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Speaker 1: It shouldn't be fifteen and a half. I mean fifteen

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Speaker 1: the Patriots have had a rough season for their standards,

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Speaker 1: mainly because Brady and the offense has struggled. Their defense

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Speaker 1: has obviously been really good. I mean, they've actually had

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Speaker 1: some special teams issues. This has been one of the

429
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Speaker 1: weirder Patriots seasons in recent memories. This the last Tom

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Speaker 1: Brady regular season home game in New England. Think about that.

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Speaker 1: I hadn't even really thought about that until It'll just

432
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Speaker 1: crassed my mind. Packers in Detroit at the Packers kicked

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Speaker 1: their ass Detroit. I don't know why they're bringing those

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Speaker 1: guys back. These guys have just been losers. That team

435
00:22:05,680 --> 00:22:10,760
Speaker 1: is gutless, just terrible. Now. They were pretty serviceable and

436
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Speaker 1: functional when Matt Stafford was your quarterback. Their offense was good.

437
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Speaker 1: They've had a lot of injuries, but they are terrible.

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Speaker 1: They truly are charges at Kansas City. I just I mean,

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Speaker 1: the Chargers just got their asking by the Raiders. How

440
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Speaker 1: are they going to go into Kansas City and win?

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Speaker 1: Is this Philip Rivers last game and for the Chargers.

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Speaker 1: Are the Chargers gonna franchise them? They can a franchise

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Speaker 1: and trade them. Are they just gonna little bit free agency?

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Speaker 1: That to me, it's the biggest question this game. Like

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Speaker 1: I have, I have one confidence Chiefs are gonna win

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Speaker 1: this game. Their defense, I think the last five games

447
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Speaker 1: has averaged definitely under twenty points. The last game they

448
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Speaker 1: who they just play the Bears scored three points. Granted,

449
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Speaker 1: you gotta put it on a Mitch Drabinsky scale. Chiefs

450
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Speaker 1: are playing well. To me, they're the They're not a sleeper,

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Speaker 1: but they are. They might be my pick. Well, I

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Speaker 1: guess we'll do that next week. They might be my

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Speaker 1: pick to win the f C. Yeah, I'm a little based,

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Speaker 1: but uh who who wouldn't take a little Chiefs Ravens

455
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Speaker 1: a f C championship game? Colts at the Jaguars another.

456
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Speaker 1: I mean, who's watching this game? Chris Ballard and his family,

457
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Speaker 1: like who else? And even Colts fans? Your your team's

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Speaker 1: I I have. I believe in your quote, your coach,

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Speaker 1: I believe in your general manager. I think we've we've

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Speaker 1: come to question the quarterback. And there were questions when

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Speaker 1: the year started, like is this guy good enough to

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Speaker 1: be a starting quarterback for Super Bowl contender. Turns out

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Speaker 1: they're not really Super Bowl contender. They're not dynamic enough

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Speaker 1: on offense. So, to me, the number one goal of

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Speaker 1: this offseason for the Colts they need more dynamic playmakers.

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Speaker 1: They need dynamic playmakers, and they I think they need

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Speaker 1: a good pass rusher too. But the Jags, is Sean

468
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Speaker 1: Conny gonna fire everybody Monday morning? Or did did Dave

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Speaker 1: Caldwell get the heavo and the other guys survive? And

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Speaker 1: is Nick Foles on this team next year? Are they

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Speaker 1: gonna trade Nick Foles after just paying him fifty million

472
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Speaker 1: dollars guaranteed money. I don't know. Tie you is at

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Speaker 1: the Houston Texans according to my out of the double

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Speaker 1: check this, but I'm pretty sure the Titans game is

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Speaker 1: That games in the afternoon, So if the Chiefs win

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Speaker 1: in the morning, the Houston Texans will know that they

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Speaker 1: can't get the three seat and they're locked in the

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Speaker 1: fourth seat. So that game is in the afternoon, so

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Speaker 1: there is a chance they know when I mean, they

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Speaker 1: will know when kickoff happens if the game means anything,

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Speaker 1: which would be a huge advantage for the Titans, and

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Speaker 1: then Titans win and get in the Redskins at the

483
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Speaker 1: Dallas Cowboys. The Redskins are a disaster. The Cowboys. You

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Speaker 1: could argue our bigger disaster given that. I think we

485
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Speaker 1: thought they were gonna be good. Hell, I picked him

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Speaker 1: to win the NFC. The're seven and eight. They're not

487
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Speaker 1: gonna make the playoffs assuming Philly wins. What a crazy

488
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Speaker 1: season for that man. This is Jason Garrett knock on

489
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Speaker 1: Wood from my Cowboy fan. This is the last game

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Speaker 1: ever coach in the Dallas Cowboys. Uh Now, the biggest

491
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Speaker 1: question is gonna be It's gonna be one of the biggest.

