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Speaker 1: For the two hundred and thirteenth time in NFL history

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Speaker 1: and just the third time in playoff history. The Packers

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Speaker 1: the ultimate rubber match in the NFL's most played series

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Speaker 1: and how. Stacy DALs joins us from Chicago tonight. This

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Speaker 1: sets the scene on a showdown at Soldier Field on

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Speaker 1: Monday night. These Steelers are back on the field for

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Speaker 1: some kicking follies sent Pittsford to the playoffs. Austin joins

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Speaker 1: us tonight for a really fun conversation this guessing name

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Speaker 1: wild Card clash with the Texans. The stars are all

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Speaker 1: out on wild Card weekend. Matthew Stafford, Bryce Young, Trevor Lawrence,

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Speaker 1: Josh Allen, Adam Rank. Four of those guys will be

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Speaker 1: slinging the rock over the next three days. One will

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Speaker 1: be slinging some predictions tonight and tell you who's coming

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Speaker 1: out on top. Welcome inside with the Insiders, presented by

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Speaker 1: Progressive Insurance alongside Mike Garafolo. I am Tom Pelicero. Pleas

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Speaker 1: to join you right now on the eve of wild

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Speaker 1: Card Weekend. Thirty days out from Super Bowl sixty. We

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Speaker 1: because we got six games over the next three days.

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Speaker 1: That includes a tripleheader on Sunday, that Texan Steelers game

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Speaker 1: on Monday night. All kicks off on Saturday with Rams

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Speaker 1: and Panthers, followed by the Primetown show Down. My favorite

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Speaker 2: Oh my goodness, Hello, gentlemen, this is huge. I just

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Speaker 2: set my alarm for five o'clock. I will be at

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Speaker 2: Central don't miss it. We'll see you guys there as well.

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Speaker 2: It is the third playoff game between these two franchises.

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Speaker 2: I mean, these guys go back to nineteen twenty one,

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Speaker 3: They've been playing.

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Speaker 2: You said it at the top of the show. This

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Speaker 2: it is that the Bears and the Packers are good

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Speaker 2: at the same time. Jordan Love talked this week and

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Speaker 2: he as he returns having missed the past three weeks

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Speaker 2: That's how much emotion is going into this thing for

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Speaker 1: Facy, thank you very much. A lot more from you

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Speaker 5: Well, skip that Bears game, he said, we'll come back

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Speaker 1: Another Sunday game, forty nine Ers at Eagles is San

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Speaker 4: You know, I feel like I might be going out

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Speaker 3: Twenty four twenty two.

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Speaker 4: It's crazy to mean well, It's interesting to me is

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Speaker 4: This is still a really good football team, and they're

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Speaker 3: But I'm not going to overlook it. I'm going to

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Speaker 5: All right, Let's go to the Chargers Patriots, because to me,

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Speaker 5: this one comes down to one matchup, the Patriots defensive

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Speaker 5: I mean, it'll come down to a lot of matchups,

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Speaker 4: Yeah, it's true. I really like the Patriots in this one.

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Speaker 1: All right, now, Well, Monday Night we got Steelers and Texans.

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Speaker 1: You're talking about success in the playoffs. It's been a

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Speaker 4: Under under I don't know if undervalued is the right

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Speaker 1: Rank, Thank you very much, You're Packers Bears pick coming

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Speaker 1: up in just a little bit. For now, we've got

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Speaker 5: You're talking about the word reset, and you're looking at

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Speaker 5: And it might have to be a hard reset in

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Speaker 1: right there, Calvin, did you get Dad the game ball?

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Speaker 10: Right now, Calvin, I was on the field on Sunday

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Speaker 10: The whole world was watching Calvin, even your hometown Congressman

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Speaker 9: And you know in the playoff game, you know it's

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Speaker 9: gonna take every single guy on the field that has

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Speaker 9: a helmet.

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Speaker 6: And that's been coach T's theme.

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Speaker 9: I feel like for the end of this entire season,

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Speaker 9: whoever has a helmet, you are capable of, you know,

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Speaker 9: putting your hand in this pal and being the difference.

