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Speaker 2: You know you don't do the Bowl championships. That should

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Speaker 2: always be the expectation. All right, man, you go ahead.

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Speaker 2: Welcome back to the Richard Sherman Podcast. An incredible week,

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Speaker 2: some upsets, a team taking their first loss to the season. Mitchell,

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Speaker 2: Your Detroit Lions found a way though, in a big way.

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Speaker 1: They did, Richard, And I was rocking that han no

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Speaker 1: Lulu Blue all day. You already know it. Our friends

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Speaker 1: over at Brightling, I was rocking it. You already know start.

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Speaker 1: I know you have it on. We got to start

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Speaker 1: out in the NFC West, the Sherman moule two points

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Speaker 1: whatever it has been several times now in San Francisco.

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Speaker 1: Seattle goes on the road and gets what is by

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Speaker 1: Vegas standards and up set big win in the division.

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Speaker 1: They climb back. What are your thoughts because this game

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Speaker 1: not a whole lot of people thought this was going

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Speaker 1: this way. San Francisco is finally healthy ish and they lose.

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Speaker 2: Richard. Your thoughts on this game, Well, it was a

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Speaker 2: chaotic week in Seattle. You know their center Connor Williams

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Speaker 2: retiring in the middle of the bye week. You know

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Speaker 2: they cut their leading tackler, so you know it seemed chaotic,

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Speaker 2: but they this defense responded in a big way, holding

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Speaker 2: San Francisco forty nine ers to twenty points in the game,

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Speaker 2: really keeping Christian McCaffrey in check for a majority of

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Speaker 2: this game. Nineteen carries seventy nine yards, four catch for

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Speaker 2: twenty seven. I mean, felt felt like a solid game

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Speaker 2: but just could not get in the end zone again,

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Speaker 2: just the way their season is gone. When they need

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Speaker 2: a touchdown, they get field goals. And that's the frustrating

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Speaker 2: part for this offense, because they got a turnover, they

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Speaker 2: got a sut and change opportunity where it looked like, hey,

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Speaker 2: the momentum is going in San Francisco forty nine ers favor,

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Speaker 2: looks like they were going to be able to make

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Speaker 2: away in that moment, and the Seattle Seahawks got the stop,

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Speaker 2: held him to a field goal. Then you look up,

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Speaker 2: Nicholas john Bosa gets hurt and the Seattle Seahawks take

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Speaker 2: full advantage of it, go down the field, score touchdowns.

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Speaker 2: Both both touchdowns were scored after nick Bosa was down

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Speaker 2: with an injury, Jackson Smith and Jigba ten catches for

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Speaker 2: one hundred and ten yards. He continues his excellent play

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Speaker 2: throughout this these last few weeks he's been on. I mean,

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Speaker 2: he's been playing really impressive football. Geno Smith twenty five

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Speaker 2: of thirty two for two hundred and twenty one yards,

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Speaker 2: especially on the game winning touchdown. And everybody, you know,

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Speaker 2: even folks in Seattle, you know, haven't been as high

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Speaker 2: on Gino this year, even though I think he's still

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Speaker 2: playing really good football. He's just been beating up you know,

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Speaker 2: he got sacked four times in this game. And with

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Speaker 2: all that said, they're five and five, win off the

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Speaker 2: bye week against a very tough opponent, got another divisional

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Speaker 2: opponent coming up next week, and you kind of control

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Speaker 2: your own destiny from this point. You know. With this

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Speaker 2: win against the San Francisco forty nine ers, they have

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Speaker 2: the tiebreakers against a lot of these teams. The Seattle

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Speaker 2: really rough season, you know, because if you're looking at

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Speaker 2: going to have the tiebreaker over a lot of these teams.

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Speaker 2: So hopefully you get the tie with the Rams, and

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Speaker 2: just you know, you're putting yourself in a tough position.

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Speaker 1: They're going to have an opportunity to separate themselves from

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Speaker 1: the pack next week against Arizona Cardinals. Richard, But this

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Speaker 1: dear life. And while they're finally healthy, it's not the

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Speaker 1: playmakers that you would expect. It's Juwan Jennings that they're

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Speaker 1: Like what's going on with this offense because while they

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Speaker 2: Yeah, they got to figure it out and they got

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Speaker 2: It's just not good enough in a game like this

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Speaker 2: excellent game. He was a standout in this game. Made

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Speaker 2: looked like he dragged half of the DB's in Seattle

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Speaker 2: Got a touchdown on that drive, and you just need

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Speaker 2: more consistent play. And it just doesn't seem like the

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Speaker 2: In the red zone execution, I mean it's been a

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Speaker 2: But you can't have that if you want to be

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Speaker 2: a championship football team, and that's the team that everybody expects.

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Speaker 2: That the faithful expected from them. I expected it from them,

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Speaker 2: the amount of talent this team had. You expected them

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Speaker 2: I'm sure Kyle is gonna change something up, something up,

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Speaker 2: now it's just looks stagnant offensively and that the holes

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Speaker 2: the Seattle Seahawks did a really good job in this

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Speaker 2: lead to this defeat at the hands of the Seattle Seahawks.

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Speaker 2: But this is a really really positive game. Derek Hall

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Speaker 2: Had seven catches for seventy yards. Your boy, your boy

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Speaker 2: K nine, had fourteen carries fifty four yards, got an

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Speaker 2: that's really all you need to do in this league.

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Speaker 2: You know, you win ugly, you win pretty. But this

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Speaker 2: is a good confidence booster. I thought their defense, the

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Speaker 2: They got the stops, They had tight coverage. Tarik Wooland

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Speaker 2: looked good in their first game since all the change.

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Speaker 2: You know, you expected them to come out and execute

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Speaker 2: at a high level off the bye week, fresh legs,

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Speaker 2: et cetera, et cetera. I to see what they do

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Speaker 2: next week against the Arizona Cardinals, who have been red hot,

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Speaker 2: it really starts to heat up the playoff conversation. It's

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Speaker 1: Another team that's been red hot at Kansas City Chiefs.

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Speaker 1: They go on the road against the Buffalo Bills. This

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Speaker 1: was much while for football in Buffalo, and it was

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Speaker 1: the Buffalo Bills controlled this game early and often, and

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Speaker 1: you got to look at it from Josh Allen's standpoint,

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Speaker 1: this is a team that could never get over that hump,

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Speaker 1: and that was the Kansas City Chiefs, and they controlled

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Speaker 1: this game. I don't want to say that they dominated

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Speaker 1: be in control. Richard, what were your thoughts on this game,

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Speaker 1: because to me, it looked like Buffalo was the batter

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Speaker 2: Well it's just like Josh Allen said earlier in the week,

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Speaker 2: beat him in the playoffs. So this isn't as surprising,

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Speaker 2: you know, of a win as anybody is going to say.

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Speaker 2: You know, it's the Kansas City Chiefs have been playing

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Speaker 2: he's gonna win that game again. So this didn't feel

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Speaker 2: an early interception and just never looked right throughout this game.

