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Speaker 1: So in the offseason I picked Atlanta to win their division.

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Speaker 1: I thought they could went eleven twelve games. I think

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Speaker 1: they're a really good football team. I think in Week

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Speaker 1: one Atlanta was at a coaching disadvantage because Arthur Smith,

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Speaker 1: their former coach, was now a Steelers offensive coordinator. That's

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Speaker 1: a huge advantage. I mean, that's a really weak one

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Speaker 1: advantage that you're just not going to get some insight

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Speaker 1: on personnel. And Pittsburgh's got a very very good defense,

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Speaker 1: and they gave kirk Cousins a lot of trouble. I

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Speaker 1: thought he had a little more spring in his step now.

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Speaker 1: In Week one against Pittsburgh, he was static. He just

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Speaker 1: stayed in the pocket. But I thought tonight he moved

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Speaker 1: a little better. He told Troy Aikman, he's one hundred

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Speaker 1: But I think two things are very clear about these

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Speaker 1: two teams. Those were two good offensive lines and two

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Speaker 1: good run games. And Jalen Hurts obviously part of Philadelphia's

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Speaker 1: run game. But Kirk Cousins fifteen to twenty, three hundred

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Speaker 1: and seventy yards, a touchdown, no picks, and a great

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Speaker 1: final drive, just pick pick picked, nice passes. And by

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Speaker 1: the way, when they paid for Kirk Cousins and they

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Speaker 1: drafted Michael Pennix, I said, you're telling me that's a mistake.

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Speaker 1: Look at all the rookie quarterbacks right now. They're brutal.

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Speaker 1: You know who isn't Michael Pennix sitting behind like Mahomes

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Speaker 1: who sat behind Alex Smith. Michael Pennix is sitting behind

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Speaker 1: Kirk Cousins and learning the game of football, just like

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Speaker 1: a Tom Brady did with the Drew Bledsoe. He's just

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Speaker 1: sitting on the sidelines and watching. That's what Mahomes did,

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Speaker 1: you know, It's what Carson Palmer, I believe, did this idea.

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Speaker 1: Lamar Jackson sat for like ten games behind Joe Flacco.

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Speaker 1: So this idea that bringing in Kirk Cousins to mentor

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Speaker 1: and I said, I think they can win the division.

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Speaker 1: I love their personnel at Their offensive line's great. They

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Speaker 1: have multiple running backs. John Robinson was under used last year.

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Speaker 1: He's fantastic, but you just and the Eagles have a

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Speaker 1: good defensive front. They pushed him back. Both those offensive

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Speaker 1: lions had their way tonight. So I think Atlanta's a

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Speaker 1: real team. I Philadelphia, you know, I know they feel

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Speaker 1: terrible about this loss, but Philadelphia lost. I mean, what

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Speaker 1: are upsets? San Francisco just got housed by the Vikings.

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Speaker 1: I mean Baltimore's oh and two. The Rams season looks

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Speaker 1: like it's over. You know, New England beat Cincinnati. Cincinnati

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Speaker 1: The Saints look pretty good, could win their division. So

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Speaker 1: you know my take on Philadelphia, and sometimes you just

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Speaker 1: lose games. And I mean, hell Atlanta with that Drake London,

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Speaker 1: you know, taunting penalty late. Thank God they have one

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Speaker 1: I don't I don't think Philadelphia is a bad football team.

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Speaker 1: And I think what this proves though, at least early

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Speaker 1: learning how to play football. You're not winning that game

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Speaker 1: I thought Jalen Hurts buy and large played pretty well.

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Speaker 1: eighteen years. And I think a lot of this is

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Speaker 1: you've gone from four preseason to three preseason games. You're

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Speaker 1: hasn't been atrocious, but it will certainly get better over time.

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Speaker 1: So I think it's kind of explainable starters aren't playing

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Speaker 1: they're on their back. They're getting hammered. Also, I think

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Speaker 1: They don't care anymore. Used to be owners, mate, you

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Speaker 1: know their net worth with six hundred million dollars. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: you know, you don't want to write a sixty million

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Speaker 1: down in the organizations. You're moving through coordinators, quarterbacks and coaches.

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Speaker 1: of things that explain it. But another one is nobody's

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Speaker 1: You can tell good for at Lanta tonight, I took

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Speaker 1: but after that, I thought Jalen Hurts really got hot

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Speaker 1: moves there's repercussions. Obviously for some of these personnel moves.

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Speaker 1: You know, the Giants move off Saquon Barkley, So Saquon's obviously,

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Speaker 1: you know, is in not get for Philadelphia. Now, he

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Speaker 1: there's talk about Brian Dable getting fired, who I think

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Speaker 1: give up a player like Saquon Barkley to a division rival.

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Speaker 1: If he'd caught that ball tonight in a touchdown, I mean,

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Speaker 1: if you're a if you're a Giant Staffer, New York

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Speaker 1: he had. It's clearly a dimension to Philadelphia. So I

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Speaker 1: thought it was a good a good football game. Two

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Speaker 1: good offensive lines, a lot of good running backs are

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Speaker 1: real resurgent and running backs over the weekends. JK. Dobbins,

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Speaker 1: Alvin Kamara. I mean there's, you know, everything cyclical in

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Speaker 1: know how they'll finish. There may be ceilings for Sam

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Speaker 1: but it is an advantage having you know, one thousand

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Speaker 1: lot of these veteran guys who have bounced around the

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Speaker 1: Tennessee might be the best college football team in the country.

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Speaker 1: I'm counting Georgia, Texas. Josh Haipel returned to Oklahoma. He

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Speaker 1: led Oklahoma to their last national championship twenty four years ago.

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Speaker 1: It's the SEC opener for both teams. Tennessee first in

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Speaker 1: the nation in points. It's their defense, though. Tennessee's defense

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Speaker 1: I don't think Oklahoma's offense has the fire power even

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Speaker 1: John Middelkoff Our Week two reaction, Let's start Kansas City, Cincinnati.

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Speaker 1: You know it's funny. I've argued this forever that Bill

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Speaker 1: the field. Okay, I'm not interested in you know one interception.

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Speaker 1: No picks. You know today Mahomes has two ugly picks,

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Speaker 1: but they make a lot of mistakes. John, they are vulnerable.

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Speaker 1: They give you opportunities, but they're always usually good starting

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Speaker 1: my takeaway is Cincinnati can go toe to toe with

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Speaker 3: Well, I mean, big picture, I don't know how Kansas City,

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Speaker 3: out of juice. I mean that felt like a playoff game,

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Speaker 3: didn't it. The intensity, the physicality that that was I

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Speaker 3: they're gonna be kicking themselves. Should have won this game.

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Speaker 3: I hate to see the game decided on a late penalty,

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Speaker 3: Spactola is just brilliant. They are going through some growing

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Speaker 3: They're gonna put him over that kid every single week.

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Speaker 3: And Mahomes, luckily, he's a great scrambler. You know, Kelsey

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Speaker 1: Yeah, it's funny. I wrote down four plays three plays

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Speaker 1: They remind me a little bit like an old KG boxer,

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Speaker 1: Let's talk Niners. You know him well. My favorite bet

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Speaker 3: He got worked, they got killed. K that was and

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Speaker 3: he has one or two of these a year. I mean,

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Speaker 3: it was a bad rough day for Kyle special teams.

