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Speaker 2: You don't do the bowl championships. That should always be

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Speaker 1: All right, man Ax, you go ahead, welcome back to

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Speaker 3: We made it, rich I'm freaking fired up. It took,

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Speaker 3: and shiny in Seattle. Let's start there. I mean, this

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Speaker 3: was they ended up pulling off a win, but they

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Speaker 3: a win. Richard, give me a little recap on the

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I think they're pretty disappointed. You know, last season

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Speaker 2: This year.

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Speaker 1: You had the expectations, you know, is coming off a

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Speaker 1: that's positive. Bobby Bobby had a Pro Bowl season, Uh,

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Speaker 1: So it's disappointing, but you know, they got to get

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Speaker 1: to do defensively and schematically. They had Julian Love, they

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Speaker 1: had two Pro bowlers on defense. Offensively, they got to

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Speaker 3: Well, no doubt, Richard, I think you hit it best man.

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Speaker 3: I mean, the biggest problem with the Seahawks this year

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Speaker 3: they were dealing with injuries. Canine was banged up a

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Speaker 3: a long offseason to think about ways to fix that.

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Speaker 3: But Richard, let's get to some of the games that

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Speaker 2: I mean, they're rolling, they're rolling. They've won five straight.

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Speaker 1: Josh Allen, you know, has played up and down a

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Speaker 1: Their defense is playing well. Rasulle Douglas has has been

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Speaker 1: But Josh Allen three point fifty three fifty nine passing

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Speaker 3: Well, Buffalo is an interesting team. They made a huge

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Speaker 3: He's played like an MVP candidate over this last month

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Speaker 3: And now they enter the playoffs, like you said, with

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Speaker 3: think the NFL just wants these freaking storyboard games, Tyreek Hill.

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Speaker 3: Going back to Arrowhead, the NFL got exactly what they

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Speaker 3: wanted on opening Wild Car weekend. Richard, Where do the

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Speaker 1: Well, I just you don't bet against Patrick Mahons in

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Speaker 1: that's really not the kind of momentum you want to

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Speaker 1: Patrick Mahoons in this Kansas City Chiefs team hasn't looked

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Speaker 1: everybody knows. Andy Reid, Travis Kelce, and Patrick Mahoons have

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Speaker 1: they've done at least the past five years in these playoffs.

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Speaker 1: So you got to give them all the benefit of

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Speaker 3: I don't mind that call one bit, Richard. Here's another

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Speaker 3: game we got to talk about. As much as I

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Speaker 3: about the green Bay Packers. I mean, did they strike

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Speaker 3: gold three consecutive times? Again? With Jordan Love here, this

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Speaker 3: guy talk about rallying the troops. Green Bay was an

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Speaker 3: to get into the playoffs. Richard, your thoughts on this

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Speaker 1: They're playing incredible. Matt Lafleur deserves a ton of credit

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Speaker 1: for the job he's done coaching. Jordan Love deserves a

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Speaker 1: ton of credit. Second in the league in touchdown passes

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Speaker 1: eighteen touchdowns to one interception. Over the past eight games,

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Speaker 1: he's played incredibly well. It looks like he and Lafloor

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Speaker 1: have meshed more over the past ten games. They start

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Speaker 1: they've been seven to three, and they didn't punt in

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Speaker 1: this game. Their offense looks good. Aaron Jones looked good,

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Speaker 1: they have a lot of momentum going into these playoffs.

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Speaker 1: They have a lot of confidence. They're the youngest team

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Speaker 1: nineteen seventy eight, and a young team is very dangerous

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Speaker 3: It's crazy, man, I mean it's wild to think Jordan

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Speaker 3: Love is number two in the league in passing touchdowns

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Speaker 3: when I was told that last week, I could not

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Speaker 3: get into a team. I know you want to talk

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Speaker 3: Who would have thought it? You would have rich your

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Speaker 1: Well, Mitchell, they were eight and three had I think

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Speaker 3: Well, you're in high lying about that rich Their team

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Speaker 3: I want to talk about that game, That's Saturday night game,

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Speaker 3: the AFC South. The Colts running back, you know Goodson,

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Speaker 3: the game. I mean, Richard, you played that. You played

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Speaker 2: You just you just telling me to keep his head up.

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Speaker 2: And the games are not won or lost on one play.

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Speaker 1: And you know that just happened to be a fourth

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Speaker 3: Well, Richard, let's jump right into these NFL playoff matchups. Obviously,

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Speaker 3: Matthew Stafford heads to Detroit. Let's start with that matchup, Richard,

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Speaker 3: I'm gonna be there. Okay. This is Sunday night, eight

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Speaker 3: I mean, it's kind of uproar for some fans out there,

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Speaker 3: But Richard, the lie going to this game three three

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Speaker 3: What are your what are your thoughts on this matchup?

