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Speaker 1: Welcome to this Monday ineditition to move the Sticks time.

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Speaker 1: Rett lewis here as always with our former NFL scouts

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Speaker 1: to lead NFL draft analysts. Here force Daniel Jeremiah, Bucky Brooks. Guys,

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Speaker 1: it was a Sunday where we saw top seeds tumbling,

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Speaker 1: we saw surface tablets getting smashed on the sidelines, and

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Speaker 1: we saw Nick Saban, the NFL coach relevant once again.

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Speaker 1: Do you know why DJ first crack? Oh? Nick Saban

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Speaker 1: relevant once again? The last time Tom Brady was shut out?

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Speaker 1: Is that what we've got? Nice work as the architect

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Speaker 1: in two thousand and six. That was also Nick Saban's

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Speaker 1: So there you go, uh, And we will get to

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Speaker 1: that Buck Saints game here in just a moment. But guys,

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Speaker 1: the big one to three and the first big game

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Speaker 1: did claw their way back into this game with two

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Speaker 1: one to thirty. Okay, DJ on the two point play.

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Speaker 1: How do you feel about the decision from John Harbor? Now,

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Speaker 1: second time in three weeks they have fallen in a

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Speaker 1: similar situation. Yeah, Look, I think that's who they are,

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Speaker 1: maybe get the two pointer. Buttt we're talking about in

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Speaker 1: don't know I think it's who they are. I'm always

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Speaker 1: when they were down fourteen and they scored a touchdown

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Speaker 1: Because then that eight points, we're making a six point lead.

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Speaker 1: they live it. They're living in their world. That world.

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Speaker 1: take the checkdown, they give you the outside short rouse,

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Speaker 1: take that. If Justin Field does those things, he can

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Speaker 1: put immense fresh on the Minnesota Vikings because we know

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Speaker 1: his natural athleticism is going to lead to a few

433
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Speaker 1: players that he makes that are off the script. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: and take the green space in front of you if

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Speaker 1: you're justin field, especially if that's what the Vikings defense

436
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Speaker 1: is going to give you there. He is still electric

437
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Speaker 1: when he gets out in open space. Let's get back

438
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Speaker 1: to the Sunday games here on move the stakes field

439
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Speaker 1: goal battle between the Bengals and Broncos. For much of

440
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Speaker 1: this game of the nine three Bengals lead. That turned

441
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Speaker 1: when Drew Lock came in for an injured Teddy Bridgewater

442
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Speaker 1: engineered a touchdown drive, but Joe Burrow to Tyler Boyd

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Speaker 1: took the lead for the Bengals late and lead they

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Speaker 1: would not relinquish. Teddy Bridgewater taking a hospital spent the

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Speaker 1: night in the hospital and is expected expected to be

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Speaker 1: released today, which is good news and it's doing much better.

447
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Speaker 1: But we'll enter the NFL's concussion protocol. So let's talk

448
00:21:08,000 --> 00:21:12,359
Speaker 1: about this game here, guys, particularly the Bengals defense, Bucky,

449
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Speaker 1: what do you see from that group to limit the

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Speaker 1: Broncos explosiveness on offense? You know, here's what I like

451
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Speaker 1: about the Cincinnati Beings and why I think they are

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Speaker 1: a little a legitimate threat to not only make the playoffs,

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Speaker 1: but to do some damage in the playoffs is they

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Speaker 1: are a blue collar unit that gets after it. Man

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Speaker 1: after that they display up front, Trey Henderson and Sam Hubbard.

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Speaker 1: Uh there, oh nobody like they have some guys they

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Speaker 1: get after it, and because they play so hard and

458
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Speaker 1: play with so much energy, plays just kind of tend

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Speaker 1: to happen for them. And so when you think about

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Speaker 1: teams as we're lining up the a f C North

461
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Speaker 1: and you're looking at the pros and cons of each team,

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Speaker 1: I just look at this defense and I think this

463
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Speaker 1: defense is good enough to get them over the threshold.