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Speaker 3: They had a punt block Yep Flores was taking him

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Speaker 3: had a bad pick, could have probably thrown another one. Defensively,

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Speaker 3: they had some heirors. But the story of the game

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Speaker 3: I mean that throw he made the touchdown, Oh Jesus

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Speaker 3: I mean, this is and that home field advantage, right,

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Speaker 3: that wasn't just a win. You're playing the Niners, who's

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Speaker 1: Ass kicking. I want to talk about Chargers Panthers. First

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Speaker 1: moment in this game. So the Chargers were favored by

425
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Speaker 1: about six. They blew him out. So once again, it

426
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Speaker 1: is exactly what we expected. Justin Herbert goes fourteen to twenty,

427
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Speaker 1: has about a half dozen rushes, so you know they

428
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Speaker 1: get Joe Alt now they have the elite tackle play,

429
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Speaker 1: elite edge rusher play, and we worried about they don't

430
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Speaker 1: have a number one. Well, Quinton Johnson today had five

431
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Speaker 1: catches and two touchdowns. So Quentin's the guy they got

432
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Speaker 1: out of TCU. Brandon Staley didn't know how to develop him.

433
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Speaker 1: He was a disaster last year. I'm not sure if.

434
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Speaker 3: He lost his confidence. They had thrown him to the side.

435
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Speaker 1: I mean, he was just I didn't even target him

436
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Speaker 1: last year. He made any heck of a catch day

437
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Speaker 1: for a touchdown if he hits. So now you got

438
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Speaker 1: the slot kit out of Georgia. JK. Dobbins is like

439
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Speaker 1: a You see that flip into the end zone like

440
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Speaker 1: he's a different.

441
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Speaker 3: It looks like a top five or six running back

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Speaker 3: in the NFL.

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Speaker 1: Right, Okay, So now I've got a top ten quarterback.

444
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Speaker 1: I've got a top five coach, JK. Dobbin I have

445
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Speaker 1: a run game, elite tackles, elite edge rushers. If Quinton

446
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Speaker 1: Johnson along with their slot guy out of Georgia, okay,

447
00:24:13,119 --> 00:24:15,439
Speaker 1: now you do have a weapon because he was a

448
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Speaker 1: big kid. But he reminded me last year a little

449
00:24:18,560 --> 00:24:20,720
Speaker 1: bit of Stephen Hill the bus for the Jets years ago.

450
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Speaker 1: The wide receiver, the guy that just could run fast,

451
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Speaker 1: look great in the hotel lobby. But you're like, what

452
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Speaker 1: is it not today? I thought it's amazing john Their

453
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Speaker 1: time of possession advantage was thirty six to twenty three.

454
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Speaker 1: It's so hardball, it's so Michigan. But I thought to myself,

455
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Speaker 1: you know what, I'm looking around at these teams. This

456
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Speaker 1: team could be a twelve win team. John elite tackles,

457
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Speaker 1: elite quarterback, elite coach, elite edge rushers now a star back,

458
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Speaker 1: time of possession dominance. Now we know the Raiders are

459
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Speaker 1: better than we thought.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I was kicking myself because that game was over

461
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Speaker 3: fast that I get Jim Harbaugh against this panther situation

462
00:25:00,280 --> 00:25:02,800
Speaker 3: and didn't bet the mortgage, Like what was I doing?

463
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Speaker 1: You know?

464
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Speaker 3: You know Jim, and we've been talking about this. I

465
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Speaker 3: was in the car this week when he when he

466
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Speaker 3: came on with you. His personality is dramatically different than

467
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Speaker 3: the guy I remember when I was around in San

468
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Speaker 3: Francisco who had this huge chip on his shoulder and

469
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Speaker 3: was tight. It felt like the way the last couple

470
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Speaker 3: of years in Michigan, proving like, hey guys, I'm one

471
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Speaker 3: of the best in the business. I don't know if

472
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Speaker 3: it's been the weight's been lifted off his shoulders, but

473
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Speaker 3: I know this, and I think Jim might have said

474
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Speaker 3: this to you or I heard him say this somewhere,

475
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Speaker 3: is that his dad was at a training camp practice

476
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Speaker 3: and looked at him and said, I think JK looks

477
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Speaker 3: like the guy a couple of years ago before he

478
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Speaker 3: got injured. If you give Jim Harbaugh a top end

479
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Speaker 3: running back, because we know he's always gonna have a

480
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Speaker 3: good offensive lines, why he you know, everyone thought he

481
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Speaker 3: was nuts, like he's gonna take a wide receiver, Like, no, guys,

482
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Speaker 3: he's gonna take a offensive lineman. And then he calls

483
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Speaker 3: them skill positions. Their defense is always going to be solid.

484
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Speaker 3: Why one, he's just an elite hier like he hires

485
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Speaker 3: well so like and John does too. They hire good

486
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Speaker 3: defensive coaches, so their defense is gonna be well coached,

487
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Speaker 3: even if they're gonna be better personnel wise in a

488
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Speaker 3: couple of years. But like what he does translates, he

489
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Speaker 3: controls the line of scrimmage on offense, which even if

490
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Speaker 3: you have a way better offense than him, he keeps

491
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Speaker 3: you off the field, and that wasn't the case today.

492
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Speaker 3: But he can just run it down your throat. So

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Speaker 3: if he can run it down your throat, Jim Harbaugh

494
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Speaker 3: is a lock to win double digit games in college

495
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Speaker 3: or the Pros, and clearly the Broncos are not going

496
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Speaker 3: to be very good. I still think the raid one

497
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Speaker 3: advantage the Raiders had. The Ravens offensive line is not

498
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Speaker 3: good and the Raiders do have a good defensive line.

499
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Speaker 3: They were down ten in the fourth quarter and came

500
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Speaker 3: storm but it was an impressive win on the road.

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Speaker 1: It was.

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Speaker 3: But to me, the Ravens I got I got red flagged.

503
00:26:42,840 --> 00:26:45,320
Speaker 3: I mean, they got some weird stuff going on. But

504
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Speaker 3: I think Jim Harbaugh can finish second in this division

505
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Speaker 3: with ten or eleven wins and be in the playoffs. No,

506
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Speaker 3: I don't think he can beat the Chiefs. Their team

507
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Speaker 3: is not good enough maybe in an individual game.

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Speaker 1: Like but they are built to beat Kansas City.

509
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Speaker 3: Well, they're built to plan an ugly you know, twenty

510
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Speaker 3: three twenty game.

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Speaker 1: Yeah. Their time of possessions so far this season are

512
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Speaker 1: really impressive. And it's just it's it's it's funny because

513
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Speaker 1: just think about this. Six months ago, before the national

514
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Speaker 1: before the college football playoffs, seventy percent of fans and

515
00:27:18,640 --> 00:27:21,880
Speaker 1: media were still doubting Jim Harball. He was getting crushed.

516
00:27:21,920 --> 00:27:24,359
Speaker 1: He couldn't coach. In the Penn State game, he's overrated,

517
00:27:24,640 --> 00:27:29,000
Speaker 1: and now you look at him and you're like like, stop, stop, media, stop.

518
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Speaker 1: This guy is absolutely phenomenal. This team almost reminds me.

519
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Speaker 3: Well, he's not very but he's not even hateable anymore.

520
00:27:35,119 --> 00:27:37,280
Speaker 3: The way he carries himself, the way he interacts. He's

521
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Speaker 3: actually much more lovable now because he used to have

522
00:27:40,280 --> 00:27:44,080
Speaker 3: like this aggressive he was tough on the press, definitely publicly.

523
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Speaker 3: He could befriend him off, this version of Jim Harbaugh,

524
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Speaker 3: and I didn't fall him this closely like in Michigan

525
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Speaker 3: part of it. He was suspended a couple times last

526
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Speaker 3: year just in terms of his daily press conferences. He's

527
00:27:55,760 --> 00:27:58,440
Speaker 3: a new man. I mean he's I bet the Spanishes

528
00:27:58,440 --> 00:28:01,320
Speaker 3: are like God, this is incredible, the way he interacts,

529
00:28:01,359 --> 00:28:04,080
Speaker 3: how happy he is, I mean, he's just he feels

530
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Speaker 3: like a different person, maybe sixty now. Life's good. I

531
00:28:07,240 --> 00:28:11,280
Speaker 3: don't know southern California. He feels completely different, yeah, than

532
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Speaker 3: the guy at Stanford at the forty nine ers. And

533
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Speaker 3: I would say early on at Michigan, just his mannerisms,

534
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Speaker 3: his communication, just his just everyday demeanor.

