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Speaker 1: them as a shutdown defense. Simeon just threw Justin Houston

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Speaker 1: was a shutdown player. They have got some shutdown players.

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Speaker 1: They're a good defense. But to Mark's point, the better

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Speaker 1: offense wins here. I don't think this is a great defense.

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Speaker 1: Is a good defense. We don't get to pay close

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Speaker 1: attention during the Sunday night games a lot because we're

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Speaker 1: doing the podcast. I went back and watched Justin Houston's

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Speaker 1: first half was crazy. I don't know if I've ever

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Speaker 1: seen a one player impact a quarter like Justin Houston

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Speaker 1: did in the second quarter, play after play after play,

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Speaker 1: just blowing for a guy that's been out for so long.

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Speaker 1: I think they they are the best pass rushing duo

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Speaker 1: now along with Miller and whoever you want to put

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Speaker 1: him with in Denver. I to me, Ford was a

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Speaker 1: top six or seven pass rusher this year and now

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Speaker 1: with him in Houston, that's crazy. I still think they're

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Speaker 1: gonna get blasted by the Falcon. There's a crazy stat

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Speaker 1: from our NFL research packet that Matt Ryan has one

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Speaker 1: more career game than Alex Smith and yet he has

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Speaker 1: ten thousand more passing yards just just a smitch under

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Speaker 1: ten thousand more pass and I mean it's not shocking

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Speaker 1: when you career, but still it's it's it's an alarming figure.

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Speaker 1: Well because because the games like last week where it's

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Speaker 1: not Matt Ryan's fault, he played well, It's amazing how

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Speaker 1: little he did relatively to put up thirty eight points

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Speaker 1: on the number one in quotes yardage defensive link. You

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Speaker 1: didn't have to do that much. The thing I love

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Speaker 1: of those they don't blink when it's fourth down. They

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Speaker 1: just they just go for it. I mean they're always

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Speaker 1: like ultra aggressive. Does anybody think the Chiefs could pull

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Speaker 1: off the wind on the road here, I mean it's possible,

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Speaker 1: but the quality team, no, I think the Falcons will

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Speaker 1: they have they have been a turnover machine too. I

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Speaker 1: mean they've they've been taking the ball away from other teams.

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Speaker 1: If they can somehow get into a situation where they

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Speaker 1: get turnovers and key spots deep in into in the

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Speaker 1: opposite opponent's territory, they got a chance. Let's move on, gentlemen. Uh,

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Speaker 1: here is a good game. I'm excited about this one.

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Speaker 1: The Detroit lines are seven and four. Uh. They've played

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Speaker 1: eleven games this year. They've been trailing in the fourth

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Speaker 1: quarter of every single one of those games. And and

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Speaker 1: yet as we head into December, or we're now in December,

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Speaker 1: there in first place in the NFC and North one

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Speaker 1: of the surprises of the season. Now they travel to

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Speaker 1: the UH to New Orleans, Greg's former stomping grounds. As

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Speaker 1: he's want to tell us over and over and over again. Uh,

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Speaker 1: a five and six Saints seemed that just obliterated the

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Speaker 1: soul of Jeff Fisher. Uh, putting up forty nine points. Uh.

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Speaker 1: This is gonna be a game, Chris Westling where we

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Speaker 1: see a lot of points, right, I think it will.

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Speaker 1: And you have two teams that are kind of mirror

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Speaker 1: images of each other, a lot of the same strengths

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Speaker 1: and weaknesses. But when you break it down, Saints have

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Speaker 1: a better quarterback, a better wide receiver, corps, a better

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Speaker 1: running game, and I think even a better defense. I

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Speaker 1: think the Saints do everything better than the line. Saints

482
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Speaker 1: are up to twenty second in the Football Outsiders metrics

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Speaker 1: on defense, which is a huge improvement, especially considering they

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Speaker 1: were close to last about six or seven weeks ago.

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Speaker 1: But you know, for the last five or six weeks,

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Speaker 1: this has been an above average defense. And it coincided

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Speaker 1: with the return of Connor Or's boy Sheldon Rankins. Their

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Speaker 1: first round picks played. That's how's that he wrote a

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Speaker 1: nice feature. I didn't know you were the only person

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Speaker 1: in America that didn't know that everyone knows about the

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Speaker 1: Connor or Sheldon Rankin's connection. You just the whole podcast

492
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Speaker 1: is shut down. I think this is this to me

493
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Speaker 1: is two teams that six or seven weeks ago, I

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Speaker 1: completely dismissed these two teams, uh because they both play

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Speaker 1: in the Dome. But beyond that, I just I didn't

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Speaker 1: like the way the Saints were put together for the

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Speaker 1: eighteenth year in a row. But their offense is absolutely

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Speaker 1: fascinating and I don't understand, you know, they put up

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Speaker 1: forty two points in thirty nine minutes against the Rams

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Speaker 1: last week. And it's not the only that's not that's

501
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Speaker 1: not an aberration. That's happened week after week. I don't

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Speaker 1: know how Detroit who likes to get in these last

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Speaker 1: second We know all about the last second scenarios, the

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Speaker 1: one minute drill with Matthew Stafford, and credit to them

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Speaker 1: for that, But how do you hang with the Saints

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Speaker 1: offense if unless you can keep true breeze off the field.

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Speaker 1: They don't have a ground game. They're a fast moving offense.

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Speaker 1: Last week, when the Saints were preparing for the Rams,

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Speaker 1: I remember saying on this show, well, say it's gonna

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Speaker 1: score at least twenty eight points here, and the Rams

511
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Speaker 1: just don't have the firepower to get there, and that's

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Speaker 1: how it played out. I still feel the same way

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Speaker 1: here because, uh Greg, the Lions have not been as

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Speaker 1: good on offense in recent weeks here, and I still

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Speaker 1: I think the say it's gonna drop another thirty plus points,

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Speaker 1: and I just don't think the de Troit lines can

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Speaker 1: keep up in this building. They scored one touchdown on

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Speaker 1: offense against the Jaguars two weeks ago. That's at home.

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00:27:12,520 --> 00:27:16,760
Speaker 1: They scored one touchdown on offense at home against the Vikings.

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Speaker 1: They have not been as good, whereas and their defense,

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Speaker 1: which has looked better on paper, has played the Texans,

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Speaker 1: the Vikings, the jack a couple of times with the

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Speaker 1: Viking the Jaguars lately. So they haven't played a good

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Speaker 1: offense lately. And that's why I'm feeling so good about

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Speaker 1: the Wait a second, so I got a little feeling

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Speaker 1: I gotta lock it up. Who was that was on video?

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Speaker 1: Locked it up? Locked it up in a big special moment.

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Speaker 1: One thing about that, one thing about that offense is

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Speaker 1: not on Matthew Stafford, not at all. Oh No, He's

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Speaker 1: played great. His pocket movement is sublime when you look

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Speaker 1: at him versus somebody like Carson Palmer who moved so

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Speaker 1: well last year but isn't this year. He's purposeful in

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Speaker 1: his movement. Carson Palmer's tentative and Matthew Stamford. You can

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Speaker 1: tell how confident he is in Cooter's offense, and he

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Speaker 1: knows where he wants to go with the ball on

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Speaker 1: on every play. I like that was purposeful and by

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Speaker 1: the way, purposeful the lock of the week. There's a

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Speaker 1: lot of pressure on everyone in this room, obviously, because

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Speaker 1: we went a perfect four for four. Uh and you

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Speaker 1: know what do we get for that? That's the question. Well,

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Speaker 1: I gotta make an announcement because we did get a

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Speaker 1: There was some chatter about getting something tangible, and we

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Speaker 1: talked about lollipops and a wonderful guy, Benjamin David Dawes

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Speaker 1: that's his real name. Yes, that's like a professional wrestler

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Speaker 1: Greg like this at Patriots Fan one oh five seven

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Speaker 1: on Twitter if you guys all want to reach out

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Speaker 1: to him. But sent a box of lollipops and a

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Speaker 1: lot of them, so they got spread around the newsroom.

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Speaker 1: We got a lollipop. You guys each had one lollipops.

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Speaker 1: That's good. That's that's what it comes down to, do

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00:28:50,400 --> 00:28:52,080
Speaker 1: it for free. I just feel good locking things up,

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Speaker 1: leaving the vault. Here comes Sunday night, Open up that vault.

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Speaker 1: There you go. There's my reward. I like a tangible gift.

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Speaker 1: That's fair. Everybody's different. Thank you, Ben, Thanks Benny. I

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00:29:03,920 --> 00:29:06,400
Speaker 1: hope you weren't on the Patriots subreddit. Got pretty dark

556
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Speaker 1: in there. Yay, let's move on the Denver Broncos or

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00:29:10,160 --> 00:29:13,840
Speaker 1: seven and four, coming off that very very tough home

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Speaker 1: loss on Sunday night to the Chiefs. Now they travel.

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Speaker 1: Here's a gift from the football God to get to

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Speaker 1: play the Jacksonville Jaguars. However, a couple of things here,

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Speaker 1: and I want to hear your guys thoughts on this

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Speaker 1: um the down in the Scientists lab. I know Blake

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Speaker 1: wordls through for a d twenty six yards last week,

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Speaker 1: but I thought that he looked more like a real quarterback.

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Speaker 1: They played the Bills pretty tough on the road. Trevor simmeon,

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Speaker 1: I don't know if he's gonna play in this game

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Speaker 1: with a bad foot. So you got Paxton Lynch probably

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Speaker 1: involved here, or there's a chance of it. Anybody small

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Speaker 1: and upset here. I'm not smelling an upset, but I

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Speaker 1: get why you would say that. I thought the Jaguars

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Speaker 1: game last week was their most impressive game in the season,

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Speaker 1: especially their front seven, which swarmed to the ball shut

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Speaker 1: down the Bills for the entire first half, and the

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Speaker 1: Bills got pretty lucky. They had a long punt return

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Speaker 1: before halftime and then Lashawn McCoy's eight yard run right

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Speaker 1: after halftime. Other than that, the Jaguars controlled the game

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Speaker 1: throw out the Titans game, which which you can't you

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Speaker 1: know it is on national television records. When these two

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Speaker 1: teams get uh and the Jaguars defense I think has

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Speaker 1: played better. I think they've played pretty well over the

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Speaker 1: last five or six weeks. You can kind of see

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Speaker 1: what Gus Bradley wants to do coming together. Bucky Brooks

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Speaker 1: Uh from the Move the Sticks podcast. He had Yannick

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Speaker 1: in Goquay as one of his top ten rookies in

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Speaker 1: the entire league. He's made a big impact playing Dante Fowler,

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Speaker 1: that's for sure. Right, he's playing really well. So you

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Speaker 1: can see that they could give Paxson Lynch problems. Well, alright,

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Speaker 1: number one anyone could give. I think Trevor Simeon's gonna play.

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Speaker 1: That's just my guests here on a Thursday. They talked

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Speaker 1: about the fact that they have so much confidence in

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Speaker 1: him that even if he doesn't practice, they'll throw him

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Speaker 1: right in the game. They think he's been that smart.

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Speaker 1: So let's just let's say that even if that doesn't happen.

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Speaker 1: This is a Broncos defense that leads the league in

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Speaker 1: points a turnovers. They have battered quarterbacks and QB hits

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Speaker 1: more than any other team in the league. And and

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Speaker 1: you cannot beat Denver if you don't get turnovers the

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Speaker 1: other way, and the Jaguars have only one game in

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Speaker 1: their last seven where they've even generated a turnover. I

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Speaker 1: think it's a disastrous matchup for Blake Bortles, to be honest,

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Speaker 1: it's a very tough match up for him. One thing

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Speaker 1: about Trevis Simeon though, and I understand the optimism about

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Speaker 1: him playing potential, but on Thursday, he's still in a

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Speaker 1: walking boot, hasn't practiced, so there there are And he

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Speaker 1: sprayed the foot in overtime, like a lot of people

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Speaker 1: aren't didn't know when that happened overtime, so you and

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Speaker 1: we didn't see him much in overtime, so we don't

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Speaker 1: really know how bad this is. I think the Packers

609
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Speaker 1: had kind of the their last stand type of they

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Speaker 1: had to have a great performance. Let's see that out

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Speaker 1: of this Broncos defense, especially if Paxton Lynch starts this game,

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Speaker 1: which you know he's gonna hurt them. Let's see the

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Speaker 1: Broncos defense be that incredible defense that won them a

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Speaker 1: Super Bowl. Because think about the last three weeks, their

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Speaker 1: pride should be a little wounded. They got run over

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Speaker 1: by the Raiders. They gave up a eighties second ninety

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Speaker 1: yard drive to Drew Brees that should have lost the

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Speaker 1: game in New Orleans when the Chips were down, and

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Speaker 1: they gave up three straight drives where they could have

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Speaker 1: won the game against Alex Smith. I know they're playing

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Speaker 1: well overall, but that's not a dominant, you know, greatest

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Speaker 1: defense ever type of performance. I'm just looking up and

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Speaker 1: down their schedule and outside of when they faced the Texans,

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Speaker 1: I wonder if this is the easiest dual against the

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Speaker 1: quarterback they'll have all year. I mean, hot mess. You

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Speaker 1: know you may recall when I went down to my

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Speaker 1: lab and did my studies. I came up saying it's

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Speaker 1: very difficult for all time great defense to to run

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Speaker 1: the table second time and play that. Well, maybe they're

630
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Speaker 1: just not as good as last year, and we gotta

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Speaker 1: look at him from a different prison. Some interesting findings

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Speaker 1: from you when you're go down there, put on my

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Speaker 1: goggles figure things out. Regarding Blake Bortles, I think if

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Speaker 1: you watch him play his most effective play as a scramble,

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Speaker 1: it's him running the ball, not him passing the ball,

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Speaker 1: and I can see why if you tuned in for

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Speaker 1: a few plays here and there, the touchdown to Marquis Lee,

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00:33:05,440 --> 00:33:08,200
Speaker 1: the touch passed down the sideline that Alan Hearns dropped,

639
00:33:08,240 --> 00:33:10,360
Speaker 1: you can say Plake Bortles and making progress, and then

640
00:33:10,400 --> 00:33:13,480
Speaker 1: the next throw his mechanics are a mess. He's so

641
00:33:13,600 --> 00:33:16,000
Speaker 1: back and forth over the course of one game that

642
00:33:16,080 --> 00:33:18,240
Speaker 1: there's no progress. I guess he was. I mean, the

643
00:33:18,280 --> 00:33:21,040
Speaker 1: reason I thought he was better was that he wasn't destructive,

644
00:33:21,080 --> 00:33:23,840
Speaker 1: he wasn't turning the ball over. He ran for eighty yards.

645
00:33:23,840 --> 00:33:26,160
Speaker 1: He showed that ability to move which we heard a

646
00:33:26,160 --> 00:33:29,560
Speaker 1: lot about, and he did make some big throws. But obviously,

647
00:33:29,800 --> 00:33:32,120
Speaker 1: I mean, they're expecting a lot more from the guy.

