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Speaker 1: Welcome to the Best of the Week for What's Right

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Speaker 1: with Nick Right the best takes and moments from this

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Speaker 1: week on the show. Enjoy. Let's get to the annual

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Speaker 1: the Bill's annual super Bowl, their regular season game against

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Speaker 2: Uh yeah, it is super Bowl week over there in

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Speaker 2: Buffalo and Buffalo's home home dogs this time. I know what,

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Speaker 2: what do you think we're gonna learn more from? Or

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Speaker 2: which team do you think we're gonna learn more from

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Speaker 1: So a lot here, right, and the Bill's likely without

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Speaker 1: Ed Oliver, which is brutal for them. The Chiefs definitely

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Speaker 1: without their starting left tackle Josh Simmons. I do expect

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Speaker 1: him back, by the way in November, but he's not

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Speaker 1: going to be there for this game. Trey Smith should

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Speaker 1: be back, which is important. Those are the maybe most

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Speaker 1: noteworthy injuries or absences for the Bills. The real question

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Speaker 1: to me is can this defense slow down what has

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Speaker 1: become the most with respect to the Colts, the most

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Speaker 1: prolific offense in the NFL. Is that that's the question

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Speaker 1: for Buffalo and for Kansas City. It is actually a

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Speaker 1: similar question in this regard, which is the Chiefs have

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Speaker 1: the defense the last two weeks has been unbelievable. But

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Speaker 1: you're playing Mariota and you're playing the Raiders when they

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Speaker 1: have played legitimate quarterbacks. Those teams have moved the ball. Now, listen,

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Speaker 1: the Lions only scored seventeen points, but they moved the ball.

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Speaker 1: The Prince and the Jags moved the ball. Baltimore in

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Speaker 1: the three quarters Lamar play moved the ball. Philly actually

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Speaker 1: after blitz to disrupt Josh Allen. So those are the

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Speaker 1: real The focus is going to be on Allen and Mahomes,

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Speaker 1: But as far as learning more about either of these teams,

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Speaker 1: it's going to be more about the defensive side of

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Speaker 1: the game. But I will also say this, if I

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Speaker 1: dear friend, any of a dozen people who in September

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Speaker 1: or August definitively declared that the best quarterback in football

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Speaker 1: is Josh Allen. I'd be a little nervous this week

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Speaker 1: because twenty some million people are going to watch the

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Speaker 1: the last time Mahomes and Allen ever play in that stadium,

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Speaker 1: and I think they're going to watch Patrick put on

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Speaker 1: an absolute masterclass. And I understand that it was very

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Speaker 1: in vogue, as it is every September, and again, I

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Speaker 1: have been very complimentary of Josh the last couple of years,

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Speaker 1: but it was very in vogue to just flatly assert, oh,

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Speaker 1: Josh Allen's the best player in the league after the

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Speaker 1: first few weeks of the season, and since then he's

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Speaker 1: been good, but not great. The team has been just

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Speaker 1: fine since that three and zero start two and two,

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Speaker 1: and right now this year, the only win the Bills

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Speaker 1: That Ravens win that has not I guess I think

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Speaker 1: And this gets us to demons the rivalry question, So

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Speaker 2: Like, like you said, this is going to be the

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Speaker 1: So I under it is a rivalry. I want to like,

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Speaker 1: I don't think it's not a rivalry. It's the two

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Speaker 1: unlike any rivalry we've seen in NFL history, where despite

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Speaker 1: Early on, when they were playing, the Chiefs clearly had

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Speaker 1: Peyton was the guy with the multiple MVPs. Peyton was

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Speaker 1: one with the rings in this instance. And by the way,

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Speaker 1: Peyton in their third playoff matchup beat Brady, and in

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Speaker 1: to remember but me is Peyton finished the Brady Peyton

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Speaker 1: But set that aside Josh and Patrick, Josh is the

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Speaker 1: Patrick is the one with multiple MVPs. Patrick is the

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Speaker 1: Jordan Ewing or Lebron Toronto than it is bird Magic

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Speaker 2: Le Bron Toronto is crazy?

