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Speaker 1: The Around the NFL Podcast Refuse to wear Khaki's Welcome

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Speaker 1: back to another edition of the Around the NFL Podcast.

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Speaker 1: My name is Dan Hansis, and I am joined by

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Speaker 1: a room filled with heroes, Mark Sessler, Chris Westling, and

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Speaker 1: Greg Rosenthal. What's up, boys? Hey, Dan, we do refuse

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Speaker 1: to wear khakis? Maybe another uh, you know, bullet point

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Speaker 1: on the list of why we'll never appear on NFL

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Speaker 1: do people wear khakis on NFL network or anywhere? At

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Speaker 1: this point? Khakis are kind of in in a down cycle,

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Speaker 1: That's what I'm saying. In general, I think Jim Harbaugh

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Speaker 1: if he didn't shop for his pants at Walgreens or Walmart,

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Speaker 1: we would we wouldn't be doing that. Um, you guys

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Speaker 1: all look great. Todays is wearing a yellow and blue

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Speaker 1: goblins and googles, the turning of the leaves. Lots of

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Speaker 1: things happen in the fall. Not do you even understand

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Speaker 1: But season of strawberry season spring, spring in summer. Uh.

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Speaker 1: This is the Tuesday edition of the Around the NFL podcast,

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Speaker 1: sponsored as Mark didn't directly allude to, but you could

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Speaker 1: read between the lines. Sponsored by no one, but supported

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Speaker 1: by you the audience, and again want to thank everyone

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Speaker 1: lot of get a lot to get to. Today we

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Speaker 1: will have our recap of the Monday night football game

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Speaker 1: We're also gonna hit on what's what's in the news,

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Speaker 1: some injuries, to talk about some other things going on

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Speaker 1: across the NFL. Uh. Chris Westling wrote a banger and

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Speaker 1: you could read it on Wednesday, the top ten slot

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Speaker 1: break down West's list. And then yes, the Thursday night

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Speaker 1: football preview Throne of Sleeves edition, the New England Patriots

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Speaker 1: I think people respond with emotion. Like you said, oh

426
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Speaker 1: and two is oh and two. It's tough. No one

427
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Speaker 1: wants to be there. I think we all feel like

428
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Speaker 1: we're too good to be too oh and two. We

429
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Speaker 1: have too many players, too much talent. In a lot

430
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Speaker 1: of ways, we weren't playing at the level we're capable

431
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Speaker 1: of Greg kirk Cousins. Will he be benched by week eight? No,

432
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Speaker 1: I don't think they're looking to bench kirk Cousins. Will

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Speaker 1: you get out of this funk? Or is this a

434
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Speaker 1: sign of Hey, look, it's been a it's been a

435
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Speaker 1: good couple of weeks um for someone like myself who

436
00:22:39,320 --> 00:22:42,480
Speaker 1: never thought kirk Cousins was the top twenty NFL quarterback anyways.

437
00:22:42,560 --> 00:22:44,000
Speaker 1: I mean, he's a guy that's gonna go up and

438
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Speaker 1: down based on the level of his competition. He's had

439
00:22:46,359 --> 00:22:49,879
Speaker 1: a couple particularly poor games in terms of decision making,

440
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Speaker 1: his third in the league in passing yards. To me,

441
00:22:52,160 --> 00:22:55,320
Speaker 1: it's just weird that he's a low ceiling guy that

442
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Speaker 1: makes a lot of mental errors. So when that that's

443
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Speaker 1: a bad combination, Like he doesn't have talent to make

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Speaker 1: up for his mental errors. I think they're gonna stick

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Speaker 1: with him throughout this season. Though. You nailed the Cousins

446
00:23:06,119 --> 00:23:09,320
Speaker 1: trajectory so far, and Greg got his lock of the

447
00:23:09,840 --> 00:23:13,960
Speaker 1: week correct, So the guy is flying before, flying high

448
00:23:14,240 --> 00:23:16,320
Speaker 1: before his hot streaked downe the stretch. Last year, he

449
00:23:16,359 --> 00:23:21,040
Speaker 1: had the highest ERA adjusted interception rate in NFL history.

450
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Speaker 1: This is the guy we're seeing again. And I think

451
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Speaker 1: this situation isn't as dire as it is in Chicago,

452
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Speaker 1: but it's another situation where the future of the offense

453
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Speaker 1: is on the line this year to Sean Jackson, Pierre

454
00:23:32,320 --> 00:23:35,320
Speaker 1: Garson also in contract years, and I think that probably

455
00:23:35,320 --> 00:23:38,800
Speaker 1: contributes to their frustration when Kirk Cousins misses them wide open.

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Speaker 1: That's a great That's absolutely right that it is a

457
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Speaker 1: great point. And I do think it's dire now that

458
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Speaker 1: you say it, because you raised the expectations in year one,

459
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Speaker 1: you maybe don't know what you're gonna have at quarterback

460
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Speaker 1: after year two. And really, what's the progress that they've

461
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Speaker 1: they've made. They've got a full season to show us.

462
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Speaker 1: But they're not a tough team. They're not a good defense.

463
00:23:59,240 --> 00:24:01,959
Speaker 1: I mean, this is this acted from what's been a

464
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Speaker 1: terrible defense, one of the worst defense in the league

465
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Speaker 1: so far. Does GM Scott McCluin somehow spin this or

466
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Speaker 1: come out of this looking good for not committing to

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Speaker 1: Kirk Cousins. Yeah, gotta find a quarterback that would replace him.

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Speaker 1: Let's move on, gentlemen. Where the bad blows keep coming

469
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Speaker 1: for the San Diego Chargers. One week after Keenan Allen

470
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Speaker 1: was lost to a torn a c L. Danny Woodhead

471
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Speaker 1: was diagnosed with a torn a c L. Woodhead one

472
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Speaker 1: of the most versatile players in their offense, and the

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Speaker 1: Chargers mark a team that has looked very good overall.

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Speaker 1: They of course collapse in the fourth quarter. That's the

475
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Speaker 1: Chiefs in Week one, but then looked excellent in Week two,

476
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Speaker 1: a big win. Uh. What are your thoughts about this

477
00:24:47,640 --> 00:24:51,000
Speaker 1: offense now missing two of their players. Woodhead was used

478
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Speaker 1: so well in New England, but I would almost argue

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Speaker 1: that he's been used in an even better way in

480
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Speaker 1: San Diego. He was a big part of that offense.

481
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Speaker 1: And you know they've gone out and they've got Dexter

482
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Speaker 1: mccluster to replace him. Another guy that there, that Ken

483
00:25:03,160 --> 00:25:06,600
Speaker 1: wizzen Hunt there. Oh Seed knows well, but Dexter mccluster

484
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Speaker 1: is not Danny Woodhead on any level. What Danny Woodhead

485
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Speaker 1: I think is one of the most misunderstood players in

486
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Speaker 1: the NFL. He's in the top five short yardage weapons

487
00:25:16,920 --> 00:25:20,600
Speaker 1: since he got into the NFL. He he almost always

488
00:25:20,600 --> 00:25:23,720
Speaker 1: converts short yardage situations. He's great in the red zone,

489
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Speaker 1: and he's perfect for an offense where Phil Rivers wants

490
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Speaker 1: to sit in the shotgun, take less than two seconds

491
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Speaker 1: to pass the ball and push the ball ten to

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Speaker 1: twelve yards down the field right. For all the deserved

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Speaker 1: love Melvin Gordon's received. The last couple of weeks, Danny

494
00:25:35,840 --> 00:25:38,520
Speaker 1: Wood has was getting more snaps than Melvin Gordon, so

495
00:25:38,600 --> 00:25:41,560
Speaker 1: it was a one and one a situation. They lost

496
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Speaker 1: Brandon Oliver for the season already, so they have very

497
00:25:44,560 --> 00:25:47,959
Speaker 1: little depth. It's Andre Williams and mccluster behind Gordon. If

498
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Speaker 1: Gordon went down at some point, because they're gonna need

499
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Speaker 1: him to really probably touch the ball three hundred fifty

500
00:25:54,119 --> 00:25:56,600
Speaker 1: four hundred times, it's great news for his fantasy value.

