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Speaker 1: Let's play a little game of more. Let me ask

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Speaker 1: you this, Mark your frisky today Thank you for the

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Speaker 1: constant encouragement. It means a lot to you. How about this,

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Speaker 1: what's more likely? One week after Green Bay barely beat

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Speaker 1: the Browns, Aaron Rodgers takes this otherwise very average Packers

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Speaker 1: roster on a magical three game win streak over the Panthers, Vikings,

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Speaker 1: and Lions, or Carolina takes care of business on Sunday,

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Speaker 1: takes out the Bucks and Falcons down the stretch to

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Speaker 1: finish twelve and four and host a playoff game, if

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Speaker 1: not grab a bye in the NFC. Packers more likely

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Speaker 1: the same same team Aaron Rodgers was carrying earlier in

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Speaker 1: the year when they were playing great. They are they

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Speaker 1: are an average team besides him, but he's that good.

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Speaker 1: And this being Star Wars day or night. I listened

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Speaker 1: to Tuesday's podcast and find all of your lack of

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Speaker 1: faith disturbing. Picking the Cowboys is more likely to make

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Speaker 1: the playoffs and the Packers give me a break. You

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Speaker 1: have no respect for performance art and what Aaron Rodgers

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Speaker 1: has done with I was I was, the run the table,

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Speaker 1: and whatever he's gonna do this year which will top

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Speaker 1: all of it and make all if you look foolish

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Speaker 1: locking it up oh wait here. Uh, I don't even remember.

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Speaker 1: I would take the Packers now, but I thought Rodgers

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Speaker 1: might not come back. I was taking that into the

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Speaker 1: consideration that he made. You were riding that pretty hard.

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Speaker 1: You you seem to be highly skeptical. Well, and if

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Speaker 1: you read the reports, like they went deep into Tuesday night,

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Speaker 1: more than twenty four hours after they actually got the

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Speaker 1: results of it. So there was some back and forth.

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Speaker 1: There were some late nights like trying to figure out

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Speaker 1: whether it was really worth it. There wasn't really like

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Speaker 1: a clear answer, and they decided to go for it.

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Speaker 1: And I think that makes sense because how many years

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Speaker 1: are gonna have an Aaron Rodgers career. Take a shot?

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Speaker 1: If they happen to lose this game, maybe you even

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Speaker 1: re evaluate whether he plays the next If if the

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Speaker 1: doctor was cleared in which obviously they did. Okay, cool,

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Speaker 1: But am I completely confident the man with fourteen screws

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Speaker 1: and his clavical that's coming back at the earliest possibility

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Speaker 1: is gonna make it through the next three games. I'm worry.

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Speaker 1: I'm worried about that is somebody that loves Aaron Rodgers.

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Speaker 1: And so what happened to Tony Romo once upon a time.

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Speaker 1: So I'm factoring in is Rogers actually physically gonna be

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Speaker 1: able to do this? And the schedule is so hard.

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Speaker 1: The Cowboys have a much more forgiving schedule. And we've

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Speaker 1: never answered your what's more likely? By the way, I

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Speaker 1: I will say that your U, I will say that.

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Speaker 1: I will say the Packers are slightly more likely in

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Speaker 1: that scenario, because that's what you're giving the care. The

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Speaker 1: Panthers also would have to be the falcons there. And

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Speaker 1: I think if the if Green Bay gets past this game,

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Speaker 1: then I kind of expect to be watching Aaron Rodgers

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Speaker 1: in the playoffs. This this is the game see back

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Speaker 1: to back. I can't think of a rougher back to

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Speaker 1: back to scenario than playing the Panthers defense, which I

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Speaker 1: know the Vikings got into that game late, but they

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Speaker 1: battered case Keenum last week, and then next week you

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Speaker 1: have the Vikings and how do they really depleted offensive

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Speaker 1: lot and how do you I think, really take care

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Speaker 1: of the Packers as you throw the ball up and

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Speaker 1: down the field. And I don't think the Panthers are

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Speaker 1: built for that. Greg Olson was kind of just there

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Speaker 1: last week. He really didn't do anything. They had an

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Speaker 1: under a third year undrafted player demere Bird come off

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Speaker 1: injured reserve and immediately become the number two receiver because

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Speaker 1: they don't have anyone else Like this is not a

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Speaker 1: consistent offense. I expected to be close. How many I

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Speaker 1: feel like Kim Newton. I'm watching him just lugged the

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Speaker 1: ball down field to almost no one on deep passes.

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Speaker 1: I mean there's no one down there and he's and

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Speaker 1: it's like there's no one within ten yards where the

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Speaker 1: ball lands. He's the thirty seven most productive quarterback since

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Speaker 1: Week nine many, which means many yes passing are Panthers

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Speaker 1: are the number one rushing team in the NFL over

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Speaker 1: that time period, largely because of him, and the Packers

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Speaker 1: gave up Isaiah Crowl's first one you're rushing game of

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Speaker 1: the season. Are you ready for my answer? Yes? Day,

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Speaker 1: their cups right, you're ready. I am more than ready. Okay.

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Speaker 1: The more likely scenario is the Packers went out, Oh

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Speaker 1: all right, well, everyone can now rest comfortably for the

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Speaker 1: rest of the weekend. The ball are ravens oh crushing,

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Speaker 1: crushing thirty nine to thirty eight loss um last Sunday night.

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Speaker 1: They really you really kind of get the vibe that

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Speaker 1: the better team that night might not have one just

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Speaker 1: because they were they were in control and they just

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Speaker 1: couldn't close it out. But that's football. You gotta close.

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Speaker 1: So you're seven and six, you're still in okay shape

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Speaker 1: now because guess what happens you go to Cleveland? Now

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Speaker 1: that's the schedule makers, Tony a little lollipop, and um,

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Speaker 1: I'll tell you what west. Every week on on this

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Speaker 1: podcast and all through NFL media, people picked the Browns

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Speaker 1: to win their first game, and then every week they

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Speaker 1: let all those people down. How about this week the Browns,

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Speaker 1: since the doom ahead of them, they said, no, we're stopping.

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Speaker 1: We're ending the Ravens season, and we're ending our losing streak.

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Speaker 1: In five years of this podcast, I don't think I've

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Speaker 1: ever picked the Browns to win once. It's a good philosophy.

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Speaker 1: You're doing well. But I have a question for Mark.

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Speaker 1: You know, there's a lot of important topics going on

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Speaker 1: in Cleveland. Will Hughes stay for two thousand eighteen? Do

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Speaker 1: football analytics work? Why is the new regime throwing the

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Speaker 1: old regime under bus already? Here's my question, where's the valve?

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Speaker 1: Who set the Valve. Yeah, you know what, I thought

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Speaker 1: he was good for at least six wins for for

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Speaker 1: all the off season. Another argument that the idea that

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Speaker 1: we even sort of walk into this building in the

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Speaker 1: off season maybe something that's a questionable maneuver. Probably spoke

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Speaker 1: written about two thousand, three thousand words on seth the Valve.

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Speaker 1: And he's been largely successful as a ghost. Well, it's

533
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Speaker 1: at least as successful in something. It's like my son

534
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Speaker 1: I this morning, I went to his uh his Christmas concert,

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Speaker 1: if you will, at his preschool daycare, and uh, was

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Speaker 1: he successful. He was in the front row, he never

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Speaker 1: opened his mouth at one point, and he's covering his

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Speaker 1: eyes with his hands. And then by the last song,

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Speaker 1: I think it was jingle bells, he turned his back

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Speaker 1: to the audience. Was that successful? I kind of think

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Speaker 1: it was in its own way, it was kind of

542
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Speaker 1: subversive him. Yeah, he's a scene stealing about himself. He

543
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Speaker 1: didn't cry. Plus it, let's you see the progress. Next

544
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Speaker 1: year is gonna be a little better, and then the

545
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Speaker 1: last year he's gonna be belting out those show tunes

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Speaker 1: like rita Moreno. I don't know if Dan is looking

547
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Speaker 1: for a show tunes singing the son either, but I

548
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Speaker 1: love my son. Whatever he will be Mark. I'm just

549
00:27:13,080 --> 00:27:15,240
Speaker 1: saying is that, you know want you want shows him

550
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Speaker 1: to be leading show tunes. I want him to be

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Speaker 1: Broadways all time giant. Okay, That's what I'm hoping for.

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Speaker 1: Speaking of the Browns, Ken Dorsey is the new general manager,

553
00:27:24,560 --> 00:27:28,399
Speaker 1: and UHS used the many names on the back of

554
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Speaker 1: that brown starting quarterback. Oh my god. John Dorsey is

555
00:27:32,240 --> 00:27:35,840
Speaker 1: the new Browns general manager, and John did not hold

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Speaker 1: back when he was talking about the previous regime. Uh.

557
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Speaker 1: When he's speaking to a Cleveland radio station, let's listen in.

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Speaker 1: You know what, you gotta get a guy like that players,

559
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Speaker 1: and you know what, I'll come straight out with it.

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Speaker 1: You know what, the the guys who were here before

561
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Speaker 1: that system, they didn't get real players. M This, by

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Speaker 1: the way, is w k n R eight fifty, the

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Speaker 1: really big show with Aaron gold Hammer. He was also, Uh,

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Speaker 1: Dorsey was already flying. He might as well start talking

565
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Speaker 1: a little. Parcels gms like to do that stuff. Bill

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Speaker 1: Parcels would always say, you are your record, and you

567
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Speaker 1: know what, there it is. So that's the truth teller

568
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Speaker 1: in this thing. Um. And I'm gonna do my darndist

569
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Speaker 1: to get to players, and that's all I can ask for,

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Speaker 1: and that's all I'm gonna do. I like the man.

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Speaker 1: Do you like that? Mark Well? I don't like the

572
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Speaker 1: lack of accountability and discussing the coaching staff's role in this.

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Speaker 1: I think that a a more experienced, more credible, better

574
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Speaker 1: coaching staff would have had four wins out of this team.

575
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Speaker 1: But plus, if you're Emmanuel Ogber Myles Garrett listening to that,

576
00:28:40,840 --> 00:28:44,560
Speaker 1: you're like, hey, go f yourself, Well, I've been awesome.

577
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Speaker 1: Like imagine if your boss came in and said they

578
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Speaker 1: didn't I know what he was trying to say, but

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Speaker 1: if you were a player, I think that would be offensive.

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Speaker 1: I also thought it was interesting they tried to pin

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Speaker 1: him down on keeping Q and he did he absolutely

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Speaker 1: did not commit to that. Oh I still think that's

583
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Speaker 1: very much an open question. And then, by the way,

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Speaker 1: I understand all the players they missed on, but like

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Speaker 1: they signed Kevin Zeitler, he's been good for them. There

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Speaker 1: their offensive. I just think it's I think it's like,

587
00:29:11,200 --> 00:29:13,560
Speaker 1: here's the thing you these guys roll in and they

588
00:29:13,560 --> 00:29:16,280
Speaker 1: don't realize that fans can't even keep it straight. Which

589
00:29:16,280 --> 00:29:18,080
Speaker 1: front office did what? At this point, there's been so

590
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Speaker 1: many of them. When you come out and you say this,

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Speaker 1: you better deliver. And the last twelve people that came

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Speaker 1: out and made these kinds of promises didn't do a thing.

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Speaker 1: West Let's talk a little Ravens here, because they deserve

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Speaker 1: to um Joe Flacco in the offense. There was a

595
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Speaker 1: long stretch of that Pittsburgh game where they were just

596
00:29:35,120 --> 00:29:37,640
Speaker 1: the Steelers couldn't stop him. Uh. And this has been

597
00:29:37,640 --> 00:29:39,440
Speaker 1: a trend for them. This is the team that couldn't

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Speaker 1: do anything for most of the year before the last

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Speaker 1: couple of weeks. Thank you for setting me up, Dan,

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Speaker 1: because we are now in Christmas season. Since the week

601
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Speaker 1: before Halloween, this team is averaging over thirty points per game.

602
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Speaker 1: That is that is not a bad offense, and a

603
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Speaker 1: lot of its defense and special teams in field position,

604
00:29:57,160 --> 00:29:59,280
Speaker 1: but whatever gets it done. But the last couple of

605
00:29:59,280 --> 00:30:01,560
Speaker 1: weeks the offense just showing up in their averaging almost

606
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Speaker 1: four hundred yards a game over the lad This is

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Speaker 1: the number one team in the a f C according

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Speaker 1: to prof According to Football Outsiders Metrics, they are the

609
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Speaker 1: number one ranked team in the NFL and I'm not

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Speaker 1: saying the Race are the best team in the a

611
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Speaker 1: f C, but there's a lot of numbers they suggest

612
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Speaker 1: we've been underrating them all year. Well, I think they

613
00:30:19,760 --> 00:30:22,280
Speaker 1: now are a team that can fall down fourteen nothing

614
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Speaker 1: in a tough environment in the playoffs, and that's what's

615
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Speaker 1: gonna happen. You know they're gonna be on the road

616
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Speaker 1: in the playoffs and come back. They showed it, and

617
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Speaker 1: I mean they can come back and take a thirty

618
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Speaker 1: one to twenty lead. Their defense blew that game. I

619
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Speaker 1: think they can play a lot better. And it's all

620
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Speaker 1: about Alex Collins in the running game. I mean, Flacco

621
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Speaker 1: was okay last week, but everything is coming off. What's

622
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Speaker 1: now one of the best running back duos in the league,

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Speaker 1: mostly Collins. Uh. Danny Collie. Danny Kelly of The Ringer

624
00:30:46,960 --> 00:30:48,640
Speaker 1: wrote a great piece on him this week, just of

625
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Speaker 1: how good Alex Collins has been and now Danny woodhead

626
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Speaker 1: behind him, Like, if you have a running game that's

627
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Speaker 1: strong in the defense, you're gonna you're gonna travel well.