492
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Speaker 1: It's the biggest non playoffs story in the league by

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Speaker 1: a mile. Who is gonna Who is Jerry Jones gonna

494
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Speaker 1: hire to be his head coach? Who is Jerry Young

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Speaker 1: gonna hire to be his head coach? I guess you'd

496
00:25:15,359 --> 00:25:19,800
Speaker 1: lean Urban Meyer. But like I said, Myers neber coach

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Speaker 1: in the league. I know he said that he would

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Speaker 1: take the cowboy job. He did quit multiple jobs because

499
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Speaker 1: of sickness. We think, so is he really just gonna

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Speaker 1: take the cowboy job? He does look like he's happy

501
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Speaker 1: on Fox doing the pregame show in the postgame show

502
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Speaker 1: that's been really successful ratings wise, because he is really

503
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Speaker 1: good on TV. I mean, he's a natural. I think

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Speaker 1: Urban unless Lincoln Riley takes the job, which I don't

505
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Speaker 1: think Lincoln Riley is leaving Oklahoma. I think that Urban Meyer.

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Speaker 1: I mean it's crazy. It sounds probably next head coach

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Speaker 1: of Dallas Cowboys. I guess unless he turns it down,

508
00:25:52,400 --> 00:25:54,320
Speaker 1: which at this point feels a little shocking, like we

509
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Speaker 1: just assume he's gonna take it. Eagles at the Giants.

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Speaker 1: I had someone tell me in the gambling community, they

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Speaker 1: kind of like the Giants in this game. You know,

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Speaker 1: when you really dive into the Eagles. The last three games,

513
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Speaker 1: while they've got in three wins, they had to go

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Speaker 1: to overtime to beat the New York Giants and win

515
00:26:08,240 --> 00:26:10,480
Speaker 1: in a football they didn't play that well against the Redskins.

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Speaker 1: Carson Wentz had a turn on the second half. Really,

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Speaker 1: when you look at the Dallas Cowboy game, they I

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Speaker 1: think we kind of act like they won that game

519
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Speaker 1: thirty five to nine. They wanted seventeen to nine. Now,

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00:26:20,600 --> 00:26:24,560
Speaker 1: their defense was excellent, but they're not scoring points. And

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Speaker 1: as I got someone in my d M said I

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Speaker 1: was being too hard on Danny Dimes, and maybe I was.

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Speaker 1: He is a rookie on a bad team. He has

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Speaker 1: had a couple of games now against Tampa and against

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Speaker 1: Washington last week, we're throwing a lot of touchdowns. I

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Speaker 1: he just threw five touchdowns and I'll walk off touchdown

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Speaker 1: and say, Kwon to me, is the biggest kind of

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Speaker 1: X factor here. What do you have like a hundight

529
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Speaker 1: yards last year? So if sake or last week, Danny

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Speaker 1: Dimes playing well, say Kuan playing well. And the Eagles,

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Speaker 1: while they're well coached and they're tough, they're just they're

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Speaker 1: a little empty handed. I mean, they have a million

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Speaker 1: freaking injuries them in Seattle. They're basically like seat I

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Speaker 1: don't welcome to real life. This is what we've been

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Speaker 1: dealing with for weeks. So I I'd be shocked if

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Speaker 1: the Eagles lose this game, just given what's on the line,

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Speaker 1: how physical they played last week. I watched when I

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Speaker 1: was at my mom's house for for Christmas. You know,

539
00:27:17,280 --> 00:27:19,800
Speaker 1: you're just kind of board scrolling around, and I ended

540
00:27:19,840 --> 00:27:21,760
Speaker 1: up on an interview with Doug Peterson and he's like

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Speaker 1: the number one thing we need to do this week

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Speaker 1: that we did last week against the Cowboys is maintained

543
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Speaker 1: that physical edge because they kicked their ass, they pushed

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Speaker 1: them around, and if they played that physical, the Giants

545
00:27:32,080 --> 00:27:34,720
Speaker 1: are just kind of soft. But the Giants do have

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Speaker 1: some offensive weapons. I mean they just have a great

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Speaker 1: offensive weapon. And take Kwan Barkley Pittsburgh at the Ravens,

548
00:27:40,600 --> 00:27:43,080
Speaker 1: I mean RG three starting. The Steelers should win this game.

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Speaker 1: I saw they placed Mason Rudolph on injured reserve. The

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00:27:47,160 --> 00:27:50,520
Speaker 1: Steelers have been an incredible story of just Ben Roethlisberg

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Speaker 1: goes out Week one, I would have bet they won

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Speaker 1: four games and they win this game, they'll end up

553
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Speaker 1: what nine and seven. That's that's an incredible accomplishment. It

554
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Speaker 1: truly is. If you're a Steeler fan, I would take

555
00:28:01,520 --> 00:28:04,000
Speaker 1: a lot of pride in this season. We lose Roethlisberger,

556
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Speaker 1: who now weighs about three on forty pounds with the

557
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Speaker 1: big brilly beard. If you look at that that picture

558
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Speaker 1: he tweeted out yesterday on Twitter account obviously that's where

559
00:28:13,000 --> 00:28:15,560
Speaker 1: you tweet stuff out from your Twitter account. The dog

560
00:28:15,640 --> 00:28:17,600
Speaker 1: he's holding to look at the duck's face. The dog

561
00:28:17,680 --> 00:28:21,440
Speaker 1: just wants to run like dad. Let me go. Uh

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Speaker 1: the Raiders at the Broncos. I think the biggest question

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Speaker 1: mark here is the Raiders, who just did play well