648
00:33:32,360 --> 00:33:36,440
Speaker 1: All Right, here's one stat which illustrates how bad Blake

649
00:33:36,480 --> 00:33:40,080
Speaker 1: Bortles has been, despite Gus Bradley Snake oil salesman attempt

650
00:33:40,280 --> 00:33:42,280
Speaker 1: telling us that he's improved this year. That's just Gus

651
00:33:42,360 --> 00:33:45,240
Speaker 1: Bradley is. Gus Bradley could lose fifty nine to nothing

652
00:33:45,280 --> 00:33:47,560
Speaker 1: and be like it's great out there, a sunny day,

653
00:33:47,600 --> 00:33:50,360
Speaker 1: We're playing football. Were had defend Gus Bradley. But it's

654
00:33:50,480 --> 00:33:52,920
Speaker 1: almost exactly how Dennis Allen used to act when he

655
00:33:52,960 --> 00:33:54,920
Speaker 1: was the Raiders coach and tell people that Matt shob

656
00:33:54,920 --> 00:33:57,360
Speaker 1: was up there with Philip Rivers and Peyton Manning. It's

657
00:33:57,400 --> 00:34:00,560
Speaker 1: the same crap flake. Bortles has been the most regressed

658
00:34:00,600 --> 00:34:03,440
Speaker 1: quarterback in the NFL this year, and Gus Bradley shouldn't

659
00:34:03,440 --> 00:34:05,760
Speaker 1: be up there saying that Allen Robinson is the first

660
00:34:05,800 --> 00:34:08,719
Speaker 1: catch of the season over twenty yards last week. Last

661
00:34:08,800 --> 00:34:11,680
Speaker 1: year he led the NFL and that's crazy. The regression

662
00:34:11,800 --> 00:34:15,240
Speaker 1: for the entire big play aspect of that offense. Passer

663
00:34:15,360 --> 00:34:18,120
Speaker 1: rating on downfield attempts now is twenty one. It's got

664
00:34:18,200 --> 00:34:21,360
Speaker 1: like it's gonna be the year twenty fifty three. Dennis

665
00:34:21,400 --> 00:34:24,239
Speaker 1: Allen will have just passed passed away. Sadly. West is

666
00:34:24,280 --> 00:34:26,400
Speaker 1: gonna like show up to the funeral right at the

667
00:34:26,440 --> 00:34:28,279
Speaker 1: end and raise raise his hand and be like, you

668
00:34:28,360 --> 00:34:31,480
Speaker 1: guys remember when he when he compared match the rest

669
00:34:31,520 --> 00:34:34,399
Speaker 1: of the West quarterbacks, like I'll never forget that. I'll

670
00:34:34,440 --> 00:34:36,640
Speaker 1: be like Hunter S. Thompson with Richard Nixon and point

671
00:34:36,680 --> 00:34:41,080
Speaker 1: out I kicked that guy before he was down. Alright,

672
00:34:41,160 --> 00:34:43,040
Speaker 1: we've got our blake Boardles out of our system for

673
00:34:43,040 --> 00:34:44,640
Speaker 1: the day. Can we move forward? Well, it doesn't get

674
00:34:44,680 --> 00:34:46,920
Speaker 1: much better from here. All right, let's move on the

675
00:34:46,960 --> 00:34:52,040
Speaker 1: Houston Texans. That's what I meant. They travel to Green

676
00:34:52,120 --> 00:34:56,319
Speaker 1: Bay to face the Packers. Uh interesting matchup. He got

677
00:34:56,320 --> 00:35:00,799
Speaker 1: the Texans now six and five, not playing well. Their

678
00:35:00,840 --> 00:35:03,960
Speaker 1: quarterback admitted as much again that he's not making the

679
00:35:04,000 --> 00:35:06,640
Speaker 1: throws he needs to make. And they now travel to

680
00:35:06,680 --> 00:35:10,280
Speaker 1: Green Bay and face the Packers, who Mark Sessler played

681
00:35:10,719 --> 00:35:14,279
Speaker 1: really really well on Monday night and Aaron Rodgers looks

682
00:35:14,280 --> 00:35:17,400
Speaker 1: like Aaron Rodgers. That seems like a bad combination for

683
00:35:17,520 --> 00:35:19,880
Speaker 1: Houston right now. I think this is just like the

684
00:35:19,960 --> 00:35:22,480
Speaker 1: last matchup we talked about, a good scenario for the

685
00:35:22,520 --> 00:35:25,439
Speaker 1: for the Packers, and I I don't want to put

686
00:35:25,480 --> 00:35:28,680
Speaker 1: too much into a prime time win that we saw

687
00:35:28,920 --> 00:35:31,200
Speaker 1: against the Eagles if you're Green Bay. But it's also

688
00:35:31,320 --> 00:35:35,240
Speaker 1: it completely in my mind, blows up this semi fantasy

689
00:35:35,280 --> 00:35:38,160
Speaker 1: that I had that Green Bay was gonna fizzle and

690
00:35:38,280 --> 00:35:40,560
Speaker 1: just die because I'm a little sick of the Packers,

691
00:35:40,640 --> 00:35:42,560
Speaker 1: to be honest with you, But you know what, it

692
00:35:42,600 --> 00:35:45,040
Speaker 1: doesn't matter what I think about them. They're gonna win

693
00:35:45,080 --> 00:35:48,600
Speaker 1: this game. And that is why it's my I'm gonna

694
00:35:48,840 --> 00:35:53,600
Speaker 1: it's in a big spot. Look at you coming all

695
00:35:53,640 --> 00:35:55,120
Speaker 1: the way around in the pack Well, you know what,

696
00:35:55,280 --> 00:35:58,480
Speaker 1: because you have to admit sometimes when you're little personal

697
00:35:58,560 --> 00:36:03,399
Speaker 1: campaigns are absolutely adding up to nothing. That's the case here. Well,

698
00:36:03,600 --> 00:36:06,280
Speaker 1: I hope that wasn't a reference towards my Tom Brady prediction.

699
00:36:06,640 --> 00:36:09,000
Speaker 1: But no, it is a reference towards one of twelve

700
00:36:09,120 --> 00:36:12,200
Speaker 1: or thirteen agendas I have that are failing this season.

701
00:36:12,680 --> 00:36:15,399
Speaker 1: Hey listen, we all have multiple failed agendas every year.

702
00:36:15,560 --> 00:36:19,200
Speaker 1: But yeah, I think that's pretty that's pretty safe locked.

703
00:36:19,239 --> 00:36:21,160
Speaker 1: I think that thing is gonna stay in that and

704
00:36:21,200 --> 00:36:23,359
Speaker 1: in that safe and ain't coming out to Sunday night.

705
00:36:23,440 --> 00:36:25,759
Speaker 1: You know what, if you're the Texans and you want

706
00:36:25,760 --> 00:36:28,479
Speaker 1: to ride this thing, you're leading the division, we're gonna

707
00:36:28,480 --> 00:36:30,919
Speaker 1: go into the playoffs, then you've got to have one

708
00:36:31,080 --> 00:36:34,799
Speaker 1: victory this season that impresses someone. This would be it

709
00:36:34,880 --> 00:36:36,120
Speaker 1: if you go on the road. I don't I'm not

710
00:36:36,160 --> 00:36:38,480
Speaker 1: saying the Packers are playoff material, but to go into

711
00:36:40,080 --> 00:36:42,200
Speaker 1: beating them the Titans beat him to get it done

712
00:36:42,239 --> 00:36:45,160
Speaker 1: if you're worthy. My biggest concern watching the Packers, and

713
00:36:45,160 --> 00:36:47,560
Speaker 1: they did have a really nice night in Philadelphia, but

714
00:36:47,840 --> 00:36:49,960
Speaker 1: at one point their first thing goal and they're in

715
00:36:50,040 --> 00:36:52,440
Speaker 1: shotgun and they're throwing the ball and then they actually

716
00:36:52,440 --> 00:36:54,720
Speaker 1: get a touchdown on a rushing play on a trick

717
00:36:55,080 --> 00:36:57,640
Speaker 1: run by their fullback. But they don't have any running

718
00:36:57,640 --> 00:36:59,880
Speaker 1: game at all. And they got a wide receiver that

719
00:37:00,000 --> 00:37:01,440
Speaker 1: they might be using as a running back. And you

720
00:37:01,480 --> 00:37:03,680
Speaker 1: got Eddie Lacey on I R and James Starks, Kristin

721
00:37:03,719 --> 00:37:05,120
Speaker 1: Michael's in the mix, and we haven't seen much of

722
00:37:05,200 --> 00:37:07,520
Speaker 1: him yet. Is he gonna be able to absorb the playbook?

723
00:37:07,560 --> 00:37:09,919
Speaker 1: I don't know. Mike McCarthy said that he has picked

724
00:37:10,000 --> 00:37:12,520
Speaker 1: up the offense and quotes really fast, which is total

725
00:37:12,560 --> 00:37:16,239
Speaker 1: coach speak. We don't know what that means. Why didn't Well,

726
00:37:16,239 --> 00:37:17,920
Speaker 1: that's that's my that's my point. We don't know what's

727
00:37:17,920 --> 00:37:20,240
Speaker 1: happening with James Starks. Is everything two point four seven

728
00:37:20,280 --> 00:37:21,840
Speaker 1: yards per carry? But he came to get rid of

729
00:37:21,920 --> 00:37:25,520
Speaker 1: him But he can block and it sounds crazy, But

730
00:37:25,560 --> 00:37:28,640
Speaker 1: as bad as their backfield is, that's more valuable to

731
00:37:28,719 --> 00:37:31,799
Speaker 1: them than these other guys on rossing. Well, the run

732
00:37:31,840 --> 00:37:34,840
Speaker 1: game seems to be Aaron Rodgers skirting towards the sideline.

733
00:37:34,880 --> 00:37:39,239
Speaker 1: For Aaron Rodgers hasn't been the problem for a month,

734
00:37:39,320 --> 00:37:41,719
Speaker 1: which we've talked about the defense has and now you

735
00:37:41,760 --> 00:37:44,279
Speaker 1: can maybe they can start to build up some confidence,

736
00:37:44,360 --> 00:37:46,600
Speaker 1: kind of start over from scratch because they get another

737
00:37:46,760 --> 00:37:51,360
Speaker 1: lackluster UH opponent here in Brock Oswayler, who you know,

738
00:37:51,400 --> 00:37:55,759
Speaker 1: statistically is the worst deep passing camp. Is this the week,

739
00:37:55,800 --> 00:37:59,160
Speaker 1: by the way, that we might finally get a chance

740
00:37:59,200 --> 00:38:09,920
Speaker 1: to see top again? One more damn time? Listen, listen, Houston,

741
00:38:10,320 --> 00:38:12,560
Speaker 1: do not sit on this mistake week after week. You

742
00:38:12,640 --> 00:38:14,080
Speaker 1: still got a chance to go to the playoffs in

743
00:38:14,160 --> 00:38:16,520
Speaker 1: a wide open a FC. You gotta make a move.

744
00:38:16,760 --> 00:38:18,480
Speaker 1: At what point do you sit down and have an

745
00:38:18,560 --> 00:38:21,440
Speaker 1: I'm honest conversation with yourself and say, look, this investment,

746
00:38:21,760 --> 00:38:25,879
Speaker 1: we made a mistake, and we just watched Matt Barkley

747
00:38:26,120 --> 00:38:29,279
Speaker 1: without the Bears two top receivers, without two of their

748
00:38:29,280 --> 00:38:31,520
Speaker 1: top offensive linemen, without the top tight end. You think

749
00:38:31,520 --> 00:38:34,000
Speaker 1: they were firing up game paths, moving offense down the

750
00:38:34,040 --> 00:38:38,479
Speaker 1: field consistently in a game better than Brock Hossweller has

751
00:38:38,560 --> 00:38:41,280
Speaker 1: all year. When do you have that conversation that guys

752
00:38:41,640 --> 00:38:46,160
Speaker 1: who are journeyman, third stringers, borderline out of the league

753
00:38:46,160 --> 00:38:48,320
Speaker 1: are better quarterbacks. Thank your starter. Well, the problem is

754
00:38:48,360 --> 00:38:50,560
Speaker 1: we don't know anything about Savage other than he looked

755
00:38:50,640 --> 00:38:54,160
Speaker 1: promising in the preseason, so who knows. I mean, we

756
00:38:54,280 --> 00:38:59,080
Speaker 1: believe he's a corp. Meanwhile, you're turning DeAndre Hopkins into

757
00:38:59,080 --> 00:39:02,719
Speaker 1: the Oakland Raiders very and Randy Moss right, I think

758
00:39:02,719 --> 00:39:05,920
Speaker 1: Oswiler is people are losing faith in nos Weilder, whether

759
00:39:05,960 --> 00:39:09,040
Speaker 1: it's his coaches or his teammates or whatever it is fans,

760
00:39:09,080 --> 00:39:10,839
Speaker 1: I mean, how could you not at this point. I

761
00:39:10,840 --> 00:39:13,520
Speaker 1: I just think that the other side of it is

762
00:39:13,680 --> 00:39:16,360
Speaker 1: your six and five. If they if things start to

763
00:39:16,400 --> 00:39:19,080
Speaker 1: slip away and you lose the division, it starts to

764
00:39:19,080 --> 00:39:22,440
Speaker 1: go away. That's they're still there. Though it's backwards way

765
00:39:22,520 --> 00:39:24,759
Speaker 1: to look at it. Well, Savage probably helps your team

766
00:39:24,760 --> 00:39:29,399
Speaker 1: be more competitive. But if you're Bill O'Brien, and if

767
00:39:29,440 --> 00:39:31,560
Speaker 1: you're if you're the general manager, you have a lot

768
00:39:31,600 --> 00:39:34,160
Speaker 1: of explaining to do. If you bench this quarterback that

769
00:39:34,200 --> 00:39:36,400
Speaker 1: you put this much money, what you're hoping for is

770
00:39:36,440 --> 00:39:38,719
Speaker 1: that he strings together a couple of wins that has

771
00:39:38,800 --> 00:39:41,080
Speaker 1: us talking about him differently. Two weeks from now, It's

772
00:39:41,120 --> 00:39:43,600
Speaker 1: just not that time yet. One last note in Aaron Rodgers.

773
00:39:43,600 --> 00:39:46,359
Speaker 1: If you remember a few weeks back, the football Cogniscenty

774
00:39:46,520 --> 00:39:50,360
Speaker 1: was getting really excited pulling out split stats. Oh, Aaron

775
00:39:50,440 --> 00:39:52,920
Speaker 1: Rodgers has put up the same numbers as Brian Hoyer

776
00:39:52,960 --> 00:39:56,560
Speaker 1: in his last eighteen games. Well, since Week seven, Rodgers

777
00:39:56,560 --> 00:39:59,839
Speaker 1: has the most completions, passing yards, and passing touchdowns sevent

778
00:40:00,040 --> 00:40:05,520
Speaker 1: in the NFL. So I don't take that, Cogniscenti, And

779
00:40:05,560 --> 00:40:07,440
Speaker 1: you know what, West you, I will say this, and

780
00:40:07,520 --> 00:40:10,080
Speaker 1: this isn't even this isn't a shot at you or anything.

781
00:40:10,120 --> 00:40:12,600
Speaker 1: But you said last week that you think there's a

782
00:40:12,680 --> 00:40:14,720
Speaker 1: chance that maybe we've seen the best of Aaron Rodgers.