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Speaker 1: I Flacco has been sacked two times in the last

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Speaker 1: three games. That helps a lot too. And I you

630
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Speaker 1: think though the loss of Jimmy Smith showed up against

631
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Speaker 1: Pittsburgh and it's it's not going to hurt them against Cleveland.

632
00:31:06,480 --> 00:31:09,600
Speaker 1: Cleveland turns the ball over adding an incredible rate, especially

633
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Speaker 1: in the red zone. In Baltimore, no defense is taking that. Yeah,

634
00:31:13,520 --> 00:31:15,760
Speaker 1: they have more turnovers per drive than any team in

635
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Speaker 1: the league right now, and I think that's a terrible

636
00:31:17,880 --> 00:31:21,400
Speaker 1: matchup for Cleveland. Baltimore is gonna handle business. Deshaun Kaisers

637
00:31:21,600 --> 00:31:25,320
Speaker 1: has become a a service or fantasy quarterback. He does

638
00:31:25,520 --> 00:31:28,040
Speaker 1: he does move the team at stretches, but like that

639
00:31:28,120 --> 00:31:31,080
Speaker 1: interception that costs him the game last week, that is

640
00:31:31,320 --> 00:31:34,600
Speaker 1: a rookie that is still underwater in a lot of ways.

641
00:31:34,760 --> 00:31:39,160
Speaker 1: And it makes me think that the Ravens needing this game.

642
00:31:39,240 --> 00:31:41,560
Speaker 1: The Browns being where they are, this could be the

643
00:31:41,600 --> 00:31:43,720
Speaker 1: fourth shutout of the season for the Ravens. I feel

644
00:31:43,720 --> 00:31:46,480
Speaker 1: strongly that they are not going to be competitive. He's

645
00:31:46,520 --> 00:31:51,880
Speaker 1: locking it up the shut out. That would be um Alright,

646
00:31:51,920 --> 00:31:55,120
Speaker 1: any other thoughts, gentlemen, Let's move on. The Houston Texans

647
00:31:56,200 --> 00:32:00,240
Speaker 1: are four at nine, three game losing streak. Think we

648
00:32:00,320 --> 00:32:02,960
Speaker 1: get some more t J. Yates this week. We're getting him,

649
00:32:02,960 --> 00:32:05,560
Speaker 1: all right, Whether you want him or not, and the Jaguars.

650
00:32:05,720 --> 00:32:08,240
Speaker 1: Gotta love this Jaguars schedule this season. They're nine and four,

651
00:32:08,640 --> 00:32:11,440
Speaker 1: they are on fire. They just beat the Seahawks and

652
00:32:11,480 --> 00:32:13,440
Speaker 1: now they have a chance to move to tenant four

653
00:32:13,480 --> 00:32:17,240
Speaker 1: and move closer towards that a f C South titled

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00:32:17,240 --> 00:32:20,040
Speaker 1: Greg They're gonna do it, aren't they? I think they will,

655
00:32:20,320 --> 00:32:24,560
Speaker 1: and they're they're even moving closer to UH, a potential

656
00:32:24,640 --> 00:32:26,320
Speaker 1: buy in the playoffs. I don't know if we have

657
00:32:26,360 --> 00:32:30,040
Speaker 1: the calculation. We gotta do some calculation, by the way,

658
00:32:31,680 --> 00:32:40,040
Speaker 1: ballot up playoff calculator now online. I've received this question

659
00:32:40,080 --> 00:32:42,600
Speaker 1: a few times. People genuinely think I have some sort

660
00:32:42,640 --> 00:32:45,520
Speaker 1: of power here that if the Jaguars went out, do

661
00:32:45,640 --> 00:32:48,040
Speaker 1: they get the bye if the Patriots lose this week?

662
00:32:48,080 --> 00:32:50,040
Speaker 1: And the answer is yes, they would have the conference

663
00:32:50,240 --> 00:32:53,360
Speaker 1: record tiebreaker over the Patriots. So if you're a Jaguars fan,

664
00:32:53,920 --> 00:32:56,920
Speaker 1: you are rooting for them to win this game. There's

665
00:32:56,960 --> 00:32:58,440
Speaker 1: no reason to think they won't, and you could be

666
00:32:58,480 --> 00:33:01,080
Speaker 1: the two seed by Sunday night. Oh I'm just getting

667
00:33:01,080 --> 00:33:03,280
Speaker 1: excited thinking about if that could happen. Let's say the

668
00:33:03,320 --> 00:33:06,920
Speaker 1: Pats lose and then the Jags went out and the

669
00:33:06,960 --> 00:33:10,240
Speaker 1: Pats have to play the Ravens maybe on wild card weekend.

670
00:33:10,640 --> 00:33:12,960
Speaker 1: The last time the Patriots played on wild card weekend?

671
00:33:13,000 --> 00:33:16,920
Speaker 1: What happened, Greg Ray, Rice ran all over him. Oh yeah,

672
00:33:17,000 --> 00:33:19,160
Speaker 1: come on, connective tissue, baby, yeah. I was trying to

673
00:33:19,160 --> 00:33:21,040
Speaker 1: trying to think you're right seven straight by so that

674
00:33:21,040 --> 00:33:24,600
Speaker 1: would have been it. Bam, that would be fun, Greg,

675
00:33:24,640 --> 00:33:30,520
Speaker 1: your online playoff predictor any concerns about the net neutrality scenario?

676
00:33:30,880 --> 00:33:33,400
Speaker 1: Is Scott free on that? Okay? You know all. It's

677
00:33:33,400 --> 00:33:36,800
Speaker 1: good they they're so under the rate. Okay, here's the

678
00:33:36,840 --> 00:33:39,400
Speaker 1: one question about the Jaguars. You just mentioned that the

679
00:33:39,480 --> 00:33:42,760
Speaker 1: Ravens proved they can fall down fourteen and nothing on

680
00:33:42,800 --> 00:33:46,480
Speaker 1: the road and come back and win. The Jaguars are

681
00:33:46,520 --> 00:33:48,640
Speaker 1: not a comeback team, and you saw two out of

682
00:33:48,640 --> 00:33:51,720
Speaker 1: the past three weeks the coaching staff did not trust

683
00:33:51,720 --> 00:33:54,160
Speaker 1: the quarterback to throw with the game on the line.

684
00:33:54,840 --> 00:33:57,480
Speaker 1: I don't trust Blake. You know, Blake Bortles has played better,

685
00:33:57,520 --> 00:34:00,160
Speaker 1: you gotta give him credit, but the coaching they have

686
00:34:00,240 --> 00:34:02,800
Speaker 1: doesn't even trust him to lead a comeback or to

687
00:34:02,920 --> 00:34:05,480
Speaker 1: even complete a pass on third down with the game

688
00:34:05,480 --> 00:34:07,400
Speaker 1: on the line. He does have better weapons, though. D. D.

689
00:34:07,520 --> 00:34:09,960
Speaker 1: Westbrook School like he's good, Like he's a fourth round

690
00:34:09,960 --> 00:34:12,640
Speaker 1: pick that looks like a first rounder. No, he's good.

691
00:34:13,000 --> 00:34:15,279
Speaker 1: Marks is making plays he got for. It's not a

692
00:34:15,320 --> 00:34:19,680
Speaker 1: bad offense. Actually, it's an average offense. I will fully

693
00:34:19,719 --> 00:34:22,520
Speaker 1: get I will I'll grant you all that the weapons

694
00:34:22,520 --> 00:34:24,360
Speaker 1: are good for Net worries me a little bit because

695
00:34:24,360 --> 00:34:27,160
Speaker 1: he gets a new injury every week. But when your

696
00:34:27,239 --> 00:34:29,120
Speaker 1: quarterback throws it to the other team with the game

697
00:34:29,160 --> 00:34:31,480
Speaker 1: on the line, that's like I've heard this scenario, Like

698
00:34:31,880 --> 00:34:34,080
Speaker 1: you know, Jaguar is coming to Fox bro that that

699
00:34:34,280 --> 00:34:36,959
Speaker 1: like that's the matchup. As Patriots fans that I would

700
00:34:36,960 --> 00:34:39,879
Speaker 1: welcome that that that is a matchup that sounds okay

701
00:34:39,920 --> 00:34:41,680
Speaker 1: to me. The one thing they have to do, it's

702
00:34:41,719 --> 00:34:44,480
Speaker 1: because it doesn't matter who is under center. For the Texans.

703
00:34:44,520 --> 00:34:49,000
Speaker 1: DeAndre Hopkins another incredible game last week with eight exactly.

704
00:34:49,280 --> 00:34:52,640
Speaker 1: You could throw any ham and egger out there, except

705
00:34:52,640 --> 00:34:54,719
Speaker 1: Oswell still finds up there like a hundred and forty

706
00:34:54,800 --> 00:34:58,480
Speaker 1: yards making insane catches down the sideline. I mean, this

707
00:34:58,560 --> 00:35:01,719
Speaker 1: is the Texans have these star players, but they're not

708
00:35:01,719 --> 00:35:03,680
Speaker 1: even in a first round pick. Out of this terrible season.

709
00:35:03,719 --> 00:35:06,239
Speaker 1: They have feast the All Pro opposite Antonio Brown. That

710
00:35:06,320 --> 00:35:08,839
Speaker 1: Brown's trade turning out amazing because their next three games

711
00:35:08,840 --> 00:35:11,000
Speaker 1: they're they're gonna be heavy underdogs in So you're looking

712
00:35:11,040 --> 00:35:13,719
Speaker 1: at four and twelve, that's the top five pick. Yeah,

713
00:35:13,760 --> 00:35:17,080
Speaker 1: I mean with all that talent comes Oh no, they

714
00:35:17,200 --> 00:35:21,560
Speaker 1: missed it. Okay, no, no Texans pick. Mm hmmm, sorry

715
00:35:22,200 --> 00:35:25,160
Speaker 1: I was getting to it works out well. He could

716
00:35:25,160 --> 00:35:27,520
Speaker 1: have also had a franchise quarterback at this point, so

717
00:35:27,680 --> 00:35:30,040
Speaker 1: you know, well, they they're gonna get one more shot

718
00:35:30,120 --> 00:35:32,200
Speaker 1: at it. Let's see what happens. Moving on the uh

719
00:35:32,520 --> 00:35:36,400
Speaker 1: Cincinnati Ben Gals uh not even competitive last week against

720
00:35:36,960 --> 00:35:40,160
Speaker 1: the Bears after they ended their season and crushing fact

721
00:35:40,280 --> 00:35:42,840
Speaker 1: fashion against the Steelers. So they seem to be playing

722
00:35:42,840 --> 00:35:44,640
Speaker 1: out the string at this point, and now they get

723
00:35:44,640 --> 00:35:48,239
Speaker 1: to go to Minnesota to face the Vikings. Mark case,

724
00:35:48,320 --> 00:35:51,160
Speaker 1: Keena maybe came down to earth a little bit um

725
00:35:51,280 --> 00:35:53,680
Speaker 1: last week after being on fire for about a three

726
00:35:53,760 --> 00:35:58,040
Speaker 1: or four weeks stretch. Is this the chicken the armor

727
00:35:58,080 --> 00:36:00,399
Speaker 1: for the Vikings that keenam kind of come is down

728
00:36:00,440 --> 00:36:03,880
Speaker 1: to earth? Well, you know what happened. I am not

729
00:36:03,960 --> 00:36:06,439
Speaker 1: concerned because what happened last week is West pointed out

730
00:36:06,440 --> 00:36:09,640
Speaker 1: on Sunday's Recap show was that it was an offensive

731
00:36:09,680 --> 00:36:13,000
Speaker 1: line missing three starters, and the Panthers took advantage of that.

732
00:36:13,400 --> 00:36:16,520
Speaker 1: You have right tackle Mike Gramer's and center Pat Ifland

733
00:36:16,880 --> 00:36:18,879
Speaker 1: back in the lineup. It sounds like for this week.

734
00:36:18,920 --> 00:36:21,759
Speaker 1: And they don't know about Riley Reef. He didn't practice today.

735
00:36:21,840 --> 00:36:24,200
Speaker 1: That's you're probably not gonna get him. But you've got

736
00:36:24,200 --> 00:36:25,799
Speaker 1: two of the three guys back. I think that's big

737
00:36:25,800 --> 00:36:28,840
Speaker 1: news for Case Kingom. And this is the Bengals, and

738
00:36:28,960 --> 00:36:31,160
Speaker 1: the Bengals are coming off a game where they looked

739
00:36:31,239 --> 00:36:34,760
Speaker 1: utterly awful. I think that Pittsburgh game broke them for good.

