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Speaker 1: Jaguars this week. Welcome back to another edition of the

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Speaker 1: Round the League Podcast. My name is Dan Hansens, and

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Speaker 1: I am joined by a room filled with heroes Chris Westling,

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Speaker 1: Mark Sessler, and Greg Rosenthalt. What up, boys? Hey? Dan?

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Speaker 1: How you doing, buddy? I'm doing great. How you guys doing?

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Speaker 1: Usually stretch out my name a little bit, Not that time,

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Speaker 1: Greg Rosenthalt. You know what, I didn't even notice that.

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Speaker 1: But maybe it's because the show is so chock full

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Speaker 1: of entertainment value we need to cut down the name

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Speaker 1: a little bit. Specifically, we've lost that time now by

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Speaker 1: discussing why it was cut down, so it kind of

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Speaker 1: Like we said, big show today, Let's start with Thursday

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Speaker 1: Night football. Uh, the Arizona Cardinals. You know, they were

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Speaker 1: showing a lot of hints of also ran status in

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Speaker 1: they truly are are just the middle of the pack

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Speaker 1: or below. Team Seahawks went in there and took care

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Speaker 1: of business rather easily. Yeah, they this is a bad

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Speaker 1: combination that Bruce Arians, Carson Palmer duo. Uh, we've seen

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Speaker 1: Colts fans and Steelers fans know all about their quarterbacks

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Speaker 1: getting beat for four quarters Because Arians sends out his

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Speaker 1: receiver's deep down, the field drops his quarterback and doesn't

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Speaker 1: provide any protection, any extra help for the tackles. That

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Speaker 1: works when you have a solid offensive line a good

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Speaker 1: That's pretty bad too. We mentioned Bradley soul on Wednesday's practice.

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Speaker 1: He took over for Levi Brown after the trade and

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Speaker 1: he just got abused last night. They had There's no

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Speaker 1: I texted West during the game basically said the Cardinals

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Speaker 1: inability to find tackles is it's stunning, and Carson Palmer

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Speaker 1: looked like a Lego figure running around out there. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: At a certain point, though, it has to come to

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Speaker 1: I thought it was smart. People were talking about it

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Speaker 1: Oh they stink than admit that maybe there's something wrong

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Speaker 1: with our offense because they're not playing to their strength

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Speaker 1: just floundered. Well, what is very impressive about Arizona tho

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Speaker 1: you know, to a degree where Arians went on the

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Speaker 1: He just made great play after great play after great play,

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Speaker 1: face the Colts. What are you guys thinking about this? Greg? Well,

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Speaker 1: for the young, you know, and where on paying Manning's time.

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Speaker 1: He's the great greatest quarterback in the league right now,

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Speaker 1: guess it's Dalton's they beat the Patriots too. I mean

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Speaker 1: it's it's not that these aren't, you know, victories of note,

427
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Speaker 1: but for me, it's it starts and stops with the quarter.

428
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Speaker 1: Let's not also undersell our lack of faith in Marvin

429
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Speaker 1: lewis is in game coaching ability. He did what we

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Speaker 1: accused a lot of coaches of doing last week, let

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Speaker 1: the Bills back into the game because he took his

432
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Speaker 1: foot off the gas battle. And Marvin Lewis has been

433
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Speaker 1: doing this for a decade. And if the Lions win

434
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Speaker 1: this game, to flip that around, they've been flying under

435
00:21:17,440 --> 00:21:19,960
Speaker 1: the radar. They were a terrible team last year. I

436
00:21:19,960 --> 00:21:22,160
Speaker 1: know they were unlucky, but they won four games last year.

437
00:21:22,200 --> 00:21:24,120
Speaker 1: They would already be at five and two and kind

438
00:21:24,119 --> 00:21:26,320
Speaker 1: of one of the surprise stories of the year. And

439
00:21:26,359 --> 00:21:30,200
Speaker 1: Stafford once again has his receivers have dropped the most

440
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Speaker 1: passes in the NFL. He's playing at a much higher

441
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Speaker 1: level this year than he did last year. I agree

442
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Speaker 1: he's moving well. He was a lot of fun to

443
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Speaker 1: watch this week. I think he's kind of taken that

444
00:21:40,160 --> 00:21:41,800
Speaker 1: next step that we've looked for some of these young

445
00:21:41,880 --> 00:21:44,959
Speaker 1: quarterbacks to take I think he's taken it. Okay, so

446
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Speaker 1: those are the four big games of the week, but

447
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Speaker 1: there are plenty of other good ones. But right now

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Speaker 1: we're gonna move on to America's favorite segment, Defend your Hero. Wow,

449
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Speaker 1: it's a softer, cuddlier version of it, Ky Ridge, How

450
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Speaker 1: did you describe that before the show? That is what

451
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Speaker 1: we call Friday seduction. Friday seduction? Uh, this seduction Friday here?

452
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Speaker 1: But all right, so let's go through the games. That

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Speaker 1: hero pick is. As you probably know if you listen

454
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Speaker 1: to the podcast, we all pick games. If only one

455
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Speaker 1: of us choose as a team out of the group,

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Speaker 1: that is a hero pick. And we will start with

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Speaker 1: Mark Sessler, who chose the Tennessee Titans to beat the

458
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Speaker 1: San Francisco forty nine. Is it's an interesting called Sessler,

459
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Speaker 1: who went over four on his hero picks last week,

460
00:22:37,680 --> 00:22:41,800
Speaker 1: needs a bounce back. Yeah. I feel equally directionless on

461
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Speaker 1: this one. I don't know if I might have made

462
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Speaker 1: a typo when I sent my picks in because I

463
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Speaker 1: can't draw back into memory and remember why I was

464
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Speaker 1: propelled to pick soation just here and here's what I

465
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Speaker 1: see though I picked the Cults, I was the only

466
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Speaker 1: picker in the country that picked the Cults over the

467
00:23:07,160 --> 00:23:11,160
Speaker 1: Niners back when that happened. According to that crazy website

468
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Speaker 1: out of England, and I think Tennessee is the type

469
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Speaker 1: of team that is a little bit grittier than people

470
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Speaker 1: give him credit for. On defense, could play, you know,

471
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Speaker 1: maybe hang with san fran here. Locker looks like he

472
00:23:23,440 --> 00:23:25,360
Speaker 1: took the majority of snaps today. I think the news

473
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Speaker 1: out of that game is he may play. We don't

474
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Speaker 1: know if he does. I like this a lot better

475
00:23:29,640 --> 00:23:33,040
Speaker 1: if if it's Ryan Fitzpatrick. I need to really probably

476
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Speaker 1: check my picks each week with essentient individual because I

477
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Speaker 1: don't know what happened here. By the way, if you're

478
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Speaker 1: going if you're going to give a half hearted plug,

479
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Speaker 1: it is called pickwatch the crazy site out of England.

