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Speaker 1: The other complicating factor right now is time. The transfer

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Speaker 12: You have done so much for Special Olympics, not just

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Speaker 5: earlier on in your career. The nomination for this award,

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Speaker 5: we call it the prestigious Walter Payton Mann of the

444
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Speaker 5: Year Award because it is to find that out from

445
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Speaker 5: your sister, and also the nomination itself.

446
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Speaker 6: What kind of feelings did you have learning that?

447
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Speaker 13: Yeah, I was just trying not to, you know, get

448
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Speaker 13: into tears. It means so much because to me, with

449
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Speaker 13: you know, giving back to Special Olympics and everything, you know,

450
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Speaker 13: with my sister and the communities that I've been involved with,

451
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Speaker 13: you know, with everything with people with intellectual disabilities. I

452
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Speaker 13: think it's so you know, to have the platform I

453
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Speaker 13: have to have that stage to you know, be nominated

454
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Speaker 13: for an award like this. There's just so many other

455
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Speaker 13: people that do so much for that community that it's

456
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Speaker 13: it's just really cool to you know, even for me

457
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Speaker 13: to be recognized, but it's really a recognition to every

458
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Speaker 13: single one of those people and what they do in

459
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Speaker 13: that community to change people's lives.

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Speaker 6: It's awesome.

461
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Speaker 5: It's great work with the community. There are videos of

462
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Speaker 5: you and actually working out together in the off season.

463
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Speaker 5: She's your workout partner as well. I'm sure she inspires

464
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Speaker 5: you in that regard. How does she push you in

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Speaker 5: the weight room and elsewhere as are getting ready for

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Speaker 5: the season.

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Speaker 13: I just think, you know, one I have to chase

468
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Speaker 13: her accomplishments in sports. I could play football till I'm

469
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Speaker 13: ninety and will not catch her. So I'm working in

470
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Speaker 13: trouble in that aspect. But just you know her join

471
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Speaker 13: at all, you know, I think just how much she

472
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Speaker 13: enjoyed just us being together and working out together.

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Speaker 9: It it makes me I really look at sports as

474
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Speaker 9: you know, a privilege.

475
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Speaker 13: It's not a right that any of us get to,

476
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Speaker 13: you know, continue to play a professional sport for a living.

477
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Speaker 13: And you know, seeing you know, not just her, but

478
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Speaker 13: every single athlete special Olympics, how they how they truly

479
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Speaker 13: you know, take it as a privilege to get to

480
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Speaker 13: compete and so I you know, I just really take

481
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Speaker 13: that same mindset, you know, onto the field and every

482
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Speaker 13: single damn in the building, and it you know, it

483
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Speaker 13: really pushes me every single off season and in season.

484
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Speaker 5: I'm sure she's inspiring your rehab now, unfortunately not playing

485
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Speaker 5: it right now. Suffer that ACL injury earlier in the season.

486
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Speaker 5: Give us an update on your rehab. It's a lot

487
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Speaker 5: of tackles not on the field. One hundred and seventy

488
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Speaker 5: seven I believe was the number last year. So the

489
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Speaker 5: Broncos are trying to move forward without you here.

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Speaker 6: How is that rehab going?

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Speaker 13: Yeah, it's not the funnest thing. I don't wish an

492
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Speaker 13: ACL on anybody. I think it's my first real injury,

493
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Speaker 13: and I'm like, man, do nobody you know say it

494
00:22:42,440 --> 00:22:43,440
Speaker 13: as healthy as you can.

495
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Speaker 9: But it's going really well.

496
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Speaker 13: I'm eight weeks out now. I like to tell people

497
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Speaker 13: my life is normal again. I can you know, I

498
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Speaker 13: can sit down, walk around, do basic workouts. But yeah,

499
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Speaker 13: football is still to come in a few more months,

500
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Speaker 13: but just regular life, I'm back to normal. I'm at

501
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Speaker 13: every game to cheer the guys on and media you know,

502
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Speaker 13: on game days, and then you know, I'm in the

503
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Speaker 13: in the meeting rooms and some practices. So it's good

504
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Speaker 13: to it's good to be around a lot more than

505
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Speaker 13: I was a few months ago.

506
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Speaker 5: Yeah, you're a part of this team as this team

507
00:23:13,240 --> 00:23:15,760
Speaker 5: is making what many might consider a surprising run. But

508
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Speaker 5: I remember talking to you and the guys that cover

509
00:23:18,080 --> 00:23:20,879
Speaker 5: that game against the Jets that was considered an upset

510
00:23:20,960 --> 00:23:23,080
Speaker 5: back then. But now we see where this team has gone.

511
00:23:23,520 --> 00:23:25,719
Speaker 5: What kind of confidence have you seen throughout the season

512
00:23:25,720 --> 00:23:28,040
Speaker 5: with this entire team with John Payton at the lead.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, a ton.

514
00:23:29,680 --> 00:23:32,000
Speaker 13: I think, you know, the one big thing everyone wanted

515
00:23:32,040 --> 00:23:33,760
Speaker 13: to preach so early about us in the season was

516
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Speaker 13: we're just a young team that you know, doesn't really

517
00:23:37,560 --> 00:23:39,960
Speaker 13: have an identity. I think two things we've done is

518
00:23:39,960 --> 00:23:43,200
Speaker 13: we found an identity, and I think that young confidence

519
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Speaker 13: kind of some of the sometimes I think that just

520
00:23:45,720 --> 00:23:48,040
Speaker 13: a college kid who doesn't really know any better, doesn't

521
00:23:48,400 --> 00:23:49,560
Speaker 13: doesn't know how bad.

522
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Speaker 2: The Broncos were before.

523
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Speaker 13: And so you know, we've created you know what we are,

524
00:23:55,119 --> 00:23:57,800
Speaker 13: We've created our identity and uh yeah, playing with a

525
00:23:57,840 --> 00:23:59,480
Speaker 13: lot of confidence in winning football games.