740
00:36:34,960 --> 00:36:37,240
Speaker 1: It finally broke them for good. This is the last

741
00:36:37,280 --> 00:36:39,600
Speaker 1: month we're gonna see of Marvin Lewis. Probably the whole

742
00:36:39,600 --> 00:36:41,840
Speaker 1: thing is going to change in Cincinnati. I've seen this

743
00:36:41,920 --> 00:36:44,719
Speaker 1: Bengals team before, and if this is the end of

744
00:36:44,719 --> 00:36:47,640
Speaker 1: an era Bengals team where they go through the motions,

745
00:36:47,920 --> 00:36:53,000
Speaker 1: they start confiscating banners in the stadium, banners reading same

746
00:36:53,040 --> 00:36:56,399
Speaker 1: as it ever was, bat old times again. It's I've

747
00:36:56,400 --> 00:37:00,320
Speaker 1: seen this edition before. The Cincinnati Enquiry is going crazy

748
00:37:00,480 --> 00:37:02,920
Speaker 1: just writing them off. I think they're going through the

749
00:37:02,960 --> 00:37:06,960
Speaker 1: motions and poor Kyle Rudolph, who uh from Cincinnati went

750
00:37:07,000 --> 00:37:09,439
Speaker 1: to my high school, Elder High School. I'm not gonna

751
00:37:09,440 --> 00:37:11,960
Speaker 1: play in this game against his hometown team, according to

752
00:37:12,000 --> 00:37:15,000
Speaker 1: Ian Rappaport, with an ankle injury. I mean, Marvin Lewis

753
00:37:15,040 --> 00:37:17,840
Speaker 1: said on Thursday, you know, we all realized when we

754
00:37:17,880 --> 00:37:20,120
Speaker 1: sign up for these jobs, it's not forever. I think

755
00:37:20,160 --> 00:37:24,080
Speaker 1: we we all accept that. Is an idiot. Well, but

756
00:37:24,120 --> 00:37:26,520
Speaker 1: he's right about this thing, Mark, He's right about this.

757
00:37:26,640 --> 00:37:29,520
Speaker 1: I think him saying I think we all accept that

758
00:37:29,560 --> 00:37:33,040
Speaker 1: almost feels like I accept that we are gonna collapse

759
00:37:33,120 --> 00:37:35,839
Speaker 1: and the rest of the way. What kind of coach

760
00:37:35,880 --> 00:37:39,000
Speaker 1: says that? I mean, that's the very telling comment. Uh.

761
00:37:39,080 --> 00:37:41,479
Speaker 1: Let's move on to the the New York Jets five and eight.

762
00:37:41,520 --> 00:37:43,480
Speaker 1: They got shut out in Denver last week and now

763
00:37:43,560 --> 00:37:46,160
Speaker 1: don't have Josh McCown anymore. He broke his hand. So

764
00:37:46,160 --> 00:37:49,600
Speaker 1: it's Bryce Petty going into the Superdome to face the

765
00:37:49,680 --> 00:37:53,200
Speaker 1: nine and four Saints West West. What could possibly go wrong?

766
00:37:54,080 --> 00:37:57,800
Speaker 1: This is a godsend game for anyone who's fantasy defense

767
00:37:57,920 --> 00:38:00,359
Speaker 1: is the Saints and just happened to have them. I

768
00:38:00,400 --> 00:38:01,879
Speaker 1: was thinking, you know, I don't know if I want

769
00:38:01,920 --> 00:38:04,279
Speaker 1: to play them against Josh McCown, but Bryce Patty, you

770
00:38:04,400 --> 00:38:07,360
Speaker 1: definitely if you can't have the Jaguars versus t J.

771
00:38:07,480 --> 00:38:10,319
Speaker 1: Yates or the Ravens versus Kaiser, this has to be

772
00:38:10,360 --> 00:38:12,520
Speaker 1: like the third best fantasy defense this one. I'm a

773
00:38:12,520 --> 00:38:16,920
Speaker 1: little rodal world fantasy expertise here from the the old scientist,

774
00:38:17,320 --> 00:38:20,960
Speaker 1: I mean, I would would the old scientists once again,

775
00:38:21,000 --> 00:38:26,080
Speaker 1: Greg with the rampant meant very sensitive. I would start

776
00:38:26,080 --> 00:38:29,719
Speaker 1: the worst defense in the league against Bryce Petty. There's

777
00:38:29,760 --> 00:38:31,799
Speaker 1: nothing I've seen from that. Have you seen him in

778
00:38:31,800 --> 00:38:36,080
Speaker 1: the preseason? What is? Can I ask a question you,

779
00:38:36,239 --> 00:38:40,160
Speaker 1: I it's not your thing to answer Dan necessarily, but

780
00:38:40,200 --> 00:38:43,000
Speaker 1: crush Christian Hackenburg is a second round pick that they

781
00:38:43,000 --> 00:38:46,399
Speaker 1: are openly making it clearly have no intention to get

782
00:38:46,400 --> 00:38:49,200
Speaker 1: a look at at all this season. That is a

783
00:38:49,239 --> 00:38:53,160
Speaker 1: bad draft pick. Well, it's simple answer, he can't play.

784
00:38:53,400 --> 00:38:55,719
Speaker 1: You can't play, and they blew the pick, and they

785
00:38:55,719 --> 00:38:58,359
Speaker 1: know they blew the pick. But he's under contract, and

786
00:38:58,560 --> 00:39:01,120
Speaker 1: um Todd Bowls is trying to win games, because that's

787
00:39:01,120 --> 00:39:03,120
Speaker 1: what Todd's trying to do. So he's playing the quarter

788
00:39:03,440 --> 00:39:06,279
Speaker 1: put the minute the new league gear. I mean you

789
00:39:06,320 --> 00:39:08,040
Speaker 1: just get rid of this guy. Why keep him on

790
00:39:08,080 --> 00:39:11,040
Speaker 1: your roster? Well, he's not paid much. I would say

791
00:39:11,040 --> 00:39:13,360
Speaker 1: it's a I would say he's fighting uphill battle to

792
00:39:13,440 --> 00:39:15,560
Speaker 1: make next year's team, if that's what you're saying, right,

793
00:39:15,800 --> 00:39:18,360
Speaker 1: And I think Jetty, I think Petty is a guy's

794
00:39:18,400 --> 00:39:20,279
Speaker 1: kind of another Jag guy. But they want to get

795
00:39:20,280 --> 00:39:22,719
Speaker 1: a look at him and one of those guys. If not,

796
00:39:22,800 --> 00:39:25,600
Speaker 1: both will be gone. They need to remake that quarterback

797
00:39:25,719 --> 00:39:29,480
Speaker 1: room and have a in my opinion, a high pedigree

798
00:39:29,800 --> 00:39:32,399
Speaker 1: draft pick coming. They've tried the mid round pick now,

799
00:39:32,920 --> 00:39:36,000
Speaker 1: uh the last few times, and that's such a crapshoot,

800
00:39:36,040 --> 00:39:38,759
Speaker 1: especially when you're the Jets cannot develop quarters work with

801
00:39:39,080 --> 00:39:41,200
Speaker 1: now But I see right to work with Gino obviously,

802
00:39:41,400 --> 00:39:43,600
Speaker 1: but now it's time to go back to and this

803
00:39:43,680 --> 00:39:45,319
Speaker 1: failed to with Mark Sanchez. But go back to the

804
00:39:45,320 --> 00:39:47,439
Speaker 1: other model. Go get a quarterback in the top ten

805
00:39:48,280 --> 00:39:51,000
Speaker 1: resigned mccount if he can have him as the bridge mentor.

806
00:39:51,360 --> 00:39:53,000
Speaker 1: And if you want to keep Hackenburg in the back

807
00:39:53,000 --> 00:39:54,880
Speaker 1: of the bench, you could do that, or you just

808
00:39:54,880 --> 00:39:56,359
Speaker 1: get rid of him out right. But I think they

809
00:39:56,360 --> 00:39:59,799
Speaker 1: need to really hacking big, some hacking bench. It's had

810
00:39:59,880 --> 00:40:01,719
Speaker 1: to really kind of get this thing going at the

811
00:40:01,760 --> 00:40:04,279
Speaker 1: quarterback position. If you want to have a winning you

812
00:40:04,360 --> 00:40:06,120
Speaker 1: might have got the best of both worlds, unless you

813
00:40:06,160 --> 00:40:08,279
Speaker 1: really don't want the coach back because you've have you

814
00:40:08,320 --> 00:40:10,279
Speaker 1: been able to enjoy this season as a Jets man

815
00:40:10,400 --> 00:40:12,400
Speaker 1: into December. No one thought that would happen, and you

816
00:40:12,480 --> 00:40:14,279
Speaker 1: might still probably are gonna wind up with a top

817
00:40:15,600 --> 00:40:17,879
Speaker 1: and it's a It's a godsend for the Saints getting

818
00:40:17,920 --> 00:40:20,400
Speaker 1: them to come in that they are a heavier favorite

819
00:40:20,440 --> 00:40:23,879
Speaker 1: this weekend then they've ever been at the Superdome, which

820
00:40:23,880 --> 00:40:26,920
Speaker 1: is just kind of shocking, and which is also shocking

821
00:40:26,960 --> 00:40:31,320
Speaker 1: because they're missing some defensive players. They've they've had some injuries. Uh,

822
00:40:31,360 --> 00:40:33,400
Speaker 1: but Alvin Camara is going to be back for this game,

823
00:40:33,480 --> 00:40:36,160
Speaker 1: or at least they expect him to be, and like

824
00:40:36,440 --> 00:40:39,160
Speaker 1: his value to them was shown so clearly last Thursday

825
00:40:39,160 --> 00:40:40,759
Speaker 1: when he was gone, they couldn't really move the ball

826
00:40:40,760 --> 00:40:42,759
Speaker 1: without him. When he's back, they should be fine. I

827
00:40:42,760 --> 00:40:44,719
Speaker 1: would almost if I'm the Saints, I'd be a little

828
00:40:44,760 --> 00:40:47,560
Speaker 1: careful with Camara after the concussion. You could take care

829
00:40:47,600 --> 00:40:50,480
Speaker 1: of the Jets and that give Camara the ball times

830
00:40:50,480 --> 00:40:53,080
Speaker 1: all right, you can beat the Jets with Michael Thomas,

831
00:40:53,120 --> 00:40:58,439
Speaker 1: Brandon Coleman. I think you are Ingram one last note.

832
00:40:58,560 --> 00:41:04,400
Speaker 1: I in the August in the in the August era,

833
00:41:04,520 --> 00:41:06,440
Speaker 1: it was like, really conflicted, Do I really want the

834
00:41:06,520 --> 00:41:08,680
Speaker 1: Jets to tank? Could be such a crappy season to watch.

835
00:41:09,000 --> 00:41:11,480
Speaker 1: I don't need any more wins. Let's go to five

836
00:41:11,480 --> 00:41:13,759
Speaker 1: and the level exactly you want to get. You'll be

837
00:41:13,800 --> 00:41:15,640
Speaker 1: able to draft a quarterback in the top tenant. That's

838
00:41:15,680 --> 00:41:17,880
Speaker 1: what you've got. You've got just the right quarterback for

839
00:41:17,920 --> 00:41:20,920
Speaker 1: your I'm very excited about that. Merry Christmas to all

840
00:41:21,040 --> 00:41:25,120
Speaker 1: Jets fans. Let's move on to an NFC East matchup

841
00:41:25,920 --> 00:41:28,960
Speaker 1: between the Eagles and the Giants, and uh, we don't

842
00:41:29,000 --> 00:41:30,680
Speaker 1: need to say anything about the Giants. Let's focus on

843
00:41:30,680 --> 00:41:33,160
Speaker 1: the Eagles here in the sense that there is no

844
00:41:33,239 --> 00:41:36,360
Speaker 1: more Carson Woods. All we have now is Nick Foles.

845
00:41:36,520 --> 00:41:39,760
Speaker 1: That's all Eagles hands have. Is there some hope Greg

846
00:41:40,000 --> 00:41:42,799
Speaker 1: that Nick Foles? And let us not forget that in

847
00:41:42,840 --> 00:41:46,200
Speaker 1: two thousand thirteen, Nick Foles had a one night team

848
00:41:46,239 --> 00:41:49,600
Speaker 1: passer rating for an entire season. That happened. What if

849
00:41:49,640 --> 00:41:51,960
Speaker 1: they caught lightning on the bottle twice? Is it even

850
00:41:52,000 --> 00:41:55,320
Speaker 1: possible nice supporting cast around him. I think it's possible

851
00:41:55,320 --> 00:41:58,240
Speaker 1: that he could play kind of league average quarterback level

852
00:41:58,280 --> 00:42:00,560
Speaker 1: play with a lot of supporter around him, and that

853
00:42:00,600 --> 00:42:02,839
Speaker 1: would be enough for them to win games. This week,

854
00:42:03,040 --> 00:42:05,560
Speaker 1: I think he'll be telling because the the Eagles with

855
00:42:05,640 --> 00:42:08,319
Speaker 1: Carson Wentz this would be a laugher. And I thought

856
00:42:08,320 --> 00:42:11,600
Speaker 1: Doug Peterson sent uh an interesting message last week when

857
00:42:11,600 --> 00:42:13,719
Speaker 1: he took points off the board when they had a

858
00:42:13,760 --> 00:42:15,960
Speaker 1: long field goal, and he said he did that to

859
00:42:16,000 --> 00:42:18,200
Speaker 1: send a message that he wanted to be aggressive with

860
00:42:18,280 --> 00:42:20,120
Speaker 1: Nick Foles, just like he was going to be aggressive

861
00:42:20,160 --> 00:42:22,440
Speaker 1: with Carson Wentz. He wanted to show the team, Hey,

862
00:42:22,440 --> 00:42:24,480
Speaker 1: we're gonna throw the ball on third and longer, third

863
00:42:24,520 --> 00:42:26,560
Speaker 1: and short and try to pick up first downs like

864
00:42:26,640 --> 00:42:28,760
Speaker 1: we trusted Nick Foles. We'll see if that approach works,

865
00:42:28,840 --> 00:42:30,000
Speaker 1: but I think that's the way you gotta do it.

