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Speaker 2: This is Straight Fire with Jason McIntire. What is up,

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Speaker 2: straight firefam, It's me Jason MacIntire, Straight Fire for Monday,

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Speaker 2: January eighth. This is what we call Black Monday, Ladies

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Speaker 2: and gentlemen. The day after the NFL regular season week

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Speaker 2: team was kind of wacky, also kind of boring, and

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Speaker 2: this is the day coaches get fired. Now we're recording

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Speaker 2: this late night, just as the playoff lines have come out.

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Speaker 2: We wanted first opinions on them right out the gate,

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Speaker 2: so we don't have the coach firings obviously. You know,

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Speaker 2: we saw Jay Glazer talk about it. It sounds like

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Speaker 2: Belichick has done. It's just a formality. Sounds like Ron

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Speaker 2: Rivera's probably gonna be the first guy fired. Carolina will

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Speaker 2: have an opening, no major surprises. I don't know how

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Speaker 2: to if this Dennis Allen Jamis Winston debacle. The end

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Speaker 2: is gonna hurt or help him. Arthur Smith probably his toast.

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Speaker 2: But we'll get to coaches tomorrow. Obviously, we will do

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Speaker 2: a best bet for the Natty Michigan Washington tonight. If

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Speaker 2: you missed Friday's pod with Gianni, very interesting stuff on

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Speaker 2: Michigan and I talked about my Michigan bets in there,

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Speaker 2: and we'll talk about him again later in the pod.

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Speaker 2: But we also obviously have to start with the NFL

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Speaker 2: wild Card weekend is set. It's a pretty damn good weekend.

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Speaker 2: We got some close skate, some close lines, some you know,

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Speaker 2: interesting I don't know if you want to call them

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Speaker 2: revenge games. Can can Packers Cowboys be a revenge game

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Speaker 2: for McCarthy. You know, they kind of ran them out

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Speaker 2: of town, but as time had run out there and

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Speaker 2: Aaron Rodgers is not factoring into this matchup, but that

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Speaker 2: is an incredible game. Cowboys taking money up to seven

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Speaker 2: started seven and now seven and a half. We've obviously

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Speaker 2: got Rams Lions. I think probably the marquee game of

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Speaker 2: the weekend given Stafford Detroit Lions back in the playoffs

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Speaker 2: for the first time in forever. You've got Jared Goff

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Speaker 2: against his old team, the Rams. Like Detroit is gonna

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Speaker 2: be lit as the children say, on Saturday, Oh, I'm sorry,

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Speaker 2: that's on Sunday night. The Saturday night game is interesting.

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Speaker 2: It's gonna be a weather game. I'll just go ahead

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Speaker 2: and tell you that right now. Dolphin's Chiefs and the

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Speaker 2: NFL with this interesting move. The game is on Peacock

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Speaker 2: and you're like, well, what why would they put a

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Speaker 2: good game on peacock. Oh, that's right, Taylor Swift is

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Speaker 2: probably gonna be there in a parka that would cost

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Speaker 2: me a yearly salary for that. Taylor Swift is gonna

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Speaker 2: wear and it looks like we're gonna see single digit

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Speaker 2: or temperatures in the teens. It's gonna be freezing. That

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Speaker 2: is horrible from Miami. Horrible for two. We'll get to

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Speaker 2: in a moment. But you can only watch this game

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Speaker 2: on Peacock. So the NFL kind of got you, like,

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Speaker 2: you can't put Browns Texans on Peacock. Nobody canna watch

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Speaker 2: Miami's explosive although not of late. And Kansas City is

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Speaker 2: the Taylor Swift team, Like, there's a lot of juice there.

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Speaker 2: I think that's a savvy business move. I'm sure Taylor

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Speaker 2: hits Swift hates being used, but such as life. The

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Speaker 2: other matchups are Steelers Bills, which is kind of a

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Speaker 2: snoozer of the early game Sunday and then the game.

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Speaker 2: You know, we could do a lot on this team

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Speaker 2: right now. The Eagles, who get destroyed in week eighteen.

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Speaker 2: I know it doesn't mean anything. The team seems like

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Speaker 2: they're going through something. They get pummeled by the New

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Speaker 2: York Giants, the lowly Giants. The Eagles now travel to Tampa,

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Speaker 2: and I was shocked when I saw this open two

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Speaker 2: and a half, one of the first games I bet

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Speaker 2: I had to lay it with the Eagles. Lines now

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Speaker 2: up to three in a bunch of spots. Eagles at

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Speaker 2: Tampa Monday night, January fifteenth, Rob, we could start a

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Speaker 2: lot of places. I think we should probably start with

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Speaker 2: Sunday Night Football. It was for the division Buffalo, Miami.

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Speaker 2: I like Miami in this spot. Nobody else liked Miami.

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Speaker 2: I think all of the folks on the TV show

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Speaker 2: NBC Sunday Football, they all picked Buffalo. And here we are,

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Speaker 2: fourth quarter, Miami fourteen to seven. They're leading now Miami

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Speaker 2: second half could do nothing. And it just so happens

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Speaker 2: that your boy had a what I thought was a

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Speaker 2: spicy take last week when I watched Michael Pennix in

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Speaker 2: that semi final game. I said, she's lefty making all

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Speaker 2: so that they don't have to pay two to thirty

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Speaker 2: not after seeing these last two games. Is there a chance?

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Speaker 2: And TWOA has a complete opportunity to redeem himself. He

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Speaker 2: Miami is in total control, and then Miami cannot move

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Speaker 2: the football, and then you get this punt return, this

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Speaker 2: freakish ninety yard punt return touchdown that totally rattled the game,

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Speaker 2: totally changed it up. Miami was completely shook. Miami's injuries

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Speaker 2: continued to mount. My guy Jayalen Ramsey, who I went

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Speaker 2: on TV last season when Zuth rams and called him

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Speaker 2: a pile inspector. Man. People were coming after be hard

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Speaker 2: for that hard, you know, pile inspector is like what

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Speaker 2: they talked about Antonio Cromarty with the Jets. When there's

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Speaker 2: Ramsey got destroyed, I mean burned badly by Digs throughout

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Speaker 2: the game. And then they lose Van Grinkle. They're already

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Speaker 2: down Phillips, They're already down chubbed, and Josh Allen goes

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Speaker 2: through them like a hot night through butter eight play,

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Speaker 2: with in a game Miami had led for I mean,

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Speaker 2: you know, Mimi gets the ball back and you think, okay,

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Speaker 2: I don't know Rob could check me on this. I

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Speaker 2: thought he had two or three drops in this game.

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Speaker 2: I swear Tyreek Hill is taking some shots and you've

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Speaker 2: There was a touchdown against the Ravens. I thought he

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Speaker 2: not totally his fault. It's like, step back and be

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Speaker 2: a damn good season. He's put up a lot of

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Speaker 2: good numbers, and the last two weeks, with the season

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Speaker 2: And now, my friends, he's got to go to Kansas

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Speaker 2: City temperatures below freezing, and we'll see if Wattle's back.

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Speaker 2: I already bet the Chiefs of minus three. There's a

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Speaker 2: whatever it was. I don't I'm out of Miami. They

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Speaker 2: had a great run. They cashed my all win total

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Speaker 2: But I don't know, Rob, I'm kind of out on Tua.

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Speaker 2: And I do think that my Pennics take from last week.

