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Speaker 1: Be Around the NFL Podcast you can drop mad bars

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Speaker 1: on a rap verse. Maybe. Welcome to another edition of

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Speaker 1: the Around the NFL Podcast, presented by the United States

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Speaker 1: Marine Corps. My name is Dan and is coming to

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Speaker 1: you from a room called the Some Heroes. Mark Sessler,

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Speaker 1: Greg Rosenhal, What is up, my boys? You know, on

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Speaker 1: the list of hosts on this show, I'd like to

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Speaker 1: hear rap Mark, you would you would top the list.

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Speaker 1: I want to hear what you would do. We've heard it,

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Speaker 1: I mean, I you know that's true that you forgot

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Speaker 1: about my smash hit from what feels like seventeen years

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Speaker 1: ago but really only a couple of months ago about

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Speaker 1: a foreign kingdom. Yes, that that was stellar. Please look

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Speaker 1: it up. If you haven't heard it yet, go dig

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Speaker 1: through our archive until you find Mark rapping. This is

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Speaker 1: the Week nine preview edition of the Around the NFL Podcast.

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Speaker 1: It happens, um, you know, the ring a very interesting

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Speaker 1: time in our country, uh, during the election process, as

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Speaker 1: is that it continues to unfold, and we're you know,

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Speaker 1: we're here to to put your focus somewhere else. Of course,

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Speaker 1: now there's a global pandemic also going on that has

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Speaker 1: caused wreaking havoc in the NFL. So even that even

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Speaker 1: this bastion that we are supposed to have is somehow

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Speaker 1: affected by these serious real world problems. But listen, Greg,

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Speaker 1: we don't need to dwell on the negative side of life.

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Speaker 1: Let's let's skew positive. No taping this show, I could

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Speaker 1: use ninety minutes or whatever it's gonna be of not

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Speaker 1: refreshing the internet, so hopefully the listeners can do the same.

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Speaker 1: I don't know what you guys are talking about. Things

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Speaker 1: feel light and airy. Um. I think that there's a

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Speaker 1: you know, the burgeoning sense of freedom and optimism, so

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Speaker 1: some you know, conspiracies out there floating around, which I

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Speaker 1: know you love conspiracies, Mark, I don't know if you

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Speaker 1: love the ones that are prominent right now in our culture.

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Speaker 1: But my conspiracy is like, when's the last time I

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Speaker 1: Who's really involved. Still has Greg still has NFL network

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Speaker 1: Andrew Siciliano. He's not touching. I like that Dan is

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Speaker 1: going the the Aisha Curry route, throwing, throwing the conspiracy

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Speaker 1: that you know, lengthening the things for the ratings. Come on?

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Speaker 1: Is that a Curry is out there dropping those? Yeah?

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Speaker 1: She had a famously terrible tweet when the Warriors weren't

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Speaker 1: I do remember that. Yes, good call, Greg. All right,

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Speaker 1: game of the week Sunday Night Football. Oh my goodness,

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Speaker 1: Saints and Bucks. What a showdown between the Bucks team

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Speaker 1: Is there any chance the Saints stopped them? The Stints

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Speaker 1: what's the difference between m v P and offensive player here?

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Speaker 1: But it's not it's legit with Alvin Kamara, he has

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Speaker 1: a significant advantage. Either the Bucks open up some distance

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Speaker 1: and so if you give Drew Brees a little time,

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Speaker 1: very close game. Seems like each week Devin White makes

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Speaker 1: Dan the Desert says they're high on the Bucks, which

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Speaker 1: surprised me. Let's pick the game here, Greg, I'm I'm

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Speaker 1: going Bucks, but just by three points. All right, Mark,

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Speaker 1: win it by a touchdown. There's no way to come

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Speaker 1: I like the Bucks in this a lot. I think

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Speaker 1: Now we start our draft for Sunday, the late and

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Speaker 1: early games. Mark, you get us going the precious first

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Speaker 1: Josh Allen maybe not so much, but I trust the offense.

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Speaker 1: The running game was a real problem for the Bills

429
00:20:28,840 --> 00:20:31,320
Speaker 1: and UH in the first few weeks maybe not a

430
00:20:31,320 --> 00:20:33,359
Speaker 1: problem because they were just leaning so heavily on the

431
00:20:33,400 --> 00:20:35,960
Speaker 1: past with Josh Allen, but they were entered. They were

432
00:20:36,119 --> 00:20:39,480
Speaker 1: twenty nine in football and rushing entering week eight. But

433
00:20:39,520 --> 00:20:43,040
Speaker 1: they put together back to back season best performances now

434
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Speaker 1: with that running back tandem. So I'm expecting them to

435
00:20:45,800 --> 00:20:48,240
Speaker 1: continue to run the ball well and maybe that sets

436
00:20:48,320 --> 00:20:50,960
Speaker 1: Josh Allen up to bounce back and have a nice

437
00:20:51,000 --> 00:20:55,560
Speaker 1: statistical game. I kind of like the Bills here. M hmmm,

438
00:20:55,800 --> 00:20:59,399
Speaker 1: I do, okay, I disagree. I'd say like there's a

439
00:20:59,440 --> 00:21:01,840
Speaker 1: little fact are called Carlos Dunlap. I know that people

440
00:21:01,880 --> 00:21:04,080
Speaker 1: think maybe he's not the same guy. I think he's

441
00:21:04,080 --> 00:21:06,280
Speaker 1: a good fit for Seattle. Brings a little pass rush

442
00:21:06,400 --> 00:21:08,719
Speaker 1: you throw that the pass frus comes through Jamal Adams

443
00:21:08,760 --> 00:21:11,119
Speaker 1: on that team. So it's just it's two players that

444
00:21:11,160 --> 00:21:14,080
Speaker 1: they didn't have a week ago, and who is who

445
00:21:14,200 --> 00:21:18,000
Speaker 1: is stopping Seattle's offense. I know that's not either or here,

446
00:21:18,040 --> 00:21:20,840
Speaker 1: but it's just that Seattle can withstand all sorts of

447
00:21:20,880 --> 00:21:24,679
Speaker 1: influx inflictions to its defense, right, That's the thing. I

448
00:21:24,720 --> 00:21:29,120
Speaker 1: trust Russell Wilson and DK Metcalf and Tyler Lockett. It's

449
00:21:29,160 --> 00:21:32,400
Speaker 1: like an experiment right now, how far can three players

450
00:21:32,720 --> 00:21:35,320
Speaker 1: carry the other fifty that are on the active roster.

451
00:21:35,480 --> 00:21:39,720
Speaker 1: It's Russ, it's Locket, it's DK Metcalf against Bill's defense

452
00:21:39,760 --> 00:21:41,639
Speaker 1: that hasn't showed me much of anything. I know, you've

453
00:21:41,640 --> 00:21:43,960
Speaker 1: got Matt Milano back. You guys think that he's just

454
00:21:43,960 --> 00:21:47,000
Speaker 1: gonna save everything, but it's just one player that's not

455
00:21:47,000 --> 00:21:49,080
Speaker 1: gonna change everything. And that's why I'm locking up the

456
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Speaker 1: Seahawks on the road. I like it. That's where I

457
00:21:52,080 --> 00:21:55,000
Speaker 1: almost went. And this is notable because Greg has started

458
00:21:55,040 --> 00:21:59,320
Speaker 1: the season with eight consecutive locks, which is ah It's

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Speaker 1: history for our podcast. So when he bets, it doesn't

460
00:22:03,200 --> 00:22:06,760
Speaker 1: bet when he picks a team right now, you better listen.

461
00:22:06,880 --> 00:22:08,760
Speaker 1: And now I'm not feeling so good. But remember, people

462
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Speaker 1: of Western New York, that the old Zeuser has got

463
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Speaker 1: your back. I picked the Bills all right. Up next

464
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Speaker 1: in the Old Zeus with the Jets fan, He's got

465
00:22:17,080 --> 00:22:19,320
Speaker 1: your back, Buffalo. But no, it even shows more than

466
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Speaker 1: I'm all about picking what I like, uh in a game,

467
00:22:22,560 --> 00:22:24,400
Speaker 1: and I think the Bill's got it all right? Greg,

468
00:22:24,440 --> 00:22:28,840
Speaker 1: you're up all right? I'm so glad to be watching

469
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Speaker 1: a little Cardinals versus Dolphins in the late afternoon window.

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Speaker 1: Was hoping this would be available for me because too

471
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Speaker 1: much of the season and it's one of the most

472
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Speaker 1: surprising things about in the NFL has been predictable. If

473
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Speaker 1: you go look at the preseason predictions, all the teams

474
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Speaker 1: that were supposed to be good are good. All the

475
00:22:49,640 --> 00:22:51,680
Speaker 1: teams that are supposed to be bad pretty much are bad.

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Speaker 1: It's been kind of a chalk year, you know, except

477
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Speaker 1: these two teams. These two teams are very different than

478
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Speaker 1: they were in twenty nineteen, and there are a lot better.

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Speaker 1: The Dolphins, I'm I'm fascinated by even before they went

480
00:23:03,920 --> 00:23:07,000
Speaker 1: to t a tongue of viola, because Brian Flores is

481
00:23:07,040 --> 00:23:10,639
Speaker 1: a rare defensive coach now who gets wins with his scheme.

482
00:23:11,119 --> 00:23:13,359
Speaker 1: I mean, he cooked up Jared Goff. He was so

483
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Speaker 1: aggressive in that game. It reminded me also of the

484
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Speaker 1: forty Niners game, where at their very best, the Dolphins

485
00:23:19,280 --> 00:23:22,240
Speaker 1: can look unbeatable. It's kind of like a Kyle Shanahan

486
00:23:22,320 --> 00:23:25,160
Speaker 1: type of edge on offense, where there's some weeks where

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Speaker 1: he just brings the heat and there's nothing you can

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Speaker 1: do about it, at least if you're Jared Goff. Now,

489
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Speaker 1: is that approach gonna work against Kyler Murray. Probably not.

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Speaker 1: But if you if you watch one game a year

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Speaker 1: ago against the Cardinals where Kyler Murray really struggled with

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Speaker 1: the blitz, he's also a guy who wants to have

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Speaker 1: get rid of the ball quickly, wants to know what

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Speaker 1: he's looking at, and you're gonna have to run the

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Speaker 1: ball if you're Kyler Murray and the Cardinals. So to me,

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Speaker 1: it's a fascinating matchup, especially when Arizona has the ball.

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Speaker 1: I think it's it's like they gave up four hundred

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Speaker 1: and fifty yards to the Rams, but they also like

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Speaker 1: caused complete and total havoc. To your point, Greg, I

500
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Speaker 1: think that if you're facing the Rams for the rest

501
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Speaker 1: of the season, you look at what Brian Flores and

502
00:24:06,080 --> 00:24:08,840
Speaker 1: that defense did and you copy it because you gave

503
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Speaker 1: basically instructions on how to neutralize the Los Angeles quarterback.

504
00:24:13,080 --> 00:24:15,760
Speaker 1: In Miami is a mentally tough team. They won that

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Speaker 1: game with Jachem Grant on special teams. It was their defense,

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Speaker 1: it was their past rush, and it kind of overshadowed

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Speaker 1: the fact that to uh, you know, and we want

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Speaker 1: to see more. It's not you don't You don't judge.

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Speaker 1: After one game their offense was flat. Their offense didn't

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Speaker 1: cross a hundred yards till midway through the fourth quarter.

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Speaker 1: They have issues at running back right now, I just

512
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Speaker 1: don't trust this offense at all, But I'm not sure

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Speaker 1: it matters if they continue to play the way they can.

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Speaker 1: The thing is what you can do to Jared Goff.

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Speaker 1: You can't do to Kyler Murray. Kyler Murray invites the

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Speaker 1: blitz because then it takes off into open spaces and

517
00:24:48,200 --> 00:24:50,439
Speaker 1: tortures you. But the Dolphins have this sort of no

518
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Speaker 1: name defense of guys that most people have never heard

519
00:24:53,000 --> 00:24:55,920
Speaker 1: of who are making plays week after week. Emmanuel Agba

520
00:24:56,000 --> 00:24:58,800
Speaker 1: has been basically a top ten player when it comes

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Speaker 1: to pressuring and call seen nuisances and havoc for quarterbacks.

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Speaker 1: This Dolphins team is growing more dangerous by the week.

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Speaker 1: I love what's how this week is shaping up, because well,

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Speaker 1: maybe I won't after the games are played, but I

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Speaker 1: am on the opposite side of the fence of the

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Speaker 1: Sizzler and the old Boss with a lot of things

527
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Speaker 1: this week. I love the Cardinals in this game, and

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Speaker 1: all due respect to the Dolphins, and they're on a

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Speaker 1: winning streak, and and they played really well well. They

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Speaker 1: played well, getting a pick six and putting some pressure

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Speaker 1: on Golf, and they got a punt return for a

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Speaker 1: touch and the first punt return for a touchdown that

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Speaker 1: we've seen all season. How weird is that. I feel

534
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Speaker 1: like that used to happen once a week, but it

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Speaker 1: hasn't happened until last Sunday. Anyway, like the Cardinals a

536
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Speaker 1: lot here, I think they're at home to a did

537
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Speaker 1: not do anything in his debut. We have no we

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Speaker 1: have no reason to suspect he's gonna now hit the

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Speaker 1: ground running and light up the Cardinals on defense, which

540
00:25:53,000 --> 00:25:54,639
Speaker 1: is not a very good defense, and they don't have

541
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Speaker 1: a great pass rush, and there's no Chandler Jones. But

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Speaker 1: they did get after Russell Wilson in their last game

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Speaker 1: before the I at the end of that game to

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Speaker 1: help force the win. So maybe get a little bit

545
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Speaker 1: of that. Whoda Baker makes a play and then Kyler

546
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Speaker 1: Murray goes nuts against the Dolphins defense. That is fine,

547
00:26:10,359 --> 00:26:12,920
Speaker 1: but we're not talking about the five Bears here. I'm

548
00:26:13,000 --> 00:26:16,679
Speaker 1: locking up the Cardinals and I'm doing it confidence. I

549
00:26:16,720 --> 00:26:20,199
Speaker 1: feel good about very good. I actually picked the Cardinals

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Speaker 1: to win this game. To be clear, I'm with you.