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Speaker 1: If he went down, then it seems like theirs son

502
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Speaker 1: Kevin back at that point or something. Uh. And other

503
00:26:02,480 --> 00:26:06,080
Speaker 1: injury news at the running back position Adrian Peterson, who

504
00:26:06,080 --> 00:26:09,280
Speaker 1: sustained a knee injury in the Sunday night win over

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Speaker 1: the Packers. It was announced on Monday that Peterson has

506
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Speaker 1: had sustained a torn meniscus UH. And it's a type

507
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Speaker 1: of injury where it's not quite clear how long it's

508
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Speaker 1: going to keep him out, but we probably won't see

509
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Speaker 1: him this week and it could be multiple weeks. We

510
00:26:26,520 --> 00:26:30,200
Speaker 1: don't know yet, but now a Tina lost Teddy Bridgewater

511
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Speaker 1: and appeared to recover from that, might have to go

512
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Speaker 1: forward without a p their most important player in the

513
00:26:36,480 --> 00:26:39,639
Speaker 1: last decade. I think it was good news, though they

514
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Speaker 1: the way he was carried off the field that you

515
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Speaker 1: thought maybe that's a season ender or a torn a

516
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Speaker 1: c l And we had we had a medical expert

517
00:26:47,640 --> 00:26:49,760
Speaker 1: on her air saying, you never know, he might have

518
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Speaker 1: a chance to play this week or next week. And

519
00:26:52,480 --> 00:26:55,400
Speaker 1: they can get by with with Asiata and McKennon. Those

520
00:26:55,400 --> 00:26:56,960
Speaker 1: guys have been that those guys have been in the

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00:26:57,000 --> 00:26:58,919
Speaker 1: system for a few years. I think is not a

522
00:26:58,920 --> 00:27:00,439
Speaker 1: great player, but he's I think he's better than he

523
00:27:00,520 --> 00:27:03,080
Speaker 1: was in two thousand fourteen. That they'll be fine. They

524
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Speaker 1: also weren't getting any production from Adrian Peterson. For what

525
00:27:05,760 --> 00:27:09,000
Speaker 1: it's worth, short term good news. Long term, maybe not

526
00:27:09,040 --> 00:27:13,320
Speaker 1: so much good news if you remember, meniscus is what

527
00:27:13,160 --> 00:27:14,960
Speaker 1: what What's gonna end up keeping Tori hold out of

528
00:27:14,960 --> 00:27:17,680
Speaker 1: the Hall of Fame. It really shortened his career, and

529
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Speaker 1: meniscus injuries are no joke. When you're losing that that

530
00:27:21,600 --> 00:27:23,959
Speaker 1: fiber between the muscles, it leads to the bone on

531
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Speaker 1: bone thing that ended Curtis Martin's career in many other players,

532
00:27:27,320 --> 00:27:29,399
Speaker 1: how much how much longer of a career do we

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Speaker 1: think Adrian Peterson had. It's that's a really good question.

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00:27:33,600 --> 00:27:36,840
Speaker 1: I think it will be multiple years, but this makes

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Speaker 1: me think it might not be in Minnesota after this year.

536
00:27:40,280 --> 00:27:43,679
Speaker 1: His contract is gonna be need to torn up after

537
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Speaker 1: this season. He is do something like seventeen million dollars

538
00:27:47,040 --> 00:27:49,040
Speaker 1: next year and and they're gonna have to come up

539
00:27:49,080 --> 00:27:51,400
Speaker 1: with a new contract to keep him there. To be clear,

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00:27:51,440 --> 00:27:53,639
Speaker 1: I'm not saying that every torn meniscus results in a

541
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Speaker 1: bone on bone condition, but that could be the start

542
00:27:55,800 --> 00:27:59,199
Speaker 1: of something. Maybe it's maybe medical technology is advanced and

543
00:27:59,240 --> 00:28:01,640
Speaker 1: maybe his condition Isn't that bad question for the three

544
00:28:01,680 --> 00:28:03,600
Speaker 1: of you. By the way, the Dolphins are gonna overpay

545
00:28:03,720 --> 00:28:09,520
Speaker 1: for months. That's your lock of the week for the

546
00:28:09,600 --> 00:28:11,480
Speaker 1: three of you. How are you doing on you know,

547
00:28:11,560 --> 00:28:13,960
Speaker 1: determining what's going to be the team of your team

548
00:28:13,960 --> 00:28:15,760
Speaker 1: of the year, your team of at L I know

549
00:28:15,800 --> 00:28:18,600
Speaker 1: who mine is. Have a good time with your your

550
00:28:18,640 --> 00:28:22,199
Speaker 1: Bengals that was never getting by. I already told you

551
00:28:22,200 --> 00:28:24,800
Speaker 1: we've discussed this on Sunday. It's the Vikings and there's

552
00:28:24,800 --> 00:28:26,800
Speaker 1: no more discussion I would I will only say this,

553
00:28:26,880 --> 00:28:28,719
Speaker 1: the Bengals had a better chance of getting by than

554
00:28:28,760 --> 00:28:32,800
Speaker 1: the but the Vikings have gotten by into the STL.

555
00:28:33,520 --> 00:28:35,480
Speaker 1: I'm I'm thinking of just now, we might have to

556
00:28:35,520 --> 00:28:37,919
Speaker 1: just end the entire game because Mark went rogue and

557
00:28:37,920 --> 00:28:40,440
Speaker 1: destroyed the unity. You know, I'm against any breakdown and

558
00:28:40,520 --> 00:28:44,400
Speaker 1: unity of the podcast, whether it's the Jesle Nick pod

559
00:28:44,920 --> 00:28:47,400
Speaker 1: or Greg and the Hero Picks. I don't think you

560
00:28:47,960 --> 00:28:50,680
Speaker 1: going rogue. You know this always upsets me. I don't

561
00:28:50,680 --> 00:28:54,040
Speaker 1: think you're exactly heartbroken, uh, judging by the smile in

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00:28:54,080 --> 00:29:00,880
Speaker 1: your face right now, j V. I'm open to the Vikings.

563
00:29:00,560 --> 00:29:02,960
Speaker 1: So that there's your answer you asked the question. I'm

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00:29:03,000 --> 00:29:05,440
Speaker 1: open to them. They wouldn't be my tap team, but

565
00:29:05,520 --> 00:29:08,560
Speaker 1: they'd be in the top four. I appreciate that. I'm

566
00:29:08,600 --> 00:29:11,240
Speaker 1: also and I invite you to join me on that journey,

567
00:29:11,240 --> 00:29:16,520
Speaker 1: but I am not. I don't need it. I don't

568
00:29:16,520 --> 00:29:18,960
Speaker 1: know where you want us to go with this. Where

569
00:29:18,960 --> 00:29:20,240
Speaker 1: do you want us to go with this? I want

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00:29:20,280 --> 00:29:22,640
Speaker 1: you guys to come up with your little organic solution

571
00:29:22,720 --> 00:29:25,120
Speaker 1: to this, and we'll talk when you do. I mean,

572
00:29:25,120 --> 00:29:28,640
Speaker 1: you bailed on the Vikings when their little quarterback got

573
00:29:28,720 --> 00:29:31,840
Speaker 1: hurt and I didn't bail and Radford has one good

574
00:29:31,840 --> 00:29:33,800
Speaker 1: game when the lights are on and all of a sudden,

575
00:29:33,800 --> 00:29:36,960
Speaker 1: they're your boyfriends. I didn't listen. I have a favorite

576
00:29:36,960 --> 00:29:39,520
Speaker 1: team and they're breaking my heart. So I'm gonna try

577
00:29:39,520 --> 00:29:43,600
Speaker 1: to enjoy something about this season. All right, Well, we

578
00:29:43,640 --> 00:29:45,520
Speaker 1: don't know, we might are you? So you're out. You're

579
00:29:45,520 --> 00:29:47,960
Speaker 1: not involved with the process anymore, not even in the slightest.

580
00:29:48,280 --> 00:29:52,239
Speaker 1: It's about me. I don't know. I might be out too.

581
00:29:52,280 --> 00:29:54,800
Speaker 1: Then I might just withdraw. And this has always been

582
00:29:54,800 --> 00:29:57,120
Speaker 1: about Greg and West. Anyway you can try, you can

583
00:29:57,120 --> 00:29:59,720
Speaker 1: try to spin it into some sort of team breakdown,

584
00:29:59,760 --> 00:30:02,720
Speaker 1: some area, you know, a fisher between the podcast out.

585
00:30:03,040 --> 00:30:06,040
Speaker 1: I couldn't be concerned less. It's about It's funny because

586
00:30:06,600 --> 00:30:10,520
Speaker 1: when the opposite two people even broached the subject of

587
00:30:10,520 --> 00:30:13,000
Speaker 1: of maybe not having a team of a t L

588
00:30:13,520 --> 00:30:16,400
Speaker 1: literally one week ago, the two of you called us

589
00:30:16,600 --> 00:30:20,440
Speaker 1: traders essentially, and where you were insulted by this, you're

590
00:30:20,520 --> 00:30:22,720
Speaker 1: leading the charge. Well, no, now that Mark has ruined

591
00:30:22,760 --> 00:30:25,320
Speaker 1: the sanctity of the game. I was having fun. He

592
00:30:25,360 --> 00:30:28,440
Speaker 1: can like his Vikings regardless. Hey, hey, new splash. I'm

593
00:30:28,440 --> 00:30:30,680
Speaker 1: gonna like the Bucks. I'm gonna like the Chargers no

594
00:30:30,720 --> 00:30:33,440
Speaker 1: matter who we pick. I like him this year. I

595
00:30:33,480 --> 00:30:35,200
Speaker 1: mean I could like other teams and have a team

596
00:30:35,200 --> 00:30:36,840
Speaker 1: of a t L. He could have his own team

597
00:30:36,840 --> 00:30:39,560
Speaker 1: in there is a team, four different cars droving home. Yeah, exactly,

598
00:30:39,560 --> 00:30:45,600
Speaker 1: the sanctities going. There's nothing you would rather have us

599
00:30:45,720 --> 00:30:48,040
Speaker 1: drop you off at home. That seems a little a

600
00:30:48,080 --> 00:30:51,880
Speaker 1: little much. Yeah, the analogy falls a little bit flat. Uh,

601
00:30:52,040 --> 00:30:53,600
Speaker 1: Cardinals are still out there if you want to just

602
00:30:53,800 --> 00:30:57,240
Speaker 1: run it back from last year. Um, this has always

603
00:30:57,240 --> 00:30:59,880
Speaker 1: been about the scientists. Anyway. I think you guys, you

604
00:31:00,040 --> 00:31:02,560
Speaker 1: guys gotta work out your stuff, and this might be

605
00:31:02,600 --> 00:31:05,280
Speaker 1: a good exercise. So it's best Mark and have his

606
00:31:05,360 --> 00:31:07,800
Speaker 1: team and then I'll just sit out and just watch

607
00:31:07,880 --> 00:31:09,600
Speaker 1: it and then you guys can work it out amongst yourself.