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Speaker 3: Please tell me you think the Lions are gonna win.

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Speaker 3: I'm begging you.

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Speaker 1: Look, I want the Lions to win, Mitchell, I really do.

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Speaker 1: I This is this is like the whole thing is

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Speaker 1: kind of heartbreak for me, Mitchell, because you're sitting here

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Speaker 1: You know, we broke the division drought and thirty years

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Speaker 1: it's the heartbreaking, but the state of Michigan got a

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Speaker 1: Sean McVay and Raheem Morris and Mitchell. I don't I want.

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Speaker 1: I want Detroit to win. I Detroit, let's go. Let's

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Speaker 1: be hard for them to cheer against Matt Stafford Mitchell,

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Speaker 1: I don't want. I don't think Matt Stafford wants to

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Speaker 2: I know when he.

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Speaker 1: Saw the matchup, he was like, oh, not like this,

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Speaker 1: Sean McVay, you threw me away, this is what you're

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Speaker 3: That's a big question, Richard. You know, as a Detroiter,

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Speaker 3: Everyone was rooting for this guy, and rightfully so. Matthew Stafford,

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Speaker 1: Mitchell Mitchell, I think they can win this game. If

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Speaker 1: it'll be a great moment for him. But if he

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Speaker 3: the Packers won thirty one to twenty eight. You know,

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Speaker 3: McCarthy won his last two playoff matchups while on the

431
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Speaker 3: Packers sideline against these Cowboys, and now he's got to

432
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Speaker 3: go reverse the script and try to get a win. Richard,

433
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Speaker 3: I'm gonna I'm just gonna ask you a question. If

434
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Speaker 3: the Packers are gonna win this game, how are they

435
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Speaker 3: going to do it.

436
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Speaker 1: They're gonna need They're gonna need to make some stops, Menchell,

437
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Speaker 1: that's the concern. They're gonna need to make some stops.

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Speaker 1: If they can get some stops, I think they'll be

439
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Speaker 1: able to move the ball. I think they'll be able

440
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Speaker 1: to score points. If they can get an early lead.

441
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Speaker 1: I think that's their only shot at winning this. If

442
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Speaker 1: they fall behind and have to play catch up, I

443
00:22:51,440 --> 00:22:54,720
Speaker 1: don't think they catch the Dallas Cowboys. Their defense hasn't

444
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Speaker 1: shown that kind of power. You know, uh uh Rashaun

445
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Speaker 1: Gary's having a career year. They have playmakers Preston Smith,

446
00:23:03,040 --> 00:23:07,439
Speaker 1: Kenny Clark, kway Walker. They have playmakers on defense, Jira Alexander,

447
00:23:07,600 --> 00:23:09,919
Speaker 1: you know, still a really good corner in this league.

448
00:23:10,200 --> 00:23:13,040
Speaker 2: But I think when you're a.

449
00:23:12,920 --> 00:23:16,439
Speaker 1: Young team, underdogs in the playoffs, you got to start fast,

450
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Speaker 1: and I think they have to almost prove it to

451
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Speaker 1: themselves that they can do this. And if they get up,

452
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Speaker 1: I think it would be the combination of their confidence

453
00:23:25,640 --> 00:23:28,560
Speaker 1: and Dallas's doubt that would creep in. That will make

454
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Speaker 1: this a very interesting game because Dallas knows they should

455
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Speaker 1: win this game. They know they're the better team, but

456
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Speaker 1: they also know there's only been a couple of teams

457
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Speaker 1: that have put them out of the playoffs in Dak's career.

458
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Speaker 2: It's been the.

459
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Speaker 1: Green Bay Packers in the San Francisco forty nine ers,

460
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Speaker 1: and those are the teams that if they get ahead

461
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Speaker 1: or they would put the seed of doubt in your mind.

462
00:23:52,720 --> 00:23:54,920
Speaker 1: And this young quarterback has been playing well. We talked

463
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Speaker 1: about their record seven and three over the last ten

464
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Speaker 1: He has been playing fantastic football. Matt Lafour is one

465
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Speaker 1: of the best play schemers in the National Football League

466
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Speaker 1: and he has a lot to a lot of tape

467
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Speaker 1: to watch. He can watch when Mike McDaniel win against him.

