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Speaker 2: should be. All right, it is halftime in this matchup

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Speaker 2: in the Division round between the Ravens and the Texans

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Speaker 2: and the number one seed. He's got a game. It's

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Speaker 2: a ballgame. It's a ballgame. Texans Ravens tied at ten

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Speaker 2: second season, so Lamar Jackson came into this game with

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Speaker 2: a postseason record of one in three and last Sunday,

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Speaker 2: Rich Hornberger and I were sitting here previewing the Packers

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Speaker 2: Cowboys game, and I was bringing up the fact that

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Speaker 2: Dak Prescott had a postseason record of two and four.

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Speaker 2: Rich came on to fin Dak Prescott saying, well, if

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Speaker 2: you really look at those games, he never really had

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Speaker 2: a bad game. There were other circumstances that led to

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Speaker 2: the Cowboys losses. That was not the case, as they

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Speaker 2: fell behind twenty seven ZIP at home against the Packers

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Speaker 2: went on to lose that game embarrassingly. We'll talk about

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Speaker 2: the aftermath of that Cowboys loss. But once again we

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Speaker 2: have a quarterback, Lamar Jackson, whose regular season record has

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Speaker 2: propelled him into Hall of Fame conversation. He is projected

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Speaker 2: to win his second league MVP. But here in the

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Speaker 2: first half, the numbers don't lie. They have one hundred

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Speaker 2: and eighteen total yards of offense in the first half

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Speaker 2: against a extremely young, playoff inexperienced Houston Texans team.

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Speaker 3: But athletic, but athletic, and that makes a difference when

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Speaker 3: you have outside linebackers and defensive ends that can actually

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Speaker 3: put pressure on them. Jackson, he's had a couple of

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Speaker 3: big runs to extend drives in this first half. But

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Speaker 3: Will Anderson that linebacker core for Houston. They can run, right.

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Speaker 3: We've seen Lamar being brought down in one on one

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Speaker 3: in the open field, don't ever, you don't ever see that.

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Speaker 3: So it's not just Baltimore's offense, you know, sputtering or

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Speaker 3: something they're not doing. They're playing against a pretty good

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Speaker 3: If they can stop hurting themselves a pre snap on offense,

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Speaker 3: I mean coming out the second half, this could be

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Speaker 3: a completely different different game.

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Speaker 2: Well, the key in this game, as it appears, it's

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Speaker 2: going to be a tight game unless somehow and then,

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Speaker 2: by the way, the weather is a major factor. It's

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Speaker 2: freezing right now in Baltimore. This is not an indoor game.

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Speaker 2: This is very much an outdoor game. There's a lot

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Speaker 2: of wind as well, which is to hurt the passing game.

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Speaker 2: By the way, the passing numbers from a percentage standpoint

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Speaker 2: are not that bad in this game. Lamar Jackson is

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Speaker 2: seven of eleven, just fifty two yards. He does have

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Speaker 2: hundred and thirty one yards. He's had a couple of

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Speaker 2: drops from his receivers in this game. So the quarterbacks

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Speaker 2: have held up pretty well. But this is this is

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Speaker 2: a game about legacy.

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Speaker 4: You know.

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Speaker 2: I mentioned Hall of Fame, and I'm a big, you know,

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Speaker 2: other sport in terms of evaluating a Hall of fame, career,

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Speaker 2: super Bowl has become a part of it. Even though

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Speaker 2: I remind everyone once again in the consummate team sport,

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Speaker 2: which football is, that super Bowls are not an individual achievement. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: I mean, I mean it's it's not like I won

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Speaker 2: three Super Bowls. No no, no, no, no no. You were part

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Speaker 2: of three teams that won a Super Bowls and without

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Speaker 2: but this is where legacy is built. And for Lamar Jackson,

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Speaker 2: who's having a fabulous career so far, as I mentioned

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Speaker 2: imagine they lose this game? Can you imagine if they

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Speaker 2: were to lose to the Houston Texans.

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Speaker 3: I mean, they don't say it like that. I mean,

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Speaker 3: I mean, don't be so dispouraging, which you are sitting

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Speaker 2: Mentioned Lamar Jackson getting it done with his legs. We

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Speaker 3: And again, it's a lot of time off.

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Speaker 2: It is a lot of time.

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Speaker 3: You get a little adjusted, right, you come out in

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Speaker 5: Like you said, they have and played in a couple

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Speaker 3: We understand that got to knock the rust off because

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Speaker 2: Well, why should you be knocking rust off in the postseason.

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Speaker 2: This is my whole point about sitting everybody when you

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Speaker 2: But when you already have a bye, do you really

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Speaker 2: this he from You're like, well, you know you need

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Speaker 2: your body to heal. Well, that's what the postseason's for.

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Speaker 2: That's when you're that's when your body heels when your

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Speaker 2: season is over. You got an off season to heal

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Speaker 5: You want them, you want them all out there playing well.

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Speaker 2: Absolutely, that's the way that you know.

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Speaker 5: And I'm not gonna fight you.

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Speaker 2: Did you have any bye week's your first year? You

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Speaker 5: Right?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, we had to buy Did you sit everybody the

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Speaker 2: last week? Weren't you locked into a two seed? We

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Speaker 3: So we came out and we played I think Miami

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Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, it I had to play the whole game.

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Speaker 2: So you know, yeah, I'm sure you had plenty of

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Speaker 3: Not a problem out there.

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Speaker 2: Wore out all right. We have a lot to do

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Speaker 2: coming up. Of course, later on the other number one seed,

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Speaker 2: surprising team that advanced to the division round, that being

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Speaker 2: ephram I was sitting here with Rich and we were

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Speaker 2: yet they laid an egg. We were already talking about

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Speaker 2: the reason that Jerry Jones hired Mike McCarthy is because

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Speaker 2: he had a super Bowl win on his resume. Well,

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Speaker 2: if you're going to hire a guy with a super

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Speaker 2: six super Bowl wins on his resume.

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Speaker 5: Yeah?

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Speaker 2: But well and that was my whole feeling. So after

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Speaker 2: this game, you're thinking, all right, it's going to get done,

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Speaker 2: and I'm like, no, no, no, Think.

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Speaker 3: About this for a second here.

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Speaker 2: Why did Jerry Jones get rid of.

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Speaker 2: Because Jimmy Johnson was getting too much credit and he

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Speaker 2: were to bring in Belichick this coming year and they

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Speaker 2: would to be all Bill Belichick. It would be all Belichick.

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Speaker 2: The big comeback. He still has that Jerry Jones would

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Speaker 5: We know that's not gonna happen.

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Speaker 2: So Jerry Jones is not going to hire Belichick and

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Speaker 2: he's going to keep Mike McCarthy because he doesn't want

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Speaker 2: the credit, because you know that's exactly what would happen.

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Speaker 2: Imagine Belichick comes in, Cowboys win the Super Bowl, there's

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Speaker 2: He's got number number seven, and he did it with

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Speaker 2: Jerry Jones. That's not what Jerry Jones want in Jerry

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Speaker 2: Jones was a Super Bowl where he is the focus,

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Speaker 2: which he will get with Mike McCarthy as his coach.

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Speaker 2: That being said, how do you possibly explain what happened

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Speaker 2: it possible with all the momentum the Cowboys had going

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Speaker 3: The thing that all has bothered me about the Dallas

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Speaker 3: Cowboys outside of the nineties is this moniker of America's team.

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Speaker 5: Right.

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Speaker 3: We know they're the most expensive sports brand on the

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Speaker 3: planet Earth. We get all of those things, right, America's team,

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Speaker 3: more fans, all of that. None of that translates to winning,

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Speaker 3: And it just seems like the hype around the team.

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Speaker 3: We saw this Dak Prescott is a good quarterback. I

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Speaker 3: Is he a great quarterback?

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Speaker 5: No?

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Speaker 3: But you'd have to argue with Dallas Cowboy fans Tony

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Speaker 5: Was he a great quarterback? No?

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Speaker 3: And so when you start putting things like you you

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Speaker 2: Did you notice that we had discussed this throughout the

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Speaker 2: Cowboys and the Dolphins. Yes, that they had taken advantage

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Speaker 2: We're coming live from the tairaq dot com studios. Lamar

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Speaker 2: Jackson doing it with his legs today. He just scored

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Speaker 2: we have lots to talk about with the games this weekend,

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Speaker 2: and we're going to get to all of that, but

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Speaker 2: why did Jerry Jones part ways with Jimmy Johnson because

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Speaker 2: It would be all about Bill Belichick. So am I

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Speaker 7: Guys, that was definitely a stunner. I'm rarely surprised by

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Speaker 7: And then when he brought McCarthy in a game of

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Speaker 7: No, here's the way I see it, though, in terms

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Speaker 7: I do believe that now I know what you're alluding to.

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Speaker 7: Jerry has full control. He's the GM, the president, and

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Speaker 7: what I found interesting is Belichick and is last press

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Speaker 7: the media there was not willing to agree to that,

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Speaker 7: not looking to bill team over three four to five years.

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Speaker 7: He wants to win now. And that that as I

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Speaker 7: who's going to get another interview here?

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Speaker 4: And obviously with Bill Belichick.

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Speaker 3: Let's stay with Dallas and uh instead of the coach,

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Speaker 3: let's go to the quarterback. Look, Dak Prescott, Steve and

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Speaker 3: I'm not going to argue whether he's good. He's not great.

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Speaker 7: So if they'll get this done, he's going to get

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Speaker 7: that's it's not happening. And if i'mis agent, I believe

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Speaker 7: the final year where he's out thirty four million, twenty

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Speaker 4: So they'll make it. They'll get it done, and you're right.

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Speaker 7: You know the thing is, you know, I I just

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Speaker 7: and again it's only a regular season award.

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Speaker 4: I mean it was not easy.

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Speaker 7: I had to look at, you know, the best player

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Speaker 7: and I thought Lamar Jackson has been you know, kind

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Speaker 2: All Right, So we're sitting here in Los Angeles right now,

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Speaker 2: what are we going to see the billboards with Jim

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Speaker 2: I mean, it's happening, right, I mean, apparently the Raiders

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Speaker 7: Well, I'm going to tell you, Steve, it's more up

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Speaker 4: I'm not going to roll that out. Talking to someone

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Speaker 7: Week, I was a little surprised that I didn't hear like, oh, yeah,

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Speaker 4: That that surprises me.

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Speaker 7: And it never really happened for him in the Raiders,

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Speaker 5: I don't.

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Speaker 7: I don't see horriball going somewhere. I'd be very surprised

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Speaker 7: That that to me is is just you don't have

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Speaker 7: there's not a quarterback. It's just not as attractive.

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Speaker 3: No, I mean that's you got to start over. And

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Speaker 3: what a job Dan Campbell, Demiko Ryans. I mean, who

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Speaker 7: I voted for Demiko. Okay, here's why I think you

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Speaker 7: and I talked about this. Expectations. Did anyone really have

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Speaker 4: That's why he gets it.

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Speaker 7: I mean the fact that a rookie quarterback and rookie

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Speaker 7: But again, it's a regular season award. I had to

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Speaker 7: do it now, Dan Campbell, you know what I love?

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Speaker 4: You know.

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Speaker 7: I don't know if you remember this three years ago

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Speaker 4: Clown.

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Speaker 7: Yes, right, guys of clown, this is what you need

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Speaker 7: I mean, it's just ridiculous that the stuff that was

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Speaker 7: did what here was that? Don't tell me what he

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Speaker 3: I got there after, Oh thank and it was like

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Speaker 4: Oh man, it was your head coach.

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Speaker 5: Jim Swartz just came in.

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Speaker 4: Shorts, Oh shorts, okay for Jim.

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Speaker 3: Swarts came in. And I think Scott Lenahan was the

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Speaker 5: It was out of control.

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Speaker 2: Matt Millan really put his foot and his handprints all

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Speaker 7: Can I give you a quick story that this is

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Speaker 7: the comedy of errors by the Lions. So twenty four

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Speaker 7: the next day they took Joey Harrington. To this day, yeah,

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Speaker 2: Let's talk about the game coming up between the Packers

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Speaker 2: it would appear these are the two best teams in

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Speaker 2: With Matt Lafleur, who proved that he can coach when

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Speaker 7: I would say hot at the right time. But here's

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Speaker 7: So comfortable He's hanging in the pocket. You know that

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Speaker 7: I've always said this about offensive lines of could relate

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Speaker 7: to this, and this is not a shot that the

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Speaker 7: Packer offensive line talent, but elite quarterback play makes an

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Speaker 7: offensive line better. And he's just been incredible. I mean, Jordan,

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Speaker 7: this is a great story because the pick got ridiculed.

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Speaker 7: They traded up to get Jordan Love and he sat

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Speaker 7: and you know what, this is one of the rare

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Speaker 7: times where quarterbacks sitting actually helped him because Utah State, Yeah,

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Speaker 7: Utah State, guys, he was a completely different offense. This

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Speaker 7: is an old school West Coast offense. No, Steve, you said,

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Speaker 7: did they get hot, Yeah, they did. They won their

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Speaker 7: last four. They're they're playing much better defense. This defense,

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Speaker 7: by the way, is really talented. But they've they've they've

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Speaker 7: underachieved with Joe Barry. I don't know that even if

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Speaker 7: they even if they win today, I would say it's

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Speaker 7: not a luck that he comes back. That's from what

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Speaker 7: I understand. It's un good for him there as our

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Speaker 7: offensive coordinator. But Steve, you're right, they got hot at

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Speaker 7: the right time, and elite quarterback play could carry a

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Speaker 7: long time, and they find they're playing good defense. By

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Speaker 7: the way, it's going to rain, but it won't be windy.

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Speaker 7: I'll be interesting to see how both quarterbacks handle that today.

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Speaker 2: All right, we're up against it. But do you see

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Speaker 2: any home teams losing this weekend? And that would include

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Speaker 2: the Bills of course, going against Patrick Mahomes and his

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Speaker 2: first road playoff game, although technically he had a road

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Speaker 2: playoff game against Tampa in the Super Bowl and that

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Speaker 2: course was a disaster.