783
00:40:14,719 --> 00:40:17,200
Speaker 1: I still believe it. I don't think so. I think

784
00:40:17,239 --> 00:40:21,759
Speaker 1: that Aaron Rodgers team was the best quarterback I've ever seen,

785
00:40:22,600 --> 00:40:25,680
Speaker 1: even that version of two thousand fourteen. Aaron Rodgers would

786
00:40:25,680 --> 00:40:28,319
Speaker 1: be impressed by the second touchdown passing through. He could

787
00:40:28,320 --> 00:40:30,920
Speaker 1: play like he played last week every week. Then you know,

788
00:40:31,000 --> 00:40:32,680
Speaker 1: then you're cooking. I'm concerned they're going to be in

789
00:40:32,680 --> 00:40:38,239
Speaker 1: the NFC title game. Hey, that was a fun team

790
00:40:38,239 --> 00:40:41,600
Speaker 1: to watch Monday night. I think they're fun. I just

791
00:40:41,600 --> 00:40:44,920
Speaker 1: think Aaron Rodgers involved with the tent and everything or

792
00:40:44,960 --> 00:40:49,080
Speaker 1: tent stuff. Mark. Let's move on the Philadelphia Eagles. The

793
00:40:49,080 --> 00:40:52,480
Speaker 1: team that got defeated by um Or was defeated by

794
00:40:52,480 --> 00:40:55,240
Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers and the Packers on Monday Night. Now, five

795
00:40:55,239 --> 00:40:58,000
Speaker 1: and six, so long ago. You want to talk about,

796
00:40:58,320 --> 00:41:01,160
Speaker 1: you know, bright spots for Mark Sessler. Uh? Not so

797
00:41:01,239 --> 00:41:03,800
Speaker 1: long ago? The Eagles are three and oh, and Carson

798
00:41:03,840 --> 00:41:06,799
Speaker 1: Wentz was the hot new kid on the block. Now

799
00:41:06,840 --> 00:41:09,120
Speaker 1: the Eagles are five and six. Carson Wentz is quietly

800
00:41:09,120 --> 00:41:11,920
Speaker 1: playing terrible for about a month straight, and now they

801
00:41:11,960 --> 00:41:15,160
Speaker 1: go to I disagree with that. I don't see a

802
00:41:15,200 --> 00:41:18,360
Speaker 1: bright spot on if you're rooting against Carson Wentz. But continue,

803
00:41:18,920 --> 00:41:21,480
Speaker 1: you know what I'm saying, deep in your heart, I

804
00:41:21,520 --> 00:41:24,120
Speaker 1: know what's going on in your head. Mark, I know

805
00:41:24,200 --> 00:41:27,719
Speaker 1: what's going on. I think he's I think he's gonna

806
00:41:27,719 --> 00:41:29,560
Speaker 1: be a great quarterback. That's what I think. Oh, what's

807
00:41:29,600 --> 00:41:32,359
Speaker 1: going on in your mind? He just looks. He looks

808
00:41:32,400 --> 00:41:35,359
Speaker 1: to me like I. I think Carson Wentz is gonna

809
00:41:35,360 --> 00:41:37,840
Speaker 1: be a great career. Anyways, Okay, alright, five and six,

810
00:41:37,880 --> 00:41:41,880
Speaker 1: Eagles at three, seven and one, Ben Gals, I don't know,

811
00:41:42,200 --> 00:41:46,080
Speaker 1: somebody make this game exciting. Chris Westling, all right, let's

812
00:41:46,400 --> 00:41:48,920
Speaker 1: let's flip forward. Let's fast forward a little bit. Okay,

813
00:41:49,480 --> 00:41:51,480
Speaker 1: this game is not gonna really have any impact on

814
00:41:51,520 --> 00:41:56,080
Speaker 1: the playoff picture, but chances are seeing the talent on

815
00:41:56,160 --> 00:41:58,080
Speaker 1: both of these sides of the ball, maybe not so

816
00:41:58,160 --> 00:42:00,960
Speaker 1: much on offensive. Philadelphia, one of these two teams is

817
00:42:01,000 --> 00:42:03,560
Speaker 1: gonna be back in the playoffs next year. Which team

818
00:42:03,640 --> 00:42:07,000
Speaker 1: has the easier fix for two thousand seventeen? Do you think?

819
00:42:09,760 --> 00:42:12,080
Speaker 1: I think, since, well, that's a good one. It's a

820
00:42:12,120 --> 00:42:15,440
Speaker 1: great question. Which has the easier fix? Which which one

821
00:42:15,480 --> 00:42:17,480
Speaker 1: you get a better chance to, like reload the roster

822
00:42:17,560 --> 00:42:20,440
Speaker 1: and come back. Really, I'd say Philadelphia because I like

823
00:42:20,560 --> 00:42:24,160
Speaker 1: their defensive cores. I think they have the quarterback, and

824
00:42:24,280 --> 00:42:27,880
Speaker 1: there's less uncertainty, I believe than with the Bengals. I

825
00:42:28,200 --> 00:42:31,440
Speaker 1: still wonder what's going to happen with with this Bengals

826
00:42:31,640 --> 00:42:34,080
Speaker 1: front office and coach and everything. I don't know that

827
00:42:34,080 --> 00:42:35,400
Speaker 1: it's all going to be the same next year. You

828
00:42:35,400 --> 00:42:38,200
Speaker 1: almost equally outside of a j Green, have to rebuild

829
00:42:38,200 --> 00:42:41,839
Speaker 1: their passing game. They're there, they got the number one

830
00:42:41,880 --> 00:42:44,160
Speaker 1: guy in place. It's a lot of the do they do.

831
00:42:44,239 --> 00:42:46,680
Speaker 1: I think the Bengals have been so consistent that you

832
00:42:46,760 --> 00:42:49,720
Speaker 1: have to trust their ability to draft and also continue

833
00:42:49,760 --> 00:42:52,080
Speaker 1: to work with some of their young players. Trust Wentz

834
00:42:52,120 --> 00:42:55,239
Speaker 1: his upside a little better than than any dog. I do,

835
00:42:55,440 --> 00:42:57,759
Speaker 1: certainly the long term, but even maybe next year. You

836
00:42:57,760 --> 00:43:00,120
Speaker 1: guys laughed at me last week. They said it is

837
00:43:00,120 --> 00:43:02,200
Speaker 1: gonna be the toughest six weeks of his career. He's

838
00:43:02,200 --> 00:43:05,400
Speaker 1: melting a little bit. I mean, you guys, I mean

839
00:43:05,480 --> 00:43:07,879
Speaker 1: you just start of saying saying that, like, I don't

840
00:43:07,920 --> 00:43:10,840
Speaker 1: think none of it's on him, and I don't know,

841
00:43:10,880 --> 00:43:13,279
Speaker 1: I don't think, but I think it's a little bit now.

842
00:43:13,360 --> 00:43:15,440
Speaker 1: I mean, I never really made his teammates better. They

843
00:43:15,480 --> 00:43:18,920
Speaker 1: make him better, right, and so I think if he

844
00:43:19,000 --> 00:43:21,400
Speaker 1: hadn't built up all that good will, like, this is

845
00:43:21,400 --> 00:43:23,640
Speaker 1: a tough situation for him, and I think it shows

846
00:43:23,680 --> 00:43:25,520
Speaker 1: his limitation just a little bit. He's not gonna be

847
00:43:25,560 --> 00:43:31,879
Speaker 1: able to improve his teammates. Something about Winston Dalton is underrated,

848
00:43:32,000 --> 00:43:35,200
Speaker 1: im pre snap. He's a very smart quarterback. That is

849
00:43:35,239 --> 00:43:37,320
Speaker 1: one of the things that he made a lot of

850
00:43:37,360 --> 00:43:39,319
Speaker 1: mistakes early in his career and now he's a very

851
00:43:39,360 --> 00:43:42,799
Speaker 1: smart quarterback. But physically he's not without a j green.

852
00:43:42,840 --> 00:43:44,959
Speaker 1: He's not one of the top ten quarterbacks in the NFL.

853
00:43:45,040 --> 00:43:47,160
Speaker 1: He's not I shouldn't He's not one of the reasons

854
00:43:47,160 --> 00:43:50,919
Speaker 1: they're they're struggling. But I don't know. I still think

855
00:43:51,040 --> 00:43:52,319
Speaker 1: there's got to be a part of you if you're

856
00:43:52,320 --> 00:43:54,200
Speaker 1: a Bengals fan that wants a little bit more. They've

857
00:43:54,200 --> 00:43:55,560
Speaker 1: got a lot to work on. I don't think the

858
00:43:55,600 --> 00:43:59,280
Speaker 1: quarterback situation is something you you've changed in Cincinnati at all.

859
00:43:59,120 --> 00:44:02,680
Speaker 1: Tell me what the numbers are not telling us about

860
00:44:02,719 --> 00:44:06,400
Speaker 1: Carson went since Week six twenty nine in yards bird tenth,

861
00:44:07,280 --> 00:44:10,560
Speaker 1: passing yardsburg game tied for last, and touchdowns thirty one

862
00:44:10,719 --> 00:44:12,880
Speaker 1: and passer reading. I think what it's not telling you

863
00:44:12,920 --> 00:44:14,719
Speaker 1: he has a worst wide receiver corps in the league,

864
00:44:14,760 --> 00:44:17,319
Speaker 1: not just from a talent perspective, but from a make

865
00:44:17,440 --> 00:44:21,000
Speaker 1: mistakes perspective, and an offensive line that lost its right

866
00:44:21,040 --> 00:44:25,200
Speaker 1: tackle one of the guards and has been mixing. I

867
00:44:25,200 --> 00:44:27,160
Speaker 1: think when you watch it, you can really put so

868
00:44:27,280 --> 00:44:30,319
Speaker 1: much on his teammates and and the conservative way they coach,

869
00:44:30,360 --> 00:44:32,360
Speaker 1: and then he still shows you things that are impressive.

870
00:44:32,400 --> 00:44:36,000
Speaker 1: They've had banged up backfield as well, and you know,

871
00:44:36,040 --> 00:44:38,920
Speaker 1: outside of what Treggs, they haven't had a downfield element

872
00:44:38,960 --> 00:44:40,920
Speaker 1: at all. You know what, I'm just saying that that

873
00:44:41,000 --> 00:44:42,640
Speaker 1: was the only thing they even tried that. They had

874
00:44:42,640 --> 00:44:45,000
Speaker 1: they it's part of the scheme. It's not that he

875
00:44:45,040 --> 00:44:47,080
Speaker 1: can't throw the ball deep. We know he can. Let's

876
00:44:47,120 --> 00:44:50,960
Speaker 1: move on the Miami Dolphins. Oh, the surging Dolphins, who

877
00:44:51,000 --> 00:44:54,200
Speaker 1: have won six games in a row. They have not

878
00:44:54,280 --> 00:44:57,239
Speaker 1: won seven or row since ve they have been to

879
00:44:57,280 --> 00:45:00,080
Speaker 1: the playoffs. It's too eight and it's all there for

880
00:45:00,160 --> 00:45:03,360
Speaker 1: him now as we enter December, they now travel to

881
00:45:03,400 --> 00:45:06,839
Speaker 1: Baltimore to face the Ravens. The Ravens have won four

882
00:45:06,920 --> 00:45:09,719
Speaker 1: or five after a four game losing streak. They're coming

883
00:45:09,719 --> 00:45:13,839
Speaker 1: off that win against Cincinnati where Justin Tucker just went

884
00:45:13,880 --> 00:45:16,680
Speaker 1: off and basically won the game by himself with his

885
00:45:16,800 --> 00:45:20,160
Speaker 1: right leg. The Dolphins UH hung on to beat the

886
00:45:20,200 --> 00:45:23,160
Speaker 1: forty Niners UH in a game that Ryan Tannehill looked

887
00:45:23,400 --> 00:45:27,160
Speaker 1: very good again. Greg Rose withhal your thoughts on this game.

888
00:45:28,800 --> 00:45:32,759
Speaker 1: I want to see the Dolphins keep it up against

889
00:45:33,360 --> 00:45:36,200
Speaker 1: a good defense on the road. Looks like the Ravens

890
00:45:36,239 --> 00:45:38,359
Speaker 1: are gonna get Jimmy Smith back. One of the things

891
00:45:38,440 --> 00:45:41,080
Speaker 1: I really liked from the Dolphins last week is that

892
00:45:41,480 --> 00:45:43,879
Speaker 1: with a banged up offensive line where they couldn't get

893
00:45:43,880 --> 00:45:47,000
Speaker 1: anything going in the running game, they really let Ryan

894
00:45:47,080 --> 00:45:50,040
Speaker 1: Tannehill try to win the game. That they were aggressive,

895
00:45:50,080 --> 00:45:52,759
Speaker 1: and I thought Adam Gates has been coaching around Tannehill

896
00:45:52,840 --> 00:45:55,600
Speaker 1: earlier in the season, maybe not being as aggressive. It

897
00:45:55,640 --> 00:45:58,600
Speaker 1: actually didn't work totally. That was part of the reason

898
00:45:58,600 --> 00:46:00,440
Speaker 1: why San Francisco came back. But I like that he

899
00:46:00,480 --> 00:46:04,520
Speaker 1: showed the confidence and Tannehill's plane to that level to

900
00:46:04,640 --> 00:46:07,960
Speaker 1: earn that confidence. I really fell for the Dolphins last week.

901
00:46:08,000 --> 00:46:11,279
Speaker 1: I know it was only the forty niners. I think

902
00:46:11,280 --> 00:46:13,279
Speaker 1: differently about this team now, and it has to do

903
00:46:13,320 --> 00:46:16,920
Speaker 1: with their last to draft classes. On offense, Devonte Parker

904
00:46:16,960 --> 00:46:20,919
Speaker 1: looks like an absolute stud. The two catches that he

905
00:46:20,920 --> 00:46:23,120
Speaker 1: he had one to nail out of bounds on a

906
00:46:23,160 --> 00:46:26,440
Speaker 1: touchdown catch and another deep sideline catch. The leaping ability

907
00:46:26,520 --> 00:46:30,600
Speaker 1: and he's dexterity he showed was phenomenal. He's been great

908
00:46:30,640 --> 00:46:33,440
Speaker 1: for a month. He's been making the leap you know, late,

909
00:46:34,000 --> 00:46:36,960
Speaker 1: later than we expected. But that his thing is injury

910
00:46:37,000 --> 00:46:38,600
Speaker 1: and he he hurts his back in that game, he

911
00:46:38,719 --> 00:46:40,600
Speaker 1: might not play this week, and that that's kind of

912
00:46:40,600 --> 00:46:43,520
Speaker 1: been the problem with DeVante park I don't hate this

913
00:46:43,600 --> 00:46:45,520
Speaker 1: matchup for Miami at all because I know you're on

914
00:46:45,560 --> 00:46:48,160
Speaker 1: the road. But I look at Baltimore and if you

915
00:46:48,200 --> 00:46:52,040
Speaker 1: can score three touchdowns, you probably take out the Ravens

916
00:46:52,040 --> 00:46:54,399
Speaker 1: almost any week. I mean, they're just not a They

917
00:46:54,400 --> 00:46:57,719
Speaker 1: don't have the ability to produce points and bunches. We

918
00:46:57,800 --> 00:46:59,799
Speaker 1: saw last week that game last week was a great

919
00:46:59,800 --> 00:47:04,560
Speaker 1: example that their most valuable player is Tucker. I get

920
00:47:04,640 --> 00:47:08,200
Speaker 1: so frustrated watching the Ravens because I'm waiting for them

921
00:47:08,239 --> 00:47:11,960
Speaker 1: to unlock the potential they have on offense. They need

922
00:47:12,000 --> 00:47:13,880
Speaker 1: they can run the ball. They just won't do it.

923
00:47:14,239 --> 00:47:16,160
Speaker 1: You look up in almost every week Terence West and

924
00:47:16,200 --> 00:47:17,920
Speaker 1: Kenneth Dixon and averaging four or four and a half

925
00:47:18,040 --> 00:47:22,360
Speaker 1: yards per carry. Bashop Harriman came within similar to Davante

926
00:47:22,480 --> 00:47:24,520
Speaker 1: Parker came within an inch or two of making two space.

927
00:47:24,520 --> 00:47:26,719
Speaker 1: You gotta unlock him. He looks like a player, and

928
00:47:26,760 --> 00:47:29,959
Speaker 1: he does seems underused. But Mike Wallace and Steve Smith

929
00:47:29,960 --> 00:47:31,920
Speaker 1: are playing well too. They're not the problem. It's just

930
00:47:31,960 --> 00:47:34,000
Speaker 1: that if you don't have a running game, you're not

931
00:47:34,040 --> 00:47:36,840
Speaker 1: opening up your path. It's weird. They ran a jet sweep,

932
00:47:37,560 --> 00:47:40,600
Speaker 1: I believe on the goal line on on like the

933
00:47:40,640 --> 00:47:43,160
Speaker 1: one or two yard line. It's just that's something that

934
00:47:43,200 --> 00:47:46,440
Speaker 1: shows no confidence in your ability to just run. You

935
00:47:46,640 --> 00:47:51,120
Speaker 1: fired your offensive coordinator specifically to fix these issues. And

936
00:47:51,200 --> 00:47:56,880
Speaker 1: there's no apparent visible difference between the Mark Trustman offense

937
00:47:56,920 --> 00:47:59,520
Speaker 1: and the Marty morning Wig offense. It's the same thing.

