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Speaker 1: I texted with countless teams that were in the playoffs,

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Speaker 1: he gets home to Texas, she's asleep. He goes out

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Speaker 1: with the boys. Forty eight hours later he flies back

429
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Speaker 1: to you know, the RBC at like Tuesday night, start

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Speaker 1: slow on Thursday, and then you look up on Sunday.

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Speaker 1: He's kicking the shit out of everybody. And I've done

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Speaker 1: DraftKings today. Right now, they have a special for him

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Speaker 1: to win the Grand Slam. He's forty to one now.

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Speaker 1: I've said after the Masters, the only thing like I

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Speaker 1: think is over under right now on Majors is two

436
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Speaker 1: and a half. That's what I would put it at

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Speaker 1: because I think between Pinehurst and the Open Championship he's

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Speaker 1: a lock to win one of those two. The only

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Speaker 1: reason I'm hesitant on the PGA Championship in Valhalla is

440
00:25:41,119 --> 00:25:43,840
Speaker 1: because his wife any day could have a baby. And

441
00:25:43,880 --> 00:25:45,840
Speaker 1: then the moment when you first have a baby, you

442
00:25:45,880 --> 00:25:49,800
Speaker 1: don't sleep. You're sleeping in a terrible chair. Bed, never

443
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Speaker 1: had one, but seeing pictures bend to the room after

444
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Speaker 1: my friends and brothers have had kids. But it is

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Speaker 1: a it's a life chain moment, in a life changing

446
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Speaker 1: moment for you personally, especially in the short term just

447
00:26:04,320 --> 00:26:06,560
Speaker 1: with sleep and your routine is going to be thrown off.

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00:26:07,040 --> 00:26:10,600
Speaker 1: So who knows how much practice he's gonna have before

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Speaker 1: the PGA. And then I started thinking like, well, had

450
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Speaker 1: no practice or probably slept that much or did anything

451
00:26:18,160 --> 00:26:21,240
Speaker 1: the couple days leading into the RBC, and he basically

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Speaker 1: won with his fucking eyes closed, So why couldn't he

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Speaker 1: win a major? Now? Obviously if his wife hasn't gone

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Speaker 1: into labor, and that's a story that to me would

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00:26:30,400 --> 00:26:33,439
Speaker 1: have much more substance behind it because she could actually

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Speaker 1: have the baby. That's a whole different conversation. But if

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Speaker 1: the baby happens before, you know, I don't know if

458
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Speaker 1: I'm off him that much. And if he were to

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Speaker 1: win Valhalla, that forty to one to me probably goes

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Speaker 1: down to like twelve to one immediately, because one I

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Speaker 1: think he's winning Pinehurst. I mean, it sets up perfectly

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Speaker 1: for him, and by then he will have enough time

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Speaker 1: to kind of get his routine and just gets a

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Speaker 1: normal sleep in order for the major push. I looked

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Speaker 1: at last year, and remember he couldn't putt last year.

466
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Speaker 1: He was an awful putter. He finished T ten at

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Speaker 1: the Masters, which probably gonna be an outlier for his

468
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Speaker 1: career because he's gonna win that thing like five times.

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Speaker 1: And then the next two majors, the PGA. In the

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Speaker 1: US Open at La Country Club, he finished T two

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Speaker 1: and third. Again could not put the British Open, which

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Speaker 1: has given him some trouble though he's only played in

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Speaker 1: three He finished T twenty three and two years ago.

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Speaker 1: His best finished in twenty twenty one was T eight.

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Speaker 1: I guess my overall point is I don't think it's

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Speaker 1: crazy at all to throw a little money on him.

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Speaker 1: Forty to one to win the Grand Slam seems crazy, right,

478
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Speaker 1: just because of how difficult it is, how much pressure

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00:27:46,280 --> 00:27:49,600
Speaker 1: is on these majors. But for the first time since Tiger,

480
00:27:49,640 --> 00:27:54,200
Speaker 1: you're like, yeah, this is real, This is very, very possible. Now.

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Speaker 1: The crazy thing is when Tiger was in his heyday,

482
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Speaker 1: you know, people love to make fun like it was

483
00:27:59,320 --> 00:28:03,040
Speaker 1: just Plumber and Fireman is the type guys he was playing.

484
00:28:03,080 --> 00:28:05,200
Speaker 1: Now he played against some pretty good players last time

485
00:28:05,240 --> 00:28:08,480
Speaker 1: I checked, like Ernie Els could play, VJ. Sink could play.

