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Speaker 1: You're listening to Fox Sports Radio, Oh, inching toward the holidays,

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Speaker 1: inching toward clarity in the NFL playoffs as well. And

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Speaker 1: we've all got multiple kinds of friends, right, maybe family

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Speaker 1: members too. You know, the people that you might see

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Speaker 1: and you see him every week and you really like them,

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Speaker 1: you might not even know their last name. Right, They're

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Speaker 1: just kind of someone on the periphery. They're not someone

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Speaker 1: that you would call when you really need a helping hand.

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Speaker 1: And that's Dak Prescott. I'm sorry. I don't know what

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Speaker 1: else to say here. This seems to be a repetitive story,

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Speaker 1: and I don't want to put this whole game all

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Speaker 1: on Dak Prescott. But it took about a week and

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Speaker 1: a half of Dak Prescott being talked about potentially as

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Speaker 1: an MVP favorite before we get the same reminder that

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Speaker 1: we get every time the snow and the rain start

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Speaker 1: to fall, which is that Dak Prescott is really good.

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Speaker 2: The Cowboys are really good.

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Speaker 1: They're good enough to beat all of the bad teams,

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Speaker 1: and they're just never seemingly good enough to beat the

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Speaker 1: good teams. They caught the Eagles at a really good time,

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Speaker 1: I would argue that. Plus I don't know right now

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Speaker 1: exactly how good the Eagles are. But Kyle, good evening,

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Speaker 1: Great to be with you as always, And it's just

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Speaker 1: another reminder we get into games like this and the

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Speaker 1: Cowboys they disappoint us every holiday season.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I think something that we saw on Thursday night.

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Speaker 3: You know, we seem to pick on the Chargers during

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Speaker 3: this show, so I'm sure we'll get into the Chargers

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Speaker 3: at some point. But I'm watching that game on Thursday

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Speaker 3: night and they put up the graphic and like chargering

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Speaker 3: and explaining what chargering is and how they seem to

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Speaker 3: always find a way to lose close games. Well, this

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Speaker 3: was cowboying.

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Speaker 4: This.

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Speaker 3: This is what has been the Achilles heel for the

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Speaker 3: twelve years playing against them, watching them this year. They

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Speaker 3: get into these games, whether it's a big game during

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Speaker 3: stuff to beat themselves. Certainly offensively, they did not play

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Speaker 3: very well today. It's far beyond just Dak's performance. You know,

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Speaker 3: certainly I talk about MVPs and how MVPs have to

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Speaker 3: that's the first time that we've really seen this Bills

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Speaker 3: seen the last couple of years. And again we'll get

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Speaker 3: But going back to the Cowboys and cowboying and doing

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Speaker 3: what the Cowboys have done over the last decade or so,

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Speaker 3: it's finding ways to beat themselves and it's usually through penalties.

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Speaker 3: You see that game today, the Buffalo Bills scored twenty

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Speaker 3: So you're looking at eighteen points that you just handed

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Speaker 3: when you should have. I mean, you could have just

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Speaker 3: you wanted to jump. You don't have great technique. Everyone

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Speaker 3: is to I didn't even play special teams Mark, and

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Speaker 3: Everybody's beat up. You look at that Dallas defense. They

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Speaker 1: Yeah, that's the other thing. I mean, there's almost a

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Speaker 1: the idea that a team can rush for two hundred

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Speaker 1: And that's what the Bills did, and they did it

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Speaker 3: But honestly, Mark, they've never been built for that. And

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Speaker 3: we have to run the football on these guys because again,

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Speaker 3: they're not built to hold up and stop the run.

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Speaker 3: They understand, Hey, we just have to stop the run

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Speaker 3: We can let DeMarcus Lawrence and Micah Parsons rush the passer.

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Speaker 3: And that's when this Dallas Cowboys defense is playing at

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Speaker 3: its best. Every single week. The opposing offense is going

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Speaker 3: always easy. There's a reason why this Dallas Cowboys defense

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Speaker 3: two years because they know they have to take the

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Speaker 3: To stick to the run, be patient, drive the football

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Speaker 3: those things. It's easier said and done. Everybody knows that's

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Speaker 3: the recipe for success against this Dallas Cowboys defense. But

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Speaker 3: Dan Quinn is a really, really good football coach and

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Speaker 3: that defense is really really good at taking the ball away.

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Speaker 3: But when they don't take the ball away, it's tough

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Speaker 2: I mean, this felt for dak as far as the MVP.

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Speaker 1: Race is concerned, this felt very much like the PAC

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Speaker 1: twelve title game. Bow Knicks goes in as one of

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Speaker 1: maybe two Heisman Trophy favorites, and even though the difference

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Speaker 1: here is that bow Knicks's team at least offensively, they

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Speaker 1: still they put up some points.

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Speaker 2: They just lost the football game.

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Speaker 1: And the minute they lost it, it's like he went

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Speaker 1: winning the award again. DAK is not ineligible. They've got

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Speaker 1: very very difficult games again the rest of the way,

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Speaker 1: and so there is still a scenario he rallies back.

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Speaker 1: It doesn't feel realistic though, for all the reasons we

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Speaker 1: brock Perdy has had his biggest games against their biggest opponents.

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Speaker 1: Doc has quite frankly done the opposite, and this felt

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Speaker 3: Today, I agree the the bow Knicks comparison. You know,

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Speaker 3: ultimately that's you know, you're going into the Pac twelve

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Speaker 3: Championship game. Theoretically the Heisman is supposed to be decided,

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Speaker 3: you know, kind of before postseason play, and he doesn't

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Speaker 3: have another opportunity to wheurs. When you look at DAK

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Speaker 3: and you look at the Dallas Cowboys upcoming games. We

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Speaker 3: Buffalo at Miami for twenty five on Fox next week,

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Speaker 3: then they got the Lions on Monday Night Football, and

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Speaker 3: you know, ultimately Ultimately, you've got two good football teams

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Speaker 3: I mentioned before, where it doesn't matter what else is

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Speaker 3: getting open. In order for him to get back into

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Speaker 3: you know, these two superhuman games, because again you're you're

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Speaker 3: towards the end of the year, you know, ultimately we'll

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Speaker 3: go back and you know it'll be okay.

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Speaker 4: They you know, they won.

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Speaker 3: Five straight and then they played against a desperate Buffalo

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Speaker 3: But then how did he respond? So I don't think

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Speaker 3: he has necessarily eliminated himself. I certainly believe at this

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Speaker 3: he's playing the Arizona Cardinals, but again he goes and

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Speaker 3: you know, he's got to be the clear cut favorite

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Speaker 3: Playoffs because they haven't played like the team that we

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Speaker 3: You know, the Buffalo Bills beat the Buffalo Bills more

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Speaker 3: to your point earlier, that's not something that we've seen

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Speaker 3: again I go back, that's Sean McDermott. Buffalo Bill's defensive football.

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Speaker 1: About to get started in Jacksonville. Ravens minus four. What

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Speaker 1: Yep, yep, they look good. That said, I love me

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Speaker 2: Sunday Night Football underway.

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Speaker 1: We're watching Ravens and Jags and down.

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Speaker 2: The stretch we come. That's true.

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Speaker 1: I hope your fantasy playoffs went well today and you've

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Speaker 1: and obviously we're well on our way to the holiday weekend,

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Speaker 2: But when you wake up and.

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Speaker 1: Nine in the morning my time, you get the news

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Speaker 1: Purdy For anyone who didn't watch that West Coast game,

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Speaker 4: In this game.

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Speaker 3: He threw four touchdown passes, zero interceptions. He's doing everything

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Speaker 3: he can to make sure that this offense is one

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Speaker 3: of the best offenses in football. And it's it's because

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Speaker 3: of him and his ability to go out there and

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Speaker 3: have a near perfect passer rating, not because for this

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Speaker 3: offense to be one of the best offenses in the league,

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Speaker 3: he has to throw it fifty times a game. That's

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Speaker 3: not what makes this offense one of the most difficult

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Speaker 3: offenses to defend. And you know, quite honestly, I always

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Speaker 3: said this too about quarterbacks who who can operate in

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Speaker 3: this capacity. When you're a guy that knows you're gonna

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Speaker 3: go out and throw it fifty five times a game,

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Speaker 3: it's almost like a team that lives by the three,

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Speaker 3: Like you don't really worry about it if you're down

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Speaker 3: eighteen twenty points at some point in the game. You know,

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Speaker 3: like Hey, we're gonna go on our run, like we'll

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Speaker 3: get shots up. Like it's not We're not really worried

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Speaker 3: about it. You know, when you're a quarterback that throws

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Speaker 3: it fifty times a week, you know, like, you know what,

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Speaker 3: I threw an interception or I let that one get away.

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Speaker 3: You know, a couple bad incompletion. It's okay, I'm gonna

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Speaker 3: throw it forty five more times the rest of the game.

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Speaker 3: When you're a quarterback who goes out and your stat

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Speaker 3: line is sixteen to twenty five, you're throwing it twenty

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Speaker 3: five times, you better make the most of those twenty

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Speaker 3: five pass attempts. And when you look at his stat

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Speaker 3: line week in and week out, you go right across it.

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Speaker 3: Completion percentage, touchdown to interception ratio rating sky high, almost perfect,

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Speaker 3: usually something more than one to zero in the touchdown

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Speaker 3: to interception ratio. And it's like, I feel like those

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Speaker 3: quarterbacks who operate in that space where it's not you

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Speaker 3: know Ben Roethlisberger back in the day where he was

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Speaker 3: going out and throwing it fifty five times every week

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Speaker 3: and they were just airing it out. That's that's more

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Speaker 3: difficult because again, it's like each and every one of

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Speaker 3: your attempts is magnified in importance because hey, like we

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Speaker 3: ran it first and second down, and now you need

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Speaker 3: to go make a play on third down. And that's

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Speaker 3: tough to do in the National Football League.

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Speaker 2: Yeah.

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Speaker 1: Well, and if it was all bubble screens, then then

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Speaker 1: you know, I think some people would have a point.

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Speaker 1: But the phrase that everyone's now yelling in the Bay

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Speaker 1: area is watch the games. Watch the games, because that's

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Speaker 1: not there's improvisation. There's downfield throwing. All of the analytics

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Speaker 1: have shown it. So I think he's got a stranglehold

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Speaker 1: on it now until he doesn't as Lamar Jackson moves

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Speaker 1: the ball down the field into plus territory on Sunday

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Speaker 1: Night football. So we'll keep an eye on that, and

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Speaker 1: in fact, Kevin Wirt is going to help us do that.

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Speaker 1: Let's find out what's trending right now.

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Speaker 6: Yes, Sunday Night football getting underway. They got about eight

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Speaker 6: and a half minutes to go in the first quarter,

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Speaker 6: no score yet between the Ravens and Jacksonville Jaguars. For Jacksonville, however,

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Speaker 6: the playoff race in the division especially getting a little

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Speaker 6: bit tight because earlier today we saw the Houston Texans

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Speaker 6: come from behind to beat the Tennessee Titans in overtime.

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Speaker 6: Final score in that one nineteen to sixteen. So entering

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Speaker 6: the Sunday night game, Houston just a half game back

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Speaker 6: for the AFC South lead. We had another thrilling comeback

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Speaker 6: in the game between the Browns and the Bears in.

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Speaker 3: A tie game seventeen all ready to go, step back,

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Speaker 3: balled out hop continue with the kickers up.

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Speaker 4: And the pick is gone.

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Speaker 5: And with thirty two second left, the Brown's lead twenty

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Speaker 5: to seventeen.

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Speaker 1: Thirty two second.

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Speaker 3: Clip and remember the Bears do not have a timeout.

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Speaker 6: Brown's radio network with the call as Cleveland was down

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Speaker 6: seventeen to seven entering the fourth quarter, but they were

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Speaker 6: able to score thirteen on answer to get the win

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Speaker 6: and they leap brought the Cincinnati Bengals into the number

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Speaker 6: five spot in the AFC playoff standings. Joe Flaco three

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Speaker 6: hundred and seventy four passing yards a couple of touchdowns,

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Speaker 6: but he also threw three interceptions. As for the NFC South,

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Speaker 6: Buccaneers pull away from the Packers thirty four to twenty.

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Speaker 6: Baker Mayfield of four passing touchdowns on the day, the

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Speaker 6: New Orleans Saints keep pace by beating the Giants twenty

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Speaker 6: four to six, Derek Carr three touchdowns, but the New

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Speaker 6: Orleans defensive story they held a g min to just

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Speaker 6: one hundred and ninety three yards of total offense on

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Speaker 6: the afternoon, and the Panthers dragging the Falcons out of

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Speaker 6: the lead. In the NFC South, they beat him in

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Speaker 6: a defensive struggle nine to seven. Chiefs topped the Patriots

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Speaker 6: twenty seven to seventeen. Dolphin shout out the Jets thirty

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Speaker 6: to nothing in the late afternoon window. These were largely blowouts,

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Speaker 6: although the game between the Commanders and the Rams got

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Speaker 6: a little bit close, but the Rams do win it

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Speaker 6: twenty eight to twenty one. It's a little interesting though

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Speaker 6: at the end. The Commanders down by at the time

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Speaker 6: fourteen points. They scored a touchdown to get within eight.

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Speaker 6: They had the extra point block. Now keep in mind

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Speaker 6: the Rams were favored by seven and the over under

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Speaker 6: was forty eight and a half and this block came

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Speaker 6: with under two minutes to go, so that really had

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Speaker 6: a bit again. Back there in Los Angeles, forty nine

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Speaker 6: Ers bought the Cardinals forty five to twenty nine. Christian McCaffrey.

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Speaker 6: Just another outstanding game, one hundred and fifteen yards on

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Speaker 6: the ground, a couple of touchdowns. Brock party through for

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Speaker 6: four touchdowns, two of them to Christian McCaffrey, the other

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Speaker 6: two to Deebo Samuel and the Bills blow out the

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Speaker 6: Cowboys thirty one to ten. Dak Prescott really struggling on

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Speaker 6: the afternoon. Just one hundred and thirty four yards and

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Speaker 6: an interception. Was James Cook the star of this game.

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Speaker 6: One hundred and seventy nine yards and a touchdown on

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Speaker 6: the ground forty eight yard forty two yards and a

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Speaker 6: touchdown through the air. And in the NBA, we do

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Speaker 6: have a couple of games in action right now. Bucks

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Speaker 6: leading the Rockets eighty three to seventy six there midway

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Speaker 6: through the third quarter. Wizards on top of the Sun's

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Speaker 6: twenty nine to twenty one. They early in the second

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Speaker 6: Celtics with a one fourteen ninety seven win. Earlier today

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Speaker 6: against the Magic Pelicans blow out the Spurs one forty

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Speaker 6: six to one.

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Speaker 1: Ten. Back to you guys, Okay, Kevin, great stuff. We're

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Speaker 1: live in thee Tirack dot Com studios, and remember that

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Speaker 1: You'll see the show posted right after we get off

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Speaker 1: of the air. By the way, that MVP conversation we're having,

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Speaker 1: and you know, Kevin mentions the day that Christian McCaffrey had,

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Speaker 1: and you know, it's funny kind of the the audience

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Speaker 1: in the Bay Area. You mentioned brock Proty MVP today

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Speaker 1: because I do think that he firmly took the lead

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Speaker 1: in the race, and a lot of people went, oh, wait, no,

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Speaker 1: you wrote the wrong forty nine or you mean you

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Speaker 1: mean Christian McCaffrey took the lead for MVP. Eighteen carries,

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Speaker 1: one hundred and fifteen yards and a touchdown, five catches

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Speaker 1: seventy two yards and two more touchdowns. There's no way

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Speaker 1: to minimize who this guy has been. He's been the

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Speaker 1: running back version of Tyreek Hill this year in the NFL.

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Speaker 2: That's clear. But what do you think about that, Kyle?

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Speaker 1: Any chance that them being teammates sort of splits the

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Speaker 1: vote a little bit? I don't.

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Speaker 4: I don't think it does.

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Speaker 3: Again, I feel like in this world that we live

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Speaker 3: in in terms of the most valuable player of the NFL,

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Speaker 3: you know, it's a quarterback, and it's honestly it's a

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Speaker 3: quarterback until you know the quarterbacks do something to not

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Speaker 3: deserve it. And I feel like, you know, you mentioned

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Speaker 3: Dak kind of eliminating himself today with his performance. Well,

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Speaker 3: you know, Brock goes out and plays a near perfect

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Speaker 3: football game, and you know, it's the same way that

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Speaker 3: you know for just all these other positions are viewed

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Speaker 3: as like you know, for Christian Well, the offensive line

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Speaker 3: has to block for him to be able to have

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Speaker 3: over one hundred yards on the ground and a touchdown,

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Speaker 3: and he doesn't have the wide open, lay on the

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Speaker 3: ground touchdown if Brock doesn't extend the play and escape

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Speaker 3: the pocket out the left side and hit him down

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Speaker 3: the field for that touchdown. So I feel like the

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Speaker 3: non quarterbacks always get penalized because oftentimes what they do

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Speaker 3: is reliant on others, and certainly quarterbacks have to have

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Speaker 3: somebody catch the ball, they have to have protection. But

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Speaker 3: usually the you know, the quarterbacks are the one with

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Speaker 3: the ball on every play and they're orchestrating everything and

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Speaker 3: you know, they're the ones extending the plays, making the

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Speaker 4: So you know, I again, I I firmly believe that.

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Speaker 3: This was you know, you know, Christian had had an

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Speaker 3: opportunity this year because we've talked about there really isn't

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Speaker 3: a quarterback who's running away with it. But now that

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Speaker 3: Broc is, you know, really taking this offense and grab

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Speaker 3: the bull by the horns after their three game skid,

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Speaker 3: I feel like that's what hurts Christian's chances the most.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, it's one of those things where people go, gosh,

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Speaker 1: it's sunned into a quarterback award and I'm like, it is, yeah.

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Speaker 2: But my response to that is, yeah.

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Speaker 4: Because they're the most valuable player.

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Speaker 2: The argument that it should be.

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Speaker 3: It's I mean, why look at pull up the highest

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Speaker 3: paid players in football, right, I mean the discrepancy between

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Speaker 3: quarterbacks and the next closest position is for a reason.

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Speaker 3: You know, again, these are it's not just the most

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Speaker 3: valuable player in our league. The quarterback position is the

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Speaker 3: most valuable position on every team in sports.

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Speaker 1: It's the most important position in sports, I would argue,

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Speaker 1: all right, coming up next, we got all kinds of

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Speaker 1: mysterious things happening before tomorrow night's game in Seattle. We'll

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Speaker 1: get into that along with Kyle Rudolph Mark Willard, Fox

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Speaker 1: Sports Radio. We're live ty rag dot com Studios. That's

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Speaker 1: Kyle Rudolph on Mark Willard. Good evening to you wherever

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Speaker 1: you're bringing us in here across the land on Fox

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Speaker 1: Sports Radio. Ravens and Jags playing as we speak, and

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Speaker 1: everything else going on around the league is on the table,

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Speaker 1: including what's coming up tomorrow night.

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Speaker 2: Kyle, what's your take on this?

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Speaker 1: It's like, not only are the Eagles sort of changing

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Speaker 1: defensive coordinators, and I mean I sort of love the

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Speaker 1: way they did it. They're like, well, this guy's going

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Speaker 1: to go up to the booth and Matt Patricia is gonna,

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Speaker 1: you know, sort of put the plays in and we're

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Speaker 1: going to do this on the downloads. Like you just

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Speaker 1: changed defensive coordinators. I don't care what words you want

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Speaker 1: to use in order to say this, and this is

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Speaker 1: not something that you do under the radar in the

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Speaker 1: middle of a season. What do you think that this

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Speaker 1: is like for the players to have this kind of

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Speaker 1: a shift in the middle of what they're doing.

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Speaker 3: Well, I don't think it's really much for the players,

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Speaker 3: because you know, again, Matt Patrici's he's been around, he's

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Speaker 3: been the building. It's like they're just completely changing everything.

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Speaker 3: They're changing the play caller. But the thing that got

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Speaker 3: me was more just the nonchalant announcement and like positioning

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Speaker 3: of it. Just come out and say that your defense

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Speaker 3: has not been very good and we're going to change

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Speaker 3: play colors. You know, you look at this Eagles defense,

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Speaker 3: a defense that has you know, talent across the board,

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Speaker 3: and you look at statistically where they're at, you know,

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Speaker 3: twenty second in total defense, twenty eight and passing twenty

652
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Speaker 3: eight in scoring, thirtieth in red zone defense, and probably

653
00:36:21,520 --> 00:36:26,120
Speaker 3: the most important statistic, third down defense. They're last in

654
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Speaker 3: the NFL. They can't get off the field, so you

655
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Speaker 3: don't just take a guy from the booth and put

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Speaker 3: him on the field and have somebody else install the plays.

