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Speaker 1: And now Move the Sticks with Daniel Jeremiah and Bucky Brooks.

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Speaker 2: What's up, y'all? Welcome to move the sticks.

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Speaker 3: I'm Bucky Brooks and I am with my man today

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Speaker 3: Steve Weiss Network Everything inside a reporter, host, analysts, play

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Speaker 3: by play man when it comes to the HPCU games

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Speaker 3: and all these things.

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Speaker 2: Look Steve, what's up man? What's happening?

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Speaker 1: Bucky? How awesome is this? Like what people don't know?

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Speaker 1: Let's take it behind the scenes. Bug. It had to

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Speaker 1: be about twelve years ago before the whole podcast game

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Speaker 1: is what it is? You and I had one of

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Speaker 1: the first podcasts that NFL Media ever did, the cover

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Speaker 1: two podcasts, And what I want to tell people from

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Speaker 1: back then is that you were like a year ahead

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Speaker 1: of the whole world on the Seahawks emerging as like

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Speaker 1: the dominant team for four or five years. You're like

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Speaker 1: I'm telling you, I'm like, Buck, shut up, man, you

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Speaker 1: know what you're talking about. And then you nailed it.

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Speaker 1: You were on it. So this is good. Always good

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Speaker 1: to be back with you, my man.

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Speaker 2: Man, It's always good to be back.

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Speaker 3: And I appreciate you representing UH you have the hu

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Speaker 3: Howard Bison in full effect. It is almost like I

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Speaker 3: can't even call it the renaissance. I don't know what

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Speaker 3: this could be. It could be the year the Bison

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Speaker 3: for those if you know, you know. But it's been

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Speaker 3: really really cool to kind of see that, to see

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Speaker 3: you always representing and I think we may have more

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Speaker 3: conversations about Howard and everything Howard down the line.

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Speaker 1: Hey, real quick, Howard plays Hampton Institute on Saturday. Is

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Speaker 1: a battle between the real h There's only one. You got, Howard,

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Speaker 1: the only HU. My parents are Hamptonian. They went to

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Speaker 1: Hampton intitut.

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Speaker 2: Oh I dig it.

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Speaker 3: So I will say this and those of you who

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Speaker 3: follow the stuff that Steve and I do with HBU,

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Speaker 3: HBCU kickoff game, the Legacy Ball in those things, Hey,

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Speaker 3: Steve Man HBUs have been popping this year, like just

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Speaker 3: following along and seeing some of the scores and all

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Speaker 3: that other stuff. Bam, you kind of got it on.

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Speaker 3: I saw Eddie George and Tennessee State kind of making

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Speaker 2: I mean like it's interesting to watch.

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Speaker 3: I think it's going to make for a fun adventure

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Speaker 3: when we get to New Orleans at the beginning of

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Speaker 3: next year to talk about some of the players playing the.

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Speaker 2: H REC legacy. Love it, love it, love it.

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Speaker 3: So look see, So here's what we do on these days.

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Speaker 3: We'd like to preview games. We'd like to break down

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Speaker 3: all of the things, talk about what guys should look

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Speaker 3: forward to this weekend when the teams match up. And

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Speaker 3: so we're going to start with it's time for a

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Speaker 3: game of the Week presented by DraftKings Sportsbook.

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Speaker 2: This week is the Texans against the Vikings. That spreads

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Speaker 2: minus two favorite the Texans. The over under is forty six. Steve.

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Speaker 3: I mean, I know everyone thought the Texans would be this,

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Speaker 3: but the Minnesota Vikings are real.

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Speaker 2: Gave me some insight. What do you think about when

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Speaker 1: Hey, well here's the things, like are they real? I

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Speaker 1: this role going? But I think Buckey people don't understand

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Speaker 1: So I think Kevin O'Connell has proven himself to be

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Speaker 1: The Jonathan Gnnard Daniel Hunter Bowl as they have swapped

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Speaker 3: But in looking at what he's done with his Vikings team,

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Speaker 2: Even though Jonathan Grenard is a really good player, they

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Speaker 3: Kevin O'Connell, one of the best play callers play designers,

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Speaker 2: Really good team in Minnesota. This is gonna be a

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Speaker 1: And here's something to also take note. Okay, we just

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Speaker 3: No, they've been so good, man. The entire secondary has

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Speaker 3: say two touchdown game and the opener where you have

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Speaker 3: I think it makes the Texans more balanced, more dangerous,

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Speaker 3: I can't even call them a dark horse super Bowl contendent.

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Speaker 2: Why they have emerged as a super Bowl contender in

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Speaker 1: Well, they're legit. In the quarterbacks jet, I mean nothing

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Speaker 1: he showed that he's he's that dude. So this is

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Speaker 1: going to be a really, really good game. I don't

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Speaker 1: know how to call it. You know, the Vikings being

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Speaker 2: I don't think there's gonna be a lot of points scored.