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00:26:23,920 --> 00:26:26,400
Speaker 1: Like the run game that that well, I was. I'm

552
00:26:26,400 --> 00:26:28,560
Speaker 1: excited to watch it because I don't know what's gonna

553
00:26:28,600 --> 00:26:30,800
Speaker 1: happen in. These two teams are so different, but the

554
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Speaker 1: running game, that's the way to beat the Dolphins. They're

555
00:26:33,480 --> 00:26:36,680
Speaker 1: dead last in in rushing defense and uh Kyler on

556
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Speaker 1: the ground, Kenyan Drake on the ground. I'm just saying

557
00:26:38,400 --> 00:26:40,280
Speaker 1: it should be fun. I expect more out of to it,

558
00:26:40,280 --> 00:26:42,560
Speaker 1: though I don't. I think they played to the score

559
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Speaker 1: a little bit. And and we'll see what he does

560
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Speaker 1: in his second start. Time now for Road to Victory,

561
00:26:47,880 --> 00:26:51,520
Speaker 1: presented by the United States Marine Corps. For this game,

562
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Speaker 1: we're gonna go back to the prime time Slate Monday

563
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Speaker 1: Night football Jets Patriots, who these usually don't turn out

564
00:27:00,080 --> 00:27:02,720
Speaker 1: very well From my Jets, Uh, it's a it's a

565
00:27:02,800 --> 00:27:06,920
Speaker 1: different set up than past years because the Patriots are

566
00:27:06,960 --> 00:27:09,880
Speaker 1: no longer the Patriots, but the Jets are no longer

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00:27:09,920 --> 00:27:12,679
Speaker 1: the Jets either. The Jets went from being, you know,

568
00:27:12,800 --> 00:27:16,000
Speaker 1: a bad team to a middling team. Pretty Jets to me,

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00:27:16,400 --> 00:27:21,160
Speaker 1: but yeah, potentially historically bad team. You shush, Greg, your

570
00:27:21,160 --> 00:27:23,560
Speaker 1: team is no good anymore either. So that's why the

571
00:27:23,600 --> 00:27:26,639
Speaker 1: game is different. The Patriots went from good to the

572
00:27:26,760 --> 00:27:30,880
Speaker 1: mediocre the bad. The Jets went from bad to historically awful. Uh,

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00:27:31,119 --> 00:27:35,080
Speaker 1: still seems like advantage in New England that say, you're

574
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Speaker 1: not buying Dan the Belichick quote that they're significantly better

575
00:27:38,960 --> 00:27:41,080
Speaker 1: the Jets are they they were a year ago, which

576
00:27:41,119 --> 00:27:46,120
Speaker 1: was like a sneaky shot and Belichick, but I kind

577
00:27:46,119 --> 00:27:48,600
Speaker 1: of get what he's saying on some level. First, maybe

578
00:27:48,640 --> 00:27:50,600
Speaker 1: he was talking about that first meeting where the where

579
00:27:50,600 --> 00:27:52,560
Speaker 1: the Jets were totally a mess and it was the

580
00:27:52,560 --> 00:27:56,200
Speaker 1: scene ghost game. Um, a lot of the Jets last

581
00:27:56,320 --> 00:27:58,959
Speaker 1: year felt like a mirage. And I think even when

582
00:27:59,000 --> 00:28:01,680
Speaker 1: they were winning game games, you didn't see Sam Donald

583
00:28:01,760 --> 00:28:05,520
Speaker 1: really correct some of the mistakes that the Patriots exposed

584
00:28:05,640 --> 00:28:08,440
Speaker 1: on this Monday night football game in terms of seeing ghosts.

585
00:28:08,480 --> 00:28:11,280
Speaker 1: And you're still seeing that. And I know he's a

586
00:28:11,320 --> 00:28:13,960
Speaker 1: little banged up right now, but Sam Donald is expected

587
00:28:14,000 --> 00:28:17,600
Speaker 1: to start, and it's a game that in theory matches

588
00:28:17,680 --> 00:28:19,800
Speaker 1: up well for the Patriots defense, who are good in

589
00:28:19,840 --> 00:28:23,120
Speaker 1: the back end and are just the worst Patriots run defense. Ever.

590
00:28:23,400 --> 00:28:25,600
Speaker 1: I mean it's it's supposed to be a defense that

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00:28:25,640 --> 00:28:27,679
Speaker 1: stops to run, and they just have no one up

592
00:28:27,720 --> 00:28:30,640
Speaker 1: front right now, no one in their front seven. And

593
00:28:30,880 --> 00:28:33,959
Speaker 1: is Frank Gore and le Michael p Ryan gonna expose

594
00:28:34,040 --> 00:28:36,399
Speaker 1: that maybe because it's just like bad on bad and

595
00:28:36,440 --> 00:28:39,600
Speaker 1: the Patriots run defense. Is that bad right now that

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00:28:39,760 --> 00:28:43,000
Speaker 1: I'm not assuming anything with this Patriots team in terms

597
00:28:43,000 --> 00:28:46,040
Speaker 1: of having a comfortable win. I mean hold on the

598
00:28:46,160 --> 00:28:48,160
Speaker 1: I mean Belichick week after week and he's done this

599
00:28:48,240 --> 00:28:51,800
Speaker 1: every week this season. He goes and glows over one

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00:28:51,880 --> 00:28:53,880
Speaker 1: player that they're facing. We just talked about this on

601
00:28:53,880 --> 00:28:56,800
Speaker 1: a previous game, and this time he just pointed to

602
00:28:56,840 --> 00:28:59,360
Speaker 1: the entire Jets team because there isn't really one player

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Speaker 1: to pick at this point. Let's be honest. I mean,

604
00:29:01,240 --> 00:29:04,560
Speaker 1: you got Adam Gaze, whose main skill, in my opinion,

605
00:29:04,640 --> 00:29:07,560
Speaker 1: is basically lighting the house on fire and walking out

606
00:29:07,600 --> 00:29:09,680
Speaker 1: the back door. I'm not sure what is going on

607
00:29:09,720 --> 00:29:12,360
Speaker 1: with this team, but I I look, you know, the Patriots.

608
00:29:12,480 --> 00:29:14,360
Speaker 1: If we want to say that they lack this and

609
00:29:14,360 --> 00:29:17,080
Speaker 1: that they do, I mean they had four undrafted free

610
00:29:17,080 --> 00:29:19,960
Speaker 1: agent wide receivers starting the game last week, with Julian

611
00:29:20,040 --> 00:29:22,920
Speaker 1: Edelen out. They still took the Bills to the final

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00:29:22,960 --> 00:29:25,320
Speaker 1: minute and that Cam fumble. Had that not happened, I

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Speaker 1: think they would have won that game or taken it

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Speaker 1: into overtime. So they find a way. I don't trust

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00:29:29,800 --> 00:29:31,960
Speaker 1: the Jets to find a way. And Dan, I hate

616
00:29:31,960 --> 00:29:34,880
Speaker 1: this because I went through this as a Browns fan two.

617
00:29:34,920 --> 00:29:37,520
Speaker 1: But you almost need to just go into the darkest

618
00:29:37,600 --> 00:29:40,480
Speaker 1: farthest reaches and not have them go on some lame

619
00:29:40,480 --> 00:29:46,040
Speaker 1: winning streak and have them beat the pay I'm telling

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00:29:46,200 --> 00:29:50,200
Speaker 1: that happened last year was because the schedule was extremely soft,

621
00:29:50,240 --> 00:29:52,680
Speaker 1: and that is simply just not the case of the Jets.

622
00:29:53,520 --> 00:29:55,640
Speaker 1: I'm just concerned about one thing, and this is this

623
00:29:55,680 --> 00:29:57,920
Speaker 1: is a conspiracy theory, separate of all the other ones

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00:29:57,960 --> 00:30:01,200
Speaker 1: that our country is offering at the moment. This scenario

625
00:30:01,360 --> 00:30:04,719
Speaker 1: that if Belichick found a way to allow you know,

626
00:30:04,800 --> 00:30:07,000
Speaker 1: Gaze and Donald to sneak a little win here, and

627
00:30:07,000 --> 00:30:08,560
Speaker 1: then they played them again in a week seventeen, you

628
00:30:08,560 --> 00:30:10,440
Speaker 1: look at the rest of New England schedule. This is

629
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Speaker 1: weird scenario. It's way that I'm saying, this is my scenario.

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Speaker 1: This the New England could mind its way and mastermind

631
00:30:16,800 --> 00:30:20,240
Speaker 1: Bill Belichick fashion to outbid the Jets for that number

632
00:30:20,240 --> 00:30:22,800
Speaker 1: one pick, and then meanwhile you've got Adam Gays telling

633
00:30:22,800 --> 00:30:26,160
Speaker 1: his grandchildren, I'd beat Bill Belichick twice in one season. Yeah,

634
00:30:26,160 --> 00:30:29,240
Speaker 1: but you totally took the organization out of out of

635
00:30:29,280 --> 00:30:32,800
Speaker 1: the offering for the great quarterback in this is I

636
00:30:32,800 --> 00:30:34,960
Speaker 1: don't know, because the Jets, that would be the most

637
00:30:35,080 --> 00:30:37,480
Speaker 1: Jets thing you could do is to beat New England

638
00:30:37,520 --> 00:30:40,360
Speaker 1: when you've got to essentially go oh for for the

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00:30:40,400 --> 00:30:43,040
Speaker 1: rest of the season. Come on, Jets, not necessarily over.

640
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Speaker 1: I'd like them to get one win, honestly, so if

641
00:30:45,120 --> 00:30:48,000
Speaker 1: they because I still think that will get them the

642
00:30:48,080 --> 00:30:51,200
Speaker 1: number the rest of the year. If you're looking at

643
00:30:51,280 --> 00:30:53,400
Speaker 1: on paper, this is it. This is the best chance.

644
00:30:53,480 --> 00:30:55,440
Speaker 1: That's what I want. I want the Patriots to go

645
00:30:55,520 --> 00:30:57,920
Speaker 1: down in flames in primetime against the Jets, and then

646
00:30:57,960 --> 00:31:00,680
Speaker 1: the Jets can lose out or Sam Donald could play

647
00:31:00,680 --> 00:31:01,960
Speaker 1: well the rest of the year, and then you have

648
00:31:02,000 --> 00:31:05,600
Speaker 1: a different decision to make. I do have a concern, Okay.

649
00:31:05,680 --> 00:31:08,960
Speaker 1: My concern here is that the Sam Donald era is

650
00:31:09,080 --> 00:31:12,600
Speaker 1: on the ropes right now. Uh, and he's banged up.

651
00:31:12,640 --> 00:31:14,440
Speaker 1: It's a it's a shoulder issue. I think it's a

652
00:31:14,480 --> 00:31:16,720
Speaker 1: little bit more than a minor issue, but it's something

653
00:31:16,760 --> 00:31:19,520
Speaker 1: he's trying to play through and he's showing some toughness,

654
00:31:19,520 --> 00:31:22,160
Speaker 1: but I think it's not gonna help his play this season,

655
00:31:22,520 --> 00:31:24,680
Speaker 1: and I'm concerned that Bill Belichick is gonna have the

656
00:31:24,800 --> 00:31:28,720
Speaker 1: right scheme here and it's gonna be another very embarrassing performance,

657
00:31:28,760 --> 00:31:31,400
Speaker 1: not just for Adam Gates and the Jets as a whole,

658
00:31:31,440 --> 00:31:34,880
Speaker 1: but Sam Donald. And then it's officially game over for

659
00:31:34,920 --> 00:31:37,160
Speaker 1: the Donald arre. Either he plays terribly and then gets

660
00:31:37,200 --> 00:31:40,000
Speaker 1: hurt and he's out for another six weeks or something,

661
00:31:40,160 --> 00:31:42,920
Speaker 1: or he's just so bad that it's becoming it becomes

662
00:31:42,960 --> 00:31:46,880
Speaker 1: increasingly clear it's Trevor Lawrence time or whomever. So that's

663
00:31:47,080 --> 00:31:49,080
Speaker 1: as a Jets man, that's what I'm assuming is gonna

664
00:31:49,080 --> 00:31:51,520
Speaker 1: happen here, and then anything that doesn't happen in that

665
00:31:51,600 --> 00:31:55,280
Speaker 1: realm will be a pleasant surprise. I I think he's

666
00:31:55,320 --> 00:31:58,440
Speaker 1: been there, and there's there's been some reasons to at

667
00:31:58,520 --> 00:32:00,600
Speaker 1: least he's gonna be with Adam Gates. We're never gonna

668
00:32:00,600 --> 00:32:03,440
Speaker 1: see him with the Jets um without Adam Gates until

669
00:32:03,440 --> 00:32:05,280
Speaker 1: after the season, and I think it's gonna be too late.

670
00:32:05,280 --> 00:32:07,880
Speaker 1: Because I don't think he's regressed that much. I think

671
00:32:07,920 --> 00:32:10,040
Speaker 1: he was playing as one of the worst quarterbacks in

672
00:32:10,120 --> 00:32:12,840
Speaker 1: league late last year and and that he's still there.

673
00:32:13,240 --> 00:32:15,560
Speaker 1: And and this is a game where I'm also curious

674
00:32:15,960 --> 00:32:18,680
Speaker 1: um to watch to see if what the Patriots found

675
00:32:18,680 --> 00:32:21,160
Speaker 1: in the second half was anything, you know, permanent, because

676
00:32:21,200 --> 00:32:24,040
Speaker 1: Damien Harris is running really well. Uh that they did

677
00:32:24,120 --> 00:32:26,120
Speaker 1: pick up. You know, Cam Newton I thought played pretty

678
00:32:26,120 --> 00:32:28,520
Speaker 1: well in that game. And so can they get anything

679
00:32:28,600 --> 00:32:31,080
Speaker 1: together against the Jets. This is the week to do it.

680
00:32:31,120 --> 00:32:34,280
Speaker 1: Look at Damien Harris breaking tackles. Cam Newton fought hard

681
00:32:34,280 --> 00:32:38,080
Speaker 1: in that game. Yeah, he's not gonna give up. I've

682
00:32:38,120 --> 00:32:40,440
Speaker 1: loved his attitude. It's kind of funny how you know,

683
00:32:40,960 --> 00:32:43,520
Speaker 1: he's gotten some criticism over the years about his attitude.

684
00:32:43,520 --> 00:32:45,320
Speaker 1: And that's the one thing I think everyone in Boston

685
00:32:45,360 --> 00:32:47,440
Speaker 1: kind of loves about Kim Newton. But it's his play

686
00:32:47,560 --> 00:32:50,360
Speaker 1: that that has been erratic, to say the least. Maybe

687
00:32:50,400 --> 00:32:52,640
Speaker 1: you're thinking of the last couple of games last year, Greg,

688
00:32:52,680 --> 00:32:55,880
Speaker 1: but Darnald was making progress for stretches of last year.

689
00:32:56,160 --> 00:32:58,400
Speaker 1: They were throwing, they were going on touchdown drives to

690
00:32:58,440 --> 00:33:00,520
Speaker 1: start games, none all that stuff. On. I think he's

691
00:33:00,560 --> 00:33:04,200
Speaker 1: undeniably regressed with the rest of the Jets this year, um,

692
00:33:04,240 --> 00:33:06,400
Speaker 1: and I just hope it doesn't lead to more embarrassment

693
00:33:06,440 --> 00:33:09,600
Speaker 1: in prime time. We'll see that was the road to

694
00:33:09,720 --> 00:33:13,320
Speaker 1: victory presented by the United States Marine Corps. All right,

695
00:33:13,400 --> 00:33:17,760
Speaker 1: back to the draft now, and it's snakes to you, Rosie. Alright,

696
00:33:17,800 --> 00:33:21,360
Speaker 1: I'm gonna go with Bears tight ends in the early

697
00:33:21,440 --> 00:33:24,040
Speaker 1: games on Sunday. I think this is a sneaky fun

698
00:33:24,080 --> 00:33:27,959
Speaker 1: game because it's strength on strength and weakness on weakness.