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Speaker 2: U put the video online. I think it's going to

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Speaker 1: And I'm expecting Pennis to have a monster knight here

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Speaker 1: tonight agains Michie. We'll get to that here at the

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Speaker 1: end of the pod. But look, this is rough for

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Speaker 1: the Dolphins fans and and rough for two of believers.

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Speaker 1: what I'm seeing from this team. I think their offense

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Speaker 1: a tongue of Vailoa. Now, this is obviously going to

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Speaker 1: So if he doesn't perform this weekend here against the Chiefs,

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Speaker 2: It's rob I saw this. I gotta find this tweet

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Speaker 2: that I favored it. It was, uh okay, here we

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Speaker 2: go January fourth from this guy he put in most seasons,

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Speaker 2: the team that throws for more yards in a game

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Speaker 2: wins fifty to fifty five percent of the time. Right,

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Speaker 2: throwing for more yards it helps, but doesn't mean that much.

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Speaker 2: This year, you throw for more yards in a game

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Speaker 2: and you're winning sixty seven percent of the time. That

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Speaker 2: need a quarterback who can sling it. That's the bottom line.

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Speaker 2: Like two, I don't want to bassa guy. He couldn't

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Speaker 2: Let's go to what I guess is kind of the

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Speaker 2: But this is where it gets interesting. Rob found this

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Speaker 2: Hey, you lose two years ago to Jimmy Garoppolo, you

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Speaker 2: I would largely agree with you. Let me. I don't

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Speaker 1: Do you No, I don't think he lives with the Bucks.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I don't know. That was one of my bets.

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Speaker 2: No way, I'm taking the Tampa Bay Bucks in Baker Mayfield.

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Speaker 2: Nobody cares. So I don't know, Rob, if I were

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Speaker 1: I don't think Taylor was in the game. I'm almost

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Speaker 1: positive that was the buzz afterwards. All I know is

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Speaker 1: the ball. He wasn't involved in the play. I know

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Speaker 1: that for sure because it was it was an intended

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Speaker 1: pass to Tyler Goodson. There you go, that's the guy.

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Speaker 2: Policy hit him boats of the both hands.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I know it was a little bit behind him,

433
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Speaker 1: but you know you got to catch those. But that

434
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Speaker 1: was the big story obviously, and rightfully socause when you

435
00:22:01,119 --> 00:22:03,000
Speaker 1: lose a game like that, it's just heartbreaking. But C J.

436
00:22:03,119 --> 00:22:05,959
Speaker 1: Stroud twenty of twenty six, two sixty four, two touchdowns,

437
00:22:06,119 --> 00:22:10,280
Speaker 1: no picks, no turnovers. He's good and he was down

438
00:22:10,320 --> 00:22:13,960
Speaker 1: two of his top three receivers, like he is the

439
00:22:13,960 --> 00:22:18,760
Speaker 1: real deal there. There's certain moments in NFL history, or

440
00:22:18,800 --> 00:22:20,919
Speaker 1: if you're an NFL fan, you know, probably once a

441
00:22:20,960 --> 00:22:24,919
Speaker 1: decade it feels like where there's a ton of guys

442
00:22:25,000 --> 00:22:30,040
Speaker 1: who just have quarterback talent, like like Trevor Lawrence has talent.

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Speaker 1: You know, uh, Josh Allen's got the raw talent. There's

444
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Speaker 1: a lot of guys, you know, Will Levis has talent.

445
00:22:37,720 --> 00:22:39,879
Speaker 1: There's other guys. There's there's then the other side is

446
00:22:40,480 --> 00:22:43,240
Speaker 1: the guys who just play quarterback well, right, And that's

447
00:22:43,280 --> 00:22:45,080
Speaker 1: that's the brock Parties of the world. I know that

448
00:22:45,080 --> 00:22:47,600
Speaker 1: he's struggling right now, but that's to ta may not

449
00:22:47,720 --> 00:22:50,400
Speaker 1: have the big rocket army. He's not the statue s guy,

450
00:22:50,400 --> 00:22:53,720
Speaker 1: but he just plays quarterback at a very Kirk Cousins

451
00:22:53,760 --> 00:22:56,840
Speaker 1: is that guy, right, And every once in a while,

452
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Speaker 1: maybe once every eight to nine, eight, ten years, you

453
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Speaker 1: get a guy who has the talent and the quote

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Speaker 1: unquote just raw quarterback play and c. J. Stroud is

455
00:23:08,920 --> 00:23:11,560
Speaker 1: that beautiful intersection. And we're seeing it all play out

456
00:23:11,600 --> 00:23:14,560
Speaker 1: this season. Some of the throws he was making off

457
00:23:14,600 --> 00:23:16,919
Speaker 1: his back foot, fading away and still having the arm

458
00:23:16,920 --> 00:23:19,320
Speaker 1: strength to get it thirty yards down the field. You

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00:23:19,359 --> 00:23:21,560
Speaker 1: get that. You also get the one two three boom,

460
00:23:21,680 --> 00:23:25,000
Speaker 1: one two three boom, play action, five step on his

461
00:23:25,080 --> 00:23:28,080
Speaker 1: back foot, hit it. He can do it all. He

462
00:23:28,119 --> 00:23:30,600
Speaker 1: does it all at a high level. And I'm very

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Speaker 1: excited to see what he does here this weekend against Cleveland.

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Speaker 2: Yeah. I bet Cleveland here simply because of the rookie

465
00:23:39,000 --> 00:23:42,080
Speaker 2: quarterback struggles so much, even though they're at home. January

466
00:23:42,160 --> 00:23:45,000
Speaker 2: Joe Flacco, you know that's a thing. He is him

467
00:23:45,119 --> 00:23:48,720
Speaker 2: when it comes to January, Flacco delivers. Now I don't

468
00:23:48,760 --> 00:23:51,439
Speaker 2: like that they already beat these guys once. Stroud obviously

469
00:23:51,440 --> 00:23:55,280
Speaker 2: didn't play in that game. I will add this and

470
00:23:55,359 --> 00:23:57,840
Speaker 2: this is just small potatoes. So you guys know, I

471
00:23:57,880 --> 00:24:00,879
Speaker 2: had like that MRI my bat and they told me

472
00:24:01,040 --> 00:24:05,639
Speaker 2: like one of my discs was kind of deteriorating. I

473
00:24:05,640 --> 00:24:08,080
Speaker 2: didn't know it at the time, but they finally got

474
00:24:08,080 --> 00:24:09,679
Speaker 2: back to me on the x ray, like they looked

475
00:24:09,800 --> 00:24:11,919
Speaker 2: closely at the x ray and the MRI. It was

476
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Speaker 2: only one image because I tapped out like a Wars

477
00:24:13,680 --> 00:24:17,680
Speaker 2: too early in the MRI machine, and they said, dude,

478
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Speaker 2: you've got a torn disc, so you should be out

479
00:24:20,720 --> 00:24:23,000
Speaker 2: six to eight weeks. And I didn't know that until

480
00:24:23,040 --> 00:24:26,080
Speaker 2: after I hear that Saturday afternoon. Well, of course Saturday morning.

481
00:24:26,119 --> 00:24:33,360
Speaker 2: What happens Saturday morning? Your boy plays a lot of basketball.

