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Speaker 1: Showdown Thursday and Football. This is a good one, a

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Speaker 1: Tom bradyside. No, he is crushing at setting records at

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Speaker 1: this once will be breaking that down all week. The

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Speaker 1: Buccaneers looking to keep it rolling. Jalen Hurts. That's the

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Speaker 1: question mark I'm talking about. He's doing a thing and

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Speaker 1: on their hometurf primetime Battle City of Brotherly Love Thursday

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Speaker 1: Yes we are, and we are in New York City,

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Speaker 1: the lovely D'Angelo Hall, eating at every bodega in Lower Manhattan. Yes,

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Speaker 1: We've got your fast food football here on a one day.

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Speaker 1: The Cowboys, we're talking about them. They've won four straight

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Speaker 1: games there on fire or they the real deal? And

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Speaker 1: after losing Week one to the defending champs that play

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Speaker 1: tomorrow night in Philly, now they the Cowboys had the

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Speaker 1: second best offense in the league. Amari Cooper said this

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Speaker 1: week they've set their sights on something big this season.

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Speaker 1: Our mindset is on a championship. To be a championship

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Speaker 1: you want between like as an offense, our goal should

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Speaker 1: be to score every drive. We score every drive? How

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Speaker 1: can you lose? You know, when you're on a road

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Speaker 1: like this, you start thinking about a super Bowl, you

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Speaker 1: You start to want it more and more and more

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Speaker 1: and more the closer you get. He's thinking Lombardi. But

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Speaker 1: they better not look past Sunday. They had to fox

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Speaker 1: vertic on Bill Belichick and the New England Patriots. Never easy,

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Speaker 1: especially there. How can the Patriots upset the Dallas Cowboys

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Speaker 1: in Week six? It would it be an upset? I

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Speaker 1: don't even know. Yeah, if you ask him, Mari, amorry,

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Speaker 1: they're gonna win the rest of their games and when

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Speaker 1: I can't believe Maria Cooper said that Super Bowl talk. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: he doesn't talk much. I like it. They deserted it.

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Speaker 1: But if you're on the Patriots, they're coming into Foxboro

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Speaker 1: where you have six banners hanging, and we need a star.

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Speaker 1: We need a star for the Patriots. Just get him

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Speaker 1: in here. This is the guy I want to have

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Speaker 1: a star day. This is the time. The Patriots just

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Speaker 1: drafted him seconds earlier, and they drafted him for evenings

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Speaker 1: and afternoons like this. Now. Mac jone's taking some fire.

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Speaker 1: He's been taking some fire this week. A notable x

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Speaker 1: AFC coach said that he's got a peace shooter arm.

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Speaker 1: He compared him to Danny werfol We follow football. It's

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Speaker 1: You gotta chuck it this week, my man, Mac Jones.

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Speaker 1: You did a plenty of Alabama. There was I can

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Speaker 1: DeVante Smith, the six yard pass on third and eleven

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Speaker 1: against the Cowboys, offense is not going to work this week.

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Speaker 1: The Patriots are twenty six and scoring points. I know

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Speaker 1: they're not exactly the greatest show on turf. When it

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Speaker 1: You come out there. Yeah, I need you to throw

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Speaker 1: So it sounds very boring. Kyle, take what they're giving you.

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Speaker 1: I have high expectations for the Patriots. The organization does,

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Speaker 1: Twoyears in row, and I'll tell you this. They're two wins,

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Speaker 1: this game, Shriggs, I think is a must win because

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Speaker 1: know the last time that the Patriots were underdogs against

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Speaker 1: the Cowboys, especially at home. Well, this is a different

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Speaker 1: a crowded AFC playoff picture, the better be Week six.

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Speaker 1: Mac Jones, he's going to he's he's still learning how

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Speaker 1: But he's not winning games either. A he won last year.

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Speaker 1: He took them on his back, Peter he did. That

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Speaker 1: You were looking at the slate ahead of the good

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Speaker 1: the week? What have we got? I mean Packer the Bears, Hello,

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Speaker 1: of Thursday night put ball tomorrow. What is the deal

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Speaker 1: tight ends on the field. Gronk and got hear what's

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Speaker 1: an issue. It is a thumb. We saw him icing it.

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Speaker 1: pain associated with this is going to probably be gone

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Speaker 1: on Thursday. Remains to be seen about Rob Gronkowski, though,

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Speaker 1: remember he had several fractured ribs and also a tiny

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Speaker 1: Bruce Arian said he would be close as of right now,

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Speaker 1: there and practice today. Meanwhile, Dallas Goddard, the tight end

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Speaker 1: Antoine Winfield will be out there, He'll be missed, Lavonte

422
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Speaker 1: David will be missed. You know they're getting guys back,

423
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Speaker 1: but then other guys are injured as well. And in

424
00:20:13,119 --> 00:20:15,080
Speaker 1: this league, if you can stay healthy, you have the

425
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Speaker 1: best chance. And I'll tell you what. Last year the

426
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Speaker 1: Bucks stayed healthy. They were lucky. So if they can

427
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Speaker 1: continue to still kind of catch those breaks, I do

428
00:20:23,359 --> 00:20:25,160
Speaker 1: trust the Bucks right now. They are the best team

429
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Speaker 1: in the NFL in my opinion. You mentioned Lavonte David's injury.