938
00:47:59,600 --> 00:48:01,920
Speaker 1: The bar is really low for Joe Flacco right now

939
00:48:01,960 --> 00:48:05,279
Speaker 1: because he has been better the last three weeks. It's

940
00:48:05,320 --> 00:48:08,239
Speaker 1: kind of sad that the bar is this low, to

941
00:48:08,360 --> 00:48:10,480
Speaker 1: the to almost to the borders point where it's like

942
00:48:10,520 --> 00:48:12,440
Speaker 1: he hasn't hurt them the last weeks. He played pretty

943
00:48:12,440 --> 00:48:15,120
Speaker 1: well against House, he played pretty well last week. But

944
00:48:15,160 --> 00:48:16,640
Speaker 1: it's like you would like a little more out of

945
00:48:16,640 --> 00:48:19,640
Speaker 1: your million dollar guns. Would you be scared? This Ravens

946
00:48:19,719 --> 00:48:23,200
Speaker 1: run defense is right now on pace to be better

947
00:48:23,280 --> 00:48:27,960
Speaker 1: at stopping the run than the two thousand Ravens defense. Wow. Really,

948
00:48:28,120 --> 00:48:30,720
Speaker 1: it's it's very close. I gotta look at the exact numbers,

949
00:48:30,719 --> 00:48:32,640
Speaker 1: but it's very close. I mean, if you take that

950
00:48:32,719 --> 00:48:35,239
Speaker 1: away from the Dolphins, that's how the Ravens have been

951
00:48:35,280 --> 00:48:36,920
Speaker 1: in some of these games. I would say that's a

952
00:48:37,000 --> 00:48:40,040
Speaker 1: misleading step from this point of view, that two thousand

953
00:48:40,120 --> 00:48:43,040
Speaker 1: Ravens defense kept getting better and better and better and

954
00:48:43,080 --> 00:48:45,400
Speaker 1: more shut down throughout the course of the season and

955
00:48:45,440 --> 00:48:48,080
Speaker 1: was playing better in January. They were outscoring their offense

956
00:48:48,120 --> 00:48:50,160
Speaker 1: in the playoffs in two thousand Ravens. I mean, I'm

957
00:48:50,239 --> 00:48:52,560
Speaker 1: I'm all in on J J. I. I think handsas

958
00:48:52,600 --> 00:48:55,320
Speaker 1: is too. I mean J J Ji every time I

959
00:48:55,360 --> 00:48:57,560
Speaker 1: watched him, even when he's got bad numbers, I think

960
00:48:58,880 --> 00:49:01,439
Speaker 1: he's leading the league. Is that sooner? But what about

961
00:49:01,480 --> 00:49:03,799
Speaker 1: your boy Henry Hodgson, Dan we We had a chat

962
00:49:03,840 --> 00:49:06,879
Speaker 1: with him down Where's he with the Dolphins? Uh? He's

963
00:49:06,920 --> 00:49:10,200
Speaker 1: taken some of my comments personally on the podcast recently,

964
00:49:10,239 --> 00:49:13,120
Speaker 1: but you know I told him that it's uh, you know,

965
00:49:13,200 --> 00:49:15,319
Speaker 1: it's all in fun, but I do. I'll tell you

966
00:49:15,360 --> 00:49:18,560
Speaker 1: what the same thing I said, Uh last show. Uh

967
00:49:18,600 --> 00:49:23,279
Speaker 1: the Dolphins in December. Uh they're bumps historically. No, it

968
00:49:23,320 --> 00:49:25,640
Speaker 1: doesn't matter. It's a different year than these two different

969
00:49:25,640 --> 00:49:29,000
Speaker 1: Curry over. There's a culture in place in Miami, and

970
00:49:29,280 --> 00:49:31,920
Speaker 1: now comes the time from Miami to show the world

971
00:49:32,160 --> 00:49:34,279
Speaker 1: that they can win big games in December, which they

972
00:49:34,280 --> 00:49:36,920
Speaker 1: haven't done in decades. And guess what, it's not starting

973
00:49:36,960 --> 00:49:40,560
Speaker 1: on Sunday. And I am so commin that this cute

974
00:49:40,600 --> 00:49:44,279
Speaker 1: little streak I didn't take. I said, you guys take

975
00:49:44,320 --> 00:49:48,120
Speaker 1: that fork away from the Dolphins. They are going to

976
00:49:48,600 --> 00:49:50,399
Speaker 1: they are going to give go on a little run.

977
00:49:50,440 --> 00:49:54,840
Speaker 1: Get everybody excited. They are going to crumble. And the

978
00:49:54,960 --> 00:49:59,040
Speaker 1: crumble starts on Sunday. Cause in Baltimore, I'm a logging

979
00:49:59,120 --> 00:50:06,840
Speaker 1: it up. They're going down. That wasn't just yelling. You

980
00:50:06,920 --> 00:50:10,319
Speaker 1: had the hands gestures, your face was contorted. That was

981
00:50:10,360 --> 00:50:15,640
Speaker 1: the most fired. Excuse me, I was setting you up

982
00:50:15,680 --> 00:50:18,719
Speaker 1: to hand in olive branch to your British friend and

983
00:50:18,880 --> 00:50:22,719
Speaker 1: you taking him down. Imagine onions. Imagine him taking that

984
00:50:22,760 --> 00:50:31,239
Speaker 1: personally onions. I don't know. You go get your gig Onions. Stop.

985
00:50:31,719 --> 00:50:35,440
Speaker 1: The Dolphins team is different. They've outscored points by forty points.

986
00:50:38,080 --> 00:50:42,440
Speaker 1: They closed that. If the Dolphins win and moved eight

987
00:50:42,440 --> 00:50:45,080
Speaker 1: and four, I will the charade will end and I

988
00:50:45,120 --> 00:50:47,279
Speaker 1: will say I was wrong and this is a real team.

989
00:50:47,280 --> 00:50:48,600
Speaker 1: But let's see them do it. Let me ask you,

990
00:50:48,719 --> 00:50:51,640
Speaker 1: you don't like the culture in Miami, would you flip

991
00:50:51,880 --> 00:50:55,520
Speaker 1: everything about the Dolphins head to toe ownership right down

992
00:50:55,560 --> 00:50:58,359
Speaker 1: to the last guy in the roster with New York's

993
00:50:58,400 --> 00:51:01,600
Speaker 1: operation is the second do I one Colias Stefan in

994
00:51:01,640 --> 00:51:06,759
Speaker 1: my meeting room deciding on who goes and the sound Machine. Hey,

995
00:51:06,800 --> 00:51:10,000
Speaker 1: should we take a guarden round three? Saxophonists of the

996
00:51:10,040 --> 00:51:20,160
Speaker 1: Sound Machine of Miami. No hard pass. I don't know that. Yeah, No,

997
00:51:20,360 --> 00:51:24,040
Speaker 1: it wasn't just the roster, it's the whole circus. Maybe

998
00:51:24,040 --> 00:51:26,960
Speaker 1: the Jets. You could get Mikey t back in your

999
00:51:27,000 --> 00:51:31,160
Speaker 1: life all right here. I do like podcasts. He's a

1000
00:51:31,200 --> 00:51:34,240
Speaker 1: fan of the show. Uh, let's move on the worst

1001
00:51:34,239 --> 00:51:36,600
Speaker 1: game of the year, the one intend San Francisco forty

1002
00:51:36,680 --> 00:51:40,719
Speaker 1: Niners at the two and nine Chicago Bears. Uh. Colin

1003
00:51:40,800 --> 00:51:45,000
Speaker 1: Kaepernick playing well lately, um and the forty Niners have

1004
00:51:45,040 --> 00:51:48,560
Speaker 1: been hanging around against some good competition. Those unbeatable Dolphins

1005
00:51:48,800 --> 00:51:51,560
Speaker 1: came within about a yard and a half of overtime

1006
00:51:51,800 --> 00:51:54,160
Speaker 1: with a one and nine team last week. So San

1007
00:51:54,200 --> 00:51:57,759
Speaker 1: Francisco showing signs of progress mark and Chicago still has

1008
00:51:57,760 --> 00:52:01,480
Speaker 1: Matt Barkley J. Cutler officially moved to ire. Yeah. I mean,

1009
00:52:01,520 --> 00:52:02,960
Speaker 1: in a lot of ways, you could look at this

1010
00:52:03,000 --> 00:52:06,719
Speaker 1: game and say, don't even turn on your television, Go

1011
00:52:06,880 --> 00:52:10,040
Speaker 1: get in your car, drive around, whether it's San Francisco

1012
00:52:10,160 --> 00:52:15,239
Speaker 1: or Chicago, just avoid watching another game. That's that technology

1013
00:52:15,280 --> 00:52:17,920
Speaker 1: allows for that note. You're fair, Yeah, just maybe avoid

1014
00:52:17,960 --> 00:52:19,960
Speaker 1: the whole thing. But you know, think about this, if

1015
00:52:20,000 --> 00:52:22,160
Speaker 1: you watch football, and if you care about football in

1016
00:52:22,160 --> 00:52:25,080
Speaker 1: the offseason, if you cover football, and if you're into

1017
00:52:25,120 --> 00:52:27,839
Speaker 1: the draft, one of these two teams has a very

1018
00:52:27,840 --> 00:52:31,560
Speaker 1: good chance to be written about seventy five thousand times

1019
00:52:31,560 --> 00:52:33,440
Speaker 1: if one of them grabs the number one pick. And

1020
00:52:33,480 --> 00:52:37,000
Speaker 1: the winner of this is screwing themselves out of the

1021
00:52:37,080 --> 00:52:40,400
Speaker 1: number one pick. So I hope that whichever franchise it is,

1022
00:52:40,760 --> 00:52:42,960
Speaker 1: you know, assuming if the Browns gotta win and one

1023
00:52:42,960 --> 00:52:45,160
Speaker 1: of these two teams can claw back into that number

1024
00:52:45,160 --> 00:52:49,319
Speaker 1: one position, you are taking a little cheap December victory

1025
00:52:49,360 --> 00:52:51,680
Speaker 1: over the number one player in the draft. Good luck

1026
00:52:51,719 --> 00:52:55,759
Speaker 1: to you. You want to talk about culture, that's culture, right.

1027
00:52:55,800 --> 00:52:58,600
Speaker 1: The Bears are getting one because the Browns need to

1028
00:52:58,600 --> 00:53:01,520
Speaker 1: win two games. That's the and the second point. And

1029
00:53:01,560 --> 00:53:04,280
Speaker 1: I will not to don't count out of Cleveland surge

1030
00:53:04,320 --> 00:53:07,640
Speaker 1: down the stretch to get off base. But you're very

1031
00:53:07,640 --> 00:53:10,000
Speaker 1: excited about about getting the number one pick, like this

1032
00:53:10,080 --> 00:53:13,080
Speaker 1: is Andrew lux season. I'm not the number one. I'm

1033
00:53:13,080 --> 00:53:15,399
Speaker 1: not for a quarterback. I'm not for a quarterback. That

1034
00:53:15,400 --> 00:53:18,560
Speaker 1: that reminds you, though you know you no one knows anything.

1035
00:53:19,160 --> 00:53:23,040
Speaker 1: Peter Schroeger um A Fox made a great point down

1036
00:53:23,080 --> 00:53:27,160
Speaker 1: at the Senior Bowl and NFL media Good Morning Football,

1037
00:53:27,520 --> 00:53:31,680
Speaker 1: of course, also has his own podcast. You have now

1038
00:53:31,760 --> 00:53:35,920
Speaker 1: promoted three podcasts, um great job. He made the point

1039
00:53:35,960 --> 00:53:38,319
Speaker 1: at the Senior Bowl last year. The whole thing was

1040
00:53:38,840 --> 00:53:41,200
Speaker 1: there's no quarterbacks this year. You know who was there,

1041
00:53:41,600 --> 00:53:47,680
Speaker 1: Dak Prescott, Carson Wentz, Cody Kessler. If you want to

1042
00:53:47,719 --> 00:53:50,520
Speaker 1: throw that, I'm just saying they were there, the carrot

1043
00:53:50,560 --> 00:53:54,239
Speaker 1: and the stick from Rosenthal. They're plugging Schreeger constantly and

1044
00:53:54,280 --> 00:53:56,279
Speaker 1: then banging with oh, but you didn't know anything about

1045
00:53:56,280 --> 00:53:58,520
Speaker 1: the quarter but I know he was saying that. He

1046
00:53:58,600 --> 00:54:01,759
Speaker 1: was saying that was that was the talk in this

1047
00:54:02,320 --> 00:54:04,560
Speaker 1: when he was there, Like think, how wrongly We're right

1048
00:54:04,600 --> 00:54:06,960
Speaker 1: in front of her eyes. Is Dak Prescott his cards?

1049
00:54:07,120 --> 00:54:09,160
Speaker 1: You know? You never know. I talked to Daniel Jeremiah

1050
00:54:09,200 --> 00:54:11,160
Speaker 1: this morning and he talked about that. There's certain he

1051
00:54:11,280 --> 00:54:13,360
Speaker 1: you know, it takes forever to go th He just

1052
00:54:13,480 --> 00:54:17,680
Speaker 1: in our office. He you know, please, but they go

1053
00:54:17,800 --> 00:54:20,759
Speaker 1: study every one of these players and depths in depth. Right,

1054
00:54:20,800 --> 00:54:23,080
Speaker 1: So he hasn't even gotten to some of the quarterbacks yet.

1055
00:54:23,120 --> 00:54:24,400
Speaker 1: When you ask him. What do you think he's like,

1056
00:54:24,640 --> 00:54:26,319
Speaker 1: that's still on my list. He's gonna get to it soon.

1057
00:54:26,400 --> 00:54:28,799
Speaker 1: That's so true of so many scouts as well and

1058
00:54:29,040 --> 00:54:31,319
Speaker 1: head coaches and GM's Well, that's one way to think

1059
00:54:31,360 --> 00:54:33,560
Speaker 1: about it as only quarterbacks. But think about it like this.

1060
00:54:33,760 --> 00:54:36,800
Speaker 1: What if there's a Joey Bosa who is absolutely worthy

1061
00:54:36,800 --> 00:54:39,040
Speaker 1: of a number one overall? What about JJ the next

1062
00:54:39,120 --> 00:54:41,880
Speaker 1: j J Watt, the next, you know, absolute shutdown quarterback,

1063
00:54:41,920 --> 00:54:44,759
Speaker 1: Ezekiel Elliott, someone like this forty nine offense, four dred

1064
00:54:44,800 --> 00:54:47,200
Speaker 1: and seventy five yards and two of the last four weeks,

1065
00:54:47,239 --> 00:54:49,200
Speaker 1: they're getting better. I think they're gonna get this win

1066
00:54:49,320 --> 00:54:52,320
Speaker 1: for you, Mark, and that's almost gonna guarantee the Browns.

1067
00:54:52,320 --> 00:54:56,000
Speaker 1: The one Kaepernick from a fantasy an. You like Kaepernick,

1068
00:54:56,080 --> 00:54:58,279
Speaker 1: but he has more rushing yardage since Week six. And

1069
00:54:58,400 --> 00:55:04,720
Speaker 1: Lashawn McCoy he's an incredible he's in he's an incredible runner.

1070
00:55:04,760 --> 00:55:06,840
Speaker 1: I know that you can't build an offense totally around that,

1071
00:55:06,840 --> 00:55:08,680
Speaker 1: but he's one of the best running quarterbacks of all time.