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Speaker 1: I like what the Cincinnati Beings are doing and I

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Speaker 1: look at it. Bucket's interesting you mentioned that defense and

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Speaker 1: how well they're playing. I saw some concern in the

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Speaker 1: back end. I don't think that the Denver Broncos were

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Speaker 1: equipped to take care of that because of their struggles

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Speaker 1: at the quarterback position. But this is a win to me.

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Speaker 1: That's a big deal for the Bengals because this is

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Speaker 1: a difference between good teams and great teams. The good

472
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Speaker 1: teams they get these muddy, ugly games and you win some,

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Speaker 1: you lose some. The great teams find a way to

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Speaker 1: the winner circle when they're not playing their best ball.

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Speaker 1: For them to go on the road, it's against a

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Speaker 1: very good Denver Broncos defense, kind of mud around a

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Speaker 1: little bit, but find a way to the winner circle.

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Speaker 1: That's a great sign that this team has taken the

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Speaker 1: next steps. Guys. The Broncos offense is so frustrating, Like

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Speaker 1: they have so much explosiveness on the outside and at

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Speaker 1: the receiver position, at the tight end spot, and you

482
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Speaker 1: get a game backs Jerry Judy and Courtland Sutton combined

483
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Speaker 1: for two catches, all of them from from Sutton. Jerry

484
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Speaker 1: Judy zero receptions in this game for a first round

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Speaker 1: wide out that kind of talent, that's just like unacceptable.

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Speaker 1: I don't even care what defense you're playing. You gotta

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Speaker 1: get that guy the ball someway somehow. Uh. It's it

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Speaker 1: is frustrating for the Broncos and I'm sure for Broncos

489
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Speaker 1: fans to watch those guys run around without getting the football.

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Speaker 1: So the Bengals, though, with a big win and a

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Speaker 1: big matchup coming up next week in the a f

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Speaker 1: C North against the Ravens. All right, let's get back

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Speaker 1: to another game we saw on Saturday. Colts and Patriots.

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Speaker 1: Nice to have a closer like Jonathan Taylor if you

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Speaker 1: are Indianapolis. Look, I thought Patriots did like a pretty

496
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Speaker 1: decent job on him for much of the game, and

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Speaker 1: then he absolutely knocked it out of the park with

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Speaker 1: the sixty seven yarder tow ice the game at the end.

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Speaker 1: Uh and that was quite a way to do it.

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Speaker 1: Patriots knew they were gonna run it new Taylor was

501
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Speaker 1: getting it, just couldn't stop it, and the Patriots come

502
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Speaker 1: back falls short. Colts get the big wine to seventeen. Here,

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Speaker 1: DJ quick mac Jones thought, Taylor two halves half in

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Speaker 1: the first half A and the second gonna give him

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Speaker 1: a seat. What do you think? Oh, there you go.

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Speaker 1: Look that's a fair grade from you. I actually came

507
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Speaker 1: away from that game kind of encouraged because it's the

508
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Speaker 1: first time we've seen mac Jones and and everybody knows

509
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Speaker 1: you're gonna throw the ball. Scenario actually played pretty well

510
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Speaker 1: in the second half of that ball game, But the

511
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Speaker 1: story of the game really was the line of scrimmage

512
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Speaker 1: that was won by the Indianapolis Colts and they were

513
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Speaker 1: the more physical team. You saw Jonathan Taylor deliver that

514
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Speaker 1: knockout blow. But I look at them on the defensive

515
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Speaker 1: side of the ball, they're able to get penetration. They

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Speaker 1: were to get knocked back up front. And I look

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Speaker 1: at the linebackers. When you look at Darius Leonard and

518
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Speaker 1: Bobby Okarey k these guys are so long and athletic

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Speaker 1: and rangey, and that has been what teams are looking

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Speaker 1: for in the draft for these off the ball linebackers,

521
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Speaker 1: trying to find guys just like this, and Buck Chris

522
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Speaker 1: Ballard has two of them. He does have two of them.