526
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Speaker 5: And you as a guy on the defensive side of

527
00:24:02,400 --> 00:24:04,119
Speaker 5: the ball who's got to deal with quarterbacks. When you

528
00:24:04,160 --> 00:24:06,959
Speaker 5: watch what bo Nicks is doing, what has impressed you

529
00:24:07,280 --> 00:24:09,879
Speaker 5: the most is he suddenly thrust himself into the conversation

530
00:24:10,119 --> 00:24:11,280
Speaker 5: for offensive Rookie of the Year.

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Speaker 2: Yeah.

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Speaker 13: His confidence and just the way he can, you know,

533
00:24:14,520 --> 00:24:17,040
Speaker 13: takes care of the football. I think that's the hardest

534
00:24:17,080 --> 00:24:19,159
Speaker 13: position to obviously come into a league and play as

535
00:24:19,160 --> 00:24:21,120
Speaker 13: a rookie, and to do it the way he's done

536
00:24:21,160 --> 00:24:21,880
Speaker 13: is really special.

537
00:24:23,040 --> 00:24:25,280
Speaker 2: To just want to continue to.

538
00:24:25,200 --> 00:24:27,359
Speaker 13: Improve, believe in the coaching staff, and believe in what

539
00:24:27,400 --> 00:24:29,320
Speaker 13: he's you know, taught and told every week. And then

540
00:24:29,400 --> 00:24:31,840
Speaker 13: to also you know, he's got a little gamer in him.

541
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Speaker 9: I like it.

542
00:24:32,800 --> 00:24:36,720
Speaker 13: He's got that like silent assassin swag during games, which

543
00:24:37,200 --> 00:24:39,600
Speaker 13: I love, and he's got that confidence to go with it.

544
00:24:39,680 --> 00:24:43,000
Speaker 13: So it's been really fun to watch and just I've

545
00:24:43,119 --> 00:24:45,520
Speaker 13: enjoyed continuing to watch him improve weekend and week out.

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Speaker 5: Before I let you go, you've basically been serving as

547
00:24:49,200 --> 00:24:52,960
Speaker 5: a assistant coach basically on vance Joseph staff right here.

548
00:24:53,119 --> 00:24:55,000
Speaker 5: Has that inspired you one day to say, Hey, my

549
00:24:55,040 --> 00:24:56,800
Speaker 5: playing career is over, I might want to do this

550
00:24:56,880 --> 00:24:57,400
Speaker 5: coaching thing.

551
00:24:58,480 --> 00:25:01,000
Speaker 13: Oh yeah, you know, I think it' something I will

552
00:25:01,040 --> 00:25:02,880
Speaker 13: never get rid of his football. I think a lot

553
00:25:02,880 --> 00:25:06,240
Speaker 13: of people question how long they want to be involved

554
00:25:06,240 --> 00:25:08,800
Speaker 13: in this sport, and I will be, you know, I'll

555
00:25:08,840 --> 00:25:11,160
Speaker 13: be a guy that's you know, seventy seventy five getting

556
00:25:11,160 --> 00:25:12,520
Speaker 13: pulled off the field for my last time.

557
00:25:13,960 --> 00:25:14,280
Speaker 2: Love it.

558
00:25:14,320 --> 00:25:17,159
Speaker 5: Well, we will see you in February, no matter what.

559
00:25:17,280 --> 00:25:19,639
Speaker 5: I know you hope your Broncos teammates are with you

560
00:25:19,840 --> 00:25:23,119
Speaker 5: in New Orleans. But congratulations once again the Walter Payton

561
00:25:23,160 --> 00:25:25,719
Speaker 5: Man of the Year nominee for the Denver Broncos. Who

562
00:25:25,760 --> 00:25:28,120
Speaker 5: wish you luck when you get to NFL honors, Alex Singleton,

563
00:25:28,119 --> 00:25:29,000
Speaker 5: thank you for joining.

564
00:25:28,840 --> 00:25:30,720
Speaker 9: Us, Yes, thank you for having me.

565
00:25:32,920 --> 00:25:36,960
Speaker 5: Bengals Cowboys minuscule playoff chances coming into the game, But

566
00:25:37,040 --> 00:25:39,560
Speaker 5: you know Simpsons and all that stuff. Joe Burrow not

567
00:25:39,600 --> 00:25:41,840
Speaker 5: watching the Simpsons, watching a play where I think he said, Joe,

568
00:25:41,840 --> 00:25:43,800
Speaker 5: what are you doing after one of the interceptions he

569
00:25:43,840 --> 00:25:44,120
Speaker 5: was watching.

570
00:25:44,160 --> 00:25:45,200
Speaker 6: I think I read his lips on that.

571
00:25:45,119 --> 00:25:49,439
Speaker 5: One tie game Cowboys getting the ball back until didn't

572
00:25:49,440 --> 00:25:53,360
Speaker 5: we cover this thirty one years ago at nearby Texas

573
00:25:53,359 --> 00:25:56,800
Speaker 5: Stadium and Irving Tank. You don't touch the kick after

574
00:25:56,880 --> 00:26:00,480
Speaker 5: it's blocked and it crosses the line of scrimmage. Bengels

575
00:26:00,520 --> 00:26:04,680
Speaker 5: get the ball back Joe Burrow. All he's got to

576
00:26:04,720 --> 00:26:08,639
Speaker 5: do is find Jamar Chase quick out and then the

577
00:26:08,680 --> 00:26:10,439
Speaker 5: rest of the way thirty two more yards for a

578
00:26:10,560 --> 00:26:14,320
Speaker 5: forty yard touchdown. The Bengals twenty seven to twenty keep

579
00:26:14,359 --> 00:26:18,920
Speaker 5: those slim playoff hopes alive. Snap a three game losing streak.

580
00:26:18,960 --> 00:26:21,879
Speaker 5: Jerry's like, I've seen this before. Mike is like, I'm

581
00:26:21,880 --> 00:26:25,840
Speaker 5: pretty sure I saw it on YouTube. Leon Lent remember him.