430
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Speaker 1: It happens in this blot of a game and you're

431
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Speaker 1: watching it and it's like, oh wait, wait, guys, guys,

432
00:20:31,560 --> 00:20:33,520
Speaker 1: fifty four is down, like that's a big deal, and

433
00:20:33,560 --> 00:20:35,359
Speaker 1: it's like all the Buccaneers are blowing them out, like

434
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Speaker 1: fifty four matters a lot, like it almost rather that

435
00:20:37,960 --> 00:20:41,000
Speaker 1: than the three touchdown win. Half him healthy. So last

436
00:20:41,040 --> 00:20:44,040
Speaker 1: year's team, you're right on, like they were never they

437
00:20:44,080 --> 00:20:46,160
Speaker 1: had vide ved down for a couple of weeks Winfield

438
00:20:46,160 --> 00:20:47,520
Speaker 1: down for the playoffs. When they came back to the

439
00:20:47,520 --> 00:20:50,000
Speaker 1: Super Bowl and never stung them, and it was like,

440
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Speaker 1: when's that injury bug gonna happen. It's happening, and they're

441
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Speaker 1: winning games anyway. One thing I would say, and it

442
00:20:55,040 --> 00:20:57,720
Speaker 1: is like poking holes in a beautiful paint, thing, like

443
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Speaker 1: what don't you like about it? Because they are having

444
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Speaker 1: a good season. I look at what the pass rush

445
00:21:02,680 --> 00:21:05,119
Speaker 1: is doing, and I think it's underwhelming me honestly, I

446
00:21:05,160 --> 00:21:07,040
Speaker 1: think they're getting there right in the middle of the pack.

447
00:21:07,080 --> 00:21:10,200
Speaker 1: They're like eighteenth and sacks and they're getting to quarterbacks.

448
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Speaker 1: But I thought when you bring Backshack Barrett, and you

449
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Speaker 1: bring back JPP, and you bring back Sue and you

450
00:21:15,720 --> 00:21:18,120
Speaker 1: add the rookie try On and then you've got you've

451
00:21:18,119 --> 00:21:19,679
Speaker 1: got Vada Vey in the middle clock and the like.

452
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Speaker 1: I thought that it was going to be all season

453
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Speaker 1: just them dominating offensive lines. It hasn't been that. So

454
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Speaker 1: with the defensive backfield a little banged up, I think

455
00:21:26,800 --> 00:21:29,600
Speaker 1: they're upfront needs to get even better, and that's poking

456
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Speaker 1: holes and something that's been really good. Their defense has

457
00:21:31,680 --> 00:21:33,280
Speaker 1: been just fine. I think Todd Bowles has done a

458
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Speaker 1: great job weathering the storm with a lot of injuries. Well,

459
00:21:35,680 --> 00:21:37,480
Speaker 1: we saw that. We spent the whole off season watching

460
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Speaker 1: in the super Bowl, and their defensive line it was

461
00:21:39,280 --> 00:21:41,440
Speaker 1: like an infomercial that was gonna be like that hasn't

462
00:21:41,440 --> 00:21:43,919
Speaker 1: been that? No, it hasn't. And I agree they feel

463
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Speaker 1: like like a video game boss or something like an

464
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Speaker 1: end guy. How do there has to be a weakness?

465
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Speaker 1: How can I beat them? I think the Rams loss

466
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Speaker 1: is really significant because I think in the all NFC,

467
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Speaker 1: I think there's only maybe four or five teams out

468
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Speaker 1: of sixteen that if they don't get to the super

469
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Speaker 1: Bowl this year, is an abject disappointment, and I think

470
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Speaker 1: they're one of them. And I think the secondary was exposed,

471
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Speaker 1: whether it's injury or just maybe they're not that good.

472
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Speaker 1: And here's here's my concern. They're gonna get to the playoffs,

473
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Speaker 1: They're win a ton of games, they'll get a buy.

474
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Speaker 1: Maybe they won't the teams that will likely be waiting

475
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Speaker 1: for them. If the secondary is not good, you're gonna

476
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Speaker 1: have to go against Rogers and DeVante, You're gonna have

477
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Speaker 1: to go against the whole Dallas cowboy deal. You're gonna

478
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Speaker 1: have to go against maybe Kyler and DeAndre and all

479
00:22:20,760 --> 00:22:23,719
Speaker 1: those guys. You're gonna have to go against the Rams again.

480
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Speaker 1: Like these these aren't They're like rough and tumble Baltimore

481
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Speaker 1: teams or even Cleveland. These are the We have the

482
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Speaker 1: best wide receivers and quarterbacks in the whole league. The

483
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Speaker 1: veteran guys. That's not who I want to face. If

484
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Speaker 1: my secondary is not one of my strengths and my

485
00:22:36,640 --> 00:22:39,280
Speaker 1: pass rush is underwhelming, that could be a problem. The

486
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Speaker 1: thing is, they benefit not only for the extra game

487
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Speaker 1: this season, they benefit from having the second place schedule.

488
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Speaker 1: It's something that I hadn't really considered. So, with all

489
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Speaker 1: due respect to the Cardinals, Rams, and Packers, I think

490
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Speaker 1: the path to the one seat is a lot easier

491
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Speaker 1: second place wild care team. Last year, they don't play

492
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Speaker 1: the Packers. They play the Colts instead of the Titans

493
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Speaker 1: as their extra game. I feel like the Bills game

494
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Speaker 1: is the only one that really stands out there. They

495
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Speaker 1: play three games, guys, just three measly games against teams

496
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Speaker 1: in playoff position. That includes two against the Panthers, so

497
00:23:08,840 --> 00:23:10,560
Speaker 1: we know they can win on the road. They've showed

498
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Speaker 1: it last year. Having the playoffs go through Tampa. Have

499
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Speaker 1: to go through Tampa is a huge advantage to them

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Speaker 1: to walk to the super Bowl. There's some big games

501
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Speaker 1: this week. We've got an NFC North rivalry between the

502
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Speaker 1: Bears and the Packers. Of course, get to see Justin

503
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Speaker 1: Fields get his first taste of Aaron Rodgers and company.