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Speaker 1: DJ I kind of equate what the Coats are doing

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Speaker 1: on defense to what Sarah Huse has done for years

525
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Speaker 1: in college basketball. They played it. Jim Baham has figured

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Speaker 1: out how to put those six seven long wing players

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Speaker 1: to really make the zone a bigger zone. Well, that's

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Speaker 1: what the Colts are doing with guys Darius Leonard in

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Speaker 1: the middle of the defense. When you play his own coverage,

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Speaker 1: you got your eyes on the quarterback. You now had

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Speaker 1: a bigger body in the middle of the field or

532
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Speaker 1: in those passing lanes. It makes it harder for quarterbacks

533
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Speaker 1: to find those open windows. It leaves the more tips

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Speaker 1: and overthrows because you're trying to navigate around those long

535
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Speaker 1: bodies inside, and as a result, we're seeing more interception.

536
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Speaker 1: This is a team that's tied for first and takeaways

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Speaker 1: with the Dallas Cowboys because man, there guys are long

538
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Speaker 1: and rangy, and they make it difficult and challenging on

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Speaker 1: the quarterback to fit the ball in the small pilas

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Speaker 1: and look good for the Colts. They figure out a

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Speaker 1: way to get a win, and they got to have

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Speaker 1: its spot against the team that was the number one

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Speaker 1: seed in the a f C. That's a huge win,

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Speaker 1: thought Frank right today. Fantastic job managing that game, and

545
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Speaker 1: in essence also kind of managing Carson Wentz a little bit.

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Speaker 1: I want to go back to the last two losses

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Speaker 1: this team had against the Tennessee Titans a few weeks

548
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Speaker 1: ago and then against the Bucks more recently. These were

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Speaker 1: games where the Colts were up double digits at one

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Speaker 1: point in this game. It was early in the Titans game,

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Speaker 1: it was later against the Bucks, and then some turnovers,

552
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Speaker 1: some Carson Wentz issues they're popped up, allowed those teams

553
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Speaker 1: to get back in and ultimately win those games, and

554
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Speaker 1: so here in this game you see when it's just

555
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Speaker 1: through twelve times five completions in the game, and you know,

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Speaker 1: thankfully you got a guy like Jonathan Taylor back there

557
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Speaker 1: to mask some of that. But just felt like, maybe,

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Speaker 1: you know, they kind of saw what had happened in

559
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Speaker 1: those two games, so they had leads like this one.

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Speaker 1: You start to see the Patriots making their moving like

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Speaker 1: all right, let's kind of shut this thing down, minimize

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Speaker 1: the risk, handed off the tailor, and get out of

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Speaker 1: here with a win, which is what they did. By

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Speaker 1: the way, DJ talking about that linebacker profile, I mean,

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Speaker 1: does that fit Utah linebacker Devin Lloyd? Do a t

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Speaker 1: right there? The next one we're gonna be talking about. Yeah,

567
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Speaker 1: it's exactly who he is. He's got that inside outside flexibility,

568
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Speaker 1: he's got that range, he shows up in pass coverage.

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Speaker 1: He's the next one. Kyle Whittingham calling him the best

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Speaker 1: defender to ever come through the University of Utah. Pretty

571
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Speaker 1: high praise right there from the Utes head coach. We

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Speaker 1: gotta go back to the game. We were all watching

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Speaker 1: here essentially together, um, the Chiefs and the Chargers, and

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Speaker 1: this was like a game where the triplet showed up

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Speaker 1: for the Chiefs, Mahomes, Kelsey and Tyreek Killed down the stretch,

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Speaker 1: Kelsey with a walk off winner in O t Chiefs

577
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Speaker 1: get a huge win, especially in the division standings. Here

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Speaker 1: and dj uh sitting there in Sofi Stadium, I know