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Speaker 2: He completed passes to eleven different receivers. Again, sometimes you're

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Speaker 2: big time touchdown from Xavier Worthy. Kareem Hump continues to

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Speaker 2: carry the load in the running game, but they've looked

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Speaker 2: and previous seasons. SPACs has been calling an incredible game.

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Speaker 2: They've been covering well, they've been rushing a passer well.

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Speaker 2: But Josh Allen had his way twenty seven of forty

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Speaker 2: two hundred and sixty two yards one touchdown in the interception.

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Speaker 2: He rushed the ball twelve times for fifty five yards

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Speaker 2: this is good for this young team's confidence because a

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Speaker 2: part of this rivalry. Taylor Rapp had a huge interception

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Speaker 1: But let's take it to the number one team in

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Speaker 1: this win could not be more impressive. Jacksonville scored first,

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Speaker 2: Well, their defense looked really good, you know, obviously Mac

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Speaker 2: and Derrick Henry. But again, Todd Monkin is falling victim

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Speaker 2: to the thing that Baltimore Ravens coordinators do every single

430
00:23:04,320 --> 00:23:07,280
Speaker 2: time things get tight in a ball game, and a

431
00:23:07,359 --> 00:23:10,359
Speaker 2: big time ball game, they stop running the football. And

432
00:23:10,560 --> 00:23:15,120
Speaker 2: everybody knows the statistics of their wins versus their losses.

433
00:23:15,200 --> 00:23:18,680
Speaker 2: Every time they lose, it's because Derek Henry has fifteen

434
00:23:18,760 --> 00:23:22,320
Speaker 2: carries or less. It's I think he averaged averages fourteen

435
00:23:22,400 --> 00:23:25,359
Speaker 2: carries in their losses and like twenty carries in their wins.

436
00:23:25,359 --> 00:23:28,240
Speaker 2: So it keep feeding the ball. But whenever they get

437
00:23:28,280 --> 00:23:31,120
Speaker 2: down in these games and it wasn't a huge lead,

438
00:23:31,200 --> 00:23:36,800
Speaker 2: they missed multiple field goals uncharacteristically. You know, Justin Tucker,

439
00:23:36,840 --> 00:23:41,080
Speaker 2: the All Pro Future Hall of Famer just could not

440
00:23:41,160 --> 00:23:43,400
Speaker 2: get the ball through the uprights early in this game.

441
00:23:43,440 --> 00:23:46,120
Speaker 2: If he makes those field goals, they likely win this game.

442
00:23:46,119 --> 00:23:49,560
Speaker 2: But he didn't, and the Pittsburgh Steelers Mike Tomlin knows

443
00:23:49,600 --> 00:23:52,200
Speaker 2: how to win in an ugly ball game. He knows

444
00:23:52,240 --> 00:23:55,560
Speaker 2: when things aren't going great, Hey, that defense is gonna

445
00:23:55,560 --> 00:23:58,719
Speaker 2: step up. And the Pittsburgh Steelers defense stepped up in

446
00:23:58,760 --> 00:24:01,800
Speaker 2: a big way. You just saw all their big time

447
00:24:01,880 --> 00:24:05,480
Speaker 2: guys stepping up. TJ. Watt had a sack. Peyton Wilson

448
00:24:05,520 --> 00:24:09,760
Speaker 2: had a really incredible one hand like diving, ripping away

449
00:24:09,800 --> 00:24:13,720
Speaker 2: interception late in the ball game that really turned the

450
00:24:13,800 --> 00:24:16,959
Speaker 2: tide to the Pittsburgh Steelers and really kind of closed

451
00:24:16,960 --> 00:24:20,840
Speaker 2: out this game. Cam Hayward had a huge deflection in

452
00:24:20,840 --> 00:24:23,280
Speaker 2: this game late in the game that they had to have.

453
00:24:23,400 --> 00:24:26,880
Speaker 2: Naji Harris eighteen carres for sixty three yards. Russell Wilson

454
00:24:26,880 --> 00:24:29,399
Speaker 2: didn't have the biggest game, you know, he struggled early on.

455
00:24:29,440 --> 00:24:32,400
Speaker 2: I think he had eighty eight yards, you know, somewhere

456
00:24:32,480 --> 00:24:34,080
Speaker 2: middle of the third quarter. But he turned it on

457
00:24:34,200 --> 00:24:36,919
Speaker 2: late twenty three to thirty six, two hundred and five yards.

458
00:24:37,200 --> 00:24:41,040
Speaker 2: Very costly interception in the end zone late in the game,

459
00:24:41,119 --> 00:24:44,800
Speaker 2: but played well enough, maybe big enough plays converted third

460
00:24:44,840 --> 00:24:46,719
Speaker 2: downs to help them win this game, to help them

461
00:24:46,800 --> 00:24:49,840
Speaker 2: run that clock, control the ball game, and that's what

462
00:24:49,840 --> 00:24:52,240
Speaker 2: they needed. That's what Tom the need to protect the ball,

463
00:24:52,560 --> 00:24:56,000
Speaker 2: run the clock. And I think his tight end probably

464
00:24:56,000 --> 00:24:58,320
Speaker 2: could have done helped him out a little bit. And

465
00:24:58,359 --> 00:25:00,440
Speaker 2: bad at that pass down the end zone. Didn't really

466
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Speaker 2: seem like he gave a lot of effort. But George

467
00:25:02,160 --> 00:25:05,040
Speaker 2: Pickens with another good game. I think he's really happy

468
00:25:05,040 --> 00:25:07,439
Speaker 2: to have Russell Wilson in the fold. Eight catches for

469
00:25:07,560 --> 00:25:12,040
Speaker 2: eighty nine yards. But it's concerned and it has to

470
00:25:12,080 --> 00:25:15,800
Speaker 2: be scary for Baltimore Ravens fans because it just seems

471
00:25:15,920 --> 00:25:19,760
Speaker 2: like another more of the same, Like, Okay, we have

472
00:25:20,720 --> 00:25:24,320
Speaker 2: an MVP candidate likely to win MVP. I mean touchdown

473
00:25:24,359 --> 00:25:26,280
Speaker 2: interception mister, But I don't think he had the same

474
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Speaker 2: regression that Jared Golf said. I don't know if one

475
00:25:29,480 --> 00:25:32,720
Speaker 2: touchdown one interception is five interceptions in a game. Those

476
00:25:32,720 --> 00:25:37,040
Speaker 2: aren't created equal, but it's definitely not the huge four

477
00:25:37,119 --> 00:25:39,960
Speaker 2: or five touchdown games he had been having. Derrick Henry

478
00:25:40,160 --> 00:25:42,600
Speaker 2: also got a touchdown fumbled for the first time in

479
00:25:42,680 --> 00:25:46,600
Speaker 2: five hundred and thirty eight touches. Not the kind of

480
00:25:46,640 --> 00:25:49,840
Speaker 2: game he's used to having. Obviously, you can't go away

481
00:25:49,840 --> 00:25:52,840
Speaker 2: from Derrick Henry just because he fumbles the football. But

482
00:25:54,280 --> 00:25:56,639
Speaker 2: I don't know what you do. This has to be

483
00:25:56,680 --> 00:25:58,600
Speaker 2: a lesson, and you would have thought they learned this

484
00:25:58,680 --> 00:26:01,760
Speaker 2: lesson after losing the playoffs the same way every year,

485
00:26:01,840 --> 00:26:05,320
Speaker 2: and everybody's saying the same thing, including their own staff, saying, Hey,

486
00:26:05,920 --> 00:26:08,399
Speaker 2: we went away from running the football. We'll never do that,

487
00:26:08,440 --> 00:26:10,399
Speaker 2: We'll never make that a mistake again. I don't know

488
00:26:10,440 --> 00:26:12,840
Speaker 2: why we did that. We went away from running the football.