486
00:28:09,160 --> 00:28:11,800
Speaker 1: I mean, David Duvall in the late nineties was pretty

487
00:28:11,840 --> 00:28:14,960
Speaker 1: damn good. Now the depth of talent was nowhere near

488
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Speaker 1: what it is now, not even close. But Scotti showed

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Speaker 1: like he's not even that affected by it. I don't

490
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Speaker 1: give a shit how good all these guys are. I'm

491
00:28:23,680 --> 00:28:27,840
Speaker 1: dramatically better. I'm dramatically better now. The irony is the

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Speaker 1: one guy that could take him down is a guy

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Speaker 1: that would be playing potentially in a second major. Ludwig,

494
00:28:32,560 --> 00:28:36,679
Speaker 1: who is clearly a special, got a chance to be

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Speaker 1: a transcendent talent. So I just think this forty to

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Speaker 1: one number. If you would have told me before the year,

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Speaker 1: we're just moving forward, anyone could ever win the Grand

498
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Speaker 1: Slam again, I'd be like, it'd be shocking if a

499
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Speaker 1: guy won two Majors in a year. Given the current

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Speaker 1: crop of guys playing in these major championship and the

501
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Speaker 1: depth of just elite players, I mean, it goes, it

502
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Speaker 1: goes fifteen deep with just high high end players. I

503
00:29:00,800 --> 00:29:03,479
Speaker 1: don't know, he might just be that much better than everyone.

504
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Speaker 1: Despite the baby situation. I've been saying this for a

505
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Speaker 1: while because the hype, and rightfully so, is pretty outrageous.

506
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Speaker 1: Right that they finished the season strong, their defense was

507
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Speaker 1: playing well, The Sweat trade aged pretty well. He was

508
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Speaker 1: an immediate impact player. Jalen Johnson became, I don't want

509
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Speaker 1: to say like a superstar, but a super high end

510
00:29:33,000 --> 00:29:37,560
Speaker 1: corner Fresno kid always a reform and Ryan Poles, I

511
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Speaker 1: think universally is considered like a really good GM now

512
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Speaker 1: just had an elite twelve months stretch. I've said this

513
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Speaker 1: to Colin, I've said this on this podcast. Say it

514
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Speaker 1: to any when I talked to The trade he made

515
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Speaker 1: for the Panthers, whether Caleb works out or not, has

516
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Speaker 1: to be one of the great fleece jobs in league history.

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Speaker 1: Just the value alone in that trade. Let alone, if

518
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Speaker 1: this trade works out, if Dj Moore continues to be

519
00:30:05,360 --> 00:30:07,800
Speaker 1: a high end player for them and Caleb Williams just

520
00:30:07,800 --> 00:30:12,160
Speaker 1: becomes a top twelve quarterback. It was it was highway robbery.

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Speaker 1: It was a little Tonza heist. I mean that's what

522
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Speaker 1: it was. It turned the other franchise into shambles. I mean,

523
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Speaker 1: no one gets made fun of more than the Panthers,

524
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Speaker 1: and no one gets more credit and that's what happens

525
00:30:23,560 --> 00:30:27,200
Speaker 1: when you have a crazy lopsided deal. So you look

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Speaker 1: at the franchise, you go, well, Bears trajectory high, Caleb

527
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Speaker 1: gonna be the starting quarterback. I mean, at minimum, even

528
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Speaker 1: if things go shitty for three and a half, he's

529
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Speaker 1: gonna get a long runway Ryan Poles. He's getting a

530
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Speaker 1: second coach. Here's the problem, we have absolutely no clue none.

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Speaker 1: If he reflues is good in all the pressure, because

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Speaker 1: it's how today the odds, for the first time in

533
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Speaker 1: a long time, the Chicago Bears over under is eight

534
00:30:58,720 --> 00:31:02,720
Speaker 1: and a half and the under is like minus one forty,

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Speaker 1: So they are favored to have an above five hundred record.

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Speaker 1: And that's just from a gambling standpoint. I just think

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Speaker 1: if you talk to random people, I'm not even talking

538
00:31:10,680 --> 00:31:12,200
Speaker 1: Bears fans, you oh yeah, I think the Bears would

539
00:31:12,200 --> 00:31:15,200
Speaker 1: be pretty good. They have not had that type hype

540
00:31:15,200 --> 00:31:18,080
Speaker 1: in a long long time, probably since the Khalil Mack

541
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Speaker 1: trade and when Mitch was kind of an unknown. Well, now,

542
00:31:22,840 --> 00:31:25,480
Speaker 1: let's face it, we think this team is better because clearly,

543
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Speaker 1: even if you were high on miss Trubisky, your views

