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Speaker 1: Be Around the NFL Podcast can't figure out what XFL

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Speaker 1: stands for Extreme Football League. Welcome to another edition of

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Speaker 1: the Around the NFL Podcast, presented by the United States

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Speaker 1: Marine Corps GO USA. My name is Dan Hansis. I'm

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Speaker 1: joined in a room filled with heroes, Mark Sessler, Chris Westling,

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Speaker 1: and Greg Rosenthal. What is up? Boys? Hey? Dan, nice

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Speaker 1: to have a sponsor as rugged and masculine as the

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Speaker 1: foreman on this show. Finally, once again Greg projecting things

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Speaker 1: within him that he feels on the couple of uncomfortable with.

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Speaker 1: We're all in good shape right now. I find myself

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Speaker 1: to be a standard like masculine male, So I don't

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Speaker 1: feel uncomfortable with being connected to I'm not you know,

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Speaker 1: those type of things in the world. But you tend

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Speaker 1: to do that a lot. As I pointed out in

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Speaker 1: the past, you'll you know, group us in in a

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Speaker 1: somewhat effeminate way. I find it's not somewhat a feminine way.

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Speaker 1: I mean, I'm making a joke that you know, we're

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Speaker 1: not the four like biggest bros in the world. But

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Speaker 1: I also I also do think it's it's finally a

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Speaker 1: sponsor worthy. I say this and I'm not even saying

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Speaker 1: it like that. I'm proud of it. I feel like

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Speaker 1: I'm a bit of a bro. So that's why when

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Speaker 1: you make those kind of comments sometimes I feel I

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Speaker 1: feel I feel different. I feel like maybe I don't

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Speaker 1: belong in that conversation, not like me pounding my chest

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Speaker 1: over it or anything. I don't I don't sense you

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Speaker 1: pounding your chest. Um. It's an interesting place to break

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Speaker 1: this down and dig into it, but that's what the

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Speaker 1: show is for. We don't really speak to each other

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Speaker 1: outside of this this format. You mean at the top

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Speaker 1: of the week set. I mean, there's a lot of

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Speaker 1: people that have never watched the show at all, and

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Speaker 1: at this point they're probably wondering, what on earth is

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Speaker 1: this about? What they're about to find out? I hope,

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Speaker 1: well at some point, how exciting, uh, that we're here

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Speaker 1: back in the States West with football to talk about.

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Speaker 1: How's your jet leg? By the way, how are you

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Speaker 1: sleeping these days? I'm sleeping okay, catching up. My game

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Speaker 1: passes way behind, and I'm I had to resort to

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Speaker 1: like ten minute highlights on on YouTube. So I've had

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Speaker 1: to resort to that feels like a ridiculous shot. That's

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Speaker 1: a Sunday thing that you do when you've not watched

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Speaker 1: the games. Well, see, if they're gonna squabble, we can

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Speaker 1: squabble too. I don't like the way that went down

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Speaker 1: at all. Greg nice Tie were on the video show.

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Speaker 1: Now they're going to try to become friends to make

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Speaker 1: us look going on, Nice Tie, I like it. There's

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Speaker 1: a lot of going on. There's a lot to unpack

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Speaker 1: so far in today's episode. Theyll haven't really overcome the

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Speaker 1: fact that Dan sees himself as a bro kind of

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Speaker 1: a bro. But I mean, I feel like there's a

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Speaker 1: positive to negatives to being a bro if you if

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Speaker 1: you take bro too far. Yeah, And when I'm saying that,

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Speaker 1: I really it wasn't even trying to be derogatory about

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Speaker 1: our group. But even if you're like average broness, still

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Speaker 1: got it. I didn't take offense to I just wanted

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Speaker 1: comfortable with the trust trade. It does seem fair to

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Speaker 1: suggest that the Marines are tad more manly than three

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Speaker 1: in that conversation. You know that's I guess that's there's

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Speaker 1: the disconnect as it turned out, UM football blogger that

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Speaker 1: I am. Okay, guys, so much to get West. We're

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Speaker 1: gonna get into it. We've got to get going on

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Speaker 1: the show. But you've got some histories. It's staring right

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Speaker 1: at you right now with the lock situation. I got

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Speaker 1: off the SNIDA Monday night. We need you week seven

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Speaker 1: before this becomes a national story. I'd like to say

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Speaker 1: this has been keeping me up at night, but I

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Speaker 1: haven't thought about it until like thirty seconds before the show. Well,

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Speaker 1: I think it's time to start thinking about it because

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Speaker 1: history is knocking on the door. Now. We need you

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Speaker 1: to lock one up this week. Okay, will keep trying

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Speaker 1: to get my game pick right because think about it. West.

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Speaker 1: Thank you are the scientist along with Greg. What we need.

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Speaker 1: What I need is the host. I need my scientists

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Speaker 1: to start nailing some locks. I think UM listeners in general,

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Speaker 1: and maybe you're a part of this put way more

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Speaker 1: I mean from another angle, set history by going oh

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Speaker 1: And was that your original plan? That was my plan

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Speaker 1: it as we always do. Um. We will do it

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Speaker 1: snake style draft and the Thursday, the first game of

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Speaker 1: week seven, Chiefs at broncos Um. The Scientists will be

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Speaker 1: hitting that game later tonight in a mini pod, so

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Speaker 1: Mark right now after a rough start for the season.

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Speaker 1: Don't care, all right, let's get into it. Marks. You

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Speaker 1: are holding the first overall pick UH in today's draft,

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Speaker 1: I'm going Saints at Bears, and because number one, I

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Speaker 1: you more. And I'm amazed the Saints are underdogs in

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Speaker 1: you know what, they they're kind of in a perfect

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Speaker 1: they win every game. Usually that leads to some type

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Speaker 1: No one's considering anything like that. It's just when he

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Speaker 1: me guess. Am I picking last again? No? I mean

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Speaker 1: been twenty six because there's no way they're winning that game.

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Speaker 1: The Seahawks do this week after week the max is ten,

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Speaker 1: Well it would have been ten point two. A little bit,

429
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Speaker 1: just a little bit more, just a little bit more soaked.

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Speaker 1: All right, my turn like this? Happy how this worked out?

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Speaker 1: Because let's talk about the lions. Oh, by the way,

432
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Speaker 1: that was the road to Victory presented by the United

433
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Speaker 1: States Corps. And you got what they were asking for.

434
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Speaker 1: What a product will deliver and they deliver to our country.

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Speaker 1: All right, let's now move on. That is the oddest

436
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Speaker 1: and most much for the Marine Corps I've ever had,

437
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Speaker 1: what a product they deliver. It's not it's just a

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Speaker 1: weird it's a weird way to get there. It's it's

439
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Speaker 1: a bravery and heroism and an ability to conquer evil.

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Speaker 1: That's a commodity. Now you're getting there. But I mean

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Speaker 1: the way it was initially pitched Semper five baby, All right,

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00:22:13,960 --> 00:22:20,480
Speaker 1: now the Detroit Lines and some bozo on Twitter yesterday. Listen. Sorry,

443
00:22:20,600 --> 00:22:23,920
Speaker 1: we went to London and did four shows in six

444
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Speaker 1: days and wanted to take one extra day so we

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Speaker 1: could get our mental health day knocked out. Uh he

446
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Speaker 1: said he unsubscribed from the show because we didn't talk

447
00:22:34,000 --> 00:22:37,400
Speaker 1: about the lines on Wednesday show. Well, you know, hey,

448
00:22:37,760 --> 00:22:40,320
Speaker 1: get get a few of your bodies together, get in

449
00:22:40,359 --> 00:22:42,680
Speaker 1: your garage, and start your online podcast. You won't even

450
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Speaker 1: need to listen to us. Very well, very well put west.

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Speaker 1: Now I will talk about the lines now spinning forward,

452
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Speaker 1: because yes, a crushing loss to the Packers, a game

453
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Speaker 1: in which we know everyone knows it follows the NFL

454
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Speaker 1: uh two penalties on Trey Flowers that were not just

455
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Speaker 1: suspect that the league came out and said we got

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Speaker 1: it wrong. The second one which essentially allowed the Packers

457
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Speaker 1: to run out the clock and kick the game winning

458
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Speaker 1: field goal. It was a killer because I believe if

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Speaker 1: that play just goes off and it's fourth down, you

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Speaker 1: have Crosby attempting what early forties range field goal, and

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Speaker 1: even if he makes it, he misses it. Lines when

462
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Speaker 1: if he makes it, there's a minute and change I

463
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Speaker 1: believe left with Matthew Stafford's playing really well with a

464
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Speaker 1: chance to drive down the field didn't work out. So

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Speaker 1: now we see what the Lions got in terms of

466
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Speaker 1: intestinal fortitude. Remember what a grill mount soon used to

467
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Speaker 1: call it testicular fortitude. Because now you go and you

468
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Speaker 1: have a big division game again, this time it is

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Speaker 1: the Minnesota Vikings. Uh. And it is in Detroit, so

470
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Speaker 1: you get to come home, uh to play the Vikings.

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Speaker 1: Who you know? You really it would have been better

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Speaker 1: to catch him a couple of weeks ago when they

473
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Speaker 1: were in crisis mode. Uh, and Kirk Cousin was Becausin

474
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Speaker 1: was absorbing a ton of heat. Well, two wins later

475
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Speaker 1: for the Vikings, it seems like that ship has been righted. Now.

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Speaker 1: We'll see if it stays that way. Because the Lions,

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Speaker 1: as we saw once again Chris westling um, we're able

478
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Speaker 1: to hang against a good opponent, and the Packers were

479
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Speaker 1: so luckily to get out of that game. Do you

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Speaker 1: expect the Lions to once again put up a big,

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Speaker 1: good fight against the high quality team and maybe even

482
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Speaker 1: get over the Hub for once? Absolutely? I do. I.

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Speaker 1: Anytime you get a chance to take on the Vikings

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Speaker 1: outside of their dome, it's a good it's a good

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Speaker 1: matchup for you. I don't trust this Vikings team on

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Speaker 1: the road. I tous trust him totally at home. Uh.

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Speaker 1: The Lions have outplayed a lot of good teams. I

488
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Speaker 1: did not think they outplayed the Packers. I thought every

489
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Speaker 1: break went their way for fifty minutes until about ten

490
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Speaker 1: minutes to go in the fourth quarter when the breaks

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Speaker 1: started going the Packers way. Um, I understand why Lions

492
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Speaker 1: fans are upset, but I did not think in any

493
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Speaker 1: way that that was their game. No, I agree. I

494
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Speaker 1: think the Packers outplayed him in the interception return, especially

495
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Speaker 1: by Justin Coleman, was just kind of a bit of

496
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Speaker 1: good fortune where that game could have ended differently. And

497
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Speaker 1: ultimately they gave up leads of what they're sixteen and

498
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Speaker 1: nothing or thirteen and nothing and twenty three to twelve

499
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Speaker 1: in the start of the fourth quarter, so that when

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Speaker 1: Kield goals, stop stop giving up, stop giving up drives.

501
00:25:20,640 --> 00:25:22,960
Speaker 1: The Matt Patricia defense reminds me so much of the

502
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Speaker 1: Patriots defense under Matt Patricia, which is smart. You can

503
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Speaker 1: change up what you do each week. You're you're good situationally,

504
00:25:32,320 --> 00:25:34,760
Speaker 1: you're good in the red zone, but you're not that good.

505
00:25:35,200 --> 00:25:38,040
Speaker 1: You you're not. You don't have a pass rush. I mean,

506
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Speaker 1: they really they missed the Shawan hand. They haven't had

507
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Speaker 1: him all year. Mike Daniels has given them nothing, and

508
00:25:43,160 --> 00:25:45,480
Speaker 1: he's been hurt too, so that those are injuries. You

509
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Speaker 1: don't have a one on one pass rusher and you're

510
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Speaker 1: kind of coaching around it, and ultimately you're kind of

511
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Speaker 1: middle of the pack and solid, maybe a little better

512
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Speaker 1: than the middle of the pack on defense. Those Patriots

513
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Speaker 1: teams had a top five offense to carry them through.

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Speaker 1: This Lion's offense has been resourceful and fun to watch,

515
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Speaker 1: but they're not at that last Well. I think it's

516
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Speaker 1: a start, and the Vikings a lot of credit. Um,

517
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Speaker 1: I've flamed them multiple times for being unwatchable on offense

518
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Speaker 1: outside of Dalvin Cook for the earlier part of the

519
00:26:13,080 --> 00:26:16,200
Speaker 1: season that big bounce back game, But I almost feel

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Speaker 1: like you've got to be a little cautious with what

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Speaker 1: they accomplished because they were playing an eagle secondary that

522
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Speaker 1: gave up one big play after the next. So just

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Speaker 1: dial it down a little bit, and that maybe what

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Speaker 1: Minnesota's capable of. But to go through what they went through,

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Speaker 1: the two weeks of total chaos in fighting and have

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Speaker 1: Kirk Cousins respond the way he did, I thought he

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Speaker 1: played the best game he's played. Not just I get

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Speaker 1: it all of this year, but in a while. I

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Speaker 1: mean he he just seemed in sync. They had been

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Speaker 1: out of sync through the air all year, and they

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Speaker 1: put it together and that's that's super encouraging. I still

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Speaker 1: think the Lions though, could knock out any team in

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Speaker 1: this division if they kind of just needed one of

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Speaker 1: these teams that's been beaten down. So I gotta learn

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Speaker 1: how to win in the In the end of the

536
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Speaker 1: they've sandwiched a buy with a extremely painful thirty or

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Speaker 1: thirty loss to Kansas City. When it was it seemed

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Speaker 1: like it was a done deal, that they were going

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Speaker 1: to get it done, and then of course what happened

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Speaker 1: on Monday night. So yeah, it will take it will

541
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Speaker 1: take a team that has some mental toughness to shake

542
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Speaker 1: those losses off and not let this slip away from them.

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Speaker 1: But this I think is a really good game, and

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Speaker 1: and West you you have a limited amount of patients

545
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Speaker 1: for it. But I find kirk Cousins to be compelling

546
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Speaker 1: theater about how his career continues to progress. Let's see

547
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Speaker 1: if he continues to pour it on. This wouldn't fall

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Speaker 1: under the uh Kirk Cousins umbrella totally because it is

549
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Speaker 1: on the road uh. And it's also not a not

550
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Speaker 1: a huge spotlight game. Um, So I that I think

551
00:27:39,640 --> 00:27:41,879
Speaker 1: keeps it open for him to keep it rolling. Most likely,

552
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Speaker 1: right my My lack of patience is with the people

553
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Speaker 1: who decide, and this is a very vocal group. Just

554
00:27:47,960 --> 00:27:51,240
Speaker 1: think that Cousins is a laughable clown who can't play

555
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Speaker 1: quarterback at all, and I think he has five years

556
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Speaker 1: in the NFL. They say the opposite of that, that

557
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Speaker 1: he he's one of the sixteen or eighteen best quarterbacks

558
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Speaker 1: in the NFL. Lion gotta win this game. They've been

559
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Speaker 1: a nice story. Quarterback is playing well. It's just tricky

560
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Speaker 1: how the schedule falls. Ultimately, you lose this game. You've

561
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Speaker 1: just lost three in a row, and the Packers and

562
00:28:11,440 --> 00:28:15,200
Speaker 1: Vikings are rolling and you're just hoping for some wild

563
00:28:15,200 --> 00:28:17,680
Speaker 1: cards scraps after that. Are you're a real contender or

564
00:28:17,720 --> 00:28:20,120
Speaker 1: you just to feel good story a team that can compete?

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Speaker 1: We'll see all right now, snake time. This is a

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Speaker 1: home run. This is a great This is what's the

567
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Speaker 1: best second round pick in recent seasons? Darius Leonard in

568
00:28:30,280 --> 00:28:33,080
Speaker 1: that zone there, all right, Darius Leonard pick. Oh look,

569
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Speaker 1: it's the Cults. That wasn't on purpose, but I'll pretend

570
00:28:36,560 --> 00:28:40,680
Speaker 1: it was. They are back off thereby and now they

571
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Speaker 1: welcome the first place Houston Texans to Lucas Oil Stadium

572
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Speaker 1: with the first place on the line in the A

573
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Speaker 1: it out already? Did it? Are you locked up tonight's game?

574
00:28:53,240 --> 00:28:58,800
Speaker 1: In fact? Um? And I love it. I'm excited because

575
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Speaker 1: Deshaun Buston is probably my favorite player in the NFL

576
00:29:02,640 --> 00:29:05,560
Speaker 1: uh not named Sam Donald, so I UM love to

577
00:29:05,560 --> 00:29:07,719
Speaker 1: watch him. So whenever I could draft him in a

578
00:29:07,720 --> 00:29:10,120
Speaker 1: big division game, I'm gonna do it. And it will

579
00:29:10,160 --> 00:29:13,160
Speaker 1: be so interesting to see the Colts such a you know,

580
00:29:13,200 --> 00:29:16,800
Speaker 1: a well coached team, Um, a team that's has a

581
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Speaker 1: good defensive pieces. But Deshaun Watson when he when he

582
00:29:19,520 --> 00:29:23,360
Speaker 1: gets rolling, it is scary. And um, we'll see which

583
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Speaker 1: version of the Houston Texans offense shows up. That would

584
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Speaker 1: be my only concern, Uh if I'm a Texans fan

585
00:29:29,040 --> 00:29:32,800
Speaker 1: is that when they are rolling, they are awesome to watch,

586
00:29:32,840 --> 00:29:34,840
Speaker 1: but every every once in a while and maybe it

587
00:29:34,920 --> 00:29:37,000
Speaker 1: was just maybe it ends up just being a situation

588
00:29:37,040 --> 00:29:39,240
Speaker 1: where they're working out the kinks early on. They have

589
00:29:39,360 --> 00:29:41,000
Speaker 1: had some games where they haven't been able to get

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Speaker 1: it going. Um, but I expect Houston to to to

591
00:29:43,920 --> 00:29:47,640
Speaker 1: do business here in Indy. Well, it's a rematch right

592
00:29:47,760 --> 00:29:50,280
Speaker 1: of the playoff game a year ago. Am I crazy. No,

593
00:29:50,400 --> 00:29:56,040
Speaker 1: you're absolutely You're absolutely right. I hallucinate how poorly they were.