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Speaker 1: We've got Arizona and Cleveland. That's a big one week.

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Speaker 1: Six starts tomorrow, which is what you're talking about. But

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Speaker 1: let's talk about Sunday, another big game, Chargers Ravens Herbert

507
00:23:33,680 --> 00:23:37,120
Speaker 1: versus Lamar, two MVP candidates on two four and one teams,

508
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Speaker 1: both taking win streaks into Mt Bank Stadium. I love

509
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Speaker 1: this matchup, so let's talk about it. Which team has

510
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Speaker 1: had the more impressive start in your opinion, Chargers the

511
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Speaker 1: raven Streaks. I'm gonna give the Ravens the nod here.

512
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Speaker 1: I love what the Chargers are doing. And trust me,

513
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Speaker 1: if you've watched our show, you know our show has

514
00:23:53,920 --> 00:23:55,439
Speaker 1: been all in on what the Chargers are doing with

515
00:23:55,480 --> 00:23:57,800
Speaker 1: Brandon Staley. But the Ravens, how they've done it and

516
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Speaker 1: who they've done it without, I think deserves some mention.

517
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Speaker 1: Let's look at some of the key injuries. First, story

518
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Speaker 1: of Baltimore. This happened before the season even started with

519
00:24:05,080 --> 00:24:07,080
Speaker 1: a lot of them. JK. Dobbins I had him as

520
00:24:07,160 --> 00:24:09,280
Speaker 1: my number two breakout player in the entire NFL this

521
00:24:09,359 --> 00:24:12,320
Speaker 1: year tore up his knee in a preseason game. Gus

522
00:24:12,440 --> 00:24:15,640
Speaker 1: Edwards knee. Rashad Bateman Stillson played his Their first round pick,

523
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Speaker 1: Nick Boyle, the best blocking tight in the league, has

524
00:24:18,000 --> 00:24:21,080
Speaker 1: not played his knee. Ronnie Stanley signed one hundred million

525
00:24:21,080 --> 00:24:23,159
Speaker 1: dollar contract last year to play tackle, hasn't been on

526
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Speaker 1: the field, has been an ankle. Derek Wolf a solid

527
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Speaker 1: defensive end out and then Marcus Peters out for the

528
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Speaker 1: year also with the knee. And they're winning in such

529
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Speaker 1: dramatic fashion. They've been trailing late in these games. They

530
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Speaker 1: were down by eleven against the Chiefs, and they found

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Speaker 1: a way to win the Lions game. You know that

532
00:24:39,480 --> 00:24:42,760
Speaker 1: that one is the most improbable victory anyone's ever seen. Broncos.

533
00:24:42,760 --> 00:24:44,600
Speaker 1: They were losing early and they found a way to win.

534
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Speaker 1: And then Monday Night was a miracle win. They almost

535
00:24:47,600 --> 00:24:49,480
Speaker 1: pulled out that Radius game. They should have pulled out

536
00:24:49,480 --> 00:24:51,760
Speaker 1: that Radis game. I think the Ravens to do what

537
00:24:51,760 --> 00:24:54,120
Speaker 1: they're doing and to not just shut it all down.

538
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Speaker 1: And I came in that morning after the Marcus Peters

539
00:24:56,520 --> 00:24:58,920
Speaker 1: and Gus Edwards double injury that day, and I said,

540
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Speaker 1: I'm like, psychologically, I don't know if you can get

541
00:25:00,760 --> 00:25:02,479
Speaker 1: over That's the one of those deals where I think

542
00:25:02,480 --> 00:25:05,119
Speaker 1: that could be the backbreaker. It hasn't been. They've rallied

543
00:25:05,119 --> 00:25:07,280
Speaker 1: around it, They've galvanized. I think what the Ravens are

544
00:25:07,320 --> 00:25:10,000
Speaker 1: doing already overcoming adversity. We're not even Halloween yet. And

545
00:25:10,040 --> 00:25:11,879
Speaker 1: to be where they are on top alone at the

546
00:25:11,920 --> 00:25:14,479
Speaker 1: AFC North, more impressive start than LA who has had

547
00:25:14,520 --> 00:25:17,320
Speaker 1: an incredible start to the second year of Justin Herbert's career.

548
00:25:17,359 --> 00:25:20,639
Speaker 1: Incredible points, incredible evidence, Peter, and I'm going incredible the

549
00:25:20,640 --> 00:25:23,439
Speaker 1: other ways. It's the Chargers. Do you know what the

550
00:25:23,480 --> 00:25:26,640
Speaker 1: most powerful thing in Los Angeles is, more so than

551
00:25:26,720 --> 00:25:29,360
Speaker 1: than fame and money or anything, it is the term

552
00:25:29,600 --> 00:25:32,520
Speaker 1: fresh face. If you are a fresh face, they will

553
00:25:32,840 --> 00:25:35,440
Speaker 1: they will worship you. There. Who is this person? Let's

554
00:25:35,440 --> 00:25:37,480
Speaker 1: make them a start immediately. That's what they have not

555
00:25:37,680 --> 00:25:40,760
Speaker 1: quarterback at coach Brandon Staley, the head coach of the Chargers,

556
00:25:41,000 --> 00:25:44,040
Speaker 1: is a fresh face in Los Angeles. And by fresh

557
00:25:44,080 --> 00:25:46,679
Speaker 1: I mean young looks like he's in seventh grade, and

558
00:25:46,680 --> 00:25:49,080
Speaker 1: when he came on our show, as he had debuted

559
00:25:49,119 --> 00:25:51,200
Speaker 1: as the Chargers coach, it felt like a kid doing

560
00:25:51,240 --> 00:25:53,239
Speaker 1: a screen test for a sitcom or anything like that.