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00:31:09,640 --> 00:31:14,120
Speaker 1: This is a troubling, a troubling sign of egos running

609
00:31:14,200 --> 00:31:18,720
Speaker 1: Mick Uh. Another injury news de Marcus where it's a

610
00:31:18,760 --> 00:31:22,680
Speaker 1: great album title, Egos Run amuck. Uh suffered an ulna

611
00:31:22,760 --> 00:31:26,640
Speaker 1: fracture near his elbow. Uh in week two and he

612
00:31:26,680 --> 00:31:30,200
Speaker 1: had to undergo surgery to correct the injuries. Expecting to

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00:31:30,240 --> 00:31:34,080
Speaker 1: miss four to five weeks. Uh so, DeMarcus Ware will

614
00:31:34,080 --> 00:31:37,120
Speaker 1: miss time for the Broncos. But Chris Westling and you

615
00:31:37,160 --> 00:31:40,640
Speaker 1: wrote about this on the Around the NFL page. Uh,

616
00:31:40,640 --> 00:31:42,680
Speaker 1: perhaps this isn't the worst thing to Marcus where a

617
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Speaker 1: veteran player, he gets back at the end of October

618
00:31:45,640 --> 00:31:48,200
Speaker 1: and away we go. Well, this isn't this a the recipe?

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Speaker 1: We saw it last year? He missed his time, he

620
00:31:50,360 --> 00:31:52,480
Speaker 1: comes back like a house on fire, and the playoffs

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Speaker 1: save his legs. Now you've got more snaps for Shane

622
00:31:55,360 --> 00:31:58,160
Speaker 1: Ray and Shaq Barrett, who are among the best substitute

623
00:31:58,200 --> 00:32:00,920
Speaker 1: pass rushers in the NFL. I think it's a I

624
00:32:00,920 --> 00:32:03,840
Speaker 1: think the Broncos are just fine. Another argument, and we've

625
00:32:03,840 --> 00:32:05,960
Speaker 1: been on this train. West unlike some people in the

626
00:32:06,040 --> 00:32:08,959
Speaker 1: room that John Elway is not just a fascinating GM,

627
00:32:09,080 --> 00:32:11,120
Speaker 1: but maybe one of the best of all time. What

628
00:32:11,200 --> 00:32:16,480
Speaker 1: did his players get hurt that day? That a s

629
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Speaker 1: on strength? Strength on strength? Very it is. It is crazy.

630
00:32:21,160 --> 00:32:24,800
Speaker 1: They're the equivalent of the Patriots offense. I guess that

631
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Speaker 1: it doesn't matter. You can take out the stars Shane,

632
00:32:28,280 --> 00:32:30,600
Speaker 1: You'll take out Von Miller. Well, you couldn't take out him.

633
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Speaker 1: You got one of the best defensive players ever in

634
00:32:32,480 --> 00:32:35,240
Speaker 1: von Miller. But you you suddenly insert a first round

635
00:32:35,240 --> 00:32:37,080
Speaker 1: pick who is playing like a guy who should be

636
00:32:37,120 --> 00:32:39,680
Speaker 1: starting on thirty one other team, Shane Ray. There's a

637
00:32:39,680 --> 00:32:41,520
Speaker 1: lot to be said for depth in the NFL. Is

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Speaker 1: the Buffalo Bills found out last Thursday. John Elway, by

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Speaker 1: the way, one of the only UH five quarterbacks in

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Speaker 1: NFL history to win his first two games in the

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Speaker 1: first two weeks of the rookie season. Carson Wentz also

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Speaker 1: one of those five John Elway, oh Okay, Trevor Simmey

643
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Speaker 1: in second year. Two of those other quarterbacks, though, Ryan

644
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Speaker 1: Leaf and Mark Sanchez ignominious, and finally in the New

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00:33:07,720 --> 00:33:10,760
Speaker 1: Sterling Shepherd had a breakout game for the Giants and

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Speaker 1: week two and Odell Beckham, his teammate, says, WHOA, this

647
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Speaker 1: kid is awesome. I think he's gonna be the offensive

648
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Speaker 1: rookie of the year. West said, lights out, every game,

649
00:33:24,040 --> 00:33:26,720
Speaker 1: comes up with big catch, makes big plays, rookie of

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Speaker 1: the year. I don't think that's so outland just of

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Speaker 1: a Predictionkie, who's the who are the favorites early in

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Speaker 1: the season, right? Will Fuller has to be there? Ezekiel

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Speaker 1: Elliott Wentz. I don't think Elliott Elliott is not a

654
00:33:37,880 --> 00:33:41,320
Speaker 1: favorite right now, and Wentz is the favorite because the

655
00:33:41,440 --> 00:33:44,200
Speaker 1: word course back behind an offensive line like the Cowboys.

656
00:33:44,480 --> 00:33:46,560
Speaker 1: I'm saying, I'm saying what he's done through two weeks.

657
00:33:46,560 --> 00:33:49,040
Speaker 1: He's averaging three point three yards per carrying was benched

658
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Speaker 1: in weeks. That's great bumble. That's some great rookies right now.

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00:33:51,440 --> 00:33:55,000
Speaker 1: Corey Coleman looks awesome. That could change quit right now.

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Speaker 1: Wentz would be the heavy favorite because I would take

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Speaker 1: Ezekiel Elliott against the field after two weeks, I would

662
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Speaker 1: go Wentz. I think a quarterback always has a bit.

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Speaker 1: I'll take you on that. If you wanted to do sandwiches, sure, alright,

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Speaker 1: sandwich wager Will four tier? Um, please Nick make note

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Speaker 1: of that. And speaking of Sterling Shepherd, gentlemen, that's what's

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Speaker 1: happening in the news. By the way, uh, Chris Wessling

667
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Speaker 1: wrote a banger top ten slot receivers in the league.

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Speaker 1: I read every word and I really enjoyed the piece.

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Speaker 1: It's literally not even available on the website, so that

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Speaker 1: can't be true. But one thing, but I will read, Yeah,

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Speaker 1: it will be if Will fourtier could tell his brother

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Speaker 1: Nick to take Carrick the sandwich is be in a

673
00:34:35,520 --> 00:34:37,800
Speaker 1: good place, thank you. I like Will fourt. It was

674
00:34:37,840 --> 00:34:42,359
Speaker 1: a combination of Will Will, I don't even know where

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Speaker 1: it's Michael Lombardi and Bill Simmons. Will fot you're combining Will.

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00:34:49,600 --> 00:34:52,200
Speaker 1: Is it Fortier or is it Nick Fortier? I think

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00:34:52,200 --> 00:34:57,520
Speaker 1: it's it's four tier or four tier everything is. Everything's

678
00:34:57,560 --> 00:34:59,920
Speaker 1: up in the air right now. But anyway, West is

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00:35:00,080 --> 00:35:02,279
Speaker 1: going to write a banger unless he It's an off

680
00:35:02,360 --> 00:35:05,600
Speaker 1: day for West, and he writes kind of a middling column.

681
00:35:05,600 --> 00:35:08,799
Speaker 1: But I believe Wes is a consistent performer, so I

682
00:35:08,840 --> 00:35:11,080
Speaker 1: think it will be a banger. I have a middling

683
00:35:11,120 --> 00:35:13,600
Speaker 1: column in me, Mark, do you think this will be

684
00:35:13,600 --> 00:35:16,799
Speaker 1: a banger or add? It all depends because you know

685
00:35:16,880 --> 00:35:18,960
Speaker 1: West is getting close to the end of his work day.