657
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Speaker 3: If your defense is good. They're switching because they feel

658
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Speaker 3: like they're not getting the most out of the talent

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Speaker 3: that they have on that side of the ball, and

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Speaker 3: clearly the statistics back that decision.

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Speaker 1: You're still mad at me for saying that the Eagles

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00:36:55,719 --> 00:36:58,440
Speaker 1: are a better version of last year's Vikings. I like,

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Speaker 1: I know, a much better than that vikings, right, But

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Speaker 1: that's I love my Vikings.

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Speaker 2: They're a better version of it.

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Speaker 1: Like I I just all I'm trying to get across

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Speaker 1: with that is that the Eagles, when they waltzed in

668
00:37:13,040 --> 00:37:16,520
Speaker 1: two weeks ago at ten and one record wise, head

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Speaker 1: and shoulders above the league, I'm like, this is out

670
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Speaker 1: a whack at minimum. This is they are not They're

671
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Speaker 1: not I didn't even think and neither did you. They're

672
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Speaker 1: not even the best team in the NFC. I don't

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Speaker 1: even know if they're one of the best two teams

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Speaker 1: in the NFC.

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Speaker 3: They certainly haven't been playing like it the last three

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Speaker 3: to four weeks, you know, call it the last month.

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Speaker 3: But ultimately, like when I when I look at this

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Speaker 3: Philadelphia Eagles team and the winning culture that they have

679
00:37:42,200 --> 00:37:45,600
Speaker 3: there and the experience, the veteran leadership that they have there,

680
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Speaker 3: you know they know they're not playing up to their standard.

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Speaker 3: When you know again, I love my Vikings and that team.

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Speaker 3: You know, when I look at the games that they

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Speaker 3: were winning last year. Just look at the Buffalo game

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Speaker 3: for instance, Like you throw a prayer up to Justin

685
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Speaker 3: Jefferson on fourth and seventeen and he hauls it in

686
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Speaker 3: with one hand, guys all over him. But that wasn't

687
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Speaker 3: even enough. You know, you had the Bills had the ball,

688
00:38:13,719 --> 00:38:17,640
Speaker 3: taking a knee with the game over, and Josh Allen

689
00:38:17,640 --> 00:38:20,239
Speaker 3: fumbled it in the end zone and they ultimately got

690
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Speaker 3: the ball and score a touchdown it and win the game.

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Speaker 3: So like to me, when I think about all of

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Speaker 3: the close games that the Vikings were winning.

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Speaker 4: Last year, it was crazy stuff like that.

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Speaker 3: To whereas when I watched that Philadelphia Eagles team through

695
00:38:34,200 --> 00:38:37,440
Speaker 3: the first eleven weeks of the season, not once did

696
00:38:37,480 --> 00:38:40,280
Speaker 3: I really feel like, oh man, that Eagles team got lucky.

697
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Speaker 3: Like they just know how to win close games. And

698
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Speaker 3: when you play the style that they play, where you're

699
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Speaker 3: going to rely on the ground game, you're going to

700
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Speaker 3: run the football more. Yeah, Aj Brown gets involved, Vante Smith,

701
00:38:55,000 --> 00:38:57,600
Speaker 3: they throw it when they have to. You're going to

702
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Speaker 3: play close football games. But when I go through those

703
00:39:01,680 --> 00:39:06,080
Speaker 3: rankings from your defense, and you're twenty eight and scoring

704
00:39:06,360 --> 00:39:09,560
Speaker 3: thirty in red zone and last and third down, You're

705
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Speaker 3: not gonna win many close games when you can't get

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Speaker 3: off the field on third down, when you can't stop

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Speaker 3: people and hold them to field goals when they get

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Speaker 3: in the red zone. So I'll be very curious to

709
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Speaker 3: see kind of how this defense comes out in play

710
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Speaker 3: tomorrow night. And then certainly now everybody will be talking

711
00:39:25,719 --> 00:39:27,680
Speaker 3: about the health of the quarterback. You know, he's flying

712
00:39:27,719 --> 00:39:29,480
Speaker 3: across the country by himself because they don't want to

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Speaker 3: get anything else sick. That's certainly not standard operating procedure

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Speaker 3: for us traveling to games.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, no, no doubt about it. And oh, by the way,

716
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Speaker 1: both quarterbacks suddenly pop up as a question mark because

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Speaker 1: everything all week long sounded like it was trending towards

718
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Speaker 1: Geno Smith being ready to rock and ready to roll

719
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Speaker 1: them arow night, and all of a sudden you can

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Speaker 1: sort of read between the lines, not just because they

721
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Speaker 1: tag them as questionable. You can see when Adam Shefter

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Speaker 1: tweets on a Sunday morning there's a real chance that

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Speaker 1: Drew Locke plays tomorrow night. That tells you that something

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Speaker 1: is is not quite right.

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Speaker 2: So more on that.

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Speaker 1: Plus the Under the Radar Coach of the Year candidate

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Speaker 1: is coming up around the corner with Kyle Rudolph Mark Willard.

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Speaker 1: I'm endlessly fascinated division by division, especially in the AFC.

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Speaker 1: It's been such an odd ride the AFC South. We're

742
00:40:59,560 --> 00:41:02,799
Speaker 1: watching the Jaguars tonight in a game that obviously you

743
00:41:02,840 --> 00:41:04,960
Speaker 1: know they're an underdog. This is going to be difficult

744
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Speaker 1: for them to see if they can pull one out

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Speaker 1: and therefore stay ahead of the game in the AFC South.

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Speaker 1: If they can't, you're gonna have a three way tie

747
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Speaker 1: at eight and six, and that's with Gardner Minshew's Indianapolis

748
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Speaker 1: Colts and then Tamiko Ryans Houston Texans. And one thing

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Speaker 1: I've noticed when it comes to season awards, MVP included,

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Speaker 1: people love to see what you can do when you're

751
00:41:34,239 --> 00:41:38,719
Speaker 1: not at your best. We still sit here today, and

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Speaker 1: I think that to a degree it will be held

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Speaker 1: against Brock Purty a little bit that when Trent Williams

754
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Speaker 1: and Deebo Samuel were out for three games, the forty

755
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Speaker 1: nine ers average seventeen points a game and went owen three.

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Speaker 2: There's no time for context.

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Speaker 1: Like a kicker missing a game winning kicker or any

758
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Speaker 1: of that stuff. That's just not the way our world operates.

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00:42:00,280 --> 00:42:03,839
Speaker 1: The bottom line is the offense was less than when

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Speaker 1: Brock didn't have.

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Speaker 2: A couple of his pieces.

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Speaker 1: What about Demico Ryans when we have a discussion about

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Speaker 1: Coach of the Year, I don't know where their season

764
00:42:14,120 --> 00:42:16,080
Speaker 1: is going. They may or may not make the playoffs

765
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Speaker 1: and they're only eight and six. But a day like today,

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Speaker 1: when you're down and you've got to grind, and you're

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Speaker 1: doing it with case Keenum and if memory serves, this

768
00:42:27,400 --> 00:42:32,120
Speaker 1: is probably a guy you know pretty well, and he

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Speaker 1: hadn't played in a while, and he went out there

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Speaker 1: and he threw a pick six early in the game,

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Speaker 1: and the Titans were up thirteen to nothing, and all

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Speaker 1: of these things happen, and then you do this, You

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Speaker 1: do this, you grind out a win in overtime, and

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Speaker 1: you stay ahead of the curb. And my guess is

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Speaker 1: that CJ. Stroud is going to be back next week.

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Speaker 1: And sure they're not the best team in the league,

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Speaker 1: but my god, they're the Houston Texans and they were

778
00:42:57,920 --> 00:43:01,520
Speaker 1: supposed to be a complete mes us this year and

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00:43:01,800 --> 00:43:04,080
Speaker 1: they're eight and six, and who knows, they may end

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Speaker 1: up winning this division.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, and I think Dimiko Ryan's definitely deserves to be

782
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Speaker 3: talked about in coach of the Year conversations because of

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Speaker 3: exactly what you just said that going into this year,

784
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Speaker 3: you're talking about a team that had the number two

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00:43:19,480 --> 00:43:23,800
Speaker 3: and three overall picks. You know, they take CJ. Stroud

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Speaker 3: and Will Anderson at two in three and a team

787
00:43:26,680 --> 00:43:30,520
Speaker 3: that early in the season we talked about the skill position.

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Speaker 3: You know, Robert Woods is really the only name for

789
00:43:33,960 --> 00:43:39,360
Speaker 3: people outside of fantasy football owners would recognize on this team.

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Speaker 3: And you know, Dalton Schultz comes over from the Cowboys,

791
00:43:42,400 --> 00:43:48,200
Speaker 3: and everybody's like, you are essentially taking less money over

792
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Speaker 3: one year to go play for the other team in Texas.

793
00:43:51,760 --> 00:43:53,800
Speaker 3: That's not going to be any good. Like, why would

794
00:43:53,800 --> 00:43:56,200
Speaker 3: you leave the Dallas Cowboys to go play for the

795
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Speaker 3: Houston Texans. They're not going to be any good. So

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Speaker 3: when you look at the expectations and what Demico has

797
00:44:02,000 --> 00:44:05,040
Speaker 3: been able to do for this team, I think that

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00:44:05,280 --> 00:44:11,200
Speaker 3: definitely puts him in the conversation. I think what they

799
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Speaker 3: do the next three weeks could solidify him as a

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Speaker 3: legitimate contender to win Coach of the Year. I think

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Speaker 3: if this is a team that wins the AFC South

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Speaker 3: and hosts a playoff game, you have to give it

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Speaker 3: to him.

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Speaker 4: It's it's it's again.

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Speaker 3: It's a team that no one had any expectations for

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00:44:33,480 --> 00:44:36,760
Speaker 3: and you have a first time, first year head coach

807
00:44:37,200 --> 00:44:41,839
Speaker 3: come in completely change, you know, the recent culture of

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Speaker 3: a place. He's got one of you don't even say

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Speaker 3: the best young quarterbacks, he's got one of the best

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Speaker 3: quarterbacks period in the NFL, and CJ. Stroud in the

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Speaker 3: way that he's playing. You know, I think you look

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00:44:56,000 --> 00:44:59,680
Speaker 3: at this Houston Texans defense. If there's anything that I think,

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Speaker 3: to MEE probably looks at and isn't happy with, it's

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Speaker 3: the way that his defense is played throughout the course

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Speaker 3: of the year and kind of where they rank statistically

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Speaker 3: throughout the NFL. And I promise you he's gonna get

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Speaker 3: it fixed, you know, because I've played against his defenses before.

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00:45:14,600 --> 00:45:17,840
Speaker 3: They're always really good. He will get that fixed. And

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Speaker 3: I think this is a team that is going to

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Speaker 3: be one who contests in the AFC South for the

821
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Speaker 3: foreseeable future. And again, I feel like we always find

822
00:45:31,680 --> 00:45:35,480
Speaker 3: our way back to this same conversation. How much talent

823
00:45:35,600 --> 00:45:38,480
Speaker 3: can you put around a quarterback who's on a rookie

824
00:45:38,520 --> 00:45:42,040
Speaker 3: contract and now you have one who is really good

825
00:45:42,360 --> 00:45:45,360
Speaker 3: who's not making that much money. What do you do

826
00:45:45,480 --> 00:45:47,960
Speaker 3: with the rest of the dollars? So in the next

827
00:45:48,040 --> 00:45:51,359
Speaker 3: three to four year window, you push all of your

828
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Speaker 3: chips in and try to get over the top. So

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Speaker 3: I definitely think Tmiko deserves to be in the conversation.

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Speaker 3: I think things could get really interesting. You know, they're

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Speaker 3: going to go play two out of the next three weeks.

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00:46:03,600 --> 00:46:09,719
Speaker 3: They have AFC playoff contenders, and ultimately, you know who knows.

833
00:46:09,800 --> 00:46:12,840
Speaker 3: Who knows what happens tonight, Who knows what happens with

834
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Speaker 3: the Jags down the stretch. We could have a Texans

835
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Speaker 3: Colts AFC South championship game in Indy on January seventh, right.

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Speaker 1: Right, Yeah, you look at what's going the rest of

837
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Speaker 1: the way, and it's not all that scary. I get.

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Speaker 1: You know, some of these teams, they're all three of

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Speaker 1: them are solid enough. But you know the quarterbacks that

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00:46:36,880 --> 00:46:39,160
Speaker 1: the Texans will play over the next three weeks, or

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00:46:39,239 --> 00:46:42,879
Speaker 1: Joe Flacco, Will Levis and Gardner Minshew and actually, if

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00:46:42,880 --> 00:46:45,480
Speaker 1: you look at their schedule as a whole, that is

843
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Speaker 1: something that jumps out a little bit. And this is

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Speaker 1: not to take anything away from them, but you wonder,

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Speaker 1: let's say Houston does make the playoffs.

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Speaker 2: All right, what do you look like against a Mahomes?

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Speaker 1: What do you look like against if you play Josh Allen.

848
00:47:02,880 --> 00:47:06,319
Speaker 1: Now they played Lamar Jackson that was week one of

849
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Speaker 1: the entire season, and oh, by the way, lost by

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Speaker 1: double digits. They played Joe Burrow about a month ago,

851
00:47:14,280 --> 00:47:17,640
Speaker 1: early November, and they won that game even though Burrow

852
00:47:17,640 --> 00:47:19,520
Speaker 1: moved the ball up and down the field. Pretty good,

853
00:47:19,600 --> 00:47:24,399
Speaker 1: high scoring game. Thirty to twenty seven. Outside of that, sure,

854
00:47:24,440 --> 00:47:29,200
Speaker 1: there's their two games against Trevor Lawrence and he's.

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Speaker 2: No slouch, but a division mate.

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Speaker 1: But you look at what's missing from their schedule, and

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Speaker 1: that's really the only thing very impressive. At eight and six,

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Speaker 1: I guess the win in Cincy is the signature, if

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Speaker 1: you will, But you'd love to see I look forward

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Speaker 1: to the days where we see, OKAYCJ, let's see what

861
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Speaker 1: you got against the Krem de la creme. The Texans

862
00:47:55,840 --> 00:47:59,000
Speaker 1: are playing, you know, they're playing I don't remember where

863
00:47:59,040 --> 00:48:01,560
Speaker 1: exactly what place they were in last year, but they're

864
00:48:01,600 --> 00:48:04,480
Speaker 1: they're playing a schedule that's down the board and so

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00:48:04,520 --> 00:48:06,800
Speaker 1: they don't have to face any of those elite teams.

866
00:48:06,840 --> 00:48:08,399
Speaker 1: It would be fun to get a chance to see

867
00:48:08,400 --> 00:48:10,560
Speaker 1: them do that later in January.

868
00:48:12,239 --> 00:48:17,920
Speaker 3: Absolutely, you know, I think Cincinnati at Cincinnati, when Cincinnati

869
00:48:18,040 --> 00:48:20,799
Speaker 3: was playing at its best, is got to be kind

870
00:48:20,840 --> 00:48:23,280
Speaker 3: of the crown jewel of their wins for the season.

871
00:48:23,360 --> 00:48:27,440
Speaker 3: But you know, a twenty point win in Jacksonville isn't

872
00:48:27,480 --> 00:48:30,280
Speaker 3: a slouch either, And you know, honestly, this is that's

873
00:48:30,320 --> 00:48:33,920
Speaker 3: the nature of the NFL scheduling. You know, like I said,

874
00:48:34,520 --> 00:48:37,919
Speaker 3: this team came into the season with zero expectations. Why

875
00:48:37,960 --> 00:48:40,719
Speaker 3: were there no expectations because they were the worst team

876
00:48:40,800 --> 00:48:44,440
Speaker 3: in their division last year. Therefore they have the easiest

877
00:48:44,440 --> 00:48:47,399
Speaker 3: schedule this year. That's the way things work. If you're

878
00:48:47,440 --> 00:48:50,960
Speaker 3: the fourth place team, you will have the easiest schedule

879
00:48:51,040 --> 00:48:55,240
Speaker 3: on paper in your division. And you know that's why

880
00:48:55,320 --> 00:48:58,120
Speaker 3: you see you go through their schedule and they don't

881
00:48:58,120 --> 00:49:01,160
Speaker 3: really have these big games you see from maybe some

882
00:49:01,200 --> 00:49:04,640
Speaker 3: of the other teams in the AFC with your you know,

883
00:49:05,400 --> 00:49:09,360
Speaker 3: Dolphins and Chiefs and even Jaguars, Brown's Bills, you know,

884
00:49:09,440 --> 00:49:14,080
Speaker 3: playing each other Ravens because Houston was the fourth place

885
00:49:14,160 --> 00:49:17,400
Speaker 3: team in the AFC South last year, so they don't

886
00:49:17,440 --> 00:49:21,520
Speaker 3: have a hard strength to schedule. But again, I think

887
00:49:22,000 --> 00:49:27,280
Speaker 3: this is a team if they're hosting a home playoff game.

888
00:49:28,120 --> 00:49:30,799
Speaker 3: I just talked about Tamiko Ryans and his defense. You know,

889
00:49:31,280 --> 00:49:33,600
Speaker 3: I think he can he could get that defense up

890
00:49:33,640 --> 00:49:38,240
Speaker 3: to go play really hard, sound, fundamental football for a game.

891
00:49:38,880 --> 00:49:40,200
Speaker 4: And you hand it to C. J.

892
00:49:40,360 --> 00:49:43,000
Speaker 3: Stroud and say, hey, can can you score with any

893
00:49:43,000 --> 00:49:45,759
Speaker 3: other quarterback in the AFC that comes here. You know

894
00:49:45,840 --> 00:49:51,560
Speaker 3: it's potentially Garner, Mitchew or Jake Browning or Joe Flacco

895
00:49:51,920 --> 00:49:54,600
Speaker 3: or maybe Charlor Lawrence. If you win the division coming

896
00:49:54,760 --> 00:49:58,279
Speaker 3: down to Houston, absolutely you know it's could be a

897
00:49:58,280 --> 00:50:00,880
Speaker 3: team that could possibly win a player if that's the

898
00:50:00,880 --> 00:50:02,040
Speaker 3: way things shake out.

899
00:50:02,600 --> 00:50:04,520
Speaker 2: No doubt there. I mean, I think there are a

900
00:50:04,520 --> 00:50:07,560
Speaker 2: few teams. You look up and down that AFC board

901
00:50:07,560 --> 00:50:08,560
Speaker 2: and it's so wild.

902
00:50:08,600 --> 00:50:12,400
Speaker 1: There's the things we thought we could count on, and

903
00:50:12,880 --> 00:50:15,279
Speaker 1: to a degree we are counting on them. We thought

904
00:50:15,280 --> 00:50:18,240
Speaker 1: we could count on the Chiefs. Are people are counting

905
00:50:18,239 --> 00:50:20,520
Speaker 1: on the Ravens. I think the Jaguars are going to

906
00:50:20,560 --> 00:50:23,080
Speaker 1: find their way into the playoffs, even if they sort

907
00:50:23,080 --> 00:50:25,799
Speaker 1: of have a hiccup here that leads to a three

908
00:50:25,840 --> 00:50:28,080
Speaker 1: way tie, Like that's a team that was supposed to

909
00:50:28,080 --> 00:50:30,640
Speaker 1: win the division and they've led the division. I know

910
00:50:30,719 --> 00:50:33,239
Speaker 1: Buffalo has been a surprise. Miami maybe a little bit

911
00:50:33,239 --> 00:50:35,839
Speaker 1: better than we thought. But there's so much sitting there

912
00:50:35,840 --> 00:50:38,719
Speaker 1: in the middle. And I think about the teams that

913
00:50:38,880 --> 00:50:42,560
Speaker 1: people don't want to see if they get there, and

914
00:50:42,800 --> 00:50:46,680
Speaker 1: and I know also CJ. Stroud, like, gosh, if they

915
00:50:46,719 --> 00:50:49,799
Speaker 1: do get there, what's the receiving corps look like? Because

916
00:50:49,800 --> 00:50:53,399
Speaker 1: it's an exciting young receiving corps. But now Tank Dell

917
00:50:53,560 --> 00:50:56,640
Speaker 1: out for the year, Nico Collins out for now. So

918
00:50:57,120 --> 00:51:00,000
Speaker 1: we'll see about all that. But there's some terrifying stuff

919
00:51:00,239 --> 00:51:05,840
Speaker 1: like Houston's offense, Cleveland's defense. If I've got to face

920
00:51:05,920 --> 00:51:10,000
Speaker 1: these teams in the playoffs, that's that'll get your attention,

921
00:51:10,400 --> 00:51:10,960
Speaker 1: no question.