468
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Speaker 1: He can watch when Kyle shanahan went against him. He

469
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Speaker 1: can watch when McVeigh win against him the first time,

470
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Speaker 1: even though they didn't win the game or have that

471
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Speaker 1: much success. He'll have things to watch so that are

472
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Speaker 1: comparable to the offense that they run, so he'll know

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Speaker 1: how to find the success. He'll know the spaces that

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Speaker 1: are available. He'll know that Hey, we got a good

475
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Speaker 1: running game and these linebackers are safeties. Playing linebackers have

476
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Speaker 1: been very vulnerable against a run game, and that's what

477
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Speaker 1: they'll need to do, Mitchell. They'll need to shorten this

478
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Speaker 1: game by running the ball.

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Speaker 3: Well, they could do that. I mean, they got to

480
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Speaker 3: get Aaron Jones healthy. That's the first thing. They got

481
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Speaker 3: a battering ram in aj Dillon, that's for sure. The

482
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Speaker 3: quad Father or whatever they call him, he's a beast,

483
00:24:51,359 --> 00:24:54,639
Speaker 3: rich He's an absolute beast. So we shall see. Packers

484
00:24:54,680 --> 00:24:58,159
Speaker 3: are the youngest playoff team since nineteen seventy eight, so

485
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Speaker 3: there's a lot to be said there with the young

486
00:25:00,080 --> 00:25:02,560
Speaker 3: team that doesn't know much. But could this be the

487
00:25:02,640 --> 00:25:06,159
Speaker 3: Jayir Alexander revenge game where he had his little snaff

488
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Speaker 3: fu with the coin toss a couple of weeks ago.

489
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Speaker 3: Maybe this is a time where he locks down CD

490
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Speaker 3: and they go get the win. The other game, Richard,

491
00:25:13,800 --> 00:25:18,200
Speaker 3: we see the Eagles just limping, crawling to the finish line.

492
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Speaker 3: They wind up the five seed, they go on the road,

493
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Speaker 3: they play against the Bucks, who are dangerous, Richard, Who

494
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Speaker 3: do you like in this matchup?

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Speaker 1: I think I like the Bucks honestly, just because of

496
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Speaker 1: the way the Eagles have been playing there, one in

497
00:25:33,320 --> 00:25:38,640
Speaker 1: five in their last six games. Even that one win

498
00:25:38,880 --> 00:25:42,200
Speaker 1: was against the Giants, who who haven't been playing great

499
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Speaker 1: this season.

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Speaker 2: It just doesn't seem like a confident team.

501
00:25:46,320 --> 00:25:49,400
Speaker 1: We talked about Brian Johnson and the play calling being

502
00:25:49,440 --> 00:25:54,520
Speaker 1: a bit predictable. Defensively, they saw the problems. Their ranking

503
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Speaker 1: is really low. I mean they're I think thirty first

504
00:25:56,760 --> 00:25:59,280
Speaker 1: and third down. I think they're twenty eighth or twenty

505
00:25:59,359 --> 00:26:02,000
Speaker 1: ninth in scoring defense, they're twenty eighth against to pass.

506
00:26:02,840 --> 00:26:06,320
Speaker 1: I think they're ten or you know, against the run.

507
00:26:07,119 --> 00:26:10,760
Speaker 1: And they replaced Sean Deci with Matt Patricia and it

508
00:26:10,760 --> 00:26:13,680
Speaker 1: didn't get any better. They just gave up twenty seven

509
00:26:14,280 --> 00:26:16,719
Speaker 1: to the to the New York Giants. And obviously they

510
00:26:16,720 --> 00:26:19,320
Speaker 1: pulled their starters at a point in time in that game,

511
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Speaker 1: but it was ten to nothing before they did that,

512
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Speaker 1: and so it wasn't like they pulled up their starters,

513
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Speaker 1: you know, when they were up, you know, ten to nothing,

514
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Speaker 1: and then you know, New York just ran a bunch

515
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Speaker 1: of points up on their backups. They were doing this

516
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Speaker 1: against their starters. And the concerning thing is the personnel

517
00:26:37,119 --> 00:26:43,240
Speaker 1: hasn't changed dramatically. It hasn't defensively or offensively. It hasn't

518
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Speaker 1: changed dramatically, but the results have. The results are dramatically different.

519
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Speaker 1: They're not getting the sacks they were last season. They're

520
00:26:49,000 --> 00:26:52,199
Speaker 1: not getting a pressure they were upfront. And you know,

521
00:26:52,280 --> 00:26:54,879
Speaker 1: I know Javon Hargraves is in San Francisco now, but

522
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Speaker 1: they got Jalen Carter and he was supposed to be

523
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Speaker 1: a man child, a beast. And Jordan Davis is back,

524
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Speaker 1: and Hassan Reddicks back, and the Brandon Graham and Fletcher

525
00:27:03,359 --> 00:27:07,080
Speaker 1: Cox are always a problem. But we'll see if they

526
00:27:07,119 --> 00:27:09,080
Speaker 1: can maybe turn it up and turn it on during

527
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Speaker 1: the playoffs and make make it a game. But I

528
00:27:13,600 --> 00:27:15,760
Speaker 1: know that Todd Bowles is gonna have this team ready.