594
00:29:56,280 --> 00:30:00,520
Speaker 1: The Texans were stumped that Tuxans were shut down in Houston.

595
00:30:00,680 --> 00:30:02,240
Speaker 1: And I think the Colts kind of are a nice

596
00:30:02,320 --> 00:30:06,040
Speaker 1: litmus test right now for this Texans team because I

597
00:30:06,040 --> 00:30:08,200
Speaker 1: think the Cults are really well coached. I think they're

598
00:30:08,200 --> 00:30:11,720
Speaker 1: gonna give you a great effort. Of course, at home,

599
00:30:12,160 --> 00:30:15,640
Speaker 1: they're pretty good Situationally, they're smart, they they run the ball.

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Speaker 1: They'll probably figure out a way to keep this game close.

601
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Speaker 1: But the Texans best game should be better than the

602
00:30:21,200 --> 00:30:24,120
Speaker 1: Colts is best game. I mean, their ceiling is higher.

603
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Speaker 1: In the past, this might have been a game that

604
00:30:25,920 --> 00:30:28,440
Speaker 1: the Texans kind of stubbed their toe and it ends

605
00:30:28,480 --> 00:30:30,360
Speaker 1: up being a whole race throughout the year in the

606
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Speaker 1: NFC South. If if this Texans team can be at

607
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Speaker 1: the type of team that gets to buy, which I

608
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Speaker 1: think they are, they can be that type of team,

609
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Speaker 1: you go win this game, I think. And if the

610
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Speaker 1: last time these teams played in India in the regular season,

611
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Speaker 1: it was a thirty seven thirty four Texans winning overtime. Um,

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Speaker 1: I think these are just two well matched teams. I believe.

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Speaker 1: I think the Cults are team that can make the playoffs.

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Speaker 1: I think I think you can see two playoff teams

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Speaker 1: out of the ANFC South and these would be my picks.

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Speaker 1: Where are we at on Jacoby percent I haven't seen

617
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Speaker 1: enough to where I think, like automatically he should be

618
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Speaker 1: their guy going forward, and like two thousand and twenty

619
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Speaker 1: and beyond, I think they should try to aim higher.

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Speaker 1: I agree with you. He's averaging what under seven yards

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Speaker 1: per attempt. He shows become a run first offense, he

622
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Speaker 1: shows off his arm. You know, they've kind of coached

623
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Speaker 1: very conservatively in terms of focusing on the running game.

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00:31:25,520 --> 00:31:28,400
Speaker 1: They'll take shots. Uh, they have some good schemed up

625
00:31:28,400 --> 00:31:30,160
Speaker 1: but I think it's been a great job of coaching.

626
00:31:30,600 --> 00:31:32,600
Speaker 1: But I don't think he's shown enough where you're thinking

627
00:31:32,760 --> 00:31:34,800
Speaker 1: he's the guy moving forward. He's kind of been a

628
00:31:34,840 --> 00:31:38,520
Speaker 1: perfect middle of the road type of starter to keep

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Speaker 1: the ship afloat. But maybe not that you're gonna be

630
00:31:40,560 --> 00:31:42,800
Speaker 1: buying into long term. Yeah. I mean, they seem content

631
00:31:42,880 --> 00:31:45,920
Speaker 1: to run through Marlon Mack right now, and he's so

632
00:31:46,040 --> 00:31:48,480
Speaker 1: pivotal to him with the Texans. The one thing that

633
00:31:48,800 --> 00:31:51,120
Speaker 1: and maybe someone else predicted this happening. I know I

634
00:31:51,160 --> 00:31:54,000
Speaker 1: didn't after watching Carlos Hide the past couple of seasons

635
00:31:54,360 --> 00:31:57,400
Speaker 1: to have him the amount of usage he's getting in

636
00:31:57,440 --> 00:31:59,920
Speaker 1: Bill O'Brien's offense and to be as productive as he had.

637
00:32:00,120 --> 00:32:03,000
Speaker 1: Him and Duke Johnson together have have worked out for

638
00:32:03,040 --> 00:32:04,720
Speaker 1: a team that when they lost Lamar Miller and I

639
00:32:04,720 --> 00:32:06,960
Speaker 1: get the week, Lamar Miller is Lamar Miller, and we

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00:32:07,000 --> 00:32:09,360
Speaker 1: can try to make him something he's not. But he's not,

641
00:32:09,480 --> 00:32:16,120
Speaker 1: but it's that he's been. They've been. They have been

642
00:32:16,160 --> 00:32:18,600
Speaker 1: able to really kill people on the ground in the

643
00:32:18,640 --> 00:32:21,960
Speaker 1: ground for a while, and they have a diverse running

644
00:32:21,960 --> 00:32:23,840
Speaker 1: attack right now. And I thought Bill O'Brien did a

645
00:32:23,920 --> 00:32:26,560
Speaker 1: nice job last week using Hide, And you've got to

646
00:32:26,640 --> 00:32:28,760
Speaker 1: keep wondering as a defense if you're facing them, when

647
00:32:28,840 --> 00:32:30,960
Speaker 1: is this run out? Because this is a player that

648
00:32:31,000 --> 00:32:33,760
Speaker 1: I essentially thought his career was on the on the edge.

649
00:32:33,760 --> 00:32:35,400
Speaker 1: And you know what, Duke Johnson adds a lot too.

650
00:32:35,680 --> 00:32:39,080
Speaker 1: I'm surprised how it's shaken out that Hides clear the

651
00:32:39,200 --> 00:32:42,719
Speaker 1: lead guy. But ultimately Duke Duke Johnson has three five

652
00:32:42,800 --> 00:32:45,680
Speaker 1: yards from scrimmage through six games. Hides got about four

653
00:32:45,840 --> 00:32:49,760
Speaker 1: fifty together. That's a really strong combo. Hides not as

654
00:32:49,800 --> 00:32:53,240
Speaker 1: good in the passing game. The cults are healthier, though,

655
00:32:53,280 --> 00:32:55,520
Speaker 1: and I think that's important. They're coming off there by week.

656
00:32:55,520 --> 00:32:57,440
Speaker 1: They still have a lot of injuries in the secondary

657
00:32:57,480 --> 00:32:59,680
Speaker 1: even then after the bye, but you have t Y

658
00:32:59,720 --> 00:33:02,760
Speaker 1: Hilton back, you have Darius Leonard back. Uh, your defensive

659
00:33:02,800 --> 00:33:05,680
Speaker 1: line is healthier than it was. It's pretty significant. You're

660
00:33:05,720 --> 00:33:08,640
Speaker 1: raising your eyebrows. Well. Your secondary injuries don't matter when

661
00:33:08,680 --> 00:33:10,440
Speaker 1: you can just plug in a guy like Cary Willis,

662
00:33:10,440 --> 00:33:12,880
Speaker 1: who has been phenomenal, their fourth round pick, who's a

663
00:33:12,920 --> 00:33:16,240
Speaker 1: safety in plays like Honey Badger all over that defense.

664
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Speaker 1: And the Texans are as short at cornerback right now

665
00:33:19,480 --> 00:33:22,360
Speaker 1: as pretty much any team in the league. They lost

666
00:33:22,440 --> 00:33:26,800
Speaker 1: Bradley Roby for a month, Jonathan Joseph has been banged up,

667
00:33:26,800 --> 00:33:29,239
Speaker 1: and they weren't exactly deep at that position to begin with.

668
00:33:29,320 --> 00:33:32,760
Speaker 1: But they just beat the Chiefs and uh, two more

669
00:33:32,760 --> 00:33:36,560
Speaker 1: thoughts after you know, last week Cayami Fairbaron killed him

670
00:33:37,280 --> 00:33:38,960
Speaker 1: to the point where you wondered if they were gonna

671
00:33:39,000 --> 00:33:40,960
Speaker 1: have to do the dreaded. We know we need to

672
00:33:40,960 --> 00:33:42,920
Speaker 1: feel kick a field goal, but we can't because we

673
00:33:42,960 --> 00:33:46,480
Speaker 1: can't trust the kicker from anywhere outside thirty yards. I

674
00:33:46,520 --> 00:33:48,840
Speaker 1: thought that would lead to, you know, maybe a change

675
00:33:48,920 --> 00:33:51,000
Speaker 1: or a workout. But I guess he was so good

676
00:33:51,080 --> 00:33:54,400
Speaker 1: last year. Bill O'Brien is keeping the faith, and maybe

677
00:33:54,400 --> 00:33:57,040
Speaker 1: O'Brien is. You know, he's hot right now. He's got

678
00:33:57,080 --> 00:34:00,200
Speaker 1: the uh what do they call it in basketball? Heat

679
00:34:00,280 --> 00:34:04,760
Speaker 1: check came on the same same week that Brian Baldinger,

680
00:34:04,800 --> 00:34:08,560
Speaker 1: a guy that we all respect mightily for his football knowledge,

681
00:34:08,600 --> 00:34:11,680
Speaker 1: especially in the trenches, called Laramie Tunsel the best left

682
00:34:11,680 --> 00:34:14,240
Speaker 1: tackle in the NFL. That seems to be a pretty

683
00:34:14,239 --> 00:34:18,719
Speaker 1: good trade. Now, uh, excuse me, great trade, all right? Now?

684
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Speaker 1: Moving on? Picking next will be out of the Snake

685
00:34:25,280 --> 00:34:28,400
Speaker 1: and back to Chris Wessell. Well, since there are no

686
00:34:28,440 --> 00:34:32,279
Speaker 1: good games left, there are some. This is this is

687
00:34:32,280 --> 00:34:35,080
Speaker 1: the first week. Are you look at the schedule top

688
00:34:35,120 --> 00:34:39,799
Speaker 1: to bottom, there are a full slate of um stinkfest operations.

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Speaker 1: I'm going to choose a grass field with a new

690
00:34:42,960 --> 00:34:47,480
Speaker 1: quarterback starter Chargers at Titans. Thank you, going back to

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Speaker 1: the Titans. Yes, you are a good man. Thank you

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00:34:50,520 --> 00:34:53,759
Speaker 1: for taking that off. No problem. I will leave such

693
00:34:54,440 --> 00:34:59,520
Speaker 1: gems as Jaguars, Bengals, Dolphins, Bills and forty Niners redskins

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00:34:59,560 --> 00:35:04,759
Speaker 1: for you, Dan, all right, thank you, go ahead. Oh

695
00:35:04,800 --> 00:35:07,600
Speaker 1: you want analysis of this game? Well you you, I

696
00:35:07,640 --> 00:35:09,840
Speaker 1: mean you're the one. You're the completest who watched the

697
00:35:10,000 --> 00:35:14,160
Speaker 1: entire sixteen to nothing tennis. You're a Titans fan. You

698
00:35:14,200 --> 00:35:18,279
Speaker 1: know you're you're you're taking over my previous mantel back

699
00:35:18,320 --> 00:35:20,520
Speaker 1: in the two thousand and thirteen season as the Ryan

700
00:35:20,520 --> 00:35:23,120
Speaker 1: Tannehill believer in the podcast. I am not a believer.

701
00:35:25,719 --> 00:35:29,000
Speaker 1: Remember this moment, you know, for posterity, maybe clip it

702
00:35:29,040 --> 00:35:31,360
Speaker 1: off West speechless about to get into a game. He

703
00:35:31,360 --> 00:35:33,880
Speaker 1: didn't know what to say. Well, there was nothing to say.

704
00:35:34,040 --> 00:35:36,719
Speaker 1: I have an inkling that Ryan Tannehill is going to

705
00:35:36,800 --> 00:35:40,160
Speaker 1: have the same problems as Marcus Mariotta behind this offensive

706
00:35:40,200 --> 00:35:43,040
Speaker 1: line with a play calling that has left a lot

707
00:35:43,080 --> 00:35:45,040
Speaker 1: to be desired. I just don't see much of a

708
00:35:45,040 --> 00:35:47,359
Speaker 1: difference there. That's why I want to watch this game

709
00:35:47,400 --> 00:35:49,080
Speaker 1: to find out if there will be a difference. Does

710
00:35:49,280 --> 00:35:52,359
Speaker 1: Ryan Tannehill jump start this offense? I don't know. When

711
00:35:52,400 --> 00:35:54,560
Speaker 1: you see guys like a J. Brown and you know

712
00:35:54,680 --> 00:35:57,480
Speaker 1: Corey Davis is a top five picked Laney Walker's out there,

713
00:35:58,040 --> 00:36:01,319
Speaker 1: what if they start using these weapons or you know

714
00:36:01,560 --> 00:36:04,799
Speaker 1: d quote weapons that they have. Well, Greg Cosl, who

715
00:36:04,840 --> 00:36:09,000
Speaker 1: we also respect, it said mightily. I like that we

716
00:36:09,040 --> 00:36:12,839
Speaker 1: have to point out our respect for these various basically individuals.

717
00:36:12,920 --> 00:36:16,520
Speaker 1: If we don't say that we respect them, assume we don't.

718
00:36:18,719 --> 00:36:21,640
Speaker 1: It's a short list of of these analysts that truly,

719
00:36:22,280 --> 00:36:25,120
Speaker 1: you know, across all boards, whether it's in this room

720
00:36:25,360 --> 00:36:28,520
Speaker 1: or the Twitter, you know, atmosphere, stratosphere, whatever you want

721
00:36:28,560 --> 00:36:30,919
Speaker 1: to call it, that everyone knows is the real deal.

722
00:36:31,080 --> 00:36:33,040
Speaker 1: Baldy and Coseell are to those guys, I mean, you've

723
00:36:33,040 --> 00:36:34,600
Speaker 1: created a bit of a problem for us. We now

724
00:36:34,640 --> 00:36:37,400
Speaker 1: need to go out and announce our respect for anyone

725
00:36:37,400 --> 00:36:39,480
Speaker 1: who comes up at all. It's a short list. Well,

726
00:36:39,520 --> 00:36:43,080
Speaker 1: it doesn't seem like Cosell respects Mariota that much because

727
00:36:43,080 --> 00:36:45,719
Speaker 1: he said receivers have been opened and he thinks that's

728
00:36:46,200 --> 00:36:49,040
Speaker 1: for on tape that he thinks receivers have been open

729
00:36:49,440 --> 00:36:51,240
Speaker 1: and they haven't been pulling the trigger, and there should

730
00:36:51,239 --> 00:36:53,160
Speaker 1: be some receivers open when you play the Chargers. This

731
00:36:53,280 --> 00:36:58,240
Speaker 1: secondary has been injured and disappointing. The defense in general

732
00:36:58,239 --> 00:37:00,040
Speaker 1: has taking a big step back. I am interested in

733
00:37:00,080 --> 00:37:02,400
Speaker 1: this game because there are two, two and four teams

734
00:37:02,400 --> 00:37:05,600
Speaker 1: that made the playoffs a year ago. And whoever lose

735
00:37:05,680 --> 00:37:08,800
Speaker 1: this game is in deep trouble. And the Chargers fall

736
00:37:08,840 --> 00:37:12,200
Speaker 1: has kind of been under the radar here. Um, but

737
00:37:12,440 --> 00:37:15,040
Speaker 1: I don't I don't want them to be totally out

738
00:37:15,080 --> 00:37:17,440
Speaker 1: of our lives here. I want Philip Rivers to go

739
00:37:17,520 --> 00:37:20,480
Speaker 1: to Nashville. And uh, there's a lot of rumors he

740
00:37:20,480 --> 00:37:23,520
Speaker 1: would replace Marcus Mariota or he was gonna get traded

741
00:37:23,560 --> 00:37:26,839
Speaker 1: for Marcus Mariota back in the day, and he wants

742
00:37:26,880 --> 00:37:29,640
Speaker 1: to go back go to Nashville. And then he'll talk

743
00:37:29,719 --> 00:37:32,200
Speaker 1: about a player who deserves to have a little player

744
00:37:32,280 --> 00:37:36,239
Speaker 1: empowerment and get himself out of a bad situation. Be free,

745
00:37:36,320 --> 00:37:39,480
Speaker 1: Philip Rivers. This organization has let you down. Go to Nasha.

746
00:37:39,520 --> 00:37:41,719
Speaker 1: I mean they paid him like hundreds of millions of

747
00:37:41,760 --> 00:37:45,080
Speaker 1: dollars or whatever. But I will say they've been Philip

748
00:37:45,200 --> 00:37:48,719
Speaker 1: Rivers to the Titans feels like like a total purgatory move.