489
00:26:12,840 --> 00:26:14,400
Speaker 2: I don't know why we did that. We went away

490
00:26:14,400 --> 00:26:16,159
Speaker 2: from winning the football. I don't know why we did that.

491
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Speaker 2: Stop doing it. Run the football. Run it run it,

492
00:26:19,880 --> 00:26:22,480
Speaker 2: run it run the football, Chris Brown. When you see

493
00:26:22,520 --> 00:26:28,679
Speaker 2: it running running, yeah, running like run the football. And

494
00:26:28,760 --> 00:26:32,160
Speaker 2: do I need to put the hat on because run them.

495
00:26:32,400 --> 00:26:34,920
Speaker 2: I'm gonna have to. Because when they run the football,

496
00:26:34,960 --> 00:26:37,680
Speaker 2: they win football games. When they don't run a football game,

497
00:26:38,080 --> 00:26:40,920
Speaker 2: when they don't run the football, they lose. And it's

498
00:26:41,000 --> 00:26:43,280
Speaker 2: been true in the playoffs, it's been true all of

499
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Speaker 2: this year. When they lost to the Raiders, they didn't

500
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Speaker 2: run the football well. The Loft to Cleveland they didn't

501
00:26:47,680 --> 00:26:50,119
Speaker 2: run the football well. Kansas City they didn't run the

502
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Speaker 2: football well. The Pittsburgh they didn't run the football well.

503
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Speaker 2: It's a common theme. It's not hard to see. You

504
00:26:56,000 --> 00:26:59,399
Speaker 2: don't need analytics or research to really dive deep and

505
00:26:59,440 --> 00:27:01,840
Speaker 2: see it. You got one of the best running backs

506
00:27:01,880 --> 00:27:04,159
Speaker 2: in National Football League. Turn around and hand them the

507
00:27:04,160 --> 00:27:07,440
Speaker 2: ball sometimes at least twenty times a game. And sure

508
00:27:07,480 --> 00:27:09,280
Speaker 2: you can have Lamar throw at thirty if that's what

509
00:27:09,320 --> 00:27:10,760
Speaker 2: you want to do, but do not go away from

510
00:27:10,760 --> 00:27:13,399
Speaker 2: the run game. And that's what they did. Give the

511
00:27:13,440 --> 00:27:16,919
Speaker 2: Pittsburgh Steelers a lot of credit there. They're looking like

512
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Speaker 2: a top AFC contender. And if the Kansas City Chiefs

513
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Speaker 2: slip up again, you might look at him as a

514
00:27:22,200 --> 00:27:24,919
Speaker 2: one seed going into these playoffs. And I don't know

515
00:27:24,920 --> 00:27:27,320
Speaker 2: if Kansas City really wants to go down that road,

516
00:27:27,480 --> 00:27:30,360
Speaker 2: because they'd be seeing the Buffalo Bills a lot earlier

517
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Speaker 2: than they want to.

518
00:27:31,760 --> 00:27:35,280
Speaker 1: There's no question about it. This Steelers defense is nasty.

519
00:27:35,359 --> 00:27:38,000
Speaker 1: I mean this offense. I mean this is the second

520
00:27:38,040 --> 00:27:40,400
Speaker 1: time this season they've not scored a touchdown and won

521
00:27:40,440 --> 00:27:42,879
Speaker 1: a game. I mean, the rest of the NFL is

522
00:27:42,920 --> 00:27:46,359
Speaker 1: two to eighteen without scoring a touchdown in a game,

523
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Speaker 1: and the Pittsburgh Steelers have managed to win two games

524
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Speaker 1: without scoring touchdowns. Kudos to the Steelers, Yeah, I mean kudos.

525
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Speaker 1: That's huge. And Richard, you know all too well that

526
00:28:00,560 --> 00:28:04,480
Speaker 1: carries a team and Russell I don't want to speak

527
00:28:04,840 --> 00:28:07,600
Speaker 1: poorly about him by any meets because he seemed to

528
00:28:07,720 --> 00:28:12,159
Speaker 1: turn this offense around in Pittsburgh, but he's the beneficiary

529
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Speaker 1: of another great defense here. Let's see how far he

530
00:28:15,119 --> 00:28:18,159
Speaker 1: can take this Steelers team, because it seems to me

531
00:28:18,240 --> 00:28:20,680
Speaker 1: like he's got the weapons. He's got n Agie Harris,

532
00:28:20,680 --> 00:28:23,000
Speaker 1: I mean George Pickens. There is probably no bigger fan.

533
00:28:23,440 --> 00:28:25,640
Speaker 1: I mean, George Pickens is proving himself to be one

534
00:28:25,640 --> 00:28:28,840
Speaker 1: of the top receivers in this league ever since Russell

535
00:28:28,880 --> 00:28:33,000
Speaker 1: Wilson's taken over those reigns. So let's see what happens

536
00:28:33,000 --> 00:28:35,200
Speaker 1: here in Pittsburgh. They've got an opportunity. You're going to

537
00:28:35,240 --> 00:28:37,800
Speaker 1: see him first hand on Thursday Night Football, brought to

538
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Speaker 1: you by our friends at Prime Video. And Richard, you'll

539
00:28:41,960 --> 00:28:46,120
Speaker 1: walk away either impressed or in questions because this balt

540
00:28:46,400 --> 00:28:49,520
Speaker 1: This Pittsburgh Steelers team is eight and two. It doesn't

541
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Speaker 1: matter how you debate it. They are eight and two

542
00:28:52,040 --> 00:28:54,240
Speaker 1: and they proved it at home against one of the

543
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Speaker 1: best teams in the league in the Baltimore Ravens. Let's

544
00:28:56,720 --> 00:28:58,560
Speaker 1: see where they go from here. In terms of the

545
00:28:58,600 --> 00:29:02,040
Speaker 1: Baltimore Ravens, it's a hardball ball on Monday night football.

546
00:29:02,080 --> 00:29:05,200
Speaker 1: They're gonna take on the La Charters next. We'll see

547
00:29:05,200 --> 00:29:07,000
Speaker 1: how they recover from this loss.