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Speaker 1: I want to talk Rams Arizona. Listen to Rams. Don't

536
00:28:22,800 --> 00:28:25,280
Speaker 1: know any players I mean, they're just they're just Cooper

537
00:28:25,320 --> 00:28:27,440
Speaker 1: Cup was limped to day, Pooka is already out. Tyler

538
00:28:27,520 --> 00:28:33,000
Speaker 1: Higgsby's out. Let's talk Marvin Harrison and Kyler So, Marvin Harrison,

539
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Speaker 1: the best college receiver I ever saw was Randy Moss.

540
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Speaker 1: The second was Calvin Johnson. I think Marvin reminds me

541
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Speaker 1: a little of Calvin Johnson. Size, length, hatching, radius, hands.

542
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Speaker 1: He didn't run like Moss, either did Calvin, but you're

543
00:28:47,880 --> 00:28:53,040
Speaker 1: not going to catch him from behind. But now you know,

544
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Speaker 1: the first week Steve Kim told me he watched the

545
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Speaker 1: film on the tape and he said Marvin was nervous.

546
00:28:58,480 --> 00:29:02,360
Speaker 1: He was playing slow. He's not really a burner. But

547
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Speaker 1: in a league you saw it today with the Rams,

548
00:29:04,360 --> 00:29:09,720
Speaker 1: in a league that has a lack of corners, and

549
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Speaker 1: you know, with Kyler's ability to run, you have to

550
00:29:13,760 --> 00:29:16,560
Speaker 1: have a spy. He's going to get some one on

551
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Speaker 1: one man and they run the football well. So it's

552
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Speaker 1: like you start looking at Arizona and you're like, you know,

553
00:29:21,920 --> 00:29:25,040
Speaker 1: we watched Buffalo handle Miami. Buffalo is probably pretty good team.

554
00:29:25,480 --> 00:29:29,120
Speaker 1: They took a big lead on them. Harrison is I mean,

555
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Speaker 1: all of a sudden, they have two backs. Kyler had

556
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Speaker 1: his best game maybe as a pro. Marvin Harrison and

557
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Speaker 1: I will argue this. I think their coach is good

558
00:29:36,880 --> 00:29:38,240
Speaker 1: on his side of the ball. I think they play

559
00:29:38,280 --> 00:29:41,040
Speaker 1: their ass off defensively. What do you make of Arizona

560
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Speaker 1: and Tyler.

561
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Speaker 3: I don't know where Kyler ranks, you know, one through

562
00:29:46,560 --> 00:29:49,880
Speaker 3: twelve or whatever. He's probably closer ten through twelve than

563
00:29:49,920 --> 00:29:53,000
Speaker 3: he is three or four. But when he's on, there

564
00:29:53,040 --> 00:29:55,040
Speaker 3: can't there's a short list of players that you would

565
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Speaker 3: rather watch. Wow, he is as entertaining as they get.

566
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Speaker 3: Like what Deshaun Watson had has become like no one

567
00:30:01,080 --> 00:30:04,239
Speaker 3: wants to watch him. Kyler's the opposite. It was like,

568
00:30:04,640 --> 00:30:08,880
Speaker 3: this is awesome. He's always gonna have some limitations in

569
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Speaker 3: the pocket just because of height, but just a pure talent.

570
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Speaker 3: You know, you've been watching sports longer than me. He

571
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Speaker 3: has to be one of the great true blue chip

572
00:30:18,120 --> 00:30:21,000
Speaker 3: just talents in the history of sports. To have that

573
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Speaker 3: much capability to do the things he can do at

574
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Speaker 3: five foot nine. I mean his speed, his arm, strength,

575
00:30:27,960 --> 00:30:31,800
Speaker 3: his accuracy on the move. Obviously, Harrison's a really good player.

576
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Speaker 3: One thing I heard in the offseason when he got

577
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Speaker 3: drafted is the one transition part for Marvin Harrison was

578
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Speaker 3: gonna be the overwhelming majority of players he saw in

579
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Speaker 3: college these last couple of years were guys not NFL

580
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Speaker 3: corners for a lot of guys in the Big Ten.

581
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Speaker 3: And he came to the NFL and he's immediately facing

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Speaker 3: the first week the Bills. Rasuell Douglas. This guy's making

583
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Speaker 3: ten million dollars a year, probably has a couple kids

584
00:30:55,520 --> 00:30:57,320
Speaker 3: at home, drives a range row that lives in a mansion,

585
00:30:57,520 --> 00:31:00,680
Speaker 3: and he's trying to take your lunch. Yeh, Marvin, it

586
00:31:00,680 --> 00:31:03,640
Speaker 3: was gonna be a wake up moment. And today they

587
00:31:03,680 --> 00:31:06,080
Speaker 3: don't exactly have Jalen Ramsey out there anymore, so you

588
00:31:06,120 --> 00:31:09,040
Speaker 3: get a confidence he gets an early catch. I loved

589
00:31:09,160 --> 00:31:12,000
Speaker 3: from a gambling perspective, betting on Marvin Harrison whatever his

590
00:31:12,120 --> 00:31:14,880
Speaker 3: props were, because last week it was so like it

591
00:31:14,920 --> 00:31:16,520
Speaker 3: was such a big story. You knew they were going

592
00:31:16,600 --> 00:31:18,560
Speaker 3: to try to feed him the ball right to get

593
00:31:18,560 --> 00:31:21,040
Speaker 3: his confidence moving. They have a lot of talent, Like

594
00:31:21,080 --> 00:31:23,240
Speaker 3: if Kyler's just he doesn't need to play like today,

595
00:31:23,280 --> 00:31:25,960
Speaker 3: but if he's playing well, Trey McBride, if you just

596
00:31:25,960 --> 00:31:28,160
Speaker 3: did a draft from scratch, with GMS would be a

597
00:31:28,200 --> 00:31:32,680
Speaker 3: top five touch tight end. YEP, James Connor is a

598
00:31:32,760 --> 00:31:34,640
Speaker 3: running back no one talks about whenever I watched it.

599
00:31:34,800 --> 00:31:36,600
Speaker 3: Even last year, I got this guy could play on

600
00:31:36,600 --> 00:31:39,040
Speaker 3: my team, and he did yes, and like you said,

601
00:31:39,200 --> 00:31:43,520
Speaker 3: my buddies with Philly, I know the way it ended right. Defensively,

602
00:31:43,760 --> 00:31:46,600
Speaker 3: he got a lot of shit. Gannon. They love the

603
00:31:46,680 --> 00:31:49,440
Speaker 3: guy and they and I remember hearing like he might

604
00:31:49,480 --> 00:31:51,200
Speaker 3: be a better head coach than he was a pure

605
00:31:51,280 --> 00:31:53,640
Speaker 3: schematics guy, because how good he is with players, how

606
00:31:53,640 --> 00:31:55,200
Speaker 3: good of a leader he is, right the way he

607
00:31:55,240 --> 00:31:58,720
Speaker 3: carries himself. He's a really smart guy. I don't know

608
00:31:58,760 --> 00:32:01,520
Speaker 3: if they're a playoff team. The one thing with Kyler

609
00:32:01,640 --> 00:32:03,520
Speaker 3: is he can be a very up and down. He's

610
00:32:03,560 --> 00:32:07,640
Speaker 3: like a streaky get banged up exactly like he could

611
00:32:07,680 --> 00:32:09,680
Speaker 3: score thirty in the next game he scores five points

612
00:32:09,760 --> 00:32:14,040
Speaker 3: but liked. But when he's healthy, he is a He's

613
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Speaker 3: He's on a top five list of guys that would

614
00:32:16,800 --> 00:32:19,120
Speaker 3: keep defensive coordinators up throughout the week because he can

615
00:32:19,160 --> 00:32:19,800
Speaker 3: do stuff like that.