749
00:37:49,080 --> 00:37:52,600
Speaker 1: He wants to get back to where you know he's from. Also,

750
00:37:53,320 --> 00:37:55,600
Speaker 1: it's not gonna happen because a free agent at the

751
00:37:55,640 --> 00:37:57,520
Speaker 1: end of the year, because they're the Titan closer to

752
00:37:57,520 --> 00:38:01,920
Speaker 1: the Midwest. Because yeah, because because they're the Titans. You know,

753
00:38:01,960 --> 00:38:03,680
Speaker 1: they're not going to bomb out and go three and

754
00:38:03,719 --> 00:38:06,480
Speaker 1: thirteen here, They're gonna shrink together. Some wins. Nine at

755
00:38:06,520 --> 00:38:09,120
Speaker 1: seven might actually be tough of them now, but who knows,

756
00:38:09,160 --> 00:38:11,520
Speaker 1: maybe like West as Tannehill lights a spark. So they

757
00:38:11,560 --> 00:38:13,400
Speaker 1: won't be at the top of the draft unless they

758
00:38:13,480 --> 00:38:16,600
Speaker 1: pull off some type of audacious trade. So go get

759
00:38:16,640 --> 00:38:19,080
Speaker 1: Philip Rivers as your bridge guy, and go find a

760
00:38:19,080 --> 00:38:21,840
Speaker 1: developmental prospect that can sit behind one of the greatest

761
00:38:21,880 --> 00:38:23,880
Speaker 1: ever slan it well, the Charges would have something to

762
00:38:23,920 --> 00:38:27,080
Speaker 1: say about that, unless Rivers truly wanted out. He has

763
00:38:27,120 --> 00:38:28,839
Speaker 1: a free agent. There's some good news though. They got

764
00:38:28,920 --> 00:38:31,239
Speaker 1: Hunter Henry back last week. He looked awesome. I mean,

765
00:38:31,280 --> 00:38:33,960
Speaker 1: it was a terrible performance by them on Sunday Night Football,

766
00:38:34,080 --> 00:38:36,480
Speaker 1: but he looked great. And it sounds like Russell Okung,

767
00:38:36,560 --> 00:38:40,040
Speaker 1: their left tackle, is returning from his pulmonary embol is

768
00:38:40,160 --> 00:38:43,239
Speaker 1: m shortly, maybe as early as this week, and that's

769
00:38:43,280 --> 00:38:46,480
Speaker 1: a pretty big addition. Chargers are the most disappointing team

770
00:38:46,680 --> 00:38:48,560
Speaker 1: in the a f C right now. They have lost

771
00:38:48,640 --> 00:38:51,920
Speaker 1: four or five, their one win coming against the Dolphins.

772
00:38:51,920 --> 00:38:54,120
Speaker 1: Where do they rank on your dirt Knap rankings? They're

773
00:38:54,120 --> 00:38:57,960
Speaker 1: getting close because if they ever lost this game, whoever

774
00:38:58,000 --> 00:39:00,239
Speaker 1: loses this be in hot water they too and five

775
00:39:00,440 --> 00:39:03,360
Speaker 1: with the Bears and the Packers coming up next. Charges

776
00:39:03,400 --> 00:39:06,840
Speaker 1: are already on my dirt map watch. I am enjoying it.

777
00:39:06,920 --> 00:39:08,719
Speaker 1: I think they might be the more boring team in

778
00:39:08,760 --> 00:39:11,120
Speaker 1: this matchup. I like, I think we're going we have

779
00:39:11,239 --> 00:39:14,040
Speaker 1: something here with the dirt knap, because maybe we can

780
00:39:14,080 --> 00:39:17,720
Speaker 1: put together a graphic where it shows how far under

781
00:39:17,920 --> 00:39:20,359
Speaker 1: these people are beneath the dirt and dirt, and then

782
00:39:20,400 --> 00:39:22,879
Speaker 1: maybe if they start to dig themselves out, the hand

783
00:39:22,960 --> 00:39:24,799
Speaker 1: sticks out something like that. Yeah, I like that. I

784
00:39:24,800 --> 00:39:26,680
Speaker 1: mean they would be it's in sort of a zombie

785
00:39:26,680 --> 00:39:29,520
Speaker 1: but if you're buried under the dirt, you're dead to

786
00:39:29,600 --> 00:39:32,040
Speaker 1: begin with. But you're saying some would come, no, because

787
00:39:32,120 --> 00:39:35,040
Speaker 1: remember like Uma Thurman and kill Bill. Oh yeah, there

788
00:39:35,080 --> 00:39:37,520
Speaker 1: are scenarios where people could come, put him in the

789
00:39:37,719 --> 00:39:40,120
Speaker 1: put them in the wood coffin, and then maybe they

790
00:39:40,160 --> 00:39:42,439
Speaker 1: fight their way out. So it's just like the old

791
00:39:42,480 --> 00:39:45,279
Speaker 1: Forks segment, except there's a possibility of zombie ism it

792
00:39:45,400 --> 00:39:47,719
Speaker 1: the forks segment. Yes, and you what did you call it?

793
00:39:48,400 --> 00:39:50,200
Speaker 1: Stick a fork in him? Yeah? No, oh, but you

794
00:39:50,239 --> 00:39:53,800
Speaker 1: said dirt nap too, But then there's also Bill Simmons

795
00:39:53,800 --> 00:39:56,680
Speaker 1: calls it the loser goes home, loser leaves town match.

796
00:39:57,080 --> 00:39:59,799
Speaker 1: So these are all I mean saying the same thing,

797
00:40:00,239 --> 00:40:02,879
Speaker 1: the losers in deep deep trouble. But I like dirt nap,

798
00:40:02,880 --> 00:40:05,480
Speaker 1: and I think there's certain nap is powerful. It doesn't

799
00:40:05,520 --> 00:40:07,440
Speaker 1: get there's not a lot of wiggles. Was a listener

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00:40:07,480 --> 00:40:09,799
Speaker 1: at our meet up after our show on Friday like

801
00:40:09,920 --> 00:40:11,600
Speaker 1: using the word dirt nap, But I was like, there's

802
00:40:11,640 --> 00:40:14,360
Speaker 1: no way you actually use that word before Mark Sessler

803
00:40:14,440 --> 00:40:18,120
Speaker 1: came into your lives right, came from my dad, just

804
00:40:18,200 --> 00:40:20,839
Speaker 1: the same way that you have terminologies that came from

805
00:40:20,840 --> 00:40:25,120
Speaker 1: your lineage, your ancestry. Let's move on. Picking next will

806
00:40:25,160 --> 00:40:29,120
Speaker 1: be Greg Greg Rosenthal. Yes, well, I'm boxed out of

807
00:40:29,120 --> 00:40:31,640
Speaker 1: the four PM games, which is you did me a favor.

808
00:40:31,719 --> 00:40:37,560
Speaker 1: There was watch Lamar as I wanted to, and uh,

809
00:40:37,600 --> 00:40:40,200
Speaker 1: I'm gonna take a game that maybe doesn't have much

810
00:40:40,200 --> 00:40:43,160
Speaker 1: playoff implications, but I think is a perfect backup morning

811
00:40:43,200 --> 00:40:46,600
Speaker 1: game Cardinals Giants. This game could be in the thirties.

812
00:40:46,640 --> 00:40:50,759
Speaker 1: It's a matchup of two rookie quarterbacks drafted in the

813
00:40:50,840 --> 00:40:53,920
Speaker 1: top ten who I think are going to go up

814
00:40:53,960 --> 00:40:57,279
Speaker 1: and down the field because they have terrific matchups, and

815
00:40:57,320 --> 00:40:59,120
Speaker 1: I think it should be fun to watch Kyler Murray's

816
00:40:59,160 --> 00:41:02,040
Speaker 1: playing her each week. I really liked what they did

817
00:41:02,040 --> 00:41:05,040
Speaker 1: a week ago. And the Giants and Danny Dimes are

818
00:41:05,080 --> 00:41:11,560
Speaker 1: getting back Evan Ingram, Quon Barkley, maybe Sterling Shepherd, well

819
00:41:11,600 --> 00:41:15,719
Speaker 1: them has been back. Uh Darius Slayton as a player. Uh.

820
00:41:15,960 --> 00:41:18,600
Speaker 1: Dimes has got plenty of weapons, and neither of these

821
00:41:18,600 --> 00:41:20,440
Speaker 1: defenses are good. I think they could go up and

822
00:41:20,480 --> 00:41:22,440
Speaker 1: down the field and it could be a fun Sunday

823
00:41:22,480 --> 00:41:25,480
Speaker 1: afternoon at the Old Meadowlands. Perfect opponent I like to

824
00:41:25,480 --> 00:41:29,960
Speaker 1: pick right, perfect opponent for Danny Dimes, who could use

825
00:41:30,000 --> 00:41:33,479
Speaker 1: another look at me. I have a bright young future

826
00:41:33,520 --> 00:41:35,480
Speaker 1: ahead of me, and you get to play at home

827
00:41:35,520 --> 00:41:38,640
Speaker 1: against Arizona. Who's gonna give you opportunities to do so.

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00:41:38,680 --> 00:41:41,680
Speaker 1: I like the Giants a lot here. Okay, I just

829
00:41:41,800 --> 00:41:43,960
Speaker 1: I think Kyler Murray's playing a lot better than Daniel

830
00:41:44,000 --> 00:41:47,520
Speaker 1: Jones right now. Yeah, I agree, he's had you know.

831
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Speaker 1: Part You're wondering whether it's just the opponents that you

832
00:41:50,200 --> 00:41:52,200
Speaker 1: know Jones has had, you know, including the Patriots a

833
00:41:52,200 --> 00:41:54,640
Speaker 1: week ago when they're so shorthanded. But for the most part,

834
00:41:54,719 --> 00:41:58,600
Speaker 1: I agree Murray's played his best against pretty black luster opponents.

835
00:41:58,719 --> 00:42:00,960
Speaker 1: But you're right, he's been playing better. Are you gonna,

836
00:42:01,120 --> 00:42:03,959
Speaker 1: Are you gonna? You know you gonna, you know, black

837
00:42:04,000 --> 00:42:06,440
Speaker 1: it on? Are you No? I haven't decided who I'm

838
00:42:06,480 --> 00:42:08,600
Speaker 1: locking it. I thought about the Giants. That's the way

839
00:42:08,600 --> 00:42:10,600
Speaker 1: to handle this. Yeah, the Giants are my kind of

840
00:42:10,680 --> 00:42:13,680
Speaker 1: my backup thing because I do think their defense, their

841
00:42:13,680 --> 00:42:16,600
Speaker 1: defense is really bad, but I think it's gotten like

842
00:42:16,920 --> 00:42:19,920
Speaker 1: slightly better. Dexter Lawrence is playing great. Yeah, as this,

843
00:42:20,000 --> 00:42:22,439
Speaker 1: I don't think they're quite as embarrassing. And I think

844
00:42:22,440 --> 00:42:25,799
Speaker 1: the Cardinals coming off those two games, you know, they

845
00:42:25,800 --> 00:42:27,600
Speaker 1: were great matchups for them at home. They were kind

846
00:42:27,600 --> 00:42:31,400
Speaker 1: of coin flips against you know, against bad, really bad teams. Uh.

847
00:42:31,480 --> 00:42:33,200
Speaker 1: I don't know if I really trust them on the road.

848
00:42:33,280 --> 00:42:37,839
Speaker 1: They're getting healthier to Barkley's back, Evan Ingram's practicing. I

849
00:42:38,280 --> 00:42:41,000
Speaker 1: this one is tough. I wouldn't touch this lockwise at all.

850
00:42:41,160 --> 00:42:43,560
Speaker 1: I mean, Kyler Murray looked too good last week, and

851
00:42:43,760 --> 00:42:46,440
Speaker 1: guys like David Johnson Chase Edmonds getting a lot of

852
00:42:46,440 --> 00:42:49,320
Speaker 1: touches totally wide open in space, and I think that

853
00:42:49,360 --> 00:42:51,879
Speaker 1: has a lot to do with the Cardinals offense. They're

854
00:42:51,880 --> 00:42:54,879
Speaker 1: finding ways to get like four or five or six

855
00:42:54,920 --> 00:42:58,640
Speaker 1: people out there, and the defense defenders defenders to do

856
00:42:58,680 --> 00:43:01,240
Speaker 1: with it, and I don't really trust the Giants defense.

857
00:43:01,239 --> 00:43:04,160
Speaker 1: And I'm sure Eddie Spaghetti behind the glasses. Actually, yeah,

858
00:43:04,200 --> 00:43:06,719
Speaker 1: I was gonna go to Eddie is producing the show

859
00:43:06,760 --> 00:43:10,760
Speaker 1: for US today. Erica still on vacation um. But actually

860
00:43:10,880 --> 00:43:14,680
Speaker 1: Eddie's reached his capacity for Giants analysis on this podcast

861
00:43:14,680 --> 00:43:18,600
Speaker 1: after doing seventy four minutes on Giants Patriots last week,

862
00:43:19,280 --> 00:43:23,560
Speaker 1: so that we just can't go to him. We can't.

863
00:43:23,719 --> 00:43:27,120
Speaker 1: It was great, you did a great job. I actually

864
00:43:27,120 --> 00:43:29,600
Speaker 1: brought out the clock to time and I'm like, they

865
00:43:29,719 --> 00:43:32,160
Speaker 1: usually like it like the ten to fifteen minutes, and

866
00:43:32,200 --> 00:43:34,000
Speaker 1: I had that thing. I looked back and I saw

867
00:43:34,040 --> 00:43:37,080
Speaker 1: like it's like twenty seven or something like that. It

868
00:43:37,080 --> 00:43:39,160
Speaker 1: gets away from me quickly. It's happened a minute before

869
00:43:39,160 --> 00:43:41,359
Speaker 1: to Yeah, we didn't get any complaints. No, you did

870
00:43:41,400 --> 00:43:44,440
Speaker 1: a great job. I'm just joking. Eddie a Staten Island

871
00:43:44,719 --> 00:43:48,000
Speaker 1: resident the borough of New York City, and he looks

872
00:43:48,040 --> 00:43:51,640
Speaker 1: Staten Island ready for the Yanks tonight I'm so I'm

873
00:43:51,680 --> 00:43:55,600
Speaker 1: so nervous right now. My stomach is up my throat. Wow,

874
00:43:55,920 --> 00:43:58,359
Speaker 1: five hours before the game. I can't focus anything else.

875
00:43:58,400 --> 00:44:00,719
Speaker 1: Yeah with you, let's talk after the show. Let's take

876
00:44:00,760 --> 00:44:05,160
Speaker 1: that offline. Um, alright, let's move on. Next up, Mark Sessler.

877
00:44:05,239 --> 00:44:06,880
Speaker 1: And by the way, Mark, I'm in the same position

878
00:44:06,920 --> 00:44:09,640
Speaker 1: as you last week. West. You were calling shenanigans on

879
00:44:09,640 --> 00:44:12,640
Speaker 1: the draft. In these weeks when we have eleven games

880
00:44:12,680 --> 00:44:15,880
Speaker 1: to break down in the draft, if you are picking fourth,

881
00:44:16,640 --> 00:44:18,640
Speaker 1: you just get two games and out. So I'm out

882
00:44:18,640 --> 00:44:21,440
Speaker 1: of the dam. I'm done, and now you're up. Mark.

883
00:44:21,760 --> 00:44:23,880
Speaker 1: Or if you're picking fourth, you get three games and

884
00:44:23,920 --> 00:44:27,839
Speaker 1: the guy picking third gets too. That happens sometimes as well. Yeah,

885
00:44:27,880 --> 00:44:31,160
Speaker 1: that that's where I think what West was by last week.

886
00:44:31,239 --> 00:44:34,040
Speaker 1: But I hear you, Um, I don't know if two

887
00:44:34,120 --> 00:44:37,040
Speaker 1: or three is better in this situations. Picked fourth last week?

888
00:44:38,640 --> 00:44:40,759
Speaker 1: I mean, I what am I missing here? You pick fourth?

889
00:44:40,760 --> 00:44:43,839
Speaker 1: There was one week where I got covered more games

890
00:44:43,840 --> 00:44:46,520
Speaker 1: than Mark, even though I drafted last. That's what I'm saying.

891
00:44:46,640 --> 00:44:48,319
Speaker 1: I mean, it's not a big deal. I'm just pointing out.

892
00:44:48,400 --> 00:44:52,120
Speaker 1: All right, we get confused sometimes. All right, here we go.

893
00:44:52,160 --> 00:44:55,760
Speaker 1: I'm gonna go. Let's see. The battles are just changing,

894
00:44:56,040 --> 00:44:58,520
Speaker 1: you know, the matchups are changing as the show goes on.

895
00:44:58,560 --> 00:45:01,400
Speaker 1: I'm looking through the options here and it's got me

896
00:45:01,440 --> 00:45:03,560
Speaker 1: on that one. The options are not good. I'm gonna

897
00:45:03,560 --> 00:45:05,680
Speaker 1: go Jacksonville at Cincinnati, and I'll tell you why, because

898
00:45:05,680 --> 00:45:08,799
Speaker 1: I'm gonna lock up the Jaguars right now on the road.

899
00:45:09,760 --> 00:45:12,080
Speaker 1: Go into an angry Bengals team. If they're capable of

900
00:45:12,080 --> 00:45:15,440
Speaker 1: being angry, you're annoyed. And I looked at the desert

901
00:45:15,480 --> 00:45:17,640
Speaker 1: are surrounding you a real person right now? What do

902
00:45:17,640 --> 00:45:22,040
Speaker 1: you mean they're never facing angry Bengals. Yeah, in Cincinnati,

903
00:45:22,120 --> 00:45:25,400
Speaker 1: they're like, like, the Bengals are never angrier than when

904
00:45:25,440 --> 00:45:28,440
Speaker 1: they lose their entire secondary to injury the week before.