548
00:29:07,560 --> 00:29:10,520
Speaker 2: Because again, these division games are weird. So even when

549
00:29:10,640 --> 00:29:13,120
Speaker 2: Pittsburgh's eight and two, when you feel really good about

550
00:29:13,120 --> 00:29:16,000
Speaker 2: this huge win against Baltimore, sometimes they're that's setting you

551
00:29:16,080 --> 00:29:19,080
Speaker 2: up for a letdown in another very tough division game

552
00:29:19,360 --> 00:29:22,080
Speaker 2: against the Cleveland Browns. And Jamis just threw for almost

553
00:29:22,160 --> 00:29:25,680
Speaker 2: four hundred yards against the Saints. Like, it's not that

554
00:29:25,760 --> 00:29:27,680
Speaker 2: they can't do it. It's not that they can't push

555
00:29:27,720 --> 00:29:29,560
Speaker 2: the ball down the field and they can't execute. So

556
00:29:29,840 --> 00:29:33,080
Speaker 2: I hope we don't they don't have a case of

557
00:29:33,800 --> 00:29:37,360
Speaker 2: overlooking the Cleveland Browns. And that's what I'm gonna say

558
00:29:37,480 --> 00:29:39,800
Speaker 2: on air Thursday night is just you know, this is

559
00:29:39,800 --> 00:29:42,640
Speaker 2: a really talented defense, a really good football team. But

560
00:29:42,840 --> 00:29:46,360
Speaker 2: if their offense struggles like they did because Cleveland's defense

561
00:29:46,440 --> 00:29:49,480
Speaker 2: is very capable. Miles Garrett is just as capable of

562
00:29:49,520 --> 00:29:52,000
Speaker 2: wrecking a game as anybody in this football league. And

563
00:29:52,080 --> 00:29:54,400
Speaker 2: so if you if they get out there and start

564
00:29:54,480 --> 00:29:57,360
Speaker 2: lollygagging and you let Jamis get hot, this can this

565
00:29:57,400 --> 00:30:00,560
Speaker 2: can get scary for Pittsburgh and Cleveland. So I I

566
00:30:00,600 --> 00:30:02,960
Speaker 2: know they deserve to feel good about this game and

567
00:30:03,000 --> 00:30:05,040
Speaker 2: feel good about their season eight and two. I'm sure

568
00:30:05,040 --> 00:30:07,520
Speaker 2: their fans could not have predicted them going eight and

569
00:30:07,600 --> 00:30:10,640
Speaker 2: two this season after seasons that they've had. But they

570
00:30:10,640 --> 00:30:13,160
Speaker 2: look like a really complete team and I can't wait

571
00:30:13,160 --> 00:30:15,560
Speaker 2: to see what they looked like Thursday, short week.

572
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Speaker 1: The Chicago Bears in desperate need of a win, going

573
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Speaker 1: under the five hundred mark. Last week, they're hosting the

574
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Speaker 1: Green Bay Packers at home. They make it super competitive

575
00:30:28,680 --> 00:30:33,360
Speaker 1: and lose by a blocked field goal. At the buzzer,

576
00:30:33,520 --> 00:30:36,280
Speaker 1: we saw what appeared to be a lot better game

577
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Speaker 1: from Caleb Williams. He looked a lot more comfortable in

578
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Speaker 1: the pocket. When the bocket broke down, he was scrambling,

579
00:30:41,920 --> 00:30:43,800
Speaker 1: he was picking up yards. He looked more like a

580
00:30:43,880 --> 00:30:46,840
Speaker 1: veteran out there than it did a rookie. And I

581
00:30:46,880 --> 00:30:49,880
Speaker 1: think Chicago needed to see that, but nonetheless they come

582
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Speaker 1: away with the loss. Richard, how does this happen for Chicago?

583
00:30:54,080 --> 00:30:57,040
Speaker 1: How do they turn the tides here? Because they had

584
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Speaker 1: this game and they lost it.

585
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Speaker 2: They just don't know how to finish. And you do

586
00:31:02,880 --> 00:31:04,760
Speaker 2: have to give kat Williams a lot of credit. He

587
00:31:04,800 --> 00:31:07,840
Speaker 2: looked really good. The offensive line looked better. At the

588
00:31:07,960 --> 00:31:11,720
Speaker 2: entire offense looked better. DeAndre Swift had a really cool

589
00:31:11,800 --> 00:31:14,280
Speaker 2: touchdown run where he made a corner miss in the

590
00:31:14,360 --> 00:31:19,360
Speaker 2: open field, got loose, got busy. Caleb Williams was making

591
00:31:19,400 --> 00:31:21,520
Speaker 2: plays with his legs, but he wasn't depending on it,

592
00:31:21,960 --> 00:31:24,200
Speaker 2: and you saw him rush the ball. You saw him

593
00:31:24,240 --> 00:31:26,400
Speaker 2: go out there and use his legs to really put

594
00:31:26,440 --> 00:31:28,800
Speaker 2: the defense in jeopardy and put the defense on its

595
00:31:28,800 --> 00:31:31,440
Speaker 2: heels and really make them adjust, make them have to

596
00:31:31,520 --> 00:31:34,560
Speaker 2: account for his legs in a way that he hadn't

597
00:31:34,640 --> 00:31:37,400
Speaker 2: really been doing throughout the season as much as he could.

598
00:31:37,560 --> 00:31:39,840
Speaker 2: And I think that opened up some plays for him.

599
00:31:39,920 --> 00:31:43,160
Speaker 2: He was getting the ball out quick on time, even

600
00:31:43,160 --> 00:31:46,360
Speaker 2: when he's looking left. Sometimes he glanced back right and

601
00:31:46,440 --> 00:31:48,680
Speaker 2: hit the check down for a lot of yards because

602
00:31:48,680 --> 00:31:51,960
Speaker 2: the defense is moving with him. And I thought I

603
00:31:52,000 --> 00:31:54,440
Speaker 2: thought he looked really solid, coming off a really tough game,

604
00:31:55,400 --> 00:31:59,200
Speaker 2: some tough conversations in that locker room. Teammates really frustrated

605
00:31:59,240 --> 00:32:01,600
Speaker 2: with his perform Larrence is in the past games. So

606
00:32:01,720 --> 00:32:04,240
Speaker 2: I thought this was really a step forward for this team.

607
00:32:04,520 --> 00:32:07,320
Speaker 2: It just sucks that they weren't able to finish because

608
00:32:07,840 --> 00:32:09,720
Speaker 2: in a game like that, that's how you take the

609
00:32:09,760 --> 00:32:11,880
Speaker 2: next step. You kick that field goal that you win it.

610
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Speaker 2: And you're talking about a team that may sneak into

611
00:32:14,360 --> 00:32:17,080
Speaker 2: the playoffs, the team that's feeling confident that they can

612
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Speaker 2: beat anyone, and that defense is playing like a defense

613
00:32:20,520 --> 00:32:24,040
Speaker 2: that can play with anyone. But they didn't. The phield

614
00:32:24,040 --> 00:32:26,680
Speaker 2: goal got blocked. Carl Brooks blocked the game winning phild

615
00:32:26,720 --> 00:32:28,640
Speaker 2: Gold got his fingertip on it, and that's all you

616
00:32:28,720 --> 00:32:31,000
Speaker 2: need at that distance to be able to get it.