866
00:42:30,040 --> 00:42:32,759
Speaker 1: You gotta stay aggressive, and I think Fools is good

867
00:42:32,840 --> 00:42:35,440
Speaker 1: enough to win games like this. There's a question I

868
00:42:35,520 --> 00:42:40,120
Speaker 1: have Carson Wentz's Houdini act was hiding some blocking issues,

869
00:42:40,200 --> 00:42:42,920
Speaker 1: especially at left tackle. Nick Foles is going to take

870
00:42:42,960 --> 00:42:47,560
Speaker 1: some hits. Yeah, The question to me is can he

871
00:42:47,640 --> 00:42:50,120
Speaker 1: stay healthy? What if they have to turn to Nate

872
00:42:50,160 --> 00:42:53,640
Speaker 1: Sudfeld at quarterback. I could easily see Fools getting injured.

873
00:42:53,640 --> 00:42:55,640
Speaker 1: They need to rely on the running game. He can

874
00:42:55,680 --> 00:42:57,560
Speaker 1: get out of the way like Wentz canon and they've

875
00:42:57,560 --> 00:42:59,959
Speaker 1: got an issue at left tackle right now. The only

876
00:43:00,280 --> 00:43:02,319
Speaker 1: parallel to win reference to the Giants will make is

877
00:43:02,320 --> 00:43:05,920
Speaker 1: that it kind of reminds me of that age old Well,

878
00:43:05,920 --> 00:43:08,560
Speaker 1: I'm gonna break the rules here, that age old nineteen.

879
00:43:08,600 --> 00:43:10,800
Speaker 1: I will not even finish the sentence. It's not happen

880
00:43:11,000 --> 00:43:14,640
Speaker 1: this age old Giants team that won Super Bowl five

881
00:43:14,680 --> 00:43:17,400
Speaker 1: where Sims they were on fire. Sim's got hurt in

882
00:43:17,440 --> 00:43:21,160
Speaker 1: week fifteen, everyone thought the season was over. Incomes Jeff Hostetler,

883
00:43:21,200 --> 00:43:24,760
Speaker 1: who is unremarkable but a reliable talent, and the rest

884
00:43:24,800 --> 00:43:27,200
Speaker 1: of the team helped propel them into the super Bowl

885
00:43:27,239 --> 00:43:28,640
Speaker 1: and they beat the Bills. I mean, I just say

886
00:43:28,920 --> 00:43:31,279
Speaker 1: the idea that the Eagles are done because of this.

887
00:43:31,520 --> 00:43:33,759
Speaker 1: You're in great position to get home field throughout the

888
00:43:33,760 --> 00:43:35,600
Speaker 1: playoffs and we'll see what happens there. It's not a

889
00:43:35,640 --> 00:43:38,360
Speaker 1: crappy team around Nick Foles. This isn't the Packer situation.

890
00:43:38,719 --> 00:43:40,360
Speaker 1: I was going to ask you to just cut that

891
00:43:40,440 --> 00:43:43,120
Speaker 1: whole thing. But what Mark's talking about is the nine

892
00:43:44,640 --> 00:43:48,319
Speaker 1: not the current. That's right. So that is that's good.

893
00:43:48,360 --> 00:43:53,719
Speaker 1: That is allowed. Okay, that's good. Steler one of the

894
00:43:53,760 --> 00:43:55,960
Speaker 1: best athletes at quarterback in the league at that time,

895
00:43:56,080 --> 00:44:00,160
Speaker 1: one of the worst. I'm saying, Nick Foles is not

896
00:44:00,160 --> 00:44:01,400
Speaker 1: gonna be able to get out of the way like

897
00:44:01,440 --> 00:44:03,719
Speaker 1: Carson Wentz. If they turned the running game over to

898
00:44:03,800 --> 00:44:06,239
Speaker 1: j gi last week, really over la garat Blunt and

899
00:44:06,239 --> 00:44:09,959
Speaker 1: if a Gian Blunt and Clement can be a great

900
00:44:10,040 --> 00:44:12,799
Speaker 1: running game that they've been with falls, then they got

901
00:44:12,800 --> 00:44:15,799
Speaker 1: a shot. The most amazing thing I ever saw in

902
00:44:15,840 --> 00:44:19,520
Speaker 1: a Giants game. You say the helmet catch, I say,

903
00:44:19,640 --> 00:44:25,040
Speaker 1: Jeff Hostella in his own end zone January n Super Bowl,

904
00:44:26,000 --> 00:44:30,360
Speaker 1: Bruce Smith jets around the end, drills my boy, Jeff

905
00:44:30,520 --> 00:44:33,880
Speaker 1: and Jeff somehow holds onto the football, takes the safety

906
00:44:33,920 --> 00:44:39,480
Speaker 1: instead of the fumble. Giants Norwood chokes. Jeff Hostella had

907
00:44:39,560 --> 00:44:47,279
Speaker 1: strong hands. It's the Whitney Houston National Anthem game. I

908
00:44:47,280 --> 00:44:49,040
Speaker 1: think everyone thinks of it as the Jeff host that

909
00:44:49,080 --> 00:44:51,399
Speaker 1: They're strong hands game. There's a good there's a good

910
00:44:51,440 --> 00:44:53,600
Speaker 1: book on that game called Super Bowl Monday from our

911
00:44:53,640 --> 00:44:57,280
Speaker 1: friend Adam Lazarus. Who is a podcast listener, our friend

912
00:44:57,320 --> 00:45:01,320
Speaker 1: as in the podcast I've never met as a supporter.

913
00:45:02,280 --> 00:45:05,040
Speaker 1: I thought he's had like a personal friend. Yeah, of

914
00:45:05,160 --> 00:45:08,520
Speaker 1: course he sent us his books. I appreciate that he

915
00:45:08,520 --> 00:45:09,879
Speaker 1: has a quote for me on the back of one

916
00:45:09,880 --> 00:45:13,840
Speaker 1: of his books. That's friendship, baby, Adam. I'll be friends

917
00:45:13,840 --> 00:45:18,920
Speaker 1: with you, alright. Moving on the Arizona Cardinals six and seven.

918
00:45:19,680 --> 00:45:22,320
Speaker 1: Uh eked out that twelve seven win over the Typoons

919
00:45:22,440 --> 00:45:25,760
Speaker 1: last week. Now they travel to Washington and face the Redskins,

920
00:45:25,880 --> 00:45:29,080
Speaker 1: and I guess the question mark Um and everybody wants

921
00:45:29,080 --> 00:45:31,560
Speaker 1: to know is are these the final games of Kirk

922
00:45:31,560 --> 00:45:37,840
Speaker 1: Cousins Redskins career? Yes? Or no? I don't know. This

923
00:45:37,960 --> 00:45:40,719
Speaker 1: team is so bizarre with how they've handled Kirk Cousins

924
00:45:40,760 --> 00:45:43,160
Speaker 1: from the beginning. Greg, you mentioned it on our our

925
00:45:43,239 --> 00:45:45,000
Speaker 1: network hit or on our pick Um Show, one of

926
00:45:45,040 --> 00:45:47,279
Speaker 1: these things that at this point that they wanted to

927
00:45:47,320 --> 00:45:49,359
Speaker 1: look down the stretch from you know here on out

928
00:45:49,360 --> 00:45:51,520
Speaker 1: to figure out what they think popping on the pickum

929
00:45:51,800 --> 00:45:54,960
Speaker 1: and wash it on Saturday and on Sunday unless they've

930
00:45:54,960 --> 00:45:56,480
Speaker 1: cut that they you know, we were on four times,

931
00:45:56,560 --> 00:45:58,279
Speaker 1: now we're on two. Maybe we'll see if one even

932
00:45:58,360 --> 00:46:00,680
Speaker 1: that it's basic division. You could where this is going.

933
00:46:00,920 --> 00:46:03,240
Speaker 1: It's it's how do you not know what kirk Cousins

934
00:46:03,280 --> 00:46:06,200
Speaker 1: is at this point? And I when you remove Scotpackluin

935
00:46:06,280 --> 00:46:08,680
Speaker 1: from the organization, I understand the issues there. You lost

936
00:46:08,719 --> 00:46:11,200
Speaker 1: a great talent evaluator. I don't trust this front office to,

937
00:46:11,840 --> 00:46:14,800
Speaker 1: you know, navigate an offseason correctly. Well, now you're getting

938
00:46:14,800 --> 00:46:17,600
Speaker 1: it's starting to feel familiar. There was a report from

939
00:46:17,840 --> 00:46:21,520
Speaker 1: Dan Patrick um of all people, that the Redskins receivers

940
00:46:21,560 --> 00:46:25,279
Speaker 1: were unhappy with kirk Cousins throwing up a lot of

941
00:46:25,360 --> 00:46:28,239
Speaker 1: medicine balls, you know, putting them in position to get hurt.

942
00:46:28,560 --> 00:46:31,120
Speaker 1: And so now that like this receiver group has inve

943
00:46:31,120 --> 00:46:33,640
Speaker 1: seen a lot of reliable people shooting down that damn

944
00:46:33,760 --> 00:46:35,880
Speaker 1: all right, I don't but at just the the ugliness

945
00:46:35,880 --> 00:46:38,759
Speaker 1: in Washington feels familiar, like when things get ugly with

946
00:46:38,800 --> 00:46:41,440
Speaker 1: the Redskins organization, they get really ugly. And the offense

947
00:46:41,480 --> 00:46:44,120
Speaker 1: has collapsed the last three weeks. It's very dysfunctional. It's

948
00:46:44,120 --> 00:46:46,759
Speaker 1: not at all on kirk Cousins, but everything around him

949
00:46:46,880 --> 00:46:49,000
Speaker 1: is really just kind of falling apart. How could the

950
00:46:49,040 --> 00:46:52,520
Speaker 1: offense not collapse when you have eleven different offensive lineman

951
00:46:52,520 --> 00:46:55,759
Speaker 1: who played a hundred snaps from Week one, your best

952
00:46:55,840 --> 00:46:59,080
Speaker 1: running back, second best running back, number one receiver and

953
00:46:59,160 --> 00:47:01,560
Speaker 1: number one tight end, or all on injured reserve. You

954
00:47:01,600 --> 00:47:05,399
Speaker 1: can't evaluate this quarterback or this offense right now. And

955
00:47:06,120 --> 00:47:10,239
Speaker 1: NFL organizations do not let good, durable quarterbacks go. I

956
00:47:10,280 --> 00:47:12,799
Speaker 1: don't think there's any way Kirk Cousins reaches the open market.

957
00:47:12,880 --> 00:47:15,600
Speaker 1: What if Jake J. Gruden's gone to and if I

958
00:47:15,600 --> 00:47:18,000
Speaker 1: don't think, I don't think there's any way the Redskins

959
00:47:18,080 --> 00:47:20,560
Speaker 1: let Kirk Cousins get away. I just I don't see

960
00:47:20,560 --> 00:47:22,960
Speaker 1: it happening. He's the highest paid quarterback in the league.

961
00:47:23,040 --> 00:47:24,839
Speaker 1: That's that's the way they keep them. I mean, they've

962
00:47:24,840 --> 00:47:27,799
Speaker 1: already done that one. They'll keep using the tag. And

963
00:47:28,280 --> 00:47:31,440
Speaker 1: if those Redskins, if that's true that the Redskins receivers

964
00:47:31,440 --> 00:47:33,880
Speaker 1: are complaining, you know, John Beck is on the market.

965
00:47:34,160 --> 00:47:35,480
Speaker 1: Do you want to see what it's you want to

966
00:47:35,520 --> 00:47:38,520
Speaker 1: go back to those quarterback everyone, Shanahan sold us John

967
00:47:38,560 --> 00:47:40,400
Speaker 1: Beck with a straight face. That's my favorite thing in

968
00:47:40,400 --> 00:47:45,399
Speaker 1: the world. Mark yes or no? On what? Well, Kirk

969
00:47:45,440 --> 00:47:48,480
Speaker 1: Cousins me back, Yes, I'll go yes, all right, I

970
00:47:48,920 --> 00:47:54,640
Speaker 1: say no Jacksonville Jaguars starting quarterback Kirk Cousins. Interesting. Alright,

971
00:47:54,640 --> 00:47:57,359
Speaker 1: moving on, Oh, here's a good one oh four oh

972
00:47:57,440 --> 00:48:01,240
Speaker 1: five start on the Fox at work. The Los Angeles

973
00:48:01,400 --> 00:48:04,040
Speaker 1: Rams nine and four, first place in the NFC West.

974
00:48:04,600 --> 00:48:07,160
Speaker 1: Uh beat by Philly. Oh that could come back to

975
00:48:07,200 --> 00:48:10,319
Speaker 1: haunt them because now the Seahawks are waiting for him.

976
00:48:10,400 --> 00:48:13,160
Speaker 1: At the click eight and five, it's the battle for

977
00:48:13,200 --> 00:48:18,640
Speaker 1: the NFC West West. Hi, what do you think about

978
00:48:18,640 --> 00:48:23,279
Speaker 1: this game? I got so excited watching Todd Gurley last week,

979
00:48:23,400 --> 00:48:27,200
Speaker 1: who looks as explosive, as dynamic, as elusive as he

980
00:48:27,239 --> 00:48:29,400
Speaker 1: has since tearing his East A c L at Georgia.