480
00:23:44,359 --> 00:23:47,960
Speaker 1: So give him a little lot. And if Jake Locker plays,

481
00:23:48,040 --> 00:23:50,359
Speaker 1: it's not gonna be good news for you or Jake Blocker.

482
00:23:50,400 --> 00:23:52,520
Speaker 1: He's limping through practice, He's not gonna be able to

483
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Speaker 1: escape the pocket on a bad hip and a bad knee.

484
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Speaker 1: Why not give him through the by and then bring

485
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Speaker 1: him back healthy. Here's the argument that Titans defense is

486
00:24:00,680 --> 00:24:03,159
Speaker 1: very good, and we have not seen Colin Kaepernick and

487
00:24:03,200 --> 00:24:06,119
Speaker 1: that forty Niners offense looked that great against the quality Devens.

488
00:24:06,160 --> 00:24:08,879
Speaker 1: You could see this being a six game where crazy

489
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Speaker 1: things happen. Vernon Davis back to back sixty yard plays,

490
00:24:13,119 --> 00:24:15,520
Speaker 1: sixty yard plays and back to back games. The last

491
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Speaker 1: tight end to do that in the NFL was on

492
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Speaker 1: talk radio in Cincinnati when I was growing up, Bob Trumpy.

493
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Speaker 1: Bob Trumpy, one of the great NBC announcers from back days.

494
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Speaker 1: Or was Um okay, so I'll I had two Hero picks,

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Speaker 1: Actually I am. I am currently one game behind Greg

496
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Speaker 1: in the Hero competition. Greg, you have four selected correct

497
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Speaker 1: at this point? Yes, uh, I have three. My first

498
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Speaker 1: one that I'll talk about is the Ravens at Steelers.

499
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Speaker 1: This is listen. The Steelers I thought looked really good

500
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Speaker 1: against the Jets last week. Um, but at the end

501
00:24:51,359 --> 00:24:53,720
Speaker 1: of the day, and my my really ready to buy

502
00:24:53,760 --> 00:24:55,359
Speaker 1: in that they're gonna get back into this thing. I

503
00:24:55,400 --> 00:24:57,320
Speaker 1: almost was in, but I ultimately I think this is

504
00:24:57,359 --> 00:24:59,800
Speaker 1: a game the Ravens will take care of business. I

505
00:24:59,800 --> 00:25:02,560
Speaker 1: think they are the better team, and uh, I think

506
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Speaker 1: they win. But I'm alone on an island on this

507
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Speaker 1: Why do you guys think that the Steelers will win?

508
00:25:06,880 --> 00:25:08,600
Speaker 1: I think it's weird that all the rest of us

509
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Speaker 1: took Pittsburgh. Yeah, the fans. If you go to the

510
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Speaker 1: pick up pick pick them on NFL dot com and

511
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Speaker 1: you can see all our picks there if you look

512
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Speaker 1: under the experts category, which I hate that word, but

513
00:25:19,040 --> 00:25:21,240
Speaker 1: so you can find our picks there if you're ever curious.

514
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Speaker 1: The fans are all choosing the Ravens. So that's the

515
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Speaker 1: consensus pick. We've been kind of waiting for the Steelers

516
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Speaker 1: to come back all year. We've thought that they're much

517
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Speaker 1: better than the record. You said that the Ravens are

518
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Speaker 1: a better team. I think that they were better team

519
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Speaker 1: in September. I think now that Heath Miller's healthy, Levy

520
00:25:37,400 --> 00:25:39,720
Speaker 1: on Bell's healthy, I think the Steelers are a better

521
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Speaker 1: team than the Ravens right now. The Ravens defense has

522
00:25:42,680 --> 00:25:45,560
Speaker 1: been the best group in this game. It's consistently good.

523
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Speaker 1: I put through Al Sugs in my top five of

524
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Speaker 1: defensive player of the years. He's been outstanding. So you

525
00:25:51,000 --> 00:25:52,879
Speaker 1: just worry if the Steelers are gonna be able to

526
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Speaker 1: move the ball at all against them. My other hero

527
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Speaker 1: pick uh. This one was also a bit of a

528
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Speaker 1: surprise maybe, well not really actually, I took the Redskins

529
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Speaker 1: uh to beat the Bears. I'm not sold on the

530
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Speaker 1: Bears the games I've watched that they don't seem to

531
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Speaker 1: be a dominant team, and I think they're certainly capable

532
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Speaker 1: of being beat. But part of this is I still

533
00:26:14,160 --> 00:26:16,160
Speaker 1: every week kind of think this will be the game

534
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Speaker 1: where r G three kind of puts it together. That's

535
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Speaker 1: why I picked them to beat the Cowboys last week

536
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Speaker 1: and I was wrong. Um this week. You know, I

537
00:26:23,440 --> 00:26:24,800
Speaker 1: don't know if it's a sessler or what, but I

538
00:26:25,080 --> 00:26:27,520
Speaker 1: think this is the week where the Redskins beat a

539
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Speaker 1: Bears team that isn't quite as good as their record

540
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Speaker 1: says they are right now. I don't love the combination

541
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Speaker 1: of Brandon Marshall, All Sean Jeffrey Matt Forte Martelli spending

542
00:26:36,119 --> 00:26:39,199
Speaker 1: against the defense that really hasn't shown the ability to

543
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Speaker 1: stop any team that has more than one weapon. And yeah,

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Speaker 1: I agree RG three. Obviously he's he's been better each

545
00:26:45,920 --> 00:26:48,919
Speaker 1: week and there's there's noticeable growth. But Chicago for me

546
00:26:49,040 --> 00:26:52,040
Speaker 1: felt like the safe pick. Well, he wasn't better last week.

547
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Speaker 1: Though he ran the ball and that got everyone excited,

548
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Speaker 1: but it was one of his least accurate games as

549
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Speaker 1: a pro. And I think that's a concern for them,

550
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Speaker 1: that they had a bad perform. You know, everyone's saying, Okay,

551
00:27:02,080 --> 00:27:04,439
Speaker 1: when he runs, then it's all gonna be fine. But

552
00:27:04,520 --> 00:27:07,120
Speaker 1: he did it last week and they got whacked. He's

553
00:27:07,160 --> 00:27:09,200
Speaker 1: not a good quarterback right now. I mean that's they've

554
00:27:09,600 --> 00:27:12,399
Speaker 1: one touchdown in the first half all season. He's not

555
00:27:12,440 --> 00:27:15,480
Speaker 1: a good quarterback. He's only done well in garbage time.