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Speaker 1: against the Chargers. Derek Carr. He has a long, long

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Speaker 1: resume of playing really bad and weather games under fifty degrees. Well,

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Speaker 1: I got news for you. In December twenty nine in

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00:28:42,000 --> 00:28:45,120
Speaker 1: Denver is gonna be under fifty degrees. Now. I don't

568
00:28:45,160 --> 00:28:46,720
Speaker 1: think it's supposed to snow. I think its supposed to

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Speaker 1: be like the mid to low forties. Drew Locks played

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Speaker 1: well this year six touchdown, three picks in his short

571
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Speaker 1: time as the starting quarterbacks. So I actually think if

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Speaker 1: you're a Denver fan, you're kind of bullsh on your

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Speaker 1: young quarterback. Vic Fangio is just one of the better

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Speaker 1: defensive minds in the league. His teams played a lot

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Speaker 1: better over the last couple of months. I just liked

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Speaker 1: Denver in this game, and obviously that the Raiders need

577
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Speaker 1: about seven teams to lose again and they all lost

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Speaker 1: last week. Somehow they win this game. They're in the playoffs,

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Speaker 1: but I just I don't see them winning. Maybe some

580
00:29:18,120 --> 00:29:21,160
Speaker 1: of the other teams they need to lose lose, though,

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Speaker 1: with with the Texans potentially knowing and them sitting all

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Speaker 1: the guys. The Titans are gonna win that game and

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Speaker 1: Seattle I already talked about it. I like the Niners

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Speaker 1: to win that game Sunday night. I'm pretty fired up.

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Speaker 1: Should be fun. Okay, let's go Middlecoff mail bag and

586
00:29:38,600 --> 00:29:40,640
Speaker 1: uh fire through some questions. I got a bunch of

587
00:29:40,640 --> 00:29:44,480
Speaker 1: old ones. I'll just probably respond just a little d

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00:29:44,640 --> 00:29:47,720
Speaker 1: M direct message back and forth. The Hawks have a

589
00:29:47,760 --> 00:29:50,360
Speaker 1: subpar pass rush this year? What are the chances that

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00:29:50,400 --> 00:29:52,840
Speaker 1: they resigned Clowney? And do you think that would be

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00:29:52,880 --> 00:29:58,000
Speaker 1: a wise decision? Without him, they could be awful. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I just think it's his price point. H They're not

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Speaker 1: How much is Clowney getting? Right? I think when he

594
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Speaker 1: was traded to the Seattle Seahawks for a third round pick,

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00:30:09,520 --> 00:30:11,440
Speaker 1: the Texans ate up half the money and just a

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Speaker 1: couple of special teams players. It was like, damn, what's

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00:30:15,480 --> 00:30:18,320
Speaker 1: clownees market? Now? There are teams that could use them.

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Speaker 1: But is he a fifteen million dollar a year player.

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Speaker 1: He's surely held, not a twenty million dollar player. He's

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Speaker 1: had a long list of injuries. I know he's he

601
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Speaker 1: has his moments when he dominates, but he should be paid.

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Speaker 1: I don't know. I feel comfortable giving him like ten

603
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Speaker 1: million year, like a five year, fifty million dollars forty guaranteed,

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Speaker 1: but he would never take that. I just I want

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Speaker 1: no part of paying Jadeveon Clowney. Now. I know that

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Speaker 1: Seattle Seahawks needs some pass rushers they get rid of

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Speaker 1: Frank Clark, the guy they drafted last year from TCU,

608
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Speaker 1: stinks they need him. But I just I can't break

609
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Speaker 1: the bank for Jadeveon Clowney because one thing we've learned

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Speaker 1: this year, he is just not a dependable player. The

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Speaker 1: talent is immense, the physical gifts are in the strength,

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Speaker 1: but he just hurt a lot and he's just kind

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Speaker 1: of an underachiever. I made my pack the last twelve months.

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Speaker 1: Any sport, I like paying a premium for a premium.

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Speaker 1: If I got to overpay for Garrett Cole, find the

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Speaker 1: Yankees and give him three twenty grand or million, I

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00:31:24,480 --> 00:31:28,440
Speaker 1: wish grand three. Yeah, it sucks, there's a lot of money,

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Speaker 1: but at least I'm getting Garrett free and Cole one

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Speaker 1: of the most talented pictures we've ever seen. If I

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Speaker 1: am giving a guy four hundred million dollars, it better

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Speaker 1: be Mike Trout. That's a problem. Like the Phillies, they

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Speaker 1: gave all that money to Bryce Harper. You know what,

623
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Speaker 1: turns out Bryce Harper is a little overrated. You know

624
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Speaker 1: what the Bears did. They gave all that money to

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Speaker 1: clear Mac. Now he's had a little bit of down

626
00:31:47,280 --> 00:31:50,120
Speaker 1: here this year, but for the most part his entire career,

627
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Speaker 1: he's been worth every penny. Aaron Donald, worth every penny.