981
00:48:29,400 --> 00:48:31,960
Speaker 1: He's already three hundred touches into the season and he

982
00:48:32,000 --> 00:48:35,040
Speaker 1: looks like that. This guy. I think he's competing with

983
00:48:35,120 --> 00:48:37,600
Speaker 1: Keenan Allen for comeback player of the Year. And now

984
00:48:37,600 --> 00:48:40,080
Speaker 1: he's going against the defense that will probably be without

985
00:48:40,120 --> 00:48:44,080
Speaker 1: Bobby Wagner and kJ Wright in addition to losing Cam

986
00:48:44,160 --> 00:48:48,839
Speaker 1: Chancellor and Cliff April. So to me, it's gonna be

987
00:48:48,880 --> 00:48:51,319
Speaker 1: a The Seahawks gonna have a hard time stopping the

988
00:48:51,400 --> 00:48:55,480
Speaker 1: Rams and Todd Gurley, who is the first team All

989
00:48:55,520 --> 00:48:57,319
Speaker 1: Pro running back in my book, there's gotta be a

990
00:48:57,320 --> 00:48:59,799
Speaker 1: breaking point for the Seahawks defense. I mean, how many

991
00:49:00,360 --> 00:49:03,120
Speaker 1: key core players can you lose? I mean, they were

992
00:49:03,160 --> 00:49:05,520
Speaker 1: giving up big plays in the passing game to Blake

993
00:49:05,560 --> 00:49:08,480
Speaker 1: Bordles and the Jaguars last week. And why is there

994
00:49:08,480 --> 00:49:11,279
Speaker 1: any reason to believe that that the fact that they're

995
00:49:11,320 --> 00:49:14,400
Speaker 1: at home, that that's gonna change against the Rams passing

996
00:49:14,440 --> 00:49:16,800
Speaker 1: attack that's so versatile and the way they used Girly

997
00:49:16,880 --> 00:49:19,840
Speaker 1: in the passing game along with all the other receivers there.

998
00:49:19,880 --> 00:49:22,799
Speaker 1: They did stand up last game at home and got

999
00:49:22,880 --> 00:49:25,319
Speaker 1: us all thinking, Okay, the Seahawks seam Gabe, he's got

1000
00:49:25,400 --> 00:49:28,080
Speaker 1: done after the so that that there's a chance of that.

1001
00:49:28,120 --> 00:49:30,280
Speaker 1: But they haven't been a great home team. They lost

1002
00:49:30,320 --> 00:49:33,239
Speaker 1: to the Falcons, they lost to the Redskins. Uh, they

1003
00:49:33,280 --> 00:49:36,440
Speaker 1: needed that late crazy comeback to beat Houston. You know,

1004
00:49:36,520 --> 00:49:39,120
Speaker 1: they were trailing even against the Colts at one point.

1005
00:49:39,120 --> 00:49:40,799
Speaker 1: And I have to like, they haven't that that home

1006
00:49:40,800 --> 00:49:43,359
Speaker 1: field mystique hasn't been there. But the Rams, it's still

1007
00:49:43,440 --> 00:49:46,120
Speaker 1: a very tough game for them because they need they

1008
00:49:46,160 --> 00:49:48,480
Speaker 1: need to get over the hump. They haven't. They've just

1009
00:49:48,600 --> 00:49:52,040
Speaker 1: barely found a way to lose these games late against Seattle. Uh,

1010
00:49:52,080 --> 00:49:54,759
Speaker 1: they did it against the Eagles certainly last week, like

1011
00:49:54,800 --> 00:49:57,040
Speaker 1: they if they're gonna really be a team that matters

1012
00:49:57,080 --> 00:49:58,920
Speaker 1: in January, you gotta win this game and it it

1013
00:49:59,040 --> 00:50:00,920
Speaker 1: ends the division if you do win it. And the

1014
00:50:00,920 --> 00:50:04,479
Speaker 1: Seahawks have maybe record wise they haven't been um as

1015
00:50:04,520 --> 00:50:08,000
Speaker 1: dominant in Seattle, but this is kind of Seahawks time

1016
00:50:08,000 --> 00:50:10,560
Speaker 1: a year now. This is when when the games matter

1017
00:50:10,680 --> 00:50:12,680
Speaker 1: the most when you go into that building in the

1018
00:50:12,719 --> 00:50:16,160
Speaker 1: past five years, they find a way. And Russell Wilson again,

1019
00:50:16,360 --> 00:50:18,240
Speaker 1: we talked about the m v P race. I'm excited

1020
00:50:18,280 --> 00:50:21,319
Speaker 1: to see how that goes down. And Russell Wilson needs

1021
00:50:21,360 --> 00:50:22,880
Speaker 1: to win this game to keep his team in the

1022
00:50:22,880 --> 00:50:25,480
Speaker 1: playoff mix, and I think if he does, he stays

1023
00:50:25,520 --> 00:50:27,960
Speaker 1: in the m v P race. I feel really good

1024
00:50:27,960 --> 00:50:31,720
Speaker 1: about the Seahawks. Dabbled with the idea of a really

1025
00:50:32,320 --> 00:50:35,040
Speaker 1: uniony lock up. I stepped away from it because I

1026
00:50:35,080 --> 00:50:37,640
Speaker 1: do respect the team of a t L that much.

1027
00:50:38,080 --> 00:50:39,480
Speaker 1: You know, I respect the team of a t L,

1028
00:50:39,520 --> 00:50:40,839
Speaker 1: so I don't want to go that far and lock

1029
00:50:40,920 --> 00:50:42,600
Speaker 1: against him in a game like this. But at the

1030
00:50:42,680 --> 00:50:44,839
Speaker 1: same time, it's gonna mean a lot of that organization well,

1031
00:50:44,840 --> 00:50:47,000
Speaker 1: the Seahawks are favored in this game, which to me

1032
00:50:47,360 --> 00:50:49,960
Speaker 1: is a little crazy. I don't see that. I don't

1033
00:50:50,040 --> 00:50:53,359
Speaker 1: Vegas or the Desert. They see it in a similar way.

1034
00:50:53,440 --> 00:50:58,640
Speaker 1: This is Seahawks time. Hawks teams beat you up at

1035
00:50:58,680 --> 00:51:00,719
Speaker 1: home down the stretch because they a running game that

1036
00:51:00,760 --> 00:51:05,400
Speaker 1: could nominate teams. That's what's missing. It's crazy. That was

1037
00:51:05,440 --> 00:51:07,560
Speaker 1: a big win, There's no doubt. It's crazy. Though. The

1038
00:51:07,920 --> 00:51:10,640
Speaker 1: Rams are better everywhere. I think they are better defense

1039
00:51:10,840 --> 00:51:13,360
Speaker 1: right now than the Seahawks. I think they're certainly a

1040
00:51:13,360 --> 00:51:16,520
Speaker 1: better offense. They've got the special teams, they're waiting to

1041
00:51:16,600 --> 00:51:19,879
Speaker 1: finally get over the top, and more than anything, they've

1042
00:51:19,920 --> 00:51:22,320
Speaker 1: got the support from all of us. They're the team

1043
00:51:22,320 --> 00:51:26,440
Speaker 1: of around the NFL. Man, I walk it up, Reggy,

1044
00:51:26,719 --> 00:51:30,200
Speaker 1: there you go, let's hear it. Let's listen to some music,

1045
00:51:31,640 --> 00:51:40,960
Speaker 1: plus us to the whole thing. It's so fun. The

1046
00:51:41,160 --> 00:52:10,040
Speaker 1: team Directors team is a very special honor, Dan treating

1047
00:52:10,120 --> 00:52:12,560
Speaker 1: us all to some air guitar there during the five

1048
00:52:12,600 --> 00:52:14,279
Speaker 1: and a half minute version of the Team of a

1049
00:52:14,400 --> 00:52:16,959
Speaker 1: T l Anthem Dick Banks, the one man house band

1050
00:52:17,880 --> 00:52:19,960
Speaker 1: on loan from the Dave Damage to Football program, they

1051
00:52:19,960 --> 00:52:22,719
Speaker 1: wouldn't send us to London. Would they allow us, the

1052
00:52:22,760 --> 00:52:25,719
Speaker 1: four of us to even simply uber down to a

1053
00:52:25,840 --> 00:52:28,120
Speaker 1: Rams playoff game and do a pod. You know, maybe

1054
00:52:28,280 --> 00:52:29,960
Speaker 1: that's a good point. Because they win this game there,

1055
00:52:30,000 --> 00:52:31,719
Speaker 1: we're gonna have a nice little home game in Why

1056
00:52:31,719 --> 00:52:33,439
Speaker 1: don't we bring that up with a shadowy league figure?

1057
00:52:33,480 --> 00:52:36,400
Speaker 1: But excuse me, will cost you nothing? Will uber on

1058
00:52:36,440 --> 00:52:38,720
Speaker 1: our own money down there and do our own show.

1059
00:52:39,200 --> 00:52:41,600
Speaker 1: We've been told that we need to be babysat though,

1060
00:52:41,640 --> 00:52:43,680
Speaker 1: so I don't know if that that is another situation.

1061
00:52:43,960 --> 00:52:46,080
Speaker 1: A lot of things going on behind the scenes put

1062
00:52:46,080 --> 00:52:48,880
Speaker 1: it that way. Complex. Michael Bennet's lucky to be playing

1063
00:52:48,880 --> 00:52:52,759
Speaker 1: in this game. If ever there's a game they need him,

1064
00:52:52,760 --> 00:52:58,280
Speaker 1: and Sheldon Richardson and Frank Clark the dominated well. Greg

1065
00:52:58,320 --> 00:53:01,960
Speaker 1: obviously picks the Rams. I am gonna pick the Seahawks.

1066
00:53:02,000 --> 00:53:05,160
Speaker 1: What do you guys got on that one? Ms Rams

1067
00:53:05,320 --> 00:53:07,480
Speaker 1: seemed to come up with a return TD every week.

1068
00:53:07,520 --> 00:53:09,919
Speaker 1: They have six return tds this year. Their special teams

1069
00:53:09,920 --> 00:53:12,640
Speaker 1: are dominant, and I think this game could come down

1070
00:53:12,680 --> 00:53:14,480
Speaker 1: to kickers. The Rams might have the best in the

1071
00:53:14,520 --> 00:53:16,680
Speaker 1: league and the Seahawks might have the worst. I'm taking

1072
00:53:16,680 --> 00:53:18,560
Speaker 1: the ram I like it. I see you're Justin Tucker

1073
00:53:18,600 --> 00:53:20,640
Speaker 1: Shade and I don't like it. I love Justin Tucker.

1074
00:53:20,680 --> 00:53:22,799
Speaker 1: I think you could argue his last two years are

1075
00:53:22,800 --> 00:53:25,360
Speaker 1: the best two years stretched by any kicker in NFL history.

1076
00:53:25,640 --> 00:53:27,959
Speaker 1: But nobody's kicked better than Greg's airline this year. Yeah,

1077
00:53:27,960 --> 00:53:30,839
Speaker 1: Greg the leg. He doesn't move on. Now. The game

1078
00:53:30,880 --> 00:53:34,200
Speaker 1: of the week. That was the appetizer. Here's the main course.

1079
00:53:34,719 --> 00:53:38,760
Speaker 1: The New England Patriots against the Pittsburgh Steelers at Hines Field.

1080
00:53:39,200 --> 00:53:41,319
Speaker 1: Erica Tam Posty. She can't even I mean she can't eat,

1081
00:53:41,360 --> 00:53:46,200
Speaker 1: you can't sleep. She's dranking a lot. Yes, I went

1082
00:53:46,239 --> 00:53:50,160
Speaker 1: on from time to time. Um, and here we go,

1083
00:53:50,200 --> 00:53:52,640
Speaker 1: and I'll set it up this way. Greg to me,

1084
00:53:53,520 --> 00:53:55,279
Speaker 1: and you're getting all excited. Oh, the a f C

1085
00:53:55,480 --> 00:53:57,480
Speaker 1: is not nearly as watered down as all these idiots

1086
00:53:57,520 --> 00:53:59,680
Speaker 1: were saying. That was not subtweeted us. I get that.

1087
00:54:00,160 --> 00:54:02,959
Speaker 1: I'm just saying it out loud. You said it out loud. Yeah,

1088
00:54:03,040 --> 00:54:05,680
Speaker 1: it's deep, it's fine. Okay, that's a way for December.