699
00:33:28,080 --> 00:33:30,480
Speaker 1: When when the Bears have the ball, like this is

700
00:33:30,520 --> 00:33:32,760
Speaker 1: their week to get off and I know they have

701
00:33:32,800 --> 00:33:35,760
Speaker 1: offensive line issues and maybe that's just gonna be fatal

702
00:33:35,840 --> 00:33:38,600
Speaker 1: for this team, whether it's injuries or COVID. They're not

703
00:33:38,720 --> 00:33:40,760
Speaker 1: right up front, they haven't been great, But they're playing

704
00:33:40,760 --> 00:33:44,600
Speaker 1: a Titans defense where Nick Foles can finally, hopefully for him,

705
00:33:44,680 --> 00:33:46,800
Speaker 1: get a little bit of time in the pocket. For

706
00:33:46,840 --> 00:33:49,320
Speaker 1: all the criticism false has taken, he has played a

707
00:33:49,360 --> 00:33:52,880
Speaker 1: brutal slate of good defenses. And I actually thought he

708
00:33:52,920 --> 00:33:56,120
Speaker 1: made a lot more good throws against the Saints than

709
00:33:56,240 --> 00:33:58,960
Speaker 1: people gave him credit for. Escaped a couple of fourth

710
00:33:58,960 --> 00:34:01,560
Speaker 1: down situations is ate the third and fifteen, a third

711
00:34:01,560 --> 00:34:05,440
Speaker 1: and nineteen, and Mitchell Drabinski now has a shoulder injury,

712
00:34:05,440 --> 00:34:07,920
Speaker 1: which sounds serious. So it's gonna be full as the

713
00:34:07,960 --> 00:34:09,680
Speaker 1: rest of the way. And this is a chance against

714
00:34:09,719 --> 00:34:12,319
Speaker 1: one of the worst third down, red zone defenses of

715
00:34:12,360 --> 00:34:15,560
Speaker 1: all time. They cut Vic Beasley, which is wild. They

716
00:34:15,560 --> 00:34:18,520
Speaker 1: had given him nine million dollars. That's the bigger disaster

717
00:34:18,560 --> 00:34:21,200
Speaker 1: of a signing that that was. And then when you

718
00:34:21,200 --> 00:34:23,600
Speaker 1: flip it around the Titans when they have the ball, uh,

719
00:34:23,719 --> 00:34:26,440
Speaker 1: the best red zone offense, third down offense in the

720
00:34:26,520 --> 00:34:29,319
Speaker 1: league against one of the best red zone defenses that

721
00:34:29,320 --> 00:34:31,320
Speaker 1: we've seen in a long time. So it's like strength

722
00:34:31,360 --> 00:34:33,640
Speaker 1: on strength no matter who has the ball. I mean,

723
00:34:33,680 --> 00:34:36,200
Speaker 1: these strength on strength games though they look awesome to

724
00:34:36,280 --> 00:34:38,960
Speaker 1: us when we're previewing the games, and then something goes

725
00:34:39,000 --> 00:34:41,200
Speaker 1: wrong and one of the strengths don't show up when

726
00:34:41,239 --> 00:34:42,960
Speaker 1: they actually play them, and I and I have to

727
00:34:43,000 --> 00:34:46,799
Speaker 1: say which team which overall? You know, operation do I

728
00:34:46,840 --> 00:34:51,480
Speaker 1: trust right here? You know I know what happens. Well, well,

729
00:34:51,520 --> 00:34:53,680
Speaker 1: I'm just telling you that will be clear to you.

730
00:34:53,719 --> 00:34:56,279
Speaker 1: I trust the Titans more here. You're not dealing with

731
00:34:56,480 --> 00:34:59,080
Speaker 1: you know, Joe Burrow. This time you're dealing with Nick

732
00:34:59,120 --> 00:35:01,480
Speaker 1: Foles and he's been growing, you know, under seven yards

733
00:35:01,520 --> 00:35:03,799
Speaker 1: per attempt for like six games in a row. And

734
00:35:03,840 --> 00:35:06,160
Speaker 1: so I do think they fought hard against New Orleans

735
00:35:06,320 --> 00:35:09,760
Speaker 1: and it becomes a board or just pile on Chicago's

736
00:35:09,880 --> 00:35:13,680
Speaker 1: attack week after week. We can all see that they're wanting. Uh,

737
00:35:13,719 --> 00:35:15,960
Speaker 1: you know, I feel bad for guys like Allen Robinson

738
00:35:15,960 --> 00:35:17,920
Speaker 1: in the middle of that whole thing, who you know,

739
00:35:18,719 --> 00:35:20,759
Speaker 1: you put them somewhere else in the whole situation is

740
00:35:20,760 --> 00:35:25,880
Speaker 1: different for him to me, the Titans. He if you're Tannehill,

741
00:35:25,960 --> 00:35:28,040
Speaker 1: you can deal with pressure. He can deal with it.

742
00:35:28,080 --> 00:35:30,239
Speaker 1: He's one of the better in the league at unfurling

743
00:35:30,280 --> 00:35:32,719
Speaker 1: a beautiful pass with someone right in his face. So

744
00:35:32,800 --> 00:35:34,960
Speaker 1: that's a little bit of a different edge against Chicago's

745
00:35:35,000 --> 00:35:37,920
Speaker 1: defense that keeps teams in these games. I trust Derrick

746
00:35:38,000 --> 00:35:40,799
Speaker 1: Henry in this game. I just to me, Tennessee is

747
00:35:40,800 --> 00:35:42,600
Speaker 1: not gonna want to lose two in a row here,

748
00:35:42,760 --> 00:35:44,799
Speaker 1: and that factors in. They're just gonna come in here.

749
00:35:44,840 --> 00:35:47,560
Speaker 1: There is bully. There is bully centric as the Bears

750
00:35:47,560 --> 00:35:49,600
Speaker 1: could ever wish to be. The Bears don't want to

751
00:35:49,600 --> 00:35:51,799
Speaker 1: lose three in a row. But if you all right,

752
00:35:51,960 --> 00:35:54,000
Speaker 1: so put it, they may not be in control of that.

753
00:35:54,040 --> 00:35:56,200
Speaker 1: If we're boy, if we're bored of piling on the

754
00:35:56,239 --> 00:35:59,320
Speaker 1: Bears offense, and let's start piling on the Titans defense more,

755
00:35:59,360 --> 00:36:02,439
Speaker 1: because like, what a mess. It's a it's a mess

756
00:36:02,560 --> 00:36:05,280
Speaker 1: right now. And I think it's been covered up because

757
00:36:05,320 --> 00:36:07,720
Speaker 1: the Titans offense has been fun and they've been winning.

758
00:36:08,040 --> 00:36:10,000
Speaker 1: But now when you you throw a lass in there,

759
00:36:10,080 --> 00:36:13,480
Speaker 1: you start to really get concerned because how do you

760
00:36:14,080 --> 00:36:17,160
Speaker 1: how does this happen? You're playing a Cincinnati offensive line

761
00:36:17,840 --> 00:36:20,360
Speaker 1: that is missing four of their five starters to injury

762
00:36:20,560 --> 00:36:23,400
Speaker 1: from the prior week, and you do not get a

763
00:36:23,400 --> 00:36:26,800
Speaker 1: single sack of Joe Burrow. You you hit him twice

764
00:36:26,880 --> 00:36:29,839
Speaker 1: the entire game, and that obviously that's the impetus. That's

765
00:36:29,840 --> 00:36:31,759
Speaker 1: why Vick Beasley, they finally said, get out of here.

766
00:36:31,800 --> 00:36:33,040
Speaker 1: If you don't want to be here and you can't

767
00:36:33,080 --> 00:36:34,920
Speaker 1: make a play, we don't want you in the buildings,

768
00:36:34,960 --> 00:36:37,200
Speaker 1: So take our money and get out of our life forever,

769
00:36:37,280 --> 00:36:40,000
Speaker 1: the old Truemayin Johnson treatment. But now, how about your

770
00:36:40,080 --> 00:36:43,239
Speaker 1: David Clowney steps up? Make a play. Clowney, you are

771
00:36:43,480 --> 00:36:44,960
Speaker 1: I don't know, if you're aware of this, Jadave and

772
00:36:45,000 --> 00:36:47,319
Speaker 1: you're in a contract here again, and if you go

773
00:36:47,400 --> 00:36:50,320
Speaker 1: through this season not making any impact, uh, you're not

774
00:36:50,360 --> 00:36:52,239
Speaker 1: gonna get paid. And I don't want to pile on

775
00:36:52,360 --> 00:36:54,319
Speaker 1: him either because it seems like I do, but he's

776
00:36:54,360 --> 00:36:57,160
Speaker 1: he's a part of the issue. So hopefully you know,

777
00:36:57,239 --> 00:36:59,759
Speaker 1: you get secondary help from Desmond King. I don't know

778
00:36:59,760 --> 00:37:02,200
Speaker 1: what an immediate impact he can make, but that side

779
00:37:02,200 --> 00:37:04,000
Speaker 1: of the defense needs to improve to This is a

780
00:37:04,080 --> 00:37:06,720
Speaker 1: unit that is not going anywhere unless they get fixed.

781
00:37:06,719 --> 00:37:11,120
Speaker 1: And that's Unbrable, who's technically the de coordinator, and and

782
00:37:11,440 --> 00:37:13,200
Speaker 1: they're counting on their offense to be one of the

783
00:37:13,200 --> 00:37:15,680
Speaker 1: best in the league, and it is, but we haven't

784
00:37:15,719 --> 00:37:20,239
Speaker 1: seen a long stretch here without their tackles. It's a

785
00:37:20,280 --> 00:37:24,200
Speaker 1: totally different tackle starting group right now after Taylor Lawan

786
00:37:24,320 --> 00:37:26,520
Speaker 1: got hurt. So you have the first round pick Isaiah Wilson,

787
00:37:26,560 --> 00:37:28,880
Speaker 1: who was on the COVID list forever. He's back, and

788
00:37:28,920 --> 00:37:32,720
Speaker 1: you have Tysonbrella. Like the early returns last week against

789
00:37:32,719 --> 00:37:35,240
Speaker 1: Cincinnati were not impressive, and I think if you're looking

790
00:37:35,280 --> 00:37:38,919
Speaker 1: for a bit of a weakness on Tennessee's offense, it's

791
00:37:38,920 --> 00:37:42,360
Speaker 1: definitely upfront and here come the Bears. Acheam Hicks, Khalil

792
00:37:42,400 --> 00:37:44,920
Speaker 1: mac Robert Quinn's up and down, but like these guys

793
00:37:45,200 --> 00:37:47,680
Speaker 1: can keep it close. The Bears have maybe as many

794
00:37:47,719 --> 00:37:50,319
Speaker 1: impressive wins this year as the Titans were. Almost I've

795
00:37:50,320 --> 00:37:52,319
Speaker 1: almost slept on the Bears too much because if you

796
00:37:52,360 --> 00:37:55,400
Speaker 1: just look at the results, they're they're pretty solid results,

797
00:37:55,640 --> 00:37:58,359
Speaker 1: and the Titans haven't really put together a complete game

798
00:37:58,440 --> 00:38:00,600
Speaker 1: all year other than that one builds game. They let

799
00:38:00,680 --> 00:38:03,080
Speaker 1: everyone in these games. They never blow teams out, whether

800
00:38:03,080 --> 00:38:05,320
Speaker 1: they're good or they're bad teams. If if the Bears

801
00:38:05,360 --> 00:38:07,760
Speaker 1: won this game, I'd have to I'd have to personally

802
00:38:07,760 --> 00:38:09,920
Speaker 1: look at them a little differently. I think part of

803
00:38:09,960 --> 00:38:11,720
Speaker 1: it is that we all see them as a team

804
00:38:11,960 --> 00:38:14,600
Speaker 1: that's trying to get through an NFL season with a

805
00:38:14,640 --> 00:38:17,360
Speaker 1: completely different makeup than thirty one other teams. For the

806
00:38:17,400 --> 00:38:20,040
Speaker 1: most part, they're trying to play like it's nineteen seventy two,

807
00:38:20,280 --> 00:38:22,200
Speaker 1: and it's not just that's not fun to watch. I'm

808
00:38:22,239 --> 00:38:24,480
Speaker 1: fine with that if it works, except I think that

809
00:38:24,520 --> 00:38:27,920
Speaker 1: the offense leaves this defense a very good defense. It

810
00:38:28,000 --> 00:38:30,399
Speaker 1: holds them hostage week after week, and you're like, at

811
00:38:30,440 --> 00:38:32,880
Speaker 1: some point someone's going to break through and score twenty

812
00:38:32,920 --> 00:38:35,719
Speaker 1: points against you, and it's a fatal blow. You're done.

813
00:38:36,080 --> 00:38:39,239
Speaker 1: All right, let's move on to the next game. Way

814
00:38:39,280 --> 00:38:41,920
Speaker 1: to put a punctuation on that, Sessler. I loved it,

815
00:38:43,120 --> 00:38:45,960
Speaker 1: classic Sissler. There, I'll go with the let's see the

816
00:38:46,040 --> 00:38:50,360
Speaker 1: Raiders at the Chargers. Pretty good, pretty good value by

817
00:38:50,719 --> 00:38:55,280
Speaker 1: with the with the UH six pick here. I like um.

818
00:38:55,320 --> 00:38:57,720
Speaker 1: I like the Raiders how they went about their business

819
00:38:57,719 --> 00:39:01,319
Speaker 1: against the Browns. That they in terrible conditions, thirty five

820
00:39:01,320 --> 00:39:04,759
Speaker 1: mile per hour wind, rain, sleep, you're on the road,

821
00:39:04,760 --> 00:39:06,960
Speaker 1: it's just nasty. And they said, Okay, we're just going

822
00:39:07,000 --> 00:39:09,920
Speaker 1: to run the football. We're gonna control time and possession.

823
00:39:10,239 --> 00:39:13,080
Speaker 1: We're gonna whack you when you catch the ball. It

824
00:39:13,160 --> 00:39:15,760
Speaker 1: was just like a nice physical effort from the Raiders

825
00:39:15,760 --> 00:39:18,239
Speaker 1: that showed me a little side of their personality that

826
00:39:18,280 --> 00:39:21,879
Speaker 1: I wasn't quite aware of entering Week eight. So, yes,

827
00:39:21,960 --> 00:39:24,560
Speaker 1: the Browns, as we've talked about, Mark, they're very up

828
00:39:24,600 --> 00:39:27,120
Speaker 1: and down. They're good, they're bad. So maybe they caught

829
00:39:27,120 --> 00:39:28,640
Speaker 1: the Browns in a bad week, so it shouldn't be

830
00:39:28,680 --> 00:39:30,600
Speaker 1: too impressed, but I was. I like the way they

831
00:39:30,600 --> 00:39:33,160
Speaker 1: played that game. And now you get the Chargers, who

832
00:39:33,239 --> 00:39:35,160
Speaker 1: I don't know. I don't know what to say about

833
00:39:35,160 --> 00:39:38,319
Speaker 1: the Chargers after they blow a twenty four to three

834
00:39:38,920 --> 00:39:41,920
Speaker 1: second half lead. I would say, if it happened to

835
00:39:41,960 --> 00:39:44,640
Speaker 1: another team, maybe you show up angry here and you

836
00:39:44,760 --> 00:39:47,080
Speaker 1: just whip up on the Raiders. That's certainly possible, because

837
00:39:47,120 --> 00:39:51,240
Speaker 1: justin Herbert has been a revelation, But it's also equally possible.