1072
00:55:08,800 --> 00:55:10,600
Speaker 1: Last week was the best ball placement he's had in

1073
00:55:10,640 --> 00:55:13,560
Speaker 1: two years. I thought he looked really good and he's

1074
00:55:13,640 --> 00:55:16,560
Speaker 1: running Chip Kelly's offense pretty well. I'm not saying they

1075
00:55:16,560 --> 00:55:19,319
Speaker 1: should count on him being the quarterback next year, but

1076
00:55:19,520 --> 00:55:21,440
Speaker 1: this is a much more scary team than the Matt

1077
00:55:22,080 --> 00:55:24,359
Speaker 1: Chicago Bears right now. I agree, and think of how

1078
00:55:24,440 --> 00:55:26,400
Speaker 1: much you were we were burying him last year. But

1079
00:55:26,480 --> 00:55:29,160
Speaker 1: this the guy has showing some pocket movement and he's

1080
00:55:29,200 --> 00:55:33,520
Speaker 1: working with child Chipper. Okay, you're like, you're like, way

1081
00:55:33,560 --> 00:55:37,439
Speaker 1: too much buying none of this. Just when about thirty seconds, Yeah,

1082
00:55:37,480 --> 00:55:42,640
Speaker 1: we're the Buffalo Bills. They are traveling to Oakland to

1083
00:55:42,680 --> 00:55:46,200
Speaker 1: face the Raiders. The Bills at six and five, right

1084
00:55:46,239 --> 00:55:48,320
Speaker 1: in the in the mix of things in the a

1085
00:55:48,480 --> 00:55:51,560
Speaker 1: C playoff picture, the Raiders, you know, talking about teams

1086
00:55:51,600 --> 00:55:53,840
Speaker 1: that really stand to benefit from Gronk being out of

1087
00:55:53,880 --> 00:55:56,440
Speaker 1: the picture. All of a sudden, their chances of getting

1088
00:55:56,480 --> 00:55:59,640
Speaker 1: that number one seed certainly went up. Now that the

1089
00:55:59,640 --> 00:56:03,200
Speaker 1: patre It's lost their greatest weapon on offense for Tom Brady.

1090
00:56:03,760 --> 00:56:06,680
Speaker 1: But here we are now for the Bills, who you know,

1091
00:56:06,760 --> 00:56:09,400
Speaker 1: probably can't afford to lose this game. This is a

1092
00:56:09,400 --> 00:56:12,719
Speaker 1: big game, Chris Westling for the Buffalo team, it is,

1093
00:56:12,800 --> 00:56:14,879
Speaker 1: and they better play better than he did last week

1094
00:56:15,320 --> 00:56:18,600
Speaker 1: when they barely beat the Jaguars, because the Raiders are

1095
00:56:18,600 --> 00:56:20,680
Speaker 1: for real and I know they've had a lot of close,

1096
00:56:21,400 --> 00:56:23,759
Speaker 1: close game luck, but a lot of that they're making

1097
00:56:23,760 --> 00:56:27,000
Speaker 1: on their own. And Derek Carr, I'm watching this game,

1098
00:56:27,080 --> 00:56:29,040
Speaker 1: and I think for the first time in his career,

1099
00:56:29,680 --> 00:56:31,719
Speaker 1: it's fair to wonder whether you want to build a

1100
00:56:31,760 --> 00:56:36,239
Speaker 1: team around Derek Carr, Cam Newton. Derek Carr's quite those

1101
00:56:36,280 --> 00:56:37,960
Speaker 1: two just because they were because they were playing against

1102
00:56:38,000 --> 00:56:40,520
Speaker 1: each other. Derek Carr's lightning quick release, which is Aaron

1103
00:56:40,600 --> 00:56:43,120
Speaker 1: Rodgers like, his ability to put the ball in his

1104
00:56:43,320 --> 00:56:47,520
Speaker 1: receiver's hands anywhere on the field, changing speeds, fastball touch.

1105
00:56:47,719 --> 00:56:50,440
Speaker 1: Cam Newton doesn't do any of these things. Really, I

1106
00:56:50,480 --> 00:56:52,920
Speaker 1: think it's fair to say I'd rather build around Derek Carr.

1107
00:56:53,080 --> 00:56:55,840
Speaker 1: He's to me emerged as easily a top seven or

1108
00:56:55,840 --> 00:57:00,319
Speaker 1: eight quarterback. Their offense is producing in similar ways as

1109
00:57:00,360 --> 00:57:04,040
Speaker 1: New Orleans, Atlanta and Dallas. Right now. Their defense has

1110
00:57:04,160 --> 00:57:07,440
Speaker 1: and the which started out well is not been a

1111
00:57:07,560 --> 00:57:11,200
Speaker 1: great defense. I think it could it can step up

1112
00:57:11,200 --> 00:57:14,160
Speaker 1: in a given week, but this is a huge test.

1113
00:57:14,200 --> 00:57:16,600
Speaker 1: When you have to play uh, when you have to

1114
00:57:16,600 --> 00:57:19,160
Speaker 1: play the Raiders, you just have you know, playmakers coming

1115
00:57:19,200 --> 00:57:22,040
Speaker 1: out of out of anywhere. Raiders defense is improving. Last

1116
00:57:22,040 --> 00:57:24,600
Speaker 1: week they allowed thirty two points. That's what the box

1117
00:57:24,600 --> 00:57:27,880
Speaker 1: score will show. They held Carolina to their fewest first

1118
00:57:27,880 --> 00:57:30,360
Speaker 1: half yards in two years. You know, Raiders, you know,

1119
00:57:30,440 --> 00:57:32,440
Speaker 1: let's win a Let's win a game by two scores.

1120
00:57:32,760 --> 00:57:34,840
Speaker 1: This is a game I think you could Tyrod Taylor

1121
00:57:35,000 --> 00:57:40,360
Speaker 1: played played well last last week, but he holds nine

1122
00:57:40,360 --> 00:57:43,000
Speaker 1: and two. You must obliterate your opposition. Well, you know

1123
00:57:44,000 --> 00:57:46,400
Speaker 1: they had to come back against the Texans team. They

1124
00:57:46,440 --> 00:57:48,439
Speaker 1: have to come back against the Panthers team. That's all great.

1125
00:57:48,480 --> 00:57:50,880
Speaker 1: I mean, it's it's fun, but their tenth in scoring

1126
00:57:50,880 --> 00:57:54,160
Speaker 1: the differential, they don't really have a profile of of

1127
00:57:54,200 --> 00:57:56,840
Speaker 1: a great team. So I think you got a guy

1128
00:57:56,880 --> 00:57:59,720
Speaker 1: Tyrod Taylor just holds the ball forever. You got Khalil

1129
00:57:59,720 --> 00:58:02,120
Speaker 1: Mackie Gat Bruce Servant like swipe the ball out scores.

1130
00:58:02,280 --> 00:58:04,480
Speaker 1: I would say that the Raiders, though, this is a

1131
00:58:04,560 --> 00:58:07,680
Speaker 1: season of transition where hey, you're learning to win. That's

1132
00:58:07,800 --> 00:58:09,280
Speaker 1: it's not as easy to get. It's a lot of

1133
00:58:09,280 --> 00:58:12,240
Speaker 1: the same players from last season and learning to blow

1134
00:58:12,280 --> 00:58:14,479
Speaker 1: people out the same way that some of you' saying

1135
00:58:14,520 --> 00:58:16,919
Speaker 1: blow people out. How about not have to come back

1136
00:58:17,120 --> 00:58:21,320
Speaker 1: versus every sub five team that's for. The Raiders, by

1137
00:58:21,320 --> 00:58:23,560
Speaker 1: the way, have not been in the playoffs since the

1138
00:58:23,640 --> 00:58:26,040
Speaker 1: two thousand two season. Checking back in on the end

1139
00:58:26,080 --> 00:58:28,040
Speaker 1: around here, here's some of the artists that were in

1140
00:58:28,080 --> 00:58:32,120
Speaker 1: the top fifteen of Billboard the last time the Raiders

1141
00:58:32,120 --> 00:58:35,120
Speaker 1: were in the playoffs. West let me know which one

1142
00:58:35,200 --> 00:58:39,560
Speaker 1: are these bands you've heard of or acts? Nickelback, Ashanti,

1143
00:58:39,800 --> 00:58:45,040
Speaker 1: Oh yeah, Nelly yes, Kelly Rowland Yes, she used to

1144
00:58:45,080 --> 00:58:48,439
Speaker 1: be in Destiny's Child. You're flying Wow, bonus points band

1145
00:58:48,480 --> 00:58:56,800
Speaker 1: called Calling Vanessa Carlton, Yes, Lincoln Park unfortunately, Yes, Fat Joe,

1146
00:58:57,680 --> 00:59:00,240
Speaker 1: I'd vaguely recall Fat Jo. Wasn't he like friends with

1147
00:59:00,400 --> 00:59:04,200
Speaker 1: Big Pun? Yeah? He was buddies with Black Rob Big Pun,

1148
00:59:05,240 --> 00:59:09,120
Speaker 1: Big Punisher, Yeah, I know, Big Pun Yeah, Usher, Oh yeah,

1149
00:59:09,120 --> 00:59:12,280
Speaker 1: it's seven o'clock on the Dot, My drop Top, cruising

1150
00:59:12,360 --> 00:59:20,560
Speaker 1: the Street, Puddle of Songs, id Avril Levine, Yeah, Rule yep,

1151
00:59:21,880 --> 00:59:26,480
Speaker 1: Jimmy Eat World, Yes, look at you. I knew everyone is. Culturally,

1152
00:59:26,520 --> 00:59:28,640
Speaker 1: it's not that long ago, though, It's not like, let's

1153
00:59:28,680 --> 00:59:31,120
Speaker 1: what's what was hot when the Jets won a Super Bowl.

1154
00:59:31,320 --> 00:59:33,600
Speaker 1: Let's go that I would have a better I would

1155
00:59:33,640 --> 00:59:39,760
Speaker 1: have a much better chance buff Springfield, Come on, let's

1156
00:59:39,760 --> 00:59:43,120
Speaker 1: get it. But those artists are mostly done and gone,

1157
00:59:43,160 --> 00:59:45,200
Speaker 1: almost all of them. It's been a long time. Well

1158
00:59:45,200 --> 00:59:47,000
Speaker 1: that's about the last. When was the last time the

1159
00:59:47,040 --> 00:59:49,439
Speaker 1: Bills won a playoff game or made the playoffs? Two

1160
00:59:49,480 --> 00:59:53,280
Speaker 1: thousand seasons? Who was the last time? Even even longer.

1161
00:59:53,440 --> 00:59:55,440
Speaker 1: If they can win, it's with their running game, best

1162
00:59:55,480 --> 00:59:57,160
Speaker 1: running game in the league. There's a chance they could

1163
00:59:57,160 --> 00:59:59,120
Speaker 1: control the game with their running game, Dan, can I

1164
00:59:59,160 --> 01:00:02,120
Speaker 1: borrow one of your catch for come back to us?

1165
01:00:02,200 --> 01:00:05,600
Speaker 1: NFL coaches, come back to us with these challenges. Rex

1166
01:00:05,720 --> 01:00:07,720
Speaker 1: Ryan's done with his challenges before the end of the

1167
01:00:07,760 --> 01:00:11,320
Speaker 1: second quarter, Jim calledwell and Doug Peterson ought to be

1168
01:00:11,320 --> 01:00:14,720
Speaker 1: fired on the spot for challenging a two yard completion

1169
01:00:15,080 --> 01:00:17,320
Speaker 1: and leaving himself with nothing for the rest of the game.

1170
01:00:17,680 --> 01:00:21,240
Speaker 1: These guys are so obsessed with controlling every play in

1171
01:00:21,240 --> 01:00:24,600
Speaker 1: a game. You gotta let go, let go, allow the

1172
01:00:24,640 --> 01:00:27,320
Speaker 1: game to happen. Save your challenges for when they might

1173
01:00:27,320 --> 01:00:30,280
Speaker 1: help you. Thank you, that was good us. I totally

1174
01:00:30,280 --> 01:00:32,920
Speaker 1: agree with you on that. Khalil macnine sacks the season,

1175
01:00:32,960 --> 01:00:36,080
Speaker 1: tied for six in the NFL, earning that spot football.

1176
01:00:36,080 --> 01:00:39,320
Speaker 1: He's earned it. He's earned quiet month or two, but

1177
01:00:39,440 --> 01:00:43,360
Speaker 1: that that play last week is one that people remember.

1178
01:00:43,400 --> 01:00:45,040
Speaker 1: If he can have a strong finish, he's going to

1179
01:00:45,120 --> 01:00:46,720
Speaker 1: be in the mix for defensive player of the Year.

1180
01:00:46,800 --> 01:00:50,520
Speaker 1: I don't know that on this defense if I'm not

1181
01:00:50,560 --> 01:00:53,000
Speaker 1: saying he deserves it right now, but if he can

1182
01:00:53,000 --> 01:00:56,320
Speaker 1: have a strong finish and makes that I love Khalil Mack.

1183
01:00:56,440 --> 01:00:59,000
Speaker 1: Look at his career and how often he picks on

1184
01:00:59,120 --> 01:01:02,919
Speaker 1: terrible offensive I'm to get his sacks. Speaking of offensive lineman,

1185
01:01:03,000 --> 01:01:05,800
Speaker 1: Raiders offensive line we talked about it on this podcast

1186
01:01:05,880 --> 01:01:08,920
Speaker 1: a few times, but one of the most underrated units

1187
01:01:08,960 --> 01:01:12,280
Speaker 1: in the league. Maybe, yeah, maybe the best. They're right

1188
01:01:12,280 --> 01:01:14,200
Speaker 1: there in past protection. They haven't really run the ball

1189
01:01:14,200 --> 01:01:16,240
Speaker 1: in a comp anybody, I mean at all? Anybody want

1190
01:01:16,280 --> 01:01:20,800
Speaker 1: to hang some money and pick the bills? No? No, nope? Okay,

1191
01:01:21,080 --> 01:01:23,280
Speaker 1: moving on. The New York Giants are eight and three.

1192
01:01:24,040 --> 01:01:27,160
Speaker 1: Uh they are on a streak themselves, having uh one.

1193
01:01:27,200 --> 01:01:30,160
Speaker 1: I believe six in a row. It's either five or

1194
01:01:30,200 --> 01:01:31,760
Speaker 1: six in a row for the Giants. Anybody want to

1195
01:01:31,800 --> 01:01:36,120
Speaker 1: jump in. I think it's about the old host. Pretty

1196
01:01:36,120 --> 01:01:39,960
Speaker 1: sure it's five, but I'm not sure. Okay, thank you.

1197
01:01:40,120 --> 01:01:43,640
Speaker 1: I will get on that. They travel to how many

1198
01:01:43,680 --> 01:01:45,520
Speaker 1: of what the giants in a row? Let's go right here,

1199
01:01:45,560 --> 01:01:49,520
Speaker 1: this is how many six in a row? Six wins.

1200
01:01:50,400 --> 01:01:52,600
Speaker 1: That was a little test of a little support system.

1201
01:01:52,800 --> 01:01:56,360
Speaker 1: No supports was good. I get you an answer, You

1202
01:01:56,440 --> 01:01:58,680
Speaker 1: got it all right? That was more Greg, he's being

1203
01:01:58,680 --> 01:02:01,120
Speaker 1: a little salty about it. I was trying. That's why.

