callin plays,

686
00:30:55,080 --> 00:30:59,880
Speaker 9: Aaron Rodgers had DeVante Adamson, Aaron Jones. You've got people

687
00:30:59,880 --> 00:31:02,440
Speaker 9: out there who've got great people. J Dalen Hurts has

688
00:31:02,480 --> 00:31:04,360
Speaker 9: had us a great supporting cast around the last couple

689
00:31:04,400 --> 00:31:06,640
Speaker 9: of years, and so Brock Party should not be penalized

690
00:31:07,040 --> 00:31:07,280
Speaker 9: for that.

691
00:31:07,960 --> 00:31:09,080
Speaker 2: Kind of privilege.

692
00:31:09,520 --> 00:31:12,960
Speaker 4: Yeah, there it is. Drop the mic and the show.

693
00:31:14,440 --> 00:31:14,720
Speaker 2: Listen.

694
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Speaker 3: I don't want to steal this stat I don't want

695
00:31:17,440 --> 00:31:19,000
Speaker 3: to steal this because I was reading this this morning.

696
00:31:19,040 --> 00:31:22,200
Speaker 3: Mike Sando had this on The Athletic that forty eight

697
00:31:22,280 --> 00:31:26,440
Speaker 3: percent of Brock Party's passing yards are yards after the catch.

698
00:31:27,160 --> 00:31:30,320
Speaker 3: When Patrick Mahomes won his first MVP, fifty four percent

699
00:31:30,400 --> 00:31:32,959
Speaker 3: of the passing yards for yards after the catch. And

700
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Speaker 3: that's exactly what you're saying, Jeff, is if you win

701
00:31:36,040 --> 00:31:38,360
Speaker 3: this award, there's a lot of guys on your offense

702
00:31:38,400 --> 00:31:40,080
Speaker 3: that are balling out, and there's a lot of talent

703
00:31:40,160 --> 00:31:43,440
Speaker 3: a lot of times around you that makes these things happen.

704
00:31:43,480 --> 00:31:46,280
Speaker 3: And I want to mention the guy that Pat threw

705
00:31:46,320 --> 00:31:48,719
Speaker 3: a lot of those passes too, and Tyreek Hill, and

706
00:31:48,760 --> 00:31:51,520
Speaker 3: you mentioned Tyreek in this column, and you mentioned where

707
00:31:51,560 --> 00:31:53,400
Speaker 3: he's at and what he's doing. We all know that

708
00:31:53,440 --> 00:31:55,480
Speaker 3: the stats are almost there in terms of that two

709
00:31:55,560 --> 00:31:59,480
Speaker 3: thousand yards. What my question is is do you think

710
00:31:59,560 --> 00:32:03,760
Speaker 3: it hurt it's his MVP candidacy and everybody's just making

711
00:32:03,800 --> 00:32:06,000
Speaker 3: him a shoe in for the Offensive Player of the

712
00:32:06,080 --> 00:32:10,240
Speaker 3: Year because he really doesn't have any competition for Offensive

713
00:32:10,240 --> 00:32:10,760
Speaker 3: Player of.

714
00:32:10,760 --> 00:32:15,920
Speaker 2: The Year, not even close. Yeah. I mean it's almost

715
00:32:16,000 --> 00:32:17,240
Speaker 2: like people give out award.

716
00:32:18,280 --> 00:32:20,200
Speaker 9: Everybody gets a piece of cake, right, everybody got a

717
00:32:20,280 --> 00:32:21,840
Speaker 9: nice little chunk that they can hang on to.

718
00:32:21,880 --> 00:32:22,760
Speaker 2: And nibble on.

719
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Speaker 9: And you're right, I think assume that he's going to

720
00:32:25,800 --> 00:32:28,239
Speaker 9: win that award and he can't be the MVP. But

721
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Speaker 9: I included him on this list because one, he's got

722
00:32:30,960 --> 00:32:33,200
Speaker 9: the numbers. I mean, he's on a tremendous pace here

723
00:32:33,240 --> 00:32:36,280
Speaker 9: to smash that receiving record and become the first receiver

724
00:32:36,400 --> 00:32:39,280
Speaker 9: with two thousand yards. But he's also the impact he's

725
00:32:39,280 --> 00:32:41,200
Speaker 9: had on that franchise. He showed up from day one.

726
00:32:41,280 --> 00:32:44,320
Speaker 9: It's a quarterback like impact, the way he's impacted to

727
00:32:45,080 --> 00:32:47,920
Speaker 9: by Lowa, the way he's impacted what Mike mcdaian wants

728
00:32:47,920 --> 00:32:50,120
Speaker 9: to do offensively. You know, I've been I'm not a

729
00:32:50,120 --> 00:32:53,120
Speaker 9: big hard knocks, you know, reality TV show person, and

730
00:32:53,160 --> 00:32:57,440
Speaker 9: I've been watching the first couple of episodes and just great, Yeah,

731
00:32:57,680 --> 00:32:59,960
Speaker 9: the impact he has when you watch him on that show.

732
00:33:00,120 --> 00:33:03,080
Speaker 9: Really he's the leader of that team. And so I've

733
00:33:03,160 --> 00:33:06,440
Speaker 9: always been, you know, impressed with his great point physical

734
00:33:06,440 --> 00:33:08,280
Speaker 9: ability and his numbers. But when you look at what

735
00:33:08,600 --> 00:33:11,920
Speaker 9: how he leads and his maturity, it's he's got to

736
00:33:11,920 --> 00:33:13,400
Speaker 9: be in there just because of the impact. He's had

737
00:33:13,440 --> 00:33:16,400
Speaker 9: their most impact of a non quarterback in the league.