838
00:39:51,440 --> 00:39:54,200
Speaker 1: They're up twenty eight to seventeen with three minutes to

839
00:39:54,239 --> 00:39:56,799
Speaker 1: play and they lose, so I can't trust them. The

840
00:39:56,800 --> 00:40:00,920
Speaker 1: trust is becoming a major theme of today's episode. Well,

841
00:40:00,920 --> 00:40:02,799
Speaker 1: I like what you said about the Raiders. I think

842
00:40:02,800 --> 00:40:04,319
Speaker 1: the grout and I know that I know that you

843
00:40:04,360 --> 00:40:06,640
Speaker 1: know they've been more aggressive through the air, and that's

844
00:40:06,680 --> 00:40:09,799
Speaker 1: because you know they've had to win games where they

845
00:40:09,840 --> 00:40:11,759
Speaker 1: are being scored on, and so that's going to force

846
00:40:11,800 --> 00:40:14,000
Speaker 1: you to be more aggressive. They're almost the flip of

847
00:40:14,000 --> 00:40:16,439
Speaker 1: the Bears in a way where it's like, I found

848
00:40:16,440 --> 00:40:19,600
Speaker 1: it offensive that they that they allowed Denver back into

849
00:40:19,640 --> 00:40:22,360
Speaker 1: that game. The defense you cannot count on, while the

850
00:40:22,440 --> 00:40:25,880
Speaker 1: offense is one of the most watchable, enjoyable passing attacks

851
00:40:25,880 --> 00:40:28,360
Speaker 1: I can remember of the past five ten years. I

852
00:40:28,360 --> 00:40:31,080
Speaker 1: mean they simply are gonna will their way two points.

853
00:40:31,239 --> 00:40:34,840
Speaker 1: And Justin Herbert has been absolutely unbelievable to the eyes,

854
00:40:34,880 --> 00:40:37,799
Speaker 1: and he's making throws and doing things that I mean,

855
00:40:37,880 --> 00:40:40,399
Speaker 1: I I don't you know, I can't really even find

856
00:40:40,400 --> 00:40:42,839
Speaker 1: a comparison for him at this point. He's his own guy,

857
00:40:43,200 --> 00:40:45,400
Speaker 1: and so I like the idea that the Charger is

858
00:40:45,440 --> 00:40:48,000
Speaker 1: gonna be in every single game the Raiders, though, That's

859
00:40:48,000 --> 00:40:50,440
Speaker 1: what Gruden wanted to be against Cleveland, I think, and

860
00:40:50,560 --> 00:40:52,640
Speaker 1: Josh Jacobs woke up. It was his best game of

861
00:40:52,640 --> 00:40:55,160
Speaker 1: the year. They were the tougher team in bad weather.

862
00:40:55,200 --> 00:40:56,960
Speaker 1: It's said a lot about the Raiders. It made me

863
00:40:57,000 --> 00:40:59,160
Speaker 1: think about them very differently. And they're coming off a

864
00:40:59,160 --> 00:41:01,479
Speaker 1: few weeks of beating the Chiefs as well. This team

865
00:41:01,560 --> 00:41:03,800
Speaker 1: is this team is a real threat for a wild

866
00:41:03,800 --> 00:41:06,240
Speaker 1: card spot and they you never know what can happen

867
00:41:06,239 --> 00:41:09,680
Speaker 1: at that point. They are a weird, tough team. It's

868
00:41:09,880 --> 00:41:13,120
Speaker 1: so impressive what Herbert's done. I think he's he's having

869
00:41:13,160 --> 00:41:17,640
Speaker 1: the best rookie quarterback season of the last decade so far,

870
00:41:17,800 --> 00:41:20,400
Speaker 1: and and one of the reasons is because of the

871
00:41:20,440 --> 00:41:23,680
Speaker 1: matchups that he's had. He's played really tough opponents. He's

872
00:41:23,680 --> 00:41:26,239
Speaker 1: played some of the best defenses in the league and

873
00:41:26,239 --> 00:41:28,440
Speaker 1: then find now he finally gets a matchup where he

874
00:41:28,440 --> 00:41:31,480
Speaker 1: should be protected much better. I mean, it's a cupcake

875
00:41:31,640 --> 00:41:34,960
Speaker 1: matchup against the Raiders usually most weeks, and there's no

876
00:41:35,000 --> 00:41:36,920
Speaker 1: reason to think he won't bomb them out and like

877
00:41:37,000 --> 00:41:39,239
Speaker 1: that they have the edge. But there's something more going

878
00:41:39,280 --> 00:41:41,640
Speaker 1: on with the Charges. It's cosmic. I mean, this is

879
00:41:41,680 --> 00:41:44,600
Speaker 1: where I'm sounding more like Sessler. You can't you can't

880
00:41:44,719 --> 00:41:48,719
Speaker 1: measure whatever the Chargers have. It's a crazy disease, it's

881
00:41:48,719 --> 00:41:51,879
Speaker 1: a variance, it's an up and a down thing that's

882
00:41:52,200 --> 00:41:53,640
Speaker 1: you can't do it. And the Raiders are sort of

883
00:41:53,640 --> 00:41:55,960
Speaker 1: the opposite to me. They're kind of this steady, mature

884
00:41:56,000 --> 00:41:57,960
Speaker 1: team that's built up over the last week. Like I

885
00:41:58,040 --> 00:42:01,160
Speaker 1: just trust them more as a tougher mental team, whereas

886
00:42:01,160 --> 00:42:03,440
Speaker 1: the Chargers, I don't know, whatever they have going on

887
00:42:03,520 --> 00:42:05,200
Speaker 1: they need to get rid of. It's yeah, the Charger

888
00:42:05,239 --> 00:42:08,080
Speaker 1: it's been happening for years. But sometimes you could also

889
00:42:08,160 --> 00:42:12,759
Speaker 1: argue that when otherwise level headed analysts like a Greg

890
00:42:12,880 --> 00:42:16,040
Speaker 1: Rosenthal blames it on the Cosmos, he's covering for the

891
00:42:16,040 --> 00:42:18,279
Speaker 1: fact that he likes the head coach but the head

892
00:42:18,280 --> 00:42:21,040
Speaker 1: coach actually isn't that good and he plays a role

893
00:42:21,080 --> 00:42:28,040
Speaker 1: in these collapses as well. Fair or no, that's that's fair. Defensively, sure,

894
00:42:29,800 --> 00:42:32,920
Speaker 1: Anthony Lynne, I give him credit because Anthony Lynn probably

895
00:42:32,960 --> 00:42:35,799
Speaker 1: wanted to win games sixteen fourteen and run the ball,

896
00:42:36,120 --> 00:42:38,320
Speaker 1: you know, forty times a game you lose Austin Nichola,

897
00:42:38,600 --> 00:42:41,279
Speaker 1: and he's been flexible to allow the team to be

898
00:42:41,400 --> 00:42:43,719
Speaker 1: what they are with their great quarterbacks. So that's that's

899
00:42:43,800 --> 00:42:46,680
Speaker 1: points earned with me. But the defense has been a

900
00:42:46,719 --> 00:42:49,040
Speaker 1: wild hot mess on fire in all the wrong ways,

901
00:42:49,080 --> 00:42:50,920
Speaker 1: and so you know, there's a lot of work to

902
00:42:50,960 --> 00:42:52,759
Speaker 1: make up for that, and it leads to these It

903
00:42:52,880 --> 00:42:55,000
Speaker 1: is coaching, you don't. It isn't. It can't believe. It's

904
00:42:55,040 --> 00:42:57,960
Speaker 1: not all mysticism. Uh, it can't be. It has to

905
00:42:58,000 --> 00:43:00,799
Speaker 1: be the fact that some teams learn and get into

906
00:43:00,800 --> 00:43:02,840
Speaker 1: the groove and know how to close games. That's what

907
00:43:02,920 --> 00:43:05,160
Speaker 1: the Bucks said about Brady. We would lose these games

908
00:43:05,239 --> 00:43:07,960
Speaker 1: if we didn't have him, his presence, the whole aura.

909
00:43:08,200 --> 00:43:11,920
Speaker 1: So it's mysticism, player coach, the whole thing mixed together.

910
00:43:12,000 --> 00:43:16,560
Speaker 1: Dan a wild hot mess on fire, all right, We

911
00:43:16,680 --> 00:43:20,960
Speaker 1: keep going. Mark Sasler up next in the draft. Well,

912
00:43:20,960 --> 00:43:24,319
Speaker 1: I'm gonna go Carolina at Kansas City, and you know,

913
00:43:24,400 --> 00:43:26,920
Speaker 1: I you gotta be real with with these teams. And

914
00:43:27,080 --> 00:43:29,360
Speaker 1: I love my Matt Rule. But my thing with the

915
00:43:29,360 --> 00:43:32,680
Speaker 1: Panthers they have they have struggled to close games of late.

916
00:43:32,719 --> 00:43:35,040
Speaker 1: They're they're pretty good, they don't What I like about

917
00:43:35,080 --> 00:43:37,680
Speaker 1: them is they don't get blown out, They hang around,

918
00:43:37,880 --> 00:43:40,439
Speaker 1: they do a lot of things pretty well, and they're

919
00:43:40,440 --> 00:43:42,719
Speaker 1: there in the fourth quarter. But they've lost three in

920
00:43:42,760 --> 00:43:44,560
Speaker 1: a row by what would be one score if you

921
00:43:44,600 --> 00:43:47,399
Speaker 1: had a touchdown, a two point conversion. So I feel

922
00:43:47,440 --> 00:43:49,400
Speaker 1: like at that point they're just one of these teams

923
00:43:49,440 --> 00:43:53,040
Speaker 1: that might be, you know, a year away from really threatening. Um.

924
00:43:53,080 --> 00:43:54,600
Speaker 1: To me, I look at I know that I know

925
00:43:54,760 --> 00:43:57,560
Speaker 1: what happened last week against the Falcons, but I point

926
00:43:57,600 --> 00:43:59,680
Speaker 1: to the Saints game two weeks ago, which is a

927
00:43:59,719 --> 00:44:03,520
Speaker 1: really interesting contest for the Panthers, where I thought Teddy

928
00:44:03,520 --> 00:44:06,719
Speaker 1: Bridgewater battled in that game. There was one play where

929
00:44:06,719 --> 00:44:09,000
Speaker 1: he escaped a blitz and hit Curtis Samuel on this

930
00:44:09,040 --> 00:44:12,680
Speaker 1: beautiful throwdown field. There was a beautiful shot to d J. Moore.

931
00:44:12,920 --> 00:44:15,799
Speaker 1: Robby Anderson is there every week. Their offense is watchable

932
00:44:16,000 --> 00:44:18,400
Speaker 1: and interesting, and again it's like you're gonna get Christian

933
00:44:18,440 --> 00:44:20,839
Speaker 1: McCaffrey back in this game, it sounds like, And that's

934
00:44:20,840 --> 00:44:23,120
Speaker 1: a nice X factor. I think that that this is

935
00:44:23,400 --> 00:44:26,080
Speaker 1: an offense to can compete and hang around, but and

936
00:44:26,120 --> 00:44:28,840
Speaker 1: their defense is down. You can't really rush the passer

937
00:44:28,960 --> 00:44:31,320
Speaker 1: right now and income the Chiefs. And if you can't

938
00:44:31,760 --> 00:44:35,000
Speaker 1: really get to Patrick Mahomes and make life uncomfortable, which

939
00:44:35,040 --> 00:44:37,879
Speaker 1: we've seen week after week, what how do you hang

940
00:44:37,920 --> 00:44:39,719
Speaker 1: around in a game like this? I think this might

941
00:44:39,760 --> 00:44:43,120
Speaker 1: be the one where the bow breaks um for Carolina

942
00:44:43,239 --> 00:44:46,319
Speaker 1: unless something really strange happens with turnovers or whatever. I

943
00:44:46,360 --> 00:44:48,279
Speaker 1: don't love the set up, but I think it's an

944
00:44:48,320 --> 00:44:51,480
Speaker 1: interesting test for a very young team still figuring out

945
00:44:51,480 --> 00:44:53,400
Speaker 1: who they are. And it's always good to go up

946
00:44:53,440 --> 00:44:55,879
Speaker 1: again against a team like Kansas City and find out

947
00:44:56,040 --> 00:44:58,040
Speaker 1: you know no offense in are you last week's Jets

948
00:44:58,239 --> 00:45:00,440
Speaker 1: or are you the Raiders? Are you? Can you hang around?

949
00:45:00,719 --> 00:45:05,680
Speaker 1: What are the Panthers? We'll see you mentioned turnovers. That's

950
00:45:05,719 --> 00:45:08,040
Speaker 1: like the cherry on top of the Sunday for Kansas City.

951
00:45:08,160 --> 00:45:10,960
Speaker 1: Right now they lead the NFL and turnover margin so on,

952
00:45:10,960 --> 00:45:14,439
Speaker 1: on top of everything they take the ball away. Steve

953
00:45:14,480 --> 00:45:17,440
Speaker 1: Spagnola's defense is especially good against the past, which is

954
00:45:17,440 --> 00:45:20,040
Speaker 1: the way you want to stop Carolina. Christian McCaffrey is

955
00:45:20,040 --> 00:45:22,160
Speaker 1: going to be back for this game. That's big, but

956
00:45:22,200 --> 00:45:25,040
Speaker 1: it doesn't matter. I think this is like the start

957
00:45:25,120 --> 00:45:27,920
Speaker 1: of the Patrick Mahomes like, oh yeah, maybe he can

958
00:45:27,960 --> 00:45:30,120
Speaker 1: win the m v P Award this year too. By

959
00:45:30,160 --> 00:45:35,319
Speaker 1: the end of it, it feels like like that had

960
00:45:35,320 --> 00:45:39,399
Speaker 1: been ruled out. I'm just saying, yeah, that was four

961
00:45:39,480 --> 00:45:41,240
Speaker 1: or five weeks. I still think it's a little early.

962
00:45:41,320 --> 00:45:43,880
Speaker 1: But what I would say is, like, you know, they're

963
00:45:43,920 --> 00:45:45,920
Speaker 1: talking about it in the you know, in the desert.