616
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Speaker 1: And like Minnesota, we may not love their overall roster,

617
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Speaker 1: but you look at Minnesota's offensive pieces and they don't

618
00:32:27,000 --> 00:32:31,880
Speaker 1: even have Jordan Addison yet It's like Minnesota's got left tackle, back,

619
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Speaker 1: tight end, two receivers, quarterback, coach, like they got dogs.

620
00:32:35,760 --> 00:32:39,920
Speaker 1: I mean Arizona McBride, the two backs, Marvin Harrison, they

621
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Speaker 1: had another kid make a nice catch in the back

622
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Speaker 1: of the end zones like Kyler. I. I just watched

623
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Speaker 1: them today and I'm like, I mean the two teams

624
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Speaker 1: in the league that I've watched and I've went Wow,

625
00:32:52,760 --> 00:32:56,080
Speaker 1: Saints and even though they're one and one, Arizona that

626
00:32:56,160 --> 00:33:06,400
Speaker 1: first half against Buffalo, Buffalo was on the ropes all right.

627
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Speaker 1: Time for Sharper Square, my buddy Chad Millman, CEO Action Network.

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Speaker 1: All of our odds provided by DraftKings. So I'm going

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Speaker 1: to start with one of my strongest plays. There's a

630
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Speaker 1: difference between struggling but competent and struggling the Bears plus

631
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Speaker 1: one and a half at the Colts. I had a

632
00:33:22,400 --> 00:33:24,520
Speaker 1: general manager this week in the league told me he

633
00:33:24,560 --> 00:33:28,200
Speaker 1: looked at Anthony Richardson's film and said, Colin is as

634
00:33:28,200 --> 00:33:30,960
Speaker 1: bad as anything I've ever seen from a starting quarterback.

635
00:33:31,680 --> 00:33:35,200
Speaker 1: Greg Cosell told Ross Tucker on his podcast, his quot

636
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Speaker 1: and he's not prone to hyperbolic statements. He's missing high

637
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Speaker 1: school throws badly. The Bears have been close. The Bears

638
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Speaker 1: have had moments. The Bears have a quarterback who is

639
00:33:48,280 --> 00:33:51,520
Speaker 1: a franchise quarterback. We don't know yet with Anthony Richardson.

640
00:33:51,560 --> 00:33:54,760
Speaker 1: If you're struggling with Shane Steichen to the point, can't

641
00:33:54,800 --> 00:33:58,720
Speaker 1: hit stuff in the flat, you know, once Keenan Allen

642
00:33:58,760 --> 00:34:01,240
Speaker 1: comes back, I think the Bears will be much better. Anyway.

643
00:34:01,280 --> 00:34:03,360
Speaker 1: I think Bears plus one and a half is the

644
00:34:03,400 --> 00:34:06,480
Speaker 1: play here against a wobbly Colts offense.

645
00:34:06,600 --> 00:34:09,640
Speaker 4: Sharper square, so it is the sharp side. The line

646
00:34:09,640 --> 00:34:13,400
Speaker 4: has moved in that direction right. It was started at two,

647
00:34:13,440 --> 00:34:15,160
Speaker 4: it's now down to one and a half. So the

648
00:34:15,200 --> 00:34:20,080
Speaker 4: wise guys have been coming in on the Bears. For me, personally,

649
00:34:21,160 --> 00:34:24,000
Speaker 4: it's not going to be a spot. Everyone I've talked

650
00:34:24,040 --> 00:34:29,480
Speaker 4: to clear division on this, not because of the Bears

651
00:34:29,520 --> 00:34:33,040
Speaker 4: and not because of Anthony Richardson, but because of the

652
00:34:33,080 --> 00:34:36,760
Speaker 4: spot for the Bears and the spot for the Colts.

653
00:34:37,280 --> 00:34:40,920
Speaker 4: Anthony Richardson at home has been better than Anthony Richardson

654
00:34:41,480 --> 00:34:48,600
Speaker 4: on the road. True, the Colts got smacked by the

655
00:34:48,640 --> 00:34:51,920
Speaker 4: Packers and their run game. Everybody knew that's what they

656
00:34:51,920 --> 00:34:54,000
Speaker 4: were going to do, and everybody knows that's what the

657
00:34:54,040 --> 00:34:57,560
Speaker 4: Colts cannot stop. The Bears don't have a run game

658
00:34:58,040 --> 00:35:02,720
Speaker 4: at all. And the Bears defense, meanwhile, they are great

659
00:35:03,080 --> 00:35:05,160
Speaker 4: in pass coverage, they are great rush in the past

660
00:35:05,200 --> 00:35:07,680
Speaker 4: or top five in both according to Pro Football Focus,

661
00:35:08,000 --> 00:35:10,640
Speaker 4: they are terrible against the run, and that is what

662
00:35:10,680 --> 00:35:13,279
Speaker 4: the Colts will need to do in order to win

663
00:35:13,320 --> 00:35:16,719
Speaker 4: this game. And by the way, they are desperate for

664
00:35:16,760 --> 00:35:18,920
Speaker 4: a win right now. I do think that Shane Steichen

665
00:35:19,000 --> 00:35:21,120
Speaker 4: is a better coach than Mattybrifus. I do think that

666
00:35:21,120 --> 00:35:23,239
Speaker 4: what he can draw up for Anthony Richardson is better

667
00:35:23,280 --> 00:35:26,000
Speaker 4: than what the Bears can draw up for Caleb Williams

668
00:35:26,080 --> 00:35:29,400
Speaker 4: right now. So it's a very tricky game. The wise

669
00:35:29,400 --> 00:35:31,920
Speaker 4: guys took the two. It's down to one and a half.

670
00:35:32,400 --> 00:35:37,759
Speaker 4: You're sharp, but it's not like there's a boatload of

671
00:35:37,840 --> 00:35:40,200
Speaker 4: confidence on this sharp play.

672
00:35:40,440 --> 00:35:43,920
Speaker 1: We talk about regression of the mean. I love Sam Darnold,

673
00:35:43,920 --> 00:35:46,800
Speaker 1: but I do not believe he's an MVP of this league.

674
00:35:46,960 --> 00:35:49,560
Speaker 1: The Texans only have to give up two. They are

675
00:35:49,600 --> 00:35:52,200
Speaker 1: two to zero and haven't played particularly well. They're a

676
00:35:52,239 --> 00:35:55,600
Speaker 1: young team. Young teams tend to get better. I'm gonna

677
00:35:55,600 --> 00:35:58,240
Speaker 1: take Texans minus two. The Vikings slow down a little

678
00:35:58,320 --> 00:36:02,080
Speaker 1: at some point. No Jordan Addison, TJ. Hawkins and banged up.

679
00:36:02,280 --> 00:36:03,440
Speaker 1: They'll pay a price for that.