482
00:24:33,920 --> 00:24:38,119
Speaker 2: And you know it was a good run. I was

483
00:24:38,160 --> 00:24:41,119
Speaker 2: playing great, running hot the fifth Gabe, We're playing these

484
00:24:41,200 --> 00:24:44,040
Speaker 2: kind of these bums and I was just exhausted. So

485
00:24:44,600 --> 00:24:46,359
Speaker 2: you know, we get it. We're down to with like

486
00:24:46,560 --> 00:24:48,919
Speaker 2: seven seconds left and I have a clear open NBA

487
00:24:49,000 --> 00:24:51,760
Speaker 2: three because these dummies gonna play NBA three. I hate

488
00:24:51,760 --> 00:24:55,000
Speaker 2: the NBA three. It's so much further. Trust me, they're makeable.

489
00:24:55,680 --> 00:24:59,040
Speaker 2: They're makeable, but in like your fifth pickup game, it's

490
00:24:59,080 --> 00:25:02,520
Speaker 2: exhausting to shoot anyways. It goes literally in and out

491
00:25:02,560 --> 00:25:04,480
Speaker 2: toilet bowl job. And I was disgusted. Like normal, If

492
00:25:04,520 --> 00:25:06,160
Speaker 2: that was a normal game, I would have walked off

493
00:25:06,280 --> 00:25:08,520
Speaker 2: super duper pissed. But it was like my fifth game.

494
00:25:08,560 --> 00:25:10,320
Speaker 2: So I walked off. Some guys talk trash to me,

495
00:25:10,520 --> 00:25:12,359
Speaker 2: like who were watching? Like, oh, come on, I not

496
00:25:12,440 --> 00:25:15,360
Speaker 2: beat these guys. It's like, Bro, I'm gonna be back soon.

497
00:25:15,440 --> 00:25:19,520
Speaker 2: It's not a big deal. And I just wonder if

498
00:25:20,000 --> 00:25:22,359
Speaker 2: and I didn't care. I was like, no fear. You know,

499
00:25:22,840 --> 00:25:27,120
Speaker 2: does Flacco go into this game? Man? I got house money, Bro,

500
00:25:27,560 --> 00:25:30,400
Speaker 2: I was doing the dishes and doing honey dudes three

501
00:25:30,400 --> 00:25:33,320
Speaker 2: months ago, and now I'm on the on the road

502
00:25:33,520 --> 00:25:36,480
Speaker 2: in a playoff game. I got nothing to lose. Who's

503
00:25:36,520 --> 00:25:39,960
Speaker 2: the who's more pressure on in this game? Rob, I

504
00:25:40,000 --> 00:25:43,880
Speaker 2: don't think it's flaccoh He's done this before. Stefanski's probably

505
00:25:43,920 --> 00:25:45,719
Speaker 2: got coached the year. It looks like Miles Garrett's coming back.

506
00:25:45,720 --> 00:25:47,480
Speaker 2: A lot of guys coming back who rested This week

507
00:25:48,400 --> 00:25:52,520
Speaker 2: Brown's got pummeled by the Bengals. Texans needed to fight

508
00:25:52,560 --> 00:25:55,240
Speaker 2: to get in on on the road. No, I think

509
00:25:55,240 --> 00:25:57,200
Speaker 2: it was on the road right in Indy, in Indy, yep.

510
00:25:57,960 --> 00:26:00,800
Speaker 2: And and I thought they got a little lucky there

511
00:26:00,840 --> 00:26:03,600
Speaker 2: with the drop by Goodson Stike and called it perfect

512
00:26:03,680 --> 00:26:05,760
Speaker 2: by the way, and this is a little too much TMI.

513
00:26:05,840 --> 00:26:08,320
Speaker 2: So Cowherd's birthday was Saturday night. He had at a restaurant.

514
00:26:08,359 --> 00:26:12,480
Speaker 2: He invited me, and of course Chip Kelly's there and

515
00:26:12,960 --> 00:26:14,720
Speaker 2: I see that it's fourth and one and they call

516
00:26:14,800 --> 00:26:18,040
Speaker 2: time out that the culture gonna run the place. So

517
00:26:18,080 --> 00:26:19,439
Speaker 2: I go over to Chip Kelly and I had like

518
00:26:19,440 --> 00:26:22,000
Speaker 2: said hi to him. I'm no, lie. He lives literally

519
00:26:22,040 --> 00:26:25,040
Speaker 2: around the corner from me and has dogs and I

520
00:26:25,080 --> 00:26:26,679
Speaker 2: have a dog. But we haven't like talked on the

521
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Speaker 2: street or anything. So I go up to him. I'm like, Chip,

522
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Speaker 2: hey man, sorry to interrupt. He's sitting there talking to

523
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Speaker 2: his wife, and I go, I gotta ask you fourth

524
00:26:35,640 --> 00:26:38,639
Speaker 2: and one here, what does Stike and dial up? And

525
00:26:38,800 --> 00:26:41,040
Speaker 2: he looks at the TV throwing the reds on. I'm like,

526
00:26:41,800 --> 00:26:44,080
Speaker 2: is tailor and play goes No, No, they're throwing the

527
00:26:44,080 --> 00:26:47,680
Speaker 2: football and I was like, okay, and they dropped back

528
00:26:47,680 --> 00:26:49,880
Speaker 2: and he dumps it off to Goods in it off

529
00:26:50,040 --> 00:26:52,080
Speaker 2: both of his hands, and the whole bar is like,

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Speaker 2: oh no. And I look at Chip. Kelly's just stoic

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Speaker 2: as ever typical coach. He's like just kind of shakes

532
00:26:58,800 --> 00:27:00,399
Speaker 2: his head. One of those deals and that was like

533
00:27:00,680 --> 00:27:03,040
Speaker 2: he was just like I'm sitting there. I had the Colts,

534
00:27:03,040 --> 00:27:05,040
Speaker 2: of course, but I was like crissfallen, Rob. I felt

535
00:27:05,040 --> 00:27:08,040
Speaker 2: bad for this guy. This dude Goodson is gonna dream

536
00:27:08,040 --> 00:27:11,560
Speaker 2: about this game and that drop for weeks, if not months.

537
00:27:12,080 --> 00:27:14,840
Speaker 2: Even though that wasn't like a touchdown, it ended the

538
00:27:14,880 --> 00:27:18,199
Speaker 2: season for them done, and I was just I just

539
00:27:18,240 --> 00:27:20,159
Speaker 2: felt so bad for that. I thought Stichen did an

540
00:27:20,160 --> 00:27:21,720
Speaker 2: amazing call getting them back in the game. It was

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00:27:21,760 --> 00:27:25,960
Speaker 2: fourteen three, it was feeling looking bleak first half. I'm

542
00:27:26,000 --> 00:27:28,440
Speaker 2: excited for the Colts and their upside, Rob, but yeah,

543
00:27:28,480 --> 00:27:30,000
Speaker 2: I gotta ride with the Browns here.

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00:27:30,720 --> 00:27:34,320
Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm gonna ride with CJ. Shroud in this one.

545
00:27:34,400 --> 00:27:36,560
Speaker 1: I'm gonna ride. I'm gonna ride with the Texans. I

546
00:27:36,600 --> 00:27:38,920
Speaker 1: know everyone's feeling Flacco right now. I love Flacco. Joe

547
00:27:38,920 --> 00:27:41,960
Speaker 1: Flacco is elite. You know that that's been a conversation

548
00:27:42,080 --> 00:27:44,199
Speaker 1: now for what ten years, and everyone's been questioning Joe

549
00:27:44,200 --> 00:27:46,600
Speaker 1: Flaco elite, Joe flacko elite. I'm here to tell you America,

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00:27:46,640 --> 00:27:48,720
Speaker 1: Joe Flacco is elite. You don't have a Super Bowl

551
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Speaker 1: like he had. And then this last half of the season,

552
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Speaker 1: like you mentioned, he was what working at Kinko's two

553
00:27:54,240 --> 00:27:54,960
Speaker 1: months ago and.