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Speaker 9: And so you know, you never know when's that plays,

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Speaker 9: when that play is gonna come, could be in the

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Speaker 9: first quarter, it could be in the fourth quarter. It's

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Speaker 9: just about all the guys, you know, having being locked in,

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Speaker 9: engaged and just being ready for that for when that

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Speaker 9: moment comes. But you know, it all comes in through

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Speaker 9: through prep, and you know, this is what we do today, tomorrow,

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Speaker 9: what we did yesterday, that all is going to affect

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Speaker 9: what happens on Monday. And so we've been having great practices,

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Speaker 9: great prep, a great great game plan. So at the

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Speaker 9: end of the day on Mondays is just going to

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Speaker 9: be about simple execution.

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Speaker 1: Primetime playoff game Acrosshuer Stadium, National TV, ESPN, at ABC,

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Speaker 1: You're gonna see that guy and if he scores of

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Speaker 1: the game when he touchdown, we want him back on

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Speaker 1: the show next week. Calvin best luck man, appreciate the time.

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Speaker 6: Let's do it.

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Speaker 1: Thank you, Sailors Texans on Monday Night. Packers Bears on

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Speaker 1: Saturday Night. One of the great rivalries of all time.

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Speaker 1: Stacey Dale's head Adam Ranks back to talk about it

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Speaker 1: next on The Insiders New Today. Some injury updates ahead

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Speaker 1: of Sunday's playoff games. Forty nine Ers left tackle Trent

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Speaker 1: Williams wide receiver Ricky Piersoll both listed as questionable to

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Speaker 1: face the Eagles. Williams practice on a limited basis the

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Speaker 1: past couple of days. Pearsall did not practice at all

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Speaker 1: this week. We'll see if those two can go. But

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Speaker 1: tight end George Kittle mike no injury designation. He looks

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Speaker 1: good to go.

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Speaker 5: Speaking of another future Hall of Fame tackle, the Eagles,

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Speaker 5: Lane Johnson questionable versus the forty nine Ers limited in

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Speaker 5: practice all week. We've had a couple of false starts

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Speaker 5: with Johnson, which is not a great analogy to make

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Speaker 5: for an offensive lineman. I'm sorry, Lane, but it's like

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Speaker 5: Lane Johnson Beck no Lane, Johnson Beck, No, Lane Johnson

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Speaker 5: Beck No. We thought this week.

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Speaker 3: We'll see.

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Speaker 1: I've got that game. I'll let you know. Jalen Carter

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Speaker 1: and Dallas Goddard. Good to go. Tom Chargers running back

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Speaker 1: o'mar On Hampton's been out with a knee injury listed

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Speaker 1: his question over Sunday Night's game against the Patriots, but

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Speaker 1: Hampton talked to reports in the locker room today. He

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Speaker 1: said he plans to play and he is excited to

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Speaker 1: roll against the Patriots. Mike NFL's all his rivalry.

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Speaker 4: Those two cities don't like each other, he said, Vince,

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Speaker 4: I just want you to know you better have your

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Speaker 4: team because we're gonna kick your ass.

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Speaker 11: Winning is that everything, But it's the only thing.

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Speaker 4: The approach as.

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Speaker 3: We're gonna be a violent I like that.

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Speaker 1: Done about it.

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Speaker 12: He's a wonder again.

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Speaker 13: Hand off the very question very hard.

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Speaker 5: PI the middle of the ends.

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Speaker 3: You could have a complete losing season, but if you

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Speaker 3: make the Bears, that was your season.

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Speaker 1: We're gonna separate the men from the boys.

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Speaker 6: We're gonna find.

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Speaker 3: Out who really wants to play this game and.

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Speaker 1: Who does not.

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Speaker 5: Those guys want to play it. These guys want to

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Speaker 5: play it. We all want to see him play it.

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Speaker 5: Round three of this season. Run three in the postseason, ever,

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Speaker 5: which is still mind boggling. Over two hundred years combined

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Speaker 5: for these franchises, how will they have not played more

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Speaker 5: than three times in the postseason. Stacy Dale's has the

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Speaker 5: answer to that and all the questions. Stays, Let's break

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Speaker 5: down this game that you will be covering. Looks like

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Speaker 5: pretty good weather for January in Chicago tomorrow night, so

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Speaker 5: enjoy that bombing this we'll call it it.