561
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Speaker 1: Peter asked him, people don't really know about you, coach,

562
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Speaker 1: tell us check out this guy's the head coach of

563
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Speaker 1: the Chargers. Well, number one is so excited to be

564
00:26:00,920 --> 00:26:02,960
Speaker 1: the head coach of the Los Angeles Chargers. I know that,

565
00:26:03,600 --> 00:26:06,280
Speaker 1: you know, a dream come true and honor, you know,

566
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Speaker 1: the opportunity of a lifetime. I can say that much.

567
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Speaker 1: You know, I know that these last few days have

568
00:26:12,440 --> 00:26:14,720
Speaker 1: been some of the most special of my life. And

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Speaker 1: you know, I think that the one thing that people

570
00:26:16,560 --> 00:26:18,480
Speaker 1: are going to learn about me is that I'm a competitor,

571
00:26:19,119 --> 00:26:21,800
Speaker 1: and that's the reason why I'm here, and that's the

572
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Speaker 1: reason why I'm excited to represent the Chargers the city

573
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Speaker 1: of LA and really establish something that people can be

574
00:26:27,800 --> 00:26:31,920
Speaker 1: proud of. That guy went into Arrowhead Stadium and won.

575
00:26:32,880 --> 00:26:35,680
Speaker 1: That guy beat the Browns, that guy beat the Raiders.

576
00:26:35,800 --> 00:26:38,000
Speaker 1: That guy started the season going across the country and

577
00:26:38,000 --> 00:26:40,640
Speaker 1: beating Washington, and that guy's coaching in the city where

578
00:26:40,640 --> 00:26:43,280
Speaker 1: it's supposed to be all about McVeigh and the Rams

579
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Speaker 1: and the Super Bowl, and no, I think that's the

580
00:26:45,680 --> 00:26:48,240
Speaker 1: best team in Los Angeles. And that boy scout we

581
00:26:48,320 --> 00:26:51,360
Speaker 1: just watched there is a shoot from the hip of badass.

582
00:26:51,400 --> 00:26:53,280
Speaker 1: Who will go for it on fourth and fifty down

583
00:26:53,320 --> 00:26:56,320
Speaker 1: twenty points. He doesn't care and it all wins. Herbert

584
00:26:56,359 --> 00:26:58,159
Speaker 1: is a very talented quarterback. A lot of coaches can

585
00:26:58,240 --> 00:26:59,960
Speaker 1: mess that up. Brandon Staley has been the most pleas

586
00:27:00,160 --> 00:27:02,240
Speaker 1: surprise of this NFL season. I give all credit to

587
00:27:02,280 --> 00:27:05,240
Speaker 1: the Chargers for hiring them. We love this, Kyle. I

588
00:27:05,280 --> 00:27:09,200
Speaker 1: gotta double down with you. Man. Hey, look, Peter, everything

589
00:27:09,240 --> 00:27:11,840
Speaker 1: you said about the Ravens, you're absolutely right. But I

590
00:27:11,920 --> 00:27:14,640
Speaker 1: know who coach hardball is. I know he can rally

591
00:27:14,680 --> 00:27:17,040
Speaker 1: the troops. I know what Lamar Jackson brings to the

592
00:27:17,040 --> 00:27:19,159
Speaker 1: table the Chargers. Though I didn't know a whole lot

593
00:27:19,200 --> 00:27:21,520
Speaker 1: about Brandon Stadium. I had heard some whispers in the

594
00:27:21,600 --> 00:27:24,320
Speaker 1: Rams locker room that you know, didn't quite give me

595
00:27:24,359 --> 00:27:26,320
Speaker 1: all the confidence in the world and coach Stadium and

596
00:27:26,359 --> 00:27:28,439
Speaker 1: I can sit here in front of everybody right now

597
00:27:28,480 --> 00:27:30,919
Speaker 1: to day and say, man, I was wrong, Because to

598
00:27:31,000 --> 00:27:33,440
Speaker 1: watch this team, typically you take a step back. When

599
00:27:33,480 --> 00:27:35,800
Speaker 1: you bring a new staff, especially a new offense, we

600
00:27:35,840 --> 00:27:38,760
Speaker 1: hadn't seen justin Hurber all this offense touched the field

601
00:27:38,760 --> 00:27:41,280
Speaker 1: in the preseason, so I thought, what are they gonna

602
00:27:41,280 --> 00:27:43,560
Speaker 1: look like? I mean, what Joe Lombardy has done with

603
00:27:43,600 --> 00:27:47,360
Speaker 1: this offense has been nothing short of amazing, utilizing all

604
00:27:47,400 --> 00:27:51,080
Speaker 1: those one on one matchups. Austin Eclout the backfield, I

605
00:27:51,080 --> 00:27:54,280
Speaker 1: mean he is Alvin Kamar two point oh. I mean

606
00:27:54,320 --> 00:27:56,199
Speaker 1: the way he's able to get the ball, you know,

607
00:27:56,280 --> 00:28:00,280
Speaker 1: in space, run routes. Defensively, all of those playmate because