922
00:51:12,280 --> 00:51:18,840
Speaker 3: Yeah, And speaking of teams that terrify you, there's a

923
00:51:19,040 --> 00:51:23,680
Speaker 3: legitimate inside track for the Buffalo Bills to somehow magically

924
00:51:23,719 --> 00:51:26,640
Speaker 3: win the AFC East and host a home playoff game,

925
00:51:26,719 --> 00:51:29,800
Speaker 3: and someone is going to ultimately have to go to Buffalo.

926
00:51:29,840 --> 00:51:32,680
Speaker 3: You look in and you look at the standings. You know,

927
00:51:32,719 --> 00:51:37,560
Speaker 3: they're two games back of Miami right now, they currently

928
00:51:37,640 --> 00:51:42,960
Speaker 3: hold the tiebreaker, and they play them January seventh, last

929
00:51:43,000 --> 00:51:47,680
Speaker 3: game of the year. Miami's next two games Dallas at Baltimore.

930
00:51:48,160 --> 00:51:51,920
Speaker 3: So theoretically, all that has to happen is they stub

931
00:51:52,000 --> 00:51:54,120
Speaker 3: their toe in one of the next two and the

932
00:51:54,200 --> 00:52:00,640
Speaker 3: Bills have a AFC East championship game in Miami against

933
00:52:00,680 --> 00:52:04,520
Speaker 3: the Dolphins Week eighteen. Win it, and guess what, somebody

934
00:52:04,560 --> 00:52:07,480
Speaker 3: has to come to Buffalo in January. And you know, again,

935
00:52:07,520 --> 00:52:09,799
Speaker 3: this was a team that at one point was sitting

936
00:52:09,840 --> 00:52:12,719
Speaker 3: at the eleven twelve spot in the AFC.

937
00:52:13,760 --> 00:52:14,840
Speaker 2: And the Bills.

938
00:52:14,880 --> 00:52:19,200
Speaker 1: Next two games Chargers and Patriots games they should win,

939
00:52:19,760 --> 00:52:22,759
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944
00:52:37,440 --> 00:52:40,520
Speaker 1: It's a conversation that has been thread throughout the entire

945
00:52:41,040 --> 00:52:44,319
Speaker 1: NFL season, and I feel like each week it goes

946
00:52:44,440 --> 00:52:48,520
Speaker 1: up another step on the staircase, and we've got to

947
00:52:48,640 --> 00:52:51,120
Speaker 1: talk this out. Is this the wave of the future

948
00:52:51,880 --> 00:52:54,000
Speaker 1: or is the bubble gonna burst? I'll tell you what

949
00:52:54,000 --> 00:52:56,840
Speaker 1: we're talking about coming up next with Kyle Rudolph on

950
00:52:56,960 --> 00:52:57,480
Speaker 1: Mark Willard.

951
00:52:57,520 --> 00:53:00,400
Speaker 2: This is Fox Sports Radio, Mark.

952
00:53:00,280 --> 00:53:04,879
Speaker 1: Willard, Kyle Rudolph Live, Tyrack dot Com Studios. I mean, Kyle,

953
00:53:04,920 --> 00:53:07,680
Speaker 1: before we move any further, I guess we should we

954
00:53:07,719 --> 00:53:10,440
Speaker 1: should mention this show doesn't have Brendon Stay to kick

955
00:53:10,480 --> 00:53:11,280
Speaker 1: around anymore.

956
00:53:13,640 --> 00:53:16,040
Speaker 3: No, but I still think we have to talk about

957
00:53:16,080 --> 00:53:19,840
Speaker 3: it because it happened between our last show.

958
00:53:19,640 --> 00:53:20,280
Speaker 2: And this show.

959
00:53:21,640 --> 00:53:25,560
Speaker 4: If we be remissed, I'd be remissed to not talk

960
00:53:25,640 --> 00:53:26,160
Speaker 4: about it.

961
00:53:26,960 --> 00:53:31,080
Speaker 3: I mean, I think it's just yeah, I mean, it

962
00:53:31,120 --> 00:53:33,640
Speaker 3: could there have been kind of a more poetic way

963
00:53:33,719 --> 00:53:37,800
Speaker 3: for things to end. You know, this is the biggest

964
00:53:37,800 --> 00:53:41,760
Speaker 3: thing that always drove me nuts, and I never root

965
00:53:41,840 --> 00:53:44,800
Speaker 3: for anyone to lose their job. I hate when coaches

966
00:53:44,840 --> 00:53:47,719
Speaker 3: lose their job, not because of the head coach. The

967
00:53:47,760 --> 00:53:50,080
Speaker 3: head coach is fine. You know, he's probably gonna get

968
00:53:50,120 --> 00:53:53,239
Speaker 3: paid some crazy amount of money over the next two

969
00:53:53,280 --> 00:53:56,200
Speaker 3: years to theoretically not work if he doesn't want to.

970
00:53:56,760 --> 00:54:00,920
Speaker 3: But everyone else on his staff, and you're position coaches

971
00:54:00,960 --> 00:54:04,160
Speaker 3: and your quality control guys and everybody else in the

972
00:54:04,160 --> 00:54:07,600
Speaker 3: building that you know, their family and their family's livelihood

973
00:54:07,640 --> 00:54:11,239
Speaker 3: are dependent on that head coach and his stability with

974
00:54:11,320 --> 00:54:11,880
Speaker 3: the staff.

975
00:54:12,760 --> 00:54:15,120
Speaker 4: Those are the people that I always feel bad for.

976
00:54:15,920 --> 00:54:19,680
Speaker 3: It's always on you know, the the Monday after the

977
00:54:19,719 --> 00:54:22,920
Speaker 3: last regular season game, when you just see head coach

978
00:54:22,960 --> 00:54:27,080
Speaker 3: after head coach, you know, getting fired, and you know, again,

979
00:54:27,080 --> 00:54:28,840
Speaker 3: we're always talking about the head coach, But what we

980
00:54:28,880 --> 00:54:32,160
Speaker 3: don't talk about are all the other coaches on the

981
00:54:32,239 --> 00:54:35,719
Speaker 3: staff and how it impacts their lives. So, you know,

982
00:54:35,760 --> 00:54:38,080
Speaker 3: I preface all this by saying, you know, you're never

983
00:54:38,160 --> 00:54:41,160
Speaker 3: rooting for someone to get fired. But for me, what

984
00:54:41,360 --> 00:54:45,000
Speaker 3: always drove me crazy was I don't know if it

985
00:54:45,040 --> 00:54:48,160
Speaker 3: was just you know, it's like it's this borderline of

986
00:54:48,640 --> 00:54:57,279
Speaker 3: confidence or arrogance, maybe just you know, ignorance. You know,

987
00:54:57,280 --> 00:54:59,839
Speaker 3: they always say ignorance is bliss, and I think that's true.

988
00:55:00,120 --> 00:55:04,200
Speaker 3: Players sometimes, like sometimes guys that would just like have

989
00:55:04,400 --> 00:55:06,799
Speaker 3: no clue that they were doing things that were so

990
00:55:07,040 --> 00:55:11,080
Speaker 3: outrageous and outlandish that they just like they were ignorant

991
00:55:11,080 --> 00:55:13,719
Speaker 3: to it. So they'd be like, I don't know, like

992
00:55:14,560 --> 00:55:17,239
Speaker 3: you know, ultimately they go make plays because they have

993
00:55:17,360 --> 00:55:21,360
Speaker 3: no idea what they're actually doing is so out of

994
00:55:21,480 --> 00:55:24,919
Speaker 3: left field. But sometimes it works and you make big

995
00:55:24,960 --> 00:55:28,160
Speaker 3: plays and you get patted on the back for it.

996
00:55:28,160 --> 00:55:30,560
Speaker 3: It's just, you know, even you listen to his press

997
00:55:30,600 --> 00:55:34,400
Speaker 3: conference immediately following the game after he gives up sixty

998
00:55:34,440 --> 00:55:38,040
Speaker 3: two points or whatever it was, and he still truly believed, like,

999
00:55:39,320 --> 00:55:42,240
Speaker 3: I'll go back to work tomorrow. You know, we'll get

1000
00:55:42,440 --> 00:55:45,320
Speaker 3: we'll regroup this weekend, and we need to get ready

1001
00:55:45,440 --> 00:55:49,799
Speaker 3: for the Baltimore Ravens next week. As they you know,

1002
00:55:50,440 --> 00:55:52,560
Speaker 3: you know, I know they don't play Baltimore next week.

1003
00:55:52,840 --> 00:55:56,080
Speaker 3: The Buffalo Bills as they as they as they come

1004
00:55:56,120 --> 00:56:01,680
Speaker 3: out to LA and it's just like, hold on a second.

1005
00:56:01,680 --> 00:56:03,360
Speaker 3: You know, again, this is the same coach where the

1006
00:56:03,440 --> 00:56:07,200
Speaker 3: media asked, hey, have you thought about letting somebody else

1007
00:56:07,200 --> 00:56:09,360
Speaker 3: call plays? Why would you ask me that, You know,

1008
00:56:09,960 --> 00:56:13,040
Speaker 3: because you're the head coach and you're the person calling plays,

1009
00:56:13,040 --> 00:56:16,640
Speaker 3: and you know your team can't stop a nosebleed. So

1010
00:56:18,160 --> 00:56:20,040
Speaker 3: you know, those are the type of things that throughout

1011
00:56:20,080 --> 00:56:21,680
Speaker 3: the course of the year. Yeah, we talk about the

1012
00:56:21,719 --> 00:56:26,960
Speaker 3: fourth down stuff, and again, maybe it's arrogance, cockiness, ignorance,

1013
00:56:27,320 --> 00:56:31,160
Speaker 3: I'm not really sure. But when you just repeatedly do

1014
00:56:31,280 --> 00:56:35,799
Speaker 3: it and you know, really don't don't have kind of

1015
00:56:35,840 --> 00:56:41,120
Speaker 3: like any hesitation or remorse throughout the course of it,

1016
00:56:41,120 --> 00:56:44,280
Speaker 3: it's like, you know, you're ultimately heading for this this outcome.

1017
00:56:45,320 --> 00:56:48,239
Speaker 1: Uh. Yeah, they should have had the kicker come out

1018
00:56:48,239 --> 00:56:52,520
Speaker 1: and make the announcement because he actually is going to

1019
00:56:52,520 --> 00:56:54,680
Speaker 1: get to participate in the games now, which I think

1020
00:56:54,760 --> 00:56:58,480
Speaker 1: is really exciting for the Chargers have never been that

1021
00:56:58,560 --> 00:57:02,120
Speaker 1: excited about watching kicker kick. But I do think that,

1022
00:57:02,320 --> 00:57:05,280
Speaker 1: you know, they're a necessary part of winning football games,

1023
00:57:06,000 --> 00:57:09,799
Speaker 1: and so you're right, there's some poetry there. I take

1024
00:57:09,840 --> 00:57:14,080
Speaker 1: no joy in Brandon Staley and his staff losing their jobs,

1025
00:57:14,640 --> 00:57:18,720
Speaker 1: but I do look at him as sort of a

1026
00:57:18,880 --> 00:57:22,720
Speaker 1: poster coach for something that is going on around the

1027
00:57:22,800 --> 00:57:26,760
Speaker 1: league that we talk about. And I'm not even saying

1028
00:57:26,800 --> 00:57:29,920
Speaker 1: that analytics are bad. And I think as a fan,

1029
00:57:30,880 --> 00:57:33,960
Speaker 1: we always love when people kind of have that go

1030
00:57:34,120 --> 00:57:39,480
Speaker 1: for it mentality. Nobody booze when a team goes forward

1031
00:57:39,520 --> 00:57:42,640
Speaker 1: on fourth down, they boo when they punt, they boo

1032
00:57:42,680 --> 00:57:45,760
Speaker 1: when they don't go forward on fourth down. So I'm

1033
00:57:45,800 --> 00:57:51,360
Speaker 1: not anti fourth down. I'm just anti non thought, which

1034
00:57:51,400 --> 00:57:52,920
Speaker 1: I think is where we've arrived.

1035
00:57:53,000 --> 00:57:53,320
Speaker 2: Kyle.

1036
00:57:54,000 --> 00:57:56,080
Speaker 1: Nobody even thinks about it anymore.

1037
00:57:56,480 --> 00:57:58,800
Speaker 2: Do you want to know what I saw earlier today?

1038
00:57:59,360 --> 00:58:03,000
Speaker 1: And even though it worked, it made me stop what

1039
00:58:03,080 --> 00:58:06,080
Speaker 1: I was doing. I don't even remember what I was doing,

1040
00:58:06,160 --> 00:58:08,680
Speaker 1: cleaning the house or wrapping presents or I don't even

1041
00:58:08,760 --> 00:58:11,040
Speaker 1: I don't know what I was doing, but it made

1042
00:58:11,120 --> 00:58:17,080
Speaker 1: me stop because Bill Belichick went for it on fourth

1043
00:58:17,120 --> 00:58:20,880
Speaker 1: and three in the red zone in the first quarter,

1044
00:58:21,640 --> 00:58:24,080
Speaker 1: and I thought to myself, what the hell now it

1045
00:58:24,080 --> 00:58:26,400
Speaker 1: turned into a Hunter Henry touchdown. Cool?

1046
00:58:26,920 --> 00:58:27,240
Speaker 5: Cool.

1047
00:58:27,360 --> 00:58:30,080
Speaker 1: Obviously it's gonna work sometimes, and I get that the

1048
00:58:30,120 --> 00:58:33,520
Speaker 1: analytics tell you that this should happen. But we have

1049
00:58:33,720 --> 00:58:36,840
Speaker 1: arrived at a spot where if you are at fourth

1050
00:58:37,000 --> 00:58:41,560
Speaker 1: and three or less and unless you're pinned inside your

1051
00:58:41,640 --> 00:58:46,080
Speaker 1: own red zone, it's like, we don't even think about

1052
00:58:46,120 --> 00:58:49,040
Speaker 1: it anymore. We don't even think about it anymore. And

1053
00:58:49,080 --> 00:58:52,120
Speaker 1: teams are leaving three points on the board so often,

1054
00:58:52,520 --> 00:58:55,360
Speaker 1: and I think we just sort of forget about it, like, Okay,

1055
00:58:55,720 --> 00:58:57,720
Speaker 1: it's in the past, they went for it, they didn't

1056
00:58:57,760 --> 00:59:01,000
Speaker 1: get it. There should be if we're so into all

1057
00:59:01,040 --> 00:59:05,680
Speaker 1: the advanced numbers, a study about the points left on

1058
00:59:05,760 --> 00:59:08,760
Speaker 1: the board, and and then what happens at the end

1059
00:59:08,760 --> 00:59:12,040
Speaker 1: of games because of that, because when you're just watching

1060
00:59:12,160 --> 00:59:15,760
Speaker 1: teams thumb their noses at three points constantly.

1061
00:59:15,840 --> 00:59:21,959
Speaker 3: Now, yeah, and the biggest thing with analytics, analytics give

1062
00:59:22,040 --> 00:59:31,480
Speaker 3: you situations and decisions for those situations to ultimately score

1063
00:59:31,520 --> 00:59:34,680
Speaker 3: the most points. When you look at analytics and when

1064
00:59:34,720 --> 00:59:36,920
Speaker 3: they tell you to go for it on fourth down,

1065
00:59:38,160 --> 00:59:41,280
Speaker 3: you know when to kick the field goal. It's using

1066
00:59:41,680 --> 00:59:46,840
Speaker 3: the percentages of the down and distance to ultimately give

1067
00:59:46,880 --> 00:59:50,160
Speaker 3: you the outcome to score the most points. And again,

1068
00:59:50,240 --> 00:59:53,640
Speaker 3: that's that's why fans don't boo when you go for

1069
00:59:53,760 --> 00:59:57,080
Speaker 3: it on fourth down, and they they boo you when

1070
00:59:57,200 --> 00:59:59,920
Speaker 3: when you try the field goal team out on four

1071
01:00:00,160 --> 01:00:04,040
Speaker 3: than two, or you send the punt unit out you know,

1072
01:00:04,160 --> 01:00:09,840
Speaker 3: fourth and three just before midfield. They they want you

1073
01:00:09,880 --> 01:00:12,080
Speaker 3: to score the most points. That's why they're there. They

1074
01:00:12,080 --> 01:00:16,440
Speaker 3: want to see points. I loved your comment about you know,

1075
01:00:16,520 --> 01:00:20,360
Speaker 3: I would love to see the statistics on points left

1076
01:00:20,480 --> 01:00:24,000
Speaker 3: out there when you make these decisions. And I'll take

1077
01:00:24,040 --> 01:00:27,280
Speaker 3: it a step further, I would love to see the

1078
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Speaker 3: statistics of wins and losses, because again, analytics aren't there

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Speaker 3: to tell you to win or lose the game. The

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Speaker 3: analytics are to score the most points, and decisions to

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Speaker 3: score the most points ultimately might not be the decisions

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Speaker 3: that you have to make to win football games. I

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Speaker 3: know it sounds counterintuitive. Well, ultimately, if you score the

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Speaker 3: most points, like you get to win, Well no, not really,

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Speaker 3: because there's opportunities for you to kick field goals, play

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01:00:59,720 --> 01:01:04,480
Speaker 3: field old position. There are far more ways to use

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Speaker 3: situational football to win games as opposed to the analytics

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Speaker 3: of just scoring the most points. And quite honestly, I

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Speaker 3: feel like we see it all the time on Sundays

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Speaker 3: throughout the NFL. There's just a lot of head football

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Speaker 3: coaches that don't understand situational football, and it sounds crazy, like,

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Speaker 3: how can you be a head football coach in the

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Speaker 3: National Football Again, you don't understand situational football. They don't

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Speaker 3: because they were coordinators, and they're good coordinators. They're calling

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01:01:34,360 --> 01:01:38,120
Speaker 3: the defense or they're seeing the game through the offensive perspective.

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Speaker 3: They're not managing the game. They're not handling situational football.

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Speaker 3: But they ultimately get a head coaching job because they

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Speaker 3: were a really good coordinator and they had one of

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Speaker 3: the best offenses or best defenses in the NFL with

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Speaker 3: their prior team, so they got moved up to being

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Speaker 3: a head coach. Well, that doesn't mean that you're gonna

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Speaker 3: understand situational football. So if you don't understand it and

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Speaker 3: you're regarded as one of the smartest coaches in football,

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Speaker 3: what are you gonna do. I'll just rely on analytics.

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Speaker 3: I'll just have analytics make all the decisions for me. Well,

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Speaker 3: like I said, using analytics to theoretically put yourselves in

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Speaker 3: situation to score the most points doesn't correlate to winning

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Speaker 3: football games. And that's how you blow a twenty seven

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Speaker 3: point lead in the playoffs.

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Speaker 1: Amen, Amen, Like I just I look at it and

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Speaker 1: go sure, that's the right thing to do sometimes, But

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Speaker 1: I don't know, do.

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Speaker 2: You want to think about it?

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Speaker 1: Can we have a conversation like as opposed to this

1115
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Speaker 1: Peblovian response that coaches have Now four then three must

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Speaker 1: go done? Nobody even thinks about it anymore.

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Speaker 2: Just gone.

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Speaker 1: If you like using debit over credit, Oh sure.

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Speaker 3: Go ahead, go ahead. I was gonna say Mike Zimmer.

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Speaker 3: I played for coach Zimmer for eight years, and he

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Speaker 3: was a coach who, like, we practice situation football all

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01:03:01,000 --> 01:03:05,720
Speaker 3: the time, and we watched other teams situational football cutups

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Speaker 3: throughout the course of the week.

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Speaker 4: And he was a guy that you talk.

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Speaker 3: He was like the complete opposite of analytics, Like he

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01:03:14,400 --> 01:03:18,880
Speaker 3: would make decisions based on Hey, is that Aaron Rodgers

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Speaker 3: on the other sideline or is that somebody much lesser

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Speaker 3: of a quarterback? Like okay, that's that's Aaron Rodgers. I

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Speaker 3: can't give him the ball back, so therefore we're going

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Speaker 3: for it here. Three points won't be enough in this

1131
01:03:32,320 --> 01:03:35,880
Speaker 3: situation or vice versa we played. I'm not gonna mention

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Speaker 3: the quarterback's name We played a quarterback at one point

1133
01:03:38,840 --> 01:03:42,200
Speaker 3: and he literally was like, offense, if you just score

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Speaker 3: fourteen points, we're winning this game. Like that, dude is

1135
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Speaker 3: not scoring two touchdowns on me tomorrow during this game.

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Speaker 3: And so like he would manage the game based on

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01:03:52,600 --> 01:03:56,400
Speaker 3: who the quarterback is on the other sideline, he would

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Speaker 3: manage the game based on, you know, momentum, Like how

1139
01:04:00,760 --> 01:04:02,960
Speaker 3: are things going throughout the course of the game. Is

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Speaker 3: the offense playing really well and the defense is struggling,

1141
01:04:06,360 --> 01:04:09,120
Speaker 3: or hey, my defense is playing well, so we're gonna

1142
01:04:09,120 --> 01:04:12,959
Speaker 3: play field position and special teams and all of those

1143
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Speaker 3: things that I just talked about are never considered when

1144
01:04:17,320 --> 01:04:20,960
Speaker 3: you talk about just sheer analytics. None of that goes

1145
01:04:21,000 --> 01:04:24,919
Speaker 3: into the decisions where you're just using numbers in percentages.