686
00:35:19,000 --> 00:35:21,600
Speaker 1: A lot of variables come into play when West hits

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Speaker 1: the streets. So here we go the slot receiver top

688
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Speaker 1: ten will go from ten to one. Here we'll start

689
00:35:30,080 --> 00:35:34,600
Speaker 1: with a front half Uh coming in at ten Willie Snead,

690
00:35:34,719 --> 00:35:38,799
Speaker 1: followed by Eagles wide receiver Jordan Matthews, Randall Cobb of

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00:35:38,840 --> 00:35:41,759
Speaker 1: the Packers, who something tells me a year or two ago,

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Speaker 1: he would have been much higher on this list. Sterling

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Speaker 1: Shepherd and we just talked about at number seven, t

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Speaker 1: Y Hilton, let's do six seven over cob already and

695
00:35:53,280 --> 00:35:56,800
Speaker 1: Jordan Matthews. Cops tough to rank because two thou fourteen

696
00:35:56,840 --> 00:35:58,680
Speaker 1: he was the best slot in the game. Last year

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00:35:58,719 --> 00:36:00,520
Speaker 1: he was a complete and utter lie ability for the

698
00:36:00,520 --> 00:36:03,239
Speaker 1: Packers while playing through an injury. And this year I

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00:36:03,239 --> 00:36:05,319
Speaker 1: haven't liked what I've seen through two games. He's not

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00:36:05,360 --> 00:36:08,040
Speaker 1: a playmaker right now. So how do you rank him?

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00:36:08,080 --> 00:36:10,560
Speaker 1: He's not two thousand fourteen cop, and he's not two

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00:36:10,600 --> 00:36:13,040
Speaker 1: thousand fifteen cop. Who is he? Why do you like

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00:36:13,120 --> 00:36:16,879
Speaker 1: Shepherd that much? I mean that that's putting him there

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00:36:17,000 --> 00:36:20,600
Speaker 1: right now. They're already quality vetter. I actually I'm with

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00:36:20,640 --> 00:36:21,719
Speaker 1: you on this, but I want to hear why you

706
00:36:21,760 --> 00:36:23,319
Speaker 1: say so. Watch game pass and see if you can

707
00:36:23,320 --> 00:36:27,360
Speaker 1: find an incomplete pass. I mean, he's money. Eli is

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00:36:27,360 --> 00:36:29,120
Speaker 1: gonna throw to him and he's going to be there.

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Speaker 1: He's he's the best route runner of all the rookies

710
00:36:31,920 --> 00:36:35,240
Speaker 1: as fancy routes. He's fancy routes. He's good after the catch,

711
00:36:35,560 --> 00:36:38,160
Speaker 1: he's got good body control at this at the catch point.

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00:36:38,520 --> 00:36:40,120
Speaker 1: I don't think he really has a weakness. And he's

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00:36:40,160 --> 00:36:43,200
Speaker 1: playing more snaps in the slot than any receiver in

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Speaker 1: the NFL right now, which is surprising given that Victor

715
00:36:46,400 --> 00:36:49,440
Speaker 1: Cruz right was previously the best slot receiver in the

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00:36:49,520 --> 00:36:52,440
Speaker 1: NFL before he told It's interesting Victor Cruz is now

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00:36:52,480 --> 00:36:56,080
Speaker 1: come back as an outside receiver. They're saying, look, you've

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00:36:56,120 --> 00:36:59,080
Speaker 1: been replaced by Sterling Shepherd. That's his job. Can you

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Speaker 1: make it as an outside receiver? So far Cruise has

720
00:37:01,560 --> 00:37:04,239
Speaker 1: done a nice job, but the more important player this

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00:37:04,280 --> 00:37:07,120
Speaker 1: season and obviously moving forward is Shepherd. Hands down the

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00:37:07,160 --> 00:37:11,320
Speaker 1: best receiving corps in the league. Wow, well, Odell Beckham,

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Speaker 1: Cruise playing the way is and we're talking about another

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Speaker 1: Rookie of the Year potential, Sterling Shepherd. If he's on

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Speaker 1: this list, you've got I'm taking the Cardinals over them.

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00:37:20,960 --> 00:37:23,440
Speaker 1: John Brown hasn't been John Brown yet, so that's that's

727
00:37:23,440 --> 00:37:28,560
Speaker 1: a factor. I'd take the Jets over them. I mean,

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Speaker 1: I'm not you would take the Jets over a team

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Speaker 1: with Odell Beckham. I'm not putting Cruise yet on the

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Speaker 1: level of the level of a top thirty NFL receiver.

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Speaker 1: I think you look at some of the players that

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00:37:41,080 --> 00:37:44,520
Speaker 1: they've made two cruise. I want to see it against

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00:37:44,560 --> 00:37:46,880
Speaker 1: better defenses. I want to see it a little. I

734
00:37:46,880 --> 00:37:49,239
Speaker 1: want to see the explosiveness. Some of the jets are

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00:37:49,280 --> 00:37:51,600
Speaker 1: up there, no question, but I I'm just saying there

736
00:37:51,680 --> 00:37:54,320
Speaker 1: might be a big drop off after two stars cruise

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00:37:54,400 --> 00:37:57,279
Speaker 1: back in there. But back to the slot receiver and

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Speaker 1: you have t Y Hilton at six, and I think

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00:37:59,520 --> 00:38:03,120
Speaker 1: he's had seasons in his career where you can make

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00:38:03,120 --> 00:38:05,040
Speaker 1: the argument he should be higher on this list. Why

741
00:38:05,160 --> 00:38:07,960
Speaker 1: isn't he was? Actually, by the time this article goes live,

742
00:38:08,000 --> 00:38:10,560
Speaker 1: I might remove him. He never he was not a

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00:38:10,600 --> 00:38:13,400
Speaker 1: slot receiver before this year. He's moved and he's playing

744
00:38:13,400 --> 00:38:17,279
Speaker 1: about in the slot. But if don donte moncreep is out,

745
00:38:17,560 --> 00:38:20,520
Speaker 1: looks gonna be a while. They're gonna move t Y

746
00:38:20,600 --> 00:38:22,920
Speaker 1: Hilton back outside, would be my guest. And he hasn't

747
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Speaker 1: played slot enough in his career to keep him on

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Speaker 1: this list, So you know, the unusual top nine list. No,

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Speaker 1: I want to put cool Beasley on there to highlight

750
00:38:29,480 --> 00:38:32,279
Speaker 1: how well he's playing. I like cool col Beasley is good.

751
00:38:32,320 --> 00:38:34,400
Speaker 1: I like seeing Willie Sneaed in there. There was some

752
00:38:34,480 --> 00:38:39,719
Speaker 1: back room negotiating. I like, it's like the New Hampshire caucuses.

753
00:38:39,800 --> 00:38:42,399
Speaker 1: I was, I was caucusing for Willie sneed to get

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00:38:42,440 --> 00:38:49,440
Speaker 1: on the list. So it's nice caucus. It's an American

755
00:38:49,520 --> 00:38:54,960
Speaker 1: political institution. You hate America, millennial, feel free to get it.

756
00:38:55,760 --> 00:38:57,800
Speaker 1: Greg's show on c SPAN will be here in this evening.

757
00:38:58,920 --> 00:39:03,280
Speaker 1: Let's live in a dictator ship. You don't want free voting. Um,

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00:39:03,360 --> 00:39:05,960
Speaker 1: let's move into the top five of the Westland Banger

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00:39:06,040 --> 00:39:08,720
Speaker 1: and we will start right there with Eric Decker the Jets.

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00:39:08,960 --> 00:39:12,719
Speaker 1: And here's the great Decker stat his throwout his first

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Speaker 1: year with the Jets, where he had a bad leg

762
00:39:14,719 --> 00:39:18,000
Speaker 1: and a bad quarterback throwing to him. Uh. Since Week

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00:39:18,080 --> 00:39:21,960
Speaker 1: one of the season, he's played in seventeen games. He

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00:39:22,040 --> 00:39:25,880
Speaker 1: has fourteen touchdowns. In those seventeen games. He's never had

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00:39:25,920 --> 00:39:27,719
Speaker 1: more than two touchdowns in a game, so, but he's

766
00:39:27,760 --> 00:39:31,360
Speaker 1: had one in fourteen of the seventeen games. Almost always

767
00:39:31,400 --> 00:39:34,680
Speaker 1: you could pencil him in for sixty to a hundred yards.

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00:39:34,719 --> 00:39:38,319
Speaker 1: He has become the most consistent wide receiver, UH that

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00:39:38,440 --> 00:39:41,120
Speaker 1: I can remember the Jets ever having. And that's why

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00:39:41,160 --> 00:39:43,400
Speaker 1: he deserves that top five spot. To me, was I

771
00:39:43,440 --> 00:39:46,480
Speaker 1: believe if you look even deeper over the last four years,

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00:39:47,239 --> 00:39:49,520
Speaker 1: Dez Bryant Brandon Marshall are the only receivers in the

773
00:39:49,600 --> 00:39:53,600
Speaker 1: NFL with more touchdowns and Eric Decker a multitalented receiver.