680
00:36:03,520 --> 00:36:06,640
Speaker 4: Sharper square Yeah, and this one you're totally square. Like

681
00:36:06,680 --> 00:36:10,960
Speaker 4: the Wise guys have been all over the Vikings in

682
00:36:11,080 --> 00:36:14,360
Speaker 4: this game. It's moved off of a key number. I

683
00:36:14,400 --> 00:36:17,080
Speaker 4: think they've been really impressed with what Brian Flores has

684
00:36:17,120 --> 00:36:22,200
Speaker 4: done Defensively. CJ. Stroud has not been as good on

685
00:36:22,239 --> 00:36:24,080
Speaker 4: the road as he has been at home. We even

686
00:36:24,120 --> 00:36:26,560
Speaker 4: saw it in some of the struggles that he had

687
00:36:26,600 --> 00:36:29,640
Speaker 4: in Week one with against the Colts where they needed

688
00:36:29,800 --> 00:36:33,640
Speaker 4: some help covering that game. So I think the challenge

689
00:36:33,680 --> 00:36:37,960
Speaker 4: here is people are trying to figure out is Sam

690
00:36:38,040 --> 00:36:41,160
Speaker 4: Darnold for real? And I have been saying this for

691
00:36:41,200 --> 00:36:43,880
Speaker 4: about a year. I don't think Kevin O'Connell is getting

692
00:36:43,960 --> 00:36:47,040
Speaker 4: enough credit as a being a really good coach. You know,

693
00:36:47,120 --> 00:36:50,680
Speaker 4: we go back two years three years when he and

694
00:36:50,760 --> 00:36:53,839
Speaker 4: Dayball were both rookie head coaches. Day Ball gets all

695
00:36:53,880 --> 00:36:57,239
Speaker 4: the credit for being a great coach. He wins Coach

696
00:36:57,280 --> 00:36:59,080
Speaker 4: of the Year. He goes on the road to Minnesota

697
00:36:59,080 --> 00:37:03,319
Speaker 4: they beat Kirk Cousins in the playoffs at Minnesota. Kevin

698
00:37:03,360 --> 00:37:05,319
Speaker 4: O'Connell sort of has looked at as well, why didn't

699
00:37:05,360 --> 00:37:07,719
Speaker 4: he be Brian Dabill. Brian dabel might be better. And

700
00:37:07,760 --> 00:37:11,360
Speaker 4: then last year Kevin O'Connell has these quarterbacks that he

701
00:37:11,440 --> 00:37:14,239
Speaker 4: is rotating in and out after Kirk Cousins gets hurt

702
00:37:14,440 --> 00:37:18,880
Speaker 4: and keeps this team in contention for the playoffs. Now,

703
00:37:18,920 --> 00:37:20,640
Speaker 4: all of a sudden, he's got Sam Darnold, and this

704
00:37:20,680 --> 00:37:23,640
Speaker 4: guy has looked all world the first two games. You

705
00:37:23,760 --> 00:37:26,040
Speaker 4: got to give a lot of credit to Kevin O'Connell here,

706
00:37:26,040 --> 00:37:29,720
Speaker 4: which is another reason why the wise guys are backing

707
00:37:29,920 --> 00:37:30,520
Speaker 4: the Vikings.

708
00:37:30,680 --> 00:37:32,840
Speaker 1: I had a rant today, if you look, we always

709
00:37:32,920 --> 00:37:35,439
Speaker 1: think quarterbacks are the most valuable people in the league,

710
00:37:35,480 --> 00:37:38,799
Speaker 1: and they are. After that, I always thought Christian McCaffrey

711
00:37:38,840 --> 00:37:42,200
Speaker 1: and TJ. Watt felt like they really helped their teams

712
00:37:42,239 --> 00:37:46,000
Speaker 1: win numbers. However, this morning presented to me about AJ

713
00:37:46,120 --> 00:37:50,280
Speaker 1: Brown are stark. Jalen Hurts wins at a Mahomes level

714
00:37:50,360 --> 00:37:53,960
Speaker 1: with him, on Mahomes level twenty eight to eight. Without him,

715
00:37:54,360 --> 00:37:57,839
Speaker 1: he's a slightly better version than justin fields. AJ Brown

716
00:37:57,920 --> 00:38:01,720
Speaker 1: is out the Saints are for real. It's a coordinator story.

717
00:38:02,680 --> 00:38:07,080
Speaker 1: Philadelphia is on a short week. I do not trust

718
00:38:07,239 --> 00:38:10,040
Speaker 1: the back end of that defense in a close game.

719
00:38:10,160 --> 00:38:12,920
Speaker 1: I just don't. I think Kirk Cousins. I mean, it

720
00:38:13,040 --> 00:38:18,480
Speaker 1: was honestly looked. It looked so easy and remedial for Atlanta.

721
00:38:20,000 --> 00:38:21,879
Speaker 1: I would swallow the two and a half and take

722
00:38:21,920 --> 00:38:23,160
Speaker 1: the Saint sharper.

723
00:38:22,760 --> 00:38:25,160
Speaker 4: Square well, not a two and a half. It's not

724
00:38:25,320 --> 00:38:28,040
Speaker 4: very sharp at all. And we've talked about this. There's

725
00:38:28,080 --> 00:38:32,680
Speaker 4: an old axiom embedding you gotta get the best of

726
00:38:32,719 --> 00:38:37,080
Speaker 4: the number. You are not getting even close to the

727
00:38:37,120 --> 00:38:39,800
Speaker 4: best of the number right now. In fact, you're getting

728
00:38:39,840 --> 00:38:43,920
Speaker 4: the absolute worst of the number. You could have had

729
00:38:43,960 --> 00:38:47,640
Speaker 4: the Saints at plus two and a half plus three

730
00:38:48,400 --> 00:38:52,200
Speaker 4: on Sunday night. There's basically been a six point swing

731
00:38:53,080 --> 00:38:57,120
Speaker 4: in this game. So there's a couple factors here. Number one,

732
00:38:57,880 --> 00:39:02,040
Speaker 4: you're going to get the Saints who are way way overhyped.

733
00:39:02,600 --> 00:39:06,960
Speaker 4: So much inflation on the Saints right now. But you're

734
00:39:07,000 --> 00:39:11,640
Speaker 4: also getting a team when the numbers flip, when a

735
00:39:11,680 --> 00:39:16,600
Speaker 4: team goes from an underdog to a favorite, historically, the

736
00:39:16,800 --> 00:39:20,960
Speaker 4: new underdog is going to cover about a fifty five

737
00:39:20,960 --> 00:39:25,960
Speaker 4: to fifty six clip, so that the percentages are better

738
00:39:26,560 --> 00:39:30,319
Speaker 4: betting the Eagles right now, despite what you're seeing on

739
00:39:30,360 --> 00:39:30,760
Speaker 4: the field.

740
00:39:32,000 --> 00:39:34,239
Speaker 1: So the Broncos have had a tough open on the

741
00:39:34,320 --> 00:39:37,359
Speaker 1: road for a rookie against Mike McDonald's defense and maybe

742
00:39:37,360 --> 00:39:39,600
Speaker 1: the loudest stadium in the league. And then they face

743
00:39:39,680 --> 00:39:42,520
Speaker 1: the Steelers, maybe the best defense in the league Tampa.

744
00:39:42,640 --> 00:39:45,399
Speaker 1: Now they're getting six and a half. Tampa's beat up

745
00:39:45,520 --> 00:39:50,000
Speaker 1: via VIA's out six and a half. I mean, for

746
00:39:50,480 --> 00:39:52,440
Speaker 1: you know, Sean wants to win these games. These are

747
00:39:52,480 --> 00:39:54,360
Speaker 1: the richest owners in the league. It'd be great to

748
00:39:54,360 --> 00:39:57,080
Speaker 1: get a year to go three and fourteen, but he

749
00:39:57,160 --> 00:40:00,640
Speaker 1: needs some ws. This number just seems off to me.

750
00:40:00,840 --> 00:40:02,600
Speaker 1: I'm going to take the Broncos plus six and a

751
00:40:02,640 --> 00:40:04,480
Speaker 1: half against the Buck Sharper square.

752
00:40:05,080 --> 00:40:09,239
Speaker 4: Naw, you're walking into it's a field of knives. It's

753
00:40:09,280 --> 00:40:13,400
Speaker 4: so sharp. Colin, you better watch yourself, because, yeah, the

754
00:40:13,440 --> 00:40:17,239
Speaker 4: Broncos are the side here. And we have this thing

755
00:40:17,280 --> 00:40:19,279
Speaker 4: called the luck Rankings. I've talked about it on the

756
00:40:19,320 --> 00:40:24,439
Speaker 4: show before. It basically gives you indicators of if all

757
00:40:24,520 --> 00:40:28,600
Speaker 4: things were being equal and you took out sort of turnovers,

758
00:40:28,840 --> 00:40:32,440
Speaker 4: fourth down conversions, lack of ability in the red zone.