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Speaker 1: It's okay. Let's start with the Bears game plan and

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Speaker 1: what you expect from them in this game.

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Speaker 2: I expect the Chicago Bears to run the football and

517
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Speaker 2: run the heck out of the football as much as

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Speaker 2: possible because the Green Bay Packers Mike, as you know,

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Speaker 2: have given up substantial rush yardage per game over the

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Speaker 2: last three games without Micah Parsons.

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Speaker 1: I mean he departed back.

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Speaker 2: In Week fifteen, but in these last three games an

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Speaker 2: average of one hundred and ninety four rush yards, and

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Speaker 2: I know the three to zero three that they gave

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Speaker 2: up to the Baltimore Ravens kind of skews the number.

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Speaker 3: A little bit.

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Speaker 2: So we'll say that but Jeff Hafley, the defensive coordinator,

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Speaker 2: made it very evident this week when he spoke that

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Speaker 2: this is paramount for their defense. I was on the

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Speaker 2: phone with kuway Walker, linebacker for the Packers this week,

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Speaker 2: and the first priority not even the quarterback, and certainly

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Speaker 2: they have respect for Caleb Williams, but is this run

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Speaker 2: game with Kyle Manungai and DeAndre Swift Swifty out in

534
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Speaker 2: the open field. Manangai gives you that power look and

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Speaker 2: he told me that's how they get that pl going.

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Speaker 2: The boot game going, and he said that run game

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Speaker 2: is special. They're very physical upfront. Jeff Hafley, though, had

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Speaker 2: a great quote Mike and he said, I need my

539
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Speaker 2: guys to put a shoulder pad through a guy Sternham

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Speaker 2: on Saturday night. So they're ramping it up in terms

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Speaker 2: of physicality and we'll see what they can get done

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Speaker 2: against the Bears ground game on Saturday evening.

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Speaker 1: That was a great quote from Jeff Haffley.

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Speaker 5: The only thing that would be better at this point is,

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Speaker 5: by the way, I'm the next head coach of the Dolphins.

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Speaker 1: That'd be cool.

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Speaker 5: On the other side of the ball stage, we got

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Speaker 5: the game plan on the offense for the Bears. How

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Speaker 5: about the game plan for the defense up against Jordan

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Speaker 5: Love in this game?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, get after him, pressure them. I mean, I was

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Speaker 2: in the locker room this week at Howse Hall and

553
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Speaker 2: I talked to him on to his sweat. He smiled

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Speaker 2: at me, big old grin. We know this team as

555
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Speaker 2: well as anybody in the NFL. They obviously got to him.

556
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Speaker 2: It was Austin Booker two and a half games ago

557
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Speaker 2: that left Jordan Love with concussion, and Love said my

558
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Speaker 2: head was throbbing. He had headaches after that, and obviously

559
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Speaker 2: he hasn't played since. Is there going to be Jordan

560
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Speaker 2: said this week nope, zero, zero concern about any rust

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Speaker 2: for me. And he also said, you're going to see

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Speaker 2: the intensity of this playoff game ramp up in terms

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Speaker 2: of what the Bears are focused on defensively. Speaking to

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Speaker 2: Kevin Bayern, you're talking about a team in Green Bay

565
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Speaker 2: who is roughly forty nine percent conversion rate on third down.

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Speaker 2: So third down is critical for the Bears, which hasn't

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Speaker 2: been necessarily great of late, but they have been pretty

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Speaker 2: good in the red zone, and that's the next thing

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Speaker 2: Bayer told me. He said, we have to be great

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Speaker 2: in the red zone, force field goals if they do

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Speaker 2: get down there, because he said Green Bay is a

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Speaker 2: team that they sustain drives and they will march down

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Speaker 2: the field on any team in the National Football League.