608
00:28:00,280 --> 00:28:02,480
Speaker 1: they have Bosa Derwin James just coming off of what

609
00:28:02,640 --> 00:28:05,640
Speaker 1: seventeen tackle we have, you know. So Brandon Stanley's ability

610
00:28:05,640 --> 00:28:08,600
Speaker 1: to put his players in position to make plays, I

611
00:28:08,680 --> 00:28:10,920
Speaker 1: mean it has blown my mind. When you talk about

612
00:28:10,920 --> 00:28:13,000
Speaker 1: the best team in LA right now, huh, I think

613
00:28:13,040 --> 00:28:15,400
Speaker 1: you're absolutely right, And I don't think you I would

614
00:28:15,440 --> 00:28:18,960
Speaker 1: have made that statement five weeks ago, but five weeks

615
00:28:18,960 --> 00:28:23,520
Speaker 1: into this season. Yes, I am a believer in the Chargers,

616
00:28:23,560 --> 00:28:26,920
Speaker 1: Brandon Stay that has staffed those players. It's the three

617
00:28:26,920 --> 00:28:30,879
Speaker 1: of us looking good with the Ravens, and it's to

618
00:28:30,960 --> 00:28:33,600
Speaker 1: the Ravens credit that this is the conversation, because you

619
00:28:33,640 --> 00:28:35,560
Speaker 1: look at the Ravens, they're thirty four and eight with

620
00:28:35,640 --> 00:28:39,840
Speaker 1: Lamar Jackson as they're starting quarterback. This is an organization

621
00:28:39,880 --> 00:28:42,960
Speaker 1: that I've really high expectations for, So I'm not exactly

622
00:28:42,960 --> 00:28:45,320
Speaker 1: blown away that they're doing it. They're really doing it,

623
00:28:45,360 --> 00:28:48,280
Speaker 1: and they should. The Chargers there's an expectation that comes

624
00:28:48,280 --> 00:28:50,000
Speaker 1: with that team as well. It's that they're going to

625
00:28:50,080 --> 00:28:52,880
Speaker 1: lose latent games and it's just not happening. So the

626
00:28:52,880 --> 00:28:57,240
Speaker 1: fact that they are rewriting their narrative, that they're undoing

627
00:28:57,720 --> 00:29:02,600
Speaker 1: and unpeeling layers deep pain for Chargers fans. The fact

628
00:29:02,600 --> 00:29:06,280
Speaker 1: that they're instilling fear in formidable opponents that they're going

629
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Speaker 1: up against week in week out getting wins. They're rewriting

630
00:29:10,120 --> 00:29:13,400
Speaker 1: decades of negativity. The people are scared to face them.

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Speaker 1: To me, I don't think I've ever seen a team

632
00:29:17,160 --> 00:29:22,000
Speaker 1: change their identity so quickly, so overnight, than this LA

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Speaker 1: Chargers team. And I don't think it's just Staley. I

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Speaker 1: don't think it's just Herbert. I think it's the defense.

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Speaker 1: I think it's all of it collectively. I think it

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Speaker 1: is Derwin James and his positivity as a leader in

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Speaker 1: that locker room as well. But they're all collectively are

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Speaker 1: just rewriting it, and I don't Is there a team

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Speaker 1: that's I can't argue. Everything you said was everything you

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Speaker 1: said it was gospel. They've been unbelievable. I can't argue.

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Speaker 1: And there's such scar tissue from the Chargers fan base,

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Speaker 1: and of course the Chargers in recent history, whether it

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Speaker 1: be Nate Kating or Marlon McCree, or these endless playoff

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Speaker 1: games where you're like, we should win this game and

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Speaker 1: they don't. Okay, you're right on, and I can't argue.

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Speaker 1: And both teams have been awesome. I had a thought

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Speaker 1: last year we had a home team play in the

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Speaker 1: Super Bowl in their home stadium. What if this shore

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Speaker 1: we have two Yeah, sure, we have La versus LA

650
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Speaker 1: in LA. They're almost the front runners right now. That

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Speaker 1: would be maybe the cool thing awesome, Oh my god,

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Speaker 1: that would hands down be the coolest. Can you get

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Speaker 1: Rams Chargers at SO five in the Super Bowl? I

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Speaker 1: love it. Our next guest certainly hyped up for this

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Speaker 1: Thursday night action. We've got Elena Westbrook joining the show

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Speaker 1: after the Racer. When he stops by, we now welcome

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Speaker 1: to the show. A legend of the game. He's a

658
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Speaker 1: two time Pro bowler and an All Pro. He's a

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Speaker 1: member of the Eagles Hall of Fame. Former running back

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Speaker 1: Brian West Good morning, guys, Good morning. How's everything going? Oh?

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Speaker 1: Going good? Going good. Let's start with the Eagles Week

662
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Speaker 1: five win over the Panthers. You tweeted as a player

663
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Speaker 1: was always funny when fans weren't satisfied with the win. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: we could have played better at times, but it wasn't

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Speaker 1: the ultimate goal to win the game, ugly Q. Winning

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Speaker 1: was the goal. So let's start with the quarterback Jalen Hurts,

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Speaker 1: who had a rough start to the game but got

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Speaker 1: the w uglier. Not a win is a win. What

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Speaker 1: do you think of Jalen Hurts? Under sinner in Philly?

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Speaker 1: Where you're right? I mean, there are plenty of fans,

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Speaker 1: especially in Philly, basically saying, man, we should have won

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Speaker 1: by more points. We should have did this, we should

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Speaker 1: have did that. But at the end of the day,

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Speaker 1: we won the football game. That's the most important part.