529
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Speaker 1: I know he's gonna have them hyped up. I know

530
00:27:19,840 --> 00:27:24,320
Speaker 1: Carlton Davis and Jamel Dean and this defense. Antoine Winfield

531
00:27:24,359 --> 00:27:26,119
Speaker 1: has had a Pro Bowl season. He didn't get the

532
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Speaker 1: NOD this year for some reason. It was weird, but

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Speaker 1: he's had a great year and I think I think

534
00:27:32,320 --> 00:27:34,080
Speaker 1: it's gonna be one of those times. It's gonna be

535
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Speaker 1: one of those years that they can get over this

536
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Speaker 1: Philadelphia Eagles team with Mike Evans and Chris Godwin.

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Speaker 2: Baker.

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Speaker 1: Maybe Baker gets it done, Mitchell, Maybe Baker. This is

539
00:27:43,760 --> 00:27:45,919
Speaker 1: Baker's moment where he gets paid. He already got this

540
00:27:45,960 --> 00:27:48,600
Speaker 1: team to the playoffs, which people weren't expecting. They got

541
00:27:48,600 --> 00:27:51,160
Speaker 1: a home playoff game. He's working and fighting for an extension,

542
00:27:51,320 --> 00:27:54,480
Speaker 1: and a playoff win would look very good on that resume.

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00:27:54,640 --> 00:27:59,160
Speaker 3: No question about that. Richard. Let's move to the AFC.

544
00:27:59,359 --> 00:28:01,840
Speaker 3: The Ravens take the top spot. They have a first

545
00:28:01,880 --> 00:28:04,920
Speaker 3: round by rightfully so probably one of the most to

546
00:28:05,040 --> 00:28:08,520
Speaker 3: look forward to games of the weekend. The oh are

547
00:28:08,520 --> 00:28:12,440
Speaker 3: they entertaining? But they are entertaining. Joe Flacco in that

548
00:28:12,560 --> 00:28:17,080
Speaker 3: Cleveland Browns fresh off the couch with the coronas the taco.

549
00:28:16,760 --> 00:28:17,840
Speaker 2: Bell the tackle.

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00:28:17,920 --> 00:28:20,920
Speaker 3: They go on the road and they play against CJ. Stroud,

551
00:28:21,400 --> 00:28:25,840
Speaker 3: Nicocollins and these Houston Texans. Richard, the Browns are favored

552
00:28:25,840 --> 00:28:28,040
Speaker 3: by two. Who do you like in this game?

553
00:28:29,400 --> 00:28:31,640
Speaker 1: That's a tough one, Mitchell, because it's such a great

554
00:28:31,680 --> 00:28:35,119
Speaker 1: both either way the NFL is winning, Mitchell. Either way,

555
00:28:35,840 --> 00:28:39,240
Speaker 1: either you got the young young kid in CJ. Stroud

556
00:28:39,480 --> 00:28:42,920
Speaker 1: who's overcome so much with a young coach and Demico Ryans,

557
00:28:43,840 --> 00:28:46,360
Speaker 1: all these great foundational pieces that they drafted.

558
00:28:46,400 --> 00:28:48,400
Speaker 2: It really works out this well, this early.

559
00:28:48,480 --> 00:28:51,120
Speaker 1: You know, you always talk about teams rebuilding it through

560
00:28:51,160 --> 00:28:53,800
Speaker 1: the draft, and hey, they got a few first round picks,

561
00:28:53,840 --> 00:28:55,960
Speaker 1: and you know, maybe they'll hit on one of them,

562
00:28:55,960 --> 00:28:57,000
Speaker 1: maybe they'll hit on two.

563
00:28:57,360 --> 00:29:01,080
Speaker 2: They've hit on almost all of them. They hit on J. Stroud.

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Speaker 1: Looks like they hit on Derek Stingley, who's having a

565
00:29:04,040 --> 00:29:08,080
Speaker 1: marvelous season. Looks like they hit on Will Anderson. Looks

566
00:29:08,400 --> 00:29:11,080
Speaker 1: I mean they got they traded for Laramie Tumpsel. Uh.

567
00:29:11,560 --> 00:29:16,080
Speaker 1: You know, it just seems like a team Nico Collins.