964
00:45:45,960 --> 00:45:48,279
Speaker 1: I feel like no one's paying attention to Mahomes. Now

965
00:45:48,360 --> 00:45:50,280
Speaker 1: might be the time to get in. He's thrown twenty

966
00:45:50,280 --> 00:45:54,719
Speaker 1: one touchdowns in one interception this year, you know, on

967
00:45:54,800 --> 00:45:58,400
Speaker 1: a team that right, on a team that has a

968
00:45:58,520 --> 00:46:02,440
Speaker 1: very easy schedule. Uh, and it's gonna continue being easy

969
00:46:02,480 --> 00:46:05,160
Speaker 1: moving forward for the most part, especially against opposing defensive

970
00:46:05,200 --> 00:46:06,799
Speaker 1: So I think he's just gonna have more games like

971
00:46:06,840 --> 00:46:08,880
Speaker 1: the Jets game a week ago, and this would be

972
00:46:08,920 --> 00:46:10,680
Speaker 1: the week to do it. Yes, the Panthers get back

973
00:46:10,719 --> 00:46:13,000
Speaker 1: gross Matos upfront, which is good. I liked how he

974
00:46:13,040 --> 00:46:15,799
Speaker 1: looked early in the year. But there's no reason to

975
00:46:15,840 --> 00:46:18,239
Speaker 1: think the Panthers defense, who hasn't forced to punt since

976
00:46:18,280 --> 00:46:20,320
Speaker 1: Week six, is gonna do anything against this team. It

977
00:46:20,320 --> 00:46:22,640
Speaker 1: smells like a forty burger. Yeah they didn't. I mean

978
00:46:22,680 --> 00:46:25,040
Speaker 1: the Panthers didn't close in the sense that they weren't

979
00:46:25,040 --> 00:46:28,040
Speaker 1: able to go down the field on that last drive

980
00:46:28,120 --> 00:46:30,520
Speaker 1: on Thursday night against the Falcons. But they got outplayed

981
00:46:30,640 --> 00:46:34,840
Speaker 1: straight up by the Atlanta team that played so poorly

982
00:46:34,840 --> 00:46:38,880
Speaker 1: earlier this season that they got their coach fired. And listen,

983
00:46:38,920 --> 00:46:40,719
Speaker 1: I was I was mocked on the show three weeks

984
00:46:40,719 --> 00:46:43,880
Speaker 1: ago for saying, Oh, the Panthers aren't the greatest gift

985
00:46:43,880 --> 00:46:46,560
Speaker 1: to football. Uh, this is gonna be This is an

986
00:46:46,640 --> 00:46:48,719
Speaker 1: up and down. This is gonna be an up and

987
00:46:48,760 --> 00:46:51,279
Speaker 1: down team just like I thought. And they were gonna

988
00:46:51,520 --> 00:46:53,719
Speaker 1: hanging games and maybe be ready next year. I'm glad

989
00:46:53,760 --> 00:46:55,759
Speaker 1: you guys came around to the old zooser on this one.

990
00:46:55,920 --> 00:46:58,359
Speaker 1: Wait a minute, and ay you were not mocked. Is

991
00:46:58,480 --> 00:47:02,000
Speaker 1: like absurdly strong, and you know that you you like

992
00:47:04,120 --> 00:47:07,319
Speaker 1: now you set up you have to like, oh you

993
00:47:07,560 --> 00:47:09,719
Speaker 1: like you're like you guys think that I don't love

994
00:47:09,800 --> 00:47:12,239
Speaker 1: Matt Rule, like blah blah blah. It's like we we

995
00:47:12,239 --> 00:47:16,840
Speaker 1: we we are correct. Lombardi that no, Matt Rule is

996
00:47:16,880 --> 00:47:19,320
Speaker 1: a great coach. You have to say that the Panthers,

997
00:47:19,600 --> 00:47:22,560
Speaker 1: No one's saying that they playoff team. They have overachieved,

998
00:47:22,920 --> 00:47:25,759
Speaker 1: they have over than like Matt rule, because the Jets said, no,

999
00:47:26,160 --> 00:47:28,600
Speaker 1: we won't let you guy or your own coaching staff.

1000
00:47:28,800 --> 00:47:31,680
Speaker 1: We're gonna control your coaching staff. And if Matt Rule

1001
00:47:31,800 --> 00:47:33,880
Speaker 1: was in New York right now, Sam Donald would not

1002
00:47:33,920 --> 00:47:36,800
Speaker 1: be one of the worst league. I really had a chance.

1003
00:47:36,960 --> 00:47:39,480
Speaker 1: My team had a chance to hire Vince Lombardi at

1004
00:47:39,520 --> 00:47:41,759
Speaker 1: age thirty eight, and I let him out, get out

1005
00:47:41,800 --> 00:47:44,520
Speaker 1: the door. So I'm dealing with that. You're right, What

1006
00:47:44,560 --> 00:47:46,799
Speaker 1: am I gonna do without Matt Rule around for the

1007
00:47:46,840 --> 00:47:50,240
Speaker 1: next twenty years? See you are you're the one mocking.

1008
00:47:50,520 --> 00:47:58,560
Speaker 1: We're not mocking. You're the most all right, Teddy. I

1009
00:47:58,560 --> 00:47:59,960
Speaker 1: want to see how Teddy plays in this game. That

1010
00:48:00,040 --> 00:48:02,560
Speaker 1: was a nasty hit. Also also against the Falcons to

1011
00:48:02,640 --> 00:48:05,279
Speaker 1: the head and neck area was an illegal hit. Um,

1012
00:48:05,960 --> 00:48:09,000
Speaker 1: it sounds like he's okay. I'd like to see him

1013
00:48:09,000 --> 00:48:11,920
Speaker 1: have a nice week here. And and maybe I know

1014
00:48:12,000 --> 00:48:13,880
Speaker 1: but you're not gonna hang with Mahomes, right, You're just

1015
00:48:13,920 --> 00:48:15,880
Speaker 1: not gonna hang out with Mahomes and a shootout. And

1016
00:48:15,920 --> 00:48:18,600
Speaker 1: I'm with you, Greg, like he is going to continue

1017
00:48:18,960 --> 00:48:22,480
Speaker 1: to have monster weeks because he was held down by

1018
00:48:22,520 --> 00:48:24,360
Speaker 1: some things that were out of his control earlier in

1019
00:48:24,400 --> 00:48:26,439
Speaker 1: the season. And I think its just take off time.

1020
00:48:26,440 --> 00:48:28,680
Speaker 1: I think this game is gonna get ugly. I think

1021
00:48:28,680 --> 00:48:31,040
Speaker 1: we're on the same page. I'm with you, all right, Mark,

1022
00:48:31,080 --> 00:48:34,640
Speaker 1: It's snakes to you, my friend, Well it snakes to me.

1023
00:48:34,680 --> 00:48:36,920
Speaker 1: And I'm not claiming that this is where like a

1024
00:48:37,239 --> 00:48:40,120
Speaker 1: like a bona fide GM would go next with his selection.

1025
00:48:40,200 --> 00:48:41,960
Speaker 1: But we have to look at our Sundays and how

1026
00:48:42,000 --> 00:48:45,319
Speaker 1: we organize them. There's one more four o'clock our game.

1027
00:48:45,600 --> 00:48:47,160
Speaker 1: If you live on the East coast, it's a one

1028
00:48:47,160 --> 00:48:50,000
Speaker 1: o'clock to us. I'm going Pittsburgh at Dallas. This has

1029
00:48:50,040 --> 00:48:53,400
Speaker 1: all Sometimes I like to just see, you know, ugliness

1030
00:48:53,440 --> 00:48:58,120
Speaker 1: on furl and great measure, and Pittsburgh is a team

1031
00:48:58,160 --> 00:49:01,840
Speaker 1: that is set up to absolutely roping atomic bomb on Dallas.

1032
00:49:02,120 --> 00:49:04,320
Speaker 1: It's not fair to Cowboys fans because I think about

1033
00:49:04,320 --> 00:49:06,800
Speaker 1: a month ago, they thought we have issues on defense,

1034
00:49:06,840 --> 00:49:09,719
Speaker 1: but we have one of the most electrifying offenses in

1035
00:49:09,800 --> 00:49:13,680
Speaker 1: all of those everything. They were totally fun. In fact,

1036
00:49:13,760 --> 00:49:15,440
Speaker 1: I mean, I think, if you want to look at

1037
00:49:15,440 --> 00:49:18,920
Speaker 1: the fantasy angle, if you haven't been dumping Cowboys players

1038
00:49:19,120 --> 00:49:21,680
Speaker 1: off your roster the past couple of weeks, what are

1039
00:49:21,680 --> 00:49:23,520
Speaker 1: you doing. I have a bunch of them and you

1040
00:49:23,960 --> 00:49:26,480
Speaker 1: gotta move them. You gotta move them off that roster.

1041
00:49:26,640 --> 00:49:29,560
Speaker 1: And now you're looking at Cooper Rush or Garrett Gilbert

1042
00:49:29,680 --> 00:49:32,520
Speaker 1: at quarterback, and I would imagine, you know, they talked

1043
00:49:32,520 --> 00:49:35,080
Speaker 1: about it being a decision they'll make as late as possible.

1044
00:49:35,400 --> 00:49:37,840
Speaker 1: Cooper Rush has been part of the organization in the past.

1045
00:49:38,160 --> 00:49:40,600
Speaker 1: You know, Kellen Moore knows him well, not so much

1046
00:49:40,640 --> 00:49:42,799
Speaker 1: Mike McCarthy, but they signed him for a reason. They

1047
00:49:42,800 --> 00:49:45,080
Speaker 1: seem to like him in the past. Garrett Gilbert was

1048
00:49:45,080 --> 00:49:48,080
Speaker 1: pulled off of Cleveland's practice squad. So I'm thinking, unless

1049
00:49:48,080 --> 00:49:50,680
Speaker 1: you want to do something really weird, like play both

1050
00:49:50,760 --> 00:49:52,960
Speaker 1: of them series after series, that's what I would do.

1051
00:49:53,200 --> 00:49:56,640
Speaker 1: Throw everyone off, get really funky, maybe run the single wing,

1052
00:49:56,960 --> 00:49:59,360
Speaker 1: and you know, just do something that no one's expecting.

1053
00:49:59,640 --> 00:50:03,560
Speaker 1: Other Wise this sets up as total destruction. Pittsburgh's pass

1054
00:50:03,640 --> 00:50:06,440
Speaker 1: Rush versus this offensive line. This could be like a

1055
00:50:06,440 --> 00:50:09,680
Speaker 1: fifty two seven type of breathe easy game for the Steelers.

1056
00:50:10,760 --> 00:50:13,080
Speaker 1: I mean, in in Dan's old words, it doesn't matter.

1057
00:50:13,280 --> 00:50:15,480
Speaker 1: I mean, you can't they can't protect. It doesn't matter

1058
00:50:15,480 --> 00:50:17,799
Speaker 1: it is that quarterback. It'll probably rush, And what does

1059
00:50:17,840 --> 00:50:20,320
Speaker 1: it matter? They chose Ben de Nucci over rushed to

1060
00:50:20,400 --> 00:50:22,040
Speaker 1: start this year, though, So I mean that kind of

1061
00:50:22,040 --> 00:50:24,440
Speaker 1: shows you where Cooper Rush was at. He was on

1062
00:50:24,480 --> 00:50:31,840
Speaker 1: the game in my building forward Denucci. I mean, hey, hey,

1063
00:50:32,080 --> 00:50:34,239
Speaker 1: maybe it's not his fault that your offensive line they

1064
00:50:34,239 --> 00:50:37,280
Speaker 1: can't block three, they can't block four. When the Steelers

1065
00:50:37,320 --> 00:50:39,440
Speaker 1: want a blitz, you're definitely not gonna block five. It

1066
00:50:39,480 --> 00:50:41,799
Speaker 1: really doesn't matter. The Steelers defense will be able to

1067
00:50:41,800 --> 00:50:44,399
Speaker 1: do whatever they want. I am curious. I guess if

1068
00:50:44,440 --> 00:50:47,440
Speaker 1: the Cowboys defense is gonna build on what they did

1069
00:50:47,440 --> 00:50:49,279
Speaker 1: a week ago where they had by far their best

1070
00:50:49,320 --> 00:50:51,440
Speaker 1: game of the year. I mean, vander esh did look

1071
00:50:51,480 --> 00:50:54,560
Speaker 1: a little spicy. Uh. DeMarcus Lawrence has definitely come on

1072
00:50:54,600 --> 00:50:56,480
Speaker 1: in a couple of the last couple of weeks. So

1073
00:50:56,920 --> 00:51:00,000
Speaker 1: you know, can the Cowboys defense get respectable because otherwise,

1074
00:51:00,239 --> 00:51:02,520
Speaker 1: you're right, it's gonna be a thirty forty point margin

1075
00:51:02,520 --> 00:51:04,279
Speaker 1: in this I was gonna you know, every year, there's

1076
00:51:04,280 --> 00:51:07,960
Speaker 1: always gonna be obviously one game that's the biggest blowout

1077
00:51:08,040 --> 00:51:12,600
Speaker 1: of the year. Everyone kind of circled Jets at Kansas

1078
00:51:12,640 --> 00:51:16,280
Speaker 1: City last week, which was ugly, but didn't get to that, um,

1079
00:51:16,320 --> 00:51:19,880
Speaker 1: you know, apocalyptic level. This could be it because of

1080
00:51:20,040 --> 00:51:23,280
Speaker 1: everything that's going against the Cowboys right now, the amount

1081
00:51:23,320 --> 00:51:27,400
Speaker 1: of bad vibes in that building. Uh, the quarterback situation

1082
00:51:27,440 --> 00:51:29,960
Speaker 1: where this is depending how you look look at it,

1083
00:51:29,960 --> 00:51:32,560
Speaker 1: it's gonna be their fourth or fifth string quarterback starting

1084
00:51:32,600 --> 00:51:36,040
Speaker 1: against arguably the best defense in the league. You put

1085
00:51:36,080 --> 00:51:39,040
Speaker 1: all that together, uh, and the fact that the Steelers

1086
00:51:39,200 --> 00:51:41,759
Speaker 1: can score points of their own on offense, we could

1087
00:51:41,800 --> 00:51:44,560
Speaker 1: be staring at a fifty burger game that you know,

1088
00:51:44,680 --> 00:51:48,960
Speaker 1: maybe takes Mike McCarthy one step closer to the coaching graveyard.

1089
00:51:49,280 --> 00:51:51,520
Speaker 1: I don't know, We'll see. But the only thing I

1090
00:51:51,520 --> 00:51:53,560
Speaker 1: guess I would say from the Steelers end of things

1091
00:51:53,640 --> 00:51:56,719
Speaker 1: is that Ben Roethlisberg in the passing game can go

1092
00:51:56,760 --> 00:52:00,680
Speaker 1: to sleep for stretches and maybe maybe us maybe the

1093
00:52:00,680 --> 00:52:02,719
Speaker 1: only thing that keeps us from a blowout is that

1094
00:52:02,840 --> 00:52:05,520
Speaker 1: the offense, the passing offense is a little out of sink,

1095
00:52:05,560 --> 00:52:10,200
Speaker 1: and it keeps the Steelers from just going absolutely mad here. Well,

1096
00:52:10,200 --> 00:52:12,719
Speaker 1: if I'm the Steelers, I'm resting my players that are

1097
00:52:12,719 --> 00:52:14,759
Speaker 1: a little banged up. Tyson a la lalla. That's one

1098
00:52:14,760 --> 00:52:17,360
Speaker 1: of the reasons they didn't you know, protect uh, you know,

1099
00:52:17,360 --> 00:52:19,399
Speaker 1: stop the run last week is hurt. There's a couple

1100
00:52:19,480 --> 00:52:21,399
Speaker 1: other players that are heard. It's like, sit them down

1101
00:52:21,440 --> 00:52:23,960
Speaker 1: this week. They should have gotten Romo out of here though,

1102
00:52:24,000 --> 00:52:27,400
Speaker 1: hashtag save Romo. I mean, I tend to draft a

1103
00:52:27,480 --> 00:52:29,520
Speaker 1: Romo game. I think I've had it five or six times.

1104
00:52:29,560 --> 00:52:31,600
Speaker 1: It's like, I can't even take it this week. Why

1105
00:52:31,600 --> 00:52:33,360
Speaker 1: why do they have Romo in this game? Give me

1106
00:52:33,400 --> 00:52:37,520
Speaker 1: a break? Fair? I guess it's like the one rating

1107
00:52:37,640 --> 00:52:41,440
Speaker 1: matchup possible, but forget it. Well, before we move on

1108
00:52:41,480 --> 00:52:44,640
Speaker 1: to Mark's original point, the fantasy point, all the Cowboys,

1109
00:52:44,760 --> 00:52:47,000
Speaker 1: all the people that had Cowboys. You had one week.

