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Speaker 1: to the Richard Sherman Podcast. Mitchell Parody Parody is king again.

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Speaker 1: Rich I want to start obviously, I feel like, as

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Speaker 1: we always have been, your listener, bases is Seattle Love

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Speaker 1: Verse and they're surprising us week after week, Richard, they

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Speaker 1: went again, how does this keep happening? Well, I mean

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Speaker 1: it's not by accident, Mitchell. They're running the ball well,

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Speaker 1: Kenneth Walker, the third is executing this offense. There was

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Speaker 1: both both of those rocky tackles. That offensive line in

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Speaker 1: general was playing well. Gino through a pick six, everybody thought,

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Speaker 1: the sky is falling. This is the Geno moment. This

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Speaker 1: is where it all comes to fruition, it all ends

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Speaker 1: the dream, all this, it's the it's the whole Geno. No,

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Speaker 1: it's not. Geno came to the southline, calm, cool and collected, said,

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Speaker 1: now we got this. That's only won't happen again. Lead

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Speaker 1: three seventy plus yard drives, all for touchdowns. It was beautiful.

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Speaker 1: I certainly did not see this coming. I mean we thought,

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Speaker 1: we talked about at the beginning of the year. We figured,

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Speaker 1: you know, maybe they could sniff five. But this has

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Speaker 1: got a team that's looking like they could walk away

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Speaker 1: with the division right now. If you're throwing some money

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Speaker 1: on this at the getting of the season, you could

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Speaker 1: become a very wealthy man. But Seattle six and three

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Speaker 1: with a one and a half game lead now in

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Speaker 1: the NFC West. Um. The other team in this division

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Speaker 1: that blew the game, blew their chance to try to

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Speaker 1: keep up is the l A Ramps. Uh. They've become

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Speaker 1: disappointing week after week. Their defense keeps trying to hold

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Speaker 1: them in games, but they're offense sure looks like a

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Speaker 1: shell of itself. Richard, Your boy Tom Brady got the

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Speaker 1: big dub. How in the world does that happen? Well,

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Speaker 1: it's touchdown Ton, He's gonna get it done, and he

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Speaker 1: thankfully they turned things around. They got Seattle in Munich,

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Speaker 1: Germany next week, so that would be a great game.

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Speaker 1: That's gonna be interesting. I'm gonna probably be up a

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Speaker 1: six o'clock watching that one. But it's that for the Ramps.

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Speaker 1: Their offensive line is atrocious. They walked, they got walked

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Speaker 1: through videbe ahead two sacks. Those guys were walking through

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Speaker 1: the offensive line even without shot. It looked like the

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Speaker 1: same kind of pressure on Matt Stafford. You only threw

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Speaker 1: most of his targets were the Cooper couple who had

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Speaker 1: I think, but it's like that's not enough. Well, if

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Speaker 1: you take away to Cooper cups longest passes, I think

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Speaker 1: I mean that's not getting it done. People. People praise

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Speaker 1: them for what he did last year there like, oh,

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Speaker 1: Matt Stafford just needed a good team. He just needed

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Speaker 1: the same team, same organization, and he's not thriving anymore.

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Speaker 1: This defense is getting stops. Those playmakers are making plays

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Speaker 1: and it's not getting the job done. And people aren't

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Speaker 1: They're like, oh, Sean mcvaig. Sean mcvass says, there needs

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Speaker 1: to be changes, There needs to be fixes. He's gotta

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Speaker 1: start with offense society of the ball. Obviously. I don't

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Speaker 1: They want to give up picks for Christian McCaffrey. Nobody

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Speaker 1: wonder why, you know, Hey, you want the Super Bowl,

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Speaker 1: Nobody wants to do business with you. Tough luck. You

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Speaker 1: a very very subpar old line. Doesn't matter what offensive line,

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Speaker 1: what what offensive weapons you may have, your offense is

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Speaker 1: gonna be atrocious. And yeah, but but but at the

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Speaker 1: the ball games. He's throwing for sixty five yards is

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Speaker 1: I think eight touchdown passes. That's not getting the job done. Now,

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Speaker 1: what is not Richard? Let's switch it out East. I

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Speaker 1: to me about Sauce. I don't gotta say nothing. Sauce

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Speaker 1: with Kwan Alexander, along with G J. Reid, Jordan Whitehead

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Speaker 1: The Green Bay Packers have not lost five in a row.