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Speaker 7: Yeah, I did pick the Chiefs when I had deterned

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Speaker 7: my picks in at Sports Grid. I do TV for

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Speaker 7: them four days a week, and I did pick the

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Speaker 7: Chiefs to win. Now, they got a couple of little

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Speaker 7: lady injuries here, but the Bills are they might be

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Speaker 7: down three linebackers, they're down two corners. I mean that.

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Speaker 7: That does worry me. The snow is ocqu be a factor.

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Speaker 7: It's unless the changes. It's not going to snow tomorrow.

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Speaker 7: So that'll be a great one. And Patrick Mahomes's first

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Speaker 7: road playoff game.

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Speaker 2: Wow, that's interesting, it really is, although technically he did

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Speaker 2: have a road playoff game in the Super Bowl and

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Speaker 2: they got blown.

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Speaker 4: Out exactly exactly.

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Speaker 2: All right, Well, once again, it is so great to

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Speaker 2: reconnect with you, Adam, we need you throughout the rest

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Speaker 2: of the playoffs.

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Speaker 3: Is that going to be a guaranteed?

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Speaker 4: So that's good, guys, all rights so much.

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Speaker 2: That is Adam Gaplin our Fox Sports Radio NFL Insider.

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Speaker 2: All right, let's find out what is trending right now.

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Speaker 2: Last week expected to see him here, but he was

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Speaker 2: not here. I was in Vegas, Steve, I know you were.

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Speaker 3: I was Vegas. It was fun.

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Speaker 8: I was one of the people who roasted Rob Parker

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Speaker 8: at his sixtieth birthday party, me Chris Bussard and his friend.

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Speaker 2: From high school. Real personally, I think I had the

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Speaker 2: best jokes. Well, I'm glad he finally got to level six.

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Speaker 2: He's a kid in my book. You know, I've got

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Speaker 2: five years on him.

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Speaker 8: So you don't look at the over fifty exactly.

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Speaker 2: It sounds like he had a good time. Well, it's

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Speaker 2: a good weekend to be back.

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Speaker 8: It is a good weekend to be Vegas. People say

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Speaker 8: this is the best weekend in football in the divisional round.

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Speaker 8: And we're midway through the first game so far, six

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Speaker 8: twenty six left in the third quarter of Lamar Jackson

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Speaker 8: putting on a show ten for fifteen eighty nine yards

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Speaker 8: passing one touchdown on Nelson Aguilar Lamar and rushing eight

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Speaker 8: for sixty eight and one touchdown, averaging eight and a

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Speaker 8: half yards of carry. That'll get it done. Houston's offense

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Speaker 8: has not looked good so far this game.

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Speaker 3: C J.

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Speaker 8: Stroud fifteen for twenty five one hundred and forty one

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Speaker 8: passing yards. Leading rusher Devin Secretary nine carries at twenty

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Speaker 8: two yards. Houston's only rushed for thirty one yards as

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Speaker 8: a team. Again may we are midway through the third quarter.

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Speaker 3: At this point.

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Speaker 8: The one touchdown for the Houston Texans was a sixty

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Speaker 8: seven yard pump return from Steven Simms and so like

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Speaker 8: I said, not looking great for Houston offensively so far,

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Speaker 8: but long game yet to be played. Kaymi Fairbairn went

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Speaker 8: one for two field goals in the first half. Both

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Speaker 8: of them were fifty yards plus Justin Tucker with a

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Speaker 8: fifty three yarder to round out the scoring there and

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Speaker 8: around the rest of the NFL. We had another game

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Speaker 8: coming up eight fifteen, Eastern forty nine Ers hosting the Packers,

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Speaker 8: like you guys were just talking about. With Adam Kaplan

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Speaker 8: coming up tomorrow, the Chiefs and the Bills, Kadarius Tony

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Speaker 8: will not be playing in that one. Speaking of Vegas, Steve,

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Speaker 8: you'll like this. You know, the Chiefs were two and

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Speaker 8: a half point underdogs after Kadarius Tony got ruled out,

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Speaker 8: still two and a half point underdogs. Speaking of Buffalo,

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Speaker 8: Bills apparently still needs shovelers to help finish the snow

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Speaker 8: removal per their social media accounts, so it's snowing again

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Speaker 8: in Buffalo. Head coaching Carrisel continues to spend. Arthur Blank

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Speaker 8: desperately wants to hire former Patriots head coach Bill Belichick

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Speaker 8: to run the Falcons. That's CBS Sports reporting that they

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Speaker 8: say it's Belichick's job if he wants it. Lions coordinators

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Speaker 8: have been busy not just preparing for Tampa, but interviewing for.

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Speaker 3: Head coaching jobs.

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Speaker 8: Offensive coordinator Ben Johnson interviewed for the Falcons, the Seahawks

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Speaker 8: and the Chargers today. Defensive coordinator Aaron Glenn interviewed for

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Speaker 8: the Commanders and the Chargers today. Rams defensive coordinator Raheem

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Speaker 8: Morris also interviewed for the Chargers job. Everybody apparently interviewing

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Speaker 8: for the Chargers job except for Dallas head coach Mike McCarthy.

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Speaker 8: He's still got a job, but no contract extension. Jerry

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Speaker 8: Jones said he will not extend his contract past twenty

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Speaker 8: twenty four until he sees a little bit more results again.

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Speaker 8: Six twenty six left in the third quarter, Raven seventeen

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Speaker 8: Houston ten with a run there. I think it might

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Speaker 8: be Dalvin Cook's first run of the night, right there?

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Speaker 8: How about that?

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Speaker 2: Not a bad deal for Dalvin Cook? Right? I mean,

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Speaker 2: he goes to the Jets and we're all hyping this

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Speaker 2: move off that wow with Brice Hall. They're going to

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Speaker 2: have this dynamic duo after four straight Pro Bowl seasons

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Speaker 2: of the Vikings, and he doesn't play for the Jets. Well,

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Speaker 2: now he gets to hook up with a team that

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Speaker 2: might be heading to a Super Bowl.

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Speaker 3: That was wrong on that one.

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Speaker 2: It's not his first carry. He also hasn't played for

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Speaker 2: this team yet.

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Speaker 3: He is active on the rofter.

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Speaker 2: That was Gus Edwards.

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Speaker 8: I got the dread's confused, but yeah, no, Gus Edwards

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Speaker 8: seven carries for thirty.

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Speaker 3: Yards so far along of nine.

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Speaker 2: But back to you guys, all right, Martin, thank you

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Speaker 2: very much. Once again, we are coming alive from the

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Speaker 2: TAIRAQ dot com Studios. That's one of the great mysteries

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Speaker 2: of twenty twenty three season was Dalvin Cook, a guy

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Speaker 2: who was a four time Pro bowler with the Minnesota Vikings.

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Speaker 2: They decided to move on from him. He ends up

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Speaker 2: with the Jets. They are like, Wow, what a move

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Speaker 2: for the Jets. He got Breece, saw you got Dalvin Cook.

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Speaker 2: Dalvin Cook never played Yeah, and then they finally let

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Speaker 2: him loose so he could sign elsewhere, sort of like

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Speaker 2: a favor to him. Cowboy fans were upset that he

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Speaker 2: didn't sign with the Cowboys. He signs with the Ravens.

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Speaker 3: Now.

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Speaker 2: The good thing is he can just sit around for

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Speaker 2: the rest of the year, and if the Ravens end

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Speaker 2: up winning a Super Bowl, he gets one of those

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Speaker 2: fancy rings even if he never plays a single down.

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Speaker 3: Hang tight, Hang tight, man, sit on your hands.

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Speaker 2: It's one of my favorite stories.

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Speaker 4: Don L.

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Speaker 2: Pumphrey San Diego State legends it's still the old time

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Speaker 2: leading career rusher in NCAA history. Was drafted by the

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Speaker 2: Philadelphia Eagles, got hurt before the season, never played a

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Speaker 2: single game. Eagles win the Super Bowl. He never played

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Speaker 2: a game in the NFL, but he owns a beautiful

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Speaker 2: Super Bowl run.

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Speaker 3: Ronnie Hillman, same way on.

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Speaker 2: Ronnie Hillman, the late great Ronni Hillman. Wow um leeable.

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Speaker 2: So sometimes right place at right time. All right, let's

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Speaker 2: let's get back again to the situation with the Dallas

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Speaker 2: Cowboys here at Mike McCarthy listening to Mike McCarthy speak

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Speaker 2: at all after that loss to the Green Bay Packers,

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Speaker 2: and we have a championship team here. Well, if that's

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Speaker 2: the case, why are you losing in the first round

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Speaker 2: at home to the Green Bay Packers. If you have

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Speaker 2: a championship team, you don't have a championship team. Your

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Speaker 2: goal is to get to the level of being a

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Speaker 2: championship ra team. You can't just say it, right, but

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Speaker 2: to be that ill prepared mentally, Let's say, for that

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Speaker 2: game against the Packers, maybe you thought it's going to

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Speaker 2: be a walkover game. This is a seventh seed the barely.

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Speaker 5: Playoffs.

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Speaker 2: Well, certainly a guy like Mike McCarthy should know that. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: there's no such thing as we should have in the playoffs.

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Speaker 2: I mean, the guy's been through the playoffs many times

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Speaker 2: over the years. If any team should have been extra

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Speaker 2: focused in a game like this, it would be the

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Speaker 2: Dallas Cowboys.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, because it was so much on the line, not

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Speaker 3: only just the winning the game, but it's the narrative.

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Speaker 3: It's what you guys have been trying to preach all year.

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Speaker 3: It's all for not It all went by the wayside

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Speaker 3: because you know, look, it's a failure.

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Speaker 2: We talked last year after the Chargers playoff collapse against

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Speaker 2: Jacksonville that Brandon Staley should have been fired on the

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Speaker 2: field after that game.

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Speaker 3: Should halftime, he should right on the end.

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Speaker 2: Well, if anybody should have been fired at halftime, is

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Speaker 2: Mike McCarthy. How does he come back for year five

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Speaker 2: as the Cowboys coach with one playoff win under as

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Speaker 2: Bell as the Cowboys coach and convince a team this

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Speaker 2: is the year.

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Speaker 5: I really don't know how you do that?

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Speaker 3: How does he do that?

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Speaker 2: Everyone's looking at each other saying, it's the same.

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Speaker 3: Team, same team, it's the same team, So what changes Nothing.

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Speaker 2: A guy like McCarthy's not going to change.

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Speaker 5: Your schedule is going to be harder.

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Speaker 2: First place schedule.

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Speaker 5: So it's not going to get any easier.

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Speaker 2: Let's talk about Bill Belichick. Why would he take the

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Speaker 2: Atlanta job? I mean, the last time I checked, desmen,

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Speaker 2: Rider's your quarterback? Maybe is there a quarterback situation any

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Speaker 2: better significantly though? Where the Patriots are right now? Well,

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Speaker 2: you're Belichick. The only way I'm taking a head coaching

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Speaker 2: job is if I've got a quarterback. If anyone should

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Speaker 2: know the value of a quarterback, it's Bill Belichick.

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Speaker 3: And you're right, But what job is available that has

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Speaker 3: a quarterback? Apparently the Chargers aren't interested in him?

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Speaker 5: Right?

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Speaker 2: So are you all that interested in Bill Belichick and

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Speaker 2: rebuilding a team?

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Speaker 3: No, he doesn't. I don't think he has patience for that.

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Speaker 3: It's a head scratcher. What pick does Atlanta have in

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Speaker 3: the draft? I'll have to check? But then, even what

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Speaker 3: am I saying? Because you know, we all know Bill

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Speaker 3: Belichick can't really draft, so.

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Speaker 2: Well, are you gonna handle him complete reigns of the team? No,

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Speaker 2: no way, no.

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Speaker 5: Yeah.

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Speaker 3: So it is a head scratcher, you know, you try

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Speaker 3: to figure out, you know, what someone's thinking and how

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Speaker 3: is that even possible? And I don't know, does that

657
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Speaker 3: seem like a fit.

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Speaker 2: In Atlanta's got the eighth pick in the draft. I

659
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Speaker 2: mean there's a lot he has a lot of quarterbacks.

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Speaker 2: I mean we talked about this last week. Not only

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Speaker 2: do you obviously have Caleb Williams and Drake May. Yeah,

662
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Speaker 2: but you could get it Jadon Daniels. You got bow Knicks,

663
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Speaker 2: you got Michael Pennix Junior. You got a lot of

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Speaker 2: quarterbacks out.

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Speaker 5: There, that's true.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, well, you know, either way, it's going to be interesting.

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Speaker 3: I can't wait to see what that What that looks

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Speaker 3: like him in Atlanta.

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Speaker 5: May?

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Speaker 4: What is it?

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Speaker 2: I mean, let's say he goes to Atlanta and posts

672
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Speaker 2: like three straight six and ten, six and eleven seasons.

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Speaker 2: What does that do to his legacy?

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Speaker 3: Well, we've seen the legacy already take a hit. So

675
00:33:03,000 --> 00:33:08,760
Speaker 3: it's going the other way. Tom Brady left, won a championship,

676
00:33:08,760 --> 00:33:14,120
Speaker 3: won a super Bowl, his legacy increased. Bill Belichick made

677
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Speaker 3: it to the playoffs but then subsequently ruined the young

678
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Speaker 3: quarterbacks career and just you know, just made dumpster fire decisions.

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Speaker 2: Well, the one thing that would be in his favor

680
00:33:27,960 --> 00:33:31,800
Speaker 2: is that NFC South. You got Tampa, you got New Orleans,

681
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Speaker 2: and you got Carolina. It's a very winnable division. You

682
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Speaker 2: got a way out right, I mean you should be

683
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Speaker 2: If you can't win that division, yeah, maybe you're not

684
00:33:42,840 --> 00:33:44,880
Speaker 2: the coach that everyone thought you were all right coming

685
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Speaker 2: up on the other side. We continue on our coverage

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Speaker 2: of this game between the Ravens and the Texans. We

687
00:33:51,160 --> 00:33:54,120
Speaker 2: got fifty three seconds to go in the third quarter,

688
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Speaker 2: Ravens still hanging on to a seventeen to ten lead.