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Speaker 2: And last but not least, Mike, get takeaways. You're the Bears,

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Speaker 2: You've thirty three of them this season. You convert those

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Speaker 2: two points and you have a really good shot at

577
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Speaker 2: victory on Saturday night. But we'll see, it's going to

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Speaker 2: be really particularly probably I would say maybe the best

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Speaker 2: game of the weekend. I don't know, Mike if you agree,

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Speaker 2: but certainly the excitement is there for both teams.

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Speaker 5: I'll call it the best game of the weekend. Possibly

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Speaker 5: definitely the best game of the weekend in the NFC.

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Speaker 5: That Bill's Jaguars game is gonna be awesome to Stacey,

584
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Speaker 5: know what, I don't have to rank them.

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Speaker 1: They can be even you.

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Speaker 5: Talked about the Bears turnovers. Nayshaan Wright does a great job.

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Speaker 5: Kevin Byern's done a great job this year.

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Speaker 1: All Pro voting.

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Speaker 5: All Pro Team's going to be announced on Saturday. Could

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Speaker 5: see them ahead of this game eight pm Eastern on

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Speaker 5: Prime Video.

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Speaker 1: Stacy Dales, thank you very much. Tom two hundred and

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Speaker 1: thirteenth meeting between the Packers and Bears, third time in

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Speaker 1: the playoffs. Last time Chicago won it was nineteen forty

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Speaker 1: one Division round. These are the highlights right here. Chicago

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Speaker 1: went on to win the Hfield Championship game and this

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Speaker 1: one Hall of Famer George one play. Mcavie had the

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Speaker 1: first one hundred yard rushing game. He had one hundred

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Speaker 1: and nineteen first ever in the divisional round. The Bears

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Speaker 1: were also penalized twelve times for one hundred and twenty

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Speaker 1: eight yards, both records at the time. Not exactly, it

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Speaker 1: appears a clinic on passing offense, although the four guys

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Speaker 1: all moving in the backfield is something I'd like to

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Speaker 1: see somewhere. Adam Raank will be watching that and other

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Speaker 1: tapes late night tonight to prepare for this game. Probably

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Speaker 1: not twenty ten, which was the j Cutler came out

607
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Speaker 1: of the game and no one knew if he was

608
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Speaker 1: hurt or what was going on. Well, let all that go, Rake.

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Speaker 1: He made picks of five of their games. You are,

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Speaker 1: in fact a Bears fan, which explains the attire. Can

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Speaker 1: you just please cunning wrestling promo or whatever you need

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Speaker 1: to do here to tell me who's going.

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Speaker 3: To win this one?

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Speaker 4: How dare you come out here and question my objectivity

615
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Speaker 4: when it comes to breaking down these football games, Because

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Speaker 4: if there's anything I stand on, it's objectivity. And I

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Speaker 4: think for the Bears, it's very important that they come

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Speaker 4: out this week with a little bit more of a

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Speaker 4: controlled aggression. Last time they came out like the guys

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Speaker 4: that you see who find the two for one old

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Speaker 4: style tent at the Sandwich Fair, and they were a

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Speaker 4: little too jacked. We can't do that right now. But

623
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Speaker 4: you got to go out there and play Bears football.

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Speaker 4: We can't sit here and rely on Caleb Williams to

625
00:29:06,360 --> 00:29:09,120
Speaker 4: go out there and bail us out each and every time. Now,

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Speaker 4: Stacey Dales, who is just a terrific reporter, hit the

627
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Speaker 4: nail right on the head. The Bears got to run

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Speaker 4: the football.

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Speaker 3: That's the big thing. If the Bears can get that

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Speaker 3: ground game going and.

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Speaker 4: Sustain some drives early on, I think that they could

632
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Speaker 4: eventually overwhelm this Packers team. Why have the utmost respectful

633
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Speaker 4: But people keep looking at the history. I'm looking at

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Speaker 4: the future. The Bears win this game thirty twenty. Wow, right, great?

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Speaker 1: Stuff.

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Speaker 5: Hold on, hold on, hold on, Are we playing this

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Speaker 5: straight or are we like is it shtick? I can't

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Speaker 5: tell if it's somewhere in between.

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Speaker 1: I'll tell you what. Let me test the waters here. Rak.