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Speaker 2: Now I don't know, he was maybe making Kicko's running

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Speaker 2: right right right.

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Speaker 1: So I'm rolling with c JST. I like their offense,

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00:28:02,320 --> 00:28:04,520
Speaker 1: I like what he did, like the moxie, and I

558
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Speaker 1: think that they have I'm assuming Noah Brown is going

559
00:28:07,720 --> 00:28:11,800
Speaker 1: to be back. I think that they have enough to

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Speaker 1: outscore Cleveland.

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Speaker 1: This is one of the perks of us recording at

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Speaker 1: an earlier hour instead of usually when we do. The

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Speaker 1: Atlanta Falcons have dismissed Arthur Smith as the team's head

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Speaker 1: coach following a meeting with owner and chairman Arthur Blank.

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00:29:50,200 --> 00:29:52,880
Speaker 1: Black Monday had not even been five minutes old, and

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Speaker 1: we had our first firing in the NFL. Your thoughts

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Speaker 1: Arthur Smith being dismissed.

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Speaker 2: Smith had been I mean I took some cheap shots

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Speaker 2: on him on air. I felt bad about it. You know,

593
00:30:04,720 --> 00:30:08,360
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Speaker 2: I mean the guy's incredibly wealthy, and I know he

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Speaker 2: had done some good things in Tennessee. I just I

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Speaker 2: did not see it. I thought this Falcons team, remember

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Speaker 2: we had Warren Sharp, a big gambling guy, big analytics guy.

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00:30:19,480 --> 00:30:22,800
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Speaker 2: number one bet was the Falcons season win totals over

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Speaker 2: Falcons could do some damage when the division blah blah blah,

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Speaker 2: and like they were set up rob at one point,

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Speaker 2: you know, you look at the schedule, You're like, oh,

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00:30:36,560 --> 00:30:39,120
Speaker 2: they're not facing any tough quarterbacks. They start to and

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Speaker 2: Ozero and then they kind of get throttled by Detroit

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00:30:41,520 --> 00:30:43,840
Speaker 2: and then they lose Overseas in Jacksonville, but readbound by

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00:30:43,880 --> 00:30:47,280
Speaker 2: beating Houston but they can never get consistent. They lost

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Speaker 2: to Washington, they lost to I believe Josh Dobbs. I

608
00:30:54,200 --> 00:30:58,320
Speaker 2: think they lost to Kyler Murray twenty five, twenty three.

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00:31:00,280 --> 00:31:02,520
Speaker 2: They did beat my Jets, of course, you know, of course,

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00:31:04,040 --> 00:31:06,960
Speaker 2: a brutal loss to Baker Mayfield, that that loss in

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00:31:07,000 --> 00:31:09,360
Speaker 2: the rain to Bryce Young when Desmon Ridder through the

612
00:31:09,400 --> 00:31:12,960
Speaker 2: awful interception, and then they they rebound against it either

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00:31:13,000 --> 00:31:14,560
Speaker 2: seven or eight with a chance to go to the playoffs,

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Speaker 2: and they lose. They give up thirty seven points to

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Speaker 2: Justin Fields and forty eight to Derek Derek Carr couldn't

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Speaker 2: get anything together all season and they embarrassed him. Now,

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00:31:23,760 --> 00:31:26,480
Speaker 2: I'll say this, this is what kills me, rob about

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00:31:26,560 --> 00:31:30,040
Speaker 2: Arthur Smith in the offseason, and I'll never forget this.

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Speaker 2: Lamar Jackson. I'm not saying he was out there. I'm

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Speaker 2: not saying he was available, but he was in like

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00:31:35,040 --> 00:31:39,880
Speaker 2: a failure to communicate moment with the Ravens. And I

622
00:31:39,920 --> 00:31:42,560
Speaker 2: know people will dismiss it now, but this they were

623
00:31:42,600 --> 00:31:45,480
Speaker 2: further apart than anybody really wants to go back and remember,

624
00:31:45,960 --> 00:31:50,000
Speaker 2: at one point Lamar Jackson went on social media and

625
00:31:50,160 --> 00:31:52,640
Speaker 2: was like trotting out some like weights on the go

626
00:31:52,840 --> 00:31:55,400
Speaker 2: thing where he would like, I don't know, do you

627
00:31:55,440 --> 00:31:57,600
Speaker 2: guys remember it had like a briefcase five to it

628
00:31:57,640 --> 00:31:58,960
Speaker 2: and then it was on wheels and you could like

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Speaker 2: wheel it anywhere you go and then get in a workout.

630
00:32:01,440 --> 00:32:04,360
Speaker 2: And he was like touting this as like a sales

631
00:32:04,440 --> 00:32:07,800
Speaker 2: point and he didn't have an agent. He was leaving

632
00:32:07,800 --> 00:32:09,320
Speaker 2: a lot of money on the table. And it was

633
00:32:09,400 --> 00:32:11,920
Speaker 2: just all looking really really bad. Like the owner of

634
00:32:11,960 --> 00:32:13,760
Speaker 2: the Ravens was like, we're not bending, bro, We're not

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00:32:13,760 --> 00:32:17,720
Speaker 2: giving you the Deshaun Watson deal. And for a moment

636
00:32:17,760 --> 00:32:20,200
Speaker 2: I was like, jets, what are we doing? Like Joe Douglas,

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00:32:20,200 --> 00:32:22,360
Speaker 2: you were in Baltimore, why are you not making an offer?

638
00:32:22,400 --> 00:32:25,280
Speaker 2: Maybe you know something, but like Atlanta made a shit

639
00:32:25,320 --> 00:32:29,640
Speaker 2: ton of sense, Arthur Smith. Maybe they talked to the

640
00:32:29,680 --> 00:32:31,000
Speaker 2: owner in the GM and they're like, well we go

641
00:32:31,120 --> 00:32:33,640
Speaker 2: we good, we good. We got Desert Ritter. I saw Desimitter,

642
00:32:33,760 --> 00:32:39,920
Speaker 2: second round pick. That's our guy. Before Halloween, Desert Ritter

643
00:32:39,960 --> 00:32:42,320
Speaker 2: had been benched and like, I mean, the guy's a

644
00:32:42,360 --> 00:32:48,160
Speaker 2: turnover machine. The fact that he looked at Ridder and

645
00:32:48,240 --> 00:32:51,520
Speaker 2: said we're good. Not even make a move on Vic

646
00:32:52,040 --> 00:32:56,200
Speaker 2: I'm sorry not Vick Lamar Jackson struck me as not great.

647
00:32:56,480 --> 00:32:58,880
Speaker 2: The drafting B Jon Robinson in the first round, I

648
00:32:58,920 --> 00:33:01,480
Speaker 2: didn't love it. Robinson was electric, and then they would

649
00:33:01,480 --> 00:33:04,080
Speaker 2: go games where like didn't give him carries and Algier

650
00:33:04,240 --> 00:33:07,959
Speaker 2: was getting carries. It's weird if you just cover up

651
00:33:08,040 --> 00:33:11,920
Speaker 2: quarterback and you see B John Robinson, Algier, Cord Patterson,

652
00:33:12,000 --> 00:33:15,640
Speaker 2: Drake London, Kyle Pitts, John hu Smith, Like, this team's

653
00:33:15,680 --> 00:33:18,959
Speaker 2: got some dudes. Offensive line had a couple injuries. Defense

654
00:33:18,960 --> 00:33:23,760
Speaker 2: obviously had its issues. But yeah, I understand Arthur Smith's

655
00:33:23,760 --> 00:33:26,560
Speaker 2: getting canned here. I do think this is a very

656
00:33:26,680 --> 00:33:31,200
Speaker 2: envieable job. But Rob, the problem is you can't go

657
00:33:31,240 --> 00:33:32,959
Speaker 2: into the season with these two guys as your quarterback.