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Speaker 1: what that they even when Toronto had the better regular

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Speaker 2: But twenty eighteen what Mahomes has always had the gaudier stats.

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Speaker 2: I feel like some years Josh Allen has beating Patrick

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Speaker 1: No. I mean, last year Josh was literally League MVP,

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Speaker 1: and the year before Josh had better individual numbers. But

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Speaker 1: I'm talking about for the totality of their careers. Patrick

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Speaker 1: has more passing yards, more touchdowns, fewer turnovers, a higher

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Speaker 1: once in Patrick's. The last two years, Josh has had

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Speaker 1: the ball in his hands less than five minutes, remaining

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Speaker 1: down three points, chance to go slay the dragon, and

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Speaker 1: the last two years the Bills have walked off the

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Speaker 1: I mean, that's just what's happened. And so I just

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Speaker 1: just doesn't at this point. And as far as can

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Speaker 1: this game change that, no could They would the Bills

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Speaker 1: but we're far a long way from it. All right,

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Speaker 1: let's talk MVP.

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Speaker 2: Uh yeah, how far do you think that this game

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Speaker 2: will go and decide in the MVP? Well, and also

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Speaker 2: another follow up on this, could the loser still be

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Speaker 1: Yeah? I mean again, we do too much. It's week

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Speaker 1: people are still eligible for MVP. They're not knocked out

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Speaker 1: of it here. But Josh's MVP case right now to

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Speaker 1: me is very shaky. And listen, I was on the

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Speaker 1: of last season he was the MVP. But right now

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Speaker 1: this moment, Josh's team has a good but not great record.

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Speaker 1: But that's the same with Patrick. They both have five wins.

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Speaker 1: Josh is, however, twentieth in the NFL in passing yards.

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Speaker 1: has not up to this point played like an MVP,

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Speaker 1: game when Mike Greenberg said he's never seen anyone play

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Speaker 1: the position better than Josh Allen. Since those three game,

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Speaker 1: threw for two hundred yards, two touchdowns and a pick

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Speaker 1: now if we were talking NFL MVP as far as

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Speaker 1: May has you could argue has been the MVP. Drake

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Speaker 3: been Yes, cool, if not better than Josh Allen's.

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Speaker 1: Up to this point, yes, I And so the right now,

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Speaker 1: if again, if we're voted on right now, my my

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Speaker 1: And then I think you well, I'm going with Jonathan

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Speaker 1: Taylor as the MVP of that team. If it's a

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Speaker 1: But the twenty touchdowns to two turnovers, something else, and

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Speaker 1: just his yards are so low. It's a tough one.

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Speaker 1: But all those guys set Jalen aside because it's such

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Speaker 1: a unique case, have stronger MVP cases at this moment

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Speaker 1: than Josh. Uh. All right, let's a couple more questions

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Speaker 2: So you joked on Tuesday Show that if the Chiefs

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Speaker 2: might be in jeopardy to lose the postseason matchup. Are

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Speaker 2: you all worried about that with this game coming?

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Speaker 1: Well, here's what I find really interesting. This is the

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Speaker 1: been there are playing in the regular season with neither

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Speaker 1: one of them in first in their own division. Usually

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Speaker 1: neither's been in first. And I do feel that the

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Speaker 1: Chiefs historically have had an edge in the playoff matchup

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Speaker 1: pretty vanilla game plan. They obviously want to win and

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Speaker 1: they've been important games, but a pretty vanilla game plan

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Speaker 1: will be favored in every game they play until week seventeen.

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Speaker 1: They will be favored obviously in all their home games,

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Speaker 1: and they will be road favorites against Tua JJ McCarthy,

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Speaker 1: whoever the Browns quarterback is at that point, and Joe

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Speaker 1: Flackham and then they'll be so they've got a shot.