1146
01:04:25,240 --> 01:04:27,160
Speaker 3: And I felt like Zim was one of the best

1147
01:04:27,200 --> 01:04:30,480
Speaker 3: I was ever around in terms of having a feel

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01:04:30,560 --> 01:04:36,080
Speaker 3: for the game and momentum and personnel and ultimately made

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01:04:36,080 --> 01:04:39,320
Speaker 3: those decisions and we want a lot of really close

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Speaker 3: games when I was there playing for him.

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Speaker 1: I'm glad you brought up Aaron Rodgers' name. Let's have

1152
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Speaker 1: a conversation about that next. If you like using debit

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Speaker 1: over credit, shouldn't you also get rewarded, Well, now you

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Speaker 1: member FDI. See. We've run the analytics and it says

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Speaker 1: that it's we should go with Kevin Wyert. That's what

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Speaker 1: we should do right now and find out what's trending.

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Speaker 2: So we will.

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Speaker 1: I'm glad. I'm the analytical answer here.

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Speaker 5: Anyway. I'm glad.

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Speaker 6: Well, I should say you should be glad if you

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01:05:21,360 --> 01:05:24,240
Speaker 6: had the under in this Ravens Jaguars game, because it's

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01:05:24,240 --> 01:05:26,880
Speaker 6: still just three nothing in favor of Baltimore and they

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Speaker 6: had got less than ninety seconds to go before halftime.

1169
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Speaker 6: The Jaguars picking off Lamar Jackson in this game. But

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Speaker 6: the Ravens do have the ball. They are inside the ten,

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Speaker 6: inside the five. Actually it is first in goal at

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Speaker 6: the two, as they had a penalty called against the Jaguars.

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Speaker 6: Actually yeah, penalty called against the Jaguar, No against the

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Speaker 6: Baltimore Ravens. So second down as there was a foul

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Speaker 6: call there, so that's gonna march it back a bit

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Speaker 6: so about ninety seconds again to go before halftime and

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Speaker 6: the Baltimore Ravens clean do a three to nothing lead.

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Speaker 6: And with that person no foul calls, could get a

1179
01:06:01,160 --> 01:06:03,600
Speaker 6: lot harder to punch it in the end zone before

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01:06:04,240 --> 01:06:06,560
Speaker 6: the before the end of this drive at least. So

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01:06:07,120 --> 01:06:10,480
Speaker 6: with that said, the Jaguars trying to stay in the

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Speaker 6: lead in that AFC South the Texans getting to within

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01:06:13,600 --> 01:06:15,320
Speaker 6: a half game, they came from behind to beat the

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Speaker 6: Titans nineteen to sixteen. Case Keenum, playing in the place

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Speaker 6: of injured CJ. Stroud, doing just enough. He had two

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Speaker 6: hundred and twenty nine yards and a touchdown, that score

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Speaker 6: with just three minutes to go to Noah Brown to

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Speaker 6: tie the game and force over time. The other comeback

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Speaker 6: win of the day, the Browns over the Bears as Cleveland,

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Speaker 6: erasing a ten point deficit in that fourth quarter, scoring

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Speaker 6: thirteen on answer to win it twenty to seventeen, and

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Speaker 6: they leave frog the Cincinnati Bengals into the number five

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Speaker 6: spot in the AFC playoff standings. Other scores from today,

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Speaker 6: Chiefs top the Patriots twenty seven to seventeen. Oh were

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Speaker 6: coming a couple of interceptions from Patrick Mahomes. In the

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Speaker 6: NFC South, the Saints pound the Giants twenty four to six,

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Speaker 6: and the other big game in the NFC South saw

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Speaker 6: the Buccaneers pull away from the Packers thirty four to

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Speaker 6: twenty and the Panthers dragged down the Falcons in a

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Speaker 6: defensive struggle nine to seven, So that takes the Falcons

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Speaker 6: out of the lead in that NFC South. It's gonna

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Speaker 6: be a tie at the top between the Saints and

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Speaker 6: the Buccaneers, although Tampa Bay currently with that tie breaker.

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Speaker 6: Late game action rams over the Commanders twenty eight to

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Speaker 6: twenty forty nine, Ers blow out the Cardinals forty five

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Speaker 6: to twenty nine. They clinch the NFC West. Officially, they're

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Speaker 6: still the number one overall seed in the NFC standings,

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Speaker 6: and the Bills over the Cowboys thirty one to ten,

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Speaker 6: as the Cowboys fall to the number five seed. The Bills,

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Speaker 6: though doing all they can, they're at a log jam

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Speaker 6: there in the AFC fighting for those final wildcard spots.

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Speaker 6: They're in the number nine spot technically, but they're tied

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Speaker 6: for the number six spot. They're in there with Cincinnati,

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Speaker 6: Indianapolis and Houston, so a four way tie for the

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Speaker 6: final two wildcard spots. So these this playoff race really

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Speaker 6: tightening up. And in the NBA, we do have a

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Speaker 6: couple of games in action. They are just finishing up

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Speaker 6: in Milwaukee, the Bucks about the close off the Rockets

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Speaker 6: that I had one twenty five, one sixteen, about thirty

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Speaker 6: seconds to go. Wizards leading the Sun sixty five fifty seven.

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Speaker 6: They're midway through the third quarter and in the first

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Speaker 6: three minutes ago in the first it's the Warriors on

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Speaker 6: top of the Trailblazers eighteen fourteen. Earlier today, the Celtics

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Speaker 6: bow out the Magic one fourteen ninety seven and the

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Speaker 6: Pelicans over the Spurs one forty six to one. Ten

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Speaker 6: bats you.

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Speaker 1: Guys, Okay, Kevin, great step, Thank you. We're live in

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Speaker 1: the Tirak dot Com studios with Kyle Rudolph Mark Willard

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Speaker 1: on Fox Sports Radio. Yeah, medical clearance supposedly this week.

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Speaker 1: Are we gonna see this guy? Should we see this guy?

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Speaker 1: That Jets are five and nine. Uh, they're not gonna

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Speaker 1: make it. They're not gonna make it. And I've long

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Speaker 1: thought that the Aaron Rodgers conversation, Yes, it's amazing he

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Speaker 1: deserves all the credit in the world for for getting

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Speaker 1: through this, and whoever operated on him and whatever they

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Speaker 1: did to him like unbelievable, it's stunning.

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Speaker 2: But I've long thought that that conversation.

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Speaker 1: Had a lot to do with a lot more than

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Speaker 1: just getting back to the field.

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Speaker 2: Right.

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Speaker 1: There was some sort of a dangling of the carot

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Speaker 1: of hope and keeping his name out there and the

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Speaker 1: former number two overall pick and his standing within the organization.

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Speaker 2: I think all of these things.

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Speaker 1: Even though I'm not really able to clearly define them,

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01:09:35,280 --> 01:09:37,800
Speaker 1: are a part of why we've had this.

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Speaker 2: Like, Aaron Rodgers could come back.

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Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers could come back, But why now Aaron Rodgers

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Speaker 1: isn't coming back?

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Speaker 4: Is he.

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Speaker 2: No?

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Speaker 3: I certainly don't think so. I think he's proven that

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01:09:52,880 --> 01:09:57,120
Speaker 3: he did things his way. And you know what better

1254
01:09:57,200 --> 01:09:59,400
Speaker 3: place to do that in the great state of New Jersey.

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Speaker 3: You know, shout out Frank Sinatra, just you know he's

1256
01:10:01,400 --> 01:10:04,200
Speaker 3: going to do it his way. So Aaron can play

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01:10:04,240 --> 01:10:06,479
Speaker 3: that song all he wants, because he did it his

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01:10:06,600 --> 01:10:09,840
Speaker 3: way and he proved to everyone that, look, if the

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Speaker 3: Jets were were battling for if they were eight and six,

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Speaker 3: like the rest of the AFC and they were fighting

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Speaker 3: for a spot to get into the playoffs. I think

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01:10:23,240 --> 01:10:26,800
Speaker 3: he'd be the starting quarterback next week, you know, on

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Speaker 3: Christmas Eve, when they take on Washington, when you're mathematically

1264
01:10:33,680 --> 01:10:39,040
Speaker 3: eliminated from the playoffs. It's just not smart, you know,

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Speaker 3: as an organization, you know, at that point, your leadership

1266
01:10:42,320 --> 01:10:44,240
Speaker 3: has to step in and say, look, Aeron, I know

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Speaker 3: you've made pretty much every decision for us since we

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Speaker 3: started recruiting you to come over here, but this is

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Speaker 3: one that we have to make for you.

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Speaker 4: You know, if he.

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Speaker 3: Truly does want to go out there and play, and

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Speaker 3: I'm sure he does because I know Aaron the competitor

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Speaker 3: that he is in his mind. The comeback's probably not

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01:11:02,520 --> 01:11:04,960
Speaker 3: complete until he's back on the field three and a

1275
01:11:05,000 --> 01:11:08,479
Speaker 3: half months after the injury. But clearly you can watch

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01:11:09,000 --> 01:11:12,599
Speaker 3: Aaron move from the clips at practice, watch him throw

1277
01:11:12,640 --> 01:11:15,559
Speaker 3: the football, watch him take his drops. There was a

1278
01:11:15,640 --> 01:11:19,800
Speaker 3: report this weekend that he was playing some scout team linebacker.

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Speaker 3: I'm sure it was in walkthrough reps and he picked

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Speaker 3: off a quarterback. You know, like so again, like you've

1281
01:11:25,080 --> 01:11:29,679
Speaker 3: proven that you came back from this faster than anyone

1282
01:11:29,720 --> 01:11:32,960
Speaker 3: in the history of the injury. But you don't need

1283
01:11:33,000 --> 01:11:36,280
Speaker 3: to come back and play in meaningless games, you know,

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01:11:36,880 --> 01:11:40,200
Speaker 3: against the Commanders, Definitely not next week against the Browns.

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Speaker 3: Miles Garrett could end this whole thing forever. You know,

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01:11:43,360 --> 01:11:47,439
Speaker 3: you're you're forty years old. We don't once you're out

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01:11:47,439 --> 01:11:50,639
Speaker 3: there playing against Miles Garrett in a completely meaningless game.

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Speaker 3: So I just I feel like at this point, you know,

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Speaker 3: he he remains on the sideline. He's gonna do everything

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Speaker 3: he can to help Zach play more like he did

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01:12:00,920 --> 01:12:06,080
Speaker 3: last week against the Texans and finished this year on

1292
01:12:06,120 --> 01:12:09,360
Speaker 3: a high note, you know, And for Zack, it's a campaign,

1293
01:12:09,479 --> 01:12:11,599
Speaker 3: whether it's for the New York Jets or the other

1294
01:12:11,680 --> 01:12:15,680
Speaker 3: thirty one other teams that hey, look, you know, I

1295
01:12:15,800 --> 01:12:19,360
Speaker 3: can be a quality backup in this league and I

1296
01:12:19,479 --> 01:12:22,639
Speaker 3: deserve that opportunity. And I think you listen to Aaron

1297
01:12:22,760 --> 01:12:25,800
Speaker 3: talk about Zach and the way that he regards him

1298
01:12:25,960 --> 01:12:28,640
Speaker 3: and what he thinks of him. So you know, I

1299
01:12:29,000 --> 01:12:32,320
Speaker 3: personally believe it's a great opportunity for Aaron to to

1300
01:12:32,400 --> 01:12:34,439
Speaker 3: continue to mentor Zach and try to get the most

1301
01:12:34,439 --> 01:12:36,639
Speaker 3: out of him these last three weeks, not go out

1302
01:12:36,640 --> 01:12:37,320
Speaker 3: to play that game.

1303
01:12:38,040 --> 01:12:41,799
Speaker 1: Yeah, absolutely, Lamar Jackson hit Isaiah Likely for a touchdown.

1304
01:12:41,800 --> 01:12:43,960
Speaker 1: It's ten to nothing. Ravens the Jags with the ball

1305
01:12:44,040 --> 01:12:46,519
Speaker 1: shortly before a hop. Let me ask you a question

1306
01:12:46,600 --> 01:12:48,320
Speaker 1: real quick, and it'll set up what we're.

1307
01:12:48,200 --> 01:12:49,080
Speaker 2: Going to do next.

1308
01:12:49,320 --> 01:12:52,559
Speaker 1: What do you consider a good quarterback rating? Like, what's

1309
01:12:52,640 --> 01:12:55,960
Speaker 1: what's what's above average?

1310
01:13:00,120 --> 01:13:03,280
Speaker 3: Honestly, Mark, I couldn't even tell you. I mean, you know,

1311
01:13:03,400 --> 01:13:08,040
Speaker 3: I think if it's if you're looking at something and

1312
01:13:08,080 --> 01:13:10,160
Speaker 3: you know, ultimately, like what is it like around one hundred,

1313
01:13:10,160 --> 01:13:14,240
Speaker 3: you know, above one hundred would be be solid. I

1314
01:13:14,360 --> 01:13:17,600
Speaker 3: just think all the the statistical stuff is so nonsense.

1315
01:13:17,680 --> 01:13:21,640
Speaker 3: You know, we look at Josh Allen today. Let me

1316
01:13:21,720 --> 01:13:24,960
Speaker 3: see what what Josh's rating was today. See if I

1317
01:13:24,960 --> 01:13:28,800
Speaker 3: can pull it up here real quick. You know, he

1318
01:13:28,960 --> 01:13:32,000
Speaker 3: mentioned it in his press conference like, hey, I felt

1319
01:13:32,040 --> 01:13:34,679
Speaker 3: like the kid that didn't do anything in the class.

1320
01:13:34,920 --> 01:13:35,599
Speaker 4: Oh there you go.

1321
01:13:35,840 --> 01:13:39,799
Speaker 3: Seven of fifteen ninety four yards one touchdown rating today

1322
01:13:40,240 --> 01:13:41,519
Speaker 3: eighty nine point three.

1323
01:13:42,080 --> 01:13:43,080
Speaker 1: Eighty nine point three.

1324
01:13:43,920 --> 01:13:45,439
Speaker 4: Yeah, it's probably not very good.

1325
01:13:46,080 --> 01:13:50,080
Speaker 1: Okay, Well, I'm glad you mentioned that. If eighty nine

1326
01:13:50,200 --> 01:13:55,040
Speaker 1: point three is not good, then I wonder how we

1327
01:13:55,200 --> 01:13:58,759
Speaker 1: feel about a larger sample and a number of ninety

1328
01:13:58,840 --> 01:14:01,880
Speaker 1: one point two, and that's not the only number I

1329
01:14:01,920 --> 01:14:08,160
Speaker 1: want to throw at you. Seventeen touchdowns, ten interceptions, a

1330
01:14:08,240 --> 01:14:11,040
Speaker 1: completion percentage of just about sixty six.

1331
01:14:11,720 --> 01:14:12,800
Speaker 2: I want to throw a bunch of.

1332
01:14:12,720 --> 01:14:16,120
Speaker 1: These numbers at you, and you tell me if you

1333
01:14:16,200 --> 01:14:19,400
Speaker 1: know who I'm talking about, and let's have a conversation

1334
01:14:19,479 --> 01:14:22,920
Speaker 1: about that player. Let's do that next with Kyle Rudolph

1335
01:14:22,960 --> 01:14:29,160
Speaker 1: Mark Willard on Fox Sports Radio. I'll know about this song, Kyle.

1336
01:14:29,240 --> 01:14:31,840
Speaker 1: All I want for Christmas is a Fantasy championship.

1337
01:14:31,880 --> 01:14:32,400
Speaker 2: They messed the.

1338
01:14:32,400 --> 01:14:37,839
Speaker 1: Words up, and I bet a lot of people listening

1339
01:14:37,880 --> 01:14:39,520
Speaker 1: to us feel.

1340
01:14:39,320 --> 01:14:44,880
Speaker 2: The exact same way. And my goal next year, Kyle

1341
01:14:45,520 --> 01:14:47,120
Speaker 2: is to get you in the league.

1342
01:14:47,200 --> 01:14:48,439
Speaker 1: You need to do this.

1343
01:14:49,040 --> 01:14:51,920
Speaker 2: You need to do this, and you'll get the bug

1344
01:14:51,960 --> 01:14:53,040
Speaker 2: along with everybody else.

1345
01:14:53,920 --> 01:14:55,360
Speaker 4: I love it. Mark, I have a question for you.

1346
01:14:55,560 --> 01:14:59,080
Speaker 3: Would you trade so you're not allowed to get anything

1347
01:14:59,200 --> 01:15:02,000
Speaker 3: for Christmas except for a Fantasy championship?

1348
01:15:02,000 --> 01:15:03,880
Speaker 4: Do you do you make that trade every time?

1349
01:15:04,760 --> 01:15:08,280
Speaker 1: Oh gosh, no, no, I'm not in the league that

1350
01:15:08,280 --> 01:15:13,240
Speaker 1: that offers enough money to do that, right, Like, if

1351
01:15:13,280 --> 01:15:17,439
Speaker 1: I would make enough in the fantasy league, want right.

1352
01:15:17,360 --> 01:15:19,840
Speaker 2: Go buy all of it? Like that was my first thought.

1353
01:15:19,920 --> 01:15:21,400
Speaker 2: But I'm not.

1354
01:15:21,600 --> 01:15:23,960
Speaker 1: I'm not. Mistakes are not high enough, let's put it

1355
01:15:24,000 --> 01:15:27,599
Speaker 1: that way. But I mean, and I don't. I don't

1356
01:15:27,600 --> 01:15:31,120
Speaker 1: want to sound all milk and cookies like I've I've reached.

1357
01:15:31,960 --> 01:15:36,559
Speaker 1: I've reached the age also, and my kids certainly are

1358
01:15:36,600 --> 01:15:41,040
Speaker 1: are at ages where Christmas.

1359
01:15:40,560 --> 01:15:44,120
Speaker 2: Is all about what I'm getting them.

1360
01:15:44,680 --> 01:15:48,599
Speaker 1: So actually, maybe I should consider your offer because they

1361
01:15:48,640 --> 01:15:53,040
Speaker 1: do need to use those fantasy winnings to simply uh

1362
01:15:53,080 --> 01:15:54,160
Speaker 1: pay for everything else.

1363
01:15:54,560 --> 01:15:55,679
Speaker 2: That sounds like a good idea.

1364
01:15:55,720 --> 01:15:58,880
Speaker 4: Actually, yeah, I was thinking more. It's a it's a

1365
01:15:58,920 --> 01:15:59,400
Speaker 4: pride thing.

1366
01:15:59,479 --> 01:15:59,640
Speaker 6: You know.

1367
01:15:59,640 --> 01:16:03,439
Speaker 3: You get the pride of being the fantasy champ because

1368
01:16:03,439 --> 01:16:05,880
Speaker 3: most of the time you're in leagues with buddies, and

1369
01:16:05,920 --> 01:16:07,519
Speaker 3: then you can hang that over their head for the

1370
01:16:07,560 --> 01:16:10,839
Speaker 3: whole year, and you know, yeah, Christmas presents come at Christmas,

1371
01:16:10,880 --> 01:16:13,400
Speaker 3: but you don't have those, you know. I guess you

1372
01:16:13,439 --> 01:16:15,320
Speaker 3: have toys and things like that as a kid that

1373
01:16:15,400 --> 01:16:17,000
Speaker 3: you play with throughout the course of the year. But

1374
01:16:17,520 --> 01:16:20,040
Speaker 3: the pride of being the fantasy winner you carry with

1375
01:16:20,080 --> 01:16:23,120
Speaker 3: you until next September when the season kicks off again.

1376
01:16:23,439 --> 01:16:26,439
Speaker 1: Oh you get to next September and ask me what

1377
01:16:26,560 --> 01:16:28,640
Speaker 1: I got for Christmas the year before, I'm like, I

1378
01:16:28,640 --> 01:16:30,800
Speaker 1: don't remember, well, do you remember if you won the

1379
01:16:30,840 --> 01:16:32,240
Speaker 1: title last year? Yes?

1380
01:16:33,320 --> 01:16:37,760
Speaker 2: That I remember, So that's a pretty good points.

1381
01:16:39,120 --> 01:16:39,280
Speaker 5: You know.

1382
01:16:39,320 --> 01:16:44,240
Speaker 1: What's funny though, also this time of year, part of

1383
01:16:44,280 --> 01:16:47,280
Speaker 1: the thought process when you go into the fantasy playoffs

1384
01:16:47,479 --> 01:16:51,400
Speaker 1: is not even about the pride or anything that you'd win.