905
00:45:28,600 --> 00:45:33,760
Speaker 1: We're furious, Mark, the Bengals are six and you're locking

906
00:45:33,840 --> 00:45:37,400
Speaker 1: up against them. Oh, I don't. I don't care about that.

907
00:45:37,600 --> 00:45:41,200
Speaker 1: I went to I went to anything. What does the

908
00:45:41,239 --> 00:45:44,359
Speaker 1: desert say? It's well within It's I just I just

909
00:45:44,440 --> 00:45:47,479
Speaker 1: vieuted it. It's completely within within the boundaries. I'm cool

910
00:45:47,480 --> 00:45:51,160
Speaker 1: with that. I was just more kind. I saw a

911
00:45:51,160 --> 00:45:52,560
Speaker 1: look on your face. That was a man that looked

912
00:45:52,560 --> 00:45:55,600
Speaker 1: in the mirror and saw nothing. I mean, Dan, the

913
00:45:55,680 --> 00:45:57,680
Speaker 1: problem is that if any of us do anything that

914
00:45:57,719 --> 00:46:00,320
Speaker 1: you don't approve of or that concerns you, it all

915
00:46:00,560 --> 00:46:03,520
Speaker 1: then like you because you put it. I don't know.

916
00:46:03,600 --> 00:46:07,399
Speaker 1: That's a great question. You ask yourself that you are

917
00:46:07,400 --> 00:46:10,640
Speaker 1: at the centerating this has nothing to do with you

918
00:46:10,719 --> 00:46:15,040
Speaker 1: at all. I'm perfectly fine with this and rolling with it.

919
00:46:15,120 --> 00:46:17,880
Speaker 1: I'm rolling with it because the Jaguars got stung last

920
00:46:17,920 --> 00:46:21,880
Speaker 1: week hard by the Saints. They've got to look themselves

921
00:46:21,960 --> 00:46:23,879
Speaker 1: in the mirror after what happened. They could not get

922
00:46:23,880 --> 00:46:26,680
Speaker 1: their offense going on any level. And this is a

923
00:46:26,680 --> 00:46:29,759
Speaker 1: good bounce back game. The Bengals cannot stop the run.

924
00:46:30,040 --> 00:46:33,000
Speaker 1: They can't stop much of anything. It's Gardner, Minshew and

925
00:46:33,120 --> 00:46:36,000
Speaker 1: DJ Shark and you never look back. Leonard Fournette has

926
00:46:36,000 --> 00:46:37,800
Speaker 1: been good to this season. I thought that after a

927
00:46:37,840 --> 00:46:40,400
Speaker 1: couple of weeks that he was going to be off

928
00:46:40,400 --> 00:46:42,840
Speaker 1: this roster at some point, maybe even trade bait. But

929
00:46:42,920 --> 00:46:45,520
Speaker 1: he has helped them. When they can run, that offense

930
00:46:45,600 --> 00:46:48,319
Speaker 1: is completely different. That's what happened against the Bengals. When

931
00:46:48,360 --> 00:46:50,520
Speaker 1: they've been good, He's been a big part of it.

932
00:46:50,800 --> 00:46:52,360
Speaker 1: And you've got to set up Minshew to make the

933
00:46:52,360 --> 00:46:56,319
Speaker 1: big drive at the end. He's up Jordan Howard, which

934
00:46:56,400 --> 00:46:58,520
Speaker 1: is nine that much out of him. In the passing game,

935
00:46:58,560 --> 00:47:02,040
Speaker 1: he's not. He doesn't great lateral agility. He's just running

936
00:47:02,080 --> 00:47:04,239
Speaker 1: hard and running straight and doing it pretty well. I

937
00:47:04,239 --> 00:47:06,480
Speaker 1: don't have a problem with that in this offense at

938
00:47:06,480 --> 00:47:09,520
Speaker 1: this point. They they are they are missing elements, no

939
00:47:09,640 --> 00:47:11,600
Speaker 1: doubt about it. I mean, there's no tight end on

940
00:47:11,600 --> 00:47:13,960
Speaker 1: this team. They've got one right receiver you can count on.

941
00:47:14,000 --> 00:47:17,120
Speaker 1: Their third round pick, Josh Oliver, is finally practicing again.

942
00:47:17,120 --> 00:47:19,000
Speaker 1: He's missed the whole season with a hamstring injury, so

943
00:47:19,040 --> 00:47:21,560
Speaker 1: it'll be interesting to see if he plays. Dak Taylor

944
00:47:21,560 --> 00:47:24,279
Speaker 1: of the Bengals coach, has been, you know, trying to

945
00:47:24,320 --> 00:47:28,160
Speaker 1: find positives, saying how hard they played last week? Okay,

946
00:47:28,560 --> 00:47:32,319
Speaker 1: did they That's great? You're playing hard. GI mean the defense, well,

947
00:47:32,320 --> 00:47:35,680
Speaker 1: that's an improvement from last year. Competed in hell the

948
00:47:35,760 --> 00:47:38,319
Speaker 1: points down to Baltimore, but they were dominated. I mean

949
00:47:38,360 --> 00:47:40,680
Speaker 1: that you're playing hard, but you're not playing well. What

950
00:47:40,719 --> 00:47:43,080
Speaker 1: are they doing? I mean they're so short there. They

951
00:47:43,080 --> 00:47:49,719
Speaker 1: have the lowest yardage rushing per game since they're on

952
00:47:49,800 --> 00:47:51,880
Speaker 1: pace four. That's where the Bengals are at and they

953
00:47:51,920 --> 00:47:54,719
Speaker 1: have two really good running backs. That's how bad they are.

954
00:47:55,200 --> 00:47:57,640
Speaker 1: They've trailed the entire seat like there's nothing about this

955
00:47:57,719 --> 00:48:02,960
Speaker 1: team that's remotely competitive. It's it's crazy. Other than the

956
00:48:03,000 --> 00:48:08,719
Speaker 1: first week, I gotta remember that next year. What not

957
00:48:08,760 --> 00:48:10,680
Speaker 1: to get too excited about week ones? Well, I do

958
00:48:10,840 --> 00:48:13,839
Speaker 1: feel like you were you verbaliz that, yeah, but I

959
00:48:13,920 --> 00:48:16,080
Speaker 1: lead the I led the way I was the first

960
00:48:16,120 --> 00:48:19,480
Speaker 1: three weeks. They were, you know, a competitive team. But

961
00:48:19,600 --> 00:48:21,319
Speaker 1: right if they're going to be competitive, it would have

962
00:48:21,360 --> 00:48:23,520
Speaker 1: to be against a defense. It's not I mean an offense.

963
00:48:23,560 --> 00:48:26,920
Speaker 1: It's not too explosive, which maybe the Jaguars are are that.

964
00:48:26,960 --> 00:48:29,840
Speaker 1: You know, they've even in their good games, they've started slowly.

965
00:48:30,120 --> 00:48:32,960
Speaker 1: Well that's a bad Hals. You can give them an

966
00:48:32,960 --> 00:48:35,640
Speaker 1: excuse for the injuries. But what worries me about this

967
00:48:35,719 --> 00:48:39,239
Speaker 1: team going forward is that the best players are over thirty. Yep,

968
00:48:40,000 --> 00:48:42,760
Speaker 1: and I mentioned you know, losing their secondary. Will William

969
00:48:42,840 --> 00:48:47,919
Speaker 1: Jackson's out I think for a month. Drake Kirkpatrick is out,

970
00:48:47,960 --> 00:48:51,239
Speaker 1: and Carl Dunlap was hurt before last week's game. I

971
00:48:51,280 --> 00:48:53,000
Speaker 1: think he's still kind of up in the air. Dark

972
00:48:53,040 --> 00:48:55,400
Speaker 1: has Dinard is practicing again, eligible to come off the

973
00:48:55,440 --> 00:49:01,040
Speaker 1: publist soon. So that is yeah, that's rough, all right,

974
00:49:01,520 --> 00:49:04,920
Speaker 1: game number two because I enjoy maybe more than anyone

975
00:49:04,960 --> 00:49:07,440
Speaker 1: in the room. I've mentioned it a lot, just the

976
00:49:07,560 --> 00:49:10,200
Speaker 1: ultra beat down. And that's why I'm taking the Niners

977
00:49:10,239 --> 00:49:13,720
Speaker 1: traveling into the Nation's capital, because what are you gonna do? Redskins?

978
00:49:13,760 --> 00:49:16,560
Speaker 1: Are you gonna try to throw us Adrian Peterson forty

979
00:49:16,600 --> 00:49:19,800
Speaker 1: five times? Again? That worked last week? Not against this sense,

980
00:49:20,280 --> 00:49:22,759
Speaker 1: did you see the I saw a gift of it,

981
00:49:22,880 --> 00:49:25,400
Speaker 1: but um case Keenum tried to check out of a

982
00:49:25,440 --> 00:49:27,319
Speaker 1: play or he did check out of a play, and

983
00:49:27,360 --> 00:49:29,440
Speaker 1: Adrian Peterson took his mouthpiece out and he was in

984
00:49:29,520 --> 00:49:32,000
Speaker 1: like the I formation and started screaming no, no, no,

985
00:49:32,000 --> 00:49:34,799
Speaker 1: no no, because all the Adrian Peters, the only reason

986
00:49:34,840 --> 00:49:36,920
Speaker 1: he's in the league is for no other reason than

987
00:49:37,000 --> 00:49:40,040
Speaker 1: to take the balls many times as possible, continue to

988
00:49:40,080 --> 00:49:43,520
Speaker 1: compile yardage, maybe pass Walter Payton. Do not check out

989
00:49:43,520 --> 00:49:45,839
Speaker 1: of a play on Adrian Peterson in twenty nineteen. I'm

990
00:49:45,880 --> 00:49:47,640
Speaker 1: with you with that, and it's to me, I think

991
00:49:47,680 --> 00:49:51,160
Speaker 1: this is and we talked about the Kyle Shanahan revenge

992
00:49:51,440 --> 00:49:53,479
Speaker 1: factor here and we have a sound bite. I believe

993
00:49:53,520 --> 00:49:55,319
Speaker 1: we'll get to in a second on that, But what

994
00:49:55,400 --> 00:49:59,920
Speaker 1: a perfect way to have a revenge game against Bill

995
00:50:00,000 --> 00:50:02,680
Speaker 1: old Callahan shot out of a cannon from two thousand

996
00:50:02,760 --> 00:50:05,600
Speaker 1: two coaching again as a head coach in this league,

997
00:50:05,760 --> 00:50:08,399
Speaker 1: and the way that they runned offenses. How differently their

998
00:50:08,440 --> 00:50:11,360
Speaker 1: approaches are. Kyle Shanahan one of the best in game

999
00:50:11,640 --> 00:50:14,879
Speaker 1: play callers. Their ground game right now, I believe it's

1000
00:50:14,920 --> 00:50:18,080
Speaker 1: the Ravens that currently lead on pace of yards per game,

1001
00:50:18,120 --> 00:50:20,839
Speaker 1: which is well over two hundred and the Niners last

1002
00:50:20,840 --> 00:50:23,040
Speaker 1: week were one of those teams too where you find

1003
00:50:23,080 --> 00:50:26,080
Speaker 1: these regurgitated stats, but this one does intrigue me because

1004
00:50:26,120 --> 00:50:30,320
Speaker 1: they were on pace to outpace the nineteen seventies seven

1005
00:50:30,320 --> 00:50:32,800
Speaker 1: Bears on the ground. And to me, the Niners, the

1006
00:50:32,800 --> 00:50:34,719
Speaker 1: way they're doing it is even more impressive than the

1007
00:50:34,800 --> 00:50:38,120
Speaker 1: Ravens because it's they get up early, their defense destroys people,

1008
00:50:38,320 --> 00:50:40,680
Speaker 1: and they use the latter part of the second half

1009
00:50:40,680 --> 00:50:44,239
Speaker 1: to just destroy you on the ground against tired out defenses.

1010
00:50:44,480 --> 00:50:46,960
Speaker 1: And their record five and oh is not a fluke

1011
00:50:47,000 --> 00:50:48,840
Speaker 1: on any level. I think it's fair a couple of

1012
00:50:48,840 --> 00:50:51,520
Speaker 1: weeks ago just to wonder what that meant and what

1013
00:50:51,560 --> 00:50:53,800
Speaker 1: it would translate to against some of these better teams.

1014
00:50:54,160 --> 00:50:57,560
Speaker 1: They physically thumped the Rams last week and Garoppolo didn't

1015
00:50:57,600 --> 00:51:00,480
Speaker 1: play well. They are one of these old fast teams

1016
00:51:00,520 --> 00:51:03,520
Speaker 1: that likes to compliment play field position ball and make

1017
00:51:03,520 --> 00:51:07,760
Speaker 1: their offense look better by how good their defense is. Um.

1018
00:51:07,800 --> 00:51:09,800
Speaker 1: But you know, I love I love the way George

1019
00:51:09,840 --> 00:51:13,640
Speaker 1: kittles playing and he reminds me sort of the way

1020
00:51:13,800 --> 00:51:16,600
Speaker 1: Todd Gurley was playing before the knee injury. And if

1021
00:51:16,600 --> 00:51:19,600
Speaker 1: you we take this comparison a little bit further, if

1022
00:51:19,600 --> 00:51:23,319
Speaker 1: George Kittle suddenly became Kyle Rudolph, That's what happened with

1023
00:51:23,360 --> 00:51:27,880
Speaker 1: Todd Gurley between two thousand eighteen and two Kittle is

1024
00:51:27,920 --> 00:51:30,399
Speaker 1: so explosive right now, and he's just running people over

1025
00:51:30,440 --> 00:51:33,080
Speaker 1: like a runaway train in the open field. Gink fantasy fan.

1026
00:51:33,200 --> 00:51:35,560
Speaker 1: You know, fantasy owners panicked a little bit because he

1027
00:51:35,560 --> 00:51:38,719
Speaker 1: wasn't producing quite as much in the almost at all

1028
00:51:38,719 --> 00:51:40,640
Speaker 1: in the first few weeks of the season as a receiver,

1029
00:51:40,760 --> 00:51:43,560
Speaker 1: But he thinks the best tight ending right Even though

1030
00:51:43,640 --> 00:51:46,520
Speaker 1: Darren Waller has had the season he's had, Austin Hooper

1031
00:51:46,600 --> 00:51:49,160
Speaker 1: is having a monster season, and I don't think it's

1032
00:51:49,200 --> 00:51:51,080
Speaker 1: gotten any love on this podcast. There's been some great

1033
00:51:51,080 --> 00:51:53,600
Speaker 1: tight end season. I to take Kittle over all of them. Yeah.

1034
00:51:53,600 --> 00:51:56,200
Speaker 1: I thought the the the app comparison for Kittle based

1035
00:51:56,200 --> 00:51:58,439
Speaker 1: on one play last week where he's just rumbling through

1036
00:51:58,440 --> 00:52:01,759
Speaker 1: defenders was marked of or Ow and that Eddie. I

1037
00:52:01,760 --> 00:52:04,440
Speaker 1: don't believe you were probably watching that as essential being

1038
00:52:04,480 --> 00:52:07,160
Speaker 1: at that point. But Mark Bavarro had that one season

1039
00:52:07,200 --> 00:52:10,319
Speaker 1: where he had his jaw wired shut for like two

1040
00:52:10,320 --> 00:52:12,439
Speaker 1: months and he never spoke to anyone in real time,

1041
00:52:12,520 --> 00:52:14,480
Speaker 1: so no one knew that about him. But he would

1042
00:52:14,560 --> 00:52:17,319
Speaker 1: just take it out on people every Sunday, and he

1043
00:52:17,360 --> 00:52:19,000
Speaker 1: was one of the more one of the There weren't

1044
00:52:19,000 --> 00:52:20,680
Speaker 1: a lot of tight ends back then doing that, and

1045
00:52:20,760 --> 00:52:23,440
Speaker 1: Kittle looks just like him on the field. Were real

1046
00:52:23,800 --> 00:52:28,440
Speaker 1: Gary Cooper stuff for Bavaro back then. I thought you

1047
00:52:28,480 --> 00:52:30,959
Speaker 1: were gonna say my referencing Mark Bavar, are we gonna

1048
00:52:31,040 --> 00:52:36,239
Speaker 1: hear that sound drop? You tease all I like and

1049
00:52:36,400 --> 00:52:38,920
Speaker 1: not deliver all right. Kyle Shanahan talking about his time

1050
00:52:39,120 --> 00:52:42,239
Speaker 1: with the Redskins um being able to work with my

1051
00:52:42,320 --> 00:52:46,480
Speaker 1: dad and benches, Well, that's what he liked about it.

