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Speaker 1: on Cincinnati. Welcome back to another dish of the Around

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Speaker 1: the NFL podcast. My name is Dan Hansis and I

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Speaker 1: am joined by a room filled with heroes, Mark Sessler,

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Speaker 1: Chris Westling, and Greg Rosal of that boys, Hey, I

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Speaker 1: then got down with an awkward slide. And he does

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Speaker 1: he doesn't move in a fluid manner anymore, and and

429
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Speaker 1: like you're saying, it doesn't seem like he has a

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Speaker 1: feeling of where he is on the field. But I

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Speaker 1: I do agree. I think he made some gains in

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Speaker 1: this game. So the Redskins probably to feel a little

433
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Speaker 1: better than they did two weeks. I think they're feeling

434
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Speaker 1: a lot better because that's how much of a mess

435
00:20:05,200 --> 00:20:08,360
Speaker 1: he was those two games before he got pulled, and

436
00:20:08,359 --> 00:20:10,520
Speaker 1: now he had at least had some composure this week,

437
00:20:10,640 --> 00:20:12,520
Speaker 1: and Gruden did a good job of getting him clear

438
00:20:12,560 --> 00:20:15,720
Speaker 1: looks down the field. To Chip Kelly, though, said after

439
00:20:15,720 --> 00:20:18,920
Speaker 1: the game, you know he thought the cornerbacks could handle Jackson.

440
00:20:19,119 --> 00:20:21,600
Speaker 1: You know, we thought he was the best option Fletcher.

441
00:20:21,640 --> 00:20:23,040
Speaker 1: You know, we didn't think we need to send him

442
00:20:23,040 --> 00:20:25,359
Speaker 1: the safety help. We thought they could cover. It was like, really,

443
00:20:25,520 --> 00:20:28,800
Speaker 1: you know what, Chip Kelly bears some responsibility for this too.

444
00:20:28,840 --> 00:20:30,879
Speaker 1: If he hate DeShawn Jackson on his roster. They're in

445
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Speaker 1: the playoffs. Jackson has twelve catches a forty or more yards,

446
00:20:35,320 --> 00:20:37,840
Speaker 1: which leads the NFL. And it's also the same number

447
00:20:38,000 --> 00:20:40,200
Speaker 1: as the entire Eagles team. And we all we talked

448
00:20:40,200 --> 00:20:42,040
Speaker 1: to him, who's gonna fill his shoes? And no, and

449
00:20:42,560 --> 00:20:45,159
Speaker 1: no one really, Riley Cooper said, a brutal C. Mackman

450
00:20:45,200 --> 00:20:47,280
Speaker 1: has been great, but you need more than that. I

451
00:20:47,600 --> 00:20:49,960
Speaker 1: think maybe this isn't the worst thing ever for the Eagles.

452
00:20:50,000 --> 00:20:54,680
Speaker 1: It really puts in laser focus that they needed quarterback

453
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Speaker 1: and they need cornerbacks, and they just need to do

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Speaker 1: whatever they They're not really that close to being a

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Speaker 1: super Bowl team yet, but you're right, but those are

456
00:21:02,600 --> 00:21:05,800
Speaker 1: easily identifiable areas where they can improve, right if they

457
00:21:05,800 --> 00:21:07,920
Speaker 1: get if they get a secondary and they get a quarterback.

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Speaker 1: I mean, it's easy to say that, but they've been

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Speaker 1: pretty good. I was gonna ask k Rich for her opinion,

460
00:21:12,920 --> 00:21:14,800
Speaker 1: but it looks like she took off from behind the glass.

461
00:21:15,160 --> 00:21:18,040
Speaker 1: I'm sure she can't be feeling very well right now. Now.

462
00:21:18,080 --> 00:21:20,720
Speaker 1: She wanted to get out of here. She she knew

463
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Speaker 1: we were about to start talking about the Eagles. All right,

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Speaker 1: let's move on, uh to the Detroit Lions, who clinched

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Speaker 1: a playoff birth when the Eagles lost on Saturday, and

466
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Speaker 1: on Sunday, Detroit managed to take care of Jimmy Clawson

467
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Speaker 1: and the Bears win at Soldier Field. The lines are

468
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Speaker 1: now eleven and four, three and oh in this month

469
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Speaker 1: and in contention for a bye. To talk about the

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Speaker 1: Detroit Lions, we gotta talk to around the NFL's biggest

471
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Speaker 1: Detroit Lions fan. He he lives in Chicago, where the

472
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Speaker 1: weather is cold. But this man turns his collar up

473
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Speaker 1: and he flexes his muscles. He's Kevin Patrick coming hat you.

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Speaker 1: What's upbody? What's going on? Fellow? Look at you with

475
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Speaker 1: your with your Lions team going to the playoffs. You

476
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Speaker 1: gott be feeling pretty good about yourself. Um, yeah, it's good.

477
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Speaker 1: It's good. I wish they could play better, but it's good. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: It's a second playoff team. Since enjoy it. This is

479
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Speaker 1: all you got because they're not gonna win any when

480
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Speaker 1: they get there. Ah, you said it, So that's I

481
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Speaker 1: sensed that the And I don't know if this you

482
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Speaker 1: speaks for the entire fan base, but Lions fans. Maybe

483
00:22:25,000 --> 00:22:27,679
Speaker 1: maybe it's a Matthew Stafford issue or this offense in general.

484
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Speaker 1: You don't trust them in this game. Tell us a

485
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Speaker 1: little about this game against the Bears, because they won,

486
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Speaker 1: but it was not a great resounding victory against the Bears.

487
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Speaker 1: Team is starting Jimmy Clawson. No, it wasn't. And Stafford

488
00:22:39,040 --> 00:22:42,960
Speaker 1: looked awful today. Yet two terrible picks in the red zone,

489
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Speaker 1: just too brutal, froze, one miscommunication with Golden Tape, couldn't

490
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Speaker 1: get in any rhythm run. The running game looked good

491
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Speaker 1: for the first time all year. Reggie Bush came back

492
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Speaker 1: to the whole first quarter looked great. Uh. He finally

493
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Speaker 1: adds that that speed dimension that they've been missing. Joy

494
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Speaker 1: Bell has benched for the first quarter, and he really

495
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Speaker 1: took advance edge of it. And I thought that that

496
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Speaker 1: that that was the one bright spot. I think, looking

497
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Speaker 1: towards the playoffs, that if they can get that one

498
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Speaker 1: to punch going, it could really help Stafford out. I know,

499
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Speaker 1: I asked the guys downstairs that I'd look at Detroit.

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Speaker 1: Not to completely echo, but Greg said, but I just

501
00:23:14,720 --> 00:23:19,760
Speaker 1: I don't as a multiple playoff game winning threat. But

502
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Speaker 1: what is it? What are they missing in your in

503
00:23:21,680 --> 00:23:26,439
Speaker 1: your eyes Kevin Well, consistency on offense. Joe Lombardi hasn't

504
00:23:26,480 --> 00:23:29,439
Speaker 1: really got much flak for the poor performance of the offense.

505
00:23:29,440 --> 00:23:31,920
Speaker 1: It's always been some other reason and they squeaked out

506
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Speaker 1: these games with a fantastic defense, and so I think

507
00:23:34,960 --> 00:23:37,520
Speaker 1: that's gone by the wayside. People haven't really complained about him,

508
00:23:37,520 --> 00:23:40,120
Speaker 1: but he he questionable play calling in a lot of spots,

509
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Speaker 1: poor decision making. I don't really know what their office

510
00:23:43,760 --> 00:23:45,720
Speaker 1: is doing. Sometimes they have one of the best receivers

511
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Speaker 1: in the game and they don't look to him. And

512
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Speaker 1: then I mean, if it wasn't for Bold and Day,

513
00:23:49,640 --> 00:23:51,520
Speaker 1: this team wouldn't be a playoff team, that's for sure.

514
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Speaker 1: That said, they literally are one game behind the best

515
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Speaker 1: record in the NFL. It's like that, that's he should

516
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Speaker 1: get some credit for that. As much as we're time

517
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Speaker 1: and I it style points, they haven't looked at each

518
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Speaker 1: of I mean, they are eleven and four. It's pretty

519
00:24:04,520 --> 00:24:06,920
Speaker 1: impressive that they've managed to pull that off. I think

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Speaker 1: this will be the first game I watched on game

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Speaker 1: rewind because the couple of highlights I saw Reggie Bush

522
00:24:11,920 --> 00:24:15,560
Speaker 1: looked as electric as Reggie Bush has ever looked, Wow,

523
00:24:15,600 --> 00:24:18,439
Speaker 1: that's saying something, and he did. He was really impressed

524
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Speaker 1: in especially in the beginning of the game. He had

525
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Speaker 1: a dynamic touchdown run for sixteeniards and you I just

526
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Speaker 1: didn't see it coming. The Bears that the look they do.

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Speaker 1: One thing decent on defense is uh, stopped the run,

528
00:24:30,840 --> 00:24:32,920
Speaker 1: but he just was running through arm tackles, to which

529
00:24:32,920 --> 00:24:34,720
Speaker 1: you didn't see it at all early in the year.

530
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Speaker 1: The defense. Where are we at with the weather in

531
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Speaker 1: Chicago now? Patrick? Is it like eleven degrees seven thousand,

532
00:24:44,160 --> 00:24:46,040
Speaker 1: you know what, I'm gonna knock on a bunch of wood.

533
00:24:46,359 --> 00:24:49,359
Speaker 1: But it hasn't even snowed accumulated yet, so which is

534
00:24:49,920 --> 00:24:52,879
Speaker 1: exactly opposite of last year. I've I've heard everyone that

535
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Speaker 1: that no Chicago says, that's a great place, but please

536
00:24:56,359 --> 00:25:02,120
Speaker 1: avoid it from about September until about July or something

537
00:25:02,160 --> 00:25:05,840
Speaker 1: like that. It's window to avoid it. But it's like

538
00:25:05,960 --> 00:25:07,840
Speaker 1: in that little sweet spot, it's the best place in

539
00:25:07,880 --> 00:25:12,359
Speaker 1: the world for your for your cushy behind living in

540
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Speaker 1: l A for all these years. Yeah, I'm sure, well brutal, Patrick,

541
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Speaker 1: I think we need a Jimmy Claws Jimmy Clawson Report

542
00:25:17,840 --> 00:25:20,880
Speaker 1: here and a Jay Cutler powdered on the sidelanders. Yeah,

543
00:25:20,880 --> 00:25:23,760
Speaker 1: that we need that even more. That was classic after

544
00:25:23,760 --> 00:25:25,600
Speaker 1: the touchdown, just flashing and you knew the camera was

545
00:25:25,640 --> 00:25:27,760
Speaker 1: gonna flash right to Jay Cutler. Did he have a

546
00:25:27,760 --> 00:25:31,480
Speaker 1: cigarette color? That's the face he looks when he throws

547
00:25:31,480 --> 00:25:36,199
Speaker 1: a touchdown pass. So um. But Clawson. Clawson did what

548
00:25:36,320 --> 00:25:38,840
Speaker 1: I think more than anything, it underscored everyone saying that

549
00:25:38,880 --> 00:25:41,840
Speaker 1: the Bear should have kept mccowing the off season because

550
00:25:41,840 --> 00:25:44,919
Speaker 1: he didn't make the brutal mistake. He wasn't flashy. He

551
00:25:45,080 --> 00:25:47,760
Speaker 1: completed twenty three or thirty nine, which was actually better

552
00:25:47,760 --> 00:25:50,119
Speaker 1: than Stafford on his thirty nine passes, but only for

553
00:25:50,160 --> 00:25:52,800
Speaker 1: a hund eighty one yards, and he was actually putting

554
00:25:52,800 --> 00:25:54,679
Speaker 1: the ball in great spots. His wide receivers led him

555
00:25:54,680 --> 00:25:57,760
Speaker 1: down a bunch, especially at the end. It's seven drop passes.

556
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Speaker 1: But he just did what Mark Rustman wanted. Plainside the

557
00:26:00,840 --> 00:26:03,480
Speaker 1: confines of the offense, make the right reads. He made

558
00:26:03,520 --> 00:26:08,719
Speaker 1: some brilliant checks at the line. Imagine that what your

559
00:26:08,760 --> 00:26:12,360
Speaker 1: coordinator asked you to do, and then averaging four point

560
00:26:12,400 --> 00:26:16,320
Speaker 1: six yards for throw. So that's great. Enjoy that. Well,

561
00:26:16,320 --> 00:26:18,120
Speaker 1: I guess if he didn't have a couple of drops

562
00:26:18,200 --> 00:26:20,400
Speaker 1: that would have ballooned and they probably would have won

563
00:26:20,400 --> 00:26:23,400
Speaker 1: the game. The drops really killed him, all right, Kevin,

564
00:26:23,480 --> 00:26:26,159
Speaker 1: I don't think it saved Sorry I would say, I

565
00:26:26,160 --> 00:26:28,040
Speaker 1: don't think it saves trust in his job, but it

566
00:26:28,080 --> 00:26:31,080
Speaker 1: does kind of prove his point that maybe it wasn't

567
00:26:31,520 --> 00:26:34,080
Speaker 1: just on him. It was kind of a lot on color.