738
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Speaker 4: You know, it's hard to argue that a couple weeks Togo,

739
00:33:18,600 --> 00:33:20,160
Speaker 4: we're talking about a j. Brown, But the last couple

740
00:33:20,160 --> 00:33:22,720
Speaker 4: of weeks he's not had the impact that Tyreek Hill has.

741
00:33:22,840 --> 00:33:25,560
Speaker 4: But what about Tyree's quarterback? I mean to a tongue Bailoa,

742
00:33:25,640 --> 00:33:27,680
Speaker 4: and we know he put up the big fireworks early.

743
00:33:28,440 --> 00:33:31,239
Speaker 4: He's putting him up again. Jeff, I mean I I

744
00:33:31,400 --> 00:33:34,440
Speaker 4: you know, you got him in number six on this list. Again,

745
00:33:34,440 --> 00:33:37,680
Speaker 4: it's hard to argue with this list, but he's got

746
00:33:37,720 --> 00:33:39,400
Speaker 4: to be in the mix. And you look at their

747
00:33:39,400 --> 00:33:43,240
Speaker 4: schedule the right you look at you look at his

748
00:33:43,320 --> 00:33:46,120
Speaker 4: schedule of the rest of the way Baltimore. He's got

749
00:33:46,120 --> 00:33:49,240
Speaker 4: Baltimore Dallas to prove the big games against. But to

750
00:33:49,400 --> 00:33:51,560
Speaker 4: what seems like he could very much walk away with

751
00:33:51,600 --> 00:33:53,680
Speaker 4: this when all is said and done, because Jeff I

752
00:33:53,720 --> 00:33:56,880
Speaker 4: also said this, the AFC is either going through Miami

753
00:33:56,960 --> 00:33:57,600
Speaker 4: or Jacksonville.

754
00:33:58,240 --> 00:34:00,880
Speaker 2: Yeah. Yeah, and really it's the top seed is going

755
00:34:00,920 --> 00:34:01,680
Speaker 2: to play a role in this.

756
00:34:02,800 --> 00:34:06,000
Speaker 9: Who performs the best in these big platform games. You're right,

757
00:34:06,040 --> 00:34:08,440
Speaker 9: it's kind of it's nice to know that all these

758
00:34:08,440 --> 00:34:10,319
Speaker 9: players we're talking about are going to be playing big

759
00:34:10,360 --> 00:34:13,279
Speaker 9: games against one another down a stretch here. I believe

760
00:34:13,320 --> 00:34:17,920
Speaker 9: two has got Josh Allen, Laura Jackson, Dak Prescott the

761
00:34:18,000 --> 00:34:20,799
Speaker 9: last three weeks of the season. Obviously, the Eagles been

762
00:34:20,840 --> 00:34:24,040
Speaker 9: playing big games, the Cowboys have big games. But two

763
00:34:24,120 --> 00:34:26,480
Speaker 9: was a wild card here just because he's one of

764
00:34:26,480 --> 00:34:28,879
Speaker 9: those players you mentioned. If they had given us word

765
00:34:28,880 --> 00:34:31,640
Speaker 9: out after week three, he would have walked away with it.

766
00:34:31,880 --> 00:34:33,440
Speaker 9: That's the kind of numbers he was putting up, in

767
00:34:33,480 --> 00:34:35,279
Speaker 9: the kind of things he was doing. I mean, you

768
00:34:35,400 --> 00:34:38,040
Speaker 9: have an explosive offense and you can get those highlight

769
00:34:38,040 --> 00:34:42,399
Speaker 9: reel moments. Man, it really sways people's minds. It gets

770
00:34:42,520 --> 00:34:44,759
Speaker 9: voters excited, and that's the thing that he's starting to

771
00:34:44,760 --> 00:34:47,319
Speaker 9: do again. He's got a couple more winnable games here

772
00:34:47,360 --> 00:34:50,480
Speaker 9: against bad teams. But if he can dominate Dallas, if

773
00:34:50,480 --> 00:34:52,600
Speaker 9: he can dominate Baltimore, he can dominate Buffalo.

774
00:34:53,360 --> 00:34:54,919
Speaker 2: Got a pretty much chance to winning this thing too.

775
00:34:55,680 --> 00:34:57,120
Speaker 4: Yeah, and two is number eight. I said he was

776
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Speaker 4: number six. He is number eight. So now I am

777
00:34:59,200 --> 00:35:00,799
Speaker 4: gonna argue with it because should be at least six.

778
00:35:00,880 --> 00:35:06,799
Speaker 9: Yeh like everybody, Hey, hey, hey, a parent, I'm not

779
00:35:06,800 --> 00:35:07,360
Speaker 9: going to argue with.

780
00:35:09,600 --> 00:35:09,960
Speaker 4: Number two.

781
00:35:10,000 --> 00:35:12,680
Speaker 3: It's not gonna argue with who's number six, because Lamar

782
00:35:12,840 --> 00:35:14,840
Speaker 3: is number six and he deserves to be writ in

783
00:35:14,880 --> 00:35:16,000
Speaker 3: this conversation as well.

784
00:35:16,320 --> 00:35:20,239
Speaker 5: And Jeff, who's going down? What do you think is better? Now?

785
00:35:20,360 --> 00:35:20,800
Speaker 2: Exactly?

786
00:35:20,840 --> 00:35:23,239
Speaker 3: That's this is my point. I think it's better for

787
00:35:23,280 --> 00:35:26,680
Speaker 3: the league that we don't really know. And the list

788
00:35:26,760 --> 00:35:29,720
Speaker 3: is this deep cause you mentioned the top of the column.