658
00:33:33,000 --> 00:33:35,920
Speaker 2: That's a non starter. So where do you go? And

659
00:33:36,000 --> 00:33:38,240
Speaker 2: I think when you you know, you roll the dice

660
00:33:38,320 --> 00:33:40,240
Speaker 2: and you call up, you get your guys in the room,

661
00:33:40,280 --> 00:33:41,840
Speaker 2: and you could look on the whiteboard and you name

662
00:33:42,160 --> 00:33:46,160
Speaker 2: who are the options? Rob I mean one would have

663
00:33:46,280 --> 00:33:49,840
Speaker 2: to think justin fields tops that list. I don't even

664
00:33:49,920 --> 00:33:53,720
Speaker 2: know that there's a definite two. Your guy from the Raiders.

665
00:33:53,760 --> 00:33:56,440
Speaker 2: I guess Jimmy Garoppolo may hit the market. Like Zach Wilson,

666
00:33:56,480 --> 00:33:59,040
Speaker 2: anybody I didn't think so, Like, there's just not a lot.

667
00:33:59,120 --> 00:34:03,360
Speaker 2: I don't think Baker's leaving Tampa Bay. I just am

668
00:34:03,400 --> 00:34:05,800
Speaker 2: Mac Jones. Are you making a play at Mac Jones?

669
00:34:05,800 --> 00:34:08,320
Speaker 2: Because he's clearly done with the Patriots. He was a

670
00:34:08,360 --> 00:34:13,040
Speaker 2: healthy scratch from the season finale. Like, I don't know, Rob,

671
00:34:14,120 --> 00:34:16,280
Speaker 2: They're not gonna be able to fix the quarterback thing overnight.

672
00:34:16,600 --> 00:34:20,040
Speaker 2: The other option is, hey man, maybe we could convince

673
00:34:20,040 --> 00:34:21,960
Speaker 2: someone to take Kyle Pitts off our hands and move

674
00:34:22,040 --> 00:34:24,640
Speaker 2: up in the draft. I don't know, but bottom line

675
00:34:24,680 --> 00:34:26,600
Speaker 2: is that a quarterback this team's not going anywhere.

676
00:34:27,160 --> 00:34:30,520
Speaker 1: Absolutely, And you know, I believe like you that Justin

677
00:34:30,560 --> 00:34:32,440
Speaker 1: Fields has to be the leader in the clubhouse to

678
00:34:32,480 --> 00:34:37,280
Speaker 1: get this job because as bad as they were offensive

679
00:34:37,280 --> 00:34:38,520
Speaker 1: and they were brutal, I mean, they had a nine

680
00:34:38,520 --> 00:34:41,080
Speaker 1: to seven game I believe was that against Carolina that

681
00:34:41,200 --> 00:34:43,400
Speaker 1: may have been the worst football game that I've seen,

682
00:34:43,840 --> 00:34:45,759
Speaker 1: you know, more than a half of Like it was

683
00:34:46,400 --> 00:34:55,000
Speaker 1: absolutely terrible. And even with that, they are pretty much

684
00:34:55,080 --> 00:34:59,920
Speaker 1: loaded offensively, like Bijon Drake and Kyle Pitts is an

685
00:35:00,080 --> 00:35:04,280
Speaker 1: upper third probably trio in the NBA, in the NFL

686
00:35:04,360 --> 00:35:06,600
Speaker 1: in terms of just talent of weapons that you have

687
00:35:06,680 --> 00:35:09,640
Speaker 1: out there. Yeah, if you can get the quarterback position right,

688
00:35:09,719 --> 00:35:11,160
Speaker 1: you even got to be a slam dunk. But if

689
00:35:11,160 --> 00:35:13,320
Speaker 1: you can get it right, you should be pretty good. Now,

690
00:35:13,680 --> 00:35:17,040
Speaker 1: the problem with Atlanta is that they as bad as

691
00:35:17,080 --> 00:35:19,640
Speaker 1: they were, they were too good to get a premium

692
00:35:19,760 --> 00:35:23,239
Speaker 1: draft slot. And in this NFL, especially this season, with

693
00:35:23,280 --> 00:35:26,680
Speaker 1: the quarterbacks that you have available, unless you really really

694
00:35:26,760 --> 00:35:29,279
Speaker 1: love Bo Nicks, I don't think you're gonna be able

695
00:35:29,320 --> 00:35:32,480
Speaker 1: to get a difference maker at quarterback where they're drafting. Okay,

696
00:35:33,000 --> 00:35:37,000
Speaker 1: so Justin Fields automatically becomes the guy at the top

697
00:35:37,040 --> 00:35:39,239
Speaker 1: of the list. We'll see what happens with maybe a

698
00:35:39,320 --> 00:35:42,040
Speaker 1: Kirk Cousins if he prizes himself out in Minnesota. But

699
00:35:42,120 --> 00:35:44,600
Speaker 1: even then I don't think that'd be a realistic landing spot. Yeah,

700
00:35:44,640 --> 00:35:47,359
Speaker 1: I think there could be a more ready made team

701
00:35:47,400 --> 00:35:50,960
Speaker 1: than Atlanta if he really wanted to leave Minnesota. But

702
00:35:51,040 --> 00:35:54,839
Speaker 1: what makes this one interesting is if we assume Justin

703
00:35:54,920 --> 00:35:58,719
Speaker 1: Fields is, you know, the front runner. Josina Anderson had

704
00:35:58,760 --> 00:36:02,839
Speaker 1: reported as recently is about a week ago, that Eric

705
00:36:02,880 --> 00:36:05,960
Speaker 1: b Enemy was a guy to keep in mind as

706
00:36:06,000 --> 00:36:08,839
Speaker 1: the next Atlanta Falcons head coach if and when they

707
00:36:08,840 --> 00:36:11,040
Speaker 1: decided to move to Arthur Smith. Now, if you can

708
00:36:11,160 --> 00:36:18,120
Speaker 1: pair the enemy with fields, Robinson, Pitts and London, suddenly

709
00:36:18,200 --> 00:36:21,800
Speaker 1: you have the makings of a very very very explosive offense.

710
00:36:22,280 --> 00:36:26,279
Speaker 1: And in that division, which is the definition of mediocre,

711
00:36:27,000 --> 00:36:32,240
Speaker 1: you can go from laughingstock to division champs in one season,

712
00:36:32,560 --> 00:36:33,120
Speaker 1: very quickly.

713
00:36:33,760 --> 00:36:37,480
Speaker 2: Interesting. Let me hit you at this. So did Atlanta

714
00:36:38,120 --> 00:36:41,680
Speaker 2: dump their coach this early to get a jump start

715
00:36:41,719 --> 00:36:45,440
Speaker 2: on say Ben Johnson the Detroit Lions OC who's in

716
00:36:45,520 --> 00:36:48,680
Speaker 2: the wildcard round this weekend. Hey, let's do our diligence.