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Speaker 1: All right, Kevin Patrick, I want you to have a

569
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Speaker 1: merry Christmas, my friend, you too, buddy, Bye bye. Well,

570
00:26:42,520 --> 00:26:44,199
Speaker 1: we could see him next Sunday. That would still be

571
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Speaker 1: this year. I don't know who knows about anything with time.

572
00:26:49,600 --> 00:26:52,400
Speaker 1: By the way, how weird is it that a few

573
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Speaker 1: weeks back when we were talking about the playoff picture

574
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Speaker 1: and we were thinking Cowboys lines Eagles, I think everyone

575
00:26:59,119 --> 00:27:02,360
Speaker 1: kind of thought the how Boys or the Lions would

576
00:27:02,359 --> 00:27:04,959
Speaker 1: blow it. And if they both get in and the

577
00:27:05,000 --> 00:27:07,439
Speaker 1: Eagles are the ones that are at the g you

578
00:27:07,440 --> 00:27:11,679
Speaker 1: were correct. You had I don't know, remember, no one

579
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Speaker 1: had them. I will certainly take credit for that. Sure, Yeah,

580
00:27:15,000 --> 00:27:20,080
Speaker 1: I know it all the time, all time. Let's move on. Actually, yeah,

581
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Speaker 1: the genius fails. Thank you t D. Beautiful work. You're welcome.

582
00:27:24,280 --> 00:27:26,200
Speaker 1: Just to let you guys know Dawn's harassing. We doing

583
00:27:26,240 --> 00:27:28,119
Speaker 1: the show, like, hey, let's get that genius drop in there.

584
00:27:29,040 --> 00:27:32,520
Speaker 1: You know it's like this is I'll read the screen,

585
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Speaker 1: got a genius drop. TD's respouse, Nah had to take

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00:27:36,400 --> 00:27:38,560
Speaker 1: it off? Does that even mean? Why? Why not just

587
00:27:38,600 --> 00:27:42,320
Speaker 1: do it? By the way on the sound drop, this

588
00:27:42,400 --> 00:27:44,880
Speaker 1: is me and then this is me quote harassing TV

589
00:27:45,080 --> 00:27:50,440
Speaker 1: question mark Like, what the hell does that even mean? Responds,

590
00:27:50,760 --> 00:27:56,960
Speaker 1: don't shorthand that's how we doing shorthand. Let's move you

591
00:27:57,000 --> 00:28:02,440
Speaker 1: guys need some couples counseling to the a C where

592
00:28:02,480 --> 00:28:05,520
Speaker 1: the New England Patriots have clinched a first round by

593
00:28:05,600 --> 00:28:08,359
Speaker 1: for an NFL record fifth consecutive year. I almost fell

594
00:28:08,400 --> 00:28:10,960
Speaker 1: asleep reading that, since they did so with a seventeen

595
00:28:11,040 --> 00:28:15,320
Speaker 1: sixteen win over the New York Jets that MetLife Stadium. Uh,

596
00:28:15,359 --> 00:28:20,240
Speaker 1: this was a game where the Pats prevailed. Uh, even

597
00:28:20,280 --> 00:28:23,639
Speaker 1: though they managed just two thirty one yards of total offense.

598
00:28:23,720 --> 00:28:26,480
Speaker 1: Rex Ryan's defense did a great job in this game.

599
00:28:26,520 --> 00:28:29,480
Speaker 1: They Brady was harassed into four sacks and never really

600
00:28:29,520 --> 00:28:32,119
Speaker 1: got comfortable. Grant had a Touchdow but it really didn't

601
00:28:32,119 --> 00:28:35,560
Speaker 1: do much. Uh. And yet the Patriots did what they

602
00:28:35,600 --> 00:28:37,480
Speaker 1: did and you know when you won team's twelve and

603
00:28:37,560 --> 00:28:40,040
Speaker 1: three and the other teams three and twelve, if they

604
00:28:40,040 --> 00:28:41,480
Speaker 1: play a game, is gonna come down to a couple

605
00:28:41,480 --> 00:28:43,040
Speaker 1: of players, you can figure out how it's gonna go.

606
00:28:43,320 --> 00:28:45,360
Speaker 1: And that's what happened. And Greg, we're talking about this

607
00:28:45,400 --> 00:28:48,600
Speaker 1: downstairs with the Jets. Uh, you were making the case

608
00:28:48,680 --> 00:28:51,520
Speaker 1: that this Jets team, which is going to be either

609
00:28:51,600 --> 00:28:54,520
Speaker 1: three and thirteen or four and twelve, is not a

610
00:28:54,520 --> 00:28:56,280
Speaker 1: lot different than the eight and eight team. It's just

611
00:28:56,320 --> 00:28:58,680
Speaker 1: a matter of what happened in these type of games.

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00:28:58,680 --> 00:29:00,920
Speaker 1: That Jets got swept by the Pats this year by

613
00:29:00,920 --> 00:29:03,560
Speaker 1: a total of three points. They were much worse than

614
00:29:03,600 --> 00:29:06,479
Speaker 1: their record showed last year, and they're better than their

615
00:29:06,520 --> 00:29:10,240
Speaker 1: record shows this year. This is seven losses by one score.

616
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Speaker 1: The Calvin Pryor said it best. He said, we're the

617
00:29:13,080 --> 00:29:16,640
Speaker 1: best three and twelve team in NFL. Hiss something the best.

618
00:29:16,720 --> 00:29:18,840
Speaker 1: Put put that on your t shirt and wear that

619
00:29:18,880 --> 00:29:21,840
Speaker 1: around all offseason people hear story. They got blown out

620
00:29:21,840 --> 00:29:23,960
Speaker 1: more than any team in the NFL AE right. That's

621
00:29:23,960 --> 00:29:26,240
Speaker 1: my point is that they were never particularly good to

622
00:29:26,280 --> 00:29:28,760
Speaker 1: begin with. They were very lucky wins. There were two

623
00:29:28,840 --> 00:29:30,960
Speaker 1: six and ten wins, but the way it all broke down.

624
00:29:31,440 --> 00:29:34,520
Speaker 1: Uh yeah, And and Rex deserved better this game because

625
00:29:35,000 --> 00:29:37,240
Speaker 1: to be able to do that, I mean, they these guys,

626
00:29:37,280 --> 00:29:40,320
Speaker 1: the bargain basement cornerbacks that he's playing with, to be

627
00:29:40,360 --> 00:29:42,440
Speaker 1: able to coach up this team to keep them in it.

628
00:29:42,520 --> 00:29:47,240
Speaker 1: And Geno Smith, um, Geno Smith, the genal coaster goes on,

629
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Speaker 1: hopefully not too much longer. I'm sick of talking about

630
00:29:49,400 --> 00:29:51,600
Speaker 1: one more game maybe, but he didn't play terribly in

631
00:29:51,640 --> 00:29:53,680
Speaker 1: this game. But what what kills you with Geno Smith,

632
00:29:53,680 --> 00:29:55,800
Speaker 1: as it always does, is that he makes two, two

633
00:29:55,880 --> 00:29:57,800
Speaker 1: or three big mistakes a game. And when your team

634
00:29:57,800 --> 00:30:00,640
Speaker 1: doesn't have a lot of firepower, that that that does it.

635
00:30:00,760 --> 00:30:03,320
Speaker 1: That usually does you in He had an interception in

636
00:30:03,360 --> 00:30:05,400
Speaker 1: the third quarter that led to the go ahead touchdown

637
00:30:05,480 --> 00:30:08,200
Speaker 1: for the Patriots. And then in the fourth quarter, Uh,

638
00:30:08,240 --> 00:30:10,840
Speaker 1: they had a chance to kick a field goal, uh

639
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Speaker 1: to take the lead, and he takes a ten yards

640
00:30:13,520 --> 00:30:15,719
Speaker 1: sack that makes a forty three yard or fifty two

641
00:30:15,840 --> 00:30:18,160
Speaker 1: yard or and they missed the kick and that was it.

642
00:30:18,240 --> 00:30:20,720
Speaker 1: But Dan, I mean a year ago, at this time,

643
00:30:20,920 --> 00:30:23,680
Speaker 1: we were a week away from the eight and eight Jets,

644
00:30:24,000 --> 00:30:26,440
Speaker 1: you know, crying over themselves in the locker room and

645
00:30:26,680 --> 00:30:29,480
Speaker 1: Woody Johnson announcing that Rex Ryan to be back, and

646
00:30:29,480 --> 00:30:31,760
Speaker 1: it was this, you know, sweet moment, but you have

647
00:30:31,920 --> 00:30:34,959
Speaker 1: to be almost thankful that the floor is just falling

648
00:30:34,960 --> 00:30:37,360
Speaker 1: out because you need the GM to go along with

649
00:30:37,440 --> 00:30:40,800
Speaker 1: the coach. Well, yes, I mean what happened last week's

650
00:30:40,800 --> 00:30:43,600
Speaker 1: seventeen was a product of how much those players love

651
00:30:43,640 --> 00:30:45,680
Speaker 1: the Rex. So I don't even like look at that

652
00:30:45,720 --> 00:30:47,840
Speaker 1: as like an embarrassing moment. The franchise is through. Rex

653
00:30:47,920 --> 00:30:51,440
Speaker 1: is just beloved by everyone he coaches. But yeah, it's

654
00:30:51,480 --> 00:30:54,280
Speaker 1: time now. Greg said this was the last season by

655
00:30:54,320 --> 00:30:56,440
Speaker 1: holding on to Ryan. I kind of disagree. I thought

656
00:30:56,800 --> 00:30:59,360
Speaker 1: this was a John Iszwig joint that ruined this season,

657
00:30:59,400 --> 00:31:01,880
Speaker 1: as in a bellow to put together a real let's

658
00:31:01,880 --> 00:31:04,840
Speaker 1: see if he's still around next year, then you want Well,

659
00:31:05,320 --> 00:31:07,440
Speaker 1: I don't think he'll be around. This game is just

660
00:31:07,520 --> 00:31:10,440
Speaker 1: more evidence that the Jets are gonna lose Rex Ryan

661
00:31:10,480 --> 00:31:11,920
Speaker 1: and someone else is going to get a great coach.

662
00:31:12,400 --> 00:31:13,560
Speaker 1: I don't know if I don't know if he's a

663
00:31:13,640 --> 00:31:16,200
Speaker 1: great head coach, but he we know he's one of

664
00:31:16,200 --> 00:31:18,160
Speaker 1: the best defensive minds in the NFL. Do you think

665
00:31:18,200 --> 00:31:20,600
Speaker 1: that sometimes like I feel with Rex Ryan, I couldn't

666
00:31:20,600 --> 00:31:23,240
Speaker 1: agree more and someone someone's gonna get a good head coach,

667
00:31:23,320 --> 00:31:25,840
Speaker 1: I think sooner than later. But that is the thing

668
00:31:25,880 --> 00:31:28,200
Speaker 1: with New York came to an end right, But he

669
00:31:28,240 --> 00:31:30,840
Speaker 1: has he has no He has no clue about half

670
00:31:30,840 --> 00:31:34,440
Speaker 1: of the sport and the more important Fox No not

671
00:31:34,440 --> 00:31:36,520
Speaker 1: necessarily doesn't mean he can't be in the right situation

672
00:31:36,560 --> 00:31:38,600
Speaker 1: be an okay head coach. But not only does he

673
00:31:38,640 --> 00:31:40,840
Speaker 1: not have any clue, he's bad at hiring the right

674
00:31:40,880 --> 00:31:42,800
Speaker 1: people to put in place, and then he doesn't interfere

675
00:31:42,840 --> 00:31:44,479
Speaker 1: with them at all. So that's that's a problem from

676
00:31:44,560 --> 00:31:46,560
Speaker 1: my franchise quarter I was gonna say, Fox is the

677
00:31:46,600 --> 00:31:49,800
Speaker 1: perfect example why Rex can be a star head coach

678
00:31:49,840 --> 00:31:51,720
Speaker 1: in the future and be a super Bowl winning head coach.

679
00:31:51,880 --> 00:31:54,280
Speaker 1: You just gotta put him in that spot where a

680
00:31:54,360 --> 00:31:57,720
Speaker 1: veteran quarterback that's an All Pro can lead the way

681
00:31:57,760 --> 00:31:59,680
Speaker 1: on that side and you can not worry about that.

682
00:31:59,760 --> 00:32:04,920
Speaker 1: Let Rex coach them up on date with Jimmy Clawson

683
00:32:05,040 --> 00:32:07,400
Speaker 1: is his quarterback before going to Denver not too well,

684
00:32:07,440 --> 00:32:09,560
Speaker 1: by the way, before we move on from this gaming,

685
00:32:09,600 --> 00:32:14,720
Speaker 1: I know you guys think I'm gonna you know, but

686
00:32:16,480 --> 00:32:18,920
Speaker 1: let's guess what guys gonna say. We gotta give me

687
00:32:19,640 --> 00:32:24,000
Speaker 1: some credit here five straight years, is that the Bills

688
00:32:24,040 --> 00:32:25,959
Speaker 1: can go into New England and right, No, no, no,

689
00:32:26,000 --> 00:32:28,320
Speaker 1: it's not that either. I like to look at what's

690
00:32:28,320 --> 00:32:31,960
Speaker 1: actually happening based on then rather than just results. And okay,

691
00:32:32,000 --> 00:32:35,680
Speaker 1: they're the Patriots. Assume they win. Their offense usually ends

692
00:32:35,680 --> 00:32:38,840
Speaker 1: the season peaking. I don't think there's any denying that

693
00:32:38,920 --> 00:32:41,440
Speaker 1: the last five weeks they haven't played four weeks, they

694
00:32:41,440 --> 00:32:43,800
Speaker 1: haven't played particularly well in offense. They didn't in Green Bay,

695
00:32:43,960 --> 00:32:47,000
Speaker 1: they did in San Diego, they were dominated for a half.