1052
00:52:46,520 --> 00:52:49,600
Speaker 1: What didn't he like everything else? That's how you set

1053
00:52:49,640 --> 00:52:56,840
Speaker 1: up a clip. Good Mark, I had no idea what

1054
00:52:57,000 --> 00:52:59,080
Speaker 1: he also was coming there at the timing stuff. Also,

1055
00:52:59,160 --> 00:53:02,040
Speaker 1: my favorite made was about he found out that this

1056
00:53:02,120 --> 00:53:05,080
Speaker 1: is like a homecoming game for the Redskins. You know,

1057
00:53:05,160 --> 00:53:08,839
Speaker 1: they're having a lot of old stars and whatnot come

1058
00:53:08,880 --> 00:53:10,759
Speaker 1: back for that, and they must be really old if

1059
00:53:11,520 --> 00:53:13,920
Speaker 1: Kyle Kyle Shane, I was just like, I didn't. I

1060
00:53:13,920 --> 00:53:15,800
Speaker 1: didn't know professional teams did that. I just thought that

1061
00:53:15,840 --> 00:53:18,280
Speaker 1: was a high school thing. That's a little petty, but okay,

1062
00:53:18,640 --> 00:53:21,160
Speaker 1: I mean every team, Like imagine if you worked for

1063
00:53:21,200 --> 00:53:24,520
Speaker 1: an organization fired you and your dad, you just be like,

1064
00:53:25,280 --> 00:53:27,680
Speaker 1: forget forget that. I get it. But okay, if you

1065
00:53:27,719 --> 00:53:30,560
Speaker 1: want to, if you want to get on the the

1066
00:53:30,640 --> 00:53:34,640
Speaker 1: labeling of it. Uh, okay, homecoming is a high school thing.

1067
00:53:34,640 --> 00:53:38,320
Speaker 1: But wait, bring back, bring back all the old hogs.

1068
00:53:38,360 --> 00:53:39,920
Speaker 1: As they said, I'm with damn be be up to

1069
00:53:39,960 --> 00:53:41,560
Speaker 1: be up to speed on how the league is operating

1070
00:53:41,560 --> 00:53:43,840
Speaker 1: this ship. Every team has one of these games, and

1071
00:53:43,920 --> 00:53:45,319
Speaker 1: it's got a lot of grief. When they did that

1072
00:53:45,360 --> 00:53:47,480
Speaker 1: a few years ago with the Patriots, well they wore

1073
00:53:47,520 --> 00:53:52,200
Speaker 1: those they were that was Tiffany Jackets. That was entirely

1074
00:53:52,200 --> 00:53:54,560
Speaker 1: different they're just now digging out of the rubble of that.

1075
00:53:55,040 --> 00:53:59,000
Speaker 1: Oh my god. All right, up next is Greg Rosenthal.

1076
00:53:59,640 --> 00:54:02,840
Speaker 1: Oh ahead, buddy. That means they have three ten am games.

1077
00:54:02,880 --> 00:54:04,960
Speaker 1: We gotta make a trade West. I'm sorry, all right,

1078
00:54:06,120 --> 00:54:08,200
Speaker 1: open for business. You'll know you love Philip Rivers in

1079
00:54:08,200 --> 00:54:11,440
Speaker 1: the charge. Thanks, But I will watch Jalen ram I

1080
00:54:11,480 --> 00:54:14,440
Speaker 1: at least select Jalen Ramsey's first game as a member

1081
00:54:14,520 --> 00:54:18,279
Speaker 1: of the Los Angeles Rams. The indication is that they

1082
00:54:19,040 --> 00:54:23,040
Speaker 1: planned for him to play, and uh, it's early Thursday

1083
00:54:23,120 --> 00:54:26,640
Speaker 1: afternoon here in Los Angeles. The sign is that it's

1084
00:54:26,680 --> 00:54:28,520
Speaker 1: going to happen. And if that happens, we'll have the

1085
00:54:28,520 --> 00:54:32,080
Speaker 1: first ever matchup of Julio Jones, who's having a great

1086
00:54:32,080 --> 00:54:34,680
Speaker 1: season every once in a while, I just gotta hey, remember,

1087
00:54:34,760 --> 00:54:37,759
Speaker 1: Julio Jones, you still might be the very best wide

1088
00:54:37,760 --> 00:54:41,040
Speaker 1: receiver in league. And going up against Jalen Ramsey and uh,

1089
00:54:41,080 --> 00:54:43,560
Speaker 1: a secondary that's gonna have to figure out kind of

1090
00:54:43,600 --> 00:54:45,919
Speaker 1: who they are now after losing to keep to Leave

1091
00:54:46,000 --> 00:54:48,800
Speaker 1: and John Johnson for the year and trading Marcus Peters.

1092
00:54:48,800 --> 00:54:51,120
Speaker 1: We didn't even mention that during the Ravens thing. I

1093
00:54:51,160 --> 00:54:53,960
Speaker 1: hope this Julio Jones doesn't turn into a Larry Fitzgerald's

1094
00:54:54,000 --> 00:54:57,080
Speaker 1: situation where the back end of his prime gets gobbled

1095
00:54:57,120 --> 00:54:59,799
Speaker 1: up by a bunch of irrelevant teams. Well, that makes

1096
00:55:00,120 --> 00:55:02,920
Speaker 1: he's got a great quarter, right, Matt Ryan sixth straight

1097
00:55:02,960 --> 00:55:06,640
Speaker 1: three yard games has been probably the least talked about.

1098
00:55:06,760 --> 00:55:09,240
Speaker 1: I mean from a team wide standpoint, right, the Falcons

1099
00:55:09,280 --> 00:55:11,440
Speaker 1: are not a relevant NFL team right now, not right now.

1100
00:55:11,480 --> 00:55:13,399
Speaker 1: But this is a this is a new thing, and

1101
00:55:13,680 --> 00:55:17,120
Speaker 1: this is also a game everyone assumes the Rams we'll

1102
00:55:17,160 --> 00:55:20,759
Speaker 1: go in there and right the shift. I don't just

1103
00:55:20,800 --> 00:55:23,439
Speaker 1: because any team like the Falcons that's putting up thirty

1104
00:55:23,480 --> 00:55:26,600
Speaker 1: points a week, they're dangerous, and they've lost a lot

1105
00:55:26,600 --> 00:55:28,600
Speaker 1: of close games. They're not quite as bad as they're

1106
00:55:28,600 --> 00:55:30,959
Speaker 1: one in five records. Their defense is is that bad

1107
00:55:31,040 --> 00:55:34,319
Speaker 1: and it's solved basically every offensive problem they've gone again.

1108
00:55:34,360 --> 00:55:37,080
Speaker 1: So if the Rams can't get right offensively in this game,

1109
00:55:37,400 --> 00:55:42,600
Speaker 1: then it's panic time unlocking this one Upcon. You're going

1110
00:55:42,680 --> 00:55:45,200
Speaker 1: with the home underdog. I just don't think the Rams

1111
00:55:45,200 --> 00:55:48,840
Speaker 1: are that good. Wow, you know what, you gotta go big,

1112
00:55:48,920 --> 00:55:50,680
Speaker 1: and he just went big in a big spot. I'm

1113
00:55:50,680 --> 00:55:54,680
Speaker 1: gonna show my solid I'm gonna lock it up with you.

1114
00:55:54,760 --> 00:55:57,600
Speaker 1: I'm switching my lock to show my solid narity to West.

1115
00:55:58,239 --> 00:56:01,839
Speaker 1: He's gonna ride to Vic. It doesn't work well, West

1116
00:56:01,880 --> 00:56:03,960
Speaker 1: and I did. A's gonna work this time because it

1117
00:56:04,080 --> 00:56:07,400
Speaker 1: is called true solidarity. Well, it's guilty, because I just

1118
00:56:07,440 --> 00:56:09,480
Speaker 1: made up this lock on the right. It's uh, well,

1119
00:56:09,480 --> 00:56:12,319
Speaker 1: it's okay. It's Thursday. It's not even one pm. Dan

1120
00:56:12,400 --> 00:56:15,399
Speaker 1: already has the first lock victory of the week by

1121
00:56:15,440 --> 00:56:19,239
Speaker 1: guilty market to jumping off the old Bengal fand wagon. Well,

1122
00:56:19,239 --> 00:56:23,320
Speaker 1: it's you know what, because it's a marriage. Ultimately, Ultimately,

1123
00:56:23,440 --> 00:56:25,960
Speaker 1: it is simply not worth dealing with Dan over the

1124
00:56:25,960 --> 00:56:28,600
Speaker 1: next hundred and twenty hours on this situation. Here's what

1125
00:56:28,680 --> 00:56:32,560
Speaker 1: I see when I look. Don't put it on me.

1126
00:56:32,640 --> 00:56:35,320
Speaker 1: It's not worth it. There is no reflection. It's entirely

1127
00:56:35,320 --> 00:56:38,400
Speaker 1: on you. So I'm holding up something. I'm looking in

1128
00:56:38,440 --> 00:56:41,400
Speaker 1: the mirror. It's our record. It's seven and eighteen. Comebine,

1129
00:56:41,480 --> 00:56:43,560
Speaker 1: that's what I see in the mirror. It's a it's

1130
00:56:43,560 --> 00:56:46,879
Speaker 1: a disgrace. You got Dan's point though, that you tug

1131
00:56:46,960 --> 00:56:50,080
Speaker 1: us all down the drain. Okay, I'm dugging myself that

1132
00:56:50,160 --> 00:56:52,240
Speaker 1: I'm three and three. That's nothing to be proud of either.

1133
00:56:52,360 --> 00:56:54,799
Speaker 1: That's terrible too. You can only see a mirror when

1134
00:56:54,800 --> 00:56:58,120
Speaker 1: the other three of us are involved with you. Okay,

1135
00:56:58,160 --> 00:56:59,919
Speaker 1: you look in the mirror, you see O in six

1136
00:57:00,040 --> 00:57:01,560
Speaker 1: if you want me to sing, I don't really look

1137
00:57:01,600 --> 00:57:03,520
Speaker 1: at my record. I'm just looking at these games, and

1138
00:57:03,640 --> 00:57:06,759
Speaker 1: I feel good about this. This is a nice lock,

1139
00:57:08,840 --> 00:57:12,680
Speaker 1: healthy lock. I mean it's you know, what does this

1140
00:57:12,800 --> 00:57:16,720
Speaker 1: work for you? Team? Okay, it's a lock I can respect.

1141
00:57:16,880 --> 00:57:20,240
Speaker 1: Is it a last dand game? If we're talking about um,

1142
00:57:20,280 --> 00:57:22,439
Speaker 1: I think last week and I think they already lost

1143
00:57:22,480 --> 00:57:26,840
Speaker 1: the last The Falcons have a week nine by Arthur

1144
00:57:26,840 --> 00:57:29,360
Speaker 1: Blank is not expected to make a decision on dan

1145
00:57:29,480 --> 00:57:33,160
Speaker 1: Quinn's future until that By per rap Sheet, they had

1146
00:57:33,200 --> 00:57:36,720
Speaker 1: not considered a change before the Cardinals game. But this

1147
00:57:36,840 --> 00:57:40,160
Speaker 1: defense is really the point of firing dan Quinn, though,

1148
00:57:40,240 --> 00:57:41,800
Speaker 1: what do you well, who's going to replace him? He

1149
00:57:41,840 --> 00:57:43,520
Speaker 1: doesn't even have a defense. But they have a lot

1150
00:57:43,560 --> 00:57:45,280
Speaker 1: of They have a lot of former head coaches on

1151
00:57:45,320 --> 00:57:47,800
Speaker 1: this roster. I get it, But what is that really

1152
00:57:47,840 --> 00:57:49,680
Speaker 1: going to make you better? I don't think so. Just

1153
00:57:49,720 --> 00:57:51,120
Speaker 1: wait till the end of the This is some real

1154
00:57:51,160 --> 00:57:53,120
Speaker 1: cahones Wes, I like it. This is how you get

1155
00:57:53,120 --> 00:57:55,600
Speaker 1: off a schnide. Yeah, it does take a lot of

1156
00:57:55,640 --> 00:58:00,200
Speaker 1: guts to pick against your wife's favorite team. Again, feel

1157
00:58:00,240 --> 00:58:04,120
Speaker 1: like this happening repeatedly now and they haven't given There's

1158
00:58:04,160 --> 00:58:05,920
Speaker 1: a lot, a lot of logic that goes into these

1159
00:58:05,960 --> 00:58:10,760
Speaker 1: locks defense. It's just like there's not much to him.

1160
00:58:10,800 --> 00:58:13,439
Speaker 1: It's mostly they're all coin flip games. That's what that's

1161
00:58:13,440 --> 00:58:17,120
Speaker 1: what a lock pick is. West let me um going

1162
00:58:17,160 --> 00:58:20,920
Speaker 1: off your point, which was a good one, about if

1163
00:58:20,920 --> 00:58:27,000
Speaker 1: George Kittle became Mason not not Mason, Kyle Rudolph, what

1164
00:58:27,040 --> 00:58:30,040
Speaker 1: would that do to the Niners offense? Well, everyone, that's

1165
00:58:30,160 --> 00:58:33,840
Speaker 1: absolutely you know, killing Jared Goff, who I know is

1166
00:58:33,880 --> 00:58:37,640
Speaker 1: not played very well this season. And who's wondering throwing

1167
00:58:37,640 --> 00:58:40,320
Speaker 1: out comments about Sean McVeigh whether you know he used

1168
00:58:40,400 --> 00:58:43,560
Speaker 1: up all his magic pixie dust. Well, how about just

1169
00:58:43,600 --> 00:58:46,480
Speaker 1: the idea that the Rams, in addition to their offensive

1170
00:58:46,520 --> 00:58:50,320
Speaker 1: line struggles, they just lost their George Kittle. You know,

1171
00:58:50,400 --> 00:58:54,520
Speaker 1: Todd Gurley became who who would be the He became

1172
00:58:54,640 --> 00:58:56,760
Speaker 1: Lamar Miller, not not the same type of player, but

1173
00:58:57,160 --> 00:58:59,880
Speaker 1: became just a guy. And maybe it's gonna take time

1174
00:59:00,000 --> 00:59:02,040
Speaker 1: of the Rams to make a transition that and the

1175
00:59:02,280 --> 00:59:05,520
Speaker 1: time that goes beyond two thousand nineteen, because he was

1176
00:59:05,600 --> 00:59:08,280
Speaker 1: the identity of this team, well, not just as a runner,

1177
00:59:08,360 --> 00:59:12,160
Speaker 1: but he was one of the most devastating pass catching

1178
00:59:12,200 --> 00:59:14,720
Speaker 1: backs in the league. And now he's a total non

1179
00:59:14,800 --> 00:59:18,160
Speaker 1: factor in the passing game. That is a huge loss

1180
00:59:18,200 --> 00:59:20,200
Speaker 1: to me. Goff's the bigger problem, though, as much as

1181
00:59:20,240 --> 00:59:24,160
Speaker 1: you could replace Girly if the line's good. Golf's last

1182
00:59:24,440 --> 00:59:29,440
Speaker 1: fourteen games six point seven three yards per tempt, fourteen touchdowns,

1183
00:59:29,480 --> 00:59:33,160
Speaker 1: fifteen interceptions, fourteen fumbles. That's a that's a pretty large

1184
00:59:33,200 --> 00:59:35,880
Speaker 1: sample size, and I think Golf will be fine in

1185
00:59:35,920 --> 00:59:38,840
Speaker 1: the long run. I'm actually not as worried, but they're

1186
00:59:38,840 --> 00:59:41,840
Speaker 1: passing game has been pretty mediocre now for almost a year.

1187
00:59:42,320 --> 00:59:45,680
Speaker 1: I think stress We spend the offseason looking at the

1188
00:59:45,720 --> 00:59:48,560
Speaker 1: free agent pickups, and it's wide receivers and running backs

1189
00:59:48,560 --> 00:59:52,040
Speaker 1: and all these fantasy guys, but the Rams are studied.

1190
00:59:52,080 --> 00:59:53,720
Speaker 1: There's a couple of these teams out there that went

1191
00:59:53,720 --> 00:59:58,080
Speaker 1: into the season with a totally inadequate line, and everyone suffers,

1192
00:59:58,120 --> 01:00:01,960
Speaker 1: everyone's reputation suffers. Sean McVeigh. I mean, it's like the

1193
01:00:02,040 --> 01:00:04,560
Speaker 1: offense looks plain and ordinary to me right now, and

1194
01:00:04,560 --> 01:00:06,520
Speaker 1: they don't have a first round pick over the course

1195
01:00:06,520 --> 01:00:10,840
Speaker 1: of five years. That's absolutely true. There's a belief out

1196
01:00:10,880 --> 01:00:15,160
Speaker 1: there among some people who evaluate quarterbacks that you throw

1197
01:00:15,200 --> 01:00:18,240
Speaker 1: out everything that's not a drop back, that you take

1198
01:00:18,280 --> 01:00:20,600
Speaker 1: the training wheels off with all the boot action, role

1199
01:00:20,640 --> 01:00:23,240
Speaker 1: action r p o s and you go by drop backs.

1200
01:00:23,320 --> 01:00:25,680
Speaker 1: And that's where Jared Goff struggles, when you take away

1201
01:00:26,000 --> 01:00:28,480
Speaker 1: the training wheels of the boot action and the play action.