556
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Speaker 1: So you know, basically he's Carson Palmer. Wow, I don't

557
00:27:19,840 --> 00:27:23,560
Speaker 1: know about that. And there's your nap and one of

558
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Speaker 1: this get out of here. We're not gonna get any

559
00:27:25,240 --> 00:27:28,719
Speaker 1: stronger than that. And one storyline here. The Bears defense

560
00:27:28,800 --> 00:27:33,480
Speaker 1: is a sneakily very bad defense right now. Yeah, they

561
00:27:33,920 --> 00:27:36,640
Speaker 1: have been crushed with injuries. They're looking a lot different

562
00:27:36,680 --> 00:27:38,760
Speaker 1: than they were Week one or two. No question, as

563
00:27:38,840 --> 00:27:41,960
Speaker 1: Julius Pepper is the same guy at the stage. But

564
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Speaker 1: the combination of r G three being Carson Palmer in

565
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Speaker 1: Chicago's bad defense, who wins out there? We was uh,

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Speaker 1: I mean crushed everyone here. There's no plane field, No

567
00:27:53,280 --> 00:27:56,560
Speaker 1: one exists in this the Bears. I took the Bears

568
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Speaker 1: because their offense is the strongest unit in this game

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Speaker 1: I took. I totally agree with Dan's points about the Bears,

570
00:28:02,200 --> 00:28:04,280
Speaker 1: but my pick is just a pick against Redskins. I

571
00:28:04,320 --> 00:28:06,680
Speaker 1: picked against them every week. That's worked that well so far.

572
00:28:06,880 --> 00:28:09,879
Speaker 1: I'm gonna keep doing it. Um all right. The final here.

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Speaker 1: We usually don't include in the segment the hero picks

574
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Speaker 1: by our Chicago correspondent Kevin Patra, but we felt like

575
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Speaker 1: we needed to at least bring it up. He took

576
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Speaker 1: the Jacksonville Jaguars to get their first win of the

577
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Speaker 1: season over the Chargers. Um West, I I don't know,

578
00:28:27,040 --> 00:28:29,239
Speaker 1: is there is there a way maybe you can uh

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Speaker 1: speak for Patra and make a case for the Jaguars.

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Speaker 1: I'm volunteered to take Patra's place because I have a

581
00:28:35,280 --> 00:28:37,719
Speaker 1: fondness for the Jacksonville Jaguars. They are part of my

582
00:28:37,920 --> 00:28:40,080
Speaker 1: Bermuter triangle of Southern teams at the rest of the

583
00:28:40,080 --> 00:28:43,000
Speaker 1: country just doesn't care about and I have. I feel

584
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Speaker 1: like it's the burden is on me to defend them.

585
00:28:44,960 --> 00:28:49,560
Speaker 1: And then I realized this pick is indefensible. Justin Blackman

586
00:28:49,640 --> 00:28:53,240
Speaker 1: is a hamstring injury. Cecil Shorts has a clavical injury.

587
00:28:53,280 --> 00:28:55,280
Speaker 1: To me, these are the two bright spots on the team.

588
00:28:55,680 --> 00:28:58,400
Speaker 1: Black Men especially has played great, and uh if they're

589
00:28:58,400 --> 00:29:02,000
Speaker 1: at less than peak strength against a guy who really

590
00:29:02,040 --> 00:29:04,120
Speaker 1: has been an m v P candidate in Philip Rivers,

591
00:29:04,520 --> 00:29:07,720
Speaker 1: I don't see this going well for the Jaguars, so

592
00:29:07,880 --> 00:29:11,840
Speaker 1: I'm not defending them. Patrass out of his trade segment

593
00:29:11,880 --> 00:29:15,680
Speaker 1: has been very consistent with the theme. Ces Short says

594
00:29:15,680 --> 00:29:18,800
Speaker 1: he plans to play, so we'll see, we'll see if

595
00:29:18,880 --> 00:29:21,360
Speaker 1: that happens. If ever, there was a day that Chad

596
00:29:21,360 --> 00:29:24,160
Speaker 1: Henny could turn and turn the season around, maybe against

597
00:29:24,160 --> 00:29:26,440
Speaker 1: the Chargers defense, I never thought out here the phrase

598
00:29:26,520 --> 00:29:31,800
Speaker 1: Chad Henny turned the season around. Uh yeah, I mean, listen,

599
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Speaker 1: I think justin Blackman, he's He's the reason why you

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Speaker 1: you can make an argument that they could steal a

601
00:29:37,280 --> 00:29:39,640
Speaker 1: game at any week now. I mean, this guy has

602
00:29:39,640 --> 00:29:42,880
Speaker 1: the potential to be a true top ten, top five

603
00:29:42,880 --> 00:29:45,800
Speaker 1: wide receiver, right, talents all there. I think there's two

604
00:29:45,800 --> 00:29:48,160
Speaker 1: major differences with him this year. He's obviously in much

605
00:29:48,200 --> 00:29:50,640
Speaker 1: better shape. He's in tip top shape right now, whereas

606
00:29:50,680 --> 00:29:53,960
Speaker 1: last year he came in frankly overweight um and the

607
00:29:54,000 --> 00:29:56,040
Speaker 1: other differences. I like the way that Jeed Fish is

608
00:29:56,120 --> 00:29:58,480
Speaker 1: using him. They're using his after the catch skills a

609
00:29:58,480 --> 00:30:00,720
Speaker 1: lot more running those slants, and I don't think they

610
00:30:00,720 --> 00:30:05,600
Speaker 1: did that last year. Okay, so those are our hero picks. Uh.

611
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Speaker 1: Now we move on to the orphans. These are the

612
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Speaker 1: games that you know, they're the leftovers. But listen, there's

613
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Speaker 1: a lot of good games still here, and we're gonna

614
00:30:13,320 --> 00:30:17,400
Speaker 1: treat them with respect. We'll start with Chris Westling the Bucks.

615
00:30:17,840 --> 00:30:20,160
Speaker 1: They're looking for that first win and they're going against

616
00:30:20,160 --> 00:30:22,760
Speaker 1: the an Atlanta team that, let's face it, they lose

617
00:30:22,840 --> 00:30:26,240
Speaker 1: this game, you know, pack up the truck and go home. Yeah.