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Speaker 1: you were saying it was one of the loudest games

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Speaker 1: you've been to at so far with that crowd, but

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Speaker 1: the Chiefs ultimately got it done. Would you see there? Well,

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Speaker 1: it was a heavyweight fight between the two quarterbacks, no

583
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Speaker 1: doubt that was as advertised. But I thought you hit

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Speaker 1: it the stars for the Chiefs, and the second half

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00:27:36,760 --> 00:27:38,760
Speaker 1: they took over the ball game, especially coming down the

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Speaker 1: stretch with Mahomes, Kelsey and Tyree Kill. The Chargers just

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Speaker 1: didn't have an answer. With Derwin James out of the game,

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Speaker 1: Noah Sante, Samuel Jr. There's guys missing for both teams,

589
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Speaker 1: but I think those guys being absent in the secondary

590
00:27:50,840 --> 00:27:53,560
Speaker 1: was a big reason why you saw this Chief's trio

591
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Speaker 1: just take over the ball game. But the bigger takeaway

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Speaker 1: from me and I think looking at this ball game

593
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Speaker 1: was on the other side for the chief without Chris Jones,

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Speaker 1: I thought the country got a chance to see this

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00:28:03,680 --> 00:28:05,840
Speaker 1: guy right here at number fifty four, Nick Bolton, I

596
00:28:05,840 --> 00:28:07,960
Speaker 1: thought there were three of them out there because he

597
00:28:08,000 --> 00:28:10,840
Speaker 1: was either hitting the quarterback, breaking up a pass, or

598
00:28:10,880 --> 00:28:13,840
Speaker 1: making the play in the run game. On every single play.

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Speaker 1: He ended up with fourteen tackles in this game, three

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Speaker 1: pass breakups. This dude is a star, another stud in

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Speaker 1: this rookie draft class we have around the league. People

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00:28:23,240 --> 00:28:24,600
Speaker 1: get to know this guy. This guy is gonna be

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Speaker 1: a perennial pro bowler for the Chiefs. Yeah, Buck, would

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Speaker 1: would you see in this game here for with the

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Speaker 1: Chiefs and the Chargers. Now we're talking about the Chiefs

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Speaker 1: and the Star of Power. I think that is really

607
00:28:34,400 --> 00:28:36,920
Speaker 1: interested in phenomenon is really what they've been built on.

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Speaker 1: I think we saw on the other side, Brandis Daley

609
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Speaker 1: is unafraid of all the smokement that comes with the

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Speaker 1: style of play that the Charges engaged in. He believes

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Speaker 1: in his quarterback. He's called his quarterback anything from a

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Speaker 1: superstar to a gangster, and he wants to put the

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Speaker 1: ball in his quarterback's hands. And so the Charges of

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Speaker 1: willing the Gold works down at all times because they

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Speaker 1: believe that their quarterback justin Herbert gives them the best

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Speaker 1: chance to win when he is the guy that is

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Speaker 1: forced to make the play. And whether we can say, hey,

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Speaker 1: this works it doesn't work, is analytical or not. I

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Speaker 1: believe in his conviction, and because of his conviction, I

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Speaker 1: believe that his players believe in this style of play

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Speaker 1: and eventually, look, it's gonna go their way more times

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Speaker 1: than not because there's a belief within the building there

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Speaker 1: we're going to total line of being aggressive and we're

624
00:29:25,440 --> 00:29:27,840
Speaker 1: not worried about the negative stuff that could come if

625
00:29:27,840 --> 00:29:30,280
Speaker 1: it doesn't fall out way because our quarterback is gonna

626
00:29:30,320 --> 00:29:32,840
Speaker 1: make us right more times than not, and we're gonna

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Speaker 1: live with it. I also think, guys, when you look

628
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Speaker 1: at matchups. We talked earlier about Manton, the Bucks probably

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Speaker 1: don't want to see the Saints in the postseason, and