1089
00:54:05,680 --> 00:54:09,440
Speaker 1: It's a nice opinion. Um, here's my opinion. The winner

1090
00:54:09,480 --> 00:54:13,359
Speaker 1: of this game is going to the Super Bowl. And hell,

1091
00:54:13,520 --> 00:54:15,120
Speaker 1: I think they'll win the Super Bowl too. I think

1092
00:54:15,120 --> 00:54:17,480
Speaker 1: it's that important to get home field. I think it

1093
00:54:17,520 --> 00:54:19,280
Speaker 1: will come down to these two teams in the ANFC,

1094
00:54:19,440 --> 00:54:21,680
Speaker 1: and I think the winner that has home field in

1095
00:54:21,760 --> 00:54:23,840
Speaker 1: the last weekend of January is the team that wins

1096
00:54:23,880 --> 00:54:26,520
Speaker 1: that game. That's how big the game is. From my perspective,

1097
00:54:26,520 --> 00:54:29,560
Speaker 1: the stakes are that high your thoughts, that would mean

1098
00:54:29,760 --> 00:54:32,640
Speaker 1: you know that, let's say the Patriots or the Steelers,

1099
00:54:32,640 --> 00:54:35,640
Speaker 1: that they put in a more complete, better performance and

1100
00:54:35,680 --> 00:54:38,239
Speaker 1: start building towards that a f C championship, because we're

1101
00:54:38,239 --> 00:54:40,719
Speaker 1: still a long way away. If you're the Steelers, are

1102
00:54:40,719 --> 00:54:43,799
Speaker 1: the Patriots, you're still four games away. And when when

1103
00:54:43,880 --> 00:54:47,040
Speaker 1: scouts go back and they look like, okay, let's evaluate

1104
00:54:47,080 --> 00:54:48,680
Speaker 1: the team. What do they go back? They just go

1105
00:54:48,719 --> 00:54:50,560
Speaker 1: back and look at the last four games because that's

1106
00:54:50,560 --> 00:54:52,520
Speaker 1: really all that matters. And that's kind of why I

1107
00:54:52,560 --> 00:54:55,960
Speaker 1: don't totally buy into the Steelers or the Patriots as

1108
00:54:56,000 --> 00:54:58,279
Speaker 1: Super Bowl teams because you look at the last three

1109
00:54:58,360 --> 00:55:01,080
Speaker 1: or four games. For the Patriots, you've got some offensive

1110
00:55:01,080 --> 00:55:03,760
Speaker 1: line problems. You've certainly got one on one matchup problems

1111
00:55:03,800 --> 00:55:05,920
Speaker 1: over the middle of the field with tight ends, with

1112
00:55:06,000 --> 00:55:08,839
Speaker 1: slot receivers, and the Steelers with Juju Smith Schuster back

1113
00:55:08,840 --> 00:55:10,560
Speaker 1: can give you all sorts problems. And when you look

1114
00:55:10,560 --> 00:55:13,080
Speaker 1: at the Steelers, you look at a secondary much like

1115
00:55:13,239 --> 00:55:15,120
Speaker 1: last year at the end of the year, is kind

1116
00:55:15,120 --> 00:55:17,960
Speaker 1: of collapsing. Sean Davis giving up big plays, already burns.

1117
00:55:18,000 --> 00:55:20,600
Speaker 1: They certainly missed Joe Hayden, and I think Tom Brady

1118
00:55:20,680 --> 00:55:22,680
Speaker 1: is looking at that matchup this week thinking he can

1119
00:55:22,680 --> 00:55:24,279
Speaker 1: put up a lot of points. I don't. I don't

1120
00:55:24,280 --> 00:55:27,600
Speaker 1: see these teams right now as some dominant figures. I

1121
00:55:27,640 --> 00:55:31,239
Speaker 1: want to know how Bill Belichick plans to keep a

1122
00:55:31,320 --> 00:55:33,840
Speaker 1: lid on this Pittsburgh offense, because it kind of reminds

1123
00:55:33,840 --> 00:55:36,040
Speaker 1: me when they went into that two thousand and one

1124
00:55:36,120 --> 00:55:39,240
Speaker 1: Super Bowl matchup with the Kurt Warner led Rams passing

1125
00:55:39,280 --> 00:55:41,760
Speaker 1: the ball all over people, but they chose to shut

1126
00:55:41,800 --> 00:55:44,560
Speaker 1: down Marshall fulk That was their primary goal from wire

1127
00:55:44,600 --> 00:55:46,640
Speaker 1: to wire to punish him. And so do you deal

1128
00:55:46,680 --> 00:55:48,840
Speaker 1: with Levy on Bell or do you or do you

1129
00:55:49,080 --> 00:55:52,600
Speaker 1: simply have to double Antonio Brown the entire that one

1130
00:55:52,600 --> 00:55:54,839
Speaker 1: thing that why I get annoyed watching the Steelers. It's

1131
00:55:54,840 --> 00:55:57,960
Speaker 1: because your peep teams continue to put Antonio Bell with

1132
00:55:58,040 --> 00:56:00,560
Speaker 1: one cornerback or one guy on him, and you're getting

1133
00:56:00,640 --> 00:56:04,439
Speaker 1: to be would be terrified. Okay, Antonio Brown like he's

1134
00:56:04,520 --> 00:56:09,200
Speaker 1: flaming play like teams consistently predictably every third and fourth quarter,

1135
00:56:09,520 --> 00:56:12,120
Speaker 1: and you've got to find a way to stop that.

1136
00:56:12,760 --> 00:56:14,359
Speaker 1: You can't stop him. He's one of the best wide

1137
00:56:14,360 --> 00:56:18,359
Speaker 1: receivers ever. The difference has been since the second half

1138
00:56:18,360 --> 00:56:20,680
Speaker 1: of that Tennessee game. He's throwing the ball better than

1139
00:56:20,680 --> 00:56:23,440
Speaker 1: he has since the two thousand fifteen season. And for

1140
00:56:23,480 --> 00:56:26,799
Speaker 1: all those people after the Jaguars game, all the pop

1141
00:56:26,840 --> 00:56:30,480
Speaker 1: psychologists who said you can't six months before the season,

1142
00:56:30,480 --> 00:56:33,120
Speaker 1: you can't possibly be weighing whether you retire or not,

1143
00:56:33,160 --> 00:56:35,440
Speaker 1: because then you'll never be ready to play football ever again,

1144
00:56:35,840 --> 00:56:39,319
Speaker 1: give me a break. I think you stopped Brown if if,

1145
00:56:39,560 --> 00:56:40,840
Speaker 1: if there's some sort of choice to be MA and

1146
00:56:40,920 --> 00:56:43,320
Speaker 1: Malcolm Butler has been the one covering Brown over the

1147
00:56:43,400 --> 00:56:46,120
Speaker 1: last few years. He's been competitive. They certainly did a

1148
00:56:46,120 --> 00:56:47,640
Speaker 1: good job on him overall in the a f C

1149
00:56:47,800 --> 00:56:50,960
Speaker 1: Championship game last year. You know, Levy on Bell is

1150
00:56:51,000 --> 00:56:54,359
Speaker 1: an incredible player, but I think you live with them

1151
00:56:54,440 --> 00:56:57,359
Speaker 1: running the ball a lot. If Antonio Brown comes out

1152
00:56:57,360 --> 00:57:00,520
Speaker 1: of this with nine catches a hundred and forty yards

1153
00:57:00,640 --> 00:57:03,759
Speaker 1: a touchdown or two and the Steelers win. Is he

1154
00:57:03,840 --> 00:57:06,120
Speaker 1: the m v P, He's mine? I think this game

1155
00:57:06,200 --> 00:57:08,000
Speaker 1: is massive for the m v P. I think the

1156
00:57:08,040 --> 00:57:11,399
Speaker 1: winner of this game, assuming they play well, has kind

1157
00:57:11,400 --> 00:57:15,040
Speaker 1: of the inside edge. Well hired boy Russell, we have

1158
00:57:15,120 --> 00:57:16,760
Speaker 1: to get that matters too well. But we have to

1159
00:57:16,840 --> 00:57:19,280
Speaker 1: get to the point where the whoever votes for these

1160
00:57:19,280 --> 00:57:21,240
Speaker 1: things can look past the fact that Antonio Brown's a

1161
00:57:21,280 --> 00:57:23,760
Speaker 1: wide receiver because it's never happened before. But I think

1162
00:57:23,760 --> 00:57:26,320
Speaker 1: it's you're totally right in the sense that if he

1163
00:57:26,360 --> 00:57:27,920
Speaker 1: blows up the rest of the season the way he's

1164
00:57:27,920 --> 00:57:30,160
Speaker 1: been doing, yeah, he has earned it well. And it's

1165
00:57:30,160 --> 00:57:33,280
Speaker 1: how Brady plays the next three weeks because last week

1166
00:57:33,400 --> 00:57:35,960
Speaker 1: was his worst game of the year by so much

1167
00:57:36,440 --> 00:57:38,000
Speaker 1: that it I don't know if it was just a

1168
00:57:38,000 --> 00:57:40,600
Speaker 1: fluke or gets you worried. It wasn't just that. You

1169
00:57:40,600 --> 00:57:42,720
Speaker 1: know that the Dolphins are getting pressure on him, He's

1170
00:57:42,720 --> 00:57:45,600
Speaker 1: missing open throws by a lot. What if it's kind

1171
00:57:45,600 --> 00:57:48,280
Speaker 1: of out of nowhere just for this wide receiver MVP talk.

1172
00:57:48,320 --> 00:57:50,080
Speaker 1: What if the averages ten for one fifty and a

1173
00:57:50,160 --> 00:57:52,640
Speaker 1: touchdown for the rest of the season but they get

1174
00:57:52,640 --> 00:57:54,080
Speaker 1: beat in this game and they end up in the

1175
00:57:54,160 --> 00:57:56,080
Speaker 1: as a two or three seed. Is he then not

1176
00:57:56,120 --> 00:57:58,720
Speaker 1: the I think it depends if Brady plays well, because

1177
00:57:58,720 --> 00:58:00,800
Speaker 1: I think Brady has had an incredib That's where it's

1178
00:58:00,800 --> 00:58:04,120
Speaker 1: a little trickier for the quarterback. I think it's close

1179
00:58:04,200 --> 00:58:06,120
Speaker 1: enough that you need the full season. I wouldn't yet,

1180
00:58:06,160 --> 00:58:08,919
Speaker 1: I wouldn't close down the voting after this week. Um,

1181
00:58:09,160 --> 00:58:12,400
Speaker 1: other thoughts about this game, gentleman, Mark, what are you

1182
00:58:12,480 --> 00:58:14,840
Speaker 1: worried about? Who are you rooting for? By the way,

1183
00:58:14,880 --> 00:58:18,960
Speaker 1: I'm curious, Mark hate both these teams. I am in

1184
00:58:19,000 --> 00:58:22,160
Speaker 1: a terrible place with Patriots fans and my Twitter feed,

1185
00:58:22,200 --> 00:58:25,240
Speaker 1: and I texted West about these the other night. It's

1186
00:58:25,280 --> 00:58:28,200
Speaker 1: been awful. Um, I don't calm down, by the way

1187
00:58:29,160 --> 00:58:31,640
Speaker 1: a little bit. I mean every when everyone forgets about everything.

1188
00:58:31,640 --> 00:58:33,920
Speaker 1: And if you are if you're a Patriots fan that

1189
00:58:34,040 --> 00:58:36,160
Speaker 1: came after Mark and you're a fan of this podcast,

1190
00:58:36,760 --> 00:58:39,520
Speaker 1: you know, actually, actually, I will say something great about

1191
00:58:39,520 --> 00:58:42,720
Speaker 1: our listeners that the only kind of oasis in the

1192
00:58:42,720 --> 00:58:45,800
Speaker 1: middle of all that was podcast listeners saying you kind

1193
00:58:45,800 --> 00:58:47,560
Speaker 1: of got to get where these tweets are coming from.

1194
00:58:47,560 --> 00:58:49,520
Speaker 1: This person's a little bit of a uh not to

1195
00:58:49,600 --> 00:58:51,480
Speaker 1: use the term loose cannon twice on two people, but

1196
00:58:51,520 --> 00:58:53,160
Speaker 1: a bit of a loose cannon on Monday nights. And

1197
00:58:53,200 --> 00:58:56,240
Speaker 1: that's maybe where some of this verbiage. Did Erica come

1198
00:58:56,280 --> 00:58:58,480
Speaker 1: after you on Twitter? I don't recall, no, but you

1199
00:58:58,560 --> 00:59:00,959
Speaker 1: tagged me, so all these people are tweeting at me too,

1200
00:59:03,800 --> 00:59:08,760
Speaker 1: responded to me. Now everyone's answering that being like it

1201
00:59:08,880 --> 00:59:11,280
Speaker 1: wasn't that serious. I guess. I guess I'd say that

1202
00:59:11,320 --> 00:59:13,919
Speaker 1: Patriots fans like, who cares what I say? Your team

1203
00:59:13,920 --> 00:59:17,640
Speaker 1: just continues to roll. I mean, just enjoy it. Block

1204
00:59:17,720 --> 00:59:20,480
Speaker 1: all of them. About this week, I don't know who

1205
00:59:20,520 --> 00:59:22,400
Speaker 1: I'm rooting for. I wanted to be a good game.

