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Speaker 1: You're listening to Fox Sports Radio.

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Speaker 2: I'm welcome, welcome into the last Fox Football Saturday of

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Speaker 2: twenty twenty five. I'm Carmon Vitali. That's Tracy Sandler, and

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Speaker 2: I can't believe I'm saying that, Like, where did this

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Speaker 2: year go?

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Speaker 1: Tracy?

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Speaker 3: It's an excellent, excellent question, because it does feel like

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Speaker 3: we were just doing this in January and welcoming people

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Speaker 3: to the first Fox Football s already of twenty twenty five.

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Speaker 3: So it's kind of crazy. This year has flown by.

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Speaker 1: I know it really has.

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Speaker 2: Having a weekly show really just kind of like, you know,

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Speaker 2: it demarketes every single week, and you know it documents

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Speaker 2: the passage of time very well.

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Speaker 1: How are your holidays? What did you get? What?

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Speaker 2: What was what were the what were the fun gifts,

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Speaker 2: the fun things, the fun happenings.

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Speaker 3: The holidays have been wonderful. What are some of the

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Speaker 3: fun gifts? Got a beautiful bear of earrings that was

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Speaker 3: very exciting, A gorgeous scarf, so that was fun. And

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Speaker 3: then a gift for everybody was my dog's in Christmas

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Speaker 3: sweaters on Instagram and oh you all welcome for.

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Speaker 1: I was going to say that was that was quite

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Speaker 1: the gift. Thank you so.

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Speaker 3: Much for that welcome. What did you get?

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Speaker 1: What did I get?

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Speaker 2: I got some I like, I got some fun little things.

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Speaker 2: I told my fiance to not get me anything this

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Speaker 2: year because we're going to Europe in February and I

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Speaker 2: would rather buy me something there.

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Speaker 3: It's fair, totally fair.

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Speaker 1: But his mom actually quilt.

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Speaker 2: She's a big quilter, and she quilted me a Harry

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Speaker 2: Potter quilt, which is know me, you know that, I am.

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Speaker 1: Literally obsessed I did.

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Speaker 2: I was in the middle of my full like rewatch

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Speaker 2: because at this time of year, I always do a

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Speaker 2: rewatch of all eight movies and right before I got

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Speaker 2: to my life, like I didn't get to the last

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Speaker 2: movie until the day after Christmas, but it was underneath

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Speaker 2: the Harry Potter quilt. So shout out to my mother

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Speaker 2: in law because she's her almost mother in law.

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Speaker 1: But it was it was amazing. I like I cried.

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Speaker 2: I was just like this is you know, like if

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Speaker 2: it's a gift, especially that like someone put a lot

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Speaker 2: of effort into, whether that's thought or like physical effort,

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Speaker 2: like this quilt took her months.

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Speaker 3: It's amazing, Like that's incredible, and that is so thoughtful. Yes,

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Speaker 3: you're right. Months ago she had to decide to do this. Well,

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Speaker 3: that's amazing. Could you please pose a photo of that?

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Speaker 1: I will.

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Speaker 2: I will because it deserves its shine, for sure, because

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Speaker 2: it's it's very impressive. But I hope everybody out there

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Speaker 2: has also had good holidays so far. I mean they're

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Speaker 2: not over yet. We still have to ring in the

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Speaker 2: new year. I'm in the camp that most of the

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Speaker 2: time I think New Year's is overrated. But I do

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Speaker 2: like house parties or we are infamous for like the

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Speaker 2: ten thirty dinner reservation.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, the best way to do it.

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Speaker 2: You do like a champagne toast as you're getting like dessert,

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Speaker 2: and then you're home by like twelve thirty and in

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Speaker 2: bed by one. It's I think that's the perfect way.

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Speaker 3: We're going to I agree, they'll. Last year, I went

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Speaker 3: with some friends there when this place they belong had

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Speaker 3: Year's through their eyes. And then I was asleep by

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Speaker 3: ten o'clock and that was amazing in itself.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, and then you just get to wake up to

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Speaker 1: a new year exactly.

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Speaker 3: I'm like, well, look at that, I've woken up early

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Speaker 3: on the new year. What a great start?

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Speaker 2: What that is that is? That's that's setting the tone. Well,

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Speaker 2: maybe maybe we'll do that, although who knows. You know,

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Speaker 3: Yes they do, we'll see.

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Speaker 2: some football stuff here. It is Fox Football Saturday, after all,

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Speaker 2: the last Fox Football Saturday of the year, and we

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Speaker 2: have maybe not as much mystery as to who's making

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Speaker 2: the playoffs like it looks like the playoffs are pretty

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Speaker 2: much going to be set here. But there is a

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Speaker 2: very interesting battle for the number one seed, specifically in

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Speaker 2: the NFC where three of the four teams that are

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Speaker 2: vying for the first for the top seed are in

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Speaker 2: the same division, and it happens to be the division

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Speaker 2: that you cover very closely. Yes, Tracy, because while the Seahawks,

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Speaker 2: currently with twelve and three record, are currently the number

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Speaker 2: the forty nine Ers are all within a game of

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Speaker 3: Well, the Bears thing is funny because the forty nine

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Speaker 2: That's why like this isn't decided yet and won't be

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Speaker 3: Well, to give you an idea. I yesterday, for the

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Speaker 3: I don't know where they're going to play. They may

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Speaker 3: But yesterday I was like, I better book hotels in

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Speaker 2: The Athletics New York Times Playoff Simulator Seahawks forty seven

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Speaker 3: Well, the Rams have no one to blame but themselves.

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Speaker 3: So then the bears chances would jump dramatically obviously. Yeah, yeah,

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Speaker 2: Whole well, And what's interesting too about that NFC South

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Speaker 2: And I'd like, you know, for all the stuff that

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Speaker 2: in is. But as of right now, Seahawks the Bears

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Speaker 2: which I think would be amazing. I like, I kind

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Speaker 2: of don't want the Bears to get the first seed

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Speaker 2: then have to play the Packers in the first round.

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Speaker 3: I know I'm gonna be honest. I don't have a

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Speaker 3: real dog in that fight between the Fars and the Packers.

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Speaker 3: I don't know if my heart can take another Bearstackers game.

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Speaker 3: And I've all been weird. They've all been weird. I

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Speaker 3: the Bear swim because of Colston Loveland, so I care

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Speaker 3: for that. But I just guess they're not a mich

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Speaker 3: on the Packers. There is a Michigander, but there's not

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Speaker 3: a mission gander that is as close to my heart

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Speaker 3: as Colston Lovelan.

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Speaker 3: It Colston Lovelin. You know he's like a few steps

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Speaker 3: below JJ McCarthy, but not much. And that's saying something

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Speaker 3: I see.

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Speaker 1: Yes it is, Yes, it is number one.

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Speaker 2: I think you are probably the top JJ defender in

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Speaker 2: sports media one d.

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Speaker 3: There's literally no one else that comes even close. I

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Speaker 3: have actually been introduced to people as the president and

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Speaker 3: founding member of the JJANDLA. Yeah, and if anybody wants

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Speaker 3: to join, just let me know. I haven't had a

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Speaker 1: No, it's it's I like, I'm I.

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Speaker 2: I always root for maximum chaos, and I would, Yeah,

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Speaker 3: That throw by. That was amazing thing. It was.

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Speaker 2: So Christmas is over, So I suppose we don't have

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Speaker 1: Uh, that's that's happening. What are your New Year's plans? Trace? Well?

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Speaker 1: You're so prepared.

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Speaker 3: I pleasure preparation is. You know, what do they say

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Speaker 2: We are going to a house party this year. Shout

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Speaker 2: But my wonderful fiance has tickets to Fanom of the

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Speaker 3: I hope that for you too. I'd love the Nighters

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Speaker 1: Yeah, and you.

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Speaker 2: Could just like sit and watch football like everybody else

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Speaker 2: on Sunday. Yeah, that's wonderful. Those occasions are very rare

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Speaker 2: and real quick, I want to have a little bit

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Speaker 2: of a conversation because to me, the NFL MVP race

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Speaker 2: is between two, like there are two that I think

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Speaker 2: you could sell me on. Either one is, of course

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Speaker 2: Matthew Stafford. But recency bias, you know, didn't look so

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Speaker 2: hot a couple weeks ago.

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Speaker 1: Was that just that? Was that? Was that just last Thursday?

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Speaker 3: Yes? Just last Thursday?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, okay, so yeah, that Thursday night game didn't look

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Speaker 2: so hot. And then it's Drake May of the New

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Speaker 2: England Patriots, second year quarterback, and I give the edge,

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Speaker 2: I think to Drake May for one very specific reason.

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Speaker 2: So like I love all of like the nerdy advanced metrics,

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Speaker 2: right like like the EPA per drop back is something

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Speaker 2: that I weigh very heavily when I'm looking at actual performance.

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Speaker 1: And it's a three way.

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Speaker 2: Tie at the top of the league for EPA per

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Speaker 2: drop back between Matthew Stafford, Jordan Love and Drake May. However,

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Speaker 2: Drake May has faced a significantly higher pressure percentage than

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Speaker 2: either of the other two, especially Matthew Stafford, Drake May

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Speaker 2: thirty eight point six quarterback pressure rate, and so he's

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Speaker 2: on thirty eight point six percent of his dropbacks he's

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Speaker 2: facing pressure, whereas Matthew Stafford only twenty seven percent. Drake

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Speaker 2: May has suffered forty six sacks, Matthew Stafford just nineteen.

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Speaker 2: Oh Wowrake May is essentially putting up the similar numbers.

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Speaker 2: He's got a better completion percentage two than Matthew Stafford does,

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Speaker 2: while he's still facing a lot more pressure than Matthew

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Speaker 2: Stafford is.

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Speaker 1: So for that reason, I go, Drake May.

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Speaker 3: I have a wrinkle, and it won't happen because it's

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Speaker 3: it's a quarterback's award now, and I think this person

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Speaker 3: will win Comeback Player of the Year. But I would

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Speaker 3: make a case for Christian mccaffe for you, because you

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Speaker 3: look at the forty nine ers and everything they've gone through.

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Speaker 3: They're they're not going for the number one seed without

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Speaker 3: Christian McAffrey. They're going nowhere fast without Christian McCaffrey. And

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Speaker 3: so I think that makes him MVP of the team.

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Speaker 3: Like I said, I think he'll get Comeback Player of

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Speaker 3: the Year. The numbers are not the same as they

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Speaker 3: were when he was Offensive Player of the Year a

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Speaker 3: couple of years ago. But I think if you're looking

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Speaker 3: at a most Valuable player, he literally has taken this

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Speaker 3: team and put him on his back, and he's been

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Speaker 3: the one constant really truly of all of the stars,

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Speaker 3: of all of the players, not even just the stars.

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Speaker 3: He has been the one constant of the entire season

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Speaker 3: in the pass, the game, in the running game, and

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Speaker 3: they're nowhere without him. So if it was going to

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Speaker 3: go to somebody who's not a quarterback, I think Christian

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Speaker 3: McCaffrey deserves the sword.

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Speaker 2: I mean, that's a whole other conversation that we can

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Speaker 2: talk at nauseum about about how, yes, like the MVP

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Speaker 2: should just.

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Speaker 1: Be the quarterback, like the best quarterback.

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Speaker 2: Ye now, like, don't call it MVP because no one

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Speaker 2: ever gets consideration. I think the case for Christian McCaffrey

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Speaker 2: is proof of that, where if you're talking most valuable player,

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Speaker 2: who has meant more to their team than Christian McCaffrey

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Speaker 2: has to this year's forty nine ers, and I think

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Speaker 2: that's a short list, and he should be on the

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Speaker 2: short list of MVP candidates, But it is in fact

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Speaker 2: a quarterback award.

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Speaker 1: Real quick.

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Speaker 7: You guys are thinking about Stafford's game in Carolina, right,

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Speaker 7: not his game against the Seahawks. Oh, because his last

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Speaker 7: game was out against the Seahawks. I personally, I think

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Speaker 7: he won the MVP in that game because he threw

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Speaker 7: for four and fifty seven yards. Yeah, and a year ago,

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Speaker 7: the Rams would have won that game because they scored

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Speaker 7: in overtime. Yeah. I was just I was just like, okay, wait,

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Speaker 7: hold on, Yeah, the Carolina game was bad. That Carolina

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Speaker 7: game was really bad.

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Speaker 3: But it was really it was. And it's that the

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Speaker 3: Thursday game a week and a half ago literally feels

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Speaker 3: like it was six weeks ago with the holidays, with

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Speaker 3: the holiday everything. But yeah, no, you're right, the Carolina

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Speaker 3: game was really bad.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, that was what I was thinking of, and I

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Speaker 2: was I was conflating that they played Carolina on Thursday,

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Speaker 2: But no.

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Speaker 3: They played the Seahawks on Thursday.

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Speaker 2: They played and that was That was an insane game

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Speaker 2: between two of the teams that are vying for the

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Speaker 2: top seed in the NFC. And with that, why don't

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Speaker 2: we get an update break from Martin Wiss?

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Speaker 8: Got the Chargers in the Texans about to kick off

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Speaker 8: right now?

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Speaker 1: Come Oni, get Dall.

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Speaker 8: He's been a running the ball a ton for the

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Speaker 8: Los Angeles. He's gonna be inactive with a neck injury.

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Speaker 8: The Texans will be without They're both starting tackles. Arianta

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Speaker 8: Irsay was a late scratch here. The Raiders plays defensive

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Speaker 8: end Max Crosby on injured reserve. In the Pop Tart

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Speaker 8: Bowl BYU and Georgia Tech gets seven a piece with

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Speaker 8: eleven minutes left in the first half. And the Fenway Bowl,

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Speaker 8: Army leads Yukon twenty seven to ten, twenty one to ten,

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Speaker 8: I'm Sorry, twenty one to ten. Pen Straight Bowl Penn

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Speaker 8: State b Clemson twenty two to ten, both teams finishing

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Speaker 8: the season with a seven and six record. Neither one

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Speaker 8: of those teams expected to have six losses when this

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Speaker 8: season started. East Carolina be Pittsburgh twenty three to seventeen.

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Speaker 8: In the Military Bowl. Milik Willis is starting tonight for

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Speaker 8: the Packers. Jordan Love is gonna be out with the concussion.

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Speaker 8: Ravens have to win tonight keep their playoffs hopes alive,

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Speaker 8: and Devontae Adams doubtful to play Monday night for the Rams.

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Speaker 8: As we watch CJ. Stroud in the Houston Texans offense.

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Speaker 8: Take the field of Sofi Stadium, Texans ball first if

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Speaker 8: they received the opening kickoff first and ten with fourteen

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Speaker 8: minutes left in the first quarter. Ladies, back to you guys.

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Speaker 1: Thank you so much, Martin, thank you.

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Speaker 2: We We are waiting on our guests, which if you

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Speaker 2: need me to, I can just go over to the

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Speaker 2: living room and tell him turn his phone off of

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Speaker 2: do not disturb. But I want to talk more about

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Speaker 2: the playoff pickture. I want to talk more about just

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Speaker 2: the NFC and especially I mean, but we'll get to

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Speaker 2: some of the AFC implications as well, because, like.

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Speaker 1: Martin said, the Ravens need this.