568
00:29:16,120 --> 00:29:18,720
Speaker 1: You know, I wasn't even thinking about Nico Collins. It

569
00:29:18,720 --> 00:29:23,120
Speaker 1: looks like they hit on Tank Dale and a team

570
00:29:23,200 --> 00:29:26,000
Speaker 1: like this Mitchell again, a young team who doesn't know

571
00:29:26,040 --> 00:29:27,800
Speaker 1: any better. It never looks like the moment is too

572
00:29:27,800 --> 00:29:31,960
Speaker 1: big for CJ. Stroud can be very dangerous, but this

573
00:29:31,960 --> 00:29:36,680
Speaker 1: this Cleveland Browns defense is it's fierce not to be

574
00:29:36,680 --> 00:29:39,280
Speaker 1: played with these corners, they play man and man coverage.

575
00:29:39,400 --> 00:29:43,560
Speaker 1: This pass rush, Miles Garrett and Zadarius Smith are are

576
00:29:43,600 --> 00:29:46,400
Speaker 1: are gonna be a very very much problem for this

577
00:29:46,680 --> 00:29:51,520
Speaker 1: Houston Texans offensive line. And offensively they have weapons. I mean,

578
00:29:51,520 --> 00:29:53,920
Speaker 1: Amari Cooper's kind of banged up with the achilles, so

579
00:29:53,960 --> 00:29:56,640
Speaker 1: you don't know what that's gonna be. Uh, But they've

580
00:29:56,720 --> 00:29:59,560
Speaker 1: run the ball well and they've they've thrown it in

581
00:29:59,560 --> 00:30:04,200
Speaker 1: the joke in joke cool, however you say it. I

582
00:30:04,280 --> 00:30:06,480
Speaker 1: think that I'm saying right. I don't mean to Butcher's name,

583
00:30:06,480 --> 00:30:08,800
Speaker 1: but he's had a Pro Bowl season. He's had a

584
00:30:08,840 --> 00:30:13,600
Speaker 1: great rapport with Flacco. Seems like he's exploded even more

585
00:30:14,000 --> 00:30:17,000
Speaker 1: in terms of statistics with Flacco at the helm. And

586
00:30:17,080 --> 00:30:20,320
Speaker 1: if Flaco can somehow win, guess what it sets up, Mitchell.

587
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Speaker 3: That rematch, that that it's gonna happen, Richard, Matthew Stafford's

588
00:30:26,280 --> 00:30:28,880
Speaker 3: in Detroit, for God's sake, You're gonna see Joe Flacco

589
00:30:28,960 --> 00:30:31,600
Speaker 3: in Baltimore, and that's probably gonna be the real That's

590
00:30:31,600 --> 00:30:34,880
Speaker 3: exactly what the NFL wants. Richard. It's wild to think

591
00:30:35,640 --> 00:30:39,800
Speaker 3: that this team is without Nick Chubb. They're without Deshaun Watson.

592
00:30:39,880 --> 00:30:43,040
Speaker 3: I mean, two of the two biggest names on this

593
00:30:43,120 --> 00:30:46,360
Speaker 3: team haven't been part of it for weeks and weeks

594
00:30:46,400 --> 00:30:49,959
Speaker 3: and months at this point. Yeah, Joe Flacco has raised

595
00:30:49,960 --> 00:30:53,040
Speaker 3: this team to a new level level and they've I mean,

596
00:30:53,200 --> 00:30:55,479
Speaker 3: I'm excited to watch this game, rich I'm really excited.

597
00:30:55,520 --> 00:30:58,000
Speaker 3: No matter who comes out of it, both teams deserve it.

598
00:30:58,280 --> 00:30:58,720
Speaker 2: And c. J.

599
00:30:58,840 --> 00:31:00,800
Speaker 3: Strouds is one of those quarters. If you're a fan

600
00:31:00,840 --> 00:31:02,720
Speaker 3: of football, you got to be a fan of his game.

601
00:31:02,800 --> 00:31:06,440
Speaker 3: He slings it, He's fearless, He's a great quarterback. Texans

602
00:31:06,480 --> 00:31:09,360
Speaker 3: have got to be absolutely pumped up with their future here,

603
00:31:09,400 --> 00:31:12,200
Speaker 3: whether they win this game or not. We already talked

604
00:31:12,200 --> 00:31:14,160
Speaker 3: about a little bit. But the Chiefs they kind of

605
00:31:14,200 --> 00:31:16,560
Speaker 3: limp in as well. They're they're gonna be playing at

606
00:31:16,600 --> 00:31:18,600
Speaker 3: home against the Dolphins, who have just been on a

607
00:31:18,680 --> 00:31:22,480
Speaker 3: Noah's dive. Somehow, somehow fumbled this division over to the

608
00:31:22,480 --> 00:31:26,120
Speaker 3: Bills the Dolphins, Richard. Did they go in, do they

609
00:31:26,120 --> 00:31:29,560
Speaker 3: get it done? Does Tyreek come out victorious?