618
00:30:26,280 --> 00:30:28,720
Speaker 1: I think I picked the Falcons in this game because

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Speaker 1: they before the season, they rarely lost at home. They've

620
00:30:31,560 --> 00:30:34,080
Speaker 1: lost twice in a row. I don't see them going

621
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Speaker 1: down a third time against the Buccaneers team that I'm

622
00:30:37,760 --> 00:30:39,680
Speaker 1: I don't think he's trying as hard as they should.

623
00:30:41,040 --> 00:30:43,200
Speaker 1: I think Glennon played better than I expected, but I'm

624
00:30:43,200 --> 00:30:44,920
Speaker 1: not sure about the rest of that team. The defense

625
00:30:44,960 --> 00:30:48,480
Speaker 1: did not impress me last week. Uh. And frankly, I

626
00:30:48,520 --> 00:30:50,240
Speaker 1: don't think the Falcons are that good. But I'm picking

627
00:30:50,280 --> 00:30:53,000
Speaker 1: them because they're the home team. Here, what a test

628
00:30:53,040 --> 00:30:56,400
Speaker 1: this is for Matt Ryan. You know, it sounds like

629
00:30:56,440 --> 00:30:58,680
Speaker 1: they're not gonna have Roddy White that will finally miss

630
00:30:58,760 --> 00:31:02,920
Speaker 1: the game. Stephen Jackson's out, Julio Jones is obviously out.

631
00:31:03,320 --> 00:31:06,160
Speaker 1: This is not this is not really the Falcons anymore.

632
00:31:06,600 --> 00:31:09,040
Speaker 1: I agree, and I fully expect Matt Ryan to fall

633
00:31:09,080 --> 00:31:13,320
Speaker 1: on his face. Jeez, he's played well this year. Holio

634
00:31:13,440 --> 00:31:14,960
Speaker 1: Jones is one of the best players in the NFL.

635
00:31:15,000 --> 00:31:17,320
Speaker 1: They're a different offense without him. Take away Roddy White.

636
00:31:17,440 --> 00:31:20,400
Speaker 1: He just said they're not the same team. Well, here's

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Speaker 1: a sneaky competitive game. We'll move on St. Louis and Carolina. Um,

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Speaker 1: you know, a lot of us, I think all of

639
00:31:27,600 --> 00:31:30,200
Speaker 1: us in this room basically had buried the Rams after

640
00:31:30,840 --> 00:31:32,800
Speaker 1: you know, those three straight losses. Now they've won two

641
00:31:32,840 --> 00:31:35,120
Speaker 1: in a row. And then Carolina, you have a team

642
00:31:35,160 --> 00:31:38,560
Speaker 1: that had Cam Newton play maybe his best game of

643
00:31:38,560 --> 00:31:40,640
Speaker 1: the year. Um, they have a couple of really good

644
00:31:40,720 --> 00:31:43,440
Speaker 1: victories now to their ledgers. So maybe we maybe it's

645
00:31:43,480 --> 00:31:47,520
Speaker 1: time to buy in a little bit fair, very fair,

646
00:31:47,560 --> 00:31:50,360
Speaker 1: but he you know, Newton looked really good in both games.

647
00:31:50,640 --> 00:31:53,520
Speaker 1: So I see a very close game here. Uh do

648
00:31:53,560 --> 00:31:55,360
Speaker 1: you guys agree? And who do you have in this?

649
00:31:55,520 --> 00:31:58,960
Speaker 1: I don't like the matchup of St. Louis is still

650
00:31:59,160 --> 00:32:03,920
Speaker 1: very vanilla, uh, stagnant offense against Carolina's defense switch and

651
00:32:03,960 --> 00:32:06,240
Speaker 1: I you know West mentioned this on the last show.

652
00:32:06,640 --> 00:32:09,000
Speaker 1: Carolina is the kind of team that could end up

653
00:32:09,040 --> 00:32:10,719
Speaker 1: ten and six. I don't think anyone one of us

654
00:32:10,720 --> 00:32:13,720
Speaker 1: would be that surprised, and I don't I don't like St.

655
00:32:13,760 --> 00:32:16,320
Speaker 1: Louis in this game. The Rams offense has been a

656
00:32:16,360 --> 00:32:19,080
Speaker 1: buttoned up version the last couple of weeks. They've they

657
00:32:19,120 --> 00:32:21,120
Speaker 1: went from passing the ball seventy percent at the time

658
00:32:21,160 --> 00:32:23,040
Speaker 1: over the past four weeks to passing at forty percent

659
00:32:23,040 --> 00:32:25,360
Speaker 1: at the time because of gay momentum, and maybe they've

660
00:32:25,360 --> 00:32:28,160
Speaker 1: decided they need to rely more on Zack Stacy. That

661
00:32:28,360 --> 00:32:30,760
Speaker 1: bodes poorly for them against the Panthers defense that's been

662
00:32:30,800 --> 00:32:33,360
Speaker 1: shutting down run games. They'll have to put more on

663
00:32:33,600 --> 00:32:36,520
Speaker 1: Sam Bradford's play, and he hasn't played as well when

664
00:32:36,520 --> 00:32:39,000
Speaker 1: he's the focal point of the offense. We all picked

665
00:32:39,040 --> 00:32:42,160
Speaker 1: the Panthers, and I feel like we all want to

666
00:32:42,200 --> 00:32:45,760
Speaker 1: believe Cam Newton can string together a couple of great performances.

667
00:32:45,800 --> 00:32:47,480
Speaker 1: He hasn't done it. He's kind of followed up the

668
00:32:47,560 --> 00:32:50,160
Speaker 1: good performance with a bad one too. This is a

669
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Speaker 1: tougher matchup for them. Well, let's not forget. West wrote

670
00:32:52,680 --> 00:32:57,040
Speaker 1: a great piece about Ron Rivera who has essentially changed

671
00:32:57,080 --> 00:33:02,440
Speaker 1: as a human being, make a career epiphany. He it is.

672
00:33:02,720 --> 00:33:05,680
Speaker 1: I think it's a major story, and I think you

673
00:33:05,760 --> 00:33:07,560
Speaker 1: do it. It was it was proven on the field.

674
00:33:08,200 --> 00:33:10,480
Speaker 1: On the field, yeah, I like to imagine him levitating

675
00:33:10,520 --> 00:33:13,520
Speaker 1: over his bed and this all coming to him. I

676
00:33:13,600 --> 00:33:17,320
Speaker 1: love says, I've learned a lesson people can change in

677
00:33:17,800 --> 00:33:20,040
Speaker 1: I've learned a lesson field goals aren't good enough to

678
00:33:20,080 --> 00:33:22,920
Speaker 1: beat touchdowns. We'll see, We'll see in a key game,

679
00:33:23,160 --> 00:33:26,320
Speaker 1: in a close second half if he still is as aggressive.