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Speaker 1: Don't be upset about a win. When when I look

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Speaker 1: at Jalen Hurts, I believe he's a work in progress.

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Speaker 1: He's a young quarterback that has started a total of

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Speaker 1: nine games in the NFL, five this season in four

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Speaker 1: last season. Towards the end of the year. He has

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Speaker 1: shown that he has the ability to win. He has

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Speaker 1: a grit, the determination. The players love him, they love

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Speaker 1: playing with him. Now he just has to perfect his

683
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Speaker 1: game and over time, when he has enough reps, when

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Speaker 1: he has enough time as a starting quarterback, he will

685
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Speaker 1: perfect his game and he'll be a much better player.

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Speaker 1: Ran the quarterback on the other side, was born in

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Speaker 1: nineteen seventy seven, and he is playing like an MVP.

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Speaker 1: He might win the MVP this year. Tom Brady, It's fascinating.

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Speaker 1: It's maddening in a way. You understand this. The body

690
00:32:06,120 --> 00:32:08,320
Speaker 1: starts to change. You got the kids pawing on you,

691
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Speaker 1: the diet changes, aches and pains and all that. What

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Speaker 1: do you make of this guy as much as we've

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Speaker 1: made of it, forty four years old, the plane as

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Speaker 1: well as he is. Listen, I retired ten years ago,

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Speaker 1: and I knew my body at that point, probably two

696
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Speaker 1: years before that, was saying, hey, this is enough football.

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Speaker 1: And for Tom to still be playing at this point

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Speaker 1: is just impressive. His longevity, his focus. I mean, just

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Speaker 1: think about this. You know, when you're young, you don't

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Speaker 1: have any money, you don't have any Super Bowls, you

701
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Speaker 1: haven't won anything. It's easy to be solely focused on

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Speaker 1: winning and trying to win championships and getting paid. But

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Speaker 1: now he has money, he has championships, he's gotten you know,

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Speaker 1: he's done everything that you could do in the football field.

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Speaker 1: But he still remains focused. To me, that's the biggest

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Speaker 1: and the thing that I look at the most. How

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Speaker 1: does Tom Brady remain focused when everyone else in the

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Speaker 1: world probably would have been thinking about different things, what's

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Speaker 1: the next chapter in my life? He remains focused solely

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Speaker 1: on football and becoming the best quarterback and player that

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Speaker 1: he can be. Brian, so good to see you. Well,

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Speaker 1: let's talk a little running backs, shall we. You are

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Speaker 1: on a very impressive and very short list of Eagles greats.

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Speaker 1: Talking to you Sean McCoy, Steve Van Buren, Wilbert Montgomery.

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Speaker 1: Talk to me about Miles Sanders struggles a little bit

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Speaker 1: to start this season. What do you need to see

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Speaker 1: from him to make sure that he becomes part of

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Speaker 1: that esteemed list of great backs with the Eagles. You know,

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Speaker 1: I think for Miles he's going to need the touches.

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Speaker 1: He hasn't got very many touches this season, and I

721
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Speaker 1: think it's for a reason. I think he's a great player.

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Speaker 1: He's shown quickness this year. He has the ability to

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Speaker 1: take a five yard run and turn it into a

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Speaker 1: seventy five yard touchdown. We've seen him do that in

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Speaker 1: the past, So he has all the skill set that

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Speaker 1: you need to be a great running back. The one

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Speaker 1: thing that I think he can improve his game and

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Speaker 1: is catching the ball out of the backfield. Spell has

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Speaker 1: already been improven that Nick Sirianni wants to go to football.

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Speaker 1: He throws the ball an awful lot, and so he

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Speaker 1: needs a running back that has the capability to stand

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Speaker 1: in the backfield and be handed the football, but also

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Speaker 1: be able to catch the ball out of the backfield.

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Speaker 1: If Minel Sanders improves in that area, I think now

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Speaker 1: he'll be a type of running back that can stay

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Speaker 1: on the field all three downs. That's the type of

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Speaker 1: running back that Nick Sirianni wants. But until he does that,

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Speaker 1: I think kink kend of Gagwell will continue to take

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Speaker 1: some of those reps because he catches the ball very

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Speaker 1: well out of the backfield. Right, we have you on

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Speaker 1: the show and I look at you and it's like,

742
00:34:23,920 --> 00:34:26,240
Speaker 1: all right. There was Roger Craig, there was Marshall Falk,

743
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Speaker 1: there was Brian Westbrook, and it was a very certain

744
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Speaker 1: kind of running back. We'll get you the yards in

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Speaker 1: the running game, but almost more dangerous in the passing game.

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Speaker 1: Today's generation there is Kamara. Of course, I like to

747
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Speaker 1: talk about Cordurell Patterson, what he's doing down in Atlanta,

748
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Speaker 1: going from a wide receiver and a kick returner to

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Speaker 1: now basically being the number one back in Atlanta. When

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Speaker 1: you see that reverse of it being a running back,

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Speaker 1: older riderhip, no wide receiver to running back. How impressed

752
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Speaker 1: are you with what he's doing out there for the Falcons. Well,

753
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Speaker 1: I'm really impressed. I'm not surprised because we see what

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Speaker 1: he's able to do in the kick game. He's shifty,

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00:34:54,239 --> 00:34:57,560
Speaker 1: he's fast, he's a big, big football player. But he's

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Speaker 1: also a guy that's smart. So now you say, hey,

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Speaker 1: I want you to run a zone to the left,

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Speaker 1: he can do that. He can get the ball, make

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Speaker 1: the first guy miss and get you positive yards in

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Speaker 1: the run game. And of course he's already shown in

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Speaker 1: the past game he's going to be a threat. He's

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Speaker 1: going to be a guy that you can say, Okay,

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Speaker 1: we're gonna start him lining up in the backfield. Then

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Speaker 1: we're gonna motion him out, and he's gonna run routes

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Speaker 1: just as good as receivers. That's what you're looking for.