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Speaker 1: If I got to break the bank for George Kittle

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Speaker 1: this year, worth every penny, Aaron Rodgers, Russell Wilson, Lebron James,

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Speaker 1: you know, Kawhi, Leonard whatever. I'm not that that that

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Speaker 1: next here guy. I can't pay a premium, and we

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Speaker 1: just I'm pretty sure part of the trade was they

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Speaker 1: can't franchise him. Maybe they can have to have to

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Speaker 1: relook at that. I just I struggle with the clowney

635
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Speaker 1: and I want to like clowning because I love freaks

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Speaker 1: and he's a freak. It's hard to find sports talk

637
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Speaker 1: that isn't prepackaged corporate dribble. In any case, that seems

638
00:32:28,000 --> 00:32:30,120
Speaker 1: to be a general consensus that the next round of

639
00:32:30,840 --> 00:32:33,520
Speaker 1: he started with love the podcast. We're not corporate dribble

640
00:32:33,560 --> 00:32:36,600
Speaker 1: here obviously, So in any case, it seems to be

641
00:32:36,680 --> 00:32:39,080
Speaker 1: a general consensus that the next round of realignment in

642
00:32:39,080 --> 00:32:42,440
Speaker 1: college football is coming. Do you really think the Big

643
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Speaker 1: Twelve is gonna break apart? Do you see any hope

644
00:32:45,160 --> 00:32:48,200
Speaker 1: in general? Four? The G five schools interested to know

645
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Speaker 1: your thoughts. I'll be completely honest. I haven't read anything,

646
00:32:52,480 --> 00:32:56,560
Speaker 1: but I'm not day to day college football stuff besides

647
00:32:56,600 --> 00:32:59,160
Speaker 1: like players and maybe some coaches, but like big picture

648
00:32:59,240 --> 00:33:02,840
Speaker 1: the state of ledge football. I haven't read anything about realignment,

649
00:33:03,120 --> 00:33:05,680
Speaker 1: the Big Twelve. Realignment? You mean like teams are gonna

650
00:33:05,760 --> 00:33:08,680
Speaker 1: lead the conference. Remember seven or eight years ago, the

651
00:33:08,680 --> 00:33:11,320
Speaker 1: Pack twelve, who was the Pac ten at this time,

652
00:33:11,840 --> 00:33:14,120
Speaker 1: was gonna become the twelve and they were gonna try

653
00:33:14,160 --> 00:33:17,000
Speaker 1: to get Oklahoma in Texas. So it's basically gonna be

654
00:33:17,000 --> 00:33:20,480
Speaker 1: the Pac ten minus Colorado and Utah, and it was

655
00:33:20,520 --> 00:33:22,800
Speaker 1: gonna be Oklahoma in Texas. That would have been pretty

656
00:33:22,840 --> 00:33:26,600
Speaker 1: good for business. But they ended up getting Colorado and Utah,

657
00:33:26,680 --> 00:33:29,640
Speaker 1: which Utah has been good, but they're not Oklahoma in Texas.

658
00:33:30,840 --> 00:33:33,120
Speaker 1: What what would the realignment be? If you're the Big twelve?

659
00:33:33,200 --> 00:33:37,240
Speaker 1: Your your problem is just Oklahoma has been awesome. Is

660
00:33:37,280 --> 00:33:41,120
Speaker 1: Texas kind of sucks? You know, we're back from Sam

661
00:33:41,120 --> 00:33:44,240
Speaker 1: Ellinger last year? Like, no, you're not back. You guys

662
00:33:44,280 --> 00:33:47,520
Speaker 1: are pretty average. Uh, thank god for Baylor this year

663
00:33:47,560 --> 00:33:50,680
Speaker 1: because Iowa State was a little down. Texas was really down.

664
00:33:50,680 --> 00:33:53,320
Speaker 1: They lost a bunch of games. Kansas State is very

665
00:33:53,360 --> 00:33:56,760
Speaker 1: respectable that you know. The coach from North Dakota State,

666
00:33:56,760 --> 00:34:01,600
Speaker 1: the coach Carson Wentz is now there. Uh uh but yeah,

667
00:34:01,640 --> 00:34:05,520
Speaker 1: I don't know. I know nothing about realignment. Just I

668
00:34:05,520 --> 00:34:07,360
Speaker 1: can't even pretend to make up a lie. I don't

669
00:34:07,360 --> 00:34:10,000
Speaker 1: even know what to say. I haven't read that teams leaving,

670
00:34:10,040 --> 00:34:13,240
Speaker 1: where are they gonna go? I've actually been. College football

671
00:34:13,320 --> 00:34:16,000
Speaker 1: is in pretty good shape. The problem with college football

672
00:34:16,400 --> 00:34:18,319
Speaker 1: and some of these like the SEC has got four

673
00:34:18,400 --> 00:34:20,919
Speaker 1: or five teams that are rolling. Same with the Big Ten.

674
00:34:21,160 --> 00:34:24,160
Speaker 1: You know, if Michigan is your fourth and fifth best team,

675
00:34:24,200 --> 00:34:27,240
Speaker 1: you're in pretty good shape, right Wisconsin, Penn State, obviously,

676
00:34:27,239 --> 00:34:30,600
Speaker 1: Ohio State, Michigan, they're they're rolling. Iowa that take a

677
00:34:30,600 --> 00:34:33,120
Speaker 1: conference is out, same SEC, same deal problem with like

678
00:34:33,160 --> 00:34:36,719
Speaker 1: the a SEC, Clemson, who else I'm on radio day,

679
00:34:36,800 --> 00:34:42,040
Speaker 1: look up the Miami the you lost fourteen and nothing

680
00:34:42,120 --> 00:34:48,280
Speaker 1: to Louisiana Tech. How does that happen? I'm speechless. That's insane.