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Speaker 1: talking to some folks in Kansas City, I think they

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Speaker 1: appreciate how well the Chargers match up with them. I

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00:29:45,600 --> 00:29:47,720
Speaker 1: do not think that's a matchup they would want for

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Speaker 1: a third time in the postseason. So that's something to

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Speaker 1: keep an eye on. And Rhett Man, it seems like

635
00:29:52,440 --> 00:29:55,240
Speaker 1: every five minutes there's news that comes out in relation

636
00:29:55,320 --> 00:29:57,320
Speaker 1: to the COVID night team list. And when you see

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Speaker 1: what came out today with the Chargers and you see

638
00:30:00,120 --> 00:30:02,920
Speaker 1: Bosta and Austin Ekeler and then Corey Lensley, who has

639
00:30:02,960 --> 00:30:05,480
Speaker 1: been there all pro center has been outstanding in that

640
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Speaker 1: offensive front. I mean that's huge. I know it's in Houston,

641
00:30:08,240 --> 00:30:10,800
Speaker 1: Texans man, but you take nothing for granted going forward

642
00:30:10,840 --> 00:30:13,680
Speaker 1: with with playing with a limited roster and not with

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Speaker 1: those key players out and hopefully get some of those

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Speaker 1: guys that missed on Thursday night back, so maybe it

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Speaker 1: helps offset, but still could be some more names added

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Speaker 1: to that list as we get further developments here on

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Speaker 1: the reserve COVID nineteen list on the issues with the

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Speaker 1: Chargers and with teams around the league certainly having an

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Speaker 1: impact here this weekend. Moving forward, and you're gonna look

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Speaker 1: at the a f C playoff picture. It is absolutely wild.

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Speaker 1: Look at that wild card UH three, eight and six teams.

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Speaker 1: You got the Bengals at eight and six right now

653
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Speaker 1: first place in the North. That could change tonight if

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Speaker 1: the Browns gonna win over the Raiders, I mean the

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Speaker 1: Ravens at one point where the one seed in the

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Speaker 1: a f C there now out of the playoff picture entirely,

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Speaker 1: but you know, based on tiebreakers, could be right back

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Speaker 1: in it. It is absolutely insane, and I'm here for

659
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Speaker 1: all of it. You gave tonight one game kicking off

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Speaker 1: here very soon between the Raiders and the Browns, and

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Speaker 1: then tomorrow we get another double dose little Tuesday double

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Speaker 1: headers here and we'll start with the Washington football team

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Speaker 1: in Philly NFC East matchup against the Eagles. DJ, what

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Speaker 1: are you watching for in that NFC East matchup? I'll

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Speaker 1: tell you what a guy that intrigues me, and I've

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Speaker 1: always enjoyed watching him as a player, and now you're

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Speaker 1: starting to really see him coming to his own as

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Speaker 1: Dallas Goddard with the Philadelphia Eagles. They make that trade

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Speaker 1: with zach Ertz really just to kind of free up

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Speaker 1: opportunities for him. Then they give him a new contract

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Speaker 1: and he has delivered. I mean, he is a big,

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Speaker 1: physical guy who helps you out in the run game

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Speaker 1: as your traditional why and then he can get down

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Speaker 1: the field, make things happen, and do things after the catch.

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Speaker 1: So he's really one of the best young players in

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Speaker 1: the NFL. Buck, I don't know that everybody necessarily knows

677
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Speaker 1: about this dude, but watch him, watch him in this

678
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Speaker 1: ball game, appreciate all the things he can do. Look,

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Speaker 1: he's a talented player. He's really been the centerpiece of

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Speaker 1: their passing game. And what I want to see is

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Speaker 1: what the Philadelphi the Eagles look like now that they've

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Speaker 1: been settled with expectations in terms of people expect this

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Speaker 1: team to kind of make a run because of the

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Speaker 1: way to schedule breaks for them and the way that

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Speaker 1: Jalen Hurts and then later going a missie has played

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Speaker 1: in recent weeks. So can they continue to keep running

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Speaker 1: the ball to the level that they've been running it

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Speaker 1: and can they win the games that they expected to win.