680
00:33:26,360 --> 00:33:28,160
Speaker 1: I mean, this is in the first half, first drive

681
00:33:28,200 --> 00:33:31,240
Speaker 1: against Vikings. He has a checklist of thirty two items

682
00:33:31,240 --> 00:33:33,520
Speaker 1: for each game, so it's not just like he's going

683
00:33:33,600 --> 00:33:35,640
Speaker 1: by a sessler at the end of the game. He

684
00:33:35,720 --> 00:33:39,160
Speaker 1: actually has this list that he consults now and apparently

685
00:33:39,920 --> 00:33:42,880
Speaker 1: the list has changed to a more aggressive list. Well,

686
00:33:42,880 --> 00:33:45,080
Speaker 1: what is what's on the what's on the list? Show

687
00:33:45,160 --> 00:33:48,360
Speaker 1: some balls? Ron, Like that's number twenty four. What's going on?

688
00:33:48,560 --> 00:33:51,080
Speaker 1: Maybe it is I would like to have a gander

689
00:33:51,120 --> 00:33:53,520
Speaker 1: at that list. K Rich, can we say balls or

690
00:33:53,600 --> 00:33:58,040
Speaker 1: should Greg say testicles? Feel free to say okay, good? Um,

691
00:33:58,080 --> 00:34:01,080
Speaker 1: all right, so unless anybody else has something to say

692
00:34:01,120 --> 00:34:04,080
Speaker 1: about it, think that's probably we can there. Let's actually

693
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Speaker 1: sign off for good on the podcast now. Um, alright,

694
00:34:07,160 --> 00:34:09,239
Speaker 1: so this game, we'll throw this one back to Greg

695
00:34:09,320 --> 00:34:13,640
Speaker 1: because Greg Rosenthal is the number one Miami Dolphins cheerleader. Um.

696
00:34:13,719 --> 00:34:16,239
Speaker 1: They started out three and oh lost two in a row.

697
00:34:16,360 --> 00:34:18,360
Speaker 1: We had Brian Hartline in the studio last week. I

698
00:34:18,360 --> 00:34:21,239
Speaker 1: asked him specifically, why shouldn't we think this is now

699
00:34:21,280 --> 00:34:22,840
Speaker 1: going to be a Dolphins collapse? He said, this is

700
00:34:22,840 --> 00:34:26,320
Speaker 1: a different team. With Buffalo coming into town, that's as

701
00:34:26,360 --> 00:34:29,160
Speaker 1: not a great team. Dolphins have to protect the home

702
00:34:29,200 --> 00:34:32,560
Speaker 1: court here, right. We all picked them, and it is

703
00:34:32,600 --> 00:34:35,279
Speaker 1: a game that you would think that they win. But

704
00:34:35,320 --> 00:34:37,879
Speaker 1: I think Buffalo has been better than the record and

705
00:34:38,040 --> 00:34:40,719
Speaker 1: Miami maybe not quite as good as the record. I

706
00:34:40,719 --> 00:34:43,000
Speaker 1: don't know what to think about this Dolphins team yet.

707
00:34:43,040 --> 00:34:45,399
Speaker 1: I mean, we're only six weeks into the season and

708
00:34:46,120 --> 00:34:47,879
Speaker 1: they're one of those teams I don't have a feel

709
00:34:47,920 --> 00:34:50,200
Speaker 1: on whether they can be good or not. I think

710
00:34:50,280 --> 00:34:53,680
Speaker 1: this Buffalo team is again we saw it last week.

711
00:34:53,719 --> 00:34:56,200
Speaker 1: They're better than you think. I think they're pretty good defense.

712
00:34:56,520 --> 00:34:58,480
Speaker 1: That Lewis is good enough to win a game. I

713
00:34:58,800 --> 00:35:00,880
Speaker 1: believe that. So it wouldn't shot me if we end

714
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Speaker 1: up going O one five in this game. You know,

715
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Speaker 1: with that Lewis real quick, like they they spent all

716
00:35:05,280 --> 00:35:08,640
Speaker 1: summer coaching him and developing him, and I it's it's

717
00:35:08,680 --> 00:35:11,200
Speaker 1: just it's an interesting piece because they could have gone

718
00:35:11,239 --> 00:35:13,160
Speaker 1: out and gotten a veteran some guy off the street,

719
00:35:13,320 --> 00:35:15,280
Speaker 1: and they stuck with the guy off the practice squad,

720
00:35:15,280 --> 00:35:17,640
Speaker 1: which usually is a sign of complete disaster if you're

721
00:35:17,640 --> 00:35:19,640
Speaker 1: down to that guy. But you know what he I

722
00:35:19,640 --> 00:35:21,799
Speaker 1: thought he played real well last week for this for

723
00:35:21,920 --> 00:35:24,719
Speaker 1: what we thought he'd be right, but Kenny string that

724
00:35:24,800 --> 00:35:27,200
Speaker 1: together and make it more. He was competitive. I mean, yeah,

725
00:35:27,239 --> 00:35:28,839
Speaker 1: that's a fair question. We have to see. But I

726
00:35:28,840 --> 00:35:32,399
Speaker 1: I it's not a it's not a complete step down

727
00:35:32,440 --> 00:35:34,799
Speaker 1: scheme wise. They're able to do with him what they

728
00:35:34,840 --> 00:35:36,920
Speaker 1: did with Manual to some degree. They didn't let him

729
00:35:36,960 --> 00:35:39,160
Speaker 1: throw the ball until the Bengals went into prevent prevent

730
00:35:39,200 --> 00:35:42,719
Speaker 1: defense last week. They were extremely run heavy, until that

731
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Speaker 1: game got to be a two touchdown lead for the

732
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Speaker 1: Bengal But do you feel like he played above what

733
00:35:47,640 --> 00:35:50,160
Speaker 1: people would have thought would we get from Thad Lewis. Yes,

734
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Speaker 1: there was a major difference between him and Jeff Toole.

735
00:35:53,160 --> 00:35:56,200
Speaker 1: I thought so too. The Dolphins offense might not be

736
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Speaker 1: very good. I mean, I'm talking one of the ten

737
00:35:59,480 --> 00:36:02,600
Speaker 1: worst fences in the league. I think Tannehill for the

738
00:36:02,640 --> 00:36:05,160
Speaker 1: most part, has taken a step forward this year, but

739
00:36:05,239 --> 00:36:06,960
Speaker 1: it's not a good It's not a good offense. It

740
00:36:06,960 --> 00:36:09,359
Speaker 1: wouldn't surprise me to see the Bills hold them under

741
00:36:09,400 --> 00:36:12,120
Speaker 1: fifteen points. Well, and they're not protecting their quarterback. He's

742
00:36:12,120 --> 00:36:15,920
Speaker 1: getting killed. That's how long can that last? Before you know?