617
00:32:31,120 --> 00:32:36,280
Speaker 2: Jordan Love though, he's a risk taker, and he's a

618
00:32:36,320 --> 00:32:39,440
Speaker 2: guy that's reckless with the football, and he's thrown interception

619
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Speaker 2: in eight straight games, eleven on the season and eleven

620
00:32:42,320 --> 00:32:44,560
Speaker 2: and I don't even thinks he hasn't played every game.

621
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Speaker 2: He's missed two games in this season. So that's something

622
00:32:48,200 --> 00:32:50,400
Speaker 2: that I'm concerned about. The Green Bay Packers. This is

623
00:32:50,440 --> 00:32:52,400
Speaker 2: a good win for them. They are seven and three,

624
00:32:52,760 --> 00:32:55,800
Speaker 2: keeping up with your Detroit Lions in the division race.

625
00:32:56,160 --> 00:32:59,200
Speaker 2: Minnesota Vikings are also up there at I think they're

626
00:32:59,240 --> 00:33:03,000
Speaker 2: eight and two now. So this NFC North is really

627
00:33:03,000 --> 00:33:05,000
Speaker 2: starting to heat up, and look at it look like

628
00:33:05,160 --> 00:33:08,000
Speaker 2: one of the best division divisions, if not the best

629
00:33:08,000 --> 00:33:13,680
Speaker 2: division in football. But if you're a Green Bay Packers fan,

630
00:33:13,760 --> 00:33:16,360
Speaker 2: you have to be concerned about these interceptions because that

631
00:33:16,520 --> 00:33:19,600
Speaker 2: is what ended your season last year at the hands

632
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Speaker 2: of the San Francisco forty nine ers. Two Jordan Love

633
00:33:21,960 --> 00:33:26,160
Speaker 2: interceptions and in the clutch is what ended your season.

634
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Speaker 2: So he has as many interceptions now as he did

635
00:33:30,440 --> 00:33:32,440
Speaker 2: through the entire season last year, and he has to

636
00:33:32,440 --> 00:33:35,880
Speaker 2: get that fixed. These aren't just like tipped interceptions at

637
00:33:35,880 --> 00:33:39,040
Speaker 2: the line of scrimmage, or are lucky plays by guys

638
00:33:39,240 --> 00:33:41,840
Speaker 2: or hey, it bounced off the receiver's hands and got

639
00:33:41,840 --> 00:33:45,120
Speaker 2: an interception. These are these are balls he's thrown to

640
00:33:45,160 --> 00:33:49,640
Speaker 2: defenders and he has to get that fixed. I like

641
00:33:49,720 --> 00:33:52,520
Speaker 2: how they leaned on Josh Jacobs throughout the game eighteen

642
00:33:52,600 --> 00:33:54,960
Speaker 2: carries for seventy six yards, even got involved in the

643
00:33:55,000 --> 00:33:58,600
Speaker 2: past game four carries took some short passes and made

644
00:33:58,640 --> 00:34:01,360
Speaker 2: them big gains. I think that's gonna be positive for him.

645
00:34:01,440 --> 00:34:03,880
Speaker 2: Christian Watson had his best game four catches for one

646
00:34:03,960 --> 00:34:07,480
Speaker 2: hundred and fifty yards. Rashawn Gary made some plays on defense.

647
00:34:07,760 --> 00:34:10,520
Speaker 2: Our guy Xavier mckinne did not was not able to

648
00:34:10,520 --> 00:34:13,160
Speaker 2: get Caleb Williams this time, even though he's gotten just

649
00:34:13,200 --> 00:34:16,160
Speaker 2: about everybody else. But I thought this is what was

650
00:34:16,640 --> 00:34:19,080
Speaker 2: a rare kind of win win for both teams. It's

651
00:34:19,120 --> 00:34:22,080
Speaker 2: good for I'm sure Chicago feels a lot better about

652
00:34:22,440 --> 00:34:25,120
Speaker 2: theirselves and about their team than they did coming into

653
00:34:25,200 --> 00:34:27,480
Speaker 2: this game. And I'm sure Green Bay is thankful to

654
00:34:27,520 --> 00:34:28,880
Speaker 2: be able to get out of this game where they

655
00:34:28,920 --> 00:34:31,680
Speaker 2: didn't play as well as they possibly can. With the win,

656
00:34:32,880 --> 00:34:35,439
Speaker 2: Green Bay has a tough game against San Francisco forty

657
00:34:35,480 --> 00:34:38,200
Speaker 2: nine ers, who are reeling right now after that lost

658
00:34:38,200 --> 00:34:41,960
Speaker 2: to Seattle. In Green Bay. The Bears have a tough

659
00:34:42,040 --> 00:34:44,879
Speaker 2: game against the Minnesota Vikings who are rolling eight and two,

660
00:34:44,920 --> 00:34:47,320
Speaker 2: and they're gonna put a lot of pressure on Caleb Williams,

661
00:34:47,320 --> 00:34:49,640
Speaker 2: so better keep getting up all that fast.

662
00:34:49,920 --> 00:34:52,240
Speaker 1: They finally scored a touchdown, I mean, then went twenty

663
00:34:52,320 --> 00:34:55,600
Speaker 1: six strives With that one, Richard, and they're on a

664
00:34:55,680 --> 00:34:58,080
Speaker 1: four game losing streak. I know, you could say you

665
00:34:58,080 --> 00:35:01,440
Speaker 1: can take away, you know, some feel goods after losing

666
00:35:01,480 --> 00:35:04,400
Speaker 1: this game close, but it's a four game losing streak.

667
00:35:04,440 --> 00:35:07,840
Speaker 1: And it all started with that Hail Mary against the

668
00:35:08,000 --> 00:35:12,200
Speaker 1: Washington Commanders when Tyreek Stevenson was celebrating over there doing

669
00:35:12,200 --> 00:35:15,759
Speaker 1: whatever he was doing with the crowd. I mean, how

670
00:35:15,880 --> 00:35:19,279
Speaker 1: long does a loss like that carry over? Because this

671
00:35:19,480 --> 00:35:22,520
Speaker 1: Bears team was four and two and now they're four

672
00:35:22,560 --> 00:35:25,040
Speaker 1: and six and we're talking about feel good losses.

673
00:35:26,040 --> 00:35:28,680
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, but they weren't expected to be anything

674
00:35:28,960 --> 00:35:31,720
Speaker 2: like that, Mitchell. This year. They weren't. You're not drafting

675
00:35:31,719 --> 00:35:34,160
Speaker 2: the quarterback that high and you know, I mean their

676
00:35:34,239 --> 00:35:37,719
Speaker 2: draft pick was what nine or ten, But you're not

677
00:35:37,800 --> 00:35:41,160
Speaker 2: drafting top ten and making the playoffs. Many times, there

678
00:35:41,160 --> 00:35:43,160
Speaker 2: are teams that have done it. But they had a

679
00:35:43,200 --> 00:35:45,360
Speaker 2: really good defense, and they have a really good defense.