1206
00:59:22,400 --> 00:59:23,720
Speaker 1: I wish you were on at night. I wish we're

1207
00:59:23,720 --> 00:59:25,920
Speaker 1: on Thursday night tonight, not this Thursday night game that

1208
00:59:25,920 --> 00:59:27,960
Speaker 1: we already talked about here. It is you have never

1209
00:59:28,000 --> 00:59:30,880
Speaker 1: picked against the Patriots ever in the history of the

1210
00:59:30,920 --> 00:59:33,960
Speaker 1: Around the NFL podcast. I know you have thoughts the

1211
00:59:33,960 --> 00:59:35,760
Speaker 1: other way this time because we did a pick up

1212
00:59:35,840 --> 00:59:38,800
Speaker 1: segment where you or a network segment where you hinted

1213
00:59:38,880 --> 00:59:41,680
Speaker 1: that that's how I think the Steelers there are. I'm

1214
00:59:41,680 --> 00:59:44,200
Speaker 1: not going to pick against them. I don't know. It's

1215
00:59:44,240 --> 00:59:46,920
Speaker 1: just we're not gonna point against the Steelers. Against the Patriots,

1216
00:59:46,920 --> 00:59:48,560
Speaker 1: I'm not going to pick again. I get worried about

1217
00:59:48,560 --> 00:59:51,200
Speaker 1: a revenge game if they if they do lose, then

1218
00:59:51,280 --> 00:59:53,120
Speaker 1: the revenge game in the party. I can also say

1219
00:59:53,120 --> 00:59:55,280
Speaker 1: I could also see a scenario where the Patriots lose

1220
00:59:55,280 --> 00:59:57,160
Speaker 1: this game and win in the playoffs. I don't think

1221
00:59:57,160 --> 00:59:59,400
Speaker 1: this game is the end. I'll be off especially for

1222
00:59:59,440 --> 01:00:02,200
Speaker 1: a utteran team like the Patriots. I think it's it's

1223
01:00:02,440 --> 01:00:05,920
Speaker 1: very important for the Steeler, It's very important for both teams.

1224
01:00:05,960 --> 01:00:08,280
Speaker 1: But I could trust the Patriots if they could turn

1225
01:00:08,320 --> 01:00:10,520
Speaker 1: things around. The problem is, I don't know if they're

1226
01:00:10,560 --> 01:00:14,600
Speaker 1: If they're good enough, we'll see. Don't trust either one

1227
01:00:14,600 --> 01:00:18,600
Speaker 1: of these defenses to stop the offense, and the Patriots

1228
01:00:18,600 --> 01:00:21,680
Speaker 1: have shown that they have the Steelers number, especially if

1229
01:00:21,680 --> 01:00:24,000
Speaker 1: the Steelers continue to play his own defense against Tom

1230
01:00:24,040 --> 01:00:27,040
Speaker 1: Brady and Gronk. I mean, he owns Bill Belgia Ohens,

1231
01:00:27,080 --> 01:00:29,480
Speaker 1: Mike Tomlin. I really wonder if Levy on Bell will

1232
01:00:29,520 --> 01:00:30,920
Speaker 1: be the same guy by the time you get to

1233
01:00:30,960 --> 01:00:34,400
Speaker 1: the a f C Championship game. He has played year.

1234
01:00:34,640 --> 01:00:37,040
Speaker 1: This is a crazy stat He has played a hundred

1235
01:00:37,040 --> 01:00:40,400
Speaker 1: and fifty six more snaps than any other running back

1236
01:00:40,520 --> 01:00:44,440
Speaker 1: in the league. That's three games. He's a He's basically

1237
01:00:44,440 --> 01:00:47,360
Speaker 1: played three games, and however many more carries than any

1238
01:00:47,360 --> 01:00:51,240
Speaker 1: other running back. It's crazy. I think something psychologically changed

1239
01:00:51,320 --> 01:00:54,400
Speaker 1: with this Steelers team in the second half against the Bengals.

1240
01:00:54,440 --> 01:00:57,680
Speaker 1: They feel completely different to me, and maybe maybe I

1241
01:00:57,760 --> 01:01:01,040
Speaker 1: just view them differently. They're not perfect, neither of the Patriots,

1242
01:01:01,080 --> 01:01:03,000
Speaker 1: but I'm gonna I think they're gonna win this game

1243
01:01:03,040 --> 01:01:06,320
Speaker 1: and quiet all the nonsense about Tomlin and everything else.

1244
01:01:06,480 --> 01:01:09,200
Speaker 1: But Eric is exactly right. That creates issues. When you

1245
01:01:09,240 --> 01:01:11,240
Speaker 1: have to play the Patriots again in the playoffs, you

1246
01:01:11,320 --> 01:01:13,840
Speaker 1: might get a different result. They they'll be eased by

1247
01:01:13,840 --> 01:01:15,640
Speaker 1: the fact that they would probably be in their building,

1248
01:01:15,640 --> 01:01:18,600
Speaker 1: back in the same stadium where they beat them. Under

1249
01:01:18,600 --> 01:01:21,520
Speaker 1: that theory, you know, setting aside, like the emotional part

1250
01:01:21,560 --> 01:01:25,800
Speaker 1: of it. They missed Ryan Shazier on the field last week.

1251
01:01:25,840 --> 01:01:27,720
Speaker 1: I think that like if they had lost that game,

1252
01:01:27,760 --> 01:01:30,120
Speaker 1: and they easily could have, I think that was the

1253
01:01:30,120 --> 01:01:32,120
Speaker 1: difference that the Ravens were running all over by the

1254
01:01:32,160 --> 01:01:36,760
Speaker 1: way Patriots get Grunkowski back to that was not not

1255
01:01:36,960 --> 01:01:39,280
Speaker 1: enough was made of that Brady did not look good

1256
01:01:39,320 --> 01:01:42,200
Speaker 1: at all against the Dolphins, but that was that cannot

1257
01:01:42,200 --> 01:01:44,919
Speaker 1: be overlooked. He has eight touchdowns in five career games,

1258
01:01:44,920 --> 01:01:47,960
Speaker 1: but the Steelers the highest rate of receiving touchdowns that

1259
01:01:48,040 --> 01:01:51,560
Speaker 1: one player has against any teams. Merger, I like that. Um,

1260
01:01:51,600 --> 01:01:54,520
Speaker 1: now I'm picking the Patriots. Love Bell not averaging four

1261
01:01:54,560 --> 01:01:56,720
Speaker 1: yards of carry this year, by the way, Yeah, so

1262
01:01:56,800 --> 01:01:59,880
Speaker 1: of course you're more afraid of Antonio Brown then live Bell.

1263
01:02:00,000 --> 01:02:03,400
Speaker 1: Moving on the Tennessee Tytoons or eight and five? Uh

1264
01:02:04,000 --> 01:02:06,920
Speaker 1: lost to the Cards last week. Now they travel to

1265
01:02:07,040 --> 01:02:10,960
Speaker 1: San Francisco to face the forty Niners, who are listen.

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Speaker 1: They are messing up their draft standing. But it's okay

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Speaker 1: because the reason they're quote unquote messing it up is

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Speaker 1: because Jimmy Garoppolo has come in and giving them a

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Speaker 1: steadier presence at quarterback. He hasn't played out of his mind, Mark,

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Speaker 1: but he's also been a big upgrade over what they had,

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Speaker 1: And there's a lot of reason to be excited. If

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Speaker 1: you're an Owners fan who cares about your draft pick.

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01:02:30,040 --> 01:02:32,760
Speaker 1: You found your quarterback, that that horrible way to have

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Speaker 1: to live is over. For those Niners fans, they've got

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Speaker 1: something to be thrilled about. Right here. I listened. The

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01:02:38,600 --> 01:02:41,640
Speaker 1: Titans have an unfixable vanilla offense. They are going to

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Speaker 1: lose this game, and I'll tell you why because on

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Speaker 1: Sunday night, last Sunday, I look up. Yeah, you already

1279
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Speaker 1: did the same intensity both times. That's why you're a pro, buddy.

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Speaker 1: I actually I asked to watch this game on Sunday

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Speaker 1: and cover it. I think Jimmy G is one of

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01:02:55,120 --> 01:02:57,960
Speaker 1: the best late season stories. This trade is gonna go down,

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01:02:58,040 --> 01:03:01,520
Speaker 1: It's gonna change this franchise for you to come. You

1284
01:03:01,600 --> 01:03:04,840
Speaker 1: are really into the Jimmy G thing. It is because

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01:03:04,840 --> 01:03:08,880
Speaker 1: it's let me finish. How connected is it is that you,

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01:03:09,080 --> 01:03:10,920
Speaker 1: in a lot of ways you wanted it to be

1287
01:03:10,960 --> 01:03:13,360
Speaker 1: a Brown so bad you thought it was gonna happen,

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01:03:13,680 --> 01:03:15,360
Speaker 1: and now you have to kind of view it through

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01:03:15,440 --> 01:03:18,440
Speaker 1: the forty Niners lens. Is there any type of psychology

1290
01:03:18,440 --> 01:03:21,200
Speaker 1: going on with you with that? I I applaud honestly

1291
01:03:21,200 --> 01:03:23,320
Speaker 1: the Niners for making the move. Cleveland couldn't get it

1292
01:03:23,360 --> 01:03:27,040
Speaker 1: done too bad. I still come in and cover the sports,

1293
01:03:27,080 --> 01:03:28,800
Speaker 1: so it's like, I'm not gonna sit around worrying about

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01:03:28,800 --> 01:03:31,120
Speaker 1: the Browns can't do it's it's It says a lot

1295
01:03:31,160 --> 01:03:33,960
Speaker 1: about the Titans right now that the forty niners are

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01:03:34,000 --> 01:03:37,479
Speaker 1: favored in this game. Yes, that's it. That's the lack

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Speaker 1: of perspective, which makes sense for where the Titan Mariota

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01:03:40,600 --> 01:03:43,880
Speaker 1: has eight games with a passerrating below eighty. The only

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01:03:43,960 --> 01:03:48,080
Speaker 1: quarterback with more nine Deshaun Kaiser. I noticed that you

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01:03:48,240 --> 01:03:53,000
Speaker 1: called the Titans offense unfixable days if their Malarkey said

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01:03:53,000 --> 01:03:56,120
Speaker 1: it was fixable. It's been broken since Week one, it

1302
01:03:56,200 --> 01:03:58,640
Speaker 1: really has. It's been broken all season long. They have

1303
01:03:58,720 --> 01:04:01,840
Speaker 1: no identity, they don't know who they are, and I

1304
01:04:01,880 --> 01:04:04,480
Speaker 1: agree with you, Malarkey's full of it. They're not fat.

1305
01:04:04,520 --> 01:04:06,600
Speaker 1: How are they going to fix it? What I think

1306
01:04:06,720 --> 01:04:09,880
Speaker 1: Mariota is being done a disservice with this coaching staff

1307
01:04:09,880 --> 01:04:12,840
Speaker 1: and in this system he needs to be in I

1308
01:04:12,880 --> 01:04:15,600
Speaker 1: don't know, and not into the Mike Mlarkey thing. Coming

1309
01:04:15,640 --> 01:04:18,400
Speaker 1: back on us, let's move on. We'll talk a little

1310
01:04:18,440 --> 01:04:22,040
Speaker 1: Sunday night football. The Dallas Cowboys seven and six UH

1311
01:04:22,200 --> 01:04:24,000
Speaker 1: need to win in the worst way, and some of

1312
01:04:24,080 --> 01:04:28,720
Speaker 1: their opponent, the Oakland Raiders UH six and seven after

1313
01:04:29,040 --> 01:04:31,680
Speaker 1: their loss to the Chiefs last week, they need to

1314
01:04:31,720 --> 01:04:34,880
Speaker 1: win in the worst way. UH more likely to make

1315
01:04:34,920 --> 01:04:41,240
Speaker 1: the postseason Cowboys or Raiders West. Well, the Raiders aren't

1316
01:04:41,240 --> 01:04:43,080
Speaker 1: going to make the postseason period because they're a bad

1317
01:04:43,120 --> 01:04:44,960
Speaker 1: football team, and they have been all year, and we've

1318
01:04:44,960 --> 01:04:47,160
Speaker 1: been saying that all year and they proved it again

1319
01:04:47,280 --> 01:04:51,280
Speaker 1: last week. They're likely to be with aut Amari Cooper. Uh.

1320
01:04:51,320 --> 01:04:56,600
Speaker 1: Their receivers drop almost everything anyway, and they Derek Carr

1321
01:04:57,040 --> 01:04:59,480
Speaker 1: takes two point to nine seconds to pass, which is

1322
01:04:59,520 --> 01:05:01,520
Speaker 1: the quick us by far in the NFL. There is

1323
01:05:01,560 --> 01:05:04,560
Speaker 1: no downfield element to this passing attack. Why is he

1324
01:05:04,560 --> 01:05:07,760
Speaker 1: getting rid of the ball so quickly and taking checkdowns

1325
01:05:07,800 --> 01:05:09,600
Speaker 1: behind an offensive line that's supposed to be one of

1326
01:05:09,640 --> 01:05:11,480
Speaker 1: the best in the usually is I think a lot

1327
01:05:11,480 --> 01:05:13,440
Speaker 1: of times you see that from car on like a

1328
01:05:13,480 --> 01:05:16,240
Speaker 1: third and long type of situation where you're just like,

1329
01:05:16,280 --> 01:05:19,240
Speaker 1: why are you throwing the three yards? It's speaking of

1330
01:05:19,280 --> 01:05:22,520
Speaker 1: broken offenses. This is one I thought, Dallas and what

1331
01:05:22,560 --> 01:05:24,680
Speaker 1: you're playing a terrible Giants defense. I get that, But

1332
01:05:24,800 --> 01:05:27,600
Speaker 1: Dak Prescott had one of his more impressive games. They

1333
01:05:27,640 --> 01:05:30,560
Speaker 1: looked explosive in the passing game. Cole Beasley back in

1334
01:05:30,640 --> 01:05:33,520
Speaker 1: action for them. Dez Bryant had a big touchdown. I mean,

1335
01:05:33,560 --> 01:05:35,280
Speaker 1: I think Dallas is going to roll right over a

1336
01:05:35,320 --> 01:05:37,840
Speaker 1: team that you know, we talked before about the a

1337
01:05:37,920 --> 01:05:40,080
Speaker 1: f C West playoff picture and we didn't even talk

1338
01:05:40,120 --> 01:05:42,160
Speaker 1: about the Raiders. And there's a reason for that. They

1339
01:05:42,200 --> 01:05:45,720
Speaker 1: feel like they're zooming towards a massive reorganization potentially. Yeah, Like,

1340
01:05:45,760 --> 01:05:49,920
Speaker 1: how how great is this offensive line of the Cowboys.