1110
00:52:47,160 --> 00:52:52,080
Speaker 1: It was after DA's leg broke and before Dalton started,

1111
00:52:52,120 --> 00:52:55,200
Speaker 1: when there was a sense that maybe they could continue

1112
00:52:55,239 --> 00:52:57,759
Speaker 1: to be a functional offense with Dalton. But then one

1113
00:52:57,800 --> 00:53:00,279
Speaker 1: Stalton went down in flames in that primetime game. It

1114
00:53:00,360 --> 00:53:02,840
Speaker 1: was basically lights out. So now you're going down with

1115
00:53:02,880 --> 00:53:06,000
Speaker 1: the ship. You're it's the band from the orchestra from

1116
00:53:06,040 --> 00:53:09,200
Speaker 1: the Titanic. At this point, if you still have Cowboys

1117
00:53:09,239 --> 00:53:12,960
Speaker 1: skill players and your roster, all right, that brings us

1118
00:53:12,960 --> 00:53:15,560
Speaker 1: to the old zeus Er. Oh God, I loving the

1119
00:53:15,560 --> 00:53:18,160
Speaker 1: old Zusters up in the draft. Uh. He does such

1120
00:53:18,160 --> 00:53:19,880
Speaker 1: a great job with his picks. What is going on

1121
00:53:19,920 --> 00:53:22,319
Speaker 1: all right? Detroit at Minnesota is my pick? I like

1122
00:53:22,440 --> 00:53:26,160
Speaker 1: this game, like it Minnesota, little feisty. They made me

1123
00:53:26,200 --> 00:53:28,120
Speaker 1: look bad earlier this season because I liked them a lot.

1124
00:53:28,160 --> 00:53:30,720
Speaker 1: I said they had a very high floor. I thought

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00:53:30,719 --> 00:53:33,399
Speaker 1: they were close to a lock to ten and six

1126
00:53:33,440 --> 00:53:35,799
Speaker 1: as any team in the NFC. Obviously ignored what were

1127
00:53:35,840 --> 00:53:40,080
Speaker 1: major issues on their team, which was first and foremost

1128
00:53:40,080 --> 00:53:42,680
Speaker 1: the defense. What I didn't see was Kirk Cousins turning

1129
00:53:42,680 --> 00:53:46,080
Speaker 1: into uh. As Gregg pointed out last week Jameis Winston

1130
00:53:46,160 --> 00:53:48,280
Speaker 1: Part two, he still don't really know how that happened.

1131
00:53:48,320 --> 00:53:50,400
Speaker 1: I guess the loss of Stefan Diggs played a role,

1132
00:53:50,440 --> 00:53:53,280
Speaker 1: But just justin Jefferson has been awesome as a rookie.

1133
00:53:53,280 --> 00:53:55,800
Speaker 1: So all this stuff going on in my head swimming

1134
00:53:55,800 --> 00:53:59,160
Speaker 1: in my head about the Vikings, I can't totally put

1135
00:53:59,200 --> 00:54:01,279
Speaker 1: them to bed I. I don't want to give up

1136
00:54:01,280 --> 00:54:03,399
Speaker 1: the dream that this is the team that is gonna

1137
00:54:03,440 --> 00:54:05,200
Speaker 1: be in the mix. Maybe they're not going to get

1138
00:54:05,200 --> 00:54:07,200
Speaker 1: to the floor that I thought, which was ten and six,

1139
00:54:07,560 --> 00:54:10,600
Speaker 1: but they'll be playing relevant football in December. It starts

1140
00:54:10,719 --> 00:54:13,720
Speaker 1: right here, though. Go beat the Lions in your building.

1141
00:54:13,800 --> 00:54:16,160
Speaker 1: I don't have any faith in the Lions, and they're

1142
00:54:16,200 --> 00:54:19,759
Speaker 1: dealing with COVID related issues this week. The top things off,

1143
00:54:19,800 --> 00:54:23,319
Speaker 1: So the Vikings have a chance now to build off

1144
00:54:23,440 --> 00:54:26,520
Speaker 1: what was a really nice win against the Packers at

1145
00:54:26,640 --> 00:54:29,560
Speaker 1: lambeau Field where Davin Cook went absolutely mad. I don't

1146
00:54:29,560 --> 00:54:32,759
Speaker 1: think they're gonna have trouble moving the ball again this week,

1147
00:54:33,040 --> 00:54:34,759
Speaker 1: and I like them a lot in this game. What

1148
00:54:34,800 --> 00:54:38,160
Speaker 1: do you boys think that you think that you're gonna

1149
00:54:38,239 --> 00:54:41,560
Speaker 1: lock it up? There? You sounded passionate. I mean, I

1150
00:54:41,560 --> 00:54:43,960
Speaker 1: think that the win over Green Bay was the kind

1151
00:54:43,960 --> 00:54:46,120
Speaker 1: of win to shut someone like me up because I've

1152
00:54:46,120 --> 00:54:48,520
Speaker 1: been the opposite of you, Dan, obviously, I've been down

1153
00:54:49,000 --> 00:54:51,480
Speaker 1: on the Vikings for a long time. Um and it

1154
00:54:51,520 --> 00:54:53,600
Speaker 1: looked good, but I have to I have I'm with you.

1155
00:54:53,640 --> 00:54:55,719
Speaker 1: I think that there's some fight here and in any

1156
00:54:55,760 --> 00:54:57,879
Speaker 1: team that can run the ball the way they are

1157
00:54:57,960 --> 00:55:00,560
Speaker 1: right now. You know, let Cook cook. How about let

1158
00:55:00,680 --> 00:55:03,479
Speaker 1: Dalvin Cook just keep doing this down the stretch. Forget

1159
00:55:03,520 --> 00:55:06,600
Speaker 1: about this Kirk Cousins business. The two games they've won

1160
00:55:07,000 --> 00:55:10,520
Speaker 1: with Kirk Cousins, he has passed the ball twenty two times,

1161
00:55:10,760 --> 00:55:13,280
Speaker 1: and last week and going against Green Bay fourteen times.

1162
00:55:13,600 --> 00:55:16,040
Speaker 1: I think that's what they want to do. And why

1163
00:55:16,040 --> 00:55:19,799
Speaker 1: not because that's paired with really really great performances on

1164
00:55:19,840 --> 00:55:21,799
Speaker 1: the ground, and there's no reason you can't do that

1165
00:55:21,800 --> 00:55:23,880
Speaker 1: with Detroit and with the Stafford thing. You know, it

1166
00:55:23,920 --> 00:55:26,520
Speaker 1: adds to the layer of mess that so many teams

1167
00:55:26,520 --> 00:55:28,719
Speaker 1: are dealing with right now. And I would I like

1168
00:55:28,840 --> 00:55:32,200
Speaker 1: a better answer from certain players and coaches on you know,

1169
00:55:32,200 --> 00:55:34,239
Speaker 1: if you don't practice all week and you're you know,

1170
00:55:34,280 --> 00:55:37,680
Speaker 1: you're just attending meetings over zoom, I don't know how

1171
00:55:37,760 --> 00:55:39,719
Speaker 1: much of an impact does that have in Week nine

1172
00:55:39,760 --> 00:55:42,480
Speaker 1: if you're a quarterback or a skilled position player, I

1173
00:55:42,719 --> 00:55:44,919
Speaker 1: still think it matters a lot. I mean, we don't

1174
00:55:44,960 --> 00:55:48,440
Speaker 1: have these practices from nineteen eighty five where it's full contact,

1175
00:55:48,480 --> 00:55:52,200
Speaker 1: but it's chemistry, it's it's scout team, it's the whole situation.

1176
00:55:52,360 --> 00:55:54,680
Speaker 1: So to me, that's an impact and that's a big

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00:55:54,719 --> 00:55:58,560
Speaker 1: advantage for the Vikings, right. I think that like the

1178
00:55:58,600 --> 00:56:00,600
Speaker 1: for instance, the Broncos last week, it's like they never

1179
00:56:00,640 --> 00:56:04,279
Speaker 1: practiced their red zone and third down plays. And you know,

1180
00:56:04,320 --> 00:56:06,640
Speaker 1: the NFL is kind of dancing through the rain drops

1181
00:56:06,719 --> 00:56:09,960
Speaker 1: right now trying to get these games happening. Ten teams

1182
00:56:09,960 --> 00:56:14,160
Speaker 1: this week have COVID related issues. Stafford's starting quarterback, that's

1183
00:56:14,200 --> 00:56:18,560
Speaker 1: that's out um of practice. But to be clear, you know,

1184
00:56:18,600 --> 00:56:20,799
Speaker 1: the timeline that we've seen in terms of being out

1185
00:56:20,840 --> 00:56:23,480
Speaker 1: five days because he was a close contact, means he

1186
00:56:23,520 --> 00:56:25,640
Speaker 1: could start in this game, and at this point, I

1187
00:56:25,640 --> 00:56:29,120
Speaker 1: think it's cautiously expected to start. But I'm with you, Dan,

1188
00:56:29,200 --> 00:56:32,719
Speaker 1: I had the Vikings winning regardless. Uh. I think these

1189
00:56:32,760 --> 00:56:35,080
Speaker 1: two teams have two Jenga pieces. One of them is

1190
00:56:35,160 --> 00:56:37,560
Speaker 1: Kenny Golladay and he's out with a hip injury. This

1191
00:56:37,640 --> 00:56:41,239
Speaker 1: Lion's offense is just mediocre without Galada stretching the field.

1192
00:56:41,320 --> 00:56:43,600
Speaker 1: He is such a great receiver. They just don't have

1193
00:56:43,719 --> 00:56:45,759
Speaker 1: enough juice otherwise. And then Dalvin Cook's the other one.

1194
00:56:46,040 --> 00:56:47,839
Speaker 1: He's the other running back that matters. I mean, they're

1195
00:56:47,880 --> 00:56:50,799
Speaker 1: just a different offense. You guys have spelled it out,

1196
00:56:51,120 --> 00:56:53,880
Speaker 1: but I think that Gary Kubiak like zone running scheme

1197
00:56:53,880 --> 00:56:56,200
Speaker 1: has kind of taken hold quietly. They just need to

1198
00:56:56,200 --> 00:56:59,960
Speaker 1: be in game situations, game scripts where they're not trailer

1199
00:57:00,080 --> 00:57:02,319
Speaker 1: by twenty, which has happened to them a few times.

1200
00:57:02,320 --> 00:57:04,480
Speaker 1: Because the Cousins, this should not be one of those weeks.

1201
00:57:04,640 --> 00:57:06,760
Speaker 1: We like Mike Zimmer here at the A T N podcast.

1202
00:57:06,840 --> 00:57:08,640
Speaker 1: He's good coach. I give him credit because when you

1203
00:57:08,680 --> 00:57:11,480
Speaker 1: trade Yannick and Gokway, that's sending a message to the

1204
00:57:11,480 --> 00:57:13,760
Speaker 1: locker room that your organization is quit on the season.

1205
00:57:14,040 --> 00:57:18,120
Speaker 1: Team didn't quit on the coach against the Packers, and

1206
00:57:18,600 --> 00:57:20,480
Speaker 1: the stat of there gonna go seven and nine, don't

1207
00:57:20,520 --> 00:57:22,720
Speaker 1: you think they're gonna go seven nine? I'm not giving

1208
00:57:22,800 --> 00:57:25,840
Speaker 1: up the ghost. I think seven and nine is good

1209
00:57:25,920 --> 00:57:29,200
Speaker 1: for him right now. But I think we probably because

1210
00:57:29,240 --> 00:57:30,960
Speaker 1: I think Kirk Cousins, the way he's playing that ye

1211
00:57:30,960 --> 00:57:32,760
Speaker 1: will probably kill them one or two more times and

1212
00:57:32,800 --> 00:57:35,400
Speaker 1: that could be the difference between seven and nine and

1213
00:57:35,520 --> 00:57:39,120
Speaker 1: the nine and seven. Uh come back. But Dave Cook

1214
00:57:39,160 --> 00:57:41,880
Speaker 1: a hundred and eleven of his a hundred sixty three

1215
00:57:41,920 --> 00:57:45,360
Speaker 1: rushing yards were after contact last week against the Packers.

1216
00:57:45,520 --> 00:57:50,280
Speaker 1: He is a superstar alright, Greg, you're up alright, I'm

1217
00:57:50,280 --> 00:57:54,600
Speaker 1: gonna surprise you here. I'm going with Jake Lewton's first start.

1218
00:57:54,800 --> 00:57:59,000
Speaker 1: Who really knows he's playing for the Jaguars and he's

1219
00:57:59,000 --> 00:58:03,080
Speaker 1: playing against the Texts, and my strategy is to get

1220
00:58:03,080 --> 00:58:05,400
Speaker 1: the game. I don't really want to watch that much

1221
00:58:05,760 --> 00:58:08,440
Speaker 1: in my backup window early. That's how I do it,

1222
00:58:08,560 --> 00:58:11,320
Speaker 1: and that is a strategy. It's like, I don't I

1223
00:58:11,360 --> 00:58:13,840
Speaker 1: don't need to watch Luton on game pass. Proved me wrong.

1224
00:58:13,880 --> 00:58:16,760
Speaker 1: Maybe they will. Maybe he will because they really liked

1225
00:58:16,840 --> 00:58:18,520
Speaker 1: him in camp. They talked about him in the same

1226
00:58:18,520 --> 00:58:20,640
Speaker 1: way they kind of talked about Minshew last year, and

1227
00:58:20,640 --> 00:58:23,440
Speaker 1: they were right about Minshew being better than you'd ever

1228
00:58:23,640 --> 00:58:26,760
Speaker 1: expect a late round rookie to be. I believe in

1229
00:58:26,840 --> 00:58:30,600
Speaker 1: my soul more than anything that Luton was starting this game,

1230
00:58:30,800 --> 00:58:33,960
Speaker 1: whether Minshew got hurt or not. If you saw that

1231
00:58:34,000 --> 00:58:37,040
Speaker 1: Ian Rapp report report a couple of weeks ago, how

1232
00:58:37,040 --> 00:58:39,680
Speaker 1: they were thinking of benching Minshew, it only makes sense

1233
00:58:39,680 --> 00:58:42,240
Speaker 1: to do it for another young guy. Uh. And then

1234
00:58:42,280 --> 00:58:44,919
Speaker 1: Morone said early in the bye in their bye week,

1235
00:58:44,960 --> 00:58:47,360
Speaker 1: that we're gonna shake some things up. I mean that

1236
00:58:47,520 --> 00:58:50,040
Speaker 1: to me, telegraph that you're making a change at quarterback,

1237
00:58:50,080 --> 00:58:53,320
Speaker 1: and so they were curious enough to see Luton play.

1238
00:58:53,320 --> 00:58:56,240
Speaker 1: Despite Minshew playing Okay, I don't think anyone saying that

1239
00:58:56,280 --> 00:58:58,920
Speaker 1: he was a disaster, so I think they're thinking this

1240
00:58:59,000 --> 00:59:01,840
Speaker 1: is a great matchup here. They're playing the Texans. Texans

1241
00:59:01,840 --> 00:59:03,919
Speaker 1: have more COVID issues than anyone. They're gonna be without

1242
00:59:04,000 --> 00:59:07,000
Speaker 1: Jacob Martin, their linebacker. They're gonna be without Whitney Merciless,

1243
00:59:07,000 --> 00:59:10,200
Speaker 1: who on Thursday was deemed a close contact. He's out.