1202
01:00:28,520 --> 01:00:30,280
Speaker 1: Did they have the whole season in front of them, though,

1203
01:00:30,480 --> 01:00:32,560
Speaker 1: And I could see why they could be optimistic. If

1204
01:00:32,600 --> 01:00:34,720
Speaker 1: you beat the Falcons and the Bengals the next two weeks,

1205
01:00:34,720 --> 01:00:37,640
Speaker 1: you get to your by you of the Steelers. After that,

1206
01:00:37,720 --> 01:00:41,480
Speaker 1: the schedule opens up pretty nicely. I think they're smart

1207
01:00:41,600 --> 01:00:43,680
Speaker 1: enough to fix some things on the fly and be

1208
01:00:43,720 --> 01:00:45,880
Speaker 1: a better team in December. We'll see if they lost

1209
01:00:45,920 --> 01:00:48,800
Speaker 1: one of those games in the next two weeks, especially Cincinnati,

1210
01:00:49,080 --> 01:00:51,000
Speaker 1: if there was a fan base here, they'd go absolutely

1211
01:00:51,040 --> 01:00:55,320
Speaker 1: nuts over it. By the way, Dan Jalen Ramsey wanted

1212
01:00:55,360 --> 01:00:57,240
Speaker 1: you to know and a quote, just wait to see

1213
01:00:57,280 --> 01:01:04,000
Speaker 1: the type of swag I bring by ram They do

1214
01:01:04,040 --> 01:01:05,880
Speaker 1: a pretty good job filling up that building. Now the

1215
01:01:05,960 --> 01:01:09,120
Speaker 1: Chargers there, I mean, that's gonna be our We're gonna

1216
01:01:09,160 --> 01:01:11,040
Speaker 1: be able to work at the same building as Jalen

1217
01:01:11,120 --> 01:01:12,960
Speaker 1: Ramsey in a couple of years. He's gonna be there.

1218
01:01:13,040 --> 01:01:16,160
Speaker 1: Can't wait the Chargers. And we didn't hit this story,

1219
01:01:16,200 --> 01:01:21,520
Speaker 1: but God, the Dignity Healthcare Sports Park. I mean, guys,

1220
01:01:21,560 --> 01:01:22,960
Speaker 1: I know you were trying to do the rick roll

1221
01:01:23,040 --> 01:01:26,080
Speaker 1: thing that's very popular where you try to lower in

1222
01:01:26,120 --> 01:01:29,120
Speaker 1: the opposing fans in the building. Is it? It was

1223
01:01:29,160 --> 01:01:32,000
Speaker 1: that was popular like a decade ago. It's still popular.

1224
01:01:32,040 --> 01:01:34,280
Speaker 1: When we went to Petco down in San Diego for

1225
01:01:34,320 --> 01:01:37,200
Speaker 1: West's bachelor party, they did the same thing with the

1226
01:01:37,240 --> 01:01:39,440
Speaker 1: Reds or something I believe, I can't remember. It's pretty

1227
01:01:39,440 --> 01:01:41,520
Speaker 1: bad when you're trying to get the Reds fans and yeah,

1228
01:01:41,560 --> 01:01:45,720
Speaker 1: but uh, you know, you can't play the Steelers party

1229
01:01:45,720 --> 01:01:50,080
Speaker 1: song or whatever when the place is Steelers fans because

1230
01:01:50,480 --> 01:01:52,640
Speaker 1: when you go to the rick roll, they're just gonna

1231
01:01:52,720 --> 01:01:55,520
Speaker 1: keep going nuts and waving the yellow flags. Yeah, and

1232
01:01:55,520 --> 01:01:58,800
Speaker 1: it looked terrible on Twitter, and you know, it's it's

1233
01:01:58,800 --> 01:02:01,000
Speaker 1: such a tough last station need right now because it's

1234
01:02:01,040 --> 01:02:05,280
Speaker 1: it's gonna get more magnified when the opposing fan base

1235
01:02:05,360 --> 01:02:08,440
Speaker 1: surrounded by a flood of empty seats. It's you they

1236
01:02:08,480 --> 01:02:11,000
Speaker 1: cannot move into a stadium five times the side. And

1237
01:02:11,080 --> 01:02:13,440
Speaker 1: you would think that that that type of thing, something

1238
01:02:13,440 --> 01:02:15,840
Speaker 1: as silly as that this would be something that would

1239
01:02:15,840 --> 01:02:17,520
Speaker 1: be talked about on Twitter and that would be it.

1240
01:02:17,840 --> 01:02:20,880
Speaker 1: But no, the Chargers players, they're on the sideline. They

1241
01:02:20,920 --> 01:02:23,280
Speaker 1: feel it that they are the enemy in their own building,

1242
01:02:23,720 --> 01:02:26,120
Speaker 1: and they go to the media and and express how

1243
01:02:26,200 --> 01:02:28,200
Speaker 1: unhappy they wear with it. I mean, I feel it

1244
01:02:28,280 --> 01:02:33,200
Speaker 1: for those guys. It's a tough situation. UM. The teams

1245
01:02:34,120 --> 01:02:37,040
Speaker 1: West close it out an a f C East showdown.

1246
01:02:37,760 --> 01:02:41,240
Speaker 1: I refused to call this the Ryan Fitzpatrick revenge game,

1247
01:02:42,000 --> 01:02:44,560
Speaker 1: going back to Buffalo where they once overpaid him to

1248
01:02:44,560 --> 01:02:47,280
Speaker 1: the tune of like six years and sixty six million dollars.

1249
01:02:47,320 --> 01:02:51,240
Speaker 1: Are people floating it as a thinking now, well, if

1250
01:02:51,680 --> 01:02:55,920
Speaker 1: in defense of this whole thing, like Ryan Fitzpatrick, almost

1251
01:02:55,960 --> 01:02:58,080
Speaker 1: every game he plays as a revenge game. He's played

1252
01:02:58,080 --> 01:02:59,960
Speaker 1: for fourteen different teams at this point. This is the

1253
01:03:00,160 --> 01:03:02,880
Speaker 1: the Um paid him the most handsomely while he was there,

1254
01:03:03,880 --> 01:03:07,520
Speaker 1: and then he proceeded to reward them by playing down

1255
01:03:07,680 --> 01:03:11,160
Speaker 1: below his countryt anyway this Greg, I'll be happy to

1256
01:03:11,200 --> 01:03:14,280
Speaker 1: trade this to you since it's your beloved Dolphins. But um,

1257
01:03:14,320 --> 01:03:16,600
Speaker 1: this is now. This is a one PM game. I

1258
01:03:16,640 --> 01:03:19,600
Speaker 1: can't accept another. How is Greig able to force a

1259
01:03:19,640 --> 01:03:21,760
Speaker 1: trade into something that he wants and West does not

1260
01:03:21,840 --> 01:03:24,600
Speaker 1: want to give away? Well, we'll talk after he's done

1261
01:03:24,600 --> 01:03:29,520
Speaker 1: me favors over the years. What's we'll talk that was

1262
01:03:29,560 --> 01:03:32,160
Speaker 1: coming off of by could get to five and one

1263
01:03:32,320 --> 01:03:34,959
Speaker 1: get ready, And what's exciting to me is Devil's Devin

1264
01:03:35,040 --> 01:03:37,680
Speaker 1: Singletary looks like he's back, He's practicing fully and what

1265
01:03:37,720 --> 01:03:40,560
Speaker 1: we've seen from him looks like he could be in

1266
01:03:40,640 --> 01:03:44,200
Speaker 1: Austin Ekeler type of talent on that team, especially in

1267
01:03:44,240 --> 01:03:46,400
Speaker 1: the passing game, which they need. Um, I don't think

1268
01:03:46,440 --> 01:03:48,880
Speaker 1: t j Yelden is really moving the needle as your

1269
01:03:48,880 --> 01:03:52,440
Speaker 1: past passing down back. So get Singletary in there. No

1270
01:03:52,520 --> 01:03:54,520
Speaker 1: more is a Jones. They like Duke Williams and we'll

1271
01:03:54,560 --> 01:03:56,439
Speaker 1: see if Duke Williams starts playing more as a number

1272
01:03:56,440 --> 01:03:59,160
Speaker 1: two there. Josh Allen I don't think has gotten better

1273
01:03:59,200 --> 01:04:01,640
Speaker 1: this year, but he is mean off maybe his best

1274
01:04:01,680 --> 01:04:03,280
Speaker 1: game of the year against the Titans. I know they

1275
01:04:03,320 --> 01:04:06,200
Speaker 1: only one fourteen to seven. But I thought Josh Allen

1276
01:04:06,240 --> 01:04:09,640
Speaker 1: played a very clean, good game, Whereas if he played

1277
01:04:09,680 --> 01:04:13,080
Speaker 1: that each week, they'd be in business. The Dolphins have

1278
01:04:13,360 --> 01:04:16,440
Speaker 1: zero pastor. Of all the things that the Dolphins do, poorly,

1279
01:04:17,240 --> 01:04:20,120
Speaker 1: rushing the pastor, you know, might be number one. Maybe

1280
01:04:20,120 --> 01:04:22,640
Speaker 1: protect protecting the pastor might be number one, and rushing

1281
01:04:22,640 --> 01:04:26,400
Speaker 1: the pastor is number two. So this we can give you,

1282
01:04:25,880 --> 01:04:28,600
Speaker 1: then this is the day they should get up. You know,

1283
01:04:28,640 --> 01:04:31,200
Speaker 1: I know we're not into the whole desert thing and whatnot.

1284
01:04:31,800 --> 01:04:34,880
Speaker 1: If there is, you are, if there was a thing

1285
01:04:34,920 --> 01:04:38,280
Speaker 1: out there, you know, just making a hot take, like

1286
01:04:38,320 --> 01:04:41,240
Speaker 1: what are the odds that the Buffalo Bills get a

1287
01:04:41,320 --> 01:04:44,120
Speaker 1: playoff by in the year two thousand nineteen where they're

1288
01:04:44,120 --> 01:04:46,640
Speaker 1: a top two, a f C seed, whatever it is.

1289
01:04:46,640 --> 01:04:48,680
Speaker 1: I would take that. I feel like they got a chance.

1290
01:04:49,240 --> 01:04:51,040
Speaker 1: They got a chance to win division and get a

1291
01:04:51,080 --> 01:04:54,120
Speaker 1: top two is definitely a chance. But they you look

1292
01:04:54,120 --> 01:04:56,320
Speaker 1: at their weekly results, I mean they're putting up about

1293
01:04:56,360 --> 01:04:58,760
Speaker 1: fourteen or fifteen points and holding teams to ten. I mean,

1294
01:04:58,760 --> 01:05:02,480
Speaker 1: that's why Leslie for Asia has I'm remissed to not

1295
01:05:02,600 --> 01:05:04,880
Speaker 1: have mentioned him in the running for assistant coach of

1296
01:05:04,880 --> 01:05:06,760
Speaker 1: the year. I know that he you know, the shine

1297
01:05:06,840 --> 01:05:09,400
Speaker 1: is off after the Minnesota experience and all that business.

1298
01:05:09,400 --> 01:05:12,040
Speaker 1: But sometimes that's what happens is they go back to

1299
01:05:12,080 --> 01:05:14,840
Speaker 1: the comfort. If that's the word of being a coordinator.

1300
01:05:15,240 --> 01:05:17,200
Speaker 1: You hone, you've you've already been out there in the

1301
01:05:17,240 --> 01:05:19,040
Speaker 1: bigger world. You go back to the smaller town of

1302
01:05:19,040 --> 01:05:21,440
Speaker 1: the coordinator, and you just start dropping bombs. I mean,

1303
01:05:21,560 --> 01:05:24,160
Speaker 1: what more can you ask him to do with this defense?

1304
01:05:24,600 --> 01:05:28,240
Speaker 1: To your point, Greg four and one and by the way,

1305
01:05:28,280 --> 01:05:30,200
Speaker 1: the last two times the bill started four and one,

1306
01:05:30,840 --> 01:05:32,760
Speaker 1: uh in the century, they missed the playoffs. But this

1307
01:05:32,800 --> 01:05:35,840
Speaker 1: is different because look at the schedule ahead they have

1308
01:05:36,080 --> 01:05:38,800
Speaker 1: as as we're talking about Miami at home, you get

1309
01:05:38,800 --> 01:05:41,520
Speaker 1: the Eagles at home, which six weeks ago seemed like

1310
01:05:41,520 --> 01:05:44,080
Speaker 1: a Titanic challenge. Potentially, now you feel like they can

1311
01:05:44,160 --> 01:05:47,720
Speaker 1: handle the Eagles, you know, outside of their building. Then

1312
01:05:47,720 --> 01:05:49,800
Speaker 1: you get the Redskins at home, so you've got three

1313
01:05:49,840 --> 01:05:52,320
Speaker 1: straight home games. You really you you don't have to

1314
01:05:52,360 --> 01:05:54,640
Speaker 1: squint to see three wins there that would put him

1315
01:05:54,640 --> 01:05:56,680
Speaker 1: at seven and one. Then you go to Cleveland. Who

1316
01:05:56,680 --> 01:05:58,919
Speaker 1: knows with Cleveland anymore what you're gonna get with that team?

1317
01:05:59,040 --> 01:06:01,640
Speaker 1: Then you go to my ammy and that takes you

1318
01:06:01,880 --> 01:06:04,280
Speaker 1: all the way through week eleven, and then things tighten

1319
01:06:04,360 --> 01:06:05,800
Speaker 1: up a little bit in the back end, but you

1320
01:06:05,880 --> 01:06:08,600
Speaker 1: still got Denver down the stretch, the Jets, who knows who?

1321
01:06:08,640 --> 01:06:11,600
Speaker 1: The Steelers, if you take care of a duck, who

1322
01:06:11,600 --> 01:06:14,920
Speaker 1: knows what's going on? They they could be you know,

1323
01:06:15,000 --> 01:06:17,440
Speaker 1: eight and two. And then if you can get to

1324
01:06:17,480 --> 01:06:19,600
Speaker 1: that spot. And we look at the a f C

1325
01:06:19,720 --> 01:06:21,520
Speaker 1: because we don't want to get to ahead of ourselves here,

1326
01:06:21,560 --> 01:06:23,120
Speaker 1: but you know the Pats are going to be in

1327
01:06:23,120 --> 01:06:26,840
Speaker 1: that twelve to sixteen win range. Uh you you assume

1328
01:06:26,880 --> 01:06:29,920
Speaker 1: the Chiefs will get into that tend to twelve range,

1329
01:06:30,240 --> 01:06:32,280
Speaker 1: and then the Texans are another team you see tend

1330
01:06:32,320 --> 01:06:35,760
Speaker 1: to twelve range potentially, and then who else it would be.

1331
01:06:35,840 --> 01:06:38,360
Speaker 1: They'll need the Pats to stub their toe and you'll

1332
01:06:38,360 --> 01:06:40,040
Speaker 1: probably need to go to New England and win in

1333
01:06:40,360 --> 01:06:42,760
Speaker 1: week sixteen. And don't don't chuckle that I said twelve

1334
01:06:42,760 --> 01:06:44,720
Speaker 1: to sixteen. It's all in play for your boys again.

1335
01:06:45,720 --> 01:06:47,680
Speaker 1: Or or they could wind up with a better record

1336
01:06:47,760 --> 01:06:50,480
Speaker 1: than the second by team because they're in New England's division.

1337
01:06:51,840 --> 01:06:56,320
Speaker 1: And then still get right, they don't give three buys

1338
01:06:56,360 --> 01:06:58,680
Speaker 1: out could change that for the Bills, that would be

1339
01:06:58,720 --> 01:07:00,720
Speaker 1: a little bit I feel like they they deserve that

1340
01:07:01,840 --> 01:07:04,840
Speaker 1: three buys, So what would happen? Who would the third bus?

1341
01:07:07,160 --> 01:07:08,640
Speaker 1: I mean, I like the idea of it, but I

1342
01:07:08,680 --> 01:07:13,000
Speaker 1: think I mean that would be kind of almost insulting.

1343
01:07:13,320 --> 01:07:16,200
Speaker 1: I mean almost maybe not as insulting as like when

1344
01:07:16,200 --> 01:07:18,840
Speaker 1: the Bills through a parade for Andy Dalton because they,

1345
01:07:19,080 --> 01:07:21,560
Speaker 1: you know, were the twelve team in the playoffs and

1346
01:07:22,400 --> 01:07:25,840
Speaker 1: you know, got steamrolled by Blake Bortles thirteen to six

1347
01:07:25,920 --> 01:07:28,240
Speaker 1: or whatever. I mean, it's like that was that was

1348
01:07:28,280 --> 01:07:30,040
Speaker 1: a little bit of a loss of dignity. I wish

1349
01:07:30,120 --> 01:07:32,000
Speaker 1: this was the team that broke that streak. I feel

1350
01:07:32,040 --> 01:07:33,720
Speaker 1: like it's more worthy because what do you think the

1351
01:07:33,720 --> 01:07:36,880
Speaker 1: ceiling is for the Bills? Like best case scenario game,

1352
01:07:37,080 --> 01:07:39,360
Speaker 1: but twelve twelve wins and win a playoff game. I mean,

1353
01:07:39,440 --> 01:07:44,080
Speaker 1: the Pats to somehow with the way that the defense is.

1354
01:07:44,120 --> 01:07:46,880
Speaker 1: I mean, it's like, the twelve wins feels very possible

1355
01:07:47,000 --> 01:07:51,080
Speaker 1: in this a f C like getting a Meati chat here.