717
00:36:48,760 --> 00:36:50,680
Speaker 2: Let's talk to guys. But we won offensive mine, we

718
00:36:50,719 --> 00:36:53,680
Speaker 2: got offensive up. It's Ben Johnson. Well, rob what if

719
00:36:53,760 --> 00:36:57,400
Speaker 2: Washington called Ben Johnson? Hey, Ben, we don't have a

720
00:36:57,440 --> 00:37:00,839
Speaker 2: quarterback either, but we have a way better draft pick

721
00:37:01,280 --> 00:37:03,800
Speaker 2: than Atlanta. What do you think about these What do

722
00:37:03,800 --> 00:37:06,600
Speaker 2: you think about these quarterbacks? Because listen, you want one

723
00:37:07,000 --> 00:37:10,440
Speaker 2: come here? I mean other than Caleb Williams. You're pretty

724
00:37:10,480 --> 00:37:15,120
Speaker 2: much getting your guy, rob. What's a better job right now?

725
00:37:15,920 --> 00:37:20,360
Speaker 2: If you're an NFL coach, like considering Atlanta, which is

726
00:37:20,480 --> 00:37:24,759
Speaker 2: eighth according to the NFL Draft order, I don't know.

727
00:37:24,840 --> 00:37:27,320
Speaker 2: You say no Bo Nicks, but Dayden Daniels could be

728
00:37:27,360 --> 00:37:29,799
Speaker 2: at eight. I don't know. Michael Pennox maybe who knows.

729
00:37:31,200 --> 00:37:34,480
Speaker 2: But Washington as of I see right now they're selecting second.

730
00:37:34,520 --> 00:37:36,520
Speaker 2: I think they have the tiebreaker over the Patriots. So

731
00:37:36,560 --> 00:37:42,080
Speaker 2: if Washington's too, Ben Johnson's returning Washington's call before he

732
00:37:42,160 --> 00:37:42,920
Speaker 2: is Atlanta's right.

733
00:37:45,239 --> 00:37:49,560
Speaker 1: I don't know. Ooh, I was high on Washington coming

734
00:37:49,600 --> 00:37:51,400
Speaker 1: in this season. I love their wide receiving car. I

735
00:37:51,440 --> 00:37:54,680
Speaker 1: think scary Terry McLaurin is one of the most underrated players,

736
00:37:54,719 --> 00:37:59,840
Speaker 1: not just receiver player in all of football. But you know,

737
00:37:59,840 --> 00:38:03,319
Speaker 1: are are we sure the new ownership group is doing

738
00:38:03,360 --> 00:38:06,160
Speaker 1: the right thing there? Like I know it's a step

739
00:38:06,239 --> 00:38:08,440
Speaker 1: up Fromdaniel Snyder, anything to step from Daniel Snyder, But

740
00:38:10,000 --> 00:38:13,799
Speaker 1: are you confident that they are able to move off

741
00:38:13,840 --> 00:38:17,879
Speaker 1: the stench of Daniel Snyder that quickly and be willing

742
00:38:17,960 --> 00:38:20,640
Speaker 1: to be patient because most owners and this is not

743
00:38:20,760 --> 00:38:22,560
Speaker 1: just in the NFL, this is all across sports. Look

744
00:38:22,560 --> 00:38:25,160
Speaker 1: what's happening with the Phoenix Suns. New owner comes in

745
00:38:25,880 --> 00:38:29,960
Speaker 1: and they expect immediate results. So are you willing to

746
00:38:30,320 --> 00:38:34,719
Speaker 1: come into a situation where you have unrealistic expectations put

747
00:38:34,800 --> 00:38:37,719
Speaker 1: upon you, and you're asked to be competitive right out

748
00:38:37,760 --> 00:38:41,280
Speaker 1: of the gate with a roster that is not great

749
00:38:41,560 --> 00:38:42,680
Speaker 1: outside of the receiving room.

750
00:38:43,320 --> 00:38:46,160
Speaker 2: Yeah, it feels like there's probably more pressure in Atlanta,

751
00:38:46,360 --> 00:38:48,000
Speaker 2: right because, hey, we got all these guys, we just

752
00:38:48,000 --> 00:38:50,000
Speaker 2: seed the quarterback and they were close to the playoffs.

753
00:38:50,000 --> 00:38:52,160
Speaker 2: Washington's like just happy to be out of the Daniel

754
00:38:52,200 --> 00:38:57,080
Speaker 2: Snyder era. You know, I think I would lean Washington,

755
00:38:58,120 --> 00:39:02,719
Speaker 2: but the deciding fact could be the division. I think

756
00:39:02,719 --> 00:39:05,960
Speaker 2: you got a much better chance facing New Orleans, Carolina,

757
00:39:07,600 --> 00:39:10,719
Speaker 2: Tampa Bay Like Baker Mayfield, Derek Carr, Bryce Young are

758
00:39:10,760 --> 00:39:14,000
Speaker 2: all coming back next year. That's your competition, not Dak

759
00:39:14,040 --> 00:39:19,520
Speaker 2: Prescott and the Eagles and Hurts and Dable theoretically will

760
00:39:19,520 --> 00:39:22,719
Speaker 2: have a healthy quarterback back. But yeah, always fun when

761
00:39:22,760 --> 00:39:27,120
Speaker 2: breaking news drops into the middle of a podcast. I

762
00:39:27,120 --> 00:39:30,000
Speaker 2: guess we can wrap up with I don't know, do

763
00:39:30,040 --> 00:39:31,520
Speaker 2: you want to do anything? Do you have any any

764
00:39:31,560 --> 00:39:35,760
Speaker 2: feel at all on Bills being like the most dangerous

765
00:39:35,760 --> 00:39:38,360
Speaker 2: team in the in the AFC getting that two seed.

766
00:39:39,760 --> 00:39:41,239
Speaker 2: I don't know who are you more afraid to play

767
00:39:41,320 --> 00:39:42,880
Speaker 2: right now? Bills are or Chiefs?

768
00:39:43,560 --> 00:39:46,760
Speaker 1: Oh? The Bills. Yeah, have you seen the Chiefs recently?

769
00:39:47,880 --> 00:39:50,279
Speaker 2: I think just Josh Allen, You know, he could play

770
00:39:50,320 --> 00:39:52,479
Speaker 2: you out of a game, but he can certainly beat

771
00:39:52,640 --> 00:39:55,040
Speaker 2: I think he's gonna but this season he's more likely

772
00:39:55,040 --> 00:39:58,640
Speaker 2: to beat you than Patrick Mahomes's. Yeah, I think the

773
00:39:58,640 --> 00:40:01,040
Speaker 2: Bills are the biggest threat in the UH, in the

774
00:40:01,080 --> 00:40:04,920
Speaker 2: AFC and then the NFC. I guess I would go Dallas.

775
00:40:04,960 --> 00:40:07,080
Speaker 2: But again, I for some reason, I think the Packers

776
00:40:07,080 --> 00:40:09,200
Speaker 2: are plucky this week. We'll see. I have not bet

777
00:40:09,239 --> 00:40:16,680
Speaker 2: the game yet. I don't Detroit. Is Detroit even dangerous?

778
00:40:17,000 --> 00:40:17,160
Speaker 1: No?