1385
01:16:52,320 --> 01:16:55,200
Speaker 2: It's simply about it not being over.

1386
01:16:56,040 --> 01:17:00,559
Speaker 1: Like what That's what gets me when you and I'm

1387
01:17:00,560 --> 01:17:04,080
Speaker 1: in multiple leagues and I'm lucky enough to have made

1388
01:17:04,120 --> 01:17:06,120
Speaker 1: the playoffs and all of them, although it looks like

1389
01:17:06,160 --> 01:17:07,799
Speaker 1: I'm going to go down in one of them today,

1390
01:17:07,840 --> 01:17:11,240
Speaker 1: but my thought process is you've got to win at

1391
01:17:11,320 --> 01:17:14,000
Speaker 1: least one to get to next week, and then win

1392
01:17:14,040 --> 01:17:16,400
Speaker 1: at least one to get to the week after that,

1393
01:17:16,880 --> 01:17:20,120
Speaker 1: because I hate it when it's over. I hate Everybody

1394
01:17:20,200 --> 01:17:22,920
Speaker 1: has the same thought when we get to the holidays,

1395
01:17:22,920 --> 01:17:25,400
Speaker 1: which is like, it's great that it's the holidays.

1396
01:17:24,880 --> 01:17:29,120
Speaker 2: But holy hell, where did the season go. It's unbelievable

1397
01:17:29,160 --> 01:17:30,360
Speaker 2: how fast it goes by.

1398
01:17:31,280 --> 01:17:33,120
Speaker 3: It's just like being in the locker room, you know,

1399
01:17:33,439 --> 01:17:38,280
Speaker 3: when you get to play meaningful football in late December

1400
01:17:38,360 --> 01:17:43,479
Speaker 3: and January, then ultimately you're one of fourteen teams that

1401
01:17:43,560 --> 01:17:48,360
Speaker 3: make the playoffs. Everybody else's seasons are done, they've had

1402
01:17:48,479 --> 01:17:49,959
Speaker 3: exit physicals, they've.

1403
01:17:49,760 --> 01:17:50,679
Speaker 4: Gone on vacation.

1404
01:17:52,080 --> 01:17:54,240
Speaker 3: You just don't want it to end, you know, You're like,

1405
01:17:54,320 --> 01:17:56,360
Speaker 3: you do everything you can that week so that you

1406
01:17:56,400 --> 01:18:00,639
Speaker 3: get another week of football. And that's what January football

1407
01:18:00,680 --> 01:18:02,639
Speaker 3: is all about for the guys in the locker room,

1408
01:18:02,680 --> 01:18:06,160
Speaker 3: and certainly I would imagine that's how it is for

1409
01:18:06,200 --> 01:18:08,400
Speaker 3: all the fantasy owners here in mid December.

1410
01:18:09,439 --> 01:18:12,320
Speaker 1: So I do want to follow up on the unnamed

1411
01:18:12,360 --> 01:18:14,160
Speaker 1: guy that I was thrown out there, and I wonder

1412
01:18:14,200 --> 01:18:17,400
Speaker 1: if you were able to sort of guess I've thrown

1413
01:18:17,439 --> 01:18:18,920
Speaker 1: out some numbers, and I don't want to make it

1414
01:18:18,960 --> 01:18:21,559
Speaker 1: about anyone stat but if we put all of them

1415
01:18:21,680 --> 01:18:25,760
Speaker 1: together and look at the fact that it's a rating

1416
01:18:25,840 --> 01:18:31,520
Speaker 1: of ninety one point two seventeen touchdowns against ten interceptions,

1417
01:18:31,640 --> 01:18:38,600
Speaker 1: it's fine, sixty six percent completion percentage, which is, you know, solid.

1418
01:18:38,280 --> 01:18:40,280
Speaker 2: And then nothing crazy about that.

1419
01:18:40,320 --> 01:18:43,280
Speaker 1: When when I throw all those numbers out there, you

1420
01:18:43,320 --> 01:18:44,400
Speaker 1: know who I'm talking about.

1421
01:18:45,120 --> 01:18:46,599
Speaker 4: I know exactly what you're talking about.

1422
01:18:46,800 --> 01:18:47,960
Speaker 2: You know what I'm talking about.

1423
01:18:48,280 --> 01:18:51,040
Speaker 1: And by the way, he also did also just put

1424
01:18:51,080 --> 01:18:52,760
Speaker 1: up a goose egg in the first half of a

1425
01:18:52,800 --> 01:18:53,599
Speaker 1: football game.

1426
01:18:55,600 --> 01:19:01,040
Speaker 3: Yeah, And it's interesting because I almost completely blind said,

1427
01:19:01,200 --> 01:19:06,120
Speaker 3: you know, kind of ninety as you know, a barometer

1428
01:19:06,240 --> 01:19:10,519
Speaker 3: for good passer rating, And it was interesting during break

1429
01:19:10,560 --> 01:19:12,880
Speaker 3: I kind of went through in research like, Okay, where

1430
01:19:12,920 --> 01:19:15,800
Speaker 3: would ninety put you in terms of the rank and

1431
01:19:15,840 --> 01:19:18,320
Speaker 3: it literally almost puts you smack dab in the middle

1432
01:19:18,600 --> 01:19:21,920
Speaker 3: of all mental two quarterbacks. So I'm gonna stick by

1433
01:19:22,000 --> 01:19:24,559
Speaker 3: that ninety number now, and I'm glad I know that now.

1434
01:19:26,720 --> 01:19:28,559
Speaker 1: Yeah, I was gonna say, when you said one hundred,

1435
01:19:28,880 --> 01:19:30,960
Speaker 1: I was like, whoa, we coming in hot. There's only

1436
01:19:31,320 --> 01:19:34,479
Speaker 1: three or four dudes that are north of one hundred

1437
01:19:34,560 --> 01:19:37,439
Speaker 1: right now. But yeah, coming up next, can we have

1438
01:19:37,479 --> 01:19:42,800
Speaker 1: a further conversation with regard to Trevor Lawrence and do

1439
01:19:42,920 --> 01:19:45,880
Speaker 1: we overrate him? So that's around the corner, Mark Willard,

1440
01:19:45,920 --> 01:19:48,080
Speaker 1: Kyle Rudolph, Fox Sports Radio.

1441
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1442
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Speaker 1: Second half Sunday Night Football. But we're kind of like

1446
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Speaker 1: a hockey game. We're going into the third period right here,

1447
01:20:06,760 --> 01:20:10,559
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Speaker 1: way tire buyings should be. I'll say it this way,

1453
01:20:24,680 --> 01:20:30,000
Speaker 1: the Trevor Lawrence conversation Kyle, and I'll also puppet something

1454
01:20:30,040 --> 01:20:34,280
Speaker 1: that our colleague Jason McIntyre over at FS one just

1455
01:20:34,400 --> 01:20:36,479
Speaker 1: wrote less than an hour ago. He said, I love

1456
01:20:37,000 --> 01:20:39,200
Speaker 1: Trevor Lawrence as much as the next guy, but when

1457
01:20:39,200 --> 01:20:42,240
Speaker 1: you look at his wide receivers, his tight ends atn

1458
01:20:42,680 --> 01:20:47,720
Speaker 1: to top five group of skill position guys in the NFL. Certainly,

1459
01:20:47,760 --> 01:20:50,200
Speaker 1: as he put it, he thinks greater than what the

1460
01:20:50,240 --> 01:20:53,919
Speaker 1: Bills and Chiefs have. At some point, he writes, Lawrence

1461
01:20:54,280 --> 01:20:57,719
Speaker 1: has to consistently play like a generational talent.

1462
01:20:58,840 --> 01:21:00,519
Speaker 2: I would phrase it this way.

1463
01:21:01,479 --> 01:21:04,639
Speaker 1: I am mildly disappointed by what we've seen this year.

1464
01:21:04,880 --> 01:21:10,639
Speaker 1: I am not overwhelmingly. I don't think he's bad. He's

1465
01:21:10,720 --> 01:21:15,960
Speaker 1: doing pretty well, but quite frankly, I thought it would

1466
01:21:15,960 --> 01:21:19,040
Speaker 1: be better this year. I really did. And his point

1467
01:21:19,080 --> 01:21:21,720
Speaker 1: is well taken. Evan Ingram has become one of the

1468
01:21:21,720 --> 01:21:25,679
Speaker 1: top tight ends in the game. I realized Christian Kirk

1469
01:21:25,800 --> 01:21:28,799
Speaker 1: is now hurt. But that group with Kirk and Calvin

1470
01:21:28,880 --> 01:21:33,040
Speaker 1: Ridley now back in the league and Zay Jones, like,

1471
01:21:33,360 --> 01:21:37,840
Speaker 1: it feels like this team has everything they need.

1472
01:21:38,280 --> 01:21:39,439
Speaker 2: They've got everything they need.

1473
01:21:39,439 --> 01:21:41,360
Speaker 1: They now have a coach which is with his head

1474
01:21:41,360 --> 01:21:44,120
Speaker 1: screwed on straight, which Trevor did not have early in

1475
01:21:44,160 --> 01:21:46,800
Speaker 1: his career. I'll leave it at that, but like, they've

1476
01:21:46,840 --> 01:21:49,920
Speaker 1: got everything they need and it still kind of looks

1477
01:21:50,040 --> 01:21:55,000
Speaker 1: just sort of fine. It's fine, and.

1478
01:21:54,960 --> 01:21:58,440
Speaker 2: I was hoping for and expected more than fine.

1479
01:21:58,360 --> 01:22:03,280
Speaker 3: This year, and more so, I think it's the progression,

1480
01:22:03,760 --> 01:22:08,519
Speaker 3: you know, from year one, which no one holds anything

1481
01:22:08,600 --> 01:22:11,800
Speaker 3: that happened to Trevor in his rookie year against him

1482
01:22:11,880 --> 01:22:16,519
Speaker 3: due to the circumstances of his head coach and everything

1483
01:22:16,520 --> 01:22:20,000
Speaker 3: that they went through that year. And then you say, okay,

1484
01:22:20,040 --> 01:22:23,960
Speaker 3: they bring in Doug Peterson, a guy who played the position,

1485
01:22:24,080 --> 01:22:26,559
Speaker 3: has been around the game forever, like this is the

1486
01:22:26,600 --> 01:22:32,759
Speaker 3: perfect guy to take the generational first overall pick from

1487
01:22:33,200 --> 01:22:35,599
Speaker 3: you know, the struggles that he had as a rookie

1488
01:22:35,680 --> 01:22:39,040
Speaker 3: year and make him better in year two.

1489
01:22:39,479 --> 01:22:40,240
Speaker 4: And they did that.

1490
01:22:40,800 --> 01:22:43,800
Speaker 3: And they went to the playoffs and they won a

1491
01:22:43,840 --> 01:22:47,200
Speaker 3: playoff game, and they really they played the Chiefs pretty

1492
01:22:47,240 --> 01:22:50,080
Speaker 3: tough of the division around as well, and Trevor was

1493
01:22:50,120 --> 01:22:52,600
Speaker 3: a huge part of that. So then when you have

1494
01:22:52,720 --> 01:22:56,800
Speaker 3: that success in year two, ultimately it then raises the

1495
01:22:56,880 --> 01:23:02,120
Speaker 3: expectations for year three. And you cup with Trevor being

1496
01:23:02,240 --> 01:23:05,639
Speaker 3: a generational talent, and this is a guy that has

1497
01:23:06,160 --> 01:23:09,519
Speaker 3: all of the physical tools, mental tools. I mean, he's

1498
01:23:10,680 --> 01:23:13,599
Speaker 3: the when you build your quarterback in Madden as a kid,

1499
01:23:13,720 --> 01:23:16,840
Speaker 3: you create Trevor Lawrence. You know, he's got the strong arm,

1500
01:23:16,880 --> 01:23:20,800
Speaker 3: he can run, he makes good decisions. You know, he's

1501
01:23:20,800 --> 01:23:24,400
Speaker 3: a winner, he's a leader in the locker room. You know,

1502
01:23:25,320 --> 01:23:27,680
Speaker 3: saw the story today with you know, got all the

1503
01:23:27,720 --> 01:23:30,639
Speaker 3: offensive lineman, the golf carts. You know, he takes care

1504
01:23:30,680 --> 01:23:35,040
Speaker 3: of his offensive lineman, go down the list, check check, check,

1505
01:23:35,080 --> 01:23:37,799
Speaker 3: check check. He checks all the box. Like you said,

1506
01:23:38,400 --> 01:23:41,120
Speaker 3: it's not that this year's necessarily been bad. And I

1507
01:23:41,200 --> 01:23:45,639
Speaker 3: wouldn't even certainly even stated as he regressed from last year.

1508
01:23:46,600 --> 01:23:49,880
Speaker 3: I just don't think we've seen Trevor take that step

1509
01:23:49,960 --> 01:23:53,400
Speaker 3: from hey, you got better from year one to year two,

1510
01:23:53,840 --> 01:23:55,920
Speaker 3: now from year two to year three, you were supposed

1511
01:23:55,920 --> 01:23:59,599
Speaker 3: to kind of assert yourself as one of the game's

1512
01:23:59,680 --> 01:24:03,759
Speaker 3: best because you have the talent and the playmakers around

1513
01:24:03,840 --> 01:24:07,000
Speaker 3: you and all of the physical mental tools.

1514
01:24:06,640 --> 01:24:09,280
Speaker 4: As a quarterback to do so.

1515
01:24:09,280 --> 01:24:12,000
Speaker 3: So when it doesn't happen and we see his numbers

1516
01:24:12,040 --> 01:24:17,200
Speaker 3: that are just good, okay maybe but not great, and

1517
01:24:17,280 --> 01:24:20,719
Speaker 3: greatness is kind of what's expected from Trevor at this point.

1518
01:24:21,840 --> 01:24:24,080
Speaker 1: Well, And I also think about when this team and

1519
01:24:24,120 --> 01:24:26,800
Speaker 1: I remember having the conversation with you a lot because

1520
01:24:26,800 --> 01:24:29,880
Speaker 1: it was a high profile bye week for them. The

1521
01:24:29,920 --> 01:24:33,840
Speaker 1: forty nine Ers and Jags had the bye week the

1522
01:24:33,920 --> 01:24:36,599
Speaker 1: same time, week nine, and then they were getting ready

1523
01:24:36,600 --> 01:24:39,599
Speaker 1: to play each other, and it was such a pivotal

1524
01:24:39,640 --> 01:24:42,640
Speaker 1: time for both teams because the forty nine Ers had

1525
01:24:42,640 --> 01:24:45,400
Speaker 1: lost three in a row and people were wondering what

1526
01:24:45,439 --> 01:24:48,879
Speaker 1: the heck was going on there, and the Jags, meantime,

1527
01:24:48,920 --> 01:24:53,120
Speaker 1: had won five in a row, and people were like, okay, okay,

1528
01:24:53,800 --> 01:24:56,080
Speaker 1: let's go ahead and put you on that same pedestal.

1529
01:24:56,439 --> 01:24:59,200
Speaker 1: You know, you're six and two and maybe you're ready

1530
01:24:59,240 --> 01:25:01,920
Speaker 1: to be mentioned. And right next to Kansas City and

1531
01:25:01,960 --> 01:25:04,920
Speaker 1: Baltimore in this AFC and the.

1532
01:25:04,840 --> 01:25:06,400
Speaker 2: Forty nine Ers were sitting there going.

1533
01:25:06,479 --> 01:25:08,800
Speaker 1: We need to come out and prove that we are

1534
01:25:08,840 --> 01:25:11,240
Speaker 1: the team that everyone thought we were in the first

1535
01:25:11,240 --> 01:25:11,959
Speaker 1: five weeks.

1536
01:25:11,760 --> 01:25:13,599
Speaker 2: Of the season. And you remember what happened.

1537
01:25:13,880 --> 01:25:17,200
Speaker 1: The forty nine ers totally outclassed the Jags, beaten by

1538
01:25:17,240 --> 01:25:20,160
Speaker 1: thirty one points in their own building and kept Trevor

1539
01:25:20,240 --> 01:25:23,519
Speaker 1: Lawrence completely out of the end zone and totally confused

1540
01:25:23,560 --> 01:25:27,200
Speaker 1: the whole time. That's fine, it's one game, but even

1541
01:25:27,320 --> 01:25:30,680
Speaker 1: since then, since that six and two start, it's a

1542
01:25:30,720 --> 01:25:34,400
Speaker 1: two and three football team. They've beaten the Titans, they've

1543
01:25:34,439 --> 01:25:35,560
Speaker 1: beaten the Texans.

1544
01:25:36,040 --> 01:25:36,519
Speaker 2: That's it.

1545
01:25:36,640 --> 01:25:41,040
Speaker 1: They lost in overtime against Cincinnati at Cleveland. I realized

1546
01:25:41,040 --> 01:25:44,240
Speaker 1: Trevor got hurt in there, and obviously that had a

1547
01:25:44,360 --> 01:25:48,960
Speaker 1: very very large effect on things. But you look at

1548
01:25:48,960 --> 01:25:52,559
Speaker 1: them right now, and they're facing four losses in their

1549
01:25:52,640 --> 01:25:55,200
Speaker 1: last six games if they can't get it together here

1550
01:25:55,479 --> 01:25:59,200
Speaker 1: in the second half, and they just still look like

1551
01:26:00,120 --> 01:26:03,640
Speaker 1: at best, this is a sort of a B minus

1552
01:26:03,680 --> 01:26:07,360
Speaker 1: team in the in the greater view of the AFC.

1553
01:26:07,439 --> 01:26:10,519
Speaker 1: And I thought more. I thought more was coming for

1554
01:26:10,640 --> 01:26:11,599
Speaker 1: Jacksonville this year.

1555
01:26:12,720 --> 01:26:15,600
Speaker 3: Yeah, And you really can look at their season around

1556
01:26:17,040 --> 01:26:20,920
Speaker 3: that eight game stretch where they essentially went seven to

1557
01:26:20,960 --> 01:26:23,679
Speaker 3: one with the one loss being to the Niners coming

1558
01:26:23,680 --> 01:26:26,280
Speaker 3: off of the bye week, like you talked about, you

1559
01:26:26,280 --> 01:26:29,280
Speaker 3: look at that eight game stretch and it's bookended with

1560
01:26:29,760 --> 01:26:32,400
Speaker 3: two losses on the front end and back to back

1561
01:26:32,520 --> 01:26:37,040
Speaker 3: losses the last two weeks. And I think, you know,

1562
01:26:37,080 --> 01:26:39,360
Speaker 3: you talk about that forty nine Ers team and or

1563
01:26:39,439 --> 01:26:41,800
Speaker 3: excuse me, you talk about that Jaguars team leading up

1564
01:26:41,800 --> 01:26:44,640
Speaker 3: to the forty nine Ers game and the stretch that

1565
01:26:44,680 --> 01:26:47,880
Speaker 3: they had with back to back games in London, then

1566
01:26:47,920 --> 01:26:50,960
Speaker 3: a home game, then a road Thursday night game, then

1567
01:26:51,320 --> 01:26:53,800
Speaker 3: a road game against the Steelers, and you know, they

1568
01:26:53,880 --> 01:26:55,800
Speaker 3: find a way to win that one against you know,

1569
01:26:56,200 --> 01:27:00,000
Speaker 3: a tough defense, and it was you liked what you saw.

1570
01:27:00,240 --> 01:27:03,960
Speaker 3: It was this is a team that they have their quarterback,

1571
01:27:04,000 --> 01:27:07,120
Speaker 3: they have a run game, they have skill players on

1572
01:27:07,160 --> 01:27:09,240
Speaker 3: the outside, they have one of the best tight ends

1573
01:27:09,280 --> 01:27:12,400
Speaker 3: in football. They have a team that plays pretty good defense.

1574
01:27:12,960 --> 01:27:16,200
Speaker 3: They have a coach that is experienced and has been

1575
01:27:16,200 --> 01:27:18,679
Speaker 3: there and won in the playoffs and won the Super Bowl.