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Speaker 1: But how does this happen? How is this remedied? Is

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Speaker 1: amount of production in chemistry that Aaron Rodgers and Davante

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Speaker 1: Davante Adams and these guys they have there, they are

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Speaker 1: Aaron can't be hard on me throwing three interceptions. Now

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Speaker 1: comber might as well coupled together Offensive Player of the

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Speaker 1: host in that award? Mm hmm hmm, Well those two

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Speaker 1: different awards, so it's gonna be interesting. It's gonna be

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Speaker 1: a dog fighter thing. I think Josh Allen is still

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Speaker 1: the front runner for that. I think it's gonna be

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Speaker 1: hard not to put him in a discussion for Offensive

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Speaker 1: I mean, in m v P, what does Jalen Hurts

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Speaker 1: have to do to enter that conversation? In your eyes, Rich,

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Speaker 1: He's gonna have to do a lot more. He's gonna

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Speaker 1: have to He's gonna have throw some more touchdowns. For

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Speaker 1: more touchdowns. He's doing a great job with his team

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Speaker 1: and winning ball games, but you got you got to

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Speaker 1: wreak out there in Miami. Uh, purely dominant. He has

471
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Speaker 1: more receiving yards than certain than teams, UH tour tours,

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Speaker 1: throwing his hat in the ring. I mean, ever since

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Speaker 1: he's come back from from the concussions, he's been freaking

474
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Speaker 1: lighting it up. I think he's got got five ninety

475
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Speaker 1: six yards over the two over the last two games

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Speaker 1: past the sticks on the seats, and you talk about

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Speaker 1: what he's doing for that offense and that team. Uh,

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Speaker 1: he's definitely gonna be in discussion. So I guess Office

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Speaker 1: Player of the Year probably Trek m v P. Josh

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Speaker 1: Allen second half projections. Where do you see this all

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Speaker 1: netting out in terms of the teams at the end?

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Speaker 1: I want just simply put who do you see the

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Speaker 1: final four teams standing? Who's playing in the A f

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Speaker 1: C NFC championship games, Who's going to the super Bowl,

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Speaker 1: and who's taking her home? I mean NFC Championship game.

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Speaker 1: I can see an equals Niners. I still think the

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Speaker 1: Niners are gonna be there, you know. I think They're

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Speaker 1: gonna get like they always do, get healthy at the

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Speaker 1: right time. Uh, guys are gonna be firing on all cylinders.

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Speaker 1: How It's gonna be calling his best stuff, and it's

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Speaker 1: gonna be It's gonna be a fun game to watch.

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Speaker 1: The a f C side, you would help a repeat

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Speaker 1: of the Chiefs Bills, but I'm not sure that's gonna happen.

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Speaker 1: You know, I think I think it's gonna get It's

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Speaker 1: gonna get chaotic like it did last year. Where you

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Speaker 1: have a a dark horse team like like the Bengals

497
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Speaker 1: did last year, and they they sneaked through and win

498
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Speaker 1: those clutch ball games and make huge plays right when

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Speaker 1: they need to. Um mm hmm. But who do I

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Speaker 1: want to put there Buffalo Bills and Kansas City Chiefs

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Speaker 1: in the job. Uh uh turnaround team and turn around team.

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Speaker 1: I think it's gonna be the the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

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Speaker 1: I think they're gonna right the ship, you know. I

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Speaker 1: think Tom's gonna find a way to get it done.

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Speaker 1: I think team that's gonna fall offul will likely be

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Speaker 1: maybe the Giants. You know, they don't have a tough,

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Speaker 1: super tough schedule, but you know, the way they've been

508
00:24:22,480 --> 00:24:25,840
Speaker 1: winning games wasn't as sustainable. Uh. And I think people

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Speaker 1: are gonna have answers to to to the run game

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Speaker 1: of of se Kwan and uh and Daniel Jones and

511
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Speaker 1: and you know, Wink Wink is a tough, tough one.