779
00:40:18,680 --> 00:40:21,040
Speaker 2: And the Eagles are no longer dangerous. It would be

780
00:40:21,080 --> 00:40:24,400
Speaker 2: a stunner. Have I asked you this yet? Would you

781
00:40:24,440 --> 00:40:30,800
Speaker 2: take Ravens versus Niners in the Super Bowl or literally

782
00:40:30,840 --> 00:40:32,439
Speaker 2: any other matchup the versus the field?

783
00:40:32,480 --> 00:40:35,759
Speaker 1: Who you got before I answer? Am I allowed to

784
00:40:35,840 --> 00:40:39,040
Speaker 1: have either the Ravens and the Niners in the Super

785
00:40:39,080 --> 00:40:40,759
Speaker 1: Bowl and then a different opponent or it has to

786
00:40:40,800 --> 00:40:42,120
Speaker 1: be any other o those tea Yeah?

787
00:40:42,160 --> 00:40:42,600
Speaker 2: Yeah you could.

788
00:40:42,600 --> 00:40:45,520
Speaker 1: You could. I could theoretically say like Ravens, Lions, Cowboys

789
00:40:45,760 --> 00:40:48,279
Speaker 1: or whatever. Yeah, give me the field.

790
00:40:48,000 --> 00:40:51,200
Speaker 2: Then wow, which is more likely to not make it?

791
00:40:51,640 --> 00:40:53,600
Speaker 1: I think the Ravens are in a world of trouble.

792
00:40:54,680 --> 00:40:56,080
Speaker 2: Trouble well again too.

793
00:40:57,239 --> 00:41:02,720
Speaker 1: Against themselves, because I think it was an absolutely terrible

794
00:41:02,800 --> 00:41:06,600
Speaker 1: idea to rest as many guys as they did in

795
00:41:06,680 --> 00:41:09,120
Speaker 1: week eighteen, knowing they have an additional by coming up,

796
00:41:09,120 --> 00:41:12,440
Speaker 1: so you're basically not playing for three weeks. I saw

797
00:41:12,440 --> 00:41:15,600
Speaker 1: a lot of people on Twitter here on Sunday and

798
00:41:15,640 --> 00:41:17,879
Speaker 1: they're like, man, Deebo, Samuel's getting a lot of work,

799
00:41:18,040 --> 00:41:20,920
Speaker 1: you know, for a meaningless game, Brandon, I you still

800
00:41:20,920 --> 00:41:22,759
Speaker 1: out there running routes like, I don't don't know what

801
00:41:23,239 --> 00:41:28,640
Speaker 1: are they doing. It's because football, unlike most sports, I

802
00:41:28,640 --> 00:41:30,960
Speaker 1: guess baseball might be then the closest one. It's a

803
00:41:31,040 --> 00:41:33,840
Speaker 1: rhythm sport. These guys are used to playing once a

804
00:41:33,880 --> 00:41:37,400
Speaker 1: week if they get a bye week. Unless you're Andy Reid,

805
00:41:38,280 --> 00:41:40,840
Speaker 1: most teams, you know, they kind of they needed a

806
00:41:40,920 --> 00:41:44,080
Speaker 1: quarter or so to settle back in because they're out

807
00:41:44,080 --> 00:41:46,759
Speaker 1: of there. If they're not in their habit and their

808
00:41:46,760 --> 00:41:50,759
Speaker 1: habitual day to day thing, it takes a while to

809
00:41:50,760 --> 00:41:53,200
Speaker 1: get back acclimated. Steve Youngster on the radio last week

810
00:41:53,280 --> 00:41:58,160
Speaker 1: in the Bay that for every game or week that

811
00:41:58,239 --> 00:42:01,239
Speaker 1: you miss, it takes about a half for you to

812
00:42:01,360 --> 00:42:05,839
Speaker 1: get back acclimated to the speed of play, and Baltimore

813
00:42:06,440 --> 00:42:09,480
Speaker 1: more so than San Francisco because of their style of play.

814
00:42:11,200 --> 00:42:14,400
Speaker 1: I don't know if they have the varied enough offensive

815
00:42:14,440 --> 00:42:18,479
Speaker 1: approach where they can stomach basically being off for three

816
00:42:18,520 --> 00:42:22,680
Speaker 1: weeks and be at their peak form in the divisional round.

817
00:42:22,920 --> 00:42:25,520
Speaker 2: Meanwhile, yeah, Niners had the loss, which is a wake

818
00:42:25,600 --> 00:42:29,640
Speaker 2: up call. Ravens haven't been beat really challenged. I guess

819
00:42:29,640 --> 00:42:34,799
Speaker 2: my only issue is the Ravens opponents are the Steelers.

820
00:42:34,320 --> 00:42:37,239
Speaker 2: That's I can't see that happening. The Bills are double

821
00:42:37,280 --> 00:42:46,120
Speaker 2: digit favorites, the Texans in Stroud. Yeah, it's gonna be

822
00:42:46,120 --> 00:42:48,400
Speaker 2: one of those two unless Miami somehow beats the Chiefs,

823
00:42:48,400 --> 00:42:50,959
Speaker 2: and nobody's scared of Miami right now. Miami just lost

824
00:42:50,960 --> 00:42:54,279
Speaker 2: to the Ravens by forty. I don't know, man, it's

825
00:42:54,320 --> 00:42:55,960
Speaker 2: just tough for me to I know, you like Stroud

826
00:42:55,960 --> 00:42:58,480
Speaker 2: a lot, and he's winning with like no nobody tanked

827
00:42:58,480 --> 00:43:01,719
Speaker 2: Dell's done. It's just hard for me to envision the

828
00:43:01,800 --> 00:43:04,560
Speaker 2: Ravens losing. But you're right, very rarely do we see

829
00:43:04,640 --> 00:43:06,440
Speaker 2: Chalk City in the NFL playoffs.

830
00:43:06,719 --> 00:43:08,560
Speaker 1: We didn't expect them to lose to the Titans in

831
00:43:08,560 --> 00:43:12,040
Speaker 1: twenty nineteen either. And also, and that game wasn't even competitive,

832
00:43:12,160 --> 00:43:14,239
Speaker 1: like the Titans just bludgeing them. I know that. I

833
00:43:14,280 --> 00:43:15,840
Speaker 1: mean the score was better closer than it was. But

834
00:43:16,120 --> 00:43:18,200
Speaker 1: watching that game, the Raven looked like they were stuck

835
00:43:18,239 --> 00:43:19,760
Speaker 1: in mud for fifty minutes.

836
00:43:21,640 --> 00:43:24,360
Speaker 2: Actually, before we get to best Bet, as we're recording,

837
00:43:24,400 --> 00:43:27,840
Speaker 2: I got a text Dunk of the Year and it's Lebron.

838
00:43:27,880 --> 00:43:29,640
Speaker 2: I was like, come on, a thirty nine year old,

839
00:43:29,719 --> 00:43:32,720
Speaker 2: no way, Rob, have you seen this dunk? Apparently Lebron

840
00:43:32,840 --> 00:43:37,840
Speaker 2: posterize Paul George and the Lakers somehow beat the paper clips. Geez,

841
00:43:37,840 --> 00:43:39,880
Speaker 2: too bad they can't make the pod because there's just

842
00:43:39,920 --> 00:43:42,799
Speaker 2: too much happening, all right, college football. Well, first of all, Rob,

843
00:43:42,840 --> 00:43:43,759
Speaker 2: have you seen the dunk yet?

844
00:43:43,840 --> 00:43:46,359
Speaker 1: Of course I saw the dunk. That was It was great.