1576
01:27:19,320 --> 01:27:22,840
Speaker 3: So why would we not mention this Jaguars team up

1577
01:27:22,840 --> 01:27:26,800
Speaker 3: there with the Chiefs and the Dolphins and the Ravens

1578
01:27:26,840 --> 01:27:30,120
Speaker 3: and everybody else at the top of the AFC, and

1579
01:27:30,160 --> 01:27:33,000
Speaker 3: it's like, okay, well here we are now. You know,

1580
01:27:33,600 --> 01:27:35,960
Speaker 3: we gave them the benefit of the doubt on the

1581
01:27:36,000 --> 01:27:39,240
Speaker 3: first two losses on the bookend, because well they figured

1582
01:27:39,240 --> 01:27:43,320
Speaker 3: it out during that tough stretch of five games. And

1583
01:27:43,360 --> 01:27:46,519
Speaker 3: now we're right back with the loss against the Bengals

1584
01:27:46,560 --> 01:27:49,760
Speaker 3: and then the loss at Cleveland last week, and you know,

1585
01:27:50,320 --> 01:27:53,639
Speaker 3: mention it. They're a half game ahead of Houston right

1586
01:27:53,680 --> 01:27:58,280
Speaker 3: now and just not playing good football. You watch the

1587
01:27:58,320 --> 01:28:01,000
Speaker 3: way this Jaguars team has played in the first half

1588
01:28:01,000 --> 01:28:04,880
Speaker 3: and it's you know, missing kicks on special teams, turning

1589
01:28:04,920 --> 01:28:07,240
Speaker 3: the football over in the red zone, you know, just

1590
01:28:07,960 --> 01:28:11,320
Speaker 3: carelessly losing the football. It didn't even take a hit.

1591
01:28:11,880 --> 01:28:16,679
Speaker 3: And then just poor execution in a two minute drill

1592
01:28:16,760 --> 01:28:21,360
Speaker 3: with no timeouts, trying to advance a ball instead of

1593
01:28:21,560 --> 01:28:24,719
Speaker 3: just clocking it, maybe taking one shot at the end zone,

1594
01:28:24,720 --> 01:28:27,840
Speaker 3: and then again taking your three points, making this a

1595
01:28:27,920 --> 01:28:31,040
Speaker 3: ten to three game at the very worst, knowing that

1596
01:28:31,160 --> 01:28:33,639
Speaker 3: Baltimore was getting the ball coming out of the second half,

1597
01:28:34,600 --> 01:28:37,080
Speaker 3: and you go into halftime and you have zero points,

1598
01:28:37,120 --> 01:28:39,880
Speaker 3: and it's like those are the type of things like

1599
01:28:39,960 --> 01:28:46,120
Speaker 3: that first half is exactly what Jacksonville can't do. If

1600
01:28:46,120 --> 01:28:48,800
Speaker 3: they want to live up to the potential of their

1601
01:28:48,920 --> 01:28:52,719
Speaker 3: roster and compete in the AFC come playoff time.

1602
01:28:53,240 --> 01:28:55,920
Speaker 2: Yeah, it made me. It's a really good point you

1603
01:28:55,920 --> 01:28:56,360
Speaker 2: bring up.

1604
01:28:56,400 --> 01:28:58,840
Speaker 1: It made me pull up the red zone percentages for

1605
01:29:00,080 --> 01:29:03,280
Speaker 1: all NFL teams this year. You won't be surprised to

1606
01:29:03,320 --> 01:29:05,040
Speaker 1: know kind of who's at the top of the list,

1607
01:29:05,080 --> 01:29:07,000
Speaker 1: the top three of the Dolphins, the Bills, and the

1608
01:29:07,000 --> 01:29:10,479
Speaker 1: forty nine ers. Jacksonville is a little bit ahead of

1609
01:29:10,520 --> 01:29:14,920
Speaker 1: the halfway mark, their twelfth in the NFL. Man you

1610
01:29:14,960 --> 01:29:17,120
Speaker 1: think about it, though, because of what we've seen in

1611
01:29:17,160 --> 01:29:19,360
Speaker 1: this first half, I could easily argue they should be

1612
01:29:19,400 --> 01:29:22,200
Speaker 1: winning this game even if they simply came away from

1613
01:29:22,280 --> 01:29:25,880
Speaker 1: their four opportunities with field goals.

1614
01:29:25,920 --> 01:29:27,200
Speaker 2: They've missed two field.

1615
01:29:26,960 --> 01:29:28,760
Speaker 1: Goals, albeit one of them was a long one that

1616
01:29:28,840 --> 01:29:32,240
Speaker 1: bounced off of the upright, but the fumble in the

1617
01:29:32,280 --> 01:29:35,760
Speaker 1: red zone and then sort of what I think is

1618
01:29:35,800 --> 01:29:39,439
Speaker 1: an extension of what we were talking about earlier, which

1619
01:29:39,479 --> 01:29:44,080
Speaker 1: is this need, especially for offensive head coaches, to swagger

1620
01:29:44,240 --> 01:29:49,160
Speaker 1: in to situations. The Jags right before the half take

1621
01:29:49,200 --> 01:29:53,080
Speaker 1: a chance that really I would question whether or not

1622
01:29:53,120 --> 01:29:56,639
Speaker 1: it was even worthwhile. Even if the receiver gets out

1623
01:29:56,640 --> 01:29:59,280
Speaker 1: of bounds there as opposed to being pulled down in bounds.

1624
01:29:59,320 --> 01:30:01,040
Speaker 2: What do you have? You have three?

1625
01:30:01,560 --> 01:30:04,640
Speaker 1: You get three, which is what you already had. I

1626
01:30:04,680 --> 01:30:07,280
Speaker 1: don't know why everyone sell allergic.

1627
01:30:07,160 --> 01:30:11,160
Speaker 3: To three, but even in that situation, it's first in

1628
01:30:11,200 --> 01:30:13,760
Speaker 3: goal on the five yard line. You clock the football.

1629
01:30:14,400 --> 01:30:17,840
Speaker 3: You have a chance to try to get six. Because

1630
01:30:17,880 --> 01:30:19,840
Speaker 3: you clocked the football. Now you can take one shot

1631
01:30:19,840 --> 01:30:22,400
Speaker 3: at the end zone. You know, you tell your quarterback

1632
01:30:22,479 --> 01:30:25,080
Speaker 3: right away and his headset if you don't have something

1633
01:30:25,200 --> 01:30:27,720
Speaker 3: right away, the ball gets sailed out of bounds and

1634
01:30:28,080 --> 01:30:32,000
Speaker 3: we kick the field goal, go into halftime with three points.

1635
01:30:32,040 --> 01:30:34,080
Speaker 3: So it's like, again, if the goal is to get

1636
01:30:34,080 --> 01:30:38,800
Speaker 3: a touchdown, I don't understand why the four yards and

1637
01:30:39,280 --> 01:30:40,800
Speaker 3: get it. You know, say he would have got out

1638
01:30:40,840 --> 01:30:42,519
Speaker 3: of bounds and there would have been four seconds left

1639
01:30:42,520 --> 01:30:44,680
Speaker 3: on the clock, you're still kicking a field goal, You're

1640
01:30:44,720 --> 01:30:47,599
Speaker 3: still getting three points. So it just didn't really make

1641
01:30:47,640 --> 01:30:51,200
Speaker 3: sense on the decision making and executing there as they

1642
01:30:51,560 --> 01:30:53,679
Speaker 3: ran up to the line to essentially run a play

1643
01:30:53,720 --> 01:30:56,040
Speaker 3: instead of just clocking it and then taking a shot

1644
01:30:56,080 --> 01:30:56,679
Speaker 3: at the end zone.

1645
01:30:57,320 --> 01:31:01,000
Speaker 1: With all that said, we inspired them, We inspired them.

1646
01:31:01,000 --> 01:31:02,519
Speaker 1: I can't tell you how many times does this happen?

1647
01:31:02,640 --> 01:31:05,559
Speaker 1: You have a conversation, you're like, my gosh, when are

1648
01:31:05,560 --> 01:31:07,200
Speaker 1: they going to get it together? And then they get

1649
01:31:07,240 --> 01:31:10,240
Speaker 1: it together right right there as you're having the conversation,

1650
01:31:10,880 --> 01:31:14,320
Speaker 1: Trevor Lawrence to Agnew Long one Jags on the board

1651
01:31:14,800 --> 01:31:19,120
Speaker 1: and it's now a ten to seven football game. More

1652
01:31:19,160 --> 01:31:22,160
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Speaker 1: Slash credit card limitations apply. Coming up next. Well, they're

1658
01:31:42,439 --> 01:31:44,800
Speaker 1: laying in the weeds, but I think that they have

1659
01:31:45,080 --> 01:31:50,000
Speaker 1: raised their hand as the team in the NFC outside

1660
01:31:50,000 --> 01:31:53,559
Speaker 1: of the obvious four that is the next best and

1661
01:31:53,600 --> 01:31:56,639
Speaker 1: the one that you don't really want to potentially play

1662
01:31:56,640 --> 01:31:59,800
Speaker 1: in the playoffs. We'll get to that around the corner

1663
01:31:59,840 --> 01:32:03,639
Speaker 1: with Kyle Rudolph Mark Willard. It's Fox Sports Radio. Okay,

1664
01:32:03,640 --> 01:32:06,559
Speaker 1: we're in the tirag dot com studios. That's Kyle Rudolph,

1665
01:32:06,720 --> 01:32:11,360
Speaker 1: Mark Willard. I don't want to see the Rams I

1666
01:32:11,400 --> 01:32:15,400
Speaker 1: don't want to see the Rams right now. Matt Stafford

1667
01:32:15,400 --> 01:32:18,479
Speaker 1: has come back from injury. They've won four of five games.

1668
01:32:19,479 --> 01:32:24,520
Speaker 1: The only one they lost was in overtime at Baltimore,

1669
01:32:25,439 --> 01:32:29,080
Speaker 1: a game that I actually think, if moral victories exist,

1670
01:32:29,800 --> 01:32:33,599
Speaker 1: that might have been one of them. Probably a nice

1671
01:32:33,640 --> 01:32:36,200
Speaker 1: penalty on that punt return for a touchdown that didn't

1672
01:32:36,200 --> 01:32:37,880
Speaker 1: get called, that we would have called it. I mean,

1673
01:32:38,400 --> 01:32:40,680
Speaker 1: we could do this a lot. They've scored twenty eight

1674
01:32:40,800 --> 01:32:42,599
Speaker 1: or more in four of those five games.

1675
01:32:43,640 --> 01:32:45,639
Speaker 2: Look Out for the Los Angeles Rams.

1676
01:32:46,240 --> 01:32:48,840
Speaker 1: And I don't say that because I think they're necessarily

1677
01:32:48,920 --> 01:32:52,120
Speaker 1: going to take over the NFC playoffs or anything like that.

1678
01:32:52,240 --> 01:32:56,400
Speaker 1: But we've been waiting for someone in the NFC not

1679
01:32:56,560 --> 01:33:03,440
Speaker 1: named San Francisco, Philadelphia, Dallas, Detroit to gain some credibility.

1680
01:33:04,160 --> 01:33:07,479
Speaker 1: And I don't know what you think. I kind of

1681
01:33:07,479 --> 01:33:08,240
Speaker 1: think this is it.

1682
01:33:10,240 --> 01:33:11,559
Speaker 4: Yeah, that's exactly it.

1683
01:33:11,680 --> 01:33:16,240
Speaker 3: We've been looking for the you know, not formidable wild

1684
01:33:16,360 --> 01:33:19,280
Speaker 3: card opponent because we know it'll be whoever doesn't win

1685
01:33:19,479 --> 01:33:22,720
Speaker 3: the NFC East. They will be the five seed and

1686
01:33:22,920 --> 01:33:26,880
Speaker 3: ultimately play the four seed whoever wins the NFC South.

1687
01:33:27,360 --> 01:33:30,840
Speaker 3: But it was like, we know that that's five who's

1688
01:33:30,880 --> 01:33:34,040
Speaker 3: gonna be six and seven, in which one of those

1689
01:33:34,080 --> 01:33:39,000
Speaker 3: teams at six and seven will scare whoever's at two

1690
01:33:39,040 --> 01:33:45,080
Speaker 3: and three. And it's like, if you're the Detroit Lions

1691
01:33:45,479 --> 01:33:50,120
Speaker 3: and you're possibly gonna be three, you know, if you're

1692
01:33:50,439 --> 01:33:53,080
Speaker 3: the Philadelphia Eagles or the Dallas Cowboys and you're gonna

1693
01:33:53,120 --> 01:33:56,599
Speaker 3: be two, I don't know that I'd want to play

1694
01:33:57,439 --> 01:34:00,439
Speaker 3: Matthew Stafford and Cooper Cup and Sean mc and the

1695
01:34:00,600 --> 01:34:04,960
Speaker 3: Rams and the wild card round of the playoffs. So

1696
01:34:05,040 --> 01:34:07,120
Speaker 3: it's in there. You know, you look at their schedule

1697
01:34:07,160 --> 01:34:10,400
Speaker 3: coming up, They got the Saints coming to LA, then

1698
01:34:10,439 --> 01:34:12,759
Speaker 3: they go to the Giants, and then you know they'll

1699
01:34:12,800 --> 01:34:15,760
Speaker 3: face the forty nine ers. And we talked about their

1700
01:34:15,880 --> 01:34:18,960
Speaker 3: game all the way back in Week two against the

1701
01:34:19,000 --> 01:34:21,160
Speaker 3: forty nine ers in LA, and you know one that

1702
01:34:21,200 --> 01:34:23,640
Speaker 3: they really went toe to toe with the Niners, and

1703
01:34:23,640 --> 01:34:26,920
Speaker 3: they've always played the Niners tough, So it could be

1704
01:34:26,960 --> 01:34:30,160
Speaker 3: interesting at that point. Do you know if the Niners

1705
01:34:30,200 --> 01:34:34,120
Speaker 3: have the one seed locked up and home field advantage

1706
01:34:34,120 --> 01:34:36,519
Speaker 3: of the first round, by you know, we could be

1707
01:34:37,600 --> 01:34:45,639
Speaker 3: looking at a ten and seven LA Rams team that, again,

1708
01:34:45,680 --> 01:34:47,280
Speaker 3: I wouldn't want to be the two or three Seed

1709
01:34:47,320 --> 01:34:47,800
Speaker 3: playing them.

1710
01:34:48,960 --> 01:34:51,719
Speaker 1: Yeah, I look at it right now and just sort

1711
01:34:51,720 --> 01:34:56,360
Speaker 1: of think about who else in in the NFC kind

1712
01:34:56,360 --> 01:34:58,439
Speaker 1: of stacks up with them right now? You know, Green

1713
01:34:58,479 --> 01:35:02,720
Speaker 1: Bay suddenly with you know, just to sort of head

1714
01:35:02,760 --> 01:35:06,400
Speaker 1: scratching performances since they got to six and six and

1715
01:35:06,479 --> 01:35:09,800
Speaker 1: so they've fallen by the wayside a little bit. The

1716
01:35:09,880 --> 01:35:15,160
Speaker 1: Vikings seemed to be moments away from grabbing a victory.

1717
01:35:14,840 --> 01:35:15,799
Speaker 2: Earlier this week.

1718
01:35:16,880 --> 01:35:19,759
Speaker 1: They were not able to do that the Bengals rally,

1719
01:35:19,880 --> 01:35:23,160
Speaker 1: but still sitting there at seven and seven. We'll see

1720
01:35:23,400 --> 01:35:25,840
Speaker 1: how the Seahawks factor into this based on what they

1721
01:35:25,920 --> 01:35:29,280
Speaker 1: do tomorrow night. And then the Bucks and Saints are

1722
01:35:29,320 --> 01:35:32,480
Speaker 1: both sitting at seven and seven. You know, the Falcons

1723
01:35:32,479 --> 01:35:34,479
Speaker 1: sitting there at six and eight also, Like, I mean,

1724
01:35:34,600 --> 01:35:36,479
Speaker 1: just put all those teams into a bucket. I don't

1725
01:35:36,479 --> 01:35:41,720
Speaker 1: think there's any question about which one is the scariest

1726
01:35:41,760 --> 01:35:47,360
Speaker 1: team for sure, and man if the Rams, like, let's

1727
01:35:47,360 --> 01:35:50,120
Speaker 1: see how this plays out. Dallas has such a tough

1728
01:35:50,120 --> 01:35:52,120
Speaker 1: schedule and today it was a poor day for them,

1729
01:35:52,680 --> 01:35:54,200
Speaker 1: but there's a long way to go there.

1730
01:35:54,240 --> 01:35:56,360
Speaker 2: Let's see if Philly can win tomorrow night.

1731
01:35:56,439 --> 01:36:00,680
Speaker 1: But if you put these Rams, like, let's say just

1732
01:36:00,720 --> 01:36:06,000
Speaker 1: for argument's sake, the Rams were going to Philadelphia tomorrow night. Oh,

1733
01:36:06,080 --> 01:36:08,320
Speaker 1: I would completely think that the Rams were gonna win

1734
01:36:08,360 --> 01:36:08,800
Speaker 1: that game.

1735
01:36:09,280 --> 01:36:15,639
Speaker 3: Yeah, no question about it. And again, there's like playoff

1736
01:36:15,640 --> 01:36:20,439
Speaker 3: football is just different. And if I'm the Detroit Lions

1737
01:36:20,640 --> 01:36:26,200
Speaker 3: and I'm on this multi decade skid without winning a

1738
01:36:26,240 --> 01:36:32,360
Speaker 3: playoff game, and we're the NFC North champ hosting the

1739
01:36:32,560 --> 01:36:36,720
Speaker 3: La Rams, and again, you know, like, that's that's got

1740
01:36:36,720 --> 01:36:39,799
Speaker 3: to be the worst nightmare for every Detroit fan possible,

1741
01:36:39,880 --> 01:36:41,800
Speaker 3: not only because you're playing, you know, one of the

1742
01:36:41,800 --> 01:36:44,960
Speaker 3: hottest teams of the NFC, but your former quarterback of

1743
01:36:45,000 --> 01:36:49,320
Speaker 3: twelve years is coming to Detroit, and you have a

1744
01:36:49,439 --> 01:36:53,000
Speaker 3: roster full of guys who have experience in the playoffs. Obviously,

1745
01:36:53,040 --> 01:36:55,719
Speaker 3: they have young guys that weren't there two years ago

1746
01:36:55,760 --> 01:36:57,800
Speaker 3: when they won the Super Bowl, but you know a

1747
01:36:57,800 --> 01:37:01,120
Speaker 3: lot of their core playmakers on both the ball are

1748
01:37:01,200 --> 01:37:05,360
Speaker 3: still there. And they've built that whole team around Aaron

1749
01:37:05,439 --> 01:37:11,160
Speaker 3: Donald and Matthew Stafford and Cooper Cup And that's that's

1750
01:37:11,200 --> 01:37:13,320
Speaker 3: got to be your worst nightmare if you're a Detroit fan.

1751
01:37:13,400 --> 01:37:16,040
Speaker 3: You're you're thinking, hey, maybe we could play Minnesota a

1752
01:37:16,040 --> 01:37:18,400
Speaker 3: third time or maybe the you know, one of the

1753
01:37:18,520 --> 01:37:22,320
Speaker 3: NFC South teams, whether it be the Bucks or the Saints,

1754
01:37:22,360 --> 01:37:25,679
Speaker 3: whoever doesn't win the division, maybe they'll be the sixth

1755
01:37:25,680 --> 01:37:28,160
Speaker 3: seed and we can get one of those teams, Like, please,

1756
01:37:28,200 --> 01:37:31,240
Speaker 3: don't let it be the Rams, you know, let the

1757
01:37:31,320 --> 01:37:33,920
Speaker 3: Rams be the seven and make them go play whoever

1758
01:37:34,000 --> 01:37:38,160
Speaker 3: the two seed is between Dallas or Philly.

1759
01:37:39,360 --> 01:37:40,519
Speaker 1: I didn't even think of that.

1760
01:37:41,240 --> 01:37:41,880
Speaker 2: We need that.

1761
01:37:42,600 --> 01:37:46,160
Speaker 1: We need Matt Stafford against Jared Goff, we need that badly.

1762
01:37:46,240 --> 01:37:49,120
Speaker 1: That's an incredible matchup in Detroit.

1763
01:37:49,200 --> 01:37:51,920
Speaker 3: Again, it's just the worst nightmare for everyone in the

1764
01:37:51,920 --> 01:37:52,759
Speaker 3: state of Michigan.

1765
01:37:53,439 --> 01:37:55,560
Speaker 2: That would be absolutely incredible.

1766
01:37:55,600 --> 01:37:59,679
Speaker 1: Although you know, a daylight today, they'd be feeling confident

1767
01:37:59,720 --> 01:38:01,760
Speaker 1: about and I don't know where the hell that came

1768
01:38:01,800 --> 01:38:04,840
Speaker 1: from yesterday, but Jared Golf, who had a case of

1769
01:38:04,880 --> 01:38:10,520
Speaker 1: the turnover bug the last few weeks, was absolutely incredible yesterday.

1770
01:38:11,479 --> 01:38:14,919
Speaker 1: So I don't know, maybe they'd be feeling it. But boy,

1771
01:38:15,040 --> 01:38:21,519
Speaker 1: if there is, if there is any conspiracy theory with

1772
01:38:21,640 --> 01:38:24,719
Speaker 1: the way these sports leagues come together, we will get

1773
01:38:24,800 --> 01:38:28,800
Speaker 1: Lions and Rams in the playoffs because that is too perfect.