610
00:31:31,120 --> 00:31:31,600
Speaker 2: I don't know.

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00:31:32,120 --> 00:31:35,160
Speaker 1: It doesn't I don't. I don't think Tyreek comes out victorious.

612
00:31:35,200 --> 00:31:37,840
Speaker 1: It take a big game from him, and they we

613
00:31:37,920 --> 00:31:41,480
Speaker 1: talked about it. They played earlier this season in Germany

614
00:31:41,760 --> 00:31:44,120
Speaker 1: and they had answers for the reekill I think that

615
00:31:44,200 --> 00:31:46,040
Speaker 1: was his worst game of the season. I think they're

616
00:31:46,040 --> 00:31:48,440
Speaker 1: gonna have answers again. So they're gonna force to a

617
00:31:48,480 --> 00:31:53,080
Speaker 1: tongue of Ailoa to beat them with somebody else, whether

618
00:31:53,160 --> 00:31:56,479
Speaker 1: Jalen Waddell comes back or it's it's on the ground

619
00:31:56,520 --> 00:32:01,440
Speaker 1: with a chain or Raheem Mostert like they're going to

620
00:32:01,520 --> 00:32:04,160
Speaker 1: force him to beat them with somebody else. And Patrick

621
00:32:04,160 --> 00:32:08,480
Speaker 1: mahomes and has been This is probably one of his

622
00:32:08,560 --> 00:32:11,920
Speaker 1: worst statistical seasons, but again, in the playoffs, you cannot

623
00:32:11,920 --> 00:32:14,000
Speaker 1: bet against him. He can show up in big ways.

624
00:32:14,040 --> 00:32:17,080
Speaker 1: He's played big and big games all of his career.

625
00:32:17,240 --> 00:32:19,560
Speaker 1: He's been outstanding in the playoffs and I don't expect

626
00:32:19,600 --> 00:32:22,840
Speaker 1: that to change today. I expect it to take a

627
00:32:23,000 --> 00:32:27,800
Speaker 1: herculean effort from the Miami Dolphins to come out of

628
00:32:27,880 --> 00:32:29,720
Speaker 1: this game to leave Arrowhead would win.

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Speaker 3: And finally, Richard the red hot Buffalo Bills somehow, some

630
00:32:35,320 --> 00:32:37,960
Speaker 3: way take on the Pittsburgh Steelers. I want to talk

631
00:32:37,960 --> 00:32:40,080
Speaker 3: about the Steelers real quick before we get into this game,

632
00:32:40,160 --> 00:32:42,800
Speaker 3: because this team was left for dead man and then

633
00:32:42,880 --> 00:32:48,480
Speaker 3: Mike Tomlin somehow gets this team to rally around who

634
00:32:49,080 --> 00:32:51,840
Speaker 3: QB number three now Mason Rudolph, who looks like he

635
00:32:51,920 --> 00:32:56,560
Speaker 3: might finally be the answer Richard. These Steelers have another

636
00:32:56,600 --> 00:32:59,480
Speaker 3: winning record out of nowhere and they're in a playoff

637
00:32:59,520 --> 00:33:01,480
Speaker 3: game again. The Bills, you can never count them out.

638
00:33:01,520 --> 00:33:04,880
Speaker 3: They go into this game pretty sizable underdogs at nine

639
00:33:04,920 --> 00:33:07,360
Speaker 3: and a half points. Richard, what do you think of

640
00:33:07,400 --> 00:33:09,560
Speaker 3: this game? Do you like the Bills to come out

641
00:33:09,600 --> 00:33:09,960
Speaker 3: on top?

642
00:33:11,320 --> 00:33:13,400
Speaker 2: Yeah, Mitchell, I think Buffalo win this game.

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Speaker 1: I think Pittsburgh has had a fantastic season with all

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Speaker 1: things considered. You know, if Kenny Pickett wasn't the answer,

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00:33:21,560 --> 00:33:25,880
Speaker 1: sadly and then clearly Trubisky wasn't the answer, But Mike

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Speaker 1: Tomlin still finds a way to win games. He finds

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Speaker 1: a way to will these teams, his teams into position

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Speaker 1: to be in the playoffs year after year after year

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Speaker 1: after year, regardless of circumstances. With TJ Watt out, I

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Speaker 1: just can't see this them winning this game. Even with TJ.