759
00:40:33,239 --> 00:40:37,799
Speaker 4: The Bucks are the luckiest team in the NFL. The

760
00:40:37,800 --> 00:40:41,640
Speaker 4: Broncos are one of the least lucky teams in the NFL,

761
00:40:41,920 --> 00:40:46,000
Speaker 4: and the Broncos have also faced some pretty good defenses

762
00:40:46,160 --> 00:40:48,200
Speaker 4: up to this point. A lot of people are going

763
00:40:48,280 --> 00:40:52,080
Speaker 4: to look bad against the Steelers defense, right the Bucks.

764
00:40:52,360 --> 00:40:55,600
Speaker 4: You look at that Lions game. Sure, they beat the

765
00:40:55,640 --> 00:40:58,920
Speaker 4: Lions at home. The Lions were one for seven with

766
00:40:59,040 --> 00:41:05,440
Speaker 4: touchdowns in the red zone. They aggressively outgained the Bucks

767
00:41:05,640 --> 00:41:09,479
Speaker 4: in yardage yards per play. Jared Goff had a terrible game,

768
00:41:09,480 --> 00:41:11,000
Speaker 4: but he was still moving the ball up and down

769
00:41:11,000 --> 00:41:13,120
Speaker 4: the field. He just couldn't get it in the end zone.

770
00:41:13,200 --> 00:41:17,000
Speaker 4: So you combine the challenges that the Bucks have defensively

771
00:41:17,040 --> 00:41:20,120
Speaker 4: with their injuries, with some of the factors that have

772
00:41:20,239 --> 00:41:23,279
Speaker 4: inflated this line. Because the Bucks have looked good while

773
00:41:23,280 --> 00:41:26,000
Speaker 4: also looking a little bit lucky, and that's why you

774
00:41:26,040 --> 00:41:28,240
Speaker 4: get a wise guy play on the Broncos.

775
00:41:28,719 --> 00:41:32,680
Speaker 1: I like the Ravens against the Cowboys. You could say, well,

776
00:41:33,040 --> 00:41:36,960
Speaker 1: Dallas was humiliated losing to the Raiders at home. Baltimore

777
00:41:37,040 --> 00:41:40,239
Speaker 1: was humiliated. There are a lot of similarities with Dak

778
00:41:40,480 --> 00:41:44,960
Speaker 1: and Lamar. They both have Super Bowl winning coaches, highly compensated,

779
00:41:45,080 --> 00:41:49,640
Speaker 1: high profile, they win their division multiple times. The difference

780
00:41:49,719 --> 00:41:52,600
Speaker 1: is Lamar is really good against good teams in the

781
00:41:52,640 --> 00:41:55,279
Speaker 1: AFC against playoff teams in his career, He's nineteen and

782
00:41:55,360 --> 00:41:59,320
Speaker 1: fourteen DAK and his career against the weaker conference against

783
00:41:59,320 --> 00:42:05,160
Speaker 1: playoff teams is well below fifty percent. In fact, forty

784
00:42:05,160 --> 00:42:08,160
Speaker 1: percent of Dak's wins in his career this is remarkable,

785
00:42:08,280 --> 00:42:11,600
Speaker 1: are against the Giants in Washington, He's twenty three and four.

786
00:42:12,800 --> 00:42:15,920
Speaker 1: In these big games, it's gonna come down to two

787
00:42:16,040 --> 00:42:21,680
Speaker 1: component coaches. Both throsters have holes. I like Lamar in

788
00:42:21,719 --> 00:42:24,960
Speaker 1: spots like this, not Dak and Mike McCarthy Sharper square.

789
00:42:27,239 --> 00:42:29,640
Speaker 4: This is a tough one. Like this line has been

790
00:42:29,680 --> 00:42:32,920
Speaker 4: bouncing around telling you that there's money come in on

791
00:42:32,960 --> 00:42:35,160
Speaker 4: the Ravens and then there's money come in on the Cowboys.

792
00:42:35,200 --> 00:42:38,480
Speaker 4: I can't give you a consensus. There is no consensus.

793
00:42:38,520 --> 00:42:41,279
Speaker 4: If I looked at Action Network right now and we

794
00:42:41,400 --> 00:42:44,960
Speaker 4: have the split of number of tickets, like the amount

795
00:42:44,960 --> 00:42:47,359
Speaker 4: of bets on a game and the amount of money

796
00:42:47,360 --> 00:42:50,239
Speaker 4: on a game, you would see fifty to fifty to

797
00:42:50,239 --> 00:42:53,200
Speaker 4: fifty to fifty. Like it is completely down the middle,

798
00:42:53,320 --> 00:42:55,920
Speaker 4: and that's why that's why the game is lined at

799
00:42:56,000 --> 00:42:58,960
Speaker 4: Ravens minus one. Everything you said about Lamar is true.

800
00:42:58,960 --> 00:42:59,160
Speaker 3: Also.

801
00:42:59,200 --> 00:43:01,680
Speaker 4: I think against the na he is something like twenty

802
00:43:01,880 --> 00:43:06,200
Speaker 4: one something like that, Like he's he's great in this spot.

803
00:43:06,239 --> 00:43:09,120
Speaker 4: There's no doubt about it. I think you got two

804
00:43:09,200 --> 00:43:14,960
Speaker 4: teams that are suffering from massive identity crises right now. Defensively,

805
00:43:15,440 --> 00:43:18,520
Speaker 4: the Ravens kind of don't know who they are, you know,

806
00:43:18,880 --> 00:43:24,720
Speaker 4: without Mike McDaniels, without I mean Mike McDonald without Patrick Queen.

807
00:43:25,320 --> 00:43:29,440
Speaker 4: Their secondary isn't as good as it was last year.

808
00:43:29,920 --> 00:43:33,000
Speaker 4: They're struggling with their offensive line. Their run game, even

809
00:43:33,000 --> 00:43:38,400
Speaker 4: with Derrick Henry is ish. The Cowboys backfield offensive backfield

810
00:43:38,840 --> 00:43:41,520
Speaker 4: might be one of the worst in the league. Ceedee

811
00:43:41,600 --> 00:43:44,560
Speaker 4: Lamb banged up, has a bad ankle. What are the

812
00:43:44,600 --> 00:43:48,239
Speaker 4: options if you don't have Ceedee Lamb? Their defense is

813
00:43:48,440 --> 00:43:51,719
Speaker 4: has no depth. Micah Parsons is talking about he felt

814
00:43:51,760 --> 00:43:56,280
Speaker 4: like he was in a maze against the Saints, like,

815
00:43:56,280 --> 00:43:58,319
Speaker 4: like it's a fun game to watch. Why do you

816
00:43:58,360 --> 00:44:00,239
Speaker 4: have to have an opinion on it? You know what

817
00:44:00,280 --> 00:44:02,919
Speaker 4: I mean? It's just hard one to It's a really

818
00:44:03,000 --> 00:44:04,000
Speaker 4: hard one to handicap.

819
00:44:04,200 --> 00:44:05,399
Speaker 1: All right, give me one more.