789
00:35:29,760 --> 00:35:33,080
Speaker 3: We're not having that dominant season like we've seen from

790
00:35:33,080 --> 00:35:35,400
Speaker 3: Aaron Rodgers of Blade and we've seen from Patrick Mahomes

791
00:35:35,440 --> 00:35:38,359
Speaker 3: of Blake Mahomes is having a down year. Is what's

792
00:35:38,400 --> 00:35:40,879
Speaker 3: your thought on what this means for the league? Does

793
00:35:40,920 --> 00:35:43,759
Speaker 3: this make the league more competitive? In people's eyes, or

794
00:35:43,800 --> 00:35:47,040
Speaker 3: do they want to see that dominant performance in a season.

795
00:35:47,840 --> 00:35:49,640
Speaker 2: Well, look, I live in Kansas City.

796
00:35:49,680 --> 00:35:52,319
Speaker 9: You guys know that, And I always hear people talk

797
00:35:52,320 --> 00:35:55,080
Speaker 9: about Patrick Mahomes the face of the league. And I've

798
00:35:55,080 --> 00:35:56,960
Speaker 9: always said, as long as I fouled, this league has

799
00:35:56,960 --> 00:35:58,680
Speaker 9: never been one face of the league.

800
00:35:58,800 --> 00:36:00,680
Speaker 2: You know, There's always been multiple faces.

801
00:36:00,960 --> 00:36:02,720
Speaker 9: And I think you want to have a league where

802
00:36:03,040 --> 00:36:05,560
Speaker 9: you go to different markets and you have different stars

803
00:36:06,080 --> 00:36:08,360
Speaker 9: that resonate with people. And so what you're seeing is

804
00:36:08,360 --> 00:36:11,319
Speaker 9: a transition away from there's a vacuum here with Tom

805
00:36:11,360 --> 00:36:14,600
Speaker 9: Brady being gone and Hayton Manning being long gone, Roethlisberger,

806
00:36:14,719 --> 00:36:16,920
Speaker 9: Drew Brees, all these big name guys. But now it's

807
00:36:16,920 --> 00:36:19,200
Speaker 9: an opportunity and so I think it is exciting to

808
00:36:19,239 --> 00:36:22,320
Speaker 9: see all these young guys stepping up and showing themselves

809
00:36:22,320 --> 00:36:26,279
Speaker 9: improving themselves. You know, watching the Packers Chiefs game last night,

810
00:36:26,280 --> 00:36:28,520
Speaker 9: I was telling people around here that don't sleep on

811
00:36:28,560 --> 00:36:30,880
Speaker 9: the Packers because when you have a young team, just

812
00:36:30,920 --> 00:36:32,680
Speaker 9: like with the Texans, you don't know when that confidence

813
00:36:32,760 --> 00:36:34,560
Speaker 9: is going to kick in and when their star players

814
00:36:34,560 --> 00:36:36,480
Speaker 9: are going to start realizing we are stars that we

815
00:36:36,480 --> 00:36:38,520
Speaker 9: can do star like Stings, and so I think what

816
00:36:38,560 --> 00:36:40,439
Speaker 9: you're seeing there's a lot of guys in this league

817
00:36:40,480 --> 00:36:44,080
Speaker 9: starting to recognize that, Hey, why not me, Why can't

818
00:36:44,080 --> 00:36:46,600
Speaker 9: I be the next super brat superstar who dominates this league.

819
00:36:47,000 --> 00:36:47,440
Speaker 4: I love it.

820
00:36:48,560 --> 00:36:49,080
Speaker 5: I love it.

821
00:36:49,239 --> 00:36:51,279
Speaker 3: I think that's fantastic because you do have the man

822
00:36:51,320 --> 00:36:54,480
Speaker 3: down in Houston sitting at number four in CJ. Stroud.

823
00:36:54,480 --> 00:36:56,239
Speaker 3: But Jeff says he cannot win the award. It just

824
00:36:56,280 --> 00:36:58,359
Speaker 3: doesn't go to rookies. So he'll just have to set

825
00:36:58,440 --> 00:37:02,319
Speaker 3: up further runaway the year. I guess down there in Houston. Yeah,

826
00:37:02,400 --> 00:37:04,719
Speaker 3: he he's been phenomenal and he might be one of

827
00:37:04,760 --> 00:37:07,480
Speaker 3: the new faces of the league. Jeff is a face

828
00:37:08,440 --> 00:37:10,880
Speaker 3: of the NFL report. Let's say that is the face

829
00:37:10,920 --> 00:37:15,160
Speaker 3: of the NFL report. Appreciate it, man, you gotta smile

830
00:37:15,160 --> 00:37:17,640
Speaker 3: on your face. Unlike those guys in that ballroom when

831
00:37:17,640 --> 00:37:27,280
Speaker 3: they found out that they were going to play Alabama.

832
00:37:23,520 --> 00:37:29,040
Speaker 2: We go about where about Tigers? Where about the about that?

833
00:37:29,320 --> 00:37:31,400
Speaker 3: Well, we can't play off we can't play offense with

834
00:37:31,880 --> 00:37:33,480
Speaker 3: ten guys, but we're going to try to do it

835
00:37:33,480 --> 00:37:36,600
Speaker 3: in the bowl game. That's Jeff to read his first

836
00:37:36,680 --> 00:37:40,360
Speaker 3: read column and coming up on the NFL Report, Bridget

837
00:37:40,360 --> 00:37:45,600
Speaker 3: Condon joins us with the surging Rams. Not just are

838
00:37:45,600 --> 00:37:49,279
Speaker 3: they playoff contenders, but if they get there, are they dangerous?

839
00:37:49,680 --> 00:37:52,200
Speaker 5: We're just gonna tell us that. Next on the NFL Report,

840
00:37:57,440 --> 00:37:57,880
Speaker 5: we are.