1244
00:59:10,240 --> 00:59:13,000
Speaker 1: So this game of all the games, is one I

1245
00:59:13,040 --> 00:59:15,800
Speaker 1: think you have to watch to make sure it even happens.

1246
00:59:15,800 --> 00:59:17,240
Speaker 1: But if it does, there should be a lot of

1247
00:59:17,240 --> 00:59:21,120
Speaker 1: points defensive. I'm really rooting hard here for the Jags

1248
00:59:21,600 --> 00:59:24,360
Speaker 1: for Jets purposes. I need the Jags to get that

1249
00:59:24,400 --> 00:59:27,640
Speaker 1: second w Houston has Deshaun Watson, so they're gonna stumble

1250
00:59:27,680 --> 00:59:30,280
Speaker 1: into three or four wins, so I'm not worried about them,

1251
00:59:30,320 --> 00:59:33,840
Speaker 1: So go Jags. I'm also gonna get all in Sessler

1252
00:59:33,920 --> 00:59:37,160
Speaker 1: on Lutanity because you know the Gardner Minshew thing. I

1253
00:59:37,520 --> 00:59:39,880
Speaker 1: missed that train and that seemed like it was a

1254
00:59:39,880 --> 00:59:42,640
Speaker 1: fun ride. Walt lasted. Well, I'm gonna be the first

1255
00:59:42,680 --> 00:59:46,400
Speaker 1: one on the Jake the Snake Lutanity train. I'm all

1256
00:59:46,440 --> 00:59:49,280
Speaker 1: in on his abilities to be like the second coming

1257
00:59:49,800 --> 00:59:54,400
Speaker 1: of Minshew Mania. Uh, it's like when Johnny Doe replaced

1258
00:59:54,480 --> 00:59:57,560
Speaker 1: Dirk Diggler and Boogie Nights. It's like that. Feeling like this,

1259
00:59:57,720 --> 01:00:00,440
Speaker 1: he's the same guy. He's a late round pick that

1260
01:00:00,520 --> 01:00:03,240
Speaker 1: had a spunky college career and uh, you know what,

1261
01:00:03,360 --> 01:00:04,920
Speaker 1: why not get on the train and see where it

1262
01:00:04,920 --> 01:00:08,200
Speaker 1: takes me? Well, you know, so I'll play your role

1263
01:00:08,280 --> 01:00:11,640
Speaker 1: in this relationship and you know, throw little jabs at

1264
01:00:12,160 --> 01:00:15,520
Speaker 1: Lutonity and Luton every chance I get. I think that

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Speaker 1: Greg number one, you're absolutely right when when Ian is

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01:00:18,040 --> 01:00:20,040
Speaker 1: putting out a report that you know they want to

1267
01:00:20,080 --> 01:00:22,960
Speaker 1: see what they have in Minshew's you know, heading towards

1268
01:00:23,000 --> 01:00:25,480
Speaker 1: the bench for another six rounder. To me, I don't

1269
01:00:25,520 --> 01:00:28,800
Speaker 1: think it's hey, maybe we have a future starter. It's hey,

1270
01:00:29,120 --> 01:00:30,960
Speaker 1: we have a chance to go get Trevor Lawrence, So

1271
01:00:31,080 --> 01:00:33,520
Speaker 1: let's get Minshew out of here. Who is you know

1272
01:00:33,840 --> 01:00:36,360
Speaker 1: they're losing with him, but he's a little too frisky

1273
01:00:36,760 --> 01:00:39,400
Speaker 1: and for all this heat has a great arm. Jake

1274
01:00:39,520 --> 01:00:42,440
Speaker 1: Luton business. I went and looked at some stuff scouting

1275
01:00:42,520 --> 01:00:46,720
Speaker 1: reports coming out of Oregon's six foot six is one

1276
01:00:46,720 --> 01:00:49,120
Speaker 1: of these. Well no, because because I wanted to find

1277
01:00:49,120 --> 01:00:51,520
Speaker 1: all this's going on here, it struck me as suspicious.

1278
01:00:52,200 --> 01:00:56,720
Speaker 1: He was basically labeled as a non depasser game manager,

1279
01:00:56,880 --> 01:00:59,680
Speaker 1: good ball security, not a guy who can scramble or

1280
01:01:00,040 --> 01:01:02,680
Speaker 1: lays with the run. No, but Minshew can at least

1281
01:01:02,760 --> 01:01:06,680
Speaker 1: give you Like on the ground, Minshew is has escapability,

1282
01:01:06,880 --> 01:01:09,440
Speaker 1: he can move a little bit. He's probably created stuff

1283
01:01:09,440 --> 01:01:12,400
Speaker 1: when nothing's there more than people would expect. I don't

1284
01:01:12,400 --> 01:01:13,920
Speaker 1: think that's the case here. I think that they're going

1285
01:01:13,960 --> 01:01:16,439
Speaker 1: with a lower wattage quarterback, and I think the Jet

1286
01:01:16,560 --> 01:01:18,760
Speaker 1: that Dan, they are looking at your Jets team and

1287
01:01:18,840 --> 01:01:21,560
Speaker 1: saying we want the Jets to sneak a few wins here,

1288
01:01:21,600 --> 01:01:23,920
Speaker 1: because you this is two teams saying we can change

1289
01:01:24,080 --> 01:01:26,600
Speaker 1: our franchisees if we get Trevor Lawrence. And they're right

1290
01:01:26,640 --> 01:01:28,680
Speaker 1: in that zone, So you go with the lower watted

1291
01:01:28,760 --> 01:01:34,000
Speaker 1: You think they're trying to I definitely do. I definitely do.

1292
01:01:34,160 --> 01:01:36,200
Speaker 1: But I think maybe the way they operate. They even

1293
01:01:36,240 --> 01:01:38,640
Speaker 1: told Marone it's you're not on the hot seat, you're

1294
01:01:38,680 --> 01:01:40,280
Speaker 1: part of this, or maybe they just said it with

1295
01:01:40,360 --> 01:01:43,040
Speaker 1: their eyes. Maybe it's not done for not maybe it's done,

1296
01:01:43,040 --> 01:01:45,480
Speaker 1: you know, done with if it's maybe it's not you

1297
01:01:45,560 --> 01:01:47,760
Speaker 1: know something that there's no words, there's no it's not

1298
01:01:47,840 --> 01:01:50,640
Speaker 1: been overheard by anyone bugging the building. Greg. I'm not

1299
01:01:50,680 --> 01:01:53,000
Speaker 1: trying to be a go down conspiracy avenue again. I

1300
01:01:53,120 --> 01:01:55,240
Speaker 1: just think that Minshew was a little too dangerous for

1301
01:01:55,320 --> 01:01:58,160
Speaker 1: them not to get at this case. Maybe I'm maybe

1302
01:01:58,160 --> 01:01:59,680
Speaker 1: I think they want to see this guy. I think

1303
01:01:59,720 --> 01:02:01,800
Speaker 1: they liked him. They want to see him. Jay Gruden

1304
01:02:02,440 --> 01:02:05,560
Speaker 1: whenever there's wherever Jay Gruden goes, little whispers to the

1305
01:02:05,640 --> 01:02:08,000
Speaker 1: media follow you kind of notice these things. I think

1306
01:02:08,040 --> 01:02:11,160
Speaker 1: he likes Jake Luton for whatever reason. Uh, you know,

1307
01:02:11,280 --> 01:02:13,560
Speaker 1: the Texans are the worst run defense in the league.

1308
01:02:13,640 --> 01:02:15,680
Speaker 1: James Robinson might go off. I know the Texans are

1309
01:02:15,720 --> 01:02:18,760
Speaker 1: heavy favorites here, but I'm not trusting the Texans uh

1310
01:02:18,880 --> 01:02:21,720
Speaker 1: as heavy favorites until I feel like this is a

1311
01:02:21,800 --> 01:02:23,880
Speaker 1: coin flip. Yeah, all right, we've done a lot of

1312
01:02:23,960 --> 01:02:26,840
Speaker 1: talking to one in six teams. Let's move on Snare

1313
01:02:28,840 --> 01:02:32,960
Speaker 1: Oh baby, um, not totally ready for that. But I'll

1314
01:02:32,960 --> 01:02:35,920
Speaker 1: pick a game that I truly love that I love

1315
01:02:36,000 --> 01:02:38,240
Speaker 1: it so much I almost wanted in my number one slot.

1316
01:02:38,600 --> 01:02:42,560
Speaker 1: It's the Falcons and the Broncos. There's just sometimes sometimes

1317
01:02:42,760 --> 01:02:45,240
Speaker 1: teams are just like my team, like teams I'm like

1318
01:02:45,480 --> 01:02:49,280
Speaker 1: surprisingly enjoyed watching The Dolphins would be one of those

1319
01:02:49,320 --> 01:02:52,720
Speaker 1: teams this year. The Broncos and the Falcons qualify. The

1320
01:02:52,800 --> 01:02:55,320
Speaker 1: Falcons drive you crazy. They have really turned their season

1321
01:02:55,400 --> 01:02:58,120
Speaker 1: around since firing Dan Quinn and getting Julio Jones back.

1322
01:02:58,400 --> 01:03:00,320
Speaker 1: They've won two out of three. If Todd really had

1323
01:03:00,360 --> 01:03:02,560
Speaker 1: just fallen down, we'd be talking about a three game

1324
01:03:02,560 --> 01:03:05,440
Speaker 1: winning streak. The Browncos have won two out of three.

1325
01:03:05,640 --> 01:03:08,280
Speaker 1: A little bit lucky last week since Drew Lock returned,

1326
01:03:08,560 --> 01:03:10,600
Speaker 1: but I do think they're frisky and this is a

1327
01:03:10,720 --> 01:03:13,200
Speaker 1: big game for them. They can get back to five hundred.

1328
01:03:13,240 --> 01:03:16,439
Speaker 1: They can get back to relevant. Uh. Drew Lock had

1329
01:03:16,640 --> 01:03:20,439
Speaker 1: seven absolutely miserable quarters and I think he fell into

1330
01:03:20,520 --> 01:03:23,320
Speaker 1: that win. Uh. And I think the Charges collapsed a

1331
01:03:23,400 --> 01:03:26,600
Speaker 1: little more than he made consistent plays. Um, But this

1332
01:03:26,720 --> 01:03:29,640
Speaker 1: is a beatable matchup against Atlanta. Go on the road,

1333
01:03:29,720 --> 01:03:32,959
Speaker 1: get a win with your solid defense, get these playmakers

1334
01:03:33,080 --> 01:03:36,080
Speaker 1: involved on turf against a bad defense, and go get

1335
01:03:36,160 --> 01:03:39,600
Speaker 1: to five hundred. I mean, Albert KOI buonum, I think

1336
01:03:39,640 --> 01:03:41,920
Speaker 1: I got it right. There. He looks like one of

1337
01:03:41,960 --> 01:03:44,560
Speaker 1: the best young Titans we've seen come out in a while.

1338
01:03:44,640 --> 01:03:46,520
Speaker 1: He's a fourth or fifth round pick, and him next

1339
01:03:46,600 --> 01:03:49,000
Speaker 1: to Fan who's who looks a little banged up to me,

1340
01:03:49,160 --> 01:03:51,880
Speaker 1: doesn't have the same explosiveness. But that's that they got

1341
01:03:51,920 --> 01:03:54,200
Speaker 1: a fun little team. If they can just get locked

1342
01:03:54,400 --> 01:03:58,320
Speaker 1: not blowing it. That's my big with Albert. I go

1343
01:03:58,440 --> 01:04:00,800
Speaker 1: with Albert Oh because I know that that is infallible,

1344
01:04:00,840 --> 01:04:03,280
Speaker 1: and I know that that is correct to some degree

1345
01:04:03,320 --> 01:04:05,480
Speaker 1: as well. I mean that to me, you know, Greg,

1346
01:04:05,600 --> 01:04:07,480
Speaker 1: I like what I like what your lock did at

1347
01:04:07,520 --> 01:04:09,400
Speaker 1: the end of last week. But they have had some

1348
01:04:09,560 --> 01:04:12,200
Speaker 1: slow starts. They are thirty and d v o A

1349
01:04:12,320 --> 01:04:14,040
Speaker 1: on offense. That has to do with, you know, the

1350
01:04:14,200 --> 01:04:16,360
Speaker 1: junk that was going on when Locke was hurt as well.

1351
01:04:16,760 --> 01:04:19,520
Speaker 1: But if this is your game, the Falcons are twenty

1352
01:04:19,600 --> 01:04:21,560
Speaker 1: nine against the past in d v o A, So

1353
01:04:21,720 --> 01:04:24,520
Speaker 1: it's like, come out firing for once. Be the sum

1354
01:04:24,600 --> 01:04:27,240
Speaker 1: of your parts. Because the thing about Denver that interests

1355
01:04:27,240 --> 01:04:29,240
Speaker 1: you is they have all this young talent, They have

1356
01:04:29,440 --> 01:04:31,560
Speaker 1: this speed. A guy like Albert Oh, who we weren't

1357
01:04:31,560 --> 01:04:34,280
Speaker 1: even talking about in August, is a huge factor. So

1358
01:04:34,480 --> 01:04:37,080
Speaker 1: let's put it all together against a team that you

1359
01:04:37,160 --> 01:04:39,360
Speaker 1: should be able to beat. Here if we should take

1360
01:04:39,400 --> 01:04:42,200
Speaker 1: you seriously. I struggled to take Denver seriously, but I'm

1361
01:04:42,200 --> 01:04:44,160
Speaker 1: with you. They're fun to watch, and so I'd like

1362
01:04:44,240 --> 01:04:46,680
Speaker 1: to have them hang around for the sake of not

1363
01:04:46,840 --> 01:04:49,360
Speaker 1: another team that goes into the trash compactor as we

1364
01:04:49,440 --> 01:04:53,760
Speaker 1: head into mid November. I don't need that. Falcons could

1365
01:04:53,800 --> 01:04:56,960
Speaker 1: easily a foray are we. Falcons are this team that

1366
01:04:57,000 --> 01:04:59,880
Speaker 1: should be easily dispatch They're playing hard. We just saw

1367
01:05:00,080 --> 01:05:03,800
Speaker 1: them beat the Panthers. Pulled a poll on Thursday night,

1368
01:05:04,000 --> 01:05:06,240
Speaker 1: and I'm with where I'm out of the Broncos. Show

1369
01:05:06,280 --> 01:05:09,040
Speaker 1: me yeah, show me it again. That's all you're You're

1370
01:05:10,160 --> 01:05:12,320
Speaker 1: in the third quarter and then the charger is gonna charger.

1371
01:05:12,520 --> 01:05:14,000
Speaker 1: And I don't want to take away from the Broncos

1372
01:05:14,080 --> 01:05:17,160
Speaker 1: because that was a great fourth quarter for Lock in

1373
01:05:17,240 --> 01:05:20,200
Speaker 1: the offense. Lock went fourteen of eighteen for a hundred

1374
01:05:20,240 --> 01:05:22,919
Speaker 1: and fifty five yards and three touchdowns in the fourth quarter.