743
00:36:15,960 --> 00:36:19,440
Speaker 1: Disaster strikes in Tannehill's sideline. Alright, I'm not gonna get

744
00:36:19,480 --> 00:36:22,680
Speaker 1: two down on the Browns for losing at home last

745
00:36:22,680 --> 00:36:24,560
Speaker 1: week to the Lions. I mean, they'd won three games

746
00:36:24,560 --> 00:36:26,880
Speaker 1: in a row, asking four wins in a row with

747
00:36:26,920 --> 00:36:29,239
Speaker 1: the team led by Brandon Lead. It's tough. But now

748
00:36:29,280 --> 00:36:31,840
Speaker 1: they're in a situation where there are three and three,

749
00:36:32,040 --> 00:36:34,960
Speaker 1: they gotta go to Green Bay. It does not seem

750
00:36:34,960 --> 00:36:37,880
Speaker 1: to bode well, uh for the Pack, for the Browns

751
00:36:37,920 --> 00:36:40,520
Speaker 1: and then you have at the Chiefs the week after. So, Mark,

752
00:36:40,560 --> 00:36:44,359
Speaker 1: I ask you, is it is the dream already over?

753
00:36:44,840 --> 00:36:47,080
Speaker 1: I think there's a real problem because obviously, listen, we

754
00:36:47,120 --> 00:36:48,840
Speaker 1: don't need to go on with Wheed and we've discussed

755
00:36:48,840 --> 00:36:51,360
Speaker 1: them before. But one thing that looks real different between

756
00:36:51,440 --> 00:36:54,680
Speaker 1: him and Hoyer is that he's not finding Cameron until

757
00:36:55,239 --> 00:36:57,879
Speaker 1: late in the game and garbage time. The key here

758
00:36:57,920 --> 00:37:00,600
Speaker 1: for Cleveland is probably keeping it real close of the defense.

759
00:37:00,640 --> 00:37:02,840
Speaker 1: Green Bay's a much better running team in Cleveland's a

760
00:37:02,960 --> 00:37:05,880
Speaker 1: very good team. It's stopping the run and uh, you know,

761
00:37:05,920 --> 00:37:08,640
Speaker 1: green Bay's missing a few of their their players potentially,

762
00:37:08,920 --> 00:37:11,719
Speaker 1: But no, this there's nothing about this game that that

763
00:37:12,080 --> 00:37:15,960
Speaker 1: speaks positively for Cleveland winning. If Brown's had a quarterback,

764
00:37:16,040 --> 00:37:18,279
Speaker 1: the Packers would be right for the picking this week.

765
00:37:18,320 --> 00:37:21,160
Speaker 1: I think of those injuries, Greg and I noticed they

766
00:37:21,160 --> 00:37:25,120
Speaker 1: had some character named Andy Malumba playing outside linebacker. They

767
00:37:25,120 --> 00:37:29,440
Speaker 1: had Jamari Lattimore making plays at insign linebacker. Uh, Micah

768
00:37:29,480 --> 00:37:31,840
Speaker 1: Hyde played a good big role in their secondary. And

769
00:37:31,880 --> 00:37:34,560
Speaker 1: then on offense, if you look at if James Joe

770
00:37:34,680 --> 00:37:38,040
Speaker 1: doesn't play Ryandad cobbs out, McCarthy loves to run. He

771
00:37:38,120 --> 00:37:41,200
Speaker 1: runs more four and five wide receiver sets and anybody

772
00:37:41,200 --> 00:37:44,200
Speaker 1: in in the NFL. Second half last week they ran

773
00:37:44,320 --> 00:37:47,520
Speaker 1: one running back, two tight ends, two wide receivers. That

774
00:37:47,600 --> 00:37:49,359
Speaker 1: really cuts down on what he can do well. They

775
00:37:49,400 --> 00:37:51,919
Speaker 1: had problems with Jared Boykan. He made one play after

776
00:37:51,960 --> 00:37:55,440
Speaker 1: the catch, but he slowed down that offense and miscommunication

777
00:37:55,520 --> 00:37:58,200
Speaker 1: between him and Aaron Rodgers. They scored one touchdown last week.

778
00:37:58,239 --> 00:38:00,600
Speaker 1: And if if the Brown's defense, which is healthy, is

779
00:38:00,640 --> 00:38:02,439
Speaker 1: as good as we've said all year, and they get

780
00:38:02,440 --> 00:38:04,480
Speaker 1: back your boy j Boss seared. I know you're excited

781
00:38:04,520 --> 00:38:06,920
Speaker 1: about maybe their best pass fresher, they should be able

782
00:38:06,960 --> 00:38:08,560
Speaker 1: to stay in this game. I think it will be

783
00:38:08,640 --> 00:38:11,200
Speaker 1: one of these close games, but that it's gonna come

784
00:38:11,239 --> 00:38:13,800
Speaker 1: down to Weed and having to probably drive the team

785
00:38:14,280 --> 00:38:16,919
Speaker 1: late fourth quarter. And we haven't seen that. So until

786
00:38:16,960 --> 00:38:19,239
Speaker 1: we do, why should we believe that's something he's capable of.

787
00:38:21,360 --> 00:38:23,879
Speaker 1: And I think, and I will say this about Weed

788
00:38:23,920 --> 00:38:25,239
Speaker 1: and Mark, I want to ask you a question. Let's

789
00:38:25,280 --> 00:38:27,239
Speaker 1: say that we we stay the course, and we did

790
00:38:27,239 --> 00:38:30,239
Speaker 1: it eventually drifts away into the ether and he's looked

791
00:38:30,239 --> 00:38:33,520
Speaker 1: back as a disappointment. What will be the vision that

792
00:38:33,600 --> 00:38:36,640
Speaker 1: Browns have Brown's fans have Is it the caught under

793
00:38:36,640 --> 00:38:39,680
Speaker 1: the American flag and the season opener or the flip

794
00:38:39,719 --> 00:38:42,760
Speaker 1: pick on Sunday? What is what is his butt bumble?