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Speaker 2: Keep it right here for all the latest. This is

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Speaker 2: Fox Football Saturday.

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Speaker 1: Fox Sports Radio has the best sports talk lineup in

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Speaker 2: Steve Harbin e from Salam Fox Football Saturday. We're coming

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Speaker 2: live from the Tairaq dot com studios. All right, the

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Speaker 2: third quarter has ended, the Ravens leads seventeen to ten,

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Speaker 2: and they're in the red zone right now with a

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00:34:28,719 --> 00:34:35,200
Speaker 2: first down first and five at the Houston nineteen yard line.

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Speaker 2: So is the Ravens looking pretty good shape right now.

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Speaker 2: Lamar Jackson's had to get it done, more so with

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Speaker 2: his legs today than his arm. But this is the

703
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Speaker 2: great luxury of having a quarterback like Lamar Jackson. He's

704
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Speaker 2: not one dimensional and he's picked up eighty two yards

705
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Speaker 2: rushing and has a rushing touchdown along with a passing touchdown.

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Speaker 2: So Lamar Jackson doesn't overwhelm you with his numbers.

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Speaker 5: All he needs is a win.

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Speaker 3: He is that's what he needs, win anything.

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Speaker 2: And this is again we're talking about the Houston Texans, Dimiko,

710
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Speaker 2: Ryan CJ. Strouding Company. It's been a great story. A

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00:35:14,080 --> 00:35:19,000
Speaker 2: little pass is touchdown, Ravens. Touchdown, Ravens.

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Speaker 5: Beautiful pass.

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Speaker 2: It's a beautiful pass into the end zone and touchdown Ravens.

714
00:35:25,480 --> 00:35:28,960
Speaker 2: Isaiah likely right there with the receptions. So twenty three

715
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Speaker 2: to ten, penning in the extra point. The Ravens now

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Speaker 2: in control, and this is what you want to see

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Speaker 2: from your quarterback. We mentioned the fact that they looked

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Speaker 2: rusty in the first half. The offense wasn't really doing

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Speaker 2: much of anything. You're tied at half with the Houston Texans,

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Speaker 2: and the Ravens have come out and completely dominated the

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Speaker 2: second half.

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Speaker 5: That's what they havetime cussing out is about.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, what do you think? John Harbus said.

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Speaker 5: All right, like.

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Speaker 3: You have to pull your leader, which is Lamar, to

726
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Speaker 3: the side and tell everything you've done prior to today

727
00:36:05,440 --> 00:36:10,360
Speaker 3: doesn't matter the old MVP the new one. You're probably

728
00:36:10,400 --> 00:36:14,080
Speaker 3: gonna win. You will be measured about what happens in

729
00:36:14,320 --> 00:36:19,360
Speaker 3: this game, not last year, not two years ago, not

730
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Speaker 3: next year, this game. You have one half of football

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Speaker 3: to focus the attention in the right direction, because if not,

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Speaker 3: you'll become that guy. So lead us. This team is

733
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Speaker 3: going where you take us. Can you just walk away?

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Speaker 5: All right?

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Speaker 2: Well right now, they're very much in good shape. Now

736
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Speaker 2: tomorrow's AFC matchup between the Chiefs and the Bills. If

737
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Speaker 2: the Ravens win this game, they'll have to go to

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Speaker 2: Baltimore for the AFC Championship Game. Remember, Kansas City has

739
00:36:55,719 --> 00:36:58,960
Speaker 2: hosted the AFC Championship Game five years in a row.

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Speaker 2: That's never happened in the history of the NFL ever,

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Speaker 2: where a team has hosted the conference championship game five

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Speaker 2: consecutive years. Two of those were losses, remember they lost

743
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Speaker 2: in New England the first and that inexplicable second half

744
00:37:12,960 --> 00:37:16,279
Speaker 2: collapse against the Bengals a couple of years ago. But

745
00:37:16,800 --> 00:37:19,919
Speaker 2: much as being made, and rightfully so, because we don't

746
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Speaker 2: have a lot to go with with Patrick Mahomes' first

747
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Speaker 2: technical road.

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Speaker 3: It's gonna be a real game too, because that weather

749
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Speaker 3: up there, I know it was cold in Kansas City.

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Speaker 2: Different weather, Okay, wait, you're saying Kansas City cold and

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Speaker 2: Buffalo cold are different. That's why I always like to

752
00:37:46,640 --> 00:37:49,800
Speaker 2: talk about Chicago wind and other wind is completely different.

753
00:37:51,040 --> 00:37:52,640
Speaker 2: Like when you get that wind blowing up the lake

754
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Speaker 2: in Chicago, It's like, okay, I don't remember anything quite

755
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Speaker 2: like that. So Buffalo cold is a different beast. I

756
00:37:59,120 --> 00:38:03,520
Speaker 2: was very impressed last week with Josh Allen. By the way.

757
00:38:03,520 --> 00:38:05,879
Speaker 2: That was a Steeler team that showed you why they

758
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Speaker 2: have a great coach of Mike Tomlin. They hung in there.

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00:38:08,160 --> 00:38:11,280
Speaker 2: I mean that game could have gotten ugly early. Steelers

760
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Speaker 2: hung in there even with Mason Rudolph as their quarterback.

761
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Speaker 2: But that being said, Josh Allen made all the right place. Now,

762
00:38:17,680 --> 00:38:20,920
Speaker 2: keep in mind, head to head, Josh Allen is three

763
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Speaker 2: and three with Patrick Mahomes three and one in the

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Speaker 2: regular season, zero to two in the playoffs. But both

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Speaker 2: those playoff games were in Kansas City. Now we had

766
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Speaker 2: Adam Kaplan saying he's going with the Chiefs tomorrow. I

767
00:38:35,960 --> 00:38:39,200
Speaker 2: don't see that. I think the Bills. Think about what

768
00:38:39,280 --> 00:38:41,920
Speaker 2: the Bills. They've been playing playoff football now for the

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Speaker 2: last what seven games?

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Speaker 5: Yes, two?

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Speaker 2: So remember they were sitting at six and six five

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Speaker 2: games to go, and they headed into Kansas City and

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Speaker 2: they won that game. Then they came home blew out

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Speaker 2: the Cowboys. They win at Miami in the final game

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Speaker 2: to win the AFC East. I'm going with Buffalo Man tomorrow.

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Speaker 2: I mean, I mean, I'll put it this way. If

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Speaker 2: the Chiefs win tomorrow, as high as Patrick Mahomes' resume

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Speaker 2: is in terms of where he stands all time, this

779
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Speaker 2: early in his career, it would take a mighty leap

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Speaker 2: forward in my mind. If they got this win on

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Speaker 2: the road against a red hot Bills team.

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Speaker 3: That'd be huge. That'd be huge. I mean they've sputtered.

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Speaker 3: So I mean the teams who came into the playoffs

784
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Speaker 3: playing well are playing well.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, Texans, Packers, Bills. That momentum, Tampa Bay, Tampa Bay.

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Speaker 5: That's a real thing. And you know the Chiefs have not.

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Speaker 3: If it weren't for the Chiefs defense this year, they

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Speaker 3: wouldn't be there. Wins that last time we've said that

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Speaker 3: with Patrick Mahomes being under center.

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Speaker 2: But this is Patrick Mahomes. This is a guy whose

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Speaker 2: postseason record speaks for itself. I mean, he's guided his

792
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Speaker 2: team to five consecutive conference championship games. By the way,

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Speaker 2: there's only one other quarterback in the history of the

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Speaker 2: NFL who started five consecutive AFC championship games. Do you

795
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Speaker 2: know who that is?

796
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Speaker 3: Ken Stabler?

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Speaker 5: Oh, Kenny Stabler.

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Speaker 2: The Raiders the only other guy to pull that off.

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Speaker 2: But that being said, Josh Allen has also got a

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Speaker 2: pretty impressive resume in the postseason.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, in that game they played last year.

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Speaker 3: M well years ago, that shootout game. Change the rules,

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Speaker 3: Change the rules, change the rules.

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Speaker 2: When you have a game that's so dynamic. They actually

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Speaker 2: changed the rules about over time in the season. That's

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00:41:00,040 --> 00:41:01,719
Speaker 2: says a lot. All right. We'll have much more on

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Speaker 2: this game between the Ravens and Texans and a preview tomorrow.

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Speaker 2: This is Fox Football Saturday, rolling along here as we

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Speaker 2: get started with this NFL Divisional Round playoff weekend. This

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Speaker 2: should be all right. Inside thirteen minutes to go in

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Speaker 2: the fourth quarter, and the Baltimore Ravens are in control

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Speaker 2: right now, leading the Texans twenty four to ten. They

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Speaker 2: also have the ball right now, So the Ravens in

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Speaker 2: pretty good shape right now to move on into the

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Speaker 2: conference championship game, which they will be hosting regardless of

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Speaker 2: who wins game tomorrow between the Kansas City Chiefs and

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Speaker 2: the Buffalo Bills. All right, let's talk a little bit

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Speaker 2: about the game coming up between the forty and the

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Speaker 2: Green Bay Packers. So what we've seen here today is

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Speaker 2: a Ravens team. They had a little rust, shook it.

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Speaker 5: Off, what did I say.

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Speaker 2: And now in full control they have dominated this second half.

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Speaker 2: You're absolutely right. What about the forty nine ers situation,

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Speaker 2: I mean, you're going against a Packer team that honestly,

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Speaker 2: I mean, let's put it this way. The Green Bay

831
00:42:21,960 --> 00:42:25,839
Speaker 2: Packers gave up thirty points to the Carolina Panthers.

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Speaker 3: In the regular season.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, that does not bode well going against a forty

834
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Speaker 2: nine er offense that is healthy, fully loaded, and has

835
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Speaker 2: more weapons than any other offense in the entire league.

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Speaker 5: That's right, But what you gotta do is you got

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Speaker 5: to throw that out.

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Speaker 2: Okay, you just ignore that.

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Speaker 3: You throw it out because it's a different season, right,

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Speaker 3: That's literally that was us last year, right. When you

841
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Speaker 3: make it to the playoffs, Your regular season now is

842
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Speaker 3: last year. This is the start of new football year, right,

843
00:43:04,400 --> 00:43:08,440
Speaker 3: and it's shortened. It's an abbreviated year. In some cases

844
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Speaker 3: it's two games, in some cases it's three or four.

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Speaker 3: But you got to throw it out, and you have

846
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Speaker 3: to attack this opponent well, a fresh start defensively, offensively,

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00:43:23,719 --> 00:43:27,000
Speaker 3: all right, your mindset has to be different, It's what

848
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Speaker 3: I'm trying to get at.

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Speaker 2: So Joe Berry, I got to know him when he

850
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Speaker 2: was in with the Chargers organization. He was the guy

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Speaker 2: that told me that Jeremiah Taco was going to be

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Speaker 2: a double dead digit sack guy for the next ten

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Speaker 2: years in the NFL. If you don't know who he is,

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Speaker 2: that obviously proves the point that he was wrong about him.

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Speaker 2: That did not work, did not work. There's been all

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Speaker 2: kinds of rumors that Barry could be out anyway regardless

857
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Speaker 2: because the Packers defense has not been good this year.

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Speaker 2: All right, So let's pick your poison. This is the

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Speaker 2: one thing you always have to do when you take

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Speaker 2: a team that has multiple weapons. So you got Christian McCaffrey,

861
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Speaker 2: who was the best running back in the league, by

862
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Speaker 2: the way, in the All Pro voting for running back,

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Speaker 2: he got every vote.

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Speaker 5: Of course, why wouldn't you.

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Speaker 2: He got fifty out of fifty first place was.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, if someone voted for someone else, they should be

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Speaker 3: ashamed of you.

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Speaker 2: George Kitto's first team All Pro tight end the year.

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Speaker 2: And then you know, you got a couple other guys,

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Speaker 2: Deebo Samuel and Brandon Ayuk, and you have a quarterback

871
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Speaker 2: that knows how to get the ball in their hands,

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Speaker 2: usually in the manner where they can actually then go even.

873
00:44:32,960 --> 00:44:36,480
Speaker 3: Further, which is an art form as well.

874
00:44:36,560 --> 00:44:38,919
Speaker 2: Right, this goes back to Joe Montana back in the day.

875
00:44:39,160 --> 00:44:40,799
Speaker 2: It wasn't just the fact that he would throw the

876
00:44:40,800 --> 00:44:44,839
Speaker 2: ball at Jerry Rice and John Taylor. He would hit

877
00:44:44,880 --> 00:44:48,560
Speaker 2: them in strides so they could do the rest. So,

878
00:44:48,640 --> 00:44:53,359
Speaker 2: if you're the Packers trying to figure out what are

879
00:44:53,400 --> 00:44:57,320
Speaker 2: we going to do first and trying to slow down

880
00:44:57,360 --> 00:45:00,160
Speaker 2: this forty nine er offense, do you focus on on

881
00:45:00,200 --> 00:45:02,000
Speaker 2: the run? Do you try to take one of the

882
00:45:02,040 --> 00:45:05,400
Speaker 2: receivers out of the game. What is your strategy If

883
00:45:05,400 --> 00:45:08,359
Speaker 2: you're the Packers. Going against the kind of diversity you're

884
00:45:08,400 --> 00:45:11,120
Speaker 2: going to face with that forty nine er offense.

885
00:45:10,719 --> 00:45:14,120
Speaker 3: You've got to try to speed brock Party up. What

886
00:45:14,160 --> 00:45:18,520
Speaker 3: we've seen teams that have had success against brock Party,

887
00:45:18,600 --> 00:45:22,560
Speaker 3: they sped him up. The number one thing we talked

888
00:45:22,600 --> 00:45:25,680
Speaker 3: about Brock last year doing his playoff run that ended

889
00:45:25,680 --> 00:45:28,160
Speaker 3: the last part of the season. In the playoff run

890
00:45:28,280 --> 00:45:32,600
Speaker 3: was it doesn't seem like defenses can speed him up.