512
00:24:35,480 --> 00:24:37,960
Speaker 1: He's made their defense really dynamic. But I think offensively

513
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Speaker 1: they're gonna they're gonna find themselves a lot more limited.

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Speaker 1: The Seattle or SNAr base is gonna be wondering what

515
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Speaker 1: is the ceiling for this team? I mean, can they

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Speaker 1: be this year's Cincinnati Bengals or do you just not

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Speaker 1: see that? With this team? I can't. I can't put

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Speaker 1: it past it, you know what I mean? Because their

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Speaker 1: defense is actually playing really well. Their defense has turned

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Speaker 1: it around. You look at Big al Woods is playing well,

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Speaker 1: Jordan Brooks is playing well. The corners, these young corners

522
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Speaker 1: are gaining more confidence by the game they took. They

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Speaker 1: took two turnovers from Kobe Bryant, they took a force

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Speaker 1: fumble and an interception away from I mean, I'd be pissed.

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Speaker 1: He's already leading the league in forced fumbles. Trek was

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Speaker 1: leading the league and and and uh interceptions for a while.

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Speaker 1: Now now he's second. Um. He still got Quandre Digs

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Speaker 1: back there making a big time impact in WOA suit

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Speaker 1: and wof suit is you know, four sacks over the

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Speaker 1: last two games. My boy, Big Bruce is back, Bruce

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Speaker 1: Irvant creating. I mean, he had a sack last week.

532
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Speaker 1: But his veteran impact, his veteran leadership is calling, demeanor.

533
00:25:36,400 --> 00:25:39,840
Speaker 1: You gotta you gotta appreciate all that and offensively, doo gino.

534
00:25:40,400 --> 00:25:43,400
Speaker 1: His leadership is shining through. You know, not just his play,

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Speaker 1: but his leadership and his calling resolve and you look

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Speaker 1: up and guys like no offense are you know? I mean,

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Speaker 1: Shelby Harris had a sack in that game, a big

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Speaker 1: time sack. These guys that came over that were supposed

539
00:25:54,960 --> 00:25:57,440
Speaker 1: to be just throw ins, and the Denver Broncos trade

540
00:25:57,840 --> 00:26:00,480
Speaker 1: are making huge impacts for this team. And they're having fun.

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Speaker 1: I mean, no old fan had a fifty one yard

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Speaker 1: catch where where a lot of it was shack yardage. Um,

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Speaker 1: Shelby Harris had a big sat and he had a

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Speaker 1: big play in the game before. So you you look

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Speaker 1: at this team and you're saying, hey, these guys are

546
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Speaker 1: playing selfless, they're having fun, they're buying into the culture.

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00:26:16,920 --> 00:26:22,200
Speaker 1: I mean, really, they're winning and commanding fashion too rich.

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00:26:22,280 --> 00:26:24,600
Speaker 1: I mean that's a separator from them, like in a

549
00:26:24,640 --> 00:26:26,760
Speaker 1: team like the Giants, right, I mean the Giants were

550
00:26:26,800 --> 00:26:29,239
Speaker 1: just squeaking by, squeaking by, and finally they got bit

551
00:26:29,600 --> 00:26:32,240
Speaker 1: when they went to Seattle. But it's like, here's the team.

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Speaker 1: The last couple of games they they've won. I mean

553
00:26:34,480 --> 00:26:37,720
Speaker 1: the Arizona game again, they controlled it. Um, they look

554
00:26:37,760 --> 00:26:40,720
Speaker 1: like the better team by far through every quarter of

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Speaker 1: that game. And this is a team. We're gonna see

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Speaker 1: what they do this upcoming weekend. Germany obviously a big

557
00:26:46,080 --> 00:26:49,639
Speaker 1: test for them going against TV twelve. You know, so

558
00:26:50,720 --> 00:26:53,520
Speaker 1: the challenges continue. Let's prove it again six and three.