696
00:32:47,000 --> 00:32:49,040
Speaker 1: In Miami, they had one good half and then they

697
00:32:49,080 --> 00:32:51,160
Speaker 1: got out gained. Here in New York. It's a team

698
00:32:51,200 --> 00:32:53,880
Speaker 1: that always peaks late, and their offense really hasn't played

699
00:32:53,960 --> 00:32:57,080
Speaker 1: very well. From what I'm saying, go drop a forty

700
00:32:57,080 --> 00:32:59,200
Speaker 1: to seven nuclear bomb on the building. I don't care

701
00:32:59,240 --> 00:33:01,000
Speaker 1: about the Bills that those game didn't I didn't even

702
00:33:01,000 --> 00:33:02,760
Speaker 1: watch this game because this game didn't matter. They could

703
00:33:02,800 --> 00:33:06,440
Speaker 1: lose when it doesn't matter. The playoffs matter. But it's

704
00:33:06,480 --> 00:33:08,040
Speaker 1: not a good sign they're not playing well. Down to

705
00:33:08,280 --> 00:33:10,920
Speaker 1: raise that point without telling us why you think they're struggling.

706
00:33:11,600 --> 00:33:15,640
Speaker 1: Their offensive line isn't playing particularly well, and I still

707
00:33:15,680 --> 00:33:18,000
Speaker 1: think it's a team that struggles to make big plays.

708
00:33:18,040 --> 00:33:20,920
Speaker 1: It's all on Gronk so much that that's it's tough

709
00:33:20,960 --> 00:33:24,160
Speaker 1: to count on that week after Eddleman wasn't in the line.

710
00:33:25,680 --> 00:33:28,320
Speaker 1: It's a condensed offense, you know. And if they're not

711
00:33:28,360 --> 00:33:30,520
Speaker 1: protecting Brady like like you saw today, a team like

712
00:33:30,560 --> 00:33:33,880
Speaker 1: the Jets canal gain you. That's all right. You don't

713
00:33:33,880 --> 00:33:38,000
Speaker 1: think it defensive? I think note subtext is major reasons

714
00:33:38,040 --> 00:33:42,160
Speaker 1: for concern in New England. Some concerns, major reasons for

715
00:33:42,200 --> 00:33:45,920
Speaker 1: concern on your thirteen and three team five straight years.

716
00:33:45,920 --> 00:33:54,920
Speaker 1: Thought the bye that's insane there. The Baltimore Ravens came

717
00:33:54,960 --> 00:33:57,640
Speaker 1: into Sunday's game against the Texans with a clean and

718
00:33:57,720 --> 00:34:00,600
Speaker 1: clear playoffs scenario spell out went out and puncher ticket.

719
00:34:00,640 --> 00:34:05,160
Speaker 1: But they lose to the Texans in Houston. That complicates

720
00:34:05,160 --> 00:34:08,440
Speaker 1: the issue. Now we got to get another man on

721
00:34:08,480 --> 00:34:11,800
Speaker 1: the phone. He is Connor Or from his New Jersey

722
00:34:11,880 --> 00:34:16,239
Speaker 1: haunted mansion. How you doing, Connor? No, No, this is

723
00:34:16,280 --> 00:34:21,200
Speaker 1: not a good sign. Have Oh no, Connor, the ghosts

724
00:34:21,200 --> 00:34:27,640
Speaker 1: have taken over. Okay, all right, Well it's been abducted.

725
00:34:27,920 --> 00:34:30,560
Speaker 1: That's not a good sign. It's actually he tries to

726
00:34:30,560 --> 00:34:36,680
Speaker 1: get Connor. There is a paranoidal paranormal activity scenario. He's alive.

727
00:34:38,520 --> 00:34:41,160
Speaker 1: Do you need help? You gotta watch out. I told

728
00:34:41,200 --> 00:34:44,440
Speaker 1: you it's crazy here. Were you abducted? What? What was

729
00:34:44,480 --> 00:34:46,880
Speaker 1: going on? Maybe maybe this is us just starting some

730
00:34:46,920 --> 00:34:49,399
Speaker 1: sort of mystery that we play out over the whole

731
00:34:49,400 --> 00:34:52,520
Speaker 1: off season. Serious, that sounds really bad. I mean, you

732
00:34:52,520 --> 00:34:54,600
Speaker 1: guys are the ones that started this ghost thing. And

733
00:34:54,640 --> 00:34:57,040
Speaker 1: I've never had a drop call, and all of a sudden,

734
00:34:57,080 --> 00:35:00,520
Speaker 1: all time in the house, you know, connect the dots.

735
00:35:00,600 --> 00:35:04,319
Speaker 1: So Connor the Ravens. We've phraised the Ravens and being

736
00:35:04,600 --> 00:35:06,520
Speaker 1: as were one of the most balanced teams in the

737
00:35:06,520 --> 00:35:08,759
Speaker 1: a f C, how did they not take care of

738
00:35:08,800 --> 00:35:12,800
Speaker 1: business in this spot? I mean, you know, if you

739
00:35:12,880 --> 00:35:15,640
Speaker 1: lose both of your starting tackles, I mean, that's a

740
00:35:15,640 --> 00:35:17,800
Speaker 1: good way to start, and then you're playing J. J. Watt.

741
00:35:17,880 --> 00:35:19,920
Speaker 1: But I mean Romeo Crall had a hell of a

742
00:35:19,960 --> 00:35:21,919
Speaker 1: game plan. I mean, you know, he was taking away

743
00:35:21,920 --> 00:35:24,680
Speaker 1: all the throwing lanes. He was throwing zero blitzes at

744
00:35:24,680 --> 00:35:27,840
Speaker 1: Flacco all day and and Flacco just couldn't handle it.

745
00:35:27,960 --> 00:35:30,239
Speaker 1: And uh, you know, and then when you face case

746
00:35:30,320 --> 00:35:32,880
Speaker 1: Keenum the machine, I mean, you know things, things are

747
00:35:32,880 --> 00:35:35,560
Speaker 1: gonna happen. So that's that's that's how you got the

748
00:35:35,600 --> 00:35:38,640
Speaker 1: score you did today. You were loving watching Case Keenum.

749
00:35:38,640 --> 00:35:41,200
Speaker 1: Tell us about how a guy looked after just joining

750
00:35:41,239 --> 00:35:45,520
Speaker 1: the team earlier this week. It was stunning. I mean,

751
00:35:45,560 --> 00:35:48,799
Speaker 1: he was hunting on Monday, I think, like last week,

752
00:35:48,840 --> 00:35:50,960
Speaker 1: and then uh, and then all of a sudden they

753
00:35:51,280 --> 00:35:54,480
Speaker 1: called forty two pass plays, you know, and uh, I

754
00:35:54,480 --> 00:35:56,919
Speaker 1: mean it was great. I thought, you know, the game

755
00:35:56,920 --> 00:35:59,879
Speaker 1: plan Bill O'Brien was letting him throw deep up six

756
00:36:00,040 --> 00:36:02,440
Speaker 1: teen with forty five seconds left in the half. I mean,

757
00:36:02,480 --> 00:36:06,080
Speaker 1: there was just no concern, you know, for Convention. I

758
00:36:06,120 --> 00:36:09,279
Speaker 1: think they you know, he wasn't spectacular, but I mean

759
00:36:09,280 --> 00:36:11,120
Speaker 1: he didn't make a ton of mistakes, and I think

760
00:36:11,160 --> 00:36:14,680
Speaker 1: that's really all they needed, was as bad as he was,

761
00:36:14,920 --> 00:36:17,080
Speaker 1: because when you're Bill O'Brien, you just gotta let your

762
00:36:17,120 --> 00:36:21,200
Speaker 1: Case Keenum flag fly. Connor doesn't know, but Chris Wesleyan

763
00:36:21,360 --> 00:36:24,440
Speaker 1: was the biggest then really only Case Kim fan in

764
00:36:24,480 --> 00:36:28,000
Speaker 1: the nation last year until I realized he couldn't handle it. Blit.

765
00:36:28,120 --> 00:36:30,840
Speaker 1: There was a time where West will just be rumbling

766
00:36:30,840 --> 00:36:32,919
Speaker 1: on this bandwagon all by himself, and it almost looked

767
00:36:32,920 --> 00:36:35,360
Speaker 1: like one of those ghost wagons from the Old West.

768
00:36:36,160 --> 00:36:39,080
Speaker 1: By the way, Connor was not joking, by the way, uh,

769
00:36:39,400 --> 00:36:41,359
Speaker 1: Case Keenum said after the game today that he was

770
00:36:41,600 --> 00:36:43,560
Speaker 1: last week this time he was sitting in a tree.

771
00:36:44,040 --> 00:36:46,360
Speaker 1: I guess waiting to shoot some animals death. I don't know.

772
00:36:46,600 --> 00:36:48,040
Speaker 1: I guess that's what they're doing. What else would you

773
00:36:48,040 --> 00:36:49,400
Speaker 1: do if your case no, no no, I never got the

774
00:36:49,400 --> 00:36:51,640
Speaker 1: whole hunting thing. He's from Texas. I mean, none of

775
00:36:51,680 --> 00:36:54,120
Speaker 1: these guys are great quotabacks, But how does Ryan Literley

776
00:36:54,160 --> 00:36:56,080
Speaker 1: have a job at NFL and Case Keenum does not?

777
00:36:56,320 --> 00:36:59,520
Speaker 1: Case at least has good body language. He liked the

778
00:36:59,600 --> 00:37:02,480
Speaker 1: body English. But I don't think a quarterback with case

779
00:37:02,560 --> 00:37:04,680
Speaker 1: Keenum's arm is ever going to play for Bruce Arians.

780
00:37:05,000 --> 00:37:08,080
Speaker 1: M hmm, right enough, So what else did you take

781
00:37:08,080 --> 00:37:11,120
Speaker 1: out of this game? Connor? Well, I mean, you know,

782
00:37:11,719 --> 00:37:13,840
Speaker 1: I just can't. For someone who has been in the

783
00:37:13,920 --> 00:37:16,200
Speaker 1: league as long as flack oh is, I was stunned

784
00:37:16,239 --> 00:37:18,919
Speaker 1: at how poorly he handled zero blitzes like we could

785
00:37:18,920 --> 00:37:21,360
Speaker 1: talked about before. But but also I was stunned it

786
00:37:22,120 --> 00:37:24,720
Speaker 1: took Gary Kubiak so long to just call a screen

787
00:37:24,880 --> 00:37:26,839
Speaker 1: to sort of alleviate the pressure, and he ended up

788
00:37:26,840 --> 00:37:30,319
Speaker 1: scoring on that that that second touchdown the Tory Smith. Um,

789
00:37:30,440 --> 00:37:32,319
Speaker 1: but I mean, you know, you wait until the fourth

790
00:37:32,400 --> 00:37:34,480
Speaker 1: quarter to make that calls a little confusing to me.

791
00:37:34,640 --> 00:37:37,080
Speaker 1: But I think the Ravens did this to themselves. I

792
00:37:37,080 --> 00:37:39,359
Speaker 1: mean that the game was wide open. Case Keenum wasn't

793
00:37:39,440 --> 00:37:42,920
Speaker 1: driving them to touchdown necessarily Arian Foster through a touchdown

794
00:37:42,920 --> 00:37:46,080
Speaker 1: past so um, you know, this was a game that

795
00:37:46,160 --> 00:37:48,600
Speaker 1: the Ravens could. They could have beat Case Keenum and

796
00:37:48,680 --> 00:37:51,000
Speaker 1: Johnny Manzel and walked into the playoffs. And now they're

797
00:37:51,040 --> 00:37:52,480
Speaker 1: not gonna be able to do that. You know what's

798
00:37:52,520 --> 00:37:55,920
Speaker 1: scarier than the mansion that you're in right now is

799
00:37:56,160 --> 00:37:58,600
Speaker 1: the fact that we talked to our NFL numbers people

800
00:37:58,640 --> 00:38:02,440
Speaker 1: downstairs bring the music up, and they basically said that

801
00:38:02,480 --> 00:38:05,280
Speaker 1: there is still a mathematical chance it's very much alive

802
00:38:05,320 --> 00:38:08,799
Speaker 1: that the Bengals in Texans could play a first round

803
00:38:08,800 --> 00:38:11,520
Speaker 1: playoff game. That's right, I mean, the Texans are alive.