841
00:37:57,760 --> 00:38:01,399
Speaker 4: Back at the NFL Report. See James Palmer were about

842
00:38:01,400 --> 00:38:03,239
Speaker 4: to be joined by Bridgie Condon. But for those of

843
00:38:03,280 --> 00:38:06,080
Speaker 4: you watching on the show, you are looking at Puka

844
00:38:06,200 --> 00:38:08,719
Speaker 4: Nakua would be the offensive rookie of the year if

845
00:38:08,760 --> 00:38:11,799
Speaker 4: not for that guy's favorite player down in Houston, second

846
00:38:11,840 --> 00:38:14,200
Speaker 4: favorite player of brock perties first. And there's Puka scoring

847
00:38:14,239 --> 00:38:17,600
Speaker 4: a touchdown Boston, the ball to his girlfriend. She drops

848
00:38:17,640 --> 00:38:19,840
Speaker 4: it the first time, but he gives her a second

849
00:38:20,160 --> 00:38:23,360
Speaker 4: chance to recoup and now he's a hero. As kisses

850
00:38:23,400 --> 00:38:26,000
Speaker 4: are being blown. All right, Bridgie connon, you were at

851
00:38:26,000 --> 00:38:29,240
Speaker 4: this game with me when the Los Angeles Rams knocked

852
00:38:29,360 --> 00:38:32,680
Speaker 4: off the Cleveland Browns. And there's a social clip from

853
00:38:32,719 --> 00:38:35,160
Speaker 4: Pooka is dead. We don't know as a friend or whatever,

854
00:38:35,239 --> 00:38:37,680
Speaker 4: but Sean mcva said he thought Puka was dead after

855
00:38:37,719 --> 00:38:39,680
Speaker 4: he got hurt in that game. But Bridgie, you were

856
00:38:39,680 --> 00:38:41,200
Speaker 4: at that game with me as the Rams improved to

857
00:38:41,280 --> 00:38:45,560
Speaker 4: six and six after beating the Cleveland Browns, and what

858
00:38:45,680 --> 00:38:49,080
Speaker 4: we saw out of this Rams team, to me, look

859
00:38:49,280 --> 00:38:54,000
Speaker 4: like they are a legitimate playoff team. They put themselves

860
00:38:54,280 --> 00:38:56,839
Speaker 4: squarely in the knicks to get in Green Bay. Winning

861
00:38:56,840 --> 00:38:59,440
Speaker 4: did not help them, but they not only look like

862
00:38:59,440 --> 00:39:02,440
Speaker 4: a team that can get in. Because of Matthew Stafford

863
00:39:03,000 --> 00:39:04,840
Speaker 4: and maybe some other things that you found out in

864
00:39:04,840 --> 00:39:07,160
Speaker 4: the locker room, they've got a chance to be dangerous

865
00:39:07,160 --> 00:39:07,920
Speaker 4: in the postseason.

866
00:39:09,000 --> 00:39:11,799
Speaker 10: Here come the Rams. Steve and James at six and six.

867
00:39:11,880 --> 00:39:13,600
Speaker 10: I mean, you talk about the Rams and Chargers. We

868
00:39:13,640 --> 00:39:16,280
Speaker 10: talk about them so often in LA. I don't think

869
00:39:16,320 --> 00:39:18,759
Speaker 10: that any of us would have predicted that this was

870
00:39:18,800 --> 00:39:21,359
Speaker 10: the LA team we'd be talking about right now as

871
00:39:21,400 --> 00:39:23,239
Speaker 10: a potential playoff contender.

872
00:39:23,560 --> 00:39:24,560
Speaker 5: So it's very interesting.

873
00:39:24,560 --> 00:39:26,840
Speaker 10: I remember I was just watching a clip from Total

874
00:39:26,840 --> 00:39:30,000
Speaker 10: Access this summer and we were talking about the Rams rebuilding,

875
00:39:30,040 --> 00:39:32,000
Speaker 10: and I made a point, you can't really say they're

876
00:39:32,040 --> 00:39:35,360
Speaker 10: rebuilding when you have Aaron Donald, Cooper Cup, Matthew Stafford

877
00:39:35,360 --> 00:39:38,200
Speaker 10: on the team. Right, they were reloading, and that's exactly

878
00:39:38,239 --> 00:39:41,040
Speaker 10: what they've been doing this season. Remember how bad it

879
00:39:41,160 --> 00:39:43,640
Speaker 10: was for Sean McVay towards the end of last season,

880
00:39:43,960 --> 00:39:46,880
Speaker 10: around like week twelve or so when no Aaron Donald,

881
00:39:47,080 --> 00:39:50,640
Speaker 10: no Cooper Cup, no Matthew Stafford. He was going through

882
00:39:50,680 --> 00:39:53,080
Speaker 10: it and we all were wondering, Okay, Sean McVay and

883
00:39:53,120 --> 00:39:55,680
Speaker 10: this rams team less. Need they throw all their eggs

884
00:39:55,719 --> 00:39:58,120
Speaker 10: into one basket. They get the Super Bowl? But where

885
00:39:58,160 --> 00:40:01,120
Speaker 10: are they now? Like f them picks, Well, they needed

886
00:40:01,120 --> 00:40:04,120
Speaker 10: some picks, but without the picks, without the money. Here

887
00:40:04,160 --> 00:40:06,920
Speaker 10: they are making a way and talking to guys in

888
00:40:06,920 --> 00:40:09,840
Speaker 10: the locker room yesterday, I was asking about one specific

889
00:40:09,880 --> 00:40:12,120
Speaker 10: thing and that was Sean McVay, and they all said

890
00:40:12,120 --> 00:40:15,200
Speaker 10: the same thing. This guy has done such an incredible

891
00:40:15,280 --> 00:40:18,880
Speaker 10: job at adapting and getting multiple people involved. Who was

892
00:40:18,920 --> 00:40:20,759
Speaker 10: talking about Puku nakhuas six months ago?