795
00:38:43,120 --> 00:38:44,600
Speaker 1: I think it has to be that. I think that

796
00:38:44,920 --> 00:38:49,359
Speaker 1: the flick pick because you know, look the Hoyer thing,

797
00:38:49,360 --> 00:38:52,160
Speaker 1: and let's not elevate Horrier beyond what he is. But

798
00:38:52,200 --> 00:38:54,719
Speaker 1: he brought some hope to that team, and the contrast

799
00:38:54,840 --> 00:38:57,200
Speaker 1: between what he was and what Weeden was when he

800
00:38:57,239 --> 00:39:00,120
Speaker 1: came back is is rough for that fan base that

801
00:39:00,200 --> 00:39:02,960
Speaker 1: just gave a great idea for a handsas post at

802
00:39:03,000 --> 00:39:04,920
Speaker 1: the end of the year, like what was the but

803
00:39:05,160 --> 00:39:09,600
Speaker 1: fumble of the season? And then you go through, um, okay,

804
00:39:09,680 --> 00:39:15,560
Speaker 1: let's move forward West Kansas City Chiefs, the NFL surprise team, undefeated,

805
00:39:15,640 --> 00:39:19,719
Speaker 1: and now you have a desperate, text flailing Texans team

806
00:39:19,760 --> 00:39:22,120
Speaker 1: that has gone the skipped the t J Yates era,

807
00:39:22,200 --> 00:39:25,400
Speaker 1: went straight to the case keenom era. Uh, this doesn't

808
00:39:25,440 --> 00:39:28,400
Speaker 1: seem like it's gonna end well for Gary Kubiak. I

809
00:39:28,520 --> 00:39:32,840
Speaker 1: question the timing of this move. Uh. If case Keenum

810
00:39:32,880 --> 00:39:35,719
Speaker 1: can be an alternative to Matt shob you don't want

811
00:39:35,719 --> 00:39:37,799
Speaker 1: to throw him in there in a road game. One

812
00:39:37,800 --> 00:39:40,120
Speaker 1: of the hardest places to play in the NFL is

813
00:39:40,200 --> 00:39:42,959
Speaker 1: Kansas City against what we believe to be the best

814
00:39:43,000 --> 00:39:45,680
Speaker 1: defense in the NFL. They lead the NFL in so

815
00:39:45,719 --> 00:39:50,080
Speaker 1: many categories sacks, passes, defense, interceptions. This is gonna be

816
00:39:50,160 --> 00:39:52,279
Speaker 1: a tough matchup for him, and I think they do

817
00:39:52,360 --> 00:39:54,640
Speaker 1: need an alternative. They need a realistic alternative, the mat

818
00:39:54,719 --> 00:39:57,160
Speaker 1: shop in case he can't turn his season around. Trying

819
00:39:57,160 --> 00:39:59,480
Speaker 1: to win a game though, right don't we always get

820
00:39:59,520 --> 00:40:02,200
Speaker 1: on coach Is for being so conservative. This was kind

821
00:40:02,200 --> 00:40:04,200
Speaker 1: of a gutsy pick by him. I they're just trying

822
00:40:04,200 --> 00:40:07,080
Speaker 1: to win a game, right, he thinks Keenum is a guy. Yeah,

823
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Speaker 1: I can see that side of it, but I just

824
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Speaker 1: I would wait a week and put him in where

825
00:40:11,680 --> 00:40:13,640
Speaker 1: he has a chance. I don't think this gives him

826
00:40:13,640 --> 00:40:16,000
Speaker 1: a chance to build momentum of any kind. It's the

827
00:40:16,000 --> 00:40:18,080
Speaker 1: same reason Mark doesn't want to see Jason Campbell coming

828
00:40:18,080 --> 00:40:20,560
Speaker 1: against the Packers. Yeah, we talked about this. I see

829
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Speaker 1: what you're saying, Gregg. It's like, if you if you

830
00:40:21,920 --> 00:40:25,160
Speaker 1: really think cases the guy, why wait? And maybe that

831
00:40:25,239 --> 00:40:28,399
Speaker 1: plays out to be correct, but there's something to be said.

832
00:40:28,440 --> 00:40:31,040
Speaker 1: You got two backups, and if Yates is really not

833
00:40:31,200 --> 00:40:33,719
Speaker 1: the guy. It it almost he's not and he's not.

834
00:40:33,760 --> 00:40:35,400
Speaker 1: But we don't know if cases either. I just I

835
00:40:35,440 --> 00:40:38,080
Speaker 1: think Kansas City, we proved last week was a disastrous

836
00:40:38,120 --> 00:40:40,960
Speaker 1: set up for the visiting quarterback. I think it's the

837
00:40:41,200 --> 00:40:43,480
Speaker 1: most amazing thing to me is when you see that

838
00:40:43,560 --> 00:40:47,520
Speaker 1: case Keenum is starting in Kansas City, how quickly the

839
00:40:47,560 --> 00:40:51,160
Speaker 1: Texans franchise and how the season has devolved into total farce.

840
00:40:51,600 --> 00:40:53,680
Speaker 1: It's a you know, I I have that issue with

841
00:40:53,760 --> 00:40:55,680
Speaker 1: the radio station to Houston, and I said eight and eight.

842
00:40:56,920 --> 00:41:00,640
Speaker 1: That looks generous. Yeah, and it might end being generous.

843
00:41:00,640 --> 00:41:02,480
Speaker 1: I never saw this coming, Like, who could have seen

844
00:41:02,560 --> 00:41:05,640
Speaker 1: this season with this much talent on this team falling

845
00:41:05,840 --> 00:41:07,840
Speaker 1: apart by the end of October. Is one of the

846
00:41:07,880 --> 00:41:11,400
Speaker 1: best defenses in football going against Alex Smith. So they

847
00:41:11,480 --> 00:41:14,000
Speaker 1: got a chance. Let's not just pretend they have no

848
00:41:14,120 --> 00:41:16,880
Speaker 1: chance to win with one of the best defenses in

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Speaker 1: football against Alex Smith. One of the best defenses in football. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: they're like first in yardage against and like fourth lasting

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Speaker 1: points against. Well, almost half of those points are from

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Speaker 1: the offense. That's a good um. Alright, the our final

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Speaker 1: game mark we don't need to spend too much time

854
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Speaker 1: in this will will the Giants win? They're playing the

855
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Speaker 1: Vikings on Monday night? You know, look, I appreciate these

856
00:41:37,320 --> 00:41:40,520
Speaker 1: two teams because this looks like an utter stinker. But

857
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Speaker 1: what we get instead is Josh Freeman's first start storyline

858
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Speaker 1: right there, and we have Brandon Jacobs and Peyton Hillis

859
00:41:47,920 --> 00:41:49,960
Speaker 1: in the backfield of the Giants. I like it. It's

860
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Speaker 1: a fun game. I I'm interested to see the all unclesield.