891
00:45:34,160 --> 00:45:37,200
Speaker 3: He's just out there playing. We said the same thing

892
00:45:37,200 --> 00:45:42,480
Speaker 3: about c. J. Stroud his whole rookie season. What Baltimore

893
00:45:42,560 --> 00:45:45,960
Speaker 3: is doing is they're speeding him up. They may not

894
00:45:46,000 --> 00:45:48,920
Speaker 3: be getting sacks, they're getting him off his spot, and

895
00:45:48,960 --> 00:45:52,359
Speaker 3: they're making him make decisions faster than he wants to.

896
00:45:53,200 --> 00:45:56,040
Speaker 5: That's how you have to attack a brock Party.

897
00:45:56,800 --> 00:46:00,120
Speaker 2: Jordan Love. I mean much was made obviously of twenty

898
00:46:00,120 --> 00:46:05,120
Speaker 2: seven to nothing, but you talk about a quarterback playing

899
00:46:05,160 --> 00:46:10,640
Speaker 2: with confidence. That's where Jordan Love is right now. Fabulous

900
00:46:10,680 --> 00:46:17,000
Speaker 2: season followed by a unbelievable performance against the Dallas Cowboys.

901
00:46:17,040 --> 00:46:21,000
Speaker 2: So if you're the forty nine ers and you're going

902
00:46:21,120 --> 00:46:26,600
Speaker 2: up against a quarterback who is on dare I say

903
00:46:26,600 --> 00:46:30,799
Speaker 2: an earned ego run right now, how do you knock

904
00:46:30,840 --> 00:46:32,040
Speaker 2: him down a couple of notches.

905
00:46:32,239 --> 00:46:36,200
Speaker 3: See that, This is what people aren't understanding when they're like,

906
00:46:36,200 --> 00:46:39,440
Speaker 3: oh my god, Jordan Love, he just came out of nowhere, YadA, YadA, YadA.

907
00:46:40,280 --> 00:46:43,880
Speaker 3: Jordan Love's not a rookie. Jordan Love's been in the

908
00:46:43,960 --> 00:46:49,719
Speaker 3: league four years, so yeah, he's a little bit more seasoned.

909
00:46:51,880 --> 00:47:00,000
Speaker 3: Just playing isn't the only way you can get better, right,

910
00:47:00,200 --> 00:47:04,520
Speaker 3: He's played behind a Hall of Fame, first ballot Hall

911
00:47:04,560 --> 00:47:09,000
Speaker 3: of Fame quarterback. He was able to learn, just like

912
00:47:09,360 --> 00:47:13,320
Speaker 3: that quarterback was able to learn for three years prior

913
00:47:13,360 --> 00:47:19,080
Speaker 3: to getting his first start. So when I'm watching Jordan Love,

914
00:47:19,440 --> 00:47:24,160
Speaker 3: I'm not shocked. I'm not shocked at all that he's

915
00:47:24,280 --> 00:47:27,600
Speaker 3: able to play the way, especially the last half of

916
00:47:27,640 --> 00:47:31,239
Speaker 3: the season into the playoffs. That's not shocking to me

917
00:47:32,920 --> 00:47:37,800
Speaker 3: because he's been in the league, he's been at the meetings.

918
00:47:37,880 --> 00:47:41,439
Speaker 3: He knows how to prepare, he knows how to read

919
00:47:41,480 --> 00:47:43,520
Speaker 3: defenses even though he wasn't out there.

920
00:47:44,440 --> 00:47:48,480
Speaker 2: So if you want to attack that, you can't go at.

921
00:47:48,320 --> 00:47:50,440
Speaker 3: It like, Okay, we're gonna throw a bunch of stuff

922
00:47:50,440 --> 00:47:53,280
Speaker 3: ahead of him and confuse him. No, because he's seasoned.

923
00:47:53,280 --> 00:47:57,360
Speaker 3: This is not a rookie quarterback. So what you have

924
00:47:57,440 --> 00:47:59,520
Speaker 3: to do is you have to trick him. You have

925
00:47:59,600 --> 00:48:02,080
Speaker 3: to make it his eyes see something that's not there.

926
00:48:03,120 --> 00:48:06,359
Speaker 2: Matt Lafleur, I don't think is getting anywhere near the

927
00:48:06,400 --> 00:48:08,080
Speaker 2: credit he has earned.

928
00:48:08,640 --> 00:48:09,239
Speaker 5: That's a good point.

929
00:48:09,680 --> 00:48:12,040
Speaker 2: People go back to the end of the Mike McCarthy

930
00:48:12,080 --> 00:48:15,840
Speaker 2: era in Green Bay, and things had gotten very stale

931
00:48:16,760 --> 00:48:20,600
Speaker 2: with Aaron Rodgers. Rogers game was going down the last

932
00:48:20,640 --> 00:48:22,840
Speaker 2: couple of years under Mike McCarthy had an injury and

933
00:48:22,880 --> 00:48:26,759
Speaker 2: then it just he wasn't the same quarterback. And then

934
00:48:26,800 --> 00:48:30,560
Speaker 2: you hire this young Matt Lafleur, and immediately Aaron Rodgers.

935
00:48:30,239 --> 00:48:33,440
Speaker 3: Is back to being an MVP. Dalvin Cook now on.

936
00:48:33,320 --> 00:48:34,640
Speaker 2: The field for the Ravens.

937
00:48:35,200 --> 00:48:35,719
Speaker 3: He's got to be.

938
00:48:35,719 --> 00:48:38,520
Speaker 2: Feeling pretty good right now in a playoff game after

939
00:48:38,600 --> 00:48:39,720
Speaker 2: leaving the New York Jets.

940
00:48:39,760 --> 00:48:41,560
Speaker 3: So good stuff there with Dalvin Cook.

941
00:48:41,920 --> 00:48:44,600
Speaker 2: But McCarthy had gotten stale with Aaron Rodgers, And if

942
00:48:44,640 --> 00:48:47,080
Speaker 2: look at the numbers, Rogers game was going down. He

943
00:48:47,120 --> 00:48:49,160
Speaker 2: seemed to be in a downward trend. Well yea, And

944
00:48:49,280 --> 00:48:51,640
Speaker 2: then all of a sudden you bring Lafloor in and

945
00:48:51,680 --> 00:48:54,160
Speaker 2: all of a sudden he's winning back to back MVP Awards.

946
00:48:55,080 --> 00:48:57,560
Speaker 3: Yeah, it got to the point where it was just like, Aaron,

947
00:48:57,600 --> 00:49:01,080
Speaker 3: go ahead, do your thing. Sometimes greatness needs direction.

948
00:49:03,520 --> 00:49:05,879
Speaker 2: And if you had a coach almost the same age

949
00:49:05,880 --> 00:49:09,280
Speaker 2: as the quarterback doing just that, I mean that's pretty ballsy.

950
00:49:09,560 --> 00:49:12,280
Speaker 2: If you're Matt Lafloria to walk in and say, all right, Aaron,

951
00:49:12,560 --> 00:49:14,600
Speaker 2: I've been watching film of you the last couple of years.

952
00:49:14,600 --> 00:49:16,759
Speaker 2: Ain't working. We need to try some new things.

953
00:49:16,840 --> 00:49:21,120
Speaker 3: Yeah, because you can make every throw. But and and

954
00:49:22,480 --> 00:49:26,520
Speaker 3: it's just not about making every throw. Can you be

955
00:49:26,600 --> 00:49:27,600
Speaker 3: the leader we need?

956
00:49:30,080 --> 00:49:31,440
Speaker 5: And I think.

957
00:49:33,040 --> 00:49:35,200
Speaker 3: When a guy's been in the league and had ultimate

958
00:49:35,239 --> 00:49:39,600
Speaker 3: success that long and someone new comes in that it

959
00:49:39,640 --> 00:49:45,080
Speaker 3: really clicks. Then you're you're open to change. But if

960
00:49:45,080 --> 00:49:48,120
Speaker 3: you if you're not clicking, you're not changing.

961
00:49:48,640 --> 00:49:51,040
Speaker 2: They don't run the same offense, so Jordan Love they

962
00:49:51,080 --> 00:49:53,640
Speaker 2: ran with Aaron Rodgers. No, they can't see this is

963
00:49:53,640 --> 00:49:55,640
Speaker 2: what I remember. You remember the year Aaron Rodgers got

964
00:49:55,680 --> 00:49:58,399
Speaker 2: hurt and Brett Hunley, the former UCLA quarterback, came in

965
00:49:58,480 --> 00:50:01,640
Speaker 2: for half a season. It didn't work. And you know

966
00:50:01,719 --> 00:50:05,759
Speaker 2: why because Mike McCarthy had no answer. He basically said,

967
00:50:05,800 --> 00:50:08,839
Speaker 2: we have one offense, It's the Aaron Rodgers offense. Run it,

968
00:50:09,400 --> 00:50:11,680
Speaker 2: and Bret Huntley is like, I'm not Aaron Rodgers.

969
00:50:11,680 --> 00:50:13,719
Speaker 5: I don't what am I supposed to do with this.

970
00:50:13,840 --> 00:50:17,880
Speaker 2: So what we weren't really privy to behind the scenes

971
00:50:18,400 --> 00:50:21,080
Speaker 2: as they were trying to figure out the right time

972
00:50:21,120 --> 00:50:23,920
Speaker 2: to move on from Aaron Rodgers and finally hand the

973
00:50:23,960 --> 00:50:27,480
Speaker 2: football to Jordan Love, is that they were trying to

974
00:50:27,719 --> 00:50:30,399
Speaker 2: figure out an offense to work best for Jordan Love.

975
00:50:32,719 --> 00:50:34,840
Speaker 2: And even though they struggled a little bit, as he

976
00:50:34,920 --> 00:50:37,120
Speaker 2: got more reps and more reps and they could see

977
00:50:37,160 --> 00:50:39,719
Speaker 2: more and more of what he could do well on

978
00:50:39,760 --> 00:50:43,520
Speaker 2: a football field, they pushed it in that direction. I mean,

979
00:50:43,560 --> 00:50:45,480
Speaker 2: these numbers that Jordan Love has put up over the

980
00:50:45,560 --> 00:50:48,160
Speaker 2: last nine weeks or are mind boggle. He's throwing one

981
00:50:48,200 --> 00:50:52,719
Speaker 2: interception and so he's They figured it out. But that

982
00:50:52,800 --> 00:50:54,000
Speaker 2: gets back to coaching.

983
00:50:56,360 --> 00:50:59,880
Speaker 3: When it comes to quarterback, it all gets back to coaching,

984
00:51:00,120 --> 00:51:01,600
Speaker 3: exactly all of it.

985
00:51:04,440 --> 00:51:08,480
Speaker 5: Look at Justin Herbert. We know he has all the talent.

986
00:51:09,400 --> 00:51:13,719
Speaker 3: No one has thrown from more passing yards touchdowns in

987
00:51:13,760 --> 00:51:16,560
Speaker 3: their first three years of starting in the history of

988
00:51:16,600 --> 00:51:21,920
Speaker 3: the league. Why can't they be successful? Because they were

989
00:51:21,960 --> 00:51:25,840
Speaker 3: being coached by someone who had no business coaching.

990
00:51:26,000 --> 00:51:28,080
Speaker 2: All right, let me hold you on that right there again.

991
00:51:28,120 --> 00:51:30,640
Speaker 2: We are now down to under seven minutes to go.

992
00:51:30,800 --> 00:51:34,040
Speaker 2: The Ravens are knocking on the door for another score,

993
00:51:34,120 --> 00:51:37,320
Speaker 2: and they are inside the ten yard line of the Texans,

994
00:51:37,520 --> 00:51:40,799
Speaker 2: leading this game by a score of twenty four to ten.

995
00:51:41,360 --> 00:51:44,640
Speaker 2: The biggest coaching decision in terms of the future of

996
00:51:44,680 --> 00:51:48,960
Speaker 2: the NFL is not about Bill Belichick. It's about Jim Harbaugh.

997
00:51:49,640 --> 00:51:52,520
Speaker 2: Is he the game changer that so many people think

998
00:51:52,560 --> 00:51:56,480
Speaker 2: he is, especially for a certain franchise. Will break it

999
00:51:56,520 --> 00:51:59,760
Speaker 2: down plus more on the games tomorrow in the NFL.

1000
00:52:00,160 --> 00:52:05,480
Speaker 2: This is Fox Football Saturday. Steve Hartman and I from Salam.

1001
00:52:05,520 --> 00:52:08,160
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1002
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1003
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Speaker 2: see this show posted right after we get off the air. Well,

1009
00:52:30,920 --> 00:52:35,239
Speaker 2: Lamar Jackson is going to be the league's MVP, and

1010
00:52:35,440 --> 00:52:37,799
Speaker 2: right now he is living up to the hype. Here

1011
00:52:37,840 --> 00:52:40,360
Speaker 2: are the numbers for Lamar Jackson. He just scored again

1012
00:52:41,040 --> 00:52:43,920
Speaker 2: his second rushing touchdown of the game, to go along

1013
00:52:43,920 --> 00:52:47,560
Speaker 2: with two passing touchdowns. So throwing the ball sixteen of

1014
00:52:47,680 --> 00:52:50,239
Speaker 2: twenty two, one hundred and fifty two yards, two touchdowns,

1015
00:52:50,280 --> 00:52:52,919
Speaker 2: no picks on the ground, eleven carries for one hundred

1016
00:52:53,000 --> 00:52:58,040
Speaker 2: yards and two touchdowns. This is what Lamar Jackson needed,

1017
00:52:59,440 --> 00:53:02,160
Speaker 2: but he's going to have to do it again now.

1018
00:53:02,280 --> 00:53:05,920
Speaker 2: Next week, the Ravens will be hosting the AFC Championship

1019
00:53:05,960 --> 00:53:09,839
Speaker 2: game against either the Bills or the Chiefs and two

1020
00:53:09,920 --> 00:53:13,480
Speaker 2: quarterbacks that have proven their wear in postseason, and whoever

1021
00:53:13,560 --> 00:53:15,399
Speaker 2: comes into that game is going to be coming off

1022
00:53:15,400 --> 00:53:17,280
Speaker 2: a big win. It's a big win for the Bills.