804
00:38:11,680 --> 00:38:15,080
Speaker 1: This is ultimate nightmare. No, that's that would be great

805
00:38:15,760 --> 00:38:18,799
Speaker 1: love when there though you have not been a Texans fan,

806
00:38:18,880 --> 00:38:22,080
Speaker 1: this year. Have nothing against the Texas, Well, you have

807
00:38:22,120 --> 00:38:24,400
Speaker 1: not been You've never taken him seriously, right, because they

808
00:38:24,440 --> 00:38:26,640
Speaker 1: haven't beaten any good teams until today. All they gotta

809
00:38:26,680 --> 00:38:28,760
Speaker 1: do they need to win. They need a Charger's loss,

810
00:38:28,760 --> 00:38:30,719
Speaker 1: and they need a Ravens loss next week, and the

811
00:38:30,840 --> 00:38:34,239
Speaker 1: Texans could get the Ravens who blew this chance now

812
00:38:34,360 --> 00:38:36,640
Speaker 1: need the Chargers to lose next week. They need to

813
00:38:36,680 --> 00:38:38,799
Speaker 1: win and that's what would get him in And talk

814
00:38:38,840 --> 00:38:42,840
Speaker 1: about what about Gary Kubiak. Not only does he get fired,

815
00:38:43,000 --> 00:38:45,080
Speaker 1: but he comes back in with the better team and

816
00:38:45,120 --> 00:38:47,239
Speaker 1: thinks he's the offensive coordinator of the year and he

817
00:38:47,280 --> 00:38:49,840
Speaker 1: walks in there and they're running game, just gets stuffed

818
00:38:49,880 --> 00:38:52,279
Speaker 1: and they get sent out of there by Billy O'Brien.

819
00:38:52,560 --> 00:38:55,480
Speaker 1: The moment was too big by Billy O'Brien. I know

820
00:38:55,560 --> 00:38:57,359
Speaker 1: Bruce arians is going to Coach of the Year. Nice

821
00:38:57,360 --> 00:39:00,520
Speaker 1: little year for Billy O'Brien comes in. This team is

822
00:39:00,560 --> 00:39:02,759
Speaker 1: in the mix in week seventeen and not a lot

823
00:39:02,760 --> 00:39:04,160
Speaker 1: of people have picked this team to do anything. With

824
00:39:04,200 --> 00:39:07,239
Speaker 1: Ryan Fitzpatrick at quarterback. Uh Connor. By the way, this

825
00:39:07,280 --> 00:39:10,360
Speaker 1: team is still in playoff contention is stunning. Yeah, without

826
00:39:10,360 --> 00:39:13,000
Speaker 1: their first round draft pick even I mean, it's it's ridiculous,

827
00:39:13,040 --> 00:39:16,000
Speaker 1: but yeah, that's definitely a credit to him in Romeo. Connor,

828
00:39:16,040 --> 00:39:18,319
Speaker 1: by the way, UM, I do want to mention that

829
00:39:18,400 --> 00:39:21,279
Speaker 1: you actually you know what. We'll get to that another way.

830
00:39:21,280 --> 00:39:23,280
Speaker 1: I'm gonna tease this. I I have a big connor

831
00:39:23,360 --> 00:39:26,040
Speaker 1: Or bomb to drop, but I'm not ready to drop

832
00:39:26,080 --> 00:39:27,759
Speaker 1: it yet. I need to be prepared TD and I

833
00:39:27,760 --> 00:39:30,760
Speaker 1: have to talk about this nation by Connor or news.

834
00:39:31,840 --> 00:39:34,799
Speaker 1: I thought Greg put the kibosh on bomb dropping. Uh

835
00:39:34,840 --> 00:39:37,319
Speaker 1: did you well? This one? This one should count. This

836
00:39:37,360 --> 00:39:41,680
Speaker 1: one is a special one. Alright, Alright Connor, thank you buddy.

837
00:39:41,800 --> 00:39:47,400
Speaker 1: Have a happy holiday seas. Alright. So the Ravens losses

838
00:39:47,480 --> 00:39:50,839
Speaker 1: particularly damaging because of what happened on Saturday. The San

839
00:39:50,880 --> 00:39:55,480
Speaker 1: Diego Chargers overcame a one deficit and a franchise record

840
00:39:55,480 --> 00:39:58,520
Speaker 1: three and fifty five rushing yards by the Niners in

841
00:39:58,600 --> 00:40:02,320
Speaker 1: a wild thirty eight thirty five win in overtime. Chris Wesley,

842
00:40:02,800 --> 00:40:05,560
Speaker 1: you watched this one from the office and finally hit

843
00:40:05,640 --> 00:40:07,920
Speaker 1: long last fell in love with the team around the

844
00:40:08,040 --> 00:40:13,319
Speaker 1: NFL what it was one of the wackiest games I've

845
00:40:13,320 --> 00:40:16,040
Speaker 1: ever seen, though, I don't know if I've ever seen

846
00:40:16,080 --> 00:40:20,960
Speaker 1: a team just completely dominated to the point that the

847
00:40:21,040 --> 00:40:23,640
Speaker 1: Charges were missing tackles all over the field. They gave

848
00:40:23,680 --> 00:40:27,640
Speaker 1: up three rushing yards and win the game because the

849
00:40:27,719 --> 00:40:30,240
Speaker 1: Chargers trusted their quarterback to make plays from the pocket

850
00:40:30,280 --> 00:40:33,040
Speaker 1: and the forty Niners didn't. Well, there was a lot

851
00:40:33,080 --> 00:40:36,280
Speaker 1: of other reasons. Well down the stretch, the forty Niners

852
00:40:36,280 --> 00:40:39,200
Speaker 1: are playing not to lose, and Colin Kaepernick ran out

853
00:40:39,200 --> 00:40:41,520
Speaker 1: of bounds in a four minute drill. What a terrible

854
00:40:41,600 --> 00:40:44,080
Speaker 1: play call that was. His game management skills have been

855
00:40:44,080 --> 00:40:46,319
Speaker 1: awful all year. He called so many time outs when

856
00:40:46,320 --> 00:40:48,880
Speaker 1: the clock's running down that was crazy. There were so

857
00:40:48,920 --> 00:40:53,360
Speaker 1: many times this was the most miraculous result of the season.

858
00:40:53,440 --> 00:40:54,680
Speaker 1: I think I don't know if it was the best

859
00:40:54,719 --> 00:40:57,239
Speaker 1: game of the season, but I think it was the

860
00:40:57,280 --> 00:41:01,719
Speaker 1: most exciting, improbable finish of the season. I think this

861
00:41:01,800 --> 00:41:03,759
Speaker 1: is number one. What was it crazier than this? It

862
00:41:03,800 --> 00:41:05,879
Speaker 1: was an incredible game. Well, how often do you tell

863
00:41:06,000 --> 00:41:09,240
Speaker 1: someone the forty Niners rush for three hundred and fifty

864
00:41:09,320 --> 00:41:12,120
Speaker 1: five yards, but they're not gonna win this game. There

865
00:41:12,200 --> 00:41:15,520
Speaker 1: was a sequence in the third quarter where it looked

866
00:41:15,560 --> 00:41:19,520
Speaker 1: like the forty Niners scored a touchdown to go up

867
00:41:20,080 --> 00:41:23,759
Speaker 1: three touchdowns. It was called back by penalty. The very

868
00:41:23,800 --> 00:41:27,640
Speaker 1: next play, Kaepernick fumbled the ball and the Chargers scored

869
00:41:27,680 --> 00:41:30,200
Speaker 1: a touchdown. I mean, the Chargers, the forty niners had

870
00:41:30,239 --> 00:41:32,240
Speaker 1: so many chances to win, but the Chargers were also

871
00:41:32,440 --> 00:41:34,680
Speaker 1: very lucky. But they're also very good to fourth downs.

872
00:41:34,680 --> 00:41:36,560
Speaker 1: With the season on the line, they hit him both

873
00:41:36,719 --> 00:41:38,719
Speaker 1: Eddie Royal with a diving catch. I mean, that's pretty cool.

874
00:41:38,760 --> 00:41:41,640
Speaker 1: I give Rivers credit in the fourth quarter with those

875
00:41:41,680 --> 00:41:44,200
Speaker 1: two touchdown drives. He's leaning on Ronnie Brown, who was

876
00:41:44,239 --> 00:41:47,040
Speaker 1: out of the league a few weeks ago, and Darnell Inman,

877
00:41:47,440 --> 00:41:49,719
Speaker 1: an undrafted rookie who hadn't caught a pass all year

878
00:41:49,760 --> 00:41:51,920
Speaker 1: before today's before that game, and he's doing it with

879
00:41:51,920 --> 00:41:54,400
Speaker 1: a bulging disc in his back. He had some broken

880
00:41:54,480 --> 00:41:56,520
Speaker 1: ribs earlier. It was pretty I mean, it was pretty

881
00:41:56,520 --> 00:41:59,160
Speaker 1: classic if you were a Chargers fan. Obviously, now you

882
00:41:59,239 --> 00:42:01,640
Speaker 1: really want this week, but that was that was just

883
00:42:01,680 --> 00:42:03,799
Speaker 1: a game to remember. Talking about a guy who played

884
00:42:03,800 --> 00:42:06,200
Speaker 1: through an a c L tear, but of course he's

885
00:42:06,200 --> 00:42:08,000
Speaker 1: gonna play with a back edentry. Well, we're also talking

886
00:42:08,000 --> 00:42:10,440
Speaker 1: about a guy. You know, three of us in here

887
00:42:10,480 --> 00:42:13,640
Speaker 1: have kids. He has seven children. I don't even know

888
00:42:13,760 --> 00:42:16,719
Speaker 1: how you can think straight when that's happening, much less

889
00:42:16,760 --> 00:42:19,320
Speaker 1: go out and you know, orchestrate a killer fourth quarter

890
00:42:20,560 --> 00:42:23,080
Speaker 1: is a chance because I know he's well compensated, that

891
00:42:23,200 --> 00:42:25,759
Speaker 1: each of those children have their own nanny. So he's

892
00:42:25,760 --> 00:42:29,640
Speaker 1: not you're saying he's not cookings that you probably are

893
00:42:29,680 --> 00:42:32,600
Speaker 1: putting more sweat, equity and kids. Sometimes at the end

894
00:42:32,600 --> 00:42:34,560
Speaker 1: of a long day here at the office, cecler will

895
00:42:34,600 --> 00:42:36,880
Speaker 1: will get up and it'll turn down his laptop and

896
00:42:36,920 --> 00:42:38,480
Speaker 1: be like, all right, I gotta go home, and I

897
00:42:38,520 --> 00:42:40,359
Speaker 1: got a babe the kids and feed them and put

898
00:42:40,360 --> 00:42:42,560
Speaker 1: them to which I love to do. But seven, you're

899
00:42:42,560 --> 00:42:44,319
Speaker 1: like a camp counselor at that point, I don't know

900
00:42:44,320 --> 00:42:48,120
Speaker 1: what's happening. My parents had seven, right, Well, let us

901
00:42:48,160 --> 00:42:50,799
Speaker 1: inside what happened in the Westling House on a daily basis. Well,

902
00:42:50,800 --> 00:42:53,040
Speaker 1: my mom was to stay at home mom until the

903
00:42:53,120 --> 00:42:55,919
Speaker 1: youngest was I think out of grade school. But yeah,

904
00:42:55,920 --> 00:42:57,719
Speaker 1: she was there every day. She would lock the doors

905
00:42:57,719 --> 00:42:59,960
Speaker 1: in the summertime and not let us around. We'd have

906
00:43:00,000 --> 00:43:03,560
Speaker 1: to go outside and play for basically all day. Well,

907
00:43:03,560 --> 00:43:05,880
Speaker 1: we call back, we come back inside for kool aiding crackers,

908
00:43:05,960 --> 00:43:09,480
Speaker 1: right around noon, but then we did. It's a good

909
00:43:09,480 --> 00:43:11,759
Speaker 1: strategy to go outside and play baseball the rest of

910
00:43:11,760 --> 00:43:13,759
Speaker 1: the day. Would you all return? Would there always be

911
00:43:13,800 --> 00:43:16,040
Speaker 1: seven that came back each We always came back, and

912
00:43:16,560 --> 00:43:18,920
Speaker 1: maybe with neighborhood kids in tow, but yeah, we always

913
00:43:18,920 --> 00:43:21,799
Speaker 1: came back. That was a charming little look into West

914
00:43:21,960 --> 00:43:27,040
Speaker 1: childhood kool Aiden crackers that would keep me coming home.

915
00:43:27,960 --> 00:43:30,720
Speaker 1: But that's that's not an untrue story. She locked the doors.

916
00:43:31,000 --> 00:43:34,360
Speaker 1: We were not allowed in the house. Do we feel guilty?

917
00:43:34,360 --> 00:43:36,600
Speaker 1: By the way, none of us even picked the Chargers

918
00:43:39,360 --> 00:43:41,640
Speaker 1: falling apart. I picked him last week and they burned me,

919
00:43:41,680 --> 00:43:43,440
Speaker 1: and then I had him this week. I switched off

920
00:43:43,440 --> 00:43:46,279
Speaker 1: them active cowardice. I thought Rivers was more hurt than

921
00:43:46,400 --> 00:43:51,480
Speaker 1: than it turned out. But let's give him credit. And

922
00:43:51,520 --> 00:43:53,680
Speaker 1: by the way, this has been a rough team of

923
00:43:53,680 --> 00:43:56,279
Speaker 1: a t L season. But this game, to me kind

924
00:43:56,280 --> 00:43:59,040
Speaker 1: of in a lot of ways justifies our decision. This

925
00:43:59,120 --> 00:44:00,960
Speaker 1: is a fun team. They don't quit or in the

926
00:44:01,000 --> 00:44:03,120
Speaker 1: playoff mix, we could have done a lot worse than

927
00:44:03,160 --> 00:44:04,920
Speaker 1: the Charge Well, what more could we have asked for?