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00:39:53,680 --> 00:39:59,320
Speaker 1: Decker according to family sources. You're referring to the snapchat

775
00:39:59,400 --> 00:40:02,799
Speaker 1: from his that's correct. She was hinting that he was

776
00:40:03,960 --> 00:40:06,200
Speaker 1: gifted in a lot of ways. She wasn't hinting. She

777
00:40:06,280 --> 00:40:12,080
Speaker 1: called them big Decker. We're trying to like circle the point,

778
00:40:12,680 --> 00:40:15,400
Speaker 1: but she did. That's exactly what she said. It's some

779
00:40:15,520 --> 00:40:17,080
Speaker 1: one of those things that gets you kind of mad

780
00:40:17,200 --> 00:40:20,160
Speaker 1: because the dudes like h ten out of ten looks wise.

781
00:40:20,600 --> 00:40:23,839
Speaker 1: And he's a very successful professional athlete playing in New

782
00:40:23,920 --> 00:40:26,520
Speaker 1: York and then on top of it, his nickname with

783
00:40:26,560 --> 00:40:30,640
Speaker 1: his wife. Yeah, not a lot of pitfalls for him.

784
00:40:30,760 --> 00:40:33,120
Speaker 1: What a life anyway. Number five, So Eric Decker a

785
00:40:33,160 --> 00:40:36,239
Speaker 1: consistent force for the New York Jets. And then you

786
00:40:36,280 --> 00:40:40,520
Speaker 1: have Jarvis Landry at four entered this season. Chris Westling

787
00:40:40,520 --> 00:40:42,840
Speaker 1: as I know, you know, with the most catches in

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00:40:42,840 --> 00:40:45,040
Speaker 1: the history of the league in his first two seasons,

789
00:40:45,719 --> 00:40:49,279
Speaker 1: uh as a pro football player. But tell me why

790
00:40:49,920 --> 00:40:54,040
Speaker 1: he is number four? Then? Well, you could two through

791
00:40:54,120 --> 00:40:56,520
Speaker 1: four Doug Baldwin, half the catches are actually made up.

792
00:40:56,520 --> 00:40:58,359
Speaker 1: That West is right. I'll explain to you why it's

793
00:40:58,360 --> 00:41:01,400
Speaker 1: a focused stat. But Julie is Edelman, Doug Baldwin, Jarvis

794
00:41:01,480 --> 00:41:05,560
Speaker 1: Landry two, three, four, I think are fairly interchangeable. It's

795
00:41:05,560 --> 00:41:08,320
Speaker 1: a bogus stat because he, more than any wide receiver

796
00:41:08,320 --> 00:41:11,080
Speaker 1: in the NFL has. His touch is manufactured by the

797
00:41:11,080 --> 00:41:15,920
Speaker 1: play caller. Yeah, he makes more errors than the rest

798
00:41:15,960 --> 00:41:18,840
Speaker 1: of this top five. I would say he's he's a

799
00:41:19,120 --> 00:41:21,560
Speaker 1: He's an unbelievable talent. I'm actually a little surprised he

800
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Speaker 1: put Decker below below him, because I know you like

801
00:41:24,200 --> 00:41:27,960
Speaker 1: Rick Decker. Alt Landry is physically tough, he has great hands,

802
00:41:28,000 --> 00:41:30,840
Speaker 1: he's good after the catch, He's elusive. He's better in

803
00:41:30,840 --> 00:41:32,880
Speaker 1: the red zone than people think. But I think he

804
00:41:33,040 --> 00:41:36,000
Speaker 1: shows Matt Harmon and I were talking about this yesterday.

805
00:41:36,000 --> 00:41:38,560
Speaker 1: He shows the folly of building an offense around a

806
00:41:38,600 --> 00:41:41,319
Speaker 1: slot receiver. The Dolphins are one of the most inconsistent

807
00:41:41,360 --> 00:41:44,840
Speaker 1: and unproductive offenses in the NFL. When I look at

808
00:41:44,920 --> 00:41:46,840
Speaker 1: Julian Edelman at number three, and this is not to

809
00:41:46,880 --> 00:41:50,240
Speaker 1: take anything away from Edelman, who's a really really good player,

810
00:41:50,840 --> 00:41:52,600
Speaker 1: but when you're talking about slot receivers, so you're not

811
00:41:52,640 --> 00:41:55,719
Speaker 1: a true number one guy that can make things happen

812
00:41:55,760 --> 00:41:58,360
Speaker 1: on your own. How much is the quarterback tied into

813
00:41:58,560 --> 00:42:00,560
Speaker 1: how these guys end up ranking on a list like

814
00:42:00,600 --> 00:42:03,440
Speaker 1: this or just in general their production. Would Julian Edelman

815
00:42:03,680 --> 00:42:06,680
Speaker 1: be anyway where near this list if say Blaine Gabbett

816
00:42:06,680 --> 00:42:09,279
Speaker 1: was his quarterback, Well, look at look what he's done

817
00:42:09,280 --> 00:42:12,879
Speaker 1: with Jimmy Garopolois. Garppolo might be good now, but how

818
00:42:12,920 --> 00:42:15,239
Speaker 1: much of that is Julian Edelman? Right? I I to me,

819
00:42:15,360 --> 00:42:17,919
Speaker 1: he has shown his value, especially in these few weeks.

820
00:42:17,920 --> 00:42:20,439
Speaker 1: He gets so open and he makes people miss after

821
00:42:20,480 --> 00:42:21,960
Speaker 1: the catch. He's one of the better. He was one

822
00:42:21,960 --> 00:42:23,799
Speaker 1: of the better punter. It's turners. All you have to

823
00:42:23,800 --> 00:42:25,520
Speaker 1: do is turn on the Super Bowl game tape and

824
00:42:25,560 --> 00:42:28,520
Speaker 1: watch him trash the greatest secondary in the twenty century.

825
00:42:28,560 --> 00:42:31,920
Speaker 1: People forget that there's no harder sport than the NFL

826
00:42:31,960 --> 00:42:35,839
Speaker 1: to switch positions. This was a college quarterback who has

827
00:42:35,920 --> 00:42:37,879
Speaker 1: been I'll know if I get talking to the first

828
00:42:37,880 --> 00:42:40,640
Speaker 1: guy ever interviewed to NFL network, and he was just

829
00:42:40,840 --> 00:42:43,040
Speaker 1: making the ship from being kind of a special team

830
00:42:43,120 --> 00:42:46,760
Speaker 1: star to getting more involved in the offense and learning

831
00:42:46,800 --> 00:42:48,640
Speaker 1: from Wes Welker and talked about how much of a

832
00:42:48,680 --> 00:42:51,239
Speaker 1: process that was. You gotta give it to him. Tom

833
00:42:51,280 --> 00:42:53,880
Speaker 1: Brady trust this guy mentally too. They are on the

834
00:42:53,920 --> 00:42:56,680
Speaker 1: lockstep game after game, and he's took a half decade

835
00:42:56,719 --> 00:42:58,440
Speaker 1: for Tom Brady to trust him at that level. And

836
00:42:58,520 --> 00:43:00,839
Speaker 1: I think he's a better player at his peak than

837
00:43:01,000 --> 00:43:03,680
Speaker 1: than Welker is. And well, I don't know. Well one

838
00:43:03,800 --> 00:43:05,759
Speaker 1: to Dan's point though, if you look at the quarterbacks

839
00:43:05,760 --> 00:43:08,640
Speaker 1: attached to these and this is totally I told you before,

840
00:43:08,680 --> 00:43:11,160
Speaker 1: I just agree with this slist fled out. But Carson Palmer,

841
00:43:11,239 --> 00:43:15,759
Speaker 1: Russell Wilson, Tom Brady, you got Miami's quarterback in there.

842
00:43:16,040 --> 00:43:19,919
Speaker 1: You've got the New York Jets one I don't say

843
00:43:19,960 --> 00:43:25,640
Speaker 1: his name, Andrew eli Mann, Aaron Rodgers, and fill in

844
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Speaker 1: the blank. You know, Eagles have had multiple quarterbacks with

845
00:43:27,800 --> 00:43:30,239
Speaker 1: Jordan Matthew Matthews and then Drew Brees. So there are

846
00:43:30,280 --> 00:43:33,000
Speaker 1: a couple lower tier quarterbacks in there. That's just that.

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Speaker 1: I guess that's how football works. You have to have

848
00:43:35,239 --> 00:43:38,760
Speaker 1: to have a capable guy thrown to um. Maybe Eric Decker,

849
00:43:38,800 --> 00:43:41,320
Speaker 1: for instance, would be even better with Carson Palmer throwing

850
00:43:41,320 --> 00:43:44,720
Speaker 1: to him. But um, you have number two Doug Baldwin,

851
00:43:44,760 --> 00:43:48,120
Speaker 1: as as Mark said, and then at number one, your

852
00:43:48,120 --> 00:43:55,319
Speaker 1: boy age thirty two, still trucking. Larry Fitzgerald greatness. He's

853
00:43:55,360 --> 00:43:58,520
Speaker 1: the definition of greatness when you watch him play at

854
00:43:58,560 --> 00:44:02,719
Speaker 1: this age. Still, I know everybody's waiting to dethrone him

855
00:44:02,719 --> 00:44:05,560
Speaker 1: as the Cardinals best receiver. And I don't think Michael

856
00:44:05,560 --> 00:44:08,640
Speaker 1: Floyd and John Brown are close. Larry Fitzgerald is miles

857
00:44:08,640 --> 00:44:11,279
Speaker 1: ahead of those guys as a wide receiver. That's the

858
00:44:11,320 --> 00:44:13,160
Speaker 1: reason he had a hundred and nine catches last year.