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Speaker 2: To keep their playoff hopes alive and the Packer it

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Speaker 2: would basically solidify the wild It would solidify the wildcard

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Speaker 2: then for the Packers if they were to lose this game,

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Speaker 2: so the Packers have something to play for, the Ravens

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Speaker 2: have something to play for. It is It's like we

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Speaker 2: talked a lot about the NFC, but the AFC is

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Speaker 2: just is right there, Yes.

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Speaker 3: It is? It is it just the I cannot I

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Speaker 3: cannot remember a season, a recent memory where it was

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Speaker 3: this coming down to the wire and who's going to

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Speaker 3: be seated where And I looked at the playoff scenarios

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Speaker 3: for the week and I can't begin to tell you

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Speaker 3: how many things said win plus a loss or a

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Speaker 3: tie or this or that. And it's been uh, it's

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Speaker 3: exciting though, it's been fun.

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Speaker 1: To watch it.

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Speaker 2: All Right, I'm being told that we our guest is ready.

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Speaker 2: It is none other then Dave Hellman of.

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Speaker 1: The Athletic Football Show.

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Speaker 2: Uh, The Athletic Football Show actually will be doing a

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Speaker 2: live show uh January seventh, so shameless plug. If you

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Speaker 9: Hi, Hey, guys, thanks for the plug. Good to be here.

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Speaker 1: Joining us, Thanks for joinings.

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Speaker 2: We have spent a lot of time talking about kind

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Speaker 2: of the NFCS, the seeding in the NFC playoffs, Like,

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Speaker 2: while we pretty much know what the playoff field is,

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Speaker 2: we do not know the seting and it could vary

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Speaker 2: wildly over these next these last two weeks of the season.

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Speaker 2: But the AFC is interesting too, and the game that's

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Speaker 2: about to happen today means a lot for both teams.

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Speaker 2: When you talk about the Ravens need this win over

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Speaker 2: the Packers so they can stay in the AFC playoffs.

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Speaker 2: The Packers need this win if they want the opportunity

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Speaker 2: to host a wild card game rather than just be

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Speaker 2: the wildcard. If they lose this game, they will lock

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Speaker 2: in a wild card spot and have to go on

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Speaker 2: the road for the playoffs. So the AFC, though Broncos

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Speaker 2: they look like, are are they deserving of the top seed?

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Speaker 2: I mean it just I'm still the inconsistency with Bonex

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Speaker 2: is something.

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Speaker 9: Hey man, you can only be as consistent as the

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Speaker 9: league around you, and as frustrating as the Broncos can

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Speaker 9: be at times, and as unpleasant as their offense can

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Speaker 9: be to watch. It's just been that type of year

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Speaker 9: in the NFL. I mean, we've joked about it on

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Speaker 9: our Week seventeen preview on The Athletic Football Show, where

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Speaker 9: point me toward the teams that you can trust on

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Speaker 9: a weekend and week out basis, and I do. I

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Speaker 9: made the argument that they're all in the NFC West.

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Speaker 9: I mean, at this point, we know that the Rams

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Speaker 9: and Seahawks are really, really good. We know that the

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Speaker 9: forty nine Ers have one of the best offenses in

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Speaker 9: football and just an incredibly banged up defense. Those are,

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Speaker 9: for my money, those are the three most consistent teams

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Speaker 9: in the NFL. Everything else is kind of a week

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Speaker 9: to week crapshoot. So do I really buy the Broncos

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Speaker 9: as this juggernaut of a team. No, I do not,

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Speaker 9: but they have consistently gotten it done in a year

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Speaker 9: where that's kind of been the theme. Teams have not

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Speaker 9: been able to do that several teams that we came

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Speaker 9: into the year. I mean, it's fitting that the Packers

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Speaker 9: are playing the Ravens this week. I think those are

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Speaker 9: two of the thing remost popular Super Bowl picks this year,

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Speaker 9: and the Ravens season is on life support. It looks

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Speaker 9: like they're gonna be without Lamar Jackson in this game.

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Speaker 9: And obviously the Packers are in the playoffs, but nowhere

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Speaker 9: near as impressively as a lot of people expected. So

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Speaker 9: and Will they's just been that love for this game

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Speaker 9: and will not have Jordan Love. So it's it's just

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Speaker 9: been that type of year. And like I said, do

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Speaker 9: I buy the Broncos, Not really, But if I were

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Speaker 9: a Broncos fan, would I be thinking, why not us?

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Speaker 9: Like Who's who's the big bad boogeyman? In our way?

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Speaker 9: I don't blame them if they feel that way, because

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Speaker 9: I know we say this a lot in the NFL,

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Speaker 9: but it's really not that true, right Patrick Mahomes and

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Speaker 9: Tom Brady have accounted for the vast majority of the

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Speaker 9: Super Bowl trips coming from the AFC over the last

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Speaker 9: twenty years. But it feels as wide open right now

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Speaker 9: as it ever has. And if there's going to be

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Speaker 9: a year where you don't need to be a juggernaut

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Speaker 9: to reach the super Bowl, it kind of feels like

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Speaker 9: this might be the year.

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Speaker 3: I would love your opinion on the Philadelphia Eagles because

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Speaker 3: I don't buy them and I know right now they're

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Speaker 3: the three seed, and I just think I've been saying

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Speaker 3: this all year. I've been saying it often on the show.

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Speaker 3: I just think they're total frauds. But I'm saying that

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Speaker 3: are they gonna end up in the super Bowl?

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Speaker 9: The Eagles really hurt my feelings, Tracy, because I came

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Speaker 9: into the year thinking that they had a great shot

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Speaker 9: to repeat, and they were my pick to reach the

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Speaker 9: Super Bowl from the NFC. I thought they were going

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Speaker 9: to roll to thirteen fourteen, fifteen wins like they did

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Speaker 9: last year, and it just hasn't been the case, and

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Speaker 9: it's frustrating. I mean, I know the offensive line has

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Speaker 9: been banged up. Lane Johnson and Lane Dickerson have both

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Speaker 9: missed time, but I just I don't feel like that

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Speaker 9: should be enough to completely derail the offense the way

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Speaker 9: that it has been for so much of the year.

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Speaker 9: It's been really frustrating to watch, and I don't think

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Speaker 9: Kevin Pittulo is the sole reason why it's been so bad,

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Speaker 9: but certainly when the Eagles haven't hit a home run

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Speaker 9: with their oc higher we saw twenty three and we're

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Speaker 9: seeing now in twenty five, you see the effect that

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Speaker 9: it can have. And they're a frustrating team. But man,

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Speaker 9: that defense is fantastic, and that's what I'm looking at

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Speaker 9: when you're talking about making a run through the playoffs.

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Speaker 9: Jalen Carter's rounding back into good health as we creep

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Speaker 9: toward the very end of the year. So yeah, I mean,

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Speaker 9: if that defense comes to play and the Eagles can

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Speaker 9: hold their opposition to twenty three or fewer points, I

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Speaker 9: absolutely think that they can get this thing going. I'm

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Speaker 9: interested to see this Bills game because the Bills are

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Speaker 9: atrocious defending the run, and so I want to see it.

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Speaker 9: I want to see if the Eagles can get their

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Speaker 9: run game going and maybe sort of kickstart it as

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Speaker 9: they get towards the playoffs, because as frustrating as it's been,

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Speaker 9: I do kind of think that they could pull it off.

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Speaker 9: I don't feel confident about that, but I don't think

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Speaker 9: that I think that they're frauds.

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Speaker 1: I guess the Vibes are fraudulent.

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Speaker 3: I'll I'll tell you that much like es, and that's

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Speaker 3: what I think makes them frauds. But time will tell.

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Speaker 3: Because I also would not be the least fit surprise

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Speaker 3: at the end of the Super Bowl.

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Speaker 2: Yeah no, I mean they've got the experience too, but

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Speaker 2: I I want to go that. It leads really well

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Speaker 2: into the last thing I want to ask you about, Dave,

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Speaker 2: and it is the Buffalo Bills, because it very much

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Speaker 2: seems like all right, Chiefs are out, Ravens are on

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Speaker 2: life support, the like.

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Speaker 1: Their biggest toughest battles are kind of and and and

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Speaker 1: and and.

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Speaker 2: Rivals are out at this point, and it's very clear

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Speaker 2: that the Patriots are coming right back for that top

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Speaker 2: spot in the AFC for god knows how long. Because

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Speaker 2: if Drake May is already this good, I you know,

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Speaker 2: and you got Mike Rabel the defensive guy, Like, that's

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Speaker 2: just a recipe for success in my mind.

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Speaker 1: So the Bill's window.

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Speaker 2: Is now, and and with how Achrosius their run defense

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Speaker 2: is and some glaring holes in injuries, can they do it?

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Speaker 9: I'm not gonna I'm not gonna go as far as

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Speaker 9: to say I feel bad for Josh Allen because he

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Speaker 9: makes more money than God and he's starting a family

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Speaker 9: with Hailey Steinfeld that that seems like a pretty great

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Speaker 9: place to be. But the pressure that's going to be

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Speaker 9: on the Buffalo Bills as soon as the calendar flips

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Speaker 9: to January is not enviable because this is a flawed team.

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Speaker 9: Like the defense has been bad all year. There are

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Speaker 9: problems with it that I don't think you can tweak

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Speaker 9: enough to make it an incredibly viable unit. Like I

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Speaker 9: think you're going to be holding on for gear life

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Speaker 9: in the playoffs, hoping that the defense can get enough

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Speaker 9: stops or maybe generate some takeaways enough to give Josh

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Speaker 9: Allen a chance. But guess what, nobody wants to hear that,

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Speaker 9: because this is going to be this is going to

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Speaker 9: be an AFC playoffs devoid of the usual. Like I

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Speaker 9: said earlier, Boogeyman, I mean, Patrick Mahomes has been he's

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Speaker 9: been that guy for everybody. And on top of that,

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Speaker 9: not that Lamar Jackson has been the one ending the

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Speaker 9: Bills seasons. But that's another superstar quarterback who has the

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Speaker 9: ability to win a game on his own, who doesn't

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Speaker 9: look like he's going to be part of this thing.

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Speaker 9: It doesn't look right now like the Ravens are going

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Speaker 9: to make the playoffs. So who is it stopping the build?

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Speaker 9: I mean, are you talking about a first round matchup

747
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Speaker 9: in Pittsburgh where the Steelers have been very inconsistent and

748
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Speaker 9: very capable of laying eggs? Are you talking about rematching

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Speaker 9: with a new England team that you just beat a

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Speaker 9: couple weeks ago and scored thirty five points on. The

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Speaker 9: Bills had success against the Broncos in the playoffs last year.

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Speaker 9: So there's nobody in front of you that should scare you.

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Speaker 9: But you're probably gonna have to do it all on

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Speaker 9: the road as a wild card, and Josh Allen's gonna

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Speaker 9: have to do a ton of it without the help

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Speaker 9: of a strong defense, and like I said, nobody's gonna

757
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Speaker 9: feel sorry for him if he falls short. So I

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Speaker 9: think they can do it. But I think it's like

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Speaker 9: I said, it's a lot of pressure.

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Speaker 2: I just my selfishn My pick was Packers Bills in

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Speaker 2: the Super Bowl, so I want that to be true.

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Speaker 2: But Dave, thank you so much for joining us, for

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Speaker 2: giving us more into the playoff pixture and again live

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Speaker 2: show in Chicago Lincoln Hall.

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Speaker 1: The Athletic Football Show. Check it out if you're in town.

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Speaker 1: Thanks so much.

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Speaker 9: And anytime, guys after.

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Speaker 1: This, we have the dues and the don'ts of the week.

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Speaker 1: Stay tuned.

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Speaker 2: You're listening to Fox Football Saturday, Welcome Back and Fox

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Speaker 2: Football Saturday.

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Speaker 1: I'm common vitally.

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Speaker 2: That's Tracy Sandler guiding you through two hours of the

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Speaker 2: last football Fox Football Saturday of the year. Because as

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Speaker 2: we know, New Year's is this week, it will be

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Speaker 2: twenty twenty six the next time you hear our voices.

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Speaker 1: Just wild to.

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Speaker 3: Think about, Tracy, it is very wild.

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Speaker 1: Twenty twenty six just sounds so much later than twenty.

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Speaker 3: Twenty It does actually does up significantly later than it.

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Speaker 2: I'm a multiples of five person. Like, you know, people say, like,

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Speaker 2: are you an even or an odd number person? Like

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Speaker 2: I am the multiples of five person. So like, I'm

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Speaker 2: actually pretty sad that like twenty twenty five is going

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Speaker 2: to be gone because like that's that was just such.

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Speaker 1: It was two multiples of five.

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Speaker 3: Oh yeah, it was, you know, twenty five.

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Speaker 1: It's awesome. I just I don't know round it out.

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Speaker 3: Twenty thirty is just around the corner.

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Speaker 1: Oh god, I'm gonna be my forties, my them.

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Speaker 2: Anyway, we have our weekly segment and the last dues

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Speaker 2: and don'ts of the year right now, highlight d I.

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Speaker 7: Love that putting a spotlight on the don't the subject

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Speaker 7: brings me no joy. Don't do that.

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Speaker 1: That's insane.

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Speaker 4: It's time for the dues and the don'ts in sports.

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Speaker 2: Okay, Tracy, So I am going to give you the

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Speaker 2: honors of the last dues and don'ts of the year

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Speaker 2: because there is something very important.

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Speaker 3: That we need to talk about, very very important, something

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Speaker 3: I somehow just discovered this week. I'm going to take

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Speaker 3: you back real quick when Kayleb Williams was at Seed,

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Speaker 3: had a bad game and after the game, he said,

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Speaker 3: all I want to do is go home and watch

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Speaker 3: my shows and cuddle with my dog. With my dog,

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Speaker 3: which easily was the most relatable thing I've ever heard in.

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Speaker 1: My life from an NFL player.

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Speaker 3: Or maybe anyone frankly, but this week I discovered the dog.

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Speaker 3: And so the do is just feature your dog, showcase

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Speaker 3: your dog with his own Instagram, and really do it up.

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Speaker 3: Super Williams, who actually now might be my favorite bear

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Speaker 3: over Colson Lovelin, is amazing. His Instagram is amazing. I

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Speaker 3: like to think that it's Caleb doing this every day.

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Speaker 3: It just would make me happy. The captions are so great,

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Speaker 3: big week wrapping gifts for my uncles and watching film

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Speaker 3: with Dad. Not that I've been paying that close attention

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Speaker 3: to his Instagram account, but it's really fun. And dogs.

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Speaker 3: We love dogs. You have a dog, I have dogs,

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Speaker 3: and it's really fun. I think there's something very humanizing

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Speaker 3: in seeing these guys with their dogs doing the instagrams.

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Speaker 3: I saw Fernando Mendoza the other day did a whole

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Speaker 3: Instagram campaign with his dog, and it makes me happy.

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Speaker 1: Such a sweet human.

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Speaker 3: Such a sweet human, and I just love it. And

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Speaker 3: so my do really is do be Super Williams, do

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Speaker 3: be Caleb Williams showcase that dog and if anyone knows

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Speaker 3: that it's someone else running that account, that's not Kayleb Williams.

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Speaker 3: Please don't ever tell me that.

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Speaker 1: I don't I could.

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Speaker 2: I have a maybe I'll ask him about it, maybe

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Speaker 2: after this game, especially.

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Speaker 3: If they win, Yes, if they win, ask them about it.