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Speaker 1: My concern with Freeman is you game even a month

862
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Speaker 1: that he's not really gonna understand how to command and

863
00:42:00,000 --> 00:42:02,399
Speaker 1: other team's offense. I want to see him prove me wrong.

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Speaker 1: They have a pretty simple offense. Let's see if how

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Speaker 1: simple does it need to be for Freeming to run it.

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Speaker 1: I just I'm not I'm not sure what we're gonna

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Speaker 1: get with this guy is quickly after what he's been

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Speaker 1: through this season, It's an interesting game for him. What

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Speaker 1: happens with the Vikings trade. Adrian Peterson is one local

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Speaker 1: columnists hinted could happen or should happen? All bets are off,

871
00:42:22,840 --> 00:42:26,920
Speaker 1: then right, don't see that happen, will never ever ever happened?

872
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Speaker 1: This would be a great This is not a good

873
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Speaker 1: game like that. You know what I'm saying is it

874
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Speaker 1: is it is not a good game, but they've done

875
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Speaker 1: their best to give us something to be a reason

876
00:42:37,239 --> 00:42:39,920
Speaker 1: to tune in. I'm gonna watch it because I have to.

877
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Speaker 1: Maybe maybe the Vikings got the ball in Corderyl Patterson's

878
00:42:44,680 --> 00:42:46,359
Speaker 1: hands more than once a game, it would be even

879
00:42:46,360 --> 00:42:49,200
Speaker 1: more fun to watch. How do you think Greg Jennings

880
00:42:49,239 --> 00:42:51,000
Speaker 1: is feeling right now? I think he feels good about

881
00:42:51,000 --> 00:42:52,560
Speaker 1: the situation. Now. He's got a lot of money, please,

882
00:42:52,600 --> 00:42:54,480
Speaker 1: guy makes a ton of dough, probably lives in a

883
00:42:54,520 --> 00:42:58,560
Speaker 1: really nice house. Car that functions. They lost three defensive starters,

884
00:42:59,160 --> 00:43:06,080
Speaker 1: they got three. It is look at um, what were

885
00:43:06,080 --> 00:43:09,640
Speaker 1: you saying that Greg is actually gonna deal in facts

886
00:43:09,640 --> 00:43:13,200
Speaker 1: for a lot doing that? Um? All right? So that

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00:43:13,200 --> 00:43:16,760
Speaker 1: that is week seven. Uh so we will be back

888
00:43:17,200 --> 00:43:20,160
Speaker 1: on Sunday. We will recap all of the games and

889
00:43:20,200 --> 00:43:23,200
Speaker 1: that will be fun. Cam Ridge behind the Glass, how

890
00:43:23,239 --> 00:43:25,239
Speaker 1: are we coming on? We got some people interested in

891
00:43:25,320 --> 00:43:27,719
Speaker 1: winning West's toaster next week? We do. We have a

892
00:43:27,719 --> 00:43:30,440
Speaker 1: little bit of a lineup people are waiting, so that

893
00:43:30,520 --> 00:43:38,080
Speaker 1: segments definitely coming on Wednesday. Wow, that was weird. We

894
00:43:38,120 --> 00:43:41,360
Speaker 1: also have the great Greg Cosel from NFL Films on

895
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Speaker 1: that show, So it's a that's a bag is a stud.

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Speaker 1: Did you ever think you'd see that day when Greg

897
00:43:48,239 --> 00:43:51,360
Speaker 1: Coast got upstaged by a toaster? No, I don't think anybody.

898
00:43:51,480 --> 00:43:54,360
Speaker 1: I'm not sure he has been upstage yet. Um it

899
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Speaker 1: was fighting work. A couple of bits of housekeeping. You

900
00:43:56,440 --> 00:43:58,960
Speaker 1: can see all of our picks, as Greg alluded to

901
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Speaker 1: either on the Pick and Paige, but we say go

902
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Speaker 1: to the Around the League blog check out um our

903
00:44:04,320 --> 00:44:05,960
Speaker 1: our piece that we have where we have all the

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Speaker 1: breakdown of the picks and the standings. Uh a few

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Speaker 1: other things. The uh my end around column will be

906
00:44:11,880 --> 00:44:15,920
Speaker 1: up on today Friday. Mark did a great game rewind

907
00:44:15,960 --> 00:44:20,239
Speaker 1: piece that I really enjoyed about Tom Brady's comeback and

908
00:44:20,520 --> 00:44:23,120
Speaker 1: the Ravens defense. Is that correct? Yeah, it's so clear

909
00:44:23,160 --> 00:44:27,840
Speaker 1: that you read it. I really liked it. Wes, you

910
00:44:27,920 --> 00:44:31,120
Speaker 1: did a piece on the top rookies so far this year.

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Speaker 1: There was we have a report internal report that a

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Speaker 1: general manager in the NFL approved of it, so that's good. Yes,

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Speaker 1: he told me to watch one of his players, in

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Speaker 1: particular to add him to the list for the next

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Speaker 1: time I do it. But it seemed to go over

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Speaker 1: well with him. And this is the same GM that

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Speaker 1: does not like Mark Sessler. Mark reportedly that's true, or

918
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Speaker 1: at least I angered him. Maybe at this point he's

919
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Speaker 1: a little bit more in favor of my work, but

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Speaker 1: I'm not sure of that. And uh, Mark and Greg,

921
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Speaker 1: you have your m v P forecast. Is that going

922
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Speaker 1: to be a weekly exercise? It is a weekly exercise.

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Speaker 1: It at Honors Watch. I like that even better. I

924
00:45:10,840 --> 00:45:12,880
Speaker 1: wonder if they're gonna get Baldwin again this year. That

925
00:45:12,960 --> 00:45:15,960
Speaker 1: was great they locked him up again. I think that's official.

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Speaker 1: I guess he's available now that thirty rocks over um.

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Speaker 1: All right, so that is it for the show. We

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Speaker 1: will be back Sunday. This is Dan Hansis signing off

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Speaker 1: for the Mailman, the Sizzler, the Boss, Cabridge behind the Glass,

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Speaker 1: and of course Lile the Intern until summer. This Friday

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Speaker 1: the National Day to Seduce. Yeah, it always is always

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Speaker 1: thought that was Saturday. A lot of people think Saturday,

933
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Speaker 1: but they're wrong. If I had a girl in my life,

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Speaker 1: I'd be able to pull off the seduction. Maybe you're

935
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Speaker 1: just rusty. Maybe the reason why you don't have a

936
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Speaker 1: growing your lips because you forgot that Friday is the day.

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Speaker 1: Now everything is good