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Speaker 1: Now here is a real scenario we've got on our hands,

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Speaker 1: which would be hilarious. Let's say the Patriots have some

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Speaker 1: gaudy record, which they cook. They're six and two already.

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Speaker 1: Let's say that Patriots go twelve and five, and it's

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00:33:00,440 --> 00:33:04,880
Speaker 1: totally reasonable given I think the Patriots play one game

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Speaker 1: the rest of the way against AFC teams currently in

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Speaker 1: the playoff picture. Okay, they it's their second Bills game.

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Speaker 1: So let's say they go twelve and five and win

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Speaker 1: the AFC East, and the Bills also go twelve and five. Okay,

447
00:33:25,400 --> 00:33:28,960
Speaker 1: but the Patriots win the AFC East. This is a tiebreaker,

448
00:33:30,640 --> 00:33:37,400
Speaker 1: and the Ravens go eight and nine, but that's good

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00:33:37,480 --> 00:33:41,040
Speaker 1: enough to win the AFC North. They split with Cincinnati,

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Speaker 1: they split with Pittsburgh, they lose the Packer game, and

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00:33:46,760 --> 00:33:50,880
Speaker 1: what's their record right now, two and five. Yeah, it's

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Speaker 1: whatever it is. They go eight and nine, but it's

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Speaker 1: enough to win the AFC North. The Ravens, the eight

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Speaker 1: and nine Ravens hosting in the playoffs, the twelve and

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Speaker 1: five Buffalo Bills or the twelve and five New England Patriots,

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Speaker 1: or the twelve and five Denver Broncos, or if I'm

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00:34:16,680 --> 00:34:19,560
Speaker 1: wrong about the Chiefs, the twelve and five, like the

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00:34:20,760 --> 00:34:25,680
Speaker 1: worst division winner, no matter the record, will host the

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Speaker 1: best wildcard and the best wild card in the AFC

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Speaker 1: this year is gonna have a great record. Be it

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Speaker 1: the Pats, be it the Bills, be it the Chiefs,

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Speaker 1: be it the Chargers, be it the Broncos. One of

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Speaker 1: those teams is gonna win eleven, maybe twelve games and

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Speaker 1: have to go to an eight or nine win Baltimore

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Speaker 1: or Cincinnati or Pittsburgh, and it's just what's gonna happen

466
00:34:53,080 --> 00:34:57,439
Speaker 1: and so hard, all right? Flip side is the Bears game.

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00:34:58,719 --> 00:35:03,120
Speaker 2: The Bears, Caleb made some more errors that Ravens defense

468
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Speaker 2: that everybody's been talking trash about. They looked pretty good,

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Speaker 2: well he has.

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Speaker 1: People were talking trash or they were just watching it.

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00:35:09,520 --> 00:35:14,640
Speaker 2: They've been bad, they've they've been pretty bad. But yeah,

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00:35:14,680 --> 00:35:17,000
Speaker 2: how many more errors or how long were you give

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Speaker 2: Caleb before you give up on him?

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Speaker 1: Well I'm not going to give up on him anytime soon.

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00:35:21,920 --> 00:35:23,719
Speaker 1: But he wasn't good. I mean I'm not going to

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00:35:23,760 --> 00:35:26,440
Speaker 1: act like he was good. And that was a huge

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Speaker 1: missed opportunity for them, for him and for them, and

478
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Speaker 1: you'd like to give him a pass, be like, oh,

479
00:35:33,760 --> 00:35:35,600
Speaker 1: they were on a four game winning streak, they were

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00:35:35,600 --> 00:35:39,000
Speaker 1: bound to lose, but you can't losing that game in

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Speaker 1: that fashion to Tyler Huntley and Caleb playing that mediocre

482
00:35:43,640 --> 00:35:47,200
Speaker 1: is a huge disappointment. Now, I still think, as I

483
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Speaker 1: was saying when I was doing the playoff picture before,