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Speaker 1: As far as an offensive player, you want to be

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Speaker 1: multiple because when you're multiple, you have an advantage over

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Speaker 1: the defense. At first, you're starting and a running set

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Speaker 1: and then you're motioning all to a passing set that

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Speaker 1: puts defenses in a disadvantage. They're guessing what's going to

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Speaker 1: happen next. Now you have the advantage. So listen, Patterson

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Speaker 1: has done a great job of just making himself and

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Speaker 1: reabenting himself. He came into this league as a kick returner,

774
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Speaker 1: and he continues to show that he can be a

775
00:35:44,880 --> 00:35:48,240
Speaker 1: valuable asset to any football team. I've been very impressed

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Speaker 1: by what he's been able to do so far this season. Right,

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Speaker 1: let's go back to Philadelphia tomorrow night. There's gonna be

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Speaker 1: a lot of eyes on Nick Sirianni. It's fun, it's great.

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Speaker 1: What are your impressions as an ex seagle of the

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Speaker 1: current head coach well, when I look at Nick, I'm

781
00:36:01,760 --> 00:36:04,200
Speaker 1: looking at a young coach. He's still I'm trying to

782
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Speaker 1: understand how to be the best head coach he can be,

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00:36:06,920 --> 00:36:09,080
Speaker 1: still figuring out what his lane is going to be

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Speaker 1: there as a head coach. I think as a play caller,

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00:36:11,719 --> 00:36:14,279
Speaker 1: he's still figuring that out as well. So to me,

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00:36:14,440 --> 00:36:16,839
Speaker 1: this season for the Eagles and Nick Sirianni jaymer Hurts

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Speaker 1: is included in that, it's all about learning who they're

788
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Speaker 1: going to be. It's all about the progress, getting better

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00:36:22,160 --> 00:36:24,600
Speaker 1: at the small things every single week. And I think

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Speaker 1: last week when they played the Chiefs. The week before

791
00:36:27,920 --> 00:36:30,400
Speaker 1: they played the Chiefs, he did a great job using motion,

792
00:36:30,800 --> 00:36:33,880
Speaker 1: using shifts to get guys open, game planning guys, and

793
00:36:33,920 --> 00:36:37,080
Speaker 1: scheming guys wide. I think the beginning of the Panthers

794
00:36:37,080 --> 00:36:39,400
Speaker 1: game he didn't use his much motions and shifts, and

795
00:36:39,400 --> 00:36:41,520
Speaker 1: then they struggled in that first half. They kind of

796
00:36:41,520 --> 00:36:43,960
Speaker 1: got things going in the second half. To me, that

797
00:36:44,000 --> 00:36:46,760
Speaker 1: showed progress. That showed me that he saw things weren't

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Speaker 1: working in the first half and now we have to

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00:36:48,880 --> 00:36:51,680
Speaker 1: change things up in the second half. That's important. So

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Speaker 1: as far as the season goes, I want to see

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00:36:54,200 --> 00:36:56,680
Speaker 1: Nick Sirianna get a little bit better every single game,

802
00:36:56,800 --> 00:36:58,520
Speaker 1: and then we'll judge him at the end of the season.

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Speaker 1: We'll see where he was he had some shortcomings, see

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00:37:00,920 --> 00:37:03,040
Speaker 1: where he had a lot of success. But every single

805
00:37:03,040 --> 00:37:04,800
Speaker 1: week we want to see him get a little bit better,

806
00:37:04,840 --> 00:37:06,879
Speaker 1: and he's done that thus far over the first five

807
00:37:06,920 --> 00:37:10,040
Speaker 1: games of the season. Wow, that's amazing, amazing. Well, b West,

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Speaker 1: thank you for waking up this morning joining us here

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Speaker 1: at the breakfast table. We appreciate your time as always been.

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Speaker 1: I love you, Bro. Thanks Bro. Take care. Now. I

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Speaker 1: don't think that's a burden. I think that's a plus.

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Speaker 1: I mean I wouldn't want to be in any different

813
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Speaker 1: position than that. As are the guys that have been

814
00:37:28,640 --> 00:37:31,640
Speaker 1: here before, and now you've got an influx of new guys.

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Speaker 1: So they weren't here the last year or two, so

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00:37:34,640 --> 00:37:37,399
Speaker 1: they don't we're not speaking the same language there, They're

817
00:37:37,400 --> 00:37:40,240
Speaker 1: not feeling the same feelings that way. So I think everybody,

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00:37:40,280 --> 00:37:42,759
Speaker 1: we just all need to rise our game up and

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00:37:42,960 --> 00:37:47,000
Speaker 1: have that same urgency to get things done. All right,

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Speaker 1: there's Andy Reid and this is we inter we out.