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Speaker 3: Ask them about it and see what he says. But

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Speaker 3: if he says it's someone else, please don't.

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Speaker 1: Really, I will tell you. I will not tell you,

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Speaker 1: but I'll get to the bottle.

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Speaker 3: That would be my big thing.

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Speaker 1: It's very interesting.

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Speaker 2: I like, if you scroll back in the dog's instagram,

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Speaker 2: I'm going to have to do this too. Was he

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Speaker 2: watching film last year? Because that was that was a

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Speaker 2: whole thing that like, he didn't know what film to

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Speaker 2: watch because his coaches weren't telling him what to watch

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Speaker 2: and they weren't watching film with him. And this year

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Speaker 2: could not be more different. Caleb right liarly talks about

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Speaker 2: his film sessions with Ben Johnson's but that was not.

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Speaker 1: The case under Matty Berfy.

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Speaker 2: So I wonder if he's Super Williams is new to

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Speaker 2: the tape watching game.

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Speaker 1: Because Caleb wasn't doing it last year.

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Speaker 3: Well, on October seventh, twenty twenty four, he and Caleb

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Speaker 3: are watching something. I just can't tell you what it is,

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00:40:19,040 --> 00:40:21,839
Speaker 3: but they are watching something together as I scrolled back

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Speaker 3: through this history.

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Speaker 2: Okay, all right, Super Williams was also at the Wier.

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Speaker 1: Circle when they gave away free hot dogs.

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Speaker 2: Caleb wasn't there, but the dog wash.

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Speaker 1: That's amazing, so he went the dog went to see

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Speaker 1: the hot dogs. So all right, that was a great

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Speaker 1: first hour. Tracy.

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Speaker 2: We've got way more for you coming up, so don't

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Speaker 2: miss it. Stay tuned. You're listening to Fox Football Saturday.

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Speaker 2: Welcome back in to hour two of Fox Football Saturday.

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Speaker 2: I am carme Itally and that is Tracy Sandler, and

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Speaker 2: we are here guiding you through the last Saturday of

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Speaker 2: twenty and twenty five that we are.

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Speaker 3: That's when you put it that way, uns even kind

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Speaker 3: of crazier.

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Speaker 1: I know, I know it's the last Saturday.

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Speaker 2: So next time you hear our voices, it will in

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Speaker 2: fact be twenty twenty six. For the best pregames you

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Speaker 1: That reminds me I need to fill out my I.

893
00:42:11,160 --> 00:42:12,520
Speaker 3: Thought the exact same thing. I was like, oh, I

894
00:42:12,520 --> 00:42:13,480
Speaker 3: have to fill up the bracket.

895
00:42:13,640 --> 00:42:14,160
Speaker 1: Thank you for that.

896
00:42:14,360 --> 00:42:16,719
Speaker 2: Thank you for that, Tracy Justice for the pop Tart

897
00:42:16,760 --> 00:42:19,800
Speaker 2: Bowl because like we should add that to the CFB

898
00:42:20,920 --> 00:42:24,279
Speaker 2: Playoff Bowl list. I think pop Tarts should be in

899
00:42:24,400 --> 00:42:25,040
Speaker 2: rotation there.

900
00:42:25,160 --> 00:42:26,719
Speaker 3: I mean, they have sprinkles on the helmet, so I

901
00:42:26,719 --> 00:42:29,319
Speaker 3: feel like, just on its own, that should get them

902
00:42:29,320 --> 00:42:29,640
Speaker 3: in there.

903
00:42:29,680 --> 00:42:33,399
Speaker 2: It's just absolute chaos. It is a dream of mine

904
00:42:33,440 --> 00:42:35,479
Speaker 2: to cover the Pop Tart Bowl one of these years.

905
00:42:36,320 --> 00:42:37,759
Speaker 1: Nike. They got some crazy.

906
00:42:37,400 --> 00:42:39,840
Speaker 3: Swag bags too, I mean, oh yeah, someone posts it

907
00:42:39,880 --> 00:42:40,799
Speaker 3: like on TikTok.

908
00:42:40,480 --> 00:42:43,000
Speaker 1: Though, yeah, I think one of the one of the

909
00:42:43,120 --> 00:42:47,000
Speaker 1: Georgia tech linemen. I think, yeah yeah.

910
00:42:47,440 --> 00:42:50,160
Speaker 2: I like there was like a really plush robe in there,

911
00:42:50,239 --> 00:42:52,480
Speaker 2: and I was like, I'm such a big bathrobe person,

912
00:42:52,600 --> 00:42:56,400
Speaker 2: Like I love a good hotel robe, especially, so I'm

913
00:42:56,440 --> 00:42:59,120
Speaker 2: gonna need that pop Tarts. If you're listening some me,

914
00:42:59,160 --> 00:43:00,439
Speaker 2: one of those ropes be great.

915
00:43:00,600 --> 00:43:03,120
Speaker 3: If her birthday's coming up, My birthday is coming up,

916
00:43:03,120 --> 00:43:05,040
Speaker 3: You're so right, Yeah, you should get a robe.

917
00:43:05,960 --> 00:43:08,960
Speaker 2: When they dropped their cinnamon flavor, they were kind enough

918
00:43:09,000 --> 00:43:11,480
Speaker 2: to send me a gigantic box of cinnamon Flavor pop

919
00:43:11,480 --> 00:43:14,719
Speaker 2: Tarts that I was just handing out to everybody that

920
00:43:14,800 --> 00:43:16,560
Speaker 2: like anybody's wo whose house I went to, I just

921
00:43:16,560 --> 00:43:18,400
Speaker 2: like brought them a box of the cinnamon flavor pop

922
00:43:18,480 --> 00:43:20,200
Speaker 2: tarts because I was just like, I need these out.

923
00:43:20,080 --> 00:43:22,120
Speaker 1: Of my house. It was awesome. It was spreading the

924
00:43:22,120 --> 00:43:25,560
Speaker 1: good word. Well, let's get to.

925
00:43:25,560 --> 00:43:30,160
Speaker 2: Another game that you and I are the perfect people

926
00:43:30,200 --> 00:43:35,799
Speaker 2: to talk about, quite honestly, because this weekend is I

927
00:43:35,800 --> 00:43:38,160
Speaker 2: mean like Packers Ravens is going to be a great game,

928
00:43:38,239 --> 00:43:40,360
Speaker 2: and it means a lot. This game the Chargers Texans

929
00:43:40,360 --> 00:43:42,920
Speaker 2: does mean a lot as far as the Chargers chances

930
00:43:42,960 --> 00:43:45,719
Speaker 2: to host a playoff game or even stay in the

931
00:43:45,800 --> 00:43:48,200
Speaker 2: running for the number one seed in the AFC. But

932
00:43:49,400 --> 00:43:52,120
Speaker 2: I want to get to the Chicago Bears and the

933
00:43:52,120 --> 00:43:54,800
Speaker 2: San Francisco forty nine Ers because Tracy, you will be there.

934
00:43:54,920 --> 00:43:58,640
Speaker 2: I will, And you know the forty nine Ers better

935
00:43:58,680 --> 00:43:59,240
Speaker 2: than anybody.

936
00:43:59,360 --> 00:44:01,359
Speaker 1: I'd like to say that I know the Bears quite well.

937
00:44:01,600 --> 00:44:02,759
Speaker 3: I would agree you do.

938
00:44:03,200 --> 00:44:06,800
Speaker 2: And there were there was some fun stuff said this week.

939
00:44:07,880 --> 00:44:08,080
Speaker 1: You know.

940
00:44:08,120 --> 00:44:12,720
Speaker 2: Ben Johnson was just glowingly talking yesterday about Robert Salah

941
00:44:13,400 --> 00:44:16,520
Speaker 2: and this defense and how their play style is just

942
00:44:17,280 --> 00:44:21,000
Speaker 2: get as many of our shirts in the frame the

943
00:44:21,040 --> 00:44:23,040
Speaker 2: TV frame as possible at the end of a play.

944
00:44:23,080 --> 00:44:23,600
Speaker 1: And it's true.

945
00:44:23,640 --> 00:44:26,920
Speaker 2: I mean they just they swarmed the ball and you know,

946
00:44:27,160 --> 00:44:30,279
Speaker 2: give one hundred percent effort on every single and every

947
00:44:30,320 --> 00:44:32,040
Speaker 2: single guy is giving one hundred percent effort at all

948
00:44:32,040 --> 00:44:35,120
Speaker 2: the time, is what Ben Johnson said, and then talked

949
00:44:35,120 --> 00:44:37,520
Speaker 2: about how Kyle Shanahan is one of the best, if

950
00:44:37,520 --> 00:44:40,600
Speaker 2: not the best, offensive play callers in the league, but

951
00:44:40,719 --> 00:44:43,600
Speaker 2: did mention that this year their offense has been a

952
00:44:43,600 --> 00:44:47,520
Speaker 2: little bit more pass heavy than in years past, so

953
00:44:47,560 --> 00:44:49,000
Speaker 2: the Bears are going to have their work cut out

954
00:44:49,040 --> 00:44:51,719
Speaker 2: for them. I have had them losing this game for

955
00:44:51,719 --> 00:44:55,360
Speaker 2: a couple of weeks now, and that kind of that's

956
00:44:55,480 --> 00:44:57,440
Speaker 2: that screws with some things as far as like the

957
00:44:57,440 --> 00:44:58,080
Speaker 2: playoffs go.

958
00:44:58,280 --> 00:45:00,799
Speaker 1: M hm, I can.

959
00:45:00,880 --> 00:45:04,399
Speaker 2: I'm gonna pull up my handy dandy Athletic New York

960
00:45:04,440 --> 00:45:09,959
Speaker 2: Times playoff simulator. But if the Niners win, that takes

961
00:45:09,960 --> 00:45:12,200
Speaker 2: the Bears out of the running for the number one seed.

962
00:45:13,280 --> 00:45:15,759
Speaker 1: They could still very much host a wildcard.

963
00:45:15,239 --> 00:45:22,000
Speaker 2: Game, but they would then they like it's it's it

964
00:45:22,080 --> 00:45:24,759
Speaker 2: means a lot because these are the teams that are

965
00:45:24,760 --> 00:45:27,280
Speaker 2: all in the running for the top overall seed.

966
00:45:28,920 --> 00:45:31,799
Speaker 3: Do you think you're wanting your feeling that they're gonna

967
00:45:31,800 --> 00:45:34,760
Speaker 3: lose has anything to do with you wanting another matchup

968
00:45:34,800 --> 00:45:36,080
Speaker 3: between the Packers and the Bear.

969
00:45:36,400 --> 00:45:39,200
Speaker 2: No, because even before that, we realized that there was

970
00:45:39,239 --> 00:45:42,440
Speaker 2: like an actual, like real live probability of that happening.

971
00:45:42,640 --> 00:45:44,200
Speaker 2: I've been saying that the Bears are gonna lose this

972
00:45:44,239 --> 00:45:46,680
Speaker 2: because I've been, like everybody in Chicago has been trying

973
00:45:46,680 --> 00:45:50,880
Speaker 2: to map out the Bears like playoff chances, and then

974
00:45:50,920 --> 00:45:53,600
Speaker 2: once they clinched playoffs, it was like, okay, what's seeding chances?

975
00:45:53,640 --> 00:45:55,360
Speaker 2: So like they we've been doing this for weeks in

976
00:45:55,440 --> 00:45:58,960
Speaker 2: Chicago at this point, which is very interesting because it's

977
00:45:59,000 --> 00:46:02,640
Speaker 2: not something that we've been doing lately. It's usually at

978
00:46:02,640 --> 00:46:04,520
Speaker 2: this point of the year, you're talking about how many

979
00:46:04,560 --> 00:46:08,279
Speaker 2: games can you tank. We were in the Raiders position right

980
00:46:08,280 --> 00:46:10,880
Speaker 2: where like we want the number one overall pick in

981
00:46:10,920 --> 00:46:14,920
Speaker 2: the draft, and conversation has turned to the draft slash,

982
00:46:14,960 --> 00:46:17,920
Speaker 2: like what sweeping changes the Bears need to make? And

983
00:46:17,960 --> 00:46:20,160
Speaker 2: now this is this is really a new territory. So

984
00:46:20,160 --> 00:46:22,520
Speaker 2: the Bear, like Bears fans are no chill. They have

985
00:46:22,560 --> 00:46:24,880
Speaker 2: not had chill about any of this. We have been

986
00:46:24,920 --> 00:46:27,560
Speaker 2: talking about this for weeks and now it looks like

987
00:46:28,560 --> 00:46:31,520
Speaker 2: the Bear Adam schef to report it today and so

988
00:46:31,600 --> 00:46:34,720
Speaker 2: did a few others that Darnell right, the Bears right tackle,

989
00:46:35,600 --> 00:46:37,879
Speaker 2: is not was not on the team plane and did

990
00:46:37,920 --> 00:46:40,120
Speaker 2: not travel with the team, and his game status is

991
00:46:40,160 --> 00:46:43,680
Speaker 2: now questionable with an illness where And people are like, well,

992
00:46:43,719 --> 00:46:45,200
Speaker 2: isn't he out there if he didn't travel with the team,

993
00:46:45,239 --> 00:46:47,120
Speaker 2: And it's like, well, they could fly him out there

994
00:46:47,160 --> 00:46:51,640
Speaker 2: later privately, whatever and whatever tomorrow.

995
00:46:51,840 --> 00:46:56,400
Speaker 3: So right, so the mornings, I.

996
00:46:56,120 --> 00:46:59,920
Speaker 2: Personally, I mixed feelings about this because I want my

997
00:47:00,120 --> 00:47:04,480
Speaker 2: linemen like toxically tough, like I don't want them to

998
00:47:04,600 --> 00:47:07,359
Speaker 2: let anything stop them. So like I'm a little mad.

999
00:47:07,400 --> 00:47:10,080
Speaker 2: I'm a little miffed at Darnell right right now. I

1000
00:47:10,120 --> 00:47:11,799
Speaker 2: get it if you're like contagious, but like they've been

1001
00:47:11,800 --> 00:47:13,880
Speaker 2: dealing with this all week in the facility, like multiple

1002
00:47:13,920 --> 00:47:16,320
Speaker 2: guys like these illnesses have cropped up on the injury

1003
00:47:16,320 --> 00:47:19,480
Speaker 2: report all week for the Bears, and I'm just like,

1004
00:47:19,640 --> 00:47:22,640
Speaker 2: you're a football team. Illness is spread through football locker

1005
00:47:22,719 --> 00:47:25,120
Speaker 2: rooms like wildfire, and like the Game of Thrones wildfire,

1006
00:47:25,200 --> 00:47:26,440
Speaker 2: like not just normal wildfire.

1007
00:47:26,560 --> 00:47:27,560
Speaker 3: Yeah that's true, and.

1008
00:47:27,480 --> 00:47:30,719
Speaker 2: So like I like you you have the capability to

1009
00:47:30,760 --> 00:47:33,880
Speaker 2: be over this in like twenty four hours. So just

1010
00:47:33,960 --> 00:47:37,279
Speaker 2: go with the team and just get your ivs, like

1011
00:47:37,360 --> 00:47:39,840
Speaker 2: you know, pump yourself full of all of the medicine

1012
00:47:39,840 --> 00:47:41,880
Speaker 2: that you have access to because you have team doctors.