1023
00:53:17,360 --> 00:53:19,799
Speaker 2: It's a been winging for the Chiefs, so they're gonna

1024
00:53:19,840 --> 00:53:22,479
Speaker 2: have some momentum whoever comes out of that game. Going

1025
00:53:22,480 --> 00:53:25,360
Speaker 2: into the game against Baltimore, it's a little hard to

1026
00:53:25,840 --> 00:53:28,920
Speaker 2: judge the Ravens going against a team like the Texans,

1027
00:53:29,280 --> 00:53:31,719
Speaker 2: who have been a tremendous story this year, but it's

1028
00:53:31,760 --> 00:53:35,680
Speaker 2: still the Houston Texans, a team that's limited in terms

1029
00:53:35,680 --> 00:53:38,480
Speaker 2: of talent, especially when he compared to the Ravens, who,

1030
00:53:38,480 --> 00:53:40,399
Speaker 2: by the way, have two hundred and twenty one yards

1031
00:53:40,680 --> 00:53:41,360
Speaker 2: russing today.

1032
00:53:41,400 --> 00:53:45,480
Speaker 5: This was a great first step for the Texans.

1033
00:53:45,120 --> 00:53:49,160
Speaker 3: Yes, a necessary one now doing you know, having a

1034
00:53:49,160 --> 00:53:54,319
Speaker 3: tremendous offseason free agency, having a great draft, that's how

1035
00:53:54,360 --> 00:53:59,399
Speaker 3: you continue, right, This experience for them has been tremendous.

1036
00:54:00,600 --> 00:54:08,799
Speaker 3: They've completely over shot expectation. I think they had the

1037
00:54:08,840 --> 00:54:11,239
Speaker 3: worst odds of getting to the super Bowl. I think

1038
00:54:11,239 --> 00:54:13,560
Speaker 3: it was like twenty to one, twenty thousand to one

1039
00:54:13,640 --> 00:54:17,640
Speaker 3: or something like that. Yeah, rookie coach, rookie quarterback. The

1040
00:54:18,000 --> 00:54:21,839
Speaker 3: pieces are there. They got it right. They got young

1041
00:54:21,960 --> 00:54:27,080
Speaker 3: weapons on the outside, two young running backs, young quarterback,

1042
00:54:27,239 --> 00:54:27,880
Speaker 3: young coach.

1043
00:54:28,200 --> 00:54:28,839
Speaker 5: They got it.

1044
00:54:29,080 --> 00:54:32,000
Speaker 2: But here's where there's a warning sign. This is Jacksonville

1045
00:54:32,040 --> 00:54:37,399
Speaker 2: last year. I mean Jacksonville came after that Urban Meyer catastrophe. Right,

1046
00:54:37,440 --> 00:54:40,120
Speaker 2: Doug Peterson comes in with a young quarterback, Trevor Lawrence.

1047
00:54:40,120 --> 00:54:42,919
Speaker 2: They get into the playoffs, have a miraculous come from

1048
00:54:42,920 --> 00:54:46,440
Speaker 2: behind victory in their first playoff game, and a lot

1049
00:54:46,480 --> 00:54:49,600
Speaker 2: of people thought, all right, they took that first step

1050
00:54:50,480 --> 00:54:53,840
Speaker 2: and then seemingly they were in control this year and

1051
00:54:53,840 --> 00:54:55,040
Speaker 2: the wheels came off well.

1052
00:54:55,120 --> 00:54:58,480
Speaker 3: Injuries will do that to you. Now, staying healthy as

1053
00:54:58,520 --> 00:55:00,960
Speaker 3: a plus, I mean it's a US, not a plus.

1054
00:55:01,680 --> 00:55:02,239
Speaker 5: You got it.

1055
00:55:02,239 --> 00:55:06,759
Speaker 3: It's football is a war of attrition, right, you got Look,

1056
00:55:06,800 --> 00:55:11,520
Speaker 3: Baltimore doesn't have the best weapon offensively that they've had

1057
00:55:11,560 --> 00:55:14,359
Speaker 3: for the last five years, and that's Mark Andrews. They

1058
00:55:14,400 --> 00:55:17,640
Speaker 3: win this game, he can come back next week. So

1059
00:55:18,600 --> 00:55:24,520
Speaker 3: being healthy and getting to the finish line, the first

1060
00:55:24,560 --> 00:55:27,640
Speaker 3: finish line healthy is a big part of.

1061
00:55:29,120 --> 00:55:32,040
Speaker 5: This next season in terms of the playoffs.

1062
00:55:31,520 --> 00:55:34,120
Speaker 2: Would be amazing. If Odell Beckham Junior is then another

1063
00:55:34,200 --> 00:55:37,560
Speaker 2: Super Bowl I mean, I mean with the rams he

1064
00:55:37,600 --> 00:55:40,680
Speaker 2: came out of there. You know what I picked? Did

1065
00:55:40,680 --> 00:55:42,319
Speaker 2: I did? I tell you I picked him to be

1066
00:55:42,360 --> 00:55:44,319
Speaker 2: the Super Bowl MVP that year. And when he cut

1067
00:55:44,320 --> 00:55:48,880
Speaker 2: the touchdown pass, I'm like another century and then he

1068
00:55:48,920 --> 00:55:52,680
Speaker 2: got it was coming. Yes, it was all right. I'm

1069
00:55:52,719 --> 00:56:00,759
Speaker 2: going to ask you about Jim Harbaugh. So the Chargers

1070
00:56:00,800 --> 00:56:02,640
Speaker 2: are the odds on favorite. By the way, if you

1071
00:56:02,719 --> 00:56:04,640
Speaker 2: missed it, it looks like the Raiders are going to

1072
00:56:04,719 --> 00:56:07,600
Speaker 2: retain Antonio Peers as their head coach, and.

1073
00:56:07,520 --> 00:56:08,759
Speaker 5: I love that for them.

1074
00:56:08,960 --> 00:56:12,040
Speaker 2: I think that Mark Davis learned his lesson with the

1075
00:56:12,080 --> 00:56:15,080
Speaker 2: Pisacha situation. He's not going to do it again. He's

1076
00:56:15,160 --> 00:56:17,240
Speaker 2: listening to his players.

1077
00:56:18,920 --> 00:56:20,399
Speaker 5: They dropped the ball two years ago.

1078
00:56:20,560 --> 00:56:22,480
Speaker 2: They dropped the ball two years ago. He's not going

1079
00:56:22,560 --> 00:56:25,600
Speaker 2: to do it again. Change direction on this team, stay

1080
00:56:25,680 --> 00:56:29,879
Speaker 2: with the guy. As Max Crosby said, he understands what

1081
00:56:30,160 --> 00:56:35,239
Speaker 2: Raider football is about, the history of this franchise, what

1082
00:56:35,360 --> 00:56:38,440
Speaker 2: it means to be a Raider. He gets it, so

1083
00:56:38,600 --> 00:56:40,960
Speaker 2: good for him. So and Antonio Piers appears to be

1084
00:56:41,239 --> 00:56:43,600
Speaker 2: the Raiders' choice to retain as head coach.

1085
00:56:43,680 --> 00:56:45,560
Speaker 3: Excellent, good job, Mark Davis, you got it.

1086
00:56:45,600 --> 00:56:47,520
Speaker 2: Write So all of a sudden, you're looking at Jim

1087
00:56:47,560 --> 00:56:54,920
Speaker 2: Harbaugh and everyone forget Atlanta. They don't have a quarterback.

1088
00:56:55,760 --> 00:57:01,560
Speaker 2: So when we talk about Belichick or Harbaugh, nobody knows

1089
00:57:01,560 --> 00:57:04,520
Speaker 2: more about the parts of quarterback than Bill Belichick. Nobody.

1090
00:57:05,040 --> 00:57:08,120
Speaker 2: Why would he go to Atlanta? On the same reason

1091
00:57:08,160 --> 00:57:11,520
Speaker 2: for Harbaugh, why would he leave Michigan where he's going

1092
00:57:11,600 --> 00:57:14,200
Speaker 2: to be making fifteen to twenty million dollars a year.

1093
00:57:14,360 --> 00:57:17,360
Speaker 2: No quarterback there, Well, he'll get new quarterbacks. It's a

1094
00:57:17,440 --> 00:57:18,280
Speaker 2: college game.

1095
00:57:18,240 --> 00:57:20,400
Speaker 5: I know, but is it ever going to be as good?

1096
00:57:20,440 --> 00:57:20,880
Speaker 5: As it was.

1097
00:57:21,240 --> 00:57:24,960
Speaker 2: What but for JJ McCarthy.

1098
00:57:23,920 --> 00:57:25,600
Speaker 5: Is it ever going to be as good as it was?

1099
00:57:25,800 --> 00:57:28,400
Speaker 2: Well, you mean after winning a national championship?

1100
00:57:28,480 --> 00:57:31,520
Speaker 3: Ever going to be as good as it? I don't know.

1101
00:57:31,600 --> 00:57:34,200
Speaker 2: Nick Saban won a lot of championships at Alabama. Ya.

1102
00:57:34,280 --> 00:57:35,760
Speaker 3: Yeah, that's a little bit of different. That's a little

1103
00:57:35,800 --> 00:57:36,680
Speaker 3: bit different. I don't know.

1104
00:57:36,800 --> 00:57:41,600
Speaker 2: Michigan's been in the playoff three consecutive years, Okay, okay,

1105
00:57:41,680 --> 00:57:44,760
Speaker 2: So it's not like that Bold raced. All those players

1106
00:57:45,280 --> 00:57:46,400
Speaker 2: are not going to be there.

1107
00:57:46,480 --> 00:57:46,800
Speaker 5: Okay.

1108
00:57:46,880 --> 00:57:50,240
Speaker 2: Well, so that leads that's the difference in the pros.

1109
00:57:50,360 --> 00:57:55,160
Speaker 2: So that leads the Chargers. This is a miserable organization.

1110
00:57:57,000 --> 00:58:00,680
Speaker 2: The record speeds for itself. The span of his family

1111
00:58:01,960 --> 00:58:04,600
Speaker 2: is a losing family when it comes to the National

1112
00:58:04,600 --> 00:58:09,680
Speaker 2: Football League. They have an owner. Dean Spanos is one

1113
00:58:09,720 --> 00:58:11,680
Speaker 2: of those guys that was born on third base and

1114
00:58:11,720 --> 00:58:15,480
Speaker 2: thinks he had a triple everything handed to him by

1115
00:58:15,480 --> 00:58:17,560
Speaker 2: his father. He was the son that the father had

1116
00:58:17,600 --> 00:58:18,720
Speaker 2: to figure out, what am I going to do with

1117
00:58:18,760 --> 00:58:22,280
Speaker 2: this guy? What what does he bring to the table.

1118
00:58:23,440 --> 00:58:26,960
Speaker 2: His father, Alex, was a self made wealthy man. Like

1119
00:58:30,120 --> 00:58:34,919
Speaker 2: there's a lot of things name Jim, Jim Buss.

1120
00:58:35,000 --> 00:58:35,200
Speaker 5: Yeah.

1121
00:58:35,880 --> 00:58:38,280
Speaker 2: I mean at some point, as a dad, you you

1122
00:58:38,320 --> 00:58:41,880
Speaker 2: want to do best for your kids, right, So you're

1123
00:58:41,920 --> 00:58:48,280
Speaker 2: you're like, all right, I gotta give him something. That

1124
00:58:48,480 --> 00:58:53,280
Speaker 2: being said, is Jim Harbaugh the kind of guy that

1125
00:58:53,400 --> 00:59:00,800
Speaker 2: can overcome unspeakable odds turning around a losing franchise and

1126
00:59:00,920 --> 00:59:03,920
Speaker 2: make it a winner. Because everywhere he has been he

1127
00:59:04,000 --> 00:59:07,160
Speaker 2: has made those teams winners.

1128
00:59:07,240 --> 00:59:11,600
Speaker 3: That's exactly what he can do, because that's exactly what

1129
00:59:11,640 --> 00:59:16,920
Speaker 3: he's done. You are who your body of work says

1130
00:59:16,920 --> 00:59:17,240
Speaker 3: you are.

1131
00:59:19,040 --> 00:59:22,600
Speaker 2: They got they need, they need a lot on that team. Okay,

1132
00:59:23,840 --> 00:59:25,720
Speaker 2: it's not just about the fact, well we got a

1133
00:59:25,760 --> 00:59:29,600
Speaker 2: franchise quarterback. Okay, that's a nice start. You don't have

1134
00:59:29,640 --> 00:59:32,640
Speaker 2: any running game. Austin Eckler's done. You're gonna have to

1135
00:59:32,680 --> 00:59:35,240
Speaker 2: start over at the running back position. Their offensive line

1136
00:59:35,280 --> 00:59:36,240
Speaker 2: outside of Slater.

1137
00:59:36,560 --> 00:59:38,040
Speaker 5: Does he have a quarterback?

1138
00:59:38,480 --> 00:59:39,440
Speaker 2: He has a quarterback.

1139
00:59:39,680 --> 00:59:42,200
Speaker 3: You got to keep him up, right, he's five.

1140
00:59:42,360 --> 00:59:43,720
Speaker 5: You can do that. That's fine.

1141
00:59:43,920 --> 00:59:45,680
Speaker 3: As long as he needs a defense.

1142
00:59:45,880 --> 00:59:46,320
Speaker 5: I got you.

1143
00:59:46,520 --> 00:59:51,480
Speaker 3: As long as you're starting there, then let's make it happen.

1144
00:59:51,520 --> 00:59:55,480
Speaker 2: All right, So you believe that the Chargers are going

1145
00:59:55,560 --> 00:59:59,120
Speaker 2: to have instantaneous success with the higher end of Jim

1146
00:59:59,160 --> 00:59:59,920
Speaker 2: Harby's head.