544
00:31:28,360 --> 00:31:31,560
Speaker 1: on Caleb Williams are gonna be much higher. Well, they

545
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Speaker 1: have a coach who is not some established, big name

546
00:31:34,240 --> 00:31:37,600
Speaker 1: guy who's coaching for his job. Now you can say

547
00:31:37,640 --> 00:31:40,520
Speaker 1: it's the NFL. Most coaches beside like the top six

548
00:31:40,640 --> 00:31:43,960
Speaker 1: or seven are coaching for their job. But this guy,

549
00:31:44,080 --> 00:31:47,240
Speaker 1: you could see a scenario if they miss the playoffs

550
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Speaker 1: and win eight games and even if in some some

551
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Speaker 1: tight losses they look really good, he is not the

552
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Speaker 1: coach moving forward. And the big theme right now I

553
00:31:56,360 --> 00:31:59,480
Speaker 1: heard Slareth with Coward and he's like. One thing Steve

554
00:31:59,480 --> 00:32:02,800
Speaker 1: Young used to hammer home all the time is it

555
00:32:02,800 --> 00:32:05,240
Speaker 1: can be difficult for a young quarterback playing with a

556
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Speaker 1: defensive coach, especially a highly touted guy. And Colin's big

557
00:32:10,400 --> 00:32:12,640
Speaker 1: thing always just like hire the offensive head coach. Now,

558
00:32:12,680 --> 00:32:15,360
Speaker 1: obviously there are good head coaches that aren't the offensive

559
00:32:15,360 --> 00:32:18,400
Speaker 1: play caller. But if we did a coaching draft, we

560
00:32:18,440 --> 00:32:20,520
Speaker 1: all know the majority of guys going in the top

561
00:32:20,560 --> 00:32:24,080
Speaker 1: five are head coaches that call the place. I mean

562
00:32:24,160 --> 00:32:26,920
Speaker 1: three of the top five guys for sure would be

563
00:32:27,040 --> 00:32:29,520
Speaker 1: Andy Kyle and Sean McVay in some order. Andy would

564
00:32:29,520 --> 00:32:32,800
Speaker 1: clearly go one, and then there'd be the hard boss

565
00:32:32,840 --> 00:32:35,080
Speaker 1: and you know guys like that, fighting and even Jim,

566
00:32:35,280 --> 00:32:38,080
Speaker 1: despite being viewed as like an offensive lineman defensive guy,

567
00:32:38,320 --> 00:32:42,000
Speaker 1: is a former quarterback. So you look at the situation

568
00:32:43,040 --> 00:32:46,760
Speaker 1: and everyone is really high on it, and everyone's anointing

569
00:32:46,800 --> 00:32:50,000
Speaker 1: these guys, and listen, I'm no different. I like this team,

570
00:32:50,520 --> 00:32:52,800
Speaker 1: but I've been around football long enough now. I've been

571
00:32:52,800 --> 00:32:56,080
Speaker 1: going to training camps and been around operations from watching

572
00:32:56,080 --> 00:32:58,960
Speaker 1: Andy Reid and Harbaugh coach two guys like Jim tom

573
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Speaker 1: Sula and Chip Kelly when he was with the forty

574
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Speaker 1: nine ers, and Dennis Allen. So who your head coach

575
00:33:05,480 --> 00:33:08,240
Speaker 1: is is very important. We all know that this is

576
00:33:08,280 --> 00:33:12,040
Speaker 1: not like breaking news here, but the pressure that's gonna

577
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Speaker 1: be felt on this team, Like Caleb as pressure, sure,

578
00:33:15,360 --> 00:33:19,040
Speaker 1: but he's kind of on scholarship. Ryan Poles has pressure, Sure,

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Speaker 1: he ain't getting fired. There's only one guy who truly

580
00:33:22,640 --> 00:33:27,880
Speaker 1: has winner you're fucked pressure, and that's Matt Eberfluss. And

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Speaker 1: you know he's redone. His image seems like a good guy,

582
00:33:31,120 --> 00:33:34,840
Speaker 1: obviously a solid defensive coach, but it's about winning this year.

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Speaker 1: And I think if I went to everyone that's listening

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00:33:37,640 --> 00:33:40,280
Speaker 1: right now in Chicago Bears fan, you'd say probably anything

585
00:33:40,320 --> 00:33:43,720
Speaker 1: under ten wins would be a disappointment. Well, who's to

586
00:33:43,760 --> 00:33:46,880
Speaker 1: say this guy has that capability, not because your roster

587
00:33:47,040 --> 00:33:51,320
Speaker 1: talent isn't there. But we all know roster talent doesn't

588
00:33:51,400 --> 00:33:55,000
Speaker 1: equal wins always in the NFL. Over the course of us.