1375
01:05:23,120 --> 01:05:26,040
Speaker 1: That's awesome. That's exactly the type of like quarter you

1376
01:05:26,120 --> 01:05:28,280
Speaker 1: want to see from a young quarterback you believe in

1377
01:05:28,680 --> 01:05:31,400
Speaker 1: because he's showing you something. He's flashing but if he

1378
01:05:31,480 --> 01:05:33,720
Speaker 1: goes to Atlanta and follows it up with another, you know,

1379
01:05:34,440 --> 01:05:37,680
Speaker 1: performance that is a man or worse performance, then you

1380
01:05:37,800 --> 01:05:39,880
Speaker 1: lose that juice. But yeah, so what you're gonna saying,

1381
01:05:39,920 --> 01:05:43,040
Speaker 1: build off that win? Uh, and then maybe we could

1382
01:05:43,040 --> 01:05:45,320
Speaker 1: start getting a little excited Greg's earlier there. I get it, Greg,

1383
01:05:45,600 --> 01:05:48,400
Speaker 1: Greg and West and other people in the football gagnets

1384
01:05:48,440 --> 01:05:52,760
Speaker 1: anthy that's a bit said a bit differently that time.

1385
01:05:53,600 --> 01:05:56,520
Speaker 1: Have been excited about the Broncos for weeks, and you've

1386
01:05:56,560 --> 01:05:59,520
Speaker 1: got your little cookie against the Chargers. Well, now, let's

1387
01:05:59,520 --> 01:06:03,200
Speaker 1: see if this is going to go next level. Let's

1388
01:06:03,200 --> 01:06:07,120
Speaker 1: get a whole cake, a whole bunch of desserts. All right,

1389
01:06:07,680 --> 01:06:12,760
Speaker 1: one game, right, one one remaining game on Sunday night.

1390
01:06:13,280 --> 01:06:15,720
Speaker 1: I'm just gonna, hey, Nick, gonna need you to grab

1391
01:06:16,920 --> 01:06:20,880
Speaker 1: giants at at Washington. But and he's gonna shrug his shoulders,

1392
01:06:21,000 --> 01:06:23,960
Speaker 1: and it's like, all right, man, I love Nick Shook.

1393
01:06:24,160 --> 01:06:26,280
Speaker 1: He assaulted the earth. He'll he'll say, yes, but I

1394
01:06:26,320 --> 01:06:29,280
Speaker 1: wonder if inside he's slightly annoyed. Man, what a year,

1395
01:06:29,440 --> 01:06:33,160
Speaker 1: What a what an ad Shook has been unfortunately without

1396
01:06:33,240 --> 01:06:36,360
Speaker 1: West for long stretches of the season, as he continues

1397
01:06:36,440 --> 01:06:39,040
Speaker 1: his cancer fight and we love you wes Uh and

1398
01:06:39,200 --> 01:06:41,320
Speaker 1: we hope to get him back soon. But Shook has

1399
01:06:41,360 --> 01:06:44,320
Speaker 1: been a huge value add He's done great job. Every

1400
01:06:44,320 --> 01:06:49,200
Speaker 1: Sunday night read his weekly top ten columns. He goes

1401
01:06:49,280 --> 01:06:52,480
Speaker 1: through a variety of you know, positional rankings, and this

1402
01:06:52,600 --> 01:06:55,480
Speaker 1: week it was like the most disruptive players on defense,

1403
01:06:55,560 --> 01:06:57,720
Speaker 1: not like in the locker room, not personality wise. I

1404
01:06:57,760 --> 01:06:59,560
Speaker 1: mean he did. He does a great job with these,

1405
01:06:59,640 --> 01:07:03,120
Speaker 1: So you know and go find Allen of this season.

1406
01:07:03,240 --> 01:07:06,160
Speaker 1: You know, just brings the media energy, might fumble the

1407
01:07:06,200 --> 01:07:08,360
Speaker 1: ball a couple of times, but you know, it brings

1408
01:07:08,440 --> 01:07:13,800
Speaker 1: some fun to it there about. I just wanted to

1409
01:07:14,000 --> 01:07:16,120
Speaker 1: I just want to get a text from Shook that's like,

1410
01:07:16,160 --> 01:07:19,520
Speaker 1: why are you calling me? Kind Shooks like one, remember

1411
01:07:19,640 --> 01:07:22,040
Speaker 1: like every every once in a while you see some

1412
01:07:22,800 --> 01:07:25,160
Speaker 1: viral thing of like a seven year old that has

1413
01:07:25,280 --> 01:07:29,040
Speaker 1: as a bodybuilder. I'm convinced that there's photos of Shook

1414
01:07:29,160 --> 01:07:33,120
Speaker 1: when from like nine and he's completely jacked. I think

1415
01:07:33,200 --> 01:07:36,160
Speaker 1: that's a thing. I think you're right because his dad

1416
01:07:36,480 --> 01:07:39,080
Speaker 1: is a jacked gentleman as well, so I think it's

1417
01:07:39,120 --> 01:07:41,120
Speaker 1: been in the family like for a while. I don't

1418
01:07:41,120 --> 01:07:43,479
Speaker 1: think joke just started lifting weights like two months before

1419
01:07:43,520 --> 01:07:46,280
Speaker 1: he showed up in Los Angeles. Jack bros. All right,

1420
01:07:46,400 --> 01:07:50,200
Speaker 1: let's get into Giants at Washington. Greg, what do you

1421
01:07:50,240 --> 01:07:55,160
Speaker 1: think about this game? I like Washington watching the Washington

1422
01:07:55,200 --> 01:07:58,880
Speaker 1: football team more than I anticipated because I think Scott

1423
01:07:59,040 --> 01:08:03,360
Speaker 1: Turner's offense is pretty creative. They've been better with Kyle

1424
01:08:03,440 --> 01:08:05,440
Speaker 1: and he's definitely gonna give you a chance to you know,

1425
01:08:05,600 --> 01:08:07,440
Speaker 1: turn the ball over a couple of times, but at

1426
01:08:07,520 --> 01:08:10,280
Speaker 1: least the ball moves, and Antonio Gibson is just a

1427
01:08:10,560 --> 01:08:14,320
Speaker 1: powerful runner. They have guys who can make plays. Terry

1428
01:08:14,400 --> 01:08:16,760
Speaker 1: McLaurin I think is a future star if he's not

1429
01:08:16,880 --> 01:08:20,120
Speaker 1: there already. They have Chase Young, they have Montes Sweat,

1430
01:08:20,280 --> 01:08:22,679
Speaker 1: you know, their secondary. Their defense is it's a pretty

1431
01:08:22,760 --> 01:08:25,479
Speaker 1: good defense, and so I kind of trust them in

1432
01:08:25,520 --> 01:08:27,280
Speaker 1: this game. I know they lost the Giants a few

1433
01:08:27,320 --> 01:08:30,520
Speaker 1: weeks ago. Uh it was really based on the turnovers

1434
01:08:30,560 --> 01:08:33,080
Speaker 1: that Alan had it that was his first start. But

1435
01:08:33,160 --> 01:08:34,920
Speaker 1: they at least have some players that can win one

1436
01:08:34,960 --> 01:08:37,439
Speaker 1: on one. The Giants, to me, just don't have the juice.

1437
01:08:37,479 --> 01:08:40,320
Speaker 1: They're well coached, but they don't have the players. You know,

1438
01:08:40,439 --> 01:08:43,080
Speaker 1: one thing on Antonio Gibson and Scott Turner, and we always,

1439
01:08:43,120 --> 01:08:45,200
Speaker 1: you know, I always talking about Kyle Shanahan, son of

1440
01:08:45,280 --> 01:08:48,040
Speaker 1: a coach, but Scott Turner obviously the son of Norv Turner,

1441
01:08:48,280 --> 01:08:50,439
Speaker 1: and he's been around for a really long time. And

1442
01:08:50,640 --> 01:08:53,160
Speaker 1: he was the one, if from what I read, that

1443
01:08:53,280 --> 01:08:55,840
Speaker 1: really pushed for Antonio Gibson, and it was someone with

1444
01:08:55,960 --> 01:08:58,920
Speaker 1: not a large sample size as a running back in college.

1445
01:08:58,960 --> 01:09:01,400
Speaker 1: It wasn't the same way with Bryce Love, who you know,

1446
01:09:01,600 --> 01:09:05,439
Speaker 1: had massive carries and tempts and touches. They projected him

1447
01:09:05,439 --> 01:09:07,200
Speaker 1: as sort of a Christian McCaffrey type, and I'm not

1448
01:09:07,240 --> 01:09:09,880
Speaker 1: sure that's the case, but he has been impactful. And

1449
01:09:10,000 --> 01:09:13,320
Speaker 1: you're right, Washington has pieces that you can look into

1450
01:09:13,360 --> 01:09:15,040
Speaker 1: the future and if they right get that they find

1451
01:09:15,080 --> 01:09:17,240
Speaker 1: the right quarterback, there's something going on there. I I

1452
01:09:17,360 --> 01:09:20,800
Speaker 1: don't think the Giants, though, are a gigantic mess there

1453
01:09:21,200 --> 01:09:24,080
Speaker 1: to the sense of their defense, to me, is playing

1454
01:09:24,200 --> 01:09:26,519
Speaker 1: above water better than what I thought. And I know Greg,

1455
01:09:26,640 --> 01:09:28,639
Speaker 1: I know that, you know, I know that Daniel Jones

1456
01:09:28,720 --> 01:09:31,320
Speaker 1: at some point burned down like your childhood home. And

1457
01:09:31,400 --> 01:09:33,200
Speaker 1: they might need to find a new quarterback at some

1458
01:09:33,320 --> 01:09:37,160
Speaker 1: point here. But they have other things going on that.

1459
01:09:37,320 --> 01:09:40,559
Speaker 1: I was a fan. I'm frustrated, and I just thought

1460
01:09:40,800 --> 01:09:44,439
Speaker 1: that that performance, granted it's an island game, the whole

1461
01:09:44,439 --> 01:09:47,080
Speaker 1: country's watching. I just thought people were kind of under playing.

1462
01:09:47,920 --> 01:09:50,320
Speaker 1: How is one of the worst games any quarterbacks played

1463
01:09:50,360 --> 01:09:53,800
Speaker 1: all year, maybe the worst. And it's coming off the

1464
01:09:54,120 --> 01:09:55,800
Speaker 1: It was coming off the game where he did the

1465
01:09:55,880 --> 01:09:57,960
Speaker 1: trip and it's like your problem for him is like

1466
01:09:58,040 --> 01:10:02,439
Speaker 1: you start to play yourself out of the beholder business

1467
01:10:02,479 --> 01:10:05,000
Speaker 1: on national TV right right? The trip game was an

1468
01:10:05,080 --> 01:10:07,680
Speaker 1: island game as well, and that's just I think, now

1469
01:10:07,760 --> 01:10:10,800
Speaker 1: it's over and he did I know you didn't like

1470
01:10:10,920 --> 01:10:15,760
Speaker 1: that last drive against a very good defense. Was it

1471
01:10:15,880 --> 01:10:18,000
Speaker 1: was lock? Whatever? I mean? Well, I mean I don't

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Speaker 1: want to pull the you never played card, But he

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Speaker 1: he made the throws and he made the plays and scored.

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Speaker 1: But he say they had they called the perfect play

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Speaker 1: on the two point conversion. I think all thirty one

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01:10:29,640 --> 01:10:32,200
Speaker 1: other quarterbacks it was his first read. Just throw the

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Speaker 1: ball and that and that was emblematic to me of

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Speaker 1: the whole night. I get it. And if you have

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01:10:35,960 --> 01:10:39,639
Speaker 1: doubts about Daniel Jones, it is totally fair. But yeah,

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Speaker 1: the Giants defense has been okay. It's been pretty good

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01:10:43,439 --> 01:10:45,720
Speaker 1: this year and the Washington These are two teams, like

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Speaker 1: who's going to potentially catch the Eagles in the NFC East.

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01:10:48,840 --> 01:10:51,479
Speaker 1: It's one of these two teams. Most likely, I think

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Speaker 1: it's neither of them. I think it's the Eagles that

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Speaker 1: are gonna limp to a division win. But I guess you,

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Speaker 1: if you squint, you can make a case for one

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Speaker 1: of these teams. I would to pay if I had

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Speaker 1: to pick between two of them, would be Washington because

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01:11:02,960 --> 01:11:05,320
Speaker 1: the defense is a little higher ceiling and if Kyle

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01:11:05,360 --> 01:11:08,200
Speaker 1: Allen could be okay, maybe they can get on a

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Speaker 1: little run there. But I don't know. This is a

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Speaker 1: hard game to get excited about. At the end of

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Speaker 1: the day, it is there's one little nugget from this

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Speaker 1: Washington team. But I don't think we mentioned in our

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01:11:16,600 --> 01:11:19,400
Speaker 1: show that Ron Rivera last week appeared to have his

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01:11:19,560 --> 01:11:23,920
Speaker 1: last treatment for his cancer. Suits he's awesome. I mean

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Speaker 1: for him to go through what he's gone through, and

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Speaker 1: for our show, we all know that that means a

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Speaker 1: lot more. But um, I mean, this is a guy

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Speaker 1: that never once complained about it, and being a head

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01:11:32,920 --> 01:11:36,920
Speaker 1: coach already shuts you out from your family from regular life,

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01:11:37,040 --> 01:11:39,360
Speaker 1: from everything. I mean, these guys already do these hours

1503
01:11:39,439 --> 01:11:41,040
Speaker 1: that are insane. So to put to tack that on

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Speaker 1: and get through it and have us talk about Washington

1505
01:11:43,360 --> 01:11:45,479
Speaker 1: as a team that is still maybe has a chance

1506
01:11:45,520 --> 01:11:50,160
Speaker 1: in this division is impressive. Well. Rivera brings good vibes,

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01:11:51,000 --> 01:11:53,960
Speaker 1: you know, and I think that's important for Washington. This

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Speaker 1: has been one of the most depressing franchises for a while.

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Speaker 1: Uh you know, not a team that seemed like they

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01:11:59,640 --> 01:12:02,120
Speaker 1: were to other happy Like this team seems to be

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01:12:02,280 --> 01:12:04,639
Speaker 1: like pulling for each other. They like playing for Rivera

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Speaker 1: all of his teams do. I think that matters. I

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Speaker 1: think it's gonna help him this year. Good call, well said, gentlemen.

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Speaker 1: There you go. That is the preview of week nine.

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Speaker 1: Make sure you tune in on Sunday night where we

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Speaker 1: recap each of the games we just laid out here

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Speaker 1: and um, that's what we call the flagship show mark.

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Speaker 1: That's that's how we branded it. I mean, that's you

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Speaker 1: you tweeted about the other day. I put out a

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Speaker 1: tweet with an actual flagship um that A bunch of

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01:12:33,720 --> 01:12:36,960
Speaker 1: people came at me saying listen, that's some Some video

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Speaker 1: taken from a video game. I'm forty seven. I don't

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Speaker 1: care where it came. I don't know what video game

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Speaker 1: it came from, but I do know what a flagship

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Speaker 1: is historically. Please all right, good and check out our

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Speaker 1: mini pod recapping Thursday night football Packers Niners. Until then,

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Speaker 1: this is Dan Hanson signing up for a quiet storm

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Speaker 1: the Old Boss or Ricky Hollywood in the Whole Gang

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Speaker 1: until Sunday s