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Speaker 5: Suppose the Packers do win the game, Like, what's the

641
00:29:46,680 --> 00:29:50,080
Speaker 5: Packers path? The victory in this game got the Packers.

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Speaker 3: They got to run the football as well. It's the thing.

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Speaker 4: The whole reason why they went out there and got

644
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Speaker 4: Josh Jacobs from the Las Vegas Raiders was to win

645
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Speaker 4: these games deep in January, when it's cold and possibly snowing.

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Speaker 4: You got to go out there and run the rock.

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Speaker 4: And they got away from it last time, which is

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Speaker 4: probably the reason why they lost that game. So if

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Speaker 4: Green Bay is going to be successful, which I don't

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Speaker 4: anticipate them doing, so, they got to run the rock

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Speaker 4: with Josh Jacobs.

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Speaker 5: It is time for good coverage presented by Progressive Insurance

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Speaker 5: is a recurring segment on this program, and I feel

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Speaker 5: like it's like the tenth time we've done it.

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Speaker 1: With the Texans.

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Speaker 5: The Texans secondary has been locking down receivers all yeah,

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Speaker 5: that's why Kaylon Bullock, Jalen Petre, Derek Stingley Junior all

658
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Speaker 5: rank in the top five an opponent passer rating in

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Speaker 5: the NFL with a minimum of forty targets.

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Speaker 1: That is according to the next Gen Stats.

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Speaker 5: Like I said, all pro teams getting announced on Saturday,

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Speaker 5: I expect to hear a few Texans names in there

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Speaker 5: and expect to see them on the.

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Speaker 1: Field trying to play some good defense against Pittsburgh.

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Speaker 6: You like defense.

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Speaker 5: This is a team that plays in an organization on

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Speaker 5: the other side that loves it. This game on ESPN

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Speaker 5: and ABC and Mike Tomlin on that Texans defense.

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Speaker 13: Will Anderson and Hunter are simply the most dynamic edge

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Speaker 13: rush tandem in the National Football League. In twenty twenty five,

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Speaker 13: they got twenty seven sacks between them. I think it's

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Speaker 13: twelve for Anderson, fifteen for Hunter. They're a formidable group.

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Speaker 13: You can talk about the things that you need to

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Speaker 13: do schematically to minimize them and all of that. It's

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Speaker 13: nothing that they haven't seen. We better stay out of

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Speaker 13: a bunch of one dimensional passing circumstances because if we're

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Speaker 13: in those circumstances, we're gonna be in trouble. And that's

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Speaker 13: just the reality of it. Certainly, they've been top tier

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Speaker 13: and elite in just about all areas all year with

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Speaker 13: that group. That group sets the pace for them. They

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Speaker 13: play with great energy and emotion. They play well as

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Speaker 13: a collective. They have an appetite for rising up in moments.

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Speaker 13: It just seems like every week you're seeing game changing

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Speaker 13: and game decigdning plays from their defense in terms of

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Speaker 13: closing close ball games out.

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Speaker 5: Dank sier in here. You heard what Mike I have

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Speaker 5: to say about that defense. I know you've talked to

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Speaker 5: some folks ahead of covering this game for us. What

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Speaker 5: is Aaron Rodgers?

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Speaker 1: What's the Steelers team saying about facing this defense?

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Speaker 14: Well, you heard Mike Tomlin give you the full scouting report.

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Speaker 14: I mean this is a Texans defense that you have

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Speaker 14: to respect.

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Speaker 1: I mean he said it.

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Speaker 14: There forty seven sacks as a team, and it's Will

696
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Speaker 14: Anderson Junior and Daniel Hunter accounting for twenty seven of those.

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Speaker 14: They embody the swarm mentality. If you're not familiar with

698
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Speaker 14: what swarm is, it's Tamiko Ryan's mantras, special work, ethic,

699
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Speaker 14: relentless mindset. This week, Jalen Peecher says the reason everyone

700
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Speaker 14: buys in is because the continuity on that side of

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Speaker 14: the ball from the coaches to the players who've been

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Speaker 14: here since Dimiko came on board. He says, more importantly,

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Speaker 14: they each know they are one eleventh of this thing.