1013
00:47:42,320 --> 00:47:45,920
Speaker 2: Get some sleep as much as you possibly can. Like,

1014
00:47:46,560 --> 00:47:48,759
Speaker 2: I don't know, I'm a little miffed because I like,

1015
00:47:48,840 --> 00:47:52,480
Speaker 2: unless you're like hemorrhaging, I don't I think you should

1016
00:47:52,480 --> 00:47:53,280
Speaker 2: play as alignman.

1017
00:47:53,440 --> 00:47:55,239
Speaker 3: I don't know, and we well, we don't know what

1018
00:47:56,160 --> 00:47:57,120
Speaker 3: the illness is.

1019
00:47:57,200 --> 00:47:59,080
Speaker 1: It's true, I could feel really bad. It could be

1020
00:47:59,120 --> 00:48:00,399
Speaker 1: it could be something, but I don't.

1021
00:48:00,440 --> 00:48:02,359
Speaker 3: I mean, I don't think it's I think the fact

1022
00:48:02,360 --> 00:48:05,279
Speaker 3: that it's questionable means that it's not. It's probably some

1023
00:48:05,320 --> 00:48:07,319
Speaker 3: sort of flu. It's just a matter how bad is

1024
00:48:07,320 --> 00:48:09,319
Speaker 3: the flu, and that flu has been kind of going

1025
00:48:09,800 --> 00:48:13,840
Speaker 3: around all over the place. But I can understand I

1026
00:48:13,880 --> 00:48:16,080
Speaker 3: can understand you feeling that way. I will say Kyle

1027
00:48:16,120 --> 00:48:18,960
Speaker 3: Shanahan had really great things to say about Ben Johnson

1028
00:48:19,000 --> 00:48:22,840
Speaker 3: and Kayleb Williams. He thinks very very very highly of

1029
00:48:22,920 --> 00:48:26,360
Speaker 3: Kayleb Williams, as he should. It's interesting you think the

1030
00:48:26,400 --> 00:48:29,439
Speaker 3: Bears are going to lose because I've been going back

1031
00:48:29,480 --> 00:48:30,160
Speaker 3: and forth on this.

1032
00:48:30,280 --> 00:48:32,080
Speaker 2: Oh look, you and I talked about this a few

1033
00:48:32,080 --> 00:48:33,959
Speaker 2: weeks ago, and you were like, nah, I don't know.

1034
00:48:34,440 --> 00:48:37,040
Speaker 3: I don't know. You know, I have this weird thing.

1035
00:48:37,080 --> 00:48:38,600
Speaker 3: But now, the last time I kind of felt this

1036
00:48:38,680 --> 00:48:41,440
Speaker 3: way was before the fort Nitar's Christmas Night game against

1037
00:48:41,440 --> 00:48:43,960
Speaker 3: the Ravens. So take that for what it will, Okay,

1038
00:48:44,200 --> 00:48:49,080
Speaker 3: I all conventional wism says to me actually that the

1039
00:48:49,080 --> 00:48:52,600
Speaker 3: Bears should win this game, and because of the forty

1040
00:48:52,680 --> 00:48:55,320
Speaker 3: nine Ers defense, and I do think the Bears defense

1041
00:48:55,360 --> 00:48:57,360
Speaker 3: is better than what the forig Niters have seen the

1042
00:48:57,400 --> 00:48:59,440
Speaker 3: last several weeks. I don't think they're putting up forty

1043
00:48:59,440 --> 00:49:02,560
Speaker 3: some on Poe points on the Bears. That being said,

1044
00:49:02,840 --> 00:49:07,239
Speaker 3: I just can't see them losing. And that's not that's

1045
00:49:07,239 --> 00:49:10,759
Speaker 3: not analysis, that's not all of the stats, that's not

1046
00:49:10,840 --> 00:49:13,120
Speaker 3: everything I gleaned from the podium in the locker room

1047
00:49:13,120 --> 00:49:15,960
Speaker 3: this week. I just kind of can't see the forty

1048
00:49:16,040 --> 00:49:20,880
Speaker 3: nine ers losing this game, partly because I feel like

1049
00:49:20,920 --> 00:49:22,840
Speaker 3: they're set up to play the Seahawks for the division

1050
00:49:22,840 --> 00:49:24,799
Speaker 3: next week. But there's something that comes up in this

1051
00:49:24,840 --> 00:49:27,319
Speaker 3: conversation that I think is sort of interesting. Both of

1052
00:49:27,360 --> 00:49:29,400
Speaker 3: these teams have been called a team of destiny, and

1053
00:49:29,440 --> 00:49:32,160
Speaker 3: again that's not analysis x's and o's percentages any of

1054
00:49:32,200 --> 00:49:34,280
Speaker 3: the things. They can't both be at the Team of Destiny.

1055
00:49:34,800 --> 00:49:37,239
Speaker 3: And I thought Kayleb Williams had a good answer to that, Well,

1056
00:49:37,280 --> 00:49:40,600
Speaker 3: that's the thing with Destney. You don't know until the end,

1057
00:49:40,880 --> 00:49:43,560
Speaker 3: So I don't know this game, says.

1058
00:49:43,560 --> 00:49:45,920
Speaker 1: That was he he was cooking.

1059
00:49:45,239 --> 00:49:47,440
Speaker 3: He was everybody cooking with that one.

1060
00:49:47,719 --> 00:49:51,880
Speaker 2: I guess I kind of I had the beginning of

1061
00:49:53,200 --> 00:49:56,160
Speaker 2: like the what does that mean? Nobody knows what he means,

1062
00:49:56,200 --> 00:49:58,040
Speaker 2: but it's provocative, Like that was what was running in

1063
00:49:58,080 --> 00:49:59,680
Speaker 2: my head. That was in that press conference when he

1064
00:49:59,719 --> 00:50:02,040
Speaker 2: said that, Like in the back of my mind, I

1065
00:50:02,080 --> 00:50:02,520
Speaker 2: was just like.

1066
00:50:02,400 --> 00:50:03,200
Speaker 1: What does that mean?

1067
00:50:03,320 --> 00:50:05,839
Speaker 2: And then like nobody knows what it means, but it's provocative,

1068
00:50:05,840 --> 00:50:06,760
Speaker 2: And I feel like that.

1069
00:50:06,920 --> 00:50:09,080
Speaker 3: But I gets it. But he is right, because you

1070
00:50:09,120 --> 00:50:10,680
Speaker 3: don't know if you're like, if they go on to

1071
00:50:10,719 --> 00:50:13,000
Speaker 3: win the Super Bowl, they in real time, you don't

1072
00:50:13,040 --> 00:50:15,680
Speaker 3: know in real time, or they win tomorrow. But I

1073
00:50:16,120 --> 00:50:19,480
Speaker 3: just kind of can't see the forty nine ers losing

1074
00:50:19,520 --> 00:50:23,280
Speaker 3: this one. However, there's a wrinkle here. You have George

1075
00:50:23,360 --> 00:50:26,080
Speaker 3: Kittle's questionable and the fort Niners elevated tight end Brandon

1076
00:50:26,080 --> 00:50:28,960
Speaker 3: Willis from a practice squad about an hour or so ago,

1077
00:50:29,360 --> 00:50:33,239
Speaker 3: which doesn't bode particularly well for George Kittle being available

1078
00:50:33,400 --> 00:50:36,479
Speaker 3: tomorrow night. So it's definitely not He's not out for sure,

1079
00:50:36,520 --> 00:50:38,520
Speaker 3: but it doesn't bode well and I do think that

1080
00:50:38,680 --> 00:50:41,840
Speaker 3: will make a huge difference. They also have a questionable

1081
00:50:41,920 --> 00:50:45,359
Speaker 3: Ricky Piersoll whether or not he's available, how effective can

1082
00:50:45,440 --> 00:50:48,359
Speaker 3: he be after reaggravating that knee injury he missed last week,

1083
00:50:48,600 --> 00:50:51,480
Speaker 3: So there are some issues on the four hours offense

1084
00:50:51,600 --> 00:50:54,600
Speaker 3: injury wise. This is gonna be a tough game, and

1085
00:50:54,840 --> 00:50:57,319
Speaker 3: I don't know. The Bears defense is better than what

1086
00:50:57,400 --> 00:50:59,799
Speaker 3: I think the Fordners have seen. I just feel like

1087
00:50:59,800 --> 00:51:02,520
Speaker 3: they're set up to play the Seahawks next week for

1088
00:51:02,560 --> 00:51:05,480
Speaker 3: the division. Yeah, that being said, I wouldn't be the

1089
00:51:05,560 --> 00:51:07,480
Speaker 3: least bit surprised if we're in the fourth quarter with

1090
00:51:07,520 --> 00:51:09,640
Speaker 3: four minutes to go, the Bears down like I don't know,

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Speaker 3: ten nine, whatever, and then they come back to win it.

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Speaker 3: So the Furners defense is questionable at best. So there's

1093
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Speaker 3: that too.

1094
00:51:16,680 --> 00:51:18,399
Speaker 2: You know whose name I didn't hear when you went

1095
00:51:18,400 --> 00:51:20,120
Speaker 2: through the offense was Christian McCaffrey.

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Speaker 3: He will be there, and that's going to make you

1097
00:51:21,600 --> 00:51:22,200
Speaker 3: he will be there.

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Speaker 2: And I came across one of you know, my fun

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00:51:25,239 --> 00:51:27,600
Speaker 2: little matchup stats. I try to pick out something from

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00:51:27,600 --> 00:51:29,920
Speaker 2: each game where like, this is what I think is

1101
00:51:29,920 --> 00:51:31,680
Speaker 2: going to matter the most in this game, right? And

1102
00:51:31,719 --> 00:51:34,799
Speaker 2: I do think because Christian McCaffrey is responsible for such

1103
00:51:34,840 --> 00:51:38,160
Speaker 2: a disproportionate amount of the forty nine ers offense this season,

1104
00:51:38,680 --> 00:51:41,840
Speaker 2: how do the Bears match up and guys like t J.

1105
00:51:42,000 --> 00:51:45,360
Speaker 2: Edwards are limited, They're one of their middle linebackers, and

1106
00:51:45,719 --> 00:51:49,600
Speaker 2: they the Bears have faced just forty targets against running

1107
00:51:49,640 --> 00:51:51,920
Speaker 2: backs this season, so when Christian McCaffrey is coming out

1108
00:51:51,920 --> 00:51:54,799
Speaker 2: of the backfield catching the football, that is not something

1109
00:51:54,800 --> 00:51:57,040
Speaker 2: they've seen a whole lot of this year. And as

1110
00:51:57,080 --> 00:51:59,120
Speaker 2: a result, it means that they have allowed the eleventh

1111
00:51:59,120 --> 00:52:02,839
Speaker 2: fewest receptions and the eighth fewist yards, but really it's

1112
00:52:02,880 --> 00:52:05,759
Speaker 2: because they have a small sample size. And then conversely,

1113
00:52:06,239 --> 00:52:09,200
Speaker 2: they have allowed three touchdowns, which is tied for the

1114
00:52:09,200 --> 00:52:13,680
Speaker 2: third most. So they don't do they haven't seen it

1115
00:52:13,920 --> 00:52:16,960
Speaker 2: a whole lot, and they match up their running backs

1116
00:52:17,200 --> 00:52:21,480
Speaker 2: like with linebackers. That's usually how they match, and I

1117
00:52:21,520 --> 00:52:24,319
Speaker 2: don't think that that's really feasible as against a guy

1118
00:52:24,360 --> 00:52:26,440
Speaker 2: like Christian McCaffrey. I think that Christian McCaffrey, I think

1119
00:52:26,440 --> 00:52:29,200
Speaker 2: that's a mismatch. If you're putting the Bears mittal linebackers

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00:52:29,239 --> 00:52:31,759
Speaker 2: on Christian McCaffrey, that's not going to go well for

1121
00:52:31,800 --> 00:52:32,640
Speaker 2: you if you're Chicago.

1122
00:52:33,239 --> 00:52:35,719
Speaker 1: So that's what concerns me.

1123
00:52:35,800 --> 00:52:37,239
Speaker 2: That's what I think the game is going to come

1124
00:52:37,239 --> 00:52:39,960
Speaker 2: down to, is how effective you allow Christian McCaffrey to be.

1125
00:52:41,320 --> 00:52:43,839
Speaker 2: The Bears will be without Ramadunsday again this week, they

1126
00:52:43,960 --> 00:52:45,520
Speaker 2: do get Luther Burden.

1127
00:52:45,320 --> 00:52:47,960
Speaker 1: Back, and then we don't know.

1128
00:52:48,200 --> 00:52:50,279
Speaker 2: Like I said, they're right tackled Darnell Wright, who is

1129
00:52:50,360 --> 00:52:56,560
Speaker 2: arguably their best offensive lineman, could potentially not play, which

1130
00:52:56,560 --> 00:52:58,719
Speaker 2: again I just I don't feel great about.

1131
00:52:58,840 --> 00:53:03,480
Speaker 3: I'm like, hey, well, and no George Kittle does affect

1132
00:53:04,120 --> 00:53:06,319
Speaker 3: Christian McCaffrey for a couple of reasons. First of all,

1133
00:53:06,800 --> 00:53:09,640
Speaker 3: the run game really got going when George Kittle came

1134
00:53:09,680 --> 00:53:11,719
Speaker 3: back from his injury. If there's no George Kittle, we

1135
00:53:11,719 --> 00:53:12,560
Speaker 3: don't know for sure there's not it.

1136
00:53:14,120 --> 00:53:15,600
Speaker 1: But it also has in practice all week.

1137
00:53:15,600 --> 00:53:18,680
Speaker 3: He is not practice a week and so he's officially questionable.

1138
00:53:18,800 --> 00:53:22,480
Speaker 3: And Kyle Shanahan said yesterday in his media availability, he

1139
00:53:22,520 --> 00:53:25,160
Speaker 3: told us that George was going to let him know

1140
00:53:25,280 --> 00:53:28,640
Speaker 3: today kind of how he felt. So I'm thinking the

1141
00:53:28,680 --> 00:53:32,400
Speaker 3: elevation of Brandon Willis says a lot about how he felt.

1142
00:53:32,440 --> 00:53:34,759
Speaker 3: But it's a late game tomorrow. I mean that does

1143
00:53:34,800 --> 00:53:37,640
Speaker 3: help them. Actually it helps right as well then having

1144
00:53:37,640 --> 00:53:39,400
Speaker 3: the later game tomorrow, So it does make a difference.

1145
00:53:39,760 --> 00:53:42,400
Speaker 3: It's also one less person for a defense to pay

1146
00:53:42,440 --> 00:53:46,240
Speaker 3: attention to. Now to your point on the mismatch, Christian

1147
00:53:46,280 --> 00:53:48,440
Speaker 3: McCaffrey has ninety two receptions this year. That is a

1148
00:53:48,480 --> 00:53:50,520
Speaker 3: lot of receptions for running back to have, and.

1149
00:53:50,440 --> 00:53:53,320
Speaker 2: So he's like a hybrid receiver running back. That's always

1150
00:53:53,320 --> 00:53:55,680
Speaker 2: been his thing. That's always why, been why he is

1151
00:53:55,800 --> 00:54:00,920
Speaker 2: just one of the most productive offensive players when he's healthy, incredible, and.

1152
00:54:00,880 --> 00:54:03,160
Speaker 3: He's one hundred and fifty one receiving yards away from

1153
00:54:03,200 --> 00:54:06,360
Speaker 3: having a thousand, thousand yard season again, which is pretty amazing.