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Speaker 1: This is a huge game in my mind for the

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Speaker 1: philade evens in terms of let's see where they are

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Speaker 1: and where they can go. They have to win this

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Speaker 1: one so we can feel good about their prospects of

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Speaker 1: even making the playoffs. Yeah, I'm kind of with you

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Speaker 1: guys here Washington, you know, certainly dealing with some issues

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Speaker 1: with their quarterback situation, Kyle Allen, Taylor Heineke. You know,

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Speaker 1: they'd love to have one of those guys available for

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Speaker 1: them here. Terry McLaurin has been banged up a bunch.

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Speaker 1: It just it hasn't felt right for Washington on offense

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Speaker 1: in a little bit here and see if they can

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Speaker 1: get things on track depending on who ends up lining

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Speaker 1: up for him at quarterback on Tuesday night. Okay, here

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Speaker 1: we go the next game on Tuesday, Seahawk and Rams.

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Speaker 1: Rams with a big win a week go over the

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Speaker 1: Cardinals to get off of the schneide and break that

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Speaker 1: losing streak. And so now they get the Seahawks into

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Speaker 1: town here it's so Fi Stadium DJ. But the Rams

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Speaker 1: make it two in a row here, I think they do.

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Speaker 1: And to me, this is like literally the only piece

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Speaker 1: of good news for the New York Jets and their

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Speaker 1: fans this year is what's happened with the Seattle Seahawks.

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Speaker 1: So you can watch this game as a Jets fan,

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Speaker 1: uh and actively root for the Rams to win this game.

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Speaker 1: So you end up having to top ten picks like that.

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Speaker 1: That's the good news right now with what's going on

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Speaker 1: in a tough year for the Jets. But I do

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Speaker 1: like the Rams at home and this one. I think

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Speaker 1: they'll be able to heat up the quarterback a little bit.

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Speaker 1: They'll be able to get Russell uncomfortable. I think the

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Speaker 1: Rams are gonna pull this one out. Buck. Yeah, I

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Speaker 1: think this is a real tough one because, like as

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Speaker 1: a robbery, but the don't match up well with the Rams,

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Speaker 1: and we talk about matchups and styles making fights, and

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Speaker 1: so for the Rams, this is another opportunity for them

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Speaker 1: to kind of find their way as a star stud

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Speaker 1: a team, and for Sean McVeigh to continue to impress

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Speaker 1: upon his team. Hey, we need to run the football,

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Speaker 1: Matthew Stafford. I want to set you up for big

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Speaker 1: play opportunities. I want to continue to incorporate O b

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Speaker 1: J into the offensive game plan because we've seen it.

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Speaker 1: They have enough star power to give any team in

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Speaker 1: this league problems. But ken shot McVeigh, get this team

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Speaker 1: to play the right way, we'll get a chance to

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Speaker 1: see you agains the stlec Ours team that is a

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Speaker 1: little on the man. Yeah, and look, the reason we're

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Speaker 1: seeing this game on Tuesday night is the Rams are

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Speaker 1: gonna be shorthanded and they've got you know, as many

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Speaker 1: COVID nineteen additions on their reserve list right now as

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Speaker 1: you know the Browns and all these teams that have

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Speaker 1: been hit really hard. So how do they handle being

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Speaker 1: shorthanded at a number of positions here against the Seahawks

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Speaker 1: team team that plays them tough. Fit's an NFC West matchup,

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Speaker 1: Like what is that Jalen Ramsey dk metcalf situation? Look

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Speaker 1: like Tyler Lockett's availability, you know, like there's so many

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Speaker 1: variables in here. Really tough on the call. But it's

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Speaker 1: gonna be fun to watch Seahawks and ram seven o'clock

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Speaker 1: Eastern time kick on Fox on a Tuesday night now

747
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Speaker 1: for scout stories and scouts and attendance at the Peach Bowl.