681
00:34:48,360 --> 00:34:51,160
Speaker 1: Florida State, they're not in a bowl game? Are they?

682
00:34:51,360 --> 00:34:53,960
Speaker 1: Maybe they are? I don't who knows. They they're awful.

683
00:34:54,600 --> 00:34:56,239
Speaker 1: The problem with the Pact twelves like U s C,

684
00:34:57,560 --> 00:35:03,480
Speaker 1: U s C, the Trojans fine on finished twelfth. There

685
00:35:03,480 --> 00:35:08,200
Speaker 1: are only twelve teams in the conference. In recruiting, it's unfathomable.

686
00:35:08,520 --> 00:35:14,160
Speaker 1: It's not even that could never happen in a million years.

687
00:35:14,239 --> 00:35:16,640
Speaker 1: Yet it happened. So I think part of the problem

688
00:35:16,680 --> 00:35:19,360
Speaker 1: for some of these conferences is some of their powerhouses,

689
00:35:19,640 --> 00:35:21,799
Speaker 1: definitely in the PAC twelve in the a SEC are

690
00:35:21,840 --> 00:35:25,560
Speaker 1: just down. If Oregon was this good, in Washington State

691
00:35:25,600 --> 00:35:27,680
Speaker 1: was solid, now Cal's better. In Arizona States on the

692
00:35:27,680 --> 00:35:31,160
Speaker 1: CUB with SC being really good, the conference is being

693
00:35:31,200 --> 00:35:34,799
Speaker 1: good shape, but they're just missing their powerhouse programs not

694
00:35:34,920 --> 00:35:38,399
Speaker 1: being good. I love the show, look forward it every week.

695
00:35:38,400 --> 00:35:40,480
Speaker 1: I've heard colins say the Pass just don't draft well,

696
00:35:40,560 --> 00:35:42,800
Speaker 1: and how well the Saints draft. Both courses and coaches

697
00:35:42,800 --> 00:35:45,080
Speaker 1: and organizations are excellent, So I find it hard to

698
00:35:45,080 --> 00:35:47,440
Speaker 1: believe the Pass and Belichicks are that in apt. I

699
00:35:47,480 --> 00:35:50,160
Speaker 1: don't think they necessarily don't draft well. I think when

700
00:35:50,200 --> 00:35:52,040
Speaker 1: they kind of miss on a player, they don't have

701
00:35:52,120 --> 00:35:55,840
Speaker 1: the time because they're in championship mode at a set.

702
00:35:56,800 --> 00:35:59,720
Speaker 1: So like the Golden State Warries for example, they've drafted

703
00:35:59,760 --> 00:36:02,879
Speaker 1: you know, countless players over the last several years. They

704
00:36:02,880 --> 00:36:04,719
Speaker 1: give you a short period of time to prove your worth,

705
00:36:04,760 --> 00:36:06,359
Speaker 1: and if you don't, they just kick you the G League.

706
00:36:06,360 --> 00:36:09,680
Speaker 1: They just don't have the time, you know, Belichick, if

707
00:36:09,840 --> 00:36:12,200
Speaker 1: if you're just not on his level or Brady's level

708
00:36:12,239 --> 00:36:15,319
Speaker 1: early on and can't function as a rookie, like it's

709
00:36:15,960 --> 00:36:18,120
Speaker 1: they just lose faith. I mean, they're just it's hard

710
00:36:18,239 --> 00:36:21,040
Speaker 1: the Saints a little easier to infiltrate guys in the

711
00:36:21,080 --> 00:36:24,000
Speaker 1: Patriots is just they're the only team in the league

712
00:36:24,040 --> 00:36:26,960
Speaker 1: that's super Bowl er bust. Could it be that the

713
00:36:26,960 --> 00:36:29,239
Speaker 1: patch are so intense in their prep and demands they

714
00:36:29,239 --> 00:36:32,200
Speaker 1: are just too too much for a lot of guys. Yeah,

715
00:36:32,400 --> 00:36:34,200
Speaker 1: and even the second half the questions basically what I

716
00:36:34,239 --> 00:36:38,080
Speaker 1: said that, Yeah, I just think it's I think it's

717
00:36:38,080 --> 00:36:41,359
Speaker 1: just an impossible standard. It really is like getting thrown

718
00:36:41,360 --> 00:36:43,239
Speaker 1: out there with Brady. Think about the last couple of years,

719
00:36:43,280 --> 00:36:45,840
Speaker 1: like you're a rookie receiver, and then you look around

720
00:36:46,000 --> 00:36:50,239
Speaker 1: like Brady Cronk Edelman, like Jesus Christ, what am I gonna?

721
00:36:50,280 --> 00:36:53,080
Speaker 1: I don't know the player. You're like, ready break. You're like,

722
00:36:53,160 --> 00:36:55,520
Speaker 1: I got no clue what to do. You're in practice?