1154
00:54:06,480 --> 00:54:09,080
Speaker 3: But that's going to be a matchup to watch, and

1155
00:54:09,080 --> 00:54:12,160
Speaker 3: you're right, it's how goes Christian McCaffrey, how goes the

1156
00:54:12,160 --> 00:54:15,160
Speaker 3: forty nine ers so to speak, and how and obviously

1157
00:54:15,160 --> 00:54:17,480
Speaker 3: brock Perty has been in his bag. He has looked

1158
00:54:17,640 --> 00:54:21,279
Speaker 3: absolutely fantastic if he's rolling and he's cooking. I do

1159
00:54:21,440 --> 00:54:24,120
Speaker 3: think they're hard to beat. This is just going to

1160
00:54:24,200 --> 00:54:26,680
Speaker 3: be the toughest defense they've seen in a while. The

1161
00:54:26,719 --> 00:54:29,080
Speaker 3: Colt should have been the toughest defense, but they have

1162
00:54:29,280 --> 00:54:30,920
Speaker 3: so many injuries at saye more hojuries.

1163
00:54:30,960 --> 00:54:32,880
Speaker 2: I know it's going to be. This is not a

1164
00:54:32,920 --> 00:54:34,600
Speaker 2: team like the Bears. This is not a team that

1165
00:54:34,600 --> 00:54:37,400
Speaker 2: you can really come back from, right like if you're

1166
00:54:37,480 --> 00:54:40,640
Speaker 2: if you're down. I mean the Packers aren't either. But

1167
00:54:41,040 --> 00:54:42,879
Speaker 2: that was kind of weird because the Packers no longer

1168
00:54:42,880 --> 00:54:44,640
Speaker 2: have Michael Parsons. At that point, they had Jordan Love

1169
00:54:44,640 --> 00:54:46,080
Speaker 2: and the or they had Jordan Love out of the game,

1170
00:54:46,360 --> 00:54:49,000
Speaker 2: Milik Willis in the game, all of Milik will Is

1171
00:54:49,000 --> 00:54:52,680
Speaker 2: balled out and Jordan Love's absence. But like that, I

1172
00:54:52,680 --> 00:54:54,160
Speaker 2: don't want to live like that. And that's been my

1173
00:54:54,200 --> 00:54:56,520
Speaker 2: whole thing with the Bears this season is like, yeah,

1174
00:54:56,560 --> 00:54:59,520
Speaker 2: it's really clutch, it's also really stressful, and it's not

1175
00:54:59,560 --> 00:55:03,640
Speaker 2: gonna fly against better teams, especially teams that have the

1176
00:55:04,160 --> 00:55:08,080
Speaker 2: means to produce so much on offense, which is the

1177
00:55:08,120 --> 00:55:10,399
Speaker 2: forty nine Ers who have one of, if not the

1178
00:55:10,400 --> 00:55:12,440
Speaker 2: best offense is in the league, depending on what metrics

1179
00:55:12,520 --> 00:55:13,120
Speaker 2: you're going off.

1180
00:55:13,320 --> 00:55:15,640
Speaker 3: Yes, that's right, and there this they We've been saying

1181
00:55:15,640 --> 00:55:17,640
Speaker 3: this all year in George Kittle's been saying it. This

1182
00:55:17,760 --> 00:55:20,719
Speaker 3: offense is going to have to carry the team. And

1183
00:55:20,840 --> 00:55:23,040
Speaker 3: you know, can they continue to do it tomorrow against

1184
00:55:23,040 --> 00:55:24,799
Speaker 3: the Bears. That's going to be the key. They got

1185
00:55:24,800 --> 00:55:28,160
Speaker 3: two very tough games coming up. But I think tomorrow

1186
00:55:28,239 --> 00:55:32,560
Speaker 3: is going to be an interesting game. I I I

1187
00:55:32,600 --> 00:55:34,839
Speaker 3: think the forty nine Ers are going to win it,

1188
00:55:35,480 --> 00:55:37,120
Speaker 3: but I think it's going to be close. And it's

1189
00:55:37,120 --> 00:55:38,319
Speaker 3: not like the Bears are going to be like, well,

1190
00:55:38,320 --> 00:55:40,319
Speaker 3: that's so shocking. I didn't think that was going to happen.

1191
00:55:40,400 --> 00:55:42,279
Speaker 3: But I do think the four hours are going to

1192
00:55:42,320 --> 00:55:43,919
Speaker 3: win it. They're kind of they're just on a roll

1193
00:55:44,000 --> 00:55:47,319
Speaker 3: right now. They're home and they're hot.

1194
00:55:47,360 --> 00:55:48,680
Speaker 1: Ben Jaton said it, they're hot.

1195
00:55:48,719 --> 00:55:50,400
Speaker 3: They are hot, but then again, so are the Bears.

1196
00:55:50,840 --> 00:55:51,360
Speaker 1: It's true.

1197
00:55:51,600 --> 00:55:53,960
Speaker 2: But again and also again, these are two of the

1198
00:55:54,000 --> 00:55:55,640
Speaker 2: four teams that are vying for the number one seed

1199
00:55:55,680 --> 00:55:58,200
Speaker 2: in the NFC. So it's just it's a great matchup

1200
00:55:58,239 --> 00:56:01,520
Speaker 2: and it does mean a lot. And the Bears are

1201
00:56:01,520 --> 00:56:03,319
Speaker 2: the ones that have to travel, which I also think

1202
00:56:03,719 --> 00:56:05,640
Speaker 2: makes a difference. You know, a crossing a couple of

1203
00:56:05,640 --> 00:56:07,640
Speaker 2: time zones to get there, and then it being a

1204
00:56:07,680 --> 00:56:10,480
Speaker 2: later game. You know, by that point the Bears are

1205
00:56:10,520 --> 00:56:13,120
Speaker 2: going to be two hours ahead by their body clock

1206
00:56:13,200 --> 00:56:16,760
Speaker 2: and be tired, and that kind of stuff matters, especially

1207
00:56:16,760 --> 00:56:19,479
Speaker 2: when the margin for error is the small. So really

1208
00:56:19,560 --> 00:56:21,640
Speaker 2: excited that you're going to be there. Can't wait to

1209
00:56:21,719 --> 00:56:24,080
Speaker 2: hear all of the stuff that comes out of that game,

1210
00:56:24,680 --> 00:56:26,280
Speaker 2: you know, postgame and all that kind of stuff.

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00:56:27,080 --> 00:56:29,040
Speaker 1: We have more for you.

1212
00:56:29,200 --> 00:56:30,520
Speaker 2: On the other side of this, we're going to talk

1213
00:56:30,560 --> 00:56:33,359
Speaker 2: about another team in the AFC who is not in

1214
00:56:33,400 --> 00:56:38,520
Speaker 2: the playoffs but entering into potentially a rebuild without one

1215
00:56:38,560 --> 00:56:41,960
Speaker 2: of their Hall of Fame future Hall of Fame star players.

1216
00:56:42,760 --> 00:56:44,520
Speaker 2: I'm talking, of course, about the Kansas City Chiefs, and

1217
00:56:44,560 --> 00:56:45,759
Speaker 2: that's what we're going to talk about. On the other

1218
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1222
00:56:59,000 --> 00:57:01,640
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00:57:24,240 --> 00:57:28,320
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00:57:28,360 --> 00:57:31,720
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Speaker 1: And what is now vintage? I suppose the Chiefs dynasty.

1235
00:57:41,040 --> 00:57:43,480
Speaker 3: Tracy, Yeah, I think it's I think it's venta. I

1236
00:57:43,480 --> 00:57:46,000
Speaker 3: mean the NFL is cyclical, it is, and I think

1237
00:57:46,040 --> 00:57:48,680
Speaker 3: the cycle has and they have had a hag of

1238
00:57:48,720 --> 00:57:52,320
Speaker 3: a run. But I think the cycle has cycled. Is

1239
00:57:52,360 --> 00:57:54,800
Speaker 3: that the right term? I think the cycle has cycled, though,

1240
00:57:54,840 --> 00:57:56,280
Speaker 3: as we're seeing with the Patriots, it doesn't have to

1241
00:57:56,320 --> 00:57:58,280
Speaker 3: be that long till they get this back together. But

1242
00:57:59,000 --> 00:58:00,920
Speaker 3: I think the dynasty as we have known it the

1243
00:58:01,040 --> 00:58:03,040
Speaker 3: last several years is over.

1244
00:58:03,680 --> 00:58:07,680
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean Patrick Mahomes, Andy Reid still there, still

1245
00:58:07,720 --> 00:58:12,440
Speaker 2: not going anywhere as far as anybody's concerned. But if

1246
00:58:12,480 --> 00:58:14,480
Speaker 2: you're going to make the Chiefs into a trifecta, the

1247
00:58:14,920 --> 00:58:17,120
Speaker 2: third part of that trifecta is Travis Kelsey, who very

1248
00:58:17,200 --> 00:58:19,720
Speaker 2: much could be going somewhere and it's widely kind of

1249
00:58:19,760 --> 00:58:23,800
Speaker 2: thought that this will be his last season. I don't

1250
00:58:23,800 --> 00:58:26,560
Speaker 2: know if that's true. We don't know if that's that's true.

1251
00:58:26,560 --> 00:58:28,760
Speaker 2: I don't even know if Travis knows if that's true.

1252
00:58:28,840 --> 00:58:33,200
Speaker 2: He may not, but I mean, he has clearly set

1253
00:58:33,280 --> 00:58:37,880
Speaker 2: up set himself up for his post playing career. He

1254
00:58:37,920 --> 00:58:40,720
Speaker 2: already has the New Heights podcast with Jason who is

1255
00:58:40,880 --> 00:58:44,840
Speaker 2: already retired. Travis Kelsey also happens to be marrying one

1256
00:58:44,840 --> 00:58:47,200
Speaker 2: of the richest women in the world and certainly the

1257
00:58:47,200 --> 00:58:48,280
Speaker 2: most famous.

1258
00:58:48,440 --> 00:58:50,360
Speaker 1: In Taylor Swift.

1259
00:58:51,360 --> 00:58:54,520
Speaker 2: So you know, he could very easily call it a career.

1260
00:58:54,640 --> 00:58:57,640
Speaker 2: And I mean, it's just been Tracy has been so

1261
00:58:57,760 --> 00:59:00,120
Speaker 2: sad watching Travis Kelsey play without patri mua.

1262
00:59:00,480 --> 00:59:02,640
Speaker 3: Well, and I think it's been a little I'm going

1263
00:59:02,720 --> 00:59:04,280
Speaker 3: to take it a step further, and I don't mean

1264
00:59:04,320 --> 00:59:07,440
Speaker 3: it on kindly, it's been a little sad watching Travis

1265
00:59:07,520 --> 00:59:11,160
Speaker 3: Kelcey play. And he's had such a tremendous career and

1266
00:59:11,200 --> 00:59:13,720
Speaker 3: I saw someone said something the other day he can't

1267
00:59:13,720 --> 00:59:17,479
Speaker 3: go out like this. My feeling is, I actually think

1268
00:59:17,520 --> 00:59:19,400
Speaker 3: this is the time to go out. I don't think

1269
00:59:19,400 --> 00:59:23,160
Speaker 3: it's going to get better. And he has won multiple

1270
00:59:23,160 --> 00:59:25,160
Speaker 3: super Bowls, even though they got destroyed in the Super

1271
00:59:25,160 --> 00:59:27,280
Speaker 3: Bowl last year. He went to the Super Bowl last year.

1272
00:59:27,600 --> 00:59:30,600
Speaker 3: This season was a mess to me, that would be

1273
00:59:30,720 --> 00:59:34,040
Speaker 3: time to say. And that's again to me. And I

1274
00:59:34,080 --> 00:59:36,919
Speaker 3: know it's very, very difficult for professional athlete to retire.

1275
00:59:36,960 --> 00:59:38,920
Speaker 3: It's what they've done their whole lives, it's what they know.

1276
00:59:39,040 --> 00:59:41,520
Speaker 3: They have that competitive spirit. So there's a lot that's

1277
00:59:41,520 --> 00:59:43,400
Speaker 3: going to go into us into this that I am

1278
00:59:43,440 --> 00:59:45,520
Speaker 3: not feeling that Travis Kelty is feeling. But to me,

1279
00:59:45,600 --> 00:59:50,720
Speaker 3: it just feels like it is time to hang it up.

1280
00:59:50,760 --> 00:59:52,960
Speaker 3: As you said, he's got the New Heights podcasts, He'll

1281
00:59:53,000 --> 00:59:55,439
Speaker 3: I'm sure he'll end up on TV like his brother.

1282
00:59:55,440 --> 00:59:58,960
Speaker 3: I mean, he's a great personality. He's a lot going

1283
00:59:59,000 --> 01:00:03,680
Speaker 3: on in his life personally, but more than anything, he's

1284
01:00:03,760 --> 01:00:07,280
Speaker 3: not the player he was. And if I'm him, I'd

1285
01:00:07,400 --> 01:00:09,760
Speaker 3: rather go out at a time where you're what you're

1286
01:00:09,800 --> 01:00:12,160
Speaker 3: going to think about right now? With Travis Kelsey is

1287
01:00:12,280 --> 01:00:14,080
Speaker 3: the player he was and the player he's been, and

1288
01:00:14,120 --> 01:00:16,200
Speaker 3: how successful he's been in the Super Bowls. He's won

1289
01:00:16,560 --> 01:00:20,080
Speaker 3: another year like this and that starts to be what

1290
01:00:20,120 --> 01:00:22,200
Speaker 3: people It's not the only thing they'll remember, but it

1291
01:00:22,280 --> 01:00:26,160
Speaker 3: creeps in there, And I don't know for him, does

1292
01:00:26,200 --> 01:00:28,000
Speaker 3: he want to remember another season like that? Is that

1293
01:00:28,040 --> 01:00:29,320
Speaker 3: how he wants to go out?

1294
01:00:29,200 --> 01:00:31,120
Speaker 1: Well? And I'm also kind of like, what else is

1295
01:00:31,200 --> 01:00:31,800
Speaker 1: left to do? Man?

1296
01:00:32,000 --> 01:00:32,200
Speaker 3: Right?

1297
01:00:32,280 --> 01:00:36,240
Speaker 2: I mean the answer is to have repeated, But you

1298
01:00:36,360 --> 01:00:38,080
Speaker 2: had your chance to do that this last year it

1299
01:00:38,120 --> 01:00:40,160
Speaker 2: did not work out. What are you going to try

1300
01:00:40,200 --> 01:00:44,120
Speaker 2: and stick around for like after this year, three more

1301
01:00:44,200 --> 01:00:46,160
Speaker 2: years to try and do something that no one's ever

1302
01:00:46,200 --> 01:00:49,040
Speaker 2: done before? Like you've done all of the things that

1303
01:00:49,080 --> 01:00:53,880
Speaker 2: you possibly could do. You know, you did repeat before,

1304
01:00:54,040 --> 01:00:57,400
Speaker 2: like and you have won multiple Super Bowls, three of

1305
01:00:57,440 --> 01:01:01,200
Speaker 2: them in fact, and you are one of the like

1306
01:01:01,240 --> 01:01:04,160
Speaker 2: you're on You're in the top three all time as

1307
01:01:04,200 --> 01:01:08,280
Speaker 2: far as tight ends go. It's Tony Gonzalez, it's Rob Gronkowski,

1308
01:01:08,360 --> 01:01:11,440
Speaker 2: and it's you, my man, Like, there really isn't a

1309
01:01:11,440 --> 01:01:16,600
Speaker 2: whole lot else left to accomplish, especially in one season

1310
01:01:16,720 --> 01:01:22,240
Speaker 2: coming back, And I mean, you never know. Like Rob

1311
01:01:22,280 --> 01:01:25,040
Speaker 2: Gronkowski came out of retirement. I was there in Tampa

1312
01:01:25,080 --> 01:01:28,360
Speaker 2: when he did it, and that worked out real well

1313
01:01:28,400 --> 01:01:31,479
Speaker 2: for him. But at the end of the day, I mean,

1314
01:01:32,040 --> 01:01:35,360
Speaker 2: I just I don't know what else you have to accomplish.