1204
01:02:01,120 --> 01:02:03,960
Speaker 1: I just you're throwing shots and you're saying that will

1205
01:02:04,000 --> 01:02:06,400
Speaker 1: this be in the show, and all that six and

1206
01:02:06,440 --> 01:02:10,840
Speaker 1: a row? And there we're talking about wasting thirty seconds

1207
01:02:10,840 --> 01:02:16,000
Speaker 1: a little while ago. Waste this. Dan raises his fist

1208
01:02:16,040 --> 01:02:18,960
Speaker 1: to Greg's face. The eight and three Giants, the winners

1209
01:02:18,960 --> 01:02:21,640
Speaker 1: of six in a row, travel to Hines Field to

1210
01:02:21,760 --> 01:02:25,240
Speaker 1: face the six and five Pittsburgh Steelers. Oh, it's a

1211
01:02:25,240 --> 01:02:29,600
Speaker 1: tough game for Kate Mara, Mark sessler Um. Her daddy's

1212
01:02:29,680 --> 01:02:33,920
Speaker 1: family owns the Giants, mommy's family world. Well, I think

1213
01:02:33,960 --> 01:02:37,959
Speaker 1: it's or it's an embarrassment of riches um. But this game,

1214
01:02:38,040 --> 01:02:41,760
Speaker 1: this is an interesting game, Greg Rosenthal, between a Giant

1215
01:02:41,800 --> 01:02:43,280
Speaker 1: team that we still don't know if they're for real

1216
01:02:43,320 --> 01:02:45,479
Speaker 1: at eight and three and the Steelers team that has

1217
01:02:45,520 --> 01:02:47,200
Speaker 1: to be looking at themselves in the mirror and saying

1218
01:02:47,200 --> 01:02:48,600
Speaker 1: we need to make a run because we got a

1219
01:02:48,680 --> 01:02:50,760
Speaker 1: chance and we can get into the playoffs. And they've

1220
01:02:50,800 --> 01:02:54,240
Speaker 1: started their run by really changing their profile on offense.

1221
01:02:54,240 --> 01:02:55,880
Speaker 1: And maybe it's because they played the Browns and they

1222
01:02:55,880 --> 01:03:04,200
Speaker 1: played Scott Tolzen, but they went ball control the last

1223
01:03:04,520 --> 01:03:10,280
Speaker 1: Sydney earning that new money. They they really have centered

1224
01:03:10,280 --> 01:03:13,200
Speaker 1: their offense more than ever around Levian Bell, and that

1225
01:03:13,400 --> 01:03:17,160
Speaker 1: is a smart move because Levian Bell might be better

1226
01:03:17,480 --> 01:03:20,840
Speaker 1: than ever. Levian Bell might be my favorite player in

1227
01:03:20,880 --> 01:03:24,240
Speaker 1: the NFL at this point. Who look at you? Fun

1228
01:03:24,320 --> 01:03:27,920
Speaker 1: to watch that hesitation hop. He's crazy because you know,

1229
01:03:28,000 --> 01:03:30,280
Speaker 1: you see all these guys who have you know, running

1230
01:03:30,280 --> 01:03:32,120
Speaker 1: with the ball or do it, and they're all on

1231
01:03:32,160 --> 01:03:34,200
Speaker 1: some level similar to each other. There's no one like

1232
01:03:34,280 --> 01:03:38,240
Speaker 1: Levian Bell like he he almost he dances out there.

1233
01:03:38,320 --> 01:03:42,120
Speaker 1: It's almost like he's taunting people, like he crosses them over.

1234
01:03:42,200 --> 01:03:45,640
Speaker 1: I mean, he makes people look bad and he's he's

1235
01:03:45,680 --> 01:03:48,080
Speaker 1: so good at as a receiver. And it's just been

1236
01:03:48,120 --> 01:03:50,720
Speaker 1: all Bell lately, and I don't know, I love I

1237
01:03:50,720 --> 01:03:52,320
Speaker 1: love this guy. He makes me want to use a

1238
01:03:52,320 --> 01:03:57,640
Speaker 1: word I've never used before, sinewy. I like that how

1239
01:03:57,640 --> 01:04:01,200
Speaker 1: do you say that he's like the matrix. He looks

1240
01:04:01,200 --> 01:04:03,960
Speaker 1: like he's going through the matrix with people going by him.

1241
01:04:04,160 --> 01:04:06,520
Speaker 1: There are so many running backs that have to learn

1242
01:04:06,840 --> 01:04:09,600
Speaker 1: to show patients, and he's got incredible patients. I don't

1243
01:04:09,640 --> 01:04:11,600
Speaker 1: think I've ever seen a running back with his level

1244
01:04:11,640 --> 01:04:13,840
Speaker 1: of patients. About that Brown's game and it was like

1245
01:04:13,880 --> 01:04:16,320
Speaker 1: it was just he they also, do you remember when

1246
01:04:16,360 --> 01:04:19,040
Speaker 1: I said they ran basically a preseason like offense. It

1247
01:04:19,120 --> 01:04:21,560
Speaker 1: was like they had an eight play playbooks, six of

1248
01:04:21,560 --> 01:04:25,280
Speaker 1: them involved. He puts on a show. I mean, who knows.

1249
01:04:25,320 --> 01:04:27,000
Speaker 1: I don't know what's in his head, but he looks

1250
01:04:27,040 --> 01:04:29,400
Speaker 1: like a guy who kind of likes putting on a show.

1251
01:04:29,440 --> 01:04:32,480
Speaker 1: Like he he's just got he's inside his body. To

1252
01:04:32,600 --> 01:04:39,280
Speaker 1: quote NFL Networks Greg Rosen, though he's wildly patient, is uh, West,

1253
01:04:39,360 --> 01:04:44,080
Speaker 1: this is your chance now to bury the Jets With that,

1254
01:04:44,160 --> 01:04:47,560
Speaker 1: pable found another reason, Okay, go ahead. First of all,

1255
01:04:47,880 --> 01:04:51,320
Speaker 1: winter is coming and Sunday is the first snow of

1256
01:04:51,400 --> 01:04:55,400
Speaker 1: the year. Sunday is the first snow of the year.

1257
01:04:55,840 --> 01:05:00,520
Speaker 1: To the extent that but in a big spot and

1258
01:05:00,520 --> 01:05:06,880
Speaker 1: they had three team on a six game, wouldn't shake Okay,

1259
01:05:08,040 --> 01:05:11,320
Speaker 1: it's like cars on the highway, you know, going right

1260
01:05:11,360 --> 01:05:14,080
Speaker 1: off the road into nothing. This is what I need

1261
01:05:14,120 --> 01:05:15,800
Speaker 1: you to do, City, I know what we're not taking

1262
01:05:15,880 --> 01:05:18,440
Speaker 1: this segment. You need to clip off the video of

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01:05:18,560 --> 01:05:20,920
Speaker 1: West's face as he was doing that. Make sure we

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01:05:21,040 --> 01:05:22,720
Speaker 1: get our hands on it all right. Oh yeah, that

1265
01:05:22,800 --> 01:05:25,080
Speaker 1: needs to be But it's like it's like we've been

1266
01:05:25,160 --> 01:05:28,240
Speaker 1: cranking this slow motion reactions. We've been cranking that segment

1267
01:05:28,360 --> 01:05:30,640
Speaker 1: up week after week after week, and then finally we

1268
01:05:30,760 --> 01:05:33,000
Speaker 1: found out what's too much? That was too much and I,

1269
01:05:33,360 --> 01:05:35,720
Speaker 1: ironically was the West that took it to the max,

1270
01:05:36,160 --> 01:05:38,400
Speaker 1: took it past eleven. I loved it, well, you know

1271
01:05:38,600 --> 01:05:42,800
Speaker 1: my feverish uh attitude towards this this segment. I just

1272
01:05:42,920 --> 01:05:47,280
Speaker 1: love it. Well, it's the segment and then involved it's like, whoa,

1273
01:05:47,880 --> 01:05:52,640
Speaker 1: What's what's wrong with Eli Manning's arm? M it's weak? Interesting?

1274
01:05:52,800 --> 01:05:56,240
Speaker 1: Remember when he had tired arm? Why is he missing

1275
01:05:56,320 --> 01:05:58,840
Speaker 1: so many throws and under throwing receivers? Could it be

1276
01:05:58,960 --> 01:06:02,200
Speaker 1: the same thing creeping up again? Looks pretty weak to me.

1277
01:06:02,640 --> 01:06:05,280
Speaker 1: I mean, he's he's not having a good year. Has

1278
01:06:05,320 --> 01:06:09,200
Speaker 1: that popped up anywhere? I haven't heard anything. I just

1279
01:06:09,360 --> 01:06:12,200
Speaker 1: noticed that he's under throwing the ball dies in mid air.

1280
01:06:12,400 --> 01:06:15,360
Speaker 1: He's thirty five years old, he plays in in some

1281
01:06:15,520 --> 01:06:18,560
Speaker 1: bad weather situations. Maybe he just doesn't have the same juice.

1282
01:06:18,560 --> 01:06:21,480
Speaker 1: If you read a lot of history books detailing a

1283
01:06:21,520 --> 01:06:24,720
Speaker 1: certain season in the life of an NFL team, quarterbacks

1284
01:06:24,760 --> 01:06:28,040
Speaker 1: deal with in season arm injuries or tiredness or fatigue

1285
01:06:28,320 --> 01:06:31,920
Speaker 1: way more often than we think. Yeah, not advertised. I mean,

1286
01:06:32,000 --> 01:06:36,120
Speaker 1: he's a guy if you watch every snap all year,

1287
01:06:36,520 --> 01:06:39,040
Speaker 1: that's so much worse to me than his numbers. I mean,

1288
01:06:39,120 --> 01:06:41,040
Speaker 1: I know you guys think I bury Eli, but I

1289
01:06:41,120 --> 01:06:43,240
Speaker 1: just think that's I don't think he's playing that well.

1290
01:06:43,480 --> 01:06:46,680
Speaker 1: He played better last year. Oh yeah, by far right,

1291
01:06:46,720 --> 01:06:48,640
Speaker 1: Well this is the problem, but he's actually not playing well.

1292
01:06:48,680 --> 01:06:50,280
Speaker 1: It's okay to talk like this, but you say that

1293
01:06:50,280 --> 01:06:53,080
Speaker 1: when he's playing well as well, Well, you know Odell

1294
01:06:53,120 --> 01:06:55,080
Speaker 1: Beckham is going to carry him for a while. Well,

1295
01:06:55,280 --> 01:06:58,480
Speaker 1: well we'll use that same argument when Brady goes in

1296
01:06:58,560 --> 01:07:01,880
Speaker 1: the tank without Gronk and concerned Greg that your boy

1297
01:07:02,400 --> 01:07:06,000
Speaker 1: JPP might cause some problems for the Steelers. He's had

1298
01:07:06,080 --> 01:07:07,960
Speaker 1: what how many sacks over the last two weeks five

1299
01:07:08,000 --> 01:07:12,440
Speaker 1: and a half. Oh yeah, I'm conceding that that when

1300
01:07:12,680 --> 01:07:15,080
Speaker 1: when I saw him pick up that boat and race

1301
01:07:15,200 --> 01:07:17,000
Speaker 1: towards the ends, and I was like, that guy's running

1302
01:07:17,000 --> 01:07:20,680
Speaker 1: away with my sandwiches. Does anything that happened against the

1303
01:07:20,720 --> 01:07:24,000
Speaker 1: Browns count in this contest? He's been pretty dominant the

1304
01:07:24,080 --> 01:07:26,560
Speaker 1: last month. Yeah, he will be the highest paid seven

1305
01:07:26,640 --> 01:07:29,560
Speaker 1: figured man. What seven figures for a seven fingered man.

1306
01:07:30,480 --> 01:07:33,080
Speaker 1: That's pretty cool, actual synchronicity. You just fell right into that.

1307
01:07:33,120 --> 01:07:36,080
Speaker 1: That was beautiful times times it just happens. Anything else

1308
01:07:36,080 --> 01:07:38,960
Speaker 1: about this game, Yeah, it's locked up. You know what,

1309
01:07:39,160 --> 01:07:41,600
Speaker 1: West I'm I think the Steelers will win too. I

1310
01:07:41,640 --> 01:07:43,280
Speaker 1: think it's a good lock. Well, I don't want to

1311
01:07:43,360 --> 01:07:46,600
Speaker 1: ruin your positive feeling towards our winning streak unlock, So

1312
01:07:46,680 --> 01:07:49,720
Speaker 1: I'm trying to play halfway. Seriously. Yeah, thank you. Weus

1313
01:07:49,800 --> 01:07:51,800
Speaker 1: appreciate that. You want to get the spirit of it.

1314
01:07:51,920 --> 01:07:54,760
Speaker 1: I like it. It's like the holiday season was Christmas miracle.

1315
01:07:55,120 --> 01:07:58,640
Speaker 1: Let's move on the Washington Redskins with Kirk Cousin. You know,

1316
01:07:59,000 --> 01:08:00,760
Speaker 1: JPP is gonna get aid, but I ain't gonna be

1317
01:08:00,800 --> 01:08:03,480
Speaker 1: nothing compared to the money Kirk Cousins is gonna get

1318
01:08:03,520 --> 01:08:06,200
Speaker 1: if he keeps on playing like this. The Redskins six

1319
01:08:06,280 --> 01:08:07,720
Speaker 1: four and one and all of a sudden have one

1320
01:08:07,720 --> 01:08:11,040
Speaker 1: of the best offenses in the entire NFL. Travel UH

1321
01:08:11,200 --> 01:08:13,560
Speaker 1: to Arizona face the Cardinals, who, once upon a time,

1322
01:08:13,680 --> 01:08:15,440
Speaker 1: you know, not so long ago, this time last year,

1323
01:08:15,440 --> 01:08:18,759
Speaker 1: were the team that everyone envied when talking about offense,

1324
01:08:19,840 --> 01:08:23,439
Speaker 1: Mark Sessler, Uh, do we have any reason to expect

1325
01:08:23,800 --> 01:08:27,240
Speaker 1: that the Redskins won't keep rolling and that the UH

1326
01:08:27,840 --> 01:08:29,720
Speaker 1: won't keep rolling? They lost their last game, but they

1327
01:08:29,800 --> 01:08:33,120
Speaker 1: will take care of business against they flow at Arizona team. Well,

1328
01:08:33,160 --> 01:08:35,160
Speaker 1: I mean, the Redskins have their flaws too, and this

1329
01:08:35,439 --> 01:08:38,680
Speaker 1: is you know, the Cardinals defense as much as their

1330
01:08:38,760 --> 01:08:42,760
Speaker 1: offense last year was just taking teams apart. It's their

1331
01:08:42,800 --> 01:08:44,680
Speaker 1: defense that's carried then, if you want to call them.

1332
01:08:44,720 --> 01:08:47,120
Speaker 1: I'm not sure they've been carried anywhere, but they have

1333
01:08:47,479 --> 01:08:49,600
Speaker 1: you know, what would be the number one defense in

1334
01:08:49,640 --> 01:08:53,000
Speaker 1: the league in some categories. So yeah, this game concerns me.

1335
01:08:53,080 --> 01:08:56,400
Speaker 1: It's on the road, and I wonder if that Cowboys

1336
01:08:56,479 --> 01:08:58,280
Speaker 1: game took a lot out of this Redskins team. I

1337
01:08:58,400 --> 01:09:02,360
Speaker 1: I really find myself fascinated by the Redskins. I'm rooting

1338
01:09:02,479 --> 01:09:06,519
Speaker 1: for them unapologetically to make the playoffs. And face Dallas again.

1339
01:09:07,000 --> 01:09:10,840
Speaker 1: But this game, to me is a scary proposition. I'm

1340
01:09:10,840 --> 01:09:13,320
Speaker 1: not scared. I wouldn't be scared of the Cardinals anymore

1341
01:09:13,840 --> 01:09:17,439
Speaker 1: by the pot scored. They have the number, They have

1342
01:09:17,560 --> 01:09:20,519
Speaker 1: the number one defense statistically in the league, and they

1343
01:09:20,560 --> 01:09:23,400
Speaker 1: have David Johnson who's played every bit as well as

1344
01:09:23,479 --> 01:09:26,080
Speaker 1: you would have expected entering the season. So they have

1345
01:09:26,280 --> 01:09:28,479
Speaker 1: essentially the best all around running back and the number

1346
01:09:28,520 --> 01:09:30,599
Speaker 1: one defense. And yet there are nowheres Bill at four

1347
01:09:30,720 --> 01:09:32,840
Speaker 1: six and one. How how much does that say about

1348
01:09:32,880 --> 01:09:35,759
Speaker 1: the rest of them? That's it's a fraudulent number one defense.