893
00:40:21,080 --> 00:40:21,560
Speaker 5: I wasn't.

894
00:40:21,600 --> 00:40:22,640
Speaker 10: I don't know if you guys were.

895
00:40:22,760 --> 00:40:23,880
Speaker 2: Maybe DJ was.

896
00:40:23,880 --> 00:40:25,520
Speaker 10: But that's about it, right, Like they have.

897
00:40:25,640 --> 00:40:26,560
Speaker 2: Made these guys.

898
00:40:27,480 --> 00:40:30,479
Speaker 10: Yeah, they have made these guys into stars, and they've

899
00:40:30,560 --> 00:40:33,080
Speaker 10: worked with what they have on their team and it's

900
00:40:33,120 --> 00:40:35,400
Speaker 10: honestly incredible what they've been able to do. And they

901
00:40:35,440 --> 00:40:38,440
Speaker 10: didn't just beat any old team. The Browns defense is

902
00:40:38,640 --> 00:40:41,520
Speaker 10: very good. Yes, Joe Flacco is their four starting quarterback

903
00:40:41,560 --> 00:40:43,759
Speaker 10: of the season, but he didn't have a bad game.

904
00:40:43,960 --> 00:40:45,880
Speaker 10: They went out here and they won. They weren't just

905
00:40:45,960 --> 00:40:49,759
Speaker 10: playing to not lose, if that makes sense. And so

906
00:40:49,840 --> 00:40:51,960
Speaker 10: many people are saying it's because Sean McVay has the

907
00:40:52,000 --> 00:40:54,719
Speaker 10: belief in them, Like he went all the way back

908
00:40:54,760 --> 00:40:57,279
Speaker 10: and said, all right, we're gonna hit the fundamentals during

909
00:40:57,280 --> 00:40:59,239
Speaker 10: training camp and we're going to really start it from

910
00:40:59,320 --> 00:41:02,279
Speaker 10: day one. A slow build, but they're peaking at that

911
00:41:02,360 --> 00:41:05,080
Speaker 10: right moment. We're talking about December football and you've won

912
00:41:05,120 --> 00:41:07,840
Speaker 10: three straight games after your bye week. This is the

913
00:41:07,880 --> 00:41:10,040
Speaker 10: best position the Rams could be in in my opinion.

914
00:41:10,600 --> 00:41:13,360
Speaker 3: I will say I saw Pooka Nakooa just crush it

915
00:41:13,480 --> 00:41:16,080
Speaker 3: in joint practices against the Broncos for two days.

916
00:41:16,320 --> 00:41:18,960
Speaker 4: I was there. You were telling me about him.

917
00:41:19,000 --> 00:41:20,920
Speaker 5: I was there my roster and like, really, how do

918
00:41:21,040 --> 00:41:22,040
Speaker 5: I say this last name?

919
00:41:22,600 --> 00:41:23,720
Speaker 2: Who is this guy?

920
00:41:23,840 --> 00:41:25,160
Speaker 5: And I'm like, like, what's happened?

921
00:41:25,160 --> 00:41:27,680
Speaker 3: Because Cooper couples on a side field dealing with the

922
00:41:27,719 --> 00:41:31,640
Speaker 3: hamstring and he was working it against like Pat Sertan,

923
00:41:31,920 --> 00:41:34,239
Speaker 3: like one on one drills and Pat told me afterwards, like,

924
00:41:34,440 --> 00:41:36,640
Speaker 3: kid can play, like I remember this, but it was

925
00:41:36,680 --> 00:41:38,680
Speaker 3: also your right, Bridget. That was a time where there

926
00:41:38,680 --> 00:41:41,560
Speaker 3: were so many pieces right that they were plugging in

927
00:41:41,680 --> 00:41:43,799
Speaker 3: at guys that have played positions they haven't played really

928
00:41:43,840 --> 00:41:45,640
Speaker 3: at the NFL eleven. They're going, well, no, he's gonna

929
00:41:45,640 --> 00:41:46,960
Speaker 3: play here. We're gonna put this here. I don't know

930
00:41:46,960 --> 00:41:48,200
Speaker 3: if we're gonna be any good. We got all this

931
00:41:48,239 --> 00:41:50,719
Speaker 3: dead money, what's happening? And now they've built it and

932
00:41:50,760 --> 00:41:52,960
Speaker 3: they've put it together. But I do think what happened

933
00:41:53,440 --> 00:41:56,600
Speaker 3: on Sunday is kind of an example of what has

934
00:41:56,680 --> 00:41:59,760
Speaker 3: been built. Right, Pooka Nakoul we're talking about. Pooka is dead.

935
00:42:00,200 --> 00:42:02,759
Speaker 3: That's what Sean mcmay is saying. The toughness that he

936
00:42:02,880 --> 00:42:05,840
Speaker 3: came back and fought through and came back on the

937
00:42:05,840 --> 00:42:07,640
Speaker 3: field is a big part of where this team is

938
00:42:07,680 --> 00:42:11,040
Speaker 3: at right now. You saw them load the box consistently

939
00:42:11,239 --> 00:42:14,400
Speaker 3: against Matthew Stafford because why he's still battling through that

940
00:42:14,480 --> 00:42:17,200
Speaker 3: thumb injury forcing him to throw the football. We know

941
00:42:17,239 --> 00:42:19,440
Speaker 3: Stafford's one of the toughest guys in this league.

942
00:42:19,239 --> 00:42:19,680
Speaker 2: Right, Steve.

943
00:42:19,920 --> 00:42:22,880
Speaker 3: I think these are two examples of where this team

944
00:42:22,960 --> 00:42:24,680
Speaker 3: is right now in terms of a team that is

945
00:42:24,680 --> 00:42:25,799
Speaker 3: fighting and a team that.