928
00:44:05,000 --> 00:44:07,920
Speaker 1: We didn't want a super Bowl bound team with no drama.

929
00:44:08,040 --> 00:44:10,560
Speaker 1: It's you knew that this was gonna be a wild

930
00:44:10,560 --> 00:44:12,200
Speaker 1: card test, and I think we'd want a team that

931
00:44:12,239 --> 00:44:14,040
Speaker 1: had a Wayne record. Since we picked them and they

932
00:44:14,040 --> 00:44:16,720
Speaker 1: don't have that, I forget that. Don't be such a downer.

933
00:44:16,920 --> 00:44:18,600
Speaker 1: Or we could have picked the Cardinals like we said

934
00:44:18,600 --> 00:44:20,160
Speaker 1: we should have, and then we would have been rooting

935
00:44:20,160 --> 00:44:22,719
Speaker 1: for Ryan Linley right now. No thanks, you picked the letter.

936
00:44:22,960 --> 00:44:25,279
Speaker 1: I gotta well come on. They were never a nice

937
00:44:25,280 --> 00:44:27,359
Speaker 1: fit though, but they You're right, you were right about them.

938
00:44:27,480 --> 00:44:29,719
Speaker 1: Uh t D. I got a ton of tweets, ton

939
00:44:29,719 --> 00:44:33,680
Speaker 1: of fire streets. Were talking about the San Diego Superchargers.

940
00:44:33,800 --> 00:44:41,600
Speaker 1: So let's let them rip a little bit. Super Charge, Sandy,

941
00:44:43,080 --> 00:44:48,880
Speaker 1: super Charges, keep it rolling. You're turning, Greg? Is that

942
00:44:49,000 --> 00:44:53,600
Speaker 1: all set up? Sup Charge? They said, chargers for each

943
00:44:53,640 --> 00:44:55,839
Speaker 1: time they fell on a fumble in a huge spot

944
00:44:55,880 --> 00:44:59,520
Speaker 1: in that game for a time. I'm just saying, it

945
00:44:59,600 --> 00:45:01,640
Speaker 1: was the most crazy fumble luck game I've ever that

946
00:45:01,760 --> 00:45:04,239
Speaker 1: just went past seven seconds this show. Now it was

947
00:45:04,320 --> 00:45:07,120
Speaker 1: four hundred and twenty thousand dollars to the city of Senior.

948
00:45:07,760 --> 00:45:09,960
Speaker 1: How about you know we're gonna talk about the tuck game.

949
00:45:10,000 --> 00:45:12,040
Speaker 1: Now we're gonna talk about lucky fumbles and all that stuff.

950
00:45:12,360 --> 00:45:14,560
Speaker 1: The heart wants what the heart wants. The reality is

951
00:45:14,680 --> 00:45:17,360
Speaker 1: none of us were two into it. Now you're quoting

952
00:45:17,400 --> 00:45:21,200
Speaker 1: Woody Allen. Sure he's a great American. Well, let's be careful.

953
00:45:21,640 --> 00:45:24,759
Speaker 1: He was talking about step daughter. That's the art, not

954
00:45:24,880 --> 00:45:28,239
Speaker 1: the artist. You know, we don't know these players. I

955
00:45:28,280 --> 00:45:33,879
Speaker 1: was wondering why Greg had that Bill Cosby plaque? Why

956
00:45:34,200 --> 00:45:37,000
Speaker 1: what's wrong with that? Just keeping it real and all right,

957
00:45:37,960 --> 00:45:41,440
Speaker 1: all right, let's move on. Greg has loved Bill Cosby.

958
00:45:43,360 --> 00:45:44,520
Speaker 1: I don't know where here. I don't know what his

959
00:45:44,600 --> 00:45:47,120
Speaker 1: stance is on Bill Cosby's career. Here's your chance, Greg,

960
00:45:47,360 --> 00:45:51,839
Speaker 1: I have no stance, and like Cosby pro Allen pro

961
00:45:52,040 --> 00:45:55,200
Speaker 1: Allen as an American. The Buffalo Bills were so close

962
00:45:55,280 --> 00:45:57,839
Speaker 1: to playing a meaningful Week seventeen game for the first

963
00:45:57,880 --> 00:45:59,520
Speaker 1: time in a long time. All they had to do

964
00:45:59,640 --> 00:46:02,640
Speaker 1: is beat the Raiders, but they failed. The Raiders knocked

965
00:46:02,680 --> 00:46:05,319
Speaker 1: the Bills out of the playoff picture with a win

966
00:46:05,400 --> 00:46:08,640
Speaker 1: at the black Hole mark. How could Buffalo fall flat

967
00:46:08,680 --> 00:46:11,920
Speaker 1: in the game of this importance? You know, they just

968
00:46:12,080 --> 00:46:14,759
Speaker 1: felt to me like they wanted to give this game

969
00:46:14,800 --> 00:46:20,560
Speaker 1: away from the beginning. Cal Orton starts, I am sorry,

970
00:46:20,680 --> 00:46:22,520
Speaker 1: that's That's just what it looked like. It was like,

971
00:46:23,680 --> 00:46:28,279
Speaker 1: how less urgent and motivated could you possibly be in

972
00:46:28,360 --> 00:46:31,200
Speaker 1: this game? I I thought that the Raiders looked like

973
00:46:31,280 --> 00:46:33,840
Speaker 1: the better team. You know, they're three, they're three and

974
00:46:33,920 --> 00:46:35,680
Speaker 1: two over the last five games, and they've been a

975
00:46:35,760 --> 00:46:38,480
Speaker 1: laughing stock in the the butt of jokes all year.

976
00:46:38,520 --> 00:46:40,480
Speaker 1: But they looked like they looked like the better football

977
00:46:40,520 --> 00:46:45,880
Speaker 1: team today with the better quarterback situation and Latavius Murray

978
00:46:46,640 --> 00:46:49,360
Speaker 1: best running back on the field today. Oakland's defense with

979
00:46:49,480 --> 00:46:53,400
Speaker 1: Khalil Mack very feisty. Khalil Mack was all over the place.

980
00:46:53,840 --> 00:46:57,720
Speaker 1: Bills could not run the football. Number one. Thirteen rushes

981
00:46:57,800 --> 00:47:00,960
Speaker 1: for thirteen yards. And when that happens to Buffalo and

982
00:47:01,040 --> 00:47:02,960
Speaker 1: you have to put it in Kyle Orton's hands, he

983
00:47:03,080 --> 00:47:06,239
Speaker 1: threw two killer picks. His stats are a bit out

984
00:47:06,320 --> 00:47:08,760
Speaker 1: of whack because he ended up with three nine yards

985
00:47:08,800 --> 00:47:11,200
Speaker 1: and they and they had a nice last minute drive

986
00:47:11,320 --> 00:47:14,600
Speaker 1: to get within up two points of this thing. But Buffalo,

987
00:47:14,719 --> 00:47:18,880
Speaker 1: to me, big big lost opportunity number one. And you

988
00:47:18,920 --> 00:47:21,360
Speaker 1: found out that when Marcel Darius was lost to injury,

989
00:47:21,800 --> 00:47:24,440
Speaker 1: they were not the same defense Oakland. Oakland suddenly had

990
00:47:24,480 --> 00:47:26,880
Speaker 1: its way running the ball in Oakland had a hundred

991
00:47:26,880 --> 00:47:28,600
Speaker 1: plus yards for the fourth time all year. They have

992
00:47:28,680 --> 00:47:30,960
Speaker 1: not been able to do that. It was a weird game.

993
00:47:31,560 --> 00:47:36,960
Speaker 1: Is Jake Cutler a good fit for this team? Well, no,

994
00:47:37,440 --> 00:47:38,960
Speaker 1: I don't think. I don't think he's a good fit

995
00:47:39,040 --> 00:47:41,640
Speaker 1: for any team unless the coaching staff there thinks they

996
00:47:41,680 --> 00:47:44,239
Speaker 1: can get inside his head. I agree, and I think

997
00:47:44,280 --> 00:47:47,000
Speaker 1: that the one thing I want to avoid is some

998
00:47:47,560 --> 00:47:50,200
Speaker 1: latching on of Jake Cutler. Sent him to the Titans,

999
00:47:50,280 --> 00:47:52,680
Speaker 1: That's where he should go. Anywhere else. It's like we're

1000
00:47:52,680 --> 00:47:55,200
Speaker 1: gonna have to spend all offseason talking about the re

1001
00:47:55,400 --> 00:47:58,800
Speaker 1: energized offense with Jake Cutler under center. Forget it. No,

1002
00:47:59,040 --> 00:48:01,040
Speaker 1: you don't bring Jake outoad to Buffalo. That sounds like

1003
00:48:01,040 --> 00:48:03,720
Speaker 1: a mega disaster to me. And what's your big takeaway

1004
00:48:03,800 --> 00:48:06,279
Speaker 1: this week? If you don't have a quarterback, you can't

1005
00:48:06,280 --> 00:48:07,800
Speaker 1: have nice things in the NFL. Well, And it was

1006
00:48:07,880 --> 00:48:10,320
Speaker 1: actually the Orton game that kind of because the Bills

1007
00:48:10,360 --> 00:48:13,840
Speaker 1: were a sneaky little wild card entry here potentially a

1008
00:48:13,920 --> 00:48:18,840
Speaker 1: disappointment to go to Oaklyn. Didn't have your season. You

1009
00:48:18,960 --> 00:48:21,400
Speaker 1: beat the Packers and then you lose to the Raiders,

1010
00:48:21,880 --> 00:48:23,959
Speaker 1: then they're one of those teams where their home field

1011
00:48:23,960 --> 00:48:27,120
Speaker 1: advantage is very very they were. They weren't good at

1012
00:48:27,160 --> 00:48:30,480
Speaker 1: home this year. Everyone defense, well, they wouldn't have won

1013
00:48:30,560 --> 00:48:33,480
Speaker 1: in that in Green Bay. They that's fair, but they didn't.

1014
00:48:33,480 --> 00:48:35,040
Speaker 1: They were good on the road for the most part.

1015
00:48:35,120 --> 00:48:37,240
Speaker 1: But this I think the margin for air is always

1016
00:48:37,280 --> 00:48:39,759
Speaker 1: going to be thin when Kyle Orton's your quarterback. Then again,

1017
00:48:39,840 --> 00:48:42,520
Speaker 1: a lot of teams go to the black hole to

1018
00:48:42,640 --> 00:48:48,040
Speaker 1: get executed. This year, Tony Tony Sperrado is ending seasons

1019
00:48:48,360 --> 00:48:50,719
Speaker 1: in the black hole. The Chiefs go in there, their

1020
00:48:50,760 --> 00:48:53,360
Speaker 1: whole season goes in a tailspin when they lose to

1021
00:48:53,400 --> 00:48:55,680
Speaker 1: the Raiders. The next one going in there pretty much

1022
00:48:55,800 --> 00:48:58,720
Speaker 1: ended the forty Niners hardbough era, and this one sending

1023
00:48:59,000 --> 00:49:03,000
Speaker 1: Bill's nation in today. And let's give Tony Sprno. Let's

1024
00:49:03,040 --> 00:49:05,719
Speaker 1: appreciate Tony Sprouno because we don't know. This could be

1025
00:49:05,800 --> 00:49:07,839
Speaker 1: the last time we see Tony Sprouno win a game

1026
00:49:08,239 --> 00:49:10,480
Speaker 1: as a head coach. So let's enjoy it. And we

1027
00:49:10,640 --> 00:49:13,760
Speaker 1: I think we have do we need to appreciate because

1028
00:49:13,800 --> 00:49:17,520
Speaker 1: Tony Sprauno is awesome. And I'll listen, appreciate it and listen,

1029
00:49:17,560 --> 00:49:19,960
Speaker 1: he came out here when nobody saw it would come

1030
00:49:19,960 --> 00:49:22,680
Speaker 1: out here and fight. Okay, nobody gave you that chance

1031
00:49:22,719 --> 00:49:27,480
Speaker 1: except the people in this rude right here on this rule. Okay,

1032
00:49:27,840 --> 00:49:29,800
Speaker 1: like the hell of a job. I'm proud of you, guys,

1033
00:49:30,040 --> 00:49:33,600
Speaker 1: I really am. I what a guy. How you're not rude?

1034
00:49:33,640 --> 00:49:36,680
Speaker 1: For I didn't I didn't know that microphone was there.

1035
00:49:36,680 --> 00:49:38,440
Speaker 1: When I was giving you guys that pregame, I was

1036
00:49:38,520 --> 00:49:41,560
Speaker 1: gonna say, how can we never get that? Isn't there

1037
00:49:41,600 --> 00:49:43,360
Speaker 1: some team and need him an offensive line coach that

1038
00:49:43,400 --> 00:49:45,239
Speaker 1: he can go do that? You know what what I say?

1039
00:49:45,360 --> 00:49:47,440
Speaker 1: He's a nice little win for Tony Sperno, he's a

1040
00:49:47,520 --> 00:49:50,560
Speaker 1: blue collar guy, horrible code. You wear sunglasses at all time.