559
00:26:53,560 --> 00:26:55,639
Speaker 1: But you gotta prove it again. That gets to the

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00:26:55,760 --> 00:26:58,440
Speaker 1: next point. I know Seattle fans are gonna wonder when

561
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Speaker 1: the heck are we gonna see him in top five

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00:27:00,720 --> 00:27:04,399
Speaker 1: of Richard Sherman's Power Ranks. Rich what is your top

563
00:27:04,520 --> 00:27:09,920
Speaker 1: five power ranks? After week nine? Mantell, it gets shuffled

564
00:27:10,280 --> 00:27:12,360
Speaker 1: at the top for the first time in a long time.

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00:27:12,400 --> 00:27:15,080
Speaker 1: It gets shuffled, But at the top top it's still

566
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Speaker 1: the same. It's the Eagles and the end it will

567
00:27:18,000 --> 00:27:22,280
Speaker 1: go the Chiefs because Buffalo taking that aile and the

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00:27:22,440 --> 00:27:30,240
Speaker 1: boys you got riding solos um and then surprisingly the

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Speaker 1: Minnesota Vikings, the Minnesota Vikings, then the Buffalo Bills. I

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Speaker 1: I cannot get put Seattle there. I want to put

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Speaker 1: them there, I cannot yet put them there. I think

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00:27:42,440 --> 00:27:44,080
Speaker 1: they are a really good team. I think they're going

573
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Speaker 1: to that. They're probably six uh in my rankings, But

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00:27:47,400 --> 00:27:50,680
Speaker 1: unfortunately I have to put the Dallas Cowboys there. Um

575
00:27:51,080 --> 00:27:53,480
Speaker 1: with the way they're running the ball again, if Tony

576
00:27:53,520 --> 00:27:58,200
Speaker 1: Pollard's the lead back and Tony Pollard our boy, so Richard.

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00:27:58,240 --> 00:28:01,280
Speaker 1: Before we sign off, Frank Reich has been fired by

578
00:28:01,320 --> 00:28:04,119
Speaker 1: the Indianapsis Colts talk about a disappointed team this year.

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Speaker 1: I mean, this is a team you expected to compete

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00:28:05,840 --> 00:28:08,680
Speaker 1: for the division. Matt Ryan's on board, you know, maybe

581
00:28:08,720 --> 00:28:11,280
Speaker 1: a dark horse candidate in the FC to make some

582
00:28:11,440 --> 00:28:16,440
Speaker 1: noise and talk an utter disappointment. Um, Surprisingly they bench

583
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Speaker 1: Matt Ryan for Sam Ellinger and today they fire Frank

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00:28:20,480 --> 00:28:24,480
Speaker 1: Reich in favor of Jeff Saturday. Uh, first off, impressions

585
00:28:24,680 --> 00:28:27,040
Speaker 1: of this move, and then I want you to talk

586
00:28:27,080 --> 00:28:30,760
Speaker 1: about you know, here's a guy with zero coaching experience.

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00:28:30,840 --> 00:28:33,440
Speaker 1: Obviously people love him. He's a media personality at a

588
00:28:33,520 --> 00:28:37,080
Speaker 1: hell of a career, you know, centering Peyton Manning. But

589
00:28:38,040 --> 00:28:40,320
Speaker 1: what does Jeff Saturday have to do to win over

590
00:28:40,400 --> 00:28:43,680
Speaker 1: this locker room? And is there any hope in Indie? Mitchell?

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00:28:43,760 --> 00:28:46,000
Speaker 1: There was no hope after they benched Matt Ryan because

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Speaker 1: you thought Sam ellen When you thought Sam Elleninger was

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Speaker 1: the answer for a national football team in the national

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Speaker 1: football that you thought, you thought, Oh, Matt Ryan's not

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00:28:54,440 --> 00:28:57,200
Speaker 1: getting it done, Sam Ellinger, he's gonna, he's gonna. Really,

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00:28:57,360 --> 00:28:59,240
Speaker 1: if Matt Ryan's not getting it done, your team is

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00:28:59,240 --> 00:29:01,239
Speaker 1: not getting it done, just go ahead and wrap it up.

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00:29:01,320 --> 00:29:04,840
Speaker 1: It's not it's not him like he can make his mistakes.