1774
01:38:29,160 --> 01:38:31,840
Speaker 3: Yeah, that's that's the storyline that everyone wants for sure,

1775
01:38:31,880 --> 01:38:35,840
Speaker 3: and you know, like it's again just all all the

1776
01:38:35,880 --> 01:38:39,000
Speaker 3: pressure would be on the Detroit Lions. And when you're

1777
01:38:39,040 --> 01:38:42,840
Speaker 3: a team that's trying to overcome you know, decades of

1778
01:38:43,080 --> 01:38:47,840
Speaker 3: mediocrity and you know, decades since your last playoff, when

1779
01:38:48,680 --> 01:38:52,040
Speaker 3: you know it's it's like, I think back to the

1780
01:38:52,360 --> 01:38:55,559
Speaker 3: Cincinnati Bengals and and they had all those years where

1781
01:38:55,920 --> 01:38:58,400
Speaker 3: you know, they're good football teams, They've got all kinds

1782
01:38:58,439 --> 01:39:01,479
Speaker 3: of talent and get to the playoffs year in and

1783
01:39:01,560 --> 01:39:05,240
Speaker 3: year out, ultimately just to find ways to lose games.

1784
01:39:05,320 --> 01:39:08,800
Speaker 3: And you know they have their division rival, the Pittsburgh Steelers,

1785
01:39:08,880 --> 01:39:12,519
Speaker 3: beat in Cincinnati in the wildcard round and we all

1786
01:39:12,560 --> 01:39:16,519
Speaker 3: remember how that ended with Vontes Burfett and ab and

1787
01:39:16,560 --> 01:39:18,960
Speaker 3: the fight and the penalties, and then they end up

1788
01:39:18,960 --> 01:39:22,320
Speaker 3: blowing the game and losing and still not winning a

1789
01:39:22,320 --> 01:39:25,880
Speaker 3: playoff game. And it's like, as these continue to build,

1790
01:39:26,600 --> 01:39:31,320
Speaker 3: the pressure on you as an organization becomes greater and greater.

1791
01:39:32,200 --> 01:39:34,360
Speaker 3: On the flip side, you have the Rams coming in

1792
01:39:34,400 --> 01:39:37,240
Speaker 3: from La just this you know, kind of laid back

1793
01:39:37,280 --> 01:39:40,479
Speaker 3: California attitude, like hey, we're we're just gonna go throw

1794
01:39:40,479 --> 01:39:42,479
Speaker 3: it around and we just want a Super Bowl two

1795
01:39:42,520 --> 01:39:44,640
Speaker 3: years ago, so there's really no pressure on us, Like,

1796
01:39:45,000 --> 01:39:47,640
Speaker 3: you know, no one expected us to be any good anyways.

1797
01:39:47,720 --> 01:39:50,760
Speaker 3: You know we've had to, you know, really only pay

1798
01:39:50,840 --> 01:39:52,040
Speaker 3: three or four guys.

1799
01:39:52,439 --> 01:39:54,559
Speaker 4: Hey, we'll see what happens. And then they go play.

1800
01:39:54,720 --> 01:39:57,160
Speaker 3: They play well, and because there's no pressure on them,

1801
01:39:57,400 --> 01:40:00,160
Speaker 3: all the pressures on the Lions and all these young

1802
01:40:00,240 --> 01:40:03,559
Speaker 3: guys that really haven't played big time playoff football. Obviously,

1803
01:40:03,600 --> 01:40:06,080
Speaker 3: I know Jared Goff has, but most of that roster

1804
01:40:06,240 --> 01:40:06,519
Speaker 3: has not.

1805
01:40:07,720 --> 01:40:09,880
Speaker 1: Yeah, and I mean it comes up on this show

1806
01:40:09,920 --> 01:40:13,000
Speaker 1: all the time, and it's not the sexiest topic, but

1807
01:40:13,240 --> 01:40:14,080
Speaker 1: it's just the deal.

1808
01:40:14,360 --> 01:40:14,679
Speaker 2: Health.

1809
01:40:15,280 --> 01:40:19,719
Speaker 1: The Los Angeles Rams now have Kiren Williams back, They've

1810
01:40:19,720 --> 01:40:23,519
Speaker 1: got Cooper Cup back. In the process of losing Cooper Cup,

1811
01:40:23,560 --> 01:40:27,920
Speaker 1: they found Pooka Nakua. Matt Stafford is back, and my god,

1812
01:40:27,960 --> 01:40:33,800
Speaker 1: the offense looks dynamic. It looks absolutely dynamic. So you know,

1813
01:40:34,320 --> 01:40:37,599
Speaker 1: if they show up with this group, if this group

1814
01:40:37,680 --> 01:40:40,880
Speaker 1: is healthy, I don't know, man, I think I might

1815
01:40:40,880 --> 01:40:43,639
Speaker 1: put them in the five. It wasn't even five teams

1816
01:40:44,000 --> 01:40:45,880
Speaker 1: now it is. I think that they deserve a seat

1817
01:40:45,920 --> 01:40:46,479
Speaker 1: at the table.

1818
01:40:47,200 --> 01:40:51,719
Speaker 3: Yeah, I definitely agree. And as I said, that's Detroit

1819
01:40:51,760 --> 01:40:53,679
Speaker 3: wants to do everything they can to try to hopefully

1820
01:40:53,680 --> 01:40:56,720
Speaker 3: get to two so they can they can face the

1821
01:40:56,800 --> 01:40:59,599
Speaker 3: Vikings for a third time in four weeks.

1822
01:41:00,880 --> 01:41:03,479
Speaker 1: We got to go to the NFC South to discuss

1823
01:41:03,520 --> 01:41:07,759
Speaker 1: two quarterbacks, one of whom arrow up, the other one

1824
01:41:07,920 --> 01:41:13,240
Speaker 1: unfortunately arrowed down. So we'll get to that coming up

1825
01:41:13,439 --> 01:41:16,919
Speaker 1: in just a few It's Mark Willen and Kyle Rudolph,

1826
01:41:16,960 --> 01:41:19,280
Speaker 1: but it's also Kevin Wyert, so let's get him in

1827
01:41:19,360 --> 01:41:21,040
Speaker 1: here and let's find out what's trending.

1828
01:41:21,520 --> 01:41:24,800
Speaker 6: Yeah, we got Sunday Night football going on right now,

1829
01:41:24,840 --> 01:41:28,040
Speaker 6: and it's the Ravens leading the Jacksonville Jaguars ten to seven.

1830
01:41:28,080 --> 01:41:30,240
Speaker 6: They're late in the third quarter, about two minutes ago.

1831
01:41:31,120 --> 01:41:33,920
Speaker 6: Until the end of that quarter, Trevor Lawrence will a

1832
01:41:34,000 --> 01:41:37,120
Speaker 6: touchdown pass to get the Jaguars on the board earlier

1833
01:41:37,160 --> 01:41:39,120
Speaker 6: in this quarter to cut the lead at two three.

1834
01:41:39,200 --> 01:41:43,240
Speaker 6: Lamar Jackson actually the leading rusher today for Baltimore. He's

1835
01:41:43,280 --> 01:41:47,320
Speaker 6: got sixty one yards on ten carries. Over All those passing,

1836
01:41:47,360 --> 01:41:49,400
Speaker 6: he has one hundred and forty one yards a touchdown

1837
01:41:49,400 --> 01:41:53,720
Speaker 6: in interception. His touchdown pass to Isaiah Likely in Jacksonville,

1838
01:41:53,720 --> 01:41:55,599
Speaker 6: though trying to get the win so they could stay

1839
01:41:56,040 --> 01:41:58,360
Speaker 6: in the lead. In the AFC South. They're currently a

1840
01:41:58,400 --> 01:42:02,479
Speaker 6: half game ahead of the Houston Texans. That's after Houston

1841
01:42:02,520 --> 01:42:06,360
Speaker 6: came from behind and beat the Titans nineteen sixteen in overtime,

1842
01:42:06,520 --> 01:42:09,519
Speaker 6: so a lost by Jacksonville would make it a tie

1843
01:42:09,560 --> 01:42:14,160
Speaker 6: a top of that division. Another big comeback victory Browns

1844
01:42:14,240 --> 01:42:16,800
Speaker 6: over the Bears twenty to seven. They scored thirteen on

1845
01:42:16,960 --> 01:42:19,320
Speaker 6: answer in the fourth quarter to win it and jump

1846
01:42:19,400 --> 01:42:23,040
Speaker 6: into the number five seed in the AFC standings, leapfrogging

1847
01:42:23,040 --> 01:42:27,400
Speaker 6: their division rival the Cincinnati Bengals. In the NFC South,

1848
01:42:27,800 --> 01:42:30,519
Speaker 6: it's now the Buccaneers and the Saints a top of

1849
01:42:30,560 --> 01:42:33,160
Speaker 6: the division after the Bucks pull away to beat the

1850
01:42:33,200 --> 01:42:35,439
Speaker 6: Packers thirty four to ten and the Saints pound the

1851
01:42:35,479 --> 01:42:38,479
Speaker 6: Giants twenty four to six, and with that they were

1852
01:42:38,479 --> 01:42:41,360
Speaker 6: in first place. That's because the Falcons got dragged down

1853
01:42:41,400 --> 01:42:46,200
Speaker 6: by the Panthers nine to seven the final. They're in Charlotte,

1854
01:42:46,240 --> 01:42:50,280
Speaker 6: so it's now the Falcons a game back. In the

1855
01:42:50,400 --> 01:42:53,320
Speaker 6: NFC South standings, the Saints and the Buccaneers each with

1856
01:42:53,400 --> 01:42:58,040
Speaker 6: a seven and seven record. Other scores from today, the

1857
01:42:58,080 --> 01:43:01,400
Speaker 6: Patriots fall to the Chiefs seven to seventeen Kansas City,

1858
01:43:01,439 --> 01:43:05,240
Speaker 6: overcoming two interceptions from Patrick Mahomes to get the win.

1859
01:43:05,640 --> 01:43:09,439
Speaker 6: The Dolphin shout out the Jets thirty to nothing. And

1860
01:43:09,560 --> 01:43:12,360
Speaker 6: in the late window these games really not that close,

1861
01:43:12,400 --> 01:43:15,760
Speaker 6: so though got a little bit a little bit tight

1862
01:43:15,800 --> 01:43:18,519
Speaker 6: for the Rams there. They win it twenty eight to twenty,

1863
01:43:18,560 --> 01:43:19,760
Speaker 6: but they were up by much more.

1864
01:43:19,800 --> 01:43:20,400
Speaker 1: They were up.

1865
01:43:21,800 --> 01:43:25,400
Speaker 6: Twenty to seven at the end of the third quarter

1866
01:43:25,840 --> 01:43:28,360
Speaker 6: forty nine. Ers pound the Cardinals forty five to twenty nine.

1867
01:43:28,400 --> 01:43:31,400
Speaker 6: They clinch the NFC West and the Cowboys now fall

1868
01:43:31,439 --> 01:43:34,000
Speaker 6: to the number five spot in the NFC standings. The

1869
01:43:34,000 --> 01:43:36,960
Speaker 6: Bills pound them thirty one to ten. You could say

1870
01:43:37,000 --> 01:43:40,120
Speaker 6: the Cowboys got cooked as Jared Cook or excuse me,

1871
01:43:40,200 --> 01:43:42,439
Speaker 6: James Cook one hundred and seventy nine yards and a

1872
01:43:42,479 --> 01:43:45,519
Speaker 6: touchdown on the ground. You also caught a touchdown through

1873
01:43:45,560 --> 01:43:48,920
Speaker 6: the air forty two yards receiving as well, so he

1874
01:43:49,000 --> 01:43:51,920
Speaker 6: really had an outstanding game. As the Bills now in

1875
01:43:51,960 --> 01:43:54,880
Speaker 6: the number nine spot in the AFC standings, but they're

1876
01:43:54,920 --> 01:43:57,439
Speaker 6: in a log jam there fighting for the final two

1877
01:43:57,560 --> 01:44:02,200
Speaker 6: wildcard spots. They're tied with fourteen so Cincinnati, Indianapolis, Houston,

1878
01:44:02,240 --> 01:44:05,679
Speaker 6: Buffalo all eight and six, fighting for those final two

1879
01:44:05,920 --> 01:44:07,479
Speaker 6: wildcard spots.

1880
01:44:07,479 --> 01:44:10,160
Speaker 5: Back to you guys, all.

1881
01:44:10,120 --> 01:44:13,800
Speaker 1: Right, Kevin, great stuff, Appreciate that we continue to come

1882
01:44:13,840 --> 01:44:17,960
Speaker 1: to you live tyre rak dot com studios. And also

1883
01:44:18,439 --> 01:44:21,160
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1884
01:44:21,200 --> 01:44:23,000
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1885
01:44:23,040 --> 01:44:26,320
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1886
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01:44:37,520 --> 01:44:41,000
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1891
01:44:41,320 --> 01:44:44,280
Speaker 1: Can I play a similar game that we played with

1892
01:44:44,360 --> 01:44:47,439
Speaker 1: Trevor Lawrence earlier, because I'm about to give you some

1893
01:44:47,560 --> 01:44:51,360
Speaker 1: numbers that are actually, all in all a little bit better.

1894
01:44:51,720 --> 01:44:55,000
Speaker 1: A completion percentage of sixty four, which is again and

1895
01:44:55,160 --> 01:44:57,599
Speaker 1: maybe a little bit below where you wanted, but over

1896
01:44:57,680 --> 01:45:02,680
Speaker 1: thirty three hundred yards this year, twenty four touchdowns and

1897
01:45:03,560 --> 01:45:07,240
Speaker 1: only eight interceptions, and a QB rating of.

1898
01:45:07,360 --> 01:45:09,400
Speaker 2: Ninety four point seven.

1899
01:45:10,200 --> 01:45:13,960
Speaker 4: Not bad, right, He's above ninety, so we're good.

1900
01:45:15,360 --> 01:45:21,200
Speaker 1: Baker Mayfield, Kyle, that's Baker Mayfield running a team that

1901
01:45:21,280 --> 01:45:24,680
Speaker 1: you were on less than a year ago, And I

1902
01:45:24,720 --> 01:45:27,559
Speaker 1: really wonder what your thoughts are, because I feel like

1903
01:45:28,200 --> 01:45:30,760
Speaker 1: he goes from number one pick in the draft to

1904
01:45:31,240 --> 01:45:34,360
Speaker 1: sort of a bad year to a good year to

1905
01:45:34,520 --> 01:45:36,760
Speaker 1: a we're not sure what to do with him, and

1906
01:45:36,800 --> 01:45:38,479
Speaker 1: then the next thing you know, you end up in

1907
01:45:38,520 --> 01:45:41,760
Speaker 1: that vortex if you're a quarterback where you're viewed a

1908
01:45:41,760 --> 01:45:44,960
Speaker 1: certain way. Baker's not in a spot where someone could

1909
01:45:44,960 --> 01:45:48,559
Speaker 1: look at him and go, we pick you, You're gonna

1910
01:45:48,600 --> 01:45:52,200
Speaker 1: be our future starting quarterback. At best, you get prove

1911
01:45:52,280 --> 01:45:57,439
Speaker 1: it contracts or hey, come compete for the job or

1912
01:45:57,920 --> 01:46:01,760
Speaker 1: be a placeholder until we find guy we really want it.

1913
01:46:01,920 --> 01:46:04,519
Speaker 1: Sort of found that slot, and that's what it felt

1914
01:46:04,560 --> 01:46:05,800
Speaker 1: like coming into this year.

1915
01:46:06,360 --> 01:46:08,280
Speaker 2: And now I think.

1916
01:46:08,120 --> 01:46:11,439
Speaker 1: We're getting close to at least some eyebrows going up

1917
01:46:11,479 --> 01:46:13,880
Speaker 1: and going, wait a minute, wait a minute, here, what

1918
01:46:14,600 --> 01:46:18,960
Speaker 1: do we got? Because granted, not a great football team,

1919
01:46:18,960 --> 01:46:22,400
Speaker 1: but they're seven and seven, they're leading their division. He

1920
01:46:22,560 --> 01:46:27,840
Speaker 1: is putting up numbers that are acceptable at a minimum

1921
01:46:28,160 --> 01:46:32,280
Speaker 1: with regard to someone being a franchise quarterback. So I

1922
01:46:32,360 --> 01:46:35,479
Speaker 1: wonder if this guy has used this season in Tampa

1923
01:46:35,479 --> 01:46:37,000
Speaker 1: Bay to resurrect his career.

1924
01:46:38,920 --> 01:46:40,840
Speaker 3: I certainly think so, and I think you look at

1925
01:46:40,840 --> 01:46:43,719
Speaker 3: this Tampa Bay team and throughout the course of the year,

1926
01:46:44,439 --> 01:46:45,719
Speaker 3: you know it's a team that.

1927
01:46:47,520 --> 01:46:51,120
Speaker 4: They go as Baker goes in terms of taking care

1928
01:46:51,160 --> 01:46:51,799
Speaker 4: of the football.

1929
01:46:52,560 --> 01:46:54,840
Speaker 3: When you look at this team and you know they

1930
01:46:54,880 --> 01:46:56,280
Speaker 3: went through the stretch in the middle of the year

1931
01:46:56,280 --> 01:47:00,719
Speaker 3: where they lost four straight games, you know, Baker's turning

1932
01:47:00,720 --> 01:47:04,400
Speaker 3: the football over. They really weren't playing that great defensively,

1933
01:47:04,920 --> 01:47:07,599
Speaker 3: they weren't running the football, And then you look at

1934
01:47:07,600 --> 01:47:10,000
Speaker 3: all the games that they've won, and you know, they

1935
01:47:10,000 --> 01:47:13,320
Speaker 3: start off the season two to zero and now they've

1936
01:47:13,360 --> 01:47:16,639
Speaker 3: won three straight the last three weeks. They're getting back

1937
01:47:16,720 --> 01:47:19,680
Speaker 3: to using or Shod White and running the football and

1938
01:47:19,720 --> 01:47:22,120
Speaker 3: getting him the ball out of the backfield with high

1939
01:47:22,160 --> 01:47:29,320
Speaker 3: percentage completion opportunities for Baker. Chris Godwin had a monster

1940
01:47:29,439 --> 01:47:32,240
Speaker 3: day to day ten catches over one hundred and fifty yards.

1941
01:47:32,880 --> 01:47:37,639
Speaker 3: Those are a lot of high percentage completion opportunities. I've

1942
01:47:37,680 --> 01:47:40,160
Speaker 3: never been around anyone that works the middle of the

1943
01:47:40,200 --> 01:47:43,320
Speaker 3: field as good as Chris does. He just has such

1944
01:47:43,320 --> 01:47:46,160
Speaker 3: a knack for space and timing and where.

1945
01:47:45,960 --> 01:47:48,960
Speaker 4: He needs to be. You see that a lot today.

1946
01:47:49,560 --> 01:47:52,920
Speaker 3: And then you have Mike Evans on the outside and

1947
01:47:53,000 --> 01:47:54,880
Speaker 3: Mike's a guy. You know, we talked about a couple

1948
01:47:54,920 --> 01:47:56,920
Speaker 3: weeks ago when he went over one thousand yards for

1949
01:47:56,960 --> 01:48:00,800
Speaker 3: the ten straight season. You know, Mike's having huge year.

1950
01:48:01,400 --> 01:48:01,599
Speaker 1: Uh.

1951
01:48:01,640 --> 01:48:04,120
Speaker 3: He's a guy that's a home run hitter at all times,

1952
01:48:04,160 --> 01:48:06,800
Speaker 3: a huge red zone target, a guy that you know,

1953
01:48:06,880 --> 01:48:09,160
Speaker 3: Baker has all the confidence in the world to just

1954
01:48:09,200 --> 01:48:11,760
Speaker 3: throw fifty to fifty balls up too, because you know

1955
01:48:11,840 --> 01:48:14,439
Speaker 3: either Mike's gonna catch it or nobody's gonna catch it.

1956
01:48:15,160 --> 01:48:19,360
Speaker 3: So you know, for this team exactly what they need

1957
01:48:19,400 --> 01:48:23,479
Speaker 3: to do in order to have success. But also you

1958
01:48:23,520 --> 01:48:28,160
Speaker 3: look at this team and if you're moving forward and

1959
01:48:28,200 --> 01:48:31,759
Speaker 3: you're Jason Light, you know, why wouldn't you keep Baker

1960
01:48:31,840 --> 01:48:35,160
Speaker 3: Mayfield here? You know, what's what's the alternative? You know,

1961
01:48:35,240 --> 01:48:37,800
Speaker 3: you're you're not going to have a high enough draft pick.

1962
01:48:38,680 --> 01:48:41,599
Speaker 3: You're not going to go find a better free agent.