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Speaker 1: Here's how it works. I'm gonna say a statement my

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Speaker 1: co hosts are gonna tell me whether they agree or disagree,

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Speaker 1: and it's essentially you're in with the comment or you're

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00:37:56,520 --> 00:37:59,200
Speaker 1: out with it. You just heard Andy Reid discussing how

825
00:37:59,320 --> 00:38:01,319
Speaker 1: his team needs to get things together on defense. Now,

826
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Speaker 1: there are some reasons, new players, new faces will come together, right,

827
00:38:05,000 --> 00:38:07,919
Speaker 1: but this is really bad and the Chiefs defense has

828
00:38:08,000 --> 00:38:10,440
Speaker 1: fallen off even far worse than it has been the

829
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Speaker 1: last few years. So let's look at the numbers here

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Speaker 1: that at the bottom of the league in overall defense

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Speaker 1: and historically the only team to ever rank last in

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Speaker 1: the league in rush defense and still go on to

833
00:38:21,160 --> 00:38:23,920
Speaker 1: when a Super Bowl was the O six Colts when

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Speaker 1: they had their team at Bob Sanders and Free and

835
00:38:26,680 --> 00:38:29,080
Speaker 1: all those cats, and they still found a way to

836
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Speaker 1: beat the Bears. So here's the question, though, because it's

837
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Speaker 1: getting worse and worse with thirty eight points on Sunday night,

838
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Speaker 1: and it's those things we getting any better. The Chiefs

839
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Speaker 1: defense is fixable. Here we are as we and threw

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Speaker 1: Week six st'angelo. We end early out. You guys are

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Speaker 1: gonna kill me, and nobody probably on social media's gonna

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Speaker 1: kill me, but I'm in. I think it is fixed me.

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Speaker 1: You know, when you have such a high powered offense

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Speaker 1: on your side, defensively, you just need to make a stop.

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Speaker 1: You need to make a stopping to get off the field,

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Speaker 1: just sparing me in certain situations. To me, Kansas City

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Speaker 1: doesn't need to have a top team defense. You need

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Speaker 1: to be able to take away to football at times.

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Speaker 1: They need to be able to get off the field

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Speaker 1: at times on third down, right, they need to be

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Speaker 1: able to hold teams in the red zone to three

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Speaker 1: instead of giving up huge explosive plays like we saw

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Speaker 1: down the football field. And so it's affixible absolutely, the

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Speaker 1: same way teams defend Patrick Mahomes maybe defend some of

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Speaker 1: them that way. You cannot let the deep ball beat

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Speaker 1: you make teams be slowing methodical down the football field,

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Speaker 1: hit passes in front of you, assignment perfect football. But

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Speaker 1: I've been a part of bad defenses, and I know

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Speaker 1: when you sit there and you see those numbers, it's like,

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Speaker 1: oh gosh, we're never gonna get out of that. And

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Speaker 1: they might have dug themselves too big a hole to

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Speaker 1: climb up rankings wise, but I think they can make

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Speaker 1: a couple of plays. I believe in spats and I

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Speaker 1: think some of these guys can can rise to the occasion.

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Speaker 1: I don't really think I'm just gonna go I'm gonna

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Speaker 1: say because here's the thing, though, thirty second their last,

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Speaker 1: They're not when we're twenty fifth and maybe we get

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Speaker 1: to nineteenth there dfl Den, can I ask you one

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Speaker 1: question of you're saying that, but look at Dallas. Dallas

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Speaker 1: is thirtieth and we're talking about how great they are. Great,

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Speaker 1: you're taking the football league can take over, you can

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Speaker 1: steal possessions. It gives you better not seeing those big

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Speaker 1: honey Badger plays. And here's my bigger point is that

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Speaker 1: that whole yeah, but we have Mahomes, Kelsey and Hill.

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Speaker 1: Trump Card. I think his lessons. I think the other

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Speaker 1: offenses are so much better than they were now. And

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Speaker 1: Josh Allen and Herbert and all these AFC quarterbacks. It's

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Speaker 1: not as big as a Trump Card. You saw this

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Speaker 1: the other night. They couldn't just say whoosh, Hill to

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Speaker 1: the end zone. It's they don't have it anymore. And

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Speaker 1: the last point I'll make is that I tweeted out

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Speaker 1: the other day something to Chiefs fans. I said, the

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Speaker 1: Bills if they played that game ten times they would

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Speaker 1: win seven out of ten. Chiefs fans replied like, no,

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Speaker 1: they wouldn't. It might be ten, like they let's not

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Speaker 1: forget this is an old school self loathing fan base

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Speaker 1: who is panicking on the defense right now. The cub

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Speaker 1: was also do this thing where they run the ball

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Speaker 1: really really well, and I know I'm being serious. That

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Speaker 1: helps their defense not have to be on the field

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Speaker 1: as much. So I would hope that they could get

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Speaker 1: Clyde Edwards, Delire or somebody going, I'll say it's fixed.

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Speaker 1: They were the thirty first best worst defense in twenty

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Speaker 1: eight twenty eighteen, twenty nineteen, they moved up to nineteen.

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Speaker 1: I don't think they have to be top ten. Chris

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Speaker 1: Jones though, like he needs to come back. This is somebody.

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Speaker 1: When I worked the preseason sidelines Triggs, all I heard

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Speaker 1: about was defensive player of the year Chris Jones. Like

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Speaker 1: those are things that were being talked about with what

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Speaker 1: a dominant forcing can be so bursatile using him everywhere.

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Speaker 1: If they get him back and get into like a

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Speaker 1: middling ground, I still think despite a tough AFC, they

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Speaker 1: can make waves. I'm never going to count them out.

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Speaker 1: In fact, I like love that everyone's hating on them

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Speaker 1: right now, because this is a team that I think

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Speaker 1: is going to sneak up. I'll be Bowl linked. Good

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