1315
01:01:35,400 --> 01:01:39,240
Speaker 2: And it does seem like Kansas City is in for

1316
01:01:39,360 --> 01:01:44,520
Speaker 2: a rebuild, like starting next season, where this offseason in fact,

1317
01:01:44,560 --> 01:01:48,479
Speaker 2: where you are going to have to like your team's old.

1318
01:01:48,560 --> 01:01:49,960
Speaker 1: There's a lot of guys that are old.

1319
01:01:49,760 --> 01:01:51,560
Speaker 2: On that team, and you're gonna need to get younger,

1320
01:01:51,560 --> 01:01:53,760
Speaker 2: You're gonna need to get more cohesive. There's gonna be

1321
01:01:53,760 --> 01:01:56,000
Speaker 2: a lot of changes in Kansas City. And is that

1322
01:01:56,080 --> 01:01:59,080
Speaker 2: something you want to be around for if you are

1323
01:01:59,160 --> 01:01:59,800
Speaker 2: Travis Kelce?

1324
01:02:00,280 --> 01:02:02,880
Speaker 3: And do we know if Mahomes is ready for the

1325
01:02:02,880 --> 01:02:04,440
Speaker 3: start of the season next year, do you want to

1326
01:02:04,440 --> 01:02:06,560
Speaker 3: come back? You have three months where you're not playing

1327
01:02:06,560 --> 01:02:08,320
Speaker 3: with Patrick Mahomes.

1328
01:02:08,000 --> 01:02:11,000
Speaker 2: Right, I mean I would venture to say no. I mean,

1329
01:02:11,000 --> 01:02:12,480
Speaker 2: I don't know how much longer. But like you know,

1330
01:02:12,600 --> 01:02:14,360
Speaker 2: these are these are injuries that take over.

1331
01:02:14,360 --> 01:02:18,080
Speaker 3: They take a long time, and he towards exail late

1332
01:02:18,080 --> 01:02:21,360
Speaker 3: in the season, right, so that also will affect how soon.

1333
01:02:21,560 --> 01:02:24,400
Speaker 2: I mean you're talking a minimum of eight months, so

1334
01:02:24,480 --> 01:02:29,360
Speaker 2: that puts you into August at best, best case, he's

1335
01:02:29,440 --> 01:02:32,000
Speaker 2: ready for the start of the season, but that is

1336
01:02:33,360 --> 01:02:35,680
Speaker 2: it's more like ten months. And then are you the

1337
01:02:35,720 --> 01:02:38,400
Speaker 2: same player? Doesn't it take? Like every player that I've

1338
01:02:38,440 --> 01:02:41,880
Speaker 2: seen do this, it takes a little while. They're really

1339
01:02:41,920 --> 01:02:44,840
Speaker 2: not the same player they were until two years after

1340
01:02:44,960 --> 01:02:46,000
Speaker 2: the injury.

1341
01:02:45,640 --> 01:02:48,360
Speaker 1: Because it's just it takes. That's what it takes, you know.

1342
01:02:48,440 --> 01:02:50,200
Speaker 2: That's how long it takes to trust yourself and to

1343
01:02:50,240 --> 01:02:53,160
Speaker 2: build yourself back up, both mentally and physically. It's not

1344
01:02:53,280 --> 01:02:55,800
Speaker 2: it's a really really tough injury. And yeah, like, are

1345
01:02:55,840 --> 01:02:57,480
Speaker 2: you signing up for that? If your Travis Kelsey, I

1346
01:02:57,520 --> 01:02:57,720
Speaker 2: don't know.

1347
01:02:57,760 --> 01:03:01,360
Speaker 1: I don't think I would, especially when he's how old thirty?

1348
01:03:01,640 --> 01:03:04,480
Speaker 3: I think he's thirty six at the same agent.

1349
01:03:04,600 --> 01:03:06,560
Speaker 2: Yes, and then which is my age as well, So

1350
01:03:06,600 --> 01:03:09,760
Speaker 2: I'm like, listen, I crack a lot when I get

1351
01:03:09,800 --> 01:03:11,080
Speaker 2: out of bed in the morning, and I am not

1352
01:03:11,160 --> 01:03:14,600
Speaker 2: a professional athlete taking hits from guys that are ten

1353
01:03:14,680 --> 01:03:17,880
Speaker 2: years younger and one hundred pounds heavier than I am.

1354
01:03:18,240 --> 01:03:20,680
Speaker 2: Although Travis Kelcey is pretty hefty himself.

1355
01:03:21,400 --> 01:03:25,520
Speaker 3: Usually at this point, yes, you're exactly he's not a

1356
01:03:25,600 --> 01:03:27,880
Speaker 3: small man, but still still.

1357
01:03:27,640 --> 01:03:29,560
Speaker 2: It's they're hard hits and I'm not. I don't think

1358
01:03:29,600 --> 01:03:31,320
Speaker 2: I'm signing up for that at my big age.

1359
01:03:31,880 --> 01:03:33,080
Speaker 1: If I'm if I'm.

1360
01:03:32,960 --> 01:03:34,800
Speaker 3: Travis Kelcey, yeah that's fair.

1361
01:03:35,920 --> 01:03:38,200
Speaker 1: But what I am signing up for is an update

1362
01:03:38,240 --> 01:03:39,160
Speaker 1: break with Martin Wisse.

1363
01:03:43,800 --> 01:03:46,480
Speaker 8: I think it was Thanksgiving when was against the Cowboys,

1364
01:03:46,480 --> 01:03:49,040
Speaker 8: when Kelsey kind of landed on his head going to

1365
01:03:49,920 --> 01:03:52,000
Speaker 8: I had that exact thought. I said, I'm thirty six

1366
01:03:52,080 --> 01:03:55,600
Speaker 8: years old. I landed like that. There's no the chance

1367
01:03:55,640 --> 01:03:57,480
Speaker 8: I would get up and do what I just did

1368
01:03:57,520 --> 01:04:00,480
Speaker 8: again with zero absolutely.

1369
01:04:00,840 --> 01:04:02,280
Speaker 3: Right in the locker room, I would go.

1370
01:04:02,520 --> 01:04:04,480
Speaker 1: I would go straight to bed, is what I would do,

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01:04:05,720 --> 01:04:08,280
Speaker 1: and for for weeks I.

1372
01:04:08,280 --> 01:04:10,280
Speaker 2: Would I would pull like the Charlie and Chocolate factory

1373
01:04:10,280 --> 01:04:10,800
Speaker 2: of grandparents.

1374
01:04:10,880 --> 01:04:13,160
Speaker 1: I would stay in my bed right exactly.

1375
01:04:13,360 --> 01:04:16,560
Speaker 8: I will be here for indefinite notice, like do not

1376
01:04:16,640 --> 01:04:18,520
Speaker 8: call me, do not text, we do not bother.

1377
01:04:18,960 --> 01:04:22,680
Speaker 1: I will be in my bed because I mean my

1378
01:04:22,760 --> 01:04:23,200
Speaker 1: neck hurts.

1379
01:04:23,200 --> 01:04:24,800
Speaker 8: Will just get out of bed, That's.

1380
01:04:24,640 --> 01:04:25,080
Speaker 1: What I'm saying.

1381
01:04:25,520 --> 01:04:26,320
Speaker 3: Keep thinking about it.

1382
01:04:26,400 --> 01:04:27,800
Speaker 1: I was like, if I sleep.

1383
01:04:27,520 --> 01:04:30,080
Speaker 2: On my neck wrong, I'm in a men's pain for

1384
01:04:30,160 --> 01:04:34,920
Speaker 2: weeks like forget again hitting the turf, hitting another person,

1385
01:04:35,520 --> 01:04:37,840
Speaker 2: Like when was the last time you actually fell all

1386
01:04:37,880 --> 01:04:38,520
Speaker 2: the way down?

1387
01:04:39,320 --> 01:04:41,040
Speaker 3: Well, the day is young, but it's been a while

1388
01:04:42,400 --> 01:04:42,720
Speaker 3: it fell.

1389
01:04:43,120 --> 01:04:46,479
Speaker 1: Just falling down. It hurts, I'll say.

1390
01:04:46,520 --> 01:04:49,120
Speaker 8: At least you know what's after moving from the Midwest,

1391
01:04:49,200 --> 01:04:52,440
Speaker 8: probably about a solid eight years is in that snow

1392
01:04:52,480 --> 01:04:54,720
Speaker 8: and ice. I used to everything right.

1393
01:04:54,800 --> 01:04:56,720
Speaker 2: No, seriously and like I knock on what I haven't

1394
01:04:56,720 --> 01:04:59,680
Speaker 2: done it this season yet, but like winter is young.

1395
01:05:00,120 --> 01:05:01,560
Speaker 1: Friends, God bless you.

1396
01:05:01,600 --> 01:05:03,680
Speaker 8: I hope we'll see you his best and happy early.

1397
01:05:03,480 --> 01:05:04,680
Speaker 1: Birthday, thank you.

1398
01:05:04,960 --> 01:05:07,080
Speaker 8: Seven to fifteen left in the first half of the

1399
01:05:07,120 --> 01:05:09,560
Speaker 8: Texans and the Chargers has been all Texans, but we

1400
01:05:09,600 --> 01:05:12,360
Speaker 8: did just have a sudden change with Derwin James getting

1401
01:05:12,360 --> 01:05:14,120
Speaker 8: an interception off a tip ball from CJ.

1402
01:05:14,240 --> 01:05:14,640
Speaker 1: Stroud.

1403
01:05:14,640 --> 01:05:17,400
Speaker 8: But since, like I said, fourteen to nothing, the Texans

1404
01:05:17,480 --> 01:05:20,120
Speaker 8: over the Chargers right now, it's been slow so I

1405
01:05:20,120 --> 01:05:23,400
Speaker 8: mean Los Angeles only has fifty one total yards of ballfense.

1406
01:05:23,840 --> 01:05:24,160
Speaker 1: CJ.

1407
01:05:24,240 --> 01:05:26,400
Speaker 8: Stroud has one hundred and seventy eight yards passing, So

1408
01:05:26,440 --> 01:05:28,040
Speaker 8: that just goes to show you how this thing has

1409
01:05:28,080 --> 01:05:31,400
Speaker 8: been going. Two touchdown passes for CJ nine for fourteen

1410
01:05:31,480 --> 01:05:34,160
Speaker 8: from the field up from the field nine for fourteen,

1411
01:05:34,720 --> 01:05:37,120
Speaker 8: throwing the ball right there Houston with forty one yards

1412
01:05:37,200 --> 01:05:40,919
Speaker 8: rushing in the college football in the pop tar ball.

1413
01:05:41,000 --> 01:05:44,720
Speaker 8: Yet Georgia Tech and BYU right now at the half

1414
01:05:44,720 --> 01:05:46,439
Speaker 8: are coming out of it right coming out the half

1415
01:05:46,480 --> 01:05:49,600
Speaker 8: right now, twenty one to ten for Georgia Tech. The

1416
01:05:50,280 --> 01:05:54,040
Speaker 8: both of these teams obviously left out of the Georgia

1417
01:05:54,080 --> 01:05:55,600
Speaker 8: Tech was going to be out BYU, left out of

1418
01:05:55,600 --> 01:05:59,240
Speaker 8: the college football playoff. They're struggling right now, down eleven.

1419
01:05:59,320 --> 01:06:03,000
Speaker 8: In the Snoop Dogg Arizona Bowl, Miami of Ohio and

1420
01:06:03,000 --> 01:06:07,400
Speaker 8: Fresno State tied three a piece. I mean, you know,

1421
01:06:07,880 --> 01:06:12,720
Speaker 8: Snoop Dogg. He's everywhere halftime yesterday Arizona Bowl. Today, Penn

1422
01:06:12,760 --> 01:06:15,000
Speaker 8: State and Clemson had the pin Stroke Bowl twenty two

1423
01:06:15,080 --> 01:06:17,640
Speaker 8: to ten Penn State wins. Both of these teams finished

1424
01:06:17,640 --> 01:06:20,680
Speaker 8: with seven and six records. There's neither one of them

1425
01:06:20,680 --> 01:06:23,840
Speaker 8: expected that Jordan Love will miss tonight's game with the concussion.

1426
01:06:23,880 --> 01:06:27,280
Speaker 8: Malik Willis will start. The Ravens need to win against

1427
01:06:27,280 --> 01:06:30,120
Speaker 8: the Backers to keep playoff hopes alive. Ladies, back to you,

1428
01:06:30,520 --> 01:06:31,560
Speaker 8: thank you, Martin, thank you.

1429
01:06:32,320 --> 01:06:32,640
Speaker 1: Now.

1430
01:06:33,280 --> 01:06:36,640
Speaker 2: Last hour we had the athletic football shows Dave Hellman.

1431
01:06:37,280 --> 01:06:41,040
Speaker 2: Now we bring on a fellow athletic writer covers the

1432
01:06:41,080 --> 01:06:41,800
Speaker 2: forty nine ers.

1433
01:06:41,840 --> 01:06:42,800
Speaker 1: It's Matt Barrows.

1434
01:06:42,800 --> 01:06:46,880
Speaker 6: Everybody, Hi, hallo Bears, Good guys, what's coming on.

1435
01:06:47,760 --> 01:06:49,920
Speaker 2: Really excited to talk to you about this game. Tracy

1436
01:06:49,920 --> 01:06:51,840
Speaker 2: and I kind of previewed it a little while ago

1437
01:06:51,920 --> 01:06:54,480
Speaker 2: because I'm in Chicago. I cover the Bears very closely.

1438
01:06:54,920 --> 01:06:57,560
Speaker 2: You guys obviously cover the Niners close. A huge game,

1439
01:06:57,760 --> 01:07:00,880
Speaker 2: massive implications for both teams should they win. The Bears

1440
01:07:00,960 --> 01:07:03,080
Speaker 2: want to win their division, and they could do that

1441
01:07:03,200 --> 01:07:06,760
Speaker 2: with a win over San Francisco. But they are also

1442
01:07:06,840 --> 01:07:09,480
Speaker 2: going to be down a couple of guys. There's a

1443
01:07:09,520 --> 01:07:12,920
Speaker 2: couple of injuries that we don't know. Most recently, Darnell Right,

1444
01:07:12,960 --> 01:07:16,440
Speaker 2: their right tackle, their breakout right tackle, dealing with an

1445
01:07:16,440 --> 01:07:18,760
Speaker 2: illness and did not travel with the team, though could

1446
01:07:18,880 --> 01:07:22,080
Speaker 2: join them later. It sounds like on the Niner side,

1447
01:07:22,120 --> 01:07:24,880
Speaker 2: you're dealing with all right, could you potentially not have

1448
01:07:24,920 --> 01:07:28,360
Speaker 2: George Kittle? You had a tight end elevation. Does that

1449
01:07:28,520 --> 01:07:30,920
Speaker 2: say that do you expect George Kittle to play? We'll

1450
01:07:30,920 --> 01:07:32,080
Speaker 2: start there, Matt.