1147
01:00:00,000 --> 01:00:01,400
Speaker 3: I think the Chargers will be better than they have

1148
01:00:01,480 --> 01:00:04,000
Speaker 3: been the last since Justin Well.

1149
01:00:04,080 --> 01:00:06,160
Speaker 2: I mean they made the playoffs two years ago. They

1150
01:00:06,160 --> 01:00:07,360
Speaker 2: were seven to ten this year.

1151
01:00:07,600 --> 01:00:09,720
Speaker 5: Yeah, I believe they'll be better.

1152
01:00:10,360 --> 01:00:12,000
Speaker 3: Well, that would be back in the playoffs at the

1153
01:00:12,080 --> 01:00:12,640
Speaker 3: very least.

1154
01:00:12,800 --> 01:00:17,080
Speaker 2: Yes, you believe that if Jim Harbaugh becomes of the

1155
01:00:17,080 --> 01:00:20,720
Speaker 2: coach of the Chargers within five years, they'll be hoisting

1156
01:00:20,840 --> 01:00:22,000
Speaker 2: the Lombardi.

1157
01:00:21,480 --> 01:00:22,760
Speaker 5: Trophy quite possibly.

1158
01:00:22,920 --> 01:00:27,320
Speaker 2: Wow, what is it about Jim Harbaugh in your opinion,

1159
01:00:27,320 --> 01:00:28,760
Speaker 2: to make some special as a head coach.

1160
01:00:28,920 --> 01:00:33,000
Speaker 3: Guys like to play for him no matter where he is.

1161
01:00:33,040 --> 01:00:38,560
Speaker 3: Guys like to play for him. Remember that trust thing

1162
01:00:38,600 --> 01:00:41,160
Speaker 3: I'm always talking about, mm hmm. And he asked me, well,

1163
01:00:41,920 --> 01:00:45,840
Speaker 3: why did Dan Campbell turn around Detroit? How did Dumico

1164
01:00:45,920 --> 01:00:51,760
Speaker 3: Rance just come right on in his trust? If guys

1165
01:00:52,160 --> 01:00:56,240
Speaker 3: in that locker room trust you, antony appears for the Raiders.

1166
01:00:56,240 --> 01:01:00,520
Speaker 2: Now, I'm telling you, that's every free thing.

1167
01:01:01,160 --> 01:01:05,000
Speaker 3: Bill Belichick lost the locker room, which is crazy to

1168
01:01:05,040 --> 01:01:09,480
Speaker 3: say in New England. There was no trust there because

1169
01:01:09,480 --> 01:01:16,040
Speaker 3: of the decisions that he made bringing in Matt Patricia

1170
01:01:16,600 --> 01:01:21,840
Speaker 3: and a special teams coach to coach the offense. That's

1171
01:01:21,880 --> 01:01:23,760
Speaker 3: how guys in the locker room are like, he don't

1172
01:01:23,800 --> 01:01:28,440
Speaker 3: know what he does, how you Bill Belichick, But sometimes

1173
01:01:28,440 --> 01:01:34,240
Speaker 3: ego gets in the way. Urban Myers. Do you think

1174
01:01:34,360 --> 01:01:38,840
Speaker 3: anyone based on the decisions he made prior to the

1175
01:01:38,880 --> 01:01:42,160
Speaker 3: season even starting, do you think anyone in that locker

1176
01:01:42,240 --> 01:01:43,000
Speaker 3: room trusted him well?

1177
01:01:43,000 --> 01:01:46,160
Speaker 2: When he brought in Tim Tebow, it was over worked

1178
01:01:46,200 --> 01:01:48,800
Speaker 2: the locker room. It was over and convince everyone in

1179
01:01:48,800 --> 01:01:49,640
Speaker 2: that locker room it.

1180
01:01:51,640 --> 01:01:51,720
Speaker 4: Was.

1181
01:01:51,840 --> 01:01:54,880
Speaker 3: It did the exact opposite, It had the exact opposite effect.

1182
01:01:56,200 --> 01:02:02,480
Speaker 2: John Harbaugh, his brother, is another guy. Remember he was

1183
01:02:02,520 --> 01:02:05,480
Speaker 2: a special teams coach when the Ravens hired him as

1184
01:02:05,480 --> 01:02:08,040
Speaker 2: a head coach. I guess it gets back to their father, Jack.

1185
01:02:09,280 --> 01:02:12,160
Speaker 2: Something about his coaching style rubbed off on his two

1186
01:02:12,160 --> 01:02:17,280
Speaker 2: sons because they even though their personalities are very different,

1187
01:02:18,840 --> 01:02:23,080
Speaker 2: the end results are very similar. I know one thing

1188
01:02:23,120 --> 01:02:26,280
Speaker 2: about Jim Harbaugh, because he is competitive with his brother.

1189
01:02:27,320 --> 01:02:30,560
Speaker 2: He still hasn't gotten over losing that Super Bowl. And

1190
01:02:30,600 --> 01:02:32,840
Speaker 2: if he does become the Charger's head coach now he's

1191
01:02:32,880 --> 01:02:38,560
Speaker 2: in the same conference as his brother, that could be

1192
01:02:38,600 --> 01:02:42,280
Speaker 2: some classic Harball matchups down the road.

1193
01:02:45,120 --> 01:02:45,800
Speaker 3: I love it too.

1194
01:02:46,360 --> 01:02:48,680
Speaker 2: Hope, I hope for his sake he ends up in

1195
01:02:48,720 --> 01:02:52,400
Speaker 2: the right place. It seems like everything is eventually. I

1196
01:02:52,400 --> 01:02:54,400
Speaker 2: remember with Mission those first four years and not looking

1197
01:02:54,480 --> 01:02:58,560
Speaker 2: so good. Remember the COVID shorten year. They were two

1198
01:02:58,680 --> 01:03:03,320
Speaker 2: and four, two and four in that shortened year, followed

1199
01:03:03,400 --> 01:03:06,600
Speaker 2: up by three straight playoff performances. Well, as we heard

1200
01:03:06,640 --> 01:03:13,720
Speaker 2: from Adam Kaplan earlier, he said, because the report is

1201
01:03:13,760 --> 01:03:16,680
Speaker 2: the Chargers are offering somewhere in the neighborhood of five year,

1202
01:03:16,840 --> 01:03:19,000
Speaker 2: ninety million, eighteen million a year.

1203
01:03:19,720 --> 01:03:20,720
Speaker 3: That's a pretty good number.

1204
01:03:20,840 --> 01:03:21,560
Speaker 5: It's a good number.

1205
01:03:21,600 --> 01:03:22,400
Speaker 3: It's a good number.

1206
01:03:23,000 --> 01:03:25,200
Speaker 2: But ultimately it's going to come down to a decision

1207
01:03:25,200 --> 01:03:29,000
Speaker 2: by Jim Harbaugh. He has to decide do I want

1208
01:03:29,040 --> 01:03:32,720
Speaker 2: to go to the Chargers or do I want to

1209
01:03:32,720 --> 01:03:36,560
Speaker 2: say at Michigan, And those basically are his two choices

1210
01:03:36,640 --> 01:03:39,080
Speaker 2: right now. Forget Atlanta, He's not going to Atlanta. All right,

1211
01:03:39,120 --> 01:03:42,040
Speaker 2: Let's find out what is trending right now. So what

1212
01:03:42,080 --> 01:03:43,600
Speaker 2: do you think he's going to do, Martin? Is he

1213
01:03:43,680 --> 01:03:46,040
Speaker 2: going to stay his ass where he's at. That's what

1214
01:03:46,080 --> 01:03:46,680
Speaker 2: he needs to do.

1215
01:03:47,040 --> 01:03:50,000
Speaker 8: On all this Chargers propaganda, Think about all the coaches

1216
01:03:50,000 --> 01:03:52,560
Speaker 8: that got fired this year Belichick, Carroll.

1217
01:03:53,320 --> 01:03:53,720
Speaker 2: Who else?

1218
01:03:53,720 --> 01:03:54,080
Speaker 3: Who else?

1219
01:03:54,440 --> 01:03:56,400
Speaker 2: Tomlin was on the hot seat. Well, I mean Harbaugh

1220
01:03:56,440 --> 01:04:00,520
Speaker 2: already knows about being canned essentially exactly now. He left

1221
01:04:00,600 --> 01:04:04,240
Speaker 2: the forty nine ers after his least successful season, year four,

1222
01:04:05,280 --> 01:04:08,320
Speaker 2: and he had overstayed as welcome when he decided on

1223
01:04:08,360 --> 01:04:09,120
Speaker 2: the Michigan job.

1224
01:04:09,160 --> 01:04:11,360
Speaker 8: Could not wait to get rid of him, miss An Francisco.

1225
01:04:11,440 --> 01:04:13,120
Speaker 8: But you know what, he just bought himself with this

1226
01:04:13,160 --> 01:04:15,600
Speaker 8: fifteen and o season, at least five more years of

1227
01:04:15,640 --> 01:04:18,600
Speaker 8: job security. Just go ahead, and you know what, do

1228
01:04:18,600 --> 01:04:20,800
Speaker 8: you want to talk about the Chargers of Spanos Michigan

1229
01:04:20,840 --> 01:04:21,320
Speaker 8: on match It?

1230
01:04:21,800 --> 01:04:22,760
Speaker 3: How much they gonna pay him?

1231
01:04:22,840 --> 01:04:26,240
Speaker 2: Yeah, but he's he's accomplished the ultimate in college football,

1232
01:04:26,360 --> 01:04:27,000
Speaker 2: doesn't He won.

1233
01:04:27,640 --> 01:04:29,720
Speaker 3: In the NFL? What you mean, win another one? He

1234
01:04:29,760 --> 01:04:31,720
Speaker 3: could do that. He's not gonna do that.

1235
01:04:32,240 --> 01:04:32,640
Speaker 5: Why not?

1236
01:04:33,120 --> 01:04:35,800
Speaker 2: But if he could, had he been going a Super

1237
01:04:35,800 --> 01:04:42,000
Speaker 2: Bowl to that national championship, He's gonna do that for

1238
01:04:42,040 --> 01:04:46,440
Speaker 2: the LA Chargers. Yeah. I asked him, within five years

1239
01:04:47,320 --> 01:04:50,520
Speaker 2: see it? He said, very possible, you could see them possibly.

1240
01:04:50,520 --> 01:04:53,320
Speaker 8: It's also possible. The three years later he's looking for

1241
01:04:53,360 --> 01:04:56,720
Speaker 8: a new job. It's like Brandon Staley was like, they're

1242
01:04:56,760 --> 01:04:59,960
Speaker 8: not the same. They're not the same coach. Brandon Staley

1243
01:05:00,240 --> 01:05:01,840
Speaker 8: and Jim Harbor are not the same coach.

1244
01:05:01,920 --> 01:05:02,560
Speaker 5: No, I don't.

1245
01:05:02,560 --> 01:05:04,480
Speaker 3: I'm not saying it had no business being the head

1246
01:05:04,480 --> 01:05:05,720
Speaker 3: coach for as long as he did.

1247
01:05:05,840 --> 01:05:07,200
Speaker 2: I agree with that wholeheartedly.

1248
01:05:07,240 --> 01:05:08,920
Speaker 8: But the point I was trying to make is that

1249
01:05:08,960 --> 01:05:11,080
Speaker 8: you got about three years runway as a head coach

1250
01:05:11,080 --> 01:05:13,240
Speaker 8: in the NFL, and if you don't see success by then,

1251
01:05:13,400 --> 01:05:15,520
Speaker 8: your seats hot by like year two and a half.

1252
01:05:16,320 --> 01:05:18,680
Speaker 8: I mean, unless you're John Harbaugh. You know what I'm saying.

1253
01:05:18,800 --> 01:05:20,600
Speaker 2: Or the only thing that gets to me about the

1254
01:05:20,600 --> 01:05:23,280
Speaker 2: college game and the reason, even though he's denying it

1255
01:05:23,360 --> 01:05:26,840
Speaker 2: that I think Nick Saban finally said enough is just

1256
01:05:26,960 --> 01:05:29,440
Speaker 2: the whole recruiting aspect of the game now. It's so

1257
01:05:29,640 --> 01:05:33,080
Speaker 2: complicated with the transfer portal, with name, image, likeness. You

1258
01:05:33,160 --> 01:05:37,280
Speaker 2: got all American players, they have a year of eligibility

1259
01:05:37,280 --> 01:05:40,920
Speaker 2: coming up, and they're entering the transfer portal and you're like.

1260
01:05:41,000 --> 01:05:45,800
Speaker 8: What, I mean, it's the game, it is what but

1261
01:05:46,200 --> 01:05:49,240
Speaker 8: look transfer portal, all of that. He's got at least

1262
01:05:49,240 --> 01:05:51,840
Speaker 8: five more years at Michigan before anybody even talks to

1263
01:05:51,880 --> 01:05:52,280
Speaker 8: stay there.

1264
01:05:52,360 --> 01:05:54,120
Speaker 2: The rest of his career if he wanted he can

1265
01:05:54,120 --> 01:05:55,600
Speaker 2: say for for the next twenty.

1266
01:05:55,440 --> 01:06:00,200
Speaker 3: Years, if Michigan wanted him out. And also, let's not

1267
01:06:00,280 --> 01:06:03,640
Speaker 3: forget there are some sanctions getting ready to be levied.

1268
01:06:04,080 --> 01:06:06,560
Speaker 3: We don't know what's going on with the investigation.

1269
01:06:07,160 --> 01:06:10,600
Speaker 8: N CLA president said the championship was one fair and square.

1270
01:06:11,760 --> 01:06:15,680
Speaker 5: Yeah, all right on the fielder was moving forward.

1271
01:06:15,760 --> 01:06:19,200
Speaker 8: There will be penalties, that's honestly, that's really what the

1272
01:06:19,200 --> 01:06:20,760
Speaker 8: hold up is. He just doesn't want to get five

1273
01:06:20,760 --> 01:06:23,040
Speaker 8: for something that happened last year, which I'll get it

1274
01:06:23,080 --> 01:06:24,640
Speaker 8: like you're gonna have to pay me out of my

1275
01:06:24,720 --> 01:06:25,600
Speaker 8: contract if you want to.