1041
00:49:50,680 --> 00:49:53,239
Speaker 1: That's pretty cool. Nobody gave Cesler a chance to write

1042
00:49:53,280 --> 00:49:56,080
Speaker 1: two posts in twenty minutes right after the games ended,

1043
00:49:56,120 --> 00:50:00,200
Speaker 1: without any type, But he did it. I don't know that,

1044
00:50:00,440 --> 00:50:05,600
Speaker 1: but that was pretty good. Buried the ball. I'll miss

1045
00:50:05,800 --> 00:50:08,080
Speaker 1: I'll miss him because I like I like his fiery

1046
00:50:08,120 --> 00:50:12,040
Speaker 1: speeches and as demeanor. That's all Wes. I don't know.

1047
00:50:12,400 --> 00:50:15,120
Speaker 1: Maybe Mark Davis will go out with him after another

1048
00:50:15,200 --> 00:50:16,960
Speaker 1: win next week and just give him the job. I

1049
00:50:17,000 --> 00:50:19,200
Speaker 1: could see that appen then, You've got a Bay Area

1050
00:50:19,360 --> 00:50:23,239
Speaker 1: with Jim tom Sula and this guy running the two

1051
00:50:23,320 --> 00:50:25,440
Speaker 1: teams in the Bay are at nightmare. The Steelers are

1052
00:50:25,480 --> 00:50:28,040
Speaker 1: headed back to the playoffs after twenty twelve win over

1053
00:50:28,080 --> 00:50:31,520
Speaker 1: the Kansas City Chiefs at hines Field West. You've been

1054
00:50:31,600 --> 00:50:34,680
Speaker 1: high on the Steelers all year, down to Tony Sperano,

1055
00:50:34,760 --> 00:50:37,120
Speaker 1: but high in the Steelers. How encouraged are you that

1056
00:50:37,160 --> 00:50:39,760
Speaker 1: they seem to have gotten over that proclivity to shoot

1057
00:50:39,800 --> 00:50:42,480
Speaker 1: a revolver into their foot. I think Steelers are pretty

1058
00:50:42,480 --> 00:50:45,359
Speaker 1: good team, and I think if there's one new thing

1059
00:50:45,480 --> 00:50:48,520
Speaker 1: that they can take away from this game, it's that

1060
00:50:48,880 --> 00:50:51,920
Speaker 1: their defense is better than people thought and the secondary

1061
00:50:51,920 --> 00:50:54,680
Speaker 1: is still a problem. But James Harrison has been a

1062
00:50:54,760 --> 00:50:57,239
Speaker 1: revelation since he was signed off the street. He missed

1063
00:50:57,280 --> 00:50:59,400
Speaker 1: the last two games and then came back today and

1064
00:50:59,560 --> 00:51:01,960
Speaker 1: was the best defensive player on the field in a

1065
00:51:02,080 --> 00:51:05,080
Speaker 1: game which included the NFL sack leader Justin Houston. Well

1066
00:51:05,640 --> 00:51:08,080
Speaker 1: and who was he matched up against? Eric Fisher Chiefs

1067
00:51:08,160 --> 00:51:10,520
Speaker 1: tackle the whole the whole game a reminder that the

1068
00:51:10,600 --> 00:51:13,000
Speaker 1: number one picked from last year hasn't exactly been a

1069
00:51:13,960 --> 00:51:17,279
Speaker 1: Harrison was. Harrison was great. Lawrence Timmins had a great game.

1070
00:51:17,400 --> 00:51:20,440
Speaker 1: Jason World's had a good game. Cameron Heyward had a

1071
00:51:20,520 --> 00:51:23,120
Speaker 1: good game. The Steelers front seven showed up. We haven't

1072
00:51:23,160 --> 00:51:26,120
Speaker 1: seen anything out of this defense, not even one a

1073
00:51:26,200 --> 00:51:28,279
Speaker 1: game or two to get excited that maybe they're turning

1074
00:51:28,320 --> 00:51:30,839
Speaker 1: the corner. You're saying, this is that game. I'm saying

1075
00:51:30,880 --> 00:51:32,600
Speaker 1: if I was a Steelers fan, I would be very

1076
00:51:32,640 --> 00:51:35,960
Speaker 1: worried about my secondary. But if James Harrison and Timmins

1077
00:51:36,040 --> 00:51:38,920
Speaker 1: and Hayward and World's play like this on a week

1078
00:51:39,000 --> 00:51:40,960
Speaker 1: to week basis, you you're in better shape thing you

1079
00:51:41,000 --> 00:51:44,880
Speaker 1: thought you were a week ago. I like it. What

1080
00:51:45,080 --> 00:51:49,000
Speaker 1: a nosedive for the Chiefs. They were seven and three

1081
00:51:49,160 --> 00:51:51,320
Speaker 1: that that Raiders game, and I made a joke about it,

1082
00:51:51,400 --> 00:51:53,919
Speaker 1: but that really did mess up their whole season. Yeah,

1083
00:51:54,120 --> 00:51:57,239
Speaker 1: I think none of us are really stunned though that

1084
00:51:57,320 --> 00:51:58,879
Speaker 1: the chief sort of team that fell out of the mix.

1085
00:51:59,000 --> 00:52:00,840
Speaker 1: But if you're Kansas City, do you go into this

1086
00:52:00,920 --> 00:52:04,919
Speaker 1: offseason and say this the combination of Red and Alex Smith,

1087
00:52:05,040 --> 00:52:06,760
Speaker 1: we want to do this again for a third season,

1088
00:52:06,840 --> 00:52:08,000
Speaker 1: or do you have to start to look at the

1089
00:52:08,080 --> 00:52:10,200
Speaker 1: quarterback position. I mean it's not just Alex Smith. I

1090
00:52:10,280 --> 00:52:13,040
Speaker 1: know he's had. Alex Smith is is I think underappreciated.

1091
00:52:13,400 --> 00:52:16,440
Speaker 1: But what's the ceiling in Kansas City with this combination.

1092
00:52:17,080 --> 00:52:19,880
Speaker 1: It's a fair question. But they're not changing anything. I mean,

1093
00:52:19,960 --> 00:52:22,600
Speaker 1: he's he's their guy. I think you just need the

1094
00:52:22,680 --> 00:52:25,920
Speaker 1: defense to be dominant. You need more talent around Alex Smith,

1095
00:52:25,960 --> 00:52:30,279
Speaker 1: and that's your recipe. Weapons. They're not out of it either.

1096
00:52:30,360 --> 00:52:32,719
Speaker 1: We're talking like they're done. If they win next week,

1097
00:52:32,800 --> 00:52:35,439
Speaker 1: they need the Ravens to lose and the Texans to lose.

1098
00:52:35,640 --> 00:52:40,520
Speaker 1: It's very unlikely, but they are mathematically alive moving on

1099
00:52:41,840 --> 00:52:46,719
Speaker 1: Pittsburgh's Pittsburgh's win eliminated the Dolphins from playoff contention. They

1100
00:52:46,800 --> 00:52:49,640
Speaker 1: played anyway, and the rookie defensive end Terrence the Day

1101
00:52:50,239 --> 00:52:54,240
Speaker 1: I think that's his name, blocked upun for a safety

1102
00:52:54,360 --> 00:52:57,640
Speaker 1: with seconds remaining, propelling Miami to a thirty seven thirty

1103
00:52:57,680 --> 00:53:01,440
Speaker 1: five win over the Vikings. And the big news was

1104
00:53:01,520 --> 00:53:04,200
Speaker 1: after the game when Dolphins owner Stephen Ross and now

1105
00:53:04,239 --> 00:53:07,640
Speaker 1: it's Joe Fieldman will return in two thousand fifteen for

1106
00:53:07,680 --> 00:53:12,560
Speaker 1: the final year of his contract. Mark actually yawned and

1107
00:53:13,600 --> 00:53:17,040
Speaker 1: it was not on purpose. That was great and uh Wes,

1108
00:53:17,200 --> 00:53:18,760
Speaker 1: is this is the right move to keep Joe Filman

1109
00:53:18,800 --> 00:53:20,719
Speaker 1: of the building. I don't think any of us is

1110
00:53:20,800 --> 00:53:22,960
Speaker 1: excited that Joe Fildman is back, But I think if

1111
00:53:22,960 --> 00:53:26,160
Speaker 1: you're a Dolphins fan and you've watched Tannehill actually makes

1112
00:53:26,200 --> 00:53:28,680
Speaker 1: some strides this year, you have to be kind of

1113
00:53:28,800 --> 00:53:31,640
Speaker 1: happy that Bill Laser isn't going anywhere, and you don't

1114
00:53:31,680 --> 00:53:33,759
Speaker 1: want Tannehill starting over with the new offense. We talked

1115
00:53:33,760 --> 00:53:36,399
Speaker 1: about this in the last podcast, that this offense has

1116
00:53:36,440 --> 00:53:39,480
Speaker 1: really suited his strengths and he's not that dissimilar from

1117
00:53:39,480 --> 00:53:42,319
Speaker 1: the guy we just talked about Alex Smith. He getting

1118
00:53:42,320 --> 00:53:44,200
Speaker 1: it done with short passes. They don't do anything down

1119
00:53:44,239 --> 00:53:46,759
Speaker 1: the field. He's a really good athlete and a good scrambler.

1120
00:53:47,239 --> 00:53:50,200
Speaker 1: But I think that's kind of the question Mark Desk

1121
00:53:50,320 --> 00:53:52,480
Speaker 1: is fair. That's kind of puts a ceiling on what

1122
00:53:52,600 --> 00:53:54,359
Speaker 1: your team can do in a season. I think it's

1123
00:53:54,480 --> 00:53:56,560
Speaker 1: it's a it's a move not so much about the

1124
00:53:56,640 --> 00:53:59,880
Speaker 1: head coach, but you're right Tannehill in the consistency and

1125
00:54:00,040 --> 00:54:02,960
Speaker 1: don't want to put him into a whole new you know,

1126
00:54:03,160 --> 00:54:06,480
Speaker 1: retrigger the machine off season again and they've done good

1127
00:54:06,560 --> 00:54:08,719
Speaker 1: things under Laser, and there's reasons to look at every

1128
00:54:08,800 --> 00:54:11,680
Speaker 1: last year, everyone wanted Jason garrick On. In the year before,

1129
00:54:11,719 --> 00:54:14,200
Speaker 1: everyone Jason garrick On. It's a good point, but you

1130
00:54:14,239 --> 00:54:16,440
Speaker 1: know it's like, maybe you need these coaches and quarterbacks

1131
00:54:16,520 --> 00:54:18,640
Speaker 1: need a little bit more time than you know society

1132
00:54:18,719 --> 00:54:20,480
Speaker 1: is willing to give him number one. Well, the offense

1133
00:54:20,520 --> 00:54:24,080
Speaker 1: hasn't been the problem. The offense is overachieved, and the defense,

1134
00:54:24,160 --> 00:54:26,400
Speaker 1: which looked great for half the season's collapsed. And it

1135
00:54:26,440 --> 00:54:29,440
Speaker 1: wouldn't be shocking just because teams when they're stuck in

1136
00:54:29,520 --> 00:54:31,400
Speaker 1: this rut always feel like you have to make some

1137
00:54:31,640 --> 00:54:34,960
Speaker 1: change that maybe they get a new defensive coordinator instead

1138
00:54:34,960 --> 00:54:38,759
Speaker 1: of Kevin Coyle. Yeah. Back to Tannehill real quick. This

1139
00:54:38,920 --> 00:54:41,040
Speaker 1: is how bad it's been for Dolphins fans over the

1140
00:54:41,080 --> 00:54:45,680
Speaker 1: past two decades. He became the first quarterback and uh

1141
00:54:45,800 --> 00:54:48,839
Speaker 1: since Dan Marino to throw four touchdowns in the game Wow,

1142
00:54:49,640 --> 00:54:52,920
Speaker 1: and had the second most yards of his career with three. West.

1143
00:54:53,600 --> 00:54:57,680
Speaker 1: You're starting a franchise tomorrow, give you Teddy Bridgewater, Ryan Tannehill,

1144
00:54:57,680 --> 00:55:00,920
Speaker 1: will you take it? I I think I'm greg I

1145
00:55:01,040 --> 00:55:03,759
Speaker 1: noticed today. I don't know if he meant to make

1146
00:55:03,800 --> 00:55:06,120
Speaker 1: a bold statement, but he said he basically said I'm

1147
00:55:06,200 --> 00:55:09,080
Speaker 1: dumping Tannehill and go on in feed first with Bridgewater.

1148
00:55:09,200 --> 00:55:12,120
Speaker 1: Well him out say that there could be room for

1149
00:55:12,200 --> 00:55:14,960
Speaker 1: more than one quarterback. I think he made a statement

1150
00:55:15,040 --> 00:55:16,920
Speaker 1: that was similar to that that you are on. If

1151
00:55:17,000 --> 00:55:18,480
Speaker 1: you had to choose, you would take Bridge. Well, you

1152
00:55:18,560 --> 00:55:21,680
Speaker 1: said you said something about Bridgewater is when they were ahead,

1153
00:55:21,719 --> 00:55:23,719
Speaker 1: Bridgewaters taking care of your boys and dolphins, and I

1154
00:55:23,800 --> 00:55:28,080
Speaker 1: was saying, Bridgewaters, my boy. Bridgewater. I think the comparisons

1155
00:55:28,120 --> 00:55:29,920
Speaker 1: have been to Alex Smith and ay Dalt, and I

1156
00:55:29,960 --> 00:55:32,400
Speaker 1: think he's a much better passer than those guys. And

1157
00:55:32,840 --> 00:55:35,280
Speaker 1: I kind of agree with Greg. If I'm starting a franchise,

1158
00:55:35,280 --> 00:55:38,160
Speaker 1: I'd probably take Bridgewater over Tannehill. I think he does

1159
00:55:38,239 --> 00:55:41,279
Speaker 1: the game management type stuff better and he's better fundamentally.