1349
01:09:35,840 --> 01:09:38,120
Speaker 1: In no way are they the best defense in the league.

1350
01:09:38,320 --> 01:09:40,040
Speaker 1: That That's why they went to at Lant and gave

1351
01:09:40,120 --> 01:09:42,759
Speaker 1: up thirty eight points last week. You know their eleventh

1352
01:09:42,840 --> 01:09:46,160
Speaker 1: in giving up points allowed. Yards is a it's a

1353
01:09:46,280 --> 01:09:49,759
Speaker 1: weird measure because ultimately yards are They're kind of important,

1354
01:09:49,960 --> 01:09:53,040
Speaker 1: but they're not that important. It's a good defense, but

1355
01:09:53,280 --> 01:09:55,560
Speaker 1: I trust great offenses. This year, we keep saying it

1356
01:09:55,640 --> 01:09:57,960
Speaker 1: over over good defenses, and the Redskins have a great offer.

1357
01:09:58,000 --> 01:10:00,880
Speaker 1: When you you asked about their offense, I don't I

1358
01:10:00,960 --> 01:10:02,760
Speaker 1: think we've talked about this. The way their offense is

1359
01:10:02,800 --> 01:10:06,120
Speaker 1: put together right now. David Johnson is doing so much

1360
01:10:06,160 --> 01:10:08,240
Speaker 1: and we talked he's got the highest, you know, floor

1361
01:10:08,360 --> 01:10:09,960
Speaker 1: of any running back in the league, right up there

1362
01:10:10,000 --> 01:10:13,040
Speaker 1: with Levy on Bell. But it's almost like, come on,

1363
01:10:13,200 --> 01:10:15,599
Speaker 1: find some help for him outside of this. They built

1364
01:10:15,640 --> 01:10:17,679
Speaker 1: this team for their passing game to be the strength.

1365
01:10:17,920 --> 01:10:19,840
Speaker 1: And Michael Floyd and John Brown are the two of

1366
01:10:19,880 --> 01:10:21,840
Speaker 1: the most disappointed players in the NFL. They both have

1367
01:10:21,960 --> 01:10:25,360
Speaker 1: hamstring injuries again this week. Patrick Peterson is a knee injury,

1368
01:10:25,439 --> 01:10:28,680
Speaker 1: hasn't practiced yet. This isn't a very good team. Who's

1369
01:10:28,680 --> 01:10:31,920
Speaker 1: the best team the Cardinals have beat this year? Tampa

1370
01:10:31,960 --> 01:10:34,160
Speaker 1: Bay Buccaneers in Week two, by far the other three

1371
01:10:34,200 --> 01:10:36,280
Speaker 1: way to beat the Patriots. The other three wins are

1372
01:10:36,280 --> 01:10:39,400
Speaker 1: the forty Niners twice in the Jets right last week.

1373
01:10:39,560 --> 01:10:41,160
Speaker 1: I think they got a pretty good game out of

1374
01:10:41,200 --> 01:10:43,479
Speaker 1: Carson Palmer, and yet it didn't matter because of what

1375
01:10:43,600 --> 01:10:45,439
Speaker 1: you said. They're they're a sloppy team. You know, if

1376
01:10:45,439 --> 01:10:47,960
Speaker 1: it wasn't Bruce Arians, you know, people would be saying,

1377
01:10:49,000 --> 01:10:51,639
Speaker 1: you know, it's a sloppy kind of not poorly coach team.

1378
01:10:51,640 --> 01:10:53,320
Speaker 1: It's a lot of unpoor coach. It's a lot of

1379
01:10:53,439 --> 01:10:55,320
Speaker 1: unforced there's Well, I don't want to say that because

1380
01:10:55,320 --> 01:10:59,000
Speaker 1: I think it doesn't mean that they're the coaching staff

1381
01:10:59,160 --> 01:11:01,720
Speaker 1: is overseen a team making killer mistakes. It's a lot

1382
01:11:01,760 --> 01:11:04,360
Speaker 1: of penalty coaching staff having a bad year. It's a

1383
01:11:04,400 --> 01:11:06,519
Speaker 1: lot of drops, It's a lot of penalties, it's a

1384
01:11:06,520 --> 01:11:08,120
Speaker 1: lot of lining up wrong. It's a lot of now

1385
01:11:09,040 --> 01:11:11,920
Speaker 1: is now Bruce Arians calling out players? There's all kinds

1386
01:11:11,960 --> 01:11:14,400
Speaker 1: of finger pointing going on now and maybe and this

1387
01:11:14,600 --> 01:11:17,080
Speaker 1: is something Mark you touched on. And now there's been

1388
01:11:17,120 --> 01:11:19,840
Speaker 1: two health situations. How much has that played into what's

1389
01:11:19,880 --> 01:11:22,719
Speaker 1: going on with Bruce Arians? You know in the coaching

1390
01:11:22,760 --> 01:11:26,000
Speaker 1: staff that the coach is not physically well, we'll see well.

1391
01:11:26,040 --> 01:11:28,599
Speaker 1: And the elephant in the in the room in terms

1392
01:11:28,640 --> 01:11:30,519
Speaker 1: of like the NFL rumor mill and all this, Why

1393
01:11:30,600 --> 01:11:32,320
Speaker 1: is no one report you know, talking about this yet?

1394
01:11:32,400 --> 01:11:35,960
Speaker 1: Is Carson Palmer going to retire? That's that's a big question,

1395
01:11:36,040 --> 01:11:38,479
Speaker 1: guaranteed a lot of money. Anybody say that. I think

1396
01:11:38,520 --> 01:11:40,400
Speaker 1: are a lot of people talking about that, and there's

1397
01:11:40,439 --> 01:11:42,120
Speaker 1: no reason to believe much. A big question that we

1398
01:11:42,160 --> 01:11:44,280
Speaker 1: don't even have the time to answer it. Let's move

1399
01:11:44,360 --> 01:11:47,599
Speaker 1: on to the Rosie Bowl that Tampa Bay Buccaneers six

1400
01:11:47,720 --> 01:11:51,680
Speaker 1: and five at the five and six San Diego super Chargers.

1401
01:11:51,760 --> 01:11:55,519
Speaker 1: The Charges need the win greg to keep their season alive.

1402
01:11:55,640 --> 01:11:58,120
Speaker 1: You've predicted they finished ten and six and go all

1403
01:11:58,160 --> 01:11:59,880
Speaker 1: the way to the playoffs. Well, they're gonna have to

1404
01:12:00,000 --> 01:12:03,120
Speaker 1: doing at the expensive boy, Jami Winston, and I think

1405
01:12:03,160 --> 01:12:08,200
Speaker 1: they will. I think their defense is rounding into form. Uh.

1406
01:12:08,280 --> 01:12:12,599
Speaker 1: They're healthier at linebacker with with Paraman back and Joey

1407
01:12:12,680 --> 01:12:16,200
Speaker 1: Bose has been incredible in Melvin Ingram and I don't

1408
01:12:16,240 --> 01:12:18,080
Speaker 1: count the Bucks out of any game at this point,

1409
01:12:18,160 --> 01:12:21,000
Speaker 1: after the performances they had the last two weeks. I'm

1410
01:12:21,040 --> 01:12:23,080
Speaker 1: looking forward to watching this one. You guys canna have

1411
01:12:23,120 --> 01:12:27,680
Speaker 1: your fancy four? Is this a game too? You know

1412
01:12:27,800 --> 01:12:30,760
Speaker 1: you can have your Giants and Steelers with the whole

1413
01:12:30,760 --> 01:12:32,640
Speaker 1: country is gonna be watching. I'm gonna be locked in

1414
01:12:33,040 --> 01:12:35,639
Speaker 1: to two quarterbacks who aren't afraid to throw the ball

1415
01:12:35,920 --> 01:12:38,439
Speaker 1: into tight windows, who aren't afraid to be fired up

1416
01:12:38,520 --> 01:12:41,160
Speaker 1: on the field and fired up, fire up their teammates.

1417
01:12:41,160 --> 01:12:43,000
Speaker 1: It's gonna be fun. I'm with you. This game is

1418
01:12:43,200 --> 01:12:46,760
Speaker 1: is interesting. I watched the Chargers Texans game and thought

1419
01:12:46,840 --> 01:12:49,720
Speaker 1: Casey Hayward for San Diego he's been playing great. I

1420
01:12:49,760 --> 01:12:52,439
Speaker 1: mean this defense, the defense of sending has been an

1421
01:12:52,479 --> 01:12:55,479
Speaker 1: issue for so long and now it's it's the opposite.

1422
01:12:55,520 --> 01:12:57,720
Speaker 1: They have got a lot of young players that uh

1423
01:12:58,040 --> 01:13:00,599
Speaker 1: make them quite interesting. Joey Bosa is the best player

1424
01:13:00,640 --> 01:13:03,839
Speaker 1: on the field day by a little bit. He's already

1425
01:13:03,920 --> 01:13:05,920
Speaker 1: a guy that you watch him on every snap like

1426
01:13:06,040 --> 01:13:09,439
Speaker 1: he's j J. Watt and he he is that like

1427
01:13:10,120 --> 01:13:12,240
Speaker 1: Khalil Mack type of player where if you hit on

1428
01:13:12,360 --> 01:13:14,919
Speaker 1: him in the draft changes the outlook of your whole franchise.

1429
01:13:15,240 --> 01:13:20,200
Speaker 1: It's crazy, but Rivers, I think next year we'll see

1430
01:13:20,240 --> 01:13:21,840
Speaker 1: what happens. The rest of this year, this is a

1431
01:13:21,920 --> 01:13:25,439
Speaker 1: good roster. That's why it's interesting. He's gonna retired to

1432
01:13:25,840 --> 01:13:28,519
Speaker 1: Keenan Allen, to Hunter Henry and Tyrelle Williams and and

1433
01:13:28,640 --> 01:13:32,280
Speaker 1: Jason Varette their best cornerback and they're gonna they should

1434
01:13:32,280 --> 01:13:34,200
Speaker 1: be a powerhouse next year. I think they have a

1435
01:13:34,240 --> 01:13:37,360
Speaker 1: really interesting rotcher. So that's why it's risky for them

1436
01:13:37,439 --> 01:13:39,920
Speaker 1: to change coaches if that's something they want to do.

1437
01:13:40,000 --> 01:13:41,880
Speaker 1: I mean that that's getting way ahead of things. But

1438
01:13:42,000 --> 01:13:44,600
Speaker 1: I think he can kind of have the storyline in

1439
01:13:44,640 --> 01:13:46,720
Speaker 1: the season. I was hoping Tony Romo would have this

1440
01:13:46,800 --> 01:13:50,120
Speaker 1: year kind of the old underrated quarterback, the old gun

1441
01:13:50,280 --> 01:13:52,559
Speaker 1: like going for that title for the first By the way,

1442
01:13:53,040 --> 01:13:55,479
Speaker 1: if we think that this Chargers team and we are

1443
01:13:55,520 --> 01:13:57,880
Speaker 1: getting ahead of ourselves, but they are a team that

1444
01:13:57,960 --> 01:14:00,040
Speaker 1: could be a powerhouse next year, They're probably gonna be

1445
01:14:00,120 --> 01:14:02,000
Speaker 1: right in our backyard, probably end up in l a

1446
01:14:02,200 --> 01:14:05,120
Speaker 1: from everything we're starting to hear, which will be interesting

1447
01:14:05,240 --> 01:14:08,080
Speaker 1: and what a perfect San Diego away if that were

1448
01:14:08,120 --> 01:14:12,080
Speaker 1: to happen, they become a great team. Well, this loser

1449
01:14:12,160 --> 01:14:15,479
Speaker 1: in that arrangement, besides the city of San Diego is

1450
01:14:15,520 --> 01:14:18,280
Speaker 1: the Rams, because the Rams are right now a very

1451
01:14:18,320 --> 01:14:21,719
Speaker 1: hard watch, and the Chargers are absolutely fun to watch.

1452
01:14:22,160 --> 01:14:25,320
Speaker 1: One note on the Bucks. Doug Martin was much more

1453
01:14:25,360 --> 01:14:29,200
Speaker 1: elusive last week. Didn't have the best game statistically, but

1454
01:14:29,320 --> 01:14:32,760
Speaker 1: looked like Doug Martin. Yeah, he's he's breaking tackle. I

1455
01:14:32,840 --> 01:14:35,400
Speaker 1: think you know, you come back from a long term injury.

1456
01:14:35,479 --> 01:14:37,880
Speaker 1: I think he's been better each and every week. And

1457
01:14:38,200 --> 01:14:41,839
Speaker 1: Winston has been steadier each and every week. And Noah Spence,

1458
01:14:42,040 --> 01:14:43,720
Speaker 1: if you if you had to do, if you have

1459
01:14:43,800 --> 01:14:47,160
Speaker 1: to do rankings for defensive Rookie of the Year, he

1460
01:14:47,200 --> 01:14:48,960
Speaker 1: would have a chance to be number two right now.

1461
01:14:49,080 --> 01:14:51,120
Speaker 1: He's coming on the last few weeks. He's a good

1462
01:14:51,160 --> 01:14:53,360
Speaker 1: pass rest browing Mike Evans and it looks like they

1463
01:14:53,439 --> 01:14:56,160
Speaker 1: might get Charles Sims back next week. To whoever wins

1464
01:14:56,280 --> 01:14:58,599
Speaker 1: this game is gonna be feeling very good about themselves

1465
01:14:59,320 --> 01:15:02,439
Speaker 1: to the last Risky Bowl. Risky Bowl, uh, last weeks

1466
01:15:02,439 --> 01:15:07,400
Speaker 1: of the season. Moving on the Carolina UH Panthers UM

1467
01:15:07,720 --> 01:15:11,000
Speaker 1: at four and seven. UH. You know when back in August,

1468
01:15:11,040 --> 01:15:12,320
Speaker 1: we would have thought this was gonna be one of

1469
01:15:12,360 --> 01:15:15,360
Speaker 1: the games of the year UH Sunday night football, but

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Speaker 1: instead it's just the game because the Panthers are at

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Speaker 1: a contention and they're traveling to UH to Seattle to

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Speaker 1: face a seven, three and one Seahawks. Timing west doesn't

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Speaker 1: look good here, UM for the Panthers at all because

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01:15:29,200 --> 01:15:31,400
Speaker 1: UH Seattle is coming off are really ugly lost the

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Speaker 1: Tampa and you think they're gonna bounce back here, right,

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01:15:34,000 --> 01:15:38,719
Speaker 1: I do think so. And the Seahawks they got worked

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01:15:38,800 --> 01:15:41,759
Speaker 1: over on the offensive line. Gerald McCoy eight a fettie,

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Speaker 1: the rookie eight his lunch clown suit clown suit type

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01:15:45,680 --> 01:15:49,519
Speaker 1: of performance. And yet if not for three turnovers in

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01:15:49,560 --> 01:15:51,519
Speaker 1: the red zone. The Seahawks could have tied this game

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Speaker 1: late in the game. I guess it's something to look

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Speaker 1: forward to. But the Panthers, on the other hand, we're

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01:15:57,720 --> 01:16:00,720
Speaker 1: out of that game last week until a few play

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01:16:00,800 --> 01:16:04,720
Speaker 1: sequences where the Raiders offense basically killed them. Killed the

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Speaker 1: Raiders and let the Panthers back into it. I'm not

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Speaker 1: convinced that hit. He hit some throws. He hit some plays,

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Speaker 1: hit some throws. I'm not sure they're repeatable. I don't know.