680
00:35:45,400 --> 00:35:48,800
Speaker 2: But there's still ways to go offensively, especially offensive line

681
00:35:49,200 --> 00:35:51,680
Speaker 2: and the quarterback. And you've got a young quarterback that

682
00:35:51,800 --> 00:35:54,080
Speaker 2: has to develop. I think they're starting to figure out

683
00:35:54,080 --> 00:35:57,719
Speaker 2: the rhythm that he needs to be in where they

684
00:35:57,760 --> 00:35:59,600
Speaker 2: have to run the ball with DeAndre swift. They have

685
00:35:59,640 --> 00:36:01,759
Speaker 2: to lean on a run game and then then let

686
00:36:01,800 --> 00:36:04,479
Speaker 2: Caleb Williams go. You can't just sit there and drop

687
00:36:04,520 --> 00:36:07,759
Speaker 2: back with Caleb Williams and have the run game as

688
00:36:07,760 --> 00:36:10,239
Speaker 2: a second as an afterthought. That can't be the way

689
00:36:10,280 --> 00:36:12,480
Speaker 2: you approach games. And I think at least they're figuring

690
00:36:12,560 --> 00:36:16,560
Speaker 2: that rhythm out. I think they're showing signs of life.

691
00:36:17,320 --> 00:36:19,879
Speaker 2: Maybe they can get hot and win some games that

692
00:36:20,000 --> 00:36:22,720
Speaker 2: they won't be favored in down the stretch and sneak

693
00:36:22,719 --> 00:36:24,719
Speaker 2: into the playoffs. But they really needed this one for

694
00:36:24,760 --> 00:36:27,959
Speaker 2: their confidence going forward. But yeah, I mean, I guess

695
00:36:27,960 --> 00:36:29,759
Speaker 2: it does linger, you know. I mean, there's nothing else

696
00:36:29,760 --> 00:36:32,239
Speaker 2: to say about that. They're own four since that game,

697
00:36:32,280 --> 00:36:34,719
Speaker 2: so clearly it's having some carryover effects.

698
00:36:35,000 --> 00:36:37,399
Speaker 1: You want to talk about a disaster season, let's go

699
00:36:37,440 --> 00:36:40,799
Speaker 1: to the New York Jets. Hey Aaron Rodgers and this

700
00:36:40,840 --> 00:36:43,360
Speaker 1: whole feel good story about him coming back from the

701
00:36:43,400 --> 00:36:47,359
Speaker 1: Achilles injury. I don't know where this season is going

702
00:36:47,400 --> 00:36:49,360
Speaker 1: to land for them, but it's not looking good. You

703
00:36:49,400 --> 00:36:52,400
Speaker 1: already lose a coach and Robert Slok. They've made so

704
00:36:52,520 --> 00:36:55,600
Speaker 1: many different moves and nothing seemed to work, and it

705
00:36:55,680 --> 00:36:59,640
Speaker 1: all culminates with another loss against the low lean in

706
00:36:59,719 --> 00:37:03,600
Speaker 1: app Colts, who just brought back Anthony richardson where do

707
00:37:03,640 --> 00:37:05,600
Speaker 1: we go from here? I mean, who do you cast

708
00:37:05,640 --> 00:37:10,040
Speaker 1: the blame on other than Woody Johnson in New York

709
00:37:10,200 --> 00:37:11,560
Speaker 1: New York Jets territory.

710
00:37:11,640 --> 00:37:13,719
Speaker 2: Richard, Yeah, I mean you got to put a lot

711
00:37:13,719 --> 00:37:15,640
Speaker 2: of the blame on Whatdy Johnson, because you've made an

712
00:37:15,680 --> 00:37:19,880
Speaker 2: unnecessary decision in the middle of the season. And there

713
00:37:20,040 --> 00:37:23,120
Speaker 2: it's been shown statistically, no matter what team you're looking at,

714
00:37:23,320 --> 00:37:25,480
Speaker 2: if you take if you fire the head coach min season,

715
00:37:25,480 --> 00:37:27,399
Speaker 2: the rest of that season is pretty much wrap. You're

716
00:37:27,640 --> 00:37:30,040
Speaker 2: you're not going to the playoffs, you're not having success,

717
00:37:30,080 --> 00:37:32,840
Speaker 2: You're not you're not doing anything worthy of mention in

718
00:37:32,880 --> 00:37:36,920
Speaker 2: that season. And I know he tried to cut the

719
00:37:36,960 --> 00:37:39,080
Speaker 2: front off his loose to to make all these moves

720
00:37:39,120 --> 00:37:41,200
Speaker 2: to make him look better and say, oh, get get

721
00:37:41,239 --> 00:37:43,960
Speaker 2: Redick in here, get get get Davonte, do all this

722
00:37:44,000 --> 00:37:45,920
Speaker 2: so that it doesn't look bad, so you guys can

723
00:37:45,960 --> 00:37:48,520
Speaker 2: win and it can look like I fired Robert Salay

724
00:37:48,560 --> 00:37:50,960
Speaker 2: and he was the problem, and I was the answer. Clearly,

725
00:37:51,040 --> 00:37:53,640
Speaker 2: Robert Salad wasn't the problem. Aaron isn't playing as well

726
00:37:53,680 --> 00:37:56,000
Speaker 2: as he has in the past. It's probably his worst

727
00:37:56,040 --> 00:37:59,480
Speaker 2: season of his football career, probably since the first season

728
00:37:59,520 --> 00:38:02,680
Speaker 2: he started. They're not playing well on defense. Ever since

729
00:38:02,719 --> 00:38:05,319
Speaker 2: Brick became the head coach, they've been one of the

730
00:38:05,360 --> 00:38:07,600
Speaker 2: worst defense. I think they've given up the second most

731
00:38:07,600 --> 00:38:11,160
Speaker 2: points since he's become the head coach. And that's just

732
00:38:11,480 --> 00:38:14,160
Speaker 2: you know, that's just one of the side effects of

733
00:38:14,239 --> 00:38:17,120
Speaker 2: moving your defensive coordinator to head coach and throwing all

734
00:38:17,160 --> 00:38:20,520
Speaker 2: this responsibility on his back, all these extra things to

735
00:38:20,600 --> 00:38:23,359
Speaker 2: think about during the game, during the week, all these

736
00:38:23,440 --> 00:38:27,280
Speaker 2: extra meetings that he has to be and you're changing

737
00:38:27,320 --> 00:38:30,920
Speaker 2: the whole dynamic of the staff five games into the season,

738
00:38:32,320 --> 00:38:34,960
Speaker 2: and that's a shock that they just haven't recovered from.