582
00:26:26,160 --> 00:26:28,440
Speaker 5: Come on now, it's time for our game Flow of

583
00:26:28,480 --> 00:26:31,200
Speaker 5: the Week, presented by Progressive Insurance.

584
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Speaker 6: Just trying to calm myself down.

585
00:26:33,000 --> 00:26:37,240
Speaker 5: Jane Slater, Ryan Baldinger, Jane, the Cowboys not only losing

586
00:26:37,240 --> 00:26:40,440
Speaker 5: this game, but losing a player to a big time injury.

587
00:26:42,880 --> 00:26:45,719
Speaker 14: Yeah, this one hurts to Marvin over shown he's been

588
00:26:45,760 --> 00:26:48,199
Speaker 14: a linebacker that we didn't see last year because if

589
00:26:48,200 --> 00:26:51,320
Speaker 14: you guys remember, he hurt his acl in the left knee,

590
00:26:51,359 --> 00:26:54,280
Speaker 14: took him sixteen months to recover, came back out, and

591
00:26:54,280 --> 00:26:57,280
Speaker 14: it was having an incredible year with the Cowboys. Really

592
00:26:57,359 --> 00:27:00,679
Speaker 14: endeared himself to this locker room. If you look at

593
00:27:00,680 --> 00:27:03,800
Speaker 14: it statistically, through thirteen games as a starter in his

594
00:27:03,880 --> 00:27:07,520
Speaker 14: first pro year, he's on pace with Brian Urlocker. That's

595
00:27:07,600 --> 00:27:10,080
Speaker 14: just how much of an impact that he was making

596
00:27:10,160 --> 00:27:12,680
Speaker 14: on that side of the ball. And here's the impact

597
00:27:12,680 --> 00:27:15,160
Speaker 14: that he had on his teammates when they found out

598
00:27:15,200 --> 00:27:17,879
Speaker 14: the long, long road he's now looking at thanks to

599
00:27:17,960 --> 00:27:22,720
Speaker 14: surgery for that right Kney Now acl mcl all injured.

600
00:27:25,200 --> 00:27:25,760
Speaker 9: By crime.

601
00:27:27,200 --> 00:27:28,960
Speaker 15: It's like my little bro bro Like.

602
00:27:31,200 --> 00:27:33,840
Speaker 9: He don't deserve it either. He really don't.

603
00:27:34,000 --> 00:27:38,960
Speaker 15: So you know, just understand what he's going to go

604
00:27:39,040 --> 00:27:44,320
Speaker 15: through and to beat it from physically, you know, mentally,

605
00:27:44,359 --> 00:27:47,760
Speaker 15: he's just so challenging because he's so talented. The year

606
00:27:47,840 --> 00:27:50,840
Speaker 15: he was having, I mean, you know, I.

607
00:27:50,840 --> 00:27:52,160
Speaker 9: Read some thing that's very.

608
00:27:55,640 --> 00:27:57,520
Speaker 14: And when you look at the numbers, I mean, we've

609
00:27:57,520 --> 00:28:02,000
Speaker 14: talked about having to overcome injuries. I've got thirteen starters

610
00:28:02,440 --> 00:28:05,200
Speaker 14: that have gone on IR this season that is tied

611
00:28:05,240 --> 00:28:08,280
Speaker 14: for third most or tied for most with three two

612
00:28:08,359 --> 00:28:11,439
Speaker 14: other teams in the league. Maris will be up next,

613
00:28:12,359 --> 00:28:14,600
Speaker 14: but Brian, I just don't know how the team overcomes him.

614
00:28:14,680 --> 00:28:17,639
Speaker 14: I mean, this week, Zach Martin we find out is

615
00:28:17,680 --> 00:28:20,200
Speaker 14: getting season ending surgery. He may not even be back

616
00:28:20,240 --> 00:28:21,320
Speaker 14: in the Jersey next year.

617
00:28:22,960 --> 00:28:24,320
Speaker 6: Yeah, it's tough.

618
00:28:25,080 --> 00:28:28,560
Speaker 5: That's a tough one, Baldy. If I asked you about

619
00:28:28,600 --> 00:28:32,640
Speaker 5: the game flow presented by Progressive Insurance, you would talk

620
00:28:32,640 --> 00:28:34,720
Speaker 5: about when the flow changed for good when.

621
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Speaker 16: Well, well, you know, right there on the punt, Rico

622
00:28:37,920 --> 00:28:40,560
Speaker 16: drops back the punt and Nick Vigil the former Bengal

623
00:28:41,120 --> 00:28:43,560
Speaker 16: drafted by the Bengals, he gets a finger on it

624
00:28:43,560 --> 00:28:46,760
Speaker 16: and he deflects the ball. And Amanio Rorier, who's out

625
00:28:46,760 --> 00:28:50,200
Speaker 16: there like defending the gunner like it's a light ball

626
00:28:50,280 --> 00:28:52,280
Speaker 16: right here. I don't know what he was thinking about.

627
00:28:52,360 --> 00:28:55,840
Speaker 16: Everybody's got a signal, like Cavante Turpin is jumping.

628
00:28:55,640 --> 00:28:56,080
Speaker 2: Up and down.

629
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Speaker 16: They get away from it, clear it. Dallas is going

630
00:28:58,880 --> 00:29:00,960
Speaker 16: to get the ball to forty three line. Here comes

631
00:29:01,040 --> 00:29:04,400
Speaker 16: Vigil free, he reachs the protection right there, there's the block,

632
00:29:04,720 --> 00:29:07,640
Speaker 16: got a finger on it. Balls like deflected out there

633
00:29:08,000 --> 00:29:10,720
Speaker 16: over to the in the right field, and this is

634
00:29:10,800 --> 00:29:13,840
Speaker 16: just a crucial mistake. You give the ball right there

635
00:29:13,880 --> 00:29:17,240
Speaker 16: to Cincinnati to forty three, and three plays later they

636
00:29:17,280 --> 00:29:19,160
Speaker 16: fired the touchdown to Jamar Chase.