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Speaker 1: Will not get the opportunity to see two of the

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Speaker 1: best players on either team. Michigan States. Kenneth Walker was

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Speaker 1: a Heisman candidate for much of the season as a

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Speaker 1: running back from Mel Tucker squad. He is bowing out.

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Speaker 1: Will be at the next level. We'll be in that

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Speaker 1: top running back conversation when we get to the draft.

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Speaker 1: Here and Kenny pickt Heisman finalists for Pitt, set school

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Speaker 1: records with his performance this year for the Pitt Panthers

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Speaker 1: and a terrific quarterback here is now going to forego

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Speaker 1: the Bowl game and enter the NFL Draft. DJ, How

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Speaker 1: does Kenny Pickets stack up with the rest of these

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Speaker 1: quarterbacks early on right now in the process. Oh, I

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Speaker 1: think he's right there at the top. You talk about

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Speaker 1: having the best tape this year. I I don't think

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Speaker 1: that that's really a debate. I think he had the

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Speaker 1: best tape of any of these quarterbacks are going to

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Speaker 1: be in the upcoming draft class. Now, some people say, Okay,

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Speaker 1: maybe he's hit his ceiling and you're not gonna get

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Speaker 1: much more out of him. All I know is I

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Speaker 1: watched this guy. I see a lot of twitch. Um,

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Speaker 1: he's got a lot of life in his lower half.

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Speaker 1: He can extend plays and create He's tremendously accurate, he's

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Speaker 1: got poised. Now, there's some habit things he needs to break.

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Speaker 1: His hands separate in the pocket. When he gets pressure,

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Speaker 1: he's gonna have to clean some of those things up.

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Speaker 1: He can get a little too busy with his feet

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Speaker 1: at times, and get ready for hand size season because

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Speaker 1: he's got two gloves reported he's gonna have under nine

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Speaker 1: inch hands. So that's gonna be a topic of conversation.

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Speaker 1: But the numbers and the performance speak for themselves. I

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Speaker 1: think he's very much in the mix to be the

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Speaker 1: top quarterback off the board. Yeah, I agree, with you, DJ.

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Speaker 1: I think he's certainly in the mix for being the

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Speaker 1: top quarterback in this class. And I think there's gonna

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Speaker 1: be even more excitement about him because of what we

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Speaker 1: saw from Mac Jones. And we see it every year

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Speaker 1: where guys that maybe we were a little low on

785
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Speaker 1: their surprises in the league they then benefit somebody else

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Speaker 1: who has a game that's very, very similar. And I'm

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Speaker 1: not saying that Kenn you pick his game is necessarily

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Speaker 1: identical to what Mac Jones displayed during his time at Alabama,

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Speaker 1: but I am saying the experience, you know how, the

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Speaker 1: extra teason I Q that Kenny Pickett brings to the

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Speaker 1: table is going to remind some of what Mac Jones

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Speaker 1: brought to the table a year ago. Because Mac Jones

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Speaker 1: has had a great, solid, ricky year, is going to

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Speaker 1: help Kenny Pickett his chances. I think he's certainly going

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Speaker 1: to get the mac Jones boots and we'll see what

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Speaker 1: it looks like at the end when we get to

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Speaker 1: draft day in April. You guys, I'm just telling you

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Speaker 1: haven't spent some time around Kinny Pickett. Guys who get

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Speaker 1: in the room with him, whether it be at the combine,

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Speaker 1: if the Senior Bowl and in this process are going

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Speaker 1: to absolutely love him. He has a magnetic personality and

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Speaker 1: that also translates to how he interacts with his teammates.

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Speaker 1: Guys want to be around him. He is a fantastic leader.