739
00:38:35,239 --> 00:38:38,320
Speaker 2: The players are kind of frustrated. You saw the comments

740
00:38:38,360 --> 00:38:42,200
Speaker 2: saw had about you know, bricks tackling presentation, and then

741
00:38:42,239 --> 00:38:43,960
Speaker 2: they went out and they missed a lot of tackles

742
00:38:43,960 --> 00:38:46,680
Speaker 2: in this game. So it's just a lot of things compiling,

743
00:38:46,719 --> 00:38:50,000
Speaker 2: a lot of frustration, I'm sure mounting in that locker room,

744
00:38:50,120 --> 00:38:54,400
Speaker 2: mounting with that coaching staff, and disappointment because you know,

745
00:38:54,440 --> 00:38:57,360
Speaker 2: they were they're really talented team and they've had a

746
00:38:57,400 --> 00:39:01,520
Speaker 2: talented defense for the entire time this staff has been

747
00:39:01,880 --> 00:39:04,880
Speaker 2: employed and they just haven't had the offense. And everybody

748
00:39:04,960 --> 00:39:07,319
Speaker 2: thought when Aaron came in he would he would fix

749
00:39:07,360 --> 00:39:10,320
Speaker 2: a lot of the problems, and Davante would help fix Aaron,

750
00:39:10,400 --> 00:39:13,280
Speaker 2: and he would help fix Garrett Wilson, and just hasn't

751
00:39:13,640 --> 00:39:16,560
Speaker 2: culminated the way they would have wanted it to. When

752
00:39:16,560 --> 00:39:17,719
Speaker 2: it's disappointing the.

753
00:39:17,680 --> 00:39:20,680
Speaker 1: Other side of the football, Anthony Richardson comes back from

754
00:39:20,760 --> 00:39:23,640
Speaker 1: his break. I mean, obviously they sidelined him and showed

755
00:39:23,719 --> 00:39:26,440
Speaker 1: him what Joe FLACKU could do for the last few weeks,

756
00:39:26,719 --> 00:39:28,560
Speaker 1: and he comes back and he looks like a lot

757
00:39:28,640 --> 00:39:31,200
Speaker 1: more competent quarterback out there, throwing for two hundred and

758
00:39:31,200 --> 00:39:34,160
Speaker 1: seventy two yards a touchdown, getting done on the ground too,

759
00:39:34,280 --> 00:39:36,920
Speaker 1: with two rushing touchdowns. How much do you think that

760
00:39:37,040 --> 00:39:39,759
Speaker 1: time off, that time to just examine and look and

761
00:39:39,840 --> 00:39:41,800
Speaker 1: study benefited Anthony Richardson.

762
00:39:42,400 --> 00:39:45,160
Speaker 2: I think it benefited that a tremendous amount. Just being

763
00:39:45,160 --> 00:39:48,560
Speaker 2: able to sit there and listen and watch and get

764
00:39:48,640 --> 00:39:52,200
Speaker 2: hungry and get frustrated and work your craft and be

765
00:39:52,280 --> 00:39:54,960
Speaker 2: able to push the reset button on everything and go

766
00:39:55,040 --> 00:39:56,840
Speaker 2: out there and just play free. You know, what's the

767
00:39:56,840 --> 00:39:58,960
Speaker 2: worst that can happen. They already said he's going to

768
00:39:59,000 --> 00:40:00,800
Speaker 2: be named the starter for the the rest of the season,

769
00:40:00,960 --> 00:40:02,640
Speaker 2: So now just go out there, let the ball fly,

770
00:40:03,000 --> 00:40:06,000
Speaker 2: be confident, trust your reads. And it looks like he's

771
00:40:06,040 --> 00:40:08,520
Speaker 2: a whole different quarterback. I mean, his completions, he's not

772
00:40:08,600 --> 00:40:11,440
Speaker 2: overthrown as much as he was at the beginning. He

773
00:40:11,520 --> 00:40:15,120
Speaker 2: was completing a lot more passes. Uh, He's not putting

774
00:40:15,120 --> 00:40:17,480
Speaker 2: his body in danger as much. Obviously he took a

775
00:40:17,560 --> 00:40:21,799
Speaker 2: hit when he ran that first touchdown in but he

776
00:40:21,880 --> 00:40:25,520
Speaker 2: looks a lot more in command, a lot more accurate.

777
00:40:25,600 --> 00:40:29,560
Speaker 2: His feet are under him. I think it benefited it.

778
00:40:29,760 --> 00:40:33,439
Speaker 1: You talked about it so much paralysis by over analysis.

779
00:40:33,520 --> 00:40:36,160
Speaker 1: I mean, these these younger quarterbacks, and you can speak

780
00:40:36,200 --> 00:40:38,480
Speaker 1: to this way better than I can, but it seems

781
00:40:38,480 --> 00:40:40,440
Speaker 1: like the more you think about a play, the less

782
00:40:40,520 --> 00:40:43,879
Speaker 1: you are instinctive. And to me, it looked like he

783
00:40:43,920 --> 00:40:47,440
Speaker 1: was just playing naturally, letting the letting the play come

784
00:40:47,440 --> 00:40:49,960
Speaker 1: to him, as opposed to trying to force something. And

785
00:40:50,080 --> 00:40:52,560
Speaker 1: if you see this down the stretch, I mean, this

786
00:40:52,640 --> 00:40:55,320
Speaker 1: Indianapolis Colts team is still in the thick of things

787
00:40:55,320 --> 00:40:57,440
Speaker 1: when it comes to the playoff race. If they can

788
00:40:57,440 --> 00:40:57,919
Speaker 1: get hot.

789
00:40:58,040 --> 00:40:58,520
Speaker 2: We'll see.

790
00:40:58,560 --> 00:41:02,400
Speaker 1: I mean they play my Detroit Lions next week. I

791
00:41:02,520 --> 00:41:05,360
Speaker 1: welcome Anthony Richardson, but we'll see. Let's go to the

792
00:41:05,400 --> 00:41:08,919
Speaker 1: Minnesota Vikings. I know they played the Tennessee Titans today,

793
00:41:08,960 --> 00:41:12,320
Speaker 1: but this team is now eight and two and Sam

794
00:41:12,400 --> 00:41:14,960
Speaker 1: Darnold gets back on track a bit, throwing for two

795
00:41:15,000 --> 00:41:18,719
Speaker 1: hundred and forty six yards two touchdowns. Richard, I know

796
00:41:18,760 --> 00:41:21,319
Speaker 1: we talked about the Minnesota Vikings and they're fall off

797
00:41:21,360 --> 00:41:23,279
Speaker 1: of the last couple of weeks. Like, how much do

798
00:41:23,320 --> 00:41:26,560
Speaker 1: you believe in this team? Because this NFC North Division,

799
00:41:26,640 --> 00:41:29,719
Speaker 1: I mean, they're dominating the league right now. The Minnesota

800
00:41:29,800 --> 00:41:31,680
Speaker 1: Vikings are eight and two, the Green Bay Packers are

801
00:41:31,719 --> 00:41:33,959
Speaker 1: seven and three, the Detroit Lions are nine to one.