637
00:29:18,960 --> 00:29:19,600
Speaker 6: To win the game.

638
00:29:19,640 --> 00:29:24,720
Speaker 16: But everybody rehearses that play, everybody from training camp to

639
00:29:25,160 --> 00:29:29,280
Speaker 16: OTA's offseason. They've got a signal right there, to get

640
00:29:29,320 --> 00:29:30,040
Speaker 16: away from the ball.

641
00:29:30,240 --> 00:29:31,320
Speaker 2: Just let it die.

642
00:29:31,640 --> 00:29:33,640
Speaker 16: You don't need to touch it because it's a live ball.

643
00:29:35,680 --> 00:29:38,560
Speaker 5: Coort Bones fossil Man. He watched his face there. It's

644
00:29:38,600 --> 00:29:41,440
Speaker 5: like a roller coaster of emotion. Felt bad for him

645
00:29:41,480 --> 00:29:43,280
Speaker 5: in that case. I'm pretty sure at some point he

646
00:29:43,320 --> 00:29:46,760
Speaker 5: went over it. It's hard to remember the finer details sometimes,

647
00:29:46,760 --> 00:29:49,120
Speaker 5: but it's never hard to remember the game flow presented

648
00:29:49,120 --> 00:29:51,760
Speaker 5: by a progressive insurance when Brian Baldinger and Jay Slater

649
00:29:52,040 --> 00:29:54,320
Speaker 5: take you through it like that, Baldy, hang in there.

650
00:29:54,320 --> 00:29:55,920
Speaker 5: Tom Pellisaro's got you after this.

651
00:29:56,600 --> 00:30:01,719
Speaker 1: All right, Cowboys playoff hopes hanging by a thread. Falcons

652
00:30:01,720 --> 00:30:03,120
Speaker 1: give me a little bit of help too.

653
00:30:03,160 --> 00:30:04,120
Speaker 2: They're not out of it.

654
00:30:04,160 --> 00:30:06,760
Speaker 1: But a four game losing streak in which Kirk Cousins

655
00:30:06,760 --> 00:30:11,080
Speaker 1: has no passing touchdowns and eight interceptions, that's how you

656
00:30:11,200 --> 00:30:12,880
Speaker 1: end up in the spot that.

657
00:30:12,880 --> 00:30:14,719
Speaker 2: Atlanta is right now.

658
00:30:15,200 --> 00:30:18,880
Speaker 1: Baldy, we were both at that game on Sunday in Minnesota.

659
00:30:18,960 --> 00:30:20,960
Speaker 1: It certainly wasn't as bad for Kirk Cousins as it

660
00:30:21,000 --> 00:30:23,480
Speaker 1: had been the previous week when he threw four picks,

661
00:30:23,520 --> 00:30:26,600
Speaker 1: but the first interception he threw pats the ball three times,

662
00:30:26,680 --> 00:30:29,360
Speaker 1: laid over the middle. It's kind of those those basic

663
00:30:29,440 --> 00:30:32,760
Speaker 1: types of errors. The schedule eases up here, they've got

664
00:30:32,760 --> 00:30:35,959
Speaker 1: a path, especially because they swept Tampa earlier this season.

665
00:30:36,040 --> 00:30:38,800
Speaker 1: But in your mind, is there a question over these

666
00:30:38,880 --> 00:30:41,320
Speaker 1: next four games about what they should do at quarterback?

667
00:30:42,600 --> 00:30:44,680
Speaker 16: Well, I think this is more than a slump. Tom

668
00:30:44,800 --> 00:30:47,280
Speaker 16: from Kirk Cousins. I mean, he's never gone through a

669
00:30:47,320 --> 00:30:51,240
Speaker 16: stretch like this in his life. You know, He's never

670
00:30:51,400 --> 00:30:55,280
Speaker 16: thrown as many interceptions. He's throwing thrown fifteen interceptions right now,

671
00:30:55,560 --> 00:30:58,000
Speaker 16: eight in the last four weeks. He's never thrown back

672
00:30:58,040 --> 00:31:00,200
Speaker 16: in his career. And so I think it's more than

673
00:31:00,200 --> 00:31:03,640
Speaker 16: a slump. I mean, he saiales them all over. Kyle

674
00:31:03,640 --> 00:31:07,640
Speaker 16: pitts his head, He's got him down the scene. You know,

675
00:31:08,040 --> 00:31:09,920
Speaker 16: I don't I think the ball is dying on him.

676
00:31:09,920 --> 00:31:12,640
Speaker 16: Some like the Falcons are still in it. They play

677
00:31:12,680 --> 00:31:15,320
Speaker 16: the Raiders, you know, they certainly can win that game.

678
00:31:15,360 --> 00:31:18,640
Speaker 16: It's the irony is they'll probably see Desmond Ridder at

679
00:31:18,760 --> 00:31:21,720
Speaker 16: quarterback for the Raiders. And that's what Raheem Moore said.

680
00:31:21,760 --> 00:31:23,720
Speaker 16: The reason why you got the job was they had

681
00:31:23,720 --> 00:31:25,920
Speaker 16: port quarterback play a year ago. A lot of that

682
00:31:26,040 --> 00:31:28,200
Speaker 16: was from Desmond Ridder. They might see him on the

683
00:31:28,200 --> 00:31:30,960
Speaker 16: other side, and wouldn't that be something if this losing

684
00:31:31,000 --> 00:31:33,360
Speaker 16: streak continues the five games and he get beat by

685
00:31:33,400 --> 00:31:36,480
Speaker 16: Desmond Ridder. But you know, you got to have the

686
00:31:36,480 --> 00:31:39,920
Speaker 16: conversation about Michael Pennix Junior and just what he might

687
00:31:39,960 --> 00:31:42,360
Speaker 16: be able to do to this team because they're still

688
00:31:42,640 --> 00:31:46,479
Speaker 16: running the ball very effectively. Defensively. Okay, they gave up

689
00:31:46,480 --> 00:31:48,880
Speaker 16: the five touchdowns to Sam Darnold, but they sacked him,

690
00:31:49,040 --> 00:31:51,080
Speaker 16: they got after him. But they're on the field an

691
00:31:51,080 --> 00:31:54,080
Speaker 16: awful lot right now, in large part because of these turnovers.