1451
01:07:32,560 --> 01:07:35,760
Speaker 6: I mean they've been saying that it's fifty to fifty

1452
01:07:35,880 --> 01:07:36,480
Speaker 6: all week.

1453
01:07:36,560 --> 01:07:38,480
Speaker 10: But I mean, I think if they're looking.

1454
01:07:38,200 --> 01:07:42,920
Speaker 6: Ahead, they've they've secured a playoff spot. I think that

1455
01:07:43,280 --> 01:07:48,720
Speaker 6: if it's you know, Dicey at game time, they'll fit

1456
01:07:48,800 --> 01:07:51,760
Speaker 6: in for this one and make sure that the ankle

1457
01:07:51,840 --> 01:07:53,320
Speaker 6: is healed up and.

1458
01:07:53,320 --> 01:07:55,040
Speaker 10: Good for the Seahawks.

1459
01:07:54,480 --> 01:07:58,120
Speaker 6: Game and then good for the playoffs. I mean, I

1460
01:07:58,120 --> 01:08:02,080
Speaker 6: think it's it's not something that they want Lingering. You know,

1461
01:08:02,200 --> 01:08:06,880
Speaker 6: he practices on a limited basis. He plays in a game, Oh,

1462
01:08:06,920 --> 01:08:10,400
Speaker 6: he tweaks it, He's on the sideline for a half

1463
01:08:10,480 --> 01:08:12,840
Speaker 6: dozen snaps, he comes back in, he tweaks it again.

1464
01:08:13,320 --> 01:08:17,439
Speaker 6: That would be suboptimal. He's such an important part to

1465
01:08:17,479 --> 01:08:21,240
Speaker 6: this team that having him healthy for the playoffs I

1466
01:08:21,240 --> 01:08:22,680
Speaker 6: think is paramount.

1467
01:08:23,000 --> 01:08:25,320
Speaker 3: That we've seen when Kittle was out last time, when

1468
01:08:25,360 --> 01:08:27,800
Speaker 3: he came back, what a difference it made in the

1469
01:08:27,880 --> 01:08:31,240
Speaker 3: run game. Kyle Shanahan talked yesterday about the receivers and

1470
01:08:31,280 --> 01:08:32,720
Speaker 3: the other tight ends and how good they've been at

1471
01:08:32,720 --> 01:08:34,439
Speaker 3: blocking and why he thinks the run game has been

1472
01:08:34,439 --> 01:08:36,960
Speaker 3: so improved over the last couple of months. There is

1473
01:08:37,000 --> 01:08:39,560
Speaker 3: no Kittle. What does that do to Christian McCaffrey.

1474
01:08:40,439 --> 01:08:44,839
Speaker 6: Yeah, I mean, it's interesting because you know, McCaffrey's pursuing

1475
01:08:44,880 --> 01:08:48,439
Speaker 6: this one thousand, one thousand season and he's already got

1476
01:08:48,439 --> 01:08:53,760
Speaker 6: the rushing yards portion of it, but he it looks

1477
01:08:53,760 --> 01:08:57,040
Speaker 6: like he's going to fall short of the receiving yards. However,

1478
01:08:58,000 --> 01:09:01,040
Speaker 6: if Kittle doesn't play in this game, this offense sort.

1479
01:09:00,880 --> 01:09:02,200
Speaker 4: Of reverts to.

1480
01:09:03,720 --> 01:09:06,960
Speaker 6: The early season version of this offense, which was an

1481
01:09:06,960 --> 01:09:10,000
Speaker 6: offense that didn't run the ball well and that relied

1482
01:09:10,000 --> 01:09:13,880
Speaker 6: on Christian McCaffrey for a lot of receiving yards. And

1483
01:09:13,479 --> 01:09:16,240
Speaker 6: he did a great job at that and it got

1484
01:09:16,240 --> 01:09:19,160
Speaker 6: the forty nine ers a lot of important wins, very

1485
01:09:19,200 --> 01:09:22,599
Speaker 6: important wins right now when you're kind of calculating all

1486
01:09:22,640 --> 01:09:25,040
Speaker 6: the tie breakers and stuff like that. So I don't know,

1487
01:09:25,120 --> 01:09:29,519
Speaker 6: to me, that's a little bit of a juicy subplot. No,

1488
01:09:29,640 --> 01:09:34,080
Speaker 6: George Kittle probably means not as good rushing, but it

1489
01:09:34,120 --> 01:09:39,240
Speaker 6: could mean better receiving yards for Christian McCaffrey. He does both,

1490
01:09:39,680 --> 01:09:41,519
Speaker 6: as you guys know very well, you.

1491
01:09:41,520 --> 01:09:43,200
Speaker 3: Can get all one hundred and fifty one tomorrow night.

1492
01:09:43,360 --> 01:09:43,960
Speaker 1: He really could.

1493
01:09:44,080 --> 01:09:46,240
Speaker 2: So that was something that I kind of identified Matt

1494
01:09:46,360 --> 01:09:49,040
Speaker 2: when we were talking about this game as a mismatch

1495
01:09:49,120 --> 01:09:52,120
Speaker 2: because the Bears haven't seen a whole lot of pass

1496
01:09:52,160 --> 01:09:55,679
Speaker 2: catching backs, and when they do see them, they put

1497
01:09:55,720 --> 01:09:57,800
Speaker 2: linebackers on them. And I'm like, if you're putting a

1498
01:09:57,800 --> 01:10:00,960
Speaker 2: linebacker one of which is limited by the way TG

1499
01:10:01,120 --> 01:10:04,000
Speaker 2: Edward's going into has been limited in practice and has

1500
01:10:04,040 --> 01:10:08,400
Speaker 2: been questionable coming into this game. I think he'll play,

1501
01:10:08,520 --> 01:10:10,679
Speaker 2: but he's not at one hundred percent. If you're putting

1502
01:10:10,720 --> 01:10:13,840
Speaker 2: a lineback around Christian McCaffrey, I don't think you're gonna

1503
01:10:13,880 --> 01:10:14,200
Speaker 2: win that.

1504
01:10:14,320 --> 01:10:16,639
Speaker 1: Like, that's not good. That's really not.

1505
01:10:16,600 --> 01:10:18,960
Speaker 2: Good for me, and I don't think it's good for

1506
01:10:19,000 --> 01:10:21,240
Speaker 2: the Bears. And it's something that Ben Johnson even talked about,

1507
01:10:21,240 --> 01:10:23,479
Speaker 2: how you know, the only difference that he really sees

1508
01:10:23,479 --> 01:10:25,160
Speaker 2: in this forty nine ers offense this year is that

1509
01:10:25,560 --> 01:10:27,920
Speaker 2: they are passing the ball more than they're running it,

1510
01:10:27,960 --> 01:10:29,920
Speaker 2: which has been a little bit different than years past.

1511
01:10:30,439 --> 01:10:32,639
Speaker 2: But I really do think that this game is going

1512
01:10:32,680 --> 01:10:36,120
Speaker 2: to come down to just how the Bears deal with

1513
01:10:36,200 --> 01:10:39,000
Speaker 2: Christian McCaffrey and then how productive he is, because if

1514
01:10:39,000 --> 01:10:42,599
Speaker 2: he has one of those Christian McCaffrey days, I don't

1515
01:10:42,640 --> 01:10:44,240
Speaker 2: know how you're beating the forty nine ers.

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01:10:44,680 --> 01:10:49,080
Speaker 6: Yeah, I mean, that's what the Kyle Shanahan offense ages

1517
01:10:49,120 --> 01:10:53,000
Speaker 6: on it. It's basically mismatches with linebackers when it comes

1518
01:10:53,000 --> 01:10:56,200
Speaker 6: to the Kittle and Christian McCaffrey and things like that.

1519
01:10:57,160 --> 01:11:01,759
Speaker 6: And even you know, teams with good, healthy linebacking crews

1520
01:11:01,880 --> 01:11:03,759
Speaker 6: have have struggled in that regard.

1521
01:11:05,520 --> 01:11:06,160
Speaker 4: I agree with you.

1522
01:11:06,200 --> 01:11:08,280
Speaker 6: I mean, there have been games, and they were all

1523
01:11:09,160 --> 01:11:13,280
Speaker 6: early in the season where you know, Christian McCaffrey was

1524
01:11:13,280 --> 01:11:17,040
Speaker 6: their only name player out there. They're only sort of

1525
01:11:17,600 --> 01:11:20,680
Speaker 6: tried and true guy, and everybody knew that he was

1526
01:11:20,720 --> 01:11:23,439
Speaker 6: going to get the ball, and yet these teams didn't

1527
01:11:23,479 --> 01:11:27,760
Speaker 6: cover him closely or let him go. It was inexplicable

1528
01:11:27,920 --> 01:11:31,080
Speaker 6: at various points of the season. I do think that

1529
01:11:31,400 --> 01:11:33,880
Speaker 6: you know, a lot of defenses decide, okay, we're going

1530
01:11:33,960 --> 01:11:37,800
Speaker 6: to guard against the you know, the explosive play, the

1531
01:11:37,920 --> 01:11:40,719
Speaker 6: deep ball. We're not going to get gouged for any

1532
01:11:41,520 --> 01:11:44,000
Speaker 6: twenty five plus yard plays. We're not going to get

1533
01:11:44,040 --> 01:11:46,360
Speaker 6: gouged for any deep touchdowns. We're going to keep everything

1534
01:11:46,360 --> 01:11:48,720
Speaker 6: in front of us. Which is fine. But when you've

1535
01:11:48,760 --> 01:11:53,800
Speaker 6: got a good accurate passer like Mac Jones or a

1536
01:11:53,880 --> 01:11:55,920
Speaker 6: rock Party, and you've got a good route runner like

1537
01:11:55,960 --> 01:11:59,400
Speaker 6: Christian McCaffery. It just means that it's still a touchdown drive,

1538
01:11:59,600 --> 01:12:04,120
Speaker 6: but it's taking you know, ten to fourteen plays to

1539
01:12:04,120 --> 01:12:07,240
Speaker 6: get down there. And that's what you know the forty

1540
01:12:07,320 --> 01:12:10,880
Speaker 6: nine Ers were able to get by with early in

1541
01:12:10,920 --> 01:12:11,400
Speaker 6: the season.

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01:12:11,880 --> 01:12:13,519
Speaker 3: Matt, I want to shift focus a little bit to

1543
01:12:13,560 --> 01:12:16,200
Speaker 3: the forty nine ers defense, which is I mean, I

1544
01:12:16,240 --> 01:12:19,519
Speaker 3: think Robert Solid's done an incredible job with this group,

1545
01:12:19,680 --> 01:12:24,679
Speaker 3: and they they have many a hole yet somehow every

1546
01:12:24,720 --> 01:12:27,320
Speaker 3: week they figured it out. They've struggled maybe more than

1547
01:12:27,360 --> 01:12:29,719
Speaker 3: they should have, with teams that you wouldn't think they would.

1548
01:12:30,240 --> 01:12:32,120
Speaker 3: When you see them go up against Caleb Williams, to

1549
01:12:32,120 --> 01:12:35,240
Speaker 3: see them go up against this Bears offense, what do

1550
01:12:35,280 --> 01:12:37,000
Speaker 3: they need to watch out for? And can they have

1551
01:12:37,080 --> 01:12:41,200
Speaker 3: another night where they do just enough to win the game.

1552
01:12:42,240 --> 01:12:46,080
Speaker 6: Well, Caleb Williams is the polar opposite of Philip Rivers.

1553
01:12:47,160 --> 01:12:53,160
Speaker 2: Wait watched wait a minute, a young Hope athletic quarterback.

1554
01:12:56,040 --> 01:12:59,000
Speaker 10: I don't think they went into that Bolts game worried that,

1555
01:12:59,200 --> 01:13:02,400
Speaker 10: oh no, Rivers is gonna gouge us for like a

1556
01:13:02,439 --> 01:13:06,320
Speaker 10: fifty yard run here or there. But Caleb Williams can

1557
01:13:06,400 --> 01:13:10,080
Speaker 10: do that, and that's been sort of a kryptonite for.

1558
01:13:09,960 --> 01:13:14,679
Speaker 6: The forty nine ers defense for years. Chrits historic very

1559
01:13:14,760 --> 01:13:18,040
Speaker 6: aggressive defensive line that gets up the field very quickly.

1560
01:13:18,120 --> 01:13:21,000
Speaker 6: And you know, if you're an immobile quarterback, that's fine,

1561
01:13:21,640 --> 01:13:27,320
Speaker 6: but if you're a Kyler Murray or some of these

1562
01:13:27,320 --> 01:13:29,760
Speaker 6: other guys that can run with the ball, that has

1563
01:13:29,840 --> 01:13:32,240
Speaker 6: been bad for the forty nine ers. Russell Wilson used

1564
01:13:32,240 --> 01:13:34,000
Speaker 6: to kill them.

1565
01:13:34,160 --> 01:13:35,879
Speaker 10: You know, It's just it means.

1566
01:13:35,640 --> 01:13:37,880
Speaker 6: That there's a lot of green grass in front of

1567
01:13:37,880 --> 01:13:40,679
Speaker 6: the quarterback if he decides to take it, and Caleb

1568
01:13:40,720 --> 01:13:45,320
Speaker 6: Williams can take it, and he can also you know

1569
01:13:45,880 --> 01:13:49,280
Speaker 6: by time with his legs and then with that arm,

1570
01:13:49,880 --> 01:13:50,920
Speaker 6: really make you pay.

1571
01:13:51,080 --> 01:13:53,519
Speaker 10: And I know that the Roma Donda is not going

1572
01:13:53,560 --> 01:13:54,160
Speaker 10: to be playing in.

1573
01:13:54,080 --> 01:13:57,479
Speaker 6: This game, but they've got some good wide receivers out

1574
01:13:57,520 --> 01:14:03,479
Speaker 6: there and unbroken plays, you know, whether it's DJ Moore

1575
01:14:04,040 --> 01:14:08,040
Speaker 6: or Alamande, the key is. I mean, these guys can

1576
01:14:08,960 --> 01:14:11,200
Speaker 6: get those chunk plays. And that's what the forty nine

1577
01:14:11,280 --> 01:14:14,200
Speaker 6: ers have to I think worry about. They just don't

1578
01:14:14,320 --> 01:14:18,640
Speaker 6: have tremendous athletes on the defensive line in general, and

1579
01:14:19,000 --> 01:14:22,519
Speaker 6: especially at defensive end, so kind of guarding those edges

1580
01:14:22,560 --> 01:14:27,120
Speaker 6: and making sure that Williams doesn't have this room to

1581
01:14:27,240 --> 01:14:30,439
Speaker 6: prowl out there. I think is going to be a

1582
01:14:30,479 --> 01:14:33,160
Speaker 6: major feat for Robert Shall on his defense.