859
00:44:13,200 --> 00:44:15,920
Speaker 1: That's why he was the most important player in the playoffs,

860
00:44:16,080 --> 00:44:18,880
Speaker 1: and that's why he's been their best along with David Johnson,

861
00:44:18,920 --> 00:44:20,600
Speaker 1: their best player through two games this year. And I

862
00:44:20,640 --> 00:44:23,000
Speaker 1: think you look at that, I agree, and you look

863
00:44:23,000 --> 00:44:25,680
Speaker 1: at the top three players on this list, Fitzgerald, Baldwin

864
00:44:25,719 --> 00:44:30,319
Speaker 1: and Edelman, all guys that have made significant transformations. I

865
00:44:30,360 --> 00:44:33,400
Speaker 1: think Edelman took four years to get going. Baldwin is

866
00:44:33,480 --> 00:44:35,120
Speaker 1: it was a good player for a while. He is

867
00:44:35,160 --> 00:44:38,080
Speaker 1: a I sort of him. Still wrapping my mind around

868
00:44:38,080 --> 00:44:40,440
Speaker 1: how good Doug Baldwin has been since the started last year.

869
00:44:40,560 --> 00:44:43,160
Speaker 1: He's a different player, and Fitzgerald to Bruce Arians is

870
00:44:43,160 --> 00:44:45,799
Speaker 1: credit really had his position changed when Arians got there,

871
00:44:45,840 --> 00:44:49,120
Speaker 1: and I think that really gave him a second career

872
00:44:49,160 --> 00:44:52,240
Speaker 1: as a dominant player. Once the best ex receiver in football,

873
00:44:52,280 --> 00:44:54,279
Speaker 1: now the best slot receiver in And I remember in

874
00:44:54,400 --> 00:44:57,920
Speaker 1: All or Nothing, one of the plot lines of that series,

875
00:44:57,960 --> 00:45:01,680
Speaker 1: the Amazon series was learned when we saw Larry Fitzgerald

876
00:45:01,719 --> 00:45:03,960
Speaker 1: talking about how when Bruce Arians told him, Hey, you're

877
00:45:03,960 --> 00:45:06,400
Speaker 1: gonna be our slot guy now, Fitzgerald wasn't happy about

878
00:45:06,400 --> 00:45:09,520
Speaker 1: it because I guess maybe to a all time great

879
00:45:09,560 --> 00:45:12,520
Speaker 1: like Fitzgerald, that might be a shot at your pride

880
00:45:12,520 --> 00:45:13,920
Speaker 1: that you're no longer going to be that guy on

881
00:45:13,960 --> 00:45:16,840
Speaker 1: the outside. But not only did he do as his

882
00:45:16,920 --> 00:45:19,360
Speaker 1: coach said and went along with it, he got invested

883
00:45:19,360 --> 00:45:21,960
Speaker 1: in it. And then and who can disagree with West's

884
00:45:22,040 --> 00:45:24,160
Speaker 1: list here he's become the best guy at it. It

885
00:45:24,239 --> 00:45:28,040
Speaker 1: just shows how truly great he is. Quintessential leader too.

886
00:45:28,080 --> 00:45:30,920
Speaker 1: I don't think people appreciate how rock solid he is

887
00:45:30,960 --> 00:45:34,800
Speaker 1: for that organisms played through a lot of injuries and

888
00:45:34,800 --> 00:45:37,400
Speaker 1: it's the best hands of his generation. One quick question

889
00:45:37,440 --> 00:45:40,920
Speaker 1: for you, outside of a Fitzgerald retirement or something, uh,

890
00:45:40,920 --> 00:45:42,359
Speaker 1: and you know you say you might take t Wey

891
00:45:42,440 --> 00:45:45,200
Speaker 1: Hilton off this list, but a year from now, who

892
00:45:45,239 --> 00:45:47,880
Speaker 1: would you say has the biggest chance to not be

893
00:45:47,960 --> 00:45:52,160
Speaker 1: on the this list? To Plummet, I like to spend

894
00:45:52,200 --> 00:45:58,240
Speaker 1: it negative. Maybe Willie Snead, Beasley. I don't Jordan Matthews

895
00:45:58,239 --> 00:46:02,160
Speaker 1: if he doesn't if his hands, Jordan Matthews gets open

896
00:46:02,360 --> 00:46:05,000
Speaker 1: and makes plays. He's sort of like a poor man's

897
00:46:05,040 --> 00:46:08,160
Speaker 1: Marcus Colston. But he drops too many passes for a

898
00:46:08,160 --> 00:46:11,120
Speaker 1: guy who's not athletically explosive. Thinking you dropped a dime

899
00:46:11,160 --> 00:46:14,839
Speaker 1: on Monday night. Looking at this, look at this listen.

900
00:46:15,040 --> 00:46:19,759
Speaker 1: It reminds me. Now now you draft slot receivers high,

901
00:46:19,960 --> 00:46:22,920
Speaker 1: and those are foundational parts of your offense. It's not

902
00:46:22,960 --> 00:46:25,640
Speaker 1: where you stick the third guy, You know what I mean?

903
00:46:25,640 --> 00:46:29,719
Speaker 1: It's interesting Snead is truly their number two receiver to me, uh,

904
00:46:29,880 --> 00:46:33,320
Speaker 1: Cobb is is look at his contract. Matthews is essentially

905
00:46:33,360 --> 00:46:36,239
Speaker 1: their number one receiver. Shepherd's the second round pick. Say

906
00:46:36,280 --> 00:46:40,440
Speaker 1: that Doug Baldman was an undrafted free agent, was seventh

907
00:46:40,480 --> 00:46:43,800
Speaker 1: round pick. Willie Sneeb was available for free for the Saints.

908
00:46:44,520 --> 00:46:47,480
Speaker 1: I don't know. Good job by Cleveland cutting Williason. There's

909
00:46:47,520 --> 00:46:50,359
Speaker 1: no real definition of a slot receiver anymore. They come

910
00:46:50,360 --> 00:46:52,759
Speaker 1: in all different shapes and sizes, all different builds, and

911
00:46:52,800 --> 00:46:56,080
Speaker 1: all different areas of the draft. Chris Westling will likely

912
00:46:56,120 --> 00:46:58,640
Speaker 1: write a banger. I think you have you started it,

913
00:46:58,840 --> 00:47:02,719
Speaker 1: transcribe what you have an outline, will like banging out

914
00:47:02,760 --> 00:47:06,480
Speaker 1: almost certainly right, a banger. And honestly, if you're a

915
00:47:06,520 --> 00:47:09,359
Speaker 1: listener to the show and you're you're thinking yourself, Oh yeah,

916
00:47:09,560 --> 00:47:12,560
Speaker 1: Wes is a great writer. But maybe he will stumble.

917
00:47:12,680 --> 00:47:14,920
Speaker 1: He said that it's possibly he will read the article

918
00:47:14,960 --> 00:47:16,600
Speaker 1: just to find out if he wrote the banger. That's

919
00:47:16,640 --> 00:47:18,879
Speaker 1: the drama attached to this. Yeah, so check in. If

920
00:47:18,960 --> 00:47:21,480
Speaker 1: the topic doesn't interest you, then just see if west

921
00:47:21,600 --> 00:47:23,839
Speaker 1: is on his game tonight. Let him know, let him

922
00:47:23,840 --> 00:47:27,200
Speaker 1: know that alone is just an adventure waiting to happen. Well,

923
00:47:27,239 --> 00:47:28,640
Speaker 1: you guys know how it is. As a writer, I'm

924
00:47:28,680 --> 00:47:30,600
Speaker 1: not really inspired right now, so there's no telling where

925
00:47:30,600 --> 00:47:34,080
Speaker 1: it's going to go. Sometimes magic comes out of nowhere,

926
00:47:34,120 --> 00:47:36,160
Speaker 1: though you never you got. You have to put yourself

927
00:47:36,200 --> 00:47:38,920
Speaker 1: in a situation to make it happen. Put yourself up

928
00:47:38,960 --> 00:47:40,680
Speaker 1: against the wall about it. Maybe you have a nice

929
00:47:40,719 --> 00:47:43,479
Speaker 1: brew or two with it to get the juices flowing creating.

930
00:47:43,520 --> 00:47:45,440
Speaker 1: I'm an needed a Christis situation in my life in

931
00:47:45,520 --> 00:47:47,719
Speaker 1: order to bring the best oats sure something. Dan will

932
00:47:47,760 --> 00:47:50,920
Speaker 1: say that we wrote a banger and and we're sitting

933
00:47:50,960 --> 00:47:53,680
Speaker 1: here thinking that's not really that much of a banker.