692
00:31:54,240 --> 00:31:56,240
Speaker 16: They haven't won a games since they beat Dallas in

693
00:31:56,320 --> 00:31:59,080
Speaker 16: Week nine. Tom this is going six weeks now. They

694
00:31:59,080 --> 00:32:01,640
Speaker 16: had a bye weekend. Between six weeks without a win

695
00:32:02,480 --> 00:32:05,120
Speaker 16: makes you question a lot of things about what you're doing,

696
00:32:05,160 --> 00:32:07,840
Speaker 16: and specifically, you gotta look at the quarterback position.

697
00:32:11,240 --> 00:32:13,600
Speaker 1: You go back to Sunday and I reported on game

698
00:32:13,680 --> 00:32:16,200
Speaker 1: day morning that it's very unlikely that they would move

699
00:32:16,240 --> 00:32:19,080
Speaker 1: on from Kirk Cousins and bench him this season.

700
00:32:19,160 --> 00:32:21,200
Speaker 2: But let's make no mistake. He's got to play better.

701
00:32:21,240 --> 00:32:23,280
Speaker 1: The whole team's got to play better, and these next

702
00:32:23,320 --> 00:32:26,040
Speaker 1: four games are gonna color the opinions they have when

703
00:32:26,040 --> 00:32:29,240
Speaker 1: they're talking about what to do in twenty twenty five. Baldi,

704
00:32:29,400 --> 00:32:31,600
Speaker 1: thank you very much, look forward to chatting with you

705
00:32:32,040 --> 00:32:32,840
Speaker 1: again soon.

706
00:32:36,280 --> 00:32:40,040
Speaker 2: Apologize to no one for this victory.

707
00:32:40,280 --> 00:32:45,680
Speaker 5: No one even blinked things, got Harry complimentary football and

708
00:32:45,760 --> 00:32:46,280
Speaker 5: came out.

709
00:32:46,640 --> 00:32:48,280
Speaker 6: Okay, one game at a time.

710
00:32:48,760 --> 00:32:49,520
Speaker 9: Enjoy this win.

711
00:32:49,800 --> 00:32:52,160
Speaker 2: Then you got us.

712
00:32:54,000 --> 00:32:56,360
Speaker 4: Hey, guys, great daw man, that's what it's all about.

713
00:32:56,760 --> 00:32:57,360
Speaker 9: Then tell you win.

714
00:32:57,440 --> 00:33:00,480
Speaker 2: Nobody point finds doing the daw no.

715
00:33:01,000 --> 00:33:03,720
Speaker 9: Because this is the NFL.

716
00:33:03,800 --> 00:33:05,360
Speaker 3: You have to know how to win games, and right

717
00:33:05,360 --> 00:33:08,120
Speaker 3: there we show we can win a game when it counts.

718
00:33:19,120 --> 00:33:23,479
Speaker 7: Apologize to no one. There is the AFC playoff picture,

719
00:33:23,920 --> 00:33:26,360
Speaker 7: you know, the division leaders and the wildcard. But we

720
00:33:26,440 --> 00:33:30,800
Speaker 7: got some teams in the hunt. Colts Dolphins both at

721
00:33:30,880 --> 00:33:33,720
Speaker 7: six and seven. They're knocking on the door. They've only

722
00:33:33,720 --> 00:33:37,000
Speaker 7: got to make up two games. Let's welcome in our

723
00:33:37,040 --> 00:33:40,360
Speaker 7: friend Jeffrey Chidia, who wrote in his first Read column

724
00:33:40,520 --> 00:33:45,000
Speaker 7: NFL dot com slash First Read about hope for the

725
00:33:45,040 --> 00:33:48,320
Speaker 7: bubble teams. So let's start with the Miami Dolphins, who

726
00:33:48,320 --> 00:33:48,800
Speaker 7: we just saw.

727
00:33:48,880 --> 00:33:52,600
Speaker 9: Jeffrey, Well, you got to be excited about their chances

728
00:33:52,760 --> 00:33:55,680
Speaker 9: or hopeful at least because two attagob Lowe is on

729
00:33:55,800 --> 00:33:57,840
Speaker 9: fire right now. You know, he sat down with that

730
00:33:57,880 --> 00:34:00,680
Speaker 9: concussion and their offense was ant ept. But ever since

731
00:34:00,680 --> 00:34:04,280
Speaker 9: he came back, he's had fifteen touchdown passes, one interceptions,

732
00:34:04,280 --> 00:34:06,520
Speaker 9: and his offense has come back to life. You Know,

733
00:34:06,600 --> 00:34:09,120
Speaker 9: Tyreek Hill is a player again. Jason Wattle is a

734
00:34:09,120 --> 00:34:12,360
Speaker 9: player ja Jaylen Waddle is a player again. And you

735
00:34:12,480 --> 00:34:14,200
Speaker 9: feel like this team, if they can just get a

736
00:34:14,239 --> 00:34:16,440
Speaker 9: few more breaks, they need help. But they look like

737
00:34:16,440 --> 00:34:18,120
Speaker 9: a playoff team again with the way they've been playing,

738
00:34:18,160 --> 00:34:19,600
Speaker 9: winning four of their last five games.

739
00:34:21,560 --> 00:34:23,920
Speaker 8: All right, So that is the Dolphins part of it.

740
00:34:24,160 --> 00:34:26,120
Speaker 8: What about the Colt Jeffrey where do they stand?

741
00:34:26,760 --> 00:34:26,920
Speaker 13: Well?