599
00:29:04,880 --> 00:29:06,320
Speaker 1: He can turn the ball over it but it's probably

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00:29:06,320 --> 00:29:09,360
Speaker 1: because that highly paid offensive line is a bust. They're

601
00:29:09,360 --> 00:29:11,760
Speaker 1: buff playing like bums right now. Like they're not playing well.

602
00:29:12,640 --> 00:29:14,480
Speaker 1: The guys that you expected to play well are not

603
00:29:14,560 --> 00:29:16,480
Speaker 1: playing well. You're paying them a lot of money and

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00:29:16,520 --> 00:29:18,680
Speaker 1: they're getting beat and they're and they're beat up and

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00:29:18,680 --> 00:29:21,520
Speaker 1: they're injured, and so you're putting a lot of blame

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00:29:21,560 --> 00:29:23,480
Speaker 1: on Matt Ryan and it wasn't his fault. Now they're

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00:29:23,520 --> 00:29:26,800
Speaker 1: just firing people. You fire Frank, right, you bring in Saturday.

608
00:29:26,920 --> 00:29:28,600
Speaker 1: Now it's they're starting to all look like a joke.

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00:29:28,680 --> 00:29:31,760
Speaker 1: They're starting to all look like a joke. And Jim ursay,

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00:29:31,800 --> 00:29:34,920
Speaker 1: he's running it like uh, I mean like a mom

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Speaker 1: and pops. The most amazing thing to me is the

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Speaker 1: trajectory of Jeff Saturday, right. And I can see, you know,

613
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Speaker 1: having this Hall of Fame career, going to the media

614
00:29:47,280 --> 00:29:49,840
Speaker 1: and then transitioning to head coach. I mean, Rich, this

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00:29:50,000 --> 00:29:52,160
Speaker 1: is something I can see you doing. You know, I

616
00:29:52,200 --> 00:29:55,640
Speaker 1: could see Mitchell Pete Carroll going down in five years

617
00:29:55,760 --> 00:29:57,600
Speaker 1: calling it a career maybe a couple of years, and

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Speaker 1: then them saying, hey, Rich, can we can we have

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Speaker 1: you as the head coaches our internal I'd come in

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Speaker 1: and have a blast. Hey, you name me for three weeks.

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Speaker 1: I got you. We're about to have a three fun weeks.

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Speaker 1: Get get ready for the top to come off the

623
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Speaker 1: defense because we are running trick plays. I'm talking about

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Speaker 1: We're gonna do it all because we freaking triple option

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00:30:19,720 --> 00:30:22,480
Speaker 1: left and right. Man, We're gonna We're gonna run go balls,

626
00:30:22,600 --> 00:30:24,959
Speaker 1: a hook and ladder. Hey, if your teammates near your

627
00:30:25,000 --> 00:30:27,000
Speaker 1: pitch it, catch a curl, you go ahead and pitch it.

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Speaker 1: Get going, get going, backyard quarterback like offensive line. Let's

629
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Speaker 1: get let's let's see how dynamic we can make this

630
00:30:33,600 --> 00:30:36,360
Speaker 1: offense in the next couple of weeks. But this is

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Speaker 1: a crazy move. It's some president, and I'm sure the

632
00:30:38,600 --> 00:30:40,440
Speaker 1: league is gonna have something to say about it, because

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00:30:40,560 --> 00:30:42,480
Speaker 1: you know the Rooney rule that they don't really care

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00:30:42,520 --> 00:30:46,920
Speaker 1: about but you're supposed to respect. Yeah, well, Richard, this

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Speaker 1: this concludes Week nine. We're gonna see you on Thursday

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Speaker 1: night football. We got a thriller, guys, an absolute thriller.

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Speaker 1: Richard fire up the troops. Richard, I'm trying to I'm

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Speaker 1: we gotta tune in. Well, hopingy p. J. Walker plays.

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Speaker 1: If he doesn't play, we're gonna have the Sam Donald

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Speaker 1: something to watch. Marioda is gonna be exciting. Their defense

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Speaker 1: a football game. Well, guys, this concludes us for for

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Speaker 1: a week nine. We appreciate you joining us, and always Richard,

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