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Speaker 1: In addition to all the skills that you're talking about

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Speaker 1: what we're seeing on taping on the field. So I'm

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Speaker 1: really excited to get to talk about Kenny Pickett here

807
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Speaker 1: for the next few months. In addition to this quarterback

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Speaker 1: class here as we get closer to the draft. Guys,

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Speaker 1: let's get back here. What in the world is going

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Speaker 1: on with the Arizona Cardinals. I get it, DeAndre Hopkins

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Speaker 1: has been out is going to be out for the

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Speaker 1: next few weeks as well, But there's still a ton

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Speaker 1: of talent on that team. Actually to go into Detroit

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Speaker 1: and get utterly dominated by a team with one of

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Speaker 1: the worst records in football for much of this season. So, DJ,

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Speaker 1: are you concerned here with what's going on? Back to

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Speaker 1: back losses now for the Cardinals. Yeah, he's just lost

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Speaker 1: of the Lions. Yeah, heck yeah, I'm concerned. Uh, this

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Speaker 1: is the beginning to look like the Raiders of the NFC.

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Speaker 1: The Raiders we see get off to a hot start

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Speaker 1: every year, then they just collapsed down the stretch, and

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Speaker 1: we're seeing this now throughout Kyler Murray's career. This is

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Speaker 1: year three. You go back to last year, I mean

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Speaker 1: the first year, they lost just about the whole year,

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Speaker 1: so that wasn't a beginning end thing. But last year

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Speaker 1: they lost five of their last seven games. Right now

827
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Speaker 1: they're in the midst of having lost three of five,

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Speaker 1: and they've got games coming up against the coltson on

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Speaker 1: the road against the Cowboys. That's a situation you can

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Speaker 1: be losing five or seven there and then finish up

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Speaker 1: with the Seattle Seahawks. So absolutely, I'm concerned this team

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Speaker 1: could lose their grip on the first place tonight. If

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Speaker 1: the Rams get a win and and this schedule, I'd

834
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Speaker 1: be worried, very worried about this team going forward. Buck, Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I think you have to be concerned because if you

836
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Speaker 1: really that that game, the Lions dominated the game. They

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Speaker 1: dominated with a backup running back that no one knew of.

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Speaker 1: He had over a hunted yards Craig Jerry go Off

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Speaker 1: going comfortably off play action, and they were able to

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Speaker 1: just do whatever they wanted to do and So for

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Speaker 1: a team that have been led by their defense, defense

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Speaker 1: that played well for most of the year. Yeah, I'm

843
00:39:18,360 --> 00:39:21,480
Speaker 1: concerned because because the falling depart we've seen the offense

844
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Speaker 1: take a step back due to injuries and such. This

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Speaker 1: is not the same team that we saw at the

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Speaker 1: beginning of the year. And they're fading, and they're fading fats. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: it is a troubling trend. Uh, And look at the

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Speaker 1: I mean you can see the frustration, like what what

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Speaker 1: is going on here? For the Arizona Cardinals. I mean,

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Speaker 1: they gotta figure it out. They're gonna get themselves into

851
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Speaker 1: the postseason, trying to get in a little bit healthier,

852
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Speaker 1: maybe get hot back. But hey, can we also just

853
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Speaker 1: give big hats off to Dan Campbell and the Detroit Lions.

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Speaker 1: I mean, they were you know, it was a punch

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Speaker 1: line when he was hired, and uh, it is clear

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Speaker 1: that they keep punching even in the face of mounting losses.

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Speaker 1: He's got that team playing hard. Which you got the

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Speaker 1: go familiar territory, unfortunately for the Jaguars down in Duval County.

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Speaker 1: All right, for Bucky Brooks, and Daniel Jeremiah, I really

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Speaker 1: was thanks for me with us and move the sticks.

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Speaker 1: Hope to be back with you normal time on NFL

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Speaker 1: network next month next Monday as well, at three o'clock

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Speaker 1: Eastern time, So you guys a