845
00:43:46,360 --> 00:43:48,280
Speaker 1: I mean, in all fairtish to the Paul George. Lebron

846
00:43:48,280 --> 00:43:50,480
Speaker 1: had a head of steam coming down full court and

847
00:43:50,520 --> 00:43:52,880
Speaker 1: he was back battling. So you know, it sucks to

848
00:43:52,880 --> 00:43:54,520
Speaker 1: get caught in the poster like that, But shout out

849
00:43:54,560 --> 00:43:56,320
Speaker 1: to Lebron James.

850
00:43:56,920 --> 00:44:03,760
Speaker 2: Okay, now to best Bet. Yeah, okay, So I'm starting

851
00:44:03,760 --> 00:44:08,799
Speaker 2: to see a couple fives populate for Michigan Washington in

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00:44:08,840 --> 00:44:11,879
Speaker 2: the Natty. Actually no, they don't advertise here on the pod,

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00:44:11,880 --> 00:44:13,719
Speaker 2: so I'm not gonna mention it. But another place in

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00:44:13,760 --> 00:44:16,920
Speaker 2: America has five and a half Michigan. And again, if

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00:44:16,920 --> 00:44:20,799
Speaker 2: you missed the pod last week, Gianni broke it down

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00:44:20,880 --> 00:44:25,400
Speaker 2: pretty well that on the look ahead, Michigan was minus seven.

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00:44:26,560 --> 00:44:29,920
Speaker 2: All of a sudden, Michigan struggles against Alabama, has to

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00:44:29,960 --> 00:44:33,719
Speaker 2: win it overtime. Washington comes out and looks super impressive

859
00:44:33,719 --> 00:44:37,640
Speaker 2: and dominating Texas as an underdog, and now everybody wants Washington.

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Speaker 2: I believe the public is gonna take the Huskies in

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00:44:42,040 --> 00:44:47,200
Speaker 2: the points. I say this all the time. Good offense

862
00:44:47,239 --> 00:44:51,879
Speaker 2: beats good defense. But here's the troubling part. Rob. It's

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00:44:51,920 --> 00:44:55,120
Speaker 2: one thing to say that. Tell me the last time

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00:44:55,200 --> 00:44:58,879
Speaker 2: defense beat offense anywhere? You know, any of the high

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00:44:59,000 --> 00:45:03,960
Speaker 2: leverage games. It's offensive in football, and it you know,

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Speaker 2: part of me is like, listen, I don't want to

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Speaker 2: go against Pennix. Penix is dealing. Penix might be a

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Speaker 2: top ten pick, got superstar receivers everywhere. I don't really

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Speaker 2: know what the crowd situation will be like. Let me

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Speaker 2: ask you this, who's more likely to make back to

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00:45:21,680 --> 00:45:24,799
Speaker 2: back trips into I guess the deep South, right they

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00:45:24,800 --> 00:45:27,840
Speaker 2: were Washington was in Louisiana last time for the at

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00:45:27,880 --> 00:45:32,560
Speaker 2: the Sugar Bowl, and now they're in Houston. Or Michigan fans,

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00:45:32,960 --> 00:45:35,600
Speaker 2: which you know is way more Michigan fans. I would

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00:45:35,600 --> 00:45:39,239
Speaker 2: say there was more deep pocketed Michigan fans. I'm gonna

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Speaker 2: go ahead and guess it's like sixty five thirty five

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Speaker 2: Michigan fans. I think Michigan has the edge. That's a

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00:45:45,560 --> 00:45:47,520
Speaker 2: lot of travel. By the way, I know people don't

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00:45:47,560 --> 00:45:50,680
Speaker 2: like to pooh poo the travel Washington back to back

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00:45:50,719 --> 00:45:53,359
Speaker 2: trips to the Midwest unless they stayed. I haven't read

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00:45:53,400 --> 00:45:56,200
Speaker 2: that anywhere, but I think they went back home. I'll

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Speaker 2: go Michigan thirty, Washington seventeen. I'll go Michigan. Michigan wins

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00:46:02,920 --> 00:46:04,920
Speaker 2: with defense and running game. Michigan runs for over a

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Speaker 2: bucks seventy five.

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Speaker 1: That's a huge number. Thirty to seventeen. You're expecting a blowout.

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00:46:09,080 --> 00:46:12,840
Speaker 2: Then the total, actually the total says it's going to

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00:46:12,840 --> 00:46:13,880
Speaker 2: be higher than I'm low.

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Speaker 1: No, but I mean total, You're thirteen thirteen.

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00:46:15,719 --> 00:46:18,080
Speaker 2: Is a huge, Yeah, I think I think Michigan wins

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Speaker 2: with some margin here.

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Speaker 1: Okay, Okay, so I agree with you. I think in

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00:46:24,320 --> 00:46:26,719
Speaker 1: the stadium it's going to be predominantly Michigan fans for

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00:46:26,760 --> 00:46:29,480
Speaker 1: all the reasons that you stated. However, brock hu Or,

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Speaker 1: I don't know if he's been on this show, but

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Speaker 1: he's a friend of you know, several of the shows

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00:46:32,719 --> 00:46:34,759
Speaker 1: that you and I have both worked on. He's in

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Speaker 1: town and he's saying there's a lot of purple out

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Speaker 1: in the streets. So make of that what you Washington guy? Yeah,

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Speaker 1: he's a Washington guy. Now again, that could just mean

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Speaker 1: that at this you know, all of the Washington fans

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Speaker 1: that came through the game happened to be in that

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00:46:48,520 --> 00:46:52,560
Speaker 1: one area. So that's entirely possible. I said earlier, I

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Speaker 1: think Michael Pennick Junior is going to deal. I think

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Speaker 1: he's going to have a very good game. The problem, though, is,

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Speaker 1: and you alluded to it, that Michigan running game has

906
00:47:03,480 --> 00:47:07,759
Speaker 1: a way of shortening the clock, grinding things out, so

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00:47:07,800 --> 00:47:10,880
Speaker 1: where Pennix can be fine, he can go you know,

908
00:47:11,040 --> 00:47:13,319
Speaker 1: four for six for fifty five yards on a drive

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00:47:13,360 --> 00:47:18,719
Speaker 1: and they settle for a field goal. Meanwhile, Michigan three yards,

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00:47:18,880 --> 00:47:22,600
Speaker 1: four yards, five yards, three yards, and suddenly you look

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00:47:22,680 --> 00:47:24,680
Speaker 1: up and half of the quarter is gone and they're

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Speaker 1: running in a touchdown. And I think the Michigan running

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Speaker 1: game is going to be the difference in this game.

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Speaker 1: I'm expecting a lower scoring game only because of the

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Speaker 1: time of possession. So give me Michigan twenty four Washington

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Speaker 1: twenty one mo.

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Speaker 2: Close game. Also, like in the under, yeah, I don't.

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Speaker 2: It makes you wonder why did Texas go away from

919
00:47:48,920 --> 00:47:50,600
Speaker 2: the run so early they fell behind it. It felt

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00:47:50,600 --> 00:47:53,279
Speaker 2: like Shark maybe panicked a little bit. Anyways, that's a

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Speaker 2: lengthy Monday pod for Black Friday. We got one coach fired,

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Speaker 2: as we record. Always fun. I think tomorrow's O it's

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Speaker 2: gonna be really fun. And maybe later in the week

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Speaker 2: we'll get to NBA. I don't know, but there's a

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Speaker 2: lot of football happening. Wild Card week is always fun.

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Speaker 2: We'll talk to you tomorrow.