820
00:44:06,360 --> 00:44:09,200
Speaker 4: All right. So we talked about Minnesota, we talked about

821
00:44:09,239 --> 00:44:11,880
Speaker 4: the Jacks, we talked about Atlanta. We mentioned the Titans

822
00:44:11,880 --> 00:44:18,160
Speaker 4: and the Broncos. There's two games. They're so gross, Colin

823
00:44:18,320 --> 00:44:21,520
Speaker 4: like I hesitate to do it. The wise guys love

824
00:44:21,560 --> 00:44:25,480
Speaker 4: the Panthers. This, Oh god, I know nobody wants to

825
00:44:25,480 --> 00:44:28,919
Speaker 4: talk about it. This is the corner TV game. I'm

826
00:44:28,920 --> 00:44:31,279
Speaker 4: not even gonna go into why. I'm just telling you

827
00:44:31,320 --> 00:44:33,920
Speaker 4: they have been betting on the Panthers. Like the line

828
00:44:34,000 --> 00:44:36,959
Speaker 4: moved from seven to five and a half as soon

829
00:44:37,000 --> 00:44:40,719
Speaker 4: as Andy Dalton was announced as the starter. It has

830
00:44:40,800 --> 00:44:43,440
Speaker 4: now moved down to five. There's a lot of reasons

831
00:44:43,960 --> 00:44:48,200
Speaker 4: to like Andy Dalton as the starter over Bryce Young,

832
00:44:48,400 --> 00:44:50,000
Speaker 4: and there's a lot of reasons to now want to

833
00:44:50,000 --> 00:44:53,600
Speaker 4: play the Panthers. Their offensive line has been playing great.

834
00:44:54,080 --> 00:44:55,840
Speaker 4: The challenge for them has been Bryce Young is just

835
00:44:55,880 --> 00:44:59,520
Speaker 4: so inaccurate. So can you get better offensive production of

836
00:44:59,560 --> 00:45:03,440
Speaker 4: Andy Dalton? Yes? Are you going against a team that

837
00:45:03,680 --> 00:45:07,200
Speaker 4: actually isn't playing as well as the scores would indicate. Yes.

838
00:45:07,600 --> 00:45:11,000
Speaker 4: Will the defense for the Panthers potentially improve if the

839
00:45:11,000 --> 00:45:14,600
Speaker 4: field position is better because they're getting better opportunities to

840
00:45:14,640 --> 00:45:16,600
Speaker 4: move the ball down the field. They are at least

841
00:45:16,600 --> 00:45:18,960
Speaker 4: close to their own fifties, so they can punt it,

842
00:45:19,320 --> 00:45:22,040
Speaker 4: you know, and get it further into the opponent's end

843
00:45:22,080 --> 00:45:24,799
Speaker 4: of the field, because I think the opponent's starting field

844
00:45:24,840 --> 00:45:27,399
Speaker 4: position for the Panthers has been at there at the

845
00:45:27,400 --> 00:45:30,080
Speaker 4: thirty nine yard line. Just hard to win games. It's

846
00:45:30,080 --> 00:45:33,080
Speaker 4: hard to defend when that's the case. So they're on

847
00:45:33,120 --> 00:45:36,719
Speaker 4: the Panthers. I won't I won't try to convince you.

848
00:45:36,840 --> 00:45:39,600
Speaker 4: They're also on the Giants, and I guess that.

849
00:45:39,840 --> 00:45:40,040
Speaker 3: Yeah.

850
00:45:40,040 --> 00:45:42,160
Speaker 1: I mean, Daniel Jones was actually pretty solid.

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Speaker 4: They like the Giants. They're just not sold on to

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Speaker 4: Sean Watson at all, and the Browns still have some

853
00:45:50,080 --> 00:45:54,440
Speaker 4: injury questions on the offensive line. The Giant strength is

854
00:45:54,440 --> 00:45:58,480
Speaker 4: the interior of their defensive line, best interior defensive lineman

855
00:45:58,520 --> 00:46:01,920
Speaker 4: in the NFL. So there is some sentiment that the

856
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Speaker 4: Giants are the right side. And you know, I feel bad,

857
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Speaker 4: I'm just giving you gross, disgusting things to think about,

858
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Speaker 4: but we're getting to that point of this season.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, there's no way I can. I'm just staying away

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Speaker 1: from the Packers. I stayed away during the Colts game.

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Speaker 1: I'm staying away during the Will Levis, who is in

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Speaker 1: the bad Judgment Hall of Fame. I'm just I'm not

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Speaker 1: touched in the Packers until everybody is healthy, but sharper

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Speaker 1: square all odds provided by DraftKings. Good stuff, my friend.

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Speaker 4: How great was that Brian Callahan video of him just

866
00:46:31,160 --> 00:46:34,400
Speaker 4: losing it and then actually just owning it well the

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Speaker 4: next day in the press ConfL okay.

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Speaker 1: So that's my theory is that if you look at

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Speaker 1: coaches with young quarterbacks, even when they're awful, they're almost

870
00:46:43,960 --> 00:46:49,560
Speaker 1: apologetic and defend their young quarterbacks. Why is Callahan shredded

871
00:46:49,600 --> 00:46:55,440
Speaker 1: him twice publicly? He doesn't like him, He's trying to

872
00:46:55,520 --> 00:46:58,440
Speaker 1: humble him. And this is my knock. I've told the story.

873
00:46:58,600 --> 00:47:03,640
Speaker 1: I called an NFL coach who I have a relationship with,

874
00:47:04,239 --> 00:47:06,920
Speaker 1: and he asked me about all the quarterbacks and I said,

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00:47:07,440 --> 00:47:12,920
Speaker 1: Will Levis the gun show. I said, that's just bad judgment.

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Speaker 1: And I said he showed bad judgment in college. He

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Speaker 1: makes really bad throws. I said, he's got a little

878
00:47:19,280 --> 00:47:24,680
Speaker 1: hitch in his swing. He will not manage Will's about Will.

879
00:47:24,800 --> 00:47:29,479
Speaker 1: He will not manage a game. He plays hero ball.

880
00:47:29,560 --> 00:47:34,080
Speaker 1: And I said Brady managed. Mahomes manages about eighty percent

881
00:47:34,120 --> 00:47:37,120
Speaker 1: of this game is we've got a lead, get out

882
00:47:37,120 --> 00:47:39,359
Speaker 1: of here. Let's get on the plane and get back home.

883
00:47:40,200 --> 00:47:44,960
Speaker 1: Bryant Callahan is trying to humble Will Levis, and you

884
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Speaker 1: do that when your quarterback isn't humble. Because most of

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Speaker 1: these pro athletes that I've dealt with, these young quarterbacks

886
00:47:51,360 --> 00:47:56,080
Speaker 1: strong dads, coached hard. They've been in a very disciplined

887
00:47:56,160 --> 00:47:59,040
Speaker 1: quarterback lifestyle since they were nine years old. Most of

888
00:47:59,080 --> 00:48:01,720
Speaker 1: these kids come in hum as hell. Even the talented ones.

889
00:48:02,160 --> 00:48:04,280
Speaker 1: You know, their dad was often like a pro athlete.

890
00:48:04,320 --> 00:48:06,120
Speaker 1: They know the game. When they come into the NFL,

891
00:48:06,120 --> 00:48:07,960
Speaker 1: you're gonna get coached hard. You got to practice hard,

892
00:48:08,000 --> 00:48:11,400
Speaker 1: you gotta work hard. And so I think most coaches

893
00:48:11,520 --> 00:48:13,480
Speaker 1: feel kind of lucky when they get these young quarterbacks.

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00:48:13,520 --> 00:48:15,880
Speaker 1: I mean, cee J. Stroud had a success, Lamar Jackson

895
00:48:15,920 --> 00:48:20,040
Speaker 1: had success. Lamar is an incredibly humble guy. Herbert's incredibly humble.

896
00:48:20,200 --> 00:48:23,480
Speaker 1: For as big a story as Mahomes is, for a

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00:48:23,560 --> 00:48:29,239
Speaker 1: coach to rip somebody publicly, he doesn't like him, it's

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00:48:29,320 --> 00:48:31,840
Speaker 1: personal to me. That feels very personal.

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Speaker 4: That's the most obvious thing ever, that he doesn't like him.