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00:35:50,040 --> 00:35:53,279
Speaker 1: they're super live. Right now, they're in eighth place, and

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Speaker 1: I think San Francisco is going to be trending in

486
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Speaker 1: the wrong direction, and their next to Demanse. Their next three,

487
00:36:02,560 --> 00:36:07,800
Speaker 1: I should say, are Bengals, Giants, Vikings. So the Bears

488
00:36:07,880 --> 00:36:13,480
Speaker 1: should be seven and three. They should be seven and

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Speaker 1: three going into a really tough stretch of games. And so,

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Speaker 1: but Caleb's got to play better. There's no way around it.

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00:36:24,239 --> 00:36:27,440
Speaker 1: Caleb flaty has to play better.

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Speaker 2: Uh.

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Speaker 1: And I think at this point, I think everybody can

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Speaker 1: acknowledge and accept.

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Speaker 2: That Chicago or committed to Caleb or Ben Johnson.

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Speaker 1: He's fully committed to both. I mean, the thing is this,

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Speaker 1: Ben took the job because of Caleb, so the he

498
00:36:49,160 --> 00:36:52,800
Speaker 1: wants to make this work. But Caleb's got to play better.

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Speaker 1: Terms of course do apply. Here are my five picks

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Speaker 1: this week.

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Speaker 2: First pick is Detroit minus eight and a half going

516
00:37:47,440 --> 00:37:50,080
Speaker 2: up against Minnesota Golf.

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00:37:50,120 --> 00:37:53,520
Speaker 1: Evidently's eight to zero against the spread against the Vikings

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Speaker 1: in his Lions career. The Lions are on extended rest.

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00:37:57,400 --> 00:38:00,640
Speaker 1: Minnesota right now might be a total man. Yes, I

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00:38:00,680 --> 00:38:06,279
Speaker 1: think the Lions defense, which against bad quarterbacks, really can

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00:38:06,320 --> 00:38:09,960
Speaker 1: get after you. Could give JJ McCarthy hell. And we

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00:38:10,000 --> 00:38:13,160
Speaker 1: don't know if JJ McCarthy, how hurt was he or

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Speaker 1: how much were they hiding him. And what we do

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Speaker 1: know about the Lions, The Lions love pouring it on.

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00:38:21,000 --> 00:38:27,960
Speaker 1: The Lions love annihilating teams, and so I don't mind

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Speaker 1: laying the eight and a half points. I love the

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Speaker 1: Lions in this spot. One of maybe my favorite play

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Speaker 1: of the week. It's the first one, Detroit minus eight

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Speaker 1: and a half.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, never been so sure about minus eight and a

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Speaker 2: half spread. I'm very confident in that one, Pittsburgh plus

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Speaker 2: three versus Indy.

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Speaker 1: So I'm very you saying you're very confident in that

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Speaker 1: one you're getting on I am no, no, no, not

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Speaker 1: at all. I'm just curious if that means it's gonna

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Speaker 1: be the Detroit honeyline. Is going to be a leg

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Speaker 1: of your teaser?

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00:39:02,760 --> 00:39:05,240
Speaker 2: Oh yeah, because you like eight.

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Speaker 1: Point teasers and if you like them, minus eight and

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Speaker 1: a half like that, to me is a pretty good

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Speaker 1: for your eight point teaser. Pretty good teaser leg a

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Speaker 1: good all right. Pittsburgh plus three against Indy, Tomlin at home,

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Speaker 1: getting at least a field goal with all these numbers,

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Speaker 1: we win against them last week Green Bay. We said

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Speaker 1: we didn't care, and we were right. We're going back

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Speaker 1: with them this week. Awful lot loss. Tomlin's sixty one

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Speaker 1: and forty seven against the spread. They're twenty five and

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Speaker 1: fifteen against the spread as an underdog off and outright loss,

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Speaker 1: and twelve and four against the spread as a home

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Speaker 1: dog off a straight up loss. Tomlin twenty two eight

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Speaker 1: and three UH as a home dog against the spread. Now,

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Speaker 1: the Steelers defense against that offense does worry you a bit,

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00:39:56,560 --> 00:40:00,920
Speaker 1: but Rogers has been good again. I'm getting three points.