1160
00:55:41,520 --> 00:55:43,480
Speaker 1: I don't I don't think he's a even though he's

1161
00:55:43,480 --> 00:55:45,600
Speaker 1: a rookie. I don't think he's a project like Tannehill is.

1162
00:55:45,680 --> 00:55:47,200
Speaker 1: I think he has a better chance to have to

1163
00:55:47,320 --> 00:55:50,560
Speaker 1: get to some sort of Drew Brees ish. Obviously that

1164
00:55:50,560 --> 00:55:53,479
Speaker 1: would be the highest I'm just saying, whatever, the best

1165
00:55:53,600 --> 00:55:57,280
Speaker 1: possible guy with some limitations is gonna be that wins

1166
00:55:57,320 --> 00:55:59,040
Speaker 1: from the neck up. You know, maybe he's that guy

1167
00:55:59,360 --> 00:56:02,640
Speaker 1: when Ian is lounging in the stable of boys as

1168
00:56:02,719 --> 00:56:06,520
Speaker 1: Lauren never Law. Yeah, the whole family is invited. Oh

1169
00:56:06,640 --> 00:56:12,120
Speaker 1: well the dogs too. Everyone can come over. It's a

1170
00:56:12,239 --> 00:56:14,680
Speaker 1: large stable. Gotta work on that. I gotta work. We

1171
00:56:14,719 --> 00:56:16,600
Speaker 1: gotta work on the cave of sadness. Sound effects to

1172
00:56:16,760 --> 00:56:19,920
Speaker 1: tod uh. The Odell Beckham Show rolled on on Sunday.

1173
00:56:19,960 --> 00:56:22,800
Speaker 1: The rookie phenom torched the Rams for eight catches for

1174
00:56:22,840 --> 00:56:25,000
Speaker 1: a hundred and forty eight yards and two touches and

1175
00:56:25,080 --> 00:56:28,120
Speaker 1: a thirty seven twenty seven win for the Giants at

1176
00:56:28,160 --> 00:56:33,279
Speaker 1: the Edward Ashley Olsen Dome. Eli Manning through for yards

1177
00:56:33,320 --> 00:56:36,799
Speaker 1: and three touchdowns and the Giants rolled over that once

1178
00:56:36,840 --> 00:56:40,480
Speaker 1: formidable Rams defense for five d fourteen total yards. What

1179
00:56:40,600 --> 00:56:43,120
Speaker 1: happened to that Rams defense? We were all excited about

1180
00:56:43,239 --> 00:56:45,520
Speaker 1: a couple of weeks ago, back to back shutouts. Now

1181
00:56:45,600 --> 00:56:47,920
Speaker 1: they get a half a thousand points dropped on them

1182
00:56:47,920 --> 00:56:51,840
Speaker 1: by the g men. That's what Odell Beckham does. O'Dell

1183
00:56:51,880 --> 00:56:54,759
Speaker 1: Beckham wins tight and fight it. You cannot anybody that

1184
00:56:54,960 --> 00:56:58,160
Speaker 1: is fighting. I've noticed that it's out of control, Like

1185
00:56:58,280 --> 00:57:00,080
Speaker 1: the hype, the way New York has embraced him and

1186
00:57:00,160 --> 00:57:02,680
Speaker 1: trying to make him a legend, but there's no fighting

1187
00:57:02,719 --> 00:57:05,640
Speaker 1: the productive legends. He has a thousand yards in the

1188
00:57:05,719 --> 00:57:08,120
Speaker 1: last eight games. It's amazing what he's doing. And there

1189
00:57:08,239 --> 00:57:10,560
Speaker 1: was a move, oh my god that that he put

1190
00:57:10,680 --> 00:57:14,920
Speaker 1: on uh McDonald uh not t J. I was the

1191
00:57:15,000 --> 00:57:18,080
Speaker 1: safety baron. He did a move that just broke his

1192
00:57:18,160 --> 00:57:21,480
Speaker 1: ankles and half like two compound fractures and just headed

1193
00:57:21,520 --> 00:57:23,960
Speaker 1: up the field and easily pulled in an eight yard touchdown.

1194
00:57:24,160 --> 00:57:25,880
Speaker 1: There's like an a d R touchdown every week with

1195
00:57:25,920 --> 00:57:29,640
Speaker 1: this guy, and yet Bessler's still yawning again, Mark now

1196
00:57:29,760 --> 00:57:33,760
Speaker 1: and now it feels rude. Yeah, I apologize. I look

1197
00:57:33,800 --> 00:57:39,160
Speaker 1: at the look at the box. If I were a fan, though,

1198
00:57:39,200 --> 00:57:41,360
Speaker 1: this is one of those days where you're just rolling

1199
00:57:41,440 --> 00:57:45,160
Speaker 1: because Eli Manning three hundred and ninety yards, Andrea Williams

1200
00:57:45,200 --> 00:57:47,040
Speaker 1: a hundred and ten, and not just Becka, but Ruben

1201
00:57:47,120 --> 00:57:49,280
Speaker 1: Randall also had a hundred and thirty two yards. Beckham

1202
00:57:49,320 --> 00:57:53,440
Speaker 1: reminds me of that that soliloquy that John Gruden had

1203
00:57:53,600 --> 00:57:56,600
Speaker 1: about Brett five about how everyone that worked for Brett five,

1204
00:57:56,680 --> 00:57:59,520
Speaker 1: Brett five was responsible for a wing in his house,

1205
00:58:00,360 --> 00:58:03,440
Speaker 1: and Bred five is responsible for this kid's college I mean,

1206
00:58:03,640 --> 00:58:06,440
Speaker 1: Odell Beckham is gonna be putting money in Eli Manning's pockets.

1207
00:58:06,640 --> 00:58:08,520
Speaker 1: He's gonna be putting money in my pocket with when

1208
00:58:08,640 --> 00:58:10,600
Speaker 1: my fantasy team wins this week and all the other

1209
00:58:10,680 --> 00:58:13,560
Speaker 1: fantasy teams, Beckham would making people money. How would you

1210
00:58:13,600 --> 00:58:15,480
Speaker 1: win money with your fantasy team? Well, you can't do that.

1211
00:58:15,560 --> 00:58:18,560
Speaker 1: But you knowed him out by the way. This is

1212
00:58:18,600 --> 00:58:20,880
Speaker 1: a big I call this conundrum week for Chris Westling.

1213
00:58:21,440 --> 00:58:23,680
Speaker 1: He's got Andy Dalton the Bengals. They gotta win a

1214
00:58:23,720 --> 00:58:26,560
Speaker 1: primetime game to get to the playoffs potentially so west

1215
00:58:26,600 --> 00:58:29,440
Speaker 1: can have his second Christmas. But he also knows he

1216
00:58:29,560 --> 00:58:32,280
Speaker 1: west has been on the record saying that he would

1217
00:58:32,360 --> 00:58:35,000
Speaker 1: never go to the Hall of Fame ever in his life.

1218
00:58:35,080 --> 00:58:37,240
Speaker 1: If Eli Manning ever went into the Hall of Fame,

1219
00:58:37,480 --> 00:58:40,440
Speaker 1: gotta bust. You know what, If Odell Beckham is as

1220
00:58:40,520 --> 00:58:44,440
Speaker 1: good as Chris Westling says, beck Beckham's gonna put Manning

1221
00:58:44,480 --> 00:58:46,160
Speaker 1: in the hall, That's what I'm saying. I don't have

1222
00:58:46,240 --> 00:58:48,120
Speaker 1: any doubt anymore that Eli Manning is going in the

1223
00:58:48,160 --> 00:58:50,000
Speaker 1: Hall of Fame and Odell Beckham is gonna put him there.

1224
00:58:50,200 --> 00:58:55,480
Speaker 1: Whoa Odell Beckham. Odell Beckham is going to be for

1225
00:58:55,600 --> 00:58:58,560
Speaker 1: quarterbacks what Randy Moss was when he gave Cal Pepper,

1226
00:58:58,640 --> 00:59:01,080
Speaker 1: Jeff George, Randy Cunningham, Ry Collins, all these guys the

1227
00:59:01,160 --> 00:59:03,920
Speaker 1: best seasons of the Tom Brady the best season of

1228
00:59:03,960 --> 00:59:07,200
Speaker 1: his career. But and not to devolve into another Eli conversation,

1229
00:59:07,280 --> 00:59:10,600
Speaker 1: but you can't just say because Beckham's there, he gets

1230
00:59:10,640 --> 00:59:13,840
Speaker 1: all the credit. Manning deserves credit for developing an instant

1231
00:59:13,880 --> 00:59:15,280
Speaker 1: report of the guy in and putting the ball in

1232
00:59:15,320 --> 00:59:18,120
Speaker 1: his hands. Manning is playing excellent football right now because

1233
00:59:18,160 --> 00:59:22,960
Speaker 1: he has Odell Beckham. Oh, come on. West got into

1234
00:59:23,000 --> 00:59:25,200
Speaker 1: a little argument about who the bead athlete is between

1235
00:59:25,240 --> 00:59:27,440
Speaker 1: od B Lebron and Christiero Nowado. I don't even know

1236
00:59:27,440 --> 00:59:31,560
Speaker 1: who the last guy was. He's kidding bottom by me

1237
00:59:31,640 --> 00:59:33,760
Speaker 1: and West disagreed and exactly what an athlete is. But

1238
00:59:33,920 --> 00:59:35,960
Speaker 1: I agree that od B is a freaking man. It's

1239
00:59:36,000 --> 00:59:38,720
Speaker 1: crazy to see a known quarterback produced Tom and Tom

1240
00:59:38,760 --> 00:59:41,920
Speaker 1: again with such flashy plays. I take from our producer

1241
00:59:42,040 --> 00:59:47,040
Speaker 1: TD like it, like it. It's not good. It's good.

1242
00:59:47,120 --> 00:59:50,120
Speaker 1: Let's move on. The Packers clinched the playoff spot and

1243
00:59:50,200 --> 00:59:52,760
Speaker 1: stayed in contention for a first round by after twenty

1244
00:59:52,880 --> 00:59:56,720
Speaker 1: three win over the lifeless Tampa Bay Buccaneers, who stank

1245
00:59:57,280 --> 00:59:59,400
Speaker 1: the wind, sets up Green Bay for a high octane

1246
00:59:59,440 --> 01:00:01,720
Speaker 1: Week seven and showdown with the Lions to decide the

1247
01:00:01,840 --> 01:00:07,240
Speaker 1: NFC North. Mark, how confident are you that Green Bay

1248
01:00:07,360 --> 01:00:10,440
Speaker 1: wins the North and did you learn anything from today's game.

1249
01:00:10,600 --> 01:00:12,880
Speaker 1: I'm very confident. I mean this this game was just

1250
01:00:13,080 --> 01:00:15,760
Speaker 1: to check the box and move on. You know, Aaron Rodgers,

1251
01:00:16,560 --> 01:00:18,600
Speaker 1: he he was, he was ill. I think in the

1252
01:00:18,680 --> 01:00:20,400
Speaker 1: week leading up they said he was more ill than

1253
01:00:20,440 --> 01:00:22,400
Speaker 1: people realized he and he tweaked his foot in the

1254
01:00:22,560 --> 01:00:24,600
Speaker 1: ar early on, and you thought this might be a

1255
01:00:24,720 --> 01:00:27,440
Speaker 1: game where he is not himself. But by the end,

1256
01:00:27,840 --> 01:00:31,840
Speaker 1: three hundred and eighteen yards through a touchdown. Here's the

1257
01:00:31,920 --> 01:00:34,120
Speaker 1: thing they had. They had something like two hundred and

1258
01:00:34,240 --> 01:00:37,960
Speaker 1: sixty eight yards Green Bay in the in Tampa Bay

1259
01:00:38,040 --> 01:00:42,400
Speaker 1: had zero and it looked that bad. And it starts

1260
01:00:42,520 --> 01:00:46,000
Speaker 1: with the fact that Tampa Bay, like Cleveland and other

1261
01:00:46,040 --> 01:00:49,160
Speaker 1: team as we talked about, potentially completely starting over again

1262
01:00:49,160 --> 01:00:54,479
Speaker 1: at quarterback, Josh McCown is a backup guy at very best.

1263
01:00:54,640 --> 01:00:57,200
Speaker 1: Mike Glennon, I think that ship is sailed. They're gonna

1264
01:00:57,280 --> 01:00:58,840
Speaker 1: have a high draft pick. I think they've got to

1265
01:00:58,880 --> 01:01:00,240
Speaker 1: they've got to think about what they're doing in here.

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Speaker 1: They have no identity on offense beyond Mike Evans. I mean,

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Speaker 1: they just we don't have to talk about the Bucks anyway. No,

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Speaker 1: we don't be green Bay green Bay. To me, it's

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Speaker 1: this was the game we've seen over and over, like

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Speaker 1: you know, you know Ryandal calm Nelson. These guys blew

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Speaker 1: up for a hundred yards each. I think this was

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Speaker 1: There's no trap game potential here they are. It took

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Speaker 1: care of business. And yes, I think they're gonna win

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Speaker 1: the North and I think they're gonna be a very

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Speaker 1: tough out. When you referenced Aaron Rodgers was being ill before,

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01:01:25,960 --> 01:01:28,640
Speaker 1: was that urban slang or was he actually under the web? No,

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Speaker 1: it was not urban slang. He was he was. He

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01:01:31,880 --> 01:01:34,919
Speaker 1: was a physically dealing with the sickness. The Bucks could

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Speaker 1: blow their chance at the number one pick, though it's

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Speaker 1: now looking like it's down to them and the Titans.