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Speaker 1: Watt fully healthy and in the fold, it was going

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Speaker 1: to be a long shot for Pittsburgh to pull out

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Speaker 1: a win. But uh yeah, yeah, it's been great. It's

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Speaker 1: still a successful season for them. They made the playoffs.

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Speaker 1: They need to find an answer at quarterback. But I

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00:33:56,480 --> 00:33:59,000
Speaker 1: think Josh Allen and the Buffalo Bills are too hot

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Speaker 1: right now. They're in Buffalo, they're at home. They're tough

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Speaker 1: to beat there.

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Speaker 3: Well, that concludes at least are our analysis of these matchups, Richard,

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Speaker 3: Before we go, I gotta know who is your AFC

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Speaker 3: and NFC representatives. Let's take an AFC championship game, NFC

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Speaker 3: championship game, and then Super Bowl participants. Who do you

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Speaker 3: think is going to make both of those games and

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Speaker 3: then the Super Bowl.

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Speaker 2: That's a great question, Mitchell.

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Speaker 3: The Detroit Lions is an easy answer here, Richard.

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Speaker 2: Detroit, Detroit, Detroit.

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Speaker 1: I have the Dallas Cowboys playing in San Francisco, forty

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Speaker 1: nine ers.

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Speaker 2: Unfortunately, oh my god.

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Speaker 1: You know, you know I don't want to jink Detroit

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00:34:42,520 --> 00:34:44,880
Speaker 1: every time I put give them this kind of respect, Mitchell,

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00:34:44,920 --> 00:34:46,959
Speaker 1: you know what happens. So maybe if I don't jink

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00:34:47,040 --> 00:34:50,400
Speaker 1: some you know, they'll go and they'll win it. On

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00:34:50,440 --> 00:34:54,960
Speaker 1: the AFC side, I got Buffalo, and uh, I don't

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00:34:55,000 --> 00:34:57,000
Speaker 1: know if they can beat my homes though, all right,

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00:34:58,360 --> 00:35:02,520
Speaker 1: because it's going to be Buffalo and Kansas City. I

678
00:35:02,520 --> 00:35:05,840
Speaker 1: don't know if they can beat my home. So, like,

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00:35:06,840 --> 00:35:09,000
Speaker 1: you know, everything considered. You know, I know that he's

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00:35:09,000 --> 00:35:10,000
Speaker 1: having a down year.

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00:35:09,880 --> 00:35:11,920
Speaker 2: But I just don't know if he can beat my homes.

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Speaker 2: Mitchell just don't know. Mitchell.

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00:35:13,920 --> 00:35:16,880
Speaker 1: It's like it's like Freddy Krueger, that's his, Jason Vorheast,

684
00:35:16,920 --> 00:35:19,440
Speaker 1: that's his, you know what I mean, that's that's his.

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Speaker 2: That's the one. Mitchell.

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Speaker 1: That's the heel he has to climb. That's his goliath

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00:35:23,680 --> 00:35:25,920
Speaker 1: like he had. That's the dragon he has to slay.

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00:35:25,960 --> 00:35:29,040
Speaker 1: And he has not slay him. Mitchell Burrow has. Joe

689
00:35:29,040 --> 00:35:32,800
Speaker 1: Burrow has slay him, but not Josh Allen and and

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00:35:32,800 --> 00:35:35,799
Speaker 1: and you know, they changed overtime rules because of what

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00:35:35,880 --> 00:35:38,200
Speaker 1: happened in that game, and not that Josh played bad.

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00:35:38,200 --> 00:35:52,279
Speaker 1: He played spectacularly, but he lost Mitchell Baltimore. And so

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Speaker 1: I don't know if he can beat him.

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Speaker 2: Mitchell Baltimore in Kansas City.

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Speaker 1: Michell Baltimore, Oh god, I don't know if he could

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00:36:01,640 --> 00:36:02,080
Speaker 1: beat him.

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Speaker 3: All Right, Well, that takes us to the super Bowl.

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Speaker 2: Who you got San Francisco forty nine ers? Mitchell? You

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00:36:08,160 --> 00:36:09,640
Speaker 2: know what I got? I think?

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Speaker 3: Well I know that. But are they are they playing?

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00:36:11,800 --> 00:36:13,960
Speaker 3: Are they gonna have a rematch against the Ravens again,

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00:36:14,080 --> 00:36:14,440
Speaker 3: or what.

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00:36:14,360 --> 00:36:17,240
Speaker 1: They're gonna play? Baltimore game. It's gonna be a different

704
00:36:17,280 --> 00:36:20,960
Speaker 1: ball game. But they gotta find some answers for that

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00:36:21,520 --> 00:36:24,480
Speaker 1: Baltimore pass Russ because they are not going anywhere.