934
00:47:53,760 --> 00:47:56,120
Speaker 1: I'm almost always thinking that it could have been quite

935
00:47:56,160 --> 00:48:00,360
Speaker 1: a bit better had I applied myself see minus. But

936
00:48:00,360 --> 00:48:03,000
Speaker 1: I don't want to tell the listeners right now. Guys,

937
00:48:03,040 --> 00:48:06,440
Speaker 1: less is more but his zip it uh de valued

938
00:48:06,480 --> 00:48:10,520
Speaker 1: the banger uh to me? They're all bangers. Let's now

939
00:48:10,800 --> 00:48:14,680
Speaker 1: finally talk about Thursday night football PM Eastern. You can

940
00:48:14,719 --> 00:48:17,120
Speaker 1: see it on both CPS and NFL network. That's called

941
00:48:17,120 --> 00:48:20,839
Speaker 1: the simulcast. Guys in the industry, good show biz term,

942
00:48:21,120 --> 00:48:24,319
Speaker 1: good old show biz term, the old. Rosenthal parents will

943
00:48:24,360 --> 00:48:27,920
Speaker 1: be watching it from from my house Thursday night. Do

944
00:48:27,960 --> 00:48:30,399
Speaker 1: you think your parents will be cool with them being

945
00:48:30,400 --> 00:48:33,319
Speaker 1: called old like that? Well, they're they're definitely all. You're

946
00:48:33,360 --> 00:48:35,719
Speaker 1: just a youth hostel for in laws at this point,

947
00:48:35,719 --> 00:48:37,040
Speaker 1: and for your own film you think you had you

948
00:48:37,080 --> 00:48:38,919
Speaker 1: I don't think they would deny that. They're big. They're

949
00:48:38,920 --> 00:48:41,680
Speaker 1: big Patriots fans. My mom listens to every podcast, so

950
00:48:41,680 --> 00:48:44,480
Speaker 1: she'll hear this. Greg stays in character when talking about parents.

951
00:48:44,480 --> 00:48:46,560
Speaker 1: You know, we got Keith hands Us involved with the podcast.

952
00:48:46,600 --> 00:48:48,200
Speaker 1: We gotta get your father in law involved with the

953
00:48:48,200 --> 00:48:51,200
Speaker 1: podcast too. Down the line, we we we could have

954
00:48:51,280 --> 00:48:54,719
Speaker 1: story to storytime with Takeshi. I think at the satellite

955
00:48:54,719 --> 00:48:58,640
Speaker 1: to Japan though. Clicking all right, here we go Thursday

956
00:48:58,680 --> 00:49:02,680
Speaker 1: night put football with Houston Texans um traveling to New

957
00:49:02,680 --> 00:49:05,280
Speaker 1: England to face the Patriots. Yes, as we alluded to before,

958
00:49:05,320 --> 00:49:09,560
Speaker 1: there was that embarrassing uh jack at fiasco, but that

959
00:49:09,640 --> 00:49:12,040
Speaker 1: was years ago, and and and in my opinion, I

960
00:49:12,040 --> 00:49:14,800
Speaker 1: look at this game, Greg, and I say to myself, Okay,

961
00:49:14,920 --> 00:49:19,800
Speaker 1: Jacob Brisket starting for the Patriots most likely, most likely,

962
00:49:20,480 --> 00:49:23,160
Speaker 1: and the Texans, who we who we believe are a

963
00:49:23,200 --> 00:49:27,200
Speaker 1: good team. And I know the Cardinals failed in this situation.

964
00:49:27,440 --> 00:49:30,719
Speaker 1: I know the Dolphins were getting blown out before Garoppolo

965
00:49:30,800 --> 00:49:32,360
Speaker 1: got hurt, so they failed. So I don't want to

966
00:49:32,400 --> 00:49:35,840
Speaker 1: undervalue the Patriots. And Lord knows the people in the

967
00:49:35,880 --> 00:49:38,440
Speaker 1: desert are also undervalue with the Patriots and their chances

968
00:49:38,719 --> 00:49:41,399
Speaker 1: in this game. But the Texans gotta go up there

969
00:49:41,440 --> 00:49:44,520
Speaker 1: and take care of business and take advantage of a blessing,

970
00:49:44,760 --> 00:49:48,520
Speaker 1: which is no Brady, no Garoppolo, most likely, no Gronk,

971
00:49:48,600 --> 00:49:50,680
Speaker 1: most likely go win a football game in this about

972
00:49:50,680 --> 00:49:52,359
Speaker 1: it because you don't do it here, You're never gonna

973
00:49:52,360 --> 00:49:55,839
Speaker 1: do it. Yeah, you're right, because Texans fans. No. They

974
00:49:55,840 --> 00:50:00,920
Speaker 1: have taken some els in big spots. M the Patriots

975
00:50:00,960 --> 00:50:05,160
Speaker 1: some losses, some some tough loss. They had a Monday

976
00:50:05,239 --> 00:50:07,719
Speaker 1: night football game in Houston where it look people were

977
00:50:07,760 --> 00:50:09,560
Speaker 1: calling them the best team in the league and Matt

978
00:50:09,640 --> 00:50:12,399
Speaker 1: shob got blasted. They had a playoff game, of course,

979
00:50:12,400 --> 00:50:15,680
Speaker 1: in New England. This is one they should win because

980
00:50:15,719 --> 00:50:18,160
Speaker 1: their defense looks so good. We talked about it on

981
00:50:18,480 --> 00:50:21,319
Speaker 1: our YouTube video. Everyone should check us out. All of

982
00:50:21,360 --> 00:50:24,400
Speaker 1: our previews, by the way, are on YouTube if you

983
00:50:24,719 --> 00:50:28,719
Speaker 1: google week week three previews and the NFL channel. It'll

984
00:50:28,760 --> 00:50:31,279
Speaker 1: be up there on Friday moving forward, people have been

985
00:50:31,320 --> 00:50:32,920
Speaker 1: watching that. You should also check out. We have a

986
00:50:33,360 --> 00:50:37,120
Speaker 1: special google Ish YouTube video this week which I think

987
00:50:37,120 --> 00:50:39,760
Speaker 1: you'll enjoy. You've got to see this in the holiday season.

988
00:50:39,880 --> 00:50:43,240
Speaker 1: Check it out. Uh And and this team. I'm impressed

989
00:50:43,239 --> 00:50:48,800
Speaker 1: by their cornerbacks, Kevin Johnson, Kree, Jonathan Joseph looking good.

990
00:50:49,360 --> 00:50:51,759
Speaker 1: There was no there was enough space to get a

991
00:50:51,760 --> 00:50:57,040
Speaker 1: word in edge. I love the video. Well, well again,

992
00:50:57,400 --> 00:50:59,160
Speaker 1: maybe the audience will like to make sure you check

993
00:50:59,160 --> 00:51:01,480
Speaker 1: out our preview on YouTube of this game. Go on, Greg, So, No,

994
00:51:01,640 --> 00:51:05,640
Speaker 1: that's it. I said. I like the cornerbacks. I mean

995
00:51:05,680 --> 00:51:07,680
Speaker 1: I like the whole defense. That's the thing. It's good

996
00:51:07,719 --> 00:51:11,799
Speaker 1: at every level, Bernard Rick, McKenny, Whitney, Merciless. It's you

997
00:51:11,880 --> 00:51:14,200
Speaker 1: mentioned the cornerbacks, and they have the best pass rush

998
00:51:14,239 --> 00:51:17,239
Speaker 1: in the NFL. They have twenty one quarterback knockdowns led

999
00:51:17,280 --> 00:51:22,040
Speaker 1: by John Simon who's been killing quarterbacks five quarterback knockdowns

1000
00:51:22,040 --> 00:51:24,840
Speaker 1: by him, and they have the best third down defense

1001
00:51:24,840 --> 00:51:27,319
Speaker 1: in the NFL so far this year. To quarterbacks have

1002
00:51:27,360 --> 00:51:30,600
Speaker 1: a twenty two QBR against the Texans through two games.

1003
00:51:30,800 --> 00:51:32,799
Speaker 1: Let me let me say one thing though, I mean,

1004
00:51:32,880 --> 00:51:35,160
Speaker 1: and I know this, Dan is not like comments like this,

1005
00:51:35,280 --> 00:51:40,759
Speaker 1: but after we spent the off season questioning if if

1006
00:51:40,760 --> 00:51:45,879
Speaker 1: the Patriots could prepare Garoppolo for what we just saw,

1007
00:51:45,960 --> 00:51:49,520
Speaker 1: and he looked phenomenal on Sunday, I just don't expect

1008
00:51:50,239 --> 00:51:54,319
Speaker 1: uh Jacoby Brissette to be a big negative factor in

1009
00:51:54,320 --> 00:51:56,120
Speaker 1: this game. They were gonna game plan and use him

1010
00:51:56,120 --> 00:51:59,319
Speaker 1: in a way that maximizes what skills he has. At

1011
00:51:59,320 --> 00:52:01,400
Speaker 1: this point, he's rose well on the run. You know,

1012
00:52:01,440 --> 00:52:04,360
Speaker 1: he's a quarterback that got comparisons to it was Brett

1013
00:52:04,400 --> 00:52:06,560
Speaker 1: Hunley before before the draft, and a little bit of

1014
00:52:06,640 --> 00:52:09,759
Speaker 1: Jamis Winston when he was at his better moments. And

1015
00:52:10,040 --> 00:52:13,960
Speaker 1: I just think that the Patriots prepare players well, especially quarterbacks.