742
00:34:26,960 --> 00:34:30,680
Speaker 9: Anthony Richardson's metro ration process has been pretty encouraging for

743
00:34:30,760 --> 00:34:32,840
Speaker 9: this team, and we didn't know where his career was

744
00:34:32,880 --> 00:34:35,200
Speaker 9: going when he got benched a few weeks ago and

745
00:34:35,280 --> 00:34:37,520
Speaker 9: Joe Flacca was playing. But ever since he's come back,

746
00:34:37,840 --> 00:34:39,759
Speaker 9: they've won two of their last three games, and he's

747
00:34:39,800 --> 00:34:42,759
Speaker 9: been pivotal, scoring the game winning points in each one

748
00:34:42,800 --> 00:34:45,360
Speaker 9: of those games. Yes, it was the Jets and the Patriots,

749
00:34:45,360 --> 00:34:47,799
Speaker 9: but that's a really encouraging sign for a team that

750
00:34:47,840 --> 00:34:50,640
Speaker 9: felt like this guy was not just inaccurate with his passes,

751
00:34:50,680 --> 00:34:52,759
Speaker 9: but also needed to grow up a little bit and

752
00:34:52,760 --> 00:34:54,560
Speaker 9: say some of the right things in press conferences. So

753
00:34:54,880 --> 00:34:57,120
Speaker 9: I think the Coats again looked pretty good.

754
00:34:59,560 --> 00:35:02,319
Speaker 7: All Right, we did not show the NFC playoff picture,

755
00:35:02,400 --> 00:35:05,560
Speaker 7: but there is reason for hope for basically the entire

756
00:35:05,719 --> 00:35:06,879
Speaker 7: NFC West right now.

757
00:35:07,760 --> 00:35:09,600
Speaker 9: There is. And I'll start with the Rams, who I

758
00:35:09,640 --> 00:35:12,520
Speaker 9: saw against the Buffalo Bills on Sunday, and they were

759
00:35:12,680 --> 00:35:15,239
Speaker 9: a juggernaut. Nobody was beating the Rams the way they

760
00:35:15,239 --> 00:35:18,120
Speaker 9: were playing in that contest, scoring forty four points and

761
00:35:18,239 --> 00:35:20,920
Speaker 9: just really taking the Bills apart. But what you're seeing

762
00:35:20,960 --> 00:35:22,600
Speaker 9: is the offense we thought they were going to have

763
00:35:22,760 --> 00:35:25,439
Speaker 9: with a healthy Pooka and Nakula, a healthy Cooper Cup,

764
00:35:25,680 --> 00:35:28,799
Speaker 9: Karen Williams running the football on Matthew Stafford dealing. You

765
00:35:28,800 --> 00:35:30,640
Speaker 9: have to feel like this team, they've got a tough

766
00:35:30,680 --> 00:35:33,040
Speaker 9: game coming up with the forty nine ers on Thursday,

767
00:35:33,400 --> 00:35:35,040
Speaker 9: but my god, they look like they're back to where

768
00:35:35,080 --> 00:35:36,480
Speaker 9: they were. If they can play this way, they're going

769
00:35:36,520 --> 00:35:39,000
Speaker 9: to be really tough to beat. Secondly, I will go

770
00:35:39,080 --> 00:35:41,040
Speaker 9: to the forty nine ers or team they're going to see,

771
00:35:41,360 --> 00:35:43,440
Speaker 9: and this team's feeling good about themselves because of the

772
00:35:43,480 --> 00:35:46,160
Speaker 9: way they played against the Bears. They're finally looking like

773
00:35:46,200 --> 00:35:48,120
Speaker 9: the team we thought they were going to be coming

774
00:35:48,120 --> 00:35:51,440
Speaker 9: into this season. Just donoinated Chicago had three hundred and

775
00:35:51,520 --> 00:35:54,560
Speaker 9: nineteen yards to four in the first half, or up

776
00:35:54,600 --> 00:35:57,120
Speaker 9: twenty four to nothing. The Chicago Bears should still play

777
00:35:57,160 --> 00:35:59,400
Speaker 9: good defense, aside from what people think about Kayler Williams.

778
00:35:59,440 --> 00:36:02,080
Speaker 9: So the Niners are playing with some urgency. And then finally,

779
00:36:02,120 --> 00:36:04,800
Speaker 9: the Cardinals, who were leading this division a couple of

780
00:36:04,840 --> 00:36:06,760
Speaker 9: weeks ago, had been in a three game losing streak

781
00:36:06,800 --> 00:36:09,319
Speaker 9: ever since. I still think there's hope here because they

782
00:36:09,360 --> 00:36:11,600
Speaker 9: got a lot of pieces in place. You know, Kyler

783
00:36:11,640 --> 00:36:13,520
Speaker 9: Murray's been turning the ball over lately, but he can

784
00:36:13,560 --> 00:36:16,280
Speaker 9: get back to being efficient. That will help. That defense

785
00:36:16,320 --> 00:36:18,600
Speaker 9: is still feisty, and really the schedule is going to

786
00:36:18,600 --> 00:36:20,520
Speaker 9: help them out a lot here because they've got the

787
00:36:20,520 --> 00:36:23,399
Speaker 9: Patriots and the Panthers coming in. They probably can get

788
00:36:23,400 --> 00:36:25,400
Speaker 9: a reset here, get back into the fight for the

789
00:36:25,520 --> 00:36:27,040
Speaker 9: NFC West. So I don't think they're out of it

790
00:36:27,160 --> 00:36:27,560
Speaker 9: just yet.

791
00:36:30,160 --> 00:36:32,960
Speaker 7: Jeffrey thank you all of that and more in his

792
00:36:33,000 --> 00:36:35,840
Speaker 7: first Read column this week. Read It to nfl dot

793
00:36:35,840 --> 00:36:38,279
Speaker 7: Com slash first read. You should be reading it every

794
00:36:38,320 --> 00:36:39,200
Speaker 7: week anyway.

795
00:36:39,400 --> 00:36:40,040
Speaker 17: And when we.