589
00:33:55,040 --> 00:33:57,800
Speaker 1: It might win you an individual game, but it doesn't

590
00:33:57,800 --> 00:34:00,360
Speaker 1: lock you into a ten and seven record, just like

591
00:34:00,400 --> 00:34:02,960
Speaker 1: good coaching can overcome. I thought Brian dave Ball a

592
00:34:03,000 --> 00:34:04,600
Speaker 1: couple of years ago had one of the great coaching

593
00:34:04,680 --> 00:34:06,560
Speaker 1: years in recent memory, because I didn't think their team

594
00:34:06,600 --> 00:34:08,719
Speaker 1: was any good and they made the playoffs and won

595
00:34:08,760 --> 00:34:11,640
Speaker 1: a playoff game. The other thing the Bears have to

596
00:34:11,680 --> 00:34:15,960
Speaker 1: deal with is the division is really really good. I mean,

597
00:34:16,000 --> 00:34:19,520
Speaker 1: the Lions roster is loaded. They didn't lose any coaches,

598
00:34:19,880 --> 00:34:23,280
Speaker 1: and they didn't lose any players that matter. The Packers,

599
00:34:24,320 --> 00:34:26,719
Speaker 1: everyone's kind of anointing them, and I'm probably guilty of

600
00:34:26,760 --> 00:34:29,479
Speaker 1: this too. Now Jordan Love's gonna have to prove it again,

601
00:34:29,520 --> 00:34:31,680
Speaker 1: but I think we can all agree probably gonna be

602
00:34:31,719 --> 00:34:34,600
Speaker 1: pretty good because as all of us learned that short

603
00:34:34,600 --> 00:34:36,319
Speaker 1: at the Packers last year is like they kind of

604
00:34:36,320 --> 00:34:38,799
Speaker 1: know what they're doing when it comes to quarterbacks, and

605
00:34:38,840 --> 00:34:40,680
Speaker 1: we know their roster and the way they draft is

606
00:34:40,719 --> 00:34:43,279
Speaker 1: always solid. So if Jordan Love, he doesn't even have

607
00:34:43,360 --> 00:34:46,160
Speaker 1: to have some of the outrageous games, if he's just

608
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Speaker 1: a top fifteen quarterback, They're gonna win. Why because their

609
00:34:49,800 --> 00:34:52,839
Speaker 1: coach is proven to win constantly, whether it's Jordan Love

610
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Speaker 1: or Aaron Rodgers. And even Kevin O'Connell. I mean, he

611
00:34:57,080 --> 00:35:00,840
Speaker 1: had Kirk Cousins by four have the best year of

612
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Speaker 1: his career. I mean there were moments last year, especially

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Speaker 1: that final month before he heard his achilles, he was

614
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Speaker 1: like a top five quarterback in the NFL. And we

615
00:35:09,360 --> 00:35:11,879
Speaker 1: know how much talent they have on their roster, so

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Speaker 1: I think that the divisional difficulties. I also looked at

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Speaker 1: their schedule. They play the forty nine ers, they play

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Speaker 1: the Rams, they play the Houston Texans, they play the

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Speaker 1: Indianapolis Colts, even the Jags, who you know, I think

620
00:35:26,560 --> 00:35:29,040
Speaker 1: should be at least a little more feisty than last year.

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Speaker 1: Like that's a tough game. That AFC South Division is

622
00:35:32,000 --> 00:35:35,000
Speaker 1: not as easy as it's been. We know how much

623
00:35:35,040 --> 00:35:38,920
Speaker 1: talent Seattle has on their roster. The Cardinals definitely have

624
00:35:39,000 --> 00:35:40,640
Speaker 1: more talent this year than last year. And we saw

625
00:35:40,760 --> 00:35:43,120
Speaker 1: last year when Kyler came back like they're a mother

626
00:35:43,239 --> 00:35:45,440
Speaker 1: to deal with. Even if the Cardinals are a six

627
00:35:45,520 --> 00:35:48,600
Speaker 1: win team, you get Kyler on the right day, he

628
00:35:48,640 --> 00:35:51,960
Speaker 1: can be a major problem for anybody. So this this

629
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Speaker 1: bears height, and I get it has one guy circled

630
00:35:56,800 --> 00:35:59,520
Speaker 1: because if it doesn't go well, you know who's gonna

631
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Speaker 1: get thrown over. Report the volume