1356
01:07:51,240 --> 01:07:53,120
Speaker 1: Didn't see that coming, didn't see it? Come, Let's move

1357
01:07:53,160 --> 01:07:56,520
Speaker 1: to Sunday night football. Oh yeah, now you want to

1358
01:07:56,520 --> 01:07:58,800
Speaker 1: talk about two teams that need a w It is

1359
01:07:58,840 --> 01:08:04,120
Speaker 1: the Philadelphia Eagles traveling to Big Day, Big d Jerro

1360
01:08:04,240 --> 01:08:08,360
Speaker 1: World to face the Cowboys, and um West, I'll tee

1361
01:08:08,360 --> 01:08:11,840
Speaker 1: you up on this one because I know we heard,

1362
01:08:11,880 --> 01:08:13,560
Speaker 1: you know, to three and three teams, But it's the

1363
01:08:13,600 --> 01:08:17,040
Speaker 1: Cowboys West who who captured your heart in your imagination

1364
01:08:17,160 --> 01:08:19,519
Speaker 1: entering the season and at three and oh and they

1365
01:08:19,520 --> 01:08:22,360
Speaker 1: were just rolling over teams. Well, now you look back

1366
01:08:22,400 --> 01:08:25,360
Speaker 1: on it, they beat the Giants with Eli Manning. They

1367
01:08:25,400 --> 01:08:28,040
Speaker 1: went to FedEx Field and beat the Redskins and then

1368
01:08:28,280 --> 01:08:31,160
Speaker 1: beat the Dolphins. As soon as the schedules tightened up,

1369
01:08:31,479 --> 01:08:33,080
Speaker 1: and of course there's been injuries, but as soon as

1370
01:08:33,080 --> 01:08:35,479
Speaker 1: the schedules tightened up, they have went in the tank.

1371
01:08:36,160 --> 01:08:39,840
Speaker 1: Where you at after watching some film was I'm still

1372
01:08:39,920 --> 01:08:41,439
Speaker 1: not seeing eye to eye with the rest of the

1373
01:08:41,439 --> 01:08:44,200
Speaker 1: football world on this team. I don't know why people

1374
01:08:44,200 --> 01:08:47,439
Speaker 1: are picking on this offense and especially the quarterback who

1375
01:08:47,520 --> 01:08:53,600
Speaker 1: has been let down by drops, injuries, um, some flukiness

1376
01:08:53,640 --> 01:08:55,680
Speaker 1: in the red zone. They need to play better and

1377
01:08:55,760 --> 01:08:58,400
Speaker 1: the Jets game was a huge loss considering their schedule,

1378
01:08:58,880 --> 01:09:01,479
Speaker 1: but people are misread this team. The offense is playing

1379
01:09:01,520 --> 01:09:04,280
Speaker 1: pretty well. They need to do better in the red zone. Uh,

1380
01:09:04,320 --> 01:09:06,839
Speaker 1: and they need to get healthy. But it's the defense

1381
01:09:06,920 --> 01:09:10,080
Speaker 1: that's failing this team. Um, the star studded defense that

1382
01:09:10,120 --> 01:09:12,559
Speaker 1: played so well down the stretch. I think they're twenty

1383
01:09:12,560 --> 01:09:15,280
Speaker 1: five and defensive d v A in second in offensive

1384
01:09:15,320 --> 01:09:18,200
Speaker 1: d v A. I just don't see this as like

1385
01:09:18,240 --> 01:09:20,439
Speaker 1: a bad team or a bad offense. Now. I don't

1386
01:09:20,439 --> 01:09:23,559
Speaker 1: know why people are acting like suddenly they're playing terribly.

1387
01:09:23,560 --> 01:09:25,439
Speaker 1: They have not been blown out there in all these

1388
01:09:25,479 --> 01:09:27,960
Speaker 1: games that they lose. If you had gone into the

1389
01:09:28,080 --> 01:09:30,440
Speaker 1: year or even into the week and said, the Cowboys

1390
01:09:30,840 --> 01:09:33,439
Speaker 1: have to play the Jets with Sam Donald without their

1391
01:09:33,479 --> 01:09:37,439
Speaker 1: top two tackles a Maori Cooper and Randall Cobb, Like

1392
01:09:37,479 --> 01:09:39,639
Speaker 1: if you went into the season and you said, okay,

1393
01:09:39,680 --> 01:09:43,800
Speaker 1: they're starting receivers are Cedric Wilson and Tavon Austin, and

1394
01:09:43,840 --> 01:09:46,720
Speaker 1: they're starting tackles are the two tackles. The last year,

1395
01:09:46,720 --> 01:09:50,640
Speaker 1: no one would have thought they were like a Gangbusters team,

1396
01:09:50,680 --> 01:09:52,519
Speaker 1: and they performed and went up and down the field

1397
01:09:52,520 --> 01:09:56,160
Speaker 1: pretty well overall against the Jets, You're right, Layton vanderash

1398
01:09:56,240 --> 01:09:59,559
Speaker 1: and Jalen Smith make a play. I mean they're I'm

1399
01:09:59,600 --> 01:10:03,280
Speaker 1: not like killing I don't think they're problems. Of course

1400
01:10:03,320 --> 01:10:05,400
Speaker 1: they're not problems. But they haven't been making big time

1401
01:10:05,439 --> 01:10:07,240
Speaker 1: game changing plays like they did a year ago. They've

1402
01:10:07,240 --> 01:10:09,120
Speaker 1: just kind of been fine. I think that takes a

1403
01:10:09,120 --> 01:10:10,920
Speaker 1: little bit away, not that you're trying to do this

1404
01:10:11,000 --> 01:10:15,280
Speaker 1: Greg from the Jets, though, who this is the Cowboys? Sorry,

1405
01:10:15,320 --> 01:10:17,479
Speaker 1: but this is what they tout themselves to be and

1406
01:10:17,479 --> 01:10:20,200
Speaker 1: they were banged up. But if anyone had said a

1407
01:10:20,240 --> 01:10:23,200
Speaker 1: week ago, like the Cowboys are going to march into

1408
01:10:23,920 --> 01:10:26,720
Speaker 1: New into New Jersey and lose to the Jets, that

1409
01:10:26,720 --> 01:10:30,759
Speaker 1: would have not been an acceptable proposition for the Cows

1410
01:10:30,760 --> 01:10:33,040
Speaker 1: are good offensively, I think now, or they have a

1411
01:10:33,080 --> 01:10:35,519
Speaker 1: chance to be pretty good offensively. I guess it was

1412
01:10:35,560 --> 01:10:37,200
Speaker 1: more of the Cowboys offense that I think. If you

1413
01:10:37,240 --> 01:10:39,840
Speaker 1: can put up almost four hundred yards and twenty three

1414
01:10:39,840 --> 01:10:42,920
Speaker 1: points as they did, like what more do you expect

1415
01:10:43,120 --> 01:10:48,000
Speaker 1: of a team with that crew out there? I mean,

1416
01:10:48,040 --> 01:10:50,439
Speaker 1: I just don't understand the criticism. But they're losing every

1417
01:10:50,439 --> 01:10:52,400
Speaker 1: week right now, so that's why they're getting killed in

1418
01:10:52,479 --> 01:10:55,040
Speaker 1: Jason Garrett especially. It's been another week where people are

1419
01:10:55,080 --> 01:10:58,479
Speaker 1: wondering if Jason Garrett is somebody that deserves to be

1420
01:10:58,479 --> 01:11:00,640
Speaker 1: the head coach of the team. Farek question, that's a

1421
01:11:00,640 --> 01:11:04,040
Speaker 1: different conversation. But this is I wouldn't call this a game.

1422
01:11:04,080 --> 01:11:05,680
Speaker 1: I don't think this is a dirt knap game for

1423
01:11:05,720 --> 01:11:08,639
Speaker 1: these teams. But I do think, um, it's an incredibly

1424
01:11:08,640 --> 01:11:10,920
Speaker 1: important game for both teams and for the Cowboys they

1425
01:11:10,960 --> 01:11:13,320
Speaker 1: go into a buy after this UH and come back

1426
01:11:13,360 --> 01:11:15,760
Speaker 1: and get the Giants UH in New York, which won't

1427
01:11:15,760 --> 01:11:18,080
Speaker 1: won't be an easy game, it never really is. But

1428
01:11:18,560 --> 01:11:20,639
Speaker 1: I will say that they can get their season back

1429
01:11:20,640 --> 01:11:23,320
Speaker 1: on track pretty quickly if they could deliver a good

1430
01:11:23,320 --> 01:11:26,200
Speaker 1: performance at home. I kind of expected to play out

1431
01:11:26,240 --> 01:11:28,479
Speaker 1: that way, and I think, why don't we pick this game?

1432
01:11:28,479 --> 01:11:30,880
Speaker 1: We haven't picked the game yet, Mark, what do you

1433
01:11:30,880 --> 01:11:35,240
Speaker 1: think Eagles at Jeral World. Eagles to me on offense

1434
01:11:35,280 --> 01:11:38,880
Speaker 1: just lack identity at the moment. And their defense is

1435
01:11:39,680 --> 01:11:42,120
Speaker 1: I think that they have they get right defense for

1436
01:11:42,120 --> 01:11:44,840
Speaker 1: whoever they played right now, and I think the Cowboys

1437
01:11:44,880 --> 01:11:49,439
Speaker 1: are gonna win this game. Typical Sunday Night NFC East,

1438
01:11:49,760 --> 01:11:55,599
Speaker 1: tight matchup, last second field or a touchdown by the Cowboys.

1439
01:11:56,640 --> 01:11:58,479
Speaker 1: This is how far in my own head I am

1440
01:11:58,600 --> 01:12:00,840
Speaker 1: on the locks. I was gonna lock up the Cowboys.

1441
01:12:01,160 --> 01:12:03,880
Speaker 1: But then I realized I'd actually be really invested in

1442
01:12:03,920 --> 01:12:06,519
Speaker 1: this game while it was going on, Whereas with the

1443
01:12:06,560 --> 01:12:08,679
Speaker 1: Falcons and Rams. If I lose that one, who cares,

1444
01:12:08,880 --> 01:12:11,080
Speaker 1: You're not even gonna watch it. Plus if you if

1445
01:12:11,120 --> 01:12:13,360
Speaker 1: you bailed and went into this game, Mark has already

1446
01:12:13,439 --> 01:12:15,519
Speaker 1: used his bail out, so he would be stuck with

1447
01:12:15,560 --> 01:12:19,439
Speaker 1: the one in five teams. This was actually my lock, Dallas,

1448
01:12:20,000 --> 01:12:23,519
Speaker 1: but it's shaky. Well, this it's a tricky one. I

1449
01:12:23,560 --> 01:12:26,719
Speaker 1: took the Cowboys In my game picks column, my picks

1450
01:12:26,720 --> 01:12:29,320
Speaker 1: have been poor NFL dot Com slash game picks. You

1451
01:12:29,360 --> 01:12:32,240
Speaker 1: know you really go for the you know the joke. Overall,

1452
01:12:32,479 --> 01:12:35,840
Speaker 1: what's the overall picks have been poor slash games. I

1453
01:12:35,840 --> 01:12:38,200
Speaker 1: mean they're not as bad as our locks, but they're bad.

1454
01:12:38,840 --> 01:12:41,160
Speaker 1: But I do really think the injuries as bad as

1455
01:12:41,240 --> 01:12:47,400
Speaker 1: Dr Rainmaker. No, not that bad. Tell the stories. De

1456
01:12:47,439 --> 01:12:49,640
Speaker 1: Sean Jackson, we don't know if he's gonna play. It

1457
01:12:49,640 --> 01:12:52,960
Speaker 1: sounds like he's probably out. Randall Cobb and Marie Cooper

1458
01:12:53,000 --> 01:12:56,280
Speaker 1: are both missing practice again. They expect Mariy Cooper to

1459
01:12:56,320 --> 01:12:59,840
Speaker 1: practice in some fashion on Fridays and then and then

1460
01:12:59,840 --> 01:13:01,639
Speaker 1: it does look like they're going to get their tackles

1461
01:13:01,680 --> 01:13:04,800
Speaker 1: back though, so Tyrant Smith and Yole Collins should be back,

1462
01:13:04,840 --> 01:13:06,960
Speaker 1: so that's that's a boost for them. I like I

1463
01:13:07,000 --> 01:13:08,840
Speaker 1: took the Cowboys by a point. I mean it was

1464
01:13:09,560 --> 01:13:13,800
Speaker 1: I don't feel good about it's I think it was

1465
01:13:14,640 --> 01:13:18,600
Speaker 1: six a little higher scoring. May whoever loses that the

1466
01:13:18,760 --> 01:13:23,720
Speaker 1: losing team's fan base and you know, media corps is

1467
01:13:23,720 --> 01:13:26,000
Speaker 1: gonna be on fire. Yeah, but it's the right division

1468
01:13:26,040 --> 01:13:27,920
Speaker 1: to fall to three or three to four, and because

1469
01:13:27,920 --> 01:13:30,360
Speaker 1: it's like there's no six and two, the loser goes

1470
01:13:30,400 --> 01:13:34,280
Speaker 1: two ft under. I don't bury like that. When you

1471
01:13:34,280 --> 01:13:37,240
Speaker 1: were buried under found you die if you don't breathe

1472
01:13:37,280 --> 01:13:39,240
Speaker 1: for twelve. Because if I'm not going either of these

1473
01:13:39,240 --> 01:13:41,479
Speaker 1: teams there yet. Even if the Eagles lose this game,

1474
01:13:41,640 --> 01:13:43,960
Speaker 1: there one game back and they just lost the road

1475
01:13:44,000 --> 01:13:46,360
Speaker 1: game to Dallas and they get them back later, I mean,

1476
01:13:46,479 --> 01:13:49,439
Speaker 1: it's not a devastating until there's a month long streak

1477
01:13:49,479 --> 01:13:51,479
Speaker 1: in one direction or another. These teams aren't going to

1478
01:13:51,520 --> 01:13:53,679
Speaker 1: separate from each other. Trying to get you a show, Mark,

1479
01:13:53,880 --> 01:13:55,800
Speaker 1: trying to get your own network show. You just gonna

1480
01:13:55,840 --> 01:13:58,400
Speaker 1: work with me here? What is it? The show? It

1481
01:13:58,400 --> 01:14:02,679
Speaker 1: sounds like, that's not gonna get a cat in this building. West,

1482
01:14:02,720 --> 01:14:07,639
Speaker 1: what was your pick? Six and a half? Cowboys? Cowboys? Easy? Hard? Well?

1483
01:14:07,640 --> 01:14:09,760
Speaker 1: I was going to lock it, as I said, it

1484
01:14:09,800 --> 01:14:11,479
Speaker 1: was easy until I realized I was going to be

1485
01:14:11,520 --> 01:14:14,200
Speaker 1: invested in it throughout the game. West, we would twin

1486
01:14:14,720 --> 01:14:17,240
Speaker 1: jump over to this game and twin lock up the boys.

1487
01:14:17,439 --> 01:14:20,760
Speaker 1: Why not makes that night fun? All right, let's do it?

1488
01:14:20,800 --> 01:14:23,320
Speaker 1: All right, here we go. We're locking about the cowca No,

1489
01:14:23,439 --> 01:14:26,200
Speaker 1: it's gonna happen, right, Yeah, but it's more fun. Falcons

1490
01:14:26,240 --> 01:14:28,200
Speaker 1: are gonna win. Well, I don't want to hear about that.

1491
01:14:28,200 --> 01:14:30,519
Speaker 1: The Jaguars will win, the Falcons will win, the Cowboys

1492
01:14:30,520 --> 01:14:34,720
Speaker 1: will lead it. Yes, that's exactly. But we're we are Dan,

1493
01:14:34,840 --> 01:14:37,880
Speaker 1: we are also we do have shards of manliness in

1494
01:14:37,960 --> 01:14:40,000
Speaker 1: us too. It's not just you and there has to

1495
01:14:40,000 --> 01:14:44,800
Speaker 1: be some accountability or a loser here. I like it.

1496
01:14:44,800 --> 01:14:48,120
Speaker 1: I think it'll be fun. Just went from like a

1497
01:14:48,200 --> 01:14:50,599
Speaker 1: three three and a half point underdog to a three

1498
01:14:50,600 --> 01:14:53,560
Speaker 1: point favorite. So you're you're we're you're living large. I

1499
01:14:53,560 --> 01:14:57,160
Speaker 1: don't look at that stuff very good. West. That was smart.

1500
01:14:57,560 --> 01:15:00,000
Speaker 1: This makes a lot more sense. I like you like Falcons. Yeah,

1501
01:15:00,240 --> 01:15:04,120
Speaker 1: that him that that was highly masculine to go one

1502
01:15:04,120 --> 01:15:06,040
Speaker 1: in five. This one is why do you only give

1503
01:15:06,080 --> 01:15:10,920
Speaker 1: West credit for these locks over? What you don't want

1504
01:15:11,080 --> 01:15:14,000
Speaker 1: is affirmation from us about what's a good luck? I

1505
01:15:14,040 --> 01:15:16,280
Speaker 1: like that Mark, he needed a terrible call to get

1506
01:15:16,320 --> 01:15:23,000
Speaker 1: hairs all. It's all the nonsense. If Mark, who has

1507
01:15:23,280 --> 01:15:26,280
Speaker 1: really been so generous with his social media love and

1508
01:15:26,320 --> 01:15:31,679
Speaker 1: boosting all of our boosting all of our tweets in Instagram, Yeah,

1509
01:15:31,760 --> 01:15:34,439
Speaker 1: really retweeting us, He's now doing that with me on

1510
01:15:34,560 --> 01:15:38,559
Speaker 1: locks and I appreciate whatever takes us. Finally, Monday night football,

1511
01:15:38,800 --> 01:15:41,479
Speaker 1: let's go Eagles the other a f C East game.