1583
01:14:33,640 --> 01:14:37,000
Speaker 2: Yeah, Caleb's ability to throw off platform and make something

1584
01:14:37,040 --> 01:14:39,719
Speaker 2: happen has only gotten better as he's gotten more rapport

1585
01:14:39,760 --> 01:14:41,720
Speaker 2: with his receivers. And you're right, he won't have Ramadouonsa,

1586
01:14:41,800 --> 01:14:44,120
Speaker 2: but he also has Luther Burton who has come on

1587
01:14:44,520 --> 01:14:48,080
Speaker 2: and been kind of a yak receiver for them. I mean,

1588
01:14:48,640 --> 01:14:52,479
Speaker 2: his receiving his yards after the catchover expectation has just

1589
01:14:52,560 --> 01:14:56,439
Speaker 2: been a pleasant surprise, I think. And plus the Bears

1590
01:14:56,439 --> 01:14:59,280
Speaker 2: do run the ball quite a bit, which I'm sure

1591
01:14:59,320 --> 01:15:00,519
Speaker 2: Kyle Shanahan be ready for.

1592
01:15:00,560 --> 01:15:00,800
Speaker 1: Matt.

1593
01:15:00,800 --> 01:15:03,960
Speaker 2: Thank you so much for joining us. Have so much

1594
01:15:04,000 --> 01:15:06,679
Speaker 2: fun at the game. This is like kind of feels

1595
01:15:06,720 --> 01:15:09,360
Speaker 2: like a playoff atmosphere already with all these teams buying

1596
01:15:09,400 --> 01:15:12,280
Speaker 2: for the number one seed in the conference, and it

1597
01:15:12,320 --> 01:15:14,080
Speaker 2: should be a good one, So we appreciate you taking

1598
01:15:14,120 --> 01:15:14,479
Speaker 2: the time.

1599
01:15:15,120 --> 01:15:17,599
Speaker 10: Yeah, thank you for having me on and enjoy the game.

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01:15:17,640 --> 01:15:18,360
Speaker 3: See you tomorrow.

1601
01:15:19,240 --> 01:15:22,120
Speaker 2: All right, after this, Tracy and I are going to

1602
01:15:22,200 --> 01:15:26,120
Speaker 2: make our week seventeen picks, starting with Ravens and Packers. Tonight,

1603
01:15:26,120 --> 01:15:28,240
Speaker 2: You won't want to miss it. Stay tuned. You're listening

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01:15:28,320 --> 01:15:35,400
Speaker 2: to Fox Football Saturday. Much like this year, this show

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01:15:35,439 --> 01:15:36,519
Speaker 2: has gone by really fast.

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01:15:36,800 --> 01:15:39,679
Speaker 3: It really has.

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01:15:43,439 --> 01:15:46,519
Speaker 1: Why would you do this to me? Chris Purfet both.

1608
01:15:46,600 --> 01:15:48,439
Speaker 3: Spitting time for all of us here in the studio.

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01:15:49,280 --> 01:15:50,639
Speaker 1: I don't even think I can look at a drink

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01:15:50,720 --> 01:15:51,120
Speaker 1: right now.

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01:15:53,160 --> 01:15:55,200
Speaker 4: Oh yeah, oh man, I just realized.

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01:15:54,920 --> 01:15:55,280
Speaker 1: What I did.

1613
01:15:55,880 --> 01:15:56,280
Speaker 3: O'clock.

1614
01:15:57,320 --> 01:15:58,439
Speaker 1: It is five o'clock summer.

1615
01:15:58,479 --> 01:16:00,920
Speaker 3: It's about where you are very.

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01:16:01,120 --> 01:16:02,599
Speaker 2: I was just gonna say it's about to be five

1617
01:16:02,600 --> 01:16:06,280
Speaker 2: o'clock where I am in Central Time. But like I said,

1618
01:16:06,560 --> 01:16:09,920
Speaker 2: after the few days that we've had, man, I don't

1619
01:16:09,920 --> 01:16:11,479
Speaker 2: know that I could look at a drink right now.

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01:16:12,360 --> 01:16:13,640
Speaker 3: That you could.

1621
01:16:15,400 --> 01:16:18,680
Speaker 2: That's Tracy Sandler. I'm Cardon Vitally. That's Chris Burffett. Bo

1622
01:16:18,760 --> 01:16:21,759
Speaker 2: Benson are the producer, Martin Wise in the update booth,

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01:16:22,200 --> 01:16:22,599
Speaker 2: you have.

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01:16:22,600 --> 01:16:23,960
Speaker 1: Bucking fits on next.

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01:16:24,080 --> 01:16:27,840
Speaker 2: I believe those two jokers, man, you've heard a lot

1626
01:16:27,880 --> 01:16:29,800
Speaker 2: of them this week because I believe they filled in

1627
01:16:29,880 --> 01:16:34,960
Speaker 2: for LaVar Arrington and Bertie Quinn on that show. So

1628
01:16:35,439 --> 01:16:37,559
Speaker 2: you're going to get more of them, and we love that.

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01:16:37,920 --> 01:16:40,320
Speaker 1: We really do. Can't you hear it? My voice?

1630
01:16:40,360 --> 01:16:44,280
Speaker 2: We do all right, But now we're gonna have bo

1631
01:16:45,320 --> 01:16:47,920
Speaker 2: have to earn his or earn his paycheck a little

1632
01:16:47,960 --> 01:16:48,920
Speaker 2: bit more right now?

1633
01:16:49,040 --> 01:16:50,960
Speaker 1: Is he leads us through.

1634
01:16:50,720 --> 01:16:53,760
Speaker 2: The pick of the week, Picks of the week week

1635
01:16:53,840 --> 01:16:55,479
Speaker 2: seventeen people, let's go.

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01:16:55,560 --> 01:16:57,400
Speaker 7: Yeah, speaking of picks of the week, Justin Herbert is

1637
01:16:57,400 --> 01:16:59,000
Speaker 7: through the most Justin Herbert interception.

1638
01:16:59,000 --> 01:17:02,439
Speaker 2: You're going to see all yeah, Well, I knew this

1639
01:17:02,479 --> 01:17:03,960
Speaker 2: game was already been going on, so I didn't even

1640
01:17:03,960 --> 01:17:04,519
Speaker 2: put it in there.

1641
01:17:05,720 --> 01:17:08,639
Speaker 7: The Ravens had to Green Bay to night to take

1642
01:17:08,640 --> 01:17:10,479
Speaker 7: on the Packers. The Packers a two and a half

1643
01:17:10,479 --> 01:17:13,600
Speaker 7: point favorite, no starting quarterbacks in this game, and you

1644
01:17:13,640 --> 01:17:16,280
Speaker 7: have to pay for Peacock to watch it, so enjoy America.

1645
01:17:16,520 --> 01:17:19,640
Speaker 2: Yeah, seriously, it should be you should They should have

1646
01:17:19,760 --> 01:17:22,840
Speaker 2: opened it, unlocked it when you don't have Jordan Love

1647
01:17:22,920 --> 01:17:26,280
Speaker 2: or Lamar Jackson. And given that though, it just it

1648
01:17:26,360 --> 01:17:28,200
Speaker 2: means a little bit more for the Ravens right now

1649
01:17:28,240 --> 01:17:30,360
Speaker 2: because it's the only way they keep their playoff hopes alive.

1650
01:17:30,439 --> 01:17:31,200
Speaker 1: I have, I have.

1651
01:17:31,240 --> 01:17:32,719
Speaker 3: Ravens, I have the Packers.

1652
01:17:33,160 --> 01:17:35,200
Speaker 1: Okay, okay, we shall.

1653
01:17:34,960 --> 01:17:35,559
Speaker 5: See all right.

1654
01:17:35,600 --> 01:17:38,400
Speaker 7: The Buccaneers take on the Dolphins on the road. The

1655
01:17:38,520 --> 01:17:41,479
Speaker 7: Bucks a five and a half point road favorite here.

1656
01:17:42,640 --> 01:17:45,519
Speaker 3: I'm I'm going Bucks say.

1657
01:17:45,640 --> 01:17:48,400
Speaker 2: I'm also gonna go back because I just I refuse

1658
01:17:48,479 --> 01:17:51,200
Speaker 2: to believe that they've lost team this bad way, Like

1659
01:17:51,240 --> 01:17:53,840
Speaker 2: they they gotta win, and I know the Dolphins have,

1660
01:17:54,160 --> 01:17:57,200
Speaker 2: you know, they they've given fans a little bit of hope.

1661
01:17:57,200 --> 01:17:59,439
Speaker 2: I guess down this stretch even though they're out of

1662
01:17:59,439 --> 01:18:02,200
Speaker 2: the postseason, but like maybe they're not completely unfortunate.

1663
01:18:02,560 --> 01:18:03,080
Speaker 1: I don't care.

1664
01:18:03,920 --> 01:18:07,160
Speaker 2: The Bucks need to win this and I would like

1665
01:18:07,240 --> 01:18:10,200
Speaker 2: them too, so I'm gonna pick them fair enough.

1666
01:18:10,320 --> 01:18:15,080
Speaker 7: The Jacksonville Jaguars go on the road to Indianapolis. They

1667
01:18:15,080 --> 01:18:17,599
Speaker 7: are five and a half point road favorites here too.

1668
01:18:18,160 --> 01:18:19,839
Speaker 1: Yeah, be the road favorites.

1669
01:18:19,880 --> 01:18:21,800
Speaker 2: That's a little wild, but the Colts are dealing with

1670
01:18:21,840 --> 01:18:26,720
Speaker 2: significant injuries. Trevor Lawrence playing phenomenally for the Jacksonville.

1671
01:18:26,320 --> 01:18:27,439
Speaker 1: Jaguars as of late.

1672
01:18:28,080 --> 01:18:32,439
Speaker 2: Seems like Liam Cohen has unlocked some things on that offense.

1673
01:18:32,520 --> 01:18:34,840
Speaker 2: So I am going to go with I don't know

1674
01:18:34,840 --> 01:18:37,080
Speaker 2: if they're going to cover necessarily, but I think the

1675
01:18:37,120 --> 01:18:37,840
Speaker 2: Jacks are gonna win.

1676
01:18:38,160 --> 01:18:40,280
Speaker 3: I think the Jacks are gonna win, but I want

1677
01:18:40,280 --> 01:18:42,200
Speaker 3: the Colts to win because i'd like filhip Rivers to

1678
01:18:42,240 --> 01:18:43,920
Speaker 3: get one win before the sense.

1679
01:18:44,760 --> 01:18:46,920
Speaker 2: Well, hey, he did get a win because he has

1680
01:18:46,920 --> 01:18:48,360
Speaker 2: health insurance for.

1681
01:18:48,240 --> 01:18:50,360
Speaker 3: The next five years of his kids.

1682
01:18:50,360 --> 01:18:53,519
Speaker 2: It's a fair points that's really expensive. So that's a

1683
01:18:53,560 --> 01:18:55,640
Speaker 2: win in and of itself. I would probably come out

1684
01:18:55,680 --> 01:18:56,360
Speaker 2: of retirement too.

1685
01:18:56,680 --> 01:18:59,040
Speaker 7: Se premium has just went up. Premiums going up.

1686
01:18:59,120 --> 01:19:01,639
Speaker 2: I don't want to talk about it, guys, I really don't.

1687
01:19:01,760 --> 01:19:05,120
Speaker 7: You might have to come back next year. The Eagles

1688
01:19:05,479 --> 01:19:07,799
Speaker 7: go from Philly up to Buffalo to take on the Bills.

1689
01:19:07,840 --> 01:19:10,080
Speaker 7: The Bills a one and a half point favorite in

1690
01:19:10,120 --> 01:19:10,599
Speaker 7: this game.

1691
01:19:11,880 --> 01:19:13,519
Speaker 3: I'm glad zil I'm going Bills.

1692
01:19:14,360 --> 01:19:14,799
Speaker 1: Yeah.

1693
01:19:14,880 --> 01:19:16,600
Speaker 2: I mean, I don't like I agree with Dave what

1694
01:19:16,680 --> 01:19:18,960
Speaker 2: he said in our one about the Eels not necessarily

1695
01:19:18,960 --> 01:19:22,080
Speaker 2: being fraudulent, because that defense is phenomenal, But the Vibes

1696
01:19:22,120 --> 01:19:25,280
Speaker 2: are bad. And I have the Bills in the Super Bowl,

1697
01:19:25,280 --> 01:19:27,559
Speaker 2: and so I just think that they should maybe they

1698
01:19:27,560 --> 01:19:29,680
Speaker 2: can figure some things out in the regular seasons that

1699
01:19:29,720 --> 01:19:31,639
Speaker 2: they can, you know, hit the ground running in the postseason.

1700
01:19:31,680 --> 01:19:33,320
Speaker 1: I also have Bills, all right.

1701
01:19:33,360 --> 01:19:36,040
Speaker 7: And Sunday Night Football, the Bears head out to Santa

1702
01:19:36,040 --> 01:19:38,280
Speaker 7: Clara to take on the forty nine Ers, who are

1703
01:19:38,320 --> 01:19:40,200
Speaker 7: a three point favorite.

1704
01:19:39,760 --> 01:19:42,320
Speaker 1: Here, Tracy, you and I have talked about this for weeks.

1705
01:19:42,479 --> 01:19:44,080
Speaker 2: I've been talking about it for weeks because, like I said,

1706
01:19:44,080 --> 01:19:47,120
Speaker 2: people in Chicago have no chill, and we've been playing

1707
01:19:47,160 --> 01:19:50,160
Speaker 2: out every single scenario like week by week for like

1708
01:19:50,200 --> 01:19:53,360
Speaker 2: I said, weeks, and I have had the Bears dropping

1709
01:19:53,400 --> 01:19:56,679
Speaker 2: this game in San Francisco four weeks. I'm gonna stick

1710
01:19:56,760 --> 01:20:00,479
Speaker 2: with that even if George Skittle doesn't play the matchup,

1711
01:20:00,760 --> 01:20:03,640
Speaker 2: the mismatch with Bears linebackers on Christian McCaffrey, I just

1712
01:20:03,760 --> 01:20:04,479
Speaker 2: I can't get over it.

1713
01:20:04,520 --> 01:20:05,600
Speaker 1: I think the Niners gonna take it.

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01:20:05,800 --> 01:20:08,320
Speaker 3: I think the Niners are gonna take it to Okay,

1715
01:20:08,439 --> 01:20:10,719
Speaker 3: You're welcome, Niner fans. I don't always I don't always

1716
01:20:10,720 --> 01:20:12,400
Speaker 3: think they're gonna take it, So you're welcome, guys.

1717
01:20:13,120 --> 01:20:14,320
Speaker 1: It's a crossing time Zones.

1718
01:20:14,360 --> 01:20:16,840
Speaker 2: Bears have been dealing with some flue stuff, especially if

1719
01:20:17,080 --> 01:20:19,719
Speaker 2: Darnold Raight doesn't end up joining the team, which is again,

1720
01:20:19,880 --> 01:20:23,799
Speaker 2: I want my o linemen toxically tough. I want them

1721
01:20:23,840 --> 01:20:26,120
Speaker 2: out there no matter what. Thank you guys so much

1722
01:20:26,120 --> 01:20:28,960
Speaker 2: for joining us the last box of ball Saturday of

1723
01:20:29,000 --> 01:20:32,200
Speaker 2: the year. We'll see you next year. You're listening to

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Speaker 2: Fox and Sports Radio,