723
00:36:55,560 --> 00:36:59,400
Speaker 1: Can you imagine that? Like uh seventy four razor left

724
00:36:59,800 --> 00:37:03,840
Speaker 1: g string deep bomb? Ready break? And you break and

725
00:37:03,880 --> 00:37:05,759
Speaker 1: then you get out and you're like the you know,

726
00:37:05,840 --> 00:37:08,880
Speaker 1: you you're the ex receiver or you're the you're the

727
00:37:08,920 --> 00:37:11,560
Speaker 1: full back, you're just whoever on the offense. And you

728
00:37:11,640 --> 00:37:14,480
Speaker 1: look and there's Tom. You look over at practice, there's

729
00:37:14,560 --> 00:37:17,799
Speaker 1: Josh and Bill looking at you. You know last year.

730
00:37:17,840 --> 00:37:21,080
Speaker 1: You look, there's Gronk. You're like, I got no goddamn

731
00:37:21,120 --> 00:37:22,919
Speaker 1: clue what I gotta do? And Tom looks at you.

732
00:37:23,360 --> 00:37:25,520
Speaker 1: Then he doesna audible and he goes a little like

733
00:37:25,560 --> 00:37:27,920
Speaker 1: a lefty righty, you know, he moves his arms and

734
00:37:27,960 --> 00:37:29,680
Speaker 1: you're like, he just wants me to do something new.

735
00:37:29,719 --> 00:37:31,040
Speaker 1: Now I don't even know what I was supposed to

736
00:37:31,080 --> 00:37:32,720
Speaker 1: do at the beginning. And then all of a sudden

737
00:37:32,719 --> 00:37:34,440
Speaker 1: you mess up. Then you've got Belichick yelling at you,

738
00:37:34,480 --> 00:37:36,040
Speaker 1: got Tom yelling at yea, and then you get yelled

739
00:37:36,080 --> 00:37:38,600
Speaker 1: at again in the film room, and by about week

740
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Speaker 1: three of this you want to have a mental breakdown.

741
00:37:40,680 --> 00:37:44,839
Speaker 1: You don't know what to do. It's it's hard, It's

742
00:37:44,960 --> 00:37:47,640
Speaker 1: it's difficult. Man. How I worked in the NFL, and

743
00:37:47,680 --> 00:37:50,440
Speaker 1: I was often intimidated, just like making sure I was

744
00:37:50,440 --> 00:37:53,160
Speaker 1: on top of the scouting stuff. That can't imagine being

745
00:37:53,160 --> 00:37:55,640
Speaker 1: a player trying to learn an offense with a coach

746
00:37:55,719 --> 00:37:57,440
Speaker 1: yelling at you know, the quarterback yelling at you have

747
00:37:57,480 --> 00:38:00,800
Speaker 1: the intensity every game matters. You're, you know, the biggest

748
00:38:00,800 --> 00:38:04,040
Speaker 1: team in the league. Yeah, just it's hard. I think

749
00:38:04,040 --> 00:38:07,560
Speaker 1: it's a little easier with Drew Brees, just to like

750
00:38:08,040 --> 00:38:11,080
Speaker 1: ease your way in an off season activities in training camp.

751
00:38:11,520 --> 00:38:13,040
Speaker 1: I don't know if there's much at this point in

752
00:38:13,080 --> 00:38:15,480
Speaker 1: time easing year away in with Tom. And I don't

753
00:38:15,520 --> 00:38:17,520
Speaker 1: blame you. I mean Tom's forty two, He's got six

754
00:38:17,560 --> 00:38:20,200
Speaker 1: Super Bowls. He wants a seventh. Thoughts on Marshawn Lynch

755
00:38:20,200 --> 00:38:22,200
Speaker 1: coming out of retirement to play for the Seattle Seahawks.

756
00:38:25,960 --> 00:38:29,239
Speaker 1: I will be stunned, and I mean stunned, Like I

757
00:38:29,239 --> 00:38:32,359
Speaker 1: would say forty yards would be a lot if he

758
00:38:32,400 --> 00:38:35,360
Speaker 1: can have like a productive day, is that one of

759
00:38:35,400 --> 00:38:38,239
Speaker 1: the most incredible accomplishments you've ever seen all season long?

760
00:38:39,520 --> 00:38:42,840
Speaker 1: Even two thousand eighteen. His last game was middle of October.

761
00:38:42,920 --> 00:38:45,479
Speaker 1: It's not like he played seventeen weeks. So he missed

762
00:38:45,520 --> 00:38:49,040
Speaker 1: the majority of last season. He missed all the off season,

763
00:38:49,400 --> 00:38:53,680
Speaker 1: missed the entire season. Comes back Week seventeen against you know,

764
00:38:53,760 --> 00:38:56,120
Speaker 1: top two or three team in the league. And when

765
00:38:56,120 --> 00:38:58,200
Speaker 1: I stay productive, if he has like ten carries for

766
00:38:58,760 --> 00:39:02,360
Speaker 1: sixty yards and like twenty yard run, do one of

767
00:39:02,360 --> 00:39:05,000
Speaker 1: the most incredible things I've ever seen on that athletic

768
00:39:05,040 --> 00:39:08,840
Speaker 1: achievement in at the pro level. So I'm I'm expecting

769
00:39:09,160 --> 00:39:14,440
Speaker 1: very very little. My expectations are really low, just because

770
00:39:14,440 --> 00:39:17,800
Speaker 1: I know, I just I hold these guys such a

771
00:39:17,880 --> 00:39:21,279
Speaker 1: high standard. How difficult it is, I don't know, man,

772
00:39:21,400 --> 00:39:24,399
Speaker 1: I just I don't see it. Merry Christmas, John May

773
00:39:24,400 --> 00:39:26,840
Speaker 1: God bless you today and the forty Niners on Sunday,

774
00:39:27,120 --> 00:39:32,040
Speaker 1: rise and ff and grind. Baby, let's get it. Appreciate you.