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Speaker 2: I think it's be a game.

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Speaker 3: There's gonna be one in the fourth quarter, and quarterback

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Speaker 2: To me.

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Speaker 3: That makes me lean towards the Texans, even though I

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Speaker 3: believe Sam Donald is really doing a lot for his

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Speaker 3: case to be a high priced free agent next year

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Speaker 2: The crown is yours.

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Speaker 3: Now, let's talk about the Eagles and talk about all

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Speaker 3: the excitement that you just had about the.

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Speaker 1: Hey, Buck, it's the same thing that was going on

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Speaker 1: that ball game. We saw Jean Robinson and Tyler Algier

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Speaker 1: this Clint Kubiak offense, which just looks ridiculous with Alfa

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Speaker 1: it panic time. Right. Jalen Hurst played very well in

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Speaker 1: that he carried them because without aj Brown on offense,

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Speaker 3: be honest. I didn't have a lot of confidence in

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Speaker 3: foodie of the year. And it is in Steve Weis's

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Speaker 3: best interest if the New Orleans Saints are good, because

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Speaker 2: Him to go down on work business.

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Speaker 3: And fulfill some of the footy pleasures that he enjoys

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Speaker 3: when he partakes in the things around the city. I'll

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Speaker 3: say this, the New Orleans offense is lights out. Think

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Speaker 3: Koobiak has done a wonderful job. I would say updating

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Speaker 3: the offense while keeping the main thing the main thing,

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Speaker 1: Here's what he did. Right. There were some questions about

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Speaker 3: You lose on Monday night, the game is in hand,

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Speaker 3: So this is I think, I mean, we could have

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Speaker 2: Uh. This is gonna be kind of the the Battle

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Speaker 1: Oh, three rivers? I like how you went back. Are

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Speaker 3: But look, this is an old school affair. I mean,

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Speaker 1: Here's what I'm looking at for this game. Bucky is

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Speaker 2: You have Derwin James who's really thriving in his role.

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Speaker 3: Drinking the kool aid on his old school version and

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Speaker 1: Remember, Justin Herbert did not practice Wednesday because of the ankle.

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Speaker 2: It's a dangerous team. I just think that to me,

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Speaker 1: Yeah, and they can run the football. I mean, Dave

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Speaker 1: You know it's out here Franklin. They've got speed, They've

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Speaker 3: So now here's the thing that goes in Killer Williams

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Speaker 3: better job of sitting a young quarterback up for success.

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Speaker 1: All right, Bucky, I know we're running tighten the clock here,

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Speaker 1: but I want to ask about a team you're familiar with,

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Speaker 1: because I think Jacksonville Jaguars are no must wins in

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Speaker 1: Week three, but they go up to Buffalo at zero

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Speaker 1: to two. Trevor Lawrence has not played well and this

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Speaker 1: offense has not looked great. They're playing They're playing a

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Speaker 1: potential juggernaut Monday night.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, they are playing a potential juggernaut. The Buffalo Bills

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Speaker 3: are even better than anyone expected. They jettison a pandful

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Speaker 3: of vets but come back with younger players that are

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Speaker 3: just really about the team.

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Speaker 2: They're having a lot of success.

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Speaker 3: They knocked off the Mammie Dophinson and Press professional Thursday night,

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Speaker 3: saying up what could be and should be a big

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Speaker 3: game for them in front of their home folks. They

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Speaker 3: can go to three and ohero for the Jaguars. The

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Speaker 3: Jaguars have just splat it on offense. There's no other

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Speaker 3: way to slice it. I mean bottom of the league,

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Speaker 3: darn near in points per game, near the bottom, and

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Speaker 3: third down conversions, red zone efficiency all below average, and

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Speaker 3: the thing it's really.

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Speaker 2: A damned indictment on the play of Trevor Lawrence. And

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Speaker 2: even though it's other pieces.

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Speaker 3: Involved third down passing percentage twenty one point four percent,

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Speaker 3: that is ten points below Bryce Young, and we saw

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Speaker 3: what Bryce.

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Speaker 2: Young just did. It's an issue and it's something that

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Speaker 2: has to be addressed.

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Speaker 3: They have to figure out a way to clean the

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Speaker 3: game up for Trevor Lawrence so he can play it

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Speaker 3: as best said.

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Speaker 1: Let me ask you if for for folks you may

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Speaker 1: not see like you do. I mean a third down

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Speaker 1: passing percentage, is that a result of being in third

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Speaker 1: and fourteen or is that a result of him just

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Speaker 1: not being consistent when it's third manageable?

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Speaker 2: I would say it is a combination of factors.

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Speaker 3: I would say it is a third and long yardage

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Speaker 3: because you're losing on first downs read the runner pass

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Speaker 3: like opponents are just dominating you. And the constant harassment

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Speaker 3: just changes the way that the quarterback has to operate

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Speaker 3: in the pocket. He hasn't had a secure pocket that

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Speaker 3: they can feel confident that they could lay out and

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Speaker 3: just kind of I'm good, I'm gonna be where I'm at.