946
00:42:25,800 --> 00:42:26,600
Speaker 2: Wants to fight.

947
00:42:26,960 --> 00:42:29,359
Speaker 3: So if they keep fighting, Bridget and they get into

948
00:42:29,440 --> 00:42:33,040
Speaker 3: the postseason. Can this team make some damage in the NFC,

949
00:42:33,080 --> 00:42:35,440
Speaker 3: because all we ever talk about really are two and

950
00:42:35,480 --> 00:42:38,120
Speaker 3: a half teams the Niners, the Eagles, and half the

951
00:42:38,160 --> 00:42:41,880
Speaker 3: time the Lions. Could they make damage in the postseason?

952
00:42:42,600 --> 00:42:45,440
Speaker 10: Well, Steve, we were talking about it. Say, Matthew Stafford

953
00:42:45,920 --> 00:42:48,040
Speaker 10: gets paired up. You know, this Rams team gets paired

954
00:42:48,120 --> 00:42:50,799
Speaker 10: up with the Lions. He's going back to Detroit and

955
00:42:50,840 --> 00:42:54,680
Speaker 10: playing That is a very interesting matchup to me. One thing,

956
00:42:54,719 --> 00:42:57,400
Speaker 10: and you made this point yesterday, Steve. They have Matthew

957
00:42:57,400 --> 00:43:00,279
Speaker 10: Stafford at quarterback. We're talking about so many team with

958
00:43:00,320 --> 00:43:03,560
Speaker 10: backup quarterbacks and injured and you know Joe Flacco's back,

959
00:43:03,560 --> 00:43:05,080
Speaker 10: but yeah, where has he been in the past couple

960
00:43:05,160 --> 00:43:07,319
Speaker 10: of years. Matthew Stafford knows what it takes to win

961
00:43:07,320 --> 00:43:07,879
Speaker 10: a Super Bowl.

962
00:43:07,960 --> 00:43:08,440
Speaker 5: He did it.

963
00:43:08,520 --> 00:43:11,280
Speaker 10: He knows what it takes to be successful in this league.

964
00:43:11,320 --> 00:43:13,799
Speaker 10: And that is the guy that is even Pucino Kua

965
00:43:13,840 --> 00:43:16,960
Speaker 10: says it. You know, yesterday he broke all these records,

966
00:43:16,960 --> 00:43:20,720
Speaker 10: set the new Rams franchise record for single season receiving yards,

967
00:43:20,719 --> 00:43:22,920
Speaker 10: and when asked about it, he's like nine knows exactly

968
00:43:22,960 --> 00:43:25,200
Speaker 10: where to put the ball. He knows exactly how to

969
00:43:25,280 --> 00:43:29,479
Speaker 10: how help me understand defenses? And he's really putting Aaron

970
00:43:29,520 --> 00:43:32,000
Speaker 10: Donald too, but like Matthew Stafford is putting this team

971
00:43:32,040 --> 00:43:34,279
Speaker 10: on his back, and he's like, guys, we're going like

972
00:43:34,680 --> 00:43:36,880
Speaker 10: I'm not ready to retire yet, like I still have

973
00:43:37,000 --> 00:43:40,080
Speaker 10: some winning left in me. And with him as their

974
00:43:40,080 --> 00:43:42,480
Speaker 10: starting quarterback, I think he can take them far. It's

975
00:43:42,480 --> 00:43:44,480
Speaker 10: just going to be interesting. You know, they always play

976
00:43:44,520 --> 00:43:47,480
Speaker 10: the Niners weird. You know, if the Seahawks make it in,

977
00:43:47,520 --> 00:43:48,960
Speaker 10: I don't think. You know, we're in a position where

978
00:43:49,000 --> 00:43:51,239
Speaker 10: the Rams and Seahawks both make it in. Maybe they do,

979
00:43:51,360 --> 00:43:54,759
Speaker 10: I don't know, but there are potential opportunities for this

980
00:43:54,840 --> 00:43:56,880
Speaker 10: team to, yeah, not only make it to the playoffs,

981
00:43:56,920 --> 00:43:58,400
Speaker 10: but get past that first round.

982
00:43:58,560 --> 00:44:01,880
Speaker 4: Yeah, they'll play the Niners, weird, they lose the Niners unfortunately.

983
00:44:06,800 --> 00:44:09,080
Speaker 4: Here's something I was saying. I've covered the Rams very

984
00:44:09,080 --> 00:44:12,279
Speaker 4: closely since they moved back to Los Angeles, and the

985
00:44:12,320 --> 00:44:15,279
Speaker 4: one thing through two head coaches that has been problematic

986
00:44:15,280 --> 00:44:18,239
Speaker 4: for this team in December football is toughness. They were

987
00:44:18,280 --> 00:44:20,480
Speaker 4: a finesse team. They're built like a dome team, and

988
00:44:20,480 --> 00:44:22,799
Speaker 4: teams have come in here and strong arm them. What

989
00:44:23,000 --> 00:44:25,240
Speaker 4: we are seeing out of this version of the Rams

990
00:44:25,640 --> 00:44:29,680
Speaker 4: is toughness. Their rookie running back Kyn Williams, nobody wants

991
00:44:29,719 --> 00:44:34,000
Speaker 4: any action of him. Yesterday, that offensive line kept Matthew

992
00:44:34,040 --> 00:44:38,680
Speaker 4: Stafford clean against Miles Garrett n Zidarious sacked, it was

993
00:44:38,719 --> 00:44:43,040
Speaker 4: not sacked. So we're seeing a different type of Rams team.