775
00:39:32,080 --> 00:39:33,920
Speaker 1: I guess, no question, there just a just a d

776
00:39:34,120 --> 00:39:38,120
Speaker 1: M of little Merry Christmas thoughts on Beast Mode going

777
00:39:38,160 --> 00:39:43,000
Speaker 1: back to Seattle just answered that one. It does show

778
00:39:44,160 --> 00:39:46,399
Speaker 1: he is one of the most unique characters I would

779
00:39:46,400 --> 00:39:48,840
Speaker 1: say the last ten years in all of sports. You

780
00:39:48,920 --> 00:39:52,280
Speaker 1: just bring up his name beast Mode marks Shawn Lynch,

781
00:39:53,840 --> 00:39:56,920
Speaker 1: and it's the thing with him, like there is some fluff,

782
00:39:56,960 --> 00:39:59,719
Speaker 1: you know, he says weird stuff in the media. He does.

783
00:40:00,000 --> 00:40:02,879
Speaker 1: He's kind of wacky dude, but he backs it up.

784
00:40:03,120 --> 00:40:06,120
Speaker 1: You know, the Paddis runners in the history of the

785
00:40:06,200 --> 00:40:08,759
Speaker 1: league's like Earl Campbell was before my time. But I've

786
00:40:08,800 --> 00:40:12,160
Speaker 1: seen enough NFL films. No Earl Campbell was most physical

787
00:40:12,239 --> 00:40:15,239
Speaker 1: runner like ever. That's basically what Marshawn Lynch is. He's

788
00:40:15,280 --> 00:40:18,240
Speaker 1: just a mack truck, you know. For all the fluffy bs,

789
00:40:18,320 --> 00:40:21,759
Speaker 1: he really is a He really is a monster. I mean,

790
00:40:21,840 --> 00:40:26,440
Speaker 1: beast mos the perfect name for him. I love the podcast. Man,

791
00:40:26,480 --> 00:40:28,920
Speaker 1: You're best. You're definitely one of the best in the industry.

792
00:40:28,960 --> 00:40:33,000
Speaker 1: Appreciate you. Everyone else is just a prisoner of the moment. Anyway,

793
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Speaker 1: why don't the Texans hire Lewis Riddick or you as

794
00:40:36,120 --> 00:40:39,319
Speaker 1: their GM. Well, they're not hiring me. O'Brien sucks at

795
00:40:39,320 --> 00:40:41,840
Speaker 1: the GM. He also needs a good o c. The

796
00:40:41,880 --> 00:40:43,919
Speaker 1: Texans have a very high ceiling and can beat any

797
00:40:43,920 --> 00:40:46,320
Speaker 1: team on any given day, but also can lose anybody.

798
00:40:46,520 --> 00:40:48,959
Speaker 1: They just need a little better personnel starting from the top.

799
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Speaker 1: I think it's pretty inevitable that they end up with Cassario,

800
00:40:54,200 --> 00:40:57,800
Speaker 1: Belichick's guy. That's sure what it feels like. Uh, no

801
00:40:57,920 --> 00:41:02,120
Speaker 1: inside information on that, but that's you know, they tried

802
00:41:02,120 --> 00:41:03,960
Speaker 1: to hire him in the off season. I don't know

803
00:41:04,000 --> 00:41:06,440
Speaker 1: what's gonna stop him. He's a free agent after whenever

804
00:41:06,520 --> 00:41:10,440
Speaker 1: the Patriots lose, So that that's what I would Uh,

805
00:41:11,719 --> 00:41:15,560
Speaker 1: I would expect them to hire Nikissaria Greeks. John. First

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00:41:15,560 --> 00:41:17,000
Speaker 1: of all, I'd like to say that you have become

807
00:41:17,040 --> 00:41:20,840
Speaker 1: a Guilty Pleasure. I discovered you through Colin Cowards podcast network,

808
00:41:20,880 --> 00:41:25,480
Speaker 1: but now I prefer your podcast to his. I wouldn't

809
00:41:25,480 --> 00:41:27,880
Speaker 1: even say that about myself, but I appreciate that I

810
00:41:27,960 --> 00:41:29,880
Speaker 1: never missed your show. Thank you for all the final

811
00:41:29,920 --> 00:41:33,000
Speaker 1: work Guilty Pleasures. Though, isn't that like, uh, you know,

812
00:41:33,040 --> 00:41:35,200
Speaker 1: when I watched the Kardashians or something. Isn't that a

813
00:41:35,239 --> 00:41:37,759
Speaker 1: bad thing? With that being said, I have a quick