1512
01:15:43,000 --> 01:15:44,840
Speaker 1: Now I got something to root for. It to be

1513
01:15:44,960 --> 01:15:48,040
Speaker 1: fun crash into the ocean. It's not going to go

1514
01:15:48,160 --> 01:15:52,880
Speaker 1: that way. The New England Patriots are undefeated, first place

1515
01:15:52,880 --> 01:15:54,800
Speaker 1: in a f C East. They traveled to the Meadow

1516
01:15:54,880 --> 01:15:57,639
Speaker 1: Ends to face those New York Jets who finally got

1517
01:15:57,640 --> 01:16:01,400
Speaker 1: their first win of the season. Um in a game

1518
01:16:01,400 --> 01:16:03,200
Speaker 1: that Greg is spooked by it. And I know it

1519
01:16:03,240 --> 01:16:05,240
Speaker 1: because I couldn't feel it. I could feel it. He

1520
01:16:05,600 --> 01:16:08,920
Speaker 1: Greg usually gets a little bit jumpy about Pat's games

1521
01:16:08,920 --> 01:16:12,519
Speaker 1: that most people expect dominance, But I think this one

1522
01:16:12,640 --> 01:16:14,720
Speaker 1: especially is on his radar a little bit. Yes or no,

1523
01:16:15,640 --> 01:16:18,639
Speaker 1: I think they could lose the game. Yes, I wouldn't

1524
01:16:18,640 --> 01:16:20,719
Speaker 1: say I'm spooked by it because it doesn't feel like

1525
01:16:20,720 --> 01:16:22,680
Speaker 1: like a big game or a meaningful game. If he

1526
01:16:22,680 --> 01:16:25,439
Speaker 1: didn't introduce it in that way, Greg's nest next sentence

1527
01:16:25,479 --> 01:16:26,800
Speaker 1: was going to be I'm a little spooked by this.

1528
01:16:27,400 --> 01:16:29,360
Speaker 1: He just doesn't want to admit. I'm also annoyed. I'm

1529
01:16:29,360 --> 01:16:32,040
Speaker 1: not going to be able to watch this game because

1530
01:16:32,080 --> 01:16:37,160
Speaker 1: of life things getting in the way, which is very annoying. Curious.

1531
01:16:38,200 --> 01:16:41,120
Speaker 1: I had to switch around the the other podcast justin

1532
01:16:41,200 --> 01:16:44,439
Speaker 1: Nick and Rosenthal Vanity Project tape that night because my

1533
01:16:44,520 --> 01:16:48,600
Speaker 1: daughter has this huge uh Fall Festival thing that she

1534
01:16:48,720 --> 01:16:50,519
Speaker 1: was really looking forward to and we couldn't make it

1535
01:16:50,640 --> 01:16:54,080
Speaker 1: last you know, year the following night. So now I'm out,

1536
01:16:54,320 --> 01:16:57,360
Speaker 1: good dad, work, annoying, good words, annoying. Then what you

1537
01:16:57,360 --> 01:16:58,680
Speaker 1: had to do, well, it's gonna be a good game

1538
01:16:58,720 --> 01:17:01,000
Speaker 1: for you to miss, because the Jets are coming to

1539
01:17:01,080 --> 01:17:03,080
Speaker 1: play and get back on their feet. And guess what

1540
01:17:03,479 --> 01:17:06,800
Speaker 1: I'm looking at this, I'm looking ahead. I am I'm

1541
01:17:06,840 --> 01:17:09,719
Speaker 1: one of the I'm one of the only optimistic Jets

1542
01:17:09,720 --> 01:17:12,840
Speaker 1: fans in the world. I believe them uh to be

1543
01:17:12,880 --> 01:17:16,040
Speaker 1: a team that their Patriots run. A dynasty run is

1544
01:17:16,040 --> 01:17:19,240
Speaker 1: always just around the corner if they ever ever took

1545
01:17:19,280 --> 01:17:22,960
Speaker 1: care of the Patriots. On Monday night, I'm looking ahead

1546
01:17:23,080 --> 01:17:27,000
Speaker 1: and I see at Jacksonville, at Miami home to Giants,

1547
01:17:27,040 --> 01:17:31,479
Speaker 1: at Washington home to Oakland, at Cincinnati home to Miami

1548
01:17:32,120 --> 01:17:36,160
Speaker 1: through Week fourteen, Boulevard of green lights. Basically the Patriots

1549
01:17:36,200 --> 01:17:38,800
Speaker 1: what they've had so far that the cake Patriots Now.

1550
01:17:39,000 --> 01:17:40,920
Speaker 1: When I when I looked at the schedule at the

1551
01:17:40,920 --> 01:17:44,040
Speaker 1: beginning of the season, before everything went to hell, I

1552
01:17:44,080 --> 01:17:47,240
Speaker 1: thought to myself, if they can get to through weeks six,

1553
01:17:47,280 --> 01:17:49,400
Speaker 1: at three and three or even two and four, they

1554
01:17:49,439 --> 01:17:52,000
Speaker 1: had a shot. When they started owing four, it just

1555
01:17:52,040 --> 01:17:54,320
Speaker 1: seemed like it's more likely they'd be oh and seven

1556
01:17:54,360 --> 01:17:57,360
Speaker 1: by the time they got to the Dolphins. But now

1557
01:17:57,520 --> 01:18:00,679
Speaker 1: you can at least talk yourself into some thing crazy

1558
01:18:00,720 --> 01:18:02,960
Speaker 1: happening and then winning back to back games to get

1559
01:18:02,960 --> 01:18:04,640
Speaker 1: to that too and four and put themselves in some

1560
01:18:04,680 --> 01:18:07,360
Speaker 1: type of position to be relevant in December, which is

1561
01:18:07,400 --> 01:18:10,439
Speaker 1: all any Jet fan could ask for, considering how poorly

1562
01:18:10,479 --> 01:18:12,559
Speaker 1: the season, I couldn't agree more. And if you look

1563
01:18:12,560 --> 01:18:15,160
Speaker 1: at the zero or one win teams around the league.

1564
01:18:15,200 --> 01:18:21,240
Speaker 1: They all are wildly gigantic, messy operations with zero hope

1565
01:18:21,280 --> 01:18:23,680
Speaker 1: except for the Jets. And it has everything to do

1566
01:18:23,720 --> 01:18:26,479
Speaker 1: with what happened last week. And you know, you can

1567
01:18:26,560 --> 01:18:30,160
Speaker 1: over praise Donald for some of the stuff that happened

1568
01:18:30,160 --> 01:18:32,720
Speaker 1: down the stretch last year, but a lot of it's

1569
01:18:32,720 --> 01:18:35,360
Speaker 1: confirmed by the play I saw against the Cowboys. It

1570
01:18:35,520 --> 01:18:38,120
Speaker 1: is we will just not know how hard it is

1571
01:18:38,160 --> 01:18:39,840
Speaker 1: to come off the kind of illness he had. We

1572
01:18:39,880 --> 01:18:42,000
Speaker 1: don't know what he was dealing with you here, you know, yes,

1573
01:18:42,080 --> 01:18:44,080
Speaker 1: that's great. When you were eighteen, you had Mono. Good

1574
01:18:44,120 --> 01:18:45,680
Speaker 1: for you. You You have no idea what it means to

1575
01:18:45,720 --> 01:18:49,679
Speaker 1: go back and then deal with on field practice all week,

1576
01:18:49,800 --> 01:18:52,200
Speaker 1: short week and then roll in and deal with the Cowboys.

1577
01:18:52,439 --> 01:18:54,280
Speaker 1: I thought the way through the ball, the ways saw

1578
01:18:54,320 --> 01:18:57,080
Speaker 1: the field, everything changed in that offense. All you really

1579
01:18:57,120 --> 01:18:59,320
Speaker 1: can ask for from a quarterback is that the same

1580
01:18:59,360 --> 01:19:01,800
Speaker 1: parts that were unable to do anything for a week

1581
01:19:01,840 --> 01:19:04,400
Speaker 1: on n e weeks on end come in and play

1582
01:19:04,400 --> 01:19:06,519
Speaker 1: in Unison the way they did with Donald. I'd like

1583
01:19:06,560 --> 01:19:08,120
Speaker 1: to see a little more from Levy on Bell. I

1584
01:19:08,120 --> 01:19:10,080
Speaker 1: think that will come in time, But they still have

1585
01:19:10,120 --> 01:19:12,960
Speaker 1: a bad offensive line. But and I'm not just saying this, Dan,

1586
01:19:13,320 --> 01:19:15,920
Speaker 1: because I know you're a Jets fan. I truly think

1587
01:19:16,280 --> 01:19:19,320
Speaker 1: they have a chance to be one of these second

1588
01:19:19,320 --> 01:19:21,479
Speaker 1: half teams that because of the schedule, one because of

1589
01:19:21,479 --> 01:19:24,320
Speaker 1: who they are, will be interesting. And that's not the

1590
01:19:24,360 --> 01:19:26,560
Speaker 1: worst thing to ask for as a fan. There is

1591
01:19:26,600 --> 01:19:29,639
Speaker 1: a revenge game here, oh, I mean a thousand times

1592
01:19:29,680 --> 01:19:31,960
Speaker 1: over if not. But I mean, of course you've got

1593
01:19:32,000 --> 01:19:34,639
Speaker 1: you know, the Bill Belichick, but you also have Damarus Thomas,

1594
01:19:34,720 --> 01:19:37,040
Speaker 1: who was not happy about the way he was out

1595
01:19:37,120 --> 01:19:39,920
Speaker 1: this week. Yes, he feels that he was jerked around

1596
01:19:39,920 --> 01:19:43,200
Speaker 1: by the Patriots who weren't honest with him. In Belichick

1597
01:19:43,800 --> 01:19:45,840
Speaker 1: he actually answered to it. He usually doesn't, and he

1598
01:19:45,880 --> 01:19:49,200
Speaker 1: said how much he respected Damarus as a player and

1599
01:19:49,240 --> 01:19:51,519
Speaker 1: all that, and he feels, you know, he said it's

1600
01:19:51,560 --> 01:19:54,040
Speaker 1: too bad or whatever that you know, they didn't see

1601
01:19:54,040 --> 01:19:57,280
Speaker 1: eye to eyes. Basically, Yeah, they Thomas was gonna leave

1602
01:19:57,320 --> 01:19:59,160
Speaker 1: for the Jets when they cut him, and they said

1603
01:19:59,160 --> 01:20:01,080
Speaker 1: we're gonna bring you back in a week and so,

1604
01:20:01,439 --> 01:20:03,680
Speaker 1: and they did. He trusted them, he'd rather be on

1605
01:20:03,760 --> 01:20:05,960
Speaker 1: the Patriots. And then they signed Antonio Brown and they

1606
01:20:06,000 --> 01:20:09,600
Speaker 1: traded him away it's a bad spot for him. And

1607
01:20:09,600 --> 01:20:12,400
Speaker 1: that that said, you know, they're not missing to Marius

1608
01:20:12,400 --> 01:20:14,720
Speaker 1: Thomas even though they could use you know, they need

1609
01:20:14,720 --> 01:20:18,000
Speaker 1: wide receivers in general. I'm just more interested to see

1610
01:20:18,040 --> 01:20:20,600
Speaker 1: what Donald does against this defense. It sounds crazy, but

1611
01:20:20,640 --> 01:20:22,920
Speaker 1: the Jets offense with Sam Donald might be the best

1612
01:20:23,000 --> 01:20:25,920
Speaker 1: offense that the Patriots have played this year. That says,

1613
01:20:26,040 --> 01:20:30,559
Speaker 1: that says easy, and often they did, but they were

1614
01:20:30,720 --> 01:20:33,919
Speaker 1: they weren't operating well, and they continued to not operate

1615
01:20:33,960 --> 01:20:37,639
Speaker 1: well within without Ben Roethlisberger last week. I think when

1616
01:20:37,680 --> 01:20:41,880
Speaker 1: you saw Donald, he moved the ball, he moved his

1617
01:20:41,960 --> 01:20:44,840
Speaker 1: feet in the pocket so well he moves away from

1618
01:20:44,840 --> 01:20:48,040
Speaker 1: pressure and still is able to grow is incredible. It's

1619
01:20:48,080 --> 01:20:49,920
Speaker 1: you know, it's it's like Tom Brady, but you know,

1620
01:20:49,920 --> 01:20:52,599
Speaker 1: a much more athletic, you know, but but moving and

1621
01:20:52,640 --> 01:20:55,200
Speaker 1: staying in the pocket is really impressive. And then he

1622
01:20:55,320 --> 01:20:57,320
Speaker 1: changes speeds like no one else. I mean, he can

1623
01:20:57,360 --> 01:21:00,160
Speaker 1: throw the touch pass, he can throw the heater. He

1624
01:21:00,160 --> 01:21:03,559
Speaker 1: he mixes and knows what speed to go with better

1625
01:21:03,600 --> 01:21:05,519
Speaker 1: than anyone. I think it's gonna be a wake up

1626
01:21:05,520 --> 01:21:08,719
Speaker 1: call for the Jets offense just because this offensive line,

1627
01:21:09,080 --> 01:21:12,280
Speaker 1: this offensive line is not good, and I really don't

1628
01:21:12,280 --> 01:21:14,800
Speaker 1: trust the Cowboys to put pressure on quarterbacks outside of

1629
01:21:14,840 --> 01:21:17,479
Speaker 1: Robert Quinn right now, but I do I do think

1630
01:21:17,479 --> 01:21:19,960
Speaker 1: the Patriots are getting a lot of heat on quarterbacks yea,

1631
01:21:20,200 --> 01:21:23,120
Speaker 1: and from their linebackers and one of its highest sac

1632
01:21:23,240 --> 01:21:26,200
Speaker 1: rate in the NFL. Wow. And it's it's not a

1633
01:21:26,200 --> 01:21:29,680
Speaker 1: coincidence that all of a sudden, Uh, you guys can

1634
01:21:29,720 --> 01:21:31,600
Speaker 1: tell me about the metrics if you looked at it,

1635
01:21:31,640 --> 01:21:33,680
Speaker 1: but all of a sudden, the Jets offensive line was

1636
01:21:33,680 --> 01:21:36,240
Speaker 1: able to protect the quarterback. It just shows that it's

1637
01:21:36,280 --> 01:21:38,200
Speaker 1: it's a two part deal. You have to be able

1638
01:21:38,240 --> 01:21:40,640
Speaker 1: to block, but the quarterback has to have that awareness,

1639
01:21:40,640 --> 01:21:43,479
Speaker 1: the spatial awareness, and that's why they actually were able

1640
01:21:43,520 --> 01:21:46,280
Speaker 1: to extend plays and take shots down field because he

1641
01:21:46,320 --> 01:21:49,200
Speaker 1: knows what he's doing back there. So it's very exciting

1642
01:21:49,200 --> 01:21:51,800
Speaker 1: to have Donald back. West could be absolutely right. The

1643
01:21:51,880 --> 01:21:53,960
Speaker 1: Jets have had more than a few of these games

1644
01:21:53,960 --> 01:21:56,280
Speaker 1: where they thought they were gonna, you know, put New

1645
01:21:56,280 --> 01:21:58,439
Speaker 1: England on the ropes or or hanging a game. And

1646
01:21:58,520 --> 01:22:01,240
Speaker 1: it's twenty eight to three late in the third quarter,

1647
01:22:01,280 --> 01:22:03,320
Speaker 1: so it could go either way. But I think will

1648
01:22:03,360 --> 01:22:06,479
Speaker 1: be potentially a fun Monday Night game, and maybe, just

1649
01:22:06,560 --> 01:22:09,959
Speaker 1: maybe booger McFarland will put some respect on Jamal Adams

1650
01:22:10,040 --> 01:22:13,600
Speaker 1: name this. We'll see though, what happened. Oh yeah, he

1651
01:22:13,760 --> 01:22:17,240
Speaker 1: didn't like well no, just the he called. He said

1652
01:22:17,240 --> 01:22:19,360
Speaker 1: it was a selfish play on the hit on Baker Mayfield,

1653
01:22:19,400 --> 01:22:22,400
Speaker 1: and then the league actually rescinded the fine. Um so

1654
01:22:22,680 --> 01:22:25,840
Speaker 1: selfish was a weird word to use in that situation. Um,

1655
01:22:25,880 --> 01:22:30,680
Speaker 1: all right, good preview, guys, saucy preview. So just the

1656
01:22:30,880 --> 01:22:33,519
Speaker 1: and the the locks. You guys both have the Cowboys correct?

1657
01:22:34,160 --> 01:22:36,719
Speaker 1: That will be fun Sunday Night football. So yes, coming

1658
01:22:36,800 --> 01:22:40,200
Speaker 1: up later tonight. Yes, uh, the scientists recapt theirs the

1659
01:22:40,240 --> 01:22:42,680
Speaker 1: Night Football, and then we'll be back Sunday night to

1660
01:22:42,760 --> 01:22:46,160
Speaker 1: recap all the games we just previewed. The wheel keeps turning,

1661
01:22:49,960 --> 01:22:53,600
Speaker 1: Stand Hanson signing off, four Quiet Storm, the Mailman, the

1662
01:22:53,640 --> 01:22:58,040
Speaker 1: Old Boss, Eddie Spaghetti, Ryan Bartlett, everybody else behind the

1663
01:22:58,080 --> 01:23:02,760
Speaker 1: glass till Sunday,