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Speaker 1: The Titans are in the one slot for now, but

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Speaker 1: it could change based on you know, strength of schedule.

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Speaker 1: But the Bucks host the Saints next week. That's a

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Speaker 1: pretty winnable game against a team that that just feels

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Speaker 1: like they've mailed. They could easily mail in the season

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01:01:54,760 --> 01:01:57,760
Speaker 1: and that game means more to the Bucks. No, that

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01:01:57,760 --> 01:02:00,240
Speaker 1: would be pathetic, But I coach, just don't think they lost.

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01:02:01,480 --> 01:02:03,800
Speaker 1: They lost forty to tend to the Panthers. So I'm

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Speaker 1: just saying the Saints are capable of anything at this

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01:02:05,800 --> 01:02:08,440
Speaker 1: Lest Packers fans think that they have some dominant defense

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01:02:08,440 --> 01:02:10,959
Speaker 1: because they had seven sacks and twelve quarterback hits today,

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01:02:11,720 --> 01:02:13,680
Speaker 1: we can assure you the Bucks have the worst offensive

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Speaker 1: line in the NFL. This is no surprise by far.

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Speaker 1: All right, moving on, so the Packers take care of business,

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Speaker 1: as we said, how about the Arizona Cardinals and Seattle

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Speaker 1: Seahawks check in with them Sunday night football, the big

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Speaker 1: matchup to decide most likely who wins the West and

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Speaker 1: the Seattle Seahawks no contest. Take care of business. They

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01:02:34,280 --> 01:02:37,520
Speaker 1: rob Arizona, which a team that I think a lot

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Speaker 1: of us predicted We're going to be lifeless at quarterback

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01:02:40,440 --> 01:02:43,440
Speaker 1: with Ryan Linley back there, and it worked out that way.

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Speaker 1: Seattle really was never challenging this game, controlled the game.

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01:02:46,240 --> 01:02:48,880
Speaker 1: Even when it was close. You never thought that Arizona

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01:02:48,960 --> 01:02:51,240
Speaker 1: was in striking distance and then the Seahawks put it

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01:02:51,320 --> 01:02:53,200
Speaker 1: away in the second half with a big beast mode

1306
01:02:53,320 --> 01:02:56,600
Speaker 1: run touchdown run and then uh Richard Sherman pick, So

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01:02:57,000 --> 01:02:59,200
Speaker 1: Seattle takes care of business. We've all thought this whole

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01:02:59,240 --> 01:03:00,840
Speaker 1: time that they were going to steal this division in

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01:03:00,880 --> 01:03:03,400
Speaker 1: the end, and it looks like that's gonna happen. Well,

1310
01:03:03,480 --> 01:03:05,680
Speaker 1: we we knew their defense has been playing really well,

1311
01:03:05,760 --> 01:03:08,200
Speaker 1: but it's time to give Russell Wilson some credit. He's

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01:03:08,240 --> 01:03:10,560
Speaker 1: been playing phenomenally over the last few weeks. We kind

1313
01:03:10,600 --> 01:03:13,600
Speaker 1: of had questions the few games before that that their

1314
01:03:13,640 --> 01:03:16,200
Speaker 1: offense was random and didn't have any structure, but now

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01:03:16,280 --> 01:03:19,040
Speaker 1: they're playing really well and they're making big plays every

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01:03:19,080 --> 01:03:22,200
Speaker 1: week too. Right, it was a one score game going

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01:03:22,240 --> 01:03:24,760
Speaker 1: into the fourth quarter, even though it never felt that close.

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Speaker 1: But the impressive thing about Seattle, I think the last

1319
01:03:27,160 --> 01:03:29,440
Speaker 1: three weeks is it's not just their defense. I mean,

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01:03:29,840 --> 01:03:33,680
Speaker 1: the Seahawks blew way past five hundred yards of offense

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01:03:33,800 --> 01:03:36,840
Speaker 1: against this Cardinals defense, which is very good. And you know,

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01:03:36,880 --> 01:03:38,880
Speaker 1: it's tough for this Cardinals defense because they knew they

1323
01:03:38,880 --> 01:03:41,040
Speaker 1: had to carry the team today. But Seattle went up

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01:03:41,040 --> 01:03:42,600
Speaker 1: and down the field. It wasn't like they had that

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01:03:42,720 --> 01:03:44,600
Speaker 1: tough of a time today moving the ball. I think

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01:03:44,680 --> 01:03:47,880
Speaker 1: Seattle it reminds me of when they before the trade deadline,

1327
01:03:47,880 --> 01:03:50,200
Speaker 1: when they were making a play for Jordan Cameron and

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01:03:50,280 --> 01:03:54,120
Speaker 1: other tight ends out there. And Luke Wilson tonight huge game,

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01:03:54,480 --> 01:03:57,240
Speaker 1: two touchdowns. I think they've always wanted to have an

1330
01:03:57,320 --> 01:03:59,280
Speaker 1: active pass catching tight end. They've had a lot of

1331
01:03:59,320 --> 01:04:02,000
Speaker 1: injuries at that position. He has. He looked good tonight.

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01:04:02,080 --> 01:04:04,080
Speaker 1: I think Luke Wilson is one of the three or

1333
01:04:04,120 --> 01:04:06,080
Speaker 1: four fastest tight ends in the NFL. But I don't

1334
01:04:06,120 --> 01:04:08,080
Speaker 1: know that he's a guy they're gonna count on every

1335
01:04:08,120 --> 01:04:10,600
Speaker 1: week to do something like that. They just need someone, though,

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01:04:10,680 --> 01:04:13,640
Speaker 1: to step up and make a player two, and Wilson

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01:04:14,000 --> 01:04:16,880
Speaker 1: is capable. I guess Paul Richardson is starting to be

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01:04:17,280 --> 01:04:19,880
Speaker 1: a factor, and he's gonna need to because Jimmy and

1339
01:04:19,960 --> 01:04:21,560
Speaker 1: Kurs got hurt in this game and might be out

1340
01:04:21,600 --> 01:04:24,160
Speaker 1: for a little bit. Some wild swagger on display in

1341
01:04:24,200 --> 01:04:27,320
Speaker 1: Seattle too, I mean, this team is feeling good about itself.

1342
01:04:27,440 --> 01:04:29,120
Speaker 1: Near the end of the game, about five minutes to play,

1343
01:04:29,200 --> 01:04:32,840
Speaker 1: Russell will Wilson scrambles, gives a nasty stiff arm and

1344
01:04:32,880 --> 01:04:34,960
Speaker 1: walks into the end zone. They cut to the sideline.

1345
01:04:35,240 --> 01:04:39,080
Speaker 1: Pete Carl's cackling wildly. Marshawn Lynch, who be smoted into

1346
01:04:39,080 --> 01:04:41,240
Speaker 1: the end zone twenty minutes earlier, is taking his cleats

1347
01:04:41,280 --> 01:04:44,520
Speaker 1: off on the bench. This team is rolling, and you

1348
01:04:44,640 --> 01:04:46,640
Speaker 1: feel bad for the Cardinals because they put in all

1349
01:04:46,680 --> 01:04:49,280
Speaker 1: this work all season and set themselves up. But they

1350
01:04:49,400 --> 01:04:51,840
Speaker 1: just they just ran into like a freight train, and

1351
01:04:51,880 --> 01:04:53,960
Speaker 1: you at a certain point, you lose too many quarterbacks,

1352
01:04:54,000 --> 01:04:56,080
Speaker 1: you don't have a chance with a Super Bowl Champions

1353
01:04:56,080 --> 01:04:58,240
Speaker 1: are the team to beat for the Super Bowl A game, right,

1354
01:04:58,280 --> 01:05:01,120
Speaker 1: They're gonna need to be the Rams next week. They

1355
01:05:01,120 --> 01:05:03,600
Speaker 1: should That would get them the one seed. You know,

1356
01:05:03,720 --> 01:05:05,960
Speaker 1: with the Cardinals, I don't think we're done with this team.

1357
01:05:06,040 --> 01:05:08,560
Speaker 1: Drew Stanton. It sounds like we'll be back for the playoffs.

1358
01:05:09,960 --> 01:05:12,560
Speaker 1: Drew Stanton, not Carson Palmer. I know. I'm just saying,

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01:05:13,200 --> 01:05:15,960
Speaker 1: are the Cardinals capable of winning a playoff game? With

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01:05:16,080 --> 01:05:18,880
Speaker 1: Drew Stanton? They don't know. They need to be on

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01:05:18,960 --> 01:05:20,560
Speaker 1: the road, they need to be at home. Yeah, I

1362
01:05:20,600 --> 01:05:23,360
Speaker 1: think they're not going to be. That's not happening. We're

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01:05:23,360 --> 01:05:25,560
Speaker 1: gonna get a carbon copy of this to some lesser

1364
01:05:25,640 --> 01:05:28,400
Speaker 1: degree with Drew Stanton agree, and I think the NFC

1365
01:05:28,560 --> 01:05:31,200
Speaker 1: player then playoffs are gonna take while to really tighten

1366
01:05:31,280 --> 01:05:32,960
Speaker 1: up and be great. I think because you're gonna have

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01:05:33,240 --> 01:05:37,280
Speaker 1: that NFC South winner. Blah, you're gonna there's a fifty

1368
01:05:37,320 --> 01:05:39,880
Speaker 1: percent chance the Cardinals will be playing against the NFC

1369
01:05:39,960 --> 01:05:42,080
Speaker 1: South winner, and I would feel much better about their

1370
01:05:42,120 --> 01:05:45,640
Speaker 1: chances if they were playing in Arizona. Yeah, I would too.

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Speaker 1: I'm just saying, could they beat a Dallas? Could they

1372
01:05:48,000 --> 01:05:53,320
Speaker 1: beat the Stanton on the road in a playoff games?

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01:05:54,440 --> 01:05:56,880
Speaker 1: This team has shown us so much every week. They're

1374
01:05:56,920 --> 01:05:59,440
Speaker 1: eleven and four. Now they had this stinker. We all

1375
01:05:59,520 --> 01:06:01,840
Speaker 1: expect it. I just don't think it means they're seen.

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01:06:01,880 --> 01:06:03,520
Speaker 1: You get to a point though, where it's just like,

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Speaker 1: it's nice of you that you're saying that, thanks buddy,

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01:06:08,080 --> 01:06:10,200
Speaker 1: we'll see nice of you two Arizona fans that you're

1379
01:06:10,240 --> 01:06:13,240
Speaker 1: saying your season isn't over yet. All right. So that

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Speaker 1: is Sunday's NFL Action and Saturday's we covered that too.

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01:06:17,040 --> 01:06:20,160
Speaker 1: Thank you so much for listening. We will be back.

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01:06:20,240 --> 01:06:22,000
Speaker 1: What will be be back, by the way, We'll be

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01:06:22,080 --> 01:06:25,800
Speaker 1: back on Tuesday with a little different Christmas schedule this week.

1384
01:06:26,240 --> 01:06:29,800
Speaker 1: We're gonna preview all the games on Tuesday. Okay, good,

1385
01:06:30,000 --> 01:06:32,080
Speaker 1: one less show this week in New York. But I

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01:06:32,120 --> 01:06:34,480
Speaker 1: will try to have some presence in the show if

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Speaker 1: if Greg will allow it to happen as the boss. Yes,

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01:06:37,680 --> 01:06:41,120
Speaker 1: well I'm gonna I'm gonna style my hair like Dan

1389
01:06:41,840 --> 01:06:45,120
Speaker 1: in the host chair. So that's one way you'll be here, Greg,

1390
01:06:45,280 --> 01:06:49,160
Speaker 1: happy Hanaka, Yeah, we don't do that, but Chris Wesley,

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Speaker 1: that was racist. Merry Christmas, Mark, Merry Christmas as to

1392
01:06:54,920 --> 01:06:56,520
Speaker 1: you and I cannot wait to hear from you on

1393
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Speaker 1: Tuesday from your childhood bedroom. I we celebrate Christmas, do you? Yeah?

1394
01:07:03,760 --> 01:07:06,360
Speaker 1: Now you know we're gonna give We're gonna give some gifts,

1395
01:07:06,720 --> 01:07:08,640
Speaker 1: and we're not gonna be talking about Jesus or anything,

1396
01:07:08,680 --> 01:07:10,600
Speaker 1: but we're gonna give some gifts. You will be talking

1397
01:07:10,600 --> 01:07:13,560
Speaker 1: about Woody Alan though I might watch something. Why not?

1398
01:07:14,000 --> 01:07:16,440
Speaker 1: All right, that's it. We're getting out of here. Uh.

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Speaker 1: This is Dan hands As signing off for Quiet Storm,

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Speaker 1: the Mailman, the Boss and t D behind the Glass

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01:07:23,080 --> 01:07:25,600
Speaker 1: and Law back there too, good man, just getting to

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Speaker 1: know him. We will talk to you this week