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Speaker 4: Here's what's challenging. If you want to be an NFL coach,

901
00:48:39,480 --> 00:48:41,880
Speaker 4: there's only so many jobs. You can always ask yourself,

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00:48:41,880 --> 00:48:45,759
Speaker 4: why does Dave Canalis take the Panther's job. You don't

903
00:48:45,800 --> 00:48:49,880
Speaker 4: have to be an NFL coach and study every second

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Speaker 4: of the all twenty two of every play that Bryce

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Speaker 4: Young played to know that he wasn't going to be

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Speaker 4: the guy. Kudos to him for dumping them and benching

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00:48:58,600 --> 00:49:01,040
Speaker 4: him and deciding, okay, we got to chance. I like

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00:49:01,080 --> 00:49:02,959
Speaker 4: what I'm seeing. That's what that says. By the way,

909
00:49:03,160 --> 00:49:06,680
Speaker 4: I'm not flipping to canals, but there's a connection here.

910
00:49:07,719 --> 00:49:11,040
Speaker 4: When he benches Bryce Young two games ind of the season,

911
00:49:11,440 --> 00:49:14,719
Speaker 4: what he's seeing on film is the offensive line is

912
00:49:14,760 --> 00:49:18,360
Speaker 4: playing great. Receivers are getting open when they're not so

913
00:49:18,480 --> 00:49:22,520
Speaker 4: discouraged they don't run their roots. We've got a chance

914
00:49:22,600 --> 00:49:26,279
Speaker 4: to be a better team if we get this guy

915
00:49:26,320 --> 00:49:28,480
Speaker 4: out and give everybody else a little bit more confidence.

916
00:49:30,040 --> 00:49:33,960
Speaker 4: But between him and Calaham, you're stuck because you have

917
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Speaker 4: to take an NFL job if you want to be

918
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Speaker 4: a head coach, and you know, if you're getting that job,

919
00:49:38,600 --> 00:49:41,719
Speaker 4: you probably have a crappy quarterback and there's nothing you

920
00:49:41,760 --> 00:49:44,600
Speaker 4: can do about it. So like you're in like the

921
00:49:44,640 --> 00:49:46,759
Speaker 4: weirdest rock in a hard place because you're getting your

922
00:49:46,840 --> 00:49:48,680
Speaker 4: dream job and you don't even know if you can

923
00:49:48,719 --> 00:49:52,839
Speaker 4: succeed because the guy who is quarterback in the team

924
00:49:53,800 --> 00:49:55,960
Speaker 4: just can't get it done. You're not getting that job

925
00:49:56,040 --> 00:49:58,279
Speaker 4: unless there's a quarterback. Well, you can't get it done.

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Speaker 1: And Canalis was a hot coach was Ben Johnson. Ben

927
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Speaker 1: Johnson said, no, I'm not going to take it. And

928
00:50:03,040 --> 00:50:06,799
Speaker 1: Detroit has looked like a little off center. So the

929
00:50:06,840 --> 00:50:09,320
Speaker 1: old saying strike when the iron hot, Strike when the

930
00:50:09,320 --> 00:50:12,239
Speaker 1: iron's hot. Ben Johnson was hot. He doesn't take a job.

931
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Speaker 1: You come back this year and are like Jared Goff

932
00:50:14,400 --> 00:50:16,919
Speaker 1: doesn't look as good. So I mean this seat, it's

933
00:50:16,960 --> 00:50:21,040
Speaker 1: all situational and seasonal these yeah, I mean even defenses.

934
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Speaker 1: Great defenses disappear the next year because defensive players get

935
00:50:24,920 --> 00:50:27,360
Speaker 1: hurt more often, and so you can have a great defense.

936
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Speaker 1: The Jets had a great defense last year. You look

937
00:50:29,520 --> 00:50:32,600
Speaker 1: at this year or like they don't tackle well, they're

938
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Speaker 1: bad in space like Saula's defense, and now they're injury riddle. CJ. Mosley,

939
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Speaker 1: the guy who's calling plays so it's like when you're

940
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Speaker 1: an assistant like Canalis, you say, why would you take

941
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Speaker 1: that job? Because if Baker Mayfield had a crappy year

942
00:50:46,000 --> 00:50:48,440
Speaker 1: this year, then you're not doing a prospect.

943
00:50:48,960 --> 00:50:50,640
Speaker 4: Yeah it's true.

944
00:50:50,719 --> 00:50:51,360
Speaker 1: Yeah, it's so.

945
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Speaker 4: It's so difficult. We're going to hand you the best

946
00:50:54,080 --> 00:50:57,320
Speaker 4: job in the world, but by the way, you're also

947
00:50:57,360 --> 00:50:59,680
Speaker 4: going to have to manage the worst quarterback in the

948
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Speaker 4: enif with.

949
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Speaker 1: The most impulsive owner. Oh my god, I'm not so

950
00:51:05,520 --> 00:51:07,680
Speaker 1: sure he didn't make the call on Brychheng. To be

951
00:51:07,719 --> 00:51:08,319
Speaker 1: honest with you.

952
00:51:10,560 --> 00:51:14,600
Speaker 4: It would It would be true to form right. Everything

953
00:51:14,640 --> 00:51:17,160
Speaker 4: we've heard is that Bryce Young was not the guy

954
00:51:17,200 --> 00:51:21,520
Speaker 4: they wanted to draft, but the owner made them draft him.

955
00:51:22,760 --> 00:51:25,239
Speaker 4: He has not been a guy who has had a

956
00:51:25,280 --> 00:51:30,000
Speaker 4: great reputation amongst fans and people in the media so

957
00:51:30,200 --> 00:51:35,840
Speaker 4: far during his reign. If it's funny you mentioned that,

958
00:51:36,760 --> 00:51:38,480
Speaker 4: because when I heard that he was being benched, I

959
00:51:38,520 --> 00:51:42,799
Speaker 4: thought that is a ballsy move from a brand new

960
00:51:42,880 --> 00:51:45,840
Speaker 4: coach with an owner who was known to have strong

961
00:51:45,920 --> 00:51:49,360
Speaker 4: opinions and medal. It didn't even occur to me that

962
00:51:49,400 --> 00:51:50,759
Speaker 4: he would have pulled the trigger on that.

963
00:51:52,840 --> 00:51:57,839
Speaker 1: It feels too strong, impulsive and decisive for a young

964
00:51:57,920 --> 00:52:02,120
Speaker 1: coach known as a quarterback whisper to bail and go

965
00:52:02,200 --> 00:52:05,440
Speaker 1: to an old past his prime, Andy Dalton, It doesn't

966
00:52:05,440 --> 00:52:07,360
Speaker 1: feel like the movie you'd make. You'd make that in

967
00:52:07,440 --> 00:52:11,320
Speaker 1: week six or seven, maybe near the trade deadline. Dangle

968
00:52:11,440 --> 00:52:15,919
Speaker 1: Bryce Young is a trade piece. Week two. You lost

969
00:52:15,960 --> 00:52:19,160
Speaker 1: to the Chargers. They look excellent. You lost to Jim Harbaugh.

970
00:52:19,239 --> 00:52:23,719
Speaker 4: It's okay, See Colin, this is why you are a

971
00:52:23,960 --> 00:52:30,279
Speaker 4: savvy inside media player. You think the next level. I'm

972
00:52:30,320 --> 00:52:33,040
Speaker 4: just a guy sitting in my office in West Hartford

973
00:52:33,520 --> 00:52:35,200
Speaker 4: trying to figure it all out, and I just thought,

974
00:52:35,400 --> 00:52:38,200
Speaker 4: good for day Canalis. Good did he decide to bench

975
00:52:38,239 --> 00:52:38,680
Speaker 4: this guy?

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00:52:39,000 --> 00:52:43,600
Speaker 1: I like his courage hard. It's easy to have courage

977
00:52:43,600 --> 00:52:47,480
Speaker 1: when the owner says bench that guy exactly.

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Speaker 4: All right, my man, all right, brother, I'll see you later.

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Speaker 3: The volume.

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