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Speaker 14: Every small thing they do accounts for the greater good

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Speaker 14: of the defense. Now, as I spoke to about Rogers'

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Speaker 14: ability to spread the ball around, remember he saw nine

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Speaker 14: different guys last week catching passes, he says, communications before

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Speaker 14: the snap will be key, being where you are suppose

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Speaker 14: to be. Now he will likely draw pat Formooth and

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Speaker 14: with him. He knows he's going to use his strength

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Speaker 14: and big frame to try and make those big plays.

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Speaker 14: You've got to try and stop him. But I love

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Speaker 14: the fact that these two teams are playing on Monday night.

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Speaker 5: All Right, jam we saw a little bit of magic

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Speaker 5: from Aaron Rodgers late in the game. Maybe he's got

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Speaker 5: a little bit left, you know it don't need him

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Speaker 5: to score forty points with the Steelers. You just need

718
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Speaker 5: some key plays and key moments. So what are the

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Speaker 5: Texans saying about facing.

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Speaker 1: Him in this game?

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Speaker 14: Yeah, this isn't a forty plus point type of team.

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Speaker 14: I mean they're averaging war Belt. I think it's twenty

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Speaker 14: three points per game. But here's what you need to

724
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Speaker 14: know about Aaron Rodgers the Houston defense, as we talked

725
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Speaker 14: about number one ranked defense, the one area they do

726
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Speaker 14: like if they're middle of the pack on if there's

727
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Speaker 14: one knock on him, it's against the deep passes. And

728
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Speaker 14: Aaron Rodgers can throw the deep ball. Although he hasn't

729
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Speaker 14: done it a lot this year now, we did see

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Speaker 14: it in Week fourteen against the Ravens. He had three

731
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Speaker 14: passes of twenty plus yards, helping Metcalf come up with

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Speaker 14: one hundred and twenty one on those plays alone. Remember

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Speaker 14: DK Mattcalf, he's been out two weeks. He was so

734
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Speaker 14: excited that they'd gotten to the AFC Nords. He says

735
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Speaker 14: that he attempted to drive up to the stadium, but

736
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Speaker 14: traffic proved difficult there. But talking to Texas safety Jalen

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Speaker 14: Pecher this week, Yeah, I asked him what stands out

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Speaker 14: the most about the play of Aaron Rodgers and he

739
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Speaker 14: told me, quote the way he releases the ball. It's

740
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Speaker 14: so fast, his cadence is second to none, and he's

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Speaker 14: in complete control of the offense.

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Speaker 3: He told me.

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Speaker 2: The last time that he played Aaron Rodgers, it was

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Speaker 2: Week nine.

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Speaker 14: Of course, Rogers was with the Jets in that one

746
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Speaker 14: and they ended up blitzing him on about over half

747
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Speaker 14: of that game.

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Speaker 6: How did he do against that?

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Speaker 14: Well, he was only he only had three of those

750
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Speaker 14: seven completions, but of those three he did get sacked,

751
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Speaker 14: but all three of them ended up in touchdowns. So

752
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Speaker 14: does he dare to air it out against the Texans?

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Speaker 14: He might, he has had success.

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Speaker 2: Against them before. We'll see if he can find it again.

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Speaker 14: But he's known for more of those short intermediate passes,

756
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Speaker 14: not exactly some the deep ball threats.

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Speaker 2: With the Steelers a season.

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Speaker 1: Wild Guard Weekend absolutely jam packed. All starts out tomorrow,

759
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Speaker 1: triple header on Sunday, Stalers Texans wrapping things up on

760
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Speaker 1: Monday Night for the Carolina Panthers. They already beat the

761
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Speaker 1: Rams once this season. Now can Brice Young do it

762
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Speaker 1: again in his playoff debut. Here's what Dave Canalis had

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Speaker 1: to say about his quarterback.