796
00:36:40,000 --> 00:36:42,920
Speaker 7: Return on The Insiders, we're going to talk even more

797
00:36:43,120 --> 00:36:46,840
Speaker 7: about the NFC West because there is another blockbuster Thursday

798
00:36:46,920 --> 00:36:51,640
Speaker 7: Night Football matchup Rams forty nine Ers going to go

799
00:36:51,680 --> 00:36:54,280
Speaker 7: a long way to clearing up who's still.

800
00:36:54,120 --> 00:36:54,920
Speaker 2: Going to be in the hunt.

801
00:37:02,840 --> 00:37:06,920
Speaker 1: Thursday Night Football on Prime features an NFC West clash.

802
00:37:06,960 --> 00:37:09,600
Speaker 1: It's Matthew Stafford and the Los Angeles Rams against Brock

803
00:37:09,680 --> 00:37:13,200
Speaker 1: Purdy and the San Francisco forty nine Ers this Thursday,

804
00:37:13,239 --> 00:37:16,560
Speaker 1: eight to fifteen pm Eastern Time only on Prime Video.

805
00:37:16,960 --> 00:37:19,719
Speaker 1: That's being in Sam Swartstein Prime Video in Thursday Night

806
00:37:19,719 --> 00:37:23,319
Speaker 1: Football's analytics expert to use next gen stats to help

807
00:37:23,400 --> 00:37:26,320
Speaker 1: us break down this matchup. These teams faced off Sam

808
00:37:26,360 --> 00:37:28,520
Speaker 1: Beck in week three. It was a tight game.

809
00:37:28,680 --> 00:37:30,640
Speaker 2: It was a Rams win. What do you expect in

810
00:37:30,640 --> 00:37:31,560
Speaker 2: the second time around?

811
00:37:32,400 --> 00:37:33,719
Speaker 6: Yeah, we got all the players back.

812
00:37:33,760 --> 00:37:35,759
Speaker 17: The Rams are able to win with al Cooper, Cupp

813
00:37:35,760 --> 00:37:37,640
Speaker 17: and with Al Puka and Akua, but they're going to

814
00:37:37,760 --> 00:37:40,680
Speaker 17: lean on their offensive identity. They're one of the clearest teams.

815
00:37:40,719 --> 00:37:42,640
Speaker 17: You know exactly what you're gonna get each week. It's

816
00:37:42,680 --> 00:37:45,040
Speaker 17: because of them on of motion they use. But it's

817
00:37:45,080 --> 00:37:47,200
Speaker 17: not just the specific motion that they use, which is

818
00:37:47,200 --> 00:37:49,320
Speaker 17: eighty three percent of the time, it's seventy one percent

819
00:37:49,320 --> 00:37:52,480
Speaker 17: of the time there's motion at the snap and that's

820
00:37:52,480 --> 00:37:55,319
Speaker 17: important because creating a leverage advantage in the run game,

821
00:37:55,480 --> 00:37:58,840
Speaker 17: but also a speed advantage in the past game. Last

822
00:37:59,200 --> 00:38:02,719
Speaker 17: time they played seven of eight pass attempts and while

823
00:38:02,719 --> 00:38:06,120
Speaker 17: there was motion, Matt Stafford had one hundred and twenty

824
00:38:06,160 --> 00:38:08,399
Speaker 17: one yards and then motion on the other side too.

825
00:38:08,600 --> 00:38:09,719
Speaker 9: That's what they're able to find.

826
00:38:09,760 --> 00:38:13,040
Speaker 17: Juwan Jennings for the Niners, being able to utilize motion

827
00:38:13,120 --> 00:38:15,120
Speaker 17: on both sides, we're gonna have a lot of people moving,

828
00:38:15,160 --> 00:38:16,960
Speaker 17: a lot of player tags moving across the screen.

829
00:38:17,000 --> 00:38:17,720
Speaker 2: On Prime Vision.

830
00:38:19,640 --> 00:38:22,759
Speaker 1: You mentioned Puka being out that first time in the match.

831
00:38:22,800 --> 00:38:25,640
Speaker 1: I missed a chunk of games because of a knee injury.

832
00:38:25,680 --> 00:38:27,839
Speaker 1: We see him every week make a catch or two

833
00:38:27,920 --> 00:38:29,759
Speaker 1: and get his feet down when it seems like it

834
00:38:29,800 --> 00:38:33,520
Speaker 1: should be physically impossible to do so from a numbers perspective,

835
00:38:33,520 --> 00:38:36,200
Speaker 1: which you see what makes him such a difference maker.

836
00:38:37,160 --> 00:38:39,879
Speaker 17: Yeah, you think about there's players that they do one

837
00:38:39,920 --> 00:38:43,840
Speaker 17: thing well, whether it's speed, whether it's catchability, whether it's blocking.

838
00:38:44,200 --> 00:38:46,120
Speaker 17: He can do everything. Again, like you said, I miss

839
00:38:46,160 --> 00:38:49,440
Speaker 17: to toe tap catch. They will go to him anytime

840
00:38:49,480 --> 00:38:51,680
Speaker 17: he leaves the NFL on target rate at thirty eight percent,

841
00:38:52,080 --> 00:38:54,640
Speaker 17: as well as the efficiency when running so EPA is

842
00:38:54,719 --> 00:38:58,000
Speaker 17: expected points added. That's how much you're helping your team's

843
00:38:58,080 --> 00:39:01,279
Speaker 17: chance to scoring per drive, contextualizing yard. And he's able

844
00:39:01,320 --> 00:39:03,399
Speaker 17: to do it not just in the air, but on

845
00:39:03,440 --> 00:39:05,600
Speaker 17: the ground too. And then they'll even use him in

846
00:39:05,600 --> 00:39:07,640
Speaker 17: the run game. They'll ask him to block d ND

847
00:39:07,760 --> 00:39:10,040
Speaker 17: So his ability to be able to go move all

848
00:39:10,040 --> 00:39:12,360
Speaker 17: over the field is important. Here's something to watch for

849
00:39:12,560 --> 00:39:15,080
Speaker 17: when he's in motion on pass plays, he gets the

850
00:39:15,120 --> 00:39:17,120
Speaker 17: ball fifty percent at a time. Jumps from thirty eight

851
00:39:17,120 --> 00:39:19,480
Speaker 17: percent target rate to fifty percent target rate.