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01:16:13,680 --> 01:16:15,320
Speaker 1: You think Cam Newton is playing a lot better this

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01:16:15,360 --> 01:16:16,920
Speaker 1: season than I do. I think he's been a pretty

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01:16:17,080 --> 01:16:21,240
Speaker 1: subpar passer. I think I think he makes a lot

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Speaker 1: of throws that and they asked him to make a

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01:16:23,400 --> 01:16:26,679
Speaker 1: lot of throws that other quarterbacks don't even try to attempt,

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Speaker 1: and he hits on a lot of them. I think

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Speaker 1: his mechanics have been screwing, but he's not consistent. I mean,

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Speaker 1: I have him twelve or thirteenth, which is a you know,

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Speaker 1: at the position, which is pretty deep fall from you know,

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Speaker 1: being the m V easily behind Marcus Mariotta, not even close.

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01:16:42,880 --> 01:16:45,599
Speaker 1: In my mind, Marcus Mariota is making plays every week,

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01:16:45,840 --> 01:16:48,240
Speaker 1: not close to Derek Carr either based on earlier comments

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Speaker 1: today's show, I think it's a conversation worth having whether

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01:16:51,840 --> 01:16:54,000
Speaker 1: you'd rather have Derek Carr Cam Newton to build around.

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01:16:54,439 --> 01:16:59,639
Speaker 1: This is an impossible matchup. Cam Chancellors having a great year.

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01:17:00,000 --> 01:17:02,960
Speaker 1: Michael Bennett's gonna be battle. Thomas is back like this

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01:17:03,160 --> 01:17:07,040
Speaker 1: Seahawks defense coming off a loss at home, forget it.

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01:17:07,200 --> 01:17:10,439
Speaker 1: Michael Bennett is although a piece on that no one

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01:17:10,520 --> 01:17:12,519
Speaker 1: can run on the Panthers. They're a tough team to

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01:17:12,560 --> 01:17:14,720
Speaker 1: run on. Raiders couldn't run on them. They're tough team

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01:17:14,760 --> 01:17:16,920
Speaker 1: to run on even without Luke Kickley. And you know

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01:17:17,080 --> 01:17:19,040
Speaker 1: in the Seahawks running game, I don't know what we

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01:17:19,120 --> 01:17:21,400
Speaker 1: have yet with Thomas Rowles. Well I think okay, But

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01:17:22,120 --> 01:17:24,759
Speaker 1: Thomas Rowles found out last week with Kristin. Michael already

1512
01:17:24,760 --> 01:17:27,439
Speaker 1: found out that you're running into three guys every time

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01:17:27,479 --> 01:17:30,360
Speaker 1: you take a handoff. I'm not complaining, by the way,

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01:17:30,400 --> 01:17:32,639
Speaker 1: and the Jets got flexed out of their first Sunday

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01:17:32,720 --> 01:17:34,920
Speaker 1: night game and what would have been four years last week, Well,

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01:17:35,000 --> 01:17:39,160
Speaker 1: why are we not flexing out? The Panthers were irrelevant?

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01:17:39,439 --> 01:17:41,320
Speaker 1: There are there are a bunch of other matchups you

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01:17:41,360 --> 01:17:44,320
Speaker 1: could have put here Cam. They probably thought they were

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01:17:44,360 --> 01:17:48,880
Speaker 1: probably four and five at the time Pound and that's

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01:17:48,920 --> 01:17:52,599
Speaker 1: why they're on. If you're Seattle and you take this thing,

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01:17:52,760 --> 01:17:55,160
Speaker 1: you you've got after this, The Packers on the road,

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01:17:55,479 --> 01:17:59,120
Speaker 1: the Rams, the Cardinals in those last three games give

1523
01:17:59,200 --> 01:18:01,719
Speaker 1: you a row map to get the number two seeds.

1524
01:18:01,760 --> 01:18:04,519
Speaker 1: But to me, Russell Wilson's like Tom Brady or Breeze

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01:18:04,560 --> 01:18:06,479
Speaker 1: at this point. If if he ever throws a stink

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01:18:06,560 --> 01:18:08,560
Speaker 1: bomb up like like they had last week, I just

1527
01:18:08,720 --> 01:18:12,240
Speaker 1: expect him to play great the next week. Finally, the

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01:18:12,320 --> 01:18:15,240
Speaker 1: Monday night game, Uh, the Indianapolis called five and six,

1529
01:18:15,360 --> 01:18:18,759
Speaker 1: fighting for their lives in the a f C South

1530
01:18:19,040 --> 01:18:21,120
Speaker 1: um facing a New York Jets team that is three

1531
01:18:21,160 --> 01:18:25,880
Speaker 1: and eight at home with major issues in their secondary mark.

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01:18:25,960 --> 01:18:27,559
Speaker 1: This would seem to be a game where Andrew luck

1533
01:18:27,640 --> 01:18:29,840
Speaker 1: is set up to do some things well on our

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01:18:30,479 --> 01:18:36,439
Speaker 1: Pick Him show on NFL Network, Good Job Times? Does

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01:18:36,520 --> 01:18:45,040
Speaker 1: NFL pick him Eastern? Uh? What is twelve thirty that's am?

1536
01:18:45,160 --> 01:18:47,280
Speaker 1: And then PM and then if you're staying up late

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01:18:47,360 --> 01:18:50,320
Speaker 1: one thirty am. I don't know why someone wouldn't watch

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01:18:50,439 --> 01:18:52,960
Speaker 1: all three and watch everything in between it um sit on?

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01:18:53,280 --> 01:18:58,280
Speaker 1: Is that Greg? What is that military time, Well that's

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01:18:58,360 --> 01:19:01,960
Speaker 1: thirteen thirty and you go from uh, A great soldier.

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01:19:02,080 --> 01:19:05,320
Speaker 1: I haven't really picked up the military type on that

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01:19:05,520 --> 01:19:09,120
Speaker 1: particular programming. I picked the Cults or the Jets to

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01:19:09,200 --> 01:19:12,719
Speaker 1: win this, and I have been regretting that decision ever since.

1544
01:19:12,760 --> 01:19:14,400
Speaker 1: I don't know why I did that, other than to

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01:19:14,520 --> 01:19:18,040
Speaker 1: be edgy a Saturday. By the way, we didn't even

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01:19:18,080 --> 01:19:20,880
Speaker 1: mention that it's what DVR it Saturday the day the

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01:19:20,960 --> 01:19:23,439
Speaker 1: day would help. Good job, Greg, and uh, you know,

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01:19:23,520 --> 01:19:25,320
Speaker 1: by the but so I picked the Jets, and I

1549
01:19:25,560 --> 01:19:27,960
Speaker 1: I you know, they're at home, and maybe there's something

1550
01:19:28,040 --> 01:19:30,080
Speaker 1: about the Jets that get this thing done. But I

1551
01:19:30,280 --> 01:19:32,439
Speaker 1: I think that the Cults. Here's the thing. The Cults

1552
01:19:32,479 --> 01:19:34,800
Speaker 1: have something to play for. The Jets to me do

1553
01:19:34,960 --> 01:19:36,760
Speaker 1: not look like they have had anything to play for.

1554
01:19:37,280 --> 01:19:39,560
Speaker 1: In in seven or eight, they have the Patriots on

1555
01:19:39,600 --> 01:19:41,559
Speaker 1: the ropes fourth and four. Late in the fourth quarter,

1556
01:19:41,680 --> 01:19:44,160
Speaker 1: they're playing hard. I don't know, almost beat the patch.

1557
01:19:44,479 --> 01:19:46,839
Speaker 1: I mean, I don't see it happening. Yeah, that the Cults.

1558
01:19:47,000 --> 01:19:49,439
Speaker 1: The Jets have no chance to beat the Cults. It's

1559
01:19:49,479 --> 01:19:52,200
Speaker 1: not that they have not they have no chance. You're

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01:19:52,200 --> 01:19:54,280
Speaker 1: getting Andrew luck back. I think Andrew lux can come

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01:19:54,320 --> 01:19:58,000
Speaker 1: back to a society. I I get get the society

1562
01:19:58,840 --> 01:20:01,360
Speaker 1: gu because you know what, you know what you guys

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01:20:01,400 --> 01:20:04,640
Speaker 1: are failing to see here. That cult stink. So they

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01:20:04,640 --> 01:20:06,880
Speaker 1: shouldn't be a heavy favorite over any They're not. They're

1565
01:20:06,920 --> 01:20:11,320
Speaker 1: not stink on offense. I mean, all that's going on

1566
01:20:11,400 --> 01:20:14,280
Speaker 1: in New York these days. You know reports from Darryll

1567
01:20:14,479 --> 01:20:17,040
Speaker 1: Darrell Rivas's friend that you don't even want to play football.

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01:20:17,080 --> 01:20:19,240
Speaker 1: Great friend. By the way, that was I heard that

1569
01:20:19,439 --> 01:20:23,000
Speaker 1: was a Boomers Sisson's reports. That was a plant from

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01:20:23,040 --> 01:20:26,240
Speaker 1: the agents that Rivas is in litigation. Wine. Now what

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01:20:26,360 --> 01:20:29,080
Speaker 1: a beautiful season has been in New York. Well, Darrell

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01:20:29,160 --> 01:20:32,880
Speaker 1: Rivas might retire at halftime after t Y Hilton runs

1573
01:20:32,920 --> 01:20:35,240
Speaker 1: him up and down the field if he assume he's playing.

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01:20:35,600 --> 01:20:39,000
Speaker 1: I think he's going to be playing. Yes, Lucky, can

1575
01:20:39,120 --> 01:20:42,040
Speaker 1: you make up your mind? Dan? I mean, one week

1576
01:20:42,080 --> 01:20:43,800
Speaker 1: you want to see Bryce Petty, the next week you

1577
01:20:43,840 --> 01:20:45,880
Speaker 1: want us to respect your three and eight Jets. They're

1578
01:20:45,920 --> 01:20:50,280
Speaker 1: looking forward to next I mean those at they're a

1579
01:20:50,400 --> 01:20:53,640
Speaker 1: Tomato can the Jets. The Jets are a three and

1580
01:20:53,720 --> 01:20:57,559
Speaker 1: eight Tomato Canada. Colts will summarily summarily dispense with them.

1581
01:20:57,960 --> 01:20:59,920
Speaker 1: You want to put a sandwich on that, I absolutely do.

1582
01:21:00,080 --> 01:21:03,360
Speaker 1: Let's do it. Sandwich up. There's finally something to do

1583
01:21:03,800 --> 01:21:06,240
Speaker 1: to look forward with this. You've got to do this

1584
01:21:06,360 --> 01:21:08,320
Speaker 1: the way I have. I picked the Cults. I picked

1585
01:21:08,320 --> 01:21:10,519
Speaker 1: the Jets on NFL Network. I picked the Cults on

1586
01:21:10,600 --> 01:21:15,200
Speaker 1: this podcast. Last time we saw Andrew Luck. You know

1587
01:21:15,280 --> 01:21:17,880
Speaker 1: they didn't punt in the entire first half against the Titans.

1588
01:21:17,920 --> 01:21:20,040
Speaker 1: I think this Colts team was coming together before that

1589
01:21:20,200 --> 01:21:23,360
Speaker 1: Luck injury. I think not a great team, but a

1590
01:21:23,479 --> 01:21:28,840
Speaker 1: dangerous teams, big play machine on offense, unstoppable knocked out

1591
01:21:28,880 --> 01:21:35,080
Speaker 1: the Titans. Um Mon Cree Doyle. Sorry, this is not

1592
01:21:35,200 --> 01:21:40,080
Speaker 1: the way that should have ended. Screen screen, Please another

1593
01:21:40,120 --> 01:21:44,320
Speaker 1: holding penalty downfield. They're gonna do like a halftime seramony.

1594
01:21:44,560 --> 01:21:47,240
Speaker 1: They're gonna retire at vass number at halftime. Do the

1595
01:21:47,280 --> 01:21:51,519
Speaker 1: whole speech and everything. Your team's not going anywhere anymore.

1596
01:21:53,080 --> 01:21:55,120
Speaker 1: You're just as done. You just don't know it yet. Wow,

1597
01:21:55,320 --> 01:21:59,759
Speaker 1: that's even more painful. Well, I'm not even get together.

1598
01:22:00,760 --> 01:22:03,320
Speaker 1: This ended in a dark place. A right. We will

1599
01:22:03,360 --> 01:22:08,080
Speaker 1: be back on Sunday recapping all these games except for

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01:22:08,120 --> 01:22:10,760
Speaker 1: that Monday night game, which will recap on Tuesday. Don't

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01:22:10,760 --> 01:22:13,120
Speaker 1: just know how this works by now. I hope you do,

1602
01:22:14,760 --> 01:22:16,840
Speaker 1: But thank you for listening. Make sure you really leave

1603
01:22:16,880 --> 01:22:21,120
Speaker 1: reviews on iTunes, leave star ratings. That affects things inside

1604
01:22:21,200 --> 01:22:24,640
Speaker 1: this building. Change is hard inside this building. But with

1605
01:22:24,800 --> 01:22:27,960
Speaker 1: your help, change is possible. Change is a good thing.

1606
01:22:28,120 --> 01:22:31,720
Speaker 1: And set up that season pass for the Yeah, the

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01:22:31,800 --> 01:22:35,439
Speaker 1: old NFL network show ratings been pretty good the last

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01:22:35,520 --> 01:22:39,320
Speaker 1: few weeks. The listeners are coming. That's good. Everything's good

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01:22:39,920 --> 01:22:47,760
Speaker 1: unless it How you doing with that financial windfall? Great? Yeah, yeah,

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01:22:48,720 --> 01:22:53,240
Speaker 1: she's like a money coma well never hear of coming. Mark.

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01:22:53,360 --> 01:22:55,000
Speaker 1: Is there still a little bit of a different air

1612
01:22:55,120 --> 01:22:58,120
Speaker 1: around uh new money now that she is uhh yeah,

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01:22:58,160 --> 01:23:01,400
Speaker 1: Well what I've noticed is little bit of you know,

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01:23:01,560 --> 01:23:05,720
Speaker 1: distant coldness, some iciness, a little bit aloof over you know,

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01:23:05,840 --> 01:23:07,680
Speaker 1: the regular people that are just sort of nine to

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01:23:07,760 --> 01:23:11,040
Speaker 1: five rs punching a you know, just punching the car,

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01:23:11,160 --> 01:23:13,720
Speaker 1: trying to make make do pay their bills. She said,

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01:23:13,760 --> 01:23:15,400
Speaker 1: I don't need to do that. People will pay my

1619
01:23:15,479 --> 01:23:17,720
Speaker 1: bills for me. This morning I saw I saw her

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01:23:17,920 --> 01:23:20,160
Speaker 1: outside the on the campus and said, hey, where's that

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01:23:20,200 --> 01:23:22,840
Speaker 1: great Dane you've been parading around and she went it

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01:23:23,000 --> 01:23:27,519
Speaker 1: bowed me. Just let it go. Yeah, it's it's it's concerning,

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01:23:27,560 --> 01:23:30,000
Speaker 1: sorry said, it is really sliding down the common man ranking.

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01:23:30,400 --> 01:23:32,559
Speaker 1: It's it's a little it's a bit of a weird movie.

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01:23:32,560 --> 01:23:35,120
Speaker 1: You now have you know, people in the in your room,

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01:23:35,160 --> 01:23:38,240
Speaker 1: the editor go get you your lunch, like that's your thing.

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01:23:38,520 --> 01:23:44,160
Speaker 1: Thet got that out of the Henry Hodgson playbook. All right,

1628
01:23:44,240 --> 01:23:47,000
Speaker 1: let's get out of here. This is Dan Hansons signing

1629
01:23:47,040 --> 01:23:50,679
Speaker 1: off for The Quiet Storm, Mark Sesler and the Mailman

1630
01:23:50,800 --> 01:23:55,040
Speaker 1: Chris Wesley, and the Boss Emeritus, Greg Rosenthal, and of

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01:23:55,120 --> 01:23:59,719
Speaker 1: course new Money Sydney Carlson behind the glass until Sunday.

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Speaker 1: Oh cu