1016
00:52:13,960 --> 00:52:16,560
Speaker 1: We're not going to see some sort of frazzled nubie

1017
00:52:16,600 --> 00:52:19,240
Speaker 1: out there that love this guy. It was his favorite

1018
00:52:19,320 --> 00:52:23,000
Speaker 1: quarterback in the draft job, but one you would can

1019
00:52:23,040 --> 00:52:25,960
Speaker 1: see that there's a difference between getting five months to

1020
00:52:26,000 --> 00:52:29,400
Speaker 1: prepare for the Cardinals like Garoppoload and three days to

1021
00:52:29,440 --> 00:52:32,520
Speaker 1: prepare for and also right because the Thursday night football

1022
00:52:32,600 --> 00:52:35,480
Speaker 1: preparation for Thursday Nay football is so different than preparation

1023
00:52:35,520 --> 00:52:37,920
Speaker 1: for a Sunday game. They basically don't even really practice.

1024
00:52:38,200 --> 00:52:41,480
Speaker 1: So yes, I will. But at the same time, what

1025
00:52:41,480 --> 00:52:43,680
Speaker 1: did you think of her set in the preseason? I

1026
00:52:43,719 --> 00:52:46,000
Speaker 1: thought he looked good. I thought he played pretty well.

1027
00:52:46,120 --> 00:52:48,600
Speaker 1: We talked, I talked him up a little bit in

1028
00:52:48,680 --> 00:52:51,399
Speaker 1: the preseason. The recipe for to win this game though,

1029
00:52:51,840 --> 00:52:55,200
Speaker 1: is running the ball, not making mistakes on offense, and

1030
00:52:55,800 --> 00:52:58,719
Speaker 1: winning against brock Osweller that's where I think they can

1031
00:52:58,719 --> 00:53:01,400
Speaker 1: win this game. He's thrown three interceptions, they've played to

1032
00:53:01,920 --> 00:53:05,279
Speaker 1: what I believe our lackluster defenses in the Bears and

1033
00:53:05,440 --> 00:53:08,160
Speaker 1: the Chiefs right now are not quite the Chiefs. And

1034
00:53:08,239 --> 00:53:09,839
Speaker 1: he's got to throw up some balls that you can

1035
00:53:09,880 --> 00:53:12,200
Speaker 1: go after. I think that's where they have to This

1036
00:53:12,280 --> 00:53:14,040
Speaker 1: is this is the recipe for the Texans to win

1037
00:53:14,080 --> 00:53:16,600
Speaker 1: this game again, a game they should win. You need

1038
00:53:16,640 --> 00:53:18,920
Speaker 1: to make sure your quarterback doesn't kill you with turnovers,

1039
00:53:18,960 --> 00:53:23,239
Speaker 1: don't do anything stupid, and then stack that box. Make

1040
00:53:23,239 --> 00:53:25,880
Speaker 1: sure Gary Blunt doesn't damage you like he's done to

1041
00:53:26,000 --> 00:53:28,280
Speaker 1: other teams so far this year. And then dare the

1042
00:53:28,320 --> 00:53:30,960
Speaker 1: third round pick, rookie that hasn't done anything in his

1043
00:53:31,000 --> 00:53:33,480
Speaker 1: career to this point to beat you. And if he does, well,

1044
00:53:33,480 --> 00:53:36,520
Speaker 1: you've got bigger problems anywhere. Got one step unleash holy

1045
00:53:36,640 --> 00:53:40,080
Speaker 1: hell from your front seven on Jacoby percent Absolutely come

1046
00:53:40,120 --> 00:53:42,400
Speaker 1: at that guy, make him beat you. Uh, don't be

1047
00:53:42,440 --> 00:53:45,920
Speaker 1: afraid to. Uh. You take some chances, because this kid's

1048
00:53:45,920 --> 00:53:47,879
Speaker 1: got a show. He's ready for the stage. And and

1049
00:53:48,080 --> 00:53:50,000
Speaker 1: if he's not, that doesn't that's not an indictment of

1050
00:53:50,120 --> 00:53:55,560
Speaker 1: Jacoby Briskette Brissett what's his name, Jacoby Jacob, Jake Brisket.

1051
00:53:55,800 --> 00:53:57,439
Speaker 1: It's not an indictment of him. He's in a really

1052
00:53:57,480 --> 00:53:59,360
Speaker 1: tough spot here. So the Texans that sees on this,

1053
00:53:59,520 --> 00:54:03,359
Speaker 1: I like them. Matchup of la Gary Blunt verse one

1054
00:54:03,400 --> 00:54:05,440
Speaker 1: of the best run stuffers in the league right now,

1055
00:54:05,560 --> 00:54:09,480
Speaker 1: an absolute terror Jadavian Clowney but a bad foot by

1056
00:54:09,480 --> 00:54:10,920
Speaker 1: the way, but we'll see what if that holds him

1057
00:54:10,920 --> 00:54:13,400
Speaker 1: back up any concern we have, but the brock Osweiler

1058
00:54:13,440 --> 00:54:16,200
Speaker 1: to DeAndre Hopkins connection should be thrown out the window.

1059
00:54:16,640 --> 00:54:19,000
Speaker 1: The best matchup I saw in week two was DeAndre

1060
00:54:19,080 --> 00:54:23,640
Speaker 1: Hopkins against Marcus Peters, and Hopkins is phenomenal. That guy

1061
00:54:23,719 --> 00:54:26,120
Speaker 1: had a touchdown taken away from him by the lame

1062
00:54:26,200 --> 00:54:29,920
Speaker 1: catch role. DeAndre Hopkins is making play after play. He's insane,

1063
00:54:30,000 --> 00:54:32,840
Speaker 1: and that those matchups, you know, let's say Butler's on

1064
00:54:32,960 --> 00:54:36,120
Speaker 1: him and you got Logan Ryan or Justin Coleman on

1065
00:54:36,239 --> 00:54:39,719
Speaker 1: Will Fuller, I mean, that's trouble. That's trouble if in

1066
00:54:39,840 --> 00:54:43,120
Speaker 1: the Patriots maybe get after brock Osweiler and they get aggressive,

1067
00:54:43,160 --> 00:54:46,120
Speaker 1: but otherwise that's trouble. Peters on that one play, big

1068
00:54:46,160 --> 00:54:48,360
Speaker 1: play by Fuller, he gave him twelve yards a cushion

1069
00:54:48,400 --> 00:54:51,000
Speaker 1: that wasn't enough. Fuller still ran right savage and twenty

1070
00:54:51,000 --> 00:54:54,080
Speaker 1: three yards to catch. This year, through two games, Fuller, Fuller,

1071
00:54:54,120 --> 00:54:57,200
Speaker 1: and Hopkins have twenty one catches for over three fifty

1072
00:54:57,239 --> 00:54:59,520
Speaker 1: yards and three touchdowns. So that is a tan. Let's

1073
00:54:59,520 --> 00:55:01,239
Speaker 1: picked the game and get out of here. Mark picked

1074
00:55:01,239 --> 00:55:03,920
Speaker 1: the game and get out of here. Mark winner and

1075
00:55:04,000 --> 00:55:09,719
Speaker 1: the final New England thirty eight Houston Texans seven to

1076
00:55:10,360 --> 00:55:13,879
Speaker 1: seventeen Houston, come on, baby, now or never, take care

1077
00:55:13,880 --> 00:55:17,640
Speaker 1: of business twenty to win. I have a policy against

1078
00:55:17,920 --> 00:55:22,680
Speaker 1: picking against the Patriots New England six Houston, and that's

1079
00:55:22,760 --> 00:55:25,560
Speaker 1: not what Mark and Greg did here. To me, isn't bold.

1080
00:55:25,680 --> 00:55:28,640
Speaker 1: I wouldn't be stunned. Thank you. The Texans gotta take

1081
00:55:28,680 --> 00:55:31,240
Speaker 1: care of business here though, I think this year's Texans

1082
00:55:31,320 --> 00:55:35,080
Speaker 1: are different Thursday night games, the home team, to me

1083
00:55:35,400 --> 00:55:39,440
Speaker 1: has a distinct advantage. All right, We'll be back uh

1084
00:55:40,040 --> 00:55:42,160
Speaker 1: late Thursday with a recap of this game in a

1085
00:55:42,200 --> 00:55:43,759
Speaker 1: preview of all the week three games to make sure

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Speaker 1: you check it out. This is Dan Hanson signed up

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Speaker 1: for the Quiet Storm, the mem and the Boss and

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Speaker 1: the Idrisman behind the Glass still Man