994
00:44:43,280 --> 00:44:45,120
Speaker 4: The thing that the Rams have to battle through is

995
00:44:45,160 --> 00:44:47,600
Speaker 4: getting to the playoffs, right. They've got the Ravens next

996
00:44:47,600 --> 00:44:50,120
Speaker 4: week and it's going to be a challenge. They started out,

997
00:44:50,160 --> 00:44:53,040
Speaker 4: they had a couple of patches bridget One thing also,

998
00:44:53,160 --> 00:44:55,239
Speaker 4: I want to get to you. You mentioned Aaron Donald. He

999
00:44:55,360 --> 00:44:57,879
Speaker 4: is not getting the sacks that he's had. We are

1000
00:44:57,920 --> 00:45:01,920
Speaker 4: watching him set the table a defense that has played

1001
00:45:02,040 --> 00:45:05,160
Speaker 4: very well under Raheem Morris, who I think is going

1002
00:45:05,200 --> 00:45:07,480
Speaker 4: to get some head coaching opportunities after the season as

1003
00:45:07,520 --> 00:45:10,320
Speaker 4: well they continue playing the way they're playing.

1004
00:45:11,120 --> 00:45:13,239
Speaker 10: He should and I think we are not hearing the

1005
00:45:13,320 --> 00:45:15,440
Speaker 10: stats from Aaron Donald as much as you know, like

1006
00:45:15,560 --> 00:45:18,000
Speaker 10: a Khalil Mack or something like that. Not those splashy

1007
00:45:18,080 --> 00:45:21,839
Speaker 10: plays because he's getting triple teams basically on every single play.

1008
00:45:21,880 --> 00:45:24,439
Speaker 10: But what he's doing for those rookies and those young

1009
00:45:24,480 --> 00:45:28,319
Speaker 10: guys on defense almost means more than the stats on

1010
00:45:28,360 --> 00:45:30,680
Speaker 10: the paper, right, and like the way he's bringing those

1011
00:45:30,719 --> 00:45:34,240
Speaker 10: guys along, I think speaks so much more to maybe

1012
00:45:34,239 --> 00:45:37,279
Speaker 10: what we're talking about, right because years past, it's Aaron

1013
00:45:37,320 --> 00:45:39,600
Speaker 10: Donald this or it's this splash player. He's getting out

1014
00:45:39,600 --> 00:45:42,160
Speaker 10: for the quarterback and maybe not putting up those same

1015
00:45:42,239 --> 00:45:45,240
Speaker 10: numbers this season, but his impact is still very heavily

1016
00:45:45,280 --> 00:45:45,840
Speaker 10: being felt.

1017
00:45:46,160 --> 00:45:50,400
Speaker 4: Yeah, he's still highly disruptive. I mean, he's just so good, Bridget,

1018
00:45:50,440 --> 00:45:52,680
Speaker 4: It's going to be an interesting run. We thank you

1019
00:45:52,719 --> 00:45:55,839
Speaker 4: so much for joining us, love having you on the

1020
00:45:56,000 --> 00:46:01,400
Speaker 4: NFL Report, n JP, Thank you guys. CJ. Stroud. When

1021
00:46:01,440 --> 00:46:03,759
Speaker 4: we come back, b yeah, we're gonna talk about your

1022
00:46:03,760 --> 00:46:07,040
Speaker 4: guy again because we can't talk about DJ enough because

1023
00:46:07,040 --> 00:46:10,600
Speaker 4: he is doing it and doing it and doing it well.

1024
00:46:11,320 --> 00:46:14,600
Speaker 4: Uh oh now that's a tease. I can't wait. I'm

1025
00:46:14,640 --> 00:46:15,719
Speaker 4: back to the NFL Report.

1026
00:46:15,800 --> 00:46:16,000
Speaker 2: CJ.

1027
00:46:16,080 --> 00:46:23,120
Speaker 4: Stroud's upset. Are we going back to wrap up the

1028
00:46:23,280 --> 00:46:26,560
Speaker 4: NFL Report and JP. As we do on Mondays, we

1029
00:46:26,760 --> 00:46:30,680
Speaker 4: like to bring attention to things that happened on Sunday

1030
00:46:31,360 --> 00:46:36,080
Speaker 4: or maybe in this case, happened Monday morning. In response

1031
00:46:36,360 --> 00:46:39,640
Speaker 4: to something that happened on Sunday, Okay, as we saw

1032
00:46:39,760 --> 00:46:43,080
Speaker 4: the Miami Dolphins beat the breaks off the Washington Commanders.

1033
00:46:43,400 --> 00:46:47,200
Speaker 4: A very good reporter in Washington named Grant Paulson tweeted,

1034
00:46:47,640 --> 00:46:49,480
Speaker 4: I'm reading his tweet, this is one of the coolest

1035
00:46:49,480 --> 00:46:52,400
Speaker 4: plays I've seen live. I cannot stress how bad this

1036
00:46:52,560 --> 00:46:55,880
Speaker 4: throw was and how this amazing. This play by Tyreek

1037
00:46:55,960 --> 00:46:58,440
Speaker 4: Hill is. He's got fuller beats so badly he just

1038
00:46:58,440 --> 00:47:01,240
Speaker 4: flips his hips and goes and gets the ball over

1039
00:47:01,280 --> 00:47:05,720
Speaker 4: the wrong shoulder, to which the Cheetah retweets and says,

1040
00:47:05,840 --> 00:47:10,040
Speaker 4: bad takes, bad take. I ran my route wrong to

1041
00:47:10,440 --> 00:47:13,520
Speaker 4: through that ball exactly where I was supposed to be,

1042
00:47:13,960 --> 00:47:17,319
Speaker 4: and he noticed my angle and put enough airtime on

1043
00:47:17,440 --> 00:47:20,560
Speaker 4: it just to give me time to adjust A happy,

1044
00:47:20,640 --> 00:47:24,080
Speaker 4: thankful tears emoji. So this was the play that made

1045
00:47:24,080 --> 00:47:26,399
Speaker 4: it twenty four to seven. In the second quarter, where

1046
00:47:26,440 --> 00:47:28,840
Speaker 4: Tyreek Hill is running on the left kind of sideline,

1047
00:47:29,040 --> 00:47:31,919
Speaker 4: the hash of the sideline, it almost looked like a faid.