1963
01:48:41,800 --> 01:48:46,360
Speaker 3: Most likely if you do, it's going to cost significantly more,

1964
01:48:47,920 --> 01:48:50,240
Speaker 3: and you know you can go get your guy that

1965
01:48:50,720 --> 01:48:53,679
Speaker 3: you know, again, Baker is not going to demand forty

1966
01:48:53,760 --> 01:48:57,080
Speaker 3: million dollars a year, So you're gonna get a quality

1967
01:48:57,160 --> 01:49:01,599
Speaker 3: player at a reasonable price, which quite honestly is really

1968
01:49:01,640 --> 01:49:05,000
Speaker 3: hard to do in the quarterback market. So I feel like,

1969
01:49:05,200 --> 01:49:08,040
Speaker 3: you know, Baker has really played his way back into

1970
01:49:08,160 --> 01:49:12,960
Speaker 3: a stable, consistent starting quarterback role, and you know they

1971
01:49:13,040 --> 01:49:16,320
Speaker 3: think about it, like the Bakers last year in Cleveland,

1972
01:49:16,320 --> 01:49:19,839
Speaker 3: he plays with a banged up shoulder. You know, ultimately

1973
01:49:19,880 --> 01:49:22,679
Speaker 3: Cleveland decided that they felt like the grass was greener

1974
01:49:22,680 --> 01:49:25,080
Speaker 3: on the other side. They make the trade for DeShawn,

1975
01:49:25,160 --> 01:49:28,360
Speaker 3: they give him the huge contract. Do you think the

1976
01:49:28,400 --> 01:49:31,439
Speaker 3: Cleveland Browns wish they had this Baker Mayfield right now?

1977
01:49:31,760 --> 01:49:35,200
Speaker 3: You know what's Cleveland's record right now with with Baker

1978
01:49:35,240 --> 01:49:37,280
Speaker 3: playing the way he's played in and quite honestly, the

1979
01:49:37,320 --> 01:49:39,400
Speaker 3: way he played the year before he was hurt and

1980
01:49:39,400 --> 01:49:42,680
Speaker 3: they went to the playoffs like Baker was not the

1981
01:49:42,840 --> 01:49:47,800
Speaker 3: problem for that offense in Cleveland. So you know it's

1982
01:49:47,880 --> 01:49:52,839
Speaker 3: like again, you know, sometimes these teams feel like grass

1983
01:49:52,880 --> 01:49:53,840
Speaker 3: is greener on the other side.

1984
01:49:53,880 --> 01:49:54,960
Speaker 4: We're gonna go.

1985
01:49:54,640 --> 01:49:57,800
Speaker 3: Go get this guy, and you know, you give him

1986
01:49:57,840 --> 01:50:00,640
Speaker 3: the massive contract, you have all the guaranteed money on it,

1987
01:50:00,680 --> 01:50:06,080
Speaker 3: and you know Cleveland is a Baker Mayfield caliber quarterback

1988
01:50:06,120 --> 01:50:08,839
Speaker 3: away from being a legit contender in the AFC.

1989
01:50:10,040 --> 01:50:14,200
Speaker 1: It's incredible how much of a subject matter this has

1990
01:50:14,240 --> 01:50:17,320
Speaker 1: become this year in the NFL in terms of quarterback

1991
01:50:17,400 --> 01:50:23,080
Speaker 1: production for each dollar spent. And there's no question about

1992
01:50:23,120 --> 01:50:27,320
Speaker 1: it right now, whether you think that Deshaun Watson's problems

1993
01:50:27,360 --> 01:50:29,880
Speaker 1: are just temporary, whether you believe in the future of

1994
01:50:29,880 --> 01:50:33,960
Speaker 1: Baker Mayfield, if you want to talk about production per dollars,

1995
01:50:34,040 --> 01:50:36,759
Speaker 1: even if Deshaun wasn't hurt, it's not close.

1996
01:50:37,680 --> 01:50:40,320
Speaker 2: It is not close. And Baker Mayfield in terms.

1997
01:50:40,120 --> 01:50:43,679
Speaker 1: Of production for dollar only second place to brock Purty

1998
01:50:43,720 --> 01:50:45,880
Speaker 1: and what the forty nine ers are getting for eight

1999
01:50:45,960 --> 01:50:50,040
Speaker 1: hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Obviously, the power that that

2000
01:50:50,160 --> 01:50:54,720
Speaker 1: creates around the rest of your roster is unbelievable. And

2001
01:50:54,800 --> 01:50:57,479
Speaker 1: so Baker is only on a one year deal. You're

2002
01:50:57,520 --> 01:50:59,080
Speaker 1: right that number is going to have to go up

2003
01:50:59,120 --> 01:51:01,160
Speaker 1: if they want to keep it. But your point is

2004
01:51:01,200 --> 01:51:03,840
Speaker 1: well taken in terms of what the other options are

2005
01:51:03,920 --> 01:51:06,880
Speaker 1: that are out there. This is a stacked quarterback draft,

2006
01:51:06,960 --> 01:51:13,559
Speaker 1: we think, but that is at minimum a project and

2007
01:51:13,960 --> 01:51:18,000
Speaker 1: a risk. And and so uh, yeah, he's he is certainly,

2008
01:51:18,680 --> 01:51:21,479
Speaker 1: Uh he's certainly opened my eyes. I give him credit

2009
01:51:21,520 --> 01:51:23,559
Speaker 1: because I was not a fan coming into this year.

2010
01:51:24,000 --> 01:51:26,840
Speaker 1: And you bring up a good point. If you if

2011
01:51:26,880 --> 01:51:31,880
Speaker 1: you imagine him healthy with that Browns defense. Oh, I

2012
01:51:31,920 --> 01:51:34,519
Speaker 1: think I think you'd have something in the AFC right now.

2013
01:51:34,840 --> 01:51:37,800
Speaker 3: Yeah, no question. And you know, you you really look

2014
01:51:37,840 --> 01:51:41,519
Speaker 3: at that that whole division, and you know, obviously we

2015
01:51:41,880 --> 01:51:46,000
Speaker 3: Joe Burrow's hurt, Pittsburgh's had their carousel at the quarterback position.

2016
01:51:46,520 --> 01:51:50,639
Speaker 3: You know, I feel like if Baker was still there

2017
01:51:50,680 --> 01:51:53,160
Speaker 3: in Cleveland playing the type of football that he played

2018
01:51:53,560 --> 01:51:55,439
Speaker 3: the year they went to the playoff and that he's

2019
01:51:55,439 --> 01:52:00,960
Speaker 3: playing right now, that Cleveland team stacks up really well

2020
01:52:01,000 --> 01:52:03,559
Speaker 3: with Baltimore. And you know, Baltimore right now is the

2021
01:52:03,560 --> 01:52:05,559
Speaker 3: class of the AFC. So it puts you right up

2022
01:52:05,560 --> 01:52:08,639
Speaker 3: there at the top. But you know, I'm happy for Baker.

2023
01:52:08,840 --> 01:52:13,600
Speaker 3: He's you know, gone, went through a tough situation in Carolina,

2024
01:52:14,120 --> 01:52:17,040
Speaker 3: goes out to la you know, has some success out there,

2025
01:52:17,960 --> 01:52:19,840
Speaker 3: comes down here to Tampa. I think he was the

2026
01:52:19,920 --> 01:52:23,320
Speaker 3: last starting quarterback named of all thirty two starting quarterbacks

2027
01:52:23,360 --> 01:52:26,240
Speaker 3: in the NFL this year, so he wins the job

2028
01:52:26,280 --> 01:52:29,960
Speaker 3: over Kyle Trask. And you know, he's he's been a

2029
01:52:30,240 --> 01:52:33,960
Speaker 3: reason why this team is seven and seven and has

2030
01:52:34,000 --> 01:52:36,360
Speaker 3: been a bigger part of their seven wins than the

2031
01:52:36,439 --> 01:52:38,040
Speaker 3: reason for their seven losses.

2032
01:52:38,800 --> 01:52:41,120
Speaker 1: Gus Edwards runs one in a short time ago for

2033
01:52:41,160 --> 01:52:44,160
Speaker 1: the Ravens. They're now backup by ten and just got

2034
01:52:44,240 --> 01:52:46,559
Speaker 1: Jacksonville on a three and out, so they've got control

2035
01:52:46,600 --> 01:52:49,719
Speaker 1: of this game right now, up two scores and into

2036
01:52:49,760 --> 01:52:52,400
Speaker 1: the fourth quarter. We'll keep you up to date on

2037
01:52:52,479 --> 01:52:55,120
Speaker 1: that and also coming up next preview a couple of

2038
01:52:55,600 --> 01:52:59,280
Speaker 1: very very big games, including the one tomorrow night and

2039
01:52:59,320 --> 01:53:01,920
Speaker 1: the next one. The Ravens are going to play. That's

2040
01:53:01,960 --> 01:53:04,400
Speaker 1: all around the corner with Kyle Rudolph on Mark Willard

2041
01:53:04,600 --> 01:53:09,720
Speaker 1: and this is Fox Sports Radio. Play clock at three two.

2042
01:53:09,920 --> 01:53:13,040
Speaker 1: They snap it purty under seven seven step drop, gets

2043
01:53:13,120 --> 01:53:16,040
Speaker 1: chased out of there. We'll throw on the run wide open.

2044
01:53:16,160 --> 01:53:22,600
Speaker 5: McCaffrey makes the catch, goes down, gets up touchdown.

2045
01:53:23,160 --> 01:53:28,960
Speaker 1: See m see not right there? From the forty nine

2046
01:53:29,080 --> 01:53:35,000
Speaker 1: Ers Radio Network. One of three touchdowns for Christian McCaffrey

2047
01:53:35,040 --> 01:53:37,520
Speaker 1: on a big day for the forty nine ers offense

2048
01:53:37,920 --> 01:53:40,559
Speaker 1: where they put up forty five points in a win by.

2049
01:53:40,479 --> 01:53:42,760
Speaker 2: Sixteen in Arizona.

2050
01:53:44,680 --> 01:53:47,800
Speaker 1: Got a field goal from their kicker for the first

2051
01:53:47,840 --> 01:53:49,040
Speaker 1: time in like four weeks.

2052
01:53:49,720 --> 01:53:50,479
Speaker 2: I'm not kidding.

2053
01:53:50,520 --> 01:53:54,720
Speaker 1: This team has has got a red zone efficiency that

2054
01:53:54,760 --> 01:53:57,240
Speaker 1: has been absolutely off the charts. It's been almost all

2055
01:53:57,320 --> 01:54:01,040
Speaker 1: touchdowns as of late. When they perform again, it will

2056
01:54:01,040 --> 01:54:03,360
Speaker 1: be in front of our eyes on Christmas evening.

2057
01:54:03,560 --> 01:54:04,719
Speaker 2: The gifts will be open.

2058
01:54:04,840 --> 01:54:08,280
Speaker 1: Hopefully you will be all fed and you'll comfortably sit

2059
01:54:08,400 --> 01:54:12,679
Speaker 1: down and watch the one seed in the AFC against

2060
01:54:12,720 --> 01:54:16,360
Speaker 1: the one seed in the NFC. What we probably are

2061
01:54:16,400 --> 01:54:20,160
Speaker 1: not going to see, unfortunately, Kyle is Keaton Mitchell, the

2062
01:54:20,439 --> 01:54:25,080
Speaker 1: young exciting running back for the Baltimore Ravens who just

2063
01:54:25,200 --> 01:54:27,920
Speaker 1: limped off in what had every bit. I'm no doctor,

2064
01:54:28,000 --> 01:54:31,120
Speaker 1: but that looked like a torn something. I know that

2065
01:54:31,240 --> 01:54:31,679
Speaker 1: for sure.

2066
01:54:32,840 --> 01:54:33,960
Speaker 4: Yeah, you just hate to see it.

2067
01:54:34,000 --> 01:54:37,000
Speaker 3: The guy that came in a young player this year,

2068
01:54:37,240 --> 01:54:39,840
Speaker 3: huge spark for them, the injuries they've already had in

2069
01:54:39,920 --> 01:54:46,080
Speaker 3: the running back room. Guy just an incredible story, undrafted

2070
01:54:46,080 --> 01:54:49,040
Speaker 3: free agent that's been a huge spark for them all

2071
01:54:49,120 --> 01:54:52,600
Speaker 3: year long. And again that's the worst part of our game.

2072
01:54:52,680 --> 01:54:56,080
Speaker 3: You hate to see guys get hurt. There's only so

2073
01:54:56,200 --> 01:54:58,640
Speaker 3: many times you get to go out and perform on

2074
01:54:59,360 --> 01:55:02,240
Speaker 3: the big stage. You know, we don't play eighty two games,

2075
01:55:02,280 --> 01:55:04,080
Speaker 3: we don't play one hundred and sixty two games. You

2076
01:55:04,160 --> 01:55:06,360
Speaker 3: get seventeen times a year to go out and play,

2077
01:55:06,400 --> 01:55:09,160
Speaker 3: and you just hate to see guys go down like that,

2078
01:55:09,280 --> 01:55:11,760
Speaker 3: especially young players that are just starting to find their

2079
01:55:11,800 --> 01:55:15,080
Speaker 3: way and solidify themselves as great players in this league.

2080
01:55:16,720 --> 01:55:19,040
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2087
01:55:36,160 --> 01:55:38,200
Speaker 1: that game? By the way, the Ravens right now up

2088
01:55:38,240 --> 01:55:41,800
Speaker 1: by ten and with the ball in plus territory with

2089
01:55:42,320 --> 01:55:44,320
Speaker 1: just under eleven minutes to go in this game, so

2090
01:55:44,360 --> 01:55:47,760
Speaker 1: it looks like they've got a pretty good strangle hold

2091
01:55:47,800 --> 01:55:51,320
Speaker 1: on it right now. Therefore, it looks like we're gonna

2092
01:55:51,320 --> 01:55:55,760
Speaker 1: see eleven and three versus eleven and three on Christmas Night.

2093
01:55:55,840 --> 01:55:57,840
Speaker 2: What do you think I mean?

2094
01:55:57,920 --> 01:56:02,520
Speaker 3: I think it has the may Kings of Super Bowl preview.

2095
01:56:02,880 --> 01:56:04,920
Speaker 3: You know, last year we had both of the one

2096
01:56:05,000 --> 01:56:07,800
Speaker 3: seeds in the Super Bowl, and you know, you get

2097
01:56:08,040 --> 01:56:11,360
Speaker 3: the Baltimore Ravens home field advantage, in a first round

2098
01:56:11,440 --> 01:56:13,440
Speaker 3: by and you know, same thing with the San Francisco

2099
01:56:13,600 --> 01:56:16,919
Speaker 3: forty nine ers. And I don't see why we wouldn't

2100
01:56:16,960 --> 01:56:19,960
Speaker 3: have chalked through the playoffs again like we did last year.

2101
01:56:20,000 --> 01:56:23,960
Speaker 3: And I think it's going to be an incredibly exciting matchup.

2102
01:56:24,040 --> 01:56:26,320
Speaker 3: You know, the thing that I'd be most excited to see,

2103
01:56:26,320 --> 01:56:30,000
Speaker 3: we just saw it there with Lamar Jackson using his

2104
01:56:30,200 --> 01:56:33,600
Speaker 3: legs on the zone read and having an exposive play

2105
01:56:33,600 --> 01:56:38,680
Speaker 3: in the run game. The chess match between Lamar Jackson

2106
01:56:38,760 --> 01:56:42,200
Speaker 3: at quarterback and Fred Warner at middle linebacker. You know,

2107
01:56:42,240 --> 01:56:46,000
Speaker 3: Fred is the best middle linebacker in football. He's incredible

2108
01:56:46,040 --> 01:56:48,760
Speaker 3: against the run, but he's also great against the pass.

2109
01:56:49,680 --> 01:56:55,200
Speaker 3: You know, watching that Niners front responsibly rush Lamar Jackson.

2110
01:56:55,880 --> 01:56:58,040
Speaker 3: Lamar Jackson is not a quarterback that you can just

2111
01:56:58,120 --> 01:57:02,120
Speaker 3: pin your ears back and and you know, be undisciplined

2112
01:57:02,120 --> 01:57:04,240
Speaker 3: and get out of your lanes because you know he'll

2113
01:57:04,280 --> 01:57:07,800
Speaker 3: create explosive plays if you do that. So seeing that

2114
01:57:07,880 --> 01:57:11,640
Speaker 3: front that I talk so much about being the key

2115
01:57:11,720 --> 01:57:15,720
Speaker 3: to that Niners defense, seeing them rush the quarterback. So

2116
01:57:15,960 --> 01:57:17,760
Speaker 3: I think it's going to be a great one. Definitely

2117
01:57:17,760 --> 01:57:20,680
Speaker 3: something I'm looking forward to to tuning in on Monday

2118
01:57:20,760 --> 01:57:22,000
Speaker 3: night and watching next week.

2119
01:57:23,000 --> 01:57:26,000
Speaker 1: Pretty cool sort of dry run if you will, for

2120
01:57:26,040 --> 01:57:28,360
Speaker 1: the forty nine ers in their last three weeks, because

2121
01:57:28,360 --> 01:57:30,800
Speaker 1: that's actually been something that's been talked about with that

2122
01:57:30,880 --> 01:57:34,120
Speaker 1: team the last few years, is that at times their

2123
01:57:34,160 --> 01:57:38,760
Speaker 1: kryptonite can feel like a really mobile quarterback. But in

2124
01:57:38,800 --> 01:57:41,680
Speaker 1: the last three weeks they've faced both Jalen Hurtz and

2125
01:57:41,840 --> 01:57:46,440
Speaker 1: Kyler Murray, and I think what you just phrased right

2126
01:57:46,480 --> 01:57:50,040
Speaker 1: there has has definitely been something that we've seen them

2127
01:57:50,080 --> 01:57:54,760
Speaker 1: focus on and do well. Responsibly rush the quarterback with

2128
01:57:54,880 --> 01:57:57,600
Speaker 1: a with an eye on containment. They've they've they've done

2129
01:57:57,640 --> 01:58:02,000
Speaker 1: it really well. Although I'd admit Lamar is even the

2130
01:58:02,000 --> 01:58:04,000
Speaker 1: next level up in terms of a challenge.

2131
01:58:04,360 --> 01:58:07,040
Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, that's what Nick Bosa said about Jalen.

2132
01:58:07,120 --> 01:58:09,760
Speaker 3: He was like, hey, look, we Dallas, we gave you

2133
01:58:09,800 --> 01:58:11,880
Speaker 3: the blueprint. Here's how you have to play this guy.

2134
01:58:12,040 --> 01:58:17,040
Speaker 3: You know, you kind of rush him with the mindset of, hey,

2135
01:58:17,040 --> 01:58:20,280
Speaker 3: we're going to rush you and slowly collapse this pocket

2136
01:58:20,360 --> 01:58:22,120
Speaker 3: and maybe we'll get to eventually. But if you just

2137
01:58:22,160 --> 01:58:24,120
Speaker 3: sit in the pocket and throw the football like a

2138
01:58:24,160 --> 01:58:28,240
Speaker 3: pocket passer, ultimately that's what we want you know, I

2139
01:58:28,280 --> 01:58:31,360
Speaker 3: think Lamar is a better pure passer of the quarterback,

2140
01:58:31,400 --> 01:58:34,280
Speaker 3: so you can't necessarily do that. You still need to

2141
01:58:34,320 --> 01:58:37,480
Speaker 3: get pressure on him. But he's a guy that just

2142
01:58:37,640 --> 01:58:39,760
Speaker 3: I mean, he's like a magician in the pocket. He

2143
01:58:39,800 --> 01:58:43,120
Speaker 3: seems to always escape and an extend plays. I remember

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Speaker 3: playing him last year on Thursday night in Tampa, and

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Speaker 3: you just watch him run around and extend plays. You

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Speaker 3: think that you have him down, you think you have

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Speaker 3: him contained, and all of a sudden, he makes a

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Speaker 3: guy miss and it's an explosive play, either with his

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Speaker 3: legs or with his.

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Speaker 2: Arm, real quick.

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Speaker 1: Tomorrow night, the Jalen, the illness. He's been playing through

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Speaker 1: an injury all year. What do you what do you

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Speaker 1: think is this guy playing?

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Speaker 2: What's going on with him?

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Speaker 3: We talked about this at length not too long ago,

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Speaker 3: the whole questionable tag, and this certainly seems like a

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Speaker 3: whole lot more of a doubtful tag than a questionable tag.

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Speaker 3: You know, It's like, yeah, when it gets reported by

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Speaker 3: Adam this late in the week and he's sick and

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Speaker 3: he's flying by himself, you know, we'll see. I certainly

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Speaker 3: would be more surprised if he plays. But I know

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Speaker 3: how tough he is and he wants to be out

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Speaker 3: there at this time of the year.

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Speaker 1: Great stuff, Kyle, Happy holidays to everybody playing and span

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Speaker 1: your coming up next