852
00:39:21,520 --> 00:39:21,960
Speaker 2: Forty nine.

853
00:39:22,000 --> 00:39:24,640
Speaker 1: Ers might be down to literally their fifth string running

854
00:39:24,719 --> 00:39:27,160
Speaker 1: back in the game this week. They've had injuries all

855
00:39:27,200 --> 00:39:30,040
Speaker 1: over the place. But George Kittle, when he's been healthy

856
00:39:30,120 --> 00:39:32,160
Speaker 1: enough to be out there, SE's like he's having kind

857
00:39:32,160 --> 00:39:34,000
Speaker 1: of a throwback type of season.

858
00:39:34,000 --> 00:39:35,399
Speaker 2: What do you see from him?

859
00:39:35,719 --> 00:39:38,080
Speaker 17: Yeah, I think between Pukainaku and now George Kittle, you

860
00:39:38,080 --> 00:39:39,600
Speaker 17: got a couple of guys that they might lead the

861
00:39:39,680 --> 00:39:40,120
Speaker 17: NFL and.

862
00:39:40,160 --> 00:39:41,280
Speaker 9: How much they love football.

863
00:39:41,320 --> 00:39:44,279
Speaker 17: When you watch him play, it's the ability after the

864
00:39:44,360 --> 00:39:46,960
Speaker 17: catch that's so valuable. He's fourth in the NFL and

865
00:39:47,040 --> 00:39:50,400
Speaker 17: receiving EPA and that so that's against wide receivers as well.

866
00:39:50,880 --> 00:39:52,879
Speaker 17: But what he's able to do after the catch, he's

867
00:39:52,920 --> 00:39:55,960
Speaker 17: third in the NFL and yak over expected one hundred

868
00:39:55,960 --> 00:39:58,319
Speaker 17: and thirty four extra yards that he's getting then an

869
00:39:58,360 --> 00:40:02,360
Speaker 17: average player in a similar scenario would not get. Importantly,

870
00:40:02,480 --> 00:40:05,440
Speaker 17: he's efficient. He nearly gets better yack than what's expected,

871
00:40:05,840 --> 00:40:08,560
Speaker 17: seventy four percent of the time amongst players with fifty

872
00:40:08,560 --> 00:40:11,480
Speaker 17: targets or more. That's second highest in the NFL. But

873
00:40:11,560 --> 00:40:14,120
Speaker 17: he can also make the amazing catch is a thirteen

874
00:40:14,200 --> 00:40:17,120
Speaker 17: percent catch right over expected as well. It's he can

875
00:40:17,160 --> 00:40:19,719
Speaker 17: do everything for this offense. And what's been great is

876
00:40:19,760 --> 00:40:22,320
Speaker 17: seeing him expand his role outside of known for his blocking.

877
00:40:22,360 --> 00:40:25,360
Speaker 17: We all know his play or his primetime blocks that

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Speaker 17: he's had, but his ability to be that pass catcher

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Speaker 17: that at an elite level has been huge for this

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Speaker 17: Niners team.

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Speaker 1: TNS Prime Vision with Next Gen Stats Alternate Stream. That's

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Speaker 1: where you can find Sam Schwarztein this Thursday and every

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Speaker 1: Thursday pregame coverage kicking off on Prime and NFL Plus

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Speaker 1: at seven pm Eastern time, Sam, thank you very much.

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Speaker 2: NFL dot com slash.

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Speaker 1: Rookies is where you can vote on the Pepsi zero

887
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Speaker 1: Sugar Rookie of the Week. Some new names this time around.

888
00:40:58,160 --> 00:41:00,680
Speaker 1: Tyrone Tracy is having a really good eason on a

889
00:41:00,840 --> 00:41:04,600
Speaker 1: pretty bad Giants team. Tyree's night for the first time.

890
00:41:04,760 --> 00:41:07,280
Speaker 1: Pretty sure that he's popped up in there. Isaac Carendo,

891
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Speaker 1: we'll see some of that foot spring whether he can

892
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Speaker 1: go on Thursday night a NFL dot Com slash Turkies

893
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Speaker 1: where you can vote on that. Tomorrow we will get

894
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Speaker 1: Michael F. Florio's opinion on what forty nine ers running

895
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Speaker 1: back you should try to pick up and start if

896
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Speaker 1: you need somebody in week fifteen here, But on Sunday,

897
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Speaker 1: Florio had other things on his mind, saying, no exaggeration,

898
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Speaker 1: biggest day in his life is a Mets fan. Change

899
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Speaker 1: the franchise. Mets just stole the most covenant free agent

900
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Speaker 1: from the Yankees. Congratch to Florio Indian Rappaport on the

901
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Speaker 1: edition of One Soda. If you thought Florio had a

902
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Speaker 1: big Sunday, then there was there was this day later.

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Speaker 4: Michael F.

904
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Speaker 2: Florio, not to be confused with Mike Florio. Sure, yeah,

905
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Speaker 2: so this is fake, fake, I don't know.

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Speaker 4: Click on his name.

907
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Speaker 18: Can you click on his name Michael Florio, Fantasy football

908
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Speaker 18: NFL analyst and you want that was anfo Fantasy NFL

909
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Speaker 18: network feels like this guy's real.

910
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Speaker 1: Uh, we can confirm he's one of the one of

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Speaker 1: the ogs of the insires, has been with us every

912
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Speaker 1: week for a couple of years now.

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Speaker 8: Yeah, I mean, I feel like it's it's a badge

914
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Speaker 8: of honor, like Aaron Rodgers publicly doubted has existed one

915
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Speaker 8: of the greatest.

916
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Speaker 7: Only the biggest topics get that kind of treatment.

917
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Speaker 2: We'll be back here very borrow.

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Speaker 1: Florida will be here as well, or at least with

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Speaker 1: the hologram of them.

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Speaker 2: We will see them.