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Speaker 2: I'm gonna make it.

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Speaker 3: So there's some of that, but the offense has just

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Speaker 3: been plagued by poor communication, untimely penalties.

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Speaker 2: The execution has been shoddy.

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Speaker 1: Just overall.

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Speaker 2: It just hasn't been what it needs to be to

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Speaker 2: compete at a high level.

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Speaker 1: I got a question for you real quick off of

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Speaker 1: this game, right because we both I think we both

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Speaker 1: feel the Buffalo at Home is gonna do. It's gonna win.

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Speaker 1: It's gonna win this ball game. But with the Carolina Panthers,

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Speaker 1: for whatever reason, they made the decision with Bryce Young,

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Speaker 1: it is what it is. But is going to Andy

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Speaker 1: Dalton any type of solution because one is going up

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Speaker 1: against the Raiders and they're not gonna be able to

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Speaker 1: block Max Crosby. He is the most dominant defensive player

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Speaker 1: in the NFL right now, right, But what does this

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Speaker 1: actually do for the team. Okay, suppose he comes in

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Speaker 1: and wins ball games like you want to. You win

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Speaker 1: seven ball games, You're no longer in the quarterback market.

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Speaker 1: You got to trade back up to get to the

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Speaker 1: quarterback market after you just did that, Like, what what

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Speaker 1: do you see the benefit of going to Andy Dalton again?

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Speaker 1: Bryce Young has not played well enough. If you're going

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Speaker 1: strictly on football, the other ten guys that huddle have

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Speaker 1: got to be like, get someone else in here, right,

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Speaker 1: But what does Andy Dalton do to give them? I

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Speaker 1: don't even know what the plan is.

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Speaker 3: I don't know if they know what the plan is.

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Speaker 3: I know this, Andy Daalton has started for a long

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Speaker 3: time in the league. He started as a backup the

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Speaker 3: last couple years, kind of bouncing around a different place.

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Speaker 2: Loggin starts. He's fine, he shouldn't turn it over.

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Speaker 3: He's gonna kind of keep everything in play, but he's

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Speaker 3: not going to be able to bet a masterpiece or

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Speaker 3: do anything like that as a playmaker. If you're Dave Canalis,

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Speaker 3: you're looking for a spark. But unfortunately I will see this.

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Speaker 3: I don't know how Bryce Shan can ever play back

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Speaker 3: for that franchise. If they ever like, hey man, we're

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Speaker 3: ready to want you to go, we set you down.

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Speaker 3: I don't think they handled it in a fashion where

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Speaker 3: he can respect them. I think this is when we're

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Speaker 3: it's gonna be tough when I'm going forward.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, Buck, it's.

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Speaker 1: Don't know what's going on there, but they're gonna be

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Speaker 1: back in the quarterback market after the season. And yeah,

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Speaker 1: well we'll see. There's a lot of football to play.

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Speaker 1: They've got fifteen more to play.

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Speaker 3: Fifteen to play. Real quick, let's go thirty seconds on.

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Speaker 3: We could pick a game. Oh you know what, I'm

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Speaker 3: gonna pick the game because everyone knows Niners and Rams.

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Speaker 3: That's gonna be a dogfight, Chiefs and Falcons.

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Speaker 2: That's it.

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Speaker 3: Ravens Baltimore Ravens versus Cowboys. That's the one thirty seconds

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Speaker 3: quickly which you're thinking.

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Speaker 1: I think the Ravens. Look, they've been hurt by penalties,

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Speaker 1: untimely penalties which have put them in negative yardage. I

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Speaker 1: think they get it together this week, and I think

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Speaker 1: they're really gonna get pressure on that defense by optioning

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Speaker 1: with Lamar. They're gonna go right at Michael Parsons. So

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Speaker 1: I like Baltimore to win this ball game.

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Speaker 3: Oh that is a good one. Yeah, look for the

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Speaker 3: Baltimore Ravens to be a little more creative.

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Speaker 2: I'm gonna go to the other way. I'm gonna go

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Speaker 2: with to the Cowboys. They're playing home.

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Speaker 3: They understand the desperation. They go now Ozero and two

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Speaker 3: could be tough and d one thing that's not tough

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Speaker 3: is not picking up the phone, not to Ugh picking

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Speaker 3: up the phone.

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Speaker 2: Calling my guy saying hey, Steve, I need you to

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Speaker 2: help me out. Come jump on the pod. Uh and

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Speaker 2: thank you enough for joining having some conversations and representing

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Speaker 2: the Mecca as they would say uh in the line

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Speaker 2: Howard Use, Steve Weiss is in the building until next time.

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Speaker 2: I'm Bucky Brooks. This is moved the sticks. We'll catch

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Speaker 2: you lit