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Speaker 2: They are still going to be there and just as

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Speaker 2: ferocious as they were.

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Speaker 1: And again, you gotta financials for Lamara Jackson, which nobody

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00:36:30,800 --> 00:36:33,279
Speaker 1: has uh has found out yet.

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Speaker 3: I respect it, but I'm gonna I'm gonna paint a

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00:36:35,920 --> 00:36:37,920
Speaker 3: little bit different picture for you because I gotta get

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Speaker 3: on records with Rye prediction here, all right. I think

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Speaker 3: the Detroit Lions win in commanding fashion against the Rams.

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Speaker 3: When I say commanding, I think they're gonna win by

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Speaker 3: eight plus points. They're gonna be on a hype train

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Speaker 3: leading into playing the Dallas Cowboys, where they get their rematch,

717
00:36:52,239 --> 00:36:56,640
Speaker 3: they get the old Brad Allen replay special. The Lions

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00:36:56,719 --> 00:36:59,799
Speaker 3: end up winning in dramatic fashion in Dallas. Go on

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Speaker 3: to face your San Francisco forty nine ers. This is

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Speaker 3: where it's gonna get tough. Rich. These teams match up

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Speaker 3: really well. Niners are obviously superior in a lot of

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Speaker 3: different angles. Defensively, I like the Niners to advance against

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Speaker 3: the Detroit Lions. But then you know what I think

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Speaker 3: it is Josh Allen's time to shine coming out of

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Speaker 3: the AFC. Rich You talked about him taking down Goliath.

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00:37:24,200 --> 00:37:26,960
Speaker 3: He's gonna take down Goliath and Patrick Mahomes, and then

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00:37:26,960 --> 00:37:30,000
Speaker 3: they're gonna shock the world beating the Baltimore Ravens, the

728
00:37:30,040 --> 00:37:32,840
Speaker 3: Red Hot Ravens. They will play against the San Francisco

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Speaker 3: forty nine Ers, Richard, I'll take it one step further.

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Speaker 3: It is Josh Allen's year. He's gonna win this. The

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Speaker 3: Buffalo Bills come out victorious over your San Francisco forty

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Speaker 3: nine ers, he becomes a talk of the town, you know,

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Speaker 3: next year's MVP favorite, et cetera. It is Josh Allen's

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Speaker 3: time to shine. I'm dying on that hill, rich Mitchell.

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00:37:53,560 --> 00:37:54,759
Speaker 3: That's a tough hill to die on.

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Speaker 2: You. It's gonna be a lonely hel Mitchell.

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Speaker 1: There's not gonna be a lot of people that join

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Speaker 1: you on that hell and I definitely won't. If you

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Speaker 1: think Josh Allen is gonna slay not only Patrick Mahomes,

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00:38:04,600 --> 00:38:08,280
Speaker 1: but you think he's gonna slay Lamar Jackson and then

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Speaker 1: the forty nine, Mitchell, if he goes through that gauntlet

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00:38:11,600 --> 00:38:15,920
Speaker 1: and wins those, there's gonna be some conversations this off season,

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00:38:16,000 --> 00:38:16,759
Speaker 1: no question about it.

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Speaker 2: I don't think he will, but.

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Speaker 3: I just want to become part of Bill's mafia at

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Speaker 3: the end of the day, rich That's my only goal here.

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Speaker 1: There's gonna be a lot of people jumping through tables

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00:38:26,000 --> 00:38:28,359
Speaker 1: if he gets on this kind of run, Mitchell, there

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Speaker 1: there'll be a lot of tables broken in Buffalo for sure.

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Speaker 3: No question. Well, Richard, this concludes our Week eighteen recap

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Speaker 3: as we look forward into next weekend's huge games. We

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00:38:39,000 --> 00:38:41,040
Speaker 3: thank you guys as always for joining us. Richard, I'll

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00:38:41,120 --> 00:38:43,760
Speaker 3: let you sign us off well. As always, we appreciate

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00:38:43,840 --> 00:38:46,279
Speaker 3: you joining us this season. The season has come to

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00:38:46,320 --> 00:38:49,640
Speaker 3: a conclusion for the regular season, but the most exciting

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00:38:49,719 --> 00:38:52,279
Speaker 3: time of the year is here now, and we'll have

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Speaker 3: more exciting podcasts and more exciting guests as we move

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00:38:55,880 --> 00:38:59,360
Speaker 3: forward in these playoffs. Send your predictions tag us on

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Speaker 3: Instagram or Twitter or wherever you might catch us. But

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Speaker 3: it's gonna be interesting. I think the Dallas Cowboys go

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Speaker 3: home and I can't wait.

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Speaker 1: The volume