802
00:41:34,760 --> 00:41:38,839
Speaker 1: We're potentially seeing three teams to the North going into

803
00:41:38,840 --> 00:41:42,200
Speaker 1: this playoffs. How much do you believe in the Minnesota Vikings,

804
00:41:42,280 --> 00:41:44,480
Speaker 1: albeit against the Tennessee Titans today.

805
00:41:45,400 --> 00:41:48,520
Speaker 2: I mean defense translates. And Andrew van de Ginko have

806
00:41:48,640 --> 00:41:50,800
Speaker 2: two sacks in the game, He's got eight on the season.

807
00:41:51,080 --> 00:41:53,640
Speaker 2: They're putting a lot of pressure on quarterbacks, They're getting

808
00:41:53,680 --> 00:41:57,479
Speaker 2: a lot of turnovers. I think that translates, and they're

809
00:41:57,520 --> 00:42:00,000
Speaker 2: gonna make it tough Offensively, they got a very competent

810
00:42:00,400 --> 00:42:04,439
Speaker 2: coordinator and Kevin O'Connell well head coach coordinator. He calls

811
00:42:04,520 --> 00:42:06,360
Speaker 2: a really great game and every time you talk to

812
00:42:06,400 --> 00:42:09,320
Speaker 2: a defender who's gone against him, they talk about his creativity,

813
00:42:10,600 --> 00:42:16,560
Speaker 2: the acumen. He has, the creativity within the game, you know,

814
00:42:16,680 --> 00:42:19,880
Speaker 2: making plays look like other plays, but then having pretty

815
00:42:19,960 --> 00:42:23,879
Speaker 2: much counters off of it. And so if they can

816
00:42:23,920 --> 00:42:25,960
Speaker 2: get to the playoffs and they get the right matchup,

817
00:42:26,000 --> 00:42:27,879
Speaker 2: I think they can do damage. And I think every

818
00:42:27,880 --> 00:42:30,880
Speaker 2: team in the NFC North has that story if they

819
00:42:30,920 --> 00:42:33,640
Speaker 2: can play well enough. This defense has a lot of

820
00:42:33,760 --> 00:42:36,759
Speaker 2: unknown guys making huge plays and just fitting in this

821
00:42:36,880 --> 00:42:41,000
Speaker 2: system like hand and glove. So yeah, I think this

822
00:42:41,080 --> 00:42:42,960
Speaker 2: is gonna be a dangerous team down the stretch. I'm

823
00:42:42,960 --> 00:42:46,080
Speaker 2: looking forward to seeing what they can do during the playoffs.

824
00:42:46,560 --> 00:42:50,160
Speaker 1: You witness the Eagles, I mean and the Commanders go

825
00:42:50,239 --> 00:42:52,840
Speaker 1: at it, and it looked at the Commanders had control

826
00:42:52,920 --> 00:42:55,040
Speaker 1: this game. They were playing the game the way they

827
00:42:55,080 --> 00:42:58,440
Speaker 1: wanted to, slowing it down, letting the defense control the game,

828
00:42:58,800 --> 00:43:01,239
Speaker 1: and then all of a sudden we saw Saquon takeover.

829
00:43:01,360 --> 00:43:04,760
Speaker 1: Late in that game. Philadelphia looks like the real deal.

830
00:43:05,000 --> 00:43:06,799
Speaker 1: I mean, if they can if they can put a

831
00:43:06,840 --> 00:43:10,680
Speaker 1: full sixty minutes together weaken and week out, they look

832
00:43:10,800 --> 00:43:13,359
Speaker 1: like a top contender in the NFC. What are your

833
00:43:13,360 --> 00:43:17,120
Speaker 1: thoughts after being in Philly and witnessing their dominance late

834
00:43:17,200 --> 00:43:19,520
Speaker 1: in that game against the Commanders.

835
00:43:19,480 --> 00:43:21,800
Speaker 2: Well, I just don't, you know, it just don'sn't like

836
00:43:21,840 --> 00:43:24,719
Speaker 2: the Commanders are quite there yet with the weapons offensively

837
00:43:24,840 --> 00:43:27,640
Speaker 2: and defensively, just don't have the firepower they need to

838
00:43:27,640 --> 00:43:29,919
Speaker 2: stop that offense. But I wasn't I didn't walk away

839
00:43:29,960 --> 00:43:33,680
Speaker 2: really impressed with the Philadelphia Eagles offense. I walked away

840
00:43:33,719 --> 00:43:38,640
Speaker 2: impressed with Takuon Barkley. But at times it just looked discombobulated, disconnected,

841
00:43:39,080 --> 00:43:41,319
Speaker 2: and you look at it through through the first half

842
00:43:41,360 --> 00:43:44,040
Speaker 2: and you're like, they have too many superstars, too much

843
00:43:44,080 --> 00:43:46,879
Speaker 2: firepower to only have six points in the game. I'm

844
00:43:46,920 --> 00:43:49,080
Speaker 2: not sure how this defense is getting stops. They don't

845
00:43:49,080 --> 00:43:53,080
Speaker 2: have a ton of great corners. You know, Marshawn Lattimore

846
00:43:53,160 --> 00:43:55,879
Speaker 2: wasn't playing in this game, and so you wonder why

847
00:43:55,920 --> 00:43:59,719
Speaker 2: AJ Brown wasn't dominating. Devontae Smith wasn't really dominating in

848
00:43:59,719 --> 00:44:02,480
Speaker 2: this game. And so that's the stuff that concerns me

849
00:44:02,520 --> 00:44:04,279
Speaker 2: because if you run against a team with some real

850
00:44:04,360 --> 00:44:08,000
Speaker 2: dogs in the secondary, some dogs on defense, and some

851
00:44:08,000 --> 00:44:10,680
Speaker 2: some offensive firepower, I think they, you know, people pull

852
00:44:10,719 --> 00:44:12,839
Speaker 2: away from them in a game like that. So I'm

853
00:44:12,840 --> 00:44:14,520
Speaker 2: not quite ready to put them up there with the

854
00:44:14,719 --> 00:44:16,960
Speaker 2: with the contenders. I'm not willing to put them up

855
00:44:17,000 --> 00:44:21,200
Speaker 2: there with your Detroit Lions or or even the Minnesota Vikings.

856
00:44:21,360 --> 00:44:23,960
Speaker 2: And you know, I think the Benefit Soda Vikings are

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Speaker 2: more complete team than a Philadelphia Eagles, so I'm not

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Speaker 2: and not start the way they did in this game.

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Speaker 1: Well, Richard, this concludes our week eleven recap of the games. Guys,

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Speaker 1: we really appreciate you tuning in weekend week out. I mean,

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Speaker 1: make no mistake about it. We see your comments. Will

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Speaker 1: we welcome all feedback, Richard, please sign us off, my friend.

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Speaker 2: Thank you guys every week for joining us. Thank you

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