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Speaker 15: Bryce is really consistent in terms of his prep are

765
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Speaker 15: normal conversations throughout the week, checking with Brad, checking with Will,

766
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Speaker 15: checking with myself, making sure we're all on the same

767
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Speaker 15: page for the purpose of the things. And you know,

768
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Speaker 15: he goes out there to practice and he just continues

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Speaker 15: to like lead the group and make sure that we

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Speaker 15: get to the right play, and his demeanor stays pretty even,

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Speaker 15: and which is why he's performed really well for us

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Speaker 15: in critical situations, you know, and end of game type

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Speaker 15: of situations and fourth downs those types of things. It's

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Speaker 15: just his makeup and and he's played in big games before,

775
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Speaker 15: you know, and he's he played at Alabama. You know,

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Speaker 15: that's every game there, every home game there is it is,

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Speaker 15: you know, a high pressure game, you know, the expectation

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Speaker 15: to win and all those things. So I believe it's

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Speaker 15: just a guy who's who's prepared for this emotionally, and

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Speaker 15: he's had a great week.

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Speaker 1: To Saturday night.

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Speaker 5: We go familiar foes, just not in the postseason. The

783
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Speaker 5: third ever playoff matchup between the Packers and the Bears.

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Speaker 5: Two fantastic games in the regular season, we can only

785
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Speaker 5: hope that this one will live up to that as well.

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Speaker 5: Eight pm Eastern on Prime Video, Christian Watson and Josh

787
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Speaker 5: Jacobs talking to us about playing in Chicago.

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Speaker 12: H No, I definitely wanted to play the Bears. Yeah no,

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Speaker 12: I mean, if I if I had my pick, you know,

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Speaker 12: for any anything, it would have definitely been the Bears.

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Speaker 12: I want I want my get back. For sure, we

792
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Speaker 12: get a chance to put the Bear season the bead Matt.

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Speaker 12: It means a lot to us, for sure.

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Speaker 7: A lot of goys took that that he took a

795
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Speaker 7: little personal, you know.

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Speaker 9: So I'm not saying we're gonna go out there and

797
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Speaker 9: play dirty or nothing like that, but we definitely don't

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Speaker 9: defend our brothers.

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Speaker 1: Sunday on CBS is the Jaguar and the Bills in

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Speaker 1: the early window. We know Jacksonville's d's been doing it

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Speaker 1: all season, that offense keeps heating up.

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Speaker 7: You don't put yourself there at all. I have not

803
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Speaker 7: put myself there at all personally. Is you just keep

804
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Speaker 7: trying to do what you've been doing to the best

805
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Speaker 7: of your ability and then let the results be what

806
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Speaker 7: they may and go play your asses off on Sunday

807
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Speaker 7: and for sixty minutes and see what the heck happens.

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Speaker 7: So it's just the way that this game works, the

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Speaker 7: way that you have to stay so singularly focused on

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Speaker 7: your job, your execution, your responsibilities, your details, the game plan,

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Speaker 7: knowing your opponent to the best of your ability, and

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Speaker 7: then go play. Because you let anything else get into

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Speaker 7: your mind. It just starts to cloud it and you

814
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Speaker 7: start to think about things that really don't matter.

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Speaker 5: Sunday afternoon, in a game I'll be covering the playoffs,

816
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Speaker 5: return to South Philadelphia, the Eagles against the forty nine Ers.

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Speaker 5: They beat them in the NFC Championship Game a couple

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Speaker 5: of years years ago, when the forty nine Ers ran

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Speaker 5: out of quarterbacks. This forty nine Ers team, that's the

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Speaker 5: one position they are healthy at right now, banged up

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Speaker 5: a lot of places elsewhere. The Eagles getting some body backs,

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Speaker 5: bodies back, maybe Lane Johnson. But don't just assume the

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Speaker 5: Eagles are gonna win, because Jalen Hurts, who told us

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Speaker 5: in training camp it's a new year, is telling us.

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Speaker 3: It's a new year.

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Speaker 11: Every year is different, but it's always the same goal.

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Speaker 11: And you know, if you don't have the mentality, then

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Speaker 11: you know you're not in the right place ultimately. And

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Speaker 11: so I know that's something that he's Adam and on

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Speaker 11: and I feel very strongly about that as well. It's

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Speaker 11: just coming there and treating every years his own year,

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Speaker 11: but also knowing exactly what we're playing for, and that's

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Speaker 11: the collective of winning and putting ourselves in positions to

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Speaker 11: play for championships.