1276
01:06:25,840 --> 01:06:27,160
Speaker 3: It's already been adjudicated.

1277
01:06:27,720 --> 01:06:31,720
Speaker 8: But anyway, two minute warning here in this laugher of

1278
01:06:31,720 --> 01:06:34,200
Speaker 8: a playoff game. Now, it was close to start ten

1279
01:06:34,280 --> 01:06:37,240
Speaker 8: ten at the end of the first half, but it's

1280
01:06:37,240 --> 01:06:41,240
Speaker 8: been all Baltimore since Lamar Jackson. Four total touchdowns, two

1281
01:06:41,360 --> 01:06:43,640
Speaker 8: hundred and fifty two total yards, one hundred and fifty

1282
01:06:43,680 --> 01:06:46,400
Speaker 8: two through the air, one hundred on the ground, two

1283
01:06:46,480 --> 01:06:48,400
Speaker 8: touchdowns a piece rushing and passing CJ.

1284
01:06:48,440 --> 01:06:50,520
Speaker 3: Stroud and the offense of the Houston Texans.

1285
01:06:50,680 --> 01:06:52,360
Speaker 8: Well, I should say this the rushing game of the

1286
01:06:52,360 --> 01:06:54,800
Speaker 8: Houston Texas never got off the bus. They had twelve

1287
01:06:54,880 --> 01:06:56,880
Speaker 8: carries for thirty one yards right now with a minute

1288
01:06:56,920 --> 01:06:59,040
Speaker 8: fifty six steps left in the fourth quarter.

1289
01:06:59,280 --> 01:07:00,480
Speaker 3: At the two minute on warning, c J.

1290
01:07:00,560 --> 01:07:04,240
Speaker 8: Stroud was eighteen for thirty two won sixty five through

1291
01:07:04,280 --> 01:07:07,240
Speaker 8: the air. The one Houston touchdown was a sixty seven

1292
01:07:07,320 --> 01:07:11,480
Speaker 8: yard punt return by Steven Sims. So that pretty much

1293
01:07:11,520 --> 01:07:13,480
Speaker 8: paints the story of how Houston has looked against his

1294
01:07:13,520 --> 01:07:16,720
Speaker 8: Baltimore defense, and Lamar Jackson has had one of probably

1295
01:07:16,760 --> 01:07:19,400
Speaker 8: the best playoff game of his entire career up to

1296
01:07:19,480 --> 01:07:22,320
Speaker 8: this point. In just a few minutes eight to fifteen,

1297
01:07:22,360 --> 01:07:24,320
Speaker 8: Eastern will have the forty nine ers and the Packers.

1298
01:07:24,400 --> 01:07:27,840
Speaker 8: JayR Alexander he's fighting through his shoulder and an ankle injury,

1299
01:07:27,840 --> 01:07:31,479
Speaker 8: but he will play in that matchup there. Dalvin Cook

1300
01:07:31,520 --> 01:07:33,960
Speaker 8: was active tonight. He had eight carries for twenty three yards.

1301
01:07:34,320 --> 01:07:36,440
Speaker 8: Had the least rushing yards I mean, Justin Hill had

1302
01:07:36,480 --> 01:07:40,000
Speaker 8: sixty six yards, Gus Edwards forty and Dalvin Cook twenty three.

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Speaker 8: Wide receiver Kadarius Tony will be ruled out for Sunday's

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Speaker 8: game against the Bills.

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Speaker 3: Let's see what else we got here.

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Speaker 8: Head coaching Carris so in spin CBS Sports reporting that

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Speaker 8: the Atlanta Falcons desperately want to hire Patriots head coach

1308
01:07:54,360 --> 01:07:57,080
Speaker 8: Bill Belichick to run the team, CBS Sports saying that

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Speaker 8: it is Belichick's job should he want it. The Detroit

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01:07:59,880 --> 01:08:03,920
Speaker 8: Lions coordinators had offense I mean, had head coaches interviews today.

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Speaker 8: Offensive coordinator Ben Johnson with the Falcon, Seahawks of Chargers,

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Speaker 8: defensive coordinators with the Commanders and the Chargers, and somebody

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Speaker 8: else not named Jim Harborough interviewing for the Chargers job.

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Speaker 8: Rams defensive coordinator Raheem Morris Steve. It's been crazy. They

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Speaker 8: have interviewed what ten people already to a million people.

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Speaker 8: It feels like I'm surprised that Em, did you get

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Speaker 8: a call?

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Speaker 3: No, I'm cool, you cool from turn interview?

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01:08:28,160 --> 01:08:30,280
Speaker 2: So they offer you four million a year to coach

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Speaker 2: the team? Ten million, that's what I thought, Martin, Thank

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Speaker 2: you very very much. Once again, we're coming alive from

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Speaker 2: the taire iraq dot com studios. So on Monday, the

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Speaker 2: day after the Lions emotional victory over the Rams, the

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Speaker 2: Lions first playoff wins since nineteen ninety one, and the

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01:08:50,120 --> 01:08:56,479
Speaker 2: whole scene in Detroit was understandably emotional. I have a

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Speaker 2: brother in law who's been a Lions fan his entire life.

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01:09:00,080 --> 01:09:02,960
Speaker 2: Oh bless his heart, he's never wavered. In fact, this

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01:09:03,080 --> 01:09:06,000
Speaker 2: was one of those rare years. Every single year living

1329
01:09:06,040 --> 01:09:09,840
Speaker 2: in Iowa makes the trip to Minnesota to see the

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Speaker 2: Lions Vikings game. They didn't do it this year because

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01:09:13,040 --> 01:09:18,160
Speaker 2: it fell on Christmas Eve, but knowing how Lions fans are,

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Speaker 2: and of course our own Chris here at Fox Sports Radio,

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01:09:21,160 --> 01:09:25,799
Speaker 2: another diehard Lions fan, it was very emotional. But on Monday,

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Speaker 2: the day after the game, Rams tight end Tyler Higbee,

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01:09:32,120 --> 01:09:34,960
Speaker 2: who took a shot on the knee of from Kirby

1336
01:09:35,080 --> 01:09:39,719
Speaker 2: Joseph that blew out his ACLMCL same thing that happened

1337
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Speaker 2: to TJ Hockinson of the Vikings just three weeks earlier,

1338
01:09:43,520 --> 01:09:45,759
Speaker 2: was sitting in his home the day after the game.

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01:09:46,200 --> 01:09:48,479
Speaker 2: You know, he's got the balloon thing before the surgery

1340
01:09:48,479 --> 01:09:52,360
Speaker 2: and everything else, and he's there with my ex wife. Now,

1341
01:09:52,439 --> 01:09:55,240
Speaker 2: don't get any thoughts about it. She was there sort

1342
01:09:55,240 --> 01:09:58,360
Speaker 2: of house sitting and helping out with his young daughter

1343
01:09:59,320 --> 01:10:02,800
Speaker 2: because his wife fiance had not gotten back yet on

1344
01:10:02,840 --> 01:10:06,760
Speaker 2: the trip. And there's been a lot of buzz this

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01:10:06,840 --> 01:10:09,679
Speaker 2: week about dirty hits in the NFL, And you say,

1346
01:10:09,720 --> 01:10:13,680
Speaker 2: all right, if it happens once, hey you didn't mean harm.

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01:10:14,080 --> 01:10:17,200
Speaker 2: Bad things can happen. But when it happens twice in

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01:10:17,240 --> 01:10:23,160
Speaker 2: a month to tight ends, same injury, same culprit, do

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01:10:23,160 --> 01:10:26,320
Speaker 2: you see a pattern there or is it just coincidence?

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01:10:28,400 --> 01:10:31,639
Speaker 3: It's coincidence. Look, football is a collision sport.

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01:10:31,800 --> 01:10:32,120
Speaker 2: M HM.

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01:10:33,439 --> 01:10:37,879
Speaker 3: Can't hit them high. Can't like it when the receivers

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01:10:37,920 --> 01:10:41,200
Speaker 3: going up for the ball and you're coming in right.

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01:10:41,280 --> 01:10:45,519
Speaker 3: Any anything hit up high is a penalty.

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Speaker 2: Well, the Lions are trying to blame the stafford for

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01:10:47,560 --> 01:10:49,800
Speaker 2: throwing the ball. Do you put the blame on the quarterback?

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01:10:50,880 --> 01:10:54,160
Speaker 3: No, I'm not gonna put the game to blame on

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01:10:54,200 --> 01:10:59,040
Speaker 3: the quarterback. What I'm telling you is it's a collision sport.

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01:11:00,840 --> 01:11:05,719
Speaker 3: In collisions, people get hurt. They've taken the blatant hits

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01:11:05,760 --> 01:11:07,760
Speaker 3: and collisions out of the game, which I believe is

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01:11:07,760 --> 01:11:12,000
Speaker 3: making it safer. But at some point if you okay,

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01:11:12,000 --> 01:11:14,439
Speaker 3: now you can't hit him though in the middle of

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01:11:14,479 --> 01:11:18,880
Speaker 3: the field, you don't have an opportunity to make a play,

1364
01:11:19,760 --> 01:11:22,320
Speaker 3: make the tackle, or get a receiver to the ground.

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01:11:22,520 --> 01:11:27,040
Speaker 2: Dan Campbell his coach backed up Joseph saying, he tackles

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Speaker 2: the way we teach him to tackle.

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Speaker 5: Period. That's it.

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Speaker 2: Keep your head up, that's it. It doesn't excuse the

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01:11:35,280 --> 01:11:37,080
Speaker 2: fact that we have a player hurt badly.

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Speaker 3: No unfortunate things happen in a collision sport.

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Speaker 2: Let's talk about the Lions for a second. And by

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01:11:42,600 --> 01:11:44,439
Speaker 2: the way, it is a final thirty four to ten.

1373
01:11:44,479 --> 01:11:47,360
Speaker 2: The Ravens have defeated the Texans. They will host the

1374
01:11:47,439 --> 01:11:50,800
Speaker 2: AFC Championship game in Lamar Jackson. Especially in the second half,

1375
01:11:51,000 --> 01:11:54,280
Speaker 2: look every bit. The MVP threw for two touchdowns, Ram

1376
01:11:54,360 --> 01:11:57,520
Speaker 2: for two touchdowns, Ram for one hundred yards. Tremendous performance,

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01:11:57,560 --> 01:12:00,840
Speaker 2: his second ever playoff win. We have not talked at

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01:12:00,840 --> 01:12:03,760
Speaker 2: all about. Is the Lions now hosting the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

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Speaker 2: And once again with Tampa Bay, you have a team

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01:12:06,960 --> 01:12:11,760
Speaker 2: going into Detroit with nothing to lose. I mean, no

1381
01:12:11,800 --> 01:12:15,360
Speaker 2: one is expecting them to beat the Lions in Detroit.

1382
01:12:17,200 --> 01:12:22,559
Speaker 2: One reporter unfortunately asked Todd Bowles if the bad weather

1383
01:12:22,600 --> 01:12:24,640
Speaker 2: in Detroit was going to have a major impact on

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01:12:24,680 --> 01:12:32,160
Speaker 2: the game. Bulls quickly reminded the reporter they have an

1385
01:12:32,160 --> 01:12:36,160
Speaker 2: indoor arena, so he goes, maybe the little drive over there,

1386
01:12:36,200 --> 01:12:39,240
Speaker 2: the walk into the stadium could be a problem. That

1387
01:12:39,360 --> 01:12:45,360
Speaker 2: being said, Baker Mayfield, who I believe is he the

1388
01:12:45,720 --> 01:12:47,920
Speaker 2: NFL's comeback player of the Year this year? I mean,

1389
01:12:47,920 --> 01:12:51,080
Speaker 2: there's so many candidates. Matthew Stafford's a candidate, Joe Flacco's

1390
01:12:51,120 --> 01:12:54,080
Speaker 2: a candidate. But when you look at a guy like

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Speaker 2: Baker Mayfield, he was a playoff quarterback with the Cleveland

1392
01:12:59,200 --> 01:13:01,960
Speaker 2: Browns a few years go. He fell so far off

1393
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Speaker 2: the map. Wasn't he playing mop up duty with the Rams?

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01:13:07,479 --> 01:13:08,799
Speaker 5: Yeah? Then he went to Carolina.

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01:13:09,160 --> 01:13:14,759
Speaker 2: Yeah, well he's Carolina and now yeah full season. Started

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01:13:14,840 --> 01:13:19,280
Speaker 2: every game for Tampa this year and looked great in

1397
01:13:19,320 --> 01:13:22,439
Speaker 2: their playoff win against the Wile the Eagles, what happened there?

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Speaker 2: I mean I knew that they were probably not going

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Speaker 2: to win that game against Tampa, but that.

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Speaker 3: Was uh embarrassing. And Nick Sirianni's still the coach.

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Speaker 2: How do you look at that game? Tampa Bay going

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Speaker 2: into Detroit. Who again, they didn't overwhelm the Rams. The

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01:13:39,720 --> 01:13:42,120
Speaker 2: Rams are in that game all the way to the end.

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01:13:43,760 --> 01:13:45,040
Speaker 2: They barely held.

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Speaker 3: On to that win.

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01:13:46,600 --> 01:13:48,760
Speaker 2: Are the Lions a lock here or could they be

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Speaker 2: surprised by Tampa Bay.

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Speaker 5: Of course you can be surprised.

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Speaker 2: Would it be that much of a surprise. I mean,

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Speaker 2: would you be shocked if Tampa Bay wins that game

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Speaker 2: in Detroit? Well, yeah, okay, it's so it would be

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01:14:00,439 --> 01:14:01,040
Speaker 2: a shocking up.

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Speaker 5: So of course.

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Speaker 3: I mean, he got a Tampa Bay team in the

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01:14:03,560 --> 01:14:06,480
Speaker 3: worst division in football.

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01:14:06,200 --> 01:14:12,439
Speaker 2: Right, who just knocked off the NFC reigning champions Philadelphia and.