1341
01:05:49,960 --> 01:05:52,000
Speaker 1: It's been the best over the last three or four years.

1342
01:05:52,040 --> 01:05:54,840
Speaker 1: You have three all pros, Like this is the time

1343
01:05:54,840 --> 01:05:56,520
Speaker 1: with Zeke out that it was up to them to

1344
01:05:56,600 --> 01:05:58,919
Speaker 1: kind of come over and just take over games, win

1345
01:05:59,000 --> 01:06:01,040
Speaker 1: it on their own. For the most part, they've done that.

1346
01:06:01,240 --> 01:06:04,200
Speaker 1: And facing the Raiders defense on Sunday night, like, I

1347
01:06:04,280 --> 01:06:07,400
Speaker 1: absolutely expect them to kind of just man handle them

1348
01:06:07,400 --> 01:06:09,200
Speaker 1: and win a game on their own. Get it set

1349
01:06:09,200 --> 01:06:11,800
Speaker 1: it up for Zeke Zeke. Zeke's back. Next week is

1350
01:06:11,840 --> 01:06:14,120
Speaker 1: against the Seahawks in a in a game that could

1351
01:06:14,160 --> 01:06:17,200
Speaker 1: be too eight and six, like losers out kind of

1352
01:06:17,200 --> 01:06:20,160
Speaker 1: ball if they if they look, I mean, they could

1353
01:06:20,160 --> 01:06:22,560
Speaker 1: be rolling. That's why I like the Cowboys a lot,

1354
01:06:22,600 --> 01:06:24,560
Speaker 1: and that West it was not really shot at the Packers.

1355
01:06:24,960 --> 01:06:27,360
Speaker 1: If they do take care of business this week and

1356
01:06:27,400 --> 01:06:29,680
Speaker 1: then they get zeek back. I feel really good that

1357
01:06:29,760 --> 01:06:31,520
Speaker 1: they are going to be a team that that can

1358
01:06:31,520 --> 01:06:33,560
Speaker 1: sneak in the playoffs and make noise in the NFC.

1359
01:06:33,760 --> 01:06:38,200
Speaker 1: Not convinced they're good though. Can they pass? Because I

1360
01:06:38,200 --> 01:06:41,600
Speaker 1: don't know they could. We shouldn't be so sure about

1361
01:06:41,600 --> 01:06:44,000
Speaker 1: any team by the No No. No, I just not assume

1362
01:06:44,040 --> 01:06:46,120
Speaker 1: the Cowboys stay because we're wrong all the time about no.

1363
01:06:46,200 --> 01:06:49,240
Speaker 1: I agree. I think they can transform, certainly if the

1364
01:06:49,280 --> 01:06:51,919
Speaker 1: Dolphins can, but I haven't seen it really from their

1365
01:06:51,920 --> 01:06:57,560
Speaker 1: defense and their passing game much. By the way, never

1366
01:06:57,600 --> 01:07:00,920
Speaker 1: answered me was I said the Raids are not It's

1367
01:07:00,960 --> 01:07:02,840
Speaker 1: not possible for the Raiders to go to the playoffs.

1368
01:07:02,840 --> 01:07:05,120
Speaker 1: So the Cowboys are the more like they just wanted

1369
01:07:05,120 --> 01:07:08,200
Speaker 1: a little little paperwork, just wanted to get it on record.

1370
01:07:08,240 --> 01:07:11,080
Speaker 1: A lot of rules and regulations being espoused by Dan today.

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01:07:11,080 --> 01:07:15,000
Speaker 1: Save it for the rules and regulations pod. Finally, Monday

1372
01:07:15,120 --> 01:07:18,640
Speaker 1: Night Football, the Falcons eight and five. Uh. They beat

1373
01:07:18,640 --> 01:07:21,440
Speaker 1: the Saints and a huge win last Thursday, and now

1374
01:07:21,480 --> 01:07:23,160
Speaker 1: they get oh that's it's almost like a mini by

1375
01:07:23,280 --> 01:07:25,800
Speaker 1: Thursday night to Monday night. Uh, and they get they

1376
01:07:25,840 --> 01:07:28,920
Speaker 1: get the Bucks. Greg, the Falcons are any good at all?

1377
01:07:28,960 --> 01:07:32,160
Speaker 1: They're gonna whip up on this bad Bucks team. Uh,

1378
01:07:32,360 --> 01:07:35,000
Speaker 1: that's what's gonna happen, right they should. I think weird

1379
01:07:35,080 --> 01:07:37,560
Speaker 1: things happen when you play a team twice in three weeks,

1380
01:07:37,560 --> 01:07:40,400
Speaker 1: like the Dolphins and Patriots did in in the first matchup,

1381
01:07:40,440 --> 01:07:43,680
Speaker 1: the Bucks and Ryan Fitzpatrick had twenty seven first downs

1382
01:07:44,120 --> 01:07:46,720
Speaker 1: and they basically did what they wanted. So in a

1383
01:07:46,800 --> 01:07:51,200
Speaker 1: division game, nothing would shock me. But the Falcons deserve

1384
01:07:51,240 --> 01:07:53,880
Speaker 1: a little credit. Like in this wild wild card race,

1385
01:07:53,960 --> 01:07:56,080
Speaker 1: They've beaten all the other teams they've got every time break.

1386
01:07:56,360 --> 01:07:59,200
Speaker 1: You beat the Cowboys, they beat the Lions, they beat

1387
01:07:59,240 --> 01:08:01,680
Speaker 1: the Seahawks, and they beat the Packers. They beat everyone.

1388
01:08:01,720 --> 01:08:03,959
Speaker 1: So if they win games like this one, they're gonna

1389
01:08:03,960 --> 01:08:07,280
Speaker 1: get in. Watching that Saints game, I mean most of

1390
01:08:07,360 --> 01:08:10,160
Speaker 1: New impressed me again, Julio Jones, but Matt Ryan could

1391
01:08:10,200 --> 01:08:12,880
Speaker 1: have had five interceptions in that game. I mean there

1392
01:08:12,920 --> 01:08:15,040
Speaker 1: were there were some worst game one of some bad

1393
01:08:15,080 --> 01:08:17,160
Speaker 1: throws by Matt Ryan, but they just you gotta get

1394
01:08:17,160 --> 01:08:19,120
Speaker 1: out of this one without making all these mistakes. If

1395
01:08:19,320 --> 01:08:21,680
Speaker 1: Sarkeesian is ever going to use his running backs in

1396
01:08:21,680 --> 01:08:24,160
Speaker 1: the passing game, which has been bizarre how he has

1397
01:08:24,240 --> 01:08:26,479
Speaker 1: left them out of the passing game. This is the

1398
01:08:26,520 --> 01:08:29,479
Speaker 1: matchup against the defense that was shredded by Theo Riddick

1399
01:08:29,760 --> 01:08:33,720
Speaker 1: and Eric Ebron last week. Uh, I don't. I just

1400
01:08:33,720 --> 01:08:36,200
Speaker 1: don't have any confidence that that Sarkasian is going to do.

1401
01:08:37,320 --> 01:08:40,479
Speaker 1: Most likely he's he has a concussion. I thought it

1402
01:08:40,520 --> 01:08:43,960
Speaker 1: was interesting the Bucks played Chris Godwin more snaps last

1403
01:08:43,960 --> 01:08:47,120
Speaker 1: week than Adam Humphreys or DeShawn Jackson. Looked very good.

1404
01:08:47,200 --> 01:08:50,280
Speaker 1: O J. Howard like, I don't know, I could couldn't

1405
01:08:50,280 --> 01:08:53,599
Speaker 1: you just see? I could see this being a would

1406
01:08:53,600 --> 01:08:55,680
Speaker 1: not surprise me if if there's an upset here and

1407
01:08:55,720 --> 01:08:59,080
Speaker 1: the Bucks have been working on Jameis Winston's mechanics. His

1408
01:08:59,120 --> 01:09:02,519
Speaker 1: foot his feet were quieter, he was carrying the ball higher,

1409
01:09:02,720 --> 01:09:04,880
Speaker 1: he was getting rid of the ball quicker. And then

1410
01:09:04,880 --> 01:09:06,720
Speaker 1: it kind of regressed over the course of the game.

1411
01:09:06,760 --> 01:09:08,439
Speaker 1: But they came out and you could tell he was

1412
01:09:08,680 --> 01:09:11,400
Speaker 1: working on his mechanics in the first quarter. Caughtter revenge game.

1413
01:09:11,479 --> 01:09:12,880
Speaker 1: Did you know? You know I used to work for

1414
01:09:12,920 --> 01:09:17,559
Speaker 1: the Falcons, an employee there. He worked there. Yes, may

1415
01:09:17,600 --> 01:09:20,560
Speaker 1: not have too many opportunities that revenge games left, But

1416
01:09:21,280 --> 01:09:23,240
Speaker 1: what was his job? Was he like work in the

1417
01:09:23,240 --> 01:09:27,200
Speaker 1: mess hall or he coordinated their offense, called the plays.

1418
01:09:27,960 --> 01:09:32,760
Speaker 1: He was prominent coach, A prominent coach. Yes, I thought

1419
01:09:32,760 --> 01:09:36,479
Speaker 1: maybe he's like a landscaper. No, I mean, I think

1420
01:09:36,479 --> 01:09:40,280
Speaker 1: he's multifaceted. But all right, there you go. That's the

1421
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Speaker 1: week fifteen preview. The next time you hear from US

1422
01:09:42,920 --> 01:09:45,920
Speaker 1: it will be our Week fifteen recap show on Sunday night.

1423
01:09:45,920 --> 01:09:49,400
Speaker 1: It's the flagship program. If you can't get enough of US,

1424
01:09:50,040 --> 01:09:52,760
Speaker 1: NFL pick them. We're down to twice four divided by

1425
01:09:52,760 --> 01:09:56,679
Speaker 1: two is to Wasn't there a reason that the Fantasy

1426
01:09:56,680 --> 01:09:59,080
Speaker 1: Playoffs were on? So they were giving Fantasy Live a

1427
01:09:59,120 --> 01:10:01,120
Speaker 1: few extra sharing, Yeah, that kind of but that was

1428
01:10:01,200 --> 01:10:03,880
Speaker 1: last week. This week it's like Fantasy Playoff. But that's

1429
01:10:03,880 --> 01:10:05,880
Speaker 1: like ten percent of the people that play Fantasy. Now,

1430
01:10:06,240 --> 01:10:09,040
Speaker 1: doesn't it feel a little superfluous to give them another area,

1431
01:10:09,000 --> 01:10:11,400
Speaker 1: Except there were other areas of programming you could have

1432
01:10:11,439 --> 01:10:14,200
Speaker 1: trimmed if you needed to. Trimming us was a bad move.

1433
01:10:14,600 --> 01:10:18,920
Speaker 1: That's that Fantasy Live plus plus the loose cannon behind

1434
01:10:18,920 --> 01:10:22,240
Speaker 1: the glass. Uh, she really does, and she she commanded me,

1435
01:10:22,320 --> 01:10:24,760
Speaker 1: by the way, on our instant messengery Clanet client. I

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Speaker 1: don't know when the times are, but there they are

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Speaker 1: five am Eastern, eight am Eastern on Saturday. Just mentioned

1438
01:10:30,200 --> 01:10:33,320
Speaker 1: how and this is capped out dope. Our segments are

1439
01:10:33,520 --> 01:10:37,120
Speaker 1: they're pretty dopey and and Erica is the is the

1440
01:10:37,160 --> 01:10:39,439
Speaker 1: woman behind that all. So if you want to see

1441
01:10:39,560 --> 01:10:43,799
Speaker 1: Erica uh at her in her element where she's really dominant,

1442
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Speaker 1: a great job. You know, hopefully you haven't saved on

1443
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Speaker 1: your DVR with the keep until I delete, which means

1444
01:10:48,960 --> 01:10:51,439
Speaker 1: it just staying there forever. Last week's show with the

1445
01:10:51,479 --> 01:10:55,519
Speaker 1: wind loser draw, that was tam Posse's well she is

1446
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Speaker 1: you are working hard for like multiple webbies. Is this

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Speaker 1: what it is? Yeah, yeah, yeah, you're very ambitious. It's

1448
01:11:02,880 --> 01:11:05,280
Speaker 1: going to pay off some some awards this time. All right,

1449
01:11:05,479 --> 01:11:07,280
Speaker 1: let's let's get out of here. This is Dan hands

1450
01:11:07,280 --> 01:11:11,280
Speaker 1: Is signing off for the Quiet Store, the Mailman, the

1451
01:11:11,320 --> 01:11:17,240
Speaker 1: Old Boss, and the Loose Cannon. She's nervous, our big team.

1452
01:11:17,320 --> 01:11:22,200
Speaker 1: She's drinking that wine down. Oh my goodness tells Sunday Night.

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Speaker 1: M