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Speaker 1: I don't feel spectacular about this from having watched that

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Speaker 1: Steelers defense over the course of season and watched the

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Speaker 1: Colts offense. But there is just all of Tomlin's history

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Speaker 1: says if you're giving him at least three points at home,

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Speaker 1: he doesn't loose. He covers. That was the case last week,

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Speaker 1: and he didn't and we sniffed it out. I don't

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Speaker 1: think it's gonna happen back to back. I like Pittsburgh

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Speaker 1: plus three next.

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Speaker 2: Dan Francisco minus two and a half going in because

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Speaker 2: the Giants.

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Speaker 1: I listen, this is just a play that the Giant

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Speaker 1: season ended with the blown game to Denver, and last

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Speaker 1: week they got bullied by the Eagles, and they lost

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Speaker 1: another key player in Scataboo due to injuries. So no Skataboo,

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Speaker 1: no neighbors. Weird noise this week surrounding their d line

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Speaker 1: with Carl Banks calling out Dexter Lawrence, with Thibodeau potentially

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Speaker 1: being on the trade block. I think the Giants are

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Speaker 1: floundering a bit. I don't really think it matters which

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00:41:12,680 --> 00:41:16,040
Speaker 1: Niners quarterback plays. All lay the two and a half

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Speaker 1: with the Giants going east coast to west coast. All

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Speaker 1: lay the two and a half with San Francisco next.

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Speaker 2: Who would have thought you got the Chiefs midst one

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Speaker 2: and a half at Buffalo.

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Speaker 1: Listen. I just think the Chiefs are the best team

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Speaker 1: in the league, and I'm laying less than a field goal.

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Speaker 1: This is the sharp side is going to say. I

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Speaker 1: would imagine getting points with the Bills at home. You

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Speaker 1: have to do it. I don't care about that. And

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Speaker 1: a lot of Mahomes is against the spread, grizzly against

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Speaker 1: the spread. Numbers of the last few years have to

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Speaker 1: do with the Chiefs being big favorites. They are not

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Speaker 1: big favorites here, They're tiny favorites. I think the Chiefs

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Speaker 1: win by at least a field goal. I'll lay the

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Speaker 1: point and a half and last one. This is the

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Speaker 1: one I added when I took out Cowboys.

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Speaker 2: Yes, Seattle to minus three at Washington.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, listen, I don't love the West coast to east. However,

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Speaker 1: Washington is banged up, the defense has been bad. I

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Speaker 1: do think Jaden's gonna play. But I think Seattle is

593
00:42:20,960 --> 00:42:24,280
Speaker 1: one of the more underrated teams in the league right now.

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Speaker 1: And Seattle is one of the only teams that going

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Speaker 1: west coast to east actually helps them as far as

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Speaker 1: covering seventeen eight and two over the last basically basically

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00:42:36,640 --> 00:42:39,719
Speaker 1: half decade when they're playing on the East coast. I

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00:42:39,719 --> 00:42:43,960
Speaker 1: think Seattle's really good. I think Washington is bad and injured.

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Speaker 1: I'll take Seattle minus three. So we are going to

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Speaker 1: Monte with four favorites. We are going with Detroit laying

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Speaker 1: eight and a half against Minnesota, San Francisco laying two

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00:42:53,680 --> 00:42:56,359
Speaker 1: and a half against the Giants, Kansas City laying one

603
00:42:56,400 --> 00:42:59,680
Speaker 1: and a half at Buffalo, Seattle laying three at Washington,

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00:43:00,080 --> 00:43:04,000
Speaker 1: and the one dog is Pittsburgh plus three at home

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Speaker 1: against the seven and one Indianapolis Colts,