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01:14:16,360 --> 01:14:18,800
Speaker 3: In knock off one of the hottest teams in the

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Speaker 3: league this year. Yeah, that's a big game for Detroit

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01:14:24,400 --> 01:14:29,839
Speaker 3: because everything's set up for you. That's home, the home, cooking,

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01:14:30,439 --> 01:14:32,599
Speaker 3: the whole nine yard. Do you have faith in Jared Goff?

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01:14:32,920 --> 01:14:35,599
Speaker 5: I do. I've seen him get to the Super Bowl before.

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Speaker 3: Yes, you have.

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01:14:36,720 --> 01:14:38,519
Speaker 2: And by the way, to get there, they need a

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01:14:38,520 --> 01:14:40,760
Speaker 2: little help from a non call against the Saints, but

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01:14:40,760 --> 01:14:43,040
Speaker 2: they won a road playoff game against the Saints in

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Speaker 2: the NFC Championship.

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Speaker 3: And I also believe in Dan Campbell and the rest

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Speaker 3: of that coaching staff.

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Speaker 2: So yeah, here's the one thing about Detroit so defensively

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01:14:57,080 --> 01:14:58,760
Speaker 2: last year they were one of the worst teams in

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Speaker 2: the league, which is why they he didn't make the

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01:15:00,479 --> 01:15:03,519
Speaker 2: playoffs last year. And they realized that we're not a

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01:15:03,560 --> 01:15:05,479
Speaker 2: whole lot better this year. But we're trying to do

1434
01:15:05,640 --> 01:15:10,240
Speaker 2: one thing well and that's stopped the run. But teams

1435
01:15:10,320 --> 01:15:13,719
Speaker 2: are passing on them. The Rams were able to Puka Nikoua.

1436
01:15:13,960 --> 01:15:18,559
Speaker 2: Was was unreal in that game against the Lions. If

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01:15:18,600 --> 01:15:23,439
Speaker 2: I'm Baker Mayfield right now, I'm licking my chops. They

1438
01:15:23,439 --> 01:15:27,120
Speaker 2: have talent, Oh yeah, a lot of talent at wide receiver.

1439
01:15:27,600 --> 01:15:30,400
Speaker 2: They should be able to throw the ball well.

1440
01:15:31,040 --> 01:15:31,960
Speaker 3: Against the Lions.

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01:15:32,000 --> 01:15:34,479
Speaker 5: The problem and he has been for ten years straight.

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01:15:34,640 --> 01:15:37,120
Speaker 2: You got Godwin. You've got a lot of talented wide

1443
01:15:37,120 --> 01:15:38,360
Speaker 2: receiver in Tampa.

1444
01:15:38,439 --> 01:15:41,599
Speaker 3: Who has one thousand yards receiving in ten straight years.

1445
01:15:41,720 --> 01:15:43,920
Speaker 3: Oh guess what no one has except for him.

1446
01:15:43,960 --> 01:15:47,680
Speaker 2: Well, Mike Evans has now. I think it's going to

1447
01:15:47,720 --> 01:15:50,400
Speaker 2: be a shootout game. I think it's going to be

1448
01:15:50,400 --> 01:15:52,080
Speaker 2: I think it's going to be a high scoring game.

1449
01:15:52,240 --> 01:15:53,920
Speaker 2: I think it's going to be a shootout game. Whether

1450
01:15:53,920 --> 01:15:56,479
Speaker 2: it's not going to be a factor in Detroit, lookout

1451
01:15:56,600 --> 01:15:58,439
Speaker 2: points on the board. All right, coming up on the

1452
01:15:58,439 --> 01:15:59,800
Speaker 2: other side, we're going to get you ready for the

1453
01:15:59,840 --> 01:16:04,080
Speaker 2: next game on today's NFL slate as the forty nine Ers,

1454
01:16:04,120 --> 01:16:07,600
Speaker 2: the one seed get ready to take on the surprising

1455
01:16:07,680 --> 01:16:14,839
Speaker 2: Green Bay Packers. This is Fox Football Saturday. Steve Harmony

1456
01:16:14,880 --> 01:16:19,200
Speaker 2: from Saloon Fox Football Saturday Live from the Tirak dot

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Speaker 2: Com studios. Want to thank the gang today, Martin jumping

1458
01:16:22,080 --> 01:16:23,800
Speaker 2: in as he has done so often to give us

1459
01:16:23,800 --> 01:16:27,920
Speaker 2: all the updates out there. Patrick Patrick, I didn't see

1460
01:16:27,960 --> 01:16:32,920
Speaker 2: anything but permanent with this Saturday shift? Am I right

1461
01:16:32,960 --> 01:16:36,040
Speaker 2: on that? I think you are correct, Steve, Yes, Patrick

1462
01:16:36,160 --> 01:16:38,639
Speaker 2: is now permanent on the show. Lorena has to give

1463
01:16:38,680 --> 01:16:42,240
Speaker 2: the thumbs up thumbs down though, because she is now

1464
01:16:43,760 --> 01:16:47,000
Speaker 2: she's got the handclap. That's good, right, Yeah, he's working

1465
01:16:47,040 --> 01:16:51,160
Speaker 2: in all right, so he's he's cool for this, Lorena. Yeah. Yeah,

1466
01:16:51,200 --> 01:16:53,719
Speaker 2: he's a sweet guy. All right, you got that, Patrick,

1467
01:16:53,800 --> 01:16:58,160
Speaker 2: all right, great job today, guys, as always. All right,

1468
01:16:58,200 --> 01:17:00,840
Speaker 2: let's get ready for this game coming up here from

1469
01:17:00,880 --> 01:17:03,519
Speaker 2: as the forty nine Ers and the Packers get ready.

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01:17:04,600 --> 01:17:07,200
Speaker 2: We just saw the Ravens. By the way, they just

1471
01:17:07,200 --> 01:17:09,400
Speaker 2: put up a stat the Lamar Jackson just the sixth

1472
01:17:09,520 --> 01:17:13,160
Speaker 2: quarterback ever in NFL playoff history to have at least

1473
01:17:13,200 --> 01:17:16,679
Speaker 2: two rushing touchdowns and two passing touchdowns in the same game.

1474
01:17:17,240 --> 01:17:19,720
Speaker 2: So he left definitely lived up to the hype. But

1475
01:17:20,200 --> 01:17:22,679
Speaker 2: let's look down the rope. Let's assume the two number

1476
01:17:22,720 --> 01:17:25,639
Speaker 2: one seeds end up facing each other in the Super Bowl.

1477
01:17:25,680 --> 01:17:28,559
Speaker 2: We saw them earlier this year where the Ravens went

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01:17:28,600 --> 01:17:31,080
Speaker 2: into San Francisco and blew the doors off the forty

1479
01:17:31,200 --> 01:17:34,720
Speaker 2: nine ers. Do you see a clear difference between these

1480
01:17:34,760 --> 01:17:38,720
Speaker 2: two teams? Is that Ravens defense so dominant that they

1481
01:17:38,760 --> 01:17:43,439
Speaker 2: offset any dynamic weapons that the forty nine ers counter with.

1482
01:17:43,520 --> 01:17:44,439
Speaker 2: We saw it before.

1483
01:17:44,800 --> 01:17:45,240
Speaker 3: Do you think it.

1484
01:17:45,200 --> 01:17:48,400
Speaker 2: Would translate that way again in Las Vegas at the

1485
01:17:48,400 --> 01:17:48,840
Speaker 2: Super Bowl?

1486
01:17:48,920 --> 01:17:49,960
Speaker 5: Well, I think it'd be different.

1487
01:17:50,160 --> 01:17:55,519
Speaker 3: Right, once you've played a team at that caliber and

1488
01:17:55,560 --> 01:18:02,400
Speaker 3: they've beaten you or you've beaten them, expect Kyle Shanahan

1489
01:18:03,439 --> 01:18:06,400
Speaker 3: and the San Francisco forty nine Ers if they do

1490
01:18:06,520 --> 01:18:10,240
Speaker 3: meet in the Super Bowl, to make adjustments, right, to

1491
01:18:10,400 --> 01:18:12,360
Speaker 3: look at the things that didn't work, look at the

1492
01:18:12,360 --> 01:18:14,679
Speaker 3: things that they capitalize on and adjust to that.

1493
01:18:15,160 --> 01:18:17,200
Speaker 2: And then you are the Ravens, then you have to

1494
01:18:17,200 --> 01:18:19,280
Speaker 2: figure out what adjustments are they going to make.

1495
01:18:19,280 --> 01:18:24,600
Speaker 3: You have the advantage over the team that won. The

1496
01:18:24,640 --> 01:18:26,880
Speaker 3: team that lost has the advantage because now you get

1497
01:18:26,880 --> 01:18:28,479
Speaker 3: to see the team to one. This is what we're

1498
01:18:28,479 --> 01:18:29,320
Speaker 3: going to do to them again.

1499
01:18:29,439 --> 01:18:32,719
Speaker 2: Yeah, but can that be counter productive? You not only

1500
01:18:32,760 --> 01:18:36,200
Speaker 2: beat them, you beat them convincingly on their home field.

1501
01:18:36,680 --> 01:18:40,519
Speaker 2: Does that give you I wouldn't say complacency, but maybe

1502
01:18:40,600 --> 01:18:42,360
Speaker 2: a little sense of security.

1503
01:18:42,320 --> 01:18:45,360
Speaker 3: Yeah, we can get human nature human nature.

1504
01:18:45,280 --> 01:18:49,080
Speaker 2: Right, But you can't have that now John Harbaugh, I

1505
01:18:49,160 --> 01:18:50,680
Speaker 2: know as a veteran coach, So he's not going to

1506
01:18:50,800 --> 01:18:53,519
Speaker 2: let that happen exactly and say that game never happened.

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01:18:54,040 --> 01:18:57,200
Speaker 3: Wipe it out of your mind, that game never happen,

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01:18:57,240 --> 01:18:58,920
Speaker 3: because it won't be the same team that shows up.

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01:18:58,920 --> 01:19:02,160
Speaker 2: No, absolutely not. This will be a fully loaded forty

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01:19:02,240 --> 01:19:05,320
Speaker 2: nine er team. After watching a convincing victory for the

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01:19:05,400 --> 01:19:07,920
Speaker 2: Ravens today, I've got to believe we're gonna see what

1512
01:19:07,960 --> 01:19:11,040
Speaker 2: the same of the forty nine ers tonight, I would hope.

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01:19:11,080 --> 01:19:16,000
Speaker 2: So going against the seven seed Packers, a nine to eighteen, you.

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Speaker 3: Got one game to get it to the NFC Championship game.

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01:19:20,080 --> 01:19:21,680
Speaker 3: You can't let you can't squander that.

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01:19:22,240 --> 01:19:24,639
Speaker 2: All right, So we're going forty nine ers both today.

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01:19:25,080 --> 01:19:29,480
Speaker 2: So our picture tomorrow Tampa at Detroit.

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01:19:29,560 --> 01:19:30,160
Speaker 3: Who you taking?

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01:19:30,240 --> 01:19:34,040
Speaker 5: Detroit taking Detroit? I'm gonna rock with him.

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01:19:34,439 --> 01:19:37,719
Speaker 2: Oh, I'm rooting hard for I really, I'm rooting hard

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01:19:37,720 --> 01:19:38,600
Speaker 2: for Detroit.

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01:19:38,280 --> 01:19:40,880
Speaker 3: Even though I like the Baker Mayfield story. Yeah, I'm

1523
01:19:40,880 --> 01:19:43,439
Speaker 3: pulling for him, but I wont Detroit.

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01:19:43,600 --> 01:19:49,840
Speaker 2: And then the game of the week Chiefs at the Bills.

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01:19:51,680 --> 01:19:52,200
Speaker 5: Buffalo.

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01:19:52,600 --> 01:19:55,320
Speaker 2: I mean, I always say, close your eyes. Which quarterback's

1527
01:19:55,320 --> 01:19:57,479
Speaker 2: got a smile on his face as they as they

1528
01:19:57,520 --> 01:20:00,160
Speaker 2: come and embrace each other. Josh Allen and Patrick Maho.

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01:20:00,280 --> 01:20:04,840
Speaker 3: Those elements, manm hm, brother, those elements. Dosh Allen was

1530
01:20:04,840 --> 01:20:07,040
Speaker 3: built for those elements from Wyoming.

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Speaker 2: By the way, if the Chiefs do lose tomorrow and

1532
01:20:11,800 --> 01:20:14,160
Speaker 2: be absent from the AFC Championship Game for the first

1533
01:20:14,160 --> 01:20:17,160
Speaker 2: time after five straight years, do they have to do

1534
01:20:17,240 --> 01:20:20,040
Speaker 2: some soul search in the offseason they get back to

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01:20:20,120 --> 01:20:22,840
Speaker 2: where they want to be. You have arguably the greatest

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01:20:22,880 --> 01:20:24,000
Speaker 2: quarterback of his generation.

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01:20:24,280 --> 01:20:27,360
Speaker 3: So much soul searching. It's they have to shure up

1538
01:20:27,800 --> 01:20:32,080
Speaker 3: those weapons on the outside. They let too many games

1539
01:20:32,120 --> 01:20:35,680
Speaker 3: go with drop passes and opportunity squandered opportunities.

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01:20:35,840 --> 01:20:40,080
Speaker 2: Travis Kelsey, correct, he dropped a couple of passes, Yes

1541
01:20:40,120 --> 01:20:42,840
Speaker 2: he did. He's thirty four years old, nine Pro Bowls.

1542
01:20:42,840 --> 01:20:46,599
Speaker 2: I mean, he's Hall of Fame ticket punch, but not

1543
01:20:46,640 --> 01:20:47,599
Speaker 2: getting any younger.

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01:20:47,960 --> 01:20:48,360
Speaker 5: He is not.

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Speaker 2: It will be interesting if they can get this thing going.

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Speaker 2: All right, We have much more coming up here. Our

1547
01:20:53,360 --> 01:20:57,080
Speaker 2: coverage of the National Football League is without precedent. If

1548
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Speaker 2: you want all the latest on the Shield, keep it

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