814
00:41:37,800 --> 00:41:40,160
Speaker 1: three questions. Rogers on the back now. So the Packers

815
00:41:40,160 --> 00:41:41,960
Speaker 1: need to draft quarterbacks, so they try to find a

816
00:41:42,000 --> 00:41:44,479
Speaker 1: Gym in the later rounds or trade up to find

817
00:41:44,520 --> 00:41:48,920
Speaker 1: a more reliable prospect next year. I would probably go

818
00:41:49,040 --> 00:41:52,120
Speaker 1: later rounds this year because you're still regardless what happens

819
00:41:52,120 --> 00:41:54,040
Speaker 1: in the playoffs this year, you're in supa Bowl mode

820
00:41:54,040 --> 00:41:57,200
Speaker 1: these next couple of years. He's still thirty five years old.

821
00:41:57,280 --> 00:41:59,279
Speaker 1: You see Breeze and Brady. He can play at a

822
00:41:59,360 --> 00:42:02,279
Speaker 1: high level for the next several years. I don't think

823
00:42:02,280 --> 00:42:07,799
Speaker 1: you can do Rogers far to Rogers yet. Maybe next year,

824
00:42:08,000 --> 00:42:11,799
Speaker 1: but he's still playing pretty good. With the inconsistency from

825
00:42:11,840 --> 00:42:14,320
Speaker 1: the offense and the hit or missed performance of the defense.

826
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Speaker 1: Do you think the Packers have a legitimate shot at

827
00:42:16,080 --> 00:42:21,920
Speaker 1: winning it all this year? Uh? I still think Rogers

828
00:42:21,960 --> 00:42:24,600
Speaker 1: in big moments, I trust them. I think the offense

829
00:42:24,719 --> 00:42:27,239
Speaker 1: is more of the cohesion between what Rogers wants to

830
00:42:27,239 --> 00:42:29,840
Speaker 1: do and the head coach wants to do. And beside

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00:42:29,880 --> 00:42:32,480
Speaker 1: Davante Adams and the running backs, the other receivers are

832
00:42:32,520 --> 00:42:35,440
Speaker 1: kind of random. That Lazard guy, he actually is not bad,

833
00:42:35,480 --> 00:42:39,759
Speaker 1: but that's who they're depending on, you know, Jimmy Graham,

834
00:42:39,800 --> 00:42:44,319
Speaker 1: just he ain't Jimmy Graham of old. But if they're

835
00:42:44,320 --> 00:42:46,839
Speaker 1: gonna play like they did against Minnesota. Now, most teams

836
00:42:46,880 --> 00:42:49,960
Speaker 1: in the playoffs are gonna better offensive lines. But the

837
00:42:50,040 --> 00:42:53,200
Speaker 1: Darius Smith's a monster, the corners are playing well, Kenny

838
00:42:53,200 --> 00:42:56,319
Speaker 1: Clark's a beast. It's just can they stop the run?

839
00:42:56,640 --> 00:42:58,880
Speaker 1: But depending on how this week plays out. If you

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Speaker 1: tell me though the number one seed, yeah they can

841
00:43:00,760 --> 00:43:02,799
Speaker 1: win the NFC. If you're telling me they're the through,

842
00:43:03,120 --> 00:43:05,799
Speaker 1: I guess assume they win this week. So let's say

843
00:43:05,800 --> 00:43:09,080
Speaker 1: they're the two. They would have to either win, you know,

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Speaker 1: in New Orleans, New Orleans, excuse me, New Orleans and

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Speaker 1: or the Levi Stadium. It's gonna be tough. It's gonna

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Speaker 1: be tough. Mike McCarthy interviewed for the Panthers this week.

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Speaker 1: Would that be a better job than the Browns? The

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Speaker 1: Panthers have more stable management, but the Browns have exceptional talent.

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Speaker 1: Thanks for your time. I would in every day of

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Speaker 1: the week and fifty times on Sunday rather work for

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Speaker 1: David Tepper, even the unknown, but just he seems super

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Speaker 1: high level guy. Clearly his resume of a businessman is

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Speaker 1: second to none, unlike Jimmy Haslum that was kind of

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Speaker 1: born into wealth. They needed the white call crimes, John Dorsey.

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Speaker 1: If I'm Mike McCarthy, I'd be all over the Panthers,

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Speaker 1: over the Browns. I wouldn't touch the Browns of the

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Speaker 1: ten football Jimmy Haslum not John Dorsey. I'm just I'm

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Speaker 1: just not doing it. I'm not doing Appreciate everyone listening, gott.

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Speaker 1: I can't wait Saturday Sunday, just you know, crack some beers,

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Speaker 1: barbecue some food, eat some leftovers, order some pizzas, and

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Speaker 1: let's just get our football watching on. You know, just

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Speaker 1: sit on that couch and let's not move and let's

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Speaker 1: just engulf the television with football. I can't wait. Audios.

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Speaker 1: Enjoy the day, enjoy the night, Enjoy the weekend. Let's

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Speaker 1: get ready for New Year's Let's get ready for the playoffs.

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Speaker 1: College football playoffs, then the NFL playoffs. Let's freaking go

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Speaker 1: see you. Thanks for listening, and uh, happy holidays