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Speaker 10: Why do you think it is in your career and

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Speaker 10: you've played better, or when you've elevating your performance in

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Speaker 10: these high stix games, some.

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Speaker 11: Things are in you.

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Speaker 1: MVP voting is over, But Drake May's got a chance

840
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Speaker 1: to make another statement Sunday night on NBC and Peacock

841
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Speaker 1: his playoff debut against the Chargers, also Mike Rable's initial

842
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Speaker 1: foray into the postseason as New England's head coach.

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Speaker 8: Everybody at their best at Sunday at eight fifteen. That's uh,

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Speaker 8: That's what the challenge is is to prepare and then

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Speaker 8: and then obviously and enjoy, continue to enjoy what we

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Speaker 8: do and in preparation and in the execution. But everybody

847
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Speaker 8: just has to be, you know a little bit better

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Speaker 8: and the details and focused on things in their job.

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Speaker 1: And but no, Mike Rabel was the first head coach

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Speaker 1: hired last year. Could another fired coach be the first

851
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Speaker 1: one hired this year? We got the latest on Kevin

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Speaker 1: Stefanski and Mike McDaniel on the Interview Circuit. Next on

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Speaker 1: the Insiders. The Dolphins just made it officially official they

854
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Speaker 1: have agreed to terms with John Eric Sullivan, the longtime

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Speaker 1: Packers executive, as their new j general manager. Now Miami

856
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Speaker 1: turns the attention finding their next head coach. That search

857
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Speaker 1: going to ramp up here in the coming days. Kevin

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Speaker 1: Stefanski's tours on the interview circuit already underway. Interviewing today

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Speaker 1: with the Baltimore Ravens, one of several teams that have

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Speaker 1: requested interviews with Stefanski. Mike McDaniel, fired yesterday by the Dolphins,

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Speaker 1: already going to be back out on the circuit. I'm

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Speaker 1: told you'll interview for the Titans head coaching job next Wednesday.

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Speaker 1: At least one other team also has head coaching interest

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Speaker 1: in McDaniel. Brian Callahan, fired back in October by the Titans.

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Speaker 1: He's got a virtual interview complete with the Bucks for

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Speaker 1: their offensive coordinator job. Really intriguing fit right there. Meanwhile,

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Speaker 1: for those fourteen teams lucky enough to be in the postseason,

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Speaker 1: twelve that will be on the field this weekend, Mike Garafalo,

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Speaker 1: you've seen this graphic twenty five times this week. What

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Speaker 1: are you most looking forward to on wildcard weekend?

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Speaker 5: You know it took me a couple of days to

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Speaker 5: get over the fact that there's no Mahomes, there's no Lamar,

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Speaker 5: there's no Burrow in the postseason. But you know what,

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Speaker 5: you're going to see some of these young guys. So

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Speaker 5: you're gonna see Caleb and Drake May. I'm looking forward

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Speaker 5: to seeing these guys this weekend. Bo Nicks yet to come.

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Speaker 5: He's played in the postseason before, but not as the

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Speaker 5: number one seed. So I'm looking forward to seeing these

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Speaker 5: young quarterbacks. Who's gonna wilt under the pressure, Who's gonna

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Speaker 5: stand up? I got a feeling these two are gonna

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Speaker 5: play well this weekend.

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Speaker 1: There are a lot of quarterback debuts in this postseason,

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Speaker 1: which certainly adds a fun layer to everything. Here you

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Speaker 1: heard Dave Canalis talking about Bryce Young, the game that

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Speaker 1: nobody thinks will be competitive. Even though the team that

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Speaker 1: everyone thinks is gonna get killed won this matchup like

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Speaker 1: a month ago. Everyone's forgotten about it. I took some

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Speaker 1: fireworks in that early window on Saturday. Enjoy the games, everybody.

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Speaker 1: We are back on the entires of Monday, NFL Game

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Speaker 1: Day morning tomorrow.

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Speaker 13: Say it