1048
00:47:32,280 --> 00:47:34,400
Speaker 4: We had to carry it over takes it in twenty

1049
00:47:34,440 --> 00:47:38,560
Speaker 4: four to seven. I want to recognize it because players

1050
00:47:38,960 --> 00:47:43,520
Speaker 4: we appreciate this. Sometimes US reporters who think we're smarter

1051
00:47:43,600 --> 00:47:46,960
Speaker 4: than we are make wrong assumptions and that's what happened here,

1052
00:47:47,600 --> 00:47:50,560
Speaker 4: and he said, bad take. But instead of just criticizing

1053
00:47:51,000 --> 00:47:53,640
Speaker 4: the report for being an idiot, the Cheetah, going back

1054
00:47:53,680 --> 00:47:56,000
Speaker 4: to the maturity we were talking about earlier in the show,

1055
00:47:56,520 --> 00:47:59,080
Speaker 4: said I ran the wrong route, so he took blame

1056
00:47:59,160 --> 00:48:02,120
Speaker 4: for it, and HA did me a solid. So I

1057
00:48:02,160 --> 00:48:05,200
Speaker 4: really want to pay respect to the Cheetah and hopefully

1058
00:48:05,200 --> 00:48:09,000
Speaker 4: this makes the NTAs and hard knocks, because that's absolutely outstanding.

1059
00:48:09,040 --> 00:48:11,080
Speaker 3: By the way, Yeah, I love it, and we'll get

1060
00:48:11,080 --> 00:48:12,960
Speaker 3: in depth on it at some point, but I do

1061
00:48:13,000 --> 00:48:16,000
Speaker 3: love how he was able to adjust track that football.

1062
00:48:16,040 --> 00:48:18,120
Speaker 3: He's maybe one of the best trackers of a ball

1063
00:48:18,160 --> 00:48:20,600
Speaker 3: in the year we have in the NFL, and that

1064
00:48:20,680 --> 00:48:22,600
Speaker 3: dates back to a specific game that he used to

1065
00:48:22,640 --> 00:48:25,120
Speaker 3: play as a child that Tyreek Hill told me one Steve.

1066
00:48:25,239 --> 00:48:27,560
Speaker 3: He said, the reason I can track a ball in

1067
00:48:27,600 --> 00:48:28,359
Speaker 3: the air so well.

1068
00:48:28,360 --> 00:48:28,960
Speaker 2: He told me this.

1069
00:48:29,000 --> 00:48:31,120
Speaker 3: Years ago, is because I used to be a pitcher

1070
00:48:31,200 --> 00:48:33,839
Speaker 3: during kickball and I'd roll it in and then I'd

1071
00:48:33,880 --> 00:48:36,440
Speaker 3: back pedal out and I would try to make the

1072
00:48:36,480 --> 00:48:39,919
Speaker 3: play anywhere on the field and he would just track

1073
00:48:40,000 --> 00:48:42,560
Speaker 3: the kickball everywhere and no lie. He says, that's why

1074
00:48:42,560 --> 00:48:45,720
Speaker 3: he's great at tracking a football through the air as well.

1075
00:48:46,040 --> 00:48:49,000
Speaker 3: My lost headline is the game that I was at

1076
00:48:49,080 --> 00:48:51,600
Speaker 3: down in Houston, which was phenomenal and came down to

1077
00:48:51,640 --> 00:48:54,280
Speaker 3: the final play of the game where Jimmy Ward picks

1078
00:48:54,400 --> 00:48:56,920
Speaker 3: off Russell Wilson in the end zone.

1079
00:48:57,080 --> 00:48:58,240
Speaker 2: I'm on the field, Steve.

1080
00:48:58,400 --> 00:49:01,960
Speaker 3: It's loud, but it could have been louder throughout that game.

1081
00:49:02,160 --> 00:49:04,200
Speaker 3: Up in the press box at Energy Stadium, which is

1082
00:49:04,239 --> 00:49:06,720
Speaker 3: some I don't know, in the sky, somewhere about seventy

1083
00:49:06,760 --> 00:49:11,360
Speaker 3: thousand feet above the earth. I'm looking down at countless

1084
00:49:11,400 --> 00:49:15,360
Speaker 3: empty seats in a boatload of Orange jerseys.

1085
00:49:15,560 --> 00:49:15,799
Speaker 4: Oh.

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Speaker 3: Speaking to people within the Texans organization while I was

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Speaker 3: there throughout the pregame post game, they are not happy,

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Speaker 3: specifically their quarterback, who's been very diplomatic about it. With

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Speaker 3: the attendance of the Houston Texans, I guess I could

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Speaker 3: say faithful or maybe unfaithful. I can say that I

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Speaker 3: cover this team for two years living in Houston.

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Speaker 2: Houston fans can be fickle.

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Speaker 3: They are notorious for being late, whether it's the Astros

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Speaker 3: or the Rockets or the Texans. But everything you have

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Speaker 3: been through you now have one of the greatest people

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Speaker 3: that have ever been a part of the organization in

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Speaker 3: Tamiko Ryans running the show. Co see him and one

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Speaker 3: of the best passing attacks in all of football with

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Speaker 3: CJ Stroud. I'm done, Steve, but you got to go

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Speaker 3: watch these guys play.

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Speaker 4: Look do the podcast